Containing 14 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
उ॒षासा॒नक्ता॑ बृह॒ती सु॒पेश॑सा॒ द्यावा॒क्षामा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा इन्द्रं॑ हुवे म॒रुतः॒ पर्व॑ताँ अ॒प आ॑दि॒त्यान्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒पः स्वः॑
"THERE are the Dawn and Night, the grand and beauteous Pair, Earth, Heaven, and Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman. Indra I call, the Maruts, Mountains, and the Floods, Âdityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Sky."
द्यौश्च॑ नः पृथि॒वी च॒ प्रचे॑तस ऋ॒ताव॑री रक्षता॒मंह॑सो रि॒षः मा दु॑र्वि॒दत्रा॒ निर्ऋ॑तिर्न ईशत॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"May Dyaus and Pr̥ithivî, wise, true to Holy Law, keep us in safety from distress and injury. Let not malignant Nirr̥iti rule over us. We crave to-day this gracious favour of the Gods."
विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अदि॑तिः पा॒त्वंह॑सो मा॒ता मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य रे॒वतः॑ स्व॑र्व॒ज्ज्योति॑रवृ॒कं न॑शीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"Mother of Mitra and of opulent Varuṇa, may Aditi preserve us safe from all distress. May we obtain the light of heaven without a foe. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day."
ग्रावा॒ वद॒न्नप॒ रक्षां॑सि सेधतु दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॒ निर्ऋ॑तिं॒ विश्व॑म॒त्रिण॑म् आ॒दि॒त्यं शर्म॑ म॒रुता॑मशीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"May ringing press-stones keep the Raksasas afar, ill dream, and Nirr̥iti, and each voracious fiend. May the Âdityas and the Maruts shelter us. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day."
एन्द्रो॑ ब॒र्हिः सीद॑तु॒ पिन्व॑ता॒मिळा॒ बृह॒स्पतिः॒ साम॑भिर्ऋ॒क्वो अ॑र्चतु सु॒प्र॒के॒तं जी॒वसे॒ मन्म॑ धीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"Full flow libations; on our grass let Indra sit; Br̥ihaspati the singer laud with Sâma hymns! Wise be our hearts' imaginings that we may live. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day."
दि॒वि॒स्पृशं॑ य॒ज्ञम॒स्माक॑मश्विना जी॒राध्व॑रं कृणुतं सु॒म्नमि॒ष्टये॑ प्रा॒चीन॑रश्मि॒माहु॑तं घृ॒तेन॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"Ye Aṣvins, make our sacrifice ascend to heaven, and animate the rite that it may send us bliss, Offered with holy oil, with forward-speeding rein. We crave the gracious favour of the Gods to-day."
उप॑ ह्वये सु॒हवं॒ मारु॑तं ग॒णं पा॑व॒कमृ॒ष्वं स॒ख्याय॑ श॒म्भुव॑म् रा॒यस्पोषं॑ सौश्रव॒साय॑ धीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"Hither I call the band of Maruts, swift to hear, great, purifying, bringing bliss, to he our Friends. May we increase our wealth to glorify our name. We crave this graciousfavour of the Gods to-day."
अ॒पां पेरुं॑ जी॒वध॑न्यं भरामहे देवा॒व्यं॑ सु॒हव॑मध्वर॒श्रिय॑म् सु॒र॒श्मिं सोम॑मिन्द्रि॒यं य॑मीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"We bring the Stay of Life, who makes the waters swell, swift-hearing, Friend of Gods, who waits on sacrifice. May we control that Power, Soma whose rays are bright. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day."
स॒नेम॒ तत्सु॑स॒निता॑ स॒नित्व॑भिर्व॒यं जी॒वा जी॒वपु॑त्रा॒ अना॑गसः ब्र॒ह्म॒द्विषो॒ विष्व॒गेनो॑ भरेरत॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"Alive ourselves, with living sons, devoid of guilt, may we win this with winners by fair means to win. Let the prayer-haters bear our sin to every side. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day."
ये स्था मनो॑र्य॒ज्ञिया॒स्ते शृ॑णोतन॒ यद्वो॑ देवा॒ ईम॑हे॒ तद्द॑दातन जैत्रं॒ क्रतुं॑ रयि॒मद्वी॒रव॒द्यश॒स्तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"Hear us, O ye who claim the worship of mankind, and give us, O ye Gods, the gift for which we pray, Victorious wisdom, fame with heroes and with wealth. We crave to-day this gracious favour of the Gods."
म॒हद॒द्य म॑ह॒तामा वृ॑णीम॒हेऽवो॑ दे॒वानां॑ बृह॒ताम॑न॒र्वणा॑म् यथा॒ वसु॑ वी॒रजा॑तं॒ नशा॑महै॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"We crave the gracious favour of the Gods to-day, great favour of great Gods, sublime and free from foes, That we may gain rich treasure sprung from hero sons. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods today."
म॒हो अ॒ग्नेः स॑मिधा॒नस्य॒ शर्म॒ण्यना॑गा मि॒त्रे वरु॑णे स्व॒स्तये॑ श्रेष्ठे॑ स्याम सवि॒तुः सवी॑मनि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे
"In great enkindled Agni's keeping, and, for bliss, free from all sin before Mitra and Varuṇa. May we share Savitar's best animating help. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day."
ये स॑वि॒तुः स॒त्यस॑वस्य॒ विश्वे॑ मि॒त्रस्य॑ व्र॒ते वरु॑णस्य दे॒वाः ते सौभ॑गं वी॒रव॒द्गोम॒दप्नो॒ दधा॑तन॒ द्रवि॑णं चि॒त्रम॒स्मे
"All ye, the Gods whom Savitar the Father of truth, and Varuṇa and Mitra govern, Give us prosperity with hero children, and opulence in kine and various treasure."
स॒वि॒ता प॒श्चाता॑त्सवि॒ता पु॒रस्ता॑त्सवि॒तोत्त॒रात्ता॑त्सवि॒ताध॒रात्ता॑त् स॒वि॒ता नः॑ सुवतु स॒र्वता॑तिं सवि॒ता नो॑ रासतां दी॒र्घमायुः॑
"Savitar, Savitar from cast and westward, Savitar, Savitar from north and southward, Savitar send us perfect health and comfort, Savitar let our days of life be lengthened!"