Containing 9 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
प्र ब्रह्मै॑तु॒ सद॑नादृ॒तस्य॒ वि र॒श्मिभिः॑ ससृजे॒ सूर्यो॒ गाः वि सानु॑ना पृथि॒वी स॑स्र उ॒र्वी पृ॒थु प्रती॑क॒मध्येधे॑ अ॒ग्निः
"LET the prayer issue from the seat of Order, for Sûrya with his beams hath loosed the cattle. With lofty ridges earth is far extended, and Agni's flame hath lit the spacious surface."
इ॒मां वां॑ मित्रावरुणा सुवृ॒क्तिमिषं॒ न कृ॑ण्वे असुरा॒ नवी॑यः इ॒नो वा॑म॒न्यः प॑द॒वीरद॑ब्धो॒ जनं॑ च मि॒त्रो य॑तति ब्रुवा॒णः
"O Asuras, O Varuṇa and Mitra, this hymn to you, like food, anew I offer. One of you is a strong unerring Leader, and Mitra, speaking, stirreth men to labour."
आ वात॑स्य॒ ध्रज॑तो रन्त इ॒त्या अपी॑पयन्त धे॒नवो॒ न सूदाः॑ म॒हो दि॒वः सद॑ने॒ जाय॑मा॒नोऽचि॑क्रदद्वृष॒भः सस्मि॒न्नूध॑न्
"The movements of the gliding wind come hither: like cows, the springs are filled to overflowing. Born in the station e'en of lofty heaven the Bull hath loudly bellowed in this region."
गि॒रा य ए॒ता यु॒नज॒द्धरी॑ त॒ इन्द्र॑ प्रि॒या सु॒रथा॑ शूर धा॒यू प्र यो म॒न्युं रिरि॑क्षतो मि॒नात्या सु॒क्रतु॑मर्य॒मणं॑ ववृत्याम्
"May I bring hither with my song, O Indra, wise Aryaman who yokes thy dear Bay Horses, Voracious, with thy noble car, O Hero, him who defeats the wrath of the malicious."
यज॑न्ते अस्य स॒ख्यं वय॑श्च नम॒स्विनः॒ स्व ऋ॒तस्य॒ धाम॑न् वि पृक्षो॑ बाबधे॒ नृभिः॒ स्तवा॑न इ॒दं नमो॑ रु॒द्राय॒ प्रेष्ठ॑म्
"In their own place of sacrifice adorers worship to gain long life and win his friendship. He hath poured food on men when they have praised him; be this, the dearest reverence, paid to Rudra."
आ यत्सा॒कं य॒शसो॑ वावशा॒नाः सर॑स्वती स॒प्तथी॒ सिन्धु॑माता याः सु॒ष्वय॑न्त सु॒दुघाः॑ सुधा॒रा अ॒भि स्वेन॒ पय॑सा॒ पीप्या॑नाः
"Coming together, glorious, loudly roaring – Sarasvatî, Mother of Floods, the seventh- With copious milk, with fair streams, strongly flowing, full swelling with the volume of their water;"
उ॒त त्ये नो॑ म॒रुतो॑ मन्दसा॒ना धियं॑ तो॒कं च॑ वा॒जिनो॑ऽवन्तु मा नः॒ परि॑ ख्य॒दक्ष॑रा॒ चर॒न्त्यवी॑वृध॒न्युज्यं॒ ते र॒यिं नः॑
"And may the mighty Maruts, too, rejoicing, aid our devotion and protect our offspring. Let not swift-moving Aksharâ neglect us: they have increased our own appropriate riches,"
प्र वो॑ म॒हीम॒रम॑तिं कृणुध्वं॒ प्र पू॒षणं॑ विद॒थ्यं१॒॑ न वी॒रम् भगं॑ धि॒यो॑ऽवि॒तारं॑ नो अ॒स्याः सा॒तौ वाजं॑ राति॒षाचं॒ पुरं॑धिम्
"Bring ye the great Aramati before you, and Pûshan as the Hero of the synod, Bhaga who looks upon this hymn with favour, and, as our strength, the bountiful Purandbi."
अच्छा॒यं वो॑ मरुतः॒ श्लोक॑ ए॒त्वच्छा॒ विष्णुं॑ निषिक्त॒पामवो॑भिः उ॒त प्र॒जायै॑ गृण॒ते वयो॑ धुर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः
"May this our song of praise reach you, O Maruts, and Vishṇu guardian of the future infant. May they vouchsafe the singer strength for offspring. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings."