Adhyaya 17

Mantra 1

अश्म॒न्नूर्जं॒ पर्व॑ते शिश्रिया॒णाम॒द्भ्य ओष॑धीभ्यो॒ वन॒स्पतिभ्यो॒ अधि॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ पय॑: । तां न॒ इष॒मूर्जं॑ धत्त मरुतः सᳪररा॒णाः अश्मँ॑स्ते॒ क्षुन्मयि॑ त॒ ऊर्ग्यं द्वि॒ष्मस्तं ते॒ शुगृ॑च्छतु

O Stone, the milk—gathered from the waters, from the plants, from the trees—resting on the mountain, even strength. That food and vigour bestow ye on us, O Maruts, rejoicing together. The hunger-made (foe) that we hate—let thy dart, O Stone, reach him.

Mantra 2

इ॒मा मे॑ अग्न॒ इष्ट॑का धे॒नव॑: स॒न्त्वेका॑ च॒ दश॑ च॒ दश॑ च श॒तं च॑ श॒तं च॑ स॒हस्रं॑ च स॒हस्रं॑ चा॒युतं॑ चा॒युतं॑ च नि॒युतं॑ च नि॒युतं॑ च प्र॒युतं॒ चार्बु॑दं च॒ न्य॑र्बुदं समु॒द्रश्च॒ मध्यं॒ चान्त॑श्च परा॒र्धश्चै॒ता मे॑ अग्न॒ इष्ट॑का धे॒नव॑: सन्त्व॒मुत्रा॒मुष्मिँ॑ल्लो॒के

These bricks of mine, O Agni, let them be milch-cows—one and ten, and ten and a hundred, and a hundred and a thousand, and a thousand and a myriad, and a myriad and a ten-myriad, and a ten-myriad and a hundred-myriad, and a million and ten-million; the ocean, the middle, the end, and the further half: these bricks of mine, O Agni, let them be milch-cows for me yonder, in that world.

Mantra 3

ऋ॒तव॑ स्थ ऋता॒वृध॑ ऋतु॒ष्ठा स्थ॑ ऋता॒वृध॑: । घृ॒त॒श्च्युतो॑ मधु॒श्च्युतो॑ वि॒राजो॒ नाम॑ काम॒दुघा॒ अक्षी॑यमाणाः

Ye are the Seasons, ye that foster Order; ye are founded in the Seasons, ye that foster Order. Dropping ghee, dropping sweetness—(ye are) by name Virāj—wish-yielding, unfailing, inexhaustible.

Mantra 4

स॒मु॒द्रस्य॒ त्वाऽव॑क॒याग्ने॒ परि॑ व्ययामसि । पा॒व॒को अ॒स्मभ्य॑ᳪ शि॒वो भ॑व

With avakā from the Ocean we encompass thee, O Agni. Be thou for us the Purifier, be thou auspicious.

Mantra 5

हि॒मस्य॑ त्वा ज॒रायु॒णाऽग्ने॒ परि॑ व्ययामसि । पा॒व॒को अ॒स्मभ्य॑ᳪ शि॒वो भ॑व

With the membrane of the Cold we encompass thee, O Agni. Be thou for us the Purifier, be thou auspicious.

Mantra 6

उप॒ ज्मन्नुप॑ वेत॒सेऽव॑ तर न॒दीष्वा । अग्ने॑ पि॒त्तम॒पाम॑सि॒ मण्डू॑कि॒ ताभि॒रा ग॑हि॒ सेमं नो॑ य॒ज्ञं पा॑व॒कव॑र्णᳪ शि॒वं कृ॑धि

Come hither upon the ground, come hither to the reed; descend into the rivers. O Agni, thou art the most tawny of the waters; O Frog, come hither with those (waters): make this our sacrifice of purifying hue, make it auspicious.

Mantra 7

अ॒पामि॒दं न्यय॑नᳪ समु॒द्रस्य॑ नि॒वेश॑नम् । अ॒न्याँस्ते॑ अ॒स्मत्त॑पन्तु हे॒तय॑: पाव॒को अ॒स्मभ्य॑ᳪ शि॒वो भ॑व

This is the waters’ downward course, the ocean’s resting-place. Let thy missiles burn others away from us: be thou for us the Purifier, be thou auspicious.

Mantra 8

अग्ने॑ पावक रो॒चिषा॑ म॒न्द्रया॑ देव जि॒ह्वया॑ । आ दे॒वान् व॑क्षि॒ यक्षि॑ च

O Agni, the Purifier, with thy lustre, with thy gladdening, godlike tongue,—hither bring thou the Gods, and do thou sacrifice unto them.

Mantra 9

स न॑: पावक दीदि॒वोऽग्ने॑ दे॒वाँ२ इ॒हा व॑ह । उप॑ य॒ज्ञᳪ ह॒विश्च॑ नः

Do thou, O shining Agni, the Purifier, bring hither for us the Gods,—unto the sacrifice, and unto our oblation.

Mantra 10

पा॒व॒कया॒ यश्चि॒तय॑न्त्या कृ॒पा क्षाम॑न् रुरु॒च उ॒षसो॒ न भा॒नुना॑ । तूर्व॒न् न याम॒न्नेत॑शस्य॒ नू रण॒ आ यो घृ॒णे न त॑तृषा॒णो अ॒जर॑:

With purifying flame that maketh manifest, with gracious favour, he shineth on the earth like Dawn with her beam; impetuous in his course like Etaśa, now in exultation,—he, unaging, cometh with ardour, thirsting (for the offering).

Mantra 11

नम॑स्ते॒ हर॑से शो॒चिषे॒ नम॑स्ते अस्त्व॒र्चिषे॑ । अ॒न्याँस्ते॑ अ॒स्मत्त॑पन्तु हे॒तय॑: पाव॒को अ॒स्मभ्य॑ᳪ शि॒वो भ॑व

Homage be to thy might, homage to thy flame; homage be to thy blaze. Let thy burning darts consume others, away from us: O Purifier, be thou gracious unto us.

Mantra 12

नृ॒षदे॒ वेड॑प्सु॒षदे॒ वेड् ब॑र्हि॒षदे॒ वेड् व॑न॒सदे॒ वेड् स्व॒र्विदे॒ वेट्

O thou that sittest among men—come! O thou that sittest in the waters—come! O thou that sittest on the barhis—come! O thou that sittest in the wood—come! O thou that findest heaven—come!

Mantra 13

ये दे॒वा दे॒वानां॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑नाᳪ संवत्स॒रीण॒मुप॑ भा॒गमास॑ते । अ॑हु॒तादो॑ ह॒विषो॑ य॒ज्ञे अ॒स्मिन्त्स्व॒यं पि॑बन्तु॒ मधु॑नो घृ॒तस्य॑

Ye Gods, the sacrifice-worthy among the Gods, who sit down unto the yearly portion, the eaters of what is unoffered—of the oblation in this sacrifice—let them of themselves drink of the honeyed ghee.

Mantra 14

ये दे॒वा दे॒वेष्वधि॑ देव॒त्वमाय॒न् ये ब्रह्म॑णः पुर ए॒तारो॑ अ॒स्य । येभ्यो॒ न ऋ॒ते पव॑ते॒ धाम॒ किञ्च॒न न ते दि॒वो न पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॒ स्नुषु॑

Ye Gods who, among the Gods, attained unto godhead; ye who are the leaders in front of the sacred power here; without whom no ordinance, no abode is made pure—ye rest not upon heaven, nor upon earth.

Mantra 15

प्रा॒ण॒दा अ॑पान॒दा व्या॑न॒दा व॑र्चो॒दा व॑रिवो॒दाः । अ॒न्याँस्ते॑ अ॒स्मत्त॑पन्तु हे॒तय॑: पाव॒को अ॒स्मभ्य॑ᳪ शि॒वो भ॑व

Givers of breath, givers of downward breath, givers of pervading breath; givers of lustre, givers of free scope—let thy missiles scorch others than us: O Purifier, be thou gracious unto us.

Mantra 16

अ॒ग्निस्ति॒ग्मेन॑ शो॒चिषा॒ यास॒द्विश्वं॒ न्यत्रिण॑म् । अ॒ग्निर्नो॑ वनते र॒यिम्

May Agni with his keen flame advance, smiting down every devourer; may Agni win for us wealth.

Mantra 17

य इ॒मा विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि॒ जुह्व॒दृषि॒र्होता॒ न्यसी॑दत् पि॒ता न॑: । स आ॒शिषा॒ द्रवि॑णमि॒च्छमा॑नः प्रथम॒च्छदव॑राँ॒२ आ वि॑वेश

He who, offering, as seer and Hotṛ, sat him down amid all these worlds—our Father; he, seeking wealth by blessing, first overspread the lower regions and entered in.

Mantra 18

किᳪस्वि॑दासीदधि॒ष्ठान॑मा॒रम्भ॑णं कत॒मत्स्वि॑त्क॒थाऽऽसी॑त् । यतो॒ भूमिं॑ ज॒नय॑न् वि॒श्वक॑र्मा॒ वि द्यामौर्णो॑न्महि॒ना वि॒श्वच॑क्षाः

What, I pray, was the base; what was the point of grasp; in what wise was it done,—whence, when generating the earth, Viśvakarman, the all-seeing, by his might overspread the heaven?

Mantra 19

वि॒श्वत॑श्चक्षुरु॒त वि॒श्वतो॑मुखो वि॒श्वतो॑बाहुरु॒त वि॒श्वत॑स्पात् । सं बा॒हुभ्यां॒ धम॑ति॒ सं पत॑त्रै॒र्द्यावा॒भूमी॑ ज॒नय॑न् दे॒व एक॑:

With eye on every side, and face on every side, with arm on every side, and foot on every side,—the One God, generating heaven and earth, bloweth them together with his arms, together with his wings.

Mantra 20

किᳪस्वि॒द्वनं॒ क उ॒ स वृ॒क्ष आ॑स॒ यतो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी नि॑ष्टत॒क्षुः । मनी॑षिणो॒ मन॑सा पृ॒च्छतेदु॒ तद्यद॒ध्यति॑ष्ठ॒द्भुव॑नानि धा॒रय॑न्

What, I pray, was the wood, and what the tree, wherefrom they fashioned heaven and earth? The wise, indeed, inquire with the mind concerning that which, standing over them, upheld the worlds.

Mantra 21

या ते॒ धामा॑नि पर॒माणि॒ याऽव॒मा या म॑ध्य॒मा वि॑श्वकर्मन्नु॒तेमा । शिक्षा॒ सखि॑भ्यो ह॒विषि॑ स्वधावः स्व॒यं य॑जस्व त॒न्वं॒ वृधा॒नः

Thy abodes that are highest, those that are lowest, and those that are in the middle—O Viśvakarman, and these here: do thou, O self-empowered one, teach the comrades in the oblation; sacrifice thyself, increasing thine own body.

Mantra 22

विश्व॑कर्मन् ह॒विषा॑ वावृधा॒नः स्व॒यं य॑जस्व पृथि॒वीमु॒त द्याम् । मुह्य॑न्त्व॒न्ये अ॒भित॑: स॒पत्ना॑ इ॒हास्माकं॑ म॒घवा॑ सू॒रिर॑स्तु

O Viśvakarman, waxing strong by the oblation, sacrifice thyself—earth and heaven. Let other rivals round about be confounded; here may our bounteous patron be the liberal lord.

Mantra 23

वा॒चस्पतिं॑ वि॒श्वक॑र्माणमू॒तये॑ मनो॒जुवं॒ वाजे॑ अ॒द्या हु॑वेम । स नो॒ विश्वा॑नि॒ हव॑नानि जोषद्वि॒श्वश॑म्भू॒रव॑से सा॒धुक॑र्मा

To Vācaspati, to Viśvakarman, for succour—swift as thought—this day, in the winning of the prize, would we make invocation. May he, the all-auspicious, the good artificer, accept with favour all our invocations, for our protection.

Mantra 24

विश्व॑कर्मन् ह॒विषा॒ वर्ध॑नेन त्रा॒तार॒मिन्द्र॑मकृणोरव॒ध्यम् । तस्मै॒ विश॒: सम॑नमन्त पू॒र्वीर॒यमु॒ग्रो वि॒हव्यो॒ यथाऽस॑त्

O Viśvakarman, by oblation, by the means of increase, thou madest Indra, the protector, not to be slain. To him the former peoples bowed them down, that this mighty one might be invoked as was meet.

Mantra 25

चक्षु॑षः पि॒ता मन॑सा॒ हि धीरो॑ घृ॒तमे॑ने अजन॒न्नम्न॑माने । य॒देदन्ता॒ अद॑दृहन्त॒ पूर्व॒ आदिद् द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॑प्रथेताम्

The Father of the eye, wise through mind, with ghee for his thought, generated (things) that bowed them down; when the former boundaries were made firm, then indeed did Heaven and Earth spread out.

Mantra 26

वि॒श्वक॑र्मा॒ विम॑ना॒ आद्विहा॑या धा॒ता वि॑धा॒ता प॑र॒मोत स॒न्दृक् । तेषा॑मि॒ष्टानि॒ समि॒षा म॑दन्ति॒ यत्रा॑ सप्त ऋ॒षीन् प॒र एक॑मा॒हुः

Viśvakarman, withdrawn in mind, having passed beyond, the establisher, the ordainer, the highest, the all-seeing: with nourishment their desired offerings rejoice, where they call the One, beyond, (as) the Seven Seers.

Mantra 27

यो न॑: पि॒ता ज॑नि॒ता यो वि॑धा॒ता धामा॑नि॒ वेद॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । यो दे॒वानां॑ नाम॒धा एक॑ ए॒व तᳪ स॑म्प्र॒श्नं भुव॑ना यन्त्य॒न्या

He who is our father, our begetter, he who is the ordainer, who knoweth the ordinances and all the worlds; he who alone is the name-giver of the gods—to him, as to one to be questioned, the beings resort, the others (all).

Mantra 28

त आऽय॑जन्त॒ द्रवि॑ण॒ᳪ सम॑स्मा॒ ऋष॑य॒: पूर्वे॑ जरि॒तारो॒ न भू॒ना । अ॒सूर्ते॒ सूर्ते॒ रज॑सि निष॒त्ते ये भू॒तानि॑ स॒मकृ॑ण्वन्नि॒मानि॑

They sacrificed, the ancient Ṛishis, the praisers of old, not scant of means, for him with wealth. In the unshaped and in the shaped, seated in the rajas, they who compacted together these beings.

Mantra 29

प॒रो दि॒वा प॒र ए॒ना पृ॑थि॒व्या प॒रो दे॒वेभि॒रसु॑रै॒र्यदस्ति॑ । कᳪस्वि॒द् गर्भं॑ प्रथ॒मं द॑ध्र॒ आपो॒ यत्र॑ दे॒वाः स॒मप॑श्यन्त॒ पूर्वे॑

Beyond the heaven, beyond this earth, beyond what is with Devas and with Asuras—what first germ did the Waters hold, where the gods of old beheld it together?

Mantra 30

तमिद्गर्भं॑ प्रथ॒मं द॑ध्र॒ आपो॒ यत्र॑ दे॒वाः स॒मग॑च्छन्त॒ विश्वे॑ । अ॒जस्य॒ नाभा॒वध्येक॒मर्पि॑तं॒ यस्मि॒न् विश्वा॑नि॒ भुव॑नानि त॒स्थुः

That very first germ the Waters held, where all the gods assembled. Upon the navel of the Unborn one thing was fastened, wherein all the worlds stood firm.

Mantra 31

न तं वि॑दाथ॒ य इ॒मा ज॒जाना॒न्यद्यु॒ष्माक॒मन्त॑रं बभूव । नी॒हा॒रेण॒ प्रावृ॑ता॒ जल्प्या॑ चासु॒तृप॑ उक्थ॒शास॑श्चरन्ति

Ye know not him who generated these; another, within you, hath come to be. Covered with mist, with muttered speech, unsated in breath, the reciters of hymns and ordinances go their way.

Mantra 32

वि॒श्वक॑र्मा॒ ह्यज॑निष्ट दे॒व आदिद्ग॑न्ध॒र्वो अ॑भवद् द्वि॒तीय॑: । तृ॒तीय॑: पि॒ता ज॑नि॒तौष॑धीनाम॒पां गर्भं॒ व्य॒दधात् पुरु॒त्रा

Viśvakarman, the god, was born; then the Gandharva became the second. Third was the Father, the begetter of plants: he distributed far and wide the embryo of the Waters.

Mantra 33

आ॒शुः शिशा॑नो वृष॒भो न भी॒मो घ॑नाघ॒नः क्षोभ॑णश्चर्षणी॒नाम् । सं॒क्रन्द॑नोऽनिमि॒ष ए॑कवी॒रः श॒तᳪ सेना॑ अजयत् सा॒कमिन्द्र॑:

Swift, whetting himself, like a dread bull; crusher of the crusher, the shaker of the peoples: Indra, the battle-roarer, unblinking, the lone hero, conquered a hundred hosts together.

Mantra 34

सं॒क्रन्द॑नेनानिमि॒षेण॑ जि॒ष्णुना॑ युत्का॒रेण॑ दुश्च्यव॒नेन॑ धृ॒ष्णुना॑ । तदिन्द्रे॑ण जयत॒ तत्स॑हध्वं॒ युधो॑ नर॒ इषु॑हस्तेन॒ वृष्णा॑

By the battle-roar, by the unblinking, by the victorious; by the charge-cry, by the hard-to-dislodge, by the bold—by that Indra win ye, with that unite ye, O men of battle, with the bull that bears the arrow in his hand.

Mantra 35

स इषु॑हस्तैः॒ स नि॑ष॒ङ्गिभि॑र्व॒शी सᳪस्र॑ष्टा॒ स युध॒ इन्द्रो॑ ग॒णेन॑ । स॒ᳪसृष्ट॒जित्सो॑म॒पा बा॑हुश॒र्ध्युग्रध॑न्वा॒ प्रति॑हिताभि॒रस्ता॑

He with arrows in his hands, he with weapon-gear, the master, the arrayer—Indra in battles with his troop: victorious when marshalled, Soma-drinker, arm-strong, fierce-bowed, the hurler with well-aimed shafts.

Mantra 36

बृह॑स्पते॒ परि॑ दीया॒ रथे॑न रक्षो॒हाऽमित्राँ॑२ अप॒बाध॑मानः । प्र॒भ॒ञ्जन्त्सेना॑: प्रमृ॒णो यु॒धा जय॑न्न॒स्माक॑मेध्यवि॒ता रथा॑नाम्

O Bṛhaspati, drive round with thy chariot, slayer of the Rakṣas, thrusting away our foes; shattering the hosts, crushing them in battle, winning—be thou the prosperer of our chariots.

Mantra 37

ब॒ल॒वि॒ज्ञा॒य स्थवि॑र॒: प्रवी॑र॒: सह॑स्वान् वा॒जी सह॑मान उ॒ग्रः । अ॒भिवी॑रो अ॒भिस॑त्वा सहो॒जा जै॑त्रमिन्द्र॒ रथ॒मा ति॑ष्ठ गो॒वित्

Knowing strength, steadfast, rich in heroes; mighty, prize-winning, overpowering, fierce; excelling in heroism, excelling in force, might-born—O Indra, winner of kine, mount thou the victorious chariot.

Mantra 38

गो॒त्र॒भिदं॑ गो॒विदं॒ वज्र॑बाहुं॒ जय॑न्त॒मज्म॑ प्रमृ॒णन्त॒मोज॑सा । इ॒मᳪ स॑जाता॒ अनु॑ वीरयध्व॒मिन्द्र॑ᳪ सखायो॒ अनु॒ सᳪ र॑भध्वम्

The cleaver of the clans, the winner of kine, the thunderbolt-armed,—victorious in the onset, crushing with might: after him, O kinsmen, make ye yourselves heroes; after Indra, O comrades, close ye together and lay hold.

Mantra 39

अ॒भि गो॒त्राणि॒ सह॑सा॒ गाह॑मानोऽद॒यो वी॒रः श॒तम॑न्यु॒रिन्द्र॑: । दु॒श्च्य॒व॒नः पृ॑तना॒षाड॑यु॒ध्योऽस्माक॒ᳪ सेना॑ अवतु॒ प्र यु॒त्सु

Charging with might against the clans, plunging in,—unsparing hero, Indra of hundredfold fury; hard to dislodge, the host-subduer, unconquerable: may he protect our army in the forefront of the battles.

Mantra 40

इन्द्र॑ आसां ने॒ता बृह॒स्पति॒र्दक्षि॑णा य॒ज्ञः पु॒र ए॑तु॒ सोम॑: । दे॒व॒से॒नाना॑मभिभञ्जती॒नां जय॑न्तीनां म॒रुतो॑ य॒न्त्वग्र॑म्

Indra be their leader, Bṛhaspati their guide; Dakṣiṇā, the Sacrifice—let Soma go before. Of the divine hosts that break through, that conquer, let the Maruts go in the van.

Mantra 41

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वृष्णो॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ राज्ञ॑ आदि॒त्यानां॑ म॒रुता॒ᳪ शर्ध॑ उ॒ग्रम् । म॒हाम॑नसां भुवनच्य॒वानां॒ घोषो॑ दे॒वानां॒ जय॑ता॒मुद॑स्थात्

Of Indra the Bull, of Varuṇa the King, of the Ādityas, of the Maruts’ fierce host,—of the great-minded, world-shaking ones—the shout of the gods victorious hath arisen aloft.

Mantra 42

उद्ध॑र्षय मघव॒न्नायु॑धा॒न्युत्सत्व॑नां माम॒कानां॒ मना॑ᳪसि । उद्वृ॑त्रहन् वा॒जिनां॒ वाजि॑ना॒न्युद्रथा॑नां॒ जय॑तां यन्तु॒ घोषा॑:

Rouse up, O bounteous one, the weapons; uplift the minds of my valiant folk. Up, O Vṛtra-slayer, the racers and their might; up, of the conquering chariots—let the shouts go forth!

Mantra 43

अ॒स्माक॒मिन्द्र॒: समृ॑तेषु ध्व॒जेष्व॒स्माकं॒ या इष॑व॒स्ता ज॑यन्तु । अ॒स्माकं॑ वी॒रा उत्त॑रे भवन्त्व॒स्माँ२ उ॑ देवा अवता॒ हवे॑षु

In the close encounters, at the standards, may Indra be ours; may those missiles that are ours prevail. May our heroes prove the better; and do ye, O Gods, protect us in our calls for aid.

Mantra 44

अ॒मीषां॑ चि॒त्तं प्र॑तिलो॒भय॑न्ती गृहा॒णाङ्गा॑न्यप्वे॒ परे॑हि । अ॒भि प्रेहि॒ निर्द॑ह हृ॒त्सु शोकै॑र॒न्धेना॒मित्रा॒स्तम॑सा सचन्ताम्

Deluding their mind, seize thou their limbs and pass away unto them. Go straight against them; burn them out with griefs within their hearts: let the foes consort with blinding darkness.

Mantra 45

अव॑सृष्टा॒ परा॑ पत॒ शर॑व्ये॒ ब्रह्म॑सᳪशिते । गच्छा॒मित्रा॒न् प्र प॑द्यस्व॒ माऽमीषां॒ कं च॒नोच्छि॑षः

Loosed forth, fly onward, O arrow, whetted by holy power. Go to the foes; fall upon them: leave thou not any one of them remaining.

Mantra 46

प्रेता॒ जय॑ता नर॒ इन्द्रो॑ व॒: शर्म॑ यच्छतु । उ॒ग्रा व॑: सन्तु बा॒हवो॑ऽनाधृ॒ष्या यथाऽस॑थ

Go forth and conquer, O ye men; may Indra grant you shelter. Let your arms be fierce, unassailable, even as ye are.

Mantra 47

असौ॒ या सेना॑ मरुत॒: परे॑षाम॒भ्यैति॑ न॒ ओज॑सा॒ स्पर्ध॑माना । तां गू॑हत॒ तम॒साऽप॑व्रतेन॒ यथा॒ऽमी अ॒न्यो अ॒न्यं न जा॒नन्

That host of theirs, O Maruts, which advances against us with might, contending,—that do ye hide with darkness, with perverse disorder, so that those men may not know one another.

Mantra 48

यत्र॑ बा॒णाः स॒म्पत॑न्ति कुमा॒रा वि॑शि॒खा इ॑व । तन्न॒ इन्द्रो॒ बृह॒स्पति॒रदि॑ति॒: शर्म॑ यच्छतु वि॒श्वाहा॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतु

Where arrows fly together, as though shot by youths, even there—blunted as it were—may Indra, may Bṛhaspati, may Aditi vouchsafe unto us shelter; yea, may they vouchsafe shelter unto us for all our days.

Mantra 49

मर्मा॑णि ते॒ वर्म॑णा छादयामि॒ सोम॑स्त्वा॒ राजा॒ऽमृते॒नानु॑वस्ताम् । उ॒रोर्वरी॑यो॒ वरु॑णस्ते कृणोतु॒ जय॑न्तं॒ त्वाऽनु॑ दे॒वा म॑दन्तु

Thy vital parts I cover with armour: may Soma the King invest thee with immortality. May Varuṇa make for thee a wider, ampler room; and, victorious, may the gods rejoice in thee.

Mantra 50

उदे॑नमुत्त॒रां न॒याग्ने॑ घृतेनाहुत । रा॒यस्पोषे॑ण॒ सᳪ सृ॑ज प्र॒जया॑ च ब॒हुं कृ॑धि

Lead him upward to the higher region, O Agni, offered with ghee. Unite him with increase of wealth and with prosperity; and with offspring make him abundant.

Mantra 51

इन्द्रे॒मं प्र॑त॒रां न॑य सजा॒ताना॑मसद्व॒शी । समे॑नं॒ वर्च॑सा सृज दे॒वानां॑ भाग॒दा अ॑सत्

O Indra, lead this man to a more excellent station; let him be master over his peers. Endue him with lustre; let him become a distributor of the gods’ portions.

Mantra 52

यस्य॑ कु॒र्मो गृ॒हे ह॒विस्तम॑ग्ने वर्धया॒ त्वम् । तस्मै॑ दे॒वा अधि॑ ब्रुवन्न॒यं च॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑:

He in whose house the Tortoise is, and the oblation—him, O Agni, do thou increase. For him the gods have spoken with authority: ‘This man, moreover, hath Bráhmaṇaspati.’

Mantra 53

उदु॑ त्वा॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अग्ने॑ भरन्तु॒ चित्ति॑भिः । स नो॑ भव शि॒वस्त्वᳪ सु॒प्रती॑को वि॒भाव॑सुः

Up, O Agni, may all the Gods bear thee aloft with their purposes: be thou for us gracious, of goodly aspect, O far-shining one.

Mantra 54

पञ्च॒ दिशो॒ दैवी॑र्य॒ज्ञम॑वन्तु दे॒वीरपाम॑तिं॒ दुर्म॑तिं॒ बाध॑मानाः । रा॒यस्पोषे॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिमा॒भज॑न्ती रा॒यस्पोषे॒ अधि॑ य॒ज्ञो अ॑स्थात्

May the five divine Quarters further the sacrifice, the goddesses repelling misthought and ill-thought. Allotting the Lord of sacrifice to increase of wealth, upon increase of wealth the sacrifice hath taken its stand.

Mantra 55

समि॑द्धे अ॒ग्नावधि॑ मामहा॒न उ॒क्थप॑त्र॒ ईड्यो॑ गृभी॒तः । त॒प्तं घ॒र्मं प॑रि॒गृह्या॑यजन्तो॒र्जा यद्य॒ज्ञमय॑जन्त दे॒वाः

On the kindled fire, magnified, hymn-winged, worthy of praise, he is taken. Having taken up the heated Gharma, they sacrificed for strength, when the Gods performed the sacrifice.

Mantra 56

दै॑व्याय ध॒र्त्रे जोष्ट्रे॑ देव॒श्रीः श्रीम॑नाः श॒तप॑याः । प॒रि॒गृह्य॑ दे॒वा य॒ज्ञमा॑यन् दे॒वा दे॒वेभ्यो॑ अध्व॒र्यन्तो॑ अस्थुः

For the divine Supporter, the gracious Accepter—endowed with godly splendour, their minds on prosperity, rich in draughts—having encompassed it, the Gods came unto the sacrifice; the Gods, for the Gods, took their station as Adhvaryus.

Mantra 57

वी॒तᳪ ह॒विः श॑मि॒तᳪ श॑मि॒ता य॒जध्यै॑ तु॒रीयो॑ य॒ज्ञो यत्र॑ ह॒व्यमेति॑ । ततो॑ वा॒का आ॒शिषो॑ नो जुषन्ताम्

The oblation is won and duly appeased; the appeaser is for sacrificing: the fourth sacrifice is that wherein the offering goeth. Thence may blessings, uttered words, delight in us.

Mantra 58

सूर्य॑रश्मि॒र्हरि॑केशः पु॒रस्ता॑त्सवि॒ता ज्योति॒रुद॑याँ॒२ अज॑स्रम् । तस्य॑ पू॒षा प्र॑स॒वे या॑ति वि॒द्वान्त्स॒म्पश्य॒न्विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि गो॒पाः

The Sun-beamed, tawny-maned Savitṛ riseth in the east—light, unceasing. At his impulsion Pūṣan, the wise, goeth forth, beholding all the worlds, the guardian.

Mantra 59

वि॒मान॑ ए॒ष दि॒वो मध्य॑ आस्त आपप्रि॒वान् रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम् । स वि॒श्वाची॑र॒भि च॑ष्टे घृ॒ताची॑रन्त॒रा पूर्व॒मप॑रं च के॒तुम्

This measurer hath stood in mid-heaven, filling the two worlds and the air. He looketh forth on all-directed, ghee-bright (rays), between the former and the latter token of light.

Mantra 60

उ॒क्षा स॑मु॒द्रो अ॑रु॒णः सु॑प॒र्णः पूर्व॑स्य॒ योनिं॑ पि॒तुरा वि॑वेश । मध्ये॑ दि॒वो निहि॑त॒: पृश्नि॒रश्मा॒ वि च॑क्रमे॒ रज॑सस्पा॒त्यन्तौ॑

The Bull, the Ocean, ruddy, fair-winged, hath entered the former womb of the Father. Set in mid-heaven is the speckled stone; he hath strode forth, and guardeth the two ends of the regions.

Mantra 61

इन्द्रं॒ विश्वा॑ अवीवृधन्त्समु॒द्रव्य॑चसं॒ गिर॑: । र॒थीत॑मᳪ र॒थीनां॒ वाजा॑ना॒ᳪ सत्प॑तिं॒ पति॑म्

All songs have strengthened Indra, ocean-wide in might; the best of charioteers among charioteers, the lord—master of prizes, the true lord of the good.

Mantra 62

दे॒व॒हूर्य॒ज्ञ आ च॑ वक्षत्सुम्न॒हूर्य॒ज्ञ आ च॑ वक्षत् । यक्ष॑द॒ग्निर्दे॒वो दे॒वाँ२ आ च॑ वक्षत्

God-inviting may the sacrifice bring (them) hither; boon-inviting may the sacrifice bring (them) hither. May Agni, the god, worship, and bring the gods hither.

Mantra 63

वाज॑स्य मा प्रस॒व उ॑द्ग्रा॒भेणोद॑ग्रभीत् । अधा॑ स॒पत्ना॒निन्द्रो॑ मे निग्रा॒भेणाध॑राँ२ अकः

The impulse of might hath, by the upward grasp, uplifted me; and then Indra, by the downward grasp, hath made my rivals to be beneath.

Mantra 64

उ॒द्ग्रा॒भं च॑ निग्रा॒भं च॒ ब्रह्म॑ दे॒वा अ॑वीवृधन् । अधा॑ स॒पत्ना॑निन्द्रा॒ग्नी मे॑ विषू॒चीना॒न्व्य॒स्यताम्

The Gods have strengthened sacred power, both the up-grasp and the down-grasp; and then may Indra and Agni scatter my rivals, flinging them apart in sundry directions.

Mantra 65

क्रम॑ध्वम॒ग्निना॒ नाक॒मुख्य॒ᳪ हस्ते॑षु॒ बिभ्र॑तः । दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठᳪ स्व॑र्ग॒त्वा मि॒श्रा दे॒वेभि॑राध्वम्

Step ye forth with Agni, bearing in your hands the foremost portal of the sky; having reached the ridge of heaven, having attained the heavenly world, sit ye down in fellowship with the Gods.

Mantra 66

प्राची॒मनु॑ प्र॒दिशं॒ प्रेहि॑ वि॒द्वान॒ग्नेर॑ग्ने पुरो अ॑ग्निर्भवे॒ह । विश्वा॒ आशा॒ दीद्या॑नो॒ वि भा॒ह्यूर्जं॑ नो धेहि द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे

Proceed, O knowing Agni, along the eastern fore-direction; be thou here the fire that goeth in front. Shining, blaze forth unto all the regions; bestow thou nourishment upon us, upon the two-footed and the four-footed.

Mantra 67

पृ॒थि॒व्या अ॒हमुद॒न्तरि॑क्ष॒माऽरु॑हम॒न्तरि॑क्षा॒द्दिव॒मारु॑हम् । दि॒वो नाक॑स्य पृ॒ष्ठात् स्व॒र्ज्योति॑रगाम॒हम्

From earth I mounted up unto the mid-air; from mid-air I mounted up unto heaven. From the ridge of heaven’s firmament I reached the light of Svah.

Mantra 68

स्व॒र्यन्तो॒ नापे॑क्षन्त॒ आ द्याᳪ रो॑हन्ति॒ रोद॑सी । य॒ज्ञं ये वि॒श्वतो॑धार॒ᳪ सुवि॑द्वाᳪसो वितेनि॒रे

Heaven-ward they press on, not looking back; they mount unto the sky, unto the two worlds. They who, being well-skilled, have stretched forth the Sacrifice, the all-sustaining, on every side.

Mantra 69

अग्ने॒ प्रेहि॑ प्रथ॒मो दे॑वय॒तां चक्षु॑र्दे॒वाना॑मु॒त मर्त्या॑नाम् । इय॑क्षमाणा॒ भृगु॑भिः स॒जोषा॒: स्व॒र्यन्तु॒ यज॑मानाः स्व॒स्ति

O Agni, go forth in front, the first of godly-minded men, the eye of gods and also of mortals. In fellowship with the Bhṛgus, eager to sacrifice, may the sacrificers win the heavenly world—hail and welfare!

Mantra 70

नक्तो॒षासा॒ सम॑नसा॒ विरू॑पे धा॒पये॑ते॒ शिशु॒मेक॑ᳪ समी॒ची । द्यावा॒क्षामा॑ रु॒क्मो अ॒न्तर्वि भा॑ति दे॒वा अ॒ग्निं धा॑रयन् द्रविणो॒दाः

Night and Dawn, unlike in form yet of one mind, together nourish one child, turning towards each other. Between heaven and earth the golden splendour shines forth: the gods, bestowers of wealth, uphold Agni.

Mantra 71

अग्ने॑ सहस्राक्ष शतमूर्धञ्छ॒तं ते॑ प्रा॒णाः स॒हस्रं॑ व्या॒नाः । त्वᳪ सा॑ह॒स्रस्य॑ रा॒य ई॑शिषे॒ तस्मै॑ ते विधेम॒ वाजा॑य॒ स्वाहा॑

O Agni, thousand-eyed, hundred-headed: a hundred are thy breaths, a thousand thy diffused vital airs. Thou rulest over wealth in thousands; for that, to thee we would do service with oblation, for strength and prize—Svāhā!

Mantra 72

सु॒प॒र्णो॒ऽसि ग॒रुत्मा॑न् पृ॒ष्ठे पृ॑थि॒व्याः सी॑द । भा॒साऽन्तरि॑क्ष॒मा पृ॑ण॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ दिव॒मुत्त॑भान॒ तेज॑सा॒ दिश॒ उद्दृ॑ᳪह

Thou art the fair-winged, the winged one: sit thou upon the back of the earth. With thy radiance fill the mid-air; with thy light prop up the sky; with thy splendour make firm the quarters.

Mantra 73

आ॒जुह्वा॑नः सु॒प्रती॑कः पु॒रस्ता॒दग्ने॒ स्वं योनि॒मा सी॑द साधु॒या । अ॒स्मिन्त्स॒धस्थे॒ अध्युत्त॑रस्मि॒न्विश्वे॑ देवा॒ यज॑मानश्च सीदत

Having made oblation, of gracious aspect, do thou, O Agni, from the fore-part, sit down upon thine own proper womb, in due and seemly wise. Upon this session-ground, upon the higher (upper) seat herein, let all the Gods, and the Sacrificer also, sit down.

Mantra 74

ताᳪ स॑वि॒तुर्वरे॑ण्यस्य चि॒त्रामाऽहं वृ॑णे सुम॒तिं वि॒श्वज॑न्याम् । याम॑स्य॒ कण्वो॒ अदु॑ह॒त्प्रपी॑नाᳪ स॒हस्र॑धारां॒ पय॑सा म॒हीं गाम्

That bright and choice-worthy grace of Savitṛ—his goodly favour, common unto all men—this I choose. Even her whom Kaṇva milked, full-fed, the mighty Cow, flowing in a thousand streams, with milk.

Mantra 75

वि॒धेम॑ ते पर॒मे जन्म॑न्नग्ने वि॒धेम॒ स्तोमै॒रव॑रे स॒धस्थे॑ । यस्मा॒द्योने॑रु॒दारि॑था॒ यजे॒ तं प्र त्वे ह॒वीᳪषि॑ जुहुरे॒ समि॑द्धे

We would do thee service, O Agni, in thy highest birth; we would do thee service with praises in the lower session-ground. From what womb thou hast arisen, thee we worship; unto thee, when kindled, they pour the oblations forth.

Mantra 76

प्रेद्धो॑ अग्ने दीदिहि पु॒रो नऽज॑स्रया सू॒र्म्या॒ यविष्ठ । त्वाᳪ शश्व॑न्त॒ उप॑ यन्ति॒ वाजा॑:

Kindled, O Agni, blaze forth; like one in front, with ceaseless, sun-like splendour, O youngest! Unto thee, for ever, the prizes draw nigh.

Mantra 77

अग्ने॒ तम॒द्याश्वं॒ न स्तोमै॒: क्रतुं॒ न भ॒द्रᳪ हृ॑दि॒स्पृश॑म् । ऋ॒ध्यामा॑ त॒ ओहै॑:

O Agni, with praises to-day (we seek) that (power) as one seeks a steed; (that) goodly purpose, heart-touching. May we thrive by thy furthering helps.

Mantra 78

चित्तिं॑ जुहोमि॒ मन॑सा घृ॒तेन॒ यथा॑ दे॒वा इ॒हागम॑न्वी॒तिहो॑त्रा ऋता॒वृध॑: । पत्ये॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भूम॑नो जु॒होमि॑ वि॒श्वक॑र्मणे वि॒श्वाहाऽदा॑भ्यᳪ ह॒वि:

I offer Thought with mind, with clarified butter, that the Gods, increasers of Order, may come hither, duly invited to the oblation. Unto the Lord of all abundance I offer—unto Viśvakarman—an all-availing, unassailable oblation, ‘at every call.’

Mantra 79

स॒प्त ते॑ अग्ने स॒मिध॑: स॒प्त जि॒ह्वाः स॒प्त ऋष॑यः स॒प्त धाम॑ प्रि॒याणि॑ । स॒प्त होत्रा॑: सप्त॒धा त्वा॑ यजन्ति स॒प्त योनी॒रा पृ॑णस्व घृ॒तेन॒ स्वाहा॑

Seven are thy kindlings, O Agni; seven thy tongues; seven the Seers; seven the dear abodes. Seven officiations worship thee sevenfold: fill thou the seven wombs with clarified butter—Svāhā!

Mantra 80

शु॒क्रज्यो॑तिश्च चि॒त्रज्यो॑तिश्च स॒त्यज्यो॑तिश्च॒ ज्योति॑ष्माँश्च । शु॒क्रश्च॑ ऋत॒पाश्चात्य॑ᳪहाः

Bright light and wondrous light, true light and the Light-possessing one; the Bright one, the guardian of Order, he that overpasses distress.

Mantra 81

ई॒दृङ् चा॑न्या॒दृङ् च॑ स॒दृङ् च॑ प्रति॑सदृङ् च॑ । मि॒तश्च॒ सम्मि॑तश्च॒ सभ॑राः

Of this form and of another form; like and correspondingly like; measured and well-measured—bearing together (the work).

Mantra 82

ऋ॒तश्च॑ स॒त्यश्च॑ ध्रु॒वश्च॑ ध॒रुण॑श्च । ध॒र्ता च॑ विध॒र्ता च॑ विधार॒यः

Order and Truth; the Steadfast and the Sustainer; the Bearer and the Disposer, the Upholders.

Mantra 83

ऋ॒त॒जिच्च॑ सत्य॒जिच्च॑ सेन॒जिच्च॑ सु॒षेण॑श्च । अन्ति॑मित्रश्च दू॒रे अ॑मित्रश्च ग॒णः

A conqueror by Order, a conqueror by Truth, a conqueror of the host, and of goodly array; a friend at hand, and a foe far away—(such) is the troop.

Mantra 84

ई॒दृक्षा॑स एता॒दृक्षा॑स ऊ॒ षु ण॑: स॒दृक्षा॑स॒: प्रति॑सदृक्षास॒ एत॑न । मि॒तास॑श्च॒ सम्मि॑तासो नो अ॒द्य सभ॑रसो मरुतो य॒ज्ञे अ॒स्मिन्

Such as ye are, even such as ye are—yea, be ye for us of like sort, of answering likeness: come hither! Measured and well-measured, of gathered might, O Maruts, be ye to-day in this sacrifice of ours.

Mantra 85

स्वत॑वाँश्च प्रघा॒सी च॑ सान्तप॒नश्च॑ गृहमे॒धी च॑ । क्री॒डी च॑ शा॒की चो॑ज्जे॒षी

Self-strong and eager, ardent and a prosperer of the house; sportive and able—may he come forth victorious.

Mantra 86

इन्द्रं॒ दैवी॒र्विशो॑ म॒रुतोऽनु॑वर्त्मानोऽभव॒न्यथेन्द्रं॒ दैवी॒र्विशो॑ म॒रुतोऽनु॑वर्त्मा॒नोऽभ॑वन् । ए॒वमि॒मं यज॑मानं॒ दैवी॑श्च॒ विशो॑ मानु॒षीश्चानु॑वर्त्मानो भवन्तु

After Indra the divine clans, the Maruts, followed in his track; even as after Indra the divine clans, the Maruts, followed in his track—so may the divine clans and the human clans follow in the track of this sacrificer.

Mantra 87

इ॒मᳪ स्तन॒मूर्ज॑स्वन्तं धया॒पां प्रपी॑नमग्ने सरि॒रस्य॒ मध्ये॑ । उत्सं॑ जुषस्व॒ मधु॑मन्तमर्वन्त्समु॒द्रिय॒ᳪ सद॑न॒मा वि॑शस्व

Drink thou this breast, full of sap, swollen with waters, O Agni, in the midst of the body. Enjoy the spring, honeyed, O Steed; enter thou the ocean-like seat, the dwelling.

Mantra 88

घृ॒तं मि॑मिक्षे घृ॒तम॑स्य॒ योनि॑र्घृ॒ते श्रि॒तो घृ॒तम्व॑स्य॒ धाम॑ । अ॒नुष्व॒धमा व॑ह मा॒दय॑स्व॒ स्वाहा॑कृतं वृषभ वक्षि ह॒व्यम्

With ghee have I commingled ghee; ghee is its womb: in ghee it resteth; ghee is its appointed station. According to svadhā do thou bring it hither; rejoice therein: O Bull, convey the oblation, made ready with the Svāhā.

Mantra 89

समु॒द्रादू॒र्मिर्मधु॑माँ॒२ उदा॑र॒दुपा॒ᳪशुना॒ सम॑मृत॒त्वमा॑नट् । घृ॒तस्य॒ नाम॒ गुह्यं॒ यदस्ति॑ जि॒ह्वा दे॒वाना॑म॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाभि॑:

From the ocean sprang a honeyed wave; with low-voiced utterance it attained unto immortality. The secret name of ghee, what it truly is—(it is) the tongue of the gods, the navel of the immortal.

Mantra 90

व॒यं नाम॒ प्र ब्र॑वामा घृ॒तस्या॒स्मिन् य॒ज्ञे धा॑रयामा॒ नमो॑भिः । उप॑ ब्र॒ह्मा शृ॑णवच्छ॒स्यमा॑नं॒ चतु॑:शृङ्गो॒ऽवमीद्गौ॒र ए॒तत्

We proclaim the name of ghee; in this sacrifice we uphold it with acts of reverence. May the sacred power hear the praise as it is uttered: this is the four-horned Cow that loweth.

Mantra 91

च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य । त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒२ आ वि॑वेश

Four are his horns, three are his feet, two his heads, and seven his hands. Thrice bound, the Bull loweth aloud: the great god hath entered into mortals.

Mantra 92

त्रिधा॑ हि॒तं प॒णिभि॑र्गु॒ह्यमा॑नं॒ गवि॑ दे॒वासो॑ घृ॒तमन्व॑विन्दन् । इन्द्र॒ एक॒ᳪ सूर्य॒ एकं॑ जजान वे॒नादेक॑ᳪ स्व॒धया॒ निष्ट॑तक्षुः

Laid up threefold, hidden by the Paṇis, within the Cow the gods discovered ghee. One Indra begat, one Sūrya begat; one from Vena by svadhā they fashioned forth.

Mantra 93

ए॒ता अ॑र्षन्ति॒ हृद्या॑त्समु॒द्राच्छ॒तव्र॑जा रि॒पुणा॒ नाव॒चक्षे॑ । घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑ अ॒भि चा॑कशीमि हिर॒ण्ययो॑ वेत॒सो मध्य॑ आसाम्

These flow forth from the heart, from the ocean, manifold in their hundred channels; the foe beholdeth them not so as to abase them. The streams of clarified butter—these I steadfastly behold—golden, reed-like, in the midst of them.

Mantra 94

स॒म्यक् स्र॑वन्ति स॒रितो॒ न धेना॑ अ॒न्तर्हृ॒दा मन॑सा पू॒यमा॑नाः । ए॒ते अ॑र्षन्त्यू॒र्मयो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ मृ॒गा इ॑व क्षिप॒णोरीष॑माणाः

Rightly they flow, like rivers, like milch-cows, with inner heart for their reservoir, purified by the mind. These are the waves that stream—the waves of clarified butter—like deer that, urged on, speed from the thrower’s hand.

Mantra 95

सिन्धो॑रिव प्राध्व॒ने शू॑घ॒नासो॒ वात॑प्रमियः पतयन्ति य॒ह्वाः । घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑ अरु॒षो न वा॒जी काष्ठा॑ भि॒न्दन्नू॒र्मिभि॒: पिन्व॑मानः

Like the Sindhu’s currents on their onward course, swift-fronted, wind-driven, the mighty ones dart along. The streams of clarified butter—like a ruddy racer—breaking through the bounds, swelling with their waves, speed onward.

Mantra 96

अ॒भि प्र॑वन्त॒ सम॑नेव॒ योषा॑: कल्या॒ण्यः स्मय॑मानासो अ॒ग्निम् । घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑: स॒मिधो॑ नसन्त॒ ता जु॑षा॒णो ह॑र्यति जा॒तवे॑दाः

They stream towards Agni, like maidens to a meeting, fair and smiling as they draw nigh. The streams of clarified butter become as kindling-sticks; and Jātavedas, taking delight in them, is gladdened thereby.

Mantra 97

क॒न्या॒ इव वह॒तुमेत॒वा उ॑ अ॒ञ्ज्य॒ञ्जा॒ना अ॒भि चा॑कशीमि । यत्र॒ सोम॑: सू॒यते॒ यत्र॑ य॒ज्ञो घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑ अ॒भि तत्प॑वन्ते

Like maidens going to the bridal train, adorning themselves, these I behold. Where Soma is pressed, where the sacrifice is performed—thither the streams of clarified butter flow, yea, thither they purify their course.

Mantra 98

अ॒भ्य॒र्षत सुष्टु॒तिं गव्य॑मा॒जिम॒स्मासु॑ भ॒द्रा द्रवि॑णानि धत्त । इ॒मं य॒ज्ञं न॑यत दे॒वता॑ नो घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॒ मधु॑मत्पवन्ते

Flow hither with well-uttered praise, with the cattle-winning race; in us bestow auspicious riches. Lead ye this sacrifice of ours, O Gods: the streams of ghee flow on, honey-sweet and purifying.

Mantra 99

धामं॑ ते॒ विश्वं॒ भुव॑न॒मधि॑ श्रि॒तम॒न्तः स॑मु॒द्रे हृ॒द्यन्तरायु॑षि । अ॒पामनी॑के समि॒थे य आभृ॑त॒स्तम॑श्याम॒ मधु॑मन्तं त ऊ॒र्मिम्

Thy universal dwelling, the whole world, is set on high—within the ocean, in the heart, within life. That wave of thine, honey-laden, which is brought forth upon the waters’ surface in the kindling, may we attain it.