Sukta 14

Mantra 1

कुलपा कन्या भग॑मस्या॒ वर्च॒ आदि॒ष्यधि॑ वृ॒क्षादि॑व॒ स्रज॑म्। म॒हाबु॑ध्न इव॒ पर्व॑तो॒ ज्योक् पि॒तृष्वा॑स्ताम्

A maiden, guardian of the clan—do thou, O Bhaga, assign unto her splendour, as (one lays) a garland from a tree upon (the head). Like a mountain of mighty base, may she stand for long, rich in fathers (and ancestral support).

Mantra 2

ए॒षा ते॑ राजन् क॒न्या व॒धूर्नि धू॑यतां यम । सा मा॒तुर्ब॑ध्यतां गृ॒हेऽथो॒ भ्रातु॒रथो॑ पि॒तुः

This maiden-bride, O King, is for thee: let her be wafted down, O Yama. Let her be bound within the house—away from her mother, and also from her brother, and also from her father.

Mantra 3

ए॒षा ते॑ कुल॒पा रा॑ज॒न् तामु॑ ते॒ परि॑ दद्मसि । ज्योक् पि॒तृष्वा॑साता॒ आ शी॒र्ष्णः स॒मोप्या॑त्

This, O King, is thy Clan-Protector: her, even her, we set about thee. Long time, with the Fathers’ sisters, may she come hither and cleave upon thy head.

Mantra 4

असि॑तस्य ते॒ ब्रह्म॑णा क॒श्यप॑स्य॒ गय॑स्य च । अ॒न्तः॒को॒शमि॑व जा॒मयोऽपि॑ नह्यामि ते॒ भग॑म्

With the spell of Asita, of Kaśyapa, and of Gaya, I bind fast for thee thy Bhaga (thy fortunate portion), as though within an inner sheath, as kinsmen clasp one another close.