Sukta 33

Mantra 1

पाप-नाशनम् अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घमग्ने॑ शुशु॒ग्ध्या र॒यिम्। अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

O Agni, the evil-destroyer—away from us let the evil be burnt away; kindle forth and bring hither wealth. Away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 2

सु॒क्षे॒त्रि॒या सु॑गातु॒या व॑सू॒या च॑ यजामहे । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

With good fields, with good ways of going, and with wealth we do sacrifice: away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 3

प्र यद् भन्दि॑ष्ठ एषां॒ प्रास्माका॑सश्च सू॒रयः॑ । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

When their most bounteous (power) goes forth, and our own patrons too go forth—away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 4

प्र यत् ते॑ अग्ने सू॒रयो॒ जाये॑महि॒ प्र ते॑ व॒यम्। अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

So that, O Agni, we may come to be thy patrons, and we ourselves may advance under thee—away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 5

प्र यद॒ग्नेः सह॑स्वतो वि॒श्वतो॒ यन्ति॑ भा॒नवः॑ । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

When the beams of Agni the mighty go forth on every side, away from us let the evil be burnt away.

Mantra 6

त्वं हि वि॑श्वतोमुख वि॒श्वतः॑ परि॒भूरसि॑ । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

For thou, O All-faced, art the overmasterer on every side: scorch thou away from us the evil.

Mantra 7

द्विषो॑ नो विश्वतोमु॒खाति॑ ना॒वेव॑ पारय । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

From them that hate us, by the All-faced One, bear us across, as in a boat: scorch thou away from us the evil.

Mantra 8

स नः॒ सिन्धु॑मिव ना॒वाति॑ पर्ष स्व॒स्तये॑ । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

So bear us over, for our welfare, as in a boat across the Sindhu: scorch thou away from us the evil.