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1. They either who by meditation led the beginning ( ágra ) of speech, or who by mind spoke righteous things ( ṛtá )—…
1. Father Atharvan, god-relative, mother's fœtus, father's spirit ( ásu ), young, who understands ( cit ) with the mi…
1. By this shape ( viṣṭhá ) generating exploits ( kárvara ), he verily, fiery, a wide way for space (? vára ); he wen…
1. Both with one and with ten, O easily-invoked one (masc.); with two and with twenty, for [our] wish; both with thre…
1. By the sacrifice the gods sacrificed to the sacrifice; those were the first ordinances ( dhárman ); those greatnes…
1. Of Diti's sons, of Aditi's, I have commemorated the aid, of the great inviolable gods; for their domain ( dhā́man …
1. Go thou forth from what is excellent to what is better; be Brihaspati thy forerunner. Then do thou make this man, …
1. On the forward road of the roads hath Pūshan been born, on the forward road of heaven, on the forward road of the …
1. The breast of thine that is unfailing (?), that is kindly, that is favorable, easy of invocation, that is very lib…
1. Thy broad thundering, which, exalted, a sign of the gods, spreads over (? ā-bhūṣ ) this all—do not, O god, smite o…
1. Let both assembly ( sabhā́ ) and gathering ( sámiti ), the two daughters of Prajāpati, accordant, favor me; with w…
1. As the sun rising takes to itself the brilliancies ( téjas ) of the asterisms, so of both women and men that hate …
1. Unto this god Savitar, of poets' skill ( -krátu ), of true impulse, treasure-bestowing, unto the dear one, I, in t…
1. This favor, O Savitar, of true impulse, very wondrous, having all choice things, do I choose for myself; which of …
1. O Brihaspati, Savitar, increase thou him; enlighten him unto great good-fortune; however sharpened, sharpen him fu…
1. Let Dhātar assign ( dhā ) to us wealth, [he] being master ( īç ), lord of the moving creation; let him yield to us…
1. Burst forth, O earth; split this cloud of heaven; untie for us, O Dhātar, that art master, the skin-bag of the wat…
1. Prajāpati generates these offspring ( prajā́s ); let Dhātar, with favoring mind, bestow ( dhā ) [them]; harmonious…
1. Let Anumati ('approval') approve ⌊ anu-man ⌋ today our sacrifice among the gods; and let Agni be oblation-carrier …
1. Come ye together all with address ( vácas ) to the lord of the sky; [he is] the one mighty ( vibhū́ ) guest of peo…
1. This one [is] a thousand for our seeing, thought of the poets, light in extent. 2. The ruddy one sent together the…
1. Evil-dreaming, evil-living, demon, monster, hags, all the ill-named (f.), ill-voiced—them we make disappear from us.
1. What Indra dug for us, what Agni, all the gods, what the well-singing Maruts—that may Savitar of true ordinances, …
1. By whose ⌊du.⌋ force were established the spaces ( rájas ), who by heroisms are most heroic, most mighty, who by t…
1. Of Vishnu now I would speak forth the heroisms, who traversed ( vi-mā ) the spaces of the earth, who established t…
1. Let Iḍā herself dress us with the vow ( vratá ), [she] in whose place { padá ) the pious purify themselves; ghee-f…
1. The vedá [is] well-being, the tree-smiter well-being; the rib [is] sacrificial hearth ( védi ), the ax our well-be…
1. O Agni-and-Vishnu, great [is] that greatness of yours; ye drink of the ghee that is called secret, assuming seven …
1. Well anointed for me have heaven-and-earth, well anointed hath Mitra here made [it]; well anointed for me may Brah…
1. O Indra, with abundant best possible aids, O generous hero, quicken us today; whoever hates us, may he fall downwa…
1. Unto the dear, wonder-working, young, oblation-increasing one have we gone, bearing homage; long life-time let him…
1. Let the Maruts pour me together, together Pūshan, together Brihaspati, together let Agni here pour me with both pr…
1. O Agni, thrust forth my rivals that are born; thrust back, O Jātavedas, those unborn; put underfoot those that wan…
1. Overpower away with power [our] other rivals; thrust back, O Jātavedas, those unborn; fill this royalty unto good …
1. The eyes of us two [be] of honey-aspect; our face [be] ointment; put ( kṛ ) thou me within thy heart; may our mind…
1. I bridle ( abhi-dhā ) thee with my Manu-born garment, that thou mayest be wholly mine, mayest not make mention of …
1. I dig this remedy, me-regarding, greatly wailing, the returner of one going away, greeter of one coming. 2. Wherew…
1. [Him], the heavenly eagle, milky, great, embryo of the waters, bull of the herbs, gratifying with rain from close …
1. [He] whose [established] course all the cattle go, in whose course stand the waters, in whose course the lord of p…
1. Across wastes, across waters penetrated the men-beholding falcon, seeing a resting-place; passing all the lower sp…
1. O Soma-and-Rudra, eject asunder the disease that has entered our household; drive far to a distance perdition; any…
1. Propitious to thee [are] some; unpropitious to thee [are] some; all thou bearest, with well-willing mind. Three vo…
1. Ye have both conquered; ye are not conquered; neither one of them hath been conquered; O Vishṇu, Indra also, what …
1. O Sinīvālī, of the broad braids, that art sister of the gods! enjoy thou the offered oblation; appoint us progeny,…
1. The goddess Kuhū, well-doing, working with knowledge, in this sacrifice I call upon with good call; may she confir…
1. Rākā I call with good call, with good praise; let the fortunate one hear us; let her willingly note; let her sew t…
1. Let the spouses of the gods, eager, help us; let them help us forward unto offspring (? tují ), unto winning of bo…
1. As the thunderbolt always strikes the tree irresistibly, so may I today smite ⌊ badh , vadh ⌋ the gamblers irresis…
1. Let Brihaspati protect us round about from behind, also from above, from below, against the malignant one; let Ind…
1. Harmony for us with our own men, harmony with strangers—harmony, O Açvins, do ye here confirm in us. 2. May we be …
1. When thou, O Brihaspati, didst release [us] from Yama's otherworld existence, from malediction, the Açvins bore ba…
1. From the cross-lined [snake], from the black snake, from the adder ( pṛ́dāku ) [what is] gathered—that poison of t…
1. What has gone wrong ( vi-kṣubh ) on the part of me speaking with expectation, what of [me] going about among peopl…
1. O Indra-and-Varuṇa, soma-drinkers, this pressed soma, intoxicating, drink ye, O ye of firm courses; let your chari…
1. Whoever shall curse us not cursing, and whoever shall curse us cursing, like a tree smitten by a thunderbolt, let …
1. Bearing sustenance ( ū́rj ), good-winning, very wise, with mild friendly eye, I come to the houses, well-willing, …
1. In that, O Agni, penance with penance, we perform additional (?) penance, may we be dear to what is heard, long-li…
1. This Agni, lord of the good, household priest, conquered them of increased virility (?), as a chariot-warrior [con…
1. The fight-conquering, overpowering Agni do we call with songs from the highest station; may he pass us across all …
1. What here the black bird, flying out upon [it], has made fall—let the waters protect me from all that difficulty, …
1. Since thou, O off-wiper ( apāmārgá ), hast grown with reverted fruit, mayest thou repel ( yu ) from me all curses …
1. If it was in the atmosphere, if in the wind, if in the trees, or if in the bushes—what the cattle heard uttered—le…
1. Again let sense ( indriyá ) come to me, again soul, property, and bráhmaṇa (sacred knowledge); let the fires of th…
1. Weal for us let the wind blow; weal for us let the sun burn; be the days weal for us; [as] weal let the night be a…
1. Whatsoever he yonder offers with mind, and what with voice, with sacrifices, with oblation, with sacred formula ( …
1. Thee, the devout ⌊ vípra ⌋, O Agni, powerful one, would we fain put about us [as] a stronghold, [thee] of daring c…
1. Kindled, O ye two bulls, is Agni, the charioteer of heaven; heated is the gharmá; honey is milked for your food ( …
1. Of the red apacít's black is the mother, so have we heard; by the root of the divine anchoret I pierce them all. 2…
1. Rich in progeny, shining in good pasture, drinking clear waters at a good watering-place—let not the thief master …
1. Ye much-heating ( sāṁtapaná ) ones, here [is] oblation; enjoy that, ye Maruts; with favor to us, O foe-destroyers …
1. I loosen off thy strap, off thy harness, off thy halter; be thou just here, unfailing, O Agni. 2. Thee, O Agni, ma…
1. What portion ( bhāgadhéya ) the gods made for thee, O Amāvāsyā, dwelling together with might, therewith fill our o…
1. Full behind, also full in front, up from the middle hath she of the full moon been victorious; in her, dwelling to…
1. These two move on one after the other by magic ( māyā́ ); two playing young ones ( çíçu ), they go about the sea; …
1. Sing ( arc ) ye good praise unto the contest for kine; put ye in us excellent possessions; lead ye this sacrifice …
1. In the waters, O king Varuṇa, is built for thee a golden house; thence let the king of firm courses release all bo…
1. O Agni, shine thou here unassailable, Jātavedas, immortal, wide-ruling ( virā́j ), bearing dominion; releasing all…
1. We would fain call hither for [our] welfare Tārkshya, this vigorous, god-quickened, powerful overcomer of chariots…
1. The savior Indra, the helper Indra, the hero Indra, of easy call at every call—I call now on the mighty ( çakrá ),…
1. The Rudra that is in the fire ( agní ), that is within the waters, that entered the herbs, the plants, that shaped…
1. Go away! enemy ( ári ) art thou; enemy verily art thou; in poison hast thou mixed poison; poison verily hast thou …
1. The heavenly waters have I honored ( cāy ); with sap have we been mingled; with milk, O Agni, have I come; me here…
1. Hew on, after ancient fashion, as it were the knot of a creeper; harm the force of the barbarian ( dāsá ). 2. We, …
1. Let Indra be well-saving, well-aiding with aids, very gracious, all-possessing; let him put down ( bādh ) hatred, …
1. Let this Indra, well-saving, well-aiding, keep far away apart from us any hatred; may we be in the favor of him th…
1. With Indra, with fury may we overcome them that play the foe, smiting Vritras irresistibly.
1. Fixed ( dhruvá ), with a fixed oblation, do we lead down Soma, that Indra may make the clans ( víç ) like-minded, …
1. Up have flown his two dark-brown ( çyāvá ) quiverers (? vithurá ), as two vultures to the sky—up-heater-and-forth-…
1. The kine have sat in their seat; the bird has flown to its nest; the mountains have stood in their site; I have ma…
1. Since today, as this sacrifice goes forward, we chose thee here, O knowing hótar , mayest thou go fixedly, and, O …
1. The barhis is all ( sám ) anointed with oblation, with ghee, all by the good Indra, all by the Maruts; [it is] all…
1. Strew thou around, enclose the sacrificial hearth ( védi ) do not rob the sister lying down yonder; the hótar's se…
1. I turn away from evil-dreaming, from bad dreaming, from ill-success ( ábhūti ); I make bráhman my inner [defense];…
1. What food I eat in dream, [and that] is not found in the morning—be all that propitious to me, for that is not see…
1. Having paid homage to heaven and earth, to the atmosphere, to Death, I will urinate standing erect; let not the lo…
1. What Kshatriya, seeking betterment, shall lead us up out of this reproachful hate—who that desires sacrifice, or w…
1. Who, enjoying companionship with Brihaspati, shall shape [its] body at his will—the spotted milch-cow, well-milkin…
1. Striding away from what is of men, choosing the words ( vácas ) of the gods, turn thou unto guidances, together wi…
1. If ( yát ) in forgetfulness we have done aught, O Agni, have offended, O Jātavedas, in our behavior ( cáraṇa ), fr…
1. Down from the sky the seven rays of the sun make pass the waters, streams of ocean; these have made fall thy sting…
1. Whoever seeks to harm us in secret, whoever us openly—us, O Agni, one of our people, knowingly, or a stranger—to m…
1. O Agni, together with Indra, ye slay the Vritras irresistibly for your worshiper ( dāçvā́ns ); for ye are both bes…
1. Indra's paunch art thou, soma-holding, soul of gods and of human beings; here do thou generate offspring that [are…
1. Beautiful ( çúmbhanī ) [are] heaven and earth, pleasant near by, of great vows; seven divine waters have flowed; l…
1. O rough one! thou of rough creepers! cut up yon woman, O rough one!—that thou mayest be hateful (?) to yon man of …
1. I take from thy entrails ( vakṣáṇā ), I take from thy heart, from the aspect of thy face, I take all thy splendor.…
1. Fly forth from here, O evil sign ( lakṣmī́ ); disappear from here; fly forth from yonder; with a hook of metal ( a…
1. Homage to the hot, stirring, pushing, bold one; homage to the cold, former-desire-performing one. 2. He that attac…
1. Come, O Indra, with pleasant peacock-haired bays; let not any hold thee away, as snarers a bird; go over them as […
1. I cover thy vitals with armor; let king Soma dress thee over with the immortal ( amṛ́ta ); let Varuṇa make for the…