Sukta 14

Mantra 1

स्वर्ज्योतिः प्राप्तिः। अ॒जो ह्य॑१ग्नेरज॑निष्ट॒ शोका॒त् सो अ॑पश्यज्जनि॒तार॒मग्रे॑ । तेन॑ दे॒वा दे॒वता॒मग्रा॑ आय॒न् तेन॒ रोहा॑न् रुरुहु॒र्मेध्या॑सः

Attainment of the light of heaven. For the Unborn was born from Agni’s burning heat; he beheld the Begetter in the beginning. Thereby the Gods first attained to godhead; thereby the consecrated climbed the ascents.

Mantra 2

क्रम॑ध्वम॒ग्निना॒ नाक॒मुख्या॒न् हस्ते॑षु॒ बिभ्र॑तः । दि॒वस्पृ॒ष्ठं स्वऽर्ग॒त्वा मि॒श्रा दे॒वेभि॑राध्वम्

Step ye forth with Agni, heaven-fronting, bearing (him/your means) in your hands. Having reached the back of heaven, having gone to the world of light, mingled with the Gods—there take your seat.

Mantra 3

पृ॒ष्ठात् पृ॑थि॒व्या अ॒हम॒न्तरि॑क्ष॒मारु॑हम॒न्तरि॑क्षा॒द् दिव॒मारु॑हम्। दि॒वो नाक॑स्य पृ॒ष्ठात् स्व॑१र्ज्योति॑रगाम॒हम्

From Earth’s broad back I mounted to mid-air; from mid-air I mounted unto Heaven. From the back of Heaven’s vault I reached the light of Svàr—so went I.

Mantra 4

स्व॑१र्यन्तो॒ नापे॑क्षन्त॒ आ द्यां रो॑हन्ति॒ रोद॑सी । य॒ज्ञं ये वि॒श्वतो॑धारं॒ सुवि॑द्वांसो वितेनि॒रे

Heaven-ward they go, and look not back: they climb unto the sky, the Two Worlds. They who, right-knowing, have stretched the Sacrifice, upheld on every side.

Mantra 5

अग्ने॒ प्रेहि॑ प्रथ॒मो दे॒वता॑नां॒ चक्षु॑र्दे॒वाना॑मु॒त मानु॑षानाम्। इय॑क्षमाणा॒ भृगु॑भिः स॒जोषाः॒ स्वऽर्यन्तु॒ यज॑मानाः स्व॒स्ति

Agni, go forth—first of the Gods art thou, the Eye of Gods and likewise of mankind. In sacrifice, in concord with the Bhṛgus, let the sacrificers fare to Svàr in weal.

Mantra 6

अ॒जम॑नज्मि॒ पय॑सा घृ॒तेन॑ दि॒व्यं सु॑प॒र्नं प॑य॒सं बृ॒हन्त॑म्। तेन॑ गेष्म सुकृ॒तस्य॑ लो॒कं स्वऽरा॒रोह॑न्तो अ॒भि नाक॑मुत्त॒मम्

The goat I anoint with milk and with ghee—heavenly, fair-winged, mighty with rich milk. Therewith may we attain the world of merit, as we climb to Svàr, unto the highest vault.

Mantra 7

पञ्चौ॑दनं प॒ञ्चभि॑र॒ङ्गुलि॑भि॒र्द॑र्व्योद्ध॑र पञ्च॒धैतमो॑द॒नम्। प्राच्यां॑ दि॒शि शिरो॑ अ॒जस्य॑ धेहि॒ दक्षि॑णायां दि॒शि दक्षि॑णं धेहि पा॒र्श्वम्

The fivefold porridge—lift it with the ladle, with five fingers; portion this porridge in five divisions. In the eastern quarter set the goat’s head; in the southern quarter set the right flank.

Mantra 8

प्र॒तीच्यां॑ दि॒शि भ॒सद॒मस्य धेह्युत्त॑रस्यां दि॒श्युत्त॑रं धेहि पा॒र्श्वम्। ऊ॒र्ध्वायां॑ दि॒श्य॑१जस्यानू॑कं धेहि दि॒शि ध्रु॒वायां॑ धेहि पाज॒स्यऽम॒न्तरि॑क्षे मध्य॒तो मध्य॑मस्य

In the western quarter set thou the rump of this; in the northern quarter set thou the northern portion—set the flank. In the upward quarter set thou the goat’s back-bone; in the steadfast quarter set thou the vigorous part; in mid-air, from the middle, set thou its middle.

Mantra 9

शृ॒तम॒जं शृ॒तया॒ प्रोर्णु॑हि त्व॒चा सर्वै॒रङ्गैः॒ संभृ॑तं वि॒श्वरू॑पम्। स उत् ति॑ष्ठे॒तो अ॒भि नाक॑मुत्त॒मं प॒द्भिश्च॒तुर्भिः॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठ दि॒क्षु

The boiled goat—cover thou it with the boiled (preparation), with skin; with all its members, compacted, manifold in form. Let it rise from hence toward the highest heaven; with four feet take thou firm stand, confronting, in the quarters.