नराशंसो नोऽवतु प्रयाजे शं नो अस्त्वनुयाजो हवेषु । क्षिपदशस्तिमप दुर्मतिं हन्नथा करद्यजमानाय शं योः
May Nārāśaṃsa protect us at the first offering, may well-being be ours at the concluding oblation and in the invocations. May he strike down hostility, remove ill intent, and grant well-being to the worshiper.
तपुर्मूर्धा तपतु रक्षसो ये ब्रह्मद्विषः शरवे हन्तवा उ । क्षिपदशस्तिमप दुर्मतिं हन्नथा करद्यजमानाय शं योः
Let the blazing head burn the demons, those who hate the sacred word, to be struck down by the arrow. May he strike down hostility, remove ill intent, and grant well-being to the worshiper.
अपश्यं त्वा मनसा चेकितानं तपसो जातं तपसो विभूतम् । इह प्रजामिह रयिं रराणः प्र जायस्व प्रजया पुत्रकाम
I have seen you with my mind, discerning, born of austerity, radiant with austerity. Here, grant offspring, here grant wealth; beget children for the one who desires a son.
अपश्यं त्वा मनसा दीध्यानां स्वायां तनू ऋत्व्ये नाधमानाम् । उप मामुच्चा युवतिर्बभूयाः प्र जायस्व प्रजया पुत्रकामे
I have seen you with my mind, shining in your own form, not falling from the season. May the young woman approach me; beget children for the one who desires a son.
अहं गर्भमदधामोषधीष्वहं विश्वेषु भुवनेष्वन्तः । अहं प्रजा अजनयं पृथिव्यामहं जनिभ्यो अपरीषु पुत्रान्
I have placed the embryo in the plants, I have placed it within all the worlds. I have generated offspring on earth, I have given sons to the women.
विष्णुर्योनिं कल्पयतु त्वष्टा रूपाणि पिंशतु । आ सिञ्चतु प्रजापतिर्धाता गर्भं दधातु ते
May Viṣṇu prepare the womb, may Tvaṣṭṛ fashion the forms, may Prajāpati pour in, may Dhātṛ place the embryo within you.
गर्भं धेहि सिनीवालि गर्भं धेहि सरस्वति । गर्भं ते अश्विनौ देवावा धत्तां पुष्करस्रजा
Sinīvālī, place the embryo; Sarasvatī, place the embryo; may the two divine Aśvins, adorned with lotus garlands, place the embryo within you.
हिरण्ययी अरणी यं निर्मन्थतो अश्विना । तं ते गर्भं हवामहे दशमे मासि सूतवे
The golden fire-stick which you, O Aśvins, have churned—may we invoke that embryo for you, to be born in the tenth month.
महि त्रीणामवोऽस्तु द्युक्षं मित्रस्यार्यम्णः । दुराधर्षं वरुणस्य
May there be great aid from the three, the shining one of heaven, from Mitra and Aryaman, and the invincible Varuṇa.
नहि तेषाममा चन नाध्वसु वारणेषु । ईशे रिपुरघशंसः
For them, there is no enemy at all, neither on the paths nor at the crossings; the evil-wisher has no power over them.
यस्मै पुत्रासो अदितेः प्र जीवसे मर्त्याय । ज्योतिर्यच्छन्त्यजस्रम्
To whom the sons of Aditi grant enduring light for living, for that mortal, evermore.
वात आ वातु भेषजं शम्भु मयोभु नो हृदे । प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्
May the wind bring healing, pleasant and delightful to our heart; may it carry our lives forward.
उत वात पितासि न उत भ्रातोत नः सखा । स नो जीवातवे कृधि
O wind, you are our father, you are our brother, you are our friend; make us fit for life.
यददो वात ते गृहेऽमृतस्य निधिर्हितः । ततो नो देहि जीवसे
Whatever treasure of immortality is placed in your house, O wind, from that give us for living.
प्राग्नये वाचमीरय वृषभाय क्षितीनाम् । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः
I send forth speech to Agni, the bull among peoples; may he lead us past hatred.
यः परस्याः परावतस्तिरो धन्वातिरोचते । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः
He who shines beyond the farthest distance, beyond the desert, may he lead us past hatred.
यो रक्षांसि निजूर्वति वृषा शुक्रेण शोचिषा । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः
He who, with pure brilliance, subdues the demons, the bull, may he lead us past hatred.
यो विश्वाभि विपश्यति भुवना सं च पश्यति । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः
He who sees all things with insight, and beholds all beings together, may he lead us past hatred.
यो अस्य पारे रजसः शुक्रो अग्निरजायत । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः
He who, bright, was born on the far side of the realm, Agni, may he lead us past hatred.
प्र नूनं जातवेदसमश्वं हिनोत वाजिनम् । इदं नो बर्हिरासदे
Now, offer the swift horse to Jātavedas; may this seat be for us.
अस्य प्र जातवेदसो विप्रवीरस्य मीळ्हुषः । महीमियर्मि सुष्टुतिम्
To this Jātavedas, the wise and generous one, I send forth a great praise.
या रुचो जातवेदसो देवत्रा हव्यवाहनीः । ताभिर्नो यज्ञमिन्वतु
Those lights of Jātavedas, which carry the offerings to the gods, may they inspire our sacrifice.
आयं गौः पृश्निरक्रमीदसदन्मातरं पुरः । पितरं च प्रयन्स्वः
This spotted cow has stepped forth, she settled before her mother, and approached her father, longing for the sun.
अन्तश्चरति रोचनास्य प्राणादपानती । व्यख्यन्महिषो दिवम्
She moves within the shining realms, inhaling and exhaling; the great bull has declared the sky.
त्रिंशद्धाम वि राजति वाक्पतंगाय धीयते । प्रति वस्तोरह द्युभिः
She shines forth in thirty places; speech is set for the swift one; at the coming of dawn, with the days.
ऋतं च सत्यं चाभीद्धात्तपसोऽध्यजायत । ततो रात्र्यजायत ततः समुद्रो अर्णवः
Order and truth were born from heat; from that was born night, and from night the flowing ocean.
समुद्रादर्णवादधि संवत्सरो अजायत । अहोरात्राणि विदधद्विश्वस्य मिषतो वशी
From the ocean and the flowing sea, the year was born; dividing day and night, the lord of all that moves.
सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ धाता यथापूर्वमकल्पयत् । दिवं च पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षमथो स्वः
The Creator ordained the sun and the moon as before; he established the sky, the earth, the intermediate space, and the heavens.
संसमिद्युवसे वृषन्नग्ने विश्वान्यर्य आ । इळस्पदे समिध्यसे स नो वसून्या भर
O radiant Agni, praised at the gathering, you are kindled in every home; as you blaze on the altar, bring us all treasures.
सं गच्छध्वं सं वदध्वं सं वो मनांसि जानताम् । देवा भागं यथा पूर्वे संजानाना उपासते
Move together, speak together, let your minds understand together; just as the gods, united in purpose, worshipped their share in the past.