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Rig Veda Book 1 Hymn 18 सोमानं सवरणं कर्णुहि बरह्मणस पते | कक्षीवन्तं याुशिजः || यो रेवान यो अमीवहा वसुवित पुष्टिवर्धनः | स नः सिषक्तु यस्तुरः || मा नः शंसो अररुषो धूर्तिः परणं मर्त्यस्य | रक्षा णो बरह्मणस पते || स घा वीरो न रिष्यति यमिन्द्रो बरह्मणस पतिः | सोमो हिनोति मर्त्यम || तवं तं बरह्मणस पते सोम इन्द्रश्च मर्त्यम | दक्षिणा पात्वंहसः || सदसस पतिमद्भुतं परियमिन्द्रस्य काम्यम | सनिं मेधामयासिषम || यस्माद रते न सिध्यति यज्ञो विपश्चितश्चन | स धीनां योगमिन्वति || आद रध्नोति हविष्क्र्तिं पराञ्चं कर्णोत्यध्वरम | होत्रा देवेषु गछति || नराशंसं सुध्र्ष्टममपश्यं सप्रथस्तमम | दिवो नसद्ममखसम ||
somānaṃ svaraṇaṃ kṛṇuhi brahmaṇas pate | kakṣīvantaṃ yāuśijaḥ || yo revān yo amīvahā vasuvit puṣṭivardhanaḥ | sa naḥ siṣaktu yasturaḥ || mā naḥ śaṃso araruṣo dhūrtiḥ praṇaṃ martyasya | rakṣā ṇo brahmaṇas pate || sa ghā vīro na riṣyati yamindro brahmaṇas patiḥ | somo hinoti martyam || tvaṃ taṃ brahmaṇas pate soma indraśca martyam | dakṣiṇā pātvaṃhasaḥ || sadasas patimadbhutaṃ priyamindrasya kāmyam | saniṃ medhāmayāsiṣam || yasmād ṛte na sidhyati yajño vipaścitaścana | sa dhīnāṃ yoghaminvati || ād ṛdhnoti haviṣkṛtiṃ prāñcaṃ kṛṇotyadhvaram | hotrā deveṣu ghachati || narāśaṃsaṃ sudhṛṣṭamamapaśyaṃ saprathastamam | divo nasadmamakhasam ||
Translation:
Rig Veda 1 O BRĀHMAṆASPATI, make him who presses Soma glorious, Even Kakṣīvān Auśija. 2 The rich, the healer of disease, who giveth wealth, increaseth store, The prompt,—may he be with us still. 3 Let not the foeman’s curse, let not a mortal’s onslaught fall on us Preserve us, Brahmaṇaspati. 4 Ne’er is the mortal hero harmed whom Indra, Brahmaṇaspati, And Soma graciously inspire. 5 Do, thou, O Brahmaṇaspati, and Indra, Soma, Dakṣiṇā, Preserve that mortal from distress. 6 To the Assembly’s wondrous Lord, to Indra’s lovely Friend who gives Wisdom, have I drawn near in prayer. 7 He without whom no sacrifice, e’en of the wise man, prospers; he Stirs up the series of thoughts. 8 He makes the oblation prosper, he promotes the course of sacrifice: Our voice of praise goes to the Gods. 9 I have seen Narāśaṁsa, him most resolute, most widely famed, As ’twere the Household Priest of heaven.