Adhyaya 11

Mantra 1

यु॒ञ्जा॒नः प्र॑थ॒मं मन॑स्त॒त्त्वाय॑ सवि॒ता धिय॑: । अ॒ग्नेर्ज्योति॑र्नि॒चाय्य॑ पृथि॒व्या अध्याऽभ॑रत्

Harnessing first the mind unto the principle of truth, Savitar hath set the thoughts in order; having beheld the light of Agni, he brought it hither from upon the Earth.

Mantra 2

यु॒क्तेन॒ मन॑सा व॒यं दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुः स॒वे । स्व॒र्ग्या॒य॒ शक्त्या॑

With mind well-yoked, under the impulsion of the god Savitar, (we act) with that power which winneth heaven.

Mantra 3

यु॒क्त्वाय॑ सवि॒ता दे॒वान्त्स्व॑र्य॒तो धि॒या दिव॑म् । बृ॒हज्ज्योति॑: करिष्य॒तः स॑वि॒ता प्र सु॑वाति॒ तान्

Having yoked (all) the gods, heavenward tending, by insight unto heaven, to make the great light, Savitar impelleth them forth.

Mantra 4

यु॒ञ्जते॒ मन॑ उ॒त यु॑ञ्जते॒ धियो॒ विप्रा॒ विप्र॑स्य बृह॒तो वि॑प॒श्चित॑: । वि होत्रा॑ दधे वयुना॒विदेक॒ इन्म॒ही दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुः परि॑ष्टुतिः

They yoke the mind, and they yoke the thoughts—the inspired (priests) of the inspired, the great, the all-wise. The Knower of ordinances, the One, hath distributed the priestly functions: mighty is the encompassing praise of the god Savitar.

Mantra 5

यु॒जे वां॒ ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्व्यं नमो॑भि॒र्वि श्लोक॑ एतु प॒थ्ये॒व सू॒रेः । शृ॒ण्वन्तु॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒मृत॑स्य पु॒त्रा आ ये धामा॑नि दि॒व्यानि॑ त॒स्थुः

I yoke for you twain the ancient sacred utterance; with reverences let the hymn go forth abroad, as the Sun’s sure pathway. Let all the sons of immortality give ear—yea, they that stand in the divine abodes.

Mantra 6

यस्य॑ प्र॒याण॒मन्व॒न्य इद्य॒युर्दे॒वा दे॒वस्य॑ महि॒मान॒मोज॑सा । यः पार्थि॑वानि विम॒मे स एत॑शो॒ रजा॑ᳪसि दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता म॑हित्व॒ना

Whose onward setting-forth the other Gods, even they, have followed,—the God’s greatness by his might: who measured out the earthly regions,—he, the swift impeller, the God Savitṛ, hath with majesty ordered the spaces.

Mantra 7

देव॑ सवित॒: प्र सु॑व य॒ज्ञं प्र सु॑व य॒ज्ञप॑तिं॒ भगा॑य । दि॒व्यो ग॑न्ध॒र्वः के॑त॒पूः केतं॑ नः पुनातु वा॒चस्पति॒र्वाचं॑ नः स्वदतु

O God Savitṛ, impel thou forth the sacrifice; impel thou forth the Lord of sacrifice for Bhaga’s portion. Let the heavenly Gandharva, the purifier of the sign, purify for us the sign; let Vācaspati make our speech sweet.

Mantra 8

इ॒मं नो॑ देव सवितर्य॒ज्ञं प्र ण॑य देवा॒व्य॒ᳪ सखि॒विद॑ᳪ सत्रा॒जितं॑ धन॒जित॑ᳪ स्व॒र्जित॑म् । ऋ॒चा स्तोम॒ᳪ सम॑र्धय गाय॒त्रेण॑ रथन्त॒रं बृ॒हद्गा॑य॒त्रव॑र्तनि॒ स्वाहा॑

Lead thou forth, O God Savitṛ, this our sacrifice—god-worthy, friend-finding, session-winning, wealth-winning, heaven-winning. With holy verse make thou the chant complete: with the Gāyatrī (make) Rathantara and Bṛhat on the Gāyatrī-track—Svāhā!

Mantra 9

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । आ द॑दे गाय॒त्रेण॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वत्पृ॑थि॒व्याः स॒धस्था॑द॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒मङ्गिर॒स्वदा भ॑र॒ त्रैष्टु॑भेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वत्

At the impulsion of the God Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee up. With the Gāyatrī metre, Aṅgiras-like, from the earth’s seat I take Agni, the ‘moist-earth’ one; Aṅgiras-like do thou bring (him) with the Triṣṭubh metre, Aṅgiras-like.

Mantra 10

अभ्रि॑रसि॒ नार्य॑सि॒ त्वया॑ व॒यम॒ग्निᳪ श॑केम॒ खनि॑तुᳪ स॒धस्थ॒ आ । जाग॑तेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वत्

Thou art the spade; thou dost not injure: with thee may we be able to dig out Agni in his seat. With the Jagatī metre, Aṅgiras-like.

Mantra 11

हस्त॑ आ॒धाय॑ सवि॒ता बिभ्र॒दभ्रि॑ᳪ हिर॒ण्ययी॑म् । अ॒ग्नेर्ज्योति॑र्नि॒चाय्य॑ पृथि॒व्या अध्याऽभ॑र॒दानु॑ष्टुभेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वत्

Having laid his hand thereon, Savitar, bearing the golden spade, having marked the light of Agni, brought it forth from the Earth, with the Anuṣṭubh metre, even as did the Aṅgirases.

Mantra 12

प्रतू॑र्तं वाजि॒न्ना द्र॑व॒ वरि॑ष्ठा॒मनु॑ सं॒वत॑म् । दि॒वि ते॒ जन्म॑ पर॒मम॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ तव॒ नाभि॑: पृथि॒व्यामधि॒ योनि॒रित्

Urged on, O Vājin, run hither, along the year, by the most excellent course. In heaven is thy highest birth; in the mid-air is thy navel; on earth, indeed, is thy womb.

Mantra 13

यु॒ञ्जाथा॒ᳪ रास॑भं यु॒वम॒स्मिन् यामे॑ वृषण्वसू । अ॒ग्निं भर॑न्तमस्म॒युम्

Yoke ye the ass, ye twain, O Vṛṣaṇvasū, in this journey—(yoke him) that he may bear Agni, the unerring.

Mantra 14

योगे॑-योगे त॒वस्त॑रं॒ वाजे॑-वाजे हवामहे । सखा॑य॒ इन्द्र॑मू॒तये॑

At every yoking, at every winning of the prize, we, as friends, call upon Indra, the mightier, for help.

Mantra 15

प्र॒तूर्व॒न्नेह्य॑व॒क्राम॒न्नश॑स्ती रु॒द्रस्य॒ गाण॑पत्यं मयो॒भूरेहि॑ । उ॒र्वन्तरि॑क्षं॒ वी॑हि स्व॒स्तिग॑व्यूति॒रभ॑यानि कृ॒ण्वन् पू॒ष्णा स॒युजा॑ स॒ह

O Overcomer, come hither, stepping down; drive away misfortunes—(come) as the bliss-bringer with Rudra’s troop-lordship. Make wide the mid-air; clear it: with a safe cow-track, making all things fearless, together with Pūṣan as thy yoked companion.

Mantra 16

पृ॒थि॒व्याः स॒धस्था॑द॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒मङ्गिर॒स्वदा भ॑रा॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒मङ्गिर॒स्वदच्छे॑मो॒ ऽग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒मङ्गिर॒स्वद्भ॑रिष्यामः

From the Earth’s firm seat bring thou hither Agni, the earth-fed, after the manner of the Aṅgirases; bring hither Agni, the earth-fed, after the manner of the Aṅgirases. Hither we draw near unto Agni, the earth-fed, after the manner of the Aṅgirases; we will bring Agni, the earth-fed, after the manner of the Aṅgirases.

Mantra 17

अन्व॒ग्निरु॒षसा॒मग्र॑मख्य॒दन्वहा॑नि प्रथ॒मो जा॒तवे॑दाः । अनु॒ सूर्य॑स्य पुरु॒त्रा च॑ र॒श्मीननु॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी आ त॑तन्थ

Agni followed and beheld the forefront of the Dawns; Jātavedas, the first, followed the days. He followed the Sun’s rays, spread forth in many places; he stretched out Heaven and Earth.

Mantra 18

आ॒गत्य॑ वा॒ज्यध्वा॑न॒ᳪ सर्वा॒ मृधो॒ वि धू॑नुते । अ॒ग्निᳪ स॒धस्थे॑ मह॒ति चक्षु॑षा॒ नि चि॑कीषते

Having come upon the path of might, he shaketh off all enmities; Agni, upon the seat, with his great eye, marketh it well.

Mantra 19

आ॒क्रम्य॑ वाजिन् पृथि॒वीम॒ग्निमि॑च्छ रु॒चा त्वम् । भूम्या॑ वृ॒त्वाय॑ नो ब्रूहि॒ यत॒: खने॑म॒ तं व॒यम्

Having stepped upon the Earth, O strong one, seek thou Agni with thy light; having encompassed it with earth, tell us whence we may dig—thither will we dig.

Mantra 20

द्यौ॑स्ते पृ॒ष्ठं पृ॑थि॒वी स॒धस्थ॑मा॒त्माऽन्तरि॑क्षᳪ समु॒द्रो योनि॑: । वि॒ख्याय॒ चक्षु॑षा॒ त्वम॒भि ति॑ष्ठ पृतन्य॒तः

Heaven is thy back, Earth thy seat; the mid-air is thy very self, the ocean thy womb. Having discerned with thine eye, do thou take thy stand against the assailing foe.

Mantra 21

उत्क्रा॑म मह॒ते सौ॑भगाया॒स्मादा॒स्थाना॑द् द्रविणो॒दा वा॑जिन् । व॒यᳪ स्या॑म सुम॒तौ पृ॑थि॒व्या अ॒ग्निं खन॑न्त उ॒पस्थे॑ अस्याः

Step forth for mighty good fortune from this thy station, O Wealth-bestower, O Vājin. May we be in the good counsel of the Earth, whilst digging Agni in her lap.

Mantra 22

उद॑क्रमीद् द्रविणो॒दा वा॒ज्य॒र्वाक॒: सुलो॒कᳪ सुकृ॑तं पृथि॒व्याम् । तत॑: खनेम सु॒प्रती॑कम॒ग्निᳪ स्वो॒ रुहा॑णा॒ अधि॒ नाक॑मुत्त॒मम्

The Wealth-bestower, the Vājin, moving hitherward, hath stepped into a good, well-ordered region upon the Earth. Thereafter let us dig out Agni of fair aspect, as we mount unto the highest heaven.

Mantra 23

आ त्वा॑ जिघर्मि॒ मन॑सा घृ॒तेन॑ प्रतिक्षि॒यन्तं॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ । पृ॒थुं ति॑र॒श्चा वय॑सा बृ॒हन्तं॒ व्यचि॑ष्ठ॒मन्नै॑ रभ॒सं दृशा॑नम्

Thee I anoint with mind and with ghee, thee that abidest over all the worlds. Broad, spreading sideways, great by thy might, most pervasive, vehement, visibly manifest through foods.

Mantra 24

आ वि॒श्वत॑: प्र॒त्यञ्चं॑ जिघर्म्यर॒क्षसा॒ मन॑सा॒ तज्जु॑षेत । मर्य॑श्री स्पृह॒यद्व॑र्णो अ॒ग्निर्नाभि॒मृशे॑ त॒न्वा जर्भु॑राणः

From every side I anoint thee, facing hitherward, with a mind untainted by the Rakṣas: may he accept it. Agni, glorious as a youthful hero, of desirable hue, touching the navel, with his body quivering in eager motion.

Mantra 25

परि॒ वाज॑पतिः क॒विर॒ग्निर्ह॒व्यान्य॑क्रमीत् । दध॒द्रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑

Round about the oblations strode Agni, the sage, the Lord of vāja, bestowing treasures upon the worshipper.

Mantra 26

परि॑ त्वाऽग्ने॒ पुरं॑ व॒यं विप्र॑ᳪ सहस्य धीमहि । धृ॒षद्व॑र्णं दि॒वे-दि॑वे ह॒न्तारं॑ भङ्गु॒राव॑ताम्

Round about thee, O Agni, as a stronghold, we, the inspired, meditate upon thee, the mighty;—of daring splendour, day by day, the slayer of those that are frail and breakable.

Mantra 27

त्वम॑ग्ने॒ द्युभि॒स्त्वमा॑शुशु॒क्षणि॒स्त्वम॒द्भ्यस्त्वमश्म॑न॒स्परि॑ । त्वं वने॑भ्य॒स्त्वमोष॑धीभ्य॒स्त्वं नृ॒णां नृ॑पते जायसे॒ शुचि॑:

Thou, O Agni, art with the lights of heaven; thou art the swiftly blazing; thou art from the waters, thou from about the stone. Thou art from the woods, thou from the plants; thou, O lord of men, art born pure among mankind.

Mantra 28

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः स॒धस्था॑द॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒मङ्गिर॒स्वत्ख॑नामि । ज्योति॑ष्मन्तं त्वाऽग्ने सु॒प्रती॑क॒मज॑स्रेण भा॒नुना॒ दीद्य॑तम् । शि॒वं प्र॒जाभ्योऽहि॑ᳪसन्तं पृथि॒व्या: स॒धस्था॑द॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒मङ्गिर॒स्वत्ख॑नामः

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, from the earth’s firm seat I dig out Agni, the ‘purīṣya’, after the manner of the Aṅgirases. Thee, O Agni, light-possessing, fair-formed, ever with unfailing beam shining,—auspicious for the offspring, harmless,—from the earth’s firm seat we dig out Agni, the ‘purīṣya’, after the manner of the Aṅgirases.

Mantra 29

अ॒पां पृ॒ष्ठम॑सि॒ योनि॑र॒ग्नेः स॑मु॒द्रम॒भित॒: पिन्व॑मानम् । वर्ध॑मानो म॒हाँ२ आ च॒ पुष्क॑रे दि॒वो मात्र॑या वरि॒म्णा प्र॑थस्व

Thou art the surface of the waters, the womb of Agni, the ocean swelling on every side. Growing great, do thou spread forth also in the pool, by the measure of heaven, by breadth of expanse.

Mantra 30

शर्म॑ च स्थो॒ वर्म॑ च॒ स्थोऽछि॑द्रे बहु॒ले उ॒भे । व्यच॑स्वती॒ सं व॑साथां भृ॒तम॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒म्

Ye are both shelter and armour, unpierced, abundant, both all-pervading: dwell ye together, encompassing the borne Agni, the ‘purīṣya’.

Mantra 31

सं व॑साथाᳪ स्व॒र्विदा॑ स॒मीची॒ उर॑सा॒ त्मना॑ । अ॒ग्निम॒न्तर्भ॑रि॒ष्यन्ती॒ ज्योति॑ष्मन्त॒मज॑स्र॒मित्

Dwell ye together, heaven-finding, facing one another, with breast and with your very self; bearing Agni within, even him that is full of light, unceasing indeed.

Mantra 32

पु॒री॒ष्यो॒ऽसि वि॒श्वभ॑रा॒ अथ॑र्वा त्वा प्रथ॒मो निर॑मन्थदग्ने । त्वाम॑ग्ने॒ पुष्क॑रा॒दध्यथ॑र्वा॒ निर॑मन्थत । मू॒र्ध्नो विश्व॑स्य वा॒घत॑:

Thou art of the altar-mould, all-bearing: Atharvan first churned thee forth, O Agni. Thee, O Agni, Atharvan churned forth from Puṣkara, from above; from the head of the whole worshipper.

Mantra 33

तमु॑ त्वा द॒ध्यङ्ङृषि॑: पु॒त्र ई॑धे॒ अथ॑र्वणः । वृ॑त्र॒हणं॑ पुरन्द॒रम्

Thee, verily, Dadhyañc the seer, Atharvan’s son, kindles—Vṛtra-slayer, fort-destroyer.

Mantra 34

तमु॑ त्वा पा॒थ्यो वृषा॒ समी॑धे दस्यु॒हन्त॑मम् । ध॒न॒ञ्ज॒यᳪ रणे॑-रणे

Thee, verily, Pāthya the strong one kindles—most slaying of Dasyus, winner of wealth in battle after battle.

Mantra 35

सीद॑ होत॒: स्व उ॑ लो॒के चि॑कि॒त्वान्सा॒दया॑ य॒ज्ञᳪ सु॑कृ॒तस्य॒ योनौ॑ । दे॒वा॒वीर्दे॒वान्ह॒विषा॑ यजा॒स्यग्ने॑ बृ॒हद्यज॑माने॒ वयो॑ धाः

Sit down, O Hotṛ, in thine own place, thou wise one; establish the sacrifice in the womb of the well-performed. God-strengthener, sacrifice to the gods with the oblation; O Agni, in the mighty sacrificer bestow thou vigour.

Mantra 36

नि होता॑ होतृ॒षद॑ने॒ विदा॑नस्त्वे॒षो दी॑दि॒वाँ२ अ॑सदत्सु॒दक्ष॑: । अद॑ब्धव्रतप्रमति॒र्वसि॑ष्ठः सहस्रम्भ॒रः शुचि॑जिह्वो अ॒ग्निः

Let Agni, the Hotṛ, take his seat upon the Hotṛ’s station—knowing, vehement, brightly shining, of good skill; of unbaffled ordinance and steadfast purpose, most excellent, bringing a thousandfold, pure-tongued.

Mantra 37

सᳪ सी॑दस्व म॒हाँ२ अ॑सि॒ शोच॑स्व देव॒वीत॑मः । वि धू॒मम॑ग्ने अरु॒षं मि॑येध्य सृ॒ज प्र॑शस्त दर्श॒तम्

Sit down in due order; thou art great: blaze forth, most welcome to the gods. Send forth, O Agni, thy ruddy smoke—thou meet for worship—praised and fair to look upon.

Mantra 38

अ॒पो दे॒वीरुप॑ सृज॒ मधु॑मतीरय॒क्ष्माय॑ प्र॒जाभ्य॑: । तासा॑मा॒स्थाना॒दुज्जि॑हता॒मोष॑धयः सुपिप्प॒लाः

Send forth hither the divine Waters, honeyed, for the offspring, for freedom from wasting sickness. From their appointed station let the plants spring up, richly fruited.

Mantra 39

सं ते॑ वा॒युर्मा॑त॒रिश्वा॑ दधातूत्ता॒नाया॒ हृद॑यं॒ यद्विक॑स्तम् । यो दे॒वानां॒ चर॑सि प्रा॒णथे॑न॒ कस्मै॑ देव॒ वष॑डस्तु॒ तुभ्य॑म्

May Vāyu, Mātariśvan, set in order for thee the heart of the outstretched (altar), that which is spread abroad. Thou who movest among the gods by vital breath—O god, to whom shall the Vaṣaṭ be? To thee indeed.

Mantra 40

सुजा॑तो॒ ज्योति॑षा स॒ह शर्म॒ वरू॑थ॒माऽस॑द॒त्स्व॑: । वासो॑ अग्ने वि॒श्वरू॑प॒ᳪ सं व्य॑यस्व विभावसो

Well-born, together with light, with bliss and with protection, take thy seat in heaven. Spread out, O Agni, thy universal garment—O radiant one.

Mantra 41

उदु॑ तिष्ठ स्वध्व॒रावा॑ नो दे॒व्या धि॒या । दृ॒शे च॑ भा॒सा बृ॑ह॒ता सु॑शु॒क्वनि॒राग्ने॑ याहि सुश॒स्तिभि॑ः ॥

Rise up, O Agni, of goodly sacrifice, for us with divine thought; for sight, with lofty splendour: O fair-resounding one, come hither, O Agni, with well-spoken praises.

Mantra 42

ऊ॒र्ध्व ऊ॒ षु ण॑ ऊ॒तये॒ तिष्ठा॑ दे॒वो न स॑वि॒ता । ऊ॒र्ध्वो वाज॑स्य॒ सनि॑ता॒ यद॒ञ्जिभि॑र्वा॒घद्भि॑र्वि॒ह्वया॑महे ॥

Stand upright for our succour, like the god Savitar; upright, the winner of the prize, when with anointings and with singers of praise we invoke thee.

Mantra 43

स जा॒तो गर्भो॑ असि॒ रोद॑स्योरग्ने॒ चारु॒र्विभृ॑त॒ ओष॑धीषु । चि॒त्रः शिशु॒ः परि॒ तमा॑ᳪस्य॒क्तून्प्र मा॒तृभ्यो॒ अधि॒ कनि॑क्रद॒द्गाः ॥

Thou, when born, art the embryo of the two worlds, O Agni—fair, borne in the plants. A wondrous child, thou encompassest the darknesses, the nights; crying aloud, thou hast driven forth the cows from their mothers.

Mantra 44

स्थि॒रो भ॑व वी॒ड्व॒ङ्ग आ॒शुर्भ॑व वा॒ज्य॒र्वन् । पृ॒थुर्भ॑व सु॒षद॒स्त्वम॒ग्नेः पु॑रीष॒वाह॑णः ॥

Be firm, O strong-limbed one; be swift, O prize-winning steed; be broad, well-seated—thou art Agni’s bearer of the packing-earth.

Mantra 45

शि॒वो भ॑व प्र॒जाभ्यो॒ मानु॑षीभ्य॒स्त्वम॑ङ्गिरः । मा द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒भि शो॑ची॒र्माऽन्तरि॑क्षं॒ मा वन॒स्पती॑न् ॥

Be gracious unto the human creatures, thou, O Aṅgiras; burn not heaven and earth; burn not the mid-air; burn not the lords of the forest.

Mantra 46

प्रै॑तु वा॒जी कनि॑क्रद॒न्नान॑द॒द्रास॑भ॒: पत्वा॑ । भर॑न्न॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्यं मा पा॒द्यायु॑षः पु॒रा । वृषा॒ग्निं वृष॑णं॒ भर॑न्न॒पां गर्भ॑ᳪ समु॒द्रिय॑म् । अग्न॒ आ या॑हि वी॒तये॑

Let the vigorous steed go forth, loudly neighing, rejoicing, as though the draught-ass had taken wing. Bearing Agni, the Fire of the moist mound, let him not fall before his time of life. Bearing the bull-like Agni, the virile one, the embryo of the waters, ocean-born,—O Agni, come hither for the enjoyment of the offering.

Mantra 47

ऋ॒तᳪ स॒त्यमृ॒तᳪ स॒त्यम॒ग्निं पु॑री॒ष्य॒मङ्गिर॒स्वद्भ॑रामः । ओष॑धय॒: प्रति॑ मोदध्वम॒ग्निमे॒तᳪ शि॒वमा॒यन्त॑म॒भ्यत्र॑ यु॒ष्माः । व्यस्य॒न् विश्वा॒ अनि॑रा॒ अमी॑वा नि॒षीद॑न्नो॒ अप॑ दुर्म॒तिं ज॑हि

Order and Truth—Order and Truth—we bear Agni, the Fire of the moist mound, after the manner of the Aṅgirases. Rejoice, ye Plants, at this Agni, the auspicious one, coming hither unto you. Scattering all baneful maladies, and sitting down among us, smite away our evil thought.

Mantra 48

ओष॑धय॒: प्रति॑ गृभ्णीत॒ पुष्प॑वतीः सुपिप्प॒लाः । अ॒यं वो॒ गर्भ॑ ऋ॒त्विय॑: प्र॒त्नᳪ स॒धस्थ॒माऽस॑दत्

Receive ye him, O Plants, ye flower-bearing, well-fruited: this your embryo, the ritual one, hath sat him down upon the ancient common seat.

Mantra 49

वि पाज॑सा पृ॒थुना॒ शोशु॑चानो॒ बाध॑स्व द्वि॒षो र॒क्षसो॒ अमी॑वाः । सु॒शर्म॑णो बृह॒तः शर्म॑णि स्याम॒ग्नेर॒हᳪ सु॒हव॑स्य॒ प्रणी॑तौ

Blazing with wide-spread splendour, repel the haters, the Rakṣas, the maladies. May we abide in the great shelter of good protection, I in the leading-on of Agni, the well-invoked.

Mantra 50

आपो॒ हि ष्ठा म॑यो॒भुव॒स्ता न॑ ऊ॒र्जे द॑धातन । म॒हे रणा॑य॒ चक्ष॑से

For ye are the waters, the bringers of delight: bestow upon us nourishment, for mighty striving and for sight.

Mantra 51

यो व॑: शि॒वत॑मो॒ रस॒स्तस्य॑ भाजयते॒ह न॑: । उ॒श॒तीरि॑व मा॒तर॑:

That most auspicious sap of you—thereof do ye here apportion unto us, like mothers gladly yearning (to nourish).

Mantra 52

तस्मा॒ अरं॑ गमाम वो॒ यस्य॒ क्षया॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ । आपो॑ ज॒नय॑था च नः

Therefore unto you may we duly attain—ye who do quicken (us) unto settled dwelling; and, O Waters, do ye also beget for us (offspring and increase).

Mantra 53

मि॒त्रः स॒ᳪसृज्य॑ पृथि॒वीं भूमिं॑ च॒ ज्योति॑षा स॒ह । सुजा॑तं जा॒तवे॑दसमय॒क्ष्माय॑ त्वा॒ सᳪ सृ॑जामि प्र॒जाभ्य॑:

Mitra, having compounded the Earth and the Ground together with light,—the well-born Jātavedas,—thee do I compound for freedom from wasting, for the progeny.

Mantra 54

रु॒द्राः स॒ᳪसृज्य॑ पृथि॒वीं बृ॒हज्ज्योति॒: समी॑धिरे । तेषां॑ भा॒नुरज॑स्र॒ इच्छु॒क्रो दे॒वेषु॑ रोचते

The Rudras, having compounded the Earth, kindled the Great Light; their beam, unceasing, bright, shineth among the Gods.

Mantra 55

सᳪसृ॑ष्टा॒ वसु॑भी रुद्रै॒र्धीरै॑: कर्म॒ण्या मृद॑म् । हस्ता॑भ्यां मृ॒द्वीं कृ॒त्वा सि॑नीवा॒ली कृ॑णोतु॒ ताम्

Compounded with the Vasus, with the Rudras, with the wise—serviceable clay: having with the hands made it soft, may Sinīvālī fashion it.

Mantra 56

सि॒नी॒वा॒ली सु॑कप॒र्दा सु॑कुरी॒रा स्वौ॑प॒शा । सा तुभ्य॑मदिते म॒ह्योखां द॑धातु॒ हस्त॑योः

Sinīvālī, fair-tressed, fair-crested, of gracious shelter,—may she, O Aditi, the great one, place for thee the ukhā in (my) two hands.

Mantra 57

उ॒खां कृ॑णोतु॒ शक्त्या॑ बा॒हुभ्या॒मदि॑तिर्धि॒या । मा॒ता पु॒त्रं यथो॒पस्थे॒ साऽग्निं बि॑भर्तु॒ गर्भ॒ आ । म॒खस्य॒ शिरो॑ऽसि

Let Aditi, with power, with her arms, with wise intent, fashion the ukhā; as a mother bears her son upon her lap, so may she bear Agni as an embryo. Thou art the head of the sacrifice.

Mantra 58

वस॑वस्त्वा कृण्वन्तु गाय॒त्रेण॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्ध्रु॒वाऽसि॑ पृथि॒व्य॒सि धा॒रया॒ मयि॑ प्र॒जाᳪ रा॒यस्पोषं॑ गौप॒त्यᳪ सु॒वीर्य॑ᳪ सजा॒तान्यज॑मानाय रु॒द्रास्त्वा॑ कृण्वन्तु॒ त्रैष्टु॑भेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्ध्रु॒वाऽस्य॒न्तरि॑क्षमसि धा॒रया॒ मयि॑ प्र॒जाᳪ रा॒यस्पोषं॑ गौप॒त्यᳪ सु॒वीर्य॑ᳪ सजा॒तान्यज॑मानायादि॒त्यास्त्वा॑ कृण्वन्तु॒ जाग॑तेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्ध्रु॒वासि द्यौर॑सि धा॒रया॒ मयि॑ प्र॒जाᳪ रा॒यस्पोषं॑ गौप॒त्यᳪ सु॒वीर्य॑ᳪ सजा॒तान्यज॑मानाय॒ विश्वे॑ त्वा दे॒वा वै॑श्वान॒राः कृ॑ण्व॒न्त्वानु॑ष्टुभेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्ध्रु॒वाऽसि॒ दिशो॑ऽसि धा॒रया॒ मयि॑ प्र॒जाᳪ रा॒यस्पोषं॑ गौप॒त्यᳪ सु॒वीर्य॑ᳪ सजा॒तान्यज॑मानाय

May the Vasus fashion thee with the Gāyatrī metre, after the Aṅgirases’ manner: thou art firm; thou art the Earth; support in me offspring, increase of wealth, lordship over cattle, goodly manhood, and kindred folk for the sacrificer. May the Rudras fashion thee with the Triṣṭubh… thou art firm; thou art the Mid-air… May the Ādityas fashion thee with the Jagatī… thou art firm; thou art the Sky… May all the Gods, the Vaiśvānara host, fashion thee with the Anuṣṭubh… thou art firm; thou art the Quarters… support in me… for the sacrificer.

Mantra 59

अदि॑त्यै॒ रास्ना॒स्यदि॑तिष्टे॒ बिलं॑ गृभ्णातु । कृ॒त्वाय॒ सा म॒हीमु॒खां मृ॒न्मयीं॒ योनि॑म॒ग्नये॑ । पु॒त्रेभ्य॒: प्राय॑च्छ॒ददि॑तिः श्र॒पया॒निति॑

Thou art a rein for Aditi; may Aditi take possession of thy cavity. Having made the great clay ukhā, a womb for Agni, Aditi gave it forth unto her sons—(unto Agni) the Cooker—so (it is said).

Mantra 60

वस॑वस्त्वा धूपयन्तु गाय॒त्रेण॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्रुद्रास्त्वा॑ धूपयन्तु त्रैष्टुभेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वदादि॒त्यास्त्वा॑ धूपयन्तु॒ जाग॑तेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्विश्वे॑ त्वा दे॒वा वै॑श्वान॒रा धू॑पय॒न्त्वानु॑ष्टुभेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वदिन्द्र॑स्त्वा धूपयतु॒ वरु॑णस्त्वा धूपयतु॒ विष्णु॑स्त्वा धूपयतु

May the Vasus incense thee with the Gāyatrī metre, after the Aṅgirases’ manner; may the Rudras incense thee with the Triṣṭubh; may the Ādityas incense thee with the Jagatī; may all the Gods, the Vaiśvānara host, incense thee with the Anuṣṭubh; may Indra incense thee; may Varuṇa incense thee; may Viṣṇu incense thee.

Mantra 61

अदि॑तिष्ट्वा दे॒वी वि॒श्वदे॑व्यावती पृथि॒व्याः स॒धस्थे॑ अङ्गिर॒स्वत् ख॑नत्ववट दे॒वानां॑ त्वा॒ पत्नी॑र्दे॒वीर्वि॒श्वदे॑व्यावतीः पृथि॒व्याः स॒धस्थे॑ अङ्गिर॒स्वद्द॑धतूखे धि॒षणा॑स्त्वा दे॒वीर्वि॒श्वदे॑व्यावतीः पृथि॒व्याः स॒धस्थे॑ अङ्गिर॒स्वद॒भी॒न्धतामुखे॒ वरू॑त्रीष्ट्वा दे॒वीर्वि॒श्वदे॑व्यावतीः पृथि॒व्याः स॒धस्थे॑ अङ्गिर॒स्वच्छ्र॑पयन्तूखे॒ ग्नास्त्वा॑ दे॒वीर्वि॒श्वदे॑व्यावतीः पृथि॒व्याः स॒धस्थे॑ अङ्गिर॒स्वत्प॑चन्तूखे॒ जन॑य॒स्त्वाच्छि॑न्नपत्रा दे॒वीर्वि॒श्वदे॑व्यावतीः पृथि॒व्याः स॒धस्थे॑ अङ्गिर॒स्वत्प॑चन्तूखे

May Aditi, the Goddess, attended by all the Goddesses, on the Earth’s firm seat, like the Aṅgirases, dig for thee the pit. May the Wives of the Gods, the Goddesses attended by all the Goddesses, on the Earth’s firm seat, like the Aṅgirases, set thee in the ukhā. May the Dhīṣaṇās, the Goddesses attended by all the Goddesses, on the Earth’s firm seat, like the Aṅgirases, kindle thee in the ukhā. May the Varūtrīs, the Goddesses attended by all the Goddesses, on the Earth’s firm seat, like the Aṅgirases, boil thee in the ukhā. May the divine Women, the Goddesses attended by all the Goddesses, on the Earth’s firm seat, like the Aṅgirases, cook thee in the ukhā. May the Mothers, with leaves unshorn, the Goddesses attended by all the Goddesses, on the Earth’s firm seat, like the Aṅgirases, cook thee in the ukhā.

Mantra 62

मि॒त्रस्य॑ चर्षणी॒धृतोऽवो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ सान॒सि । द्यु॒म्नं चि॒त्रश्र॑वस्तमम्

In the winning of the divine Mitra’s help, the Supporter of men, (grant us) that splendour, most excellent in brilliant renown.

Mantra 63

दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒तोद्व॑पतु सुपा॒णिः स्व॑ङ्गु॒रिः सु॑बा॒हुरु॒त शक्त्या॑ । अव्य॑थमाना पृथि॒व्यामाशा॒ दिश॒ आ पृ॑ण

May the god Savitar set thee forth—of good hands, good fingers, good arms, and with strength. Unharmed, upon the earth fill thou the regions, the quarters.

Mantra 64

उ॒त्थाय॑ बृह॒ती भ॒वोदु॑ तिष्ठ ध्रु॒वा त्वम् । मित्रै॒तां त॑ उ॒खां परि॑ ददा॒म्यभि॑त्त्या ए॒षा मा भे॑दि

Rise up; become great; stand forth, thou firm one! With Mitra I set this thy ukhā around (thee) for unbreaking: do thou not split!

Mantra 65

वस॑व॒स्त्वाऽऽछृ॑न्दन्तु गाय॒त्रेण॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्रुद्रास्त्वा॒ऽऽछृ॑न्दन्तु॒ त्रैष्टु॑भेन॒ छन्दसाऽङ्गिर॒स्वदा॑दि॒त्यास्त्वाऽऽछृ॑न्दन्तु॒ जाग॑तेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वद्विश्वे॑ त्वा दे॒वा वै॑श्वान॒रा आछृ॑न्द॒न्त्वानु॑ष्टुभेन॒ छन्द॑साऽङ्गिर॒स्वत्

May the Vasus fashion thee with the Gāyatrī metre, like the Aṅgirases; may the Rudras fashion thee with the Triṣṭubh metre, like the Aṅgirases; may the Ādityas fashion thee with the Jagatī metre, like the Aṅgirases; may all the Gods, the Vaiśvānara ones, fashion thee with the Anuṣṭubh metre, like the Aṅgirases.

Mantra 66

आकू॑तिम॒ग्निं प्र॒युज॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑ । मनो॑ मे॒धाम॒ग्निं प्र॒युज॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑ । चि॒त्तं विज्ञा॑तम॒ग्निं प्र॒युज॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑ । वा॒चो विधृ॑तिम॒ग्निं प्र॒युज॒ᳪ स्वाहा॑ । प्र॒जाप॑तये॒ मन॑वे॒ स्वाहा॑ । ऽग्नये॑ वैश्वान॒राय॒ स्वाहा॑ ॥

To Intention—Agni the Yoker—hail! To Mind, to Intelligence—Agni the Yoker—hail! To Thought, to clear Cognition—Agni the Yoker—hail! To Speech’s Sustaining—Agni the Yoker—hail! To Prajāpati, to Manu—hail! To Agni Vaiśvānara—hail!

Mantra 67

विश्वो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ ने॒तुर्मर्तो॑ वुरीत स॒ख्यम् । विश्वो॑ रा॒य इ॑षुध्यति द्यु॒म्नं वृ॑णीत पु॒ष्यसे॒ स्वाहा॑ ॥

Every mortal seeketh friendship with the god, the Leader; every man bestirreth him for wealth, and chooseth glory, that he may thrive—hail!

Mantra 68

मा सु भि॑त्था॒ मा सु रि॒षोऽम्ब॑ धृ॒ष्णु वी॒रय॑स्व॒ सु । अ॒ग्निश्चे॒दं क॑रिष्यथः ॥

Break not, be not harmed, O Mother; be thou steadfast, wax strong indeed: for Agni too—ye twain—shall accomplish this.

Mantra 69

दृᳪह॑स्व देवि पृथिवि स्व॒स्तय॑ आसु॒री मा॒या स्व॒धया॑ कृ॒तासि॑ । जुष्टं॑ दे॒वेभ्य॑ इ॒दम॑स्तु ह॒व्यमरि॑ष्टा॒ त्वमुदि॑हि य॒ज्ञे अ॒स्मिन् ॥

Be thou firm, O goddess Earth, for welfare; with thine own power thou art wrought in mighty skill. Let this oblation be acceptable unto the gods; unhurt, do thou arise in this sacrifice.

Mantra 70

द्र्व॑न्न: स॒र्पिरा॑सुतिः प्र॒त्नो होता॒ वरे॑ण्यः । सह॑सस्पु॒त्रो अद्भु॑तः ॥

For us there floweth the ghee-stream: the ancient Hotṛ, the excellent, the Son of Strength, the wondrous one.

Mantra 71

पर॑स्या॒ अधि॑ सं॒वतोऽव॑राँ२ अ॒भ्या त॑र । यत्रा॒हम॑स्मि॒ ताँ२ अ॑व

From the farther limit, over the circuit of the year, do thou pass hither across the lower (regions); and where I am, those do thou protect.

Mantra 72

प॒र॒मस्या॑: परा॒वतो॑ रो॒हिद॑श्व इ॒हा ग॑हि । पु॒री॒ष्य॒: पुरुप्रि॒योऽग्ने॒ त्वं त॑रा॒ मृध॑:

From the highest far region come hither, O Agni of ruddy steeds; rich in purīṣa, beloved of many—do thou, O Agni, bear us across hostilities.

Mantra 73

यद॑ग्ने॒ कानि॒ कानि॑ चि॒दा ते॒ दारू॑णि द॒ध्मसि॑ । सर्वं॒ तद॑स्तु ते घृ॒तं तज्जु॑षस्व यविष्ठ्य

Whatsoever woods, O Agni, we place for thee—let all that be to thee as ghee; that accept thou graciously, O youngest.

Mantra 74

यदत्त्यु॑प॒जिह्वि॑का॒ यद्व॒म्रो अ॑ति॒सर्प॑ति । सर्वं॒ तद॑स्तु ते घृ॒तं तज्जु॒षस्व॑ यविष्ठ्य

What the upajihvikā devours, what the ant creeps over—let all that be to thee as ghee; that accept thou graciously, O youngest.

Mantra 75

अह॑रह॒रप्र॑यावं॒ भर॒न्तोऽश्वा॑येव॒ तिष्ठ॑ते घा॒सम॑स्मै । रा॒यस्पोषे॑ण॒ समि॒षा मद॒न्तोऽग्ने॒ मा ते॒ प्रति॑वेशा रिषाम

Day by day, bringing unfailing (service), we stand by him as (men stand) by a horse with fodder for him. Rejoicing with increase of wealth, with fuel as his portion—O Agni, may thy neighbours not harm thee (nor us).

Mantra 76

नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्याः स॑मिधा॒ने अग्नौ रा॒यस्पोषा॑य बृह॒ते ह॑वामहे । इ॒र॒म्म॒दं बृ॒हदु॑क्थ्यं॒ यज॑त्रं॒ जेता॑रम॒ग्निं पृत॑नासु सास॒हिम्

At the navel of the Earth, when Agni is kindled, we invoke the Great One for the increase of wealth and prosperity,—him that rejoiceth in refreshment, worthy of the lofty hymn, adorable, the Conqueror, Agni, who in battles is the overpowering victor.

Mantra 77

याः सेना॑ अ॒भीत्व॑रीराव्या॒धिनी॒रुग॑णा उ॒त । ये स्ते॒ना ये च॒ तस्क॑रा॒स्ताँस्ते॑ अ॒ग्नेऽपि॑ दधाम्या॒स्ये॑

What hosts soever are assailing, wounding, and fierce, and what thieves and what robbers there be,—them, O Agni, I place within thy mouth.

Mantra 78

दᳪष्ट्रा॑भ्यां म॒लिम्लू॒ञ्जम्भ्यै॒स्तस्क॑राँ२ उ॒त । हनु॑भ्याᳪ स्ते॒नान् भ॑गव॒स्ताँस्त्वं खा॑द॒ सुखा॑दितान्

With thy fangs devour the malignant; with thy jaws the robbers; with thy two jaws the thieves, O glorious one: do thou eat them, made easy to be eaten.

Mantra 79

ये जने॑षु म॒लिम्ल॑व स्ते॒नास॒स्तस्क॑रा॒ वने॑ । ये कक्षे॑ष्वघा॒यव॒स्ताँस्ते॑ दधामि॒ जम्भ॑योः

The malignant among men, the thieves and robbers in the forest, the evil-minded that lurk in thickets,—them I place within thy jaws.

Mantra 80

यो अ॒स्मभ्य॑मराती॒याद्यश्च॑ नो॒ द्वेष॑ते॒ जन॑: । निन्दा॒द्यो अ॒स्मान्धिप्सा॑च्च॒ सर्वं॒ तं भ॑स्म॒सा कु॑रु

Whoso would work us harm, and whatsoever man hateth us; whoso by slander, and whoso by intent to injure (assailleth) us,—all that do thou make into ashes.

Mantra 81

सᳪशि॑तं मे॒ ब्रह्म॒ सᳪशि॑तं वी॒र्यं बल॑म् । सᳪशि॑तं क्ष॒त्रं जि॒ष्णु यस्या॒हमस्मि॑ पु॒रोहि॑तः

Keen-edged is my sacred power, keen-edged my valour and my strength; keen-edged is the conquering Kṣatra, of whom I am the Purohita.

Mantra 82

उदे॑षां बा॒हू अ॑तिर॒मुद्वर्चो॒ अथो॒ बल॑म् । क्षि॒णोमि॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ऽमित्रा॒नुन्न॑यामि॒ स्वाँ२ अ॒हम्

I lift aloft their arms, I overpass them; I lift up splendour and also strength. With sacred power I waste away the foes; mine own I lead upward—yea, I.

Mantra 83

अन्न॑प॒तेऽन्न॑स्य नो देह्यनमी॒वस्य॑ शु॒ष्मिण॑: । प्र-प्र॑ दा॒तारं॑ तारिष॒ ऊर्जं॑ नो धेहि द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे

O Lord of food, give us of food—wholesome, free from sickness, full of vigour. Further and further may we pass beyond the giver; set thou for us nourishment for biped and quadruped.