Adhyaya 5

Mantra 1

अ॒ग्नेस्त॒नूर॑सि॒ विष्ण॑वे त्वा॒ सोम॑स्य त॒नूर॑सि॒ विष्ण॑वे॒ त्वा ऽति॑थेराति॒थ्यम॑सि॒ विष्ण॑वे त्वा श्ये॒नाय॑ त्वा सोम॒भृते॒ विष्ण॑वे त्वा॒ऽग्नये॑ त्वा रायस्पोष॒दे विष्ण॑वे त्वा

Thou art Agni’s body: for Viṣṇu thee! Thou art Soma’s body: for Viṣṇu thee! Thou art the Guest’s hospitality: for Viṣṇu thee! For the Falcon thee, for the Soma-bearer: for Viṣṇu thee! For Agni thee, the giver of wealth and thriving: for Viṣṇu thee!

Mantra 2

अ॒ग्नेर्ज॒नित्र॑मसि वृष॑णौ स्थ उ॒र्वश्य॑स्या॒युर॑सि पुरू॒रवा॑ असि । गा॒य॒त्रेण॑ त्वा॒ छन्द॑सा मन्थामि॒ त्रै॑ष्टुभेन त्वा॒ छन्द॑सा मन्थामि॒ जाग॑तेन त्वा॒ छन्द॑सा मन्थामि

Thou art Agni’s begetter; ye are the two vigorous ones. Thou art the life of Urvaśī; thou art Purūravas. With the Gāyatrī metre I churn thee; with the Triṣṭubh metre I churn thee; with the Jagatī metre I churn thee.

Mantra 3

भव॑तं न॒: सम॑नसौ॒ सचे॑तसावरे॒पसौ॑ । मा य॒ज्ञᳪ हि॑ᳪसिष्टं॒ मा य॒ज्ञप॑तिं जातवेदसौ शिवौ भ॑वतम॒द्य न॑:

Be ye for us of one mind, of one intent, unblemished. Injure not the sacrifice, injure not the lord of sacrifice, O ye two Jātavedas. Be ye gracious unto us this day.

Mantra 4

अ॒ग्नाव॒ग्निश्च॑रति॒ प्रवि॑ष्ट॒ ऋषी॑णां पु॒त्रो अ॑भिशस्ति॒पावा॑ । स न॑: स्यो॒नः सु॒यजा॑ यजे॒ह दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒व्यᳪ सद॒मप्र॑युच्छ॒न्त्स्वाहा॑

Agni moveth within Agni, entered in; the Ṛṣis’ son, the cleanser from imprecation. May he be kindly unto us, easy to worship; do thou worship here, unfailing, ever offering the oblation unto the gods—Svāhā!

Mantra 5

आप॑तये त्वा॒ परि॑पतये गृह्णामि॒ तनू॒नप्त्रे॑ शाक्व॒राय॒ शक्व॑न॒ ओजि॑ष्ठाय । अना॑धृष्टमस्यनाधृ॒ष्यं दे॒वाना॒मोजोऽन॑भिशस्त्यभिशस्ति॒पा अ॑नभिशस्ते॒न्यमञ्ज॑सा स॒त्यमुप॑गेषᳪ स्वि॒ते मा॑ धाः

For the Lord of attainment thee, for the all-guarding Lord I take thee; for Tanūnapāt, for the Śākvara, for the Śakvan, for the most vigorous. Unassailed art thou, unassailable—the gods’ might; the guardian from imprecation and accusation, the unimpeached. Straightway approach the truth: lay not (aught harmful) upon me, I pray thee.

Mantra 6

अग्ने॑ व्रतपा॒स्त्वे व्र॑त॒पा या तव॑ त॒नूरि॒यᳪ सा मयि॒ यो मम॑ त॒नूरे॒षा सा त्वयि॑ । स॒ह नौ॑ व्रतपते व्र॒तान्यनु॑ मे दी॒क्षां दी॒क्षाप॑ति॒र्मन्य॑ता॒मनु॒ तप॒स्तप॑स्पतिः

O Agni, thou art the guardian of the vow; the body of thine—this—is in me; and the body of mine—this—is in thee. Together, O Lord of the vow, may we follow the vows: may the Lord of consecration approve my consecration; may the Lord of holy ardour approve my ardour.

Mantra 7

अ॒jशुर॑ᳪशुष्टे देव सो॒माप्या॑यता॒मिन्द्रा॑यैकधन॒विदे॑ । आ तुभ्य॒मिन्द्र॒: प्याय॑ता॒मा त्वमिन्द्रा॑य प्यायस्व । आ प्या॑यया॒स्मान्त्सखी॑न्त्स॒न्या मे॒धया॑ स्व॒स्ति ते॑ देव सोम सु॒त्याम॑शीय । एष्टा॒ राय॒: प्रेषे भगा॑य ऋ॒तमृ॑तवा॒दिभ्यो॒ नमो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्या॑म्

Let the Soma-shoot, O divine Soma, swell for Indra, the knower of the single treasure. May Indra swell unto thee; and do thou swell for Indra. Make us, thy friends, to swell with winning wisdom; may we attain well-being for thee, O divine Soma, in the pressing. The desired wealth is sent forth for Bhaga; homage to Heaven and Earth, to the speakers of ṛta.

Mantra 8

या ते॑ अग्नेऽयःश॒या त॒नूर्वर्षि॑ष्ठा गह्वरे॒ष्ठा । उ॒ग्रं वचो॒ अपा॑वधीत्त्वे॒षं वचो॒ अपा॑वधी॒त्स्वाहा॑ । या ते॑ अग्ने रजःश॒या त॒नूर्वर्षि॑ष्ठा गह्वरे॒ष्ठा । उ॒ग्रं वचो॒ अपा॑वधीत्त्वे॒षं वचो॒ अपा॑वधी॒त्स्वाहा॑ । या ते॑ अग्ने हरिश॒या त॒नूर्वर्षि॑ष्ठा गह्वरे॒ष्ठा । उ॒ग्रं वचो॒ अपा॑वधीत्त्वे॒षं वचो॒ अपा॑वधी॒त्स्वाहा॑

That body of thine, O Agni, which lieth on iron, most mighty, abiding in the deep place—thou hast smitten away the fierce word, thou hast smitten away the flashing word: Svāhā! That body of thine, O Agni, which lieth in the mid-air… Svāhā! That body of thine, O Agni, which lieth on the tawny splendour… Svāhā!

Mantra 9

त॒प्ताय॑नी मेऽसि वि॒त्ताय॑नी मेऽस्यव॑तान्मा नाथि॒तादव॑तान्मा व्यथि॒तात् । वि॒देद॒ग्निर्नभो॒ नामा ऽग्ने॑ अङ्गिर॒ आयु॑ना॒ नाम्नेहि॒ योऽस्यां पृ॑थि॒व्यामसि॒ यत्तेऽना॑धृष्टं॒ नाम॑ य॒ज्ञियं॒ तेन॒ त्वा द॑धे वि॒देद॒ग्निर्न॒भो॒ नामा ऽग्ने॑ अङ्गिर॒ आयु॑ना॒ नाम्नेहि॒ यो द्वि॒तीय॑स्यां पृथि॒व्यामसि॒ यत्तेऽना॑धृष्टं॒ नाम॑ य॒ज्ञियं॒ तेन॒ त्वा द॑धे वि॒देद॒ग्निर्न॒भो नामा ऽग्ने॑ अङ्गिर॒ आयु॑ना॒ नाम्नेहि॑ यस्तृ॒तीय॑स्यां पृथि॒व्यामसि॒ यत्तेऽना॑धृष्टं॒ नाम॑ य॒ज्ञियं॒ तेन॒ त्वा द॑धे । अनु॑ त्वा दे॒ववी॑तये

Thou art mine for heating; thou art mine for winning: save me from being protectorless, save me from distress. ‘Agni indeed knoweth—Nabhas is the name’: O Agni Aṅgiras, come hither by the name ‘Life’; thou who art in this earth—what inviolable, worshipful name is thine, by that I establish thee. ‘Agni indeed knoweth—Nabhas is the name’… in the second earth… by that I establish thee. ‘Agni indeed knoweth—Nabhas is the name’… in the third earth… by that I establish thee. Follow thou for the gods’ enjoyment.

Mantra 10

सि॒jह्य॒सि सपत्नसा॒ही दे॒वेभ्य॑: कल्पस्व सि॒jह्य॒सि सपत्नसा॒ही दे॒वेभ्य॑:शुन्धस्व सि॒jह्य॒सि सपत्नसा॒ही दे॒वेभ्य॑: शुम्भस्व

A lioness art thou, a vanquisher of rivals: make thyself ready for the gods. A lioness art thou, a vanquisher of rivals: purify thyself for the gods. A lioness art thou, a vanquisher of rivals: adorn thyself for the gods.

Mantra 11

इ॒न्द्र॒घो॒षस् त्वा॒ वसु॑भिः पु॒रस्ता॑त् पातु । प्रचे॑तास् त्वा रुद्रैः प॒श्चात् पा॑तु । मनो॑जवास् त्वा पि॒तृभि॑र् दक्षिण॒तः पा॑तु । वि॒श्वक॑र्मा त्वाऽऽदि॒त्यैर् उ॑त्तर॒तः पा॑तु । इ॒दम॒हं त॒प्तं वार् ब॑हि॒र्धा य॒ज्ञान् निḥ सृ॑जामि ॥

May Indra’s shout protect thee from the East with the Vasus; may the Fore-knower protect thee from the West with the Rudras; may the Thought-swift protect thee from the South with the Fathers; may Viśvakarman protect thee from the North with the Ādityas. This heated water I now discharge outside the sacrifice.

Mantra 12

सि॒jह्य॒सि॒ स्वाहा॑ । सि॒jह्य॒स्यादित्य॒वनि॒: स्वाहा॑ । सि॒jह्य॒सि ब्रह्म॒वनि॑: क्षत्र॒वनि॒: स्वाहा॑ । सि॒jह्य॒सि सुप्रजा॒वनी॑ रायस्पोष॒वनि॒: स्वाहा॑ । सि॒jह्यस्याव॑ह दे॒वान् यज॑मानाय॒ स्वाहा॑ । भू॒तेभ्य॑स् त्वा ॥

Sprinkle thou—hail! Sprinkle thou as the winning of the Ādityas—hail! Sprinkle thou as the winning of sacred power and royal power—hail! Sprinkle thou as the winning of good offspring and the winning of wealth and thriving—hail! Sprinkle thou; bring the gods hither for the sacrificer—hail! For the beings I assign thee.

Mantra 13

ध्रु॒वो॒ऽसि पृथि॒वीं दृ॑ᳪह । ध्रुव॒क्षिद॑स्य॒न्तरि॑क्षं दृᳪह । अच्युत॒क्षिद॑सि॒ दिवं॑ दृᳪह । अ॒ग्नेः पुरी॑षम् असि ॥

Thou art firm: make thou the earth firm. Thou hast a firm seat: make thou the mid-air firm. Thou hast an unshaken seat: make thou the heaven firm. Thou art Agni’s ‘filling’ (the packing-material).

Mantra 14

यु॒ञ्जते॒ मन॑ उ॒त यु॑ञ्जते॒ धियो॒ विप्रा॒ विप्र॑स्य बृह॒तो वि॑प॒श्चित॑: । वि होत्रा॑ दधे वयुना॒विद् एक॒ इन् म॒ही दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुः परि॑ष्टुति॒: स्वाहा॑ ॥

They yoke the mind, and they yoke the thoughts—the inspired priests of the inspired, the great, the wise. The one who knoweth the ordinances hath set the priestly functions in due order: great is the all-embracing praise of the god Savitṛ—hail!

Mantra 15

इ॒दं विष्णु॒र् वि च॑क्रमे त्रे॒धा नि द॑धे प॒दम् । समू॑ढम् अस्य पाᳪसु॒रे स्वाहा॑ ॥

This Viṣṇu hath strode forth; threefold he hath set down his step. Hidden is his station in the dust—hail!

Mantra 16

इरा॑वती धेनु॒मती॒ हि भू॒तᳪ सू॑यव॒सिनी॒ मन॑वे दश॒स्या । व्य॑स्कभ्ना॒ रोद॑सी विष्णवे॒ते दा॒धर्थ॑ पृथि॒वीम॒भितो॑ म॒यूखै॒ः स्वाहा॑

Rich in refreshment, rich in milch-kine indeed thou hast become, well-pastured, worthy to be served for Manu. Thou hast propped asunder the two worlds; for thee, O Viṣṇu, thou hast established the Earth on every side with rays: Svāhā!

Mantra 17

दे॒व॒श्रुतौ॑ दे॒वेष्वा घो॑षतं॒ प्राची॒ प्रेत॑मध्व॒रं क॒ल्पय॑न्ती ऊ॒र्ध्वं य॒ज्ञं न॑यतं॒ मा जि॑ह्वरतम् । स्वं गो॒ष्ठमा व॑दतं देवी दुर्ये॒ आयु॒र्मा निर्वा॑दिष्टं प्र॒जां मा निर्वा॑दिष्ट॒मत्र॑ रमेथां॒ वर्ष्म॑न् पृथि॒व्याः

O ye of divine renown, proclaim ye among the gods; go ye eastward, ordering the sacrifice; lead ye the worship upward—swerve ye not aside. Speak ye unto your own stall, O goddesses, in the hard passage; let not my life be spoken away, let not my offspring be spoken away: here may ye take delight upon the height of the Earth.

Mantra 18

विष्णो॒र्नुकं॑ वी॒र्या॒णि॒ प्र वो॑चं॒ यः पार्थि॑वानि विम॒मे रजा॑ᳪसि । यो अस्क॑भाय॒दुत्त॑रᳪ स॒धस्थं॑ विचक्रमा॒णस्त्रे॒धोरु॑गा॒यो विष्ण॑वे त्वा

Now will I proclaim the heroic deeds of Viṣṇu, who measured out the earthly regions, who propped the highest seat, wide-going, striding forth threefold: for Viṣṇu thee!

Mantra 19

दि॒वो वा॑ विष्ण उ॒त वा॑ पृथि॒व्या म॒हो वा॑ विष्ण उ॒रोर॒न्तरि॑क्षात् । उ॒भा हि हस्ता॒ वसु॑ना पृ॒णस्वा प्र य॑च्छ॒ दक्षि॑णा॒दोत स॒व्याद्विष्ण॑वे त्वा

Whether from heaven, O Viṣṇu, or from earth, or from the great wide mid-air—fill thou both hands with wealth; bestow it forth from the right and also from the left: for Viṣṇu thee!

Mantra 20

प्र तद्विष्णु॑ स्तवते वी॒र्ये॒ण मृ॒गो न भी॒मः कु॑च॒रो गि॑रि॒ष्ठाः । यस्यो॒रुषु॑ त्रि॒षु वि॒क्रम॑णेष्वधिक्षि॒यन्ति॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑

Therefore is Viṣṇu praised for his might, like a dread beast that roams, abiding on the mountains; for in his three wide strides all worlds have their dwelling.

Mantra 21

विष्णो॑ र॒राट॑मसि॒ । विष्णो॒ः श्नप्त्रे॑ स्थो । विष्णो॒ः स्यूर॑सि॒ । विष्णो॑र्ध्रु॒वो॒ऽसि । वै॒ष्ण॒वम॑सि॒ । विष्ण॑वे त्वा ।

Thou art Viṣṇu’s forefront; ye are for Viṣṇu’s fastening; thou art Viṣṇu’s thong; thou art firm for Viṣṇu. Thou art of Viṣṇu’s nature: for Viṣṇu I take thee.

Mantra 22

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । आ द॑दे॒ नार्य॑सी॒दम॒हᳪ रक्ष॑सां ग्री॒वा अपि॑ कृन्तामि । बृ॒हन्न॑सि बृ॒हद्र॑वा बृह॒तीमिन्द्रा॑य॒ वाचं॑ वद ।

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ I take thee, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan. Thou shalt not escape: herewith I cut asunder the necks of the Rākṣasas. Thou art great, of great sound: utter for Indra a lofty speech.

Mantra 23

र॒क्षो॒हणं॑ वलग॒हनं॑ वैष्ण॒वी मि॒दम॒हं तं व॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॒ निष्ट्यो॒ यम॒मात्यो॑ निच॒खाने॒दम॒हं तं व॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॑ समा॒नो यमस॑मानो निच॒खाने॒दम॒हं तं व॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॒ सब॑न्धु॒र्यमस॑बन्धुर्निच॒खाने॒दम॒हं तं व॑ल॒गमुत्कि॑रामि॒ यं मे॑ सजा॒तो यमस॑जातो निच॒खानोत्कृ॒त्यां कि॑रामि ।

O Vaiṣṇavī, slayer of the Rākṣas, destroyer of the valaga—this valaga I dig up and cast out: whether one dear to me or one not dear hath buried it; this valaga I dig up and cast out: whether one of my own or one not my own hath buried it; this valaga I dig up and cast out: whether a kinsman or no kinsman hath buried it; this valaga I dig up and cast out: whether one born with me or not born with me hath buried it—having dug it up, I scatter it away.

Mantra 24

स्व॒राड॑सि सपत्न॒हा स॑त्र॒राड॑स्यभिमाति॒हा ज॑न॒राड॑सि रक्षो॒हा स॑र्व॒राड॑स्यमित्र॒हा ।

Thou art self-ruling, a slayer of rivals; thou rulest in the session, a slayer of assailment; thou rulest among men, a slayer of the Rākṣas; thou rulest over all, a slayer of the foe.

Mantra 25

र॒क्षो॒हणो॑ वो वलग॒हन॒: प्रोक्षा॑मि वैष्ण॒वान् । र॑क्षो॒हणो॑ वो वलग॒हनोऽव॑नयामि वैष्ण॒वान् । र॑क्षो॒हणो॑ वो वलग॒हनोऽव॑स्तृणामि वैष्ण॒वान् । र॑क्षो॒हणौ॑ वां वलग॒हना॒ उप॑ दधामि वैष्ण॒वी । र॑क्षो॒हणौ॑ वां वलग॒हनौ॒ पर्यू॑हामि वैष्ण॒वी । वै॑ष्ण॒वम॑सि वै॑ष्ण॒वा स्थ॑ ।

O ye Vaiṣṇavas, slayers of the Rākṣas, destroyers of the valaga, I sprinkle you. O ye Vaiṣṇavas, slayers of the Rākṣas, destroyers of the valaga, I bring you down (to your place). O ye Vaiṣṇavas, slayers of the Rākṣas, destroyers of the valaga, I spread you down. O Vaiṣṇavī, ye two slayers of the Rākṣas, destroyers of the valaga, I place you here. O Vaiṣṇavī, ye two slayers of the Rākṣas, destroyers of the valaga, I sweep around you. Thou art of Viṣṇu’s nature; be ye Vaiṣṇava.

Mantra 26

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । आ द॑दे॒ नार्य॑सी॒दम॒हᳪ रक्ष॑सां ग्री॒वा अपि॑ कृन्तामि । यवो॑ऽसि य॒वया॒स्मद्द्वेषो॑ य॒वयारा॑तीर्दि॒वे त्वा॒ऽन्तरि॑क्षाय त्वा पृथि॒व्यै त्वा शुन्ध॑न्तांल्लो॒काः पि॑तृ॒षद॑नाः पितृ॒षद॑नमसि

At the god Savitṛ’s impulsion I take thee with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan. Thou shalt not injure: with this I cut off the necks of the Rākṣasas. Thou art barley: drive thou away from us hatred; drive away malignity. For heaven thee, for the mid-air thee, for the earth thee—may the worlds purify thee. Thou art the Fathers’ seat; thou art a seat for the Fathers.

Mantra 27

उद्दिव॑ᳪ स्तभाना॒न्तरि॑क्षं पृण॒ दृᳪह॑स्व पृथि॒व्याम् द्यु॑ता॒नास्त्वा॑ मारु॒तो मिनो॑तु मि॒त्रावरु॑णौ ध्रु॒वेण॒ धर्म॑णा । ब्र॒ह्म॒वनि॑ त्वा क्षत्र॒वनि॑ रायस्पोष॒वनि॒ पर्यू॑हामि । ब्रह्म॑ दृᳪह क्ष॒त्रं दृ॒ᳪहायु॑र्दृᳪह प्र॒जां दृ॑ᳪह

Propping up the heaven, fill thou the mid-air; be thou firm upon the earth. Let the Marut, the shining one, build thee up; let Mitra and Varuṇa (establish thee) by steadfast law. As a winning of Brahman, as a winning of Kṣatra, as a winning of wealth and increase, I heap thee round. Make firm the Brahman; make firm the Kṣatra; make firm the life; make firm the offspring.

Mantra 28

ध्रु॒वासि॑ ध्रु॒वोऽयं यज॑मानो॒ऽस्मिन्ना॒यत॑ने प्र॒जया॑ प॒शुभि॑र्भूयात् । घृ॒तेन॑ द्यावापृथिवी पूर्येथा॒मिन्द्र॑स्य छ॒दिर॑सि विश्वज॒नस्य॑ छा॒या

Thou art steadfast; steadfast is this sacrificer: in this seat may he abound in offspring and cattle. With ghee may Heaven and Earth be filled: thou art Indra’s covering, the shade of all men.

Mantra 29

परि॑ त्वा गिर्वणो॒ गिर॑ इ॒मा भ॑वन्तु वि॒श्वत॑:। वृ॒द्धायु॒मनु॒ वृद्ध॑यो॒ जुष्टा॑ भवन्तु॒ जुष्ट॑यः

Round about thee, O hymn-praised one, may these praises be on every side. Following the long-lived one, may the prosperities be welcome—welcome prosperities.

Mantra 30

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ स्यूर॒सीन्द्र॑स्य ध्रु॒वो॑ऽसि । ऐ॒न्द्रम॑सि वैश्वदे॒वम॑सि

Thou art Indra’s pillar; thou art Indra’s steadfast one. Thou art of Indra; thou art of all the gods.

Mantra 31

वि॒भूर॑सि प्र॒वाह॑णो॒ वह्नि॑रसि हव्य॒वाह॑नः । श्वा॒त्रो॒ऽसि॒ प्रचे॑तास्तु॒थो॑ऽसि वि॒श्ववे॑दाः

Thou art the All-pervading; thou art the Forward-bearer. Thou art the Bearer; thou art the Conveyer of the oblation. Thou art the Swift; thou art the Fore-knowing. Thou art the Kindler; thou art the All-knowing.

Mantra 32

उ॒शिग॑सि क॒विरङ्घा॑रिरसि॒ बम्भा॑रिरव॒स्यूर॑सि॒ दुव॑स्वाञ्छु॒न्ध्यूर॑सि मार्जा॒लीय॑: स॒म्राड॑सि कृ॒शानु॑: परि॒षद्यो॑ऽसि॒ पव॑मानो॒ नभो॑ऽसि प्र॒तक्वा॑ मृ॒ष्टो॒ऽसि हव्य॒सूद॑न ऋ॒त॒धा॑माऽसि॒ स्व॒र्ज्योतिः

Thou art the Shining One; thou art the Sage. Thou art the Glowing Ember; thou art the Roaring One. Thou art the Seeker (and giver) of succour; thou art the Bounteous. Thou art the Purifier; thou art the Cleanser. Thou art the Sovereign; thou art Kṛśānu. Thou art the Assessor; thou art the Purifying One. Thou art the Firmament; thou art the Swift. Thou art the Purged; thou art the Producer of oblations. Thou hast thy stations in Ṛta; thou art the Light of heaven.

Mantra 33

स॒मु॒द्रो॒ऽसि वि॒श्वव्य॑चा अ॒जोऽस्येक॑पा॒दहि॑रसि बु॒ध्न्यो वाग॑स्यै॒न्द्रम॑सि॒ सदो॒ऽस्यृत॑स्य द्वारौ॒ मा मा॒ सनता॑प्त॒मध्व॑नामध्वपते॒ प्र मा॑ तिर स्व॒स्ति मे॒ऽस्मिन्प॒थि दे॑व॒याने॑ भूयात्

Thou art the Ocean, all-pervading. Thou art the Unborn, the One-footed. Thou art the Serpent of the depth. Thou art Indra’s power; thou art the Sadas. Thou art the two doors of Ṛta. O Lord of paths, harm me not upon the ancient tracks; bear me across: may welfare be mine upon this path that leadeth to the gods.

Mantra 34

मि॒त्रस्य॑ मा॒ चक्षु॑षेक्षध्व॒मग्न॑यः सगराः॒ सग॑रा स्थ॒ सग॑रेण॒ नाम्ना॒ रौद्रे॒णानी॑केन पा॒त मा॑ऽग्नयः पिपृ॒त मा॑ऽग्नयो गोपा॒यत॑ मा॒ नमो॑ वोऽस्तु॒ मा मा॑ हिᳪसिष्ट

With Mitra’s eye look ye upon me, O Fires; ye are fenced about, fenced about ye are, by the name ‘Enclosure.’ With Rudra’s dread front protect me, O Fires; fill me, O Fires; guard me. Homage be unto you: do ye not injure me.

Mantra 35

ज्योति॑रसि वि॒श्वरू॑पं॒ विश्वे॑षां दे॒वाना॑ᳪ स॒मित् । त्वᳪ सो॑म तनू॒कृद्भ्यो॒ द्वेषो॑भ्यो॒ऽन्यकृ॑तेभ्य उ॒रु य॒न्तासि॒ वरू॑थ॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑ जुषा॒णो अ॒प्तुराज्य॑स्य वेतु॒ स्वाहा॑

Thou art Light, of universal form, the kindling-stick of all the gods. Thou, O Soma, art a wide warder and a shelter against body-destroyers, against hatreds, against alien workers. Svāhā! Graciously accepting, may it win the sovereignty of Aptu. Svāhā!

Mantra 36

अग्ने॒ नय॑ सु॒पथा॑ रा॒ये॒ऽस्मान्विश्वा॑नि देव व॒युना॑नि वि॒द्वान् । यु॒यो॒ध्यस्मज्जु॑हुरा॒णमेनो॒ भूयि॑ष्ठां ते॒ नम॑ उक्तिं विधेम ।

O Agni, lead us by a good path unto wealth, thou god who knowest all the ordinances. Drive away from us the sin that would lead us astray; to thee would we render the most abundant homage of our speech.

Mantra 37

अ॒यं नो॑ अ॒ग्निर्वरि॑वस्कृणोत्व॒यं मृध॑ः पु॒र ए॑तु प्रभि॒न्दन् । अ॒यं वाजा॑ञ्जयतु॒ वाज॑साताव॒यᳪ शत्रू॑ञ्जयतु॒ जर्हृ॑षाण॒ः स्वाहा॑ ।

May this our Agni make for us free scope; may he go in front, cleaving the assaults. May he win the prizes in the winning of prizes; may he, exulting, conquer the foes—Svāhā!

Mantra 38

उ॒रु वि॑ष्णो॒ वि क्र॑मस्वो॒रु क्षया॑य नस्कृधि । घृ॒तं घृ॑तयोने पिब॒ प्रप्र॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं तिर॒ स्वाहा॑ ।

Stride widely, O Viṣṇu; make for us wide room for dwelling. Drink the ghee, O thou whose womb is ghee; bear forward, bear across the Lord of sacrifice—Svāhā!

Mantra 39

देव॑ सवितरे॒ष ते॒ सोम॒स्तᳪ र॑क्षस्व॒ मा त्वा॑ दभन् । ए॒तत्त्वं दे॑व सोम दे॒वो दे॒वाँ२ उपा॑गा इ॒दम॒हं म॑नु॒ष्या॒न्त्स॒ह रा॒यस्पोषे॑ण स्वाहा॒ । निर्वरु॑णस्य॒ पाशा॑न्मुच्ये ।

O god Savitṛ, this Soma is thine: do thou protect it; let none injure thee. This indeed thou art, O god Soma: a god thou hast approached the gods. This I (approach) men, together with increase of wealth—Svāhā! From Varuṇa’s nooses may I be released.

Mantra 40

अग्ने॑ व्रतपा॒स्त्वे व्र॑त॒पा या तव॑ त॒नूर्मय्यभू॑दे॒षा सा त्वयि॒ यो मम॑ त॒नूस्त्वय्यभू॑दि॒यᳪ सा मयि॑ । य॒था॒य॒थं नौ॑ व्रतपते व्र॒तान्यनु॑ मे दी॒क्षां दी॒क्षाप॑ति॒रम॒ᳪस्तानु॒ तप॒स्तप॑स्पतिः ।

O Agni, guardian of vows—thou art the guardian of vows. That body of thine which hath entered into me, that is here in thee; and that body of mine which hath entered into thee, that is here in me. According as is meet, O lord of vows, follow thou our vows; follow my consecration, O lord of consecration; follow those (vows), O lord of holy ardour.

Mantra 41

उ॒रु वि॑ष्णो॒ वि क्र॑मस्वो॒रु क्षया॑य नस्कृधि । घृ॒तं घृ॑तयोने पिब॒ प्रप्र॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं तिर॒ स्वाहा॑

Wide, O Viṣṇu, stride thou forth; make for us a wide abode for dwelling. Drink thou the ghee, O thou whose source is ghee; onward, onward, bear thou the Lord of Sacrifice across—Svāhā!

Mantra 42

अत्य॒न्याँ२ अगां॒ नान्याँ२ उपा॑गाम॒र्वाक् त्वा॒ परे॒भ्योऽवि॑दं प॒रोऽव॑रेभ्यः । तं त्वा॑ जुषामहे देव वनस्पते देवय॒ज्यायै॑ दे॒वास्त्वा॑ देवय॒ज्यायै॑ जुषन्तां॒ विष्ण॑वे त्वा । ओष॑धे॒ त्राय॑स्व स्वधि॑ते॒ मैन॑ᳪ हिᳪसीः

Past one I went, not to another did I go; hitherward I found thee, from those afar, yea from those nearer. Thee we accept with favour, O divine Lord of the Forest, for the worship of the Gods; may the Gods accept thee with favour for the worship of the Gods—(we take) thee for Viṣṇu. O Plant, protect thyself; O Axe, do not injure it!

Mantra 43

द्यां मा ले॑खीर॒न्तरि॑क्षं॒ मा हि॑ᳪसीः पृथि॒व्या सम्भ॑व । अ॒यᳪ हि त्वा॒ स्वधि॑ति॒स्तेति॑जानः प्रणि॒नाय॑ मह॒ते सौ॑भगाय । अत॒स्त्वं दे॑व वनस्पते श॒तव॑ल्शो॒ वि रो॑ह स॒हस्र॑वल्शा॒ वि व॒यᳪ रु॑हेम

Do not thou scar the sky; do not injure the mid-air: from the earth be thou produced. For this axe, knowing thee, hath led thee forth for great good fortune. Therefore, O divine Lord of the Forest, grow thou again with a hundred shoots, grow thou again with a thousand shoots; and may we grow forth (in prosperity).