Sukta 104

सखाय आ नि षीदत पुनानाय प्र गायत। शिशुं न यज्ञैः परि भूषत श्रिये॥

sakhāya ā ni ṣīdata punānāya pra gāyata | śiśuṁ na yajñaiḥ pari bhūṣata śriye ||

SIT down, O friends, and sing aloud to him who purifies himself: Deck him for glory, like a child, with holy rites.

समी वत्सं न मातृभिः सृजता गयसाधनम्। देवाव्यं मदमभि द्विशवसम्॥

samī vatsaṁ na mātṛbhiḥ sṛjatā gayasādhanam | devāvyaṁ madamabhi dviśavasam ||

Unite him bringing household wealth, even as a calf, with mother kine, Him who hath double strength, the God, delighting juice.

पुनाता दक्षसाधनं यथा शर्धाय वीतये। यथा मित्राय वरुणाय शंतमः॥

punātā dakṣasādhanaṁ yathā śardhāya vītaye | yathā mitrāya varuṇāya śaṁtamaḥ ||

Purify him who gives us power, that he, most Blessed One, may be A banquet for the Troop, Mitra, and Varuna.

अस्मभ्यं त्वा वसुविदमभि वाणीरनूषत। गोभिष्टे वर्णमभि वासयामसि॥

asmabhyaṁ tvā vasuvidamabhi vāṇīranūṣata | gobhiṣṭe varṇamabhi vāsayāmasi ||

Voices have sung aloud to thee as finderout of wealth for us: We clothe the hue thou wearest with a robe of milk.

स नो मदानां पत इन्दो देवप्सरा असि। सखेव सख्ये गातुवित्तमो भव॥

sa no madānāṁ pata indo devapsarā asi | sakheva sakhye gātuvittamo bhava ||

Thou, Indu, art the food of Gods, O Sovran of all gladdening drinks: As Friend for friend, be thou best finder of success.

सनेमि कृध्यस्मदा रक्षसं कं चिदत्रिणम्। अपादेवं द्वयुमंहो युयोधि नः॥

sanemi kṛdhyasmadā rakṣasaṁ kaṁ cidatriṇam | apādevaṁ dvayumaṁho yuyodhi naḥ ||

Drive utterly away from us each demon, each voracious fiend, The godless and the false: keep sorrow far away.