Sukta 38

Mantra 1

उदु ष्य देवः सविता ययाम हिरण्ययीममतिं यामशिश्रेत् । नूनं भगो हव्यो मानुषेभिर्वि यो रत्ना पुरूवसुर्दधाति ॥

Up has gone this god Savitar, setting in motion the golden thought which he has made to flow. Now Bhaga, to be invoked by men, distributes the treasures—he who carries many riches within his being.

Mantra 2

उदु तिष्ठ सवितः श्रुध्यस्य हिरण्यपाणे प्रभृतावृतस्य । व्युर्वीं पृथ्वीममतिं सृजान आ नृभ्यो मर्तभोजनं सुवानः ॥

Rise up, O Savitar; hear this—O golden-handed—at the forward bearing of the Truth. Wide you release the vast earth and the unbounded thought, bringing to men the nourishment that supports the mortal journey.

Mantra 3

अपि ष्टुतः सविता देवो अस्तु यमा चिद्विश्वे वसवो गृणन्ति । स नः स्तोमान्नमस्यश्चनो धाद्विश्वेभिः पातु पायुभिर्नि सूरीन् ॥

May Savitar indeed be the god praised—whom even all the Vasus sing. May he establish for us our hymns and our acts of reverence, and with all his guardianships protect our illumined leaders and seekers.

Mantra 4

अभि यं देव्यदितिर्गृणाति सवं देवस्य सवितुर्जुषाणा । अभि सम्राजो वरुणो गृणन्त्यभि मित्रासो अर्यमा सजोषाः ॥

Him whom the goddess Aditi sings—embracing the impulsion of the god Savitar—him Varuṇa the sovereign praises, and Mitra and Aryaman together in one accord. Thus the powers of Truth uphold the solar impeller within us.

Mantra 5

अभि ये मिथो वनुषः सपन्ते रातिं दिवो रातिषाचः पृथिव्याः । अहिर्बुध्न्य उत नः शृणोतु वरूत्र्येकधेनुभिर्नि पातु ॥

May those powers who strive together and press forward toward the gift—companions of the giving from Heaven and from Earth—come close to us. May Ahi Budhnya, the Serpent of the deep foundation, listen to us; and may the protecting Power (Varūtrī), with her single-streaming milch-cows of abundance, guard us from below and all around.

Mantra 6

अनु तन्नो जास्पतिर्मंसीष्ट रत्नं देवस्य सवितुरियानः । भगमुग्रोऽवसे जोहवीति भगमनुग्रो अध याति रत्नम् ॥

Following that (right movement), may Jāspati shape for us the treasure, advancing in the way of the god Savitṛ. The strong one calls Bhaga for our help; and when Bhaga comes with his favor, then indeed the treasure arrives.

Mantra 7

शं नो भवन्तु वाजिनो हवेषु देवताता मितद्रवः स्वर्काः । जम्भयन्तोऽहिं वृकं रक्षांसि सनेम्यस्मद्युयवन्नमीवाः ॥

May the strong ones be for our good in our calls—god-nurtured, measured in their onset, bearers of the sun-bright light. Crushing the serpent-force and the wolfish devourer and the hostile powers, with one wheel-rim of unity may they drive far from us the afflictions.

Mantra 8

वाजेवाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो धनेषु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । अस्य मध्वः पिबत मादयध्वं तृप्ता यात पथिभिर्देवयानैः ॥

In every surge of plenitude, help us, O powers of vāja, in our gains—O seers, deathless, knowers of the Truth-Order. Drink of this honeyed essence and grow glad; satisfied, travel by the godward paths (the inner ways of ascent and descent).