Containing 6 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
सखा॑य॒ आ नि षी॑दत पुना॒नाय॒ प्र गा॑यत शिशुं॒ न य॒ज्ञैः परि॑ भूषत श्रि॒ये
"SIT down, O friends, and sing aloud to him who purifies himself: Deck him for glory, like a child, with holy rites."
समी॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तृभिः॑ सृ॒जता॑ गय॒साध॑नम् दे॒वा॒व्यं१॒॑ मद॑म॒भि द्विश॑वसम्
"Unite him bringing household wealth, even as a calf, with mother kine, Him who hath double strength, the God, delighting juice."
पु॒नाता॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नं॒ यथा॒ शर्धा॑य वी॒तये॑ यथा॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय॒ शंत॑मः
"Purify him who gives us power, that he, most Blessed One, may be A banquet for the Troop, Mitra, and Varuṇa."
अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ त्वा वसु॒विद॑म॒भि वाणी॑रनूषत गोभि॑ष्टे॒ वर्ण॑म॒भि वा॑सयामसि
"Voices have sung aloud to thee as finderout of wealth for us: We clothe the hue thou wearest with a robe of milk."
स नो॑ मदानां पत॒ इन्दो॑ दे॒वप्स॑रा असि सखे॑व॒ सख्ये॑ गातु॒वित्त॑मो भव
"Thou, Indu, art the food of Gods, O Sovran of all gladdening drinks: As Friend for friend, be thou best finder of success."
सने॑मि कृ॒ध्य१॒॑स्मदा र॒क्षसं॒ कं चि॑द॒त्रिण॑म् अपादे॑वं द्व॒युमंहो॑ युयोधि नः
"Drive utterly away from us each demon, each voracious fiend, The godless and the false: keep sorrow far away."