Sukta 11

Mantra 1

दीर्घायुः प्राप्तिः। मु॒ञ्चामि॑ त्वा ह॒विषा॒ जीव॑नाय॒ कम॑ज्ञातय॒क्ष्मादु॒त रा॑जय॒क्ष्मात्। ग्राहि॑र्ज॒ग्राह॒ यद्ये॒तदे॑नं॒ तस्या॑ इन्द्राग्नी॒ प्र मु॑मुक्तमेनम्

Attainment of long life. With oblation I loose thee forth for life, from unknown wasting and from royal wasting. If the Seizer have seized him with this, then from that grasp, O Indra and Agni, do ye wholly release him.

Mantra 2

यदि॑ क्षि॒तायु॒र्यदि॑ वा॒ परे॑तो॒ यदि॑ मृ॒त्योर॑न्ति॒कं नी॑त ए॒व। तमा ह॑रामि॒ निरृ॑तेरु॒पस्था॒दस्पा॑र्शमेनं श॒तशा॑रदाय

If his life be spent, or if he be departed, if verily he hath been led nigh unto Death—him do I bring back from Nirṛti’s very lap, making him untouched, for a hundred autumns.

Mantra 3

स॒ह॒स्रा॒क्षेण॑ श॒तवी॑र्येण श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषाहा॑र्षमेनम्। इन्द्रो॒ यथै॑नं श॒रदो॒ नया॒त्यति॒ विश्व॑स्य दुरि॒तस्य॑ पा॒रम्

With thousand-eyed power, with hundredfold might, with hundredfold life—by oblation I cheer him. So may Indra lead him through the autumns, across unto the farther shore of every ill.

Mantra 4

श॒तं जी॑व श॒रदो॒ वर्ध॑मानः श॒तं हे॑म॒न्तान् छ॒तमु॑ वस॒न्तान्। श॒तं त॒ इन्द्रो॑ अ॒ग्निः स॑वि॒ता बृह॒स्पतिः॑ श॒तायु॑षा ह॒विषाहा॑र्षमेनम्

Live thou a hundred years, waxing through a hundred autumns; a hundred winters, yea a hundred springs. For thee may Indra, Agni, Savitar, and Bṛhaspati—by oblation and by a life of hundred years—have made this man to prosper.

Mantra 5

प्र वि॑शतं प्राणापानावन॒ड्वाहा॑विव व्र॒जम्। व्य॑१न्ये य॑न्तु मृ॒त्यवो॒ याना॒हुरित॑रान् छ॒तम्

Enter ye forth, O Breath and Out-breath, like two strong oxen into the stall. Away let the other Deaths depart—those which men name, the rest, a hundred more.

Mantra 6

इ॒हैव स्तं॑ प्राणापानौ॒ माप॑ गातमि॒तो यु॒वम्। शरी॑रम॒स्याङ्गा॑नि ज॒रसे॑ वहतं॒ पुनः॑

Here verily stand ye, Breath and Out-breath; go not away from hence, ye twain. Bear back again his body and his members, onward unto old age.

Mantra 7

ज॒रायै॑ त्वा॒ परि॑ ददामि ज॒रायै॒ नि धु॑वामि त्वा । ज॒रा त्वा॑ भ॒द्रा ने॑ष्ट॒ व्य॑१न्ये य॑न्तु मृ॒त्यवो॒ याना॒हुरित॑रान् छ॒तम्

Unto old age I give thee over; unto old age I firmly set thee. May kindly Old Age lead thee on; away let the other Deaths depart—those which men name, the rest, a hundred more.

Mantra 8

अ॒भि त्वा॑ जरि॒माहि॑त॒ गामु॒क्षण॑मिव॒ रज्ज्वा । यस्त्वा॑ मृ॒त्युर॒भ्यध॑त्त॒ जाय॑मानं सुपा॒शया॑ । तं ते॑ स॒त्यस्य॒ हस्ता॑भ्या॒मुद॑मुञ्च॒द् बृह॒स्पतिः॑

Upon thee hath Age been laid, as with a rope one bindeth cow or bull. What Death, with well-knit noose, hath fastened on thee from thy very birth—that bond for thee did Bṛhaspati, with the hands of Truth, unloose and draw forth.