Adhyaya 38

Mantra 1

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । आ द॒देऽदि॑त्यै॒ रास्ना॑ऽसि

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee. For Aditi thou art a rein.

Mantra 2

इड॒ एह्यदि॑त॒ एहि॒ सर॑स्व॒त्त्येहि॑ । असा॒वेह्यसा॒वेह्यसा॒वेहि॑

Come, O Iḍā; come, O Aditi; come, O Sarasvatī. Come hither, that one—come hither, that one—come hither, that one.

Mantra 3

अदि॑त्यै॒ रास्ना॑ऽसि॒ इन्द्रा॒ण्या उ॒ष्णीष॑ः । पू॒षाऽसि॑ घ॒र्माय॑ दीष्व ।

Thou art Aditi’s rein; thou art Indrāṇī’s head-band. Thou art Pūṣan: for the Gharma do thou blaze forth.

Mantra 4

अ॒श्विभ्यां॑ पिन्वस्व॒ सर॑स्वत्यै पिन्व॒स्वेन्द्रा॑य पिन्वस्व । स्वाहेन्द्र॑वत् स्वाहेन्द्र॑वत् स्वाहेन्द्र॑वत् ।

Be thou made to swell for the Aśvins; be thou made to swell for Sarasvatī; be thou made to swell for Indra. Svāhā—Indra-like! Svāhā—Indra-like! Svāhā—Indra-like!

Mantra 5

यस्ते॒ स्तन॑ः शश॒यो यो म॑यो॒भूर्यो र॑त्न॒धा व॑सु॒विद्यः सु॒दत्र॑ः । येन॒ विश्वा॒ पुष्य॑सि॒ वार्या॑णि॒ सर॑स्वति॒ तमि॒ह धात॑वेऽकः । उ॒र्वन्तरि॑क्ष॒मन्वे॑मि ।

That breast of thine which is teeming, which brings delight, which bears treasure, which finds wealth, which is a bounteous giver—whereby thou makest all desirable things to thrive, O Sarasvatī—do thou place that here for bestowal. I follow after the wide mid-air.

Mantra 6

गा॒य॒त्रं छन्दो॑ऽसि॒ त्रै॑ष्टुभं॒ छन्दो॑ऽसि॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्यां॑ त्वा॒ परि॑ गृह्णाम्य॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒णोप॑ यच्छामि । इन्द्रा॑श्विना॒ मधु॑नः सार॒घस्य॑ घ॒र्मं पा॑त॒ वस॑वो॒ यज॑त॒ वाट् । स्वाहा॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मये॑ वृष्टि॒वन॑ये ।

Thou art the Gāyatrī metre; thou art the Triṣṭubh metre. With Heaven and Earth I encompass thee; with the Mid-air I set thee in place. O Indra and Aśvins, drink ye the Gharma, the honeyed, the sweet-flowing; O Vasus, worship ye—Vāṭ! Svāhā, unto the Sun’s ray, for the winning of rain.

Mantra 7

स॒मु॒द्राय॑ त्वा॒ वाता॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ सरि॒राय॑ त्वा॒ वाता॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ । अ॒ना॒धृ॒ष्याय॑ त्वा॒ वाता॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽप्रतिधृ॒ष्याय॑ त्वा॒ वाता॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ । अ॒व॒स्यवे॑ त्वा॒ वाता॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽशिमि॒दाय॑ त्वा॒ वाता॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ ।

Svāhā—unto the Ocean, unto Wind, for thee! Svāhā—unto the Streaming One, unto Wind, for thee! Svāhā—unto the Unassailable, unto Wind, for thee! Svāhā—unto the Irresistible, unto Wind, for thee! Svāhā—unto the Helper, unto Wind, for thee! Svāhā—unto the Harm-remover, unto Wind, for thee!

Mantra 8

इन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ वसु॑मते रु॒द्रव॑ते॒ स्वाहा । इन्द्रा॑य त्वाऽऽदि॒त्यव॑ते॒ स्वाहा । इन्द्रा॑य त्वाऽभिमाति॒घ्ने स्वाहा । स॒वि॒त्रे त्व॑ ऋभु॒मते॑ विभु॒मते॒ वाज॑वते॒ स्वाहा । बृह॒स्पत॑ये त्वा वि॒श्वदे॑व्यावते॒ स्वाहा॑ ।

To Indra thee, the wealthy, the Rudra-strong—Svāhā! To Indra thee, the Āditya-endowed—Svāhā! To Indra thee, the slayer of hostile assaults—Svāhā! To Savitṛ thee, rich in the Ṛbhus, rich in wide might, rich in vāja—Svāhā! To Bṛhaspati thee, attended by the All-gods—Svāhā!

Mantra 9

य॒माय॒ त्वाऽङ्गि॑रस्वते पितृ॒मते॒ स्वाहा॑ । स्वाहा॑ घ॒र्माय॒ स्वाहा॑ घ॒र्मः पि॒त्रे ।

To Yama thee, Aṅgiras-endowed, Father-endowed—Svāhā! Svāhā to Gharma! Svāhā—Gharma to the Father!

Mantra 10

विश्वा॒ आशा॑ दक्षिण॒सद्विश्वा॑न् दे॒वानया॑डि॒ह । स्वाहा॑कृतस्य घ॒र्मस्य॒ मधो॑: पिबतमश्विना ।

All regions, south-seated, have hither come—the All-gods, even here. Of the Gharma, made ready with Svāhā, of its honeyed sweetness, drink ye, O Aśvins!

Mantra 11

दि॒वि धा॑ इ॒मं य॒ज्ञमि॒मं य॒ज्ञं दि॒वि धा॑: । स्वाहा॒ऽग्नये॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑य॒ शं यजु॑र्भ्यः ।

In heaven place thou this sacrifice—this sacrifice in heaven do thou establish. Svāhā to Agni, the sacrifice-worthy; welfare be to the Yajus-formulae!

Mantra 12

अश्वि॑ना घ॒र्मं पा॑त॒ᳪ हार्द्वा॑न॒मह॑र्दि॒वाभि॑रू॒तिभि॑: । तन्त्रा॒यिणे॒ नमो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्या॑म् ।

Drink ye the Gharma, O Aśvins, the heart-strengthening draught, with succours through day and night. Homage to the Upholder of the rite’s continuity; homage to Heaven and Earth!

Mantra 13

अपा॑ताम॒श्विना॑ घ॒र्ममनु॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॑मᳪसाताम् । इहै॒व रा॒तय॑: सन्तु

Let the Aśvins drink of the Gharma; and let Heaven and Earth, in due sequence, give assent thereto. Here, even here, let the gifts abide.

Mantra 14

इ॒षे पि॑न्वस्वो॒र्जे पि॑न्वस्व॒ ब्रह्म॑णे पिन्वस्व क्ष॒त्राय॑ पिन्वस्व॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्यां॑ पिन्वस्व । धर्मा॑सि सु॒धर्मामे॑न्य॒स्मे नृ॒म्णानि॑ धारय॒ ब्रह्म॑ धारय क्ष॒त्रं धा॑रय॒ विशं॑ धारय

Wax thou for refreshment; wax thou for vigour; wax thou for the holy power; wax thou for the royal power; wax thou for Heaven and Earth. Thou art Order; good Order art thou: in me, even in us, establish manly energies; establish the holy power; establish the royal power; establish the People.

Mantra 15

स्वाहा॑ पू॒ष्णे शर॑से॒ स्वाहा॒ ग्राव॑भ्यः स्वाहा॑ प्रतिर॒वेभ्य॑: । स्वाहा॑ पि॒तृभ्य॑ ऊ॒र्ध्वब॑र्हिर्भ्यो घर्म॒पाव॑भ्य॒: स्वाहा॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्या॒ᳪ स्वाहा॒ विश्वे॑भ्यो दे॒वेभ्य॑:

Hail to Pūṣan Śarasa! Hail to the Pressing-stones! Hail to the reverberating ones! Hail to the Fathers, the Upward-barhis! Hail to the Gharma-purifiers! Hail to Heaven and Earth! Hail to all the Gods!

Mantra 16

स्वाहा॑ रु॒द्राय॑ रु॒द्रहू॑तये॒ स्वाहा॒ सं ज्योति॑षा॒ ज्योति॑: । अह॑: के॒तुना॑ जुषताᳪ सु॒ज्योति॒र्ज्योति॑षा॒ स्वाहा॑ । रात्रि॑: के॒तुना॑ जुषताᳪ सु॒ज्योति॒र्ज्योति॑षा॒ स्वाहा॑ । मधु॑ हु॒तमिन्द्र॑तमे अ॒ग्नाव॒श्याम॑ ते देव॒ घर्म॒ नम॑स्ते अस्तु॒ मा मा॑ हिᳪसीः

Hail to Rudra, to him that is invoked as Rudra! Hail!—Light with light be joined. Let Day, with its token, take pleasure—fair light with light—hail! Let Night, with its token, take pleasure—fair light with light—hail! Sweet is the offering: O most excellent, may I attain thee in Agni, O divine Gharma! Homage be unto thee; do thou not injure me, do thou not injure me.

Mantra 17

अ॒भीमं म॑हि॒मा दिवं॒ विप्रो॑ बभूव स॒प्रथा॑: । उ॒त श्रव॑सा पृथि॒वीᳪ सᳪ सी॑दस्व म॒हाँ२ अ॑सि॒ रोच॑स्व देव॒वीत॑मः

Formidable was the majesty: the inspired one became Heaven, far-spreading. And with renown do thou settle upon the Earth; great indeed art thou—shine forth, thou most welcome to the Gods.

Mantra 18

या ते॑ घर्म दि॒व्या शुग्या गा॑य॒त्र्याᳪ ह॑वि॒र्धाने॑ । सा त॒ आ प्या॑यतां॒ निष्टया॑यतां॒ तस्यै॑ ते॒ स्वाहा॑ । या ते॑ घर्मा॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ शुग्या त्रि॒ष्टुभ्याग्नी॑ध्रे । सा त॒ आ प्या॑यतां॒ निष्टया॑यतां॒ तस्यै॑ ते॒ स्वाहा॑ । या ते॑ घर्म पृथि॒व्याᳪ शुग्या जग॑त्याᳪ सद॒स्या॒ । सा त॒ आ प्या॑यतां॒ निष्टया॑यतां॒ तस्यै॑ ते॒ स्वाहा॑

That radiant (power) of thine, O Gharma, which is in heaven, in the Havirdhāna, in the Gāyatrī,—may it for thee wax full and become firmly established: to that (power) of thine be Svāhā! That radiant (power) of thine, O Gharma, which is in the mid-air, in the Āgnīdhra, in the Triṣṭubh,—may it for thee wax full and become firmly established: to that (power) of thine be Svāhā! That radiant (power) of thine, O Gharma, which is on earth, in the Sadas, in the Jagatī,—may it for thee wax full and become firmly established: to that (power) of thine be Svāhā!

Mantra 19

क्ष॒त्रस्य॑ त्वा प॒रस्पा॑य॒ ब्रह्म॑णस्त॒न्वं॒ पाहि । विश॑स्त्वा॒ धर्म॑णा व॒यमनु॑ क्रामाम सुवि॒ताय॒ नव्य॑से

For the safeguarding of dominion I take thee; guard thou the body of sacred power. The peoples, by established order, do we follow after thee with our steps, for fair guidance, for renewed prosperity.

Mantra 20

चतु॑: स्रक्ति॒र्नाभि॑रृ॒तस्य॑ स॒प्रथा॒: स नो॑ वि॒श्वायु॑: स॒प्रथा॒: स न: स॒र्वायु॑: स॒प्रथा॑: । अप॒ द्वेषो॒ अप॒ ह्वरो॒ऽन्यव्र॑तस्य सश्चिम

Four-angled, the navel of Order, wide-spreading—may it be for us wide-spreading with all-life, wide-spreading with whole-life. Away (be) hatred, away crooked harm: the man of alien observance do we thrust aside.

Mantra 21

घर्मै॒तत्ते॒ पुरी॑षं॒ तेन॒ वर्ध॑स्व॒ चा च॑ प्यायस्व । व॒र्धि॒षी॒महि॑ च व॒यमा च॑ प्यासिषीमहि

O Gharma, this is thy filling (nourishment); thereby do thou increase and thereby do thou wax full. And may we also increase, and may we also wax full.

Mantra 22

अचि॑क्रद॒द्वृषा॒ हरि॑र्म॒हान्मि॒त्रो न॑ दर्श॒तः । सᳪ सूर्ये॑ण दिद्युतदुद॒धिर्नि॒धिः

The mighty tawny Bull hath cried aloud, fair to behold as Mitra; he flashed in union with the Sun,—an ocean, a treasure-store.

Mantra 23

सु॒मि॒त्रि॒या न॒ आप॒ ओष॑धयः सन्तु दुर्मित्रि॒यास्तस्मै॑ सन्तु॒ योऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

May the Waters and the Plants be of kindly friendship unto us; but unto him be they of evil friendship—unto him who hateth us, and whom we ourselves do hate.

Mantra 24

उद्व॒यं तम॑स॒स्परि॒ स्व: पश्य॑न्त॒ उत्त॑रम् । दे॒वं दे॑व॒त्रा सूर्य॒मग॑न्म॒ ज्योति॑रुत्त॒मम्

Up have we risen from the darkness; we behold the higher heaven. God-ward have we gone unto the Sun, unto the highest Light.

Mantra 25

एधो॑ऽस्येधिषी॒महि॑ स॒मिद॑सि॒ तेजो॑ऽसि॒ तेजो॒ मयि॑ धेहि

Thou art fuel: may we kindle thee. Thou art kindling-wood: thou art splendour; place thou splendour within me.

Mantra 26

याव॑ती॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी याव॑च्च स॒प्त सिन्ध॑वो वितस्थि॒रे । तव॑न्तमिन्द्र ते॒ ग्रह॑मू॒र्जा गृ॑ह्णा॒म्यक्षि॑तं॒ मयि॑ गृह्णा॒म्यक्षि॑तम्

As far as Heaven and Earth extend, and as far the Seven Rivers have spread abroad—so vast, O Indra, thy draught I take with strength; imperishable I take it, imperishable within me.

Mantra 27

मयि॒ त्यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं बृ॒हन्मयि॒ दक्षो॒ मयि॒ क्रतु॑: । घ॒र्मस्त्रि॒शुग्वि रा॑जति वि॒राजा॒ ज्योति॑षा स॒ह ब्रह्म॑णा॒ तेज॑सा स॒ह

In me be that mighty Indra-power; in me be skill, in me be resolve. The Gharma, triple-flaming, shineth forth—Virāj with light together, with sacred power together, with splendour together.

Mantra 28

पय॑सो॒ रेत॒ आभृ॑तं॒ तस्य॒ दोह॑मशीम॒ह्युत्त॑रामुत्तरा॒ᳪ समा॑म् । त्विष॑: सं॒वृक् क्रत्वे॒ दक्ष॑स्य ते सुषु॒म्णस्य॑ ते सुषुम्णाग्निहु॒तः । इन्द्र॑पीतस्य प्र॒जाप॑तिभक्षितस्य॒ मधु॑मत॒ उप॑हूत॒ उप॑हूतस्य भक्षयामि

The seed of milk, brought hither,—thereof would we partake as of the milking, year after year still higher. Of splendour, all-enfolding; for sacred resolve; of skill is thine, of gracious welfare thine,—as one duly offered into Agni. Of that which Indra hath drunk, which Prajāpati hath eaten, honeyed, duly invited,—of the duly invited I partake.