Sukta 33

Mantra 1

आ ते पितर्मरुतां सुम्नमेतु मा नः सूर्यस्य संदृशो युयोथाः । अभि नो वीरो अर्वति क्षमेत प्र जायेमहि रुद्र प्रजाभिः ॥

O Father of the Maruts, let thy grace come to us; do not drive us away from the vision of the Sun. May the heroic force thrive among us; O Rudra, may we be born forward with our progenies—our true becomings.

Mantra 2

त्वादत्तेभी रुद्र शंतमेभिः शतं हिमा अशीय भेषजेभिः । व्यस्मद्द्वेषो वितरं व्यंहो व्यमीवाश्चातयस्वा विषूचीः ॥

O Rudra, with thy most peace-giving remedies that are thine own gifts, may I pass a hundred winters. Drive far from us all hatred; drive away distress; drive away the creeping afflictions that strike from every side.

Mantra 3

श्रेष्ठो जातस्य रुद्र श्रियासि तवस्तमस्तवसां वज्रबाहो । पर्षि णः पारमंहसः स्वस्ति विश्वा अभीती रपसो युयोधि ॥

O Rudra, thou art the most excellent of all that is born, in thy splendor; the mightiest among the mighty, O wielder of the thunder-force. Carry us beyond the far shore of constriction; bring us well-being; repel all assaults of the violent powers.

Mantra 4

मा त्वा रुद्र चुक्रुधामा नमोभिर्मा दुःष्टुती वृषभ मा सहूती । उन्नो वीराँ अर्पय भेषजेभिर्भिषक्तमं त्वा भिषजां शृणोमि ॥

Let us not provoke thee, O Rudra, with our obeisances; let not ill-praise, O Bull, nor a wrong calling stir thee. Raise up our heroic energies with thy healings; thee, the most healing of healers, we hear and acknowledge.

Mantra 5

हवीमभिर्हवते यो हविर्भिरव स्तोमेभी रुद्रं दिषीय । ऋदूदरः सुहवो मा नो अस्यै बभ्रुः सुशिप्रो रीरधन्मनायै ॥

He who calls Rudra with oblations, who would serve him with hymns and offerings—may Rudra, the strong-bellied, the well-invoked, not harm us in this. May the tawny one of fair lips soften towards our mind and intention.

Mantra 6

उन्मा ममन्द वृषभो मरुत्वान्त्वक्षीयसा वयसा नाधमानम् । घृणीव च्छायामरपा अशीया विवासेयं रुद्रस्य सुम्नम् ॥

May the Bull-Power, Rudra with the Maruts, uplift and gladden me—me who strives—by a more vigorous life-force. May I attain his unassailable shade, like a warmth of protection, and may I win by right approach the gracious favour of Rudra.

Mantra 7

क्व स्य ते रुद्र मृळयाकुर्हस्तो यो अस्ति भेषजो जलाषः । अपभर्ता रपसो दैव्यस्याभी नु मा वृषभ चक्षमीथाः ॥

Where is that hand of yours, O Rudra, so ready to show mercy—the healing hand that brings refreshing balm? You who remove the divine assault and burning pressure, look upon me now, O Bull-Power, with a saving regard.

Mantra 8

प्र बभ्रवे वृषभाय श्वितीचे महो महीं सुष्टुतिमीरयामि । नमस्या कल्मलीकिनं नमोभिर्गृणीमसि त्वेषं रुद्रस्य नाम ॥

To the tawny Bull, the brilliant one, I send forth a great and mighty hymn of perfect praise. With salutations we bow to the remover of inner defilement, and with our reverence we proclaim the fierce Name of Rudra.

Mantra 9

स्थिरेभिरङ्गैः पुरुरूप उग्रो बभ्रुः शुक्रेभिः पिपिशे हिरण्यैः । ईशानादस्य भुवनस्य भूरेर्न वा उ योषद्रुद्रादसुर्यम् ॥

With firm limbs, many-formed and terrible, the tawny one is adorned with shining gold. As lord of this wide world, none can withhold from Rudra the sovereign might; no darkness can stand before his asuric power.

Mantra 10

अर्हन्बिभर्षि सायकानि धन्वार्हन्निष्कं यजतं विश्वरूपम् । अर्हन्निदं दयसे विश्वमभ्वं न वा ओजीयो रुद्र त्वदस्ति ॥

Worthy one, you bear the arrows and the bow; worthy one, you wear the sacred, all-formed splendour. Worthy one, you show compassion to this entire vast becoming; there is none stronger than you, O Rudra.

Mantra 11

स्तुहि श्रुतं गर्तसदं युवानं मृगं न भीममुपहत्नुमुग्रम् । मृळा जरित्रे रुद्र स्तवानोऽन्यं ते अस्मन्नि वपन्तु सेनाः ॥

Praise the renowned one who sits in the deep, the youthful, the terrible like a wild beast, the intense who strikes down. O Rudra, when praised, be gracious to the singer; let your onsets and hostilities fall away elsewhere, not upon us.

Mantra 12

कुमारश्चित्पितरं वन्दमानं प्रति नानाम रुद्रोपयन्तम् । भूरेर्दातारं सत्पतिं गृणीषे स्तुतस्त्वं भेषजा रास्यस्मे ॥

Even a child bows to his father when he approaches; so I bow to Rudra as he comes near. I proclaim you as the giver of vastness, the true lord of the being; when praised, you will grant us the healing powers.

Mantra 13

या वो भेषजा मरुतः शुचीनि या शंतमा वृषणो या मयोभु । यानि मनुरवृणीता पिता नस्ता शं च योश्च रुद्रस्य वश्मि ॥

The healings that are yours, O Maruts—pure, most peace-giving, joy-bringing—those which Manu, our father, chose: those boons of peace and well-being I seek from Rudra.

Mantra 14

परि णो हेती रुद्रस्य वृज्याः परि त्वेषस्य दुर्मतिर्मही गात् । अव स्थिरा मघवद्भ्यस्तनुष्व मीढ्वस्तोकाय तनयाय मृळ ॥

Turn away from us the missile of Rudra; let the vast ill-will of the fierce one pass away. Extend to the givers a firm protection, O bountiful Rudra; be gracious to our child and our offspring, to the continuity of the inner work.

Mantra 15

एवा बभ्रो वृषभ चेकितान यथा देव न हृणीषे न हंसि । हवनश्रुन्नो रुद्रेह बोधि बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥

So, O tawny Bull who knows, be such to us, O god, that you neither be angered nor strike. Hearer of our call, O Rudra, awaken here to us; may we speak the Vast in the assembly, rich in heroic energies.