Sukta 36

Mantra 1

स आ गमदिन्द्रो यो वसूनां चिकेतद्दातुं दामनो रयीणाम् । धन्वचरो न वंसगस्तृषाणश्चकमानः पिबतु दुग्धमंशुम् ॥

Let Indra come—he who knows the treasures and is conscious to give, the tamer and disposer of the riches. Like one who ranges the wide spaces, like a creature seeking its pasture, thirsting and desiring, let him drink the pressed and milked Soma-essence.

Mantra 2

आ ते हनू हरिवः शूर शिप्रे रुहत्सोमो न पर्वतस्य पृष्ठे । अनु त्वा राजन्नर्वतो न हिन्वन्गीर्भिर्मदेम पुरुहूत विश्वे ॥

To thy jaws, O lord of the bay steeds, O hero—let Soma mount, as on the ridge of a mountain. Following thee, O king, as steeds are urged on, may we all rejoice by our inspired utterances, O much-invoked, in the ecstasy that awakens thy power.

Mantra 3

चक्रं न वृत्तं पुरुहूत वेपते मनो भिया मे अमतेरिदद्रिवः । रथादधि त्वा जरिता सदावृध कुविन्नु स्तोषन्मघवन्पुरूवसुः ॥

Like a wheel that turns, O much-invoked, my mind trembles with fear from incapacity, O stone-bearing one. From the chariot the singer calls to thee, O ever-increasing; will the rich in abundance indeed praise thee, O bountiful lord?

Mantra 4

एष ग्रावेव जरिता त इन्द्रेयर्ति वाचं बृहदाशुषाणः । प्र सव्येन मघवन्यंसि रायः प्र दक्षिणिद्धरिवो मा वि वेनः ॥

This singer, like a pressing-stone, drives forth to thee, O Indra, a great utterance, eager in the offering. O bountiful one, extend to us the riches by thy left and by thy right—O lord of the bay steeds, do not turn away from us.

Mantra 5

वृषा त्वा वृषणं वर्धतु द्यौर्वृषा वृषभ्यां वहसे हरिभ्याम् । स नो वृषा वृषरथः सुशिप्र वृषक्रतो वृषा वज्रिन्भरे धाः ॥

May the Bull-force, the luminous Heaven, increase you, the Bull of power. As the Bull you are borne by the two bull-steeds, the tawny energies. So, Bull with the bull-chariot, fair-lipped, Bull in will and working, O wielder of the thunder-force—establish for us in the battle the plenitude that is carried.

Mantra 6

यो रोहितौ वाजिनौ वाजिनीवान्त्रिभिः शतैः सचमानावदिष्ट । यूने समस्मै क्षितयो नमन्तां श्रुतरथाय मरुतो दुवोया ॥

He who yokes the two ruddy, prize-bearing powers, companioned by the three hundreds, has ordained the movement. To that youthful One may the peoples bow together; O Maruts, bring your fostering service to him whose chariot is famed and heard afar.