उदेहि वाजिन् यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् इदं राष्ट्रं प्र विश सूनृतावत् । यो रोहितो विश्वम् इदं जजान स त्वा राष्ट्राय सुभृतं बिभर्तु ॥१॥
udehi vājin yo apsv antar idaṃ rāṣṭraṃ pra viśa sūnṛtāvat | yo rohito viśvam idaṃ jajāna sa tvā rāṣṭrāya subhṛtaṃ bibhartu ||1||
Rise up, O powerful one (? vājín) that [art] within the waters, enter into this kingdom [that is] full of pleasantness; the ruddy one (róhita) that generated this all—let him bear thee, well-borne, unto kingdom.
उद् वाज आ गन् यो अप्स्व् अन्तर् विश आ रोह त्वद्योनयो याः । सोमं दधानो ऽप ओषधीर् गाश् चतुष्पदो द्विपद आ वेशयेह ॥२॥
ud vāja ā gan yo apsv antar viśa ā roha tvadyonayo yāḥ | somaṃ dadhāno 'pa oṣadhīr gāś catuṣpado dvipada ā veśayeha ||2||
Up hath arisen the power (? vā́ja) that is within the waters; mount (ā-ruh) thou the clans (víç) that are sprung from thee (tvádyoni); assuming (dhā) the soma, the waters, the herbs, the kine, make thou the four-footed, the two-footed ones to enter here.
yūyam ugrā marutaḥ pṛśnimātara indreṇa yujā pra mṛṇīta śatrūn | ā vo rohitaḥ śṛṇavat sudānavas triṣaptāso marutaḥ svādusaṃmudaḥ ||3||
Do ye [who are] formidable, O Maruts, sons of the spotted mother, with Indra as ally, slaughter our foes; the ruddy one shall listen to you, ye liberal ones (sudā́nu), ye thrice seven Maruts that enjoy sweets together.
The ruddy one ascended (ruh), mounted the ascents (rúh); [he,] the embryo of the wives, [mounted] the lap of births; him, taken hold of by them (f.), the six wide [spaces] discovered; seeing in advance the track, he hath brought (ā-hṛ) hither the kingdom.
आ ते राष्ट्रम् इह रोहितो ऽहार्षीद् व्य् आस्थन् मृधो अभयं ते अभूत् । तस्मै ते द्यावापृथिवी रेवतीभिः कामं दुहाताम् इह शक्वरीभिः ॥५॥
ā te rāṣṭram iha rohito 'hārṣīd vy āsthan mṛdho abhayaṃ te abhūt | tasmai te dyāvāpṛthivī revatībhiḥ kāmaṃ duhātām iha śakvarībhiḥ ||5||
The ruddy one hath brought hither thy kingdom; the scorners have scattered; fearlessness hath become thine; unto thee, being such, let heaven-and-earth, by the revátīs, yield (duh) here thy desire by the çákvarīs.
rohito dyāvāpṛthivī jajāna tatra tantuṃ parameṣṭhī tatāna | tatra śiśriye 'ja ekapādo 'dṛṃhad dyāvāpṛthivī balena ||6||
The ruddy one generated heaven-and-earth; there the most exalted one stretched the line (tántu); there was supported (çri) the one-footed goat (? ajá); by strength he made firm (dṛh) heaven-and-earth.
rohito dyāvāpṛthivī adṛṃhat tena sva stabhitaṃ tena nākaḥ | tenāntarikṣaṃ vimitā rajāṃsi tena devā amṛtam anv avindan ||7||
The ruddy one made firm heaven-and-earth; by him was established the sky (svàr), by him the firmament (nā́ka); by him the atmosphere, the spaces (rájas) were measured out; by him the gods discovered immortality (amṛ́ta).
वि रोहितो अमृशद् विश्वरूपं समाकुर्वाणः प्ररुहो रुहश् च । दिवं रूढ्वा महता महिम्ना सं ते राष्ट्रम् अनक्तु पयसा घृतेन ॥८॥
vi rohito amṛśad viśvarūpaṃ samākurvāṇaḥ praruho ruhaś ca | divaṃ rūḍhvā mahatā mahimnā saṃ te rāṣṭram anaktu payasā ghṛtena ||8||
The ruddy one examined (vi-mṛç) the all-formed, collecting to himself the fore-ascents and the ascents; having ascended the sky with great greatness, let him anoint (sam-añj) thy kingdom with milk, with ghee.
What ascents, fore-ascents thou hast, what on-ascents (ārúh) thou hast, with which thou fillest the sky, the atmosphere, with the bráhman, with the milk of them increasing, do thou watch over the people (víç) in the kingdom of the ruddy one.
yas te viśas tapasaḥ saṃbabhūvur vatsaṃ gāyatrīm anu tā ihāguḥ | tās tvā viśantu manasā śivena saṃmātā vatso abhy etu rohitaḥ ||10|| 1
What clans (víç) of thine came into being out of ardor (tápas), those have come hither after the young (vatsá), the gāyatrī́; let them enter (ā-viç) into thee with propitious mind; let the ruddy young with its mother go against [them].
The ruddy one hath stood aloft upon the firmament (nā́kā), generating all forms, [he,] young, poet; Agni shineth forth with keen light; in the third space (rájas) he hath done dear things.
सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो जातवेदा घृताहुतः सोमपृष्ठः सुवीरः । मा मा हासीन् नाथितो नेत् त्वा जहानि गोपोषं च मे वीरपोषं च धेहि ॥१२॥
sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabho jātavedā ghṛtāhutaḥ somapṛṣṭhaḥ suvīraḥ | mā mā hāsīn nāthito net tvā jahāni gopoṣaṃ ca me vīrapoṣaṃ ca dhehi ||12||
The thousand-horned bull Jātavedas, offered to with ghee, soma-backed, having good heroes—let him not abandon me; let me not, a suppliant, abandon thee*; assign thou to me both prosperity in kine and prosperity in heroes.
The ruddy one is generator and mouth of the sacrifice; to the ruddy one I make oblation with speech, with hearing, with mind; to the ruddy one go the gods with favoring mind; let him cause me to ascend with ascensions (róha) of meeting (sāmityá).
The ruddy one disposed the sacrifice for Viçvakarman; therefrom have these brilliancies come unto me; may I speak thy navel (nā́bhi) upon the range (majmán) of existence.
Unto thee ascended bṛhatī́ and pan̄ktí, unto [thee], O Jātavedas, kakúbh with honor; unto thee ascended the uṣṇíhā syllable, the váṣaṭ -utterance; unto thee ascended the ruddy one along with seed.
This one clothes himself in the embryo (womb?) of the earth; this one clothes himself in the sky, the atmosphere; this one, on the summit of the reddish one, has penetrated the heaven (svàr), the worlds.
O lord of speech, [be] earth pleasant to us; [be] the lair (yóni) pleasant, [be] our couch very propitious; just here be breath in our companionship; thee here, O most exalted one, let Agni surround with life-time, with honor.
वाचस् पत ऋतवः पञ्च ये नौ वैश्वकर्मणाः परि ये संबभूवुः । इहैव प्राणः सख्ये नो अस्तु तं त्वा परमेष्ठिन् परि रोहित आयुषा वर्चसा दधातु ॥१८॥
vācas pata ṛtavaḥ pañca ye nau vaiśvakarmaṇāḥ pari ye saṃbabhūvuḥ | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pari rohita āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu ||18||
O lord of speech, the five seasons that are ours, that came forth into being as Viçvakarman's—just here be breath in our companionship; thee here, O most exalted one, let the ruddy one surround with life-time, with honor.
vācas pate saumanasaṃ manaś ca goṣṭhe no gā janaya yoniṣu prajāḥ | ihaiva prāṇaḥ sakhye no astu taṃ tvā parameṣṭhin pary aham āyuṣā varcasā dadhātu ||19||
O lord of speech, [generate] well-willing and mind; generate kine in our stall (goṣṭhá), progeny in our wombs (yóni); just here be breath in our companionship; thee here, O most exalted one, I surround with life-time, with honor.
May Savitar, god Agni, surround thee [with honor]; with honor may Mitra-and-Varuṇa deck (abhi ⌊+ dhā ⌋) thee; striding down all niggards come thou; thou hast made this kingdom full of pleasantness.
She that is ruddy (róhiṇī) is submissive to the ruddy one, being liberal (sūrí), of beautiful color, vast (bṛhatī́), very splendid; by her may we conquer booty (? vā́jān) of all forms; by her may we overcome all fighters.
Here the seat (sádas), she that is ruddy, of the ruddy one; yonder the road by which the spotted one (f.) goes; her the Gandharvas, the Kaçyapas, lead up; her the poets defend unremittingly.
The sun's yellow (hári) bright (ketumánt) horses, immortal, constantly draw the easy-running chariot; the ghee-drinking ruddy one, shining (bhrāj), the god, entered the spotted sky.
यो रोहितो वृषभस् तिग्मशृङ्गः पर्य् अग्निं परि सूर्यं बभूव । यो विष्टभ्नाति पृथिवीं दिवं च तस्माद् देवा अधि सृष्टीः सृजन्ते ॥२५॥
yo rohito vṛṣabhas tigmaśṛṅgaḥ pary agniṃ pari sūryaṃ babhūva | yo viṣṭabhnāti pṛthivīṃ divaṃ ca tasmād devā adhi sṛṣṭīḥ sṛjante ||25||
The ruddy one, the sharp-horned bull, who encompassed Agni, the sun, who props asunder (vi-stabh) the earth and the heaven—out of him do the gods create creations.
vi mimīṣva payasvatīṃ ghṛtācīṃ devānāṃ dhenur anapaspṛg eṣā | indraḥ somaṃ pibatu kṣemo astv agniḥ pra stautu vi mṛdho nudasva ||27||
Measure thou out (vi-mā) the milk-giving, ghee-dripping (ghṛtā́ñc) [cow]; this is the unresisting milch-cow of the gods. Let Indra drink the soma; let there be comfort (kṣéma); let Agni commence praising; do thou thrust away the scorners.
O Agni, make our rivals fall below us; stagger the truculent (utpípāna) fellow, O Brihaspati; O Indra-and-Agni, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, let them fall below [us], impotent in their fury.
The young (vatsá) of the virā́j, the bull of prayers (matí), mounted, bright-backed, the atmosphere; with ghee they sing (arc) the song (arká) unto the young; him, being bráhman, they increase with bráhman.
दिवं च रोह पृथिवीं च रोह राष्ट्रं च रोह द्रविणं च रोह । प्रजां च रोहामृतं च रोह रोहितेन तन्वं सं स्पृषस्व ॥३४॥
divaṃ ca roha pṛthivīṃ ca roha rāṣṭraṃ ca roha draviṇaṃ ca roha | prajāṃ ca rohāmṛtaṃ ca roha rohitena tanvaṃ saṃ spṛṣasva ||34||
Both ascend thou to heaven and ascend to earth; both ascend to kingdom and ascend to property; both ascend to progeny and ascend to immortality; make thyself contiguous with the ruddy one.
रोहिते द्यावापृथिवी अधि श्रिते वसुजिति गोजिति संधनाजिति । सहस्रं यस्य जनिमानि सप्त च वोचेयं ते नाभिं भुवनस्याधि मज्मनि ॥३७॥
rohite dyāvāpṛthivī adhi śrite vasujiti gojiti saṃdhanājiti | sahasraṃ yasya janimāni sapta ca voceyaṃ te nābhiṃ bhuvanasyādhi majmani ||37||
On the ruddy one are set (çritá) heaven-and-earth, on the goods-conquering, kine-conquering, booty-conquering one, of whom the births are a thousand and seven; may I speak thy navel on the range of existence.
Glorious thou goest to the directions and quarters, glorious of cattle and of people (carṣaṇí); glorious in the lap of earth, of Aditi, may I become pleasant (cā́ru) like Savitar.
Being yonder, thou knowest here; being on this side, thou seest those things; from this side they see the shining space (rócana), the inspired sun in the sky.
avaḥ pareṇa para enāvareṇa padā vatsaṃ bibratī gaur ud asthāt | sā kadrīcī kaṃ svid ardhaṃ parāgāt kva svit sūte nahi yūthe asmin ||41||
Below the distant, thus beyond the lower, bearing her calf with her foot, the cow hath stood up; whitherwards, to what quarter, hath she forsooth gone away? where giveth she birth? for [it is] not in this herd.
One-footed, two-footed [is] she, four-footed; having become eight-footed, nine-footed, thousand-syllabled, a series of existence; out from her flow apart the oceans.
Having set cold and heat, having made the mountains sacrificial posts (yū́pa), having rain as sacrificial butter, the two fires of the sky-finding ruddy one performed sacrifice (yaj).
The two fires [are] increasing by bráhman, increased with bráhman, offered to with bráhman: kindled with bráhman, the two fires of the sky-finding ruddy one performed sacrifice.
Having shaped (kḷp) the earth as sacrificial hearth, having made the sky sacrificial fee, then having made heat his fire, the ruddy one made all that has soul, with rain as sacrificial butter.
sa yajñaḥ prathamo bhūto bhavyo ajāyata | tasmād dha jajña idaṃ sarvaṃ yat kiṃ cedaṃ virocate rohitena ṛṣiṇābhṛtam ||55||
That first sacrifice was born [as] the one that is, that is to be; from that was born this all, whatsoever shines out (vi-ruc) here, brought (ā-bhṛ) by the ruddy one [as] seer.
यश् च गां पदा स्फुरति प्रत्यङ् सूर्यं च मेहति । तस्य वृश्चामि ते मूलं न छायां करवो ऽपरम् ॥५६॥
yaś ca gāṃ padā sphurati pratyaṅ sūryaṃ ca mehati | tasya vṛścāmi te mūlaṃ na chāyāṃ karavo 'param ||56||
Whoever both kicks a cow with the foot and urinates in face of the sun—of such a one I hew off (vraçc) thy root; thou shalt not further cast (kṛ) shadow.