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अध्वर्यवोऽरुणं दुग्धमंशुं जुहोतन वृषभाय क्षितीनाम्। गौराद्वेदीयाँ अवपानमिन्द्रो विश्वाहेद्याति सुतसोममिच्छन्॥

adhvaryavo'ruṇaṁ dugdhamaṁśuṁ juhotana vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām | gaurādvedīyā avapānamindro viśvāhedyāti sutasomamicchan ||

PRIESTS, offer to the Lord of all the people the milked-out stalk of Soma, radiant-coloured. No wild-bull knows his drinking-place like Indra who ever seeks him who hath pressed the Soma,

यद्दधिषे प्रदिवि चार्वन्नं दिवेदिवे पीतिमिदस्य वक्षि। उत हृदोत मनसा जुषाण उशन्निन्द्र प्रस्थितान्पाहि सोमान्॥

yaddadhiṣe pradivi cārvannaṁ divedive pītimidasya vakṣi | uta hṛdota manasā juṣāṇa uśannindra prasthitānpāhi somān ||

Thou dost desire to drink, each day that passes, the pleasant food which thou hast had aforetime, O Indra, gratified in heart and spirit, drink eagerly the Soma set before thee.

जज्ञानः सोमं सहसे पपाथ प्र ते माता महिमानमुवाच। एन्द्र पप्राथोर्वन्तरिक्षं युधा देवेभ्यो वरिवश्चकर्थ॥

jajñānaḥ somaṁ sahase papātha pra te mātā mahimānamuvāca | endra paprāthorvantarikṣaṁ yudhā devebhyo varivaścakartha ||

Thou, newly-born, for strength didst drink the Soma; the Mother told thee of thy future greatness. O Indra, thou hast filled mid-air's wide region, and given the Gods by battle room and freedom.

यद्योधया महतो मन्यमानान्साक्षाम तान्बाहुभिः शाशदानान्। यद्वा नृभिर्वृत इन्द्राभियुध्यास्तं त्वयाजिं सौश्रवसं जयेम॥

yadyodhayā mahato manyamānānsākṣāma tānbāhubhiḥ śāśadānān | yadvā nṛbhirvṛta indrābhiyudhyāstaṁ tvayājiṁ sauśravasaṁ jayema ||

When thou hast urged the arrocrant to combat, proud in their strength of arm, we will subdue them. Or, Indra, when thou fightest girt by heroes, we in the glorious fray with thee will conquer.

प्रेन्द्रस्य वोचं प्रथमा कृतानि प्र नूतना मघवा या चकार। यदेददेवीरसहिष्ट माया अथाभवत्केवलः सोमो अस्य॥

prendrasya vocaṁ prathamā kṛtāni pra nūtanā maghavā yā cakāra | yadedadevīrasahiṣṭa māyā athābhavatkevalaḥ somo asya ||

I will declare the earliest deeds of Indra, and recent acts which Maghavan hath accomplished. When he had conquered godless wiles and magic, Soma became his own entire possession.

तवेदं विश्वमभितः पशव्यं यत्पश्यसि चक्षसा सूर्यस्य। गवामसि गोपतिरेक इन्द्र भक्षीमहि ते प्रयतस्य वस्वः॥

tavedaṁ viśvamabhitaḥ paśavyaṁ yatpaśyasi cakṣasā sūryasya | gavāmasi gopatireka indra bhakṣīmahi te prayatasya vasvaḥ ||

Thine is this world of flocks and herds around thee, which with the eye of Surya thou beholdest. Thou, Indra, art alone the Lord of cattle; may we enjoy the treasure which thou givest.

बृहस्पते युवमिन्द्रश्च वस्वो दिव्यस्येशाथे उत पार्थिवस्य। धत्तं रयिं स्तुवते कीरये चिद्यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥

bṛhaspate yuvamindraśca vasvo divyasyeśāthe uta pārthivasya | dhattaṁ rayiṁ stuvate kīraye cidyūyaṁ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ ||

Ye Twain are Lords of wealth in earth and heaven, thou, O Brhaspati, and thou, O Indra. Mean though he be, give wealth to him who lauds you. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.