1 CHEIF Priest is Agni at the laud, as stones and grass at sacrifice: With song I seek the Maruts, Brahmaṇaspati, Gods for help much to be desired.
ā́ paśúṃ gāsi pr̥thivī́ṃ vánaspátīn uṣā́sā náktam óṣadhīḥ | víśve ca no vasavo viśvavedaso dhīnā́m bhūta prāvitā́raḥ ||
2 I sing to cattle and to Earth, to trees, to Dawns, to Night, to plants. O all ye Vasus, ye possessors of all wealth, be ye the furtherers of our thoughts.
4 Lords of all wealth, may they be strengtheners of man, destroyers of his enemies. Lords of all wealth, do ye, with guards which none may harm, preserve our dwelling free from foes.
6 Send us delightful things, ye Maruts, on your steeds: come ye, O Mitra, to our gifts. Let Indra, Varuṇa, and the Ādityas sit, swift Heroes, on our sacred grass.
7 We who have trimmed the grass for you, and set the banquet in array, And pressed the Soma, call you, Varuina, like men, with sacrificial fires aflame.
8 O Maruts, Visinu, Aśvins, Pūṣan, haste away with minds turned hitherward to Me. Let the Strong Indra, famed as Vṛtra's slayer, come first with the winners of the spoil.
ví no devāso adruho áchidraṃ śárma yachata | ná yád dūrā́d vasavo nū́ cid ántito várūtham ādadhárṣati ||
9 Ye Guileless Gods, bestow on us a refuge strong on every side, A sure protection, Vasus, unassailable from near at hand or from afar.
10 Kinship have I with you, and close alliance O ye Gods, destroyers of our foes. Call us to our prosperity of former days, and soon to new klicity.
idā́ hí va úpastutim idā́ vāmásya bhaktáye | úpa vo viśvavedaso namasyúr ā́m̐ ásr̥kṣi ániyām iva ||
11 For now have I sent forth to you, that I may win a fair reward, Lords of all wealth, with homage, this my song of praise. like a milch-cow that faileth not.
úd u ṣyá vaḥ savitā́ supraṇītayo ásthād ūrdhvó váreṇiyaḥ | ní dvipā́daś · cátuṣpādo arthíno áviśran patayiṣṇávaḥ ||
12 Excellent Savitar hath mounted up on high for you, ye sure and careful Guides. Bipeds and quadrupeds, with several hopes and aims, and birds have settled to their tasks.
13 Singing their praise with God-like thought let us invoke each God for grace, Each God to bring you help, each God to strengthen you.
devā́so hí ṣmā mánave sámanyavo víśve sākáṃ sárātayaḥ | té no adyá té aparáṃ tucé tú no bhávantu varivovídaḥ ||
14 For of one spirit are the Gods with mortal man, co-sharers all of gracious gifts. May they increase our strength hereafter and to-day, providing case and ample room.
prá vaḥ śaṃsāmi adruhaḥ saṃsthá úpastutīnãm | ná táṃ dhūrtír varuṇa mitra mártiyaṃ yó vo dhā́mabhyo ávidhat ||
15 I laud you, O ye Guileless Gods, here where we meet to render praise. None, Varuṇa and Mitra, harins the mortal, man who honours and obeys your laws.
16 He makes his house endure, he gathers plenteous food who pays obedience to your will. Born in his sons anew he spreads as Law commands, and prospers every way unharmed.
18 E’en on the plain for him ye make a sloping path, an easy way where road is none: And far away from him the ineffectual shaft must vanish, shot at him in vain.
20 Or, Asuras, when ye have sheltered the worshipper who goes to sacrifice, at evemay we, O Vasus, ye possessors of all wealth, come then into the midst of You.
22 Then we, imperial Rulers, claim of you this boon, your wide protection, as a son. May we, Ādityas, offering holy gifts, obtain that which shall bring us greater bliss.
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Maṇḍala I