मातादित्यानां दुहिता वसूनां प्राणः प्रजानाममृतस्य नाभिः । हिरण्यवर्णा मधुकशा घृताची महान् भर्गश्चरति मर्त्येषु
Mother of the Adityas, daughter of the Vasus, breath of beings, navel of immortality, golden-hued, honey-reed, clothed in clarified butter, the great radiance moves among mortals.
मधोः कशामजनयन्त देवास्तस्या गर्भो अभवद्विश्वरूपः । तं जातं तरुणं पिपर्ति माता स जातो विश्वा भुवना वि चष्टे
The gods generated the honey-reed from honey; her embryo became of all forms. The mother nourishes the young one when born, and, being born, he beholds all the worlds.
कस्तं प्र वेद क उ तं चिकेत यो अस्या हृदः कलशः सोमधानो अक्षितः । ब्रह्मा सुमेधाः सो अस्मिन् मदेत
Who truly knows him, who perceives him, whose heart’s vessel, filled with Soma, is unbroken? The wise Brahman, possessing insight, should rejoice in him.
स तौ प्र वेद स उ तौ चिकेत यावस्याः स्तनौ सहस्रधारावक्षितौ । ऊर्जं दुहाते अनपस्फुरन्तौ
He truly knows them, he perceives them, whose two breasts, with a thousand streams, are unbroken. They yield nourishment, never failing.
हिङ्करिक्रती बृहती वयोधा उच्चैर्घोषाभ्येति या व्रतम् । त्रीन् घर्मान् अभि वावशाना मिमाति मायुं पयते पयोभिः
Resounding, mighty, bestowing strength, with loud voice she approaches, she who is vow-bound. Having measured out three libations, she extends life, she nourishes with her milks.
यामापीनामुपसीदन्त्यापः शाक्वरा वृषभा ये स्वराजः । ते वर्षन्ति ते वर्षयन्ति तद्विदे काममूर्जमापः
The waters approach her swelling, the Shakvaris, the bulls who are self-luminous. They rain, they cause rain; whoever knows this, the waters fulfill desire and nourishment.
स्तनयित्नुस्ते वाक्प्रजापते वृषा शुष्मं क्षिपसि भूम्यामधि । अग्नेर्वातान् मधुकशा हि जज्ञे मरुतामुग्रा नप्तिः
Your thunder is speech, O Lord of Creatures; as a bull, you hurl your might upon the earth. From Agni and the winds, the honey-tongued one was born, the fierce offspring of the Maruts.
{१} यथा सोमः प्रातःसवने अश्विनोर्भवति प्रियः । एवा मे अश्विना वर्च आत्मनि ध्रियताम्
As Soma is dear to the Aśvins at the morning pressing, so may brilliance be established in me by you, O Aśvins.
यथा सोमो द्वितीये सवन इन्द्राग्न्योर्भवति प्रियः । एवा म इन्द्राग्नी वर्च आत्मनि ध्रियताम्
As Soma is dear to Indra and Agni at the second pressing, so may brilliance be established in me by you, O Indra and Agni.
यथा सोमस्तृतीये सवन ऋभूणां भवति प्रियः । एवा म ऋभवो वर्च आत्मनि ध्रियताम्
As Soma is dear to the Ṛbhus at the third pressing, so may brilliance be established in me by you, O Ṛbhus.
मधु जनिषीय मधु वंसिषीय । पयस्वान् अग्न आगमं तं मा सं सृज वर्चसा
May I be born sweet, may I become sweet; may I, rich in milk, approach Agni—let him unite me with brilliance.
सं माग्ने वर्चसा सृज सं प्रजया समायुषा । विद्युर्मे अस्य देवा इन्द्रो विद्यात्सह ऋषिभिः
Unite me, O Agni, with brilliance, with offspring, with long life. May the gods know this for me; may Indra know it together with the seers.
यथा मधु मधुकृतः संभरन्ति मधावधि । एवा मे अश्विना वर्च आत्मनि ध्रियताम्
As the honey-makers gather honey in abundance, so may brilliance be established in me by you, O Aśvins.
यथा मक्षाः इदं मधु न्यञ्जन्ति मधावधि । एवा मे अश्विना वर्चस्तेजो बलमोजश्च ध्रियताम्
As the bees deposit this honey in abundance, so may brilliance, radiance, strength, and vigor be established in me by you, O Aśvins.
यद्गिरिषु पर्वतेषु गोष्वश्वेषु यन् मधु । सुरायां सिच्यमानायां यत्तत्र मधु तन् मयि
Whatever honey is in the hills, in the mountains, among cows and horses, in the flowing surā—may all that honey be in me.
अश्विना सारघेण मा मधुनाङ्क्तं शुभस्पती । यथा वर्चस्वतीं वाचमावदानि जनामनु
O Aśvins, anoint me with the essence of honey, O lords of beauty, so that I may speak words full of brilliance among people.
स्तनयित्नुस्ते वाक्प्रजापते वृषा शुष्मं क्षिपसि भूम्यां दिवि । तां पशव उप जीवन्ति सर्वे तेनो सेषमूर्जं पिपर्ति
Your thunder is speech, O Lord of Creatures; as a bull, you hurl your might upon earth and heaven. All the cattle live by it; with that, fill me with the remainder of strength.
पृथिवी दण्डोऽन्तरिक्षं गर्भो द्यौः कशा विद्युत्प्रकशो हिरण्ययो बिन्दुः
The earth is the staff, the atmosphere is the womb, the sky is the lash, lightning is the golden light, the drop.
यो वै कशायाः सप्त मधूनि वेद मधुमान् भवति । ब्राह्मणश्च राजा च धेनुश्चानड्वांश्च व्रीहिश्च यवश्च मधु सप्तमम्
Whoever knows the seven kinds of honey of the lash becomes honey-filled: the priest, the king, the cow, the goat, rice, barley, and honey as the seventh.
मधुमान् भवति मधुमदस्याहार्यं भवति । मधुमतो लोकान् जयति य एवं वेद
He becomes honey-filled; his food becomes honey-filled. He conquers the worlds of honey, whoever knows thus.
यद्वीध्रे स्तनयति प्रजापतिरेव तत्प्रजाभ्यः प्रादुर्भवति । तस्मात्प्राचीनोपवीतस्तिष्ठे प्रजापतेऽनु मा बुध्यस्वेति । अन्वेनं प्रजा अनु प्रजापतिर्बुध्यते य एवं वेद
When it thunders in the womb, the Lord of Creatures appears among his offspring. Therefore, one should stand with the sacred thread over the right shoulder, thinking, 'May I awaken with Prajāpati.' Thus, Prajāpati awakens with his offspring, whoever knows thus.
सपत्नहनमृषभं घृतेन कामं शिक्षामि हविषाज्येन । नीचैः सपत्नान् मम पादय त्वमभिष्टुतो महता वीर्येण
I seek the favor of the bull who slays rivals, with ghee and with the oblation of clarified butter. Make my rivals fall low, you who are praised, with your great power.
यन् मे मनसो न प्रियं चक्षुषो यन् मे बभस्ति नाभिनन्दति । तद्दुष्वप्न्यं प्रति मुञ्चामि सपत्ने कामं स्तुत्वोदहं भिदेयम्
Whatever is not dear to my mind, whatever my eye does not delight in, whatever my tongue does not enjoy—may I release that evil dream. May my rival, praised, be shattered and broken.
दुष्वप्न्यं काम दुरितं च कमाप्रजस्तामस्वगतामवर्तिम् । उग्र ईशानः प्रति मुञ्च तस्मिन् यो अस्मभ्यमंहूरणा चिकित्सात्
Evil dream, desire, and misfortune, barrenness, darkness, and misguidance—O mighty lord, release us from that in which one who hates us seeks to harm us.
नुदस्व काम प्र णुदस्व कामावर्तिं यन्तु मम ये सपत्नाः । तेषां नुत्तानामधमा तमांस्यग्ने वास्तूनि निर्दह त्वम्
Drive away desire, drive away; let those who are my rivals turn away from me. O Agni, burn up their lowest, darkest dwellings, those who have been cast down.
सा ते काम दुहिता धेनुरुच्यते यामाहुर्वाचं कवयो विराजम् । तया सपत्नान् परि वृङ्ग्धि ये मम पर्येनान् प्राणः पशवो जीवनं वृणक्तु
That desire, your daughter, is called the cow, whom the wise declare to be the shining speech. With her, surround my rivals, so that breath, cattle, and life may choose me over them.
कामस्येन्द्रस्य वरुणस्य राज्ञो विष्णोर्बलेन सवितुः सवेन । अग्नेर्होत्रेण प्र णुदे सपत्नां छम्बीव नावमुदकेषु धीरः
By the strength of Kāma, Indra, Varuṇa the king, Viṣṇu, and the impulse of Savitṛ, by the offering of Agni, drive away my rivals, as a skillful one pushes a boat from its mooring into the waters.
अध्यक्षो वाजी मम काम उग्रः कृणोतु मह्यमसपत्नमेव । विश्वे देवा मम नाथं भवन्तु सर्वे देवा हवमा यन्तु म इमम्
Let Kāma, the mighty, the overseer, the swift one, make me free from rivals. May all the gods be my protectors; may all the gods come to my invocation.
इदमाज्यं घृतवज्जुषाणाः कामज्येष्ठा इह मादयध्वम् । कृण्वन्तो मह्यमसपत्नमेव
Rejoice here in this clarified butter, O you who are foremost in desire; delight in it. Make me alone without rivals.
इन्द्राग्नी काम सरथं हि भूत्वा नीचैः सपत्नान् मम पादयाथः । तेषां पन्नानामधमा तमांस्यग्ने वास्तून्यनुनिर्दह त्वम्
O Indra and Agni, be together with desire for me; press my rivals down low. O Agni, burn up the lowest, darkest dwellings of those who have been cast down.