इन्द्रः सुत्रामा स्ववामवोभिः सुमृडीको भवतु विश्ववेदाः । बाधतां द्वेषो अभयं नः कृणोतु सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम
May Indra, the wise, self-sufficient, all-knowing, be gracious to us with his aid. May he drive away hatred and grant us fearlessness; may we be lords of heroic strength.
स सुत्रामा स्ववामिन्द्रो अस्मदाराच्चिद्द्वेषः सनुतर्युयोतु । तस्य वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम
May Indra, the wise and self-sufficient, drive away hatred even from our own kin. May we be in the good favor and happy mind of the worshipful one.
इन्द्रेण मन्युना वयमभि ष्याम पृतन्यतः । घ्नन्तो वृत्राण्यप्रति
With Indra's wrath, let us overcome the hostile; striking down adversaries without resistance.
ध्रुवं ध्रुवेण हविषाव सोमं नयामसि । यथा न इन्द्रः केवलीर्विशः संमनसस्करत्
With steadfast offering, we lead Soma with steadfastness; so that Indra may unite all peoples in harmony.
उदस्य श्यावौ विथुरौ गृध्रौ द्यामिव पेततुः । उच्छोचनप्रशोचनावस्योच्छोचनौ हृदः
His two grey, wandering, greedy ones soared like the sky; shining and resplendent, they shine forth from the heart.
अहमेनावुदतिष्ठिपं गावौ श्रान्तसदाविव । कुर्कुराविव कूजन्तावुदवन्तौ वृकाविव
I alone rose up, like two weary cows resting; like two birds calling, like two wolves howling.
आतोदिनौ नितोदिनावथो संतोदिनावुत । अपि नह्याम्यस्य मेढ्रं य इतः स्त्री पुमान् जभार
Piercing and striking, and also joining together; yet I do not approach his member—whoever here, woman or man, has seized it.
असदन् गावः सदनेऽपप्तद्वसतिं वयः । आस्थाने पर्वता अस्थुः स्थाम्नि वृक्कावतिष्ठिपम्
The cows settled in their dwelling; the birds fell into their nest. The mountains stood in their place; I stood in the wolf's abode.
यदद्य त्वा प्रयति यज्ञे अस्मिन् होतश्चिकित्वन्न् अवृणीमहीह । ध्रुवमयो ध्रुवमुता शविष्ठैप्रविद्वान् यज्ञमुप याहि सोमम्
As today, in this sacrifice, we have chosen you, O wise Hotar, come here. Come to the sacrifice, to Soma, with firmness and strength.
समिन्द्र नो मनसा नेष गोभिः सं सूरिभिर्हरिवन्त्सं स्वस्त्या । सं ब्रह्मणा देवहितं यदस्ति सं देवानां सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम्
O Indra, lead us with mind, with cows, with the noble, with the tawny ones, with well-being. With prayer, with what is divine, with the favor of the worshipful gods.
यान् आवह उशतो देव देवांस्तान् प्रेरय स्वे अग्ने सधस्थे । जक्षिवांसः पपिवांसो मधून्यस्मै धत्त वसवो वसूनि
O Agni, bring here those eager gods, and set them in your own abode; may they, having eaten and drunk the sweet offerings, bestow their treasures upon us.
सुगा वो देवाः सदना अकर्म य आजग्म सवने मा जुषाणाः । वहमाना भरमाणाः स्वा वसूनि वसुं घर्मं दिवमा रोहतानु
O gods, we have made your seats easy, you who have come to the pressing with favor; bearing and carrying your own riches, ascend to the warm heaven with wealth.
यज्ञ यज्ञं गच्छ यज्ञपतिं गच्छ । स्वां योनिं गच्छ स्वाहा
Go to the sacrifice, go to the lord of sacrifice; go to your own source—svāhā.
एष ते यज्ञो यज्ञपते सहसूक्तवाकः । सुवीर्यः स्वाहा
This is your sacrifice, O lord of sacrifice, spoken with a thousand hymns; may it bring good fortune—svāhā.
वषड्धुतेभ्यो वषडहुतेभ्यः । देवा गातुविदो गातुं वित्त्वा गातुमित
To those who have been offered with vaṣaṭ, to those who have not been offered with vaṣaṭ; O gods, knowing the path, having found the path, go on the path.
मनसस्पत इमं नो दिवि देवेषु यज्ञम् । स्वाहा दिवि स्वाहा पृथिव्यां स्वाहान्तरिक्षे स्वाहा वाते धां स्वाहा
O lord of mind, this sacrifice of ours among the gods in heaven—svāhā in heaven, svāhā on earth, svāhā in the midspace, svāhā in the wind, svāhā.
सं बर्हिरक्तं हविषा घृतेन समिन्द्रेण वसुना सं मरुद्भिः । सं देवैर्विश्वदेवेभिरक्तमिन्द्रं गच्छतु हविः स्वाहा
United be the strewn grass, the offering, and the ghee; united with Indra's wealth, united with the Maruts; united with all the gods, let the offering reach Indra—svāhā.
परि स्तृणीहि परि धेहि वेदिं मा जामिं मोषीरमुया शयानाम् । होतृषदनं हरितं हिरण्ययं निष्का एते यजमानस्य लोके
Spread around, lay around the altar; do not take away the kin, nor the one lying with the root; the seat of the Hotṛ, green and golden, these are the ornaments in the world of the sacrificer.
पर्यावर्ते दुष्वप्न्यात्पापात्स्वप्न्यादभूत्याः । ब्रह्माहमन्तरं कृण्वे परा स्वप्नमुखाः शुचः
Turn away from evil dreams, from sinful dreams, from misfortune; I make a barrier with sacred utterance—let the faces of dreams turn away, let them be pure.
यत्स्वप्ने अन्नमश्नामि न प्रातरधिगम्यते । सर्वं तदस्तु मे शिवं नहि तद् दृश्यते दिवा
Whatever food I eat in a dream, which is not attained in the morning, let all that be auspicious for me; for it is not seen by day.
नमस्कृत्य द्यावापृथिवीभ्यामन्तरिक्षाय मृत्यवे । मेक्षाम्यूर्ध्वस्तिष्ठन् मा मा हिंसिषुरीश्वराः
Having bowed to Heaven and Earth, to the midspace, to Death, I look up, standing upright; may the lords not harm me.
को अस्या नो द्रुहोऽवद्यवत्या उन् नेष्यति क्षत्रियो वस्य इच्छन् । को यज्ञकामः क उ पूर्तिकामः को देवेषु वनुते दीर्घमायुः
Who will drive away from us this harmful, injurious one, desiring the wealth of a warrior? Who, wishing for sacrifice, who, wishing for fulfillment, who among the gods will grant long life?
कः पृश्निं धेनुं वरुणेन दत्तामथर्वणे सुदुघां नित्यवत्साम् । बृहस्पतिना सख्यं जुषाणो यथावशं तन्वः कल्पयाति
Who, having received the speckled cow, given by Varuṇa to Atharvan, ever-yielding, always with a calf, cherishing friendship with Bṛhaspati, arranges his body as he wishes?
अपक्रामन् पौरुषेयाद्वृणानो दैव्यं वचः । प्रणीतीरभ्यावर्तस्व विश्वेभिः सखिभिः सह
Turning away from human speech, I choose divine speech; return with right guidance, together with all your friends.
यदस्मृति चकृम किं चिदग्न उपारिम चरणे जातवेदः । ततः पाहि त्वं नः प्रचेतः शुभे सखिभ्यो अमृतत्वमस्तु नः
Whatever forgetfulness we have committed, O Agni Jātavedas, knowingly or unknowingly, from that protect us, O wise one; may immortality be ours among good friends.
अव दिवस्तारयन्ति सप्त सूर्यस्य रश्मयः । आपः समुद्रिया धारास्तास्ते शल्यमसिस्रसन्
The seven rays of the sun carry away the darkness of day; the streams of the oceanic waters, they have removed the dart.
यो न स्तायद्दिप्सति यो न आविः स्वो विद्वान् अरणो वा नो अग्ने । प्रतीच्येत्वरणी दत्वती तान् मैषामग्ने वास्तु भून् मो अपत्यम्
Whoever wishes to harm us, who is openly hostile, or who is secretly so, O Agni, whether known or unknown to us—may the returning, giving one, keep them away; O Agni, let not their offspring remain.
यो नः सुप्तान् जाग्रतो वाभिदासात्तिष्ठतो वा चरतो जातवेदः । वैश्वानरेण सयुजा सजोषास्तान् प्रतीचो निर्दह जातवेदः
Whoever attacks us, sleeping or awake, standing or moving, O Jātavedas, with Vaiśvānara as your ally, burn them up, facing them, O Jātavedas.
इदमुग्राय बभ्रवे नमो यो अक्षेषु तनूवशी । घृतेन कलिं शिक्षामि स नो मृडातीदृशे
Homage to the fierce, tawny one who is master over himself at the dice; with ghee I appease the losing throw—may he be gracious to us in this matter.
घृतमप्सराभ्यो वह त्वमग्ने पांसून् अक्षेभ्यः सिकता अपश्च । यथाभागं हव्यदातिं जुषाणा मदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या
Carry away, O Agni, the dust from the dice, the sand and the grit, with ghee for the Apsarases; as the gods, rejoicing, accept their share of the oblation, may they delight in both kinds of offerings.