सूक्त १७४

अभीवर्तेन हविषा येनेन्द्रो अभिवावृते। तेनास्मान्ब्रह्मणस्पतेऽभि राष्ट्राय वर्तय॥

abhīvartena haviṣā yenendro abhivāvṛte | tenāsmānbrahmaṇaspate'bhi rāṣṭrāya vartaya ||

WITH offering for success in fight whence Indra was victorious. With this, O Brahmanaspati, let us attain to royal sway.

अभिवृत्य सपत्नानभि या नो अरातयः। अभि पृतन्यन्तं तिष्ठाभि यो न इरस्यति॥

abhivṛtya sapatnānabhi yā no arātayaḥ | abhi pṛtanyantaṁ tiṣṭhābhi yo na irasyati ||

Subduing those who rival us, subduing all malignities, Withstand the man who menaces, withstand the man who angers us.

अभि त्वा देवः सविताभि सोमो अवीवृतत्। अभि त्वा विश्वा भूतान्यभीवर्तो यथाससि॥

abhi tvā devaḥ savitābhi somo avīvṛtat | abhi tvā viśvā bhūtānyabhīvarto yathāsasi ||

Soma and Savitar the God have made thee a victorious King All elements have aided thee, to make thee general conqueror.

येनेन्द्रो हविषा कृत्व्यभवद्द्युम्न्युत्तमः। इदं तदक्रि देवा असपत्नः किलाभुवम्॥

yenendro haviṣā kṛtvyabhavaddyumnyuttamaḥ | idaṁ tadakri devā asapatnaḥ kilābhuvam ||

Oblation, that which Indra. gave and thus grew glorious and most high,- This have I offered, Gods! and hence now, verily, am rivalless.

असपत्नः सपत्नहाभिराष्ट्रो विषासहिः। यथाहमेषां भूतानां विराजानि जनस्य च॥

asapatnaḥ sapatnahābhirāṣṭro viṣāsahiḥ | yathāhameṣāṁ bhūtānāṁ virājāni janasya ca ||

Slayer of rivals, rivalless, victorious, with royal sway, Over these beings may I rule, may I be Sovran of the folk.