Sama Veda

स न इन्द्राय यज्यवे वरुणाय मरुद्भ्यः वरिवोवित्परिस्रव

For Indra, for sacrifice, for Varuna, for the Maruts, flow forth, Soma, granting wide space.

एना विश्वान्यर्य आ द्युम्नानि मानुषाणाम् सिषासन्तो वनामहे

With this, desiring all the glories of men, O noble one, may we conquer.

अहमस्मि प्रथमजा ऋतस्य पूर्वं देवेभ्यो अमृतस्य नाम यो मा ददाति स इदेवमावदहमन्नमन्नमदन्तमद्मि

I am the first-born of the cosmic order, earlier than the gods, the name of immortality; whoever gives me, he indeed attains thus— I am food, I eat the eater of food.

त्वमेतदधारयः कृष्णासु रोहिणीषु च परुष्णीषु रुशत्पयः

You sustained this among the black cows, among the red ones, and among the speckled ones, with shining milk.

अरूरुचदुषसः पृश्निरग्रिय उक्षा मिमेति भुवनेषु वाजयुः मायाविनो ममिरे अस्य मायया नृचक्षसः पितरो गर्भमादधुः

The bull, difficult to restrain, the foremost among the speckled ones, bellows and moves among the worlds, desiring prize. The magicians measured him by his magic; the fathers with human sight took up his embryo.

इन्द्र इद्धर्योः सचा सम्मिश्ल आ वचोयुजा इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः

Indra, together with the two harnessed ones, mingled, with speech yoked, Indra the wielder of the golden thunderbolt.

इन्द्र वाजेषु नो ऽव सहस्रप्रधनेषु च उग्र उग्राभिरूतिभिः

Indra, protect us in contests and in those with a thousand prizes, O mighty one, with your mighty aids.

प्रथश्च यस्य सप्रथश्च नामानुष्टुभस्य हविषो हविर्यत् धातुर्द्युतानात्सवितुश्च विष्णो रथन्तरमा जभारा वसिष्ठः

The name of him who spreads and who is spread, of the Anuṣṭubh offering, the offering which is the carrier of gifts, Vasiṣṭha took up from the brilliance of the supporter, from Savitar and Viṣṇu, the Rathantara.

नियुत्वान्वायवा गह्ययं शुक्रो अयामि ते गन्तासि सुन्वतो गृहम्

Come with your teams, O Vāyu; I approach you, O bright one. You will come to the house of the one who presses the Soma.

यज्जायथा अपूर्व्य मघवन्वृत्रहत्याय तत्पृथिवीमप्रथयस्तदस्तभ्ना उतो दिवम्

When you were born, O Maghavan, for the slaying of Vṛtra, then you expanded the earth and supported it, and also the sky.

मयि वर्चो अथो यशो ऽथो यज्ञस्य यत्पयः परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिर्दिवि द्यामिव दृंहतु

May radiance be in me, and also fame, and also the essence of sacrifice; may Prajāpati, the supreme, establish it in heaven as he does the sky.

सं ते पयांसि समु यन्तु वाजाः सं वृष्ण्यान्यभिमातिषाहः आप्यायमानो अमृताय सोम दिवि श्रवांस्युत्तमानि धिष्व

May your nourishing powers come together, may the prizes unite, may the strengths that overcome opposition join. Soma, being enriched for immortality, place the highest fame in heaven.

त्वमिमा ओषधीः सोम विश्वास्त्वमपो अजनयस्त्वं गाः त्वमातनोरुर्वान्तरिक्षं त्वं ज्योतिषा वि तमो ववर्थ

You, Soma, created all these plants, you created the waters, you created the cows. You expanded the wide atmosphere from your body; with your light, you drove away the darkness.

अग्निमीडे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् होतारं रत्नधातमम्

I praise Agni, the priest, the god of the sacrifice, the officiant, the bestower of treasures.

ते मन्वत प्रथमं नाम गोनां त्रिः सप्त परमं नाम जनान् ता जानतीरभ्यनूषत क्षा आविर्भुवन्नरुणीर्यशसा गावः

They considered the first name of the cows, thrice seven, the highest name of the peoples. Those knowing them followed after; the reddish, famous cows appeared on the earth.

समन्या यन्त्युपयन्त्यन्याः समानमूर्वं नद्यस्पृणन्ति तमू शुचिं शुचयो दीदिवांसमपान्नपातमुप यन्त्यापः

Some go together, others come together; the rivers touch the same expanse. The pure ones, shining, approach the pure, shining, food-bearing waters.

आ प्रागाद्भद्रा युवतिरह्नः केतून्त्समीर्त्सति अभूद्भद्रा निवेशनी विश्वस्य जगतो रात्री

The auspicious young woman of the day arose from the east, her signs spread. The auspicious resting place appeared; Night of the whole moving world.

प्रक्षस्य वृष्णो अरुषस्य नू महः प्र नो वचो विदथा जातवेदसे वैश्वानराय मतिर्नव्यसे शुचिः सोम इव पवते चारुरग्नये

Now let us praise the greatness of the bull, the red one. Let our speech go forth to Jātavedas in the assembly, to Vaiśvānara, to the fresh-minded one. Pure, like Soma when purified, beautiful for Agni.

विश्वे देवा मम शृण्वन्तु यज्ञमुभे रोदसी अपां नपाच्च मन्म मा वो वचांसि परिचक्ष्याणि वोचं सुम्नेष्विद्वो अन्तमा मदेम

May all the gods hear my sacrifice, both heaven and earth, and the son of the waters. May my words not be scattered among you; may I speak them in your favor, may we rejoice at the end.

यशो मा द्यावापृथिवी यशो मेन्द्रबृहस्पती यशो भगस्य विन्दतु यशो मा प्रतिमुच्यताम् यशस्व्यास्याः सं सदो ऽहं प्रवदिता स्याम्

May fame be mine from heaven and earth, may fame be mine from Indra and Bṛhaspati, may fame be gained from Bhaga, may fame be released for me. May I be the speaker of the assembly of the famous ones.

इन्द्रस्य नु वीर्याणि प्रवोचं यानि चकार प्रथमानि वज्री अहन्नहिमन्वपस्ततर्द प्र वक्षणा अभिनत्पर्वतानाम्

Now I shall proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra, which he first accomplished as the wielder of the thunderbolt. He slew the serpent, split open the waters, and struck the sides, he smashed the mountains.

अग्निरस्मि जन्मना जातवेदा घृतं मे चक्षुरमृतं म आसन् त्रिधातुरर्को रजसो विमानो ऽजस्रं ज्योतिर्हविरस्मि सर्वम्

I am Agni by birth, the Knower of all beings; clarified butter is my sight, immortality my food. I am the threefold supporter, the sun, the traverser of the firmament, the unceasing light, the offering, and the all.

पात्यग्निर्विपो अग्रं पदं वेः पाति यह्वश्चरणं सूर्यस्य पाति नाभा सप्तशीर्षाणमग्निः

Agni protects the foremost step of the wise; he guards the swift foot of the sun; at the navel, Agni with seven heads preserves.

भ्राजन्त्यग्ने समिधान दीदिवो जिह्वा चरत्यन्तरासनि स त्वं नो अग्ने पयसा वसुविद्रयिं वर्चो दृशे ऽदाः

Shining Agni, when kindled, blazes forth; his tongue moves within, as a spark. You, Agni, grant us wealth with nourishment, brilliance, and vision.

वसन्त इन्नु रन्त्यो ग्रीष्म इन्नु रन्त्यः वर्षाण्यनु शरदो हेमन्तः शिशिर इन्नु रन्त्यः

Spring is here, delightful; summer is here, delightful; the rains follow, then autumn, winter, and the cool season, all are delightful.

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् स भूमिं सर्वतो वृत्वात्यतिष्ठद्दशाङ्गुलम्

The Purusha has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; having pervaded the earth on all sides, he stood above it by ten fingers' breadth.

त्रिपादूर्ध्व उदैत्पुरुषः पदो ऽस्येहाभवत्पुनः तथा विष्वङ् व्यक्रामदशनानशने अभि

Three quarters of the Purusha rose upward; one quarter was born again here. He spread everywhere, into what eats and what does not eat.

पुरुष एवेदं सर्वं यद्भूतं यच्च भाव्यम् पादो ऽस्य सर्वा भूतानि त्रिपादस्यामृतं दिवि

This all is indeed the Purusha—whatever has been and whatever will be. All beings are a quarter of him; three quarters, immortal, are in heaven.

तावानस्य महिमा ततो ज्यायांश्च पूरुषः उतामृतत्वस्येशानो यदन्नेनातिरोहति

Such is his greatness, and the Purusha is greater still. He is the lord of immortality, who grows beyond by food.