सं वो मनांसि सं व्रता समाकूतीर्नमामसि । अमी ये विव्रता स्थन तान् वः सं नमयामसि
May your minds, your vows, your intentions be united, I bow to you; those of you who are divided, I bring you together.
अहं गृभ्णामि मनसा मनांसि मम चित्तमनु चित्तेभिरेत । मम वशेषु हृदयानि वः कृणोमि मम यातमनुवर्त्मान एत
I take hold of your minds with my mind; my thought follows your thoughts; I bring your hearts under my control, let your paths follow mine.
कर्शफस्य विशफस्य द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता । यथाभिचक्र देवास्तथाप कृणुता पुनः
Heaven is the father, earth is the mother of the ploughshare and its share; as the gods have joined them, so, waters, join them again.
अश्रेष्माणो अधारयन् तथा तन् मनुना कृतम् । कृणोमि वध्रि विष्कन्धं मुष्काबर्हो गवामिव
Those who could not bear, were supported; so it was done by Manu; I make the barren branch fruitful, like the udder of cows.
पिशङ्गे सूत्रे खृगलं तदा बध्नन्ति वेधसः । श्रवस्युं शुष्मं काबवं वध्रिं कृण्वन्तु बन्धुरः
With a tawny thread, they bind the khṛgala; let the skilled ones make the shravasyu, the shushma, the kābava, and the vadhri firm.
येना श्रवस्यवश्चरथ देवा इवासुरमायया । शुनां कपिरिव दूषणो बन्धुरा काबवस्य च
By which the shravasyus move, as gods with the illusion of asuras; the bandhurā and the kābava are like a monkey, a defiler.
दुष्ट्यै हि त्वा भत्स्यामि दूषयिष्यामि काबवम् । उदाशवो रथा इव शपथेभिः सरिष्यथ
For harm, I will revile you, I will defile the kābava; like chariots without horses, you will go forth with curses.
एकशतं विष्कन्धानि विष्ठिता पृथिवीमनु । तेषां त्वामग्रे उज्जहरुर्मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणम्
A hundred viṣkandhas are spread over the earth; among them, they have lifted you up in front, the jewel, the defiler of viṣkandha.
प्रथमा ह व्युवास सा धेनुरभवद्यमे । सा नः पयस्वती दुहामुत्तरामुत्तरां समाम्
She was the first to awaken, she became the cow of Yama; may she, rich in milk, yield for us the highest, the utmost abundance.
यां देवाः प्रतिनन्दन्ति रात्रिं धेनुमुपायतीम् । संवत्सरस्य या पत्नी सा नो अस्तु सुमङ्गली
Whom the gods delight in, the night approaching as a cow; she, the wife of the year, may she be auspicious for us.
संवत्सरस्य प्रतिमां यां त्वा रात्र्युपास्महे । सा न आयुष्मतीं प्रजां रायस्पोषेण सं सृज
You, whom we worship as the counterpart of the year, as night; grant us offspring with long life, and unite us with wealth and nourishment.
इयमेव सा या प्रथमा व्यौच्छदास्वितरासु चरति प्रविष्टा । महान्तो अस्यां महिमानो अन्तर्वधूर्जिगाय नवगज्जनित्री
This is she, who first moves among the dawns, entering them; great powers dwell within her, the bride has conquered, the mother of nine offspring.
वानस्पत्या ग्रावाणो घोषमक्रत हविष्कृण्वन्तः परिवत्सरीणम् । एकाष्टके सुप्रजसः सुवीरा वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्
The stones of the forest, making sound, prepare the offering for the year; in the eighth night, may we be lords of wealth, blessed with good offspring and strong sons.
इडायास्पदं घृतवत्सरीसृपं जातवेदः प्रति हव्या गृभाय । ये ग्राम्याः पशवो विश्वरूपास्तेषां सप्तानां मयि रन्तिरस्तु
To the abode of Iḍā, rich in ghee, Jātavedas, accept the offerings; among the seven diverse domestic animals, may their delight be in me.
आ मा पुष्टे च पोषे च रात्रि देवानां सुमतौ स्याम । पूर्णा दर्वे परा पत सुपूर्णा पुनरा पत । सर्वान् यज्ञान्त्संभुञ्जतीषमूर्जं न आ भर
In nourishment and increase, O night, may we be in the favor of the gods; leap forth from the full ladle, leap forth again from the well-filled one; having enjoyed all the sacrifices, bring us food and strength.
आयमगन्त्संवत्सरः पतिरेकाष्टके तव । सा न आयुष्मतीं प्रजां रायस्पोषेण सं सृज
This year has come, the lord in the eighth night for you; grant us offspring with long life, and unite us with wealth and nourishment.
ऋतून् यज ऋतुपतीन् आर्तवान् उत हायनान् । समाः संवत्सरान् मासान् भूतस्य पतये यजे
I worship the seasons, their lords, the seasonal periods, and the years; I worship the months, the years, for the lord of beings.
ऋतुभ्यष्ट्वार्तवेभ्यो माद्भ्यः संवत्सरेभ्यः । धात्रे विधात्रे समृधे भूतस्य पतये यजे
To the seasons, the seasonal periods, the months, and the years; to the supporter, the arranger, the prosperous, I worship for the lord of beings.
इडया जुह्वतो वयं देवान् घृतवता यजे । गृहान् अलुभ्यतो वयं सं विशेमोप गोमतः
With Iḍā, offering with ghee, we worship the gods; may we enter the homes without greed, into those rich in cattle.
एकाष्टका तपसा तप्यमाना जजान गर्भं महिमानमिन्द्रम् । तेन देवा व्यसहन्त शत्रून् हन्ता दस्यूनामभवच्छचीपतिः
The eighth night, heated by austerity, produced the great embryo, Indra; with him, the gods overcame their enemies, he became the slayer of the Dasyus, the lord of power.
इन्द्रपुत्रे सोमपुत्रे दुहितासि प्रजापतेः । कामान् अस्माकं पूरय प्रति गृह्णाहि नो हविः
Daughter of Prajāpati, born of Indra and Soma, fulfill our desires, accept our offering.
मुञ्चामि त्वा हविषा जीवनाय कमज्ञातयक्ष्मादुत राजयक्ष्मात्। ग्राहिर्जग्राह यद्येतदेनं तस्या इन्द्राग्नी प्र मुमुक्तमेनम्
I release you with offering for life, from known and royal disease; if the seizure has seized him with this, may Indra and Agni release him.
यदि क्षितायुर्यदि वा परेतो यदि मृत्योरन्तिकमेव । तमा हरामि निर्ऋतेरुपस्थादस्पार्शमेनं शतशारदाय
Whether his life is rooted in the earth, or whether he has departed, or whether he stands near to death itself, I draw him away from the lap of destruction, untouched, for a hundred autumns.
सहस्राक्षेण शतवीर्येण शतायुषा हविषाहार्षमेनम् । इन्द्रो यथैनं शरदो नयात्यति विश्वस्य दुरितस्य पारम्
With the thousand-eyed, hundred-powered, hundred-lived offering, I have drawn him; as Indra leads him through the autumns, beyond all misfortune.
शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्तान् छतमु वसन्तान् । शतं ते इन्द्रो अग्निः सविता बृहस्पतिः शतायुषा हविषाहार्षमेनम्
Live a hundred autumns, growing strong; a hundred winters, a hundred springs. May Indra, Agni, Savitṛ, and Bṛhaspati, with the hundred-lived offering, draw you forth.
प्र विशतं प्राणापानावनड्वाहाविव व्रजम् । व्यन्ये यन्तु मृत्यवो यान् आहुरितरान् छतम्
Enter, O breaths, as oxen enter the stall; let other deaths depart, those which they call the hundred others.
इहैव स्तं प्राणापानौ माप गातमितो युवम् । शरीरमस्याङ्गानि जरसे वहतं पुनः
Remain here, O breaths; do not depart from here, both of you. Carry the limbs and body of this one back again to youth.
जरायै त्वा परि ददामि जरायै नि धुवामि त्वा । जरा त्वा भद्रा नेष्ट व्यन्ये यन्तु मृत्यवो यान् आहुरितरान् छतम्
I place you in old age, I set you down in old age. May auspicious old age lead you; let other deaths depart, those which they call the hundred others.
अभि त्वा जरिमाहित गामुक्षणमिव रज्ज्वा । यस्त्वा मृत्युरभ्यधत्त जायमानं सुपाशया । तं ते सत्यस्य हस्ताभ्यामुदमुञ्चद्बृहस्पतिः
Old age has bound you, as a cow is bound with a rope. The death that approached you at birth with tight bonds, Bṛhaspati released you from it with the hands of truth.
इहैव ध्रुवां नि मिनोमि शालां क्षेमे तिष्ठाति घृतमुक्षमाणा । तां त्वा शाले सर्ववीराः सुवीरा अरिष्टवीरा उप सं चरेम
Here I establish a firm house, standing secure, pouring forth ghee. In this house, O house, may all heroes, noble and unharmed, dwell together with you.