White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 12

VS 12.1

दृशानो रुक्म उर्व्या व्य् अद्यौद् दुर्मर्षम् आयुः श्रिये रुचानः अग्निर् अमृतो अभवद् वयोभिर् यद् एनं द्यौर् जनयत् सुरेताः

dṛśāno rukma urvyā vy adyaud durmarṣam āyuḥ śriye rucānaḥ agnir amṛto abhavad vayobhir yad enaṃ dyaur janayat suretāḥ

Appearing as a golden ornament, he has blazed out widely, shining for glory, a life not to be forgotten; Agni became immortal through his vigours, when Heaven of good seed begot him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.2

नक्तोषासा समनसा विरूपे धापयेते शिशुम् एकꣳ समीची द्यावाक्षामा रुक्मो अन्तर् वि भाति देवा अग्निं धारयन् द्रविणोदाः

naktoṣāsā samanasā virūpe dhāpayete śiśum ekaṁ samīcī dyāvākṣāmā rukmo antar vi bhāti devā agniṃ dhārayan draviṇodāḥ

Night and Dawn, of one mind, of unlike forms, joined together, suckle one child; between Heaven and Earth the golden one shines forth; the gods, the givers of wealth, upheld Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.3

विश्वा रूपाणि प्रति मुञ्चते कविः प्रासावीद् भद्रं द्विपदे चतुष्पदे वि नाकम् अख्यत् सविता वरेण्यो नु प्रयाणम् उषसो वि राजति

viśvā rūpāṇi prati muñcate kaviḥ prāsāvīd bhadraṃ dvipade catuṣpade vi nākam akhyat savitā vareṇyo nu prayāṇam uṣaso vi rājati

The sage puts on all forms; he has impelled what is good for the two-footed and the four-footed; the choiceworthy Savitṛ has looked out upon the vault, and he shines out at the forth-going of Dawn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.4

सुपर्णो सि गरुत्माꣳस् त्रिवृत् ते शिरो गायत्रं चक्षुर् बृहद्रथन्तरे पक्षौ स्तोम आत्मा छन्दाꣳस्य् अङ्गानि यजूꣳषि नाम साम ते तनूर् वामदेव्यं यज्ञायज्ञियं पुच्छं धिष्ण्याः शफाः सुपर्णो सि गरुत्मान् दिवं गच्छ स्वः पत

suparṇo si garutmāṁs trivṛt te śiro gāyatraṃ cakṣur bṛhadrathantare pakṣau stoma ātmā chandāṁsy aṅgāni yajūṁṣi nāma sāma te tanūr vāmadevyaṃ yajñāyajñiyaṃ pucchaṃ dhiṣṇyāḥ śaphāḥ suparṇo si garutmān divaṃ gaccha svaḥ pata

You are the well-winged one, Garutmant; the trivṛt (stoma) is your head, the gāyatra your eye, the Bṛhat and the Rathantara your two wings, the stoma your self, the metres your limbs, the yajus-formulas your name, the sāman your body, the Vāmadevya and the Yajñāyajñiya your tail, the dhiṣṇya-hearths your hooves. You are the well-winged one, Garutmant: go to heaven, fly to the light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.5

विष्णोः क्रमो सि सपत्नहा गायत्रं छन्द आ रोह पृथिवीम् अनु वि क्रमस्व विष्णोः क्रमो स्य् अभिमातिहा त्रैष्टुभं छन्द आ रोहान्तरिक्षम् अनु वि क्रमस्व विष्णोः क्रमो स्य् अरातीयतो हन्ता जागतं छन्द आ रोह दिवम् अनु वि क्रमस्व विष्णोः क्रमो सि शत्रूयतो हन्तानुष्टुभं छन्द आ रोह दिशो नु वि क्रमस्व

viṣṇoḥ kramo si sapatnahā gāyatraṃ chanda ā roha pṛthivīm anu vi kramasva viṣṇoḥ kramo sy abhimātihā traiṣṭubhaṃ chanda ā rohāntarikṣam anu vi kramasva viṣṇoḥ kramo sy arātīyato hantā jāgataṃ chanda ā roha divam anu vi kramasva viṣṇoḥ kramo si śatrūyato hantānuṣṭubhaṃ chanda ā roha diśo nu vi kramasva

You are Viṣṇu's stride, slayer of rivals: mount the gāyatra metre, stride out over the earth. You are Viṣṇu's stride, slayer of plotters: mount the traiṣṭubha metre, stride out over the midspace. You are Viṣṇu's stride, slayer of the hostile one: mount the jāgata metre, stride out over the sky. You are Viṣṇu's stride, slayer of him who acts as an enemy: mount the ānuṣṭubha metre, stride out over the quarters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.6

अक्रन्दद् अग्नि स्तनयन्न् इव द्यौः क्षामा रेरिहद् वीरुधः समञ्जन् सद्यो जज्ञानो वि हीम् इद्धो अख्यद् आ रोदसी भानुना भात्य् अन्तः

akrandad agni stanayann iva dyauḥ kṣāmā rerihad vīrudhaḥ samañjan sadyo jajñāno vi hīm iddho akhyad ā rodasī bhānunā bhāty antaḥ

Agni roared, like Heaven thundering, licking the ground, anointing the plants; born in an instant, kindled, he looked forth, and he shines with his radiance between the two worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.7

अग्ने भ्यावर्तिन्न् अभि मा नि वर्तस्वायुषा वर्चसा प्रजया धनेन सन्या मेधया रय्या पोषेण

agne bhyāvartinn abhi mā ni vartasvāyuṣā varcasā prajayā dhanena sanyā medhayā rayyā poṣeṇa

O Agni who turns back, turn back to me with life, with splendour, with offspring, with wealth, with gain, with wisdom, with riches, with increase.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.8

अग्ने अङ्गिरः शतं ते सन्त्व् आवृतः सहस्रं त उपावृतः अधा पोषस्य पोषेण पुनर् नो नष्टम् आ कृधि पुनर् नो रयिम् आ कृधि

agne aṅgiraḥ śataṃ te santv āvṛtaḥ sahasraṃ ta upāvṛtaḥ adhā poṣasya poṣeṇa punar no naṣṭam ā kṛdhi punar no rayim ā kṛdhi

O Agni Aṅgiras, may there be a hundred returnings of you, a thousand approaches of you; then, with the increase of increase, make ours again what is lost to us, make wealth ours again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.9

पुनर् ऊर्जा नि वर्तस्व पुनर् अग्न इषायुषा पुनर् नः पाह्य् अꣳहसः

punar ūrjā ni vartasva punar agna iṣāyuṣā punar naḥ pāhy aṁhasaḥ

Turn back again with strength, again, Agni, with refreshment and life; protect us again from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.10

सह रय्या नि वर्तस्वाग्ने पिन्वस्व धारया विश्वप्स्न्या विश्वतस् परि

saha rayyā ni vartasvāgne pinvasva dhārayā viśvapsnyā viśvatas pari

Turn back together with wealth; O Agni, swell with a stream all-nourishing from every side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.11

आ त्वाहार्षम् अन्तर् अभूर् ध्रुवस् तिष्ठाविचाचलिः विशस् त्वा सर्वा वाञ्छन्तु मा त्वद् राष्ट्रम् अधि भ्रशत्

ā tvāhārṣam antar abhūr dhruvas tiṣṭhāvicācaliḥ viśas tvā sarvā vāñchantu mā tvad rāṣṭram adhi bhraśat

I have brought you here; you have come within. Stand firm, unwavering. May all the clans desire you; may the kingdom not fall away from you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.12

उद् उत्तमं वरुण पाशम् अस्मद् अवाधमं वि मध्यमꣳ श्रथाय अथा वयम् आदित्य व्रते तवानागसो अदितये स्याम

ud uttamaṃ varuṇa pāśam asmad avādhamaṃ vi madhyamaṁ śrathāya athā vayam āditya vrate tavānāgaso aditaye syāma

Loosen from us, Varuṇa, the highest fetter upward, the lowest downward, and the middle one apart; then, O Āditya, in your observance may we be guiltless before Aditi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.13

अग्रे बृहन्न् उषसाम् ऊर्ध्वो अस्थान् निर्जगन्वान् तमसो ज्योतिषागात् अग्निर् भानुना रुशता स्वङ्ग आ जातो विश्वा सद्मान्य् अप्राः

agre bṛhann uṣasām ūrdhvo asthān nirjaganvān tamaso jyotiṣāgāt agnir bhānunā ruśatā svaṅga ā jāto viśvā sadmāny aprāḥ

At the front of the dawns, lofty, he has stood upright; coming forth out of the darkness he has come with light. Agni with his gleaming radiance, of fair limbs, being born has filled all the dwellings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.14

हꣳसः शुचिषद् वसुर् अन्तरिक्षसद् धोता वेदिषद् अतिथिर् दूरोणसत् नृषद् वरसद् ऋतसद् व्योमसद् अब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतम् बृहत्

haṁsaḥ śuciṣad vasur antarikṣasad dhotā vediṣad atithir dūroṇasat nṛṣad varasad ṛtasad vyomasad abjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtam bṛhat

The swan seated in brightness, the Vasu seated in the mid-air, the hotṛ seated on the altar, the guest seated in the house; seated among men, seated in the best place, seated in ṛta, seated in heaven; born of the waters, born of the cow, born of ṛta, born of the rock — the great ṛta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.15

सीद त्वं मातुर् अस्या उपस्थे विश्वान्य् अग्ने वयुनानि विद्वान् मैनां तपसा मार्चिषाभिशोचीर् अन्तर् अस्याꣳ शुक्रज्योतिर् वि भाहि

sīda tvaṃ mātur asyā upasthe viśvāny agne vayunāni vidvān maināṃ tapasā mārciṣābhiśocīr antar asyāṁ śukrajyotir vi bhāhi

Sit thou in the lap of this mother, O Agni, knowing all the (ritual) courses; do not scorch her with heat nor with flame; shine forth within her with bright light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.16

अन्तर् अग्ने रुचा त्वम् उखायाः सदने स्वे तस्यास् त्वꣳ हरसा तपन् जातवेदः शिवो भव

antar agne rucā tvam ukhāyāḥ sadane sve tasyās tvaṁ harasā tapan jātavedaḥ śivo bhava

Within the pot, O Agni, thou with thy brilliance, in thy own seat; heating her with thy blaze, O Jātavedas, be kindly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.17

शिवो भूत्वा मह्यम् अग्ने अथो सीद शिवस् त्वम् शिवः कृत्वा दिशः सर्वाः स्वं योनिम् इहासदः

śivo bhūtvā mahyam agne atho sīda śivas tvam śivaḥ kṛtvā diśaḥ sarvāḥ svaṃ yonim ihāsadaḥ

Having become kindly to me, O Agni, then sit down kindly; having made all the directions kindly, sit here in thine own womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.18

दिवस् परि प्रथमं जज्ञे अग्निर् अस्माद् द्वितीयं परि जातवेदाः तृतीयम् अप्सु नृमणा अजस्रम् इन्धान एनं जरते स्वाधीः

divas pari prathamaṃ jajñe agnir asmād dvitīyaṃ pari jātavedāḥ tṛtīyam apsu nṛmaṇā ajasram indhāna enaṃ jarate svādhīḥ

From heaven Agni was born first; the second, from us, (was) Jātavedas; the third, in the waters — the man-minded, unwearying one. Kindling him, the well-intentioned man sings to him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.19

विद्मा ते अग्ने त्रेधा त्रयाणि विद्मा ते धाम विभृता पुरुत्रा विद्मा ते नाम परमं गुहा यद् विद्मा तम् उत्सं यत आजगन्थ

vidmā te agne tredhā trayāṇi vidmā te dhāma vibhṛtā purutrā vidmā te nāma paramaṃ guhā yad vidmā tam utsaṃ yata ājagantha

We know, O Agni, thy threefold triads; we know thy abode spread out in many places; we know thy highest name, which is in secret; we know that spring from which thou hast come.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.20

समुद्रे त्वा नृमणा अप्स्व् अन्तर् नृचक्षा ईधे दिवो अग्न ऊधन् तृतीये त्वा रजसि तस्थिवाꣳसम् अपाम् उपस्थे महिषा अवर्धन्

samudre tvā nṛmaṇā apsv antar nṛcakṣā īdhe divo agna ūdhan tṛtīye tvā rajasi tasthivāṁsam apām upasthe mahiṣā avardhan

In the ocean, the man-minded one kindled thee within the waters; the man-eyed one (kindled thee) in the udder of heaven, O Agni. Thee, standing in the third space, in the lap of the waters the buffaloes made to grow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.21

अक्रन्दद् अग्नि स्तनयन्न् इव द्यौः क्षामा रेरिहद् वीरुधः समञ्जन् सद्यो जज्ञानो वि हीम् इद्धो अख्यद् आ रोदसी भानुना भात्य् अन्तः

akrandad agni stanayann iva dyauḥ kṣāmā rerihad vīrudhaḥ samañjan sadyo jajñāno vi hīm iddho akhyad ā rodasī bhānunā bhāty antaḥ

Agni has roared like the thundering sky; licking the ground, anointing the plants; born at once, kindled, he has looked out — and he shines between the two worlds with his radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.22

श्रीणाम् उदारो धरुणो रयीणां मनीषाणां प्रार्पणः सोमगोपाः वसुः सूनुः सहसो अप्सु राजा वि भात्य् अग्र उषसाम् इधानः

śrīṇām udāro dharuṇo rayīṇāṃ manīṣāṇāṃ prārpaṇaḥ somagopāḥ vasuḥ sūnuḥ sahaso apsu rājā vi bhāty agra uṣasām idhānaḥ

Bestower of splendours, upholder of riches, prompter of thoughts, keeper of soma, the good son of strength, king in the waters, he shines forth kindled at the front of the dawns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.23

विश्वस्य केतुर् भुवनस्य गर्भ आ रोदसी अपृणाज् जायमानः वीडुं चिद् अद्रिम् अभिनत् परायञ् जना यद् अग्निम् अयजन्त पञ्च

viśvasya ketur bhuvanasya garbha ā rodasī apṛṇāj jāyamānaḥ vīḍuṃ cid adrim abhinat parāyañ janā yad agnim ayajanta pañca

The banner of all, the embryo of the world, being born he filled the two worlds; even the hard rock he split as he went past, when the five peoples worshipped Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.24

उशिक् पावको अरतिः सुमेधा मर्त्येष्व् अग्निर् अमृतो नि धायि इयर्ति धूमम् अरुषं भरिभ्रद् उच् छुक्रेण शोचिषा द्याम् इनक्षन्

uśik pāvako aratiḥ sumedhā martyeṣv agnir amṛto ni dhāyi iyarti dhūmam aruṣaṃ bharibhrad uc chukreṇa śociṣā dyām inakṣan

Eager, purifying, a swift-moving one, of good wisdom, Agni the immortal has been set down among mortals; he sends up the ruddy smoke, tossing it, striving to reach heaven with his bright flame.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.25

दृशानो रुक्म उर्व्या व्य् अद्यौद् दुर्मर्षम् आयुः श्रिये रुचानः अग्निर् अमृतो अभवद् वयोभिर् यद् एनं द्यौर् जनयत् सुरेताः

dṛśāno rukma urvyā vy adyaud durmarṣam āyuḥ śriye rucānaḥ agnir amṛto abhavad vayobhir yad enaṃ dyaur janayat suretāḥ

Visible like an ornament, he has blazed out widely, shining for glory with a life not to be forgotten; Agni became immortal through his vigours, when heaven of good seed begot him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.26

यस् ते अद्य कृणवद् भद्रशोचे पूपं देव घृतवन्तम् अग्ने प्र तं नय प्रतरं वस्यो अच्छाभि सुम्नं देवभक्तं यविष्ठ

yas te adya kṛṇavad bhadraśoce pūpaṃ deva ghṛtavantam agne pra taṃ naya prataraṃ vasyo acchābhi sumnaṃ devabhaktaṃ yaviṣṭha

Whoever today makes for thee, O god of auspicious flame, O Agni, a cake with ghee — lead him forward further to what is better, toward the favour apportioned by the gods, O youngest one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.27

आ तं भज सौश्रवसेष्व् अग्न उक्थ-उक्थ आ भज शस्यमाने प्रियः सूर्ये प्रियो अग्ना भवात्य् उज् जातेन भिनदद् उज् जनित्वैः

ā taṃ bhaja sauśravaseṣv agna uktha-uktha ā bhaja śasyamāne priyaḥ sūrye priyo agnā bhavāty uj jātena bhinadad uj janitvaiḥ

Give him a share in glorious things, O Agni; give him a share in every recited hymn; let him be dear to the Sun, dear to Agni; let him break forth with what is born and with things to be born.

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

VS 12.28

त्वाम् अग्ने यजमाना अनु द्यून् विश्वा वसु दधिरे वार्याणि त्वया सह द्रविणम् इच्छमाना व्रजं गोमन्तम् उशिजो वि वव्रुः

tvām agne yajamānā anu dyūn viśvā vasu dadhire vāryāṇi tvayā saha draviṇam icchamānā vrajaṃ gomantam uśijo vi vavruḥ

In thee, O Agni, the sacrificers day by day have laid all desirable goods; with thee, seeking wealth, the Uśijs opened up the cow-filled pen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.29

अस्ताव्य् अग्निर् नराꣳ सुशेवो वैश्वानर ऋषिभिः सोमगोपाः अद्वेषे द्यावापृथिवी हुवेम देवा धत्त रयिम् अस्मे सुवीरम्

astāvy agnir narāṁ suśevo vaiśvānara ṛṣibhiḥ somagopāḥ adveṣe dyāvāpṛthivī huvema devā dhatta rayim asme suvīram

Agni has been praised, very kindly to men, Vaiśvānara, keeper of soma, by the ṛṣis; let us invoke Heaven and Earth where there is no hostility; O gods, grant us wealth rich in heroes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.30

समिधाग्निं दुवस्यत घृतैर् बोधयतातिथिम् आस्मिन् हव्या जुहोतन

samidhāgniṃ duvasyata ghṛtair bodhayatātithim āsmin havyā juhotana

Honour Agni with firewood; awaken the guest with ghee; pour the oblations into him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.31

उद् उ त्वा विश्वे देवा अग्ने भरन्तु चित्तिभिः स नो भव शिवस् त्वꣳ सुप्रतीको विभावसुः

ud u tvā viśve devā agne bharantu cittibhiḥ sa no bhava śivas tvaṁ supratīko vibhāvasuḥ

Let all the gods lift thee up, O Agni, with their thoughts; be thou kindly to us, of fair aspect, rich in brightness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.32

प्रेद् अग्ने ज्योतिष्मान् याहि शिवेभिर् अर्चिभिष् ट्वम् बृहद्भिर् भानुभिर् भासन् मा हिꣳसीस् तन्वा प्रजाः

pred agne jyotiṣmān yāhi śivebhir arcibhiṣ ṭvam bṛhadbhir bhānubhir bhāsan mā hiṁsīs tanvā prajāḥ

Go forth, O Agni, full of light, with kindly flames; shining with thy lofty rays, do not harm the offspring with thy body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.33

अक्रन्दद् अग्नि स्तनयन्न् इव द्यौः क्षामा रेरिहद् वीरुधः समञ्जन् सद्यो जज्ञानो वि हीम् इद्धो अख्यद् आ रोदसी भानुना भात्य् अन्तः

akrandad agni stanayann iva dyauḥ kṣāmā rerihad vīrudhaḥ samañjan sadyo jajñāno vi hīm iddho akhyad ā rodasī bhānunā bhāty antaḥ

Agni cried out like the thundering sky; licking the ground, anointing the plants, born in an instant, kindled, he looked abroad—indeed he shines in between the two world-halves with his beam.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.34

प्र-प्रायम् अग्निर् भरतस्य शृण्वे वि यत् सूर्यो न रोचते बृहद् भाः अभि यः पूरुं पृतनासु तस्थौ दीदाय दैव्यो अतिथिः शिवो नः

pra-prāyam agnir bharatasya śṛṇve vi yat sūryo na rocate bṛhad bhāḥ abhi yaḥ pūruṃ pṛtanāsu tasthau dīdāya daivyo atithiḥ śivo naḥ

Forth, forth is this Agni of Bharata heard, when like the sun he shines out with lofty light; he who has stood over Pūru in the battles, the divine guest, has blazed, gracious to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.35

आपो देवीः प्रति गृभ्णीत भस्मैतत् स्योने कृणुध्वꣳ सुरभा लोके तस्मै नमन्तां जनयः सुपत्नीर् मातेव पुत्रं बिभृताप्स्व् एनत्

āpo devīḥ prati gṛbhṇīta bhasmaitat syone kṛṇudhvaṁ surabhā loke tasmai namantāṃ janayaḥ supatnīr māteva putraṃ bibhṛtāpsv enat

Divine Waters, receive this ash; set it in a soft, fragrant place; let the women, having good husbands, bow to it; carry it in the waters as a mother her son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.36

अप्स्व् अग्ने सधिष् टव सौषधीर् अनु रुध्यसे गर्भे सन् जायसे पुनः

apsv agne sadhiṣ ṭava sauṣadhīr anu rudhyase garbhe san jāyase punaḥ

In the waters, Agni, is thy seat; thou takest hold along the plants; being in the womb thou art born again.

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

VS 12.37

गर्भो अस्य् ओषधीनां गर्भो वनस्पतीनाम् गर्भो विश्वस्य भूतस्याग्ने गर्भो अपाम् असि

garbho asy oṣadhīnāṃ garbho vanaspatīnām garbho viśvasya bhūtasyāgne garbho apām asi

Thou art the embryo of the plants, the embryo of the trees, the embryo of all that exists, Agni; thou art the embryo of the waters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.38

प्रसद्य भस्मना योनिम् अपश् च पृथिवीम् अग्ने सꣳसृज्य मातृभिष् ट्वं ज्योतिष्मान् पुनर् आसदः

prasadya bhasmanā yonim apaś ca pṛthivīm agne saṁsṛjya mātṛbhiṣ ṭvaṃ jyotiṣmān punar āsadaḥ

Having come to the womb with the ash, and the waters and the earth, Agni, having united with the mothers, thou, full of light, hast sat down again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.39

पुनर् आसद्य सदनम् अपश् च पृथिवीम् अग्ने शेषे मातुर् यथोपस्थे न्तर् अस्याꣳ शिवतमः

punar āsadya sadanam apaś ca pṛthivīm agne śeṣe mātur yathopasthe ntar asyāṁ śivatamaḥ

Having sat down again on the seat, and the waters and the earth, Agni, thou liest as in a mother's lap, most kindly within her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.40

पुनर् ऊर्जा निवर्तस्व पुनर् अग्न इषायुषा पुनर् नः पाह्य् अꣳहसः

punar ūrjā nivartasva punar agna iṣāyuṣā punar naḥ pāhy aṁhasaḥ

Turn back again with vigour, again, Agni, with food and length of life; again protect us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.41

सह रय्या नि वर्तस्वाग्ने पिन्वस्व धारया विश्वप्स्न्या विश्वतस् परि

saha rayyā ni vartasvāgne pinvasva dhārayā viśvapsnyā viśvatas pari

Turn back together with riches; Agni, swell with an all-nourishing stream from every side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.42

बोधा मे अस्य वचसो यविष्ठ मꣳहिष्ठस्य प्रभृतस्य स्वधावः पीयति त्वो अनु त्वो गृणाति वन्दारुष् टे तन्वं वन्दे अग्ने

bodhā me asya vacaso yaviṣṭha maṁhiṣṭhasya prabhṛtasya svadhāvaḥ pīyati tvo anu tvo gṛṇāti vandāruṣ ṭe tanvaṃ vande agne

Take note of this word of mine, O youngest, of (this word) most bountiful and offered up, O thou of independent power; one man reviles, another praises; praising, I praise thy body, Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.43

स बोधि सूरिर् मघवा वसुपते वसुदावन् युयोध्य् अस्मद् द्वेषाꣳसि विश्वकर्मणे स्वाहा

sa bodhi sūrir maghavā vasupate vasudāvan yuyodhy asmad dveṣāṁsi viśvakarmaṇe svāhā

Be thou a patron, bountiful, O lord of goods, giver of goods; ward off from us the hostilities. To Viśvakarman, svāhā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.44

पुनस् त्वादित्या रुद्रा वसवः सम् इन्धतां पुनर् ब्रह्माणो वसुनीथ यज्ञैः घृतेन त्वं तन्वं वर्धयस्व सत्याः सन्तु यजमानस्य कामाः

punas tvādityā rudrā vasavaḥ sam indhatāṃ punar brahmāṇo vasunītha yajñaiḥ ghṛtena tvaṃ tanvaṃ vardhayasva satyāḥ santu yajamānasya kāmāḥ

May the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus kindle thee again; again the brahmans with sacrifices, O leader to wealth. With ghee do thou make thy body grow; let the sacrificer's desires come true.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.45

अपेत वीत वि च सर्पतातो ये त्र स्थ पुराणा ये च नूतनाः अदाद् यमो वसानं पृथिव्या अक्रन्न् इमं पितरो लोकम् अस्मै

apeta vīta vi ca sarpatāto ye tra stha purāṇā ye ca nūtanāḥ adād yamo vasānaṃ pṛthivyā akrann imaṃ pitaro lokam asmai

Go off, depart, and creep away from here, you who are here, both the ancient and the new ones. Yama has given a dwelling-place of earth; the Fathers have made this world for him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.46

संज्ञानम् असि कामधरणम् मयि ते कामधरणं भूयात् अग्नेर् भस्मास्य् अग्नेः पुरीषम् असि चित स्थ परिचित ऊर्ध्वचितः श्नयध्वम्

saṃjñānam asi kāmadharaṇam mayi te kāmadharaṇaṃ bhūyāt agner bhasmāsy agneḥ purīṣam asi cita stha paricita ūrdhvacitaḥ śnayadhvam

Thou art concord, the holder of desire; may thy holding of desire be in me. Thou art Agni's ash, thou art Agni's rubbish. You are the piled, the piled-around, the piled-upward: be sharp.

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

VS 12.47

अयꣳ सो अग्निर् यस्मिन्त् सोमम् इन्द्रः सुतं दधे जठरे वावशानः सहस्रिणं वाजम् अत्यं न सप्तिꣳ ससवान्त् सन्त् स्तूयसे जातवेदः

ayaṁ so agnir yasmint somam indraḥ sutaṃ dadhe jaṭhare vāvaśānaḥ sahasriṇaṃ vājam atyaṃ na saptiṁ sasavānt sant stūyase jātavedaḥ

This is that Agni in whom Indra, bellowing, placed the pressed soma in his belly; having won thousandfold booty, like a swift team-horse, thou art praised, O Jātavedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.48

अग्ने यत् ते दिवि वर्चः पृथिव्यां यद् ओषधीष्व् अप्स्व् आ यजत्र येनान्तरिक्षम् उर्व् आततन्थ त्वेषः स भानुर् अर्णवो नृचक्षाः

agne yat te divi varcaḥ pṛthivyāṃ yad oṣadhīṣv apsv ā yajatra yenāntarikṣam urv ātatantha tveṣaḥ sa bhānur arṇavo nṛcakṣāḥ

Agni, that splendour of thine which is in heaven, which is on earth, in the plants, in the waters, O thou worthy of worship, with which thou hast stretched out the wide midspace—that beam is glittering, surging, looking upon men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.49

अग्ने दिवो अर्णम् अच्छा जिगास्य् अच्छा देवाꣳ ऊचिषे धिष्ण्या ये या रोचने परस्तात् सूर्यस्य याश् चावस्ताद् उपतिष्ठन्त आपः

agne divo arṇam acchā jigāsy acchā devāṁ ūciṣe dhiṣṇyā ye yā rocane parastāt sūryasya yāś cāvastād upatiṣṭhanta āpaḥ

Agni, thou goest toward the flood of heaven; thou hast called out to the gods who are on the fire-seats, and to the waters that stand by in the bright realm beyond the sun and those below.

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

VS 12.50

पुरीष्यासो अग्नयः प्रावणेभिः सजोषसः जुषन्तां यज्ञम् अद्रुहो नमीवा इषो महीः

purīṣyāso agnayaḥ prāvaṇebhiḥ sajoṣasaḥ juṣantāṃ yajñam adruho namīvā iṣo mahīḥ

May the Agnis of the rubble-layer, of one accord with the streams, take pleasure in the sacrifice, they that are without guile and without sickness, and (may they enjoy) great refreshments.

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

VS 12.51

इडाम् अग्ने पुरुदꣳसꣳ सनिं गोः शश्वत्तमꣳ हवमानाय साध स्यान् नः सूनुस् तनयो विजावाग्ने सा ते सुमतिर् भूत्व् अस्मे

iḍām agne purudaṁsaṁ saniṃ goḥ śaśvattamaṁ havamānāya sādha syān naḥ sūnus tanayo vijāvāgne sā te sumatir bhūtv asme

Bring to success, Agni, for him who calls, the refreshment rich in wondrous deeds, the winning of cattle, most enduring; let there be for us a son, offspring, propagating the line; Agni, let that good favour of thine be ours.

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

VS 12.52

अयं ते योनिर् ऋत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः तं जानन्न् अग्न आ रोहाथा नो वर्धया रयिम्

ayaṃ te yonir ṛtviyo yato jāto arocathāḥ taṃ jānann agna ā rohāthā no vardhayā rayim

This is thy seasonable womb, from which, born, thou didst shine; knowing it, Agni, mount it, and then make our wealth increase.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.53

चिद् असि तया देवतयाङ्गिरस्वद् ध्रुवा सीद परिचिद् असि तया देवतयाङ्गिरस्वद् ध्रुवा सीद

cid asi tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda paricid asi tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda

Thou art a layer (cid); by that deity, in the manner of Aṅgiras, sit firm. Thou art an encircling layer (paricid); by that deity, in the manner of Aṅgiras, sit firm.

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

VS 12.54

लोकं पृण छिद्रं पृणाथो सीद ध्रुवा त्वम् इन्द्राग्नी त्वा बृहस्पतिर् अस्मिन् योनाव् असीषदन्

lokaṃ pṛṇa chidraṃ pṛṇātho sīda dhruvā tvam indrāgnī tvā bṛhaspatir asmin yonāv asīṣadan

Fill the space, fill the gap, and then sit thou firm. Indra and Agni, (and) Bṛhaspati have seated thee in this womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.55

ता अस्य सूददोहसः सोमꣳ श्रीणन्ति पृश्नयः जन्मन् देवानां विशस् त्रिष्व् आ रोचने दिवः

tā asya sūdadohasaḥ somaṁ śrīṇanti pṛśnayaḥ janman devānāṃ viśas triṣv ā rocane divaḥ

Those dappled (cows), sweet-milking, mix the Soma for him — at the birth of the gods, the clans, in the three bright realms of heaven.

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

VS 12.56

इन्द्रं विश्वा अवीवृधन्त् समुद्रव्यचसं गिरः रथीतमꣳ रथीनां वाजानाꣳ सत्पतिं पतिम्

indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhant samudravyacasaṃ giraḥ rathītamaṁ rathīnāṃ vājānāṁ satpatiṃ patim

All the songs have strengthened Indra, who is wide as the sea, the best charioteer of charioteers, the true lord and master of prizes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.57

समितꣳ सं कल्पेथाꣳ सम्प्रियौ रोचिष्णू सुमनस्यमानौ इषम् ऊर्जम् अभि संवसानौ

samitaṁ saṃ kalpethāṁ sampriyau rociṣṇū sumanasyamānau iṣam ūrjam abhi saṃvasānau

You two have come together; agree together, mutually dear, shining, well-disposed, clothing yourselves about with food and strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.58

सं वां मनाꣳसि सं व्रता सम् उ चित्तान्य् आकरम् अग्ने पुरीष्याधिपा भव त्वं न इषम् ऊर्जं यजमानाय धेहि

saṃ vāṃ manāṁsi saṃ vratā sam u cittāny ākaram agne purīṣyādhipā bhava tvaṃ na iṣam ūrjaṃ yajamānāya dhehi

Your minds I have brought together, your observances together, and your thoughts together. O Agni of the rubble, be overlord; bestow on us, on the sacrificer, food and strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.59

अग्ने त्वं पुरीष्यो रयिमान् पुष्टिमाꣳ असि शिवाः कृत्वा दिशः सर्वाः योनिम् इहासदः

agne tvaṃ purīṣyo rayimān puṣṭimāṁ asi śivāḥ kṛtvā diśaḥ sarvāḥ yonim ihāsadaḥ

Thou, Agni, art of the rubble, rich in wealth, rich in prosperity. Having made all the quarters kindly, thou hast sat down here in (thy) womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.60

भवतं नः समनसौ सचेतसाव् अरेपसौ मा यज्ञꣳ हिꣳसिष्टं मा यज्ञपतिं जातवेदसौ शिवौ भवतम् अद्य नः

bhavataṃ naḥ samanasau sacetasāv arepasau mā yajñaṁ hiṁsiṣṭaṃ mā yajñapatiṃ jātavedasau śivau bhavatam adya naḥ

Be for us of one mind, of one thought, spotless; harm not the sacrifice, nor the lord of the sacrifice, O you two Jātavedas; be kindly to us today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.61

मातेव पुत्रं पृथिवी पुरीष्यम् अग्निꣳ स्वे योनाव् अभार् उखा तां विश्वैर् देवैर् ऋतुभिः संविदानः प्रजापतिर् विश्वकर्मा वि मुञ्चतु

māteva putraṃ pṛthivī purīṣyam agniṁ sve yonāv abhār ukhā tāṃ viśvair devair ṛtubhiḥ saṃvidānaḥ prajāpatir viśvakarmā vi muñcatu

As a mother her son, the earth has borne Agni of the rubble in his own womb — the ukhā (pot) has. May Prajāpati Viśvakarman, in accord with all the gods and the seasons, release her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.62

असुन्वन्तम् अयजमानम् इच्छ स्तेनस्येत्याम् अन्व् इहि तस्करस्य अन्यम् अस्मद् इच्छ सा त इत्या नमो देवि निरृते तुभ्यम् अस्तु

asunvantam ayajamānam iccha stenasyetyām anv ihi taskarasya anyam asmad iccha sā ta ityā namo devi nirṛte tubhyam astu

Seek him who presses no Soma, who sacrifices not; follow after the path of the thief, of the robber. Seek another than us; that is thy way. Homage be to thee, O goddess Nirṛti.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.63

नमः सु ते निरृते तिग्मतेजो यस्मयं वि चृता बन्धम् एतम् यमेन त्वं यम्या संविदानोत्तमे नाके अधि रोहयैनम्

namaḥ su te nirṛte tigmatejo yasmayaṃ vi cṛtā bandham etam yamena tvaṃ yamyā saṃvidānottame nāke adhi rohayainam

Homage indeed to thee, O Nirṛti of sharp flame; loosen this iron bond. In accord with Yama and with Yamī, make him mount upon the highest firmament.

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

VS 12.64

यस्यास् ते घोर आसन् जुहोम्य् एषां बन्धानाम् अवसर्जनाय यां त्वा जनो भूमिर् इति प्रमन्दते निरृतिं त्वाहं परि वेद विश्वतः

yasyās te ghora āsan juhomy eṣāṃ bandhānām avasarjanāya yāṃ tvā jano bhūmir iti pramandate nirṛtiṃ tvāhaṃ pari veda viśvataḥ

To thee whose mouth is dreadful I offer, for the release of these bonds. Thee whom people gladly call 'Earth' — thee I know all round as Nirṛti.

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

VS 12.65

यं ते देवी निरृतिर् आबबन्ध पाशं ग्रीवास्व् अविचृत्यम् तं ते वि ष्याम्य् आयुषो न मध्याद् अथैतं पितुम् अद्धि प्रसूतः नमो भूत्यै येदं चकार

yaṃ te devī nirṛtir ābabandha pāśaṃ grīvāsv avicṛtyam taṃ te vi ṣyāmy āyuṣo na madhyād athaitaṃ pitum addhi prasūtaḥ namo bhūtyai yedaṃ cakāra

The bond that the goddess Nirṛti bound on thy neck, not to be untied — that I loose for thee, (that thou come) not from the midst of (thy) life-span; then, set free, eat this food. Homage to Bhūti, who has done this.

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

VS 12.66

निवेशनः संगमनो वसुनां विश्वा रूपाभि चष्टे शचीभिः देव इव सविता सत्यधर्मेन्द्रो न तस्थौ समरे पथीनाम्

niveśanaḥ saṃgamano vasunāṃ viśvā rūpābhi caṣṭe śacībhiḥ deva iva savitā satyadharmendro na tasthau samare pathīnām

The settler, the gatherer of goods, he looks upon all forms with his powers; like the god Savitṛ of true ordinance, like Indra he has stood at the meeting of the paths.

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VS 12.67

सीरा युञ्जन्ति कवयो युगा वि तन्वते पृथक् धीरा देवेषु सूम्नया

sīrā yuñjanti kavayo yugā vi tanvate pṛthak dhīrā deveṣu sūmnayā

The poets yoke the ploughs, they stretch out the yokes apart, the wise ones, for favour among the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.68

युनक्त सीरा वि युगा तनुध्वं कृते योनौ वपतेह बीजम् गिरा च श्रुष्टिः सभरा असन् नो नेदीय इत् सृण्यः पक्वम् एयात्

yunakta sīrā vi yugā tanudhvaṃ kṛte yonau vapateha bījam girā ca śruṣṭiḥ sabharā asan no nedīya it sṛṇyaḥ pakvam eyāt

Yoke the ploughs, stretch out the yokes, sow the seed here in the prepared womb; and with our song may there be hearing and full bearing; may the ripe grain come nearer to the sickle.

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

VS 12.69

शुनꣳ सु फाला वि कृषन्तु भूमिꣳ शुनं कीनाशा अभि यन्तु वाहैः शुनासीरा हविषा तोशमाना सुपिप्पला ओषधीः कर्तनास्मे

śunaṁ su phālā vi kṛṣantu bhūmiṁ śunaṃ kīnāśā abhi yantu vāhaiḥ śunāsīrā haviṣā tośamānā supippalā oṣadhīḥ kartanāsme

Let the ploughshares cut the earth with good fortune; with good fortune let the ploughmen go along with the draught-teams. Śuna and Sīra, gladdened by the oblation, make the plants rich in fruit for us.

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VS 12.70

घृतेन सीता मधुना सम् अज्यतां विश्वैर् देवैर् अनुमता मरुद्भिः ऊर्जस्वती पयसा पिन्वमानास्मान्त् सीते पयसाभ्या ववृत्स्व

ghṛtena sītā madhunā sam ajyatāṃ viśvair devair anumatā marudbhiḥ ūrjasvatī payasā pinvamānāsmānt sīte payasābhyā vavṛtsva

Let the furrow be anointed with ghee, with honey, approved by all the gods and by the Maruts. Rich in strength, swelling with milk, O Furrow, turn hither to us with milk.

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VS 12.71

लाङ्गलं पवीरवत् सुशेवꣳ सोमपित्सरु तद् उद् वपति गाम् अविं प्रफर्व्यं च पीवरीं प्रस्थावद् रथवाहनम्

lāṅgalaṃ pavīravat suśevaṁ somapitsaru tad ud vapati gām aviṃ prapharvyaṃ ca pīvarīṃ prasthāvad rathavāhanam

The plough, with good share, kindly, with its handle, that throws up the cow, the sheep, and the plump young woman, and the chariot-drawing (team) with its seat.

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VS 12.72

कामं कामदुघे धुक्ष्व मित्राय वरुणाय च इन्द्रायाश्विभ्यां पूष्णे प्रजाभ्य ओषधीभ्यः

kāmaṃ kāmadughe dhukṣva mitrāya varuṇāya ca indrāyāśvibhyāṃ pūṣṇe prajābhya oṣadhībhyaḥ

O wish-milking one, milk out desire for Mitra and for Varuṇa, for Indra, for the Aśvins, for Pūṣan, for the offspring, for the plants.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.73

वि मुच्यध्वम् अघ्न्या देवयाना अगन्म तमसस् पारम् अस्य ज्योतिर् आपाम

vi mucyadhvam aghnyā devayānā aganma tamasas pāram asya jyotir āpāma

Be unyoked, you inviolable ones (cows), travelling the gods' path; we have reached the far side of this darkness, we have attained the light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.74

सजूर् अब्दो अयवोभिः सजूर् उषा अरुणीभिः सजोषसाव् अश्विना दꣳसोभिः सजूः सूर एतशेन सजूर् वैश्वानर इडया घृतेन स्वाहा

sajūr abdo ayavobhiḥ sajūr uṣā aruṇībhiḥ sajoṣasāv aśvinā daṁsobhiḥ sajūḥ sūra etaśena sajūr vaiśvānara iḍayā ghṛtena svāhā

In accord (is) the year with the ayavas, in accord Uṣas with her ruddy (cows), in accord the two Aśvins with their wondrous deeds, in accord Sūra (the sun) with Etaśa, in accord Vaiśvānara with Iḍā, with ghee — svāhā!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.75

या ओषधीः पूर्वा जाता देवेभ्यस् त्रियुगं पुरा मनै नु बभ्रूणाम् अहꣳ शतं धामानि सप्त च

yā oṣadhīḥ pūrvā jātā devebhyas triyugaṃ purā manai nu babhrūṇām ahaṁ śataṃ dhāmāni sapta ca

The plants that were born first, before the gods, three ages earlier — now let me consider the hundred and seven abodes of the brown ones.

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VS 12.76

शतं वो अम्ब धामानि सहस्रम् उत वो रुहः अधा शतक्रत्वो यूयम् इमं मे अगदं कृत

śataṃ vo amba dhāmāni sahasram uta vo ruhaḥ adhā śatakratvo yūyam imaṃ me agadaṃ kṛta

A hundred are your abodes, mother, and a thousand your shoots; so then, you of a hundred powers, make this (man) of mine free of disease.

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VS 12.77

ओषधीः प्रति मोदध्वं पुष्पवतीः प्रसूवरीः अश्वा इव सजित्वरीर् वीरुधः पारयिष्ण्वः

oṣadhīḥ prati modadhvaṃ puṣpavatīḥ prasūvarīḥ aśvā iva sajitvarīr vīrudhaḥ pārayiṣṇvaḥ

You plants, rejoice, you flowering ones, you bearing fruit, like mares winning the race together, plants that carry (us) across.

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VS 12.78

ओषधीर् इति मातरस् तद् वो देवीर् उप ब्रुवे सनेयम् अश्वं गां वास आत्मानं तव पूरुष

oṣadhīr iti mātaras tad vo devīr upa bruve saneyam aśvaṃ gāṃ vāsa ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa

"Plants"—(so I call you), mothers; that (name) of yours, you goddesses, I speak. May I win a horse, a cow, a garment—(and) your life, O man.

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

VS 12.79

अश्वत्थे वो निषदनं पर्णे वो वसतिष् कृता गोभाज इत् किलासथ यत् सनवथ पूरुषम्

aśvatthe vo niṣadanaṃ parṇe vo vasatiṣ kṛtā gobhāja it kilāsatha yat sanavatha pūruṣam

On the aśvattha is your seat, on the parṇa your dwelling has been made; you shall surely be sharers in cattle, when you win the man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.80

यत्रौषधीः समग्मत राजानः समिताव् इव विप्रः स उच्यते भिषग् रक्षोहामीवचातनः

yatrauṣadhīḥ samagmata rājānaḥ samitāv iva vipraḥ sa ucyate bhiṣag rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ

Where the plants have come together, like kings in an assembly, that priest is called a physician, a slayer of demons, a driver-away of disease.

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VS 12.81

अश्वावतीꣳ सोमावतीम् ऊर्जयन्तीम् उदोजसम् आवित्सि सर्वा ओषधीर् अस्मा अरिष्टतातये

aśvāvatīṁ somāvatīm ūrjayantīm udojasam āvitsi sarvā oṣadhīr asmā ariṣṭatātaye

(The plant) rich in horses, rich in soma, strengthening, full of vigour—I have found all the plants for this man's safety.

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VS 12.82

उच् छुष्मा ओषधीनां गावो गोष्ठाद् इवेरते धनꣳ सनिष्यन्तीनाम् आत्मानं तव पूरुष

uc chuṣmā oṣadhīnāṃ gāvo goṣṭhād iverate dhanaṁ saniṣyantīnām ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa

The powers of the plants go forth, as cows from the cattle-pen, (the powers) of those about to win wealth—(and) your life, O man.

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VS 12.83

इष्कृतिर् नाम वो माताथो यूयꣳ स्थ निष्कृतीः सीराः पतत्रिणी स्थन यद् आमयति निष्कृथ

iṣkṛtir nāma vo mātātho yūyaṁ stha niṣkṛtīḥ sīrāḥ patatriṇī sthana yad āmayati niṣkṛtha

Restoration is the name of your mother, and you yourselves are the undoings (of harm); you are streams that fly; whatever sickens, you set right.

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

VS 12.84

अति विश्वाः परिष्ठा स्तेन इव व्रजम् अक्रमुः ओषधीः प्राचुच्यवुर् यत् किं च तन्वो रपः

ati viśvāḥ pariṣṭhā stena iva vrajam akramuḥ oṣadhīḥ prācucyavur yat kiṃ ca tanvo rapaḥ

They have stridden over all barriers, as a thief the cattle-pen; the plants have shaken away whatever bodily infirmity there was.

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VS 12.85

यद् इमा वाजयन्न् अहम् ओषधीर् हस्त आदधे आत्मा यक्ष्मस्य नश्यति पुरा जीवगृभो यथा

yad imā vājayann aham oṣadhīr hasta ādadhe ātmā yakṣmasya naśyati purā jīvagṛbho yathā

When I, urging them on, take these plants in my hand, the life of the consumption perishes, as before one who seizes (it) alive.

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

VS 12.86

यस्यौषधीः प्रसर्पथाङ्गम्-अङ्गं परुष्-परुः ततो यक्ष्मं वि बाधध्व उग्रो मध्यमशीर् इव

yasyauṣadhīḥ prasarpathāṅgam-aṅgaṃ paruṣ-paruḥ tato yakṣmaṃ vi bādhadhva ugro madhyamaśīr iva

The man to whose every limb, every joint you creep, O plants—from him drive out the consumption, like a fierce mediator (in a dispute).

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

VS 12.87

साकं यक्ष्म प्रपत चाषेण किकिदीविना साकं वातस्य ध्राज्या साकं नश्य निहाकया

sākaṃ yakṣma prapata cāṣeṇa kikidīvinā sākaṃ vātasya dhrājyā sākaṃ naśya nihākayā

Fly away, O consumption, together with the blue jay, with the kikidīvi bird; together with the rush of the wind, together with the storm, vanish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.88

अन्या वो अन्याम् अवत्व् अन्यान्यस्या उपावत ताः सर्वाः संविदाना इदं मे प्रावता वचः

anyā vo anyām avatv anyānyasyā upāvata tāḥ sarvāḥ saṃvidānā idaṃ me prāvatā vacaḥ

Let one of you help another, let each aid the other; all of you, being of one mind, further this speech of mine.

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VS 12.89

याः फलिनीर् या अफला अपुष्पा याश् च पुष्पिणीः बृहस्पतिप्रसूतास् ता नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अꣳहसः

yāḥ phalinīr yā aphalā apuṣpā yāś ca puṣpiṇīḥ bṛhaspatiprasūtās tā no muñcantv aṁhasaḥ

Those that bear fruit and those without fruit, the flowerless and the flowering—impelled by Bṛhaspati, let them free us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.90

मुञ्चन्तु मा शपथ्याद् अथो वरुण्याद् उत अथो यमस्य पड्वीशात् सर्वस्माद् देवकिल्विषात्

muñcantu mā śapathyād atho varuṇyād uta atho yamasya paḍvīśāt sarvasmād devakilviṣāt

Let them free me from what comes of a curse, and from what comes of Varuṇa, and from Yama's fetter, and from every offence against the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.91

अवपतन्तीर् अवदन् दिव ओषधयस् परि यं जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः

avapatantīr avadan diva oṣadhayas pari yaṃ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ

Flying down from heaven, the plants spoke: whatever living one we reach, that man shall not come to harm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.92

या ओषधीः सोमराज्ञीर् बह्वीः शतविचक्षणाः तासाम् असि त्वम् उत्तमारं कामाय शꣳ हृदे

yā oṣadhīḥ somarājñīr bahvīḥ śatavicakṣaṇāḥ tāsām asi tvam uttamāraṃ kāmāya śaṁ hṛde

Of the plants that have Soma for king, many, discerning a hundredfold—of these you are the highest, fit for (our) desire, a comfort to the heart.

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

VS 12.93

या ओषधीः सोमराज्ञीर् विष्ठिताः पृथिवीम् अनु बृहस्पतिप्रसूता अस्यै सं दत्त वीर्यम्

yā oṣadhīḥ somarājñīr viṣṭhitāḥ pṛthivīm anu bṛhaspatiprasūtā asyai saṃ datta vīryam

You plants that have Soma for king, spread out over the earth, sent forth by Bṛhaspati — bestow strength together upon her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.94

याश् चेदम् उपशृण्वन्ति याश् च दूरं परागताः सर्वाः संगत्य वीरुधो स्यै सं दत्त वीर्यम्

yāś cedam upaśṛṇvanti yāś ca dūraṃ parāgatāḥ sarvāḥ saṃgatya vīrudho syai saṃ datta vīryam

Both those that are listening to this and those that have gone far away — all you plants, coming together, bestow strength upon her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.95

मा वो रिषत् खनिता यस्मै चाहं खनामि वः द्विपाच् चतुष्पाद् अस्माकꣳ सर्वम् अस्त्व् अनातुरम्

mā vo riṣat khanitā yasmai cāhaṃ khanāmi vaḥ dvipāc catuṣpād asmākaṁ sarvam astv anāturam

Let no harm come to the digger of you, nor to him for whom I dig you; let all that is ours, two-footed and four-footed, be free of sickness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.96

ओषधयः सम् अवदन्त सोमेन सह राज्ञा यस्मै कृणोति ब्राह्मणस् तꣳ राजन् पारयामसि

oṣadhayaḥ sam avadanta somena saha rājñā yasmai kṛṇoti brāhmaṇas taṁ rājan pārayāmasi

The plants spoke together along with king Soma: "Whomever the brāhmaṇa works for, him, O king, we bring through."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.97

नाशयित्री बलासस्यार्शस उपचिताम् असि अथो शतस्य यक्ष्माणां पाकारोर् असि नाशनी

nāśayitrī balāsasyārśasa upacitām asi atho śatasya yakṣmāṇāṃ pākāror asi nāśanī

You are the destroyer of balāsa, of piles, of the swelling; and you are the destroyer of the hundred yakṣmas, of the pākāru.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.98

त्वां गन्धर्वा अखनꣳस् त्वाम् इन्द्रस् त्वां बृहस्पतिः त्वाम् ओषधे सोमो राजा विद्वान् यक्ष्माद् अमुच्यत

tvāṃ gandharvā akhanaṁs tvām indras tvāṃ bṛhaspatiḥ tvām oṣadhe somo rājā vidvān yakṣmād amucyata

You the Gandharvas dug, you Indra, you Bṛhaspati; you, O plant, king Soma, knowing, was released from yakṣma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.99

सहस्व मे अरातीः सहस्व पृतनायतः सहस्व सर्वं पाप्मानꣳ सहमानास्य् ओषधे

sahasva me arātīḥ sahasva pṛtanāyataḥ sahasva sarvaṃ pāpmānaṁ sahamānāsy oṣadhe

Overcome my enemies, overcome those who fight against (me), overcome all evil; you are the overcoming one, O plant.

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VS 12.100

दीर्घायुस् त ओषधे खनिता यस्मै च त्वा खनाम्य् अहम् अथो त्वं दीर्घायुर् भूत्वा शतवल्शा वि रोहतात्

dīrghāyus ta oṣadhe khanitā yasmai ca tvā khanāmy aham atho tvaṃ dīrghāyur bhūtvā śatavalśā vi rohatāt

Long-lived be your digger, O plant, and he for whom I dig you; and you too, becoming long-lived, grow up with a hundred shoots.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.101

त्वम् उत्तमास्य् ओषधे तव वृक्षा उपस्तयः उपस्तिर् अस्तु सो स्माकं यो अस्माꣳ अभिदासति

tvam uttamāsy oṣadhe tava vṛkṣā upastayaḥ upastir astu so smākaṃ yo asmāṁ abhidāsati

You are the highest, O plant; the trees are your subjects; let him be subject to us who is hostile to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.102

मा मा हिꣳसीज् जनिता यः पृथिव्या यो वा दिवꣳ सत्यधर्मा व्यानट् यश् चापश् चन्द्राः प्रथमो जजान कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

mā mā hiṁsīj janitā yaḥ pṛthivyā yo vā divaṁ satyadharmā vyānaṭ yaś cāpaś candrāḥ prathamo jajāna kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

Let him not harm me who is the begetter of the earth, or who, of true ordinances, reached to heaven, and who begot the shining waters first — to which god shall we offer worship with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 12.103

अभ्या वर्तस्व पृथिवि यज्ञेन पयसा सह वपां ते अग्निर् इषितो अरोहत्

abhyā vartasva pṛthivi yajñena payasā saha vapāṃ te agnir iṣito arohat

Turn hither, O earth, with the sacrifice, together with milk; Agni, sped on, has mounted your omentum.

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VS 12.104

अग्ने यत् ते शुक्रं यच् चन्द्रं यत् पूतं यच् च यज्ञियम् तद् देवेभ्यो भरामसि

agne yat te śukraṃ yac candraṃ yat pūtaṃ yac ca yajñiyam tad devebhyo bharāmasi

O Agni, what of yours is bright, what is shining, what is purified and what is fit for sacrifice — that we bring to the gods.

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VS 12.105

इषम् ऊर्जम् अहम् इत आदम् ऋतस्य योनिं महिषस्य धाराम् आ मा गोषु विशत्वा तनूषु जहामि सेदिम् अनिराम् अमीवाम्

iṣam ūrjam aham ita ādam ṛtasya yoniṃ mahiṣasya dhārām ā mā goṣu viśatvā tanūṣu jahāmi sedim anirām amīvām

Food and vigour have I here eaten, the womb of ṛta, the stream of the buffalo; let it enter me among the cattle, in (our) bodies; I leave behind failure, lack of refreshment, and disease.

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VS 12.106

अग्ने तव श्रवो वयो महि भ्राजन्ते अर्चयो विभावसो बृहद्भानो शवसा वाजम् उक्थ्यं दधासि दाशुषे कवे

agne tava śravo vayo mahi bhrājante arcayo vibhāvaso bṛhadbhāno śavasā vājam ukthyaṃ dadhāsi dāśuṣe kave

O Agni, your fame and vigour — greatly do your flames blaze, O you of far-shining wealth; O you of broad radiance, with your might you grant song-worthy strength to the worshipper, O sage.

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VS 12.107

पावकवर्चाः शुक्रवर्चा अनूनवर्चा उद् इयर्षि भानुना पुत्रो मातरा विचरन्न् उपावसि पृणक्षि रोदसी उभे

pāvakavarcāḥ śukravarcā anūnavarcā ud iyarṣi bhānunā putro mātarā vicarann upāvasi pṛṇakṣi rodasī ubhe

Of purifying lustre, of bright lustre, of undiminished lustre, you rise up with your beam; as a son ranging between the two mothers you help them, you fill both worlds.

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VS 12.108

ऊर्जो नपाज् जातवेदः सुशस्तिभिर् मन्दस्व धीतिभिर् हितः त्वे इषः सं दधुर् भूरिवर्पसश् चित्रोतयो वामजाताः

ūrjo napāj jātavedaḥ suśastibhir mandasva dhītibhir hitaḥ tve iṣaḥ saṃ dadhur bhūrivarpasaś citrotayo vāmajātāḥ

O Child of Vigour, O Jātavedas, be gladdened by good praises, set in place by (our) devotions; in you they have deposited refreshments, of many forms, of varied aid, of lovely birth.

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VS 12.109

इरज्यन्न् अग्ने प्रथयस्व जन्तुभिर् अस्मे रायो अमर्त्य स दर्शतस्य वपुषो वि राजसि पृणक्षि सानसिं क्रतुम्

irajyann agne prathayasva jantubhir asme rāyo amartya sa darśatasya vapuṣo vi rājasi pṛṇakṣi sānasiṃ kratum

Ruling, O Agni, spread yourself out among the peoples, (spread) riches for us, O immortal; you shine forth with a form fair to see, you fill (us with) winning resolve.

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VS 12.110

इष्कर्तारम् अध्वरस्य प्रचेतसं क्षयन्तꣳ राधसो महः रातिं वामस्य सुभगां महीम् इषं दधासि सानसिꣳ रयिम्

iṣkartāram adhvarasya pracetasaṃ kṣayantaṁ rādhaso mahaḥ rātiṃ vāmasya subhagāṃ mahīm iṣaṃ dadhāsi sānasiṁ rayim

(You are) the accomplisher of the rite, the far-seeing, ruling over great bounty; you grant the gift of good things, fortunate great refreshment, and winning wealth.

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VS 12.111

ऋतावानं महिषं विश्वदर्शतम् अग्निꣳ सुम्नाय दधिरे पुरो जनाः श्रुत्कर्णꣳ सप्रथस्तमं त्वा गिरा दैव्यं मानुषा युगा

ṛtāvānaṃ mahiṣaṃ viśvadarśatam agniṁ sumnāya dadhire puro janāḥ śrutkarṇaṁ saprathastamaṃ tvā girā daivyaṃ mānuṣā yugā

Possessed of ṛta, mighty, seen by all — Agni the people set in front for their welfare; you, listening-eared, most widely extending, divine, (they set in front) with song, the generations of men.

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VS 12.112

आ प्यायस्व सम् एतु ते विश्वतः सोम वृष्ण्यम् भवा वाजस्य संगथे

ā pyāyasva sam etu te viśvataḥ soma vṛṣṇyam bhavā vājasya saṃgathe

Swell up; let your bull-strength come together from all sides, O Soma; be (present) at the gathering of strength.

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VS 12.113

सं ते पयाꣳसि सम् उ यन्तु वाजाः सं वृष्ण्यान्य् अभिमातिषाहः आप्यायमानो अमृताय सोम दिवि श्रवाꣳस्य् उत्तमानि धिष्व

saṃ te payāṁsi sam u yantu vājāḥ saṃ vṛṣṇyāny abhimātiṣāhaḥ āpyāyamāno amṛtāya soma divi śravāṁsy uttamāni dhiṣva

Let your milk-draughts gather, let the prizes gather too, let the bullish powers gather, (you) who overcome hostile plots; swelling for immortality, O Soma, set for yourself the highest glories in heaven.

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VS 12.114

आ प्यायस्व मदिन्तम सोम विश्वेभिर् अꣳशुभिः भवा नः सुश्रवस्तमः सखा वृधे

ā pyāyasva madintama soma viśvebhir aṁśubhiḥ bhavā naḥ suśravastamaḥ sakhā vṛdhe

Swell, O Soma, most intoxicating, with all your stalks; be for us a friend of best renown, for (our) increase.

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VS 12.115

आ ते वत्सो मनो यमत् परमाच् चित् सधस्थात् अग्ने त्वांकामया गिरा

ā te vatso mano yamat paramāc cit sadhasthāt agne tvāṃkāmayā girā

Let the calf draw your mind hither, even from the most distant seat, O Agni, by a song that longs for you.

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VS 12.116

तुभ्यं ता अङ्गिरस्तम विश्वाः सुक्षितयः पृथक् अग्ने कामाय येमिरे

tubhyaṃ tā aṅgirastama viśvāḥ sukṣitayaḥ pṛthak agne kāmāya yemire

For you, O most Aṅgiras-like one, all these good dwelling-places have submitted separately, O Agni, to (your) desire.

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VS 12.117

अग्निः प्रियेषु धामसु कामो भूतस्य भव्यस्य सम्राड् एको वि राजति

agniḥ priyeṣu dhāmasu kāmo bhūtasya bhavyasya samrāḍ eko vi rājati

Agni in (his) dear abodes—desire—sole sovereign of what has been and what will be, rules widely.

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