Sukta 42

प्र ब्रह्माणो अङ्गिरसो नक्षन्त प्र क्रन्दनुर्नभन्यस्य वेतु। प्र धेनव उदप्रुतो नवन्त युज्यातामद्री अध्वरस्य पेशः॥

pra brahmāṇo aṅgiraso nakṣanta pra krandanurnabhanyasya vetu | pra dhenava udapruto navanta yujyātāmadrī adhvarasya peśaḥ ||

LET Brahmans and Angirases come forward, and let the roar of cloudy heaven surround us. Loud low the Milch-kine swimming in the waters: set be the stones that grace our holy service.

सुगस्ते अग्ने सनवित्तो अध्वा युक्ष्वा सुते हरितो रोहितश्च। ये वा सद्मन्नरुषा वीरवाहो हुवे देवानां जनिमानि सत्तः॥

sugaste agne sanavitto adhvā yukṣvā sute harito rohitaśca | ye vā sadmannaruṣā vīravāho huve devānāṁ janimāni sattaḥ ||

Fair, Agni, is thy long-known path to travel: yoke for the juice tfiy bay, thy ruddy horses, Or red steeds, Hero-bearing, for the chamber. Seated, I call the Deities' generations.

समु वो यज्ञं महयन्नमोभिः प्र होता मन्द्रो रिरिच उपाके। यजस्व सु पुर्वणीक देवाना यज्ञियामरमतिं ववृत्याः॥

samu vo yajñaṁ mahayannamobhiḥ pra hotā mandro ririca upāke | yajasva su purvaṇīka devānā yajñiyāmaramatiṁ vavṛtyāḥ ||

They glorify your sacrifice with worship, yet the glad Priest near them is left unequalled. Bring the Gods hither, thou of many aspects: turn hitherward Aramati the Holy.

यदा वीरस्य रेवतो दुरोणे स्योनशीरतिथिराचिकेतत्। सुप्रीतो अग्निः सुधितो दम आ स विशे दाति वार्यमियत्यै॥

yadā vīrasya revato duroṇe syonaśīratithirāciketat | suprīto agniḥ sudhito dama ā sa viśe dāti vāryamiyatyai ||

What time the Guest hath made himself apparent, at ease reclining in the rich man's dwelling, Agni, well-pleased, well-placed within the chamber gives to a house like this wealth worth the choosing.

इमं नो अग्ने अध्वरं जुषस्व मरुत्स्विन्द्रे यशसं कृधी नः। आ नक्ता बर्हिः सदतामुषासोशन्ता मित्रावरुणा यजेह॥

imaṁ no agne adhvaraṁ juṣasva marutsvindre yaśasaṁ kṛdhī naḥ | ā naktā barhiḥ sadatāmuṣāsośantā mitrāvaruṇā yajeha ||

Accept this sacrifice of ours, O Agni; glorify it with Indra and the Maruts. Here on our grass let Night and Dawn be seated: bring longing Varuna and Mitra hither.

एवाग्निं सहस्यं वसिष्ठो रायस्कामो विश्वप्स्न्यस्य स्तौत्। इषं रयिं पप्रथद्वाजमस्मे यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

evāgniṁ sahasyaṁ vasiṣṭho rāyaskāmo viśvapsnyasya staut | iṣaṁ rayiṁ paprathadvājamasme yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

Thus hath Vasistha praised victorious Agni, yearning for wealth that giveth all subsistence. May he bestow on us food, strength, and riches. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.