Sukta 97

Mantra 1

अभिभूर्वीरः अभिभूर्यज्ञो अभिभूरग्निरभिभूः सोमो अभिभूरिन्द्रः । अभ्यहं विश्वाः पृतना यथासान्येवा विधेमाग्निहोत्रा इदं हविः

Victorious is the hero; victorious the sacrifice; victorious Agni; victorious Soma; victorious Indra. Against all battles may I be (thus) victorious; so may we duly perform the Agnihotra: this is the oblation.

Mantra 2

स्वधास्तु मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता प्रजावत् क्षत्रं मधुनेह पिन्वतम्। बाधेथां दूरं निरृतिं पराचैः कृतं चिदेनः प्र मुमुक्तमस्मत्

Let svadhā be (with you), O Mitra and Varuṇa, ye wise: with sweetness here make the royal power thrive, rich in offspring. Drive far away Nirṛti, backward to the distance; even committed sin do ye release from us.

Mantra 3

इमं वीरमनु हर्षध्वमुग्रमिन्द्रं सखायो अनु सं रभध्वम्। ग्रामजितं गोजितं वज्रबाहुं जयन्तमज्म प्रमृणन्तमोजसा

After this hero exult ye; this mighty Indra, O comrades, follow and together lay hold of him—village-winner, cattle-winner, thunderbolt-armed—conquering in the fray, smiting down with might.