प्र सु व आपो महिमानम् उत्तमं कारुर् वोचाति सदने विवस्वतः । प्र सप्त-सप्त त्रेधा हि चक्रमुः प्र सृत्वरीणाम् अति सिन्धुर् ओजसा ॥
pra su va āpo mahimānam uttamaṃ kārur vocāti sadane vivasvataḥ | pra sapta-sapta tredhā hi cakramuḥ pra sṛtvarīṇām ati sindhur ojasā ||
The singer, O ye Waters in Vivasvan's place, shall tell your grandeur forth that is beyond compare. The Rivers have come forward triply, seven and seven. Sindhu in might surpasses all the streams that flow.
pra te 'radad varuṇo yātave pathaḥ sindho yad vājāṃ abhy adravas tvam | bhūmyā adhi pravatā yāsi sānunā yad eṣām agraṃ jagatām irajyasi ||
Varuna cut the channels for thy forward course, O Sindhu, when thou rannest on to win the race. Thou speedest o'er precipitous ridges of the earth, when thou art Lord and Leader of these moving floods.
divi svano yatate bhūmyopary anantaṃ śuṣmam ud iyarti bhānunā | abhrād iva pra stanayanti vṛṣṭayaḥ sindhur yad eti vṛṣabho na roruvat ||
His roar is lifted up to heaven above the earth: he puts forth endless vigour with a flash of light. Like floods of rain that fall- in thunder from the cloud, so Sindhu rushes on bellowing like a bull.
abhi tvā sindho śiśum in na mātaro vāśrā arṣanti payaseva dhenavaḥ | rājeva yudhvā nayasi tvam it sicau yad āsām agram pravatām inakṣasi ||
Like mothers to their calves, like milch kine with their milk, so, Sindhu, unto thee the roaring rivers run. Thou leadest as a warrior king thine army's wings what time thou comest in the van of these swift streams.
First with Trstama thou art eager to flow forth, with Rasa, and Susartu, and with Svetya here, With Kubha; and with these, Sindhu and Mehatnu, thou seekest in thy course Krumu and Gomati.
ṛjīty enī ruśatī mahitvā pari jrayāṃsi bharate rajāṃsi | adabdhā sindhur apasām apastamāśvā na citrā vapuṣīva darśatā ||
Flashing and whitely-gleaming in her mightiness, she moves along her ample volumes through the realms, Most active of the active, Sindhu unrestrained, like to a dappled mare, beautiful, fair to see.
Rich in good steeds is Sindhu, rich in cars and robes, rich in gold, nobly-fashioned, rich in ample wealth. Blest Silamavati and young Urnavati invest themselves with raiment rich in store of sweets.
sukhaṃ rathaṃ yuyuje sindhur aśvinaṃ tena vājaṃ saniṣad asminn ājau | mahān hy asya mahimā panasyate 'dabdhasya svayaśaso virapśinaḥ ||
Sindhu hath yoked her car, light-rolling, drawn by steeds, and with that car shall she win booty in this fight. So have I praised its power, mighty and unrestrained, of independent glory, roaring as it runs.