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एष प्र पूर्वीरव तस्य चम्रिषोऽत्यो न योषामुदयंस्त भुर्वणिः। दक्षं महे पाययते हिरण्ययं रथमावृत्या हरियोगमृभ्वसम्॥

eṣa pra pūrvīrava tasya camriṣo'tyo na yoṣāmudayaṁsta bhurvaṇiḥ | dakṣaṁ mahe pāyayate hiraṇyayaṁ rathamāvṛtyā hariyogamṛbhvasam ||

FOR this man's full libations held in ladles, he hath roused him, eager, as a horse to meet the mare. He stays his golden car, yoked with Bay Horses, swift, and drinks the Soma juice which strengthens for great deeds.

तं गूर्तयो नेमन्निषः परीणसः समुद्रं न संचरणे सनिष्यवः। पतिं दक्षस्य विदथस्य नू सहो गिरिं न वेना अधि रोह तेजसा॥

taṁ gūrtayo nemanniṣaḥ parīṇasaḥ samudraṁ na saṁcaraṇe saniṣyavaḥ | patiṁ dakṣasya vidathasya nū saho giriṁ na venā adhi roha tejasā ||

To him the guidance-following songs of praise flow full, as those who seek gain go in company to the flood. To him the Lord of power, the holy synod's might, as to a hill, with speed, ascend the loving ones.

स तुर्वणिर्महाँ अरेणु पौंस्ये गिरेर्भृष्टिर्न भ्राजते तुजा शवः। येन शुष्णं मायिनमायसो मदे दुध्र आभूषु रामयन्नि दामनि॥

sa turvaṇirmahā areṇu pauṁsye girerbhṛṣṭirna bhrājate tujā śavaḥ | yena śuṣṇaṁ māyinamāyaso made dudhra ābhūṣu rāmayanni dāmani ||

Victorious, great is he; in manly battle shines, unstained with dust, his might, as shines a mountain peak; Wherewith the iron one, fierce e'en against the strong, in rapture, fettered wily Sushna fast in bonds.

देवी यदि तविषी त्वावृधोतय इन्द्रं सिषक्त्युषसं न सूर्यः। यो धृष्णुना शवसा बाधते तम इयर्ति रेणुं बृहदर्हरिष्वणिः॥

devī yadi taviṣī tvāvṛdhotaya indraṁ siṣaktyuṣasaṁ na sūryaḥ | yo dhṛṣṇunā śavasā bādhate tama iyarti reṇuṁ bṛhadarhariṣvaṇiḥ ||

When Strength the Goddess, made more strong for help by thee, waits upon Indra as the Sun attends the Dawn, Then. he who with his might unflinching kills the gloom stirs up the dust aloft, with joy and triumphing.

वि यत्तिरो धरुणमच्युतं रजोऽतिष्ठिपो दिव आतासु बर्हणा। स्वर्मीळ्हे यन्मद इन्द्र हर्ष्याहन्वृत्रं निरपामौब्जो अर्णवम्॥

vi yattiro dharuṇamacyutaṁ rajo'tiṣṭhipo diva ātāsu barhaṇā | svarmīḻhe yanmada indra harṣyāhanvṛtraṁ nirapāmaubjo arṇavam ||

When thou with might, upon the framework of the heaven, didst fix, across, air's region firmly, unremoved, In the light-winning war, Indra, in rapturous joy, thou smotest Vrtra dead and broughtest floods of rain.

त्वं दिवो धरुणं धिष ओजसा पृथिव्या इन्द्र सदनेषु माहिनः। त्वं सुतस्य मदे अरिणा अपो वि वृत्रस्य समया पाष्यारुजः॥

tvaṁ divo dharuṇaṁ dhiṣa ojasā pṛthivyā indra sadaneṣu māhinaḥ | tvaṁ sutasya made ariṇā apo vi vṛtrasya samayā pāṣyārujaḥ ||

Thou with thy might didst grasp,the holder-up of heaven, thou who art mighty also in the seats of earth. Thou, gladdened by the juice, hast set the waters free, and broken Vrtra's stony fences through and through.