Sukta 9

आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस्ता न ऊर्जे दधातन। महे रणाय चक्षसे॥

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvastā na ūrje dadhātana | mahe raṇāya cakṣase ||

YE, Waters, are beneficent: so help ye us to energy That we may look on great delight.

यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः। उशतीरिव मातरः॥

yo vaḥ śivatamo rasastasya bhājayateha naḥ | uśatīriva mātaraḥ ||

Give us a portion of the sap, the most auspicious that ye have, Like mothers in their longing love.

तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ। आपो जनयथा च नः॥

tasmā araṁ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha | āpo janayathā ca naḥ ||

To you we gladly come for him to whose abode ye send us on; And, Waters, give us procreant strength.

शं नो देवीरभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये। शं योरभि स्रवन्तु नः॥

śaṁ no devīrabhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye | śaṁ yorabhi sravantu naḥ ||

The Waters. be to us for drink, Goddesses for our aid and bliss: Let them stream to us health and strength.

ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश्चर्षणीनाम्। अपो याचामि भेषजम्॥

īśānā vāryāṇāṁ kṣayantīścarṣaṇīnām | apo yācāmi bheṣajam ||

1 beg the Floods to give us balm, these Queens who rule o'er precious things, And have supreme control of men.

अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीदन्तर्विश्वानि भेषजा। अग्निं च विश्वशम्भुवम्॥

apsu me somo abravīdantarviśvāni bheṣajā | agniṁ ca viśvaśambhuvam ||

Within the Waters-Soma thus hath told me-dwell all balms that heal, And Agni, he who blesseth all.

आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम। ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे॥

āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṁ varūthaṁ tanve mama | jyokca sūryaṁ dṛśe ||

O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm, So that I long may see the Sun.

इदमापः प्र वहत यत्किं च दुरितं मयि। यद्वाहमभिदुद्रोह यद्वा शेप उतानृतम्॥

idamāpaḥ pra vahata yatkiṁ ca duritaṁ mayi | yadvāhamabhidudroha yadvā śepa utānṛtam ||

Whatever sin is found in me, whatever evil I have wrought, If I have lied or falsely sworn, Waters, remove it far from me.

आपो अद्यान्वचारिषं रसेन समगस्महि। पयस्वानग्न आ गहि तं मा सं सृज वर्चसा॥

āpo adyānvacāriṣaṁ rasena samagasmahi | payasvānagna ā gahi taṁ mā saṁ sṛja varcasā ||

The Waters I this day have sought, and to their moisture have we come: O Agni, rich in milk, come thou, and with thy splendour cover me.