White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 13

VS 13.1

मयि गृह्णाम्य् अग्रे अग्निꣳ रायस्पोषाय सुप्रजास्त्वाय सुवीर्याय माम् उ देवताः सचन्ताम्

mayi gṛhṇāmy agre agniṁ rāyaspoṣāya suprajāstvāya suvīryāya mām u devatāḥ sacantām

In myself I take hold of Agni first, for the increase of wealth, for good offspring, for manly strength; and let the deities attend upon me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.2

अपां पृष्ठम् असि योनिर् अग्नेः समुद्रम् अभितः पिन्वमानम् वर्धमानो महाꣳ आ च पुष्करे दिवो मात्रया वरिम्णा प्रथस्व

apāṃ pṛṣṭham asi yonir agneḥ samudram abhitaḥ pinvamānam vardhamāno mahāṁ ā ca puṣkare divo mātrayā varimṇā prathasva

You are the back of the waters, the womb of Agni, swelling on all sides (like) the sea; growing great, spread out upon the lotus-leaf with the measure and breadth of heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.3

ब्रह्म जज्ञानं प्रथमं पुरस्ताद् वि सीमतः सुरुचो वेन आवः स बुध्न्या उपमा अस्य विष्ठाः सतश् च योनिम् असतश् च वि वः

brahma jajñānaṃ prathamaṃ purastād vi sīmataḥ suruco vena āvaḥ sa budhnyā upamā asya viṣṭhāḥ sataś ca yonim asataś ca vi vaḥ

Vena has revealed the brahman that was born first in the east, from the boundary, of good radiance; he revealed its stations, the deepest and the highest, the womb of the existent and of the non-existent.

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

VS 13.4

हिरण्यगर्भः सम् अवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिर् एक आसीत् स दाधार पृथिवीं द्याम् उतेमां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

hiraṇyagarbhaḥ sam avartatāgre bhūtasya jātaḥ patir eka āsīt sa dādhāra pṛthivīṃ dyām utemāṃ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

The golden germ arose in the beginning; born, he was the one lord of what exists; he upheld this earth and the sky—to what god should we offer worship with the oblation?

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VS 13.5

द्रप्सश् चस्कन्द पृथिवीम् अनु द्याम् इमं च योनिम् अनु यश् च पूर्वः समानं योनिम् अनु संचरन्तं द्रप्सं जुहोम्य् अनु सप्त होत्राः

drapsaś caskanda pṛthivīm anu dyām imaṃ ca yonim anu yaś ca pūrvaḥ samānaṃ yonim anu saṃcarantaṃ drapsaṃ juhomy anu sapta hotrāḥ

The drop leapt along the earth and the sky, along this womb and the one that was before; the drop that moves along the common womb—I offer it, following the seven hotṛ-offices.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.6

नमो स्तु सर्पेभ्यो ये के च पृथिवीम् अनु ये अन्तरिक्षे ये दिवि तेभ्यः सर्पेभ्यो नमः

namo stu sarpebhyo ye ke ca pṛthivīm anu ye antarikṣe ye divi tebhyaḥ sarpebhyo namaḥ

Let there be homage to the serpents, whichever are along the earth, those in the midspace, those in heaven—to those serpents, homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.7

या इषवो यातुधानानां ये वा वनस्पतीꣳस् तु ये वावटेषु शेरते तेभ्यः सर्पेभ्यो नमः

yā iṣavo yātudhānānāṃ ye vā vanaspatīṁs tu ye vāvaṭeṣu śerate tebhyaḥ sarpebhyo namaḥ

Those (serpents) which are the arrows of the sorcerers, and those (that go) toward the trees, or those that lie in pits—to those serpents, homage.

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

VS 13.8

ये वामी रोचने दिवो ये वा सूर्यस्य रश्मिषु येषाम् अप्सु सदस् कृतं तेभ्यः सर्पेभ्यो नमः

ye vāmī rocane divo ye vā sūryasya raśmiṣu yeṣām apsu sadas kṛtaṃ tebhyaḥ sarpebhyo namaḥ

Or those that are in the bright realm of heaven, or those in the rays of the sun, those whose seat has been made in the waters—to those serpents, homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.9

कृणुष्व पाजः प्रसितिं न पृथ्वीं याहि राजेवामवाꣳ इभेन तृष्वीम् अनु प्रसितिं द्रूणानो स्तासि विध्य रक्षसस् तपिष्ठैः

kṛṇuṣva pājaḥ prasitiṃ na pṛthvīṃ yāhi rājevāmavāṁ ibhena tṛṣvīm anu prasitiṃ drūṇāno stāsi vidhya rakṣasas tapiṣṭhaiḥ

Make your form (broad) like a wide snare; go like a mighty king with his retinue; following the swift snare, (as a hunter) shooting, be an archer—pierce the demons with your hottest (flames).

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

VS 13.10

तव भ्रमास आशुया पतन्त्य् अनु स्पृश धृषता शोशुचानः तपूꣳष्य् अग्ने जुह्वा पतङ्गान् असंदितो वि सृज विष्वग् उल्काः

tava bhramāsa āśuyā patanty anu spṛśa dhṛṣatā śośucānaḥ tapūṁṣy agne juhvā pataṅgān asaṃdito vi sṛja viṣvag ulkāḥ

Your whirling flames fly swiftly; blazing, touch them with boldness; (send) your heats, O Agni, and your winged (sparks) with your tongue; unfettered, hurl the firebrands in all directions.

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

VS 13.11

प्रति स्पशो वि सृज तूर्णितमो भवा पायुर् विशो अस्या अदब्धः यो नो दूरे अघशꣳसो यो अन्त्य् अग्ने माकिष् टे व्यथिर् आ दधर्षीत्

prati spaśo vi sṛja tūrṇitamo bhavā pāyur viśo asyā adabdhaḥ yo no dūre aghaśaṁso yo anty agne mākiṣ ṭe vyathir ā dadharṣīt

Send out your spies in response, be the swiftest; be the unassailable guardian of this settlement; whoever speaks evil of us far off, whoever near—O Agni, let none dare to obstruct you.

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

VS 13.12

उद् अग्ने तिष्ठ प्रत्य् आ तनुष्व न्य् अमित्राꣳ ओषतात् तिग्महेते यो नो अरातिꣳ समिधान चक्रे नीचा तं धक्ष्य् अतसं न शुष्कम्

ud agne tiṣṭha praty ā tanuṣva ny amitrāṁ oṣatāt tigmahete yo no arātiṁ samidhāna cakre nīcā taṃ dhakṣy atasaṃ na śuṣkam

Rise up, Agni, stretch out against (them), burn down the foes, O you of the sharp weapon; whoever has made hostility against us, O kindled one, burn him down low like dry brushwood.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.13

ऊर्ध्वो भव प्रति विध्याध्य् अस्मद् आविष् कृणुष्व दैव्यान्य् अग्ने अव स्थिरा तनुहि यातुजूनां जामिम् अजामिं प्र मृणीहि शत्रून् अग्नेष् ट्वा तेजसा सादयामि

ūrdhvo bhava prati vidhyādhy asmad āviṣ kṛṇuṣva daivyāny agne ava sthirā tanuhi yātujūnāṃ jāmim ajāmiṃ pra mṛṇīhi śatrūn agneṣ ṭvā tejasā sādayāmi

Be upright, pierce (them) in return, away from us; make manifest your divine (powers), O Agni; slacken the firm (bows) of those driven by sorcery; crush the enemies, kin and not kin. I seat you with the brilliance of Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.14

अग्निर् मूर्धा दिवः ककुत् पतिः पृथिव्या अयम् अपाꣳ रेताꣳसि जिन्वति इन्द्रस्य त्वौजसा सादयामि

agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut patiḥ pṛthivyā ayam apāṁ retāṁsi jinvati indrasya tvaujasā sādayāmi

Agni (is) the head of heaven, the peak, lord of the earth; he quickens the seeds of the waters. I seat you with Indra's might.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.15

भुवो यज्ञस्य रजसश् च नेता यत्रा नियुद्भिः सचसे शिवाभिः दिवि मूर्धानं दधिषे स्वर्षां जिह्वाम् अग्ने चक्रिषे हव्यवाहम्

bhuvo yajñasya rajasaś ca netā yatrā niyudbhiḥ sacase śivābhiḥ divi mūrdhānaṃ dadhiṣe svarṣāṃ jihvām agne cakriṣe havyavāham

You have become the leader of the sacrifice and of the airy realm, where you attend with your kindly teams; you have set your head in heaven, winning the sun-light; O Agni, you have made your tongue the bearer of oblations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.16

ध्रुवासि धरुणास्तृता विश्वकर्मणा मा त्वा समुद्र उद् बधीन् मा सुपर्णो व्यथमाना पृथिवीं दृꣳह

dhruvāsi dharuṇāstṛtā viśvakarmaṇā mā tvā samudra ud badhīn mā suparṇo vyathamānā pṛthivīṃ dṛṁha

You are firm, a support, unoverthrown by Viśvakarman. Let the ocean not push you up, nor the eagle; not wavering, make the earth firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.17

प्रजापतिष् ट्वा सादयत्व् अपा पृष्ठे समुद्रस्येमन् व्यचस्वतीं प्रथस्वतीं प्रथस्व पृथिव्य् असि

prajāpatiṣ ṭvā sādayatv apā pṛṣṭhe samudrasyeman vyacasvatīṃ prathasvatīṃ prathasva pṛthivy asi

May Prajāpati settle you on the back of the waters, of the ocean, here — you who have breadth, who have extension: spread yourself; you are the earth.

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

VS 13.18

भूर् असि भूमिर् अस्य् अदितिर् असि विश्वधाया विश्वस्य भुवनस्य धर्त्री पृथिवीं यच्छ पृथिवीं दृꣳह पृथिवीं मा हिꣳसीः

bhūr asi bhūmir asy aditir asi viśvadhāyā viśvasya bhuvanasya dhartrī pṛthivīṃ yaccha pṛthivīṃ dṛṁha pṛthivīṃ mā hiṁsīḥ

You are existence, you are the ground, you are Aditi, the all-nourishing, the upholder of the whole world. Hold the earth, make the earth firm, do not harm the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.19

विश्वस्मै प्राणायापानाय व्यानायोदानाय प्रतिष्ठायै चरित्राय अग्निष् ट्वाभि पातु मह्या स्वस्त्या छर्दिषा शंतमेन तया देवतयाङ्गिरस्वद् ध्रुवा सीद

viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya vyānāyodānāya pratiṣṭhāyai caritrāya agniṣ ṭvābhi pātu mahyā svastyā chardiṣā śaṃtamena tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda

For every out-breath, in-breath, diffused breath and up-breath, for firm standing, for movement: may Agni guard you with great well-being, with the most kindly shelter. With that deity, in the manner of Aṅgiras, sit firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.20

काण्डात्-काण्डात् प्ररोहन्ती परुषः-परुषस् परि एवा नो दूर्वे प्र तनु सहस्रेण शतेन च

kāṇḍāt-kāṇḍāt prarohantī paruṣaḥ-paruṣas pari evā no dūrve pra tanu sahasreṇa śatena ca

Sprouting forth from joint to joint, from knot to knot — even so, O dūrvā grass, spread us out with a thousand and with a hundred.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.21

या शतेन प्रतनोषि सहस्रेण विरोहसि तस्यास् ते देवीष्टके विधेम हविषा वयम्

yā śatena pratanoṣi sahasreṇa virohasi tasyās te devīṣṭake vidhema haviṣā vayam

You who spread out with a hundred and grow forth with a thousand — of that (power) of yours, O divine brick, may we do worship with an oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.22

यास् ते अग्ने सूर्ये रुचो दिवम् आतन्वन्ति रश्मिभिः ताभिर् नो अद्य सर्वाभी रुचे जनाय नस् कृधि

yās te agne sūrye ruco divam ātanvanti raśmibhiḥ tābhir no adya sarvābhī ruce janāya nas kṛdhi

Those splendours of yours, Agni, that are in the sun, that stretch out the sky with their rays — with all of those make us today (an object) of splendour for the people.

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

VS 13.23

या वो देवाः सूर्ये रुचो गोष्व् अश्वेषु या रुचः इन्द्राग्नी ताभिः सर्वाभी रुचं नो धत्त बृहस्पते

yā vo devāḥ sūrye ruco goṣv aśveṣu yā rucaḥ indrāgnī tābhiḥ sarvābhī rucaṃ no dhatta bṛhaspate

Those splendours of yours, O gods, that are in the sun, and the splendours that are in cattle and in horses — O Indra and Agni, with all of those set splendour in us, O Bṛhaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.24

विराड् ज्योतिर् अधारयत् स्वराड् ज्योतिर् अधारयत् प्रजापतिष् ट्वा सादयतु पृष्ठे पृथिव्या ज्योतिष्मतीम् विश्वस्मै प्राणायापानाय व्यानाय विश्वं ज्योतिर् यच्छ अग्निष् टे धिपतिस् तया देवतयाङ्गिरस्वद् ध्रुवा सीद

virāḍ jyotir adhārayat svarāḍ jyotir adhārayat prajāpatiṣ ṭvā sādayatu pṛṣṭhe pṛthivyā jyotiṣmatīm viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya vyānāya viśvaṃ jyotir yaccha agniṣ ṭe dhipatis tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda

Virāj upheld the light; Svarāj upheld the light. May Prajāpati settle you, full of light, on the back of the earth. For every out-breath, in-breath and diffused breath, hold all light. Agni is your overlord. With that deity, in the manner of Aṅgiras, sit firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.25

मधुश् च माधवश् च वासन्तिकाव् ऋतू अग्नेर् अन्तःश्लेषो सि कल्पेतां द्यावापृथिवी कल्पन्ताम् आप ओषधयः कल्पन्ताम् अग्नयः पृथङ् नम ज्यैष्ठ्याय सव्रताः ये अग्नयः समनसो न्तरा द्यावापृथिवी इमे वासन्तिकाव् ऋतू अभिकल्पमाना इन्द्रम् इव देवा अभिसं विशन्तु तया देवतयाङ्गिरस्वद् ध्रुवे सीदतम्

madhuś ca mādhavaś ca vāsantikāv ṛtū agner antaḥśleṣo si kalpetāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī kalpantām āpa oṣadhayaḥ kalpantām agnayaḥ pṛthaṅ nama jyaiṣṭhyāya savratāḥ ye agnayaḥ samanaso ntarā dyāvāpṛthivī ime vāsantikāv ṛtū abhikalpamānā indram iva devā abhisaṃ viśantu tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruve sīdatam

Madhu and Mādhava, the two seasons of spring: you are the inner joining of Agni. Let heaven and earth be ordered, let the waters and the plants be ordered, let the fires be ordered severally, bowing for seniority, sharing one observance. Those fires which, of one mind, between heaven and earth, order themselves to these two seasons of spring — let them enter in together, as the gods enter Indra. With that deity, in the manner of Aṅgiras, sit firm, you two.

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

VS 13.26

अषाढासि सहमाना सहस्वारातीः सहस्व पृतनायतः सहस्रवीर्यासि सा मा जिन्व

aṣāḍhāsi sahamānā sahasvārātīḥ sahasva pṛtanāyataḥ sahasravīryāsi sā mā jinva

You are not to be overcome, you are overpowering. Overpower the hostile (powers), overpower those who attack. You are of thousandfold might; as such, quicken me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.27

मधु वाता ऋतायते मधु क्षरन्ति सिन्धवः माध्वीर् नः सन्त्व् ओषधीः

madhu vātā ṛtāyate madhu kṣaranti sindhavaḥ mādhvīr naḥ santv oṣadhīḥ

The winds (blow) honey for him who follows ṛta, the rivers flow honey; may the plants be full of honey for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.28

मधु नक्तम् उतोषसो मधुमत् पार्थिवꣳ रजः मधु द्यौर् अस्तु नः पिता

madhu naktam utoṣaso madhumat pārthivaṁ rajaḥ madhu dyaur astu naḥ pitā

Honey by night and at the dawns, full of honey the earthly realm; may Heaven, our father, be honey for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.29

मधुमान् नो वनस्पतिर् मधुमाꣳ अस्तु सूर्यः माध्वीर् गावो भवन्तु नः

madhumān no vanaspatir madhumāṁ astu sūryaḥ mādhvīr gāvo bhavantu naḥ

May the forest tree be full of honey for us, may the sun be full of honey; may the cows become full of honey for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.30

अपां गम्भन्त् सीद मा त्वा सूर्यो भि ताप्सीन् माग्निर् वैश्वानरः अच्छिन्नपत्राः प्रजा अनुवीक्षस्वानु त्वा दिव्या वृष्टिः सचताम्

apāṃ gambhant sīda mā tvā sūryo bhi tāpsīn māgnir vaiśvānaraḥ acchinnapatrāḥ prajā anuvīkṣasvānu tvā divyā vṛṣṭiḥ sacatām

Sit in the depth of the waters. Let not the sun scorch you, nor Agni Vaiśvānara. Look out upon offspring whose wings are unsevered; may the heavenly rain attend you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.31

त्रीन्त् समुद्रान्त् सम् असृपत् स्वर्गान् अपां पतिर् वृषभ इष्टकानाम् पुरीषं वसानः सुकृतस्य लोके तत्र गच्छ यत्र पूर्वे परेताः

trīnt samudrānt sam asṛpat svargān apāṃ patir vṛṣabha iṣṭakānām purīṣaṃ vasānaḥ sukṛtasya loke tatra gaccha yatra pūrve paretāḥ

To the three heavenly oceans he has crept together, the lord of the waters, the bull of the bricks. Clothed in the filling, go there, into the world of the well-done deed, where those of old have gone.

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

VS 13.32

मही द्यौः पृथिवी च न इमं यज्ञं मिमिक्षताम् पिपृतां नो भरीमभिः

mahī dyauḥ pṛthivī ca na imaṃ yajñaṃ mimikṣatām pipṛtāṃ no bharīmabhiḥ

May great Heaven and Earth besprinkle this sacrifice of ours; may they fill us with their sustaining gifts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.33

विष्णोः कर्माणि पश्यत यतो व्रतानि पस्पशे इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा

viṣṇoḥ karmāṇi paśyata yato vratāni paspaśe indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā

Behold the works of Viṣṇu, whereby he has watched over the observances — the fitting companion of Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.34

ध्रुवासि धरुणेतो जज्ञे प्रथमम् एभ्यो योनिभ्यो अधि जातवेदः स गायत्र्या त्रिष्टुभानुष्टुभा च देवेभ्यो हव्यं वहतु प्रजानन्

dhruvāsi dharuṇeto jajñe prathamam ebhyo yonibhyo adhi jātavedaḥ sa gāyatryā triṣṭubhānuṣṭubhā ca devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānan

You are firm, a support. From here he was born, first, above from these wombs, Jātavedas; let him, knowing the way, with the gāyatrī, the triṣṭubh and the anuṣṭubh, carry the oblation to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.35

इषे राये रमस्व सहसे द्युम्न ऊर्जे अपत्याय सम्राड् असि स्वराड् असि सारस्वतौ त्वोत्सौ प्रावताम्

iṣe rāye ramasva sahase dyumna ūrje apatyāya samrāḍ asi svarāḍ asi sārasvatau tvotsau prāvatām

Take pleasure for food, for wealth, for power, for brilliance, for vigour, for progeny. You are a universal ruler, you are a self-ruler. May the two springs of Sarasvatī further you.

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

VS 13.36

अग्ने युक्ष्वा हि ये तवाश्वासो देव साधवः अरं वहन्ति मन्यवे

agne yukṣvā hi ye tavāśvāso deva sādhavaḥ araṃ vahanti manyave

Agni, yoke, then, those horses of yours, O god, that are effective, that convey (you) fittingly to (your) zeal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.37

युक्ष्वा हि देवहूतमाꣳ अश्वाꣳ अग्ने रथीर् इव नि होता पूर्व्यः सदः

yukṣvā hi devahūtamāṁ aśvāṁ agne rathīr iva ni hotā pūrvyaḥ sadaḥ

Yoke, then, the horses that best summon the gods, O Agni, like a charioteer; sit down as the ancient hotṛ.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.38

सम्यक् स्रवन्ति सरितो न धेना अन्तर् हृदा मनसा पूयमानाः घृतस्य धारा अभि चाकशीमि हिरण्ययो वेतसो मध्ये अग्नेः

samyak sravanti sarito na dhenā antar hṛdā manasā pūyamānāḥ ghṛtasya dhārā abhi cākaśīmi hiraṇyayo vetaso madhye agneḥ

They flow together like streams, like (milch-)rivers, purified within by heart and mind; I gaze upon the streams of ghee — the golden reed is in the midst of Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.39

ऋचे त्वा रुचे त्वा भासे त्वा ज्योतिषे त्वा अभूद् इदं विश्वस्य भुवनस्य वाजिनम् अग्नेर् वैश्वानरस्य च

ṛce tvā ruce tvā bhāse tvā jyotiṣe tvā abhūd idaṃ viśvasya bhuvanasya vājinam agner vaiśvānarasya ca

Thee for the verse, thee for the sheen, thee for the light, thee for the radiance. This has become the prize-winning power of the whole world and of Agni Vaiśvānara.

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

VS 13.40

अग्निर् ज्योतिषा ज्योतिष्मान् रुक्मो वर्चसा वर्चस्वान् सहस्रदा असि सहस्राय त्वा

agnir jyotiṣā jyotiṣmān rukmo varcasā varcasvān sahasradā asi sahasrāya tvā

Agni, full of light with light; the golden disk, full of splendour with splendour. You are the giver of a thousand; thee for a thousand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.41

आदित्यं गर्भं पयसा सम् अङ्धि सहस्रस्य प्रतिमां विश्वरूपम् परि वृङ्धि हरसा माभि मꣳस्थाः शतायुषं कृणुहि चीयमानः

ādityaṃ garbhaṃ payasā sam aṅdhi sahasrasya pratimāṃ viśvarūpam pari vṛṅdhi harasā mābhi maṁsthāḥ śatāyuṣaṃ kṛṇuhi cīyamānaḥ

Anoint the Āditya germ with milk; encompass the thousandfold counterpart of all forms. Do not assail me with your flame; being piled up, make (me) of a hundred years' life.

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

VS 13.42

वातस्य जूतिं वरुणस्य नाभिम् अश्वं जज्ञानꣳ सरिरस्य मध्ये शिशुं नदीनाꣳ हरिम् अद्रिबुध्नम् अग्ने मा हिꣳसीः परमे व्योमन्

vātasya jūtiṃ varuṇasya nābhim aśvaṃ jajñānaṁ sarirasya madhye śiśuṃ nadīnāṁ harim adribudhnam agne mā hiṁsīḥ parame vyoman

The speed of the wind, the navel of Varuṇa, the horse born in the midst of the flood, the child of the rivers, the tawny one rooted in the rock — do not harm it, Agni, in the highest heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.43

अजस्रम् इन्दुम् अरुषं भुरण्युम् अग्निम् ईडे पूर्वचित्ति नमोभिः स पर्वभिर् ऋतुशः कल्पमानो गां मा हिꣳसीर् अदितिं विराजम्

ajasram indum aruṣaṃ bhuraṇyum agnim īḍe pūrvacitti namobhiḥ sa parvabhir ṛtuśaḥ kalpamāno gāṃ mā hiṁsīr aditiṃ virājam

The unceasing, bright, ruddy, swiftly-moving Agni I praise with homages, with first intent. He, being shaped by the joints, season by season — do not harm the cow, Aditi, the widely-ruling one.

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VS 13.44

वरूत्रीं त्वष्टुर् वरुणस्य नाभिम् अविं जज्ञानाꣳ रजसः परस्मात् महीꣳ साहस्रीम् असुरस्य मायाम् अग्ने मा हिꣳसीः पर्मे व्योमन्

varūtrīṃ tvaṣṭur varuṇasya nābhim aviṃ jajñānāṁ rajasaḥ parasmāt mahīṁ sāhasrīm asurasya māyām agne mā hiṁsīḥ parme vyoman

The protectress, the navel of Tvaṣṭṛ and of Varuṇa, the ewe born from the farther space, the great thousandfold magic power of the Asura — do not harm (her), Agni, in the highest heaven.

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

VS 13.45

यो ग्निर् अग्नेर् अधिय् अजायत शोकात् पृथिव्या उत वा दिवस् परि येन प्रजा विश्वकर्मा जजान तम् अग्ने हेडः परि ते वृणक्तु

yo gnir agner adhiy ajāyata śokāt pṛthivyā uta vā divas pari yena prajā viśvakarmā jajāna tam agne heḍaḥ pari te vṛṇaktu

The fire which was born from the fire, from the heat of the earth or from heaven, by which Viśvakarman begot creatures — let your anger spare that one, Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.46

चित्रं देवानाम् उद् अगाद् अनीकं चक्षुर् मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः आप्रा द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षꣳ सूर्य आत्मा जगतस् तस्थुषश् च

citraṃ devānām ud agād anīkaṃ cakṣur mitrasya varuṇasyāgneḥ āprā dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṁ sūrya ātmā jagatas tasthuṣaś ca

The bright face of the gods has risen, the eye of Mitra, of Varuṇa, of Agni. He has filled heaven and earth and the mid-air: Sūrya is the breath of what moves and what stands still.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.47

इमं मा हिꣳसीर् द्विपादं पशुꣳ सहस्राक्षो मेधाय चीयमानः मयुं पशुं मेधम् अग्ने जुषस्व तेन चिन्वानस् तन्वो नि षीद मयुं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु यं द्विष्मस् तं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु

imaṃ mā hiṁsīr dvipādaṃ paśuṁ sahasrākṣo medhāya cīyamānaḥ mayuṃ paśuṃ medham agne juṣasva tena cinvānas tanvo ni ṣīda mayuṃ te śug ṛcchatu yaṃ dviṣmas taṃ te śug ṛcchatu

Do not harm this two-footed creature, (you) thousand-eyed one being piled for the sacrifice. Take pleasure, Agni, in the mayu as the sacrificial animal; being piled by it, sit down for (your) bodies. Let your burning pain go to the mayu; let your burning pain go to him whom we hate.

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

VS 13.48

इमं मा हिꣳसीर् एकशफं पशुं कनिक्रदं वाजिनं वाजिनेषु गौरम् आरण्यम् अनु ते दिशामि तेन चिन्वानस् तन्वो नि षीद गौरं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु यं द्विष्मस् तं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु

imaṃ mā hiṁsīr ekaśaphaṃ paśuṃ kanikradaṃ vājinaṃ vājineṣu gauram āraṇyam anu te diśāmi tena cinvānas tanvo ni ṣīda gauraṃ te śug ṛcchatu yaṃ dviṣmas taṃ te śug ṛcchatu

Do not harm this single-hoofed animal, the neighing prize-winner among prize-winners. I assign to you the wild gaura-ox; being piled by it, sit down for (your) bodies. Let your burning pain go to the gaura; let your burning pain go to him whom we hate.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.49

इमꣳ साहस्रꣳ शतधारम् उत्सं व्यच्यमानꣳ सरिरस्य मध्ये घृतं दुहानाम् अदितिं जनायाग्ने मा हिꣳसीः परमे व्योमन् गवयम् आरण्यम् अनु ते दिशामि तेन चिन्वानस् तन्वो नि षीद गवयं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु यं द्विष्मस् तं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु

imaṁ sāhasraṁ śatadhāram utsaṃ vyacyamānaṁ sarirasya madhye ghṛtaṃ duhānām aditiṃ janāyāgne mā hiṁsīḥ parame vyoman gavayam āraṇyam anu te diśāmi tena cinvānas tanvo ni ṣīda gavayaṃ te śug ṛcchatu yaṃ dviṣmas taṃ te śug ṛcchatu

This thousandfold spring of a hundred streams, spreading out in the midst of the flood, Aditi milking out ghee for the people — do not harm (it), Agni, in the highest heaven. I assign to you the wild gavaya; being piled by it, sit down for (your) bodies. Let your burning pain go to the gavaya; let your burning pain go to him whom we hate.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.50

इमम् ऊर्णायुं वरुणस्य नाभिं त्वचं पशूनां द्विपदांचतुष्पदाम् त्वष्टुः प्रजानां प्रथमं जनित्रम् अग्ने मा हिꣳसीः परमे व्योमन् उष्ट्रम् आरण्यम् अनु ते दिशामि तेन चिन्वानस् तन्वो नि षीद उष्ट्रं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु यं द्विष्मस् तं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु

imam ūrṇāyuṃ varuṇasya nābhiṃ tvacaṃ paśūnāṃ dvipadāṃcatuṣpadām tvaṣṭuḥ prajānāṃ prathamaṃ janitram agne mā hiṁsīḥ parame vyoman uṣṭram āraṇyam anu te diśāmi tena cinvānas tanvo ni ṣīda uṣṭraṃ te śug ṛcchatu yaṃ dviṣmas taṃ te śug ṛcchatu

This woolly one, the navel of Varuṇa, the skin of the animals, two-footed and four-footed, the first begetter of Tvaṣṭṛ's creatures — do not harm (it), Agni, in the highest heaven. I assign to you the wild camel; being piled by it, sit down for (your) bodies. Let your burning pain go to the camel; let your burning pain go to him whom we hate.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.51

अजो ह्य् अग्नेर् अजनिष्ट शोकात् सो अपश्यज् जनितारम् अग्रे तेन देवा देवताम् अग्रम् आयꣳस् तेन रोहम् आयन्न् उप मेध्यासः शरभम् आरण्यम् अनु ते दिशामि तेन चिन्वानस् तन्वो नि षीद शरभं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु यं द्विष्मस् तं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु

ajo hy agner ajaniṣṭa śokāt so apaśyaj janitāram agre tena devā devatām agram āyaṁs tena roham āyann upa medhyāsaḥ śarabham āraṇyam anu te diśāmi tena cinvānas tanvo ni ṣīda śarabhaṃ te śug ṛcchatu yaṃ dviṣmas taṃ te śug ṛcchatu

For the goat was born from the heat of Agni; it saw the begetter at the beginning. By it the gods went to the foremost godhead, by it the pure ones went up to the ascent. I assign to you the wild śarabha; being piled by it, sit down for (your) bodies. Let your burning pain go to the śarabha; let your burning pain go to him whom we hate.

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

VS 13.52

त्वं यविष्ठ दाशुषो न्र् ꣡ ̥̄ꣳः पाहि शृणुधी गिरः रक्षा तोकम् उत त्मना

tvaṃ yaviṣṭha dāśuṣo nr ́ ̥̄ṁḥ pāhi śṛṇudhī giraḥ rakṣā tokam uta tmanā

You, most youthful one, protect the men of the worshipper; hear the songs; and guard the offspring by yourself.

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VS 13.53

अपां त्वेमन्त् सादयामि अपां त्वोद्मन्त् सादयामि अपां त्वा भस्मन्त् सादयामि अपां त्वा ज्योतिषि सादयामि अपां त्वायने सादयामि अर्णवे त्वा सदने सादयामि समुद्रे त्वा सदने सादयामि सरिरे त्वा सदने सादयामि अपां त्वा क्षये सादयामि अपां त्वा सधिषि सादयामि अपां त्वा सदने सादयामि अपां त्वा सधस्थे सादयामि अपां त्वा योनौ सादयामि अपां त्वा पुरीषे सादयामि अपां त्वा पाथसि सादयामि गायत्रेण त्वा छन्दसा सादयामि त्रैष्टुभेन त्वा छन्दसा सादयामि जागतेन त्वा छन्दसा सादयामि आनुष्टुभेन त्वा छन्दसा सादयामि पाङ्क्तेन त्वा छन्दसा सादयामि

apāṃ tvemant sādayāmi apāṃ tvodmant sādayāmi apāṃ tvā bhasmant sādayāmi apāṃ tvā jyotiṣi sādayāmi apāṃ tvāyane sādayāmi arṇave tvā sadane sādayāmi samudre tvā sadane sādayāmi sarire tvā sadane sādayāmi apāṃ tvā kṣaye sādayāmi apāṃ tvā sadhiṣi sādayāmi apāṃ tvā sadane sādayāmi apāṃ tvā sadhasthe sādayāmi apāṃ tvā yonau sādayāmi apāṃ tvā purīṣe sādayāmi apāṃ tvā pāthasi sādayāmi gāyatreṇa tvā chandasā sādayāmi traiṣṭubhena tvā chandasā sādayāmi jāgatena tvā chandasā sādayāmi ānuṣṭubhena tvā chandasā sādayāmi pāṅktena tvā chandasā sādayāmi

I set thee in the course of the waters; I set thee in the flood of the waters; I set thee in the ... of the waters; I set thee in the light of the waters; I set thee in the going of the waters; I set thee in the stream, in the seat; I set thee in the sea, in the seat; I set thee in the flood, in the seat; I set thee in the dwelling of the waters; I set thee in the gathering-place of the waters; I set thee in the seat of the waters; I set thee in the common abode of the waters; I set thee in the womb of the waters; I set thee in the filling of the waters; I set thee in the water-course of the waters; I set thee with the Gāyatrī metre; I set thee with the Traiṣṭubha metre; I set thee with the Jāgata metre; I set thee with the Ānuṣṭubha metre; I set thee with the Pāṅkta metre.

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VS 13.54

अयं पुरो भुवः तस्य प्राणो भौवनायः वसन्तः प्राण्यनः गायत्री वासन्ती गायत्र्यै गायत्रम् गायत्राद् उपाꣳशुः उपाꣳशोस् त्रिवृत् त्रिवृतो रथन्तरम् वसिष्ठ ऋषिः प्रजापतिगृहीतया त्वया प्राणं गृह्णामि प्रजाभ्यः

ayaṃ puro bhuvaḥ tasya prāṇo bhauvanāyaḥ vasantaḥ prāṇyanaḥ gāyatrī vāsantī gāyatryai gāyatram gāyatrād upāṁśuḥ upāṁśos trivṛt trivṛto rathantaram vasiṣṭha ṛṣiḥ prajāpatigṛhītayā tvayā prāṇaṃ gṛhṇāmi prajābhyaḥ

This one in front is Bhuvas; his breath is Bhauvanāya; the spring belongs to the breath; the Gāyatrī belongs to the spring; from the Gāyatrī the Gāyatra (chant); from the Gāyatra the Upāṁśu (cup); from the Upāṁśu the Trivṛt (stoma); from the Trivṛt the Rathantara; Vasiṣṭha is the ṛṣi. With thee, grasped by Prajāpati, I grasp breath for the creatures.

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

VS 13.55

अयं दक्षिणा विश्वकर्मा तस्य मनो वैश्वकर्मणम् ग्रीष्मो मानसः त्रिष्टुब् ग्रैष्मी त्रिष्टुभः स्वारम् स्वाराद् अन्तर्यामः अन्तर्यामात् पञ्चदशः पञ्चदशाद् बृहत् भरद्वाज ऋषिः प्रजापतिगृहीतया त्वया मनो गृह्णामि प्रजाभ्यः

ayaṃ dakṣiṇā viśvakarmā tasya mano vaiśvakarmaṇam grīṣmo mānasaḥ triṣṭub graiṣmī triṣṭubhaḥ svāram svārād antaryāmaḥ antaryāmāt pañcadaśaḥ pañcadaśād bṛhat bharadvāja ṛṣiḥ prajāpatigṛhītayā tvayā mano gṛhṇāmi prajābhyaḥ

This one to the south is Viśvakarman; his mind is Vaiśvakarmaṇa; the hot season belongs to the mind; the Triṣṭubh belongs to the hot season; from the Triṣṭubh the Svāra; from the Svāra the Antaryāma (cup); from the Antaryāma the Pañcadaśa (stoma); from the Pañcadaśa the Bṛhat; Bharadvāja is the ṛṣi. With thee, grasped by Prajāpati, I grasp mind for the creatures.

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

VS 13.56

अयं पश्चाद् विश्वव्यचाः तस्य चक्षुर् वैश्वव्यचसम् वर्षाश् चाक्षुष्यः जगती वार्षी जगत्या ऋक्समम् ऋक्समाच् छुक्रः शुक्रात् सप्तदशः सप्तदशाद् वैरूपम् जमदग्निर् ऋषिः प्रजापतिगृहीतया त्वया चक्षुर् गृह्णामि प्रजाभ्यः

ayaṃ paścād viśvavyacāḥ tasya cakṣur vaiśvavyacasam varṣāś cākṣuṣyaḥ jagatī vārṣī jagatyā ṛksamam ṛksamāc chukraḥ śukrāt saptadaśaḥ saptadaśād vairūpam jamadagnir ṛṣiḥ prajāpatigṛhītayā tvayā cakṣur gṛhṇāmi prajābhyaḥ

This one in the west is Viśvavyacas; his eye is the Vaiśvavyacasa; the rains belong to the eye; the Jagatī metre belongs to the rains; from the Jagatī (comes) the Ṛksama; from the Ṛksama the Śukra (cup); from the Śukra the seventeenfold (stoma); from the seventeenfold the Vairūpa (sāman); Jamadagni is the ṛṣi. With thee, grasped by Prajāpati, I grasp the eye for offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.57

इदं उत्तरात् स्वः तस्य शोत्रꣳ सौवम् शरच् छ्रौत्री अनुष्टुप् शारदी अनुष्टुभ ऐडम् ऐडान् मन्थी मन्थिन एकविꣳशः एकविꣳशाद् वैराजम् विश्वामित्र ऋषिः प्रजापतिगृहीतया त्वया श्रोत्रं गृह्णामि प्रजाभ्यः

idaṃ uttarāt svaḥ tasya śotraṁ sauvam śarac chrautrī anuṣṭup śāradī anuṣṭubha aiḍam aiḍān manthī manthina ekaviṁśaḥ ekaviṁśād vairājam viśvāmitra ṛṣiḥ prajāpatigṛhītayā tvayā śrotraṃ gṛhṇāmi prajābhyaḥ

This one in the north is Svar (the heavenly light); his hearing is the Sauva; autumn belongs to hearing; the Anuṣṭubh metre belongs to autumn; from the Anuṣṭubh (comes) the Aiḍa; from the Aiḍa the Manthin (cup); from the Manthin the twenty-onefold (stoma); from the twenty-onefold the Vairāja (sāman); Viśvāmitra is the ṛṣi. With thee, grasped by Prajāpati, I grasp hearing for offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 13.58

इयं उपरि मतिः तस्यै वाङ् मात्या हेमन्तो वाच्यः पङ्क्तिर् हैमन्ती पङ्क्त्यै निधनवत् निधनवत आग्रयणः आग्रयणात् त्रिणवत्रयस्त्रिꣳशौ त्रिणवत्रयस्त्रिꣳशाभ्याꣳ शाक्वररैवते विश्वकर्म ऋषिः प्रजापतिगृहीतया त्वया वाचं गृह्णामि प्रजाभ्यः लोकं पृण छिद्रं पृणाथो सीद ध्रुवा त्वम् इन्द्राग्नी त्वा बृहस्पतिर् अस्मिन् योनाव् असीषदन् ता अस्य सूददोहसः सोमꣳ श्रीणन्ति पृश्नयः जन्मन् देवानां विशस् त्रिष्व् आ रोचने दिवः इन्द्रं विश्वा अवीवृधन्त् समुद्रव्यचसं गिरः रथीतमꣳ रथीनां वाजानाꣳ सत्पतिं पतिम्

iyaṃ upari matiḥ tasyai vāṅ mātyā hemanto vācyaḥ paṅktir haimantī paṅktyai nidhanavat nidhanavata āgrayaṇaḥ āgrayaṇāt triṇavatrayastriṁśau triṇavatrayastriṁśābhyāṁ śākvararaivate viśvakarma ṛṣiḥ prajāpatigṛhītayā tvayā vācaṃ gṛhṇāmi prajābhyaḥ lokaṃ pṛṇa chidraṃ pṛṇātho sīda dhruvā tvam indrāgnī tvā bṛhaspatir asmin yonāv asīṣadan tā asya sūdadohasaḥ somaṁ śrīṇanti pṛśnayaḥ janman devānāṃ viśas triṣv ā rocane divaḥ indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhant samudravyacasaṃ giraḥ rathītamaṁ rathīnāṃ vājānāṁ satpatiṃ patim

This one above is Mati (thought); her speech is the Mātya; winter belongs to speech; the Paṅkti metre belongs to winter; from the Paṅkti (comes) the Nidhanavat; from the Nidhanavat the Āgrayaṇa (cup); from the Āgrayaṇa the twenty-sevenfold and thirty-threefold (stomas); from these two the Śākvara and Raivata (sāmans); Viśvakarman is the ṛṣi. With thee, grasped by Prajāpati, I grasp speech for offspring. Fill the space, fill the gap, and then sit down, firm thou. Indra and Agni, (and) Bṛhaspati have seated thee in this womb. These dappled ones (cows) mix the Soma of him, the well-milking ones, at the birth of the gods, the clans, in the three bright realms of heaven. All songs have strengthened Indra, wide as the ocean, the best of charioteers among charioteers, the true lord and master of prizes.

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