White Yajurveda — Vajasaneyi Samhita — Chapter 8
VS 8.1
उपयामगृहीतो सि आदित्येभ्यस् त्वा विष्ण उरुगायैष ते सोमस् तꣳ रक्षस्व मा त्वा दभन्
upayāmagṛhīto si ādityebhyas tvā viṣṇa urugāyaiṣa te somas taṁ rakṣasva mā tvā dabhan
You are taken with the upayāma. You for the Ādityas. O Viṣṇu of wide stride, this soma is yours; guard it, let them not deceive you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Book VIII TAKEN upon a base art thou. Thee for the Âdityas. Here, O Far-striding Vishnu, is thy Soma. Guard it from injury. Let them not harm thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.2
कदा चन स्तरीर् असि नेन्द्र सश्चसि दाशुषे उपोपेन् नु मघवन् भूय इन् नु ते दानं देवस्य पृच्यते आदित्येभ्यस् त्वा
kadā cana starīr asi nendra saścasi dāśuṣe upopen nu maghavan bhūya in nu te dānaṃ devasya pṛcyate ādityebhyas tvā
You are never barren; you do not (merely) attend upon the worshipper, Indra—rather, ever nearer, O bounteous one, and still more, your gift, the god's gift, is dispensed. You for the Ādityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Ne’er art thou fruitless, Indra; ne’er dost thou desert thy worshipper. But now, O Liberal Lord, thy bounty as a God is poured forth ever more and more. Thee for the Âdityas.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.3
कदा चन प्र युच्छस्य् उभे नि पासि जन्मनी तुरीयादित्य सवनं त इन्द्रियम् आ तस्थाव् अमृतं दिवि आदित्येभ्यस् त्वा
kadā cana pra yucchasy ubhe ni pāsi janmanī turīyāditya savanaṃ ta indriyam ā tasthāv amṛtaṃ divi ādityebhyas tvā
You never fail; you guard both races. O fourth Āditya, your pressing is your Indra-power; it has mounted, immortal, to heaven. You for the Ādityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Never art thou neglectful: thou guardest both races with thy care. The Soma feast, O Fourth Âditya, is thy strength. Amrit is stablished in the heavens. Thee for the Âdityas.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.4
यज्ञो देवानां प्रत्य् एति सुम्नम् आदित्यासो भवता मृडयन्तः आ वो र्वाची सुमतिर् ववृत्याद् अꣳहोश् चिद् या वरिवोवित्तरासत् आदित्येभ्यस् त्वा
yajño devānāṃ praty eti sumnam ādityāso bhavatā mṛḍayantaḥ ā vo rvācī sumatir vavṛtyād aṁhoś cid yā varivovittarāsat ādityebhyas tvā
The sacrifice goes to meet the gods' favour. O Ādityas, be gracious. May your kindly thought turn hither to us, which is the better finder of free space even out of distress. You for the Ādityas.
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The sacrifice obtains the Gods’ acceptance. Be graciously inclined to us, Âdityas. Hitherward let your favour be directed and be our best deliverer from trouble. Thee for the Âdityas.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.5
विवस्वन्न् आदित्यैष ते सोमपीथस् तस्मिन् मत्स्व श्रद् अस्मै नरो वचसे दधातन यद् आशीर्दा दम्पती वामम् अश्नुतः पुमान् पुत्रो जायते विन्दते वस्व् अधा विश्वाहार् अप एधते गृहे
vivasvann ādityaiṣa te somapīthas tasmin matsva śrad asmai naro vacase dadhātana yad āśīrdā dampatī vāmam aśnutaḥ pumān putro jāyate vindate vasv adhā viśvāhār apa edhate gṛhe
Vivasvan Āditya, this is your soma-drink; rejoice in it. Men, set trust in this my speech: that when the husband and wife who offer the milk-mixture obtain the good thing, a male son is born, he finds wealth, and then he thrives with works in his house all his days.
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This is thy Soma draught, O bright Âditya: take delight therein. To this mine utterance, O ye men, give credence, what good the man and wife obtain by praying: A manly son is burn and gathers riches, and thrives for ever sinless in the dwelling.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.6
वामम् अद्य सवितर् वामम् उ श्वो दिवे-दिवे वामम् अस्मभ्यꣳ सावीः वामस्य हि क्षयस्य देव भूरेर् अया धिया वामभाजः स्याम
vāmam adya savitar vāmam u śvo dive-dive vāmam asmabhyaṁ sāvīḥ vāmasya hi kṣayasya deva bhūrer ayā dhiyā vāmabhājaḥ syāma
The good thing today, Savitar, the good thing tomorrow, day by day—may you impel the good thing for us. For the dwelling is of much good, O god; by this thought may we be sharers in the good.
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Fair wealth, O Savitar, to-day, to-morrow, fair wealth produce for us each day that passes. May we, through this our song, be happy gainers, God! of a fair and spacious habitation.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.7
उपयामगृहीतो सि सावित्रो सि चनोधाश् चनोधा असि चनो मयि धेहि जिन्व यज्ञं जिन्व यज्ञपतिं भगाय देवाय त्वा सवित्रे
upayāmagṛhīto si sāvitro si canodhāś canodhā asi cano mayi dhehi jinva yajñaṃ jinva yajñapatiṃ bhagāya devāya tvā savitre
You are taken with the upayāma. You belong to Savitar. You are the giver of delight—you are the giver of delight; place delight in me. Quicken the sacrifice, quicken the lord of the sacrifice. You for Bhaga, for the god Savitar.
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Taken upon a base art thou. Savitar's giver of delight art thou. Giver of joy art thou: vouchsafe me joy. Speed thou the sacrifice, speed thou the sacrifice's lord to win his share. Thee for the God, for Savitar.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.8
उपयामगृहीतो सि सुशर्मासि सुप्रतिष्ठानो बृहदुक्षाय नमः विश्वेभ्यस् त्वा देवेभ्यः एष ते योनिर् विश्वेभ्यस् त्वा देवेभ्यः
upayāmagṛhīto si suśarmāsi supratiṣṭhāno bṛhadukṣāya namaḥ viśvebhyas tvā devebhyaḥ eṣa te yonir viśvebhyas tvā devebhyaḥ
You are taken with the upayāma. You are good shelter, well-based. Homage to Bṛhaduksha. You for all the gods. This is your womb. You for all the gods.
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Taken upon a base art thou. Thou art a good protector, firmly stablished. To the Great Bull be reverential homage. Thee for the Visvedevas. This is thy home: Thee for the Visvedevas.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.9
उपयामगृहीतो सि बृहस्पतिसुतस्य देव सोम त इन्दोर् इन्द्रियावतं पत्नीवतो ग्रहाꣳ ऋध्यासम् अहं परस्ताद् अहम् अवस्ताद् यद् अन्तरिक्षं तद् उ मे पिताभूत् अहꣳ सूर्यम् उभयतो ददर्शाहं देवानां परमं गुहा यत्
upayāmagṛhīto si bṛhaspatisutasya deva soma ta indor indriyāvataṃ patnīvato grahāṁ ṛdhyāsam ahaṃ parastād aham avastād yad antarikṣaṃ tad u me pitābhūt ahaṁ sūryam ubhayato dadarśāhaṃ devānāṃ paramaṃ guhā yat
You are taken with the upayāma. O god Soma, of the drop pressed by Bṛhaspati—may I succeed with your draughts full of Indra's power, accompanied by the wives. I am above, I am below; what the midspace is, that indeed has become my father. I have seen the Sun from both sides; I (have seen) what is the highest of the gods, in hiding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Taken upon a base art thou. May it be mine to prosper the libations of thee Brihaspati's son, O radiant Soma, of thee, strong Indu, mated with thy Consorts. I am in heaven above, on earth beneath it. The intermediate region was my father. I saw the Sun both from above and under. I am what Gods in secret hold the highest.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.10
अग्ना३इ पत्नीवन्त् सजूर् देवेन त्वष्ट्रा सोमं पिब स्वाहा प्रजापतिर् वृषासि रेतोधा रेतो मयि धेहि प्रजापतेस् त वृष्णो रेतोधसो रेतोधाम् अशीय
agnā3i patnīvant sajūr devena tvaṣṭrā somaṃ piba svāhā prajāpatir vṛṣāsi retodhā reto mayi dhehi prajāpates ta vṛṣṇo retodhaso retodhām aśīya
O Agni, accompanied by the wives, together with the god Tvaṣṭar, drink the soma. Svāhā. You are Prajāpati, you are the bull, the placer of seed; place seed in me. May I attain the seed-placing of you, Prajāpati, the bull, the placer of seed.
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Agni, associate with the Dames, accordant with the God Tvashtar, drink. All-hail! Thou art Prajâpati, strong male, impregner: may I obtain from thee, strong male, impregner, a son who shall himself become a father.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.11
उपयामगृहीतो सि हरिर् असि हारियोजनो हरिभ्यां त्वा हर्योर् धाना स्थ सहसोमा इन्द्राय
upayāmagṛhīto si harir asi hāriyojano haribhyāṃ tvā haryor dhānā stha sahasomā indrāya
You are taken with the upayāma. You are the tawny one, the yoker of the tawny pair. You for the two tawny horses. You are the grains for the tawny pair, together with the soma, for Indra.
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Taken upon a base art thou. Thou art bay-coloured, Yoker of Bay Coursers. Thee for the pair of tawny-coloured horses. United with the Soma, ye, for Indra, are corn for his two tawny steeds to feed on.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.12
यस् ते अश्वसनिर् भक्षो यो गोसनिस् तस्य त इष्टयजुष स्तुतसोमस्य शस्तोक्थस्योपहूतस्योपहूतो भक्षयामि
yas te aśvasanir bhakṣo yo gosanis tasya ta iṣṭayajuṣa stutasomasya śastokthasyopahūtasyopahūto bhakṣayāmi
That draught of yours which wins horses, which wins cattle—of that, yours, with the yajus offered, the soma praised, the uktha recited, and it invited, I, invited, partake.
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That draught of thine which winneth cows or horses, offered with sacrificial text and lauded With chanted hymns and songs of adoration—of that permitted do I take permitted.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.13
देवकृतस्यैनसो वयजनम् असि मनुष्यकृतस्यैनसो वयजनम् असि पितृकृतस्यैनसो वयजनम् असि आत्मकृतस्यैनसो वयजनम् असि एनस-एनसो वयजनम् असि यच् चाहम् एनो विद्वाꣳश् चकार यच् चाविद्वाꣳस् तस्य सर्वस्यैनसो वयजनम् असि ।
devakṛtasyainaso vayajanam asi manuṣyakṛtasyainaso vayajanam asi pitṛkṛtasyainaso vayajanam asi ātmakṛtasyainaso vayajanam asi enasa-enaso vayajanam asi yac cāham eno vidvāṁś cakāra yac cāvidvāṁs tasya sarvasyainaso vayajanam asi /
Thou art the wiping away of sin committed by the gods; thou art the wiping away of sin committed by men; thou art the wiping away of sin committed by the fathers; thou art the wiping away of sin committed by myself; thou art the wiping away of every sin; and whatever sin I have done knowingly, and whatever unknowingly — of all that thou art the wiping away.
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Of sin against the Gods thou art atonement. Of sin against mankind thou art atonement. For sin against the Fathers thou atonest. Of sin against oneself thou art atonement. Of every sort of sin thou art atonement. The sin that I have knowingly committed, the sin that unawares I have committed, of all that wickedness thou art the atonement.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.14
सं वर्चसा पयसा सं तनूभिर् अगन्महि मनसा सꣳ शिवेन त्वष्टा सुदत्रो वि दधातु रायो नु मार्ष्टु तन्वो यद् विलिष्टम्
saṃ varcasā payasā saṃ tanūbhir aganmahi manasā saṁ śivena tvaṣṭā sudatro vi dadhātu rāyo nu mārṣṭu tanvo yad viliṣṭam
With splendour, with milk, with (our) bodies we have come together, together with a kindly mind. May Tvaṣṭṛ, the good giver, apportion riches; may he now smooth out whatever of the body has been torn apart.
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We with our bodies have again united, with lustre, vital sap, and happy spirit. Giver of boons, may Tvashtar grant us riches and smooth whate’er was injured in our body.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.15
सम् इन्द्र णो मनसा नेषि गोभिः सꣳ सूरिभिर् मघवन्त् सꣳ स्वस्त्या सं ब्रह्मणा देवकृतं यद् अस्ति सं देवानाꣳ सुमतौ यज्ञियानाꣳ स्वाहा
sam indra ṇo manasā neṣi gobhiḥ saṁ sūribhir maghavant saṁ svastyā saṃ brahmaṇā devakṛtaṃ yad asti saṃ devānāṁ sumatau yajñiyānāṁ svāhā
Together with (their) mind, O Indra, lead us, together with cattle, together with patrons, O bounteous one, together with well-being, together with the sacred formula — whatever is made by the gods — together into the favour of the gods who are worthy of sacrifice. Svāhā.
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Lead us with thought to wealth in kine, O Indra, to princes, Lord of Bounty! and to welfare. Lead thou us on to God-inspired devotion, to favour of the Gods who merit worship. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.16
सं वर्चसा पयसा सं तनूभिर् अगन्महि मनसा सꣳ शिवेन त्वष्टा सुदत्रो विदधातु रायो नु मार्ष्टु तन्वो यद् विलिष्टम्
saṃ varcasā payasā saṃ tanūbhir aganmahi manasā saṁ śivena tvaṣṭā sudatro vidadhātu rāyo nu mārṣṭu tanvo yad viliṣṭam
With splendour, with milk, with (our) bodies we have come together, together with a kindly mind. May Tvaṣṭṛ, the good giver, apportion riches; may he now smooth out whatever of the body has been torn apart.
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Verse 14 repeated.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.17
धाता रातिः सवितेदं जुषन्तां प्रजापतिर् निधिपा देवो अग्निः त्वष्टा विष्णुः प्रजया सꣳरराणा यजमानाय द्रविणं दधात स्वाहा
dhātā rātiḥ savitedaṃ juṣantāṃ prajāpatir nidhipā devo agniḥ tvaṣṭā viṣṇuḥ prajayā saṁrarāṇā yajamānāya draviṇaṃ dadhāta svāhā
May Dhātṛ, Rāti, Savitṛ take pleasure in this, (and) Prajāpati, the god Agni guardian of the treasure, Tvaṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu — being generous with offspring, bestow wealth upon the sacrificer. Svāhā.
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May this please Savitar and liberal Dhâtar, Prajâpati the Treasure-Guard, bright Agni, Tvashtar, and Vishnu: blessing him with children, grant store of riches to the Sacrificer.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.18
सुगा वो देवाः सदना अकर्म य आजग्मेदꣳ सवनं जुषाणाः भरमाणा वहमाना हवीꣳष्य् अस्मे धत्त वसवो वसूनि स्वाहा
sugā vo devāḥ sadanā akarma ya ājagmedaṁ savanaṃ juṣāṇāḥ bharamāṇā vahamānā havīṁṣy asme dhatta vasavo vasūni svāhā
Easy of access, O gods, have we made your seats — you who have come to this pressing, taking pleasure in it, bearing and carrying the oblations. Bestow on us goods, O Vasus. Svāhā.
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Gods, we have made your seats easy of access, who, pleased with us, have come to this libation. Bearing and bringing hitherward your treasures, grant to this man, good Lords, abundant riches. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.19
याꣳ आवह उशतो देव देवाꣳस् तान् प्रेरय स्वे अग्ने सधस्थे जक्षिवाꣳसः पपिवाꣳसश् च विश्वे सुं धर्मꣳ स्वरातिष्ठतानु स्वाहा
yāṁ āvaha uśato deva devāṁs tān preraya sve agne sadhasthe jakṣivāṁsaḥ papivāṁsaś ca viśve suṃ dharmaṁ svarātiṣṭhatānu svāhā
The gods, the eager ones, whom thou hast brought here, O god — urge them forth, O Agni, in thine own abode. Having eaten and having drunk, all of you, stand ye up in accordance with the good ordinance, toward heaven. Svāhā.
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The willing Gods whom, God, thou hast brought hither, send them to their own dwelling-place, O Agni. As all of you have eaten and have drunken, approach the air, the heat, the light of heaven.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.20
वयꣳ हि त्वा प्रयति यज्ञे अस्मिन्न् अग्ने होतारम् अवृणीमहीह ऋधग् अया ऋधग् उताशमिष्ठाः प्रजानन् यज्ञम् उप याहि विद्वान्त् स्वाहा
vayaṁ hi tvā prayati yajñe asminn agne hotāram avṛṇīmahīha ṛdhag ayā ṛdhag utāśamiṣṭhāḥ prajānan yajñam upa yāhi vidvānt svāhā
For we, at this sacrifice as it is set forth, have chosen thee here, O Agni, as hotṛ. He has gone straight and has performed straight (the rite); knowing well, come to the sacrifice, O wise one. Svāhā.
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Here, Agni, as this sacrifice proceedeth, have we elected thee to be our Hotar. Special have been thine offerings and thy labour. Well knowing sacrifice, as sage, come near us.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.21
देवा गातुविदो गातुं वित्त्वा गातुम् इत मनसस्पत इमं देव यज्ञꣳ स्वाहा वाते धाः
devā gātuvido gātuṃ vittvā gātum ita manasaspata imaṃ deva yajñaṁ svāhā vāte dhāḥ
O gods who know the way, having found the way, go on the way. O lord of the mind, place this sacrifice, O god, in the wind. Svāhā.
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Do ye, O Gods, discoverers of the Pathway, go forward on the path when ye have found it. O God, thou Lord and Master of the Spirit, bestow— All-hail!—this sacrifice on Vâta.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.22
यज्ञ यज्ञं गच्छ यज्ञपतिं गच्छ स्वां योनिं गच्छ स्वाहा एष ते यज्ञो यज्ञपते सहसूक्तवाकः सर्ववीरस् तज् जुषस्व स्वाहा
yajña yajñaṃ gaccha yajñapatiṃ gaccha svāṃ yoniṃ gaccha svāhā eṣa te yajño yajñapate sahasūktavākaḥ sarvavīras taj juṣasva svāhā
O sacrifice, go to the sacrifice, go to the lord of the sacrifice, go to thine own womb. Svāhā. This is thy sacrifice, O lord of the sacrifice, together with the recitation of the hymn, with all its heroes: take pleasure in it. Svāhā.
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Go, Sacrifice, to the sacrifice: seek thou the sacrifice's lord, seek thine own home. All-hail! Lord of the sacrifice, this is thy sacrifice, followed by many heroes, loud with hymns of praise. Accept it thou. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.23
माहिर् भूर् मा पृदाकुः उरुꣳ हि राजा वरुणश् चकार सूर्याय पन्थाम् अन्वेतवा उ अपदे पादा प्रतिधातवे कर् उतापवक्ता हृदयाविधश् चित् नमो वरुणायाभिष्ठितो वरुणस्य पाशः
māhir bhūr mā pṛdākuḥ uruṁ hi rājā varuṇaś cakāra sūryāya panthām anvetavā u apade pādā pratidhātave kar utāpavaktā hṛdayāvidhaś cit namo varuṇāyābhiṣṭhito varuṇasya pāśaḥ
Be not a snake, be not an adder. For king Varuṇa has made a broad path for the sun to follow after; he made (a place) for the feet to be set down where there is no foothold, and he is the rebuker of him who wounds the heart. Homage to Varuṇa! Varuṇa's noose is set upon (thee).
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Become no serpent thou, become no viper. King Vat-tins hath made a spacious pathway, a pathway for the Sun wherein to travel. Where no way was he made him set his footstep, and warned afar whate’er afflicts the spirit. To Varuna be reverential homage! Varuna's noose beneath our feet is trampled.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.24
अग्नेर् अनीकम् अप आ विवेशापां नपात् प्रतिरक्षन्न् असुर्यम् दमे-दमे समिधं यक्ष्य् अग्ने प्रति ते जिह्वा घृतम् उच् चरण्यत् स्वाहा
agner anīkam apa ā viveśāpāṃ napāt pratirakṣann asuryam dame-dame samidhaṃ yakṣy agne prati te jihvā ghṛtam uc caraṇyat svāhā
He has entered the waters, the front of Agni, the Child of the Waters, guarding the asura-power. In house after house offer the kindling-stick, O Agni; toward thee let the tongue dart up the ghee. Svāhā.
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The waters, face of Agni, have I entered, O Waters’ Child, repelling evil spirits. Offer the fuel in each home, O Agni. Let thy tongue dart —All-hail!—to meet the butter.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.25
समुद्रे ते हृदयम् अप्स्व् अन्तः सं त्वा विशन्त्व् ओषधीर् उतापः यज्ञस्य त्वा यज्ञपते सूक्तोक्तौ नमोवाके विधेम यत् स्वाहा
samudre te hṛdayam apsv antaḥ saṃ tvā viśantv oṣadhīr utāpaḥ yajñasya tvā yajñapate sūktoktau namovāke vidhema yat svāhā
In the sea is thy heart, within the waters; may the plants and the waters enter into thee. May we do worship to thee, O lord of the sacrifice, at the sacrifice's utterance of the well-spoken hymn, in the speech of homage. Svāhā.
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Thy heart is in the flood, within the waters. With thee let plants and waters be commingled, That, Lard of Sacrifice, we may adore thee with singing praise and telling forth our homage. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.26
देवीर् आप एष वो गर्भस् तꣳ सुप्रीतꣳ सुभृतं बिभृत देव सोमैष ते लोकस् तस्मिञ् छं च वक्ष्व परि च वक्ष्व
devīr āpa eṣa vo garbhas taṁ suprītaṁ subhṛtaṃ bibhṛta deva somaiṣa te lokas tasmiñ chaṃ ca vakṣva pari ca vakṣva
O divine waters, this is your embryo; bear it well pleased, well cherished. O god Soma, this is thy world; therein speak thou weal, and speak thou all about.
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This, O celestial Waters, is your offspring. Support him dearly loved and gently nurtured. This is thy station, O celestial Soma; therein bring happiness and ward off evil. 17 O restless Purifying Bath, thou glidest onward restlessly. May I with aid of Gods remove the stain of sin against the Gods, and wash away with mortals’ help the wrong that hath been done to men. Preserve me, God, from injury, from the loud-roaring demon foe. Thou art the fuel of the Gods.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.27
अवभृथ निचुम्पुण निचेरुर् असि निचुम्पुणः अव देवैर् देवकृतम् एनो यासिषम् अव मर्त्यैर् मर्त्यकृतं पुरुराव्णो देव रिषस् पाहि देवानाꣳ समिद् असि
avabhṛtha nicumpuṇa nicerur asi nicumpuṇaḥ ava devair devakṛtam eno yāsiṣam ava martyair martyakṛtaṃ pururāvṇo deva riṣas pāhi devānāṁ samid asi
O final bath, O Nicumpuṇa, thou art the down-flowing, the Nicumpuṇa. By the gods may I remove the sin done by the gods, by mortals the sin done by mortals. O god, protect (us) from the injury of the loud-roaring one. Thou art the kindling-stick of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VS 8.28
एजतु दशमास्यो गर्भो जरायुणा सह यथायं वायुर् एजति यथा समुद्र एजति एवायं दशमास्यो अस्रज् जरायुणा सह
ejatu daśamāsyo garbho jarāyuṇā saha yathāyaṃ vāyur ejati yathā samudra ejati evāyaṃ daśamāsyo asraj jarāyuṇā saha
Let the ten-month embryo stir, together with the afterbirth. As this wind stirs, as the sea stirs, so has this ten-month one been released, together with the afterbirth.
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Let, still unborn, the ten-month calf move with the following after-birth. Even as the-wind is moving, as the gathered flood of ocean moves, So may this ten-month calf come forth together with the after-birth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.29
यस्यै ते यज्ञियो गर्भो यस्यै योनिर् हिरण्यी अङ्गान्य् अह्रुता यस्य तं मात्रा सम् अजीगमꣳ स्वाहा
yasyai te yajñiyo garbho yasyai yonir hiraṇyī aṅgāny ahrutā yasya taṃ mātrā sam ajīgamaṁ svāhā
Thou whose embryo is fit for sacrifice, whose womb is golden, whose limbs are unbent — him have I brought together with the mother. Svāhā.
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O thou who hast a womb of gold and offspring meet for sacrifice, Him with all limbs unbroken have I brought together with his dam. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.30
पुरुदस्मो विषुरूप इन्दुर् अन्तर् महिमानम् आनञ्ज धीरः एकपदीं द्विपदीं त्रिपदीं चतुष्पदीम् अष्टापदीं भुवनानु प्रथन्ताꣳ स्वाहा
purudasmo viṣurūpa indur antar mahimānam ānañja dhīraḥ ekapadīṃ dvipadīṃ tripadīṃ catuṣpadīm aṣṭāpadīṃ bhuvanānu prathantāṁ svāhā
Of many wonders, of various forms, the drop (Indu), the wise one, has anointed his greatness within. Let the one-footed, the two-footed, the three-footed, the four-footed, the eight-footed (verse-forms) spread out along the worlds. Svāhā.
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Multiform, rich in wondrous operation, the strong juice hath enrobed itself with greatness. Let the worlds praise her uniped and biped, three-footed and four-footed and eight-footed. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.31
मरुतो यस्य हि क्षये पाथा दिवो विमहसः स सुगोपातमो जनः
maruto yasya hi kṣaye pāthā divo vimahasaḥ sa sugopātamo janaḥ
For in whose dwelling you protect, O Maruts of exceeding might, (sons) of heaven — that man is the best guarded.
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Verily, best of guardians hath he in whose dwelling-place ye drink, O Maruts, giants of the sky.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.32
मही द्यौः पृथिवी च न इमं यज्ञं मिमिक्षताम् पिपृतां नो भरीमभिः
mahī dyauḥ pṛthivī ca na imaṃ yajñaṃ mimikṣatām pipṛtāṃ no bharīmabhiḥ
May the great Heaven and Earth make this sacrifice of ours well mixed; may they fill us with sustenance.
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May Heaven and Earth, the Mighty Pair, besprinkle this our sacrifice, And feed us full with nourishments.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.33
आ तिष्ठ वृत्रहन् रथं युक्ता ते ब्रह्मणा हरी अर्वाचीनꣳ सु ते मनो ग्रावा कृणोतु वग्नुना उपयामगृहीतो सीन्द्राय त्वा षोडशिने एष ते योनिर् इन्द्राय त्वा षोडशिने
ā tiṣṭha vṛtrahan rathaṃ yuktā te brahmaṇā harī arvācīnaṁ su te mano grāvā kṛṇotu vagnunā upayāmagṛhīto sīndrāya tvā ṣoḍaśine eṣa te yonir indrāya tvā ṣoḍaśine
Mount the chariot, slayer of Vṛtra; your two bay horses have been yoked by the sacred word. May the pressing-stone with its sound turn your mind toward us. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Indra Ṣoḍaśin (of the sixteen). This is thy womb: thee for Indra Ṣoḍaśin.
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Slayer of Vritra, mount thy car: thy Bay Steeds have been yoked by prayer. May, with its voice, the pressing-stone draw thine attention hither ward. Taken upon a base art thou. For Indra thee, for Shodasî. This is a dwelling-place for thee. For Indra thee, for Shodasî.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.34
युक्ष्वा हि केशिना हरी वृषणा कक्ष्यप्रा अथा न इन्द्र सोमपा गिराम् उपश्रुतिं चर उपयामगृहीतो सीन्द्राय त्वा षोडशिने एष ते योनिर् इन्द्राय त्वा षोडशिने
yukṣvā hi keśinā harī vṛṣaṇā kakṣyaprā athā na indra somapā girām upaśrutiṃ cara upayāmagṛhīto sīndrāya tvā ṣoḍaśine eṣa te yonir indrāya tvā ṣoḍaśine
Yoke, then, the two maned bay stallions that fill the girths; and then, Indra, soma-drinker, come to the hearing of our songs. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Indra Ṣoḍaśin. This is thy womb: thee for Indra Ṣoḍaśin.
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Harness thy pair of strong Bay Steeds, long-maned, whose bodies fill the girths, And, Indra, Soma-drinker, come to listen to our songs of praise. Taken upon a base, etc., as in 33.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.35
इन्द्रम् इद् धरी वहतो प्रतिधृष्टशवसम् ऋषीणां च स्तुतीर् उप यज्ञं च मानुषाणाम् उपयामगृहीतो सीन्द्राय त्वा षोडशिने एष ते योनिर् इन्द्राय त्वा षोडशिने
indram id dharī vahato pratidhṛṣṭaśavasam ṛṣīṇāṃ ca stutīr upa yajñaṃ ca mānuṣāṇām upayāmagṛhīto sīndrāya tvā ṣoḍaśine eṣa te yonir indrāya tvā ṣoḍaśine
The two bays carry Indra, whose force is unopposed, to the praises of the ṛṣis and to the sacrifice of men. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Indra Ṣoḍaśin. This is thy womb: thee for Indra Ṣoḍaśin.
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His pair of tawny Coursers bring Indra of unresisted might Hither to Rishis’ songs of praise and sacrifice performed by men. Taken upon a base, etc., as in 33.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.36
यस्मन् न जातः परो अन्यो अस्ति य आविवेश भुवनानि विश्वा प्रजापतिः प्रजया सꣳरराणस् त्रीणि ज्योतीꣳषि सचते स षोलशी
yasman na jātaḥ paro anyo asti ya āviveśa bhuvanāni viśvā prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṁrarāṇas trīṇi jyotīṁṣi sacate sa ṣolaśī
He than whom no other higher has been born, who has entered into all the worlds — Prajāpati, taking delight together with his offspring, attends upon the three lights: he is the Ṣoḍaśin.
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Than whom there is none other born more mighty, who hath pervaded all existing creatures— Prajâpati, rejoicing in his offspring, he, Shodasî, maintains the three great lustres.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.37
इन्द्रश् च सम्राड् वरुणश् च राजा तौ ते भक्षं चक्रतुर् अग्र् एतम् तयोर् अहम् अनु भक्षं भक्षयामि वाग् देवी जुषाणा सोमस्य तृप्यतु सह प्राणेन स्वाहा
indraś ca samrāḍ varuṇaś ca rājā tau te bhakṣaṃ cakratur agr etam tayor aham anu bhakṣaṃ bhakṣayāmi vāg devī juṣāṇā somasya tṛpyatu saha prāṇena svāhā
Indra the sovereign and Varuṇa the king — those two made this portion of thine at the outset; after those two I consume my portion. May the goddess Vāc, taking pleasure, be sated with soma, together with breath. Svāhā.
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Indra chief Lord and Varuna the Sovran have made this draught of thine the first and foremost. I, after, drink their draught. May she, the Goddess of Speech, rejoicing, sate herself with Soma—All-hail!—with Prâna as her feast-companion.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.38
अग्ने पवस्व स्वपा अस्मे वर्चः सुवीर्यम् दधद् रयिं मयि पोषम् उपयामगृहीतो स्य् अग्नये त्वा वर्चसे एष ते योनिर् अग्नये त्वा वर्चसे अग्ने वर्चस्विन् वर्चस्वाꣳस् त्वं देवेष्व् असि वर्चस्वान् अहं मनुष्येषु भूयासम्
agne pavasva svapā asme varcaḥ suvīryam dadhad rayiṃ mayi poṣam upayāmagṛhīto sy agnaye tvā varcase eṣa te yonir agnaye tvā varcase agne varcasvin varcasvāṁs tvaṃ deveṣv asi varcasvān ahaṃ manuṣyeṣu bhūyāsam
Agni, purify thyself, thou of good work; (give) to us splendour and strong manhood, setting wealth and thriving in me. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Agni, for splendour. This is thy womb: thee for Agni, for splendour. O Agni, possessor of splendour, thou art the splendid one among the gods; may I be the splendid one among men.
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Skilled in thy task, O Agni, pour lustre and hero strength on us, Granting me wealth and affluence. Taken upon a base art thou. For Agni thee, for splendour This is thy home. For Agni thee, for splendour. Thou, lustrous Agni, mid the Gods art splendid. May I among mankind be bright with lustre.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.39
उत्तिष्ठन्न् ओजसा सह पीत्वी शिप्रे अवेपयः सोमम् इन्द्र चमू सुतम् उपयामगृहीतो सीन्द्राय त्वौजसे एष ते योनिर् इन्द्राय त्वौजसे इन्द्रौजिष्ठौजिष्ठस् त्वं देवेष्व् अस्य् ओजिष्ठो हं मनुष्येषु भूयासम्
uttiṣṭhann ojasā saha pītvī śipre avepayaḥ somam indra camū sutam upayāmagṛhīto sīndrāya tvaujase eṣa te yonir indrāya tvaujase indraujiṣṭhaujiṣṭhas tvaṃ deveṣv asy ojiṣṭho haṃ manuṣyeṣu bhūyāsam
Rising up together with your might, having drunk, you made your jaws quiver, Indra, at the soma pressed in the two cups. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Indra, for might. This is thy womb: thee for Indra, for might. O Indra, mightiest one, thou art the mightiest among the gods; may I be the mightiest among men.
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Arising in thy might thy jaws thou shookest, Indra, having drunk The Soma which the mortar pressed. Taken upon a base art thou. For Indra thee, for mighty strength. This is thy home. For Indra thee, for might. Among the Gods thou art the mightiest, Indra. Among mankind I fain would be most mighty.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.40
अदृश्रम् अस्य केतवो वि रश्मयो जनाꣳ अनु भ्राजन्तो अग्नयो यथा उपयामगृहीतो सि सूर्याय त्वा भ्राजाय एष ते योनिः सूर्याय त्वा भ्राजाय सूर्य भ्राजिष्ठ भ्राजिष्ठस् त्वं देवेष्व् असि भ्राजिष्ठो हं मनुष्येषु भूयासम्
adṛśram asya ketavo vi raśmayo janāṁ anu bhrājanto agnayo yathā upayāmagṛhīto si sūryāya tvā bhrājāya eṣa te yoniḥ sūryāya tvā bhrājāya sūrya bhrājiṣṭha bhrājiṣṭhas tvaṃ deveṣv asi bhrājiṣṭho haṃ manuṣyeṣu bhūyāsam
I have beheld his beacons, his rays spread out along the peoples, blazing like fires. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Sūrya, for radiance. This is thy womb: thee for Sūrya, for radiance. O Sūrya, most radiant one, thou art the most radiant among the gods; may I be the most radiant among men.
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His herald rays are seen afar refulgent o’er the world of men, Like flames of fire that burn and blaze. Taken upon a base art thou. For Sûrya, for the Bright One, thee. This is thy home. For Sûrya, for the Bright One, thee. Thou among Gods art brightest, brightest Sûrya. Among mankind I fain would be the brightest.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.41
उद् उ त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम् उपयामगृहीतो सि सूर्याय त्वा भ्राजाय एष ते योनिः सूर्याय त्वा भ्राजाय सूर्य भ्राजिष्ठ भ्राजिष्ठस् त्वं देवेष्व् असि भ्राजिष्ठो हं मनुष्येषु भूयासम्
ud u tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ dṛśe viśvāya sūryam upayāmagṛhīto si sūryāya tvā bhrājāya eṣa te yoniḥ sūryāya tvā bhrājāya sūrya bhrājiṣṭha bhrājiṣṭhas tvaṃ deveṣv asi bhrājiṣṭho haṃ manuṣyeṣu bhūyāsam
Upward the beacons carry that god Jātavedas, the Sun, for all to see. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Sūrya, for radiance. This is thy womb: thee for Sūrya, for radiance. O Sūrya, most radiant one, thou art the most radiant among the gods; may I be the most radiant among men.
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His herald rays bear him aloft, the God who knoweth all that lives, Sûrya, that all may look at him. Taken upon a base, etc., as in 40.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.42
सहस्रं धुक्ष्वोरुधारा पयस्वती पुनर् माविशताद् रयिः
sahasraṃ dhukṣvorudhārā payasvatī punar māviśatād rayiḥ
Yield a thousandfold, thou of broad streams, rich in milk; may wealth enter into me again.
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Smell thou the vat. Let Soma drops pass into thee, O Mighty One. Return again with store of sap. Pour for us wealth in thou- sands thou with full broad streams and floods of milk. A Let riches come again to me.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.43
इडे रन्ते हव्ये काम्ये चन्द्रे ज्योते दिते सरस्वति महि विश्रुति एता ते अघ्न्ये नामानि देवेभ्यो मा सुकृतंं ब्रूतात्
iḍe rante havye kāmye candre jyote dite sarasvati mahi viśruti etā te aghnye nāmāni devebhyo mā sukṛtaṃṃ brūtāt
O Iḍā, Rantī, Havyā, Kāmyā, Candrā, Jyotī, Ditī, Sarasvatī, Mahī, Viśrutī — these are thy names, O inviolable one; declare me to the gods as a doer of good work.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Idâ, delightful, worshipful, loveable, splendid, shining One, Inviolable, full of sap, the Mighty One, most glorious, These are thy names, O Cow: tell thou the Gods that I act righteously.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.44
वि न इन्द्र मृधो जहि नीचा यच्छ पृतन्यतः यो अस्माꣳ अभिदासत्य् अधरं गमया तमः उपयामगृहीतो सीन्द्राय त्वा विमृधे एष ते योनिर् इन्द्राय त्वा विमृधे
vi na indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yaccha pṛtanyataḥ yo asmāṁ abhidāsaty adharaṃ gamayā tamaḥ upayāmagṛhīto sīndrāya tvā vimṛdhe eṣa te yonir indrāya tvā vimṛdhe
Indra, strike apart from us those who despise us; press down those who make war; whoever attacks us, make him go to the lower darkness. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Indra Vimṛdh (scatterer of scorners). This is thy womb: thee for Indra Vimṛdh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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O Indra, beat our foes away, humble the men who challenge us: Send down to nether darkness him who seeks to do us injury. Taken upon a base art thou. For Indra, foe-dispeller, thee. This is thy home. For Indra, foe-dispeller, thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.45
वाचस् पतिं विश्वकर्माणम् ऊतये मनोजुवं वाजे अद्या हुवेम स नो विश्वानि हवनानि जोषद् विश्वशम्भूर् अवसे साधुकर्मा उपयामगृहीतो सीन्द्राय त्वा विश्वकर्मणे एष ते योनिर् इन्द्राय त्वा विश्वकर्मणे
vācas patiṃ viśvakarmāṇam ūtaye manojuvaṃ vāje adyā huvema sa no viśvāni havanāni joṣad viśvaśambhūr avase sādhukarmā upayāmagṛhīto sīndrāya tvā viśvakarmaṇe eṣa te yonir indrāya tvā viśvakarmaṇe
The lord of speech, the all-maker, swift as thought — let us today invoke him for aid in the contest. May he take pleasure in all our invocations, he who is a benefit to all, whose work is effective, (and be here) for our help. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Indra Viśvakarman. This is thy womb: thee for Indra Viśvakarman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Let us invoke to-day, to aid our labour, the Lord of Speech, the thought-swift Visvakarman. May he hear kindly all our invocations, who gives all bliss for aid, whose works are righteous. Taken upon a base art thou. For Indra Visvakarman thee. This is thy home. For Indra Visvakarman thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.46
विश्वकर्मन् हविषा वर्धनेन त्रातारम् इन्द्रम् अकृणोर् अवध्यम् तस्मै विशः समनमन्त पूर्वीर् अयम् उग्रो विहव्यो यथासत् उपयामगृहीतो सीन्द्राय त्वा विश्वकर्मणे एष ते योनिर् इन्द्राय त्वा विश्वकर्मणे
viśvakarman haviṣā vardhanena trātāram indram akṛṇor avadhyam tasmai viśaḥ samanamanta pūrvīr ayam ugro vihavyo yathāsat upayāmagṛhīto sīndrāya tvā viśvakarmaṇe eṣa te yonir indrāya tvā viśvakarmaṇe
O Viśvakarman, with the strengthening oblation thou madest Indra the protector, unslayable; to him the many clans bowed down together, that he might be formidable and much-invoked. Taken with the upayāma art thou: thee for Indra Viśvakarman. This is thy womb: thee for Indra Viśvakarman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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With strengthening libation, Visvakarman, thou madest Indra an undying guardian. The people of old time bowed down before him because the Mighty One was meet for worship. Taken upon a base, etc., as in 45.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.47
उपयामगृहीतो स्य् अग्नये त्वा गायत्रच्छन्दसं गृह्णामि इन्द्राय त्वा त्रिष्टुप्छन्दसं गृह्णामि विश्वेभ्यस् त्वा देवेभ्यो जगच्छन्दसं गृह्णामि अनुष्टुप् ते भिगरः
upayāmagṛhīto sy agnaye tvā gāyatracchandasaṃ gṛhṇāmi indrāya tvā triṣṭupchandasaṃ gṛhṇāmi viśvebhyas tvā devebhyo jagacchandasaṃ gṛhṇāmi anuṣṭup te bhigaraḥ
Taken with the upayāma art thou: for Agni I take thee, having the gāyatrī metre; for Indra I take thee, having the triṣṭubh metre; for all the gods I take thee, having the jagatī metre; the anuṣṭubh is thy response-formula.
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Taken upon a base art thou. I take thee lord of Gâyatrî for Agni. For Indra take I thee the lord of Trishtup. I lake thee lord of Jagatî for All-Gods. Anushtup is the song that sings thy praises.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.48
व्रेशीनां त्वा पत्मन्न् आ धूनोमि कुकाननानां त्वा पत्मन्न् आ धूनोमि भन्दनानां त्वा पत्मन्न् आ धूनोमि मदिन्तमानां त्वा पत्मन्न् आ धूनोमि मधुन्तमानां त्वा पत्मन्न् आ धूनोमि शुक्रं त्वा शुक्र आ धूनोम्य् अह्नो रूपे सूर्यस्य रश्मिषु
vreśīnāṃ tvā patmann ā dhūnomi kukānanānāṃ tvā patmann ā dhūnomi bhandanānāṃ tvā patmann ā dhūnomi madintamānāṃ tvā patmann ā dhūnomi madhuntamānāṃ tvā patmann ā dhūnomi śukraṃ tvā śukra ā dhūnomy ahno rūpe sūryasya raśmiṣu
In the flight of the quivering ones I shake thee down; in the flight of the ill-sounding(?) ones I shake thee down; in the flight of the joyous ones I shake thee down; in the flight of the most intoxicating ones I shake thee down; in the flight of the sweetest ones I shake thee down; bright, I shake thee down into the bright, in the form of day, among the rays of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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I stir thee for the fall of cloud-borne waters. I stir thee for the fall of streams that gurgle. I stir thee for the fall of those that gladden. I stir thee for their fall who are most lovely. I stir thee for their fall that are the sweetest. I stir thee for the waters’ fall, I stir thee, pure one, in the pure, in the day's form, in Sûrya's beams.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.49
ककुभꣳ रूपं वृषभस्य रोचते बृहच् छुक्रः शुक्रस्य पुरोगाः सोमः सोमस्य पुरोगाः यत् ते सोमादाभ्यं नाम जागृवि तस्मै त्वा गृह्णामि तस्मै ते सोम सोमाय स्वाहा
kakubhaṁ rūpaṃ vṛṣabhasya rocate bṛhac chukraḥ śukrasya purogāḥ somaḥ somasya purogāḥ yat te somādābhyaṃ nāma jāgṛvi tasmai tvā gṛhṇāmi tasmai te soma somāya svāhā
The towering form of the bull shines out on high. The bright one is forerunner of the bright; Soma is forerunner of Soma. That wakeful, not-to-be-deceived name of thine, O Soma — for that I take thee; for that, O Soma, thee to Soma, svāhā.
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The Bull's majestic form is shining brightly, the pure the pure's preceder, Soma Soma's. Whatever name invincible, stimulating, is thine, O Soma, for that name I take thee. All-hail to Soma, unto thee, O Soma.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.50
उशिक् त्वं देव सोमाग्नेः प्रियं पाथो पीहि वशी त्वं देव सोमेन्द्रस्य प्रियं पाथो पीहि अस्मत्सखा त्वं देव सोम विश्वेषां देवानां प्रियं पाथो पीहि
uśik tvaṃ deva somāgneḥ priyaṃ pātho pīhi vaśī tvaṃ deva somendrasya priyaṃ pātho pīhi asmatsakhā tvaṃ deva soma viśveṣāṃ devānāṃ priyaṃ pātho pīhi
Eager art thou, god Soma: drink Agni's dear draught. Controlling art thou, god Soma: drink Indra's dear draught. Our comrade art thou, god Soma: drink the dear draught of all the gods.
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O radiant Soma, eagerly draw nigh to Agni's well-loved food. O radiant Soma, willingly go to the food that Indra loves. Go, radiant Soma, as our friend, to the All-Gods’ beloved food.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.51
इह रतिर् इह रमध्वम् इह धृतिर् इह स्वधृतिः स्वाहा उपसृजन् धरुणं मात्रे धरुणो मातरं धयन् रायस्पोषम् अस्मासु दीधरत् स्वाहा
iha ratir iha ramadhvam iha dhṛtir iha svadhṛtiḥ svāhā upasṛjan dharuṇaṃ mātre dharuṇo mātaraṃ dhayan rāyaspoṣam asmāsu dīdharat svāhā
Here is delight; take delight here; here is holding firm, here is self-support. Svāhā. Loosing the sustainer (milk) upon the mother, the sustainer sucking the mother — may he set firm increase of wealth in us. Svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Here is delight: enjoy yourselves; here surety, surety of your own. All-hail! Loosing the suckling to his dam, the suckling as he milks his dam May he maintain the growth of wealth among us. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.52
सत्रस्य ऋद्धिर् अस्य् अगन्म ज्योतिर् अमृता अभूम दिवं पृथिव्या अध्य् आरुहामाविदाम देवान्त् स्वर् ज्योतिः
satrasya ṛddhir asy aganma jyotir amṛtā abhūma divaṃ pṛthivyā adhy āruhāmāvidāma devānt svar jyotiḥ
Thou art the prospering of the sacrificial session. We have gone to the light, we have become immortal; we have climbed up from the earth to heaven; we have found the gods, the light of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Thou art the Session's happy termination. We have attained the light and grown immortal. We have gone up from earth to sky, have found the Gods and heaven and light.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.53
युवं तम् इन्द्रापर्वता पुरोयुधा यो नः पृतन्याद् अप तं-तम् इद् धतं वज्रेण तं-तम् इद् धतम् दूरे चत्ताय छन्त्सद् गहनं यद् इनक्षत् अस्माकꣳ शत्रून् परि शूर विश्वतो दर्मा दर्षीष्ट विश्वतः भूर् भुवः स्वः सुप्रजाः प्रजाभिः स्याम सुवीरा वीरैः सुपोषाः पोषैः
yuvaṃ tam indrāparvatā puroyudhā yo naḥ pṛtanyād apa taṃ-tam id dhataṃ vajreṇa taṃ-tam id dhatam dūre cattāya chantsad gahanaṃ yad inakṣat asmākaṁ śatrūn pari śūra viśvato darmā darṣīṣṭa viśvataḥ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ suprajāḥ prajābhiḥ syāma suvīrā vīraiḥ supoṣāḥ poṣaiḥ
You two, Indra and Parvata, fighting in the front — whoever attacks us, strike him down, strike each such one down with the vajra; strike each such one down. Far off, for the one driven away, may (only) the thicket seem good, whatever he tries to reach. Our enemies, O hero, on every side — may the shatterer shatter (them) on every side. Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, Svaḥ. May we be rich in offspring with offspring, rich in heroes with heroes, rich in nourishment with nourishments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Indra and Parvata, our champions in the fight, drive ye away the man who fain would war with us, drive him far from us with the bolt. Welcome to him concealed afar shall be the lair that he hath found. So may the Render rend our foes on every side, rend them. O Hero, everywhere. Earth! Ether! Sky! May we be rich in offspring, rich in brave sons and rich in food to feed us.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.54
परमेष्ठ्य् अभिधीतः प्रजापतिर् वाचि व्याहृतायाम् अन्धो अच्छेतः सविता सन्याम् विश्वकर्मा दीक्षायाम् पूषा सोमक्रयण्याम्
parameṣṭhy abhidhītaḥ prajāpatir vāci vyāhṛtāyām andho acchetaḥ savitā sanyām viśvakarmā dīkṣāyām pūṣā somakrayaṇyām
Parameṣṭhin (is the deity) when (Soma) is spoken of; Prajāpati when speech is uttered; Andha when (Soma) is uncovered; Savitṛ at the acquiring; Viśvakarman at the dīkṣā; Pūṣan at the cow used for buying Soma.
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Parameshthin when contemplated. Prajâpati in uttered speech. Food when approached. Savitar in the partition. Visvakarman in Consecration. Pûshan in the Soma-purchasing cow.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.55
इन्द्रश् च मरुतश् च क्रयायोपोत्थितः असुरः पण्यमानः मित्रः क्रीतः विष्णुः शिपिविष्ट ऊराव् आसन्नः विष्णुर् नरन्धिषः प्रोह्यमाणः
indraś ca marutaś ca krayāyopotthitaḥ asuraḥ paṇyamānaḥ mitraḥ krītaḥ viṣṇuḥ śipiviṣṭa ūrāv āsannaḥ viṣṇur narandhiṣaḥ prohyamāṇaḥ
Indra and the Maruts when (the Soma) is set up for purchase; Asura when it is being bargained for; Mitra when it has been bought; Viṣṇu Śipiviṣṭa when it is seated on the thigh; Viṣṇu Narandhiṣa when it is being carried forward.
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As Indra and the Maruts he is stationed ready for the sale: Asura, being bought and sold. Mitra when purchased; Vishnu Sipivishta when on the Sacrificer's thigh he resteth; Vishnu Naraudhisha brought on the barrow;
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.56
सोम आगतः वरुण आसन्द्याम् आसन्नः अग्निर् आग्नीध्रे इन्द्रो हविर्धाने अथर्वोपावह्रियमाणः
soma āgataḥ varuṇa āsandyām āsannaḥ agnir āgnīdhre indro havirdhāne atharvopāvahriyamāṇaḥ
Soma when (he) has come; Varuṇa when (he) is seated on the seat; Agni in the Āgnīdhra (place); Indra in the havirdhāna; Atharvan when (he) is being carried down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Soma when come: when seated on the platform, Varuna; Agni in the sacred fire-place; Indra upon the sacrificial barrow; Atharvan when deposited for pounding;
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.57
विश्वे देवा अꣳशुषु न्युप्तः विष्णुर् आप्रीतपा आप्याय्यमानः यमः सूयमानः विष्णुः संभ्रियमाणः वायुः पूयमानः शुक्रः पूतः शुक्रं क्षीरश्रीः मन्थी सक्तुश्रीः
viśve devā aṁśuṣu nyuptaḥ viṣṇur āprītapā āpyāyyamānaḥ yamaḥ sūyamānaḥ viṣṇuḥ saṃbhriyamāṇaḥ vāyuḥ pūyamānaḥ śukraḥ pūtaḥ śukraṃ kṣīraśrīḥ manthī saktuśrīḥ
All the gods when (the Soma) is strewn in the stalks; Viṣṇu the guardian of the mixture when it is being made to swell; Yama when it is being pressed; Viṣṇu when it is being collected; Vāyu when it is being purified; Śukra when it is purified; the bright (draught) mixed with milk; the stirred (draught) mixed with meal.
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All-Gods when offered in the scattered fragments; Vishnu, the guard of those who soothe his anger, when he is filled and swelling in the waters; Yama in pressing; Vishnu in collection; Vâyu what time they cleanse and purify him; the Bright when cleansed; the Bright with milk about him; Manthin commingled with the meal of barley;
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.58
विश्वे देवाश् चमसेषून्नीतः असुर् होमायोद्यतः रुद्रो हूयमानः वातो भ्यावृत्तः नृचक्षाः प्रतिख्यातः भक्षो भक्ष्यमाणः पितरो नाराशꣳसाः सन्नः
viśve devāś camaseṣūnnītaḥ asur homāyodyataḥ rudro hūyamānaḥ vāto bhyāvṛttaḥ nṛcakṣāḥ pratikhyātaḥ bhakṣo bhakṣyamāṇaḥ pitaro nārāśaṁsāḥ sannaḥ
All the gods when (it) is poured out into the cups; Asu when it is raised for the offering; Rudra when it is being offered; Vāta when (the cup) is turned round; He who looks upon men when (it) is looked at in return; Bhakṣa when it is being consumed; the Fathers when the Nārāśaṁsa (cups) are set down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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All-Gods when he is drawn away in beakers; Life when uplifted for the fire-oblation; Rudra when offered; Vâta when reverted; Man-viewer when beheld; drink when they drink him; deposited, the Nârâsamsa Fathers;
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.59
सिन्धुर् अवभृथायोद्यतः समुद्रो भ्यवह्रियमाणः सलिलः प्रप्लुतः ययोर् ओजसा स्कभिता रजाꣳसि वीर्येभिर् वीरतमा शविष्ठा या पत्येते अप्रतीता सहोभिर् विष्णू अगन् वरुणा पूर्वहूतौ
sindhur avabhṛthāyodyataḥ samudro bhyavahriyamāṇaḥ salilaḥ praplutaḥ yayor ojasā skabhitā rajāṁsi vīryebhir vīratamā śaviṣṭhā yā patyete apratītā sahobhir viṣṇū agan varuṇā pūrvahūtau
Sindhu when (it) is raised for the final bath; Samudra when it is being carried down; Salila when it is floated. By whose might the spaces are propped up, most heroic by their heroic deeds, most mighty, who rule unopposed by their strength — the two Viṣṇus, the two Varuṇas, have come at the first invocation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Sindhu when ready for the bath that cleanses the sea when he is carried to the waters; Water is he when he is plunged beneath it. To those most mighty hath it gone, most manly in vigour, by whose strength the worlds were stablished, Who rule as Lords resistless in their grandeur, Vishnu and Varuna, at the prayer of morning.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.60
देवान् दिवम् अगन् यज्ञस् ततो मा द्रविणम् अष्टु मनुष्यान् अन्तरिक्षम् अगन् यज्ञस् ततो मा द्रविणम् अष्टु पित्र् ꣡ ̥̄न् पृथिवीम् अगन् यज्ञस् ततो मा द्रविणम् अष्टु यं कं च लोकम् अगन् यज्ञस् ततो मे भद्रं अभूत्
devān divam agan yajñas tato mā draviṇam aṣṭu manuṣyān antarikṣam agan yajñas tato mā draviṇam aṣṭu pitr ́ ̥̄n pṛthivīm agan yajñas tato mā draviṇam aṣṭu yaṃ kaṃ ca lokam agan yajñas tato me bhadraṃ abhūt
The sacrifice has gone to the gods, to heaven: from there let wealth reach me. The sacrifice has gone to men, to the midspace: from there let wealth reach me. The sacrifice has gone to the Fathers, to the earth: from there let wealth reach me. And to whatever world the sacrifice has gone, from there good has come to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
To Gods, to sky the sacrifice hath gone: come riches thence to me! To men, to air the sacrifice hath gone: come riches thence to me! To Fathers, earth, the sacrifice hath gone: come riches thence to me! Whatever sphere the sacrifice hath reached, may wealth come thence to me
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.61
चतुस्त्रिꣳशत् तन्तवो ये वितत्निरे य इमं यज्ञꣳ स्वधया ददन्ते तेषां छिन्नꣳ सम् व् एतद् दधामि स्वाहा घर्मो अप्य् एतु देवान्
catustriṁśat tantavo ye vitatnire ya imaṃ yajñaṁ svadhayā dadante teṣāṃ chinnaṁ sam v etad dadhāmi svāhā gharmo apy etu devān
The thirty-four threads which they have stretched out, who hold this sacrifice with their own power — what is torn of theirs I here join together. Svāhā! Let the gharma go to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The threads that have been spun, the four-and-thirty, which stablish this our sacrifice with Svadhâ, Of these I join together what is broken. All-hail! to Gods go the warm milk oblation!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.62
यज्ञस्य दोहो विततः पुरुत्रा सो अष्टधा दिवम् अन्वा ततान स यज्ञ धुक्ष्व महि मे प्रजयाꣳ रायस्पोषं विश्वम् आयुर् अशीय स्वाहा
yajñasya doho vitataḥ purutrā so aṣṭadhā divam anvā tatāna sa yajña dhukṣva mahi me prajayāṁ rāyaspoṣaṃ viśvam āyur aśīya svāhā
The milking of the sacrifice is stretched out in many places; eightfold it has extended along the heaven. O sacrifice, milk out for me great (wealth) in offspring; may I obtain increase of riches and a full lifespan. Svāhā!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Spread far and wide is sacrifice's milking: eightfold along the heaven hath it extended. Pour, Sacrifice! in plenty on mine offspring: may I obtain prosperity for ever. All-hail!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)
VS 8.63
आ पवस्व हिरण्यवद् अश्ववत् सोम वीरवत् वाजं गोमन्तम् आ भर स्वाहा
ā pavasva hiraṇyavad aśvavat soma vīravat vājaṃ gomantam ā bhara svāhā
Flow purely hither, O Soma, bringing gold, bringing horses, bringing heroes; bring us strength rich in cattle. Svāhā!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Soma, send wealth in gold and steeds and heroes. All-hail! bring hitherward booty in cattle.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1899)