Sukta 47

Mantra 1

आपो यं वः प्रथमं देवयन्त इन्द्रपानमूर्मिमकृण्वतेळः । तं वो वयं शुचिमरिप्रमद्य घृतप्रुषं मधुमन्तं वनेम ॥

O Waters, that first wave of yours which the god-seeking ones fashioned as Indra’s drink—this we would win today: pure and without stain, dripping with clarity (ghṛta), full of honeyed delight, for our inner offering.

Mantra 2

तमूर्मिमापो मधुमत्तमं वोऽपां नपादवत्वाशुहेमा । यस्मिन्निन्द्रो वसुभिर्मादयाते तमश्याम देवयन्तो वो अद्य ॥

O Waters, may Apāṃ Napāt, swift in his golden movement, protect for you that wave most rich in sweetness. That (wave) in which Indra exults with the Vasus—may we, aspiring to the Divine, attain it today through you.

Mantra 3

शतपवित्राः स्वधया मदन्तीर्देवीर्देवानामपि यन्ति पाथः । ता इन्द्रस्य न मिनन्ति व्रतानि सिन्धुभ्यो हव्यं घृतवज्जुहोत ॥

The goddesses, hundred-fold in their purifying strain, rejoicing by their own innate power, move along the path of the gods. They do not violate Indra’s laws of right working. Offer the oblation, rich as ghee, to the rivers.

Mantra 4

याः सूर्यो रश्मिभिराततान याभ्य इन्द्रो अरदद्गातुमूर्मिम् । ते सिन्धवो वरिवो धातना नो यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

You waters whom Sūrya has stretched out with his rays, and by whom Indra has carved a passage and a wave—O rivers, establish for us a wide free space. Guard us always with your well-being.