Mantra
Devanagari:
यत्ते नक्षत्रं मृगशीर्षमस्ति प्रियं राजन् प्रियतमं प्रियाणाम्
तस्मै ते सोम हविषा विधेम शन्न एधि द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे
Transliteration:
Yatte Nakshatram Mrigashirshamasti Priyam Rajan Priyatamam Priyanam
Tasmai Te Soma Havisha Vidhema Shanna Edhi Dvipade Sham Chatushpade
Translation:
To that asterism Mrigashirsha which is dearest of the dear to You, O King Soma,
We offer our oblation; grant peace to our two-footed and four-footed beings.