Sukta 35

Mantra 1

मृत्युसंतरणम्। बयमोदनं प्रथमजा ऋतस्य प्रजापतिस्तपसा ब्रह्मणेऽपचत्। यो लोकानां विधृतिर्नाभिरेषात् तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

A death-crossing charm. This boiled rice—first-born of Order—Prajāpati by fervent heat cooked for Brahman-power. This was the worlds’ upholding, their navel and centre: with that same odana may I pass beyond Death.

Mantra 2

येनातरन् भूतकृतोऽति मृत्युं यमन्वविदन् तपसा श्रमेण । यं पपाच ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्म पूर्वं तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

Wherewith the makers of beings crossed beyond Death—what they, by heat and strenuous effort, thereafter found; what Brahman, in the beginning, cooked for brahman-power—with that same odana may I pass beyond Death.

Mantra 3

यो दाधार पृथिवीं विश्वभोजसं यो अन्तरिक्षमापृणाद् रसेन । यो अस्तभ्नाद् दिवमूर्ध्वो महिम्ना तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

He who upheld the Earth, all-nourishing; who filled the Mid-air with sap; who propped aloft the Heaven by his greatness—with that same odana may I pass beyond Death.

Mantra 4

यस्मान्मासा निर्मितास्त्रिंशदराः संवत्सरो यस्मान्निर्मितो द्वादशारः । अहोरात्रा यं परियन्तो नापुस्तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

From whom the months were fashioned, thirty-spoked; from whom the year was fashioned, twelve-spoked; whom days and nights, circling round, have not attained—with that same odana may I pass beyond Death.

Mantra 5

यः प्राणदः प्राणदवान् बभूव यस्मै लोका घृतवन्तः क्षरन्ति । ज्योतिष्मतीः प्रदिशो यस्य सर्वास्तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

He who became the Giver of breath, yea, breath-bestowing; for whom the worlds, rich in ghee, distil their streams; whose every quarter is luminous with light—by that Odana may I pass beyond Death.

Mantra 6

यस्मात् पक्वादमृतं संबभूव यो गायत्र्या अधिपतिर्बभूव । यस्मिन् वेदा निहिता विश्वरूपास्तेनौदनेनाति तराणि मृत्युम्

From the cooked oblation immortality was brought to birth; it became the overlord of the Gāyatrī; within it the Vedas, of every form, are laid away: by that Odana may I pass beyond Death.

Mantra 7

अव बाधे द्विषन्तं देवपीयुं सपत्ना ये मेऽप ते भवन्तु । ब्रह्मौदनं विश्वजितं पचामि शृण्वन्तु मे श्रद्दधानस्य देवाः

Away I smite the hater, the god-drinker; the rivals who are mine—away with them, let them be gone. I cook the Brahma-Odana, all-conquering: let the Gods hearken unto me, who act in faith.