का स्विद् आसीत् पूर्वचित्तिः किꣳ स्विद् आसीद् बृहद् वयः । का स्विद् आसीत् पिलिप्पिला का स्विद् आसीत् पिशङ्गिला
What was the former intention? What was the great strength? What was the pilippilā? What was the piśaṅgilā?
द्यौर् आसीत् पूर्वचित्तिः अश्व ऽ आसीद् बृहद् वयः । अविर् आसीत् पिलिप्पिला रात्रिर् आसीत् पिशङ्गिला
Heaven was the former intention; the horse was the great strength. The ram was the pilippilā; night was the piśaṅgilā.
वायुष् ट्वा पचतैर् अवतु । असितग्रीवश् छागैः । न्यग्रोधश् चमसैः । शल्मलिर् वृद्ध्या । एष स्य राथ्यो वृषा । पड्भिश् चतुर्भिर् एद् अगन् । ब्रह्माकृष्णश् च नो ऽवतु । नमो ऽग्नये
May Vāyu protect you with the cooked; with black-necked goats; with the nyagrodha bowls; with the growth of the śalmali tree. This is the chariot's bull; it has come with four feet. May the black Brahman protect us. Salutation to Agni.
सꣳशितो रश्मिना रथः सꣳशितो रश्मिना हयः । सꣳशितो अप्स्व् अप्सुजा ब्रह्मा सोमपुरोगवः
The chariot is bound with the rein, the horse is bound with the rein; in the waters, among the water-born, is the Brahman, foremost of Soma-offerers.
स्वयं वाजिꣳस् तन्वं कल्पयस्व स्वयं यजस्व स्वयं जुषस्व । महिमा ते ऽन्येन न संनशे
Fashion your own form as a steed; sacrifice by yourself, accept by yourself. Your greatness is not diminished by another.
न वा ऽ उ ऽ एतन् म्रियसे न रिष्यसि देवाꣳ२ऽ इद् एषि पथिभिः सुगेभिः । यत्रासते सुकृतो यत्र ते ययुस् तत्र त्वा देवः सविता दधातु
Truly, you do not die, nor do you perish; you go by these good paths of the gods. Where the doers of good sit, where your people have gone, there may the god Savitṛ place you.
अग्निः पशुर् आसीत् तेनायजन्त स ऽ एतं लोकम् अजयद् यस्मिन्न् अग्निः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैता ऽ अपः । वायुः पशुर् आसीत् तेनायजन्त स ऽ एतं लोकम् अजयद् यस्मिन् वायुः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैता ऽ अपः । सूर्यः पशुर् आसीत् तेनायजन्त स ऽ एतं लोकम् अजयद् यस्मिन्त् सूर्यः स ते लोको भविष्यति तं जेष्यसि पिबैता ऽ अपः
Agni was the animal; with him they sacrificed, he conquered that world. In whichever world Agni is, that world will be yours; you will conquer it, drink these waters. Vāyu was the animal; with him they sacrificed, he conquered that world. In whichever world Vāyu is, that world will be yours; you will conquer it, drink these waters. Sūrya was the animal; with him they sacrificed, he conquered that world. In whichever world Sūrya is, that world will be yours; you will conquer it, drink these waters.
प्राणाय स्वाहा । अपानाय स्वाहा । व्यानाय स्वाहा अम्बे ऽ अम्बिके ऽम्बालिके न मा नयति कश् चन । ससस्त्य् अश्वकः सुभद्रिकां काम्पीलवासिनीम्
Svāhā to Prāṇa; svāhā to Apāna; svāhā to Vyāna. O mother, Ambikā, Ambālikā, let no one lead me away. May the horse with good fortune go to the woman of Kāmplavā who brings prosperity.
गणानां त्वा गणपतिꣳ हवामहे प्रियाणां त्वा प्रियपतिꣳ हवामहे निधीनां त्वा निधिपतिꣳ हवामहे वसो मम । आहम् अजानि गर्भधम् आ त्वम् अजासि गर्भधम्
We invoke you, the lord of hosts; we invoke you, the beloved lord of the beloved; we invoke you, the lord of treasures. O Vasu, be mine. I was born as the bearer of the embryo; you too were born as the bearer of the embryo.
ता ऽ उभौ चतुरः पदः सम्प्र सारयाव स्वर्गे लोके प्रोर्णुवाथां वृषा वाजी रेतोधा रेतो दधातु
Let both of you, with four feet, stride forth together; may you expand in the heavenly world. May the bull, the stallion, the seed-bearer, deposit the seed.
उत्सक्थ्या ऽ अव गुदं धेहि सम् अञ्जिं चारया वृषन् । य स्त्रीणां जीवभोजनः
Lower the hidden part from the seat; let the bull move it to the same place. He is the life-sustaining food of women.
यकासकौ शकुन्तिकाहलग् इति वञ्चति । आ हन्ति गभे पसो निगल्गलीति धारका
Yakāsakau, śakuntikāhalag—thus he deceives. He strikes in the womb of the animal, making the sound 'nigalgalīti', as the holder.
यको ऽसकौ शकुन्तक ऽ आहलग् इति वञ्चति । विवक्षत ऽ इव ते मुखम् अध्वर्यो मा नस् त्वम् अभि भाषथाः
Yako, asakau, śakuntaka, āhalag—thus he deceives. As if wishing to speak, your mouth, O Adhvaryu, do not address us much.
माता च ते पिता च ते ऽग्रं वृक्षस्य रोहतः । प्रतिलामीति ते पिता गभे मुष्टिम् अतꣳसयत्
Your mother and your father are at the tip of the growing tree. 'Pratilāmīti,' your father pressed his fist in the womb.
माता च ते पिता च ते ऽग्रे वृक्षस्य क्रीडतः । विवक्षत ऽइव ते मुखं ब्रह्मन् मा नस् त्वं वदो बहु
Your mother and your father are playing at the tip of the tree. As if wishing to speak, your mouth, O Brahman, do not speak much to us.
ऊर्ध्वम् एनाम् उच्छ्रापय गिरौ भारꣳ हरन्न् इव । अथास्यै मध्यम् एधताꣳ शीते वाते पुनन्न् इव
Lift her upward, as if carrying a burden up a mountain. Then let her middle part grow, as if purified by a cool wind.
ऊर्ध्वम् एनम् उच्छ्रापय गिरौ भारꣳ हरन्न् इव । अथास्य मध्यम् एजतु शीते वाते पुनन्न् इव
Lift him upward, as if carrying a burden up a mountain. Then let his middle part move, as if purified by a cool wind.
यद् अस्या ऽ अꣳहुभेद्याः कृधु स्थूलम् उपातसत् । मुष्काविदस्या ऽ एजतो गोशफे शकुलाव् इव
When her amniotic membranes become thick and settle, her testicles move like the ankles of a cow.
यद् देवासो ललामगुं प्र विष्टीमिनम् आविषुः । सक्थ्ना देदिश्यते नारी सत्यस्याक्षिभुवो यथा
When the gods revealed the ornamented one, the broad-hipped, she is directed by her thigh, like the eye-sockets of truth.
यद्धरिणो यवम् अत्ति न पुष्टं पशु मन्यते । शूद्रा यद् अर्यजारा न पोषाय धनायति
When the deer eats barley, he does not consider himself nourished like cattle. When a Śūdra is the lover of an Arya woman, he does not aim for prosperity.
यद्धरिणो यवम् अत्ति न पुष्टं बहु मन्यते । शूद्रो यद् अर्यायै जारो न पोषम् अनु मन्यते
When the deer eats barley, he does not consider himself greatly nourished. When a Śūdra is the lover of an Arya woman, he does not consider it nourishment.
दधिक्राव्णो ऽ अकारिषं जिष्णोर् अश्वस्य वाजिनः । सुरभि नो मुखा करत् प्र ण ऽ आयूꣳषि तारिषत्
I have made Dadhikrāvan, the victorious, swift horse. May his mouth be fragrant for us; may he carry us across to long life.
गायत्री त्रिष्टुब् जगत्य् अनुष्टुप् पङ्क्त्या सह । बृहत्य् उष्णिहा ककुप् सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा
May Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī, Anuṣṭubh, and Paṅkti, along with Bṛhatī, Uṣṇih, Kakubh, with the Sūcī verses, calm you.
द्विपदा याश् चतुष्पदास् त्रिपदा याश् च षट्पदाः । विच्छन्दा याश् च सच्छन्दाः सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा
May the two-footed, the four-footed, the three-footed, and the six-footed, the irregular and the regular metres, with the Sūcī verses, calm you.
महानाम्न्यो रेवत्यो विश्वा आशाः प्रभूवरीः । मैघीर् विद्युतो वाचः सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा
May the great, the splendid, all the directions, the mighty, the cloud-like, the lightning-like voices, with the Sūcī verses, calm you.
नार्यस् ते पत्न्यो लोम विचिन्वन्तु मनीषया । देवानां पत्न्यो दिशः सूचीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा
May your wives, O man, part your hair with wisdom; may the wives of the gods, the directions, with the Sūcī verses, calm you.
रजता हरिणीः सीसा युजो युज्यन्ते कर्मभिः । अश्वस्य वाजिनस् त्वचि सिमाः शम्यन्तु शम्यन्तीः
Silver, antelopes, lead, yokes are joined together by actions; let the boundaries, the straps, on the horse's skin be bound, let them be bound.
कुविद् अङ्ग यवमन्तो यवं चिद् यथा दान्त्य् अनुपूर्वं वियूय । इहेहैषां कृणुहि भोजनानि ये बर्हिषो नम ऽ उक्तिं यजन्ति
Perhaps, indeed, those who possess barley, even barley itself, as it is crushed in sequence; here, make food for them, those who worship the sacred grass with the word of homage.
कस् त्वा छ्यति कस् त्वा वि शास्ति कस् ते गात्राणि शम्यति । क ऽ उ ते शमिता कविः
Who cuts you, who commands you, who binds your limbs; who, indeed, is your binder, the sage?
ऋतवस्त ऽ ऋतुथा पर्व शमितारो वि शासतु । संवत्सरस्य तेजसा शमीभिः शम्यन्तु त्वा
Let the seasons, the seasonal joints, the binders command; with the energy of the year, with bindings, let them bind you.