I WITH my lips have fashioned for this Hero words never matched, most plentiful and auspicious, For him the Ancient, Great, Strong, Energetic, the very mighty Wielder of the Thunder.
sa mātarā sūryeṇā kavīnām avāsayad rujad adriṃ gṛṇānaḥ | svādhībhir ṛkvabhir vāvaśāna ud usriyāṇām asṛjan nidānam ||
Amid the sages, with the Sun he brightened the Parents: glorified, he burst the mountain; And, roaring with the holy-thoughted singers, he loosed the bond that held the beams of Morning.
स वह्निभिर् ऋक्वभिर् गोषु शश्वन् मितज्ञुभिः पुरुकृत्वा जिगाय । पुरः पुरोहा सखिभिः सखीयन् दृळ्हा रुरोज कविभिः कविः सन् ॥
sa vahnibhir ṛkvabhir goṣu śaśvan mitajñubhiḥ purukṛtvā jigāya | puraḥ purohā sakhibhiḥ sakhīyan dṛḷhā ruroja kavibhiḥ kaviḥ san ||
Famed for great deeds, with priests who kneel and laud him, he still hath conquered in the frays for cattle, And broken down the forts, the Fort-destroyer, a Friend with friends, a Sage among the sages.
स नीव्याभिर् जरितारम् अच्छा महो वाजेभिर् महद्भिश् च शुष्मैः । पुरुवीराभिर् वृषभ क्षितीनाम् आ गिर्वणः सुविताय प्र याहि ॥
sa nīvyābhir jaritāram acchā maho vājebhir mahadbhiś ca śuṣmaiḥ | puruvīrābhir vṛṣabha kṣitīnām ā girvaṇaḥ suvitāya pra yāhi ||
Come with thy girthed mares, with abundant vigour and plenteous strength to him who sings thy praises. Come hither, borne by mares with many heroes, Lover of song! Steer! for the people's welfare.
sa sargeṇa śavasā takto atyair apa indro dakṣiṇatas turāṣāṭ | itthā sṛjānā anapāvṛd arthaṃ dive-dive viviṣur apramṛṣyam ||
Indra with rush and might, sped by his Coursers, hath swiftly won the waters from the southward. Thus set at liberty the rivers daily flow to their goal, incessant and exhaustless.