एतं वो युवानं प्रति दध्मो अत्र तेन क्रीडन्तीश्चरत वशामनु । मा नो हासिष्ट जनुषा सुभागा रायश्च पोषैरभि नः सचध्वम्
To this young one we dedicate you here; with him, play and move about, following the will. Do not abandon us, endowed with good fortune, by birth; and with wealth and abundance, be with us.
आ नयैतमा रभस्व सुकृतां लोकमपि गच्छतु प्रजानन् । तीर्त्वा तमांसि बहुधा महान्त्यजो नाकमा क्रमतां तृतीयम्
Lead this one here, seize him, let him go to the world of the righteous, knowing. Having crossed the great darknesses in many forms, let the goat ascend to the third heaven.
इन्द्राय भागं परि त्वा नयाम्यस्मिन् यज्ञे यजमानाय सूरिम् । ये नो द्विषन्त्यनु तान् रभस्वानागसो यजमानस्य वीराः
For Indra I lead you around as a share, in this sacrifice, for the patron of the sacrifice. Those who hate us, seize them in turn, O heroes, innocent for the patron of the sacrifice.
प्र पदोऽव नेनिग्धि दुश्चरितं यच्चचार शुद्धैः शफैरा क्रमतां प्रजानन् । तीर्त्वा तमांसि बहुधा विपश्यन्न् अजो नाकमा क्रमतां तृतीयम्
Let your feet not be stained by evil conduct you may have done; with pure hooves, step forth, knowing. Having crossed the many great darknesses, seeing clearly, let the goat ascend to the third heaven.
अनुछ्य श्यामेन त्वचमेतां विशस्तर्यथापर्वसिना माभि मंस्थाः । माभि द्रुहः परुशः कल्पयैनं तृतीये नाके अधि वि श्रयैनम्
Having removed this skin with the dark one, as one would with a jointed knife, do not harm us. Do not, with harshness or malice, prepare him; let him rest in the third heaven.
ऋचा कुम्भीमध्यग्नौ श्रयाम्या सिञ्चोदकमव धेह्येनम् । पर्याधत्ताग्निना शमितारः शृतो गच्छतु सुकृतां यत्र लोकः
With a verse I place him in the vessel, in the midst of the fire; pour water over him. Let those who calm with fire surround him; let the cooked one go where the world of the righteous is.
उत्क्रामातः परि चेदतप्तस्तप्ताच्चरोरधि नाकं तृतीयम् । अग्नेरग्निरधि सं बभूविथ ज्योतिष्मन्तमभि लोकं जयैतम्
Depart, go forth, whether uncooked or cooked, ascend above to the third heaven. From fire you have become fire; conquer the world full of light.
अजो अग्निरजमु ज्योतिराहुरजं जीवता ब्रह्मणे देयमाहुः । अजस्तमांस्यप हन्ति दूरमस्मिंल्लोके श्रद्दधानेन दत्तः
The goat is Agni, they say the goat is light, the goat, living, is to be given to the Brahman. The goat drives away darkness far off, given in this world with faith.
पञ्चौदनः पञ्चधा वि क्रमतामाक्रंस्यमानस्त्रीणि ज्योतींषि । ईजानानां सुकृतां प्रेहि मध्यं तृतीये नाके अधि वि श्रयस्व
Let the five-rice-offering proceed in five ways, striving, to the three lights. Go, desiring the world of the righteous, to the middle, and rest in the third heaven.
अजा रोह सुकृतां यत्र लोकः शरभो न चत्तोऽति दुर्गान्येषः । पञ्चौदनो ब्रह्मणे दीयमानः स दातारं तृप्त्या तर्पयाति
Goat, ascend to where the world of the righteous is, like a wild ram, not stopped, overcoming difficult places. The five-rice-offering, given to the Brahman, satisfies the giver with contentment.
अजस्त्रिनाके त्रिदिवे त्रिपृष्ठे नाकस्य पृष्ठे ददिवांसं दधाति । पञ्चौदनो ब्रह्मणे दीयमानो विश्वरूपा धेनुः कामदुघास्येका
The goat, in the three heavens, in the triple sky, on the back of heaven, places the offering. The five-rice-offering, given to the Brahman, is the all-formed cow, the wish-fulfilling one, the only one.
{११} एतद्वो ज्योतिः पितरस्तृतीयं पञ्चौदनं ब्रह्मणेऽजं ददाति । अजस्तमांस्यप हन्ति दूरमस्मिंल्लोके श्रद्दधानेन दत्तः
This, your light, O Fathers, is the third; the five-rice-offering, the goat, is given to the Brahman. The goat drives away darkness far off, given in this world with faith.
ईजानानां सुकृतां लोकमीप्सन् पञ्चौदनं ब्रह्मणेऽजं ददाति । स व्याप्तिमभि लोकं जयैतं शिवोऽस्मभ्यं प्रतिगृहीतो अस्तु
Desiring the world of the righteous, the five-rice-offering, the goat, is given to the Brahman. May he conquer the world with expansion; may the accepted one be auspicious for us.
अजो ह्यग्नेरजनिष्ट शोकाद्विप्रो विप्रस्य सहसो विपश्चित्। इष्टं पूर्तमभिपूर्तं वषट्कृतं तद्देवा ऋतुशः कल्पयन्तु
The goat was indeed born from Agni's heat, the inspired one from the inspired, the powerful, the wise. May the gods arrange the desired, the fulfilled, the well-completed, and the vaṣaṭ-offering in due season.
अमोतं वासो दद्याद्धिरण्यमपि दक्षिणाम् । तथा लोकान्त्समाप्नोति ये दिव्या ये च पार्थिवाः
One should give an uncut garment and gold as the sacrificial gift; thus one attains all worlds, both celestial and earthly.
एतास्त्वाजोप यन्तु धाराः सोम्या देवीर्घृतपृष्ठा मधुश्चुतः । स्तभान् पृथिवीमुत द्यां नाकस्य पृष्ठेऽधि सप्तरश्मौ
Let these streams approach you, O Soma, divine, ghee-backed, flowing with honey; they uphold the earth and the sky, and on the summit of heaven, upon the seven-rayed.
अजोऽस्यज स्वर्गोऽसि त्वया लोकमङ्गिरसः प्राजानन् । तं लोकं पुण्यं प्र ज्ञेषम्
You are unborn, you are the unborn; you are heaven; through you, Angiras attained the world; may I know that auspicious world.
येना सहस्रं वहसि येनाग्ने सर्ववेदसम् । तेनेमं यज्ञं नो वह स्वर्देवेषु गन्तवे
By you, O Agni, a thousand is carried, by you, all the Vedas; with you, carry this sacrifice of ours, so that we may reach the heavenly realms.
अजः पक्वः स्वर्गे लोके दधाति पञ्चौदनो निर्ऋतिं बाधमानः । तेन लोकान्त्सूर्यवतो जयेम
The goat, cooked, establishes itself in the heavenly world, offering five portions of rice, driving away destruction; by this, may we conquer the worlds of the sun.
यं ब्राह्मणे निदधे यं च विक्षु या विप्रुष ओदनानामजस्य । सर्वं तदग्ने सुकृतस्य लोके जानीतान् नः संगमने पथीनाम्
That which is placed in the Brahmin, that which is in the villages, and the moisture of the rice offerings of the goat—all this, O Agni, in the world of the virtuous, may you know for us at the meeting of the paths.
अजो वा इदमग्ने व्यक्रमत तस्योर इयमभवद्द्यौः पृष्टिहम् । अन्तरिक्षं मध्यं दिशः पार्श्वे समुद्रौ कुक्षी
This goat, O Agni, has stepped forth; its upper part became the sky; the mid-region is its middle, the directions are its sides, and the oceans are its womb.
{१२} सत्यं चर्तं च चक्षुषी विश्वं सत्यं श्रद्धा प्राणो विराट् शिरः । एष वा अपरिमितो यज्ञो यदजः पञ्चौदनः
Truth and order are its eyes; all is truth; faith is its breath; the radiant is its head; this, indeed, is the boundless sacrifice, the goat with five rice portions.
अपरिमितमेव यज्ञमाप्नोत्यपरिमितं लोकमव रुन्द्धे । योऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति
He attains an unlimited sacrifice and encompasses an unlimited world who gives the goat with five rice portions as the sacrificial gift of light.
नास्यास्थीनि भिन्द्यान् न मज्ज्ञो निर्धयेत्। सर्वमेनं समादायेदमिदं प्र वेशयेत्
One should not break its bones nor extract its marrow; one should take it whole and offer it completely.
इदमिदमेवास्य रूपं भवति तेनैनं सं गमयति । इषं मह ऊर्जमस्मै दुहे योऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति
This, indeed, becomes its form; with this, he leads it; he milks nourishment and strength for him who gives the goat with five rice portions as the sacrificial gift of light.
पञ्च रुक्मा पञ्च नवानि वस्त्रा पञ्चास्मै धेनवः कामदुघा भवन्ति । योऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति
Five gold pieces, five new garments, five cows that grant desires are given to him who gives the goat with five rice portions as the sacrificial gift of light.
पञ्च रुक्मा ज्योतिरस्मै भवन्ति वर्म वासांसि तन्वे भवन्ति । स्वर्गं लोकमश्नुते योऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति
Five gold pieces become light for him; armor and garments become his protection; he attains the heavenly world who gives the goat with five rice portions as the sacrificial gift of light.
या पूर्वं पतिं वित्त्वाऽथान्यं विन्दतेऽपरम् । पञ्चौदनं च तावजं ददातो न वि योषतः
She who, having lost her former husband, finds another, and to whom the goat with five rice portions is given, does not depart from her husband.
समानलोको भवति पुनर्भुवापरः पतिः । योऽजं पञ्चौदनं दक्षिणाज्योतिषं ददाति
He becomes of equal world, reborn, with another husband, who gives the goat with five rice portions as the sacrificial gift of light.
अनुपूर्ववत्सां धेनुमनड्वाहमुपबर्हणम् । वासो हिरण्यं दत्त्वा ते यन्ति दिवमुत्तमाम्
Giving a cow with a calf, a draught ox, a seat, a garment, and gold, they go to the highest heaven.