Sukta 68

Mantra 1

वपनम्। आयम॑गन्त्सवि॒ता क्षु॒रेणो॒ष्णेन॑ वाय उद॒केनेहि॑ । आ॒दि॒त्या रु॒द्रा वस॑व उन्दन्तु॒ सचे॑तसः॒ सोम॑स्य॒ राज्ञो॑ वपत॒ प्रचे॑तसः

Shaving. Hither hath this (rite) come: Savitar with the razor, with the warm (water); O Vāyu, come with the water. Let the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus—of one accord—bedew (him). Shave ye the King Soma, ye provident and foreknowing.

Mantra 2

अदि॑तिः॒ श्मश्रु॑ वप॒त्वाप॑ उन्दन्तु॒ वर्च॑सा । चिकि॑त्सतु प्र॒जाप॑तिर्दीर्घायु॒त्वाय॒ चक्ष॑से

Let Aditi shave the beard; let the Waters bedew (him) with splendour. Let Prajāpati take heed and ordain (this) for long life, for the eye’s clear seeing.

Mantra 3

येनाव॑पत् सवि॒ता क्षु॒रेण॒ सोम॑स्य॒ राज्ञो॒ वरु॑णस्य वि॒द्वान्। तेन॑ ब्रह्माणो वपते॒दम॒स्य गोमा॒नश्व॑वान॒यम॑स्तु प्र॒जावा॑न्

With that wherewith Savitar, the knowing one, shaved with the razor the King Soma—(and) Varuṇa—therewith, O Brahmans, shave ye this man of his: let this (person) be possessed of cows, possessed of horses; let him be possessed of offspring.