नाहं तं वेद य इति ब्रवीत्यदेवयून्समरणे जघन्वान् । यदावाख्यत्समरणमृघावदादिद्ध मे वृषभा प्र ब्रुवन्ति
I do not know him who says thus, who has slain the godless in battle; when he proclaims the battle as dangerous, then indeed my bulls speak forth.
यदज्ञातेषु वृजनेष्वासं विश्वे सतो मघवानो म आसन् । जिनामि वेत्क्षेम आ सन्तमाभुं प्र तं क्षिणां पर्वते पादगृह्य
When I was among the unknown in the settlements, all the generous ones were with me; I conquer, I know the secure one, I destroy him, grasping his foot on the mountain.
न वा उ मां वृजने वारयन्ते न पर्वतासो यदहं मनस्ये । मम स्वनात्कृधुकर्णो भयात एवेदनु द्यून्किरणः समेजात्
Neither in the settlement do they restrain me, nor do the mountains, when I set my mind; at the sound of my roar, their ears are made to tremble, and the sun's rays move together.
दर्शन्न्वत्र शृतपाँ अनिन्द्रान्बाहुक्षदः शरवे पत्यमानान् । घृषुं वा ये निनिदुः सखायमध्यू न्वेषु पवयो ववृत्युः
Here, seeing those without Indra, who are drinkers of liquor, who are struck down by arrows and fall, or those who have spoken ill of a friend, or who have turned away from the young ones among them.
अभूर्वौक्षीर्व्यु आयुरानड्दर्षन्नु पूर्वो अपरो नु दर्षत् । द्वे पवस्ते परि तं न भूतो यो अस्य पारे रजसो विवेष
The oxen have come forth, life has departed; the earlier and the later ones have appeared. Two winds circle around him, but none has reached the far side of his realm.
गावो यवं प्रयुता अर्यो अक्षन्ता अपश्यं सहगोपाश्चरन्तीः । हवा इदर्यो अभितः समायन्कियदासु स्वपतिश्छन्दयाते
The cows, yoked for barley, the Aryas counted them; I saw them wandering together with their herdsmen. The Aryas call them all together, but how many among them does the master choose according to his will?
सं यद्वयं यवसादो जनानामहं यवाद उर्वज्रे अन्तः । अत्रा युक्तोऽवसातारमिच्छादथो अयुक्तं युनजद्ववन्वान्
When we, among the people, eat the barley, I eat barley within the enclosure. Here, the yoked one seeks the one who brings down, but the unyoked one is harnessed by the one who wishes to drive.
अत्रेदु मे मंससे सत्यमुक्तं द्विपाच्च यच्चतुष्पात्संसृजानि । स्त्रीभिर्यो अत्र वृषणं पृतन्यादयुद्धो अस्य वि भजानि वेदः
Here, for you, I speak truthfully what is from flesh, what is from two-footed and four-footed beings. Whoever here, with women, divides the virile one in battle, I know how to apportion his share.
यस्यानक्षा दुहिता जात्वास कस्तां विद्वाँ अभि मन्याते अन्धाम् । कतरो मेनिं प्रति तं मुचाते य ईं वहाते य ईं वा वरेयात्
Whose daughter is born without dice, who knows her, who would desire the blind one? Who would loosen her bonds, who would carry her, who would wish to marry her?
कियती योषा मर्यतो वधूयोः परिप्रीता पन्यसा वार्येण । भद्रा वधूर्भवति यत्सुपेशाः स्वयं सा मित्रं वनुते जने चित्
How much is a woman cherished by her husband, surrounded by affection and desirable gifts? The bride is fortunate when she is well adorned; she herself chooses her friend among the people.
पत्तो जगार प्रत्यञ्चमत्ति शीर्ष्णा शिरः प्रति दधौ वरूथम् । आसीन ऊर्ध्वामुपसि क्षिणाति न्यङ्ङुत्तानामन्वेति भूमिम्
The frog has awakened, eats facing backward, with its head it places a shield. Sitting upright, it dries itself, lying flat it follows the ground.
बृहन्नच्छायो अपलाशो अर्वा तस्थौ माता विषितो अत्ति गर्भः । अन्यस्या वत्सं रिहती मिमाय कया भुवा नि दधे धेनुरूधः
The one with broad shade, without leaves, stands nearby; the mother, pierced, eats the embryo. Another, the cow, measures the calf, and by what means did the pregnant cow place it within herself?
सप्त वीरासो अधरादुदायन्नष्टोत्तरात्तात्समजग्मिरन्ते । नव पश्चातात्स्थिविमन्त आयन्दश प्राक्सानु वि तिरन्त्यश्नः
Seven heroes rose from below, lost from the north, they came together at the end. Nine from the west, standing, arrived; ten from the east, they traverse the ridges, eating.
दशानामेकं कपिलं समानं तं हिन्वन्ति क्रतवे पार्याय । गर्भं माता सुधितं वक्षणास्ववेनन्तं तुषयन्ती बिभर्ति
Of ten, one is tawny and common; they urge him for the ritual and for the crossing. The mother carries the well-nourished embryo in her breasts, delighting in him, she bears him, content.
पीवानं मेषमपचन्त वीरा न्युप्ता अक्षा अनु दीव आसन् । द्वा धनुं बृहतीमप्स्वन्तः पवित्रवन्ता चरतः पुनन्ता
The heroes cooked the fat ram; the dice were cast, they sat down to play. Two great bows, with purification, move about, cleansing as they go.
वि क्रोशनासो विष्वञ्च आयन्पचाति नेमो नहि पक्षदर्धः । अयं मे देवः सविता तदाह द्र्वन्न इद्वनवत्सर्पिरन्नः
The shouters have gone forth, moving everywhere; the cook is not here, nor is half the wing. This god Savitar has spoken thus: 'Let the running one, the butter-eater, go forth.'
अपश्यं ग्रामं वहमानमारादचक्रया स्वधया वर्तमानम् । सिषक्त्यर्यः प्र युगा जनानां सद्यः शिश्ना प्रमिनानो नवीयान्
I saw a village being carried away from afar, moving by its own law, rolling on wheels. The Arya sharpens the yoke for the people, suddenly, the young ones, measuring with their phallus, are renewed.
एतौ मे गावौ प्रमरस्य युक्तौ मो षु प्र सेधीर्मुहुरिन्ममन्धि । आपश्चिदस्य वि नशन्त्यर्थं सूरश्च मर्क उपरो बभूवान्
These two cows are yoked for my delight; do not hinder them, let them refresh me again and again. Even the waters of this one are lost for a purpose; the sun and the monkey have become superior.
अयं यो वज्रः पुरुधा विवृत्तोऽवः सूर्यस्य बृहतः पुरीषात् । श्रव इदेना परो अन्यदस्ति तदव्यथी जरिमाणस्तरन्ति
This thunderbolt, widely spread, has come down from the great dung of the sun. By this, fame is gained; there is something else beyond. By this, the aged cross over without trembling.
वृक्षेवृक्षे नियता मीमयद्गौस्ततो वयः प्र पतान्पूरुषादः । अथेदं विश्वं भुवनं भयात इन्द्राय सुन्वदृषये च शिक्षत्
From tree to tree, the cow measures; then the young ones fly forth, devouring men. Thus, let all this world be afraid; offer to Indra and learn from the seer.
देवानां माने प्रथमा अतिष्ठन्कृन्तत्रादेषामुपरा उदायन् । त्रयस्तपन्ति पृथिवीमनूपा द्वा बृबूकं वहतः पुरीषम्
In the measure of the gods, the first ones stood; the cutters rose above them. Three heat the earth and the marshes; two carry the dung in their mouths.
सा ते जीवातुरुत तस्य विद्धि मा स्मैतादृगप गूहः समर्ये । आविः स्वः कृणुते गूहते बुसं स पादुरस्य निर्णिजो न मुच्यते
That one is your life-giver; know him as such. Do not, in battle, hide yourself from one like him. He makes the sun visible, he conceals the darkness; he, revealed, is not released from the bonds of the unliberated.
विश्वो ह्यन्यो अरिराजगाम ममेदह श्वशुरो ना जगाम । जक्षीयाद्धाना उत सोमं पपीयात्स्वाशितः पुनरस्तं जगायात्
Indeed, every other enemy has departed; my father-in-law, however, has not gone. Let him eat food, let him drink soma; having eaten his fill, let him return again to his home.
स रोरुवद्वृषभस्तिग्मशृङ्गो वर्ष्मन्तस्थौ वरिमन्ना पृथिव्याः । विश्वेष्वेनं वृजनेषु पामि यो मे कुक्षी सुतसोमः पृणाति
That roaring bull, with sharp horns, stands in the rain, marking out the path of the earth. Among all gatherings, may I protect him who fills my belly with the pressed soma.
अद्रिणा ते मन्दिन इन्द्र तूयान्सुन्वन्ति सोमान्पिबसि त्वमेषाम् । पचन्ति ते वृषभाँ अत्सि तेषां पृक्षेण यन्मघवन्हूयमानः
With the stone, they press your exhilarating soma, O Indra; you drink of these. The bulls cook for you, you eat of theirs, when, O bountiful one, you are invoked with the ladle.
इदं सु मे जरितरा चिकिद्धि प्रतीपं शापं नद्यो वहन्ति । लोपाशः सिंहं प्रत्यञ्चमत्साः क्रोष्टा वराहं निरतक्त कक्षात्
May this, O singer, be well known to me: the rivers carry the curse that flows against the current. The wolves turn back from the lion, the fish from the crocodile, the jackal from the boar, scorched from the hollow.
कथा त एतदहमा चिकेतं गृत्सस्य पाकस्तवसो मनीषाम् । त्वं नो विद्वाँ ऋतुथा वि वोचो यमर्धं ते मघवन्क्षेम्या धूः
How indeed have I come to know this, the ripened wisdom of Gritsa, the inspired one? You, knowing, speak to us in due season, O bountiful one, what share you would have us keep for you.
एवा हि मां तवसं वर्धयन्ति दिवश्चिन्मे बृहत उत्तरा धूः । पुरू सहस्रा नि शिशामि साकमशत्रुं हि मा जनिता जजान
Thus, indeed, they increase my strength, even those who are above in the vast sky. I lay down many thousands together; for my begetter has begotten me unconquered.
एवा हि मां तवसं जज्ञुरुग्रं कर्मन्कर्मन्वृषणमिन्द्र देवाः । वधीं वृत्रं वज्रेण मन्दसानोऽप व्रजं महिना दाशुषे वम्
Thus, indeed, the gods have made me mighty, O Indra, strong in deed, ever manly. I slew Vritra with the thunderbolt, delighting, and with my might I opened the pen for the worshipper.
देवास आयन्परशूँरबिभ्रन्वना वृश्चन्तो अभि विड्भिरायन् । नि सुद्र्वं दधतो वक्षणासु यत्रा कृपीटमनु तद्दहन्ति
The gods came bearing axes, cutting the forest, approaching with their weapons. They placed the well-fixed one in their breasts, where, following the wedge, they burn it.