प्रणेतारं वस्यो अच्छा कर्तारं ज्योतिः समत्सु । सासह्वांसं युधामित्रान्
Guide us to wealth, to light in the battles, to the one who overcomes foes in war.
स नः पप्रिः पारयाति स्वस्ति नावा पुरुहूतः । इन्द्रो विश्वा अति द्विषः
May Indra, much-invoked, who has filled us, carry us across to safety, beyond all hatreds.
स त्वं न इन्द्र वाजोभिर्दशस्या च गातुया च । अच्छा च नः सुम्नं नेषि
So may you, Indra, gladden us with strength and with the path; and may you lead us to your good favor.
तमिन्द्रं वाजयामसि महे वृत्राय हन्तवे । स वृषा वृषभो भुवत्
We urge on that Indra with strength, to strike down the great foe; may he be a mighty bull.
इन्द्रः स दामने कृत ओजिष्ठः स मदे हितः । द्युम्नी श्लोकी स सोम्यः
Indra, made for conquering, most powerful, set in exhilaration, glorious, renowned, and Soma-loving.
गिरा वज्रो न संभृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः । ववक्ष ऋष्वो अस्तृतः
His speech is a gathered thunderbolt, strong, unfailing; he is exalted, unshaken, and towering.
इन्द्रमिद्गाथिनो बृहदिन्द्रमर्केभिरर्किणः । इन्द्रं वाणीरनूषत
The singers chant to Indra, the great; the praisers praise Indra with hymns; voices call upon Indra.
इन्द्र इद्धर्योः सचा संमिश्ल आ वचोयुजा । इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः
Indra, together with the two bay steeds, mingled, yoked with speech, Indra the wielder of the golden thunderbolt.
इन्द्रो दीर्घाय चक्षस आ सूर्यं रोहयद्दिवि । वि गोभिरद्रिमैरयत्
Indra, for far-seeing vision, made the sun rise in the sky; with rays he split the mountain.
आ याहि सुषुमा हि त इन्द्र सोमं पिबा इमम् । एदं बर्हिः सदो मम
Come here, O Indra, for you are eager; drink this Soma; this is my seat of offering.
आ त्वा ब्रह्मयुजा हरी वहतामिन्द्र केशिना । उप ब्रह्माणि नः शृणु
Let your two tawny steeds, yoked by prayer, bring you, Indra; listen to our prayers.
ब्रह्माणस्त्वा वयं युजा सोमपामिन्द्र सोमिनः । सुतावन्तो हवामहे
With prayer we, the Soma-offerers, call you, Indra, drinker of Soma, when the Soma is pressed.
युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नमरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः । रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि
They yoke the spotted, ruddy one, moving around those who stand still; the lights shine in the sky.
युञ्जन्त्यस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे । शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा
They yoke his beloved two bay steeds, with beautiful wings, to the chariot; red, bold, bringing men.
केतुं कृण्वन्न् अकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे । समुषद्भिरजायथाः
Making a sign for the signless, a form for the formless, you were born together with the dawns.
उदु त्यं जातवेदसं देवं वहन्ति केतवः । दृशे विश्वाय सूर्यम्
Upward the rays bear that Jātavedas, the god, for all to see, the sun.
अप त्ये तायवो यथा नक्षत्रा यन्त्यक्तुभिः । सूराय विश्वचक्षसे
As thieves go away, so do those rays depart with the nights, for the sun, the all-seeing.
अदृश्रन्न् अस्य केतवो वि रश्मयो जनामनु । भ्राजन्तो अग्नयो यथा
His rays have been seen, his beams among the people, shining like fires.
तरणिर्विश्वदर्शतो ज्योतिष्कृदसि सूर्य । विश्वमा भासि रोचन
Swift one, all-seeing, maker of light you are, O Sun; you shine upon all the regions.
प्रत्यङ्देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङुदेषि मानुषीः । प्रत्यङ्विश्वं स्वर्दृशे
You turn back the hosts of the gods, you turn back the hosts of men, you turn back all the shining world for the seer.
येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनामनु । त्वं वरुण पश्यसि
With that radiant eye, O Varuṇa, by which you see all moving people, you observe, O Varuṇa.
वि द्यामेषि रजस्पृथ्वहर्मिमानो अक्तुभिः । पश्यं जन्मानि सूर्य
You travel across the broad expanse of the sky with your rays, O Sun, beholding the births of men.
सप्त त्वा हरितो रथे वहन्ति देव सूर्य । शोचिष्केशं विचक्षणम्
Seven bay steeds draw you, O divine Sun, on your chariot—brilliant-haired, all-seeing.
अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः । ताभिर्याति स्वयुक्तिभिः
The Sun, offspring of the chariot, has yoked seven swift mares; with these self-yoked ones he journeys.
अभि त्वा वर्चसा गिरः सिञ्चन्त्या चरण्युवः । अभि वत्सं न धेनवः
To you, the radiant, the hymns pour forth, swift as horses—like cows to a calf.
ता अर्षन्ति शुभ्रियः पृञ्चतीर्वर्चसा पयः । जातं जनिर्यथा हृदा
They flow forth, shining, abundant with radiance and milk, as the mother brings forth the newborn from her heart.
वज्रापवसाध्यः कीर्तिर्म्रियमाणमावहन् । मह्यमायुर्घृतं पयः
With the strength of the thunderbolt, fame has brought the dying man—life, clarified butter, and milk to me.
आयं गौः पृश्निरक्रमीदसदन् मातरं पुरः । पितरं च प्रयन्त्स्वः
This spotted cow has stepped forth, advancing to her mother and seeking her father.
अन्तश्चरति रोचना अस्य प्राणादपानतः । व्यख्यन् महिषः स्वः
He moves within the shining realms, from his breath and out-breath; the great buffalo has declared the light.
त्रिंशद्धामा वि राजति वाक्पतङ्गो अशिश्रियत्। प्रति वस्तोरहर्द्युभिः
With thirty abodes he shines forth; the bird of speech has soared, responding to the call of the radiant dawns.