máhi vo mahatā́m ávo váruṇa mítra dāśúṣe | yám ādityā abhí druhó rákṣathā ném agháṃ naśad aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
1 GREAT help ye give the worshipper, Varuṇa, Mitra, Mighty Ones! No sorrow ever reaches him whom ye, Ādityas, keep from harm. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford.
vidā́ devā aghā́nãm ā́dityāso apā́kr̥tim | pakṣā́ váyo yáthopári ví asmé śárma yachata aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
2 O Gods, Ādityas, well ye know the way to keep all woes afar. As the birds spread their sheltering wings, spread your protection over us.
ví asmé ádhi śárma tát pakṣā́ váyo ná yantana | víśvāni viśvavedaso varūthíyā manāmahe aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
3 As the birds spread their sheltering wings let your protection cover us. We mean all shelter and defence, ye who have all things for your own.
yásmā árāsata kṣáyaṃ jīvā́tuṃ ca prácetasaḥ | mánor víśvasya ghéd imá ādityā́ rāyá īśate aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
4 To whomsoever they, Most Wise, have given a home and means of life, O'er the whole riches of this man they, the Ādityas, have control.
pári ṇo vr̥ṇajann aghā́ durgā́ṇi rathíyo yathā | syā́méd índrasya śármaṇi ādityā́nām utā́vasi aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
5 As drivers of the car avoid ill roads, let sorrows pass us by. May we be under Indra's guard, in the Ādityas’ favouring grace.
parihvr̥téd anā́ jáno yuṣmā́dattasya vāyati | dévā ádabhram āśa vo yám ādityā áhetana aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
6 For verily men sink and faint through loss of wealth which ye have given. Much hath he gained from you, O Gods, whom ye, Ādityas, have approached.
ná táṃ tigmáṃ caná tyájo ná drāsad abhí táṃ gurú | yásmā u śárma saprátha ā́dityāso árādhuvam aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
7 On him shall no fierce anger fall, no sore distress shall visit him, To whom, Ādityas, ye have lent your shelter that extendeth far.
yuṣmé devā ápi ṣmasi yúdhyanta iva vármasu | yūyám mahó na énaso yūyám árbhād uruṣyata aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
8 Resting in you, O Gods, we are like men who fight in coats of mail. Ye guard us from each great offence, ye guard us from each lighter fault.
áditir na uruṣyatu áditiḥ śárma yachatu | mātā́ mitrásya reváto aryamṇó váruṇasya ca aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
9 May Aditi defend us, may Aditi guard and shelter us, Mother of wealthy Mitra and of Aryaman and Varuṇa.
17 As we collect the utmost debt, even the eighth and sixteenth part, So unto Āptya we transfer together all the evil dream.
ájaiṣmādyā́sanāma ca ábhūmā́nāgaso vayám | úṣo yásmād duṣvápniyād ábhaiṣmā́pa tád uchatu aneháso va ūtáyaḥ suūtáyo va ūtáyaḥ ||
18 Now have we conquered and obtained, and from our trespasses are free. Shine thou away the evil dream, O Dawn, whereof we are afraid. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford.
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Maṇḍala I