7. Rig Veda — Mandala 7

✦ Sukta 1 · 25 verses ✦

7.1.1

अ॒ग्निं नरो॒ दीधि॑तिभिर॒रण्यो॒र्हस्त॑च्युती जनयन्त प्रश॒स्तम् । दू॒रे॒दृशं॑ गृ॒हप॑तिमथ॒र्युम् ॥

O leading lights of yajna, let the people produce fire by the heated friction of arani woods done with the manual motion of hands. Fire is an admirable power seen from afar and shining far and wide, sustaining home life like a guardian but otherwise silent, implicit in nature and non-violent. Further create this domestic energy by your acts of research and intelligence.

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7.1.2

तम॒ग्निमस्ते॒ वस॑वो॒ न्यृ॑ण्वन्त्सुप्रति॒चक्ष॒मव॑से॒ कुत॑श्चित् । द॒क्षाय्यो॒ यो दम॒ आस॒ नित्यः॑ ॥

The energy of fire and electricity, scholars of basic science and original vision produce for domestic purpose or for communication and transportation somehow from something they know best. It is of versatile use for defence and protection, universal in nature and character, and an all purpose asset in the home for any service.

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7.1.3

प्रेद्धो॑ अग्ने दीदिहि पु॒रो नोऽज॑स्रया सू॒र्म्या॑ यविष्ठ । त्वां शश्व॑न्त॒ उप॑ यन्ति॒ वाजाः॑ ॥

O fire divine, ever youthful power and presence, well kindled and raised, shine on, radiate and illuminate us, constantly, through the continuous channel of nature’s dynamics. All things in constant motion reach you and flow on in the cosmic cycle.

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7.1.4

प्र ते अ॒ग्नयो॒ऽग्निभ्यो॒ वरं॒ निः सु॒वीरा॑सः शोशुचन्त द्यु॒मन्तः॑ । यत्रा॒ नरः॑ स॒मास॑ते सुजा॒ताः ॥

O light divine, brighter and stronger than flames of fire are those vibrant radiations of yours, all illuminating, purifying and sanctifying, which arise when leading lights of yajnic vision and action, well educated and holily cultured, sit together on the vedi and kindle you to join the cosmic circuit of intelligence.

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7.1.5

दा नो॑ अग्ने धि॒या र॒यिं सु॒वीरं॑ स्वप॒त्यं स॑हस्य प्रश॒स्तम् । न यं यावा॒ तर॑ति यातु॒मावा॑न् ॥

O mighty fire and light of divinity, with luminous intelligence and noble action give us that honour and excellence of life and that brave, admirable and seasoned progeny worthy of us which no force would be able to violate or overcome.

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7.1.6

उप॒ यमेति॑ युव॒तिः सु॒दक्षं॑ दो॒षा वस्तो॑र्ह॒विष्म॑ती घृ॒ताची॑ । उप॒ स्वैन॑म॒रम॑तिर्वसू॒युः ॥

The creative vitality of Agni is active and operative day and night: the youthful maiden approaches her versatile lover and stays with him in marriage for life, the yajna ladle overflowing with ghrta reaches the kindled fire of the vedi, the rich dark night looks up to the moon and terminates with the sun, the virgin nature, divine lord’s own consort, with the passion for creation, joins him for ever and creates the living world.

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7.1.7

विश्वा॑ अ॒ग्नेऽप॑ द॒हारा॑ती॒र्येभि॒स्तपो॑भि॒रद॑हो॒ जरू॑थम् । प्र नि॑स्व॒रं चा॑तय॒स्वामी॑वाम् ॥

O divine fire, burn off all the negativities and adversities of the world with those flames of light with which you burn, eliminate the ailments, sickness and disease from the very roots, and recreate life anew.

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7.1.8

आ यस्ते॑ अग्न इध॒ते अनी॑कं॒ वसि॑ष्ठ॒ शुक्र॒ दीदि॑वः॒ पाव॑क । उ॒तो न॑ ए॒भिः स्त॒वथै॑रि॒ह स्याः॑ ॥

O divine fire of life, Agni, destroyer, purifier and recreator, haven and home of the living world and blazing ruler, let your power and forces which shine all round shine on and illuminate our life, and, with all these our songs of praise and prayer, stay with us as protector and promoter and strengthen us for our self defence and protection.

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7.1.9

वि ये ते॑ अग्ने भेजि॒रे अनी॑कं॒ मर्ता॒ नरः॒ पित्र्या॑सः पुरु॒त्रा । उ॒तो न॑ ए॒भिः सु॒मना॑ इ॒ह स्याः॑ ॥

Agni, light of life and fiery power, many are the mortals, leading lights, good and kind as parents, dedicated to you and serving your powers and forces of existence. With all these be kind and gracious at heart toward us here in life and now.

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7.1.10

इ॒मे नरो॑ वृत्र॒हत्ये॑षु॒ शूरा॒ विश्वा॒ अदे॑वीर॒भि स॑न्तु मा॒याः । ये मे॒ धियं॑ प॒नय॑न्त प्रश॒स्ताम् ॥

Agni, light of life and fiery power, many are the mortals, leading lights, good and kind as parents, dedicated to you and serving your powers and forces of existence. With all these be kind and gracious at heart toward us here in life and now.

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7.1.11

मा शूने॑ अग्ने॒ नि ष॑दाम नृ॒णां माशेष॑सो॒ऽवीर॑ता॒ परि॑ त्वा । प्र॒जाव॑तीषु॒ दुर्या॑सु दुर्य ॥

Agni, lord of light and fire, may we never sit idle in a state of depression or in a state of swollen pride. Among our men, let there be none without descendants. O lord sustainer of happy homes, let there be no trace of cowardice among the happy communities settled in happy homes wholly dedicated to you.

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7.1.12

यम॒श्वी नित्य॑मुप॒याति॑ य॒ज्ञं प्र॒जाव॑न्तं स्वप॒त्यं क्षयं॑ नः । स्वज॑न्मना॒ शेष॑सा वावृधा॒नम् ॥

Agni, lord of life, ruler and sustainer of happy homes and settled communities, give us a blessed home bubbling with the joy of noble children and the presence of happy people, rising and advancing with our own posterity, a happy place for yajna blest by daily visit and constant presence of Agni, lord of sun rays.

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7.1.13

पा॒हि नो॑ अग्ने र॒क्षसो॒ अजु॑ष्टात्पा॒हि धू॒र्तेरर॑रुषो अघा॒योः । त्वा यु॒जा पृ॑तना॒यूँर॒भि ष्या॑म् ॥

Agni, lord of all power and inexhaustible energy, save us from monsters void of love, loyalty and friendship. Protect us against the wicked, violent and sinful. With you as friend, ally and protector, let me face and overthrow even whole armies of adversaries.

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7.1.14

सेद॒ग्निर॒ग्नीँरत्य॑स्त्व॒न्यान्यत्र॑ वा॒जी तन॑यो वी॒ळुपा॑णिः । स॒हस्र॑पाथा अ॒क्षरा॑ स॒मेति॑ ॥

That Agni, vision, power and energy, excels other forms of power and energy where the energy, like an offspring, fast and strong a thousand ways of application as working power of hands, is joined with the imperishable source and flows therefrom therewith like water.

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7.1.15

सेद॒ग्निर्यो व॑नुष्य॒तो नि॒पाति॑ समे॒द्धार॒मंह॑स उरु॒ष्यात् । सु॒जा॒तासः॒ परि॑ चरन्ति वी॒राः ॥

That Agni, power and energy, is real agni which promotes the supplicants and protects them from the violent, which saves the kindler and augmenter from sin, and which the brave, cultured and enlightened leaders, well educated, serve and promote for a common cause.

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7.1.16

अ॒यं सो अ॒ग्निराहु॑तः पुरु॒त्रा यमीशा॑नः॒ समिदि॒न्धे ह॒विष्मा॑न् । परि॒ यमेत्य॑ध्व॒रेषु॒ होता॑ ॥

This is that Agni, light and fire of existence for the sake of life, served and honoured universally, which the lord ruler of the universe commanding the creative resources of existence lights and raises, and which the yajaka with all his resources invokes all round in yajnic acts of service and development for the common cause of love and non-violence.

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7.1.17

त्वे अ॑ग्न आ॒हव॑नानि॒ भूरी॑शा॒नास॒ आ जु॑हुयाम॒ नित्या॑ । उ॒भा कृ॒ण्वन्तो॑ वह॒तू मि॒येधे॑ ॥

Agni, light of life, with all the resources at our disposal we always offer you abundant materials in yajna, promoting thereby both the priest and the host in the holy act of love and non-violence for development.

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7.1.18

इ॒मो अ॑ग्ने वी॒तत॑मानि ह॒व्याज॑स्रो वक्षि दे॒वता॑ति॒मच्छ॑ । प्रति॑ न ईं सुर॒भीणि॑ व्यन्तु ॥

Agni, life of life, universal power, carry well these cherished, holiest and most expansive oblations offered to you in honour of the divinities and, in consequence, let the sweets and fragrances of nature come to us from all sides.

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7.1.19

मा नो॑ अग्ने॒ऽवीर॑ते॒ परा॑ दा दु॒र्वास॒सेऽम॑तये॒ मा नो॑ अ॒स्यै । मा नः॑ क्षु॒धे मा र॒क्षस॑ ऋतावो॒ मा नो॒ दमे॒ मा वन॒ आ जु॑हूर्थाः ॥

Agni, refulgent lord and ruler of life, give us not up to a state of cowardice and impotence. Reduce us not to a state of rags and destitution. Subject us not to such indigence and intellectual imbecility. Reduce us not to hunger. Throw us not to the evil and the wicked. O lord observer and protector of truth and law, lead us not astray in the home and in the forest.

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7.1.20

नू मे॒ ब्रह्मा॑ण्यग्न॒ उच्छ॑शाधि॒ त्वं दे॑व म॒घव॑द्भ्यः सुषूदः । रा॒तौ स्या॑मो॒भया॑स॒ आ ते॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, brilliant and generous lord of enlightenment, you are the divine reservoir of learning and the laws of Dharma. Teach me and the commanders of power and prosperity the laws and values of Dharma. We pray let us both, the priest and yajamana, ruler and ruled, high and low, abide in the orbit of your generosity. And may you both, teacher and preacher, and the divine power promote us with peace, prosperity and well being all round all time.

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7.1.21

त्वम॑ग्ने सु॒हवो॑ र॒ण्वसं॑दृक्सुदी॒ती सू॑नो सहसो दिदीहि । मा त्वे सचा॒ तन॑ये॒ नित्य॒ आ ध॒ङ्मा वी॒रो अ॒स्मन्नर्यो॒ वि दा॑सीत् ॥

Agni, lord of light, invoked with love and eagerly responsive, blissful of form and bright of flame, born of omnipotence, you shine and illuminate. Let not the devotee, always dedicated to you in holy work for the child’s sake, be consumed by the fire of evil. Let the noble and brave son never be indifferent and callous toward us.

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7.1.22

मा नो॑ अग्ने दुर्भृ॒तये॒ सचै॒षु दे॒वेद्धे॑ष्व॒ग्निषु॒ प्र वो॑चः । मा ते॑ अ॒स्मान्दु॑र्म॒तयो॑ भृ॒माच्चि॑द्दे॒वस्य॑ सूनो सहसो नशन्त ॥

Agni, child of omnipotence, lord generous and brilliant, devoted as we are to you in all these yajnic fires kindled by holy ones, pray do not condemn us to indigent living and poor maintenance. Let not your displeasure, O bright and generous lord, even by mistake ever touch us.

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7.1.23

स मर्तो॑ अग्ने स्वनीक रे॒वानम॑र्त्ये॒ य आ॑जु॒होति॑ ह॒व्यम् । स दे॒वता॑ वसु॒वनिं॑ दधाति॒ यं सू॒रिर॒र्थी पृ॒च्छमा॑न॒ एति॑ ॥

Agni, lord of light and life, noble of flames and potent of forces, blest is that mortal with wealth of life who offers holy libations to the immortal fire of yajna. The immortal lord bears immense wealth and honour of life to gift the man of enlightenment who calls upon the lord in a mood of prayer and supplication.

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7.1.24

म॒हो नो॑ अग्ने सुवि॒तस्य॑ वि॒द्वान्र॒यिं सू॒रिभ्य॒ आ व॑हा बृ॒हन्त॑म् । येन॑ व॒यं स॑हसाव॒न्मदे॒मावि॑क्षितास॒ आयु॑षा सु॒वीराः॑ ॥

Agni, lord of light and life, you know our great desire and prayer. Pray bring us abundant and expansive wealth and enlightenment for the brave by which, O lord of power, we may live and enjoy a long life with lustre and noble progeny without hurt, waste or corruption.

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7.1.25

नू मे॒ ब्रह्मा॑ण्यग्न॒ उच्छ॑शाधि॒ त्वं दे॑व म॒घव॑द्भ्यः सुषूदः । रा॒तौ स्या॑मो॒भया॑स॒ आ ते॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, lord of light and wealth of life, brilliant, generous and divine, give us more and more of food and plenty of wealth for the dedicated men of honour and power and enlighten us how to live with honour and joy. O lord, we pray let us all, givers and receivers both, abide in the bliss of your grace and generosity. O leaders of power and enlightenment, always protect and promote us on the path of peace, plenty and total well being.

✦ Sukta 2 · 11 verses ✦

7.2.1

जु॒षस्व॑ नः स॒मिध॑मग्ने अ॒द्य शोचा॑ बृ॒हद्य॑ज॒तं धू॒ममृ॒ण्वन् । उप॑ स्पृश दि॒व्यं सानु॒ स्तूपैः॒ सं र॒श्मिभि॑स्ततनः॒ सूर्य॑स्य ॥

Agni, light of the world, accept our homage of yajnic fuel today, let the sacred flames and fragrance rise illuminating and purifying the wide space, touch the heights of celestial skies with the holy chant of mantras upto the pinnacles of purity and expand with the rays of the sun.

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7.2.2

नरा॒शंस॑स्य महि॒मान॑मेषा॒मुप॑ स्तोषाम यज॒तस्य॑ य॒ज्ञैः । ये सु॒क्रत॑वः॒ शुच॑यो धियं॒धाः स्वद॑न्ति दे॒वा उ॒भया॑नि ह॒व्या ॥

With yajnic acts of holy offering, we honour and celebrate the grandeur of this sacred Agni, light of life, adored by humanity in the midst of the enlightened divinities, performers of creative actions, who are pure and purifying, intelligent in heart and mind, and who accept and taste both kinds of yajnic offerings for the development of both mental and physical faculties.

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7.2.3

ई॒ळेन्यं॑ वो॒ असु॑रं सु॒दक्ष॑म॒न्तर्दू॒तं रोद॑सी सत्य॒वाच॑म् । म॒नु॒ष्वद॒ग्निं मनु॑ना॒ समि॑द्धं॒ सम॑ध्व॒राय॒ सद॒मिन्म॑हेम ॥

Let us always and for all of you honour and exalt the adorable, inspiring, efficient and generous Agni operative like a human ambassador between heaven and earth, between body and spirit, true of speech like a superman, enlightened and inspired by the wisest of humanity for the sake of creation and development with love and non-violence for progress of the world. (Agni here is the leader of humanity brilliant as light and inspired with will and enthusiasm like fire.)

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7.2.4

स॒प॒र्यवो॒ भर॑माणा अभि॒ज्ञु प्र वृ॑ञ्जते॒ नम॑सा ब॒र्हिर॒ग्नौ । आ॒जुह्वा॑ना घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठं॒ पृष॑द्व॒दध्व॑र्यवो ह॒विषा॑ मर्जयध्वम् ॥

Worshippers sitting on their knees, bearing sacred grass and fragrant materials, offer the preliminary oblation of holy grass and ghrta with reverence into the fire. O priests invoking and raising the fire burning bright with flames of ghrta as rain from the cloud, feed the fire with holy oblations of havi and thereby purify the hearts of the worshippers.

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7.2.5

स्वा॒ध्यो॒३॒॑ वि दुरो॑ देव॒यन्तोऽशि॑श्रयू रथ॒युर्दे॒वता॑ता । पू॒र्वी शिशुं॒ न मा॒तरा॑ रिहा॒णे सम॒ग्रुवो॒ न सम॑नेष्वञ्जन् ॥

Devout thinkers and dedicated scholars committed to yajna and the divinities move at the speed of chariots in holy works, wide open the doors of heavenly bliss and beautify them for all in the battles of life. Loving and bold they are like young mothers to the child and advance forces for the ruler.

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7.2.6

उ॒त योष॑णे दि॒व्ये म॒ही न॑ उ॒षासा॒नक्ता॑ सू॒दुघे॑व धे॒नुः । ब॒र्हि॒षदा॑ पुरुहू॒ते म॒घोनी॒ आ य॒ज्ञिये॑ सुवि॒ताय॑ श्रयेताम् ॥

And may the holy and divine night and the dawn, both celestial maidens of the universe abiding in spaces between heaven and earth, abundant with beauty and power, universally invoked and adored, worthy of worship, come and bless us in life for happiness and well being, like the mother earth, like the generous mother cow, and like the infinite speech of divine revelation.

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7.2.7

विप्रा॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॒ मानु॑षेषु का॒रू मन्ये॑ वां जा॒तवे॑दसा॒ यज॑ध्यै । ऊ॒र्ध्वं नो॑ अध्व॒रं कृ॑तं॒ हवे॑षु॒ ता दे॒वेषु॑ वनथो॒ वार्या॑णि ॥

O scholars and scientists, artists and craftsmen, you know all the facts, values and requirements of the world around. I honour you in the yajnic programmes of humility and invite you to participate in the creative programmes of development. Pray take the challenge and raise our corporate programmes of love and nonviolence to the heights of achievement. May you all create, acquire and bring in the cherished objects of value for the noble humanity.

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7.2.8

आ भार॑ती॒ भार॑तीभिः स॒जोषा॒ इळा॑ दे॒वैर्म॑नु॒ष्ये॑भिर॒ग्निः । सर॑स्वती सारस्व॒तेभि॑र॒र्वाक् ति॒स्रो दे॒वीर्ब॒र्हिरेदं स॑दन्तु ॥

May Bharati, goddess of world speech, knowledge and culture come. May Ila, goddess of divine speech, knowledge and grace come. May Sarasvati, mother dynamics of universal speech, knowledge and culture come. May the three divinities, loving, kind and gracious, come with the enlightened daughters of the earth, men and divines of enlightenment, and dedicated scholars of eternal and historical knowledge, come and grace our sacred seats of yajna. May Agni, lord omniscient, come and bless us in the soul.

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7.2.9

तन्न॑स्तु॒रीप॒मध॑ पोषयि॒त्नु देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्वि र॑रा॒णः स्य॑स्व । यतो॑ वी॒रः क॑र्म॒ण्यः॑ सु॒दक्षो॑ यु॒क्तग्रा॑वा॒ जाय॑ते दे॒वका॑मः ॥

O Tvashta, brilliant maker of forms and shaper of men, generous and joyous giver of all round nourishment, physical, mental and spiritual, give us that vitality and that virility, that perfection of form, education and culture without delay from which is born the brave hero of action, expert scientist and technologist, specialist of clouds and rain dedicated to divinity as well as to noble humanity.

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7.2.10

वन॑स्प॒तेऽव॑ सृ॒जोप॑ दे॒वान॒ग्निर्ह॒विः श॑मि॒ता सू॑दयाति । सेदु॒ होता॑ स॒त्यत॑रो यजाति॒ यथा॑ दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मानि॒ वेद॑ ॥

Giver of life and nourishment to the woods, lord of light and sun rays, take up the fragrance and reach it across to the generous powers of nature and humanity. Agni, fire of yajna, has catalysed and refined the holy materials in the vedi for diffusion.Agni, that’s the yajaka of nature, ever true and more which coexists with the divine elements of nature from their origin, joins them, and refines and intensifies them for the common good of nature and humanity.

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7.2.11

आ या॑ह्यग्ने समिधा॒नो अ॒र्वाङिन्द्रे॑ण दे॒वैः स॒रथं॑ तु॒रेभिः॑ । ब॒र्हिर्न॒ आस्ता॒मदि॑तिः सुपु॒त्रा स्वाहा॑ दे॒वा अ॒मृता॑ मादयन्ताम् ॥

Agni, fire of life, light of the sun, brilliant scholar and teacher, come to us right here, burning, blazing, shining and illuminating, with Indra, light and power as that of thunder and lightning. Come by chariot across the spaces with the divines and forces of instant action, sit on the holy grass, and let Aditi, mother earth and nature, with her children of virtue and the immortal divinities all be happy and give us joy in truth of word and deed.

✦ Sukta 3 · 10 verses ✦

7.3.1

अ॒ग्निं वो॑ दे॒वम॒ग्निभिः॑ स॒जोषा॒ यजि॑ष्ठं दू॒तम॑ध्व॒रे कृ॑णुध्वम् । यो मर्त्ये॑षु॒ निध्रु॑विर्ऋ॒तावा॒ तपु॑र्मूर्धा घृ॒तान्नः॑ पाव॒कः ॥

O learned scholars and scientists, in your yajnic programmes of corporate endeavour for human purposes, light and produce that adorable agni, energy, from various forms of heat and sunlight, which is brilliantly useful and universally helpful and which acts as a messenger between region and region and earth and space. It is permanently present in all forms of mortal creation, abides by the laws of nature, is vested with heat and power at the highest, consumes finest food and it is fiery and purifying.

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7.3.2

प्रोथ॒दश्वो॒ न यव॑सेऽवि॒ष्यन्य॒दा म॒हः सं॒वर॑णा॒द्व्यस्था॑त् । आद॑स्य॒ वातो॒ अनु॑ वाति शो॒चिरध॑ स्म ते॒ व्रज॑नं कृ॒ष्णम॑स्ति ॥

Roaring and consuming its food like a horse exulting in grass, it rises from its source and moves like velocity itself, splitting, protecting, accomplishing. Currents of wind and energy follow the rise of its power. O fiery energy, attraction and repulsion, that’s your path of motion.

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7.3.3

उद्यस्य॑ ते॒ नव॑जातस्य॒ वृष्णोऽग्ने॒ चर॑न्त्य॒जरा॑ इधा॒नाः । अच्छा॒ द्याम॑रु॒षो धू॒म ए॑ति॒ सं दू॒तो अ॑ग्न॒ ईय॑से॒ हि दे॒वान् ॥

Agni, abundant energy divine, as your flames arise, new and undecaying, the radiant waves traverse the heights of heaven in space, and thus you move like a messenger to the divinities of nature at the one end and to the brilliant scholars at the other.

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7.3.4

वि यस्य॑ ते पृथि॒व्यां पाजो॒ अश्रे॑त्तृ॒षु यदन्ना॑ स॒मवृ॑क्त॒ जम्भैः॑ । सेने॑व सृ॒ष्टा प्रसि॑तिष्ट एति॒ यवं॒ न द॑स्म जु॒ह्वा॑ विवेक्षि ॥

Your power and force spreads in and all over the earth instantly as you consume the inputs by the jaw-like motion of your flames and release the energy. The radiation of energy moves like a fighting force forward on the advance when, O mighty power, you receive the materials and convert them into energy as grain is converted into vitality.

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7.3.5

तमिद्दो॒षा तमु॒षसि॒ यवि॑ष्ठम॒ग्निमत्यं॒ न म॑र्जयन्त॒ नरः॑ । नि॒शिशा॑ना॒ अति॑थिमस्य॒ योनौ॑ दी॒दाय॑ शो॒चिराहु॑तस्य॒ वृष्णः॑ ॥

O leading lights of science and technology, as riders groom a race horse for better performance, similarly strengthen and sharpen the power of this radiant and most youthful, unaging, Agni, serving and refining it like an undated but most welcome visitor, and increase the light and speed of this abundant treasure of energy fed with greater inputs at source, and let it shine at night and at dawn and let it radiate more and ever more.

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7.3.6

सु॒सं॒दृक्ते॑ स्वनीक॒ प्रती॑कं॒ वि यद्रु॒क्मो न रोच॑स उपा॒के । दि॒वो न ते॑ तन्य॒तुरे॑ति॒ शुष्म॑श्चि॒त्रो न सूरः॒ प्रति॑ चक्षि भा॒नुम् ॥

Radiant Agni, commander of noble ensign, power and force, beautiful is your form when, close at hand, you shine like radiant gold. The light of your power radiates and blazes like lightning from the sky, and you display your splendour like the wonderful sun.

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7.3.7

यथा॑ वः॒ स्वाहा॒ग्नये॒ दाशे॑म॒ परीळा॑भिर्घृ॒तव॑द्भिश्च ह॒व्यैः । तेभि॑र्नो अग्ने॒ अमि॑तै॒र्महो॑भिः श॒तं पू॒र्भिराय॑सीभि॒र्नि पा॑हि ॥

Agni, refulgent ruler of the world, as we offer homage and yajna to you in truth of word and deed with fragrant materials soaked in ghrta and exalt you with streams of holy songs without reserve, you too, we pray, in gracious response, protect and promote us a hundredfold with great unbounded golden citadels of steel security, prosperity and culture.

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7.3.8

या वा॑ ते॒ सन्ति॑ दा॒शुषे॒ अधृ॑ष्टा॒ गिरो॑ वा॒ याभि॑र्नृ॒वती॑रुरु॒ष्याः । ताभि॑र्नः सूनो सहसो॒ नि पा॑हि॒ स्मत्सू॒रीञ्ज॑रि॒तॄञ्जा॑तवेदः ॥

Or what we know are your divine voices, loud, bold and unchallengeable, gifted to the generous yajnic giver, by which you protect your people who comprise the best men and women, by them, O child of omnipotence, Jataveda, present with every thing in existence, protect and promote us and the learned brave celebrants of divinity.

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7.3.9

निर्यत्पू॒तेव॒ स्वधि॑तिः॒ शुचि॒र्गात्स्वया॑ कृ॒पा त॒न्वा॒३॒॑ रोच॑मानः । आ यो मा॒त्रोरु॒शेन्यो॒ जनि॑ष्ट देव॒यज्या॑य सु॒क्रतुः॑ पाव॒कः ॥

Agni, refulgent ruler of the world, emerging like fire from its mother source of arani woods or like heat and light from earth and heaven, arises from the land and her people and goes forward blazing like a thunderbolt of crystal, pure and purifying, bright by the grace of his body and mind, illuminating, sanctifying, dedicated to the service of divine nature and noble humanity.

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7.3.10

ए॒ता नो॑ अग्ने॒ सौभ॑गा दिदी॒ह्यपि॒ क्रतुं॑ सु॒चेत॑सं वतेम । विश्वा॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ गृण॒ते च॑ सन्तु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

These are our good fortunes, O fire divine, O lord of light. Shine and illuminate these so that we may attain noble intelligence and will to do good works. O lord, let all these riches be for the celebrant and servant of Divinity too. O children of the earth, O divine powers, protect and promote us always all round with peace and joy of well being.

✦ Sukta 4 · 10 verses ✦

7.4.1

प्र वः॑ शु॒क्राय॑ भा॒नवे॑ भरध्वं ह॒व्यं म॒तिं चा॒ग्नये॒ सुपू॑तम् । यो दैव्या॑नि॒ मानु॑षा ज॒नूंष्य॒न्तर्विश्वा॑नि वि॒द्मना॒ जिगा॑ति ॥

For your strength and vitality and for your light and wisdom, bear and offer purified fragrant oblations and songs of praise to Agni, refulgent spirit of Divinity which, with its light and awareness, inspires and enlightens all human and superhuman manifestations of life within.

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7.4.2

स गृत्सो॑ अ॒ग्निस्तरु॑णश्चिदस्तु॒ यतो॒ यवि॑ष्ठो॒ अज॑निष्ट मा॒तुः । सं यो वना॑ यु॒वते॒ शुचि॑द॒न्भूरि॑ चि॒दन्ना॒ समिद॑त्ति स॒द्यः ॥

Let that Agni, spirit of life, be young, ever fresh and progressive since it is the youngest born of Mother Nature. As fire abides with the woods for food, so does the spirit abide with sun rays for food and energy, and as one consumes food with pure white teeth so does the fiery youth always consume lots of food for energy and growth in the physical form.

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7.4.3

अ॒स्य दे॒वस्य॑ सं॒सद्यनी॑के॒ यं मर्ता॑सः श्ये॒तं ज॑गृ॒भ्रे । नि यो गृभं॒ पौरु॑षेयीमु॒वोच॑ दु॒रोक॑म॒ग्निरा॒यवे॑ शुशोच ॥

The grandeur of this brilliant lord of light, the mortals perceive and realise in his splendid assembly and in the blazing armies of his power. He defines spiritual excellence as the very embodiment of it in manifestation and shines as an unassailable hero for humanity

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7.4.4

अ॒यं क॒विरक॑विषु॒ प्रचे॑ता॒ मर्ते॑ष्व॒ग्निर॒मृतो॒ नि धा॑यि । स मा नो॒ अत्र॑ जुहुरः सहस्वः॒ सदा॒ त्वे सु॒मन॑सः स्याम ॥

This Agni, intelligent, brilliant and a poetic visionary among the unwise and unintelligent, pervades and shines, the immortal spirit among the mortals. O lord most potent and patient, forsake us never, never abandon us to the wicked in the world, let us always enjoy your good will, love and grace.

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7.4.5

आ यो योनिं॑ दे॒वकृ॑तं स॒साद॒ क्रत्वा॒ ह्य१॒॑ग्निर॒मृताँ॒ अता॑रीत् । तमोष॑धीश्च व॒निन॑श्च॒ गर्भं॒ भूमि॑श्च वि॒श्वधा॑यसं बिभर्ति ॥

ThatAgni, universal spirit, which by his creative yajna resides in the cosmic home created by divine powers of Prakrti in association with the supreme lord, and which redeems the immortal souls in mortal forms to freedom, the same cosmic creator and sustainer, the herbs, the trees and the earth bear at heart in seed form in the state of existence as the principle of growth and sustenance of the universe.

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7.4.6

ईशे॒ ह्य१॒॑ग्निर॒मृत॑स्य॒ भूरे॒रीशे॑ रा॒यः सु॒वीर्य॑स्य॒ दातोः॑ । मा त्वा॑ व॒यं स॑हसावन्न॒वीरा॒ माप्स॑वः॒ परि॑ षदाम॒ मादु॑वः ॥

Agni, lord of light and life, commands abundant gifts of nectar-like food and immortal values, and he commands the gifts of wealth, honour and excellence. O lord of power and patience, we pray, let us always be with you but not as cowards, not without progeny, not without obedience and service in faith, not in a state of ugliness and gracelessness.

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7.4.7

प॒रि॒षद्यं॒ ह्यर॑णस्य॒ रेक्णो॒ नित्य॑स्य रा॒यः पत॑यः स्याम । न शेषो॑ अग्ने अ॒न्यजा॑तम॒स्त्यचे॑तानस्य॒ मा प॒थो वि दु॑क्षः ॥

Wealth, but without debt and fight, is to be sought for. Let us be masters of wealth of permanent, undiminishing character. The child born of another is not your own as wealth earned by another is not yours. O lord Agni, pray do not vitiate the paths of the simple and ignorant, protect the innocents.

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7.4.8

न॒हि ग्रभा॒यार॑णः सु॒शेवो॒ऽन्योद॑र्यो॒ मन॑सा॒ मन्त॒वा उ॑ । अधा॑ चि॒दोकः॒ पुन॒रित्स ए॒त्या नो॑ वा॒ज्य॑भी॒षाळे॑तु॒ नव्यः॑ ॥

The child born of another even though well disposed is but distant and not ideal for adoption because ultimately he is drawn to his native home by nature. O lord, bless us with our self-born, patient and intelligent child.

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7.4.9

त्वम॑ग्ने वनुष्य॒तो नि पा॑हि॒ त्वमु॑ नः सहसावन्नव॒द्यात् । सं त्वा॑ ध्वस्म॒न्वद॒भ्ये॑तु॒ पाथः॒ सं र॒यिः स्पृ॑ह॒याय्यः॑ सह॒स्री ॥

Agni, brilliant commander of knowledge and power, protect the supplicants from the violent. O lord of power and patience, protect us from sin and evil, jealousy and calumny. May food and wealth of honest imperishable nature flow to you with noble and most desirable honour and excellence.

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7.4.10

ए॒ता नो॑ अग्ने॒ सौभ॑गा दिदी॒ह्यपि॒ क्रतुं॑ सु॒चेत॑सं वतेम । विश्वा॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ गृण॒ते च॑ सन्तु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

These are the glories and good fortunes of life, Agni, which, pray, give us, shine and refine so that we may achieve the holiness of yajnic action and divine awareness. Let all these be the share of supplicants, singers and celebrants of life and divinity. O divinities of nature and humanity, may you all protect and promote us with the gifts of honour, excellence and the prosperity of well being all round.

✦ Sukta 5 · 9 verses ✦

7.5.1

प्राग्नये॑ त॒वसे॑ भरध्वं॒ गिरं॑ दि॒वो अ॑र॒तये॑ पृथि॒व्याः । यो विश्वे॑षाम॒मृता॑नामु॒पस्थे॑ वैश्वान॒रो वा॑वृ॒धे जा॑गृ॒वद्भिः॑ ॥

Bear and offer words of praise and thankfulness in honour of mighty Agni which, ever active without rest at the heart of heaven and earth and all things beyond destruction, is the living light and life of the world, Vaishvanara, and rejoices with all those that are awake and keeps them alive and growing. Note: Vaishvanara Agni is the divine fire and vitality of the earth and the terrestrial sphere, Vayu is the electric energy of the middle region, and Aditya, Taijas is the light and life of the heavenly solar region of the universe.

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7.5.2

पृ॒ष्टो दि॒वि धाय्य॒ग्निः पृ॑थि॒व्यां ने॒ता सिन्धू॑नां वृष॒भः स्तिया॑नाम् । स मानु॑षीर॒भि विशो॒ वि भा॑ति वैश्वान॒रो वा॑वृधा॒नो वरे॑ण ॥

The divine fire is pervasive in the heaven and over the earthly sphere. It is the mover of rivers and showerer of rains. It shines among all the human communities and inspires them to action. This is Vaishvanara Agni growing with the expansive world by its own divine glory.

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7.5.3

त्वद्भि॒या विश॑ आय॒न्नसि॑क्नीरसम॒ना जह॑ती॒र्भोज॑नानि । वैश्वा॑नर पू॒रवे॒ शोशु॑चानः॒ पुरो॒ यद॑ग्ने द॒रय॒न्नदी॑देः ॥

By virtue of your awe and pressure of law, human communities move forward, each in its own way, leaving behind the sufferance of their experiences. O Vaishvanara Agni, shine on illuminating the people as you have ever been shining and eliminating the sufferings of mankind.

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7.5.4

तव॑ त्रि॒धातु॑ पृथि॒वी उ॒त द्यौर्वैश्वा॑नर व्र॒तम॑ग्ने सचन्त । त्वं भा॒सा रोद॑सी॒ आ त॑त॒न्थाज॑स्रेण शो॒चिषा॒ शोशु॑चानः ॥

O Vaishvanara Agni, lord omnipresent and leading light of the universe, the heaven and earth and the threefold Prakrti (Nature) of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, that is, mind, motion and matter, all these observe and move by your law. You pervade and enliven heaven and earth and the middle regions with your selfrefulgence, shining, illuminating and purifying the world by your eternal heat and light.

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7.5.5

त्वाम॑ग्ने ह॒रितो॑ वावशा॒ना गिरः॑ सचन्ते॒ धुन॑यो घृ॒ताचीः॑ । पतिं॑ कृष्टी॒नां र॒थ्यं॑ रयी॒णां वै॑श्वान॒रमु॒षसां॑ के॒तुमह्ना॑म् ॥

You, O fire divine, Vaishvanara Agni of the universe, the resounding quarters of space, eloquent voices of poets, roaring winds and silence of the nights, all adore you, protector of humanity, end and aim of all wealth and honour, glory of the dawns and the blaze of days.

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7.5.6

त्वे अ॑सु॒र्यं१॒॑ वस॑वो॒ न्यृ॑ण्व॒न्क्रतुं॒ हि ते॑ मित्रमहो जु॒षन्त॑ । त्वं दस्यूँ॒रोक॑सो अग्न आज उ॒रु ज्योति॑र्ज॒नय॒न्नार्या॑य ॥

The Vasus, abodes of life such as earth, abide by you, find life energy in you, and while they join your universal yajna of life’s creation and sustenance, they find their end and aim in you as the greatest friend and sustainer. O light divine, Agni, you reach the ignorant and their abodes and you create the vast light of life for the noble and the wise.

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7.5.7

स जाय॑मानः पर॒मे व्यो॑मन्वा॒युर्न पाथः॒ परि॑ पासि स॒द्यः । त्वं भुव॑ना ज॒नय॑न्न॒भि क्र॒न्नप॑त्याय जातवेदो दश॒स्यन् ॥

O Jataveda, lord omniscient of created existence, self-manifested in the highest heaven of space you create, and universal breath of life like Vayu, you all time sustain fire, water and earth, thus creating and perfecting all regions of the world and providing everything for the children of creation.

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7.5.8

ताम॑ग्ने अ॒स्मे इष॒मेर॑यस्व॒ वैश्वा॑नर द्यु॒मतीं॑ जातवेदः । यया॒ राधः॒ पिन्व॑सि विश्ववार पृ॒थु श्रवो॑ दा॒शुषे॒ मर्त्या॑य ॥

Agni, leading light of life, lord omniscient all adorable, bring us that illuminating food and energy for body, mind and soul by which you perfect and sustain the means of success, and unbounded honour and excellence for the generous mortals dedicated to yajnic charity.

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7.5.9

तं नो॑ अग्ने म॒घव॑द्भ्यः पुरु॒क्षुं र॒यिं नि वाजं॒ श्रुत्यं॑ युवस्व । वैश्वा॑नर॒ महि॑ नः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ रु॒द्रेभि॑रग्ने॒ वसु॑भिः स॒जोषाः॑ ॥

Agni, giver of light and life, for us, for our men of honour and excellence, create, provide and manage food for all, energy, wealth and honour and honourable success. O Vaishvanara, leading light of life, Agni, fire divine, give us a great home full of love and peace, in association with Rudras, pranic energies of nature, and the Vasus, generous life sustainers such as earth.

✦ Sukta 6 · 7 verses ✦

7.6.1

प्र स॒म्राजो॒ असु॑रस्य॒ प्रश॑स्तिं पुं॒सः कृ॑ष्टी॒नाम॑नु॒माद्य॑स्य । इन्द्र॑स्येव॒ प्र त॒वस॑स्कृ॒तानि॒ वन्दे॑ दा॒रुं वन्द॑मानो विवक्मि ॥

I speak in honour of the universal Vaishvanara, leading artist and light of the world:Ihonour and celebrate the glory of the self-refulgent, generous, virile, beloved hero of the nations like the exploits of mighty Indra, the sun, joy of the world.

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7.6.2

क॒विं के॒तुं धा॒सिं भा॒नुमद्रे॑र्हि॒न्वन्ति॒ शं रा॒ज्यं रोद॑स्योः । पु॒रं॒द॒रस्य॑ गी॒र्भिरा वि॑वासे॒ऽग्नेर्व्र॒तानि॑ पू॒र्व्या म॒हानि॑ ॥

Poets invoke and celebrate the omniscient, selfmanifested, life sustaining light and blissful ruler of heaven and earth. The same Agni, omnipotent lord breaker of the clouds and mountains, I adore, and I sing and celebrate his great eternal laws and acts with the holiest words of praise.

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7.6.3

न्य॑क्र॒तून्ग्र॒थिनो॑ मृ॒ध्रवा॑चः प॒णीँर॑श्र॒द्धाँ अ॑वृ॒धाँ अ॑य॒ज्ञान् । प्रप्र॒ तान्दस्यूँ॑र॒ग्निर्वि॑वाय॒ पूर्व॑श्चका॒राप॑राँ॒ अय॑ज्यून् ॥

Agni, highest ruler of the world, reforms, removes, or reduces to nullity the saboteurs, misguided plotters, evil-tongued scandalisers, retrogrades, reactionaries, selfish exploiters, wicked and antisocial elements of society.

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7.6.4

यो अ॑पा॒चीने॒ तम॑सि॒ मद॑न्तीः॒ प्राची॑श्च॒कार॒ नृत॑मः॒ शची॑भिः । तमीशा॑नं॒ वस्वो॑ अ॒ग्निं गृ॑णी॒षेऽना॑नतं द॒मय॑न्तं पृत॒न्यून् ॥

I glorify Agni, that highest and dauntless leader of humanity, lord ruler of world power and wealth who, with his noble words and actions, converts the powers wallowing in dark negation to brilliant and progressive forces of the world and subdues the stubborn powers raising their fighting forces against humanity.

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7.6.5

यो दे॒ह्यो॒३॒॑अन॑मयद्वध॒स्नैर्यो अ॒र्यप॑त्नीरु॒षस॑श्च॒कार॑ । स नि॒रुध्या॒ नहु॑षो य॒ह्वो अ॒ग्निर्विश॑श्चक्रे बलि॒हृतः॒ सहो॑भिः ॥

Agni, ruler of the world worthy of homage and support, controls the lawless by the force of justice and punishment and brings about the dawn of new days and new protections for the noble people. Observant of the law, dedicated to truth, the great Agni energises the people and, with his power and patience, enlightens the people to pay homage and in turn be the beneficiaries.

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7.6.6

यस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नुप॒ विश्वे॒ जना॑स॒ एवै॑स्त॒स्थुः सु॑म॒तिं भिक्ष॑माणाः । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो वर॒मा रोद॑स्यो॒राग्निः स॑साद पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थ॑म् ॥

By Agni’s house of peace and protection all people abide, by virtue of knowledge, virtue and karma, sharing the common good will and natural intelligence. Vaishvanara Agni abides between heaven and earth, in the bosom of the parents.

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7.6.7

आ दे॒वो द॑दे बु॒ध्न्या॒३॒॑ वसू॑नि वैश्वान॒र उदि॑ता॒ सूर्य॑स्य । आ स॑मु॒द्रादव॑रा॒दा पर॑स्मा॒दाग्निर्द॑दे दि॒व आ पृ॑थि॒व्याः ॥

Brilliant Vaishvanara on sun rise takes away the darkness and gives us the wealth of light through the space and sky. Similarly from the lower sky and the farther space he takes away the darkness and gives us the light of the earth from the solar region. (Such is Agni, leading light of the world, this is Vaishvanara, Agni, brilliant ruler, leader of all.)

✦ Sukta 7 · 7 verses ✦

7.7.1

प्र वो॑ दे॒वं चि॑त्सहसा॒नम॒ग्निमश्वं॒ न वा॒जिनं॑ हिषे॒ नमो॑भिः । भवा॑ नो दू॒तो अ॑ध्व॒रस्य॑ वि॒द्वान्त्मना॑ दे॒वेषु॑ विविदे मि॒तद्रुः॑ ॥

Citizens of the world, for you all, just as a rider spurs on the war horse on the course to achieve his goal, so do I, with homage and adorations, invoke, invite and inspire Agni, brilliant, generous and brave leader of the world, dynamic and warlike achiever, and I say: O lord all knowing, well known for your wisdom and observance of the laws among the nobilities, be the messenger and leader of our yajnic social system of peace, non-violence and all round progress for all. Conscientiously be so, and move at a measured pace.

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7.7.2

आ या॑ह्यग्ने प॒थ्या॒३॒॑ अनु॒ स्वा म॒न्द्रो दे॒वानां॑ स॒ख्यं जु॑षा॒णः । आ सानु॒ शुष्मै॑र्न॒दय॑न्पृथि॒व्या जम्भे॑भि॒र्विश्व॑मु॒शध॒ग्वना॑नि ॥

Come Agni, warm as fire, brilliant as light, forceful as lightning, happy and rejoicing, to your own people, eager for the love and friendship of noble people who love and value the paths of rectitude. Come on top of the world, proclaiming loud and bold your knowledge and power and illuminating the thickest forests of darkness with the radiations of your light.

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7.7.3

प्रा॒चीनो॑ य॒ज्ञः सुधि॑तं॒ हि ब॒र्हिः प्री॑णी॒ते अ॒ग्निरी॑ळि॒तो न होता॑ । आ मा॒तरा॑ वि॒श्ववा॑रे हुवा॒नो यतो॑ यविष्ठ जज्ञि॒षे सु॒शेवः॑ ॥

The yajna is organised right here in front. The holy seats of grass and fragrant materials of yajna are laid. Agni as the ruling high priest invoked, anointed and initiated, is happy with a sense of fulfilment. O brilliant high priest and ruler, Agni, invoking the blessings of your twin mothers, heaven and earth, and serving them here, you arise as the most youthful favourite child of heaven and earth.

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7.7.4

स॒द्यो अ॑ध्व॒रे र॑थि॒रं ज॑नन्त॒ मानु॑षासो॒ विचे॑तसो॒ य ए॑षाम् । वि॒शाम॑धायि वि॒श्पति॑र्दुरो॒णे॒३॒॑ग्निर्म॒न्द्रो मधु॑वचा ऋ॒तावा॑ ॥

Agni, high priest and ruler of the social order, whom people of discernment and wisdom create and initiate as the leader of leaders in the yajna without delay, is happy at heart, sweet of tongue and observant of the laws of truth. He is the ruler and protector of the people and is held in high esteem in the heart and home of these people who have elected him to the office.

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7.7.5

असा॑दि वृ॒तो वह्नि॑राजग॒न्वान॒ग्निर्ब्र॒ह्मा नृ॒षद॑ने विध॒र्ता । द्यौश्च॒ यं पृ॑थि॒वी वा॑वृ॒धाते॒ आ यं होता॒ यज॑ति वि॒श्ववा॑रम् ॥

Agni, light of life, living fire and passion of the world, elected and adored, abides in the heart and home of the people, carrying the burdens of society, radiating all round in the world of humanity, ruling and conducting the business of living as the presiding power and vision. That is the universal power and presence whom heaven and earth advance and whom the yajaka honours and adores in yajna.

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7.7.6

ए॒ते द्यु॒म्नेभि॒र्विश्व॒माति॑रन्त॒ मन्त्रं॒ ये वारं॒ नर्या॒ अत॑क्षन् । प्र ये विश॑स्ति॒रन्त॒ श्रोष॑माणा॒ आ ये मे॑ अ॒स्य दीध॑यन्नृ॒तस्य॑ ॥

Those leading personalities find total fulfilment across the world with all honours and excellence who conceive and fashion forth the rule of law to the purpose of Agni, light and lord of life. And those people too cross over the seas of existence who listen and spread the light of the truth of this song of mine.

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7.7.7

नू त्वाम॑ग्न ईमहे॒ वसि॑ष्ठा ईशा॒नं सू॑नो सहसो॒ वसू॑नाम् । इषं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्य आनड्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, light of life, manifestation of omnipotence, ruler and ordainer of the wealth and honours of the world, we, the people, happily settled adore you: pray bless the celebrants and leading lights with honour and sustenance. O leading lights, pray always protect and promote us all with peace, comfort and total well being.

✦ Sukta 8 · 7 verses ✦

7.8.1

इ॒न्धे राजा॒ सम॒र्यो नमो॑भि॒र्यस्य॒ प्रती॑क॒माहु॑तं घृ॒तेन॑ । नरो॑ ह॒व्येभि॑रीळते स॒बाध॒ आग्निरग्र॑ उ॒षसा॑मशोचि ॥

The spirit of life, Agni, which the ruling leader challenging the battle of life kindles with faith, reverence and fragrant oblations, feeding its physical symbol, the yajnic fire, with ghrta, honour and dignity of life, the leading lights of the nation take over, augment it a nd celebrate it with the best offers of yajna, and then, just as the light of the sun earlier obstructed by nightly darkness rises and shines with the dawns in advance of the day, so does the spirit of the nation earlier suppressed arise on the clarion call of yajna.

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7.8.2

अ॒यमु॒ ष्य सुम॑हाँ अवेदि॒ होता॑ म॒न्द्रो मनु॑षो य॒ह्वो अ॒ग्निः । वि भा अ॑कः ससृजा॒नः पृ॑थि॒व्यां कृ॒ष्णप॑वि॒रोष॑धीभिर्ववक्षे ॥

This is Agni, that ruling spirit of life felt and known, that great and good arouser and yajaka, happy and joyous, human and mighty over all, unchallengeable, who brings out the lights of life from within, wielding great powers and forces, creating and making new things and institutions, and ruling over the earth.

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7.8.3

कया॑ नो अग्ने॒ वि व॑सः सुवृ॒क्तिं कामु॑ स्व॒धामृ॑णवः श॒स्यमा॑नः । क॒दा भ॑वेम॒ पत॑यः सुदत्र रा॒यो व॒न्तारो॑

दु॒ष्टर॑स्य सा॒धोः ॥

Agni, self-refulgent lord ruler of the world, what is the method and manners of life by which your grace would shine upon us? What is the song of adoration, what fragrance of yajna you love by which we would adore and celebrate your majesty? O generous lord giver, when shall we be masters, producers and sharers of rare excellent wealth, power and honour for ourselves and others?

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7.8.4

प्रप्रा॒यम॒ग्निर्भ॑र॒तस्य॑ शृण्वे॒ वि यत्सूर्यो॒ न रोच॑ते बृ॒हद्भाः । अ॒भि यः पू॒रुं पृत॑नासु त॒स्थौ द्यु॑ता॒नो दैव्यो॒ अति॑थिः शुशोच ॥

This Agni always listens and attends to the bearer and sharer of the wealth of life when he shines with vast splendour, like the sun. He stands by the ruler, commander and supporter of the people in all battles and problems of life, shining bright, divine, welcome as a guest, magnificent.

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7.8.5

अस॒न्नित्त्वे आ॒हव॑नानि॒ भूरि॒ भुवो॒ विश्वे॑भिः सु॒मना॒ अनी॑कैः । स्तु॒तश्चि॑दग्ने शृण्विषे गृणा॒नः स्व॒यं व॑र्धस्व त॒न्वं॑ सुजात ॥

Agni, light and spirit of life, good and gracious at heart, all these many adorations and oblations of the earth with all powers and splendours of the world are for you and abide in you only. And when you are thus adored and celebrated, you listen, absorbed approvingly blissful. Listen then, O nobly born and self-manifested, wax with joy, and let your light of glory shine more and more on us.

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7.8.6

इ॒दं वचः॑ शत॒साः संस॑हस्र॒मुद॒ग्नये॑ जनिषीष्ट द्वि॒बर्हाः॑ । शं यत्स्तो॒तृभ्य॑ आ॒पये॒ भवा॑ति द्यु॒मद॑मीव॒चात॑नं रक्षो॒हा ॥

This song of adoration full of a hundred thousand-fold power and virtue of both knowledge and humility is created in honour of Agni so that, for the enlightened celebrant, there may be peace and well being full of light, freedom from ailment, and protection against evil and wickedness.

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7.8.7

नू त्वाम॑ग्न ईमहे॒ वसि॑ष्ठा ईशा॒नं सू॑नो सहसो॒ वसू॑नाम् । इषं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्य आनड्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

We people happily settled in peace and plenty earnestly adore you, Agni, giver of patience and fortitude and ruler of wealth and power. Pray bring us cherished knowledge and enlightenment for the devoted celebrants and people endowed with wealth and honour.And may you all, men of knowledge, wealth and power, always protect and promote us with the gift of peace and well being.

✦ Sukta 9 · 6 verses ✦

7.9.1

अबो॑धि जा॒र उ॒षसा॑मु॒पस्था॒द्धोता॑ म॒न्द्रः क॒वित॑मः पाव॒कः । दधा॑ति के॒तुमु॒भय॑स्य ज॒न्तोर्ह॒व्या दे॒वेषु॒ द्रवि॑णं सु॒कृत्सु॑ ॥

See, the holy fire of morning sun is risen from the lap of early dawn, the sun having stolen away the darkness of night. It is the morning yajaka, delightful, and the most poetic symbol of divinity. It radiates light to reveal the identify of both coming and going living forms, carries our oblations to the elements and bestows wealth upon the noble performers.

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7.9.2

स सु॒क्रतु॒र्यो वि दुरः॑ पणी॒नां पु॑ना॒नो अ॒र्कं पु॑रु॒भोज॑सं नः । होता॑ म॒न्द्रो वि॒शां दमू॑नास्ति॒रस्तमो॑ ददृशे रा॒म्याणा॑म् ॥

He is the noble performer of action who opens the doors of divinity for the celebrants, blesses and sanctifies light and food, giving protection and nourishment for all, performs yajna, gives delight, controls and ogranises people with discipline, removes darkness of the nights and appears blissful.

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7.9.3

अमू॑रः क॒विरदि॑तिर्वि॒वस्वा॑न्त्सुसं॒सन्मि॒त्रो अति॑थिः शि॒वो नः॑ । चि॒त्रभा॑नुरु॒षसां॑ भा॒त्यग्रे॒ऽपां गर्भः॑ प्र॒स्व१॒॑ आ वि॑वेश ॥

Far-sighted wise, creative visionary, constant as mother nature, refulgent, noble in assembly, friend, welcome as holy guest, giver of peace and prosperity, light of wonder ahead of the dawns, seed of cosmic dynamics, inspirer of life, he emerges and manifests in us all.

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7.9.4

ई॒ळेन्यो॑ वो॒ मनु॑षो यु॒गेषु॑ समन॒गा अ॑शुचज्जा॒तवे॑दाः । सु॒सं॒दृशा॑ भा॒नुना॒ यो वि॒भाति॒ प्रति॒ गावः॑ समिधा॒नं बु॑धन्त ॥

The adorable one going on through the battles of existence for ages, the one omniscient and omnipresent with all that is born in the world, who purifies, sanctifies and enlightens you all humans with the blissful light of life and knowledge, and the refulgent one to whom the earths, planets, satellites, and the rays of light respond with brilliance, that is Agni, that is the sun, that is the Enlightened One.

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7.9.5

अग्ने॑ या॒हि दू॒त्यं१॒॑ मा रि॑षण्यो दे॒वाँ अच्छा॑ ब्रह्म॒कृता॑ ग॒णेन॑ । सर॑स्वतीं म॒रुतो॑ अ॒श्विना॒पो यक्षि॑ दे॒वान् र॑त्न॒धेया॑य॒ विश्वा॑न् ॥

Agni, light and radiance of nature and humanity, go, radiate and reach for communication and enlightenment without hurting or injuring any good natural or human powers. Go well by the body of means created by nature or by words of divine language. Go by the flow of correct language, winds and currents of energy, the stars, the waters and other noble powers of means and men to bring about here all the jewel wealth of the world.

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7.9.6

त्वाम॑ग्ने समिधा॒नो वसि॑ष्ठो॒ जरू॑थं ह॒न्यक्षि॑ रा॒ये पुरं॑धिम् । पु॒रु॒णी॒था जा॑तवेदो जरस्व यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, light and fire of life, the celebrant settled in peace and prosperity enkindles you. Bright and blazing, all knowing all present, burn off the dead wood, develop the living resources of nature and the cities for the sake of wealth. Extend the creative and productive programmes. And you all, Agni and other enlightened ones, always protect and promote us with happiness and all round well being.

✦ Sukta 10 · 5 verses ✦

7.10.1

उ॒षो न जा॒रः पृ॒थु पाजो॑ अश्रे॒द्दवि॑द्युत॒द्दीद्य॒च्छोशु॑चानः । वृषा॒ हरिः॒ शुचि॒रा भा॑ति भा॒सा धियो॑ हिन्वा॒न उ॑श॒तीर॑जीगः ॥

Like the lover of the light of dawn, the sun,Agni, commands and diffuses light on a vast scale, blazing, illuminating, burning and purifying, giving abundant showers of rain, eliminating want and suffering, pure and immaculate, shines with light, inspiring the mind, intelligence and will, and exhorts men of passion and will to awake and rise for action. (Such is Agni, such is the scholar, sagely teacher and the leader.)

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7.10.2

स्व१॒॑र्ण वस्तो॑रु॒षसा॑मरोचि य॒ज्ञं त॑न्वा॒ना उ॒शिजो॒ न मन्म॑ । अ॒ग्निर्जन्मा॑नि दे॒व आ वि वि॒द्वान्द्र॒वद्दू॒तो दे॑व॒यावा॒ वनि॑ष्ठः ॥

Like the light of dawn and splendour of the day, Agni shines and radiates the light of life as inspired priests enact the yajnic business of the morning and expand the thoughts of the day. Thus Agni, knowing and pervading the origin of things, most generous messenger and carrier of nature’s bounties, radiates all round conducting and distributing the vitalities of life.

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7.10.3

अच्छा॒ गिरो॑ म॒तयो॑ देव॒यन्ती॑र॒ग्निं य॑न्ति॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ भिक्ष॑माणाः । सु॒सं॒दृशं॑ सु॒प्रती॑कं॒ स्वञ्चं॑ हव्य॒वाह॑मर॒तिं मानु॑षाणाम् ॥

All holy voices of prayer, all acts of thought and will of the people dedicated to the bounties of divinity, seeking their share of the world’s wealth and honour move and converge on Agni, blissful of sight, noble in manifestation, easy of access and attainment and the fastest carrier of oblations and relentless harbinger of the cherished fruits of the yajnic actions of mankind.

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7.10.4

इन्द्रं॑ नो अग्ने॒ वसु॑भिः स॒जोषा॑ रु॒द्रं रु॒द्रेभि॒रा व॑हा बृ॒हन्त॑म् । आ॒दि॒त्येभि॒रदि॑तिं वि॒श्वज॑न्यां॒ बृह॒स्पति॒मृक्व॑भिर्वि॒श्ववा॑रम् ॥

Agni, lord of light and life, generous, loving and kind to all, pray bring us, lead us, to Indra, cosmic energy with the wealth and abundance of earth and other supports of life, to Rudra the soul, with pranic energies, toAditi, infinite and eternal time and space, with a vision of the suns and origin of the universe, and to the universal lord and spirit of existence with divination into the original revelation.

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7.10.5

म॒न्द्रं होता॑रमु॒शिजो॒ यवि॑ष्ठम॒ग्निं विश॑ ईळते अध्व॒रेषु॑ । स हि क्षपा॑वाँ॒ अभ॑वद्रयी॒णामत॑न्द्रो दू॒तो य॒जथा॑य दे॒वान् ॥

In their acts of vision, creation and development, with love and non-violence, people of the world inspired with love and faith invoke, kindle and adore Agni, light and life of the world of existence, most youthful, blissful and generous giver of every thing. He alone presides over the deep night before the dawn of creation. He alone, ever free from inertness and sleep, is the prime mover and harbinger of wealth, honour and excellence to bless the noble souls in life.

✦ Sukta 11 · 5 verses ✦

7.11.1

म॒हाँ अ॑स्यध्व॒रस्य॑ प्रके॒तो न ऋ॒ते त्वद॒मृता॑ मादयन्ते । आ विश्वे॑भिः स॒रथं॑ याहि दे॒वैर्न्य॑ग्ने॒ होता॑ प्रथ॒मः स॑दे॒ह ॥

Agni, prime high priest of the cosmic yajna of creation, come by the chariot of nature itself with all the divine powers of existence and grace our vedi here. Great you are, the very soul and spirit of yajna. Not without you do the immortals rejoice.

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7.11.2

त्वामी॑ळते अजि॒रं दू॒त्या॑य ह॒विष्म॑न्तः॒ सद॒मिन्मानु॑षासः । यस्य॑ दे॒वैरास॑दो ब॒र्हिर॒ग्नेऽहा॑न्यस्मै सु॒दिना॑ भवन्ति ॥

People of the world with offers of homage and havi always invoke and adore you, unaging and immortal Agni, for the sake of radiation and communication. When you come and grace the seats of yajna with the powers of nature’s divinity, whosoever be the man, all the days of life turn into days of good fortune for him.

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7.11.3

त्रिश्चि॑द॒क्तोः प्र चि॑कितु॒र्वसू॑नि॒ त्वे अ॒न्तर्दा॒शुषे॒ मर्त्या॑य । म॒नु॒ष्वद॑ग्न इ॒ह य॑क्षि दे॒वान्भवा॑ नो दू॒तो अ॑भिशस्ति॒पावा॑ ॥

The wise know that there are three fold valuable gifts in you for the general mortal in the day and night. Come here like a human power, Agni, meet the brilliant wise, contact the powers of nature and be like a messenger to protect us against calumny and imprecation.

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7.11.4

अ॒ग्निरी॑शे बृह॒तो अ॑ध्व॒रस्या॒ग्निर्विश्व॑स्य ह॒विषः॑ कृ॒तस्य॑ । क्रतुं॒ ह्य॑स्य॒ वस॑वो जु॒षन्ताथा॑ दे॒वा द॑धिरे हव्य॒वाह॑म् ॥

Agni rules the great yajnic programmes of development without violence. Agni conditions and controls the entire yajnic materials of the world. The Vasus such as earth and other life supports take to the creative action of Agni for sustenance. Among the wise, scholars of the Vasu order of twenty four year’s study specialise in Agni’s gifts. And thus the generous and the wise all depend on this harbinger of life sustaining means and materials.

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7.11.5

आग्ने॑ वह हवि॒रद्या॑य दे॒वानिन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठास इ॒ह मा॑दयन्ताम् । इ॒मं य॒ज्ञं दि॒वि दे॒वेषु॑ धेहि यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, scholar of the first order, light and fire of life, bring us the delicacies of yajnic production for the brilliant people so that they may taste them with delight and rejoice with the ruler on top. Take this yajna to the heights among the divinities. O holy ones, scholars and scientists, protect and promote us all time with gifts of peace, prosperity and all round well being.

✦ Sukta 12 · 3 verses ✦

7.12.1

अग॑न्म म॒हा नम॑सा॒ यवि॑ष्ठं॒ यो दी॒दाय॒ समि॑द्धः॒ स्वे दु॑रो॒णे । चि॒त्रभा॑नुं॒ रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरु॒र्वी स्वा॑हुतं वि॒श्वतः॑ प्र॒त्यञ्च॑म् ॥

With profound homage and reverence, let us move and rise to the most youthful Agni, light, fire and electrical energy, which shines well kindled in its own region, is wondrously bright and forceful between the vast heaven and earth, and when it is well invoked it moves in all directions for all.

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7.12.2

स म॒ह्ना विश्वा॑ दुरि॒तानि॑ सा॒ह्वान॒ग्निः ष्ट॑वे॒ दम॒ आ जा॒तवे॑दाः । स नो॑ रक्षिषद्दुरि॒ताद॑व॒द्याद॒स्मान्गृ॑ण॒त उ॒त नो॑ म॒घोनः॑ ॥

May that Agni, self refulgent lord of cosmic energy, omnipresent percipient of every thing in existence and destroyer of all negativities and evils by his greatness in the world on prayer, save us all, devotees and celebrants blest with wealth, power and excellence, from sin and scandal.

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7.12.3

त्वं वरु॑ण उ॒त मि॒त्रो अ॑ग्ने॒ त्वां व॑र्धन्ति म॒तिभि॒र्वसि॑ष्ठाः । त्वे वसु॑ सुषण॒नानि॑ सन्तु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O lord of light and life, Agni, you are the judge, you are the friend. Devotees and celebrants blest with settlement and prosperity exalt you with their will and wisdom. May those who repose their love and faith in you enjoy the gifts of your generosity. And may you all, scholars and leading lights, protect and promote us with peace, prosperity and all round well being of life.

✦ Sukta 13 · 3 verses ✦

7.13.1

प्राग्नये॑ विश्व॒शुचे॑ धियं॒धे॑ऽसुर॒घ्ने मन्म॑ धी॒तिं भ॑रध्वम् । भरे॑ ह॒विर्न ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्रीणा॒नो वै॑श्वान॒राय॒ यत॑ये मती॒नाम् ॥

To Agni, purifier of the world, inspirer of the mind and soul, and destroyer of evil and darkness, bear and offer all your thought, will and action in dedication as I, happy at heart in the assembly house of social yajna, dedicate mine to the leading light of the world, selfless guide and pioneer of action and endeavour for humanity.

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7.13.2

त्वम॑ग्ने शो॒चिषा॒ शोशु॑चान॒ आ रोद॑सी अपृणा॒ जाय॑मानः । त्वं दे॒वाँ अ॒भिश॑स्तेरमुञ्चो॒ वैश्वा॑नर जातवेदो महि॒त्वा ॥

Agni, bright purifier of the world with light and inspiration, rising in action you fill the heaven and earth with light and purity. O spirit all pervasive and all knowing, leading light of humanity, with your might and majesty, protect the noble people from pride, calumny and imprecation.

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7.13.3

जा॒तो यद॑ग्ने॒ भुव॑ना॒ व्यख्यः॑ प॒शून्न गो॒पा इर्यः॒ परि॑ज्मा । वैश्वा॑नर॒ ब्रह्म॑णे विन्द गा॒तुं यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, rising, manifesting and moving all round every where freely, you shine and fill all regions of the world with light and inspiration, and, as a shepherd looks after, protects and guides his flock so, O leading light of humanity, all knowing and all pervasive, find ample appreciation and comfortable settlement for the scholar and teacher of the universal Vedic knowledge of existence. O scholars and leading lights of humanity, always protect and promote us with peace, prosperity and all round well being of life.

✦ Sukta 14 · 3 verses ✦

7.14.1

स॒मिधा॑ जा॒तवे॑दसे दे॒वाय॑ दे॒वहू॑तिभिः । ह॒विर्भिः॑ शु॒क्रशो॑चिषे नम॒स्विनो॑ व॒यं दा॑शेमा॒ग्नये॑ ॥

Bearing holy fuel for the fire and fragrant materials for oblations, chanting divine words of invocation and invitation, and bowing in profound reverence, we offer homage in yajnic service of love and non-violence to Agni, self-refulgent lord of light, pure and potent giver of life and the universal vision and knowledge of life in the Veda.

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7.14.2

व॒यं ते॑ अग्ने स॒मिधा॑ विधेम व॒यं दा॑शेम सुष्टु॒ती य॑जत्र । व॒यं घृ॒तेना॑ध्वरस्य होतर्व॒यं दे॑व ह॒विषा॑ भद्रशोचे ॥

Agni, light divine and fire of life, we offer you service with holy fuel for the rise of living flames. O lord adorable, most sociable, we offer you hymns of praise and worship. O lord high priest of the cosmic yajna of love and creation, giver of light and purity of well being, we offer you service and worship with ghrta and fragrant oblations of self-surrender to your glory of self-refulgence.

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7.14.3

आ नो॑ दे॒वेभि॒रुप॑ दे॒वहू॑ति॒मग्ने॑ या॒हि वष॑ट्कृतिं जुषा॒णः । तुभ्यं॑ दे॒वाय॒ दाश॑तः स्याम यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, giver of light and purifier of life, listen to our prayer of the sages, accept our service and oblations and grace our life’s yajna with the bounties of divinity. We pray, may we ever abide in your service and divine favour, creating, producing, giving selflessly. O lord and all wise lovers of divinity, protect and promote us always with your gifts of peace and well being all round.

✦ Sukta 15 · 15 verses ✦

7.15.1

उ॒प॒सद्या॑य मी॒ळ्हुष॑ आ॒स्ये॑ जुहुता ह॒विः । यो नो॒ नेदि॑ष्ठ॒माप्य॑म् ॥

Let us offer the best of havi, holy food, into the holy fire, and homage to Agni, most generous, potent and generative power sitting next to us, a very closest of friends with an open door, ready with the best we need and desire.

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7.15.2

यः पञ्च॑ चर्ष॒णीर॒भि नि॑ष॒साद॒ दमे॑दमे । क॒विर्गृ॒हप॑ति॒र्युवा॑ ॥

To Agni, who abides with and stabilises the five orders of society in every household from door to door, the wise visionary, master protector and promoter of the home and family, youthful spirit and power of the light and fire of life and pranic energy.

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7.15.3

स नो॒ वेदो॑ अ॒मात्य॑म॒ग्नी र॑क्षतु वि॒श्वतः॑ । उ॒तास्मान् पा॒त्वंह॑सः ॥

May he protect our wealth and knowledge and our family all round and also guard us against all sin and sinners.

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7.15.4

नवं॒ नु स्तोम॑म॒ग्नये॑ दि॒वः श्ये॒नाय॑ जीजनम् । वस्वः॑ कु॒विद्व॒नाति॑ नः ॥

I create a new song of adoration for Agni. who, like an angel of heaven, wise and great, begets us the wealth, honour and excellence of the world.

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7.15.5

स्पा॒र्हा यस्य॒ श्रियो॑ दृ॒शे र॒यिर्वी॒रव॑तो यथा । अग्रे॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ शोच॑तः ॥

Like the wealth, honour and magnificence of a chief of heroic brave, the flaming splendour of Agni is glorious to the sight when it shines first and foremost of the graces of yajna.

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7.15.6

सेमां वे॑तु॒ वष॑ट्कृतिम॒ग्निर्जु॑षत नो॒ गिरः॑ । यजि॑ष्ठो हव्य॒वाह॑नः ॥

May that friendly and most adorable Agni, receiver of oblations and disseminator of fragrance, accept with pleasure this offer of service and oblations of ours and accept with love our words of celebration and submission.

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7.15.7

नि त्वा॑ नक्ष्य विश्पते द्यु॒मन्तं॑ देव धीमहि । सु॒वीर॑मग्न आहुत ॥

Agni, loving and accessible protector and ruler of the people, brilliant and generous chief of heroic brave, universally honoured and invoked, we love and enshrine you in our heart and home with faith and reverence.

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7.15.8

क्षप॑ उ॒स्रश्च॑ दीदिहि स्व॒ग्नय॒स्त्वया॑ व॒यम् । सु॒वीर॒स्त्वम॑स्म॒युः ॥

Shine forth, beatify the night and brighten up the day with the light of sun rays, and by virtue of your brilliance let us shine too like holy fires. Chief of the youthful brave you are, our own, always for us.

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7.15.9

उप॑ त्वा सा॒तये॒ नरो॒ विप्रा॑सो यन्ति धी॒तिभिः॑ । उपाक्ष॑रा सह॒स्रिणी॑ ॥

Leading lights of humanity and holy sages approach you, meditate on you, for the acquisition of wealth of wisdom, you who are imperishable giver of a thousand gifts.

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7.15.10

अ॒ग्नी रक्षां॑सि सेधति शु॒क्रशो॑चि॒रम॑र्त्यः । शुचिः॑ पाव॒क ईड्यः॑ ॥

Agni counters, corrects, also destroys, wickedness. Immortal, purifying, adorable, the lord blazes with dazzling refulgence of fire and the sun.

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7.15.11

स नो॒ राधां॒स्या भ॒रेशा॑नः सहसो यहो । भग॑श्च दातु॒ वार्य॑म् ॥

And that ruling power, a very image of patience, fortitude and omnipotence, may, we pray, bring us the best of means, materials and modes of success, and may the lord of power, honour and excellence bring us all we cherish and value in life.

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7.15.12

त्वम॑ग्ने वी॒रव॒द्यशो॑ दे॒वश्च॑ सवि॒ता भगः॑ । दिति॑श्च दाति॒ वार्य॑म् ॥

Agni, refulgent ruler, Deva Savita, generous creative power of inspiration, Bhaga, commanding power of wealth and excellence, Diti, law and ethics of universality, you bless us with honour and magnificence with noble progeny of our choice and ambition of the best order with freedom from suffering.

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7.15.13

अग्ने॒ रक्षा॑ णो॒ अंह॑सः॒ प्रति॑ ष्म देव॒ रीष॑तः । तपि॑ष्ठैर॒जरो॑ दह ॥

Agni, fiery ruler and generous lord of enlightenment, save us from sin, protect us from the sinful and the destroyers. Lord eternal and unaging, with your blazing law, justice and discipline, burn out evil, evil deeds and evil doers.

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7.15.14

अधा॑ म॒ही न॒ आय॒स्यना॑धृष्टो॒ नृपी॑तये । पूर्भ॑वा श॒तभु॑जिः ॥

And O lord redoubtable, let the earth, the land, and the governance of the state, firm as adamant and strong as steel, be like a mother city of a hundred-fold defences for the protection, promotion and progress of the people.

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7.15.15

त्वं नः॑ पा॒ह्यंह॑सो॒ दोषा॑वस्तरघाय॒तः । दिवा॒ नक्त॑मदाभ्य ॥

O lord undaunted and unchallengeable against the violent, the saboteur and the terrorist, save us and protect us from sin, inequity and violence in the day and at night.

✦ Sukta 16 · 12 verses ✦

7.16.1

ए॒ना वो॑ अ॒ग्निं नम॑सो॒र्जो नपा॑त॒मा हु॑वे । प्रि॒यं चेति॑ष्ठमर॒तिं स्व॑ध्व॒रं विश्व॑स्य दू॒तम॒मृत॑म् ॥

O people, for your sake, with food, homage and self-surrender, I invoke and serve Agni, giver of light and fire of life, product as well as the source of unfailing energy, strength and power, cherished and valuable friend, most enlightened and constant agent of the holiest programmes of love and non-violent development, and imperishable carrier and messenger of world communications.

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7.16.2

स यो॑जते अरु॒षा वि॒श्वभो॑जसा॒ स दु॑द्रव॒त्स्वा॑हुतः । सु॒ब्रह्मा॑ य॒ज्ञः सु॒शमी॒ वसू॑नां दे॒वं राधो॒ जना॑नाम् ॥

That Agni, leading power of nature and humanity, uses bright natural elements of universal value such as sun rays, fire and water, like horses harnessed to the chariot, and, when invoked and raised, would move at the fastest speed. He is the master of natural knowledge and natural materials, adorable, noble and potent worker, and the accomplisher of means, materials and projects of humanity for common success and progress.

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7.16.3

उद॑स्य शो॒चिर॑स्थादा॒जुह्वा॑नस्य मी॒ळ्हुषः॑ । उद्धू॒मासो॑ अरु॒षासो॑ दिवि॒स्पृशः॒ सम॒ग्निमि॑न्धते॒ नरः॑ ॥

High rises the radiant glory of this fire of Agni fed on holy food while the flames and fragrance soar and touch the skies, when people light and raise the fire with profuse oblations of ghrta offered to the bountiful power.

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7.16.4

तं त्वा॑ दू॒तं कृ॑ण्महे य॒शस्त॑मं दे॒वाँ आ वी॒तये॑ वह । विश्वा॑ सूनो सहसो मर्त॒भोज॑ना॒ रास्व॒ तद्यत्त्वेम॑हे ॥

We light, raise and develop the holy fire as messenger and harbinger of excellent gifts of life’s light and fragrance. So do we elect, adore and anoint you on the highest and most glorious office of the nation. Bring us the divine nobilities and brilliancies of the world of nature and humanity together and give us all the cherished blessings of life for which purpose we love and adore the fire and you, O lord of power and honour manifest and embodiment of excellence.

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7.16.5

त्वम॑ग्ने गृ॒हप॑ति॒स्त्वं होता॑ नो अध्व॒रे । त्वं पोता॑ विश्ववार॒ प्रचे॑ता॒ यक्षि॒ वेषि॑ च॒ वार्य॑म् ॥

Agni, fiery and enlightened ruling power of nature and humanity, you are the protective and promotive head of the family and the home land. You are the receiver and giver of every thing in the loving and non-violent business of the nation’s governance and administration. You are the purifier, sanctifier and giver of enlightenment universally adored. You organise, accomplish and pervade the yajnic business of life and living together by choice and common will.

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7.16.6

कृ॒धि रत्नं॒ यज॑मानाय सुक्रतो॒ त्वं हि र॑त्न॒धा असि॑ । आ न॑ ऋ॒ते शि॑शीहि॒ विश्व॑मृ॒त्विजं॑ सु॒शंसो॒ यश्च॒ दक्ष॑ते ॥

O presiding power of holy actions in life, bestow the jewels of life upon the yajamana as you are the lord ruler and disburser of the world’s wealth. Shine, sharpen and inspire us to do well in the truth and law of the world of nature and humanity and advance the person whoever commands honour and excellence and rises as expert performer in the universal yajna of evolution and progress at the social level.

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7.16.7

त्वे अ॑ग्ने स्वाहुत प्रि॒यासः॑ सन्तु सू॒रयः॑ । य॒न्तारो॒ ये म॒घवा॑नो॒ जना॑नामू॒र्वान्दय॑न्त॒ गोना॑म् ॥

Agni, ruling light of the world, invoked with reverence and adored, let those brave leaders and eminent scholars commanding wealth and power be dear and closer to you who move forward, and lead, control and protect the defenders and promoters of the people, lands and cows.

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7.16.8

येषा॒मिळा॑ घृ॒तह॑स्ता दुरो॒ण आँ अपि॑ प्रा॒ता नि॒षीद॑ति । ताँस्त्रा॑यस्व सहस्य द्रु॒हो नि॒दो यच्छा॑ नः॒ शर्म॑ दीर्घ॒श्रुत् ॥

Patient and potent lord ruler of light, strength and power, protect from jealousy and malignity those good people in whose home sweet and sacred speech and manners, like a gracious lady of generosity with sweetened hands perfumed with ghrta and holy water, reigns and resides and, O lord of wide reputation and long experience of the voice of divinity, give us the home abounding in peace and comfort, love and courtesy.

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7.16.9

स म॒न्द्रया॑ च जि॒ह्वया॒ वह्नि॑रा॒सा वि॒दुष्ट॑रः । अग्ने॑ र॒यिं म॒घव॑द्भ्यो न॒ आ व॑ह ह॒व्यदा॑तिं च सूदय ॥

Agni, leading light and fire of life, most pervasive power ever on the move, all aware and selfconscious, receiver of the inputs into the fire of consumption and disseminator of the fragrances for the living system of existence by charming flames, pray refine and intensify the holy inputs of havi and bring higher returns of honour, excellence and generosity for those who manage the wealth and power of humanity for the common good.

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7.16.10

ये राधां॑सि॒ दद॒त्यश्व्या॑ म॒घा कामे॑न॒ श्रव॑सो म॒हः । ताँ अंह॑सः पिपृहि प॒र्तृभि॒ष्ट्वं श॒तं पू॒र्भिर्य॑विष्ठ्य ॥

O lord most youthful, power enlightened, there are those generous souls who, of their own will and desire, provide all possible and attainable means and materials for successful living, food and energy, wealth and power, and great honour and reputation for excellence. O lord, protect them from sin and evil, promote them with a hundred safeguards and fortifications.

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7.16.11

दे॒वो वो॑ द्रविणो॒दाः पू॒र्णां वि॑वष्ट्या॒सिच॑म् । उद्वा॑ सि॒ञ्चध्व॒मुप॑ वा पृणध्व॒मादिद्वो॑ दे॒व ओ॑हते ॥

Agni, self-refulgent lord giver of wealth, honour and excellence, loves to have your fire of yajnic action sprinkled with overflowing ladle of ghrta and the highest refined action. Serve him closely, feed the fire to the full, let the flames rise, and the generous lord refulgent would lead you to the heights of prosperity and excellence.

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7.16.12

तं होता॑रमध्व॒रस्य॒ प्रचे॑तसं॒ वह्निं॑ दे॒वा अ॑कृण्वत । दधा॑ति॒ रत्नं॑ विध॒ते सु॒वीर्य॑म॒ग्निर्जना॑य दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

Let the brilliant, noble and generous leaders of humanity choose, sanctify and anoint that intelligent all-aware person as Agni, leader, ruler and high-priest of the yajnic social order of love, peace and nonviolence, who would create and bear the jewel wealth and values of life and high power and prestige of the noblest order for generous self-sacrificing people dedicated to the yajna of the social system.

✦ Sukta 17 · 7 verses ✦

7.17.1

अग्ने॒ भव॑ सुष॒मिधा॒ समि॑द्ध उ॒त ब॒र्हिरु॑र्वि॒या वि स्तृ॑णीताम् ॥

Agni, O leading light, O brilliant seeker, O fire divine of yajna, be kindled with the holy fuel offered, and let the heat and light and fragrance of life spread over the wide earth, the skies and the vast spaces.

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7.17.2

उ॒त द्वार॑ उश॒तीर्वि श्र॑यन्तामु॒त दे॒वाँ उ॑श॒त आ व॑हे॒ह ॥

And let the doors of love and ecstasy be thrown open, and let the divinities inspired with the light and love of holy ambition enter. O leading light, bring them in hither.

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7.17.3

अग्ने॑ वी॒हि ह॒विषा॒ यक्षि॑ दे॒वान्त्स्व॑ध्व॒रा कृ॑णुहि जातवेदः ॥

Agni, light and fire of life and intelligence, all knowing, all reaching, go to the bounties of nature and brilliancies of humanity, join them with the light and fragrance you bear by the oblations of havi received, and win their favour of blessings for our yajna of the business of life and living.

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7.17.4

स्व॒ध्व॒रा क॑रति जा॒तवे॑दा॒ यक्ष॑द्दे॒वाँ अ॒मृता॑न्पि॒प्रय॑च्च ॥

Jataveda, all knowing, all reaching power of nature and humanity, yajna fire and teacher, communicates with the undecaying bounties of nature and the immortal souls of enlightened humans and seekers of enlightenment, renders them favourable to the yajnic programmes of peace and non-violent development and thus gives them fulfilment.

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7.17.5

वंस्व॒ विश्वा॒ वार्या॑णि प्रचेतः स॒त्या भ॑वन्त्वा॒शिषो॑ नो अ॒द्य ॥

O man of knowledge and enlightenment, acquire and disseminate all the cherished gifts and virtues of the world so that all our hopes and ambitions for a full living may be truly fulfilled here and now.

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7.17.6

त्वामु॒ ते द॑धिरे हव्य॒वाहं॑ दे॒वासो॑ अग्न ऊ॒र्ज आ नपा॑तम् ॥

Agni, light and fire of life and humanity, all divinities of nature and humanity acknowledge, take over and advance you for their life’s fulfilment, you being the source of infallible hope, energy and karma and bearer as well as harbinger of the divine invitations to live.

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7.17.7

ते ते॑ दे॒वाय॒ दाश॑तः स्याम म॒हो नो॒ रत्ना॒ वि द॑ध इया॒नः ॥

O great one, as you come, you bear and bring for us the jewel wealths, honours and excellences of life. We pray may we too with gratitude be servers and givers in honour of the generous and brilliant light and fire of life.

✦ Sukta 18 · 25 verses ✦

7.18.1

त्वे ह॒ यत्पि॒तर॑श्चिन्न इन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑ वा॒मा ज॑रि॒तारो॒ अस॑न्वन् । त्वे गावः॑ सु॒दुघा॒स्त्वे ह्यश्वा॒स्त्वं वसु॑ देवय॒ते वनि॑ष्ठः ॥

Indra, lord of power, splendour and beneficence, ruler of the world, all beauties and graces of life which our parents and sustainers pray for and achieve, all fertile cows, lands and lights with high yield, all horses and fast communications are there for them because you are there. All wealth of home, habitat and materials, you alone give to the devotee who prays for the favours and light of divinity.

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7.18.2

राजे॑व॒ हि जनि॑भिः॒ क्षेष्ये॒वाव॒ द्युभि॑र॒भि वि॒दुष्क॒विः सन् । पि॒शा गिरो॑ मघव॒न्गोभि॒रश्वै॑स्त्वाय॒तः शि॑शीहि रा॒ये अ॒स्मान् ॥

Like a brilliant prince you live with the people all round, every way, every day. Being a scholar, poet and visionary, inspire us, your admirers, with your lights of wisdom, and refine our voices of admiration with gentle forms and manners. Lord of wealth, power and honour, sharpen our plans and initiatives with the development of lands and cows, horses and transport for our assets and prosperity.

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7.18.3

इ॒मा उ॑ त्वा पस्पृधा॒नासो॒ अत्र॑ म॒न्द्रा गिरो॑ देव॒यन्ती॒रुप॑ स्थुः । अ॒र्वाची॑ ते प॒थ्या॑ रा॒य ए॑तु॒ स्याम॑ ते सुम॒तावि॑न्द्र॒ शर्म॑न् ॥

Indra, glorious ruler, these are the people and our voices of admiration, earnest and joyous, vying with each other in love and reverence on this occasion, which may, we pray, reach you and be accepted. May your modern ethics and policies lead us all to wealth, honour and excellence. May we always abide in peace and prosperity in a happy home under your care and kindness.

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7.18.4

धे॒नुं न त्वा॑ सू॒यव॑से॒ दुदु॑क्ष॒न्नुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि ससृजे॒ वसि॑ष्ठः । त्वामिन्मे॒ गोप॑तिं॒ विश्व॑ आ॒हा न॒ इन्द्रः॑ सुम॒तिं ग॒न्त्वच्छ॑ ॥

As a shepherd goes to the cow in a rich pasture for good milk, so the man of peace and enlightenment approaches you seeking fulfilment and creates songs of appreciation in praise of your policy and performance as a ruler. Indra, O lord ruler of the world, the whole world calls you the preserver, defender and promoter of the earth and her social order for me, and I pray you enjoy the favour and goodwill of the people for our sake.

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7.18.5

अर्णां॑सि चित्पप्रथा॒ना सु॒दास॒ इन्द्रो॑ गा॒धान्य॑कृणोत्सुपा॒रा । शर्ध॑न्तं शि॒म्युमु॒चथ॑स्य॒ नव्यः॒ शापं॒ सिन्धू॑नामकृणो॒दश॑स्तीः ॥

Indra, brilliant ruler, rising anew like the sun, controls and bounds overflooded expansive waters into fordable limits for comfortable movement of business, converts the violent to peaceable beneficence, silences the imprecations of the vociferous and controls the erratic behaviour of the rivers and the seas.

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7.18.6

पु॒रो॒ळा इत्तु॒र्वशो॒ यक्षु॑रासीद्रा॒ये मत्स्या॑सो॒ निशि॑ता॒ अपी॑व । श्रु॒ष्टिं च॑क्रु॒र्भृग॑वो द्रु॒ह्यव॑श्च॒ सखा॒ सखा॑यमतर॒द्विषू॑चोः ॥

The ruler is chief of all, all controller and instant achiever, keen yajaka and sociable with open doors, sharpest reacher to the target like fish in the ocean, for economic and social progress. Men of economic ambition, science and wisdom do him honour, enemies cower before him, and as a friend he saves and supports the friend of versatile genius.

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7.18.7

आ प॒क्थासो॑ भला॒नसो॑ भन॒न्तालि॑नासो विषा॒णिनः॑ शि॒वासः॑ । आ योऽन॑यत्सध॒मा आर्य॑स्य ग॒व्या तृत्सु॑भ्यो अजगन्यु॒धा नॄन् ॥

Men of ripe age and experience, vibrant experts of yajnic material, nobly born and cultured, graceful and highly sagacious, who bring about peace and joy for all, approve and glorify the ruler who leads and guides members of the council who manage the governance and administration of the land for the noble people and organise the defence forces to deal with the violent, destructive and lawless elements from within and without.

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7.18.8

दु॒रा॒ध्यो॒३॒॑ अदि॑तिं स्रे॒वय॑न्तोऽचे॒तसो॒ वि ज॑गृभ्रे॒ परु॑ष्णीम् । म॒ह्नावि॑व्यक्पृथि॒वीं पत्य॑मानः प॒शुष्क॒विर॑शय॒च्चाय॑मानः ॥

Thoughtless men of evil disposition try to fail his policy of universal and inviolable values and grab lands of fertility. But Indra, a man of vision, all round perceptive, saving the land and policy frustrates their designs and maintains national integrity and rests in peace and fearlessness.

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7.18.9

ई॒युरर्थं॒ न न्य॒र्थं परु॑ष्णीमा॒शुश्च॒नेद॑भिपि॒त्वं ज॑गाम । सु॒दास॒ इन्द्रः॑ सु॒तुकाँ॑ अ॒मित्रा॒नर॑न्धय॒न्मानु॑षे॒ वध्रि॑वाचः ॥

When Indra, generous ruler and commander equipped fully with assistant forces, overcomes unfriendly powers and evil voices rampant in society and thus reaches his target of correction and achievement in the daily business of life’s governance and administration including the optimum means of sustenance and development, the people too realise the ends of his universal policy and achieve their goals of life in definiteness without any delay.

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7.18.10

ई॒युर्गावो॒ न यव॑सा॒दगो॑पा यथाकृ॒तम॒भि मि॒त्रं चि॒तासः॑ । पृश्नि॑गावः॒ पृश्नि॑निप्रेषितासः श्रु॒ष्टिं च॑क्रुर्नि॒युतो॒ रन्त॑यश्च ॥

Just as cows free from the cowherd rush to the master from the pasture, as friends rush to meet a friend, as people having performed good actions by nature and law advance to receive their prize, and as the sun rays radiate across space and sky to meet the variegated earth, so do the forces of Indra, whether organised in battle order or resting off duty, and the people at peace rally and rush to Indra, the ruler, for service immediately on the clarion call.

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7.18.11

एकं॑ च॒ यो विं॑श॒तिं च॑ श्रव॒स्या वै॑क॒र्णयो॒र्जना॒न्राजा॒ न्यस्तः॑ । द॒स्मो न सद्म॒न्नि शि॑शाति ब॒र्हिः शूरः॒ सर्ग॑मकृणो॒दिन्द्र॑ एषाम् ॥

The ruler, personally resigned and socially committed as a trustee, commanding power and brilliance as Indra, dedicated to the elimination of want and suffering, creates and ministers a senate of twenty and one reputed people over a variety of views and opinions and thus, brave and brilliant as he is, organises the nation into a dynamic social order like a high priest organising and energising the vedi in the house of yajna.

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7.18.12

अध॑ श्रु॒तं क॒वषं॑ वृ॒द्धम॒प्स्वनु॑ द्रु॒ह्युं नि वृ॑ण॒ग्वज्र॑बाहुः । वृ॒णा॒ना अत्र॑ स॒ख्याय॑ स॒ख्यं त्वा॒यन्तो॒ ये अम॑द॒न्ननु॑ त्वा ॥

The lord of thunder power and justice engages the scholar, the teacher, the senior and even the jealous critic and opponent into the thick of social action, choosing some positively and others to weed out negativity. Thus they too, O ruler, opt for you, some opting for you as a friend for friendship, and others to be with you and around, but all in order to be happy and joyous in consonance with you.

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7.18.13

वि स॒द्यो विश्वा॑ दृंहि॒तान्ये॑षा॒मिन्द्रः॒ पुरः॒ सह॑सा स॒प्त द॑र्दः । व्यान॑वस्य॒ तृत्स॑वे॒ गयं॑ भा॒ग्जेष्म॑ पू॒रुं वि॒दथे॑ मृ॒ध्रवा॑चम् ॥

Let the ruler with his enlightened forces always and at the earliest rule out and destroy the sevenfold citadels of these outmoded enemies, and let him serve and support the home and institutions of values anew for the rising people of free thought and action. Let us always realise and win the values of the eternal and liquid flow of the holy voice in our yajnic business of systemic life.

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7.18.14

नि ग॒व्यवोऽन॑वो द्रु॒ह्यव॑श्च ष॒ष्टिः श॒ता सु॑षुपुः॒ षट् स॒हस्रा॑ । ष॒ष्टिर्वी॒रासो॒ अधि॒ षड् दु॑वो॒यु विश्वेदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्या॑ कृ॒तानि॑ ॥

All the wondrous deeds of the world are accomplished by Indra, since sixty-six of his brave warriors devoted to their lord, all fervent, new and ferocious fighters dedicated to the land and light, send to eternal sleep sixtysix thousand of his enemies.

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7.18.15

इन्द्रे॑णै॒ते तृत्स॑वो॒ वेवि॑षाणा॒ आपो॒ न सृ॒ष्टा अ॑धवन्त॒ नीचीः॑ । दु॒र्मि॒त्रासः॑ प्रकल॒विन्मिमा॑ना ज॒हुर्विश्वा॑नि॒ भोज॑ना सु॒दासे॑ ॥

There furious warriors overwhelming the enemy like turbulent waters rushing down hill are the creation of Indra, and they, over-coming and cutting to size the enemies and strategists camouflaged as friends, are prepared to renounce all comforts for the sake of their devotion to the generous master and ruler.

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7.18.16

अ॒र्धं वी॒रस्य॑ शृत॒पाम॑नि॒न्द्रं परा॒ शर्ध॑न्तं नुनुदे अ॒भि क्षाम् । इन्द्रो॑ म॒न्युं म॑न्यु॒म्यो॑ मिमाय भे॒जे प॒थो व॑र्त॒निं पत्य॑मानः ॥

Indra, ruler of the earth, inspires and promotes the person who promotes the brave, prepares ripe inputs for yajnic development, and challenges and eliminates want and dishonour from the world. Being the destroyer of pride and anger, he reduces the proud and angry to zero, and promotes, defends and serves the paths of rectitude and processes of law and justice.

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7.18.17

आ॒ध्रेण॑ चि॒त्तद्वेकं॑ चकार सिं॒ह्यं॑ चि॒त्पेत्वे॑ना जघान । अव॑ स्र॒क्तीर्वे॒श्या॑वृश्च॒दिन्द्रः॒ प्राय॑च्छ॒द्विश्वा॒ भोज॑ना सु॒दासे॑ ॥

By patience, fortitude and stabilized power, Indra, destroyer of evil and enmity, unites and consolidates the world into one socio-political order. With limited but committed powers of love and creativity, he defeats the tigers of violence and destruction. With pointed advance like the penetration of a needle, he routs deep formations of hostility and opposition. And thus he provides all sustenance and peaceful comfort and prosperity for a happy and generous humanity

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7.18.18

शश्व॑न्तो॒ हि शत्र॑वो रार॒धुष्टे॑ भे॒दस्य॑ चि॒च्छर्ध॑तो विन्द॒ रन्धि॑म् । मर्ताँ॒ एनः॑ स्तुव॒तो यः कृ॒णोति॑ ति॒ग्मं तस्मि॒न्नि ज॑हि॒ वज्र॑मिन्द्र ॥

Indra, lord destroyer of division, opposition and hostility, let your persistent enemies be subdued relentlessly. Let the persistent purveyors of division and dissidence be brought to justice. And whoever does evil and violence to the supportive and celebrative people among humanity, strike the sharp and instant bolt of justice upon them.

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7.18.19

आव॒दिन्द्रं॑ य॒मुना॒ तृत्स॑वश्च॒ प्रात्र॑ भे॒दं स॒र्वता॑ता मुषायत् । अ॒जास॑श्च॒ शिग्र॑वो॒ यक्ष॑वश्च ब॒लिं शी॒र्षाणि॑ जभ्रु॒रश्व्या॑नि ॥

Let the powers of justice, keepers of law and order and defence guards provide security cover for Indra, ruler of the social order. Let the ruler eliminate all elements of division, dissension and secession from this one, united and universal order of governance and human welfare. And let the weapon launchers, intelligence network using code language, supporting and cooperative yajnic powers of the system bear and offer him the highest loyalty and conduct fastest services of defence and communication for him.

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7.18.20

न त॑ इन्द्र सुम॒तयो॒ न रायः॑ सं॒चक्षे॒ पूर्वा॑ उ॒षसो॒ न नूत्नाः॑ । देव॑कं चिन्मान्यमा॒नं ज॑घ॒न्थाव॒ त्मना॑ बृह॒तः शम्ब॑रं भेत् ॥

Indra, lord ruler of power, honour and excellence, like the beauty, blessedness and grandeur of the dawns old and new, your knowledge and wisdom, ethics and policies and your wealth and excellence cannot be described, since you achieve the adorable light of divinity, shatter the pride and pretence of simulated brilliance, and by your innate power and splendour break the

greatest and deepest clouds to bring down showers of rain.

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7.18.21

प्र ये गृ॒हादम॑मदुस्त्वा॒या प॑राश॒रः श॒तया॑तु॒र्वसि॑ष्ठः । न ते॑ भो॒जस्य॑ स॒ख्यं मृ॑ष॒न्ताधा॑ सू॒रिभ्यः॑ सु॒दिना॒ व्यु॑च्छान् ॥

By virtue of your blazing glory and showers of generosity, the sage who dispels evils, the warrior who goes forward with a hundred and faces many hundreds, and the host who provides the best shelter and hospitality like mother earth, all who rejoice in the home as well as outside, would never neglect, forget or forsake the kindness and friendship of yours who are the ruler and protector of the world community. And we pray may happy days ever shine upon these brave, learned and generous people.

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7.18.22

द्वे नप्तु॑र्दे॒वव॑तः श॒ते गोर्द्वा रथा॑ व॒धूम॑न्ता सु॒दासः॑ । अर्ह॑न्नग्ने पैजव॒नस्य॒ दानं॒ होते॑व॒ सद्म॒ पर्ये॑मि॒ रेभ॑न् ॥

Two hundred cows and two chariots drawn by double motive powers are the gifts of the generous yajamana, grand child of a dynamic, pious and progressive God-fearing yajaka. OAgni, lord and leader of the light and fire of the corporate life of humanity, happily acknowledging, singing and celebrating the gift of the man of peace and progress, I go round the house of yajna with reverence like the high priest and the yajaka myself.

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7.18.23

च॒त्वारो॑ मा पैजव॒नस्य॒ दानाः॒ स्मद्दि॑ष्टयः कृश॒निनो॑ निरे॒के । ऋ॒ज्रासो॑ मा पृथिवि॒ष्ठाः सु॒दास॑स्तो॒कं तो॒काय॒ श्रव॑से वहन्ति ॥

Four-fold gifts of the generous yajamana, grand child of the pious progressive yajaka, golden majestic and moving straight on the right course in life in the most stable manner without jolt or deviation on the earth, bear me like a child of divinity to my grand child for the achievement of honour and excellence.

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7.18.24

यस्य॒ श्रवो॒ रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरु॒र्वी शी॒र्ष्णेशी॑र्ष्णे विब॒भाजा॑ विभ॒क्ता । स॒प्तेदिन्द्रं॒ न स्र॒वतो॑ गृणन्ति॒ नि यु॑ध्याम॒धिम॑शिशाद॒भीके॑ ॥

One whose honour and fame rings in the skies and over the wide earth, whose gifts of generosity are distributed over from person to person of eminence, whom the seven fluent regions of heaven and earth celebrate and glorify like Indra, lord of light and fire and power, and who fights out a war monger in battle close at hand as one would eliminate a disease, such a person and power is fit to be the ruler.

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7.18.25

इ॒मं न॑रो मरुतः सश्च॒तानु॒ दिवो॑दासं॒ न पि॒तरं॑ सु॒दासः॑ । अ॒वि॒ष्टना॑ पैजव॒नस्य॒ केतं॑ दू॒णाशं॑ क्ष॒त्रम॒जरं॑ दुवो॒यु ॥

O leading lights of humanity and vibrant people of the world in general, join, support and celebrate this generous giver of light and life like the father creator of the generous yajaka and high priest of world yajna, and there by join and integrate with the divine and undecaying social order which is the irresistible will and creation of the gracious lord of peace and forgiveness.

✦ Sukta 19 · 11 verses ✦

7.19.1

यस्ति॒ग्मशृ॑ङ्गो वृष॒भो न भी॒म एकः॑ कृ॒ष्टीश्च्या॒वय॑ति॒ प्र विश्वाः॑ । यः शश्व॑तो॒ अदा॑शुषो॒ गय॑स्य प्रय॒न्तासि॒ सुष्वि॑तराय॒ वेदः॑ ॥

Indra, lord commander of weapons sharp and blazing as rays of light, virile, generous and yet fearsome as a bull, is the one supreme who guides, controls, rules and inspires the world community, and he is the one who always is the supporting power of the house and children of the indigent who cannot afford to pay for education and development. O lord, you are the guide and giver of wealth and knowledge to the man dedicated to the yajnic development of humanity.

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7.19.2

त्वं ह॒ त्यदि॑न्द्र॒ कुत्स॑मावः॒ शुश्रू॑षमाणस्त॒न्वा॑ सम॒र्ये । दासं॒ यच्छुष्णं॒ कुय॑वं॒ न्य॑स्मा॒ अर॑न्धय आर्जुने॒याय॒ शिक्ष॑न् ॥

Indra, brilliant ruler, you govern and strike your thunderbolt of justice and punishment, listen to the voice of the people in the battle business of life and protect the sagely man of judgement and discretion with your force when you fight the demon of drought, punish the selfish exploiter and food polluter and help and arrange for the education of the children of noble mothers all for our sake.

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7.19.3

त्वं धृ॑ष्णो धृष॒ता वी॒तह॑व्यं॒ प्रावो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभिः॑ सु॒दास॑म् । प्र पौरु॑कुत्सिं त्र॒सद॑स्युमावः॒ क्षेत्र॑साता वृत्र॒हत्ये॑षु पू॒रुम् ॥

O bold and determined ruler, with all your power and determination and with all your methods and tactics of defence and offence, protect and preserve the assets of the nation acquired, support the commander of services, guard the wielders of high class weapons and protect their families, defend the powers of law and order against crime, and in the battle against want and darkness and for victory in the battle field of defence and development, protect the supply line and citizens of the land.

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7.19.4

त्वं नृभि॑र्नृमणो दे॒ववी॑तौ॒ भूरी॑णि वृ॒त्रा ह॑र्यश्व हंसि । त्वं नि दस्युं॒ चुमु॑रिं॒ धुनिं॒ चास्वा॑पयो द॒भीत॑ये सु॒हन्तु॑ ॥

O leader and commander equipped with transport, communications and armoured fighting forces, cherished and honoured ruler of the heart of the nation, in the battle business of the protection and advancement of the divinities of nature and humanity you fight out and eliminate the cumulated forces of darkness and destruction with the assistance and cooperation of the leading people. You lay to sleep and totally destroy the violent criminal, the thief and the terrorist in order to suppress and root out the forces of negation and destruction.

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7.19.5

तव॑ च्यौ॒त्नानि॑ वज्रहस्त॒ तानि॒ नव॒ यत्पुरो॑ नव॒तिं च॑ स॒द्यः । नि॒वेश॑ने शतत॒मावि॑वेषी॒रह॑ञ्च वृ॒त्रं नमु॑चिमु॒ताह॑न् ॥

O wielder of the thunderbolt, those frightful forces of yours which instantly destroy nintynine citadels of want and darkness and hundreds more for the entry of light and justice, pray demolish the unbreakable walls of the forts of impenetrable ignorance, superstition, prejudice, hatred and violence.

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7.19.6

सना॒ ता त॑ इन्द्र॒ भोज॑नानि रा॒तह॑व्याय दा॒शुषे॑ सु॒दासे॑ । वृष्णे॑ ते॒ हरी॒ वृष॑णा युनज्मि॒ व्यन्तु॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि पुरुशाक॒ वाज॑म् ॥

Indra, lord of light and power, those permanent gifts and protections of the world of existence you have created and granted for the oblation bearing yajaka, for the generous man of charity, and for the commander of the protective forces of humanity, and those mighty motive forces of life’s power and generosity which I harness in your service may, O lord of all ruling power, we pray, bring us all voices of Divinity, all means and modes of sustenance, and all success and progress in our life.

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7.19.7

मा ते॑ अ॒स्यां स॑हसाव॒न्परि॑ष्टाव॒घाय॑ भूम हरिवः परा॒दै । त्राय॑स्व नोऽवृ॒केभि॒र्वरू॑थै॒स्तव॑ प्रि॒यासः॑ सू॒रिषु॑ स्याम ॥

O lord of peace, patience and justice, ruler of dynamic powers and people, in this social order of your governance, let us not be exposed to a state of throw away sin and crime. Save us by virtue of the company of non-violent, best and wisest protective people. Let us abide among your dearest favourites and loved ones, among the brave, the wise and the virtuous.

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7.19.8

प्रि॒यास॒ इत्ते॑ मघवन्न॒भिष्टौ॒ नरो॑ मदेम शर॒णे सखा॑यः । नि तु॒र्वशं॒ नि याद्वं॑ शिशीह्यतिथि॒ग्वाय॒ शंस्यं॑ करि॒ष्यन् ॥

Lord of wealth, honour and excellence, let us all, leaders and friends of yours, abide and rejoice as your dearest in the protective shelter of your love and good will for our desired aims. Inspire and refine the nearest settled neighbour as well as the traveller on the move, raising the generous host in honour and praise for hospitality.

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7.19.9

स॒द्यश्चि॒न्नु ते॑ मघवन्न॒भिष्टौ॒ नरः॑ शंसन्त्युक्थ॒शास॑ उ॒क्था । ये ते॒ हवे॑भि॒र्वि प॒णीँरदा॑शन्न॒स्मान्वृ॑णीष्व॒ युज्या॑य॒ तस्मै॑ ॥

O lord of light, honour and excellence of generosity, select us for dedication to that holy work which, under the protection of your love and goodwill, leading scholars and interpreters of the Divine Word relentlessly pursue, reciting and teaching the Vedic songs of divinity and, by recitation and exhortation, converting even hard headed businessmen to generous givers of charity in the service of Divinity.

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7.19.10

ए॒ते स्तोमा॑ न॒रां नृ॑तम॒ तुभ्य॑मस्म॒द्र्य॑ञ्चो॒ दद॑तो म॒घानि॑ । तेषा॑मिन्द्र वृत्र॒हत्ये॑ शि॒वो भूः॒ सखा॑ च॒ शूरो॑ऽवि॒ता च॑ नृ॒णाम् ॥

These songs of adoration offered to you, O highest leader of the leaders of men, in fact, come back to us, giving wealth, honours and excellence of life. O lord, in these people’s battle against darkness, want and injustice, be their friend, wise protector and kind defender.

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7.19.11

नू इ॑न्द्र शूर॒ स्तव॑मान ऊ॒ती ब्रह्म॑जूतस्त॒न्वा॑ वावृधस्व । उप॑ नो॒ वाजा॑न्मिमी॒ह्युप॒ स्तीन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Indra, wise and brave leader and ruler of the world celebrated in song, exhorting the brave, commanding the defence and protection and the wealth of power, prosperity, food, energy and divine wisdom, grow in body, mind and soul by your body politic, and help us grow as a united commonwealth blest with honour, excellence and prosperity, and let there be no alliances of opposition and enmity against humanity. O lord and leaders of the world, protect and promote us in a state of honourable peace, prosperity and all round well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 20 · 10 verses ✦

7.20.1

उ॒ग्रो ज॑ज्ञे वी॒र्या॑य स्व॒धावा॒ञ्चक्रि॒रपो॒ नर्यो॒ यत्क॑रि॒ष्यन् । जग्मि॒र्युवा॑ नृ॒षद॑न॒मवो॑भिस्त्रा॒ता न॒ इन्द्र॒ एन॑सो म॒हश्चि॑त् ॥

Indra, the ruling soul, a great performer blest with innate powers, rises bright and blazing to do great heroic deeds when he undertakes the manly acts he plans to do. Youthful and bold, he goes to the house of the people with his powers of protection as a saviour of us all from great sin and transgression.

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7.20.2

हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रमिन्द्रः॒ शूशु॑वानः॒ प्रावी॒न्नु वी॒रो ज॑रि॒तार॑मू॒ती । कर्ता॑ सु॒दासे॒ अह॒ वा उ॑ लो॒कं दाता॒ वसु॒ मुहु॒रा दा॒शुषे॑ भूत् ॥

Growing and rising, Indra is breaker of the clouds and destroyer of want and darkness of ignorance. The youthful hero protects the dedicated celebrant with his powers of protection. He is the creator of a beautiful world for the man of service and charity and he is the giver of wealth again and again to the generous man of charity and gratitude to Divinity.

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7.20.3

यु॒ध्मो अ॑न॒र्वा ख॑ज॒कृत्स॒मद्वा॒ शूरः॑ सत्रा॒षाड्ज॒नुषे॒मषा॑ळ्हः । व्या॑स॒ इन्द्रः॒ पृत॑नाः॒ स्वोजा॒ अधा॒ विश्वं॑ शत्रू॒यन्तं॑ जघान ॥

Veteran warrior, relentless campaigner, passionate fighter, magnanimous hero, always victorious, Indra is unconquerable by nature. In the face of tumultuous conflicts he blazes with holy splendour and destroys all hostility from the earth.

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7.20.4

उ॒भे चि॑दिन्द्र॒ रोद॑सी महि॒त्वाऽप॑प्राथ॒ तवि॑षीभिस्तुविष्मः । नि वज्र॒मिन्द्रो॒ हरि॑वा॒न्मिमि॑क्ष॒न्त्समन्ध॑सा॒ मदे॑षु॒ वा उ॑वोच ॥

Mighty Indra with his splendour and irresistible forces pervades both earth and sky by the strength of his presence felt all round. Wielding his thunderbolt of justice, protection and correction, commanding humanity and mixing with the people by perceptible presence as well as social gatherings over joyous celebrations, he maintains his dialogue with them.

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7.20.5

वृषा॑ जजान॒ वृष॑णं॒ रणा॑य॒ तमु॑ चि॒न्नारी॒ नर्यं॑ सुसूव । प्र यः से॑ना॒नीरध॒ नृभ्यो॒ अस्ती॒नः सत्वा॑ ग॒वेष॑णः॒ स धृ॒ष्णुः ॥

Him the omnipotent generous father begets, and him the supreme creative mother nature bears and nurtures as the mighty, virile and generous leader for the battle of humanity for a full joyous life on earth, the mighty ruler Indra who then rises as the commander of armies and glorious protector promoter of the world community: brave and true, seeker of truth and the divine Word of nature, the ruler irresistible for the people.

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7.20.6

नू चि॒त्स भ्रे॑षते॒ जनो॒ न रे॑ष॒न्मनो॒ यो अ॑स्य घो॒रमा॒विवा॑सात् । य॒ज्ञैर्य इन्द्रे॒ दध॑ते॒ दुवां॑सि॒ क्षय॒त्स रा॒य ऋ॑त॒पा ऋ॑ते॒जाः ॥

Never does that person waver or go astray, never does he fail or face disaster, never does he hurt anyone, who obeys and serves the venerable thought and will of this awesome master. Whoever reposes his trust and prayers by love, self-sacrifice and yajna in him abides in peace for the achievement of wealth, honour and excellence, serving truth and rising in stature in truth and divine law.

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7.20.7

यदि॑न्द्र॒ पूर्वो॒ अप॑राय॒ शिक्ष॒न्नय॒ज्ज्याया॒न्कनी॑यसो दे॒ष्णम् । अ॒मृत॒ इत्पर्या॑सीत दू॒रमा चि॑त्र॒ चित्र्यं॑ भरा र॒यिं नः॑ ॥

What the former generation teaches and bequeathes to the next, and what the elder generation may learn and obtain from the younger one as a valuable gift, and that immortal wealth of life far out of sense, experience and time, O lord sublime, that sits eternal, O lord of omniscience and omnipotence, Indra, bear and bring us, that wondrous, super existential wealth and vision of life.

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7.20.8

यस्त॑ इन्द्र प्रि॒यो जनो॒ ददा॑श॒दस॑न्निरे॒के अ॑द्रिवः॒ सखा॑ ते । व॒यं ते॑ अ॒स्यां सु॑म॒तौ चनि॑ष्ठाः॒ स्याम॒ वरू॑थे॒ अघ्न॑तो॒ नृपी॑तौ ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world over clouds and mountains, whoever the person that pays homage to you, may he be dear to you as a friend in the open honest business of living. In this social order of goodwill and human welfare of the lord of love and grace free from violence, let us live in peace at home blest with sustenance and security in comfort and divine grace.

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7.20.9

ए॒ष स्तोमो॑ अचिक्रद॒द्वृषा॑ त उ॒त स्ता॒मुर्म॑घवन्नक्रपिष्ट । रा॒यस्कामो॑ जरि॒तारं॑ त॒ आग॒न्त्वम॒ङ्ग श॑क्र॒ वस्व॒ आ श॑को नः ॥

O lord of wealth, honour, power and excellence, this song of adoration vibrates with prayer for your attention and the celebrant prays for your grace. May your gift of wealth and fulfilment flow to the celebrant. O lord of power dear as breath of life, make it possible for us to win all wealth, honour and excellence we pray for

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7.20.10

स न॑ इन्द्र॒ त्वय॑ताया इ॒षे धा॒स्त्मना॑ च॒ ये म॒घवा॑नो जु॒नन्ति॑ । वस्वी॒ षु ते॑ जरि॒त्रे अ॑स्तु श॒क्तिर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Indra, lord giver of energy and vitality, sustain us and those who join you vitally and spiritually for the gift of energy and pranic vitality in contact with universal energy. May your universal vitality be the harbinger of universal wealth, honour and excellence for the celebrant. O lord and divinities, all time protect and promote us with success, prosperity and good fortune all round.

✦ Sukta 21 · 10 verses ✦

7.21.1

असा॑वि दे॒वं गोऋ॑जीक॒मन्धो॒ न्य॑स्मि॒न्निन्द्रो॑ ज॒नुषे॑मुवोच । बोधा॑मसि त्वा हर्यश्व य॒ज्ञैर्बोधा॑ नः॒ स्तोम॒मन्ध॑सो॒ मदे॑षु ॥

Distilled is the spirit of life, divine, brilliant, the very essence of earth and nature’s energy. Let Indra, the ruling lord of life, by his very nature and origin, join and address the assembly and make it resound. O lord of instant powers and faculties, we invoke and invite you by our yajnic adorations. Join us in the ecstasy of our celebration and inspire our congregation to awake into enlightenment.

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7.21.2

प्र य॑न्ति य॒ज्ञं वि॒पय॑न्ति ब॒र्हिः सो॑म॒मादो॑ वि॒दथे॑ दु॒ध्रवा॑चः । न्यु॑ भ्रियन्ते य॒शसो॑ गृ॒भादा दू॒रउ॑पब्दो॒ वृष॑णो नृ॒षाचः॑ ॥

Lovers of soma ecstasy march forward to join the yajna of the social order, their shouts of joy resounding to the skies. The brave and generous leaders of the nation move forward from the home, with resounding proclamations bearing vibrations of their characteristic home and fame, to join the assembly.

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7.21.3

त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ स्रवि॑त॒वा अ॒पस्कः॒ परि॑ष्ठिता॒ अहि॑ना शूर पू॒र्वीः । त्वद्वा॑वक्रे र॒थ्यो॒३॒॑ न धेना॒ रेज॑न्ते॒ विश्वा॑ कृ॒त्रिमा॑णि भी॒षा ॥

And you Indra, leader and ruler, set aflow the natural voice and energies of the nation otherwise withheld from expression by diffidence, fear and darkness of ignorance. Freed by you, the energies of the nation flow freely into action like words of eloquence directed to a definite purpose like streams flowing to the sea and chariot horses directed to a destination, and then all artificial creations of fear tremble like fear itself.

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7.21.4

भी॒मो वि॑वे॒षायु॑धेभिरेषा॒मपां॑सि॒ विश्वा॒ नर्या॑णि वि॒द्वान् । इन्द्रः॒ पुरो॒ जर्हृ॑षाणो॒ वि दू॑धो॒द्वि वज्र॑हस्तो महि॒ना ज॑घान ॥

Indra, formidable scholar and fearsome warrior, enters with his weapons of offence and defence and inspires all the will and actions of the people which are in the interest of humanity and which are humanly possible. Happy and rejoicing, wielding the thunderbolt of power and justice in hand, he shakes to naught the strongholds of evil, sin and crime with his grandeur.

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7.21.5

न या॒तव॑ इन्द्र जूजुवुर्नो॒ न वन्द॑ना शविष्ठ वे॒द्याभिः॑ । स श॑र्धद॒र्यो विषु॑णस्य ज॒न्तोर्मा शि॒श्नदे॑वा॒ अपि॑ गुर्ऋ॒तं नः॑ ॥

Indra, lord most potent, let not the wicked and violent approach and hurt us. Let them not affect our holy works in spite of their tactics worth knowing though they be. O noble lord, control and nullify the various and disorderly people. Let not the sensual and licentious sex slaves vitiate our moral conduct and rectitude.

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7.21.6

अ॒भि क्रत्वे॑न्द्र भू॒रध॒ ज्मन्न ते॑ विव्यङ्महि॒मानं॒ रजां॑सि । स्वेना॒ हि वृ॒त्रं शव॑सा ज॒घन्थ॒ न शत्रु॒रन्तं॑ विविदद्यु॒धा ते॑ ॥

Indra, lord of splendour, by your own strength overthrow the enemies of humanity on earth. They do not know the greatness and glory of your powers. By your innate powers you destroy the demon of darkness, want and ignorance. O mighty warrior, the enemies do not realise the expanse of your power and grandeur.

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7.21.7

दे॒वाश्चि॑त्ते असु॒र्या॑य॒ पूर्वेऽनु॑ क्ष॒त्राय॑ ममिरे॒ सहां॑सि । इन्द्रो॑ म॒घानि॑ दयते वि॒षह्येन्द्रं॒ वाज॑स्य जोहुवन्त सा॒तौ ॥

Indra, ruling power of the world, brilliant divines, scholars and scientists of veteran eminence value your courage and bold actions in the field of energy and spirituality for the development, prosperity and well being of the social order. Having faced challenges with patience and fortitude, Indra commands and shares powers, privileges and prosperity, and the people invoke and support him for leadership in their struggle for peace, prosperity and progress. Therein lies honour and victory.

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7.21.8

की॒रिश्चि॒द्धि त्वामव॑से जु॒हावेशा॑नमिन्द्र॒ सौभ॑गस्य॒ भूरेः॑ । अवो॑ बभूथ शतमूते अ॒स्मे अ॑भिक्ष॒त्तुस्त्वाव॑तो वरू॒ता ॥

For protection and advancement, the devotee calls upon you, Indra, lord ruler and giver of abundant power and prosperity, honour and excellence. O lord of a hundred protective powers, be the guardian, protector and saviour of our abundant power and prosperity. And our guardian and protector against the challenging enemy too, may, we pray, be brave as you.

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7.21.9

सखा॑यस्त इन्द्र वि॒श्वह॑ स्याम नमोवृ॒धासो॑ महि॒ना त॑रुत्र । व॒न्वन्तु॑ स्मा॒ तेऽव॑सा समी॒के॒३॒॑भी॑तिम॒र्यो व॒नुषां॒ शवां॑सि ॥

O saviour triumphant, while we worship and glorify you daily with greater and greater love, faith and strength of loyalty, pray let us be your friends for ever. O lord and master of the people, let us all be close to you and, under your protection, let us all win and enjoy freedom from fear and strength worthy of the seekers of Divinity.

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7.21.10

स न॑ इन्द्र॒ त्वय॑ताया इ॒षे धा॒स्त्मना॑ च॒ ये म॒घवा॑नो जु॒नन्ति॑ । वस्वी॒ षु ते॑ जरि॒त्रे अ॑स्तु श॒क्तिर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Indra, lord of life and majesty, hold us all, sustain us all, all the blessed souls who by their sincere devotion enjoy the glory of your favour and grace so that we may continue to enjoy the strength and success granted by you. May your power and grace be the source of wealth and excellence for the celebrant. All you divinities of nature and humanity, protect and promote us for all time with all freedom and security.

✦ Sukta 22 · 9 verses ✦

7.22.1

पिबा॒ सोम॑मिन्द्र॒ मन्द॑तु त्वा॒ यं ते॑ सु॒षाव॑ हर्य॒श्वाद्रिः॑ । सो॒तुर्बा॒हुभ्यां॒ सुय॑तो॒ नार्वा॑ ॥

Indra, lord ruler and controller of the dynamic forces of the world, drink this soma of ecstasy which, I am sure, would exhilarate you. The cloud, generative power of nature, has distilled it and showered on you. And just as a horse well controlled by the hands and reins of the driver moves to the right destination, so is this soma generated by the hands of the creator meant to exhort you to take the dominion to its destination.

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7.22.2

यस्ते॒ मदो॒ युज्य॒श्चारु॒रस्ति॒ येन॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ हर्यश्व॒ हंसि॑ । स त्वामि॑न्द्र प्रभूवसो ममत्तु ॥

That beauty and joy of the governance of your dominion which is agreeable, inspiring and worthy of support and participation, and by which joy, O controller of the dynamic forces of the people, you break the negative forces of darkness, sin and crime, want and ignorance like the sun breaking dark clouds for showers, may that joy, O sovereign lord of power for settlement and prosperity, give you the real pleasure of creative governance and administration.

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7.22.3

बोधा॒ सु मे॑ मघव॒न्वाच॒मेमां यां ते॒ वसि॑ष्ठो॒ अर्च॑ति॒ प्रश॑स्तिम् । इ॒मा ब्रह्म॑ सध॒मादे॑ जुषस्व ॥

O lord of honour, power and magnificence, pray know well this voice of mine which the sage well settled at peace offers you in adoration of your glory. And accept, honour and apply these holy words of vision and wisdom in practice in the assembly house of the wise for governance and administration.

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7.22.4

श्रु॒धी हवं॑ विपिपा॒नस्याद्रे॒र्बोधा॒ विप्र॒स्यार्च॑तो मनी॒षाम् । कृ॒ष्वा दुवां॒स्यन्त॑मा॒ सचे॒मा ॥

Listen to the cloud shower of exhortation from the vibrant sage, joyous participant in the congregation, know the thought and will of the wise scholar in adoration of your honour, and honour these prayers, most sincere and intimate, in action.

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7.22.5

न ते॒ गिरो॒ अपि॑ मृष्ये तु॒रस्य॒ न सु॑ष्टु॒तिम॑सु॒र्य॑स्य वि॒द्वान् । सदा॑ ते॒ नाम॑ स्वयशो विवक्मि ॥

Never shall I forget your words, instant and mighty of action as you are, nor shall I, knowing your power and potential, ever neglect your appreciation and adoration. I value and appreciate the significance of your name and your innate honour and excellence.

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7.22.6

भूरि॒ हि ते॒ सव॑ना॒ मानु॑षेषु॒ भूरि॑ मनी॒षी ह॑वते॒ त्वामित् । मारे अ॒स्मन्म॑घव॒ञ्ज्योक्कः॑ ॥

O lord of honour and excellence, many are your acts of generosity and magnificence in the world of humanity. Many are the acts of adoration the dedicated wise offer to you. O lord, never let these be alienated from us.

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7.22.7

तुभ्येदि॒मा सव॑ना शूर॒ विश्वा॒ तुभ्यं॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि॒ वर्ध॑ना कृणोमि । त्वं नृभि॒र्हव्यो॑ वि॒श्वधा॑सि ॥

O lord of honour and excellence, wise and brave, all these yajnic acts of service and adoration are for you. All these acts of holy creation and development for progress I do, are for your honour and majesty. You are the ruler and sustainer of the world, accepted and adorable for the leading people of the world.

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7.22.8

नू चि॒न्नु ते॒ मन्य॑मानस्य द॒स्मोद॑श्नुवन्ति महि॒मान॑मुग्र । न वी॒र्य॑मिन्द्र ते॒ न राधः॑ ॥

Indra, lord of blazing splendour, destroyer of suffering and darkness, adored by the world, the people of the world acknowledge your grandeur but they comprehend it not, much less equal and surpass. Nor can they surpass, equal or even comprehend your power and potential or your munificence.

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7.22.9

ये च॒ पूर्व॒ ऋष॑यो॒ ये च॒ नूत्ना॒ इन्द्र॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि ज॒नय॑न्त॒ विप्राः॑ । अ॒स्मे ते॑ सन्तु स॒ख्या शि॒वानि॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

All the songs of adoration and acts of homage and worship which the veteran seers of ancient wisdom and new scholars of modern vision and wisdom create and offer to you, mighty ruler of the world, may they all be friendly and blissful for us all. O seers and scholars, O lord Indra, pray always protect and promote us with all modes of protection, promotion and all round wellbeing.

✦ Sukta 23 · 6 verses ✦

7.23.1

उदु॒ ब्रह्मा॑ण्यैरत श्रव॒स्येन्द्रं॑ सम॒र्ये म॑हया वसिष्ठ । आ यो विश्वा॑नि॒ शव॑सा त॒तानो॑पश्रो॒ता म॒ ईव॑तो॒ वचां॑सि ॥

O brilliant sage of divine vision settled in peace, raise your voice and sing songs of celebration in honour of Indra, mighty ruler of the world. In the battle business of life, glorify him who pervades the wide worlds by his might, and as I approach him he listens close by so that my words of prayer reverberate across the spaces.

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7.23.2

अया॑मि॒ घोष॑ इन्द्र दे॒वजा॑मिरिर॒ज्यन्त॒ यच्छु॒रुधो॒ विवा॑चि । न॒हि स्वमायु॑श्चिकि॒ते जने॑षु॒ तानीदंहां॒स्यति॑ पर्ष्य॒स्मान् ॥

I come, lord Indra, the sound of prayer rises like a battle cry with the divine waves of nature, charming, mastering, the notes resounding in the tumultuous roar. No one knows the thread of his span of life in humanity. O lord, cleanse us of those sins which pollute us to darkness.

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7.23.3

यु॒जे रथं॑ ग॒वेष॑णं॒ हरि॑भ्या॒मुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि जुजुषा॒णम॑स्थुः । वि बा॑धिष्ट॒ स्य रोद॑सी महि॒त्वेन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्राण्य॑प्र॒ती ज॑घ॒न्वान् ॥

I ride the chariot of worship in pursuit of the light of truth harnessing the two carriers of mind and intellect alongwith the senses. My prayers reach the lord of love who accepts the supplicant with grace. The lord pervades both heaven and earth with his might, prevents evil, and destroys the demons of sin and darkness which we cannot even perceive with our human eyes of ordinary vision.

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7.23.4

आप॑श्चित्पिप्युः स्त॒र्यो॒३॒॑ न गावो॒ नक्ष॑न्नृ॒तं ज॑रि॒तार॑स्त इन्द्र । या॒हि वा॒युर्न नि॒युतो॑ नो॒ अच्छा॒ त्वं हि धी॒भिर्दय॑से॒ नि वाजा॑न् ॥

Indra, lord of light and action, just as waters flow and rays of light radiate over darkness, so let your celebrants, men of holy action, rise and attain to the light of truth. O lord of the cosmic chariot, come like the wind to your servants of action with grace since you bless us with mercy and with gifts of intelligence, vision and the light of divinity.

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7.23.5

ते त्वा॒ मदा॑ इन्द्र मादयन्तु शु॒ष्मिणं॑ तुवि॒राध॑सं जरि॒त्रे । एको॑ देव॒त्रा दय॑से॒ हि मर्ता॑न॒स्मिञ्छू॑र॒ सव॑ने मादयस्व ॥

Indra, lord of might, mercy, magnanimity and giver of all round success, may the devotees blest with joy and vision of action win your pleasure and favour for the gift of strength and power, sure success and excellence in all fields to bless the celebrant. You, the one adorable lord, bless the mortals with love and mercy. Come and share our celebrations of yajnic ecstasy with us in this session.

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7.23.6

ए॒वेदिन्द्रं॒ वृष॑णं॒ वज्र॑बाहुं॒ वसि॑ष्ठासो अ॒भ्य॑र्चन्त्य॒र्कैः । स नः॑ स्तु॒तो वी॒रव॑त्पातु॒ गोम॑द्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus do the brilliant poets of vision and heroes of action settled and settlers at peace with homage and adorations celebrate Indra, lord ruler and commander of world forces, giver of showers of joy and wielder of thunder arms for the world order. The lord commands forces of the youthful brave and prosperity of the world’s commonwealth. Praised and celebrated thus, may the lord protect and promote us. O lord, and O men of vision and potent action, protect and promote us all time with all modes of happiness and well being.

✦ Sukta 24 · 6 verses ✦

7.24.1

योनि॑ष्ट इन्द्र॒ सद॑ने अकारि॒ तमा नृभिः॑ पुरुहूत॒ प्र या॑हि । असो॒ यथा॑ नोऽवि॒ता वृ॒धे च॒ ददो॒ वसू॑नि म॒मद॑श्च॒ सोमैः॑ ॥

Indra, lord ruler and commander of the world, the holy seat for you is created and reserved in the house of nations. Elected and invited by all equally, pray come and take it with the leading lights of humanity in the manner that you may be our saviour and protector for advancement, receive and disburse the means and materials of life’s wealth and comfort, and be happy and celebrate the joy of life with the soma of the world’s excellence.

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7.24.2

गृ॒भी॒तं ते॒ मन॑ इन्द्र द्वि॒बर्हाः॑ सु॒तः सोमः॒ परि॑षिक्ता॒ मधू॑नि । विसृ॑ष्टधेना भरते सुवृ॒क्तिरि॒यमिन्द्रं॒ जोहु॑वती मनी॒षा ॥

Indra, brilliant lord, accepted is your mind wholly, both wish and will, ideas and intentions, philosophy and policy, ethics and action. The soma of joy and celebration is distilled and ready. The honey sweets are exuberant and overflowing. The general will, single voice and enthusiastic resolution of this generous land initiates, invites and anoints you in your seat.

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7.24.3

आ नो॑ दि॒व आ पृ॑थि॒व्या ऋ॑जीषिन्नि॒दं ब॒र्हिः सो॑म॒पेया॑य याहि । वह॑न्तु त्वा॒ हर॑यो म॒द्र्य॑ञ्चमाङ्गू॒षमच्छा॑ त॒वसं॒ मदा॑य ॥

Indra, mighty lord of natural simplicity and grace, lover of joy, come to this holy seat of ours from wherever you are, from the regions of heavenly light or the dark green earth to drink of the soma of celebration for the land. May the leading personalities of the nation well conduct you to receive our felicitations with us here.

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7.24.4

आ नो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभिः॑ स॒जोषा॒ ब्रह्म॑ जुषा॒णो ह॑र्यश्व याहि । वरी॑वृज॒त्स्थवि॑रेभिः सुशिप्रा॒स्मे दध॒द्वृष॑णं॒ शुष्म॑मिन्द्र ॥

Indra, friendly ruler, lover of divinity and the best things of life, commanding the best of assistants, blest with a gracious personality, come to us with all the means of protection and progress for us, bringing showers of strength, honour and excellence for the nation and warding off all opponent forces, come supported by the wisest veterans of the land.

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7.24.5

ए॒ष स्तोमो॑ म॒ह उ॒ग्राय॒ वाहे॑ धु॒री॒३॒॑वात्यो॒ न वा॒जय॑न्नधायि । इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒यम॒र्क ई॑ट्टे॒ वसू॑नां दि॒वी॑व॒ द्यामधि॑ नः॒ श्रोम॑तं धाः ॥

This inspiring song of felicitation and this vibrant institution of governance is created and offered to Indra, great and brilliant lord ruler and sustainer of the world, like the leading power of the nation’s chariot. O lord Indra, this supplicant and celebrant prays to you for the gift of wealth, honour and excellence for the nation. Pray raise our honour and fame to the regions of bliss over the sky and light of the sun.

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7.24.6

ए॒वा न॑ इन्द्र॒ वार्य॑स्य पूर्धि॒ प्र ते॑ म॒हीं सु॑म॒तिं वे॑विदाम । इषं॑ पिन्व म॒घव॑द्भ्यः सु॒वीरां॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Likewise O lord of excellence, Indra, destroyer of suffering, bless us with abundant good fortune of the choicest order. Grant us the great favour of your love and good will. Protect and promote the honour, energy and sustenance of the nation blest with youthful brave for the noble people. O lord and veterans of the world, protect and advance us with the peace, prosperity and all round well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 25 · 6 verses ✦

7.25.1

आ ते॑ म॒ह इ॑न्द्रोत्यु॑ग्र॒ सम॑न्यवो॒ यत्स॒मर॑न्त॒ सेनाः॑ । पता॑ति दि॒द्युन्नर्य॑स्य बा॒ह्वोर्मा ते॒ मनो॑ विष्व॒द्र्य१॒॑ग्वि चा॑रीत् ॥

Indra, blazing lord of glory and illustrious commander of the forces of defence and protection, when your armies impassioned by ardent zeal march forward, the thunderbolt in your hands, O magnificent leader of humanity, flashing and blazing, falls upon the enemy. O lord, your mind instantly traversing over spaces otherwise, would never ramble from us but hit the target.

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7.25.2

नि दु॒र्ग इ॑न्द्र श्नथिह्य॒मित्रा॑न॒भि ये नो॒ मर्ता॑सो अ॒मन्ति॑ । आ॒रे तं शंसं॑ कृणुहि निनि॒त्सोरा नो॑ भर सं॒भर॑णं॒ वसू॑नाम् ॥

Indra, lord destroyer of want and suffering, strike upon the strongholds of the enemies and break down the hostilities of mortals that afflict us with violence and disease. Throw out far off that curse and calumny of the malevolent and bring us fulfilment with abundance of health, wealth, honour and excellence of life.

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7.25.3

श॒तं ते॑ शिप्रिन्नू॒तयः॑ सु॒दासे॑ स॒हस्रं॒ शंसा॑ उ॒त रा॒तिर॑स्तु । ज॒हि वध॑र्व॒नुषो॒ मर्त्य॑स्या॒स्मे द्यु॒म्नमधि॒ रत्नं॑ च धेहि ॥

O lord of golden helmet, hundreds be your favours and protections for the man of generosity, thousands your blessings and gifts of grace. Destroy the weapons of death in the hands of the violent mortal and vest us with that wealth, honour and excellence of life which is the supreme jewel of existence.

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7.25.4

त्वाव॑तो॒ ही॑न्द्र॒ क्रत्वे॒ अस्मि॒ त्वाव॑तोऽवि॒तुः शू॑र रा॒तौ । विश्वेदहा॑नि तविषीव उग्रँ॒ ओकः॑ कृणुष्व हरिवो॒ न म॑र्धीः ॥

Indra, mighty lord beyond fear, in submission to your will, I abide in holy action and pray for the gift of your protection and grace. O lord illustrious of blazing power, pray dwell in my heart for ever. Forsake us not, O lord of tempestuous forces.

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7.25.5

कुत्सा॑ ए॒ते हर्य॑श्वाय शू॒षमिन्द्रे॒ सहो॑ दे॒वजू॑तमिया॒नाः । स॒त्रा कृ॑धि सु॒हना॑ शूर वृ॒त्रा व॒यं तरु॑त्राः सनुयाम॒ वाज॑म् ॥

All these arms and armaments of thunder power, all the sagely people who have come to peace and power, patience and fortitude inspired by divinities for the attainment of honour and excellence: all these are dedicated to Indra, lord ruler of vibrant powers and people of the world. O lord giver of freedom from fear and violence, make it easy for us to dispel the evil and darkness of life. Let us be victors of light over ignorance and darkness and cross over the seas to the realms of bliss.

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7.25.6

ए॒वा न॑ इन्द्र॒ वार्य॑स्य पूर्धि॒ प्र ते॑ म॒हीं सु॑म॒तिं वे॑विदाम । इषं॑ पिन्व म॒घव॑द्भ्यः सु॒वीरां॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus O lord Indra, bless us with honour and excellence of our choice in abundance. Let us have the divine bliss of your love and good will. Sustain and promote food, energy and knowledge for the noble people blest with youthful and brave warriors of freedom. O lord, O noble people, O saints and sages, O youthful brave, protect and promote us with all modes of good fortune and well being for ever.

✦ Sukta 26 · 5 verses ✦

7.26.1

न सोम॒ इन्द्र॒मसु॑तो ममाद॒ नाब्र॑ह्माणो म॒घवा॑नं सु॒तासः॑ । तस्मा॑ उ॒क्थं ज॑नये॒ यज्जुजो॑षन्नृ॒वन्नवी॑यः शृ॒णव॒द्यथा॑ नः ॥

Undistilled soma does not please Indra, lord of humanity. Nor do distillations of soma unsanctified by divine chants of Veda satisfy the lord of power and divinity. Therefore I create and compose the latest song of adoration with Vedic vision with the distillation so that the lord may listen and accept our homage of soma with pleasure.

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7.26.2

उ॒क्थउ॑क्थे॒ सोम॒ इन्द्रं॑ ममाद नी॒थेनी॑थे म॒घवा॑नं सु॒तासः॑ । यदीं॑ स॒बाधः॑ पि॒तरं॒ न पु॒त्राः स॑मा॒नद॑क्षा॒ अव॑से॒ हव॑न्ते ॥

With every chant of song divine, the soma pleases Indra. At every stage of adoration, at every step of the song, the draughts of soma exhilarate the lord. For this reason, surely, eager supplicants, equally proficient, invoke and offer homage to the lord for protection and progress like children approaching parents with love to have their blessings.

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7.26.3

च॒कार॒ ता कृ॒णव॑न्नू॒नम॒न्या यानि॑ ब्रु॒वन्ति॑ वे॒धसः॑ सु॒तेषु॑ । जनी॑रिव॒ पति॒रेकः॑ समा॒नो नि मा॑मृजे॒ पुर॒ इन्द्रः॒ सु सर्वाः॑ ॥

What the sages and scholars say and proclaim in matters of science and development of soma, let the pursuant follow and do even more, and just as the ruler protector and sustainer looks after the people and the father looks after the children by himself equally well, so should Indra first and foremost look after and refine the development of knowledge and all the pursuers.

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7.26.4

ए॒वा तमा॑हुरु॒त शृ॑ण्व॒ इन्द्र॒ एको॑ विभ॒क्ता त॒रणि॑र्म॒घाना॑म् । मि॒थ॒स्तुर॑ ऊ॒तयो॒ यस्य॑ पू॒र्वीर॒स्मे भ॒द्राणि॑ सश्चत प्रि॒याणि॑ ॥

Only Indra they celebrate in holy words. Only of him do we hear, that he is the giver of all power, progress, honour and excellence and he alone is the saviour and protector. Instant and unfailing are his powers and forces of protection and defence, unbreakable as ever. May all dear and cherished good things of life come to us by the lord’s kindness and grace.

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7.26.5

ए॒वा वसि॑ष्ठ॒ इन्द्र॑मू॒तये॒ नॄन्कृ॑ष्टी॒नां वृ॑ष॒भं सु॒ते गृ॑णाति । स॒ह॒स्रिण॒ उप॑ नो माहि॒ वाजा॑न्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus does the ardent sage settled in peace and wisdom celebrate Indra, the soul and generous ruler of the world and leading lights of humanity for the sake of defence and protection in the social order of the lord’s creation. May the lord bring us a thousand fold honour and excellence in food, sustenance and knowledge. O lord and leaders, protect and promote us with all your gifts of good fortune and all round well being as ever.

✦ Sukta 27 · 5 verses ✦

7.27.1

इन्द्रं॒ नरो॑ ने॒मधि॑ता हवन्ते॒ यत्पार्या॑ यु॒नज॑ते॒ धिय॒स्ताः । शूरो॒ नृषा॑ता॒ शव॑सश्चका॒न आ गोम॑ति व्र॒जे भ॑जा॒ त्वं नः॑ ॥

Leading people call upon Indra, lord ruler of the world, in their serious struggles of life and pray for those concentrative faculties of mind and intelligence by which they can join the divine presence and win their goal. The lord is the brave, generous and fearless leader of humanity in their corporate life, lover of strength and inspirer of heroic souls. O lord, give us the grace of your divine presence and lead us in our development of lands and cows and in our plans of education, enlightenment and our vision of the divine Word.

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7.27.2

य इ॑न्द्र॒ शुष्मो॑ मघवन्ते॒ अस्ति॒ शिक्षा॒ सखि॑भ्यः पुरुहूत॒ नृभ्यः॑ । त्वं हि दृ॒ळ्हा म॑घव॒न्विचे॑ता॒ अपा॑ वृधि॒ परि॑वृतं॒ न राधः॑ ॥

Indra, lord of power, honour and excellence, that strength and power of yours for which you are invoked by all humanity, pray give us, your friends and leaders of a free world. O lord of honour and majesty, unshakable lord of universal vision and knowledge, remove the cover of darkness and open out our potential like a hidden treasure revealed.

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7.27.3

इन्द्रो॒ राजा॒ जग॑तश्चर्षणी॒नामधि॒ क्षमि॒ विषु॑रूपं॒ यदस्ति॑ । ततो॑ ददाति दा॒शुषे॒ वसू॑नि॒ चोद॒द्राध॒ उप॑स्तुतश्चिद॒र्वाक् ॥

Indra is the sovereign ruler of the moving world and her people on the earth. Whatever various and manifold wealth there is on the earth, he alone is the master ruler.And therefrom he gives profusely of wealth, honour and excellence to the generous man of charity, inspires our potential strength and success, and when he is closely adored in meditation, he reveals his presence to our direct vision and experience.

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7.27.4

नू चि॑न्न॒ इन्द्रो॑ म॒घवा॒ सहू॑ती दा॒नो वाजं॒ नि य॑मते न ऊ॒ती । अनू॑ना॒ यस्य॒ दक्षि॑णा पी॒पाय॑ वा॒मं नृभ्यो॑ अ॒भिवी॑ता॒ सखि॑भ्यः ॥

Surely Indra, lord of honour and glory, is the generous and instant giver on invocation and prayer. He gives sustenance, protection and progress, and he controls and guides our advance to victory in life. Boundless is his grace which ever inspires and promotes our will and action, and it is freely available to people who seek his love and friendship.

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7.27.5

नू इ॑न्द्र रा॒ये वरि॑वस्कृधी न॒ आ ते॒ मनो॑ ववृत्याम म॒घाय॑ । गोम॒दश्वा॑व॒द्रथ॑व॒द्व्यन्तो॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Indra, generous lord of munificence, we turn ourselves to you seeking your love and kindness to achieve the honour and treasures of life. Pray open the paths of advancement for us to wealth and victory of lands and cows, horses and chariots of the good life. O lord, O leading lights, be gracious and protect and promote us with all good fortune and well being for ever.

✦ Sukta 28 · 5 verses ✦

7.28.1

ब्रह्मा॑ ण इ॒न्द्रोप॑ याहि वि॒द्वान॒र्वाञ्च॑स्ते॒ हर॑यः सन्तु यु॒क्ताः । विश्वे॑ चि॒द्धि त्वा॑ वि॒हव॑न्त॒ मर्ता॑ अ॒स्माक॒मिच्छृ॑णुहि विश्वमिन्व ॥

Indra, lord omniscient, all pervasive in the world, come, listen to our prayer, let the horses harnessed to your chariot be directed hitherward to us. All people of the world without exception invoke you. Pray listen to our prayer and bring us the gifts of Divinity

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7.28.2

हवं॑ त इन्द्र महि॒मा व्या॑न॒ड् ब्रह्म॒ यत्पासि॑ शवसि॒न्नृषी॑णाम् । आ यद्वज्रं॑ दधि॒षे हस्त॑ उग्र घो॒रः सन्क्रत्वा॑ जनिष्ठा॒

अषा॑ळ्हाः ॥

O lord of might, since you protect and preserve the voice of the seers of divine vision, your grandeur vests in the holy voice and holy projects of humanity. Awful lord of blazing lustre, when you wield the thunderbolt in hand in a state of divine passion for action you rise invincible for any power of the world.

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7.28.3

तव॒ प्रणी॑तीन्द्र॒ जोहु॑वाना॒न्त्सं यन्नॄन्न रोद॑सी नि॒नेथ॑ । म॒हे क्ष॒त्राय॒ शव॑से॒ हि ज॒ज्ञेऽतू॑तुजिं चि॒त्तूतु॑जिरशिश्नत् ॥

Indra, by your ethics and policy you guide the leading lights of humanity and those called upon to duty as you light up the earth and space, and thus surely by nature and character you rise to the mighty power of the governance of the great social order. Truly the mighty and the dynamic govern and guide the weak who need protection.

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7.28.4

ए॒भिर्न॑ इ॒न्द्राह॑भिर्दशस्य दुर्मि॒त्रासो॒ हि क्षि॒तयः॒ पव॑न्ते । प्रति॒ यच्चष्टे॒ अनृ॑तमने॒ना अव॑ द्वि॒ता वरु॑णो मा॒यी नः॑ सात् ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world, in these few days bless us that the evil in friends be purged and they become good citizens. O lord, if the man of judgement and discrimination were to see untruth and false conduct, then he, Varuna, with justice and power, may cause it to be reduced to half and then purged off.

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7.28.5

वो॒चेमेदिन्द्रं॑ म॒घवा॑नमेनं म॒हो रा॒यो राध॑सो॒ यद्दद॑न्नः । यो अर्च॑तो॒ ब्रह्म॑कृति॒मवि॑ष्ठो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

We speak and sing, thus, of Indra, this lord of power, honour and excellence who gives us great wealth and further capacity for success and victory and who accepts homage as the most loving protector of the worshipper. O lord, may you and your divine forces protect and promote us with all gifts of good fortune and well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 29 · 5 verses ✦

7.29.1

अ॒यं सोम॑ इन्द्र॒ तुभ्यं॑ सुन्व॒ आ तु प्र या॑हि हरिव॒स्तदो॑काः । पिबा॒ त्व१॒॑स्य सुषु॑तस्य॒ चारो॒र्ददो॑ म॒घानि॑ मघवन्निया॒नः ॥

I extract and distil this soma juice for you, Indra, lord of honour and power. Commander of the dynamic forces of the world, abiding in that house of majesty, come and drink of this juice distilled and seasoned delightfully, and while coming bring us the wealth, honour and excellence of life.

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7.29.2

ब्रह्म॑न्वीर॒ ब्रह्म॑कृतिं जुषा॒णो॑ऽर्वाची॒नो हरि॑भिर्याहि॒ तूय॑म् । अ॒स्मिन्नू॒ षु सव॑ने मादय॒स्वोप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि शृणव इ॒मा नः॑ ॥

O mighty Indra, ruler of the world and master of universal knowledge, lover of the lord’s creation, come here straight to us driven fast by dynamic forces, join this yajnic programme of our life, be happy and rejoice with us, and listen to those celebrative chants and prayers of ours.

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7.29.3

का ते॑ अ॒स्त्यरं॑कृतिः सू॒क्तैः क॒दा नू॒नं ते॑ मघवन्दाशेम । विश्वा॑ म॒तीरा त॑तने त्वा॒याधा॑ म इन्द्र शृणवो॒ हवे॒मा ॥

What is the honour and pleasure we can do by our songs of adoration to your grace? O lord of glory, what can we offer and when in homage to you? All thoughts, imagination and songs we offer are but an extension of your grace in adoration of your honour. So, O lord, only listen to these songs of adoration and be pleased.

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7.29.4

उ॒तो घा॒ ते पु॑रु॒ष्या॒३॒॑ इदा॑स॒न्येषां॒ पूर्वे॑षा॒मशृ॑णो॒र्ऋषी॑णाम् । अधा॒हं त्वा॑ मघवञ्जोहवीमि॒ त्वं न॑ इन्द्रासि॒ प्रम॑तिः पि॒तेव॑ ॥

And all songs and adorations of the seers of all time which you graciously listen and accept are but human adorations of the visionaries in your honour. I too, O lord of universal knowledge, vision and glory, offer the same song of invocation and adoration. O lord and master, Indra, you are our teacher, protector and provider like the father.

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7.29.5

वो॒चेमेदिन्द्रं॑ म॒घवा॑नमेनं म॒हो रा॒यो राध॑सो॒ यद्दद॑न्नः । यो अर्च॑तो॒ ब्रह्म॑कृति॒मवि॑ष्ठो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Such is Indra, glorious lord of knowledge and power whom we celebrate in song. He gives us the grandeur and abundance of wealth, honour and excellence and the competence for higher and higher success. And he loves and accepts the homage and adorations of the celebrant supplicant of divinity. O lord, O visionaries, poets and teachers, protect and promote us with all modes of honour and well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 30 · 5 verses ✦

7.30.1

आ नो॑ देव॒ शव॑सा याहि शुष्मि॒न्भवा॑ वृ॒ध इ॑न्द्र रा॒यो अ॒स्य । म॒हे नृ॒म्णाय॑ नृपते सुवज्र॒ महि॑ क्ष॒त्राय॒ पौंस्या॑य शूर ॥

Indra, lord divine, generous and most potent ruler, come to us with strength and power and be the promoter of this commonwealth. O lord ordainer of humanity, heroic wielder of the thunderbolt of defence and order of law and justice, come for the rise of this great social order, for wealth and splendour and for the manly character, courage and vigour of the nation.

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7.30.2

हव॑न्त उ त्वा॒ हव्यं॒ विवा॑चि त॒नूषु॒ शूराः॒ सूर्य॑स्य सा॒तौ । त्वं विश्वे॑षु॒ सेन्यो॒ जने॑षु॒ त्वं वृ॒त्राणि॑ रन्धया सु॒हन्तु॑ ॥

In their discussions, debates or differences of opinion, in matters of language and education, in their heart of hearts and in all organisational bodies of the common wealth, and in their struggles for light, enlightenment and brilliance of the order, brave and fearless leaders of the nation call upon you, the real adorable leader. You are the leader and commander among all powers and forces of humanity. O leader and commander, Indra, expose all strongholds of darkness and negation, eliminate all evil and wickedness, for there is no evil too difficult for you to destroy.

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7.30.3

अहा॒ यदि॑न्द्र सु॒दिना॑ व्यु॒च्छान्दधो॒ यत्के॒तुमु॑प॒मं स॒मत्सु॑ । न्य१॒॑ग्निः सी॑द॒दसु॑रो॒ न होता॑ हुवा॒नो अत्र॑ सु॒भगा॑य दे॒वान् ॥

Indra, lord ruler, leader and commander of the nation, when the days of enlightenment and good fortune shine and you bear the banner of light and victory in battles of progress, symbol of the nation’s excellence, then Agni, brilliant leader and light giver, having called up the wise and brave, sits at peace among them at the head of yajna as the priest giving life and energy for further good fortune and higher progress.

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7.30.4

व॒यं ते त॑ इन्द्र॒ ये च॑ देव॒ स्तव॑न्त शूर॒ दद॑तो म॒घानि॑ । यच्छा॑ सू॒रिभ्य॑ उप॒मं वरू॑थं स्वा॒भुवो॑ जर॒णाम॑श्नवन्त ॥

Indra, generous lord ruler of glory, brave and fearless leader of the nation, we are yours and we stand for you, and so are all those who praise and celebrate the giver and creator of wealth and excellence for all. Pray give to the learned and the wise a good home, sustenance and security worthy of them, noble seniors they are in their own right, moving on forward to a whole fulfilled life.

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7.30.5

वो॒चेमेदिन्द्रं॑ म॒घवा॑नमेनं म॒हो रा॒यो राध॑सो॒ यद्दद॑न्नः । यो अर्च॑तो॒ ब्रह्म॑कृति॒मवि॑ष्ठो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

We sing and celebrate the honour and glory of this Indra, lord of magnificence, leader and ruler of the nation, who creates and gives us great wealth and honour and all means and materials of success and victory for life’s fulfilment, and who loves and accepts, protects and promotes the homage and adoration of the devotee. O lord, O learned and wise leaders, protect and promote us with all good fortune and all modes of well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 31 · 12 verses ✦

7.31.1

प्र व॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ माद॑नं॒ हर्य॑श्वाय गायत । सखा॑यः सोम॒पाव्ने॑ ॥

O friends, sing exciting songs of celebration in honour of Indra, your leader, commander of dynamic forces who loves the nation’s honour and excellence and thirsts to celebrate the grandeur of it.

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7.31.2

शंसेदु॒क्थं सु॒दान॑व उ॒त द्यु॒क्षं यथा॒ नरः॑ । च॒कृ॒मा स॒त्यरा॑धसे ॥

Say adorable words of praise for Indra, generous giver, and sing heavenly songs for him as leading lights of the nation do. Let us too do the same honour to him, the great accomplisher of truth.

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7.31.3

त्वं न॑ इन्द्र वाज॒युस्त्वं ग॒व्युः श॑तक्रतो । त्वं हि॑रण्य॒युर्व॑सो ॥

Indra, glorious ruler, you are giver of peace and settlement, you are accomplisher of a hundred yajnic acts of truth, you are giver of victory and progress to us, you are lover of the land and culture and you are creator of golden wealth, honour and excellence.

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7.31.4

व॒यमि॑न्द्र त्वा॒यवो॒ऽभि प्र णो॑नुमो वृषन् । वि॒द्धि त्व१॒॑स्य नो॑ वसो ॥

Indra, generous and valorous lord ruler, giver of settlement, peace and progress, we are your admirers, and we stand for you. O lord, know this of us, for us and for the nation.

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7.31.5

मा नो॑ नि॒दे च॒ वक्त॑वे॒ऽर्यो र॑न्धी॒ररा॑व्णे । त्वे अपि॒ क्रतु॒र्मम॑ ॥

O lord ruler of the nation, leave us not to the reviler, malignant scandaliser, and the selfish miser. My strength, intelligence and action sustains in you and flows from there.

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7.31.6

त्वं वर्मा॑सि स॒प्रथः॑ पुरोयो॒धश्च॑ वृत्रहन् । त्वया॒ प्रति॑ ब्रुवे यु॒जा ॥

You are the celebrated armour of defence and all round protection, front rank warrior, destroyer of evil, darkness and want: committed to you in covenant, I say so and bind myself.

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7.31.7

म॒हाँ उ॒तासि॒ यस्य॒ तेऽनु॑ स्व॒धाव॑री॒ सहः॑ । म॒म्नाते॑ इन्द्र॒ रोद॑सी ॥

You are great and glorious, Indra, and accordingly your courage and fortitude is great. The abundant heaven and fertile earth both acknowledge your grandeur.

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7.31.8

तं त्वा॑ म॒रुत्व॑ती॒ परि॒ भुव॒द्वाणी॑ स॒याव॑री । नक्ष॑माणा स॒ह द्युभिः॑ ॥

The voice of admiration, expression of your essential nature and power, raised by vibrant humanity, reaching you incessantly with the light and truth of your power and performance, may ever abide around you.

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7.31.9

ऊ॒र्ध्वास॒स्त्वान्विन्द॑वो॒ भुव॑न्द॒स्ममुप॒ द्यवि॑ । सं ते॑ नमन्त कृ॒ष्टयः॑ ॥

People of the world together in unison bow to you in homage and subsequently joyous voices of admiration rise for you, mighty lord destroyer of enemies, like mists of soma unto the heights of heaven.

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7.31.10

प्र वो॑ म॒हे म॑हि॒वृधे॑ भरध्वं॒ प्रचे॑तसे॒ प्र सु॑म॒तिं कृ॑णुध्वम् । विशः॑ पू॒र्वीः प्र च॑रा चर्षणि॒प्राः ॥

Bear and bring homage, assistance and cooperation and offer positive thoughts and advice to Indra, your leader and ruler. Great is he, promoter of great people and the common wealth, and a leader wide- awake with deep and distant foresight. O leader and ruler of the land, be good to the settled ancient people and take care of the farming communities and other professionals so that all feel happy and fulfilled without frustration.

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7.31.11

उ॒रु॒व्यच॑से म॒हिने॑ सुवृ॒क्तिमिन्द्रा॑य॒ ब्रह्म॑ जनयन्त॒ विप्राः॑ । तस्य॑ व्र॒तानि॒ न मि॑नन्ति॒ धीराः॑ ॥

To the great Indra, the ruler widely perceptive and all aware, vibrant people of the land, the learned and the wise with a sense of dynamism, all offer homage, rooting out dead wood, planting new saplings, generating new forms of sustenance and energy, and creating new forms of appreciating and realising the eternal spirit. And they, people of constancy and settled mind, never violate the laws and discipline of the lord’s Eternal Law.

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7.31.12

इन्द्रं॒ वाणी॒रनु॑त्तमन्युमे॒व स॒त्रा राजा॑नं दधिरे॒ सह॑ध्यै । हर्य॑श्वाय बर्हया॒ समा॒पीन् ॥

All voices of the people, all sessions of yajnic programmes of action, uphold and support only the brilliant ruler, Indra of constant vision and passion, in order to maintain the social order of governance without obstruction. O friends and citizens of the land, exhort your people in support of Indra, leader of the dynamic nation of humanity.

✦ Sukta 32 · 27 verses ✦

7.32.1

मो षु त्वा॑ वा॒घत॑श्च॒नारे अ॒स्मन्नि री॑रमन् । आ॒रात्ता॑च्चित्सध॒मादं॑ न॒ आ ग॑ही॒ह वा॒ सन्नुप॑ श्रुधि ॥

Let not your worshippers be far away from us, nor let them detain you. Come to our house of celebration from the farthest distance even, and when you are here, listen to our songs of celebration and divine adoration.

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7.32.2

इ॒मे हि ते॑ ब्रह्म॒कृतः॑ सु॒ते सचा॒ मधौ॒ न मक्ष॒ आस॑ते । इन्द्रे॒ कामं॑ जरि॒तारो॑ वसू॒यवो॒ रथे॒ न पाद॒मा द॑धुः ॥

When the celebrants have distilled and seasoned the soma of homage and worship for Indra, ruler of the social order of governance, they sit together like bees clustering round honey. The celebrants dedicated to the honour and prosperity of the ruling order place their trust and faith in Indra, the ruler and the law of governance, like travellers who place their foot on the step and ride the chariot to reach their goal.

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7.32.3

रा॒यस्का॑मो॒ वज्र॑हस्तं सु॒दक्षि॑णं पु॒त्रो न पि॒तरं॑ हुवे ॥

Dedicated to the honour and prosperity of the human nation, and keen to realise the excellence of life for myself too, I invoke generous Indra, lord ruler of the world, wielder of the thunderbolt of defence and protection in hand as keeper of the law and justice of the order of governance. I invoke him like a child yearning for the father for his generosity.

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7.32.4

इ॒म इन्द्रा॑य सुन्विरे॒ सोमा॑सो॒ दध्या॑शिरः । ताँ आ मदा॑य वज्रहस्त पी॒तये॒ हरि॑भ्यां या॒ह्योक॒ आ ॥

These somas of the nation’s honour and excellence energised by the ferment of inspiration and enthusiasm have been distilled to celebrate the dignity and majesty of the land and the ruler Indra. O lord wielder of the thunderbolt, come to our hall of fame for the joy of a drink of them. Come fast by the chariot drawn by horses of the winds.

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7.32.5

श्रव॒च्छ्रुत्क॑र्ण ईयते॒ वसू॑नां॒ नू चि॑न्नो मर्धिष॒द्गिरः॑ । स॒द्यश्चि॒द्यः स॒हस्रा॑णि श॒ता दद॒न्नकि॒र्दित्स॑न्त॒मा मि॑नत् ॥

The lord has a keen ear to listen to the supplicant. He listens, therefore he is approached for the gift of wealth, honour and excellence. May the lord never ignore our prayers, may he, instead, soften and sanctify our supplications. Indeed, instant giver of a hundred thousand gifts of good fortune as he is, no one can withhold him when he extends his hand of generosity.

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7.32.6

स वी॒रो अप्र॑तिष्कुत॒ इन्द्रे॑ण शूशुवे॒ नृभिः॑ । यस्ते॑ गभी॒रा सव॑नानि वृत्रहन्त्सु॒नोत्या च॒ धाव॑ति ॥

He who approaches you, does your behest and performs the serious assignments given by you, O destroyer of evil, he goes forward bold and unshaken, and, exhorted by leading men, rises under the protection of Indra.

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7.32.7

भवा॒ वरू॑थं मघवन्म॒घोनां॒ यत्स॒मजा॑सि॒ शर्ध॑तः । वि त्वाह॑तस्य॒ वेद॑नं भजेम॒ह्या दू॒णाशो॑ भरा॒ गय॑म् ॥

O lord of power and glory, be the shelter home and all round protector of those who wield, control and rule the wealth and honour of the nation — you who impel and inspire the bold and daring, and humble the defiant. Let us share the knowledge and learn from the painful experience of those who have been punished by you. O lord indestructible, bless our home and give us fulfilment.

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7.32.8

सु॒नोता॑ सोम॒पाव्ने॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ । पच॑ता प॒क्तीरव॑से कृणु॒ध्वमित्पृ॒णन्नित्पृ॑ण॒ते मयः॑ ॥

Extract, mature and prepare the nectar of life for the lord, Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and punishment and destroyer of evil, who loves the soma spirit of life’s beauty and joy. Ripen and perfect the drinks and drugs for health care and protection of life, and create the state of comfort and well being, giving success and fulfilment for those who work for the joy and fulfilment of all in general.

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7.32.9

मा स्रे॑धत सोमिनो॒ दक्ष॑ता म॒हे कृ॑णु॒ध्वं रा॒य आ॒तुजे॑ । त॒रणि॒रिज्ज॑यति॒ क्षेति॒ पुष्य॑ति॒ न दे॒वासः॑ कव॒त्नवे॑ ॥

Relent not, O makers of soma. Hurt not the lovers of soma. Perfect the nectar for life’s grandeur, strengthen the makers for the beauty and glory of life. Work on and on for the growth of life and for the strong defence of life’s vitality. The one that runs wins the race, lives in peace as well as provides for peace and security, grows and contributes to growth. The brilliant and generous are not for the lazy, the miser and the selfish.

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7.32.10

नकिः॑ सु॒दासो॒ रथं॒ पर्या॑स॒ न री॑रमत् । इन्द्रो॒ यस्या॑वि॒ता यस्य॑ म॒रुतो॒ गम॒त्स गोम॑ति व्र॒जे ॥

No one can counter turn the chariot of the generous nor stop it for rest or entertainment. The rider whose patron is Indra, destroyer of obstructions, and Maruts, vibrant defenders of life, stops not until he reaches the goal where abides the treasure of his love and ambition

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7.32.11

गम॒द्वाजं॑ वा॒जय॑न्निन्द्र॒ मर्त्यो॒ यस्य॒ त्वम॑वि॒ता भुवः॑ । अ॒स्माकं॑ बोध्यवि॒ता रथा॑नाम॒स्माकं॑ शूर नृ॒णाम् ॥

Indra, lord of light and life, the mortal whose guardian protector you are runs the race and reaches the victory post of enlightenment. O lord of might and fearlessness, take care of us too, enlighten us and be the guardian protector of our chariots and our people.

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7.32.12

उदिन्न्व॑स्य रिच्य॒तेंऽशो॒ धनं॒ न जि॒ग्युषः॑ । य इन्द्रो॒ हरि॑वा॒न्न द॑भन्ति॒ तं रिपो॒ दक्षं॑ दधाति सो॒मिनि॑ ॥

High rises the victor’s share of excellence as his wealth of life increases when Indra, guardian protector of the brave, vests his love of victory and soma-sublimity with the will and expertise of yajnic living. And then no enemies can ever defeat and destroy him.

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7.32.13

मन्त्र॒मख॑र्वं॒ सुधि॑तं सु॒पेश॑सं॒ दधा॑त य॒ज्ञिये॒ष्वा । पू॒र्वीश्च॒न प्रसि॑तयस्तरन्ति॒ तं य इन्द्रे॒ कर्म॑णा॒ भुव॑त् ॥

Offer perfect, well structured and graceful mantric thoughts, adorations and actions to the divinities in yajnic programmes of creativity and development. Then even the oldest bounds of will and passion take the yajaka across the seas who dedicates his actions to the service of Indra.

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7.32.14

कस्तमि॑न्द्र॒ त्वाव॑सु॒मा मर्त्यो॑ दधर्षति । श्र॒द्धा इत्ते॑ मघव॒न्पार्ये॑ दि॒वि वा॒जी वाजं॑ सिषासति ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world, who can assail that mortal who wholly lives under the shade and shelter of your protection? O lord of the wealth and power of existence, whoever reposes his faith and dynamism in you as the sole saviour and pilot while he is in action receives his share of victory in the light of divinity.

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7.32.15

म॒घोनः॑ स्म वृत्र॒हत्ये॑षु चोदय॒ ये दद॑ति प्रि॒या वसु॑ । तव॒ प्रणी॑ती हर्यश्व सू॒रिभि॒र्विश्वा॑ तरेम दुरि॒ता ॥

O lord commander of world forces, in the battles against darkness, want and evil, inspire those leaders of wealth, honour and power who contribute to world service in the manner dear to you. O ruler of the dynamics of nations, we pray, may we, along with the wise and the fearless, cross over all evils of the world under the guidance of your ethics, morals and policy in matters of universal values.

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7.32.16

तवेदि॑न्द्राव॒मं वसु॒ त्वं पु॑ष्यसि मध्य॒मम् । सत्रा॒ विश्व॑स्य पर॒मस्य॑ राजसि॒ नकि॑ष्ट्वा॒ गोषु॑ वृण्वते ॥

Indra, you protect, promote and rule over the lower orders of wealth of the world. You promote and rule over the middle order of the world’s wealth. And you rule and shine over wealth of the highest order of the world. You are the true and the eternal power. No one can resist you among the lands and lights of the world. Who would not accept you?

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7.32.17

त्वं विश्व॑स्य धन॒दा अ॑सि श्रु॒तो य ईं॒ भव॑न्त्या॒जयः॑ । तवा॒यं विश्वः॑ पुरुहूत॒ पार्थि॑वोऽव॒स्युर्नाम॑ भिक्षते ॥

You are the wealth giver of the world, universally heard and acclaimed, universally invoked in all battles of the world that there are, since the whole humanity on earth in search of protection looks up to you and prays for sustenance and progress.

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7.32.18

यदि॑न्द्र॒ याव॑त॒स्त्वमे॒ताव॑द॒हमीशी॑य । स्तो॒तार॒मिद्दि॑धिषेय रदावसो॒ न पा॑प॒त्वाय॑ रासीय ॥

Indra, lord ruler of the world, giver of wealth and excellence, as much as you grant, so much I wish I should control and rule. I would hold it only to support the devotees of divinity and would not spend it away for those who indulge in sin and evil.

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7.32.19

शिक्षे॑य॒मिन्म॑हय॒ते दि॒वेदि॑वे रा॒य आ कु॑हचि॒द्विदे॑ । न॒हि त्वद॒न्यन्म॑घवन्न॒ आप्यं॒ वस्यो॒ अस्ति॑ पि॒ता च॒न ॥

Every day I would wish to give wealth and support for the person who seeks to rise for enlightenment wherever he be. O lord of wealth, power and honour, there is none other than you worthy of love and attainment as our own, as father indeed.

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7.32.20

त॒रणि॒रित्सि॑षासति॒ वाजं॒ पुरं॑ध्या यु॒जा । आ व॒ इन्द्रं॑ पुरुहू॒तं न॑मे गि॒रा ने॒मिं तष्टे॑व सु॒द्र्व॑म् ॥

Only the saviour, a person of dynamic will and action joined in the soul with a controlled and dedicated mind, would share wealth and knowledge with the people and distribute it over the deserving. With words of prayer I bow to Indra, the ruler invoked by you all and draw his attention to you just like the carpenter bending flexible wood round as felly of the wheel. (The lord is flexible too, his heart melts with sympathy for the people.)

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7.32.21

न दु॑ष्टु॒ती मर्त्यो॑ विन्दते॒ वसु॒ न स्रेध॑न्तं र॒यिर्न॑शत् । सु॒शक्ति॒रिन्म॑घव॒न् तुभ्यं॒ माव॑ते दे॒ष्णं यत्पार्ये॑ दि॒वि ॥

By protest and violence the mortal does not win the wealth of life. Nor does wealth oblige the inactive and malevolent. O lord of honour and excellence, right competence dedicated to Divinity is your gift for a person like me which is good on the day of the cross over.

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7.32.22

अ॒भि त्वा॑ शूर नोनु॒मोऽदु॑ग्धाइव धे॒नवः॑ । ईशा॑नम॒स्य जग॑तः स्व॒र्दृश॒मीशा॑नमिन्द्र त॒स्थुषः॑ ॥

O lord almighty, we adore you and wait for your blessings as lowing cows not yet milked wait for the master. Indra, lord of glory, you are ruler of the moving world and you are ruler of the unmoving world and your vision is bliss.

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7.32.23

न त्वावाँ॑ अ॒न्यो दि॒व्यो न पार्थि॑वो॒ न जा॒तो न ज॑निष्यते । अ॒श्वा॒यन्तो॑ मघवन्निन्द्र वा॒जिनो॑ ग॒व्यन्त॑स्त्वा हवामहे ॥

There is none other like you, neither heavenly nor earthly, neither born nor yet to be born. O lord of power and glory, we invoke you and pray for veteran scholars, dynamic scientists and technologists and the light of the divine Word of knowledge.

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7.32.24

अ॒भी ष॒तस्तदा भ॒रेन्द्र॒ ज्यायः॒ कनी॑यसः । पु॒रु॒वसु॒र्हि म॑घवन्त्स॒नादसि॒ भरे॑भरे च॒ हव्यः॑ ॥

Indra, lord of honour, power and excellence, you are the eternal lord of universal wealth and shelter home of all existence, invoked and worshipped in all challenging situations. Pray bring us the knowledge and experience of that essence of ultimate reality which is smaller than the smallest and greater than the greatest.

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7.32.25

परा॑ णुदस्व मघवन्न॒मित्रा॑न्त्सु॒वेदा॑ नो॒ वसू॑ कृधि । अ॒स्माकं॑ बोध्यवि॒ता म॑हाध॒ने भवा॑ वृ॒धः सखी॑नाम् ॥

Lord of wealth, honour, power and excellence, treasure home of glory and grandeur, throw off the enemies far away. Give us the wealth of life. Give us the knowledge and awakenment for good living. Be our saviour and protector in the strife of existence which is otherwise too great for us. Be the promoter of all friendly forces.

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7.32.26

इन्द्र॒ क्रतुं॑ न॒ आ भ॑र पि॒ता पु॒त्रेभ्यो॒ यथा॑ । शिक्षा॑ णो अ॒स्मिन्पु॑रुहूत॒ याम॑नि जी॒वा ज्योति॑रशीमहि ॥

Bring us the divine vision, will and intelligence as father does for his children. O lord universally invoked and worshipped, instruct us as a teacher at this present time so that we, ordinary souls, may have the new light of life and living experience of Divinity.

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7.32.27

मा नो॒ अज्ञा॑ता वृ॒जना॑ दुरा॒ध्यो॒३॒॑ माशि॑वासो॒ अव॑ क्रमुः । त्वया॑ व॒यं प्र॒वतः॒ शश्व॑तीर॒पोऽति॑ शूर तरामसि ॥

O lord almighty beyond fear, let not the ignorant and unknown, crooked intriguers, evil designers, and malevolent opponents in ambush attack us on way to you. May we, guided, directed and protected by you, cross the universal streams of life rushing down the slopes of time.

✦ Sukta 33 · 14 verses ✦

7.33.1

श्वि॒त्यञ्चो॑ मा दक्षिण॒तस्क॑पर्दा धियंजि॒न्वासो॑ अ॒भि हि प्र॑म॒न्दुः । उ॒त्तिष्ठ॑न्वोचे॒ परि॑ ब॒र्हिषो॒ नॄन्न मे॑ दू॒रादवि॑तवे॒ वसि॑ष्ठाः ॥

Celibate disciples of the first order of scholars wearing locks of hair on the right side, settled for studies to collect knowledge for intellectual advancement come from far to study under my care and give me delight. I arise from my seat of grass, speak to them and speak of them as leading lights of the future.

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7.33.2

दू॒रादिन्द्र॑मनय॒न्ना सु॒तेन॑ ति॒रो वै॑श॒न्तमति॒ पान्त॑मु॒ग्रम् । पाश॑द्युम्नस्य वाय॒तस्य॒ सोमा॑त्सु॒तादिन्द्रो॑ऽवृणीता॒ वसि॑ष्ठान् ॥

From far off and in view of their achievement in preference to others’, they invite and bring over Indra, pioneer of knowledge and power and strong supporter of people settled in peace, and Indra agrees and accepts the invitation of the aspiring scholars in recognition of the progress and prosperity of the producers of wealth, scholarship of the learned and the governance and justice of the organisers. (The mantra points to the free movement of scholars and specialists across the globe for advancement of knowledge and culture on the international level.)

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7.33.3

ए॒वेन्नु कं॒ सिन्धु॑मेभिस्ततारे॒वेन्नु कं॑ भे॒दमे॑भिर्जघान । ए॒वेन्नु कं॑ दाशरा॒ज्ञे सु॒दासं॒ प्राव॒दिन्द्रो॒ ब्रह्म॑णा वो वसिष्ठाः ॥

This way, for sure, Indra, leader of knowledge and power, crosses with ease any river of difficulty by virtue of these scholars. This way too he easily overcomes difference, division and disunity. This way, again, O scholars and leaders settled at peace, by your vision, wisdom and mantric formulae, he defends and promotes generous rules for the advancement of good government and administration.

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7.33.4

जुष्टी॑ नरो॒ ब्रह्म॑णा वः पितॄ॒णामक्ष॑मव्ययं॒ न किला॑ रिषाथ । यच्छक्व॑रीषु बृह॒ता रवे॒णेन्द्रे॒ शुष्म॒मद॑धाता वसिष्ठाः ॥

O leading lights of the nation, by your vision, wisdom and active homage, the tradition of the ancients is preserved and happily advanced. Therefore, never for any reason, obstruct the relentless wheel of the nation and never disturb the inviolable equilibrium of forces which, O leading lovers of peace, by your reverberating words and heroic action in the great battles of humanity, you vested in the nation and its governance as the centre of stability.

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7.33.5

उद्द्यामि॒वेत्तृ॒ष्णजो॑ नाथि॒तासोऽदी॑धयुर्दाशरा॒ज्ञे वृ॒तासः॑ । वसि॑ष्ठस्य स्तुव॒त इन्द्रो॑ अश्रोदु॒रुं तृत्सु॑भ्यो अकृणोदु लो॒कम् ॥

The leading lights of the nation, selected and duly appointed, thirsting to cross over the hurdles of life, shine and glorify the generous ruler like the sun for the advancement of the liberal order for the people. Let Indra, enlightened ruler, listen to the leading lights and scholars and create vast and brilliant channels and possibilities for the defence and developmental forces of the nation..

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7.33.6

द॒ण्डाइ॒वेद्गो॒अज॑नास आस॒न्परि॑च्छिन्ना भर॒ता अ॑र्भ॒कासः॑ । अभ॑वच्च पुरए॒ता वसि॑ष्ठ॒ आदित्तृत्सू॑नां॒ विशो॑ अप्रथन्त ॥

Let the pioneers and bearers of the burdens of social order be straight and strong like the sceptre of authority, eloquent and progressive in language, education and culture, definite and judicious in law and policy and youthful in energy. Let the leader of these, wise and stable in mind, be ever first and foremost in the advance specially of the people and of the defence and development forces.

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7.33.7

त्रयः॑ कृण्वन्ति॒ भुव॑नेषु॒ रेत॑स्ति॒स्रः प्र॒जा आर्या॒ ज्योति॑रग्राः । त्रयो॑ घ॒र्मास॑ उ॒षसं॑ सचन्ते॒ सर्वाँ॒ इत्ताँ अनु॑ विदु॒र्वसि॑ष्ठाः ॥

Three vital fires, of earth, sky and the sun, generate life energy in world regions and life forms. Three are the people’s classes dynamic and enlightened. Three vital fires, heat, light and electricity, serve the dawn, and the enlightened scholars know all of them.

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7.33.8

सूर्य॑स्येव व॒क्षथो॒ ज्योति॑रेषां समु॒द्रस्ये॑व महि॒मा ग॑भी॒रः । वात॑स्येव प्रज॒वो नान्येन॒ स्तोमो॑ वसिष्ठा॒ अन्वे॑तवे वः ॥

Let the rise of these leading lights be like the splendour of the sun, their grandeur as profound as the depth of the sea, their drive like the wind, and let their organisation and its magnitude be impossible for anyone else to follow or rival..

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7.33.9

त इन्नि॒ण्यं हृद॑यस्य प्रके॒तैः स॒हस्र॑वल्शम॒भि सं च॑रन्ति । य॒मेन॑ त॒तं प॑रि॒धिं वय॑न्तोऽप्स॒रस॒ उप॑ सेदु॒र्वसि॑ष्ठाः ॥

Leading scholars and sages by the reflections of divine light of their heart sojourn over the mystery of the thousand branched tree of existence, going round and round across, and by the bounds of this web of life woven by the cosmic law giver and by their imagination rise up to the wonders of heaven in the clouds.

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7.33.10

वि॒द्युतो॒ ज्योतिः॒ परि॑ सं॒जिहा॑नं मि॒त्रावरु॑णा॒ यदप॑श्यतां त्वा । तत्ते॒ जन्मो॒तैकं॑ वसिष्ठा॒गस्त्यो॒ यत्त्वा॑ वि॒श आ॑ज॒भार॑ ॥

O holy sage of knowledge, peace and power, sun and moon, heat and air, virility and fertility, pranic energies, receive and bear you when, as light of life you leave your sojourn in nature. That is one birth of yours. Then Agastya, the teacher scholar free from sin and stain brings you back to the community of people (as a complete and finished human being, i.e., dvija).

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7.33.11

उ॒तासि॑ मैत्रावरु॒णो व॑सिष्ठो॒र्वश्या॑ ब्रह्म॒न्मन॒सोऽधि॑ जा॒तः । द्र॒प्सं स्क॒न्नं ब्रह्म॑णा॒ दैव्ये॑न॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वाः पुष्क॑रे त्वाददन्त ॥

Vasishtha, sage and scholar, living soul, you are a child of sun and moon, born of the heart of Mother Nature nurtured by mother knowledge. Like a drop of distilled soma, all divine powers of the world nourish you in the lotus cradle on celestial wealth of food for vitality and light for knowledge.

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7.33.12

स प्र॑के॒त उ॒भय॑स्य प्रवि॒द्वान्त्स॒हस्र॑दान उ॒त वा॒ सदा॑नः । यमेन॑ त॒तं प॑रि॒धिं व॑यि॒ष्यन्न॑प्स॒रसः॒ परि॑ जज्ञे॒ वसि॑ष्ठः ॥

Vasishtha, man of enlightenment, scholar of both heaven and earth, blest with a thousand gifts, and giver of a thousand gifts traverses the very bounds of the web of life woven by the mover and law giver of the world and rises over the winds and clouds.

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7.33.13

स॒त्रे ह॑ जा॒तावि॑षि॒ता नमो॑भिः कु॒म्भे रेतः॑ सिषिचतुः समा॒नम् । ततो॑ ह॒ मान॒ उदि॑याय॒ मध्या॒त्ततो॑ जा॒तमृषि॑माहु॒र्वसि॑ष्ठम् ॥

Inspired teachers and scholars risen to eminence over yajnic sessions of teaching relentlessly feed the disciples with gifts of vital knowledge, and from that rises the faithful scholar and sage whom they call Vasishtha, brilliant seer and visionary.

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7.33.14

उ॒क्थ॒भृतं॑ साम॒भृतं॑ बिभर्ति॒ ग्रावा॑णं॒ बिभ्र॒त्प्र व॑दा॒त्यग्रे॑ । उपै॑नमाध्वं सुमन॒स्यमा॑ना॒ आ वो॑ गच्छाति प्रतृदो॒ वसि॑ष्ठः ॥

O men of noble mind and heart, the brilliant sage who bears the knowledge of Rgveda and Samaveda and who commands the secrets of yajna relating to the clouds and mountains for rain, and who proclaims the knowledge to dispel the darkness of ignorance, comes to you. Receive him, and welcome him for your good.

✦ Sukta 34 · 25 verses ✦

7.34.1

प्र शु॒क्रैतु॑ दे॒वी म॑नी॒षा अ॒स्मत्सुत॑ष्टो॒ रथो॒ न वा॒जी ॥

May divine intelligence of pure and brilliant order come to us like the dawn riding a wonderfully crafted chariot drawn by flying horses.

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7.34.2

वि॒दुः पृ॑थि॒व्या दि॒वो ज॒नित्रं॑ शृ॒ण्वन्त्यापो॒ अध॒ क्षर॑न्तीः ॥

Those who listen to words of knowledge as earth receives the showers of rain know the cause and creator of heaven and earth.

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7.34.3

आप॑श्चिदस्मै॒ पिन्व॑न्त पृ॒थ्वीर्वृ॒त्रेषु॒ शूरा॒ मंस॑न्त उ॒ग्राः ॥

The showers of rain nourish the earth and her progeny for this Indra, social order of humanity, and in the battles of life the blazing brave bow down in honour to it.

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7.34.4

आ धू॒र्ष्व॑स्मै॒ दधा॒ताश्वा॒निन्द्रो॒ न व॒ज्री हिर॑ण्यबाहुः ॥

Like Indra of the thunderbolt and golden hands of charity, rally the fastest forces and harness them to the centre pole of the earthly order in the service of Indra, the ruler.

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7.34.5

अ॒भि प्र स्था॒ताहे॑व य॒ज्ञं याते॑व॒ पत्म॒न्त्मना॑ हिनोत ॥

Like the dawn go forward to the yajna of the day and, like the pilgrim of divinity, advance on the way with self-confidence and enthusiasm.

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7.34.6

त्मना॑ स॒मत्सु॑ हि॒नोत॑ य॒ज्ञं दधा॑त के॒तुं जना॑य वी॒रम् ॥

Advance the yajna in the battles of life conscientiously and keep the flag of victory flying high in the service of humanity.

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7.34.7

उद॑स्य॒ शुष्मा॑द्भा॒नुर्नार्त॒ बिभ॑र्ति भा॒रं पृ॑थि॒वी न भूम॑ ॥

And the sun rises by its own essential power and bears the burden of the earth, so does the earth bear the burden of her children, so let us be like the sun and the earth.

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7.34.8

ह्वया॑मि दे॒वाँ अया॑तुरग्ने॒ साध॑न्नृ॒तेन॒ धियं॑ दधामि ॥

Agni, lord of light and life, I invoke the divinities of nature and humanity, living life by the practice of truth and eternal law, and I acquire the wisdom of life and action from the teacher dedicated to peace and non- violence.

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7.34.9

अ॒भि वो॑ दे॒वीं धियं॑ दधिध्वं॒ प्र वो॑ देव॒त्रा वाचं॑ कृणुध्वम् ॥

Acquire and maintain your intelligence and wisdom of the order of divinities and speak the language worthy of noble sages.

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7.34.10

आ च॑ष्ट आसां॒ पाथो॑ न॒दीनां॒ वरु॑ण उ॒ग्रः स॒हस्र॑चक्षाः ॥

Just as the refulgent sun, lord of a thousand eyes, watches and reveals the course of the streams of water, so does the brilliant sage of the Word and wisdom commanding a thousand streams of speech oversee the flow of holy speech and communication.

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7.34.11

राजा॑ रा॒ष्ट्रानां॒ पेशो॑ न॒दीना॒मनु॑त्तमस्मै क्ष॒त्रं वि॒श्वायु॑ ॥

If the ruler of nations, Varuna, of a thousand eyes, be of the form of flowing streams, dynamic and fluent in speech, policy and action, his order of governance would be better than the best, i.e., permanent, of universal sway over the world.

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7.34.12

अवि॑ष्टो अ॒स्मान्विश्वा॑सु वि॒क्ष्वद्युं॑ कृणोत॒ शंसं॑ निनि॒त्सोः ॥

Give us safety and security among people of the world, black out the envy and malignity of scandal mongers, and turn criticism into appreciation.

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7.34.13

व्ये॑तु दि॒द्युद्द्वि॒षामशे॑वा यु॒योत॒ विष्व॒ग्रप॑स्त॒नूना॑म् ॥

Let the flaming arrow and pernicious ill will of the jealous be thrown off far away. Eliminate all the ailments, ill health and infirmities of our body.

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7.34.14

अवी॑न्नो अ॒ग्निर्ह॒व्यान्नमो॑भिः॒ प्रेष्ठो॑ अस्मा अधायि॒ स्तोमः॑ ॥

May Agni, light of life, dearest ruler, consume and eliminate negativities, protect and preserve us with good food and health care, and accept our song of praise and prayer in appreciation.

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7.34.15

स॒जूर्दे॒वेभि॑र॒पां नपा॑तं॒ सखा॑यं कृध्वं शि॒वो नो॑ अस्तु ॥

Be friends with Agni, fire and the sun, which creates the indestructible waters of space and the firmament, along with other nature’s divinities, so that there may be happiness and well being in our life.

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7.34.16

अ॒ब्जामु॒क्थैरहिं॑ गृणीषे बु॒ध्ने न॒दीनां॒ रजः॑सु॒ षीद॑न् ॥

With songs of praise adore the sun which creates the cloud born of waters and which, while abiding in high space, also abides in every particle of river waters.

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7.34.17

मा नोऽहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्यो॑ रि॒षे धा॒न्मा य॒ज्ञो अ॑स्य स्रिधदृता॒योः ॥

May the yajnic governance and administration of this ruler dedicated to truth and eternal law never rule us with the motive of hurt and exploitation. So may also the cloud in the firmament never hurt us by excess or drought of rain.

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7.34.18

उ॒त न॑ ए॒षु नृषु॒ श्रवो॑ धुः॒ प्र रा॒ये य॑न्तु॒ शर्ध॑न्तो अ॒र्यः ॥

And may the ruler and governors generate and consolidate food, sustenance and prosperity among these noble people and move forward on way to honour and excellence, strengthening the devoted faithfuls and overcoming the envious rivals and hostile forces of opposition.

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7.34.19

तप॑न्ति॒ शत्रुं॒ स्व१॒॑र्ण भूमा॑ म॒हासे॑नासो॒ अमे॑भिरेषाम् ॥

Leaders and commanders of mighty forces, they mortify and purge or defeat and destroy the enemies by these forces. Let us then be happy as in heaven on earth.

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7.34.20

आ यन्नः॒ पत्नी॒र्गम॒न्त्यच्छा॒ त्वष्टा॑ सुपा॒णिर्दधा॑तु वी॒रान् ॥

And when wives come and meet us, may Tvashta, lord destroyer of suffering and dexterous maker of graceful forms, bless us with brave and handsome children.

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7.34.21

प्रति॑ नः॒ स्तोमं॒ त्वष्टा॑ जुषेत॒ स्याद॒स्मे अ॒रम॑तिर्वसू॒युः ॥

May Tvashta, creator and ruler of world forms and institutions, accept our praise and prayer and, lord of vision and intelligence as he is, may he be the giver of wealth, honour and excellence for us.

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7.34.22

ता नो॑ रासन्राति॒षाचो॒ वसू॒न्या रोद॑सी वरुणा॒नी शृ॑णोतु । वरू॑त्रीभिः सुशर॒णो नो॑ अस्तु॒ त्वष्टा॑ सु॒दत्रो॒ वि द॑धातु॒ रायः॑ ॥

May the heaven and earth, generous and judicious givers of gifts, overflowing with liquid wealth and energy, listen to our prayer and give us peace and comfort in a settled state of life. May Tvashta, creator and maker of forms, with all modes of protection and promotion be our shelter home, and may he, generous giver of the best things of life, bring us wealth, honour and excellence.

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7.34.23

तन्नो॒ रायः॒ पर्व॑ता॒स्तन्न॒ आप॒स्तद्रा॑ति॒षाच॒ ओष॑धीरु॒त द्यौः । वन॒स्पति॑भिः पृथि॒वी स॒जोषा॑ उ॒भे रोद॑सी॒ परि॑ पासतो नः ॥

That wealth, honour and excellence of ours, the clouds and mountains, the waters, the liberal givers, the herbs, the solar region, the dear motherly earth with her trees and forests and both heaven and earth protect, preserve and promote for us all round.

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7.34.24

अनु॒ तदु॒र्वी रोद॑सी जिहाता॒मनु॑ द्यु॒क्षो वरु॑ण॒ इन्द्र॑सखा । अनु॒ विश्वे॑ म॒रुतो॒ ये स॒हासो॑ रा॒यः स्या॑म ध॒रुणं॑ धि॒यध्यै॑ ॥

May the wide earth and heaven be kind and favourable to us and procure for us the wealth, honour and excellence of life we pray for. May the refulgent sun, the ocean, the friendly powers of the ruling lord Indra, and all the winds of space and vibrant heroes of the world who command both challenging force and fortitude be favourable so that we may be able to hold and manage the wealth, honour and excellence of life which the divinities of nature and humanity have given us.

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7.34.25

तन्न॒ इन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निराप॒ ओष॑धीर्व॒निनो॑ जुषन्त । शर्म॑न्त्स्याम म॒रुता॑मु॒पस्थे॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

May Indra, ruling lord of the world, Varuna, the ocean and the world’s powers of judgement and discrimination, Mitra, the sun and our brilliant friends, Agni, cosmic fire and the leaders, Apah, spatial waters and our people of holy action, and the herbs and trees of the earth, all brilliant and inspiring, be favourable and generous. May we, we pray, live close under the protection of the best of human world and nature. O divine powers of nature and humanity, protect, preserve and promote us with all good fortune and well being of life all round, all ways, all time.

✦ Sukta 35 · 15 verses ✦

7.35.1

शं न॑ इन्द्रा॒ग्नी भ॑वता॒मवो॑भिः॒ शं न॒ इन्द्रा॒वरु॑णा रा॒तह॑व्या । शमिन्द्रा॒सोमा॑ सुवि॒ताय॒ शं योः शं न॒ इन्द्रा॑पू॒षणा॒ वाज॑सातौ ॥

May cosmic energy and fire with all means of protection and advancement be for our peace and happiness for the good life. May solar energy and waters, givers of all good things of life be for our peace and joy. May life energy and the herbs be for our peace and honour for well being. May pranic energy and vital nourishment be for our peace and joy in our striving for the ultimate victory.

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7.35.2

शं नो॒ भगः॒ शमु॑ नः॒ शंसो॑ अस्तु॒ शं नः॒ पुरं॑धिः॒ शमु॑ सन्तु॒ रायः॑ । शं नः॑ स॒त्यस्य॑ सु॒यम॑स्य॒ शंसः॒ शं नो॑ अर्य॒मा पु॑रुजा॒तो अ॑स्तु ॥

May our honour and glory and our praise and approbation prevailing around be for our good and well being. May our law and order for social sustenance and our wealth and honour be for peace and well being. May our honour and respect for true Dharma and law and for the proper pursuit of Dharma and law in effective governance and administration be for our joy and prosperity for the good life. And may our law and

justice of universal value and fair application be for our good and well being in peace.

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7.35.3

शं नो॑ धा॒ता शमु॑ ध॒र्ता नो॑ अस्तु॒ शं न॑ उरू॒ची भ॑वतु स्व॒धाभिः॑ । शं रोद॑सी बृह॒ती शं नो॒ अद्रिः॒ शं नो॑ दे॒वानां॑ सु॒हवा॑नि सन्तु ॥

May the lord creator, ruler and sustainer be good and gracious and give us peace and joy of well being. May the extensive space and the wide earth be good with gifts of sustenance for our peace and well being. May the great firmament, and the regions of light and the cloud and the mountain be for our good, peace and joy. And may our invocations and adorations of the divinities of nature and humanity be good and bring us peace and joy.

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7.35.4

शं नो॑ अ॒ग्निर्ज्योति॑रनीको अस्तु॒ शं नो॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णाव॒श्विना॒ शम् । शं नः॑ सु॒कृतां॑ सुकृ॒तानि॑ सन्तु॒ शं न॑ इषि॒रो अ॒भि वा॑तु॒ वातः॑ ॥

May the fire and the light and splendour of life be good for our peace and well being. May the prana and udana energies and the circuitous dynamics of nature be for our good and joy of well being. May the noble works of good artists and great men be for peace and happiness for us, and the ever blowing winds blow and inspire us for peace and joy.

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7.35.5

शं नो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी पू॒र्वहू॑तौ॒ शम॒न्तरि॑क्षं दृ॒शये॑ नो अस्तु । शं न॒ ओष॑धीर्व॒निनो॑ भवन्तु॒ शं नो॒ रज॑स॒स्पति॑रस्तु जि॒ष्णुः ॥

May the heaven and earth invoked since eternity in the first yajna, and the middle regions so charming to see be good for our peace and joy. May the herbs instilled with the vitality of sun rays be for our peace and joy of good health, and may the victorious lord of life on earth and in distant regions be good and bring us peace, prosperity and happiness.

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7.35.6

शं न॒ इन्द्रो॒ वसु॑भिर्दे॒वो अ॑स्तु॒ शमा॑दि॒त्येभि॒र्वरु॑णः सु॒शंसः॑ । शं नो॑ रु॒द्रो रु॒द्रेभि॒र्जला॑षः॒ शं न॒स्त्वष्टा॒ ग्नाभि॑रि॒ह शृ॑णोतु ॥

May the self-refulgent sun with life sustaining planets be good for peace and happiness in our life. May the ocean so adorable be good for our peace and joy all the year round with the sun in Zodiacs. May the lord of nature’s life energy, Rudra, with pranic energies warding off pain and suffering be good for our peace and well being, and may the lord maker of forms, Tvashta, with his fires of evolution and new structures be good and gracious for our peace and happiness and listen to us here itself.

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7.35.7

शं नः॒ सोमो॑ भवतु॒ ब्रह्म॒ शं नः॒ शं नो॒ ग्रावा॑णः॒ शमु॑ सन्तु य॒ज्ञाः । शं नः॒ स्वरू॑णां मि॒तयो॑ भवन्तु॒ शं नः॑ प्र॒स्वः१॒॑ शम्व॑स्तु॒ वेदिः॑ ॥

May the moon give us peace and joy. May the lord supreme with gifts of sustenance bless us with peace. May the clouds bring us peace. May the yajnas give us peace. May the pillars of the vedi and Vedic chants structured to sensitive measure bring us peace. May the vedi bring us peace. May the newly sprouting herbs bring us peace.

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7.35.8

शं नः॒ सूर्य॑ उरु॒चक्षा॒ उदे॑तु॒ शं न॒श्चत॑स्रः प्र॒दिशो॑ भवन्तु । शं नः॒ पर्व॑ता ध्रुवयो॑ भवन्तु॒ शं नः॒ सिन्ध॑वः॒ शमु॑ स॒न्त्वापः॑ ॥

May the sun of universal eye rise for our peace and joy. May the four directions with their subdirections be for our peace and joy. May the mountains be stable and undisturbed to give us peace. Let the seas be calm and peaceful, and let all forms of water be for us and our peace and joy.

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7.35.9

शं नो॒ अदि॑तिर्भवतु व्र॒तेभिः॒ शं नो॑ भवन्तु म॒रुतः॑ स्व॒र्काः । शं नो॒ विष्णुः॒ शमु॑ पू॒षा नो॑ अस्तु॒ शं नो॑ भ॒वित्रं॒ शम्व॑स्तु वा॒युः ॥

May the indestructible nature mother with her laws and mother earth be peaceful for us. May the holy and adorable winds and vibrant humanity of brilliant virtues be for peace and joy for us. May Vishnu, lord omnipresent, be gracious and give us peace and joy. May nature’s nourishment be for our peace and happiness. Let the future possibilities be for our good and happiness of well being. Let the air be for our peace and happiness. Let all laws and disciplines be for peace.

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7.35.10

शं नो॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता त्राय॑माणः॒ शं नो॑ भवन्तू॒षसो॑ विभा॒तीः । शं नः॑ प॒र्जन्यो॑ भवतु प्र॒जाभ्यः॒ शं नः॒ क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पति॑रस्तु शं॒भुः ॥

May lord creator Savita, generous saviour and refulgent giver of guidance, grant us peace and happiness. May the glorious dawns shower us with peace and joy. May the cloud of rain be harbinger of peace and joy for the people. And may the lord of peace, sustainer of the world, master of our field of action and cultivation, be gracious and give us peace and happiness.

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7.35.11

शं नो॑ दे॒वा वि॒श्वेदे॑वा भवन्तु॒ शं सर॑स्वती स॒ह धी॒भिर॑स्तु । शम॑भि॒षाचः॒ शमु॑ राति॒षाचः॒ शं नो॑ दि॒व्याः पार्थि॑वाः॒ शं नो॒ अप्याः॑ ॥

May the generous divines of the world be good and gracious to us at peace. May Sarasvati, eternal mother knowledge and divine speech with universal intelligence, be for our peace and well being. May the overpowering yajnic energies and all generous tendencies be for our good and peace of well being. And may all the divinities of heaven, earth and ocean give us peace and joy.

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7.35.12

शं नः॑ स॒त्यस्य॒ पत॑यो भवन्तु॒ शं नो॒ अर्व॑न्तः॒ शमु॑ सन्तु॒ गावः॑ । शं न॑ ऋ॒भवः॑ सु॒कृतः॑ सु॒हस्ताः॒ शं नो॑ भवन्तु पि॒तरो॒ हवे॑षु ॥

May the keepers and observers of truth be at peace for our good and well being. May our horses and transports be at peace, may our lands and cows be at peace for our peace and well being. May our wise veterans, noble artists and expert craftsmen, be at peace for happiness and comfort for us. And may our seniors be at peace and give us peace at our programmes of holy action when we call upon them.

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7.35.13

शं नो॑ अ॒ज एक॑पाद्दे॒वो अ॑स्तु॒ शं नोऽहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्यः१॒॑ शं स॑मु॒द्रः । शं नो॑ अ॒पां नपा॑त्पे॒रुर॑स्तु॒ शं नः॒ पृश्नि॑र्भवतु दे॒वगो॑पा ॥

May the generous and self-refulgent lord unborn and eternal, sole sustainer of the universe, be gracious and give us peace. May the cloud floating in the sky be at peace and give us peace. May the ocean be at peace. May the boats and ships to cross the seas be at peace for us, and may the space and colourful sky sustaining divine generosities be at peace and give us peace and happiness.

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7.35.14

आ॒दि॒त्या रु॒द्रा वस॑वो जुषन्ते॒दं ब्रह्म॑ क्रि॒यमा॑णं॒ नवी॑यः । शृ॒ण्वन्तु॑ नो दि॒व्याः पार्थि॑वासो॒ गोजा॑ता उ॒त ये य॒ज्ञिया॑सः ॥

May theAdityas, cosmic lights, Rudras, catalytic agents of nature, and the Vasus, sustaining abodes of life, receive this song divine of homage being sung at the latest and be at peace for us, and may the divinities of heaven and earth born of nature and the holy Word sung in divine voice, and those who are venerable sages dedicated to yajna be at peace and give us peace and happiness.

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7.35.15

ये दे॒वानां॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑नां॒ मनो॒र्यज॑त्रा अ॒मृता॑ ऋत॒ज्ञाः । ते नो॑ रासन्तामुरुगा॒यम॒द्य यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Those who are most venerable of the venerable divines of brilliance honoured by the wise, immortal knowers of truth and divine law, may bless us with knowledge universally celebrated. May you all, O divine sages and natural powers of divinity, protect and promote us with peace and joy for happiness and well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 36 · 9 verses ✦

7.36.1

प्र ब्रह्मै॑तु॒ सद॑नादृ॒तस्य॒ वि र॒श्मिभिः॑ ससृजे॒ सूर्यो॒ गाः । वि सानु॑ना पृथि॒वी स॑स्र उ॒र्वी पृ॒थु प्रती॑क॒मध्येधे॑ अ॒ग्निः ॥

Let the knowledge of existence arise from the divine centre of universal truth : the sun radiates light with its rays and illuminates the earths, the wide earth moves on with her peaks of mountains, and fire rises and blazes over the vedi, symbol of cosmic yajna.

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7.36.2

इ॒मां वां॑ मित्रावरुणा सुवृ॒क्तिमिषं॒ न कृ॑ण्वे असुरा॒ नवी॑यः । इ॒नो वा॑म॒न्यः प॑द॒वीरद॑ब्धो॒ जनं॑ च मि॒त्रो य॑तति ब्रुवा॒णः ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, sun and cosmic energy and intelligence, both givers of life energy to the living world, I offer this new song of adoration as homage to you. One of you, Varuna, is resistless, all pervasive and coexistent with every stage of life’s evolution, and the other, Mitra, the sun, as a friend enjoins humanity to the life of activity proclaiming its rise as direct presence.

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7.36.3

आ वात॑स्य॒ ध्रज॑तो रन्त इ॒त्या अपी॑पयन्त धे॒नवो॒ न सूदाः॑ । म॒हो दि॒वः सद॑ने॒ जाय॑मा॒नोऽचि॑क्रदद्वृष॒भः सस्मि॒न्नूध॑न् ॥

The currents of sportive wind play around like abundant cows yielding milk, and the mighty cloud laden with vapour, born of the great regions of heaven, roars in its house of mid skies.

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7.36.4

गि॒रा य ए॒ता यु॒नज॒द्धरी॑ त॒ इन्द्र॑ प्रि॒या सु॒रथा॑ शूर धा॒यू । प्र यो म॒न्युं रिरि॑क्षतो मि॒नात्या सु॒क्रतु॑मर्य॒मणं॑ ववृत्याम् ॥

Indra, all powerful ruler of the world, I pray, let me come to have the benefit of the power and presence of Aryama, chief power of justice, holy in action, who, with his order and invitation deploys the noble and efficient forces that run the chariot of your social order, who controls and punishes the violent deeds and corrects the violent attitudes of the negative and destructive forces.

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7.36.5

यज॑न्ते अस्य स॒ख्यं वय॑श्च नम॒स्विनः॒ स्व ऋ॒तस्य॒ धाम॑न् । वि पृक्षो॑ बाबधे॒ नृभिः॒ स्तवा॑न इ॒दं नमो॑ रु॒द्राय॒ प्रेष्ठ॑म् ॥

In their own house of truth, justice and yajna, devotees with reverence and homage pray for life energy and the friendship and company of this Rudra, destroyer of suffering and injustice, and giver of pranic energy. Loved and adored by the people, he releases for them nourishment and energy in abundance. This cherished homage and adoration is offered to Rudra.

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7.36.6

आ यत्सा॒कं य॒शसो॑ वावशा॒नाः सर॑स्वती स॒प्तथी॒ सिन्धु॑माता । याः सु॒ष्वय॑न्त सु॒दुघाः॑ सुधा॒रा अ॒भि स्वेन॒ पय॑सा॒ पीप्या॑नाः ॥

Sarasvati, the eternal stream of life, of cosmic waters, and of speech and sacred knowledge, the seventh over the streams flowing through five senses and the mind, through five elements and the stuff of mind and intelligence, and through the poetic streams of the Veda, all these streams which flow abundantly, exuberant, magnificent, roaring with splendour, all of them ever growing and rising with their own flood of water: may all these continue to flow together gloriously for us.

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7.36.7

उ॒त त्ये नो॑ म॒रुतो॑ मन्दसा॒ना धियं॑ तो॒कं च॑ वा॒जिनो॑ऽवन्तु । मा नः॒ परि॑ ख्य॒दक्ष॑रा॒ चर॒न्त्यवी॑वृध॒न्युज्यं॒ ते र॒यिं नः॑ ॥

And those happy and joyous Maruts, vibrant scholars and sages, leaders of the nation, pioneers of science, manners and traditions, protect and advance our rising generation and our knowledge, intellect, imagination and culture. May the eternal mother stream of light and knowledge continuously flow for us and never forsake us. And may the Maruts augment and consolidate our wealth, honour and excellence for use and future progress.

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7.36.8

प्र वो॑ म॒हीम॒रम॑तिं कृणुध्वं॒ प्र पू॒षणं॑ विद॒थ्यं१॒॑ न वी॒रम् । भगं॑ धि॒यो॑ऽवि॒तारं॑ नो अ॒स्याः सा॒तौ वाजं॑ राति॒षाचं॒ पुरं॑धिम् ॥

O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and brilliant scholars, sages and leaders of humanity, create, cultivate, increase and consolidate a high order of intelligence, nutrition and health care, a force of the brave to face the warlike business of life, a high standard of honour and excellence, protection for our order of knowledge, culture and tradition, and a generous and abundant state of this stable polity equipped with instant powers of defence and advancement.

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7.36.9

अच्छा॒यं वो॑ मरुतः॒ श्लोक॑ ए॒त्वच्छा॒ विष्णुं॑ निषिक्त॒पामवो॑भिः । उ॒त प्र॒जायै॑ गृण॒ते वयो॑ धुर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O Maruts, vibrant forces of divinity in nature and humanity, may this song of celebration reach you well and gracefully. And so may it reach Vishnu, protector of the initiated dedicated to Dharma, who protects us with all methods of protection and advancement. We pray bring us life energy and a full span of good health and age for the celebrant and the people. O divinities, protect us always with all means of protection and advancement for our well being all round.

✦ Sukta 37 · 8 verses ✦

7.37.1

आ वो॒ वाहि॑ष्ठो वहतु स्त॒वध्यै॒ रथो॑ वाजा ऋभुक्षणो॒ अमृ॑क्तः । अ॒भि त्रि॑पृ॒ष्ठैः सव॑नेषु॒ सोमै॒र्मदे॑ सुशिप्रा म॒हभिः॑ पृणध्वम् ॥

O Rbhus, high spiritual experts of science and technology, equipped with noble visor and helmet, come and join this celebration of ours to enjoy yourselves on abundant thrice distilled and seasoned drinks of soma in our yajnic meets. Let your strongest, fastest and unbreakable chariot transport you here. Regale yourselves and refine the yajna to perfection.

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7.37.2

यू॒यं ह॒ रत्नं॑ म॒घव॑त्सु धत्थ स्व॒र्दृश॑ ऋभुक्षणो॒ अमृ॑क्तम् । सं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ स्वधावन्तः पिबध्वं॒ वि नो॒ राधां॑सि म॒तिभि॑र्दयध्वम् ॥

O scholars of science and technology, visionaries of light, you bring jewels of imperishable wealth for men of power and excellence. O commanders of food, sustenance and power, drink the soma of success in the yajnas of corporate programmes, and with your research and intelligence create the infrastructure for the development and success of our nation.

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7.37.3

उ॒वोचि॑थ॒ हि म॑घवन्दे॒ष्णं म॒हो अर्भ॑स्य॒ वसु॑नो विभा॒गे । उ॒भा ते॑ पू॒र्णा वसु॑ना॒ गभ॑स्ती॒ न सू॒नृता॒ नि य॑मते वस॒व्या॑ ॥

Lord and master of wealth, you take delight in charity and love to give and share, whether the giving and distribution involves a large or a small amount. Both your hands are full of plenty, your voice of truth from the heart overflows with generosity and nothing ever restrains your hands from giving.

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7.37.4

त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ स्वय॑शा ऋभु॒क्षा वाजो॒ न सा॒धुरस्त॑मे॒ष्यृक्वा॑ । व॒यं नु ते॑ दा॒श्वांसः॑ स्याम॒ ब्रह्म॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तो॑ हरिवो॒ वसि॑ष्ठाः ॥

Indra, enlightened and generous ruler and commander of wealth, innate honour and wisdom, manager of experts and manpower in general, you are good, versatile and efficient in function like food, energy, speed and success itself, you come home to people like the sun on the day’s completion. We pray let us be beneficiaries of your grace, generous like yourself, creator of food and wealth in the spirit of piety and well established in charity.

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7.37.5

सनि॑तासि प्र॒वतो॑ दा॒शुषे॑ चि॒द्याभि॒र्विवे॑षो हर्यश्व धी॒भिः । व॒व॒न्मा नु ते॒ युज्या॑भिरू॒ती क॒दा न॑ इन्द्र रा॒य आ द॑शस्येः ॥

Indra, lord commander of manpower, speed and success, you are the giver of overflowing wealth to the generous man of charity. O lord, we pray, when would you bless us with that wealth, honour and excellence, that practical intelligence and expertise, and that security and protection by which you prevail over the world of nature and humanity.

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7.37.6

वा॒सय॑सीव वे॒धस॒स्त्वं नः॑ क॒दा न॑ इन्द्र॒ वच॑सो बुबोधः । अस्तं॑ ता॒त्या धि॒या र॒यिं सु॒वीरं॑ पृ॒क्षो नो॒ अर्वा॒ न्यु॑हीत वा॒जी ॥

Indra, giver of settled security and peace, intelligent and dedicated devotees as we are, when would you listen to our voice of prayer as to people settled in peaceful homes? O lord of dynamic forces, commander of speed, power and success, visit our home, bless us with divine vision and wisdom and bring us wealth, honour and excellence, food and energy and a noble progeny.

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7.37.7

अ॒भि यं दे॒वी निर्ऋ॑तिश्चि॒दीशे॒ नक्ष॑न्त॒ इन्द्रं॑ श॒रदः॑ सु॒पृक्षः॑ । उप॑ त्रिब॒न्धुर्ज॒रद॑ष्टिमे॒त्यस्व॑वेशं॒ यं कृ॒णव॑न्त॒ मर्ताः॑ ॥

The lord whom the divine earth glorifies from the depth of her being, to whom the seasons of the year abundant with food and flowers look up and resort, to whom the friend and brother in bond with three worlds and humanities attains, to that lord and spirit of unending age without his own essential form comprehended in matter, thought or time, the mortals look up and pray.

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7.37.8

आ नो॒ राधां॑सि सवितः स्त॒वध्या॒ आ रायो॑ यन्तु॒ पर्व॑तस्य रा॒तौ । सदा॑ नो दि॒व्यः पा॒युः सि॑षक्तु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O Savita, glorious lord of generation, sustenance and resolution, may all means and materials of life come to us for success and self-fulfilment, may all forms of wealth, honour and excellence come to us so that we adore and amply glorify you through the gifts of the clouds of abundance. O Vishvedevas, divines of the world, pray you protect and promote us with all modes of peace and security for all time.

✦ Sukta 38 · 8 verses ✦

7.38.1

उदु॒ ष्य दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता य॑याम हिर॒ण्ययी॑म॒मतिं॒ यामशि॑श्रेत् । नू॒नं भगो॒ हव्यो॒ मानु॑षेभि॒र्वि यो रत्ना॑ पुरू॒वसु॒र्दधा॑ति ॥

Let us rise and attain to that golden glory of divinity which the self-refulgent Savita radiates — Savita, lord of splendour and treasure-hold of universal wealth who truly rules and gives the jewel glories of existence. The lord alone is to be worshipped by humanity

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7.38.2

उदु॑ तिष्ठ सवितः श्रु॒ध्य१॒॑स्य हिर॑ण्यपाणे॒ प्रभृ॑तावृ॒तस्य॑ । व्यु१॒॑र्वीं पृ॒थ्वीम॒मतिं॑ सृजा॒न आ नृभ्यो॑ मर्त॒भोज॑नं सुवा॒नः ॥

O Savita, lord creator of the world and giver of light with golden hands of infinite generosity, arise and shine at the dawn of the light of truth in the heart and listen to the prayer of this soul in mortal body. You create the wide wide earth of golden beauty and you generate the food for mortals for the sake of living humanity on earth.

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7.38.3

अपि॑ ष्टु॒तः स॑वि॒ता दे॒वो अ॑स्तु॒ यमा चि॒द्विश्वे॒ वस॑वो गृ॒णन्ति॑ । स नः॒ स्तोमा॑न्नम॒स्य१॒॑श्चनो॑ धा॒द्विश्वे॑भिः पातु पा॒युभि॒र्नि सू॒रीन् ॥

May Savita, lord refulgent and generous, be praised and celebrated, the lord whom all learned saints and sages worship and adore. May he, worthy of homage and obedience, accept our songs of celebration and prayer and protect and promote the learned brave with all modes of protection and advancement.

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7.38.4

अ॒भि यं दे॒व्यदि॑तिर्गृ॒णाति॑ स॒वं दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुर्जु॑षा॒णा । अ॒भि स॒म्राजो॒ वरु॑णो गृणन्त्य॒भि मि॒त्रासो॑ अर्य॒मा स॒जोषाः॑ ॥

The holy mother, divine earth and indestructible nature, all adore lord Savita, enjoying and celebrating the generous lord’s creation. So also do brilliant rulers, men of choice merit, friends of life and humanity, and the lord of justice and dispensation, Varuna, all enjoying and appreciating the lord’s creation, adore and worship him.

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7.38.5

अ॒भि ये मि॒थो व॒नुषः॒ सप॑न्ते रा॒तिं दि॒वो रा॑ति॒षाचः॑ पृथि॒व्याः । अहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्य॑ उ॒त नः॑ शृणोतु॒ वरू॒त्र्येक॑धेनुभि॒र्नि पा॑तु ॥

We are the supplicants all together who seek and pray for the grace and gifts of generous heaven and earth. May the lord creator, original cause of the universe all pervasive in space, listen, and may the divine mother protector and giver of vision protect us with all those virtues which converge and focus on a single thought, voice and decisive action.

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7.38.6

अनु॒ तन्नो॒ जास्पति॑र्मंसीष्ट॒ रत्नं॑ दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुरि॑या॒नः । भग॑मु॒ग्रोऽव॑से॒ जोह॑वीति॒ भग॒मनु॑ग्रो॒ अध॑ याति॒ रत्न॑म् ॥

Let the ruler and protector of the people know and believe that whatever the jewel wealth for life he receives from Savita, self-refulgent lord giver of light and life, all that is for the people, for all of us, so that whatever honour and prosperity the man of passion and ambition invokes and achieves, the same after all, the man of peace and dispassion who receives in consequence.

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7.38.7

शं नो॑ भवन्तु वा॒जिनो॒ हवे॑षु दे॒वता॑ता मि॒तद्र॑वः स्व॒र्काः । ज॒म्भय॒न्तोऽहिं॒ वृकं॒ रक्षां॑सि॒ सने॑म्य॒स्मद्यु॑यव॒न्नमी॑वाः ॥

Let the war-like leaders of knowledge, arms and creativity, brilliant, balanced and dedicated to divine service in action, be for our peace and prosperity in the battles of life, crushing the surreptitious, thievish and demoniac forces of society and removing all ill health and evils from us.

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7.38.8

वाजे॑वाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो॒ धने॑षु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । अ॒स्य मध्वः॑ पिबत मा॒दय॑ध्वं तृ॒प्ता या॑त प॒थिभि॑र्देव॒यानैः॑ ॥

O immortal heroes commanding knowledge, strength of arms and production in matters of eternal truth and law and the science of yajna, protect and promote us at every stage in the battles of life. Drink of the honey sweets of this celebration of the organised system of life, celebrate joyously and, self-fulfilled here, go forward by the paths of divines.

✦ Sukta 39 · 7 verses ✦

7.39.1

ऊ॒र्ध्वो अ॒ग्निः सु॑म॒तिं वस्वो॑ अश्रेत्प्रती॒ची जू॒र्णिर्दे॒वता॑तिमेति । भे॒जाते॒ अद्री॑ र॒थ्ये॑व॒ पन्था॑मृ॒तं होता॑ न इषि॒तो य॑जाति ॥

The fire on high radiates light inspiring pleasure and enlightenment. The dawn as veteran lady of the house goes forward to offer homage to the divinities. The yajamana and his wife together move forward as by chariot on way to yajna to adore the lord, and the priest offers to join the yajna like one inspired.

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7.39.2

प्र वा॑वृजे सुप्र॒या ब॒र्हिरे॑षा॒मा वि॒श्पती॑व॒ बीरि॑ट इयाते । वि॒शाम॒क्तोरु॒षसः॑ पू॒र्वहू॑तौ वा॒युः पू॒षा स्व॒स्तये॑ नि॒युत्वा॑न् ॥

The yajna of these people proceeds, richly provided with holy materials. Vayu and Pusha, wind and life-giving sun, like guardian rulers and protectors of the people, move across the skies as if riding a chariot drawn by horses at the sacred call of night and dawn to yajna early for the good of humanity.

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7.39.3

ज्म॒या अत्र॒ वस॑वो रन्त दे॒वा उ॒राव॒न्तरि॑क्षे मर्जयन्त शु॒भ्राः । अ॒र्वाक्प॒थ उ॑रुज्रयः कृणुध्वं॒ श्रोता॑ दू॒तस्य॑ ज॒ग्मुषो॑ नो अ॒स्य ॥

Let the Vasus, life giving energies of nature, and enlightened people settled at peace in learning, abound and rejoice here on earth. Let radiant purities of divine refulgence from yajna rise to the vast sky and purify the atmosphere. Let divine energies of vast extension receive and respond to this yajnic code of our participation in nature’s dynamics and converge on this way to our earth.

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7.39.4

ते हि य॒ज्ञेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑स॒ ऊमाः॑ स॒धस्थं॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒भि सन्ति॑ दे॒वाः । ताँ अ॑ध्व॒र उ॑श॒तो य॑क्ष्यग्ने श्रु॒ष्टी भगं॒ नास॑त्या॒ पुरं॑धिम् ॥

All those divinities of the world, adorable and conjoined in nature’s dynamics of cosmic yajna, are catalytic agents of protection and promotion keenly concentrative toward life’s evolution and advancement. O generous yajamana, O bright fire, keen and passionate as they are in yajna, join them in yajna right away: join Bhaga, universal treasure of wealth, honour and excellence, Nasatya, constant complementarities of nature and natural law, and Purandhi, keeper and protector of habitations and institutions.

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7.39.5

आग्ने॒ गिरो॑ दि॒व आ पृ॑थि॒व्या मि॒त्रं व॑ह॒ वरु॑ण॒मिन्द्र॑म॒ग्निम् । आर्य॒मण॒मदि॑तिं॒ विष्णु॑मेषां॒ सर॑स्वती म॒रुतो॑ मादयन्ताम् ॥

O sage and scholar, bring us the knowledge and the language of the knowledge of heaven and earth. Bring us the gifts of Mitra, sun and pranic energy, Varuna, water and air, Indra, electric energy, and Agni, fire and light, of Aryaman, cosmic gravitation, Aditi, nature’s constancy, Vishnu, omnipresent cosmic intelligence, so that Sarasvati, corresponding language of their expression may grow and children of the earth may rejoice with enlightenment.

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7.39.6

र॒रे ह॒व्यं म॒तिभि॑र्य॒ज्ञिया॑नां॒ नक्ष॒त्कामं॒ मर्त्या॑ना॒मसि॑न्वन् । धाता॑ र॒यिम॑विद॒स्यं स॑दा॒सां स॑क्षी॒महि॒ युज्ये॑भि॒र्नु दे॒वैः ॥

Let us offer oblations of holy materials to Agni with the thoughts and words of adorable sages so that the desires of mortals bound in love may be fulfilled. May the lord ruler of the world bring us imperishable wealth of universal value, and may we join with brilliant people worthy of association.

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7.39.7

नू रोद॑सी अ॒भिष्टु॑ते॒ वसि॑ष्ठैर्ऋ॒तावा॑नो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निः । यच्छ॑न्तु च॒न्द्रा उ॑प॒मं नो॑ अ॒र्कं यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus heaven and earth are adored and celebrated by brilliant sages. May Varuna, Mitra and Agni, lords of truth and law, justice, love and light, grant us gifts of exemplary beauty, bliss and brilliance. O Vishvedevas, pray always protect and promote us with all modes of peace, progress and all round well being.

✦ Sukta 40 · 7 verses ✦

7.40.1

ओ श्रु॒ष्टिर्वि॑द॒थ्या॒३॒॑ समे॑तु॒ प्रति॒ स्तोमं॑ दधीमहि तु॒राणा॑म् । यद॒द्य दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता सु॒वाति॒ स्यामा॑स्य र॒त्निनो॑ विभा॒गे ॥

Let instant perception and active response worthy of our yajnic social system come to us in peace for every group and class of people, vibrant and really fast, and let us internalise it in every detail so that whatever the refulgent creator and ruler, Savita, inspires and creates today, right now we may share and, in participation together, be beneficiaries of this lord’s jewel gifts of life.

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7.40.2

मि॒त्रस्तन्नो॒ वरु॑णो॒ रोद॑सी च॒ द्युभ॑क्त॒मिन्द्रो॑ अर्य॒मा द॑दातु । दिदे॑ष्टु दे॒व्यदि॑ती॒ रेक्णो॑ वा॒युश्च॒ यन्नि॑यु॒वैते॒ भग॑श्च ॥

May Mitra, lord dear as friend, Varuna, oceans of earth and space, the heaven and the earth and sky, Indra, lord ruler of energy, power and excellence, and Aryama, lord of justice, give us heavenly gifts of divinity. And may Aditi, imperishable generous Mother Nature, Vayu, the wind, and Bhaga, lord of power and glory, bestow upon us what they produce, promote and preserve for us.

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7.40.3

सेदु॒ग्रो अ॑स्तु मरुतः॒ स शु॒ष्मी यं मर्त्यं॑ पृषदश्वा॒ अवा॑थ । उ॒तेम॒ग्निः सर॑स्वती जु॒नन्ति॒ न तस्य॑ रा॒यः प॑र्ये॒तास्ति॑ ॥

Surely that person would be strong and brilliant whom the Maruts, great commanders of the power of fire, wind and water, protect and promote. Indeed, none would be able to counter his power and prosperity whom Agni, brilliant leader of divinities, and Sarasvati, spirit of knowledge and speech, inspire, energise and motivate.

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7.40.4

अ॒यं हि ने॒ता वरु॑ण ऋ॒तस्य॑ मि॒त्रो राजा॑नो अर्य॒मापो॒ धुः । सु॒हवा॑ दे॒व्यदि॑तिरन॒र्वा ते नो॒ अंहो॒ अति॑ पर्ष॒न्नरि॑ष्टान् ॥

And this leader of the yajnic social order of truth and dynamism of society and supportive ruling powers, judicious Varuna, friendly Mitra, far seeing guiding force Aryama, and self-directive brilliant and indestructible spirit and policy, Aditi, all adorable powers faithfully invoked and invited, may, we pray, guide and direct our actions and purge us of evil, sin and crime without hurt or violence.

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7.40.5

अ॒स्य दे॒वस्य॑ मी॒ळ्हुषो॑ व॒या विष्णो॑रे॒षस्य॑ प्रभृ॒थे ह॒विर्भिः॑ । वि॒दे हि रु॒द्रो रु॒द्रियं॑ महि॒त्वं या॑सि॒ष्टं व॒र्तिर॑श्विना॒विरा॑वत् ॥

Of this generous, self-refulgent, creative and omnipresent lord Vishnu, all divinities and varieties of existence are extensive manifestations like branches of a tree, in this well sustained system of the universe by virtue of the homage they offer and the sustenance they receive. Rudra, lord sustainer of the good and scourage of evil, alone knows the mighty majesty I adore, and I pray may the Ashvins, sun and moon and twin divine complementarities of nature’s energy, come by the paths of divine bounties and bless us.

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7.40.6

मात्र॑ पूषन्नाघृण इरस्यो॒ वरू॑त्री॒ यद्रा॑ति॒षाच॑श्च॒ रास॑न् । म॒यो॒भुवो॑ नो॒ अर्व॑न्तो॒ नि पा॑न्तु वृ॒ष्टिं परि॑ज्मा॒ वातो॑ ददातु ॥

O Pushan, refulgent lord giver of health and sustained growth, worthy of attainment as you are, pray sustain me here and sustain all that what Mother Nature and divine speech and generous givers of society give us. May the universal givers of peace and well being protect and promote us. May the winds blowing all round for all alike bring us showers of rain and bliss.

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7.40.7

नू रोद॑सी अ॒भिष्टु॑ते॒ वसि॑ष्ठैर्ऋ॒तावा॑नो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निः । यच्छ॑न्तु च॒न्द्रा उ॑प॒मं नो॑ अ॒र्कं यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus are the heaven and earth adored and celebrated by sages of enlightenment settled at peace in divine bliss. May Varuna, lord of justice and universal choice, Mitra, lord of universal love and light, and Agni, lord of leadership and enlightenment, all sustainers of truth and law, shower us with exemplary gifts of beauty, bliss and enlightenment for maintenance of piety. O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and humanity, pray protect and promote us with all modes and means of progress and well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 41 · 7 verses ✦

7.41.1

प्रा॒तर॒ग्निं प्रा॒तरिन्द्रं॑ हवामहे प्रा॒तर्मि॒त्रावरु॑णा प्रा॒तर॒श्विना॑ । प्रा॒तर्भगं॑ पू॒षणं॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिं॑ प्रा॒तः सोम॑मु॒त रु॒द्रं हु॑वेम ॥

We invoke Agni, the holy fire, early morning. We invoke Indra, cosmic energy, early morning. We invoke Mitra and Varuna, sun and ocean, early morning. We invoke theAshvins, twin divines of nature’s energies of prana and udana, early morning. We invoke Bhaga, spirit of grandeur and glory, Pusha, spirit of nourishment and vitality, and Brahmanaspati, lord supreme of the universe and the Divine Word early morning, and we invoke Soma, herbal energy, and Rudra, lord of justice and freedom from evil and ailment in the early morning as we begin the day.

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7.41.2

प्रा॒त॒र्जितं॒ भग॑मु॒ग्रं हु॑वेम व॒यं पु॒त्रमदि॑ते॒र्यो वि॑ध॒र्ता । आ॒ध्रश्चि॒द्यं मन्य॑मानस्तु॒रश्चि॒द्राजा॑ चि॒द्यं भगं॑ भ॒क्षीत्याह॑ ॥

Early morning we invoke Bhaga, all victorious lord and spirit of glory, child of indestructible mother Infinity and sustainer of all regions of the universe, universally acknowledged and adored, to whom the weakest as well as the most powerful and brilliant ruler prays and rays: O lord, give me the glory and the grace I need.

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7.41.3

भग॒ प्रणे॑त॒र्भग॒ सत्य॑राधो॒ भगे॒मां धिय॒मुद॑वा॒ दद॑न्नः । भग॒ प्र णो॑ जनय॒ गोभि॒रश्वै॒र्भग॒ प्र नृभि॑र्नृ॒वन्तः॑ स्याम ॥

Bhaga, lord of power and glory, you are the leader. Lord of light, you are the giver of victory in the field of truth. Lord omniscient, protect and promote this wisdom and intelligence of ours, giving us more and ever more of it. Lord of universal prosperity, promote us with lands, cows and the light of knowledge and with speed and success in the field of transport, communication and achievement. O lord of life and humanity, let us be blest with leaders and manpower of exceptional order.

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7.41.4

उ॒तेदानीं॒ भग॑वन्तः स्यामो॒त प्र॑पि॒त्व उ॒त मध्ये॒ अह्ना॑म् । उ॒तोदि॑ता मघव॒न्त्सूर्य॑स्य व॒यं दे॒वानां॑ सुम॒तौ स्या॑म ॥

And let us be happy and prosperous now at this very time and at the end of the day, and also at the middle of the day through the seasons.And also, O lord of power and glory, let us enjoy the good will and kindness of the divinities at the rise of the sun.

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7.41.5

भग॑ ए॒व भग॑वाँ अस्तु देवा॒स्तेन॑ व॒यं भग॑वन्तः स्याम । तं त्वा॑ भग॒ सर्व॒ इज्जो॑हवीति॒ स नो॑ भग पुरए॒ता भ॑वे॒ह ॥

Bhaga, lord of glory, is really the lord of glory. By virtue of his grace, let us too be masters of power, prosperity and excellence, brilliant and generous. O lord of universal power and grace, all life and humanity does you homage and obeisance. O lord of power, prosperity and excellence, you alone be our guide, pioneer and leader here in life.

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7.41.6

सम॑ध्व॒रायो॒षसो॑ नमन्त दधि॒क्रावे॑व॒ शुच॑ये प॒दाय॑ । अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नं व॑सु॒विदं॒ भगं॑ नो॒ रथ॑मि॒वाश्वा॑ वा॒जिन॒ आ व॑हन्तु ॥

As the dawns arise and bless our morning yajna with holiness, as the sun inspires us to rise to the highest and purest divine attainment, as the motive forces of energy drive the chariot and lead the master to the desired destination, so may the Vajins, scholars, sages and warlike leaders lead us and thus bring us the latest and highest honour and excellence overflowing with the wealth and values of life.

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7.41.7

अश्वा॑वती॒र्गोम॑तीर्न उ॒षासो॑ वी॒रव॑तीः॒ सद॑मुच्छन्तु भ॒द्राः । घृ॒तं दुहा॑ना वि॒श्वतः॒ प्रपी॑ता यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

May the blessed and blissful dawns, vibrant with energy and light of the sun, full of inspiration for the bright and brave youth, showering milk and honey all round with hands overflowing with generosity, arise and bless our home with light and prosperity. O dawns of light and knowledge, O youthful ladies of the home bright as dawn, pray you all protect, promote and advance us with all life’s modes of peace, progress and protection for all time.

✦ Sukta 42 · 6 verses ✦

7.42.1

प्र ब्र॒ह्माणो॒ अङ्गि॑रसो नक्षन्त॒ प्र क्र॑न्द॒नुर्न॑भ॒न्य॑स्य वेतु । प्र धे॒नव॑ उद॒प्रुतो॑ नवन्त यु॒ज्याता॒मद्री॑ अध्व॒रस्य॒ पेशः॑ ॥

Let the sagely scholars of Veda and the vibrant scientists dear as life breath come and join the yajna all round, let the chant of hymns and fragrance of yajna rise to the skies, let the fertile cows, overflowing streams and vaulting voices celebrate divine generosity, and let the clouds and mountains take the blessed form of yajna full of peace and prosperity.

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7.42.2

सु॒गस्ते॑ अग्ने॒ सन॑वित्तो॒ अध्वा॑ यु॒ङ्क्ष्व सु॒ते ह॒रितो॑ रो॒हित॑श्च । ये वा॒ सद्म॑न्नरु॒षा वी॑र॒वाहो॑ हु॒वे दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मानि स॒त्तः ॥

Agni, lord of light and fire, master of divine knowledge, simple and straight is your path of motion and radiation, ancient, known, pursued and followed in this world of the lord’s creation. Join the forces of nature and divinity wide as quarters of space, fluent as streams of water and passionate as flames of fire, which lead the brave to the house of yajna wherein, sitting and meditating, I sing and celebrate the origins of the divinities of nature and humanity.

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7.42.3

समु॑ वो य॒ज्ञं म॑हय॒न्नमो॑भिः॒ प्र होता॑ म॒न्द्रो रि॑रिच उपा॒के । यज॑स्व॒ सु पु॑र्वणीक दे॒वाना य॒ज्ञिया॑म॒रम॑तिं ववृत्याः ॥

Together and holily they sing, celebrate and glorify your yajna with reverence and homage while close at hand the happy and meditative yajaka and generous priest excels in faith and generosity. O lord of manifold forces, Agni, join the divinities of nature and humanity and keep on the holy and yajnic vision and wisdom of the life divine for us without relent.

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7.42.4

य॒दा वी॒रस्य॑ रे॒वतो॑ दुरो॒णे स्यो॑न॒शीरति॑थिरा॒चिके॑तत् । सुप्री॑तो अ॒ग्निः सुधि॑तो॒ दम॒ आ स वि॒शे दा॑ति॒ वार्य॒मिय॑त्यै ॥

When Agni, brilliant and blissful honoured guest, is welcomed in the house of the brave and prosperous host, then Agni, happy, well provided and comfortably rested at home, gives to the host and his people the gifts of knowledge and wealth they desire.

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7.42.5

इ॒मं नो॑ अग्ने अध्व॒रं जु॑षस्व म॒रुत्स्विन्द्रे॑ य॒शसं॑ कृधी नः । आ नक्ता॑ ब॒र्हिः स॑दतामु॒षासो॒शन्ता॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा यजे॒ह ॥

Agni, venerable and brilliant guest of the house, accept and enjoy this yajnic hospitality of ours for the sake of the people and our social order and thereby enhance our honour and virtue. For the night and day, grace the yajnic seat and join the people who respect you, for the advancement of love, friendship and sense of justice in society

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7.42.6

ए॒वाग्निं स॑ह॒स्यं१॒॑ वसि॑ष्ठो रा॒यस्का॑मो वि॒श्वप्स्न्य॑स्य स्तौत् । इषं॑ र॒यिं प॑प्रथ॒द्वाज॑म॒स्मे यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus does Vasishtha, the brilliant sage settled at peace in love with the pursuit of life’s wealth and excellence, adore Agni, omnipresent inspirer of life forms with fire and passion alongwith moral stability and spiritual constancy, Agni that creates, expands and gives us food and energy, wealth and honour, and speed, success and progress in social and cultural life. O divinities, protect and promote us with all round good fortune all time.

✦ Sukta 43 · 5 verses ✦

7.43.1

प्र वो॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ देव॒यन्तो॑ अर्च॒न्द्यावा॒ नमो॑भिः पृथि॒वी इ॒षध्यै॑ । येषां॒ ब्रह्मा॒ण्यस॑मानि॒ विप्रा॒ विष्व॑ग्वि॒यन्ति॑ व॒निनो॒ न शाखाः॑ ॥

In your yajnas of science and research, let vibrant scholars dedicated to the pursuit of divinity study heaven and earth with reverence and homage for self fulfilment so that their exceptional adorations of universal knowledge rise and spread all round like branches of the universal tree.

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7.43.2

प्र य॒ज्ञ ए॑तु॒ हेत्वो॒ न सप्ति॒रुद्य॑च्छध्वं॒ सम॑नसो घृ॒ताचीः॑ । स्तृ॒णी॒त ब॒र्हिर॑ध्व॒राय॑ सा॒धूर्ध्वा शो॒चींषि॑ देव॒यून्य॑स्थुः ॥

Let the yajna expand and rise like a tempestuous flying horse, and you, altogether of one mind, fill the ladle full, raise it and offer the oblation into the yajna of love, peace and non-violence to cover the sky with fragrance. Let the bright and blissful flames rise high to the divinities.

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7.43.3

आ पु॒त्रासो॒ न मा॒तरं॒ विभृ॑त्राः॒ सानौ॑ दे॒वासो॑ ब॒र्हिषः॑ सदन्तु । आ वि॒श्वाची॑ विद॒थ्या॑मन॒क्त्वग्ने॒ मा नो॑ दे॒वता॑ता॒ मृध॑स्कः ॥

Just as children in the mother’s lap rest blissfully, so let the conductors and organisers of yajna, all noble and brilliant souls, rise and reach the heights of skies. And then let universality of values adorn and sanctify our yajnic policy of governance and administration so that, O lord of light, fire and power, Agni, no one may violate us in our divine programme of development and progress.

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7.43.4

ते सी॑षपन्त॒ जोष॒मा यज॑त्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धाराः॑ सु॒दुघा॒ दुहा॑नाः । ज्येष्ठं॑ वो अ॒द्य मह॒ आ वसू॑ना॒मा ग॑न्तन॒ सम॑नसो॒ यति॒ ष्ठ ॥

And let those divinities of nature committed in love and accord with you, all of them abundant and adorable, harbingers of rain and revelations of nature’s truth, come and bless you. O people of the land, thus may the first and highest of the wealth of existence come to you, and thus may you abide, all with one mind, in your common programme and yajnic commitment.

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7.43.5

ए॒वा नो॑ अग्ने वि॒क्ष्वा द॑शस्य॒ त्वया॑ व॒यं स॑हसाव॒न्नास्क्राः॑ । रा॒या यु॒जा स॑ध॒मादो॒ अरि॑ष्टा यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus O lord of light, fire, power and constancy, Agni, bless us along with all peoples of the earth so that, O lord of challenge, patience and fortitude, committed as one with you and blest with wealth, honour and excellence, we may live happy and abide healthy and unhurt in the land and her yajnic order. O divinities of nature and humanity, pray protect and promote us all round with all good fortune for all time.

✦ Sukta 44 · 5 verses ✦

7.44.1

द॒धि॒क्रां वः॑ प्रथ॒मम॒श्विनो॒षस॑म॒ग्निं समि॑द्धं॒ भग॑मू॒तये॑ हुवे । इन्द्रं॒ विष्णुं॑ पू॒षणं॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑मादि॒त्यान्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒पः स्वः॑ ॥

For your protection and progress, I invoke and adore Dadhikra, original divine energy which moves, sustains and energises all movers and sustainers of existential forms, Ashvins, the sun and moon, the dawn, the burning fire, and Bhaga, honour and glory of life, Indra, electrical energy, Vishnu, cosmic wind energy, Pushan, cosmic vitality and nourishment, Brahmanaspati, cosmic Soul, Adityas, Zodiacs of the sun, heaven and earth, the cosmic waters, and eternal happiness and well being.

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7.44.2

द॒धि॒क्रामु॒ नम॑सा बो॒धय॑न्त उ॒दीरा॑णा य॒ज्ञमु॑पप्र॒यन्तः॑ । इळां॑ दे॒वीं ब॒र्हिषि॑ सा॒दय॑न्तो॒ऽश्विना॒ विप्रा॑ सु॒हवा॑ हुवेम ॥

Awakening cosmic motive energy with reverence and homage, rising and moving to the yajna with full knowledge, sanctifying the holy grass on the vedi with holy speech, we invoke and invite the ready and instant moving Ashvins like the sagely teacher and the preacher to guide and conduct our yajnic business of life.

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7.44.3

द॒धि॒क्रावा॑णं बुबुधा॒नो अ॒ग्निमुप॑ ब्रुव उ॒षसं॒ सूर्यं॒ गाम् । ब्र॒ध्नं मं॑श्च॒तोर्वरु॑णस्य ब॒भ्रुं ते विश्वा॒स्मद्दु॑रि॒ता या॑वयन्तु ॥

Knowing full well the all-motive cosmic energy, I specifically speak of fire power, and I celebrate the dawn, the sun and the earth, and I speak of the great integrative and sustaining power of the cosmic oceans of waters, and I pray that these natural energies may ward off all evils and ailments away from us.

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7.44.4

द॒धि॒क्रावा॑ प्रथ॒मो वा॒ज्यर्वाग्रे॒ रथा॑नां भवति प्रजा॒नन् । सं॒वि॒दा॒न उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑णादि॒त्येभि॒र्वसु॑भि॒रङ्गि॑रोभिः ॥

That cosmic energy is the primary intelligent dynamic force which moves at the fastest velocity, and that energy is

basically the first motive and transportive power of everything in motion, like a horse in front of a chariot, whether it is in relation to the dawn or the sun or motion of the sun in orbit through the Zodiacs or the abodes of life such as earth or the pranic energy forms of nature and life.

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7.44.5

आ नो॑ दधि॒क्राः प॒थ्या॑मनक्त्वृ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॒मन्वे॑त॒वा उ॑ । शृ॒णोतु॑ नो॒ दैव्यं॒ शर्धो॑ अ॒ग्निः शृ॒ण्वन्तु॒ विश्वे॑ महि॒षा अमू॑राः ॥

May the cosmic forms of energy and may the supreme mover of cosmic energy adorn, illuminate and sanctify our path and our movement over the path of truth and eternal law so that we may safely tread the holy paths of living. May Agni, lord omniscient, listen divine gift of strength and power. May the mighty sages of the world listen to us and favour us with gifts of wisdom.

✦ Sukta 45 · 4 verses ✦

7.45.1

आ दे॒वो या॑तु सवि॒ता सु॒रत्नो॑ऽन्तरिक्ष॒प्रा वह॑मानो॒ अश्वैः॑ । हस्ते॒ दधा॑नो॒ नर्या॑ पु॒रूणि॑ निवे॒शय॑ञ्च प्रसु॒वञ्च॒ भूम॑ ॥

May the self-refulgent Savita, giver of light and life, come and bless, bearing jewels of life, radiating through the sky, carried by light rays, bearing in hands manifold treasures for humanity, suffusing and fertilising the earth with life and vitality. We pray we too may be brilliant and generous like the sun.

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7.45.2

उद॑स्य बा॒हू शि॑थि॒रा बृ॒हन्ता॑ हिर॒ण्यया॑ दि॒वो अन्ताँ॑ अनष्टाम् । नू॒नं सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा प॑निष्ट॒ सूर॑श्चिदस्मा॒ अनु॑ दादप॒स्याम् ॥

Mighty are his hands and arms, vast and extensive, golden generous, reaching unto the bounds of heaven. Truly that grandeur of his is adorable. May the brave refulgent sun inspire us with will and passion for initiative and action.

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7.45.3

स घा॑ नो दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता स॒हावा सा॑विष॒द्वसु॑पति॒र्वसू॑नि । वि॒श्रय॑माणो अ॒मति॑मुरू॒चीं म॑र्त॒भोज॑न॒मध॑ रासते नः ॥

May that refulgent creator and inspirer Savita, mighty and friendly, lord and master of wealth, radiating his wide expansive glory, provide vital food and energy for the mortals.

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7.45.4

इ॒मा गिरः॑ सवि॒तारं॑ सुजि॒ह्वं पू॒र्णग॑भस्तिमीळते सुपा॒णिम् । चि॒त्रं वयो॑ बृ॒हद॒स्मे द॑धातु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

These celebrant voices adore and glorify Savita, life giver and inspirer, bright and benedictive of light and flame, generous of hands full of blessings. May the lord bear and bring us universal health and life full of wonderful wealth and value. O lord Savita, O brilliancies of nature and humanity, protect and promote us with all modes of good fortune and well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 46 · 4 verses ✦

7.46.1

इ॒मा रु॒द्राय॑ स्थि॒रध॑न्वने॒ गिरः॑ क्षि॒प्रेष॑वे दे॒वाय॑ स्व॒धाव्ने॑ । अषा॑ळ्हाय॒ सह॑मानाय वे॒धसे॑ ति॒ग्मायु॑धाय भरता शृ॒णोतु॑ नः ॥

Offer these words of adoration and prayer to Rudra, brilliant destroyer of evil and injustice, wielder of the unshakable bow, shooting flying arrows of lightning speed. He bears his own essential power and sense of justice, irresistible is he, unconquerable, a challenger with unfailing fortitude, all knowing and equipped with blazing arms and armour. May the lord listen to us and accept our call.

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7.46.2

स हि क्षये॑ण॒ क्षम्य॑स्य॒ जन्म॑नः॒ साम्रा॑ज्येन दि॒व्यस्य॒ चेत॑ति । अव॒न्नव॑न्ती॒रुप॑ नो॒ दुर॑श्चरानमी॒वो रु॑द्र॒ जासु॑ नो भव ॥

He is known by his own divine refulgence and, by the same exceptional brilliance and by close proximity of his presence and residence among the peace loving people of his blessed dominion, he proclaims himself and enlightens the people while he is perceived and glorified by them. O Rudra, protecting, sustaining and promoting our defence forces, be at the doors of our settlements by your presence and power among our people, and ever be giver of freedom from ailments and evil.

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7.46.3

या ते॑ दि॒द्युदव॑सृष्टा दि॒वस्परि॑ क्ष्म॒या चर॑ति॒ परि॒ सा वृ॑णक्तु नः । स॒हस्रं॑ ते स्वपिवात भेष॒जा मा न॑स्तो॒केषु॒ तन॑येषु रीरिषः ॥

The blaze of your lightning power released from heaven prevails over earth which may, we pray, spare us and not uproot us. O lord of refreshing winds, thousands are your rejuvenations and medicaments. Pray strike not upon our children and grand children, refresh, nourish and strengthen them to full maturity.

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7.46.4

मा नो॑ वधी रुद्र॒ मा परा॑ दा॒ मा ते॑ भूम॒ प्रसि॑तौ हीळि॒तस्य॑ । आ नो॑ भज ब॒र्हिषि॑ जीवशं॒से यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O lord of justice, punishment and good health, strike us not, forsake us not to alienation. Let us not fall into the snares of your anger. Be with us on the vedi over earth and spaces for the joyous celebration of life. O lord ruler and physician of health, protect and promote us with all good fortunes of well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 47 · 4 verses ✦

7.47.1

आपो॒ यं वः॑ प्रथ॒मं दे॑व॒यन्त॑ इन्द्र॒पान॑मू॒र्मिमकृ॑ण्वते॒ळः । तं वो॑ व॒यं शुचि॑मरि॒प्रम॒द्य घृ॑त॒प्रुषं॒ मधु॑मन्तं वनेम ॥

O cosmic waters, seers and sages in pursuit of divinity, we love and yearn for that pure, divine, delicious and honey sweet primordial thrill of the ecstasy drink of yours which you distilled from the Cosmic Word, original nature and the earth for the taste of Indra, the human soul, at the dawn of creation.

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7.47.2

तमू॒र्मिमा॑पो॒ मधु॑मत्तमं वो॒ऽपां नपा॑दवत्वाशु॒हेमा॑ । यस्मि॒न्निन्द्रो॒ वसु॑भिर्मा॒दया॑ते॒ तम॑श्याम देव॒यन्तो॑ वो अ॒द्य ॥

That sweetest of honey thrill of joyous ecstasy of existence in which Indra rejoices with the wealth, honours and excellences of life may, we pray, the holy fire, infallible extension of cosmic waters, protect and promote. That same thrill and ecstasy, we pray, may we too in our pursuit of divine joy attain here and now.

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7.47.3

श॒तप॑वित्राः स्व॒धया॒ मद॑न्तीर्दे॒वीर्दे॒वाना॒मपि॑ यन्ति॒ पाथः॑ । ता इन्द्र॑स्य॒ न मि॑नन्ति व्र॒तानि॒ सिन्धु॑भ्यो ह॒व्यं घृ॒तव॑ज्जुहोत ॥

The holy and ecstatic waters, hundred ways pure and flowing with their innate inspiring vitality, move on and converge to the divinities, centre yajna of the cosmos. They do not violate the divine laws of Indra, lord of existence. O men and women, offer oblations with ghrta for augmenting the rivers and the seas.

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7.47.4

याः सूर्यो॑ र॒श्मिभि॑रात॒तान॒ याभ्य॒ इन्द्रो॒ अर॑दद्गा॒तुमू॒र्मिम् । ते सि॑न्धवो॒ वरि॑वो धातना नो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

The vapours and waters which the sun expands with its rays in space, the showers of rain for which Indra, cosmic electricity, breaks the clouds of vapour to fall and flow, and the currents of water which dig out the river beds on earth, may all those oceans, seas and rivers bear and bring us treasurefuls of choice food, energy and wealth to sustain and support us. O cosmic waters, sun and showers, rivers and seas, protect and promote us with the best of good fortune for well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 48 · 4 verses ✦

7.48.1

ऋभु॑क्षणो वाजा मा॒दय॑ध्वम॒स्मे न॑रो मघवानः सु॒तस्य॑ । आ वो॒ऽर्वाचः॒ क्रत॑वो॒ न या॒तां विभ्वो॒ रथं॒ नर्यं॑ वर्तयन्तु ॥

O great scientists, leaders of humanity commanding power and excellence, rejoice and let us rejoice in the excellence of our science, power and culture. Come to us and let the Kratus, expert workers of holy will and resolution, as the Vibhus, artists and technologists, turn your chariot worthy of the human nation towards us.

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7.48.2

ऋ॒भुर्ऋ॒भुभि॑र॒भि वः॑ स्याम॒ विभ्वो॑ वि॒भुभिः॒ शव॑सा॒ शवां॑सि । वाजो॑ अ॒स्माँ अ॑वतु॒ वाज॑साता॒विन्द्रे॑ण यु॒जा त॑रुषेम वृ॒त्रम् ॥

Let us be scientists with the great scientists, let us be experts with the experts and command powers and forces with the power and knowledge of the scientists and technologists. May the warriors of power and speed protect you and us in the battles of life’s freedom and success in excellence.And let us join Indra, lord of power and excellence and cross over evil, darkness and want to light, freedom and prosperity.

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7.48.3

ते चि॒द्धि पू॒र्वीर॒भि सन्ति॑ शा॒सा विश्वाँ॑ अ॒र्य उ॑प॒रता॑ति वन्वन् । इन्द्रो॒ विभ्वाँ॑ ऋभु॒क्षा वाजो॑ अ॒र्यः शत्रो॑र्मिथ॒त्या कृ॑णव॒न्वि नृ॒म्णम् ॥

They, the Rblus, eternal presences, surely excel and advance the borders of knowledge and power by discipline, being attached to their master with loyalty in all battles for progress. And Indra, the ruler vested with power, having settled eminent scientists, artists and craftsmen, and, having scattered out all enmities in conflicts, they develop new wealth and prosperity for the nation.

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7.48.4

नू दे॑वासो॒ वरि॑वः कर्तना नो भू॒त नो॒ विश्वेऽव॑से स॒जोषाः॑ । सम॒स्मे इषं॒ वस॑वो ददीरन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O divine brilliant Rbhus, wondrous scientists, artists and craftsmen of the world, creators of wealth and providers of settlement at peace, create the best of comfort and prosperity for us. Loving and cooperative all, be for our safety, security and progress. Eminent masters of knowledge and expertise, provide the best of food, energy and sustenance for us. O Rbhus, O Vasus, pray always protect and promote us with all the good fortune for life’s well being all round, all time.

✦ Sukta 49 · 4 verses ✦

7.49.1

स॒मु॒द्रज्ये॑ष्ठाः सलि॒लस्य॒ मध्या॑त्पुना॒ना य॒न्त्यनि॑विशमानाः । इन्द्रो॒ या व॒ज्री वृ॑ष॒भो र॒राद॒ ता आपो॑ दे॒वीरि॒ह माम॑वन्तु ॥

The divine waters, chief of which is the ocean, arise from the heart of cosmic energy as a surge of liquidity and ceaslessly flow, purifying, sanctifying everything they suffuse. Indra, the sun and electric energy of the firmament, power of thunder and generosity, creates the channels for their flow. May those streams of waters inspire and impel me too with the initiative and drive of life for initiative and action here in the world and protect me against evil and sloth.

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7.49.2

या आपो॑ दि॒व्या उ॒त वा॒ स्रव॑न्ति ख॒नित्रि॑मा उ॒त वा॒ याः स्व॑यं॒जाः । स॒मु॒द्रार्था॒ याः शुच॑यः पाव॒कास्ता आपो॑ दे॒वीरि॒ह माम॑वन्तु ॥

May those divine streams of water and cosmic energy which flow in channels made by man and those which flow their own way and rush to join the sea, all of which are pure and sacred, purifying and sanctifying, may all those streams protect and promote me onward here in the world of dynamic activity

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7.49.3

यासां॒ राजा॒ वरु॑णो॒ याति॒ मध्ये॑ सत्यानृ॒ते अ॑व॒पश्य॒ञ्जना॑नाम् । म॒धु॒श्चुतः॒ शुच॑यो॒ याः पा॑व॒कास्ता आपो॑ दे॒वीरि॒ह माम॑वन्तु ॥

Those liquid streams of waters and divine energy in the currents of which the cosmic ruler of universal law, Varuna, vibrates with universal judgement and omnipotence, watching the truth and untruth of the people’s actions within the rules of divine law, the streams which are replete with the honey sweets of life’s joy, pure and purifying, may all these streams of divinity protect, inspire and promote me here in this world of action.

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7.49.4

यासु॒ राजा॒ वरु॑णो॒ यासु॒ सोमो॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा यासूर्जं॒ मद॑न्ति । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो यास्व॒ग्निः प्रवि॑ष्ट॒स्ता आपो॑ दे॒वीरि॒ह माम॑वन्तु ॥

Those streams of water and cosmic energy in which Varuna, self-refulgent ruler, pervades, in which Soma, peace and life’s vitality and joy, resides, in which all divinities of nature and brilliancies of humanity find their breath of life and rejoice, in which Vaishvanara, vital heat of earth life, resides and inspires her children, may those divine streams of the waters of existence inspire, protect and promote me here in this world.

✦ Sukta 50 · 4 verses ✦

7.50.1

आ मां मि॑त्रावरुणे॒ह र॑क्षतं कुला॒यय॑द्वि॒श्वय॒न्मा न॒ आ ग॑न् । अ॒ज॒का॒वं दु॒र्दृशी॑कं ति॒रो द॑धे॒ मा मां पद्ये॑न॒ रप॑सा विद॒त्त्सरुः॑ ॥

May the sun and waters, curative and preventive health care, protect me here. Let no bodily infirmity, no insidious or infectious disease come to me. Let me keep off all diseases that spread through animals and insects, all those that spread through germs and viruses difficult to see with naked eye. Let all those ailments be off which arise from external contact or from internal weakness such as lack of resistance, depression or self-guilt.

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7.50.2

यद्वि॒जाम॒न्परु॑षि॒ वन्द॑नं॒ भुव॑दष्ठी॒वन्तौ॒ परि॑ कु॒ल्फौ च॒ देह॑त् । अ॒ग्निष्टच्छोच॒न्नप॑ बाधतामि॒तो मा मां पद्ये॑न॒ रप॑सा विद॒त्त्सरुः॑ ॥

Let Agni, heat treatment and fire element, burn away and keep off all tumours or rheumatic disease corresponding to the joints and bone density, pain which swells and burns ankles and knees and reaches up to the hips and stomach. Let no surreptitious disease beginning with the feet and creeping up by infection touch me.

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7.50.3

यच्छ॑ल्म॒लौ भव॑ति॒ यन्न॒दीषु॒ यदोष॑धीभ्यः॒ परि॒ जाय॑ते वि॒षम् । विश्वे॑ दे॒वा निरि॒तस्तत्सु॑वन्तु॒ मा मां पद्ये॑न॒ रप॑सा विद॒त्त्सरुः॑ ॥

Whatever poison there be in the cotton plant or silktree or in the streams of water or what is produced by herbs and trees, let the scholars of science and medicine of the world isolate and eliminate from there as antibiotic. Let no surreptitious ailment from external or internal causes come and afflict me.

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7.50.4

याः प्र॒वतो॑ नि॒वत॑ उ॒द्वत॑ उद॒न्वती॑रनुद॒काश्च॒ याः । ता अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ पय॑सा॒ पिन्व॑मानाः शि॒वा दे॒वीर॑शिप॒दा भ॑वन्तु॒ सर्वा॑ न॒द्यो॑ अशिमि॒दा भ॑वन्तु ॥

All streams of water, wind and energy, rushing, flowing, rising, on mountains, slopes and valleys or plains with abundant or lean content, may be for us full of nourishment, health giving, blissful and sparkling generous. May they ward off all disease, may they never be destructive.

✦ Sukta 51 · 3 verses ✦

7.51.1

आ॒दि॒त्याना॒मव॑सा॒ नूत॑नेन सक्षी॒महि॒ शर्म॑णा॒ शंत॑मेन । अ॒ना॒गा॒स्त्वे अ॑दिति॒त्वे तु॒रास॑ इ॒मं य॒ज्ञं द॑धतु॒ श्रोष॑माणाः ॥

May we join the Adityas, eminent sagely scholars of knowledge and science, and benefit from their latest modes of protection and promotion and from the peace of a blessed home. May they, swift and powerful of action, listen to our prayer and conduct this social yajna of ours in a state of sinlessness and invincibility.

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7.51.2

आ॒दि॒त्यासो॒ अदि॑तिर्मादयन्तां मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वरु॑णो॒ रजि॑ष्ठाः । अ॒स्माकं॑ सन्तु॒ भुव॑नस्य गो॒पाः पिब॑न्तु॒ सोम॒मव॑से नो अ॒द्य ॥

We pray, may the Adityas, brilliant sages and the seasonal phases of the sun, Aditi, mother nature and the ethics and policy of universal values, Mitra, the sun and the friendly ruler, Aryama, leader and pioneer, Varuna, chief of law and justice, all straight powers of rectitude, rejoice, be protectors of our social system and give us a life of joy. May they too join us today and share the taste of life’s ecstasy and excellence for further progress.

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7.51.3

आ॒दि॒त्या विश्वे॑ म॒रुत॑श्च॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वाश्च॒ विश्व॑ ऋ॒भव॑श्च॒ विश्वे॑ । इन्द्रो॑ अ॒ग्निर॒श्विना॑ तुष्टुवा॒ना यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

All the Adityas, refulgent powers of nature and humanity, all the Maruts, winds and heroic men, all devas, brilliancies of nature and humanity, Rbhus, all artists and craftsmen, Indra, ruling power and electricity, Agni, fire and the brilliant leader, Ashvins, complementary currents of natural energy and teachers and preachers, all happy, adorable and appraising, may protect and promote us with all good fortune and well being for all time.

✦ Sukta 52 · 3 verses ✦

7.52.1

आ॒दि॒त्यासो॒ अदि॑तयः स्याम॒ पूर्दे॑व॒त्रा व॑सवो मर्त्य॒त्रा । सने॑म मित्रावरुणा॒ सन॑न्तो॒ भवे॑म द्यावापृथिवी॒ भव॑न्तः ॥

O Adityas, dynamic unassailable lights of the world, may we too be brilliant and unassailable. O Vasus, shelter homes of life, let us be servants of divinity and servants of humanity, shelter and comfort for all, holy as the city. O Mitra and Varuna, sun and ocean, joining and serving you, let us acquire depth and brilliance. O earth and heaven, trying to be like you, let us be generous and free and blest beyond all bonds of lower existence

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7.52.2

मि॒त्रस्तन्नो॒ वरु॑णो मामहन्त॒ शर्म॑ तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय गो॒पाः । मा वो॑ भुजेमा॒न्यजा॑त॒मेनो॒ मा तत्क॑र्म वसवो॒ यच्चय॑ध्वे ॥

May Mitra and Varuna, protectors like friends, the sun and the vast ocean, promote the peace and joy of our hearth and home to honour and glory for our children and grand children. O Vasus, shelter homes of life, let us not suffer afflictions born of sin committed by others, nor should that, O children of the earth, affect you, and may the karma you do and accumulate never be that sinful.

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7.52.3

तु॒र॒ण्यवोऽङ्गि॑रसो नक्षन्त॒ रत्नं॑ दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुरि॑या॒नाः । पि॒ता च॒ तन्नो॑ म॒हान्यज॑त्रो॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वाः सम॑नसो जुषन्त ॥

Men of initiative, swift in thought and action, zealous as life energy, study, meditate on and attain the jewel gifts of Savita, refulgent and generous lord creator and inspirer. That adorable lord creator, our father and sustainer, and all brilliant sages and scholars of the world working together with one united mind may, we pray, give us that bliss of divine gifts and grandeur.

✦ Sukta 53 · 3 verses ✦

7.53.1

प्र द्यावा॑ य॒ज्ञैः पृ॑थि॒वी नमो॑भिः स॒बाध॑ ईळे बृह॒ती यज॑त्रे । ते चि॒द्धि पूर्वे॑ क॒वयो॑ गृ॒णन्तः॑ पु॒रो म॒ही द॑धि॒रे दे॒वपु॑त्रे ॥

Challenged by difficulties on the way forward, I invoke high heaven and mother earth with offers of homage and adoration. Vast and abundant they are, close friends and generous givers, divine sources of hope and energy, whom noble men serve and exalt with songs. To these, for sure, celebrant poets and visionaries of all time look up and these they adore for inspiration with offers of homage and adoration.

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7.53.2

प्र पू॑र्व॒जे पि॒तरा॒ नव्य॑सीभिर्गी॒र्भिः कृ॑णुध्वं॒ सद॑ने ऋ॒तस्य॑ । आ नो॑ द्यावापृथिवी॒ दैव्ये॑न॒ जने॑न यातं॒ महि॑ वां॒ वरू॑थम् ॥

O noble men and women of the world, in the house of the yajnic study of the laws of nature and advancement of light and waters, flow, adore the ancient fatherly sun and motherly earth with the latest words of research and knowledge, and let the highest light of heaven and the great abundance of the earth come to your homes with the holiest and most brilliant people.

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7.53.3

उ॒तो हि वां॑ रत्न॒धेया॑नि॒ सन्ति॑ पु॒रूणि॑ द्यावापृथिवी सु॒दासे॑ । अ॒स्मे ध॑त्तं॒ यदस॒दस्कृ॑धोयु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O sun and nature, fatherly sun and mother earth, generous givers of all time, yours are the jewel treasures of life for the generous giver, whatever they are. Bear and bring us whatever be the finest and most abundant gifts of your eternal jewels. Pray preserve, protect and promote us for all time with peace, happiness and well being.

✦ Sukta 54 · 3 verses ✦

7.54.1

वास्तो॑ष्पते॒ प्रति॑ जानीह्य॒स्मान्त्स्वा॑वे॒शो अ॑नमी॒वो भ॑वा नः । यत्त्वेम॑हे॒ प्रति॒ तन्नो॑ जुषस्व॒ शं नो॑ भव द्वि॒पदे॒ शं चतु॑ष्पदे ॥

O Vastupati, master architect and guardian of the home, know us for certain and approve what we want, be for us the provider of a happy and comfortable home free from pollution and disease. Be pleased to give us the facilities we ask you to provide, and let there be peace and well being for humans and for animals.

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7.54.2

वास्तो॑ष्पते प्र॒तर॑णो न एधि गय॒स्फानो॒ गोभि॒रश्वे॑भिरिन्दो । अ॒जरा॑सस्ते स॒ख्ये स्या॑म पि॒तेव॑ पु॒त्रान्प्रति॑ नो जुषस्व ॥

O master and guardian of the home, giver of peace and bliss, be our saviour and protector all round, promote the homestead and the inmates along with the cows and horses. In love and friendship with you, let us be free from disease and ravages of age. Pray love and protect us and promote us as father for the children.

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7.54.3

वास्तो॑ष्पते श॒ग्मया॑ सं॒सदा॑ ते सक्षी॒महि॑ र॒ण्वया॑ गातु॒मत्या॑ । पा॒हि क्षेम॑ उ॒त योगे॒ वरं॑ नो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Master architect, maker and guardian of the home, the family and the nation, may we, by your kindness and favour enjoy a settled home in peace, comfort, joy and good fellowship and prosperity with you and the nation’s assembly. Pray protect and promote us in the preservation, acquisition and advancement of our wealth and excellence in the best manner. O guardians and protectors of the human nation, all time protect and promote us with the best of happiness and all round well being.

✦ Sukta 55 · 8 verses ✦

7.55.1

अ॒मी॒व॒हा वा॑स्तोष्पते॒ विश्वा॑ रू॒पाण्या॑वि॒शन् । सखा॑ सु॒शेव॑ एधि नः ॥

Vastoshpati, father and guardian of the abode of life (in body, family and the nation), destroyer of pain, suffering and disease, in all forms of life and its organisation your power and presence is reflected. Pray be our friend and saviour, giver of peace and bliss free from strain.

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7.55.2

यद॑र्जुन सारमेय द॒तः पि॑शङ्ग॒ यच्छ॑से । वी॑व भ्राजन्त ऋ॒ष्टय॒ उप॒ स्रक्वे॑षु॒ बप्स॑तो॒ नि षु स्व॑प ॥

Lord of purity and blazing power, creator and controller of values and the essence of things and institutions, handsome and versatile in form and performance, you raise, wield and control your weapons of defence and offence, devouring missiles target oriented in readiness in defence labs beaming like a trail of light in the sky, and thus you may rest in peace and security in the state of readiness.

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7.55.3

स्ते॒नं रा॑य सारमेय॒ तस्क॑रं वा पुनःसर । स्तो॒तॄनिन्द्र॑स्य रायसि॒ किम॒स्मान्दु॑च्छुनायसे॒ नि षु स्व॑प ॥

Lord of purity and blazing power, creator and controller of values and the essence of things and institutions, handsome and versatile in form and performance, you raise, wield and control your weapons of defence and offence, devouring missiles target oriented in readiness in defence labs beaming like a trail of light in the sky, and thus you may rest in peace and security in the state of readiness.

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7.55.4

त्वं सू॑क॒रस्य॑ दर्दृहि॒ तव॑ दर्दर्तु सूक॒रः । स्तो॒तॄनिन्द्र॑स्य रायसि॒ किम॒स्मान्दु॑च्छुनायसे॒ नि षु स्व॑प ॥

Promote with incentive the forces of positive action and let the forces of good action promote you and the social order. You advance the supporters and admirers of the order and you protect us against saboteurs and evil doers for sure. In such a state of vigilance and readiness you may rest in peace and security.

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7.55.5

सस्तु॑ मा॒ता सस्तु॑ पि॒ता सस्तु॒ श्वा सस्तु॑ वि॒श्पतिः॑ । स॒सन्तु॒ सर्वे॑ ज्ञा॒तयः॒ सस्त्व॒यम॒भितो॒ जनः॑ ॥

In the ideal state of order, let the mother sleep in peace, let the father rest at peace, let the watch guard be sure of peace and security, let the head of the community rest at peace.And let this nation of humanity be at peace all round all ways.

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7.55.6

य आस्ते॒ यश्च॒ चर॑ति॒ यश्च॒ पश्य॑ति नो॒ जनः॑ । तेषां॒ सं ह॑न्मो अ॒क्षाणि॒ यथे॒दं ह॒र्म्यं तथा॑ ॥

The person who sits and works in an appointed place, the one who is always on the move on tours, and the one who is appointed to watch us all round, of all these we centralise the orbits of movement and activity as this house is, which is the centre and capital of the social order.

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7.55.7

स॒हस्र॑शृङ्गो वृष॒भो यः स॑मु॒द्रादु॒दाच॑रत् । तेना॑ सह॒स्ये॑ना व॒यं नि जना॑न्त्स्वापयामसि ॥

Thousands are his rays of light and peaks of achievement, profuse his showers of peace and generous favours, as he, ruler of the order like the sun, rises and rules over earth, sea and the sky. By virtue of his might and courage, patience and fortitude, we provide for the peace and comfort of the people.

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7.55.8

प्रो॒ष्ठे॒श॒या व॑ह्येश॒या नारी॒र्यास्त॑ल्प॒शीव॑रीः । स्त्रियो॒ याः पुण्य॑गन्धा॒स्ताः सर्वाः॑ स्वापयामसि ॥

The women who sleep in large homes and open court yards, who sleep while on the move in travel, who sleep in comfortable beds and those who are fragrantly dressed with perfumes, for all these we provide for peace and safety to sleep in security

✦ Sukta 56 · 25 verses ✦

7.56.1

क ईं॒ व्य॑क्ता॒ नरः॒ सनी॑ळा रु॒द्रस्य॒ मर्या॒ अधा॒ स्वश्वाः॑ ॥

What for sure are these individual, specified, kindred, mortal and human life forces of Rudra, cosmic vitality, the soul, the commander, the destroyer of suffering, forces which ride noble steeds like currents of wind?

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7.56.2

नकि॒र्ह्ये॑षां ज॒नूंषि॒ वेद॒ ते अ॒ङ्ग वि॑द्रे मि॒थो ज॒नित्र॑म् ॥

O dear seeker, no one really knows their origin and places of birth except that they together manifest in action and reveal their origin and generative power.

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7.56.3

अ॒भि स्व॒पूभि॑र्मि॒थो व॑पन्त॒ वात॑स्वनसः श्ये॒ना अ॑स्पृध्रन् ॥

Roaring like winds, flying like eagles, together they rival each other and generate energy and vitality of life by their essential purity of character and action.

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7.56.4

ए॒तानि॒ धीरो॑ नि॒ण्या चि॑केत॒ पृश्नि॒र्यदूधो॑ म॒ही ज॒भार॑ ॥

The wise and resolute scholar knows these mysterious forces, he who knows how the sun and the starry sky hold the earth, and the earth, like the cow, holds the milky food for life.

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7.56.5

सा विट् सु॒वीरा॑ म॒रुद्भि॑रस्तु स॒नात्सह॑न्ती॒ पुष्य॑न्ती नृ॒म्णम् ॥

That nation commands the brave which maintains its stout and vibrant people by its constant values and policy of action, which observes hard discipline patiently to challenge the enemies, and which strengthens and sustains its manliness of character.

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7.56.6

यामं॒ येष्ठाः॑ शु॒भा शोभि॑ष्ठाः श्रि॒या संमि॑श्ला॒ ओजो॑भिरु॒ग्राः ॥

The Maruts, warriors of the nation, are unfailing marksmen shooting to the target straight, most decent of manners and courtesy, graceful with culture and chivalry, and blazing with heroic splendour.

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7.56.7

उ॒ग्रं व॒ ओजः॑ स्थि॒रा शवां॒स्यधा॑ म॒रुद्भि॑र्ग॒णस्तुवि॑ष्मान् ॥

Your vigour is bright and passionate, your courage and valour is constant and inviolable, and your republic is strong and invulnerable by virtue of the vibrant warriors.

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7.56.8

शु॒भ्रो वः॒ शुष्मः॒ क्रुध्मी॒ मनां॑सि॒ धुनि॒र्मुनि॑रिव॒ शर्ध॑स्य धृ॒ष्णोः ॥

O nation of Maruts, redoubtable challengers of the enemy, blazing white and pure is your strength and courage, righteous and passionate, your minds are alert, agile and thoughtful like that of a sage and your power is invulnerable.

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7.56.9

सने॑म्य॒स्मद्यु॒योत॑ दि॒द्युं मा वो॑ दुर्म॒तिरि॒ह प्रण॑ङ्नः ॥

Reject the outmoded weapons, always take to the bright and blazing ones. Keep off from us, citizens, the old as well as the new and bright ones. Let not evil thought and intention ever vitiate and damage you or us.

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7.56.10

प्रि॒या वो॒ नाम॑ हुवे तु॒राणा॒मा यत्तृ॒पन्म॑रुतो वावशा॒नाः ॥

O Maruts, bright and instant warriors, fast workers, noble leaders and eminent scholars of the nation of humanity, dear and lovable is your name and title which I admire and invoke, the name which is elevating and deeply satisfying, keen and dedicated as you are to the targets of action.

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7.56.11

स्वा॒यु॒धास॑ इ॒ष्मिणः॑ सुनि॒ष्का उ॒त स्व॒यं त॒न्वः१॒॑ शुम्भ॑मानाः ॥

Wielders of wondrous weapons, anxious creators of food and energy, noble and meticulous in matters of wealth and vitality, and keeping your form and personality in top condition of dignity and grace, that’s what you are.

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7.56.12

शुची॑ वो ह॒व्या म॑रुतः॒ शुची॑नां॒ शुचिं॑ हिनोम्यध्व॒रं शुचि॑भ्यः । ऋ॒तेन॑ स॒त्यमृ॑त॒साप॑ आय॒ञ्छुचि॑जन्मानः॒ शुच॑यः पाव॒काः ॥

O Maruts, mortals, pure are your yajnic transactions, clean your gifts, receipts and dispensations. I invoke and augment the pure and non-violent yajna of and love and creativity of the pure for the sake of pure and sacred people who, committed to truth, advance the truth by observance of truth and divine law of rectitude. Bright and pure is your birth and origin, pure you are and sanctifying.

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7.56.13

अंसे॒ष्वा म॑रुतः खा॒दयो॑ वो॒ वक्षः॑सु रु॒क्मा उ॑पशिश्रिया॒णाः । वि वि॒द्युतो॒ न वृ॒ष्टिभी॑ रुचा॒ना अनु॑ स्व॒धामायु॑धै॒र्यच्छ॑मानाः ॥

O Maruts, warriors vibrant as winds, on your shoulders you wear deadly weapons which, bright and blazing, decorate your chest. Thus wielding and whirling your weapons in keeping with your innate strength and chivalry, in your yajnic endeavours of development and progress, you shine like flashes of lightning with showers of rain.

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7.56.14

प्र बु॒ध्न्या॑ व ईरते॒ महां॑सि॒ प्र नामा॑नि प्रयज्यवस्तिरध्वम् । स॒ह॒स्रियं॒ दम्यं॑ भा॒गमे॒तं गृ॑हमे॒धीयं॑ मरुतो जुषध्वम् ॥

Adorable Maruts, admirable advancers of the bounds of progress, your fame and glory rises to clouds over the vast skies. Go forward and win the battles. Play this part of yours with love and faith worthy of the home like a fragrant yajna of thousand possibilities.

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7.56.15

यदि॑ स्तु॒तस्य॑ मरुतो अधी॒थेत्था विप्र॑स्य वा॒जिनो॒ हवी॑मन् । म॒क्षू रा॒यः सु॒वीर्य॑स्य दात॒ नू चि॒द्यम॒न्य आ॒दभ॒दरा॑वा ॥

O Maruts, vibrant workers and vibrant yajakas, if thus you know and remember the holy yajnic programmes of positive value enacted by dynamic and progressive people, then create and give us abundant wealth of highly productive and progressive order at the earliest lest others and uncreative forces take over and sabotage the plans and programmes.

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7.56.16

अत्या॑सो॒ न ये म॒रुतः॒ स्वञ्चो॑ यक्ष॒दृशो॒ न शु॒भय॑न्त॒ मर्याः॑ । ते ह॑र्म्ये॒ष्ठाः शिश॑वो॒ न शु॒भ्रा व॒त्सासो॒ न प्र॑क्री॒ळिनः॑ पयो॒धाः ॥

The Maruts ever on the move by themselves like never resting forces of nature, mortals pure and graceful like those who go to meet the divines, they are ever bright and happy like innocent children of the palace of majesty and playful like sucklings of the cow.

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7.56.17

द॒श॒स्यन्तो॑ नो म॒रुतो॑ मृळन्तु वरिव॒स्यन्तो॒ रोद॑सी सु॒मेके॑ । आ॒रे गो॒हा नृ॒हा व॒धो वो॑ अस्तु सु॒म्नेभि॑र॒स्मे व॑सवो नमध्वम् ॥

May the Maruts, leaders and pioneers serving and replenishing the beautiful heaven and earth, be kind and gracious and bring us peace and joy. May the butcher and the murderer be far from us. May the weapon of death be far from you and from us. O givers of peace and settlement in joy and prosperity turn to us with happiness and well-being.

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7.56.18

आ वो॒ होता॑ जोहवीति स॒त्तः स॒त्राचीं॑ रा॒तिं म॑रुतो गृणा॒नः । य ईव॑तो वृषणो॒ अस्ति॑ गो॒पाः सो अद्व॑यावी हवते व उ॒क्थैः ॥

The yajaka settled on the vedi invokes you, O Maruts, praising and praying for your blissful generosity which is the harbinger of truth and life of real value. He is the protector of the dynamic and the generous. He is free from double dealing and he invokes and celebrates you with the right works of truth and sincerity.

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7.56.19

इ॒मे तु॒रं म॒रुतो॑ रामयन्ती॒मे सहः॒ सह॑स॒ आ न॑मन्ति । इ॒मे शंसं॑ वनुष्य॒तो नि पा॑न्ति गु॒रु द्वेषो॒ अर॑रुषे दधन्ति ॥

They sustain and strengthen the fast moving progressive forces and bend the might of the mighty. They protect the prayer of the supplicant and advance the song of the celebrant against the violent and they bear and maintain deep opposition to the jealous and the wicked.

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7.56.20

इ॒मे र॒ध्रं चि॑न्म॒रुतो॑ जुनन्ति॒ भृमिं॑ चि॒द्यथा॒ वस॑वो जु॒षन्त॑ । अप॑ बाधध्वं वृषण॒स्तमां॑सि ध॒त्त विश्वं॒ तन॑यं तो॒कम॒स्मे ॥

These vibrant Maruts, leading lights of wealth and settlement, inspire the settled prosperous as they encourage the migrant seeker and explorer on the move since they command the sources of wealth and production. O generous powers, shut off all forms of darkness and sloth, bear and bring us dynamic children and grand children ranging over the vast world of possibilities and achievement.

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7.56.21

मा वो॑ दा॒त्रान्म॑रुतो॒ निर॑राम॒ मा प॒श्चाद्द॑ध्म रथ्यो विभा॒गे । आ नः॑ स्पा॒र्हे भ॑जतना वस॒व्ये॒३॒॑ यदीं॑ सुजा॒तं वृ॑षणो वो॒ अस्ति॑ ॥

O Maruts, dynamic explorers, creators and distributors, masters of the chariot, never shall we stop you from giving and never must we be left behind in sharing and distribution. O generous powers, whatever your wealth of desirable value worthy of life and settled peace, let us share it with you.

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7.56.22

सं यद्धन॑न्त म॒न्युभि॒र्जना॑सः॒ शूरा॑ य॒ह्वीष्वोष॑धीषु वि॒क्षु । अध॑ स्मा नो मरुतो रुद्रियासस्त्रा॒तारो॑ भूत॒ पृत॑नास्व॒र्यः ॥

If people with rage and passions join together and strike and kill, then O Maruts, brave heroes of the line of Rudra, saviour with drugs and medicaments and with justice and punishment, you be our saviours and defenders and defend the ruler and master of the land in the strifes and contests of life extending to the people and great herbs and forests.

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7.56.23

भूरि॑ चक्र मरुतः॒ पित्र्या॑ण्यु॒क्थानि॒ या वः॑ श॒स्यन्ते॑ पु॒रा चि॑त् । म॒रुद्भि॑रु॒ग्रः पृत॑नासु॒ साळ्हा॑ म॒रुद्भि॒रित्सनि॑ता॒ वाज॒मर्वा॑ ॥

O Maruts, vibrant leaders and pioneers of humanity, many are your deeds and songs in honour of the forefathers which have been sung and celebrated since times immemorial. It is by virtue of the Maruts that the haughty warrior wins the battles, and it is by the Maruts that the sharer gets his food and the contesting horse wins the race.

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7.56.24

अ॒स्मे वी॒रो म॑रुतः शु॒ष्म्य॑स्तु॒ जना॑नां॒ यो असु॑रो विध॒र्ता । अ॒पो येन॑ सुक्षि॒तये॒ तरे॒माध॒ स्वमोको॑ अ॒भि वः॑ स्याम ॥

O Maruts, let our young hero be strong and powerful who, vibrant as energy itself, may defend and sustain the people, and by virtue of whom we may cross the seas of life for the achievement of success on earth and live free in our own home as friends with you.

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7.56.25

तन्न॒ इन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निराप॒ ओष॑धीर्व॒निनो॑ जुषन्त । शर्म॑न्त्स्याम म॒रुता॑मु॒पस्थे॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

May that success, freedom and happiness, Indra, power and energy, Varuna, night and peace, Mitra, sun and the day, Agni, light and fire, Apah, waters and dynamic progress, Oshadhis, greenery of nature and good health, vanins, herbs and forests, may, we wish and pray, support, augment and share our happy home which may be in close vicinity with the Maruts, vibrant heroes and energising winds. O divinities of nature and humanity, protect and promote us always with all happiness and well being all time.

✦ Sukta 57 · 7 verses ✦

7.57.1

मध्वो॑ वो॒ नाम॒ मारु॑तं यजत्राः॒ प्र य॒ज्ञेषु॒ शव॑सा मदन्ति । ये रे॒जय॑न्ति॒ रोद॑सी चिदु॒र्वी पिन्व॒न्त्युत्सं॒ यदया॑सुरु॒ग्राः ॥

O Maruts, cosmic winds of vitality, admirable is your name and action worthy of the life force and humanity which worshipful yajakas invoke and celebrate with strength and enthusiasm in yajnic programmes. When the raging winds blow they shake the heaven and earth, swell the cloud and shower the earth with life giving waters.

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7.57.2

नि॒चे॒तारो॒ हि म॒रुतो॑ गृ॒णन्तं॑ प्रणे॒तारो॒ यज॑मानस्य॒ मन्म॑ । अ॒स्माक॑म॒द्य वि॒दथे॑षु ब॒र्हिरा वी॒तये॑ सदत पिप्रिया॒णाः ॥

You are inspiring guardians of the celebrant and leading lights for the mind and vision of the yajamana devotee. Come today right now for our good and grace our seats in our yajnas rising to the skies, happy, rejoicing, and inspiring us with joy and enthusiasm.

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7.57.3

नैताव॑द॒न्ये म॒रुतो॒ यथे॒मे भ्राज॑न्ते रु॒क्मैरायु॑धैस्त॒नूभिः॑ । आ रोद॑सी विश्व॒पिशः॑ पिशा॒नाः स॑मा॒नम॒ञ्ज्य॑ञ्जते शु॒भे कम् ॥

No other powers are like them, nor can anyone else do as much as they do, shining in body with weapons of golden radiance, pervading heaven and earth, wearing blessed brilliance and soothing comeliness equal with the beauty and grandeur of nature to enhance their innate grace.

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7.57.4

ऋध॒क्सा वो॑ मरुतो दि॒द्युद॑स्तु॒ यद्व॒ आगः॑ पुरु॒षता॒ करा॑म । मा व॒स्तस्या॒मपि॑ भूमा यजत्रा अ॒स्मे वो॑ अस्तु सुम॒तिश्चनि॑ष्ठा ॥

O Maruts, best of the human world powers, may that beauty and brilliance of your policy and performance be ever distinguished and true. Even though out of our human frailty we may transgress your law or commit sin, O venerable heroes of the yajnic social order, let us not fall out of favour with you. Let that goodwill of yours still stay constant for us with love and grace.

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7.57.5

कृ॒ते चि॒दत्र॑ म॒रुतो॑ रणन्तानव॒द्यासः॒ शुच॑यः पाव॒काः । प्र णो॑ऽवत सुम॒तिभि॑र्यजत्राः॒ प्र वाजे॑भिस्तिरत पु॒ष्यसे॑ नः ॥

O Maruts, irreproachable, pure and sanctifying powers of nature and humanity, heroic in action, in this yajnic order of positive action, abide in joy. O friendly powers of joint yajnic creativity, protect and promote us with love and good will and noble laws and policy in the company of noble people and, for the sake of good health and all round progress, lead us across the world of action to perfection.

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7.57.6

उ॒त स्तु॒तासो॑ म॒रुतो॑ व्यन्तु॒ विश्वे॑भि॒र्नाम॑भि॒र्नरो॑ ह॒वींषि॑ । ददा॑त नो अ॒मृत॑स्य प्र॒जायै॑ जिगृ॒त रा॒यः सू॒नृता॑ म॒घानि॑ ॥

O Maruts, leaders and pioneers of humanity, sung and celebrated with all words of praise and appreciation, receive the best of honours and presentations of the social order. Give us wealths of the immortal order for the people and create the values and prosperity of the highest order of truth and Dharma.

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7.57.7

आ स्तु॒तासो॑ मरुतो॒ विश्व॑ ऊ॒ती अच्छा॑ सू॒रीन्स॒र्वता॑ता जिगात । ये न॒स्त्मना॑ श॒तिनो॑ व॒र्धय॑न्ति यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O Maruts, vibrant powers of nature’s energy and admirable leading lights of the world, come well with all your powers and methods of protection and promotion and, in the universal service of life and humanity, go and exhort those brave pioneers of knowledge and action who sincerely work for our advancement in a hundred ways. O Maruts, O brave scholars, teachers and scientists, producers and administrators, pray you all protect and promote us for all time with the best of happiness and well being in life.

✦ Sukta 58 · 6 verses ✦

7.58.1

प्र सा॑क॒मुक्षे॑ अर्चता ग॒णाय॒ यो दैव्य॑स्य॒ धाम्न॒स्तुवि॑ष्मान् । उ॒त क्षो॑दन्ति॒ रोद॑सी महि॒त्वा नक्ष॑न्ते॒ नाकं॒ निर्ऋ॑तेरवं॒शात् ॥

Honour the group of vibrant forces and leading heroes which arises mighty from the very light of heaven, creatively works together for progress, and reaches unto the very heights of divinity. Heaven and earth reverberate with the music of their honour and fame and they rise to celestial bliss of the spirit even across a state of adversity and denial of familial continuance.

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7.58.2

ज॒नूश्चि॑द्वो मरुतस्त्वे॒ष्ये॑ण॒ भीमा॑स॒स्तुवि॑मन्य॒वोऽया॑सः । प्र ये महो॑भि॒रोज॑सो॒त सन्ति॒ विश्वो॑ वो॒ याम॑न्भयते स्व॒र्दृक् ॥

O vital energies, mighty heroes, your very birth and nature is vested with splendour. Fearsome of mien, overwhelming in passion, you are like dynamites in action. You are instantly proclaimed by your grandeur and majesty, and the world that looks up to the sun and the skies looks at you with awe on way to the higher life.

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7.58.3

बृ॒हद्वयो॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्यो दधात॒ जुजो॑ष॒न्निन्म॒रुतः॑ सुष्टु॒तिं नः॑ । ग॒तो नाध्वा॒ वि ति॑राति ज॒न्तुं प्र णः॑ स्पा॒र्हाभि॑रू॒तिभि॑स्तिरेत ॥

O Maruts, leading lights of life, accept our homage and praise and bring us long life and vast possibilities of achievement for the noble people. The path you follow and show hurts no one living, help us to go forward in life with the ways of protection, and advancement worthy of the noble ones’ love and desire.

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7.58.4

यु॒ष्मोतो॒ विप्रो॑ मरुतः शत॒स्वी यु॒ष्मोतो॒ अर्वा॒ सहु॑रिः सह॒स्री । यु॒ष्मोतः॑ स॒म्राळु॒त ह॑न्ति वृ॒त्रं प्र तद्वो॑ अस्तु धूतयो दे॒ष्णम् ॥

O Maruts, vibrant powers of nature and humanity for action, the sage and scholar under your patronage rises to a hundred achievements. The dynamic leader and pioneer protected by you wins a thousand races, victories with patience and fortitude. The noble ruler under your aegis destroys enemies and dispels forces of darkness and ignorance. O mighty movers and shakers, may that gift of yours, of that protection and advancement be ours.

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7.58.5

ताँ आ रु॒द्रस्य॑ मी॒ळ्हुषो॑ विवासे कु॒विन्नंस॑न्ते म॒रुतः॒ पुन॑र्नः । यत्स॒स्वर्ता॑ जिहीळि॒रे यदा॒विरव॒ तदेन॑ ईमहे तु॒राणा॑म् ॥

I honour and adore those Maruts, offsprings of Rudra, lord of the showers of success,

power and justice, who come and inspire us again and again in many ways. And if for reasons of discourtesy, overt or covert, they feel angry we shall expiate for that displeasure of the dynamic powers of instant punishment for correction.

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7.58.6

प्र सा वा॑चि सुष्टु॒तिर्म॒घोना॑मि॒दं सू॒क्तं म॒रुतो॑ जुषन्त । आ॒राच्चि॒द्द्वेषो॑ वृषणो युयोत यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

This song of adoration of the mighty glorious powers is expressed in holy words. May the Maruts accept it with pleasure. O generous benefactors and protectors, cast off far from us all hate, anger and jealousy. O scholars and sages, dynamic Maruts, pray protect and promote us with all good and well being of life without relent for all time.

✦ Sukta 59 · 12 verses ✦

7.59.1

यं त्राय॑ध्व इ॒दमि॑दं॒ देवा॑सो॒ यं च॒ नय॑थ । तस्मा॑ अग्ने॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्रार्य॑म॒न्मरु॑तः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छत ॥

O divine Maruts, vibrant, brilliant and generous leading lights, givers of enlightenment, whosoever you protect, defend and save and whosoever you lead at every step in every way by word and deed, for him, you all and, O Agni, sage and scholar giver of light, Varuna, man of judgement and discrimination, Mitra, enlightened friend, and Aryaman, man of justice and rectitude on the paths of life, you give a happy home, firm settlement and peace of mind.

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7.59.2

यु॒ष्माकं॑ देवा॒ अव॒साह॑नि प्रि॒य ई॑जा॒नस्त॑रति॒ द्विषः॑ । प्र स क्षयं॑ तिरते॒ वि म॒हीरिषो॒ यो वो॒ वरा॑य॒ दाश॑ति ॥

O vibrant powers of light and justice, by virtue of your patronage and protections, the man of yajnic action, who works for the growth and progress of society and performs holy acts of creativity in good time, overcomes all adversaries. The generous man who gives abundantly in terms of lands, food and energy in word and kind to people in your honour for the good of all expands his house and dominion and rules out all waste, impairment and decay.

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7.59.3

न॒हि व॑श्चर॒मं च॒न वसि॑ष्ठः परि॒मंस॑ते । अ॒स्माक॑म॒द्य म॑रुतः सु॒ते सचा॒ विश्वे॑ पिबत का॒मिनः॑ ॥

O Maruts, vibrant givers of light and energy, leading lights of humanity, the celebrated sage best settled and giver of settlement mentally and spiritually does not ignore or neglect even the last of you but honours you all. O lovers and benefactors of the nation, come today now itself, join and enjoy the delicious taste of our achievement in your honour in the structure and order of a great society.

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7.59.4

न॒हि व॑ ऊ॒तिः पृत॑नासु॒ मर्ध॑ति॒ यस्मा॒ अरा॑ध्वं नरः । अ॒भि व॒ आव॑र्त्सुम॒तिर्नवी॑यसी॒ तूयं॑ यात पिपीषवः ॥

Never does your protection and patronage in the battles of life forsake the man whom you, O leading lights of humanity, favour, mature and protect. Let the latest and most developed vision and noble policy of yours be on the move constantly while, O leaders, thirsting for defence, protection and progress, you hasten to wherever the nation calls upon you.

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7.59.5

ओ षु घृ॑ष्विराधसो या॒तनान्धां॑सि पी॒तये॑ । इ॒मा वो॑ ह॒व्या म॑रुतो र॒रे हि कं॒ मो ष्व१॒॑न्यत्र॑ गन्तन ॥

O Maruts, mighty and munificent accomplishers of the means and materials of achievement in life, go forward to enjoy the taste of success and prosperity of society. I offer these gifts of homage and song of success to you. Pray neglect us not, go not elsewhere.

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7.59.6

आ च॑ नो ब॒र्हिः सद॑तावि॒ता च॑ नः स्पा॒र्हाणि॒ दात॑वे॒ वसु॑ । अस्रे॑धन्तो मरुतः सो॒म्ये मधौ॒ स्वाहे॒ह मा॑दयाध्वै ॥

O Maruts, leading lights of the nation, come and sit on the holy seats of our house to protect us and, without hurting and destroying anything, to give us the wealth and honours we love and desire. Come and enjoy the honey sweets of the most soothing soma of life offered with sincerest word and deed.

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7.59.7

स॒स्वश्चि॒द्धि त॒न्वः१॒॑ शुम्भ॑माना॒ आ हं॒सासो॒ नील॑पृष्ठा अपप्तन् । विश्वं॒ शर्धो॑ अ॒भितो॑ मा॒ नि षे॑द॒ नरो॒ न र॒ण्वाः सव॑ने॒ मद॑न्तः ॥

Gracious in body and bearing yet unrevealed in modesty, the Maruts, leading lights of the nation like hansa birds of blue beauty of the plume, rejoicing in unison like leaders of the congregation, they descend with dignity and sit around me, the very strength and power of the world.

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7.59.8

यो नो॑ मरुतो अ॒भि दु॑र्हृणा॒युस्ति॒रश्चि॒त्तानि॑ वसवो॒ जिघां॑सति । द्रु॒हः पाशा॒न्प्रति॒ स मु॑चीष्ट॒ तपि॑ष्ठेन॒ हन्म॑ना हन्तना॒ तम् ॥

O Maruts, leading lights and givers of wealth, honour and peaceful settlement, whoever is evil at heart toward us and seeks to damage our dignity and identity, let him be forced to withdraw his snares of hate and enmity back to himself and strike him with an unfailing weapon of punishment which scorches his enmity to smoke and naught.

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7.59.9

सांत॑पना इ॒दं ह॒विर्मरु॑त॒स्तज्जु॑जुष्टन । यु॒ष्माको॒ती रि॑शादसः ॥

O Maruts, leaders of the world and vibrant energisers, chastened in the fire of discipline and subduers of the violent by your methods of law, protection and defence, accept our homage and cooperation offered in obedience to law and discipline of peace.

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7.59.10

गृह॑मेधास॒ आ ग॑त॒ म॑रुतो॒ माप॑ भूतन । यु॒ष्माको॒ती सु॑दानवः ॥

O Maruts, guardians of the home and family as a sacred institution of social yajna, come, stay not away, forsake us not. Let your divine protection remain constant, O generous givers of prosperity, joy and domestic bliss.

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7.59.11

इ॒हेह॑ वः स्वतवसः॒ कव॑यः॒ सूर्य॑त्वचः । य॒ज्ञं म॑रुत॒ आ वृ॑णे ॥

O Maruts, commanders of innate strength and power, creative visionaries of the highest order, illustrious as the refulgent sun, come here right now, I invoke you and choose you as the high priests of my yajna in the programme of social cohesion, creative production and universal benediction.

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7.59.12

त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम् । उ॒र्वा॒रु॒कमि॑व॒ बन्ध॑नान्मृ॒त्योर्मु॑क्षीय॒ मामृता॑त् ॥

We invoke and do homage to lord Tryambaka, creator and protector of the three worlds, whose immanent fragrance of energy and bliss enhances the life and joy of existence all three times. O Rudra, destroyer of evil and suffering, giver of bliss, release me from the bonds of mortality like the ripe fruit falling off from the stalk and redeem me into the infinite presence of Immortality.

✦ Sukta 60 · 12 verses ✦

7.60.1

यद॒द्य सू॑र्य॒ ब्रवोऽना॑गा उ॒द्यन्मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय स॒त्यम् । व॒यं दे॑व॒त्रादि॑ते स्याम॒ तव॑ प्रि॒यासो॑ अर्यमन्गृ॒णन्तः॑ ॥

O sun, while you arise today, purify us and proclaim to Mitra and Varuna, presiding powers of day and night and upholders of earth, sky and heaven, that we are free from sin. O Aditi, immortal mother earth and Infinity, O Aryaman, lord of justice and the paths of rectitude, dedicated as we are to the divinities, celebrating and glorifying them, hold us dear as dedicated to you.

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7.60.2

ए॒ष स्य मि॑त्रावरुणा नृ॒चक्षा॑ उ॒भे उदे॑ति॒ सूर्यो॑ अ॒भि ज्मन् । विश्व॑स्य स्था॒तुर्जग॑तश्च गो॒पा ऋ॒जु मर्ते॑षु वृजि॒ना च॒ पश्य॑न् ॥

Mitra and Varuna, this is the sun that pervades both gross and subtle worlds, watcher and light giver of humanity, which rises across the sky over the earth and witnesses both the simple and the crooked ways of action among the mortals. It is the protector, life giver and promoter of the moving and the unmoving world.

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7.60.3

अयु॑क्त स॒प्त ह॒रितः॑ स॒धस्था॒द्या ईं॒ वह॑न्ति॒ सूर्यं॑ घृ॒ताचीः॑ । धामा॑नि मित्रावरुणा यु॒वाकुः॒ सं यो यू॒थेव॒ जनि॑मानि॒ चष्टे॑ ॥

The sun, like a charioteer harnessing his horses, radiates seven rays of light which from the solar region carry the energy of light and cosmic waters and bring about the nights as they withdraw. The sun, also, joining and pervading various regions, the prana and udana energies of life and the origins of causal entities, proclaims them all as one multitudinous living system of which it is the centre.

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7.60.4

उद्वां॑ पृ॒क्षासो॒ मधु॑मन्तो अस्थु॒रा सूर्यो॑ अरुहच्छु॒क्रमर्णः॑ । यस्मा॑ आदि॒त्या अध्व॑नो॒ रद॑न्ति मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वरु॑णः स॒जोषाः॑ ॥

For you, O men and women, the friendly cloud and the vast skies replete with honey sweets abide on high and the sun raises vitalising oceans of vapour, the sun for which the Adityas, months of the year, Varuna and Aryama, Adityas all together, prepare the paths across the zodiacs, Mitra

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7.60.5

इ॒मे चे॒तारो॒ अनृ॑तस्य॒ भूरे॑र्मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वरु॑णो॒ हि सन्ति॑ । इ॒म ऋ॒तस्य॑ वावृधुर्दुरो॒णे श॒ग्मासः॑ पु॒त्रा अदि॑ते॒रद॑ब्धाः ॥

friend, discriminative judge, and the path maker of rectitude, give us the sense and awareness of right and wrong, of falsehood as distinct from truth and correctness, in all varieties of situations. And they persist, and they augment the order of truth and right in the house of divine law, children of mother Infinity as they are, happy at peace, loving and kind, yet dauntless and unchallengeable.

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7.60.6

इ॒मे मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो दू॒ळभा॑सोऽचे॒तसं॑ चिच्चितयन्ति॒ दक्षैः॑ । अपि॒ क्रतुं॑ सु॒चेत॑सं॒ वत॑न्तस्ति॒रश्चि॒दंहः॑ सु॒पथा॑ नयन्ति ॥

These powers of love and friendship, judgement and rectitude and universal truth and law are rare and undaunted, and with their intelligence and expertise of method, they awaken even the stupid and ignorant to sensitivity and wisdom. Further, inspiring the man of noble mind and holy action, they protect him from crookedness and sin and lead him on by the path of truth, goodness and beauty to higher attainment.

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7.60.7

इ॒मे दि॒वो अनि॑मिषा पृथि॒व्याश्चि॑कि॒त्वांसो॑ अचे॒तसं॑ नयन्ति । प्र॒व्रा॒जे चि॑न्न॒द्यो॑ गा॒धम॑स्ति पा॒रं नो॑ अ॒स्य वि॑ष्पि॒तस्य॑ पर्षन् ॥

The ever vigilant powers of light and love, judgement and discrimination of right knowledge and right action, know of heaven and earth and constantly guide the ignorant to wake up and move on the right path. Even in the depth of rivers in flood, there is ground to stand on, a ford to cross. May Mitra, Varuna and Aryama take us across the deep seas of existence by our karma

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7.60.8

यद्गो॒पाव॒ददि॑तिः॒ शर्म॑ भ॒द्रं मि॒त्रो यच्छ॑न्ति॒ वरु॑णः सु॒दासे॑ । तस्मि॒न्ना तो॒कं तन॑यं॒ दधा॑ना॒ मा क॑र्म देव॒हेळ॑नं तुरासः ॥

When, like the lord ruler of the earth and protector of her children, Aditi, Mitra and Varuna, mother nature and her law, and divine powers of love, friendship and judgement provide a blessed home of peace, plenty and joy for the generous man of noble action and charity, then in that state of good fortune we, all dynamic and enthusiastic fast achievers, in the joyous company of our children and grand children must not do anything to affront our sages, seniors and scholars or to violate the sanctity of the divinities of nature and suffer their anger

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7.60.9

अव॒ वेदिं॒ होत्रा॑भिर्यजेत॒ रिपः॒ काश्चि॑द्वरुण॒ध्रुतः॒ सः । परि॒ द्वेषो॑भिरर्य॒मा वृ॑णक्तू॒रुं सु॒दासे॑ वृषणा उ लो॒कम् ॥

One who dishonours and desecrates the vedi of yajna with unholy chant and stingy insulting libation of holy offerings suffers. What sin and suffering does he not face when he is shaken by Varuna, power of justice and discrimination? MayAryama, divine guide and path maker, keep him away along with the jealous and the hostile, and may Mitra and Varuna, liberal givers, create and award the generous yajaka with a happy home and vast freedom of spirit in an age and environment of bliss

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7.60.10

स॒स्वश्चि॒द्धि समृ॑तिस्त्वे॒ष्ये॑षामपी॒च्ये॑न॒ सह॑सा॒ सह॑न्ते । यु॒ष्मद्भि॒या वृ॑षणो॒ रेज॑माना॒ दक्ष॑स्य चिन्महि॒ना मृ॒ळता॑ नः ॥

The nature, character and policy of these divine powers of love and friendship, justice and discrimination, and thought and action in rectitude is mysteriously integrated, brilliant and blazing. They move and act with patience, fortitude and irresistible force. O generous powers, shakers of the jealous and the enemies with fear, save us and let us prosper in peace and joy with the grandeur of your power and force.

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7.60.11

यो ब्रह्म॑णे सुम॒तिमा॒यजा॑ते॒ वाज॑स्य सा॒तौ प॑र॒मस्य॑ रा॒यः । सीक्ष॑न्त म॒न्युं म॒घवा॑नो अ॒र्य उ॒रु क्षया॑य चक्रिरे सु॒धातु॑ ॥

Whoever applies his holy and faithful mind for the vision of Divinity and for the achievement of food and energy and supreme wealth, honour and excellence of life, the generous divine powers energise his righteous passion and bless his action, and they create a vast house of joy and prosperity for him and award him golden wealth and irresistible vitality.

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7.60.12

इ॒यं दे॑व पु॒रोहि॑तिर्यु॒वभ्यां॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ मित्रावरुणावकारि । विश्वा॑नि दु॒र्गा पि॑पृतं ति॒रो नो॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O divine Mitra and Varuna, powers of love and judgement of nature and humanity, this homage of reverence is created and offered in your honour in the congregations of academic and socio-economic yajna. Pray protect us, promote us, help us cross the hurdles of life with action and bless us with complete fulfilment. O generous powers, save us, defend us and let us advance with all round peace and security for all time.

✦ Sukta 61 · 7 verses ✦

7.61.1

उद्वां॒ चक्षु॑र्वरुण सु॒प्रती॑कं दे॒वयो॑रेति॒ सूर्य॑स्तत॒न्वान् । अ॒भि यो विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि॒ चष्टे॒ स म॒न्युं मर्त्ये॒ष्वा चि॑केत ॥

O Varuna, up rises the sun, bright and beautiful eye of you both, Mitra and Varuna, divine pranic energies of the universe, spreading the light far and wide over spaces. It illuminates and reveals all regions of the world, and awakens and inspires all mortals’ love for life and living.

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7.61.2

प्र वां॒ स मि॑त्रावरुणावृ॒तावा॒ विप्रो॒ मन्मा॑नि दीर्घ॒श्रुदि॑यर्ति । यस्य॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि सुक्रतू॒ अवा॑थ॒ आ यत्क्रत्वा॒ न श॒रदः॑ पृ॒णैथे॑ ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, divinities of nature and humanity, your hymns of knowledge and power, that vibrant sage and scholar, a veteran reader and long time listener dedicated to truth and the laws of nature, studies, proclaims and extends by application. O powers of divine action, inspire, strengthen and protect his studies and fulfil his mission with intelligence and revelations as you fulfil the seasons of the year with natural evolution of their spirits.

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7.61.3

प्रोरोर्मि॑त्रावरुणा पृथि॒व्याः प्र दि॒व ऋ॒ष्वाद्बृ॑ह॒तः सु॑दानू । स्पशो॑ दधाथे॒ ओष॑धीषु वि॒क्ष्वृध॑ग्य॒तो अनि॑मिषं॒ रक्ष॑माणा ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, light and life of the universe, generous love and intelligence of nature and humanity, you transcend the wide earth and the vast heaven by your dynamic power and sublimity. You vest life energy and distinct form in herbs and trees and specific identity in people and their communities while you preserve and protect the truth of law and the pursuers of truth with relentless vigil.

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7.61.4

शंसा॑ मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ धाम॒ शुष्मो॒ रोद॑सी बद्बधे महि॒त्वा । अय॒न्मासा॒ अय॑ज्वनाम॒वीराः॒ प्र य॒ज्ञम॑न्मा वृ॒जनं॑ तिराते ॥

Study and meditate on the origin and abode of Mitra and Varuna, pranic energies of nature and human virtue of love and friendship, light and enlightenment, and justice and discrimination. By virtue of their great universal power and force they hold and sustain the earth and heaven together and yet apart. The time, months and years of those who do not perform yajna, corporate acts of social and environmental value, pass by without the joy of children. On the other hand, those who serve Divinity, nature and humanity with their heart and soul cross the paths of life and reach the ultimate freedom of Moksha.

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7.61.5

अमू॑रा॒ विश्वा॑ वृषणावि॒मा वां॒ न यासु॑ चि॒त्रं ददृ॑शे॒ न य॒क्षम् । द्रुहः॑ सचन्ते॒ अनृ॑ता॒ जना॑नां॒ न वां॑ नि॒ण्यान्य॒चिते॑ अभूवन् ॥

O wise and generous powers of the world, Mitra and Varuna, these words of adoration are for you and your divine gifts to humanity, in which there is nothing that is not marvellous and nothing that is not divinely consecrated. Only the jealous and hostile among humanity indulge in scandal and falsehood, and even your smallest favours are too deep for the ignorant to perceive and appreciate.

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7.61.6

समु॑ वां य॒ज्ञं म॑हयं॒ नमो॑भिर्हु॒वे वां॑ मित्रावरुणा स॒बाधः॑ । प्र वां॒ मन्मा॑न्यृ॒चसे॒ नवा॑नि कृ॒तानि॒ ब्रह्म॑ जुजुषन्नि॒मानि॑ ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, I invoke and join your great yajna of universal grandeur with homage especially when I am faced with challenges and limitations. Your latest thoughts, visions and revelations are created, structured and gifted to us for the advancement of knowledge and wisdom in relation to the highest reality of existence.

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7.61.7

इ॒यं दे॑व पु॒रोहि॑तिर्यु॒वभ्यां॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ मित्रावरुणावकारि । विश्वा॑नि दु॒र्गा पि॑पृतं ति॒रो नो॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O divines, Mitra and Varuna, this song of adoration is offered to you in your holy congregations of yajnic creation. Pray reduce our difficulties and help us cross them to success and fulfilment. O saints and sages, scholars and teachers, come you all and all time protect and promote us with all happiness and well being.

✦ Sukta 62 · 6 verses ✦

7.62.1

उत्सूर्यो॑ बृ॒हद॒र्चींष्य॑श्रेत्पु॒रु विश्वा॒ जनि॑म॒ मानु॑षाणाम् । स॒मो दि॒वा द॑दृशे॒ रोच॑मानः॒ क्रत्वा॑ कृ॒तः सुकृ॑तः क॒र्तृभि॑र्भूत् ॥

The cosmic Sun, self refulgent life of the universe, rises and radiates his vast and mighty abundant rays of light, constantly shining day and night and revealing the birth and evolution of all people of the world. Sung and celebrated, adored and worshipped by holy performers of yajna, he himself is the cosmic yajna by virtue of his manifestive creation, the supreme yajamana as well as the presiding Deity

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7.62.2

स सू॑र्य॒ प्रति॑ पु॒रो न॒ उद्गा॑ ए॒भिः स्तोमे॑भिरेत॒शेभि॒रेवैः॑ । प्र नो॑ मि॒त्राय॒ वरु॑णाय वो॒चोऽना॑गसो अर्य॒म्णे अ॒ग्नये॑ च ॥

O Sun, self refulgent lord giver of light and life, come in response to these songs of adoration and specified waves of thought energy stimulated by our songs. Let the light arise in our heart and mind, and speak to Mitra, Varuna, Aryama and Agni, powers of love and friendship, judgement, discrimination and integration, guidance and leadership with rectitude, and energy and enlightenment in our human community. Speak to us so that we may maintain a state of purity and freedom from sin and crime.

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7.62.3

वि नः॑ स॒हस्रं॑ शु॒रुधो॑ रदन्त्वृ॒तावा॑नो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॒ग्निः । यच्छ॑न्तु च॒न्द्रा उ॑प॒मं नो॑ अ॒र्कमा नः॒ कामं॑ पूपुरन्तु॒ स्तवा॑नाः ॥

May they, Varuna, Mitra and Agni, happy and beneficent, healers and destroyers of suffering, keepers of divine laws of truth and nature in word and deed, when properly celebrated and appreciated in nature and character, give us a thousand forms of peace, power and joy, bless us with unique light of knowledge, and grant us complete fulfilment of our desire and ambition.

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7.62.4

द्यावा॑भूमी अदिते॒ त्रासी॑थां नो॒ ये वां॑ ज॒ज्ञुः सु॒जनि॑मान ऋष्वे । मा हेळे॑ भूम॒ वरु॑णस्य वा॒योर्मा मि॒त्रस्य॑ प्रि॒यत॑मस्य नृ॒णाम् ॥

O sun in high heaven and noble earth, both dynamic, inviolable and sublime life giving powers, protect us with your creative and rejuvenating powers. Fortunately born and educated as humans, we know your energy and efficacy. Give us the energy and resistance so that we may never suffer the disorder of prana and aparna vitalities of wind and respiration, dearest to humans in the health system.

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7.62.5

प्र बा॒हवा॑ सिसृतं जी॒वसे॑ न॒ आ नो॒ गव्यू॑तिमुक्षतं घृ॒तेन॑ । आ नो॒ जने॑ श्रवयतं युवाना श्रु॒तं मे॑ मित्रावरुणा॒ हवे॒मा ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, loving and discriminative pranic vitalities of our health system, extend your power and energy like helping hands for our life and health and sprinkle the vital movement of our senses and mind with liquid rejuvenation and replenishment of energy. O youthful powers of rejuvenation, vest our people with the glow of health and light of intelligence in response to my invocation and input of pranayamic exercise for the pranic energy system.

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7.62.6

नू मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो अर्य॒मा न॒स्त्मने॑ तो॒काय॒ वरि॑वो दधन्तु । सु॒गा नो॒ विश्वा॑ सु॒पथा॑नि सन्तु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus O Mitra, Varuna and Aryama, powers of cosmic as well as earthly love and friendship, reason and discrimination, justice and advancement in order, guiding everything from the smallest particle to the cosmos and from the individual human to the world community, bless us with the best of life’s gifts for the enlightenment of our soul and the continuation of our race. Let all our paths of life and living be simple and straight, noble and easy to follow. O powers of health and enlightenment, protect and promote us on our way onward with all modes and means of happiness and well being all round for all time.

✦ Sukta 63 · 6 verses ✦

7.63.1

उद्वे॑ति सु॒भगो॑ वि॒श्वच॑क्षाः॒ साधा॑रणः॒ सूर्यो॒ मानु॑षाणाम् । चक्षु॑र्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य दे॒वश्चर्मे॑व॒ यः स॒मवि॑व्य॒क्तमां॑सि ॥

The glorious Sun, self-refulgent sovereign lord of the universe, rises high and higher, watching the world, giving light and intelligence to humanity in general. The lord that gives light to the day and depth to the ocean dispels all darkness and confusion as the storm disperses leaves of dry grass. (The mantra refers to the rise of the light of Divinity in the soul of the individual human being during meditation. The Light blesses any one who practices meditation under the instructions of a teacher and continues the practice with unquestionable faith.)

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7.63.2

उद्वे॑ति प्रसवी॒ता जना॑नां म॒हान्के॒तुर॑र्ण॒वः सूर्य॑स्य । स॒मा॒नं च॒क्रं प॑र्या॒विवृ॑त्स॒न्यदे॑त॒शो वह॑ति धू॒र्षु यु॒क्तः ॥

High rises the progenitor and inspirer of humanity, supreme light of omniscience, inexhaustible ocean of omnificence, keeping the chariot of the sun and the wheel of time constantly moving, omnipotent motive force at the centre of the moving universe.

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7.63.3

वि॒भ्राज॑मान उ॒षसा॑मु॒पस्था॑द्रे॒भैरुदे॑त्यनुम॒द्यमा॑नः । ए॒ष मे॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता च॑च्छन्द॒ यः स॑मा॒नं न प्र॑मि॒नाति॒ धाम॑ ॥

Self-refulgent and all illuminative since the origin of eternal dawns, the light of Divinity rises, inspiring and enlightening, when sung and celebrated by worshipful devotees. May this lord of cosmic light bless me with spiritual fulfilment, the lord who never frustrates his loved celebrant and never remisses on his own majesty nor compromises with his own generosity.

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7.63.4

दि॒वो रु॒क्म उ॑रु॒चक्षा॒ उदे॑ति दू॒रेअ॑र्थस्त॒रणि॒र्भ्राज॑मानः । नू॒नं जनाः॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ प्रसू॑ता॒ अय॒न्नर्था॑नि कृ॒णव॒न्नपां॑सि ॥

The self-refulgent lord of heavenly light allwatching, all-saviour, present far and wide everywhere, emerges and shines in the heart of people when they, inspired and reborn into self-consciousness by the light of divinity, follow the meaningful paths of life and perform their karmic acts with piety.

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7.63.5

यत्रा॑ च॒क्रुर॒मृता॑ गा॒तुम॑स्मै श्ये॒नो न दीय॒न्नन्वे॑ति॒ पाथः॑ । प्रति॑ वां॒ सूर॒ उदि॑ते विधेम॒ नमो॑भिर्मित्रावरुणो॒त ह॒व्यैः ॥

Where the immortals have carved and shown the path for this mortal humanity to reach this divine source of eternal light, to that lord giver of immortal bliss the same path leads as by the speed of light. O Mitra and Varuna, light of day and peace of night, sun and cosmic ocean, sage and scholar, giver of knowledge and leader to judgement and rectitude, when the rising light emerges and the mind is awake, we honour and serve you with homage and reverence and with presentations of yajnic fragrance.

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7.63.6

नू मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो अर्य॒मा न॒स्त्मने॑ तो॒काय॒ वरि॑वो दधन्तु । सु॒गा नो॒ विश्वा॑ सु॒पथा॑नि सन्तु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus the loving light of life, the leading light of judgement and discrimination, and the path maker to the divine destination of eternal truth and bliss may, we pray, bless us with the best gifts of life for our soul and the continuance of our race. May all our paths of life and progress be simple, straight and easy to follow. O saints and sages, scholars and teachers, protect and promote us by the paths of rectitude with all modes and means of happiness and well being for all time without relent.

✦ Sukta 64 · 5 verses ✦

7.64.1

दि॒वि क्षय॑न्ता॒ रज॑सः पृथि॒व्यां प्र वां॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ नि॒र्णिजो॑ ददीरन् । ह॒व्यं नो॑ मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा सुजा॑तो॒ राजा॑ सुक्ष॒त्रो वरु॑णो जुषन्त ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, sun and ocean, the vapours of your potential waters of soma abiding in the solar region and the mists and vapours abiding in the earthly atmosphere and the sky form into clouds and give us showers of purifying and vitalising waters. May Mitra, the sun, Aryama, the carrier wind, Varuna, cosmic vitality, and the ruler of the social order nobly born and justly appointed join and share our offers of holy materials into the rain yajna for well being of the social order and bring us life giving waters and peace and progress.

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7.64.2

आ रा॑जाना मह ऋतस्य गोपा॒ सिन्धु॑पती क्षत्रिया यातम॒र्वाक् । इळां॑ नो मित्रावरुणो॒त वृ॒ष्टिमव॑ दि॒व इ॑न्वतं जीरदानू ॥

O rulers and keepers of the law of truth of the great social order, O controllers and protectors of the rivers and the seas, O defenders and ordainers of the people and the land, come forward and join us, offer homage and oblations with us so that Mitra and Varuna, sun and the cosmic ocean, both liberal givers in instant response, may bring rain, protection and nourishment to the earth from the high regions of light.

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7.64.3

मि॒त्रस्तन्नो॒ वरु॑णो दे॒वो अ॒र्यः प्र साधि॑ष्ठेभिः प॒थिभि॑र्नयन्तु । ब्रव॒द्यथा॑ न॒ आद॒रिः सु॒दास॑ इ॒षा म॑देम स॒ह दे॒वगो॑पाः ॥

May the teacher, Mitra, giver of light, the discriminative judge, Varuna, and the brilliant ruler, Aryama, all lead us by the paths of rectitude with all good means of life and living, just as the lord supreme, self-refulgent and generous, would speak and illuminate the path of progress for the man of generosity so that, under the protection of the lord supreme and the brilliant leaders, we may enjoy and celebrate the gifts of life all together with plenty and prosperity.

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7.64.4

यो वां॒ गर्तं॒ मन॑सा॒ तक्ष॑दे॒तमू॒र्ध्वां धी॒तिं कृ॒णव॑द्धा॒रय॑च्च । उ॒क्षेथां॑ मित्रावरुणा घृ॒तेन॒ ता रा॑जाना सुक्षि॒तीस्त॑र्पयेथाम् ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, lord of light and love, lord of judgement, discretion and discrimination, whoever may, with meditative mind and soul, realise your profound revelation and define the meaning and purpose for the self, raising his intelligence and imagination high to heaven and stabilising it there, pray bless him with showers of peace and bliss. O rulers and ordainers of life on earth, let them, all such, have complete fulfilment in a happy home in a land of freedom and joy.

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7.64.5

ए॒ष स्तोमो॑ वरुण मित्र॒ तुभ्यं॒ सोमः॑ शु॒क्रो न वा॒यवे॑ऽयामि । अ॒वि॒ष्टं धियो॑ जिगृ॒तं पुरं॑धीर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

This song of homage and adoration I offer to you, O Varuna, lord of profound judgement and generosity, and to you Mitra, lord of infinite love and light, the song pure and exhilarating as soma, and it is for Vayu too, the dynamic force of cosmic order. Pray inspire our mind and will and enlighten our rulers and intelligentsia. O generous and refulgent lords, protect and promote us with all modes and means of happiness and all round well being all time.

✦ Sukta 65 · 5 verses ✦

7.65.1

प्रति॑ वां॒ सूर॒ उदि॑ते सू॒क्तैर्मि॒त्रं हु॑वे॒ वरु॑णं पू॒तद॑क्षम् । ययो॑रसु॒र्य१॒॑मक्षि॑तं॒ ज्येष्ठं॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ याम॑न्ना॒चिता॑ जिग॒त्नु ॥

Early at the dawn of sun rise, with songs of adoration, I invoke and worship Mitra, lord of infinite love and universal friendship, Varuna, lord of omniscient wisdom, judgement and justice, lords of pure omnipotence whose life giving energy and power is boundless and imperishable, first, foremost and highest, and when invoked and realised, it is all victorious in the battles of life.

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7.65.2

ता हि दे॒वाना॒मसु॑रा॒ ताव॒र्या ता नः॑ क्षि॒तीः क॑रतमू॒र्जय॑न्तीः । अ॒श्याम॑ मित्रावरुणा व॒यं वां॒ द्यावा॑ च॒ यत्र॑ पी॒पय॒न्नहा॑ च ॥

Mitra and Varuna, manifestations of the Supreme Lord’s generous love and justice, are the best and highest of nature’s bounties. They strengthen and energise our lands and people and make them fertile and creative. O Mitra and Varuna, may we receive your favours whereby the earth and heaven, both exuberant, may promote us day and night.

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7.65.3

ता भूरि॑पाशा॒वनृ॑तस्य॒ सेतू॑ दुर॒त्येतू॑ रि॒पवे॒ मर्त्या॑य । ऋ॒तस्य॑ मित्रावरुणा प॒था वा॑म॒पो न ना॒वा दु॑रि॒ता त॑रेम ॥

Many are their bonds and chains, bridges to cross over untruth and sin, which are difficult to approach and cross for the mortal man of enmity and jealousy. O Mitra and Varuna, we pray, let us cross over sin and evil by your divine path of truth and law just as we cross the seas by the boat.

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7.65.4

आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर्गव्यू॑तिमुक्षत॒मिळा॑भिः । प्रति॑ वा॒मत्र॒ वर॒मा जना॑य पृणी॒तमु॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॒ चारोः॑ ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, Supreme Lord’s manifestations of cosmic love and justice in the integrative and analytical forces of nature’s bounties working in the centripetal and centrifugal operations of world, enforce and energise our yajnic inputs of creative production and let our programmes of land, language and knowledge development soar high by the vitalities of liquid energies and inspirations of new visions of divinity and faith in action, ethics and policies, and may you, in response to our yajnic performance, grant us the best of your gifts of blissful light and dynamic energy for our people.

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7.65.5

ए॒ष स्तोमो॑ वरुण मित्र॒ तुभ्यं॒ सोमः॑ शु॒क्रो न वा॒यवे॑ऽयामि । अ॒वि॒ष्टं धियो॑ जिगृ॒तं पुरं॑धीर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

This yajnic homage and song of celebration, O Mitra and Varuna, is for you, pure and exhilarating as soma, and I offer it for the divine energy of Vayu too, the dynamic force of cosmic order. Pray protect and promote our mind and will, and enlighten our rulers and intelligentsia. O generous and brilliant powers of nature and humanity, protect and promote us with all modes of happiness and all round well being all time.

✦ Sukta 66 · 19 verses ✦

7.66.1

प्र मि॒त्रयो॒र्वरु॑णयोः॒ स्तोमो॑ न एतु शू॒ष्यः॑ । नम॑स्वान्तुविजा॒तयोः॑ ॥

May this peaceful yet powerful song and yajna of ours in praise of Mitra and Varuna, unborn and distinctive yet integrated manifestations of the Lord Divine’s potent love and justice vested in nature, go forward full of energy and reverential gratitude and stimulate the consequential process in nature for the prosperity of humanity and the environment.

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7.66.2

या धा॒रय॑न्त दे॒वाः सु॒दक्षा॒ दक्ष॑पितरा । अ॒सु॒र्या॑य॒ प्रम॑हसा ॥

Generous saints and sages, brilliant scholars and teachers, hold on to Mitra and Varuna, love and justice of the Supreme Lord, omniscient, omnipotent and father protector of the wise experts and scientists, for the attainment of knowledge, power and courage.

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7.66.3

ता नः॑ स्ति॒पा त॑नू॒पा वरु॑ण जरितॄ॒णाम् । मित्र॑ सा॒धय॑तं॒ धियः॑ ॥

O Mitra and Varuna, love and justice of the omnipotent lord of our choice, protectors, promoters and sanctifiers of the health and home of grateful celebrants and all mortal humanity, pray inspire, promote and accomplish our mind, intellect and will to the state of perfection.

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7.66.4

यद॒द्य सूर॒ उदि॒तेऽना॑गा मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा । सु॒वाति॑ सवि॒ता भगः॑ ॥

Whatever wealth of energy and blessed light of wisdom today at the dawn of sunrise the lord immaculate and sinless Mitra, universal love and friendship, Aryama, guide and judge on the path of rectitude, Savita, inspirer and generator, and Bhaga, omnipotent and glorious, generate and radiate, that we pray may come and bless us.

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7.66.5

सु॒प्रा॒वीर॑स्तु॒ स क्षयः॒ प्र नु याम॑न्त्सुदानवः । ये नो॒ अंहो॑ऽति॒पिप्र॑ति ॥

O self-refulgent Adityas, immortal powers of light, generous givers of wisdom and vision, who protect us from sin and darkness, may that home, homeland and dominion of ours be protected, protective and full of peace throughout our paths of onward progress.

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7.66.6

उ॒त स्व॒राजो॒ अदि॑ति॒रद॑ब्धस्य व्र॒तस्य॒ ये । म॒हो राजा॑न ईशते ॥

And the self-refulgent Adityas, self-governing and great imperishable ruling powers of nature, and mother Infinity, who observe and maintain the great law of existence and disciplines of life, may guide us and protect us over the paths of progress.

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7.66.7

प्रति॑ वां॒ सूर॒ उदि॑ते मि॒त्रं गृ॑णीषे॒ वरु॑णम् । अ॒र्य॒मणं॑ रि॒शाद॑सम् ॥

O self-refulgent and self-governing protectors and light givers, in grateful response to your light and protection, at the dawn of sunrise I praise and celebrate Mitra, Varuna and Aryama, lord Infinite’s love, justice and divine light of guidance, all destroyers of sin and darkness.

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7.66.8

रा॒या हि॑रण्य॒या म॒तिरि॒यम॑वृ॒काय॒ शव॑से । इ॒यं विप्रा॑ मे॒धसा॑तये ॥

O saints and sages of dynamic will and wisdom, let this golden wealth of divinity, this intelligence and the song of praise be for the growth of holy strength free from sin, and for the accomplishment of yajnic acts for human progress and prosperity.

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7.66.9

ते स्या॑म देव वरुण॒ ते मि॑त्र सू॒रिभिः॑ स॒ह । इष॒ स्व॑श्च धीमहि ॥

O lord self-refulgent Varuna, lord of justice, Mitra, just friend of humanity, give us the will and wisdom that with all our wise and brave we be dear and dedicated to you and we meditate to achieve the strength and bliss of Divinity.

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7.66.10

ब॒हवः॒ सूर॑चक्षसोऽग्निजि॒ह्वा ऋ॑ता॒वृधः॑ । त्रीणि॒ ये ये॒मुर्वि॒दथा॑नि धी॒तिभि॒र्विश्वा॑नि॒ परि॑भूतिभिः ॥

Many are the leaders and pioneers, with vision bright and pure as light of the sun and speech as flames of fire, who extend the bounds of truth, law and selfless service of life through yajnic creativity and, with their wisdom, will and commanding action, lead and conduct the three basic institutions of research and education, governance and economy, and human culture and values of life through beauty, goodness and truth with gratitude to Divinity for the world.

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7.66.11

वि ये द॒धुः श॒रदं॒ मास॒मादह॑र्य॒ज्ञम॒क्तुं चादृच॑म् । अ॒ना॒प्यं वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा क्ष॒त्रं राजा॑न आशत ॥

They, Varuna, Mitra and Aryama, brilliant leaders and rulers with dedication to Dharma and justice, love and friendship, and the right sense of action and direction in the light of universal knowledge and eternal values, conduct the yajnic governance and administration of the social order through years and months, days and nights, relentlessly holding on to the Vedic vision of eternity. They achieve what has not yet been achieved and thus extend the possibilities of the good and happy life in the united world order.

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7.66.12

तद्वो॑ अ॒द्य म॑नामहे सू॒क्तैः सूर॒ उदि॑ते । यदोह॑ते॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा यू॒यमृ॒तस्य॑ रथ्यः ॥

Today at the rise of dawn, with Vedic hymns and meditation, we think and deliberate upon that social order which is desired and which is to be achieved. For that we call upon Varuna, Mitra and Aryama, leaders of justice and order, love and light and the universal laws of rectitude and direction. That we pray for, O lords, since you command the chariot of the laws of truth, action and progress on the right path.

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7.66.13

ऋ॒तावा॑न ऋ॒तजा॑ता ऋता॒वृधो॑ घो॒रासो॑ अनृत॒द्विषः॑ । तेषां॑ वः सु॒म्ने सु॑च्छ॒र्दिष्ट॑मे नरः॒ स्याम॒ ये च॑ सू॒रयः॑ ॥

O brilliant scholars, rulers and all those who are redoubtable leaders, lovers and seekers of truth by knowledge and action, born in truth and extending the bounds of the values of truth in the social order, terrible in action with no tolerance for untruth and social evil, let us abide in law in your good will and in the felicity of a happy home in peace and security.

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7.66.14

उदु॒ त्यद्द॑र्श॒तं वपु॑र्दि॒व ए॑ति प्रतिह्व॒रे । यदी॑मा॒शुर्वह॑ति दे॒व एत॑शो॒ विश्व॑स्मै॒ चक्ष॑से॒ अर॑म् ॥

And now (when we are at peace), the glorious vision of Divinity arises on the horizon of consciousness when the divine frequency of the illuminative mind with the divine communicates it to the consciousness instantly in response to meditative concentration for the man of universal vision.

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7.66.15

शी॒र्ष्णःशी॑र्ष्णो॒ जग॑तस्त॒स्थुष॒स्पतिं॑ स॒मया॒ विश्व॒मा रजः॑ । स॒प्त स्वसा॑रः सुवि॒ताय॒ सूर्यं॒ वह॑न्ति ह॒रितो॒ रथे॑ ॥

By virtue of the highest human intelligence in respect of person and practice, seven dynamic faculties, i.e., five senses, mind and intellect, carry the light of Divinity to the soul at the right time for its good during its meditative sojourn in the vehicle of this beautiful body. This is the light of the self-refulgent Sun, creator, sustainer and ordainer of the moving and non -moving world from the particle to the entire universe through eternity.

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7.66.16

तच्चक्षु॑र्दे॒वहि॑तं शु॒क्रमु॒च्चर॑त् । पश्ये॑म श॒रदः॑ श॒तं जीवे॑म श॒रदः॑ श॒तम् ॥

That Light Divine, pure and potent, universal eye that watches all and blesses noble humanity, rises and radiates for all time. May the Lord bless us that we may live a hundred years watching it full for all the hundred years.

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7.66.17

काव्ये॑भिरदा॒भ्या या॑तं वरुण द्यु॒मत् । मि॒त्रश्च॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥

May Varuna, blazing lord of fearless justice, and Mitra, fearless, loving and enlightened friend, come with saints and sages to protect and promote our soma yajna and join the celebration.

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7.66.18

दि॒वो धाम॑भिर्वरुण मि॒त्रश्चा या॑तम॒द्रुहा॑ । पिब॑तं॒ सोम॑मातु॒जी ॥

O Varuna and Mitra, powers of love and judgement free from hate, malice and jealousy, come and drink of the soothing and exhilarating soma at the yajna.

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7.66.19

आ या॑तं मित्रावरुणा जुषा॒णावाहु॑तिं नरा । पा॒तं सोम॑मृतावृधा ॥

Come Mitra and Varuna, leaders and pioneers of light and judgement, delighting in our yajna and oblations of soma, protect our yajna, drink of soma and advance the law of truth and rectitude.

✦ Sukta 67 · 10 verses ✦

7.67.1

प्रति॑ वां॒ रथं॑ नृपती ज॒रध्यै॑ ह॒विष्म॑ता॒ मन॑सा य॒ज्ञिये॑न । यो वां॑ दू॒तो न धि॑ष्ण्या॒वजी॑ग॒रच्छा॑ सू॒नुर्न पि॒तरा॑ विवक्मि ॥

O rulers and protectors of the people, wise and bold, harbingers of light to the inauguration of the morning yajna, to celebrate your chariot of the ruling order and do honour to your yajnic rule with a mind dedicated in homage to the order, like a son doing honour and reverence to the father, I compose and offer a song of celebration which would reach you as a messenger and stimulate your love and favour.

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7.67.2

अशो॑च्य॒ग्निः स॑मिधा॒नो अ॒स्मे उपो॑ अदृश्र॒न्तम॑सश्चि॒दन्ताः॑ । अचे॑ति के॒तुरु॒षसः॑ पु॒रस्ता॑च्छ्रि॒ये दि॒वो दु॑हि॒तुर्जाय॑मानः ॥

The fire of morning yajna is kindled and shines for us, and the end of darkness is seen close at hand. The sun is rising in the east like an honour flag of the glory of the dawn, daughter of heaven.

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7.67.3

अ॒भि वां॑ नू॒नम॑श्विना॒ सुहो॑ता॒ स्तोमैः॑ सिषक्ति नासत्या विव॒क्वान् । पू॒र्वीभि॑र्यातं प॒थ्या॑भिर॒र्वाक्स्व॒र्विदा॒ वसु॑मता॒ रथे॑न ॥

Ashvins, twin harbingers of light dedicated to truth of the ruling order, for sure the host and performer of the inaugural session of the yajna of social order, speaking words of truth and piety celebrates you and your light in songs of adoration. O prophets of the light of heaven commanding the wealth, honour and excellence of the world, ascend your chariot and come by the eternal paths of universal truth and rectitude.

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7.67.4

अ॒वोर्वां॑ नू॒नम॑श्विना यु॒वाकु॑र्हु॒वे यद्वां॑ सु॒ते मा॑ध्वी वसू॒युः । आ वां॑ वहन्तु॒ स्थवि॑रासो॒ अश्वाः॒ पिबा॑थो

अ॒स्मे सुषु॑ता॒ मधू॑नि ॥

O sweet and kind twin divine powers of nature and humanity, Ashvins, harbingers of a new dawn for the social order of the world, dedicated to your means and modes of preservation, defence and progress, and desirous of advancement in the wealth, honour and excellence of the nation, I invite you to take over the conduct of this great yajna of the ruling order. May seasoned and strong sages, scholars and experts of the nation lead you hither. Come, share and promote for us all the honey sweets of our yajnic planning and achievement.

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7.67.5

प्राची॑मु देवाश्विना॒ धियं॒ मेऽमृ॑ध्रां सा॒तये॑ कृतं वसू॒युम् । विश्वा॑ अविष्टं॒ वाज॒ आ पुरं॑धी॒स्ता नः॑ शक्तं शचीपती॒ शची॑भिः ॥

O brilliant and generous Ashvins, commanders of the twin powers of nature and humanity, inspire my simple, ancient and progressive intelligence and will, strengthen it and make it inviolable in the pursuit of higher wealth, honour and excellence. In all our battles of life, protect our mind and will and, with all the powers and potential at your command, strengthen us to move forward and rise higher and higher

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7.67.6

अ॒वि॒ष्टं धी॒ष्व॑श्विना न आ॒सु प्र॒जाव॒द्रेतो॒ अह्र॑यं नो अस्तु । आ वां॑ तो॒के तन॑ये॒ तूतु॑जानाः सु॒रत्ना॑सो दे॒ववी॑तिं गमेम ॥

Ashvins, divine powers of creation, preservation, recuperation and procreation, protect us in all our acts of thought, will and action for achievement. May our creative and procreative vitality remain intact and inviolable for our posterity. By virtue of your inspiration and invigoration for the sake of children and grand children, let us be blest with jewels of posterity and let us rise to the company of the divines.

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7.67.7

ए॒ष स्य वां॑ पूर्व॒गत्वे॑व॒ सख्ये॑ नि॒धिर्हि॒तो मा॑ध्वी रा॒तो अ॒स्मे । अहे॑ळता॒ मन॒सा या॑तम॒र्वाग॒श्नन्ता॑ ह॒व्यं मानु॑षीषु वि॒क्षु ॥

Ashvins who command the honey sweets of knowledge and culture, this gift of homage as a treasure trove already committed to you is offered for the sake of company and friendship with you. Come forward, join us here with a joyful mind free from hate and anger, be among the human community of the earth and share with us the sweets of good fellowship in faith and love.

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7.67.8

एक॑स्मि॒न्योगे॑ भुरणा समा॒ने परि॑ वां स॒प्त स्र॒वतो॒ रथो॑ गात् । न वा॑यन्ति सु॒भ्वो॑ दे॒वयु॑क्ता॒ ये वां॑ धू॒र्षु त॒रण॑यो॒ वह॑न्ति ॥

Ashvins, responsive givers of fulfilment, pranic energies of nature and mind, dedicated to a common purpose with humanity, the radiant inspiration of your spiritual power as a carrier of vision goes past the fluctuations of the five senses, mind and intellect. The seven, which otherwise involve the soul with fluctuations of the mind, when converted, inverted and converged on to the spirit of your vision at the centres of consciousness, no longer distract the soul, instead they become the carriers of consciousness to the divine goal of spiritual bliss.

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7.67.9

अ॒स॒श्चता॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्यो॒ हि भू॒तं ये रा॒या म॑घ॒देयं॑ जु॒नन्ति॑ । प्र ये बन्धुं॑ सू॒नृता॑भिस्ति॒रन्ते॒ गव्या॑ पृ॒ञ्चन्तो॒ अश्व्या॑ म॒घानि॑ ॥

Never forsake the generous : Be inexhaustible sources of incentive and encouragement for those who support charity with means and materials, those who help out friends and relatives in distress, and those who give liberal gifts of lands, cows and knowledge and things the needy love and desire.

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7.67.10

नू मे॒ हव॒मा शृ॑णुतं युवाना यासि॒ष्टं व॒र्तिर॑श्विना॒विरा॑वत् । ध॒त्तं रत्ना॑नि॒ जर॑तं च सू॒रीन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O youthfulAshvins, complementarities of nature and humanity, listen to my prayer and invocation: come home to the house of liberal donor in yajna, bear and bring the jewels of life for the givers, honour and appreciate the wise and bold, and thus protect and promote us all time with all happiness and well being.

✦ Sukta 68 · 9 verses ✦

7.68.1

आ शु॑भ्रा यातमश्विना॒ स्वश्वा॒ गिरो॑ दस्रा जुजुषा॒णा यु॒वाकोः॑ । ह॒व्यानि॑ च॒ प्रति॑भृता वी॒तं नः॑ ॥

O riders of noble steeds, Ashvins, youthful heroes of the human nation, illustrious warriors and marvellous achievers, listen to the voices of your friends and admirers, come, join us and enjoy the sweets and delicacies of our yajnic hospitality.

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7.68.2

प्र वा॒मन्धां॑सि॒ मद्या॑न्यस्थु॒ररं॑ गन्तं ह॒विषो॑ वी॒तये॑ मे । ति॒रो अ॒र्यो हव॑नानि श्रु॒तं नः॑ ॥

Delightful delicacies are here laid out for you. Come straight to partake of our holy offerings. Throw off the enemies, root out distress, listen to our call and prayers.

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7.68.3

प्र वां॒ रथो॒ मनो॑जवा इयर्ति ति॒रो रजां॑स्यश्विना श॒तोतिः॑ । अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ सूर्यावसू इया॒नः ॥

Fast moves your chariot at the speed of mind across the spaces, it is equipped with a hundred means of defence and victory whereon you ride with the dawn of a new day for us.

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7.68.4

अ॒यं ह॒ यद्वां॑ देव॒या उ॒ अद्रि॑रू॒र्ध्वो विव॑क्ति सोम॒सुद्यु॒वभ्या॑म् । आ व॒ल्गू विप्रो॑ ववृतीत ह॒व्यैः ॥

When this divine chariot of yours, dedicated to the moon for peace and joy roars over mountains and clouds, then the eminent scholar and the yajnic scientist turns it for you with new inputs.

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7.68.5

चि॒त्रं ह॒ यद्वां॒ भोज॑नं॒ न्वस्ति॒ न्यत्र॑ये॒ महि॑ष्वन्तं युयोतम् । यो वा॑मो॒मानं॒ दध॑ते प्रि॒यः सन् ॥

Whatever your food that may be special or surplus, keep that in reserve exclusively for people for the time of distress. They would love you for that because they honour the protector dear to them.

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7.68.6

उ॒त त्यद्वां॑ जुर॒ते अ॑श्विना भू॒च्च्यवा॑नाय प्र॒तीत्यं॑ हवि॒र्दे । अधि॒ यद्वर्प॑ इ॒तऊ॑ति ध॒त्थः ॥

And let that insight, incentive and experiment of your help for people in need be for the weak and elderly, for those on the move such as the deprived, the fallen, uprooted and refugees, and let it be for those who give in charity for the sake of charity. That is the philanthropic role you take on for the protection of people.

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7.68.7

उ॒त त्यं भु॒ज्युम॑श्विना॒ सखा॑यो॒ मध्ये॑ जहुर्दु॒रेवा॑सः समु॒द्रे । निरीं॑ पर्ष॒दरा॑वा॒ यो यु॒वाकुः॑ ॥

And be friends with the man who was once affluent but now is in distress since jealous friends and associates deserted him and cast him insolvent into the sea of misfortune. Save him, take him across the sea, he is loyal and looks up to you for help.

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7.68.8

वृका॑य चि॒ज्जस॑मानाय शक्तमु॒त श्रु॑तं श॒यवे॑ हू॒यमा॑ना । याव॒घ्न्यामपि॑न्वतम॒पो न स्त॒र्यं॑ चिच्छ॒क्त्य॑श्विना॒ शची॑भिः ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of light and energy of a new day, against the wolfish thief and the aggressor, for the powers of law and punishment against exploitation, and for the lazy and the backward, bring force and counsel whenever the situation calls on you to act. You who command the competence for correction and rejuvenation with your powers can revitalise old cows and waste lands and make them overflow with milk and honey like abundant streams of water.

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7.68.9

ए॒ष स्य का॒रुर्ज॑रते सू॒क्तैरग्रे॑ बुधा॒न उ॒षसां॑ सु॒मन्मा॑ । इ॒षा तं व॑र्धद॒घ्न्या पयो॑भिर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Thus does the divine poet, wakeful in advance of the rise of dawn, with holy mind and faithful intelligence, celebrate in song the divine Ashvins, twin harbingers of new life to nature and humanity. May the inviolable Mother Nature and Infinity advance him in life with vision, will and energy. O saints and scholars, ruler and administrators, OAshvins, protect and promote us with peace, happiness and all time well being in life.

✦ Sukta 69 · 8 verses ✦

7.69.1

आ वां॒ रथो॒ रोद॑सी बद्बधा॒नो हि॑र॒ण्ययो॒ वृष॑भिर्या॒त्वश्वैः॑ । घृ॒तव॑र्तनिः प॒विभी॑ रुचा॒न इ॒षां वो॒ळ्हा नृ॒पति॑र्वा॒जिनी॑वान् ॥

O harbingers of light and fresh life for the dawn of a new day, let your golden chariot traversing heaven, earth and the skies by powerful forces on blazing wheels across the cosmic waters come to us loaded with nourishments and inspiring energies and be the guide and protector of humanity for higher victories. (The mantra is an address to the brilliant powers of social governance and management for the protection and progress of the people. These powers should act as harbingers of fresh life and energy with the light of a new sun at the rise of a new dawn every day.)

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7.69.2

स प॑प्रथा॒नो अ॒भि पञ्च॒ भूमा॑ त्रिवन्धु॒रो मन॒सा या॑तु यु॒क्तः । विशो॒ येन॒ गच्छ॑थो देव॒यन्तीः॒ कुत्रा॑ चि॒द्याम॑मश्विना॒ दधा॑ना ॥

Let this chariot structured on five-fold body bound by three bonds come to us evolving day by day. It is structured on a five-fold chassis fixed by three bonds in an ascending order and it moves forward as controlled by the mind. By this, O Ashvins, you come to the people and radiate light and energy to those who are in search of divinity. On way, you choose your own stages of rest and travel for further progress. (This mantra is a metaphor of the human body in which the ruler is soul, the controller is mind, and motive forces for perception and volition are senses. The body is made up of five elements: earth, water, fire, air and space, and characterised by three conditioning qualities of nature: sattva, rajas and tamas which are intellectual, sensual and material qualities of personality. It is through this body-chariot that the Ashvins, circuitous complementarities of divine nature radiate and inspire light and energy to the human being and to humanity too as one personality.)

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7.69.3

स्वश्वा॑ य॒शसा या॑तम॒र्वाग्दस्रा॑ नि॒धिं मधु॑मन्तं पिबाथः । वि वां॒ रथो॑ व॒ध्वा॒३॒॑ याद॑मा॒नोऽन्ता॑न्दि॒वो बा॑धते वर्त॒निभ्या॑म् ॥

O mighty honourable heroes commanding speedy motive forces, destroyers of jealousy, enmity and suffering, come hither to us and share the honey sweets of the human world. Let your chariot heading to the destination with your associates reach the bounds of heavenly space by its whirling wheels.

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7.69.4

यु॒वोः श्रियं॒ परि॒ योषा॑वृणीत॒ सूरो॑ दुहि॒ता परि॑तक्म्यायाम् । यद्दे॑व॒यन्त॒मव॑थः॒ शची॑भिः॒ परि॑ घ्रं॒समो॒मना॑ वां॒ वयो॑ गात् ॥

The youthful dawn, daughter of the mighty sun, by choice takes on to your grace and splendour as her mate over and across the soothing night, since while you protect and promote the devout with your energies, your power with its potential circumambulates the light of the sun.

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7.69.5

यो ह॒ स्य वां॑ रथिरा॒ वस्त॑ उ॒स्रा रथो॑ युजा॒नः प॑रि॒याति॑ व॒र्तिः । तेन॑ नः॒ शं योरु॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टौ॒ न्य॑श्विना वहतं य॒ज्ञे अ॒स्मिन् ॥

And that which is the master of your chariot and, wearing the splendour of the sun, rides it and goes about on the ways of life over the paths of existence and comes home to human habitations, by that very divine light and grace, O charioteers of Divinity, at the rise of dawn, bring in the peace and bliss of life to this our universal yajna of the world’s social order.

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7.69.6

नरा॑ गौ॒रेव॑ वि॒द्युतं॑ तृषा॒णास्माक॑म॒द्य सव॒नोप॑ यातम् । पु॒रु॒त्रा हि वां॑ म॒तिभि॒र्हव॑न्ते॒ मा वा॑म॒न्ये नि य॑मन्देव॒यन्तः॑ ॥

O leaders of humanity, pioneers of light, eager like a planet drawn by the sun, come today to our yajnic social order and bring in the dawn of a new day. The all time seekers of Divinity through eternity have invoked you with the best of their thought, will and action. Let not anyone stop you on way.

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7.69.7

यु॒वं भु॒ज्युमव॑विद्धं समु॒द्र उदू॑हथु॒रर्ण॑सो॒ अस्रि॑धानैः । प॒त॒त्रिभि॑रश्र॒मैर॑व्य॒थिभि॑र्दं॒सना॑भिरश्विना पा॒रय॑न्ता ॥

O leaders and pioneers of the world, harbingers of light and power, you retrieve the ruling powers sunk in distress, recover the resources of wealth and joy hidden in the oceans, and you take them across the oceans of water and space to the shore to the wanted destination by unfailing, indefatigable and inviolable floating and flying machines created by your marvellous knowledge, power and skill.

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7.69.8

नू मे॒ हव॒मा शृ॑णुतं युवाना यासि॒ष्टं व॒र्तिर॑श्विना॒विरा॑वत् । ध॒त्तं रत्ना॑नि॒ जर॑तं च सू॒रीन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Listen to my call, O youthful Ashvins, twin powers of nature and humanity, leading lights of the nation, go to the basic sources of wealth and knowledge over land and sea and across the skies, bear and bring the jewels of life, appreciate, honour and admire the brilliant and the brave, and protect and promote us with all time peace and prosperity of well being.

✦ Sukta 70 · 7 verses ✦

7.70.1

आ वि॑श्ववाराश्विना गतं नः॒ प्र तत्स्थान॑मवाचि वां पृथि॒व्याम् । अश्वो॒ न वा॒जी शु॒नपृ॑ष्ठो अस्था॒दा यत्से॒दथु॑र्ध्रु॒वसे॒ न योनि॑म् ॥

Ashvins, world heroes of universal choice, come to our yajna. The seat on the earth vedi is fixed, reserved and proclaimed for you and stays like a war horse at rest after victory. That you would occupy without disturbance as in your own home and there be firm as the pole star.

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7.70.2

सिष॑क्ति॒ सा वां॑ सुम॒तिश्चनि॒ष्ठाता॑पि घ॒र्मो मनु॑षो दुरो॒णे । यो वां॑ समु॒द्रान्त्स॒रितः॒ पिप॒र्त्येत॑ग्वा चि॒न्न सु॒युजा॑ युजा॒नः ॥

Ashvins, O complementary currents of nature, the yajnic process in song and action with holy offerings of fragrant havi reaches you and serves you. The fire of yajna is burning in the house of the yajamana, which, like the radiations of sunlight, activates the catalysis of heat and water in nature and fills up the streams and seas with rain.

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7.70.3

यानि॒ स्थाना॑न्यश्विना द॒धाथे॑ दि॒वो य॒ह्वीष्वोष॑धीषु वि॒क्षु । नि पर्व॑तस्य मू॒र्धनि॒ सद॒न्तेषं॒ जना॑य दा॒शुषे॒ वह॑न्ता ॥

Whichever places,Ashvins, you occupy, abiding on top of mountains or clouds, you carry food and energy from the regions of light and vest it in great forests, herbs and trees and communicate it among people of the world for the man of yajnic generosity.

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7.70.4

च॒नि॒ष्टं दे॑वा॒ ओष॑धीष्व॒प्सु यद्यो॒ग्या अ॒श्नवै॑थे॒ ऋषी॑णाम् । पु॒रूणि॒ रत्ना॒ दध॑तौ॒ न्य१॒॑स्मे अनु॒ पूर्वा॑णि चख्यथुर्यु॒गानि॑ ॥

Divine Ashvins, life giving powers of natural and human complementarities, whatever appropriate gifts of food and energy worthy of the sages you radiate and vest into herbs and waters, bearing jewels of eternal value, give us too in continuance at the present time as you have been doing for ages immemorial, as you yourself have revealed.

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7.70.5

शु॒श्रु॒वांसा॑ चिदश्विना पु॒रूण्य॒भि ब्रह्मा॑णि चक्षाथे॒ ऋषी॑णाम् । प्रति॒ प्र या॑तं॒ वर॒मा जना॑या॒स्मे वा॑मस्तु सुम॒तिश्चनि॑ष्ठा ॥

Ashvins, learned scholars of knowledge and practical application of knowledge, speak to us of the earlier and eternal knowledge and formulations of the seers of Divinity and nature. Come and grace our yajna, and may your knowledge and wisdom be appropriately good and beneficial for our people.

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7.70.6

यो वां॑ य॒ज्ञो ना॑सत्या ह॒विष्मा॑न्कृ॒तब्र॑ह्मा सम॒र्यो॒३॒॑ भवा॑ति । उप॒ प्र या॑तं॒ वर॒मा वसि॑ष्ठमि॒मा ब्रह्मा॑ण्यृच्यन्ते यु॒वभ्या॑म् ॥

Ashvins, observers of truth and law in theory and practice, this yajna of adoration and liberal havi presided over by Vedic scholars and conducted with Vedic hymns for you in honour of Divinity is dedicated to the unity and victory of humanity over want and suffering. Come and join this holy programme of brilliance, peace and settlement for all. These words of song are chanted for you and radiate for you in living vibrations.

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7.70.7

इ॒यं म॑नी॒षा इ॒यम॑श्विना॒ गीरि॒मां सु॑वृ॒क्तिं वृ॑षणा जुषेथाम् । इ॒मा ब्रह्मा॑णि युव॒यून्य॑ग्मन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O generous and brilliant Ashvins, divine and human givers of success and fulfilment, come and join this thoughtful programme of yajna, this song of adoration, this divine praise and prayer. These sacred words of adoration and acts of homage are offered in your honour. O saints and scholars, divine powers of nature and humanity, listen, and protect and promote us with all time peace, prosperity, happiness and well being all round.

✦ Sukta 71 · 6 verses ✦

7.71.1

अप॒ स्वसु॑रु॒षसो॒ नग्जि॑हीते रि॒णक्ति॑ कृ॒ष्णीर॑रु॒षाय॒ पन्था॑म् । अश्वा॑मघा॒ गोम॑घा वां हुवेम॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॒ शरु॑म॒स्मद्यु॑योतम् ॥

The night takes leave of her sister dawn, darkness departs and clears the path for the light of day. O harbingers of light and wisdom, pioneers of action and achievement, masters of plenty and prosperity, Ashvins, we invoke you at this hour of the dawn, pray come and bless us, and dispel all sin and evil, darkness and ignorance, inaction and poverty far off from us day and night relentlessly

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7.71.2

उ॒पाया॑तं दा॒शुषे॒ मर्त्या॑य॒ रथे॑न वा॒मम॑श्विना॒ वह॑न्ता । यु॒यु॒तम॒स्मदनि॑रा॒ममी॑वां॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॑ माध्वी॒ त्रासी॑थां नः ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of a new dawn of sweetness and light of culture and prosperity, come by your chariot laden with riches of beauty and bliss for generous mortals, ward off from us sufferance and disease, and protect and promote us day and night relentlessly.

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7.71.3

आ वां॒ रथ॑मव॒मस्यां॒ व्यु॑ष्टौ सुम्ना॒यवो॒ वृष॑णो वर्तयन्तु । स्यूम॑गभस्तिमृत॒युग्भि॒रश्वै॒राश्वि॑ना॒ वसु॑मन्तं वहेथाम् ॥

On the rise of the new dawn when darkness is cleared, O devout, generous, gracious and powerful pioneers of light and wisdom, turn and guide your chariot towards us. Ashvins, harbingers of light and joy, steer your chariot laden with wealth, controlled by reins of sun rays and powered by the wise dedicated to the truth of divine laws, come to us and bless all.

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7.71.4

यो वां॒ रथो॑ नृपती॒ अस्ति॑ वो॒ळ्हा त्रि॑वन्धु॒रो वसु॑माँ उ॒स्रया॑मा । आ न॑ ए॒ना ना॑स॒त्योप॑ यातम॒भि यद्वां॑ वि॒श्वप्स्न्यो॒ जिगा॑ति ॥

Ashvins, protectors of humanity dedicated to the truth and law of nature and Divinity, may your chariot laden with wealth and wisdom, inbuilt with three-fold bonds of physical, mental and spiritual discipline, going by the light of sun, transport you hither to us. Come by this chariot to us following the paths which the lord of universal vision and eternal wisdom reveals to you.

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7.71.5

यु॒वं च्यवा॑नं ज॒रसो॑ऽमुमुक्तं॒ नि पे॒दव॑ ऊहथुरा॒शुमश्व॑म् । निरंह॑स॒स्तम॑सः स्पर्त॒मत्रिं॒ नि जा॑हु॒षं शि॑थि॒रे धा॑तम॒न्तः ॥

You exempt the active and dynamic from the decay of age, raise the relentlessly progressive commonwealth to higher achievements in no time, you save the man of threefold freedom of body, mind and soul from sin and ignorance, and you rejuvenate the optimist back to inner light and strength when he feels exhausted.

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7.71.6

इ॒यं म॑नी॒षा इ॒यम॑श्विना॒ गीरि॒मां सु॑वृ॒क्तिं वृ॑षणा जुषेथाम् । इ॒मा ब्रह्मा॑णि युव॒यून्य॑ग्मन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Ashvins, leaders of light and action, generous givers of fulfilment, this reflection and prayer, these words of adoration, this act and song of homage offered to you, pray accept with pleasure. May these holy tributes reach you. May you, saints and scholars, leaders and pioneers, harbingers of light, freedom and progress, protect and promote us with happiness and well being all round all time.

✦ Sukta 72 · 5 verses ✦

7.72.1

आ गोम॑ता नासत्या॒ रथे॒नाश्वा॑वता पुरुश्च॒न्द्रेण॑ यातम् । अ॒भि वां॒ विश्वा॑ नि॒युतः॑ सचन्ते स्पा॒र्हया॑ श्रि॒या त॒न्वा॑ शुभा॒ना ॥

O saints, scholars and scientists, dedicated to truth and the law of nature and divinity, handsome of form and person with enviable grace and splendour, come to our yajna by your swift, scientific and brilliant chariot.All your admirers and allied cooperative powers wait for you.

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7.72.2

आ नो॑ दे॒वेभि॒रुप॑ यातम॒र्वाक्स॒जोष॑सा नासत्या॒ रथे॑न । यु॒वोर्हि नः॑ स॒ख्या पित्र्या॑णि समा॒नो बन्धु॑रु॒त तस्य॑ वित्तम् ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of the light of knowledge and wealth of the world, dedicated to truth and law of nature and divinity, come to our yajna by your chariot in the company of divine sages and brilliant scholars, with all your strength of mind and soul. Your friendship and ours and our ancestral traditions and also our fraternity, pray know of this and give us the benefit of this commonalty.

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7.72.3

उदु॒ स्तोमा॑सो अ॒श्विनो॑रबुध्रञ्जा॒मि ब्रह्मा॑ण्यु॒षस॑श्च दे॒वीः । आ॒विवा॑स॒न्रोद॑सी॒ धिष्ण्ये॒मे अच्छा॒ विप्रो॒ नास॑त्या विवक्ति ॥

And the songs of praise in honour of the Ashvins and the hymns of adoration in honour of their sister dawn awake, inspire and arouse all, and they reverberate and fill the vast heaven and earth. O brilliant Ashvins, the vibrant devotee chants these well in faith with love for the brilliant lights of truth.

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7.72.4

वि चेदु॒च्छन्त्य॑श्विना उ॒षासः॒ प्र वां॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि का॒रवो॑ भरन्ते । ऊ॒र्ध्वं भा॒नुं स॑वि॒ता दे॒वो अ॑श्रेद्बृ॒हद॒ग्नयः॑ स॒मिधा॑ जरन्ते ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of light, wisdom and wealth of life, when the dawns arise and shine, poets and priests sing hymns of praise in your honour, the lord creator Savita in the glory of self-refulgence sends up the orb of sun for the day, and the fires of yajna fed on holy fuel rise in flames to glorify the light of Divinity

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7.72.5

आ प॒श्चाता॑न्नास॒त्या पु॒रस्ता॒दाश्वि॑ना यातमध॒रादुद॑क्तात् । आ वि॒श्वतः॒ पाञ्च॑जन्येन रा॒या यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Ashvins, holy harbingers of the light of truth and law of eternity and permanent values, pray come from behind, come from front, come from below, come from above, come all round from all directions of the world with the wealth of life for all the people of the earth. O holy powers of light and wealth of excellence, protect and promote us with all time peace and well being for all people.

✦ Sukta 73 · 5 verses ✦

7.73.1

अता॑रिष्म॒ तम॑सस्पा॒रम॒स्य प्रति॒ स्तोमं॑ देव॒यन्तो॒ दधा॑नाः । पु॒रु॒दंसा॑ पुरु॒तमा॑ पुरा॒जाम॑र्त्या हवते अ॒श्विना॒ गीः ॥

The voice of the worshipper invokes and celebrates the Ashvins, harbingers of the light and bliss of divinity, most versatile in generous action, most ancient, original and immortal. Offering songs of praise in homage to divinity in meditative search for the life divine, we cross over this darkness and ignorance of our existence.

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7.73.2

न्यु॑ प्रि॒यो मनु॑षः सादि॒ होता॒ नास॑त्या॒ यो यज॑ते॒ वन्द॑ते च । अ॒श्नी॒तं मध्वो॑ अश्विना उपा॒क आ वां॑ वोचे वि॒दथे॑षु॒ प्रय॑स्वान् ॥

O light and love of life divine, Ashvins, harbingers of bliss, the person who joins the divine consciousness in concentration, worships the lord of bliss and surrenders his carnal self in communion, gets settled in the peace of samadhi. Come close into the heart, O light of divinity and radiations of super life, suffuse this spirit in the honey sweets of bliss, so says the yajamana in union to you in the sessions of yoga yajna.

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7.73.3

अहे॑म य॒ज्ञं प॒थामु॑रा॒णा इ॒मां सु॑वृ॒क्तिं वृ॑षणा जुषेथाम् । श्रु॒ष्टी॒वेव॒ प्रेषि॑तो वामबोधि॒ प्रति॒ स्तोमै॒र्जर॑माणो॒ वसि॑ष्ठः ॥

O mighty generous powers of the divine circuit of light, harbingers of energy and enlightenment, we extend the possibilities of yajna and follow the path of achievement wider and wider from the individual to society on the physical, mental and spiritual level. Listen and accept this homage and invitation to join us. The most enlightened high priest celebrating divinity with hymns of adoration is awake and, as on the waves of thought, comes and exhorts you.

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7.73.4

उप॒ त्या वह्नी॑ गमतो॒ विशं॑ नो रक्षो॒हणा॒ सम्भृ॑ता वी॒ळुपा॑णी । समन्धां॑स्यग्मत मत्स॒राणि॒ मा नो॑ मर्धिष्ट॒मा ग॑तं शि॒वेन॑ ॥

You are destroyers of evil and negativities, you are abundant and open minded, and strong of hand in charity. You are harbingers of joy and energy for all. Exhilarating delicacies abound all round. Come and join our people with all possibilities of peace and fulfilment. Pray neglect us not.

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7.73.5

आ प॒श्चाता॑न्नास॒त्या पु॒रस्ता॒दाश्वि॑ना यातमध॒रादुद॑क्तात् । आ वि॒श्वतः॒ पाञ्च॑जन्येन रा॒या यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O mighty generous powers of divinity in nature and humanity, dedicated to truth, come from the back, come from front, come from below, come from above, come from all quarters of the world and bring the wealth of life for all our people, whatever their class or social status. O saints and sages, scholars and scientists, divinities of nature and humanity, protect and promote us all time with all round peace and fulfilment.

✦ Sukta 74 · 6 verses ✦

7.74.1

इ॒मा उ॑ वां॒ दिवि॑ष्टय उ॒स्रा ह॑वन्ते अश्विना । अ॒यं वा॑म॒ह्वेऽव॑से शचीवसू॒ विशं॑विशं॒ हि गच्छ॑थः ॥

Brilliant Ashvins, these yajakas dedicated to life divine invoke and call upon you for light, and I too, O versatile commanders of the wealth of knowledge, power and vision, invite you and pray for protection and advancement since you visit and bless every individual and every community.

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7.74.2

यु॒वं चि॒त्रं द॑दथु॒र्भोज॑नं नरा॒ चोदे॑थां सू॒नृता॑वते । अ॒र्वाग्रथं॒ सम॑नसा॒ नि य॑च्छतं॒ पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥

O leading lights of humanity, you provide wonderful food for the body, mind and soul, provide inspiration and incentive for the man of truth and rectitude. With an equal mind with us all, bring up your chariot, add to the joy of the community and share the honey sweets of peace and pleasure.

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7.74.3

आ या॑त॒मुप॑ भूषतं॒ मध्वः॑ पिबतमश्विना । दु॒ग्धं पयो॑ वृषणा जेन्यावसू॒ मा नो॑ मर्धिष्ट॒मा ग॑तम् ॥

Ashvins, creators as well as harbingers of light and inspiration, come hither to us, add to the power and grace of our corporate programme and share the honey sweets of our achievement. O creators and winners of wealth, honour and excellence, brave and generous, enjoy the showers of milk and nectar. Pray come, do not neglect us.

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7.74.4

अश्वा॑सो॒ ये वा॒मुप॑ दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हं यु॒वां दीय॑न्ति॒ बिभ्र॑तः । म॒क्षू॒युभि॑र्नरा॒ हये॑भिरश्वि॒ना दे॑वा यातमस्म॒यू ॥

Ashvins, leading lights of nature and humanity, the transports which bear you to the house of the generous yajamana radiate and shine and illuminate the hall of yajna. O brilliant and powerful lights of humanity, twin divines, come by the fastest powers of sun rays and grace our yajna.

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7.74.5

अधा॑ ह॒ यन्तो॑ अ॒श्विना॒ पृक्षः॑ सचन्त सू॒रयः॑ । ता यं॑सतो म॒घव॑द्भ्यो ध्रु॒वं यश॑श्छ॒र्दिर॒स्मभ्यं॒ नास॑त्या ॥

And now, Ashvins, leading lights of the truth and law of nature and humanity, brilliant sages and scholars are on the move and come to join you in pursuit of knowledge. To them, grant honour and fame with the wealth of achievement, and bless us with a happy and peaceful home.

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7.74.6

प्र ये य॒युर॑वृ॒कासो॒ रथा॑ इव नृपा॒तारो॒ जना॑नाम् । उ॒त स्वेन॒ शव॑सा शूशुवु॒र्नर॑ उ॒त क्षि॑यन्ति सुक्षि॒तिम् ॥

Those who are simple, honest and non-violent saviours and protectors of the people go forward shining as by royal chariots. They, leaders and pioneers, rise by their own strength and find a happy home in the promised land of their own choice.

✦ Sukta 75 · 8 verses ✦

7.75.1

व्यु१॒॑षा आ॑वो दिवि॒जा ऋ॒तेना॑विष्कृण्वा॒ना म॑हि॒मान॒मागा॑त् । अप॒ द्रुह॒स्तम॑ आव॒रजु॑ष्ट॒मङ्गि॑रस्तमा प॒थ्या॑ अजीगः ॥

The dawn arises from the light of heaven, revealing the awful splendour and majesty of Divinity by the law of eternity, dispelling the odious darkness, hate and jealousy, and illuminates the paths of daily activity with inspirations of highest freshness of life energy for humanity.

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7.75.2

म॒हे नो॑ अ॒द्य सु॑वि॒ताय॑ बो॒ध्युषो॑ म॒हे सौभ॑गाय॒ प्र य॑न्धि । चि॒त्रं र॒यिं य॒शसं॑ धेह्य॒स्मे देवि॒ मर्ते॑षु मानुषि श्रव॒स्युम् ॥

O dawn, light of divinity, at the rise of this new day inspire us to rise to higher faith and greater good fortune and lead us forward to achieve greater happiness and well being. O divine harbinger of new life and vision, bless us with wondrous wealth, honour and excellence and awaken mortal humanity to selfrecognition and the human condition with gratitude to Divinity.

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7.75.3

ए॒ते त्ये भा॒नवो॑ दर्श॒ताया॑श्चि॒त्रा उ॒षसो॑ अ॒मृता॑स॒ आगुः॑ । ज॒नय॑न्तो॒ दैव्या॑नि व्र॒तान्या॑पृ॒णन्तो॑ अ॒न्तरि॑क्षा॒ व्य॑स्थुः ॥

These are radiations of light divine at the break of dawn, wonderful, sublime and immortal that come and inspire, creating a deep sense of awareness of the ways and disciplines of life divine. They radiate through the cosmic spaces out and vibrate in the space within in the heart and abide in the soul.

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7.75.4

ए॒षा स्या यु॑जा॒ना प॑रा॒कात्पञ्च॑ क्षि॒तीः परि॑ स॒द्यो जि॑गाति । अ॒भि॒पश्य॑न्ती व॒युना॒ जना॑नां दि॒वो दु॑हि॒ता भुव॑नस्य॒ पत्नी॑ ॥

This is that light divine, child of heaven arising at dawn from afar, which instantly and always awakens and illuminates all children of the earth, whatever their class or status, and unites the human soul with the divine. It watches the ways and karmas of people and sustains and inspires life across the universe.

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7.75.5

वा॒जिनी॑वती॒ सूर्य॑स्य॒ योषा॑ चि॒त्राम॑घा रा॒य ई॑शे॒ वसू॑नाम् । ऋषि॑ष्टुता ज॒रय॑न्ती म॒घोन्यु॒षा उ॑च्छति॒ वह्नि॑भिर्गृणा॒ना ॥

The youthful light of the rising sun, inspiring and energising sustainer of life, commands the wealths of the world and rules the life and homes of people on earth. Studied and celebrated by sages and seers, seeing the devout rise in age and experience, the magnificent dawn shines on, adored by the yajakas when the fires of yajna are kindled early morning.

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7.75.6

प्रति॑ द्युता॒नाम॑रु॒षासो॒ अश्वा॑श्चि॒त्रा अ॑दृश्रन्नु॒षसं॒ वह॑न्तः । याति॑ शु॒भ्रा वि॑श्व॒पिशा॒ रथे॑न॒ दधा॑ति॒ रत्नं॑ विध॒ते जना॑य ॥

The radiations of light carrying the glorious dawn shine in splendour of various and wondrous rays and appear like steeds of the celestial chariot by which the heavenly maiden goes forward on her journey of light dispelling darkness of the world and bears and brings the jewels of wealth for the people.

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7.75.7

स॒त्या स॒त्येभि॑र्मह॒ती म॒हद्भि॑र्दे॒वी दे॒वेभि॑र्यज॒ता यज॑त्रैः । रु॒जद्दृ॒ळ्हानि॒ दद॑दु॒स्रिया॑णां॒ प्रति॒ गाव॑ उ॒षसं॑ वावशन्त ॥

Ever true, served by the truthful, ever great honoured by the great, ever glorious adored by the brilliant sages and devout yajakas, the dawn destroys strongholds of darkness and gives freedom and energy of morning radiations to those who love and wait for the rise of a new day of divine awareness.

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7.75.8

नू नो॒ गोम॑द्वी॒रव॑द्धेहि॒ रत्न॒मुषो॒ अश्वा॑वत्पुरु॒भोजो॑ अ॒स्मे । मा नो॑ ब॒र्हिः पु॑रु॒षता॑ नि॒दे क॑र्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O light divine, give us jewels of the wealth of lands and cows and brilliance of speech and knowledge, swiftness of transport and achievement, food and prosperity for all, and a heroic line of descendants. Let none malign our manliness and house of yajna. O saints and sages, protect and promote us all ways all time with all happiness and well being.

✦ Sukta 76 · 7 verses ✦

7.76.1

उदु॒ ज्योति॑र॒मृतं॑ वि॒श्वज॑न्यं वि॒श्वान॑रः सवि॒ता दे॒वो अ॑श्रेत् । क्रत्वा॑ दे॒वाना॑मजनिष्ट॒ चक्षु॑रा॒विर॑क॒र्भुव॑नं॒ विश्व॑मु॒षाः ॥

Self-refulgent Savita, leading light of the world and inspirer of life, radiates universal and immortal light for the benefit of humanity. The sun, eye of the divinities of nature and humanity, is risen by the cosmic yajna of divinity and the light of dawn illuminates and reveals the entire world to view.

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7.76.2

प्र मे॒ पन्था॑ देव॒याना॑ अदृश्र॒न्नम॑र्धन्तो॒ वसु॑भि॒रिष्कृ॑तासः । अभू॑दु के॒तुरु॒षसः॑ पु॒रस्ता॑त्प्रती॒च्यागा॒दधि॑ ह॒र्म्येभ्यः॑ ॥

The paths of divinity are clearly visible for me, blissful, unobstructed and unobstructing, showing the order of stars and planets. The morning light of dawn, symbol of divinity, is risen in the east and spreads westward dispelling darkness over high altitudes.

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7.76.3

तानीदहा॑नि बहु॒लान्या॑स॒न्या प्रा॒चीन॒मुदि॑ता॒ सूर्य॑स्य । यतः॒ परि॑ जा॒र इ॑वा॒चर॒न्त्युषो॑ ददृ॒क्षे न पुन॑र्य॒तीव॑ ॥

Many and intense are those resplendent lights of the divine sun arisen long before antiquity from where the dawns are seen rising like fire but never seen returning, deserted or deserting or forsaken.

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7.76.4

त इद्दे॒वानां॑ सध॒माद॑ आसन्नृ॒तावा॑नः क॒वयः॑ पू॒र्व्यासः॑ । गू॒ळ्हं ज्योतिः॑ पि॒तरो॒ अन्व॑विन्दन्त्स॒त्यम॑न्त्रा अजनयन्नु॒षास॑म् ॥

They alone share communion and union with divinities in the house of meditative yajna who, dedicated to divine truth and law, are veteran visionaries and creative poets, who are sagely father figures and realise the mysterious sublimity of light divine, and who, having realised and mastered the activating mantra, recreate and reveal the light of divinity in spiritual vision.

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7.76.5

स॒मा॒न ऊ॒र्वे अधि॒ संग॑तासः॒ सं जा॑नते॒ न य॑तन्ते मि॒थस्ते । ते दे॒वानां॒ न मि॑नन्ति व्र॒तान्यम॑र्धन्तो॒ वसु॑भि॒र्याद॑मानाः ॥

Men of vision dedicated to common and equal programmes of vast significance join together not only in mutual covenant but also in absolute union, and together endeavour to realise their divine aim without ever contending against one another. They do not break the laws and disciplines of truth and divinities, nor do they violate the conventions and traditions of the wise and, marching forward by the light of stars and wealth of Vedic knowledge without violence to any one, they attain their aim.

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7.76.6

प्रति॑ त्वा॒ स्तोमै॑रीळते॒ वसि॑ष्ठा उष॒र्बुधः॑ सुभगे तुष्टु॒वांसः॑ । गवां॑ ने॒त्री वाज॑पत्नी न उ॒च्छोषः॑ सुजाते प्रथ॒मा ज॑रस्व ॥

O dawn, lady of light and good fortune, nobly born of the sun divine, generous sustainer and giver of inspiration and energy, harbinger of light and controller of mind and senses, brilliant and celebrant sages of highest faith and intelligence awake at dawn offer you homage with songs of adoration: Come, first born, light of divinity, shine and bring us too the life divine.

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7.76.7

ए॒षा ने॒त्री राध॑सः सू॒नृता॑नामु॒षा उ॒च्छन्ती॑ रिभ्यत॒॒ वसि॑ष्ठैः । दी॒र्घ॒श्रुतं॑ र॒यिम॒स्मे दधा॑ना यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

This light divine of eternal life that arises at dawn shines and dispels the darkness of the external and internal world of humanity. It illuminates the mind and soul of the people dedicated to holy truth and the divine law of eternity, perfects their faculties and guides them over the paths and ways of divine pursuits to the accomplishment of success and glory. It bears and brings us the wealth, honour and excellence of life we have heard of since time immemorial and leads us to the eternal light of divinity. Thus is it celebrated by the most brilliant sages of knowledge and wisdom. Pray save us, protect us and advance us with the means and modes of peace and fulfilment all ways, all time.

✦ Sukta 77 · 6 verses ✦

7.77.1

उपो॑ रुरुचे युव॒तिर्न योषा॒ विश्वं॑ जी॒वं प्र॑सु॒वन्ती॑ च॒रायै॑ । अभू॑द॒ग्निः स॒मिधे॒ मानु॑षाणा॒मक॒र्ज्योति॒र्बाध॑माना॒ तमां॑सि ॥

Lo, there arises the dawn and shines like a youthful maiden breathing, radiating and inspiring life energy and light for the moving world. Let the holy fire be kindled. When it is kindled, it creates the light and dispels the darkness of humanity. This too is the holy fire kindled at the dawn of creation which radiates light and life for the living beings and dispels the darkness of the pre-creation state.

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7.77.2

विश्वं॑ प्रती॒ची स॒प्रथा॒ उद॑स्था॒द्रुश॒द्वासो॒ बिभ्र॑ती शु॒क्रम॑श्वैत् । हिर॑ण्यवर्णा सु॒दृशी॑कसंदृ॒ग्गवां॑ मा॒ता ने॒त्र्यह्ना॑मरोचि ॥

It rises, advancing, expanding, shining, wearing the light of glory, bearing the power and purity of divinity, and thus it beams forth over the world in golden majesty and blissful beauty as the mother of light and holy speech and shines as harbinger of days, each anew every morning.

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7.77.3

दे॒वानां॒ चक्षुः॑ सु॒भगा॒ वह॑न्ती श्वे॒तं नय॑न्ती सु॒दृशी॑क॒मश्व॑म् । उ॒षा अ॑दर्शि र॒श्मिभि॒र्व्य॑क्ता चि॒त्राम॑घा॒ विश्व॒मनु॒ प्रभू॑ता ॥

It is the eye of divinities, revealing and radiating the glory of divinity, bearing light and good fortune, leading the glorious sun like the white horse of the universal chariot of existence. Thus appears the dawn manifested in rays of light in wondrous majesty prevailing all over the world.

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7.77.4

अन्ति॑वामा दू॒रे अ॒मित्र॑मुच्छो॒र्वीं गव्यू॑ति॒मभ॑यं कृधी नः । या॒वय॒ द्वेष॒ आ भ॑रा॒ वसू॑नि चो॒दय॒ राधो॑ गृण॒ते म॑घोनि ॥

O lady of light, O dawn of a new day, be close at hand with wealth and loveliness, let the unfriendly be far off, pray shine and illuminate the wide world, and let all our paths of progress be free from fear and violence. Ward off hate, jealousy and enmity, bring us the wealth, honour and excellence of life, and inspire and energise the power, prosperity and generosity of the celebrant, you who command the wealth, power and majesty of the world.

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7.77.5

अ॒स्मे श्रेष्ठे॑भिर्भा॒नुभि॒र्वि भा॒ह्युषो॑ देवि प्रति॒रन्ती॑ न॒ आयुः॑ । इषं॑ च नो॒ दध॑ती विश्ववारे॒ गोम॒दश्वा॑व॒द्रथ॑वच्च॒ राधः॑ ॥

O brilliant dawn, blissful light of Divinity, shine for us with the best and highest values of existence by the lights of the sun, giving us good health and longevity. O cherished benefactor of the world, bear and bring for us food and energy, intelligence and all wealth of life abundant with lands, cows and brilliant thought and speech, horses and advancement, and an efficient progressive social order for our success and fulfilment.

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7.77.6

यां त्वा॑ दिवो दुहितर्व॒र्धय॒न्त्युषः॑ सुजाते म॒तिभि॒र्वसि॑ष्ठाः । सास्मासु॑ धा र॒यिमृ॒ष्वं बृ॒हन्तं॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O dawn, nobly born of the sun, child of Divinity, brilliant sages, poets and scholars adore and glorify you with holy words, thoughts and actions. O light divine, bear and bring to bless us excellent wealth, honour and glory rising and ever rising. O saints, sages and heroes of humanity, protect and promote us with peace, progress and all round well being all time.

✦ Sukta 78 · 5 verses ✦

7.78.1

प्रति॑ के॒तवः॑ प्रथ॒मा अ॑दृश्रन्नू॒र्ध्वा अ॑स्या अ॒ञ्जयो॒ वि श्र॑यन्ते । उषो॑ अ॒र्वाचा॑ बृह॒ता रथे॑न॒ ज्योति॑ष्मता वा॒मम॒स्मभ्यं॑ वक्षि ॥

The first flames of the dawn are visible, the rays of its light rise and radiate upward on the firmament. O dawn, light of divinity, come hither to us and bring us the beauty and glory of the wealth of the world by your great and grand chariot of light.

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7.78.2

प्रति॑ षीम॒ग्निर्ज॑रते॒ समि॑द्धः॒ प्रति॒ विप्रा॑सो म॒तिभि॑र्गृ॒णन्तः॑ । उ॒षा या॑ति॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ बाध॑माना॒ विश्वा॒ तमां॑सि दुरि॒ताप॑ दे॒वी ॥

In response, the kindled fire of yajna honours the rising dawn while the vibrant priests adore the light divine with holy thoughts, actions and words of song. The dawn, brilliant light of divinity, rises higher in flames and expands with light, dispelling all darkness of the world and warding off all evil, sin and crime.

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7.78.3

ए॒ता उ॒ त्याः प्रत्य॑दृश्रन्पु॒रस्ता॒ज्ज्योति॒र्यच्छ॑न्तीरु॒षसो॑ विभा॒तीः । अजी॑जन॒न्त्सूर्यं॑ य॒ज्ञम॒ग्निम॑पा॒चीनं॒ तमो॑ अगा॒दजु॑ष्टम् ॥

And there in front yonder are seen those higher radiations of the dawn, lights of flame shining and illuminating the world. Up rises the sun, the fire of yajna grows and the flames of the holy fire expand, and thus all disagreeable darkness goes out, dispelled by the light divine.

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7.78.4

अचे॑ति दि॒वो दु॑हि॒ता म॒घोनी॒ विश्वे॑ पश्यन्त्यु॒षसं॑ विभा॒तीम् । आस्था॒द्रथं॑ स्व॒धया॑ यु॒ज्यमा॑न॒मा यमश्वा॑सः सु॒युजो॒ वह॑न्ति ॥

The resplendent and munificent dawn, child of heaven, is perceived rising on the horizon, riding her chariot efficient in service, powered by her own energy and drawn by efficient, well trained and well directed horses. All people of the world see this brilliant dawn and feel blest.

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7.78.5

प्रति॑ त्वा॒द्य सु॒मन॑सो बुधन्ता॒स्माका॑सो म॒घवा॑नो व॒यं च॑ । ति॒ल्वि॒ला॒यध्व॑मुषसो विभा॒तीर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

You, O Dawn today, people of noble mind, our own,

wealthy, honourable and excellent, and we all, invoke, admire and adore. O resplendent and magnificent lights of dawn, inspire us with love and refinement. O lights of divinity, saints and sages, protect and promote us with all peace, prosperity and happiness all ways, all time.

✦ Sukta 79 · 5 verses ✦

7.79.1

व्यु१॒॑षा आ॑वः प॒थ्या॒३॒॑ जना॑नां॒ पञ्च॑ क्षि॒तीर्मानु॑षीर्बो॒धय॑न्ती । सु॒सं॒दृग्भि॑रु॒क्षभि॑र्भा॒नुम॑श्रे॒द्वि सूर्यो॒ रोद॑सी॒ चक्ष॑सावः ॥

The lights of the dawn arise, rejuvenating, revealing the paths of life for the day and awakening all five communities of the people for their daily chores. She reveals the birth of the sun by beatific radiations and as the sun rises it illuminates heaven and earth and fills them with light.

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7.79.2

व्य॑ञ्जते दि॒वो अन्ते॑ष्व॒क्तून्विशो॒ न यु॒क्ता उ॒षसो॑ यतन्ते । सं ते॒ गाव॒स्तम॒ आ व॑र्तयन्ति॒ ज्योति॑र्यच्छन्ति सवि॒तेव॑ बा॒हू ॥

The lights of the dawn radiate their rays and fill the space from earth to the bounds of heaven. Together they radiate in succession and act like a divine force in unison. Constantly those radiations turn out the darkness and, like the circuitous operations of solar radiation, they give light and life to the world in sequence.

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7.79.3

अभू॑दु॒षा इन्द्र॑तमा म॒घोन्यजी॑जनत्सुवि॒ताय॒ श्रवां॑सि । वि दि॒वो दे॒वी दु॑हि॒ता द॑धा॒त्यङ्गि॑रस्तमा सु॒कृते॒ वसू॑नि ॥

The dawn arises, most potent and regenerative, wealthy and munificent, and creates and recreates food, energy, wealth, honour and excellence for the goodness and well being of humanity. May the divine dawn, child born of the eternal light of life, bring us the most inspiring and rejuvenating wealths of life for the good life and well being of noble humanity.

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7.79.4

ताव॑दुषो॒ राधो॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ रास्व॒ याव॑त्स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ अर॑दो गृणा॒ना । यां त्वा॑ ज॒ज्ञुर्वृ॑ष॒भस्या॒ रवे॑ण॒ वि दृ॒ळ्हस्य॒ दुरो॒ अद्रे॑रौर्णोः ॥

O dawn of the light of divinity, give us ample wealth and competence for the good life, as much as you grant to the devout celebrants who have adored you since eternity and known you by the roar of thunder, the shower of clouds, and the bellowing of the bull, when you open the caves of mighty mountains and clouds and unveil the folds of darkness from over the light of the sun.

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7.79.5

दे॒वंदे॑वं॒ राध॑से चो॒दय॑न्त्यस्म॒द्र्य॑क्सू॒नृता॑ ई॒रय॑न्ती । व्यु॒च्छन्ती॑ नः स॒नये॒ धियो॑ धा यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Inspiring every noble person for the attainment of wealth and competence for the good life, radiating the light of divinity and holy intelligence for us, enlightening our thought and will with the original message of divinity for advancement in generosity, O lights of the dawn, protect and promote us with all modes and means of success for peace, progress and the good life all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 80 · 3 verses ✦

7.80.1

प्रति॒ स्तोमे॑भिरु॒षसं॒ वसि॑ष्ठा गी॒र्भिर्विप्रा॑सः प्रथ॒मा अ॑बुध्रन् । वि॒व॒र्तय॑न्तीं॒ रज॑सी॒ सम॑न्ते आविष्कृण्व॒तीं भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ ॥

Brilliant saints and vibrant sages at the very first dawn of life receive the light of divinity in revelation, celebrate the dawn of light in inspired songs of adoration, the same light of dawn that illuminates and enlightens all regions of the universe within the bounds of heaven and earth every revolution of the day.

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7.80.2

ए॒षा स्या नव्य॒मायु॒र्दधा॑ना गू॒ढ्वी तमो॒ ज्योति॑षो॒षा अ॑बोधि । अग्र॑ एति युव॒तिरह्र॑याणा॒ प्राचि॑कित॒त्सूर्यं॑ य॒ज्ञम॒ग्निम् ॥

This is the dawn bearing and bringing new life and energy, that deep and sublime light of divinity which enlightens ignorance with knowledge and informs even darkness with light. It goes forward first before sunrise, youthful, bold, enlightened, unrestrained and free, and gives light to the sun and life to the yajna fire.

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7.80.3

अश्वा॑वती॒र्गोम॑तीर्न उ॒षासो॑ वी॒रव॑तीः॒ सद॑मुच्छन्तु भ॒द्राः । घृ॒तं दुहा॑ना वि॒श्वतः॒ प्रपी॑ता यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

May the blissful dawns every morning, abounding in light and dynamism, energy, fertility and procreation of the race in heroic generations, illuminate and energise our home and family, give us showers of water, milk and honey, and bless us with total fulfilment from all quarters of the world. O lights of dawn, protect and promote us with all peace, progress and happiness of the good life always all time.

✦ Sukta 81 · 6 verses ✦

7.81.1

प्रत्यु॑ अदर्श्याय॒त्यु१॒॑च्छन्ती॑ दुहि॒ता दि॒वः । अपो॒ महि॑ व्ययति॒ चक्ष॑से॒ तमो॒ ज्योति॑ष्कृणोति सू॒नरी॑ ॥

The great and glorious dawn, child of the light of divinity, is seen rising, dispelling mists and darkness, and illuminates with light the world of our actions, brilliant guide as she is for the day.

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7.81.2

उदु॒स्रियाः॑ सृजते॒ सूर्यः॒ सचाँ॑ उ॒द्यन्नक्ष॑त्रमर्चि॒वत् । तवेदु॑षो॒ व्युषि॒ सूर्य॑स्य च॒ सं भ॒क्तेन॑ गमेमहि ॥

And then the sun, friend and associate together, takes over and, blazing with splendour, sends forth radiations of light and illuminates the planet earth. O dawn, in your original revelation of light divine and in the solar radiations, we pray, let us abide and act with faith and delightful experience of the illumination.

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7.81.3

प्रति॑ त्वा दुहितर्दिव॒ उषो॑ जी॒रा अ॑भुत्स्महि । या वह॑सि पु॒रु स्पा॒र्हं व॑नन्वति॒ रत्नं॒ न दा॒शुषे॒ मयः॑ ॥

O dawn, daughter of heaven, receiver of divine light and giver of inspiring radiations, who bring us cherished gifts of eternal and infinite blessings like the jewels of life for the generous man of charity, we pray, may we be instant and faithful recipients of your light divine, peace and joy, every morning.

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7.81.4

उ॒च्छन्ती॒ या कृ॒णोषि॑ मं॒हना॑ महि प्र॒ख्यै दे॑वि॒ स्व॑र्दृ॒शे । तस्या॑स्ते रत्न॒भाज॑ ईमहे व॒यं स्याम॑ मा॒तुर्न सू॒नवः॑ ॥

Generous and divine dawn, great and glorious, who with your splendour enlighten the world to have the vision and awareness of divinity, we pray that we too may experience that vision and share those jewels of life, and thus abide in life like favourite children of the divine mother.

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7.81.5

तच्चि॒त्रं राध॒ आ भ॒रोषो॒ यद्दी॑र्घ॒श्रुत्त॑मम् । यत्ते॑ दिवो दुहितर्मर्त॒भोज॑नं॒ तद्रा॑स्व भु॒नजा॑महै ॥

O light of dawn, bear and bring for us that vision, wealth and competence of life, wonderful, various, versatile and infinite, heard over the longest time and widest space which, O light of self-refulgent heaven, is your gift to mortal humanity as food for the body, mind and soul. Give us that wealth of food for our benefit and enlightenment.

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7.81.6

श्रवः॑ सू॒रिभ्यो॑ अ॒मृतं॑ वसुत्व॒नं वाजाँ॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ गोम॑तः । चो॒द॒यि॒त्री म॒घोनः॑ सू॒नृता॑वत्यु॒षा उ॑च्छ॒दप॒ स्रिधः॑ ॥

O dawn, inspirer of the wealthy and powerful, commanding the light and truth of existence in action, bring immortal food and wealth, honour and fame to the wise and brave. Bring food and energy and the wealth of lands and cows for us all, and ward off all sin, error and enmity from us, shine and give us settlement in peace.

✦ Sukta 82 · 10 verses ✦

7.82.1

इन्द्रा॑वरुणा यु॒वम॑ध्व॒राय॑ नो वि॒शे जना॑य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतम् । दी॒र्घप्र॑यज्यु॒मति॒ यो व॑नु॒ष्यति॑ व॒यं ज॑येम॒ पृत॑नासु दू॒ढ्यः॑ ॥

Indra, lord of ruling power, and Varuna, lord of justice, you both together for our people in general provide a very home and comfortable security of life so that they may do their creative and productive work in peace without fear and violence and, in our joint ventures for the nation, we may defeat, better win over, the person who out of hate and malevolence injures or violates the peace of a citizen engaged in continuous work for the nation.

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7.82.2

स॒म्राळ॒न्यः स्व॒राळ॒न्य उ॑च्यते वां म॒हान्ता॒विन्द्रा॒वरु॑णा म॒हाव॑सू । विश्वे॑ दे॒वासः॑ पर॒मे व्यो॑मनि॒ सं वा॒मोजो॑ वृषणा॒ सं बलं॑ दधुः ॥

O Indra, lord ruler, and Varuna, lord of justice, grand powers of the common wealth, one of you is called ‘Samrat, sovereign ruler of the nation as one collected person’, the other is called ‘Swarat, autonomous ruler of the judiciary as a sub-system of the sovereign state’. O brave and generous lords, may all the brilliant sages and scholars of the nation and all the divinities of nature in this vast sovereign common wealth of humanity vest you with dignity and power. (This mantra may also be interpreted as pointing to the two extreme ends, though both mutually balanced, of the sovereign social order, whether the order is a nation or the entire human world on earth. One is ‘Samrat’ the total sovereign system with one supreme head, the other is ‘swarat’, the autonomous individual, the citizen with his or her freedoms and loyalty to the national law, and the balance of rights and duties of the ‘swarat’ individual.)

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7.82.3

अन्व॒पां खान्य॑तृन्त॒मोज॒सा सूर्य॑मैरयतं दि॒वि प्र॒भुम् । इन्द्रा॑वरुणा॒ मदे॑ अस्य मा॒यिनोऽपि॑न्वतम॒पितः॒ पिन्व॑तं॒ धियः॑ ॥

With your light and lustre, O Indra and Varuna, sovereign ruler and lord of independent judgement, state and the individual, general will and collective power and individual will and autonomous judgement, together you break open the flood gates of waters and national energy in social dynamics. You raise the social brilliance in the regions of culture and enlightenment to the highest degrees of freedom and sovereignty. O lords of power and judgement, together in the joy of this wonderful ruling order, you replenish the dry streams of life to flow with fresh energy and energise our bored will and intellect with new vision, ambition and resolution all round.

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7.82.4

यु॒वामिद्यु॒त्सु पृत॑नासु॒ वह्न॑यो यु॒वां क्षेम॑स्य प्रस॒वे मि॒तज्ञ॑वः । ई॒शा॒ना वस्व॑ उ॒भय॑स्य का॒रव॒ इन्द्रा॑वरुणा सु॒हवा॑ हवामहे ॥

Indra and Varuna, ruler and preserver of both the citizen and the state for earthly as well as for higher values, men of fiery passion and action call upon you in their joint struggles for advancement and fresh acquisitions. Men of settled vision and judgement seated on firm ground call upon you in their efforts for peace, preservation and stability. Creators of the wealth of the nation thus, we all call upon you in our battles for both yoga and kshema, progress and preservation in balance, constant watchers and instantly responsive as you are.

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7.82.5

इन्द्रा॑वरुणा॒ यदि॒मानि॑ च॒क्रथु॒र्विश्वा॑ जा॒तानि॒ भुव॑नस्य म॒ज्मना॑ । क्षेमे॑ण मि॒त्रो वरु॑णं दुव॒स्यति॑ म॒रुद्भि॑रु॒ग्रः शुभ॑म॒न्य ई॑यते ॥

Indra and Varuna, with your strength and vision you rule and advance and thus serve all these children of the earth. Mitra, power of love and friendship with warmth of passion for peace and stability serves and supports Varuna, judgement and discrimination for the collective good, and the other, Indra, power and passion for advancement, with all his storm troopers fast as winds fights for the defence and advancement of the good of all.

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7.82.6

म॒हे शु॒ल्काय॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ नु त्वि॒ष ओजो॑ मिमाते ध्रु॒वम॑स्य॒ यत्स्वम् । अजा॑मिम॒न्यः श्न॒थय॑न्त॒माति॑रद्द॒भ्रेभि॑र॒न्यः प्र वृ॑णोति॒ भूय॑सः ॥

For the greatness and rising prosperity of the social order of peace and progress, Indra and Varuna augment its power and lustre and preserve and increase what its basic and consolidated national asset is. One of them, Indra, overthrows its unfriendly and hostile opponents who try to sabotage and arrest its progress, and the other, Varuna, even with minimum but convincing power, subdues many devastating critics.

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7.82.7

न तमंहो॒ न दु॑रि॒तानि॒ मर्त्य॒मिन्द्रा॑वरुणा॒ न तपः॒ कुत॑श्च॒न । यस्य॑ देवा॒ गच्छ॑थो वी॒थो अ॑ध्व॒रं न तं मर्त॑स्य नशते॒ परि॑ह्वृतिः ॥

No sin, no evils, no suffering, nor any man’s crookedness can ever touch or disturb that mortal man, that ruler of the social order, whose yajna of individual freedom of action and loyalty to the social order and its laws, O Indra and Varuna, lord of omnipotence and lord of justice and mercy, glorious and generous rulers of the universe, you bless, visit, lead and guide.

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7.82.8

अ॒र्वाङ्न॑रा॒ दैव्ये॒नाव॒सा ग॑तं शृणु॒तं हवं॒ यदि॑ मे॒ जुजो॑षथः । यु॒वोर्हि स॒ख्यमु॒त वा॒ यदाप्यं॑ मार्डी॒कमि॑न्द्रावरुणा॒ नि य॑च्छतम् ॥

O Indra and Varuna, leading lights of nature and humanity, lords of power, justice and mercy of the social and natural order, since I enjoy your love and friendship, come hither to me with protection and promotion, listen to my call, and bear, bring and give me the benefit of your friendship and whatever is peaceful, blissful and attainable.

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7.82.9

अ॒स्माक॑मिन्द्रावरुणा॒ भरे॑भरे पुरोयो॒धा भ॑वतं कृष्ट्योजसा । यद्वां॒ हव॑न्त उ॒भये॒ अध॑ स्पृ॒धि नर॑स्तो॒कस्य॒ तन॑यस्य सा॒तिषु॑ ॥

Indra and Varuna, ruling powers of the people and the social order, be the front leaders and warriors in every battle of ours since the leading lights of both the people and the ruling services invite you in their struggles for the progress of their children and grand children.

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7.82.10

अ॒स्मे इन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा द्यु॒म्नं य॑च्छन्तु॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ स॒प्रथः॑ । अ॒व॒ध्रं ज्योति॒रदि॑तेॠता॒वृधो॑ दे॒वस्य॒ श्लोकं॑ सवि॒तुर्म॑नामहे ॥

May Indra, Varuna, Mitra and Aryama, lord of power, justice and generosity, love and friendship, and guide and lord ruler of the world order, bless us with honour and excellence and give us great good peace and prosperity ever increasing. We pray for the kind and beneficial light of mother Infinity and celebrate the glory of the self-refulgent Savita, lord creator, inspirer of life and protector of the truth and law of this expansive universe.

✦ Sukta 83 · 10 verses ✦

7.83.1

यु॒वां न॑रा॒ पश्य॑मानास॒ आप्यं॑ प्रा॒चा ग॒व्यन्तः॑ पृथु॒पर्श॑वो ययुः । दासा॑ च वृ॒त्रा ह॒तमार्या॑णि च सु॒दास॑मिन्द्रावरु॒णाव॑सावतम् ॥

Indra and Varuna, O warrior and tactician of the commanding order, the bold and brave front rank leaders, seeing your power and performance, march forward and join you with large axes in hand and reach you as leaders with an open door. O fighters, having destroyed the forces of darkness and sabotage, with all your forces protect and promote the noble, the generous and the dedicated people of society.

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7.83.2

यत्रा॒ नरः॑ स॒मय॑न्ते कृ॒तध्व॑जो॒ यस्मि॑न्ना॒जा भव॑ति॒ किं च॒न प्रि॒यम् । यत्रा॒ भय॑न्ते॒ भुव॑ना स्व॒र्दृश॒स्तत्रा॑ न इन्द्रावरु॒णाधि॑ वोचतम् ॥

Where the leading brave of the nation meet with banners in hand, where there would be but little good in battle or in contest, where the people of the earth quake with fear though they see the light and joy of heaven otherwise, of that, O Indra and, Varuna, speak to us.

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7.83.3

सं भूम्या॒ अन्ता॑ ध्वसि॒रा अ॑दृक्ष॒तेन्द्रा॑वरुणा दि॒वि घोष॒ आरु॑हत् । अस्थु॒र्जना॑ना॒मुप॒ मामरा॑तयो॒ऽर्वागव॑सा हवनश्रु॒ता ग॑तम् ॥

Indra and Varuna, destroyers of the evil and the violent, look to the ends of the earth, let the clang of arms and roar of battle rise to the sky, let the people’s enemies stand at the door and face me, and in any crisis, as you hear the signal and the clarion call, come forward with all the defence forces.

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7.83.4

इन्द्रा॑वरुणा व॒धना॑भिरप्र॒ति भे॒दं व॒न्वन्ता॒ प्र सु॒दास॑मावतम् । ब्रह्मा॑ण्येषां शृणुतं॒ हवी॑मनि स॒त्या तृत्सू॑नामभवत्पु॒रोहि॑तिः ॥

Indra and Varuna, leading warrior and enemy destroyer and saviour and rebuilder, facing and breaking the difficult enemy lines of offence with fatal weapons, protect the generous ruler of the land. In this strife of battle, listen to the earnest voices of the priests engaged in yajnic development of the nation, and let the priestlike prophecy and expectations of the people seeking peace and freedom come true.

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7.83.5

इन्द्रा॑वरुणाव॒भ्या त॑पन्ति मा॒घान्य॒र्यो व॒नुषा॒मरा॑तयः । यु॒वं हि वस्व॑ उ॒भय॑स्य॒ राज॒थोऽध॑ स्मा नोऽवतं॒ पार्ये॑ दि॒वि ॥

Indra, lord of power, Varuna, lord of justice and mercy, the evil deeds of the violent and the adversities caused by the saboteurs torment me all round. You alone rule and order the power and prosperity of both terrestrial and celestial worlds. Protect us on the earth and lead us to the light and joy of freedom beyond the bounds of earth.

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7.83.6

यु॒वां ह॑वन्त उ॒भया॑स आ॒जिष्विन्द्रं॑ च॒ वस्वो॒ वरु॑णं च सा॒तये॑ । यत्र॒ राज॑भिर्द॒शभि॒र्निबा॑धितं॒ प्र सु॒दास॒माव॑तं॒ तृत्सु॑भिः स॒ह ॥

Both the people and the leaders call upon you in battles, O Indra and Varuna, for victory in battle and regaining of success and prosperity. They call upon you in battle where you defend the generous ruler against tens of tormenting dictators and, alongwith the ruler, you save three orders of scholars and sages in three fields of arts, sciences and universal values of Dharma and justice.

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7.83.7

दश॒ राजा॑नः॒ समि॑ता॒ अय॑ज्यवः सु॒दास॑मिन्द्रावरुणा॒ न यु॑युधुः । स॒त्या नृ॒णाम॑द्म॒सदा॒मुप॑स्तुतिर्दे॒वा ए॑षामभवन्दे॒वहू॑तिषु ॥

Indra and Varuna, spirit of life and sense of judgement victorious over evil and impiety, even ten brilliant but impious and impulsive forces together cannot fight against the versatile and generous ruler of the self and society. The prayers of holy men dedicated to divinity in the house of yajna and charity come true and the divinities of humanity and nature both join the invocations of these holy men in their acts of piety and divine service.

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7.83.8

दा॒श॒रा॒ज्ञे परि॑यत्ताय वि॒श्वतः॑ सु॒दास॑ इन्द्रावरुणावशिक्षतम् । श्वि॒त्यञ्चो॒ यत्र॒ नम॑सा कप॒र्दिनो॑ धि॒या धीव॑न्तो॒ अस॑पन्त॒ तृत्स॑वः ॥

Indra and Varuna, you come to the help of the liberal man of charity and the benevolent ruler surrounded by hostilities all round, and you join his house of yajnic discipline and ruling order where intelligent and pious sages help the priestly performers with offers of oblations and thoughts of wisdom.

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7.83.9

वृ॒त्राण्य॒न्यः स॑मि॒थेषु॒ जिघ्न॑ते व्र॒तान्य॒न्यो अ॒भि र॑क्षते॒ सदा॑ । हवा॑महे वां वृषणा सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑र॒स्मे इ॑न्द्रावरुणा॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतम् ॥

Of Indra and Varuna, one destroys evil and darkness in the battles of life, the other always protects the laws and observances of pious people’s holy disciplines. O generous and divine lords of power and wisdom, we invoke you and offer you homage with adorations and holy presentations. May Indra and Varuna give us a happy home of peace and prosperity.

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7.83.10

अ॒स्मे इन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा द्यु॒म्नं य॑च्छन्तु॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ स॒प्रथः॑ । अ॒व॒ध्रं ज्योति॒रदि॑तेॠता॒वृधो॑ दे॒वस्य॒ श्लोकं॑ सवि॒तुर्म॑नामहे ॥

May Indra, Varuna, Mitra and Aryama bless us with power, justice, love and friendship, and passion for progress, honour and excellence with settlement in a happy home wherein, ever advancing, we may live a life of truth, observing the eternal law of Dharma operative in nature and humanity. We pray for the blissful light of mother Infinity and celebrate in song the glory of Savita, lord giver of the light of life and inspiration for the True, the Good and the Beautiful in existence.

✦ Sukta 84 · 5 verses ✦

7.84.1

आ वां॑ राजानावध्व॒रे व॑वृत्यां ह॒व्येभि॑रिन्द्रावरुणा॒ नमो॑भिः । प्र वां॑ घृ॒ताची॑ बा॒ह्वोर्दधा॑ना॒ परि॒ त्मना॒ विषु॑रूपा जिगाति ॥

Indra-Varuna, self-refulgent rulers of life, Supreme Lord’s power and justice, light and rectitude, law and freedom, reward and punishment, I pray, let me turn to you and abide there. I invoke you with salutations and homage worthy for divinity in this yajna of life full of love and free from violence. The ladle in all universal forms overflowing with ghrta held in hands spontaneously moves to you to make the offer of total surrender to the sacred fire.

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7.84.2

यु॒वो रा॒ष्ट्रं बृ॒हदि॑न्वति॒ द्यौर्यौ से॒तृभि॑रर॒ज्जुभिः॑ सिनी॒थः । परि॑ नो॒ हेळो॒ वरु॑णस्य वृज्या उ॒रुं न॒ इन्द्रः॑ कृणवदु लो॒कम् ॥

The mighty heaven of light feeds the vast social order under your rule. You join, you bind, with bonds without snares. May the displeasure of Varuna and consequent suffering be far off from us. May Indra bless us and create a vast expansive world of light for us.

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7.84.3

कृ॒तं नो॑ य॒ज्ञं वि॒दथे॑षु॒ चारुं॑ कृ॒तं ब्रह्मा॑णि सू॒रिषु॑ प्रश॒स्ता । उपो॑ र॒यिर्दे॒वजू॑तो न एतु॒ प्र णः॑ स्पा॒र्हाभि॑रू॒तिभि॑स्तिरेतम् ॥

Indra-Varuna, pray raise our yajnic acts in the business of life to beauty and grace. May you vest our songs of adoration and gratitude with love and faith among the wise and brave of the community. May wealth, honour and excellence of life inspired by divinities come to us. May you, Indra-Varuna, help us cross the seas of life with cherished means of protection and progress.

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7.84.4

अ॒स्मे इ॑न्द्रावरुणा वि॒श्ववा॑रं र॒यिं ध॑त्तं॒ वसु॑मन्तं पुरु॒क्षुम् । प्र य आ॑दि॒त्यो अनृ॑ता मि॒नात्यमि॑ता॒ शूरो॑ दयते॒ वसू॑नि ॥

Indra-Varuna, pray bear and bring for all of us wealth, honour and excellence of universal order in plenty, full of the world’s riches. The lord of light that frustrates and destroys untruth is the lord of power and gives boundless forms of wealth, joy and peaceful settlement on earth.

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7.84.5

इ॒यमिन्द्रं॒ वरु॑णमष्ट मे॒ गीः प्राव॑त्तो॒के तन॑ये॒ तूतु॑जाना । सु॒रत्ना॑सो दे॒ववी॑तिं गमेम यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Let my voice of adoration reach Indra and Varuna at the earliest and bring protection and progress for our children and grand children at the fastest. Let us all blest with the jewels of life reach the house of yajna and attain the blessings of Indra and Varuna. O divinities of nature and humanity, saints and sages, protect and promote us with all modes and means of safety, security and all round well being of life for all time.

✦ Sukta 85 · 5 verses ✦

7.85.1

पु॒नी॒षे वा॑मर॒क्षसं॑ मनी॒षां सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ वरु॑णाय॒ जुह्व॑त् । घृ॒तप्र॑तीकामु॒षसं॒ न दे॒वीं ता नो॒ याम॑न्नुरुष्यताम॒भीके॑ ॥

I dedicate and sanctify the song of adoration free from evil, enmity and malice, and offer it to Indra and Varuna, having made a presentation of holy soma to the ruler warrior and the chief of justice. It is soft and sweet and brilliant, full of power like the divine dawn. May Indra and Varuna come and inspire us to shine in our battle of life against evil with full divine protection.

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7.85.2

स्पर्ध॑न्ते॒ वा उ॑ देव॒हूये॒ अत्र॒ येषु॑ ध्व॒जेषु॑ दि॒द्यवः॒ पत॑न्ति । यु॒वं ताँ इ॑न्द्रावरुणाव॒मित्रा॑न्ह॒तं परा॑चः॒ शर्वा॒ विषू॑चः ॥

And those who fight and oppose us in this struggle of the social order, and in those battles in which the enemy weapons fall upon our flags of honour, all those enemies and crooked adversaries, O Indra and Varuna, pray frustrate and destroy with the force and justice of the social order.

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7.85.3

आप॑श्चि॒द्धि स्वय॑शसः॒ सद॑स्सु दे॒वीरिन्द्रं॒ वरु॑णं दे॒वता॒ धुः । कृ॒ष्टीर॒न्यो धा॒रय॑ति॒ प्रवि॑क्ता वृ॒त्राण्य॒न्यो अ॑प्र॒तीनि॑ हन्ति ॥

Intelligent and brilliant people in their own right of quality and social prestige select, appoint and consecrate Indra and Varuna, brilliant and noble authorities, in their offices and assemblies. One of them, Varuna, manages the different orders of people, the other, Indra, destroys forces of darkness and enmity who refuse to be managed otherwise.

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7.85.4

स सु॒क्रतु॑ॠत॒चिद॑स्तु॒ होता॒ य आ॑दित्य॒ शव॑सा वां॒ नम॑स्वान् । आ॒व॒वर्त॒दव॑से वां ह॒विष्मा॒नस॒दित्स सु॑वि॒ताय॒ प्रय॑स्वान् ॥

Surely that individual is a good citizen of noble action, a true yajaka, dedicated to universal values of truth and law, who, of his own free will, with his power and potential and high degree of endeavour and application, turns to you, O brilliant Indra and Varuna, with sincere loyalty and homage for the sake of protection and advancement. And surely he deserves all round happiness and well being.

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7.85.5

इ॒यमिन्द्रं॒ वरु॑णमष्ट मे॒ गीः प्राव॑त्तो॒के तन॑ये॒ तूतु॑जाना । सु॒रत्ना॑सो दे॒ववी॑तिं गमेम यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

May this earnest and vibrating voice of homage and prayer reach Indra and Varuna for the protection and progress of our children and grand children. May we, blest with the jewels of life, reach and join the noble assembly of the enlightened and participate in the yajnic business of the nation. O Indra and Varuna, O enlightened citizens and leaders of humanity, protect and promote us with all safeguards and securities and all modes of happiness and well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 86 · 8 verses ✦

7.86.1

धीरा॒ त्व॑स्य महि॒ना ज॒नूंषि॒ वि यस्त॒स्तम्भ॒ रोद॑सी चिदु॒र्वी । प्र नाक॑मृ॒ष्वं नु॑नुदे बृ॒हन्तं॑ द्वि॒ता नक्ष॑त्रं प॒प्रथ॑च्च॒ भूम॑ ॥

Firm in balance are the creations of this Varuna, light of the universe, by virtue of his greatness as he holds and stabilises the heaven and earth and indeed the expanding universe. He energises and impels the high heavens of bliss and the distant stars and lights them both day and night, pervading the vast world of existence. Only the wise and brave know this.

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7.86.2

उ॒त स्वया॑ त॒न्वा॒३॒॑ सं व॑दे॒ तत्क॒दा न्व१॒॑न्तर्वरु॑णे भुवानि । किं मे॑ ह॒व्यमहृ॑णानो जुषेत क॒दा मृ॑ळी॒कं सु॒मना॑ अ॒भि ख्य॑म् ॥

And when would I, by my own individual self, commune with the lord? When would I join the innermost presence of Varuna? Would he accept my homage and prayer with pleasure? When would I, with peace in the mind, experience the bliss of that presence and power?

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7.86.3

पृ॒च्छे तदेनो॑ वरुण दि॒दृक्षूपो॑ एमि चिकि॒तुषो॑ वि॒पृच्छ॑म् । स॒मा॒नमिन्मे॑ क॒वय॑श्चिदाहुर॒यं ह॒ तुभ्यं॒ वरु॑णो हृणीते ॥

O Varuna, I ask myself what sin is. Keen for the vision of divinity, I go and meet the wise, and freely I ask what sin is. And the wise sages all say the same thing to me : This Varuna feels displeased only for your sake, to save you from sin.

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7.86.4

किमाग॑ आस वरुण॒ ज्येष्ठं॒ यत्स्तो॒तारं॒ जिघां॑ससि॒ सखा॑यम् । प्र तन्मे॑ वोचो दूळभ स्वधा॒वोऽव॑ त्वाने॒ना नम॑सा तु॒र इ॑याम् ॥

Varuna, what is the greatest sin or crime for which you punish your friend and celebrant? Speak of that to me, O lord rare to be attained, self-refulgent and self-omnipotent. Save me, lord. A sinless innocent soul, post haste I come to you with homage, prayer and surrender.

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7.86.5

अव॑ द्रु॒ग्धानि॒ पित्र्या॑ सृजा॒ नोऽव॒ या व॒यं च॑कृ॒मा त॒नूभिः॑ । अव॑ राजन्पशु॒तृपं॒ न ता॒युं सृ॒जा व॒त्सं न दाम्नो॒ वसि॑ष्ठम् ॥

Loosen and free us from weaknesses inherited from the forefathers. Save us from the sins and evils committed by ourselves in person. O sovereign ruler, free us from animal passions, like the thief from jail, and relieve the earnest celebrant from passions and slavery, like the calf set free from bonds of the tether.

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7.86.6

न स स्वो दक्षो॑ वरुण॒ ध्रुतिः॒ सा सुरा॑ म॒न्युर्वि॒भीद॑को॒ अचि॑त्तिः । अस्ति॒ ज्याया॒न्कनी॑यस उपा॒रे स्वप्न॑श्च॒नेदनृ॑तस्य प्रयो॒ता ॥

It is not our own essential virtue, competence and expertise that is the cause of evil and the fall. It is liquor, anger, gambling and infatuation, ignorance and loss of good sense that is the cause of evil. It is also the company of the wrong senior with the junior and the dreams of unrealistic ambition that tempt a person to fall a victim to falsehood and evil.

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7.86.7

अरं॑ दा॒सो न मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ कराण्य॒हं दे॒वाय॒ भूर्ण॒येऽना॑गाः । अचे॑तयद॒चितो॑ दे॒वो अ॒र्यो गृत्सं॑ रा॒ये क॒वित॑रो जुनाति ॥

Let me, an innocent person free from evil, do unreserved service and offer sincere prayers like a dedicated servant to Varuna, refulgent and generous lord giver of sure and complete fulfilment. He, brilliant and generous lord of all, wiser than any one else, omniscient master, enlightens the ignorant and inspires the holy and intelligent, and leads them to honour and prosperity

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7.86.8

अ॒यं सु तुभ्यं॑ वरुण स्वधावो हृ॒दि स्तोम॒ उप॑श्रितश्चिदस्तु । शं नः॒ क्षेमे॒ शमु॒ योगे॑ नो अस्तु यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Varuna, self-existent lord of omniscience and omnipotence, may this song of adoration reach your heart and be graciously accepted. Let there be all good and full protection for what we have achieved, and all good grace and advancement for what we may further achieve. O lord, O divinities of nature and humanity, pray protect and promote us with all happiness and well being all ways all time, bless us with yoga and kshema in peace.

✦ Sukta 87 · 7 verses ✦

7.87.1

रद॑त्प॒थो वरु॑णः॒ सूर्या॑य॒ प्रार्णां॑सि समु॒द्रिया॑ न॒दीना॑म् । सर्गो॒ न सृ॒ष्टो अर्व॑तीॠता॒यञ्च॒कार॑ म॒हीर॒वनी॒रह॑भ्यः ॥

The universe is a mighty explosion of thought, energy and matter let free like a cosmic horse on course: Varuna, lord of supreme power, intelligence and imagination, carving out orbits for the self-refulgent stars, setting cosmic oceans into floods of rivers heading for the sea, structuring mighty moving galaxies and great planets and satellites from the stars, all moving in observance of the cosmic law.

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7.87.2

आ॒त्मा ते॒ वातो॒ रज॒ आ न॑वीनोत्प॒शुर्न भूर्णि॒र्यव॑से सस॒वान् । अ॒न्तर्म॒ही बृ॑ह॒ती रोद॑सी॒मे विश्वा॑ ते॒ धाम॑ वरुण प्रि॒याणि॑ ॥

Your spirit, O Varuna, sets the currents of energy in motion like winds and energises the cosmic particles anew, once asleep all, now rushing restless for food for existence like a horse moving for grass. O lord immanent and transcendent, all this great expansive universe of heaven and earth, all these abodes of existence, are homes of life dear to you, dear to the living forms.

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7.87.3

परि॒ स्पशो॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ स्मदि॑ष्टा उ॒भे प॑श्यन्ति॒ रोद॑सी सु॒मेके॑ । ऋ॒तावा॑नः क॒वयो॑ य॒ज्ञधी॑राः॒ प्रचे॑तसो॒ य इ॒षय॑न्त॒ मन्म॑ ॥

Currents of cosmic intelligence which are observant forces of Varuna appointed to their task, together watch both heaven and earth and they also observe and inspire to thought and imaginative creation, poets, intellectuals and devotees constantly dedicated to yajna all of whom observe the laws of eternal truth and Dharma and celebrate the divinity of Varuna.

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7.87.4

उ॒वाच॑ मे॒ वरु॑णो॒ मेधि॑राय॒ त्रिः स॒प्त नामाघ्न्या॑ बिभर्ति । वि॒द्वान्प॒दस्य॒ गुह्या॒ न वो॑चद्यु॒गाय॒ विप्र॒ उप॑राय॒ शिक्ष॑न् ॥

Varuna, vibrant lord of cosmic intelligence, supreme teacher, spoke to me, dedicated faithful disciple, that divine nature, divine speech, divine earth and sacred cow, each inviolable, bears thrice seven names. Enlightening the scholar approaching the teacher with homage and reverence, the omniscient lord speaks of the supreme state of freedom and bliss as the mystery of existence.

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7.87.5

ति॒स्रो द्यावो॒ निहि॑ता अ॒न्तर॑स्मिन्ति॒स्रो भूमी॒रुप॑राः॒ षड्वि॑धानाः । गृत्सो॒ राजा॒ वरु॑णश्चक्र ए॒तं दि॒वि प्रे॒ङ्खं हि॑र॒ण्ययं॑ शु॒भे कम् ॥

Three heavens of light are contained in the presence of this lord Varuna and there are three orders of the earthly globe over which there are six variations. The all - wise refulgent omnipotent ruler Varuna created all this universe including the vibrant and glorious sun in the blissful heaven high up for light of the world

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7.87.6

अव॒ सिन्धुं॒ वरु॑णो॒ द्यौरि॑व स्थाद्द्र॒प्सो न श्वे॒तो मृ॒गस्तुवि॑ष्मान् । ग॒म्भी॒रशं॑सो॒ रज॑सो वि॒मानः॑ सुपा॒रक्ष॑त्रः स॒तो अ॒स्य राजा॑ ॥

Varuna places the sea below as the heaven above, the lord immaculate who, as a drop of crystal, is mighty powerful as the lion, supreme adorable, creator of space and stars, sovereign of the mighty universal order, sole ruler and law giver of this world of reality.

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7.87.7

यो मृ॒ळया॑ति च॒क्रुषे॑ चि॒दागो॑ व॒यं स्या॑म॒ वरु॑णे॒ अना॑गाः । अनु॑ व्र॒तान्यदि॑तेॠ॒धन्तो॑ यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O Varuna, lord who save even the sinner, bless us that we may be sinless, observing the laws of mother Infinity’s discipline. O lord, O saints and sages, teachers and rulers, protect and promote us with peace, progress and all round well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 88 · 7 verses ✦

7.88.1

प्र शु॒न्ध्युवं॒ वरु॑णाय॒ प्रेष्ठां॑ म॒तिं व॑सिष्ठ मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ भरस्व । य ई॑म॒र्वाञ्चं॒ कर॑ते॒ यज॑त्रं स॒हस्रा॑मघं॒ वृष॑णं बृ॒हन्त॑म् ॥

Holiest sage and brilliant scholar, develop pure, purifying and transparent intelligence of the dearest order and offer reverence and yajnic homage to Varuna, potent and generous lord inspirer of life, who creates, energises and brings us the great adorable sun and the expansive and deepening cloud of showers bearing a thousandfold wealth of life.

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7.88.2

अधा॒ न्व॑स्य सं॒दृशं॑ जग॒न्वान॒ग्नेरनी॑कं॒ वरु॑णस्य मंसि । स्व१॒॑र्यदश्म॑न्नधि॒पा उ॒ अन्धो॒ऽभि मा॒ वपु॑र्दृ॒शये॑ निनीयात् ॥

Meditating on the blissful presence of Varuna, lord of light and wisdom, when I feel the flames of fire and divine exhilaration, then, I pray, the lord of bliss and sovereign of the world may reveal to me his divine presence as it is so that I may experience it in the inner being and live the ecstasy of life divine.

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7.88.3

आ यद्रु॒हाव॒ वरु॑णश्च॒ नावं॒ प्र यत्स॑मु॒द्रमी॒रया॑व॒ मध्य॑म् । अधि॒ यद॒पां स्नुभि॒श्चरा॑व॒ प्र प्रे॒ङ्ख ई॑ङ्खयावहै शु॒भे कम् ॥

And when I ride on the wings of Ananda samadhi with the presence of divine Varuna, I float through the boundless ocean of his infinite omnipresence, and when I fly over the world of karmic existence and all that goes with it, I transcend it with the divine presence and roll in the infinite ecstasy of pure bliss above the world of existence.

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7.88.4

वसि॑ष्ठं ह॒ वरु॑णो ना॒व्याधा॒दृषिं॑ चकार॒ स्वपा॒ महो॑भिः । स्तो॒तारं॒ विप्रः॑ सुदिन॒त्वे अह्नां॒ यान्नु द्याव॑स्त॒तन॒न्यादु॒षासः॑ ॥

Varuna, lord of love and omniscience, helps the man of vision and enlightenment to rise to the plane of bliss and salvation with great good actions, leads the dedicated celebrant through the holy light of his days of meditative actions to the dawn of light divine, and extends the dawn to the continuous light of a heaven of infinite bliss.

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7.88.5

क्व१॒॑ त्यानि॑ नौ स॒ख्या ब॑भूवुः॒ सचा॑वहे॒ यद॑वृ॒कं पु॒रा चि॑त् । बृ॒हन्तं॒ मानं॑ वरुण स्वधावः स॒हस्र॑द्वारं जगमा गृ॒हं ते॑ ॥

O lord, where are those days of dawn, that flight of bliss, that friendship and intimacy we lived together ever before without violation? What happened? O Varuna, lord of absolute power and bliss, let us come home with you, to that very state of bliss open a thousand ways, that grace abounding and infinite.

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7.88.6

य आ॒पिर्नित्यो॑ वरुण प्रि॒यः सन्त्वामागां॑सि कृ॒णव॒त्सखा॑ ते । मा त॒ एन॑स्वन्तो यक्षिन्भुजेम य॒न्धि ष्मा॒ विप्रः॑ स्तुव॒ते वरू॑थम् ॥

Varuna, lord of judgement and love, if some one who is always your devotee, ever a friend dear to you, by remiss indulges in sin, let him not do so. O lord adorable let us not live this life in sin. O lord of love, omniscient power, bring a home of peace, the bliss of light for the devoted celebrant.

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7.88.7

ध्रु॒वासु॑ त्वा॒सु क्षि॒तिषु॑ क्षि॒यन्तो॒ व्य१॒॑स्मत्पाशं॒ वरु॑णो मुमोचत् । अवो॑ वन्वा॒ना अदि॑तेरु॒पस्था॑द्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Living in these settled homes in these peaceful lands of mother earth, we pray, may Varuna release us from the bonds of sin and sinful existence. Enjoying peace and protection received from the lap of inviolable earth and mother Infinity, O saints and sages, protect and promote us with all modes of peace and well being always without relent.

✦ Sukta 89 · 5 verses ✦

7.89.1

मो षु व॑रुण मृ॒न्मयं॑ गृ॒हं रा॑जन्न॒हं ग॑मम् । मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑ ॥

Varuna, refulgent ruling lord of the world, just and merciful, let me not be destined to go to the house of clay. Be gracious, O holy lord of the world order, give me peace and joy.

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7.89.2

यदेमि॑ प्रस्फु॒रन्नि॑व॒ दृति॒र्न ध्मा॒तो अ॑द्रिवः । मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑ ॥

If at all I go blown about as a leaf or floating around as a cloud of dust in mere existence, even then, O gracious ruler of the order of existence, be kind, save me and give me joy.

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7.89.3

क्रत्वः॑ समह दी॒नता॑ प्रती॒पं ज॑गमा शुचे । मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑ ॥

O lord of holy action and magnanimity, if by weakness or error I go astray or move into the opposite direction, then, O noble ruler, be gracious and kind and save me.

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7.89.4

अ॒पां मध्ये॑ तस्थि॒वांसं॒ तृष्णा॑विदज्जरि॒तार॑म् । मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑ ॥

I stand stranded in the midst of waters, but still thirst torments me, the celebrant. I stand rooted in the heart of karma, yet ambition overwhelms me, the devotee. O lord of magnanimous order, save me, bless me.

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7.89.5

यत्किं चे॒दं व॑रुण॒ दैव्ये॒ जने॑ऽभिद्रो॒हं म॑नु॒ष्या॒३॒॑श्चरा॑मसि । अचि॑त्ती॒ यत्तव॒ धर्मा॑ युयोपि॒म मा न॒स्तस्मा॒देन॑सो देव रीरिषः ॥

O Varuna, in the midst of noble humanity whatever wrong we commit as humans against divinity out of ignorance or negligence, whatever code of Dharma we violate, be not angry because of that trespass. O lord of grace, save us, bless us.

✦ Sukta 90 · 7 verses ✦

7.90.1

प्र वी॑र॒या शुच॑यो दद्रिरे वामध्व॒र्युभि॒र्मधु॑मन्तः सु॒तासः॑ । वह॑ वायो नि॒युतो॑ या॒ह्यच्छा॒ पिबा॑ सु॒तस्यान्ध॑सो॒ मदा॑य ॥

Vayu, vibrant source giver of wind energy, come hither, bring all the appointed forces, pure honey sweets of food and drink distilled by specialists of the art are prepared and offered for you. Come and taste of the purest foods for the inspiration and motivation of the brave.

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7.90.2

ई॒शा॒नाय॒ प्रहु॑तिं॒ यस्त॒ आन॒ट् छुचिं॒ सोमं॑ शुचिपा॒स्तुभ्यं॑ वायो । कृ॒णोषि॒ तं मर्त्ये॑षु प्रश॒स्तं जा॒तोजा॑तो जायते वा॒ज्य॑स्य ॥

Vayu, ruler, controller and giver of energy, whoever the person makes an offering to you with yajna for energy and serves you with pure soma of delight, you raise him to honour and fame among mortals and, O protector, promoter and lover of purity and energy, he grows stronger and more powerful as he emerges in one manifestation and birth after another.

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7.90.3

रा॒ये नु यं ज॒ज्ञतू॒ रोद॑सी॒मे रा॒ये दे॒वी धि॒षणा॑ धाति दे॒वम् । अध॑ वा॒युं नि॒युतः॑ सश्चत॒ स्वा उ॒त श्वे॒तं वसु॑धितिं निरे॒के ॥

Vayu is the brilliant and generous power of energy which the heaven and earth generate for the production of wealth, the light of which the divine voice of omniscience, Veda, holds and bears for the knowledge of humanity. This pure and brilliant power, treasure hold of wealth and prosperity, Vayu, its own companion forces serve, and bear it to fight out want and poverty where they prevail.

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7.90.4

उ॒च्छन्नु॒षसः॑ सु॒दिना॑ अरि॒प्रा उ॒रु ज्योति॑र्विविदु॒र्दीध्या॑नाः । गव्यं॑ चिदू॒र्वमु॒शिजो॒ वि व॑व्रु॒स्तेषा॒मनु॑ प्र॒दिवः॑ सस्रु॒रापः॑ ॥

Pure and immaculate lights of dawn arise and shine to bring in the happy day. Shining they collect and radiate vast light for the world, and, brilliant with beauty and living energy, they uncover and reveal the wealth of the earth and vast sky. Consequently the lights of dawn lead to radiations of light from the sun and the day’s activities follow and proceed.

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7.90.5

ते स॒त्येन॒ मन॑सा॒ दीध्या॑नाः॒ स्वेन॑ यु॒क्तासः॒ क्रतु॑ना वहन्ति । इन्द्र॑वायू वीर॒वाहं॒ रथं॑ वामीशा॒नयो॑र॒भि पृक्षः॑ सचन्ते ॥

They, Indra and Vayu, electric and wind energies, kindled, energised and developed by sincere application of the scholar’s mind and, together augmented with homogeneous means and materials, give power, by yajnic combustion, to the chariot for transport of the brave. O scientists of wind and electricity, ruling the field of energy, all friends, associates and colleagues in the field join you in kindred programmes.

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7.90.6

ई॒शा॒नासो॒ ये दध॑ते॒ स्व॑र्णो॒ गोभि॒रश्वे॑भि॒र्वसु॑भि॒र्हिर॑ण्यैः । इन्द्र॑वायू सू॒रयो॒ विश्व॒मायु॒रर्व॑द्भिर्वी॒रैः पृत॑नासु सह्युः ॥

Indra and Vayu, scholars and scientists of wind and electric energy, those leaders, pioneers and rulers, who bear and bring us peace, prosperity and joy with lands, cows and holy

speech, horses and other means of transport, and golden wealths of the world, are brave heroes. They attain full health and longevity in the world for themselves and others, and win in the battles of life over enemies and negativities by virtue of warriors provided with fast and efficient means of transport and communication.

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7.90.7

अर्व॑न्तो॒ न श्रव॑सो॒ भिक्ष॑माणा इन्द्रवा॒यू सु॑ष्टु॒तिभि॒र्वसि॑ष्ठाः । वा॒ज॒यन्तः॒ स्वव॑से हुवेम यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Noble and brilliant scholars, fast and dynamic in their search for honour, fame and prosperity, warriors fighting for victory and success in the battles of life, and citizens for the sake of peace, protection and progress in life, all of us with songs of praise and appreciation call upon scientists and engineers of energy and power of wind and electricity with the exhortation: you all protect and promote us with all means and modes of happiness and well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 91 · 7 verses ✦

7.91.1

कु॒विद॒ङ्ग नम॑सा॒ ये वृ॒धासः॑ पु॒रा दे॒वा अ॑नव॒द्यास॒ आस॑न् । ते वा॒यवे॒ मन॑वे बाधि॒तायावा॑सयन्नु॒षसं॒ सूर्ये॑ण ॥

Often indeed the veteran scholars of old who were brilliant and admirable beyond reproach and question, working with reverence and dedication for the advancement of knowledge and for giving new inspiration and vibrant motivation to humanity in crisis, kindled the yajnic fire at dawn and ushered in a new era with the rise of the sun.

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7.91.2

उ॒शन्ता॑ दू॒ता न दभा॑य गो॒पा मा॒सश्च॑ पा॒थः श॒रद॑श्च पू॒र्वीः । इन्द्र॑वायू सुष्टु॒तिर्वा॑मिया॒ना मा॑र्डी॒कमी॑ट्टे सुवि॒तं च॒ नव्य॑म् ॥

Indra and Vayu, leaders of power and vibrancy of passion motivated like prophets, you are not for oppression but for the defeat of oppression. You are protectors of humanity and pioneers over paths of progress for many many months, seasons and years. O harbingers of power and progress, our song of adoration addressed to you seeks compassion and prays for a new rise in wealth and well being

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7.91.3

पीवो॑अन्नाँ रयि॒वृधः॑ सुमे॒धाः श्वे॒तः सि॑षक्ति नि॒युता॑मभि॒श्रीः । ते वा॒यवे॒ सम॑नसो॒ वि त॑स्थु॒र्विश्वेन्नरः॑ स्वप॒त्यानि॑ चक्रुः ॥

Leaders and pioneers of holy intelligence and yajna augment foods, they augment wealth, which the sun like a white orb of heaven favours as it energises the grace and power of the yajnic acts of pioneers with the light of its rays. The Dedicated Scholars together of one mind and resolution for the inspiration and motivation of the people stay strong and, being leaders of the world, they execute holy programmes leading to nobler generations of the future.

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7.91.4

याव॒त्तर॑स्त॒न्वो॒३॒॑ याव॒दोजो॒ याव॒न्नर॒श्चक्ष॑सा॒ दीध्या॑नाः । शुचिं॒ सोमं॑ शुचिपा पातम॒स्मे इन्द्र॑वायू॒ सद॑तं ब॒र्हिरेदम् ॥

Indra and Vayu, leaders of light and power, as long as life and health continues, as long as honour and lustre lasts, as long as leading lights retain their vision and intelligence, so long abide by this house of advancement in knowledge and power and, O protectors of truth and purity, participate and promote our soma yajna of peace, purity and prosperity in holiness.

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7.91.5

नि॒यु॒वा॒ना नि॒युतः॑ स्पा॒र्हवी॑रा॒ इन्द्र॑वायू स॒रथं॑ यातम॒र्वाक् । इ॒दं हि वां॒ प्रभृ॑तं॒ मध्वो॒ अग्र॒मध॑ प्रीणा॒ना वि मु॑मुक्तम॒स्मे ॥

Indra, universal power and presence of all human action, Vayu, universal inspiration and motivation for progress, loved and revered heroes of universal life, users and supporters of all human energy, the entire humanity takes recourse to you. Come hither to us with your wealth of knowledge, action and advancement. This best of the honey sweets of our yajnic achievement is reserved and first offered to you. Pray take it and, pleased and loving, release us from the snares of sin and evil.

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7.91.6

या वां॑ श॒तं नि॒युतो॒ याः स॒हस्र॒मिन्द्र॑वायू वि॒श्ववा॑राः॒ सच॑न्ते । आभि॑र्यातं सुवि॒दत्रा॑भिर॒र्वाक्पा॒तं न॑रा॒ प्रति॑भृतस्य॒ मध्वः॑ ॥

Indra and Vayu, leading lights of knowledge and action, heroes of universal faith and choice, hundreds are your supporters, thousands indeed, who join and support you. With these, come hither to us by propitious paths with blissful gifts and, O leaders and pioneers, accept the honey sweets of our homage of abundant soma.

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7.91.7

अर्व॑न्तो॒ न श्रव॑सो॒ भिक्ष॑माणा इन्द्रवा॒यू सु॑ष्टु॒तिभि॒र्वसि॑ष्ठाः । वा॒ज॒यन्तः॒ स्वव॑से हुवेम यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Flying on the wings of vision and imagination like riders of the skies, motivated and ambitious for honour and fame, aspiring for power and victory, brilliant sages and scholars and all of us invoke and invite you, Indra and Vayu, lords of knowledge and power, inspiration and motivation, with songs of admiration for the sake of protection and progress. O saints and sages, Indra and Vayu, pray bless us and advance us with all means and modes of peace, prosperity and all round well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 92 · 5 verses ✦

7.92.1

आ वा॑यो भूष शुचिपा॒ उप॑ नः स॒हस्रं॑ ते नि॒युतो॑ विश्ववार । उपो॑ ते॒ अन्धो॒ मद्य॑मयामि॒ यस्य॑ देव दधि॒षे पू॑र्व॒पेय॑म् ॥

Vayu, lord of inspiration, motivation, action and achievement, lover and protector of truth and purity, commanding love, reverence and choice of the world, come and grace our house of yajnic action where your supportive devotees await in thousands. I bring you inspiring food for presentation which you, O lord divine, you regard as your first priority and which, pray, please to accept.

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7.92.2

प्र सोता॑ जी॒रो अ॑ध्व॒रेष्व॑स्था॒त्सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॒ पिब॑ध्यै । प्र यद्वां॒ मध्वो॑ अग्रि॒यं भर॑न्त्यध्व॒र्यवो॑ देव॒यन्तः॒ शची॑भिः ॥

The active press and the soma maker stand ready in holy yajnas of love and non-violence to offer hospitality to Indra and Vayu, masters of knowledge and enlightenment and action and advancement. O Indra and Vayu, holy yajakas seeking the favour of divinity with their best and holiest actions prepare the best and sweetest soma and keep it for you as homage with reverence.

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7.92.3

प्र याभि॒र्यासि॑ दा॒श्वांस॒मच्छा॑ नि॒युद्भि॑र्वायवि॒ष्टये॑ दुरो॒णे । नि नो॑ र॒यिं सु॒भोज॑सं युवस्व॒ नि वी॒रं गव्य॒मश्व्यं॑ च॒ राधः॑ ॥

Vayu, lord of knowledge and motivation, come by superfast transport with supportive knowledge and expertise with which you proceed to the house of the liberal host of yajna for the fulfilment of his desired aim. Bless us with delicious food and wealth for comfortable life, brave generation of youth, plenty of lands and cows, horses and transport, and the success mantra to attain what is possible further on.

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7.92.4

ये वा॒यव॑ इन्द्र॒माद॑नास॒ आदे॑वासो नि॒तोश॑नासो अ॒र्यः । घ्नन्तो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ सू॒रिभिः॑ ष्याम सास॒ह्वांसो॑ यु॒धा नृभि॑र॒मित्रा॑न् ॥

Those who offer reverence and homage in honour of Vayu, who admire and celebrate Indra, respect the noble and brilliant people and destroy the enemies of the generous and brilliant, with all such brave and far sighted people, heroic warriors and leaders, let us take up the challenges and destroy the enemies and wipe out the demons of darkness, ignorance, injustice and poverty.

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7.92.5

आ नो॑ नि॒युद्भिः॑ श॒तिनी॑भिरध्व॒रं स॑ह॒स्रिणी॑भि॒रुप॑ याहि य॒ज्ञम् । वायो॑ अ॒स्मिन्त्सव॑ने मादयस्व यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

O Vayu, leader and giver of stormy inspiration and motivation, come with your forces of a hundredfold and thousandfold calibre to our yajna of non-violent production and progress and celebrate the glory of the social order in this session. O Indra, O Vayu, O heroic wise, protect and promote us with all means and modes of happiness and all round well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 93 · 8 verses ✦

7.93.1

शुचिं॒ नु स्तोमं॒ नव॑जातम॒द्येन्द्रा॑ग्नी वृत्रहणा जु॒षेथा॑म् । उ॒भा हि वां॑ सु॒हवा॒ जोह॑वीमि॒ ता वाजं॑ स॒द्य उ॑श॒ते धेष्ठा॑ ॥

Indra and Agni, leaders of power and enlightenment, destroyers of darkness, ignorance, injustice and poverty, accept this song of purity newly created in your honour and come to our yajna session. I invoke you both, who, readily responsive to the call, instantly grant food, energy and success to the faithful devotee inspired for action.

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7.93.2

ता सा॑न॒सी श॑वसाना॒ हि भू॒तं सा॑कं॒वृधा॒ शव॑सा शूशु॒वांसा॑ । क्षय॑न्तौ रा॒यो यव॑सस्य॒ भूरेः॑ पृ॒ङ्क्तं वाज॑स्य॒ स्थवि॑रस्य॒ घृष्वेः॑ ॥

Universally adored and victorious, you rise together, mighty with force and power. You command treasures of boundless wealth and grandeur. Pray grant us abundance of stable strength, sustenance and inviolable power for success and victory

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7.93.3

उपो॑ ह॒ यद्वि॒दथं॑ वा॒जिनो॒ गुर्धी॒भिर्विप्राः॒ प्रम॑तिमि॒च्छमा॑नाः । अर्व॑न्तो॒ न काष्ठां॒ नक्ष॑माणा इन्द्रा॒ग्नी जोहु॑वतो॒ नर॒स्ते ॥

When men of vision, courage and faith proceed to join the yajna of social order, and vibrant sages desiring super intelligence and wisdom proceed with lightning speed to reach the climax of their ambition, then they invoke you, Indra and Agni, and they rise to be the leaders of humanity with their intelligence, will and actions.

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7.93.4

गी॒र्भिर्विप्रः॒ प्रम॑तिमि॒च्छमा॑न॒ ईट्टे॑ र॒यिं य॒शसं॑ पूर्व॒भाज॑म् । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी वृत्रहणा सुवज्रा॒ प्र नो॒ नव्ये॑भिस्तिरतं दे॒ष्णैः ॥

The vibrant visionary, the poet, seeking super intelligence and wisdom, celebrates you, Indra andAgni, with songs of adoration and prays for wealth and honour of the first and universal order. Indra and Agni, lords of light and action, destroyers of darkness with thunderbolt in hand, grant us the latest gifts of light, wealth and honour and help us cross the seas of life.

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7.93.5

सं यन्म॒ही मि॑थ॒ती स्पर्ध॑माने तनू॒रुचा॒ शूर॑साता॒ यतै॑ते । अदे॑वयुं वि॒दथे॑ देव॒युभिः॑ स॒त्रा ह॑तं सोम॒सुता॒ जने॑न ॥

When two great forces, contesting against each other in the battle of the brave, fight with their bodily might and lustre, then, O warrior, devoted joining with the forces dedicated to divinity in the strife, destroy the impious power with righteous arms. Save the devotees of soma and divinity with your knowledge and application of knowledge in action.

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7.93.6

इ॒मामु॒ षु सोम॑सुति॒मुप॑ न॒ एन्द्रा॑ग्नी सौमन॒साय॑ यातम् । नू चि॒द्धि प॑रिम॒म्नाथे॑ अ॒स्माना वां॒ शश्व॑द्भिर्ववृतीय॒ वाजैः॑ ॥

Indra and Agni, lords of action and light of knowledge, come and grace this soma yajna of ours for the joy and fulfilment of our heart. After all you accept us as your own and never neglect us. Therefore I constantly invoke and invite you with homage and yajnic gifts of never failing order and value.

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7.93.7

सो अ॑ग्न ए॒ना नम॑सा॒ समि॒द्धोऽच्छा॑ मि॒त्रं वरु॑ण॒मिन्द्रं॑ वोचेः । यत्सी॒माग॑श्चकृ॒मा तत्सु मृ॑ळ॒ तद॑र्य॒मादि॑तिः शिश्रथन्तु ॥

Agni, lord of light and knowledge, thus adored and kindled, pray speak to Mitra, Varuna and Indra, friend, judge and ruler, that whatever trespass we have committed, they be gracious and ward off with sympathy, and may Aryama, lord of rectitude, andAditi, mother nature, loosen the bonds of negative snares.

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7.93.8

ए॒ता अ॑ग्न आशुषा॒णास॑ इ॒ष्टीर्यु॒वोः सचा॒भ्य॑श्याम॒ वाजा॑न् । मेन्द्रो॑ नो॒ विष्णु॑र्म॒रुतः॒ परि॑ ख्यन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Agni, lord of light and knowledge, we, your devotees, reaching you in earnest with ardent desire, pray that we may have the favour of fulfilment with knowledge and power and win strength and success in our battles of life, and may Indra, lord omnipotent, Vishnu, lord omnipresent, and Maruts, energies and inspirations of all moving Vayu, never forsake us. O lords of light, power and inspiration, O saints and scholars, pray you all protect and promote us with all means and modes of well being and fulfilment all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 94 · 12 verses ✦

7.94.1

इ॒यं वा॑म॒स्य मन्म॑न॒ इन्द्रा॑ग्नी पू॒र्व्यस्तु॑तिः । अ॒भ्राद्वृ॒ष्टिरि॑वाजनि ॥

Indra and Agni, lords of action and enlightenment, this principal and ancient song of adoration for you from the celebrant flows spontaneously like rain from the cloud.

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7.94.2

शृ॒णु॒तं ज॑रि॒तुर्हव॒मिन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ वन॑तं॒ गिरः॑ । ई॒शा॒ना पि॑प्यतं॒ धियः॑ ॥

Indragni, lords of action and enlightenment, listen to the celebrant’s song of adoration, accept and appreciate the words, O sovereign lords, and refine and energise his thought and imagination to flow into expression and action.

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7.94.3

मा पा॑प॒त्वाय॑ नो न॒रेन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ माभिश॑स्तये । मा नो॑ रीरधतं नि॒दे ॥

Indragni, leaders of humanity, pioneers of progress and enlightenment, deliver us not to the sinner, not to the tyrant, not to the reviler. Let us be free.

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7.94.4

इन्द्रे॑ अ॒ग्ना नमो॑ बृ॒हत्सु॑वृ॒क्तिमेर॑यामहे । धि॒या धेना॑ अव॒स्यवः॑ ॥

Salutations and high honour to Indra and Agni, leading lights of action and advancement with enlightenment. Let us offer them high praise and gratitude in the best of words with the best of thoughts. We need protection, and they are protectors and guides in our course of progress.

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7.94.5

ता हि शश्व॑न्त॒ ईळ॑त इ॒त्था विप्रा॑स ऊ॒तये॑ । स॒बाधो॒ वाज॑सातये ॥

Beset with difficulties, saints and sages, scholars and pioneers always look up to them and thus pray for protection and guidance to move further and win their goal.

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7.94.6

ता वां॑ गी॒र्भिर्वि॑प॒न्यवः॒ प्रय॑स्वन्तो हवामहे । मे॒धसा॑ता सनि॒ष्यवः॑ ॥

With songs of praise, bearing homage and havi for the holy fire, we invoke and invite you to our yajna in search of higher initiative and further self advancement.

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7.94.7

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ अव॒सा ग॑तम॒स्मभ्यं॑ चर्षणीसहा । मा नो॑ दुः॒शंस॑ ईशत ॥

O lords of light and action, Indra and Agni, leaders of the people with patience and spirit of challenge, destroyers of hostilities, come to us with protection, guidance and the prize of victory. Let no evil, no malicious or disreputable forces rule over us.

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7.94.8

मा कस्य॑ नो॒ अर॑रुषो धू॒र्तिः प्रण॒ङ्मर्त्य॑स्य । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतम् ॥

Let no violent man’s evil design ever touch and injure us. Indra and Agni, pray give us the peace and felicity of a happy home.

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7.94.9

गोम॒द्धिर॑ण्यव॒द्वसु॒ यद्वा॒मश्वा॑व॒दीम॑हे । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ तद्व॑नेमहि ॥

Indra and Agni, whatever gifts of lands, cows and the language of enlightenment, whatever wealth of gold and gracious manners and culture, horses, transport, initiative and achievement we ask of you and pray for, help and guide us that we may win the desired goal.

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7.94.10

यत्सोम॒ आ सु॒ते नर॑ इन्द्रा॒ग्नी अजो॑हवुः । सप्ती॑वन्ता सप॒र्यवः॑ ॥

When the soma is pressed out and distilled in yajna and the leading performers with full faith offer it to you in homage, then O Indra and Agni, guides and pioneers of light and action for success, pray accept the call and come post haste to join and enjoy the celebrations.

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7.94.11

उ॒क्थेभि॑र्वृत्र॒हन्त॑मा॒ या म॑न्दा॒ना चि॒दा गि॒रा । आ॒ङ्गू॒षैरा॒विवा॑सतः ॥

O greatest destroyers of evil and darkness, when with the holy chant of Vedic hymns and songs of adoration in words of faith and sincerity you are invoked and invited, then come rejoicing and enlighten the yajna with grace.

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7.94.12

ताविद्दुः॒शंसं॒ मर्त्यं॒ दुर्वि॑द्वांसं रक्ष॒स्विन॑म् । आ॒भो॒गं हन्म॑ना हतमुद॒धिं हन्म॑ना हतम् ॥

Destroy with a fatal blow the despicable and disreputable mortal, the negative scholar who abuses knowledge, the demonic destroyer and the rapacious ogre. Churn the sea of evil with heat and burn it up with a single fatal blow.

✦ Sukta 95 · 6 verses ✦

7.95.1

प्र क्षोद॑सा॒ धाय॑सा सस्र ए॒षा सर॑स्वती ध॒रुण॒माय॑सी॒ पूः । प्र॒बाब॑धाना र॒थ्ये॑व याति॒ विश्वा॑ अ॒पो म॑हि॒ना सिन्धु॑र॒न्याः ॥

This Sarasvati, perennial stream of living waters and dynamic knowledge, is a treasure fortress of gold that holds all wealth of the world of knowledge. It is a constantly running stream that flows with waters, ever rushing and ever refreshing, towards the infinite ocean of omniscience wherefrom it arises and where it terminates. It goes on and on like a chariot on course in race, collecting and comprehending all other streams of world knowledge by virtue of its all inclusive majesty of character.

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7.95.2

एका॑चेत॒त्सर॑स्वती न॒दीनां॒ शुचि॑र्य॒ती गि॒रिभ्य॒ आ स॑मु॒द्रात् । रा॒यश्चेत॑न्ती॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ भूरे॑र्घृ॒तं पयो॑ दुदुहे॒ नाहु॑षाय ॥

Sarasvati is the one stream of streams which is crystalline pure, receives her content from the eternal ocean, emerges from the mountains and flows to the ocean, collecting on way reflecting and revealing the wealths of this great existential world and yielding water, milk, honey and the cream of enlightenment for humanity.

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7.95.3

स वा॑वृधे॒ नर्यो॒ योष॑णासु॒ वृषा॒ शिशु॑र्वृष॒भो य॒ज्ञिया॑सु । स वा॒जिनं॑ म॒घव॑द्भ्यो दधाति॒ वि सा॒तये॑ त॒न्वं॑ मामृजीत ॥

That human wealth of knowledge revealed by the eternal stream grows for humanity. It is inspiration in the divine hymns of the Veda, holy fire in the yajna vedis, destroyer of ignorance, and the shower of rains for the yajnic priests of the world of business. It bears and brings passion and ambition for the people of honour and excellence and strengthens and refines the body, mind and spirit for success and victory in the battles of life.

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7.95.4

उ॒त स्या नः॒ सर॑स्वती जुषा॒णोप॑ श्रवत्सु॒भगा॑ य॒ज्णे अ॒स्मिन् । मि॒तज्ञु॑भिर्नम॒स्यै॑रिया॒ना रा॒या यु॒जा चि॒दुत्त॑रा॒ सखि॑भ्यः ॥

And that perennial living stream, Sarasvati, loving and gracious, overflowing with wealth, honour and excellence, may come, we pray, and listen to us in this yajna of life. When approached by the yajnics of discipline with reverence and homage, she showers her favours full of wealth higher and ever more on her devoted friends.

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7.95.5

इ॒मा जुह्वा॑ना यु॒ष्मदा नमो॑भिः॒ प्रति॒ स्तोमं॑ सरस्वति जुषस्व । तव॒ शर्म॑न्प्रि॒यत॑मे॒ दधा॑ना॒ उप॑ स्थेयाम शर॒णं न वृ॒क्षम् ॥

Sarasvati, eternal stream of the waters of life, these adorations presented to you with homage and reverence, we pray, accept and cherish at every yajna. Enjoying your gift of peace and a happy home, let us abide under your divine shelter and sustenance as birds nestle on the tree.

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7.95.6

अ॒यमु॑ ते सरस्वति॒ वसि॑ष्ठो॒ द्वारा॑वृ॒तस्य॑ सुभगे॒ व्या॑वः । वर्ध॑ शुभ्रे स्तुव॒ते रा॑सि॒ वाजा॑न्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Sarasvati, crystalline stream of the life and light of eternity, this sagely scholar in search of brilliance opens the double doors of truth, Rtam, the eternal law of the dynamics of existence, and Satyam, the world of existence living constant under the law at the levels of matter, energy and mind enveloping the spirit. O divinity of purity, power and excellence, grow and rise to manifest in the mind and spirit for the celebrant. You give the ultimate wealths and victories of the world. Pray come, arise and bless with the perennial flow. O Mother stream, O saints and sages, teachers and preachers, protect and promote us with all means and modes of happiness and well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 96 · 6 verses ✦

7.96.1

बृ॒हदु॑ गायिषे॒ वचो॑ऽसु॒र्या॑ न॒दीना॑म् । सर॑स्वती॒मिन्म॑हया सुवृ॒क्तिभिः॒ स्तोमै॑र्वसिष्ठ॒ रोद॑सी ॥

O brilliant sage, sing and celebrate in lofty song Sarasvati, most powerful stream of heaven and earth among streams of life, glorify her in holy poems by homage and reverence in yajnas.

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7.96.2

उ॒भे यत्ते॑ महि॒ना शु॑भ्रे॒ अन्ध॑सी अधिक्षि॒यन्ति॑ पू॒रवः॑ । सा नो॑ बोध्यवि॒त्री म॒रुत्स॑खा॒ चोद॒ राधो॑ म॒घोना॑म् ॥

O divine stream of crystalline power and purity, by the grandeur of your light of knowledge devoted celebrants of all time receive both material nourishment and spiritual enlightenment, and thereby achieve both worldly honour and ultimate freedom. O saving spirit, protective mother, companion of the vibrations of divinity, awaken us and inspire in us the power and potential of eternal wealth and grandeur implicit in us and raise it to realisation and perfection.

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7.96.3

भ॒द्रमिद्भ॒द्रा कृ॑णव॒त्सर॑स्व॒त्यक॑वारी चेतति वा॒जिनी॑वती । गृ॒णा॒ना ज॑मदग्नि॒वत्स्तु॑वा॒ना च॑ वसिष्ठ॒वत् ॥

Gracious Sarasvati does good, opposes the evil, and, radiant as light celebrated by the fiery sage and celebrated by the brilliant poet, she enlightens all for success and victory.

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7.96.4

ज॒नी॒यन्तो॒ न्वग्र॑वः पुत्री॒यन्तः॑ सु॒दान॑वः । सर॑स्वन्तं हवामहे ॥

Wishing for marriage, or looking forward to good progeny, liberally giving in charity, or meditating to realise the light of divinity, we pray for the living flow of the waters of Sarasvati, radiating light of divinity, the eternal ocean whence flow the light and the waters of life.

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7.96.5

ये ते॑ सरस्व ऊ॒र्मयो॒ मधु॑मन्तो घृत॒श्चुतः॑ । तेभि॑र्नोऽवि॒ता भ॑व ॥

O divine ocean of the eternal flow of existence and the cosmic light of omniscience, be our light giver and saviour with waves of the honey sweets of nectar and the radiance of light divine.

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7.96.6

पी॒पि॒वांसं॒ सर॑स्वतः॒ स्तनं॒ यो वि॒श्वद॑र्शतः । भ॒क्षी॒महि॑ प्र॒जामिष॑म् ॥

O lord, let us live and enjoy life with food, energy, knowledge and enlightenment unto the ultimate freedom, drinking the divine nectar at the overflowing ocean source of eternal life, the sovereign who watches and governs everyone, everything, of the universe.

✦ Sukta 97 · 10 verses ✦

7.97.1

य॒ज्ञे दि॒वो नृ॒षद॑ने पृथि॒व्या नरो॒ यत्र॑ देव॒यवो॒ मद॑न्ति । इन्द्रा॑य॒ यत्र॒ सव॑नानि सु॒न्वे गम॒न्मदा॑य प्रथ॒मं वय॑श्च ॥

Where in the yajna in the house of assembly, leading lights of humanity from the earth and leading lights of life from heaven join and rejoice in pursuit of divinity, and where the exhilarating essences of soma are distilled for celebration in honour of Indra, lord of the world, there let us join and pray, and may the lord arrive in the first and foremost manifestations of divinity for young and old.

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7.97.2

आ दैव्या॑ वृणीम॒हेऽवां॑सि॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्नो मह॒ आ स॑खायः । यथा॒ भवे॑म मी॒ळ्हुषे॒ अना॑गा॒ यो नो॑ दा॒ता प॑रा॒वतः॑ पि॒तेव॑ ॥

And there, O friends, let us pray for the protection and blessings of divinity, and may Brhaspati, lord of the mighty universe, exalt us in the spirit so that we grow sinless in the eyes of the generous lord of life and vitality who alone is our generous giver and supreme saviour as father for children.

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7.97.3

तमु॒ ज्येष्ठं॒ नम॑सा ह॒विर्भिः॑ सु॒शेवं॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिं॑ गृणीषे । इन्द्रं॒ श्लोको॒ महि॒ दैव्यः॑ सिषक्तु॒ यो ब्रह्म॑णो दे॒वकृ॑तस्य॒ राजा॑ ॥

The same lord supreme of the universe, merciful protector and saviour, I adore with humility, reverence and offers of homage, and may this song of divine adoration reach the great lord Indra who rules this world of divine creation and reveals the divine Word of the Veda, universal knowledge.

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7.97.4

स आ नो॒ योनिं॑ सदतु॒ प्रेष्ठो॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्वि॒श्ववा॑रो॒ यो अस्ति॑ । कामो॑ रा॒यः सु॒वीर्य॑स्य॒ तं दा॒त्पर्ष॑न्नो॒ अति॑ स॒श्चतो॒ अरि॑ष्टान् ॥

May that dearest lord of supreme love, creator and ruler of the mighty universe and giver of eternal knowledge of the Veda, who is the universal choice and sole object of adoration and prayer for the world, bless our house of yajna and manifest in our heart, give us fulfilment of our heart’s desire for wealth, virility and noble progeny, and wash off our sins and ailments which pollute us, and thus may the lord cleanse us of our existential dirt.

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7.97.5

तमा नो॑ अ॒र्कम॒मृता॑य॒ जुष्ट॑मि॒मे धा॑सुर॒मृता॑सः पुरा॒जाः । शुचि॑क्रन्दं यज॒तं प॒स्त्या॑नां॒ बृह॒स्पति॑मन॒र्वाणं॑ हुवेम ॥

That self-refulgent adorable Brhaspati, lord sustainer and ruler of the vast world, loved and worshipped for the attainment of the immortal state of bliss, may these Sages of primeval and original vision reveal to us and bring us close to it. That same Brhaspati, incomprehensible supreme lord all loving and enemy to none, celebrated in the purity of divine hymns of the Veda, sole object of the worship and yajnic homage of our citizens in our homes, we invoke and adore.

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7.97.6

तं श॒ग्मासो॑ अरु॒षासो॒ अश्वा॒ बृह॒स्पतिं॑ सह॒वाहो॑ वहन्ति । सह॑श्चि॒द्यस्य॒ नील॑वत्स॒धस्थं॒ नभो॒ न रू॒पम॑रु॒षं वसा॑नाः ॥

The powerful red rays of the rising sun in their united majesty, wearing the glorious mantle of his sublime form expansive as space, and bearing at heart the message of his omnipotence immanent in the universe like the treasure of Infinity, reveal, express and communicate the presence of Brhaspati, sustainer and ruler of the world of existence.

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7.97.7

स हि शुचिः॑ श॒तप॑त्रः॒ स शु॒न्ध्युर्हिर॑ण्यवाशीरिषि॒रः स्व॒र्षाः । बृह॒स्पतिः॒ स स्वा॑वे॒श ऋ॒ष्वः पु॒रू सखि॑भ्य आसु॒तिं करि॑ष्ठः ॥

That lord, Brhaspati, is pure, purifying and sanctifying, infinitely manifest in the countless leaves of the cosmic tree, golden sweet of word and voice in the Veda, ever dynamic in nature and ever rejoicing in the self. He is easy of access, being immanent in the universe and beatific, creating abundant peace, prosperity and joy for the devotees.

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7.97.8

दे॒वी दे॒वस्य॒ रोद॑सी॒ जनि॑त्री॒ बृह॒स्पतिं॑ वावृधतुर्महि॒त्वा । द॒क्षाय्या॑य दक्षता सखायः॒ कर॒द्ब्रह्म॑णे सु॒तरा॑ सुगा॒धा ॥

Divine earth and heaven manifest Brhaspati and glorify him by the revelation of his greater glory. O friends, glorify the boundless lord of omnipotence who reveals the Veda for our knowledge of the vast reality of existence and makes the path to divinity through the ocean easy to follow

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7.97.9

इ॒यं वां॑ ब्रह्मणस्पते सुवृ॒क्तिर्ब्रह्मेन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ अकारि । अ॒वि॒ष्टं धियो॑ जिगृ॒तं पुरं॑धीर्जज॒स्तम॒र्यो व॒नुषा॒मरा॑तीः ॥

O Brahmanaspati, lord sustainer and protector of the vast reality of existence and its law and divine knowledge, this holy song of adoration is addressed to you and Indra in honour of the might and majesty of your glory and divine protection against darkness and evil. Pray listen, and protect our mind and action, awaken the rulers and protectors of our social order, fight out and destroy the enemies and oppositions of the devotees.

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7.97.10

बृह॑स्पते यु॒वमिन्द्र॑श्च॒ वस्वो॑ दि॒व्यस्ये॑शाथे उ॒त पार्थि॑वस्य । ध॒त्तं र॒यिं स्तु॑व॒ते की॒रये॑ चिद्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Brhaspati, lord of this vast universe, and Indra, you are lords omnipotent of the glory and majesty of the world, you rule and order the light of heaven and the wealths of the earth. Pray bear and bring the light of divinity and wealth of the world to bless the celebrant and the worshipper. O lords and divinities of nature and humanity, protect and promote us with all modes and means of peace, prosperity and excellence all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 98 · 7 verses ✦

7.98.1

अध्व॑र्यवोऽरु॒णं दु॒ग्धमं॒शुं जु॒होत॑न वृष॒भाय॑ क्षिती॒नाम् । गौ॒राद्वेदी॑याँ अव॒पान॒मिन्द्रो॑ वि॒श्वाहेद्या॑ति सु॒तसो॑ममि॒च्छन् ॥

O devotees of creative yajna, at the dawn of the fiery sun, offer refined and energised soma and milk into the fire of yajna in honour of Indra, generous omnipotent ruler of the worlds. Having received exhilarating soma inspiration from the sacred vedi of light, Indra, the ruler, the scholar, the human soul, proceeds to the day’s activity with passion for consecrated action every new day.

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7.98.2

यद्द॑धि॒षे प्र॒दिवि॒ चार्वन्नं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे पी॒तिमिद॑स्य वक्षि । उ॒त हृ॒दोत मन॑सा जुषा॒ण उ॒शन्नि॑न्द्र॒ प्रस्थि॑तान्पाहि॒ सोमा॑न् ॥

Indra, since you have received and internalised the exhilarating soma of the mission of life at the vedi in earlier days, and love to live the taste and message of it every day, then, loving the soma by heart and soul and passionately anxious for action, take the soma offered, and inspire and exhort these yajakas for the appointed tasks of the day.

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7.98.3

ज॒ज्ञा॒नः सोमं॒ सह॑से पपाथ॒ प्र ते॑ मा॒ता म॑हि॒मान॑मुवाच । एन्द्र॑ पप्राथो॒र्व१॒॑न्तरि॑क्षं यु॒धा दे॒वेभ्यो॒ वरि॑वश्चकर्थ ॥

Aware of the self, knowing your tasks in life, recognising your powers and potential, dedicated to your yajna and your yajnic performers, you drank the soma of initiation for the realisation of your power, patience and passion, and Mother Nature spoke to you and dedicated you to the Infinite and Omnipotent. You fought with courage and fortitude, achieved wondrous peace and prosperity with your warriors for noble humanity, and rose to the skies with honour and fame.

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7.98.4

यद्यो॒धया॑ मह॒तो मन्य॑माना॒न्त्साक्षा॑म॒ तान्बा॒हुभिः॒ शाश॑दानान् । यद्वा॒ नृभि॒र्वृत॑ इन्द्राभि॒युध्या॒स्तं त्वया॒जिं सौ॑श्रव॒सं ज॑येम ॥

When you fight against those who attack, believing they are great, we shall fight out those violent enemies with arms even in hand to hand fight.And when in formation with your warring heroes around, you engage in contests, then with you we shall win that contest with honour and fame.

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7.98.5

प्रेन्द्र॑स्य वोचं प्रथ॒मा कृ॒तानि॒ प्र नूत॑ना म॒घवा॒ या च॒कार॑ । य॒देददे॑वी॒रस॑हिष्ट मा॒या अथा॑भव॒त्केव॑लः॒ सोमो॑ अस्य ॥

Let me thus proclaim and celebrate the exploits of Indra, those accomplished earlier and the latest which the illustrious hero has achieved when he challenged and frustrated the evil designs of the crafty enemies and became the sole winner of the soma of honour and fame.

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7.98.6

तवे॒दं विश्व॑म॒भितः॑ पश॒व्यं१॒॑ यत्पश्य॑सि॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ सूर्य॑स्य । गवा॑मसि॒ गोप॑ति॒रेक॑ इन्द्र भक्षी॒महि॑ ते॒ प्रय॑तस्य॒ वस्वः॑ ॥

Let me thus proclaim and celebrate the exploits of Indra, those accomplished earlier and the latest which the illustrious hero has achieved when he challenged and frustrated the evil designs of the crafty enemies and became the sole winner of the soma of honour and fame.

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7.98.7

बृह॑स्पते यु॒वमिन्द्र॑श्च॒ वस्वो॑ दि॒व्यस्ये॑शाथे उ॒त पार्थि॑वस्य । ध॒त्तं र॒यिं स्तु॑व॒ते की॒रये॑ चिद्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Brhaspati, lord of the vast universe, Indra, omnipotent and illustrious ruler, you are the lord of the beauty and majesty of the light of heaven and wealths of the earth. You alone rule and order these. Pray bear and bring light and wealth to bless the celebrant and the worshipper. O lord and divinities of nature and humanity, protect and promote us with all modes and means of peace, prosperity and excellence all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 99 · 7 verses ✦

7.99.1

प॒रो मात्र॑या त॒न्वा॑ वृधान॒ न ते॑ महि॒त्वमन्व॑श्नुवन्ति । उ॒भे ते॑ विद्म॒ रज॑सी पृथि॒व्या विष्णो॑ देव॒ त्वं प॑र॒मस्य॑ वित्से ॥

Vishnu, omnipresent lord supreme, manifesting by the expansive world forms of mother nature, no one comprehends your greatness and majesty. We apprehend both your worlds from earth to heaven but, O lord selfrefulgent, you know and are the ultimate beyond these too. (You are immanent and transcendent.)

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7.99.2

न ते॑ विष्णो॒ जाय॑मानो॒ न जा॒तो देव॑ महि॒म्नः पर॒मन्त॑माप । उद॑स्तभ्ना॒ नाक॑मृ॒ष्वं बृ॒हन्तं॑ दा॒धर्थ॒ प्राचीं॑ क॒कुभं॑ पृथि॒व्याः ॥

Vishnu, self-refulgent lord immanent and transcendent, no one born either in the past or at present can reach the ultimate bounds of your grandeur and majesty. You uphold the high heaven of boundless glory and divine beauty and joy, and you hold the expanse of the directions of universal space.

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7.99.3

इरा॑वती धेनु॒मती॒ हि भू॒तं सू॑यव॒सिनी॒ मनु॑षे दश॒स्या । व्य॑स्तभ्ना॒ रोद॑सी विष्णवे॒ते दा॒धर्थ॑ पृथि॒वीम॒भितो॑ म॒यूखैः॑ ॥

O heaven and earth full of food and energy, milk and honey, herbs and rejuvenation, givers of food, energy and light of knowledge, both of you are generous for humanity. Vishnu, omnipresent and omnipotent, upholds these heaven and earth worlds and stabilises the earth all round by solar radiations of cosmic energy.

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7.99.4

उ॒रुं य॒ज्ञाय॑ चक्रथुरु लो॒कं ज॒नय॑न्ता॒ सूर्य॑मु॒षास॑म॒ग्निम् । दास॑स्य चिद्वृषशि॒प्रस्य॑ मा॒या ज॒घ्नथु॑र्नरा पृत॒नाज्ये॑षु ॥

Indra-Vishnu, lord omnipotent and omnipresent, leader and maker of the world, creating the sun, dawn and fire you make up this vast world for yajna, evolution and expansion of things at the level of nature and humanity. You also destroy the wiles and crookedness of negative powers even though they be strong and well armed, in close battles among human forces.

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7.99.5

इन्द्रा॑विष्णू दृंहि॒ताः शम्ब॑रस्य॒ नव॒ पुरो॑ नव॒तिं च॑ श्नथिष्टम् । श॒तं व॒र्चिनः॑ स॒हस्रं॑ च सा॒कं ह॒थो अ॑प्र॒त्यसु॑रस्य वी॒रान् ॥

Indra-Vishnu, lord of unrivalled might and universal presence, you break through the nine and ninety fortified strongholds of the dark and expansive citadels of hoarded treasure and destroy a hundred, even thousand, of the brave warriors together even before the unique evil power is up for defence and offence.

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7.99.6

इ॒यं म॑नी॒षा बृ॑ह॒ती बृ॒हन्तो॑रुक्र॒मा त॒वसा॑ व॒र्धय॑न्ती । र॒रे वां॒ स्तोमं॑ वि॒दथे॑षु विष्णो॒ पिन्व॑त॒मिषो॑ वृ॒जने॑ष्विन्द्र ॥

This resounding song of thoughtful and conscientious adoration exalting the grand, versatile and mighty Indra-Vishnu, I offer in honour of the lord. IndraVishnu, pray exhort our power and exalt our honour and excellence in our yajnic battles of life on the paths of progress.

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7.99.7

वष॑ट् ते विष्णवा॒स आ कृ॑णोमि॒ तन्मे॑ जुषस्व शिपिविष्ट ह॒व्यम् । वर्ध॑न्तु त्वा सुष्टु॒तयो॒ गिरो॑ मे यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Vishnu, lord omnipresent of unbounded power, this holy song of adoration I sing and offer to you directly. O lord of blazing lustre, pray accept this homage of mine. May the holy words of my adoration please and exalt you. O lord, O divine powers of nature and humanity, protect and promote us with all modes and means of happiness, prosperity and well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 100 · 7 verses ✦

7.100.1

नू मर्तो॑ दयते सनि॒ष्यन्यो विष्ण॑व उरुगा॒याय॒ दाश॑त् । प्र यः स॒त्राचा॒ मन॑सा॒ यजा॑त ए॒ताव॑न्तं॒ नर्य॑मा॒विवा॑सात् ॥

That mortal for sure finds success and fulfilment who, while he loves Vishnu, lord omnipresent, gives in charity in service to the lord, and who, with concentrated mind, meditates, worships and exalts the lord of such universal love of infinite measure.

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7.100.2

त्वं वि॑ष्णो सुम॒तिं वि॒श्वज॑न्या॒मप्र॑युतामेवयावो म॒तिं दाः॑ । पर्चो॒ यथा॑ नः सुवि॒तस्य॒ भूरे॒रश्वा॑वतः पुरुश्च॒न्द्रस्य॑ रा॒यः ॥

Vishnu, lord omnipresent and omnificent, who fulfil the aspirations of all humanity, bless us with such intelligence, understanding and faith in values of pure and universal character by which we may achieve our target of untarnished happiness and plenty of universal wealth of honour, beauty and complete fulfilment of earthly ambition.

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7.100.3

त्रिर्दे॒वः पृ॑थि॒वीमे॒ष ए॒तां वि च॑क्रमे श॒तर्च॑सं महि॒त्वा । प्र विष्णु॑रस्तु त॒वस॒स्तवी॑यान्त्वे॒षं ह्य॑स्य॒ स्थवि॑रस्य॒ नाम॑ ॥

This self-refulgent and self-potent generous lord Vishnu has made and set in motion the three dimensional world of matter, energy and mind by virtue of his own essential power and has vested it with the light of countless stars. Immanent in the world, mighty Vishnu manifests mightier and mightier. The very name of this lord beyond motion is ‘Lord of Light.’

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7.100.4

वि च॑क्रमे पृथि॒वीमे॒ष ए॒तां क्षेत्रा॑य॒ विष्णु॒र्मनु॑षे दश॒स्यन् । ध्रु॒वासो॑ अस्य की॒रयो॒ जना॑स उरुक्षि॒तिं सु॒जनि॑मा चकार ॥

Vishnu, this lord omnipresent, with the desire to give humanity a place of birth and a home for dwelling and sphere of action, made this wide earth and set it in motion. Poet celebrants of this lord, men with constant mind, celebrate the glorious manifested maker and sing that he it is that made the wide earth for their dwelling and place of action.

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7.100.5

प्र तत्ते॑ अ॒द्य शि॑पिविष्ट॒ नामा॒र्यः शं॑सामि व॒युना॑नि वि॒द्वान् । तं त्वा॑ गृणामि त॒वस॒मत॑व्या॒न्क्षय॑न्तम॒स्य रज॑सः परा॒के ॥

O lord self-refulgent, you that have made this wide world, I adore today, celebrate and glorify your name: You are the master, lord omniscient of the ways and laws of existence. You are the mighty power, all pervasive far and wide in the moving world, and you are transcendent even beyond.

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7.100.6

किमित्ते॑ विष्णो परि॒चक्ष्यं॑ भू॒त्प्र यद्व॑व॒क्षे शि॑पिवि॒ष्टो अ॑स्मि । मा वर्पो॑ अ॒स्मदप॑ गूह ए॒तद्यद॒न्यरू॑पः समि॒थे ब॒भूथ॑ ॥

Vishnu, can that manifestive form of your presence be described or ignored? You yourself reveal in the Veda that you are self - refulgent. Pray do not hide off that form of yours from me, nor the other one which manifests in the divine wrath and punishment in the existential battle between good and evil.

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7.100.7

वष॑ट् ते विष्णवा॒स आ कृ॑णोमि॒ तन्मे॑ जुषस्व शिपिविष्ट ह॒व्यम् । वर्ध॑न्तु त्वा सुष्टु॒तयो॒ गिरो॑ मे यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

Vishnu, lord omnipresent, I do honour to your presence in song and offer it to you as homage in words. O lord of universal light of life, pray accept this offer of homage. May my words of celebration exalt your presence in manifestation. O lord, O divinities of nature and humanity, pray protect and promote us with all means and modes of peace, prosperity and all round well being all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 101 · 6 verses ✦

7.101.1

ति॒स्रो वाचः॒ प्र व॑द॒ ज्योति॑रग्रा॒ या ए॒तद्दु॒ह्रे म॑धुदो॒घमूधः॑ । स व॒त्सं कृ॒ण्वन्गर्भ॒मोष॑धीनां स॒द्यो जा॒तो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति ॥

Chant aloud three voices of the divine Word, Rk, Sama and Yajush verses of the four Vedas headed by the light of Divinity symbolised by the eternal Name: AUM. (They comprise the knowledge, action and prayerful gratitude of total human endeavour, the three being ‘jnana, karma and upasana.) With yajna they distil from the cosmic ocean the milky essence of liquid vitality, soma, elementary form of the cloud, parjanya. That parjanya produces the fiery electric current (herein called the calf) which then gives rise to the seed of vegetation in the form of cloud laden with living rain waters. ‘The calf’ then full grown as ‘the virile bull’ i.e., the cloud, upon the instant roars and thunders, rains and fertilises the earth with the seed of vegetation. Note: An extension of this knowledge of the evolution of life on earth is found in the science of ‘Panchagni’, five fires, in Chhandogya Upanishad 5, 4- 9, and in Brhadaranyaka Upanish 6, 2, 9-14. Chhandogya Upanishad is an explanatory extension of parts of Sama Veda, and Brhadaranyaka Upanishad is a similar work on parts of Yajur Veda. An indication of this science is given in Kathopanishad 1, 1, 12-19. Kathopanishad is an explanatory footnote to Yajur-Veda.

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7.101.2

यो वर्ध॑न॒ ओष॑धीनां॒ यो अ॒पां यो विश्व॑स्य॒ जग॑तो दे॒व ईशे॑ । स त्रि॒धातु॑ शर॒णं शर्म॑ यंसत्त्रि॒वर्तु॒ ज्योतिः॑ स्वभि॒ष्ट्य१॒॑स्मे ॥

He that generates and augments the vegetation and generates the waters and the power that orders and rules over the entire moving universe may, we pray, give us three fold health and peace of body, mind and soul and bless us with threefold shelter against heat, cold and rain, and give us threefold light of earth, heaven and the middle regions for our well being all round.

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7.101.3

स्त॒रीरु॑ त्व॒द्भव॑ति॒ सूत॑ उ त्वद्यथाव॒शं त॒न्वं॑ चक्र ए॒षः । पि॒तुः पयः॒ प्रति॑ गृभ्णाति मा॒ता तेन॑ पि॒ता व॑र्धते॒ तेन॑ पु॒त्रः ॥

By virtue of you the heifer becomes fertilized, from you this soul assumes the body form it takes according to its latencies, the mother receives the shower of fertility from the father, by which, again, the father receives extension of the self and the off spring grows in body.

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7.101.4

यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॑नि॒ भुव॑नानि त॒स्थुस्ति॒स्रो द्याव॑स्त्रे॒धा स॒स्रुरापः॑ । त्रयः॒ कोशा॑स उप॒सेच॑नासो॒ मध्वः॑ श्चोतन्त्य॒भितो॑ विर॒प्शम् ॥

(What is the ultimate parjanya, source of life and its joy?)

That in whom abide all regions of the universe, all three heavens, i.e., highest, middle and the lower, or the earth, the sky and the heaven of light, in whom the three currents of air, light and water energy flow, or the three grades of karma operate, i.e., sanchit (past), kriyamana (present) and prarabdha (conditional) rule the soul, and in whom three body-forms of the soul, i.e., karana sharira (causal body), sukshma sharira (subtle body) and sthula sharira (gross body) overflow with energy and shower the honey sweets of pleasure, enlightenment and the ecstasy of ananda upon the soul in abundance: that is the ultimate cloud from whom life flows.

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7.101.5

इ॒दं वचः॑ प॒र्जन्या॑य स्व॒राजे॑ हृ॒दो अ॒स्त्वन्त॑रं॒ तज्जु॑जोषत् । म॒यो॒भुवो॑ वृ॒ष्टयः॑ सन्त्व॒स्मे सु॑पिप्प॒ला ओष॑धीर्दे॒वगो॑पाः ॥

This song of adoration, spontaneous flow of love from the heart, in honour of the self - refulgent sovereign cloud, lord infinite, supreme source of life, may the lord accept and cherish to the very core of divine being, and may the imprint abide in our heart too. May the showers of rain be full of peace and abundance for us. May the herbs and trees be profuse in fruit, give life and protective health to noble humanity and be protected and promoted by noble humanity.

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7.101.6

स रे॑तो॒धा वृ॑ष॒भः शश्व॑तीनां॒ तस्मि॑न्ना॒त्मा जग॑तस्त॒स्थुष॑श्च । तन्म॑ ऋ॒तं पा॑तु श॒तशा॑रदाय यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

That lord is the infinite reservoir of the seeds of existence, mighty abundant and generous, from whom flows the eternal cycle of life. Therein abides the very soul of existence in motion and stabilised in motion. May the lord sustain, protect and promote the abundant flow of truthful life in action for me for a full span of hundred years. O lord, O clouds, O showers of rain, protect and promote us by all modes and means of happiness and well being all round all ways all time.

✦ Sukta 102 · 3 verses ✦

7.102.1

प॒र्जन्या॑य॒ प्र गा॑यत दि॒वस्पु॒त्राय॑ मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ । स नो॒ यव॑समिच्छतु ॥

Sing in praise of the mighty generous and virile Parjanya, the cloud that gives us showers of life and joy. It is the child of light and saviour of the brilliant. May the cloud, that bearer and harbinger of life and joy, give us lovely food for body, mind and soul.

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7.102.2

यो गर्भ॒मोष॑धीनां॒ गवां॑ कृ॒णोत्यर्व॑ताम् । प॒र्जन्यः॑ पुरु॒षीणा॑म् ॥

Celebrate the Parjanya, cloud of the showers of life and existence, who generates the Golden Egg, Hiranyagarbha, the seed of moving stars and revolving planets, herbs and trees, cows and horses and the humans, and the cloud which then brings the showers of living waters and vests the seeds of life in earth for vegetation and all that moves and achieves and all the human race for the continuance of life in existence.

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7.102.3

तस्मा॒ इदा॒स्ये॑ ह॒विर्जु॒होता॒ मधु॑मत्तमम् । इळां॑ नः सं॒यतं॑ करत् ॥

To him, the omnipotent omnificent Parjanya, life bearing cloud, offer the sweetest oblations into the fiery mouth of the yajna vedi with selfless surrender of love and non-violence so that he may keep and help us keep the unity and integrity of the earth and environment well in order and maintain the integrity and harmony of humanity and culture in a state of creativity and progressive continuity of a familial order.

✦ Sukta 103 · 10 verses ✦

7.103.1

सं॒व॒त्स॒रं श॑शया॒ना ब्रा॑ह्म॒णा व्र॑तचा॒रिणः॑ । वाचं॑ प॒र्जन्य॑जिन्वितां॒ प्र म॒ण्डूका॑ अवादिषुः ॥

Devoted Brahmanas dedicated to Brahma, supreme spirit of the universe, observing the sacred vows of discipline in silence for a yearly session, spontaneously burst into the chant of divine hymns, inspired by the cloud of divine showers and celebrate the divine spirit, the divine voice and the divine shower with enthusiasm.

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7.103.2

दि॒व्या आपो॑ अ॒भि यदे॑न॒माय॒न्दृतिं॒ न शुष्कं॑ सर॒सी शया॑नम् । गवा॒मह॒ न मा॒युर्व॒त्सिनी॑नां म॒ण्डूका॑नां व॒ग्नुरत्रा॒ समे॑ति ॥

When the heavenly waters shower upon these celebrants, like rain on frogs who have been hybernating in a dry pond like empty leather bags, they revive with exhilaration, they burst into chant, and the chant of these celebrants seems like the eager lowing of mother cows for their calves or like the excitement of the heart on the reflection of a new revelation on the imagination.

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7.103.3

यदी॑मेनाँ उश॒तो अ॒भ्यव॑र्षीत्तृ॒ष्याव॑तः प्रा॒वृष्याग॑तायाम् । अ॒ख्ख॒ली॒कृत्या॑ पि॒तरं॒ न पु॒त्रो अ॒न्यो अ॒न्यमुप॒ वद॑न्तमेति ॥

And when the rainy season has set in, then, if the cloud showers rain upon these longing celebrants of life, thirsting for the divine waters of life, one goes to meet another, chanting and shouting hilariously like the child going to meet the father.

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7.103.4

अ॒न्यो अ॒न्यमनु॑ गृभ्णात्येनोर॒पां प्र॑स॒र्गे यदम॑न्दिषाताम् । म॒ण्डूको॒ यद॒भिवृ॑ष्टः॒ कनि॑ष्क॒न्पृश्निः॑ सम्पृ॒ङ्क्ते हरि॑तेन॒ वाच॑म् ॥

On the fall of divine showers they seize upon each other while both experience the ecstasy of meeting and the rain. When the celebrant is soaked in the rain, the spotted versatile one springs forward and communicates with the green one in concentration in the language of intimacy.

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7.103.5

यदे॑षाम॒न्यो अ॒न्यस्य॒ वाचं॑ शा॒क्तस्ये॑व॒ वद॑ति॒ शिक्ष॑माणः । सर्वं॒ तदे॑षां स॒मृधे॑व॒ पर्व॒ यत्सु॒वाचो॒ वद॑थ॒नाध्य॒प्सु ॥

When one of these speaks to the other, they seem to repeat each other’s language like pupils repeating the words of the teacher. While communicating like this they jump and play on the water, their bodies swell with joy and the pride of being.

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7.103.6

गोमा॑यु॒रेको॑ अ॒जमा॑यु॒रेकः॒ पृश्नि॒रेको॒ हरि॑त॒ एक॑ एषाम् । स॒मा॒नं नाम॒ बिभ्र॑तो॒ विरू॑पाः पुरु॒त्रा वाचं॑ पिपिशु॒र्वद॑न्तः ॥

One of them croaks like a cow, another like a goat, one of them is spotted, another is green. Of different voice and colour, they bear the same one name, the “manduka”, the celebrant, but they seem to communicate in many different languages.

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7.103.7

ब्रा॒ह्म॒णासो॑ अतिरा॒त्रे न सोमे॒ सरो॒ न पू॒र्णम॒भितो॒ वद॑न्तः । सं॒व॒त्स॒रस्य॒ तदहः॒ परि॑ ष्ठ॒ यन्म॑ण्डूकाः प्रावृ॒षीणं॑ ब॒भूव॑ ॥

O Brahmanas, devotees of supreme Brahman, at the end of the annual session when the last night is over, then, at the time before dawn, abide as in meditation and yajnic celebration just like the frogs who play, rejoice and celebrate around the overflowing lake when the showers of the season begin.

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7.103.8

ब्रा॒ह्म॒णासः॑ सो॒मिनो॒ वाच॑मक्रत॒ ब्रह्म॑ कृ॒ण्वन्तः॑ परिवत्स॒रीण॑म् । अ॒ध्व॒र्यवो॑ घ॒र्मिणः॑ सिष्विदा॒ना आ॒विर्भ॑वन्ति॒ गुह्या॒ न के चि॑त् ॥

Brahmanas engaged in the yearly soma yajna for peace and harmony conduct the yajna in honour of the Supreme Brahman and chant the Vedic mantras at the end of the first year. The priests facing the fire and soaked in sweat emerge as if from seclusion in the cave.

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7.103.9

दे॒वहि॑तिं जुगुपुर्द्वाद॒शस्य॑ ऋ॒तुं नरो॒ न प्र मि॑नन्त्ये॒ते । सं॒व॒त्स॒रे प्रा॒वृष्याग॑तायां त॒प्ता घ॒र्मा अ॑श्नुवते विस॒र्गम् ॥

These Brahmanas, leading lights of the yajnic order, do not neglect, never violate, but strictly abide by the divinely ordained twelve month seasons and the discipline and observances prescribed. At the end of the year when the rains set in they emerge seasoned and tempered in the heat of yajnic fire and attain their freedom.

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7.103.10

गोमा॑युरदाद॒जमा॑युरदा॒त्पृश्नि॑रदा॒द्धरि॑तो नो॒ वसू॑नि । गवां॑ म॒ण्डूका॒ दद॑तः श॒तानि॑ सहस्रसा॒वे प्र ति॑रन्त॒ आयुः॑ ॥

All those that speak and sound like nature in motion give us something; all those that speak and sound like nature and spirit unborn and eternal give us something; all those that speak and sound like the spectrum of colours in various forms give us something; all those that speak and sound like the dark and green in life and nature give us something: all these give us wealths of the world. Indeed all that speak and sound and celebrate nature and the eternal spirit of nature give us hundreds of wealths and values of existence on the move, advance us and give us full health and age in the thousandfold business of creative living and lead us to fulfilment and ultimate freedom. (Such is the gift of nature in the rainy season.)

✦ Sukta 104 · 25 verses ✦

7.104.1

इन्द्रा॑सोमा॒ तप॑तं॒ रक्ष॑ उ॒ब्जतं॒ न्य॑र्पयतं वृषणा तमो॒वृधः॑ । परा॑ शृणीतम॒चितो॒ न्यो॑षतं ह॒तं नु॒देथां॒ नि शि॑शीतम॒त्रिणः॑ ॥

Indra-Soma, O lord and commander of power, peace and justice, O lord and master keeper of love, peace and harmony, subject the evil and wicked to the heat of discipline and correction or punish and reduce them to nullity. O generous and virile lord and ruler, let not the forces of darkness grow, keep them down, let not the misguided rise and spread out, shut these down and far off. Let the hoarders, grabbers, ogres and devourers be subjected to law and punishment, destroy the exploiters, stop them and let their fangs be blunted and rooted out.

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7.104.2

इन्द्रा॑सोमा॒ सम॒घशं॑सम॒भ्य१॒॑घं तपु॑र्ययस्तु च॒रुर॑ग्नि॒वाँ इ॑व । ब्र॒ह्म॒द्विषे॑ क्र॒व्यादे॑ घो॒रच॑क्षसे॒ द्वेषो॑ धत्तमनवा॒यं कि॑मी॒दिने॑ ॥

Indra-Soma, lord and master of peace and power, love and justice, let the sinner and the criminal, the supporter and admirer of sin and crime along with the sin and crime, and the tormentor of the good and innocent go to the fire of discipline, punishment, or elimination like a handful of dirt meant for the fire. Never compromise with the enemy of nature, divinity, humanity and the wisdom of humanity. Rule out the cannibal and the carrion eater, the man of hate and evil eye, the sceptic, the cynic and the negationist. For them, have the disdain they deserve and either correct them or eliminate them.

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7.104.3

इन्द्रा॑सोमा दु॒ष्कृतो॑ व॒व्रे अ॒न्तर॑नारम्भ॒णे तम॑सि॒ प्र वि॑ध्यतम् । यथा॒ नातः॒ पुन॒रेक॑श्च॒नोदय॒त्तद्वा॑मस्तु॒ सह॑से मन्यु॒मच्छवः॑ ॥

Indra-Soma, fix the evil doer and throw him into a deep dungeon of darkness without remission so that by reason of that punishment no one again may raise his head for evil doing. That power of yours full of patience, fortitude and courage, that righteous passion of yours be for the destruction of evil and sabotage against life and social harmony.

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7.104.4

इन्द्रा॑सोमा व॒र्तय॑तं दि॒वो व॒धं सं पृ॑थि॒व्या अ॒घशं॑साय॒ तर्ह॑णम् । उत्त॑क्षतं स्व॒र्यं१॒॑ पर्व॑तेभ्यो॒ येन॒ रक्षो॑ वावृधा॒नं नि॒जूर्व॑थः ॥

Indra-Soma, from heaven and earth, from thunder and lightning and the showers of clouds, from the light of idealism, love and generosity and down to earth realism, bring unfailing laws of punishment and correction against sin and crime, acts and policies against poverty, disease, unemployment and wilful sloth, and against the supporters of sin and crime as well as against compromisers with negativities and negationists of evil. Enact law of incentive and encouragement for the generous, and blazing prohibitions for the adamantine evil so that you nip and burn off rising crime and evil in the bud.

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7.104.5

इन्द्रा॑सोमा व॒र्तय॑तं दि॒वस्पर्य॑ग्नित॒प्तेभि॑र्यु॒वमश्म॑हन्मभिः । तपु॑र्वधेभिर॒जरे॑भिर॒त्रिणो॒ नि पर्शा॑ने विध्यतं॒ यन्तु॑ निस्व॒रम् ॥

Indra-Soma, lord of power and force, lord of peace and harmony, turn all round, revolve your search lights and from the skies shoot out your weapons of defence and offence, and with fiery, thunder-tipped, fatally destructive, irresistible and inviolable weapons fix the voracious ogres, strike them on the precipice and throw them into the abyss, running off into silence and oblivion without uttering a sigh of pain or voice of protest.

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7.104.6

इन्द्रा॑सोमा॒ परि॑ वां भूतु वि॒श्वत॑ इ॒यं म॒तिः क॒क्ष्याश्वे॑व वा॒जिना॑ । यां वां॒ होत्रां॑ परिहि॒नोमि॑ मे॒धये॒मा ब्रह्मा॑णि नृ॒पती॑व जिन्वतम् ॥

Indra-Soma, leading powers of governance and peace, like mighty forces in harness ruling the nation, may this prayer of mine, which, with the best of my intention and understanding I address to you as an exhortation, reach you and inspire you and guide you all round, and may you, like the protector and ruler of the nation as you are, make these words of prayer, exhortation and adoration fruitful.

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7.104.7

प्रति॑ स्मरेथां तु॒जय॑द्भि॒रेवै॑र्ह॒तं द्रु॒हो र॒क्षसो॑ भङ्गु॒राव॑तः । इन्द्रा॑सोमा दु॒ष्कृते॒ मा सु॒गं भू॒द्यो नः॑ क॒दा चि॑दभि॒दास॑ति द्रु॒हा ॥

And remember, be watchful and alert against the malignant, evil and treacherous forces, ward them off and eliminate them with the fastest interceptors and destroyers at the very outset. Indra-Soma, let there be no peace, nothing easy, for the evil doer whoever any time may try to injure, sabotage or enslave us out of jealousy, malignity or enmity.

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7.104.8

यो मा॒ पाके॑न॒ मन॑सा॒ चर॑न्तमभि॒चष्टे॒ अनृ॑तेभि॒र्वचो॑भिः । आप॑ इव का॒शिना॒ संगृ॑भीता॒ अस॑न्न॒स्त्वास॑त इन्द्र व॒क्ता ॥

And while I live and act and behave with a mature mind of purity and truth, if someone malign me with false words, let him be caught up like water in the hand grip and evaporate in the heat and, O lord Indra, ruler and law giver of power, let him be reduced to nothing because he speaks nothing but falsehood.

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7.104.9

ये पा॑कशं॒सं वि॒हर॑न्त॒ एवै॒र्ये वा॑ भ॒द्रं दू॒षय॑न्ति स्व॒धाभिः॑ । अह॑ये वा॒ तान्प्र॒ददा॑तु॒ सोम॒ आ वा॑ दधातु॒ निॠ॑तेरु॒पस्थे॑ ॥

O Soma, lord of peace and justice, if there are those who with their smartness and fast actions malign, lacerate and deprive the man of purity, truth and immaculate honour and spotless reputation, or with their powers and prestige denigrate the man of goodness and charitable action and bring disgrace upon him, deliver such men to the sufferance of darkness and the pain of remorse or let them suffer the fangs of deprivation themselves.

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7.104.10

यो नो॒ रसं॒ दिप्स॑ति पि॒त्वो अ॑ग्ने॒ यो अश्वा॑नां॒ यो गवां॒ यस्त॒नूना॑म् । रि॒पुः स्ते॒नः स्ते॑य॒कृद्द॒भ्रमे॑तु॒ नि ष ही॑यतां त॒न्वा॒३॒॑ तना॑ च ॥

Whoever pollutes the flavour, taste and vitality of our food and injures or impairs the vigour and power of our horses, cows and our bodies, let such an enemy, the thief, the robber and saboteur, O lord of light and vitality, Agni, be reduced to nullity and himself suffer debility of body and even deprivation from selfextension and further growth.

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7.104.11

प॒रः सो अ॑स्तु त॒न्वा॒३॒॑ तना॑ च ति॒स्रः पृ॑थि॒वीर॒धो अ॑स्तु॒ विश्वाः॑ । प्रति॑ शुष्यतु॒ यशो॑ अस्य देवा॒ यो नो॒ दिवा॒ दिप्स॑ति॒ यश्च॒ नक्त॑म् ॥

O divinities of nature and humanity, he who wants to injure and destroy us in the day and in the night, must stay far off by his personal presence and also by the progeny of his evil tendencies and even fall lower than all the three orders of earthly existence, i.e., lower far than the good, the bad and the indifferent. His honour and reputation would dry up and evaporate to zero and there would be none even to remember him after. Let it be so with such a person.

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7.104.12

सु॒वि॒ज्ञा॒नं चि॑कि॒तुषे॒ जना॑य॒ सच्चास॑च्च॒ वच॑सी पस्पृधाते । तयो॒र्यत्स॒त्यं य॑त॒रदृजी॑य॒स्तदित्सोमो॑ऽवति॒ हन्त्यास॑त् ॥

Words of truth and words of untruth rival and contend with each other. Of these, the one that is true to the extent it is true and that which is simple and natural, this Soma, lord of peace, harmony and the goodness of life, preserves and protects, and the untrue, he destroys. This simple and straight natural knowledge, the lord reveals for the man who has the desire and ambition to know the truth and reality of life.

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7.104.13

न वा उ॒ सोमो॑ वृजि॒नं हि॑नोति॒ न क्ष॒त्रियं॑ मिथु॒या धा॒रय॑न्तम् । हन्ति॒ रक्षो॒ हन्त्यास॒द्वद॑न्तमु॒भाविन्द्र॑स्य॒ प्रसि॑तौ शयाते ॥

Soma, lord of truth, peace and harmony, does not call forth the crooked to the distinction between truth and untruth, nor does he impel the selfish kshatriya, ruler administrator, who parades his power and valour in a false manner, nor does he incite the two toward the untrue. But he does destroy the evil and the wicked and also the one who speaks the untruth, since both the evil and the liar end up in the bonds of Indra, lord of justice and power.

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7.104.14

यदि॑ वा॒हमनृ॑तदेव॒ आस॒ मोघं॑ वा दे॒वाँ अ॑प्यू॒हे अ॑ग्ने । किम॒स्मभ्यं॑ जातवेदो हृणीषे द्रोघ॒वाच॑स्ते निॠ॒थं स॑चन्ताम् ॥

If I were a worshipper of falsehood as my divine ideal, or if I adore the lord and divinities falsely, deceiving them as if, then O lord of light and truth,Agni, you would be angry with me. But I have not been thus, then why would you, knowing everything born in existence, feel angry with us? Not at all, because only the speakers of falsehood would suffer your wrath and punishment.

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7.104.15

अ॒द्या मु॑रीय॒ यदि॑ यातु॒धानो॒ अस्मि॒ यदि॒ वायु॑स्त॒तप॒ पूरु॑षस्य । अधा॒ स वी॒रैर्द॒शभि॒र्वि यू॑या॒ यो मा॒ मोघं॒ यातु॑धा॒नेत्याह॑ ॥

If I were a demon on the move, and if I tormented any person in life, then let me suffer death today just now. But I am not such, nor have I done so. Then let that man be forsaken of all his ten faculties of power and prana who falsely proclaims that I am a demonic tormentor of others.

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7.104.16

यो माया॑तुं॒ यातु॑धा॒नेत्याह॒ यो वा॑ र॒क्षाः शुचि॑र॒स्मीत्याह॑ । इन्द्र॒स्तं ह॑न्तु मह॒ता व॒धेन॒ विश्व॑स्य ज॒न्तोर॑ध॒मस्प॑दीष्ट ॥

Whoever says that I am a devil even though I am not a devil, and whoever says that he is innocent and immaculate even though he is a devil, may Indra, lord of power and justice, punish such a person with his mighty thunderbolt. May such a falsifier fall to the abyss as the worst of all living beings.

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7.104.17

प्र या जिगा॑ति ख॒र्गले॑व॒ नक्त॒मप॑ द्रु॒हा त॒न्वं१॒॑ गूह॑माना । व॒व्राँ अ॑न॒न्ताँ अव॒ सा प॑दीष्ट॒ ग्रावा॑णो घ्नन्तु र॒क्षस॑ उप॒ब्दैः ॥

And she that goes about at night, hiding her person like the spirit of hate and violence, a she owl as if, let her fall into the bottomless deep of darkness where the stones of evil and darkness itself would destroy her with a clang.

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7.104.18

वि ति॑ष्ठध्वं मरुतो वि॒क्ष्वि१॒॑च्छत॑ गृभा॒यत॑ र॒क्षसः॒ सं पि॑नष्टन । वयो॒ ये भू॒त्वी प॒तय॑न्ति न॒क्तभि॒र्ये वा॒ रिपो॑ दधि॒रे दे॒वे अ॑ध्व॒रे ॥

O Maruts, vibrant social powers of vigilance and action, stay among the people, keenly watch for the forces of evil and violence, and there, grab them and crush them all that fly about like birds over the nights and cause disturbance and violence in the divine morning yajnas of love and non-violence for creative production and advancement.

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7.104.19

प्र व॑र्तय दि॒वो अश्मा॑नमिन्द्र॒ सोम॑शितं मघव॒न्त्सं शि॑शाधि । प्राक्ता॒दपा॑क्तादध॒रादुद॑क्ताद॒भि ज॑हि र॒क्षसः॒ पर्व॑तेन ॥

Indra, lord of power and justice, from the light of heaven and wisdom of the sages, bring up and strike the thunderbolt of justice and correction tempered and sharpened with soma for peace and progress, and refine and enlighten the noble people dedicated to peace and happiness. From front and back, up and down, seize the wicked and the destroyers and punish them with the bolt.

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7.104.20

ए॒त उ॒ त्ये प॑तयन्ति॒ श्वया॑तव॒ इन्द्रं॑ दिप्सन्ति दि॒प्सवोऽदा॑भ्यम् । शिशी॑ते श॒क्रः पिशु॑नेभ्यो व॒धं नू॒नं सृ॑जद॒शनिं॑ यातु॒मद्भ्यः॑ ॥

These miscreants with the mentality of street curs roam around, pull people down, and try to damage Indra, the ruler, who is otherwise indomitable. Indra then, commander of power and force, sharpens the thunderbolt, the edge of justice and punishment, for these crafty saboteurs on the prowl and strikes the fatal blow upon them.

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7.104.21

इन्द्रो॑ यातू॒नाम॑भवत्पराश॒रो ह॑वि॒र्मथी॑नाम॒भ्या॒३॒॑विवा॑सताम् । अ॒भीदु॑ श॒क्रः प॑र॒शुर्यथा॒ वनं॒ पात्रे॑व भि॒न्दन्त्स॒त ए॑ति र॒क्षसः॑ ॥

Indra is the lordly power that throws off the upcoming saboteurs who damage the inputs and infrastructure of yajnic development, he does so for the peace and progress of the human community. He is mighty powerful just like what the axe is for the wood, breaking down the evil and wicked destroyers like pots of clay whenever they raise their head.

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7.104.22

उलू॑कयातुं शुशु॒लूक॑यातुं ज॒हि श्वया॑तुमु॒त कोक॑यातुम् । सु॒प॒र्णया॑तुमु॒त गृध्र॑यातुं दृ॒षदे॑व॒ प्र मृ॑ण॒ रक्ष॑ इन्द्र ॥

Indra, refulgent and potent ruler of the world, crush the evil and the wicked like pieces of clay with a stone: the fiend in the garb of an owl or an owlet or a dog or a wolf or a hawk or a vulture. They are covert, stealthy, clever, jealous and growling, cruel destroyers, cunning and voracious.

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7.104.23

मा नो॒ रक्षो॑ अ॒भि न॑ड्यातु॒माव॑ता॒मपो॑च्छतु मिथु॒ना या कि॑मी॒दिना॑ । पृ॒थि॒वी नः॒ पार्थि॑वात्पा॒त्वंह॑सो॒ऽन्तरि॑क्षं दि॒व्यात्पा॑त्व॒स्मान् ॥

Let no wicked demonic forces harm and destroy us. Let the darkness of tormentors harming us either by joint force or by doubt and scepticism be off. May the earth protect us against earthly sin and crime. Let the sky protect us against dangers from above.

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7.104.24

इन्द्र॑ ज॒हि पुमां॑सं यातु॒धान॑मु॒त स्त्रियं॑ मा॒यया॒ शाश॑दानाम् । विग्री॑वासो॒ मूर॑देवा ऋदन्तु॒ मा ते दृ॑श॒न्त्सूर्य॑मु॒च्चर॑न्तम् ॥

Indra, punish and eliminate the man demon. Punish and eliminate the woman demon who destroys by deception and crafty design. Let the stranglers of life who play with life and death lose their own throat and let them never see the rising sun.

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7.104.25

प्रति॑ चक्ष्व॒ वि च॒क्ष्वेन्द्र॑श्च सोम जागृतम् । रक्षो॑भ्यो व॒धम॑स्यतम॒शनिं॑ यातु॒मद्भ्यः॑ ॥

Indra and Soma, lord of power and peace, justice and governance, love and majesty, watch everything that happens and enlighten us too. Shine, reveal and proclaim what is happening and warn us too. Keep awake and let us rise too into awakenment. Shoot the arrow upon the demon destroyers, strike the thunderbolt upon the covert saboteurs.