दूष्या दूषिरसि हेत्या हेतिरसि मेन्या मेनिरसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसमति समं क्राम
You are a purifier, a weapon; you are a missile, a defender. Attain greater good, proceed together in harmony.
स्रक्त्योऽसि प्रतिसरोऽसि प्रत्यभिचरणोऽसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसमति समं क्राम
You are a sling, you are a counter-charm, you are a counter-curse. Attain greater good, proceed together in harmony.
प्रति तमभि चर योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसमति समं क्राम
Go against him who hates us, whom we hate. Attain greater good, proceed together in harmony.
सूरिरसि वर्चोधा असि तनूपानोऽसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसमति समं क्राम
You are wise, you are endowed with power, you are a protector of the body. Attain greater good, proceed together in harmony.
शुक्रोऽसि भ्राजोऽसि स्वरसि ज्योतिरसि । आप्नुहि श्रेयांसमति समं क्राम
You are bright, you are radiant, you are luminous, you are light. Attain greater good, proceed together in harmony.
द्यावापृथिवी उर्वन्तरिक्षं क्षेत्रस्य पत्न्युरुगायोऽद्भुतः । उतान्तरिक्षमुरु वातगोपं त इह तप्यन्तां मयि तप्यमाने
Heaven and Earth, the broad midspace, the field’s mistress, vast and wondrous— and the wide midspace, protected by the wind— may they burn here as I burn.
इदं देवाः शृणुत ये यज्ञिया स्थ भरद्वाजो मह्यमुक्थानि शंसति । पाशे स बद्धो दुरिते नि युज्यतां यो अस्माकं मन इदं हिनस्ति
Hear this, O gods, you who are worthy of sacrifice; Bharadvāja proclaims hymns for me. May the one among us whose mind brings us harm be bound fast in the snare of evil.
इदमिन्द्र शृणुहि सोमप यत्त्वा हृदा शोचता जोहवीमि । वृश्चामि तं कुलिशेनेव वृक्षं यो अस्माकं मन इदं हिनस्ति
Hear this, O Indra, drinker of Soma, whom I call with a grieving heart. I cut off that one, as with the thunderbolt a tree, whose mind among us brings us harm.
अशीतिभिस्तिसृभिः सामगेभिरादित्येभिर्वसुभिरङ्गिरोभिः । इष्टापूर्तमवतु नः पितॄणामामुं ददे हरसा दैव्येन
With eighty and three singers, with the Ādityas, the Vasus, and the Angirases, may the offerings and good deeds of our ancestors protect us; I give this with divine force.
द्यावापृथिवी अनु मा दीधीथां विश्वे देवासो अनु मा रभध्वम् । अङ्गिरसः पितरः सोम्यासः पापमार्छत्वपकामस्य कर्ता
May Heaven and Earth shine upon me; may all the gods support me. May the Angirasa ancestors, full of Soma, drive away the evil of the one who acts with ill intent.
अतीव यो मरुतो मन्यते नो ब्रह्म वा यो निन्दिषत्क्रियमाणम् । तपूंषि तस्मै वृजिनानि सन्तु ब्रह्मद्विषं द्यौरभिसंतपाति
Whoever, O Maruts, thinks himself too great for us, or whoever reviles our prayer as it is being made—may sufferings and misfortunes befall him; Heaven itself oppresses the hater of prayer.
सप्त प्राणान् अष्टौ मन्यस्तांस्ते वृश्चामि ब्रह्मणा । अया यमस्य सादनमग्निदूतो अरंकृतः
The seven breaths, the eight thoughts—I cut them off with the power of prayer. By this, the messenger of Yama, Agni, has made the seat of death powerless.
आ दधामि ते पदं समिद्धे जातवेदसि । अग्निः शरीरं वेवेष्ट्वसुं वागपि गच्छतु
I place your step in the kindled Jātavedas. May Agni envelop the body; may the breath and speech depart as they should.
आयुर्दा अग्ने जरसं वृणानो घृतप्रतीको घृतपृष्ठो अग्ने । घृतं पीत्वा मधु चारु गव्यं पितेव पुत्रान् अभि रक्षतादिमम्
Grant long life, O Agni, choosing vigor; O Agni, with ghee as your front and back. Having drunk the ghee, the sweet, the cow's gift, protect this one as a father protects his sons.
परि धत्त धत्त नो वर्चसेमं जरामृत्युं कृणुत दीर्घमायुः । बृहस्पतिः प्रायच्छद्वास एतत्सोमाय राज्ञे परिधातवा उ
Bestow, bestow upon us brilliance; remove old age and death, grant long life. Bṛhaspati has given this garment; let it be put on for Soma, the king.
परीदं वासो अधिथाः स्वस्तयेऽभूर्गृष्टीनामभिशस्तिपा उ । शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूची रायश्च पोषमुपसंव्ययस्व
May you put on this garment for well-being; you have become the protector of dwellings, the warder-off of curses. Live a hundred autumns, O wide-seeing one, and gather abundant wealth and prosperity.
एह्यश्मानमा तिष्ठाश्मा भवतु ते तनूः । कृण्वन्तु विश्वे देवा आयुष्टे शरदः शतम्
Come, stand firm as a stone; let your body be as hard as stone. May all the gods grant you a hundred years of life.
यस्य ते वासः प्रथमवास्यं हरामस्तं त्वा विश्वेऽवन्तु देवाः । तं त्वा भ्रातरः सुवृधा वर्धमानमनु जायन्तां बहवः सुजातम्
Of the garment which is your first clothing, I take that for you; may all the gods protect you. May your strong brothers be born after you, many and well-born, growing together.
निःसालां धृष्णुं धिषणमेकवाद्यां जिघत्स्वम् । सर्वाश्चण्डस्य नप्त्यो नाशयामः सदान्वाः
We destroy the rootless, the bold, the one-minded, the greedy, and all the offspring of the fierce one, the constant foes.
निर्वो गोष्ठादजामसि निरक्षान् निरुपानशात्। निर्वो मगुन्द्या दुहितरो गृहेभ्यश्चातयामहे
We drive you out from the cow-pen, from the goats, from the oxen, from the shoes; we drive you out, Magundya's daughters, from the houses.
असौ यो अधराद्गृहस्तत्र सन्त्वराय्यः । तत्र सेदिर्न्युच्यतु सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः
Whoever is in the lowest part of the house, there is the place for the restless; there let them lie down, and all the sorcerers as well.
भूतपतिर्निरजत्विन्द्रश्चेतः सदान्वाः । गृहस्य बुध्न आसीनास्ता इन्द्रो वज्रेणाधि तिष्ठतु
Let the lord of beings drive them out, and Indra be aware, O constant foes. Let Indra, seated at the foundation of the house, stand guard with his thunderbolt.
यदि स्थ क्षेत्रियाणां यदि वा पुरुषेषिताः । यदि स्थ दस्युभ्यो जाता नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः
Whether you are of the cultivators, or sent by men, or born from the Dasyus—let these constant foes perish.
परि धामान्यासामाशुर्गाष्ठामिवासरम् । अजैषं सर्वान् आजीन् वो नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः
I have surrounded their abodes, as the day encircles the wood. I have conquered all of you in battle; let these constant foes perish.
यथा द्यौश्च पृथिवी च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
Just as heaven and earth are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid.
यथाहश्च रात्री च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
Just as day and night are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid.
यथा सूर्यश्च चन्द्रश्च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
Just as the sun and the moon are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid.
यथा ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
Just as the priestly power and the royal power are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid.
यथा सत्यं चानृतं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
Just as truth and falsehood are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid.
यथा भूतं च भव्यं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः
Just as the past and the future are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid.