Hiranyagarbha Suktam — Complete Lyrics
हिरण्यगर्भ सूक्तम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
हिरण्यगर्भः समवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिरेक आसीत् ।
स दाधार पृथिवीं द्यामुतेमां कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥१॥
Hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartatāgre bhūtasya jātaḥ patireka āsīt |
sa dādhāra pṛthivīṃ dyāmutemāṃ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||1||
In the beginning arose the Golden Womb (Hiranyagarbha); born, He was the one Lord of all that is. He upheld this earth and heaven — to which God shall we offer our worship with oblation?
Verse 2
य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषं यस्य देवाः ।
यस्य छायामृतं यस्य मृत्युः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥२॥
Ya ātmadā baladā yasya viśva upāsate praśiṣaṃ yasya devāḥ |
yasya chāyāmṛtaṃ yasya mṛtyuḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||2||
He who gives the Self and gives strength, whose command all the world and even the gods obey, whose shadow is immortality and whose shadow is death — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 3
यः प्राणतो निमिषतो महित्वैक इद्राजा जगतो बभूव ।
य ईशे अस्य द्विपदश्चतुष्पदः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥३॥
Yaḥ prāṇato nimiṣato mahitvaika idrājā jagato babhūva |
ya īśe asya dvipadaścatuṣpadaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||3||
He who by His greatness became the one sole King of the breathing, blinking world, who rules over its two-footed and four-footed creatures — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 4
यस्येमे हिमवन्तो महित्वा यस्य समुद्रं रसया सहाहुः ।
यस्येमाः प्रदिशो यस्य बाहू कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥४॥
Yasyeme himavanto mahitvā yasya samudraṃ rasayā sahāhuḥ |
yasyemāḥ pradiśo yasya bāhū kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||4||
He whose greatness these snowy mountains proclaim, whose, they say, is the ocean with the cosmic stream, whose are these quarters of space, as His arms — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 5
येन द्यौरुग्रा पृथिवी च दृळ्हा येन स्वः स्तभितं येन नाकः ।
यो अन्तरिक्षे रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥५॥
Yena dyaurugrā pṛthivī ca dṛḷhā yena svaḥ stabhitaṃ yena nākaḥ |
yo antarikṣe rajaso vimānaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||5||
By whom the mighty heaven and the earth were made firm, by whom the light-realm and the firmament were upheld, who measured out the mid-air's expanse — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 6
यं क्रन्दसी अवसा तस्तभाने अभ्यैक्षेतां मनसा रेजमाने ।
यत्राधि सूर उदितो विभाति कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥६॥
Yaṃ krandasī avasā tastabhāne abhyaikṣetāṃ manasā rejamāne |
yatrādhi sūra udito vibhāti kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||6||
He to whom the two opposing hosts (heaven and earth), upheld by His help, looked up, trembling in mind, over whom the risen sun shines forth — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 7
आपो ह यद्बृहतीर्विश्वमायन्गर्भं दधाना जनयन्तीरग्निम् ।
ततो देवानां समवर्ततासुरेकः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥७॥
Āpo ha yadbṛhatīrviśvamāyangarbhaṃ dadhānā janayantīragnim |
tato devānāṃ samavartatāsureka kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||7||
When the great waters came, bearing the universal embryo and giving birth to Agni, thence arose the one Life-breath of the gods — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 8
यश्चिदापो महिना पर्यपश्यद्दक्षं दधाना जनयन्तीर्यज्ञम् ।
यो देवेष्वधि देव एक आसीत्कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥८॥
Yaścidāpo mahinā paryapaśyaddakṣaṃ dadhānā janayantīryajñam |
yo deveṣvadhi deva eka āsītkasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||8||
He who in His might surveyed the waters that bore creative power and gave birth to sacrifice, who was the one God above all gods — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 9
मा नो हिंसीज्जनिता यः पृथिव्या यो वा दिवं सत्यधर्मा जजान ।
यश्चापश्चन्द्रा बृहतीर्जजान कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥९॥
Mā no hiṃsījjanitā yaḥ pṛthivyā yo vā divaṃ satyadharmā jajāna |
yaścāpaścandrā bṛhatīrjajāna kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||9||
May He not harm us, He who is the begetter of the earth, who, of true ordinances, created the heaven, and who brought forth the great and shining waters — to which God shall we offer our worship?
Verse 10
प्रजापते न त्वदेतान्यन्यो विश्वा जातानि परि ता बभूव ।
यत्कामास्ते जुहुमस्तन्नो अस्तु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥१०॥
Prajāpate na tvadetānyanyo viśvā jātāni pari tā babhūva |
yatkāmāste juhumastanno astu vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ||10||
O Prajapati! None other than You has encompassed all these created things. Whatever we desire as we offer to You, may that be ours; may we become masters of riches.
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