CHAPTER 36
1. May inbreath and outbreath be strengthened in my soul. May my speech acquire mental strength, whereby I may gain physical strength.
May my speech be commendable like the Rig Veda, my mind reflective like the Yajur veda. May I master the Sama Veda, the expositor of the science of yoga. May I possess good eyes and ears.
2. Whatever defect I have of eye or heart, or perplexity of mind, that may God amend. Gracious to us be He, Protector of the world.
3. Oh men, just as we having studied the science of moral duty, the science of contemplation, and the science of sacred knowledge, meditate upon God, the Reliever of afflictions, inaccessible through physical organs, the Giver of affluence, the Object of desire, the Impeller of our intellects,
so should ye do.
4. With what help does the ever-prospering, wonderful God become our Friend ? With what constant, most mighty wisdom does He impel us in noble attributes, actions and natures ?
5. O man, God, the most advanced in happiness, the Embodiment of joy, grants thee happiness through food; and gives thy soul, the eradi-cator of misery, durable wealth.
6. O God, Thou granting us manifold glories, and protecting us from all sides, dost fairly guard us, thy friends, who praise Thee.
7. O God, the Showerer of joys from all sides, with what aid dost Thou delight us, in what way dost Thou bestow happiness on thy worshippers.
8. O God, like lightning Thou shinest in the universe, may weal attend our bipeds and our quadtupeds.
9. May God, friendly like breath, be gracious unto us; may God, tranquiliser like water be kind to us; may God the Just be benevolent to us; may God the Mighty, and Guardian of the vedic speech be comfort-giving to us, may the All-pervading God, the vigilant creator of the universe be
pleasant to us.
10. May the wind blow pleasantly for us. May the Sun warm us pleasantly. May lightning roar for us. May cloud send the rain on us pleasantly.
11. May days pass pleasantly for us. May nights draw near delight-fully. May lightning and fire, with their aids, bring us happiness May the Sun and rain givers of joy, comfort us.
12. May beautiful waters be pleasant to us to drink and acquire happiness, and flow with health and strength to us.
13. O wife calm like the Earth, just as the Earth free from thorns and pits, the resting place for all durable substances, is comfortable for us, so shouldst thou be. Just as wide Earth gives us place for dwelling, so shouldst thou delight-affording, give us domestic happiness.
14. O peaceful, learned, noble wives, just as beneficent waters sustain us for a big famous fight and energy, so should ye endear yourselves to us.
15. O noble wives, give us your most propitious affection in this world, like mothers longing for progeny.
16. O wives, just as ye make us calm like water, so should we make ye peaceful. As each of ye satisfies her husband for decent living for him, so may we acquire power and wealth for him.
17. May sky be peaceful.
May atmosphere be peaceful.
May Earth be peaceful.
May waters be peaceful.
May medicinal herbs be peaceful.
May plants be peaceful.
May all the learned persons be peaceful. May God and the vedas be peaceful. May all the objects be peaceful; May peace itself be peace-ful. May that peace come unto me.
18. O God, the Dispeller of ignorance and darkness, strengthen, me, May all beings regard me with the eye of a friend. May I regard all beings with the eye of a friend. With the eye of a friend do we regard
one another.
19. Do O God, the Preventer of mental delusion, strengthen me. Long may I live to look on Thee. Long may I live to look on Thee.
20. Obeisance to God, the Queller of sins, the Source of light.
Obeisance to God worthy of adoration. May thy punishments torment others. Be thou Purifier, and propitious unto us.
21. Homage to Thee God pervading like lightning, Homage to Thee God, the Inspirer of awa for the sinners. Homage, O Bounteous Lord to thee, as Thou desirest to give us happiness.
22. O God, from whatsoever place, Thou desirest, give us freedom from fear thence. Give to our people and our beasts happiness and fearlessness.
23. O God, let waters and plants be friendly to us; unfriendly to him who hates us, and whom we hate.
24. O God, Thou art the well-wisher of the learned. Immaculate, the Exhibitor of every thing like the eye, the Eternal knower of every thing. Through Thy kindness may we see for a hundred years; may we
live for a hundred years; may we listen for a hundred years to vedic lore; may we preach the vedas for a hundred years; may we live content inde-pendently for a hundred years; yea, even beyond a hundred years, see, live, hear, preach and be not dependent.
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