White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 17

VS 17.1

अश्मन्न् ऊर्जं पर्वते शिश्रियाणाम् अद्भ्य ओषधीभ्यो वनस्पतिभ्यो धि सम्भृतं पयः तां न इषम् ऊर्जं धत्त मरुतः सꣳरराणाः अश्मꣳस् ते क्षुत् मयि त ऊर्क् यं द्विष्मस् तं ते शुग् ऋच्छतु

aśmann ūrjaṃ parvate śiśriyāṇām adbhya oṣadhībhyo vanaspatibhyo dhi sambhṛtaṃ payaḥ tāṃ na iṣam ūrjaṃ dhatta marutaḥ saṁrarāṇāḥ aśmaṁs te kṣut mayi ta ūrk yaṃ dviṣmas taṃ te śug ṛcchatu

The strength that has taken refuge in the stone, in the mountain, the milk gathered together from the waters, from the plants, from the trees — that refreshment and strength bestow on us, O Maruts, being bountiful. O stone, yours be the hunger, mine your strength. Whom we hate, upon him may your burning come.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.2

इमा मे अग्न इष्टका धेनवः सन्त्व् एका च दश च दश च शतं च शतं च सहस्रं च सहस्रं चायुतं चायुतं च नियुतं च नियुतं च प्रयुतं चार्बुदं च न्यर्बुदꣳ समुद्रश् च मध्यं चान्तश् च परार्धश् चैता मे अग्न इष्टका धेनवः सन्त्व् अमुत्रामुष्मिंल् लोके

imā me agna iṣṭakā dhenavaḥ santv ekā ca daśa ca daśa ca śataṃ ca śataṃ ca sahasraṃ ca sahasraṃ cāyutaṃ cāyutaṃ ca niyutaṃ ca niyutaṃ ca prayutaṃ cārbudaṃ ca nyarbudaṁ samudraś ca madhyaṃ cāntaś ca parārdhaś caitā me agna iṣṭakā dhenavaḥ santv amutrāmuṣmiṃl loke

May these bricks of mine, O Agni, be milch-cows: one and ten, and ten and a hundred, and a hundred and a thousand, and a thousand and a myriad, and a myriad and a niyuta, and a niyuta and a prayuta, and an arbuda and a nyarbuda, and a samudra and a madhya and an anta and a parārdha — may these bricks of mine, O Agni, be milch-cows yonder, in that world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.3

ऋतव स्थ ऋतावृध ऋतुष्ठा स्थ ऋतावृधः घृतश्च्युतो मधुश्च्युतो विराजो नाम कामदुघा अक्षीयमाणाः

ṛtava stha ṛtāvṛdha ṛtuṣṭhā stha ṛtāvṛdhaḥ ghṛtaścyuto madhuścyuto virājo nāma kāmadughā akṣīyamāṇāḥ

You are the seasons, increasers of ṛta; you stand in the seasons, increasers of ṛta; dripping ghee, dripping honey, Virāj by name, yielding what is desired, never failing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.4

समुद्रस्य त्वावकयाग्ने परि व्ययामसि पावको अस्मभ्यꣳ शिवो भव

samudrasya tvāvakayāgne pari vyayāmasi pāvako asmabhyaṁ śivo bhava

With the foam of the sea we wrap you about, O Agni; being purifying, be kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.5

हिमस्य त्वा जरायुणाग्ने परि व्ययामसि पावको अस्मभ्यꣳ शिवो भव

himasya tvā jarāyuṇāgne pari vyayāmasi pāvako asmabhyaṁ śivo bhava

With the caul of snow we wrap you about, O Agni; being purifying, be kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.6

उप ज्मन्न् उप वेतसे व तर नदीष्व् आ अग्ने पित्तम् अपाम् असि मण्डूकि ताभिर् आ गहि सेमं नो यज्ञं पावकवर्णꣳ शिवं कृधि

upa jmann upa vetase va tara nadīṣv ā agne pittam apām asi maṇḍūki tābhir ā gahi semaṃ no yajñaṃ pāvakavarṇaṁ śivaṃ kṛdhi

Down to the earth, down to the reed, cross over into the rivers; O Agni, you are the bile of the waters. O frog, come here with them, and make this sacrifice of ours kindly, of purifying colour.

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

VS 17.7

अपाम् इदं न्ययनꣳ समुद्रस्य निवेशनम् अन्याꣳस् ते अस्मत् तपन्तु हेतयः पावको अस्मभ्यꣳ शिवो भव

apām idaṃ nyayanaṁ samudrasya niveśanam anyāṁs te asmat tapantu hetayaḥ pāvako asmabhyaṁ śivo bhava

This is the going-down of the waters, the resting-place of the ocean; let your missiles burn others than us; be purifying, be kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.8

अग्ने पावक रोचिषा मन्द्रया देव जिह्वया आ देवान् वक्षि यक्षि च

agne pāvaka rociṣā mandrayā deva jihvayā ā devān vakṣi yakṣi ca

O purifying Agni, with your radiance, with your gladdening tongue, O god, convey the gods here and worship (them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.9

स नः पावक दीदिवो ग्ने देवाꣳ इहा वह उप यज्ञꣳ हविश् च नः

sa naḥ pāvaka dīdivo gne devāṁ ihā vaha upa yajñaṁ haviś ca naḥ

So you, O purifying, shining Agni, convey the gods here to our sacrifice and our oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.10

पावकया यश् चितयन्त्या कृपा क्षामन् रुरुच उषसो न भानुना तूर्वन् न यामन्न् एतशस्य नू रण आ यो घृणे न ततृषाणो अजरः

pāvakayā yaś citayantyā kṛpā kṣāman ruruca uṣaso na bhānunā tūrvan na yāmann etaśasya nū raṇa ā yo ghṛṇe na tatṛṣāṇo ajaraḥ

He who with purifying, discerning beauty shone upon the earth, as the dawns (shine) with their light — as one overpowering on the course of Etaśa, in the joy of battle, who as if aflame is unaging, never slaked.

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

VS 17.11

नमस् ते हरसे शोचिषे नमस् ते अस्त्व् अर्चिषे अन्याꣳस् ते अस्मत् तपन्तु हेतयः पावको अस्मभ्यꣳ शिवो भव

namas te harase śociṣe namas te astv arciṣe anyāṁs te asmat tapantu hetayaḥ pāvako asmabhyaṁ śivo bhava

Homage to your blaze, to your flame; homage be to your ray. Let your missiles burn others than us; be purifying, be kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.12

नृषदे वेट् अप्सुषदे वेट् बर्हिषदे वेट् वनसदे वेट् स्वर्विदे वेट्

nṛṣade veṭ apsuṣade veṭ barhiṣade veṭ vanasade veṭ svarvide veṭ

To him who sits among men, veṭ! To him who sits in the waters, veṭ! To him who sits on the barhis, veṭ! To him who sits in the wood, veṭ! To him who finds the light, veṭ!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.13

ये देवा देवानां यज्ञिया यज्ञियानाꣳ संवत्सरीणम् उप भागम् आसते अहुतादो हविषो यज्ञे अस्मिन्त् स्वयं पिबन्तु मधुनो घृतस्य

ye devā devānāṃ yajñiyā yajñiyānāṁ saṃvatsarīṇam upa bhāgam āsate ahutādo haviṣo yajñe asmint svayaṃ pibantu madhuno ghṛtasya

Those gods, worthy of sacrifice among the sacrifice-worthy gods, who sit awaiting their yearly share, not eaters of the offering — let them at this sacrifice drink of themselves the honey, the ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.14

ये देवा देवेष्व् अधि देवत्वम् आयन् ये ब्रह्मणः पुरएतारो अस्य येभ्यो न ऋते पवते धाम किं चन न ते दिवो न पृथिव्या अधि स्नुषु

ye devā deveṣv adhi devatvam āyan ye brahmaṇaḥ puraetāro asya yebhyo na ṛte pavate dhāma kiṃ cana na te divo na pṛthivyā adhi snuṣu

The gods who among the gods attained godhead, who are the forerunners of this brahman, without whom no abode whatever is purified — they are neither on the heights of heaven nor of earth.

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

VS 17.15

प्राणदा अपानदा व्यानदा वर्चोदा वरिवोदाः अन्याꣳस् ते अस्मत् तपन्तु हेतयः पावको अस्मभ्यꣳ शिवो भव

prāṇadā apānadā vyānadā varcodā varivodāḥ anyāṁs te asmat tapantu hetayaḥ pāvako asmabhyaṁ śivo bhava

Givers of in-breath, givers of out-breath, givers of diffused breath, givers of lustre, givers of free space — let your missiles burn others than us; be purifying, be kindly to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.16

अग्निस् तिग्मेन शोचिषा यासद् विश्वं न्य् अत्रिणम् अग्निर् नो वनते रयिम्

agnis tigmena śociṣā yāsad viśvaṃ ny atriṇam agnir no vanate rayim

May Agni with his sharp flame beat down every devourer; may Agni win wealth for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.17

य इमा विश्वा भुवनानि जुह्वद् ऋषिर् होता न्य् असीदत् पिता नः स आशिषा द्रविणम् इच्छमानः प्रथमच्छद् अवराꣳ आ विवेश

ya imā viśvā bhuvanāni juhvad ṛṣir hotā ny asīdat pitā naḥ sa āśiṣā draviṇam icchamānaḥ prathamacchad avarāṁ ā viveśa

He who sate down as Hotar priest, the Rishi, our Father offering, up all things existent He, seeking with his wish a great possession, came among men on earth as archetypal.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899) (public domain)

VS 17.18

किꣳ स्विद् आसीद् अधिष्ठानम् आरम्भणं कतमत् स्वित् कथासीत् यतो भूमिं जनयन् विश्वकर्मा वि द्याम् और्णोन् महिना विश्वचक्षाः

kiṁ svid āsīd adhiṣṭhānam ārambhaṇaṃ katamat svit kathāsīt yato bhūmiṃ janayan viśvakarmā vi dyām aurṇon mahinā viśvacakṣāḥ

What, then, was the standing-place? What was the starting-point, and how was it? — from which Viśvakarmā, begetting the earth, uncovered the sky by his greatness, he of all-seeing eye.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.19

विश्वतश्चक्षुर् उत विश्वतोमुखो विश्वतोबाहुर् उत विश्वतस्पात् सं बाहुभ्यां धमति सं पतत्रैर् द्यावाभूमी जनयन् देव एकः

viśvataścakṣur uta viśvatomukho viśvatobāhur uta viśvataspāt saṃ bāhubhyāṃ dhamati saṃ patatrair dyāvābhūmī janayan deva ekaḥ

Eyed on all sides and faced on all sides, armed on all sides and footed on all sides, he blows (the fire) together with his arms, together with his wings, begetting heaven and earth — the one god.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.20

किꣳ स्विद् वनं क उ स वृक्ष आस यतो द्यावापृथिवी निष्टतक्षुः मनीषिणो मनसा पृच्छतेद् उ तद् यद् अध्यतिष्ठद् भुवनानि धारयन्

kiṁ svid vanaṃ ka u sa vṛkṣa āsa yato dyāvāpṛthivī niṣṭatakṣuḥ manīṣiṇo manasā pṛcchated u tad yad adhyatiṣṭhad bhuvanāni dhārayan

What, pray, was the wood, and what was that tree, from which they carved out heaven and earth? You thoughtful ones, ask with your mind after that (support) upon which he stood when he upheld the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.21

या ते धामानि परमाणि यावमा या मध्यमा विश्वकर्मन्न् उतेमा शिक्षा सखिभ्यो हविषि स्वधावः स्वयं यजस्व तन्वं वृधानः

yā te dhāmāni paramāṇi yāvamā yā madhyamā viśvakarmann utemā śikṣā sakhibhyo haviṣi svadhāvaḥ svayaṃ yajasva tanvaṃ vṛdhānaḥ

Those abodes of yours which are highest, and which lowest, which middlemost, O Viśvakarman, and these (here) — teach (them) to (your) friends at the oblation, O self-ruling one; sacrifice of yourself, increasing your own body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.22

विश्वकर्मन् हविषा वावृधानः स्वयं यजस्व पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् मुह्यन्त्व् अन्ये अभितो सपत्ना इहास्माकं मघवा सूरिर् अस्तु

viśvakarman haviṣā vāvṛdhānaḥ svayaṃ yajasva pṛthivīm uta dyām muhyantv anye abhito sapatnā ihāsmākaṃ maghavā sūrir astu

O Viśvakarman, grown strong through the oblation, sacrifice of yourself the earth and the sky as well. Let the others, the rivals round about, be bewildered; here let our patron be bountiful.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.23

वाचस् पतिं विश्वकर्माणम् ऊतये मनोजुवं वाजे अद्या हुवेम स नो विश्वानि हवनानि जोषद् विश्वशम्भूर् अवसे साधुकर्मा

vācas patiṃ viśvakarmāṇam ūtaye manojuvaṃ vāje adyā huvema sa no viśvāni havanāni joṣad viśvaśambhūr avase sādhukarmā

Today let us call for aid upon the lord of speech, Viśvakarman, swift as thought, in the contest. May he take pleasure in all our invocations, he who is a boon to all, of effective works, (calling him) for help.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.24

विश्वकर्मन् हविषा वर्धनेन त्रातारम् इन्द्रम् अकृणोर् अवध्यम् तस्मै विशः समनमन्त पूर्वीर् अयम् उग्रो विहव्यो यथासत्

viśvakarman haviṣā vardhanena trātāram indram akṛṇor avadhyam tasmai viśaḥ samanamanta pūrvīr ayam ugro vihavyo yathāsat

— tr. refused: cyber

VS 17.25

चक्षुषः पिता मनसा हि धीरो घृतम् एने अजनन् नम्नमाने यदेद् अन्ता अददृहन्त पूर्व आद् इद् द्यावापृथिवी अप्रथेताम्

cakṣuṣaḥ pitā manasā hi dhīro ghṛtam ene ajanan namnamāne yaded antā adadṛhanta pūrva ād id dyāvāpṛthivī aprathetām

The father of the eye, being firm through mind, begot these two, bowed low (and) dripping with ghee. As soon as their eastern (or: former) ends were made fast, then indeed heaven and earth spread wide apart.

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

VS 17.26

विश्वकर्मा विमना आद् विहाया धाता विधाता परमोत संदृक् तेषाम् इष्टानि सम् इषा मदन्ति यत्रा सप्तऋषीन् पर एकम् आहुः

viśvakarmā vimanā ād vihāyā dhātā vidhātā paramota saṃdṛk teṣām iṣṭāni sam iṣā madanti yatrā saptaṛṣīn para ekam āhuḥ

Viśvakarman, wide of mind, and wide of vigour, the Placer, the Ordainer, and the highest to behold — their offerings rejoice together with nourishment, there where they speak of the One beyond the seven seers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.27

यो नः पिता जनिता यो विधाता धामानि वेद भुवनानि विश्वा यो देवानां नामधा एक एव तꣳ संप्रश्नं भुवना यन्त्य् अन्या

yo naḥ pitā janitā yo vidhātā dhāmāni veda bhuvanāni viśvā yo devānāṃ nāmadhā eka eva taṁ saṃpraśnaṃ bhuvanā yanty anyā

He who is our father, our begetter, who is the ordainer, who knows (all) the abodes, all the worlds, who alone is the name-giver of the gods — to him the other worlds come with their questions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.28

त आयजन्त द्रविणꣳ सम् अस्मा ऋषयः पूर्वे जरितारो न भूना असूर्ते सूर्ते रजसि निषत्ते ये भूतानि समकृण्वन्न् इमानि

ta āyajanta draviṇaṁ sam asmā ṛṣayaḥ pūrve jaritāro na bhūnā asūrte sūrte rajasi niṣatte ye bhūtāni samakṛṇvann imāni

They offered up wealth to him — the ancient ṛṣis, the singers, in abundance — they who, seated in the sunless and the sunlit region, put together these beings.

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

VS 17.29

परो दिवा पर एना पृथिव्या परो देवेभिर् असुरैर् यद् अस्ति कꣳ स्विद् गर्भं प्रथमं दध्र आपो यत्र देवाः समपश्यन्त पूर्वे

paro divā para enā pṛthivyā paro devebhir asurair yad asti kaṁ svid garbhaṃ prathamaṃ dadhra āpo yatra devāḥ samapaśyanta pūrve

That which is beyond the sky, beyond this earth, beyond the gods and the asuras — what germ was it that the waters first received, where all the earlier gods beheld it together?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.30

तम् इद् गर्भं प्रथमं दध्र आपो यत्र देवाः समगच्छन्त विश्वे अजस्य नाभाव् अध्य् एकम् अर्पितं यस्मिन् विश्वानि भुवनानि तस्थुः

tam id garbhaṃ prathamaṃ dadhra āpo yatra devāḥ samagacchanta viśve ajasya nābhāv adhy ekam arpitaṃ yasmin viśvāni bhuvanāni tasthuḥ

That very germ the waters held as the first, wherein all the gods came together. One thing is set upon the navel of the Unborn, in which all the worlds stand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.31

न तं विदाथ य इमा जजानान्यद् युष्माकम् अन्तरं बभूव नीहारेण प्रावृता जल्प्या चासुतृप उक्थशासश् चरन्ति

na taṃ vidātha ya imā jajānānyad yuṣmākam antaraṃ babhūva nīhāreṇa prāvṛtā jalpyā cāsutṛpa ukthaśāsaś caranti

You do not know him who begot these things; something else has come to be within you. Wrapped in fog and with mumbling, greedy for (their) breath-food, the hymn-reciters go about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.32

विश्वकर्मा ह्य् अजनिष्ट देव आद् इद् गन्धर्वो अभवद् द्वितीयः तृतीयः पिता जनितौषधीनाम् अपां गर्भं व्य् अदधात् पुरुत्रा

viśvakarmā hy ajaniṣṭa deva ād id gandharvo abhavad dvitīyaḥ tṛtīyaḥ pitā janitauṣadhīnām apāṃ garbhaṃ vy adadhāt purutrā

For Viśvakarman was born as a god; then next the Gandharva came to be as the second; the third was the father, begetter of the plants; he deposited the embryo of the waters in many places.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.33

आशुः शिशानो वृषभो न भीमो घनाघनः क्षोभणश् चर्षणीनाम् संक्रन्दनो निमिष एकवीरः शतꣳ सेना अजयत् साकम् इन्द्रः

āśuḥ śiśāno vṛṣabho na bhīmo ghanāghanaḥ kṣobhaṇaś carṣaṇīnām saṃkrandano nimiṣa ekavīraḥ śataṁ senā ajayat sākam indraḥ

Swift, sharpening (himself), fearsome like a bull, the smiter, the stirrer of peoples, the roarer, the unblinking one, the sole hero — Indra won a hundred armies at once.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.34

संक्रन्दनेनानिमिषेण जिष्णुना युत्कारेण दुश्च्यवनेन धृष्णुना तद् इन्द्रेण जयत तत् सहध्वं युधो नर इषुहस्तेन वृष्णा

saṃkrandanenānimiṣeṇa jiṣṇunā yutkāreṇa duścyavanena dhṛṣṇunā tad indreṇa jayata tat sahadhvaṃ yudho nara iṣuhastena vṛṣṇā

With the loud-roaring one, the unblinking, the victorious, the maker of battle, the hard to dislodge, the daring — with that Indra conquer, with that prevail, O men, in your fights, with the bull who holds arrows in his hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.35

स इषुहस्तैः स निषङ्गिभिर् वशी सꣳस्रष्टा स युध इन्द्रो गणेन सꣳसृष्टजित् सोमपा बाहुशर्ध्य् उग्रधन्वा प्रतिहिताभिर् अस्ता

sa iṣuhastaiḥ sa niṣaṅgibhir vaśī saṁsraṣṭā sa yudha indro gaṇena saṁsṛṣṭajit somapā bāhuśardhy ugradhanvā pratihitābhir astā

He (goes) with the arrow-handed ones, he with the quiver-bearers, the ruler, the one who joins (battle); he, Indra, with his troop (is master) of the fight — conqueror where forces are joined, soma-drinker, mighty of arm, of fierce bow, shooting with arrows set (to the string).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.36

बृहस्पते परि दीया रथेन रक्षोहामित्रान् अपबाधमानः प्रभञ्जन्त् सेनाः प्रमृणो युधा जयन्न् अस्माकम् एध्य् अविता रथानाम्

bṛhaspate pari dīyā rathena rakṣohāmitrān apabādhamānaḥ prabhañjant senāḥ pramṛṇo yudhā jayann asmākam edhy avitā rathānām

Bṛhaspati, fly about with your chariot, slaying the demons, driving off the foes; shattering the armies, crushing (them), conquering in battle, be our helper of chariots.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.37

बलविज्ञाय स्थविरः प्रवीरः सहस्वान् वाजी सहमान उग्रः अभिवीरो अभिसत्वा सहोजा जैत्रम् इन्द्र रथम् आ तिष्ठ गोवित्

balavijñāya sthaviraḥ pravīraḥ sahasvān vājī sahamāna ugraḥ abhivīro abhisatvā sahojā jaitram indra ratham ā tiṣṭha govit

For the discerning of strength: firm, pre-eminent in heroes, full of might, a prize-winner, overpowering, fierce, surpassing in heroes, surpassing in warriors, born of might — mount, Indra, the victorious, cattle-winning chariot.

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

VS 17.38

गोत्रभिदं गोविदं वज्रबाहुं जयन्तम् अज्म प्रमृणन्तम् ओजसा इमꣳ सजाता अनु वीरयध्वम् इन्द्रꣳ सखायो अनु सꣳ रभध्वम्

gotrabhidaṃ govidaṃ vajrabāhuṃ jayantam ajma pramṛṇantam ojasā imaṁ sajātā anu vīrayadhvam indraṁ sakhāyo anu saṁ rabhadhvam

Him who breaks the cow-pens, who finds the cattle, who has the thunderbolt in his arm, who conquers the onslaught, who crushes with his force — this Indra, O kinsmen, follow with heroism; O friends, grasp (your weapons) together after him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.39

अभि गोत्राणि सहसा गाहमानो दयो वीरः शतमन्युर् इन्द्रः दुश्च्यवनः पृतनाषाड् अयुध्यो स्माकꣳ सेना अवतु प्र युत्सु

abhi gotrāṇi sahasā gāhamāno dayo vīraḥ śatamanyur indraḥ duścyavanaḥ pṛtanāṣāḍ ayudhyo smākaṁ senā avatu pra yutsu

Plunging with force upon the cow-pens, the liberal hero, Indra of a hundred fervours, hard to dislodge, vanquishing hosts, not to be fought with — let him help our armies forward in the battles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.40

इन्द्र आसां नेता बृहस्पतिर् दक्षिणा यज्ञः पुर एतु सोमः देवसेनानाम् अभिभञ्जतीनां जयन्तीनां मरुतो यन्त्व् अग्रम्

indra āsāṃ netā bṛhaspatir dakṣiṇā yajñaḥ pura etu somaḥ devasenānām abhibhañjatīnāṃ jayantīnāṃ maruto yantv agram

Indra is the leader of these; let Bṛhaspati, the dakṣiṇā, the sacrifice, Soma go in front; let the Maruts go at the head of the divine armies as they shatter and conquer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.41

इन्द्रस्य वृष्णो वरुणस्य राज्ञ आदित्यानां मरुताꣳ शर्ध उग्रम् महामनसां भुवनच्यवानां घोषो देवानां जयताम् उद् अस्थात्

indrasya vṛṣṇo varuṇasya rājña ādityānāṃ marutāṁ śardha ugram mahāmanasāṃ bhuvanacyavānāṃ ghoṣo devānāṃ jayatām ud asthāt

The fierce host of Indra the bull, of Varuṇa the king, of the Ādityas, of the Maruts — the shout of the great-minded, world-shaking, conquering gods has risen up.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.42

उद् धर्षय मघवन्न् आयुधान्य् उत् सत्वनां मामकानां मनाꣳसि उद् वृत्रहन् वाजिनां वाजिनान्य् उद् रथानां जयतां यन्तु घोषाः

ud dharṣaya maghavann āyudhāny ut satvanāṃ māmakānāṃ manāṁsi ud vṛtrahan vājināṃ vājināny ud rathānāṃ jayatāṃ yantu ghoṣāḥ

Rouse up the weapons, O bounteous one, up the minds of my warriors; up, O slayer of Vṛtra, the strengths of the steeds; let the din of the conquering chariots go up.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.43

अस्माकम् इन्द्रः समृतेषु ध्वजेष्व् अस्माकं या इषवस् ता जयन्तु अस्माकं वीरा उत्तरे भवन्त्व् अस्माꣳ उ देवा अवता हवेषु

asmākam indraḥ samṛteṣu dhvajeṣv asmākaṃ yā iṣavas tā jayantu asmākaṃ vīrā uttare bhavantv asmāṁ u devā avatā haveṣu

Ours be Indra when the banners meet; whatever arrows are ours, let them conquer; let our heroes be superior; and help us, O gods, in the calls (of battle).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.44

अमीषां चित्तं प्रतिलोभयन्ती गृहाणाङ्गान्य् अप्वे परेहि अभि प्रेहि निर् दह हृत्सु शोकैर् अन्धेनामित्रास् तमसा सचन्ताम्

amīṣāṃ cittaṃ pratilobhayantī gṛhāṇāṅgāny apve parehi abhi prehi nir daha hṛtsu śokair andhenāmitrās tamasā sacantām

Deluding the mind of those (foes), seize their limbs, O Apvā, go forth; go against (them), burn (them) out with pains in their hearts; let the enemies be joined with blind darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.45

अवसृष्टा परा पत शरव्ये ब्रह्मसꣳशिते गच्छामित्रान् प्र पद्यस्व मामीषां कं चनोच् छिषः

avasṛṣṭā parā pata śaravye brahmasaṁśite gacchāmitrān pra padyasva māmīṣāṃ kaṃ canoc chiṣaḥ

Released, fly away, O arrow, sharpened by the sacred formula; go to the foes, fall upon (them), leave not any single one of them over.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.46

प्रेता जयता नर इन्द्रो वः शर्म यच्छतु उग्रा वः सन्तु बाहवो नाधृष्या यथासथ

pretā jayatā nara indro vaḥ śarma yacchatu ugrā vaḥ santu bāhavo nādhṛṣyā yathāsatha

Go forth, conquer, O men; let Indra grant you shelter; let your arms be fierce, so that you may be unassailable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.47

असौ या सेना मरुतः परेषाम् अभ्यैति न ओजसा स्पर्धमाना तां गूहत तमसापव्रतेन यथामी अन्यो अन्यं न जानन्

asau yā senā marutaḥ pareṣām abhyaiti na ojasā spardhamānā tāṃ gūhata tamasāpavratena yathāmī anyo anyaṃ na jānan

That army yonder of the others, O Maruts, which comes against us contending with force — hide it with the darkness that has no vow, so that those ones may not know one another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.48

यत्र वाणाः सम्पतन्ति कुमारा विशिखा इव तत्र इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिर् अदितिः शर्म यच्छतु विश्वाहा शर्म यच्छतु

yatra vāṇāḥ sampatanti kumārā viśikhā iva tatra indro bṛhaspatir aditiḥ śarma yacchatu viśvāhā śarma yacchatu

Where the arrows fly together like boys with unbound tufts, there let Indra, Bṛhaspati, Aditi grant us shelter, grant us shelter on all days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.49

मर्माणि ते वर्मणा छादयामि सोमस् त्वा राजामृतेनानु वस्ताम् उरोर् वरीयो वरुणस् ते कृणोतु जयन्तं त्वानु देवा मदन्तु

marmāṇi te varmaṇā chādayāmi somas tvā rājāmṛtenānu vastām uror varīyo varuṇas te kṛṇotu jayantaṃ tvānu devā madantu

I cover your vital parts with armour; let King Soma clothe you with the immortal; let Varuṇa make you wider than the wide; let the gods rejoice at you as you conquer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.50

उद् एनम् उत्तरां नयाग्ने घृतेनाहुत रायस्पोषेण रꣳ सृज प्रजया च बहुं कृधि

ud enam uttarāṃ nayāgne ghṛtenāhuta rāyaspoṣeṇa raṁ sṛja prajayā ca bahuṃ kṛdhi

Lead him up higher, O Agni, you who are offered to with ghee; unite him with increase of wealth, and make him abundant with offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.51

इन्द्रेमं प्रतरां नय सजातानाम् असद्वशी सम् एनं वर्चसा सृज देवानां भागदा असत्

indremaṃ pratarāṃ naya sajātānām asadvaśī sam enaṃ varcasā sṛja devānāṃ bhāgadā asat

Indra, lead this one further on; let him be master of his kinsmen; endow him with splendour; let him be a giver of shares to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.52

यसय कुर्मो गृहे हविस् तम् अग्ने वर्धया त्वम् तस्मै देवा अधि ब्रवन्न् अयं च ब्रह्मणस्पतिः

yasaya kurmo gṛhe havis tam agne vardhayā tvam tasmai devā adhi bravann ayaṃ ca brahmaṇaspatiḥ

In whose house we make the oblation, him, O Agni, do you make prosper; for him let the gods speak (in favour), and this Brahmaṇaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.53

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

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

Let all the gods, O Agni, lift you up with their thoughts; be you kind to us, fair of face, rich in radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.54

पञ्च दिशो दैवीर् यज्ञम् अवन्तु देवीर् अपामतिं दुर्मतिं बाधमानाः रायस्पोषे यज्ञपतिम् आभजन्ती रायस्पोषे अधि यज्ञो अस्थात्

pañca diśo daivīr yajñam avantu devīr apāmatiṃ durmatiṃ bādhamānāḥ rāyaspoṣe yajñapatim ābhajantī rāyaspoṣe adhi yajño asthāt

Let the five divine directions, the goddesses, help the sacrifice, driving away want and ill-will; apportioning the lord of the sacrifice a share in the increase of wealth, the sacrifice has taken its stand upon increase of wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.55

समिद्धे अग्नाव् अधि मामहान उक्थपत्र ईड्यो गृभीतः तप्तं घर्मं परिगृह्यायजन्तोर्जा यद् यज्ञम् अयजन्त देवाः

samiddhe agnāv adhi māmahāna ukthapatra īḍyo gṛbhītaḥ taptaṃ gharmaṃ parigṛhyāyajantorjā yad yajñam ayajanta devāḥ

Magnified over the kindled fire, winged with hymns, to be invoked, grasped — having taken hold of the heated gharma-vessel they sacrificed with vigour, when the gods sacrificed the sacrifice.

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

VS 17.56

दैव्याय धर्त्रे जोष्ट्रे देवश्रीः श्रीमनाः शतपयाः परिगृह्य देवा यज्ञम् आयन् देवा देवेभ्यो अध्वर्यन्तो अस्थुः

daivyāya dhartre joṣṭre devaśrīḥ śrīmanāḥ śatapayāḥ parigṛhya devā yajñam āyan devā devebhyo adhvaryanto asthuḥ

For the divine upholder, the well-pleased one — glory of the gods, glorious-minded, hundredfold-nourishing — having taken hold (of it), the gods went to the sacrifice; the gods stood performing the adhvaryu's office for the gods.

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

VS 17.57

वीतꣳ हविः शमितꣳ शमिता यजध्यै तुरीयो यज्ञो यत्र हव्यम् एति ततो वाका आशिषो नो जुषन्ताम्

vītaṁ haviḥ śamitaṁ śamitā yajadhyai turīyo yajño yatra havyam eti tato vākā āśiṣo no juṣantām

The oblation is made pleasing, made ready; the śamitṛ (is) to sacrifice. Where the fourth sacrifice, where the offering goes — from there let the utterances, the benedictions, take pleasure in us.

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

VS 17.58

सूर्यरश्मिर् हरिकेशः पुरस्तात् सविता ज्योतिर् उद् अयाꣳ अजस्रम् तस्य पूषा प्रसवे याति विद्वान्त् सम्पश्यन् विश्वा भुवनानि गोपाः

sūryaraśmir harikeśaḥ purastāt savitā jyotir ud ayāṁ ajasram tasya pūṣā prasave yāti vidvānt sampaśyan viśvā bhuvanāni gopāḥ

With the sun as his ray, golden-haired, in the east Savitṛ has raised up the unceasing light. At his impulsion Pūṣa goes, knowing, surveying all the worlds as herdsman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.59

विमान एष दिवो मध्य आस्त आपप्रिवान् रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम् स विश्वाचीर् अभि चष्टे घृताचीर् अन्तरा पूर्वम् अपरं च केतुम्

vimāna eṣa divo madhya āsta āpaprivān rodasī antarikṣam sa viśvācīr abhi caṣṭe ghṛtācīr antarā pūrvam aparaṃ ca ketum

He sits measuring out, in the midst of heaven, having filled the two worlds and the midspace. He looks upon (the streams) flowing everywhere, flowing with ghee, between the earlier and the later beacon.

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

VS 17.60

उक्षा समुद्रो अरुणः सुपर्णः पूर्वस्य योनिं पितुर् आ विवेश मध्ये दिवो निहितः पृश्निर् अश्मा वि चक्रमे रजसस् पात्य् अन्तौ

ukṣā samudro aruṇaḥ suparṇaḥ pūrvasya yoniṃ pitur ā viveśa madhye divo nihitaḥ pṛśnir aśmā vi cakrame rajasas pāty antau

The bull, the sea, the ruddy eagle has entered the womb of the ancient father. Set in the middle of heaven, a dappled stone, he has strode apart; he guards the two ends of the space.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.61

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, him vast as the sea, the best charioteer of charioteers, the true lord of prizes, the master.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.62

देवहूर् यज्ञ आ च वक्षत् सुम्नहूर् यज्ञ आ च वक्षत् यक्षद् अग्निर् देवो देवाꣳ आ च वक्षत्

devahūr yajña ā ca vakṣat sumnahūr yajña ā ca vakṣat yakṣad agnir devo devāṁ ā ca vakṣat

The god-invoking sacrifice — may he bring (them) here; the favour-invoking sacrifice — may he bring (them) here. May Agni the god sacrifice and bring the gods here.

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

VS 17.63

वजस्य मा प्रसवे उद्ग्राभेणोद् अग्रभीत् अध सपत्नान् इन्द्रो मे निग्राभेणाधराꣳ अकः

vajasya mā prasave udgrābheṇod agrabhīt adha sapatnān indro me nigrābheṇādharāṁ akaḥ

At the impelling of the prize he has seized me up with the up-seizing; and Indra has made my rivals lower by the down-seizing.

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

VS 17.64

उद्ग्राभं च निग्राभं च ब्रह्म देवा अवीवृधन् अधा सपत्नान् इन्द्राग्नी मे विषूचीनान् व्य् अस्यताम्

udgrābhaṃ ca nigrābhaṃ ca brahma devā avīvṛdhan adhā sapatnān indrāgnī me viṣūcīnān vy asyatām

The gods have strengthened the up-seizing and the down-seizing and the brahman; and let Indra and Agni cast my rivals apart in all directions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.65

क्रमध्वम् अग्निना नाकम् उख्यꣳ हस्तेषु बिभ्रतः दिवस् पृष्ठꣳ स्वर् गत्वा मिश्रा देवेभिर् आध्वम्

kramadhvam agninā nākam ukhyaṁ hasteṣu bibhrataḥ divas pṛṣṭhaṁ svar gatvā miśrā devebhir ādhvam

Stride with Agni to the firmament, carrying the pot in your hands; having gone to the back of heaven, to the sun, take your place mingled with the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.66

प्राचीम् अनु प्रदिशं प्रेहि विद्वान् अग्नेर् अग्ने पुरोअग्निर् भवेह विश्वा आशा दीद्यानो वि भाह्य् ऊर्जं नो धेहि द्विपदे चतुष्पदे

prācīm anu pradiśaṃ prehi vidvān agner agne puroagnir bhaveha viśvā āśā dīdyāno vi bhāhy ūrjaṃ no dhehi dvipade catuṣpade

Go forth, knowing, along the eastern direction; O Agni, be here the fore-Agni of Agni. Shining upon all the quarters, blaze out; grant us nourishment for biped and quadruped.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.67

पृथिव्या अहम् उद् अन्तरिक्षम् आरुहम् अन्तरिक्षाद् दिवम् आरुहम् दिवो नाकस्य पृष्ठात् स्वर् ज्योतिर् अगाम् अहम्

pṛthivyā aham ud antarikṣam āruham antarikṣād divam āruham divo nākasya pṛṣṭhāt svar jyotir agām aham

From the earth I have climbed up to the midspace; from the midspace I have climbed to heaven; from the back of heaven's firmament I have gone to the light, the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.68

स्वर् यन्तो नापेक्षन्त आ द्याꣳ रोहन्ति रोदसी यज्ञं ये विश्वतोधारꣳ सुविद्वाꣳसो वितेनिरे

svar yanto nāpekṣanta ā dyāṁ rohanti rodasī yajñaṃ ye viśvatodhāraṁ suvidvāṁso vitenire

Going to the sun they did not look back; they mount to heaven, to the two worlds — they who, well knowing, have stretched out the sacrifice that gives milk on every side.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.69

अग्ने प्रेहि प्रथमो देवयतां चक्षुर् देवानाम् उत मर्त्यानाम् इयक्षमाणा भृगुभिः सजोषाः स्वर् यन्तु यजमानाः स्वस्ति

agne prehi prathamo devayatāṃ cakṣur devānām uta martyānām iyakṣamāṇā bhṛgubhiḥ sajoṣāḥ svar yantu yajamānāḥ svasti

Go forth, Agni, first of those who serve the gods, eye of the gods and of mortals; seeking to sacrifice, of one accord with the Bhṛgus, let the sacrificers go to the sun in well-being.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.70

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 form, the two joined together suckle one child. Between heaven and earth the golden one shines forth; the gods, the wealth-givers, upheld Agni.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.71

अग्ने सहस्राक्ष शतमूर्धञ् छतं ते प्राणाः सहस्रं व्यानाः त्वꣳ साहस्रस्य राय ईशिषे तस्मै ते विधेम वाजाय स्वाहा

agne sahasrākṣa śatamūrdhañ chataṃ te prāṇāḥ sahasraṃ vyānāḥ tvaṁ sāhasrasya rāya īśiṣe tasmai te vidhema vājāya svāhā

O Agni of a thousand eyes, of a hundred heads, a hundred are your out-breaths, a thousand your through-breaths. You rule over thousandfold wealth; to you, for that prize, let us pay homage — svāhā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.72

सुपर्णो सि गरुन्मान् पृष्ठे पृथिव्याः सीद भासान्तरिक्षम् आ पृण ज्योतिषा दिवम् उत् तभान तेजसा दिश उद् दृꣳह

suparṇo si garunmān pṛṣṭhe pṛthivyāḥ sīda bhāsāntarikṣam ā pṛṇa jyotiṣā divam ut tabhāna tejasā diśa ud dṛṁha

You are the eagle, the winged one; sit upon the back of the earth. Fill the midspace with your radiance, prop up heaven with light, make firm the quarters with your brilliance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.73

आजुह्वानः सुप्रतीकः पुरस्ताद् अग्ने योनिम् आ सीद साधुया अस्मिन्त् सस्हस्थे अध्य् उत्तरस्मिन् विश्वे देवा यजमानश् च सीदत

ājuhvānaḥ supratīkaḥ purastād agne yonim ā sīda sādhuyā asmint sashasthe adhy uttarasmin viśve devā yajamānaś ca sīdata

Being invoked with offerings, fair of face, sit in the east, O Agni, upon your womb duly. In this seat, in the higher one, sit down, all you gods, and the sacrificer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.74

तꣳ सवितुर् वरेण्यस्य चित्राम् आहं वृणे सुमतिं विश्वजन्याम् याम् अस्य कण्वो अदुहत् प्रपीनाꣳ सहस्रधारां पयसा महीं गाम्

taṁ savitur vareṇyasya citrām āhaṃ vṛṇe sumatiṃ viśvajanyām yām asya kaṇvo aduhat prapīnāṁ sahasradhārāṃ payasā mahīṃ gām

That bright, all-benefiting favour of the excellent Savitṛ I choose for myself — (the favour) which Kaṇva milked from him as a swelling, thousand-streamed great cow rich in milk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.75

विधेम ते परमे जन्मन्न् अग्ने विधेम स्तोमैर् अवरे सधस्थे यस्माद् योनेर् उदारिथा यजे तं प्र त्वे हवीꣳषि जुहुरे समिद्धे

vidhema te parame janmann agne vidhema stomair avare sadhasthe yasmād yoner udārithā yaje taṃ pra tve havīṁṣi juhure samiddhe

Let us serve you in your highest birth, Agni; let us serve you with praises in the lower seat. From what womb you arose, that I worship: in you, when kindled, the oblations have been poured.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.76

प्रेद्धो अग्ने दीदिहि पुरो नो जस्रया सूर्म्या यविष्ठ त्वाꣳ शश्वन्त उप यन्ति वाजाः

preddho agne dīdihi puro no jasrayā sūrmyā yaviṣṭha tvāṁ śaśvanta upa yanti vājāḥ

Kindled high, O Agni, shine out before us with unfailing flame, O youngest one; to thee come all the prizes of strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.77

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, that (power) of thine — like a horse by praises, like an auspicious, heart-touching resolve — may we today make prosper by (our) invocations.

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

VS 17.78

चित्तिं जुहोमि मनसा घृतेन यथा देवा इहागमन् वीतिहोत्रा ऋतावृधः पत्ये विश्वस्य भूमनो जुहोमि विश्वकर्मणे विश्वाहादाभ्यꣳ हवि

cittiṃ juhomi manasā ghṛtena yathā devā ihāgaman vītihotrā ṛtāvṛdhaḥ patye viśvasya bhūmano juhomi viśvakarmaṇe viśvāhādābhyaṁ havi

I offer up thought with the mind, with ghee, so that the gods may come here, enjoying the oblation, strengthened by ṛta. To the lord of all this abundance I offer, to Viśvakarman, an oblation inviolable for all days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.79

सप्त ते अग्ने समिधः सप्त जिह्वाः सप्त ऋषयः सप्त धाम प्रियाणि सप्त होत्राः सप्तधा त्वा यजन्ति सप्त योनीर् आ पृणस्व घृतेन स्वाहा

sapta te agne samidhaḥ sapta jihvāḥ sapta ṛṣayaḥ sapta dhāma priyāṇi sapta hotrāḥ saptadhā tvā yajanti sapta yonīr ā pṛṇasva ghṛtena svāhā

Seven are thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, seven thy tongues, seven the ṛṣis, seven thy dear abodes; seven priestly offices worship thee sevenfold; fill the seven wombs with ghee. Svāhā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.80

शुक्रज्योतिश् च चित्रज्योतिश् च सत्यज्योतिश् च ज्योतिष्माꣳश् च शुक्रश् च ऋतपाश् चात्यꣳहाः

śukrajyotiś ca citrajyotiś ca satyajyotiś ca jyotiṣmāṁś ca śukraś ca ṛtapāś cātyaṁhāḥ

And Śukrajyotis and Citrajyotis and Satyajyotis and Jyotiṣmat and Śukra and Ṛtapā and Atyaṁhas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.81

ईदृङ् चान्यदृङ् च सदृङ् च प्रतिसदृङ् च मितश् च संमितश् च सभराः

īdṛṅ cānyadṛṅ ca sadṛṅ ca pratisadṛṅ ca mitaś ca saṃmitaś ca sabharāḥ

And Īdṛś and Anyādṛś and Sadṛś and Pratisadṛś and Mita and Saṃmita and Sabhara.

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

VS 17.82

ऋतश् च सत्यश् च ध्रुवश् च धरुणश् च धर्ता च विधर्ता च विधारयः

ṛtaś ca satyaś ca dhruvaś ca dharuṇaś ca dhartā ca vidhartā ca vidhārayaḥ

And Ṛta and Satya and Dhruva and Dharuṇa and Dhartṛ and Vidhartṛ and Vidhāraya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.83

ऋतजिच् च सत्यजिच् च सेनजिच् च सुषेणश् च अन्तिमित्रश् च दूरेअमित्रश् च गणः

ṛtajic ca satyajic ca senajic ca suṣeṇaś ca antimitraś ca dūreamitraś ca gaṇaḥ

And Ṛtajit and Satyajit and Senajit and Suṣeṇa and Antimitra and Dūre-amitra and Gaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.84

ईदृक्षास एतादृक्षास ऊ षु णः सदृक्षासः प्रतिसदृक्षास एतन मितासश् च संमितासो नो अद्य सभरसो मरुतो यज्ञे अस्मिन्

īdṛkṣāsa etādṛkṣāsa ū ṣu ṇaḥ sadṛkṣāsaḥ pratisadṛkṣāsa etana mitāsaś ca saṃmitāso no adya sabharaso maruto yajñe asmin

Being such, and being of that sort, come well to us, being alike and corresponding; measured and commensurate, bearing (gifts) together for us today, O Maruts, at this sacrifice.

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

VS 17.85

स्वतवाꣳश् च प्रघासी च सांतपनश् च गृहमेधी च क्रीडी च शाकी चोज्जेषी

svatavāṁś ca praghāsī ca sāṃtapanaś ca gṛhamedhī ca krīḍī ca śākī cojjeṣī

And Svatavas and Praghāsin and Sāṃtapana and Gṛhamedhin and Krīḍin and Śākin and Ujjeṣin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.86

उग्रश् च भीमश् च ध्वान्तश् च धुनिश् च सासह्वाꣳश् चाभियुग्वा च विक्षिपः स्वाहा इन्द्रं दैवीर् विशो मरुतो नुवर्त्मानो भवन् यथेन्द्रं दैवीर् विशो मरुतो नुवर्त्मानो भवन् एवम् इमं यजमानं दैवीश् च विशो मानुषीश् चानुवर्त्मानो भवन्तु

ugraś ca bhīmaś ca dhvāntaś ca dhuniś ca sāsahvāṁś cābhiyugvā ca vikṣipaḥ svāhā indraṃ daivīr viśo maruto nuvartmāno bhavan yathendraṃ daivīr viśo maruto nuvartmāno bhavan evam imaṃ yajamānaṃ daivīś ca viśo mānuṣīś cānuvartmāno bhavantu

And Ugra and Bhīma and Dhvānta and Dhuni and Sāsahvas and Abhiyugvan and Vikṣipa. Svāhā. The divine clans, the Maruts, became followers of Indra's track; as the divine clans, the Maruts, became followers of Indra's track, so let the clans, divine and human, be followers of this sacrificer's track.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.87

इमꣳ स्तनम् ऊर्जस्वन्तं धयापां प्रपीनम् अग्ने सरिरस्य मध्ये उत्सं जुषस्व मधुमन्तम् अर्वन्त् समुद्रियꣳ सदनम् आ विशस्व

imaṁ stanam ūrjasvantaṃ dhayāpāṃ prapīnam agne sarirasya madhye utsaṃ juṣasva madhumantam arvant samudriyaṁ sadanam ā viśasva

Suck this teat full of nourishment, swollen with waters, O Agni, in the midst of the flood; enjoy the honeyed spring, O steed; enter the seat that is in the sea.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.88

घृतं मिमिक्षे घृतम् अस्य योनिर् घृते श्रितो घृतम् व् अस्य धाम अनुष्वधम् आ वह मादयस्व स्वाहाकृतं वृषभ वक्षि हव्यम्

ghṛtaṃ mimikṣe ghṛtam asya yonir ghṛte śrito ghṛtam v asya dhāma anuṣvadham ā vaha mādayasva svāhākṛtaṃ vṛṣabha vakṣi havyam

Ghee has been mingled (in it); ghee is its womb, it rests in ghee, ghee indeed is its abode. Bring (the gods) here after their own wont, take delight; O bull, carry the oblation made with svāhā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.89

समुद्राद् ऊर्मिर् मधुमाꣳ उद् आरद् उपाꣳशुना सम् अमृतत्वम् आनट् घृतस्य नाम गुह्यं यद् अस्ति जिह्वा देवानाम् अमृतस्य नाभिः

samudrād ūrmir madhumāṁ ud ārad upāṁśunā sam amṛtatvam ānaṭ ghṛtasya nāma guhyaṃ yad asti jihvā devānām amṛtasya nābhiḥ

From the ocean the honeyed wave rose up; by way of the Soma-stalk it reached immortality. That which is the secret name of ghee — (it is) the tongue of the gods, the navel of the immortal.

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

VS 17.90

वयं नाम प्र ब्रवामा घृतस्यास्मिन् यज्ञे धारयामा नमोभिः उप ब्रह्मा शृणवच् छस्यमानं चतुःशृङ्गो वमीद् गौर एतत्

vayaṃ nāma pra bravāmā ghṛtasyāsmin yajñe dhārayāmā namobhiḥ upa brahmā śṛṇavac chasyamānaṃ catuḥśṛṅgo vamīd gaura etat

Let us pronounce the name of ghee; in this sacrifice let us hold it fast with acts of homage. Let the brahman hear it as it is recited: the four-horned gaura poured this forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.91

चत्वारि शृङ्गा त्रयो अस्य पादा द्वे शीर्षे सप्त हस्तासो अस्य त्रिधा बद्धो वृषभो रोरवीति महो देवो मर्त्याꣳ आ विवेश

catvāri śṛṅgā trayo asya pādā dve śīrṣe sapta hastāso asya tridhā baddho vṛṣabho roravīti maho devo martyāṁ ā viveśa

Four are his horns, three his feet, two his heads, seven his hands; bound in three places the bull roars aloud; the great god has entered into mortals.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.92

त्रिधा हितं पणिभिर् गुह्यमानं गवि देवासो घृतम् अन्व् अविन्दन् इन्द्र एकꣳ सूर्य एकं जजान वेनाद् एकꣳ स्वधया निष् टतक्षुः

tridhā hitaṃ paṇibhir guhyamānaṃ gavi devāso ghṛtam anv avindan indra ekaṁ sūrya ekaṃ jajāna venād ekaṁ svadhayā niṣ ṭatakṣuḥ

Set down in three places, kept hidden by the Paṇis in the cow, the gods found the ghee: Indra begot one, Sūrya one, one they fashioned out of Vena by their own power.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.93

एता अर्षन्ति हृद्यात् समुद्राच् छतव्रजा रिपुणा नावचक्षे घृतस्य धारा अभि चाकशीमि हिरण्ययो वेतसो मध्य आसाम्

etā arṣanti hṛdyāt samudrāc chatavrajā ripuṇā nāvacakṣe ghṛtasya dhārā abhi cākaśīmi hiraṇyayo vetaso madhya āsām

These flow from the heart, from the ocean, in a hundred enclosures, not to be looked upon by the foe; I gaze upon the streams of ghee — a golden reed is in their midst.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.94

सम्यक् स्रवन्ति सरितो न धेना अन्तर् हृदा मनसा पूयमानाः एते अर्षन्त्य् ऊर्मयो घृतस्य मृगा इव क्षिपणोर् ईषमाणाः

samyak sravanti sarito na dhenā antar hṛdā manasā pūyamānāḥ ete arṣanty ūrmayo ghṛtasya mṛgā iva kṣipaṇor īṣamāṇāḥ

They flow together like rivers, like voices, purified within by heart and mind; these waves of ghee run on like deer darting away from the shooter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.95

सिन्धोर् इव प्राध्वने शूघनासो वातप्रमियः पतयन्ति यह्वाः घृतस्य धारा अरुषो न वाजी काष्ठा भिन्दन्न् ऊर्मिभिः पिन्वमानः

sindhor iva prādhvane śūghanāso vātapramiyaḥ patayanti yahvāḥ ghṛtasya dhārā aruṣo na vājī kāṣṭhā bhindann ūrmibhiḥ pinvamānaḥ

Like swift torrents down the river's slope, outrunning the wind, the young ones fly; the streams of ghee, like a ruddy race-horse, breaking the bounds, swelling with their waves.

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

VS 17.96

अभि प्रवन्त समनेव योषाः कल्याण्यः स्मयमानासो अग्निम् घृतस्य धाराः समिधो नसन्त ता जुषाणो हर्यति जातवेदाः

abhi pravanta samaneva yoṣāḥ kalyāṇyaḥ smayamānāso agnim ghṛtasya dhārāḥ samidho nasanta tā juṣāṇo haryati jātavedāḥ

They have flowed forward toward Agni like women to a festal gathering, fair and smiling; the streams of ghee have reached the kindling-sticks—taking pleasure in them, Jātavedas desires them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.97

कन्या इव वहतुम् एतवा उ अञ्ज्य् अञ्जाना अभि चाकशीमि यत्र सोमः सूयते यत्र यज्ञो घृतस्य धारा अभि तत् पवन्ते

kanyā iva vahatum etavā u añjy añjānā abhi cākaśīmi yatra somaḥ sūyate yatra yajño ghṛtasya dhārā abhi tat pavante

Like maidens anointing (themselves) with ointment to go to the wedding, I gaze upon (them): where the Soma is pressed, where the sacrifice is—there the streams of ghee flow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.98

अभ्य् अर्षत सुष्टुतिं गव्यम् आजिम् अस्मासु भद्रा द्रविणानि धत्त इमं यज्ञं नयत देवता नो घृतस्य धारा मधुमत् पवन्ते

abhy arṣata suṣṭutiṃ gavyam ājim asmāsu bhadrā draviṇāni dhatta imaṃ yajñaṃ nayata devatā no ghṛtasya dhārā madhumat pavante

Flow toward good praise, toward the contest for cattle; set good riches in us; lead this sacrifice of ours to the gods—the streams of ghee flow sweetly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VS 17.99

धामन् ते विश्वं भुवनम् अधि श्रितम् अन्तः समुद्रे हृद्य् अन्तर् आयुषि अपाम् अनीके समिथे य आभृतस् तम् अश्याम मधुमन्तं त ऊर्मिम्

dhāman te viśvaṃ bhuvanam adhi śritam antaḥ samudre hṛdy antar āyuṣi apām anīke samithe ya ābhṛtas tam aśyāma madhumantaṃ ta ūrmim

In your abode the whole world rests, within the sea, within the heart, within the life-span. What has been brought together in the front of the waters, at their meeting—may we attain that sweet wave of yours.

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