White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 3

VS 3.1

समिधाग्निं दुवस्यत घृतैर् बोधयतातिथिम् आस्मिन् हव्या जुहोतन

samidhāgniṃ duvasyata ghṛtair bodhayatātithim āsmin havyā juhotana

Honour Agni with fuel; awaken the guest with ghee; offer the oblations in him.

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VS 3.2

सुसमिद्धाय शोचिषे घृतं तीव्रं जुहोतन अग्नये जातवेदसे

susamiddhāya śociṣe ghṛtaṃ tīvraṃ juhotana agnaye jātavedase

To the well-kindled flame offer sharp ghee, to Agni Jātavedas.

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VS 3.3

तं त्वा समिद्भिर् अङ्गिरो घृतेन वर्धयामसि बृहच्छोचा यविष्ट्य

taṃ tvā samidbhir aṅgiro ghṛtena vardhayāmasi bṛhacchocā yaviṣṭya

Thee, such as thou art, O Aṅgiras, we make grow with fuel-sticks and with ghee; blaze high, O youngest one.

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VS 3.4

उप त्वाग्ने हविष्मतीर् घृताचीर् यन्तु हर्यत जुषस्व समिधो मम

upa tvāgne haviṣmatīr ghṛtācīr yantu haryata juṣasva samidho mama

Let the oblation-bearing, ghee-dripping (ladles) come to thee, O Agni; be pleased, take delight in my fuel-sticks.

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VS 3.5

भूर् भुवः स्वः द्यौर् इव भूम्ना पृथिवीव वरिम्णा तस्यास् ते पृथिवि देवयजनि पृष्ठे ग्निम् अन्नादम् अन्नाद्याया दधे

bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ dyaur iva bhūmnā pṛthivīva varimṇā tasyās te pṛthivi devayajani pṛṣṭhe gnim annādam annādyāyā dadhe

Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ. Like the sky in abundance, like the earth in breadth — on that back of thine, O Earth, place of the gods' worship, I set down Agni the eater of food, for the eating of food.

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VS 3.6

आयं गौः पृश्निर् अक्रमीद् असदन् मातरं पुरः पितरं च प्रयन्त् स्वः

āyaṃ gauḥ pṛśnir akramīd asadan mātaraṃ puraḥ pitaraṃ ca prayant svaḥ

Hither has this dappled bull strode; he has sat down before the mother, and, going forward to the father, the sky.

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VS 3.7

अन्तश् चरति रोचनास्य प्राणाद् अपानती व्य् अख्यन् महिषो दिवम्

antaś carati rocanāsya prāṇād apānatī vy akhyan mahiṣo divam

He moves within; the bright realms (are) his; breathing out from his in-breath, the buffalo has looked out upon the sky.

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VS 3.8

त्रिꣳशद् धाम वि राजति वाक् पतङ्गाय धीयते प्रति वस्तोर् अह द्युभिः

triṁśad dhāma vi rājati vāk pataṅgāya dhīyate prati vastor aha dyubhiḥ

He rules over thirty abodes; speech is set for the flying one; day by day, at each dawning.

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VS 3.9

अग्निर् ज्योतिर् ज्योतिर् अग्निः स्वाहा सूर्यो ज्योतिर् ज्योतिः सूर्यः स्वाहा अग्निर् वर्चो ज्योतिर् वर्चः स्वाहा सूर्यो वर्चो ज्योतिर् वर्चः स्वाहा ज्योतिः सूर्यः सूर्यो ज्योतिः स्वाहा

agnir jyotir jyotir agniḥ svāhā sūryo jyotir jyotiḥ sūryaḥ svāhā agnir varco jyotir varcaḥ svāhā sūryo varco jyotir varcaḥ svāhā jyotiḥ sūryaḥ sūryo jyotiḥ svāhā

Agni is light, light is Agni — svāhā. The sun is light, light is the sun — svāhā. Agni is splendour, light is splendour — svāhā. The sun is splendour, light is splendour — svāhā. Light is the sun, the sun is light — svāhā.

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VS 3.10

सजूर् देवेन सवित्रा सजू रात्र्येन्द्रवत्या जुषाणो अग्निर् वेतु स्वाहा सजूर् देवेन सवित्रा सजू उषसेन्द्रवत्या जुषाणः सूर्यो वेतु स्वाहा

sajūr devena savitrā sajū rātryendravatyā juṣāṇo agnir vetu svāhā sajūr devena savitrā sajū uṣasendravatyā juṣāṇaḥ sūryo vetu svāhā

In accord with the god Savitṛ, in accord with Night attended by Indra, let Agni, well pleased, come — svāhā. In accord with the god Savitṛ, in accord with Dawn attended by Indra, let the Sun, well pleased, come — svāhā.

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VS 3.11

उपप्रयन्तो अध्वरं मन्त्रं वोचेमाग्नये आरे अस्मे च शृण्वते

upaprayanto adhvaraṃ mantraṃ vocemāgnaye āre asme ca śṛṇvate

As we go up to the rite, let us speak a formula to Agni, who hears us even from afar.

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VS 3.12

अग्निर् मूर्धा दिवः ककुत् पतिः पृथिव्या अयम् अपाꣳ रेताꣳसि जिन्वति

agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut patiḥ pṛthivyā ayam apāṁ retāṁsi jinvati

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

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VS 3.13

उभा वाम् इन्द्राग्नी आहुवध्या उभा राधसः सह मादयध्यै उभा दाताराव् इषाꣳ रयीणाम् उभा वाजस्य सातये हुवे वाम्

ubhā vām indrāgnī āhuvadhyā ubhā rādhasaḥ saha mādayadhyai ubhā dātārāv iṣāṁ rayīṇām ubhā vājasya sātaye huve vām

You two, Indra and Agni, are to be invoked together; you two together are to be gladdened with bounty; you two are givers of refreshments and riches; you two I invoke for the winning of vigour.

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VS 3.14

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 seat, fixed by season, from which, being born, thou didst shine; knowing it, O Agni, mount it, and then increase our wealth.

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VS 3.15

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 was set here first by the establishers, the hotṛ most fit to sacrifice, to be praised at the rites, whom Apnavāna and the Bhṛgus made to shine forth amid the woods, bright and pervading, for clan after clan.

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VS 3.16

अस्य प्रत्नाम् अनु द्युतꣳ शुक्रं दुदुह्रे अह्रयः पयः सहस्रसाम् ऋषिम्

asya pratnām anu dyutaṁ śukraṃ duduhre ahrayaḥ payaḥ sahasrasām ṛṣim

Following his ancient shining, the unabashed ones have milked out bright milk — the thousand-winning seer.

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VS 3.17

तनूपा अग्ने सि तन्वं मे पाहि आयुर्दा अग्ने स्य् आयुर् मे देहि वर्चोदा अग्ने सि वर्चो मे देहि अग्ने यन् मे तन्वा ऊनं तन् मे आ पृण

tanūpā agne si tanvaṃ me pāhi āyurdā agne sy āyur me dehi varcodā agne si varco me dehi agne yan me tanvā ūnaṃ tan me ā pṛṇa

Thou art the body-protector, Agni: protect my body. Thou art the giver of life, Agni: give me life. Thou art the giver of splendour, Agni: give me splendour. Agni, whatever is lacking in my body, fill that up for me.

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VS 3.18

इन्धानास् त्वा शतꣳ हिमा द्युमन्तꣳ सम् इधीमहि वयस्वन्तो वयस्कृतꣳ सहस्वन्तः सहस्कृतम् अग्ने सपत्नदम्भनम् अदब्धासो अदाभ्यम् चित्रावसो स्वस्ति ते पारम् अशीय

indhānās tvā śataṁ himā dyumantaṁ sam idhīmahi vayasvanto vayaskṛtaṁ sahasvantaḥ sahaskṛtam agne sapatnadambhanam adabdhāso adābhyam citrāvaso svasti te pāram aśīya

Kindling thee, may we kindle thee, the brilliant one, for a hundred winters — we having vigour (kindle) the maker of vigour, we having strength (kindle) the strength-made one, O Agni, the crusher of rivals; we unharmed (kindle) the unassailable one. O thou of bright wealth, may I happily reach thy further shore.

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VS 3.19

सं त्वम् अग्ने सूर्यस्य वर्चसागथाः सम् ऋषीणाꣳ स्तुतेन सं प्रियेण धाम्ना सम् अहम् आयुषा सं वर्चसा सं प्रजया सꣳ रायस् पोषेण ग्मिषीय

saṃ tvam agne sūryasya varcasāgathāḥ sam ṛṣīṇāṁ stutena saṃ priyeṇa dhāmnā sam aham āyuṣā saṃ varcasā saṃ prajayā saṁ rāyas poṣeṇa gmiṣīya

Thou, O Agni, hast come together with the splendour of the sun, together with the praise of the seers, together with (thy) dear abode; may I come together with long life, with splendour, with offspring, with the thriving of riches.

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VS 3.20

अन्ध स्थान्धो वो भक्षीय मह स्थ महो वो भक्षीयोर्ज स्थोर्जं वो भक्षीय रायस् पोष स्थ रायस् पोषं वो भक्षीय

andha sthāndho vo bhakṣīya maha stha maho vo bhakṣīyorja sthorjaṃ vo bhakṣīya rāyas poṣa stha rāyas poṣaṃ vo bhakṣīya

You are food; may I eat of your food. You are greatness; may I partake of your greatness. You are strength; may I partake of your strength. You are the thriving of riches; may I partake of your thriving of riches.

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VS 3.21

रेवती रमध्वम् अस्मिन् योनाव् अस्मिन् गोष्ठे स्मिंल् लोके स्मिन् क्षये इहैव स्त मापगात

revatī ramadhvam asmin yonāv asmin goṣṭhe smiṃl loke smin kṣaye ihaiva sta māpagāta

Rejoice, you rich ones, in this womb, in this cow-stall, in this world, in this dwelling. Be here indeed; do not go away.

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VS 3.22

सꣳहितासि विश्वरूप्य् ऊर्जा माविश गौपत्येन उप त्वाग्ने दिवे-दिवे दोषावस्तर् धिया वयम् नमो भरन्त एमसि

saṁhitāsi viśvarūpy ūrjā māviśa gaupatyena upa tvāgne dive-dive doṣāvastar dhiyā vayam namo bharanta emasi

You are the joined one, having all forms; enter me with strength, with lordship over cattle. To you, Agni, day by day, at evening and at dawn, we come bringing homage with our thought,

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VS 3.23

राजन्तम् अध्वराणां गोपाम् ऋतस्य दीदिविम् वर्धमाणꣳ स्वे दमे

rājantam adhvarāṇāṃ gopām ṛtasya dīdivim vardhamāṇaṁ sve dame

(you who are) ruling over the rites, the guardian, the shining one of ṛta, growing in your own house,

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VS 3.24

स नः पितेव सूनवे ग्ने सूपायनो भव सचस्वा नः स्वस्तये

sa naḥ piteva sūnave gne sūpāyano bhava sacasvā naḥ svastaye

So be easy of approach to us, Agni, as a father to his son; keep company with us for (our) well-being.

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VS 3.25

अग्ने त्वं नो अन्तम उत त्राता शिवो भवा वरूथ्यः वसुर् अग्निर् वसुश्रवा अच्छानक्षि द्युमत्तमꣳ रयिं दाः

agne tvaṃ no antama uta trātā śivo bhavā varūthyaḥ vasur agnir vasuśravā acchānakṣi dyumattamaṁ rayiṃ dāḥ

Agni, be you our closest one, and our protector, kind, affording shelter. Agni is good, of good renown; you have come near—give (us) most brilliant wealth.

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VS 3.26

तं त्वा शोचिष्ठ दीदिवः सुम्नाय नूनम् ईमहे सखिभ्यः स नो बोधि श्रुधी हवम् उरुष्या णो अधायतः समस्मात्

taṃ tvā śociṣṭha dīdivaḥ sumnāya nūnam īmahe sakhibhyaḥ sa no bodhi śrudhī havam uruṣyā ṇo adhāyataḥ samasmāt

You, such as you are, O most flaming, shining one, we now implore for favour for (our) friends. Take notice of us, hear (our) call, keep us safe from every ill-intentioned one.

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VS 3.27

इड एह्य् अदित एहि काम्या एत मयि वः कामधरणं भूयात्

iḍa ehy adita ehi kāmyā eta mayi vaḥ kāmadharaṇaṃ bhūyāt

Come, Iḍā; come, Aditi; come, you desirable ones. May the holding of your desires be in me.

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VS 3.28

सोमानꣳ स्वरणं कृणुहि ब्रह्मणस्पते कक्षीवन्तं य औशिजः

somānaṁ svaraṇaṃ kṛṇuhi brahmaṇaspate kakṣīvantaṃ ya auśijaḥ

Make the soma-possessor loud-sounding, Brahmaṇaspati—Kakṣīvant, who is the son of Uśij.

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VS 3.29

यो रेवान् यो अमीवहा वसुवित् पुष्टिवर्धनः स नः सिषक्तु यस् तुरः

yo revān yo amīvahā vasuvit puṣṭivardhanaḥ sa naḥ siṣaktu yas turaḥ

He who is rich, who slays disease, who finds goods, who increases prosperity—may he, who is swift, attend us.

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VS 3.30

मा नः शꣳसो अररुषो धूर्तिः प्र णङ् नर्त्यस्य रक्षा णो ब्रह्मणस्पते

mā naḥ śaṁso araruṣo dhūrtiḥ pra ṇaṅ nartyasya rakṣā ṇo brahmaṇaspate

Let not the curse of the ungenerous one, the mischief of the mortal, reach us; protect us, Brahmaṇaspati.

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VS 3.31

महि त्रीणाम् अवो स्तु द्युक्षं मित्रस्यार्यम्णः दुराधर्षं वरुणस्य

mahi trīṇām avo stu dyukṣaṃ mitrasyāryamṇaḥ durādharṣaṃ varuṇasya

Great be the help of the three, dwelling in heaven—of Mitra, of Aryaman, hard to assail, of Varuṇa.

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VS 3.32

नहि तेषाम् अमा चन नाध्वसु वारणेषु ईशे रिपुर् अघशꣳसः

nahi teṣām amā cana nādhvasu vāraṇeṣu īśe ripur aghaśaṁsaḥ

For over them neither at home nor on the perilous roads does the malicious foe have power.

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VS 3.33

ते हि पुत्रासो अदितेः प्र जीवसे मर्त्याय ज्योतिर् यच्छन्त्य् अजस्रम्

te hi putrāso aditeḥ pra jīvase martyāya jyotir yacchanty ajasram

For they, the sons of Aditi, hold out unfailing light to the mortal, for living.

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VS 3.34

कदा चन स्तरीर् असि नेन्द्र सश्चसि दाशुषे उपोपेन् नु मघवन् भूय इन् नु ते दानं देवस्य पृच्यते

kadā cana starīr asi nendra saścasi dāśuṣe upopen nu maghavan bhūya in nu te dānaṃ devasya pṛcyate

You are never barren, Indra; you do not fail the one who offers. Ever more and more, O bounteous one, your gift, the gift of a god, is meted out.

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VS 3.35

तत् सवितुर् वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयत्

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayat

May we set our thought on that choice radiance of the god Savitṛ, who should impel our thoughts.

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VS 3.36

परि ते दूडभो रथो स्माꣳ अश्नोतु विश्वतः येन रक्षसि दाशुषः

pari te dūḍabho ratho smāṁ aśnotu viśvataḥ yena rakṣasi dāśuṣaḥ

Let your chariot, which cannot be harmed, reach around us on all sides—(the chariot) with which you protect those who offer.

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VS 3.37

भूर् भुवः स्वः सुप्रजाः प्रजाभि स्याꣳ सुवीरो वीरैः सुपोषः पोषैः नर्य प्रजां मे पाहि शꣳस्य पशून् मे पाहि अथर्य पितुं मे पाहि

bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ suprajāḥ prajābhi syāṁ suvīro vīraiḥ supoṣaḥ poṣaiḥ narya prajāṃ me pāhi śaṁsya paśūn me pāhi atharya pituṃ me pāhi

Bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ. May I be rich in offspring through offspring, rich in heroes through heroes, well nourished through nourishments. O Narya, protect my offspring; O Śaṁsya, protect my cattle; O Atharya, protect my food.

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VS 3.38

आगन्म विश्ववेदसम् अस्मभ्यं वसुवित्तमम् अग्ने सम्राड् अभि द्युम्नम् अभि सह आ यच्छस्व

āganma viśvavedasam asmabhyaṃ vasuvittamam agne samrāḍ abhi dyumnam abhi saha ā yacchasva

We have come to the all-knowing one, the best finder of goods for us. Agni, sovereign, extend to (us) splendour, extend might.

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VS 3.39

अयम् अग्निर् गृहपतिर् गार्हपत्यः प्रजाया वसुवित्तमः अग्ने गृहपते भि द्युम्नम् अभि सह आ यच्छस्व

ayam agnir gṛhapatir gārhapatyaḥ prajāyā vasuvittamaḥ agne gṛhapate bhi dyumnam abhi saha ā yacchasva

This Agni is the house-lord, belonging to the householder's fire, the best finder of goods for (our) offspring. Agni, house-lord, extend to (us) splendour, extend might.

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VS 3.40

अयम् अग्निः पुरीष्यो रयिमान् पुष्टिवर्धनः अग्ने पुरीष्याभि द्युम्नम् अभि सह आ यच्छस्व

ayam agniḥ purīṣyo rayimān puṣṭivardhanaḥ agne purīṣyābhi dyumnam abhi saha ā yacchasva

This Agni belongs to the rubble-layer, possessing riches, increasing prosperity. Agni of the rubble, extend to (us) splendour, extend might.

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VS 3.41

गृहा मा बिभीत मा वेपध्वम् ऊर्जं बिभ्रत एमसि ऊर्जं बिभ्रद् वः सुमनाः सुमेधा गृहान् ऐमि मनसा मोदमानः

gṛhā mā bibhīta mā vepadhvam ūrjaṃ bibhrata emasi ūrjaṃ bibhrad vaḥ sumanāḥ sumedhā gṛhān aimi manasā modamānaḥ

Houses, do not fear, do not tremble: we come bearing sustenance. Bearing sustenance for you, glad in mind and of good wisdom, I go to the houses, rejoicing in spirit.

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VS 3.42

येषाम् अध्येति प्रवसन् येषु सौमनसो बहुः गृहान् उप ह्वयामहे ते नो जानन्तु जानतः

yeṣām adhyeti pravasan yeṣu saumanaso bahuḥ gṛhān upa hvayāmahe te no jānantu jānataḥ

Those (houses) which one thinks of while away from home, in which there is much good cheer — we call the houses hither; let them know us who know (them).

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VS 3.43

उपहूता इह गाव उपहूता अजावयः अथो अन्नस्य कीलाल उपहूतो गृहेषु नः क्षेमाय वः शान्त्यै प्र पद्ये शिवꣳ शग्मꣳ शम्योः शम्योः

upahūtā iha gāva upahūtā ajāvayaḥ atho annasya kīlāla upahūto gṛheṣu naḥ kṣemāya vaḥ śāntyai pra padye śivaṁ śagmaṁ śamyoḥ śamyoḥ

Called hither are the cows here, called hither the goats and sheep; and likewise the sweet drink of food is called hither into our houses. For your safety, for your peace I enter — the kindly, the effective — of śam and yos, of śam and yos.

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VS 3.44

प्रघासिनो हवामहे मरुतश् च रिशादसः करम्भेण सजोषसः

praghāsino havāmahe marutaś ca riśādasaḥ karambheṇa sajoṣasaḥ

We invoke the Praghāsins and the Maruts, destroyers of foes, together delighting in the porridge.

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VS 3.45

यद् ग्रामे यद् अरण्ये यत् सभायां यद् इन्द्रिये यद् एनश् चकृमा वयम् इदं तद् अव यजामहे स्वाहा

yad grāme yad araṇye yat sabhāyāṃ yad indriye yad enaś cakṛmā vayam idaṃ tad ava yajāmahe svāhā

Whatever sin we have committed, in the village or in the wilderness, in the assembly or in the senses — that we here expiate by sacrifice. Svāhā.

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VS 3.46

मो षू ण इन्द्रात्र पृत्सु देवैर् अस्ति हि ष्मा ते शुष्मिन्न् अवयाः महश् चिद् यस्य मीढुषो यव्या हविष्मतो मरुतो वन्दते गीः

mo ṣū ṇa indrātra pṛtsu devair asti hi ṣmā te śuṣminn avayāḥ mahaś cid yasya mīḍhuṣo yavyā haviṣmato maruto vandate gīḥ

Do not, O Indra, (abandon) us here in the battles along with the gods; for surely, O mighty one, there is atonement to be made to you — of whom, the great and bountiful one, the song of the oblation-bringing Maruts, with a stream(?), gives praise.

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VS 3.47

अक्रन् कर्म कर्मकृतः सह वाचा मयोभुवा देवेभ्यः कर्म कृत्वास्तं प्रेत सचाभुवः

akran karma karmakṛtaḥ saha vācā mayobhuvā devebhyaḥ karma kṛtvāstaṃ preta sacābhuvaḥ

The performers of the rite have done the rite, along with speech that brings joy. Having done the rite for the gods, go home, you companions.

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VS 3.48

अवभृथ निचुम्पुण निचेरुर् असि निचुम्पुणः अव देवैर् देवकृतम् एनो यासिषम् अव मर्त्यैर् मर्त्यकृतम् पुरुराव्णो देव रिषस् पाहि

avabhṛtha nicumpuṇa nicerur asi nicumpuṇaḥ ava devair devakṛtam eno yāsiṣam ava martyair martyakṛtam pururāvṇo deva riṣas pāhi

O avabhṛtha (final bath), O Nicumpuṇa, you are flowing down, the Nicumpuṇa. I have washed away, by means of the gods, the sin done by the gods; by means of mortals, that done by mortals. From the loud-roaring(?) injury, O god, protect (us).

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VS 3.49

पूर्णा दर्वि परा पत सुपूर्णा पुनर् आ पत वस्नेव वि क्रीणावहा इषम् ऊर्जꣳ शतक्रतो

pūrṇā darvi parā pata supūrṇā punar ā pata vasneva vi krīṇāvahā iṣam ūrjaṁ śatakrato

O full ladle, fly away; well filled, fly back again. Let us two exchange, as it were for a price, refreshment and strength, O you of a hundred powers.

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VS 3.50

देहि मे ददामि ते नि मे धेहि नि ते दधे निहारं च हरासि मे निहारं निहराणि ते स्वाहा

dehi me dadāmi te ni me dhehi ni te dadhe nihāraṃ ca harāsi me nihāraṃ niharāṇi te svāhā

Give to me, I give to you; lay down for me, I lay down for you. You shall carry off my carrying-off(?), and I shall carry off yours. Svāhā.

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VS 3.51

अक्षन्न् अमीमदन्त ह्य् अव प्रिया अभूषत अस्तोषत स्वभानवो विप्रा निविष्ठया मती योजा न्व् इन्द्र ते हरी

akṣann amīmadanta hy ava priyā abhūṣata astoṣata svabhānavo viprā niviṣṭhayā matī yojā nv indra te harī

They have eaten, they have made merry, they have shaken off (what is) dear; the self-shining ones have praised, the inspired ones, with a settled thought. Yoke now, Indra, your two bay horses.

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VS 3.52

सुसंदृशं त्वा वयं मघवन् वन्दिषीमहि प्र नूनं पूर्णबन्धुर स्तुतो यासि वशाꣳ अनु योजा न्व् इन्द्र ते हरी

susaṃdṛśaṃ tvā vayaṃ maghavan vandiṣīmahi pra nūnaṃ pūrṇabandhura stuto yāsi vaśāṁ anu yojā nv indra te harī

We would praise you, O bounteous one, fair to behold; now indeed, praised, with your chariot-seat full, you go where you wish. Yoke now, Indra, your two bay horses.

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VS 3.53

मनो न्व् आह्वमहे नाराशꣳसेन स्तोमेन पितॄणां च मन्मभिः

mano nv āhvamahe nārāśaṁsena stomena pitṝṇāṃ ca manmabhiḥ

We now call back the mind with a Nārāśaṁsa hymn of praise and with the thoughts of the fathers.

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VS 3.54

आ न एतु मनः पुनः क्रत्वे दक्षाय हविषे ज्योक् च सूर्यं दृशे

ā na etu manaḥ punaḥ kratve dakṣāya haviṣe jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe

Let the mind come back to us, for resolve, for skill, for the oblation, and for long beholding the sun.

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VS 3.55

पुनर् नः पितरो मनो ददातु दैव्यो जनः जीवं व्रातꣳ सचेमहि

punar naḥ pitaro mano dadātu daivyo janaḥ jīvaṃ vrātaṁ sacemahi

May the fathers, the divine folk, give us back the mind; may we attend upon the living company.

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VS 3.56

वयꣳ सोम व्रते तव मनस् तनूषु बिभ्रतः प्रजावन्तः सचेमहि

vayaṁ soma vrate tava manas tanūṣu bibhrataḥ prajāvantaḥ sacemahi

May we, O Soma, bearing the mind in our bodies within your ordinance, be attended by offspring.

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VS 3.57

एष ते रुद्र भागः सह स्वस्राम्बिकया तं जुषस्व स्वाहा एष ते रुद्र भाग आखुस् ते पशुः

eṣa te rudra bhāgaḥ saha svasrāmbikayā taṃ juṣasva svāhā eṣa te rudra bhāga ākhus te paśuḥ

This is your share, Rudra, together with your sister Ambikā; enjoy it. Svāhā. This is your share, Rudra; the mole is your animal.

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VS 3.58

अव रुद्रमद् ईमह्य् अव देवं त्र्यम्बकम् यथा नो वस्यसस् करद् यद् यथा नः श्रेयसस् करद् यद् यथा नो व्यवसाययात्

ava rudramad īmahy ava devaṃ tryambakam yathā no vasyasas karad yad yathā naḥ śreyasas karad yad yathā no vyavasāyayāt

We beseech Rudra downward, the god Tryambaka downward, that he may make us wealthier, that he may make us better off, that he may set us apart (from evil).

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VS 3.59

भेषजम् असि भेषजं गवे श्वाय पुरुषाय भेषजम् सुखं मेषाय मेष्यै

bheṣajam asi bheṣajaṃ gave śvāya puruṣāya bheṣajam sukhaṃ meṣāya meṣyai

You are medicine, medicine for the cow, for the dog, medicine for man; ease for the ram, for the ewe.

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VS 3.60

त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् उर्वारुकम् इव बन्धनान् मृत्योर् मुक्षीय मामृतात् त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पतिवेदनम् उर्वारुकम् इव बन्धनाद् इतो मुक्षीय मामुतः

tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ pativedanam urvārukam iva bandhanād ito mukṣīya māmutaḥ

We sacrifice to Tryambaka, the fragrant, increaser of prosperity; like a cucumber from its stalk may I be freed from death, not from immortality. We sacrifice to Tryambaka, the fragrant, the finder of a husband; like a cucumber from its stalk may I be freed from here, but not from yonder.

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VS 3.61

एतत् ते रुद्रावसं तेन परो मूजवतो तीहि अवततधन्वा पिनाकावसः कत्तिवासा अहिꣳसन् नः शिवो तीहि

etat te rudrāvasaṃ tena paro mūjavato tīhi avatatadhanvā pinākāvasaḥ kattivāsā ahiṁsan naḥ śivo tīhi

This, Rudra, is thy sustenance; with it pass beyond the Mūjavats. With bow unstrung, with the pināka-staff, clad in a hide, not harming us, benign, pass away.

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VS 3.62

त्र्यायुषं जमदग्नेः कश्यपस्य त्र्यायुषम् यद् देवेषु त्र्यायुषं तन् नो अस्तु त्र्यायुषम्

tryāyuṣaṃ jamadagneḥ kaśyapasya tryāyuṣam yad deveṣu tryāyuṣaṃ tan no astu tryāyuṣam

Threefold life-span of Jamadagni, threefold life-span of Kaśyapa; the threefold life-span that is among the gods, let that be ours, a threefold life-span.

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VS 3.63

शिवो नामासि स्वधितिस् ते पिता नमस् ते अस्तु मा मा हिꣳसीः नि वर्तयाम्य् उषे न्नाद्याय प्रजननाय रायस् पोषाय सुप्रजास्त्वाय सुवीर्याय

śivo nāmāsi svadhitis te pitā namas te astu mā mā hiṁsīḥ ni vartayāmy uṣe nnādyāya prajananāya rāyas poṣāya suprajāstvāya suvīryāya

Benign is thy name; the axe is thy father. Homage be to thee; do not harm me. I turn (thee) back for dwelling, for food to be eaten, for procreation, for increase of wealth, for good offspring, for manly strength.

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