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अभि नो वाजसातमं रयिमर्ष पुरुस्पृहम्। इन्दो सहस्रभर्णसं तुविद्युम्नं विभ्वासहम्॥

abhi no vājasātamaṁ rayimarṣa puruspṛham | indo sahasrabharṇasaṁ tuvidyumnaṁ vibhvāsaham ||

STREAM on us riches that are sought by many, best at winning strength Riches, O Indu, thousandfold, glorious, conquering the great.

परि ष्य सुवानो अव्ययं रथे न वर्माव्यत। इन्दुरभि द्रुणा हितो हियानो धाराभिरक्षाः॥

pari ṣya suvāno avyayaṁ rathe na varmāvyata | indurabhi druṇā hito hiyāno dhārābhirakṣāḥ ||

Effused, he hath, as on a car, invested him in fleecy mail: Onward hath Indu flowed in streams, impelled, surrounded by the wood.

परि ष्य सुवानो अक्षा इन्दुरव्ये मदच्युतः। धारा य ऊर्ध्वो अध्वरे भ्राजा नैति गव्ययुः॥

pari ṣya suvāno akṣā induravye madacyutaḥ | dhārā ya ūrdhvo adhvare bhrājā naiti gavyayuḥ ||

Effused, this Indu hath flowed on, distilling rapture, to the fleece: He goes erect, as seeking kine in stream, with light, to sacrifice.

स हि त्वं देव शश्वते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे। इन्दो सहस्रिणं रयिं शतात्मानं विवाससि॥

sa hi tvaṁ deva śaśvate vasu martāya dāśuṣe | indo sahasriṇaṁ rayiṁ śatātmānaṁ vivāsasi ||

For thou thyself, O Indu, God, to every mortal worshipper Attractest riches thousandfold, made manifest in hundred forms.

वयं ते अस्य वृत्रहन्वसो वस्वः पुरुस्पृहः। नि नेदिष्ठतमा इषः स्याम सुम्नस्याध्रिगो॥

vayaṁ te asya vṛtrahanvaso vasvaḥ puruspṛhaḥ | ni nediṣṭhatamā iṣaḥ syāma sumnasyādhrigo ||

Good Vrtra-slayer, may we be still nearest to this wealth of thine Which many crave, nearest to food and happiness, Resistless One!

द्विर्यं पञ्च स्वयशसं स्वसारो अद्रिसंहतम्। प्रियमिन्द्रस्य काम्यं प्रस्नापयन्त्यूर्मिणम्॥

dviryaṁ pañca svayaśasaṁ svasāro adrisaṁhatam | priyamindrasya kāmyaṁ prasnāpayantyūrmiṇam ||

Whom, bright with native splendour, crushed between the pair of pressingstones- The wavy Friend whom Indra loves-the twice-five sisters dip and bathe,

परि त्यं हर्यतं हरिं बभ्रुं पुनन्ति वारेण। यो देवान्विश्वाँ इत्परि मदेन सह गच्छति॥

pari tyaṁ haryataṁ hariṁ babhruṁ punanti vāreṇa | yo devānviśvā itpari madena saha gacchati ||

Him with the fleece they purify, brown, golden-hued, beloved of all, Who with exhilarating juice goes forth to all the Deities.

अस्य वो ह्यवसा पान्तो दक्षसाधनम्। यः सूरिषु श्रवो बृहद्दधे स्वर्ण हर्यतः॥

asya vo hyavasā pānto dakṣasādhanam | yaḥ sūriṣu śravo bṛhaddadhe svarṇa haryataḥ ||

Through longing for this sap of yours ye drink what brings ability, Even him who, dear as heaven's own light, gives to our princes high renown.

स वां यज्ञेषु मानवी इन्दुर्जनिष्ट रोदसी। देवो देवी गिरिष्ठा अस्रेधन्तं तुविष्वणि॥

sa vāṁ yajñeṣu mānavī indurjaniṣṭa rodasī | devo devī giriṣṭhā asredhantaṁ tuviṣvaṇi ||

Indu at holy rites produced you, Heaven and Earth, the Friends of men, Hill-haunting God the Goddesses. They bruised him where the roar was loud.

इन्द्राय सोम पातवे वृत्रघ्ने परि षिच्यसे। नरे च दक्षिणावते देवाय सदनासदे॥

indrāya soma pātave vṛtraghne pari ṣicyase | nare ca dakṣiṇāvate devāya sadanāsade ||

For Vrtra-slaying Indra, thou, Soma, art poured that he may drink, Poured for the guerdon-giving man, poured for the God who sitteth there.

ते प्रत्नासो व्युष्टिषु सोमाः पवित्रे अक्षरन्। अपप्रोथन्तः सनुतर्हुरश्चितः प्रातस्ताँ अप्रचेतसः॥

te pratnāso vyuṣṭiṣu somāḥ pavitre akṣaran | apaprothantaḥ sanutarhuraścitaḥ prātastā apracetasaḥ ||

These ancient Somas, at the break of day, have flowed into the sieve, Snorting away at early morn these foolish evil-hearted ones.

तं सखायः पुरोरुचं यूयं वयं च सूरयः। अश्याम वाजगन्ध्यं सनेम वाजपस्त्यम्॥

taṁ sakhāyaḥ purorucaṁ yūyaṁ vayaṁ ca sūrayaḥ | aśyāma vājagandhyaṁ sanema vājapastyam ||

Friends, may the princes, ye and we, obtain this Most Resplendent One. Gain him who hath the smell of strength, win him whose home is very strength.