HYMN I. Agni.

1 I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,

The hotar, lavishest of ealth.
! "orth# is Agni to $e %raised $# living as $# ancient seers
He shall $ring hitherard the Gods.
& Through Agni man o$taineth ealth, #ea, %lent# a'ing da# $# da#,
Most rich in heroes, glorious.
( Agni, the %erfect sacrifice hich thou encom%assest a$out
)eril# goeth to the Gods.
* Ma# Agni, sa%ient+minded Priest, truthful, most gloriousl# great,
The God, come hither ith the Gods.
, "hatever $lessing, Agni, thou ilt grant unto th# orshi%%er,
That, A giras, is indeed th# truth.
- To thee, dis%eller of the night, . Agni, da# $# da# ith %ra#er
/ringing thee reverence, e come
0 1uler of sacrifices, guard of La eternal, radiant .ne,
Increasing in thine on a$ode.
2 /e to us eas# of a%%roach, even as a father to his son3
Agni, $e ith us for our eal.
HYMN II. )4#u.
1 /5A6TI76L )4#u, come, for thee these 8oma dro%s have $een %re%ared3
9rin: of them, hear:en to our call.
! ;noing the da#s, ith 8oma <uice %oured forth, the singers glorif#
Thee, )4#u, ith their h#mns of %raise.
& )4#u, th# %enetrating stream goes forth unto the orshi%%er,
7ar+s%reading for the 8oma draught.
( These, Indra+)4#u, have $een shed= come for our offered dainties> sa:e3
The dro%s are #earning for #ou $oth.
* "ell do #e mar: li$ations, #e )4#u and Indra, rich in s%oil?
8o come #e siftl# hitherard.
, )4#u and Indra, come to hat the 8oma+%resser hath %re%ared3
8oon, Heroes, thus I ma:e m# %ra#er.
- Mitra, of hol# strength, I call, and foe+destro#ing )aru a,
"ho ma:e the oil+fed rite com%lete.
0 Mitra and )aru a, through La, lovers and cherishers of La,
Have #e o$tained #our might %oer
2 .ur 8ages, Mitra+)aru a, ide dominion, strong $# $irth,
)ouchsafe us strength that or:eth ell.
HYMN III. A@vins
1 Y5 A@vins, rich in treasure, Lords of s%lendour, having nim$le hands,
Acce%t the sacrificial food.
! Ye A@vins, rich in ondrous deeds, #e heroes orth# of our %raise,
Acce%t our songs ith might# thought.
& N4sat#as, onder+or:ers, #ours are these li$ations ith cli%t grass3
Aome #e hose %aths are red ith flame.
( . Indra marvellousl# $right, come, these li$ations long for thee,
Thus $# fine fingers %urified.
* 6rged $# the hol# singer, s%ed $# song, come, Indra, to the %ra#ers,
.f the li$ation+%ouring %riest.
, A%%roach, . Indra, hasting thee, Lord of /a# Horses, to the %ra#ers.
In our li$ation ta:e delight.
- Ye )i@vedevas, ho %rotect, reard, and cherish men, a%%roach
Your orshi%%erBs drin:+offering.
0 Ye )i@vedevas, sift at or:, come hither Cuic:l# to the draught,
As milch+:ine hasten to their stalls.
2 The )i@vedevas, changing sha%e li:e ser%ents, fearless, void of guile,
/earers, acce%t the sacred draught
1D "ealth# in s%oil, enriched ith h#mns, ma# $right 8arasvatE desire,
"ith eager love, our sacrifice.
11 Inciter of all %leasant songs, ins%irer of all gracious thought,
8arasvatE acce%t our rite
1! 8arasvatE, the might# flood,Fshe ith her light illuminates,
8he $rightens ever# %ious thought.
HYMN I). Indra
1 As a good co to him ho mil:s, e call the doer of fair deeds,
To our assistance da# $# da#.
! Aome thou to our li$ations, drin: of 8oma= 8oma+drin:er thou?
The rich .neBs ra%ture giveth :ine.
& 8o ma# e $e acCuainted ith thine innermost $enevolence3
Neglect us not, come hitherard.
( Go to the ise unconCuered .ne, as: thou of Indra, s:illed in song,
Him ho is $etter than th# friends.
* "hether the men ho moc: us sa#, 9e%art unto another %lace,
Ye ho serve Indra and none else=
, .r hether, God of ondrous deeds, all our true %eo%le call us $lest,
8till ma# e dell in IndraBs care.
- 6nto the sift .ne $ring the sift, man+cheering, grace of sacrifice,
That to the 7riend gives ings and <o#.
0 Thou, Gata:ratu, dran:est this and ast the ) tras> sla#er= thou
Hel%est the arrior in the fra#.
2 "e strengthen, Gata:ratu, thee, #ea, thee the %oerful in fight,
That, Indra, e ma# in us ealth.
1D To him the might# stream of ealth, %rom%t friend of him ho %ours the <uice,
Yea, to this Indra sing #our song.
HYMN ). Indra.
1 . A.M5 #e hither, sit #e don3 to Indra sing #e forth, #our song,
com%anions, $ringing h#mns of %raise.
! To him the richest of the rich, the Lord of treasures e'cellent,
Indra, ith 8oma <uice out%oured.
& Ma# he stand $# us in our need and in a$undance for our ealth3
Ma# he come nigh us ith his strength.
( "hose %air of tan# horses #o:ed in $attles foemen challenge not3
To him, to Indra sing #our song.
* Nigh to the 8oma+drin:er come, for his en<o#ment, these %ure dro%s,
The 8omas mingled ith the curd.
, Thou, gron at once to %erfect strength, ast $orn to drin: the 8oma <uice,
8trong Indra, for %reHminence.
- . Indra, lover of the song, ma# these Cuic: 8omas enter thee3
Ma# the# $ring $liss to thee the 8age.
0 .ur chants of %raise have strengthened thee, . Gata:ratu, and our lauds
8o strengthen thee the songs e sing.
2 Indra, hose succour never fails, acce%t these viands thousandfold,
"herein all manl# %oers a$ide.
1D . Indra, thou ho lovest song, let no man hurt our $odies, :ee%
8laughter far from us, for thou canst.
HYMN )I. Indra.
1 The# ho stand round him as he moves harness the $right, the rudd# 8teed
The lights are shining in the s:#.
! .n $oth sides to the car the# #o:e the to $a# coursers dear to him,
/old, tan#, $earers of the Ahief.
& Thou, ma:ing light here no light as, and form, . men3 here form as not,
"ast $orn together ith the 9ans.
( Thereafter the#, as is their ont, thre off the state of $a$es un$orn,
Assuming sacrificial names.
* Thou, Indra, ith the Tem%est+Gods, the $rea:ers don of hat is firm,
7oundest the :ine even in the cave.
, "orshi%%ing even as the# list, singers laud him ho findeth ealth,
The far+renoned, the might# .ne.
- Ma#est thou veril# $e seen coming $# fearless IndraBs side3
/oth <o#ous, eCual in #our sheen.
0 "ith IndraBs ell $eloved hosts, the $lameless, hastening to heaven,
The sacrificer cries aloud.
2 Aome from this %lace, . "anderer, or donard from the light of heaven3
.ur songs of %raise all #earn for this.
1D Indra e see: to give us hel%, from here, from heaven a$ove the earth,
.r from the s%acious firmament.
HYMN )II. Indra.
1 IN91A the singers ith high %raise, Indra reciters ith their lauds,
Indra the choirs have glorified.
! Indra hath ever close to him his to $a# steeds and ord+#o:ed car,
Indra the golden, thunder+armed.
& Indra hath raised the 8un on high in heaven, that he ma# see afar3
He $urst the mountain for the :ine.
( Hel% us, . Indra, in the fra#s, #ea, fra#s, here thousand s%oils are gained,
"ith aful aids, . aful .ne.
* In might# $attle e invo:e Indra, Indra in lesser fight,
The 7riend ho $ends his $olt at fiends.
, 6nclose, our manl# Hero, thou for ever $ounteous, #onder cloud,
7or us, thou irresisti$le.
- 8till higher, at each strain of mine, thunder+armed IndraBs %raises rise3
I find no laud orth# of him.
0 5ven as the $ull drives on the herds, he drives the %eo%le ith his might,
The 1uler irresisti$le3
2 Indra ho rules ith single sa# men, riches, and the fivefold race
.f those ho dell u%on the earth.
1D 7or #our sa:e from each side e call Indra aa# from other men3
.urs, and none others>, ma# he $e.
HYMN )III. Indra.
1 IN91A, $ring ealth that gives delight, the victorBs ever+conCuering ealth,
Most e'cellent, to $e our aid=
! /# means of hich e ma# re%el our foes in $attle hand to hand,
/# thee assisted ith the car.
& Aided $# thee, the thunder+armed, Indra, ma# e lift u% the $olt,
And conCuer all our foes in fight.
( "ith thee, . India, for all# ith missile+darting heroes, ma#
"e conCuer our em$attled foes.
* Might# is Indra, #ea su%reme= greatness $e his, the Thunderer3
"ide as the heaven e'tends his %oer
, "hich aideth those to in them sons, ho come as heroes to the fight,
.r singers loving hol# thoughts.
- His $ell#, drin:ing dee%est draughts of 8oma, li:e an ocean sells,
Li:e ide streams from the co%e of heaven.
0 8o also is his e'cellence, great, vigorous, rich in cattle, li:e
A ri%e $ranch to the orshi%%er.
2 7or veril# th# might# %oers, Indra, are saving hel%s at once
6nto a orshi%%er li:e me.
1D 8o are his lovel# gifts= let lauds and %raises $e to Indra sung,
That he ma# drin: the 8oma <uice.
HYMN II. Indra.
1 A.M5, Indra, and delight thee ith the <uice at all the 8oma feasts,
Protector, might# in th# strength.
! To Indra %our #e forth the <uice, the active gladdening <uice to him
The gladdening, omnific God.
& . Lord of all men, fair of chee:, re<oice thee in the gladdening lauds,
Present at these drin:+offerings.
( 8ongs have out%oured themselves to thee, Indra, the strong, the guardian Lord,
And raised themselves unsatisfied.
* 8end to us $ount# manifold, . Indra, orth# of our ish,
7or %oer su%reme is onl# thine.
, . Indra, stimulate thereto us emulousl# fain for ealth,
And glorious, . most s%lendid .ne.
- Give, Indra, ide and loft# fame, ealth# in cattle and in strength,
Lasting our life+time, failing not.
0 Grant us high fame, . Indra, grant riches $estoing thousands, those
7air fruits of earth $orne home in ains.
2 Praising ith songs the %raise+orth# ho cometh to our aid, e call
Indra, the Treasure+Lord of ealth.
1D To loft# Indra, deller $# each li$ation, the %ious man
8ings forth aloud a strengthening h#mn.
HYMN I. Indra.
1 TH5 chanters h#mn thee, the# ho sa# the ord of %raise magnif# thee.
The %riests have raised thee u% on high, . Gata:ratu, li:e a %ole.
! As u% he clom$ from ridge to ridge and loo:ed u%on the toilsome tas:,
Indra o$serves this ish of his, and the 1ain hastens ith his troo%.
& Harness th# %air of strong $a# steeds, long+maned, hose $odies fill the girths,
And, Indra, 8oma+drin:er, come to listen to our songs of %raise.
( Aome hither, anser thou the song, sing in a%%roval, cr# aloud.
Good Indra, ma:e our %ra#er succeed, and %ros%er this our sacrifice.
* To Indra must a laud $e said, to strengthen him ho freel# gives,
That Ga:ra ma# ta:e %leasure in our friendshi% and drin:+offerings.
, Him, him e see: for friendshi%, him for riches and heroic might.
7or Indra, he is Ga:ra, he shall aid us hile he gives us ealth.
- 5as# to turn and drive aa#, Indra, is s%oil $estoed $# thee.
6nclose the sta$le of the :ine, and give us ealth . Thunder+armed
0 The heaven and earth contain thee not, together, in th# rathful mood.
"in us the aters of the s:#, and send us :ine a$undantl#.
2 Hear, thou hose ear is Cuic:, m# call= ta:e to thee readil# m# songs
. Indra, let this laud of mine come nearer even than th# friend.
1D "e :no thee mightiest of all, in $attles hearer of our cr#.
.f thee most might# e invo:e the aid that giveth thousandfold.
11 . Indra, 8on of ;u@i:a, drin: our li$ation ith delight.
Prolong our life ane, and cause the seer to in a thousand gifts.
1! Lover of song, ma# these our songs on ever# side encom%ass thee3
8trengthening thee of lengthened life, ma# the# $e dear delights to thee.
HYMN II. Indra.
1 ALL sacred songs have magnified Indra e'%ansive as the sea,
The $est of arriors $orne on cars, the Lord, the ver# Lord of strength.
! 8trong in th# friendshi%, Indra, Lord of %oer and might, e have no fear.
"e glorif# ith %raises thee, the never+conCuered conCueror.
& The gifts of Indra from of old, his saving succours, never fail,
"hen to the %raise+singers he gives the $oon of su$stance rich in :ine.
( Arusher of forts, the #oung, the ise, of strength unmeasured, as he $orn
8ustainer of each sacred rite, Indra, the Thunderer, much+e'tolled.
* Lord of the thunder, thou didst $urst the cave of )ala rich in cos.
The Gods came %ressing to th# side, and free from terror aided thee,
, I, Hero, through th# $ounties am come to the flood addressing thee.
8ong+lover, here the singers stand and testif# to thee thereof.
- The il# Gu a, Indra? thou o>erthreest ith th# ondrous %oers.
The ise $eheld this deed of thine3 no go $e#ond their eulogies.
0 .ur songs of %raise have glorified Indra ho ruleth $# his might,
"hose %recious gifts in thousands come, #ea, even more a$undantl#.
HYMN III. Agni.
1 "5 choose Agni the messenger, the herald, master of all ealth,
"ell s:illed in this our sacrifice.
! "ith callings ever the# invo:e Agni, Agni, Lord of the House,
.$lation+$earer, much $eloved.
& /ring the Gods hither, Agni, $orn for him ho stres the sacred grass3
Thou art our herald, meet for %raise.
( "a:e u% the illing Gods, since thou, Agni, %erformest em$assage3
8it on the sacred grass ith Gods.
* . Agni, radiant .ne, to hom the hol# oil is %oured, $urn u%
.ur enemies hom fiends %rotect.
, /# Agni Agni is inflamed, Lord of the House, ise, #oung, ho $ears
The gift3 the ladle is his mouth.
- Praise Agni in the sacrifice, the 8age hose a#s are ever true,
The God ho driveth grief aa#.
0 God, Agni, $e his strong defence ho lord of sacrificial gifts,
"orshi%%eth thee the messenger.
2 "hoso ith sacred gift ould fain call Agni to the feast of Gods,
. Purifier, favour him.
1D 8uch, Agni, Purifier, $right, $ring hither to our sacrifice,
To our o$lation $ring the Gods.
11 8o lauded $# our neest song of %raise $ring o%ulence to us,
And food, ith heroes for our sons.
1! . Agni, $# effulgent flame, $# all invo:ings of the Gods,
8ho %leasure in this laud of ours.
HYMN IIII. Agni
1 AGNI, ell+:indled, $ring the Gods for him ho offers hol# gifts.
"orshi% them, Purifier, Priest.
! 8on of Th#self, %resent, . 8age, our sacrifice to the Gods toda#.
8eet to the taste, that the# ma# feast.
& 9ear Nar4@a sa, seet of tongue, the giver of o$lations, I
Invo:e to this our sacrifice.
( Agni, on th# most eas# car, glorified, hither $ring the Gods3
Manu a%%ointed thee as Priest.
* 8tre, . #e ise, the sacred grass that dri%s ith oil, in order due,
"here the Immortal is $eheld.
, Thron o%en $e the 9oors 9ivine, unfailing, that assist the rite,
7or sacrifice this da# and no.
- I call the lovel# Night and 9an to seat them on the hol# grass
At this our solemn sacrifice.
0 The to Invo:ers I invite, the ise, divine and seet of tongue,
To cele$rate this our sacrifice.
2 I 4, 8arasvatE, MahE, three Goddesses ho $ring delight,
/e seated, %eaceful, on the grass.
1D Tva ar I call, the earliest $orn, the earer of all forms at ill3
Ma# he $e ours and ours alone.
11 God, 8ovran of the "ood, %resent this our o$lation to the Gods,
And let the giver $e renoned.
1! "ith 8v4h4 %a# the sacrifice to Indra in the offererBs house3
Thither I call the 9eities.
HYMN II). )i@vedevas.
1 To drin: the 8oma, Agni, come, to our service and our songs.
"ith all these Gods= and orshi% them.
! The ;a vas have invo:ed thee= the#, . 8inger, sing thee songs of %raise
Agni, come hither ith the Gods=
& Indra, )4#u, / has%ati, Mitra, Agni, PJ an, /haga,
Kdit#as, and the Marut host.
( 7or #ou these <uices are %oured forth that gladden and e'hilarate,
The meath+dro%s resting in the cu%.
* The sons of ;a va fain for hel% adore thee, having stren the grass,
"ith offerings and all things %re%ared.
, Let the sift steeds ho carr# thee, thought+#o:ed and dro%%ing hol# oil,
/ring the Gods to the 8oma draught.
- Adored, the strengtheners of La, unite them, Agni, ith their 9ames3
Ma:e them drin: meath, . $right of tongue.
0 Let them, . Agni, ho deserve orshi% and %raise drin: ith th# tongue
The meath in solemn sacrifice.
2 Aa#, from the 8unBs realm of light, the ise invo:ing Priest shall $ring
All Gods aa:ing ith the dan.
1D "ith all the Gods, ith Indra, ith )4#u, and MitraBs s%lendours, drin:,
Agni, the %leasant 8oma <uice.
11 .rdained $# Manu as our Priest, thou sittest, Agni, at each rite3
Hallo thou this our sacrifice.
1! Harness the 1ed Mares to th# car, the /a#s, . God, the flaming ones3
"ith those $ring hitherard the Gods.
HYMN I). tu.
1 . IN91A drin: the 8oma <uice ith tu= let the cheering dro%s
8in: dee% ithin, hich settle there.
! 9rin: from the PurifierBs cu%, Maruts, ith tu= sanctif#
The rite, for #e give %recious gifts.
& . Ne ar, ith th# 9ame acce%t our sacrifice= ith tu drin:,
7or thou art he ho giveth ealth.
( /ring the Gods, Agni= in the three a%%ointed %laces set them don3
8urround them, and ith tu drin:.
* 9rin: 8oma after the tus, from the /r4hma aBs $ount#3 undissolved,
. Indra, is th# friendshi%Bs $ond.
, Mitra, )aru a, #e hose a#s are firmFa Poer that none deceivesF,
"ith tu #e have reached the rite.
- The 8oma+%ressers, fain for ealth, %raise the "ealth+giver in the rite,
In sacrifices %raise the God.
0 Ma# the "ealth+giver grant to us riches that shall $e far renoned.
These things e gain, among the Gods.
2 He ith the tu fain ould drin:, "ealth+giver, from the Ne arBs $ol.
Haste, give #our offering, and de%art.
1D As e this fourth time, "ealth+giver, honour thee ith the tus, $e
A Giver $ountiful to us.
11 9rin: #e the meath, . A@vins $right ith flames, hose acts are %ure, ho ith
tus acce%t the sacrifice.
1! "ith tu, through the house+fire, thou, :ind Giver, guidest sacrifice3
"orshi% the Gods for the %ious man.
HYMN I)I. Indra.
1 L5T th# /a# 8teeds $ring thee, the 8trong, hither to drin: the 8oma draughtF
Those, Indra, ho are $right as suns.
! Here are the grains $edeed ith oil3 hither let the /a# Aoursers $ring
Indra u%on his easiest car.
& Indra at earl# morn e call, Indra in course of sacrifice,
Indra to drin: the 8oma <uice.
( Aome hither, ith th# long+maned 8teeds, . Indra, to he draught e %our
"e call thee hen the <uice is shed.
* Aome thou to this our song of %raise, to the li$ation %oured for thee
9rin: of it li:e a stag athirst.
, Here are the dro%s of 8oma <uice e'%ressed on sacred grass3 thereof
9rin:, Indra, to increase th# might.
- "elcome to thee $e this our h#mn, reaching th# heart, most e'cellent3
Then drin: the 8oma <uice e'%ressed.
0 To ever# draught of %ressed+out <uice Indra, the ) tra+sla#er, comes,
To drin: the 8oma for delight.
2 7ulfil, . Gata:ratu, all our ish ith horses and ith :ine3
"ith hol# thoughts e sing th# %raise.
HYMN I)II. Indra+)aru a
1 I A1A)5 hel% from the Im%erial Lords, from Indra+)aru a= ma# the#
/oth favour one of us li:e me.
! Guardians of men, #e ever come ith read# succour at the call
.f ever# singer such as I.
& 8ate #ou, according to #our ish, . Indra+)aru a, ith ealth3
7ain ould e have #ou nearest us.
( Ma# e $e sharers of the %oers, sharers of the $enevolence
.f #ou ho give strength $ounteousl#.
* Indra and )aru a, among givers of thousands, meet for %raise,
Are Poers ho merit highest laud.
, Through their %rotection ma# e gain great store of ealth, and hea% it u%
5nough and still to s%are, $e ours.
- . Indra+)aru a, on #ou for ealth in man# a form I call3
8till :ee% #e us victorious.
0 . Indra+)aru a, through our songs that see: to in #ou to ourselves,
Give us at once #our sheltering hel%.
2 . Indra+)aru a, to #ou ma# fair %raise hich I offer come,
Loint eulog# hich #e dignif#.
HYMN I)III. /rahma as%ati.
1 . /1KHMA A8PATI, ma:e him ho %resses 8oma glorious,
5ven ;a: Ev4n Au@i<a.
! The rich, the healer of disease, ho giveth ealth, increaseth store,
The %rom%t,Fma# he $e ith us still.
& Let not the foemanBs curse, let not a mortalBs onslaught fall on us
Preserve us, /rahma as%ati.
( Ne>er is the mortal hero harmed hom Indra, /rahma as%ati,
And 8oma graciousl# ins%ire.
* 9o, thou, . /rahma as%ati, and Indra, 8oma, 9a: i 4,
Preserve that mortal from distress.
, To the Assem$l#Bs ondrous Lord, to IndraBs lovel# 7riend ho gives
"isdom, have I dran near in %ra#er.
- He ithout hom no sacrifice, e>en of the ise man, %ros%ers= he
8tirs u% the series of thoughts.
0 He ma:es the o$lation %ros%er, he %romotes the course of sacrifice3
.ur voice of %raise goes to the Gods.
2 I have seen Nar4@a sa, him most resolute, most idel# famed,
As >tere the Household Priest of heaven.
HYMN III. Agni, Maruts.
1 To this fair sacrifice to drin: the mil:# draught thou art invo:ed3
. Agni, ith the Maruts come.
! No mortal man, no God e'ceeds th# mental %oer, . Might# one3
. Agni, ith the Maruts come3
& All Gods devoid of guile, ho :no the might# region of mid+air3
. Agni, ith those Maruts come.
( The terri$le, ho sing their song, not to $e overcome $# might3
. Agni, ith those Maruts come.
* /rilliant, and aful in their form, might#, devourers of their foes3
. Agni, ith those Maruts come.
, "ho sit as 9eities in heaven, a$ove the s:#+vaultBs luminous s%here3
. Agni, ith those Maruts come.
- "ho scatter clouds a$out the s:#, aa# over the $illo# sea3
. Agni, ith those Maruts come.
0 "ho ith their $right $eams s%read them forth over the ocean in their might
. Agni, ith those Maruts come.
2 7or thee, to $e thine earl# draught, I %our the 8oma+mingled meath3
. Agni, ith the Maruts come.
HYMN II. $hus.
1 7.1 the Aelestial 1ace this song of %raise hich gives ealth lavishl#
"as made $# singers ith their li%s.
! The# ho for Indra, ith their mind, formed horses harnessed $# a ord,
Attained $# or:s to sacrifice.
& The# for the to N4sat#as rought a light car moving ever# a#3
The# formed a nectar+#ielding co.
( The $hus ith effectual %ra#ers, honest, ith constant la$our, made
Their 8ire and Mother #oung again.
* Together came #our gladdening dro%s ith Indra $# the Maruts girt,
"ith the Kdit#as, ith the ;ings.
, The sacrificial ladle, rought nel# $# the God Tva arBs handF
7our ladles have #e made thereof.
- )ouchsafe us ealth, to him ho %ours thrice seven li$ations, #ea, to each
Give ealth, %leased ith our eulogies.
0 As ministering Priests the# held, $# %ious acts the# on themselves,
A share in sacrifice ith Gods.
HYMN III. Indra+Agni.
1 IN91A and Agni I invo:e fain are e for their song of %raise3
Ahief 8oma+drin:ers are the# $oth.
! Praise #e, . men, and glorif# Indra+Agni in the hol# rites3
8ing %raise to them in sacred songs.
& Indra and Agni e invite, the 8oma+drin:ers, for the fame
.f Mitra, to the 8oma+draught.
( 8trong Gods, e $id them come to this li$ation that stands read# here3
Indra and Agni, come to us.
* Indra and Agni, might# Lords of our assem$l#, crush the fiends3
Ahildless $e the devouring ones.
, "atch #e, through this #our truthfulness, there in the %lace of s%acious vie
Indra and Agni, send us $liss.
HYMN IIII. A@vins and .thers
1 "A;5N the A@vin Pair ho #o:e their car at earl# morn3 ma# the#
A%%roach to drin: this 8oma <uice.
! "e call the A@vins Tain, the Gods $orne in a no$le car, the $est
.f charioteers, ho reach the heavens.
& 9ro%%ing ith hone# is #our hi%, A@vins, and full of %leasantness
8%rin:le thereith the sacrifice.
( As #e go thither in #our car, not far, . A@vins, is the home
.f him ho offers 8oma <uice.
* 7or m# %rotection I invo:e the golden+handed 8avitar.
He :noeth, as a God, the %lace.
, That he ma# send us succour, %raise the "aters> .ffs%ring 8avitar3
7ain are e for his hol# a#s.
- "e call on him, distri$uter of ondrous $ount# and of ealth,
.n 8avitar ho loo:s on men.
0 Aome hither, friends, and seat #ourselves 8avitar, to $e %raised $# us,
Giving good gifts, is $eautiful.
2 . Agni, hither $ring to us the illing 8%ouses of the Gods,
And Tva ar, to the 8oma draught.
1D Most #outhful Agni, hither $ring their 8%ouses, Hotr4, /h4ratE,
)arJtrE, 9hi a 4, for aid.
11 8%ouses of Heroes, Goddesses, ith hole ings ma# the# come to us
"ith great %rotection and ith aid.
1! Indr4 E, )aru 4nE, and Agn4#E hither I invite,
7or eal, to drin: the 8oma <uice.
1& Ma# Heaven and 5arth, the Might# Pair, $ede for us our sacrifice,
And feed us full ith nourishments.
1( Their ater rich ith fatness, there in the GandharvaBs steadfast %lace,
The singers taste through sacred songs.
1* Thornless $e thou, . 5arth, s%read ide $efore us for a delling+%lace3
)ouchsafe us shelter $road and sure.
1, The Gods $e gracious unto us even from the %lace hence )i u strode
Through the seven regions of the earth?
1- Through all this orld strode )i u= thrice his foot he %lanted, and the hole
"as gathered in his footste%Bs dust.
10 )i u, the Guardian, he hom none deceiveth, made three ste%s= thenceforth
5sta$lishing his high decrees.
12 Loo: #e on )i uBs or:s, here$# the 7riend of Indra, close+allied,
Hath let his hol# a#s $e seen.
!D The %rinces evermore $ehold that loftiest %lace here )i u is,
Laid as it ere an e#e in heaven.
!1 This, )i uBs station most su$lime, the singers, ever vigilant,
Lovers of hol# song, light u%.
HYMN IIIII. )4#u and .thers.
1 8T1.NG are the 8omas= come thou nigh= these <uices have $een mi't ith mil:3
9rin:, )4#u, the %resented draughts.
! /oth 9eities ho touch the heaven, Indra and )4#u e invo:e
To drin: of this our 8oma <uice.
& The singersB for their aid, invo:e Indra and )4#u, sift as mind,
The thousand+e#ed, the Lords of thought.
( Mitra and )aru a, renoned as Gods of consecrated might,
"e call to drin: the 8oma <uice.
* Those ho $# La u%hold the La, Lords of the shining light of La,
Mitra I call, and )aru a.
, Let )aru a $e our chief defence, let Mitra guard us ith all aids
/oth ma:e us rich e'ceedingl#.
- Indra, $# Maruts girt, e call to drin: the 8oma <uice3 ma# he
8ate him in union ith his troo%.
0 Gods, Marut hosts hom Indra leads, distri$uters of PJ anBs gifts,
Hear:en #e all unto m# cr#.
2 "ith conCuering Indra for all#, stri:e ) tra don, #e $ounteous Gods
Let not the ic:ed master us.
1D "e call the 6niversal Gods, and Maruts to the 8oma draught,
7or %assing strong are P @niBs 8ons.
11 7ierce comes the Maruts> thundering voice, li:e that of conCuerors, hen #e go
7orard to victor#, . Men.
1! /orn of the laughing lightning. ma# the Maruts guard us ever#here
Ma# the# $e gracious unto 6s.
1& Li:e some lost animal, drive to us, $right PJ an, him ho $ears u% heaven,
1esting on man#+coloured grass.
1( PJ an the /right has found the ;ing, concealed and hidden in a cave,
"ho rests on grass of man# hues.
1* And ma# he. dul# $ring to me the si' $ound closel#, through these dro%s,
As one ho %loughs ith steers $rings corn.
1, Along their %aths the Mothers go, 8isters of %riestl# ministrants,
Mingling their seetness ith the mil:.
1- Ma# "aters gathered near the 8un, and those hereith the 8un is <oined,
8%eed forth this sacrifice of ours.
10 I call the "aters, Goddesses, herein our cattle Cuench their thirst=
.$lations to the 8treams $e given.
12 Amrit is in the "aters in the "aters there is healing $alm
/e sift, #e Gods, to give them %raise.
!D "ithin the "atersF8oma thus hath told meFdell all $alms that heal,
And Agni, he ho $lesseth all. The "aters hold all medicines.
!1 . "aters, teem ith medicine to :ee% m# $od# safe from harm,
8o that I long ma# see the 8un.
!! "hatever sin is found in me, hatever evil I have rought.
If I have lied or falsel# sorn, "aters, remove it far from me.
!& The "aters I this da# have sought, and to their moisture have e come3
. Agni, rich in mil:, come thou, and ith th# s%lendour cover me.
!( 7ill me ith s%lendour, Agni= give offs%ring and length of da#s= the Gods
8hall :no me even as I am, and Indra ith the is, :no.
HYMN III). )aru a and .thers.
1 "H. no is he, hat God among Immortals, of hose aus%icious name e ma#
$ethin: usM
"ho shall to might# Aditi restore us, that I ma# see m# 7ather and m# MotherM
! Agni the God the first among the Immortals,Fof his aus%icious name let us $ethin: us.
He shall to might# Aditi restore us, that I ma# see m# 7ather and m# Mother.
& To thee, . 8avitar, the Lord of %recious things, ho hel%est us
Aontinuall#, for our share e comeF
( "ealth, highl# lauded ere re%roach hath fallen on it, hich is laid,
7ree from all hatred, in th# hands
* Through th# %rotection ma# e come to even the height of affluence
"hich /haga hath dealt out to us.
, Ne>er have those $irds that fl# through air attained to th# high dominion or th# might or
s%irit=
Nor these the aters that flo on for ever, nor hills, a$aters of the indBs ild fur#.
- )aru a, ;ing, of halloed might, sustaineth erect the TreeBs stem in the $aseless
region.
Its ra#s, hose root is high a$ove, stream donard. 9ee% ma# the# sin: ithin us, and
$e hidden.
0 ;ing )aru a hath made a s%acious %atha#, a %atha# for the 8un herein to travel.
"here no a# as he made him set his footste%, and arned afar hate>er afflicts the
s%irit.
2 A hundred $alms are thine, . ;ing, a thousand= dee% and ide+reaching also $e th#
favours.
7ar from us, far aa# drive thou 9estruction. Put from us e>en the sin e have
committed.
1D "hither $# da# de%art the constellations that shine at night, set high in heaven a$ove
usM
)aru aBs hol# las remain unea:ened, and through the night the Moon moves on in
s%lendor
11 I as: this of thee ith m# %ra#er adoring= th# orshi%%er craves this ith his o$lation.
)aru a, sta# thou here and $e not angr#= steal not our life from us, . thou "ide+1uler.
1! Nightl# and dail# this one thing the# tell me, this too the thought of mine on heart
re%eateth.
Ma# he to hom %ra#ed fettered Guna @e%a, ma# he the 8ovran )aru a release us.
1& /ound to three %illars ca%tured Guna @e%a thus to the Kdit#a made his su%%lication.
Him ma# the 8ovran )aru a deliver, ise, ne>er deceived, loosen the $onds that $ind
him.
1( "ith $ending don, o$lations, sacrifices, . )aru a, e de%recate thine anger3
"ise Asura, thou ;ing of ide dominion, loosen the $onds of sins $# us committed.
1* Loosen the $onds, . )aru a, that hold me, loosen the $onds a$ove, $eteen, and
under.
8o in th# hol# la ma# e made sinless $elong to Aditi, . thou Kdit#a.
HYMN II). )aru a.
1 "HAT5)51 la of thine, . God, . )aru a, as e are men,
9a# after da# e violate.
! give us not as a %re# to death, to $e destro#ed $# thee in rath,
To th# fierce anger hen dis%leased.
& To gain th# merc#, )aru a, ith h#mns e $ind th# heart, as $inds
The charioteer his tethered horse.
( The# flee from me dis%irited, $ent onl# on o$taining ealth,
As to their nests the $irds of air.
* "hen shall e $ring, to $e a%%eased, the Hero, Lord of arrior might,
Him, the far+seeing )aru aM
, This, this ith <o# the# $oth acce%t in common3 never do the# fail
The ever+faithful orshi%%er.
- He :nos the %ath of $irds that fl# through heaven, and, 8ovran of the sea,
He :nos the shi%s that are thereon.
0 True to his hol# la, he :nos the telve moons ith their %rogen#3
He :nos the moon of later $irth.
2 He :nos the %atha# of the ind, the s%reading, high, and might# ind3
He :nos the Gods ho dell a$ove.
1D )aru a, true to hol# la, sits don among his %eo%le= he,
Most ise, sits there to govern all.
11 7rom thence %erceiving he $eholds all ondrous things, $oth hat hath $een,
And hat hereafter ill $e done.
1! Ma# that Kdit#a, ver# ise, ma:e fair %aths for us all our da#s3
Ma# he %rolong our lives for us.
1& )aru a, earing golden mail, hath clad him in a shining ro$e.
His s%ies are seated found a$out.
1( The God hom enemies threaten not, nor those ho t#ranniNe o>er men,
Nor those hose minds are $ent on rong.
1* He ho gives glor# to man:ind, not glor# that is incom%lete,
To our on $odies giving it.
1, Yearning for the ide+seeing .ne, m# thoughts move onard unto him,
As :ine unto their %astures move.
1- .nce more together let us s%ea:, $ecause m# meath is $rought3 %riest+li:e
Thou eatest hat is dear to thee.
10 No sa I him hom all ma# see, I sa his car a$ove the earth3
He hath acce%ted these m# songs.
12 )aru a, hear this call of mine3 $e gracious unto us this da#
Longing for hel% I cried to thee.
!D Thou, . ise God, art Lord of all, thou art the ;ing of earth and heaven
Hear, as thou goest on th# a#.
!1 1elease us from the u%%er $ond, untie the $ond $eteen, and loose
The $onds $elo, that I ma# live.
HYMN II)I. Agni.
1 . ".1THY of o$lation, Lord of %ros%ering %oers, assume th# ro$es,
And offer this our sacrifice.
! 8it ever to $e chosen, as our Priest, most #outhful, through our h#mns,
. Agni, through our heavenl# ord.
& 7or here a 7ather for his son, ;insman for :insman orshi%%eth,
And 7riend, choice+orth#, for his friend.
( Here let the foe+destro#ers sit, )aru a, Mitra, Ar#aman,
Li:e men, u%on our sacred grass.
* . ancient Herald, $e thou glad in this our rite and felloshi%3
Hear:en thou ell to these our songs.
, "hate>er in this %er%etual course e sacrifice to God and God,
That gift is offered u% in thee
- Ma# he $e our dear household Lord, Priest, %leasant and, choice+orth# ma#
"e, ith $right fires, $e dear to him.
0 The Gods, adored ith $rilliant fires. have granted %recious ealth to us
8o, ith $right fires, e %ra# to thee.
2 And, . Immortal .ne, so ma# the eulogies of mortal men
/elong to us and thee ali:e.
1D "ith all th# fires, . Agni, find %leasure in this our sacrifice,
And this our s%eech, . 8on of 8trength.
HYMN II)II. Agni.
1 "ITH orshi% ill I glorif# thee, Agni, li:e a long+tailed steed,
Im%erial Lord of sacred rites.
! Ma# the far+striding 8on of 8trength, $ringer of great felicit#,
"ho %ours his gifts li:e rain, $e ours.
& Lord of all life, from near= from far, do thou, . Agni evermore
Protect us from the sinful man.
( . Agni, graciousl# announce this our o$lation to the Gods,
And this our neest song of %raise.
* Give us a share of strength most high, a share of strength that is $elo,
A share of strength that is $eteen.
, Thou dealest gifts, res%lendent .ne= nigh, as ith aves of 8indhu, thou
8ift streamest to the orshi%%er.
- That man is lord of endless strength hom thou %rotectest in the fight,
Agni, or urgest to the fra#.
0 Him, hosoever he ma# $e, no man ma# vanCuish, might# .ne3
Na#, ver# glorious %oer is his.
2 Ma# he ho dells ith all man:ind $ear us ith ar+steeds through the fight,
And ith the singers in the s%oil.
1D Hel%, thou ho :noest lauds, this or:, this eulog# to 1udra, him
Adora$le in ever# house.
11 Ma# this our God, great, limitless, smo:e+$annered e'cellentl# $right,
6rge us to strength and hol# thought.
1! Li:e some rich Lord of men ma# he, Agni the $anner of the Gods,
1efulgent, hear us through our lauds.
1& Glor# to Gods, the might# and the lesser glor# to Gods the #ounger and the elder?
Let us, if e have %oer, %a# the God orshi%3 no $etter %ra#er than this, #e Gods,
ac:noledge.
HYMN II)III. Indra, 5tc.
1 TH515 here the $road+$ased stone raised on high to %ress the <uices out,
. Indra, drin: ith eager thirst the dro%%ings hich the mortar sheds.
! "here, li:e $road hi%s, to hold the <uice the %latters of the %ress are laid,
. Indra, drin: ith eager thirst the dro%%ings hich the mortar sheds.
& There here the oman mar:s and leans the %estleBs constant rise and fall,
. Indra, drin: ith eager thirst the dro%%ings hich the mortar sheds.
( "here, as ith reins to guide a horse, the# $ind the churning+staff ith cords,
. Indra, drin: ith eager thirst the dro%%ings hich the mortar sheds.
* If of a truth in ever# house, . Mortar thou art set for or:,
Here give thou forth th# clearest sound, loud as the drum of conCuerors.
, . 8ovran of the 7orest, as the ind $los soft in front of thee,
Mortar, for Indra %ress thou forth the 8oma <uice that he ma# drin:.
- /est strength+givers, #e stretch ide <as, . 8acrificial Im%lements,
Li:e to $a# horses cham%ing her$s.
0 Ye 8ovrans of the 7orest, $oth sift, ith sift %ressers %ress to+da#
8eet 8oma <uice for IndraBs drin:.
2 Ta:e u% in $ea:ers hat remains3 the 8oma on the filter %our,
and on the o'+hide set the dregs.
HYMN IIII. Indra.
1 . 8.MA 91IN;51, ever true, utterl# ho%eless though e $e,
9o thou, . Indra, give us ho%e of $eauteous horses and of :ine,
In thousands, . most ealth# .ne.
! . Lord of 8trength, hose <as are strong, great deeds are thine, the %oerful3
9o thou, . Indra, give us ho%e of $eauteous horses and of :ine,
In thousands, . most ealth# .ne.
& Lull thou aslee%, to a:e no more, the %air ho on each other loo:
9o thou, . Indra, give us ho%e of $eauteous horses and of :ine,
In thousands, . most ealth# .ne.
( Hero, let hostile s%irits slee%, and ever# gentler genius a:e3
9o thou, . Indra, give us ho%e of $eauteous horses and of :ine,
In thousands, . most ealth# .ne.
* 9estro# this ass, . Indra, ho in tones discordant $ra#s to thee3
9o thou, . Indra, give us ho%e of $eauteous horses and of :ine,
In thousands, . most ealth# .ne.
, 7ar distant on the forest fall the tem%est in a circling course?
9o thou, . Indra, give us ho%e of $eauteous horses and of :ine,
In thousands, . most ealth# .ne.
- 8la# each reviler, and destro# him ho in secret in<ures us3
9o thou, . Indra, give us ho%e of $eauteous horses and of :ine
In thousands, . most ealth# .ne.
YMN III. Indra.
1 "5 see:ing strength ith 8oma+dro%s fill full #our Indra li:e a ell,
Most li$eral, Lord of Hundred Poers,
! "ho lets a hundred of the %ure, a thousand of the mil:+$lent draughts
7lo, even as don a de%th, to him=
& "hen for the strong, the ra%turous <o# he in this manner hath made room
"ithin his $ell#, li:e the sea.
( This is thine on. Thou draest near, as turns a %igeon to his mate3
Thou carest too for this our %ra#er.
* . Hero, Lord of /ounties, %raised in h#mns, ma# %oer and <o#fulness
/e his ho sings the laud to thee.
, Lord of a Hundred Poers, stand u% to lend us succour in this fight
In others too let us agree.
- In ever# need, in ever# fra# e call as friends to succour us
Indra the mightiest of all.
0 If he ill hear us let him come ith succour of a thousand :inds,
And all that strengthens, to our call.
2 I call him might# to resist, the Hero of our ancient home,
Thee hom m# sire invo:ed of old.
1D "e %ra# to thee, . much+invo:ed, rich in all %recious gifts, . 7riend,
;ind God to those ho sing th# %raise.
11 . 8oma+drin:er, Thunder+armed, 7riend of our lovel#+featured dames
And of our 8oma+drin:ing friends.
1! Thus, 8oma+drin:er, ma# it $e= thus, 7riend, ho ieldest thunder, act
To aid each ish as e desire.
1& "ith Indra s%lendid feasts $e ours, rich in all strengthening things hereith,
"ealth# in food, e ma# re<oice.
1( Li:e thee, th#self, the singersB 7riend, thou movest, as it ere, $esought,
/old .ne, the a'le of the car.
1* That, Gata:ratu, thou to grace and %lease th# %raisers, as it ere,
8tirrest the a'le ith th# strength.
1, "ith cham%ing, neighing loudl#+snorting horses Indra hath ever on himself great
treasures
A car of gold hath he hose deeds are ondrous received from us, and let us too
receive it.
1- Aome, A@vins, ith enduring strength ealth# in horses and in :ine,
And gold, . #e of ondrous deeds.
10 Your chariot #o:ed for $oth ali:e, immortal, #e of might# acts,
Travels, . A@vins, in the sea.
12 High on the forehead of the /ull one chariot heel #e ever :ee%,
The other round the s:# revolves.
!D "hat mortal, . immortal 9an, en<o#eth theeM "here lovest thouM
To hom, . radiant, dost thou goM
!1 7or e have had thee in our thoughts hether anear or far aa#,
1ed+hued and li:e a da%%led mare.
!! Hither, . 9aughter of the 8:#, come thou ith these th# strengthenings,
And send thou riches don to us.
HYMN IIII. Agni.
1 Thou, Agni, ast the earliest A giras, a 8eer= thou ast, a God th#self, the Gods>
aus%icious 7riend.
After th# hol# ordinance the Maruts, sage, active through isdom, ith their glittering
s%ears, ere $orn.
! . Agni, thou, the $est and earliest A giras, fulfillest as a 8age the hol# la of Gods.
8%rung from to mothers, ise, through all e'istence s%read, resting in man# a %lace for
sa:e of living man.
& To M4tari@van first thou, Agni, ast disclosed, and to )ivasv4n through th# no$le
inard %oer.
Heaven and 5arth, )asu? shoo: at the choosing of the Priest3 the $urthen thou didst
$ear, didst orshi% might# Gods.
( Agni thou madest heaven to thunder for man:ind= thou, #et more %ious, for %ious
PurJravas.
"hen thou art ra%idl# freed from th# %arents, first eastard the# $ear thee round, and,
after, to the est.
* Thou, Agni, art a /ull ho ma:es our store increase, to $e invo:ed $# him ho lifts the
ladle u%.
"ell :noing the o$lation ith the halloing ord, uniting all ho live, thou lightenest
first our fol:
, Agni, thou savest in the s#nod hen %ursued e>en him, farseeing .ne? ho al:s in
evil a#s.
Thou, hen the heroes fight for s%oil hich men rush, round, sla#est in ar the man# $#
the hands of fe.
- 7or glor#, Agni, da# $# da#, thou liftest u% the mortal man to highest immortalit#,
5ven thou ho #earning for $oth races givest them great $liss, and to the %rince grantest
a$undant food.
0 . Agni, highl# lauded, ma:e our singer famous that he ma# in us store of riches3
Ma# e im%rove the rite ith ne %erformance. . 5arth and Heaven, ith all the Gods,
%rotect us.
2 . $lameless Agni l#ing in th# ParentsB la%, a God among the Gods, $e atchful for our
good.
7ormer of $odies, $e the singerBs Providence3 all good things hast thou son for him,
aus%icious .ne?
1D Agni, thou art our Providence, our 7ather thou3 e are th# $rethren and thou art our
s%ring of life.
In thee, rich in good heroes, guard of high decrees, meet hundred, thousand treasures,
. infalli$le?
11 Thee, Agni, have the Gods made the first living .ne for living man, Lord of the house
of Nahu a.
I 4 the# made the teacher of the sons of men, hat time a 8on as $orn to the father of
m# race.
1! "orth# to $e revered, . Agni, God, %reserve our ealth# %atrons ith th# succours,
and ourselves.
Guard of our seed art thou, aiding our cos to $ear, incessantl# %rotecting in th# hol#
a#.
1& Agni, thou art a guard close to the %ious man= :indled art thou, four+e#ed? for him ho
is unarmed.
"ith fond heart thou acce%test e>en the %oor manBs %ra#er, hen he hath $rought his gift
to gain securit#.
1( Thou, Agni gainest for the loudl#+%raising %riest the highest ealth, the o$<ect of a
manBs desire.
Thou art called 7ather, caring even for the ea:, and isest, to the sim%le one thou
teachest lore.
1* Agni, the man ho giveth guerdon to the %riests, li:e ell+sen armour thou guardest
on ever# side.
He ho ith grateful food shos :indness in his house, an offerer to the living, is the
t#%e of heaven.
1, Pardon, e %ra#, this sin of ours, . Agni,Fthe %ath hich e have trodden, idel#
stra#ing,
9ear 7riend and 7ather, caring for the %ious, ho s%eedest nigh and ho ins%irest
mortals.
1- As erst to Manus, to Ya#4ti, A giras, so A giras? %ure Agni? come thou to our hall.
/ring hither the celestial host and seat them here u%on the sacred grass, and offer hat
the# love.
10 /# this our %ra#er $e thou, . Agni, strengthened, %ra#er made $# us after our %oer
and :noledge.
Lead thou us, therefore, to increasing riches= endo us ith th# strength+$estoing
favour.
HYMN IIIII. Indra.
1 I "ILL declare the manl# deeds of Indra, the first that he achieved, the Thunder+
ielder.
He sle the 9ragon, then disclosed the aters, and cleft the channels of the mountain
torrents.
! He sle the 9ragon l#ing on the mountain3 his heavenl# $olt of thunder Tva ar
fashioned.
Li:e loing :ine in ra%id flo descending the aters glided donard to the ocean.
& Im%etuous as a $ull, he chose the 8oma and in three sacred $ea:ers dran: the <uices.
Maghavan gras%ed the thunder for his ea%on, and smote to death this first$orn of the
dragons.
( "hen, Indra, thou hadst slain the dragonBs first$orn, and overcome the charms of the
enchanters,
Then, giving life to 8un and 9an and Heaven, thou foundest not one foe to stand
against thee.
* Indra ith his on great and deadl# thunder smote into %ieces ) tra, orst of ) tras.
As trun:s of trees, hat time the a'e hath felled them, lo on the earth so lies the
%rostrate 9ragon.
, He, li:e a mad ea: arrior, challenged Indra, the great im%etuous man#+sla#ing
Hero.
He, $roo:ing not the clashing of the ea%ons, crushedFIndraBs foeFthe shattered forts
in falling.
- 7ootless and handless still he challenged Indra, ho smote him ith his $olt $eteen
the shoulders.
5masculate #et claiming manl# vigour, thus ) tra la# ith scattered lim$s dissevered.
0 There as he lies li:e a $an:+$ursting river, the aters ta:ing courage flo a$ove him.
The 9ragon lies $eneath the feet of torrents hich ) tra ith his greatness had
encom%assed.
2 Then hum$led as the strength of ) traBs mother3 Indra hath cast his deadl# $olt
against her.
The mother as a$ove, the son as under and li:e a co $eside her calf la# 9anu.
1D 1olled in the midst of never+ceasing currents floing ithout a rest for ever onard.
The aters $ear off ) traBs nameless $od#3 the foe of Indra san: to during dar:ness.
11 Guarded $# Ahi stood the thralls of 94sas, the aters sta#ed li:e :ine held $# the
ro$$er.
/ut he, hen he had smitten ) tra, o%ened the cave herein the floods had $een
im%risoned.
1! A horseBs tail ast thou hen he, . Indra, smote on th# $olt= thou, God ithout a
second,
Thou hast on $ac: the :ine, hast on the 8oma= thou hast let loose to flo the 8even
1ivers.
1& Nothing availed him lightning, nothing thunder, hailstorm or mist hich had s%read
around him3
"hen Indra and the 9ragon strove in $attle, Maghavan gained the victor# for ever.
1( "hom saest thou to avenge the 9ragon, Indra, that fear %ossessed th# heart hen
thou hadst slain him=
That, li:e a ha: affrighted through the regions, thou crossedst nine+and+ninet# floing
riversM
1* Indra is ;ing of all that moves and moves not, of creatures tame and horned, the
Thunder+ielder.
.ver all living men he rules as 8ovran, containing all as s%o:es ithin the fell#.
HYMN IIIIII. Indra.
1 Aome, fain for $oot# let us see: to Indra3 #et more shall he increase his care that
guides us.
"ill not the Indestructi$le endo us ith %erfect :noledge of this ealth, of cattleM
! I fl# to him invisi$le "ealth+giver as flies the falcon to his cherished e#rie,
"ith fairest h#mns of %raise adoring Indra, hom those ho laud him must invo:e in
$attle.
& Mid all his host, he $indeth on the Cuiver3 he driveth cattle from hat foe he %leaseth3
Gathering u% great store of riches, Indra. $e thou no traffic:er ith us, most might#.
( Thou sleest ith th# $olt the ealth# 9as#u, alone, #et going ith th# hel%ers, Indra?
7ar from the floor of heaven in all directions, the ancient riteless ones fled to destruction.
* 7ighting ith %ious orshi%%ers, the riteless turned and fled, Indra? ith averted faces.
"hen thou, fierce Lord of the /a# 8teeds, the 8ta#er, $leest from earth and heaven
and s:# the godless.
, The# met in fight the arm# of the $lameless3 then the Navagvas %ut forth all their
%oer.
The#, li:e emasculates ith men contending, fled, conscious, $# stee% %aths from Indra,
scattered.
- "hether the# ee% or laugh, thou hast o>erthron them, . Indra, on the s:#Bs
e'tremest limit.
The 9as#u thou hast $urned from heaven, and elcomed the %ra#er of him ho %ours
the <uice and lauds thee.
0 Adorned ith their arra# of gold and <eels, the# o>er the earth a covering veil
e'tended.
Although the# hastened, the# o>ercame not Indra3 their s%ies he com%assed ith the 8un
of morning.
2 As thou en<o#est heaven and earth, . Indra, on ever# side surrounded ith th#
greatness,
8o thou ith %riests hast $lon aa# the 9as#u, and those ho orshi% not ith those
ho orshi%.
1D The# ho %ervaded earthBs e'tremest limit su$dued not ith their charms the "ealth+
$estoer3
Indra, the /ull, made his all# the thunder, and ith its light mil:ed cos from out the
dar:ness.
11 The aters floed according to their nature= he raid the naviga$le streams a'ed
might#.
Then Indra, ith his s%irit concentrated, smote him for ever ith his strongest ea%on.
1! Indra $ro:e through IlE$i@aBs strong castles, and Gu a ith his horn he cut to %ieces3
Thou, Maghavan, for all his might and siftness, sleest th# fighting foeman ith th#
thunder
1& 7ierce on his enemies fell IndraBs ea%on3 ith. his shar% $ull he rent their forts in
%ieces.
He ith his thunder$olt dealt $los on ) tra= and conCuered, e'ecuting all his %ur%ose.
1( Indra, thou hel%est ;utsa hom thou lovedst, and guardedst $rave 9a@ad#u hen he
$attled,
The dust of tram%ling horses rose to heaven, and Gvitr4Bs son stood u% again for
conCuest.
1* Gvitr4Bs mild steer, . Maghavan thou hel%est in com$at for the land, mid TugraBs
houses.
Long stood the# there $efore the tas: as ended3 thou ast the master of the foemenBs
treasure.
HYMN IIII). A@vins.
1 Ye ho o$serve this da# $e ith us even thrice3 far+stretching is #ou $ount#, A@vins
and #our course.
To #ou, as to a cloa: in inter, e cleave close3 #ou are to $e dran nigh unto us $# the
ise.
! Three are the fellies in #our hone#+$earing car, that travels after 8omaBs loved one, as
all :no.
Three are the %illars set u%on it for su%%ort3 thrice <ourne# #e $# night, . A@vins, thrice
$# da#.
& Thrice in the self+same da#, #e Gods ho $anish ant, s%rin:le #e thrice to+da# our
sacrifice ith meath=
And thrice vouchsafe us store of food ith %lenteous strength, at evening, . #e A@vins,
and at $rea: of da#.
( Thrice come #e to our home, thrice to the righteous fol:, thrice tri%l# aid the man ho
ell deserves #our hel%.
Thrice, . #e A@vins, $ring us hat shall ma:e us glad= thrice send us store of food as
nevermore to fail.
* Thrice, . #e A@vins, $ring to us a$undant ealth3 thrice in the Gods> assem$l#, thrice
assist our thoughts.
Thrice, grant #e us %ros%erit#, thrice grant us fame= for the 8unBs daughter hath mounted
#our three+heeled car.
, Thrice, A@vins, grant to us the heavenl# medicines, thrice those of earth and thrice
those that the aters hold,
7avour and health and strength $esto u%on m# son= tri%le %rotection, Lords of
8%lendour, grant to him.
- Thrice are #e to $e orshi%%ed da# $# da# $# us3 thrice, . #e A@vins, #e travel around
the earth.
Aar+$orne from far aa#, . #e N4sat#as, come, li:e vital air to $odies, come #e to the
three.
0 Thrice, . #e A@vins, ith the 8even Mother 8treams= three are the <ars, the tri%le
offering is %re%ared.
Three are the orlds, and moving on a$ove the s:# #e guard the firm+set vault of heaven
through da#s and nights.
2 "here are the three heels of #our tri%le chariot, here are the three seats thereto
firml# fastenedM
"hen ill #e #o:e the might# ass that dras it, to $ring #ou to our sacrifice. N4sat#asM
1D N4sat#as, come3 the sacred gift is offered u%= drin: the seet <uice ith li%s that :no
the seetness ell.
8avitar sends, $efore the dan of da#, #our car, fraught ith oil, various+coloured, to our
sacrifice.
11 Aome, . N4sat#as, ith the thrice+eleven Gods= come, . #e A@vins, to the drin:ing
of the meath.
Ma:e long our da#s of life, and i%e out all our sins3 ard off our enemies= $e ith us
evermore.
1! /orne in #our tri%le car, . A@vins, $ring us %resent %ros%erit# ith no$le offs%ring.
I cr# to #ou ho hear me for %rotection $e #e our hel%ers here men in the $oot#.
HYMN III). 8avitar.
1 AGNI I first invo:e for our %ros%erit#= I call on Mitra, )aru a, to aid us here.
I call on Night ho gives rest to all moving life= I call on 8avitar the God to lend us hel%.
! Throughout the dus:# firmament advancing, la#ing to rest the immortal and the mortal,
/orne in his golden chariot he cometh, 8avitar, God ho loo:s on ever# creature.
& The God moves $# the u%ard %ath, the donard= ith to $right /a#s, adora$le, he
<ourne#s.
8avitar comes, the God from the far distance, and chases from us all distress and
sorro.
( His chariot dec:ed ith %earl, of various colours, loft#, ith golden %ole, the God hath
mounted,
The man#+ra#ed .ne, 8avitar the hol#, $ound, $earing %oer and might, for dar:some
regions.
* 9raing the gold+#o:ed car his /a#s, hite+footed, have manifested light to all the
%eo%les.
Held in the la% of 8avitar, divine .ne, all men, all $eings have their %lace for ever.
, Three heavens there are= to 8avitarBs, ad<acent3 in YamaBs orld is one, the home of
heroes,
As on a linch+%in, firm, rest things immortal3 he ho hath :non it let him here declare it.
- He, strong of ing, hath lightened u% the regions, dee%+Cuivering Asura, the gentle
Leader.
"here no is 8Jr#a, here is one to tell us to hat celestial s%here his ra# hath
anderedM
0 The earthBs eight %oints his $rightness hath illumined, three desert regions and the
8even 1ivers.
God 8avitar the gold+e#ed hath come hither, giving choice treasures unto him ho
orshi%s.
2 The golden+handed 8avitar, far+seeing, goes on his a# $eteen the earth and
heaven,
9rives aa# sic:ness, $ids the 8un a%%roach us, and s%reads the $right s:# through the
dar:some region.
1D Ma# he, gold+handed Asura, :ind Leader, come hither to us ith his hel% and favour.
9riving off 14: asas and Y4tudh4nas, the God is %resent, %raised in h#mns at evening.
11 . 8avitar, thine ancient dustless %atha#s are ell esta$lished in the airBs mid+
region3
. God, come $# those %aths so fair to travel, %reserve thou us from harm this da#, and
$less us.
HYMN III)I. Agni.
1 "ITH ords sent forth in hol# h#mns, Agni e su%%licate, the Lord
.f man# families ho dul# serve the Gods, #ea, him hom others also %raise.
! Men have on Agni, him ho ma:es their strength a$ound3 e, ith o$lations, orshi%
thee.
.ur gracious+minded Hel%er in our deeds of might, $e thou, . 5'cellent, this da#.
& Thee for our messenger e choose, thee, the .mniscient, for our Priest.
The flames of thee the might# are s%read ide around3 th# s%lendour reaches to the s:#.
( The Gods en:indle thee their ancient messenger,F)aru a, Mitra, Ar#aman.
That mortal man, . Agni, gains through thee all ealth, ho hath %oured offerings unto
thee.
* Thou, Agni, art a cheering Priest, Lord of the House, menBs messenger3
All constant high decrees esta$lished $# the Gods, gathered together, meet in thee.
, In thee, the aus%icious .ne, . Agni, #outhfullest, each sacred gift is offered u%3
This da#, and after, gracious, orshi% thou our Gods, that e ma# have heroic sons.
- To him in his on s%lendour $right dra near in orshi% the devout.
Men :indle Agni ith their sacrificial gifts, victorious o>er the enemies.
0 ) tra the# smote and sle, and made the earth and heaven and firmament a ide
a$ode.
The glorious /ull, invo:ed, hath stood at ;a vaBs side3 loud neighed the 8teed in fra#s
for :ine.
2 8eat thee, for thou art might#= shine, $est entertainer of the Gods.
"orth# of sacred food, %raised Agni? loose the smo:e, rudd# and $eautiful to see.
1D /earer of offerings, hom, $est sacrificing Priest, the Gods for ManuBs sa:e ordained=
"hom ;a va, hom Medh#4tithi made the source of ealth, and ) an and 6%astuta.
11 Him, Agni, hom Medh#4tithi, hom ;a va :indled for his rite,
Him these our songs of %raise, him, Agni, e e'tol3 his %oers shine out %reeminent.
1! Ma:e our ealth %erfect thou, . Agni, Lord divine3 for thou hast :inshi% ith the
Gods.
Thou rulest as a ;ing o>er idel#+famous strength3 $e good to us, for thou art great.
1& 8tand u% erect to lend us aid, stand u% li:e 8avitar the God3
5rect as strength+$estoer e call aloud, ith unguents and ith %riests, on thee.
1( 5rect, %reserve us from sore trou$le= ith th# flame $urn thou each ravening demon
dead.
1aise thou us u% that e ma# al: and live3 so thou shalt find our orshi% mid the Gods.
1* Preserve us, Agni, from the fiend, %reserve us from malicious rong.
8ave us from him ho fain ould in<ure us or sla#, Most Youthful, thou ith loft# light.
1, 8mite don as ith a clu$, thou ho hast fire for teeth, smite thou the ic:ed, right
and left.
Let not the man ho %lots against us in the night, nor an# foe %revail o>er us.
1- Agni hath given heroic might to ;a va, and felicit#3
Agni hath hel%ed our friends, hath hel%ed Medh#4tithi, hath hel%ed 6%astuta to in.
10 "e call on 6gradeva, Yadu, Turva@a, $# means of Agni, from afar=
Agni, $ring Navav4stva and / hadratha, TurvEti, to su$due the foe.
12 Manu hath sta$lished thee a light, Agni, for all the race of men3
8%rung from the La, oil+fed, for ;a va hast thou $laNed, thou hom the %eo%le
reverence.
!D The flames of Agni full of s%lendour and of might are fearful, not to $e a%%roached.
Aonsume for ever all demons and sorcerers, consume thou each devouring fiend.
HYMN III)II. Maruts.
1 8ING forth, . ;a vas, to #our $and of Maruts unassaila$le,
8%orting, res%lendent on their car
! The# ho, self+luminous, ere $orn together, ith the s%otted deer,
8%ears, sords, and glittering ornaments.
& .ne hears, as though >tere close at hand, the crac:ing of the hi%s the# hold
The# gather glor# on their a#.
( No sing #e forth the God+given h#mn to #our e'ultant Marut host,
The fiercel#+vigorous, the strong.
* Praise #e the /ull among the cos= for >tis the Maruts> s%ortive $and3
It strengthened as it dran: the rain.
, "ho is #our mightiest, Heroes, hen, . sha:ers of the earth and heaven,
Ye sha:e them li:e a garmentBs hemM
- At #our a%%roach man holds him don $efore the fur# of #our rath3
The rugged+<ointed mountain #ields.
0 The# at hose racings forth the earth, li:e an age+ea:ened lord of men,
Trem$les in terror on their a#s.
2 8trong is their $irth3 vigour have the# to issue from their Mother= strength,
Yea, even tice enough, is theirs.
1D And these, the 8ons, the 8ingers, in their racings have enlarged the $ounds,
8o that the :ine must al: :nee+dee%.
11 /efore them, on the a#s the# go, the# dro% this offs%ring of the cloud,
Long, $road, and ine'hausti$le.
1! . Maruts, as #our strength is great, so have #e cast men don on earth,
8o have #e made the mountains fall.
1& The hile the Maruts %ass along, the# tal: together on the a#3
9oth an# hear them as the# s%ea:M
1( Aome Cuic: ith sift steeds, for #e have orshi%%ers among ;a vaBs sons
Ma# #ou re<oice among them ell.
1* All is %re%ared for #our delight. "e are their servants evermore,
To live as long as life ma# last.
HYMN III)III. Maruts.
1 "HAT noM "hen ill #e ta:e us $# $oth hands, as a dear sire his son,
Gods, for hom sacred grass is cli%%edM
! No hitherM To hat goal of #ours go #e in heaven, and not on earthM
"here do #our cos dis%ort themselvesM
& "here are #our neest favours shonM "here, Maruts, #our %ros%erit#M
"here all #our high felicitiesM
( If, . #e Maruts, #e the 8ons hom P @ni $ore, ere mortal, and
Immortal he ho sings #our %raise.
* Then never ere #our %raiser loathed li:e a ild $east in %asture+land,
Nor should he go on YamaBs %ath.
, Let not destructive %lague on %lague hard to $e conCuered, stri:e its don3
Let each, ith drought, de%art from us.
- Trul#, the# the fierce and might# 8ons of 1udra send their indless
1ain e>en on the desert %laces.
0 Li:e a co the lightning los and follos, motherli:e, her #oungling,
"hen their rain+flood hath $een loosened.
2 "hen the# inundate the earth the# s%read forth dar:ness e>en in da# time,
"ith the ater+laden rain+cloud.
1D . Maruts, at #our voiceBs sound this earthl# ha$itation sha:es,
And each man reels ho dells therein.
11 . Maruts, ith #our strong+hoofed steeds, unhindered in their courses, haste
Along the $right em$an:ed streams.
1! 7irm $e the fellies of #our heels, stead# #our horses and #our cars,
And ma# #our reins $e fashioned ell.
1& Invite thou hither ith this song, for %raise, Agni the Lord of Pra#er,
Him ho is fair as Mitra is.
1( 7orm in th# mouth the h#mn of %raise e'%and thee li:e, a rain# cloud
8ing forth the measured eulog#.
1* 8ing glor# to the Marut host, %raiseorth#, tuneful, vigorous3
Here let the 8trong .nes dell ith us.
HYMN IIIII Maruts.
1 "H5N thus, li:e flame, from far aa#, Maruts, #e cast #our measure forth,
To hom go Ye, to hom, . sha:ers of the earth, moved $# hose isdom, hose
designM
! 8trong let #our ea%ons $e to drive aa# #our foes, firm for resistance let them $e.
Yea, %assing glorious must $e #our arrior might, not as a guileful mortalBs strength.
& "hen hat is strong #e overthro, and hirl a$out each %onderous thing,
Heroes, #our course is through the forest trees of earth, and through the fissures of the
roc:s.
( Aonsumers of #our foes, no enem# of #ours is found in heaven or on the earth3
Ye 1udras, ma# the strength, held in this $ond, $e #ours, to $id defiance even no.
* The# ma:e the mountains roc: and reel, the# rend the forest+:ings a%art.
.nard, #e Maruts, drive, li:e creatures drun: ith ine, #e, Gods ith all #our
com%an#.
, Ye to #our chariot have #o:ed the s%otted deer3 a red deer, as a leader, dras.
5ven the 5arth herself listened as #e came near, and men ere sorel# terrified.
- . 1udras, Cuic:l# e desire #our succour for this or: of ours.
Aome to us ith #our aid as in the da#s of old, so no for frightened ;a vaBs sa:e.
0 8hould an# monstrous foe, . Maruts, sent $# #ou or sent $# mortals threaten us,
Tear #e him from us ith #our %oer and ith #our might, and ith the succours that are
#ours.
2 7or #e, the orshi%ful and ise, have guarded ;a va %erfectl#.
. Maruts, come to us ith full %rotecting hel%, as lightning flashes see: the rain.
1D "hole strength have #e, . /ounteous .nes= %erfect, earth+sha:ers, is #our might.
Maruts, against the %oetBs rathful enem# send #e an enem# li:e a dart.
HYMN IL. /rahma as%ati
1 . /1AHMA A8PATI, stand u%3 God+serving men e %ra# to thee.
Ma# the# ho give good gifts, the Maruts, come to us. Indra, most sift, $e thou ith
them.
! . 8on of 8trength, each mortal calls to thee for aid hen s%oil of $attle aits for him.
. Maruts, ma# this man ho loves #ou ell o$tain ealth of good steeds and hero
might.
& Ma# /rahma as%ati dra nigh, ma# 8Jn t4 the Goddess come,
And Gods $ring to this rite hich gives the five+fold gift the Hero, lover of man:ind.
( He ho $estos a no$le guerdon on the %riest ins fame that never shall deca#.
7or him e offer sacred hero+giving food, %eerless and conCuering easil#.
* No /rahma as%ati s%ea:s forth aloud the solemn h#mn of %raise,
"herein Indra and )aru a, Mitra, Ar#aman, the Gods, have made their delling %lace.
, Ma# e in hol# s#nods, Gods? recite that h#mn, %eerless, that $rings felicit#.
If #ou, . Heroes, graciousl# acce%t this ord, ma# it o$tain all $liss from #ou.
- "ho shall a%%roach the %iousM ho the man hose sacred grass is trimmedM
The offerer ith his fol: advances more and more3 he fills his house ith %recious things.
0 He am%lifies his lordl# might, ith :ings he sla#s3 e>en mid alarms he dells secure
In great or lesser fight none chec:s him, none su$dues,Fthe ielder of the thunder$olt.
HYMN ILI. )aru a, Mitra, Ar#aman.
1 N5>51 is he in<ured hom the Gods )aru a, Mitra, Ar#aman,
The e'cellentl# ise, %rotect.
! He %ros%ers ever, free from scathe, hom the#, as ith full hands, enrich,
"hom the# %reserve from ever# foe.
& The ;ings drive far aa# from him his trou$les and his enemies,
And lead him safel# o>er distress.
( Thornless, Kdit#as, is the %ath, eas# for him ho see:s the La3
"ith him is naught to anger #ou.
* "hat sacrifice, Kdit#as, #e Heroes guide $# the %ath direct,F
Ma# that come nigh unto #our thought.
, That mortal, ever unsu$dued, gains ealth and ever# %recious thing,
And children also of his on.
- Ho, m# friends, shall e %re%are Ar#amanBs and MitraBs laud,
Glorious food of )aru aM
0 I %oint not out to #ou a man ho stri:es the %ious, or reviles3
.nl# ith h#mns I call #ou nigh.
2 Let him not love to s%ea: ill ords3 $ut fear the .ne ho holds all four
"ithin his hand, until the# fall.
YMN ILII. PJ an.
1 8H.1T5N our a#s, . PJ an, move aside o$struction in the %ath3
Go close $efore us, cloud+$orn God.
! 9rive, PJ an, from our road the olf, the ic:ed inaus%icious olf,
"ho lies in ait to in<ure us.
& "ho lur:s a$out the %ath e ta:e, the ro$$er ith a guileful heart3
7ar from the road chase him aa#.
( Tread ith th# foot and tram%le out the fire$rand of the ic:ed one,
The dou$le+tongued, hoe>er he $e.
* "ise PJ an, "onder+"or:er, e claim of thee no the aid hereith
Thou furtheredst our sires of old.
, 8o, Lord of all %ros%erit#, $est ielder of the golden sord,
Ma:e riches eas# to $e on.
- Past all %ursuers lead us, ma:e %leasant our %ath and fair to tread3
. PJ an, find thou %oer for this.
0 Lead us to meados rich in grass3 send on our a# no earl# heat3
. PJ an, find thou %oer for this.
2 /e gracious to us, fill us full, give, feed us, and invigorate3
. PJ an, find thou %oer for this.
1D No $lame have e for PJ an= him e magnif# ith songs of %raise3
"e see: the Might# .ne for ealth.
HYMN ILIII. 1udra.
1 "HAT shall e sing to 1udra, strong, most $ounteous, e'cellentl# ise,
That shall $e dearest to his heartM
! That Aditi ma# grant the grace of 1udra to our fol:, our :ine,
.ur cattle and our %rogen#=
& That Mitra and that )aru a, that 1udra ma# remem$er us,
Yea, all the Gods ith one accord.
( To 1udra Lord of sacrifice, of h#mns and $alm# medicines,
"e %ra# for <o# and health and strength.
* He shines in s%lendour li:e the 8un, refulgent as $right gold is he,
The good, the $est among the Gods.
, Ma# he grant health into our steeds, ell$eing to our rams and ees,
To men, to omen, and to :ine.
- . 8oma, set thou u%on us the glor# of a hundred men,
The great renon of might# chiefs.
0 Let not malignities, nor those ho trou$le 8oma, hinder us.
Indu, give us a share of strength.
2 8oma? head, central %oint, love these= 8oma? :no these as serving thee,
Ahildren of thee Immortal, at the highest %lace of hol# la.
HYMN ILI). Agni.
1 IMM.1TAL L4tavedas, thou man#+hued fulgent gift of 9an,
Agni, this da# to him ho %a#s o$lations $ring the Gods ho a:en ith the morn.
! 7or thou art offering+$earer and loved messenger, the charioteer of sacrifice3
Accordant ith the A@vins and ith 9an grant us heroic strength and loft# fame.
& As messenger e choose to+da# Agni the good hom man# love,
8mo:e+$annered s%reader of the light, at $rea: of da# glor# of sacrificial rites.
( Him no$lest and most #outhful, richl# orshi%%ed guest, dear to the men ho offer
gifts,
Him, Agni L4tavedas, I $eseech at dan that he ma# $ring the Gods to us.
* Thee, Agni, ill I glorif#, deathless nourisher of the orld,
Immortal, offering+$earer, meet for sacred food, %reserver, $est at sacrifice.
, Tell good things to th# %raiser, . most #outhful God, as richl# orshi%%ed, hone#+
tongued,
And, granting to Pras:a va lengthened da#s of life, sho honour to the Heavenl# Host.
- 7or the men, Agni, :indle thee as all %ossessor and as Priest=
8o Agni, much+invo:ed, $ring hither ith all s%eed the Gods, the e'cellentl# ise,
0 At dan of da#, at night, 6 as and 8avitar, the A@vins, /haga, AgniBs self3
8:illed in fair rites, ith 8oma %oured, the ;a vas light thee, the o$lation+afting God.
2 7or, Agni, Lord of sacrifice and messenger of men art thou3
/ring thou the Gods ho a:e at dan ho see the light, this da# to drin: the 8oma
<uice.
1D Thou shonest forth, . Agni, after former dans, all visi$le, . rich in light.
Thou art our hel% in $attle+strife, the 7riend of man, the great high %riest in sacrifice.
11 Li:e Manu, e ill sta$lish thee, Agni, %erformer of the rite,
Invo:er, ministering Priest, e'ceeding ise, the sift immortal messenger.
1! "hen as the Gods> High Priest, $# man# loved, thou dost their mission as their
nearest 7riend,
Then, li:e the far+resounding $illos of the flood, th# flames, . Agni, roar aloud.
1& Hear, Agni, ho hast ears to hear, ith all th# train of escort Gods=
Let Mitra, Ar#aman, see:ing $etimes our rite, seat them u%on the sacred grass.
1( Let those ho strengthen La, ho $ountifull# give, the life+tongued Maruts, hear our
%raise.
Ma# La+su%%orting )aru a ith the A@vins tain and 6 as, drin: the 8oma <uice.
HYMN IL). Agni.
1 ".18HIP the )asus, Agni? here, the 1udras, the Kdit#as, all
"ho s%ring from Manu, those ho :no fair rites, ho %our their $lessings don.
! Agni, the Gods ho understand give ear unto the orshi%%er3
Lord of 1ed 8teeds, ho lovest song, $ring thou those Three+and+Thirt# Gods.
& . L4tavedas, great in act, hear:en thou to Pras:a vaBs call,
As Pri#amedha erst as heard, Atri, )irJ%a, A giras.
( The sons of Pri#amedha s:illed in loft# %raise have called for hel%
.n Agni ho ith fulgent flame is 1uler of all hol# rites.
* Hear thou, invo:ed ith hol# oil, $ountiful giver of reards,
These eulogies, here$# the sons of ;a va call thee to their aid.
, . Agni, loved $# man#, thou of fame most ondrous, in their homes
Men call on thee hose hair is flame, to $e the $earer of their gifts.
- Thee, Agni, $est to find out ealth, most idel# famous, Cuic: to hear,
8ingers have sta$lished in their rites Herald and ministering Priest.
0 8ingers ith 8oma %ressed have made thee, Agni, hasten to the feast,
Great light to mortal orshi%%er, hat time the# $ring the sacred gift.
2 Good, $ounteous, 8on of 8trength, this da# seat here on sacred grass the Gods
"ho come at earl# morn, the host of heaven, to drin: the 8oma <uice
1D /ring ith <oint invocations thou, . Agni, the celestial host3
Here stands the 8oma, $ounteous Gods drin: this e'%ressed ere #esterda#.
HYMN IL)I. A@vins.
1 No Morning ith her earliest light shines forth, dear 9aughter of the 8:#3
High, A@vins, I e'tol #our %raise,
! 8ons of the 8ea, might# to save discoverers of riches, #e
Gods ith dee% thought ho find out ealth.
& Your giant coursers hasten on over the region all in flames,
"hen #our car flies ith inged steeds.
( He, li$eral, lover of the flood, Lord of the House, the vigilant,
Ahiefs? ith o$lations feeds #ou full.
* Ye have regard unto our h#mns, N4sat#as, thin:ing of our ords3
9rin: $oldl# of the 8oma <uice.
, )ouchsafe to us, . A@vin Pair, such strength as, ith attendant light,
Ma# through the dar:ness carr# us.
- Aome in the shi% of these our h#mns to $ear #ou to the hither shore
. A@vins, harness #e the car.
0 The heavenBs ide vessel is #our on on the floodBs shore #our chariot aits
9ro%s, ith the h#mn, have $een %re%ared.
2 ;a vas, the dro%s are in the heaven= the ealth is at the atersB %lace3
"here ill #e manifest #our formM
1D Light came to lighten u% the $ranch, the 8un a%%eared as it ere gold3
And ith its tongue shone forth the dar:.
11 The %ath of sacrifice as made to travel to the farther goal3
The road of heaven as manifest.
1! The singer of their %raise aaits hatever grace the A@vins give,
ho save hen 8oma gladdens them.
1& Ye dellers ith )ivasv4n come, aus%icious, as to Manu erst=
come to the 8oma and our %raise.
1( . circumam$ient A@vins, 9an follos the $rightness of #our a#3
A%%rove ith $eams our solemn rites.
1* 9rin: #e of our li$ations, grant %rotection, . #e A@vins Tain,
"ith aids hich none ma# interru%t.
HYMN IL)II. A@vins.
1 AG)IN8, for #ou ho strengthen La this seetest 8oma hath $een shed.
9rin: this e'%ressed ere #esterda# and give riches to him ho offers it.
! Aome, . #e A@vins, mounted on #our tri%le car three+seated, $eautiful of form
To #ou at sacrifice the ;a vas send the %ra#er3 graciousl# listen to their call.
& . A@vins, #e ho strengthen La, drin: #e this seetest 8oma <uice.
/orne on #our ealth+fraught car come #e this da# to him ho offers, #e of ondrous
deeds.
( .mniscient A@vins, on the thrice+hea%ed grass $ede ith the seet <uice the
sacrifice.
The sons of ;a va, striving heavenard, call on #ou ith draughts of 8oma <uice out+
%oured.
* . A@vins, ith those aids hereith #e guarded ;a va carefull#,
;ee% us, . Lords of 8%lendour3 drin: the 8oma <uice, #e strengtheners of hol# la.
, . Might# .nes, #e gave 8ud4s a$undant food, $rought on #our treasure+laden car=
8o no vouchsafe to us the ealth hich man# crave, either from heaven or from the
sea.
- N4sat#as, hether #e $e far aa# or close to Turva@a,
/orne on #our lightl#+rolling chariot come to us, together ith the sun$eams come.
0 8o let #our coursers, ornaments of sacrifice, $ring #ou to our li$ations here.
/estoing food on him ho acts and gives aright, sit, Ahiefs, u%on the sacred grass.
2 Aome, . N4sat#as, on #our car dec:ed ith a sun$right cano%#,
"hereon #e ever $ring ealth to the orshi%%er, to drin: the 8omaBs %leasant <uice.
1D "ith lauds and songs of %raise e call them don to us, that the#, most rich, ma#
succour us=
7or #e have ever in the ;a vasB ell+loved house, . A@vins, drun: the 8oma <uice.
HYMN IL)III. 9an.
1 9A"N on us ith %ros%erit#, . 6 as, 9aughter of the 8:#,
9an ith great glor#, Goddess, Lad# of the Light, dan thou ith riches, /ounteous
.ne.
! The#, $ringing steeds and :ine, $oon+givers of all ealth, have oft s%ed forth to lighten
us.
. 6 as, a:en u% for me the sounds of <o#3 send us the riches of the great.
& 6 as hath daned, and no shall dan, the Goddess, driver forth of cars
"hich, as she cometh nigh, have fi'ed their thought on her, li:e glor#+see:ers on the
flood.
( Here ;a va, chief of ;a vaBs race, sings forth aloud the glories of the heroes> names,
F
The. %rinces ho, . 6 as, as thou comest near, direct their thoughts to li$eral gifts.
* Li:e a good matron 6 as comes carefull# tending ever#thing3
1ousing all life she stirs all creatures that have feet, and ma:es the $irds of air fl# u%.
, 8he sends the $us# forth, each man to his %ursuit3 dela# she :nos not as she
s%rings.
. rich in o%ulence, after th# daning $irds that have flon forth no longer rest.
- This 9an hath #o:ed her steeds afar, $e#ond the rising of the 8un3
/orne on a hundred chariots she, aus%icious 9an, advances on her a# to Men.
0 To meet her glance all living creatures $end them don3 5'cellent .ne, she ma:es the
light.
6 as, the 9aughter of the 8:#, the o%ulent, shines foes and enmities aa#.
2 8hine on us ith th# radiant light, . 6 as, 9aughter of the 8:#,
/ringing to us great store of high felicit#, and $eaming on our solemn rites.
1D 7or in thee is each living creatureBs $reath and life, hen, 5'cellent? thou danest
forth.
/orne on th# loft# car, . Lad# of the Light, hear, thou of ondrous ealth, our call.
11 . 6 as, in th#self the strength hich among men is onderful.
/ring thou there$# the %ious unto hol# rites, those ho as %riests sing %raise to thee.
1! /ring from the firmament, . 6 as, all the Gods, that the# ma# drin: our 8oma <uice,
And, $eing hat thou art, vouchsafe us :ine and steeds, strength meet for %raise and
hero might.
1& Ma# 6 as hose aus%icious ra#s are seen res%lendent round a$out,
Grant us great riches, fair in form, of all good things, ealth hich light la$our ma#
attain.
1( Might# .ne, hom the is of old time invo:ed for their %rotection and their hel%,
. 6 as, graciousl# anser our songs of %raise ith $ount# and ith $rilliant light.
1* 6 as, as thou ith light to da# hast o%ened the tin doors of heaven,
8o grant thou us a delling ide and free from foes. . Goddess, give us food ith :ine.
1, /ring us to ealth a$undant, sent in ever# sha%e, to %lentiful refreshing food,
To all+su$duing s%lendour, 6 as, Might# .ne, to strength, thou rich in s%oil and ealth.
HYMN ILII. 9an.
1 5B5N from a$ove the s:#Bs $right realm come, 6 as, $# aus%icious a#s3
Let red steeds $ear thee to the house of him ho %ours the 8oma, <uice.
! The chariot hich thou mountest, fair of sha%e, . 6 as light to move,F
Thereith, . 9aughter of the 8:#, aid men of no$le fame toda#.
& /right 6 as, hen th# times return, all Cuadru%eds and $i%eds stir,
And round a$out floc: inged $irds from all the $oundaries of heaven.
( Thou daning ith th# $eams of light illumest all the radiant realm.
Thee, as thou art, the ;a vas, fain for ealth, have called ith sacred songs.
HYMN L. 8Jr#a.
1 HI8 $right ra#s $ear him u% aloft, the God ho :noeth all that lives,
8Jr#a, that all ma# loo: on him.
! The constellations %ass aa#, li:e thieves, together ith their $eams,
/efore the all+$eholding 8un.
& His herald ra#s are seen afar refulgent o>er the orld of men,
Li:e flames of fire that $urn and $laNe.
( 8ift and all $eautiful art thou, . 8Jr#a, ma:er of the light,
Illuming all the radiant realm.
* Thou goest to the hosts of Gods, thou comest hither to man:ind,
Hither all light to $e $eheld.
, "ith that same e#e of thine hereith thou loo:est $rilliant )aru a,
6%on the $us# race of men,
- Traversing s:# and ide mid+air, thou metest ith th# $eams our da#s,
8un, seeing all things that have $irth.
0 8even /a# 8teeds harnessed to th# car $ear thee, . thou farseeing .ne,
God, 8Jr#a, ith the radiant hair.
2 8Jr#a hath #o:ed the %ure $right 8even, the daughters of the car= ith these,
His on dear team, he goeth forth.
1D Loo:ing u%on the loftier light a$ove the dar:ness e have come
To 8Jr#a, God among the Gods, the light that is most e'cellent.
11 1ising this da#, . rich in friends, ascending to the loftier heaven,
8Jr#a remove m# heartBs disease, ta:e from me this m# #ello hue.
1! To %arrots and to starlings let us give aa# m# #elloness,
.r this m# #elloness let us transfer to Harit4la trees.
1& "ith all his conCuering vigour this Kdit#a hath gone u% on high,
Giving m# foe into mine hand3 let me not $e m# foemanBs %re#.
HYMN LI. Indra.
1 MA;5 glad ith songs that 1am hom man# men invo:e, orth# of songs of %raise,
Indra, the sea of ealth=
"hose gracious deeds for men s%read li:e the heavens a$road3 sing %raise to him the
8age, most li$eral for our good.
! As aids the s:ilful $hus #earned to Indra strong to save, ho fills mid+air,
encom%assed round ith might,
1ushing in ra%ture= and o>er Gata:ratu came the gladdening shout that urged him on to
victor#.
& Thou hast disclosed the :ineBs stall for the A girases, and made a a# for Atri $# a
hundred doors.
.n )imada thou hast $estoed $oth food and ealth, ma:ing th# $olt dance in the
sacrificerBs fight.
( Thou hast unclosed the %risons of the aters= thou hast in the mountain seiNed the
treasure rich in gifts.
"hen thou hadst slain ith might the dragon ) tra, thou, Indra, didst raise the 8un in
heaven for all to see.
* "ith ondrous might thou $leest enchanter fiends aa#, ith %oers celestial those
ho called on thee in <est.
Thou, hero+hearted, hast $ro:en don Pi%ruBs forts, and hel%ed <i@van hen the
9as#us ere struc: dead.
, Thou savedst ;utsa hen Gu a as smitten don= to Atithigva gavest Gam$ara for a
%re#.
5>en might# Ar$uda thou troddest under foot3 thou from of old ast $orn to stri:e the
9as#us dead.
- All %oer and might is closel# gathered u% in thee= th# $ounteous s%irit <o#s in drin:ing
8oma <uice.
;non is the thunder$olt that lies ithin thine arms3 rend off thereith all manl# %roess
of our foe.
0 9iscern thou ell Kr#as and 9as#us= %unishing the laless give them u% to him hose
grass is stren.
/e thou the sacrificerBs strong encourager all these th# deeds are m# delight at festivals.
2 Indra gives u% the laless to the %ious man, destro#ing $# the 8trong .nes those ho
have no strength.
)amra hen glorified destro#ed the gathered %iles of the still a'ing great one ho
ould reach the heaven.
1D The might hich 6@an4 hath formed for thee ith might rends in its greatness and
ith strength $oth orlds a%art.
. Hero+souled, the steeds of )4ta, #o:ed $# thought, have carried thee to fame hile
thou art filled ith %oer.
11 "hen Indra hath re<oiced ith ;4v#a 6@an4, he mounts his steeds ho serve ider
and ider #et.
The 8trong hath loosed his $olt ith the sift rush of rain, and he hath rent in %ieces
Gu aBs firm+$uilt forts.
1! Thou mountest on th# car amid strong 8oma draughts3 G4r#4ta $rought thee those in
hich thou hast delight.
Indra, hen thou art %leased ith men hose 8oma flos thou risest to unchallenged
glor# in the s:#.
1& To old ;a: Ev4n, 8oma+%resser, s:illed in song, . Indra, thou didst give the #outhful
) ca#4.
Thou, ver# ise, ast Men4, )rsan@vaBs child3 those deeds of thine must all $e told at
8oma feasts.
1( The good manBs refuge in his need is Indra, firm as a door%ost, %raised among the
Pa<ras.
Indra alone is Lord of ealth, the Giver, lover of riches, chariots, :ine, and horses.
1* To him the Might# .ne, the self+res%lendent, veril# strong and great, this %raise is
uttered.
Ma# e and all the heroes, ith the %rinces, $e, in this fra#, . Indra, in th# :ee%ing.
HYMN LII. Indra.
1 I GL.1I7Y that 1am ho finds the light of heaven, hose hundred no$l#+natured
ones go forth ith him.
"ith h#mns ma# I turn hither Indra to mine aid,Fthe Aar hich li:e a strong steed
hasteth to the call.
! Li:e as a mountain on firm $asis, unremoved, he, thousandfold %rotector, a'ed in
might# strength,
"hen Indra, <o#ing in the draughts of 8oma <uice, forced the clouds, sla#ing ) tra sta#er
of their flo.
& 7or he sta#s e>en the sta#ers, s%read o>er laden cloud, rooted in light, strengthened in
ra%ture $# the ise.
Indra ith thought, ith s:illed activit#, I call, most li$eral giver, for he sates him ith the
<uice.
( "hom those that flo in heaven on sacred grass, his on assistants, no$l#+natured,
fill full li:e the sea,F
/eside that Indra hen he smote don ) tra stood his hel%ers, straight in form, might#,
invinci$le.
* To him, as in ild <o# he fought ith him ho sta#ed the rain, his hel%ers s%ed li:e sift
streams don a slo%e,
"hen Indra, thunder+armed, made $old $# 8oma draughts, as T ta cleaveth )alaBs
fences, cleft him through.
, 8%lendour encom%assed thee, forth shone th# arrior might3 the rain+o$structer la# in
mid+airBs loest dee%,
"hat time, . Indra, thou didst cast th# thunder don u%on the <as of ) itra hard to $e
restrained.
- The h#mns hich magnif# thee, Indra, reach to thee even as ater+$roo:s flo don
and fill the la:e.
Tva ar gave #et more force to thine a%%ro%riate strength, and forged th# thunder$olt of
over%oering might.
0 "hen, Indra, thou hose %oer is lin:ed ith th# /a# 8teeds hadst smitten ) tra,
causing floods to flo for man,
Thou heldst in thine arms the metal thunder$olt, and settest in the heaven the 8un for all
to see.
2 In fear the# raised the loft# self+res%lendent h#mn, %raise giving and effectual, leading
u% to heaven,
"hen IndraBs hel%ers fighting for the good of men, the Maruts, faithful to man:ind, <o#ed
in the light.
1D Then Heaven himself, the might#, at that 9ragonBs roar reeled $ac: in terror hen,
Indra, th# thunder$olt
In the ild <o# of 8oma had struc: off ith might the head of ) tra, t#rant of the earth and
heaven.
11 . Indra, ere this earth e'tended forth tenfold, and men ho dell therein multi%lied
da# $# da#,
8till here th# conCuering might, Maghavan, ould $e famed3 it hath a'ed vast as
heaven in ma<est# and %oer.
1! Thou, $old of heart, in thine on native might, for hel%, u%on the limit of this mid+air
and of heaven,
Hast made the earth to $e the %attern of th# strength3 em$racing flood and light thou
reachest to the s:#.
1& Thou art the counter%art of earth, the Master of loft# heaven ith all its might#
Heroes3
Thou hast filled all the region ith th# greatness3 #ea, of a truth there is none other li:e
thee.
1( "hose am%litude the heaven and earth have not attained, hose $ounds the aters
of mid+air have never reached,F
Not, hen in <o# he fights the sta#er of the rain3 thou, and none else, hast made all
things in order due.
1* The Maruts sang th# %raise in this encounter, and in thee all the 9eities delighted,
"hat time thou, Indra, ith th# s%i:# ea%on, th# deadl# $olt, smotest the face of ) tra.
HYMN LIII. Indra.
1 "5 ill %resent fair %raise unto the Might# .ne, our h#mns to Indra in )ivasv4nBs
delling+%lace=
7or he hath ne>er found ealth in those ho seem to slee%3 those ho give ealth to
men acce%t no %altr# %raise.
! Giver of horses, Indra, giver, thou, of :ine, giver of $arle#, thou art Lord and guard of
ealth3
ManBs hel%er from of old, not disa%%ointing ho%e, 7riend of our friends, to thee as such
e sing this %raise.
& Indra, most s%lendid, %oerful, rich in might# deeds, this treasure s%read around is
:non to $e thine on.
Gather therefrom, . AonCueror, and $ring to us3 fail not the ho%e of him ho loves and
sings to thee.
( "ell %leased ith these $right flames and ith these 8oma dro%s, ta:e thou aa# our
%overt# ith seeds and :ine.
"ith Indra scattering the 9as#u through these dro%s, freed from their hate ma# e
o$tain a$undant food.
* Let us o$tain, . Indra, %lenteous ealth and food, ith strength e'ceeding glorious,
shining to the s:#3
Ma# e o$tain the Goddess Providence, the strength of heroes, s%ecial source of cattle,
rich in steeds.
, These our li$ations strength+ins%iring, 8oma draughts, gladdened thee in the fight ith
) tra, Hero Lord,
"hat time thou sleest for the singer ith trimmed grass ten thousand ) tras, thou
resistless in th# might.
- Thou goest on from fight to fight intre%idl#, destro#ing castle after castle here ith
strength.
Thou, Indra, ith th# friend ho ma:es the foe $o don, sleest from far aa# the
guileful Namuci.
0 Thou hast struc: don in death ;araO<a, Par a#a, in AtithigvaBs ver# glorious going
forth.
6n#ielding, hen <i@van com%assed them ith siege, thou hast destro#ed the hundred
forts of )a g ida.
2 "ith all+outstri%%ing chariot+heel, . Indra, thou far+famed, hast overthron the tice
ten ;ings of men,
"ith si't# thousand nine+and+ninet# folloers, ho came in arms to fight ith friendless
8u@ravas.
1D Thou hast %rotected 8u@ravas ith succour, and TJrva#4 a ith thine aid, . Indra.
Thou madest ;utsa, Atithigva, K#u, su$<ect unto this ;ing, the #oung, the might#.
11 Ma# e %rotected $# the Gods hereafter remain th# ver# %ros%erous friends, . Indra.
Thee e e'tol, en<o#ing through th# favour life long and <o#ful and ith store of heroes.
HYMN LI). Indra.
1 61G5 us not, Maghavan, to this distressful fight, for none ma# com%rehend the limit of
th# strength.
Thou ith fierce shout hast made the oods and rivers roar3 did not men run in crods
together in their fearM
! 8ing h#mns of %raise to Ga:ra, Lord of %oer and might= laud thou and magnif# Indra
ho heareth thee,
"ho ith his daring might, a /ull e'ceeding strong in strength, ma:eth him master of the
heaven and earth.
& 8ing forth to loft# 9#aus a strength+$estoing song, the /old, hose resolute mind
hath inde%endent sa#.
High glor# hath the Asura, com%act of strength, dran on $# to /a# 8teeds3 a /ull, a
Aar is he.
( The ridges of the loft# heaven thou madest sha:e= thou, daring, of th#self smotest
through Gam$ara,
"hen $old ith gladdening <uice, thou arredst ith th# $olt, shar% and to+edged,
against the $anded sorcerers.
* "hen ith a roar that fills the oods, thou forcest don on indBs head the stores
hich Gu a :e%t confined,
"ho shall have %oer to sta# thee firm and eager+souled from doing still this da# hat
thou of old hast doneM
, Thou hel%est Nar#a, Turva@a, and Yadu, and )a##aBs son TurvEti, Gata:ratu?
Thou hel%est horse and car in final $attle thou $rea:est don the nine+and+ninet#
castles.
- A hero+lord is he, ;ing of a might# fol:, ho offers free o$lations and %romotes the
La,
"ho ith a $ounteous guerdon elcomes h#mns of %raise3 for him flos don the
a$undant stream $elo the s:#.
0 His %oer is matchless, matchless is his isdom= chief, through their or:, $e some
ho drin: the 8oma,
Those, Indra, ho increase the lordl# %oer, the firm heroic strength of thee the Giver.
2 Therefore for thee are these a$undant $ea:ers IndraBs drin:, stone+%ressed <uices held
in ladles.
Puaff them and satisf# thereith th# longing= then fi' th# mind u%on $estoing treasure.
1D There dar:ness stood, the vault that sta#ed the aters> flo3 in ) traBs hollo side the
rain+cloud la# concealed.
/ut Indra smote the rivers hich the o$structer sta#ed, flood folloing after flood, don
stee% declivities.
11 8o give us, Indra, $liss+increasing glor# give us great sa# and strength that
conCuers %eo%le.
Preserve our ealth# %atrons, save our %rinces= vouchsafe us ealth and food ith
no$le offs%ring.
HYMN L). Indra.
1 TH.6GH e>en this heavenBs ide s%ace and earth have s%read them out, nor heaven
nor earth ma# $e in greatness IndraBs match.
Aful and ver# might#, causing oe to men, he hets his thunder$olt for shar%ness, as
a $ull.
! Li:e as the ater# ocean, so doth he receive the rivers s%read on all sides in their
am%le idth.
He $ears him li:e a $ull to drin: of 8oma <uice, and ill, as "arrior from of old, $e
%raised for might.
& Thou sa#est, Indra, all :inds of great manl# %oer, so as to $end, as>t ere, even
that famed mountain don.
7oremost among the Gods is he through hero might, set in the van, the 8trong .ne, for
each arduous deed.
( He onl# in the ood is %raised $# orshi%%ers, hen he shos forth to men his on
fair Indra+%oer.
A friendl# /ull is he, a /ull to $e desired hen Maghavan aus%iciousl# sends forth his
voice.
* Yet veril# the "arrior in his vigorous strength stirreth u% ith his might great $attles for
man:ind=
And men have faith in Indra, the res%lendent .ne, hat time he hurleth don his $olt,
his dart of death.
, Though, fain for glor#, and ith strength increased on earth, he ith great might
destro#s the dellings made ith art,
He ma:es the lights of heaven shine forth secure, he $ids, e'ceeding ise, the floods
flo for his orshi%%er.
- 9rin:er of 8oma, let th# heart incline to give= $ring th# /a#s hitherard, . thou ho
hearest %raise.
Those charioteers of thine, $est s:illed to dra the rein, the ra%id sun$eams, Indra, lead
thee not astra#.
0 Thou $earest in $oth hands treasure that never fails= the famed .ne in his $od# holds
unvanCuished might.
. Indra, in th# mem$ers man# %oers a$ide, li:e ells surrounded $# the ministering
%riests.
HYMN L)I. Indra.
1 7.1 this manBs full li$ations held in ladles, he hath roused him, eager, as a horse to
meet the mare.
He sta#s his golden car, #o:ed ith /a# Horses, sift, and drin:s the 8oma <uice hich
strengthens for great deeds.
! To him the guidance+folloing songs of %raise flo full, as those ho see: gain go in
com%an# to the flood.
To him the Lord of %oer, the hol# s#nodBs might, as to a hill, ith s%eed, ascend the
loving ones.
& )ictorious, great is he= in manl# $attle shines, unstained ith dust, his might, as shines
a mountain %ea:=
"hereith the iron one, fierce e>en against the strong, in ra%ture, fettered il# Gush a
fast in $onds.
( "hen 8trength the Goddess, made more strong for hel% $# thee, aits u%on Indra as
the 8un attends the 9an,
Then. he ho ith his might unflinching :ills the gloom stirs u% the dust aloft, ith <o#
and trium%hing.
* "hen thou ith might, u%on the frameor: of the heaven, didst fi', across, airBs region
firml#, unremoved,
In the light+inning ar, Indra, in ra%turous <o#, thou smotest ) tra dead and $roughtest
floods of rain.
, Thou ith th# might didst gras%, the holder+u% of heaven, thou ho art might# also in
the seats of earth.
Thou, gladdened $# the <uice, hast set the aters free, and $ro:en ) traBs ston# fences
through and through.
HYMN L)II. Indra.
1 To him most li$eral, loft# Lord of loft# ealth, veril# %oerful and strong, I $ring m#
h#mn,F
"hose chec:less $ount#, as of aters don a slo%e, is s%read a$road for all that live, to
give them strength.
! No all this orld, for orshi%, shall come after theeFthe offererBs li$ations li:e floods
to the de%th,
"hen the ell+loved one seems to rest u%on the hill, the thunder$olt of Indra, shatterer
rought of gold.
& To him the terri$le, most meet for loft# %raise, li:e $right 9an, no $ring gifts ith
reverence in this rite,
"hose $eing, for renon, #ea, Indra+%oer and light, have $een created, li:e $a#
steeds, to move ith s%eed.
( Thine, Indra, %raised $# man#, e'cellentl# rich? are e ho trusting in th# hel% dra
near to thee.
Lover of %raise, none else $ut thou receives our laud3 as earth loves all her creatures,
love thou this our h#mn.
* Great is th# %oer, . Indra, e are thine. 7ulfil, . Maghavan, the ish of this th#
orshi%%er.
After thee loft# heaven hath measured out its strength3 to thee and to th# %oer this
earth hath $oed itself.
, Thou, ho hast thunder for th# ea%on, ith th# $olt hast shattered into %ieces this
$road massive cloud.
Thou hast sent don the o$structed floods that the# ma# flo3 thou hast, thine on for
ever, all victorious might.
HYMN L)III. Agni.
1 N5>51 a'eth faint the Immortal, 8on of 8trength, since he, the Herald, hath $ecome
)ivasv4nBs messenger.
.n %aths most e'cellent he measured out mid+air3 he ith o$lation calls to service of the
Gods.
! Never deca#ing, seiNing his a%%ro%riate food, ra%idl#, eagerl# through the dr# ood he
s%reads.
His $ac:, as he is s%rin:led, glistens li:e a horse3 loud hath he roared and shouted li:e
the heights of heavenM
& 8et high in %lace o>er all that )asus, 1udras do, immortal, Lord of riches, seated as
High Priest=
Hastening li:e a car to men, to those ho live, the God ithout dela# gives $oons to $e
desired.
( 6rged $# the ind $e s%reads through dr# ood as he lists, armed ith his tongues for
sic:les, ith a might# roar.
/lac: is th# %ath, Agni, changeless, ith glittering aves? hen li:e a $ull thou rushest
eager to the trees.
* "ith teeth of flame, ind+driven, through the ood he s%eeds, trium%hant li:e a $ull
among the herd of cos,
"ith $right strength roaming to the everlasting air3 things fi'ed, things moving Cua:e
$efore him as he flies.
, The /h gus esta$lished thee among man:ind for men, li:e as a treasure, $eauteous,
eas# to invo:e=
Thee, Agni, as a herald and choice+orth# guest, as an aus%icious 7riend to the
Aelestial 1ace.
- Agni, the seven tonguesB deftest 8acrificer, him hom the %riests elect at solemn
orshi%,
The Herald, messenger of all the )asus, I serve ith daint# food, I as: for riches.
0 Grant, 8on of 8trength, thou rich in friends, a refuge ithout a fla this da# to us th#
%raisers.
. Agni, 8on of 8trength, ith forts of iron %reserve thou from distress the man ho lauds
thee.
2 /e thou a refuge, /right .ne, to the singer, a shelter, /ounteous Lord, to those ho
orshi%.
Preserve the singer from distress, . Agni. Ma# he, enriched ith %ra#er, come soon and
earl#.
HYMN LII. Agni.
1 TH5 other fires are, veril#, th# $ranches= the Immortals all re<oice in thee, . Agni.
Aentre art thou, )ai@v4nara, of the %eo%le, sustaining men li:e a dee%+founded %illar.
! The forehead of the s:#, earthBs centre, Agni $ecame the messenger of earth and
heaven.
)ai@v4nara, the 9eities %roduced thee, a God, to $e a light unto the Kr#a.
& As in the 8un firm ra#s are set for ever, treasures are in )ai@v4nara, in Agni.
.f all the riches in the hills, the aters, the her$s, among man:ind, thou art the 8ovran.
( As the great "orld+halves, so are their 8onBs %raises= s:illed, as a man, to act, is he
the Herald.
)ai@v4nara, celestial, trul# might#, most manl# .ne, hath man# a #outhful consort.
* 5ven the loft# heaven, . L4tavedas )ai@v4nara, hath not attained th# greatness.
Thou art the ;ing of lands here men are settled, thou hast $rought comfort to the Gods
in $attle.
, No ill I tell the greatness of the Hero hom PJruBs sons follo as ) traBs sla#er3
Agni )ai@v4nara struc: don the 9as#u, cleave Gam$ara through and shattered don
his fences.
- )ai@v4nara, delling $# his might ith all men, far+shining, hol# mid the /haradv4<as,
Is lauded, e'cellent, ith hundred %raises $# PurJ Etha, son of Gatavani.
HYMN LI. Agni.
1 As >tere 8ome goodl# treasure M4tari@van $rought, as a gift, the glorious Priest to
/h gu,
/anner of sacrifice, the good Protector, child of to $irths, the siftl# moving envo#.
! /oth Gods and men o$e# this 1ulerBs order, Gods ho are orshi%%ed, men ho
#earn and orshi%.
As Priest he ta:es his seat ere $rea: of morning, House+Lord, adora$le ith men,
.rdainer.
& Ma# our fair %raise, heart+$orn, most recent, reach him hose tongue, e>en at his $irth,
is seet as hone#=
"hom mortal %riests, men, ith their strong endeavour, su%%lied ith daint# viands,
have created.
( Good to man:ind, the #earning Purifier hath among men $een %laced as Priest choice+
orth#.
Ma# Agni $e our 7riend, Lord of the Household, %rotector of the riches in the delling.
* As such e Gotamas ith h#mns e'tol thee, . Agni, as the guardian Lord of riches,
9ec:ing thee li:e a horse, the sift %riNeinner. Ma# he, enriched ith %ra#er, come
soon and earl#.
HYMN LII. Indra.
1 5)5N to him, sift, strong and high. e'alted, I $ring m# song of %raise as daint#
viands,
M# thought to him resistless, %raise+deserving, %ra#ers offered most es%eciall# to Indra.
! Praise, li:e o$lation, I %resent, and utter aloud m# song, m# fair h#mn to the )ictor.
7or Indra, ho is Lord of old, the singers have dec:ed their lauds ith heart and mind
and s%irit.
& To him then ith m# li%s mine adoration, inning heavenBs light, most e'cellent, I offer,
To magnif# ith songs of invocation and ith fair h#mns the Lord, most $ounteous Giver.
( 5ven for him I frame a laud, as fashions the right a chariot for the man ho needs it,
F
Praises to him ho gladl# hears our %raises, a h#mn ell+formed, all+moving, to ise
Indra.
* 8o ith m# tongue I dec:, to %lease that Indra, m# h#mn, as >tere a horse, through
love of glor#,
To reverence the Hero, $ounteous Giver, famed far and ide, destro#er of the castles.
, 5ven for him hath Tva ar forged the thunder, most deftl# rought, celestial, for the
$attle,
"hereith he reached the vital %arts of ) tra, stri:ing+the vast, the might# ith the
stri:er.
- As soon as, at li$ations of his mother, great )i u had drun: u% the draught, he
%lundered.
The daint# cates, the coo:ed mess= $ut .ne stronger transfi'ed the ild $oar, shooting
through the mountain.
0 To him, to Indra, hen he sle the 9ragon, the 9ames, too, Aonsorts of the Gods,
ove %raises.
The might# heaven and earth hath he encom%assed3 th# greatness heaven and earth,
com$ined, e'ceed not.
2 Yea, of a truth, his magnitude sur%asseth the magnitude of earth, mid+air, and heaven.
Indra, a%%roved $# all men, self+res%lendent, a'ed in his home, loud+voiced and strong
for $attle.
1D Through his on strength Indra ith $olt of thunder cut %iece+meal ) tra, drier u% of
aters.
He let the floods go free, li:e cos im%risoned, for glor#, ith a heart inclined to $ount#.
11 The rivers %la#ed, through his im%etuous s%lendour, since ith his $olt he com%assed
them on all sides.
6sing his might and favouring him ho orshi%%ed, he made a ford, victorious, for
TurvEti.
1! )ast, ith thine am%le %oer, ith eager movement, against this ) tra cast th# $olt of
thunder.
1end thou his <oints, as of an o', dissevered, ith $olt o$liCue, that floods of rain ma#
follo.
1& 8ing ith ne lauds his e'%loits rought aforetime, the deeds of him, #ea, him ho
moveth siftl#,
"hen, hurling forth his ea%ons in the $attle, he ith im%etuous rath la#s lo the
foemen.
1( "hen he, #ea, he, comes forth the firm. 8et mountains and the hole heaven and
earth, trem$le for terror.
Ma# Nodhas, ever %raising the %rotection of that dear 7riend, gain Cuic:l# strength
heroic.
1* No unto him of these things hath $een given hat he ho rules alone o>er much,
electeth.
Indra hath hel%ed 5ta@a, 8oma+%resser, contending in the race of steeds ith 8Jr#a.
1, Thus to thee, Indra, #o:er of /a# Aoursers, the Gotamas have $rought their %ra#ers
to %lease thee.
/esto u%on them thought, dec:ed ith all $eaut#. Ma# he, enriched ith %ra#er, come
soon and earl#.
HYMN LIII. Indra.
1. LI;5 A giras a gladdening laud e %onder to him ho loveth song, e'ceeding might#.
Let us sing glor# to the far+famed Hero ho must $e %raised ith fair h#mns $# the
singer.
! 6nto the great $ring #e great adoration, a chant ith %raise to him e'ceeding might#,
Through hom our sires, A girases, singing %raises and :noing ell the %laces, found
the cattle.
& "hen Indra and the A girases desired it, 8aram4 found %rovision for her offs%ring.
/ has%ati cleft the mountain, found the cattle3 the heroes shouted ith the :ine in
trium%h.
( Mid shout, loud shout, and roar, ith the Navagvas, seven singers, hast thou,
heavenl#, rent the mountain=
Thou hast, ith s%eeders, ith 9a@agvas, Indra, Ga:ra, ith thunder rent o$structive
)ala.
* Praised $# A girases, thou, foe+destro#er, hast, ith the 9an, 8un, ra#s, dis%elled
the dar:ness.
Thou Indra, hast s%read out the earthBs high ridges, and firml# fi'ed the region under
heaven.
, This is the deed most orth# of all honour, the fairest marvel of the "onder+"or:er,
That, nigh here heaven $ends don, he made four rivers flo full ith aves that carr#
don seet ater.
- 6nearied, on ith lauding h#mns, he %arted of old the ancient Pair, united ever.
In highest s:# li:e /haga, he the doer of marvels set $oth 9ames and earth and heaven.
0 8till $orn afresh, #oung 9ames, each in her manner, unli:e in hue, the Pair in
alternation
1ound heaven and earth from ancient time have travelled, Night ith her dar: lim$s,
9an ith lim$s of s%lendour.
2 1ich in good actions, s:illed in o%eration, the 8on ith might maintains his %erfect
friendshi%.
Thou in the ra cos, $lac: of hue or rudd#, storest the ri%e mil: gloss# hite in colour.
1D Their %aths, of old connected, rest unin<ured= the# ith great might %reserve the
immortal statutes.
7or man# thousand hol# or:s the 8isters ait on the haught# Lord li:e ives and
matrons.
11 Thoughts ancient, see:ing ealth, ith adoration, ith neest lauds have s%ed to
thee, . Might#.
As #earning ives cleave to their #earning hus$and, so cleave our h#mns to thee, .
Lord most %otent.
1! 8trong God, the riches hich th# hands have holden from da#s of old have %erished
not nor asted.
8%lendid art thou, . Indra, ise, un$ending3 strengthen us ith might, . Lord of Poer.
1& . might# Indra, GotamaBs son Nodhas hath fashioned this ne %ra#er to thee
5ternal,
8ure leader, #o:er of the Tan# Aoursers. Ma# he, enriched ith %ra#er, come soon and
earl#.
YMN LIIII. Indra.
1. TH.6 art the Might# .ne= hen $orn, . Indra, ith %oer thou terrifiedst earth and
heaven=
"hen, in their fear of thee, all firm+set mountains and monstrous creatures shoo: li:e
dust $efore thee.
! "hen th# to andering /a#s thou draest hither, th# %raiser laid ithin thine arms
the thunder,
"hereith, . Much+invo:ed, in ill resistless, thou smitest foemen don and man# a
castle.
& 7aithful art thou, these thou defiest, Indra= thou art the $husB Lord, heroic, victor.
Thou, $# his side, for #oung and glorious ;utsa, ith steed and car in $attle sleest
Gu a,
( That, as a friend, thou furtheredst, . Indra, hen, Thunderer, strong in act, thou
crushedst ) tra=
"hen, Hero, thou, great+souled, ith eas# conCuest didst rend the 9as#us in their
distant delling.
* This doest thou, and art not harmed, . Indra, e>en in the anger of the strongest mortal.
La# thou the race+course o%en for our horses3 as ith a clu$, sla#, Thunder+armed? our
foemen.
, Hence men invo:e thee, Indra, in the tumult of $attle, in the light+$estoing conflict.
This aid of thine, . Godli:e .ne, as ever to $e im%lored in deeds of might in com$at.
- "arring for Puru:utsa thou, . Indra, Thunder+armed? $rea:est don the seven
castles=
5asil#, for 8ud4s, li:e grass didst rend them, and out of need, ;ing, $roughtest gain to
PJru.
0 . Indra, God ho movest round a$out us, feed us ith varied food %lenteous as ater
F
7ood hereithal, . Hero, thou $estoest vigour itself to flo to us for ever.
2 Pra#ers have $een made $# Gotamas, . Indra, addressed to thee, ith laud for th#
/a# Horses.
/ring us in no$le sha%e a$undant riches. Ma# he, enriched ith %ra#er, come soon and
earl#.
HYMN LII). Maruts.
1. /1ING for the manl# host, ise and ma<estical, . Nodhas, for the Maruts $ring thou a
%ure gift.
I dec: m# songs as one deft+handed, ise in mind %re%ares the ater that hath %oer in
solemn rites.
! The# s%ring to $irth, the loft# .nes, the /ulls of Heaven, divine, the #ouths of 1udra,
free from s%ot and stain=
The %urifiers, shining $rightl# even as suns, aful of form li:e giants, scattering rain+
dro%s don.
& Young 1udras, demon+sla#ers, never groing old, the# have a'ed, even as
mountains, irresisti$le.
The# ma:e all $eings trem$le ith their might# strength, even the ver# strongest, $oth of
earth and heaven.
( "ith glittering ornaments the# dec: them forth for sho= for $eaut# on their $reasts
the# $ind their chains of gold.
The lances on their shoulders %ound to %ieces= the# ere $orn together, of themselves,
the Men of Heaven.
* Loud roarers, giving strength, devourers of the foe, the# ma:e the inds, the# ma:e
the lightnings ith their %oers.
The restless sha:ers drain the udders of the s:#, and ever andering round fill the earth
full ith mil:.
, The $ounteous Maruts ith the fatness dro%%ing mil: fill full the aters hich avail in
solemn rites.
The# lead, as >tere, the 8trong Horse forth, that it ma# rain3 the# mil: the thundering,
the never+failing s%ring.
- Might#, ith ondrous %oer and marvellousl# $right, selfstrong li:e mountains, #e
glide siftl# on #our a#.
Li:e the ild ele%hants #e eat the forests u% hen #e assume #our strength among the
$right red flames.
0 5'ceeding ise the# roar li:e lions mightil#, the#, all+%ossessing, are $eauteous as
antelo%es=
8tirring the dar:ness ith lances and s%otted deer, com$ined as %riests, ith ser%entsB
fur# through their might.
2 Heroes ho march in com%anies, $efriending man, ith ser%entsB ire through strength,
#e greet the earth and heaven.
6%on the seats, . Maruts, of #our chariots, u%on the cars stands lightning visi$le as
light.
1D Lords of all riches, delling in the home of ealth, endoed ith might# vigour,
singers loud of voice,
Heroes, of %oers infinite, armed ith strong menBs rings, the archers, the# have laid the
arro on their arms.
11 The# ho ith golden fellies ma:e the rain increase drive forard the $ig clouds li:e
anderers on the a#.
8elf+moving, $ris:, unearied, the# o>erthro the firm= the Maruts ith $right lances
ma:e all things to reel.
1! The %rogen# of 1udra e invo:e ith %ra#er, the $ris:, the $right, the orshi%ful, the
active .nes
To the strong $and of Maruts cleave for ha%%iness, the chasers of the s:#, im%etuous,
vigorous.
1& Maruts, the man hom #e have guarded ith #our hel%, he veril# in strength
sur%asseth all man:ind.
8%oil ith his steeds he gaineth, treasure ith his men= he inneth honoura$le strength
and %ros%ereth.
1( . Maruts, to the orshi%%ers give glorious strength invinci$le in $attle, $rilliant,
$ringing ealth,
Praiseorth#, :non to all men. Ma# e foster ell, during a hundred inters, son and
%rogen#.
1* "ill #e then, . #e Maruts, grant us riches, dura$le, rich in men, def#ing onslaught.
A hundred, thousandfold, ever increasingM Ma# he, enriched ith %ra#er, come soon and
earl#.
HYMN LI). Agni.
1. .N5+MIN959, ise, the# trac:ed thee li:e a thief lur:ing in dar: cave ith a stolen
co3
Thee claiming orshi%, $earing it to Gods3 there nigh to thee sate all the Hol# .nes.
! The Gods a%%roached the a#s of hol# La= there as a gathering vast as heaven
itself.
The aters feed ith %raise the groing /a$e, $orn no$l# in the om$, the seat of La.
& Li:e grateful food, li:e some ide delling %lace, li:e a fruit+$earing hill, a holesome
stream.
Li:e a steed urged to run in sift career, rushing li:e 8indhu, ho ma# chec: his
courseM
( ;in as a $rother to his sister floods, he eats the oods as a ;ing eats the rich.
"hen through the forest, urged $# ind, he s%reads, veril# Agni shears the hair of earth.
* Li:e a san sitting in the floods he %ants isest in mind mid men he a:es at morn.
A 8age li:e 8oma, s%rung from La, he gre li:e some #oung creature, might#, shining
far.
HYMN LI)I. Agni.
1. LI;5 the 8unBs glance, li:e ealth of varied sort, li:e $reath hich is the life, li:e oneBs
on son,
Li:e a sift $ird, a co ho #ields her mil:, %ure and refulgent to the ood he s%eeds.
! He offers safet# li:e a %leasant home, li:e ri%ened corn, the AonCueror of men.
Li:e a 8eer lauding, famed among the fol:= li:e a steed friendl# he vouchsafes us %oer.
& "ith flame insatiate, li:e eternal might= caring for each one li:e a dame at home=
/right hen he shines forth, hitish mid the fol:, li:e a car, gold+dec:ed, thundering to
the fight.
( He stri:es ith terror li:e a dart shot forth, e>en li:e an archerBs arro ti%%ed ith
flame=
Master of %resent and of future life, the maidens> lover and the matrons> Lord.
* To him lead all #our a#s3 ma# e attain the :indled God as cos their home at eve.
He drives the flames $elo as floods their sell3 the ra#s rise u% to the fair %lace of
heaven.
HYMN LI)II. Agni.
1. )IAT.1I.68 in the ood, 7riend among men, ever he claims o$edience as a ;ing.
Gracious li:e %eace, $lessing li:e mental %oer, Priest as he, offering+$earer, full of
thought.
! He, $earing in his hand all manl# might, crouched in the cavern, struc: the Gods ith
fear.
Men filled ith understanding find him there, hen the# have sting %ra#ers formed ithin
their heart.
& He, li:e the 6n$orn, holds the $road earth u%= and ith effective utterance fi'ed the
s:#.
. Agni, guard the s%ots hich cattle love3 thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.
( "hoso hath :non him delling in his lair, and hath a%%roached the stream of hol#
La,F
The# ho release him, %a#ing sacred rites,Ftrul# to such doth he announce great
ealth.
* He ho gros mightil# in her$s, ithin each fruitful mother and each $a$e she $ears,
"ise, life of all men, in the aters> home,Ffor him have sages $uilt as >tere a seat.
HYMN LI)III. Agni.
1. A.MMINGLING, restless, he ascends the s:#, unveiling nights and all that stands or
moves,
As he the sole God is %reeminent in greatness among all these other Gods.
! All men are <o#ful in th# %oer, . God, that living from the dr# ood thou art $orn.
All trul# share th# Godhead hile the# :ee%, in their accustomed a#s, eternal La.
& 8trong is the thought of La, the LaBs $ehest= all or:s have the# %erformed= he
Cuic:ens all.
"hoso ill $ring o$lation, gifts to thee, to him, $ethin:ing thee, vouchsafe thou ealth.
( 8eated as Priest ith ManuBs %rogen#, of all these treasures he alone is Lord.
Men #earn for children to %rolong their line, and are not disa%%ointed in their ho%e.
* 5agerl# the# ho hear his ord fulfil his ish as sons o$e# their sireBs $ehest.
He, rich in food, un$ars his ealth li:e doors3 he, the House+7riend, hath dec:ed
heavenBs vault ith stars.
HYMN LIII. Agni.
1. /1IGHT, s%lendid, li:e 9anBs lover, he hath filled the to <oined orlds as ith the
light of heaven.
"hen $orn, ith might thou hast encom%assed them3 7ather of Gods, and #et their 8on
ast thou.
! Agni, the 8age, the hum$le, ho discerns li:e the coBs udder, the seet taste of food,
Li:e a $liss+giver to $e dran to men, sits gracious in the middle of the house.
& /orn in the delling li:e a lovel# son, %leased, li:e a strong steed, he $ears on the fol:.
"hat time the men and I, ith heroes, call, ma# Agni then gain all through Godli:e
%oer.
( None $rea:s these hol# las of thine hen thou hast granted audience to these
chieftains here.
This is th# $oast, thou smotest ith th# %eers, and <oined ith heroes dravest off
disgrace.
* Li:e the 9anBs lover, s%reading light, ell+:non as hued li:e morn, ma# he
remem$er me.
The#, $earing of themselves, un$ar the doors3 the# all ascend to the fair %lace of
heaven.
HYMN LII. Agni.
1. MAY e, the %ious, in much food $# %ra#er, ma# Agni ith fair light %ervade each
act,F
He the o$server of the heavenl# las of Gods, and of the race of mortal man.
! He ho is germ of aters, germ of oods, germ of all things that move not and that
move,F
To him even in the roc: and in the house3 Immortal .ne, he cares for all man:ind.
& Agni is Lord of riches for the man ho serves him readil# ith sacred songs.
Protect these $eings thou ith careful thought, :noing the races $oth of Gods and
men.
( "hom man# dans and nights, unli:e, ma:e strong, hom, $orn in La, all things that
move and stand,F
He hath $een on, Herald ho sits in light, ma:ing effectual all our hol# or:s.
* Thou settest value on our cos and oods3 all shall $ring tri$ute to us to the light.
Men have served thee in man# and sundr# s%ots, %arting, as >tere, an aged fatherBs
ealth.
, Li:e a $rave archer, li:e one s:illed and $old, a fierce avenger, so he shines in fight.
YMN LIII. Agni.
1. L.)ING the loving .ne, as ives their hus$and, the sisters of one home have urged
him forard,
/right+coloured, even, as the cos love morning, dar:, $rea:ing forth to vie, and redl#
$eaming.
! .ur sires ith lauds $urst e>en the firm+set fortress, #ea, the A girases, ith roar, the
mountain.
The# made for us a a# to reach high heaven, the# found us da#, light, da#Bs sign,
$eams of morning.
& The# sta$lished order, made his service fruitful= then %arting them among the longing
faithful,
Not thirsting after aught, the# come, most active, hile ith seet food the race of Gods
the# strengthen.
( 8ince M4tari@van, far+diffused, hath stirred him, and he in ever# house gron $right
and no$le,
He, /h gu+li:e I hath gone as his com%anion, as on commission to a greater 8ovran.
* "hen man %oured <uice to Heaven, the might# 7ather, he :ne and freed himself from
close em$racement.
The archer $oldl# shot at him his arro, and the God thre his s%lendour on his
9aughter.
, "hoso, hath flames for thee ithin his delling, or $rings the orshi% hich thou
lovest dail#,
9o thou of dou$le might increase his su$stance3 ma# he hom thou incitest meet ith
riches.
- All sacrificial viands ait on Agni as the 8even might# 1ivers see: the ocean.
Not $# our $rethren as our food discovered3 find ith the Gods care for us, thou ho
:noest.
0 "hen light hath filled the Lord of men for increase, straight from the heaven descends
the lim%id moisture.
Agni hath $rought to light and filled ith s%irit the #outhful host $lameless and ell
%roviding.
2 He ho li:e thought goes siftl# on his <ourne#, the 8un, alone is ever Lord of riches.
The ;ings ith fair hands, )aru a and Mitra, %rotect the %recious nectar in our cattle.
1D . Agni, $rea: not our ancestral friendshi%, 8age as thou art, endoed ith dee%est
:noledge.
.ld age, li:e gathering cloud, im%airs the $od#3 $efore that evil $e come nigh %rotect me.
HYMN LIIII. Agni.
1. TH.6GH holding man# gifts for men, he hum$leth the higher %oers of each ise
ordainer.
Agni is no the treasure+lord of treasures, for ever granting all immortal $ounties.
! The Gods infalli$le all searching found not him, the dear /a$e ho still is round a$out
us.
"orn ear#, folloing his trac:, devoted, the# reached the lovel# highest home of Agni.
& /ecause ith hol# oil the %ure .nes, Agni, served thee the ver# %ure three autumn
seasons,
Therefore the# on them hol# names for orshi%, and no$l# $orn the# dignified their
$odies.
( Ma:ing them :non to s%acious earth and heaven, the hol# .nes revealed the %oers
of 1udra.
The mortal $and, discerning in the distance, found Agni standing in the loftiest station.
* Nigh the# a%%roached, one+minded, ith their s%ouses, :neeling to him adora$le %aid
orshi%.
7riend finding in his on friendBs e#e %rotection, the# made their on the $odies hich
the# chastened.
, 8oon as the hol# $eings had discovered the thrice+seven m#stic things contained
ithin thee,
"ith these, one+minded, the# %reserve the Am ta3 guard thou the life of all their %lants
and cattle.
- Thou, Agni, :noer of menBs or:s, hast sent us good food in constant course for our
su$sistence3
Thou dee%l# s:illed in %aths of Gods $ecamest an envo# never earied, offering+$earer.
0 ;noing the La, the seven strong floods from heaven, full of good thought, discerned
the doors of riches.
8aram4 found the cattleBs firm+$uilt %rison here$# the race of man is still su%%orted.
2 The# ho a%%roached all no$le o%erations ma:ing a %ath that leads to life immortal,
To $e the /irdBs su%%ort, the s%acious mother, Aditi, and her great 8ons stood in %oer.
1D "hen Gods immortal made $oth e#es of heaven, the# gave to him the gift of
$eauteous glor#.
No the# flo forth li:e rivers set in motion3 the# :ne the 1ed 8teeds coming don, .
Agni.
HYMN LIIIII. Agni.
1. H5 ho gives food, li:e %atrimonial riches and guides aright li:e some ise manBs
instruction,
Loved li:e a guest ho lies in %leasant lodging,Fma# he, as Priest, %ros%er his
servantBs delling.
! He ho li:e 8avitar the God, true+minded %rotecteth ith his %oer. all acts of vigour,
Truthful, li:e s%lendour, glorified $# man#, li:e $reath <o#+giving,Fall must strive to in
him.
& He ho on earth dells li:e a :ing surrounded $# faithful friends, li:e a God all+
sustaining,
Li:e heroes ho %reside, ho sit in safet#3 li:e as a $lameless dame dear to her
hus$and.
( Thee, such, in settlements secure, . Agni, our men serve ever :indled in each
delling.
.n him have the# laid s%lendour in a$undance3 dear to all men, $earer $e he of riches.
* Ma# th# rich orshi%%ers in food, . Agni, and %rinces gain long life ho $ring
o$lation.
Ma# e get $oot# from our foe in $attle, %resenting to the Gods their share for glor#.
, The cos of hol# la, sent us $# Heaven, have selled ith laden udders, loudl#
loing=
8oliciting his favour, from a distance the rivers to the roc: have floed together.
- Agni, ith thee, soliciting th# favour, the hol# .nes have gained glor# in heaven.
The# made the Night and 9an of different colours, and set the $lac: and %ur%le hues
together.
0 Ma# e and those ho orshi% $e the mortals hom thou, . Agni, leadest on to
riches.
Thou hast filled earth and heaven and airBs mid+region, and folloest the hole orld li:e
a shado.
2 Aided $# thee, . Agni, ma# e conCuer steeds ith steeds, men ith men, heroes
ith heroes,
Lords of the ealth transmitted $# our fathers3 and ma# our %rinces live a hundred
inters.
1D Ma# these our h#mns of %raise, Agni, .rdainer, $e %leasant to thee in th# heart and
s%irit.
Ma# e have %oer to hold th# steeds of riches, la#ing on thee the God+sent gift of
glor#.
HYMN LIII). Agni.
1. As forth to sacrifice e go, a h#mn to a h#mn let us sa#,
"ho hears us even hen afar=
! "ho, from of old, in carnage, hen the %eo%le gathered, hath %reserved
His household for the orshi%%er.
& And let men sa#, Agni is $orn, e>en he ho sla#eth ) tra, he
"ho inneth ealth in ever# fight.
( Him in hose house an envo# thou lovest to taste his offered gifts,
And strengthenest his sacrifice,
* Him, A giras, thou 8on of 8trength, all men call ha%%# in his God,
His offerings, and his sacred grass.
, Hitherard shalt thou $ring these Gods to our laudation and to taste.
These offered gifts, fair+shining .ne.
- "hen, Agni, on thine em$assage thou goest not a sound is heard of steed or straining
of th# car.
0 Aided $# thee unin<ured, strong, one after other, goes he forth3
Agni, the offerer forard ste%s.
2 And s%lendid strength, heroic, high, Agni, thou grantest from the Gods,
Thou God, to him ho offers gifts.
HYMN LII). Agni.
1. AAA5PT our loudest+sounding h#mn, food most delightful to the Gods,
Pouring our offerings in th# mouth.
! No, Agni, ill e sa# to thee, . isest and $est A giras,
.ur %recious, much+availing %ra#er.
& "ho, Agni, is th# :in, of menM ho is th# orth# orshi%%erM
.n hom de%endentM ho art thouM
( The :insman, Agni, of man:ind, their ell $eloved 7riend art thou,
A 7riend hom friends ma# su%%licate.
* /ring to us Mitra, )aru a, $ring the Gods to might# sacrifice.
/ring them, . Agni, to thine home.
HYMN LII)I. Agni.
1. Ho ma# the mind dra nigh to %lease thee, AgniM "hat h#mn of %raise shall $ring us
greatest $lessingM
.r ho hath gained th# %oer $# sacrificesM or ith hat mind shall e $ring thee
o$lationsM
! Aome hither, Agni= sit thee don as Hotar= $e thou ho never ast deceived our
leader.
Ma# Heaven and 5arth, the all+%ervading, love thee3 orshi% the Gods to in for us their
favour.
& /urn thou u% all the 14: asas, . Agni= ard thou off curses from our sacrifices.
/ring hither ith his /a#s the Lord of 8oma3 here is glad elcome for the /ounteous
Giver.
( Thou Priest ith li% and voice that $ring us children hast $een invo:ed. Here ith the
Gods $e seated.
Thine is the tas: of Aleanser and Presenter3 a:en us, "ealth+$estoer and Producer.
* As ith o$lations of the %riestl# Manus thou orshi%%edst the Gods, a 8age ith
sages,
8o no, . truthfullest Invo:er Agni, orshi% this da# ith <o#+$estoing ladle.
HYMN LII)II. Agni.
1. Ho shall e %a# o$lation unto AgniM "hat h#mn, Godloved, is said to him refulgentM
"ho, deathless, true to La, mid men a herald, $ringeth the Gods as $est of sacrificersM
! /ring him ith reverence hither, most %ro%itious in sacrifices, true to La, the herald=
7or Agni, hen he see:s the Gods for mortals, :nos them full ell and orshi%s them
in s%irit.
& 7or he is mental %oer, a man, and %erfect= he is the $ringer, friend+li:e, of the
ondrous.
The %ious Kr#an tri$es at sacrifices address them first to him ho doeth marvels.
( Ma# Agni, foe+destro#er, manliest Hero, acce%t ith love our h#mns and our devotion.
8o ma# the li$eral lords hose strength is strongest, urged $# their riches, stir our
thoughts ith vigour.
* Thus Agni L4tavedas, true to .rder, hath $# the %riestl# Gotamas $een lauded.
Ma# he augment in them s%lendour and vigour3 o$servant, as he lists, he gathers
increase.
HYMN LII)III. Agni.
1. . LKTA)59A8, :een and sift, e Gotamas ith sacred song e'alt thee for th#
gloriesB sa:e.
! Thee, as thou art, desiring ealth Gotama orshi%s ith his song3
"e laud thee for th# gloriesB sa:e.
& As such, li:e A giras e call on thee $est inner of the s%oil3
"e laud thee for th# gloriesB sa:e.
( Thee, $est of ) tra+sla#ers, thee ho sha:est off our 9as#u foes3
"e laud thee for th# gloriesB sa:e.
* A %leasant song to Agni e, sons of 1ahJga a, have sung3
"e laud thee for th# gloriesB sa:e.
YMN LIIII. Agni.
1. H5 in mid+airBs e'%anse hath golden tresses= a raging ser%ent, li:e the rushing
tem%est3
Purel# refulgent, :noing ell the morning= li:e honoura$le dames, true, active or:ers.
! Th# ell+inged flashes strengthen in their manner, hen the $lac: /ull hath $elloed
round a$out us.
"ith dro%s that $less and seem to smile he cometh3 the aters fall, the clouds utter their
thunder.
& "hen he comes streaming ith the mil: of orshi%, conducting $# directest %aths of
.rder
Ar#aman, Mitra, )aru a, Pari<man fill the hide full here lies the nether %ress+stone.
( . Agni, thou ho art the lord of ealth in :ine, thou 8on of 8trength,
)ouchsafe to us, . L4tavedas, high renon.
* He, Agni, :indled, good and ise, must $e e'alted in our song3
8hine, thou of man# forms, shine radiantl# on us.
, . Agni, shining of th#self $# night and hen the morning $rea:s,
/urn, thou hose teeth are shar%, against the 14: asas.
- Adora$le in all our rites, favour us, Agni, ith thine aid,
"hen the great h#mn is chanted forth.
0 /ring to us ever+conCuering ealth, ealth, Agni, orth# of our choice,
In all our fra#s invinci$le.
2 Give us, . Agni, through th# grace ealth that su%%orteth all our life,
Th# favour so that e ma# live.
1D . Gotama, desiring $liss %resent th# songs com%osed ith care
To Agni of the %ointed flames.
11 Ma# the man fall, . Agni, ho near or afar assaileth us3
9o thou increase and %ros%er us.
1! ;een and sift Agni, thousand+e#ed, chaseth the 14: asas afar3
He singeth, herald meet for lauds.
HYMN LIII. Indra.
1. TH68 in the 8oma, in ild <o# the /rahman hath e'alted thee3
Thou, mightiest thunder+armed, hast driven $# force the 9ragon from the earth, lauding
thine on im%erial sa#.
! The might# floing 8oma+draught, $rought $# the Ha:, hath gladdened thee,
That in th# strength, . Thunderer, thou hast struc: don ) tra from the floods, lauding
thine on im%erial sa#.
& Go forard, meet the foe, $e $old= th# $olt of thunder is not chec:ed.
Manliness, Indra, is th# might3 sta# ) tra, ma:e the aters thine, lauding thine on
im%erial sa#.
( Thou smotest ) tra from the earth, smotest him, Indra, from the s:#.
Let these life+fostering aters flo attended $# the Marut host, lauding thine on
im%erial sa#.
* The rathful Indra ith his $olt of thunder rushing on the foe,
8mote fierce on trem$ling ) traBs $ac:, and loosed the aters free to run, lauding his
on im%erial sa#.
, "ith hundred+<ointed thunder$olt Indra hath struc: him on the $ac:,
And, hile re<oicing in the <uice, see:eth %ros%erit# for friends, lauding his on im%erial
sa#.
- Indra, unconCuered might is thine, Thunderer, Aaster of the 8tone=
7or thou ith th# sur%assing %oer smotest to death the guileful $east, lauding thine
on im%erial sa#.
0 7ar over ninet# s%acious floods th# thunder$olts ere cast a$road3
Great, Indra, is th# hero might, and strength is seated in thine arms, lauding thine on
im%erial sa#.
2 Laud him a thousand all at once, shout tent# forth the h#mn of %raise.
Hundreds have sung aloud to him, to Indra hath the %ra#er $een raised, lauding his on
im%erial sa#.
1D Indra hath smitten don the %oer of ) tra,Fmight ith stronger might.
This as his manl# e'%loit, he sle ) tra and let loose the floods, lauding his on
im%erial sa#.
11 Yea, even this great Pair of "orlds trem$led in terror at th# rath,
"hen, Indra, Thunderer, Marut+girt, thou sleest ) tra in th# strength, lauding thine on
im%erial sa#.
1! /ut ) tra scared not Indra ith his sha:ing or his thunder roar.
.n him that iron thunder$olt fell fiercel# ith its thousand %oints, lauding his on
im%erial sa#.
1& "hen ith the thunder thou didst ma:e th# dart and ) tra meet in ar,
Th# might, . Indra, fain to sla# the 9ragon, as set firm in heaven, lauding thine on
im%erial sa#.
1( "hen at th# shout, . Thunder+armed, each thing $oth fi'ed and moving shoo:,
5>en Tva ar trem$led at th# rath and Cua:ed ith fear $ecause of thee, lauding thine
on im%erial sa#.
1* There is not, in our :noledge, one ho %asseth Indra in his strength3
In him the 9eities have stored manliness, insight, %oer and might, lauding his on
im%erial sa#.
1, 8till as of old, hatever rite Atharvan, Manus sire of all,
9adh#ach %erformed, their %ra#er and %raise united in that Indra meet, lauding his on
im%erial sa#.
HYMN LIIII. Indra.
1. TH5 men have lifted Indra u%, the ) tra sla#er, to <o# and strength3
Him, veril#, e invocate in $attles hether great or small3 $e he our aid in deeds of
might.
! Thou, Hero, art a arrior, thou art giver of a$undant s%oil.
8trengthening e>en the fee$le, thou aidest the sacrificer, thou givest the offerer am%le
ealth.
& "hen ar and $attles are on foot, $oot# is laid $efore the $old.
Yo:e thou th# ildl#+rushing /a#s. "hom ilt thou sla# and hom enrichM 9o thou, .
Indra, ma:e us rich.
( Might# through isdom, as he lists, terri$le, he hath a'ed in strength.
Lord of /a# 8teeds, strong+<aed, su$lime, he in <oined hands for glor#Bs sa:e hath
gras%ed his iron thunder$olt.
* He filled the earthl# atmos%here and %ressed against the lights in heaven.
None li:e thee ever hath $een $orn, none, Indra, ill $e $orn li:e thee. Thou hast a'ed
might# over all.
, Ma# he ho to the offerer gives the foemanBs man+sustaining food,
Ma# Indra lend his aid to us. 9eal forthFa$undant is th# ealthFthat in th# $ount# I
ma# share.
- He, righteous+hearted, at each time of ra%ture gives us herds of :ine.
Gather in $oth th# hands for us treasures of man# hundred sorts. 8har%en thou us, and
$ring us ealth.
0 1efresh thee, Hero, ith the <uice out%oured for $ount# and for strength.
"e :no thee Lord of am%le store, to thee have sent our heartsB desires3 $e therefore
our Protector thou.
2 These %eo%le, Indra, :ee% for thee all that is orth# of th# choice.
9iscover thou, as Lord, the ealth of men ho offer u% no gifts3 $ring thou to us this
ealth of theirs.
HYMN LIIIII. Indra.
1. G1AAI.68LY listen to our songs, Maghavan, $e not negligent.
As thou hast made us full of <o# and lettest us solicit thee, no, Indra, #o:e th# to /a#
8teeds.
! "ell have the# eaten and re<oiced= the friends have risen and %assed aa#.
The sages luminous in themselves have. %raised thee ith their latest h#mn. No, Indra,
#o:e th# to /a# 8teeds.
& Maghavan, e ill reverence thee ho art so fair to loo: u%on.
Thus %raised, according to our ish come no ith richl# laden car. No, Indra, #o:e th#
to /a# 8teeds.
( He ill in ver# truth ascend the %oerful car that finds the :ine,
"ho thin:s u%on the ell+filled $ol, the Tan# AoursersB harnesser. No, Indra, #o:e
th# to /a# 8teeds.
* Let, Lord of Hundred Poers, th# 8teeds $e harnessed on the right and left.
Thereith in ra%ture of the <uice, dra near to th# $eloved 8%ouse. No, Indra, #o:e th#
to /a# 8teeds.
, "ith hol# %ra#er I #o:e th# long+maned %air of /a#s3 come hitherard= thou holdest
them in $oth th# hands.
The stirring draughts of <uice out%oured have made thee glad3 thou, Thunderer, hast
re<oiced ith PJ an and th# 8%ouse.
HYMN LIIIIII. Indra.
1. IN91A, the mortal man ell guarded $# thine aid goes foremost in the ealth of
horses and of :ine.
"ith am%lest ealth thou fillest him, as round a$out the aters clearl# seen afar fill
8indhu full.
! The heavenl# "aters come not nigh the %riestl# $ol3 the# $ut loo: don and see ho
far mid+air is s%read3
The 9eities conduct the %ious man to them3 li:e suitors the# delight in him ho loveth
%ra#er.
& Praiseorth# $lessing hast thou laid u%on the %air ho ith u%lifted ladle serve thee,
man and ife.
6nchec:ed he dells and %ros%ers in th# la3 th# %oer $rings $lessing to the sacrificer
%ouring gifts.
( 7irst the A girases on themselves vital %oer, hose fires ere :indled through
good deeds and sacrifice.
The men together found the Pa iBs hoarded ealth, the cattle, and the ealth in horses
and in :ine.
* Atharvan first $# sacrifices laid the %aths then, guardian of the La, s%rang u% the
loving 8un.
6@an4 ;4v#a straighta# hither drove the :ine. Let us ith offerings honour YamaBs
deathless $irth.
, "hen sacred grass is trimmed to aid the aus%icious or:, or the h#mn ma:es its voice
of %raise sound to the s:#.
"here the stone rings as >tere a singer s:illed in laud,FIndra in truth delights hen
these come near to him.
HYMN LIIII). Indra.
1. The 8oma hath $een %ressed for thee, . Indra= mightiest, $old .ne, come.
Ma# Indra+vigour fill thee full, as the 8un fills mid+air ith ra#s.
! His %air of Tan# Aoursers $ring Indra of unresisted might
Hither to is> songs of %raise and sacrifice %erformed $# men.
& 8la#er of ) tra, mount th# car= th# /a# 8teeds have $een #o:ed $# %ra#er.
Ma#, ith its voice, the %ressing+stone dra thine attention hitherard.
( This %oured li$ation, Indra, drin:, immortal, gladdening, e'cellent.
8treams of the $right have floed to thee here at the seat of hol# La.
* 8ing glor# no to Indra, sa# to him #our solemn eulogies.
The dro%s %oured forth have made him glad3 %a# reverence to his might su%reme.
, "hen, Indra, thou dost #o:e th# 8teeds, there is no $etter charioteer3
None hath sur%assed thee in th# might, none ith good steeds o>erta:en thee.
- He ho alone $estoeth on mortal man ho offereth gifts,
The ruler of resistless %oer, is Indra, sure.
0 "hen ill he tram%le, li:e a eed, the man ho hath no gift for himM
"hen, veril#, ill Indra hear our songs of %raiseM
2 He ho ith 8oma <uice %re%ared amid the man# honours thee,F
)eril# Indra gains there$# tremendous might.
1D The <uice of 8oma thus diffused, seet to the taste, the $right cos drin:,
"ho for the sa:e of s%lendour close to might# IndraBs side re<oice, good in their on
su%remac#.
11 Araving his touch the da%%led :ine mingle the 8oma ith their mil:.
The milch+:ine dear to Indra send forth his death+dealing thunder$olt, good in their on
su%remac#.
1! "ith veneration, %assing ise, honouring his victorious might,
The# follo close his man# las to in them due %reeminence, good in their
on su%remac#.
1& "ith $ones of 9adh#ach for his arms, Indra, resistless in attac:,
8truc: nine+and+ninet# ) tras dead.
1( He, searching for the horseBs head, removed among the mountains, found
At Gar#a 4v4n hat he sought.
1* Then veril# the# recogniNed the essential form of Tva arBs /ull,
Here in the mansion of the Moon.
1, "ho #o:es to+da# unto the %ole of .rder the strong and %assionate steers of
chec:less s%irit,
"ith shaft+armed mouths, heart+%iercing, health+$estoingM
Long shall he live ho richl# %a#s their service.
1- "ho fleeth forthM ho sufferethM ho fearethM "ho :noeth Indra %resent, Indra
near usM
"ho sendeth $enediction on his offs%ring, his household, ealth and %erson, and the
Peo%leM
10 "ho ith %oured oil and offering honours Agni, ith ladle orshi%s at a%%ointed
seasonsM
To hom to the Gods $ring o$lation Cuic:l#M "hat offerer, God+favoured, :nos him
thoroughl#M
12 Thou as a God, . Mightiest, veril# $lessest mortal man.
. Maghavan, there is no comforter $ut thou3 Indra, I s%ea: m# ords to thee.
!D Let not th# $ounteous gifts, let not th# saving hel% fail us, good Lord, at an# time=
And measure out to us, thou lover of man:ind, all riches hitherard from men.
HYMN LIII). Maruts.
1. TH5Y ho are glancing forth, li:e omen, on their a#, doers of might# deeds, sift
racers, 1udraBs 8ons,
The Maruts have made heaven and earth increase and gro3 in sacrifices the# delight,
the strong and ild.
! Gron to their %erfect strength greatness have the# attained= the 1udras have
esta$lished their a$ode in heaven.
8inging their song of %raise and generating might, the# have %ut glor# on, the 8ons
hom P @ni $are.
& "hen, Ahildren of the Ao, the# shine in $right attire, and on their fair lim$s la# their
golden ornaments,
The# drive aa# each adversar# from their %ath, and, folloing their traces, fatness
floeth don,
( "hen, might# "arriors, #e ho glitter ith #our s%ears, o>erthroing ith #our strength
e>en hat is ne>er o>erthron,
"hen, . #e Maruts, #e the host that send the rain, had harnessed to #our cars the
thought+fleet s%otted deer.
* "hen #e have harnessed to #our cars the s%otted deer, urging the thunder$olt, .
Maruts, to the fra#,
7orth rush the torrents of the dar: red storm# cloud, and moisten, li:e a s:in, the earth
ith ater+floods.
, Let #our sift+gliding coursers $ear #ou hitherard ith their fleet %inions. Aome #e
forard ith #our arms.
8it on the grass= a ide seat hath $een made for #ou3 delight #ourselves, . Maruts, in
the %leasant food.
- 8trong in their native strength to greatness have the# gron, ste%%ed to the firmament
and made their delling ide.
"hen )i u saved the 8oma $ringing ild delight, the Maruts sate li:e $irds on their
dear hol# grass.
0 In sooth li:e heroes fain for fight the# rush a$out, li:e com$atants fame+see:ing have
the# striven in ar.
/efore the Maruts ever# creature is afraid3 the men are li:e to ;ings, terri$le to $ehold.
2 "hen Tva ar deft of hand had turned the thunder$olt, golden, ith thousand edges,
fashioned more s:ilfull#,
Indra received it to %erform heroic deeds. ) tra he sle, and forced the flood of ater
forth.
1D The# ith their vigorous strength %ushed the ell u% on high, and clove the cloud in
tain though it as %assing strong.
The Maruts, $ounteous Givers, sending forth their voice, in the ild <o# of 8oma rought
their glorious deeds.
11 The# drave the cloud transverse directed hitherard, and %oured the fountain forth
for thirsting Gotama.
8hining ith varied light the# come to him ith hel%3 the# ith their might fulfilled the
longing of the sage.
1! The shelters hich #e have for him ho lauds #ou, $esto them threefold on the man
ho offers.
5'tend the same $oons unto us, #e Maruts. Give us, . Heroes, ealth ith no$le
offs%ring.
HYMN LIII)I. Maruts.
1. TH5 $est of guardians hath that man ithin hose delling %lace #e drin:,
. Maruts, giants of the s:#.
! Honoured ith sacrifice or ith the orshi% of the sages> h#mns,
. Maruts, listen to the call.
& Yea, the strong man to hom #e have vouchsafed to give a sage, shall move
Into a sta$le rich in :ine.
( 6%on this heroBs sacred grass 8oma is %oured in dail# rites3
Praise and delight are sung aloud.
* Let the strong Maruts hear him, him sur%assing all men3 strength $e his
That reaches even to the 8un.
, 7or, through the sift Gods> loving hel%, in man# an autumn, Maruts, e
Have offered u% our sacrifice.
- 7ortunate shall that mortal $e, . Maruts most adora$le,
"hose offerings #e $ear aa#.
0 . Heroes trul# strong, #e :no the toil of him ho sings #our %raise,
The heartBs desire of him ho loves.
2 . #e of true strength, ma:e this thing manifest $# #our greatness3 stri:e
The demon ith #our thunder$olt.
1D Aonceal the horrid dar:ness, drive far from us each devouring fiend.
Areate the light for hich e long.
HYMN LIII)II. Maruts.
1. L.69 8ingers, never hum$led, active, full of strength, immova$le, im%etuous,
manliest, $est+$eloved,
The# have dis%la#ed themselves ith glittering ornaments, a fe in num$er onl#, li:e the
heavens ith stars.
! "hen, Maruts, on the stee%s #e %ile the moving cloud, #e are li:e $irds on hatsoever
%ath it $e.
Alouds ever#here shed forth the rain u%on #our cars. 9ro% fatness, hone#+hued, for
him ho sings #our %raise.
& 5arth at their racings trem$les as if ea: and orn, hen on their a#s the# #o:e their
cars for victor#.
The#, s%ortive, loudl# roaring, armed ith glittering s%ears, sha:ers of all, themselves
admire their mightiness.
( 8elf+moving is that #outhful $and, ith s%otted steeds= thus it hath lordl# sa#, endued
ith %oer and might.
Truthful art thou, and $lameless, searcher out of sin3 so thou, 8trong Host, ilt $e
%rotector of this %ra#er.
* "e s%ea: $# our descent from our %rimeval 8ire= our tongue, hen e $ehold the
8oma, stirs itself.
"hen, shouting, the# had <oined Indra in toil of fight, then onl# the# o$tained their
sacrificial names.
, 8%lendours the# gained for glor#, the# ho ear $right rings= ra#s the# o$tained, and
men to cele$rate their %raise.
Armed ith their sords, im%etuous and fearing naught, the# have %ossessed the
Maruts> on $eloved home.
HYMN LIII)III. Maruts.
1. A.M5 hither, Maruts, on #our lightning laden cars, sounding ith seet songs, armed
ith lances, inged ith steeds.
7l# unto us ith no$lest food, li:e $irds, . #e of might# %oer.
! "ith their red+hued or, ha%l#, tan# coursers hich s%eed their chariots on, the# come
for glor#.
/rilliant li:e gold is he ho holds the thunder. 5arth have the# smitten ith the chariotBs
fell#.
& 7or $eaut# #e have sords u%on #our $odies. As the# stir oods so ma# the# stir our
s%irits.
7or #our sa:e, . #e Maruts ver# might# and ell+$orn, have the# set the stone, in
motion.
( The da#s ent round #ou and came $ac: . #earners, $ac:, to this %ra#er and to this
solemn orshi%.
The Gotamas ma:ing their %ra#er ith singing have %ushed the ellBs lid u% to drin: the
ater.
* No h#mn a# ever :non li:e this aforetime hich Gotama sang forth for #ou, .
Maruts,
"hat time u%on #our golden heels he sa #ou, ild $oars rushing a$out ith tus:s of
iron.
, To #ou this freshening draught of 8oma rusheth, . Maruts, li:e the voice of one ho
%ra#eth.
It rusheth freel# from our hands as these li$ations ont to flo.
HYMN LIIIII. )i@vedevas.
1. MAY %oers aus%icious come to us from ever# side, never deceived, unhindered, and
victorious,
That the Gods ever ma# $e ith us for our gain, our guardians da# $# da# unceasing in
their care.
! Ma# the aus%icious favour of the Gods $e ours, on us descend the $ount# of the
righteous Gods.
The friendshi% of the Gods have e devoutl# sought3 so ma# the Gods e'tend our life
that e ma# live.
& "e call them hither ith a h#mn of olden time, /haga, the friendl# 9a: a, Mitra, Aditi,
Ar#aman, )aru a, 8oma, the A@vins. Ma# 8arasvatE, aus%icious, grant felicit#.
( Ma# the "ind aft to us that %leasant medicine, ma# 5arth our Mother give it, and our
7ather Heaven,
And the <o#+giving stones that %ress the 8omaBs <uice. A@vins, ma# #e, for hom our
s%irits long, hear this.
* Him e invo:e for aid ho reigns su%reme, the Lord of all that stands or moves,
ins%irer of the soul,
That PJ an ma# %romote the increase of our ealth, our :ee%er and our guard infalli$le
for our good.
, Illustrious far and ide, ma# Indra %ros%er us3 ma# PJ an %ros%er us, the Master of all
ealth.
Ma# T4r: #a ith unin<ured fellies %ros%er us3 / has%ati vouchsafe to us %ros%erit#.
- The Maruts, 8ons of P @ni, $orne $# s%otted steeds, moving in glor#, oft visiting hol#
rites,
8ages hose tongue is Agni, $rilliant as the 8un,Fhither let all the Gods for our
%rotection come.
0 Gods, ma# e ith our ears listen to hat is good, and ith our e#es see hat is
good, #e Hol# .nes.
"ith lim$s and $odies firm ma# e e'tolling #ou attain the term of life a%%ointed $# the
Gods.
2 A hundred autumns stand $efore us, . #e Gods, ithin hose s%ace #e $ring our
$odies to deca#=
"ithin hose s%ace our sons $ecome fathers in turn. /rea: #e not in the midst our
course of fleeting life.
1D Aditi is the heaven, Aditi is mid+air, Aditi is the Mother and the 8ire and 8on.
Aditi is all Gods, Aditi five+classed men, Aditi all that hath $een $orn and shall $e $orn.
HYMN IA. )i@vedevas.
1. MAY )aru a ith guidance straight, and Mitra lead us, he ho :nos,
And Ar#aman in accord ith Gods.
! 7or the# are dealers forth of ealth, and, not deluded, ith their might
Guard evermore the hol# las.
& 8helter ma# the# vouchsafe to us, Immortal Gods to mortal men,
Ahasing our enemies aa#.
( Ma# the# mar: out our %aths to $liss, Indra, the Maruts, PJ an,
and /haga, the Gods to $e adored.
* Yea, PJ an, )i u, #e ho run #our course, enrich our h#mns ith :ine=
/less us ith all %ros%erit#.
, The inds aft seets, the rivers %our seets for the man ho :ee%s the La
8o ma# the %lants $e seet for us.
- 8eet $e the night and seet the dans, seet the terrestrial atmos%here=
8eet $e our 7ather Heaven to us.
0 Ma# the tall tree $e full of seets for us, and full of seets the 8un3
Ma# our milch+:ine $e seet for us.
2 /e Mitra gracious unto us, and )aru a and Ar#aman3
Indra, / has%ati $e :ind, and )i u of the might# stride.
HYMN IAI. 8oma.
1. Thou, 8oma, art %reeminent for isdom= along the straightest %ath thou art our leader.
.ur ise forefathers $# th# guidance, Indu, dealt out among the Gods their share of
treasure.
! Thou $# thine insight art most ise, . 8oma, strong $# thine energies and all
%ossessing,
Might# art thou $# all th# %oers and greatness, $# glories art thou glorious, guide of
mortals.
& Thine are ;ing )aru aBs eternal statutes, loft# and dee%, . 8oma, is th# glor#.
All+%ure art thou li:e Mitra the $eloved, adora$le, li:e Ar#aman, . 8oma.
( "ith all th# glories on the earth, in heaven, on mountains, in the %lants, and in the
aters,F
"ith all of these, ell+%leased and not in anger, acce%t, . ro#al 8oma, our o$lations.
* Thou, 8oma, art the Lord of heroes, ;ing, #ea, ) tra+sla#er thou3
Thou art aus%icious energ#.
, And, 8oma, let it $e th# ish that e ma# live and ma# not die3
Praise+loving Lord of %lants art thou.
- To him ho :ee%s the la, $oth old and #oung, thou givest ha%%iness,
And energ# that he ma# live.
0 Guard us, ;ing 8oma, on all sides from him ho threatens us3 never let
The friend of one li:e thee $e harmed.
2 "ith those delightful aids hich thou hast, 8oma, for the orshi%%er,F
5ven ith those %rotect thou us.
1D Acce%ting this our sacrifice and this our %raise, . 8oma, come,
And $e thou nigh to %ros%er us.
11 "ell+s:illed in s%eech e magnif# thee, 8oma, ith our sacred songs3
Aome thou to us, most gracious .ne.
1! 5nricher, healer of disease, ealth+finder, %ros%ering our store,
/e, 8oma, a good 7riend to us.
1& 8oma, $e ha%%# in our heart, as milch+:ine in the grass# meads,
As a #oung man in his on house.
1( . 8oma, God, the mortal man ho in th# friendshi% hath delight,
Him doth the might# 8age $efriend.
1* 8ave us from slanderous re%roach, :ee% us., . 8oma, from distress3
/e unto us a gracious 7riend.
1, 8oma, a' great. 7rom ever# side ma# vigorous %oers unite in thee3
/e in the gathering+%lace of strength.
1- "a', . most gladdening 8oma, great through all th# ra#s of light, and $e
A 7riend of most illustrious fame to %ros%er us.
1, In thee $e <uic# nutriments united, and %oers and might# foe+su$duing vigour,
"a'ing to immortalit#, . 8oma3 in highest glories for th#self in heaven.
12 8uch of th# glories as ith %oured o$lations men honour, ma# the# all invest our
orshi%.
"ealth+giver, furtherer ith troo%s of heroes, s%aring the $rave, come, 8oma, to our
houses.
!D To him ho orshi%s 8oma gives the milch+co, a fleet steed and a man of active
:noledge,
8:illed in home duties, meet for hol# s#nod, for council meet, a glor# to his father.
!1 Invinci$le in fight, saver in $attles, guard of our cam%, inner of light and ater,
/orn amid h#mns, ell+housed, e'ceeding famous, victor, in thee ill e re<oice, .
8oma.
!! These her$s, these milch+:ine, and these running aters, all these, . 8oma, thou
hast generated.
The s%acious firmament hast thou e'%anded, and ith the light thou hast dis%elled the
dar:ness.
!& 9o thou, God 8oma, ith th# Godli:e s%irit, victorious, in for us a share of riches.
Let none %revent thee3 thou art Lord of valour. Provide for $oth sides in the fra# for
$oot#.
HYMN IAII. 9an.
1. TH585 9ans have raised their $anner= in the eastern half of the mid+air the# s%read
a$road their shining light.
Li:e heroes ho %re%are their ea%ons for the ar, onard the# come $right red in hue,
the Mother Aos.
! 1eadil# have the %ur%le $eams of light shot u%= the 1ed Aos have the# harnessed,
eas# to $e #o:ed.
The 9ans have $rought distinct %erce%tion as $efore3 red+hued, the# have attained
their fulgent $rillianc#.
& The# sing their song li:e omen active in their tas:s, along their common %ath hither
from far aa#,
/ringing refreshment to the li$eral devotee, #ea, all things to the orshi%%er ho %ours
the <uice.
( 8he, li:e a dancer, %uts her $roidered garments on3 as a co #ields her udder so she
$ares her $reast.
Areating light for all the orld of life, the 9an hath laid the dar:ness o%en as the cos
their stall.
* "e have $eheld the $rightness of her shining= it s%reads and drives aa# the
dar:some monster.
Li:e tints that dec: the Post at sacrifices, HeavenBs 9aughter hath attained her ondrous
s%lendour.
, "e have o>er%ast the limit of this dar:ness= 9an $rea:ing forth again $rings clear
%erce%tion.
8he li:e a flatterer smiles in light for glor#, and fair of face hath a:ened to re<oice us.
- The Gotamas have %raised HeavenBs radiant 9aughter, the leader of the charm of
%leasant voices.
9an, thou conferrest on us strength ith offs%ring and men, cons%icuous ith :ine and
horses.
0 . thou ho shinest forth in ondrous glor#, urged onard $# th# strength, aus%icious
Lad#,
9an, ma# I gain that ealth, renoned and am%le, in $rave sons, troo%s of slaves, far+
famed for horses.
2 /ending her loo:s on all the orld, the Goddess shines, idel# s%reading ith her
$right e#e estard.
"a:ing to motion ever# living creature, she understands the voice of each adorer.
1D Ancient of da#s, again again $orn nel#, dec:ing her $eaut# ith the self+same
raiment.
The Goddess astes aa# the life of mortals, li:e a s:illed hunter cutting $irds in %ieces.
11 8he hath a%%eared discovering heavenBs $orders3 to the far distance she drives off
her 8ister.
9iminishing the da#s of human creatures, the Lad# shines ith all her loverBs s%lendour.
1! The $right, the $lessed .ne shines forth e'tending her ra#s li:e :ine, as a flood rolls
his aters.
Never transgressing the divine commandments, she is $eheld visi$le ith the
sun$eams.
1& . 9an enriched ith am%le ealth, $esto on us the ondrous gift
"hereith e ma# su%%ort children and childrenBs sons.
1( Thou radiant mover of seet sounds, ith ealth of horses and of :ine
8hine thou on us this da#, . 9an aus%iciousl#.
1* . 9an enriched ith hol# rites, #o:e to th# car th# %ur%le steeds,
And then $ring thou unto us all felicities.
1, . A@vins onderful in act, do #e unanimous direct
Your chariot to our home ealth# in :ine and gold.
1- Ye ho $rought don the h#mn from heaven, a light that giveth light to man,
9o #e, . A@vins, $ring strength hither unto us.
10 Hither ma# the# ho a:e at dan $ring, to drin: 8oma $oth the Gods
Health+givers "onder+"or:ers, $orne on %aths of gold.
HYMN IAIII. Agni+8oma.
1 AGNI and 8oma, might# Pair, graciousl# hear:en to m# call,
Acce%t in friendl# ise m# h#mn, and %ros%er him ho offers gifts.
! The man ho honours #ou to+da#, Agni and 8oma, ith this h#mn,
/esto on him heroic strength, increase of :ine, and no$le steeds.
& The man ho offers hol# oil and $urnt o$lations unto #ou,
Agni and 8oma, shall en<o# great strength, ith offs%ring, all his life.
( Agni and 8oma, famed is that #our. %roess hereith #e stole the :ine, his food, from
Pa i.
Ye caused the $rood of / sa#a to %erish= #e found the light, the single light for man#.
* Agni and 8oma, <oined in o%eration #e have set u% the shining lights in heaven.
7rom curse and from re%roach, Agni and 8oma, #e freed the rivers that ere $ound in
fetters.
, .ne of #ou M4tari@van $rought from heaven, the 7alcon rent the other from the
mountain.
8trengthened $# hol# %ra#er Agni and 8oma have made us am%le room for sacrificing.
- Taste, Agni, 8oma, this %re%ared o$lation= acce%t it, Might# .nes, and let it %lease #ou.
)ouchsafe us good %rotection and :ind favour3 grant to the sacrificer health and riches.
0 "hoso ith oil and %oured o$lation honours, ith God+devoted heart, Agni and 8oma,
F
Protect his sacrifice, %reserve him from distress, grant to the sacrificer great felicit#.
2 Invo:ed together, mates in ealth, Agni+8oma, acce%t our h#mns3
Together $e among the Gods.
1D Agni and 8oma, unto him ho orshi%s #ou ith hol# oil
8hine forth an am%le recom%ense.
11 Agni and 8oma, $e #e %leased ith these o$lations $rought to #ou,
And come, together, nigh to us.
1! Agni and 8oma, cherish ell our horses, and let our cos $e fat ho #ield o$lations.
Grant %oer to us and to our ealth# %atrons, and cause our hol# rites to $e successful.
HYMN IAI). Agni
1 7.1 L4tavedas orth# of our %raise ill e frame ith our mind this eulog# as >tere
a car.
7or good, in his assem$l#, is this care of ours. Let us not, in th# friendshi%, Agni, suffer
harm.
! The man for hom thou sacrificest %ros%ereth, delleth ithout a foe, gaineth heroic
might.
He a'eth strong, distress never a%%roacheth him. Let us not, in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
& Ma# e have %oer to :indle thee. 7ulfil our thoughts. In thee the Gods eat the
%resented offering,
/ring hither the Kdit#as, for e long for them. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni, suffer
harm.
( "e ill $ring fuel and %re%are $urnt offerings, reminding thee at each successive
festival.
7ulfil our thought that so e ma# %rolong our lives. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
* His ministers move forth, the guardians of the fol:, %rotecting Cuadru%ed and $i%ed
ith their ra#s.
Might# art thou, the ondrous herald of the 9an. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
, Thou art Presenter and the chief Invo:er, thou 9irector, Purifier, great High Priest $#
$irth.
;noing all %riestl# or: thou %erfectest it, 8age. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
- Lovel# of form art thou, ali:e on ever# side= though far, thou shinest $rightl# as if close
at hand.
. God, thou seest through even the dar: of night. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
0 Gods, foremost $e his car ho %ours li$ations out, and let our h#mn %revail o>er evil+
hearted men.
Attend to this our s%eech and ma:e it %ros%er ell. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
2 8mite ith th# ea%ons those of evil s%eech and thought, devouring demons, hether
near or tar aa#.
Then to the singer give free a# for sacrifice. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni, suffer
harm.
1D "hen to th# chariot thou hadst #o:ed to red steeds and to rudd# steeds, ind+
s%ed, th# roar as li:e a $ullBs.
Thou ith smo:e+$annered flame attac:est forest trees. Let us not in th# friendshi%,
Agni, suffer harm.
11 Then at th# roar the ver# $irds are terrified, hen, eating+u% the grass, th# s%ar:s fl#
forth a$road.
Then is it eas# for thee and th# car to %ass. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni, suffer
harm.
1! He hath the Poer to soothe Mitra and )aru a3 onderful is the Maruts> rath hen
the# descend.
/e gracious= let their hearts he turned to us again. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
1& Thou art a God, thou art the ondrous 7riend of Gods, the )asu of the )asus, fair in
sacrifice.
6nder, thine on most ide %rotection ma# e dell. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
1( This is th# grace that, :indled in thine on a$ode, invo:ed ith 8oma thou soundest
forth most $enign,
Thou givest ealth and treasure to the orshi%%er. Let us not in th# friendshi%, Agni,
suffer harm.
1* To hom thou, Lord of goodl# riches, grantest freedom from ever# sin ith %erfect
holeness,
"hom ith good strength thou Cuic:enest, ith children and ealthFma# e $e the#,
5ternal /eing.
1, 8uch, Agni, thou ho :noest all good fortune, God, lengthen here the da#s of our
e'istence.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN IA). Agni
1. To fair goals travel To unli:e in sem$lance3 each in succession nourishes an infant.
.ne $ears a Godli:e /a$e of golden colour= $right and fair+shining, is he ith the other.
! Tva arBs ten daughters, vigilant and #outhful, %roduced this Infant $orne to sundr#
Cuarters.
The# $ear around him hose long flames are %ointed, fulgent among man:ind ith
native s%lendour.
&. Three several %laces of his $irth the# honour, in mid+air, in the heaven, and in the
aters.
Governing in the east of earthl# regions, the seasons hath he sta$lished in their order.
( "ho of #ou :nos this secret .neM The Infant $# his on nature hath $rought forth his
Mothers.
The germ of man#, from the atersB $osom he goes forth, ise and great, of Godli:e
nature.
* )isi$le, fair, he gros in native $rightness u%lifted in the la% of aving aters.
"hen he as $orn $oth Tva arBs orlds ere frightened3 the# turn to him and
reverence the Lion.
, The To aus%icious .nes, li:e omen, tend him3 li:e loing cos the# see: him in
their manner.
He is the Lord of Might among the might#= him, on the right, the# $alm ith their
o$lations.
- Li:e 8avitar his arms ith might he stretches= aful, he strives gras%ing the orldBs
to $orders.
He forces out from all a $rilliant vesture, #ea, from his Mothers dras he forth ne
raiment.
0 He ma:es him a most no$le form of s%lendour, dec:ing him in his home ith mil: and
aters.
The 8age adorns the de%ths of air ith isdom3 this is the meeting here the Gods are
orshi%%ed.
2 "ide through the firmament s%reads forth trium%hant the far+res%lendent strength of
thee the Might#.
;indled $# us do thou %reserve us, Agni, ith all th# self+$right undiminished succours.
1D In dr# s%ots he ma:es stream, and course, and torrent, and inundates the earth ith
floods that glisten.
All ancient things ithin his ma he gathers, and moves among the ne fresh+s%routing
grasses.
11 7ed ith our fuel, %urif#ing Agni, so $laNe to us aus%iciousl# for glor#.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN IA)I. Agni.
1. H5 in the ancient a# $# strength engendered, lo? straight hath ta:en to himself all
isdom.
The aters and the $ol have made him friendl#. The Gods %ossessed the ealth
$estoing Agni.
! At K#uBs ancient call he $# his isdom gave all this %rogen# of men their $eing,
And, $# refulgent light, heaven and the aters. The Gods %ossessed the ealth.
$estoing Agni.
& Praise him, #e Kr#an fol:, as chief %erformer of sacrifice adored and ever toiling,
"ell+tended, 8on of 8trength, the Aonstant Giver. The Gods %ossessed the ealth
$estoing Agni.
( That M4tari@van rich in ealth and treasure, light+inner, finds a %atha# for his
offs%ring.
Guard of our fol:, 7ather of earth and heaven. The Gods %ossessed the ealth
$estoing Agni.
* Night and 9an, changing each the otherBs colour, meeting together suc:le one same
Infant3
Golden $eteen the heaven and earth he shineth. The Gods %ossessed the ealth
$estoing Agni.
, 1oot of ealth, gathering+%lace of treasures, $anner of sacrifice, ho grants the
su%%liantBs ishes3
Preserving him as their on life immortal, the Gods %ossessed the ealth+$estoing
Agni.
- No and of old the home of ealth, the mansion of hat is $orn and hat as $orn
aforetime,
Guard of hat is and hat ill $e hereafter,Fthe Gods %ossessed the ealth $estoing
Agni.
0 Ma# the "ealth+Giver grant us conCuering riches= ma# the "ealth+Giver grant us
ealth ith heroes.
Ma# the "ealth+Giver grant us food ith offs%ring, and length of da#s ma# the "ealth+
Giver send us.
2 7ed ith our fuel, %urif#ing Agni, so $laNe to us aus%iciousl# for glor#.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN IA)II. Agni.
1. AHA8ING ith light our sin aa#, . Agni, shine thou ealth on us.
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
! 7or goodl# fields, for %leasant homes, for ealth e sacrifice to thee.
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
& /est %raiser of all these $e he= foremost, our chiefs ho sacrifice.
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
( 8o that th# orshi%%ers and e, thine, Agni, in our sons ma# live.
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
* As ever+conCuering AgniBs $eams of s%lendour go to ever# side,
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
, To ever# side th# face is turned, thou art trium%hant ever#here.
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
- . thou hose face loo:s ever# a#, $ear us %ast foes as in a shi%.
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
0 As in a shi%, conve# thou us for our advantage o>er the flood.
Ma# his light chase our sin aa#.
HYMN IA)III. Agni.
1. 8TILL in )ai@v4naraBs grace ma# e continue3 #ea, he is ;ing su%reme o>er all things
living.
8%rung hence to life u%on this All he loo:eth. )ai@v4nara hath rivalr# ith 8Jr#a.
! Present in heaven, in earth, all+%resent Agni,Fall %lants that gro on ground hath he
%ervaded.
Ma# Agni, ma# )ai@v4nara ith vigour, %resent, %reserve us da# and night from foemen.
& /e this th# truth, )ai@v4nara, to us+ard3 let ealth in rich a$undance gather round us.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN IAII. Agni.
1. 7.1 L4tavedas let us %ress the 8oma3 ma# he consume the ealth of the malignant.
Ma# Agni carr# us through all our trou$les, through grief as in a $oat across the river.
HYMN A. Indra.
1. MAY he ho hath his home ith strength, the Might#, the ;ing su%reme of earth and
s%acious heaven,
Lord of true %oer, to he invo:ed in $attles,Fma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our succour.
! "hose a# is unattaina$le li:e 8Jr#aBs3 he in each fight is the strong ) tra+sla#er,
Mightiest ith his 7riends in his on courses. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our succour.
& "hose %aths go forth in their great might resistless, forthmil:ing, as it ere, heavenBs
genial moisture.
"ith manl# strength trium%hant, foe+su$duer,Fma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
( Among A girases he as the chiefest, a 7riend ith friends, might# amid the might#.
Praiser mid %raisers, honoured most of singers. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
* 8trong ith the 1udras as ith his on children, in manl# $attle conCuering his foemen
B
"ith his close comrades doing deeds of glor#,Fma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
, Hum$ler of %ride, e'citer of the conflict, the Lord of heroes, God invo:ed of man#,
Ma# he this da# gain ith our men the sunlight. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
- His hel% hath made him cheerer in the $attle, the fol: have made him guardian of their
comfort.
8ole Lord is he of ever# hol# service. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our succour.
0 To him the Hero, on high da#s of %roess, heroes for hel% and $oot# shall $eta:e
them.
He hath found light even in the $linding dar:ness. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
2 He ith his left hand chec:eth even the might#, and ith his right hand gathereth u%
the $oot#.
5ven ith the hum$le he acCuireth riches. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our succour.
1D "ith hosts on foot and cars he inneth treasures3 ell is he :non this da# $# all the
%eo%le.
"ith manl# might he conCuereth those ho hate him. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
11 "hen in his a#s ith :insmen or ith strangers he s%eedeth to the fight, invo:ed of
man#,
7or gain of aters, and of sons and grandsons, ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
1! Aful and fierce, fiend+sla#er, thunder+ielder, ith $oundless :noledge, h#mned $#
hundreds, might#,
In strength li:e 8oma, guard of the 7ive Peo%les, ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our
succour.
1& "inning the light, hitherard roars his thunder li:e the terrific might# voice of Heaven.
1ich gifts and treasures evermore attend him. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our succour.
1( "hose home eternal through his strength surrounds him on ever# side, his laud, the
earth and heaven,
Ma# he, delighted ith our service, save us. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, $e our succour.
1* The limit of hose %oer not Gods $# Godhead, nor mortal men have reached, nor
#et the "aters.
/oth 5arth and Heaven in vigour he sur%asseth. Ma# Indra, girt $# Maruts, he our
succour.
1, The red and tan# mare, $laNe+mar:ed, high standing, celestial ho, to $ring <r4@va
riches,
9re at the %ole the chariot #o:ed ith stallions, <o#ous, among the hosts of men as
noted.
1- The )4r 4giras unto thee, . Indra, the Might# .ne, sing forth this laud to %lease
thee,
<r4@va ith his fellos, Am$arE a, 8ur4dhas, 8ahadeva, /ha#am4na.
10 He, much invo:ed, hath slain 9as#us and Gim#us, after his ont, and laid them lo
ith arros.
The might# Thunderer ith his fair+com%le'ioned friends on the land, the sunlight, and
the aters.
12 Ma# Indra evermore $e our %rotector, and unim%erilled ma# e in the $oot#.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AI. Indra.
1. 8ING, ith o$lation, %raise to him ho ma:eth glad, ho ith <i@van drove the dus:#
$rood aa#.
7ain for hel%, him the strong hose right hand ields the $olt, him girt $# Maruts e
invo:e to $e our 7riend.
! Indra, ho ith trium%hant rath smote )#a sa don, and Gam$ara, and Pi%ru the
unrighteous one=
"ho e'tir%ated Gu a the insatiate,Fhim girt $# Maruts e invo:e to $e our 7riend.
& He hose great or: of manl# might is heaven and earth, and )aru a and 8Jr#a :ee%
his hol# la=
Indra, hose la the rivers follo as the# flo,Fhim girt $# Maruts e invo:e to $e our
7riend.
( He ho is Lord and Master of the steeds and :ine, honouredFthe firm and sureFat
ever# hol# act=
8ta#er even of the strong ho %ours no offering out,Fhim girt $# Maruts e invo:e to $e
our 7riend.
* He ho is Lord of all the orld that moves and $reathes, ho for the /rahman first
$efore all found the Aos=
Indra ho cast the 9as#us don $eneath his feet,Fhim girt $# Maruts e invo:e to $e
our 7riend.
, "hom coards must invo:e and valiant men of ar, invo:ed $# those ho conCuer
and $# those ho flee=
Indra, to hom all $eings turn their constant thought,Fhim girt $# Maruts e invo:e to
$e our 7riend.
- 1efulgent in the 1udras> region he %roceeds, and ith the 1udras through the ide
s%ace s%eeds the 9ame.
The h#mn of %raise e'tols Indra the far+renoned3 him girt $# Maruts e invo:e to $e
our 7riend.
0 . girt $# Maruts, hether thou delight thee in loftiest gathering+%lace or lol# delling,
Aome thence unto our rite, true $oon+$estoer3 through love of thee have e %re%ared
o$lations.
2 "e, fain for thee, strong Indra, have %ressed 8oma, and, . thou sought ith %ra#er,
have made o$lations.
No at this sacrifice, ith all th# Maruts, on sacred grass, . team+$orne God, re<oice
thee.
1D 1e<oice thee ith thine on /a# 8teeds, . Indra, unclose th# <as and let th# li%s $e
o%en.
Thou ith the fair chee:, let th# /a# 8teeds $ring thee3 gracious to us, he %leased ith
our o$lation.
11 Guards of the cam% hose %raisers are the Maruts, ma# e through Indra, get
ourselves the $oot#.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AII. Indra.
1. To thee the Might# .ne I $ring this might# h#mn, for th# desire hath $een gratified $#
m# laud.
In Indra, #ea in him victorious through his strength, the Gods have <o#ed at feast and
hen the 8oma floed.
! The 8even 1ivers $ear his glor# far and ide, and heaven and s:# and earth dis%la#
his comel# form.
The 8un and Moon in change alternate run their course, that e, . Indra, ma# $ehold
and ma# have faith.
& Maghavan, grant us that same car to $ring us s%oil, th# conCuering car in hich e <o#
in shoc: of fight.
Thou, Indra, hom our hearts %raise highl# in the ar, grant shelter, Maghavan, to us
ho love thee ell.
( 5ncourage thou our side in ever# fight3 ma# e, ith thee for our all#, conCuer the
foemanBs host.
Indra, $esto on us <o# and felicit# $rea: don, . Maghavan, the vigour of our foes.
* 7or here in divers a#s these men invo:ing thee, holder of treasures, sing h#mns to
in thine aid.
Ascend the car that thou ma#est $ring s%oil to us, for, Indra, th# fi't inneth the victor#.
, His arms in :ine, his %oer is $oundless in each act $est, ith a hundred hel%s,
a:er of $attleBs din
Is Indra3 none ma# rival him in might# strength. Hence, eager for the s%oil the %eo%le call
on him.
- Th# glor#, Maghavan, e'ceeds a hundred #ea, more than a hundred, than a thousand
mid the fol:,
The great $ol hath ins%irited thee $oundlessl#3 so ma#st thou sla# the ) tras, $rea:er+
don of forts?
0 .f th# great might there is a three counter%art, the three earths, Lord men and the
three realms of light.
A$ove this hole orld, Indra, thou hast a'en great3 ithout a foe art thou, nature,
from of old.
2 "e invocate thee first among the 9eities3 thou hast $ecome a might# AonCuer in fight.
Ma# Indra fill ith s%irit this our singerBs heart, and ma:e our car im%etuous, foremost in
attac:.
1D Thou hast %revailed, and hast not :e%t the $oot# $ac:, in trifling $attles in those of
great account.
"e ma:e thee :een, the Might# .ne, succour us3 ins%ire us, Maghavan, hen e def#
the foe.
11 Ma# Indra evermore $e our Protector, and unim%erilled ma# e in the $oot#.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AIII. Indra.
1. THAT highest Indra+%oer of thine is distant3 that hich is here sages %ossessed
aforetime.
This one is on the earth, in heaven the other, and $oth unite as flag ith flag in $attle.
! He s%read the ide earth out and firml# fi'ed it, smote ith his thunder$olt and loosed
the aters.
Maghavan ith his %uissance struc: don Ahi, rent 1auhi a to death and slaughtered
)#a sa.
& Armed ith his $olt and trusting in his %roess he andered shattering the forts of
94sas.
Aast th# dart, :noing, Thunderer, at the 9as#u= increase the Kr#aBs might and glor#,
Indra.
( 7or him ho thus hath taught these human races, Maghavan, $earing a fame+orth#
title,
Thunderer, draing nigh to sla# the 9as#us, hath given himself the name of 8on for
glor#.
* 8ee this a$undant ealth that he %ossesses, and %ut #our trust in IndraBs hero vigour.
He found the cattle, and he found the horses, he found the %lants, the forests and the
aters.
, To him the trul# strong, hose deeds are man#, to him the strong /ull let us %our the
8oma.
The Hero, atching li:e a thief in am$ush, goes %arting the %ossessions of the godless.
- "ell didst thou do that hero deed, . Indra, in a:ing ith th# $olt the slum$ering Ahi.
in thee, delighted, 9ames divine re<oiced them, the fl#ing Maruts and all Gods ere
<o#ful.
0 As thou hast smitten Gu a, Pi%ru, ) tra and ;u#ava, and Gam$araBs forts, . Indra.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AI). Indra.
1. TH5 altar hath $een made for thee to rest on3 come li:e a %anting courser and $e
seated.
Loosen th# fl#ing 8teeds, set free th# Horses ho $ear thee siftl# nigh at eve and
morning.
! These men have come to Indra for assistance3 shall he not Cuic:l# come u%on these
%atha#sM
Ma# the Gods Cuell the fur# of the 94sa, and ma# the# lead our fol: to ha%%# fortune.
& He ho hath onl# ish as his %ossession casts on himself, casts foam amid the
aters.
/oth ives of ;u#ava in mil: have $athed them3 ma# the# $e droned ithin the de%th
of Gi%h4.
( This hath his :inshi% chec:ed ho lives $eside us3 ith ancient streams forth s%eeds
and rules the Hero,
AO<asE, ;uli@E, and )ira%atnE, delighting him, $ear mil: u%on their aters.
* 8oon as this 9as#uBs traces ere discovered, as she ho :nos her home, he sought
the delling.
No thin: thou of us, Maghavan, nor cast us aa# as doth a %rofligate his treasure.
, Indra, as such, give us a share of sunlight, of aters, sinlessness, and re%utation.
9o thou no harm to our #et un$orn offs%ring3 our trust is in th# might# Indra+%oer.
- No e, I thin:, in thee as such have trusted3 lead us on, Might# .ne, to am%le riches.
In no unread# house give us, . Indra invo:ed of man#, food and drin: hen hungr#.
0 8la# us not, Indra= do not thou forsa:e us3 steal not aa# the <o#s hich e delight in.
1end not our un$orn $rood, strong Lord of /ount#? our vessels ith the life that is ithin
them.
2 Aome to us= the# have called thee 8oma+lover3 here is the %ressed <uice. 9rin: thereof
for ra%ture.
"idel#+ca%acious, %our it don ithin thee, and, invocated, hear us li:e a 7ather.
HYMN A). )i@vedevas.
1. "ITHIN the aters runs the Moon, he ith the $eauteous ings in heaven.
Ye lightnings ith #our golden heels, men find not #our a$iding+%lace. Mar: this m#
oe, #e 5arth and Heaven.
! 8urel# men crave and gain their ish. Alose to her hus$and clings the ife.
And, in em$races intertined, $oth give and ta:e the $liss of love. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
& . never ma# that light, #e Gods, fall from its station in the s:#.
Ne>er fail us one li:e 8oma seet, the s%ring of our felicit#. Mar: this m# oe, #e 5arth
and Heaven.
( I as: the last of sacrifice. As envo# he shall tell it forth.
"here is the ancient la divineM "ho is its ne diffuser noM Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
* Ye Gods ho #onder have #our home in the three lucid realms of heaven,
"hat count #e truth and hat untruthM "here is mine ancient call on #ouM Mar: this m#
oe, #e 5arth and Heaven.
, "hat is #our firm su%%ort of LaM "hat )aru aBs o$servant e#eM
Ho ma# e %ass the ic:ed on the %ath of might# Ar#amanM Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
- I am the man ho sang of old full man# a laud hen 8oma floed.
Yet torturing cares consume me as the olf assails the thirst# deer. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
0 Li:e rival ives on ever# side enclosing ri$s o%%ress me sore.
. Gata:ratu, $iting cares devour me, singer of th# %raise, as rats devour the eaverBs
threads. Mar: this m# oe, #e 5arth and Heaven.
2 "here those seven ra#s are shining, thence m# home and famil# e'tend.
This T ta K%t#a :noeth ell, and s%ea:eth out for $rotherhood. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
1D Ma# those five /ulls hich stand on high full in the midst of might# heaven,
Having together siftl# $orne m# %raises to the Gods, return. Mar: this m# oe, #e 5arth
and Heaven.
11 High in the mid ascent of heaven those /irds of $eauteous %inion sit.
/ac: from his %ath the# drive the olf as he ould cross the restless floods. Mar: this
m# oe, #e 5arth and Heaven.
1! 7irm is this ne+rought h#mn of %raise, and meet to $e told forth, . Gods.
The floing of the floods is La, Truth is the 8unBs e'tended light. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
1& "orth# of laud, . Agni, is that :inshi% hich thou hast ith Gods.
Here seat thee li:e a man3 most ise, $ring thou the Gods for sacrifice. Mar: this m#
oe, #e 5arth and Heaven.
1( Here seated, man+li:e as a %riest shall isest Agni to the Gods
8%eed onard our o$lations, God among the Gods, intelligent. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
1* )aru a ma:es the hol# %ra#er. To him ho finds the %ath e %ra#.
He in the heart reveals his thought. Let sacred orshi% rise ane. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
1, That %atha# of the 8un in heaven, made to $e highl# glorified,
Is not to $e transgressed, . Gods. . mortals, #e $ehold it not. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
1- T ta, hen $uried in the ell, calls on the Gods to succour him.
That call of his / has%ati heard and released him from distress. Mar: this m# oe, #e
5arth and Heaven.
10 A rudd# olf $eheld me once, as I as faring on m# %ath.
He, li:e a car%enter hose $ac: is aching crouched and slun: aa#. Mar: this m# oe,
#e 5arth and Heaven.
12 Through this our song ma# e, allied ith Indra, ith all our heroes conCuer in the
$attle.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN A)I. )i@vedevas.
1. AALL e for aid on Indra, Mitra, )aru a and Agni and the Marut host and Aditi.
5ven as a chariot from a difficult ravine, $ountiful )asus, rescue us from all distress.
! Aome #e Kdit#as for our full %ros%erit#, in conCuests of the foe, #e Gods, $ring <o# to
us.
5ven as a chariot from a difficult ravine, $ountiful )asus, rescue us from all distress.
& Ma# the most glorious 7athers aid us, and the to Goddesses, Mothers of the Gods,
ho strengthen La.
5ven as a chariot from a difficult ravine, $ountiful )asus, rescue us from all distress.
( To might# Nar4@a sa, strengthening his might, to PJ an, ruler over men, e %ra# ith
h#mns.
5ven as a chariot from a difficult ravine, $ountiful )asus, rescue us from all distress.
* / has%ati, ma:e us evermore an eas# %ath3 e crave hat $oon thou hast for men in
rest and stir.
Li:e as a chariot from a difficult ravine, $ountiful )asus, rescue us from all distress.
, 8un: in the %it the i ;utsa called, to aid, Indra the ) tra+sla#er, Lord of %oer and
might.
5ven as a chariot from a difficult ravine, $ountiful )asus, rescue us from all distress.
- Ma# Aditi the Goddess guard us ith the Gods3 ma# the %rotecting God :ee% us ith
ceaseless care.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN A)II. )i@vedevas.
1. TH5 sacrifice o$tains the Gods> acce%tance3 $e graciousl# inclined to us, Kdit#as.
Hitherard let #our favour $e directed, and $e our $est deliverer from trou$le.
! /# %raise+songs of A girases e'alted, ma# the Gods come to us ith their %rotection.
Ma# Indra ith his %oers, Maruts ith Maruts, Aditi ith Kdit#as grant us shelter.
& This laud of ours ma# )aru a and Indra, Ar#aman Agni, 8avitar find %leasant.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN A)III. Indra+Agni.
1. .N that most ondrous car of #ours, . Indra and Agni, hich loo:s round on all
things living,
Ta:e #e #our stand and come to us together, and drin: li$ations of the floing 8oma.
! As vast as all this orld is in its com%ass, dee% as it is, ith its far+stretching surface,
8o let this 8oma $e, Indra and Agni, made for #our drin:ing till #our soul $e sated.
& 7or #e have on a $lessed name together3 #ea, ith one aim #e strove, . ) tra+
sla#ers.
8o Indra+Agni, seated here together, %our in, #e Might# .nes, the might# 8oma.
( /oth stand adorned, hen fires are dul# :indled, s%reading the sacred grass, ith
lifted ladles.
9ran $# strong 8oma <uice %oured forth around us, come, Indra+Agni, and dis%la# #our
favour.
* The $rave deeds #e have done, Indra and Agni, the forms #e have dis%la#ed and
might# e'%loits,
The ancient and aus%icious $onds of friendshi%,Ffor sa:e of these drin: of the floing
8oma.
, As first I said hen choosing #ou, in $attle e must contend ith Asuras for this 8oma.
8o came #e unto this m# true conviction, and dran: li$ations of the floing 8oma.
- If in #our delling, or ith %rince or /rahman, #e, Indra+Agni, Hol# .nes, re<oice #ou,
5ven from thence, #e might# Lords, come hither, and drin: li$ation of the floing 8oma.
0 If ith, the Yadus, Turva@as, #e so<ourn, ith 9ruh#us, Anus, PJrus, Indra+Agni?
5ven from thence, #e might# Lords, come hither, and drin: li$ations of the floing 8oma.
2 "hether, . Indra+Agni, #e $e delling in loest earth, in central, or in highest.
5ven from thence, #e might# Lords, come hither, and drin: li$ations of the floing 8oma.
1D "hether, . Indra+Agni, #e $e delling in highest earth, in central, or in loest,
5ven from thence, #e might# Lords, come hither, and drin: li$ations of the floing 8oma.
11 "hether #e $e in heaven, . Indra+Agni, on earth, on mountains, in the her$s, or
aters,
5ven from thence, #e might# Lords, come hither, and drin: li$ations of the floing 8oma.
1! If, hen the 8un to the mid+heaven hath mounted, #e ta:e delight in food, . Indra+
Agni,
5ven from thence, #e might# Lords, come hither, and drin: li$ations of the floing 8oma.
1& Thus having drun: #our fill of our li$ation, in us all :inds of ealth, Indra and Agni.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AII. Indra+Agni.
1. L.NGING for eal I loo:ed around, in s%irit, for :insmen, Indra+Agni, or for $rothers.
No %rovidence $ut #ours alone is ith me so have I rought for #ou this h#mn for
succour.
! 7or I have heard that #e give ealth more freel# than orthless son+in+la or s%ouseBs
$rother.
8o offering to #ou this draught of 8oma, I ma:e #ou this ne h#mn, Indra and Agni,
& Let us not $rea: the cords3 ith this %etition e strive to gain the %oers of our
forefathers.
7or Indra+Agni the strong dro%s are <o#ful, for here in the $olBs la% are $oth the %ress+
stones.
( 7or #ou the $ol divine, Indra and Agni, %resses the 8oma gladl# to delight #ou.
"ith hands aus%icious and fair arms, #e A@vins, haste, s%rin:le it ith seetness in the
aters.
* You, I have heard, ere mightiest, Indra+Agni, hen ) tra fell and hen the s%oil as
%arted.
8it at this sacrifice, #e ever active, on the stren grass, and ith the <uice delight #ou.
, 8ur%assing all men here the# shout for $attle, #e Tain e'ceed the earth and heaven
in greatness.
Greater are #e than rivers and than mountains, . Indra+Agni, and all things $eside them.
- /ring ealth and give it, #e hose arms ield thunder3 Indra and Agni, ith #our
%oers %rotect us.
No of a truth these $e the ver# sun$eams hereith our fathers ere of old united.
0 Give, #e ho shatter forts, hose hands ield thunder3 Indra and Agni, save us in our
$attles.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AI. $hus.
1. TH5 hol# or: I rought $efore is rought again3 m# seetest h#mn is sung to
cele$rate #our %raise.
Here, . #e $hus, is this sea for all the Gods3 sate #ou ith 8oma offered ith the
halloing ord.
! "hen, see:ing #our en<o#ment onard from afar, #e, certain of m# :insmen, andered
on #our a#,
8ons of 8udhanvan, after #our long <ourne#ing, #e came unto the home of li$eral 8avitar.
& 8avitar therefore gave #ou immortalit#, $ecause #e came %roclaiming him hom
naught can hide=
And this the drin:ing+chalice of the Asura, hich till that time as one, #e made to $e
fourfold.
( "hen the# had served ith Neal at sacrifice as %riests, the#, mortal as the# ere,
gained immortalit#.
The $hus, children of 8udhanvan, $right as suns, ere in a #earBs course made
associate ith %ra#ers.
* The $hus, ith a rod measured, as >tere a field, the single sacrificial chalice. ide of
mouth,
Lauded of all ho sa, %ra#ing for hat is $est, desiring glorious fame among Immortal
Gods.
, As oil in ladles, e through :noledge ill %resent unto the Heroes of the firmament
our h#mn,F
The $hus ho came near ith this great 7atherBs s%eed, and rose to heavenBs high
s%here to eat the strengthening food.
- $hu to us is Indra freshest in his might, $hu ith %oers and ealth is giver of rich
gifts.
Gods, through #our favour ma# e on the ha%%# da# Cuell the attac:s of those ho %our
no offerings forth.
0 .ut of a s:in, . $hus, once #e formed a co, and $rought the mother close unto her
calf again.
8ons of 8udhanvan, Heroes, ith sur%assing s:ill #e made #our aged Parents #outhful
as $efore.
2 Hel% us ith strength here s%oil is on, . Indra3 <oined ith the $hus give us varied
$ount#.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AII. $hus.
1. ".1;ING ith s:ill the# rought the lightl# rolling car3 the# rought the /a#s ho
$ear Indra and $ring great gifts.
The $hus for their Parents made life #oung again= and fashioned for the calf a mother
$# its side.
! 7or sacrifice ma:e for us active vital %oer for s:ill and isdom food ith no$le
%rogen#.
Grant to our com%an# this %oer most e'cellent, that ith a famil# all+heroic e ma#
dell.
& 9o #e, . $hus, ma:e %ros%erit# for us, %ros%erit# for car, #e Heroes, and for steed.
Grant us %ros%erit# victorious evermore,
conCuering foes in $attle, strangers or a:in.
( Indra, the $husB Lord, I invocate for aid, the $hus, )4<as, Maruts to the 8oma
draught.
)aru a, Mitra, $oth, #ea, and the A@vins Tain3 let them s%eed us to ealth, isdom,
and victor#.
* Ma# $hu send %ros%erit# for $attle, ma# )4<a conCuering in the fight %rotect us.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AIII. A@vins.
1 To give first thought to them, I orshi% Heaven and 5arth, and Agni, fair $right glo, to
hasten their a%%roach.
Aome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith those aids hereith in fight #e s%eed the ar+cr#
to the s%oil.
! Am%le, unfailing, the# have mounted as it ere an eloCuent car that #e ma# thin: of us
and give.
Aome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith those aids hereith #e hel% our thoughts to further
hol# acts.
& Ye $# the might hich heavenl# nectar giveth #ou are in su%reme dominion Lords of all
these fol:.
Aome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith those aids hereith #e, Heroes, made the $arren
co give mil:.
( The aids hereith the "anderer through his offs%ringBs might, or the To+Mothered
8on shos siftest mid the sift=
"hereith the sa%ient one acCuired his tri%le lore,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
* "hereith #e raised from aters, %risoned and fast $ound, 1e$ha, and )andana to
loo: u%on the light=
"hereith #e succoured ;a va as he strove to in,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins,
ith those aids.
, "hereith #e rescued Anta:a hen languishing dee% in the %it, and /hu<#u ith
unfailing hel%.
And comforted ;ar:andhu, )a##a, in their oe,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
- "hereith #e gave Gucanti ealth and ha%%# home, and made the fier# %it friendl# for
AtriBs sa:e=
"hereith #e guarded Puru:utsa, P @nigu,FAome hither unto us, . A@vin=, ith those
aids.
0 Might# .nes, ith hat %oers #e gave Par4v < aid hat time #e made the $lind and
lame to see and al:=
"hereith #e set at li$ert# the salloed Cuail,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
2 "hereith #e Cuic:ened the most seet e'haustless flood, and comforted )asi ha,
#e ho ne>er deca#=
And to Grutar#a, ;utsa, Nar#a gave #our hel%,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
1D "hereith #e hel%ed, in $attle of a thousand s%oils, )i@%al4 see:ing $oot#, %oerless
to move.
"hereith #e guarded friendl# )a@a, A@vaBs son,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
11 "here$# the cloud, #e /ounteous Givers, shed seet rain for 9Ergha@ravas, for the
merchant Au@i<a,
"hereith #e hel%ed ;a: Ev4n, singer of #our %raise,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins,
ith those aids.
1! "hereith #e made 1as4 sell full ith ater+floods, and urged to victor# the car
ithout a horse=
"hereith Tri@o:a drove forth his recovered cos,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
1& "hereith #e, com%ass round the 8un hen far aa#, strengthened Mandh4tar in
his tas:s as lord of lands,
And to sage /haradv4<a gave %rotecting hel%,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
1( "hereith, hen Gam$ara as slain, #e guarded ell great Atithigva, 9ivod4sa,
;a@o<u,
And Trasadas#u hen the forts ere shattered don,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins,
ith those aids.
1* "hereith #e honoured the great drin:er )amra, and 6%astuta and ;ali hen he
gained his ife,
And lent to )#a@va and to P thi favouring hel%,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
1, "hereith, . Heroes, #e vouchsafed deliverance to Ga#u, Atri, and to Manu long
ago=
"hereith #e shot #our shafts in 8#Jmara@miBs cause.FAome hither unto us, . A@vins,
ith those aids.
1- "hereith Pa harv4, in his ma<est# of form, shone in his course li:e to a gathered
:indled fire=
"hereith #e hel%ed G4r#4ta in the might# fra#,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
10 "hereith, A girases? #e trium%hed in #our heart, and onard ent to li$erate the
flood of mil:=
"hereith #e hel%ed the hero Manu ith ne strength,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins,
ith those aids.
12 "hereith #e $rought a ife for )imada to ed, hereith #e freel# gave the rudd#
cos aa#=
"hereith #e $rought the host of :ind Gods to 8ud4sFAome hither unto us, . A@vins,
ith those aids.
!D "hereith #e $ring great $liss to him ho offers gifts, hereith #e have %rotected
/hu<#u, Adhrigu,
And good and gracious 8u$har4 and tastu%,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
!1 "hereith #e served ; @4nu here the shafts ere shot, and hel%ed the #oung
manBs horse to siftness in the race=
"hereith #e $ring delicious hone# to the $ees,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
!! "hereith #e s%eed the hero as he fights for :ine in hero $attle, in the strife for land
and sons,
"hereith #e safel# guard his horses and his car,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins ith
those aids.
!& "hereith #e, Lords of Hundred Poers, hel%ed ;utsa, son of Kr<uni, gave TurvEti
and 9a$hEti strength,
7avoured 9hvasanti and lent Puru anti hel%,FAome hither unto us, . A@vins, ith
those aids.
!( Ma:e #e our s%eech effectual, . #e A@vins, and this our h#mn, #e might# "onder+
"or:ers.
In luc:less game I call on #ou for succour3 strengthen us also on the field of $attle.
!* "ith, undiminished $lessings, . #e A@vins, for evermore $oth night and da# %rotect
us.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AIIII. 9an.
1. This light is come, amid all lights the fairest= $orn is the $rilliant, far+e'tending
$rightness.
Night, sent aa# for 8avitarBs u%rising, hath #ielded u% a $irth+%lace for the Morning.
! The 7air, the /right is come ith her hite offs%ring= to her the 9ar: .ne hath resigned
her delling.
A:in, immortal, folloing each other, changing their colours $oth the heavens move
onard.
& Aommon, unending is the 8istersB %atha#= taught $# the Gods, alternatel# the# travel.
7air+formed, of different hues and #et one+minded, Night and 9an clash not, neither do
the# travel.
( /right leader of glad sounds, our e#es $ehold her= s%lendid in hue she hath unclosed
the %ortals.
8he, stirring u% the orld, hath shon us riches3 9an hath aa:ened ever# living
creature.
* 1ich 9an, she sets afoot the coiled+u% slee%er, one for en<o#ment, one for ealth or
orshi%,
Those ho sa little for e'tended vision. All living creatures hath the 9an aa:ened.
, .ne to high sa#, one to e'alted glor#, one to %ursue his gain, and one his la$our3
All to regard their different vocations, all moving creatures hath the 9an aa:ened.
- "e see her there, the Ahild of Heaven a%%arent, the #oung Maid, flushing in her
shining raiment.
Thou sovran Lad# of all earthl# treasure, flush on us here, aus%icious 9an, this
morning.
0 8he first of endless morns to come hereafter, follos the %ath of morns that have
de%arted.
9an, at her rising, urges forth the living him ho is dead she a:es not from his
slum$er.
2 As thou, 9an, hast caused Agni to $e :indled, and ith the 8unBs e#e hast revealed
creation.
And hast aa:ened men to offer orshi%, thou hast %erformed, for Gods, a no$le
service.
1D Ho long a time, and the# shall $e together,F9ans that have shone and 9ans to
shine hereafterM
8he #earns for former 9ans ith eager longing, and goes forth gladl# shining ith the
others.
11 Gone are the men ho in the da#s $efore us loo:ed on the rising of the earlier
Morning.
"e, e the living, no $ehold her $rightness and the# come nigh ho shall hereafter
see her.
1! 7oe+chaser, $orn of La, the LaBs %rotectress, <o#+giver, a:er of all %leasant
voices,
Aus%icious, $ringing food for Gods> en<o#ment, shine on us here, most $right, . 9an,
this morning.
1& 7rom da#s eternal hath 9an shone, the Goddess, and shos this light to+da#,
endoed ith riches.
8o ill she shine on da#s to come immortal she moves on in her on strength,
undeca#ing.
1( In the s:#Bs $orders hath she shone in s%lendour3 the Goddess hath thron off the
veil of dar:ness.
Aa:ening the orld ith %ur%le horses, on her ell+harnessed chariot 9an
a%%roaches.
1* /ringing all life+sustaining $lessings ith her, shoing herself she sends forth $rilliant
lustre.
Last of the countless mornings that have vanished, first of $right morns to come hath
9an arisen.
1, Arise? the $reath, the life, again hath reached us3 dar:ness hath %assed aa# and
light a%%roacheth.
8he for the 8un hath left a %ath to travel e have arrived here men %rolong e'istence.
1- 8inging the %raises of refulgent Mornings ith his h#mnBs e$ the %riest, the %oet
rises.
8hine then to+da#, rich Maid, on him ho lauds thee, shine don on us the gift of life and
offs%ring.
10 9ans giving sons all heroes, :ine and horses, shining u%on the man ho $rings
o$lations,F
These let the 8oma+%resser gain hen ending his glad songs louder than the voice of
)4#u.
12 Mother of Gods, AditiBs form of glor#, ensign of sacrifice, shine forth e'alted.
1ise u%, $estoing %raise on our devotion all+$ounteous, ma:e us chief among the
%eo%le.
!D "hatever s%lendid ealth the 9ans $ring ith them to $less the man ho offers
%raise and orshi%,
5ven that ma# Mitra, )aru a vouchsafe us, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and Heaven.
HYMN AII). 1udra.
1. To the strong 1udra $ring e these our songs of %raise, to him the Lord of Heroes
ith the $raided hair,
That it $e ell ith all our cattle and our men, that in this village all $e health# and ell+
fed.
! /e gracious unto us, . 1udra, $ring us <o#3 thee, Lord of Heroes, thee ith reverence
ill e serve.
"hatever health and strength our father Manu on $# sacrifice ma# e, under th#
guidance, gain.
& /# orshi% of the Gods ma# e, . /ounteous .ne, . 1udra, gain th# grace, 1uler of
valiant men.
Aome to our families, $ringing them $liss3 ma# e, hose heroes are unin<ured, $ring
thee sacred gifts,
( Hither e call for aid the ise, the anderer, im%etuous 1udra, %erfecter of sacrifice.
Ma# he re%el from us the anger of the Gods3 veril# e desire his favoura$le grace.
* Him ith the $raided hair e call ith reverence don, the ild+$oar of the s:#, the
red, the daNNling sha%e.
Ma# he, his hand filled full of sovran medicines, grant us %rotection, shelter, and a home
secure.
, To him the Maruts> 7ather is this h#mn addressed, to strengthen 1udraBs might, a song
more seet than seet.
Grant us, Immortal .ne, the food hich mortals eat3 $e gracious unto me, m# seed, m#
%rogen#.
- . 1udra, harm not either great or small of us, harm not the groing $o#, harm not the
full+gron man.
8la# not a sire among us, sla# no mother here, and to our on dear $odies, 1udra, do
not harm.
0 Harm us not, 1udra, in our seed and %rogen#, harm us not in the living, nor in cos or
steeds,
8la# not our heroes in the fur# of th# rath. /ringing o$lations evermore e call to thee.
2 5ven as a herdsman I have $rought thee h#mns of %raise3 . 7ather of the Maruts, give
us ha%%iness,
/lessed is th# most favouring $enevolence, so, veril#, do e desire th# saving hel%.
1D 7ar $e th# dart that :illeth men or cattle3 th# $liss $e ith us, . thou Lord of Heroes.
/e gracious unto us, . God, and $less us, and then vouchsafe us dou$l#+strong
%rotection.
11 "e, see:ing hel%, have s%o:en and adored him3 ma# 1udra, girt $# Maruts, hear our
calling.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AI). 8Jr#a.
1. TH5 $rilliant %resence of the Gods hath risen, the e#e of Mitra, )aru a and Agni.
The soul of all that moveth not or moveth, the 8un hath filled the air and earth and
heaven.
! Li:e as a #oung man folloeth a maiden, so doth the 8un the 9an, refulgent
Goddess3
"here %ious men e'tend their generations, $efore the Aus%icious .ne for ha%%# fortune.
& Aus%icious are the 8unBs /a#+coloured Horses, $right, changing hues, meet for our
shouts of trium%h.
/earing our %ra#ers, the s:#Bs ridge have the# mounted, and in a moment s%eed round
earth and heaven.
( This is the Godhead, this might of 8Jr#a3 he hath ithdran hat s%read o>er or:
unfinished.
"hen he hath loosed his Horses from their station, straight over all Night s%readeth out
her garment.
* In the s:#Bs la% the 8un this form assumeth that )aru a and Mitra ma# $ehold it.
His /a# 8teeds ell maintain his %oer eternal, at one time $right and dar:some at
another.
, This da#, . Gods, hile 8Jr#a is ascending, deliver us from trou$le and dishonour.
This %ra#er of ours ma# )aru a grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and 8indhu, 5arth and
Heaven.
HYMN AI)I. A@vins.
1. I T1IM li:e grass m# song for the N4sat#as and send their lauds forth as the ind
drives rain+clouds,
"ho, in a chariot ra%id as an arro, $rought to the #outhful )imada a consort.
! /orne on $# ra%id steeds of might# %inion, or %roudl# trusting in the Gods> incitements.
That stallion ass of #ours on, . N4sat#as, that thousand in the race, in YamaBs contest.
& Yea, A@vins, as a dead man leaves his riches, Tugra left /hu<#u in the cloud of aters.
Ye $rought him $ac: in animated vessels, traversing air, unetted $# the $illos.
( /hu<#u #e $ore ith inged things, N4sat#as, hich for three nights, three da#s full
siftl# travelled,
To the seaBs farther shore, the strand of ocean, in three cars, hundred+footed, ith si'
horses.
* Ye rought that hero e'%loit in the ocean hich giveth no su%%ort, or hold or station,
"hat time #e carried /hu<#u to his delling, $orne in a shi% ith hundred oars, . A@vins.
, The hite horse hich of old #e gave Agh4@va, A@vins, a gift to $e his ealth for ever,
F
8till to $e %raised is that #our glorious %resent, still to $e famed is the $rave horse of
Pedu.
- . Heroes, #e gave isdom to ;a: Ev4n ho s%rang from Pa<raBs line, ho sang #our
%raises.
Ye %oured forth from the hoof of #our strong charger a hundred <ars of ine as from a
strainer.
0 Ye arded off ith cold the fireBs fierce $urning= food ver# rich in nourishment #e
furnished.
Atri, cast donard in the cavern, A@vins #e $rought, ith all his %eo%le, forth to comfort.
2 Ye lifted u% the ell, . #e N4sat#as, and set the $ase on high to o%en donard.
8treams floed for fol: of Gotama ho thirsted, li:e rain to $ring forth thousandfold
a$undance.
1D Ye from the old A#av4na, . N4sat#as, stri%%ed, as >tere mail, the s:in u%on
his $od#,
Lengthened his life hen all had left him hel%less, 9asras? and made him lord of #outhful
maidens.
11 "orth# of %raise and orth the inning, Heroes, is that #our favouring succour .
N4sat#as,
"hat time #e, :noing ell his case, delivered )andana from the %it li:e hidden
treasure.
1! That might# deed of #ours, for gain, . Heroes, as thunder heraldeth the rain, I
%u$lish,
"hen, $# the horseBs head, AtharvanBs offs%ring 9adh#ac made :non to #ou the
8omaBs seetness.
1& In the great rite the ise dame called, N4sat#as, #ou, Lords of man# treasures, to
assist her.
Ye heard the ea:lingBs ife, as >tere an order, and gave to her a son Hira #ahasta.
1( Ye from the olfBs <as, as #e stood together, set free the Cuail, . Heroes, .
N4sat#as.
Ye, Lords of man# treasures, gave the %oet his %erfect vision as he mourned his trou$le.
1* "hen in the time of night, in ;helaBs $attle, a leg as severed li:e a ild $irdBs %inion,
8traight #e gave )i@%al4 a leg of iron that she might move hat time the conflict o%ened.
1, His father ro$$ed <r4@va of his e#esight ho for the she+olf sle a hundred
ethers.
Ye gave him e#es, N4sat#as, "onder+"or:ers, Ph#sicians, that he sa ith sight
unin<ured.
1- The 9aughter of the 8un #our car ascended, first reaching as it ere the goal ith
coursers.
All 9eities ithin their hearts assented, and #e, N4sat#as, are close lin:ed ith glor#.
10 "hen to his house #e came, to 9ivod4sa, hasting to /haradv4<a, . #e A@vins,
The car that came ith #ou $rought s%lendid riches3 a %or%oise and a $ull ere #o:ed
together.
12 Ye, $ringing ealth ith rule, and life ith offs%ring, life rich in no$le heroes= .
N4sat#as,
Accordant came ith strength to LahnuBs children ho offered #ou thrice ever# da# #our
%ortion.
!D Ye $ore aa# at night $# eas# %atha#s L4hu a com%assed round on ever# Cuarter,
And, ith #our car that cleaves the toe asunder, N4sat#as never deca#ing? rent the
mountains.
!1 .ne morn #e strengthened )a@a for the $attle, to gather s%oils that might $e told in
thousands.
"ith Indra <oined #e drove aa# misfortunes, #ea foes of P thu@ravas, . #e might#.
!! 7rom the dee% ell #e raised on high the ater, so that cat:aBs son, 8ara, should
drin: it=
And ith #our might, to hel% the ear# Ga#u, #e made the $arren co #ield mil:,
N4sat#as.
!& To )i@va:a, N4sat#as? son of ; a, the righteous man ho sought #our aid and
%raised #ou,
Ye ith #our %oers restored, li:e some lost creature, his son )i 4%J for his e#es to
loo: on.
!( A@vins, #e raised, li:e 8oma in a ladle 1e$ha, ho for ten da#s and ten nights,
fettered.
Had lain in cruel $onds, immersed and ounded, suffering sore affliction, in the aters.
!* 1 have declared #our ondrous deeds, . A@vins3 ma# this $e mine, and man# :ine
and heroes.
Ma# I, en<o#ing lengthened life, still seeing, enter old age as >tere the house I live in.
HYMN AI)II. A@vins.
1. AG)IN8, #our ancient %riest invites #ou hither to gladden #ou ith draughts of meath
of 8oma.
.ur gift is on the grass, our song a%%ortioned3 ith food and strength come hither, .
N4sat#as.
! That car of #ours, sifter than thought, . A@vins, hich dran $# $rave steeds cometh
to the %eo%le,
"hereon #e see: the delling of the %ious,Fcome #e thereon to our a$ode, . Heroes.
& Ye freed sage Atri, hom the 7ive Tri$es honoured, from the strait %it, #e Heroes ith
his %eo%le,
/affling the guiles of the malignant 9as#u, re%elling them, #e Might# in succession.
( 1e$ha the sage, #e might# Heroes, A@vins? hom, li:e a horse, vile men had sun: in
ater,F
Him, ounded, ith #our ondrous %oer #e rescued3 #our e'%loits of old time endure
for ever.
* Ye $rought forth )andana, #e "onder+"or:ers, for trium%h, li:e fair gold that hath
$een $uried,
Li:e one ho slum$ered in destructionBs $osom, or li:e the 8un hen delling in the
dar:ness.
, ;a: Ev4n, Pa<raBs son, must laud that e'%loit of #ours, N4sat#as, Heroes, #e ho
ander?
"hen from the hoof of #our strong horse #e shoered a hundred <ars of hone# for the
%eo%le.
- To ; aBs son, to )i@va:a ho %raised #ou, . Heroes, #e restored his son )i 4%J.
To Gho 4, living in her fatherBs delling, stric:en in #ears, #e gave a hus$and, A@vins.
0 1u atE, of the might# %eo%le, A@vins, #e gave to G#4va of the line of ;a va.
This deed of #ours, #e 8trong .nes should $e %u$lished, that #e gave glor# to the son of
N ad.
2 . A@vins, earing man# forms at %leasure, on Pedu #e $estoed a fleet+foot courser,
8trong, inner of a thousand s%oils, resistless the ser%ent sla#er, glorious, trium%hant.
1D These glorious things are #ours, #e /ounteous Givers= %ra#er, %raise in $oth orlds
are #our ha$itation.
. A@vins, hen the sons of Pa<ra call #ou, send strength ith nourishment to him ho
:noeth.
11 H#mned ith the reverence of a son, . A@vins #e 8ift .nes giving $oot# to the
singer,
Glorified $# Agast#a ith devotion, esta$lished )i@%al4 again, N4sat#as.
1! Ye 8ons of Heaven, #e Might#, hither ent #e, sought #e, for his fair %raise the
home of ;4v#a.
"hen, li:e a %itcher full of gold, . A@vins, on the tenth da# #e lifted u% the $uriedM
1& Ye ith the aid of #our great %oers, . A@vins, restored to #outh the ancient man
A#av4na.
The 9aughter of the 8un ith all her glor#, . #e N4sat#as, chose #our car to $ear her.
1( Ye, ever+#outhful .nes, again remem$ered Tugra, according to #our ancient manner3
"ith horses $ron of hue that fle ith sift ings #e $rought $ac: /hu<#u from the sea
of $illos.
1* The son of Tugra had invo:ed #ou, A@vins= $orne on he ent unin<ured through the
ocean.
Ye ith #our chariot sift as thought, ell+harnessed, carried him off, . Might# .nes, to
safet#.
1, The Cuail had invocated #ou, . A@vins, hen from the olfBs devouring <as #e freed
her.
"ith conCuering car #e cleft the mountainBs ridges3 the offs%ring of )i@v4c #e :illed ith
%oison.
1- He hom for furnishing a hundred ethers to the she+olf, his ic:ed father $linded,
F
To him, <r4@va, gave #e e#es, . A@vins= light to the $lind #e sent for %erfect vision.
10 To $ring the $lind man <o# thus cried the she+olf3 . A@vins, . #e Might# .nes, .
Heroes,
7or me <r4@va, li:e a #outhful lover, hath. cut %iecemeal one and a hundred ethers.
12 Great and eal+giving is #our aid, . A@vins, #e, o$<ects of all thought, made hole
the cri%%le.
Purandhi also for this cause invo:ed #ou, and #e, . might#, came to her ith succours.
!D Ye, "onder+"or:ers, filled ith mil: for Ga#u the mil:less co, emaciated, $arren=
And $# #our %oers the child of Purumitra #e $rought to )imada to $e his consort.
!1 Ploughing and soing $arle#, . #e A@vins, mil:ing out food for men, #e "onder+
"or:ers,
/lasting aa# the 9as#u ith #our trum%et, #e gave far+s%reading light unto the Kr#a.
!! Ye $rought the horseBs head, A@vins, and gave it unto 9adh#ac the offs%ring of
Atharvan.
True, he revealed to #ou, . "onder+"or:ers, seet 8oma, Tva arBs secret, as #our
girdle.
!& . 8ages, evermore I crave #our favour3 $e gracious unto all m# %ra#ers, . A@vins.
Grant me, N4sat#as, riches in a$undance, ealth famous and accom%anied ith
children.
!( "ith li$eral $ount# to the ea:lingBs consorts #e, Heroes, gave a son Hira #ahasta=
And G#4va, cut into three several %ieces, #e $rought to life again, . $ounteous A@vins.
!* These #our heroic e'%loits, . #e A@vins, done in the da#s. of old, have men related.
Ma# e, addressing %ra#er to #ou, #e Might#, s%ea: ith $rave sons a$out us to the
s#nod.
HYMN AI)III. A@vins.
1. 7LYING, ith falcons, ma# #our chariot, A@vins, most gracious, $ringing friendl#
hel%, come hither,F
Your chariot, sifter than the mind of mortal, fleet as the ind, three+seated . #e Might#.
! Aome to us ith #our chariot tri%le seated, three+heeled, of tri%le form, that rolleth
lightl#.
7ill full our cos, give mettle to our horses, and ma:e each hero son gro strong, .
A@vins.
& "ith #our ell+rolling car, descending siftl#, hear this the %ress+stoneBs song, #e
"onder+"or:ers.
Ho then have ancient sages said, . A@vins, that #e most siftl# come to sta# afflictionM
( . A@vins, let #our falcons $ear #ou hither, #o:ed to #our chariot, sift, ith fl#ing
%inions,
"hich, ever active, li:e the air# eagles, carr# #ou, . N4sat#as, to the $anCuet.
* The #outhful 9aughter of the 8un, delighting in #ou, ascended there #our chariot,
Heroes.
/orne on their sift ings let #our $eauteous horses, #our $irds of rudd# hue, conve#
#ou near us.
, Ye raised u% )andana, strong "onder+"or:ers? ith great might, and ith %oer #e
rescued 1e$ha.
7rom out the sea #e saved the son of Tugra, and gave his #outh again unto A#av4na.
- To Atri, cast don to the fire that scorched him, #e gave, . A@vins, strengthening food
and favour.
Acce%ting his fair %raises ith a%%roval, #e gave his e#es again to $linded ;a va.
0 7or ancient Ga#u in his sore affliction #e caused his co to sell ith mil:, . A@vins.
The Cuail from her great miser# #e delivered, and a ne leg for )i@%al4 %rovided.
2 A hite horse, A@vins, #e $estoed on Pedu, a ser%ent+sla#ing steed sent don $#
Indra,
Loud+neighing, conCuering the foe, high+mettled, firm+lim$ed and vigorous, inning
thousand treasures.
1D 8uch as #e are, . no$l# $orn, . Heroes, e in our trou$le call on #ou for succour.
Acce%ting these our songs, for our ell$eing come to us on #our chariot treasure+laden.
11 Aome unto us com$ined in love, N4sat#as come ith the fresh sift vigour of the
falcon.
/earing o$lations I invo:e #ou, A@vins, at the first $rea: of everlasting morning.
HYMN AIII. A@vins.
1. HITH51, that I ma# live, I call unto the feast #our ondrous car, thought+sift, $orne
on $# ra%id steeds.
"ith thousand $anners, hundred treasures, %ouring gifts, %rom%tl# o$edient, $estoing
am%le room.
! 5ven as it moveth near m# h#mn is lifted u%, and all the regions come together to sing
%raise.
I seeten the o$lations= no the hel%ers come. Qr<4nE hath, . A@vins, mounted on #our
car.
& "hen striving man ith man for glor# the# have met, $ris:, measureless, eager for
victor# in fight,
Then veril# #our car is seen u%on the slo%e hen #e, . A@vins, $ring some choice $oon
to the %rince.
( Ye came to /hu<#u hile he struggled in the flood, ith fl#ing $irds, self+#o:ed, #e $ore
him to his sires.
Ye ent to the far+distant home, . Might# .nes= and famed is #our great aid to 9ivod4sa
given.
* A@vins, the car hich #ou had #o:ed for glorious sho #our on to voices urged
directed to its goal.
Then she ho came for friendshi%, Maid of no$le $irth, elected #ou as Hus$ands, #ou to
$e her Lords.
, 1e$ha #e saved from t#rann#= for AtriBs sa:e #e Cuenched ith cold the fier# %it that
com%assed him.
Ye made the co of Ga#u stream refreshing mil:, and )andana as hol%en to e'tended
life.
- 9oers of marvels, s:ilful or:ers, #e restored )andana, li:e a car, orn out ith length
of da#s.
7rom earth #e $rought the sage to life in ondrous mode= $e #our great deeds done
here for him ho honours #ou.
0 Ye ent to him ho mourned in a far distant %lace, him ho as left forlorn $#
treacher# of his sire.
1ich ith the light of heaven as then the hel% #e gave, and marvellous #our succour
hen #e stood $# him.
2 To #ou in %raise of seetness sang the hone#+$ee3 Au@i<a calleth #ou in 8omaBs
ra%turous <o#.
Ye dre unto #ourselves the s%irit of 9adh#ac, and then the horseBs head uttered his
ords to #ou.
1D A horse did #e %rovide for Pedu, e'cellent, hite, . #e A@vins, conCueror of
com$atants,
Invinci$le in ar $# arros, see:ing heaven orth# of fame, li:e Indra, vanCuisher of
men.
HYMN AII. A@vins.
1. AG)IN8, hat %raise ma# in #our graceM "ho ma# $e %leasing to #ou $othM
Ho shall the ignorant orshi% #ouM
! Here let the ignorant as: the means of #ou ho :noFfor none $eside #ou :noeth
aughtF
Not of a s%iritless mortal man.
& 8uch as #e3 are, all+ise, e call #ou. Ye ise, declare to us this da# acce%ted %ra#er.
Loving #ou ell #our servant lauds #ou.
( 8im%l#, #e Might# .nes, I as: the Gods of that ondrous o$lation halloed $# the
m#stic ord.
8ave us from hat is stronger, fiercer than ourselves.
* 7orth go the h#mn that shone in Gho 4 /h guBs li:e, the song hereith the son of
Pa<ra orshi%s #ou,
Li:e some ise minister.
, Hear #e the song of him ho hastens s%eedil#. . A@vins, I am he ho sang #our
%raise.
Hither, #e Lords of 8%lendour, hither turn #our e#es.
- 7or #e ere ever nigh to deal forth am%le ealth, to give the ealth that #e had
gathered u%.
As such, #e )asus, guard us ell, and :ee% us safel# from the ic:ed olf.
0 Give us not u% to an# man ho hateth us, nor let our milch+cos stra#, hose udders
give us food,
7ar from our homes ithout their calves.
2 Ma# the# ho love #ou gain #ou for their 7riends. Pre%are #e us for o%ulence ith
strengthening food,
Pre%are us for the food that floeth from our cos
1D I have o$tained the horseless car of A@vins rich in sacrifice,
And I am ell content thereith.
11 Ma# it conve# me evermore3 ma# the light chariot %ass from men
To men unto the 8oma draught.
1! It holdeth slum$er in contem%t. and the rich ho en<o#eth not3
/oth vanish Cuic:l# and are lost.
HYMN AIII. Indra.
1. "H5N "ill menBs guardians hasting hear ith favour the song of A girasBs %ious
childrenM
"hen to the %eo%le of the home he cometh he strideth to the sacrifice, the Hol#.
! He sta$lished heaven= he %oured forth, s:ilful or:er, the ealth of :ine, for strength,
that nurtures heroes.
The Might# .ne his self+$orn host regarded, the horseBs mate, the mother of the heifer.
& Lord of red dans, he came victorious, dail# to the A girasesB former invocation.
His $olt and team hath he %re%ared, and sta$lished the heaven for Cuadru%eds and men
to+footed.
( In <o# of this thou didst restore, for orshi%, the loing com%an# of hidden cattle.
"hen the three+%ointed one descends ith onslaught he o%ens ide the doors that
cause man trou$le.
* Thine is that mil: hich th# sift+moving Parents $rought don, a strengthening genial
gift for conCuest=
"hen the %ure treasure unto thee the# offered, the mil: shed from the co ho
streameth nectar.
, There is he $orn. Ma# the 8ift give us ra%ture, and li:e the 8un shine forth from
#onder daning,
Indu, even us ho dran:, hose toils are offerings, %oured from the s%oon, ith %raise,
u%on the altar.
- "hen the ood+%ile, made of good logs, is read#, at the 8unBs orshi% to $ind fast the
/ulloc:,
Then hen thou shinest forth through da#s of action for the Aar+$orne, the 8ift, the
Aattle+see:er.
0 5ight steeds thou $roughtest don from might# heaven, hen fighting for the ell that
giveth s%lendour,
That men might %ress ith stones the gladdening #ello, strengthened ith mil:,
fermenting, to e'alt thee.
2 Thou hurledst forth from heaven the iron missile, $rought $# the 8:ilful, from the sling
of leather,
"hen thou, . Much+invo:ed, assisting ;utsa ith endless deadl# darts didst com%ass
Gu a.
1D /olt+armed, ere dar:ness overtoo: the sunlight, thou castest at the veiling cloud th#
ea%on,
Thou rentest, out of heaven, though firml# :notted, the might of Gu a that as thron
around him.
11 The might# Heaven and 5arth, those $right e'%anses that have no heels, <o#ed,
Indra, at thine e'%loit.
) tra, the $oar ho la# amid the aters, to slee% thou sentest ith th# might# thunder.
1! Mount Indra, lover of the men thou guardest, the ell+#o:ed horses of the ind, $est
$earers.
The $olt hich ;4v#a 6@an4 erst gave thee, strong, gladdening, ) tra+sla#ing, hath he
fashioned.
1& The strong /a# Horses of the 8un thou sta#edst3 this 5ta@a dre not the heel, .
Indra.
Aasting them forth $e#ond the ninet# rivers thou dravest don into the %it the godless.
1( Indra, %reserve thou us from this affliction Thunder+armed, save us from the miser#
near us.
)ouchsafe us affluence in chariots, founded on horses, for our food and fame and
gladness.
1* Never ma# this th# loving+:indness fail us= might# in strength, ma# %lenteous food
surround us.
Maghavan, ma:e us share the foemanBs cattle3 ma# e $e th# most li$eral feast
com%anions.
HYMN AIIII )i@vedevas.
1. 8AY, $ringing sacrifice to $ounteous 1udra, This <uice for drin: to #ou hose rath is
fleeting?
"ith 9#aus the AsuraBs Heroes I have lauded the Maruts as ith %ra#er to 5arth and
Heaven.
! 8trong to e'alt the earl# invocation are Night and 9an ho sho ith varied as%ect.
The /arren clothes her in ide+oven raiment, and fair Morn shines ith 8Jr#aBs golden
s%lendour.
& Aheer us the 1oamer round, ho stri:es at morning, the "ind delight us, %ourer forth
of aters?
8har%en our its, . Parvata and Indra. Ma# all the Gods vouchsafe to us this favour.
( And Au@i<a shall call for me that famous Pair ho en<o# and drin:, ho come to
$righten.
8et #e the .ffs%ring of the 7loods $efore #ou= $oth Mothers of the Living .ne ho
$eameth.
* 7or #ou shall Au@i<a call him ho thunders, as, to in Ar<unaBs assent, cried Gho 4.
I ill invo:e, that PJ an ma# $e $ounteous to #ou, the rich munificence of Agni.
, Hear, Mitra+)aru a, these mine invocations, hear them from all men in the hall of
orshi%.
Giver of famous gifts, :ind hearer, 8indhu ho gives fair fields, listen ith all his aters?
- Praised, Mitra, )aru a? is #our gift, a hundred cos to the P : a#4mas and the Pa<ra.
Presented $# car+famous Pri#aratha, su%%l#ing nourishment, the# came directl#.
0 Praised is the gift of him the ver# ealth#3 ma# e en<o# it, men ith hero children3
His ho hath man# gifts to give the Pa<ras, a chief ho ma:es me rich in cars and
horses.
2 The fol:, . Mitra+)aru a, ho hate #ou, ho sinfull# hating %our #ou no li$ations,
La# in their hearts, themselves, a asting sic:ness, hereas the righteous gaineth all $#
orshi%.
1D That man, most %uissant, ondrousl# urged onard, famed among heroes, li$eral in
giving,
Moveth a arrior, evermore undaunted in all encounters even ith the might#.
11 Aome to the manBs, the sacrificerBs calling3 hear, ;ings of Immortalit#, <o#+givers?
"hile #e ho s%eed through clouds decree #our $ount# largel#, for fame, to him the
chariot rider.
1! )igour ill e $esto on that adorer hose tenfold draught e come to taste, so
s%a:e the#.
Ma# all in hom rest s%lendour and great riches o$tain refreshment in these sacrifices.
1& "e ill re<oice to drin: the tenfold %resent hen the ticefive come $earing sacred
viands.
"hat can he do hose steeds and reins are choicestM These, the all+%otent, urge $rave
men to conCuest.
1( The sea and all the 9eities shall give us him ith the golden ear and nec: $e<eelled.
9ans, hasting to the %raises of the %ious, $e %leased ith us, $oth offerers and
singers.
1* 7our #outhful sons of Ma@ar@4ra ve' me, three, of the :ing, the conCuering A#avasa.
No li:e the 8un, . )aru a and Mitra, #our car hath shone, long+sha%ed and reined
ith s%lendour.
HYMN AIIIII. 9an.
1. TH5 9a: i 4Bs $road chariot hath $een harnessed3 this car the Gods Immortal have
ascended.
7ain to $ring light to homes of men the no$le and active Goddess hath emerged from
dar:ness.
! 8he $efore all the living orld hath a:ened, the Loft# .ne ho ins and gathers
treasure.
1evived and ever #oung on high she glances. 9an hath come first unto our morning
orshi%.
& If, 9an, thou Goddess no$l# $orn, thou dealest fortune this da# to all the race of
mortals,
Ma# 8avitar the God, 7riend of the homestead, declare $efore the 8un that e are
sinless.
( 8hoing her onted form each da# that %asseth, s%reading the light she visiteth each
delling.
5ager for conCuest, ith $right sheen she cometh. Her %ortion is the $est of goodl#
treasures.
* 8ister of )aru a, sister of /haga, first among all sing forth, . <o#ous Morning.
"ea: $e the strength of him ho or:eth evil3 ma# e su$due him ith our car the
guerdon.
, Let our glad h#mns and hol# thoughts rise u%ard, for the flames $rightl# $urning have
ascended.
The far+refulgent Mornings ma:e a%%arent the lovel# treasures hich the dar:ness
covered.
- The one de%arteth and the other cometh3 unli:e in hue da#Bs, halves march on
successive.
.ne hides the gloom of the surrounding Parents. 9an on her shining chariot is
res%lendent.
0 The same in form to+da#, the same tomorro, the# still :ee% )aru aBs eternal statute.
/lameless, in turn the# traverse thirt# regions, and dart across the s%irit in a moment.
2 8he ho hath :noledge .f the first da#Bs nature is $orn refulgent hite from out the
dar:ness.
The Maiden $rea:eth not the la of .rder, da# $# da# coming to the %lace a%%ointed.
1D In %ride of $eaut# li:e a maid thou goest, . Goddess, to the God ho longs to in
thee,
And smiling #outhful, as thou shinest $rightl#, $efore him thou discoverest th# $osom.
11 7air as a $ride em$ellished $# her mother thou shoest forth th# form that all ma#
see it.
/lessed art thou . 9an. 8hine #et more idel#. No other 9ans have reached hat
thou attainest.
1! 1ich in :ine, horses, and all goodl# treasures, in constant o%eration ith the
sun$eams,
The 9ans de%art and come again assuming their onted forms that %romise ha%%#
fortune.
1& .$edient to the rein of La 5ternal give us each thought that more and more shall
$less us.
8hine thou on us to+da#, 9an, sift to listen. "ith us $e riches and ith chiefs ho
orshi%.
HYMN AIII). 9an.
1. TH5 9an refulgent hen the fire is :indled, and the 8un rising, far diffuse their
$rightness.
8avitar, God, hath sent us forth to la$our, each Cuadru%ed, each $i%ed, to $e active.
! Not interru%ting heavenl# ordinances, although she minisheth human generations.
The last of endless morns that have de%arted, the first of those that come, 9an $rightl#
shineth.
& There in the eastern region she, HeavenBs 9aughter, arra#ed in garments all of light,
a%%eareth.
Trul# she folloeth the %ath of .rder, nor faileth, :noing ell, the heavenl# Cuarters.
( Near is she seen, as >tere the /right .neBs $osom3 she shoeth seet things li:e a
ne song+singer.
8he cometh li:e a fl# aa:ing slee%ers, of all returning dames most true and constant.
* There in the east half of the ater# region the Mother of the Aos hath shon her
ensign.
"ider and ider still she s%readeth onard, and filleth full the la%s of $oth heir Parents.
, 8he, veril#, e'ceeding vast to loo: on de$arreth from her light nor :in nor stranger.
Proud of her s%otless form she, $rightl# shining, turneth not from the high nor from the
hum$le.
- 8he see:eth men, as she ho hath no $rother, mounting her car, as >tere to gather
riches.
9an, li:e a loving matron for her hus$and, smiling and ell attired, unmas:s her
$eaut#.
0 The 8ister Cuitteth, for the elder 8ister, her %lace, and having loo:ed on her de%arteth.
8he dec:s her $eaut#, shining forth ith sun$eams, li:e omen troo%ing to the festal
meeting.
2 To all these 8isters ho ere no have vanished a later one each da# in course
succeedeth.
8o, li:e the %ast, ith da#s of ha%%# fortune, ma# the ne 9ans shine forth on us ith
riches.
1D 1ouse u%, . "ealth# .ne, the li$eral givers= let niggard traffic:ers slee% on
una:ened3
8hine richl#, "ealth# .ne, on those ho orshi%, richl#, glad.
9an hile asting, on the singer.
11 This #oung Maid from the east hath shone u%on us= she harnesseth her team of
$right red o'en.
8he ill $eam forth, the light ill hasten hither, and Agni ill $e %resent in each delling.
1! As the $irds fl# forth from their resting %laces, so men ith store of food rise at th#
daning.
Yea, to the li$eral mortal ho remaineth at home, . Goddess 9an, much good thou
$ringest.
1& Praised through m# %ra#er $e #e ho should $e lauded. Ye have increased our
ealth, #e 9ans ho love us.
Goddesses, ma# e in $# #our good favour ealth to $e told $# hundreds and $#
thousands.
HYMN AII). 8vana#a.
1. A.MING at earl# morn he gives his treasure= the %rudent one receives and entertains
him.
There$# increasing still his life and offs%ring, he comes ith $rave sons to a$undant
riches.
! 1ich shall he $e in gold and :ine and horses. Indra $estos on him great vital %oer,
"ho sta#s thee, as thou comest, ith his treasure, li:e game caught in the net, . earl#
comer.
& Longing, I came this morning to the %ious, the son of sacrifice, ith car ealth+laden.
Give him to drin: <uice of the stal: that gladdens= %ros%er ith %leasant h#mns the Lord
of Heroes.
( Health+$ringing streams, as milch+cos, flo to %rofit him ho hath orshi%%ed, him
ho no ill orshi%.
To him ho freel# gives and fills on all sides full streams of fatness flo and ma:e him
famous.
* .n the high ridge of heaven he stands e'alted, #ea, to the Gods he goes, the li$eral
giver.
The streams, the aters flo for him ith fatness3 to him this guerdon ever #ields
a$undance.
, 7or those ho give rich meeds are all these s%lendours, for those ho give rich meeds
suns shine in heaven.
The givers of rich meeds are made immortal= the givers of rich fees %rolong their lifetime.
- Let not the li$eral sin: to sin and sorro, never deca# the %ious chiefs ho orshi%?
Let ever# man $esides $e their %rotection, and let affliction fall u%on the niggard.
HYMN AII)I. /h4va#av#a.
1. "ITH isdom I %resent these livel# %raises of /h4v#a deller on the $an: of 8indhu=
7or he, unconCuered ;ing, desiring glor#, hath furnished me a thousand sacrifices.
! A hundred nec:lets from the ;ing, $eseeching, a hundred gift+steeds I at once
acce%ted=
.f the lordBs cos a thousand, I ;a: Ev4n. His deathless glor# hath he s%read to
heaven.
& Horses of dus:# colour stood $eside me, ten chariots, 8vana#aBs gift, ith mares to
dra them.
;ine num$ering si't# thousand folloed after. ;a: Ev4n gained them hen the da#s
ere closing.
( 7ort# $a# horses of the ten carsB master $efore a thousand lead the long %rocession.
1eeling in <o# ;a: Ev4nBs sons and Pa<raBs have grounded the coursers dec:ed ith
%earl# tra%%ings.
* An earlier gift for #ou have I acce%ted eight cos, good mil:ers, and three harnessed
horses,
Pa<ras, ho ith #our ains ith #our great :insman, li:e troo%s of su$<ects, have $een
fain for glor#.
, RIlle loCuiturS. Adhaerens, arcte adhaerens, illa Cuae mustelae similis se a$didit,
multum humorem effundens, dat mihi com%le'uum centum gaudia.
-. RIlle loCuiturS. Pro%e, %ro%e accede= molliter me tange. Ne %utes %ilos cor%oris mei+
%aucos esse3 tota sum villosa sicut Gandharium ovis.
HYMN AII)II Agni.
1. AGNI I hold as herald, the munificent, the gracious, 8on of 8trength, ho :noeth all
that live, as hol# 8inger, :noing all,
Lord of fair rites, a God ith form erected turning to the Gods,
He, hen the flame hath s%rung forth from the hol# oil, the offered fatness, longeth for it
ith his glo.
! "e, sacrificing, call on thee $est orshi%%er, the eldest of A girases, 8inger, ith
h#mns, thee, $rilliant .ne? ith singers> h#mns=
Thee, andering round as >t ere the s:#, ho art the invo:ing Priest of men,
"hom, /ull ith hair of flame the %eo%le must o$serve, the %eo%le that he s%eed them
on.
& He ith his shining glor# $laNing far and ide, he veril# it is ho sla#eth demon foes,
sla#eth the demons li:e an a'e3
At hose close touch things solid sha:e, and hat is sta$le #ields li:e trees.
8u$duing all, he :ee%s his ground and flinches not, from the s:illed archer flinches not.
( To him, as one ho :nos, even things solid #ield3 unrough fire+stic:s heated hot he
gives his gifts to aid. Men offer Agni gifts for aid.
He dee%l# %iercing man# a thing hes it li:e ood ith fervent glo.
5ven hard and solid food he crunches ith his might, #ea, hard and solid food ith
might.
* Here near e %lace the sacrificial food for him ho shines forth fairer in the night than
in the da#, ith life then stronger than $# da#.
His life gives sure and firm defence as that one giveth to a son.
The during fires en<o# things given and things not given, the during fires en<o# as food.
, He, roaring ver# loudl# li:e the Maruts> host, in fertile cultivated fields adora$le, in
desert s%ots adora$le,
Acce%ts and eats our offered gifts, ensign of sacrifice $# desert=
8o let all, <o#ing, love his %ath hen he is glad, as men %ursue a %ath for $liss.
- 5ven as the# ho sang forth h#mns, addressed to heaven, the /h gus ith their
%ra#er and %raise invited him, the /h gus ru$$ing, offering gifts.
7or radiant Agni, Lord of all these treasures, is e'ceeding strong.
Ma# he, the ise, acce%t the grateful coverings, the ise acce%t the coverings.
0 Thee e invo:e, the Lord of all our settled homes, common to all, the householdBs
guardian, to en<o#, $earer of true h#mns, to en<o#.
Thee e invo:e, the guest of men, $# hose mouth, even as a sireBs,
All these Immortals come to gain their food of life, o$lations come to Gods as food.
2 Thou, Agni, most victorious ith th# conCuering strength, most Might# .ne, art $orn for
service of the Gods, li:e ealth for service of the Gods.
Most might# is thine ecstas#, most s%lendid is th# mental %oer.
Therefore men ait u%on thee, undeca#ing .ne, li:e vassals, undeca#ing .ne.
1D To him the might#, conCuering ith victorious strength, to Agni al:ing ith the dan,
ho sendeth :ine, $e sung #our laud, to Agni sung=
As he ho ith o$lation comes calls him aloud in ever# %lace.
/efore the $rands of fire he shouteth singerli:e, the herald, :indler of the $rands.
11 Agni, $eheld $# us in nearest neigh$ourhood, accordant ith the Gods, $ring us, ith
gracious love, great riches ith th# gracious love.
Give us . Mightiest, hat is great, to see and to en<o# the earth.
As one of aful %oer, stir u% heroic might for those ho %raise thee, /ounteous Lord?
HYMN AII)III. Agni.
1. /# ManuBs la as $orn this Agni, Priest most s:illed, $orn for the hol# or: of those
ho #earn therefore, #ea, $orn for his on hol# or:.
All ear to him ho see:s his love and ealth to him ho strives for fame,
Priest ne>er deceived, he sits in I 4Bs hol# %lace, girt round in I 4Bs hol# %lace.
! "e call that %erfecter of orshi% $# the %ath or sacrifice= ith reverence rich in
offerings, ith orshi% rich in offerings.
Through %resentation of our food he gros not old in this his from=
The God hom M4tari@van $rought from far aa#, for Manu $rought from far aa#.
& In ordered course forthith he traverses the earth, sift+salloing, $elloing 8teer,
$earing the genial seed, $earing the seed and $elloing.
.$servant ith a hundred e#es the God is conCueror in the ood3
Agni, ho hath his seat in $road %lains here $elo, and in the high lands far aa#.
( That Agni, ise High+Priest, in ever# house ta:es thought for sacrifice and hol#
service, #ea, ta:es thought, ith mental %oer, for sacrifice.
9is%oser, he ith mental %oer shos all things unto him ho strives=
"hence he as $orn a guest enriched ith hol# oil, $orn as .rdainer and as Priest.
* "hen through his %oer and in his strong %revailing flames the Maruts> gladdening
$oons mingle ith AgniBs roar, $oons gladdening for the active .ne,
Then he accelerates the gift, and $# the greatness of his ealth,
8hall rescue us from overhelming miser#, from curse and overhelming oe.
, )ast, universal, good he as made messenger= the s%eeder ith his right hand hath
not loosed his hold, through love of fame not loosed his hold.
He $ears o$lations to the Gods for hosoever su%%licates.
Agni $estos a $lessing on each %ious man, and o%ens ide the doors for him.
- That Agni hath $een set most :ind in cam% of men, in sacrifice li:e a Lord victorious,
li:e a dear Lord in sacred rites.
His are the o$lations of man:ind hen offered u% at I 4Bs %lace.
He shall %reserve us from )aru aBs chastisement, #ea, from the great GodBs
chastisement.
0 Agni the Priest the# su%%licate to grant them ealth3 him, dear, most thoughtful, have
the# made their messenger, him, offering+$earer have the# made,
/eloved of all, ho :noeth all, the Priest, the Hol# one, the 8ageF
Him, 7riend, for hel%, the Gods hen the# are fain for ealth, him, 7riend, ith h#mns,
hen fain for ealth.
HYMN AIIII Indra.
1. TH5 car hich Indra, thou, for service of the Gods though it $e far aa#, . sift .ne,
$ringest near, hich, /lameless .ne, thou $ringest near,
Place siftl# nigh us for our hel%3 $e it th# ill that it $e strong.
/lameless and active, hear this s%eech of orderers, this s%eech of us li:e orderers.
! Hear, Indra, thou hom men in ever# fight must call to sho th# strength, for cr# of
$attle ith the men, ith men of ar for victor#.
He ho ith heroes ins the light, ho ith the singers gains the %riNe,
Him the rich see: to gain even as a sift strong steed, even as a courser fleet and
strong.
& Thou, Might#, %ourest forth the hide that holds the rain, thou :ee%est far aa#, Hero,
the ic:ed man, thou shuttest out the ic:ed man.
Indra, to thee I sing, to 9#aus, to 1udra glorious in himself,
To Mitra, )aru a I sing a far+famed h#mn to the :ind God a far+famed h#mn.
( "e ish our Indra here that he ma# further #ou, the 7riend, $eloved of all, the ver#
strong all#, in ars the ver# strong all#
In all encounters strengthen thou our %ra#er to $e a hel% to us.
No enem#Fhom thou smitest donFsu$dueth thee, no enem#, hom thou smitest
don.
* /o don the overeening %ride of ever# foe ith succour li:e to :indling+ood in
fiercest flame, ith might# succour, Might# .ne.
Guide us, thou Hero, as of old, so art thou counted $lameless still.
Thou drivest, as a Priest, all sins of man aa#, as Priest, in %erson, see:ing us.
, This ma# I utter to the %resent 8oma+dro%, hich, meet to $e invo:ed, ith %oer,
aa:es the %ra#er, aa:es the demon+sla#ing %ra#er.
Ma# he himself ith darts of death drive far from us the scornerBs hate.
7ar let him flee aa# ho s%ea:eth ic:edness and vanish li:e a mote of dust.
- /# thoughtful invocation this ma# e o$tain, o$tain great ealth, . "ealth# .ne, ith
Hero sons, ealth that is seet ith hero sons.
Him ho is roth e %acif# ith sacred food and eulogies,
Indra the Hol# ith our calls ins%ired and true, the Hol# .ne ith calls ins%ired.
0 .n, for #our good and ours, come Indra ith the aid of his on lordliness to drive the
ic:ed hence, to rend the evil+hearted ones?
The ea%on hich devouring fiends cast at us shall destro# themselves.
8truc: don, it shall not reach the mar:= hurled forth, the fire+$rand shall not stri:e.
2 "ith riches in a$undance, Indra, come to us, come $# an uno$structed %ath, come $#
a %ath from demons free.
/e ith us hen e stra# afar, $e ith us hen our home is nigh.
Protect us ith th# hel% $oth near and far aa#3 %rotect us ever ith th# hel%.
1D Thou art our on, . Indra, ith victorious ealth3 let might accom%an# thee, the
8trong, to give us aid, li:e Mitra, to give might# aid.
. strongest saviour, hel%er thou, Immortal? of each arriorBs car.
Hurt thou another and not us, . Thunder+armed, one ho ould hurt, . Thunder+armed?
11 8ave us from in<ur#, thou ho art ell e'tolled3 ever the arder+off art thou of ic:ed
ones, even as a God, of ic:ed ones=
Thou sla#er of the evil fiend, saviour of singer such as I.
Good Lord, the 7ather made thee sla#er of the fiends, made thee, good Lord, to sla# the
fiends.
HYMN AIII. Indra.
1. Aome to us, Indra, from afar, conducting us even as a lord of heroes to the
gatherings, home, li:e a ;ing, his heroesB lord.
"e come ith gifts of %leasant food, ith <uice %oured forth, invo:ing thee,
As sons invite a sire, that thou ma#st get thee strength thee, $ounteousest, to get thee
strength.
! . Indra, drin: the 8oma <uice %ressed out ith stones. %oured from the reservoir, as
an o' drin:s the s%ring, a ver# thirst# $ull the s%ring.
7or the seet draught that gladdens thee, for mightiest freshening of th# strength.
Let th# /a# Horses $ring thee hither as the 8un, as ever# da# the# $ring the 8un.
& He found the treasure $rought from heaven that la# concealed, close+hidden, li:e the
nestling of a $ird, in roc:, enclosed in never+ending roc:.
/est A giras, $olt+armed, he strove to in, as >tere, the stall of :ine=
8o Indra hath disclosed the food concealed, disclosed the doors, the food that la#
concealed.
( Gras%ing his thunder$olt ith $oth hands, Indra made its edge most :een, for hurling,
li:e a carving+:nife for AhiBs slaughter made it :een.
5ndued ith ma<est# and strength, . Indra, and ith lordl# might,
Thou crashest don the trees, as hen a craftsman fells, crashest them don as ith
an a'e.
* Thou, Indra, ithout effort hast let loose the floods to run their free course don,
li:e chariots, to the sea, li:e chariots shoing forth their strength.
The#, reaching hence aa#, have <oined their strength for one eternal end,
5ven as the cos ho %oured forth ever# thing for man, Yea, %oured forth all things for
man:ind.
, 5ager for riches, men have formed for thee this song, li:e as a s:ilful craftsman
fashioneth a car, so have the# rought thee to their $liss=
Adorning thee, . 8inger, li:e a generous steed for deeds of might,
Yea, li:e a steed to sho his strength and in the %riNe, that he ma# $ear each %riNe
aa#.
- 7or PJru thou hast shattered, Indra ninet# forts, for 9ivod4sa th# $oon servant ith th#
$olt, . 9ancer, for th# orshi%%er.
7or Atithigva he, the 8trong, $rought Gam$ara. from the mountain don,
9istri$uting the might# treasures ith his strength, %arting all treasures ith his strength.
0 Indra in $attles hel% his Kr#an orshi%%er, he ho hath hundred hel%s at hand in ever#
fra#, in fra#s that in the light of heaven.
Plaguing the laless he gave u% to ManuBs seed the dus:# s:in=
/laNing, >tere, he $urns each covetous man aa#, he $urns, the t#rannous aa#.
2 "a'ed strong in might at dan he tore the 8unBs heel off. /right red, he steals aa#
their s%eech, the Lord of Poer, their s%eech he steals aa# from them,
As thou ith eager s%eed, . 8age, hast come from far aa# to hel%,
As inning for thine on all ha%%iness of men, inning all ha%%iness each da#.
1D Lauded ith our ne h#mns, . vigorous in deed, save us ith strengthening hel%,
thou 8hatterer of the 7orts?
Thou, Indra, %raised $# 9ivod4saBs clansmen, as heaven gros great ith da#s, shalt
a' in glor#.
HYMN AIIII. Indra.
1. To Indra 9#aus the Asura hath $oed him don, to Indra might# 5arth ith ide+
e'tending tracts, to in the light, ith ide+s%read tracts.
All Gods of one accord have set Indra in front %reeminent.
7or Indra all li$ations must $e set a%art, all manBs li$ations set a%art.
! In all li$ations men ith hero s%irit urge the 6niversal .ne, each see:ing several light,
each fain to in the light a%art.
Thee, furthering li:e a shi%, ill e set to the chariot+%ole of strength,
As men ho in ith sacrifices IndraBs thought, men ho in Indra ith their lauds.
& Aou%les desirous of thine aid are storming thee, %ouring their %resents forth to in a
stall of :ine, %ouring gifts, Indra, see:ing thee.
"hen to men see:ing s%oil or heaven thou $ringest face to face in ar,
Thou shoest, Indra, then the $olt th# constant friend, the /ull that ever aits on thee.
( This thine heroic %oer men of old time have :non, hereith thou $rea:est don,
Indra, autumnal forts, $rea:est them don ith conCuering might.
Thou hast chastised, . Indra, Lord of 8trength, the man ho orshi%s not,
And made thine on this great earth and these ater+floods= ith <o#ous heart these
ater+floods.
* And the# have $ruited far this hero+might hen thou, . 8trong .ne, in th# <o# hel%est
th# su%%liants, ho sought to in thee for their 7riend.
Their $attle+cr# thou madest sound victorious in the shoc:s of ar.
.ne stream after another have the# gained from thee, eager for glor# have the# gained.
,. Also this morn ma# he $e ell inclined to us, mar: at our call our offerings and our
song of %raise, our call that e ma# in the light.
As thou, . Indra Thunder+armed, ilt, as the 8trong .ne, sla# the foe,
Listen thou to the %ra#er of me a later sage, hear thou a later sageBs %ra#er.
- . Indra, a'en strong and ell+inclined to us, thou ver# might#, sla# the man that is
our foe, sla# the man, Hero? ith th# $olt.
8la# thou the man ho in<ures us3 hear thou, as readiest, to hear.
7ar $e malignit#, li:e mischief on the march, afar $e all malignit#.
HYMN AIIIII. Indra.
1. H5LP59, Indra Maghavan, $# thee in ar of old, ma# e su$due in fight the men ho
strive ith us, conCuer the men ho ar ith us.
This da# that no is close at hand $less him ho %ours the 8oma <uice.
In this our sacrifice ma# e divide the s%oil, shoing our strength, the s%oil of ar.
! In ar hich ins the light, at the free+giverBs call, at due o$lation of the earl#+rising
one, o$lation of the active one,
Indra sle, even as e :noFhom each $oed head must reverence.
Ma# all th# $ounteous gifts $e gathered u% for us, #ea, the good gifts of thee the Good.
& This food glos for thee as of old at sacrifice, herein the# made thee chooser of the
%lace, for thou choosest the %lace of sacrifice.
8%ea: thou and ma:e it :non to us3 the# see ithin ith $eams of light.
Indra, indeed, is found a see:er after s%oil, s%oil+see:er for his on allies.
( 8o no must th# great deed $e lauded as of old, hen for the A girases thou
o%enedst the stall, o%enedst, giving aid, the stall.
In the same manner for us here fight thou and $e victorious3
To him ho %ours the <uice give u% the laless man, the laless ho is roth ith us.
* "hen ith ise %lan the Hero leads the %eo%le forth, the# conCuer in the ordered
$attle, see:ing fame, %ress, eager, onard see:ing fame.
To him in time of need the# sing for life ith offs%ring and ith strength.
Their h#mns ith Indra find a elcome %lace of rest3 the h#mns go forard to the Gods.
, Indra and Parvata, our cham%ions in the fight, drive #e aa# each man ho fain ould
ar ith us, drive him far from us ith the $olt.
"elcome to him concealed afar shall he the lair that he hath found.
8o ma# the 1ender rend our foes on ever# side, rend them, . Hero, ever#here.
HYMN AIIIIII. Indra.
1. "ITH sacrifice I %urge $oth earth and heaven3 I $urn u% great she+fiends ho serve
not Indra,
"here throttled $# th# hand the foes ere slaughtered, and in the %it of death la#
%ierced and mangled.
! . thou ho castest forth the stones crushing the sorceresses> heads,
/rea: them ith th# ide+s%reading foot, ith th# ide+s%reading might# foot.
& 9o thou, . Maghavan, $eat off these sorceressesB daring strength.
Aast them ithin the narro %it. ithin the dee% and narro %it.
( .f hom thou hast ere no destro#ed thrice+fift# ith th# fierce attac:s.
That deed the# count a glorious deed, though small to thee, a glorious deed.
* . Indra, crush and $ra# to $its the fearful fier#+ea%oned fiend3
8tri:e ever# demon to the ground.
, Tear don the might# ones. . Indra, hear thou us. 7or heaven hath gloed li:e earth
in fear, . Thunder+armed, as dreading fierce heat, Thunder+armed?
Most Might# mid the Might# .nes thou s%eedest ith strong $olts of death,
Not sla#ing men, unconCuered Hero ith the $rave, . Hero, ith the thrice+seven $rave.
- The %ourer of li$ations gains the home of ealth, %ouring his gift conciliates hostilities,
#ea, the hostilities of Gods.
Pouring, he strives, unchec:ed and strong, to in him riches thousandfold.
Indra gives lasting ealth to him ho %ours forth gifts, #ea, ealth he gives that long
shall last.
HYMN AIIII). )4#u.
1. )KY6, let fleet+foot coursers $ring thee s%eedil# to this our feast, to drin: first of the
<uice e %our, to the first draught of 8oma <uice.
Ma# our glad h#mn, discerning ell, u%lifted, gratif# th# mind.
Aome ith th# team+dran car, . )4#u, to the gift, come to the sacrificerBs gift.
! Ma# the <o#+giving dro%s, . )4#u gladden thee, effectual, ell %re%ared, directed to
the heavens, strong, $lent ith mil: and see:ing heaven=
That aids, effectual to fulfil, ma# ait u%on our s:ilful %oer.
Associate teams come hitherard to grant our %ra#ers3 the# shall address the h#mns e
sing.
& To red steeds )4#u #o:es, )4#u to %ur%le steeds, sift+footed, to the chariot, to the
%ole to dra, most a$le, at the %ole, to dra.
"a:e u% intelligence, as hen a lover a:es his slee%ing love.
Illumine heaven and earth, ma:e thou the 9ans to shine, for glor# ma:e the 9ans to
shine.
( 7or thee the radiant 9ans in the far+distant s:# $roaden their lovel# garments forth in
ondrous $eams, $right+coloured in their ne+$orn $eams.
7or thee the nectar+#ielding Ao %ours all rich treasures forth as mil:.
The Marut host hast thou engendered from the om$, the Maruts from the om$ of
heaven.
* 7or thee the %ure $right Cuic:l#+floing 8oma+dro%s, strong in their heightening %oer,
hasten to mi' themselves, hasten to the ater to $e mi'ed.
To thee the ear# coard %ra#s for luc: that he ma# s%eed aa#.
Thou $# th# la %rotectest us from ever# orld, #ea, from the orld of highest Gods.
, Thou, )4#u, ho hast none $efore thee, first of all hast right to drin: these offerings of
8oma <uice, hast right to drin: the <uice out+%oured,
Yea, %oured $# all invo:ing tri$es ho free themselves from taint of sin,
7or thee all cos are mil:ed to #ield the 8oma+mil:, to #ield the $utter and the mil:.
HYMN AIII). )4#u, Indra+)4#u.
1. 8T15"N is the sacred grass= come )4#u, to our feast, ith team of thousands,
come, Lord of the harnessed team, ith hundreds, Lord of harnessed steeds?
The dro%s divine are lifted u% for thee, the God, to drin: them first.
The <uices rich in seets have raised them for th# <o#, have raised themselves to give
thee strength.
! Purified $# the stones the 8oma flos for thee, clothed ith its lovel# s%lendours, to
the reservoir, flos clad in its refulgent light.
7or thee the 8oma is %oured forth, th# %ortioned share mid Gods and men.
9rive thou th# horses, )4#u, come to us ith love, come ell+inclined and loving us.
& Aome thou ith hundreds, come ith thousands in th# team to this our solemn rite, to
taste the sacred food, )4#u, to taste the offerings.
This is th# seasona$le share, that comes co+radiant ith the 8un.
/rought $# attendant %riests %ure <uice is offered u%, )4#u, %ure <uice is offered u%.
( The chariot ith its team of horses $ring #ou $oth, to guard us and to taste the ell+
a%%ointed food, )4#u, to taste the offerings?
9rin: of the %leasant+flavoured <uice3 the first draught is assigned to #ou.
. )4#u, ith #our s%lendid $ount# come #e $oth, Indra, ith $ount# come #e $oth.
* Ma# our songs $ring #ou hither to our solemn rites3 these dro%s of might# vigour have
the# $eautified, li:e a sift steed of might# strength.
9rin: of them ell+inclined to us, come hitherard to $e our hel%.
9rin:, Indra+)4#u, of these Luices %ressed ith stones, 8trength+givers? till the# gladden
#ou.
, These 8oma <uices %ressed for #ou in aters here, $orne $# attendant %riests, are
offered u% to #ou3 $right, )4#u, are the# offered u%.
8ift through the strainer have the# floed, and here are shed for $oth of #ou,
8oma+dro%s, fain for #ou, over the etherBs fleece, 8omas over the etherBs fleece.
- . )4#u, %ass thou over all the slum$erers, and here the %ress+stone rings enter #e
$oth that house, #ea, Indra, go #e $oth ithin.
The <o#ous Maiden is $eheld, the $utter flos. "ith richl# laden team come to our
solemn rite, #ea, Indra, come #e to the rite.
0 1ide hither to the offering of the %leasant <uice, the hol# 7ig+tree hich victorious
%riests surround3 victorious $e the# still for us.
At once the cos #ield mil:, the $arle#+meal is dressed. 7or thee,
. )4#u, never shall the cos gro thin, never for thee shall the# $e dr#.
2 These /ulls of thine, . )4#u ith the arm of strength, ho siftl# fl# ithin the current
of th# stream, the /ulls increasing in their might,
Horseless, #et even through the aste sift+moving, hom no shout can sta#,
Hard to $e chec:ed are the#, li:e sun$eams, in their course. hard to $e chec:ed $# $oth
the hands.
HYMN AIII)I. Mitra+)aru a.
1. /1ING adoration am%le and most e'cellent, h#mn, offerings, to the atchful Tain,
the $ountiful, #our seetest to the $ounteous .nes.
8ovrans adored ith streams of oil and %raised at ever# sacrifice.
Their high im%erial might ma# nohere $e assailed, ne>er ma# their Godhead $e
assailed.
! 7or the $road 8un as seen a %ath more idel# laid, the %ath of hol# la hath $een
maintained ith ra#s, the e#e ith /hagaBs ra#s of light.
7irm+set in heaven is MitraBs home, and Ar#amanBs and )aru aBs.
Thence the# give forth great vital strength hich merits %raise, high %oer of life that
men shall %raise.
& "ith Aditi the luminous, the celestial, u%holder of the %eo%le, come #e da# $# da#, #e
ho atch slee%less, da# $# da#.
1es%lendent might have #e o$tained, Kdit#as, Lords of li$eral gifts.
Movers of men, mild $oth, are Mitra, )aru a, mover of men is Ar#aman.
( This 8oma $e most seet to Mitra, )aru a3 he in the drin:ing+feasts, shall have a
share thereof, sharing, a God, among the Gods.
Ma# all the Gods of one accord acce%t it <o#full# to+da#.
Therefore do #e, . ;ings, accom%lish hat e as:, #e 1ighteous .nes, hate>er e
as:.
* "hoso, ith orshi% serves Mitra and )aru a, him guard #e carefull#, unin<ured, from
distress, guard from distress the li$eral man.
Ar#aman guards him ell ho acts u%rightl# folloing his la,
"ho $eautifies their service ith his lauds, ho ma:es it $eautiful ith songs of %raise.
, "orshi% ill I %rofess to loft# 9#aus, to Heaven and 5arth, to Mitra and to $ounteous
)aru a, the /ounteous, the Aom%assionate.
Praise Indra, %raise thou Agni, %raise /haga and heavenl# Ar#aman.
Long ma# e live and have attendant %rogen#, have %rogen# ith 8omaBs hel%.
- "ith the Gods> hel%, ith Indra still $eside us, ma# e $e held self+s%lendid ith the
Maruts.
Ma# Agni, Mitra, )aru a give us shelter this ma# e gain, e and our ealth# %rinces.
HYMN AIII)II. Mitra+)aru a.
1. "ITH stones have e %ressed out3 . come= these gladdening dro%s are $lent ith
mil:, these 8oma+dro%s hich gladden #ou.
Aome to us, ;ings ho reach to heaven, a%%roach us, coming hitherard.
These mil:# dro%s are #ours, Mitra and )aru a, $right 8oma <uices $lent ith mil:.
! Here are the dro%%ings= come #e nigh the 8oma+dro%%ings $lent ith curd, <uices
e'%ressed and $lent ith curd.
No for the a:ening of #our 9an together ith the 8un+GodBs ra#s,
<uice aits for Mitra and for )aru a to drin:, fair <uice for drin:, for sacrifice.
& As >tere a radiant+coloured co, the# mil: ith stones the stal: for #ou, ith stones
the# mil: the 8oma+%lant.
Ma# #e come nigh us, ma# #e turn hither to drin: the 8oma <uice.
The men %ressed out this <uice, Mitra and )aru a, %ressed out this 8oma for #our drin:.
HYMN AIII)III. PJ an.
1. 8T1.NG PJ anBs ma<est# is lauded evermore, the glor# of his lordl# might is never
faint, his song of %raise is never faint.
8ee:ing felicit# I laud him nigh to hel%, the source, of $liss,
"ho, )igorous one, hath dran to him the hearts of all, dran them, the )igorous .ne,
the God.
! Thee, then, . PJ an, li:e a sift one on his a#, I urge ith lauds that thou ma#st
ma:e the foemen flee, drive, camel+li:e, our foes afar.
As I, a man, call thee, a God, giver of $liss, to $e m# 7riend,
8o ma:e our loudl#+chanted %raises glorious, in $attles ma:e them glorious.
& Thou, PJ an, in hose friendshi% the# ho sing forth %raise en<o# advantage, even in
isdom, through th# grace, in isdom even the# are advanced.
8o, after this most recent course, e come to thee ith %ra#ers for ealth.
Not stirred to anger, . "ide+1uler, come to us, come thou to us in ever# fight.
( Not stirred to anger, come, 7ree+giver, nigh to us, to ta:e this gift of ours, thou ho
hast goats for steeds, Goat+$orne? their gift ho long for fame.
8o, "onder+"or:er? ma# e turn thee hither ith effectual lauds.
I slight thee not, . PJ an, thou 1es%lendent .ne3 th# friendshi% ma# not $e des%ised.
HYMN AIIIII. )i@vedevas.
1. H5A19 $e our %ra#er? In thought I honour Agni first3 no straighta# e elect this
heavenl# com%an#, Indra and )4#u e elect.
7or hen our latest thought is raised and on )ivasv4n centred ell,
Then ma# our hol# songs go forard on their a#, our songs as >tere unto the Gods.
! As there #e, Mitra, )aru a, a$ove the true have ta:en to #ourselves the untrue ith
#our mind, ith isdomBs mental energ#,
8o in the seats herein #e dell have e $eheld the Golden .ne,
Not ith our thoughts or s%irit, $ut ith these our e#es, #ea, ith the e#es that 8oma
gives.
& A@vins, the %ious call #ou ith their h#mns of %raise, sounding their loud song forth to
#ou, these living men, to their o$lations, living men.
All glories and all nourishment, Lords of all ealth? de%end on #ou.
The fellies of #our golden chariot scatter dro%s, Might# .nes? of #our golden car.
( "ell is it :non, . Might# .nes3 #e o%en heaven= for #ou the chariot+steeds are #o:ed
for morning rites, unserving steeds for morning rites,
"e set #ou on the chariot+seat, #e Might#, on the golden car.
Ye see: mid+air as $# a %ath that leads aright, as $# a %ath that leads direct.
* . 1ich in 8trength, through #our great %oer vouchsafe us $lessings da# and night.
The offerings hich e $ring to #ou shall never fail, gifts $rought $# us shall never fail.
, These 8oma+dro%s, strong Indra? drin: for heroes, %oured, %ressed out $# %ressing+
stones, are elling forth for thee, for thee the dro%s are elling forth.
The# shall ma:e glad th# heart to give, to give ealth great and onderful.
Thou ho acce%test %raise come glorified $# h#mns, come thou to us $enevolent.
- Puic:l#, . Agni, hear us3 magnified $# us thou shalt s%ec: for us to the Gods adora$le
#ea, to the ;ings adora$le3
"hen, . #e 9eities, #e gave that Milch+co to the A girases,
The# mil:ed her3 Ar#aman, <oined ith them, did the or:3 he :noeth her as ell as I.
0 Ne>er ma# these manl# deeds of #ours for us gro old, never ma# #our $right glories
fall into deca#, never $efore our time deca#.
"hat deed of #ours, ne ever# age, ondrous, sur%assing man, rings forth,
"hatever, Maruts? ma# $e difficult to gain, grant us, hate>er is hard to gain.
2 9adh#ac of old, A giras, Pri#amedha these, and ;a va, Atri, Manu :ne m# $irth,
#ea, those of ancient da#s and Manu :ne.
Their long line stretcheth to the Gods, our $irth+conne'ions are ith them.
To these, for their high station, I $o don ith song, to Indra, Agni, $o ith song.
1D Let the Invo:er $less3 let offerers $ring choice gifts= / has%ati the 7riend doth
sacrifice ith 8teers, 8teers that have man# an e'cellence.
No ith our ears e catch the sound of the %ress+stone that rings afar.
The ver# 8trong hath gained the aters $# himself, the strong gained man# a resting+
%lace.
11 . #e 5leven Gods hose home is heaven, . #e 5leven ho ma:e earth #our
delling,
Ye ho ith might, 5leven, live in aters, acce%t this sacrifice, . Gods, ith %leasure.
HYMN AIL. Agni.
1. To s%lendid Agni seated $# the altar, loving ell his home, I $ring the food as >tere
his %lace of $irth.
I clothe the $right .ne ith m# h#mn as ith a ro$e, him ith the car of light, $right+
hued, dis%elling gloom.
! Ahild of a dou$le $irth he gras%s at tri%le food= in the #earBs course hat he hath
salloed gros ane.
He, $# anotherBs mouth and tongue a no$le /ull, ith other, as an ele%hant, consumes
the trees.
& The %air ho dell together, moving in the dar: $estir themselves3 $oth %arents hasten
to the $a$e,
Im%etuous+tongued, destro#ing, s%ringing siftl# forth, one to $e atched and cherished,
strengthener of his sire.
( 7or man, thou 7riend of men, these steeds of thine are #o:ed, im%atient, lightl#
running, %loughing $lac:ened lines,
9iscordant+minded, fleet, gliding ith eas# s%eed, urged onard $# the ind and ra%id in
their course.
* 9is%elling on their a# the horror of $lac: gloom, ma:ing a glorious sho these flames
of his fl# forth,
"hen o>er the s%acious tract he s%reads himself a$road, and rushes %anting on ith
thunder and ith roar.
, Amid $ron %lants he stoo%s as if adorning them, and rushes $elloing li:e a $ull
u%on his ives.
Proving his might, he dec:s the glor# of his form, and sha:es his horns li:e one terrific,
hard to sta#.
- No covered, no dis%la#ed he gras%s as one ho :nos his resting+%lace in those
ho :no him ell.
A second time the# a' and gather Godli:e %oer, and $lending $oth together change
their ParentsB form.
0 The maidens ith long, tresses hold him in em$race= dead, the# rise u% again to meet
the Living .ne.
1eleasing them from age ith a loud roar he comes, filling them ith ne s%irit, living,
unsu$dued.
2 Lic:ing the mantle of the Mother, far and ide he anders over fields ith $easts that
flee a%ace.
8trengthening all that al:, lic:ing u% all around, a $lac:ened %ath, forsooth, he leaves
here>er he goes.
1D . Agni, shine res%lendent ith our ealth# chiefs, li:e a loud+snorting $ull,
accustomed to the house.
Thou casting off thine infant ra%%ings $laNest forth as though thou hadst %ut on a coat
of mail for ar.
11 Ma# this our %erfect %ra#er $e dearer unto thee than an im%erfect %ra#er although it
%lease thee ell.
"ith the %ure $rillianc# that radiates from th# form, ma#est thou grant to us a$undant
store of ealth.
1! Grant to our chariot, to our house, . Agni, a $oat ith moving feet and constant
oarage,
.ne that ma# further ell our ealth# %rinces and all the fol:, and $e our certain refuge.
1& "elcome our laud ith thine a%%roval, Agni. Ma# earth and heaven and freel# floing
rivers
Yield us long life and food and corn and cattle, and ma# the red 9ans choose for us
their choicest.
HYMN AILI. Agni.
1. Y5A, veril#, the fair effulgence of the God for glor# as esta$lished, since he s%rang
from strength.
"hen he inclines thereto successful is the h#mn3 the songs of sacrifice have $rought
him as the# flo
! "onderful, rich in nourishment, he dells in food= ne't, in the seven aus%icious
Mothers is his home.
Thirdl#, that the# might drain the treasures of the /ull, the maidens $rought forth him for
hom the ten %rovide.
& "hat time from out the dee%, from the 8teerBs ondrous form, the Ahiefs ho had the
%oer %roduced him ith their strength=
"hen M4tari@van ru$$ed forth him ho la# concealed, for mi'ture of the seet drin:, in
the da#s of old.
( "hen from the Highest 7ather he is $rought to us, amid the %lants he rises hungr#,
ondrousl#.
As $oth together <oin to e'%edite his $irth, most #outhful he is $orn res%lendent in his
light.
* Then also entered he the Mothers, and in them %ure and unin<ured he increased in
magnitude.
As to the first he rose, the vigorous from of old, so no he runs among the #ounger
loest ones.
, Therefore the# choose him Herald at the morning rites, %ressing to him as unto /haga,
%ouring gifts,
"hen, much+%raised, $# the %oer and ill of Gods, he goes at all times to his mortal
orshi%%er to drin:.
- "hat time the Hol# .ne, ind+urged, hath risen u%, ser%ent+li:e inding through the
dr# grass unrestrained,
9ust lies u%on the a# of him ho $urneth all, $lac:+inged and %ure of $irth ho
follos sundr# %aths.
0 Li:e a sift chariot made $# men ho :no their art, he ith his red lim$s lifts himself
aloft to heaven.
Th# orshi%%ers $ecome $# $urning $lac: of hue3 their strength flies as $efore a heroBs
violence.
2 /# thee, . Agni, )aru a ho guards the La, Mitra and Ar#aman, the /ounteous, are
made strong=
7or, as the fell# holds the s%o:es, thou ith th# might %ervading hast $een $orn
encom%assing them round.
1D Agni, to him ho toils and %ours li$ations, thou, Most Youthful? sendest ealth and all
the host of Gods.
Thee, therefore, even as /haga, ill e set ane, #oung Ahild of 8trength, most
ealth#? in our $attle+song.
11 )ouchsafe us riches turned to orth# ends, good luc: a$iding in the house, and
strong ca%acit#,
"ealth that directs $oth orlds as the# ere guiding+reins, and, ver# "ise, the Gods>
assent in sacrifice.
1! Ma# he, the Priest res%lendent, <o#ful, hear us, he ith the radiant car and ra%id
horses.
Ma# Agni, ever ise, ith $est directions to $liss and highest ha%%iness conduct us.
1& "ith h#mns of might hath Agni no $een lauded, advanced to height of universal
:ingshi%.
No ma# these ealth# chiefs and e together s%read forth as s%reads the 8un a$ove
the rain+clouds.
HYMN AILII. K%rEs.
1. ;IN9L59, $ring, Agni, Gods to+da# for him ho lifts the ladle u%.
8%in out the ancient thread for him ho sheds, ith gifts, the 8oma <uice.
! Thou dealest forth, TanJna%4t, seet sacrifice enriched ith oil,
/rought $# a singer such as I ho offers gifts and toils for thee.
& He ondrous, sanctif#ing, $right, s%rin:les the sacrifice ith mead,
Thrice, Nar4@a sa from the heavens, a God mid Gods adora$le.
( Agni, $esought, $ring hitherard Indra the 7riend, the "onderful,
7or this m# h#mn of %raise, . seet of tongue, is chanted forth to thee.
* The ladle+holders stre trimmed grass at this ell+ordered sacrifice=
A home for Indra is adorned, ide, fittest to receive the Gods.
, Thron o%en $e the 9oors 9ivine, unfailing, that assist the rite,
High, %urif#ing, much+desired, so that the Gods ma# enter in.
- Ma# Night and Morning, h#mned ith lauds, united, fair to loo: u%on,
8trong Mothers of the sacrifice, seat them together on the grass.
0 Ma# the to Priests 9ivine, the sage, the seet+voiced lovers of the h#mn,
Aom%lete this sacrifice of ours, effectual, reaching heaven to+da#.
2 Let Hotr4 %ure, set among Gods, amid the Maruts /h4ratE, I 4, 8arasvatE, MahE, rest on
the grass, adora$le.
1D Ma# Tva ar send us genial de a$undant, ondrous, rich in gifts,
7or increase and for groth of ealth, Tva ar our :insman and our 7riend.
11 )anas%ati, give forth, th#self, and call the Gods to sacrifice.
Ma# Agni, God intelligent, s%eed our o$lation to the Gods.
1! To )4#u <oined ith PJ an, ith the Maruts, and the host of Gods,
To Indra ho ins%ires the h#mn cr# Glor#? and %resent the gift.
1& Aome hither to en<o# the gifts %re%ared ith cr# of Glor#? Aome,
. Indra, hear their calling= the# invite thee to the sacrifice.
HYMN AILIII. Agni.
1. To Agni I %resent a neer mightier h#mn, I $ring m# ords and song unto the 8on of
8trength,
"ho, .ffs%ring of the "aters, $earing %recious things sits on the earth, in season, dear
Invo:ing Priest.
! 8oon as he s%rang to $irth that Agni as shon forth to M4tari@van in the highest
firmament.
"hen he as :indled, through his %oer and ma<est# his fier# s%lendour made the
heavens and earth to shine.
& His flames that a' not old, $eams fair to loo: u%on of him hose face is lovel#, shine
ith $eauteous sheen.
The ra#s of Agni, him hose active force is light, through the nights glimmer slee%less,
ageless, li:e the floods.
( 8end thou ith h#mns that Agni to his on a$ode, ho rules, one 8ovran Lord of
ealth, li:e )aru a,
Him, All+%ossessor, hom the /h gus ith their might $rought to earthBs central %oint,
the centre of the orld.
* He hom no force can sta#, even as the Maruts> roar, li:e to a dart sent forth, even as
the $olt from heaven,
Agni ith shar%ened <as ches u% and eats the trees, and conCuers them as hen the
arrior smites his foes.
, And ill not Agni find en<o#ment in our %raise, ill not the )asu grant our ish ith gifts
of ealthM
"ill not the Ins%irer s%eed our %ra#ers to gain their endM Him ith the radiant glance I
laud ith this m# song.
- The :indler of the flame ins Agni as a 7riend, %romoter of the La, hose face is
$right ith oil.
Inflamed and :een, refulgent in our gatherings, he lifts our h#mn on high clad in his
radiant hues.
0 ;ee% us incessantl# ith guards that cease not, Agni, ith guards aus%icious, ver#
might#.
"ith guards that never slum$er, never heedless, never $eguiled. . Hel%er, :ee% our
children.
HYMN AILI). Agni.
1. TH5 Priest goes forth to sacrifice, ith ondrous %oer sending aloft the h#mn of
glorious $rillianc#.
He moves to meet the ladles turning to the right, hich are the first to :iss the %lace
here he a$ides.
! To him sang forth the floing streams of Hol# La, encom%assed in the home and
$irth+%lace of the God.
He, hen he delt e'tended in the aters> la%, a$sor$ed those Godli:e %oers for hich
he is adored.
& 8ee:ing in course altern to reach the selfsame end the to co%artners strive to in this
$eauteous form.
Li:e /haga must he $e dul# invo:ed $# us, as he ho drives the car holds fast the
horseBs reins.
( He hom the to co%artners ith o$servance tend, the %air ho dell together in the
same a$ode,
/# night as in the da# the gre# one as $orn #oung, %assing untouched $# eld through
man# an age of man.
* Him the ten fingers, the devotions, animate3 e mortals call on him a God to give us
hel%.
He s%eeds over the slo%ing surface of the land3 ne deeds hath he %erformed ith those
ho gird him round.
, 7or, Agni, li:e a herdsman, thou $# thine on might rulest o>er all that is in heaven and
on the earth=
And these to Might# .nes, $right, golden closel# <oined, rolling them round are come
unto th# sacred grass.
- Agni, acce%t ith <o#, $e glad in this our %ra#er, <o#+giver, self+sustained, strong, $orn
of Hol# La?
7or fair to see art thou turning to ever# side, %leasant to loo: on as a delling filled ith
food.
HYMN AIL). Agni.
1. As: #e of him for he is come, he :noeth it= he, full of isdom, is im%lored, is no
im%lored.
"ith him are admonitions and ith him commands3 he is the Lord of 8trength, the Lord
of Poer and Might.
! The# as: of him3 not all learn $# their Cuestioning hat he, the 8age, hath gras%ed, as
>tere, ith his on mind.
7orgetting not the former nor the later ord, he goeth on, not careless, in his mental
%oer.
& To him these ladles go, to him these racing mares3 he onl# ill give ear to all the ords
I s%ea:.
All+s%eeding, victor, %erfecter of sacrifice, the /a$e ith flaless hel% hath mustered
vigorous might.
( "hate>er he meets he gras%s and then runs farther on, and straighta#, nel# $orn,
cree%s forard ith his :in.
He stirs the earied man to %leasure and great <o# hat time the longing gifts a%%roach
him as he comes.
* He is a ild thing of the flood and forest3 he hath $een laid u%on the highest surface.
He hath declared the lore of or:s to mortals, Agni the "ise, for he :nos La, the
Truthful.
HYMN AIL)I. Agni.
1. I LA69 the seven+ra#ed, the tri%le+headed, Agni all+%erfect in his Parents> $osom,
8un: in the la% of all that moves and moves not, him ho hath filled all luminous realms
of heaven.
! As a great 8teer he gre to these his Parents= su$lime he stands, untouched $# eld,
far+reaching.
He %lants his footste%s on the loft# ridges of the $road earth3 his red flames lic: the
udder.
& Aoming together to their common #oungling $oth Aos, fairsha%ed, s%read forth in all
directions,
Measuring out the %aths that must $e travelled, entrusting all desires to him the Might#.
( The %rudent sages lead him to his delling, guarding ith varied s:ill the 5ver+
Youthful.
Longing, the# turned their e#es unto the 1iver3 to these the 8un of men as manifested.
* /orn no$le in the regions, aim of all mens> e#es to $e im%lored for life $# great and
small ali:e,
7ar as the "ealth# .ne hath s%read himself a$road, he is the 8ire all+visi$le of this
%rogen#.
HYMN AIL)II. Agni.
1. Ho, Agni, have the radiant ones, as%iring, endued thee ith the vigour of the living,
8o that on $oth sides fostering seed and offs%ring, the Gods ma# <o# in Hol# LaBs
fulfilmentM
! Mar: this m# s%eech, 9ivine .ne, thou, Most Youthful? offered to thee $# him ho
gives most freel#.
.ne hates thee, and another sings th# %raises3 I thine adorer laud th# form, . Agni.
& Th# guardian ra#s, . Agni, hen the# sa him, %reserved $lind M4mate#a from
affliction.
Lord of all riches, he %reserved the %ious the foes ho fain ould harm them did no
mischief.
( The sinful man ho orshi%s not, . Agni, ho, offering not, harms us ith dou$le+
dealing,F
/e this in turn to him a heav# sentence3 ma# he distress himself $# his revilings.
* Yea, hen a mortal :noingl#, . )ictor, in<ures ith dou$le tongue a fello+mortal,
7rom him, %raised Agni? save thou him that lauds thee3 $ring us not into trou$le and
affliction.
HYMN AIL)III. Agni.
1. "HAT M4tari@van, %iercing, formed $# friction, Herald of all the Gods. in varied figure,
Is he hom the# have set mid human houses, ga#+hued as light and shining forth for
$eaut#.
! The# shall not harm the man ho $rings thee %raises3 such as I am, Agni m# hel%
a%%roves me.
All acts of mine shall the# acce%t ith %leasure, laudation from the singer ho %resents
it.
& Him in his constant seat men s:illed in orshi% have ta:en and ith %raises have
esta$lished.
As, harnessed to a chariot fleet+foot horses, at his command let $earers lead him
forard.
( "ondrous, full man# a thing he ches and crunches3 he shines amid the ood ith
s%reading $rightness.
6%on his gloing flames the ind $los dail#, driving them li:e the :een shaft of an
archer.
* Him, hom hile #et in em$r#o the hostile, $oth s:illed and fain to harm, ma# never
in<ure,
Men $lind and sightless through his s%lendour hurt not3 his never+failing lovers have
%reserved him.
HYMN AILII. Agni.
1. HITH51 he hastens to give, Lord of great riches, ;ing of the might#, to the %lace of
treasure.
The %ressing+stones shall serve him s%eeding near us.
! As 8teer of men so 8teer of earth and heaven $# glor#, he hose streams all life hath
drun:en,
"ho hasting forard rests u%on the altar.
& He ho hath lighted u% the <o#ous castle, ise Aourser li:e the 8teed of cloud#
heaven,
/right li:e the 8un, ith hundredfold e'istence.
( He, dou$l# $orn, hath s%read in his effulgence through the three luminous realms,
through all the regions,
/est sacrificing Priest here aters gather.
* Priest dou$l# $orn, he through his love of glor# hath in his :ee%ing all things orth the
choosing,
The man ho $rings him gifts hath no$le offs%ring.
HYMN AL. Agni.
1. AGNI, th# faithful servant I call u%on thee ith man# a gift,
As in the :ee%ing of the great inciting God=
! Thou ho ne>er movest thee to aid the indolent, the godless man,
Him ho though ealth# never $rings an offering.
& 8%lendid, . 8inger, is that man, mightiest of the great in heaven.
Agni, ma# e $e foremost, e th# orshi%%ers.
HYMN ALI. Mitra and )aru a
1. H5A)5N and earth trem$led at the might and voice of him, hom, loved and Hol#
.ne, hel%er of all man:ind,
The ise ho longed for s%oil in fight for :ine $rought forth ith %oer, a 7riend, mid
aters, at the sacrifice.
! As these, li:e friends, have done this or: for #ou, these %rom%t servants of PurumElha
8oma+offerer,
Give mental %oer to him ho sings the sacred song, and hear:en, 8trong .nes, to the
master of the house.
& The fol: have glorified #our $irth from 5arth and Heaven, to $e e'tolled, #e 8trong
.nes, for #our might# %oer.
Ye, hen #e $ring to singer and the rite, en<o# the sacrifice %erformed ith hol# %raise
and strength.
( The %eo%le %ros%ers, Asuras? hom #e dearl# love3 #e, 1ighteous .nes, %roclaim
aloud the Hol# La.
That efficacious %oer that comes from loft# heaven, #e $ind unto the or:, as to the
%ole an o'.
* .n this great earth #e send #our treasure don ith might3 unstained $# dust, the
croding :ine are in the stalls.
Here in the neigh$ourhood the# cr# unto the 8un at morning and at evening, li:e sift
$irds of %re#.
, The flames ith curling tresses serve #our sacrifice, hereto #e sing the song, Mitra
and )aru a.
8end don of #our free ill, %ros%er our hol# songs3 #e are sole Masters of the singerBs
h#mn of %raise.
- "hoso ith sacrifices toiling $rings #ou gifts, and orshi%s, sage and %riest, fulfilling
#our desire,F
To him do #e dra nigh and taste his sacrifice. Aome ell+inclined to us unto our songs
and %ra#er.
0 "ith sacrifices and ith mil: the# dec: #ou first, #e 1ighteous .nes, as if through
stirrings of the mind.
To #ou the# $ring their h#mns ith their collected thought, hile #e ith earnest soul
come to us gloriousl#.
2 1ich strength of life is #ours3 #e, Heroes, have o$tained through #our sur%assing
%oers rich far+e'tending might.
Not the %ast da#s con<oined ith nights, not rivers, not the Pa is have attained #our
Godhead and #our ealth.
HYMN ALII. Mitra+)aru a.
1. TH5 ro$es hich #e %ut on a$ound ith fatness3 uninterru%ted courses are #our
counsels.
All falsehood, Mitra+)aru a? #e conCuer, and closel# cleave unto the La 5ternal.
! This might of theirs hath no one com%rehended. True is the crushing ord the sage
hath uttered,
The fearful four+edged $olt smites don the three+edged, and those ho hate the Gods
first fall and %erish.
& The 7ootless Maid %recedeth footed creatures. "ho mar:eth, Mitra+)aru a, this #our
doingM
The /a$e 6n$orn su%%orteth this orldBs $urthen, fulfilleth La and overcometh
falsehood.
( "e loo: on him the darling of the Maidens, ala#s advancing, never falling donard,
"earing inse%ara$le, ide+s%read raiment, MitraBs and )aru aBs delightful glor#.
* 6n$ridled Aourser, $orn $ut not of horses, neighing he flieth on ith $ac: u%lifted.
The #outhful love m#ster# thought+sur%assing, %raising in Mitra+)aru a, its glor#.
, Ma# the milch+:ine ho favour M4mate#a %ros%er in this orld him ho loves
devotion.
Ma# he, ell s:illed in rites, $e food, and calling Aditi ith his li%s give us assistance.
- Gods, Mitra+)aru a, ith love and orshi%, let me ma:e #ou delight in this o$lation.
Ma# our %ra#er $e victorious in $attles, ma# e have rain from heaven to ma:e us
%ros%er.
HYMN ALIII. Mitra+)aru a.
1. "5 orshi% ith our reverence and o$lations #ou, Mitra )aru a, accordant, might#,
8o that ith us, #e Tain hose $ac:s are s%rin:led ith oil, the %riests ith oil and
h#mns su%%ort #ou.
! Your %raise is li:e a might# %oer, an im%ulse3 to #ou, Tain Gods, a ell+formed
h#mn is offered,
As the %riest dec:s #on, 8trong .nes, in assem$lies, and the %rince fain to orshi% #ou
for $lessings.
& . Mitra+)aru a, Aditi the Milch+co streams for the rite, for fol: ho $ring o$lation,
"hen in the assem$l# he ho orshi%s moves #ou, li:e to a human %riest, ith gifts
%resented.
( 8o ma# the :ine and heavenl# "aters %our #ou seet drin: in families that ma:e #ou
<o#ful.
.f this ma# he, the ancient House+Lord, give us. 5n<o#, drin: of the mil: the co
%rovideth.
HYMN ALI). )i u
1. I "ILL declare the might# deeds of )i u, of him ho measured out the earthl#
regions,
"ho %ro%%ed the highest %lace of congregation, thrice setting don his footste%, idel#
striding.
! 7or this his might# deed is )i u lauded, li:e some ild $east, dread, %roling,
mountain+roaming=
He ithin hose three ide+e'tended %aces all living creatures have their ha$itation.
& Let the h#mn lift itself as strength to )i u, the /ull far+striding, delling on the
mountains,
Him ho alone ith tri%le ste% hath measured this common delling+%lace, long, far
e'tended.
( Him hose three %laces that are filled ith seetness, im%erisha$le, <o# as it ma# list
them,
"ho veril# alone u%holds the threefold, the earth, the heaven, and all living creatures.
* Ma# I attain to that his ell+loved mansion here men devoted to the Gods are ha%%#.
7or there s%rings, close a:in to the "ide+8trider, the ell of meath in )i uBs highest
footste%.
, 7ain ould e go unto #our delling+%laces here there are man#+horned and nim$le
o'en,
7or mightil#, there, shineth don u%on us the idel#+striding /ullBs su$limest mansion.
HYMN AL). )i u+Indra.
1. To the great Hero, him ho sets his mind thereon, and )i u, %raise aloud in song
#our draught of <uice,F
Gods ne>er $eguiled, ho $orne as >tere $# no$le steed, have stood u%on the loft#
ridges of the hills.
! Your 8oma+drin:er :ee%s afar #our furious rush, Indra and )i u, hen #e come ith
all #our might.
That hich hath $een directed ell at mortal man, $o+armed ; @4nuBs arro, #e turn
far aside.
& These offerings increase his might# manl# strength3 he $rings $oth Parents don to
share the genial flo.
He loers, though a son, the 7atherBs highest name= the third is that hich is high in the
light of heaven.
( "e laud this manl# %oer of him the Might# .ne, %reserver, inoffensive, $ounteous
and $enign=
His ho strode, idel# %acing, ith three ste%%ings forth over the realms of earth for
freedom and for life.
* A mortal man, hen he $eholds to ste%s of him ho loo:s u%on the light, is restless
ith amaNe.
/ut his third ste% doth no one venture to a%%roach, no, nor the feathered $irds of air ho
fl# ith ings.
, He, li:e a rounded heel, hath in sift motion set his ninet# racing steeds together
ith the four.
9evelo%ed, vast in form, ith those ho sing forth %raise, a #outh, no more a child, he
cometh to our call.
HYMN AL)I. )i u
1. 7A1+8HINING, idel# famed, going th# onted a#, fed ith the oil, $e hel%ful. Mitra+
li:e, to us.
8o, )i u, e>en the ise must sell th# song of %raise, and he ho hath o$lations %a#
thee solemn rites.
! He ho $rings gifts to him the Ancient and the Last, to )i u ho ordains, together
ith his 8%ouse,
"ho tells the loft# $irth of him the Loft# .ne, shall veril# sur%ass in glor# e>en his %eer.
& Him have #e satisfied, singers, as ell as #e :no, %rimeval germ of .rder even from
his $irth.
Ye, :noing e>en his name, have told it forth3 ma# e, )i u, en<o# the grace of thee the
Might# .ne.
( The 8ovran )aru a and $oth the A@vins ait on this the ill of him ho guides the
Marut host.
)i u hath %oer su%reme and might that finds the da#, and ith his 7riend un$ars the
sta$le of the :ine.
* 5ven he the Heavenl# .ne ho came for felloshi%, )i u to Indra, godl# to the
godlier,
"ho Ma:er, throned in three orlds, hel%s the Kr#an man, and gives the orshi%%er his
share of Hol# La.
HYMN AL)II. A@vins.
1. AGNI is a:ened3 8Jr#a riseth from the earth. Might#, refulgent 9an hath shone ith
all her light.
The A@vins have eCui%%ed their chariot for the course. God 8avitar hath moved the fol:
in sundr# a#s.
! "hen, A@vins, #e eCui% #our ver# might# car, $ede, #e Tain, our %oer ith hone#
and ith oil.
To our devotion give victorious strength in ar3 ma# e in riches in the heroesB strife for
s%oil.
& Nigh to us come the A@vinsB lauded three+heeled car, the car laden ith meath and
dran $# fleet+foot steeds,
Three+seated, o%ulent, $estoing all delight. ma# it $ring eal to us, to cattle and to
men.
( /ring hither nourishment for us, #e A@vins Tain= s%rin:le us ith #our hi% that dro%s
ith hone#+de.
Prolong our da#s of life, i%e out our tres%asses= destro# our foes, $e our com%anions
and our 7riends.
* Ye store the germ of life in female creatures, #e la# it u% ithin all living $eings.
Ye have sent forth, . A@vins %assing might#, the fire, the sovrans of the ood, the
aters,
, Leeches are #e ith medicines to heal us, and charioteers are #e ith s:ill in driving.
Ye 8trong, give sa# to him ho $rings o$lation and ith his heart %ours out his gift
$efore #ou.
HYMN AL)III. A@vins.
1. Y5 )asus Tain, #e 1udras full of counsel, grant us, 8trong 8trengtheners, hen #e
stand $eside us,
"hat ealth Aucath#a craves of #ou, great Hel%ers hen #e come forard ith no
niggard succour.
! "ho ma# give #ou aught, )asus, for #our favour, for hat, at the AoBs %lace, #e grant
through orshi%M
"a:e for us understanding full of riches, come ith a heart that ill fulfil our longing.
& As erst for TugraBs son #our car, sea+crossing, strong, as eCui%%ed and set amid the
aters,
8o ma# I gain #our shelter and %rotection as ith inged course a hero see:s his arm#.
( Ma# this m# %raise %reserve 6cath#aBs offs%ring3 let not these Tain ho fl# ith ings
e'haust me.
Let not the ood ten times u%+%iled consume me, hen fi'ed for #ou it $ites the ground it
stands on.
* The most maternal streams, herein the 94sas cast me securel# $ound, have not
devoured me.
"hen Traitana ould cleave m# head asunder, the 94sa ounded his on $reast and
shoulders.
, 9Erghatamas the son of Mamat4 hath come to length of da#s in the tenth age of
human :ind.
He is the /rahman of the aters as the# strive to reach their end and aim3 their
charioteer is he.
HYMN ALII. Heaven and 5arth.
1. I P1AI85 ith sacrifices might# Heaven and 5arth at festivals, the ise, the
8trengtheners of La.
"ho, having Gods for %rogen#, con<oined ith Gods, through onder+or:ing isdom
$ring forth choicest $oons.
! "ith invocations, on the gracious 7atherBs mind, and on the MotherBs great inherent
%oer I muse.
Prolific Parents, the# have made the orld of life, and for their $rood all round ide
immortalit#.
& These 8ons of #ours ell s:illed in or:, of ondrous %oer, $rought forth to life the
to great Mothers first of all.
To :ee% the truth of all that stands and all that moves, #e guard the station of #our 8on
ho :nos no guile.
( The# ith sur%assing s:ill, most ise, have measured out the Tins united in their $irth
and in their home.
The#, the refulgent 8ages, eave ithin the s:#, #ea, in the de%ths of sea, a e$ for
ever ne.
* This is to+da# the goodliest gift of 8avitar3 this thought e have hen no the God is
furthering us.
.n us ith loving+:indness Heaven and 5arth $esto riches and various ealth and
treasure hundredfold?
HYMN ALI. Heaven and 5arth.
1. TH585, Heaven and 5arth, $esto %ros%erit# on all, sustainers of the region, Hol#
.nes and ise,
To /ols of no$le :ind3 $eteen these Goddesses the God, the fulgent 8un, travels $#
fi'ed decree.
! "idel#+ca%acious Pair, might#, that never fail, the 7ather and the Mother :ee% all
creatures safe3
The to orld+halves, the s%irited, the $eautiful, $ecause the 7ather hath clothed them
in goodl# forms.
& 8on of these Parents, he the Priest ith %oer to cleanse, 8age, sanctifies the orlds
ith his sur%assing %oer.
Thereto for his $right mil: he mil:ed through all the da#s the %art#+coloured Ao and the
%rolific /ull.
( Among the s:ilful Gods most s:illed is he, ho made the to orld+halves hich $ring
%ros%erit# to all=
"ho ith great isdom measured $oth the regions out, and sta$lished them ith %illars
that shall ne>er deca#.
* 5'tolled in song, . Heaven and 5arth, $esto on us, #e might# Pair, great glor# and
high lordl# sa#,
"here$# e ma# e'tend ourselves ever over the fol:= and send us strength that shall
deserve the %raise of men.
HYMN ALII. $hus.
1 "HY hath the /est, h# hath the Youngest come to usM 6%on hat em$ass# comes
heM "hat have e saidM
"e have not $lamed the chalice of illustrious $irth. "e, /rother Agni, %raised the
goodness of the ood.
! The chalice that is single ma:e #e into four3 thus have the Gods commanded=
therefore am I come.
If, . 8udhanvanBs Ahildren, #e ill do this thing #e shall %artici%ate in sacrifice ith
Gods.
& "hat to the envo# Agni in re%l# #e s%a:e, A courser must $e made, a chariot fashioned
here,
A co must $e created, and the Tain made #oung. "hen e have done these things,
/rother, e turn to #ou.
( "hen thus, . $hus, #e had done #e Cuestioned thus, "hither ent he ho came to
us a messengerM
Then Tva ar, hen he vieed the four rought chalices, concealed himself among the
Aonsorts of the Gods.
* As Tva ar thus had s%o:en, Let us sla# these men ho have reviled the chalice,
drin:ing+cu% of Gods,
The# gave themselves ne names hen 8oma <uice as shed, and under these ne
names the Maiden elcomed them.
, Indra hath #o:ed his /a#s, the A@vinsB car is horsed, / has%ati hath $rought the Ao
of ever# hue.
Ye ent as $hus, )i$hvan, )4<a to the Gods, and s:illed in ar, o$tained #our share in
sacrifice.
- Ye $# #our isdom $rought a co from out a hide= unto that ancient Pair #e gave again
their #outh.
.ut of a horse, 8udhanvanBs 8ons, #e formed a horse3 a chariot #e eCui%%ed, and ent
unto the Gods.
0 9rin: #e this ater, ere the ords #e s%a:e to them= or drin: #e this, the rinsing of the
MuO<a+grass.
If #e a%%rove not even this, 8udhanvanBs 8ons, then at the third li$ation gladden #e
#ourselves.
2 Most e'cellent are aters, thus said one of #ou= most e'cellent is Agni, thus another
said.
Another %raised to man# a one the lightning cloud. Then did #e sha%e the cu%s,
s%ea:ing the ords of truth.
1D .ne donard to the ater drives the cri%%led co, another trims the flesh $rought
on the carving+$oard.
.ne carries off the refuse at the set of sun. Ho did the Parents aid their children in their
tas:?
11 .n the high %laces #e have made the grass for man, and ater in the valle#s, $# #our
s:ill, . Men.
$hus, #e iterate not to+da# that act of #ours, #our slee%ing in the house of him hom
naught can hide.
1! As, com%assing them round, #e glided through the orlds, here had the venera$le
Parents their a$odeM
Ye laid a curse on him ho raised his arm at #ou3 to him ho s%a:e aloud to #ou #e
s%a:e again.
1& "hen #e had sle%t #our fill, #e $hus, thus #e as:ed, . thou hom naught ma# hide,
ho no hath a:ened usM
The goat declared the hound to $e #our a:ener. That da#, in a full #ear, #e first
unclosed our e#es.
1( The Maruts move in heaven, on earth this Agni= through the mid+firmament the "ind
a%%roaches.
)aru a comes in the seaBs gathered aters, . 8ons of 8trength, desirous of #our
%resence.
HYMN ALIII. The Horse.
1. 8LIGHT us not )aru a, Ar#aman, or Mitra, $hu: an, Indra, K#u, or the Maruts,
"hen e declare amid the congregation the virtues of the strong 8teed, God+
descended.
! "hat time the# $ear $efore the Aourser, covered ith tra%%ings and ith ealth, the
gras%ed o$lation,
The da%%led goat goeth straightforard, $leating, to the %lace dear to Indra and to
PJ an.
& 9ear to all Gods, this goat, the share of PJ an, is first led forard ith the vigorous
Aourser,
"hile Tva ar sends him forard ith the Aharger, acce%ta$le for sacrifice, to glor#.
( "hen thrice the men lead round the 8teed, in order, ho goeth to the Gods as meet
o$lation,
The goat %recedeth him, the share of PJ an, and to the Gods the sacrifice announceth.
* Invo:er, ministering %riest, atoner, fire+:indler 8oma+%resser, sage, reciter,
"ith this ell ordered sacrifice, ell finished, do #e fill full the channels of the rivers.
, The heers of the %ost and those ho carr# it, and those ho carve the :no$ to dec:
the HorseBs sta:e=
Those ho %re%are the coo:ing+vessels for the 8teed,Fma# the a%%roving hel% of these
%romote our or:.
- 7orth, for the regions of the Gods, the Aharger ith his smooth $ac: is come m#
%ra#er attends him.
In him re<oice the singers and the sages. A good friend have e on for the Gods>
$anCuet.
0 Ma# the fleet AourserBs halter and his heel+ro%es, the head+stall and the girths and
cords a$out him.
And the grass %ut ithin his mouth to $ait him,Famong the Gods, too, let all these $e
ith thee.
2 "hat %art of the 8teedBs flesh the fl# hath eaten, or is left stic:ing to the %ost or
hatchet,
.r to the sla#erBs hands and nails adhereth,Famong the Gods, too, ma# all this $e ith
thee.
1D 7ood undigested steaming from his $ell#, and an# odour of ra flesh remaining,
This let the immolators set in order and dress the sacrifice ith %erfect coo:ing.
11 "hat from th# $od# hich ith fire is roasted, hen thou art set u%on the s%it,
distilleth,
Let not that lie on earth or grass neglected, $ut to the longing Gods let all $e offered.
1! The# ho o$serving that the Horse is read# call out and sa#, the smell is good=
remove it=
And, craving meat, aait the distri$ution,Fma# their a%%roving hel% %romote la$our.
1& The trial+for: of the flesh+coo:ing caldron, the vessels out of hich the $roth is
s%rin:led,
The arming+%ots, the covers of the dishes, hoo:s, carving+$oards,Fall these attend the
Aharger.
1( The starting+%lace, his %lace of rest and rolling, the ro%es hereith the AhargerBs
feet ere fastened,
The ater that he dran:, the food he tasted,Famong the Gods, too, ma# all these attend
thee.
1* Let not the fire, smo:e+scented, ma:e thee crac:le, nor gloing caldron smell and
$rea: to %ieces.
.ffered, $eloved, a%%roved, and consecrated,Fsuch Aharger do the Gods acce%t ith
favour.
1, The ro$e the# s%read u%on the Horse to clothe him, the u%%er covering and the
golden tra%%ings,
The halters hich restrain the 8teed, the heel+ro%es,Fall these, as grateful to the Gods,
the# offer.
1- If one, hen seated, ith e'cessive urging hath ith his heel or ith his hi%
distressed thee,
All these th# oes, as ith the o$lationsB ladle at sacrifices, ith m# %ra#er I $anish.
10 The four+and+thirt# ri$s of the. 8ift Aharger, :in to the Gods, the sla#erBs hatchet
%ierces.
Aut #e ith s:ill, so that the %arts $e flaless, and %iece $# %iece declaring them dissect
them.
12 .f Tva arBs Aharger there is one dissector,Fthis is the custom+to there are ho
guide him.
8uch of his lim$s as I divide in order, these, amid the $alls, in fire I offer.
!D Let not th# dear soul $urn thee as thou comest, let not the hatchet linger in th# $od#.
Let not a greed# clums# immolator, missing the <oints, mangle th# lim$s undul#.
!1 No, here thou diest not, thou art not in<ured3 $# eas# %aths unto the Gods thou goest.
/oth /a#s, $oth s%otted mares are no th# fellos, and to the assBs %ole is #o:ed the
Aharger.
!! Ma# this 8teed $ring us all+sustaining riches, ealth in good :ine, good horses,
manl# offs%ring.
7reedom from sin ma# Aditi vouchsafe us3 the 8teed ith our o$lations gain us lordshi%?
HYMN ALIIII. The Horse.
1. "HAT time, first s%ringing into life, thou neighedst, %roceeding from the sea or u%%er
aters,
Lim$s of the deer hadst thou, and eagle %inions. . 8teed, th# $irth is nigh and must $e
lauded.
! This 8teed hich Yama gave hath Trita harnessed, and him, the first of all, hath Indra
mounted.
His $ridle the Gandharva gras%ed. . )asus, from out the 8un #e fashioned forth the
Aourser.
& Yama art thou, . Horse= thou art Kdit#a= Trita art thou $# secret o%eration.
Thou art divided thoroughl# from 8oma. The# sa# thou hast three $onds in heaven
that hold thee.
( Three $onds, the# sa#, thou hast in heaven that $ind thee, three in the aters,
three ithin the ocean.
To me thou seemest )aru a, . Aourser, there here the# sa# is th# su$limest $irth+
%lace.
* Here+, Aourser, are the %laces here the# groomed thee, here are the traces of th#
hoofs as inner.
Here have I seen the aus%icious reins that guide thee, hich those ho guard the hol#
La :ee% safel#.
, Th#self from far I recogniNed in s%irit,Fa /ird that from $elo fle through the heaven.
I sa th# head still soaring, striving u%ard $# %aths unsoiled $# dust, %leasant to travel.
- Here I $eheld th# form, matchless in glor#, eager to in thee food at the AoBs station.
"hene>er a man $rings thee to thine en<o#ment, thou salloest the %lants most greed#
eater.
0 After thee, Aourser, come the car, the $ridegroom, the :ine come after, and the charm
of maidens.
7ull com%anies have folloed for th# friendshi%3 the %attern of th# vigour Gods have
co%ied.
2 Horns made of gold hath he3 his feet are iron3 less fleet than he, though sift as
thought, is Indra.
The Gods have come that the# ma# taste the o$lation of him ho mounted, first of all,
the Aourser.
1D 8#mmetrical in flan:, ith rounded haunches, mettled li:e heroes, the Aelestial
Aoursers
Put forth their strength, li:e sans in lengthened order, hen the#, the 8teeds, have
reached the heavenl# causea#.
11 A $od# formed for flight hast thou, . Aharger= sift as the ind in motion is th# s%irit.
Th# horns are s%read a$road in all directions3 the# move ith restless $eat in
ildernesses.
1! The strong 8teed hath come forard to the slaughter, %ondering ith a mind directed
God+ard.
The goat ho is his :in is led $efore him the sages and the singers follo after.
1& The 8teed is come unto the no$lest mansion, is come unto his 7ather and his Mother.
This da# shall he a%%roach the Gods, most elcome3 then he declares good gifts to him
ho offers.
HYMN ALII). )i@vedevas.
1. .7 this $enignant Priest, ith eld gre#+coloured, the $rother midmost of the three is
lightning.
The third is he hose $ac: ith oil is s%rin:led. Here I $ehold the Ahief ith seven male
children.
! 8even to the one+heeled chariot #o:e the Aourser= $earing seven names the single
Aourser dras it.
Three+naved the heel is, sound and undeca#ing, hereon are resting all these orlds
of $eing.
& The seven ho on the seven+heeled car are mounted have horses, seven in tale,
ho dra them onard.
8even 8isters utter songs of %raise together, in hom the names of the seven Aos are
treasured.
( "ho hath $eheld him as he s%rang to $eing, seen ho the $oneless .ne su%%orts the
$on#M
"here is the $lood of earth, the life, the s%iritM "ho ma# a%%roach the man ho :nos,
to as: itM
* 6nri%e in mind, in s%irit undiscerning, I as: of these the Gods> esta$lished %laces=
7or u% a$ove the #earling Aalf the sages, to form a e$, their on seven threads have
oven.
, I as:, un:noing, those ho :no, the sages, as one all ignorant for sa:e of
:noledge,
"hat as that .N5 ho in the 6n$ornBs image hath sta$lished and fi'ed firm these
orldsB si' regions.
- Let him ho :noeth %resentl# declare it, this lovel# /irdBs securel# founded station.
7orth from his head the Aos dra mil:, and, earing his vesture, ith their foot have
drun: the ater.
0 The Mother gave the 8ire his share of .rder3 ith thought, at first, she edded him in
s%irit.
8he, the co# 9ame, as filled ith de %rolific3 ith adoration men a%%roached to %raise
her.
2 Yo:ed as the Mother to the $oon AoBs car+%ole3 in the dan: ros of cloud the Infant
rested.
Then the Aalf loed, and loo:ed u%on the Mother, the Ao ho ears all sha%es in
three directions.
1D /earing three Mothers and three 7athers, single he stood erect3 the# never ma:e him
ear#.
There on the %itch of heaven the# s%ea: together in s%eech all+:noing $ut not all+
im%elling.
11 7ormed ith telve s%o:es, $# length of time, unea:ened, rolls round the heaven
this heel of during .rder.
Herein esta$lished, <oined in %airs together, seven hundred 8ons and tent# stand, .
Agni.
1! The# call him in the farther half of heaven the 8ire five+footed, of telve forms,
ealth# in ater# store.
These others sa# that he, God ith far+seeing e#es, is mounted on the loer seven+
heeled, si'+s%o:ed car.
1& 6%on this five+s%o:ed heel revolving ever all living creatures rest and are
de%endent.
Its a'le, heav#+laden, is not heated3 the nave from ancient time remains un$ro:en.
1( The heel revolves, unasting, ith its fell#3 ten dra it, #o:ed to the far+stretching
car+%ole.
The 8unBs e#e moves encom%assed $# the region3 on him de%endent rest all living
creatures.
1* .f the co+$orn the# call the seventh single+$orn= the si' tin %airs are called is,
Ahildren of Gods.
Their good gifts sought of men are ranged in order due, and various in their form move
for the Lord ho guides.
1, The# told me these ere males, though trul# females3 he ho hath e#es sees this,
the $lind discerns not.
The son ho is a sage hath com%rehended3 ho :nos this rightl# is his fatherBs father.
1- /eneath the u%%er realm, a$ove this loer, $earing her calf at foot the Ao hath
risen.
"itherard, to hat %lace hath she de%artedM "here calves sheM Not amid this herd of
cattle.
10 "ho, that the father of this Aalf discerneth $eneath the u%%er realm, a$ove the loer,
8hoing himself a sage, ma# here declare itM "hence hath the Godli:e s%irit had its
risingM
12 Those that come hitherard the# call de%arting, those that de%art the# call directed
hither.
And hat so #e have made, Indra and 8oma, steeds $ear as >tere #o:ed to the regionBs
car+%ole.
!D To /irds ith fair ings, :nit ith $onds of friendshi%, in the same sheltering tree
have found a refuge.
.ne of the tain eats the seet 7ig+treeBs fruitage= the other eating not regardeth onl#.
!1 "here those fine /irds h#mn ceaselessl# their %ortion of life eternal, and the sacred
s#nods,
There is the 6niverseBs might# ;ee%er, ho, ise, hath entered into me the sim%le.
!! The, tree hereon the fine /irds eat the seetness, here the# all rest and %rocreate
their offs%ring,F
6%on its to% the# sa# the fig is luscious3 none gaineth it ho :noeth not the 7ather.
!& Ho on the G4#atrE the G4#atrE as $ased, ho from the Tri u% the# fashioned the
Tri u% forth,
Ho on the LagatE as $ased the LagatE,Fthe# ho :no this have on themselves
immortal life.
!( "ith G4#atrE he measures out the %raise+song, 84ma ith %raise+song, tri%let ith
the Tri u%.
The tri%let ith the to or four+foot measure, and ith the s#lla$le the# form seven
metres.
!* "ith LagatE the flood in heaven he sta$lished, and sa the 8un in the 1athantara
84man.
G4#atrE hath, the# sa#, three $rands for :indling3 hence it e'cels in ma<est# and vigour.
!, I invocate the milch+co good for mil:ing so that the mil:er, deft of hand, ma# drain
her.
Ma# 8avitar give goodliest stimulation. The caldron is made hot= I ill %roclaim it.
!- 8he, lad# of all treasure, is come hither #earning in s%irit for her calf and loing.
Ma# this co #ield her mil: for $oth the A@vins, and ma# she %ros%er to our high
advantage.
!0 The co hath loed after her $lin:ing #oungling= she lic:s his forehead, as she los,
to form it.
His mouth she fondl# calls to her arm udder, and suc:les him ith mil: hile gentl#
loing.
!2 He also snorts, $# hom encom%assed round the Ao las as she clings unto the
shedder of the rain.
8he ith her shrilling cries hath hum$led mortal man, and, turned to lightning, hath
stri%%ed off her covering ro$e.
&D That hich hath $reath and s%eed and life and motion lies firml# sta$lished in the
midst of houses.
Living, $# offerings to the 9ead he moveth Immortal .ne, the $rother of the mortal.
&1 I sa the Herdsman, him ho never stum$les, a%%roaching $# his %atha#s and
de%arting.
He, clothed ith gathered and diffusive s%lendour, ithin the orlds continuall# travels.
&! He ho hath made him cloth not com%rehend him3 from him ho sa him surel# is
he hidden.
He, #et envelo%ed in his MotherBs $osom, source of much life, hath sun: into destruction.
&& 9#aus is m# 7ather, m# $egetter3 :inshi% is here. This great earth is m# :in and
Mother.
/eteen the ide+s%read orld+halves is the $irth+%lace3 the 7ather laid the 9aughterBs
germ ithin it.
&( I as: thee of the earthBs e'tremest limit, here is the centre of the orld, I as: thee.
I as: thee of the 8tallionBs seed %rolific, I as: of highest heaven here 8%eech a$ideth.
&* This altar is the earthBs e'tremest limit= this sacrifice of ours is the orldBs centre.
The 8tallionBs seed %rolific is the 8oma= this /rahman highest heaven here 8%eech
a$ideth.
&, 8even germs unri%ened #et are heavenBs %rolific seed3 their functions the# maintain
$# )i uBs ordinance.
5ndued ith isdom through intelligence and thought, the# com%ass us a$out %resent
on ever# side.
&- "hat thing I trul# am I :no not clearl#3 m#sterious, fettered in m# mind I ander.
"hen the first+$orn of hol# La a%%roached me, then of this s%eech I first o$tain a
%ortion.
&0 /ac:, forard goes he, gras%ed $# strength inherent, the Immortal $orn the $rother of
the mortal
Aeaseless the# move in o%%osite directions3 men mar: the one, and fail to mar: the
other.
&2 6%on hat s#lla$le of hol# %raise+song, as tere their highest heaven, the Gods
re%ose them,F
"ho :nos not this, hat ill he do ith %raise+songM /ut the# ho :no it ell sit here
assem$led.
(D 7ortunate ma#st thou $e ith goodl# %asture, and ma# e also $e e'ceeding
ealth#.
7eed on the grass, . Ao, at ever# season, and coming hitherard drin: lim%id ater.
(1 7orming the ater+floods, the $uffalo hath loed, one+footed or to+footed or four+
footed, she,
"ho hath $ecome eight+footed or hath got nine feet, the thousand+s#lla$led in the
su$limest heaven.
(! 7rom her descend in streams the seas of ater= there$# the orldBs four regions have
their $eing,
Thence flos the im%erisha$le flood and thence the universe hath life.
(& I sa from far aa# the smo:e of fuel ith s%ires that rose on high o>er that $eneath
it.
The Might# Men have dressed the s%otted $ulloc:. These ere the customs in the da#s
aforetime,
(( Three ith long tresses sho in ordered season. .ne of them sheareth hen the
#ear is ended.
.ne ith his %oers the universe regardeth3 .f one, the see% is seen, $ut his figure.
(* 8%eech hath $een measured out in four divisions, the /rahmans ho have
understanding :no them.
Three :e%t in close concealment cause no motion= of s%eech, men s%ea: onl# the fourth
division.
(, The# call him Indra, Mitra, )aru a, Agni, and he is heavenl# no$l#+inged Garutm4n.
To hat is .ne, sages give man# a title the# call it Agni, Yama, M4tari@van.
(- 9ar: the descent3 the $irds are golden+coloured= u% to the heaven the# fl# ro$ed in
the aters.
Again descend the# from the seat of .rder, and all the earth is moistened ith their
fatness.
(0 Telve are the fellies, and the heel is single= three are the naves. "hat man hath
understood itM
Therein are set together s%o:es three hundred and si't#, hich in noise can $e
loosened.
(2 That $reast of thine e'haustless, s%ring of %leasure, hereith thou feedest all things
that are choicest,
"ealth+giver, treasure. finder, free $estoer,F$ring that, 8arasvatE, that e ma# drain it.
*D /# means of sacrifice the Gods accom%lished their sacrifice3 these ere the earliest
ordinances.
These Might# .nes attained the height of heaven, there here the 84dh#as, Gods of
old, are delling.
*1 6niform, ith the %assing da#s, this ater mounts and fails again.
The tem%est+clouds give life to earth, and fires re+animate the heaven.
*! The /ird Aelestial, vast ith no$le %inion, the lovel# germ of %lants, the germ of
aters,
Him ho delighteth us ith rain in season, 8arasv4n I invo:e that he ma# hel% us.
HYMN ALI). Indra. Maruts.
1. "ITH hat $right $eaut# are the Maruts <ointl# invested, %eers in age, ho dell
togetherM
7rom hat %lace have the# comeM "ith hat intentionM 8ing the# their strength through
love of ealth, these HeroesM
! "hose %ra#ers have the#, the Youthful .nes, acce%tedM "ho to his sacrifice hath
turned the MarutsM
"e ill dela# them on their <ourne# see%ingFith hat high s%irit?Fthrough the air li:e
eagles.
& "hence comest thou alone, thou ho art might#, Indra, Lord of the /raveM "hat is th#
%ur%oseM
Thou greetest us hen meeting us the /right .nes. Lord of /a# 8teeds, sa# hat thou
hast against us.
( Mine are devotions, h#mns= seet are li$ations. 8trength stirs, and hurled forth is m#
$olt of thunder.
The# call for me, their lauds are longing for me. These m# /a# 8teeds $ear me to these
o$lations.
* Therefore together ith our strong com%anions, having adorned our $odies, no e
harness,
.ur s%otted deer ith might, for thou, . Indra, hast learnt and understood our Godli:e
nature.
, "here as that nature then of #ours, . Maruts, that #e charged me alone to sla# the
9ragonM
7or I in truth am fierce and strong and might#. I $ent aa# from ever# foemanBs
ea%ons.
- Yea, much hast thou achieved ith us for comrades, ith manl# valour li:e thine on,
thou Hero.
Much ma# e too achieve, . mightiest Indra, ith our great %oer, e Maruts, hen e
ill it.
0 ) tra I sle $# mine on strength, . Maruts, having a'ed might# in mine indignation.
I ith the thunder in m# hand created for man these lucid softl# floing aters.
2 Nothing, . Maghavan, stands firm $efore thee= among the Gods not one is found thine
eCual.
None $orn or s%ringing into life comes nigh thee. 9o hat thou hast to do, e'ceeding
might#M
1D Mine onl# $e transcendent %oer, hatever I, daring in m# s%irit, ma# accom%lish.
7or I am :non as terri$le, . Maruts I, Indra, am the Lord of hat I ruined.
11 No, . #e Maruts, hath #our %raise re<oiced me, the glorious h#mn hich #e have
made me, Heroes?
7or me, for Indra, cham%ion strong in $attle, for me, #ourselves, as lovers for a lover.
1! Here, trul#, the# send forth their sheen to meet me, earing their $lameless glor# and
their vigour.
"hen I have seen #ou, Maruts, in ga# s%lendour, #e have delighted me, so no delight
me.
1& "ho here hath magnified #ou, . #e MarutsM s%eed forard, . #e lovers, to #our
lovers.
Ye 1adiant .nes, assisting their devotions, of these m# hol# rites he #e regardful.
1( To this hath M4n#aBs isdom $rought us, so as to aid, as aids the %oet him ho
orshi%s.
/ring hither Cuic:? .n to the sage, #e Maruts? These %ra#ers for #ou the singer hath
recited.
1* Ma# this #our %raise, ma# this #our song, . Maruts, sung $# the %oet, M4naBs son,
M4nd4r#a,
/ring offs%ring for ourselves ith food to feed us. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance?
HYMN ALI)I. Maruts.
1. No let us %u$lish, for the vigorous com%an# the herald of the 8trong .ne, their
%rimeval might.
"ith fire u%on #our a#, . Maruts loud of voice, ith $attle, Might# .nes, achieve #our
deeds of strength.
! /ringing the %leasant meath as >tere their on dear son, the# s%ort in s%ortive ise
ga# at their gatherings.
The 1udras come ith succour to the orshi%%er= self+strong the# fail not him ho offers
sacrifice.
& To homsoever, $ringer of o$lations, the# immortal guardians, have given %lenteous
ealth,
7or him, li:e loving friends, the Maruts $ringing $liss $ede the regions round ith mil:
a$undantl#.
( Ye ho ith might# %oers have stirred the regions u%, #our coursers have s%ed forth
directed $# themselves.
All creatures of the earth, all dellings are afraid, for $rilliant is #our coming ith #our
s%ears advanced.
* "hen the# in daNNling rush have made the mountains roar, and sha:en heavenBs high
$ac: in their heroic strength,
5ach sovran of the forest fears as #e drive near, aid the shru$s fl# $efore #ou sift as
hirling heels.
, Terri$le Maruts, #e ith ne>er+diminished host, ith great $enevolence fulfil our heartBs
desire.
"here>er #our lightning $ites armed ith its gor# teeth it crunches u% the cattle li:e a
ell+aimed dart.
- Givers of during gifts hose $ounties never fail, free from ill+ill, at sacrifices glorified,
The# sing their song aloud that the# ma# drin: seet <uice3 ell do the# :no the HeroBs
first heroic deeds.
0 "ith castles hundredfold, . Maruts, guard #e ell the man hom #e have loved from
ruin and from sin,F
The man hom #e the fierce, the Might# ones ho roar, %reserve from calumn# $#
cherishing his seed.
2 . Maruts, in #our cars are all things that are good3 great %oers are set as >tere in
rivalr# therein.
1ings are u%on #our shoulders hen #e <ourne# forth3 #our a'le turns together $oth the
chariot heels.
1D Held in #our manl# arms are man# goodl# things, gold chains are on #our chests, and
glistering ornaments,
9eer+s:ins are on their shoulders, on their fellies :nives3 the# s%read their glor# out as
$irds s%read out their ings.
11 Might# in mightiness, %ervading, %assing strong, visi$le from afar as >tere ith stars
of heaven,
Lovel# ith %leasant tongues, seet singers ith their mouths, the Maruts, <oined ith
Indra, shout forth all around.
1! This is #our ma<est#, #e Maruts no$l# $orn, far as the sa# of Aditi #our $ount#
s%reads.
5ven Indra $# desertion never disannuls the $oon $estoed $# #ou u%on the %ious man.
1& This is #our :inshi%, Maruts, that, Immortals, #e ere oft in olden time regardful of our
call,
Having vouchsafed to man a hearing through this %ra#er, $# ondrous deeds the Heroes
have dis%la#ed their might.
1( That, . #e Maruts, e ma# long time flourish through #our a$undant riches, . sift
movers,
And that our men ma# s%read in the encam%ment, let me com%lete the rite ith these
o$lations.
1* Ma# this #our laud, ma# this #our song, . Maruts, sung $# the %oet, M4naBs son,
M4nd4r#a,
/ring offs%ring for ourselves ith food to feed us. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALI)II. Indra. Maruts.
1. A TH.68AN9 are th# hel%s for us, . Indra3 a thousand, Lord of /a#s, th# choice
refreshments.
"ealth of a thousand sorts hast thou to cheer us3 ma# %recious goods come nigh to us
in thousands.
! Ma# the most sa%ient Maruts, ith %rotection, ith $est $oons $rought from loft#
heaven, a%%roach us,
No hen their team of the most no$le horses s%eeds even on the seaBs e'tremest limit.
& Alose to them clings one moving in seclusion, li:e a manBs ife, li:e a s%ear carried
rearard,
"ell gras%ed, $right, dec:ed ith gold there is )4: also, li:e to a courtl#, eloCuent dame,
among them.
( 7ar off the $rilliant, never+ear# Maruts cling to the #oung Maid as a <oint %ossession.
The fierce Gods drave not 1odasE $efore them, $ut ished for her to gro their friend
and fello.
* "hen chose immortal 1odasE to folloFshe ith loose tresses and heroic s%iritF
8he clim$ed her servantBs chariot, she li:e 8Jr#a ith cloud+li:e motion and refulgent
as%ect.
, 6%on their car the #oung men set the Maiden edded to glor#, might# in assem$lies,
"hen #our song, Maruts, rose, and, ith o$lation, the 8oma+%ourer sang his h#mn in
orshi%.
- I ill declare the greatness of these Maruts, their real greatness, orth# to $e lauded,
Ho, ith them, she though firm, strong+minded, haught#, travels to omen ha%%# in
their fortune.
0 Mitra and )aru a the# guard from censure3 Ar#aman too, discovers orthless sinners
7irm things are overthron that ne>er ere sha:en3 he %ros%ers, Maruts, ho gives
choice o$lations.
2 None of us, Maruts, near or at a distance, hath ever reached the limit of #our vigour.
The# in courageous might still a'ing $oldl# have com%assed round their foemen li:e an
ocean.
1D Ma# e this da# $e dearest friends of Indra, and let us call on him in fight to+morro.
8o ere e erst. Ne might attend us dail#? 8o $e ith us? $hu: an of the Heroes?
11 Ma# this #our laud, ma# this #our song, . Maruts, sung $# the %oet, M4naBs son,
M4nd4r#a,
/ring offs%ring for ourselves ith. food to feed us. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALI)III. Maruts.
1. 8"I7T gain is his ho hath #ou near at ever# rite3 #e elcome ever# song of him ho
serves the Gods.
8o ma# I turn #ou hither ith fair h#mns of %raise to give great succour for the eal of
$oth the orlds.
! 8urrounding, as it ere, self+$orn, self+%oerful, the# s%ring to life the sha:ers+don of
food and light=
Li:e as the countess undulations of the floods, orth# of %raise hen near, li:e $ulloc:s
and li:e :ine.
& The# ho, li:e 8omas ith their ell+gron stal:s %ressed out, im$i$ed ithin the
heart, dell there in friendl# ise.
6%on their shoulders rests as >tere a arriorBs s%ear and in their hand the# hold a
dagger and a ring.
( 8elf+#o:ed the# have descended lightl# from the s:#. "ith #our on lash, Immortals,
urge #ourselves to s%eed.
6nstained $# dust the Maruts, might# in their strength, have cast don e>en firm things,
armed ith their shining s%ears.
* "ho among #ou, . Maruts armed ith lightning+s%ears, moveth #ou $# himself, as
ith the tongue his <asM
Ye rush from heavenBs floor as though #e sought for food, on man# errands li:e the
8unBs diurnal 8teed.
, 8a# here, then, is this might# regionBs farthest $ound, here, Maruts, is the loest
de%th that #e have reached,
"hen #e cast don li:e chaff the firml# sta$lished %ile, and from the mountain send the
glittering ater+floodM
- Your inning is ith strength, daNNling, ith heavenl# light, ith fruit mature, . Maruts,
fall of %lenteousness.
Aus%icious is #our gift li:e a free giverBs meed, victorious, s%reading far, as of immortal
Gods.
0 The rivers roar $efore #our chariot fellies hen the# are uttering the voice of rain+
clouds.
The lightnings laugh u%on the earth $eneath them, hat time the Maruts scatter forth
their fatness.
2 P @ni $rought forth, to fight the might# $attle, the glittering arm# of the restless Maruts.
Nurtured together the# $egat the monster, and then loo:ed round them for the food that
strengthens.
1D Ma# this #our laud, ma# this #our song . Maruts, sung $# the %oet M4naBs son,
M4nd4r#a,
/ring offs%ring for ourselves ith food to feed us. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIII. Indra.
1. As, Indra, from great treason thou %rotectest, #ea, from great treacher# these ho
a%%roach us,
8o, mar:ing ell, Aontroller of the Maruts grant us their $lessings, for the# are th#
dearest.
! The various doings of all mortal %eo%le $# thee are ordered, in th# isdom, Indra.
The host of Maruts goeth forth e'ulting to in the light+$estoing s%oil of $attle.
& That s%ear of thine sat firm for us, . Indra3 the Maruts set their hole dread %oer in
motion.
5>en Agni shines res%lendent in the $rush+ood3 the viands hold him as floods hold an
island.
( )ouchsafe us no that o%ulence, . Indra, as guerdon on $# mightiest donation.
Ma# h#mns that %lease thee cause the $reast of )4#u to sell as ith the meadBs
refreshing seetness.
* "ith thee, . Indra, are most $ounteous riches that further ever# one ho lives
u%rightl#.
No ma# these Maruts sho us loving+:indness, Gods ho of old ere ever %rom%t to
hel% us.
, /ring forth the Men ho rain don $oons, . Indra3 e'ert thee in the great terrestrial
region=
7or their $road+chested s%ec:led deer are standing li:e a ;ingBs armies on the field of
$attle.
- Heard is the roar of the advancing Maruts, terrific, glittering, and siftl# moving,
"ho ith their rush o>erthro as >tere a sinner the mortal ho ould fight ith those
ho love him
0 Give to the M4nas, Indra ith Maruts, gifts universal, gifts of cattle foremost.
Thou, God, art %raised ith Gods ho must $e lauded. Ma# e find strengthening food
in full a$undance.
HYMN ALII. Indra. Maruts.
1. NA6GHT is to+da#, to+morro naught. "ho com%rehends the m#ster#M
"e must address ourselves unto anotherBs thought, and lost is then the ho%e e formed.
! The Maruts are th# $rothers. "h#, . Indra, ouldst thou ta:e our livesM
Agree ith them in friendl# ise, and do not sla# us in the fight.
& Agast#a, $rother, h# dost thou neglect us, thou ho art our friendM
"e :no the nature of th# mind. )erit# thou ilt give us naught.
( Let them %re%are the altar, let them :indle fire in front3 e to
Here ill s%read sacrifice for thee, that the Immortal ma# o$serve.
* Thou, Lord of "ealth, art Master of all treasures, thou, Lord of friends, art th# friendsB
$est su%%orter.
. Indra, s%ea: thou :indl# ith the Maruts, and taste o$lations in their %ro%er season.
HYMN ALIII. Maruts.
1. To #ou I come ith this mine adoration, and ith a h#mn I crave the 8trong .nesB
favour
A h#mn that trul# ma:es #ou <o#ful, Maruts. 8u%%ress #our anger and un#o:e #our
horses.
! Maruts, to #ou this laud ith %ra#er and orshi%, formed in the mind and heart, #e
Gods, is offered.
Aome #e to us, re<oicing in #our s%irit, for #e are the# ho ma:e our %ra#er effective.
& The Maruts, %raised $# us, shall sho us favour= Maghavan, lauded, shall $e most
%ro%itious.
Maruts,, ma# all our da#s that are to follo $e ver# %leasant, lovel# and trium%hant.
( I fled in terror from this might# Indra, m# $od# trem$ling in alarm, . Maruts.
.$lations meant for #ou had $een made read#= these have e set aside3 for this forgive
us.
* /# hom the M4nas recogniNe the da#+s%rings, $# hose strength at the dan of
endless mornings,
Give us, thou Might#, glor# ith Maruts. fierce ith the fierce, the 8trong ho givest
trium%h.
, 9o thou, . Indra, guard the conCuering Heroes, and rid thee of th# rath against the
Maruts,
"ith them, the ise, victorious and $estoing. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIIII. Maruts.
1. ".N95176L let #our coming $e, ondrous ith hel%, #e /ounteous .nes,
Maruts, ho gleam as ser%ents gleam.
! 7ar $e from us, . Maruts, #e free givers, #our im%etuous shaft=
7ar from us $e the stone #e hurl.
& . /ounteous Givers, touch #e not, . Maruts, T s:andaBs fol:=
Lift #e us u% that e ma# live.
HYMN ALIIIII. Indra.
1. TH5 %raise+song let him sing forth $ursting $ird+li:e3 sing e that h#mn hich li:e
heavenBs light e'%andeth,
That the mil:+giving cos ma#, unim%eded call to the sacred grass the Gods> assem$l#.
! Let the /ull sing ith /ulls hose toil is orshi%, ith a loud roar li:e some ild $east
that hungers.
Praised God? the glad %riest $rings his heartBs devotion= the hol# #outh %resents tofold
o$lation.
& Ma# the Priest come circling the measured stations, and ith him $ring the earthBs
autumnal fruitage.
Let the Horse neigh led near, let the 8teer $ello3 let the )oice go $eteen $oth orlds
as herald,
( To him e offer elcomest o$lations, the %ious $ring their strength+ins%iring %raises.
Ma# Indra, ondrous in his might, acce%t them, car+$orne and sift to move li:e the
N4sat#as.
* Praise thou that Indra ho is trul# might#, the car+$orne "arrior, Maghavan the Hero=
8tronger in ar than those ho fight against him, $orne $# strong steeds, ho :ills
enclosing dar:ness=
, Him ho sur%asses heroes in his greatness3 the earth and heavens suffice not for his
girdles.
Indra endues the earth to $e his garment, and, God+li:e, ears the heaven as >tere a
frontlet,
- Thee, Hero, guardian of the $rave in $attles, ho roamest in the van,Fto dra thee
hither,
Indra, the hosts agree $eside the 8oma, and <o#, for his great actions, in the Ahieftain.
0 Li$ations in the sea to thee are %leasant, hen th# divine 7loods come to cheer these
%eo%le.
To thee the Ao is sum of all things grateful hen ith the ish thou see:est men and
%rinces.
2 8o ma# e in this .ne $e ell $efriended, ell aided as it ere through %raise of
chieftains,
That Indra still ma# linger at our orshi%, as one led sift to or:, to hear our %raises.
1D Li:e men in rivalr# e'tolling %rinces, our 7riend $e Indra, ielder of the thunder.
Li:e true friends of some cit#Bs lord ithin them held in good rule ith sacrifice the# hel%
him.
11 7or ever# sacrifice ma:es Indra stronger, #ea, hen he goes around angr# in s%irit=
As %leasure at the ford invites the thirst#, as the long a# $rings him ho gains his
o$<ect.
1! Let us not here contend ith Gods, . Indra, for here, . Might# .ne, is thine on
%ortion,
The Great, hose 7riends the $ounteous Maruts honour, as ith a stream, his song ho
%ours o$lations.
1& Addressed to thee is this our %raise, . Indra3 Lord of /a# 8teeds, find us here$#
advancement.
8o ma#st thou lead us on, . God, to comfort. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIII). Indra.
1. TH.6 art the ;ing of all the Gods, . Indra3 %rotect the men, . Asura, %reserve us.
Thou Lord of Heroes, Maghavan, our saver, art faithful, ver# rich, the victor#+giver.
! Indra, thou hum$ledst tri$es that s%a:e ith insult $# $rea:ing don seven autumn
forts, their refuge.
Thou stirredst, /lameless? $illo# floods, and gavest his foe a %re# to #outhful
Puru:utsa.
& "ith hom thou drivest troo%s hose lords are heroes, and $ringest da#light no,
much orshi%%ed Indra,
"ith them guard lion+li:e asting active Agni to dell in our tilled fields and in our
homestead.
( The# through the greatness of th# s%ear, . Indra, shall, to th# %raise, rest in this
earthl# station.
To loose the floods, to see:, for :ine, the $attle, his /a#s he mounted $oldl# seiNed the
$oot#.
* Indra, $ear ;utsa, him in hom thou <o#est3 the dar:+red horses of the "ind are docile.
Let the 8un roll his chariot heel anear us, and let the Thunderer go to meet the
foemen.
, Thou Indra, Lord of /a#s, made strong $# im%ulse, hast slain the ve'ers of th# friends,
ho give not.
The# ho $eheld the 7riend $eside the living ere cast aside $# thee as the# rode
onard.
- Indra, the $ard sang forth in ins%iration3 thou madest earth a covering for the 94sa.
Maghavan made the three that gleam ith moisture, and to his home $rought ;u#av4c
to sla# him.
0 These thine old deeds ne $ards have sung, . Indra. Thou conCueredst, $oundest
man# tri$es for ever.
Li:e castles thou hast crushed the godless races, and $oed the godless scornerBs
deadl# ea%on.
2 A 8tormer thou hast made the storm# aters flo don, . Indra, li:e the running
rivers.
"hen o>er the flood thou $roughtest them, . Hero, thou :e%test Turva@a and Yadu
safel#.
1D Indra, ma#st thou $e ours in all occasions, %rotector of the men, most gentle+hearted,
Giving us victor# over all our rivals. Ma# e find strengthening food in full a$undance.
HYMN ALII). Indra.
1. GLA9 thee3 th# glor# hath $een Cuaffed, Lord of /a# 8teeds, as >tere the $olBs
enlivening mead.
7or thee the 8trong there is strong drin:, might#, omni%otent to in.
! Let our strong drin:, most e'cellent, e'hilarating, come to thee,
)ictorious, Indra? $ringing gain, immortal conCuering in fight,
& Thou, Hero, inner of the s%oil, urgest to s%eed the car of man.
/urn, li:e a vessel ith the flame, the laless 9as#u, AonCueror?
( 5m%oered $# thine on might, . 8age, thou stolest 8Jr#aBs chariot heel.
Thou $arest ;utsa ith the steeds of "ind to Gu a as his death.
* Most might# is th# ra%turous <o#, most s%lendid is thine active %oer,
"hereith, foe+sla#ing, sending $liss, thou art su%reme in gaining steeds.
, As thou, . Indra, to the ancient singers ast ever <o#, as ater to the thirst#,
8o unto thee I sing this invocation. Ma# e find strengthening food in full a$undance.
HYMN ALII)I. Indra.
1. AH551 thee ith draughts to in us $liss3 8oma, %ierce Indra in th# strength.
Thou stormest trem$ling in th# rage, and findest not a foeman nigh.
! Ma:e our songs %enetrate to him ho is the .nl# .ne of men=
7or hom the sacred food is s%read, as the steer %loughs the $arle# in.
& "ithin hose hands de%osited all the 7ive Peo%les> treasures rest.
Mar: thou the man ho in<ures us and :ill him li:e the heavenl# $olt.
( 8la# ever#one ho %ours no gift, ho, hard to reach, delights thee not.
/esto on us hat ealth he hath3 this even the orshi%%er aaits.
* Thou hel%est him the dou$l# strong hose h#mns ere sung unceasingl#.
"hen Indra fought, . 8oma, thou hel%est the might# in the fra#.
, As thou, . Indra, to the ancient singers ast ever <o#, li:e ater to the thirst#,
8o unto thee I sing this invocation. Ma# e find strengthening food in full a$undance.
HYMN ALII)II. Indra.
1. TH5 /ull of men, ho cherishes all %eo%le, ;ing of the 1aces, Indra, called of man#,
7ame+loving, %raised, hither to me ith succour turn having #o:ed $oth vigorous /a#
Horses?
! Th# might# 8tallions, #o:ed $# %ra#er, . Indra, th#. Aoursers to th# might# chariot
harnessed,F
Ascend thou these, and $orne $# them come hither3 ith 8oma <uice out%oured, Indra,
e call thee.
& Ascend th# might# car3 the might# 8oma is %oured for thee and seets are s%rin:led
round us.
Aome don to us+ard, /ull of human races, come, having harnessed them, ith strong
/a# Horses.
( Here is God+reaching sacrifice, here the victim= here, Indra, are the %ra#ers, here is the
8oma.
8tren is the sacred grass3 come hither, Ga:ra= seat thee and drin:3 un#o:e th# to /a#
Aoursers.
* Aome to us, Indra, come thou highl# lauded to the devotions of the singer M4na.
8inging, ma# e find earl# through th# succour, ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALII)III. Indra.
1. I7, Indra, thou hast given that gracious hearing here ith thou hel%est those ho
sang th# %raises.
/last not the ish that ould e'alt us ma# I gain all from thee, and %a# all manBs
devotions.
! Let not the 8ovran Indra disa%%oint us in hat shall $ring $oth 8isters to our delling.
To him have run the Cuic:l# floing aters. Ma# Indra come to us ith life and
friendshi%.
& )ictorious ith the men, Hero in $attles, Indra, ho hears the singerBs su%%lication,
"ill $ring his car nigh to the man ho offers, if he himself u%holds the songs that %raise
him.
( Yea, Indra, ith the men, through love of glor# consumes the sacred food hich
friends have offered.
The ever+strengthening song of him ho orshi%s is sung in fight amid the clash of
voices.
* Aided $# thee, . Maghavan, . Indra, ma# e su$due our foes ho count them
might#.
/e our %rotector, strengthen and increase us. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIIII. 1ati.
TThe folloing H#mn as originall# onl# found in the A%%endi', ith certain lines
translated in Latin.FL/H.U
The deified o$<ect of this omitted h#mn is said to $e 1ati or Love, and its is or authors
are Lo%4mudr4, Agast#a, and a disci%le. Lo%4mudr4 is re%resented as inviting the
caresses of her aged hus$and Agast#a, and com%laining of his coldness and neglect.
Agast#a res%onds in stanNa &, and in the second half of stanNa ( the disci%le or the %oet
$riefl# tells the result of the dialogue. 8tanNa * is su%%osed to $e s%o:en $# the disci%le
ho has overheard the conversation, $ut its conne'ion ith the rest of the h#mn is not
ver# a%%arent. In stanNa , Btoiling ith strong endeavourB is a %ara%hrase and not a
translation of the original :hanam4na :hanEtrai Tligoni$us fodiensU hich 84#a a
e'%lains $# Bo$taining the desired result $# means of lauds and sacrifices.B
M. /ergaigne is of o%inion that the h#mn has a m#stical meaning, Agast#a $eing
identifia$le ith the celestial 8oma hom Lo%4mudr4, re%resenting fervent Pra#er,
succeeds after long la$our in draing don from his secret delling %lace. 8ee La
1eligion )ediCue, ii. &2( f.
1 BThrough man# autumns have I toiled and la$oured, at night and morn, through age+
inducing danings.
.ld age im%airs the $eaut# of our $odies. Let hus$ands still come near unto their
s%ouses.
! 7or even the men aforetime, la+fulfillers, ho ith the Gods declared eternal statutes,
F
The# have decided, $ut have not accom%lished3 so no let "ives come near unto their
hus$ands.
& Non inutilis est la$or cui 9ii favent3 nos omnes aemulos et aemulas vincamus.
8u%eremus in hac centum artium %ugna in Cua duas %artes convenientes utrinCue
commovemus.
( Au%ido me ce%it illius tauri RviriS Cui me des%icit, utrum hinc utrum illinc a$ aliCua %arte
nata sit.
Lo%amudra taurum Rmaritum suumS ad se detrahit3 insi%iens illa sa%ientem anhelantem
a$sor$et.
* This 8oma I address that is most near us, that hich hath $een im$i$ed ithin the
s%irit,
To %ardon an# sins e have committed. )eril# mortal man is full of longings.
, Agast#a thus, toiling ith strong endeavour, ishing for children, %rogen# and %oer,
AherishedFa sage of might# strengthF$oth classes, and ith the Gods o$tained his
%ra#erBs fulfilment.
/# B$oth classesB %ro$a$l# %riests and %rinces, or institutors of sacrifices, are meant. M.
/ergaigne understands the e'%ression to mean the to forms or essences of 8oma, the
celestial and the terrestrial.
HYMN ALIII. A@vins.
1. LIGHTLY #our coursers travel through the regions hen round the sea of air #our car
is fl#ing.
Your golden fellies scatter dro%s of moisture3 drin:ing the seetness #e attend the
Mornings.
! Ye as #e travel overta:e the Aourser ho flies a%art, the 7riend of man, most hol#.
The %ra#er is that the 8ister ma# conve# #ou, all %raised, meath+drin:ers? to su%%ort and
strengthen.
& Ye have de%osited, matured ithin her, in the ra co the first mil: of the milch+co,
"hich the $right offerer, shining li:e a ser%ent mid trees, %resents to #ou hose form is
%erfect.
( Ye made the fierce heat to $e full of seetness for Atri at his ish, li:e streaming
ater.
7ire+offering thence is #ours, . A@vins, Heroes3 #our car+heels s%eed to us li:e s%rings
of hone#.
* Li:e TugraBs ancient son ma# I, #e Might#, $ring #ou to give #our gifts ith mil:+
o$lations.
Your greatness com%asseth 5arth, Heaven, and "aters3 deca#ed for #ou is sorroBs net,
#e Hol#.
, "hen, /ounteous .nes, #e drive #our #o:ed team donard, #e send, $# #our on
natures, understanding.
8ift as the ind let the %rince %lease and feast #ou3 he, li:e a %ious man, gains
strength for increase.
- 7or veril# e truthful singers %raise #ou the niggard traffic:er is here e'cluded.
No, even no do #e . $lameless A@vins, #e Might#, guard the man hose God is near
him.
0 You of a truth da# after da#, . A@vins, that he might in the ver# %lenteous torrent,
Agast#a, famous among mortal heroes, roused ith a thousand lauds li:e sounds of
music.
2 "hen ith the glor# of #our car #e travel, hen e go s%eeding li:e the %riest of
mortals,
And give good horses to sacrificers, ma# e, N4sat#as? gain our share of riches.
1D "ith songs of %raise e call to+da#, . A@vins, that #our ne chariot, for our on ell+
$eing,
That circles heaven ith never+in<ured fellies. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIIII. A@vins
1. "HAT, dearest Pair, is this in strength and riches that #e as Priests are $ring from the
atersM
This sacrifice is #our glorification, #e ho %rotect man:ind and give them treasures.
! Ma# #our %ure steeds, rain+drin:ers, $ring #ou hither, sift as the tem%est, #our
celestial coursers,
1a%id as thought, ith fair $ac:s, full of vigour, res%lendent in their native light, . A@vins.
& Your car is li:e a torrent rushing donard3 ma# it come nigh, $road+seated, for our
elfare,F
Aar hol#, strong, that ever ould $e foremost, thought+sift, hich #e, for hom e long,
have mounted.
( Here s%rung to life, the# $oth have sung together, ith $odies free from stain, ith
signs that mar: them=
.ne of #ou Prince of 8acrifice, the )ictor, the other counts as HeavenBs aus%icious
offs%ring.
* Ma# #our car+seat, don+gliding, golden+coloured, according to #our ish a%%roach
our dellings.
Men shall feed full the $a# steeds of the other, and, A@vins the# ith roars shall stir the
regions.
, 7orth comes #our strong /ull li:e a cloud of autumn, sending a$undant food of liCuid
seetness.
Let them feed ith the otherBs a#s and vigour3 the u%%er streams have come and do us
service.
- Your constant song hath $een sent forth, 9is%osers? that flos threefold in might#
strength, . A@vins.
Thus lauded, give the su%%liant %rotection moving or resting hear mine invocation.
0 This song of $right contents for #ou is selling in the menBs hall here three+fold grass
is read#.
Your strong rain+cloud, #e Might# .nes, hath sollen, honouring men as >tere ith
mil:Bs out%ouring.
2 The %rudent orshi%%er, li:e PJ an, A@vins? %raises #ou as he %raises 9an and Agni,
"hen, singing ith devotion, he invo:es #ou. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIIIII. A@vins.
1. THI8 as the tas:. A%%ear %rom%tl#, #e %rudent .nes. Here is the chariot dran $#
strong steeds3 $e #e glad.
Heart+stirring, longed for, succourers of )i@%al4, here are HeavenBs 8ons hose sa#
$lesses the %ious man.
! Longed for, most Indra+li:e, might#, most Marut+li:e, most onderful in deed, car+
$orne, $est charioteers,
/ring #our full chariot hither hea%ed ith liCuid seet3 thereon, #e A@vins, come to him
ho offers gifts.
& "hat ma:e #e there, #e Might#M "herefore linger #e ith fol: ho, offering not, are
held in high esteemM
Pass over them= ma:e #e the niggardBs life deca#3 give light unto the singer eloCuent in
%raise.
( Arunch u% on. ever# side the dogs ho $ar: at us3 sla# #e our foes, . A@vins this #e
understand.
Ma:e ealth# ever# ord of him ho %raises #ou3 acce%t ith favour, $oth N4sat#as,
this m# laud.
* Ye made for TugraBs son amid the ater+floods that animated shi% ith ings to fl#
ithal,
"hereon ith God+devoted mind #e $rought him forth, and fled ith eas# flight from out
the might# surge.
, 7our shi%s most elcome in the midst of ocean, urged $# the A@vins, save the son of
Tugra,
Him ho as cast don headlong in the aters, %lunged in the thic: inevita$le
dar:ness.
- "hat tree as that hich stood fi'ed in surrounding sea to hich the son of Tugra
su%%licating clungM
Li:e tigs, of hich some inged creature ma# ta:e hold, #e, A@vins, $ore him off safel#
to #our renon.
0 "elcome to #ou $e this the h#mn of %raises uttered $# M4nas, . N4sat#as, Heroes,
7rom this our gathering here e offer 8oma. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIIIIII. A@vins.
1. MA;5 read# that hich %asses thought in siftness, that hath three heels and tri%le
seat, #e Might#,
"hereon #e see: the delling of the %ious, hereon, threefold, #e fl# li:e $irds ith
%inions.
! Light rolls #our eas# chariot faring earthard, hat time, for food, #e, full of isdom,
mount it.
Ma# this song, ondrous fair, attend #our glor#3 #e, as #e travel, ait on 9an HeavenBs
9aughter.
& Ascend #our lightl# rolling car, a%%roaching the orshi%%er ho turns him to his duties,
F
"hereon #e come unto the house to Cuic:en man and his offs%ring, . N4sat#as,
Heroes.
( Let not the olf, let not the she+olf harm #ou. 7orsa:e me not, nor %ass me $# or
others.
Here stands #our share, here is #our h#mn, #e Might#3 #ours are these vessels, full of
%leasant <uices.
* Gotama, PurumElha, Atri $ringing o$lations all invo:e #ou for %rotection.
Li:e one ho goes straight to the %oint directed, #e N4sat#as, to mine invocation.
, "e have %assed o>er the limit of this dar:ness3 our %raise hath $een $estoed on #ou,
. A@vins.
Aome hitherard $# %aths hich Gods have travelled. Ma# e find strengthening food in
full a$undance.
HYMN ALIIII). A@vins.
1. L5T us invo:e #ou $oth this da# and after the %riest is here ith lauds hen morn is
$rea:ing3
N4sat#as, heresoe>er #e $e, HeavenBs Ahildren, for him ho is more li$eral than the
godless.
! "ith us, #e Might#, let #ourselves $e <o#ful, glad in our stream of 8oma sla# the
niggards.
Graciousl# hear m# h#mns and invitations, mar:ing, . Heroes, ith #our cars m#
longing.
& N4sat#as, PJ ans, #e as Gods for glor# arranged and set in order 8Jr#aBs $ridal.
Your giant steeds move on, s%rung from the aters, li:e ancient times of )aru a the
Might#.
( Your grace $e ith us, #e ho love seet <uices3 further the h#mn sung $# the %oet
M4na,
"hen men are <o#ful in #our glorious actions, to in heroic strength, #e /ounteous
Givers.
* This %raise as made, . li$eral Lords, . A@vins, for #ou ith fair adornment $# the
M4nas.
Aome to our house for us and for our children, re<oicing, . N4sat#as, in Agast#a.
, "e have %assed o>er the limit of this dar:ness3 our %raise hath $een $estoed on #ou,
. A@vins.
Aome hitherard $# %aths hich Gods have travelled. ma# e find strengthening food in
full a$undance.
HYMN ALIII). Heaven and 5arth.
1. "H5TH51 of these is elder, hether laterM Ho ere the# $ornM "ho :noeth it, #e
sagesM
These of themselves su%%ort all things e'isting3 as on a car the 9a# and Night roll
onard.
! The Tain u%hold, though motionless and footless, a ides%read offs%ring having feet
and moving.
Li:e #our on son u%on his %arents> $osom, %rotect us, Heaven and earth, from fearful
danger.
& I call for AditiBs unrivalled $ount#, %erfect, celestial, deathless, meet for orshi%.
Produce this, #e Tain "orlds, for him ho lauds #ou. Protect us, Heaven and 5arth,
from fearful danger.
( Ma# e $e close to $oth the "orlds ho suffer no %ain, Parents of Gods, ho aid ith
favour,
/oth mid the Gods, ith 9a# and Night alternate. Protect us, Heaven and 5arth, from
fearful danger.
* 7aring together, #oung, ith meeting limits, Tin 8isters l#ing in their Parents> $osom,
;issing the centre of the orld together. Protect us, Heaven and 5arth, from fearful
danger.
, 9ul# I call the to ide seats, the might#, the general Parents, ith the GodBs
%rotection.
"ho, $eautiful to loo: on, ma:e the nectar. Protect us, Heaven and 5arth, from fearful
danger.
- "ide, vast, and manifold, hose $ounds are distant,Fthese, reverent, I address at
this our orshi%,
The $lessed Pair, victorious, all+sustaining. Protect us, Heaven and 5arth, from fearful
danger.
0 "hat sin e have at an# time committed against the Gods, our friend, our houseBs
chieftain,
Thereof ma# this our h#mn $e e'%iation. Protect us, Heaven and 5arth, from fearful
danger.
2 Ma# $oth these 7riends of man, ho $less, %reserve me, ma# the# attend me ith
their hel% and favour.
5nrich the man more li$eral than the godless. Ma# e, #e Gods, $e strong ith food
re<oicing.
1D 5ndoed ith understanding, I have uttered this truth, for all to hear, to 5arth and
Heaven.
/e near us, :ee% us from re%roach and trou$le. 7ather and Mother, ith #our hel%
%reserve us.
11 /e this m# %ra#er fulfilled, . 5arth and Heaven, hereith, 7ather and Mother, I
address #ou.
Nearest of Gods $e #e ith #our %rotection. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN ALIII)I. )i@vedevas.
1. L.)59 of all men, ma# 8avitar, through %raises offered as sacred food, come to our
s#nod,
That #ou too, through+our h#mn, #e ever+#outhful, ma# gladden, at #our visit, all our
%eo%le.
! To us ma# all the Gods come troo%ed together, Ar#aman, Mitra, )aru a concordant,
That all ma# $e %romoters of our elfare, and ith great might %reserve our strength
from slac:ness.
& Agni I sing, the guest #ou love most dearl#3 the AonCueror through our lauds is
friendl#+minded.
That he ma# $e our )aru a rich in glor# and send food li:e a %rince %raised $# the godl#.
( To #ou I see: ith reverence, Night and Morning, li:e a co good to mil:, ith ho%e to
conCuer,
Pre%aring on a common da# the %raise. song ith mil: of various hues ithin this udder.
* Ma# the great 9ragon of the 9ee% re<oice us3 as one ho nourishes her #oung comes
8indhu,
"ith hom e ill incite the Ahild of "aters hom vigorous course sift as thought
$ring hither.
, Moreover Tva ar also shall a%%roach us, one+minded ith the %rinces at his visit.
Hither shall come the ) tra+sla#er Indra, 1uler of men, as strongest of the Heroes.
- Him too our h#mns delight, that #o:e sift horses, li:e mother cos ho lic: their
tender #oungling.
To him our songs shall #ield themselves li:e s%ouses, to him the most delightful of the
Heroes.
0 8o ma# the Maruts, armed ith might# ea%ons, rest here on heaven and earth ith
hearts in concord,
As Gods hose cars have da%%led steeds li:e torrents, destro#ers of the foe allies of
Mitra.
2 The# hasten on to ha%%# termination their orders hen the# are made :non $#
glor#.
As on a fair $right da# the arro flieth o>er all the $arren soil their missiles s%ar:le.
1D Incline the A@vins to sho grace, and PJ an, for %oer and might have the#, their
on %ossession.
7riendl# are )i u, )4ta, and $hu: an so ma# I $ring the Gods to ma:e us ha%%#.
11 This is m# reverent thought of #ou, #e Hol#= ma# it ins%ire #ou, ma:e #ou dell
among us,F
Thought, toiling for the Gods and see:ing treasure. Ma# e find strengthening food in
full a$undance.
YMN ALIII)II. Praise of 7ood.
1. No ill I glorif# 7ood that u%holds great strength,
/# hose invigorating %oer Trita rent ) tra lim$ from lim$.
! . %leasant 7ood, . 7ood of meath, thee have e chosen for our on,
8o $e our :ind %rotector thou.
& Aome hitherard to us, . 7ood, aus%icious ith aus%icious hel%,
Health+$ringing, not un:ind, a dear and guileless friend.
( These <uices hich, . 7ood, are thine throughout the regions are diffused.
li:e inds the# have their %lace in heaven.
* These gifts of thine, . 7ood, . 7ood most seet to taste,
These savours of th# <uices or: li:e creatures that have might# nec:s.
, In thee, . 7ood, is set the s%irit of great Gods.
6nder th# flag $rave deeds ere done he sle the 9ragon ith th# hel%.
- If thou $e gone unto the s%lendour of the clouds,
5ven from thence, . 7ood of meath, %re%ared for our en<o#ment, come.
0 "hatever morsel e consume from aters or from %lants of earth, . 8oma, a' thou
fat there$#.
2 "hat 8oma, e en<o# from thee in mil:# food or $arle#+$re, )4t4%i, gro thou fat
there$#.
1D . )egeta$le, Aa:e of meal, he holesome, firm, and strengthening3 )4t4%i, gro
thou fat there$#.
11 . 7ood, from thee as such have e dran forth ith lauds, li:e cos, our sacrificial
gifts,
7rom thee ho $anCuetest ith Gods, from thee ho $anCuetest ith us.
HYMN ALIII)III. K%rEs.
1. "INN51 of thousands, :indled, thou shinest a God ith Gods to+da#.
/ear out o$lations, envo#, 8age.
! Ahild of Th#self the sacrifice is for the righteous $lent ith meath,
Presenting viands thousandfold.
& Invo:ed and orth# of our %raise $ring Gods hose due is sacrifice3
Thou, Agni, givest countless gifts.
( To seat a thousand Heroes the# eastard have stren the grass ith might,
"hereon, Kdit#as, #e shine forth.
* The sovran all+im%erial 9oors, ide, good, man# and manifold,
Have %oured their streams of hol# oil.
, "ith ga# adornment, fair to see, in glorious $eaut# shine the# forth3
Let Night and Morning rest them here.
- Let these to 8ages first of all, heralds divine and eloCuent,
Perform for us this sacrifice.
0 You I address, 8arasvatE, and /h4ratE, and I 4, all3
6rge #e us on to glorious fame.
2 Tva ar the Lord hath made all forms and all the cattle of the field
Aause them to multi%l# for us.
1D 8end to the Gods, )anas%ati, th#self, the sacrificial draught3
Let Agni ma:e the o$lations seet.
11 Agni, %receder of the Gods, is honoured ith the sacred song3
He glos at offerings $lest ith Hail?
HYMN ALIIIII. Agni.
1. /Y goodl# %aths lead us to riches, Agni, God ho :noest ever# sacred dut#.
1emove the sin that ma:es us stra# and ander. most am%le adoration ill e $ring
thee.
! Lead us ane to ha%%iness, . Agni= lead us $e#ond all danger and affliction.
/e unto us a ide $road am%le castle $less, %ros%er on their a# our sons and
offs%ring.
& 7ar from us, Agni, %ut thou all diseases let them stri:e lauds that have no saving Agni.
God, ma:e our home again to $e a $lessing, ith all the Immortal 9eities, . Hol#.
( Preserve us, Agni, ith %er%etual succour, refulgent in the delling hich thou lovest.
. AonCueror, most #outhful, let no danger touch him ho %raises thee to+da# or after.
* Give not us u% a %re# to sin, . Agni, the greed# enem# that $rings us trou$le=
Not to the fanged that $ites, not to the toothless3 give not us u%, thou AonCueror, to the
s%oiler.
, 8uch as thou art, $orn after La, . Agni hen lauded give %rotection to our $odies,
7rom hosoever ould re%roach or in<ure3 for thou, God, rescuest from all o%%ression.
- Thou, ell discerning $oth these classes, comest to men at earl# morn, . hol# Agni.
/e thou o$edient unto man at evening, to $e adorned, as :een, $# eager suitors.
0 To him have e addressed our %ious s%eeches, I, M4naBs son, to him victorious Agni.
Ma# e gain countless riches ith the sages. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN AIA. / has%ati.
1. GL.1I7Y thou / has%ati, the scatheless, ho must $e %raised ith h#mns, seet+
tongued and might#,
To hom as leader of the song, res%lendent, orth# of lauds, $oth Gods and mortals
listen.
! .n him ait songs according to the season even as a stream of %ious men set
moving.
/ has%atiFfor he laid out the e'%ansesFas, at the sacrifice, vast M4tari@van.
& The %raise, the verse that offers adoration, ma# he $ring forth, as the 8un sends his
arms out,
He ho gives dail# light through this GodBs isdom, strong as a dread ild $east, and
inoffensive.
( His song of %raise %ervades the earth and heaven3 let the ise orshi%%er dra it, li:e
a courser.
These of / has%ati, li:e huntersB arros, go to the s:ies that change their hue li:e
ser%ents.
* Those, God, ho count thee as a orthless $ulloc:, and, ealth# sinners, live on thee
the /ounteous,F
.n fools li:e these no $lessing thou $estoest3 / has%ati, thou %unishest the s%iteful.
, Li:e a fair %ath is he, here grass is %leasant, though hard to in, a 7riend $eloved
most earl#.
Those ho unharmed $# enemies $ehold us, hile the# ould ma:e them $are, stood
closel# com%assed.
- He to hom songs of %raise go forth li:e torrents, as rivers edd#ing under $an:s flo
sea+ardF
/ has%ati the ise, the eager, closel# loo:s u%on $oth, the aters and the vessel.
0 8o hath / has%ati, great, strong and might#, the God e'ceeding %oerful, $een
$rought hither.
Ma# he thus lauded give us :ine and horses. Ma# e find strengthening food in full
a$undance.
HYMN AIAI. "ater. Grass. 8un.
1. )5N.M.68, slightl# venomous, or venomous aCuatic orm,F
/oth creatures, stinging, uno$served, ith %oison have infected me.
! Aoming, it :ills the uno$served= it :ills them as it goes aa#,
It :ills them as it drives them off, and $ruising $ruises them to death.
& 8ara grass, 9ar$ha, ;u@ara, and 8air#a, MuO<a, )Era a,
"here all these creatures dell unseen, ith %oison have infected me.
( The cos had settled in their stalls, the $easts of %re# had sought their lairs,
5'tinguished ere the lights of men, hen things unseen infected me.
* .r these, these re%tiles, are o$served, li:e lur:ing thieves at evening time.
8eers of all, themselves unseen3 $e therefore ver# vigilant.
, Heaven is #our 8ire, #our Mother 5arth, 8oma #our /rother, Aditi
Your 8ister3 seeing all, unseen, :ee% still and dell #e ha%%il#.
- /iters of shoulder or of lim$, ith needle+stings, most venomous,
6nseen, hatever #e ma# $e, vanish together and $e gone.
0 8la#er of things unseen, the 8un, $eheld of all, mounts, eastard, u%,
Aonsuming all that are not seen, and evil s%irits of the night.
2 There hath the 8un+God mounted u%, ho scorches much and ever#thing.
5ven the Kdit#a from the hills, all+seen, destro#ing things unseen.
1D I hang the %oison in the 8un, a ine+s:in in a vintnerBs house,
He ill not die, nor shall e die3 his %ath is far3 he hom /a# Horses $ear hath turned
thee to seet meath.
11 This little $ird, so ver# small, hath salloed all th# %oison u%.
8he ill not die, nor shall e die3 his %ath is far3 he hom /a# Horses $ear hath turned
thee to seet meath.
1! The three+times+seven $right s%ar:s of fire have salloed u% the %oisonBs strength.
The# ill not die, nor shall e die3 his %ath is far3 he hom /a# Horses $ear hath turned
thee to seet meath.
1& .f ninet# rivers and of nine ith %oer to sta# the venomBs course,F
The names of all I have secured3 his %ath is far3 he hom /a# Horses $ear hath turned
thee to seet meath.
1( 8o have the %eahens three+times+seven, so have the maiden 8isters 8even
Aarried th# venom far aa#, as girls $ear ater in their <ars.
1* The %oison+insect is so small= I crush the creature ith a stone.
I turn the %oison hence aa#, de%arted unto distant lands.
1, 7orth issuing from the mountainBs side the %oison+insect s%a:e and said3
8cor%ion, the# venom is $ut ea:.