उषौषो हि वसो अग्रमेषि त्वं यमयोरभवो विभावा । ऋताय सप्त दधिषे पदानि जनयन्मित्रं तन्वे स्वायै
Indeed, O Vasus, you came forth first at dawn; you became the light among the twins. For the truth you set seven steps, creating Mitra for your own self.
भुवश्चक्षुर्मह ऋतस्य गोपा भुवो वरुणो यदृताय वेषि । भुवो अपां नपाज्जातवेदो भुवो दूतो यस्य हव्यं जुजोषः
You are the eye of existence, the guardian of truth; you are Varuṇa when you move for truth. You are the offspring of the waters, Jātavedas; you are the messenger who delights in the offering.
भुवो यज्ञस्य रजसश्च नेता यत्रा नियुद्भिः सचसे शिवाभिः । दिवि मूर्धानं दधिषे स्वर्षां जिह्वामग्ने चकृषे हव्यवाहम्
You are the leader of sacrifice and of the realm; where you join with the auspicious helpers. In the sky you have set your head, shining; Agni, you have made your tongue the bearer of offerings.
अस्य त्रितः क्रतुना वव्रे अन्तरिच्छन्धीतिं पितुरेवैः परस्य । सचस्यमानः पित्रोरुपस्थे जामि ब्रुवाण आयुधानि वेति
Trita, by his will, chose the middle space, seeking the shelter of his father and the distant one. Seeking alliance in the lap of his parents, the kinsman, speaking, wields the weapons.
स पित्र्याण्यायुधानि विद्वानिन्द्रेषित आप्त्यो अभ्ययुध्यत् । त्रिशीर्षाणं सप्तरश्मिं जघन्वान्त्वाष्ट्रस्य चिन्निः ससृजे त्रितो गाः
Knowing the ancestral weapons, urged by Indra, the descendant of Āpti fought. He struck down the three-headed, seven-rayed one; even Trita released the cows of Tvaṣṭṛ.
भूरीदिन्द्र उदिनक्षन्तमोजोऽवाभिनत्सत्पतिर्मन्यमानम् । त्वाष्ट्रस्य चिद्विश्वरूपस्य गोनामाचक्राणस्त्रीणि शीर्षा परा वर्क्
Indra, with abundant strength, overcame the one who thought himself most powerful; the good lord struck him down. Even of Tvaṣṭṛ, the all-shaped one, seizing the cows, he cut off the three heads.
आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस्ता न ऊर्जे दधातन । महे रणाय चक्षसे
Waters, come here, bringers of delight; grant us nourishment. Grant us vision for great contest.
यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीरिव मातरः
That most auspicious essence of yours, let it be shared here with us, like loving mothers.
तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जनयथा च नः
Therefore, let us approach you, in whose dwelling you inspire; O waters, may you also generate us.
शं नो देवीरभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शं योरभि स्रवन्तु नः
May the divine waters, rich in blessings, be for our drinking; may they flow with well-being for us.
ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश्चर्षणीनाम् । अपो याचामि भेषजम्
Mistresses of treasures, sustaining peoples, O waters, I ask for your healing remedy.
अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीदन्तर्विश्वानि भेषजा । अग्निं च विश्वशम्भुवम्
In the waters, Soma spoke to me: within them are all remedies, and Agni, the bringer of all blessings.
आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे मम । ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे
O waters, fill me with healing, protection for my body, and let me see the sun for a long time.
इदमापः प्र वहत यत्किं च दुरितं मयि । यद्वाहमभिदुद्रोह यद्वा शेप उतानृतम्
O waters, carry away from me whatever evil is in me, whatever wrong I have done, or falsehood, or curse.
आपो अद्यान्वचारिषं रसेन समगस्महि । पयस्वानग्न आ गहि तं मा सं सृज वर्चसा
O waters, today I have come among you; we have mingled with your essence. Come, Agni, full of milk; grant me radiance, do not take it away.
ओ चित्सखायं सख्या ववृत्यां तिरः पुरू चिदर्णवं जगन्वान् । पितुर्नपातमा दधीत वेधा अधि क्षमि प्रतरं दीध्यानः
Let me choose friendship with a companion, crossing even a vast sea. May the wise one place the grandson of the father here, shining, on the earth as a bridge.
न ते सखा सख्यं वष्ट्येतत्सलक्ष्मा यद्विषुरूपा भवाति । महस्पुत्रासो असुरस्य वीरा दिवो धर्तार उर्विया परि ख्यन्
No friend desires such friendship with you, marked as it is, when one becomes of differing forms. Sons of the great, heroes of the Asura, sustainers of the vast expanse, they are renowned throughout the wide world.
उशन्ति घा ते अमृतास एतदेकस्य चित्त्यजसं मर्त्यस्य । नि ते मनो मनसि धाय्यस्मे जन्युः पतिस्तन्वमा विविश्याः
Indeed, the immortals praise this of you, even regarding a single mortal born on earth. May your mind not be set upon us; may you not, desiring, enter into our bodies.
न यत्पुरा चकृमा कद्ध नूनमृता वदन्तो अनृतं रपेम । गन्धर्वो अप्स्वप्या च योषा सा नो नाभिः परमं जामि तन्नौ
What we did before, let us not do now; let us not, speaking untruth, commit falsehood, O immortals. The Gandharva is in the waters, and the maiden as well; she is our navel, the highest kinship for us.
गर्भे नु नौ जनिता दम्पती कर्देवस्त्वष्टा सविता विश्वरूपः । नकिरस्य प्र मिनन्ति व्रतानि वेद नावस्य पृथिवी उत द्यौः
In the womb, our creator made us a couple—Kardama, Tvaṣṭṛ, Savitṛ of manifold forms. None transgresses his ordinances; both earth and heaven know the vessel of his wisdom.
को अस्य वेद प्रथमस्याह्नः क ईं ददर्श क इह प्र वोचत् । बृहन्मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम कदु ब्रव आहनो वीच्या नॄन्
Who knows of his first day? Who has seen it? Who here can declare it? The great ordinance of Mitra and Varuṇa—how shall I speak of it to the people?
यमस्य मा यम्यं काम आगन्समाने योनौ सहशेय्याय । जायेव पत्ये तन्वं रिरिच्यां वि चिद्वृहेव रथ्येव चक्रा
Desire came to Yama's sister for Yama, to lie together in the same womb. Like a wife stretching herself to her husband, she would divide her body, like a chariot's wheel from its axle.
न तिष्ठन्ति न नि मिषन्त्येते देवानां स्पश इह ये चरन्ति । अन्येन मदाहनो याहि तूयं तेन वि वृह रथ्येव चक्रा
These here neither stand nor do they sit; they are the spies of the gods who move about here. Go with another who delights you; separate yourself from me, as a chariot's wheel from its axle.
रात्रीभिरस्मा अहभिर्दशस्येत्सूर्यस्य चक्षुर्मुहुरुन्मिमीयात् । दिवा पृथिव्या मिथुना सबन्धू यमीर्यमस्य बिभृयादजामि
May night and day bring him favor; may the eye of the sun rise again and again. By day and by earth, the twin siblings, Yami and Yama, should bear their kinship without transgression.
आ घा ता गच्छानुत्तरा युगानि यत्र जामयः कृणवन्नजामि । उप बर्बृहि वृषभाय बाहुमन्यमिच्छस्व सुभगे पतिं मत्
Indeed, those ages have passed where siblings acted thus. Embrace the arm of a strong man; seek a husband, O fortunate one, as your mind desires.
किं भ्रातासद्यदनाथं भवाति किमु स्वसा यन्निरृतिर्निगच्छात् । काममूता बह्वेतद्रपामि तन्वा मे तन्वं सं पिपृग्धि
What if a brother is left without support? What if a sister falls into misfortune? I would fulfill this desire, though it be reproached; unite your body with mine.
न वा उ ते तन्वा तन्वं सं पपृच्यां पापमाहुर्यः स्वसारं निगच्छात् । अन्येन मत्प्रमुदः कल्पयस्व न ते भ्राता सुभगे वष्ट्येतत्
One should not unite body with body in this way; they call it sin when one approaches a sister. Find delight with another who pleases you; your brother, O fortunate one, does not desire this.
बतो बतासि यम नैव ते मनो हृदयं चाविदाम । अन्या किल त्वां कक्ष्येव युक्तं परि ष्वजाते लिबुजेव वृक्षम्
Alas, Yama, truly we do not know your mind or your heart. Another, like a co-wife, has embraced you, as a vine embraces a tree.
अन्यमू षु त्वं यम्यन्य उ त्वां परि ष्वजाते लिबुजेव वृक्षम् । तस्य वा त्वं मन इच्छा स वा तवाधा कृणुष्व संविदं सुभद्राम्
Let another, O Yami, embrace you as a vine embraces a tree. Let your mind desire him, and let him desire you; make a good understanding with him.
वृषा वृष्णे दुदुहे दोहसा दिवः पयांसि यह्वो अदितेरदाभ्यः । विश्वं स वेद वरुणो यथा धिया स यज्ञियो यजतु यज्ञियाँ ऋतून्
The bull has milked for the mighty one the streams of heaven by his power, the unassailable son of Aditi. Varuṇa knows all by his wisdom; let the worshipful one worship the proper seasons.