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1. Together, together let the rivers flow, together the winds, together the birds; increase ye this sacrifice, O song…
1. Weal to thee [be] the waters from the snowy mountains ( hāimavatá ), and weal be to thee those from the fountains;…
1. Forth from the sky, from the earth, from the atmosphere, out of the forest trees, the herbs—whithersoever borne, O…
1. What oblation ( ā́huti ) Atharvan sacrificed first, with what one Jātavedas made an offering, that same do I first…
1. Indra [is] king of the moving creation ( jágat ), of human beings ( carṣaṇí ), whatever of various form is upon th…
1. Thousand-armed is Purusha, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed; he, covering the earth entirely, exceeded it by ten fin…
1. Seeking favor of the twenty-eight-fold (?) wondrous ones, shining in the sky together, ever-moving, hasting in the…
1. What asterisms are in the sky, in the atmosphere, in the waters, on the earth, what ones in the mountains, in the …
1. Appeased ( çāntá ) be heaven ( dyú ), appeased be earth, appeased be this wide atmosphere, appeased the waters ric…
1. Weal for us be Indra-and-Agni, with their aids; weal for us Indra-and-Varuṇa, on whom offerings are bestowed; weal…
1. Weal for us be the lords of truth; weal for us the coursers and weal be the kine; weal for us the Ṛibhus, well-doe…
1. The dawn, with nobleness, makes the darkness roll together [and] away on her sister's track; therewith may we win …
1. Indra's two arms [are] stout, virile ( vṛ́ṣan ), these two wondrous successful bulls; them will I first yoke when …
1. Here have I come up to a better stop ( avasā́na ); heaven-and-earth have been propitious to me; let the directions…
1. What we fear, O Indra, make thou fearlessness for us of it; O bounteous one, help ( çak ) that for us by thy aids;…
1. Freedom from rivals in front, behind us [is] fearlessness made; Savitar [protect] me on the south, the lord of Çac…
1. Let Agni with the Vasus protect me on the east: in him I step, in him I take refuge ( çri ), to that stronghold I …
1. Let those malignants ( aghāyú ) who shall attack ( abhi-dās ) me from the eastern quarter come upon ( ṛch ) Agni w…
1. Mitra ascended with the earth: to that stronghold I lead you forward; that enter ye into; that enter ye; let that …
1. Have set down apart the human deadly weapon Indra-and-Agni, Dhātar, Savitar, Bṛihaspati, king Soma, Varuṇa, the Aç…
1. Gāyatrī, uṣṇih, anuṣṭubh, bṛhatī, pan̄kti, triṣṭubh-and-jagatī.
1. With the first five anuvākás of the Ān̄girasas, hail! 2. To the sixth, hail! 3. To the seventh-and-eighth, hail! 4…
1. To them of four verses of the Ātharvaṇas, hail! 2. To them of five verses, hail! 3. To them of six verses, hail! 4…
1. With what [garment] the gods caused to wrap god Savitar, with that, O Brahmaṇaspati, do ye wrap this man in order …
1. I harness ( yuj ) thee with the mind of one that is unwearied and that is first; be thou an up-carrier uphill; hav…
1. The gold that, born out of the fire, immortal, maintains itself over mortals—whoso knows it, he verily merits ( ar…
1. Let the bull ( ṛṣabhá ) protect thee with the kine; let the virile one ( vṛ́ṣan ) protect thee with the vigorous o…
1. I bind for thee this amulet, in order to long life, to brilliancy—the darbhá , damager of rivals, burner ( tápana …
1. Gore, O darbhá , my rivals; gore those that fight against me; gore all my enemies; gore my haters, O amulet. 2. Bo…
1. What thou hast that brings death in old age, O darbhá , that has hundred-fold defense, good defense, therewith hav…
1. With an amulet of udumbára , for the pious one desiring prosperity: may Savitar make in my cow-stall fatness ( sph…
1. Hundred-jointed, hard to be stirred, thousand-leaved, uplifting (?)—the darbhá that is a formidable herb, that I b…
1. Of thousand-fold worth, hundred-jointed, rich in milk, fire of the waters, consecration ( rājasū́ya ) of plants—le…
1. Jan̄giḍá art though, jan̄giḍá; defender art thou, jan̄giḍá; what of ours is two-footed, four-footed—let jan̄giḍá d…
1. Taking ( grah ) the name of Indra, the seers gave the jan̄giḍá , which the gods in the beginning made a remedy, sp…
1. The çatávāra hath by its keenness ( téjas ) made to vanish the yákṣmas , the demons, mounting together with splend…
1. This splendor hath come, given by Agni, brightness ( bhárga ), glory, power, force, vigor ( vájas ), strength; and…
1. Yákṣmas obstruct him not, a curse attains him not, whom the agreeable odor of the healing gúggulu attains. 2. From…
1. Let the heavenly rescuing kúṣṭha come hither from off the snowy [mountain]; do thou make vanish all takmán and all…
1. What that is defective ( chidrá ) of my mind, and what of my voice hath found (? jagā́ma ) Sarasvatī enraged, let …
1. Desiring what is excellent, the heaven-finding seers in the beginning sat down in attendance upon ( upa-ni-sad ) a…
1. The bráhman is invoker ( hótṛ ) the bráhman is the sacrifice; by the bráhman the sacrificial posts are set up; the…
1. Whither the brahman -knowers go, along with consecration, with ardor—thither let Agni conduct me; let Agni impart …
1. Thou art an extender of life-time; all-healing art thou called; so, O ointment, do thou [make] wealfulness; make, …
1. Bringing together witchcraft to the house of the witchcraft-maker, as it were debt from debt, do thou, O ointment,…
1. Prajāpati bound thee first [as] unsubdued ( ástṛta ), in order to heroism; it do I bind for thee in order to life-…
1. O night, the earthly space ( rájas ) hath been filled with the father's orderings ( dhā́man ); great, thou spreade…
1. Now then what things we note, or what things are within the box, those things we commit to thee. 2. O night! mothe…
1. The lively woman, household maiden, night, of god Savitar, of Bhaga, all-expanded, of easy invocation, of assemble…
1. Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked, headless; smite out the eyes of the wolf; cast the thief int…
1. Unrepelled (? áyuta ) am I, unrepelled my soul, unrepelled my sight, unrepelled my hearing, unrepelled my breath, …
1. Desire here came into being ( sam-vṛt ) in the beginning, which was the first seed of mind; O desire, being of one…
1. Time ( kālá ) drives ( vah ) [as] a horse with seven reins, thousand-eyed, unaging, possessing much seed; him the …
1. From time came into being the waters; from time [came] the bráhman , fervor, the quarters; by time the sun rises; …
1. Night after night bringing to him without mixture, as fodder to a horse that stands, let not us, O Agni, thy neigh…
1. Out of Yama's world hast thou come hither ( ā-bhū ); with mirth (?) dost thou, wise, make use of ( pra-yuj ) morta…
1. As a sixteenth, as an eighth, as a [whole] debt they bring together, so do we bring together all evil-dreaming on …
1. The swiftness of ghee evenly always increasing the year with oblation—be our hearing, sight, breath unsevered; uns…
1. Thou, O Agni, art protector of vows among gods (?), among mortals; thou art to be praised at the sacrifices. 2. If…
1. Speech in my mouth, breath in my nostrils, sight in my eyes, hearing in my ears, my hair not gray, my teeth not br…
1. A body together with my body. ⌊...⌋ May I attain all my life-time. Sit thou on what is pleasant; fill thyself full…
1. Make thou me dear to the gods, make me dear to kings, dear to everything that sees, both to Çūdra and to Āryan.
1. Arise, O Brahmaṇaspati; awaken the gods with the sacrifice; increase [his] life-time, breath, progeny, cattle, fam…
1. O Agni, I have taken fuel for the great Jātavedas; let that Jātavedas extend to me both faith and wisdom. 2. With …
1. A yellow eagle, thou hast ascended unto heaven ( dív ) with radiance ( arcís ); whoso (pl.) would injure thee flyi…
1. The trickish Asuras that go about, having metal nets, hooking with fetters of metal, them I make subject to thee w…
1. May we see a hundred autumns. 2. May we live a hundred autumns. 3. May we wake a hundred autumns. 4. May we ascend…
1. Of non-expansion and of expansion do I untie the aperture with magic; by those two having taken up the Veda, we th…
1. Living are ye; may I live; may I live my whole life-time. 2. Living on are ye; may I live on; may I live my whole …
1. Live, O Indra; live, O Sūrya; live ye, O gods; may I live; may I live my whole life-time.
1. Praised by me [is] the boon-giving Veda-mother. Let them urge on the soma-hymn of the twice-born. Having given to …
1. Out of what receptacle we bore up the Veda, within that do we set it down; what is performed [and] sacrificed by t…