Adhyaya 26

Mantra 1

अ॒ग्निश्च॑ पृथि॒वी च॒ सन्न॑ते॒ ते मे॒ सं न॑मताम॒दो वा॒युश्चा॒न्तरि॑क्षं च॒ सन्न॑ते॒ ते मे॒ सं न॑मताम॒द आ॑दि॒त्यश्च द्यौश्च॒ सन्न॑ते॒ ते मे॒ सं न॑मताम॒द आप॑श्च॒ वरु॑णश्च॒ सन्न॑ते॒ ते मे॒ सं न॑मताम॒दः । स॒प्त स॒ᳪसदो॑ अष्ट॒मी भू॑त॒साध॑नी । सका॑माँ॒२अध्व॑नस्कुरु सं॒ज्ञान॑मस्तु मे॒ऽमुना॑

Agni and Earth, being bowed down, let them bow together unto me; yonder Vāyu and the Mid-air, being bowed down, let them bow together unto me; yonder Āditya and Heaven, being bowed down, let them bow together unto me; yonder the Waters and Varuṇa, being bowed down, let them bow together unto me. Seven are the sessions; the eighth is the accomplisher of beings: set my desires upon the path; let there be concord for me thereby.

Mantra 2

यथे॒मां वाचं॑ कल्या॒णीमा॒वदा॑नि॒ जने॑भ्यः । ब्र॒ह्म॒रा॒ज॒न्या॒भ्याᳪ शू॒द्राय॒ चार्या॑य च॒ स्वाय॒ चार॑णाय च । प्रि॒यो दे॒वानां॒ दक्षि॑णायै दा॒तुरि॒ह भू॑यासम॒यं मे॒ काम॒: समृ॑ध्यता॒मुप॑ मा॒दो न॑मतु

Even as I may utter this speech, auspicious, unto the people—to Brāhmaṇa and Rājanya, to Śūdra and to Ārya, to my own and to the stranger—may I here be dear unto the gods as a giver of the sacrificial fee: may this my desire be fulfilled; may gladness bow unto me.

Mantra 3

बृह॑स्पते॒ अति॒ यद॒र्यो अर्हा॑द् द्यु॒मद्वि॒भाति॒ क्रतु॑म॒ज्जने॑षु । यद्दी॒दय॒च्छव॑स ऋतप्रजात॒ तद॒स्मासु॒ द्रवि॑णं धेहि चि॒त्रम् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि॒ बृह॒स्पत॑ये त्वै॒ष ते॒ योनि॒र्बृह॒स्पत॑ये त्वा

O Bṛhaspati, that which, beyond the worthy man’s worth, shineth forth as splendour, as effective counsel among the peoples; that which, born of Order, thou hast made to blaze by thy might—do thou place in us that manifold treasure. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Bṛhaspati: this is thy womb; for Bṛhaspati thee!

Mantra 4

इन्द्र॒ गोम॑न्नि॒हा या॑हि॒ पिबा॒ सोम॑ᳪ शतक्रतो । वि॒द्यद्भि॒र्ग्राव॑भिः सु॒तम् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ गोम॑त ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ गोम॑ते

O Indra, rich in kine, come hither; drink the Soma, O thou of a hundred powers—pressed with the flashing stones. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Indra the rich in kine: this is thy womb; for Indra the rich in kine thee!

Mantra 5

इन्द्रा या॑हि वृत्रह॒न्पिबा॒ सोम॑ᳪ शतक्रतो । गोम॑द्भि॒र्ग्राव॑भिः सु॒तम् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ गोम॑त ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ गोम॑ते

Come hither, O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra; drink the Soma, O thou of a hundred powers—pressed with cattle-winning stones. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Indra the rich in kine: this is thy womb; for Indra the rich in kine thee!

Mantra 6

ऋ॒तावा॑नं वैश्वान॒रमृ॒तस्य॒ ज्योति॑ष॒स्पति॑म् । अज॑स्रं घ॒र्ममी॑महे । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि वैश्वान॒राय॑ त्वै॒ष ते॒ योनि॑र्वैश्वान॒राय॑ त्वा

We worship the unceasing Gharma, Vaiśvānara, possessed of Ṛta, the lord of the light of Ṛta. Taken with the Upayāma art thou: for Vaiśvānara thee! This is thy womb: for Vaiśvānara thee!

Mantra 7

वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॑ सुम॒तौ स्या॑म॒ राजा॒ हि कं॒ भुव॑नानामभि॒श्रीः । इ॒तो जा॒तो विश्व॑मि॒दं वि च॑ष्टे वैश्वान॒रो य॑तते॒ सूर्ये॑ण । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि वैश्वान॒राय॑ त्वै॒ष ते॒ योनि॑र्वैश्वान॒राय॑ त्वा

May we be in the gracious favour of Vaiśvānara; for he is the king, the surpassing splendour of the worlds. Born hence, he surveys and makes manifest this whole (universe); Vaiśvānara bestirs himself together with the Sun. Taken with the Upayāma art thou: for Vaiśvānara thee! This is thy womb: for Vaiśvānara thee!

Mantra 8

वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो न ऊ॒तय॒ आ प्र या॑तु परा॒वत॑: । अ॒ग्निरु॒क्थेन॒ वाह॑सा । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि वैश्वान॒राय॑ त्वै॒ष ते॒ योनि॑र्वैश्वान॒राय॑ त्वा

May Vaiśvānara come hither unto our aid, even from afar—Agni with hymn and with might. Taken with the Upayāma art thou: for Vaiśvānara thee! This is thy womb: for Vaiśvānara thee!

Mantra 9

अ॒ग्निरृषि॒: पव॑मान॒: पाञ्च॑जन्यः पु॒रोहि॑तः । तमी॑महे महाग॒यम् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽस्य॒ग्नये॑ त्वा॒ वर्च॑स ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॑र॒ग्नये॑ त्वा॒ वर्च॑से

Agni is the seer, the purifying one, belonging to the five peoples, the foremost priest; him, of great abode, we worship. Taken with the Upayāma art thou: for Agni thee, for lustre! This is thy womb: for Agni thee, for lustre!

Mantra 10

म॒हाँ२ इन्द्रो॒ वज्र॑हस्तः षोड॒शी शर्म॑ यच्छतु । हन्तु॑ पा॒प्मानं॒ योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॑ ।। उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि महे॒न्द्राय॑ त्वै॒ष ते॒ योनि॑र्महे॒न्द्राय॑ त्वा

May great Indra, the thunderbolt-handed, the Ṣoḍaśin, grant us shelter; may he smite the evil one who hateth us. Taken with the Upayāma art thou: for great Indra thee! This is thy womb: for great Indra thee!

Mantra 11

तं वो॑ द॒स्ममृ॑ती॒षहं॒ वसो॑र्मन्दा॒नमन्ध॑सः । अ॒भि व॒त्सं न स्वस॑रेषु धे॒नव॒ इन्द्रं॑ गी॒र्भिर्न॑वामहे

Him, the wondrous, the withstander of assaults, Indra, rejoicing in the Soma-draught, the lord of wealth,—him we extol with hymns, as milch-kine (pressing-streams) run to their calf in their own channels.

Mantra 12

यद्वाहि॑ष्ठं॒ तद॒ग्नये॑ बृ॒हद॑र्च विभावसो । महि॑षीव॒ त्वद्र॒यिस्त्वद्वाजा॒ उदी॑रते

That which is most potent for conveyance—sing thou that lofty (praise) unto Agni, O radiant one: like a mighty queen, from thee arise bounty, from thee arise prizes of strength.

Mantra 13

एह्यू॒ षु ब्रवा॑णि॒ तेऽग्न॑ इ॒त्थेत॑रा॒ गिर॑: । ए॒भिर्व॑र्धास॒ इन्दु॑भिः

Come hither; for thee will I utter, O Agni, manifold words of praise: by these Soma-drops thou waxest strong.

Mantra 14

ऋ॒तव॑स्ते य॒ज्ञं वि त॑न्वन्तु॒ मासा॒ रक्ष॑न्तु ते॒ हवि॑: । सं॒व॒त्स॒रस्ते॑ य॒ज्ञं द॑धातु नः प्र॒जां च॒ परि॑ पातु नः

May the Seasons spread forth thy sacrifice; may the Months guard thine oblation. May the Year establish thy sacrifice, and may he wholly protect our offspring.

Mantra 15

उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे गि॑री॒णाᳪ स॑ङ्ग॒मे च॑ न॒दी॒ना॑म् । धि॒या विप्रो॑ अजायत

In the mountain-hollow, and at the confluence of the rivers, the inspired priest was born through holy thought.

Mantra 16

उ॒च्चा ते॑ जा॒तमन्ध॑सो दि॒वि सद्भूम्या द॑दे । उ॒ग्रᳪ शर्म॒ महि॒ श्रव॑ः

Aloft hath that, born of the Soma-sap, in heaven stood fast; from earth it hath bestowed—mighty shelter and great renown.

Mantra 17

स न॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ यज्य॑वे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्य॑: । व॒रि॒वो॒वित्परि॑ स्रव

Flow thou around for us—thou finder of free scope—for Indra the worshipful, for Varuṇa, and for the Maruts.

Mantra 18

ए॒ना विश्वा॑न्य॒र्य आ द्यु॒म्नानि॒ मानु॑षाणाम् । सिषा॑सन्तो वनामहे

By this do we, O noble one, win all the splendours of men, we who are fain to gain them.

Mantra 19

अनु॑ वीरै॒रनु॑ पुष्यास्म॒ गोभि॒रन्वश्वै॒रनु॒ सर्वे॑ण पु॒ष्टैः । अनु॒ द्विप॒दाऽनु॒ चतु॑ष्पदा व॒यं दे॒वा नो॑ य॒ज्ञमृ॑तु॒था न॑यन्तु

Along with heroes may we thrive; along with kine, along with steeds, along with every nourishment. Along with the two-footed, along with the four-footed—may the Gods lead our sacrifice, season by season, in due order.

Mantra 20

अग्ने॒ पत्नी॑रि॒हा व॑ह दे॒वाना॑मुश॒तीरुप॑ । त्वष्टा॑र॒ᳪ सोम॑पीतये

O Agni, bring hither the willing Wives of the Gods; bring them near—(bring) Tvaṣṭṛ for the drinking of Soma.

Mantra 21

अ॒भि य॒ज्ञं गृ॑णीहि नो॒ ग्नावो॒ नेष्ट॒: पिब॑ ऋ॒तुना॑ । त्वᳪ हि र॑त्न॒धा असि॑

Praise, in relation to the sacrifice, for us, O Gnāvā; O Nestr̥, drink in due season: for thou, indeed, art a bestower of treasure.

Mantra 22

द्र॒वि॒णो॒दाः पि॑पीषति जु॒होत॒ प्र च॑ तिष्ठत । ने॒ष्ट्रादृ॒तुभि॑रिष्यत

The wealth-bestower is eager to drink: offer ye, and stand ye forth! From the Nestr̥, by the due seasons (appointed turns), set ye the rite in motion.

Mantra 23

तवा॒यᳪ सोम॒स्त्वमेह्य॒र्वाड् श॑श्वत्त॒मᳪ सु॒मना॑ अ॒स्य पा॑हि । अ॒स्मिन् य॒ज्ञे ब॒र्हिष्या नि॒षद्या॑ दधि॒ष्वेमं ज॒ठर॒ इन्दु॑मिन्द्र

For thee is this Soma: come thou hitherward, most constant, gracious; drink of it. In this sacrifice, having sat down upon the strewn grass, do thou place this drop within thy belly, O Indra.

Mantra 24

अ॒मेव॑ नः सुहवा॒ आ हि गन्त॑न॒ नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ सदतना॒ रणि॑ष्टन । अथा॑ मन्दस्व जुजुषा॒णो अन्ध॑स॒स्त्वष्ट॑र्दे॒वेभि॒र्जनि॑भिः सु॒मद्ग॑णः

Come ye hither unto us, O easy to invoke; sit ye down upon the strewn grass, rejoice ye. Then be thou exhilarated, accepting the draught, O Tvaṣṭr̥, together with the gods, with the divine races, thou of gracious company.

Mantra 25

स्वादि॑ष्ठया॒ मदि॑ष्ठया॒ पव॑स्व सोम॒ धार॑या । इन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे सु॒तः

With sweetest, with most exhilarating stream, purify thyself, O Soma, in a current—pressed for Indra to drink.

Mantra 26

र॒क्षो॒हा वि॒श्वच॑र्षणिर॒भि योनि॒मयो॑हते । द्रोणे॑ स॒धस्थ॒मास॑दत्

The Rakṣas-slayer, of universal sway, hath approached the womb, the iron-fast; within the drōṇa he hath taken his seat upon the common session.