17. Kāṇḍa 17 — The Viṣāsahi hymn
Sūkta 1 — Aditya Devata, Brahma Rshi
Atharvaveda 17.1 · 30 mantras
17.1.1
विषासहिं सहमानं सासहानं सहीयांसम् ।
सहमानं सहोजितं स्वर्जितं गोजितं संधनाजितम् ।
ईड्यं नाम ह्व इन्द्रम् आयुष्मान् भूयासम् ॥
viṣāsahiṃ sahamānaṃ sāsahānaṃ sahīyāṃsam ।
sahamānaṃ sahojitaṃ svarjitaṃ gojitaṃ saṃdhanājitam ।
īḍyaṃ nāma hva indram āyuṣmān bhūyāsam ॥
I invoke and pray to Indra, adorable lord omnipotent, instant challenger of contradictions, constant warrior, intense fighter, more and ever more powerful, yet steady and patient, ultimate victor. Master ordainer of his own power is he, winner of the light of heaven, self-controlled ruler of the earth, and ultimate unifier of the diverse wealth of nations into a commonwealth of humanity. O lord, in all sincerity I pray, bless me with a long full age of good health and prosperity.
17.1.2
विषासहिं सहमानं सासहानं सहीयांसम् ।
सहमानं सहोजितं स्वर्जितं गोजितं संधनाजितम् ।
ईड्यं नाम ह्व इन्द्रम् प्रियो देवानां भूयासम् ॥
viṣāsahiṃ sahamānaṃ sāsahānaṃ sahīyāṃsam ।
sahamānaṃ sahojitaṃ svarjitaṃ gojitaṃ saṃdhanājitam ।
īḍyaṃ nāma hva indram priyo devānāṃ bhūyāsam ॥
I invoke Indra, truly the lord adorable and omnipotent, instant challenger of conflicts and contradictions, constant warrior, intense fighter, more and ever more powerful, yet steady and patient ultimate victor. Master ordainer of his own power is he, winner of the light of heaven, self-controlled ruler of the earth, and ultimate unifier of the diverse wealth of nations into a common-wealth of humanity. O lord, in all sincerity I pray, may I be the dear darling of the Devas, divinities of nature, heaven and earth.
17.1.3
विषासहिं सहमानं सासहानं सहीयांसम् ।
सहमानं सहोजितं स्वर्जितं गोजितं संधनाजितम् ।
ईड्यं नाम ह्व इन्द्रम् प्रियः प्रजानां भूयासम् ॥
viṣāsahiṃ sahamānaṃ sāsahānaṃ sahīyāṃsam ।
sahamānaṃ sahojitaṃ svarjitaṃ gojitaṃ saṃdhanājitam ।
īḍyaṃ nāma hva indram priyaḥ prajānāṃ bhūyāsam ॥
I invoke Indra, verily the lord adorable and omnipotent, instant challenger of conflicts and contratictions, constant warrior, intense fighter, more and ever more powerful, yet steady and patient victor. Master ordainer of his own power and victory is he, winner of the light of heaven, self-controlled ruler of the earth, and ultimate unifier of the diverse wealth of nations into a common-wealth of humanity. O lord, in all sincerity I pray, may I be the dear love of all people.
17.1.4
विषासहिं सहमानं सासहानं सहीयांसम् ।
सहमानं सहोजितं स्वर्जितं गोजितं संधनाजितम् ।
ईड्यं नाम ह्व इन्द्रम् प्रियः पशूनां भूयासम् ॥
viṣāsahiṃ sahamānaṃ sāsahānaṃ sahīyāṃsam ।
sahamānaṃ sahojitaṃ svarjitaṃ gojitaṃ saṃdhanājitam ।
īḍyaṃ nāma hva indram priyaḥ paśūnāṃ bhūyāsam ॥
I invoke Indra, verily the lord adorable and omnipotent, instant challenger of conflicts and contradictions, constant warrior, intense fighter, more and ever more persistent, powerful, yet steady and patient victor. Master ordainer of his own power and victory is he, winner of the light of heaven, self-controlled ruler of the earth, and ultimate unifier of the diverse wealth of nations into a common-wealth of humanity. O lord, in all humility and sincerity I pray, may I be the favourite love of all animals.
17.1.5
विषासहिं सहमानं सासहानं सहीयांसम् ।
सहमानं सहोजितं स्वर्जितं गोजितं संधनाजितम् ।
ईड्यं नाम ह्व इन्द्रम् प्रियः समानानां भूयासम् ॥
viṣāsahiṃ sahamānaṃ sāsahānaṃ sahīyāṃsam ।
sahamānaṃ sahojitaṃ svarjitaṃ gojitaṃ saṃdhanājitam ।
īḍyaṃ nāma hva indram priyaḥ samānānāṃ bhūyāsam ॥
I invoke Indra, verily the lord adorable and omnipotent, instant challenger of conflicts and contradictions, constant warrior, intense fighter, more and ever more persistent powerful, yet steady and patient victor. Master ordainer of his own power and victory is he, winner of the light of heaven, self-controlled ruler of the earth, and ultimate unifier of the diverse wealth of nations into a common-wealth of humanity. O lord, in all humility and sincerity I pray, may I be the self-fulfilled and bounteous centre of the love of my equals.
17.1.6
उद् इह्य् उद् इहि सूर्य वर्चसा माभ्युदिहि ।
द्विषंश् च मह्यं रध्यतु मा चाहं द्विषते रधं तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्यानि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
ud ihy ud ihi sūrya varcasā mābhyudihi ।
dviṣaṃś ca mahyaṃ radhyatu mā cāhaṃ dviṣate radhaṃ taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāni ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Rise, O Sun, rise with splendour, rise higher and higher and shine on me and for me. May the enemy, both external and internal, be subject to me. Let me never be subdued by the enemy. O Vishnu, lord omnipotent, infinite are your powers and exploits. Bless us with all forms of perceptive organs and serviceable living beings. Pray establish me in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest region of Divinity.
17.1.7
उद् इह्य् उद् इहि सूर्य वर्चसा माभ्युदिहि ।
आंश् च पश्यामि यांश् च न तेषु मा सुमतिं कृधि तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्यानि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
ud ihy ud ihi sūrya varcasā mābhyudihi ।
āṃś ca paśyāmi yāṃś ca na teṣu mā sumatiṃ kṛdhi taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāni ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Rise, O Sun, rise with splendour, rise higher and higher and shine on me and for me. Whoever and whatever I see, whoever and whatever I do not see, among them give me a holy mind and noble intelligence. O Vishnu, lord omnipotent, infinite are your powers and exploits. Bless us with all forms of perceptive organs and serviceable living beings. Pray establish me in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.8
मा त्वा दभन्त् सलिले अप्स्व् अन्तर् ये पाशिन उपतिष्ठन्त्य् अत्र ।
हित्वाशस्तिं दिवम् आरुक्ष एतां स नो मृड सुमतौ ते स्याम तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्यानि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
mā tvā dabhant salile apsv antar ye pāśina upatiṣṭhanty atra ।
hitvāśastiṃ divam ārukṣa etāṃ sa no mṛḍa sumatau te syāma taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāni ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
O Sun, the bonds and snares which co-exist here in the dynamics of existence do not affect, much less subdue, you. Having left the hate, envy and jealousy down here, you rise to the heavens above. O lord, be kind and gracious to us. Let us enjoy your love and good will. O Vishnu, infinite are your powers and exploits. Bless us with all forms of perceptive organs and serviceable living beings. Pray establish me in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.9
त्वं न इन्द्र महते सौभगायादब्धेभिः परि पाह्य् अक्तुभिस् तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्यानि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
tvaṃ na indra mahate saubhagāyādabdhebhiḥ pari pāhy aktubhis taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāni ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
O lord omnipotent Indra, pray protect and promote us to achieve great good fortune by irresistible light and splendour of Divinity. O lord omnipresent, Vishnu, infinite are your powers and potentials. Bless us with all forms of perceptive organs and serviceable living beings. Pray establish me in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.10
त्वं न इन्द्रोतिभिः शिवाभिः शंतमो भव ।
आरोहंस् त्रिदिवं दिवो गृणानः सोमपीतये प्रियधामा स्वस्तये तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्यानि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
tvaṃ na indrotibhiḥ śivābhiḥ śaṃtamo bhava ।
ārohaṃs tridivaṃ divo gṛṇānaḥ somapītaye priyadhāmā svastaye taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāni ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
O lord omnipotent, Indra, be kind most gracious to us with your blissful modes of protection and progress, rising to the three levels of heavenly light, radiating the light and proclaiming the divine voice of knowledge for our paradisal bliss and well being as our dearest haven and abode. O lord omnipresent, Vishnu, infinite are your powers and exploits. Bless us with all forms of perceptive organs and serviceable living beings. Pray establish me in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.11
त्वम् इन्द्रासि विश्वजित् सर्ववित् पुरुहूतस् त्वम् इन्द्र ।
त्वम् इन्द्रेमं सुहवं स्तोमम् एरयस्व स नो मृड सुमतौ ते स्याम तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
tvam indrāsi viśvajit sarvavit puruhūtas tvam indra ।
tvam indremaṃ suhavaṃ stomam erayasva sa no mṛḍa sumatau te syāma taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Indra, lord omnipotent, you are the sole victorious lord of the universe, omniscient and omnipresent Lord Almighty invoked and adored by all humanity. O lord, Indra, pray inspire and energise this holy song of invocation and celebration, and be kind and gracious that we may live happy in your love and good will. O lord omnipresent Vishnu, infinite are your powers and potentials. Bless us with all forms of perceptive, organs and serviceable living beings and establish us in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.12
अदब्धो दिवि पृथिव्याम् उतासि न त आपुर् महिमानम् अन्तरिक्षे ।
अदब्धेन ब्रह्मणा वावृधानः स त्वं न इन्द्र दिवि सं छर्म यछ तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
adabdho divi pṛthivyām utāsi na ta āpur mahimānam antarikṣe ।
adabdhena brahmaṇā vāvṛdhānaḥ sa tvaṃ na indra divi saṃ charma yacha taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Indra, lord omnipotent, indomitable power and presence immanent in heaven, on earth and in the middle regions, no one has comprehended your grandeur and glory, celebrated and glorified more and ever higher exalted by the divine hymns of Veda, self-revealed in the highest state of divine consciousness in meditation, pray give us mental peace and spiritual bliss. O lord omnipresent, Vishnu, infinite are your powers and actions. Bless us with universal forms of perceptive organs and serviceable living beings. Pray establish me in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.13
या त इन्द्र तनूर् अप्सु या पृथिव्यां यान्तर् अग्नौ या ते इन्द्र पवमाने स्वर्विदि ।
ययेन्द्र तन्वा ऽन्तरिक्षं व्यापिथ तया न इन्द्र तन्वा शर्म यछ तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
yā ta indra tanūr apsu yā pṛthivyāṃ yāntar agnau yā te indra pavamāne svarvidi ।
yayendra tanvā 'ntarikṣaṃ vyāpitha tayā na indra tanvā śarma yacha taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Indra, lord omnipotent, your power and presence that is in the waters, that which is on earth, and that which is in the fire, your power and presence that blows in the wind, that purifies and shines in the light of heaven, the power and presence by which you pervade the firmament, by the same presence and power, lord omnipotent, give us peace and bliss. O lord omnipresent, Vishnu, infinite are your mighty acts and powers, bless us with universal forms of perceptive organs and serviceable living beings. Pray establish us in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.14
त्वाम् इन्द्र ब्रह्मणा वर्धयन्तः सत्त्रं नि षेदुर् ऋषयो नाधमानास् तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
tvām indra brahmaṇā vardhayantaḥ sattraṃ ni ṣedur ṛṣayo nādhamānās taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Indra, lord omnipotent, seers and sages praying to you for divine bliss sit through sessions of yajna and meditation, celebrating and exalting you with Vedic chant. O Vishnu, lord omnipotent and omnipresent, infinite are your powers and exploits. Pray bless us with the fulfilment of our earthly mission and, with universal forms of perception and vision, establish us in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.15
त्वं तृतं त्वं पर्य् एष्य् उत्सं सहस्रधारं विदथं स्वर्विदं तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
tvaṃ tṛtaṃ tvaṃ pary eṣy utsaṃ sahasradhāraṃ vidathaṃ svarvidaṃ taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Lord omnipresent, Vishnu, you pervade and inspire the thousand-streamed heavenly light of the adorable and inexhaustible Veda, vibrating in the triple world of heaven, earth and the firmament. O Vishnu, pray bless us with the fulfilment of our earthly mission and, with universal forms of perception and vision, establish us in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity. Infinite are your acts and powers.
17.1.16
त्वं रक्षसे प्रदिशश् चतस्रस् त्वं शोचिषा नभसी वि भासि ।
त्वम् इमा विश्वा भुवनानु तिष्ठस ऋतस्य पन्थाम् अन्व् एषि विद्वांस् तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
tvaṃ rakṣase pradiśaś catasras tvaṃ śociṣā nabhasī vi bhāsi ।
tvam imā viśvā bhuvanānu tiṣṭhasa ṛtasya panthām anv eṣi vidvāṃs taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
You pervade and protect all four quarters of space. With your blazing splendour you shine and illuminate heaven and earth. You pervade and abide by all these regions of the universe. Lord omniscient, you inform and traverse by all the paths of universal truth and the universal law of Rtam operative in the universal dynamics of existence. Vishnu, lord omnipresent, infinite are your acts and powers in the universe, pray bless us with the fulfilment of our earthly mission and. with universal forms of perception and vision, establish us in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.17
पञ्चभिः पराङ् तपस्य् एकयार्वाङ् अशस्तिम् एषि सुदिने बाधमानस् तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
pañcabhiḥ parāṅ tapasy ekayārvāṅ aśastim eṣi sudine bādhamānas taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
By five, I know, you shine far out in the outer world, by one, I know, you shine at the closest, within. When the time is good and clear is the day, you stem out malignant darkness, you vibrate, shine and illuminate here inside. O Vishnu, infinite are your powers and exploits. Pray bless us with the fulfilment of our earthly mission and, with universal forms of perception and vision, establish us in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.18
त्वम् इन्द्रस् त्वम् महेन्द्रस् त्वं लोकस् त्वं प्रजापतिः ।
तुभ्यं यज्ञो वि तायते तुभ्यं जुह्वति जुह्वतस् तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
tvam indras tvam mahendras tvaṃ lokas tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ ।
tubhyaṃ yajño vi tāyate tubhyaṃ juhvati juhvatas taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
You are Indra, the mighty, you are mightiest of the mighties, Mahendra. You are loka, the world, the beauty, the ecstasy, and you are Prajapati, creative sustainer and progenitor of all your children. For you is yajna enacted and extended, for you the yajnaperformers offer the oblations. O Vishnu, infinite are your powers and wondrous your functions. Pray bless us with the fulfilment of our life and, with universal forms of perception and vision, establish us in the nectar joy of immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.19
असति सत् प्रतिष्ठितं सति भूतं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
भूतम् ह भव्य आहितं भव्यं भूते प्रतिष्ठितं तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
asati sat pratiṣṭhitaṃ sati bhūtaṃ pratiṣṭhitam ।
bhūtam ha bhavya āhitaṃ bhavyaṃ bhūte pratiṣṭhitaṃ taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
The Sat, constant Being, is transformed into Asat, the mutable Becoming. The Bhuta, generated and manifested world of mutable Becoming, is rooted in Sat, constant Being. Bhuta, what is, is already there in what is to be, in the Bhavya, and the Bhavya, what is to be, is rooted in Bhuta, what is and what has been. (In other words, the world of past, present and future is integrated, simultaneous and constant. Being transforms into Becoming, and Becoming is Being in the essence. Being and Becoming, Sat and Asat, three variations of time, what has been, what is, and what is yet to be, all these variations are but different facets of the same, one, constant reality. Constancy and Mutability are essentially one and the same). Lord Vishnu, wondrous infinite are your powers and exploits. Pray bless us with fulfilment of our mission in this world of change, and with universal forms of perception and vision of the One Constant in the many mutables establish us in the nectar joy of immutable immortality in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.20
शुक्रो ऽसि भ्राजो ऽसि ।
स यथा त्वं भ्राजता भ्राजो ऽस्य् एवाहं भ्राजता भ्राज्यासम् ॥
śukro 'si bhrājo 'si ।
sa yathā tvaṃ bhrājatā bhrājo 'sy evāhaṃ bhrājatā bhrājyāsam ॥
O Sun, you are pure and powerful. You are bright and blazing. As you are bright and blazing by the power of the self-refulgent Indra, so may I be bright, ever shining by the light and grace of self-refulgent Vishnu.
17.1.21
रुचिर् असि रोचो ऽसि ।
स यथा त्वं रुच्या रोचो ऽस्य् एवाहं पशुभिश् च ब्राह्मणवर्चसेन च रुचिषीय ॥
rucir asi roco 'si ।
sa yathā tvaṃ rucyā roco 'sy evāhaṃ paśubhiś ca brāhmaṇavarcasena ca ruciṣīya ॥
You are love and splendour itself. You are bright and lovely. O Sun, just as you are bright and beautiful by the sublime refulgence of Indra, so may I be bright and lovable by virtue of the perception of universal senses and mind and by the grace of the light and lustre of those sages who are blest by the self-refulgent Indra and omnipresent Vishnu.
17.1.22
उद्यते नम उदायते नम उदिताय नमः ।
विराजे नमः स्वराजे नमः सम्राजे नमः ॥
udyate nama udāyate nama uditāya namaḥ ।
virāje namaḥ svarāje namaḥ samrāje namaḥ ॥
Homage to the rising Sun, homage to the rising Sun in the ascendance, homage to the Sun high on the Zenith, homage to the Refulgent, homage to the Self-Refulgent, homage to the All-Refulgent!
17.1.23
अस्तंयते नमो ऽस्तमेष्यते नमो ऽस्तमिताय नमः ।
विराजे नमः स्वराजे नमः सम्राजे नमः ॥
astaṃyate namo 'stameṣyate namo 'stamitāya namaḥ ।
virāje namaḥ svarāje namaḥ samrāje namaḥ ॥
Homage to the declining Sun, homage to the setting Sun, homage to the Sun gone to set, homage to the Refulgent, homage to the Self-Refulgent, homage to the All-Refulgent!
17.1.24
उद् अगाद् अयम् आदित्यो विश्वेन तपसा सह ।
सपत्नान् मह्यं रन्धयन् मा चाहं द्विषते रधं तवेद् विष्णो बहूधा वीर्याणि ।
त्वं नः पृणीहि पशुभिर् विश्वरूपैः सुधायां मा धेहि परमे व्योमन् ॥
ud agād ayam ādityo viśvena tapasā saha ।
sapatnān mahyaṃ randhayan mā cāhaṃ dviṣate radhaṃ taved viṣṇo bahūdhā vīryāṇi ।
tvaṃ naḥ pṛṇīhi paśubhir viśvarūpaiḥ sudhāyāṃ mā dhehi parame vyoman ॥
Risen is the Sun yonder with all the world’s glory, subjecting for me all rivals and adversaries to me, and I pray I may never be subject to adversaries, internal or external whatever. O Vishnu, self-refulgent lord omnipresent, infinite wondrous are your acts and powers. Pray bless us with senses and mind of universal perception and vision, and by those establish us in the nectar joy of immortality beyond mutability in the highest regions of Divinity.
17.1.25
आदित्य नावम् आरुक्षः शतारित्रां स्वस्तये ।
अहर् मात्य् अपीपरो रात्रिं सत्राति पारय ॥
āditya nāvam ārukṣaḥ śatāritrāṃ svastaye ।
ahar māty apīparo rātriṃ satrāti pāraya ॥
O Aditya, self-refulgent lord, you have ascended the hundred-oared ark of life with me for our well-being. You have helped me cross over the day, kindly help me to cross over the night as well.
17.1.26
सूर्य नावम् आरुक्षः शतारित्रां स्वस्तये ।
रात्रिं मात्य् अपीपरो ऽहः सत्राति पारय ॥
sūrya nāvam ārukṣaḥ śatāritrāṃ svastaye ।
rātriṃ māty apīparo 'haḥ satrāti pāraya ॥
O Aditya, self-refulgent lord, you have ascended the hundred-oared ark of life with me for our well-being. You have helped me cross over the night. Pray help me to cross over the day as well.
17.1.27
प्रजापतेर् आवृतो ब्रह्मणा वर्मणाहं कश्यपस्य ज्योतिषा वर्चसा च ।
जरदष्टिः कृतवीर्यो विहायाः सहस्रायुः सुकृतश् चरेयम् ॥
prajāpater āvṛto brahmaṇā varmaṇāhaṃ kaśyapasya jyotiṣā varcasā ca ।
jaradaṣṭiḥ kṛtavīryo vihāyāḥ sahasrāyuḥ sukṛtaś careyam ॥
I am covered and protected by the Vedic armour of Prajapati, father, protector and sustainer of his children of humanity. I am wrapped and protected by the light and lustre of Kashyapa, lord of wisdom and protection against all fears and ailments. I pray that I may live my life doing noble and vigorous acts worthy of the brave upto a ripe age of full hundred years.
17.1.28
परिवृतो ब्रह्मणा वर्मणाहम् कश्यपस्य ज्योतिषा वर्चसा च ।
मा मा प्रापन्न् इषवो दैव्या या मा मानुषीर् अवसृष्टाः वधाय ॥
parivṛto brahmaṇā varmaṇāham kaśyapasya jyotiṣā varcasā ca ।
mā mā prāpann iṣavo daivyā yā mā mānuṣīr avasṛṣṭāḥ vadhāya ॥
I am covered and guarded deeply and wholly all round by the Vedic armour of Lord Supreme, Brahma. I am wrapped and protected by the light and splendour of Kashyapa, lord of wisdom, pranic energy and natural strength. I pray and I affirm that the arrows and attacks shot and mounted against me either by natural or human powers, even though they be meant to kill, shall never reach and never touch me.
17.1.29
ऋतेन गुप्त ऋतुभिश् च सर्वैर् भूतेन गुप्तो भव्येन चाहम् ।
मा मा प्रापत् पाप्मा मोत मृत्युर् अन्तर् दधे ऽहं सलिलेन वाचः ॥
ṛtena gupta ṛtubhiś ca sarvair bhūtena gupto bhavyena cāham ।
mā mā prāpat pāpmā mota mṛtyur antar dadhe 'haṃ salilena vācaḥ ॥
I am protected by Rtam, eternal truth and the laws of eternal truth. I am protected by all the seasons through the year. And I am protected by the past and future of my life as pursued or to be pursued in accordance with the laws of eternal truth. Never must any sin or anything sinful ever approach me. Never must even death violate me. I have sin and fear of death washed away and disappear from within me by the holy waters of Vedic speech.
17.1.30
अग्निर् मा गोप्ता परि पातु विश्वतः उद्यन्त् सूर्यो नुदतां मृत्युपाशान् ।
व्युछन्तीर् उषसः पर्वता ध्रुवाः सहस्रं प्राणा मय्य् आ यतन्ताम् ॥
agnir mā goptā pari pātu viśvataḥ udyant sūryo nudatāṃ mṛtyupāśān ।
vyuchantīr uṣasaḥ parvatā dhruvāḥ sahasraṃ prāṇā mayy ā yatantām ॥
Agni, leading light of life, my protector, may, I pray, protect and promote me all round against all dangers and negativities. May the rising sun strike off and keep away the snares of decline and death. May the radiant dawns dispelling darkness, the clouds and fixed mountains and the pranic energies all join, exert in me and rejuvenate me a thousand ways, a thousandfold.