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.
अप्सरसः सधमादं मदन्ति हविर्धानमन्तरा सूर्यं च । ता मे हस्तौ सं सृजन्तु घृतेन सपत्नं मे कितवं रन्धयन्तु
The Apsarases rejoice in the shared feast, in the offering placed between the sun and us; may they join my hands together with ghee, may they subdue my rival, the deceitful gambler.
आदिनवं प्रतिदीव्ने घृतेनास्मामभि क्षर । वृक्षमिवाशन्या जहि यो अस्मान् प्रतिदीव्यति
Pour forth the new, the returning, with ghee upon us; strike down, as with an axe a tree, the one who opposes us in return.
यो नो द्युवे धनमिदं चकार यो अक्षाणां ग्लहनं शेषणं च । स नो देवो हविरिदं जुषाणो गन्धर्वेभिः सधमादं मदेम
He who by day has made this wealth for us, who has brought about the winning and the losing of the dice—may that god, accepting this offering, grant us joy in the shared feast with the Gandharvas.
संवसव इति वो नामधेयमुग्रंपश्या राष्ट्रभृतो ह्यक्षाः । तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्
‘Samvasava’ is your name, O fierce ones, the dice, lords of the realm; to them we offer libations with oblation—may we become masters of riches.
देवान् यन् नाथितो हुवे ब्रह्मचर्यं यदूषिम । अक्षान् यद्बभ्रून् आलभे ते नो मृडन्त्वीदृशे
When, seeking support, I invoke the gods, when I practice discipline, when I take up the tawny dice—may they be gracious to us in this matter.
अग्न इन्द्रश्च दाशुषे हतो वृत्राण्यप्रति । उभा हि वृत्रहन्तमा
Agni and Indra, for the worshipper, you have slain the adversaries; for you both are slayers of foes.
याभ्यामजयन्त्स्वरग्र एव यावातस्थतुर्भुवनानि विश्वा । प्र चर्षणीवृषणा वज्रबाहू अग्निमिन्द्रं वृत्रहणा हुवेऽहम्
By whom the worlds were conquered at the very beginning, by whom all beings were established—O mighty ones, strong-armed, destroyers of foes, I invoke Agni and Indra, the slayers of adversaries.
उप त्वा देवो अग्रभीच्चमसेन बृहस्पतिः । इन्द्र गीर्भिर्न आ विश यजमानाय सुन्वते
To you the god grasped the ladle, O Indra, Brihaspati; come to us with praises, O Indra, for the worshipper who pours the offering.
इन्द्रस्य कुक्षिरसि सोमधान आत्मा देवानामुत मानुषाणाम् । इह प्रजा जनय यास्त आसु या अन्यत्रेह तास्ते रमन्ताम्
You are Indra’s belly, the seat of Soma, the soul of the gods and of men; here, generate offspring—those who are here, and those elsewhere, may they find delight here.
शुम्भनी द्यावापृथिवी अन्तिसुम्ने महिव्रते । आपः सप्त सुस्रुवुर्देवीस्ता नो मुञ्चन्त्वंहसः
Brightly shining, O Heaven and Earth, of noble vow, of great ordinance, the seven divine waters have flowed forth—may they release us from distress.
मुञ्चन्तु मा शपथ्यादथो वरुण्यादुत । अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद्विश्वस्माद्देवकिल्बिषात्
May they release me from curses, and also from the wrath of Varuna, and from the fetter of Yama, from every divine offense.
तृष्टिके तृष्टवन्दन उदमूं छिन्धि तृष्टिके । यथा कृतद्विष्टासोऽमुष्मै शेप्यावते
O thirst, O thirst-remover, cut off that thirst; as those who have done wrong are bound for him, so bind it for the one who is to be bound.
तृष्टासि तृष्टिका विषा विषातक्यसि । परिवृक्ता यथासस्यृषभस्य वशेव
You are thirst, O thirst-remover, you are poison, you are the poison-remover; as the rope is loosened from the bull, so release me.
7.119(7.114) आ ते ददे वक्षणाभ्य आ तेऽहं हृदयाद्ददे । आ ते मुखस्य सङ्काशात्सर्वं ते वर्च आ ददे
To you I give from my sides, to you I give from my heart, to you I give from the brightness of my mouth—thus I give you all your radiance.
प्रेतो यन्तु व्याध्यः प्रानुध्याः प्रो अशस्तयः । अग्नी रक्षस्विनीर्हन्तु सोमो हन्तु दुरस्यतीः
Let the diseases depart, let the evil words be driven away; let Agni destroy the harmful ones, let Soma destroy the malevolent.
प्र पतेतः पापि लक्ष्मि नश्येतः प्रामुतः पत । अयस्मयेनाङ्केन द्विषते त्वा सजामसि
Let the evil mark fall away, let it perish, let it utterly fall; with an iron brand I join you to your enemy.
या मा लक्ष्मीः पतयालूरजुष्टाभिचस्कन्द वन्दनेव वृक्षम् । अन्यत्रास्मत्सवितस्तामितो धा हिरण्यहस्तो वसु नो रराणः
Whatever misfortune, joined with poverty and ill-will, has fallen upon me, as a creeper falls from a tree—O Savitar, golden-handed, bestower of wealth, carry that away elsewhere from us.
एकशतं लक्ष्म्यो मर्त्यस्य साकं तन्वा जनुषोऽधि जाताः । तासां पापिष्ठा निरितः प्र हिण्मः शिवा अस्मभ्यं जातवेदो नियच्छ
A hundred forms of misfortune are born together with the mortal, with his body and life; among them, we drive away the most sinful, the ruinous ones—O Jātavedas, grant us the auspicious.
एता एना व्याकरं खिले गा विष्ठिता इव । रमन्तां पुण्या लक्ष्मीर्याः पापीस्ता अनीनशम्
With these (words) I separate out, as one sorts cows in a herd; let the auspicious fortunes delight here, and let the most wicked ones depart from us.
नमो रूराय च्यवनाय नोदनाय धृष्णवे । नमः शीताय पूर्वकामकृत्वने
Homage to Rūrā, to the one who moves, to the impeller, to the bold; homage to the cold one, to the fulfiller of ancient desires.