Sukta 83

Mantra 1

देवानामिदवो महत्तदा वृणीमहे वयम् । वृष्णामस्मभ्यमूतये ॥

We choose for ourselves that vast Help indeed of the Gods, so that the powers of strength may come to our aid within us.

Mantra 2

ते नः सन्तु युजः सदा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । वृधासश्च प्रचेतसः ॥

May Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman—growth-givers and wide-awake in consciousness—be ever our yoked companions in the work.

Mantra 3

अति नो विष्पिता पुरु नौभिरपो न पर्षथ । यूयमृतस्य रथ्यः ॥

O lords of the dwelling, carry us beyond with many boats, as across waters; for you are the charioteers of the Truth-Order.

Mantra 4

वामं नो अस्त्वर्यमन्वामं वरुण शंस्यम् । वामं ह्यावृणीमहे ॥

Let there be for us the good and desirable, O Aryaman; O Varuṇa, the good that is to be affirmed—yes, the good we choose and take into ourselves.

Mantra 5

वामस्य हि प्रचेतस ईशानाशो रिशादसः । नेमादित्या अघस्य यत् ॥

For you, wide-awake in consciousness, are masters of the desirable good, destroyers of the harmful; O Ādityas, you do not yield to the assault of evil.

Mantra 6

वयमिद्वः सुदानवः क्षियन्तो यान्तो अध्वन्ना । देवा वृधाय हूमहे ॥

We indeed, O generous ones, whether dwelling or journeying on the path, call you, O Gods, for our increase and growth of being.

Mantra 7

अधि न इन्द्रैषां विष्णो सजात्यानाम् । इता मरुतो अश्विना ॥

Set over us, O Indra, and (you) Vishnu—over this kinship of powers; and come here, O Maruts, O Ashvins, to govern our movement.

Mantra 8

प्र भ्रातृत्वं सुदानवोऽध द्विता समान्या । मातुर्गर्भे भरामहे ॥

O generous ones, we foster the sense of brotherhood—again and again, in common oneness—as if borne within the Mother’s womb, to be formed into a single harmony.

Mantra 9

यूयं हि ष्ठा सुदानव इन्द्रज्येष्ठा अभिद्यवः । अधा चिद्व उत ब्रुवे ॥

You indeed are the generous ones, with Indra as the eldest and leader, pressing upward toward the luminous heaven; and therefore even so I speak to you.