Atharvaveda · Sūkta 12.3
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12.3.1
पुमान् पुंसोऽधि तिष्ठ चर्मेहि तत्र ह्वयस्व यतमा प्रिया ते ।
यावन्तावग्रे प्रथमं समेयथुस्तद्वां वयो यमराज्ये समानम् ॥ १२.३.१ ॥
Man, stand upon the woman; come onto the hide and there call your beloved. As long as life you two first shared when you came together, that same life is shared between you two in Yama's realm.
12.3.2
तावद्वां चक्षुस्तति वीर्याणि तावत्तेजस्ततिधा वाजिनानि ।
अग्निः शरीरं सचते यदैधोऽधा पक्वान् मिथुना सं भवाथः ॥ १२.३.२ ॥
As far as your two sight extends, so far extend your vigours and brilliance. When fire, having fuel, clings to the body, then, ripened, you two become united as a pair.
12.3.3
समस्मिंल्लोके समु देवयाने सं स्मा समेतं यमराज्येषु ।
पूतौ पवित्रैरुप तद्ध्वयेथां यद्यद्रेतो अधि वां संबभूव ॥ १२.३.३ ॥
Be together in this world, be together also on the path of the gods; come together in the realms of Yama. Purified by purifiers, you two approach there, whatever seed has arisen between you two.
12.3.4
आपस्पुत्रासो अभि सं विशध्वमिमं जीवं जीवधन्याः समेत्य ।
तासां भजध्वममृतं यमाहुरोदनं पचति वां जनित्री ॥ १२.३.४ ॥
Sons of the waters, enter together into this living one, blessed with life, having come together. From them partake of that nectar which they call odana; your mother cooks it for you two.
12.3.5
यं वां पिता पचति यं च माता रिप्रान् निर्मुक्त्यै शमलाच्च वाचः ।
स ओदनः शतधारः स्वर्ग उभे व्याप नभसी महित्वा ॥ १२.३.५ ॥
That which your father cooks and which your mother cooks, for release from defilement and from the impurity of speech — that odana is heaven of a hundred streams; by its greatness it pervaded both skies.
12.3.6
उभे नभसी उभयांश्च लोकान् ये यज्वनामभिजिताः स्वर्गाः ।
तेषां ज्योतिष्मान् मधुमान् यो अग्रे तस्मिन् पुत्रैर्जरसि सं श्रयेथाम् ॥ १२.३.६ ॥
Both heavens and both worlds, the heavenly realms won by those who sacrifice, and in the one that is radiant, sweet and foremost, there in old age with your sons, resort together.
12.3.7
प्राचींप्राचीं प्रदिशमा रभेथामेतं लोकं श्रद्दधानाः सचन्ते ।
यद्वां पक्वं परिविष्टमग्नौ तस्य गुप्तये दंपती सं श्रयेथाम् ॥ १२.३.७ ॥
Begin, each of you, from the eastern quarter; the faithful reach this very world. For the protection of what is cooked and served in the fire, husband and wife, resort together.
12.3.8
दक्षिणां दिशमभि नक्षमाणौ पर्यावर्तेथामभि पात्रमेतत् ।
तस्मिन् वां यमः पितृभिः संविदानः पक्वाय शर्म बहुलं नि यच्छात् ॥ १२.३.८ ॥
Reaching toward the southern quarter, turn back toward this vessel; in it may Yama, in agreement with the fathers, grant abundant shelter to what is cooked.
12.3.9
प्रतीची दिशामियमिद्वरं यस्यां सोमो अधिपा मृडिता च ।
तस्यां श्रयेथां सुकृतः सचेथामधा पक्वान् मिथुना सं भवाथः ॥ १२.३.९ ॥
This western quarter is the best, whose lord is Soma, the gracious one. Resort there, attend together as doers of good, and then become a pair with what is cooked.
12.3.10
उत्तरं राष्ट्रं प्रजयोत्तरावद्दिशामुदीची कृणवन् नो अग्रम् ।
पाङ्क्तं छन्दः पुरुषो बभूव विश्वैर्विश्वाङ्गैः सह सं भवेम ॥ १२.३.१० ॥
The northern realm, with its offspring, is higher; the northern quarter made the foremost place for us. The pankti metre became a person; may we become united with all our limbs and with all.
12.3.11
ध्रुवेयं विराण्नमो अस्त्वस्यै शिवा पुत्रेभ्य उत मह्यमस्तु ।
सा नो देव्यदिते विश्ववार इर्य इव गोपा अभि रक्ष पक्वम् ॥ १२.३.११ ॥
This one is steadfast and sovereign; homage be to her. May she be auspicious for the sons and for me. May the goddess Aditi, all-choosing, guard the cooked food like an active herdsman for us.
12.3.12
पितेव पुत्रान् अभि सं स्वजस्व नः शिवा नो वाता इह वान्तु भूमौ ।
यमोदनं पचतो देवते इह तं नस्तप उत सत्यं च वेत्तु ॥ १२.३.१२ ॥
As a father embraces his sons, so embrace us fully. May auspicious winds blow for us here on the earth. O gods, may Yama come to know the heat and the truth of the odana cooked here by us.
12.3.13
यद्यद्कृष्णः शकुन एह गत्वा त्सरन् विषक्तं बिल आससाद ।
यद्वा दास्यार्द्रहस्ता समङ्क्त उलूखलं मुसलं शुम्भतापः ॥ १२.३.१३ ॥
Whatever black bird came here, creeping, and settled clinging in the hole, or whatever the servant-woman with wet hands smears upon the mortar and pestle, cleanse them with water.
12.3.14
अयं ग्रावा पृथुबुध्नो वयोधाः पूतः पवित्रैरप हन्तु रक्षः ।
आ रोह चर्म महि शर्म यच्छ मा दंपती पौत्रमघं नि गाताम् ॥ १२.३.१४ ॥
This grinding-stone, broad-based and bestowing vigor, purified by purifiers, let it drive away the demon. Mount the hide, grant great shelter; may husband and wife not fall into the sin of the grandson.
12.3.15
वनस्पतिः सह देवैर्न आगन् रक्षः पिशाचामपबाधमानः ।
स उच्छ्रयातै प्र वदाति वाचं तेन लोकामभि सर्वान् जयेम ॥ १२.३.१५ ॥
May the lord of the forest come to us with the gods, driving away demons and goblins. Let him rise and proclaim speech; by that may we conquer all worlds.
12.3.16
सप्त मेधान् पशवः पर्यगृह्णन् य एषां ज्योतिष्माँ उत यश्चकर्श ।
त्रयस्त्रिंशद्देवतास्तान्त्सचन्ते स नः स्वर्गमभि नेष लोकम् ॥ १२.३.१६ ॥
He who seized around these seven offerings and cattle, and who among them is radiant and who drew the furrow, with him the thirty-three gods abide; may he lead us toward the heavenly world.
12.3.17
स्वर्गं लोकमभि नो नयासि सं जायया सह पुत्रैः स्याम ।
गृह्णामि हस्तमनु मैत्वत्र मा नस्तारीन् निर्ऋतिर्मो अरातिः ॥ १२.३.१७ ॥
Lead us toward the heavenly world; may we be together with wife and sons. I take the hand (of my wife); may she come after me here. May Nirṛti and Arāti not overcome us.
12.3.18
ग्राहिं पाप्मानमति तामयाम तमो व्यस्य प्र वदासि वल्गु ।
वानस्पत्य उद्यतो मा जिहिंसीर्मा तण्डुलं वि शरीर्देवयन्तम् ॥ १२.३.१८ ॥
Let us pass beyond the seizing evil; casting off darkness, you speak sweet words. O tree-born one, when raised, do not harm; do not scatter the rice-grain that desires the gods.
12.3.19
विश्वव्यचा घृतपृष्ठो भविष्यन्त्सयोनिर्लोकमुप याह्येतम् ।
वर्षवृद्धमुप यच्छ शूर्पं तुषं पलावान् अप तद्विनक्तु ॥ १२.३.१९ ॥
All-pervading one, bearing ghee upon your back, about to become of one origin, come near to this world. Place the rain-grown grain on the winnowing basket; let it separate the husk and the chaff.
12.3.20
त्रयो लोकाः संमिता ब्राह्मणेन द्यौरेवासौ पृथिव्यन्तरिक्षम् ।
अंशून् गृभीत्वान्वारभेथामा प्यायन्तां पुनरा यन्तु शूर्पम् ॥ १२.३.२० ॥
The three worlds are measured out by the brahman: that heaven, this earth, and the mid-region. Having grasped the shoots, begin; may they swell again and come back to the winnowing basket.
12.3.21
पृथग्रूपाणि बहुधा पशूनामेकरूपो भवसि सं समृद्ध्या ।
एतां त्वचं लोहिनीं तां नुदस्व ग्रावा शुम्भाति मलग इव वस्त्रा ॥ १२.३.२१ ॥
Of the cattle there are many forms, yet through prosperity you become one form. Push away this reddish skin; the stone makes it shine as a washerman makes a garment shine.
12.3.22
पृथिवीं त्वा पृथिव्यामा वेशयामि तनूः समानी विकृता त एषा ।
यद्यद्द्युत्तं लिखितमर्पणेन तेन मा सुस्रोर्ब्रह्मणापि तद्वपामि ॥ १२.३.२२ ॥
I establish you in the earth, within the earth. Your bodies are alike, yet this one has been altered. Whatever shone forth marked by the cutting instrument, that I shear off with the sacred formula as well.
12.3.23
जनित्रीव प्रति हर्यासि सूनुं सं त्वा दधामि पृथिवीं पृथिव्या ।
उखा कुम्भी वेद्यां मा व्यथिष्ठा यज्ञायुधैराज्येनातिषक्ता ॥ १२.३.२३ ॥
Like a mother, you lean with delight toward the son; I join you with the earth in the earth. O cooking-pot and jar, on the altar, well smeared with ghee and sacrificial tools, do not be distressed.
12.3.24
अग्निः पचन् रक्षतु त्वा पुरस्तादिन्द्रो रक्षतु दक्षिणतो मरुत्वान् ।
वरुणस्त्वा दृंहाद्धरुणे प्रतीच्या उत्तरात्त्वा सोमः सं ददातै ॥ १२.३.२४ ॥
May Agni, the cooker, protect you from the east; may Indra with the Maruts protect you from the south. May Varuṇa strengthen you in the support from the west; may Soma join and give you from the north.
12.3.25
पूताः पवित्रैः पवन्ते अभ्राद्दिवं च यन्ति पृथिवीं च लोकान् ।
ता जीवला जीवधन्याः प्रतिष्ठाः पात्र आसिक्ताः पर्यग्निरिन्धाम् ॥ १२.३.२५ ॥
Purified by the strainers, the waters flow from the cloud and go to heaven and to the worlds of the earth. They are life-giving, blessed with life, established; poured into the vessel, may fire kindle around them.
12.3.26
आ यन्ति दिवः पृथिवीं सचन्ते भूम्याः सचन्ते अध्यन्तरिक्षम् ।
शुद्धाः सतीस्ता उ शुम्भन्त एव ता नः स्वर्गमभि लोकं नयन्तु ॥ १२.३.२६ ॥
They come down from heaven, cling to the earth, and cling upward from the earth into the atmosphere. Being pure, they indeed shine; may they lead us toward the world of heaven.
12.3.27
उतेव प्रभ्वीरुत संमितास उत शुक्राः शुचयश्चामृतासः ।
ता ओदनं दंपतिभ्यां प्रशिष्टा आपः शिक्षन्तीः पचता सुनाथाः ॥ १२.३.२७ ॥
They are, as it were, mighty and well measured, bright, pure, and life-giving. May these waters, well guided and well protected, cook the odana for the husband and wife.
12.3.28
संख्याता स्तोकाः पृथिवीं सचन्ते प्राणापानैः संमिता ओषधीभिः ।
असंख्याता ओप्यमानाः सुवर्णाः सर्वं व्यापुः शुचयः शुचित्वम् ॥ १२.३.२८ ॥
Counted drops cling to the earth, measured by the in-breath and out-breath and by the herbs. Uncounted, scattered, golden, the pure ones pervaded everything and attained purity.
12.3.29
उद्योधन्त्यभि वल्गन्ति तप्ताः फेनमस्यन्ति बहुलांश्च बिन्दून् ।
योषेव दृष्ट्वा पतिमृत्वियायैतैस्तण्डुलैर्भवता समापः ॥ १२.३.२९ ॥
The heated waters boil up and leap, throwing out foam and many drops. As a woman in her season, seeing her husband, goes to him, so may the waters unite with these grains of rice.
12.3.30
उत्थापय सीदतो बुध्न एनान् अद्भिरात्मानमभि सं स्पृशन्ताम् ।
अमासि पात्रैरुदकं यदेतन् मितास्तण्डुलाः प्रदिशो यदीमाः ॥ १२.३.३० ॥
Lift up those sitting at the bottom; let them touch themselves together with water. In the house, with the vessels, is this water; these measured grains of rice are in the quarters.
12.3.31
प्र यच्छ पर्शुं त्वरया हरौषमहिंसन्त ओषधीर्दान्तु पर्वन् ।
यासां सोमः परि राज्यं बभूवामन्युता नो वीरुधो भवन्तु ॥ १२.३.३१ ॥
Quickly hand over the axe; without harming them, let the herbs be cut at their joints. May those creepers over which Soma gained sovereignty be free from wrath toward us.
12.3.32
नवं बर्हिरोदनाय स्तृणीत प्रियं हृदश्चक्षुषो वल्ग्वस्तु ।
तस्मिन् देवाः सह दैवीर्विशन्त्विमं प्राश्नन्त्वृतुभिर्निषद्य ॥ १२.३.३२ ॥
Spread out fresh barhis grass for the odana; may it be dear and lovely to heart and eye. On it may the gods enter together with the divine powers, and sitting down in their seasons, may they eat this.
12.3.33
वनस्पते स्तीर्णमा सीद बर्हिरग्निष्टोमैः संमितो देवताभिः ।
त्वष्ट्रेव रूपं सुकृतं स्वधित्यैना एहाः परि पात्रे ददृश्राम् ॥ १२.३.३३ ॥
O lord of the forest, sit on the spread-out barhis, duly measured by the Agniṣṭoma rites and the deities. As Tvaṣṭṛ fashions a beautiful form, so may we see these well-made by the axe around the vessel.
12.3.34
षष्ट्यां शरत्सु निधिपा अभीच्छात्स्वः पक्वेनाभ्यश्नवातै ।
उपैनं जीवान् पितरश्च पुत्रा एतं स्वर्गं गमयान्तमग्नेः ॥ १२.३.३४ ॥
In sixty autumns may the guardian of treasures desire heaven and attain it with cooked food. May the living fathers and sons bring him near, this one who is led by Agni to heaven.
12.3.35
धर्ता ध्रियस्व धरुणे पृथिव्या अच्युतं त्वा देवताश्च्यावयन्तु ।
तं त्वा दंपती जीवन्तौ जीवपुत्रावुद्वासयातः पर्यग्निधानात् ॥ १२.३.३५ ॥
O supporter, stand firm in the firm support of the earth; may the gods not displace you, unshaken one. May the living husband and wife, with living sons, lead you out from the fire-hearth.
12.3.36
सर्वान्त्समागा अभिजित्य लोकान् यावन्तः कामाः समतीतृपस्तान् ।
वि गाहेथामायवनं च दर्विरेकस्मिन् पात्रे अध्युद्धरैनम् ॥ १२.३.३६ ॥
Having conquered all the worlds, fully sated with as many desires as there are, may you two plunge into the āyavana; in one vessel lift this up with the darvi.
12.3.37
उप स्तृणीहि प्रथय पुरस्ताद्घृतेन पात्रमभि घारयैतत् ।
वाश्रेवोस्रा तरुणं स्तनस्युमिमं देवासो अभिहिङ्कृणोत ॥ १२.३.३७ ॥
Spread it out and make it wide in front; pour this vessel full with ghee. As a lowing cow with udder calls to her young calf, so, O gods, call out to this.
12.3.38
उपास्तरीरकरो लोकमेतमुरुः प्रथतामसमः स्वर्गः ।
तस्मिं छ्रयातै महिषः सुपर्णो देवा एनं देवताभ्यः प्र यछान् ॥ १२.३.३८ ॥
You spread this world beneath; may it be wide and spread out, an unequalled heaven. In it let the buffalo and the eagle rest; may the gods give this one forth to the deities.
12.3.39
यद्यज्जाया पचति त्वत्परःपरः पतिर्वा जाये त्वत्तिरः ।
सं तत्सृजेथां सह वां तदस्तु संपादयन्तौ सह लोकमेकम् ॥ १२.३.३९ ॥
Whatever the wife cooks, and whether husband or wife stands far apart from you, you two should combine that; let it be together for you both, accomplishing together one world.
12.3.40
यावन्तो अस्याः पृथिवीं सचन्ते अस्मत्पुत्राः परि ये संबभूवुः ।
सर्वांस्तामुप पात्रे ह्वयेथां नाभिं जानानाः शिशवः समायान् ॥ १२.३.४० ॥
As many of our sons as cling to this earth, and who have been born around, call them all to the vessel; may the children, knowing the navel, come together.
12.3.41
वसोर्या धारा मधुना प्रपीना घृतेन मिश्रा अमृतस्य नाभयः ।
सर्वास्ता अव रुन्धे स्वर्गः षष्ट्यां शरत्सु निधिपा अभीछात् ॥ १२.३.४१ ॥
The streams of wealth, swollen with honey, mixed with ghee, the navels of immortality — all of them I hold back here. May heaven, and the guardians of treasure, desire me in the sixtieth autumn.
12.3.42
निधिं निधिपा अभ्येनमिछादनीश्वरा अभितः सन्तु येऽन्ये ।
अस्माभिर्दत्तो निहितः स्वर्गस्त्रिभिः काण्डैस्त्रीन्त्स्वर्गान् अरुक्षत् ॥ १२.३.४२ ॥
May the guardians of treasure desire him; may the others around be powerless. The heaven given and placed by us reached three heavens through three sections.
12.3.43
अग्नी रक्षस्तपतु यद्विदेवं क्रव्याद्पिशाच इह मा प्र पास्त ।
नुदाम एनमप रुध्मो अस्मदादित्या एनमङ्गिरसः सचन्ताम् ॥ १२.३.४३ ॥
May Agni burn that demon who is godless; may the flesh-eating fiend not pass me here. We drive him away, we hold him back from us; may the Ādityas and the Aṅgirases follow him.
12.3.44
आदित्येभ्यो अङ्गिरोभ्यो मध्विदं घृतेन मिश्रं प्रति वेदयामि ।
शुद्धहस्तौ ब्राह्मणस्यानिहत्यैतं स्वर्गं सुकृतावपीतम् ॥ १२.३.४४ ॥
To the Ādityas and to the Aṅgirases I return this honey mixed with ghee. By the pure hands of the brahmin, without harming him, this heaven has been drunk through good deeds.
12.3.45
इदं प्रापमुत्तमं काण्डमस्य यस्माल्लोकात्परमेष्ठी समाप ।
आ सिञ्च सर्पिर्घृतवत्समङ्ग्ध्येष भागो अङ्गिरसो नो अत्र ॥ १२.३.४५ ॥
I have obtained this highest section, from the world from which the Supreme One attained it. Pour in clarified butter, anoint with ghee; this portion here belongs to the Aṅgirases, to us.
12.3.46
सत्याय च तपसे देवताभ्यो निधिं शेवधिं परि दद्म एतम् ।
मा नो द्यूतेऽव गान् मा समित्यां मा स्मान्यस्मा उत्सृजता पुरा मत् ॥ १२.३.४६ ॥
For truth and for austerity, to the gods we give this treasure and hoard. Do not cast us down in the dice-game or in the assembly; do not give me up to another before my time.
12.3.47
अहं पचाम्यहं ददामि ममेदु कर्मन् करुणेऽधि जाया ।
कौमारो लोको अजनिष्ट पुत्रोऽन्वारभेथां वय उत्तरावत् ॥ १२.३.४७ ॥
I cook, I give; in my own work, O compassionate one, the wife depends upon me. In the boyish world a son was born; may you two take up a higher span of life.
12.3.48
न किल्बिषमत्र नाधारो अस्ति न यन् मित्रैः समममान एति ।
अनूनं पात्रं निहितं न एतत्पक्तारं पक्वः पुनरा विशाति ॥ १२.३.४८ ॥
Here there is no fault and no support lacking; nothing goes away without being shared equally with friends. This full vessel is set aside for us; the cooked food enters the cook again.
12.3.49
प्रियं प्रियाणां कृणवाम तमस्ते यन्तु यतमे द्विषन्ति ।
धेनुरनड्वान् वयोवय आयदेव पौरुषेयमप मृत्युं नुदन्तु ॥ १२.३.४९ ॥
We make the beloved dear among the beloved; may those who hate us go there. May the cow and the ox, coming with every span of life, drive death away from the human being.
12.3.50
समग्नयः विदुरन्यो अन्यं य ओषधीः सचते यश्च सिन्धून् ।
यावन्तो देवा दिव्यातपन्ति हिरण्यं ज्योतिः पचतो बभूव ॥ १२.३.५० ॥
The fires know one another; he who joins the herbs and the rivers; as many gods as shine in the sky, the light of the cook has become golden.
12.3.51
एषा त्वचां पुरुषे सं बभूवानग्नाः सर्वे पशवो ये अन्ये ।
क्षत्रेणात्मानं परि धापयाथोऽमोतं वासो मुखमोदनस्य ॥ १२.३.५१ ॥
This has come together as skin in the person, so that all animals and others are not naked. With strength, wrap your self all around; cover the mouth of the odana with an unbreakable garment.
12.3.52
यदक्षेषु वदा यत्समित्यां यद्वा वदा अनृतं वित्तकाम्या ।
समानं तन्तुमभि सम्वसानौ तस्मिन्त्सर्वं शमलं सादयाथः ॥ १२.३.५२ ॥
Whatever you speak at the dice, whatever you speak in the assembly, or whatever falsehood you speak from desire for wealth — clothed in the same thread, you two set all that impurity down in it.
12.3.53
वर्षं वनुष्वापि गच्छ देवांस्त्वचो धूमं पर्युत्पातयासि ।
विश्वव्यचा घृतपृष्ठो भविष्यन्त्सयोनिर्लोकमुप याह्येतम् ॥ १२.३.५३ ॥
Give rain, and go also to the gods; cause the smoke to rise up all around from the skin. All-pervading, with ghee upon your back, becoming one of the same source, reach this world.
12.3.54
तन्वं स्वर्गो बहुधा वि चक्रे यथा विद आत्मन्न् अन्यवर्णाम् ।
अपाजैत्कृष्णां रुशतीं पुनानो या लोहिनी तां ते अग्नौ जुहोमि ॥ १२.३.५४ ॥
Svarga divided the body in many ways, so that one might know in the self what is of another colour. Purifying, he drove away the black and the shining; the red one, that I offer into the fire for you.
12.3.55
प्राच्यै त्वा दिशेऽग्नयेऽधिपतयेऽसिताय रक्षित्र आदित्यायेषुमते ।
एतं परि दद्मस्तं नो गोपायतास्माकमैतोः ।
दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज्जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्वथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम ॥ १२.३.५५ ॥
I give you to the eastern quarter, to Agni, to the lord Asita, to the protector Āditya who holds arrows. We give this one around; may he guard our going. Here may our allotted span reach old age; may decrepitude not lead us down to death; then may we be together with ripeness.
12.3.56
दक्षिणायै त्वा दिश इन्द्रायाधिपतये तिरश्चिराजये रक्षित्रे यमायेषुमते ।
एतं परि दद्मस्तं नो गोपायतास्माकमैतोः ।
दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज्जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्वथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम ॥ १२.३.५६ ॥
I give you to the southern quarter, to Indra, to the lord Tiraścirāji, to the protector Yama who holds arrows. We give this one around; may he guard our going. Here may our allotted span reach old age; may decrepitude not lead us down to death; then may we be together with ripeness.
12.3.57
प्रतीच्यै त्वा दिशे वरुणायाधिपतये पृदाकवे रक्षित्रेऽन्नायेषुमते ।
एतं परि दद्मस्तं नो गोपायतास्माकमैतोः ।
दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज्जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्वथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम ॥ १२.३.५७ ॥
I give you to the western quarter, to Varuṇa, to the lord Pṛdāku, to the protector Food who holds arrows. We give this one around; may he guard our going. Here may our allotted span reach old age; may decrepitude not lead us down to death; then may we be together with ripeness.
12.3.58
उदीच्यै त्वा दिशे सोमायाधिपतये स्वजाय रक्षित्रेऽशन्या इषुमत्यै ।
एतं परि दद्मस्तं नो गोपायतास्माकमैतोः ।
दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज्जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्वथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम ॥ १२.३.५८ ॥
For the northern quarter, under the lordship of Soma, the self-born protector, for the thunderbolt and the arrow-rich one, we give you. We set this around; protect us from our going. May the old age appointed to us here lead us to decrepitude; may old age not give us over to death, but keep us together with ripeness.
12.3.59
ध्रुवायै त्वा दिशे विष्णवेऽधिपतये कल्माषग्रीवाय रक्षित्र ओषधीभ्य इषुमतीभ्यः ।
एतं परि दद्मस्तं नो गोपायतास्माकमैतोः ।
दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज्जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्वथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम ॥ १२.३.५९ ॥
For the fixed quarter, under the lordship of Viṣṇu, for the guardian of the speckled-necked one, for the arrow-rich plants, we give you. We set this around; protect us from our going. May the old age appointed to us here lead us to decrepitude; may old age not give us over to death, but keep us together with ripeness.
12.3.60
ऊर्ध्वायै त्वा दिशे बृहस्पतयेऽधिपतये श्वित्राय रक्षित्रे वर्षायेषुमते ।
एतं परि दद्मस्तं नो गोपायतास्माकमैतोः ।
दिष्टं नो अत्र जरसे नि नेषज्जरा मृत्यवे परि णो ददात्वथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम ॥ १२.३.६० ॥
For the upward quarter, under the lordship of Bṛhaspati, for the guardian of the white leprosy, for the arrow-rich rain, we give you. We set this around; protect us from our going. May the old age appointed to us here lead us to decrepitude; may old age not give us over to death, but keep us together with ripeness.