38. Adhyāya 38 — Pravargya
Mantras 1–10
38.1
देवस्य त्वा सवितुः प्रसवे ऽश्विनोर् बाहुभ्यां पूष्णो हस्ताभ्याम् ।
आ ददे ऽदित्यै रास्नासि ॥
devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyām ।
ā dade 'dityai rāsnāsi ॥
In the yajnic creation of Savita, universal creator and progenitor, I take you unto me with the procreative powers of the Ashvins, sun and moon, and the sustaining powers of Pusha, the wind. You are the generous and gracious power of Mother Nature’s fertility for expansive growth and freedom.
38.2
इड ऽ एहि ।
अदित ऽ एहि ।
सरस्वत्त्य् एहि ।
असाव् एहि ।
असाव् एहि ।
असाव् एहि ॥
iḍa ' ehi ।
adita ' ehi ।
sarasvatty ehi ।
asāv ehi ।
asāv ehi ।
asāv ehi ॥
Come Ida, voice divine. Come Aditi, mother of fertility. Come Sarasvati, mother of knowledge and spirit of life’s onward flow. And come he who seeks the voice divine, who seeks generation and sacred growth, and who seeks knowledge and progress.
38.3
अदित्यै रास्नासीन्द्राण्या ऽ उष्णीषः ।
पूषासि ।
घर्माय दीष्व ॥
adityai rāsnāsīndrāṇyā ' uṣṇīṣaḥ ।
pūṣāsi ।
gharmāya dīṣva ॥
38.4
अश्विभ्यां पिन्वस्व ।
सरस्वत्यै पिन्वस्व ।
इन्द्राय पिन्वस्व ।
स्वाहेन्द्रवत् ।
स्वाहेन्द्रवत् ।
स्वाहेन्द्रवत् ॥
aśvibhyāṃ pinvasva ।
sarasvatyai pinvasva ।
indrāya pinvasva ।
svāhendravat ।
svāhendravat ।
svāhendravat ॥
Grow for Sarasvati in dynamic knowledge and wisdom, for Indra in dignity and power, and for the Ashvins in beauty and glory of the nation. In truth of word and deed, be like Indra in knowledge. In truth of word and deed, be like Indra in power. In truth of word and deed, be like Indra in beauty and vitality.
38.5
यस् ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर् यो रत्नधा वसुविद् यः सुदत्रः ।
येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि सरस्वति तम् इह धातवे ऽकः ।
उर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् अन्व् एमि ॥
yas te stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūr yo ratnadhā vasuvid yaḥ sudatraḥ ।
yena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi sarasvati tam iha dhātave 'kaḥ ।
urv antarikṣam anv emi ॥
Sarasvati, like the mother’s breast which overflows for the baby, which is blissful, and which is a generous jewel box of the choicest gifts of life, is your gift of the Word and Vision, which is supremely generous, and by which you feed the entire humanity. That stream of voice and vision, mother, let flow here on earth for the nourishment of your children so that I too may follow the voice and rise to the vast skies.
38.6
गायत्रं छन्दो ऽसि ।
त्रैष्टुभं छन्दो ऽसि ।
द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां त्वा परि गृह्णामि ।
अन्तरिक्षेणोप यच्छामि ।
इन्द्राश्विना ।
मधुनः सारघस्य घर्मं पात वसवो यजत वाट् ।
स्वाहा सूर्यस्य रश्मये वृष्टिवनये ॥
gāyatraṃ chando 'si ।
traiṣṭubhaṃ chando 'si ।
dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ tvā pari gṛhṇāmi ।
antarikṣeṇopa yacchāmi ।
indrāśvinā ।
madhunaḥ sāraghasya gharmaṃ pāta vasavo yajata vāṭ ।
svāhā sūryasya raśmaye vṛṣṭivanaye ॥
Happy bride, you are bright and joyous like the twenty-four syllable verse of the Gayatri metre. Happy groom, you are strong and free like the fortyfour syllable Trishtubh metre. For the sake of heaven and earth I accept you both as wedded couple, and I lead you home by the paths of the sky. Like Indra and the Ashvins, promote and advance the yajna fire of the sweets of honey in life. Inmates of the home, perform yajna in the home in honour of the Vasus and rays of the sun which
38.7
समुद्राय त्वा वाताय स्वाहा ।
सरिराय त्वा वाताय स्वाहा ।
अनाधृष्याय त्वा वाताय स्वाहा ।
अप्रतिधृष्याय त्वा वाताय स्वाहा ।
अवस्यवे त्वा वाताय स्वाहा ।
अशिमिदाय त्वा वाताय स्वाहा ॥
samudrāya tvā vātāya svāhā ।
sarirāya tvā vātāya svāhā ।
anādhṛṣyāya tvā vātāya svāhā ।
apratidhṛṣyāya tvā vātāya svāhā ।
avasyave tvā vātāya svāhā ।
aśimidāya tvā vātāya svāhā ॥
Wedded couple, in truth of word and deed we accept you for the sea and the sky and the winds. In truth of word and deed, we accept you for the flowing waters and floods and storms. In truth of word and deed, we accept you for courage and freedom and the social environment. In truth of word and deed, we accept you for irresistible power and creation of freedom from the winds of tension. We accept you for all round protection of body, mind and soul and the study of prana energy, in honesty of word and deed. Surely, we accept you for the science of food and nourishment and udana vayu, all sustaining energy. This is the divine voice.
38.8
इन्द्राय त्वा वसुमते रुद्रवते स्वाहा ।
इन्द्राय त्वादित्यवते स्वाहा ।
इन्द्राय त्वाभिमातिघ्ने स्वाहा ।
सवित्रे त्व ऽ ऋभुमते विभुमते वाजवते स्वाहा ।
बृहस्पतये त्वा विश्वदेव्यावते स्वाहा ॥
indrāya tvā vasumate rudravate svāhā ।
indrāya tvādityavate svāhā ।
indrāya tvābhimātighne svāhā ।
savitre tva ' ṛbhumate vibhumate vājavate svāhā ।
bṛhaspataye tvā viśvadevyāvate svāhā ॥
Homage to you, Indra, ruler of power, prosperity and justice. Salutations to Indra, lord of blazing splendour. Exhortations to you, Indra, destroyer of enemies. All hail to you, blest with light and generosity, supported by the wise, universally admired, and wielding plenty of food, energy and power of defence. Homage to you, lord of wide knowledge and wisdom blest with divine qualities.
38.9
यमाय त्वाङ्गिरस्वते पितृमते स्वाहा ।
स्वाहा घर्माय ।
स्वाहा घर्मः पित्रे ॥
yamāya tvāṅgirasvate pitṛmate svāhā ।
svāhā gharmāya ।
svāhā gharmaḥ pitre ॥
Hail to the lord of justice, master of law and divinity with faith and love for traditions and the seniors. Homage to the ruler, father and guardian of the people, dedicated to social yajna, and himself an image of yajna.
38.10
विश्वा ऽ आशा दक्षिणसद् विश्वान् देवान् अयाड् इह ।
स्वाहाकृतस्य घर्मस्य मधोः पिबतम् अश्विना ॥
viśvā ' āśā dakṣiṇasad viśvān devān ayāḍ iha ।
svāhākṛtasya gharmasya madhoḥ pibatam aśvinā ॥
Ashvins, teachers and preachers, men and women, in this world, enjoy the honey sweets of the
Mantras 11–20
38.11
दिवि धा ऽ इमं यज्ञम् इमम् यज्ञं दिवि धाः ।
स्वाहाग्नये यज्ञियाय शं यजुर्भ्यः ॥
divi dhā ' imaṃ yajñam imam yajñaṃ divi dhāḥ ।
svāhāgnaye yajñiyāya śaṃ yajurbhyaḥ ॥
Men and women, wedded couples, pursue this yajna of home life, society and sacrificial ritual wakefully in the light of the day and raise it to the regions of the sun. Offer oblations to Agni in truth of word and deed. Perform yajna with verses of Yajurveda for the lovers of Yajurveda and let it emanate peace and fragrance all round.
38.12
अश्विना घर्मं पातꣳ हार्द्वानम् अहर् दिवाभिर् ऊतिभिः ।
तन्त्रायिणो नमो द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम् ॥
aśvinā gharmaṃ pātaṁ hārdvānam ahar divābhir ūtibhiḥ ।
tantrāyiṇo namo dyāvāpṛthivībhyām ॥
Ashvins, men and women, wedded couples, promote yajna with all kinds of protection and support day and nigh, and offer homage to the earth and heaven and to the sun, mover of the wheel of time. Yajna is so dear to the heart, so blissful to the soul.
38.13
अपाताम् अश्विना घर्मम् अनु द्यावापृथिवी ऽ अमꣳसाताम् ।
इहैव रातयः सन्तु ॥
apātām aśvinā gharmam anu dyāvāpṛthivī ' amaṁsātām ।
ihaiva rātayaḥ santu ॥
May the Ashvins, winds and sun rays, men and women, wedded couples, protect and promote the fire of yajna and yajnic living. And may the earth and heaven approve and advance the yajna so that here itself we may experience all the joys and comforts of life.
38.14
इषे पिन्वस्व ।
ऊर्जे पिन्वस्व ।
ब्रह्मणे पिन्वस्व ।
क्षत्राय पिन्वस्व ।
द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां पिन्वस्व ।
धर्मासि सुधर्म ।
अमेन्य् अस्मे नृम्णानि धारय ब्रह्म धारय क्षत्रम् धारय विषं धारय ॥
iṣe pinvasva ।
ūrje pinvasva ।
brahmaṇe pinvasva ।
kṣatrāya pinvasva ।
dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ pinvasva ।
dharmāsi sudharma ।
ameny asme nṛmṇāni dhāraya brahma dhāraya kṣatram dhāraya viṣaṃ dhāraya ॥
Man of yajnic power, grow for the growth of food. Grow for the growth of energy. Grow for the growth and expansion of divine knowledge. Grow for the strength and protection of the social system. Grow for the growth and protection of the earth and the environment. You are Dharma, the sustainer. You are Sudharma, noble ruler and sustainer. You are the man of love and non-violence. Hold and bring the wealths of life for us. Sustain and support research, education and the Brahmana. Support and strengthen organisation,
38.15
स्वाहा पूष्णे शरसे ।
स्वाहा ग्रावभ्यः ।
स्वाहा प्रतिरवेभ्यः ।
स्वाहा पितृभ्य ऽ ऊर्ध्वबर्हिर्भ्यो घर्मपावभ्यः ।
स्वाहा द्यावापृथिवीभ्याम् ।
स्वाहा विश्वेभ्यः देवेभ्यः ॥
svāhā pūṣṇe śarase ।
svāhā grāvabhyaḥ ।
svāhā pratiravebhyaḥ ।
svāhā pitṛbhya ' ūrdhvabarhirbhyo gharmapāvabhyaḥ ।
svāhā dyāvāpṛthivībhyām ।
svāhā viśvebhyaḥ devebhyaḥ ॥
Homage to gentle Pusha, sweet mother Earth, giver of nourishment and growth. Homage to the clouds and mountains. Homage to the reverberating caves and skies. Homage to the forefathers and the seniors. Homage to the higher powers of intelligence and the sustainers of pure yajna fire. Homage to heaven and earth. Homage to all divinities.
38.16
स्वाहा रुद्राय रुद्रहूतये ।
स्वाहा सं ज्योतिषा ज्योतिः ।
अहः केतुना जुषताꣳ सुज्योतिर् ज्योतिषा स्वाहा ।
रात्रिः केतुना जुषताꣳ सुज्योतिर् ज्योतिषा स्वाहा ।
मधु हुतम् इन्द्रतमे ऽ अग्नाव् अश्याम ते देव घर्म नमस् ते ऽ अस्तु मा मा हिꣳसीः ॥
svāhā rudrāya rudrahūtaye ।
svāhā saṃ jyotiṣā jyotiḥ ।
ahaḥ ketunā juṣatāṁ sujyotir jyotiṣā svāhā ।
rātriḥ ketunā juṣatāṁ sujyotir jyotiṣā svāhā ।
madhu hutam indratame ' agnāv aśyāma te deva gharma namas te ' astu mā mā hiṁsīḥ ॥
Homage to Rudra who rallies and calls up the Rudra prana energy (for the destruction of evil). The light of the world joins with the light of the universe. May the day with its lustre, beautiful light, join with the light divine. Homage to this communion. May the night with its beauty, soothing grace, join with the grace divine. Salutations to this communion. Lord of the universe, cosmic yajna, grant us a taste of the celestial honey sweets offered into the mightiest fire of cosmic yajna. Salutations to you! Mighty Rudra, lord of pranic energy, lord of justice and reckoning, pray injure us not.
38.17
अभीमं महिमा दिवं विप्रो बभूव सप्रथाः ।
उत श्रवसा पृथिवीꣳ सꣳ सीदस्व महाꣳ२ऽ असि रोचस्व देववीतमः ॥
[वि धूमम् अग्ने ऽ अरुषं मियेध्य सृज प्रशस्त दर्शतम्] ॥
abhīmaṃ mahimā divaṃ vipro babhūva saprathāḥ ।
uta śravasā pṛthivīṁ saṁ sīdasva mahāṁ2' asi rocasva devavītamaḥ ॥
[vi dhūmam agne ' aruṣaṃ miyedhya sṛja praśasta darśatam] ॥
Agni, inspired and expansive, this grandeur of yours predominates the heaven and fills this earth with fame. Great you are indeed, most pleasing and blissful to the divinities. Pray be settled in the vedi and shine. Agni, lord admirable, pray create the red flames of divine beauty (and fragrance from the vedi).
38.18
या ते घर्म दिव्या शुग् या गायत्र्याꣳ हविर्धाने ।
सा त आ प्यायतां निष्ट्यायतां तस्यै ते स्वाहा ।
या ते घर्मान्तरिक्षे शुग् या त्रिष्टुभ्य् आग्नीध्रे ।
सा त ऽ आ प्यायतां निष्ट्यायतां तस्यै ते स्वाहा ।
या ते घर्म पृथिव्याꣳ शुग् या जगत्याꣳ सदस्या ।
सा त ऽ आ प्यायतां निष्ट्यायतां तस्यै ते स्वाहा ॥
yā te gharma divyā śug yā gāyatryāṁ havirdhāne ।
sā ta ā pyāyatāṃ niṣṭyāyatāṃ tasyai te svāhā ।
yā te gharmāntarikṣe śug yā triṣṭubhy āgnīdhre ।
sā ta ' ā pyāyatāṃ niṣṭyāyatāṃ tasyai te svāhā ।
yā te gharma pṛthivyāṁ śug yā jagatyāṁ sadasyā ।
sā ta ' ā pyāyatāṃ niṣṭyāyatāṃ tasyai te svāhā ॥
Light and spirit of yajna, the light of your bright flames that is in heaven, in the Gayatri verses and in the house of yajna, may that increase and may that grow higher and stronger. For that all hail to you and homage in worship in truth of word and deed. The energy of your bright flames that is in the sky, in the Trishtubh verses and in the fire, may that increase and grow faster and stronger. For that all hail to you and exhortation. The heat of your bright flames that is on the earth, in the jagati verses, and in the house of Assembly, may that increase and grow wider and stronger. For that all hail and exhortation to you.
38.19
क्षत्रस्य त्वा परस्पाय ब्रह्मणस् तन्वं पाहि ।
विशस् त्वा धर्मणा वयम् अनु क्रामाम सुविताय नव्यसे ॥
kṣatrasya tvā paraspāya brahmaṇas tanvaṃ pāhi ।
viśas tvā dharmaṇā vayam anu krāmāma suvitāya navyase ॥
Ruler of the land, for the protection of the people and advancement of the nation, protect and promote the Brahmana body of education and research. Protect and strengthen the Kshatra body of defence and administration. And all the people and we too support and follow you as a matter of discipline and RajaDharma for the achievement of new and newer forms of wealth and well-being.
38.20
चतुःस्रक्तिर् नाभिर् ऋतस्य सप्रथाः स नो विश्वायुः सप्रथाः स नः सर्वायुः सप्रथाः ।
अप द्वेषो ऽ अप ह्वरो ऽन्यव्रतस्य सश्चिम ॥
catuḥsraktir nābhir ṛtasya saprathāḥ sa no viśvāyuḥ saprathāḥ sa naḥ sarvāyuḥ saprathāḥ ।
apa dveṣo ' apa hvaro 'nyavratasya saścima ॥
Ruler, head of the national yajna of governance and administration, well-armed you are all round in the four directions. Centre-hold of the law and the bodypolitic, you are expansive (omnipresent, as if, through the system). Universally popular, may you attain to full age to protect and promote us. Celebrated head of universal development and friend of all, may you live a full age of dignity for us. We reject hate and hostility, crooked opposition and those committed to contrary values.
Mantras 21–28
38.21
घर्मैतत् ते पुरीषं तेन वर्धस्व चा च प्यायस्व ।
वर्धिषीमहि च वयम् आ च प्यासिषीमहि ॥
gharmaitat te purīṣaṃ tena vardhasva cā ca pyāyasva ।
vardhiṣīmahi ca vayam ā ca pyāsiṣīmahi ॥
38.22
अचिक्रदद् वृषा हरिर् महान् मित्रो न दर्शतः ।
सꣳ सूर्येण दिद्युतद् उदधिर् निधिः ॥
acikradad vṛṣā harir mahān mitro na darśataḥ ।
saṁ sūryeṇa didyutad udadhir nidhiḥ ॥
Agni, brilliant light of cosmic yajna, roaring with thunder, showering with the clouds, shooting as lightning, great and glorious, universal friend, bright and beautiful, and blazing with the sun is a jewel treasure of wealth deep as the oceans of space.
38.23
सुमित्रिया न ऽ आप ऽ ओषधयः सन्तु दुर्मित्रियास् तस्मै सन्तु यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं च वयं द्विष्मः ॥
sumitriyā na ' āpa ' oṣadhayaḥ santu durmitriyās tasmai santu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥
May the herbs and waters and the pranic energies they bear be efficacious as good friends to us, and may they carry strong antidotes for those negativities that injure us and which we hate to suffer.
38.24
उद् वयं तमसस् परि स्वः पश्यन्त ऽ उत्तरम् ।
देवं देवत्रा सूर्यम् अगन्म ज्योतिर् उत्तमम् ॥
ud vayaṃ tamasas pari svaḥ paśyanta ' uttaram ।
devaṃ devatrā sūryam aganma jyotir uttamam ॥
High and higher beyond the dark, looking up to the heavens, let us rise and reach to the sun, bright and blazing, light supreme among the stars of the universe.
38.25
एधो ऽस्य् एधिषीमहि ।
समिद् असि तेजो ऽसि तेजो मयि धेहि ॥
edho 'sy edhiṣīmahi ।
samid asi tejo 'si tejo mayi dhehi ॥
Lord of the universe, you are the fire. You are the fuel. You are the furnace. You are the light and you are the radiation. Radiate that fire and splendour unto me. May we grow intense radiant by the blaze of that light and fire divine.
38.26
यावती द्यावापृथिवी यावच् च सप्त सिन्धवो वितस्थिरे ।
तावन्तम् इन्द्र ते ग्रहमूर्जा गृह्णाम्य् अक्षितं मयि गृह्णाम्य् अक्षितम् ॥
yāvatī dyāvāpṛthivī yāvac ca sapta sindhavo vitasthire ।
tāvantam indra te grahamūrjā gṛhṇāmy akṣitaṃ mayi gṛhṇāmy akṣitam ॥
Indra, lord of fire and splendour, as far as the heaven and earth abound, as far as the seven seas of
38.27
मयि त्यद् इन्द्रियं बृहन् मयि दक्षो मयि क्रतुः ।
घर्मस् त्रिशुग् वि राजति विराजा ज्योतिषा सह ब्रह्मणा तेजसा सह ॥
mayi tyad indriyaṃ bṛhan mayi dakṣo mayi kratuḥ ।
gharmas triśug vi rājati virājā jyotiṣā saha brahmaṇā tejasā saha ॥
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पयसो रेत ऽ आभृतं तस्य दोहम् अशीमह्य् उत्तराम्-उत्तराꣳ समाम् ।
त्विषः संवृक् क्रत्वे दक्षस्य ते सुषुम्णस्य ते सुषुम्णाग्निहुतः ।
इन्द्रपीतस्य प्रजापतिभक्षितस्य मधुमत ऽ उपहूत ऽ उपहूतस्य भक्षयामि ॥
payaso reta ' ābhṛtaṃ tasya doham aśīmahy uttarām-uttarāṁ samām ।
tviṣaḥ saṃvṛk kratve dakṣasya te suṣumṇasya te suṣumṇāgnihutaḥ ।
indrapītasya prajāpatibhakṣitasya madhumata ' upahūta ' upahūtasya bhakṣayāmi ॥