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White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 15

VS 15.1

अग्ने जातान् प्र णुद नः सपत्नान् प्रत्य् अजातान् नुद जातवेदः अधि नो ब्रूहि सुमना अहेडꣳस् तव स्याम शर्मꣳस् त्रिवरूथ उद्भौ

agne jātān pra ṇuda naḥ sapatnān praty ajātān nuda jātavedaḥ adhi no brūhi sumanā aheḍaṁs tava syāma śarmaṁs trivarūtha udbhau

Agni, thrust away from us our rivals who are born; thrust back those not yet born, O Jātavedas. Speak on our behalf, well-disposed, not angered: may we be in your triple-guarding, upraised shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Book XV DRIVE our born enemies away, O Agni; drive from us foes unborn, O Jâtavedas. Graciously-minded, free from anger, bless us: may we enjoy my firm thrice-guarding shelter. Drive off with might our foemen born and living: keep off these yet unborn, O Jâtavedas. Benevolent in thought and spirit bless us. May we remain alive: drive off our foemen.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.2

सहसा जातान् प्र णुदा नः सपत्नान् प्रत्य् अजातान् जातवेदो नुदस्व अधि नो ब्रूहि सुमनस्यमानो वयꣳ स्याम प्र णुदा नः सपत्नान्

sahasā jātān pra ṇudā naḥ sapatnān praty ajātān jātavedo nudasva adhi no brūhi sumanasyamāno vayaṁ syāma pra ṇudā naḥ sapatnān

With force thrust away from us our rivals who are born; thrust back those not yet born, O Jātavedas. Speak on our behalf, being well-disposed: may we be (secure); thrust away from us our rivals.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 15.3

षोडशी स्तोम ओजो द्रविणम् चतुश्चत्वारिꣳश स्तोमो वर्चो द्रविणम् अग्नेः पुरीषम् अस्य अप्सो नाम तां त्वा विश्वे अभि गृणन्तु देवाः स्तोमपृष्ठा घृतवतीह सीद प्रजावद् अस्मे द्रविणा यजस्व

ṣoḍaśī stoma ojo draviṇam catuścatvāriṁśa stomo varco draviṇam agneḥ purīṣam asya apso nāma tāṃ tvā viśve abhi gṛṇantu devāḥ stomapṛṣṭhā ghṛtavatīha sīda prajāvad asme draviṇā yajasva

The ṣoḍaśin stoma — force is (its) wealth. The forty-four-fold stoma — splendour is (its) wealth. Agni's rubble (filling) — 'water-born' (apsas) is its name. May all the gods sing you, so named, in praise. Having the stomas as your back, rich in ghee, sit here; offer to us wealth with offspring.

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

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The Sixteenfold Stoma, strength and wealth. The Forty- fourth Stoma, splendour and wealth. Apsas art thou, the complement of Agni. As such may all the Gods greet thee with praises. Enriched with songs of praise, Prishthas, and butter, sit here and give us wealth with store of children.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.4

एवश् छन्दः वरिवश् छन्दः शंभूश् छन्दः परिभूश् छन्दः आच्छच् छन्दः मनश् छन्दः व्यचश् छन्दः सिन्धुश् छन्दः समुद्रश् छन्दः सरिरं छन्दः ककुप् छन्दः त्रिककुप् छन्दः काव्यं छन्दः अङ्कुपं छन्दः अक्षरपङ्क्तिश् छन्दः पदपङ्क्तिश् छन्दः विष्टारपङ्क्तिश् छन्दः क्षुरो भ्राजश् छन्दः

evaś chandaḥ varivaś chandaḥ śaṃbhūś chandaḥ paribhūś chandaḥ ācchac chandaḥ manaś chandaḥ vyacaś chandaḥ sindhuś chandaḥ samudraś chandaḥ sariraṃ chandaḥ kakup chandaḥ trikakup chandaḥ kāvyaṃ chandaḥ aṅkupaṃ chandaḥ akṣarapaṅktiś chandaḥ padapaṅktiś chandaḥ viṣṭārapaṅktiś chandaḥ kṣuro bhrājaś chandaḥ

Eva is a metre; Varivas is a metre; Śaṃbhū is a metre; Paribhū is a metre; Ācchad is a metre; Manas is a metre; Vyacas is a metre; Sindhu is a metre; Samudra is a metre; Sarira is a metre; Kakubh is a metre; Trikakubh is a metre; Kāvya is a metre; Aṅkupa is a metre; Syllable-paṅkti is a metre; Word-paṅkti is a metre; Spread-out-paṅkti is a metre; Razor-blaze is a metre.

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Course metre. Space metre. Happy metre, Encompassing metre. Covering metre. Mind metre. Expanse metre. River metre. Sea metre. Water metre. Kakup metre. Trikakup metre. Kâvya metre. Ankupa metre Aksharapankti metre. Padapankti metre. Vishtârapankti metre. Kshurabhrâja metre.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.5

आच्छच् छन्दः प्रच्छच् छन्दः संयच् छन्दः वियच् छन्दः बृहच् छन्दः रथन्तरं छन्दः निकायश् छन्दः विवधश् छन्दः गिरश् छन्दः भ्रजश् छन्दः सꣳस्तुप् छन्दः अनुष्टुप् छन्दः एवश् छन्दः वरिवश् छन्दः वयश् छन्दः वयस्कृच् छन्दः वि=च्५ष्पर्धाश् छन्दः विशालं छन्दः छदिश् छन्दः दूरोहणं छन्दः तन्द्रं छन्दः अङ्काङ्कं छन्दः

ācchac chandaḥ pracchac chandaḥ saṃyac chandaḥ viyac chandaḥ bṛhac chandaḥ rathantaraṃ chandaḥ nikāyaś chandaḥ vivadhaś chandaḥ giraś chandaḥ bhrajaś chandaḥ saṁstup chandaḥ anuṣṭup chandaḥ evaś chandaḥ varivaś chandaḥ vayaś chandaḥ vayaskṛc chandaḥ vi=C5ṣpardhāś chandaḥ viśālaṃ chandaḥ chadiś chandaḥ dūrohaṇaṃ chandaḥ tandraṃ chandaḥ aṅkāṅkaṃ chandaḥ

Ācchad is a metre; Pracchad is a metre; Saṃyat is a metre; Viyat is a metre; Bṛhat is a metre; Rathantara is a metre; Nikāya is a metre; Vivadha is a metre; Giras is a metre; Bhraja is a metre; Saṃstubh is a metre; Anuṣṭubh is a metre; Eva is a metre; Varivas is a metre; Vayas is a metre; Vayaskṛt is a metre; Viṣpardhas is a metre; Viśāla is a metre; Chadis is a metre; Dūrohaṇa is a metre; Tandra is a metre; Aṅkāṅka is a metre.

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Covering metre. Clothing metre. Collecting metre. Parting metre. Brihat metre. Rathantara metre, Group metre. Vivadhra metre. Swallower metre. Bright metre. Samstup metre. Anushtup metre. Course metre. Space metre. Vigour metre. Vigour-giving metre. Emulating metre. Spacious metre, Inaccessible metre. Slow metre. Ankânka metre.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.6

रश्मिना सत्याय सत्यं जिन्व प्रेतिना धर्मणा धर्मं जिन्व अन्वित्या दिवा दिवं जिन्व संधिनान्तरिक्षेणान्तरिक्षं जिन्व प्रतिधिना पृथिव्या पृथिवीं जिन्व विष्टम्भेन वृष्ट्या वृस्टिं जिन्व प्रवयाह्नाहर् जिन्व अनुया रत्र्या रात्रीं जिन्व उशिजा वसुभ्यो वसून् जिन्व प्रकेतेनादित्येभ्य आदित्यान् जिन्व

raśminā satyāya satyaṃ jinva pretinā dharmaṇā dharmaṃ jinva anvityā divā divaṃ jinva saṃdhināntarikṣeṇāntarikṣaṃ jinva pratidhinā pṛthivyā pṛthivīṃ jinva viṣṭambhena vṛṣṭyā vṛsṭiṃ jinva pravayāhnāhar jinva anuyā ratryā rātrīṃ jinva uśijā vasubhyo vasūn jinva praketenādityebhya ādityān jinva

With the Ray, for truth, quicken truth; with the Onward-goer, by law, quicken law; with the Follower, by heaven, quicken heaven; with the Joiner, by the mid-air, quicken the mid-air; with the Counter-holder, by the earth, quicken the earth; with the Prop, by rain, quicken rain; with the Forward-weaver, by day, quicken the day; with the Attendant, by night, quicken night; with the Eager one, for the Vasus, quicken the Vasus; with the Beacon, for the Ādityas, quicken the Ādityas.

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

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With the ray for truth quicken thou truth. With advance by duty quicken duty. With following by heaven quicken heaven. With union by middle air quicken middle air. With Pratidhi by Earth quicken Earth. With support by rain quicken rain. With blowing away by day quicken day. With following by eight quicken night. With clarified butter by the Vasus quicken the Vasus. With perception by the Âdityas quicken the Âdityas.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.7

तन्तुना रायस्पोषेण रायस्पोषं जिन्व सꣳसर्पेण श्रुताय श्रुतं जिन्व ऐडेनौषधीभिर् ओषधीर् जिन्व उत्तमेन तनूभिस् तनूर् जिन्व वयोधसाधीतेनाधीतं जिन्व अभिजिता तेजसा तेजो जिन्व

tantunā rāyaspoṣeṇa rāyaspoṣaṃ jinva saṁsarpeṇa śrutāya śrutaṃ jinva aiḍenauṣadhībhir oṣadhīr jinva uttamena tanūbhis tanūr jinva vayodhasādhītenādhītaṃ jinva abhijitā tejasā tejo jinva

With the thread, with the increase of wealth, quicken the increase of wealth; with the creeping one, for renown, quicken renown; with the one of refreshment, with the plants, quicken the plants; with the highest one, with the bodies, quicken the bodies; with the vigour-bestowing one, with what has been learned, quicken what has been learned; with the all-conquering one, with brilliance, quicken brilliance.

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

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With the thread by prosperity quicken prosperity. With the creeper by revelation quicken revelation. With refreshment by plants quicken plants. With the best by bodies quicken bodies. With the invigorating by religious study quicken religious study. With the victorious by brilliance quicken brilliance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.8

प्रतिपद् असि प्रतिपदे त्वा अनुपद् अस्य् अनुपदे त्वा सम्पद् असि सम्पदे त्वा तेजो सि तेजसे त्वा

pratipad asi pratipade tvā anupad asy anupade tvā sampad asi sampade tvā tejo si tejase tvā

Thou art the first step (pratipad); thee for the first step. Thou art the following step; thee for the following step. Thou art the full measure (sampad); thee for the full measure. Thou art brilliance; thee for brilliance.

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Thou art Pratipad, for Pratipad thee. Thou art Anupad, for Anupad thee. Thou art Sampad, for Sampad thee. Thou art brilliance, for brilliance thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.9

त्रिवृद् असि त्रिवृते त्वा प्रवृद् असि प्रवृते त्वा विवृद् असि विवृते त्वा सवृद् असि सवृते त्वा आक्रमो स्य् आक्रमाय त्वा संक्रमो सि संक्रमाय त्वा उत्क्रमो स्य् उत्क्रमाय त्वा उत्क्रान्तिर् अस्य् उत्क्रान्त्यै त्वा अधिपतिनोर्जोर्जं जिन्व

trivṛd asi trivṛte tvā pravṛd asi pravṛte tvā vivṛd asi vivṛte tvā savṛd asi savṛte tvā ākramo sy ākramāya tvā saṃkramo si saṃkramāya tvā utkramo sy utkramāya tvā utkrāntir asy utkrāntyai tvā adhipatinorjorjaṃ jinva

Thou art the threefold; thee for the threefold. Thou art the forth-turning; thee for the forth-turning. Thou art the turning apart; thee for the turning apart. Thou art the turning together; thee for the turning together. Thou art the stepping-on; thee for the stepping-on. Thou art the stepping-together; thee for the stepping-together. Thou art the stepping-up; thee for the stepping-up. Thou art the ascent; thee for the ascent. With the overlord, with strength, quicken strength.

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

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Trivrit (triple) art thou, thee for Trivrit. Pravrit art thou, thee for Pravrit. Vivrit art thou, thee for Vivrit. Savrit art thou, thee for Savrit. Thou art attack, thee for attack. Thou art concurrence, thee for concurrence. Thou art ascent, thee for ascent. Thou art upstriding, thee for upstriding. With Energy as over-lord quicken food-essence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.10

राज्ञ्य् असि प्राची दिग् वसवस् ते देवा अधिपतयो ग्निर् हेतीनां प्रतिधर्ता त्रिवृत् त्वा स्तोमः पृथिव्याꣳ श्रयत्व् आज्यम् उक्थम् अव्यथायै स्तभ्नातु रथन्तरꣳ साम प्रतिष्ठित्या अन्तरिक्ष ऋषयस् त्वा प्रथमजा देवेषु दिवो मात्रया वरिम्णा प्रथन्तु विधर्ता चायम् अधिपतिश् च ते त्वा सर्वे संविदाता नाकस्य पृष्ठे स्वर्गे लोके यजमानं च सादयन्तु

rājñy asi prācī dig vasavas te devā adhipatayo gnir hetīnāṃ pratidhartā trivṛt tvā stomaḥ pṛthivyāṁ śrayatv ājyam uktham avyathāyai stabhnātu rathantaraṁ sāma pratiṣṭhityā antarikṣa ṛṣayas tvā prathamajā deveṣu divo mātrayā varimṇā prathantu vidhartā cāyam adhipatiś ca te tvā sarve saṃvidātā nākasya pṛṣṭhe svarge loke yajamānaṃ ca sādayantu

Thou art queen, the eastern quarter. The Vasus are thy gods, thy overlords; Agni is the warder-off of missiles. Let the threefold stoma establish thee on the earth; let the ājya uktha make thee firm, for steadiness; the rathantara sāman, for a firm standing. In the mid-air let the ṛṣis, the first-born among the gods, spread thee out with the measure, with the breadth of heaven. And let this sustainer and overlord, and all of them in concord, set thee and the sacrificer on the back of the firmament, in the heavenly world.

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Thou art the Queen, the Eastern region. The bright Vasus are thine overlords. Agni is thy warder-off of hostile weapons. May the Trivrit Stoma assist thee on earth. The Âjya Uktha fix thee firmly against slipping. The Rathantara Sâman establish thee in the sky for secure station. May the first-born Rishis extend thee among the Gods by the measure and amplitude of heaven. May this Disposer and the Over-Lord extend thee. May all, concordant, settle thee on the ridge of heaven in the world of Svarga.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.11

विराड् असि दक्षिणा दिग् रुद्रास् ते देवा अधिपतय इन्द्रो हेतीनां प्रतिधर्ता पञ्चदशस् त्वा स्तोमः पृथिव्याꣳ श्रयतु प्रüगम् उक्थम् अव्यथायै स्तभ्नातु बृहत् साम प्रतिष्ठित्या अन्तरिक्ष ऋषयस् त्वा प्रथमजा देवेषु दिवो मात्रया वरिम्णा प्रथन्तु विधर्ता चायम् अधिपतिश् च ते त्वा सर्वे संविदाता नाकस्य पृष्ठे स्वर्गे लोके यजमानं च सादयन्तु

virāḍ asi dakṣiṇā dig rudrās te devā adhipataya indro hetīnāṃ pratidhartā pañcadaśas tvā stomaḥ pṛthivyāṁ śrayatu praügam uktham avyathāyai stabhnātu bṛhat sāma pratiṣṭhityā antarikṣa ṛṣayas tvā prathamajā deveṣu divo mātrayā varimṇā prathantu vidhartā cāyam adhipatiś ca te tvā sarve saṃvidātā nākasya pṛṣṭhe svarge loke yajamānaṃ ca sādayantu

Thou art virāj, the southern quarter. The Rudras are thy gods, thy overlords; Indra is the warder-off of missiles. Let the fifteenfold stoma establish thee on the earth; let the praüga uktha make thee firm, for steadiness; the bṛhat sāman, for a firm standing. In the mid-air let the ṛṣis, the first-born among the gods, spread thee out with the measure, with the breadth of heaven. And let this sustainer and overlord, and all of them in concord, set thee and the sacrificer on the back of the firmament, in the heavenly world.

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

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Thou art Far-ruling, the Southern region. The bright Rudras are thine over-lords. Indra is thy warder-off of arrows. May the Pañchadasa Stoma support thee on earth. The Praüga Uktha fix thee firmly against slipping. The Brihat Sâman establish thee in the sky, etc. (the rest as in 10).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.12

सम्राड् असि प्रतीची दिग् आदित्यास् ते देवा अधिपतयो वरुणो हेतीनां प्रतिधर्ता सप्तदशस् त्वा स्तोमः पृथिव्याꣳ श्रयतु मरुत्वतीयम् उक्थम् अव्यथायै स्तभ्नातु वैरूपꣳ साम प्रतिष्ठित्या अन्तरिक्ष ऋषयस् त्वा प्रथमजा देवेषु दिवो मात्रया वरिम्णा प्रथन्तु विधर्ता चायम् अधिपतिश् च ते त्वा सर्वे संविदाता नाकस्य पृष्ठे स्वर्गे लोके यजमानं च सादयन्तु

samrāḍ asi pratīcī dig ādityās te devā adhipatayo varuṇo hetīnāṃ pratidhartā saptadaśas tvā stomaḥ pṛthivyāṁ śrayatu marutvatīyam uktham avyathāyai stabhnātu vairūpaṁ sāma pratiṣṭhityā antarikṣa ṛṣayas tvā prathamajā deveṣu divo mātrayā varimṇā prathantu vidhartā cāyam adhipatiś ca te tvā sarve saṃvidātā nākasya pṛṣṭhe svarge loke yajamānaṃ ca sādayantu

Thou art samrāj, the western quarter. The Ādityas are thy gods, thy overlords; Varuṇa is the warder-off of missiles. Let the seventeenfold stoma establish thee on the earth; let the marutvatīya uktha make thee firm, for steadiness; the vairūpa sāman, for a firm standing. In the mid-air let the ṛṣis, the first-born among the gods, spread thee out with the measure, with the breadth of heaven. And let this sustainer and overlord, and all of them in concord, set thee and the sacrificer on the back of the firmament, in the heavenly world.

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

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Thou art Universal Ruler, the Western region. The Âdityas are thine over-lords. Varuna is thy warder-off of missiles. The Saptadasa Stoma support thee on earth. The Marutvatîya Uktha fix thee firmly against slipping. The Vairûpa Sâman establish thee, etc. (as above).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.13

स्वराड् अस्य् उदीच्य् दिङ् मरुतस् ते देवा अधिपतयः सोमो हेतीनां प्रतिधर्तैकविꣳशस् त्वा स्तोमः पृथिव्याꣳ श्रयतु निष्केवल्यम् उक्थम् अव्यथायै स्तभ्नातु वैराजꣳ साम प्रतिष्ठित्या अन्तरिक्ष ऋषयस् त्वा प्रथमजा देवेषु दिवो मात्रया वरिम्णा प्रथन्तु विधर्ता चायम् अधिपतिश् च ते त्वा सर्वे संविदाता नाकस्य पृष्ठे स्वर्गे लोके यजमानं च सादयन्तु

svarāḍ asy udīcy diṅ marutas te devā adhipatayaḥ somo hetīnāṃ pratidhartaikaviṁśas tvā stomaḥ pṛthivyāṁ śrayatu niṣkevalyam uktham avyathāyai stabhnātu vairājaṁ sāma pratiṣṭhityā antarikṣa ṛṣayas tvā prathamajā deveṣu divo mātrayā varimṇā prathantu vidhartā cāyam adhipatiś ca te tvā sarve saṃvidātā nākasya pṛṣṭhe svarge loke yajamānaṃ ca sādayantu

Thou art svarāj, the northern quarter. The Maruts are thy gods, thy overlords; Soma is the warder-off of missiles. Let the twenty-onefold stoma establish thee on the earth; let the niṣkevalya uktha make thee firm, for steadiness; the vairāja sāman, for a firm standing. In the mid-air let the ṛṣis, the first-born among the gods, spread thee out with the measure, with the breadth of heaven. And let this sustainer and overlord, and all of them in concord, set thee and the sacrificer on the back of the firmament, in the heavenly world.

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

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Thou art Independent Ruler, the Northern region. (The rest is identical with 12, with the substitution of Maruts . . . Soma . . . .Vimsa Stoma . . . Nishkevalya Uktha. . . . Vairâja Sâman for the corresponding names).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.14

अधिपत्न्य् असि बृहती दिग् विश्वे ते देवा अधिपतयो बृहस्पतिर् हेतीनां प्रतिधर्ता त्रिणवत्रयस्त्रिꣳशौ त्वा स्तोमौ पृथिव्याꣳ श्रयतां वैश्वदेवाग्निमारुते उक्थे अव्यथायै स्तभ्नीताꣳ शाक्वररैवते सामनी प्रतिष्ठित्या अन्तरिक्ष ऋषयस् त्वा प्रथमजा देवेषु दिवो मात्रया वरिम्णा प्रथन्तु विधर्ता चायम् अधिपतिश् च ते त्वा सर्वे संविदाता नाकस्य पृष्ठे स्वर्गे लोके यजमानं च सादयन्तु

adhipatny asi bṛhatī dig viśve te devā adhipatayo bṛhaspatir hetīnāṃ pratidhartā triṇavatrayastriṁśau tvā stomau pṛthivyāṁ śrayatāṃ vaiśvadevāgnimārute ukthe avyathāyai stabhnītāṁ śākvararaivate sāmanī pratiṣṭhityā antarikṣa ṛṣayas tvā prathamajā deveṣu divo mātrayā varimṇā prathantu vidhartā cāyam adhipatiś ca te tvā sarve saṃvidātā nākasya pṛṣṭhe svarge loke yajamānaṃ ca sādayantu

Thou art overlordess, the great (upward) quarter. The All-Gods are thy gods, thy overlords; Bṛhaspati is the warder-off of missiles. Let the twenty-sevenfold and the thirty-threefold stomas establish thee on the earth; let the vaiśvadeva and āgnimāruta ukthas make thee firm, for steadiness; the śākvara and raivata sāmans, for a firm standing. In the mid-air let the ṛṣis, the first-born among the gods, spread thee out with the measure, with the breadth of heaven. And let this sustainer and overlord, and all of them in concord, set thee and the sacrificer on the back of the firmament, in the heavenly world.

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

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Thou art Lady-Paramount, the Lofty region. (The rest as above, Visvedevas. . . Brihaspati . . .Trinava and Trayastrimsa Stomas . . .Vaisvadeva and Mâruta Ukthas . . . Sâkvara and Raivata Sâmans being substituted for the corresponding names.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.15

अयं पुरो हरिकेशः सूर्यरश्मिस् तस्य रथगृत्सश् च रथौजाश् च सेनानीग्रामण्या पुञ्जिकस्थला च क्रतुस्थला चाप्सरसौ दङ्क्ष्णवः पशवो हेतिः पौरुषेयो वधः प्रहेतिस् तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

ayaṃ puro harikeśaḥ sūryaraśmis tasya rathagṛtsaś ca rathaujāś ca senānīgrāmaṇyā puñjikasthalā ca kratusthalā cāpsarasau daṅkṣṇavaḥ paśavo hetiḥ pauruṣeyo vadhaḥ prahetis tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

This one in front is Harikeśa, having the sun for his ray. His army-leader and village-chief are Rathagṛtsa and Rathaujas. Puñjikasthalā and Kratusthalā are his Apsarases. Biting beasts are his weapon; death from man is his missile. To them be homage; let them favour us, let them be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

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This one in front, golden-tressed, with sunbeams; the leader of his host and his chieftain are Rathagritsa and Rathaujas, and Puñjikasthalâ: and Kratusthalâ his Apsarases. Biting animals are his weapon, homicide his missile weapon; to them be homage: may they protect us, may they have mercy upon us. In their jaws we place the man whom we hate and who hates us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.16

अयं दक्षिणा विश्वकर्मा तस्य रथस्वनश् च रथेचित्रश् च सेनानीग्रामण्या मेनका च सहजन्या चाप्सरसौ यातुधाना हेती रक्षाꣳसि प्रहेतिस् तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

ayaṃ dakṣiṇā viśvakarmā tasya rathasvanaś ca rathecitraś ca senānīgrāmaṇyā menakā ca sahajanyā cāpsarasau yātudhānā hetī rakṣāṁsi prahetis tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

This one in the south is Viśvakarman. His army-leader and village-chief are Rathasvana and Rathecitra. Menakā and Sahajanyā are his Apsarases. Sorcerers are his weapon; the rakṣases are his missile. To them be homage; let them favour us, let them be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

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This one on the right, the Omnific; the leader of his host and his chieftain are Rathasvana and Rathechitra, and Menakâ and Sahajanyâ his Apsarases. Yâtudhânas are his weapon, Râkshasas his missile weapon; to them be homage, etc. (as in 15).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.17

अयं पश्चाद् विश्वव्यचास् तस्य रथप्रोतश् चासमरथश् च सेनानीग्रामण्या प्रम्लोचन्ती चानुम्लोचन्ती चाप्सरसौ व्याघ्रा हेतिः सर्पा प्रहेतिस् तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

ayaṃ paścād viśvavyacās tasya rathaprotaś cāsamarathaś ca senānīgrāmaṇyā pramlocantī cānumlocantī cāpsarasau vyāghrā hetiḥ sarpā prahetis tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

This one in the west is Viśvavyacas. His army-leader and village-chief are Rathaprota and Asamaratha. Pramlocantī and Anumlocantī are his Apsarases. Tigers are his weapon; serpents are his missile. To them be homage; let them favour us, let them be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

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This one behind, the All-comprising; the leader of his host and his chieftain are Rathaprota and Asamaratha, and Pramlochantî and Anumochlantî are his Apsarases. Tigers are his weapon, Serpents his missile weapon; to them be homage, etc.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.18

अयम् उत्तरात् संयद्वसुस् तस्य तार्क्ष्यश् चारिष्टनेमिश् च सेनानीग्रामण्या विश्वाची च घृताची चाप्सरसाव् आपो हेतिर् वातः प्रहेतिस् तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

ayam uttarāt saṃyadvasus tasya tārkṣyaś cāriṣṭanemiś ca senānīgrāmaṇyā viśvācī ca ghṛtācī cāpsarasāv āpo hetir vātaḥ prahetis tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

This one in the north is Saṃyadvasu. His army-leader and village-chief are Tārkṣya and Ariṣṭanemi. Viśvācī and Ghṛtācī are his Apsarases. The waters are his weapon; the wind is his missile. To them be homage; let them favour us, let them be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

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This one on the left, Lord of uninterrupted riches; the leader of his host and his chieftain are Târkshya and Arishtanemi, and Visvâchî and Ghritâchi his Apsarases. Water is his weapon, wind his missile weapon; to them be homage, etc.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.19

अयम् उपर्य् अर्वाग्वसुस् तस्य सेनजिच् च सुषेणश् च सेनानीग्रामण्या उर्वशी च पूर्वचित्तिश् चाप्सरसाव् अवस्फूर्जन् हेतिर् विद्युत् प्रहेतिस् तेभ्यो नमो अस्तु ते नो वन्तु ते नो मृडयन्तु ते यं द्विष्मो यश् च नो द्वेष्टि तम् एषां जम्भे दध्मः

ayam upary arvāgvasus tasya senajic ca suṣeṇaś ca senānīgrāmaṇyā urvaśī ca pūrvacittiś cāpsarasāv avasphūrjan hetir vidyut prahetis tebhyo namo astu te no vantu te no mṛḍayantu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaś ca no dveṣṭi tam eṣāṃ jambhe dadhmaḥ

This one above is Arvāgvasu. His army-leader and village-chief are Senajit and Suṣeṇa. Urvaśī and Pūrvacitti are his Apsarases. The thunder-crash is his weapon; lightning is his missile. To them be homage; let them favour us, let them be gracious to us. Whom we hate and who hates us, him we place in their jaws.

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This one above, Wealth-giver; the leader of his host and his chieftain are Senajit and Sushena, and Urvasi and Pûrvachitti his Apsarases. Thundering is his weapon and lightning his missile weapon; to them be homage, etc.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.20

अग्निर् मूर्धा दिवः ककुत् पतिः पृथिव्या अयम् अपाꣳ रेताꣳसि जिन्वति

agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut patiḥ pṛthivyā ayam apāṁ retāṁsi jinvati

Agni is the head, the summit of heaven; he is the lord of the earth; he quickens the seeds of the waters.

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Agni is head and height of heaven, the Master of the earth is he. He quickeneth the waters’ seed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.21

अयम् अग्निः सहस्रिणो वाजस्य शतिनस् पतिः मूर्धा कवी रयीणाम्

ayam agniḥ sahasriṇo vājasya śatinas patiḥ mūrdhā kavī rayīṇām

This Agni is lord of thousandfold, of hundredfold prize; he is the head, the sage of riches.

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This Agni is the Master of spoil thousandfold and hundredfold, the sapient one, the head of wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.22

त्वाम् अग्ने पुष्कराद् अध्य् अथर्वा निर् अमन्थत मूर्ध्नो विश्वस्य वाघतः

tvām agne puṣkarād adhy atharvā nir amanthata mūrdhno viśvasya vāghataḥ

Thee, O Agni, Atharvan churned out from the lotus, from the head of every priest.

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Agni, Atharvan brought thee forth by rubbing from the lotus-leaf, the head of Visva, of the Priest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.23

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

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

Thou hast become the leader of the sacrifice and of the mid-region, where thou dost keep company with the auspicious niyut teams. In heaven thou hast set thy sun-winning head; thy tongue, O Agni, thou hast made the bearer of oblations.

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Guide of the rite art thou and of the region to which with thine auspicious teams thou tendest. Thy light-bestowing head to heaven thou liftest, making thy tongue oblation-bearer, Agni.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.24

अबोध्य् अग्निः समिधा जनानां प्रति धेनुम् इवायतीम् उषासम् यह्वा इव प्र वयाम् उज्जिहानाः प्र भानवः सिस्रते नाकम् अच्छ

abodhy agniḥ samidhā janānāṃ prati dhenum ivāyatīm uṣāsam yahvā iva pra vayām ujjihānāḥ pra bhānavaḥ sisrate nākam accha

Agni has awakened with the kindling-wood of men, facing the Dawn as she comes on like a milch cow; like young (trees) shooting up their branches, his beams stream forth toward the firmament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni is wakened by the people's fuel to meet the Dawn who cometh like a milch-cow. Like young trees shooting up on high their branches his flames are rising to the vault of heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.25

अवोचाम कवये मेध्याय वचो वन्दारु वृषभाय वृष्णे गविष्ठिरो नमसा स्तोमम् अग्नौ दिवीव रुक्मम् उरुव्यञ्चम् अश्रेत्

avocāma kavaye medhyāya vaco vandāru vṛṣabhāya vṛṣṇe gaviṣṭhiro namasā stomam agnau divīva rukmam uruvyañcam aśret

We have spoken to the sage, worthy of the offering, a word of praise, to the bull, the virile one. Gaviṣṭhira with homage has set up in Agni a far-reaching hymn, like gold in heaven.

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To him adorable, sage, strong and mighty we have sung forth our song of praise and homage. Gavishthira hath raised with prayer to Agni this laud far-reaching as the gold in heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.26

अयम् इह प्रथमो धायि धातृभिर् होता यजिष्ठो अध्वरेष्व् ईड्यः यम् अप्नवानो भृगवो विरुरुचुर् वनेषु चित्रं विभ्वं विशे-विशे

ayam iha prathamo dhāyi dhātṛbhir hotā yajiṣṭho adhvareṣv īḍyaḥ yam apnavāno bhṛgavo virurucur vaneṣu citraṃ vibhvaṃ viśe-viśe

He here was set first by the establishers, the hotṛ most fit to sacrifice, to be invoked at the rites, whom Apnavāna and the Bhṛgus made shine in the woods, bright, far-extending, for clan after clan.

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Here by ordainers was this God appointed first Invoker, best at worship, to be praised at rites; Whom Apnavâna and the Bhrigus caused to shine bright-coloured in the wood, spreading to every house.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.27

जनस्य गोपा अजनिष्ट जागृविर् अग्निः सुदक्षः सुविताय नव्यसे घृतप्रतीको बृहता दिविस्पृशा द्युमद् वि भाति भरतेभ्यः शुचिः

janasya gopā ajaniṣṭa jāgṛvir agniḥ sudakṣaḥ suvitāya navyase ghṛtapratīko bṛhatā divispṛśā dyumad vi bhāti bharatebhyaḥ śuciḥ

The guardian of the folk has been born, the watchful one, Agni of good skill, for fresh well-being. Ghee-faced, with his lofty flame that touches heaven, he shines out brilliantly, pure, for the Bharatas.

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The watchful Guardian of the people hath been born, Agni the very strong, for fresh prosperity. With oil upon his face, with high heaven-touching flame, he shineth splendidly, pure for the Bharatas.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.28

त्वाम् अग्ने अङ्गिरसो गुहा हितम् अन्व् अविन्दञ् छिश्रियाणं वने-वने स जायसे मथ्यमानः सहो महत् त्वाम् आहुः सहसस् पुत्रम् अङ्गिरः

tvām agne aṅgiraso guhā hitam anv avindañ chiśriyāṇaṃ vane-vane sa jāyase mathyamānaḥ saho mahat tvām āhuḥ sahasas putram aṅgiraḥ

You, Agni, set down in hiding, the Aṅgirases found out, as you lay resting in wood after wood. Mathed forth, you are born as great strength; they call you the son of strength, O Aṅgiras.

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Agni, Angirases discovered thee what time thou layest hidden, fleeing back from wood to wood. Thou by attrition art produced as conquering, might, and men, O Angiras, call thee the Son of Strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.29

सखायः सं वः सम्यञ्चम् इषꣳ स्तोमं चाग्नये वर्षिष्ठाय क्षितीनाम् ऊर्जो नप्त्रे सहस्वते

sakhāyaḥ saṃ vaḥ samyañcam iṣaṁ stomaṃ cāgnaye varṣiṣṭhāya kṣitīnām ūrjo naptre sahasvate

Companions, (bring) together your concordant refreshment and your praise-song to Agni, the loftiest of settlements, to the son of vigour, the mighty one.

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

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Offer to Agni, O my friends, your seemly food, your seemly praise; To him supremest o’er the folk, the Son of Strength, the Mighty Lord.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.30

सꣳ-सम् इद् युवसे वृषन्न् अग्ने विश्वान्य् अर्य आ इडस् पदे सम् इध्यसे स नो वसून्य् आ भर

saṁ-sam id yuvase vṛṣann agne viśvāny arya ā iḍas pade sam idhyase sa no vasūny ā bhara

Again and again you gather to yourself, O bull Agni, all things, O lord; in Iḍā's place you are kindled: so bring us goods.

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

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Thou, mighty Agni, gatherest up all that is precious for thy friend: Bring us all treasure as thou art enkindled in libation's place.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.31

त्वां चित्रश्रवस्तम हवन्ते विक्षु जन्तवः शोचिष्केशं पुरुप्रियाग्ने हव्याय वोढवे

tvāṃ citraśravastama havante vikṣu jantavaḥ śociṣkeśaṃ purupriyāgne havyāya voḍhave

You, most wondrously famed, the creatures among the clans call upon, the flame-haired, much-loved Agni, to convey the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Agni, loved of many, thou of fame most wondrous, in their homes Men call on thee whose hair is flame to be the bearer of their gifts.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.32

एना वो अग्निं नमसोर्जो नपातम् आ हुवे प्रियं चेतिष्ठम् अरतिꣳ स्वध्वरं विश्वस्य दूतम् अमृतम्

enā vo agniṃ namasorjo napātam ā huve priyaṃ cetiṣṭham aratiṁ svadhvaraṃ viśvasya dūtam amṛtam

With this homage I call for you Agni, the son of vigour, dear, most discerning, the swift-moving one of good rite, the immortal messenger of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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With this my reverent hymn I call Agni for you, the Son. of Strength, Dear, wisest envoy, served with noble sacrifice, immortal messenger of all.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.33

विश्वस्य दूतम् अमृतं विश्वस्य दूतम् अमृतम् स योजते अरुषा विश्वभोजसा स दुद्रवत् स्वाहुतः

viśvasya dūtam amṛtaṃ viśvasya dūtam amṛtam sa yojate aruṣā viśvabhojasā sa dudravat svāhutaḥ

The immortal messenger of all, the immortal messenger of all: he yokes himself with the two ruddy all-feeding (steeds); he runs forth, well offered to.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Immortal messenger of all, immortal messenger of all, His two red steeds, all-cherishing; he harnesseth: let him, well-worshipped, urge them fast.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.34

स दुद्रवत् स्वाहुतः स दुद्रवत् स्वाहुतः सुब्रह्मा यज्ञः सुशमी वसूनां देवꣳ राधो जनानाम्

sa dudravat svāhutaḥ sa dudravat svāhutaḥ subrahmā yajñaḥ suśamī vasūnāṃ devaṁ rādho janānām

He runs forth, well offered to, he runs forth, well offered to: the sacrifice with good priestly word and good labour (yields) a divine bounty of goods for men.

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

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Let him well-worshipped urge them fast, let him well-worshipped urge them fast. Then hath the sacrifice good prayer and happy end, and heavenly gift of wealth to men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.35

अग्ने वाजस्य गोमत ईशानः सहसो यहो अस्मे धेहि जातवेदो महि श्रवः

agne vājasya gomata īśānaḥ sahaso yaho asme dhehi jātavedo mahi śravaḥ

Agni, having power over booty rich in cattle, O youthful one of strength, set great fame in us, O Jātavedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Agni, thou who art the Lord of wealth in kine, the Son of Strength, Vouchsafe to us, O Jâtavedas, high renown.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.36

स इधानो वसुष् कविर् अग्निर् ईडेन्यो गिरा रेवद् अस्मभ्यं पुर्वणीक दीदिहि

sa idhāno vasuṣ kavir agnir īḍenyo girā revad asmabhyaṃ purvaṇīka dīdihi

That Agni, kindled, good, a seer, to be invoked with song: shine richly for us, O you of many faces.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He, Agni, kindled, good and wise, must be exalted in our song: Shine, thou of many forms, shine radiantly on us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.37

क्षपो राजन्न् उत त्मनाग्ने वस्तोर् उतोषसः स तिग्मजम्भ रक्षसो दह प्रति

kṣapo rājann uta tmanāgne vastor utoṣasaḥ sa tigmajambha rakṣaso daha prati

King of the night, and by yourself also of the morning and of the dawns, O Agni: you of sharp fangs, burn the rakṣas-demons away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Agni, shining of thyself by night and when the morning breaks, Burn, thou whose teeth are sharp, against the Râkshasas.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.38

भद्रो नो अग्निर् आहुतो भद्रा रातिः सुभग भद्रो अध्वरः भद्रा उत प्रशस्तयः

bhadro no agnir āhuto bhadrā rātiḥ subhaga bhadro adhvaraḥ bhadrā uta praśastayaḥ

Auspicious for us is Agni when offered to, auspicious the gift, O fortunate one, auspicious the rite, and auspicious the praises.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May Agni, worshipped, bring us bliss, may the gift, Blessed One! and sacrifice bring bliss, Yea, may our praises bring us bliss.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.39

भद्रा उत प्रशस्तयो भद्रं मनः कृणुष्व वृत्रतूर्ये येना समत्सु सासहः

bhadrā uta praśastayo bhadraṃ manaḥ kṛṇuṣva vṛtratūrye yenā samatsu sāsahaḥ

And auspicious the praises: make your mind auspicious in the overcoming of Vṛtra, by which you prevail in battles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Yea, may our praises bring us bliss. Show forth the mind that brings success in war with fiends, wherewith thou conquerest in fights:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.40

येना समत्सु सासहो व स्थिरा तनुहि भूरि शर्धताम् वनेमा ते अभिष्टिभिः

yenā samatsu sāsaho va sthirā tanuhi bhūri śardhatām vanemā te abhiṣṭibhiḥ

By which you prevail in battles: bend down the firm (defences) of the many defiant ones; may we win by your aids.

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

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Wherewith thou conquerest in fights. Bring down the many firm hopes of our enemies, and let us vanquish with thine aid.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.41

अग्निं तं मन्ये यो वसुर् अस्तं यं यन्ति धेनवः अस्तम् अर्वन्त आशवो स्तं नित्यासो वाजिन इषꣳ स्तोतृभ्य आ भर

agniṃ taṃ manye yo vasur astaṃ yaṃ yanti dhenavaḥ astam arvanta āśavo staṃ nityāso vājina iṣaṁ stotṛbhya ā bhara

I hold him to be Agni who is the good one, to whose home the milch-cows go, home the swift chargers, home the steadfast prize-winners: bring refreshment to the praisers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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I value Agni, that good Lord, the home to which the kind return; Whom fleet-foot coursers seek as home, and strong enduring steeds as home. Bring food to those who sing thy praise. 42 ’Tis Agni whom we laud as good, to whom the milch-kine come in herds, To whom the coursers swift of foot, to whom our well-born princes come. Bring food to those who sing thy praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.42

सो अग्निर् यो वसुर् गृणे सं यम् आयन्ति धेनवः सम् अर्वन्तो रघुद्रुवः सꣳ सुजातासः सूरय इषꣳ स्तोतृभ्य आ भर

so agnir yo vasur gṛṇe saṃ yam āyanti dhenavaḥ sam arvanto raghudruvaḥ saṁ sujātāsaḥ sūraya iṣaṁ stotṛbhya ā bhara

He is the Agni who is praised as the good one, to whom the milch-cows come together, together the swift-running chargers, together the well-born patrons: bring refreshment to the praisers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 15.43

उभे सुश्चन्द्र सर्पिषो दर्वी श्रीणीष आसनि उतो न उत् पुपूर्या उक्थेषु शवसस् पत इषꣳ स्तोतृभ्य आ भर

ubhe suścandra sarpiṣo darvī śrīṇīṣa āsani uto na ut pupūryā uktheṣu śavasas pata iṣaṁ stotṛbhya ā bhara

O fair-shining one, both ladles of melted butter you mingle in your mouth; and fill us up at the recitations, O lord of might: bring refreshment to the praisers.

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

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Thou, brilliant God, within thy mouth warmest both ladles of the oil. So fill us also in our hymns abundantly, O Lord of Strength. Bring food to those who sing thy praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.44

अग्ने तम् अद्याश्वं न स्तोमैः क्रतुं न भद्रꣳ हृदिस्पृशम् ऋध्यामा त ओहैः

agne tam adyāśvaṃ na stomaiḥ kratuṃ na bhadraṁ hṛdispṛśam ṛdhyāmā ta ohaiḥ

O Agni, may we today attain that (praise) of yours by our invocations—like a steed by hymns, like an auspicious resolve that touches the heart.

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

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Agni, with lauds this day may we bring thee that which thou lovest, Right judgment, like a horse, with our devotions.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.45

अधा ह्य् अग्ने क्रतोर् भद्रस्य दक्षस्य साधोः रथीर् ऋतस्य बृहतो बभूथ

adhā hy agne krator bhadrasya dakṣasya sādhoḥ rathīr ṛtasya bṛhato babhūtha

For then, Agni, you have become the charioteer of auspicious resolve, of effective skill, of lofty ṛta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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For thou hast ever been the car-driver, Agni, of noble Strength, lofty sacrifice, and rightful judgment.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.46

एभिर् नो अर्कैर् भवा नो अर्वाङ् स्वर् ण ज्योतिः अग्ने विश्वेभिः सुमना अनीकैः

ebhir no arkair bhavā no arvāṅ svar ṇa jyotiḥ agne viśvebhiḥ sumanā anīkaiḥ

With these chants be turned toward us, like the light of the sun; Agni, be well-disposed with all your flames.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Through these our praises come thou to meet us, bright as the sunlight, O Agni, well-disposed, with all thine aspects.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.47

अग्निꣳ होतारं मन्ये दास्वन्तं वसुꣳ सूनुꣳ सहसो जातवेदसं विप्रं न जातवेदसम् य ऊर्ध्वया स्वध्वरो देवो देवाच्या कृपा घृतस्य विभ्राष्टिम् अनु वष्टि शोचिषाजुह्वानस्य सर्पिषः

agniṁ hotāraṃ manye dāsvantaṃ vasuṁ sūnuṁ sahaso jātavedasaṃ vipraṃ na jātavedasam ya ūrdhvayā svadhvaro devo devācyā kṛpā ghṛtasya vibhrāṣṭim anu vaṣṭi śociṣājuhvānasya sarpiṣaḥ

I think of Agni as hotṛ, the bountiful, the good one, son of strength, Jātavedas, Jātavedas as though an inspired singer — the god who, well-performing the rite, with upward, god-directed form, longs with his flame for the blazing up of the ghee, of the melted butter poured as oblation.

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

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Agni I hold as Herald, the munificent, the gracious Son of Strength who knoweth all that live, as holy singer knowing all; Lord of fair rites, a God with form erected, turning to the Gods, He, when the flame hath sprung forth from the sacred oil, the offered fatness, longeth for it with his glow.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.48

अग्ने त्वं नो अन्तम उत त्राता शिवो भव वरूथ्यः वसुर् अग्निर् वसुश्रवा अच्छा नक्षि द्युमत्तमꣳ रयिं दाः तं त्वा शोचिष्ठ दीदिवः सुम्नाय नूनम् ईमहे सखिभ्यः

agne tvaṃ no antama uta trātā śivo bhava varūthyaḥ vasur agnir vasuśravā acchā nakṣi dyumattamaṁ rayiṃ dāḥ taṃ tvā śociṣṭha dīdivaḥ sumnāya nūnam īmahe sakhibhyaḥ

Agni, be thou for us the closest, and a kindly protector affording shelter. Agni the good one, of good renown — come near, grant us most brilliant wealth. Thee, O most flaming, O shining one, we now entreat for favour, for (our) friends.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Agni, be our nearest Friend, be thou a kind deliverer and a gracious Friend. Come as good Agni, come as excellent and give us wealth most splendidly renowned. To thee then, O most bright, O radiant God, we come with prayer for happiness for our friends.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.49

येन ऋषयस् तपसा सत्रम् आयन्न् इन्धाना अग्निꣳ स्वर् आभरन्तः तस्मिन्न् अहं नि दधे नाके अस्ग्निं यम् आहुर् मनव स्तीर्णबर्हिषम्

yena ṛṣayas tapasā satram āyann indhānā agniṁ svar ābharantaḥ tasminn ahaṃ ni dadhe nāke asgniṃ yam āhur manava stīrṇabarhiṣam

By what heat (tapas) the ṛṣis went to the sattra, kindling Agni, carrying up the light of heaven — in that vault I set down Agni, whom men call him of the strewn barhis.

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With what devotion, winning light, the Rishis came, kindling Agni, to the Holy session, Even with that in heaven I stablish Agni whom men call him whose sacred grass is scattered.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.50

तं पत्नीभिर् अनु गच्छेम देवाः पुत्रैर् भ्रातृभिर् उत वा हिरण्यैः नाकं गृभ्णानाः सुकृतस्य लोके तृतीये पृष्ठे अधि रोचने दिवः

taṃ patnībhir anu gacchema devāḥ putrair bhrātṛbhir uta vā hiraṇyaiḥ nākaṃ gṛbhṇānāḥ sukṛtasya loke tṛtīye pṛṣṭhe adhi rocane divaḥ

Him may we follow, O gods, with (our) wives, with sons, with brothers, or with gold, grasping the vault in the world of the well-doer, on the third ridge, upon the bright realm of heaven.

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Gods, let us follow him with wives beside us, with sons, with brothers, with our gold adornments, Grasping the sky up in the world of virtue, on the third height, the luminous realm of heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.51

आ वाचो मध्यम् अरुहद् गुरण्युर् अयम् अग्निः सत्पतिश् चेकितानः पृष्ठे पृथिव्या निहितो दविद्युतद् अधस् पदं कृणुतां ये पृतन्यवः

ā vāco madhyam aruhad guraṇyur ayam agniḥ satpatiś cekitānaḥ pṛṣṭhe pṛthivyā nihito davidyutad adhas padaṃ kṛṇutāṃ ye pṛtanyavaḥ

He has mounted to the middle of speech, eager; this Agni, lord of the true, conspicuous, set on the back of the earth, flashing forth — let them make (those) who are hostile (to be) beneath (his) foot.

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

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This Agni mounted up to Speech's Centre, Lord of the Brave, observant, ever-active. Laid on the back of Earth, may he, resplendent, cast under foot those who would fight against us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.52

अयम् अग्निर् वीरतमो वयोधाः सहस्रियो द्योतताम् अप्रयुच्छन् विभ्राजमानः सरिरस्य मध्य उप प्र याहि दिव्यानि धाम

ayam agnir vīratamo vayodhāḥ sahasriyo dyotatām aprayucchan vibhrājamānaḥ sarirasya madhya upa pra yāhi divyāni dhāma

May this Agni, most heroic, bestower of vigour, thousandfold, shine unremittingly, blazing in the midst of the flood; go forth to the heavenly abodes.

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

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May this most manly Agni, strength-bestower, giver of thousands, shine with care that fails not. Resplendent in the middle of the water, make thine approach to the celestial mansions.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.53

सम्प्र च्यवध्वम् उप सम्प्र याताग्ने पथो देवयानान् कृणुध्वम् पुनः कृण्वाना पितरा युवानान्वा ताꣳसीत् त्वयि तन्तुम् एतम्

sampra cyavadhvam upa sampra yātāgne patho devayānān kṛṇudhvam punaḥ kṛṇvānā pitarā yuvānānvā tāṁsīt tvayi tantum etam

Move forth together, go forward together; O Agni, make the paths that lead to the gods. Making the two parents young again, he has stretched out this thread in thee.

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

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Make him go forth from all sides: meet, Approach ye. O Agni, make the paths for Godward travel. Making the Parents young with life's renewal, the out spun thread in thee have they extended.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.54

उद् बुध्यस्वाग्ने प्रति जागृहि त्वम् इष्टापूर्ते सꣳ सृजेथाम् अयं च अस्मिन्त् सधस्थे अध्य् उत्तरस्मिन् विस्वे देवा यजमानाश् च सीदत

ud budhyasvāgne prati jāgṛhi tvam iṣṭāpūrte saṁ sṛjethām ayaṃ ca asmint sadhasthe adhy uttarasmin visve devā yajamānāś ca sīdata

Wake up, O Agni; do thou keep watch. Let what is offered and what is bestowed be united, and this one (too). In this higher seat, all you gods and the sacrificer, sit down.

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

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Wake up, O Agni, thou, and keep him watchful. Wish and fruition, meet, and he, together. In this and in the loftier habitation be seated, All-Gods! and the Sacrificer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.55

येन वहसि सहस्रं येनाग्ने सर्ववेदसम् तेनेमं यज्ञं नो नय स्वर् देवेषु गन्तवे

yena vahasi sahasraṃ yenāgne sarvavedasam tenemaṃ yajñaṃ no naya svar deveṣu gantave

By which thou bearest a thousand, by which, O Agni, (thou bearest) all possessions — by that lead thou this our sacrifice, so that it may go to the light of heaven among the gods.

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Convey our sacrifice to heaven that it may reach the God with that Whereby thou, Agni, bearest wealth in thousands and all precious things. 6 56 This is thine ordered place of birth whence sprung to life thou shonest forth. Knowing this, Agni, rise thou up and cause our riches to increase.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.56

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

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

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

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 15.57

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

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

Tapas and Tapasya, the two seasons of the cool time — thou art the inner joint of Agni. Let heaven and earth be fit, let the waters and plants be fit, let the fires severally be fit, bowing for the eldership, bound by a common vow. Those fires which, of one mind, between heaven and earth, conforming to these two seasons of the cool time, (are) like the gods (attending) upon Indra — let them enter in. With that deity, in the manner of the Aṅgirases, sit ye two firm.

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

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Tapa, Tapasya, pair of Dewy Seasons: thou art, etc. (as in XIII. 25).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.58

परमेष्ठी त्वा सादयतु दिवस् पृष्ठे ज्योतिष्मतीम् विश्वस्मै प्राणायापानाय व्यानायोदानाय प्रतिष्ठायै चरित्राय सूर्यस् ते धिपतिस् तया देवतयाङ्गिरस्वद् ध्रुवा सीद

parameṣṭhī tvā sādayatu divas pṛṣṭhe jyotiṣmatīm viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya vyānāyodānāya pratiṣṭhāyai caritrāya sūryas te dhipatis tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruvā sīda

May Parameṣṭhin seat thee upon the back of heaven, thee the light-bearing one, for every out-breath, in-breath, diffused breath and up-breath, for firm standing, for motion. Sūrya is thy overlord. With that deity, in the manner of the Aṅgirases, sit thou firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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On the sky's back may Parameshthin lay thee, etc. (as in XIV. 14). Thy Lord is Sûrya, etc. (as in XIV. 14).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.59

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

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Repeated from XII. 54.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.60

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

These dappled ones, yielding sweet milk for him, blend the soma 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

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Repeated from XII. 55.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.61

इन्द्रं विश्वा अवीवृधन्त् समुद्रव्यचसं गिरः रथीतमꣳ रथीनां वाजानाꣳ सत्पतिं पतिम्

indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhant samudravyacasaṃ giraḥ rathītamaṁ rathīnāṃ vājānāṁ satpatiṃ patim

All songs have strengthened Indra, him of sea-like extent, the best charioteer of charioteers, the lord, true master of prizes.

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Repeated from XII. 56.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.62

प्रोथद् अश्वो न यवसे विष्यन् यदा महः संवरणाद् व्य् अस्थात् आद् अस्य वातो अनु वाति शोचिर् अध स्म ते व्रजनं कृष्णम् अस्ति

prothad aśvo na yavase viṣyan yadā mahaḥ saṃvaraṇād vy asthāt ād asya vāto anu vāti śocir adha sma te vrajanaṃ kṛṣṇam asti

He snorted like a horse loosed on the pasture, when he stepped forth in greatness from the enclosure; then the wind blows after his flame; then indeed thy track is black.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Like a horse neighing, eager for the pasture, when he hath stepped forth from the great enclosure: Then the wind following blows upon his splendour, and, straight, the path is black which thou hast travelled.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.63

आयोष् ट्वा सदने सादयाम्य् अवतश् छायायाꣳ समुद्रस्य हृदये रश्मीवतीं भास्वतीम् आ या द्यां भास्य् आ पृथिवीम् ओर्व् अन्तरिक्षम्

āyoṣ ṭvā sadane sādayāmy avataś chāyāyāṁ samudrasya hṛdaye raśmīvatīṃ bhāsvatīm ā yā dyāṃ bhāsy ā pṛthivīm orv antarikṣam

I seat thee in the seat of Āyu, in the shade of the well, in the heart of the sea — thee, rayed and shining, who shinest to heaven, to earth, to the wide midspace.

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

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In Âyu's seat I set thee, in the shadow of the protector in the heart of Ocean, Thee luminous, bright with eyes, thee who illumest the sky, the earth, and air's broad realm between them.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.64

परमेष्ठी त्वा सादयतु दिवस् पृष्ठे व्यचस्वतीं प्रथस्वतीम् दिवं यच्छ दिवं दृꣳह दिवं मा हिꣳसीः विश्वस्मै प्राणायापानाय व्यानायोदानाय प्रतिष्ठायै चरित्राय सूर्यस् त्वाभि पातु मह्या स्वस्त्या छर्दिषा शंतमेन तया देवतयाङ्गिरस्वद् ध्रुवे सीदतम्

parameṣṭhī tvā sādayatu divas pṛṣṭhe vyacasvatīṃ prathasvatīm divaṃ yaccha divaṃ dṛṁha divaṃ mā hiṁsīḥ viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya vyānāyodānāya pratiṣṭhāyai caritrāya sūryas tvābhi pātu mahyā svastyā chardiṣā śaṃtamena tayā devatayāṅgirasvad dhruve sīdatam

May Parameṣṭhin seat thee upon the back of heaven, thee the wide-spreading, extensive one. Hold heaven fast, make heaven firm, do not harm heaven — for every out-breath, in-breath, diffused breath and up-breath, for firm standing, for motion. May Sūrya protect thee with great well-being, with most benign shelter. With that deity, in the manner of the Aṅgirases, sit ye two firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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On the sky's back may Parameshthin set thee, etc. (as in XIV. 12, substituting sky for air and Sûrya for Vâyu).

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)

VS 15.65

सहस्रस्य प्रमासि सहस्रस्य प्रतिमासि सहस्रस्योन्मासि साहस्रो सि सहस्राय त्वा

sahasrasya pramāsi sahasrasya pratimāsi sahasrasyonmāsi sāhasro si sahasrāya tvā

Thou art the measure of a thousand, thou art the counter-measure of a thousand, thou art the up-measure of a thousand; thou art thousandfold; thee for a thousand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou art the measure of a thousand. Thou art the representative of a thousand. Thou art the equivalent of a thousand. Thou art worth a thousand. Thee for a thousand.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)