19. Adhyāya 19 — Sautrāmaṇī
Mantras 1–10
19.1
स्वाद्वीं त्वा स्वादुना तीव्रां तीव्रेणामृताम् अमृतेन ।
मधुमतीं मधुमता सृजामि सꣳ सोमेन ।
सोमोऽसि ।
अश्विभ्यां पच्यस्व ।
सरस्वत्यै पच्यस्व ।
इन्द्राय सुत्राम्णे पच्यस्व ॥
svādvīṃ tvā svādunā tīvrāṃ tīvreṇāmṛtām amṛtena ।
madhumatīṃ madhumatā sṛjāmi saṁ somena ।
somo'si ।
aśvibhyāṃ pacyasva ।
sarasvatyai pacyasva ।
indrāya sutrāmṇe pacyasva ॥
Tonic of life, panacea for health, delicious in taste, sharp in action, honey sweet and healing like nectar, I mix and develop you with soma, delicious sharp, honey sweet and nectar-like in healing. Integrated with soma, you are now soma itself. Mature and ripen for the Ashvins, powers of health and men and women of learning. Ripen and mature for Sarasvati, woman of the divine voice. Mature and ripen for Indra, man of power and honour who protects and promotes humanity against suffering.
19.2
परीतो षिञ्चता सुतꣳ सोमो य ऽ उत्तमꣳ हविः ।
दधन्वान् यो नर्यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् आ सुषाव सोमम् अद्रिभिः ॥
parīto ṣiñcatā sutaṁ somo ya ' uttamaṁ haviḥ ।
dadhanvān yo naryo apsv antar ā suṣāva somam adribhiḥ ॥
Soma, extracted, richly reinforced and distilled thus is the best for life and yajna. Let the best person among humans develop and produce it mixed with the waters and matured on the mountains with the clouds.
19.3
वायोः पूतः पवित्रेण प्रत्यङ्क् सोमो ऽ अतिद्रुतः ।
इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा ।
वायोः पूतः पवित्रेण प्राङ् सोमो ऽ अतिद्रुतः ।
इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा ॥
vāyoḥ pūtaḥ pavitreṇa pratyaṅk somo ' atidrutaḥ ।
indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā ।
vāyoḥ pūtaḥ pavitreṇa prāṅ somo ' atidrutaḥ ।
indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā ॥
Soma, freshly extracted, fully filtered, highly refined, and seasoned in westerly wind, instant and usable is a friend of Indra, man of power and honour, for concentration of mind. Soma, old extracted, fully filtered, highly refined, and seasoned in easterly wind, instant and effective is a friend of Indra, man of power and honour, for concentration of mind.
19.4
पुनाति ते परिस्रुतꣳ सोमꣳ सूर्यस्य दुहिता ।
वारेण शश्वता तना ॥
punāti te parisrutaṁ somaṁ sūryasya duhitā ।
vāreṇa śaśvatā tanā ॥
Lover and maker of soma, the dawn, daughter of the sun, constantly purifies and vitalizes the streams of your soma with an uninterrupted flow of the currents of its celestial light and eternal energy.
19.5
ब्रह्म क्षत्रं पवते तेज ऽ इन्द्रियꣳ सुरया सोमः सुत ऽ आसुतो मदाय ।
शुक्रेण देव देवताः पिपृग्धि रसेनान्नं यजमानाय धेहि ॥
brahma kṣatraṃ pavate teja ' indriyaṁ surayā somaḥ suta ' āsuto madāya ।
śukreṇa deva devatāḥ pipṛgdhi rasenānnaṃ yajamānāya dhehi ॥
Soma, extracted and taken, purifies and energizes the Brahmana community of intellectuals, and the Kshatra community of warriors, defenders and administrators, and inspires them with passion and enthusiasm for action and achievement. It sharpens the senses with sensitivity and the mind with brilliance. Deva, man of science and yajna, with the purity and energy of yajna and soma, please and serve the powers of nature and humanity and enhance the production of food for the yajamana with vital juice treatment.
19.6
कुविद् अङ्ग यवमन्तो यवं चिद् यथा दान्त्य् अनुपूर्वं वियूय ।
इहेहैषां कृणुहि भोजनानि ये बर्हिषो नम ऽ उक्तिं यजन्ति ।
उपयामगृहीतो ऽस्य् अश्विभ्यां त्वा सरस्वत्यै त्वेन्द्राय त्वा सुत्राम्णे ।
ऽ एष ते योनिस् तेजसे त्वा वीर्याय त्वा बलाय त्वा ॥
kuvid aṅga yavamanto yavaṃ cid yathā dānty anupūrvaṃ viyūya ।
ihehaiṣāṃ kṛṇuhi bhojanāni ye barhiṣo nama ' uktiṃ yajanti ।
upayāmagṛhīto 'sy aśvibhyāṃ tvā sarasvatyai tvendrāya tvā sutrāmṇe ।
' eṣa te yonis tejase tvā vīryāya tvā balāya tvā ॥
O friend, ruler and administrator, those farmers who produce grain and harvest the crop for strength and sustenance, and those brilliant ones who, accordingly, study, analyse and pronounce their judgement on food production, for all these provide food and maintenance. Accepted and sanctified you are for the Ashvins, earth and sunlight (for production), scientific knowledge, strength and power and defence and protection. This is your value and justification for life. I consecrate you for splendour, power and prowess, and solid strength.
19.7
नाना हि वां देवहितꣳ सदस् कृतं मा सꣳ सृक्षाथां परमे व्योमन् ।
सुरा त्वम् असि शुष्मिणी सोम ऽ एष मा मा हिꣳसीः स्वां योनिम् आविशन्ती ॥
nānā hi vāṃ devahitaṁ sadas kṛtaṃ mā saṁ sṛkṣāthāṃ parame vyoman ।
surā tvam asi śuṣmiṇī soma ' eṣa mā mā hiṁsīḥ svāṃ yonim āviśantī ॥
Many are the things for you in this wide world. They are different, each in its own place good for the noble people. Don’t confuse one with the other in your own understanding: “You are sura, intoxication. And you are sura, stimulation for life’s energy. This is soma, life’s energy, passion for action, peace and pleasure for the mind. Coming to your own in your own place, don’t violate soma, don’t injure me.”
19.8
उपयामगृहीतो ऽस्य् आश्विनं तेजः सारस्वतं वीर्यम् ऐन्द्रं बलम् ।
एष ते योनिर् मोदाय त्वानन्दाय त्वा महसे त्वा ॥
upayāmagṛhīto 'sy āśvinaṃ tejaḥ sārasvataṃ vīryam aindraṃ balam ।
eṣa te yonir modāya tvānandāya tvā mahase tvā ॥
Indra, accepted and initiated you are in the laws of life, vested with splendour of the sun and beauty of the moon, power and prowess of the world on the move, and the thunderbolt of lightning. This world is your home and justification for existence for the experience and creation of joy, spiritual bliss, universal honour and glory. I consecrate you in your place and position by virtue of Soma.
19.9
तेजो ऽसि तेजो मयि धेहि ।
वीर्यम् असि वीर्यं मयि धेहि ।
बलम् असि बलं मयि धेहि ।
ओजो ऽस्य् ओजो मयि धेहि ।
मन्युर् असि मन्युं मयि धेहि ।
सहो ऽसि सहो मयि धेहि ॥
tejo 'si tejo mayi dhehi ।
vīryam asi vīryaṃ mayi dhehi ।
balam asi balaṃ mayi dhehi ।
ojo 'sy ojo mayi dhehi ।
manyur asi manyuṃ mayi dhehi ।
saho 'si saho mayi dhehi ॥
You are the light of life, put light into me. You are the vigour and vitality of life, put vigour and vitality into me. You are the strength and force of life, put strength and force into me. You are the lustre of health and energy of life, bless me with the glow and lustre of health and energy. You are the passion for life, put passion into me. You are the challenge and victory of life, bless me with the spirit of challenge and the ambition for victory.
19.10
या व्याघ्रं विषूचिकोभौ वृकं च रक्षति ।
श्येनं पतत्रिणꣳ सिꣳहꣳ सेमं पात्व् अꣳहसः ॥
yā vyāghraṃ viṣūcikobhau vṛkaṃ ca rakṣati ।
śyenaṃ patatriṇaṁ siṁhaṁ semaṃ pātv aṁhasaḥ ॥
That secret agency which watches and keeps off both the tiger and wolf, the eagle and other birds of prey, and the lion, the same may warn and protect this ruler from sin and wrong-doing.
Mantras 11–20
19.11
यद् आपिपेष मातरं पुत्रः प्रमुदितो धयन् ।
एतत् तद् अग्ने ऽ अनृणो भवाम्य् अहतौ पितरौ मया ।
सम्पृच स्थ सं मा भद्रेण पृङ्क्त ।
विपृच स्थ वि मा पाप्मना पृङ्क्त ॥
yad āpipeṣa mātaraṃ putraḥ pramudito dhayan ।
etat tad agne ' anṛṇo bhavāmy ahatau pitarau mayā ।
sampṛca stha saṃ mā bhadreṇa pṛṅkta ।
vipṛca stha vi mā pāpmanā pṛṅkta ॥
Agni, lord of light and yajna, when my child sucks its mother with joy and hugs her almost crushing her with love, then I feel free from my filial debt to nature and my parents, since then are my parents saved through me. Stay one with the parents, with nature and with God. Join me with piety and goodness. Stay away and keep me away from sin and evil.
19.12
देवा यज्ञम् अतन्वत भेषजं भिषजाश्विना ।
वाचा सरस्वती भिषग् इन्द्रायेन्द्रियाणि दधतः ॥
devā yajñam atanvata bheṣajaṃ bhiṣajāśvinā ।
vācā sarasvatī bhiṣag indrāyendriyāṇi dadhataḥ ॥
The healing powers of nature and the two Ashvins, positive and negative currents of universal energy, enact the medicinal yajna of evolution in the service of Indra, lord of the universe. So do the physicians, men and women both, holding their mind and senses in order, carry on the yajna of health and healing with their knowledge and advice. (So too should we all work for health and healing in the service of God and humanity.)
19.13
दीक्षायै रूपꣳ शष्पाणि प्रायणीयस्य तोक्मानि ।
क्रयस्य रूपꣳ सोमस्य लाजाः सोमाꣳशवो मधु ॥
dīkṣāyai rūpaṁ śaṣpāṇi prāyaṇīyasya tokmāni ।
krayasya rūpaṁ somasya lājāḥ somāṁśavo madhu ॥
Blades of grass are symbols of initiation. Shoots of barley are symbols of yajnic inauguration. Roasted rice treated with soma is the symbol of exchange. Honey is the essence of soma plant. Develop these for yajna.
19.14
आतिथ्यरूपं मासरं महावीरस्य नग्नहुः ।
रूपम् उपसदाम् एतत् तिस्रो रात्रीः सुरासुता ॥
ātithyarūpaṃ māsaraṃ mahāvīrasya nagnahuḥ ।
rūpam upasadām etat tisro rātrīḥ surāsutā ॥
Roasted barley and masara drink is the mark of hospitality. Gift of food, drink and clothes is the mark of heroes. Three nights stay is courtesy to the guests. The secret of soma drink is three nights distillation and maturity. Observe these in the hospitality yajna.
19.15
सोमस्य रूप क्रीतस्य परिस्रुत् परि षिच्यते ।
अश्विभ्यां दुग्धं भेषजम् इन्द्रायैन्द्रꣳ सरस्वत्या ॥
somasya rūpa krītasya parisrut pari ṣicyate ।
aśvibhyāṃ dugdhaṃ bheṣajam indrāyaindraṁ sarasvatyā ॥
The juice of soma fully distilled and prepared by the expert physician, mixed with milk and approved and accepted by a learned woman of Vedic knowledge of medicine, matures into a panacea fit to be the favourite tonic for the sophisticated Indra, lord of strength, power and governance.
19.16
आसन्दी रूपꣳ राजासन्द्यै वेद्यै कुम्भी सुराधानी ।
अन्तर ऽ उत्तरवेद्या रूपं कारोतरो भिषक् ॥
āsandī rūpaṁ rājāsandyai vedyai kumbhī surādhānī ।
antara ' uttaravedyā rūpaṃ kārotaro bhiṣak ॥
The seat of soma is the mark of governance. The flask of soma drink is the mark of an auspicious altar. Invigorating food is the mark of an auspicious northern altar. The filter that separates the essence of soma from waste is the symbol of a good physician.
19.17
वेद्या वेदिः सम् आप्यते बर्हिषा बर्हिर् इन्द्रियम् ।
यूपेन यूप ऽ आप्यते प्रणीतो ऽ अग्निर् अग्निना ॥
vedyā vediḥ sam āpyate barhiṣā barhir indriyam ।
yūpena yūpa ' āpyate praṇīto ' agnir agninā ॥
By vedi and performance of yajna, yajnic land is acquired and sanctified. By yajna seats of grass and noble work, wealth and prosperity is obtained. By the pillar of yajnic celebration and social cooperation, honour and celebrity is achieved. And by the yajna fire and creative work, advancement and honourable leadership is attained.
19.18
हविर्धानं यद् अश्विनाग्नीध्रं यत् सरस्वती ।
इन्द्रायैन्द्रꣳ सदस् कृतं पत्नीशालं गार्हपत्यः ॥
havirdhānaṃ yad aśvināgnīdhraṃ yat sarasvatī ।
indrāyaindraṁ sadas kṛtaṃ patnīśālaṃ gārhapatyaḥ ॥
The Ashvinis, husband and wife, prepare the yajna chamber and collect the holy materials. Sarasvati the learned house-wife, is the lady of yajna and the host for the priests and the guests. The house is the seat of yajnic prosperity for the master of the house. And the home is the lady’s forte. This is the house-hold, a socioeconomic yajna in operation.
19.19
प्रैषेभिः प्रैषान् आप्नोत्य् आप्रीभिर् आप्रीर् यज्ञस्य ।
प्रयाजेभिर् अनुयाजान् वषट्कारेभिर् आहुतीः ॥
praiṣebhiḥ praiṣān āpnoty āprībhir āprīr yajñasya ।
prayājebhir anuyājān vaṣaṭkārebhir āhutīḥ ॥
In all yajnic activities of life : By courteous invitations and orders, you get responsive audience and assistants. By obliging favours, you get pleasing help and cooperation. By careful planning and preparation of the preliminaries, you reach the finale with credit and success. And with the pronouncement of a holy offer, you get the divine acceptance.
19.20
पशुभिः पशून् आप्नोति पुरोडाशैर् हवीꣳष्य् आ ।
छन्दोभिः सामिधेनीर् याज्याभिर् वषट्कारान् ॥
paśubhiḥ paśūn āpnoti puroḍāśair havīṁṣy ā ।
chandobhiḥ sāmidhenīr yājyābhir vaṣaṭkārān ॥
By love and care of animals, you beget the wealth of animals. By oblations of rice cakes and generous gifts, you get the wealth of holy materials. By the knowledge and practice of sacred verses, you get the secrets of fire kindling. And by sacrificial chants and actions, you collect holy people around you.
Mantras 21–30
19.21
धानाः करम्भः सक्तवः परीवापः पयो दधि ।
सोमस्य रूपꣳ हविष आमिक्षा वाजिनं मधु ॥
dhānāḥ karambhaḥ saktavaḥ parīvāpaḥ payo dadhi ।
somasya rūpaṁ haviṣa āmikṣā vājinaṃ madhu ॥
Roasted rice, pudding, barley meal, fried grain, milk, curds, mixed milk and curds, best of grains and
19.22
धानानाꣳ रूपं कुवलं परीवापस्य गोधूमाः ।
सक्तूनाꣳ रूपं बदरम् उपवाकाः करम्भस्य ॥
dhānānāṁ rūpaṃ kuvalaṃ parīvāpasya godhūmāḥ ।
saktūnāṁ rūpaṃ badaram upavākāḥ karambhasya ॥
Seed of water-lily is symbol of rice and grains. Wheat is symbol of puddings. Cotton seed/jujube fruit is symbol of roasted grain powder. And barley is symbol of gruel.
19.23
पयसो रूपं यद् यवा दध्नो रूपं कर्कन्धूनि ।
सोमस्य रूपं वाजिनꣳ सौम्यस्य रूपम् आमिक्षा ॥
payaso rūpaṃ yad yavā dadhno rūpaṃ karkandhūni ।
somasya rūpaṃ vājinaṁ saumyasya rūpam āmikṣā ॥
Barley is the form of milk. Jujube berry is the form of curd. Grain is the form of soma. And mix of milk or curd is the the form of the essence of soma.
19.24
आ श्रावयेति स्तोत्रियाः प्रत्याश्रावो ऽ अनुरूपः ।
यजेति धाय्यारूपं प्रगाथा येयजामहाः ॥
ā śrāvayeti stotriyāḥ pratyāśrāvo ' anurūpaḥ ।
yajeti dhāyyārūpaṃ pragāthā yeyajāmahāḥ ॥
“Speak to us of knowledge”, say the disciples to the teacher. And let what is spoken, heard and understood be in conformity and unison. “Conduct the yajna”, say the yajniks. And conduct of the yajna is the function of the priest, the singers and the performers, all in unison.
19.25
अर्धऽऋचैर् उक्थानाꣳ रूपं पदैर् आप्नोति निविदः ।
प्रणवैः शस्त्राणाꣳ रूपं पयसा सोम आप्यते ॥
ardha'ṛcair ukthānāṁ rūpaṃ padair āpnoti nividaḥ ।
praṇavaiḥ śastrāṇāṁ rūpaṃ payasā soma āpyate ॥
By half-Riks you get to the form and meaning of Uktha verses. By phrases you get to the Nivids, invocatory verses and formulae. By the chant and worship of Om you get to the form and meaning of mystic powers. By water and milk rejuvenation is achieved as by soma.
19.26
अश्विभ्यां प्रातःसवनम् इन्द्रेणैन्द्रं माध्यन्दिनम् ।
वैश्वदेवꣳ सरस्वत्या तृतीयम् आप्तꣳ सवनम् ॥
aśvibhyāṃ prātaḥsavanam indreṇaindraṃ mādhyandinam ।
vaiśvadevaṁ sarasvatyā tṛtīyam āptaṁ savanam ॥
The morning Soma-yajna is performed with hymns to the Ashvinis, the dawn, the sun and the moon. The mid-day Soma-yajna is performed with hymns to Indra for energy, power and honour. And the third, evening Soma-yajna, is accomplished and completed with hymns to Sarasvati, spirit and word of universal knowledge and inspiration for the sake of universal peace and happiness.
19.27
वायव्यैर् वायव्यान् आप्नोति सतेन द्रोणकलशम् ।
कुम्भीभ्याम् अम्भृणौ सुते स्थालीभि स्थालीर् आप्नोति ॥
vāyavyair vāyavyān āpnoti satena droṇakalaśam ।
kumbhībhyām ambhṛṇau sute sthālībhi sthālīr āpnoti ॥
With the properties of wind and air you get the energy of wind and air in the soma in the vayavya airvessels. With filtration you get to the drona-measure vessel of soma. With two jars of corn and water, you get two water-jar measures of soma, one for stirring and cleansing and the other for the pure and distilled soma. And then by cooking cauldrons you get the finished cauldronfuls of soma offerings for the yajna.
19.28
यजुर्भिर् आप्यन्ते ग्रहा ग्रहै स्तोमाश् च विष्टुतीः ।
छन्दोभिर् उक्थाशस्त्राणि साम्नावभृथऽआप्यते ॥
yajurbhir āpyante grahā grahai stomāś ca viṣṭutīḥ ।
chandobhir ukthāśastrāṇi sāmnāvabhṛtha'āpyate ॥
With verses of Yajurveda, you take ladlefuls of soma, learn the ways of the world and knowledge of the stars and planets. With the knowledge and libations, you come to stomas, hymns of praise and qualities of things and facts of life. With metres of verses and from singers, you come to formula hymns of the Veda and the secrets of weapons. And then with the recitation of Samans, you come to the valediction of yajna and the holy bath.
19.29
इडाभिर् भक्षान् आप्नोति सूक्तवाकेनाशिषः ।
शंयुना पत्नीसंयाजान्त् समिष्टयजुषा सꣳस्थाम् ॥
iḍābhir bhakṣān āpnoti sūktavākenāśiṣaḥ ।
śaṃyunā patnīsaṃyājānt samiṣṭayajuṣā saṁsthām ॥
With the sacred Word and worship you get food from the fields of earth. With sweet words and songs of reverence one gets all the good wishes and success to the heart’s desire. With a peaceful and generous mind the husband gets the best conjugal relations with his wife. And with the performance of yajna with the desired Yajurvedic hymns, you come to the consummation of settled life in a happy home.
19.30
व्रतेन दीक्षाम् आप्नोति दीक्षयाप्नोति दक्षिणाम् ।
दक्षिणा श्रद्धाम् आप्नोति श्रद्धया सत्यम् आप्यते ॥
vratena dīkṣām āpnoti dīkṣayāpnoti dakṣiṇām ।
dakṣiṇā śraddhām āpnoti śraddhayā satyam āpyate ॥
By the observance of discipline and celibacy, the child comes to initiation and consecration into learning and education. By learning and education, the young man/woman comes to settlement, wealth and honour. Settlement, wealth and honour begets faith. And through faith one comes to attain the ultimate truth and values of life and existence.
Mantras 31–40
19.31
एतावद् रूपं यज्ञस्य यद् देवैर् ब्रह्मणा कृतम् ।
तद् एतत् सर्वम् आप्नोति यज्ञे सौत्रामणी सुते ॥
etāvad rūpaṃ yajñasya yad devair brahmaṇā kṛtam ।
tad etat sarvam āpnoti yajñe sautrāmaṇī sute ॥
19.32
सुरावन्तं बर्हिषदꣳ सुवीरं यज्ञꣳ हिन्वन्ति महिषा नमोभिः ।
दधानाः सोमं दिवि देवतासु मदेमेन्द्रं यजमानाः स्वर्काः ॥
surāvantaṃ barhiṣadaṁ suvīraṃ yajñaṁ hinvanti mahiṣā namobhiḥ ।
dadhānāḥ somaṃ divi devatāsu mademendraṃ yajamānāḥ svarkāḥ ॥
Great enlightened people, with rich libations of havi, promote yajna, source of joy, operative in space and maker of the brave. Let us too, blest with enlightenment, holding libations of soma for the divinities of heaven and earth, performing yajna in honour of Indra, lord of the universe, and ruler of the earth, rejoice with heavenly bliss on earth.
19.33
यस् ते रसः सम्भृत ऽ ओषधीषु सोमस्य शुष्मः सुरया सुतस्य ।
तेन जिन्व यजमानं मदेन सरस्वतीम् अश्विनाव् इन्द्रम् अग्निम् ॥
yas te rasaḥ sambhṛta ' oṣadhīṣu somasya śuṣmaḥ surayā sutasya ।
tena jinva yajamānaṃ madena sarasvatīm aśvināv indram agnim ॥
Spirit of life, Indra, of your essence which is contained in the herbs and plants, that which is extracted from the soma plants and reinforced with energy (by cleansing and distillation) is most powerful and exhilararing. With that elixir of life, delight and inspire the yajamana, Sarasvati, lady of learning, Ashvinis, scholars and students of health and medicine, Indra, the ruler and administrators, and Agni, the leader and defenders of the land.
19.34
यम् अश्विना नमुचेर् आसुराद् अधि सरस्वत्य् असुनोद् इन्द्रियाय ।
इमं तꣳ शुक्रं मधुमन्तम् इन्दुꣳ सोमꣳ राजानम् इह भक्षयामि ॥
yam aśvinā namucer āsurād adhi sarasvaty asunod indriyāya ।
imaṃ taṁ śukraṃ madhumantam induṁ somaṁ rājānam iha bhakṣayāmi ॥
Here for the sake of inspiration, I take this pure, honey sweet, bright and soothing soma drink of the supreme order which the experts of bio-science and the lady scholar of nutrition have extracted from the plants growing among the clouds on the mountains and distilled for the sake of exhilaration and rejuvenation of the mind and senses.
19.35
यद् अत्र रिप्तꣳ रसिनः सुतस्य यद् इन्द्रो ऽ अपिबच्छचीभिः ।
अहं तद् अस्य मनसा शिवेन सोमꣳ राजानम् इह भक्षयामि ॥
yad atra riptaṁ rasinaḥ sutasya yad indro ' apibacchacībhiḥ ।
ahaṃ tad asya manasā śivena somaṁ rājānam iha bhakṣayāmi ॥
19.36
पितृभ्यः स्वधायिभ्यः स्वधा नमः ।
पितामहेभ्यः स्वधायिभ्यः स्वधा नमः ।
प्रपितामहेभ्यः स्वधायिभ्यः स्वधा नमः ।
अक्षन् पितरः ।
ऽअमीमदन्त पितरः ।
ऽअतीतृपन्त पितरः ।
पितरः शुन्धध्वम् ॥
pitṛbhyaḥ svadhāyibhyaḥ svadhā namaḥ ।
pitāmahebhyaḥ svadhāyibhyaḥ svadhā namaḥ ।
prapitāmahebhyaḥ svadhāyibhyaḥ svadhā namaḥ ।
akṣan pitaraḥ ।
'amīmadanta pitaraḥ ।
'atītṛpanta pitaraḥ ।
pitaraḥ śundhadhvam ॥
To our parents and seniors, we offer their own share of food and reverence. To our grand-parents and seniors, we offer their own share of food and reverence. To our great-grand-parents and seniors, we offer their own share of food and reverence. Parents, partake of your own share we offer and rejoice. Rejoice and give us the pleasure of joy. Parents, teachers, seniors, enjoy yourselves to your full satisfaction and give us the satisfaction of service and reverence. Parents, teachers, seniors, be pure yourselves, and purify and sanctify us with the service we offer and your blessings.
19.37
पुनन्तु मा पितरः सोम्यासः पुनन्तु मा पितामहाः ।
पुनन्तु प्रपितामहाः पवित्रेण शतायुषा ।
पुनन्तु मा पितामहाः सोम्यासः पुनन्तु प्रपितामहाः ।
पवित्रेण शतायुषा विश्वम् आयुर् व्यश्नवै ॥
punantu mā pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ punantu mā pitāmahāḥ ।
punantu prapitāmahāḥ pavitreṇa śatāyuṣā ।
punantu mā pitāmahāḥ somyāsaḥ punantu prapitāmahāḥ ।
pavitreṇa śatāyuṣā viśvam āyur vyaśnavai ॥
May my parents, grand parents, and great grand parents, kind, beneficent and honourable, purify me and sanctify me with the purity of discipline and education for a life of hundred years. May my grand parents and my great grand parents purify me and sanctify me with the purity of moral life and learning for a full life, so that with their blessings I may live for a full age of hundred years.
19.38
अग्न ऽ आयूꣳषि पवस ऽ आ सुवोर्जम् इषं च नः ।
आरे बाधस्व दुच्छुनाम् ॥
agna ' āyūṁṣi pavasa ' ā suvorjam iṣaṃ ca naḥ ।
āre bādhasva ducchunām ॥
Agni, father, mother, ancestors, saints and sages, purify and sanctify our years of life, purify and vitalize our food and energy, sanctify and bless our desires and ambitions. Keep off all mischief, evil and calamity far from us.
19.39
पुनन्तु मा देवजनाः पुनन्तु मनसा धियः ।
पुनन्तु विश्वा भूतानि जातवेदः पुनीहि मा ॥
punantu mā devajanāḥ punantu manasā dhiyaḥ ।
punantu viśvā bhūtāni jātavedaḥ punīhi mā ॥
Jataveda, lord of light and knowledge, purify and
19.40
पवित्रेण पुनीहि मा शुक्रेण देव दीद्यत् ।
अग्ने क्रत्वा क्रतूँ२ऽर् अनु ॥
pavitreṇa punīhi mā śukreṇa deva dīdyat ।
agne kratvā kratūm̐2'r anu ॥
Agni, blazing lord of light and fire, generous giver of knowledge and purging power, purify me with the purity and power of life’s vitality. With your light and sacred action, lord of action and holiness, purify and sanctify our knowledge, understanding and action.
Mantras 41–50
19.41
यत् ते पवित्रम् अर्चिष्य् अग्ने विततम् अन्तरा ।
ब्रह्म तेन पुनातु मा ॥
yat te pavitram arciṣy agne vitatam antarā ।
brahma tena punātu mā ॥
Agni, self-luminous lord of omniscience, within the holy light of your eternal consciousness shines the universal knowledge, the Veda. With that holy light of knowledge, enlighten, purify and consecrate me.
19.42
पवमानः सो ऽ अद्य नः पवित्रेण विचर्षणिः ।
यः पोता स पुनातु मा ॥
pavamānaḥ so ' adya naḥ pavitreṇa vicarṣaṇiḥ ।
yaḥ potā sa punātu mā ॥
Lord omniscient, that is pure, immaculate, saviour and purifier of all of us, may He with His purity and holiness purify and consecrate us here and now.
19.43
उभाभ्यां देव सवितः पवित्रेण सवेन च ।
मां पुनीहि विश्वतः ॥
ubhābhyāṃ deva savitaḥ pavitreṇa savena ca ।
māṃ punīhi viśvataḥ ॥
Savita, lord of light and life, generation and inspiration, lord luminous of purity and holiness, with both your purity and holiness purify me wholly, and sanctify me with knowledge and good action.
19.44
वैश्वदेवी पुनती देव्य् आगाद् यस्याम् इमा बह्व्यस् तन्वो वीतपृष्ठाः ।
तया मदन्तः सधमादेषु वयꣳ स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥
vaiśvadevī punatī devy āgād yasyām imā bahvyas tanvo vītapṛṣṭhāḥ ।
tayā madantaḥ sadhamādeṣu vayaṁ syāma patayo rayīṇām ॥
Of the widest range of intelligence and education among women, a most virtuous and brilliant personality may come and oblige us as teacher so that these many girls may be trained in wide knowledge and rational living for home life and we, as householders, happy and rejoicing in the corporate life of the community, may become masters of wealth and honour.
19.45
ये समानाः समनसः पितरो यमराज्ये ।
तेषां लोकः स्वधा नमो यज्ञो देवेषु कल्पताम् ॥
ye samānāḥ samanasaḥ pitaro yamarājye ।
teṣāṃ lokaḥ svadhā namo yajño deveṣu kalpatām ॥
May the parents, seniors, guardians of the people and officers who are under the governance of the ruler of the world be harmonious and agreeable in thought, word and deed, and may their home life, social status, standard of living and yajnic (creative) performance of duty be of the highest order of nobility and responsibility. And may they prosper and rise to the heights of divinity.
19.46
ये समानाः समनसो जीवा जीवेषु मामकाः ।
तेषाꣳ श्रीर् मयि कल्पताम् अस्मिँल्लोके शतꣳ समाः ॥
ye samānāḥ samanaso jīvā jīveṣu māmakāḥ ।
teṣāṁ śrīr mayi kalpatām asmim̐lloke śataṁ samāḥ ॥
My people who are living among the people around are of equal mind and noble action in thought, word and deed. May their honour, wealth and grace be vested in me and live on in me to grow for a hundred years in this world.
19.47
द्वे सृती ऽ अशृणवं पितॄणाम् अहं देवानाम् उत मर्त्यानाम् ।
ताभ्याम् इदं विश्वम् एजत् सम् एति यद् अन्तरा पितरं मातरं च ॥
dve sṛtī ' aśṛṇavaṃ pitṝṇām ahaṃ devānām uta martyānām ।
tābhyām idaṃ viśvam ejat sam eti yad antarā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca ॥
I have heard of two paths of the existential travel of mortals, all that is bom of father and mother between earth and heaven: One, the path of the ancestors, and the other, the path of the divines. By these two paths does this world on the move moves on and on to its destination.
19.48
इदꣳ हविः प्रजननं मे ऽ अस्तु दशवीरꣳ सर्वगणꣳ स्वस्तये ।
आत्मसनि प्रजासनि पशुसनि लोकसन्य् अभयसनि ।
अग्निः प्रजां बहुलां मे करोत्व् अन्नं पयो रेतो ऽ अस्मासु धत्त ॥
idaṁ haviḥ prajananaṃ me ' astu daśavīraṁ sarvagaṇaṁ svastaye ।
ātmasani prajāsani paśusani lokasany abhayasani ।
agniḥ prajāṃ bahulāṃ me karotv annaṃ payo reto ' asmāsu dhatta ॥
May this fertility of mine, the married life, be a generative yajna, productive of ten brave children with all the virtues for the well-being of society. May this yajna and its production be the source of spiritual enlightenment, progress of the people, protection of animals, advancement of society and creation of fearlessness. Agni, lord of life and fertility, create for me lots of noble children. Bless us with plenty of food, milk and water, energy and generative vitality.
19.49
उद् ईरताम् ऽ अवर उत् परास ऽ उन् मध्यमाः पितरः सोम्यासः ।
असुं य ऽ ईयुर् अवृका ऽ ऋतज्ञास् ते नो ऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु ॥
ud īratām ' avara ut parāsa ' un madhyamāḥ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ ।
asuṃ ya ' īyur avṛkā ' ṛtajñās te no 'vantu pitaro haveṣu ॥
May all our seniors, guardians of the nation, far and near, old and new, high and low, and all those of the middle rank, settled in peace, prosperity and power, inspire us with passion and energy. May our parents and seniors dedicated to truth and rectitude, far from violence and exploitation, who raise the pranic energy of life, guide and protect us in our battles of the world.
19.50
अङ्गिरसो नः पितरो नवग्वा ऽ अथर्वाणो भृगवः सोम्यासः ।
तेषां वयꣳ सुमतौ यज्ञियानाम् अपि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम ॥
aṅgiraso naḥ pitaro navagvā ' atharvāṇo bhṛgavaḥ somyāsaḥ ।
teṣāṃ vayaṁ sumatau yajñiyānām api bhadre saumanase syāma ॥
Our parents and seniors, guardians of the nation, are seers and sages of the facts of holistic knowledge and law, scholars of the latest sciences, and experts of technology and engineering, all dedicated to universal love, non-violence and spiritual values and settled in mind for the peace and prosperity of mankind. Let us concentrate and dedicate ourselves to their wisdom, grace and excellence, and magnanimity and benevolence, for the reason of their devotion to yajna and their contribution to the progress of society.
Mantras 51–60
19.51
ये नः पूर्वे पितरः सोम्यासो ऽनूहिरे सोमपीथं वसिष्ठाः ।
तेभिर् यमः सꣳरराणो हवीꣳष्य् उशन्न् उशद्भिः प्रतिकामम् अत्तु ॥
ye naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ somyāso 'nūhire somapīthaṃ vasiṣṭhāḥ ।
tebhir yamaḥ saṁrarāṇo havīṁṣy uśann uśadbhiḥ pratikāmam attu ॥
May our parents, seniors and ancestors, great lovers of life and divinity, settled in peace and prosperity, rich and generous at heart, come and join our soma-yajna in person or in memory. With their blessings and with their guidance may we, their children, fair and just in conduct, loving the gifts of life and keen to create happiness and share it with the community, realize all our aims and ambitions in the world.
19.52
त्वꣳ सोम प्र चिकितो मनीषा त्वꣳ रजिष्ठम् अनु नेषि पन्थाम् ।
तव प्रणीती पितरो न ऽ इन्दो देवेषु रत्नम् अभजन्त धीराः ॥
tvaṁ soma pra cikito manīṣā tvaṁ rajiṣṭham anu neṣi panthām ।
tava praṇītī pitaro na ' indo deveṣu ratnam abhajanta dhīrāḥ ॥
Soma, lord of light, peace and prosperity, spirit of yajna, brilliant you are, wide-awake and responsive. With your vision and wisdom, you lead us on by the noblest and simplest paths of nature to divinity. Lord of beauty and blessedness, inspired by your grace and guidance only do our parents, seniors and guardians of the community reach the coveted seats of joy and celebrity among the noblest souls of the world.
19.53
त्वया हि नः पितरः सोम पूर्वे कर्माणि चक्रुः पवमान धीराः ।
वन्वन्न् अवातः परिधीँ२ऽर् अपोर्णु वीरेभिर् अश्वैर् मघवा भवा नः ॥
tvayā hi naḥ pitaraḥ soma pūrve karmāṇi cakruḥ pavamāna dhīrāḥ ।
vanvann avātaḥ paridhīm̐2'r aporṇu vīrebhir aśvair maghavā bhavā naḥ ॥
Soma, lord of peace and power, by you alone our early forefathers, brave and constant all, performed their acts of glory. Inspiring spirit of commonalty, purging, purifying, unshaken and unviolated, be like Indra of the thunderbolt for us. Arise with passion for action and with your warriors of the horse throw off the forces of violence ranged around us.
19.54
त्वꣳ सोम पितृभिः संविदानो ऽनु द्यावापृथिवी ऽ आ ततन्थ ।
तस्मै त ऽ इन्दो हविषा विधेम वयꣳ स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥
tvaṁ soma pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidāno 'nu dyāvāpṛthivī ' ā tatantha ।
tasmai ta ' indo haviṣā vidhema vayaṁ syāma patayo rayīṇām ॥
Soma, power of peace and prosperity, in covenant with the senior guardian spirits of humanity, grow and expand from earth to heaven. Spirit of beauty and joy, it is for the sake of growth and expansion that we offer fragrant oblations to your worship in yajna, so that we may create, protect, master and enjoy the riches of the world.
19.55
बर्हिषदः पितर ऽ ऊत्य् अर्वाग् इमा वो हव्या चकृमा जुषध्वम् ।
त ऽ आ गतावसा शंतमेनाथा नः शं योर् अरपो दधात ॥
barhiṣadaḥ pitara ' ūty arvāg imā vo havyā cakṛmā juṣadhvam ।
ta ' ā gatāvasā śaṃtamenāthā naḥ śaṃ yor arapo dadhāta ॥
Parents, seniors and guardians of humanity in yajnic seats of power, here are these refreshing presentations we have prepared for you which you please accept graciously and enjoy. Come to us and bring us peace and protection. Bless us with comfort and prosperity free from mischief and remove all the sins and evil from our life.
19.56
आहं पितॄन् सुविदत्राꣳ२ऽ अवित्सि नपातं च विक्रमणं च विष्णोः ।
बर्हिषदो ये स्वधया सुतस्य भजन्त पित्वस्त ऽ इहागमिष्ठाः ॥
āhaṃ pitṝn suvidatrāṁ2' avitsi napātaṃ ca vikramaṇaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ ।
barhiṣado ye svadhayā sutasya bhajanta pitvasta ' ihāgamiṣṭhāḥ ॥
I know the parents, seniors and guardians of life so kind and generous. I also know the dynamics of Lord Vishnu’s immanence in His creation. May the venerable seniors in yajnic seats of knowledge and vision, who in their own right enjoy the fragrant drinks distilled from the essence of life, come here and bless this place and me.
19.57
उपहूताः पितरः सोम्यासो बर्हिष्येषु निधिषु प्रियेषु ।
त ऽ आ गमन्तु त ऽ इह श्रुवन्त्व् अधि ब्रुवन्तु ते ऽवन्त्व् अस्मान् ॥
upahūtāḥ pitaraḥ somyāso barhiṣyeṣu nidhiṣu priyeṣu ।
ta ' ā gamantu ta ' iha śruvantv adhi bruvantu te 'vantv asmān ॥
Senior guardians of life and the human spirit established in inner peace and spiritual freedom are chosen by Grace to partake of the dearest treasures of universal knowledge and life divine. We call upon them: may they come here, may they listen to us, may they speak to us from the heights of divinity, may they redeem and save us!
19.58
आ यन्तु नः पितरः सोम्यासोऽग्निष्वात्ताः पथिभिर् देवयानैः ।
अस्मिन् यज्ञे स्वधया मदन्तो ऽधि ब्रुवन्तु ते ऽवन्त्व् अस्मान् ॥
ā yantu naḥ pitaraḥ somyāso'gniṣvāttāḥ pathibhir devayānaiḥ ।
asmin yajñe svadhayā madanto 'dhi bruvantu te 'vantv asmān ॥
May our seniors and scholars established in the peace and prosperity of fire knowledge and yajna come to us by the noblest paths of divinity. And may they, in this our yajnic project of science and technology, enjoying themselves in their own right to their own knowledge, speak to us, enlighten us and protect us from ignorance and poverty.
19.59
अग्निष्वात्ताः पितर ऽ एह गच्छत सदः-सदः सदत सुप्रणीतयः ।
अत्ता हवीꣳषि प्रयतानि बर्हिष्य् अथा रयिꣳ सर्ववीरं दधातन ॥
agniṣvāttāḥ pitara ' eha gacchata sadaḥ-sadaḥ sadata supraṇītayaḥ ।
attā havīṁṣi prayatāni barhiṣy athā rayiṁ sarvavīraṃ dadhātana ॥
Senior scholars and experts of the science of heat and energy, men of justice and positive policy, come here to us, seat yourselves in every home and every hall of assembly, take the food and materials prepared with care and offered with love and hope, and, sitting in your laboratory and workshop, create the knowledge, impart it to people, and produce the wealth which creates versatile heroes for the nation and humanity.
19.60
ये ऽ अग्निष्वात्ता ये ऽ अनग्निष्वात्ता मध्ये दिवः स्वधया मादयन्ते ।
तेभ्यः स्वराड् असुनीतिम् एतां यथावशं तन्वं कल्पयाति ॥
ye ' agniṣvāttā ye ' anagniṣvāttā madhye divaḥ svadhayā mādayante ।
tebhyaḥ svarāḍ asunītim etāṃ yathāvaśaṃ tanvaṃ kalpayāti ॥
Those seniors who are experts of the science and technology of fire, and those who are not such but who are experts of other fields of knowledge, and all those who rejoice in the midst of the light of their own knowledge itself: for all these, the self-luminous lord of omniscience in-vests this body with health and energy according to their need and desire.
Mantras 61–70
19.61
अग्निष्वात्ताꣳ ऋतुमतो हवामहे नाराशꣳसे सोमपीथं य ऽ आशुः ।
ते नो विप्रासः सुहवा भवन्तु वयꣳ स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥
agniṣvāttāṁ ṛtumato havāmahe nārāśaṁse somapīthaṃ ya ' āśuḥ ।
te no viprāsaḥ suhavā bhavantu vayaṁ syāma patayo rayīṇām ॥
19.62
आच्या जानु दक्षिणतो निषद्येमं यज्ञम् अभि गृणीत विश्वे ।
मा हिꣳसिष्ट पितरः केन चिन् नो यद्व ऽ आगः पुरुषता कराम ॥
ācyā jānu dakṣiṇato niṣadyemaṃ yajñam abhi gṛṇīta viśve ।
mā hiṁsiṣṭa pitaraḥ kena cin no yadva ' āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma ॥
Noble seniors of the world, do not, for any reason whatever, destroy or injure our manliness and manpower. Take on this yajna for us, do it well and speak well of it. We sit kneeling on your right respectfully, and whatever your omission or commission in well-meaning work, we overlook and make up. And then we move on with the work in earnestness.
19.63
आसीनासो ऽ अरुणीनाम् उपस्थे रयिं धत्त दाशुषे मर्त्याय ।
पुत्रेभ्यः पितरस् तस्य वस्वः प्र यच्छत त ऽ इहोर्जं दधात ॥
āsīnāso ' aruṇīnām upasthe rayiṃ dhatta dāśuṣe martyāya ।
putrebhyaḥ pitaras tasya vasvaḥ pra yacchata ta ' ihorjaṃ dadhāta ॥
Parents and seniors of the community, create and hold wealth for the man of charity and for the children sitting in the lap of their noble mothers. Give them ample means of living so that they may have ample energy.
19.64
यम् अग्ने कव्यवाहन त्वं चिन् मन्यसे रयिम् ।
तं नो गीर्भिः श्रवाय्यं देवत्रा पनया युजम् ॥
yam agne kavyavāhana tvaṃ cin manyase rayim ।
taṃ no gīrbhiḥ śravāyyaṃ devatrā panayā yujam ॥
Agni, carrier of sumptuous foods and fragrance for the noble people, bless us with that wealth of life which you believe is fit for the use of divinities in nature and humanity, and which is worthy of celebration in the best of words worthy of the best listeners.
19.65
यो ऽ अग्निः कव्यवाहनः पितॄन् यक्षद् ऋतावृधः ।
प्रेद् उ हव्यानि वोचति देवेभ्यश् च पितृभ्य ऽ आ ॥
yo ' agniḥ kavyavāhanaḥ pitṝn yakṣad ṛtāvṛdhaḥ ।
pred u havyāni vocati devebhyaś ca pitṛbhya ' ā ॥
Surely that person is the leader, torch bearer, path maker, first among all who is brilliant as Agni (fire) and spreads purity and fragrance all round. He/She respects the parents, seniors, ancestors and the promoters of truth and justice. He/She communicates the noblest thoughts and ideas in persuasive and
19.66
त्वम् अग्न ऽ ईडितः कव्यवाहनावाड् हव्यानि सुरभीणि कृत्वी ।
प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते ऽ अक्षन्न् अद्धि त्वं देव प्रयता हवीꣳषि ॥
tvam agna ' īḍitaḥ kavyavāhanāvāḍ havyāni surabhīṇi kṛtvī ।
prādāḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhayā te ' akṣann addhi tvaṃ deva prayatā havīṁṣi ॥
Agni, brilliant master of noble thoughts, words and deeds, loved, invoked and adored, receive the gifts of life, convert them to fragrance and acknowledge. Share them with the parents, seniors and respectable people so that they too enjoy them as their own. These gifts are valuable, prepared and collected with effort. Generous as you are, enjoy them well.
19.67
ये चेह पितरो ये च नेह याꣳश् च विद्म याꣳ२ऽ उ च न प्रविद्म ।
त्वं वेत्थ यति ते जातवेदः स्वधाभिर् यज्ञꣳ सुकृतं जुषस्व ॥
ye ceha pitaro ye ca neha yāṁś ca vidma yāṁ2' u ca na pravidma ।
tvaṃ vettha yati te jātavedaḥ svadhābhir yajñaṁ sukṛtaṃ juṣasva ॥
Agni, brilliant and generous power, the seniors who are here, and those who are not here, and those whom we know, and those whom we don’t know, you know them all, how many they are and where they are, since you know everything that is anywhere. Let this yajna of service and adoration be done well. Carry it on with grace and with gifts made in faith and love.
19.68
इदं पितृभ्यो नमो ऽ अस्त्व् अद्य ये पूर्वासो य ऽ उपरास ईयुः ।
ये पार्थिवे रजस्य् आ निषत्ता ये वा नूनꣳ सुवृजनासु विक्षु ॥
idaṃ pitṛbhyo namo ' astv adya ye pūrvāso ya ' uparāsa īyuḥ ।
ye pārthive rajasy ā niṣattā ye vā nūnaṁ suvṛjanāsu vikṣu ॥
Let this food and adoration today be for the parents and seniors, those who came earlier, those who came later, those who are seated in this earthly world and those who are on the move for sure among the moving people.
19.69
अधा यथा नः पितरः परासः प्रत्नासो ऽ अग्न ऽ ऋतम् आशुषाणाः ।
शुचीदयन् दीधितिम् उक्थशासः क्षामा भिन्दन्तो ऽ अरुणीर् अप व्रन् ॥
adhā yathā naḥ pitaraḥ parāsaḥ pratnāso ' agna ' ṛtam āśuṣāṇāḥ ।
śucīdayan dīdhitim ukthaśāsaḥ kṣāmā bhindanto ' aruṇīr apa vran ॥
And Agni, brilliant scholar, just as our teachers, saints and sages, eminent and ancient, dedicated to the holy Word and serving the cause of universal truth and justice, realized the purity and blaze of that truth, and, breaking through the dark veil of the night opened the flood-gates of the light of dawn, so do you blaze, burn, purge, purify and enlighten the world.
19.70
उशन्तस् त्वा नि धीमह्य् उशन्तः सम् इधीमहि ।
उशन्न् उशत ऽ आ वह पितॄन् हविषे ऽ अत्तवे ॥
uśantas tvā ni dhīmahy uśantaḥ sam idhīmahi ।
uśann uśata ' ā vaha pitṝn haviṣe ' attave ॥
Mantras 71–80
19.71
अपां फेनेन नमुचेः शिर ऽ इन्द्रोद् अवर्तयः ।
विश्वा यद् अजय स्पृधः ॥
apāṃ phenena namuceḥ śira ' indrod avartayaḥ ।
viśvā yad ajaya spṛdhaḥ ॥
Indra, ruler, commander, like the foam of the sea, like the vapours of water in the sky, rise and expand and break the head of the powers which hoard the wealth of the land like the cloud hoarding the waters. Conquer the forces which stand in opposition out of sheer jealousy.
19.72
सोमो राजामृतꣳ सुत ऽ ऋजीषेणाजहान् मृत्युम् ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस ऽ इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
somo rājāmṛtaṁ suta ' ṛjīṣeṇājahān mṛtyum ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa ' indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
Soma, the man cleansed and distilled like soma through discipline, brilliant and inspiring, meditating on God and godly in character, by the simplicity and sincerity of his natural living conquers the pain of death. By his dedication to Rita, the universal Law of Dharma, he attains truth, spiritual power, soothing drinks, purity and vitality, best foods, honour and prosperity, water and milk, honey and the very nectar of life.
19.73
अद्भ्यः क्षीरं व्यपिबत् क्रुङ्ङ् आङ्गिरसो धिया ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
adbhyaḥ kṣīraṃ vyapibat kruṅṅ āṅgiraso dhiyā ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
The man of genius and discrimination trained by a divine sage, like the swan, separates the milk from the water, accepts the milk and rejects the water. With his dedication to the essential reality of existence through yoga, he attains the eternal verity, divine speech, the vision of word and meaning, purity of the inner light, spiritual food, honour and prosperity of the world, purest drinks, abiding health, and the honey-sweet joys of living.
19.74
सोमम् अद्भ्यो व्यपिबच् छन्दसा हꣳसः शुचिषत् ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस ऽ इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
somam adbhyo vyapibac chandasā haṁsaḥ śuciṣat ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa ' indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
19.75
अन्नात् परिस्रुतो रसं ब्रह्मणा व्यपिबत् क्षत्रं पयः सोमं प्रजापतिः ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस ऽ इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
annāt parisruto rasaṃ brahmaṇā vyapibat kṣatraṃ payaḥ somaṃ prajāpatiḥ ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa ' indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
Prajapati, ruler and protector of the people, President of the council, alongwith the study of the Vedas, receives the juices, essences and inspiring vital sweets extracted from the ripe grains and blessed waters of the land, and wields the onerous responsibility of the state. With fair and enlightened justice he attains the people’s dedication to truth, the divine gift of national glory, comprehensive protection and defence, pure and vital foods, light of justice and knowledge, divine grace, energising drinks, honey, and noble state-order of immortal value.
19.76
रेतो मूत्रं वि जहाति योनिं प्रविशद् इन्द्रियम् ।
गर्भो जरायुणावृत ऽ उल्वं जहाति जन्मना ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस ऽ इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
reto mūtraṃ vi jahāti yoniṃ praviśad indriyam ।
garbho jarāyuṇāvṛta ' ulvaṃ jahāti janmanā ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa ' indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
In the process of growth and regeneration, the male organ of generation discharges the semen. Entering the womb it discharges/releases the seed of life to plant it into the mother’s body. The foetus is covered with the placenta during its growth till maturity. When the seed is born as an independent soul in a new body-system, it abandons the cover in which it had grown and matured. (Thus elimination and regenerative growth through the natural movement of discharge, elimination, union and separation is part of life’s evolution under the universal law of nature, which is Rtam, creative dynamics of Lord Prajapati.) By Rtam, the soul (jiva) gets Satyam, natural existence of the body, Indriyam, organs of perception, drinks and assimilation, purity and vitality for regeneration, foods and growth, potentials for living and continuation, and the immortal honey sweets of the joys of existence for itself (jiva).
19.77
दृष्ट्वा रूपे व्याकरोत् सत्यानृते प्रजापतिः ।
अश्रद्धाम् अनृते ऽदधाच् छ्रद्धाꣳ सत्ये प्रजापतिः ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस ऽ इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
dṛṣṭvā rūpe vyākarot satyānṛte prajāpatiḥ ।
aśraddhām anṛte 'dadhāc chraddhāṁ satye prajāpatiḥ ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa ' indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
19.78
वेदेन रूपे व्यपिबत् सुतासुतौ प्रजापतिः ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस ऽ इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
vedena rūpe vyapibat sutāsutau prajāpatiḥ ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa ' indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
By Veda, Prajapati, the soul, comes to know both forms of existence: Truth which is reality, dharma, Rtam, and untruth which is illusion, adharma, anartam. By Rtam it can realise the full potential of its faculties and the immortality of its essential nature, while with pure foods and drinks (in the interest of health and meditation) it can experience here and now the honey sweets and milky streams of nectar.
19.79
दृष्ट्वा परिस्रुतो रसꣳ शुक्रेण शुक्रं व्यपिबत् ।
पयः सोमं प्रजापतिः ।
ऋतेन सत्यम् इन्द्रियं विपानꣳ शुक्रम् अन्धस ऽ इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् इदं पयो ऽमृतं मधु ॥
dṛṣṭvā parisruto rasaṁ śukreṇa śukraṃ vyapibat ।
payaḥ somaṃ prajāpatiḥ ।
ṛtena satyam indriyaṃ vipānaṁ śukram andhasa ' indrasyendriyam idaṃ payo 'mṛtaṃ madhu ॥
Having viewed the essence of knowledge distilled with an objective mind from the panorama of existence, the consecrated Prajapati, guardian of his people, should drink this life-giving nectar of truth (Rtam). By Rtam, knowledge of reality, he attains the force of truth, joy of governance, purity of intention and action, plenty and prosperity, royal honour and dignity, and the pleasure and sweetness of immortality.
19.80
सीसेन तन्त्रं मनसा मनीषिण ऽ ऊर्णासूत्रेण कवयो वयन्ति ।
अश्विना यज्ञꣳ सविता सरस्वतीन्द्रस्य रूपं वरुणो भिषज्यन् ॥
sīsena tantraṃ manasā manīṣiṇa ' ūrṇāsūtreṇa kavayo vayanti ।
aśvinā yajñaṁ savitā sarasvatīndrasya rūpaṃ varuṇo bhiṣajyan ॥
Just as intelligent weavers weave designed cloth from woollen yarn with leaden loom, and intelligent designers create models of machines with their imagination and expertise, so do the Ashvinis, scholars and researchers of health and nature, Savita, man of inspiration and imagination, Sarasvati, woman of
Mantras 81–90
19.81
तद् अस्य रूपम् अमृतꣳ शचीभिस् तिस्रो दधुर् देवताः सꣳरराणाः ।
लोमानि शष्पैर् बहुधा न तोक्मभिस् त्वग् अस्य माꣳसम् अभवन् न लाजाः ॥
tad asya rūpam amṛtaṁ śacībhis tisro dadhur devatāḥ saṁrarāṇāḥ ।
lomāni śaṣpair bahudhā na tokmabhis tvag asya māṁsam abhavan na lājāḥ ॥
Three divine powers, loving and generous, variously enact the immortal form and structure of this yajna with their acts and imagination: They structure the body hair, as if, with blades of grass, and the body cover (skin) with shoots and ears of corn; and roasted grains become, as if, the substance (flesh) of the body.
19.82
तद् अश्विना भिषजा रुद्रवर्तनी सरस्वती वयति पेशो ऽ अन्तरम् ।
अस्थि मज्जानं मासरैः कारोतरेण दधतो गवां त्वचि ॥
tad aśvinā bhiṣajā rudravartanī sarasvatī vayati peśo ' antaram ।
asthi majjānaṃ māsaraiḥ kārotareṇa dadhato gavāṃ tvaci ॥
Sarasvati, the enlightened woman, with dedicated mind and knowledge, weaves its beautiful inside, the bones and marrow created with the holy barley meal and vitalizing juices, while the Ashvinis, powers of health and healing, at the speed of energy, prepare for soma and place the filter and the cask on the floor of the earth.
19.83
सरस्वती मनसा पेशलं वसु नासत्याभ्यां वयति दर्शतं वपुः ।
रसं परिस्रुता न रोहितं नग्नहुर् धीरस् तसरं न वेम ॥
sarasvatī manasā peśalaṃ vasu nāsatyābhyāṃ vayati darśataṃ vapuḥ ।
rasaṃ parisrutā na rohitaṃ nagnahur dhīras tasaraṃ na vema ॥
As a wise and intelligent expert designs and weaves a beautiful cloth on the loom with the shuttle, so does Sarasvati, enlightened woman of wisdom and science, with her mind and knowledge, create the charming, special and excellent form and structure of yajna with the help of friendly Ashvinis, specialists of health and healing: yajna (visible symbol of Indra, lord of honour, power and prosperity) in which the pure and vitalizing essence of soma joy distilled from all elements of nature ripples like the vital spirit (blood) of the body.
19.84
पयसा शुक्रम् अमृतं जनित्रꣳ सुरया मूत्राज् जनयन्त रेतः ।
अपामतिं दुर्मतिं बाधमाना ऽ ऊवध्यं वातꣳ सब्वं तद् आरात् ॥
payasā śukram amṛtaṃ janitraṁ surayā mūtrāj janayanta retaḥ ।
apāmatiṃ durmatiṃ bādhamānā ' ūvadhyaṃ vātaṁ sabvaṃ tad ārāt ॥
(Three divinities, i.e., Sarasvati and the two Ashvinis) with milk, juices and inspiring drink of soma create the pure, life-giving, generative seed of life discharged from the generative organ (into the womb),
19.85
इन्द्रः सुत्रामा हृदयेन सत्यं पुरोडाशेन सविता जजान ।
यकृत् क्लोमानं वरुणो भिषज्यन् मतस्ने वायव्यैर् न मिनाति पित्तम् ॥
indraḥ sutrāmā hṛdayena satyaṃ puroḍāśena savitā jajāna ।
yakṛt klomānaṃ varuṇo bhiṣajyan matasne vāyavyair na mināti pittam ॥
Indra, saviour, protector and preserver, with his heart and love, Savita, inspirer and giver of nourishments, with food and drink, create satyam, the reality of life and yajna, bringing it into formal manifestation. Varuna, with health and healing and with air and pranic energies preserves and maintains the working of the liver, lungs and neck, the chest and the digestive secretions.
19.86
आन्त्राणि स्थालीर् मधु पिन्वमाना गुदाः पात्राणि सुदुघा न धेनुः ।
श्येनस्य पत्रं न प्लीहा शचीभिर् आसन्दी नाभिर् उदरं न माता ॥
āntrāṇi sthālīr madhu pinvamānā gudāḥ pātrāṇi sudughā na dhenuḥ ।
śyenasya patraṃ na plīhā śacībhir āsandī nābhir udaraṃ na mātā ॥
The intestines in the human body system (yajna) are like the cooking pans preparing delicious food for the vital fire. The bowels are like milk-pots or the udders of an abundant milch cow. The spleen, pancreas and liver are powerful defensive organs like the wings of an eagle pouncing on disease-attacks. The navel with its energizing actions is like the royal seat of power. And the stomach, to all the body parts, as the motherhost, distributes holy food among all members of the yajnic family.
19.87
कुम्भो वनिष्ठुर् जनिता शचीभिर् यस्मिन्न् अग्रे योन्यां गर्भो ऽ अन्तः ।
प्लाशिर् व्यक्तः शतधार ऽ उत्सो दुहे न कुम्भी स्वधां पितृभ्यः ॥
kumbho vaniṣṭhur janitā śacībhir yasminn agre yonyāṃ garbho ' antaḥ ।
plāśir vyaktaḥ śatadhāra ' utso duhe na kumbhī svadhāṃ pitṛbhyaḥ ॥
The husband, progenitor, is like ajar overflowing with love and vigour. Healthy and handsome, he is like an exuberant fountain flowing in a hundred streams of action with grace and piety. So is the wife, her womb a recipient jar into which the husband should project the seed, the foetus inside being like an oblation in honour of his parents and ancestors.
19.88
मुखꣳ सद् अस्य शिर ऽ इत् सतेन जिह्वा पवित्रम् अश्विनासन्त् सरस्वती ।
चप्यं न पायुर् भिषग् अस्य वालो वस्तिर् न शेपो हरसा तरस्वी ॥
mukhaṁ sad asya śira ' it satena jihvā pavitram aśvināsant sarasvatī ।
capyaṃ na pāyur bhiṣag asya vālo vastir na śepo harasā tarasvī ॥
Sarasvati and the Ashvinis, enlightened woman
19.89
अश्विभ्यां चक्षुर् अमृतं ग्रहाभ्यां छागेन तेजो हविषा शृतेन ।
पक्ष्माणि गोधूमैः कुवलैर् उतानि पेशो न शुक्रम् असितं वसाते ॥
aśvibhyāṃ cakṣur amṛtaṃ grahābhyāṃ chāgena tejo haviṣā śṛtena ।
pakṣmāṇi godhūmaiḥ kuvalair utāni peśo na śukram asitaṃ vasāte ॥
By the Ashvinis, sun and moon, with portions of clear soma distilled, is created the immortal light of the eye. With tonics prepared with goat’s milk is created the lustre of health. The lower and upper eyelashes are created with wheat and water lilies, and the beauteous form white as well as dark shines with the same nature’s gifts.
19.90
अविर् न मेषो नसि वीर्याय प्राणस्य पन्था ऽ अमृतो ग्रहाभ्याम् ।
सरस्वत्य् उपवाकैर् व्यानं नस्यानि बर्हिर् बदरैर् जजान ॥
avir na meṣo nasi vīryāya prāṇasya panthā ' amṛto grahābhyām ।
sarasvaty upavākair vyānaṃ nasyāni barhir badarair jajāna ॥
Like the sheep and the ram, the protector and contender, the Ashvinis, with portions of clear soma, create the immortal passage of pranic energy in the nose. Sarasvati, nature’s flowing vitality, with animation and energy, creates the systemic vyana air in the body, and with grains and fruits, she creates the hair-filter in the nose.
Mantras 91–95
19.91
इन्द्रस्य रूपं वृषभो बलाय कर्णाभ्याꣳ श्रोत्रम् अमृतं ग्रहाभ्यां ।
यवा न बर्हिर् भ्रुवि केसराणि कर्कन्धु जज्ञे मधु सारघं मुखात् ॥
indrasya rūpaṃ vṛṣabho balāya karṇābhyāṁ śrotram amṛtaṃ grahābhyāṃ ।
yavā na barhir bhruvi kesarāṇi karkandhu jajñe madhu sāraghaṃ mukhāt ॥
The soul’s will to live in body form manifests as the bull for the expression of strength. From portions of nature’s auditory element in soma is created the immortal faculty of the ear. Barley, as the grass, manifests in the eyebrows. And the jujuba fruit creates the honey sweets that flow from the mouth.
19.92
आत्मन्न् उपस्थे न वृकस्य लोम मुखे श्मश्रूणि न व्याघ्रलोम ।
केशा न शीर्षन् यशसे श्रियै शिखा सिꣳहस्य लोम त्विषिर् इन्द्रियाणि ॥
ātmann upasthe na vṛkasya loma mukhe śmaśrūṇi na vyāghraloma ।
keśā na śīrṣan yaśase śriyai śikhā siṁhasya loma tviṣir indriyāṇi ॥
In the presence of Divinity, the soul rises in eminence and potential: the lower hair of the body is like the hair of the wolf, the beard and moustache on
19.93
अङ्गान्य् आत्मन् भिषजा तद् अश्विनात्मानम् अङ्गैः सम् अधात् सरस्वती ।
इन्द्रस्य रूपꣳ शतमानम् आयुश् चन्द्रेण ज्योतिर् अमृतं दधानाः ॥
aṅgāny ātman bhiṣajā tad aśvinātmānam aṅgaiḥ sam adhāt sarasvatī ।
indrasya rūpaṁ śatamānam āyuś candreṇa jyotir amṛtaṃ dadhānāḥ ॥
Thus do the Ashvinis, bio-engineers of nature, structure limbs for the soul, and thus does Sarasvati, divine mother, join the soul with the limbs, creating a living Indra of a hundred years of age blest with the immortal light and beauty of the moon.
19.94
सरस्वती योन्यां गर्भम् अन्तर् अश्विभ्यां पत्नी सुकृतं बिभर्ति ।
अपाꣳ रसेन वरुणो न साम्नेन्द्रꣳ श्रियै जनयन्न् अप्सु राजा ॥
sarasvatī yonyāṃ garbham antar aśvibhyāṃ patnī sukṛtaṃ bibharti ।
apāṁ rasena varuṇo na sāmnendraṁ śriyai janayann apsu rājā ॥
Sarasvati, the wife, bears inside the womb the foetus so well created by the Ashvinis, nature’s powers of creation, Varuna, supreme ruler, immanent in the world, integrating the soul with the vital essences of nature and completing the creation of a living Indra, the human being, for a glorious existence.
19.95
तेजः पशूनाꣳ हविर् इन्द्रियावत् परिस्रुता पयसा सारघं मधु ।
अश्विभ्यां दुग्धं भिषजा सरस्वत्या सुतासुताभ्याम् अमृतः सोम ऽ इन्दुः ॥
tejaḥ paśūnāṁ havir indriyāvat parisrutā payasā sāraghaṃ madhu ।
aśvibhyāṃ dugdhaṃ bhiṣajā sarasvatyā sutāsutābhyām amṛtaḥ soma ' induḥ ॥
The healthy glow of living forms, the mighty rich nourishments of life, the delicious honey collected by the bee from juices all round are the nectar, the vital power, the beauty distilled from the original as well as the refined sources of nature by Sarasvati, mother spirit of life and humanity through the Ashvinis, creative and healing powers of nature’s cosmic flow.