Sukta 48

Mantra 1

सद्यो ह जातो वृषभः कनीनः प्रभर्तुमावदन्धसः सुतस्य । साधोः पिब प्रतिकामं यथा ते रसाशिरः प्रथमं सोम्यस्य ॥

Immediately upon his birth the young bull came forward to bear the pressed delight; drink of the good Soma according to thy will, so that for thee the first draught of the Somya becomes a mixture rich in essence.

Mantra 2

यज्जायथास्तदहरस्य कामेंऽशोः पीयूषमपिबो गिरिष्ठाम् । तं ते माता परि योषा जनित्री महः पितुर्दम आसिञ्चदग्रे ॥

When thou wast born, on that day, according to the will of this becoming, thou didst drink the mountain-standing sweetness of the Soma-stalk; and thy mother, the shaping woman who bore thee, first poured it for thee in the house of the mighty Father.

Mantra 3

उपस्थाय मातरमन्नमैट्ट तिग्ममपश्यदभि सोममूधः । प्रयावयन्नचरद्गृत्सो अन्यान्महानि चक्रे पुरुधप्रतीकः ॥

Standing close to the Mother he sought the food; he beheld the sharp (power) in the Soma, the udder. Moving forth and driving onward, the ardent one ranged beyond others and accomplished great works, he of many forms of manifestation.

Mantra 4

उग्रस्तुराषाळभिभूत्योजा यथावशं तन्वं चक्र एषः । त्वष्टारमिन्द्रो जनुषाभिभूयामुष्या सोममपिबच्चमूषु ॥

Fierce, overpowering in might, he shaped his body at will; Indra, by his very birth mastering Tvaṣṭṛ, drank that Soma in the bowls—taking into himself the formed power and its delight.

Mantra 5

शुनं हुवेम मघवानमिन्द्रमस्मिन्भरे नृतमं वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तमुग्रमूतये समत्सु घ्नन्तं वृत्राणि संजितं धनानाम् ॥

For happiness we call the bountiful Indra in this bearing of the struggle, the best of men in the winning of plenitude; hearing us, fierce for our aid in the battles, smiting the obstructers, the conqueror who gathers the riches of being.