Adhyaya 9

Mantra 1

देव॑ सवित॒: प्रसु॑व य॒ज्ञं प्रसु॑व य॒ज्ञप॑तिं॒ भगा॑य । दि॒व्यो ग॑न्ध॒र्वः के॑तु॒पूः केतं॑ नः पुनातु वा॒चस्पति॒र्वाजं॑ नः स्वदतु॒ स्वाहा॑

O god Savitar, impel forth the sacrifice; impel forth the lord of sacrifice for Bhaga’s portion. May the heavenly Gandharva, purifier of the token, purify for us the token; may Vācaspati make sweet for us the prize: Svāhā!

Mantra 2

ध्रु॑व॒सदं॑ त्वा नृ॒षदं॑ मन॒:सद॑मुपया॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्टं॑ गृह्णाम्ये॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्ट॑तमम् । अ॑प्सु॒षदं॑ त्वा घृत॒सदं॑ व्योम॒सद॑मुपया॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्टं॑ गृह्णाम्ये॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्ट॑तमम् । पृथि॒वी॒सदं॑ त्वाऽन्तरिक्ष॒सदं॑ दिवि॒सदं॑ देव॒सदं॑ नाक॒सद॑मुपया॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्टं॑ गृह्णाम्ये॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्ट॑तमम्

Thee, of fixed seat—of men for seat, of mind for seat—taken with the Upayāma, I take, for Indra, acceptable; this is thy womb, for Indra, most acceptable. Thee, seated in the waters—seated in ghee, seated in the sky—taken with the Upayāma, I take, for Indra, acceptable; this is thy womb, for Indra, most acceptable. Thee, seated on earth—seated in mid-air, seated in heaven, seated among the gods, seated in the highest firmament—taken with the Upayāma, I take, for Indra, acceptable; this is thy womb, for Indra, most acceptable.

Mantra 3

अ॒पाᳪ रस॒मुद्व॑यस॒ᳪ सूर्ये॒ सन्त॑ᳪ स॒माहि॑तम् । अ॒पाᳪ रस॑स्य॒ यो रस॒स्तं वो॑ गृह्णाम्युत्त॒ममु॑पया॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ सीन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्टं॑ गृह्णाम्ये॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्ट॑तमम्

The essence of the waters, drawn forth, abiding in the sun, concentrated: of the waters’ essence, what essence there is—that highest one I take for you. Taken with the Upayāma, I take thee for Indra, acceptable; this is thy womb, for Indra, most acceptable.

Mantra 4

ग्रहा॑ ऊर्जाहुतयो॒ व्यन्तो॒ विप्रा॑य म॒तिम् । तेषां॒ विशि॑प्रियाणां वो॒ऽहमिष॒मूर्ज॒ᳪ सम॑ग्रभमुपया॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्टं॑ गृह्णाम्ये॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ जुष्ट॑तमम् । स॒म्पृचौ॑ स्थ॒: सं मा॑ भ॒द्रेण॑ पृङ्क्तं वि॒पृचौ॑ स्थो॒ वि मा॑ पा॒प्मना॑ पृङ्क्तम्

The grahas, offerings of nourishment, pervading, (bring) inspiration to the sage. Of those dear to the clans, for you have I taken together refreshment and strength. Taken with the Upayāma, I take thee for Indra, acceptable; this is thy womb, for Indra, most acceptable. Ye two are mixers: mix me with the good; ye two are separators: separate me from evil.

Mantra 5

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॑ऽसि वाज॒सास्त्वया॒यं वाज॑ᳪ से॑त् । वाज॑स्य॒ नु प्र॑स॒वे मा॒तरं॑ म॒हीमदि॑तिं॒ नाम॒ वच॑सा करामहे । यस्या॑मि॒दं विश्वं॒ भुव॑नमावि॒वेश॒ तस्यां॑ नो दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता धर्म॑ साविषत्

Thou art Indra’s thunderbolt; by thee may this steed win the prize. Now, for the furtherance of the prize, with our word we invoke by name the great Mother Aditi, into whom this whole world of being hath entered: in her may the god Savitṛ impel for us the sacred ordinance.

Mantra 6

अ॒प्स्वन्तर॒मृत॑म॒प्सु भे॑ष॒जम॒पामु॒त प्रश॑स्ति॒ष्वश्वा॒ भव॑त वा॒जिन॑: । देवी॑रापो॒ यो व॑ ऊ॒र्मिः प्रतू॑र्तिः क॒कुन्मा॑न् वाज॒सास्तेना॒यं वाज॑ᳪ सेत्

Within the waters is ambrosia, within the waters is healing; and in the praises of the waters be ye, O steeds, victorious. O divine Waters, that wave of yours—your forward-thrust, your crested surge—by that may this steed win the prize.

Mantra 7

वातो॑ वा॒ मनो॑ वा गन्ध॒र्वाः स॒प्तवि॑ᳪशतिः । ते अग्रेऽश्व॑मयुञ्जँ॒स्ते अ॑स्मिञ्ज॒वमा द॑धुः

Either the Wind, or the Mind, or the Gandharvas, seven-and-twenty, first yoked the horse; and they in this one placed swiftness.

Mantra 8

वात॑रᳪहा भव वाजिन्यु॒ज्यमा॑न॒ इन्द्र॑स्येव॒ दक्षि॑णः श्रि॒यैधि॑ । यु॒ञ्जन्तु॑ त्वा म॒रुतो॑ विश्व॒वेद॑स॒ आ ते॒ त्वष्टा॑ प॒त्सु ज॒वं द॑धातु

Be thou wind-swift, O prize-winner, when thou art being yoked; like Indra’s right hand, wax thou for splendour. Let the all-knowing Maruts yoke thee; and may Tvaṣṭṛ place for thee swiftness in thy feet.

Mantra 9

ज॒वो यस्ते॑ वाजि॒न्निहि॑तो॒ गुहा॒ यः श्ये॒ने परी॑त्तो॒ अच॑रच्च॒ वाते॑ । तेन॑ नो वाजि॒न् वल॑वा॒न् बले॑न वाज॒जिच्च॒ भव॒ सम॑ने च पारयि॒ष्णुः । वाजि॑नो वाजजितो॒ वाज॑ᳪ सरि॒ष्यन्तो॒ बृह॒स्पते॑र्भा॒गमव॑जिघ्रत

That swiftness of thine, O prize-winner, which is laid up in secret, which, encompassed like a falcon, hath moved even in the wind,—therewith, O prize-winner, be thou strong with strength, a winner of the prize, and one that carrieth through in the encounter. Ye prize-winners, winning the prize, running to the prize, smell ye down upon the portion of Bṛhaspati.

Mantra 10

दे॒वस्या॒हᳪ स॑वि॒तुः स॒वे स॒त्यस॑वसो॒ बृह॒स्पते॑रुत्त॒मं नाक॑ᳪ रुहेयम् । दे॒वस्या॒हᳪ स॑वि॒तुः स॒वे स॒त्यस॑वस॒ इन्द्र॑स्योत्त॒मं नाक॑ᳪ रुहेयम् । दे॒वस्या॒हᳪ स॑वि॒तुः स॒वे स॒त्यप्र॑सवसो॒ बृह॒स्पते॑रुत्त॒मं नाक॑मरुहम् । दे॒वस्या॒हᳪ स॑वि॒तुः स॒वे स॒त्यप्र॑सवस॒ इन्द्र॑स्योत्त॒मं नाक॑मरुहम्

Under the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, of true impulsion, may I ascend unto the highest heaven of Bṛhaspati; under the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, of true impulsion, may I ascend unto the highest heaven of Indra. Under the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, of true sending-forth, I have ascended unto the highest heaven of Bṛhaspati; under the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, of true sending-forth, I have ascended unto the highest heaven of Indra.

Mantra 11

बृह॑स्पते॒ वाजं॑ जय॒ बृह॒स्पत॑ये॒ वाचं॑ वदत॒ बृह॒स्पतिं॒ वाजं॑ जापयत । इन्द्र॒ वाजं॑ ज॒येन्द्रा॑य॒ वाचं॑ वद॒तेन्द्रं॒ वाजं॑ जापयत

O Bṛhaspati, win thou the prize; speak ye speech unto Bṛhaspati; make Bṛhaspati to be invoked for the prize. O Indra, win thou the prize; speak ye speech unto Indra; make Indra to be invoked for the prize.

Mantra 12

ए॒षा व॒: सा स॒त्या सं॒वाग॑भू॒द्यया॒ बृह॒स्पतिं॒ वाज॒मजी॑जप॒ताजी॑जपत॒ बृह॒स्पतिं॒ वाजं॒ वन॑स्पतयो॒ विमु॑च्यध्वम् । ए॒षा व॒: सा स॒त्या सं॒वाग॑भू॒द्ययेन्द्रं॒ वाज॒मजी॑जप॒ताजी॑जप॒तेन्द्रं॒ वाजं॒ वन॑स्पतयो॒ विमु॑च्यध्वम्

This, for you, hath been the true concordant speech, whereby ye caused Bṛhaspati to be invoked for the prize—ye caused him to be invoked: O lords of the forest, unloose yourselves! This, for you, hath been the true concordant speech, whereby ye caused Indra to be invoked for the prize—ye caused him to be invoked: O lords of the forest, unloose yourselves!

Mantra 13

दे॒वस्या॒हᳪ स॑वि॒तुः स॒वे स॒त्यप्र॑सवसो॒ बृह॒स्पते॑र्वाज॒जितो॒ वाजं॑ जेषम् । वाजि॑नो वाजजि॒तोऽध्व॑न स्कभ्नु॒वन्तो॒ योज॑ना॒ मिमा॑ना॒: काष्ठां॑ गच्छत

Under the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, of true sending-forth, may I win the prize as a prize-winner of Bṛhaspati. Ye prize-winners, winning the prize, propping the course, measuring out the stages, go ye unto the goal!

Mantra 14

ए॒ष स्य वा॒जी क्षि॑प॒णिं तु॑रण्यति ग्री॒वायां॑ ब॒द्धो अ॑पिक॒क्ष आ॒सनि॑ । क्रतुं॑ दधि॒क्रा अनु॑ स॒ᳪसनि॑ष्यदत्प॒थामङ्का॒ᳪस्यन्वा॒पनी॑पण॒त् स्वाहा॑

This prize-winning steed here hastens with swift cast; bound at the neck, he sits in the girth. Dadhikrā sets firm purpose; he presses on, eager to win; along the paths, along the turns, he sped onward—Svāhā!

Mantra 15

उ॒त स्मा॑स्य॒ द्रुव॑तस्तुरण्य॒तः प॒र्णं न वेरनु॑वाति प्रग॒र्धिन॑: । श्ये॒नस्ये॑व॒ ध्रज॑तो अङ्क॒सं परि॑ दधि॒क्राव्ण॑: स॒होर्जा तरि॑त्रत॒: स्वाहा॑

Yea, of him that runneth firm and swift, the vehement blast pursueth, as it were a leaf behind a bird. Like the falcon’s bending swoop in flight, Dadhikrāvan encompasseth it—by might and by sustaining vigour, as a saviour that beareth across: Svāhā!

Mantra 16

शं नो॑ भवन्तु वा॒जिनो॒ हवे॑षु दे॒वता॑ता मि॒तद्र॑वः स्व॒र्काः । ज॒म्भय॒न्तोऽहिं॒ वृक॒ᳪ रक्षा॑सि॒ सने॑म्य॒स्मद्यु॑यव॒न्नमी॑वाः

A blessing be ours from the vāja-winning ones in our invocations—god-attended, of measured course, and heaven-winning; crushing the serpent and the wolf, yea, the Rākṣasas, may they, with sure attainment, drive from us diseases!

Mantra 17

ते नो॒ अर्व॑न्तो हवन॒श्रुतो॒ हवं॒ विश्वे॑ शृण्वन्तु वा॒जिनो॑ मि॒तद्र॑वः । स॒ह॒स्र॒सा मे॒धसा॑ता सनि॒ष्यवो॑ म॒हो ये धन॑ᳪ समि॒थेषु॑ जभ्रि॒रे

May those our steeds, hearers of the invocation, yea all the vāja-winning ones of measured course, hearken to our call—thousand-winning, skill-winning, eager to win, who in great encounters have borne away the prize!

Mantra 18

वाजे॑-वाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो॒ धने॑षु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । अ॒स्य मध्व॑: पिबत मा॒दय॑ध्वं तृ॒प्ता या॑त प॒थिभि॑र्देव॒यानै॑:

In every vāja help ye us, O vāja-winning ones, in our gains—ye inspired, immortal knowers of ṛta. Drink ye of this sweetness; be ye exhilarated; and, satisfied, depart by the paths that lead unto the gods.

Mantra 19

आ मा॒ वाज॑स्य प्रस॒वो ज॑गम्या॒देमे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी वि॒श्वरू॑पे । आ मा॑ गन्तां पि॒तरा॑ मा॒तरा॒ चा मा॒ सोमो॑ अमृत॒त्वेन॑ गम्यात् । वाजि॑नो वाजजितो॒ वाज॑ᳪ ससृ॒वाᳪसो॒ बृह॒स्पते॑र्भा॒गमव॑जिघ्रत निमृजा॒नाः

May the impulse of vāja come unto me; may these Heaven and Earth, of manifold form, come unto me. May the Fathers and the Mothers come unto me; may Soma come unto me with immortality. Ye vāja-winning ones, victorious, rushing onward—take ye in, as it were by scent, the portion of Bṛhaspati, cleansing yourselves therewith.

Mantra 20

आ॒पये॒ स्वाहा॑ स्वा॒पये॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽपि॒जाय॒ स्वाहा॑ क्रत॑वे॒ स्वाहा॒ वस॑वे॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽह॒र्पत॑ये॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽह्ने॑ मु॒ग्धाय॒ स्वाहा॑ मु॒ग्धाय॑ वैनᳪशि॒नाय॒ स्वाहा॑ विन॒ᳪशिन॑ आन्त्याय॒नाय॒ स्वाहा ऽन्त्या॑य भौव॒नाय॒ स्वाहा॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ पत॑ये॒ स्वाहाऽधि॑पतये॒ स्वाहा॑

For refreshment—Svāhā! for full refreshment—Svāhā! for generation—Svāhā! for sacrificial efficacy—Svāhā! for the Vasus—Svāhā! for the Lord of the Day—Svāhā! for the Day, for the removal of bewilderment—Svāhā! for bewilderment’s destroyer—Svāhā! for the Perisher (that makes perishing) Āntyāyana—Svāhā! for the Last, the Cosmic—Svāhā! for the Lord of the worlds—Svāhā! for the Over-lord—Svāhā!

Mantra 21

आयु॑र्य॒ज्ञेन॑ कल्पतां प्रा॒णो य॒ज्ञेन॑ कल्पतां॒ चक्षु॑र्य॒ज्ञेन॑ कल्पतातां॒ᳪ श्रोत्रं॑ य॒ज्ञेन॑ कल्पतां॒ पृ॒ष्ठं य॒ज्ञेन॑ कल्पतां॒ य॒ज्ञो य॒ज्ञेन॑ कल्पताम् । प्र॒जाप॑तेः प्र॒जा अ॑भूम॒ स्व॒र्देवा अगन्मा॒मृता॑ अभूम

May life be made meet by sacrifice; may breath be made meet by sacrifice; may sight be made meet by sacrifice; may hearing be made meet by sacrifice; may the back be made meet by sacrifice; yea, may sacrifice itself be made meet by sacrifice. We have become the offspring of Prajāpati; unto the heavenly world of the gods have we gone; we have become immortal.

Mantra 22

अ॒स्मे वो॑ अस्त्विन्द्रि॒यम॒स्मे नृ॒म्णमु॒त क्रतु॑र॒स्मे वर्चा॑ᳪसि सन्तु वः । नमो॑ मा॒त्रे पृ॑थि॒व्यै॒ नमो॑ मा॒त्रे पृ॑थि॒व्या इ॒यं ते॒ राड् य॒न्ताऽसि॒ यम॑नो ध्रु॒वो॒ऽसि ध॒रुण॑: । कृ॒ष्यै त्वा॒ क्षेमा॑य त्वा र॒य्यै त्वा॒ पोषा॑य त्वा

In us be your lordly power; in us be manly might, and also sacrificial efficacy; in us be your splendours. Homage to Mother Earth! Homage to Mother Earth! This (Earth) is thy sovereign; thou art the controller; thou art the restrainer; thou art firm, thou art the supporter. For tillage thee; for peaceful welfare thee; for wealth thee; for thriving increase thee.

Mantra 23

वाज॑स्ये॒मं प्र॑स॒वः सु॑षु॒वेऽग्रे॒ सोम॒ᳪ राजा॑न॒मोष॑धीष्व॒प्सु । ता अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ मधु॑मतीर्भवन्तु व॒यᳪ रा॒ष्ट्रे जा॑गृयाम पु॒रोहि॑ता॒: स्वाहा॑

This impulse of strength hath pressed, in the beginning, King Soma in the plants, in the waters. May those (plants and waters) be honeyed unto us; may we, as fore-placed guardians, keep watch within the realm—Svāhā!

Mantra 24

वाज॑स्ये॒मां प्र॑स॒वः शि॑श्रिये॒ दिव॑मि॒मा च॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि स॒म्राट् । अदि॑त्सन्तं दापयति प्रजा॒नन्त्स नो॑ र॒यिᳪ सर्व॑वीरं॒ नि य॑च्छतु॒ स्वाहा॑

This impulse of strength hath established yonder heaven and this (earth), the universal sovereign over all the worlds. The wise one makes even the non-giver to give: may he secure for us wealth rich in all heroes—Svāhā!

Mantra 25

वाज॑स्य॒ नु प्र॑स॒व आ ब॑भूवे॒मा च॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि स॒र्वत॑: । सने॑मि॒ राजा॒ परि॑ याति वि॒द्वान् प्र॒जां पुष्टिं॑ व॒र्धय॑मानो अ॒स्मे स्वाहा॑

Now hath the impulsion of the Prize come to pass; and these, all worlds on every side, are set in order. The all-knowing King, of ancient wheel, goeth round about, increasing for us offspring and nourishment—Svāhā!

Mantra 26

सोम॒ᳪ राजा॑न॒मव॑से॒ऽग्निम॒न्वा॑रभामहे | आ॒दि॒त्यान्विष्णु॒ᳪ सूर्यं॑ ब्र॒ह्माणं॑ च॒ बृह॒स्पति॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑

For aid we lay hold on Soma the King, and after him on Agni; on the Ādityas, on Viṣṇu, on Sūrya, on Brahman, and on Bṛhaspati—Svāhā!

Mantra 27

अ॒र्य॒मणं॒ बृह॒स्पति॒मिन्द्रं॒ दाना॑य चोदय । वाचं॒ विष्णु॒ᳪ सर॑स्वतीᳪ सवि॒तारं॑ च वा॒जिन॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑

Impel Aryaman, Bṛhaspati, and Indra unto giving; (impel) Speech, Viṣṇu, Sarasvatī, and Savitṛ, and the Vājin (the prize-winner)—Svāhā!

Mantra 28

अग्ने॒ अच्छा॑ वदे॒ह न॒: प्रति॑ नः सु॒मना॑ भव । प्र नो॑ यच्छ सहस्रजि॒त्त्वᳪ हि ध॑न॒दा असि॒ स्वाहा॑

O Agni, speak hither unto us; be thou graciously minded towards us. Grant thou unto us abundance of gain; for thou art the thousand-winner, the giver of wealth—Svāhā!

Mantra 29

प्र नो॑ यच्छत्वर्य॒मा प्र पू॒षा प्र बृह॒स्पति॑: । प्र वाग्दे॒वी द॑दातु न॒: स्वाहा॑

May Aryaman grant us forth; may Pūṣan grant forth; may Bṛhaspati grant forth; may the goddess Speech bestow upon us—Svāhā!

Mantra 30

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । सर॑स्वत्यै वा॒चो य॒न्तुर्य॒न्त्रिये॑ दधामि॒ बृह॒स्पते॑ष्ट्वा॒ साम्रा॑ज्येना॒भि षि॑ञ्चाम्यसौ

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ I take thee, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan. For Sarasvatī I establish thee as the controller of speech, as the one to be controlled; with Bṛhaspati’s sovereignty I anoint thee—this man here.

Mantra 31

अ॒ग्निरेका॑क्षरेण प्रा॒णमुद॑जय॒त्तमुज्जे॑षम॒श्विनौ॒ द्व्य॒क्षरेण द्वि॒पदो॑ मनु॒ष्यानुद॑जयतां॒ तानुज्जे॑षं॒ विष्णु॒स्त्र्य॒क्षरेण॒ त्रीँल्लो॒कानुद॑जय॒त्तानुज्जे॑षं॒ᳪ सोम॒श्चतु॑रक्षरेण॒ चतु॑ष्पदः प॒शूनुद॑जय॒त्तानुज्जे॑षम्

Agni, with a one-syllabled (form), won the breath: may I win that. The Aśvins, with a two-syllabled (form), won men, the two-footed: may I win them. Viṣṇu, with a three-syllabled (form), won the three worlds: may I win them. Soma, with a four-syllabled (form), won the four-footed cattle: may I win them.

Mantra 32

पू॒षा पञ्चा॑क्षरेण॒ पञ्च॒ दिश॒ उद॑जय॒त्ता उज्जे॑षंᳪ सवि॒ता षड॑क्षरेण॒ षडृ॒तूनुद॑जय॒त्तानुज्जे॑षं म॒रुत॑: स॒प्ताक्ष॑रेण स॒प्त ग्रा॒म्यान् प॒शूनुद॑जयँ॒स्तानुज्जे॑षं॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र॒ष्टाक्ष॑रेण गाय॒त्रीमुद॑जय॒त्तामुज्जे॑षम्

Pūṣan, with a five-syllabled (form), won the five directions: may I win them. Savitṛ, with a six-syllabled (form), won the six seasons: may I win them. The Maruts, with a seven-syllabled (form), won the seven domestic animals: may I win them. Bṛhaspati, with an eight-syllabled (form), won the Gāyatrī: may I win her.

Mantra 33

मि॒त्रो नवा॑क्षरेण त्रि॒वृत॒ᳪ स्तोम॒मुद॑जय॒त्तमुज्जे॑षं॒ वरु॑णो॒ दशा॑क्षरेण वि॒राज॒मुद॑जय॒त्तामुज्जे॑ष॒मिन्द्र॒ ए॒काद॑शाक्षरेण त्रि॒ष्टुभ॒मुद॑जय॒त्तामुज्जे॑षं॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा द्वाद॑शाक्षरेण॒ जग॑ती॒मुद॑जयँ॒स्तामुज्जे॑षम्

Mitra, with a nine-syllabled (form), won the Trivṛt stoma: may I win that. Varuṇa, with a ten-syllabled (form), won Virāj: may I win her. Indra, with an eleven-syllabled (form), won Triṣṭubh: may I win her. The All-gods, with a twelve-syllabled (form), won Jagatī: may I win her.

Mantra 34

वस॑व॒स्त्रयो॑दशाक्षरेण त्रयोद॒शᳪ स्तोम॒मुद॑जयँ॒स्तमुज्जे॑षंᳪ रु॒द्राश्चतु॑र्दशाक्षरेण चतुर्द॒शᳪ स्तोम॒मुद॑जयँ॒स्तमुज्जे॑षमादि॒त्याः पञ्च॑दशाक्षरेण पञ्चद॒शᳪ स्तोम॒मुद॑जयँ॒स्तमुज्जे॑ष॒मदि॑ति॒: षोड॑शाक्षरेण षोड॒शᳪ स्तोम॒मुद॑जय॒त्तमुज्जे॑षं प्र॒जाप॑तिः स॒प्तद॑शाक्षरेण सप्तद॒शᳪ स्तोम॒मुद॑जय॒त्तमुज्जे॑षम्

The Vasus, with a thirteen-syllabled (form), won the Thirteenfold stoma: may I win that. The Rudras, with a fourteen-syllabled (form), won the Fourteenfold stoma: may I win that. The Ādityas, with a fifteen-syllabled (form), won the Fifteenfold stoma: may I win that. Aditi, with a sixteen-syllabled (form), won the Sixteenfold stoma: may I win that. Prajāpati, with a seventeen-syllabled (form), won the Seventeenfold stoma: may I win that.

Mantra 35

ए॒ष ते॑ निरृते भा॒गस्तं जु॑षस्व॒ स्वाहा॒ऽग्निने॑त्रेभ्यो दे॒वेभ्य॑ः पुर॒ः सद्भ्य॒ः स्वाहा॑ । य॒मने॑त्रेभ्यो दे॒वेभ्यो॑ दक्षि॒णासद्भ्य॒ः स्वाहा॑ । वि॒श्वदे॑वनेत्रेभ्यो दे॒वेभ्य॑ः पश्चा॒त्सद्भ्य॒ः स्वाहा॑ । मि॒त्रावरु॑णनेत्रेभ्यो वा म॒रुन्ने॑त्रेभ्यो वा दे॒वेभ्य॑ उत्तरा॒सद्भ्य॒ः स्वाहा॑ । सोम॑नेत्रेभ्यो दे॒वेभ्य॑ उपरि॒सद्भ्यो॒ दुव॑स्वद्भ्य॒ः स्वाहा॑

This is thy portion, O Nirṛti: accept it graciously, Svāhā!—Svāhā to the Gods led by Agni, the sitters in front; Svāhā to the Gods led by Yama, the sitters on the right; Svāhā to the Gods led by the All-gods, the sitters behind; Svāhā to the Gods led by Mitra and Varuṇa, or led by the Maruts, the sitters on the left; Svāhā to the Gods led by Soma, the upper sitters, the bountiful ones.

Mantra 36

ये दे॒वा अ॒ग्निने॑त्राः पुर॒ः सद॒स्तेभ्य॒ः स्वाहा॒ । ये दे॒वा य॒मने॑त्रा दक्षि॒णासद॒स्तेभ्य॒ः स्वाहा॒ । ये दे॒वा वि॒श्वदे॑वनेत्राः पश्चा॒त्सद॒स्तेभ्य॒ः स्वाहा॒ । ये दे॒वा मि॒त्रावरु॑णनेत्रा वा म॒रुन्ने॑त्रा वोत्तरा॒सद॒स्तेभ्य॒ः स्वाहा॒ । ये दे॒वाः सोम॑नेत्रा उपरि॒सदो॒ दुव॑स्वन्त॒स्तेभ्य॒ः स्वाहा॑

To whatsoever Gods are led by Agni, the sitters in front—to them Svāhā! To whatsoever Gods are led by Yama, the sitters on the right—to them Svāhā! To whatsoever Gods are led by the All-gods, the sitters behind—to them Svāhā! To whatsoever Gods are led by Mitra and Varuṇa, or led by the Maruts, the sitters on the left—to them Svāhā! To whatsoever Gods are led by Soma, the upper sitters, the bountiful—to them Svāhā!

Mantra 37

अग्ने॒ सह॑स्व॒ पृत॑ना अ॒भिमा॑ती॒रपा॑स्य । दु॒ष्टर॒स्तर॒न्नरा॑ती॒र्वर्चो॑ धा य॒ज्ञवा॑हसि

O Agni, prevail; cast away the battles and the assailing hostilities. Hard to be overcome, crossing over the niggardly foes, do thou establish splendour, O bearer of the sacrifice.

Mantra 38

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । उ॒पा॒ᳪशोर्वी॒र्ये॒ण जुहोमि ह॒तᳪ रक्ष॒ः स्वाहा॒ । रक्ष॑सां त्वा ब॒धायाब॑धिष्म॒ रक्षोऽब॑धिष्मा॒मुम॒सौ ह॒तः

Under the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, with the potency of the Upāṃśu I offer: the Rakṣas is smitten—Svāhā! For the slaying of the Rakṣases thee have we slain; the Rakṣas have we slain: yonder he is slain.

Mantra 39

स॒वि॒ता त्वा॑ स॒वाना॑ᳪ सुव॒ताम॒ग्निर्गृ॒हप॑तीना॒ᳪ सोमो॒ वन॒स्पती॑नाम् । बृह॒स्पति॑र्वा॒च इन्द्रो॒ ज्यैष्ठ्या॑य रु॒द्रः प॒शुभ्यो॑ मि॒त्रः स॒त्यो वरु॑णो॒ धर्म॑पतीनाम्

May Savitṛ set thee in motion for the pressings; Agni (be) for the lords of the house; Soma for the lords of the forest. Bṛhaspati (be) for speech; Indra for supremacy; Rudra for cattle; Mitra (be) the true; Varuṇa for the lords of law.

Mantra 40

इ॒मं दे॑वा असप॒त्नᳪ सु॑वध्वं मह॒ते क्ष॒त्राय॑ मह॒ते ज्यैष्ठ्या॑य मह॒ते जान॑राज्या॒येन्द्र॑स्येन्द्रि॒याय॑ । इ॒मम॒मुष्य॑ पु॒त्रम॒मुष्यै॑ पु॒त्रम॒स्यै वि॒श ए॒ष वो॑ऽमी॒ राजा॒ सोमो॒ऽस्माकं॑ ब्राह्म॒णाना॒ᳪ राजा॑

This man, O Gods, do ye render free from rivals; make him thrive for mighty sovereignty, for mighty pre-eminence, for mighty rule over the people, for Indra’s lordly power. This son of such an one, this son of such an one, unto this folk—this is your king: Soma; and he is king of us, the Brāhmaṇas.