Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·11·11.1
अग्ने जायस्वादितिर् नाथितेयं ब्रह्मौदनं पचति पुत्रकामा । सप्तऋषयो भूतकृतस् ते त्वा मन्थन्तु प्रजया सहेह ॥१॥
agne jāyasvāditir nāthiteyaṃ brahmaudanaṃ pacati putrakāmā | saptaṛṣayo bhūtakṛtas te tvā manthantu prajayā saheha ||1||
O Agni, be thou born; Aditi here, suppliant, cooks a brahmán -rice-dish, desiring sons; the seven seers, being-makers—let them churn thee here together with progeny.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
कृणुत धूमं वृषणः सखायो ऽद्रोघाविता वाचम् अछ । अयम् अग्निः पृतनाषाट् सुवीरो येन देवा असहन्त दस्यून् ॥२॥
kṛṇuta dhūmaṃ vṛṣaṇaḥ sakhāyo 'droghāvitā vācam acha | ayam agniḥ pṛtanāṣāṭ suvīro yena devā asahanta dasyūn ||2||
Make ye smoke, O ye bulls, companions, ye that are aided by the unhateful (?), unto speech; this Agni [is] fight-overpowering, having good heroes, by whom the gods overpowered the barbarians.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्ने ऽजनिष्ठा महते वीर्याय ब्रह्मौदनाय पक्तवे जातवेदः । सप्तऋषयो भूतकृतस् ते त्वाजीजनन्न् अस्यै रयिं सर्ववीरं नि यछ ॥३॥
agne 'janiṣṭhā mahate vīryāya brahmaudanāya paktave jātavedaḥ | saptaṛṣayo bhūtakṛtas te tvājījanann asyai rayiṃ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha ||3||
O Agni, thou hast been born unto great heroism, unto the cooking of the brahmán -rice-dish, O Jātavedas; the seven seers, being-makers—they have given thee birth; do thou confirm to this woman wealth with all heroes.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
समिद्धो अग्ने समिधा सम् इध्यस्व विद्वान् देवान् यज्ञियां एह वक्षः । तेभ्यो हविः श्रपयं जातवेद उत्तमं नाकम् अधि रोहयेमम् ॥४॥
samiddho agne samidhā sam idhyasva vidvān devān yajñiyāṃ eha vakṣaḥ | tebhyo haviḥ śrapayaṃ jātaveda uttamaṃ nākam adhi rohayemam ||4||
Kindled, O Agni, be thou kindled with kindling (samídh); mayest thou bring hither, knowing, the worshipful gods; for them cooking (çrā) the oblation, O Jātavedas, make thou this man to ascend to the highest firmament (nā́ka).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रेधा भागो निहितो यः पुरा वो देवानां पितॄणां मर्त्यानाम् । अंशां जानीध्वं वि भजामि तान् वो यो देवानां स इमां पारयाति ॥५॥
tredhā bhāgo nihito yaḥ purā vo devānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ martyānām | aṃśāṃ jānīdhvaṃ vi bhajāmi tān vo yo devānāṃ sa imāṃ pārayāti ||5||
Threefold is set down the share that is yours of old—of gods, of Fathers, of mortals; know ye the portions (áṅça); I share them out to you; that one that is the gods' shall set this woman across.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्ने सहस्वान् अभिभूर् अभीद् असि नीचो न्य् उब्ज द्विषतः सपत्नान् । इयं मात्रा मीयमाना मिता च सजातांस् ते बलिहृतः कृणोतु ॥६॥
agne sahasvān abhibhūr abhīd asi nīco ny ubja dviṣataḥ sapatnān | iyaṃ mātrā mīyamānā mitā ca sajātāṃs te balihṛtaḥ kṛṇotu ||6||
O Agni, powerful, overcoming, thou overcomest; put down (ni-ubj) [our] hating rivals; let this measure (mā́trā), being measured, and measured, make [thy] fellows tribute-bringers to thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
साकं सजातैः पयसा सहैध्य् उद् उब्जैनां महते वीर्याय । ऊर्ध्वो नाकस्याधि रोह विष्टपं स्वर्गो लोक इति यं वदन्ति ॥७॥
sākaṃ sajātaiḥ payasā sahaidhy ud ubjaināṃ mahate vīryāya | ūrdhvo nākasyādhi roha viṣṭapaṃ svargo loka iti yaṃ vadanti ||7||
In company with thy fellows, be thou united with milk; urge her up unto great heroism; ascend aloft to the summit (viṣṭáp) of the firmament (nā́ka), which they call by the name heavenly world.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इयं मही प्रति गृह्णातु चर्म पृथिवी देवी सुमनस्यमाना । अथ गछेम सुकृतस्य लोकम् ॥८॥
iyaṃ mahī prati gṛhṇātu carma pṛthivī devī sumanasyamānā | atha gachema sukṛtasya lokam ||8||
Let this great one (mahī́) accept the hide, the divine earth, with favoring mind; then may we go to the world of the well-done.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एतौ ग्रावाणौ सयुजा युङ्धि चर्मणि निर्बिन्ध्य् अंशून् यजमानाय साधु । अवघ्नती नि जहि य इमां पृतन्यव ऊर्ध्वं प्रजाम् उद्भरन्त्य् उद् ऊह ॥९॥
etau grāvāṇau sayujā yuṅdhi carmaṇi nirbindhy aṃśūn yajamānāya sādhu | avaghnatī ni jahi ya imāṃ pṛtanyava ūrdhvaṃ prajām udbharanty ud ūha ||9||
Join thou on the hide these two allied stones; split apart the shoots (aṅçú) successfully for the sacrificer; smiting down, smite them that would fight her; bearing up thy progeny aloft, lift up.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
गृहाण ग्रावाणौ सकृतौ वीर हस्त आ ते देवा यज्ञिया यज्ञम् अगुः । त्रयो वरा यतमांस् त्वं वृणीषे तास् ते समृद्धीर् इह राधयामि ॥१०॥ १
gṛhāṇa grāvāṇau sakṛtau vīra hasta ā te devā yajñiyā yajñam aguḥ | trayo varā yatamāṃs tvaṃ vṛṇīṣe tās te samṛddhīr iha rādhayāmi ||10|| 1
Seize in thy hand, O hero, the two joint-acting (sakṛ́t) stones; the worshipful gods have come to thy sacrifice; three boons, whichsoever thou choosest—those successes do I here make successful for thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इयं ते धीतिर् इदम् उ ते जनित्रं गृह्णातु त्वाम् अदितिः शूरपुत्रा । परा पुनीहि य इमां पृतन्यवो ऽस्यै रयिं सर्ववीरं नि यछ ॥११॥
iyaṃ te dhītir idam u te janitraṃ gṛhṇātu tvām aditiḥ śūraputrā | parā punīhi ya imāṃ pṛtanyavo 'syai rayiṃ sarvavīraṃ ni yacha ||11||
This [is] thy thought (? dhītí) and this thy place of birth; let Aditi, of hero-sons, seize thee; cleanse away them that would fight her; confirm to her wealth with all heroes.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उपश्वसे द्रुवये सीदता यूयं वि विच्यध्वं यज्ञियासस् तुषैः । श्रिया समानान् अति सर्वान्त् स्यामाधस्पदं द्विषतस् पादयामि ॥१२॥
upaśvase druvaye sīdatā yūyaṃ vi vicyadhvaṃ yajñiyāsas tuṣaiḥ | śriyā samānān ati sarvānt syāmādhaspadaṃ dviṣatas pādayāmi ||12||
Sit ye in the wooden blower (? upaçvasá); be ye winnowed, worshipful ones, from the husks. By fortune (çrī́) may we surpass all [our] equals; I make [our] haters to fall under foot.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परेहि नारि पुनर् एहि क्षिप्रम् अपां त्वा गोष्ठो अध्य् अरुक्षद् भराय । तासां गृह्णीताद् यतमा यज्ञिया असन् विभाज्य धीरीतरा जहीतात् ॥१३॥
parehi nāri punar ehi kṣipram apāṃ tvā goṣṭho adhy arukṣad bharāya | tāsāṃ gṛhṇītād yatamā yajñiyā asan vibhājya dhīrītarā jahītāt ||13||
Go away, woman; come back quickly; the stall (goṣṭhá) of the waters hath ascended thee for bearing; seize then of them ⌊f.⌋ whichever shall be worshipful; having shared [them] out wisely, then leave the others.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एमा अगुर् योषितः शुम्भमाना उत् तिष्ठ नारि तवसं रभस्व । सुपत्नी पत्या प्रजया प्रजावत्य् आ त्वागन् यज्ञः प्रति कुम्भं गृभाय ॥१४॥
emā agur yoṣitaḥ śumbhamānā ut tiṣṭha nāri tavasaṃ rabhasva | supatnī patyā prajayā prajāvaty ā tvāgan yajñaḥ prati kumbhaṃ gṛbhāya ||14||
These maidens (yoṣít) have come, adorning themselves; stand up, woman, take hold of the mighty one; well-spoused with husband, progeny-possessing with progeny; to thee hath come the sacrifice; receive thou the vessel (kumbhá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ऊर्जो भागो निहितो यः पुरा व ऋषिप्रशिष्टाप आ भरैताः । अयं यज्ञो गातुविन् नाथवित् प्रजाविद् उग्रः पशुविद् वीरविद् वो अस्तु ॥१५॥
ūrjo bhāgo nihito yaḥ purā va ṛṣipraśiṣṭāpa ā bharaitāḥ | ayaṃ yajño gātuvin nāthavit prajāvid ugraḥ paśuvid vīravid vo astu ||15||
The portion of refreshment (ū́rj) [is] set down which [is] yours of old; do thou, instructed by the seer, bring these waters; let this sacrifice be for you progress-gaining (gātu-víd), refuge-gaining, progeny-gaining, formidable, cattle-gaining, hero-gaining.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्ने चरुर् यज्ञियस् त्वाध्य् अरुक्षच् छुचिस् तपिष्ठस् तपसा तपैनम् । आर्षेया दैवा अभिसंगत्य भागम् इमं तपिष्ठा ऋतुभिस् तपन्तु ॥१६॥
agne carur yajñiyas tvādhy arukṣac chucis tapiṣṭhas tapasā tapainam | ārṣeyā daivā abhisaṃgatya bhāgam imaṃ tapiṣṭhā ṛtubhis tapantu ||16||
O Agni, the worshipful pot hath ascended thee; bright (çúci), very hot, do thou heat it with heat; let those of the seers, those of the gods, gathering unto their share, very hot, heat this with the seasons.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शुद्धाः पूता योषितो यज्ञिया इमा आपश् चरुम् अव सर्पन्तु शुभ्राः । अदुः प्रजां बहुलां पशून् नः पक्तौदनस्य सुकृताम् एतु लोकम् ॥१७॥
śuddhāḥ pūtā yoṣito yajñiyā imā āpaś carum ava sarpantu śubhrāḥ | aduḥ prajāṃ bahulāṃ paśūn naḥ paktaudanasya sukṛtām etu lokam ||17||
Let these cleansed, purified, worshipful maidens, the waters, beauteous ones, creep down to the pot; they have given us abundant progeny, cattle; let the cooker of the rice-dish go to the world of the well-doers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ब्रह्मणा शुद्धा उत पूता घृतेन सोमस्यांशवस् तण्डुला यज्ञिया इमे । अपः प्र विशत प्रति गृह्णातु वश् चरुर् इमं पक्त्वा सुकृताम् एत लोकम् ॥१८॥
brahmaṇā śuddhā uta pūtā ghṛtena somasyāṃśavas taṇḍulā yajñiyā ime | apaḥ pra viśata prati gṛhṇātu vaś carur imaṃ paktvā sukṛtām eta lokam ||18||
Cleansed with prayer (bráhman) and purified with ghee, shoots of Soma [are] these worshipful rice-grains; enter ye the waters; let the pot receive you; having cooked this, go ye to the world of the well-doers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उरुः प्रथस्व महता महिम्ना सहस्रपृष्ठः सुकृतस्य लोके । पितामहाः पितरः प्रजोपजाहं पक्ता पञ्चदशस् ते अस्मि ॥१९॥
uruḥ prathasva mahatā mahimnā sahasrapṛṣṭhaḥ sukṛtasya loke | pitāmahāḥ pitaraḥ prajopajāhaṃ paktā pañcadaśas te asmi ||19||
Spread thyself broad, with great greatness, thousand-backed, in the world of the well-done: grandfathers, fathers, progeny, descendants (upajā́): I am thy fifteen-fold cooker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सहस्रपृष्ठः शतधारो अक्षितो ब्रह्मौदनो देवयानः स्वर्गः । अमूंस् त आ दधामि प्रजया रेषयैनान् बलिहाराय मृडतान् मह्यम् एव ॥२०॥ २
sahasrapṛṣṭhaḥ śatadhāro akṣito brahmaudano devayānaḥ svargaḥ | amūṃs ta ā dadhāmi prajayā reṣayainān balihārāya mṛḍatān mahyam eva ||20|| 2
Thousand-backed, hundred-streamed, unexhausted, [is] the brahmán -rice-dish, god-traveled, heaven-going; them yonder I assign to thee; lessen (?) thou them with progeny; be gracious then to me [as] bringer of tribute.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उदेहि वेदिं प्रजया वर्धयैनां नुदस्व रक्षः प्रतरं धेह्य् एनाम् । श्रिया समानान् अति सर्वान्त् स्यामाधस्पदं द्विषतस् पादयामि ॥२१॥
udehi vediṃ prajayā vardhayaināṃ nudasva rakṣaḥ prataraṃ dhehy enām | śriyā samānān ati sarvānt syāmādhaspadaṃ dviṣatas pādayāmi ||21||
Go thou up to the sacrificial hearth; increase her with progeny; push [away] the demon; set her further forward; by fortune may we surpass all [our] equals; I make [our] haters to fall under foot.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभ्यावर्तस्व पशुभिः सहैनां प्रत्यङ्ङ् एनां देवताभिः सहैधि । मा त्वा प्रापच् छपथो माभिचारः स्वे क्षेत्रे अनमीवा वि राज ॥२२॥
abhyāvartasva paśubhiḥ sahaināṃ pratyaṅṅ enāṃ devatābhiḥ sahaidhi | mā tvā prāpac chapatho mābhicāraḥ sve kṣetre anamīvā vi rāja ||22||
Turn thou toward her together with cattle; be opposite to her together with the divinities; let not curse attain thee, nor witchcraft (abhicārá); bear rule (vi-rāj) in thine own field (kṣétra), free from disease.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ऋतेन तष्टा मनसा हितैषा ब्रह्मौदनस्य विहिता वेदिर् अग्रे । अंसध्रीं शुद्धाम् उप धेहि नारि तत्रौदनं सादय दैवानाम् ॥२३॥
ṛtena taṣṭā manasā hitaiṣā brahmaudanasya vihitā vedir agre | aṃsadhrīṃ śuddhām upa dhehi nāri tatraudanaṃ sādaya daivānām ||23||
Fashioned by righteousness (ṛtá), set by mind, this was ordained in the beginning the sacrificial hearth of the brahmán -rice-dish; apply, O woman, the cleansed shoulder-bearer (?); on that set the rice-dish of them of the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अदितेर् हस्तां स्रुचम् एतां द्वितीयां सप्तऋषयो भूतकृतो याम् अकृण्वन् । सा गात्राणि विदुष्य् ओदनस्य दर्विर् वेद्याम् अध्य् एनं चिनोतु ॥२४॥
aditer hastāṃ srucam etāṃ dvitīyāṃ saptaṛṣayo bhūtakṛto yām akṛṇvan | sā gātrāṇi viduṣy odanasya darvir vedyām adhy enaṃ cinotu ||24||
Aditi's hand, this second ladle (srúc), which the seven seers, being-makers, made—let that spoon, knowing the members of the rice-dish, collect it upon the sacrificial hearth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शृतं त्वा हव्यम् उप सीदन्तु दैवा निःसृप्याग्नेः पुनर् एनान् प्र सीद । सोमेन पूतो जठरे सीद ब्रह्मणाम् आर्षेयास् ते मा रिषन् प्राशितारः ॥२५॥
śṛtaṃ tvā havyam upa sīdantu daivā niḥsṛpyāgneḥ punar enān pra sīda | somena pūto jaṭhare sīda brahmaṇām ārṣeyās te mā riṣan prāśitāraḥ ||25||
Let them of the gods sit by thee, a cooked (çṛtá) oblation; having crept out of the fire, sit thou forward again to them; purified by soma, sit thou in the belly of the worshipers (brahmán); let not them of the seers, partakers (prāçitṛ́) of thee, suffer harm.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सोम राजन्त् संज्ञानम् आ वपैभ्यः सुब्राह्मणा यतमे त्वोपसीदान् । ऋषीन् आर्षेयांस् तपसो ऽधि जातान् ब्रह्मौदने सुहवा जोहवीमि ॥२६॥
soma rājant saṃjñānam ā vapaibhyaḥ subrāhmaṇā yatame tvopasīdān | ṛṣīn ārṣeyāṃs tapaso 'dhi jātān brahmaudane suhavā johavīmi ||26||
O king Soma, strew harmony for them, for whatsoever good Brahmans shall sit by thee; with good call, I call loudly to the brahmán -rice-dish the seers, them of the seers, born from penance (tápas).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शुद्धाः पूता योषितो यज्ञिया इमा ब्रह्मणां हस्तेषु प्रपृथक् सादयामि । यत्काम इदम् अभिषिञ्चामि वो ऽहम् इन्द्रो मरुत्वान्त् स ददाद् इदं मे ॥२७॥
śuddhāḥ pūtā yoṣito yajñiyā imā brahmaṇāṃ hasteṣu prapṛthak sādayāmi | yatkāma idam abhiṣiñcāmi vo 'ham indro marutvānt sa dadād idaṃ me ||27||
These cleansed purified worshipful maidens I seat in separate succession in the hands of the priests (brahmán); with what desire I now pour you on, may Indra here with the Maruts grant me that.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इदं मे ज्योतिर् अमृतं हिरण्यं पक्वं क्षेत्रात् कामदुघा म एषा । इदं धनं नि दधे ब्राह्मणेषु कृण्वे पन्थां पितृषु यः स्वर्गः ॥२८॥
idaṃ me jyotir amṛtaṃ hiraṇyaṃ pakvaṃ kṣetrāt kāmadughā ma eṣā | idaṃ dhanaṃ ni dadhe brāhmaṇeṣu kṛṇve panthāṃ pitṛṣu yaḥ svargaḥ ||28||
This my light (jyótis), immortal gold, cooked (pakvá) from the field, this my desire-milker; this riches I deposit in the Brahmans; I make a road to the Fathers that is heaven-going.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्नौ तुषान् आ वप जातवेदसि परः कम्बूकां अप मृड्ढि दूरम् । एतं शुश्रुम गृहराजस्य भागम् अथो विद्म निरृतेर् भागधेयम् ॥२९॥
agnau tuṣān ā vapa jātavedasi paraḥ kambūkāṃ apa mṛḍḍhi dūram | etaṃ śuśruma gṛharājasya bhāgam atho vidma nirṛter bhāgadheyam ||29||
Strew thou the husks in the fire, in Jātavedas; wipe off far away the chaff (? kambū́kān); this we have heard to be the share of the house-king; also we know the portion (bhāgadhéya) of Perdition (nírṛti).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
श्राम्यतः पचतो विद्धि सुन्वतः पन्थां स्वर्गम् अधि रोहयैनम् । येन रोहात् परम् आपद्य यद् वय उत्तमं नाकं परमं व्योम ॥३०॥ ३
śrāmyataḥ pacato viddhi sunvataḥ panthāṃ svargam adhi rohayainam | yena rohāt param āpadya yad vaya uttamaṃ nākaṃ paramaṃ vyoma ||30|| 3
Know thou the toiling, cooking, soma-pressing one; make him to ascend the heaven-going road, by which he may ascend, arriving at the vigor that is beyond, to the highest firmament, to the furthest vault (vyòmati).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
बभ्रेर् अध्वर्यो मुखम् एतद् वि मृड्ढ्य् आज्याय लोकं कृणुहि प्रविद्वान् । घृतेन गात्रानु सर्वा वि मृड्ढि कृण्वे पन्थां पितृषु यः स्वर्गः ॥३१॥
babhrer adhvaryo mukham etad vi mṛḍḍhy ājyāya lokaṃ kṛṇuhi pravidvān | ghṛtena gātrānu sarvā vi mṛḍḍhi kṛṇve panthāṃ pitṛṣu yaḥ svargaḥ ||31||
Wipe off, O serving priest (adhvaryú), this face of the bearing one (? babhrí); make thou, understanding it, room for the sacrificial butter; wipe off with ghee along all [its] members; I make a road to the Fathers that is heaven-going.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
बभ्रे रक्षः समदम् आ वपैभ्यो ऽब्राह्मणा यतमे त्वोपसीदान् । पुरीषिणः प्रथमानाः पुरस्ताद् आर्षेयास् ते मा रिषन् प्राशितारः ॥३२॥
babhre rakṣaḥ samadam ā vapaibhyo 'brāhmaṇā yatame tvopasīdān | purīṣiṇaḥ prathamānāḥ purastād ārṣeyās te mā riṣan prāśitāraḥ ||32||
O bearing one, [as] a demon, strew discord for them, for whatsoever non-Brahmans shall sit by thee; rich in ground (? purīṣín), spreading themselves forward, let not them of the seers, partakers of thee, suffer harm.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आर्षेयेषु नि दध ओदन त्वा नानार्षेयाणाम् अप्य् अस्त्य् अत्र । अग्निर् मे गोप्ता मरुतश् च सर्वे विश्वे देवा अभि रक्षन्तु पक्वम् ॥३३॥
ārṣeyeṣu ni dadha odana tvā nānārṣeyāṇām apy asty atra | agnir me goptā marutaś ca sarve viśve devā abhi rakṣantu pakvam ||33||
I set thee down, O rice-dish, among them of the seers; for them that are not of the seers there is no portion here; let Agni my guardian, and all the Maruts, let all the gods defend the cooked [offering].
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यज्ञं दुहानं सदम् इत् प्रपीनं पुमांसं धेनुं सदनं रयीणाम् । प्रजामृतत्वम् उत दीर्घम् आयू रायश् च पोषैर् उप त्वा सदेम ॥३४॥
yajñaṃ duhānaṃ sadam it prapīnaṃ pumāṃsaṃ dhenuṃ sadanaṃ rayīṇām | prajāmṛtatvam uta dīrgham āyū rāyaś ca poṣair upa tvā sadema ||34||
The offering, yielding milk (duh), constantly full (prápīna), a male (púmāṅs) milch-cow, seat of wealth, immortality through offspring, and a long life-time—and may we sit by thee with abundance (pl.) of wealth.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वृषभो ऽसि स्वर्ग ऋषीन् आर्षेयान् गछ । सुकृतां लोके सीद तत्र नौ संस्कृतम् ॥३५॥
vṛṣabho 'si svarga ṛṣīn ārṣeyān gacha | sukṛtāṃ loke sīda tatra nau saṃskṛtam ||35||
Thou art a heaven-going bull; go to the seers, to them of the seers; sit in the world of the well-doing; there is there preparation (saṁskṛtá) for us both.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
समाचिनुष्वानुसंप्रयाह्य् अग्ने पथः कल्पय देवयानान् । एतैः सुकृतैर् अनु गछेम यज्ञं नाके तिष्ठन्तम् अधि सप्तरश्मौ ॥३६॥
samācinuṣvānusaṃprayāhy agne pathaḥ kalpaya devayānān | etaiḥ sukṛtair anu gachema yajñaṃ nāke tiṣṭhantam adhi saptaraśmau ||36||
Gather thou together unto, go thou together forth after; O Agni, make ready (kalpay-) the roads traveled by the gods; by them, well-made, may we go after the offering, that stands upon the seven-rayed firmament.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
येन देवा ज्योतिषा द्याम् उदायन् ब्रह्मौदनं पक्त्वा सुकृतस्य लोकम् । तेन गेष्म सुकृतस्य लोकं स्वर् आरोहन्तो अभि नाकम् उत्तमम् ॥३७॥ ४
yena devā jyotiṣā dyām udāyan brahmaudanaṃ paktvā sukṛtasya lokam | tena geṣma sukṛtasya lokaṃ svar ārohanto abhi nākam uttamam ||37|| 4
With what light the gods went up to the sky, having cooked the brahmán -rice-dish, to the world of the well-done, with that may we go to the world of the well-done, ascending the heaven, unto the highest firmament.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)