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Rig Veda Book 7 Hymn 54 वास्तोष पते परति जानीह्यस्मान सवावेशो अनमीवो भवा नः | यत तवेमहे परति तन नो जुषस्व शं नो भव दविपदे शं चतुष्पदे || वास्तोष पते परतरणो न एधि गयस्फानो गोभिरश्वेभिरिन्दो | अजरासस्ते सख्ये सयाम पितेव पुत्रान परति नो जुषस्व || वास्तोष पते शग्मया संसदा ते सक्षीमहि रण्वया गातुमत्या | पाहि कषेम उत योगे वरं नो यूयं पात … ||

vāstoṣ pate prati jānīhyasmān svāveśo anamīvo bhavā naḥ | yat tvemahe prati tan no juṣasva śaṃ no bhava dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade || vāstoṣ pate prataraṇo na edhi ghayasphāno ghobhiraśvebhirindo | ajarāsaste sakhye syāma piteva putrān prati no juṣasva || vāstoṣ pate śaghmayā saṃsadā te sakṣīmahi raṇvayā ghātumatyā | pāhi kṣema uta yoghe varaṃ no yūyaṃ pāta … ||

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Rig Veda

  1. ACKNOWLEDGE us, O Guardian of the Homestead: bring no disease, and give us happy entrance. Whate’er we ask of thee, be pleased to grant it, and prosper thou quadrupeds and bipeds. 2 Protector of the Home, be our promoter: increase our wealth in kine and steeds, O Indu. May we be ever-youthful in thy friendship: be pleased in us as in his sons a father. 3 Through thy dear fellowship that bringeth welfare, may we be victors, Guardian of the Dwelling! Protect our happiness in rest and labour. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.