२९

1. ¹ ‘House, do not fear, do not tremble; bringing strength we come back. Bringing strength, gaining wealth, wise I come back to the house, rejoicing in my mind.

‘Of which the traveller thinks, in which much joy dwells, the house I call. May it know us as we know it.

‘Hither are called the cows; hither are called goats and sheep; and the sweet essence of food is called hither to our house.

‘Hither are called many friends, the sweet companionship of friends. May our dwellings always be unharmed with all our men.

‘Rich in sap, rich in milk, refreshing, full of joy and mirth, free from hunger (?) and thirst, O house, do not fear us’ - with (these verses) he approaches his house (when returning from a journey).

गृहा मा बिभीत मा वेपिढ्वमूर्जं बिभ्रत एमसि ऊर्जं बिभ्रद्वसुवनिः सुमेधा गृहानेमि मनसा मोदमानः येषामध्येति प्रवसन्नेति सौमनसो बभुः गृहानुपह्वयामहे ते नो जानन्तु जानतः उपहूता इह गाव उपहूता अजावयः अथो अन्नस्य कीलाल उपहूतो गृहेषु नः उपहूता भूरिसखाः सखायः स्वादुसम्मुदः अरिष्टाः सर्वपूरुषा गृहा नः सन्तु सर्वदा ऊर्जस्वन्तः पयस्वन्त इरावन्तो हसामुदः अनश्या अतृष्या गृहा मास्मद्बिभीतन इति गृहानभ्येति १

2. ‘To thee I turn for the sake of safety, of peace. The blissful one! The helpful one!, Welfare! Welfare!’ - with (this formula) he enters.

3. On that day, on which he has arrived, he should avoid all quarrelling.

4. ‘The joyful house I enter which does not bring death to men; most manly (I enter) the auspicious one. Bringing refreshment, with genial minds (we enter the house); joyfully I lie down in it’ - with (this verse) he lies down.

5. ² ‘May we find our way with thee through all hostile powers, as through streams of water’ - with (this verse) he looks at his wife; he looks at his wife.

End of the First Praśna.

क्षेमाय वः शान्त्यै प्रपद्ये शिवं शग्मं शं योः शं योः इति प्रविशति।
न तदहरागतः कलहं करोति।
गृहान् अहं सुमनसः प्रपद्ये अवीरघ्नो वीरतमः सुशेवान् इरां वहन्तः सुमनस्यमानास्तेष्वहं सुमनाः संविशामि इति संविशति।
विश्वा उत त्वया वयं धारा उदन्या इव । अतिगाहेमहि द्विषः । इति भार्यां समीक्षते समीक्षते २