अयं निधिः सरमे अद्रिबुध्नो गोभिरश्वेभिर्वसुभिर्न्यृष्टः । रक्षन्ति तं पणयो ये सुगोपा रेकु पदमलकमा जगन्थ
This treasure, O Sarama, lies at the base of the rock, heaped up with cows, horses, and riches. The Panis, who are vigilant guardians, protect it; you have come to the place marked by their footsteps.
एह गमन्नृषयः सोमशिता अयास्यो अङ्गिरसो नवग्वाः । त एतमूर्वं वि भजन्त गोनामथैतद्वचः पणयो वमन्नित्
Here came the sages, nourished by Soma—the Ayasyas, the Angirases, the Navagvas. They divided this wide wealth of cattle; and this, O Panis, is the word they spoke.
एवा च त्वं सरम आजगन्थ प्रबाधिता सहसा दैव्येन । स्वसारं त्वा कृणवै मा पुनर्गा अप ते गवां सुभगे भजाम
Thus you, Sarama, have arrived, compelled by the divine force. I would have made you my sister; do not go back. O fortunate one, let us not divide the cows.
नाहं वेद भ्रातृत्वं नो स्वसृत्वमिन्द्रो विदुरङ्गिरसश्च घोराः । गोकामा मे अच्छदयन्यदायमपात इत पणयो वरीयः
I do not recognize brotherhood or sisterhood; Indra knows, and so do the mighty Angirases. When the Panis concealed the cows, desiring them, they covered themselves, but Indra found the better way.
दूरमित पणयो वरीय उद्गावो यन्तु मिनतीरृतेन । बृहस्पतिर्या अविन्दन्निगूळ्हाः सोमो ग्रावाण ऋषयश्च विप्राः
Far away, the Panis hid themselves, thinking themselves superior; let the cows go forth, measuring their way by truth. Bṛhaspati, Soma, the stone, and the inspired sages found those hidden ones.
तेऽवदन्प्रथमा ब्रह्मकिल्बिषेऽकूपारः सलिलो मातरिश्वा । वीळुहरास्तप उग्रो मयोभूरापो देवीः प्रथमजा ऋतेन
They spoke first, those who had committed the original transgression—Salila, Mātariśvan, the well-digger. The water-bearers, the blazing, the mighty, the bringers of joy—the divine waters, first-born by truth.
सोमो राजा प्रथमो ब्रह्मजायां पुनः प्रायच्छदहृणीयमानः । अन्वर्तिता वरुणो मित्र आसीदग्निर्होता हस्तगृह्या निनाय
King Soma was the first to restore the Brahman's wife, though she had been taken away. Varuṇa and Mitra followed after; Agni, the priest, led her, holding her by the hand.
हस्तेनैव ग्राह्य आधिरस्या ब्रह्मजायेयमिति चेदवोचन् । न दूताय प्रह्ये तस्थ एषा तथा राष्ट्रं गुपितं क्षत्रियस्य
With the hand alone must the pledge be taken for her, the Brahman's wife—so they declared. She is not to be given to the messenger; thus is the kingdom of the Kṣatriya protected.
देवा एतस्यामवदन्त पूर्वे सप्तऋषयस्तपसे ये निषेदुः । भीमा जाया ब्राह्मणस्योपनीता दुर्धां दधाति परमे व्योमन्
The ancient gods spoke about her, and the seven seers who sat in penance. The wife of the Brahman, brought near, is formidable; she holds a difficult place in the highest heaven.
ब्रह्मचारी चरति वेविषद्विषः स देवानां भवत्येकमङ्गम् । तेन जायामन्वविन्दद्बृहस्पतिः सोमेन नीतां जुह्वं न देवाः
The student of sacred knowledge walks, avoiding enmity; he becomes a part of the gods. By him, Bṛhaspati found the wife, led away by Soma, as the gods do a sacrificial ladle.
पुनर्वै देवा अददुः पुनर्मनुष्या उत । राजानः सत्यं कृण्वाना ब्रह्मजायां पुनर्ददुः
The gods indeed restored her, and men also did so. The kings, upholding truth, restored the Brahman's wife.
पुनर्दाय ब्रह्मजायां कृत्वी देवैर्निकिल्बिषम् । ऊर्जं पृथिव्या भक्त्वायोरुगायमुपासते
Having restored the priest's wife, making her free from guilt with the gods, they partake of the earth's nourishment, singing the great hymn.
समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान्यजसि जातवेदः । आ च वह मित्रमहश्चिकित्वान्त्वं दूतः कविरसि प्रचेताः
Kindled today in the home of man, O god Jātavedas, you sacrifice to the gods; bring here Mitra and Varuṇa, knowing, for you are the messenger, the sage, the wise one.
तनूनपात्पथ ऋतस्य यानान्मध्वा समञ्जन्स्वदया सुजिह्व । मन्मानि धीभिरुत यज्ञमृन्धन्देवत्रा च कृणुह्यध्वरं नः
O Tanūnapāt, who travels the path of truth, anointed with honey, sweet-tongued by nature, accept our thoughts with understanding, and grant our sacrifice; make our ritual successful among the gods.
आजुह्वान ईड्यो वन्द्यश्चा याह्यग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः । त्वं देवानामसि यह्व होता स एनान्यक्षीषितो यजीयान्
Worthy of praise and worship, come, O Agni, together with the Vasus; you are the mighty priest of the gods—by this, being invoked, you become the most worthy of sacrifice.
प्राचीनं बर्हिः प्रदिशा पृथिव्या वस्तोरस्या वृज्यते अग्रे अह्नाम् । व्यु प्रथते वितरं वरीयो देवेभ्यो अदितये स्योनम्
Let the sacred grass be spread eastward on the earth, at the forefront of the dwelling, at the beginning of the days; let the broad, excellent seat extend widely for the gods, for Aditi, as a pleasant resting place.
व्यचस्वतीरुर्विया वि श्रयन्तां पतिभ्यो न जनयः शुम्भमानाः । देवीर्द्वारो बृहतीर्विश्वमिन्वा देवेभ्यो भवत सुप्रायणाः
Let the shining, spacious seats be spread out, like wives adorned for their husbands; let the divine, great doors, all-embracing, be easy of access for the gods.
आ सुष्वयन्ती यजते उपाके उषासानक्ता सदतां नि योनौ । दिव्ये योषणे बृहती सुरुक्मे अधि श्रियं शुक्रपिशं दधाने
Let the one who awakens the sacrifice come near; let Dawn and Night sit together in their place; the divine maidens, great and splendid, bearing radiant adornment, hold their shining beauty.
दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञं मनुषो यजध्यै । प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनं ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता
The divine priests, first and eloquent, measuring the sacrifice for men to perform, inspiring the poets in the assemblies, point out the ancient light in the east.
आ नो यज्ञं भारती तूयमेत्विळा मनुष्वदिह चेतयन्ती । तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरेदं स्योनं सरस्वती स्वपसः सदन्तु
May Bhāratī, Iḻā, and Sarasvatī, the three goddesses, come to our sacrifice, attentive among men; may they sit on this sacred grass, bringing happiness, possessing true insight.
य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जनित्री रूपैरपिंशद्भुवनानि विश्वा । तमद्य होतरिषितो यजीयान्देवं त्वष्टारमिह यक्षि विद्वान्
He who, with forms, has adorned all these worlds—heaven and earth, the two mothers—today, guided by the priest, offer sacrifice to that god Tvaṣṭṛ, knowing him.
उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन्देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि । वनस्पतिः शमिता देवो अग्निः स्वदन्तु हव्यं मधुना घृतेन
Send forth, arranging properly, the offerings for the gods in due order; let the Lord of the Forest, the appeaser, god Agni, taste the oblation with honey and ghee.
सद्यो जातो व्यमिमीत यज्ञमग्निर्देवानामभवत्पुरोगाः । अस्य होतुः प्रदिश्यृतस्य वाचि स्वाहाकृतं हविरदन्तु देवाः
Agni, born at once, measured out the sacrifice and became the leader of the gods; at the priest's command, in the speech of truth, may the gods taste the oblation offered with 'svāhā.'
मनीषिणः प्र भरध्वं मनीषां यथायथा मतयः सन्ति नृणाम् । इन्द्रं सत्यैरेरयामा कृतेभिः स हि वीरो गिर्वणस्युर्विदानः
O thoughtful ones, bring forth your thought as each man's ideas arise; let us move Indra with true deeds, for he is the hero, the singer, the knower of knowledge.
ऋतस्य हि सदसो धीतिरद्यौत्सं गार्ष्टेयो वृषभो गोभिरानट् । उदतिष्ठत्तविषेणा रवेण महान्ति चित्सं विव्याचा रजांसि
Indeed, the inspiration of truth has shone forth from the seat of truth; the bull, son of the house, has come with cows; he has risen with force and with a roar, and even the great spaces he has separated.
इन्द्रः किल श्रुत्या अस्य वेद स हि जिष्णुः पथिकृत्सूर्याय । आन्मेनां कृण्वन्नच्युतो भुवद्गोः पतिर्दिवः सनजा अप्रतीतः
Indra, indeed, by his fame knows this; for he is victorious, path-maker for the sun; making this one firm, he became the unshaken, lord of the cow, of heaven, ancient, unconquered.
इन्द्रो मह्ना महतो अर्णवस्य व्रतामिनादङ्गिरोभिर्गृणानः । पुरूणि चिन्नि तताना रजांसि दाधार यो धरुणं सत्यताता
Indra, by his greatness, praised by the Angirases, established the laws of the great ocean; he stretched out many regions and upheld the support, the foundation of truth.
इन्द्रो दिवः प्रतिमानं पृथिव्या विश्वा वेद सवना हन्ति शुष्णम् । महीं चिद्द्यामातनोत्सूर्येण चास्कम्भ चित्कम्भनेन स्कभीयान्
Indra knows the measure of heaven and earth; he knows all the places and strikes down Śuṣṇa; he stretched out the great sky with the sun, and with his pillar he propped up even the support.
वज्रेण हि वृत्रहा वृत्रमस्तरदेवस्य शूशुवानस्य मायाः । वि धृष्णो अत्र धृषता जघन्थाथाभवो मघवन्बाह्वोजाः
For with the thunderbolt, the slayer of Vṛtra struck down Vṛtra, the godless one's magic; O bold one, here with your boldness you have shattered them—thus, O bountiful one, you became strong with the might of your arms.
सचन्त यदुषसः सूर्येण चित्रामस्य केतवो रामविन्दन् । आ यन्नक्षत्रं ददृशे दिवो न पुनर्यतो नकिरद्धा नु वेद
The banners of the Yadus, shining with the dawn and the sun, have found delight in radiance; when the constellation was seen, like the sky, no one knows from where it came, nor where it has truly gone.