Sukta 53

Mantra 1

सर्वतो रक्षणम्। द्यौश्च॑ म इ॒दं पृ॑थि॒वी च॒ प्रचे॑तसौ शु॒क्रो बृ॒हन् दक्षि॑णया पिपर्तु । अनु॑ स्व॒धा चि॑कितां॒ सोमो॑ अ॒ग्निर्वा॒युर्नः॑ पातु सवि॒ता भग॑श्च

Protection from every side. Let Heaven and this Earth, the two foreknowing, bright and vast, with auspicious bounty make it full. In due course let Svadhā take heed; let Soma, Agni, Vāyu protect us—Savitṛ and Bhaga as well.

Mantra 2

पुनः॑ प्रा॒णः पुन॑रा॒त्मा न॒ ऐतु॒ पुन॒श्चक्षुः॒ पुन॒रसु॑र्न॒ ऐतु॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो नो॒ अद॑ब्धस्तनू॒पा अ॒न्तस्ति॑ष्ठाति दुरि॒तानि॒ विश्वा॑

Back let breath come, back let the self come unto us; back let sight, back let life return unto us. Vaiśvānara, our unbeguiled body-guard, stands within, (warding off) all misfortunes.

Mantra 3

सं वर्च॑सा॒ पय॑सा॒ सं त॒नूभि॒रग॑न्महि॒ मन॑सा॒ सं शि॒वेन॑ । त्वष्टा॑ नो॒ अत्र॒ वरी॑यः कृणो॒त्वनु॑ नो मार्ष्टु त॒न्वो॒३यद् विरि॑ष्टम्

With lustre, with milk, with our bodies—together; with mind together, with the auspicious—so have we attained. Let Tvaṣṭṛ here make for us the better state; and let him, in due course, wipe away from our body whatever is marred.