Sukta 121

Mantra 1

हिरण्यगर्भः समवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिरेक आसीत् । स दाधार पृथिवीं द्यामुतेमां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

The Golden Embryo came into movement in the beginning; born as the one Lord of all becoming. He bore the earth and this heaven: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 2

य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषं यस्य देवाः । यस्य छायामृतं यस्य मृत्युः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

He who gives the self and gives the strength, whose command all beings attend, whom even the gods follow in obedience; whose shadow is the Truth-Order and whose shadow is Death: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 3

यः प्राणतो निमिषतो महित्वैक इद्राजा जगतो बभूव । य ईशे अस्य द्विपदश्चतुष्पदः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

He who by his greatness became the one King of all that moves and breathes and blinks; who rules over this two-footed and four-footed world: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 4

यस्येमे हिमवन्तो महित्वा यस्य समुद्रं रसया सहाहुः । यस्येमाः प्रदिशो यस्य बाहू कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

Whose greatness these snow-peaks are, whose is the ocean with the flowing sap of waters; whose are these directions as his arms: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 5

येन द्यौरुग्रा पृथिवी च दृळ्हा येन स्व स्तभितं येन नाकः । यो अन्तरिक्षे रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

By whom the mighty heaven and the firm earth were made stable; by whom the luminous world was propped and the summit established; who in the mid-region measured out the spaces: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 6

यं क्रन्दसी अवसा तस्तभाने अभ्यैक्षेतां मनसा रेजमाने । यत्राधि सूर उदितो विभाति कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

Whom the two worlds, upheld by his help, looked upon—trembling in mind; in whom and upon whom the Sun, when risen, shines forth: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 7

आपो ह यद्बृहतीर्विश्वमायन्गर्भं दधाना जनयन्तीरग्निम् । ततो देवानां समवर्ततासुरेकः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

When the mighty Waters came bearing all the world, holding the embryo, bringing forth Agni—then from them the one Breath of the gods came into full movement: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 8

यश्चिदापो महिना पर्यपश्यद्दक्षं दधाना जनयन्तीर्यज्ञम् । यो देवेष्वधि देव एक आसीत्कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

He who, by his greatness, beheld the Waters all around as they held the creative skill and brought forth the sacrifice. He who was the one God above the gods: to which God shall we offer the oblation of our will?

Mantra 9

मा नो हिंसीज्जनिता यः पृथिव्या यो वा दिवं सत्यधर्मा जजान । यश्चापश्चन्द्रा बृहतीर्जजान कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥

May He not harm us—He, the Father who brought forth the Earth, and who, established in the law of Truth, engendered the Heaven; who also brought forth the Waters—luminous and vast. To which God shall we offer the oblation?

Mantra 10

प्रजापते न त्वदेतान्यन्यो विश्वा जातानि परि ता बभूव । यत्कामास्ते जुहुमस्तन्नो अस्तु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥

O Lord of beings, none other than you has encompassed all these births. What desires we offer to you in the flame—may that become ours; may we be masters of the plenitudes of being.