White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 1

VS 1.1

इषे त्वा ऊर्जे त्वा वायव स्थ देवो वः सविता प्रार्पयतु श्रेष्ठतमाय कर्मण आ प्यायध्वम् अघ्न्या इन्द्राय भागं प्रजावतीर् अनमीवा अयक्ष्मा मा व स्तेन ईशत माघशꣳसो ध्रुवा अस्मिन् गोपतौ स्यात बह्वीः यजमानस्य पशून् पाहि

iṣe tvā ūrje tvā vāyava stha devo vaḥ savitā prārpayatu śreṣṭhatamāya karmaṇa ā pyāyadhvam aghnyā indrāya bhāgaṃ prajāvatīr anamīvā ayakṣmā mā va stena īśata māghaśaṁso dhruvā asmin gopatau syāta bahvīḥ yajamānasya paśūn pāhi

Thee for food, thee for strength. You are of Vāyu. May the god Savitṛ send you forth to the most excellent work. Swell up, O inviolable ones, a portion for Indra — rich in offspring, free of ailment, free of disease. Let no thief have power over you, no evil-speaker; be steadfast and many with this lord of cattle. Protect the cattle of the sacrificer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.2

वसोः पवित्रम् असि द्यौर् असि पृथिव्य् असि मातरिश्वनो घर्मो सि विश्वधा असि परमेण धाम्ना दृꣳहस्व मा ह्वार् मा ते यज्ञपतिर् ह्वार्षीत्

vasoḥ pavitram asi dyaur asi pṛthivy asi mātariśvano gharmo si viśvadhā asi parameṇa dhāmnā dṛṁhasva mā hvār mā te yajñapatir hvārṣīt

You are the strainer of Vasu; you are heaven, you are earth, you are the heat of Mātariśvan, you are all-sustaining. Be made firm by the highest ordinance. Do not swerve; let not the lord of your sacrifice swerve.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.3

वसोः पवित्रम् असि शतधारं वसोः पवित्रम् असि सहस्रधारम् देवस् त्वा सविता पुनातु वसोः पवित्रेण शतधारेण सुप्वा काम् अधुक्षः

vasoḥ pavitram asi śatadhāraṃ vasoḥ pavitram asi sahasradhāram devas tvā savitā punātu vasoḥ pavitreṇa śatadhāreṇa supvā kām adhukṣaḥ

You are the strainer of Vasu, hundred-streamed; you are the strainer of Vasu, thousand-streamed. May the god Savitṛ purify you with Vasu's strainer, the hundred-streamed one — well purifying, you have milked out the wish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.4

सा विश्वायुः सा विश्वकर्मा सा विश्वधायाः इन्द्रस्य त्वा भागꣳ सोमेना तनच्मि विष्णो हव्यꣳ रक्ष

sā viśvāyuḥ sā viśvakarmā sā viśvadhāyāḥ indrasya tvā bhāgaṁ somenā tanacmi viṣṇo havyaṁ rakṣa

She is all-life, she all-work, she all-nourishing. I curdle you, Indra's portion, with soma. O Viṣṇu, guard the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.5

अग्ने व्रतपते व्रतं चरिष्यामि तच् छकेयं तन् मे राध्यताम् इदम् अहम् अनृतात् सत्यम् उपैमि

agne vratapate vrataṃ cariṣyāmi tac chakeyaṃ tan me rādhyatām idam aham anṛtāt satyam upaimi

Agni, lord of the vow, I shall carry out the vow; may I be able to do it; may it succeed for me. Here I pass from untruth to truth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.6

कस् त्वा युनक्ति स त्वा युनक्ति कस्मै त्वा युनक्ति तस्मै त्वा युनक्ति कर्मणे वां वेषाय वाम्

kas tvā yunakti sa tvā yunakti kasmai tvā yunakti tasmai tvā yunakti karmaṇe vāṃ veṣāya vām

Who yokes you? He yokes you. For whom does he yoke you? For him he yokes you. For work (he yokes) you two, for activity (he yokes) you two.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.7

प्रत्युष्टꣳ रक्षः प्रत्युष्टा अरातयः निष्टप्तꣳ रक्षो निष्टप्ता अरातयः उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् अन्व् एमि

pratyuṣṭaṁ rakṣaḥ pratyuṣṭā arātayaḥ niṣṭaptaṁ rakṣo niṣṭaptā arātayaḥ urv antarikṣam anv emi

Burnt away is the demon, burnt away are the hostile powers; scorched out is the demon, scorched out are the hostile powers. I go along the wide midspace.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.8

धूर् असि धूर्व धूर्वन्तं धूर्व तं यो स्मान् धूर्वति तं धूर्व यं वयं धूर्वामः देवानाम् असि वह्नितमꣳ सम्नितमं पप्रितमं जुष्टतमं देवहूतमम्

dhūr asi dhūrva dhūrvantaṃ dhūrva taṃ yo smān dhūrvati taṃ dhūrva yaṃ vayaṃ dhūrvāmaḥ devānām asi vahnitamaṁ samnitamaṃ papritamaṃ juṣṭatamaṃ devahūtamam

You are the yoke-pole: harm the one who harms; harm him who harms us; harm him whom we harm. Of the gods you are the best conveyer, the best bringer, the best filler, the most acceptable, the best summoner of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.9

अह्रुतम् असि हविर्धानं दृꣳहस्व मा ह्वार् मा यज्ञपतिर् ह्वार्षीत् विष्णुस् त्वा क्रमताम् उरु वाताय अपहतꣳ रक्षः यच्छन्तां पञ्च

ahrutam asi havirdhānaṃ dṛṁhasva mā hvār mā yajñapatir hvārṣīt viṣṇus tvā kramatām uru vātāya apahataṁ rakṣaḥ yacchantāṃ pañca

You are unbent, the receptacle of the oblation; stand firm, do not bend; let not the lord of the sacrifice bend. Let Viṣṇu stride you out wide, for the wind. Struck away is the demon. Let the five hold (it) in check.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.10

देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे श्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् अग्नये जुष्टं गृह्णामि अग्नीषोमाभ्यां जुष्टं गृह्णामि

devasya tvā savituḥ prasave śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām agnaye juṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāmi agnīṣomābhyāṃ juṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāmi

You, at the impulsion of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan — I take you, welcome to Agni; I take you, welcome to Agni and Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.11

भूताय त्वा नारातये स्वर् अभिवि ख्येषम् दृꣳहन्तां दुर्याः पृथिव्याम् उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् अन्व् एमि पृथिव्यास् त्वा नाभौ सादयाम्य् अदित्या उपस्थे ग्ने हव्यꣳ रक्ष

bhūtāya tvā nārātaye svar abhivi khyeṣam dṛṁhantāṃ duryāḥ pṛthivyām urv antarikṣam anv emi pṛthivyās tvā nābhau sādayāmy adityā upasthe gne havyaṁ rakṣa

You for existence, not for hostility. May I look out upon the light. Let the house-doors stand firm upon the earth. I go along the wide midspace. I set you upon the navel of the earth, in the lap of Aditi. Agni, guard the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.12

पवित्रे स्थो वैष्णव्यौ सवितुर् वः प्रसव उत् पुनाम्य् अच्छिद्रेन पवित्रेण सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिः देवीर् आपो अग्रेगुवो अग्रेपुवो ग्र इमम् अद्य यज्ञं नयताग्रे यज्ञपतिꣳ सुधातुं यज्ञपतिं देवयुवम्

pavitre stho vaiṣṇavyau savitur vaḥ prasava ut punāmy acchidrena pavitreṇa sūryasya raśmibhiḥ devīr āpo agreguvo agrepuvo gra imam adya yajñaṃ nayatāgre yajñapatiṁ sudhātuṃ yajñapatiṃ devayuvam

You two are the strainers belonging to Viṣṇu. At the impulsion of Savitṛ I purify you with the flawless strainer, with the rays of the sun. Divine waters, going in front, purifying in front, lead this sacrifice forward today, (lead) forward the lord of the sacrifice to good establishment, the god-seeking lord of the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.13

युष्मा इन्द्रो वृणीत वृत्रतूर्ये यूयम् इन्द्रम् अवृणीध्वं वृत्रतूर्ये प्रोक्षिता स्थ अग्नये त्वा जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि अग्नीषोमाभ्यां त्वा जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि दैव्याय कर्मणे शुन्धध्वं देवयज्यायै यद् वो शुद्धाः पराजघ्नुर् इदं वस् तच् छुन्धामि

yuṣmā indro vṛṇīta vṛtratūrye yūyam indram avṛṇīdhvaṃ vṛtratūrye prokṣitā stha agnaye tvā juṣṭaṃ prokṣāmi agnīṣomābhyāṃ tvā juṣṭaṃ prokṣāmi daivyāya karmaṇe śundhadhvaṃ devayajyāyai yad vo śuddhāḥ parājaghnur idaṃ vas tac chundhāmi

Indra chose you for the overcoming of Vṛtra; you chose Indra for the overcoming of Vṛtra. You are sprinkled. I sprinkle you, welcome to Agni; I sprinkle you, welcome to Agni and Soma. Be pure for the divine work, for the worship of the gods. Whatever of you the impure have spoiled, that of yours I now purify.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.14

शर्मासि अवधूतꣳ रक्षो वधूता अरातयः अदित्यास् त्वग् असि प्रति त्वादितिर् वेत्तु अद्रिर् असि वानस्पत्यः ग्रावासि पृथुबुध्नः प्रति त्वादित्यास् त्वग् वेत्तु

śarmāsi avadhūtaṁ rakṣo vadhūtā arātayaḥ adityās tvag asi prati tvāditir vettu adrir asi vānaspatyaḥ grāvāsi pṛthubudhnaḥ prati tvādityās tvag vettu

You are shelter. Shaken off is the demon, shaken off are the hostile powers. You are the skin of Aditi; may Aditi recognise you. You are a stone, born of the tree; you are a pressing-stone with a broad base; may the skin of Aditi recognise you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.15

अग्नेस् तनूर् असि वाचो विसर्जनं देववीतये त्वा गृह्णामि बृहद्ग्रावासि वानस्पत्यः स इदं देवेभ्यो हविः शमीष्व सुशमि शमीष्व हविष्कृद् एहि हविष्कृद् एहि हविष्कृद् एहि

agnes tanūr asi vāco visarjanaṃ devavītaye tvā gṛhṇāmi bṛhadgrāvāsi vānaspatyaḥ sa idaṃ devebhyo haviḥ śamīṣva suśami śamīṣva haviṣkṛd ehi haviṣkṛd ehi haviṣkṛd ehi

You are the body of Agni, the release of speech. I take you for the gods' feasting. You are the great pressing-stone, born of the tree. Prepare this oblation for the gods; prepare it well. Come, preparer of the oblation; come, preparer of the oblation; come, preparer of the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.16

कुक्कुटो सि मधुजिह्व इषम् ऊर्जम् आ वद त्वया वयꣳ संधातꣳ-संधातं जेष्म वर्षवृद्धम् असि प्रति त्वा वर्षवृद्धं वेत्तु परापूतꣳ रक्षः परापूता अरातयः अपहतꣳ रक्षः वायुर् वो वि विनक्तु देवो वः सविता हिरण्यपाणिः प्रति गृभ्णात्व् अच्छिद्रेण पाणिना

kukkuṭo si madhujihva iṣam ūrjam ā vada tvayā vayaṁ saṃdhātaṁ-saṃdhātaṃ jeṣma varṣavṛddham asi prati tvā varṣavṛddhaṃ vettu parāpūtaṁ rakṣaḥ parāpūtā arātayaḥ apahataṁ rakṣaḥ vāyur vo vi vinaktu devo vaḥ savitā hiraṇyapāṇiḥ prati gṛbhṇātv acchidreṇa pāṇinā

You are a cock, honey-tongued; speak forth food and strength. With you may we win at every joining. You are grown by rain; may (the earth) recognise you as grown by rain. Blown away is the demon, blown away are the hostile powers. Struck away is the demon. Let Vāyu sift you apart; let the god Savitṛ of the golden hand take you with his flawless hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.17

धृष्टिर् असि अपाग्ने अग्निम् आमादं जहि निष् क्रव्यादꣳ सेध आ देवयजं वह ध्रुवम् असि पृथिवीं दृꣳह ब्रह्मवनि त्वा क्षत्रवनि सजातवन्य् उप दधामि भ्रातृव्यस्य बधाय

dhṛṣṭir asi apāgne agnim āmādaṃ jahi niṣ kravyādaṁ sedha ā devayajaṃ vaha dhruvam asi pṛthivīṃ dṛṁha brahmavani tvā kṣatravani sajātavany upa dadhāmi bhrātṛvyasya badhāya

You are the firebrand. Agni, drive away the flesh-eating fire; drive out the eater of raw flesh; bring here the one who sacrifices to the gods. You are firm; make the earth firm. I lay you down as winner of brahman, winner of kṣatra, winner of kinsmen, for the slaying of the rival.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.18

अग्ने ब्रह्म गृभ्णीष्व धरुणम् अस्य् अन्तरिक्षं दृꣳह ब्रह्मवनि त्वा क्षत्रवनि सजातवन्य् उप दधामि भ्रातृव्यस्य बधाय धर्त्रम् असि दिवं दृꣳह ब्रह्मवनि त्वा क्षत्रवनि सजातवन्य् उप दधामि भ्रातृव्यस्य बधाय विश्वाभ्यस् त्वाशाभ्य उप दधामि चित स्थोर्ध्वचितः भृगूणाम् अङ्गिरसां तपसा तप्यध्वम्

agne brahma gṛbhṇīṣva dharuṇam asy antarikṣaṃ dṛṁha brahmavani tvā kṣatravani sajātavany upa dadhāmi bhrātṛvyasya badhāya dhartram asi divaṃ dṛṁha brahmavani tvā kṣatravani sajātavany upa dadhāmi bhrātṛvyasya badhāya viśvābhyas tvāśābhya upa dadhāmi cita sthordhvacitaḥ bhṛgūṇām aṅgirasāṃ tapasā tapyadhvam

Agni, take hold of the brahman. You are the support; make the midspace firm. I lay you down as winner of brahman, winner of kṣatra, winner of kinsmen, for the slaying of the rival. You are the sustainer; make heaven firm. I lay you down as winner of brahman, winner of kṣatra, winner of kinsmen, for the slaying of the rival. I lay you down for all the quarters. You are piled, piled upward. Glow with the heat of the Bhṛgus and the Aṅgirases.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 1.19

शर्मासि अवधूतꣳ रक्षो वधूता अरातयः अदित्यास् त्वग् असि प्रति त्वादितिर् वेत्तु धिषणासि पर्वती प्रति त्वादित्यास् त्वग् वेत्तु दिव स्कम्भनीर् असि धिषणासि पार्वतेयी प्रति त्वा पर्वती वेत्तु

śarmāsi avadhūtaṁ rakṣo vadhūtā arātayaḥ adityās tvag asi prati tvāditir vettu dhiṣaṇāsi parvatī prati tvādityās tvag vettu diva skambhanīr asi dhiṣaṇāsi pārvateyī prati tvā parvatī vettu

You are shelter. Shaken off is the demon, shaken off are the hostile powers. You are the skin of Aditi; may Aditi recognise you. You are Dhiṣaṇā of the mountain; may the skin of Aditi recognise you. You are the prop of heaven; you are Dhiṣaṇā born of the mountain; may the mountain-one recognise you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.20

धान्यम् असि धिनुहि देवान् प्राणाय त्वा उदानाय त्वा व्यानाय त्वा दीर्घाम् अनु प्रसितिम् आयुषे धां देवो वः सविता हिरण्यपाणिः प्रति गृभ्णात्व् अच्छिद्रेण पाणिना चक्षुषे त्वा महीनां पयो सि

dhānyam asi dhinuhi devān prāṇāya tvā udānāya tvā vyānāya tvā dīrghām anu prasitim āyuṣe dhāṃ devo vaḥ savitā hiraṇyapāṇiḥ prati gṛbhṇātv acchidreṇa pāṇinā cakṣuṣe tvā mahīnāṃ payo si

You are grain; gladden the gods. You for the in-breath, you for the up-breath, you for the through-breath. I have set (you) for a long continuance, for long life. Let the god Savitṛ of the golden hand take you with his flawless hand. You for the eye. You are the milk of the great ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.21

देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे श्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् सं वपामि सम् आप ओषधीभिः सम् ओषधयो रसेन सꣳ रेवतीर् जगतीभिः पृच्यन्ताꣳ सं मधुमतीर् मधुमतीभिः पृच्यन्ताम्

devasya tvā savituḥ prasave śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām saṃ vapāmi sam āpa oṣadhībhiḥ sam oṣadhayo rasena saṁ revatīr jagatībhiḥ pṛcyantāṁ saṃ madhumatīr madhumatībhiḥ pṛcyantām

I scatter you at the impulsion of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan. Let the waters unite with the plants, the plants with the sap; let the rich ones be mingled with the jagatī-verses, let the honeyed ones be mingled with the honeyed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.22

जनयत्यै त्वा सं यौमि इदम् अग्नेः इदम् अग्नीषोमयोः इषे त्वा घर्मो सि विश्वायुः उरुप्रथा उरु प्रथस्वोरु ते यज्ञपतिः प्रथताम् अग्निष् टे त्वचं मा हिꣳसीत् देवस् त्वा सविता श्रपयतु वर्षिष्ठे धि नाके

janayatyai tvā saṃ yaumi idam agneḥ idam agnīṣomayoḥ iṣe tvā gharmo si viśvāyuḥ uruprathā uru prathasvoru te yajñapatiḥ prathatām agniṣ ṭe tvacaṃ mā hiṁsīt devas tvā savitā śrapayatu varṣiṣṭhe dhi nāke

I join you for her that gives birth. This is Agni's; this is of Agni and Soma. You for nourishment. You are the hot draught, of all lifetime. Broadly extended, extend broadly; broadly let your lord of the sacrifice extend. Let not Agni injure your skin. Let the god Savitṛ cook you on the highest vault.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

VS 1.23

मा भेर् मा सं विक्थाः अतमेरुर् यज्ञो तमेरुर् यजमानस्य प्रजा भूयात् त्रिताय त्वा द्विताय त्वा एकताय त्वा

mā bher mā saṃ vikthāḥ atamerur yajño tamerur yajamānasya prajā bhūyāt tritāya tvā dvitāya tvā ekatāya tvā

Do not fear, do not shrink. Unwearying is the sacrifice; may the offspring of the sacrificer be unwearying. You for Trita, you for Dvita, you for Ekata.

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VS 1.24

देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे श्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् आ ददे ध्वरकृतं देवेभ्यः इन्द्रस्य बाहुर् असि दक्षिणः सहस्रभृष्टिः शततेजा वायुर् असि तिग्मतेजा द्विषतो बधः

devasya tvā savituḥ prasave śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām ā dade dhvarakṛtaṃ devebhyaḥ indrasya bāhur asi dakṣiṇaḥ sahasrabhṛṣṭiḥ śatatejā vāyur asi tigmatejā dviṣato badhaḥ

You, at the impulsion of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take — the maker of the rite — for the gods. You are the right arm of Indra, thousand-pointed, hundred-edged. You are Vāyu, of sharp edge, the slayer of the hater.

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VS 1.25

पृथिवि देवयजन्य् ओषध्यास् ते मूलं मा हिꣳसिषम् व्रजं गच्छ गोष्ठानम् वर्षतु ते द्यौः बधान देव सवितः परमस्यां पृथिव्याꣳ शतेन पाशैर् यो स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मस् तम् अतो मा मौक्

pṛthivi devayajany oṣadhyās te mūlaṃ mā hiṁsiṣam vrajaṃ gaccha goṣṭhānam varṣatu te dyauḥ badhāna deva savitaḥ paramasyāṃ pṛthivyāṁ śatena pāśair yo smān dveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmas tam ato mā mauk

O Earth, place of sacrifice to the gods, (thou art) of the plant; I would not injure thy root. Go to the pen, to the cow-stall; may the sky rain for thee. Bind, O god Savitṛ, on the furthest earth with a hundred fetters him who hates us and whom we hate; let him not get free from there.

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VS 1.26

अपाररुं पृथिव्यै देवयजनाद् बध्यासम् व्रजं गच्छ गोष्ठानम् वर्षतु ते द्यौः बधान देव सवितः परमस्यां पृथिव्याꣳ शतेन पाशैर् यो स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मस् तम् अतो मा मौक् अररो दिवं मा पप्तः द्रप्सस् ते द्यां मा स्कन् व्रजं गच्छ गोष्ठानम् वर्षतु ते द्यौः बधान देव सवितः परमस्यां पृथिव्याꣳ शतेन पाशैर् यो स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मस् तम् अतो मा मौक्

apāraruṃ pṛthivyai devayajanād badhyāsam vrajaṃ gaccha goṣṭhānam varṣatu te dyauḥ badhāna deva savitaḥ paramasyāṃ pṛthivyāṁ śatena pāśair yo smān dveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmas tam ato mā mauk araro divaṃ mā paptaḥ drapsas te dyāṃ mā skan vrajaṃ gaccha goṣṭhānam varṣatu te dyauḥ badhāna deva savitaḥ paramasyāṃ pṛthivyāṁ śatena pāśair yo smān dveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmas tam ato mā mauk

May I strike the ungenerous one away from the earth, from the place of sacrifice to the gods. Go to the pen, to the cow-stall; may the sky rain for thee. Bind, O god Savitṛ, on the furthest earth with a hundred fetters him who hates us and whom we hate; let him not get free from there. O niggard, do not fly to heaven; let thy drop not spurt to the sky. Go to the pen, to the cow-stall; may the sky rain for thee. Bind, O god Savitṛ, on the furthest earth with a hundred fetters him who hates us and whom we hate; let him not get free from there.

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VS 1.27

गायत्रेण त्वा छन्दसा परि गृह्णामि त्रैष्टुभेन त्वा छन्दसा परि गृह्णामि जगतेन त्वा छन्दसा परि गृह्णामि सुक्ष्मा चासि शिवा चासि स्योना चासि सुषदा चासि ऊर्जस्वती चासि पयस्वती च

gāyatreṇa tvā chandasā pari gṛhṇāmi traiṣṭubhena tvā chandasā pari gṛhṇāmi jagatena tvā chandasā pari gṛhṇāmi sukṣmā cāsi śivā cāsi syonā cāsi suṣadā cāsi ūrjasvatī cāsi payasvatī ca

With the Gāyatrī metre I enclose thee; with the Traiṣṭubha metre I enclose thee; with the Jagata metre I enclose thee. And thou art fine, and thou art kindly, and thou art soft, and thou art good to sit on, and thou art full of strength, and full of milk.

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VS 1.28

पुरा क्रूरस्य विसृपो विरप्शिन्न् उदादाय पृथिवीं जीवदानुम् याम् ऐरयꣳश् चन्द्रमसि स्वधाभिस् ताम् उ धीरासो अनुदिश्य यजन्ते प्रोक्षणीर् आ सादय द्विषतो बधो सि

purā krūrasya visṛpo virapśinn udādāya pṛthivīṃ jīvadānum yām airayaṁś candramasi svadhābhis tām u dhīrāso anudiśya yajante prokṣaṇīr ā sādaya dviṣato badho si

Before the creeping abroad of the cruel one, O abounding one, having lifted up the earth that gives life — which they set in motion in the moon by their own powers — pointing to her the wise perform the sacrifice. Set down the sprinkling waters; thou art the slayer of the hater.

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VS 1.29

प्रत्युष्टꣳ रक्षः प्रत्युष्टा अरातयः निष्टप्तꣳ रक्षो निष्टप्ता अरातयः अनिशितो सि सपत्नक्षिद् वाजिनं त्वा वाजेध्यायै सं मार्ज्मि प्रत्युष्टꣳ रक्षः प्रत्युष्टा अरातयः निष्टप्तꣳ रक्षो निष्टप्ता अरातयः अनिशितासि सपत्नक्षिद् वाजिनीं त्वा वाजेध्यायै सं मार्ज्मि

pratyuṣṭaṁ rakṣaḥ pratyuṣṭā arātayaḥ niṣṭaptaṁ rakṣo niṣṭaptā arātayaḥ aniśito si sapatnakṣid vājinaṃ tvā vājedhyāyai saṃ mārjmi pratyuṣṭaṁ rakṣaḥ pratyuṣṭā arātayaḥ niṣṭaptaṁ rakṣo niṣṭaptā arātayaḥ aniśitāsi sapatnakṣid vājinīṃ tvā vājedhyāyai saṃ mārjmi

Burnt away is the demon, burnt away are the hostile powers; scorched out is the demon, scorched out are the hostile powers. Thou art unwhetted, slayer of rivals; thee, full of strength, I wipe clean for the kindling of strength. Burnt away is the demon, burnt away are the hostile powers; scorched out is the demon, scorched out are the hostile powers. Thou art unwhetted, slayer of rivals; thee (f.), full of strength, I wipe clean for the kindling of strength.

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VS 1.30

अदित्यै रास्नासि विष्णोर् वेष्यो सि ऊर्जे त्वा अदब्धेन त्वा चक्षुषाव पश्यामि अग्नेर् जिह्वासि सुहूर् देवेभ्यो धाम्ने-धाम्ने मे भव यजुषे-यजुषे

adityai rāsnāsi viṣṇor veṣyo si ūrje tvā adabdhena tvā cakṣuṣāva paśyāmi agner jihvāsi suhūr devebhyo dhāmne-dhāmne me bhava yajuṣe-yajuṣe

Thou art Aditi's girdle; thou art Viṣṇu's servant. Thee for vigour. With undeceived eye I look down upon thee. Thou art Agni's tongue, a good invoker for the gods. Be for me at every abode, at every yajus-formula.

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VS 1.31

सवितुस् त्वा प्रसव उत् पुनाम्य् अच्छिद्रेण पवित्रेण सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिः सवितुर् वः प्रसव उत् पुनाम्य् अच्छिद्रेण पवित्रेण सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिः तेजो सि शुक्रम् अस्य् अमृतम् असि धाम नामासि प्रियं देवानाम् अनाधृष्टं देवयजनम् असि

savitus tvā prasava ut punāmy acchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūryasya raśmibhiḥ savitur vaḥ prasava ut punāmy acchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūryasya raśmibhiḥ tejo si śukram asy amṛtam asi dhāma nāmāsi priyaṃ devānām anādhṛṣṭaṃ devayajanam asi

At the impulse of Savitṛ I purify thee with the flawless strainer, with the rays of the sun. At the impulse of Savitṛ I purify you with the flawless strainer, with the rays of the sun. Thou art brilliance, thou art bright, thou art immortal; thy name is 'abode', dear to the gods; thou art the unassailable place of sacrifice to the gods.

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