HYMN 18

paraM mRtyo anu parehi panthAM yaste sva itaro devayAnAt
cakSuSmate shRNvate te bravImi mA naH prajAM rIriSomota vIrAn
mRtyoH padaM yopayanto yadaita drAghIya AyuH pratarandadhAnAH
ApyAyamAnAH prajayA dhanena shuddhAHpUtA bhavata yajñiyAsaH
ime jIvA vi mRtairAvavRtrannabhUd bhadrA devahUtirnoadya
prAñco agAma nRtaye hasAya drAghIya AyuHprataraM dadhAnAH
imaM jIvebhyaH paridhiM dadhAmi maiSAM nu gAdaparoarthametam
shataM jIvantu sharadaH purUcIrantarmRtyuM dadhatAM parvatena
yathAhAnyanupUrvaM bhavanti yatha Rtava RtubhiryantisAdhu
yathA na pUrvamaparo jahAtyevA dhAtarAyUMSi kalpayaiSAm
A rohatAyurjarasaM vRNAnA anupUrvaM yatamAnA yatiSTha
iha tvaSTA sujanimA sajoSA dIrghamAyuHkarati jIvase vaH
imA nArIravidhavAH supatnIrAñjanena sarpiSA saMvishantu
anashravo.anamIvAH suratnA A rohantu janayoyonimagre
udIrSva nAryabhi jIvalokaM gatAsumetamupa sheSa ehi
hastagrAbhasya didhiSostavedaM patyurjanitvamabhi sambabhUtha
dhanurhastAdAdadAno mRtasyAsme kSatrAya varcasebalAya
atraiva tvamiha vayaM suvIrA vishvA spRdhoabhimAtIrjayema
upa sarpa mAtaraM bhUmimetAmuruvyacasaM pRthivIMsushevAm
UrNamradA yuvatirdakSiNAvata eSA tvA pAtunir{R}terupasthAt
ucchvañcasva pRthivi mA ni bAdhathAH sUpAyanAsmai bhavasUpavañcanA
mAtA putraM yathA sicAbhyenaM bhUmaUrNuhi
ucchvañcamAnA pRthivI su tiSThatu sahasraM mita upa hishrayantAm
te gRhAso ghRtashcuto bhavantu vishvAhAsmaisharaNAH santvatra
ut te stabhnAmi pRthivIM tvat parImaM logaM nidadhan moahaM riSam
etAM sthUNAM pitaro dhArayantu te.atrAyamaH sAdanA te minotu
pratIcIne mAmahanISvAH parNamivA dadhuH
pratIcIM jagrabhA vAcamashvaM rashanayA yathA