White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 6
VS 6.1
देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे श्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् आ ददे नार्य् असि इदम् अहꣳ रक्षसां ग्रीवा अपि कृन्तामि यवो सि यवयास्मद् द्वेषो यवयारातीः दिवे त्वान्तरिक्षाय त्वा पृथिव्यै त्वा शुन्धन्तां लोकाः पितृषदनाः पितृषदनम् असि
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām ā dade nāry asi idam ahaṁ rakṣasāṃ grīvā api kṛntāmi yavo si yavayāsmad dveṣo yavayārātīḥ dive tvāntarikṣāya tvā pṛthivyai tvā śundhantāṃ lokāḥ pitṛṣadanāḥ pitṛṣadanam asi
At the impulse of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee. Thou art a woman. Herewith I cut through the necks of the rakṣases. Thou art barley (yava); ward off (yavaya) hatred from us, ward off hostilities. Thee for the sky, thee for the midspace, thee for the earth. Let the worlds where the fathers sit be cleansed; thou art the seat of the fathers.
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Book VI BY impulse of God Savitar I take thee with arms of Asvins, with the hands of Pûshan. Thou art a woman. Here I cut the necks of Râkshasas away. Barley art thou. Bar off from us our haters, bar our enemies. Thee for heaven, thee for earth, thee for the welkin. Pure be the worlds, the Fathers’ dwelling-places. Thou art the habitation of the Fathers.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.2
अग्रेणीर् असि स्वावेश उन्नेतॄणाम् एतस्य वित्ताद् अधि त्वा स्थास्यति देवस् त्वा सविता मध्व् आनक्तु सुपिप्पलाभ्यस् त्वौषधीभ्यः द्याम् अग्रेणास्पृक्ष आन्तरिक्षं मध्येनाप्राः पृथिवीम् उपरेणादृꣳहीः
agreṇīr asi svāveśa unnetṝṇām etasya vittād adhi tvā sthāsyati devas tvā savitā madhv ānaktu supippalābhyas tvauṣadhībhyaḥ dyām agreṇāspṛkṣa āntarikṣaṃ madhyenāprāḥ pṛthivīm upareṇādṛṁhīḥ
Thou art the one who leads in front, easy of entry; of these who pour upward, know thou of this one. Upon thee he will stand. May god Savitṛ anoint thee with honey. Thee for the plants rich in berries. With thy tip thou hast touched the sky, with thy middle thou hast filled the midspace, with thy lower part thou hast made the earth firm.
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Thou art a leader, easy, to Unnetars, of access. Know this. It will stand upon thee. Savitar, God, anoint thee with sweet butter. Thee for the plants laden with goodly fruitage! Thou with thy top hast touched the sky, hast with thy middle filled the air, and steadied with thy base the earth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.3
या ते धामान्य् उश्मसि गमध्यै यत्र गावो भूरिशृङ्गा अयासः अत्राह तद् उरुगायस्य विष्णोः परमं पदम् अव भारि भूरि ब्रह्मवनि त्वा क्षत्रवनि रायस्पोषवनि पर्य् ऊहामि ब्रह्म दृꣳह क्षत्रं दृꣳहायुर् दृꣳह प्रजां दृꣳह
yā te dhāmāny uśmasi gamadhyai yatra gāvo bhūriśṛṅgā ayāsaḥ atrāha tad urugāyasya viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam ava bhāri bhūri brahmavani tvā kṣatravani rāyaspoṣavani pary ūhāmi brahma dṛṁha kṣatraṃ dṛṁhāyur dṛṁha prajāṃ dṛṁha
(Those) abodes of thine to which we wish to go, where the cows with many horns are untiring — there indeed that highest step of wide-striding Viṣṇu shines down abundantly. Thee that wins brahman, thee that wins kṣatra, thee that wins increase of riches, I place around. Make brahman firm, make kṣatra firm, make life firm, make offspring firm.
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Those seats of thine which we desire to visit, where there are many-horned and nimble. oxen, There, of a truth, was mightily imprinted the loftiest step of widely-striding Vishnu. I close thee in, the winner of the Brâhmans, winner of Nobles and abundant riches. Strengthen the Brâhmans, strengthen thou the Nobles, strengthen our vital power, strengthen our offspring.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.4
विष्णोः कर्माणि पश्यत यतो व्रतानि पस्पशे इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा
viṣṇoḥ karmāṇi paśyata yato vratāni paspaśe indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā
Behold the deeds of Viṣṇu, whereby he has watched over the observances — the fit friend of Indra.
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Look ye on Vishnu's works, whereby the Friend of Indra, close-allied, Hath let his holy ways be seen.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.5
तद् विष्णोः परमं पदꣳ सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयो दिवीव चक्षुर् आततम्
tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sūrayo divīva cakṣur ātatam
That highest step of Viṣṇu the patrons always behold, stretched out like an eye in the sky.
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The princes evermore behold that loftiest place where Vishnu is, Laid as it were an eye in heaven.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.6
परिवीर् असि परि त्वा दैवीर् विशो व्ययन्तां परीमं यजमानꣳ रायो मनुष्याणाम् दिवः सूनुर् असि एष ते पृथिव्यां लोक आरण्यस् ते पशुः
parivīr asi pari tvā daivīr viśo vyayantāṃ parīmaṃ yajamānaṁ rāyo manuṣyāṇām divaḥ sūnur asi eṣa te pṛthivyāṃ loka āraṇyas te paśuḥ
Thou art the wrapping-around; may the divine clans wrap themselves about thee, and the riches of men about this sacrificer. Thou art the son of heaven. This is thy place on earth; the wild beast is thine.
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Thou art invested. Heavenly hosts invest thee! Riches of men invest this Sacrificer! Heaven's son art thou. This is thine earthly station. Thine is the beast whose home is in the forest.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.7
उपावीर् असि उप देवान् दैवीर् विशः प्रागुर् उशिजो वह्नितमान् देव त्वष्टर् वसु रम हव्या ते स्वदन्ताम्
upāvīr asi upa devān daivīr viśaḥ prāgur uśijo vahnitamān deva tvaṣṭar vasu rama havyā te svadantām
Thou art the one drawn near; the divine clans, the Uśij, have gone up to the gods, the foremost conveyors. O god Tvaṣṭar, let wealth rest (here); may they find thy oblations sweet.
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Encourager art thou. The hosts of heaven have come to yearning Gods, the best conductors. God Tvashtar, make the wealth of cattle quiet. Delightful to the taste be thine oblations.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.8
रेवती रमध्वं बृहस्पते धारया वसूनि ऋतस्य त्वा देवहविः पाशेन प्रति मुञ्चामि धर्षा मानुषः
revatī ramadhvaṃ bṛhaspate dhārayā vasūni ṛtasya tvā devahaviḥ pāśena prati muñcāmi dharṣā mānuṣaḥ
O rich ones, rest; O Bṛhaspati, hold fast the goods. With the noose of ṛta I bind thee, O oblation of the gods. Be bold, O human one.
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Joy, wealthy ones! Brihaspati, save our riches. I bind thee with the noose of holy Order, thou offering to the Gods. Bold be the Slayer.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.9
देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे श्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् अग्नीषोमाभ्यां जुष्टं नि युनज्मि अद्भ्यस् त्वौषधीभ्यो नु त्वा माता मन्यताम् अनु पितानु भ्राता सगर्भ्यो नु सखा सयूथ्यः अग्नीषोमाभ्यां त्वा जुष्टं प्रोक्षामि
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām agnīṣomābhyāṃ juṣṭaṃ ni yunajmi adbhyas tvauṣadhībhyo nu tvā mātā manyatām anu pitānu bhrātā sagarbhyo nu sakhā sayūthyaḥ agnīṣomābhyāṃ tvā juṣṭaṃ prokṣāmi
At the impulse of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I yoke thee down, welcome to Agni and Soma. Thee for the waters, for the plants. May thy mother consent, thy father consent, thy brother of the same womb, thy companion of the same herd. I sprinkle thee, welcome to Agni and Soma.
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By impulse of God Savitar I bind thee, with arms of Asvins and with hands of Pûshan, thee welcome unto Agni and to Soma. Thee for the waters, thee for plants. Thy mother grant thee permission, and thy father, brother born of one dam, thy friend, thy herd-companion. I sprinkle thee welcome to Agni-Soma.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.10
अपां पेरुर् असि आपो देवीः स्वदन्तु स्वात्तं चित् सद् देवहविः सं ते प्राणो वातेन गच्छताꣳ सम् अङ्गानि यजत्रैः सं यज्ञपतिर् आशिषा
apāṃ perur asi āpo devīḥ svadantu svāttaṃ cit sad devahaviḥ saṃ te prāṇo vātena gacchatāṁ sam aṅgāni yajatraiḥ saṃ yajñapatir āśiṣā
Thou art the swelling of the waters. May the divine waters make (it) savoury; being well eaten, the oblation for the gods. May thy breath go together with the wind, thy limbs with those worthy of sacrifice, the lord of the sacrifice with his wish.
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Drinker art thou of water. May the Waters, the Goddesses, add sweetness to the oblation prepared for Gods, even though already sweetened. Thy breath join wind, thy limbs those meet for worship, the sacrifice's lord the boon he prays for.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.11
घृतेनाक्तौ पशूꣳस् त्रायेथाम् रेवति यजमाने प्रियं धा आ विश उरोर् अन्तरिक्षात् सजूर् देवेन वातेनास्य हविषस् त्मना यज समस्य तन्वा भव वर्षो वर्षीयसि यज्ञे यज्ञप्तिं धाः स्वाहा देवेभ्यः देवेभ्यः स्वाहा
ghṛtenāktau paśūṁs trāyethām revati yajamāne priyaṃ dhā ā viśa uror antarikṣāt sajūr devena vātenāsya haviṣas tmanā yaja samasya tanvā bhava varṣo varṣīyasi yajñe yajñaptiṃ dhāḥ svāhā devebhyaḥ devebhyaḥ svāhā
Anointed with ghee, protect the animals, you two. O rich one, set what is dear in the sacrificer. Enter from the wide midspace. Together with god Vāta, sacrifice by thyself with this oblation; be with the body of the whole; O more abundant one, be abundance; set the lord of the sacrifice in the sacrifice. Svāhā to the gods, to the gods svāhā.
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Balmed, both of you, with butter, guard the cattle. Grant, Rich! the Sacrificer's prayer. Approach thou. Meeting with heavenly Wind, from air's mid-region. Be thou united with this offering's body. O Great One, lead the sacrifice's master on to a sacrifice of loftier order. All-hail to Gods! To Gods All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.12
माहिर् भूर् मा पृदाकुः नमस् त आतानानर्वा प्रेहि घृतस्य कुल्या उप ऋतस्य पथ्या अनु
māhir bhūr mā pṛdākuḥ namas ta ātānānarvā prehi ghṛtasya kulyā upa ṛtasya pathyā anu
Do not be a snake, do not be an adder. Homage to thee, O stretched-out one. Go forth unhindered, along the channels of ghee, following the paths of ṛta.
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Become no serpent, thou, become no viper. To thee, O widely-spread, be adoration. Advance, unhindered, on thy way. To rivers of butter move along the paths of Order.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.13
देवीर् आपः शुद्धा वोढ्वꣳ सुपरिविष्टा देवेषु सुपरिविष्टा वयं परिवेष्टारो भूयास्म
devīr āpaḥ śuddhā voḍhvaṁ supariviṣṭā deveṣu supariviṣṭā vayaṃ pariveṣṭāro bhūyāsma
Divine waters, be carried purified, well served out; well served out among the gods, may we be the servers.
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Bear the oblation to the Gods, ye Waters celestial and pure and well-provided. May we become providers well-provided.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.14
वाचं ते शुन्धामि प्राणं ते शुन्धामि चक्षुस् ते शुन्धामि श्रोत्रं ते शुन्धामि नाभिं ते शुन्धामि मेढ्रं ते शुन्धामि पायुं ते शुन्धामि चरित्राꣳस् ते शुन्धामि
vācaṃ te śundhāmi prāṇaṃ te śundhāmi cakṣus te śundhāmi śrotraṃ te śundhāmi nābhiṃ te śundhāmi meḍhraṃ te śundhāmi pāyuṃ te śundhāmi caritrāṁs te śundhāmi
I cleanse thy speech, I cleanse thy breath, I cleanse thy eye, I cleanse thy ear, I cleanse thy navel, I cleanse thy member, I cleanse thy anus, I cleanse thy feet.
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I cleanse thy voice, thy breath, thine eye, thine ear, thy navel, and thy feet, thy sexual organ, and thy rump.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.15
मनस् त आ प्यायताम् वाक् त आ प्यायताम् प्राणस् त आ प्यायताम् चक्षुस् त आ प्यायताम् श्रोत्रं त आ प्यायताम् यत् ते क्रूरं यद् आस्थितं तत् त आ प्यायतां निष् ट्यायतां तत् ते शुध्यतु शम् अहोभ्यः ओषधे त्रायस्व स्वधिते मैनꣳ हिꣳसीः
manas ta ā pyāyatām vāk ta ā pyāyatām prāṇas ta ā pyāyatām cakṣus ta ā pyāyatām śrotraṃ ta ā pyāyatām yat te krūraṃ yad āsthitaṃ tat ta ā pyāyatāṃ niṣ ṭyāyatāṃ tat te śudhyatu śam ahobhyaḥ oṣadhe trāyasva svadhite mainaṁ hiṁsīḥ
Let thy mind swell full, let thy speech swell full, let thy breath swell full, let thy eye swell full, let thy ear swell full. What of thee is raw, what has stuck fast — let that swell full for thee, let it flow away; let that become pure for thee. Well-being for the days! O plant, protect (him); O axe, do not injure him.
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Let thy mind, voice, and breath increase in fulness, thine eye be fuller, and thine ear grow stronger. Whatever there is in thee sore or wounded, may that be filled for thee, cleansed and united. Blest be the days. Plant, guard! Axe, do not harm him.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.16
रक्षसां भागो सि निरस्तꣳ रक्षः इदम् अहꣳ रक्षो भि तिष्ठामीदम् अहꣳ रक्षो व बाध इदम् अहꣳ रक्षो धमं तमो नयामि घृतेन द्यावापृथिवी प्रोर्णुवाथाम् वायो वे स्तोकानाम् अग्निर् आज्यस्य वेतु स्वाहा स्वाहाकृते ऊर्ध्वनभसं मारुतं गच्छतम्
rakṣasāṃ bhāgo si nirastaṁ rakṣaḥ idam ahaṁ rakṣo bhi tiṣṭhāmīdam ahaṁ rakṣo va bādha idam ahaṁ rakṣo dhamaṃ tamo nayāmi ghṛtena dyāvāpṛthivī prorṇuvāthām vāyo ve stokānām agnir ājyasya vetu svāhā svāhākṛte ūrdhvanabhasaṃ mārutaṃ gacchatam
Thou art the share of the rakṣases; the rakṣas is cast out. Herewith I tread upon this rakṣas, herewith I press down this rakṣas, herewith I lead this rakṣas to the lowest darkness. With ghee, Heaven and Earth, cover yourselves over. O Vāyu, savour the drops; let Agni savour the ghee. Svāhā. You two, made with svāhā, go to the Marut region with clouds on high.
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Thou art the demons’ share. Expelled are demons. Here I tread down; here I repel the demons; here lead the demons into lowest darkness. Invest, ye two, the heaven and earth with fatness. O Vâyu, eagerly enjoy the droppings. Let Agni eagerly enjoy the butter. All-hail! Go, both of you, by Svâhâ consecrated, to Ûrdhvanabhas, offspring of the Maruts.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.17
इदम् आपः प्रवहतावद्यं च मलं च यत् यच् चाभिदुद्रोहानृतं यच् च शेपे अभीरुणम् आपो मा तस्माद् एनसः पवमानश् च मुञ्चतु
idam āpaḥ pravahatāvadyaṃ ca malaṃ ca yat yac cābhidudrohānṛtaṃ yac ca śepe abhīruṇam āpo mā tasmād enasaḥ pavamānaś ca muñcatu
Waters, carry this away — whatever is blameworthy and whatever is foul, and whatever treachery I have done, and the untruth, and the oath I have sworn without fear. Waters, may the Pavamāna release me from that sin.
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Ye Waters, wash away this stain and whatsoever taint be here, Each sinful act that I have done, and every harmless curse of mine. May Waters rid me of that guilt, and Pavamâna set me free.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.18
सं ते मनो मनसा सं प्राणः प्राणेन गच्छताम् रेड् अस्य् अग्निष् ट्वा श्रीणात्व् आपस् त्वा समरिणन् वातस्य त्वा ध्राज्यै पूष्णो रꣳह्या ऊष्मणो व्यथिषत् प्रयुतं द्वेषः
saṃ te mano manasā saṃ prāṇaḥ prāṇena gacchatām reḍ asy agniṣ ṭvā śrīṇātv āpas tvā samariṇan vātasya tvā dhrājyai pūṣṇo raṁhyā ūṣmaṇo vyathiṣat prayutaṃ dveṣaḥ
May thy mind come together with (my) mind, thy breath together with (my) breath. Thou art unclean; let Agni cook thee, let the waters have mingled thee. (I set) thee for the rushing of the wind, for the speed of Pūṣan, for the heat — may hostility be made to waver and be kept far away.
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Be they united, with the Mind thy mind, and with the Breath thy breath. Thou quiverest. Let Agni make thee ready. Waters have washed together all thy juices. Thee for the Wind's rush, for the speed of Pûshan. From heated vapour may it reel and totter,—the disconcerted hatred of our foemen.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.19
घृतं घृतपावानः पिबत वसां वसापावानः पिबतान्तरिक्षस्य हविर् असि स्वाहा दिशः प्रदिशः आदिशः विदिशः उद्दिशः दिग्भ्यः स्वाहा
ghṛtaṃ ghṛtapāvānaḥ pibata vasāṃ vasāpāvānaḥ pibatāntarikṣasya havir asi svāhā diśaḥ pradiśaḥ ādiśaḥ vidiśaḥ uddiśaḥ digbhyaḥ svāhā
Drink the ghee, you ghee-drinkers; drink the fat, you fat-drinkers. Thou art the oblation of the mid-air: svāhā. To the quarters, the forward quarters, the quarters pointed to, the intermediate quarters, the upward quarters, to the quarters: svāhā.
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Ye drinkers-up of fatness, drink the fatness; drink up the gravy, drinkers of the gravy! Thou art the oblation of the air's mid-region. All-hail! The regions, the fore-regions, the by-regions, the intermediate and the upper regions,—to all the regions Hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.20
ऐन्द्रः प्राणो अङ्गे-अङ्गे नि दीध्यद् ऐन्द्र उदानो अङ्गे-अङ्गे निधीतः देव त्वष्टर् भूरि ते सꣳ-समेतु सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपं भवाति देवत्रा यन्तम् अवसे सखायो नु त्वा माता पितरो मदन्तु
aindraḥ prāṇo aṅge-aṅge ni dīdhyad aindra udāno aṅge-aṅge nidhītaḥ deva tvaṣṭar bhūri te saṁ-sametu salakṣmā yad viṣurūpaṃ bhavāti devatrā yantam avase sakhāyo nu tvā mātā pitaro madantu
Indra's inbreath shines in limb after limb; Indra's outbreath is set down in limb after limb. O god Tvaṣṭar, let much of thine come together. What is of the same mark yet of different form — let it become (one). To thee going among the gods for help, let the friends, the mother, the fathers indeed rejoice in thee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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In every limb is Indra's out-breath seated, in every limb is Indra's in-breath settled. God Tvashtar, let thine ample forms be blended, that what wears different shapes may be one-fashioned. To please thee let thy friends, mother and father, joy over thee as to the Gods thou goest.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.21
समुद्रं गच्छ स्वाहा अन्तरिक्षं गच्छ स्वाहा देवꣳ सवितारं गच्छ स्वाहा मित्रावरुणौ गच्छ स्वाहा अहोरात्रे गच्छ स्वाहा छन्दाꣳसि गच्छ स्वाहा द्यावापृथिवी गच्छ स्वाहा यज्ञं गच्छ स्वाहा सोमं गच्छ स्वाहा दिव्यं नभो गच्छ स्वाहा अग्निं वैश्वानरं गच्छ स्वाहा मनो मे हार्दि यच्छ दिवं ते धूमो गच्छतु स्वर् ज्योतिः पृथिवीं भस्मना पृण स्वाहा
samudraṃ gaccha svāhā antarikṣaṃ gaccha svāhā devaṁ savitāraṃ gaccha svāhā mitrāvaruṇau gaccha svāhā ahorātre gaccha svāhā chandāṁsi gaccha svāhā dyāvāpṛthivī gaccha svāhā yajñaṃ gaccha svāhā somaṃ gaccha svāhā divyaṃ nabho gaccha svāhā agniṃ vaiśvānaraṃ gaccha svāhā mano me hārdi yaccha divaṃ te dhūmo gacchatu svar jyotiḥ pṛthivīṃ bhasmanā pṛṇa svāhā
Go to the ocean: svāhā. Go to the mid-air: svāhā. Go to the god Savitṛ: svāhā. Go to Mitra and Varuṇa: svāhā. Go to Day and Night: svāhā. Go to the metres: svāhā. Go to Heaven and Earth: svāhā. Go to the sacrifice: svāhā. Go to Soma: svāhā. Go to the heavenly cloud: svāhā. Go to Agni Vaiśvānara: svāhā. Hold my mind in (my) heart; let thy smoke go to heaven, to the light of the sun; fill the earth with ash: svāhā.
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Go to the sea. All-hail! Go to the air. All-hail! Go to God Savitar. All hail! Go thou to Mitra-Varuna. All-hail! Go thou to Day and Night. All-hail! Go to the Metres. till-hail! Go to Heaven and Earth. All-hail! Go to the sacrifice. All-hail! Go to Soma. All-hail! Go to the heavenly ether. All-hail! Go to Vaisvânara Agni. All hail! Bestow upon me mind and heart. Thy smoke mount to the sky, to heaven thy lustre. Fill thou the spacious earth full with thine ashes.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.22
मापो मौषधीर् हिꣳसीः धाम्नो-धाम्नो राजꣳस् ततो वरुण नो मुञ्च यद् आहुर् अघ्न्या इति वरुणेति शपामहे ततो वरुण नो मुञ्च सुमित्रिया न आप ओषधयः सन्तु +दुर्मित्रियास् तस्मै सन्तु यो स्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मः
māpo mauṣadhīr hiṁsīḥ dhāmno-dhāmno rājaṁs tato varuṇa no muñca yad āhur aghnyā iti varuṇeti śapāmahe tato varuṇa no muñca sumitriyā na āpa oṣadhayaḥ santu +durmitriyās tasmai santu yo smān dveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ
Do not injure the waters, do not injure the plants. From abode after abode, O king — from that, O Varuṇa, release us. When they say 'the cows', 'by Varuṇa' we swear — from that, O Varuṇa, release us. Let the waters and the plants be friendly to us; let them be unfriendly to him who hates us and whom we hate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Harm not the Waters, do the Plants no damage. From every place, King Varuna, thence save us. Their saying that we swear our oath by sacred cows, by Varuna, O Varuna, save us therefrom. To us let Waters and let Plants be friendly; to him who hates us, whom we hate, unfriendly.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.23
हविषीमतीर् इमा आपो हविष्माꣳ आ विवासति हविष्मान् देवो अध्वरो हविष्माꣳ अस्तु सूर्यः
haviṣīmatīr imā āpo haviṣmāṁ ā vivāsati haviṣmān devo adhvaro haviṣmāṁ astu sūryaḥ
These waters are possessed of oblation; he who has oblation seeks (them) out. The god, the rite, has oblation; may the Sun be possessed of oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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These waters teem with sacred food: rich in that food, one longs for them. Rich be the holy rite therein. In sacred food be Sûrya rich.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.24
अग्नेर् वो पन्नगृहस्य सदसि सादयामि इन्द्राग्न्योर् भागधेयी स्थ मित्रावरुण्योर् भागधेयी स्थ विश्वेषां देवानां भागधेयी स्थ अमूर् या उप सूर्ये याभिर् वा सूर्यः सह ता नो हिन्वन्त्व् अध्वरम्
agner vo pannagṛhasya sadasi sādayāmi indrāgnyor bhāgadheyī stha mitrāvaruṇyor bhāgadheyī stha viśveṣāṃ devānāṃ bhāgadheyī stha amūr yā upa sūrye yābhir vā sūryaḥ saha tā no hinvantv adhvaram
I seat you in the seat of Agni whose house is (set) below. You are the share-portion of Indra and Agni; you are the share-portion of Mitra and Varuṇa; you are the share-portion of all the gods. Those yonder which are beside the Sun, or those with which the Sun is together — let them speed our rite forward.
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I set you down in Agni's seat whose home is indestructible. Indra-and-Agni's share are ye, Mitra-and-Varuna's share are ye. The share of all the Gods are ye. May waters gathered near the Sun, and those wherewith the Sun is joined, Speed on this sacred rite of ours. 23 Thee for the heart, thee for the mind, thee for the heaven, thee for the Sun. Bear up erect to heaven, to Gods, this rite these sacrificial calls.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.25
हृदे त्वा मनसे त्वा दिवे त्वा सूर्याय त्वा ऊर्ध्वम् इमम् अध्वरं दिवि देवेषु होत्रा यच्छ
hṛde tvā manase tvā dive tvā sūryāya tvā ūrdhvam imam adhvaraṃ divi deveṣu hotrā yaccha
Thee for the heart, thee for the mind, thee for heaven, thee for the sun. Hold up this rite with the hotṛ's office, in heaven, among the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VS 6.26
सोम राजन् विश्वास् त्वं प्रजा उपाव रोह विश्वास् त्वां प्रजा उपाव रोहन्तु शृणोत्व् अग्निः समिधा हवं मे शृण्वन्त्व् आपो धिषणाश् च देवीः श्रोता ग्रावाणो विदुषो न यज्ञꣳ शृणोतु देवः सविता हवं मे स्वाहा
soma rājan viśvās tvaṃ prajā upāva roha viśvās tvāṃ prajā upāva rohantu śṛṇotv agniḥ samidhā havaṃ me śṛṇvantv āpo dhiṣaṇāś ca devīḥ śrotā grāvāṇo viduṣo na yajñaṁ śṛṇotu devaḥ savitā havaṃ me svāhā
O King Soma, descend upon all creatures; let all creatures descend upon thee. Let Agni with the kindling-wood hear my call; let the waters and the divine Dhiṣaṇās hear; hear, O pressing-stones, like one who knows the sacrifice; let the god Savitṛ hear my call: svāhā.
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Descend, O Soma, King, to all thy people. Down, unto thee, go, one and all, thy people! May Agni with his fuel hear my calling. Hear it the Waters and the Bowls, Divine Ones! Hear, Stones, as knowing sacrifice, my calling. May the God Savitar hear mine invocation. All hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.27
देवीर् आपो अपां नपाद् यो व ऊर्मिर् विष्य इन्द्रियावान् मदिन्तमः तं देवेभ्यो देवत्रा दत्त शुक्रपेभ्यो येषां भाग स्थ स्वाहा
devīr āpo apāṃ napād yo va ūrmir viṣya indriyāvān madintamaḥ taṃ devebhyo devatrā datta śukrapebhyo yeṣāṃ bhāga stha svāhā
O divine waters, O Child of the Waters — that wave of yours which is full of Indra's power, most intoxicating, release it; give it to the gods, among the gods, to the drinkers of the bright (draught), whose share you are: svāhā.
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Waters Divine, your wave, the Waters’ offspring, fit for oblation, potent, most delightful Upon those Gods among the Gods bestow it, who drink the pure, of whom ye are the portion. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.28
कार्षिर् असि समुद्रस्य त्वाक्षित्या उन् नयामि सम् आपो अद्भिर् अग्मत सम् ओषधीभिर् ओषधीः
kārṣir asi samudrasya tvākṣityā un nayāmi sam āpo adbhir agmata sam oṣadhībhir oṣadhīḥ
Thou art a furrow. For the imperishability of the ocean I lead thee up. The waters have come together with the waters, the plants with the plants.
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Drawing art thou: I draw thee up that Ocean ne’er may waste or wane. Let waters with the waters, and the plants commingle with the plants.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.29
यम् अग्ने पृत्सु मर्त्यम् अवा वाजेषु यं जुनाः स यन्ता शश्वतीर् इषः स्वाहा
yam agne pṛtsu martyam avā vājeṣu yaṃ junāḥ sa yantā śaśvatīr iṣaḥ svāhā
The mortal whom thou, Agni, helpest in battles, whom thou urgest on in contests — he gains unfailing refreshments: svāhā.
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That man is lord of endless strength whom thou protectest in the fight, Agni, or urgest to the fray.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.30
देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे श्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् आ ददे रावासि गभीरम् इमम् अध्वरं कृधीन्द्राय सुषूतमम् उत्तमेन पविनोर्जस्वन्तं मधुमन्तं पयस्वन्तम् निग्राभ्या स्थ देवश्रुतस् तर्पयत मा
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām ā dade rāvāsi gabhīram imam adhvaraṃ kṛdhīndrāya suṣūtamam uttamena pavinorjasvantaṃ madhumantaṃ payasvantam nigrābhyā stha devaśrutas tarpayata mā
At the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee. Thou art the roarer. Make this rite deep, best pressed for Indra, with the topmost felly — full of vigour, full of honey, full of milk. You are the nigrābhyā waters, heard by the gods: satisfy me.
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By impulse of God Savitar I take thee with arms of Asvins, with the hands of Pûshan. Free with thy gifts art thou. Perform for Indra this deep, most excellently ordered worship. With the most noble bolt I pay the worship enriched with strengthening food and milk and sweetness. Ye are Nigrâbhyâ waters. heard by Deities: make me content.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.31
मनो मे तर्पयत वाचं मे तर्पयत प्राणं मे तर्पयत चक्षुर् मे तर्पयत श्रोत्रं मे तर्पयतात्मानं मे तर्पयत प्रजां मे तर्पयत पशून् मे तर्पयत गणान् मे तर्पयत गणा मे मा वितृषन्
mano me tarpayata vācaṃ me tarpayata prāṇaṃ me tarpayata cakṣur me tarpayata śrotraṃ me tarpayatātmānaṃ me tarpayata prajāṃ me tarpayata paśūn me tarpayata gaṇān me tarpayata gaṇā me mā vitṛṣan
Satisfy my mind, satisfy my speech, satisfy my breath, satisfy my eye, satisfy my ear, satisfy my self, satisfy my offspring, satisfy my cattle, satisfy my troops — let my troops not go thirsty.
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Content my mind, content my speech, content my breath, content mine eye, content mine ear, content my soul, content my progeny, content my herds, content the troops of men about me: never may the bands of men about me suffer thirst.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.32
इन्द्राय त्वा वसुमते रुद्रवते इन्द्राय त्वादित्यवते इन्द्राय त्वाभिमातिघ्ने श्येनाय त्वा मोमभृते अग्नये त्वा रायस्पोषदे
indrāya tvā vasumate rudravate indrāya tvādityavate indrāya tvābhimātighne śyenāya tvā momabhṛte agnaye tvā rāyaspoṣade
Thee for Indra who has the Vasus, who has the Rudras; thee for Indra who has the Ādityas; thee for Indra the slayer of plotters; thee for the falcon who has brought (the Soma); thee for Agni the giver of increase of wealth.
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For Indra girt by Vasus and accompanied by Rudras, thee. For Indra with Âdityas, thee. For Indra foe-destroyer, thee. Thee for the Soma-bringing Hawk. For plenty-giving Agni, thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.33
यत् ते सोम दिवि ज्योतिर् यत् पृथिव्यां यद् उराव् अन्तरिक्षे तेनास्मै यजमानायोरु राये कृध्य् अधि दात्रे वोचः
yat te soma divi jyotir yat pṛthivyāṃ yad urāv antarikṣe tenāsmai yajamānāyoru rāye kṛdhy adhi dātre vocaḥ
What light of thine, O Soma, is in heaven, what on earth, what in the wide mid-air — with that make wide (room) for this sacrificer, for wealth; speak in favour of the giver.
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Soma, what light there is of thine in heaven, what on the earth, what in mid-air's wide region, Therewith give broad space to the Sacrificer for his enrichment: Comfort thou the giver.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.34
श्वात्रा स्थ वृत्रतुरो राधोगूर्ता अमृतस्य पत्नीः ता देवीर् देवत्रेमं यज्ञं नयतोपहूताः सोमस्य पिबत
śvātrā stha vṛtraturo rādhogūrtā amṛtasya patnīḥ tā devīr devatremaṃ yajñaṃ nayatopahūtāḥ somasya pibata
You are the strengthening ones, overcoming obstruction, welcomed for your bounty, wives of the immortal (Soma). You goddesses, lead this sacrifice to the gods; being invoked, drink of the Soma.
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Auspicious are ye, conquerors of Vritra, formed for bestowing wealth, the Immortal's Consorts. Lead to the Gods this sacrifice, Divine Ones! and at our invitation drink of Soma.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.35
मा भेर् मा सं विक्था ऊर्जं धत्स्व धिषणे वीड्वी सती वीडयेथाम् ऊर्जं दधाथाम् पाप्मा हतो न सोमः
mā bher mā saṃ vikthā ūrjaṃ dhatsva dhiṣaṇe vīḍvī satī vīḍayethām ūrjaṃ dadhāthām pāpmā hato na somaḥ
Fear not, shrink not; take on vigour, O Dhiṣaṇā. Being firm, be you two firm; take on vigour, you two. Soma is not slain by evil.
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Be not afraid; shake not with terror. Take thou strength. Ye two Bowls, being firm, stay firm, and take ye strength. Mishap—not Soma—hath been killed.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.36
प्राग् अपाग् उदग् अधराक् सर्वतस् त्वा दिश आ धावन्तु अम्ब नि ष्पर सम् अरीर् विदाम्
prāg apāg udag adharāk sarvatas tvā diśa ā dhāvantu amba ni ṣpara sam arīr vidām
Eastward, westward, northward, southward: from all sides let the quarters run to thee. Mother, slip in; may they find (thee) together.
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East, west, north, south, from every side to meet thee let the regions run. Fill him, O Mother, let the noble meet together.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 6.37
त्वम् अङ्ग प्र शꣳसिषो देवः शविष्ठ मर्त्यम् न त्वद् अन्यो मघवन्न् अस्ति मर्डितेन्द्र ब्रवीमि ते वचः
tvam aṅga pra śaṁsiṣo devaḥ śaviṣṭha martyam na tvad anyo maghavann asti marḍitendra bravīmi te vacaḥ
Thou indeed, O most mighty god, wilt proclaim the mortal. There is no other comforter than thee, O bounteous one; Indra, I speak my word to thee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Thou, verily, O Mightiest, as God shalt gladden mortal man. O Bounteous Lord, there is no comforter but thou. Indra, I speak my words to thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)