उषसे नः परि देहि सर्वान् रात्र्यनागसः । उषा नो अह्ने आ भजादहस्तुभ्यं विभावरि
Give us to the dawn, O night, all unharmed; may dawn share out the day for us, O radiant one, for you are without hands.
अयुतोऽहमयुतो म आत्मायुतं मे चक्षुरयुतं मे श्रोत्रम् । अयुतो मे प्राणोऽयुतो मेऽपानोऽयुतो मे व्यानोऽयुतोऽहं सर्वः
I am ten thousand, my self is ten thousand, my eye is ten thousand, my ear is ten thousand; my breath is ten thousand, my outgoing breath is ten thousand, my diffused breath is ten thousand; I am all, ten thousand.
देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवेऽश्विनोर्बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्यां प्रसूत आ रभे
I take hold of you, born from the impulse of the divine Savitar, from the arms of the Ashvins, from the hands of Pushan.
कामस्तदग्रे समवर्तत मनसो रेतः प्रथमं यदासीत्। स काम कामेन बृहता सयोनी रायस्पोषं यजमानाय धेहि
Desire arose in the beginning, the first seed of mind that was; O Desire, united with the great Desire, of one womb, grant prosperity and wealth to the worshipper.
त्वं काम सहसासि प्रतिष्ठितो विभुर्विभावा सख आ सखीयते । त्वमुग्रः पृतनासु ससहिः सह ओजो यजमानाय धेहि
You, Desire, are established with force, all-pervading, manifesting in many forms, a friend to friends; you are mighty in battles, grant strength to the worshipper.
दूराच्चकमानाय प्रतिपाणायाक्षये । आस्मा अशृण्वन्न् आशाः कामेनाजनयन्त्स्वः
For the one longing from afar, for the one seeking, for the undiminishing, hopes have listened; with Desire, they have generated their own light.
कामेन मा काम आगन् हृदयाद्धृदयं परि । यदमीषामदो मनस्तदैतूप मामिह
Let Desire come to me from heart to heart; whatever exhilaration or thought is among these people, let that come to me here.
यत्काम कामयमाना इदं कृण्मसि ते हविः । तन् नः सर्वं समृध्यतामथैतस्य हविषो वीहि स्वाहा
Whatever act we perform here, desiring Desire, this is your offering; may all of it prosper for us, and may you accept this offering—svaha.
कालो अश्वो वहति सप्तरश्मिः सहस्राक्षो अजरो भूरिरेताः । तमा रोहन्ति कवयो विपश्चितस्तस्य चक्रा भुवनानि विश्वा
Time, the horse with seven rays, carries all; with a thousand eyes, ageless, mighty, he bears these beings. Upon him ascend the wise and discerning; his wheels are all the worlds.
सप्त चक्रान् वहति काल एष सप्तास्य नाभीरमृतं न्वक्षः । स इमा विश्वा भुवनान्यञ्जत्कालः स ईयते प्रथमो नु देवः
This Time carries seven wheels, has seven mouths, his navel is immortal, his axis is eternal; he moves all these worlds, Time, the first god, indeed advances.
पूर्णः कुम्भोऽधि काल आहितस्तं वै पश्यामो बहुधा नु सन्तम् । स इमा विश्वा भुवनानि प्रत्यङ्कालं तमाहुः परमे व्योमन्
A full jar is placed upon Time; we see him existing in many forms. He moves all these worlds; they call that Time the highest heaven.
स एव सं भुवनान्याभरत्स एव सं भुवनानि पर्यैत्। पिता सन्न् अभवत्पुत्र एषां तस्माद्वै नान्यत्परमस्ति तेजः
He alone has taken up all the worlds; he alone has gone around all the worlds. He became the father and the son of these; therefore, there is no greater brilliance than he.
कालोऽमूं दिवमजनयत्काल इमाः पृथिवीरुत । काले ह भूतं भव्यं चेषितं ह वि तिष्ठते
Time generated this heaven; Time, indeed, this earth. In Time, the past and future and all actions stand firm.
कालो भूतिमसृजत काले तपति सूर्यः । काले ह विश्वा भूतानि काले चक्षुर्वि पश्यति
Time created beings; in Time the sun burns. In Time, all beings exist; in Time the eye sees.
काले मनः काले प्राणः काले नाम समाहितम् । कालेन सर्वा नन्दन्त्यागतेन प्रजा इमाः
In Time is mind, in Time is breath, in Time is the gathered name. By Time, all these creatures rejoice when he arrives.
काले तपः काले ज्येष्ठं काले ब्रह्म समाहितम् । कालो ह सर्वस्येश्वरो यः पितासीत्प्रजापतेः
In Time is austerity, in Time is supremacy, in Time is the gathered Brahman. Time is the lord of all, who became the father of Prajapati.
तेनेषितं तेन जातं तदु तस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठितम् । कालो ह ब्रह्म भूत्वा बिभर्ति परमेष्ठिनम्
By him is everything impelled, by him is everything born, in him is everything established. Time, having become Brahman, upholds the supreme lord.
कालः प्रजा असृजत कालो अग्रे प्रजापतिम् । स्वयंभूः कश्यपः कालात्तपः कालादजायत
Time created the creatures; in the beginning, Time created Prajapati. The self-born Kashyapa arose from Time, and austerity from Time.
कालादापः समभवन् कालाद्ब्रह्म तपो दिशः । कालेनोदेति सूर्यः काले नि विशते पुनः
From Time arose the waters, from Time Brahman, austerity, and the directions. By Time the sun rises, and in Time he sets again.
कालेन वातः पवते कालेन पृथिवी मही । द्यौर्मही काल आहिता
By Time the wind blows, by Time the great earth stands firm. The great sky is established in Time.
कालो ह भूतं भव्यं च पुत्रो अजनयत्पुरा । कालादृचः समभवन् यजुः कालादजायत
Time, indeed, long ago gave birth to what has been and what will be, as a son; from Time arose the Ṛc verses, from Time was born the Yajus.
कालो यज्ञं समैरयद्देवेभ्यो भागमक्षितम् । काले गन्धर्वाप्सरसः काले लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः
Time set the sacrifice in order, granting the gods their undiminishing share; in Time are established the Gandharvas and Apsarases, in Time are all the worlds fixed.
कालेऽयमङ्गिरा देवोऽथर्वा चाधि तिष्ठतः । इमं च लोकं परमं च लोकं पुण्यांश्च लोकान् विधृतीश्च पुण्याः । सर्वांल्लोकान् अभिजित्य ब्रह्मणा कालः स ईयते परमो नु देवः
In Time stand this god Aṅgiras and Atharvan; this world and the highest world, and the blessed worlds and their supports, all are upheld by Time; having conquered all worlds with Brahman, Time, that supreme god, moves onward.
रात्रिंरात्रिमप्रयातं भरन्तोऽश्वायेव तिष्ठते घासमस्मै । रायस्पोषेण समिषा मदन्तो मा ते अग्ने प्रतिवेशा रिषाम
Night after night, bearing the one who journeys unceasingly, stands like a horse with fodder for him; rejoicing in wealth and food, may we not, O Agni, suffer harm in our dwelling.
या ते वसोर्वात इषुः सा त एषा तया नो मृड । रायस्पोषेण समिषा मदन्तो मा ते अग्ने प्रतिवेशा रिषाम
That arrow of yours, O Wind, which is of wealth—let it be yours; with that, grant us favor; rejoicing in wealth and food, may we not, O Agni, suffer harm in our dwelling.
सायंसायं गृहपतिर्नो अग्निः प्रातःप्रातः सौमनसस्य दाता । वसोर्वसोर्वसुदान एधि वयं त्वेन्धानास्तन्वं पुषेम
Evening by evening, may Agni, the lord of the house, be ours; morning by morning, the giver of good mind; O giver of wealth, become bestower of riches; may we, your kindlers, prosper in body.
प्रातःप्रातर्गृहपतिर्नो अग्निः सायंसायं सौमनसस्य दाता । वसोर्वसोर्वसुदान एधीन्धानास्त्वा शतंहिमा ऋधेम
Morning by morning, may Agni, the lord of the house, be ours; evening by evening, the giver of good mind; O giver of wealth, become bestower of riches; may we, your kindlers, thrive for a hundred winters.
अपश्चा दग्धान्नस्य भूयासम् । अन्नादायान्नपतये रुद्राय नमो अग्नये । सभ्यः सभां मे पाहि ये च सभ्याः सभासदः
May I not become one who eats what has been burnt behind; homage to the food-giver, to the lord of food, to Rudra, to Agni; O assembly, protect my assembly, and you who are members of the assembly, protect the assembly.
त्वामिन्द्रा पुरुहूत विश्वमायुर्व्यश्नवन् । अहरहर्बलिमित्ते हरन्तोऽश्वायेव तिष्ठते घासमग्ने
You, O Indra, much-invoked, pervade all life; day by day, bearing the measured portion, you stand like a horse with fodder, O Agni.
यमस्य लोकादध्या बभूविथ प्रमदा मर्त्यान् प्र युनक्षि धीरः । एकाकिना सरथं यासि विद्वान्त्स्वप्नं मिमानो असुरस्य योनौ
From the world of Yama you have arisen, delighting, O wise one, you unite mortals; alone, you journey with your chariot, knowing, measuring out sleep in the womb of the mighty one.