The tenth anuvak asks for the favour of the earth's physical elements — stone, clay, mountains, forests, sand, and all the metals. The Vedic seer sees the divine in every particle of the natural world.
📖 Yajurveda, Taittiriya Samhita
Mantra 1
कृत्तिश्च मे अकृत्तिश्च मे ।
Krittishcha me akrittishcha me |
कृत्तिः
fashioned or stitched goods
अकृत्तिः
natural, uncut goods
May I receive both fashioned goods and natural, unworked materials.
Mantra 2
अश्माश्च मे मृत्तिका च मे गिरयश्च मे ।
Ashmaashcha me mrittika cha me girayashcha me |
अश्मा
stone
मृत्तिका
clay and earth
गिरयः
mountains
May stone, clay, and mountains all be favourable to me.
Mantra 3
पर्वताश्च मे सिकताश्च मे वनानि च मे ।
Parvataashcha me sikataashcha me vanaani cha me |
पर्वताः
mountains
सिकताः
sand
वनानि
forests
May mountains, sand, and forests all be favourable to me.
Mantra 4
हिरण्यं चायश्च मे सीसं च मे त्रपुश्च मे ।
Hiranyam chaayashcha me siisam cha me trapushcha me |
हिरण्यम्
gold
अयः
iron
सीसम्
lead
त्रपुः
tin
May I receive gold, iron, lead, and tin — these metals of the earth.
Mantra 5
श्यामं च मे लोहं च मे अग्निश्च मे ।
Shyaamam cha me loham cha me agnishcha me |
श्यामम्
dark iron (steel)
लोहम्
copper (the red metal)
अग्निः
fire
May I receive dark iron, copper, and fire — all be favourable to me.
Mantra 6
आपश्च मे वीरुधश्च मे वनस्पतयश्च मे ।
Aapashcha me viirudhashcha me vanaspatayashcha me |
आपः
water
वीरुधः
creepers and vines
वनस्पतयः
trees
May water, creepers, and trees — all the elements of nature — be favourable to me.
References
Sri Rudram · 21 / 22