Sama Veda

रेवां इद्रेवत स्तोता स्यात्त्वावतो मघोनः प्रेदु हरिवः सुतस्य

May the praiser, endowed with wealth, become prosperous through you, O bountiful one; come swiftly, O Indra, to the pressed Soma.

उक्थं च न शस्यमानं नागो रयिरा चिकेत न गायत्रं गीयमानम्

Neither the hymn being recited nor the wealth being praised escapes your notice, nor the song being sung, O Indra.

मा न इन्द्र पीयत्नवे मा परा दाः शिक्षा शचीवः शचीभिः

Do not, O Indra, let us fall into weakness or give us over to others; grant us strength with your powers.

एन्द्र याहि हरिभिरुप कण्वस्य सुष्टुतिम् दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो

Indra, come with your steeds to the praise of Kanva; ascend to the heaven of him who commands, to the heaven where you dwell by day.

अत्रा वि नेमिरेषामुरां न धूनुते वृकः दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो

Here, the wheels of their chariots do not break, nor does the wolf shake them; ascend to the heaven of him who commands, to the heaven where you dwell by day.

आ त्वा ग्रावा वदनीह सोमी घोषेण वक्षतु दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो

Here, let the stone speak to you, O Soma-drinker, let it call out with sound; ascend to the heaven of him who commands, to the heaven where you dwell by day.

पवस्व सोम मन्दयन्निन्द्राय मधुमत्तमः

Flow, Soma, delighting Indra, most sweet with honey.

ते सुतासो विपश्चितः शुक्रा वायुमसृक्षत

Those pressed juices, full of wisdom, bright, have flowed to Vayu.

असृग्रं देववीतये वाजयन्तो रथा इव

They have flowed for the gods’ favor, racing like chariots.

अग्निं होतारं मन्ये दास्वन्तं वसोः सूनुं सहसो जातवेदसं विप्रं न जातवेदसम् य ऊर्ध्वरो स्वध्वरो देवो देवाच्या कृपा घृतस्य विभ्राष्टिमनु शुक्रशोचिष आजुह्वानस्य सर्पिषः

I consider Agni the Hotar, the generous, the son of strength, the all-knower, the inspired one, the all-knower; who stands upright, self-ordained, a god worthy of worship, following the stream of ghee, with bright flames, accepting the clarified butter.

यजिष्ठं त्वा यजमाना हुवेम ज्येष्ठमङ्गिरसां विप्र मन्मभिर्विप्रेभिः शुक्रमन्मभिः परिज्मानमिव द्यां होतारं चर्षणीनाम् शोचिष्केशं वृषणं यमिमा विशः प्रावन्तु जूतये विशः

We call upon you, most fit for sacrifice, O Agni, the greatest of the Angirases, with our thoughts, with the thoughts of the inspired; like the sky encompassing all, the Hotar of peoples, with shining hair, the mighty one whom the clans support for guidance.

स हि पुरू चिदोजसा विरुक्मता दीद्यानो भवति द्रुहन्तरः परशुर्न द्रुहन्तरः वीडु चिद्यस्य समृतौ श्रुवद्वनेव यत्स्थिरम् निष्षहमाणो यमते नायते धन्वासहा नायते

For he, even with much strength, shines resplendent, far from deceit, like an axe far from deceit; even what is firmly fixed in his assembly, he hears as in the forest, and, enduring, he measures and leads, unconquered in battle.

नवम द्वितीयो ऽर्धः अग्ने तव श्रवो वयो महि भ्राजन्ते अर्चयो विभावसो बृहद्भानो शवसा वाजमुक्थ्यं दधासि दाशुषे कवे

O Agni, your fame and vigor are ever new and great; your radiant flames shine forth, O brilliant one; with your might you grant the praiseworthy prize to the worshiper, O sage.

पावकवर्चाः शुक्रवर्चा अनूनवर्चा उदियर्षि भानुना पुत्रो मातरा विचरन्नुपावसि पृणक्षि रोदसी उभे

Radiant in splendor, pure in brightness, never lacking in light, you rise with your beam; as a son moving between mother and father, you fill both the worlds.

ऊर्जो नपाज्जातवेदः सुशस्तिभिर्मन्दस्व धीतिभिर्हितः त्वे इषः सं दधुर्भूरिवर्पसश्चित्रोतयो वामजाताः

O Jātavedas, offspring of strength, rejoice in our well-wishes; established by our thoughts, they have bestowed riches upon you, of great form, wondrously born.

इरज्यन्नग्ने प्रथयस्व जन्तुभिरस्मे रायो अमर्त्य स दर्शतस्य वपुषो वि राजसि पृणक्षि दर्शतं क्रतुम्

Shining, O Agni, make yourself manifest among beings; grant us, O immortal, wealth. You shine with the form of the visible, you fill us with the visible power of insight.

इष्कर्त्तारमध्वरस्य प्रचेतसं क्षयन्तं राधसो महः रातिं वामस्य सुभगां महीमिषं दधासि सानसिं रयिम्

You are the maker of the sacrifice, wise, sustaining great gifts; you bestow the generous, fortunate bounty, abundant food, and enduring wealth.

ऋतावानं महिषं विश्वदर्शतमग्निं सुम्नाय दधिरे पुरो जनाः श्रुत्कर्णं सप्रथस्तमं त्वा गिरा दैव्यं मानुषा युगा

The people of old placed the bull, Agni, who sees all, in harmony, for favor; they set you, the most renowned, the most widely praised, the divine one, with their voices, O Agni, through all human ages.

प्र सो अग्ने तवोतिभिः सुविराभिस्तरति वाजकर्मभिः यस्य त्वं सख्यमाविथ

O Agni, with your help and heroic strength, one crosses over with deeds of valor; you have fostered friendship with him.

तव द्रप्सो नीलवान्वाश ऋत्विय इन्धानः सिष्णवा ददे त्वं महीनामुषसामसि प्रियः क्षपो वस्तुषु राजसि

Your dark-hued form, O Agni, is kindled by the priest, placed in the fire; you are beloved of the dawns, you are dear in the nights, you reign among the dwellings.

तमोषधीर्दधिरे गर्भमृत्वियं तमापो अग्निं जनयन्त मातरः तमित्समानं वनिनश्च वीरुधो ऽन्तर्वतीश्च सुवते च विश्वहा

The plants have placed the sacrificial embryo; the waters, mothers, have generated Agni; the trees and herbs, those bearing within, and those that flow, all together have produced him, the universal.

अग्निरिन्द्राय पवते दिवि शुक्रो वि राजति महिषीव वि जायते

Agni is purified for Indra; in heaven he shines bright, he is born like a mighty bull.

यो जागार तमृचः कामयन्ते यो जागार तमु सामानि यन्ति यो जागार तमयं सोम आह तवाहमस्मि सख्ये न्योकाः

He who keeps watch, the hymns desire him; he who keeps watch, the chants go to him; he who keeps watch, Soma says to him: 'I am yours in friendship, I dwell with you.'

अग्निर्जागार तमृचः कामयन्तेग्निर्जागार तमु सामानि यन्ति अग्निर्जागार तमयं सोम आह तवाहमस्मि सख्ये न्योकाः

Agni keeps watch, the hymns desire him; Agni keeps watch, the chants go to him; Agni keeps watch, Soma says to him: 'I am yours in friendship, I dwell with you.'

नमः सखिभ्यः पूर्वसद्भ्यो नमः साकन्निषेभ्यः युञ्जे वाचं शतपदीम्

Homage to the companions who sat before, homage to those who sit together now; I harness the speech with a hundred paths.

युञ्जे वाचं शतपदीं गाये सहस्रवर्त्तनि गायत्रं त्रैष्टुभं जगत्

I harness the speech with a hundred paths, I sing the song with a thousand turns, the Gāyatra, the Triṣṭubh, the Jagat meter.

गायत्रं त्रैष्टुभं जगद्विश्वा रूपाणि सम्भृता देवा ओकांसि चक्रिरे

The Gāyatra, the Triṣṭubh, the Jagat—these forms the gods have gathered; they have made their abodes.

अग्निर्ज्योतिर्ज्योतिरग्निरिन्द्रो ज्योतिर्ज्योतिरिन्द्रः सूर्यो ज्योतिर्ज्योतिः सूर्यः

Agni is light, light is Agni; Indra is light, light is Indra; Sūrya is light, light is Sūrya.

पुनरूर्जा नि वर्त्तस्व पुनरग्न इषायुषा पुनर्नः पाह्यंहसः

Return again with nourishment, return again, Agni, with food and life; return again, protect us from harm.