Yajurveda 6.16 — Dyava prithivi Devate
Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Samhita) · Adhyaya 6 · Verse 6.16
Sanskrit Original
रक्षसां भागोऽसि निरस्तं रक्षऽ इदमहं रक्षोऽभि तिष्ठामीदमहं रक्षोऽवबाधऽ इदमहं रक्षोऽधमं तमो नयामि। घृतेन द्यावापृथिवी प्रोर्णुवाथां वायो वे स्तोकानामग्निराज्यस्य वेतु स्वाहा स्वाहाकृतेऽ ऊउर्ध्वनभसं मारुतं गच्छतम।
Rakṣasā≈ bhāgo'si nirastaṃ rakṣa' idamahaṃ rakṣo'bhi tiṣṭhāmīdamaha≈ rakṣo'vabādha' idamahaṃ rakṣo'dhama≈ tamo nayāmi. Ghṛtena dyāvāpṛthivī prorṇuvāthā≈ vāyo ve stokānāmagnirājyasya vetu svāhā svāhākṛte' ūurdhvanabhasa≈ māruta≈ gacchatam.
You are portion of demons; be dispelled, protect; I stand against the protectors, I drive back the hostile, I lead away the inferior darkness. With ghee may heaven and earth be offered forth; O wind, remove the hindrances of fires' sovereignty—svāhā. Made into svāhā, ascend the Marut with the loud sound.