Sukta 169

Mantra 1

मयोभूर्वातो अभि वातूस्रा ऊर्जस्वतीरोषधीरा रिशन्ताम् । पीवस्वतीर्जीवधन्याः पिबन्त्ववसाय पद्वते रुद्र मृळ ॥

Let the wind that brings delight blow upon the ruddy lights; let the herbs, filled with force, come to their growth. Let the rich, life-nourishing plants drink in (the moisture and breath); for our well-being, O Rudra—lord of the path—be gracious.

Mantra 2

याः सरूपा विरूपा एकरूपा यासामग्निरिष्ट्या नामानि वेद । या अङ्गिरसस्तपसेह चक्रुस्ताभ्यः पर्जन्य महि शर्म यच्छ ॥

Those herbs that are alike in form, unlike in form, and of one essential form—whose names Agni knows by the rite—those that the Aṅgiras seers fashioned here by tapas: to them, O Parjanya, grant a great sheltering peace.

Mantra 3

या देवेषु तन्वमैरयन्त यासां सोमो विश्वा रूपाणि वेद । ता अस्मभ्यं पयसा पिन्वमानाः प्रजावतीरिन्द्र गोष्ठे रिरीहि ॥

Those Powers who awaken and set the embodied being in motion among the gods, whose every form Soma knows and illumines—may they, swelling for us with the milk of inner nourishment, rich in the force of becoming, O Indra, settle and abide in our luminous cattle-pen (the secure field of awakened rays).

Mantra 4

प्रजापतिर्मह्यमेता रराणो विश्वैर्देवैः पितृभिः संविदानः । शिवाः सतीरुप नो गोष्ठमाकस्तासां वयं प्रजया सं सदेम ॥

Prajāpati, rejoicing in these for me, in accord with all the gods and the fathers, has brought the auspicious true Powers near to our luminous station; may we sit together with them in a shared dwelling of creative becoming—rich in the offspring of the soul.