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.
त्वं जघन्थ नमुचिं मखस्युं दासं कृण्वान ऋषये विमायम् । त्वं चकर्थ मनवे स्योनान्पथो देवत्राञ्जसेव यानान्
You struck down Namuci and Makhasyu, the Dāsa who devised deceit against the seer; you made pleasant paths for Manu, O god, as if smoothing the way for chariots.
त्वमेतानि पप्रिषे वि नामेशान इन्द्र दधिषे गभस्तौ । अनु त्वा देवाः शवसा मदन्त्युपरिबुध्नान्वनिनश्चकर्थ
You have surpassed these, O Indra, in name and power, and you have placed dominion in your grasp; the gods rejoice in your strength, and you have subdued the deep-rooted forests.
चक्रं यदस्याप्स्वा निषत्तमुतो तदस्मै मध्विच्चच्छद्यात् । पृथिव्यामतिषितं यदूधः पयो गोष्वदधा ओषधीषु
When his wheel was set in the waters, then for him the honeyed covering was spread; whatever is fixed on earth, whatever milk is in the cows, you have placed in the plants.
अश्वादियायेति यद्वदन्त्योजसो जातमुत मन्य एनम् । मन्योरियाय हर्म्येषु तस्थौ यतः प्रजज्ञ इन्द्रो अस्य वेद
When they say, 'He came from the horse,' or 'He was born of strength,' some imagine him thus; anger came forth and stood in the dwellings, from which Indra was born and knows his origin.
वयः सुपर्णा उप सेदुरिन्द्रं प्रियमेधा ऋषयो नाधमानाः । अप ध्वान्तमूर्णुहि पूर्धि चक्षुर्मुमुग्ध्यस्मान्निधयेव बद्धान्
The winged birds, the noble-minded seers, approached Indra, not failing in devotion; remove the darkness, grant us sight, release us as one unbinds the bound from a treasure.
वसूनां वा चर्कृष इयक्षन्धिया वा यज्ञैर्वा रोदस्योः । अर्वन्तो वा ये रयिमन्तः सातौ वनुं वा ये सुश्रुणं सुश्रुतो धुः
Whether I praise the treasures, or seek with thought, or with sacrifices the two worlds; whether I call upon the swift ones who possess wealth in battle, or those who are renowned for their generous hearing.
हव एषामसुरो नक्षत द्यां श्रवस्यता मनसा निंसत क्षाम् । चक्षाणा यत्र सुविताय देवा द्यौर्न वारेभिः कृणवन्त स्वैः
The mighty one among them calls upon the sky, with glorious mind he approaches the earth; where the gods, seeing, act for well-being, where heaven with its own powers makes room.
इयमेषाममृतानां गीः सर्वताता ये कृपणन्त रत्नम् । धियं च यज्ञं च साधन्तस्ते नो धान्तु वसव्यमसामि
This song is for those immortals who grant the treasure to the humble; may they, who accomplish both thought and sacrifice, bestow upon us the wealth of the Vasus without delay.
आ तत्त इन्द्रायवः पनन्ताभि य ऊर्वं गोमन्तं तितृत्सान् । सकृत्स्वं ये पुरुपुत्रां महीं सहस्रधारां बृहतीं दुदुक्षन्
To that distant place, the sons of Indra strive, those who wish to cross the wide, cow-rich expanse; those many sons, in a single effort, seek to milk the great, thousand-streamed, mighty one.
शचीव इन्द्रमवसे कृणुध्वमनानतं दमयन्तं पृतन्यून् । ऋभुक्षणं मघवानं सुवृक्तिं भर्ता यो वज्रं नर्यं पुरुक्षुः
Like Śacī, make Indra your helper, unconquered, subduing the hostile in battle; the generous, bountiful, well-praised Maghavan, who wields the mighty, manly thunderbolt.