नमस्ते अस्त्वायते नमो अस्तु परायते । नमस्ते रुद्र तिष्ठत आसीनायोत ते नमः
Salutations to you who advances, salutations to you who withdraws. Salutations to you, Rudra, standing and sitting; to you, we bow.
नमः सायं नमः प्रातर्नमो रात्र्या नमो दिवा । भवाय च शर्वाय चोभाभ्यामकरं नमः
Salutations in the evening, salutations in the morning, salutations at night, salutations by day; to Bhava and to Śarva, to both, we bow.
सहस्राक्षमतिपश्यं पुरस्ताद्रुद्रमस्यन्तं बहुधा विपश्चितम् । मोपाराम जिह्वयेयमानम्
The thousand-eyed, all-seeing Rudra stands in front, wise in many ways. Let my tongue not offend him.
श्यावाश्वं कृष्णमसितं मृणन्तं भीमं रथं केशिनः पादयन्तम् । पूर्वे प्रतीमो नमो अस्त्वस्मै
The dark horse, the black, the unyielding, the terrible chariot, the hairy one, trampling; to the ancient and to the western, we bow.
मा नोऽभि स्रा मत्यं देवहेतिं मा नः क्रुधः पशुपते नमस्ते । अन्यत्रास्मद्दिव्यां शाखां वि धूनु
Let not the divine weapon strike us, let not your anger, O Lord of Beings, fall upon us. Move your heavenly branch elsewhere.
मा नो हिंसीरधि नो ब्रूहि परि णो वृङ्धि मा क्रुधः । मा त्वया समरामहि
Let him not harm us, speak kindly to us, surround us, do not be angry. May we not contend with you.
{६} मा नो गोषु पुरुषेषु मा गृधो नो अजाविषु । अन्यत्रोग्र वि वर्तय पियारूणां प्रजां जहि
Do not covet us among cattle or among men, do not desire us among goats or sheep. Fierce one, turn elsewhere; destroy the offspring of those who are dear to you.
यस्य तक्मा कासिका हेतिरेकमश्वस्येव वृषणः क्रन्द एति । अभिपूर्वं निर्णयते नमो अस्त्वस्मै
Whose fever, coughing, and weapon, like the neighing of a stallion, cries out—he drives it out from before; to him be homage.
योऽन्तरिक्षे तिष्ठति विष्टभितोऽयज्वनः प्रमृणन् देवपीयून् । तस्मै नमो दशभिः शक्वरीभिः
He who stands in the midspace, firmly established, destroying the offerings of the non-sacrificer, the drinker of the gods—to him be homage with ten verses of praise.
तुभ्यमारण्याः पशवो मृगा वने हिता हंसाः सुपर्णाः शकुना वयांसि । तव यक्षं पशुपते अप्स्वन्तस्तुभ्यं क्षरन्ति दिव्या आपो वृधे
To you belong the wild animals of the forest, the beasts set in the woods, swans, eagles, birds, and flying creatures. Your mysterious power, O Lord of Beasts, the divine waters pour forth within the waters for your increase.
शिंशुमारा अजगराः पुरीकया जषा मत्स्या रजसा येभ्यो अस्यसि । न ते दूरं न परिष्ठास्ति ते भव सद्यः सर्वां परि पश्यसि भूमिं पूर्वस्माद्धंस्युत्तरस्मिन्त्समुद्रे
The dolphins, pythons, those with armored bodies, fish, and all those whom you strike with dust—no place is far or remote for you; you are present everywhere, you see the whole earth at once, from the eastern to the western ocean.
मा नो रुद्र तक्मना मा विषेण मा नः सं स्रा दिव्येनाग्निना । अन्यत्रास्मद्विद्युतं पातयैताम्
Do not, O Rudra, harm us with fever, nor with poison, nor let us waste away with celestial fire. Cast your lightning elsewhere, away from us.
भवो दिवो भव ईशे पृथिव्या भव आ पप्र उर्वन्तरिक्षम् । तस्यै नमो यतमस्यां दिशीतः
You are Bhava in heaven, you are the lord of the earth, you have filled the broad midspace. To that power, wherever you are directed, be homage.
भव राजन् यजमानाय मृड पशूनां हि पशुपतिर्बभूथ । यः श्रद्दधाति सन्ति देवा इति चतुष्पदे द्विपदेऽस्य मृड
O Bhava, king, be gracious to the sacrificer, for you have become the lord of cattle. Whoever has faith, saying 'the gods exist,' be gracious to his four-footed and two-footed creatures.
मा नो महान्तमुत मा नो अर्भकं मा नो वहन्तमुत मा नो वक्ष्यतः । मा नो हिंसीः पितरं मातरं च स्वां तन्वं रुद्र मा रीरिषो नः
Do not harm our great one, nor our child, do not harm the one who carries, nor the one who will carry. Do not injure our father or mother, nor our own body, O Rudra, do not wrong us.
रुद्रस्यैलबकारेभ्योऽसंसूक्तगिलेभ्यः । इदं महास्येभ्यः श्वभ्यो अकरं नमः
To Rudra's howling forms, to those who devour unuttered hymns, to these great-mouthed ones, to the dogs, I offer homage.
नमस्ते घोषिणीभ्यो नमस्ते केशिनीभ्यः । नमो नमस्कृताभ्यो नमः संभुञ्जतीभ्यः । नमस्ते देव सेनाभ्यः स्वस्ति नो अभयं च नः
Homage to the noisy ones, homage to the long-haired ones, homage to those who are saluted, homage to those who feast together. Homage to the divine hosts; may there be well-being and safety for us.
तस्यौदनस्य बृहस्पतिः शिरो ब्रह्म मुखम्
Of that sacrificial porridge, Bṛhaspati is the head, Brahman is the mouth.
द्यावापृथिवी श्रोत्रे सूर्याचन्द्रमसावक्षिणी सप्तऋषयः प्राणापानाः
Heaven and earth are its ears, the sun and moon are its eyes, the seven sages are its breath and exhalation.
चक्षुर्मुसलं काम उलूखलम्
The pestle is its eye, desire is the mortar.
दितिः शूर्पमदितिः शूर्पग्राही वातोऽपाविनक्
Diti is the winnowing basket, Aditi is the one who holds the basket, the wind is the blower.
अश्वाः कणा गावस्तण्डुला मशकास्तुषाः
Horses are the grains, cows are the rice, mosquitoes are the husks.
कब्रु फलीकरणाः शरोऽभ्रम्
Kabru are the pod-makers, the arrow is the cloud.
श्याममयोऽस्य मांसानि लोहितमस्य लोहितम्
Its flesh is made of black metal, its blood is red.
त्रपु भस्म हरितं वर्णः पुष्करमस्य गन्धः
Tin, ash, green color, the fragrance of the lotus.
खलः पात्रं स्फ्यावंसावीषे अनूक्ये
The threshing floor, the vessel, the pestle and the pounding stone, the place for the oxen.
आन्त्राणि जत्रवो गुदा वरत्राः
The intestines, the jaws, the rectum, the ligaments.
इयमेव पृथिवी कुम्भी भवति राध्यमानस्यौदनस्य द्यौरपिधानम्
This very earth becomes the pot for the rice being cooked; the sky is its covering.
सीताः पर्शवः सिकता ऊबध्यम्
The furrows, the sides, the sand, the two boundaries.
ऋतं हस्तावनेजनं कुल्योपसेचनम्
Truth is the hand-washing, the irrigation channel is the sprinkling.