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1. The heavenly Gandharva, who is lord of being ( bhúvana ), the only one to receive homage, to be praised ( īḍ ) amo…
1. What runs down yonder, aiding (?), off the mountain, that do I make for thee a remedy, that thou mayest be a good …
1. In order to length of life, to great joy, we, taking no harm, all the time capable ( dakṣ ), bear the jan̄giḍá , t…
1. O Indra, enjoy thou—drive on;—come, O hero—with thy two bays;—drink of the pressed [soma]—intoxicated here—loving …
1. Let the summers ( sámā ), O Agni, the seasons, increase thee, the years, the seers, what things are true; shine th…
1. Hated by mischief, god-born, the curse-effacing plant hath washed away from me all curses, as waters do filth. 2. …
1. Arisen are the (two) blessed stars called the Unfasteners ( vicṛ́t ); let them unfasten ( vi-muc ) of the kṣetriyá…
1. O thou of ten trees, release this man from the demon, from the seizure ( grā́hi ) that hath seized him in the join…
1. From kṣetriyá , from perdition, from imprecation of sisters ( jāmí- ), from hatred ( drúh ) do I release thee, fro…
1. Spoiler's spoiler ( dū́ṣi ) art thou; missile's missile ( hetí ) art thou; weapon's weapon ( mení ) art thou: atta…
1. Heaven-and-earth, the wide atmosphere, the mistress of the field, the wonderful wide-going one, and the wide wind-…
1. Giving life-time, O Agni, choosing old age; ghee-fronted, ghee-backed, O Agni—having drunk the sweet pleasant ( cā…
1. The expeller, the bold, the container, the one-toned, the voracious—all the daughters ( naptī́ ) of the wrathful o…
1. As both the heaven and the earth do not fear, are not harmed, so, my breath, fear not. 2. As both the day and the …
1. O breath-and-expiration, protect me from death: hail ( svā́hā )! 2. O heaven-and-earth, protect me by listening ( …
1. Force art thou; force mayest thou give me: hail! 2. Power art thou; power mayest thou give me: hail! 3. Strength a…
1. Adversary-destroying art thou; adversary-expulsion mayest thou give me: hail! 2. Rival-destroying art thou; rival-…
1. O Agni! with the heat that is thine, be hot against him who hates us, whom we hate. 2. O Agni! with the rage ( hár…
1. O Vāyu! with the heat that is thine etc. etc.
1. O Sūrya! with the heat that is thine etc. etc.
1. O moon! with the heat that is thine etc. etc.
1. O waters! with the heat that is yours etc. etc.
1. O çerabhaka, çerabha! back again let your familiar demons go; back again your missile, ye kimīdíns! whose ye are, …
1. Weal for us, woe ( áçam ) for Nirṛti ('perdition') hath the divine spotted-leaf made; since it is a formidable gri…
1. Hither let the cattle come that went away, whose companionship ( sahacārá ) Vāyu (the wind) enjoyed, whose form-gi…
1. May [my] foe by no means win ( ji ) the dispute; overpowering, overcoming art thou; smite the dispute of [my] coun…
1. For just thee, O old age, let this one grow; let not the other deaths, that are a hundred, harm him; as a forethou…
1. In the sap of what is earthly, O gods, in the strength of Bhaga's self ( tanū́ )—length of life to this man may Ag…
1. As the wind here shakes the grass off the earth, so do I shake thy mind, that thou mayest be one loving me, that t…
1. The great mill-stone that is Indra's, bruiser ( tárhaṇa ) of every worm—with that I mash ( piṣ ) together the worm…
1. Let the sun ( ādityá ), rising, smite the worms; setting, let him smite [them] with his rays—the worms that are wi…
1. Forth from thy (two) eyes, (two) nostrils, (two) ears, chin, brain, tongue, I eject ( vi-vṛh ) for thee the yákṣma…
1. The lord of cattle, who rules over ( īç ) the cattle, the four-footed, and who also over the two-footed—let him, b…
1. They who, partaking [of soma] ( bhakṣ ), did not prosper ( ṛdh ) in good things, whom the fires of the sacrificial…
1. Unto our favor, O Agni, may a wooer come, to this girl, along with our fortune ( bhága ). Enjoyable ( juṣṭá ) [is …