18. Adhyāya 18 — Vasordhārā
Mantras 1–10
18.1
वाजश् च मे प्रसवश् च मे प्रयतिश् च मे प्रसितिश् च मे धीतिश् च मे क्रतुश् च मे स्वरश् च मे श्लोकश् च मे श्रवश् च मे श्रुतिश् च मे ज्योतिश् च मे स्वश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
vājaś ca me prasavaś ca me prayatiś ca me prasitiś ca me dhītiś ca me kratuś ca me svaraś ca me ślokaś ca me śravaś ca me śrutiś ca me jyotiś ca me svaś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
By yajna, by the Grace of God, by virtue of our joint action, by virtue of my own performance: food is mine and energy is mine; prosperity is mine and the way to prosperity is mine; effort is mine and the will to effort is mine; management is mine and preservation is mine; faith is mine and firmness is mine; vision is mine and resolution is mine; freedom is mine and discipline is mine; praise is mine and the tongue is mine; the heard is mine and the spoken is mine; shruti (Veda) is mine and Smriti (law and tradition) is mine; light is mine and illumination is mine; joy is mine and supreme bliss is mine; all these may grow, all these be favourable; all these be auspicious for all, by yajna.
18.2
प्राणश् च मे ऽपानश् च मे व्यानश् च मे ऽसुश् च मे चित्तं च म ऽ आधीतं च मे वाक् च मे मनश् च मे चक्षुश् च मे श्रोत्रं च मे दक्षश् च मे बलं च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
prāṇaś ca me 'pānaś ca me vyānaś ca me 'suś ca me cittaṃ ca ma ' ādhītaṃ ca me vāk ca me manaś ca me cakṣuś ca me śrotraṃ ca me dakṣaś ca me balaṃ ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
18.3
ओजस् च मे सहश् च म ऽ आत्मा च मे तनूश् च मे शर्म च मे वर्म च मे ऽङ्गानि च मे ऽस्थीनि च मे परूꣳषि च मे शरीराणि च म ऽ आयुश् च मे जरा च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
ojas ca me sahaś ca ma ' ātmā ca me tanūś ca me śarma ca me varma ca me 'ṅgāni ca me 'sthīni ca me parūṁṣi ca me śarīrāṇi ca ma ' āyuś ca me jarā ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My vigour and my power, my victory and my moral courage, my soul and my potential, my body and health, my home and my family, my defence and my weapons, my limbs and their functions, my bones and my blood, my generation and my vitality, the bodies and health of my people, my life and longevity, my old age and self-dependence, all these may grow, be good and auspicious, for me and for all by yajna, observance of Dharma, law and joint and individual discipline.
18.4
ज्यैष्ठ्यं च मे ऽ आधिपत्यं च मे मन्युश् च मे भामश् च मे ऽमश् च मे ऽम्भश् च मे महिमा च मे वरिमा च मे प्रथिमा च मे वर्षिमा च मे द्राघिमा च मे वृद्धं च मे वृद्धिश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
jyaiṣṭhyaṃ ca me ' ādhipatyaṃ ca me manyuś ca me bhāmaś ca me 'maś ca me 'mbhaś ca me mahimā ca me varimā ca me prathimā ca me varṣimā ca me drāghimā ca me vṛddhaṃ ca me vṛddhiś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
By yajna, joint action and observance of Dharma and law, community and participative discipline of my freedom : my fame and my wealth, my self-rule and my ruler, my passion and my love of peace, my righteous anger and moral discipline, my honour and my sense of justice, my waters and my fruitfulness, my valour and my victories, my grandeur and my reputation, my greatness and my conduct, my expansion and my domain, my seniority and my humility, my loftiness and my depth, my riches and sense of values, my growth and sense of limitations, all these may be strong and firm, grow and be good for me and for all, by yajna.
18.5
सत्यं च मे श्रद्धा च मे जगच् च मे धनं च मे विश्वं च मे महश् च मे क्रीडा च मे मोदश् च मे जातं च मे जनिष्यमाणं च मे सूक्तं च मे सुकृतं च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
satyaṃ ca me śraddhā ca me jagac ca me dhanaṃ ca me viśvaṃ ca me mahaś ca me krīḍā ca me modaś ca me jātaṃ ca me janiṣyamāṇaṃ ca me sūktaṃ ca me sukṛtaṃ ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
18.6
ऋतं च मे ऽमृतं च मे ऽयक्ष्मं च मे ऽनामयच् च मे जीवातुश् च मे दीर्घायुत्वं च मे ऽनमित्रं च मे ऽभयं च मे सुखं च मे शयनं च मे सूषाश् च मे सुदिनं च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
ṛtaṃ ca me 'mṛtaṃ ca me 'yakṣmaṃ ca me 'nāmayac ca me jīvātuś ca me dīrghāyutvaṃ ca me 'namitraṃ ca me 'bhayaṃ ca me sukhaṃ ca me śayanaṃ ca me sūṣāś ca me sudinaṃ ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My knowledge and practice of truth and Dharma, my immortal spirit and meditation, my freedom from illness and exercise, my freedom from suffering and my medication, my vitality and tonics, my longevity and yoga, my freedom from enmity and love for all, my freedom from fear and self-confidence, my joy and means of comfort, my sleep and freedom from tension, my beautiful dawn and early prayers, my happy day and good fortune, may all these grow, be firm and favourable for all and for me by yajna, corporate action and the Grace of God.
18.7
यन्ता च मे धर्ता च मे क्षेमश् च मे धृतिश् च मे विश्वं च मे महश् च मे संविच् च मे ज्ञात्रं च मे सूश् च मे प्रसूश् च मे सीरं च मे लयश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
yantā ca me dhartā ca me kṣemaś ca me dhṛtiś ca me viśvaṃ ca me mahaś ca me saṃvic ca me jñātraṃ ca me sūś ca me prasūś ca me sīraṃ ca me layaś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My ruler and my observance of the rules, my sustainer and supports, my security and the protector, my constancy and self-protection, my world around and my behaviour, my nobility and noble actions, my awareness and self-knowledge, my field of specialisation and my achievement, my inspiration and initiative, my potency of generation and my children, my agriculture and the farmers, my house and my property, all these may grow, be strong and firm and good and auspicious for me and for all by yajna, personal endeavour, corporate action and the Grace of God.
18.8
शं च मे मयश् च मे प्रियं च मे ऽनुकामश् च मे कामश् च मे सौमनसश् च मे भगश् च मे द्रविणं च मे भद्रं च मे श्रेयश् च मे वसीयश् च मे यशश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
śaṃ ca me mayaś ca me priyaṃ ca me 'nukāmaś ca me kāmaś ca me saumanasaś ca me bhagaś ca me draviṇaṃ ca me bhadraṃ ca me śreyaś ca me vasīyaś ca me yaśaś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My peace and well-being, and my comfort and happiness, and my love, and my desire, and my ambition, and the good cheer of my mind, and my dignity, and my wealth, and my worldly good, and my ultimate good, and my advancement, and my honour and glory, may all these grow and be good and auspicious by yajna for all.
18.9
ऊर्क् च मे सूनृता च मे पयश् च मे रसश् च मे घृतं च मे मधु च मे सग्धिश् च मे सपीतिश् च मे कृषिश् च मे वृष्टिश् च मे जैत्रं च म ऽ औद्भिद्यं च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
ūrk ca me sūnṛtā ca me payaś ca me rasaś ca me ghṛtaṃ ca me madhu ca me sagdhiś ca me sapītiś ca me kṛṣiś ca me vṛṣṭiś ca me jaitraṃ ca ma ' audbhidyaṃ ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
And my food pure and delicious, and my speech true and pleasing, and my milk and drink, and my tonics and herbal essences, and my ghrita and butter, and my honey and sweets, and my food and dessert, and my drinks and dressings, and my farming and special breeding, and the rains for us and the libations, and our man-power and our accomplishments, and our minerals and the tonic roots, may all these grow and be good and firm and auspicious by yajna for all.
18.10
रयिश् च मे रायश् च मे पुष्टं च मे पुष्टिश् च मे विभु च मे प्रभु च मे पूर्णं च मे पूर्णतरं च मे कुयवं च मे ऽक्षितं च मे ऽन्नं च मे ऽक्षुच् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
rayiś ca me rāyaś ca me puṣṭaṃ ca me puṣṭiś ca me vibhu ca me prabhu ca me pūrṇaṃ ca me pūrṇataraṃ ca me kuyavaṃ ca me 'kṣitaṃ ca me 'nnaṃ ca me 'kṣuc ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My wealth of knowledge and power of action, my wealth of possessions and all round prosperity, my health and growth, our public health and nourishment, my mental expansion and intellectual growth, my self-mastery and meditation, my fulfilment and its relevance to life, my worldly advancement and philanthropy, my management of damage and pollution of crops, my foods and my delicacies, and our management of hunger and thirst and shortages, may all these grow and be strong and auspicious for all by yajna.
Mantras 11–20
18.11
वित्तं च मे वेद्यं च मे भूतं च मे भविष्यच् च मे सुगं च मे सुपथ्यं च म ऽ ऋद्धं च म ऽ ऋद्धिश् च मे क्लृप्तं च मे क्लृप्तिश् च मे मतिश् च मे सुमतिश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
vittaṃ ca me vedyaṃ ca me bhūtaṃ ca me bhaviṣyac ca me sugaṃ ca me supathyaṃ ca ma ' ṛddhaṃ ca ma ' ṛddhiś ca me klṛptaṃ ca me klṛptiś ca me matiś ca me sumatiś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
18.12
व्रीहयश् च मे यवाश् च मे माषाश् च मे तिलाश् च मे मुद्गाश् च मे खल्वाश् च मे प्रियङ्गवश् च मे ऽणवश् च मे श्यामाकाश् च मे नीवाराश् च मे गोधूमाश् च मे मसूराश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
vrīhayaś ca me yavāś ca me māṣāś ca me tilāś ca me mudgāś ca me khalvāś ca me priyaṅgavaś ca me 'ṇavaś ca me śyāmākāś ca me nīvārāś ca me godhūmāś ca me masūrāś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My paddy and rice, and my barley, and my beans, and my sesamums, and my mungo beans, and my legumins, and my long pepper, and my small grains, and my millet, and my wild grains, and my wheat, and my lentils and all other grains, and their preparations, may all these grow in plenty, rich and delicious, by yajna and scientific treatment for all.
18.13
अश्मा च मे मृत्तिका च मे गिरयश् च मे पर्वताश् च मे सिकताश् च मे वनस्पतयश् च मे हिरण्यं च मे ऽयश् च मे श्यामं च मे लोहं च मे सीसं च मे त्रपु च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
aśmā ca me mṛttikā ca me girayaś ca me parvatāś ca me sikatāś ca me vanaspatayaś ca me hiraṇyaṃ ca me 'yaś ca me śyāmaṃ ca me lohaṃ ca me sīsaṃ ca me trapu ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
Our stones and gems, and our clay and its varieties, and our clouds and crops, and our mountains and hills and valleys, and our sands and pebbles, and our herbs and trees, and our gold and minerals, and our iron and steels, and our sapphires and other gems, and our copper and bronze, and our lead and its varieties, and our zinc and brass, all these may develop by the yajna of scientific treatment and grow good and auspicious for all of us.
18.14
अग्निश् च म ऽ आपश् च मे वीरुधश् च म ऽ ओषधयश् च मे कृष्टपच्याश् च मे ऽकृष्टपच्याश् च मे ग्राम्याश् च मे पशव ऽ आरण्याश् च मे वित्तं च मे वित्तिश् च मे भूतं च मे भूतिश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
agniś ca ma ' āpaś ca me vīrudhaś ca ma ' oṣadhayaś ca me kṛṣṭapacyāś ca me 'kṛṣṭapacyāś ca me grāmyāś ca me paśava ' āraṇyāś ca me vittaṃ ca me vittiś ca me bhūtaṃ ca me bhūtiś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My fire (heat) and electricity, and my waters and
18.15
वसु च मे वसतिश् च मे कर्म च मे शक्तिश् च मे ऽर्थश् च म ऽ एमश् च म ऽ इत्या च मे गतिश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
vasu ca me vasatiś ca me karma ca me śaktiś ca me 'rthaś ca ma ' emaś ca ma ' ityā ca me gatiś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My assets and articles, and my house and community, and my work and workers, and my power and love, and my capital and the subscribers, and my management and knowledge and competence, and my working and technique, and my progress and new ventures, all may develop and grow auspicious by managerial yajna.
18.16
अग्निश् च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे सोमश् च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे सविता च म इन्द्रश् च मे सरस्वती च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे पूषा च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे बृहस्पतिश् च म इन्द्रश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
agniś ca ma ' indraś ca me somaś ca ma ' indraś ca me savitā ca ma indraś ca me sarasvatī ca ma ' indraś ca me pūṣā ca ma ' indraś ca me bṛhaspatiś ca ma indraś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
Agni, solar energy and magnetic force of the earth is mine, and Indra, lord controller of power and energy is mine. Soma, nature’s power of rain and generosity is mine, and Indra, lord justice controller of rain and generosity is mine. Savita, power of generation and prosperity is mine, and Indra, lord and controller of generation and prosperity is mine. Saraswati, divine spirit of knowledge, art, and the system of education is mine, and Indra, lord and power controller of the value and application of knowledge is mine. Pusha, power of food and production is mine, and Indra, enlightened controller of good nourishment and production is mine. Brihaspati, great lord of social activity, manners and culture is mine, and Indra, lord controller of social and moral values is mine. May all these powers of nature and society for development, direction and control grow strong and auspicious for me and for all by yajna, social action in unison, enlightened guidance and by the Grace of God.
18.17
मित्रश् च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे वरुणश् च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे धाता च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे त्वष्टा च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे मरुतश् च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे विश्वे च मे देवा ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
mitraś ca ma ' indraś ca me varuṇaś ca ma ' indraś ca me dhātā ca ma ' indraś ca me tvaṣṭā ca ma ' indraś ca me marutaś ca ma ' indraś ca me viśve ca me devā ' indraś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
Mitra, my pranic energy of breath and energy of the system, and Indra, my lustre and electric energy; and Varuna, pranic energy of the throat and blood circulation, and Indra, solar energy of sustenance; and Dhata, my
18.18
पृथिवी च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे ऽन्तरिक्षं च म ऽइन्द्रश् च मे द्यौश् च ऽ म इन्द्रश् च मे समाश् च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे नक्षत्राणि च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे दिशश् च म ऽ इन्द्रश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
pṛthivī ca ma ' indraś ca me 'ntarikṣaṃ ca ma 'indraś ca me dyauś ca ' ma indraś ca me samāś ca ma ' indraś ca me nakṣatrāṇi ca ma ' indraś ca me diśaś ca ma ' indraś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
The earth and her fertility, and the power that controls and regulates that fertility; the sky and the riches that exist therein, and the powers that control those riches to shower on the earth; and the regions of light and the energy therein, and the sun that presides over the light; and the yearly rounds of time and its divisions and their effects, and the supreme lord of time; and the stars and planets and their movements with their effects on our environment, and the operative powers of natural law that control the movements; and the directions of space and the currents of wind and energy therein, and the powers that control the weather and the atmosphere; may all these regions of space and heavenly bodies and the operations of mother Prakriti grow strong and firm and be good and auspicious for me and all by yajna, the process of replenishment, renewal and enrichment.
18.19
अꣳशुश् च मे रश्मिश् च मे ऽदाभ्यश् च मे ऽधिपतिश् च म उपाꣳशुश् च मे ऽन्तर्यामश् च म ऽ ऐन्द्रवायवश् च मे मैत्रावरुणश् च म ऽ आश्विनश् च मे प्रतिप्रस्थानश् च मे शुक्रश् च मे मन्थी च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
aṁśuś ca me raśmiś ca me 'dābhyaś ca me 'dhipatiś ca ma upāṁśuś ca me 'ntaryāmaś ca ma ' aindravāyavaś ca me maitrāvaruṇaś ca ma ' āśvinaś ca me pratiprasthānaś ca me śukraś ca me manthī ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
The pervasive sun and its light, and the foods ripened by the sun rays, the fearless man and the protector of the law-abiding, and the presiding power and the office thereof, and my holy-chant in meditation and concentration on the secrets of mysteries, my mid-breath and inner strength, my vital heat that controls the winds and electric currents of the body system and the water, the pranic vitality related to prana and udana (breath and the upper motions of energy wind), and the inner light between the solar and the lunar plexi and its effects on health, and the energy for movement and my movements, and my purity of mind and vital energy, and my churner and dairy foods and apparatuses, may all these grow strong and be good and auspicious for me and for all by yajna.
18.20
आग्रयणश् च मे वैश्वदेवश् च मे ध्रुवश् च मे वैश्वानरश् च म ऽ ऐन्द्राग्नश् च मे महावैश्वदेवश् च मे मरुत्वतीयाश् च मे निष्केवल्यश् च मे सावित्रश् च मे सारस्वतश् च मे पत्नीवतश् च मे हारियोजनश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
āgrayaṇaś ca me vaiśvadevaś ca me dhruvaś ca me vaiśvānaraś ca ma ' aindrāgnaś ca me mahāvaiśvadevaś ca me marutvatīyāś ca me niṣkevalyaś ca me sāvitraś ca me sārasvataś ca me patnīvataś ca me hāriyojanaś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My special yajna of the month of Margashirsha, and my guests of this noble assembly at the yajna, and my settled behaviour and universal hospitality and reverence, and my yajna for the development of wind and fire energy, and my reverence for the noblest people of the world, and my dedication to the yajna of the liberation stage of yoga, and my yajna for solar energy, and my dedication to the eminent scholars of science and literature, and my love and regard for the married couples, and my travels, transport and transporters, may all these grow and be good and auspicious for me and for all by yajna.
Mantras 21–30
18.21
स्रुचश् च मे चमसाश् च मे वायव्यानि च मे द्रोणकलशश् च मे ग्रावाणश् च मे ऽधिषवणे च मे पूतभृच् च म ऽ आधवनीयश् च मे वेदिश् च मे बर्हिश् च मे ऽवभृथश् च मे स्वगाकारश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
srucaś ca me camasāś ca me vāyavyāni ca me droṇakalaśaś ca me grāvāṇaś ca me 'dhiṣavaṇe ca me pūtabhṛc ca ma ' ādhavanīyaś ca me vediś ca me barhiś ca me 'vabhṛthaś ca me svagākāraś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My ladles and their cleaning, my bowls and their contents, my aerial apparatuses and their maintenance and function, and my soma vessels, and my urns and jugs, and my stone presses and mortars and pestles, and my handpress and the soma plants, and my urns of pure soma, and the vessels for clearing and filtering soma, and the yajna altar, and my holy grass and the feather broom, and my holy bath and ablutions, and my valedictory chant of joy at the completion of yajna : may all these grow and be good and auspicious for me and for all by yajna.
18.22
अग्निश् च मे घर्मश् च मे ऽर्कश् च मे सूर्यश् च मे प्राणश् च मे ऽश्वमेधश् च मे पृथिवी च मे ऽदितिश् च मे दितिश् च मे द्यौश् च मे ऽङ्गुलयः शक्वरयो दिशश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
agniś ca me gharmaś ca me 'rkaś ca me sūryaś ca me prāṇaś ca me 'śvamedhaś ca me pṛthivī ca me 'ditiś ca me ditiś ca me dyauś ca me 'ṅgulayaḥ śakvarayo diśaś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My fire and my use of fire, my hymns of worship and the singers, my passion and cool of mind, my sunlight and my warmth of living, my vital breath and air-energy, my nation and its policy and governance, my earth mother and her riches, my ethics and self-control, my imperishable wealth and my earthly life,
18.23
व्रतं च म ऽ ऋतवश् च मे तपश् च मे संवत्सरश् च मे ऽहोरात्रे ऊर्वष्ठीवे बृहद्रथन्तरे च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
vrataṃ ca ma ' ṛtavaś ca me tapaś ca me saṃvatsaraś ca me 'horātre ūrvaṣṭhīve bṛhadrathantare ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
My holy vows and my commitments, and my seasons and my solstices with change of the seasons, and my observance of Dharma and my practice of yoga, and my yearly rounds of the sun and the planets and the ages of time, and my days and nights and my daily work and prayers, and my thighs and knees, and my grandeur and nobility, and my heavenly lights and spaces and the cosmic periods, may all these grow by days and nights by yajna, and may all these be good and auspicious for me and for all.
18.24
एका च मे तिस्रश् च मे तिस्रश् च मे पञ्च च मे पञ्च च मे सप्त च मे सप्त च मे नव च मे नव च म ऽ एकादश च म ऽ एकादश च मे त्रयोदश च मे त्रयोदश च मे पञ्चदश च मे पञ्चदश च मे सप्तदश च मे सप्तदश च मे नवदश च मे नवदश च म ऽ एकविꣳशतिश् च म ऽ एकविꣳशतिश् च मे त्रयोविꣳशतिश् च मे त्रयोविꣳशतिश् च मे पञ्चविꣳशतिश् च मे पञ्चविꣳशतिश् च मे सप्तविꣳशतिश् च मे सप्तविꣳशतिश् च मे नवविꣳशतिश् च मे नवविꣳशतिश् च म ऽ एकत्रिꣳशच् च म ऽ एकत्रिꣳशच् च मे त्रयस्त्रिꣳशच् च मे त्रयस्त्रिꣳशच् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
ekā ca me tisraś ca me tisraś ca me pañca ca me pañca ca me sapta ca me sapta ca me nava ca me nava ca ma ' ekādaśa ca ma ' ekādaśa ca me trayodaśa ca me trayodaśa ca me pañcadaśa ca me pañcadaśa ca me saptadaśa ca me saptadaśa ca me navadaśa ca me navadaśa ca ma ' ekaviṁśatiś ca ma ' ekaviṁśatiś ca me trayoviṁśatiś ca me trayoviṁśatiś ca me pañcaviṁśatiś ca me pañcaviṁśatiś ca me saptaviṁśatiś ca me saptaviṁśatiś ca me navaviṁśatiś ca me navaviṁśatiś ca ma ' ekatriṁśac ca ma ' ekatriṁśac ca me trayastriṁśac ca me trayastriṁśac ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
18.25
चतस्रश् च मे ऽष्टौ च मे ऽष्टौ च मे द्वादश च मे द्वादश च मे षोडश च मे षोडश च मे विꣳशतिश् च मे विꣳशतिश् च मे चतुर्विꣳशतिश् च मे चतुर्विꣳशतिश् च मे ऽष्टाविꣳशतिश् च मे ऽष्टाविꣳशतिश् च मे द्वात्रिꣳशच् च मे द्वात्रिꣳशच् च मे षट्त्रिꣳशच् च मे षट्त्रिꣳशच् च मे चत्वारिꣳशच् च मे चत्वारिꣳशच् च मे चतुश्चत्वारिꣳशच् च मे चतुश्चत्वारिꣳशच् च मे ष्टाचत्वारिꣳशच् च मे ष्टाचत्वारिꣳशच् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
catasraś ca me 'ṣṭau ca me 'ṣṭau ca me dvādaśa ca me dvādaśa ca me ṣoḍaśa ca me ṣoḍaśa ca me viṁśatiś ca me viṁśatiś ca me caturviṁśatiś ca me caturviṁśatiś ca me 'ṣṭāviṁśatiś ca me 'ṣṭāviṁśatiś ca me dvātriṁśac ca me dvātriṁśac ca me ṣaṭtriṁśac ca me ṣaṭtriṁśac ca me catvāriṁśac ca me catvāriṁśac ca me catuścatvāriṁśac ca me catuścatvāriṁśac ca me ṣṭācatvāriṁśac ca me ṣṭācatvāriṁśac ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
By yajna, the process of addition and collection, may the numbers increase and be good and auspicious for me and for all: Four is mine, and four is mine, eight is mine. Eight is mine, and four, twelve is mine. Twelve is mine, plus four, sixteen is mine. Sixteen is mine, add four, and twenty is mine. Twenty is mine, and twenty four is mine. Twenty four is mine, and twenty eight is mine. Twenty eight is mine and thirty two is mine. Thirty two is mine, and thirty six is mine. Thirty six is mine, and forty is mine. Forty is mine, and forty four is mine. Forty four is mine, and forth eight is mine. And so on the numbers may increase till infinity by yajna, for me and for all for the good of life and joy. Also: By implication, the mantra can be applied to the process of yajna by ‘dana’, gifting away, subtraction, by four, from forty-eight down to four and so on. The mantra can also be applied to the process of multiplication. In fact, the mantra itself gives the multiplication table upto twelve times four and so on. So too the mantra may be interpreted as showing the process of division since it gives a table of the division of forty eight by four upto twelve times.
18.26
त्र्यविश् च मे त्र्यवी च मे दित्यवाट् च मे दित्यौही च मे पञ्चाविश् च मे पञ्चावी च मे त्रिवत्सश् च मे त्रिवत्सा च मे तुर्यवाट् च मे तुर्यौही च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
tryaviś ca me tryavī ca me dityavāṭ ca me dityauhī ca me pañcāviś ca me pañcāvī ca me trivatsaś ca me trivatsā ca me turyavāṭ ca me turyauhī ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
18.27
पष्ठवाट् च मे पष्ठौही च म ऽ उक्षा च मे वशा च म ऽ ऋषभश् च मे वेहच् च मे ऽनड्वाꣳश् च मे धेनुश् च मे यज्ञेन कल्पन्ताम् ॥
paṣṭhavāṭ ca me paṣṭhauhī ca ma ' ukṣā ca me vaśā ca ma ' ṛṣabhaś ca me vehac ca me 'naḍvāṁś ca me dhenuś ca me yajñena kalpantām ॥
And my beasts of burden both male and female and the articles and materials for trade and transport, and my virile bull and my infertile cow, and my strong bull and my miscarrying cow, and my bullock and my milch cow, may all these grow by the yajna of animal husbandry and veterinary science and may all these be good and auspicious for me and for all.
18.28
वाजाय स्वाहा प्रसवाय स्वाहापिजाय स्वाहा क्रतवे स्वाहा वसवे स्वाहा ऽहर्पतये स्वाहाह्ने स्वाहा मुग्धाय स्वाहा मुग्धाय वैनꣳशिनाय स्वाहा विनꣳशिन ऽ आन्त्यायनाय स्वाहान्त्याय भौवनाय स्वाहा भुवनस्य पतये स्वाहाधिपतये स्वाहा प्रजापतये स्वाहा । इयं ते राण् मित्राय यन्तासि यमन ऽ ऊर्जे त्वा वृष्ट्यै त्वा प्रजानां त्वाधिपत्याय ॥
vājāya svāhā prasavāya svāhāpijāya svāhā kratave svāhā vasave svāhā 'harpataye svāhāhne svāhā mugdhāya svāhā mugdhāya vainaṁśināya svāhā vinaṁśina ' āntyāyanāya svāhāntyāya bhauvanāya svāhā bhuvanasya pataye svāhādhipataye svāhā prajāpataye svāhā । iyaṃ te rāṇ mitrāya yantāsi yamana ' ūrje tvā vṛṣṭyai tvā prajānāṃ tvādhipatyāya ॥
For the warrior and the battle, all hail and honest action! For progress and prosperity, virtuous living and hard work! For acceptance and acclaim, commendable action! For knowledge and practical application, dedication and meditation! For housing and settlement, work, money and materials. For the lord of the day, knowledge of time and chronology. For the day-bewildered and lost, sympathetic action. For the misguided and destructive, proper counselling. For the man settled but on way to destruction, forceful voice of truth. For the lowest and meanest man of the world, strongest counselling. For Lord of the universe, hymns of praise and worship. For the protector of the world, correct knowledge. For the protector of the nation, correct policy. For the protector of the people, correct knowledge of Raj Dharma. This is your brilliance of governance. You are generous, selfless guide and
18.29
आयुर् यज्ञेन कल्पतां प्राणो यज्ञेन कल्पतां चक्षुर् यज्ञेन कल्पताꣳ श्रोत्रं यज्ञेन कल्पतां वाग् यज्ञेन कल्पतां मनो यज्ञेन कल्पताम् आत्मा यज्ञेन कल्पतां ब्रह्मा यज्ञेन कल्पतां ज्योतिर् यज्ञेन कल्पताꣳ स्वर् यज्ञेन कल्पतां पृष्ठं यज्ञेन कल्पतां यज्ञो यज्ञेन कल्पताम् । स्तोमश् च यजुश् च ऽ ऋक् च साम च बृहच् च रथन्तरं च । स्वर् देवा ऽ अगन्मामृता ऽ अभूम प्रजापतेः प्रजा ऽ अभूम वेट् स्वाहा ॥
āyur yajñena kalpatāṃ prāṇo yajñena kalpatāṃ cakṣur yajñena kalpatāṁ śrotraṃ yajñena kalpatāṃ vāg yajñena kalpatāṃ mano yajñena kalpatām ātmā yajñena kalpatāṃ brahmā yajñena kalpatāṃ jyotir yajñena kalpatāṁ svar yajñena kalpatāṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ yajñena kalpatāṃ yajño yajñena kalpatām । stomaś ca yajuś ca ' ṛk ca sāma ca bṛhac ca rathantaraṃ ca । svar devā ' aganmāmṛtā ' abhūma prajāpateḥ prajā ' abhūma veṭ svāhā ॥
18.30
वाजस्य नु प्रसवे मातरं महीम् अदितिं नाम वचसा करामहे ।
यस्याम् इदं विश्वं भुवनम् आविवेश तस्यां नो देवः सविता धर्म साविषत् ॥
vājasya nu prasave mātaraṃ mahīm aditiṃ nāma vacasā karāmahe ।
yasyām idaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanam āviveśa tasyāṃ no devaḥ savitā dharma sāviṣat ॥
In this Lord Omnipotent’s yajna of life and sustenance, we celebrate with holy songs of Divinity, the Veda, the great inviolable Mother Nature in whom reside the entire worlds of existence. May Savita, lord creator and generator of life strengthen and promote our Dharma in the lap of the mother within the Law.
Mantras 31–40
18.31
विश्वे ऽ अद्य मरुतो विश्व ऽ ऊती विश्वे भवन्त्व् अग्नयः समिद्धाः ।
विश्वे नो देवा ऽ अवसा गमन्तु विश्वम् अस्तु द्रविणं वाजो ऽ अस्मे ॥
viśve ' adya maruto viśva ' ūtī viśve bhavantv agnayaḥ samiddhāḥ ।
viśve no devā ' avasā gamantu viśvam astu draviṇaṃ vājo ' asme ॥
18.32
वाजो नः सप्त प्रदिशश् चतस्रो वा परावतः ।
वाजो नो विश्वैर् देवैर् धनसाताव् इहावतु ॥
vājo naḥ sapta pradiśaś catasro vā parāvataḥ ।
vājo no viśvair devair dhanasātāv ihāvatu ॥
May our food and energy, power and prosperity, spread over the seven regions of the world, and may it extend even beyond in all the four directions. And may our power and knowledge, with the noblest people of the world, guide and protect us here in the acquisition and distribution of the wealth of life.
18.33
वाजो नो ऽ अद्य प्र सुवाति दानं वाजो देवाꣳऽ ऋतुभिः कल्पयाति ।
वाजो हि मा सर्ववीरं जजान विश्वा ऽ आशा वाजपतिर् जयेयम् ॥
vājo no ' adya pra suvāti dānaṃ vājo devāṁ' ṛtubhiḥ kalpayāti ।
vājo hi mā sarvavīraṃ jajāna viśvā ' āśā vājapatir jayeyam ॥
It is food, energy, power, wealth, which inspires us to give in charity. With the seasons, according to need, it feeds the powers of nature and humanity. It is food and energy which produces and promotes our children and young people. By virtue of the same food and power, may I, producer and promoter of food, energy and wealth, attain all my hopes to fruition in all directions.
18.34
वाजः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नो वाजो देवान् हविषा वर्धयाति ।
वाजो हि मा सर्ववीरं चकार सर्वा ऽ आशा वाजपतिर् भवेयम् ॥
vājaḥ purastād uta madhyato no vājo devān haviṣā vardhayāti ।
vājo hi mā sarvavīraṃ cakāra sarvā ' āśā vājapatir bhaveyam ॥
Food with oblations in yajna takes us forward in the beginning and in the middle of home life. With oblations it feeds and enriches the powers of nature and the noblest people too. It is food which blesses me with the best and the bravest powers and people everywhere. I pray I may be the producer, promoter and protector of food in all directions and realize all my hopes and ambitions.
18.35
सं मा सृजामि पयसा पृथिव्याः सं मा सृजाम्य् अद्भिर् ओषधीभिः ।
सो ऽहं वाजꣳ सनेयम् अग्ने ॥
saṃ mā sṛjāmi payasā pṛthivyāḥ saṃ mā sṛjāmy adbhir oṣadhībhiḥ ।
so 'haṃ vājaṁ saneyam agne ॥
Agni, I invigorate and enrich myself with the milk and juices of the earth. I invigorate and enrich myself with the waters and herbs of the earth. So I invigorate and enrich myself with food and energy.
18.36
पयः पृथिव्यां पय ऽ ओषधीषु पयो दिव्यन्तरिक्षे पयो धाः ।
पयस्वतीः प्रदिशः सन्तु मह्यम् ॥
payaḥ pṛthivyāṃ paya ' oṣadhīṣu payo divyantarikṣe payo dhāḥ ।
payasvatīḥ pradiśaḥ santu mahyam ॥
Agni, man of medicinal herbs and juices, take on, hold on to, the juices and tonics in the earth, in the herbs, in the regions of light and in the sky and study them. And may all the worlds and directions of space be full of juices and tonics for me too.
18.37
देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे ऽश्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् ।
सरस्वत्यै वाचो यन्तुर् यन्त्रेणाग्नेः साम्राज्येनाभि षिञ्चामि ॥
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām ।
sarasvatyai vāco yantur yantreṇāgneḥ sāmrājyenābhi ṣiñcāmi ॥
In this socio-political yajna of the land in Lord Savita’s creation, I in-vest you with the power and presidency of Agni, the Ruler, and consecrate you with the arms of Ashvinis (the heat and passion of the sun and the peace and cool of the moon) and the hands of Pusha (power of the nation’s sustenance with the positive and negative current’s of the systemic circuit). I vest in you the constitution of the sovereign nation and sanctify you with the voice of the people in the service of Sarasvati, the wisdom and culture of humanity.
18.38
ऋताषाड् ऋतधामाग्निर् गन्धर्वस् तस्यौऽषधयोप्सरसो मुदो नाम ।
स न ऽ इदं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं पातु तस्मै स्वाहा वाट् ताभ्यः स्वाहा ॥
ṛtāṣāḍ ṛtadhāmāgnir gandharvas tasyau'ṣadhayopsaraso mudo nāma ।
sa na ' idaṃ brahma kṣatraṃ pātu tasmai svāhā vāṭ tābhyaḥ svāhā ॥
Agni, Lord of the earth and defender of the land, observes truth, defends the truth, and abides in the truth. His pleasure and joy is the herbs which grow and play in the waters like water nymphs. May he protect and promote our Brahma system of education and knowledge, and our Kshatra system of defence and administration. Homage to him in love and reverence. All hail and care for the herbs and waters!
18.39
सꣳहितो विश्वसामा सूर्यो गन्धर्वस् तस्य मरीचयो ऽप्सरस आयुवो नाम ।
स न ऽ इदं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं पातु तस्मै स्वाहा वाट् ताभ्यः स्वाहा ॥
saṁhito viśvasāmā sūryo gandharvas tasya marīcayo 'psarasa āyuvo nāma ।
sa na ' idaṃ brahma kṣatraṃ pātu tasmai svāhā vāṭ tābhyaḥ svāhā ॥
Surrounded by lights and joining day and night, that lord of universal peace and celebrated in all the Sama hymns, the sun, is the lord sustainer of the earth. His pleasure and joy is the rays of light which play and exult in the sky joining and disjoining things in space. May he protect and promote our Brahma system of light
18.40
सुषुम्णः सूर्यरश्मिश् चन्द्रमा गन्धर्वस् तस्य नक्षत्राण्य् अप्सरसो भेकुरयो नाम ।
स न ऽ इदं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं पातु तस्मै स्वाहा वाट् ताभ्यः स्वाहा ॥
suṣumṇaḥ sūryaraśmiś candramā gandharvas tasya nakṣatrāṇy apsaraso bhekurayo nāma ।
sa na ' idaṃ brahma kṣatraṃ pātu tasmai svāhā vāṭ tābhyaḥ svāhā ॥
The moon, blissful at heart and blest by the sun-rays with light, is the lord sustainer of the earth. May he sustain and promote our Brahma system of peace and education. May he sustain and promote our Kshatra system of law and administration. His pleasure and joy surely is the rays of light which play and exult with the planets and satellites. Homage to him! Homage to his rays, to light!
Mantras 41–50
18.41
इषिरो विश्वव्यचा वातो गन्धर्वस् तस्यापो ऽ अप्सरस ऽ ऊर्जो नाम ।
स न इदं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं पातु तस्मै स्वाहा वाट् ताभ्यः स्वाहा ॥
iṣiro viśvavyacā vāto gandharvas tasyāpo ' apsarasa ' ūrjo nāma ।
sa na idaṃ brahma kṣatraṃ pātu tasmai svāhā vāṭ tābhyaḥ svāhā ॥
The wind, fast in motion and pervading the whole world, is the lord and sustainer of the earth. His pleasure and joy is the waters which, for sure, create energy. May he sustain and inspire our Brahma system of education and advancement. May he sustain and excite our Kshatra system of defence and expansion. Homage to him! Homage to his waves of waters and energy!
18.42
भुज्युः सुपर्णो यज्ञो गन्धर्वस् तस्य दक्षिणा ऽ अप्सरस स्तावा नाम ।
स न ऽ इदं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं पातु तस्मै स्वाहा वाट् ताभ्यः स्वाहा ॥
bhujyuḥ suparṇo yajño gandharvas tasya dakṣiṇā ' apsarasa stāvā nāma ।
sa na ' idaṃ brahma kṣatraṃ pātu tasmai svāhā vāṭ tābhyaḥ svāhā ॥
18.43
प्रजापतिर् विश्वकर्मा मनो गन्धर्वस् तस्य ऽ ऋक्सामान्य् अप्सरस ऽ एष्टयो नाम ।
स न ऽ इदं ब्रह्म क्षत्रं पातु तस्मै स्वाहा वाट् ताभ्यः स्वाहा ॥
prajāpatir viśvakarmā mano gandharvas tasya ' ṛksāmāny apsarasa ' eṣṭayo nāma ।
sa na ' idaṃ brahma kṣatraṃ pātu tasmai svāhā vāṭ tābhyaḥ svāhā ॥
Yajna, creator and giver of joy and prosperity, health and nourishment, is the sustainer of the earth, cows and the Word of the Vedas. His pleasure and joy is the gifts for the priests and the devotees and the bliss of the holy chants which play around in ecstasy. May the yajna sustain and promote our Brahma system of knowledge and generosity of light and creativity. May yajna sustain and advance our Kshatra system of defence and development. Homage and libations for yajna! Homage and libations for charity and holy chants!
18.44
स नो भुवनस्य पते प्रजापते यस्य त ऽ उपरि गृहा यस्य वेह ।
अस्मै ब्रह्मणे ऽस्मै क्षत्राय महि शर्म यच्छ स्वाहा ॥
sa no bhuvanasya pate prajāpate yasya ta ' upari gṛhā yasya veha ।
asmai brahmaṇe 'smai kṣatrāya mahi śarma yaccha svāhā ॥
Father guardian of your children, lord protector of the world, all your homes and habitations up above, and all your homes and householders down here, bless them all. Bless our Brahma system of education and enlightenment and our Kshatra system of administration and employment with good homes and great peace and joy. Homage and libations to the Lord!
18.45
समुद्रो ऽसि नभस्वान् आर्द्रदानुः शम्भूर् मयोभूर् अभि मा वाहि स्वाहा ।
मारुतो ऽसि मरुतां गणः शम्भूर् मयोभूर् अभि मा वाहि स्वाहा ।
अवस्यूर् असि दुवस्वाञ् छम्भूर् मयोभूर् अभि मा वाहि स्वाहा ॥
samudro 'si nabhasvān ārdradānuḥ śambhūr mayobhūr abhi mā vāhi svāhā ।
māruto 'si marutāṃ gaṇaḥ śambhūr mayobhūr abhi mā vāhi svāhā ।
avasyūr asi duvasvāñ chambhūr mayobhūr abhi mā vāhi svāhā ॥
Prajapati, father and guardian of creation, vast and deep as the ocean, oceans roll around in you. Lord of spaces and spatial waters, showering the earth with rain and the mind with virtue, you are peace yourself and the giver of peace, bliss yourself and the giver of bliss. Come and fold me into bliss all round. Tempestuous lord of the winds, lord of the stormy scholars of the world, you are goodness yourself and the giver of universal good. You are prosperity and joy yourself and the giver of universal joy and prosperity. Come and fold me into the tempestuous storm of knowledge and discovery all round. You are the supreme lord of protection and universal help. You are both lord and object of honour and worship, peace and joy yourself and the giver of joy and total freedom. Come and fold me into the bliss of worship and acceptance all round.
18.46
यास् ते ऽ अग्ने सूर्ये रुचो दिवम् आतन्वन्ति रश्मिभिः ।
ताभिर् नो ऽ अद्य सर्वाभी रुचे जनाय नस् कृधि ॥
yās te ' agne sūrye ruco divam ātanvanti raśmibhiḥ ।
tābhir no ' adya sarvābhī ruce janāya nas kṛdhi ॥
Agni, lord of the universe, that beauty, light and love of yours which shines in the sun and fills the heavens and all other spaces of the world with its rays,
18.47
या वो देवाः सूर्ये रुचो गोष्व् अश्वेषु या रुचः ।
इन्द्राग्नी ताभिः सर्वाभी रुचं नो धत्त बृहस्पते ॥
yā vo devāḥ sūrye ruco goṣv aśveṣu yā rucaḥ ।
indrāgnī tābhiḥ sarvābhī rucaṃ no dhatta bṛhaspate ॥
Brihaspati, lord of the great wonderful world, brilliant powers of divinity, saints and sages, that light and love of yours which shines in the sun, and that which reflects in the sun-beams, the earths, fires, sense organs, cows and horses, with all that light and love, may Indra, lord of universal energy, and Agni, power of universal heat and light, and the saints and scholars of the world bless us.
18.48
रुचं नो धेहि ब्राह्मणेषु रुचꣳ राजसु नस् कृधि ।
रुचं विश्येषु शूद्रेषु मयि धेहि रुचा रुचम् ॥
rucaṃ no dhehi brāhmaṇeṣu rucaṁ rājasu nas kṛdhi ।
rucaṃ viśyeṣu śūdreṣu mayi dhehi rucā rucam ॥
Brihaspati, lord of the universe, eminent teacher and master of vast knowledge, inspire our Brahma section of the community—scholars, scientists, teachers and researchers with brilliance and love. Infuse brilliance, love and justice into our Kshatrias, defence, administration and justice section of the community. Bless with light, love and generosity our Vaishyas, producers and distributors among the community. And bless our Shudras, the ancillary services, with light, love and loyalty. Bless me with light and love toward us all.
18.49
तत् त्वा यामि ब्रह्मणा वन्दमानस् तद् आ शास्ते यजमानो हविर्भिः ।
अहेडमानो वरुणेह बोध्य् उरुशꣳस मा न ऽ आयुः प्र मोषीः ॥
tat tvā yāmi brahmaṇā vandamānas tad ā śāste yajamāno havirbhiḥ ।
aheḍamāno varuṇeha bodhy uruśaṁsa mā na ' āyuḥ pra moṣīḥ ॥
The yajamana, singing Vedic hymns of praise in honour of the lord, offers libations of fragrant materials with absolute dedication in the hope of self-fulfilment. The same I come to you, Varuna, Lord of our love and choice, universally worshipped and celebrated. Here I am at your door. Kind and favourable lord, know, accept and enlighten us, let not life slip through our fingers into the sands of time.
18.50
स्वर्ण घर्मः स्वाहा ।
स्वर्णार्कः स्वाहा ।
स्वर्ण शुक्रः स्वाहा ।
स्वर्ण ज्योतिः स्वाहा ।
स्वर्ण सूर्यः स्वाहा ॥
svarṇa gharmaḥ svāhā ।
svarṇārkaḥ svāhā ।
svarṇa śukraḥ svāhā ।
svarṇa jyotiḥ svāhā ।
svarṇa sūryaḥ svāhā ॥
Warmth is heavenly, soothing, use it well, for yajna. Fire is heavenly, generous, use it well, for yajna. Air is heavenly, energy, use it well, for yajna. Light is heavenly, power, use it well, for yajna. Sun is heavenly, life, miss it not, use it well, for yajna.
Mantras 51–60
18.51
अग्निं युनज्मि शवसा घृतेन दिव्यꣳ सुपर्णं वयसा बृहन्तम् ।
तेन वयं गमेम ब्रध्नस्य विष्टपꣳ स्वो रुहाणा ऽ अधि नाकम् उत्तमम् ॥
agniṃ yunajmi śavasā ghṛtena divyaṁ suparṇaṃ vayasā bṛhantam ।
tena vayaṃ gamema bradhnasya viṣṭapaṁ svo ruhāṇā ' adhi nākam uttamam ॥
I feed the fire with powerful oblations of ghee, fire which is divine power and sustainer of life, feeding on food and growing higher, mightier and more and more pervasive. And thereby, desiring and increasing the joys of life, may we rise to the regions of the illustrious lord of light, the sun, and ultimately attain to the highest level of bliss, the freedom and ecstasy of Moksha, beyond all suffering.
18.52
इमौ ते पक्षाव् अजरौ पतत्रिणौ याभ्याꣳ रक्षाꣳस्य् अपहꣳस्य् अग्ने ।
ताभ्यां पतेम सुकृताम् उ लोकं यत्र ऽ ऋषयो जग्मुः प्रथमजाः पुराणाः ॥
imau te pakṣāv ajarau patatriṇau yābhyāṁ rakṣāṁsy apahaṁsy agne ।
tābhyāṃ patema sukṛtām u lokaṃ yatra ' ṛṣayo jagmuḥ prathamajāḥ purāṇāḥ ॥
Agni, lord of light and life, cause and effect, consumption of food and creation/production of energy and new forms, these are the two wings, ever young, constant, and never decaying, of your systemic catalysis in the process of evolution and development, by which you negate the forces of counter-evolution and destruction. By virtue of these two, may we rise to the regions of the noble heroes of action to which arose the visionary seers first-born and ancient.
18.53
इन्दुर् दक्षः श्येन ऽ ऋतावा हिरण्यपक्षः शकुनो भुरण्युः ।
महान्त् सधस्थे ध्रुव ऽ आ निषत्तो नमस् ते अस्तु मा मा हिꣳसीः ॥
indur dakṣaḥ śyena ' ṛtāvā hiraṇyapakṣaḥ śakuno bhuraṇyuḥ ।
mahānt sadhasthe dhruva ' ā niṣatto namas te astu mā mā hiṁsīḥ ॥
Cool as the moon, versatile and brave, fast as an eagle, committed to truth and law, powerful and brilliant, generous as the sun, great, steadfast, firmly seated in this house of the nation, salutations to you. Forbear, do not violate me, do not injure me.
18.54
दिवो मूर्धासि पृथिव्या नाभिर् ऊर्ग् अपाम् ओषधीनाम् ।
विश्वायुः शर्म सप्रथा नमस् पथे ॥
divo mūrdhāsi pṛthivyā nābhir ūrg apām oṣadhīnām ।
viśvāyuḥ śarma saprathā namas pathe ॥
Brilliant man of peace and power, you are on top of the light of knowledge, at the centre of the life on earth, the essence of waters and herbs, life of life, shelter home for all, celebrated through the land, guide, path and destination for all. Salutations and homage to you!
18.55
विश्वस्य मूर्धन्न् अधि तिष्ठसि श्रितः समुद्रे ते हृदयम् अप्स्व् आयुर् अपो दत्तोदधिं भिन्त्त ।
दिवस् पर्जन्याद् अन्तरिक्षात् पृथिव्यास् ततो नो वृष्ट्याव ॥
viśvasya mūrdhann adhi tiṣṭhasi śritaḥ samudre te hṛdayam apsv āyur apo dattodadhiṃ bhintta ।
divas parjanyād antarikṣāt pṛthivyās tato no vṛṣṭyāva ॥
Brilliant power of light and life, you are on top of the world, steadfast and presiding over all! Your heart is deep in infinity. Your energy is one with universality. Break through the oceans of space and hold the waters of life for gift. And then, protect and promote us with the rain of light from heaven, showers from the clouds and the sky, and honey sweets from the earth.
18.56
इष्टो यज्ञो भृगुभिर् आशीर्दा वसुभिः ।
तस्य न ऽ इष्टस्य प्रीतस्य द्रविणेहागमेः ॥
iṣṭo yajño bhṛgubhir āśīrdā vasubhiḥ ।
tasya na ' iṣṭasya prītasya draviṇehāgameḥ ॥
Yajna, wealth and power of the world, source of benediction and fulfilment, loved and performed by top scientists and scholars of the highest order, come and bring us here and now all that we love and all that we desire.
18.57
इष्टो ऽ अग्निर् आहुतः पिपर्तु न ऽ इष्टꣳ हविः ।
स्वगेदं देवेभ्यो नमः ॥
iṣṭo ' agnir āhutaḥ pipartu na ' iṣṭaṁ haviḥ ।
svagedaṃ devebhyo namaḥ ॥
18.58
यद् आकूतात् समसुस्रोद् हृदो वा मनसो वा सम्भृतं चक्षुषो वा ।
तद् अनु प्रेत सुकृताम् उ लोकं यत्र ऽ ऋषयो जग्मुः प्रथमजाः पुराणाः ॥
yad ākūtāt samasusrod hṛdo vā manaso vā sambhṛtaṃ cakṣuṣo vā ।
tad anu preta sukṛtām u lokaṃ yatra ' ṛṣayo jagmuḥ prathamajāḥ purāṇāḥ ॥
Lovers of truth and action, whatever you have thought and imagined and whatever has issued forth from your intention or heart or mind or from your actual experience of the eye, and whatever stays held up within, follow that and achieve, and rise to the heavenly regions of the meritorious to which arose the divine visionaries first born and ancient.
18.59
एतꣳ सधस्थ परि ते ददामि यम् आवहाच् शेवधिं जातवेदाः ।
अन्वागन्ता यज्ञपतिर् वो ऽ अत्र तꣳ स्म जानीत परमे व्योमन् ॥
etaṁ sadhastha pari te dadāmi yam āvahāc śevadhiṃ jātavedāḥ ।
anvāgantā yajñapatir vo ' atra taṁ sma jānīta parame vyoman ॥
Lovers of Divinity sitting in this heavenly home
18.60
एतं जानाथ परमे व्योमन् देवाः सधस्था विद रूपम् अस्य ।
यद् आगच्छात् पथिभिर् देवयानैर् इष्टापूर्ते कृणवाथाविर् अस्मै ॥
etaṃ jānātha parame vyoman devāḥ sadhasthā vida rūpam asya ।
yad āgacchāt pathibhir devayānair iṣṭāpūrte kṛṇavāthāvir asmai ॥
Lovers of Divinity, noblest scholars and sages, sitting together in this heavenly home of yajna, know and realise this supreme creative presence which pervades the highest and the ultimate spaces of the universe. Realise its form and power, and feel the bliss that emanates from this presence. Perform the acts and observe the devotions prescribed by the Vedas and the Vedic Traditions for the attainment of this presence which comes to those who travel by the paths followed by the godly men and women of divinity.
Mantras 61–70
18.61
उद् बुध्यस्वाग्ने प्रति जागृहि त्वम् इष्टापूर्ते सꣳ सृजेथाम् अयं च ।
अस्मिन्त् सधस्थे ऽ अध्य् उत्तरस्मिन् विश्वे देवा यजमानाश् च सीदत ॥
ud budhyasvāgne prati jāgṛhi tvam iṣṭāpūrte saṁ sṛjethām ayaṃ ca ।
asmint sadhasthe ' adhy uttarasmin viśve devā yajamānāś ca sīdata ॥
Agni, fire and power of light and life, man of fire and knowledge, awake, arise, and let the yajamana arise and act. And both of you together enact the holy rites and offer the devotions to the Lord. Men and women of divinity and the yajamana, all be seated in this blessed house of yajna on the holy seats around the vedi.
18.62
येन वहसि सहस्रं येनाग्ने सर्ववेदसम् ।
तेनेमं यज्ञं नो नय स्वर् देवेषु गन्तवे ॥
yena vahasi sahasraṃ yenāgne sarvavedasam ।
tenemaṃ yajñaṃ no naya svar deveṣu gantave ॥
Lord of fire and knowledge, by the power you conduct the yajna of a hundred gifts, and the yajna of total Vedic knowledge, and all the worldly wealth, by the same power lead on this yajna of ours to reach the regions of bliss among the noblest souls of divinity.
18.63
प्रस्तरेण परिधिना स्रुचा वेद्या च बर्हिषा ।
ऋचेमं यज्ञं नो नय स्वर् देवेषु गन्तवे ॥
prastareṇa paridhinā srucā vedyā ca barhiṣā ।
ṛcemaṃ yajñaṃ no naya svar deveṣu gantave ॥
TO df TO U^dd ll^ll Lord of yajna, by the sacrificial seat (asana), vedi’s girdle of fire-sticks, the ladle, the vedi, the kusha grass and the light of fire, and by the chant of Vedic hymns, take our yajna on and forward to lead us to reach the joy of life and the bliss of divinity among the blessed souls.
18.64
यद् दत्तं यत् परादानं यत् पूर्तं याश् च दक्षिणाः ।
तद् अग्निर् वैश्वकर्मणः स्वर् देवेषु नो दधत् ॥
yad dattaṃ yat parādānaṃ yat pūrtaṃ yāś ca dakṣiṇāḥ ।
tad agnir vaiśvakarmaṇaḥ svar deveṣu no dadhat ॥
Whatever is given, whatever is received from others for others, whatever works are raised for charity, whatever gifts are given to priests, may versatile Agni of universal action carry all that to the heavenly powers in the regions of bliss for our sake.
18.65
यत्र धारा ऽ अनपेता मधोर् घृतस्य च याः ।
तद् अग्निर् वैश्वकर्मणः स्वर् देवेषु नो दधत् ॥
yatra dhārā ' anapetā madhor ghṛtasya ca yāḥ ।
tad agnir vaiśvakarmaṇaḥ svar deveṣu no dadhat ॥
Where streams of nectar honey flow uninterrupted and where flow streams of purest milk and ghee, there among the noblest souls, may Agni, lord of universal yajnic action, lead us into the heaven of bliss.
18.66
अग्निर् अस्मि जन्मना जातवेदा घृतं मे चक्षुर् अमृतं म ऽ आसन् ।
अर्कस् त्रिधातू रजसो विमानो ऽजस्रो घर्मो हविर् अस्मि नाम ॥
agnir asmi janmanā jātavedā ghṛtaṃ me cakṣur amṛtaṃ ma ' āsan ।
arkas tridhātū rajaso vimāno 'jasro gharmo havir asmi nāma ॥
I am fire, so by birth, present in all that is born. Ghee is my light of the eye. Nectar is my mouth. What I consume turns into nectar. Loved and adored with Riks, Yajus and Samans, I am threefold in constitution, my elements being akasha (ether), vayu (wind and energy), and agni, fire that I am. I pervade and cover the sky, I am perpetually active and moving. I am the heat and light of the sun and summer. I am havi, the food of yajna, and I am a name, I have an identity of my own.
18.67
ऋचो नामास्मि यजूꣳषि नामास्मि सामानि नामास्मि ।
ये ऽ अग्नयः प्राञ्चजन्या ऽ अस्यां पृथिव्याम् अधि ।
तेषाम् असि त्वम् उत्तमः प्र नो जीवतवे सुव ॥
ṛco nāmāsmi yajūṁṣi nāmāsmi sāmāni nāmāsmi ।
ye ' agnayaḥ prāñcajanyā ' asyāṃ pṛthivyām adhi ।
teṣām asi tvam uttamaḥ pra no jīvatave suva ॥
I am Riks by name (Rigveda), I am Yajus, that’s my name (Yajurveda), I am Samans, that’s my name (Samveda) for sure. Yajnagni, five are the sacred fires that are on this earth (namely, Anvaharya-pachana or Dakshina, Garhapatya, Ahavaniya, Sabhya, and Avasthya), which are good and auspicious for all the people without discrimination. Of them, you are the supreme. Awake, arise, come and inspire us for a full life on earth, dedicated to yajna.
18.68
वार्त्रहत्याय शवसे पृतनाषाह्याय च ।
इन्द्र त्वा वर्तयामसि ॥
vārtrahatyāya śavase pṛtanāṣāhyāya ca ।
indra tvā vartayāmasi ॥
18.69
सहदानुं पुरुहूत क्षियन्तम् अहस्तम् इन्द्र सं पिणक् कुणारुम् ।
अभि वृत्रं वर्धमानं पियारुम् अपादम् इन्द्र तवसा जघन्थ ॥
sahadānuṃ puruhūta kṣiyantam ahastam indra saṃ piṇak kuṇārum ।
abhi vṛtraṃ vardhamānaṃ piyārum apādam indra tavasā jaghantha ॥
Indra, lord of lightning power, disarm, wither and crush the rival negative forces, lurking within, mischievous, growing, vociferous, and like the cloud, withholding the waters of progress. Indra, blazing with the thunderbolt like the sun, break up the cloud and destroy the mischief with your might.
18.70
वि न ऽ इन्द्र मृधो जहि नीचा यच्छ पृतन्यतः ।
यो ऽ अस्माꣳऽ अभिदासत्य् अधरं गमया तमः ॥
vi na ' indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yaccha pṛtanyataḥ ।
yo ' asmāṁ' abhidāsaty adharaṃ gamayā tamaḥ ॥
Indra, lord of might in command, eliminate the battles of blood. Take them down to those who rise with violent force and come upon us to fight. Whoever wish to enslave us, take them down to utter darkness of misery.
Mantras 71–77
18.71
मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः परावत ऽ आ जगन्था परस्याः ।
सृकꣳ सꣳशाय पविम् इन्द्र तिग्मं वि शत्रून् ताढि वि मृधो नुदस्व ॥
mṛgo na bhīmaḥ kucaro giriṣṭhāḥ parāvata ' ā jaganthā parasyāḥ ।
sṛkaṁ saṁśāya pavim indra tigmaṃ vi śatrūn tāḍhi vi mṛdho nudasva ॥
Like a terrible lion of the mountain forest, roaming around freely, go far and fall upon the hostile forces. Having tempered and sharpened the point of your steel, drive off the enemies and eliminate the battles of blood.
18.72
वैश्वानरो न ऽ ऊतय ऽ आ प्र यातु परावतः ।
अग्निर् नः सुष्टुतीर् उप ॥
vaiśvānaro na ' ūtaya ' ā pra yātu parāvataḥ ।
agnir naḥ suṣṭutīr upa ॥
All commanding power, reaching everything and everyone like the light of the sun and the heat of fire, come to us from afar for our protection. Fire of life, listen to our songs of praise and prayer and come.
18.73
पृष्टो दिवि पृष्टो ऽ अग्निः पृथिव्यां पृष्टो विश्वा ऽ ओषधीर् आ विवेश ।
वैश्वानरः सहसा पृष्टो ऽ अग्निः स नो दिवा स रिषस् पातु नक्तम् ॥
pṛṣṭo divi pṛṣṭo ' agniḥ pṛthivyāṃ pṛṣṭo viśvā ' oṣadhīr ā viveśa ।
vaiśvānaraḥ sahasā pṛṣṭo ' agniḥ sa no divā sa riṣas pātu naktam ॥
18.74
अश्याम तं कामम् अग्ने तवोती ऽ अश्याम रयिꣳ रयिवः सुवीरम् ।
अश्याम वाजम् अभि वाजयन्तो ऽश्याम द्युम्नम् अजराजरं ते ॥
aśyāma taṃ kāmam agne tavotī ' aśyāma rayiṁ rayivaḥ suvīram ।
aśyāma vājam abhi vājayanto 'śyāma dyumnam ajarājaraṃ te ॥
Agni, lord defender, protector and sustainer, under your umbrella, may we get the benefits we desire. Lord of wealth and plenty, may we get the wealth and the valorous heroes we need. Fighting the battles of life, may we achieve the victories we prize. Lord ever young, unageing, may we also share and achieve your imperishable glory and majesty.
18.75
वयं ते ऽ अद्य ररिमा हि कामम् उत्तानहस्ता नमसोपसद्य ।
यजिष्ठेन मनसा यक्षि देवान् अस्रेधता मन्मना विप्रो ऽ अग्ने ॥
vayaṃ te ' adya rarimā hi kāmam uttānahastā namasopasadya ।
yajiṣṭhena manasā yakṣi devān asredhatā manmanā vipro ' agne ॥
Agni, lord of light, knowledge and power, with hands raised up in homage, we come to you today with a dedicated, concentrated, thoughtful and faithful mind and make the loved-most offerings. With the same dedicated, concentrated and committed mind,you too do honour to the powers of divinity.
18.76
धामच्छद् अग्निर् इन्द्रो ब्रह्मा देवो बृहस्पतिः ।
सचेतसो विश्वे देवा यज्ञं प्रावन्तु नः शुभे ॥
dhāmacchad agnir indro brahmā devo bṛhaspatiḥ ।
sacetaso viśve devā yajñaṃ prāvantu naḥ śubhe ॥
Agni, lord protector of regions and places, lord of knowledge, Indra, lord of power and honour, Brahma, lord of creative Vedic vision, Deva, lord of generosity and brilliance, Brihaspati, lord of learning and teaching, may all these and other noble powers of the world, enlightened and magnanimous, protect and promote our yajnas of life for the good of all for ever and onward.
18.77
त्वं यविष्ठ दाशुषो नॄँः पाहि शृणुधी गिरः ।
रक्षा तोकम् उत त्मना ॥
tvaṃ yaviṣṭha dāśuṣo nṝm̐ḥ pāhi śṛṇudhī giraḥ ।
rakṣā tokam uta tmanā ॥
Lord of life and humanity, ever young, generous giver, listen to the voice and prayers of the people. Protect and promote humanity, and preserve the race with the breath of life.