Sukta 29

Mantra 1

बभ्रुरेको विषुणः सूनरो युवाञ्ज्यङ्क्ते हिरण्ययम् ॥

One, tawny-brown and distinct in his movement, the youthful strong one: he anoints and arrays himself in the golden radiance.

Mantra 2

योनिमेक आ ससाद द्योतनोऽन्तर्देवेषु मेधिरः ॥

The One has taken his seat in the womb (source); shining within the gods, he is the wise disposer of intelligence.

Mantra 3

वाशीमेको बिभर्ति हस्त आयसीमन्तर्देवेषु निध्रुविः ॥

The One bears in his hand the iron adze; within the gods he stands firm—an immovable establisher of the work.

Mantra 4

वज्रमेको बिभर्ति हस्त आहितं तेन वृत्राणि जिघ्नते ॥

The One bears in his hand the thunderbolt set there; with it he strikes down the Vṛtras—every covering that blocks the flow of light and force.

Mantra 5

तिग्ममेको बिभर्ति हस्त आयुधं शुचिरुग्रो जलाषभेषजः ॥

The One bears in his hand the sharp weapon; pure and intense, he is the healer with the remedy that restores the waters of life.

Mantra 6

पथ एकः पीपाय तस्करो यथाँ एष वेद निधीनाम् ॥

One knows the paths and makes them swell with movement—like a thief who knows the hidden treasures; so this power knows the secret deposits within us.

Mantra 7

त्रीण्येक उरुगायो वि चक्रमे यत्र देवासो मदन्ति ॥

The One, wide in his going and vast in his being, has measured out the three worlds; there the gods find their delight and luminous ecstasy.

Mantra 8

विभिर्द्वा चरत एकया सह प्र प्रवासेव वसतः ॥

By the many powers two move, yet with the One they move together; they dwell and advance as if in a far-shining expanse of the soul’s journey.

Mantra 9

सदो द्वा चक्राते उपमा दिवि सम्राजा सर्पिरासुती ॥

Two seats of power they have fashioned—peerless in heaven—two sovereigns, pouring out the clarified richness as an offering of luminous sustenance.

Mantra 10

अर्चन्त एके महि साम मन्वत तेन सूर्यमरोचयन् ॥

Some, by the flame of their chant, conceived the great Sāman; by that they made the Sun shine forth—bringing the hidden light into manifestation.