अग्निर्जागार तमृचः कामयन्तेऽग्निर्जागार तमु सामानि यन्ति । अग्निर्जागार तमयं सोम आह तवाहमस्मि सख्ये न्योकाः
Agni keeps vigil—him the hymns desire; Agni keeps vigil—to him the chants go; Agni keeps vigil—to him Soma says: 'I am yours in friendship, dwelling with you.'
विदा दिवो विष्यन्नद्रिमुक्थैरायत्या उषसो अर्चिनो गुः । अपावृत व्रजिनीरुत्स्वर्गाद्वि दुरो मानुषीर्देव आवः
You have come to know the sky, shining with the rays of dawn, you have scattered the darkness with your beams. You have opened the barriers, O god, from the high heaven; you have driven away the human obstacles.
वि सूर्यो अमतिं न श्रियं सादोर्वाद्गवां माता जानती गात् । धन्वर्णसो नद्यः खादोअर्णा स्थूणेव सुमिता दृंहत द्यौः
The sun, like a wise mother of cows, knowing the path, spreads light and dispels darkness; the rivers, shining, flow with roaring sound; the firm heaven stands like a well-set pillar.
अस्मा उक्थाय पर्वतस्य गर्भो महीनां जनुषे पूर्व्याय । वि पर्वतो जिहीत साधत द्यौराविवासन्तो दसयन्त भूम
For this hymn, the mountain's embryo, for the ancient birth of the great ones, the mountain opens wide, the heaven accomplishes, calling forth, they make the earth resound.
सूक्तेभिर्वो वचोभिर्देवजुष्टैरिन्द्रा न्वग्नी अवसे हुवध्यै । उक्थेभिर्हि ष्मा कवयः सुयज्ञा आविवासन्तो मरुतो यजन्ति
With hymns and words pleasing to the gods, let us call upon Indra and Agni for help; with hymns, indeed, the wise, skilled in sacrifice, calling forth, worship the Maruts.
एतो न्वद्य सुध्यो भवाम प्र दुच्छुना मिनवामा वरीयः । आरे द्वेषांसि सनुतर्दधामायाम प्राञ्चो यजमानमच्छ
Now let us become wise today; let us remove all evil and attain greatness; let us drive away hatred far, let us burn it away, and let us go forward toward the sacrificer.
एता धियं कृणवामा सखायोऽप या माताँ ऋणुत व्रजं गोः । यया मनुर्विशिशिप्रं जिगाय यया वणिग्वङ्कुरापा पुरीषम्
Let us, friends, create this thought, by which our mother found the cow's stall; by which Manu conquered the many-colored one, and the merchant found the hidden treasure.
अनूनोदत्र हस्तयतो अद्रिरार्चन्येन दश मासो नवग्वाः । ऋतं यती सरमा गा अविन्दद्विश्वानि सत्याङ्गिराश्चकार
Here, with ten months' effort, the Navagvas, pressing with their hands, praised the mountain; Saramā, seeking the truth, found the cows; the Angirases accomplished all true deeds.
विश्वे अस्या व्युषि माहिनायाः सं यद्गोभिरङ्गिरसो नवन्त । उत्स आसां परमे सधस्थ ऋतस्य पथा सरमा विदद्गाः
All the gods, at her shining, of her great power, when the Angirases move with the cows, the fountain of these is in the highest seat; Saramā, by the path of truth, found the cows.
आ सूर्यो यातु सप्ताश्वः क्षेत्रं यदस्योर्विया दीर्घयाथे । रघुः श्येनः पतयदन्धो अच्छा युवा कविर्दीदयद्गोषु गच्छन्
Let the sun, yoked with seven horses, go forth, when he measures the field with his long path; the swift hawk flies straight, the young sage shines as he goes among the cows.
आ सूर्यो अरुहच्छुक्रमर्णोऽयुक्त यद्धरितो वीतपृष्ठाः । उद्ना न नावमनयन्त धीरा आशृण्वतीरापो अर्वागतिष्ठन्
The sun has mounted, bright in color, when the green-backed steeds are harnessed; the wise ones, like a boat with water, have brought it up; the listening waters have come near.
धियं वो अप्सु दधिषे स्वर्षां ययातरन्दश मासो नवग्वाः । अया धिया स्याम देवगोपा अया धिया तुतुर्यामात्यंहः
For you I have placed thought in the waters, full of light, by which the Navagvas completed ten months; by this thought may we be protected by the gods, by this thought may we cross over distress.
हयो न विद्वाँ अयुजि स्वयं धुरि तां वहामि प्रतरणीमवस्युवम् । नास्या वश्मि विमुचं नावृतं पुनर्विद्वान्पथः पुरएत ऋजु नेषति
Like a wise horse, unyoked, I myself place the harness on the easy-going, helpful one; I do not loosen or bind it, but knowing the path, the leader guides it straight ahead.
अग्न इन्द्र वरुण मित्र देवाः शर्धः प्र यन्त मारुतोत विष्णो । उभा नासत्या रुद्रो अध ग्नाः पूषा भगः सरस्वती जुषन्त
Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, the gods, the host, let them come forth, Maruts and Viṣṇu; both Aśvins, Rudra, the goddesses, Pūṣan, Bhaga, Sarasvatī—may they be pleased.
इन्द्राग्नी मित्रावरुणादितिं स्वः पृथिवीं द्यां मरुतः पर्वताँ अपः । हुवे विष्णुं पूषणं ब्रह्मणस्पतिं भगं नु शंसं सवितारमूतये
Indra and Agni, Mitra and Varuṇa, Aditi, the Sun, Earth, Sky, Maruts, Mountains, Waters—I call Viṣṇu, Pūṣan, Bṛhaspati, Bhaga, and Savitar for help and blessing.
उत नो विष्णुरुत वातो अस्रिधो द्रविणोदा उत सोमो मयस्करत् । उत ऋभव उत राये नो अश्विनोत त्वष्टोत विभ्वानु मंसते
May Viṣṇu, may Vāta, the unobstructed, grant us wealth; may Soma bring happiness; may the Ṛbhus, may the Aśvins, may Tvaṣṭṛ, may Vibhvan favor us for riches.
उत त्यन्नो मारुतं शर्ध आ गमद्दिविक्षयं यजतं बर्हिरासदे । बृहस्पतिः शर्म पूषोत नो यमद्वरूथ्यं वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा
And may that host of the Maruts come to us, may the worshipful one, dwelling in heaven, sit on the sacred grass. May Bṛhaspati, Pūṣan, Yama, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman grant us protection.
उत त्ये नः पर्वतासः सुशस्तयः सुदीतयो नद्यस्त्रामणे भुवन् । भगो विभक्ता शवसावसा गमदुरुव्यचा अदितिः श्रोतु मे हवम्
And may those mountains, well-disposed and generous, and the rivers, guardians of beings, protect us. May Bhaga, the distributor, come to us with strength and help; may wide-ranging Aditi hear my invocation.
देवानां पत्नीरुशतीरवन्तु नः प्रावन्तु नस्तुजये वाजसातये । याः पार्थिवासो या अपामपि व्रते ता नो देवीः सुहवाः शर्म यच्छत
May the radiant wives of the gods favor us, may they grant us success and victory in gaining strength. Those who dwell on earth, those who preside over the waters by their ordinance—may those gracious goddesses bestow protection upon us.
उत ग्ना व्यन्तु देवपत्नीरिन्द्राण्यग्नाय्यश्विनी राट् । आ रोदसी वरुणानी शृणोतु व्यन्तु देवीर्य ऋतुर्जनीनाम्
And may the goddesses, wives of the gods, come to us—Indrāṇī, Agnāyī, Aśvinī, and Rāk. May Varuṇānī of the two worlds hear; may the goddesses, mothers of order, come to us.
प्रयुञ्जती दिव एति ब्रुवाणा मही माता दुहितुर्बोधयन्ती । आविवासन्ती युवतिर्मनीषा पितृभ्य आ सदने जोहुवाना
She, setting forth, ascends the sky, proclaiming; the great mother awakens her daughter. The youthful one, full of thought, brings forth, calling to the fathers in their abode.
अजिरासस्तदप ईयमाना आतस्थिवांसो अमृतस्य नाभिम् । अनन्तास उरवो विश्वतः सीं परि द्यावापृथिवी यन्ति पन्थाः
Swiftly moving, they go forth, striving, having reached the navel of immortality. Their endless paths, from every side, the heavens and the earth traverse together.
उक्षा समुद्रो अरुषः सुपर्णः पूर्वस्य योनिं पितुरा विवेश । मध्ये दिवो निहितः पृश्निरश्मा वि चक्रमे रजसस्पात्यन्तौ
The bull, the ocean, the ruddy, the splendid-winged, has entered the womb of the former father. Placed in the midst of heaven, the spotted stone has stretched out to the ends of the realms.
चत्वार ईं बिभ्रति क्षेमयन्तो दश गर्भं चरसे धापयन्ते । त्रिधातवः परमा अस्य गावो दिवश्चरन्ति परि सद्यो अन्तान्
Four, bearing it for safety, ten nurture the embryo for movement. Threefold are the highest cows of him; they wander around the ends of heaven at once.
इदं वपुर्निवचनं जनासश्चरन्ति यन्नद्यस्तस्थुरापः । द्वे यदीं बिभृतो मातुरन्ये इहेह जाते यम्या सबन्धू
This form, this dwelling, people move about, when the rivers, the waters, have stood still. Two of them bear the mother, others here are born, twin-born, with their kin.
वि तन्वते धियो अस्मा अपांसि वस्त्रा पुत्राय मातरो वयन्ति । उपप्रक्षे वृषणो मोदमाना दिवस्पथा वध्वो यन्त्यच्छ
They spread out their thoughts for him, the waters, as mothers weave garments for their son. Joyfully, the mighty ones approach the meeting place, the brides go along the path of heaven.
तदस्तु मित्रावरुणा तदग्ने शं योरस्मभ्यमिदमस्तु शस्तम् । अशीमहि गाधमुत प्रतिष्ठां नमो दिवे बृहते सादनाय
May this be for us, O Mitra and Varuṇa, O Agni, may this be auspicious for us. May we attain depth and firm foundation; homage to the great heaven, for its seat.
कदु प्रियाय धाम्ने मनामहे स्वक्षत्राय स्वयशसे महे वयम् । आमेन्यस्य रजसो यदभ्र आँ अपो वृणाना वितनोति मायिनी
To the beloved abode, to the mighty power, to the self-glorious, to the great, we direct our thoughts. When, from the region of the sky, the wondrous one stretches out the waters, choosing them.
ता अत्नत वयुनं वीरवक्षणं समान्या वृतया विश्वमा रजः । अपो अपाचीरपरा अपेजते प्र पूर्वाभिस्तिरते देवयुर्जनः
They have extended the path, the heroic, the common, with their might, throughout all the realm. The waters have flowed together, others have withdrawn; the divine people cross over with the former ones.
आ ग्रावभिरहन्येभिरक्तुभिर्वरिष्ठं वज्रमा जिघर्ति मायिनि । शतं वा यस्य प्रचरन्स्वे दमे संवर्तयन्तो वि च वर्तयन्नहा
With stones, with days and nights, he strikes the strongest bolt, the wondrous one. Whether a hundred move in his house, rolling together, they turn day and night.