Far is that secret name by which, in terror, the worlds invoked thee and thou gavest vigour The earth and heaven thou settest near each other, and Maghavan, madest bright thy Brother's Children.
mahat tan nāma guhyam puruspṛg yena bhūtaṃ janayo yena bhavyam | pratnaṃ jātaṃ jyotir yad asya priyam priyāḥ sam aviśanta pañca ||
Great is that secret name and far-extending, whereby thou madest all that is and shall be. The Five Tribes whom he loveth well have entered the light he loveth that was made aforetime.
ā rodasī apṛṇād ota madhyam pañca devāṃ ṛtuśaḥ sapta-sapta | catustriṃśatā purudhā vi caṣṭe sarūpeṇa jyotiṣā vivratena ||
He filled the heaven and earth and all between them, Gods five times sevenfold in their proper seasons. With four-and-thirty lights he looks around him, lights of one colour though their ways are divers.
yad uṣa aucchaḥ prathamā vibhānām ajanayo yena puṣṭasya puṣṭam | yat te jāmitvam avaram parasyā mahan mahatyā asuratvam ekam ||
As first among the lights, O Dawn, thou shonest, whereby thou broughtest forth the Stay of Increase, Great art thou, matchless is thine Asura nature, who, high above, art kin to those beneath thee.
vidhuṃ dadrāṇaṃ samane bahūnāṃ yuvānaṃ santam palito jagāra | devasya paśya kāvyam mahitvādyā mamāra sa hyaḥ sam āna ||
The old hath waked the young Moon from his slumber who runs his circling course with many round him. Behold the Gods' high wisdom in its greatness: he who died yesterday to-day is living.
शाक्मना शाको अरुणः सुपर्ण आ यो महः शूरः सनाद् अनीळः । यच् चिकेत सत्यम् इत् तन् न मोघं वसु स्पार्हम् उत जेतोत दाता ॥
śākmanā śāko aruṇaḥ suparṇa ā yo mahaḥ śūraḥ sanād anīḷaḥ | yac ciketa satyam it tan na moghaṃ vasu spārham uta jetota dātā ||
Strong is the Red Bird in his strength, great Hero, who from of old hath had no nest to dwell in. That which he knows is truth and never idle: he wins and gives the wealth desired of many.
Through these the Thunderer gained strong manly vigour, through whom he waxed in power to smite down Vrtra,- Who through the might of Indra's operation came forth as Gods in course of Law and Order.
All-strong, performing works with his companion, All-marking, rapid Victor, Curse-averter, The Hero, waxing, after draughts of Soma, blew far from heaven the Dasyus with his weapon.