अभ्यावर्तस्व पशुभिः सहैनां प्रत्यङ्ङेनां देवताभिः सहैधि । मा त्वा प्रापच्छपथो माभिचारः स्वे क्षेत्रे अनमीवा वि राज
Return together with the cattle, and bring her back with the deities; come back with her, accompanied by the gods. Let no hostile path or sorcery reach you; reign, free from sickness, in your own field.
ऋतेन तष्टा मनसा हितैषा ब्रह्मौदनस्य विहिता वेदिरग्रे । अंसद्रीं शुद्धामुप धेहि नारि तत्रौदनं सादय दैवानाम्
With truth the carpenter, with mind the well-wisher, established the altar of the sacrificial porridge at the forefront. Place the pure, sacred shoulder-piece, O woman, and there prepare the porridge for the gods.
अदितेर्हस्तां स्रुचमेतां द्वितीयां सप्तऋषयो भूतकृतो यामकृण्वन् । सा गात्राणि विदुष्योदनस्य दर्विर्वेद्यामध्येनं चिनोतु
This ladle, the second hand of Aditi, was fashioned by the Seven Sages, creators of beings. Let it know the limbs of the porridge; let the spoon arrange it in the middle of the altar.
शृतं त्वा हव्यमुप सीदन्तु दैवा निःसृप्याग्नेः पुनरेनान् प्र सीद । सोमेन पूतो जठरे सीद ब्रह्मणामार्षेयास्ते मा रिषन् प्राशितारः
Let the gods approach you, the cooked oblation; having poured out from Agni, sit here again. Purified by Soma, settle in the stomachs of the Brahmans; may the descendants of the seers, the eaters, not come to harm.
सोम राजन्त्संज्ञानमा वपैभ्यः सुब्राह्मणा यतमे त्वोपसीदान् । ऋषीन् आर्षेयांस्तपसोऽधि जातान् ब्रह्मौदने सुहवा जोहवीमि
King Soma, bestow understanding upon these, O well-spoken one, come near with your favor. I invoke the seers, descendants of seers, born of austerity, to the sacrificial porridge, as gracious guests.
शुद्धाः पूता योषितो यज्ञिया इमा ब्रह्मणां हस्तेषु प्रपृथक्सादयामि । यत्काम इदमभिषिञ्चामि वोऽहमिन्द्रो मरुत्वान्त्स ददादिदं मे
Pure, purified, worthy women are these, whom I set apart in the hands of the Brahmans. For whatever desire I anoint you with this, may Indra, accompanied by the Maruts, grant this to me.
इदं मे ज्योतिरमृतं हिरण्यं पक्वं क्षेत्रात्कामदुघा म एषा । इदं धनं नि दधे ब्राह्मणेषु कृण्वे पन्थां पितृषु यः स्वर्गः
This is my light, immortality, gold, the cooked food, the wish-yielding cow from the field. This wealth I place among the Brahmans; I make the path to the ancestors, which is heavenly.
अग्नौ तुषान् आ वप जातवेदसि परः कम्बूकामप मृड्ढि दूरम् । एतं शुश्रुम गृहराजस्य भागमथो विद्म निर्ऋतेर्भागधेयम्
Cast the husks into Agni, Jātavedas; remove the outer chaff far away. Thus we have heard the share of the house-lord; now we know the portion assigned to Nirṛti.
श्राम्यतः पचतो विद्धि सुन्वतः पन्थां स्वर्गमधि रोहयैनम् । येन रोहात्परमापद्य यद्वय उत्तमं नाकं परमं व्योम
Know the path to heaven for the weary, the cook, and the offerer; raise him up to the heavenly way. By which ascent one goes to the highest, to the supreme heaven, the highest firmament.
{३} बभ्रेरध्वर्यो मुखमेतद्वि मृड्ढ्याज्याय लोकं कृणुहि प्रविद्वान् । घृतेन गात्रानु सर्वा वि मृड्ढि कृण्वे पन्थां पितृषु यः स्वर्गः
O Adhvaryu, cleanse the mouth of the ram; make it fit for the ghee, knowing well. With ghee anoint all its limbs; I make the path to the ancestors, which is heavenly.
बभ्रे रक्षः समदमा वपैभ्योऽब्राह्मणा यतमे त्वोपसीदान् । पुरीषिणः प्रथमानाः पुरस्तादार्षेयास्ते मा रिषन् प्राशितारः
O ram, drive away the demon for these; O well-spoken one, come near with your favor. The first, the ancient ones, the ancestors, may the descendants of seers, the eaters, not come to harm.
आर्षेयेषु नि दध ओदन त्वा नानार्षेयाणामप्यस्त्यत्र । अग्निर्मे गोप्ता मरुतश्च सर्वे विश्वे देवा अभि रक्षन्तु पक्वम्
Among the descendants of seers I place you, O porridge; there are also other descendants of seers here. Agni is my protector, and all the Maruts, all the gods, may they guard the cooked food.
यज्ञं दुहानं सदमित्प्रपीनं पुमांसं धेनुं सदनं रयीणाम् । प्रजामृतत्वमुत दीर्घमायू रायश्च पोषैरुप त्वा सदेम
The sacrifice, ever-yielding, ever-fattened, the bull, the cow, the seat of riches. May offspring, immortality, and long life, and wealth with abundance, come to you together.
वृषभोऽसि स्वर्ग ऋषीन् आर्षेयान् गच्छ । सुकृतां लोके सीद तत्र नौ संस्कृतम्
You are the bull, heavenly; go to the seers, descendants of seers. In the world of the righteous, settle there our prepared offering.
समाचिनुष्वानुसंप्रयाह्यग्ने पथः कल्पय देवयानान् । एतैः सुकृतैरनु गच्छेम यज्ञं नाके तिष्ठन्तमधि सप्तरश्मौ
Gather together, proceed in order; O Agni, prepare the path of the gods. With these good deeds may we follow the sacrifice, to the heaven where the seven-rayed one abides.
येन देवा ज्योतिषा द्यामुदायन् ब्रह्मौदनं पक्त्वा सुकृतस्य लोकम् । तेन गेष्म सुकृतस्य लोकं स्वरारोहन्तो अभि नाकमुत्तमम्
By which the gods ascended to heaven with light, having cooked the sacrificial porridge, to the world of the righteous—by that may we ascend to the world of the righteous, reaching the highest heaven.
भवाशर्वौ मृडतं माभि यातं भूतपती पशुपती नमो वाम् । प्रतिहितामायतां मा वि स्राष्टं मा नो हिंसिष्टं द्विपदो मा चतुष्पदः
O Bhava and Sarva, be gracious, do not approach with harm; Lords of beings, Lords of cattle, homage to you. Do not let the missile, once aimed, be released; do not injure us, neither two-footed nor four-footed.
शुने क्रोष्ट्रे मा शरीराणि कर्तमलिक्लवेभ्यो गृध्रेभ्यो ये च कृष्णा अविष्यवः । मक्षिकास्ते पशुपते वयांसि ते विघसे मा विदन्त
Do not harm the bodies of the dog or the jackal, nor those of the outcastes, the vultures, nor the black, flesh-eating birds. O Lord of cattle, the flies are your birds; let the devourers not find us.
क्रन्दाय ते प्राणाय याश्च ते भव रोपयः । नमस्ते रुद्र कृण्मः सहस्राक्षायामर्त्य
To your cry, to your breath, and to your planted roots, we bow. Salutations to you, Rudra, thousand-eyed, immortal.
पुरस्तात्ते नमः कृण्म उत्तरादधरादुत । अभीवर्गाद्दिवस्पर्यन्तरिक्षाय ते नमः
We make our reverence to you in the east, in the north, below, and above; from every direction, to the sky and to the midspace, we bow to you.
मुखाय ते पशुपते यानि चक्षूंषि ते भव । त्वचे रूपाय संदृशे प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः
To your mouth, O Lord of Beings, and to your eyes, O Bhava, to your skin, to your form, to your vision, and to your western aspect, we bow.
अङ्गेभ्यस्त उदराय जिह्वाया आस्याय ते । दद्भ्यो गन्धाय ते नमः
To your limbs, to your belly, to your tongue, to your mouth, to your teeth, and to your fragrance, we bow.
अस्त्रा नीलशिखण्डेन सहस्राक्षेण वाजिना । रुद्रेणार्धकघातिना तेन मा समरामहि
With the weapon of the blue-crested, thousand-eyed, swift Rudra, the half-striker, may we not contend.
स नो भवः परि वृणक्तु विश्वत आप इवाग्निः परि वृणक्तु नो भवः । मा नोऽभि मांस्त नमो अस्त्वस्मै
May Bhava encompass us on all sides, like water or fire surrounds; may Bhava protect us. May he not attack us; let there be reverence to him.
चतुर्नमो अष्टकृत्वो भवाय दश कृत्वः पशुपते नमस्ते । तवेमे पञ्च पशवो विभक्ता गावो अश्वाः पुरुषा अजावयः
Four times, eight times, ten times we bow to Bhava, to you, O Lord of Beings. These five creatures of yours are divided: cows, horses, men, goats.
तव चतस्रः प्रदिशस्तव द्यौस्तव पृथिवी तवेदमुग्रोर्वन्तरिक्षम् । तवेदं सर्वमात्मन्वद्यत्प्राणत्पृथिवीमनु
Your four directions, your heaven, your earth, this fierce midspace of yours; all this belongs to you, whatever breathes upon the earth.
{५} उरुः कोशो वसुधानस्तवायं यस्मिन्न् इमा विश्वा भुवनान्यन्तः । स नो मृड पशुपते नमस्ते परः क्रोष्टारो अभिभाः श्वानः परो यन्त्वघरुदो विकेश्यः
Your broad vessel is the earth, in which all worlds dwell. Be gracious to us, O Lord of Beings; we bow to you. Let the distant howlers, the loud barkers, the far-going, the fierce-haired, stay away.
धनुर्बिभर्षि हरितं हिरण्ययं सहस्रघ्निं शतवधं शिखण्डिन् । रुद्रस्येषुश्चरति देवहेतिस्तस्यै नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः
You bear a green bow, golden, striking a thousand, slaying a hundred, crested. The arrow of Rudra moves, divine weapon; to it, and to the direction where it is aimed, we bow.
योऽभियातो निलयते त्वां रुद्र निचिकीर्षति । पश्चादनुप्रयुङ्क्षे तं विद्धस्य पदनीरिव
Whoever approaches to harm you, Rudra, whoever seeks to injure you, let him be struck from behind, like the track of a wounded one.
भवारुद्रौ सयुजा संविदानावुभावुग्रौ चरतो वीर्याय । ताभ्यां नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः
Bhava and Rudra, united, knowing together, both fierce, moving for strength; to them, and to the direction where their weapon is aimed, we bow.