ऊर्जं गावो यवसे पीवो अत्तन ऋतस्य याः सदने कोशे अङ्ग्ध्वे । तनूरेव तन्वो अस्तु भेषजमा सर्वतातिमदितिं वृणीमहे
Let the cows drink rich grass and nourishment, those who dwell in the abode and vessel of truth. Let healing be for our bodies as for the body itself; thus we choose the all-surpassing Aditi.
क्रतुप्रावा जरिता शश्वतामव इन्द्र इद्भद्रा प्रमतिः सुतावताम् । पूर्णमूधर्दिव्यं यस्य सिक्तय आ सर्वतातिमदितिं वृणीमहे
May the singer be endowed with enduring strength; may Indra's favor and wise counsel be for those who press soma. Whose heavenly vessel is full of libations, thus we choose the all-surpassing Aditi.
चित्रस्ते भानुः क्रतुप्रा अभिष्टिः सन्ति स्पृधो जरणिप्रा अधृष्टाः । रजिष्ठया रज्या पश्व आ गोस्तूतूर्षति पर्यग्रं दुवस्युः
Your brilliance is splendid, your strength brings fulfillment; there are helpers, swift and unassailable. With the best chariot, the praise of cattle, the singer circles the offering, seeking favor.
उद्बुध्यध्वं समनसः सखायः समग्निमिन्ध्वं बहवः सनीळाः । दधिक्रामग्निमुषसं च देवीमिन्द्रावतोऽवसे नि ह्वये वः
Awaken, friends, with one mind; kindle the fire, many gathered together. I call for help upon Dadhikrā, Agni, Ushas the goddess, and Indra.
मन्द्रा कृणुध्वं धिय आ तनुध्वं नावमरित्रपरणीं कृणुध्वम् । इष्कृणुध्वमायुधारं कृणुध्वं प्राञ्चं यज्ञं प्र णयता सखायः
Make your thoughts pleasant, extend them; prepare the boat that crosses without harm. Prepare the channel, make ready the implements; friends, lead the sacrifice forward.
युनक्त सीरा वि युगा तनुध्वं कृते योनौ वपतेह बीजम् । गिरा च श्रुष्टिः सभरा असन्नो नेदीय इत्सृण्यः पक्वमेयात्
Yoke the ploughs, stretch out the yokes; in the prepared furrow sow the seed. With voice and effort, let the workers be ready; let the nearest field yield ripe produce.
सीरा युञ्जन्ति कवयो युगा वि तन्वते पृथक् । धीरा देवेषु सुम्नया
The poets yoke the ploughs, stretch out the yokes separately; the wise, with favor, toward the gods.
निराहावान्कृणोतन सं वरत्रा दधातन । सिञ्चामहा अवतमुद्रिणं वयं सुषेकमनुपक्षितम्
Make the furrow, lay the yoke together; let us pour water into the channel, a well-watered, unbroken stream.
इष्कृताहावमवतं सुवरत्रं सुषेचनम् । उद्रिणं सिञ्चे अक्षितम्
Prepare the channel, water it well, make it fertile; pour into the furrow an unbroken stream.
प्रीणीताश्वान्हितं जयाथ स्वस्तिवाहं रथमित्कृणुध्वम् । द्रोणाहावमवतमश्मचक्रमंसत्रकोशं सिञ्चता नृपाणम्
Feed the horses, win the prize; make the chariot that brings good fortune. Prepare the furrow, the stone wheel, fill the vessel, pour for the leaders.
व्रजं कृणुध्वं स हि वो नृपाणो वर्म सीव्यध्वं बहुला पृथूनि । पुरः कृणुध्वमायसीरधृष्टा मा वः सुस्रोच्चमसो दृंहता तम्
Make the enclosure, for it is for your leaders; sew the armor, broad and thick. Make the fort of iron, unassailable; let not your well-formed vessel be broken by the enemy.
आ वो धियं यज्ञियां वर्त ऊतये देवा देवीं यजतां यज्ञियामिह । सा नो दुहीयद्यवसेव गत्वी सहस्रधारा पयसा मही गौः
To you, O gods, we turn our sacred thought for help; may the divine, worshipful goddess be worshipped here. May she, like a cow with a thousand streams of milk, yield us abundance for our sustenance.
आ तू षिञ्च हरिमीं द्रोरुपस्थे वाशीभिस्तक्षताश्मन्मयीभिः । परि ष्वजध्वं दश कक्ष्याभिरुभे धुरौ प्रति वह्निं युनक्त
Pour the golden-hued offering into the vessel; shape it with axes, with tools of stone. Embrace it with ten bands; yoke both yokes, and set the fire in its place.
उभे धुरौ वह्निरापिब्दमानोऽन्तर्योनेव चरति द्विजानिः । वनस्पतिं वन आस्थापयध्वं नि षू दधिध्वमखनन्त उत्सम्
The fire, drinking from both yokes, moves within as a double-born being, as if in the womb. Set the wooden post in the wood; place it down, and let them hollow out the well.
कपृन्नरः कपृथमुद्दधातन चोदयत खुदत वाजसातये । निष्टिग्र्यः पुत्रमा च्यावयोतय इन्द्रं सबाध इह सोमपीतये
O men, raise the well-known, the renowned one; urge on, dig for the prize of strength. Let the one with the staff set the child in motion; call Indra here to drink Soma with the assembly.
प्र ते रथं मिथूकृतमिन्द्रोऽवतु धृष्णुया । अस्मिन्नाजौ पुरुहूत श्रवाय्ये धनभक्षेषु नोऽव
May Indra guard your well-matched chariot with his might. In this battle, O much-invoked one, for fame and for the winning of wealth, protect us.
उत्स्म वातो वहति वासोऽस्या अधिरथं यदजयत्सहस्रम् । रथीरभून्मुद्गलानी गविष्टौ भरे कृतं व्यचेदिन्द्रसेना
The wind blows forth, his garment is upon the chariot, when he won a thousand. Mudgalānī became a charioteer in the contest for cattle; Indra's host scattered the enemy in battle.
अन्तर्यच्छ जिघांसतो वज्रमिन्द्राभिदासतः । दासस्य वा मघवन्नार्यस्य वा सनुतर्यवया वधम्
Hold back the weapon of the one who seeks to harm, O Indra, against the assailant. Whether of the Dāsa or the Arya, O bountiful one, let the weapon of the enemy be destroyed.
उद्नो ह्रदमपिबज्जर्हृषाणः कूटं स्म तृंहदभिमातिमेति । प्र मुष्कभारः श्रव इच्छमानोऽजिरं बाहू अभरत्सिषासन्
He drank the water of the deep pool, roaring; he broke the stronghold, overcoming the foe. Desiring fame, he bore the heavy load with his swift arms, striving for victory.
न्यक्रन्दयन्नुपयन्त एनममेहयन्वृषभं मध्य आजेः । तेन सूभर्वं शतवत्सहस्रं गवां मुद्गलः प्रधने जिगाय
They came, bellowing, surrounding him, urinating like a bull in the midst of the herd. With that strength, Mudgala won in battle a hundred, a thousand cattle in the contest.
ककर्दवे वृषभो युक्त आसीदवावचीत्सारथिरस्य केशी । दुधेर्युक्तस्य द्रवतः सहानस ऋच्छन्ति ष्मा निष्पदो मुद्गलानीम्
The bull was yoked in the mire, his charioteer with flowing hair stood below. The runners of the yoked cow, swift as they ran, reached the goal for Mudgalānī.
उत प्रधिमुदहन्नस्य विद्वानुपायुनग्वंसगमत्र शिक्षन् । इन्द्र उदावत्पतिमघ्न्यानामरंहत पद्याभिः ककुद्मान्
The wise one, knowing the contest, struck the rival and approached the path, learning here. Indra, the lord of the unyoked, urged on the herds with his steps, the high-crested one.
शुनमष्ट्राव्यचरत्कपर्दी वरत्रायां दार्वानह्यमानः । नृम्णानि कृण्वन्बहवे जनाय गाः पस्पशानस्तविषीरधत्त
The braided one moved like a goad, in the contest for the prize, driven with a wooden stick. Performing heroic deeds for many people, touching the cows, he gained strength.
इमं तं पश्य वृषभस्य युञ्जं काष्ठाया मध्ये द्रुघणं शयानम् । येन जिगाय शतवत्सहस्रं गवां मुद्गलः पृतनाज्येषु
See this one, yoked to the bull, lying in the midst of the wood, the driver at rest. By him, Mudgala won a hundred, a thousand cattle in the contests of battle.
आरे अघा को न्वित्था ददर्श यं युञ्जन्ति तम्वा स्थापयन्ति । नास्मै तृणं नोदकमा भरन्त्युत्तरो धुरो वहति प्रदेदिशत्
Far away, who indeed has seen him? Whom they yoke, or whom they set in place? For him, they bring neither grass nor water; the upper yoke bears the load, directed forward.
परिवृक्तेव पतिविद्यमानट् पीप्याना कूचक्रेणेव सिञ्चन् । एषैष्या चिद्रथ्या जयेम सुमङ्गलं सिनवदस्तु सातम्
Like a wife seeking her husband in a deserted place, swelling like a water channel, pouring forth; with this chariot, even if it is old, may we win, may good fortune and victory be ours.
त्वं विश्वस्य जगतश्चक्षुरिन्द्रासि चक्षुषः । वृषा यदाजिं वृषणा सिषाससि चोदयन्वध्रिणा युजा
You, Indra, are the eye of all that moves; the eye of vision. As a bull, you lead the contest of the strong, urging on the unyoked with your companion.
आशुः शिशानो वृषभो न भीमो घनाघनः क्षोभणश्चर्षणीनाम् । संक्रन्दनोऽनिमिष एकवीरः शतं सेना अजयत्साकमिन्द्रः
Swift, fierce, like a mighty bull, terrifying, a smasher of hosts, a stirrer of men; the shouter, unblinking, the sole hero—Indra, with a hundred hosts, conquered together.
संक्रन्दनेनानिमिषेण जिष्णुना युत्कारेण दुश्च्यवनेन धृष्णुना । तदिन्द्रेण जयत तत्सहध्वं युधो नर इषुहस्तेन वृष्णा
With the shouter, the unblinking, the victorious, with the war-cry, the impetuous, the bold—by that Indra, win; stand firm together in battle, O men, with the mighty one who holds the arrow.
स इषुहस्तैः स निषङ्गिभिर्वशी संस्रष्टा स युध इन्द्रो गणेन । संसृष्टजित्सोमपा बाहुशर्ध्युग्रधन्वा प्रतिहिताभिरस्ता
That Indra, with warriors bearing arrows and quivers, the mighty one, the leader in battle, conquers with his troop; victorious in assembled combat, Soma-drinker, strong-armed, fierce-bowed, he stands firm with weapons drawn.