Adhyaya 6

Mantra 1

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । आ द॑दे॒ नार्य॑सी॒दम॒हᳪ रक्ष॑सां ग्री॒वा अपि॑ कृन्तामि । यवो॑ऽसि य॒वया॒स्मद् द्वेषो॑ य॒वयारा॑तीर्दि॒वे त्वा॒ऽन्तरि॑क्षाय त्वा पृथि॒व्यै त्वा॒ शुन्ध॑न्ताँल्लो॒काः पि॑तृ॒षद॑नाः । पि॑तृ॒षद॑नमसि

At the instigation of the divine Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee: let it not harm! Herewith I cut off the necks of the Rākṣasas. Thou art barley: drive thou away from us hatred, drive away malignity. For heaven thee, for mid-air thee, for earth thee: may the worlds, the seats of the Fathers, cleanse thee. Thou art the seat of the Fathers.

Mantra 2

अ॒ग्रे॒णीर॑सि स्वावे॒श उ॑न्नेतॄ॒णामे॒तस्य॑ वित्ता॒दधि॑ त्वा स्थास्यति दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता मध्वा॑नक्तु सु॑पिप्प॒लाभ्य॒स्त्वौष॑धीभ्यः । द्यामग्रे॑णास्पृक्ष॒ आन्तरि॑क्षं॒ मध्ये॑नाप्राः पृथि॒वीमुप॑रेणादृᳪहीः

Thou art the leader, of good settling, of the lifters: upon this measured expanse thou shalt stand. May the god Savitṛ anoint thee with sweetness, with the essence of well-fruited plants. With thy front touch thou the sky; with thy middle fill thou the mid-air; with thy upper part make thou firm the earth.

Mantra 4

विष्णो॒: कर्मा॑णि पश्यत॒ यतो॑ व्र॒तानि॑ पस्प॒शे । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ युज्य॒: सखा॑

Behold ye the deeds of Vishṇu, whereby he hath watched over the sacred ordinances—he, the meetly-yoked companion, the friend of Indra.

Mantra 5

तद्विष्णो॑: पर॒मं प॒दᳪ सदा॑ पश्यन्ति सू॒रयो॑ ।दि॒वी॒व॒ चक्षु॒रात॑तम्

That highest step of Vishṇu the wise ever behold—like an eye extended in heaven.

Mantra 6

प॒रि॒वीर॑सि॒ परि॑ त्वा॒ दैवी॒र्विशो॑ व्ययन्तां॒ परी॒मं यज॑मान॒j रायो॑ मनु॒ष्या॒णाम् । दि॒वः सू॒नुर॑स्ये॒ष ते॑ पृथि॒व्याँल्लो॒क आ॑र॒ण्यस्ते॑ प॒शुः

Thou art a guardian standing round: let the divine peoples spread themselves around thee; around this sacrificer (spread) the wealth of men. A son of heaven art thou: here is thy place on earth; thine is the wild creature for thy beast.

Mantra 7

उ॒पा॒वीर॒स्युप॑ दे॒वान्दैवी॒र्विश॒: प्रागु॑रु॒शिजो॒ वह्नि॑तमान् । देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्वसु॑ रम ह॒व्या ते॑ स्वदन्ताम्

Unto the gods, in front, (go) the divine peoples of the near-protector—those wide-spreading ones, the best bearers. O god Tvaṣṭṛ, O good one, take delight: may thine oblations be sweet unto thee.

Mantra 8

रेव॑ती॒ रम॑ध्वं॒ बृह॑स्पते धा॒रया॒ वसू॑नि । ऋ॒तस्य॑ त्वा देवहविः॒ पाशे॑न॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्चामि॒ धर्षा॒ मानु॑षः

O Revati, rejoice thou; O Bṛhaspati, sustain the treasures. Thee, O divine oblation, with the noose of Order do I release again, from the violence of man.

Mantra 9

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । अ॒ग्नीषोमा॑भ्यां॒ जुष्टं॒ नि यु॑नज्मि । अ॒द्भ्यस्त्वौ॑षधी॒भ्योऽनु॑ त्वा मा॒ता म॑न्यता॒मनु॑ पि॒ताऽनु॒ भ्राता॒ सग॒र्भ्योऽनु॒ सखा॒ सयू॑थ्यः । अ॒ग्नीषोमा॑भ्यां त्वा॒ जुष्टं॒ प्रोक्षा॑मि

At the instigation of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, approved by Agni and Soma, I yoke thee on. From the waters, from the plants—let the mother assent to thee; let the father assent; let the brother of one womb assent; let the companion of one troop assent. Approved by Agni and Soma, I sprinkle thee.

Mantra 10

अ॒पां पे॒रुर॒स्यापो॑ दे॒वीः स्व॑दन्तु स्वा॒त्तं चि॒त्सद्दे॑वह॒विः । सं ते॑ प्रा॒णो वाते॑न गच्छता॒jसमङ्गा॑नि॒ यज॑त्रै॒: सं य॒ज्ञप॑तिरा॒शिषा॑

Thou art the waters’ coursing one; may the divine Waters make sweet the divine oblation, though it be but set down, yet well offered. May thy breath go forth together with the Wind; may thy limbs be knit together with the worshipful powers; may the lord of sacrifice be knit together with blessing.

Mantra 11

घृ॒तेना॒क्तौ प॒शूँस्त्रा॑येथा॒j रेव॑ति॒ यज॑माने प्रि॒यं धा आ वि॑श । उ॒रोर॒न्तरि॑क्षात्स॒जूर्दे॒वेन॒ वाते॑ना॒स्य ह॒विष॒स्त्मना॑ यज॒ सम॑स्य त॒न्वा॒ भव । वर्षो॒ वर्षी॑यसि य॒ज्ञे य॒ज्ञप॑तिं धा॒: स्वाहा॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ दे॒वेभ्य॒: स्वाहा॑

Smeared with ghee, protect thou the cattle, O Revati; enter in, and place what is dear in the sacrificer. From the broad mid-air, together with the divine Wind, sacrifice by the very self of this oblation; be he whole in body. Thou art rain; thou rainest more: in the sacrifice establish the lord of sacrifice—Svāhā to the gods, Svāhā to the gods.

Mantra 12

माहि॑र्भू॒र्मा पृदा॑कु॒र्नम॑स्त आतानान॒र्वा प्रेहि॑ । घृ॒तस्य॑ कु॒ल्या उप॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ पथ्या॒ अनु॑

Be thou no serpent, be thou no speckled serpent: reverence be to thee; stretched out, go thou away. Unto the channels of ghee—along the paths of Order—(go thou) accordingly.

Mantra 13

देवी॑रापः शु॒द्धा वो॑ढ्व॒ज सुप॑रिविष्टा दे॒वेषु॒ सुप॑रिविष्टा व॒यं प॑रिवे॒ष्टारो॑ भूयास्म ।

O divine Waters, being purified, bear ye (this rite) onward; well-invested among the Gods, well-invested among the Gods—may we become encompassers (and investors) thereof.

Mantra 14

वाचं॑ ते शुन्धामि प्रा॒णं ते॑ शुन्धामि चक्षु॑स्ते शुन्धामि श्रोत्रं॑ ते शुन्धामि नाभिं॑ ते शुन्धामि मेढ्रं॑ ते शुन्धामि पा॒युं ते॑ शुन्धामि च॒रित्राँ॑स्ते शुन्धामि ।

Thy speech I cleanse; thy breath I cleanse; thine eye I cleanse; thine ear I cleanse; thy navel I cleanse; thy generative power I cleanse; thy vent I cleanse; thy courses (and conduct) I cleanse.

Mantra 15

मन॑स्त॒ आ प्या॑यतां वाक्त॒ आ प्या॑यतां प्रा॒णस्त॒ आ प्या॑यतां चक्षु॑स्त॒ आ प्या॑यतां श्रोत्रं॑ त॒ आ प्या॑यताम् । यत्ते॑ क्रू॒रं यदास्थि॑तं तत्त॒ आ प्या॑यतां निष्ट्यायतां तत्ते॑ शुध्यतु शमहो॑भ्यः । ओष॑धे॒ त्राय॑स्व॒ स्वधि॑ते॒ मैन॑ᳪ हिᳪसीः ।

May thy mind be refreshed; may thy speech be refreshed; may thy breath be refreshed; may thine eye be refreshed; may thine ear be refreshed. Whatsoever of thine is harsh, whatsoever hath settled within thee—may that be refreshed; may it be driven forth; may that be cleansed for thy peace from day to day. O Plant, protect (it); O Axe, do thou not injure it.

Mantra 16

रक्ष॑सां भा॒गो॒ऽसि॒ निर॑स्त॒ज रक्ष॑ इ॒दम॒हᳪ रक्षो॒ऽभि ति॑ष्ठामी॒दम॒हᳪ रक्षोऽव॑ बाध इ॒दम॒हᳪ रक्षो॑ऽध॒मं तमो॑ नयामि । घृ॒तेन॑ द्यावापृथिवी॒ प्रोर्णु॑वाथां वायो॒ वे स्तो॒काना॑मग्निराज्य॑स्य वेतु॒ स्वाहा॒ स्वाहा॑कृते ऊ॒र्ध्वन॑भसं मारु॒तं ग॑च्छतम् ।

Thou art the Rākṣasas’ portion: be thou cast forth! This (place/act) I bestride against the demon; this I thrust down the demon; this I lead the demon into the nethermost darkness. With ghee, O Heaven and Earth, do ye wrap (us) round; let Agni bear the drops of ghee—Svāhā! Unto the Svāhā-made (offering), to the upper air, go ye to the Maruts.

Mantra 17

इ॒दमा॑पः प्र व॑हताव॒द्यं च॒ मलं॑ च॒ यत् । यच्चा॑भिदु॒द्रोहानृ॑तं यच्च॑ शे॒पे अ॑भी॒रुण॑म् । आपो॑ मा॒ तस्मा॒देन॑सः पव॑मानश्च मुञ्चतु ।

O Waters, bear away from hence whatever fault and whatever filth there is; and whatever treachery and untruth there is, and whatever troubling taint is in the member. From that guilt may the Waters release me, and the Purifier also set me free.

Mantra 18

सं ते॒ मनो॒ मन॑सा॒ सं प्रा॒णः प्रा॒णेन॑ गच्छताम् । रेड॑स्य॒ग्निष्ट्वा॑ श्रीणा॒त्वाप॑स्त्वा॒ सम॑रिण॒न्वात॑स्य त्वा॒ ध्राज्यै॑ पू॒ष्णो रᳪह्या॑ ऊ॒ष्मणो॑ व्यथिष॒त् प्रयु॑तं॒ द्वेष॑ः

Let thy mind with mind be brought into accord; let breath with breath go forth in concord. May Agni, of the red (power), duly temper thee; may the Waters compact thee; for the Wind may he set thee in due course; for Pūṣan’s swift-going (path) may he speed thee: the heat hath shaken off the marshalled hatred.

Mantra 19

घृ॒तं घृ॑तपावानः पिबत॒ वसां॑ वसापावानः पिबता॒न्तरि॑क्षस्य ह॒विर॑सि॒ स्वाहा॑ । दिश॑: प्र॒दिश॑: आ॒दिशो॑ वि॒दिश॑ उ॒द्दिशो॑ दि॒ग्भ्यः स्वाहा॑

Drink ye the ghee, ye ghee-purifying (powers); drink ye the fat, ye fat-purifying (powers): thou art the oblation of the mid-air—Svāhā! Unto the quarters, the fore-quarters, the upper quarters, the intermediate quarters, the upward quarters—to the Directions be Svāhā!

Mantra 20

ऐ॒न्द्रः प्रा॒णो अङ्गे॑ अङ्गे॒ नि दी॑ध्यदै॒न्द्र उ॑दा॒नो अङ्गे॑ अङ्गे॒ निधी॑तः । देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्भूरि॑ ते॒ सᳪ स॑मेतु॒ सल॑क्ष्मा॒ यद्विषु॑रूपं॒ भवा॑ति । दे॑व॒त्रा यन्त॒मव॑से॒ सखा॒योऽनु॑ त्वा मा॒ता पि॒तरो॑ मदन्तु

Indra’s breath in every limb hath been kindled; Indra’s up-breath in every limb hath been set. O god Tvaṣṭṛ, may abundant (power) gather itself for thee; with fair marks, though it become of manifold form. Going godward for succour, may friends follow after thee; may mother and fathers rejoice in thee.

Mantra 21

स॒मु॒द्रं ग॑च्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽन्तरि॑क्षं गच्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ दे॒वᳪ स॑वि॒तारं॑ गच्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णौ गच्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽहोरा॒त्रे ग॑च्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ छन्दा॑ᳪसि गच्छ॒ स्वाहा॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ग॑च्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ य॒ज्ञं ग॑च्छ॒ स्वाहा॒ सोमं॑ गच्छ॒ स्वाहा॑ दि॒व्यं नभो॑ गच्छ॒ स्वाहा॒ ऽग्निं वै॑श्वान॒रं ग॑च्छ॒ स्वाहा॒ मनो॑ मे॒ हार्दि॑ यच्छ॒ दिवं॑ ते धू॒मो ग॑च्छतु॒ स्वर्ज्योति॑: पृथि॒वीं भस्म॒नाऽऽपृ॑ण॒ स्वाहा॑

Go to the Ocean—Svāhā! Go to the Mid-air—Svāhā! Go to the god Savitṛ—Svāhā! Go to Mitra and Varuṇa—Svāhā! Go to Day and Night—Svāhā! Go to the Metres—Svāhā! Go to Heaven and Earth—Svāhā! Go to the Sacrifice—Svāhā! Go to Soma—Svāhā! Go to the heavenly firmament—Svāhā! Go to Agni Vaiśvānara—Svāhā! Hold fast my mind within the heart. Let thy smoke go to heaven, to the light of the sky; fill the earth with ash—Svāhā!

Mantra 22

माऽपो मौ॑षधीर्हिᳪसी॒र्धाम्नो॑ धाम्नो राजँ॒स्ततो॑ वरुण नो मुञ्च । यदा॒हुर॒घ्न्या इति॒ वरु॒णेति॒ शपा॑महे॒ ततो॑ वरुण नो मुञ्च । सुमि॒त्रि॒या न॒ आप॒ ओष॑धयः सन्तु दुर्मित्रि॒यास्तस्मै॑ सन्तु॒ योस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

Injure not the Waters, injure not the Plants: from every station, O king, thence, O Varuṇa, release us. Whatsoever (sin) we incur when men say ‘Aghnyā’ and we, invoking Varuṇa, utter imprecation—thence, O Varuṇa, release us. Friendly to us be the Waters, friendly be the Plants; but hostile be they unto him who hateth us, and whom we hate.

Mantra 23

ह॒विष्म॑तीरि॒मा आपो॑ ह॒विष्माँ॒२ आ वि॑वासति । ह॒विष्मा॑न् दे॒वो अ॑ध्व॒रो ह॒विष्माँ॑२ अस्तु॒ सूर्य॑ः ॥

Oblation-bearing are these Waters; the oblation-bearing (Sun) shineth forth. Oblation-bearing be the divine Sacrifice; oblation-bearing be the Sun.

Mantra 24

अ॒ग्नेर्वोऽप॑न्नगृहस्य॒ सद॑सि सादयामीन्द्रा॒ग्न्योर्भा॑ग॒धेयी॑ स्थ मि॒त्रावरु॑णयोर्भाग॒धेयी॑ स्थ विश्वे॑षां दे॒वानां॑ भाग॒धेयी॑ स्थ । अ॒मूर्या उप॒ सूर्ये॒ याभि॑र्वा॒ सूर्य॑ः स॒ह । ता नो॑ हिन्वन्त्वध्व॒रम् ॥

In Agni’s house of reception, in the Sadas, I cause you to be seated: ye are the portion of Indra and Agni; ye are the portion of Mitra and Varuṇa; ye are the portion of all the Gods. The unharming (powers) that are with the Sun, with which the Sun is accompanied—may they speed our sacrifice.

Mantra 25

हृ॒दे त्वा॒ मन॑से त्वा दि॒वे त्वा॒ सूर्या॑य त्वा । ऊ॒र्ध्वमि॒मम॑ध्व॒रं दि॒वि दे॒वेषु॒ होत्रा॑ यच्छ ॥

For the heart thee; for the mind thee; for heaven thee; for the Sun thee. Direct this sacrifice upward—unto the Gods in heaven—by the offering-power (Hotrā).

Mantra 26

सोम॑ राज॒न् विश्वा॒स्त्वं प्र॒जा उ॒पाव॑रोह विश्वा॒स्त्वां प्र॒जा उ॒पाव॑रोहन्तु । शृ॒णोत्व॒ग्निः स॒मिधा॑ ह॒वं मे॑ शृण्व॒न्त्वापो॑ धि॒षणा॑श्च दे॒वीः । श्रोता॑ ग्रावाणो वि॒दुषो॒ न य॒ज्ञᳪ शृ॒णोतु॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता हवं॑ मे॒ स्वाहा॑ ॥

O Soma, King, descend thou hither; all creatures—descend ye hither unto Soma. Let Agni hear my call through the kindling; let the Waters and the divine Dhīṣaṇās hear. Let the pressing-stones hear, as one that knoweth the sacrifice; let the god Savitar hear my call—Svāhā!

Mantra 27

देवी॑रापो अपां नपा॒द्यो व॑ ऊ॒र्मिर्ह॑वि॒ष्य॒ इन्द्रि॒यावा॑न् म॒दिन्त॑मः । तं दे॒वेभ्यो॑ देव॒त्रा द॑त्त शुक्र॒पेभ्यो॒ येषां॑ भा॒ग स्थ॒ स्वाहा॑ ॥

Ye divine Waters—(and) Apām Napāt—he who is your wave, oblation-worthy, full of vigour, most gladdening: him give ye godward unto the Gods, unto the bright-drinkers whose portion ye are—Svāhā!

Mantra 28

कार्षि॑रसि स॑मु॒द्रस्य॒ त्वा क्षि॑त्या॒ उन्न॑यामि । समापो॑ अ॒द्भिर॑ग्मत॒ समोष॑धीभि॒रोष॑धीः

Thou art the ploughshare of the ocean: with the earth I lift thee up. May the Waters come together with the waters; may the Plants come together with the plants.

Mantra 29

यम॑ग्ने पृ॒त्सु मर्त्य॒मवा॒ वाजे॑षु॒ यं जु॒नाः । स यन्ता॒ शश्व॑ती॒रिष॒: स्वाहा॑

Whom, O Agni, thou aidest among the strivings of men, whom thou urgest on in the winning of strength,—may he be the disposer of unfailing nourishment. Svāhā!

Mantra 30

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । आ द॑दे॒ रावा॑सि गभी॒रमि॒मम॑ध्व॒रं कृ॒धीन्द्रा॑य सु॒षूत॑मम् । उ॒त्त॒मेन॑ प॒विनोर्ज॑स्वन्तं॒ मधु॑मन्तं॒ पय॑स्वन्तं निग्रा॒भ्या॒ स्थ देव॒श्रुत॑स्त॒र्पय॑त मा

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee. Thou art Rāva: make this sacrifice deep and well-founded, most excellently pressed for Indra. With the highest strainer make it full of sap, rich in sweetness, rich in milk. Stand fast, O god-heard (implement/means); satisfy me.

Mantra 31

मनो॑ मे तर्पयत॒ वाचं॑ मे तर्पयत प्रा॒णं मे॑ तर्पयत॒ चक्षु॑र्मे तर्पयत॒ श्रोत्रं॑ मे तर्पयता॒त्मानं॑ मे तर्पयत प्र॒जां मे॑ तर्पयत प॒शून्मे॑ तर्पयत ग॒णान्मे॑ तर्पयत ग॒णा मे॒ मा वि तृ॑षन्

Satisfy my mind; satisfy my speech; satisfy my breath; satisfy mine eye; satisfy mine ear; satisfy my self; satisfy my offspring; satisfy my cattle; satisfy my companies: let not my companies be parched and scattered.

Mantra 32

इन्द्रा॑य त्वा॒ वसु॑मते रु॒द्रव॑त॒ इन्द्रा॑य त्वा ऽऽदि॒त्यव॑त॒ इन्द्रा॑य त्वा ऽभिमाति॒घ्ने । श्ये॒नाय॑ त्वा सोम॒भृते॒ ऽग्नये॑ त्वा रायस्पोष॒दे

For Indra I take thee, rich in wealth, attended by the Rudras; for Indra I take thee, attended by the Ādityas; for Indra I take thee, slayer of hostile powers. For the Falcon I take thee, the Soma-bearer; for Agni I take thee, bestower of increase of wealth.

Mantra 33

यत्ते॑ सोम दि॒वि ज्योति॒र्यत्पृ॑थि॒व्यां यदु॒राव॒न्तरि॑क्षे । तेनास्मै॒ यज॑मानायो॒रु रा॒ये कृ॒ध्यधि॑ दा॒त्रे वो॑चः

What light of thine, O Soma, is in heaven, what on earth, what in the broad mid-air,—therewith do thou establish for this Sacrificer ample wealth; speak it as a gift laid thereon.

Mantra 34

श्वा॒त्रा स्थ॑ वृत्र॒तुरो॒ राधो॑गूर्ता अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ पत्नी॑: । ता दे॑वीर्देव॒त्रेमं य॒ज्ञं न॑य॒तोप॑हूता॒: सोम॑स्य पिबत

Ye are stalwart, Vṛtra-smiting, set on bounty, ye Consorts of Immortality. Lead ye, O Goddesses, this sacrifice god-ward; being duly invited, drink ye of Soma.

Mantra 35

मा भे॒र्मा सं वि॑क्था॒ ऊर्जं॑ धत्स्व॒ धिष॑णे वी॒ड्वी स॒ती वी॑डयेथा॒मूर्जं॑ दधाथाम् । पा॒प्मा ह॒तो न सोम॑:

Fear not; be not dismayed: assume thou vigour. O ye two Dhīṣaṇās, being steadfast and strong, be ye strengthened; bestow ye vigour. Evil is smitten by Soma.

Mantra 36

प्रागपा॒गुद॑गध॒राक्स॒र्वत॑स्त्वा॒ दिश॒ आ धा॑वन्तु । अम्ब॒ निष्प॑र॒ सम॒रीर्वि॑दाम्

Eastward, westward, northward, southward—let the quarters from every side run unto thee. O Mother, drive thou forth the foes, that we may obtain (our aim).

Mantra 37

त्वम॒ङ्ग प्रश॑ᳪसिषो दे॒वः श॑विष्ठ॒ मर्त्य॑म् । न त्वद॒न्यो म॑घवन्नस्ति मर्डि॒तेन्द्र॒ ब्रवी॑मि ते॒ वच॑:

Thou verily, O mighty God, dost favour the mortal. None other than thee, O bounteous Indra, is a helper: to thee I speak the word.