Sukta 5

Mantra 1

सुसमिद्धाय शोचिषे घृतं तीव्रं जुहोतन । अग्नये जातवेदसे ॥

To the well-kindled Flame, to the blazing Light, pour the intense ghee-offering—offer it to Agni Jātavedas, the knower who awakens all births within us.

Mantra 2

नराशंसः सुषूदतीमं यज्ञमदाभ्यः । कविर्हि मधुहस्त्यः ॥

Narāśaṃsa, the unfailing seer, perfects this sacrifice that moves well to its goal; for he is the poet with honeyed hands—one who shapes the sweetness of the offering into the rite.

Mantra 3

ईळितो अग्न आ वहेन्द्रं चित्रमिह प्रियम् । सुखै रथेभिरूतये ॥

O Agni, praised and invoked, bring here Indra, the many-formed and beloved power, upon happy chariots for our help—bring the lord of luminous force into the field of our offering.

Mantra 4

ऊर्णम्रदा वि प्रथस्वाभ्यर्का अनूषत । भवा नः शुभ्र सातये ॥

O luminous power that softens and releases what is knotted within, widen thyself; our hymns have pressed toward thee. Become for us the bright helper for the winning of the true gain.

Mantra 5

देवीर्द्वारो वि श्रयध्वं सुप्रायणा न ऊतये । प्रप्र यज्ञं पृणीतन ॥

O divine Doors, open yourselves wide; with a good passage become our protection. Forward, forward—fill out and complete the sacrifice.

Mantra 6

सुप्रतीके वयोवृधा यह्वी ऋतस्य मातरा । दोषामुषासमीमहे ॥

With beautiful faces, increasing our life-force, the mighty Mothers of the Ṛta—Night and Dawn—we seek and call to us.

Mantra 7

वातस्य पत्मन्नीळिता दैव्या होतारा मनुषः । इमं नो यज्ञमा गतम् ॥

O divine Hotars, praised in the path of the Wind and serving the human, come to this our sacrifice.

Mantra 8

इळा सरस्वती मही तिस्रो देवीर्मयोभुवः । बर्हिः सीदन्त्वस्रिधः ॥

Iḷā, Sarasvatī, and Mahī—three goddesses who become bliss—let them sit upon the sacred seat, unfailing in their support.

Mantra 9

शिवस्त्वष्टरिहा गहि विभुः पोष उत त्मना । यज्ञेयज्ञे न उदव ॥

O Tvaṣṭṛ, come here as the auspicious one—wide in thy power of increase and by thy own being; in sacrifice after sacrifice raise us upward and foster us.

Mantra 10

यत्र वेत्थ वनस्पते देवानां गुह्या नामानि । तत्र हव्यानि गामय ॥

O Lord of the Wood, where thou knowest the hidden names of the gods, thither lead the offerings.

Mantra 11

स्वाहाग्नये वरुणाय स्वाहेन्द्राय मरुद्भ्यः । स्वाहा देवेभ्यो हविः ॥

Svāhā to Agni, to Varuṇa; svāhā to Indra, to the Maruts; svāhā—this offering to the gods.