शुची ते चक्रे यात्या व्यानो अक्ष आहतः । अनो मनस्मयं सूर्यारोहत्प्रयती पतिम्
Your shining wheel moves, the axle is firmly fixed; Sūryā ascended the mind-made chariot, striving towards her husband.
सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात्सविता यमवासृजत्। मघासु हन्यन्ते गावः फल्गुनीषु व्युह्यते
Savitṛ sent forth the draught animal for Sūryā; in Maghā stars the cows are slaughtered, in Phalgunī they are yoked.
यदश्विना पृच्छमानावयातं त्रिचक्रेण वहतुं सूर्यायाः । क्वैकं चक्रं वामासीत्क्व देष्ट्राय तस्थथुः
When you two Aśvins, inquiring, came with the three-wheeled chariot for Sūryā, where was your one wheel, where did you place the yoke?
यदयातं शुभस्पती वरेयं सूर्यामुप । विश्वे देवा अनु तद्वामजानन् पुत्रः पितरमवृणीत पूषा
When you came, O lords of beauty, to choose Sūryā, all the gods knew that for you; Pūṣan, the son, chose the father.
द्वे ते चक्रे सूर्ये ब्रह्माण ऋतुथा विदुः । अथैकं चक्रं यद्गुहा तदद्धातय इद्विदुः
Two of your wheels, O Sūryā, the Brāhmaṇas know according to the seasons; but the one wheel that is hidden, only the wise know that.
अर्यमणं यजामहे सुबन्धुं पतिवेदनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनात्प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः
We worship Aryaman, the good friend, the knower of marriage; as a cucumber from its bond, I release you from here, not from there.
प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः सुबद्धाममुतस्करम् । यथेयमिन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रा सुभगासति
I release you from here, well-bound, not to be lost; as you, Indra, O gracious one, are blessed with good sons.
प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद्येन त्वाबध्नात्सविता सुशेवाः । ऋतस्य योनौ सुकृतस्य लोके स्योनं ते अस्तु सहसंभलायै
I release you from the noose of Varuṇa, with which Savitṛ, the gracious, bound you; in the womb of truth, in the world of good deeds, may you be happy for strength and support.
भगस्त्वेतो नयतु हस्तगृह्याश्विना त्वा प्र वहतां रथेन । गृहान् गच्छ गृहपत्नी यथासो वशिनी त्वं विदथमा वदासि
May Bhaga lead you here, holding your hand; may the Aśvins carry you forth with their chariot; go to the house as the mistress of the house, speak wisely in the assembly.
{२} इह प्रियं प्रजायै ते समृध्यतामस्मिन् गृहे गार्हपत्याय जागृहि । एना पत्या तन्वं सं स्पृशस्वाथ जिर्विर्विदथमा वदासि
Here may your beloved offspring thrive, in this house keep watch over the sacred fire; touch your body with your husband, then, aged, speak wisely in the assembly.
इहैव स्तं मा वि यौष्टं विश्वमायुर्व्यश्नुतम् । क्रीडन्तौ पुत्रैर्नप्तृभिर्मोदमानौ स्वस्तकौ
Stay here, do not part, enjoy the full span of life; playing with sons and grandsons, rejoicing, blessed with well-being.
पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीडन्तौ परि यातोऽर्णवम् । विश्वान्यो भुवना विचष्ट ऋतूंरन्यो विदधज्जायसे नवः
Moving through past and future by their power, these two children, playing, have reached the ocean; one surveys all beings, the other arranges the seasons, you are born anew.
नवोनवो भवसि जायमानोऽह्नां केतुरुषसामेष्यग्रम् । भागं देवेभ्यो वि दधास्यायन् प्र चन्द्रमस्तिरसे दीर्घमायुः
Ever new you become as you are born, the sign of days, you will come first with the dawn; you will distribute the share to the gods, and may you, radiant one, attain long life with brilliance.
परा देहि शामुल्यं ब्रह्मभ्यो वि भजा वसु । कृत्यैषा पद्वती भूत्वा जाया विशते पतिम्
Remove the root of discord, divide the wealth among the priests; having become one with the path of rites, the wife enters her husband.
नीललोहितं भवति कृत्यासक्तिर्व्यज्यते । एधन्ते अस्या ज्ञातयः पतिर्बन्धेषु बध्यते
Attachment to harmful acts becomes dark and red, it is revealed; her kin increase, the husband is bound in bonds.
अश्लीला तनूर्भवति रुशती पापयामुया । पतिर्यद्वध्वो वाससः स्वमङ्गमभ्यूर्णुते
The body becomes improper, stained by evil; when the husband covers his own limb with the wife's garment.
आशसनं विशसनमथो अधिविकर्तनम् । सूर्यायाः पश्य रूपाणि तानि ब्रह्मोत शुम्भति
Expectation, chastisement, and even severe cutting—see these forms of Sūryā; the priest indeed purifies them.
तृष्टमेतत्कटुकमपाष्ठवद्विषवन् नैतदत्तवे । सूर्यां यो ब्रह्मा वेद स इद्वाधूयमर्हति
This is parched, bitter, like a bone without marrow, like poison—this is not to be given; he who knows the Sūryā rite, that priest alone is worthy of the bride.
स इत्तत्स्योनं हरति ब्रह्मा वासः सुमङ्गलम् । प्रायश्चित्तिं यो अध्येति येन जाया न रिष्यति
He alone removes this misfortune, the priest who knows the auspicious garment; he who studies the expiation by which the wife does not suffer harm.
{३} युवं भगं सं भरतं समृद्धमृतं वदन्तावृतोद्येषु । ब्रह्मणस्पते पतिमस्यै रोचय चारु संभलो वदतु वाचमेताम्
You two, bring together fortune, abundance, and immortality, as they say at the wedding; O Lord of Prayer, make her husband pleasing to her, and let the charming companion speak this speech.
इहेदसाथ न परो गमाथेमं गावः प्रजया वर्धयाथ । शुभं यतीरुस्रियाः सोमवर्चसो विश्वे देवाः क्रन्न् इह वो मनांसि
Here you shall stay, do not go elsewhere; may these cows increase with offspring; whatever is auspicious in Sūryā, Soma’s radiance, may all the gods here turn their minds to you.
इमं गावः प्रजया सं विशाथायं देवानां न मिनाति भागम् । अस्मै वः पूषा मरुतश्च सर्वे अस्मै वो धाता सविता सुवाति
May these cows enter together with offspring, may he not diminish the share of the gods; to him may Pūṣan and all the Maruts, to him may Dhātṛ and Savitṛ grant prosperity.
अनृक्षरा ऋजवः सन्तु पन्थानो येभिः सखायो यन्ति नो वरेयम् । सं भगेन समर्यम्णा सं धाता सृजतु वर्चसा
Let the paths be straight and true, by which friends go to choose us; may Bhaga, Aryaman, and Dhātṛ together grant radiance.
यच्च वर्चो अक्षेषु सुरायां च यदाहितम् । यद्गोष्वश्विना वर्चस्तेनेमां वर्चसावतम्
Whatever radiance is in dice or in strong drink, whatever is set among cows, O Aśvins, with that radiance protect her.
येन महानघ्न्या जघनमश्विना येन वा सुरा । येनाक्षा अभ्यषिच्यन्त तेनेमां वर्चसावतम्
By which the great sinless one was struck, O Aśvins, or by which in strong drink, or by which dice were anointed, with that radiance protect her.
यो अनिध्मो दीदयदप्स्वन्तर्यं विप्रास ईडते अध्वरेषु । अपां नपान् मधुमतीरपो दा याभिरिन्द्रो वावृधे वीर्यावान्
He who, without fuel, shines among the waters, whom the wise praise in the sacrifices; O child of the waters, grant the sweet waters by which Indra grew strong in might.
इदमहं रुशन्तं ग्राभं तनूदूषिमपोहामि । यो भद्रो रोचनस्तमुदचामि
This radiant grasp, which defiles the body, I wash away with water; whatever is bright and shining, that I raise up.
आस्यै ब्राह्मणाः स्नपनीर्हरन्त्ववीरघ्नीरुदजन्त्वापः । अर्यम्णो अग्निं पर्येतु पूषन् प्रतीक्षन्ते श्वशुरो देवरश्च
Let the priests bring her bathing waters, let the waters drive away barrenness; let Pūṣan go around the fire of Aryaman, the father-in-law and brother-in-law wait for her.
शं ते हिरण्यं शमु सन्त्वापः शं मेथिर्भवतु शं युगस्य तर्द्म । शं त आपः शतपवित्रा भवन्तु शमु पत्या तन्वं सं स्पृशस्व
May gold be auspicious for you, may the waters be auspicious, may the union be auspicious, may the yoke be gentle; may the waters with a hundred purifications be auspicious for you, may you touch your husband’s body in harmony.
{४} खे रथस्य खेऽनसः खे युगस्य शतक्रतो । अपालामिन्द्र त्रिष्पूत्वाकृणोः सूर्यत्वचम्
In the sky is the chariot, in the sky the axle, in the sky the yoke, O Indra of a hundred powers; you made the skin of Sūryā without blemish.