Sukta 57

Mantra 1

क्षेत्रस्य पतिना वयं हितेनेव जयामसि । गामश्वं पोषयित्न्वा स नो मृळातीदृशे ॥

By the Lord of the Field we win, as by a sure beneficence; he who nurtures in us the Cow and the Horse—rays of illumination and force—may he be gracious to us who seek in this manner.

Mantra 2

क्षेत्रस्य पते मधुमन्तमूर्मिं धेनुरिव पयो अस्मासु धुक्ष्व । मधुश्चुतं घृतमिव सुपूतमृतस्य नः पतयो मृळयन्तु ॥

O Lord of the Field, milk into us the honeyed wave, as a cow her milk—let it flow sweetly, like clarified ghee well purified. May the guardians of ṛta be gracious to us, making our nature a vessel of right increase.

Mantra 3

मधुमतीरोषधीर्द्याव आपो मधुमन्नो भवत्वन्तरिक्षम् । क्षेत्रस्य पतिर्मधुमान्नो अस्त्वरिष्यन्तो अन्वेनं चरेम ॥

Honeyed be the plants, honeyed the heavens and the waters; honeyed be for us the mid-world of life-breath. Honeyed be to us the Lord of the Field; unharmed, following his lead, may we move in his ordered domain.

Mantra 4

शुनं वाहाः शुनं नरः शुनं कृषतु लाङ्गलम् । शुनं वरत्रा बध्यन्तां शुनमष्ट्रामुदिङ्गय ॥

Auspiciously may the bearers move, auspiciously the workers; auspiciously may the plough carve its path. Auspiciously may the reins be bound; auspiciously lift and set in motion the goad—so the work proceeds in right rhythm and success.

Mantra 5

शुनासीराविमां वाचं जुषेथां यद्दिवि चक्रथुः पयः । तेनेमामुप सिञ्चतम् ॥

O Śunāsīrau, accept this speech of ours; for you fashioned in heaven the nourishing essence. With that very abundance, pour upon this field (and our being), so the work may be fulfilled.

Mantra 6

अर्वाची सुभगे भव सीते वन्दामहे त्वा । यथा नः सुभगाससि यथा नः सुफलाससि ॥

Turn toward us, O fortunate Sītā; we adore you. Be for us the bringer of good fortune; be for us the giver of good fruit—so the sowing of truth yields its fulfilled harvest.

Mantra 7

इन्द्रः सीतां नि गृह्णातु तां पूषानु यच्छतु । सा नः पयस्वती दुहामुत्तरामुत्तरां समाम् ॥

May Indra take hold of the Furrow and set it firm; may Pūṣan lead it onward on its right path. And may she, rich in nourishing essence, milk for us year after year an ever greater increase.

Mantra 8

शुनं नः फाला वि कृषन्तु भूमिं शुनं कीनाशा अभि यन्तु वाहैः । शुनं पर्जन्यो मधुना पयोभिः शुनासीरा शुनमस्मासु धत्तम् ॥

May the ploughshares carve open our field in a happy, auspicious movement; may the tillers come toward the work with their yoked energies. May Parjanya (the Rain-Power) pour sweetness with his nourishing streams; O Śunā and Sīrā, place this auspiciousness within us.