नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानामोजः प्रथमजं ह्येतत्। यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घमायुः
Neither demons nor spirits can withstand this, for it is the first-born might of the gods. Whoever bears the Daksha-born gold, he gains long life among the living.
अपां तेजो ज्योतिरोजो बलं च वनस्पतीनामुत वीर्याणि । इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्यधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद्दक्षमाणो बिभरद्धिरण्यम्
The radiance, light, vigor, and strength of the plants, and their powers—we place these energies, like Indra his powers, in the one who, with skill, bears this gold.
समानां मासामृतुभिष्ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि । इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास्तेऽनु मन्यन्तामहृणीयमानाः
Having passed through the months and seasons, I am filled with the essence of the year. Indra, Agni, all the gods—may they approve as I am adorned.
वेनस्तत्पश्यत्परमं गुहा यद्यत्र विश्वं भवत्येकरूपम् । इदं पृश्निरदुहज्जायमानाः स्वर्विदो अभ्यनूषत व्राः
Vena beheld that supreme mystery, where all becomes one form. The speckled cow, giving birth, poured forth; those who know the light approached the streams.
प्र तद्वोचेदमृतस्य विद्वान् गन्धर्वो धाम परमं गुहा यत्। त्रीणि पदानि निहिता गुहास्य यस्तानि वेद स पितुष्पितासत्
The knower of immortality declared that secret dwelling—the Gandharva, who knows the highest place. Three steps are set in his secret; whoever knows them becomes the ancestor of ancestors.
स नः पिता जनिता स उत बन्धुर्धामानि वेद भुवनानि विश्वा । यो देवानां नामध एक एव तं संप्रश्नं भुवना यन्ति सर्वा
He is our father, begetter, and also our kin; he knows all abodes and worlds. He alone bears the name among the gods; to him all worlds come together for inquiry.
परि द्यावापृथिवी सद्य आयमुपातिष्ठे प्रथमजामृतस्य । वाचमिव वक्तरि भुवनेष्ठा धास्युरेष नन्वेषो अग्निः
He swiftly approaches, encompassing heaven and earth, the firstborn of immortality. Like speech in the speaker, he is established in the worlds—this indeed is Agni.
परि विश्वा भुवनान्यायमृतस्य तन्तुं विततं दृशे कम् । यत्र देवा अमृतमानशानाः समाने योनावध्यैरयन्त
He encircles all worlds, the thread of immortality stretched out for vision, where the gods, delighting in immortality, were born together in a common womb.
दिव्यो गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस्पतिरेक एव नमस्यो विक्ष्वीड्यः । तं त्वा यौमि ब्रह्मणा दिव्य देव नमस्ते अस्तु दिवि ते सधस्थम्
The celestial Gandharva, lord of beings, alone is worthy of reverence and praise among the tribes. To you I come with sacred utterance, O divine one; reverence to you, whose seat is in heaven.
दिवि स्पृष्टो यजतः सूर्यत्वगवयाता हरसो दैव्यस्य । मृडात्गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस्पतिरेक एव नमस्यः सुशेवाः
Touched in heaven, radiant as the sun, swift as a horse, of divine might—may the Gandharva, lord of beings, gracious and worthy of worship, grant us peace.
अनवद्याभिः समु जग्म आभिरप्सरास्वपि गन्धर्व आसीत्। समुद्र आसां सदनं म आहुर्यतः सद्य आ च परा च यन्ति
With flawless ones he has come together; among the Apsarases the Gandharva was present. The ocean is said to be their dwelling, from which they come and go in an instant.
अभ्रिये दिद्युन् नक्षत्रिये या विश्वावसुं गन्धर्वं सचध्वे । ताभ्यो वो देवीर्नम इत्कृणोमि
With the cloud, with the lightning, with the stars—you join Viśvāvasu the Gandharva. To you goddesses I offer my reverence.
याः क्लन्दास्तमिषीचयोऽक्षकामा मनोमुहः । ताभ्यो गन्धर्वभ्योऽप्सराभ्योऽकरं नमः
To those Gandharvas and Apsarases who bring weariness, darkness, desire for dice, and confusion of mind, I offer my reverence.
अदो यदवधावत्यवत्कमधि पर्वतात्। तत्ते कृणोमि भेषजं सुभेषजं यथाससि
That which runs down from the summit of the mountain, I make that your remedy, a most excellent medicine, as you desire.
आदङ्गा कुविदङ्ग शतं या भेषजानि ते । तेषामसि त्वमुत्तममनास्रावमरोगणम्
From the limb, perhaps from another limb, a hundred remedies are yours; among them you are the highest, not flowing, free from disease.
नीचैः खनन्त्यसुरा अरुस्राणमिदं महत्। तदास्रावस्य भेषजं तदु रोगमनीनशत्
The Asuras dig deep for this great red substance; that is the remedy for discharge, that destroys disease.
उपजीका उद्भरन्ति समुद्रादधि भेषजम् । तदास्रावस्य भेषजं तदु रोगमशीशमत्
The leeches draw up medicine from the ocean; that is the remedy for discharge, that destroys disease.
अरुस्राणमिदं महत्पृथिव्या अध्युद्भृतम् । तदास्रावस्य भेषजं तदु रोगमनीनशत्
This great red substance is raised up from the earth; that is the remedy for discharge, that destroys disease.
शं नो भवन्त्वप ओषधयः शिवाः । इन्द्रस्य वज्रो अप हन्तु रक्षस आराद्विसृष्टा इषवः पतन्तु रक्षसाम्
May the waters and the healing herbs be auspicious for us; may Indra's bolt drive away the demons; may arrows, released from afar, fall upon the demons.
दीर्घायुत्वाय बृहते रणायारिष्यन्तो दक्षमाणाः सदैव । मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणं जङ्गिडं बिभृमो वयम्
For long life, for greatness, for battle, striving, ever skillful, we wear the amulet, the Jaṅgiḍa, which wards off poison and corruption.
जङ्गिडो जम्भाद्विशराद्विष्कन्धादभिशोचनात्। मणिः सहस्रवीर्यः परि णः पातु विश्वतः
The Jaṅgiḍa protects from jaws, from poison, from corruption, from distress; the amulet of a thousand powers may it guard us on every side.
अयं विष्कन्धं सहतेऽयं बाधते अत्त्रिणः । अयं नो विश्वभेषजो जङ्गिडः पात्वंहसः
This one withstands poison, this one repels the harmful; this Jaṅgiḍa is our universal remedy, may it protect us from harm.
देवैर्दत्तेन मणिना जङ्गिडेन मयोभुवा । विष्कन्धं सर्वा रक्षांसि व्यायामे सहामहे
With the amulet given by the gods, the Jaṅgiḍa, full of delight, we withstand poison and all the demons in our exertion.
शणश्च मा जङ्गिडश्च विष्कन्धादभि रक्षताम् । अरण्यादन्य आभृतः कृष्या अन्यो रसेभ्यः
May the hemp and the Jaṅgiḍa protect me from poison; one is brought from the forest, another from the field, another from the juices.
कृत्यादूषिरयं मणिरथो अरातिदूषिः । अथो सहस्वान् जङ्गिडः प्र ण आयुंषि तारिषत्
This amulet wards off witchcraft and also wards off hostility; and the powerful Jaṅgiḍa may it carry us across to long life.
इन्द्र जुषस्व प्र वहा याहि शूर हरिभ्याम् । पिबा सुतस्य मतेरिह मधोश्चकानश्चारुर्मदाय
Indra, accept, come forth, advance, O hero, with your bays; drink the pressed Soma here, delighting in the sweet, for the sake of joy.
इन्द्र जठरं नव्यो न पृणस्व मधोर्दिवो न । अस्य सुतस्य स्वर्णोप त्वा मदाः सुवाचो अगुः
Indra, fill your belly anew with the honey of heaven; the exhilarating draughts of this pressed Soma have come to you with sweet voices.
इन्द्रस्तुराषाण्मित्रो वृत्रं यो जघान यतीर्न । बिभेद वलं भृगुर्न ससहे शत्रून् मदे सोमस्य
Indra, the mighty, the friend, who slew Vṛtra, who broke open Vala, who did not endure the enemies, rejoiced in the Soma's intoxication.
आ त्वा विशन्तु सुतास इन्द्र पृणस्व कुक्षी विड्ढि शक्र धियेह्या नः । श्रुधी हवं गिरो मे जुषस्वेन्द्र स्वयुग्भिर्मत्स्वेह महे रणाय
May the pressed draughts enter you, Indra; fill your belly, know, O Shakra, our devotion; hear the call, accept my songs, Indra, with your own teams, delight here for our great battle.
इन्द्रस्य नु प्र वोचं वीर्याणि यानि चकार प्रथमानि वज्री । अहन्न् अहिमनु अपस्ततर्द प्र वक्षणा अभिनत्पर्वतानाम्
Now I will proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra, which he first accomplished, the wielder of the bolt; he slew the serpent, released the waters, split open the strongholds, and shattered the mountains.