Sanskrit Text
आयु॑रसि विश्वायु॑रसि। सर्वायु॑रसि सर्वमायु॑रसि। यतो वातो मनो॑जवा:। यत: क्षर॑न्ति सिन्ध॑व:। तासां त्वा सर्वा॑सां रुचा। अभिषिं॑चामि वर्च॑सा। समुद्र इ॑वासि गह्मना। सोम॑ इवास्यदाभ्य:। अग्निरि॑व विश्वत॑: प्रत्यङ्। सूर्य॑ इव ज्योति॑षा विभू:॥ 59 ॥
(Note: In the provided XML file, the phrase “तासान् त्वा सर्वा॑सा रुचा” is written with sandhi merging ‘tāsām’ to ‘tāsān’ before ‘tvā’, and ‘sarvāsā’ is missing its terminal anusvara. It has been normalized above to “तासां त्वा सर्वासां रुचा” for standard Sanskrit reading.)
IAST Transliteration
āyur asi viśvāyur asi | sarvāyur asi sarvam āyur asi | yato vāto manojavāḥ | yataḥ kṣaranti sindhavaḥ | tāsāṃ tvā sarvāsāṃ rucā | abhiṣiṃcāmi varcasā | samudra ivāsi gahmanā | soma ivāsy adābhyaḥ | agnir iva viśvataḥ pratyaṅ | sūrya iva jyotiṣā vibhūḥ || 59 ||
Word-by-Word Meaning
- आयुः असि (āyuḥ asi): You are Life / Longevity
- विश्वायुः असि (viśvāyuḥ asi): You are Universal Life
- सर्वायुः असि (sarvāyuḥ asi): You are All Life
- सर्वम् आयुः असि (sarvam āyuḥ asi): You are the Entirety of Life
- यतः (yataḥ): From where / from which source
- वातः (vātaḥ): The wind
- मनोजवाः (manojavāḥ): (Is) as swift as the mind
- यतः (yataḥ): From where
- क्षरन्ति (kṣaranti): Flow
- सिन्धवः (sindhavaḥ): The rivers / the oceans
- तासाम् (tāsāṃ): Of those (divine waters)
- त्वा (tvā): You (the person being consecrated)
- सर्वासाम् (sarvāsāṃ): Of all
- रुचा (rucā): With the light / brilliance
- अभिषिञ्चामि (abhiṣiṃcāmi): I bathe / I consecrate
- वर्चसा (varcasā): With the splendor / divine luster
- समुद्रः इव असि (samudraḥ iva asi): You are like the ocean
- गह्मना (gahmanā): In depth / by profound majesty
- सोमः इव असि (somaḥ iva asi): You are like King Soma
- अदाभ्यः (adābhyaḥ): Invincible / unassailable / infallible
- अग्निः इव (agniḥ iva): Like Agni (fire)
- विश्वतः प्रत्यङ् (viśvataḥ pratyaṅ): Facing all directions / all-encompassing
- सूर्यः इव (sūryaḥ iva): Like the Sun
- ज्योतिषा (jyotiṣā): With light
- विभूः (vibhūḥ): All-pervading / radiant
Summary Meaning
“You are Life itself! You are the Universal Life, you are All Life, you are the absolute entirety of Life!
From that supreme source where the wind blows as swiftly as the mind, and from where the mighty rivers flow—with the collective brilliance and magnificent splendor of all those divine waters, I consecrate and bathe you.
May you be as profoundly deep and majestic as the ocean. May you be as invincible and unassailable as King Soma. May you be all-encompassing, facing every direction like the sacred fire, and may you be all-pervading with light like the radiant Sun!”