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युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नमरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः। रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि॥

yuñjanti bradhnamaruṣaṁ carantaṁ pari tasthuṣaḥ | rocante rocanā divi ||

They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy Steed The lights are shining in the sky.

युञ्जन्त्यस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे। शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा॥

yuñjantyasya kāmyā harī vipakṣasā rathe | śoṇā dhṛṣṇū nṛvāhasā ||

On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him, Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief.

केतुं कृण्वन्नकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे। समुषद्भिरजायथाः॥

ketuṁ kṛṇvannaketave peśo maryā apeśase | samuṣadbhirajāyathāḥ ||

Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not, Wast born together with the Dawns.

आदह स्वधामनु पुनर्गर्भत्वमेरिरे। दधाना नाम यज्ञियम्॥

ādaha svadhāmanu punargarbhatvamerire | dadhānā nāma yajñiyam ||

Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of' babes unborn, Assuming sacrificial names.

वीळु चिदारुजत्नुभिर्गुहा चिदिन्द्र वह्निभिः। अविन्द उस्रिया अनु॥

vīḻu cidārujatnubhirguhā cidindra vahnibhiḥ | avinda usriyā anu ||

Thou, Indra, with the Tempest-Gods, the breakers down of what is firm ' Foundest the kine even in the cave.

देवयन्तो यथा मतिमच्छा विदद्वसुं गिरः। महामनूषत श्रुतम्॥

devayanto yathā matimacchā vidadvasuṁ giraḥ | mahāmanūṣata śrutam ||

Worshipping even as they list, singers laud him who findeth wealth, The far-renowned, the mighty One.

इन्द्रेण सं हि दृक्षसे संजग्मानो अबिभ्युषा। मन्दू समानवर्चसा॥

indreṇa saṁ hi dṛkṣase saṁjagmāno abibhyuṣā | mandū samānavarcasā ||

Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side: Both joyous, equal in your sheen.

अनवद्यैरभिद्युभिर्मखः सहस्वदर्चति। गणैरिन्द्रस्य काम्यैः॥

anavadyairabhidyubhirmakhaḥ sahasvadarcati | gaṇairindrasya kāmyaiḥ ||

With Indra's well beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven, The sacrificer cries aloud.

अतः परिज्मन्ना गहि दिवो वा रोचनादधि। समस्मिन्नृञ्जते गिरः॥

ataḥ parijmannā gahi divo vā rocanādadhi | samasminnṛñjate giraḥ ||

Come from this place, O Wanderer, or downward from the light of heaven: Our songs of praise all yearn for this.

इतो वा सातिमीमहे दिवो वा पार्थिवादधि। इन्द्रं महो वा रजसः॥

ito vā sātimīmahe divo vā pārthivādadhi | indraṁ maho vā rajasaḥ ||

Indra we seek to give us help, from here, from heaven above the earth, Or from the spacious firmament.