Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.18

1.18.1

सो॒मानं॒ स्वर॑णं कृणु॒हि ब्र॑ह्मणस्पते ।
क॒क्षीव॑न्तं॒ य औ॑शि॒जः ॥

O Brahmaṇaspati, make Soma resonant, and Kakṣīvat, the son of Uśij.

यो रे॒वान्यो अ॑मीव॒हा व॑सु॒वित्पु॑ष्टि॒वर्ध॑नः ।
स नः॑ सिषक्तु॒ यस्तु॒रः ॥

May he who is rich, destroyer of affliction, finder of wealth, increaser of nourishment, cleave to us, and he who is swift.

मा नः॒ शंसो॒ अर॑रुषो धू॒र्तिः प्रण॒ङ्मर्त्य॑स्य ।
रक्षा॑ णो ब्रह्मणस्पते ॥

Let not the reproach nor the deceit of the one who does not praise come to us, nor that of any mortal. O Brahmaṇaspati, protect us.

स घा॑ वी॒रो न रि॑ष्यति॒ यमिन्द्रो॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिः॑ ।
सोमो॑ हि॒नोति॒ मर्त्य॑म् ॥

That hero does not perish whom Indra, lord of the sacred formula, and Soma impel.

त्वं तं ब्र॑ह्मणस्पते॒ सोम॒ इन्द्र॑श्च॒ मर्त्य॑म् ।
दक्षि॑णा पा॒त्वंह॑सः ॥

You, O Brahmaṇaspati, together with Soma and Indra, protect that mortal; may the dakṣiṇā guard him from sin.

सद॑स॒स्पति॒मद्भु॑तं प्रि॒यमिन्द्र॑स्य॒ काम्य॑म् ।
स॒निं मे॒धाम॑यासिषम् ॥

I have approached the lord of the assembly, the wonderful, the beloved, desired by Indra, for bounty and wisdom.

यस्मा॑दृ॒ते न सिध्य॑ति य॒ज्ञो वि॑प॒श्चित॑श्च॒न ।
स धी॒नां योग॑मिन्वति ॥

Without whom even the sacrifice of the wise seer does not succeed, he impels the yoking of thoughts.

आदृ॑ध्नोति ह॒विष्कृ॑तिं॒ प्राञ्चं॑ कृणोत्यध्व॒रम् ।
होत्रा॑ दे॒वेषु॑ गच्छति ॥

Then he makes the oblation prosper, turns the sacrifice forward; the invocations of the hotar reach the gods.

नरा॒शंसं॑ सु॒धृष्ट॑म॒मप॑श्यं स॒प्रथ॑स्तमम् ।
दि॒वो न सद्म॑मखसम् ॥

I beheld Nārāśaṃsa, most resolute, most far-extending, like the sky, seated in the house of the sacrifice.