Sukta 1

Mantra 1

स्वादिष्ठया मदिष्ठया पवस्व सोम धारया । इन्द्राय पातवे सुतः ॥

Flow out, O Soma, pressed into being, in the most sweet and most rapturous stream—so that Indra, the inner lord of luminous power, may drink and grow in his victorious might within us.

Mantra 2

रक्षोहा विश्वचर्षणिरभि योनिमयोहतम् । द्रुणा सधस्थमासदत् ॥

Slayer of the dark devourers, belonging to all peoples, he takes his seat upon the womb—firm as if smitten into iron—establishing himself on the common foundation: the secure base where the purified delight can work without obstruction.

Mantra 3

वरिवोधातमो भव मंहिष्ठो वृत्रहन्तमः । पर्षि राधो मघोनाम् ॥

Become for us the best establisher of wide space; be the most bountiful, the most puissant slayer of the obstructer. Carry across to us the riches of the givers—those inner plenitudes that sustain the soul’s journey.

Mantra 4

अभ्यर्ष महानां देवानां वीतिमन्धसा । अभि वाजमुत श्रवः ॥

Flow toward the banquet of the great gods with thy pressed delight; flow too toward vāja—plenitude of force—and toward śravas—luminous fame that is the soul’s widening recognition in the Truth.

Mantra 5

त्वामच्छा चरामसि तदिदर्थं दिवेदिवे । इन्दो त्वे न आशसः ॥

To thee we move again and again, day after day, for this very aim: O Indu, in thee are our hopes—our will to the delight that fulfills the journey of consciousness.

Mantra 6

पुनाति ते परिस्रुतं सोमं सूर्यस्य दुहिता । वारेण शश्वता तना ॥

The Daughter of the Sun purifies thy Soma as it streams around—by the eternal water-sieve of her being: the luminous discriminating power that strains the delight into clear truth.

Mantra 7

तमीमण्वीः समर्य आ गृभ्णन्ति योषणो दश । स्वसारः पार्ये दिवि ॥

Him the subtle-moving maidens seize and draw near in the common movement—ten sisters in the farther heaven: the many harmonizing powers that take hold of Soma and prepare his ascent in us.

Mantra 8

तमीं हिन्वन्त्यग्रुवो धमन्ति बाकुरं दृतिम् । त्रिधातु वारणं मधु ॥

Him the unwearied ones impel; they blow the skin-bag that holds the essence—honey guarded in threefold order: delight stabilized in triple foundation for the work of transformation.

Mantra 9

अभीममघ्न्या उत श्रीणन्ति धेनवः शिशुम् । सोममिन्द्राय पातवे ॥

Around him the unharmable cows, the nourishing streams, mix and enrich the child—this Soma—for Indra to drink: the rays of knowledge feed the growing delight until the lord of power can take it fully.

Mantra 10

अस्येदिन्द्रो मदेष्वा विश्वा वृत्राणि जिघ्नते । शूरो मघा च मंहते ॥

By this Soma’s ecstasies Indra indeed smites all obstructions; the Hero grows in might and in bounties—power and plenitude increasing together when delight is purified and received.