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प्र वः पान्तमन्धसो धियायते महे शूराय विष्णवे चार्चत। या सानुनि पर्वतानामदाभ्या महस्तस्थतुरर्वतेव साधुना॥

pra vaḥ pāntamandhaso dhiyāyate mahe śūrāya viṣṇave cārcata | yā sānuni parvatānāmadābhyā mahastasthaturarvateva sādhunā ||

To the great Hero, him who sets his mind thereon, and Visnu, praise aloud in song your draught of juice,- Gods ne'er beguiled, who borne as 'twere by noble steed, have stood upon the lofty ridges of the hills.

त्वेषमित्था समरणं शिमीवतोरिन्द्राविष्णू सुतपा वामुरुष्यति। या मर्त्याय प्रतिधीयमानमित्कृशानोरस्तुरसनामुरुष्यथः॥

tveṣamitthā samaraṇaṁ śimīvatorindrāviṣṇū sutapā vāmuruṣyati | yā martyāya pratidhīyamānamitkṛśānorasturasanāmuruṣyathaḥ ||

Your Soma-drinker keeps afar your furious rush, Indra and Visnu, when ye come with all your might. That which hath been directed well at mortal man, bow-armed Krsanu's arrow, ye turn far aside.

ता ईं वर्धन्ति मह्यस्य पौंस्यं नि मातरा नयति रेतसे भुजे। दधाति पुत्रोऽवरं परं पितुर्नाम तृतीयमधि रोचने दिवः॥

tā īṁ vardhanti mahyasya pauṁsyaṁ ni mātarā nayati retase bhuje | dadhāti putro'varaṁ paraṁ piturnāma tṛtīyamadhi rocane divaḥ ||

These offerings increase his mighty manly strength: he brings both Parents down to share the genial flow. He lowers, though a son, the Father's highest name; the third is that which is high in the light of heaven.

तत्तदिदस्य पौंस्यं गृणीमसीनस्य त्रातुरवृकस्य मीळ्हुषः। यः पार्थिवानि त्रिभिरिद्विगामभिरुरु क्रमिष्टोरुगायाय जीवसे॥

tattadidasya pauṁsyaṁ gṛṇīmasīnasya trāturavṛkasya mīḻhuṣaḥ | yaḥ pārthivāni tribhiridvigāmabhiruru kramiṣṭorugāyāya jīvase ||

We laud this manly power of him the Mighty One, preserver, inoffensive, bounteous and benign; His who strode, widely pacing, with three steppings forth over the realms of earth for freedom and for life.

द्वे इदस्य क्रमणे स्वर्दृशोऽभिख्याय मर्त्यो भुरण्यति। तृतीयमस्य नकिरा दधर्षति वयश्चन पतयन्तः पतत्रिणः॥

dve idasya kramaṇe svardṛśo'bhikhyāya martyo bhuraṇyati | tṛtīyamasya nakirā dadharṣati vayaścana patayantaḥ patatriṇaḥ ||

A mortal man, when he beholds two steps of him who looks upon the light, is restless with amaze. But his third step doth no one venture to approach, no, nor the feathered birds of air who fly with wings.

चतुर्भिः साकं नवतिं च नामभिश्चक्रं न वृत्तं व्यतीँरवीविपत्। बृहच्छरीरो विमिमान ऋक्वभिर्युवाकुमारः प्रत्येत्याहवम्॥

caturbhiḥ sākaṁ navatiṁ ca nāmabhiścakraṁ na vṛttaṁ vyatīravīvipat | bṛhaccharīro vimimāna ṛkvabhiryuvākumāraḥ pratyetyāhavam ||

He, like a rounded wheel, hath in swift motion set his ninety racing steeds together with the four. Developed, vast in form, with those who sing forth praise, a youth, no more a child, he cometh to our call.