वसू रुद्रा पुरुमन्तू वृधन्ता दशस्यतं नो वृषणावभिष्टौ । दस्रा ह यद्रेक्ण औचथ्यो वां प्र यत्सस्राथे अकवाभिरूती
O generous Rudras, abundant in riches and strength, grant us your favor in our invocation; O wondrous ones, when Aucathya calls upon you, you come with swift aid.
को वां दाशत्सुमतये चिदस्यै वसू यद्धेथे नमसा पदे गोः । जिगृतमस्मे रेवतीः पुरंधीः कामप्रेणेव मनसा चरन्ता
Who will worship you for this favor, O givers of wealth, when you, with reverence, approach the cow's place? Grant us splendid gifts, moving with desire as with the mind.
युक्तो ह यद्वां तौग्र्याय पेरुर्वि मध्ये अर्णसो धायि पज्रः । उप वामवः शरणं गमेयं शूरो नाज्म पतयद्भिरेवैः
When your chariot is yoked for Tugra's son, it is set in the midst of the waters; may I find shelter in your protection, like a hero fleeing swiftly from pursuit.
उपस्तुतिरौचथ्यमुरुष्येन्मा मामिमे पतत्रिणी वि दुग्धाम् । मा मामेधो दशतयश्चितो धाक्प्र यद्वां बद्धस्त्मनि खादति क्षाम्
Let the praise of Aucathya reach you, O mighty ones; let not the three-winged bird drink me dry; let not the envious one, eager for ten, harm me, nor the one bound in the snare consume the earth.
न मा गरन्नद्यो मातृतमा दासा यदीं सुसमुब्धमवाधुः । शिरो यदस्य त्रैतनो वितक्षत्स्वयं दास उरो अंसावपि ग्ध
Let not the rivers, most motherly, swallow me, nor the Dāsas, if they have bound me tightly; when the head of the Dāsa is struck by Traitana, his own chest and shoulders are broken.
दीर्घतमा मामतेयो जुजुर्वान्दशमे युगे । अपामर्थं यतीनां ब्रह्मा भवति सारथिः
Dīrghatamas, son of Mamata, has served in the tenth cycle; as the ascetic of the waters, he becomes the charioteer of the inspired ones.
प्र द्यावा यज्ञैः पृथिवी ऋतावृधा मही स्तुषे विदथेषु प्रचेतसा । देवेभिर्ये देवपुत्रे सुदंससेत्था धिया वार्याणि प्रभूषतः
I praise the vast earth and sky, grown strong through sacrifice and truth, in the assemblies, with understanding; you, O divine sons of gods, with the gods, have achieved great powers by wisdom.
उत मन्ये पितुरद्रुहो मनो मातुर्महि स्वतवस्तद्धवीमभिः । सुरेतसा पितरा भूम चक्रतुरुरु प्रजाया अमृतं वरीमभिः
And I consider the mind of the father, not hostile, and the great self-power of the mother, with these invocations; the two, rich in seed, the parents, made the earth vast, with immortal paths for offspring.
ते सूनवः स्वपसः सुदंससो मही जज्ञुर्मातरा पूर्वचित्तये । स्थातुश्च सत्यं जगतश्च धर्मणि पुत्रस्य पाथः पदमद्वयाविनः
Those sons, skillful and wise, the two mothers bore for ancient insight; in the law of the standing and the moving, they preserve the true path of the son, undivided.
ते मायिनो ममिरे सुप्रचेतसो जामी सयोनी मिथुना समोकसा । नव्यंनव्यं तन्तुमा तन्वते दिवि समुद्रे अन्तः कवयः सुदीतयः
Those magicians, possessing good understanding, measured out, being of one womb, paired, dwelling together; ever new, ever new, the wise ones, with bright insight, weave the thread in heaven, within the ocean.
तद्राधो अद्य सवितुर्वरेण्यं वयं देवस्य प्रसवे मनामहे । अस्मभ्यं द्यावापृथिवी सुचेतुना रयिं धत्तं वसुमन्तं शतग्विनम्
That favor of Savitar, most excellent, today we desire in the god's impulse; for us, O Heaven and Earth, grant with good understanding wealth, rich in goods and a hundred herds.
ते हि द्यावापृथिवी विश्वशम्भुव ऋतावरी रजसो धारयत्कवी । सुजन्मनी धिषणे अन्तरीयते देवो देवी धर्मणा सूर्यः शुचिः
For you, Heaven and Earth, beneficent to all, upholders of order, wise, bear the expanse; well-born, O Dhiṣaṇā, you move between, god and goddess, by law the pure Sun.
उरुव्यचसा महिनी असश्चता पिता माता च भुवनानि रक्षतः । सुधृष्टमे वपुष्ये न रोदसी पिता यत्सीमभि रूपैरवासयत्
Wide in extent, mighty, ever active, father and mother protect the worlds; with firm might, wondrous, the two regions, as a father, established them with forms.
स वह्निः पुत्रः पित्रोः पवित्रवान्पुनाति धीरो भुवनानि मायया । धेनुं च पृश्निं वृषभं सुरेतसं विश्वाहा शुक्रं पयो अस्य दुक्षत
That fire, the son of the two parents, bearing the purifier, the wise one, purifies the worlds by his power; both the cow Pṛśni and the bull, rich in seed, always yield his bright milk.
अयं देवानामपसामपस्तमो यो जजान रोदसी विश्वशम्भुवा । वि यो ममे रजसी सुक्रतूययाजरेभि स्कम्भनेभिः समानृचे
He is the least among the gods, among the helpers, who generated the two worlds, beneficent to all; he who measured out the regions for wise action, with the ancient supports, upholding the hymn.
ते नो गृणाने महिनी महि श्रवः क्षत्रं द्यावापृथिवी धासथो बृहत् । येनाभि कृष्टीस्ततनाम विश्वहा पनाय्यमोजो अस्मे समिन्वतम्
You, Heaven and Earth, mighty ones, grant us great glory and power, by which, ever, you spread out the peoples; may you bestow strength and vigor upon us.
किमु श्रेष्ठः किं यविष्ठो न आजगन्किमीयते दूत्यं कद्यदूचिम । न निन्दिम चमसं यो महाकुलोऽग्ने भ्रातर्द्रुण इद्भूतिमूदिम
Which is the best, which the youngest, has not come? Who is sent as messenger, what shall we say? We do not blame the vessel, which is of great lineage; O Agni, brother, let us praise the prosperity of the wood.
एकं चमसं चतुरः कृणोतन तद्वो देवा अब्रुवन्तद्व आगमम् । सौधन्वना यद्येवा करिष्यथ साकं देवैर्यज्ञियासो भविष्यथ
Make one vessel into four, so the gods said to you; thus you came. If you, O Saudhanvanas, do this, together with the gods you shall become worthy of sacrifice.
अग्निं दूतं प्रति यदब्रवीतनाश्वः कर्त्वो रथ उतेह कर्त्वः । धेनुः कर्त्वा युवशा कर्त्वा द्वा तानि भ्रातरनु वः कृत्व्येमसि
When you spoke to Agni, the messenger, 'Let us make a horse, let us make a chariot here; let us make a cow, let us make a youth,' these deeds, brothers, we have performed for you.
चकृवांस ऋभवस्तदपृच्छत क्वेदभूद्यः स्य दूतो न आजगन् । यदावाख्यच्चमसाञ्चतुरः कृतानादित्त्वष्टा ग्नास्वन्तर्न्यानजे
Having done so, the Ṛbhus asked, 'Where is he today, the messenger who has not come?' When he declared the vessels made four, then Tvaṣṭṛ entered among the goddesses.
हनामैनाँ इति त्वष्टा यदब्रवीच्चमसं ये देवपानमनिन्दिषुः । अन्या नामानि कृण्वते सुते सचाँ अन्यैरेनान्कन्या नामभि स्परत्
‘Let us slay them,’ so Tvaṣṭṛ said, when those who drink for the gods did not honor the vessel; others make new names at the pressing, others touch them with the names of maidens.
इन्द्रो हरी युयुजे अश्विना रथं बृहस्पतिर्विश्वरूपामुपाजत । ऋभुर्विभ्वा वाजो देवाँ अगच्छत स्वपसो यज्ञियं भागमैतन
Indra yoked the two bays, the Aśvins their chariot, Bṛhaspati approached the all-formed; Ṛbhu, Vibhvan, Vāja, the gods came, skillful, to apportion the sacrificial share.
निश्चर्मणो गामरिणीत धीतिभिर्या जरन्ता युवशा ताकृणोतन । सौधन्वना अश्वादश्वमतक्षत युक्त्वा रथमुप देवाँ अयातन
With their thought they fashioned a cow from a hide, which, old, they made young again; the Saudhanvanas shaped a horse from a horse, having yoked the chariot, they came to the gods.
इदमुदकं पिबतेत्यब्रवीतनेदं वा घा पिबता मुञ्जनेजनम् । सौधन्वना यदि तन्नेव हर्यथ तृतीये घा सवने मादयाध्वै
‘Drink this water,’ they said, ‘or rather, drink this pressed soma.’ If you, Saudhanvanas, desire that, then rejoice in the third pressing.
आपो भूयिष्ठा इत्येको अब्रवीदग्निर्भूयिष्ठ इत्यन्यो अब्रवीत् । वधर्यन्तीं बहुभ्यः प्रैको अब्रवीदृता वदन्तश्चमसाँ अपिंशत
‘Let there be more water,’ said one; ‘Let there be more fire,’ said another; ‘Let the vessel be distributed among many,’ said one; speaking rightly, they filled the vessels.
श्रोणामेक उदकं गामवाजति मांसमेकः पिंशति सूनयाभृतम् । आ निम्रुचः शकृदेको अपाभरत्किं स्वित्पुत्रेभ्यः पितरा उपावतुः
One carries away the water from the cow's thigh; one cuts the flesh, filled for the dog; one alone removes the dung; what indeed did the parents do for their sons?
उद्वत्स्वस्मा अकृणोतना तृणं निवत्स्वपः स्वपस्यया नरः । अगोह्यस्य यदसस्तना गृहे तदद्येदमृभवो नानु गच्छथ
When they led out, they made grass for us; when they brought back, water, with their own skill, O men. That which is in the house of the mysterious one, let not you, O Ribhus, follow that today.
सम्मील्य यद्भुवना पर्यसर्पत क्व स्वित्तात्या पितरा व आसतुः । अशपत यः करस्नं व आददे यः प्राब्रवीत्प्रो तस्मा अब्रवीतन
When, closing in, you circled the worlds, where indeed did those parents sit or go? He cursed the one who took the whole hand; whoever spoke out, speak forth to him.
सुषुप्वांस ऋभवस्तदपृच्छतागोह्य क इदं नो अबूबुधत् । श्वानं बस्तो बोधयितारमब्रवीत्संवत्सर इदमद्या व्यख्यत
Sleeping, the Ribhus asked: 'O mysterious one, who has awakened us?' The ram spoke to the dog, the awakener: 'This has been revealed today after a year.'
दिवा यान्ति मरुतो भूम्याग्निरयं वातो अन्तरिक्षेण याति । अद्भिर्याति वरुणः समुद्रैर्युष्माँ इच्छन्तः शवसो नपातः
By day the Maruts go, on earth Agni, this wind moves through the midspace; Varuna goes with the waters, with the oceans—desiring you, O sons of strength.