Sukta 43

प्र वो यज्ञेषु देवयन्तो अर्चन्द्यावा नमोभिः पृथिवी इषध्यै। येषां ब्रह्माण्यसमानि विप्रा विष्वग्वियन्ति वनिनो न शाखाः॥

pra vo yajñeṣu devayanto arcandyāvā namobhiḥ pṛthivī iṣadhyai | yeṣāṁ brahmāṇyasamāni viprā viṣvagviyanti vanino na śākhāḥ ||

SING out the pious at your sacrifices to move with adorations Earth and Heaven- The Holy Singers, whose unmatched devotions, like a tree's branches, part in all directions.

प्र यज्ञ एतु हेत्वो न सप्तिरुद्यच्छध्वं समनसो घृताचीः। स्तृणीत बर्हिरध्वराय साधूर्ध्वा शोचींषि देवयून्यस्थुः॥

pra yajña etu hetvo na saptirudyacchadhvaṁ samanaso ghṛtācīḥ | stṛṇīta barhiradhvarāya sādhūrdhvā śocīṁṣi devayūnyasthuḥ ||

Let sacrifice proceed like some fleet courser: with one accord lift ye on high the ladles. Strew sacred grass meet for the solenm service: bright flames that love the Gods have mounted upward.

आ पुत्रासो न मातरं विभृत्राः सानौ देवासो बर्हिषः सदन्तु। आ विश्वाची विदथ्यामनक्त्वग्ने मा नो देवताता मृधस्कः॥

ā putrāso na mātaraṁ vibhṛtrāḥ sānau devāso barhiṣaḥ sadantu | ā viśvācī vidathyāmanaktvagne mā no devatātā mṛdhaskaḥ ||

Like babes in arms reposing on their mother, let the Gods sit upon the grass's summit. Let general fire make bright the flame of worship: scorn us not, Agni, in the Gods' assembly.

ते सीषपन्त जोषमा यजत्रा ऋतस्य धाराः सुदुघा दुहानाः। ज्येष्ठं वो अद्य मह आ वसूनामा गन्तन समनसो यति ष्ठ॥

te sīṣapanta joṣamā yajatrā ṛtasya dhārāḥ sudughā duhānāḥ | jyeṣṭhaṁ vo adya maha ā vasūnāmā gantana samanaso yati ṣṭha ||

Gladly the Gods have let themselves be honoured, milking the copious streams of holy Order. The highest might to-day is yours, the Vasits': come ye, as many as ye are, one-minded.

एवा नो अग्ने विक्ष्वा दशस्य त्वया वयं सहसावन्नास्क्राः। राया युजा सधमादो अरिष्टा यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

evā no agne vikṣvā daśasya tvayā vayaṁ sahasāvannāskrāḥ | rāyā yujā sadhamādo ariṣṭā yūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

So, Agni, send us wealth among the people: may we be closely knit to thee, O Victor, Unharmed, and rich, and taking joy together. Preserve us evermore, ye ods, with blessings.