Sukta 33

Mantra 1

पाप-नाशनम् अप नः शोशुचदघमग्ने शुशुग्ध्या रयिम्। अप नः शोशुचदघम्

O Agni, the evil-destroyer—away from us let the evil be burnt away; kindle forth and bring hither wealth. Away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 2

सुक्षेत्रिया सुगातुया वसूया च यजामहे । अप नः शोशुचदघम्

With good fields, with good ways of going, and with wealth we do sacrifice: away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 3

प्र यद् भन्दिष्ठ एषां प्रास्माकासश्च सूरयः । अप नः शोशुचदघम्

When their most bounteous (power) goes forth, and our own patrons too go forth—away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 4

प्र यत् ते अग्ने सूरयो जायेमहि प्र ते वयम्। अप नः शोशुचदघम्

So that, O Agni, we may come to be thy patrons, and we ourselves may advance under thee—away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 5

प्र यदग्नेः सहस्वतो विश्वतो यन्ति भानवः । अप नः शोशुचदघम्

When the beams of Agni the mighty go forth on every side, away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 6

त्वं हि विश्वतोमुख विश्वतः परिभूरसि । अप नः शोशुचदघम्

For thou, O All-faced, art the overmasterer on every side: scorch thou away from us the evil.

Mantra 7

द्विषो नो विश्वतोमुखाति नावेव पारय । अप नः शोशुचदघम्

From them that hate us, by the All-faced One, bear us across, as in a boat: scorch thou away from us the evil.

Mantra 8

स नः सिन्धुमिव नावाति पर्ष स्वस्तये । अप नः शोशुचदघम्

So bear us over, for our welfare, as in a boat across the Sindhu: scorch thou away from us the evil.