Sukta 35

Mantra 1

आ नः पवस्व धारया पवमान रयिं पृथुम् । यया ज्योतिर्विदासि नः ॥

Flow to us in your stream, O Pavamāna, bringing a wide rayi—fullness of being—by which you make us know the Light.

Mantra 2

इन्दो समुद्रमीङ्खय पवस्व विश्वमेजय । रायो धर्ता न ओजसा ॥

O Indu, set the ocean of being into motion; flow and make all things tremble awake. By your strength become for us the bearer of plenitude (rāyas).

Mantra 3

त्वया वीरेण वीरवोऽभि ष्याम पृतन्यतः । क्षरा णो अभि वार्यम् ॥

With you, O hero-force, may we become heroic and prevail over the fighters; pour out upon us the choicest treasure—what must be won by the soul.

Mantra 4

प्र वाजमिन्दुरिष्यति सिषासन्वाजसा ऋषिः । व्रता विदान आयुधा ॥

Indu presses forward toward the plenitude of force (vāja); desiring that strength, the seer—winner of vāja—knowing the laws, arms himself for the work.

Mantra 5

तं गीर्भिर्वाचमीङ्खयं पुनानं वासयामसि । सोमं जनस्य गोपतिम् ॥

Him we clothe with our inspired chants—Soma, the Purifier who sets the Word in movement; we establish him as the lord and guardian of the people’s rays of Light (the ‘cows’ of knowledge).

Mantra 6

विश्वो यस्य व्रते जनो दाधार धर्मणस्पतेः । पुनानस्य प्रभूवसोः ॥

All peoples uphold themselves within his law—within the vow of the Lord of the Dharma; for he, the Purifier, is the abundant master of plenitude.