Adhyaya 8

Mantra 1

उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽस्यादि॒त्येभ्य॑स्त्वा । विष्ण॑ उरुगायै॒ष ते॒ सोम॒स्तᳪ र॑क्षस्व॒ मा त्वा॑ दभन्

Taken with the Upayāma art thou, for the Ādityas. O Viṣṇu, wide-striding, this Soma is thine: guard thou it, lest they injure thee.

Mantra 2

क॒दा च॒न स्त॒रीर॑सि॒ नेन्द्र॑ सश्चसि दा॒शुषे॑ । उपो॒पेन्नु म॑घव॒न् भूय॒ इन्नु ते॒ दानं॑ दे॒वस्य॑ पृच्यत आदि॒त्येभ्य॑स्त्वा

Never art thou a withholder, O Indra; thou cleavest unto the giver. Come hither again, O bounteous one: again, forsooth, is thy gift of the god spoken of—(this) for the Ādityas.

Mantra 3

क॒दा च॒न प्र यु॑च्छस्यु॒भे नि पा॑सि॒ जन्म॑नी । तुरी॑यादित्य॒ सव॑नं त इन्द्रि॒यमात॑स्थाव॒मृतं॑ दि॒व्या॒दि॒त्येभ्य॑स्त्वा

At no time dost thou fail; thou guardest fast the twofold birth. The fourth pressing, O Āditya—therein thy lordly vigour hath been established, even the heavenly immortality: for the Ādityas thee!

Mantra 4

य॒ज्ञो दे॒वानां॒ प्रत्ये॑ति सु॒म्नमादि॑त्यासो॒ भव॑ता मृड॒यन्त॑: । आ वो॒ऽर्वाची॑ सुम॒तिर्व॑वृत्याद॒होश्चि॒द्या व॑रिवो॒वित्त॒रास॑दादि॒त्येभ्य॑स्त्वा

The Sacrifice goeth unto the Gods for favour: be ye, O Ādityas, gracious and compassionate. Hitherward may your good-will turn; yea, even that which bestoweth ample room may sit with us through the day: for the Ādityas thee!

Mantra 5

विव॑स्वन्नादित्यै॒ष ते॑ सोमपी॒थस्तस्मि॑न् मत्स्व । श्रद॑स्मै नरो॒ वच॑से दधातन॒ यदा॑शी॒र्दा दम्प॑ती वा॒मम॑श्नु॒तः । पुमा॑न् पु॒त्रो जा॑यते वि॒न्दते॒ वस्वधा॑ वि॒श्वाहा॑र॒प ए॑धते गृ॒हे

O Vivasvat Āditya, here is thy Soma-draught: therein rejoice! Bestow, O men, faith for this word; when the blessing-giver, the wedded pair attain welfare—then is a manly son born; he findeth wealth in abundance; all nourishment is his; the waters prosper in the house.

Mantra 6

वा॒मम॒द्य स॑वितर्वा॒ममु॒ श्वो दि॒वे दि॑वे वा॒मम॒स्मभ्य॑ᳪ सावीः । वा॒मस्य॒ हि क्षय॑स्य देव॒ भूरे॑र॒या धि॒या वा॑म॒भाज॑: स्याम

Grant us weal to-day, O Savitṛ; grant us weal also on the morrow; day by day grant weal unto us. For, O God, of abundant dwelling and of prosperity—by this our thought may we be sharers in weal.

Mantra 7

उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि सावि॒त्रो॒ऽसि चनो॒धाश्च॑नो॒धा अ॑सि॒ चनो॒ मयि॑ धेहि । जिन्व॑ य॒ज्ञं जिन्व॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं॒ भगा॑य दे॒वाय॑ त्वा सवि॒त्रे

Taken with the Upayāma art thou; Savitṛ’s art thou; a bestower of delight art thou—yea, a bestower of delight: place favour in me! Quicken the sacrifice; quicken the lord of sacrifice! Thee for Bhaga, the god; (and) for Savitṛ!

Mantra 8

उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि सु॒शर्मा॑ऽसि सुप्रतिष्ठा॒नो बृ॒हदु॑क्षाय॒ नम॑: । विश्वे॑भ्यस्त्वा दे॒वेभ्य॑ ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒र्विश्वे॑भ्यस्त्वा दे॒वेभ्य॑: ।

Thou art taken with the Upayāma; thou art of gracious shelter; thou art firmly established: homage to the Great Bull! Unto the All-gods thee—this is thy womb; unto the All-gods thee!

Mantra 9

उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि॒ बृह॒स्पति॑सुतस्य देव सोम त॒ इन्दो॑रिन्द्रि॒याव॑त॒: पत्नी॑वतो॒ ग्रहाँ॑२ ऋध्यासम् । अ॒हं प॒रस्ता॑द॒हम॒वस्ता॒द्यद॒न्तरि॑क्षं॒ तदु॑ मे पि॒ताऽभू॑त् । अ॒हᳪ सूर्य॑मुभ॒यतो॑ ददर्शा॒हं दे॒वानां॑ पर॒मं गुहा॒ यत्

Thou art taken with the Upayāma. O divine Soma, of Bṛhaspati’s son, of thee, the drop endowed with lordly might, of the draughts that have their consorts, may I attain success. I am above, I am below: that which is the mid-air, that indeed became my father. I beheld the Sun on either side; I attained the gods’ highest hidden place.

Mantra 10

अग्ना३इ॒ पत्नी॑वन्त्स॒जूर्दे॒वेन॒ त्वष्ट्रा॒ सोमं॑ पिब॒ स्वाहा॑ । प्र॒जाप॑ति॒र्वृषा॑ऽसि रेतो॒धा रेतो॒ मयि॑ धेहि प्र॒जाप॑तेस्ते॒ वृष्णो॑ रेतो॒धसो॑ रेतो॒धाम॑शीय

O Agni, possessed of thy consort, in concord with the god Tvaṣṭṛ, drink the Soma—Svāhā! Thou art Prajāpati, the Bull, the seed-depositor: deposit seed in me. Of thee, the Bull, the seed-depositor of Prajāpati, may I obtain the seed-deposit.

Mantra 11

उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि॒ हरि॑रसि हारियोज॒नो हरि॑भ्यां त्वा । हर्यो॑र्धा॒ना स्थ॑ स॒हसो॑मा॒ इन्द्रा॑य

Thou art taken with the Upayāma; thou art tawny; thou art yoked to the tawny steeds: for the two Haris thee! Ye are the grains of the two Haris, together with Soma, for Indra.

Mantra 12

यस्ते॑ अश्व॒सनि॑र्भ॒क्षो यो गो॒सनि॒स्तस्य॑ त इ॒ष्टय॑जुष स्तु॒तसो॑मस्य श॒स्तोक्थ॒स्योप॑हूत॒स्योप॑हूतो भक्षयामि

That portion of thine which is the winning of horses, and that which is the winning of cows—of that, of thee, belonging to the iṣṭi and the yajus, of the praised Soma, of the recited uktha, of the invoked—being invoked, I eat.

Mantra 13

दे॒वकृ॑त॒स्यैन॑सोऽव॒यज॑नमसि मनु॒ष्य॒कृत॒स्यैन॑सोऽव॒यज॑नमसि पि॒तृकृ॑त॒स्यैन॑सोऽव॒यज॑नमस्या॒त्मकृ॑तस्यैनसोऽव॒यज॑नम॒स्येन॑स एनसोऽव॒यज॑नमसि । यच्चा॒हमेनो॑ वि॒द्वाँश्च॒कार॒ यच्चावि॑द्वाँ॒स्तस्य॒ सर्वस्यैन॑सोऽव॒यज॑नमसि

Thou art an expiation for the sin wrought by the Gods; thou art an expiation for the sin wrought by men; thou art an expiation for the sin wrought by the Fathers; thou art an expiation for the sin wrought by oneself; thou art an expiation for sin, for sin. And whatsoever sin I have committed, whether knowingly or unknowingly,—for all that sin thou art an expiation.

Mantra 14

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

With lustre, with milk, with our bodies have we come together; with the mind, with the auspicious (mind). May Tvaṣṭṛ, the bounteous giver, apportion riches; may he wipe away from our person whatsoever is defiled.

Mantra 15

समि॑न्द्र णो॒ मन॑सा नेषि॒ गोभि॒: सᳪ सू॒रिभि॑र्मघव॒न्त्सᳪ स्व॒स्त्या । सं ब्रह्म॑णा दे॒वकृ॑तं॒ यदस्ति॒ सं दे॒वाना॑ᳪ सुम॒तौ य॒ज्ञिया॑ना॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑

Lead us together, O Indra, with the mind, with kine; together with patrons, O bounteous one, together with welfare. Together, by sacred power, with what is divinely wrought; together in the gracious favour of the Gods, the worshipful—Svāhā!

Mantra 16

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

With lustre, with milk, with our bodies have we come together; with the mind, with the auspicious (mind). May Tvaṣṭṛ, the bounteous giver, apportion riches; may he wipe away from our person whatsoever is defiled.

Mantra 17

धा॒ता रा॒तिः स॑वि॒तेदं जु॑षन्तां प्र॒जाप॑तिर्निधि॒पा दे॒वो अ॒ग्निः । त्वष्टा॒ विष्णु॑: प्र॒जया॑ सᳪररा॒णा यज॑मानाय॒ द्रवि॑णं दधात॒ स्वाहा॑

Let Dhātṛ and Bounty, let Savitṛ graciously accept this; Prajāpati, the treasure-guard, the god Agni. Tvaṣṭṛ and Viṣṇu, rejoicing together with offspring, bestow wealth upon the sacrificer—Svāhā!

Mantra 18

सु॒गा वो॑ देवा॒: सद॑ना अकर्म॒ य आ॑ज॒ग्मेदᳪ सव॑नं जुषा॒णाः । भर॑माणा॒ वह॑माना ह॒वीᳪष्य॒स्मे ध॑त्त वसवो॒ वसू॑नि॒ स्वाहा॑

Easy of access have we made your seats, O Gods, ye that have come unto the pressing, taking delight therein. Bearing and conveying the oblations, bestow on us, O Vasus, riches: Svāhā!

Mantra 19

याँ२ आऽव॑ह उश॒तो दे॑व दे॒वाँस्तान् प्रेर॑य॒ स्वे अ॑ग्ने स॒धस्थे॑ । ज॒क्षि॒वाᳪस॑: पपि॒वाjस॑श्च॒ विश्वेऽसुं॑ घ॒र्मᳪ स्व॒राति॑ष्ठ॒तानु॒ स्वाहा॑

Those Gods whom thou bringest hither, O divine one, eager (for the offering),—those do thou speed onward, O Agni, to thine own seat. All (of them), having eaten and having drunk, stand ye in sovereign power after the Gharma, in vital breath: Svāhā!

Mantra 20

व॒यᳪ हि त्वा॑ प्रय॒ति य॒ज्ञे अ॒स्मिन्न॑ग्ने॒ होता॑र॒मवृ॑णीमही॒ह । ऋध॑गया॒ ऋध॑गु॒ताश॑मिष्ठाः प्रजा॒नन् य॒ज्ञमुप॑ याहि वि॒द्वान्त्स्वाहा॑

For we, at the setting forth, in this sacrifice, choose thee here, O Agni, as Hotṛ. Going each by its own path, and seeking severally welfare, do thou, knowing, come nigh unto the sacrifice, O wise one: Svāhā!

Mantra 21

देवा॑ गातुविदो गा॒तुं वि॒त्त्वा गा॒तुमि॑त । मन॑सस्पत इ॒मं दे॑व य॒ज्ञᳪ स्वाहा॒ वाते॑ धाः

O Gods, knowers of the path, having found the path—(ye have found) the path indeed. O Lord of mind, O God, establish this sacrifice in the wind (vital breath): Svāhā!

Mantra 22

यज्ञ॑ य॒ज्ञं ग॑च्छ य॒ज्ञपतिं॑ गच्छ॒ स्वां योनिं॑ गच्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ । ए॒ष ते॑ य॒ज्ञो य॑ज्ञपते स॒हसू॑क्तवाक॒: सर्व॑वीर॒स्तं जु॑षस्व॒ स्वाहा॑

O Sacrifice, go unto the sacrifice; go unto the lord of sacrifice; go unto thine own womb: Svāhā! This is thy sacrifice, O lord of sacrifice, accompanied with hymned utterance, rich in all heroic offspring—do thou accept it graciously: Svāhā!

Mantra 23

माहि॑र्भू॒र्मा पृदा॑कुः । उ॒रुᳪ हि राजा॒ वरु॑णश्च॒कार॒ सूर्या॑य॒ पन्था॒मन्वे॑त॒वा उ॑ । अ॒पदे॒ पादा॒ प्रति॑धातवेऽकरु॒ताप॑व॒क्ता हृ॑दया॒विध॑श्चित् । नमो॒ वरु॑णाया॒भिष्ठि॑तो॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ पाश॑:

Let not the serpent harm, let not the spotted snake! For King Varuṇa hath made broad the path for Sūrya to traverse. In the trackless he hath set down feet to give firm footing; yea, he is the warder-off, even of that which pierceth the heart. Homage to Varuṇa!—(here is) the noose of Varuṇa, laid on (the offender).

Mantra 24

अ॒ग्नेरनी॑कम॒प आ वि॑वेशा॒पां नपा॑त् प्रति॒रक्ष॑न्नसु॒र्य॒म् । दमे॑दमे स॒मिधं॑ यक्ष्यग्ने॒ प्रति॑ ते जि॒ह्वा घृ॒तमुच्च॑रण्य॒त् स्वाहा॑

Agni’s bright front hath entered the Waters; the Son of Waters, guarding against the sunless (gloom). In every house do thou worship the kindling, O Agni; forth from thee let the tongue arise to meet the ghee—Svāhā!

Mantra 25

स॒मु॒द्रे ते॒ हृद॑यम॒प्स्वन्तः सं त्वा॑ विश॒न्त्वोष॑धीरु॒ताप॑: । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ त्वा यज्ञपते सू॒क्तोक्तौ॑ नमोवा॒के वि॑धेम॒ यत्स्वाहा॑

In the ocean is thy heart, within the waters: may the plants and the waters enter into thee together. Thee, O Lord of Sacrifice, in well-spoken praise, in the word of homage, would we duly serve—Svāhā!

Mantra 26

देवी॑राप ए॒ष वो॒ गर्भ॒स्तᳪ सुप्री॑त॒ᳪ सुभृ॑तं बिभृत । देव॑ सोमै॒ष ते॑ लो॒कस्तस्मि॒ञ्छं च॒ वक्ष्व॒ परि॑ च॒ वक्ष्व॑

O divine Waters, this is your embryo: bear ye him, well-pleased, well-sustained. O god Soma, this is thy world; therein bear thou welfare, and bear thou protection round about.

Mantra 27

अव॑भृथ निचुम्पुण निचे॒रुर॑सि निचुम्पु॒णः । अव॑ देवैर्दे॒वकृ॑त॒मेनो॑ऽयासिष॒मव॒ मर्त्यै॒र्मर्त्य॑कृतं पुरु॒राव्णो॑ देव रि॒षस्पा॑हि । दे॒वाना॑ᳪ स॒मिद॑सि

O Avabhṛtha, thou thorough cleanser, thou hast descended as the cleanser. Wash down from us the offence wrought by the gods; wash down the offence wrought by mortals. O god of many paths (or: of manifold roar), from harm do thou protect! Thou art the kindling of the gods.

Mantra 28

एज॑तु॒ दश॑मास्यो॒ गर्भो॑ ज॒रायु॑णा स॒ह । यथा॒ऽयं वा॒युरेज॑ति॒ यथा॑ समु॒द्र एज॑ति । ए॒वा॒यं दश॑मास्यो॒ अस्र॑ज्ज॒रायु॑णा स॒ह

Let the ten-month foetus bestir itself together with the afterbirth. As this Wind bestirs itself, as the Ocean bestirs itself, even so let this ten-month foetus be born, together with the afterbirth and the blood.

Mantra 29

यस्यै॑ ते य॒ज्ञियो॒ गर्भो॒ यस्यै॒ योनि॑र्हिरण्यी । अङ्गा॒न्यह्रु॑ता॒ यस्य॒ तं मा॒त्रा सम॑जीगम॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑

She for whom thy foetus is sacrificial, she whose womb is golden, whose limbs are uninjured,—with the Mother have I brought him into full conjunction: Hail!

Mantra 30

पुरुद॒स्मो विषु॑रूप॒ इन्दु॑र॒न्तर्म॑हि॒मान॑मानञ्ज॒ धीर॑: । एक॑पदीं द्वि॒पदीं॑ त्रि॒पदीं॒ चतु॒ष्पदीम॒ष्टाप॑दीं॒ भुव॒नानु॑ प्रथन्ता॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑

The Indu, of many marvels, of manifold forms, the wise one, hath within attained to greatness. May the worlds, following the one-footed, the two-footed, the three-footed, the four-footed, the eight-footed, spread themselves abroad: Hail!

Mantra 31

मरु॑तो॒ यस्य॒ हि क्षये॑ पा॒था दि॒वो वि॑महसः । स सु॑गो॒पात॑मो॒ जन॑:

Whose dwelling the Maruts guard, whose paths are those of heaven’s wide greatness,—that folk is most securely protected.

Mantra 32

म॒ही द्यौः पृ॑थि॒वी च॑ न इ॒मं य॒ज्ञं मि॑मिक्षताम् । पि॒पृ॒तां नो॒ भरी॑मभिः

May great Heaven and Earth commingle for us this sacrifice; may they fill us with their supports and sustaining aids.

Mantra 33

आ ति॑ष्ठ वृत्रह॒न्रथं॑ यु॒क्ता ते॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ हरी॑ । अ॒र्वा॒चीन॒ᳪ सु ते॒ मनो॒ ग्रावा॑ कृणोतु व॒ग्नुना॑ । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा षोड॒शिन॑ । ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा षोड॒शिने॑

Mount thou, O Vṛtra-slayer, the chariot: yoked for thee are the two bays by the power of sacred speech. Let the pressing-stone, with its stirring impulse, make thy mind well turned hither. Thou art taken with the Upayāma for Indra, O Ṣoḍaśin: this is thy womb— for Indra, O Ṣoḍaśin.

Mantra 34

यु॒क्ष्वा हि के॒शिना॒ हरी॒ वृष॑णा कक्ष्य॒प्रा । अथा॑ न इन्द्र सोमपा गि॒रामुप॑श्रुतिं चर । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा षोड॒शिन॑ । ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा षोड॒शिने॑

Yoke thou, forsooth, the two maned bays, the two strong ones, well furnished with their harness. Then, O Indra, Soma-drinker, draw near unto the hearing of our hymns. Thou art taken with the Upayāma for Indra, O Ṣoḍaśin: this is thy womb— for Indra, O Ṣoḍaśin.

Mantra 35

इन्द्र॒मिद्धरी॑ वह॒तोऽप्र॑तिधृष्टशवसम् । ऋषी॑णां च स्तु॒तीरुप॑ य॒ज्ञं च॒ मानु॑षाणाम् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ सीन्द्रा॑य त्वा षोड॒शिने॑ । ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा षोड॒शिने॑

Indra indeed do the two bays convey, him of might that none may withstand—unto the praises of the seers and unto the sacrifice of men. Thou art taken with the Upayāma for Indra, O Ṣoḍaśin: this is thy womb— for Indra, O Ṣoḍaśin.

Mantra 36

यस्मा॒न्न जा॒तः परो॑ अ॒न्यो अस्ति॒ य आ॑वि॒वेश॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । प्र॒जाप॑तिः प्र॒जया॑ सᳪररा॒णस्त्रीणि॒ ज्योती॑ᳪषि सचते॒ स षो॑डशी

Than whom no other higher hath been born, who hath entered all these worlds—Prajāpati, rejoicing with his progeny, cleaveth unto the three lights: he is the Ṣoḍaśī.

Mantra 37

इन्द्र॑श्च स॒म्राड्वरु॑णश्च॒ राजा तौ ते भ॒क्षं च॑क्रतु॒रग्र॑ ए॒तम् । तयो॑र॒हमनु॑ भ॒क्षं भ॑क्षयामि॒ वाग्दे॒वी जु॑षा॒णा सोम॑स्य तृप्यतु स॒ह प्रा॒णेन॒ स्वाहा॑

Indra, the universal Sovereign, and Varuṇa, the King—those two fashioned for thee this portion at the first. After their portion I partake of the portion: may the goddess Speech, delighting, be satisfied with Soma together with the breath—Svāhā!

Mantra 38

अग्ने॒ पव॑स्व॒ स्वपा॑ अ॒स्मे वर्च॑ः सु॒वीर्य॑म् । दध॑द्र॒यिं मयि॒ पोष॑म् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽस्य॒ग्नये॑ त्वा॒ वर्च॑स ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॑र॒ग्नये॑ त्वा॒ वर्च॑से । अग्ने॑ वर्चस्वि॒न्वर्च॑स्वाँ॒स्त्वं दे॒वेष्वसि॒ वर्च॑स्वान॒हं म॑नु॒ष्ये॑षु भूयासम्

O Agni, purify thyself, thou of goodly workmanship; place within us lustre and noble vigour, bestowing wealth and thriving upon me. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Agni, for lustre: this is thy womb; for Agni, for lustre. O Agni, lustrous and full of lustre art thou among the gods; may I be lustrous among men.

Mantra 39

उ॒त्तिष्ठ॒न्नोज॑सा स॒ह पी॒त्वी शिप्रे॑ अवेपयः । सोम॑मिन्द्र च॒मू सु॒तम् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य॒ त्वौज॑स ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वौजसे । इन्द्रौ॑जिष्ठौजि॑ष्ठ॒स्त्वं दे॒वेष्वस्योजि॑ष्ठो॒ऽहं म॑नु॒ष्ये॒षु भूयासम्

Rising up with might, after thou hadst drunk, thou didst make thy lips to quiver: O Indra, the Soma pressed in the bowl. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Indra, for might: this is thy womb; for Indra, for might. O Indra, most mighty of the mighty art thou among the gods; may I be most mighty among men.

Mantra 40

अदृ॑श्रमस्य के॒तवो॒ वि र॒श्मयो॒ जनाँ॒२ अनु॑ । भ्राज॑न्तो अ॒ग्नयो॑ यथा । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि॒ सूर्या॑य त्वा भ्रा॒जायै॒ष ते॒ योनि॒ः सूर्या॑य त्वा भ्रा॒जाय॑ । सूर्य॑ भ्राजिष्ठ॒ भ्राजि॑ष्ठ॒स्त्वं दे॒वेष्वसि॒ भ्राजि॑ष्ठो॒ऽहं म॑नु॒ष्ये॒षु भूयासम्

His beams have been seen abroad; his rays follow after the peoples, shining like fires. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Sūrya, for splendour: this is thy womb; for Sūrya, for splendour. O Sūrya, most splendid art thou among the gods; may I be most splendid among men.

Mantra 41

उदु॒ त्यं जा॒तवे॑दसं दे॒वं व॑हन्ति के॒तव॑: । दृ॒शे विश्वा॑य॒ सूर्य॑म् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽसि॒ सूर्या॑य त्वा भ्रा॒जायै॒ष ते॒ योनि॒ः सूर्या॑य त्वा भ्रा॒जाय॑

Up bear the beams that god, the all-knowing, for all to see—the Sun. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Sūrya, for splendour: this is thy womb; for Sūrya, for splendour.

Mantra 42

आ जि॑घ्र क॒लशं॑ म॒ह्या त्वा॑ विश॒न्त्विन्द॑वः। पुन॑रू॒र्जा नि व॑र्तस्व॒ सा न॑: स॒हस्रं॑ धुक्ष्वो॒रुधा॑रा॒ पय॑स्वती॒ पुन॒र्मा वि॑शताद्र॒यिः

Smell thou the pitcher; for my sake let the Soma-drops enter thee. Return again with nourishment; do thou milk forth for us a thousandfold—broad-streamed, rich in milk; and may wealth enter me again.

Mantra 43

इडे॒ रन्ते॒ हव्ये॒ काम्ये॒ चन्द्रे॒ ज्योतेऽदि॑ते॒ सर॑स्वति॒ महि॒ विश्रु॑ति । ए॒ता ते॑ अघ्न्ये॒ नामा॑नि दे॒वेभ्यो॑ मा सु॒कृतं॑ ब्रूतात्

O Iḍā, they rejoice in the oblation, in the desirable (gift), in the shining light; O Aditi, O Sarasvatī, great in renown. These are thy names, O Aghnyā: may my well-wrought (service) be declared unto the Gods.

Mantra 44

वि न॑ इन्द्र॒ मृधो॑ जहि नी॒चा य॑च्छ पृतन्य॒तः । यो अ॒स्माँ२ अ॑भि॒दास॒त्यध॑रं गमया॒ तम॑: । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा वि॒मृधे॑ ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा वि॒मृधे॑

Smite thou away from us, O Indra, the hostile powers; thrust low the battling foe. Whoso assaileth us—lead him downward into darkness. Taken with the Upayāma art thou, for Indra the Overcomer: this is thy womb; for Indra the Overcomer.

Mantra 45

वा॒चस्पतिं॑ वि॒श्वक॑र्माणमू॒तये॑ मनो॒जुवं॒ वाजे॑ अ॒द्या हु॑वेम । स नो॒ विश्वा॑नि॒ हव॑नानि जोषद्वि॒श्वश॑म्भू॒रव॑से सा॒धुक॑र्मा । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा वि॒श्वक॑र्मणे ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा वि॒श्वक॑र्मणे

To aid us, to-day in the winning of strength, we call the Lord of Speech, Viśvakarman, swift as thought. May he accept all our invocations—he, the all-blessing, for our succour, the good artificer. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Indra (in association) with Viśvakarman: this is thy womb; for Indra with Viśvakarman.

Mantra 46

विश्व॑कर्मन् ह॒विषा॒ वर्ध॑नेन त्रा॒तार॒मिन्द्र॑मकृणोरव॒ध्यम् । तस्मै॒ विश॒: सम॑नमन्त पू॒र्वीर॒यमु॒ग्रो वि॒हव्यो॒ यथास॑त् । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतो॒ऽसीन्द्रा॑य त्वा वि॒श्वक॑र्मण ए॒ष ते॒ योनि॒रिन्द्रा॑य त्वा वि॒श्वक॑र्मणे

O Viśvakarman, with the strengthening oblation thou madest Indra, the protector, invulnerable. Unto him the many peoples bowed of old, that he might be this mighty one, much-invoked, even as he is. Taken with the Upayāma art thou for Indra with Viśvakarman: this is thy womb; for Indra with Viśvakarman.

Mantra 47

उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽस्य॒ग्नये॑ त्वा गाय॒त्रच्छ॑न्दसं गृह्णामीन्द्रा॑य त्वा त्रि॒ष्टुप्छ॑न्दसं गृह्णामि॒ विश्वे॑भ्यस्त्वा दे॒वेभ्यो॒ जग॑च्छन्दसं गृह्णाम्यनु॒ष्टुप्ते॑ऽभिग॒रः

Taken with the Upayāma art thou. For Agni I take thee as Gāyatrī-metre; for Indra I take thee as Triṣṭubh-metre; for the All-gods I take thee as Jagatī-metre. Anuṣṭubh is thy covering utterance.

Mantra 48

व्रेशी॑नां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि कुकू॒नना॑नां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि भ॒न्दना॑नां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि म॒दिन्त॑मानां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि म॒धुन्त॑मानां त्वा॒ पत्म॒न्ना धू॑नोमि शु॒क्रं त्वा॑ शु॒क्र आ धू॑नो॒म्यह्नो॑ रू॒पे सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिषु॑

Thee, of the pressing-stalks, I shake upon the support; thee, of the tufted (stalks), I shake upon the support; thee, of the binding (stalks), I shake upon the support; thee, of the most exhilarating, I shake upon the support; thee, of the most honeyed, I shake upon the support; thee, the bright one, I shake in the bright (realm), in the form of the day, in the rays of the Sun.

Mantra 49

ककु॒भᳪ रू॒पं वृ॑ष॒भस्य॑ रोचते बृ॒हच्छु॒क्रः शु॒क्रस्य॑ पुरो॒गाः सोम॒: सोम॑स्य पुरो॒गाः । यत्ते॑ सोमा॒दा॑भ्यं॒ नाम॒ जागृ॑वि॒ तस्मै॑ त्वा गृह्णामि॒ तस्मै॑ ते सोम॒ सोमा॑य॒ स्वाहा॑

The crest-form of the Bull shineth forth: the great Bright one is the forerunner of the Bright; Soma is the forerunner of Soma. What name of thine, O Soma, is wakeful for Soma-taking, for that I take thee; for that, O Soma, to Soma be Svāhā!

Mantra 50

उ॒शिक् त्वं दे॑व सोमा॒ग्नेः प्रि॒यं पाथोऽपी॑हि व॒शी त्वं दे॑व सो॒मेन्द्र॑स्य प्रि॒यं पाथोऽपी॑ह्य॒स्मत्स॑खा॒ त्वं दे॑व सोम॒ विश्वे॑षां दे॒वानां॑ प्रि॒यं पाथोऽपी॑हि

Eager art thou, O god Soma: come hither as the dear draught of Agni. Masterful art thou, O god Soma: come hither as the dear draught of Indra. Our friend art thou, O god Soma: come hither as the dear draught of all the gods.

Mantra 51

इ॒ह रति॑रि॒ह र॑मध्वमि॒ह धृति॑रि॒ह स्वधृ॑ति॒: स्वाहा॑ । उ॒प॒सृ॒जन् ध॒रुणं॑ मा॒त्रे ध॒रुणो॑ मा॒तरं॒ धय॑न् । रा॒यस्पोष॑म॒स्मासु॑ दीधर॒त्स्वाहा॑

Here be delight; here rejoice ye; here be firmness; here be self-firmness—Svāhā! Approaching, (be) a support unto the mother; being a support, sucking the mother: set among us increase of wealth and prosperity—Svāhā!

Mantra 52

स॒त्रस्य॒ ऋद्धि॑र॒स्यग॑न्म॒ ज्योति॑र॒मृता॑ अभूम॒ । दिवं॑ पृथि॒व्या अध्याऽरु॑हा॒मावि॑दाम दे॒वान्त्स्व॒र्ज्योति॑:

We have attained the session’s fulfilment; we have gone unto light; we have become immortal. From the earth we have mounted unto the heaven; we have found the gods—(we have found) the light of Svar.

Mantra 53

यु॒वं तमि॑न्द्रापर्वता पुरो॒युधा॒ यो न॑: पृत॒न्यादप॒ तं त॒मिद्ध॑तं॒ वज्रे॑ण॒ तं त॒मिद्ध॑तम् । दू॒रे च॒त्ताय॑ छन्त्स॒द्गह॑नं॒ यदिन॑क्षत् । अ॒स्माक॒ᳪ शत्रू॒न्परि॑ शूर वि॒श्वतो॑ द॒र्मा द॑र्षीष्ट वि॒श्वत॑: । भूर्भुव॒: स्व॒: सुप्र॒जाः प्र॒जाभि॑: स्याम सु॒वीरा॑ वीरैः सु॒पोषा॒: पोषै॑:

Ye twain, O Indra and Parvata, foremost in the fight,—whoso assaileth us in battle, smite ye him away, yea smite ye him, even him, with the thunderbolt, smite ye him, even him. Far be he cast; let him sink into the deep, if he would reach us. On every side, O hero, do thou encompass our foes; on every side vouchsafe us a sure abode. (And) with ‘Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, Svaḥ’ may we be rich in offspring with our progeny, rich in heroes with heroes, rich in increase with increases.

Mantra 54

प॒र॒मे॒ष्ठ्य॒भिधी॑तः प्र॒जाप॑तिर्वा॒चि व्याहृ॑तायामन्धो॒ अच्छे॑तः । स॑वि॒ता स॒न्यां वि॒श्वक॑र्मा दी॒क्षायां॑ पू॒षा सो॑म॒क्रय॑ण्याम्

Parameṣṭhin is declared to be Prajāpati in the uttered Speech, in the Vyāhṛti; the Soma-juice is thereby made ‘accessible’. Savitṛ is (so declared) in the ‘sanyā’; Viśvakarman in the consecration; Pūṣan in the Soma-purchase.

Mantra 55

इन्द्र॑श्च म॒रुत॑श्च क्र॒यायो॒पोत्थि॒तो ऽसु॑रः प॒ण्यमा॑नो मि॒त्रः क्री॒तो विष्णु॑: शिपिवि॒ष्ट उ॒रावास॑न्नो॒ विष्णु॑र्न॒रन्धि॑षः

Indra and the Maruts have arisen for the purchase; the Asura is being bargained for; Mitra is bought; Viṣṇu, Śipiviṣṭa, wide-dwelling—may Viṣṇu be for us ‘not-harming, not-obstructing’.

Mantra 56

प्रो॒ह्यमा॑ण॒: सोम॒ आग॑तो॒ वरु॑ण आस॒न्द्यामास॑न्नो॒ ऽग्निराग्नी॑ध्र॒ इन्द्रो॑ हवि॒र्धाने॑ ऽथ॑र्वोपावह्रि॒यमा॑णः

As Soma is carried forward he hath come; Varuṇa is seated on the Soma-seat; Agni (is) in the Āgnīdhra; Indra (is) in the Havirdhāna; Atharvan (is) as he is being led up near.

Mantra 57

विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अ॒ᳪशुषु॒ न्युप्तो॒ विष्णु॑राप्रीत॒पा आ॑प्या॒य्यमा॑नो य॒मः सू॒यमा॑ नो॒ विष्णु॑: सम्भ्रि॒यमा॑णो वा॒युः पू॒यमा॑नः शु॒क्रः पू॒तः शु॒क्र: क्षी॑र॒श्रीर्म॒न्थी स॑क्तु॒श्रीः

All the gods are deposited in the Soma-stalks; Viṣṇu is (there) as the satisfied drinker. As he is made to swell, (he is) Yama; as he is pressed for us, (he is) Viṣṇu; as he is gathered together, (he is) Vāyu; as he is purified, (he is) the bright one—purified, the bright one—milk-splendoured, the churning-drink, groats-splendoured.

Mantra 58

विश्वे॑ दे॒वाश्च॑म॒सेषून्नी॒तो ऽसु॒र्होमा॒योद्य॑तो रु॒द्रो हू॒यमा॑नो॒ वातो॒ऽभ्यावृ॑त्तो नृ॒चक्षा॒: प्रति॑ख्यातो भ॒क्षो भ॒क्ष्यमा॑णः पि॒तरो॑ नाराश॒ᳪसाः

All the Gods are lifted up in the cups; the vital breath is raised for oblation. Rudra, being invoked, and Vāta, turned back, the Man-beholding one, is made manifest: the food, being eaten—(even) the Fathers, the Nārāśaṃsas.

Mantra 59

स॒न्नः सिन्धु॑रवभृ॒थायोद्य॑तः समु॒द्रो॒ऽभ्यवह्रि॒यमा॑णः स॑लि॒लः प्रप्लु॑तो ययो॒रोज॑सा स्कभि॒ता रजा॑ᳪसि वी॒र्ये॑भिर्वी॒रत॑मा॒ शवि॑ष्ठा । या पत्ये॑ते॒ अप्र॑तीता॒ सहो॑भि॒र्विष्णू॑ अग॒न्वरु॑णा पू॒र्वहू॑तौ

A boon to us be the Sindhu, raised for the Avabhṛtha; the Ocean, being borne along; the flood of waters, overflowing—by whose might the regions are made firm, most heroic, most puissant in their powers: they who rule, unopposed, by their strengths—Viṣṇu and Varuṇa, invoked of old, have come.

Mantra 60

दे॒वान्दिव॑मगन्य॒ज्ञस्ततो॑ मा॒ द्रवि॑णमष्टु मनु॒ष्या॒न॒न्तरि॑क्षमगन्य॒ज्ञस्ततो॑ मा॒ द्रवि॑णमष्टु पि॒तॄन्पृ॑थि॒वीम॑गन्य॒ज्ञस्ततो॑ मा॒ द्रवि॑णमष्टु॒ यं कं च॑ लो॒कमग॑न्य॒ज्ञस्ततो॑ मे भ॒द्रंम॑भूत्

The Sacrifice hath gone unto the Gods, unto heaven: thence may wealth accrue unto me. The Sacrifice hath gone unto men, unto the mid-air: thence may wealth accrue unto me. The Sacrifice hath gone unto the Fathers, unto the earth: thence may wealth accrue unto me. Unto whatsoever world the Sacrifice hath gone, thence hath auspicious good befallen me.

Mantra 61

चतु॑स्त्रिᳪश॒त्तन्त॑वो॒ ये वित॑त्नि॒रे य इ॒मं य॒ज्ञᳪ स्व॒धया॒ दद॑न्ते । तेषां॑ छि॒न्नᳪ सम्वे॒तद्द॑धामि॒ स्वाहा॑ घ॒र्मो अप्ये॑तु दे॒वान्

Four-and-thirty are the threads which they have stretched, who, by svadhā, establish this sacrifice. What of theirs is cut, that woven work I piece together: Svāhā! may the Gharma go unto the Gods.

Mantra 62

य॒ज्ञस्य॒ दोहो॒ वित॑तः पुरु॒त्रा सो अ॑ष्ट॒धा दिव॑म॒न्वात॑तान । स य॑ज्ञ धुक्ष्व॒ महि॑ मे प्र॒जा या॑ᳪ रा॒यस्पोषं॒ विश्व॒मायु॑रशीय॒ स्वाहा॑

The milking of the Sacrifice is spread abroad in many places; eightfold it hath extended unto heaven. Do thou, O Sacrifice, milk forth for me abundant progeny, increase of wealth, and that I may attain the whole of life: Svāhā!

Mantra 63

आ प॑वस्व॒ हिर॑ण्यव॒दश्व॑वत्सोम वी॒रव॑त् । वाजं॒ गोम॑न्त॒मा भ॑र॒ स्वाहा॑

Flow hither, O Soma, purified—gold-bright, horse-bestowing, rich in heroes; bring thou hither the prize most abounding in kine: Svāhā!