Containing 18 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
महि॑ वो मह॒तामवो॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्र॑ दा॒शुषे॑ यमा॑दित्या अ॒भि द्रु॒हो रक्ष॑था॒ नेम॒घं न॑शदने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"GREAT help ye give the worshipper, Varuṇa, Mitra, Mighty Ones! No sorrow ever reaches him whom ye, Âdityas, keep from harm. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford."
वि॒दा दे॑वा अ॒घाना॒मादि॑त्यासो अ॒पाकृ॑तिम् प॒क्षा वयो॒ यथो॒परि॒ व्य१॒॑स्मे शर्म॑ यच्छताने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"O Gods, Âdityas, well ye know the way to keep all woes afar. As the birds spread their sheltering wings, spread your protection over us."
व्य१॒॑स्मे अधि॒ शर्म॒ तत्प॒क्षा वयो॒ न य॑न्तन विश्वा॑नि विश्ववेदसो वरू॒थ्या॑ मनामहेऽने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"As the birds spread their sheltering wings let your protection cover us. We mean all shelter and defence, ye who have all things for your own."
यस्मा॒ अरा॑सत॒ क्षयं॑ जी॒वातुं॑ च॒ प्रचे॑तसः मनो॒र्विश्व॑स्य॒ घेदि॒म आ॑दि॒त्या रा॒य ई॑शतेऽने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"To whomsoever they, Most Wise, have given a home and means of life, O'er the whole riches of this man they, the Âdityas, have control."
परि॑ णो वृणजन्न॒घा दु॒र्गाणि॑ र॒थ्यो॑ यथा स्यामेदिन्द्र॑स्य॒ शर्म॑ण्यादि॒त्याना॑मु॒ताव॑स्यने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"As drivers of the car avoid ill roads, let sorrows pass us by. May we be under Indra's guard, in the Âdityas' favouring grace."
प॒रि॒ह्वृ॒तेद॒ना जनो॑ यु॒ष्माद॑त्तस्य वायति देवा॒ अद॑भ्रमाश वो॒ यमा॑दित्या॒ अहे॑तनाने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"For verily men sink and faint through loss of wealth which ye have given. Much hath he gained from you, O Gods, whom ye, Âdityas, have approached."
न तं ति॒ग्मं च॒न त्यजो॒ न द्रा॑सद॒भि तं गु॒रु यस्मा॑ उ॒ शर्म॑ स॒प्रथ॒ आदि॑त्यासो॒ अरा॑ध्वमने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"On him shall no fierce anger fall, no sore distress shall visit him, To whom, Âdityas, ye have lent your shelter that extendeth far."
यु॒ष्मे दे॑वा॒ अपि॑ ष्मसि॒ युध्य॑न्त इव॒ वर्म॑सु यू॒यं म॒हो न॒ एन॑सो यू॒यमर्भा॑दुरुष्यताने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"Resting in you, O Gods, we are like men who fight in coats of mail. Ye guard us from each great offence, ye guard us from each lighter fault."
अदि॑तिर्न उरुष्य॒त्वदि॑तिः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतु मा॒ता मि॒त्रस्य॑ रे॒वतो॑ऽर्य॒म्णो वरु॑णस्य चाने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"May Aditi defend us, may Aditi guard and shelter us, Mother of wealthy Mitra and of Aryaman and Varuṇa."
यद्दे॑वाः॒ शर्म॑ शर॒णं यद्भ॒द्रं यद॑नातु॒रम् त्रि॒धातु॒ यद्व॑रू॒थ्यं१॒॑ तद॒स्मासु॒ वि य॑न्तनाने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"The shelter, Gods, that is secure, auspicious, free from malady, A sure protection, triply strong, even that do ye extend to us."
आदि॑त्या॒ अव॒ हि ख्यताधि॒ कूला॑दिव॒ स्पशः॑ सु॒ती॒र्थमर्व॑तो य॒थानु॑ नो नेषथा सु॒गम॑ने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"Look down on us, Âdityas, as a guide exploring from the bank. Lead us to pleasant ways as men lead horses to an easy ford."
नेह भ॒द्रं र॑क्ष॒स्विने॒ नाव॒यै नोप॒या उ॒त गवे॑ च भ॒द्रं धे॒नवे॑ वी॒राय॑ च श्रवस्य॒ते॑ऽने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"Ill be it for the demons' friend to find us or come near to us. But for the milch-cow be it well, and for the man who strives for fame."
यदा॒विर्यद॑पी॒च्यं१॒॑ देवा॑सो॒ अस्ति॑ दुष्कृ॒तम् त्रि॒ते तद्विश्व॑मा॒प्त्य आ॒रे अ॒स्मद्द॑धातनाने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"Each evil deed made manifest, and that which is concealed, O Gods, The whole thereof remove from us to Trita Âptya far away."
यच्च॒ गोषु॑ दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॒ यच्चा॒स्मे दु॑हितर्दिवः त्रि॒ताय॒ तद्वि॑भावर्या॒प्त्याय॒ परा॑ वहाने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"Daughter of Heaven, the dream that bodes evil to us or to our kine, Remove, O Lady of the Light, to Trita Âptya far away."
नि॒ष्कं वा॑ घा कृ॒णव॑ते॒ स्रजं॑ वा दुहितर्दिवः त्रि॒ते दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॒ सर्व॑मा॒प्त्ये परि॑ दद्मस्यने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"Even if, O Child of Heaven, it make a garland or a chain of gold, The whole bad dream, whate'cr it be, to Trita Âptya we consign."
तद॑न्नाय॒ तद॑पसे॒ तं भा॒गमु॑पसे॒दुषे॑ त्रि॒ताय॑ च द्वि॒ताय॒ चोषो॑ दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॑ वहाने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"To him whose food and work is this, who comes to take his share therein, To Trita, and to Dvita, Dawn! bear thou the evil dream away."
यथा॑ क॒लां यथा॑ श॒फं यथ॑ ऋ॒णं सं॒नया॑मसि ए॒वा दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॒ सर्व॑मा॒प्त्ये सं न॑यामस्यने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"As we collect the utmost debt, even the eighth and sixteenth part, So unto Âptya we transfer together all the evil dream."
अजै॑ष्मा॒द्यास॑नाम॒ चाभू॒माना॑गसो व॒यम् उषो॒ यस्मा॑द्दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्या॒दभै॒ष्माप॒ तदु॑च्छत्वने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑ सुऊ॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तयः॑
"Now have we conquered and obtained, and from our trespasses are free. Shine thou away the evil dream, O Dawn, whereof we are afraid. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford."