तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरिदं वरीय आ सीदत चकृमा वः स्योनम् । मनुष्वद्यज्ञं सुधिता हवींषीळा देवी घृतपदी जुषन्त
Let the three goddesses sit on this sacred grass, which is most excellent; we have made it pleasant for you; may the goddesses, with clarified butter, accept the well-prepared offerings of men.
देव त्वष्टर्यद्ध चारुत्वमानड्यदङ्गिरसामभवः सचाभूः । स देवानां पाथ उप प्र विद्वाँ उशन्यक्षि द्रविणोदः सुरत्नः
O god Tvaṣṭṛ, when you took on beauty, you became associated with the Angirases; knowing the paths of the gods, bestower of wealth, grant us riches, O generous one.
वनस्पते रशनया नियूया देवानां पाथ उप वक्षि विद्वान् । स्वदाति देवः कृणवद्धवींष्यवतां द्यावापृथिवी हवं मे
O Lord of the Forest, with your girdle, lead the gods here, knowing the paths; let the god make the offerings sweet; may Heaven and Earth bring my invocation.
आग्ने वह वरुणमिष्टये न इन्द्रं दिवो मरुतो अन्तरिक्षात् । सीदन्तु बर्हिर्विश्व आ यजत्राः स्वाहा देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम्
O Agni, bring Varuṇa for the offering, Indra from heaven, the Maruts from the midspace; let all the worshipful, immortal gods sit on the sacred grass and rejoice with the Svāhā call.
बृहस्पते प्रथमं वाचो अग्रं यत्प्रैरत नामधेयं दधानाः । यदेषां श्रेष्ठं यदरिप्रमासीत्प्रेणा तदेषां निहितं गुहाविः
O Bṛhaspati, when they sent forth the first speech, giving names, what was highest and most radiant among them, that was set down hidden within them by love.
सक्तुमिव तितउना पुनन्तो यत्र धीरा मनसा वाचमक्रत । अत्रा सखायः सख्यानि जानते भद्रैषां लक्ष्मीर्निहिताधि वाचि
Purifying it as with a sieve, where the wise fashioned speech with their mind; here friends recognize the bonds of friendship, and their auspicious beauty is set upon their speech.
यज्ञेन वाचः पदवीयमायन्तामन्वविन्दन्नृषिषु प्रविष्टाम् । तामाभृत्या व्यदधुः पुरुत्रा तां सप्त रेभा अभि सं नवन्ते
By sacrifice they followed the path of speech, they found her entered among the seers; taking her up, they distributed her in many places, and the seven singers join together in her.
उत त्वः पश्यन्न ददर्श वाचमुत त्वः शृण्वन्न शृणोत्येनाम् । उतो त्वस्मै तन्वं वि सस्रे जायेव पत्य उशती सुवासाः
Indeed, one may look and not see the speech; indeed, one may listen and not hear it. Indeed, it reveals itself to him, as a radiant, well-clad wife to her husband.
उत त्वं सख्ये स्थिरपीतमाहुर्नैनं हिन्वन्त्यपि वाजिनेषु । अधेन्वा चरति माययैष वाचं शुश्रुवाँ अफलामपुष्पाम्
Indeed, they say you are steadfast in friendship; they do not harm him even among competitors. This cow wanders by illusion; he has heard speech that is fruitless and flowerless.
यस्तित्याज सचिविदं सखायं न तस्य वाच्यपि भागो अस्ति । यदीं शृणोत्यलकं शृणोति नहि प्रवेद सुकृतस्य पन्थाम्
He who abandons his companion, his friend, has no share in speech. Even if he hears, he hears in vain; he does not truly know the path of the virtuous.
अक्षण्वन्तः कर्णवन्तः सखायो मनोजवेष्वसमा बभूवुः । आदघ्नास उपकक्षास उ त्वे ह्रदा इव स्नात्वा उ त्वे ददृश्रे
Friends with eyes and ears became unequal in the swift course of the mind. Some, like those who have bathed, appeared close; others, like those at the edge of a pool, appeared distant.
हृदा तष्टेषु मनसो जवेषु यद्ब्राह्मणाः संयजन्ते सखायः । अत्राह त्वं वि जहुर्वेद्याभिरोहब्रह्माणो वि चरन्त्यु त्वे
When friends unite with the heart, shaped in the speed of the mind, as Brahmins, here they separate with knowledge; the Brahmins move among you.
इमे ये नार्वाङ्न परश्चरन्ति न ब्राह्मणासो न सुतेकरासः । त एते वाचमभिपद्य पापया सिरीस्तन्त्रं तन्वते अप्रजज्ञयः
Those who neither come near nor go far, neither Brahmins nor makers of Soma, these, approaching speech with evil, weave a web of error, ignorant of offspring.
सर्वे नन्दन्ति यशसागतेन सभासाहेन सख्या सखायः । किल्बिषस्पृत्पितुषणिर्ह्येषामरं हितो भवति वाजिनाय
All rejoice in the fame that has come, friends with friends in the assembly. For those who remove sin and nourish, the undying benefit comes to the competitor.
ऋचां त्वः पोषमास्ते पुपुष्वान्गायत्रं त्वो गायति शक्वरीषु । ब्रह्मा त्वो वदति जातविद्यां यज्ञस्य मात्रां वि मिमीत उ त्वः
You have nourished the growth of the hymns; you sing the Gāyatra among the Śakvarī verses. The Brahmin speaks the knowledge of birth; you measure the meter of the sacrifice.
देवानां नु वयं जाना प्र वोचाम विपन्यया । उक्थेषु शस्यमानेषु यः पश्यादुत्तरे युगे
Now, with insight, let us declare the origins of the gods. Among the praised hymns, whoever sees in the later age.
ब्रह्मणस्पतिरेता सं कर्मार इवाधमत् । देवानां पूर्व्ये युगेऽसतः सदजायत
Bṛhaspati shaped these, as a smith with his tools. In the earlier age of the gods, from non-being, being was born.
देवानां युगे प्रथमेऽसतः सदजायत । तदाशा अन्वजायन्त तदुत्तानपदस्परि
In the first age of the gods, from non-being, being was born. Then the regions were born; then the upraised space was spread.
भूर्जज्ञ उत्तानपदो भुव आशा अजायन्त । अदितेर्दक्षो अजायत दक्षाद्वदितिः परि
The earth was born from the upraised space; the regions were born. From Aditi, Dakṣa was born; from Dakṣa, Aditi was spread.
अदितिर्ह्यजनिष्ट दक्ष या दुहिता तव । तां देवा अन्वजायन्त भद्रा अमृतबन्धवः
Aditi was indeed born; Dakṣa, who is your daughter. The gods were born from her, blessed, kin of immortality.
यद्देवा अदः सलिले सुसंरब्धा अतिष्ठत । अत्रा वो नृत्यतामिव तीव्रो रेणुरपायत
When the gods stood in the waters, deeply stirred, then, as if dancing, a sharp dust was swept away.
यद्देवा यतयो यथा भुवनान्यपिन्वत । अत्रा समुद्र आ गूळ्हमा सूर्यमजभर्तन
When the gods, ascetics, filled the worlds, then, hidden in the ocean, you carried the sun.
अष्टौ पुत्रासो अदितेर्ये जातास्तन्वस्परि । देवाँ उप प्रैत्सप्तभिः परा मार्ताण्डमास्यत्
Eight sons of Aditi were born from her body. The gods went with seven; they cast out Mārtāṇḍa.
सप्तभिः पुत्रैरदितिरुप प्रैत्पूर्व्यं युगम् । प्रजायै मृत्यवे त्वत्पुनर्मार्ताण्डमाभरत्
With seven sons, Aditi went to the earlier age. For offspring and for death, she brought Mārtāṇḍa again.
जनिष्ठा उग्रः सहसे तुराय मन्द्र ओजिष्ठो बहुलाभिमानः । अवर्धन्निन्द्रं मरुतश्चिदत्र माता यद्वीरं दधनद्धनिष्ठा
The mighty was born for strength, for power, delightful, most vigorous, full of pride. The Maruts increased Indra here, when the mother placed the hero in her womb.
द्रुहो निषत्ता पृशनी चिदेवैः पुरू शंसेन वावृधुष्ट इन्द्रम् । अभीवृतेव ता महापदेन ध्वान्तात्प्रपित्वादुदरन्त गर्भाः
Those who sit in ambush, even with their cunning devices, have grown strong in their many praises of Indra; but like a woman in labor, they are delivered from darkness by his mighty stride, and their offspring emerge from the womb.
ऋष्वा ते पादा प्र यज्जिगास्यवर्धन्वाजा उत ये चिदत्र । त्वमिन्द्र सालावृकान्सहस्रमासन्दधिषे अश्विना ववृत्याः
Your feet are exalted when you set out to conquer, and even those who are powerful here grow; O Indra, you have struck down a thousand Sālāvṛkas, and with the Aśvins you have increased in might.
समना तूर्णिरुप यासि यज्ञमा नासत्या सख्याय वक्षि । वसाव्यामिन्द्र धारयः सहस्राश्विना शूर ददतुर्मघानि
With united purpose you hasten to the sacrifice, and you bear the two Aśvins as friends; in the two vessels, Indra, you hold a thousand, and the heroic Aśvins have granted generous gifts.
मन्दमान ऋतादधि प्रजायै सखिभिरिन्द्र इषिरेभिरर्थम् । आभिर्हि माया उप दस्युमागान्मिहः प्र तम्रा अवपत्तमांसि
Rejoicing in the truth, for the sake of offspring, with your companions, Indra, you have sought the desired goal; with these powers you approached the Dasyu with your magic, and the red mists fell away from the obstacles.
सनामाना चिद्ध्वसयो न्यस्मा अवाहन्निन्द्र उषसो यथानः । ऋष्वैरगच्छः सखिभिर्निकामैः साकं प्रतिष्ठा हृद्या जघन्थ
Even those with ancient names, the dwellers, you have cast down, Indra, just as you drive away the dawns; with seers and companions, with eager intent, you went forth, and with them you struck down the hostile.