मन्त्रमखर्वं सुधितं सुपेशसं दधात यज्ञियेष्वा । पूर्वीश्चन प्रसितयस्तरन्ति तं य इन्द्रे कर्मणा भुवत्
Set in the sacrifices a hymn unbroken, well-composed, and beautiful; even those who went before surpass him whom Indra supports by his deed.
कस्तमिन्द्र त्वावसुमा मर्त्यो दधर्षति । श्रद्धा इत्ते मघवन्पार्ये दिवि वाजी वाजं सिषासति
Who, O Indra, mighty with wealth, can overcome you? Faithfully, O bountiful one, the warrior seeks the prize in the farthest heaven.
मघोनः स्म वृत्रहत्येषु चोदय ये ददति प्रिया वसु । तव प्रणीती हर्यश्व सूरिभिर्विश्वा तरेम दुरिता
Urge on the generous in the slaying of Vritra, those who give dear wealth; by your guidance, O Indra of the tawny steeds, may we cross all hardships with the wise.
तवेदिन्द्रावमं वसु त्वं पुष्यसि मध्यमम् । सत्रा विश्वस्य परमस्य राजसि नकिष्ट्वा गोषु वृण्वते
Your wealth, O Indra, is the lowest, you increase the middle; together you rule over all the highest—no one withholds the cows from you.
त्वं विश्वस्य धनदा असि श्रुतो य ईं भवन्त्याजयः । तवायं विश्वः पुरुहूत पार्थिवोऽवस्युर्नाम भिक्षते
You are the famed giver of all wealth, to whom the victorious turn; to you, O much-invoked, the whole world of men comes seeking help.
यदिन्द्र यावतस्त्वमेतावदहमीशीय । स्तोतारमिद्दिधिषेय रदावसो न पापत्वाय रासीय
As much as you, O Indra, so much may I possess; may I, your praiser, desire your favor—do not grant your gift to the wicked.
शिक्षेयमिन्महयते दिवेदिवे राय आ कुहचिद्विदे । नहि त्वदन्यन्मघवन्न आप्यं वस्यो अस्ति पिता चन
I would learn this, O magnanimous one, day by day, where wealth is found; for apart from you, O bountiful one, there is no other source of riches, not even a father.
तरणिरित्सिषासति वाजं पुरंध्या युजा । आ व इन्द्रं पुरुहूतं नमे गिरा नेमिं तष्टेव सुद्र्वम्
The swift one seeks the prize with the help of Purandhi; I bow to Indra, much-invoked, with my song, as one shapes a well-made wheel.
न दुष्टुती मर्त्यो विन्दते वसु न स्रेधन्तं रयिर्नशत् । सुशक्तिरिन्मघवन्तुभ्यं मावते देष्णं यत्पार्ये दिवि
No man gains wealth by ill-praise, nor does fortune favor the slothful; may the bountiful one, strong in power, grant us a sure gift, as is fitting in the highest heaven.
अभि त्वा शूर नोनुमो ऽदुग्धा इव धेनवः । ईशानम् अस्य जगतः स्वर्दृशम् ईशानम् इन्द्र तस्थुषः
We approach you, O champion, as cows that have not been milked approach their master; O Indra, lord of this moving world and the steadfast, seer of the sunlit realm.
न त्वावाꣳ अन्यो दिव्यो न पार्थिवो न जातो न जनिष्यते । अश्वायन्तो मघवन्न् इन्द्र वाजिनो गव्यन्तस् त्वा हवामहे
No other, neither celestial nor earthly, neither born nor to be born, is like you; O generous Indra, we call upon you, seeking horses and strength, seeking cows.
अभी षतस् तद् आ भरेन्द्र ज्यायः कनीयसः । पुरूवसुर् हि मघवन् सनाद् असि भरे-भरे च हव्यः
Bring here, O Indra, the might of the greater over the lesser; for you, O generous one, are the ancient benefactor of many, ever worthy of invocation in every contest.
परा णुदस्व मघवन्न् अमित्रान् सुवेदा नो वसू कृधि । अस्माकम् बोध्य् अविता महाधने भवा वृधः सखीनाम्
Drive away, O generous Indra, our foes; grant us true wealth; be our protector in great riches, and be the strength of our companions.
इन्द्र क्रतुꣳ न आ भर पिता पुत्रेभ्यो यथा । शिक्षा णो अस्मिन् पुरुहूत यामनि जीवा ज्योतिर् अशीमहि
O Indra, bring us resolve, as a father does for his sons. Much-invoked one, instruct us in this path, so that we may attain living light.
मा नो अज्ञाता वृजना दुराध्यो३ माशिवासो अव क्रमुः । त्वया वयम् प्रवतः शश्वतीर् अपो ऽति शूर तरामसि
Let not unknown or hostile men overpower us, nor let evil dwell among us. With you, O hero, we shall always cross over deep waters.
श्वित्यञ्चो मा दक्षिणतस्कपर्दा धियंजिन्वासो अभि हि प्रमन्दुः । उत्तिष्ठन्वोचे परि बर्हिषो नॄन्न मे दूरादवितवे वसिष्ठाः
With white-tipped, right-braided hair, inspiring thought, they have come forth to gladden; rising, I proclaim from the sacred grass to the men: O Vasishthas, be my protectors from afar.
दूरादिन्द्रमनयन्ना सुतेन तिरो वैशन्तमति पान्तमुग्रम् । पाशद्युम्नस्य वायतस्य सोमात्सुतादिन्द्रोऽवृणीता वसिष्ठान्
From afar they brought Indra with the pressed Soma, past the hostile, the fierce guardian; from the Soma of Pashadyumna's descendant, Indra chose the Vasishthas.
एवेन्नु कं सिन्धुमेभिस्ततारेवेन्नु कं भेदमेभिर्जघान । एवेन्नु कं दाशराज्ञे सुदासं प्रावदिन्द्रो ब्रह्मणा वो वसिष्ठाः
Thus with these he crossed the river, thus with these he struck down the barrier; thus with these, for Sudas son of Divodasa, Indra advanced by your prayer, O Vasishthas.
जुष्टी नरो ब्रह्मणा वः पितॄणामक्षमव्ययं न किला रिषाथ । यच्छक्वरीषु बृहता रवेणेन्द्रे शुष्ममदधाता वसिष्ठाः
Favored men, you possess the imperishable, unfailing power of your fathers through sacred utterance; surely you do not err, for in the great chants, Indra placed strength in the Vasishthas with a mighty roar.
उद्द्यामिवेत्तृष्णजो नाथितासोऽदीधयुर्दाशराज्ञे वृतासः । वसिष्ठस्य स्तुवत इन्द्रो अश्रोदुरुं तृत्सुभ्यो अकृणोदु लोकम्
Like thirsty men seeking water, they, the chosen ones, shone forth for the king of the Dasharajna; Indra listened to the praise of Vasishtha and made wide space for the Tritsus.
दण्डा इवेद्गोअजनास आसन्परिच्छिन्ना भरता अर्भकासः । अभवच्च पुरएता वसिष्ठ आदित्तृत्सूनां विशो अप्रथन्त
The people were like rods, the Bharatas were young and confined; Vasishtha became their leader, and the tribes of the Tritsus spread forth.
त्रयः कृण्वन्ति भुवनेषु रेतस्तिस्रः प्रजा आर्या ज्योतिरग्राः । त्रयो घर्मास उषसं सचन्ते सर्वाँ इत्ताँ अनु विदुर्वसिष्ठाः
Three create seed in the worlds, three noble lineages, leaders of light; three libations join the dawn, and all the Vasishthas know these completely.
सूर्यस्येव वक्षथो ज्योतिरेषां समुद्रस्येव महिमा गभीरः । वातस्येव प्रजवो नान्येन स्तोमो वसिष्ठा अन्वेतवे वः
Their radiance is like the sun's brilliance, their greatness deep as the ocean; their force is like the wind's offspring—no other praise is to be followed but that of the Vasishthas.
त इन्निण्यं हृदयस्य प्रकेतैः सहस्रवल्शमभि सं चरन्ति । यमेन ततं परिधिं वयन्तोऽप्सरस उप सेदुर्वसिष्ठाः
With the insights of the heart, they move together, a thousand-streamed; weaving the boundary stretched by Yama, the Vasishthas approached the Apsarases.
विद्युतो ज्योतिः परि संजिहानं मित्रावरुणा यदपश्यतां त्वा । तत्ते जन्मोतैकं वसिष्ठागस्त्यो यत्त्वा विश आजभार
When Mitra and Varuna saw you as a flashing light, enveloped like lightning, that was your birth; and Vasishtha, the sage, was brought forth by the people.
उतासि मैत्रावरुणो वसिष्ठोर्वश्या ब्रह्मन्मनसोऽधि जातः । द्रप्सं स्कन्नं ब्रह्मणा दैव्येन विश्वे देवाः पुष्करे त्वाददन्त
You are indeed Vasishtha, son of Mitra and Varuna, born from Urvashi by the power of the mind; all the gods took you, a divine drop fallen in a lotus, by their divine power.
स प्रकेत उभयस्य प्रविद्वान्सहस्रदान उत वा सदानः । यमेन ततं परिधिं वयिष्यन्नप्सरसः परि जज्ञे वसिष्ठः
He, wise in both, knowing all, giver of a thousand gifts and always generous, Vasishtha was born among the Apsarases, crossing the boundary stretched by Yama.
सत्रे ह जाताविषिता नमोभिः कुम्भे रेतः सिषिचतुः समानम् । ततो ह मान उदियाय मध्यात्ततो जातमृषिमाहुर्वसिष्ठम्
Truly, in the assembly, the two powerful ones poured the same seed with reverence into a vessel; from the midst of it I arose, and from that birth they called Vasishtha the seer.
उक्थभृतं सामभृतं बिभर्ति ग्रावाणं बिभ्रत्प्र वदात्यग्रे । उपैनमाध्वं सुमनस्यमाना आ वो गच्छाति प्रतृदो वसिष्ठः
He bears the Uktha and the Sama, carrying the stone, he speaks first; approach him with good will, for Vasishtha, the generous, comes to you.
प्र शुक्रैतु देवी मनीषा अस्मत्सुतष्टो रथो न वाजी
Let the bright, divine thought go forth, well-pleased with us, like a swift chariot.