वाज्यसि वाजिनेना सुवेनीः सुवित स्तोमं सुवितो दिवं गाः । सुवितो धर्म प्रथमानु सत्या सुवितो देवान्सुवितोऽनु पत्म
You are strong with strength; with strength you win splendid prizes. With strength you have gained praise, with strength you have reached the heavens. With strength you have followed the first true laws, with strength you have followed the gods, with strength we follow after you.
महिम्न एषां पितरश्चनेशिरे देवा देवेष्वदधुरपि क्रतुम् । समविव्यचुरुत यान्यत्विषुरैषां तनूषु नि विविशुः पुनः
Even their ancestors could not match their greatness; the gods placed their wisdom among the gods. They distributed all things, and with their power, these entered again into their own forms.
सहोभिर्विश्वं परि चक्रमू रजः पूर्वा धामान्यमिता मिमानाः । तनूषु विश्वा भुवना नि येमिरे प्रासारयन्त पुरुध प्रजा अनु
With their might they circled the entire expanse, measuring out the ancient, boundless abodes. Into their forms all beings entered, spreading forth widely among the many peoples.
द्विधा सूनवोऽसुरं स्वर्विदमास्थापयन्त तृतीयेन कर्मणा । स्वां प्रजां पितरः पित्र्यं सह आवरेष्वदधुस्तन्तुमाततम्
The sons divided the demon who knows the sun in two, establishing him by a third act. The fathers, with their own strength, set their own offspring and the ancestral thread among the later generations.
नावा न क्षोदः प्रदिशः पृथिव्याः स्वस्तिभिरति दुर्गाणि विश्वा । स्वां प्रजां बृहदुक्थो महित्वावरेष्वदधादा परेषु
Like a ship over the sea or the directions of the earth, with blessings he crosses all hardships. With his own offspring, the one of great praise, in his greatness, set them among the later and the earlier ones.
मा प्र गाम पथो वयं मा यज्ञादिन्द्र सोमिनः । मान्त स्थुर्नो अरातयः
Let us not stray from the path, nor from the sacrifice, O Indra, O drinker of Soma. Let not our enemies overcome us.
यो यज्ञस्य प्रसाधनस्तन्तुर्देवेष्वाततः । तमाहुतं नशीमहि
The thread which is the arranger of the sacrifice, stretched among the gods—may we reach that, well-invoked.
मनो न्वा हुवामहे नाराशंसेन सोमेन । पितॄणां च मन्मभिः
Now we call upon the mind, with the favor of Nārāśaṃsa and Soma, and with the thoughts of the ancestors.
आ त एतु मनः पुनः क्रत्वे दक्षाय जीवसे । ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे
May that mind return here again, for resolve, for skill, for life, and so that we may see the sun clearly.
पुनर्नः पितरो मनो ददातु दैव्यो जनः । जीवं व्रातं सचेमहि
May our ancestors, the divine race, give us back our mind again, so that we may unite with the living assembly.
वयं सोम व्रते तव मनस्तनूषु बिभ्रतः । प्रजावन्तः सचेमहि
O Soma, in your ordinance, bearing mind within our bodies, may we, with offspring, unite together.
यत्ते यमं वैवस्वतं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
If your mind has gone far away to Yama, son of Vivasvat, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते दिवं यत्पृथिवीं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
If your mind has gone far away to the sky or to the earth, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते भूमिं चतुर्भृष्टिं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
If your mind has gone far away to the four-quartered earth, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते चतस्रः प्रदिशो मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
If your mind has gone far away to the four directions, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते समुद्रमर्णवं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
If your mind has gone far away to the ocean, the sea, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते मरीचीः प्रवतो मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
If your mind has gone far away to the shining streams, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते अपो यदोषधीर्मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
Where your mind has wandered far among waters and plants, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते सूर्यं यदुषसं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
Where your mind has wandered far to the sun and the dawn, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते पर्वतान्बृहतो मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
Where your mind has wandered far to the great mountains, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते विश्वमिदं जगन्मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
Where your mind has wandered far through all this moving world, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते पराः परावतो मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
Where your mind has wandered far to distant realms, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
यत्ते भूतं च भव्यं च मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे
Where your mind has wandered far to what has been and what will be, we bring it back here for dwelling and for life.
प्र तार्यायुः प्रतरं नवीय स्थातारेव क्रतुमता रथस्य । अध च्यवान उत्तवीत्यर्थं परातरं सु निरृतिर्जिहीताम्
Let us carry life across, as one who guides a chariot with skill; let decay depart, and let destruction move far away.
सामन्नु राये निधिमन्न्वन्नं करामहे सु पुरुध श्रवांसि । ता नो विश्वानि जरिता ममत्तु परातरं सु निरृतिर्जिहीताम्
With song, wealth, and food, we make abundant fame; let the singer cherish all things for us, and let destruction move far away.
अभी ष्वर्यः पौंस्यैर्भवेम द्यौर्न भूमिं गिरयो नाज्रान् । ता नो विश्वानि जरिता चिकेत परातरं सु निरृतिर्जिहीताम्
May we be strong with heroic deeds, like heaven, earth, and mountains; let the singer perceive all things for us, and let destruction move far away.
मो षु णः सोम मृत्यवे परा दाः पश्येम नु सूर्यमुच्चरन्तम् । द्युभिर्हितो जरिमा सू नो अस्तु परातरं सु निरृतिर्जिहीताम्
Soma, do not give us over to death; let us see the rising sun. Let old age be set aside by the gods for us, and let destruction move far away.
असुनीते मनो अस्मासु धारय जीवातवे सु प्र तिरा न आयुः । रारन्धि नः सूर्यस्य संदृशि घृतेन त्वं तन्वं वर्धयस्व
Giver of life, hold our minds for living; extend our life for us. Make us rejoice in the vision of the sun; with ghee, nourish our bodies.
असुनीते पुनरस्मासु चक्षुः पुनः प्राणमिह नो धेहि भोगम् । ज्योक्पश्येम सूर्यमुच्चरन्तमनुमते मृळया नः स्वस्ति
Giver of life, restore our sight, restore our breath here for enjoyment. May we see the rising sun for a long time; O Anumati, grant us well-being.
पुनर्नो असुं पृथिवी ददातु पुनर्द्यौर्देवी पुनरन्तरिक्षम् । पुनर्नः सोमस्तन्वं ददातु पुनः पूषा पथ्यां या स्वस्तिः
Let earth give us life again, let the divine sky and atmosphere give us life again. Let Soma give us our bodies again, let Pūṣan grant us the path and well-being again.