Sukta 34

Mantra 1

एन्द्र याहि हरिभिरुप कण्वस्य सुष्टुतिम् । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

O Indra, come with the tawny powers and draw near to the well-shaped praise of the Kānva. From that heaven of commanding truth, travel to this heaven in us, O lord of the luminous day-force.

Mantra 2

आ त्वा ग्रावा वदन्निह सोमी घोषेण यच्छतु । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

May the pressing-stone, speaking here, bring you with the Soma-sound. From the higher heaven that orders, come into this heaven of our awakened day-consciousness, O Indra.

Mantra 3

अत्रा वि नेमिरेषामुरां न धूनुते वृकः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Here the rim of their motion is unshaken, as a wolf cannot shake the broadness. So from the ordering heaven come into this heaven, O Indra of the luminous day: establish unshakable movement in us.

Mantra 4

आ त्वा कण्वा इहावसे हवन्ते वाजसातये । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

The Kānvas call you here for help, for the winning of plenitude of force. From the ordering heaven come into this heaven, O Indra, and make the victory of power within us.

Mantra 5

दधामि ते सुतानां वृष्णे न पूर्वपाय्यम् । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

I set for you the expressed Soma, O mighty one, a draught as of old, first to be drunk. From the ordering heaven come into this heaven and let the ancient delight become power in us.

Mantra 6

स्मत्पुरंधिर्न आ गहि विश्वतोधीर्न ऊतये । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

O Indra, rich in swift-fulfilling plenitudes, come to us; become the all-ward intelligence for our safeguarding. From that heaven and by that commanding power, journey to the luminous heaven—O lord of the day’s wideness—bringing us the help that upholds the right movement.

Mantra 7

आ नो याहि महेमते सहस्रोते शतामघ । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Come to us, O vast-minded one, O giver of a thousand helps, O lord of a hundred powers of bounty. From that heaven’s commanding truth, journey to the luminous heaven and bring the saving force into our becoming.

Mantra 8

आ त्वा होता मनुर्हितो देवत्रा वक्षदीड्यः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

The priest of the offering, set in the human being, will bear you here toward the godhead, O adorable one. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and become present as our uplifting power.

Mantra 9

आ त्वा मदच्युता हरी श्येनं पक्षेव वक्षतः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Your two bay steeds, unshaken in the ecstasy, will bear you here like a falcon borne by its wings. From that heaven’s commanding truth, come in the swift flight of power into our luminous wideness.

Mantra 10

आ याह्यर्य आ परि स्वाहा सोमस्य पीतये । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Come, O noble power, come all around; svāhā—toward the drinking of Soma. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and awaken in us the right delight that sustains the truth.

Mantra 11

आ नो याह्युपश्रुत्युक्थेषु रणया इह । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Come to us, O you who listen close; in our hymns of uplift make the joy resound here. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and establish the right gladness in the human field.

Mantra 12

सरूपैरा सु नो गहि सम्भृतैः सम्भृताश्वः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

With harmonized forms of power come quickly to us—your steeds well-yoked and gathered into unity. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and organize our energies into a right, effective oneness.

Mantra 13

आ याहि पर्वतेभ्यः समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Come from the mountains, from above the ocean’s foundation—arrive from every high seat of being. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and lift us to the firm station of truth.

Mantra 14

आ नो गव्यान्यश्व्या सहस्रा शूर दर्दृहि । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Bring to us the lights of the Cow and the powers of the Horse—by the thousand, O hero; make them firm and enduring in us. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and establish these riches as stable attainments.

Mantra 15

आ नः सहस्रशो भरायुतानि शतानि च । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Bring to us in thousands—yes, in tens of thousands and in hundreds—these plenitudes of being. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and let abundance become the law of our inner life.

Mantra 16

आ यदिन्द्रश्च दद्वहे सहस्रं वसुरोचिषः । ओजिष्ठमश्व्यं पशुम् ॥

When Indra too is drawn near to our giving, then may there come to us a thousand luminous riches, and the most forceful life-power—swift as a steed—fit to be mastered and used in the journey.

Mantra 17

य ऋज्रा वातरंहसोऽरुषासो रघुष्यदः । भ्राजन्ते सूर्या इव ॥

Those bright forces—straight-driving, swift as the wind, ruddy with dawn’s energy, rushing onward—shine out like suns: powers of illumination that make the inner way visible.

Mantra 18

पारावतस्य रातिषु द्रवच्चक्रेष्वाशुषु । तिष्ठं वनस्य मध्य आ ॥

In the gifts that come from beyond, amid the swift, running wheels, take your stand—enter into the middle of the inner forest: the central depth where the movement can be governed.