अश्मवर्म मे ऽसि यो मा प्राच्या दिशो ऽघायुर् अभिदासात् । एतत् स ऋछात् ॥१॥
aśmavarma me 'si yo mā prācyā diśo 'ghāyur abhidāsāt | etat sa ṛchāt ||1||
My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the eastern quarter, malicious, shall assail me, this may he come upon (ṛch).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्मवर्म मे ऽसि यो मा दक्षिणाया दिशो ऽघायुर् अभिदासात् । एतत् स ऋछात् ॥२॥
aśmavarma me 'si yo mā dakṣiṇāyā diśo 'ghāyur abhidāsāt | etat sa ṛchāt ||2||
My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the southern quarter etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्मवर्म मे ऽसि यो मा प्रतीच्या दिशो ऽघायुर् अभिदासात् । एतत् स ऋछात् ॥३॥
aśmavarma me 'si yo mā pratīcyā diśo 'ghāyur abhidāsāt | etat sa ṛchāt ||3||
My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the western quarter etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्मवर्म मे ऽसि यो मोदीच्या दिशो ऽघायुर् अभिदासात् । एतत् स ऋछात् ॥४॥
aśmavarma me 'si yo modīcyā diśo 'ghāyur abhidāsāt | etat sa ṛchāt ||4||
My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the northern quarter etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्मवर्म मे ऽसि यो मा ध्रुवाया दिशो ऽघायुर् अभिदासात् । एतत् स ऋछात् ॥५॥
aśmavarma me 'si yo mā dhruvāyā diśo 'ghāyur abhidāsāt | etat sa ṛchāt ||5||
My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the fixed quarter etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्मवर्म मे ऽसि यो मोर्ध्वाया दिशो ऽघायुर् अभिदासात् । एतत् स ऋछात् ॥६॥
aśmavarma me 'si yo mordhvāyā diśo 'ghāyur abhidāsāt | etat sa ṛchāt ||6||
My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the upward quarter etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्मवर्म मे ऽसि यो मा दिशाम् अन्तर्देशेभ्यो ऽघायुर् अभिदासात् । एतत् स ऋछात् ॥७॥
aśmavarma me 'si yo mā diśām antardeśebhyo 'ghāyur abhidāsāt | etat sa ṛchāt ||7||
My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the intermediate quarters of the quarters etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
बृहता मन उप ह्वये मातरिश्वना प्राणापानौ । सूर्याच् चक्षुर् अन्तरिक्षाच् छ्रोत्रं पृथिव्याः शरीरम् । सरस्वत्या वाचम् उप ह्वयामहे मनोयुजा ॥८॥
bṛhatā mana upa hvaye mātariśvanā prāṇāpānau | sūryāc cakṣur antarikṣāc chrotraṃ pṛthivyāḥ śarīram | sarasvatyā vācam upa hvayāmahe manoyujā ||8||
By the great one (bṛhát) I call unto mind; by Mātariçvan, unto breath and expiration; from the sun [I call] sight, from the atmosphere hearing, from the earth body; by Sarasvatī, mind-yoked, we call unto speech.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
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