ക്ഷേത്രപതി സൂക്തമ്

We invoke the lord of the kshetra (i.e. lord of the field) by whose grace indeed we prosper, may he through his gracious look increase our cattle and horses.

O lord of the kshetra (field), with the sweet waves of mother nature's blessings, may you milk our fields like the milk of a cow (i.e. yield abundant harvest), with the sweetness of rita (mother nature's divine law confering bounty), which falls like clarified butter, may you shed your grace on us.

May the plants be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity), may the sky be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity), may the waters be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity), and may the space be sweet (i.e. filled with nature's purity) to us. May the lord of the kshetra (field) be sweet to us, and may we be devoted followers of him (i.e. take recourse to nature's bounty and prosper).

May the oxen drawing the plough bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the farmer driving the oxen bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the plough making furrows bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the strap binding the plough bring welfare and prosperity to all, and may the goad swinging towards the oxen bring welfare and prosperity to all.

May Shuna and Shira (deities of the farmers) who created waters (i.e. clouds) in the sky be pleased with our prayers, and by it (i.e. by the clouds), (may they) sprinkle waters (in our fields as rains).

O devi Sita, turn towards us and be gracious, we extol and worship you. This is Sita of Rig veda which is much earlier than Ramayana. So that you become favourable to us (by showering your blessings), so that you become the source of abundant harvest.

May Indra take hold of the furrows (while we plough), and may pushan sustain her (i.e sustain the furrows), may she (i.e. mother earth) who is full of milk, yield us abundant crops year after year.

May the plough share making furrows on the earth bring welfare and prosperity to all, may the farmer driving the oxen bring welfare and prosperity to all, may parjanya (the rain god) by giving sweet rains (i.e. pure rain waters) bring welfare and prosperity to all, and may Shuna and Shira bestow welfare and prosperity to all of us.