Rig Veda
mahi vo mahatām avo varuṇa mitra dāśuṣe yam ādityā abhi druho rakṣathā nem aghaṃ naśad anehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
Great help ye give the worshipper, Varuna, Mitra, Mighty Ones! No sorrow ever reaches him whom ye, Adityas, keep from harm. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford.
vidā devā aghānām ādityāso apākṛtim
O Gods, Adityas, well ye know the way to keep all woes afar. As the birds spread their sheltering wings, spread your protection over us.
vy asme adhi śarma tat pakṣā vayo na yantana viśvāni viśvavedaso varūthyā manāmahe 'nehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
As the birds spread their sheltering wings let your protection cover us. We mean all shelter and defense, ye who have all things for your own.
yasmā arāsata kṣayaṃ jīvātuṃ ca pracetasaḥ manor viśvasya ghed ima ādityā rāya īśate 'nehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
To whomsoever they, Most Wise, have given a home and means of life, O'er the whole riches of this man they, the Adityas, have control.
syāmed indrasya śarmaṇy ādityānām utāvasy anehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
As drivers of the car avoid ill roads, let sorrows pass us by. May we be under Indra's guard, in the Adityas' favouring grace.
parihvṛted anā jano yuṣmādattasya vāyati devā adabhram āśa vo yam ādityā ahetanānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
For verily men sink and faint through loss of wealth which ye have given. Much hath he gained from you, O Gods, whom ye, Adityas, have approached.
na taṃ tigmaṃ cana tyajo na drāsad abhi taṃ guru yasmā u śarma sapratha ādityāso arādhvam anehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
On him shall no fierce anger fall, no sore distress shall visit him, To whom, Adityas, ye have lent your shelter that extendeth far.
yuṣme devā api ṣmasi yudhyanta iva varmasu yūyam maho na enaso yūyam arbhād uruṣyatānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
Resting in you, O Gods, we are like men who fight in coats of mail. Ye guard us from each great offence, ye guard us from each lighter fault.
aditir na uruṣyatv aditiḥ śarma yacchatu mātā mitrasya revato 'ryamṇo varuṇasya cānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
May Aditi defend us, may Aditi guard and shelter us, Mother of wealthy Mitra and of Aryaman and Varuna.
yad devāḥ śarma śaraṇaṃ yad bhadraṃ yad anāturam tridhātu yad varūthyaṃ tad asmāsu vi yantanānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
The shelter, Gods, that is secure, auspicious, free from malady, A sure protection, triply strong, even that do ye extend to us.
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Look down on us, Adityas, as a guide exploring from the bank. Lead us to pleasant ways as men lead horses to an easy ford.
neha bhadraṃ rakṣasvine nāvayai nopayā uta gave ca bhadraṃ dhenave vīrāya ca śravasyate 'nehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
Ill be it for the demons' friend to find us or come near to us. But for the milch-cow be it well, and for the man who strives for fame.
yad āvir yad apīcyaṃ devāso asti duṣkṛtam trite tad viśvam āptya āre asmad dadhātanānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
Each evil deed made manifest, and that which is concealed, O Gods, The whole thereof remove from us to Trita Aptya far away.
yac ca goṣu duṣṣvapnyaṃ yac cāsme duhitar divaḥ tritāya tad vibhāvary āptyāya parā vahānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
Daughter of Heaven, the dream that bodes evil to us or to our kine, Remove, O Lady of the Light, to Trita Aptya far away.
niṣkaṃ vā ghā kṛṇavate srajaṃ vā duhitar divaḥ trite duṣṣvapnyaṃ sarvam āptye pari dadmasy anehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
Even if, O Child of Heaven, it make a garland or a chain of gold, The whole bad dream, whate'er it be, to Trita Aptya we consign.
tadannāya tadapase tam bhāgam upaseduṣe tritāya ca dvitāya coṣo duṣṣvapnyaṃ vahānehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
To him whose food and work is this, who comes to take his share therein, To Trita, and to Dvita, Dawn! bear thou the evil dream away.
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As we collect the utmost debt, even the eighth and sixteenth part, So unto Aptya we transfer together all the evil dream.
ajaiṣmādyāsanāma cābhūmānāgaso vayam uṣo yasmād duṣṣvapnyād abhaiṣmāpa tad ucchatv anehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ
Now have we conquered and obtained, and from our trespasses are free. Shine thou away the evil dream, O Dawn, whereof we are afraid. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the succour they afford.