Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
नि व॑र्तध्वं॒ मानु॑ गाता॒स्मान्त्सि॑षक्त रेवतीः अग्नी॑षोमा पुनर्वसू अ॒स्मे धा॑रयतं र॒यिम्
"TURN, go not farther on your way: visit us, O ye Wealthy Ones. Agni and Soma, ye who bring riches again, secure us wealth."
पुन॑रेना॒ नि व॑र्तय॒ पुन॑रेना॒ न्या कु॑रु इन्द्र॑ एणा॒ नि य॑च्छत्व॒ग्निरे॑ना उ॒पाज॑तु
"Make these return to us again, bring them beside us once again. May. Indra give them back to us, and Agni drive them hither-ward."
पुन॑रे॒ता नि व॑र्तन्ताम॒स्मिन्पु॑ष्यन्तु॒ गोप॑तौ इ॒हैवाग्ने॒ नि धा॑रये॒ह ति॑ष्ठतु॒ या र॒यिः
"Let them return to us again: under this herdsman let them feed. Do thou, O Agni, keep them here, and let the wealth we have remain."
यन्नि॒यानं॒ न्यय॑नं सं॒ज्ञानं॒ यत्प॒राय॑णम् आ॒वर्त॑नं नि॒वर्त॑नं॒ यो गो॒पा अपि॒ तं हु॑वे
"I call upon their herdsman, him who knoweth well their coming nigh, Their parting and their home-return, and watcheth their approach and rest."
य उ॒दान॒ड्व्यय॑नं॒ य उ॒दान॑ट् प॒राय॑णम् आ॒वर्त॑नं नि॒वर्त॑न॒मपि॑ गो॒पा नि व॑र्तताम्
"Yea, let the herdsman, too, return, who marketh well their driving-forth; Marketh their wandering away, their turning back and coming home."
आ नि॑वर्त॒ नि व॑र्तय॒ पुन॑र्न इन्द्र॒ गा दे॑हि जी॒वाभि॑र्भुनजामहै
"Home-leader, lead them home to us; Indra, restore to us our kine: We will rejoice in them alive."
परि॑ वो वि॒श्वतो॑ दध ऊ॒र्जा घृ॒तेन॒ पय॑सा ये दे॒वाः के च॑ य॒ज्ञिया॒स्ते र॒य्या सं सृ॑जन्तु नः
"I offer you on every side butter and milk and strengthening food. May all the Holy Deities pour down on us a flood of wealth."
आ नि॑वर्तन वर्तय॒ नि नि॑वर्तन वर्तय भूम्या॒श्चत॑स्रः प्र॒दिश॒स्ताभ्य॑ एना॒ नि व॑र्तय
"O thou Home-leader, lead them home, restore them thou who bringest home. Four are the quarters of the earth; from these bring back to us our kine,"