Adhyaya 2

Mantra 1

कृष्णो॑ऽस्याखरे॒ष्ठोऽग्नये॑ त्वा॒ जुष्टं॒ प्रोक्षा॑मि॒ । वेदि॑रसि ब॒र्हिषे॑ त्वा॒ जुष्टां॒ प्रोक्षा॑मि । ब॒र्हिर॑सि स्रु॒ग्भ्यस्त्वा॒ जुष्टं॒ प्रोक्षा॑मि ॥

Thou art black, most meet for the scraping: for Agni thee, acceptable, I sprinkle. Thou art the altar: for the Barhis thee, acceptable, I sprinkle. Thou art the Barhis: for the ladles thee, acceptable, I sprinkle.

Mantra 2

अदि॑त्यै॒ व्युन्द॑नमसि॒ । विष्णो॑ स्तु॒पोऽस्यूर्ण॑म्म्रदसं त्वा स्तृणामि स्वास॒स्थां दे॒वेभ्यो॒ भुव॑पतये॒ स्वाहा॒ । भुव॑नपतये॒ स्वाहा॑ । भू॒तानां॒ पत॑ये॒ स्वाहा॑ ॥

For Aditi thou art a spreading (covering). Thou art Viṣṇu’s tuft: thee, soft with wool, I strew, for a secure station for the Gods. Svāhā to the Lord of the earth! Svāhā to the Lord of the worlds! Svāhā to the Lord of beings!

Mantra 3

ग॒न्ध॒र्वस्त्वा॑ वि॒श्वाव॑सुः॒ परि॑दधातु॒ विश्व॒स्यारि॑ष्टयै॒ यज॑मानस्य परि॒धिर॑स्य॒ग्निरि॒ड ई॑डि॒तः । इन्द्र॑स्य बा॒हुर॑सि॒ दक्षि॑णो॒ विश्व॒स्यारि॑ष्ट॒यै॒ यज॑मानस्य परि॒धिर॑स्य॒ग्निरि॒ड ई॑डि॒तः। मि॒त्रावरु॑णौ त्वोत्तर॒तः परि॑धत्तां ध्रु॒वेण॒ धर्म॑णा विश्व॒स्यारि॑ष्ट॒यै॒ यज॑मानस्य परि॒धिर॑स्य॒ग्निरि॒ड ई॑डि॒तः

May the Gandharva Viśvāvasu encompass thee, for the unimpaired safety of the whole, (thee) who art the sacrificer’s enclosing-fence: Agni is ‘Id,’ worthy of praise. Thou art Indra’s arm, the right one, for the unimpaired safety of the whole; thou art the sacrificer’s enclosing-fence: Agni is ‘Id,’ worthy of praise. May Mitra and Varuṇa encompass thee on the north, by steadfast ordinance, for the unimpaired safety of the whole; thou art the sacrificer’s enclosing-fence: Agni is ‘Id,’ worthy of praise.

Mantra 4

वी॒तिहो॑त्रं त्वा कवे द्यु॒मन्त॒ᳪ समि॑धीमहि । अग्ने॑ बृ॒हन्त॑मध्व॒रे ॥

Thee, O Sage, whose offering is duly borne, thee, the radiant one, we kindle; O Agni, the mighty one, in the sacrifice.

Mantra 5

स॒मिद॑सि । सूर्य॑स्त्वा पु॒रस्ता॑त् पातु॒ कस्या॑श्चिद॒भिश॑स्त्यै । सवि॒तुर्बा॒हू स्थ॒ ऊर्ण॑म्म्रदसं त्वा स्तृणामि स्वास॒स्थं दे॒वेभ्य॒ आ त्वा॒ वस॑वो रु॒द्रा आ॑दि॒त्याः स॑दन्तु ॥

Thou art kindling-fuel. May Sūrya guard thee from the east against the imprecation of any one whatsoever. Ye are the arms of Savitṛ. With softening wool I strew thee, a well-seated resting-place for the Gods: upon thee let the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Ādityas sit down.

Mantra 6

घृ॒ताच्य॑सि जु॒हूर्नाम्ना॒ सेदं प्रि॒येण॒ धाम्ना॑ प्रि॒यᳪ सद॒ आसी॑द् । घृ॒ताच्य॑स्युप॒भृन्नाम्ना॒ सेदं प्रि॒येण॒ धाम्ना॑ प्रि॒यᳪ सद॒ आसी॑द् । घृ॒ताच्य॑सि ध्रु॒वा नाम्ना॒ सेदं प्रि॒येण॒ धाम्ना॑ प्रि॒यᳪ सद॒ आसी॑द् । प्रि॒येण॒ धाम्ना॑ प्रि॒यᳪ सद॒ आसी॑द् । ध्रु॒वा अ॑सदन्नृ॒तस्य॒ योनौ॒ । ता वि॑ष्णो पाहि पाहि य॒ज्ञं पाहि य॒ज्ञप॑तिं पाहि मां य॑ज्ञ॒न्य॒म् ॥

Thou art the Ghee-moving one; by name thou art the Juhū: sit thou here, in this dear station; a dear and true seat thou wast. The Ghee-moving one, by name the Upabhṛt: sit thou here, in this dear station; a dear and true seat thou wast. Thou art the Ghee-moving one; by name the Dhruvā: sit thou here, in this dear station; a dear and true seat thou wast—by the dear station a dear and true seat thou wast. The Dhruvās have sat down in the womb of Ṛta. These, O Viṣṇu, do thou protect: protect the sacrifice, protect the lord of sacrifice, protect me, the sacrificer.

Mantra 7

अग्ने॑ वाजजि॒द्वाजं॑ त्वा सरि॒ष्यन्तं॑ वाज॒जित॒ᳪ सम्मा॑र्ज्मि । नमो॑ दे॒वेभ्य॑: स्व॒धा पि॒तृभ्य॑: सु॒यमे॑ मे भूयास्त॒म्

O Agni, winner of the prize, thee—the prize, as thou art about to speed onward, thee the prize-winner—do I wipe clean. Homage be to the Gods; Svadhā to the Fathers: may both be for me in good order and right guidance.

Mantra 8

अस्क॑न्नम॒द्य दे॒वेभ्य॒ आज्य॒ᳪ संभ्रि॑यास॒मङ्घ्र॑णा विष्णो॒ मा त्वाव॑क्रमिषं वसु॑मतीमग्ने ते छा॒यामुप॑स्थेषं॒ विष्णो॒ स्थान॑मसीत इन्द्रो॑ वी॒र्य॒मकृणोदू॒र्ध्वो॑ऽध्व॒र आस्था॑त्

Unspilt, this day, may I duly gather the clarified butter for the Gods. With my step, O Viṣṇu, may I not tread upon thee; (upon) the bounteous (earth/ground). O Agni, may I abide in thy shade. O Viṣṇu, thou art a station indeed: Indra wrought valour; the sacrifice stood upright.

Mantra 9

अग्ने॒ वेर्हो॒त्रं वेर्दू॒त्यमव॑तां॒ त्वां द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अव॒ त्वं द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी स्वि॑ष्ट॒कृद्दे॒वेभ्य इन्द्र॒ आज्ये॑न ह॒विषा॑ भू॒त्स्वाहा॒ सं ज्योति॑षा॒ ज्योति॑ः

O Agni, verily may thy priestly office, verily thy messengerhood, protect thee; may Heaven and Earth protect thee. Thou, O Heaven and Earth, (and thou) the accomplisher of the well-offered (Agni), for the gods—O Indra—become (effective) with ghee, with oblation: Svāhā! United with light, (be thou) light.

Mantra 10

मयी॒दमिन्द्र॑ इन्द्रि॒यं द॑धात्व॒स्मान् रायो॑ म॒घवा॑नः सचन्ताम् । अ॒स्माक॑ᳪ सन्त्वा॒शिष॑: स॒त्या न॑: सन्त्वा॒शिष॒ उप॑हूता पृथि॒वी मा॒तोप॒ मां पृ॑थि॒वी मा॒ता ह्व॑यताम॒ग्निराग्नी॑ध्रा॒त्स्वाहा॑

In me let Indra set this lordly vigour; and may the bounteous riches cleave unto us. Let our benedictions be true; true be our benedictions. Invoked hither, may Mother Earth draw near unto me; may Mother Earth call me. From the Agnīdh’s station—Hail!

Mantra 11

उप॑हूतो॒ द्यौष्पि॒तोप॒ मां द्यौ॑ष्पि॒ता ह्व॑यताम॒ग्निराग्नी॑ध्रा॒त्स्वाहा॑ । दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । प्रति॑गृह्णाम्य॒ग्नेष्ट्वा॒स्ये॒न॒ प्राश्ना॑मि

Invoked am I: may Dyaus, the Father, call me hither; from the Āgnīdhra (seat) let Agni (come)—Svāhā! At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ I take thee, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan. I receive thee; with Agni’s mouth I eat thee.

Mantra 12

ए॒तं ते॑ देव सवितर्य॒ज्ञं प्राहु॒र्बृह॒स्पत॑ये ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ । तेन॑ य॒ज्ञम॑व॒ तेन॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं॒ तेन॒ माम॑व

This sacrifice of thine, O god Savitṛ, they have declared to belong unto Bṛhaspati, unto Brahman. Therewith do thou safeguard the sacrifice; therewith safeguard the lord of the sacrifice; therewith safeguard me.

Mantra 13

मनो॑ जू॒तिर्जु॑षता॒माज्य॑स्य॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्य॒ज्ञमि॒मं त॑नोत्वरि॑ष्टं य॒ज्ञᳪ समि॒मं द॑धातु । विश्वे॑ दे॒वास॑ इ॒ह मा॑दयन्ता॒मो३म्प्रति॑ष्ठ

May Mind, the impelling force, take pleasure in the clarified butter; may Bṛhaspati extend this sacrifice, uninjured; may he set this sacrifice here in due order. May all the Gods rejoice here. Oṁ—(be it) firmly established.

Mantra 14

ए॒षा ते॑ अग्ने स॒मित्तया॒ वर्ध॑स्व॒ चा च॑ प्यायस्व । व॒र्धि॒षी॒महि॑ च व॒यमा च॑ प्यासिषीमहि । अग्ने॑ वाजजि॒द्वाजं॑ त्वा ससृ॒वाᳪसं॑ वाज॒जित॒ᳪ सम्मा॑र्ज्मि

This fuel, O Agni, is for thee: therewith wax thou strong, and therewith do thou thrive. And may we also wax strong, and may we also thrive. O Agni, winner of the prize, thee—winning the prize, streaming with strength—do I thoroughly wipe (and make clean).

Mantra 15

अ॒ग्नीषोम॑यो॒रुज्जि॑ति॒मनूज्जे॑षं॒ वाज॑स्य मा प्रस॒वेन॒ प्रोहा॑मि । अ॒ग्नीषोमौ॒ तमप॑नुदतां॒ योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मो वाज॑स्यैनं प्रस॒वेनापो॑हामि । इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्न्योरुज्जि॑ति॒मनूज्जे॑षं॒ वाज॑स्य मा प्रस॒वेन॒ प्रोहा॑मि । इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी तमप॑नुदतां॒ योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मो वाज॑स्यैनं प्रस॒वेनापो॑हामि

By the impulsion of Agni and Soma, having won the victory, may I win thereafter the prize: by their impulsion I drive away (all hindrance) from myself for the gaining of strength. May Agni and Soma thrust away that man who hateth us, and whom we hate: by the impulsion (that bringeth) the prize I remove him hence. By the impulsion of Indra and Agni, having won the victory, may I win thereafter the prize: by their impulsion I drive away (all hindrance) from myself for the gaining of strength. May Indra and Agni thrust away that man who hateth us, and whom we hate: by the impulsion (that bringeth) the prize I remove him hence.

Mantra 16

वसु॑भ्यस्त्वा रु॒द्रेभ्य॑स्त्वा ऽऽदि॒त्येभ्य॑स्त्वा॒ संजा॑नाथां द्यावापृथिवी मि॒त्रावरु॑णौ त्वा॒ वृष्ट्या॑वताम् । व्यन्तु॒ वयो॒क्तᳪ रिहा॑णा म॒रुतां॒ पृषतीर्गच्छ व॒शा पृश्नि॑र्भू॒त्वा दिवं॑ गच्छ॒ ततो॑ नो॒ वृष्टि॒माव॑ह । च॒क्षु॒ष्पा अ॑ग्नेऽसि॒ चक्षु॑र्मे पाहि

Unto the Vasus thee; unto the Rudras thee; unto the Ādityas thee. May Heaven and Earth bring thee into concord; may Mitra and Varuṇa endow thee with rain. Let the winged (powers), that gnaw and waste, be driven away. Go forth as the speckled (host) of the Maruts; as a barren cow, becoming Pṛśni, go to heaven; thence bring us rain. Thou, O Agni, art possessed of sight: guard thou mine eye.

Mantra 17

यं प॑रि॒धिं प॒र्यध॑त्था॒ अग्ने॑ देव प॒णिभि॑र्गु॒ह्यमा॑नः । तं त॑ ए॒तमनु॒ जोषं॑ भराम्ये॒ष नेत्त्वद॑पचे॒तया॑ता अ॒ग्नेः प्रि॒यं पाथोऽपी॑तम् ॥

The enclosing-stick which thou, O Agni, god, didst set around thee whilst thou wast hidden by the Panis,—that same do I now bring unto thee for thy gracious acceptance: let it not, departing from thee, lead us into heedlessness; (it is) Agni’s dear draught, duly drunk.

Mantra 18

स्र॒वभा॑गा स्थे॒षा बृ॒हन्त॑: प्रस्तरे॒ष्ठाः प॑रि॒धेया॑श्च दे॒वाः । इ॒मां वाच॑म॒भि विश्वे॑ गृ॒णन्त॑ आ॒सद्या॒स्मिन् बर्हिषि॑ मादयध्व॒ ᳪ स्वाहा॒ वाट्

Ye gods, whose portion is the flowing (offering), steadfast, the mighty, most at home upon the prastara, and ye that are to be set around as the enclosing (paridhis):—all of you, praising this our speech, having sat down upon this barhis, rejoice ye! Svāhā! Vāṭ!

Mantra 19

घृ॒ताची॑ स्थो॒ धुर्यौ॑ पातᳪ सु॒म्ने स्थ॑: सु॒म्ने मा॑ धत्तम् । यज्ञ॒ नम॑श्च त॒ उप॑ च य॒ज्ञस्य॑ शि॒वे संति॑ष्ठस्व॒ स्विष्टे मे॒ संति॑ष्ठस्व

Ye are ghee-moving; being fit for the yoke, do ye twain protect (us). Abide ye in gracious favour; in gracious favour do ye set me. O Sacrifice, obeisance be unto thee, and approach unto thee: in the auspicious station of the sacrifice do thou take thy stand; in that which is well-offered for me do thou take thy stand.

Mantra 20

अग्ने॑ऽदब्धायोऽशीतं पा॒हि मा॑ दि॒द्योः पा॒हि प्रसि॑त्यै पा॒हि दुरि॑ष्टयै पा॒हि दु॑रद्म॒न्या अ॑वि॒षं न॑: पि॒तुं कृ॑णु सु॒षदा॒ योनौ॒ स्वाहा॒ वाड॒ग्नये॑ संवे॒शप॑तये॒ स्वाहा॒ सर॑स्वत्यै यशोभ॒गिन्यै॒ स्वाहा॑

O Agni, to the unbaffled one—be thou a cooling protection: guard me from the flashing blaze; guard me from the snare; guard me from ill-aimed hurt; guard me from evil-mindedness. Make for us the draught harmless, well-set in its proper womb (its due receptacle). Svāhā! To Agni, the Lord of safe settling, Svāhā! To Sarasvatī, the sharer of glory, Svāhā!

Mantra 21

वे॒दो॒ऽसि॒ येन॒ त्वं दे॑व वेद दे॒वेभ्यो॑ वे॒दोऽभ॑व॒स्तेन॒ मह्यं॑ वे॒दो भू॑याः । देवा॑ गातुविदो गा॒तुं वि॒त्त्वा गा॒तुमि॑त । मन॑सस्पत इ॒मं दे॑व य॒ज्ञᳪ स्वाहा॒ वाते॑ धाः

Thou art the Veda: by that whereby, O god, thou knowest, and whereby thou becamest Veda unto the gods—therewith may Veda be for me. Ye gods, knowers of the paths, having found the path, go ye upon the path. O Lord of Mind, do thou, O god, set this sacrifice—Svāhā!—in the Wind.

Mantra 22

संब॒र्हिर॑ङ्क्ताᳪ ह॒विषा॑ घृ॒तेन॒ समा॑दि॒त्यैर्वसु॑भि॒: सम्म॒रुद्भि॑: । समिन्द्रो॑ वि॒श्वदे॑वेभिरङ्क्तां दि॒व्यं नभो॑ गच्छतु॒ यत् स्वाहा॑ ॥

Let the sacred Barhis be anointed with the oblation, with ghee—together with the Ādityas, with the Vasus, together with the Maruts. Together may Indra, with the All-gods, anoint it: let that (offering), with the Svāhā, pass unto the heavenly firmament.

Mantra 23

कस्त्वा॒ विमु॑ञ्चति॒ स त्वा॒ विमु॑ञ्चति॒ कस्मै॑ त्वा॒ विमु॑ञ्चति॒ तस्मै॑ त्वा॒ विमु॑ञ्चति । पोषा॑य॒ रक्ष॑सां भा॒गो॒ऽसि

Who is it that releaseth thee? He indeed releaseth thee. For whom releaseth he thee? For him indeed releaseth he thee. For prosperity thou art; thou art the portion of the Rakṣases.

Mantra 24

सं वर्च॑सा॒ पय॑सा॒ सं त॒नूभि॒रग॑न्महि॒ मन॑सा॒ सᳪ शि॒वेन॑ । त्वष्टा॑ सु॒दत्रो॒ विद॑धातु॒ रायोऽनु॑मार्ष्टु त॒न्वो यद्विलि॑ष्टम्

With lustre, with milk, with our bodies have we come together; with mind, with the auspicious (power) are we in concord. May Tvaṣṭṛ, the bounteous giver, duly dispose for us riches; and may he wipe away from our person whatsoever cleaveth as a blemish.

Mantra 25

दि॒वि विष्णु॒र्व्य॒क्रᳪस्त॒ जाग॑तेन॒ छन्द॑सा॒ ततो॒ निर्भ॑क्तो॒ योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मोऽन्तरि॑क्षे॒ विष्णु॒र्व्य॒क्रᳪस्त॒ त्रैष्टु॑भेन॒ छन्द॑सा॒ ततो॒ निर्भ॑क्तो॒ योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः पृ॑थि॒व्यां विष्णु॒र्व्य॒क्रᳪस्त गाय॒त्रेण॒ छन्द॑सा॒ ततो॒ निर्भ॑क्तो॒ योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मोऽस्मादन्ना॑ द॒स्यै प्र॑ति॒ष्ठाया॒ अग॑न्म॒ स्वः सं ज्योति॑षाभूम

In heaven did Viṣṇu stride forth with the Jagatī metre: thence is he cut off—whoso hateth us, and whom we hate. In the mid-air did Viṣṇu stride forth with the Triṣṭubh metre: thence is he cut off—whoso hateth us, and whom we hate. On earth did Viṣṇu stride forth with the Gāyatrī metre: thence is he cut off—whoso hateth us, and whom we hate. From this our food, having taken our stand for giving, we have gone unto Svah; we have become united with light.

Mantra 26

स्व॒यं॒भूर॑सि॒ श्रेष्ठो॑ र॒श्मिर्व॑र्चो॒दा अ॑सि॒ वर्चो॑ मे देहि । सूर्य॑स्या॒वृत॒मन्वाव॑र्ते

Self-existent art thou; the most excellent ray; a giver of lustre art thou: bestow thou lustre upon me. It followeth the Sun’s returning course.

Mantra 27

अग्ने॑ गृहपते सुगृहप॒तिस्त्वया॑ग्ने॒ऽहं गृ॒हप॑तिना भूयासᳪ सुगृहप॒तिस्त्वं मया॑ऽग्ने गृ॒हप॑तिना भूयाः । अ॒स्थू॒रि णौ॒ गार्ह॑पत्यानि सन्तु श॒तᳪ हिमा॒: सूर्य॑स्या॒वृत॒मन्वाव॑र्ते

O Agni, Lord of the house! a good lord of the house, with thee, O Agni, may I become a lord of the house; a good lord of the house may thou, with me, O Agni, become a lord of the house. Unbroken for us two be the things of the Gārhapatya; for a hundred winters the Sun’s returning course doth follow on in due succession.

Mantra 28

अग्ने॑ व्रतपते व्र॒तम॑चारिषं॒ तद॑शकं॒ तन्मे॑ऽराधी॒दम॒हं य ए॒वास्मि॒ सो॒ऽस्मि

O Agni, Lord of the vow, I have observed the vow; that have I been able to accomplish. May that be made successful for me: I am this—what indeed I am, that I am.

Mantra 29

अ॒ग्नये॑ कव्य॒वाह॑नाय॒ स्वाहा॒ । सोमा॑य पितृ॒मते॒ स्वाहा॑ । अप॑हता॒ असु॑रा॒ रक्षाँ॑सि वेदि॒षद॑ः ॥

To Agni, the bearer of the oblation for the Fathers, Svāhā! To Soma, attended by the Fathers, Svāhā! Repelled are the Asuras; repelled are the Rākṣasas that sit upon the altar-ground.

Mantra 30

ये रू॒पाणि॑ प्रतिमु॒ञ्चमा॑ना॒ असु॑राः॒ सन्त॑: स्व॒धया॒ चर॑न्ति । प॒रा॒पुरो॑ नि॒पुरो॒ ये भर॑न्त्य॒ग्निष्टाल्लो॒कात्प्रणु॑दात्य॒स्मात्

Those Asuras who, assuming (ever) new forms, though they be such, roam about by their own (self-sustaining) power,—whether as foes from afar or as foes close at hand who bear (their assault),—from this world, from the Agniṣṭhā, he driveth them forth.

Mantra 31

अत्र॑ पितरो मादयध्वं यथाभा॒गमावृ॑षायध्वम् । अमी॑मदन्त पि॒तरो॑ यथाभा॒गमावृ॑षायिषत ॥

Here, O Fathers, rejoice ye; according to your several portions draw ye nigh. The Fathers have rejoiced; according to their several portions they have drawn nigh.

Mantra 32

नमो॑ वः पितरो॒ रसा॑य॒ नमो॑ वः पितर॒ः शोषा॑य॒ नमो॑ वः पितरो जी॒वाय॒ नमो॑ वः पितरः स्व॒धायै॒ नमो॑ वः पितरो घो॒राय॒ नमो॑ वः पितरो म॒न्यवे॒ नमो॑ वः पितर॒ः पित॑रो॒ नमो॑ वो गृ॒हान्न॑ः पितरो दत्त स॒तो व॑ः पितरो देष्मै॒तद्व॑ः पितरो॒ वास॒ आध॑त्त

Homage be unto you, O Fathers, for sap; homage be unto you, O Fathers, for withering; homage be unto you, O Fathers, for life; homage be unto you, O Fathers, for Svadhā; homage be unto you, O Fathers, for the Terrible; homage be unto you, O Fathers, for Wrath. Homage be unto you, O Fathers—ye Fathers! Homage unto you: O Fathers, grant us houses! We, O Fathers, assign unto you this your portion: O Fathers, take ye your dwelling (your covering) unto yourselves.

Mantra 33

आध॑त्त पितरो॒ गर्भं॑ कुमा॒रं पुष्क॑रस्रजम् । यथे॒ह पुरु॒षोऽस॑त्

Set ye, O Fathers, the embryo— the youthful one, lotus-garlanded—so that here a man may come to be.

Mantra 34

ऊर्जं॒ वह॑न्तीर॒मृतं॑ घृ॒तं पय॑: की॒लालं॑ परि॒स्रुत॑म् । स्व॒धा स्थ॑ त॒र्पय॑त मे पि॒तॄन्

Ye that bear strength—ambrosia, ghee, milk, the sweet drink, the well-strained draught—be ye Svadhā, and satiate for me the Fathers.