सत्येनोत्तभिता भूमिः सूर्येणोत्तभिता द्यौः । ऋतेनादित्यास् तिष्ठन्ति दिवि सोमो अधि श्रितः ॥
satyenottabhitā bhūmiḥ sūryeṇottabhitā dyauḥ | ṛtenādityās tiṣṭhanti divi somo adhi śritaḥ ||
Truth is the base that bears the earth; by Surya are the heavens sustained. By Law the Adityas stand secure, and Soma holds his place in heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सोमेनादित्या बलिनः सोमेन पृथिवी मही । अथो नक्षत्राणाम् एषाम् उपस्थे सोम आहितः ॥
somenādityā balinaḥ somena pṛthivī mahī | atho nakṣatrāṇām eṣām upasthe soma āhitaḥ ||
By Soma are the Adityas strong, by Soma mighty is the earth. Thus Soma in the midst of all these constellations hath his place.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सोमम् मन्यते पपिवान् यत् सम्पिंषन्त्य् ओषधिम् । सोमं यम् ब्रह्माणो विदुर् न तस्याश्नाति कश् चन ॥
somam manyate papivān yat sampiṃṣanty oṣadhim | somaṃ yam brahmāṇo vidur na tasyāśnāti kaś cana ||
One thinks, when they have brayed the plant, that he hath drunk the Soma's juice; Of him whom Brahmans truly know as Soma no one ever tastes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आच्छद्विधानैर् गुपितो बार्हतैः सोम रक्षितः । ग्राव्णाम् इच् छृण्वन् तिष्ठसि न ते अश्नाति पार्थिवः ॥
ācchadvidhānair gupito bārhataiḥ soma rakṣitaḥ | grāvṇām ic chṛṇvan tiṣṭhasi na te aśnāti pārthivaḥ ||
Soma, secured by sheltering rules, guarded by hymns in Brhati, Thou standest listening to the stones none tastes of thee who dwells on earth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यत् त्वा देव प्रपिबन्ति तत आ प्यायसे पुनः । वायुः सोमस्य रक्षिता समानाम् मास आकृतिः ॥
yat tvā deva prapibanti tata ā pyāyase punaḥ | vāyuḥ somasya rakṣitā samānām māsa ākṛtiḥ ||
When they begin to drink thee then, O God, thou swellest out again. Vayu is Soma's guardian God. The Moon is that which shapes the years.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
रैभ्य् आसीद् अनुदेयी नाराशंसी न्योचनी । सूर्याया भद्रम् इद् वासो गाथयैति परिष्कृतम् ॥
raibhy āsīd anudeyī nārāśaṃsī nyocanī | sūryāyā bhadram id vāso gāthayaiti pariṣkṛtam ||
Raibhi was her dear bridal friend, and Narasamsi led her home. Lovely was Surya's robe: she came to that which Gatha had adorned.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चित्तिर् आ उपबर्हणं चक्षुर् आ अभ्यञ्जनम् । द्यौर् भूमिः कोश आसीद् यद् अयात् सूर्या पतिम् ॥
cittir ā upabarhaṇaṃ cakṣur ā abhyañjanam | dyaur bhūmiḥ kośa āsīd yad ayāt sūryā patim ||
Thought was the pillow of her couch, sight was the unguent for her eyes: Her treasury was earth and heaven when Surya went unto her Lord.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्तोमा आसन् प्रतिधयः कुरीरं छन्द ओपशः । सूर्याया अश्विना वराग्निर् आसीत् पुरोगवः ॥
stomā āsan pratidhayaḥ kurīraṃ chanda opaśaḥ | sūryāyā aśvinā varāgnir āsīt purogavaḥ ||
Hymns were the cross-bars of the pole, Kurira-metre decked the car: The bridesmen were the Asvin Pair Agni was leader of the train.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सोमो वधूयुर् अभवद् अश्विनास्ताम् उभा वरा । सूर्यां यत् पत्ये शंसन्तीम् मनसा सविताददात् ॥
somo vadhūyur abhavad aśvināstām ubhā varā | sūryāṃ yat patye śaṃsantīm manasā savitādadāt ||
Soma was he who wooed the maid: the groomsmen were both Asvins, when The Sun-God Savitar bestowed his willing Surya on her Lord.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मनो अस्या अन आसीद् द्यौर् आसीद् उत च्छदिः । शुक्राव् अनड्वाहाव् आस्तां यद् अयात् सूर्या गृहम् ॥
mano asyā ana āsīd dyaur āsīd uta cchadiḥ | śukrāv anaḍvāhāv āstāṃ yad ayāt sūryā gṛham ||
Her spirit was the bridal car; the covering thereof was heaven: Bright were both Steers that drew it when Surya approached her husband's, home.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋक्सामाभ्याम् अभिहितौ गावौ ते सामनाव् इतः । श्रोत्रं ते चक्रे आस्तां दिवि पन्थाश् चराचारः ॥
ṛksāmābhyām abhihitau gāvau te sāmanāv itaḥ | śrotraṃ te cakre āstāṃ divi panthāś carācāraḥ ||
Thy Steers were steady, kept in place by holy verse and Sama-hymn: All car were thy two chariot wheels: thy path was tremulous in the sky,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शुची ते चक्रे यात्या व्यानो अक्ष आहतः । अनो मनस्मयं सूर्यारोहत् प्रयती पतिम् ॥
śucī te cakre yātyā vyāno akṣa āhataḥ | ano manasmayaṃ sūryārohat prayatī patim ||
Clean, as thou wentest, were thy wheels wind, was the axle fastened there. Surya, proceeding to her Lord, mounted a spirit-fashioned car.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात् सविता यम् अवासृजत् । अघासु हन्यन्ते गावो ऽर्जुन्योः पर्य् उह्यते ॥
sūryāyā vahatuḥ prāgāt savitā yam avāsṛjat | aghāsu hanyante gāvo 'rjunyoḥ pary uhyate ||
The bridal pomp of Surya, which Savitar started, moved along. In Magha days are oxen slain, in Arjuris they wed the bride.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अश्विना पृच्छमानाव् अयातं त्रिचक्रेण वहतुं सूर्यायाः । विश्वे देवा अनु तद् वाम् अजानन् पुत्रः पितराव् अवृणीत पूषा ॥
yad aśvinā pṛcchamānāv ayātaṃ tricakreṇa vahatuṃ sūryāyāḥ | viśve devā anu tad vām ajānan putraḥ pitarāv avṛṇīta pūṣā ||
When on your three-wheeled chariot, O Asvins, ye came as wooers unto Surya's bridal, Then all the Gods agreed to your proposal Pusan as Son elected you as Fathers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अयातं शुभस् पती वरेयं सूर्याम् उप । क्वैकं चक्रं वाम् आसीत् क्व देष्ट्राय तस्थथुः ॥
yad ayātaṃ śubhas patī vareyaṃ sūryām upa | kvaikaṃ cakraṃ vām āsīt kva deṣṭrāya tasthathuḥ ||
O ye Two Lords of lustre, then when ye to Surya's wooing came, Where was one chariot wheel of yours? Where stood ye for die Sire's command?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्वे ते चक्रे सूर्ये ब्रह्माण ऋतुथा विदुः । अथैकं चक्रं यद् गुहा तद् अद्धातय इद् विदुः ॥
dve te cakre sūrye brahmāṇa ṛtuthā viduḥ | athaikaṃ cakraṃ yad guhā tad addhātaya id viduḥ ||
The Brahmans, by their seasons, know, O Surya, those two wheels of thine: One kept concealed, those only who are skilled in highest truths have learned.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सूर्यायै देवेभ्यो मित्राय वरुणाय च । ये भूतस्य प्रचेतस इदं तेभ्यो ऽकरं नमः ॥
sūryāyai devebhyo mitrāya varuṇāya ca | ye bhūtasya pracetasa idaṃ tebhyo 'karaṃ namaḥ ||
To Surya and the Deities, to Mitra and to Varuna. Who know aright the thing that is, this adoration have I paid.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीळन्तौ परि यातो अध्वरम् । विश्वान्य् अन्यो भुवनाभिचष्ट ऋतूंर् अन्यो विदधज् जायते पुनः ॥
pūrvāparaṃ carato māyayaitau śiśū krīḷantau pari yāto adhvaram | viśvāny anyo bhuvanābhicaṣṭa ṛtūṃr anyo vidadhaj jāyate punaḥ ||
By their own power these Twain in close succession move; They go as playing children round the sacrifice. One of the Pair beholdeth all existing things; the other ordereth seasons and is born again.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नवो-नवो भवति जायमानो ऽह्नां केतुर् उषसाम् एत्य् अग्रम् । भागं देवेभ्यो वि दधात्य् आयन् प्र चन्द्रमास् तिरते दीर्घम् आयुः ॥
navo-navo bhavati jāyamāno 'hnāṃ ketur uṣasām ety agram | bhāgaṃ devebhyo vi dadhāty āyan pra candramās tirate dīrgham āyuḥ ||
He, born afresh, is new and new for ever ensign of days he goes before the Mornings Coming, he orders f6r the Gods their portion. The Moon prolongs the days of our existence.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुकिंशुकं शल्मलिं विश्वरूपं हिरण्यवर्णं सुवृतं सुचक्रम् । आ रोह सूर्ये अमृतस्य लोकं स्योनम् पत्ये वहतुं कृणुष्व ॥
sukiṃśukaṃ śalmaliṃ viśvarūpaṃ hiraṇyavarṇaṃ suvṛtaṃ sucakram | ā roha sūrye amṛtasya lokaṃ syonam patye vahatuṃ kṛṇuṣva ||
Mount this, all-shaped, gold-hued, with strong wheels, fashioned of Kimsuka and Salmali, light-rolling, Bound for the world of life immortal, Surya: make for thy lord a happy bridal journey.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् ईर्ष्वातः पतिवती ह्य् एषा विश्वावसुं नमसा गीर्भिर् ईळे । अन्याम् इच्छ पितृषदं व्यक्तां स ते भागो जनुषा तस्य विद्धि ॥
ud īrṣvātaḥ pativatī hy eṣā viśvāvasuṃ namasā gīrbhir īḷe | anyām iccha pitṛṣadaṃ vyaktāṃ sa te bhāgo januṣā tasya viddhi ||
Rise up from hence: this maiden hath a husband. I laud Visvavasu with hymns and homage. Seek in her father's home another fair one, and find the portion from of old assigned thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् ईर्ष्वातो विश्वावसो नमसेळा महे त्वा । अन्याम् इच्छ प्रफर्व्यं सं जायाम् पत्या सृज ॥
ud īrṣvāto viśvāvaso namaseḷā mahe tvā | anyām iccha prapharvyaṃ saṃ jāyām patyā sṛja ||
Rise up from hence, Visvavasu: with reverence we worship thee. Seek thou another willing maid, and with her husband leave the bride.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनृक्षरा ऋजवः सन्तु पन्था येभिः सखायो यन्ति नो वरेयम् । सम् अर्यमा सम् भगो नो निनीयात् सं जास्पत्यं सुयमम् अस्तु देवाः ॥
anṛkṣarā ṛjavaḥ santu panthā yebhiḥ sakhāyo yanti no vareyam | sam aryamā sam bhago no ninīyāt saṃ jāspatyaṃ suyamam astu devāḥ ||
Straight in direction be the paths, and thornless, whereon our fellows travel to the wooing. Let Aryaman and Bhaga lead us: perfect, O Gods, the union of the wife and husband.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद् येन त्वाबध्नात् सविता सुशेवः । ऋतस्य योनौ सुकृतस्य लोके ऽरिष्टां त्वा सह पत्या दधामि ॥
pra tvā muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśād yena tvābadhnāt savitā suśevaḥ | ṛtasya yonau sukṛtasya loke 'riṣṭāṃ tvā saha patyā dadhāmi ||
Now from the noose of Varuna I free thee, wherewith Most Blessed Savitar hath bound thee. In Law's seat, to the world of virtuous action, I give thee up uninjured with thy consort.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः सुबद्धाम् अमुतस् करम् । यथेयम् इन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रा सुभगासति ॥
preto muñcāmi nāmutaḥ subaddhām amutas karam | yatheyam indra mīḍhvaḥ suputrā subhagāsati ||
Hence, and not thence, I send these free. I make thee softly fettered there. That, Bounteous Indra, she may live blest in her fortune and her sons.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पूषा त्वेतो नयतु हस्तगृह्याश्विना त्वा प्र वहतां रथेन । गृहान् गच्छ गृहपत्नी यथासो वशिनी त्वं विदथम् आ वदासि ॥
pūṣā tveto nayatu hastagṛhyāśvinā tvā pra vahatāṃ rathena | gṛhān gaccha gṛhapatnī yathāso vaśinī tvaṃ vidatham ā vadāsi ||
Let Pusan take thy hand and hence conduct thee; may the two Asvins on their car transport thee. Go to the house to be the household's mistress and speak as lady ito thy gathered people.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इह प्रियम् प्रजया ते सम् ऋध्यताम् अस्मिन् गृहे गार्हपत्याय जागृहि । एना पत्या तन्वं सं सृजस्वाधा जिव्री विदथम् आ वदाथः ॥
iha priyam prajayā te sam ṛdhyatām asmin gṛhe gārhapatyāya jāgṛhi | enā patyā tanvaṃ saṃ sṛjasvādhā jivrī vidatham ā vadāthaḥ ||
Happy be thou and prosper with thy children here: be vigilant to rule thy household in this home. Closely unite thy body with this; man, thy lord. So shall ye, full of years, address your company.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नीललोहितम् भवति कृत्यासक्तिर् व्य् अज्यते । एधन्ते अस्या ज्ञातयः पतिर् बन्धेषु बध्यते ॥
nīlalohitam bhavati kṛtyāsaktir vy ajyate | edhante asyā jñātayaḥ patir bandheṣu badhyate ||
Her hue is blue and red: the fiend who clingeth close is driven off. Well thrive the kinsmen of this bride the husband is bound fast in bonds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परा देहि शामुल्यम् ब्रह्मभ्यो वि भजा वसु । कृत्यैषा पद्वती भूत्व्य् आ जाया विशते पतिम् ॥
parā dehi śāmulyam brahmabhyo vi bhajā vasu | kṛtyaiṣā padvatī bhūtvy ā jāyā viśate patim ||
Give thou the woollen robe away: deal treasure to the Brahman priests. This female fiend hath got her feet, and as a wife attends her lord.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अश्रीरा तनूर् भवति रुशती पापयामुया । पतिर् यद् वध्वो वाससा स्वम् अङ्गम् अभिधित्सते ॥
aśrīrā tanūr bhavati ruśatī pāpayāmuyā | patir yad vadhvo vāsasā svam aṅgam abhidhitsate ||
Unlovely is his body when it glistens with this wicked fiend, What time the husband wraps about his limbs the garment of his wife.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये वध्वश् चन्द्रं वहतुं यक्ष्मा यन्ति जनाद् अनु । पुनस् तान् यज्ञिया देवा नयन्तु यत आगताः ॥
ye vadhvaś candraṃ vahatuṃ yakṣmā yanti janād anu | punas tān yajñiyā devā nayantu yata āgatāḥ ||
Consumptions, from her people, which follow the bride's resplendent train,- These let the Holy Gods again bear to the place from which they came.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा विदन् परिपन्थिनो य आसीदन्ति दम्पती । सुगेभिर् दुर्गम् अतीताम् अप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः ॥
mā vidan paripanthino ya āsīdanti dampatī | sugebhir durgam atītām apa drāntv arātayaḥ ||
Let not the highway thieves who lie in ambush find the wedded pair. By pleasant ways let them escape the danger, and let foes depart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुमङ्गलीर् इयं वधूर् इमां समेत पश्यत । सौभाग्यम् अस्यै दत्त्वायाथास्तं वि परेतन ॥
sumaṅgalīr iyaṃ vadhūr imāṃ sameta paśyata | saubhāgyam asyai dattvāyāthāstaṃ vi paretana ||
Signs of good fortune mark the bride come all of you and look at her. Wish her prosperity, and then return unto your homes again.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तृष्टम् एतत् कटुकम् एतद् अपाष्ठवद् विषवन् नैतद् अत्तवे । सूर्यां यो ब्रह्मा विद्यात् स इद् वाधूयम् अर्हति ॥
tṛṣṭam etat kaṭukam etad apāṣṭhavad viṣavan naitad attave | sūryāṃ yo brahmā vidyāt sa id vādhūyam arhati ||
Pungent is this, and bitter this, filled, as it were, with arrow-barbs, Empoisoned and not fit for use. The Brahman who knows Surya well deserves the garment of the bride.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आशसनं विशसनम् अथो अधिविकर्तनम् । सूर्यायाः पश्य रूपाणि तानि ब्रह्मा तु शुन्धति ॥
āśasanaṃ viśasanam atho adhivikartanam | sūryāyāḥ paśya rūpāṇi tāni brahmā tu śundhati ||
The fringe, the cloth that decks her head, and then the triply parted robe,- Behold the hues which Surya wears these doth the Brahman purify.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
गृभ्णामि ते सौभगत्वाय हस्तम् मया पत्या जरदष्टिर् यथासः । भगो अर्यमा सविता पुरन्धिर् मह्यं त्वादुर् गार्हपत्याय देवाः ॥
gṛbhṇāmi te saubhagatvāya hastam mayā patyā jaradaṣṭir yathāsaḥ | bhago aryamā savitā purandhir mahyaṃ tvādur gārhapatyāya devāḥ ||
I take thy hand in mine for happy fortune that thou mayst reach old age with me thy husband. Gods, Aryaman, Bhaga, Savitar, Purandhi, have given thee to be my household's mistress.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ताम् पूषञ् छिवतमाम् एरयस्व यस्याम् बीजम् मनुष्या वपन्ति । या न ऊरू उशती विश्रयाते यस्याम् उशन्तः प्रहराम शेपम् ॥
tām pūṣañ chivatamām erayasva yasyām bījam manuṣyā vapanti | yā na ūrū uśatī viśrayāte yasyām uśantaḥ praharāma śepam ||
O Pusan, send her on as most auspicious, her who shall be the sharer of my pleasures; Her who shall twine her loving arms about me, and welcome all my love and mine embraces.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तुभ्यम् अग्रे पर्य् अवहन् सूर्यां वहतुना सह । पुनः पतिभ्यो जायां दा अग्ने प्रजया सह ॥
tubhyam agre pary avahan sūryāṃ vahatunā saha | punaḥ patibhyo jāyāṃ dā agne prajayā saha ||
For thee, with bridal train, they, first, escorted Surya to her home. Give to the husband in return, Agni, the wife with progeny.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुनः पत्नीम् अग्निर् अदाद् आयुषा सह वर्चसा । दीर्घायुर् अस्या यः पतिर् जीवाति शरदः शतम् ॥
punaḥ patnīm agnir adād āyuṣā saha varcasā | dīrghāyur asyā yaḥ patir jīvāti śaradaḥ śatam ||
Agni hath given the bride again with splendour and with ample life. Long lived be he who is her lord; a hundred autumns let him live.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सोमः प्रथमो विविदे गन्धर्वो विविद उत्तरः । तृतीयो अग्निष् टे पतिस् तुरीयस् ते मनुष्यजाः ॥
somaḥ prathamo vivide gandharvo vivida uttaraḥ | tṛtīyo agniṣ ṭe patis turīyas te manuṣyajāḥ ||
Soma obtained her first of all; next the Gandharva was her lord. Agni was thy third husband: now one born of woman is thy fourth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सोमो ददद् गन्धर्वाय गन्धर्वो ददद् अग्नये । रयिं च पुत्रांश् चादाद् अग्निर् मह्यम् अथो इमाम् ॥
somo dadad gandharvāya gandharvo dadad agnaye | rayiṃ ca putrāṃś cādād agnir mahyam atho imām ||
Soma to the Gandharva, and to Agni the Gandharva gave: And Agni hath bestowed on me riches and sons and this my spouse.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इहैव स्तम् मा वि यौष्टं विश्वम् आयुर् व्य् अश्नुतम् । क्रीळन्तौ पुत्रैर् नप्तृभिर् मोदमानौ स्वे गृहे ॥
ihaiva stam mā vi yauṣṭaṃ viśvam āyur vy aśnutam | krīḷantau putrair naptṛbhir modamānau sve gṛhe ||
Be ye not parted; dwell ye here reach the full time of human life. With sons and grandsons sport and play, rejoicing in your own abode.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नः प्रजां जनयतु प्रजापतिर् आजरसाय सम् अनक्त्व् अर्यमा । अदुर्मङ्गलीः पतिलोकम् आ विश शं नो भव द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे ॥
ā naḥ prajāṃ janayatu prajāpatir ājarasāya sam anaktv aryamā | adurmaṅgalīḥ patilokam ā viśa śaṃ no bhava dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade ||
So may Prajapati bring children forth to us; may Aryaman adorn us till old age come nigh. Not inauspicious enter thou thy husband's house: bring blessing to our bipeds and our quadrupeds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अघोरचक्षुर् अपतिघ्न्य् एधि शिवा पशुभ्यः सुमनाः सुवर्चाः । वीरसूर् देवकामा स्योना शं नो भव द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे ॥
aghoracakṣur apatighny edhi śivā paśubhyaḥ sumanāḥ suvarcāḥ | vīrasūr devakāmā syonā śaṃ no bhava dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade ||
Not evil-eyed, no slayer of thy husband, bring weal to cattle, radiant, gentlehearted; Loving the Gods, delightful, bearing heroes, bring blessing to our quadrupeds and bipeds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमां त्वम् इन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रां सुभगां कृणु । दशास्याम् पुत्रान् आ धेहि पतिम् एकादशं कृधि ॥
imāṃ tvam indra mīḍhvaḥ suputrāṃ subhagāṃ kṛṇu | daśāsyām putrān ā dhehi patim ekādaśaṃ kṛdhi ||
O Bounteous Indra, make this bride blest in her sons and fortunate. Vouchsafe to her ten sons, and make her husband the eleventh man.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सम्राज्ञी श्वशुरे भव सम्राज्ञी श्वश्र्वाम् भव । ननान्दरि सम्राज्ञी भव सम्राज्ञी अधि देवृषु ॥
samrājñī śvaśure bhava samrājñī śvaśrvām bhava | nanāndari samrājñī bhava samrājñī adhi devṛṣu ||
Over thy husband's father and thy husband's mother bear full sway. Over the sister of thy lord, over his brothers rule supreme.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सम् अञ्जन्तु विश्वे देवाः सम् आपो हृदयानि नौ । सम् मातरिश्वा सं धाता सम् उ देष्ट्री दधातु नौ ॥
sam añjantu viśve devāḥ sam āpo hṛdayāni nau | sam mātariśvā saṃ dhātā sam u deṣṭrī dadhātu nau ||
So may the Universal Gods, so may the Waters join our hearts. May Matarisvan, Dhatar, and Destri together bind us close.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
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