शं रोदसी सुबन्धवे यह्वी ऋतस्य मातरा । भरतामप यद्रपो द्यौः पृथिवि क्षमा रपो मो षु ते किं चनाममत्
May heaven and earth, the close and youthful mothers of truth, bring blessings. If there is any harm, let heaven, earth, and the ground remove it; may none of it remain with you.
अव द्वके अव त्रिका दिवश्चरन्ति भेषजा । क्षमा चरिष्ण्वेककं भरतामप यद्रपो द्यौः पृथिवि क्षमा रपो मो षु ते किं चनाममत्
Twice and thrice medicines move through the sky; one moves upon the earth. If there is any harm, let heaven, earth, and the ground remove it; may none of it remain with you.
समिन्द्रेरय गामनड्वाहं य आवहदुशीनराण्या अनः । भरतामप यद्रपो द्यौः पृथिवि क्षमा रपो मो षु ते किं चनाममत्
Indra, guide the cow and the draught animal, who brought the chariot of the Ushinaras. If there is any harm, let heaven, earth, and the ground remove it; may none of it remain with you.
आ जनं त्वेषसंदृशं माहीनानामुपस्तुतम् । अगन्म बिभ्रतो नमः
We have come to the assembly of the mighty, to those praised among the great, bearing reverence.
असमातिं नितोशनं त्वेषं निययिनं रथम् । भजेरथस्य सत्पतिम्
To the unopposed, the shining, the powerful chariot, we seek the true lord of the chariot.
यो जनान्महिषाँ इवातितस्थौ पवीरवान् । उतापवीरवान्युधा
He who, endowed with purity, has surpassed people like a buffalo; even with weapons, he is pure.
यस्येक्ष्वाकुरुप व्रते रेवान्मराय्येधते । दिवीव पञ्च कृष्टयः
In whose ordinance Ikṣvāku prospers with delight, five tribes flourish for the sake of longevity, as in heaven.
इन्द्र क्षत्रासमातिषु रथप्रोष्ठेषु धारय । दिवीव सूर्यं दृशे
O Indra, uphold sovereignty in assemblies and on the chariot's seat, visible like the sun in the sky.
अगस्त्यस्य नद्भ्यः सप्ती युनक्षि रोहिता । पणीन्न्यक्रमीरभि विश्वान्राजन्नराधसः
You yoke the red steeds of Agastya to the waters; the Paṇis you have overcome, O king, you have crossed all the hostile ones.
अयं मातायं पितायं जीवातुरागमत् । इदं तव प्रसर्पणं सुबन्धवेहि निरिहि
This one has come to his mother, this one to his father, this one to the living; this, your movement, O Subandhu, go forth, come out.
यथा युगं वरत्रया नह्यन्ति धरुणाय कम् । एवा दाधार ते मनो जीवातवे न मृत्यवेऽथो अरिष्टतातये
As they bind the yoke with three straps for support, so I fasten your mind for life, not for death, but for unharmed continuance.
यथेयं पृथिवी मही दाधारेमान्वनस्पतीन् । एवा दाधार ते मनो जीवातवे न मृत्यवेऽथो अरिष्टतातये
As this great earth holds these trees, so I fasten your mind for life, not for death, but for unharmed continuance.
यमादहं वैवस्वतात्सुबन्धोर्मन आभरम् । जीवातवे न मृत्यवेऽथो अरिष्टतातये
What mind I have taken from Yama, from Vaivasvata, from Subandhu, I restore for life, not for death, but for unharmed continuance.
न्यग्वातोऽव वाति न्यक्तपति सूर्यः । नीचीनमघ्न्या दुहे न्यग्भवतु ते रपः
The wind blows downward, the sun sets downward; the cow yields downward—so may your illness descend downward.
अयं मे हस्तो भगवानयं मे भगवत्तरः । अयं मे विश्वभेषजोऽयं शिवाभिमर्शनः
This hand of mine is divine, this hand of mine is more divine; this hand of mine is all-healing, this is auspicious to the touch.
इदमित्था रौद्रं गूर्तवचा ब्रह्म क्रत्वा शच्यामन्तराजौ । क्राणा यदस्य पितरा मंहनेष्ठाः पर्षत्पक्थे अहन्ना सप्त होतॄन्
This, thus, is the fierce, praised speech, the sacred utterance, with will and power between the two kings; when his parents, most generous, protected him, he struck down the seven priests at the altar.
स इद्दानाय दभ्याय वन्वञ्च्यवानः सूदैरमिमीत वेदिम् । तूर्वयाणो गूर्तवचस्तमः क्षोदो न रेत इतऊति सिञ्चत्
He, indeed, for giving and for conquering, striving with strength, measured out the altar with sacrifices; eager, uttering the praised speech, he poured forth the seed like a stream, as the pressing stone pours.
मनो न येषु हवनेषु तिग्मं विपः शच्या वनुथो द्रवन्ता । आ यः शर्याभिस्तुविनृम्णो अस्याश्रीणीतादिशं गभस्तौ
Those in whose offerings the mind, sharp, excels with skill, swift, who, with arrows, the mighty one, has stretched out his two arms, as if to the directions.
कृष्णा यद्गोष्वरुणीषु सीदद्दिवो नपाताश्विना हुवे वाम् । वीतं मे यज्ञमा गतं मे अन्नं ववन्वांसा नेषमस्मृतध्रू
When the dark ones sat among the cows, I call to you, O Aśvins, offspring of heaven; come to my sacrifice, come to my food, you who are eager, do not forget me, O leaders.
प्रथिष्ट यस्य वीरकर्ममिष्णदनुष्ठितं नु नर्यो अपौहत् । पुनस्तदा वृहति यत्कनाया दुहितुरा अनुभृतमनर्वा
Firm is his heroic deed, well-performed, which the men have not cast aside; again that which was carried by the daughter, the slender one, is raised up, the support of the bearer.
मध्या यत्कर्त्वमभवदभीके कामं कृण्वाने पितरि युवत्याम् । मनानग्रेतो जहतुर्वियन्ता सानौ निषिक्तं सुकृतस्य योनौ
When the act in the middle was done in secret, desiring the father in the young woman; the two minds, at the beginning, parted, the well-made seed was placed in the womb.
पिता यत्स्वां दुहितरमधिष्कन्क्ष्मया रेतः संजग्मानो नि षिञ्चत् । स्वाध्योऽजनयन्ब्रह्म देवा वास्तोष्पतिं व्रतपां निरतक्षन्
When the father shed his seed upon his own daughter, desiring her, the gods, self-born, created sacred speech, and the Lord of the House, the guardian of the vow, they fashioned.
स ईं वृषा न फेनमस्यदाजौ स्मदा परैदप दभ्रचेताः । सरत्पदा न दक्षिणा परावृङ्न ता नु मे पृशन्यो जगृभ्रे
He, like a bull, cast forth foam in the contest, the others, of little understanding, went far away; like a gift, the right hand turned aside, but the spotted one has taken hold of me.
मक्षू न वह्निः प्रजाया उपब्दिरग्निं न नग्न उप सीददूधः । सनितेध्मं सनितोत वाजं स धर्ता जज्ञे सहसा यवीयुत्
Swift as fire at birth, the upabdi approaches, like a naked man sits beside the kindled Agni; he seeks fuel, he seeks strength, he, the supporter, is born ever younger with might.
मक्षू कनायाः सख्यं नवग्वा ऋतं वदन्त ऋतयुक्तिमग्मन् । द्विबर्हसो य उप गोपमागुरदक्षिणासो अच्युता दुदुक्षन्
Swiftly the Navagvas, speaking truth, came to the friendship of Kanāyā, joined with truth; those of double shelter, who came to the herdsman, generous, unwavering, desired to milk.
मक्षू कनायाः सख्यं नवीयो राधो न रेत ऋतमित्तुरण्यन् । शुचि यत्ते रेक्ण आयजन्त सबर्दुघायाः पय उस्रियायाः
Swiftly to the friendship of Kanāyā, newer than before, like a gift, the truth flows forth, crossing over; pure is the line by which they approached you, for the ever-yielding cow, the bright one, gave her milk.
पश्वा यत्पश्चा वियुता बुधन्तेति ब्रवीति वक्तरी रराणः । वसोर्वसुत्वा कारवोऽनेहा विश्वं विवेष्टि द्रविणमुप क्षु
When the cattle, separated, are recognized from behind, so speaks the singer, rejoicing; the sons of Vasus, seeking wealth, ever active, discern all treasures, drawing them near.
तदिन्न्वस्य परिषद्वानो अग्मन्पुरू सदन्तो नार्षदं बिभित्सन् । वि शुष्णस्य संग्रथितमनर्वा विदत्पुरुप्रजातस्य गुहा यत्
Then, indeed, those who sat around him came, many gathering, desiring the unaging prize; they found the secret of the many-born, the hidden bond of Śuṣṇa, not to be broken.
भर्गो ह नामोत यस्य देवाः स्वर्ण ये त्रिषधस्थे निषेदुः । अग्निर्ह नामोत जातवेदाः श्रुधी नो होतरृतस्य होताध्रुक्
That is the radiance whose name the gods possess, and the sunlight, who sit in the triple realm; Agni is his name, Jātavedas; hear us, O Hotar, true priest, faithful to truth.
उत त्या मे रौद्रावर्चिमन्ता नासत्याविन्द्र गूर्तये यजध्यै । मनुष्वद्वृक्तबर्हिषे रराणा मन्दू हितप्रयसा विक्षु यज्यू
And those two, with fierce, shining rays, O Aśvins, O Indra, for praise, may you be worshipped; rejoicing among men on the strewn grass, delighting in the well-offered libations, worthy of sacrifice among the tribes.