अग्निरिव मन्यो त्विषितः सहस्व सेनानीर्नः सहुरे हूत एधि । हत्वाय शत्रून्वि भजस्व वेद ओजो मिमानो वि मृधो नुदस्व
Like fire, O Wrath, blazing, be strong; be our summoned general, O champion. Having slain the enemies, divide the spoil, measure your strength, drive away the hostilities.
सहस्व मन्यो अभिमातिमस्मे रुजन्मृणन्प्रमृणन्प्रेहि शत्रून् । उग्रं ते पाजो नन्वा रुरुध्रे वशी वशं नयस एकज त्वम्
Be strong, O Wrath, against the hostile; break, crush, and utterly destroy the enemies. Your fierce power has indeed been aroused; as master, you lead the obedient as one born alone.
एको बहूनामसि मन्यवीळितो विशंविशं युधये सं शिशाधि । अकृत्तरुक्त्वया युजा वयं द्युमन्तं घोषं विजयाय कृण्महे
You alone, O Wrath, are victorious over many; lead each host to battle. With you as ally, we utter unfeigned words, and with your help, we make our fame resound for victory.
विजेषकृदिन्द्र इवानवब्रवोऽस्माकं मन्यो अधिपा भवेह । प्रियं ते नाम सहुरे गृणीमसि विद्मा तमुत्सं यत आबभूथ
Be our lord, O Wrath, as Indra, the winner of battles, unyielding; we praise your beloved name, O champion, we know the source from which you have arisen.
आभूत्या सहजा वज्र सायक सहो बिभर्ष्यभिभूत उत्तरम् । क्रत्वा नो मन्यो सह मेद्येधि महाधनस्य पुरुहूत संसृजि
By your might, O born-together, bolt and arrow bearer, you bear supreme power, unconquered. By your resolve, O Wrath, come to our aid; O much-invoked, release great wealth for us.
संसृष्टं धनमुभयं समाकृतमस्मभ्यं दत्तां वरुणश्च मन्युः । भियं दधाना हृदयेषु शत्रवः पराजितासो अप नि लयन्ताम्
The wealth, united and complete, has been given to us—both Varuṇa and Manyu. May the enemies, holding fear in their hearts, be defeated and withdraw.
सत्येनोत्तभिता भूमिः सूर्येणोत्तभिता द्यौः । ऋतेनादित्यास्तिष्ठन्ति दिवि सोमो अधि श्रितः
The earth is upheld by truth, the sky is upheld by the sun. The Ādityas stand by cosmic order, and Soma is established in the heavens.
सोमेनादित्या बलिनः सोमेन पृथिवी मही । अथो नक्षत्राणामेषामुपस्थे सोम आहितः
By Soma, the Ādityas are mighty; by Soma, the great earth endures. And among these stars, Soma is set in their midst.
सोमं मन्यते पपिवान्यत्सम्पिंषन्त्योषधिम् । सोमं यं ब्रह्माणो विदुर्न तस्याश्नाति कश्चन
He who has drunk thinks he has consumed Soma, when they press the plant. But the Soma known to the priests—no one eats of that.
आच्छद्विधानैर्गुपितो बार्हतैः सोम रक्षितः । ग्राव्णामिच्छृण्वन्तिष्ठसि न ते अश्नाति पार्थिवः
Guarded by coverings, protected by Barhish, Soma is kept safe. You stand listening to the stones, but no mortal partakes of you.
यत्त्वा देव प्रपिबन्ति तत आ प्यायसे पुनः । वायुः सोमस्य रक्षिता समानां मास आकृतिः
When the gods drink you, O Soma, from that you are replenished again. Vāyu is the guardian of Soma; the months are your form alike.
रैभ्यासीदनुदेयी नाराशंसी न्योचनी । सूर्याया भद्रमिद्वासो गाथयैति परिष्कृतम्
Raibhyā was the bridesmaid, Nārāśaṃsī the attendant. The auspicious garment of Sūryā comes adorned with song.
चित्तिरा उपबर्हणं चक्षुरा अभ्यञ्जनम् । द्यौर्भूमिः कोश आसीद्यदयात्सूर्या पतिम्
Cittirā was the seat, Cakṣurā the ointment. Heaven and earth were the vessel, when Sūryā was given to her husband.
स्तोमा आसन्प्रतिधयः कुरीरं छन्द ओपशः । सूर्याया अश्विना वराग्निरासीत्पुरोगवः
The hymns were the responses, the Kurīra the covering, the sacred verses the bands. For Sūryā, the Aśvins were the groomsmen, Agni was the leader.
सोमो वधूयुरभवदश्विनास्तामुभा वरा । सूर्यां यत्पत्ये शंसन्तीं मनसा सविताददात्
Soma was the suitor, the Aśvins were both the groomsmen. When Sūryā was to be given to her husband, Savitṛ bestowed her with blessings.
मनो अस्या अन आसीद्द्यौरासीदुत च्छदिः । शुक्रावनड्वाहावास्तां यदयात्सूर्या गृहम्
Her mind was the axle, the sky was the canopy. The shining oxen were the draught animals, when Sūryā entered her home.
ऋक्सामाभ्यामभिहितौ गावौ ते सामनावितः । श्रोत्रं ते चक्रे आस्तां दिवि पन्थाश्चराचारः
With the Ṛc and Sāman hymns, the two cows were yoked, accompanied by song. Your hearing was fashioned; in the sky, the path was set for movement.
शुची ते चक्रे यात्या व्यानो अक्ष आहतः । अनो मनस्मयं सूर्यारोहत्प्रयती पतिम्
The shining wheel was made for you, the breath set in motion the axle. Sūryā, with a mind-made chariot, ascended, striving toward her husband.
सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात्सविता यमवासृजत् । अघासु हन्यन्ते गावोऽर्जुन्योः पर्युह्यते
For Sūryā's chariot, Savitṛ sent forth the yoke. The cows are struck among the unyoked, between the white ones they are enclosed.
यदश्विना पृच्छमानावयातं त्रिचक्रेण वहतुं सूर्यायाः । विश्वे देवा अनु तद्वामजानन्पुत्रः पितराववृणीत पूषा
When the Aśvins, inquiring, came with the three-wheeled chariot of Sūryā, all the gods learned of it; Pūṣan, the son, chose his parents.
यदयातं शुभस्पती वरेयं सूर्यामुप । क्वैकं चक्रं वामासीत्क्व देष्ट्राय तस्थथुः
When you came, O lords of beauty, to seek Sūryā as bride, where was your one wheel, where did you place your yoke?
द्वे ते चक्रे सूर्ये ब्रह्माण ऋतुथा विदुः । अथैकं चक्रं यद्गुहा तदद्धातय इद्विदुः
Two wheels, O priests, they know for Sūryā, according to the seasons. But the one wheel that is hidden, only the wise know that.
सूर्यायै देवेभ्यो मित्राय वरुणाय च । ये भूतस्य प्रचेतस इदं तेभ्योऽकरं नमः
To Sūryā, to the gods, to Mitra and Varuṇa, and to those who are the wise of existence—I offer homage to them.
पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीळन्तौ परि यातो अध्वरम् । विश्वान्यन्यो भुवनाभिचष्ट ऋतूँरन्यो विदधज्जायते पुनः
These two, moving forward and backward by their illusion, the children playing, have gone around the sacrifice; one observes all the worlds, the other arranges the seasons, and is born again.
नवोनवो भवति जायमानोऽह्नां केतुरुषसामेत्यग्रम् । भागं देवेभ्यो वि दधात्यायन्प्र चन्द्रमास्तिरते दीर्घमायुः
Ever new, ever renewed, he is born, the sign of days, he comes first among the dawns; he apportions a share to the gods, and the Moon, advancing, attains long life.
सुकिंशुकं शल्मलिं विश्वरूपं हिरण्यवर्णं सुवृतं सुचक्रम् । आ रोह सूर्ये अमृतस्य लोकं स्योनं पत्ये वहतुं कृणुष्व
Climb the lovely silk-cotton tree, of manifold forms, golden-hued, well-covered, with good wheels; ascend, O Sūryā, to the world of immortality, make yourself agreeable for bearing to your husband.
उदीर्ष्वातः पतिवती ह्येषा विश्वावसुं नमसा गीर्भिरीळे । अन्यामिच्छ पितृषदं व्यक्तां स ते भागो जनुषा तस्य विद्धि
Rise up, go forth! For she is a wife; with reverence I praise Viśvāvasu with words; seek another, the clearly marked seat among the ancestors; know that this is your share by birth.
उदीर्ष्वातो विश्वावसो नमसेळा महे त्वा । अन्यामिच्छ प्रफर्व्यं सं जायां पत्या सृज
Rise up, go forth, O Viśvāvasu, with reverence I praise you; seek another, the wide expanse; let the wife unite with her husband.
अनृक्षरा ऋजवः सन्तु पन्था येभिः सखायो यन्ति नो वरेयम् । समर्यमा सं भगो नो निनीयात्सं जास्पत्यं सुयममस्तु देवाः
Let the paths be straight and free from falsehood, by which our friends go to choose a spouse; may Aryaman, may Bhaga, bring us together; may the gods grant us harmonious householdership.
प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद्येन त्वाबध्नात्सविता सुशेवः । ऋतस्य योनौ सुकृतस्य लोकेऽरिष्टां त्वा सह पत्या दधामि
I release you from the noose of Varuṇa, with which Savitṛ, the gracious, bound you; in the seat of truth, in the world of good deeds, unharmed, I place you together with your husband.