सूक्त १३

युजे वां ब्रह्म पूर्व्यं नमोभिर्वि श्लोक एतु पथ्येव सूरेः। शृण्वन्तु विश्वे अमृतस्य पुत्रा आ ये धामानि दिव्यानि तस्थुः॥

yuje vāṁ brahma pūrvyaṁ namobhirvi śloka etu pathyeva sūreḥ | śṛṇvantu viśve amṛtasya putrā ā ye dhāmāni divyāni tasthuḥ ||

I YOKE with prayer your ancient inspiration: may the laud rise as on the prince's pathway. All Sons of Immortality shall hear it, all the possessors of celestial natures.

यमे इव यतमाने यदैतं प्र वां भरन्मानुषा देवयन्तः। आ सीदतं स्वमु लोकं विदाने स्वासस्थे भवतमिन्दवे नः॥

yame iva yatamāne yadaitaṁ pra vāṁ bharanmānuṣā devayantaḥ | ā sīdataṁ svamu lokaṁ vidāne svāsasthe bhavatamindave naḥ ||

When speeding ye came nigh us like twin sisters, religious-hearted votaries brought you forward. Take your place, ye who know your proper station: be near, be very near unto our Soma.

पञ्च पदानि रुपो अन्वरोहं चतुष्पदीमन्वेमि व्रतेन। अक्षरेण प्रति मिम एतामृतस्य नाभावधि सं पुनामि॥

pañca padāni rupo anvarohaṁ catuṣpadīmanvemi vratena | akṣareṇa prati mima etāmṛtasya nābhāvadhi saṁ punāmi ||

Five paces have I risen from Earth. I follow her who hath four feet with devout observance. This by the Sacred Syllable have I measured: I purify in the central place of Order,

देवेभ्यः कमवृणीत मृत्युं प्रजायै कममृतं नावृणीत। बृहस्पतिं यज्ञमकृण्वत ऋषिं प्रियां यमस्तन्वं प्रारिरेचीत्॥

devebhyaḥ kamavṛṇīta mṛtyuṁ prajāyai kamamṛtaṁ nāvṛṇīta | bṛhaspatiṁ yajñamakṛṇvata ṛṣiṁ priyāṁ yamastanvaṁ prārirecīt ||

He, for God's sake, chose death to be his portion. He chose not, for men's good, a life eternal They sacrificed Brhaspati the Rsi. Yama delivered up his own dear body.

सप्त क्षरन्ति शिशवे मरुत्वते पित्रे पुत्रासो अप्यवीवतन्नृतम्। उभे इदस्योभयस्य राजत उभे यतेते उभयस्य पुष्यतः॥

sapta kṣaranti śiśave marutvate pitre putrāso apyavīvatannṛtam | ubhe idasyobhayasya rājata ubhe yatete ubhayasya puṣyataḥ ||

The Seven flow to the Youth on whom the Maruts wait: the Sons unto the Father brought the sacrifice. Both these are his, as his they are the Lords of both: both toil; belonging unto both they prosper well.