Sukta 47

Mantra 1

महि वो महतामवो वरुण मित्र दाशुषे । यमादित्या अभि द्रुहो रक्षथा नेमघं नशदनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Great is your great help, O Varuṇa and Mitra, for the giver. O Ādityas, guard him from hostile crookedness; let no portion of evil reach him. O unerring ones, your protections—your good protections—are our safeguards.

Mantra 2

विदा देवा अघानामादित्यासो अपाकृतिम् । पक्षा वयो यथोपरि व्यस्मे शर्म यच्छतानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Knowing the removals of harms, O Ādityas, cast away the evil. As wings are for the bird to rise above, so spread for us a sheltering peace. O unerring ones, your protections—your good protections—are our safeguards.

Mantra 3

व्यस्मे अधि शर्म तत्पक्षा वयो न यन्तन । विश्वानि विश्ववेदसो वरूथ्या मनामहेऽनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Set that shelter of peace upon us, as wings carry the bird. O all-knowing ones, we hold in mind all your protections as our fortress. O unerring ones, your protections—your good protections—are our safeguards.

Mantra 4

यस्मा अरासत क्षयं जीवातुं च प्रचेतसः । मनोर्विश्वस्य घेदिम आदित्या राय ईशतेऽनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

To whom the fore-knowing ones granted a home and the power to live—of Manu, of all—these Ādityas are masters of the plenitudes. O unerring ones, your protections—your good protections—are our safeguards.

Mantra 5

परि णो वृणजन्नघा दुर्गाणि रथ्यो यथा । स्यामेदिन्द्रस्य शर्मण्यादित्यानामुतावस्यनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Encompass us, warding off harms, as a charioteer avoids the hard passages. May we be in the shelter of Indra and in the help of the Ādityas. O unerring ones, your protections—your good protections—are our safeguards.

Mantra 6

परिह्वृतेदना जनो युष्मादत्तस्य वायति । देवा अदभ्रमाश वो यमादित्या अहेतनानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

When the human being is pressed on every side and feels diminished, he still seeks the force that is given by you. O Gods, the unfailing hope that you have set in us—O Ādityas—may it not be shaken; may your help, your good help, be with us, free from harm.

Mantra 7

न तं तिग्मं चन त्यजो न द्रासदभि तं गुरु । यस्मा उ शर्म सप्रथ आदित्यासो अराध्वमनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Let no sharp assault, no crushing weight fall upon him. For whom you spread out a wide shelter, O Ādityas, to that one be gracious—may your harmless helps, your good helps, come to us.

Mantra 8

युष्मे देवा अपि ष्मसि युध्यन्त इव वर्मसु । यूयं महो न एनसो यूयमर्भादुरुष्यतानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

In you, O Gods, we take our stand as fighters within armour. You are the ones who save us from the great transgression and from the small; may your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 9

अदितिर्न उरुष्यत्वदितिः शर्म यच्छतु । माता मित्रस्य रेवतोऽर्यम्णो वरुणस्य चानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

May Aditi make us wide and safe; may Aditi give us the shelter of peace—she who is the Mother of Mitra the rich in light, of Aryaman, and of Varuṇa. May your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 10

यद्देवाः शर्म शरणं यद्भद्रं यदनातुरम् । त्रिधातु यद्वरूथ्यं तदस्मासु वि यन्तनानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Whatever is peace and true refuge, whatever is the good and the untroubled, whatever is the threefold-established protection—O Gods, set all that out and manifest it within us. May your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 11

आदित्या अव हि ख्यताधि कूलादिव स्पशः । सुतीर्थमर्वतो यथानु नो नेषथा सुगमनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

O Ādityas, look down—like watchers from a river-bank—and lead us along, as one leads horses, to a good ford, to an easy passage. May your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 12

नेह भद्रं रक्षस्विने नावयै नोपया उत । गवे च भद्रं धेनवे वीराय च श्रवस्यतेऽनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Let no good here go to the one who moves in the Rakṣas, neither to the one who comes down nor to the one who comes near with hostile intent. But let the good be for the Light-ray (cow) and for the nourishing power (milch-cow), and for the hero who seeks the true hearing of fame. May your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 13

यदाविर्यदपीच्यं देवासो अस्ति दुष्कृतम् । त्रिते तद्विश्वमाप्त्य आरे अस्मद्दधातनानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Whatever wrong we have done, whether open or hidden, O Gods—place all that far away from us in Trita Āptya. May your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 14

यच्च गोषु दुष्ष्वप्न्यं यच्चास्मे दुहितर्दिवः । त्रिताय तद्विभावर्याप्त्याय परा वहानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

And whatever evil-dreaming is among our rays of light, and whatever is in us, O Daughter of Heaven—carry that away, O Radiant One, to Trita Āptya. May your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 15

निष्कं वा घा कृणवते स्रजं वा दुहितर्दिवः । त्रिते दुष्ष्वप्न्यं सर्वमाप्त्ये परि दद्मस्यनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Whether he fashions a golden neck-ornament or a garland, O Daughter of Heaven—place all the evil-dreaming in Trita Āptya all around, enclosing it there. May your harmless helps, your good helps, be with us.

Mantra 16

तदन्नाय तदपसे तं भागमुपसेदुषे । त्रिताय च द्विताय चोषो दुष्ष्वप्न्यं वहानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

That offering is for the soul’s nourishment, that for the labour of our becoming; and that portion is for the one who has approached and taken his seat (in the rite). O Dawn, carry away the evil-dreaming—bring us your unwearied help, your bright and good help.

Mantra 17

यथा कलां यथा शफं यथ ऋणं संनयामसि । एवा दुष्ष्वप्न्यं सर्वमाप्त्ये सं नयामस्यनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

As we gather up the lost portion, as we recover what is scattered, as we settle the debt—so may we gather up and neutralize all evil-dreaming in the realm of Aptya; may your unwearied, good helps be with us.

Mantra 18

अजैष्माद्यासनाम चाभूमानागसो वयम् । उषो यस्माद्दुष्ष्वप्न्यादभैष्माप तदुच्छत्वनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Today we have conquered; we have won and become without fault. O Dawn, from that evil-dreaming which we feared—let it be put away; let it rise out and depart. Bring your unwearied, good helps to us.