Sukta 2

Mantra 1

पवस्व देववीरति पवित्रं सोम रंह्या । इन्द्रमिन्दो वृषा विश ॥

Flow, O Soma, beyond the sieve into the luminous forward-impulsion; enter Indra, O Bull, O drop of delight—so that the divine heroism in us may be awakened and made victorious.

Mantra 2

आ वच्यस्व महि प्सरो वृषेन्दो द्युम्नवत्तमः । आ योनिं धर्णसिः सदः ॥

Be uttered forth—manifest, O mighty outpouring, O bull-like Indu most rich in luminous power; take thy seat in the womb, in the firm-established home of the rite within us.

Mantra 3

अधुक्षत प्रियं मधु धारा सुतस्य वेधसः । अपो वसिष्ट सुक्रतुः ॥

They have milked out the beloved honey: the streams of the pressed Soma for the wise fashioner. O Vasiṣṭha, the waters—guided by a good will of intelligence—carry and clarify that sweetness in us.

Mantra 4

महान्तं त्वा महीरन्वापो अर्षन्ति सिन्धवः । यद्गोभिर्वासयिष्यसे ॥

The great waters, the mighty rivers, flow after thee, O Vast One, when thou art to be clothed with the rays of illumination—when delight is wrapped in the light-forms of knowledge.

Mantra 5

समुद्रो अप्सु मामृजे विष्टम्भो धरुणो दिवः । सोमः पवित्रे अस्मयुः ॥

The ocean in the waters has become clarified; the wide-staying support, the holder of heaven—Soma, in the purifier, seeks us and draws our being toward firmness and vastness.

Mantra 6

अचिक्रदद्वृषा हरिर्महान्मित्रो न दर्शतः । सं सूर्येण रोचते ॥

The potent tawny force has cried aloud—vast, pleasant to behold like a friend; it shines in harmony with the Sun: delight made one with the truth-light.

Mantra 7

गिरस्त इन्द ओजसा मर्मृज्यन्ते अपस्युवः । याभिर्मदाय शुम्भसे ॥

Thy words, O Indu, are cleansed by force—those eager for the work; by them thou art adorned for ecstasy: mantra purified into power becomes the ornament of inner rapture.

Mantra 8

तं त्वा मदाय घृष्वय उ लोककृत्नुमीमहे । तव प्रशस्तयो महीः ॥

Thee we seek for the rapture, O fiery-ardent one, the maker of the worlds entire; vast are thy praises—because thy delight builds in us a complete and ordered creation.

Mantra 9

अस्मभ्यमिन्दविन्द्रयुर्मध्वः पवस्व धारया । पर्जन्यो वृष्टिमाँ इव ॥

For us, O Indu, desiring Indra, flow as honey in a steady stream—like Parjanya rich in rain: let the delight descend as nourishing power, increasing the inner growth.

Mantra 10

गोषा इन्दो नृषा अस्यश्वसा वाजसा उत । आत्मा यज्ञस्य पूर्व्यः ॥

O Indu, thou art the giver of rays, the giver of the true manhood, the giver of the swift life-force and the plenitude of power; thou art the ancient Self of the sacrifice—the inmost essence that makes the inner offering effective.