Containing 24 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
ती॒व्राः सोमा॑स॒ आ ग॑ह्या॒शीर्व॑न्तः सु॒ता इ॒मे वायो॒ तान्प्रस्थि॑तान्पिब
"STRONG are the Somas; come thou nigh; these juices have been mixt with milk: Drink, Vâyu, the presented draughts."
उ॒भा दे॒वा दि॑वि॒स्पृशे॑न्द्रवा॒यू ह॑वामहे अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑
"Both Deities who touch the heaven, Indra and Vâyu we invoke To drink of this our soma juice."
इ॒न्द्र॒वा॒यू म॑नो॒जुवा॒ विप्रा॑ हवन्त ऊ॒तये॑ स॒ह॒स्रा॒क्षा धि॒यस्पती॑
"The singers' for their aid, invoke Indra and Vâyu, swift as mind, The thousand-eyed, the Lords of thought."
मि॒त्रं व॒यं ह॑वामहे॒ वरु॑णं॒ सोम॑पीतये ज॒ज्ञा॒ना पू॒तद॑क्षसा
"Mitra and Varuṇa, renowned as Gods of consecrated might, We call to drink the Soma juice."
ऋ॒तेन॒ यावृ॑ता॒वृधा॑वृ॒तस्य॒ ज्योति॑ष॒स्पती॑ ता मि॒त्रावरु॑णा हुवे
"Those who by Law uphold the Law, Lords of the shining light of Law, Mitra I call, and Varuṇa."
वरु॑णः प्रावि॒ता भु॑वन्मि॒त्रो विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभिः॑ कर॑तां नः सु॒राध॑सः
"Let Varuṇa be our chief defence, let Mitra guard us with all aids Both make us rich exceedingly."
म॒रुत्व॑न्तं हवामह॒ इन्द्र॒मा सोम॑पीतये स॒जूर्ग॒णेन॑ तृम्पतु
"Indra, by Maruts girt, we call to drink the Soma juice: may he Sate him in union with his troop."
इन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठा॒ मरु॑द्गणा॒ देवा॑सः॒ पूष॑रातयः विश्वे॒ मम॑ श्रुता॒ हव॑म्
"Gods, Marut hosts whom Indra leads, distributers of Pûshan's gifts, Hearken ye all unto my cry."
ह॒त वृ॒त्रं सु॑दानव॒ इन्द्रे॑ण॒ सह॑सा यु॒जा मा नो॑ दुः॒शंस॑ ईशत
"With conquering Indra for ally, strike Vr̥itra down, ye bounteous Gods Let not the wicked master us."
विश्वा॑न्दे॒वान्ह॑वामहे म॒रुतः॒ सोम॑पीतये उ॒ग्रा हि पृश्नि॑मातरः
"We call the Universal Gods, and Maruts to the Soma draught, For passing strong are Pr̥iṣni's Sons."
जय॑तामिव तन्य॒तुर्म॒रुता॑मेति धृष्णु॒या यच्छुभं॑ या॒थना॑ नरः
"Fierce comes the Maruts' thundering voice, like that of conquerors, when ye go Forward to victory, O Men."
ह॒स्का॒राद्वि॒द्युत॒स्पर्यतो॑ जा॒ता अ॑वन्तु नः म॒रुतो॑ मृळयन्तु नः
"Born of the laughing lightning. may the Maruts guard us everywhere May they be gracious unto Us."
आ पू॑षञ्चि॒त्रब॑र्हिष॒माघृ॑णे ध॒रुणं॑ दि॒वः आजा॑ न॒ष्टं यथा॑ प॒शुम्
"Like some lost animal, drive to us, bright Pûshan, him who bears up heaven, Resting on many-coloured grass."
पू॒षा राजा॑न॒माघृ॑णि॒रप॑गूळ्हं॒ गुहा॑ हि॒तम् अवि॑न्दच्चि॒त्रब॑र्हिषम्
"Pûshan the Bright has found the King, concealed and bidden in a cave, Who rests on grass of many hues."
उ॒तो स मह्य॒मिन्दु॑भिः॒ षड्यु॒क्ताँ अ॑नु॒सेषि॑धत् गोभि॒र्यवं॒ न च॑र्कृषत्
"And may he. duly bring to me the six bound closely, through these drops, As one who ploughs with steers brings corn."
अ॒म्बयो॑ य॒न्त्यध्व॑भिर्जा॒मयो॑ अध्वरीय॒ताम् पृ॒ञ्च॒तीर्मधु॑ना॒ पयः॑
"Along their paths the Mothers go, Sisters of priestly ministrants, Mingling their sweetness with the milk."
अ॒मूर्या उप॒ सूर्ये॒ याभि॑र्वा॒ सूर्यः॑ स॒ह ता नो॑ हिन्वन्त्वध्व॒रम्
"May Waters gathered near the Sun, and those wherewith the Sun is joined, Speed forth this sacrifice of ours."
अ॒पो दे॒वीरुप॑ ह्वये॒ यत्र॒ गावः॒ पिब॑न्ति नः सिन्धु॑भ्यः॒ कर्त्वं॑ ह॒विः
"I call the Waters, Goddesses, wherein our cattle quench their thirst; Oblations to the Streams be given."
अ॒प्स्व१॒॑न्तर॒मृत॑म॒प्सु भे॑ष॒जम॒पामु॒त प्रश॑स्तये देवा॒ भव॑त वा॒जिनः॑
"Amrit is in the Waters in the Waters there is healing balm Be swift, ye Gods, to give them praise."
अ॒प्सु मे॒ सोमो॑ अब्रवीद॒न्तर्विश्वा॑नि भेष॒जा अ॒ग्निं च॑ वि॒श्वश॑म्भुव॒माप॑श्च वि॒श्वभे॑षजीः
"Within the Waters-Soma thus hath told me-dwell all balms that heal, And Agni, he who blesseth all. The Waters hold all medicines."
आपः॑ पृणी॒त भे॑ष॒जं वरू॑थं त॒न्वे॒३॒॑ मम॑ ज्योक्च॒ सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शे
"O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm, So that I long may see the Sun."
इ॒दमा॑पः॒ प्र व॑हत॒ यत्किं च॑ दुरि॒तं मयि॑ यद्वा॒हम॑भिदु॒द्रोह॒ यद्वा॑ शे॒प उ॒तानृ॑तम्
"Whatever sin is found in me, whatever evil I have wrought. If I have lied or falsely sworn, Waters, remove it far from me."
आपो॑ अ॒द्यान्व॑चारिषं॒ रसे॑न॒ सम॑गस्महि पय॑स्वानग्न॒ आ ग॑हि॒ तं मा॒ सं सृ॑ज॒ वर्च॑सा
"The Waters I this day have sought, and to their moisture have we come: O Agni, rich in milk, come thou, and with thy splendour cover me."
सं मा॑ग्ने॒ वर्च॑सा सृज॒ सं प्र॒जया॒ समायु॑षा वि॒द्युर्मे॑ अस्य दे॒वा इन्द्रो॑ विद्यात्स॒ह ऋषि॑भिः
"Fill me with splendour, Agni; give offspring and length of days; the Gods Shall know me even as I am, and Indra with the R̥ishis, know."