इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधराक्स वै पृथु लीयते
Here, with their heads to the east, west, and north, the broad dish is set down.
इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधरागास्ते लाहणि लीशाथी
Here, with their heads to the east, west, and north, the ladle is set down in the vessel.
इहेत्थ प्रागपागुदगधरागक्ष्लिली पुछिलीयते
Here, with their heads to the east, west, and north, the spoon is set down, dripping.
भुगित्यभिगतः शलित्यपक्रान्तः फलित्यभिष्ठितः । दुन्दुभिमाहननाभ्यां जरितरोथामो दैव
Having come for food, having gone for rice, having stood for fruit, the singer, by beating the drum, invokes the divine strength.
कोशबिले रजनि ग्रन्थेर्धानमुपानहि पादम् । उत्तमां जनिमां जन्यानुत्तमां जनीन् वर्त्मन्यात्
In the hollow of the vessel, at night, place the knot and the foot; let the highest birth be born, let the lesser birth proceed on its path.
अलाबूनि पृषातकान्यश्वत्थपलाशम् । पिपीलिकावतश्वसो विद्युत्स्वापर्णशफो गोशफो जरितरोथामो दैव
Gourds, wild cucumbers, leaves of the fig and palāśa trees; the breath of the anthill, the hoof of the horse, the hoof of the cow—the singer invokes the divine strength.
वीमे देवा अक्रंसताध्वर्यो क्षिप्रं प्रचर । सुसत्यमिद्गवामस्यसि प्रखुदसि
Here the gods have leapt, O officiant, move swiftly; you are truly good, you will be strong, you will be energetic.
पत्नी यदृश्यते पत्नी यक्ष्यमाणा जरितरोथामो दैव । होता विष्टीमेन जरितरोथामो दैव
When the wife is seen, when the wife is being sacrificed for, the singer invokes the divine strength; the priest, by the viṣṭīma, the singer invokes the divine strength.
आदित्या ह जरितरङ्गिरोभ्यो दक्षिणामनयन् । तां ह जरितः प्रत्यायंस्तामु ह जरितः प्रत्यायन्
The Ādityas brought the fee to the singers from the Angiras; the singer indeed brought it back, the singer indeed brought it back.
तां ह जरितर्नः प्रत्यगृभ्णंस्तामु ह जरितर्नः प्रत्यगृभ्णः । अहानेतरसं न वि चेतनानि यज्ञान् एतरसं न पुरोगवामः
That, the singer took for us, that, the singer took for us; we do not know the other, nor do we lead the other in sacrifice.
उत श्वेत आशुपत्वा उतो पद्याभिर्यविष्ठः । उतेमाशु मानं पिपर्ति
And the white one is swift, and the youngest is by his feet; and this swift one supports the measure.
आदित्या रुद्रा वसवस्त्वेनु त इदं राधः प्रति गृभ्णीह्यङ्गिरः । इदं राधो विभु प्रभु इदं राधो बृहत्पृथु
O Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus, take this gift, O Angiras; this gift is all-pervading, mighty, this gift is great and broad.
० देवा ददत्वासुरं तद्वो अस्तु सुचेतनम् । युष्मामस्तु दिवेदिवे प्रत्येव गृभायत्
Let the gods give the demon; let that be your wise insight; let it be yours day by day, let it always be grasped by you.
त्वमिन्द्र शर्मरिणा हव्यं पारावतेभ्यः । विप्राय स्तुवते वसुवनिं दुरश्रवसे वह
You, Indra, with protection, carry the offering to the distant ones; for the sage who praises, bring the wealth, for the ill-famed, drive it away.
त्वमिन्द्र कपोताय छिन्नपक्षाय वञ्चते । श्यामाकं पक्वं पीलु च वारस्मा अकृणोर्बहुः
You, Indra, for the pigeon with broken wings, for the deceived, made much ripe black millet and pīlu fruit for him in the day.
अरंगरो वावदीति त्रेधा बद्धो वरत्रया । इरामह प्रशंसत्यनिरामप सेधति
The one who makes no sound says 'vāvadīti', bound threefold with three straps; he praises the food, the one without food drives it away.
यदस्या अंहुभेद्याः कृधु स्थूलमुपातसत्। मुष्काविदस्या एजतो गोशफे शकुलाविव
When her testicles, which are to be split, strike the thick part, they move, trembling, like the eggs of a bird in the hoof of a cow.
यदा स्थूलेन पससाणौ मुष्का उपावधीत्। विष्वञ्चा वस्या वर्धतः सिकतास्वेव गर्दभौ
When, with the thick one, she strikes the testicles on the stone, they grow unsteadily, like donkeys on sand.
यदल्पिकास्वल्पिका कर्कधूकेवषद्यते । वासन्तिकमिव तेजनं यन्त्यवाताय वित्पति
When the small ones move among the small, like a grinding stone, they go as if to the spring festival, the wind drives them away.
यद्देवासो ललामगुं प्रविष्टीमिनमाविषुः । सकुला देदिश्यते नारी सत्यस्याक्षिभुवो यथा
When the gods entered the ornament, they revealed this woman; she is pointed out with her companions, like the eye-sockets of truth.
महानग्न्यतृप्नद्वि मोक्रददस्थानासरन् । शक्तिकानना स्वचमशकं सक्तु पद्यम
The great fire did not satisfy the greedy one; the bones did not move; the sharp-toothed ones, with their own mouth, eat the flour by foot.
महानग्न्युलूखलमतिक्रामन्त्यब्रवीत्। यथा तव वनस्पते निरघ्नन्ति तथैवेति
The great fire said, as it crossed the mortar: 'Just as they strike you, O tree, so may it be.'
महानग्न्युप ब्रूते भ्रष्टोथाप्यभूभुवः । यथैव ते वनस्पते पिप्पति तथैवेति
The great fire speaks, having fallen and risen again: 'Just as your fruits, O tree, fall, so may it be.'
महानग्न्युप ब्रूते भ्रष्टोथाप्यभूभुवः । यथा वयो विदाह्य स्वर्गे नमवदह्यते
The great fire speaks, having fallen and risen again: 'Just as the birds are burned in the sky, so may they be burned here.'
महानग्न्युप ब्रूते स्वसावेशितं पसः । इत्थं फलस्य वृक्षस्य शूर्पे शूर्पं भजेमहि
The great fire speaks concerning the pressed juice: 'Thus, let us separate the husk from the fruit of the tree with a winnowing basket.'
महानग्नी कृकवाकं शम्यया परि धावति । अयं न विद्म यो मृगः शीर्ष्णा हरति धाणिकाम्
The great fire chases the rooster with a staff; we do not know which animal takes the grain by the head.
महानग्नी महानग्नं धावन्तमनु धावति । इमास्तदस्य गा रक्ष यभ मामद्ध्यौदनम्
The great fire pursues the great fire as it runs; protect these cows of his, O Yabha, do not strike me, O Udana.
सुदेवस्त्वा महानग्नीर्बबाधते महतः साधु खोदनम् । कुसं पीवरो नवत्
The good god, the great fire, oppresses you; the pounding of the great one is good; the kusa grass is fat, new.
वशा दग्धामिमाङ्गुरिं प्रसृजतोग्रतं परे । महान् वै भद्रो यभ मामद्ध्यौदनम्
The sacrificial cow, having been burned, releases this finger forward and beyond; truly great and auspicious is Yabha, do not strike me, O Udana.
विदेवस्त्वा महानग्नीर्विबाधते महतः साधु खोदनम् । कुमारिका पिङ्गलिका कार्द भस्मा कु धावति
The wise god, the great fire, oppresses you; the pounding of the great one is good; the maiden, the tawny one, the black one, runs to the ashes.