Sukta 40

आ याह्यद्रिभिः सुतं सोमं सोमपते पिब। वृषन्निन्द्र वृषभिर्वृत्रहन्तम॥

ā yāhyadribhiḥ sutaṁ somaṁ somapate piba | vṛṣannindra vṛṣabhirvṛtrahantama ||

COME thou to what the stones have pressed, drink Soma, O thou Soma's Lord, Indra best Vrtra-slayer Strong One, with the Strong.

वृषा ग्रावा वृषा मदो वृषा सोमो अयं सुतः। वृषन्निन्द्र वृषभिर्वृत्रहन्तम॥

vṛṣā grāvā vṛṣā mado vṛṣā somo ayaṁ sutaḥ | vṛṣannindra vṛṣabhirvṛtrahantama ||

Strong is the stone, the draught is strong, strong is this Soma that is pressed, Indra, best Vrtra-slayer, Strong One with the Strong.

वृषा त्वा वृषणं हुवे वज्रिञ्चित्राभिरूतिभिः। वृषन्निन्द्र वृषभिर्वृत्रहन्तम॥

vṛṣā tvā vṛṣaṇaṁ huve vajriñcitrābhirūtibhiḥ | vṛṣannindra vṛṣabhirvṛtrahantama ||

As strong I call on thee the Strong, O Thunder-armed, with various aids, Indra, best Vrtra-slayer, Strong One with the Strong.

ऋजीषी वज्री वृषभस्तुराषाट् छुष्मी राजा वृत्रहा सोमपावा। युक्त्वा हरिभ्यामुप यासदर्वाङ्माध्यंदिने सवने मत्सदिन्द्रः॥

ṛjīṣī vajrī vṛṣabhasturāṣāṭ chuṣmī rājā vṛtrahā somapāvā | yuktvā haribhyāmupa yāsadarvāṅmādhyaṁdine savane matsadindraḥ ||

Impetuous, Thunderer, Strong, quelling the mighty, King, potent, Vrtra-slayer, Soma-drinker, May he come hither with his yoked Bay Horses; may Indra gladden him at the noon libation.

यत्त्वा सूर्य स्वर्भानुस्तमसाविध्यदासुरः। अक्षेत्रविद्यथा मुग्धो भुवनान्यदीधयुः॥

yattvā sūrya svarbhānustamasāvidhyadāsuraḥ | akṣetravidyathā mugdho bhuvanānyadīdhayuḥ ||

O Surya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhanu, pierced thee through and through with darkness, All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing.

स्वर्भानोरध यदिन्द्र माया अवो दिवो वर्तमाना अवाहन्। गूळ्हं सूर्यं तमसापव्रतेन तुरीयेण ब्रह्मणाविन्ददत्रिः॥

svarbhānoradha yadindra māyā avo divo vartamānā avāhan | gūḻhaṁ sūryaṁ tamasāpavratena turīyeṇa brahmaṇāvindadatriḥ ||

What time thou smotest down Svarbhanu's magic that spread itself beneath the sky, O Indra, By his fourth sacred prayer Atri disoovered Surya concealed in gloom that stayed his function.

मा मामिमं तव सन्तमत्र इरस्या द्रुग्धो भियसा नि गारीत्। त्वं मित्रो असि सत्यराधास्तौ मेहावतं वरुणश्च राजा॥

mā māmimaṁ tava santamatra irasyā drugdho bhiyasā ni gārīt | tvaṁ mitro asi satyarādhāstau mehāvataṁ varuṇaśca rājā ||

Let not the oppressor with this dread, through anger swallow me up, for I am thine, O Atri. Mitra art thou, the sender of true blessings: thou and King Varuna be both my helpers.

ग्राव्णो ब्रह्मा युयुजानः सपर्यन्कीरिणा देवान्नमसोपशिक्षन्। अत्रिः सूर्यस्य दिवि चक्षुराधात्स्वर्भानोरप माया अघुक्षत्॥

grāvṇo brahmā yuyujānaḥ saparyankīriṇā devānnamasopaśikṣan | atriḥ sūryasya divi cakṣurādhātsvarbhānorapa māyā aghukṣat ||

The Brahman Atri, as he set the press-stones, serving the Gods with praise and adoration, Established in the heaven the eye of Surya, and caused Svarbhanu's magic arts to vanish.

यं वै सूर्यं स्वर्भानुस्तमसाविध्यदासुरः। अत्रयस्तमन्वविन्दन्नह्यन्ये अशक्नुवन्॥

yaṁ vai sūryaṁ svarbhānustamasāvidhyadāsuraḥ | atrayastamanvavindannahyanye aśaknuvan ||

The Atris found the Sun again, him whom Svarbhanu of the brood Of Asuras had pierced with gloom. This none besides had power to do.