Sukta 104

Mantra 1

सखाय आ नि षीदत पुनानाय प्र गायत । शिशुं न यज्ञैः परि भूषत श्रिये ॥

O companions, sit down here and sing forth to the self-purifying One. Adorn him with the works of sacrifice as one adorns a child—so that the splendour may grow.

Mantra 2

समी वत्सं न मातृभिः सृजता गयसाधनम् । देवाव्यं मदमभि द्विशवसम् ॥

Release him together, like a calf to its mothers—this delight that accomplishes life and being. Let the divine, sheep’s-wool-filtered ecstasy press toward the one of double strength.

Mantra 3

पुनाता दक्षसाधनं यथा शर्धाय वीतये । यथा मित्राय वरुणाय शंतमः ॥

May he purify into a force that accomplishes skill and right capacity—so that the host may feast rightly; so that for Mitra and Varuṇa he becomes most blissful and harmonizing.

Mantra 4

अस्मभ्यं त्वा वसुविदमभि वाणीरनूषत । गोभिष्टे वर्णमभि वासयामसि ॥

For us the voices have sounded to you, the finder of plenitude. With the rays of Light we clothe your form—making your radiance manifest around us.

Mantra 5

स नो मदानां पत इन्दो देवप्सरा असि । सखेव सख्ये गातुवित्तमो भव ॥

You are for us the lord of ecstasies, O Indu, a divine inspirer. Like a friend in friendship, become for us the best knower of the paths—leading us surely in the journey of consciousness.

Mantra 6

सनेमि कृध्यस्मदा रक्षसं कं चिदत्रिणम् । अपादेवं द्वयुमंहो युयोधि नः ॥

Make for us a secure boundary; drive away from us any devouring Rakshasa. Ward off from us the godless, double-faced harm; fight it away from our path.