Sukta 43

Mantra 1

यो अत्य इव मृज्यते गोभिर्मदाय हर्यतः । तं गीर्भिर्वासयामसि ॥

He who is cleansed like a swift steed by the rays of illumination for the ecstasy, the golden-hued one—him we clothe and make radiant with our inspired hymns.

Mantra 2

तं नो विश्वा अवस्युवो गिरः शुम्भन्ति पूर्वथा । इन्दुमिन्द्राय पीतये ॥

Him for us, all our seeking inspirations adorn as in the ancient way—this bright drop (Indu) for Indra to drink, that the lord of luminous power may grow in us.

Mantra 3

पुनानो याति हर्यतः सोमो गीर्भिः परिष्कृतः । विप्रस्य मेध्यातिथेः ॥

Self-purifying, the golden Soma goes forward, made perfectly ready by hymns, in the work of the seer who is the fit guest of the sacrifice and the intelligence.

Mantra 4

पवमान विदा रयिमस्मभ्यं सोम सुश्रियम् । इन्दो सहस्रवर्चसम् ॥

O self-purifying Soma, find and bring for us the rayi—beautiful in its true splendor; O Indu, a wealth of a thousand radiances.

Mantra 5

इन्दुरत्यो न वाजसृत्कनिक्रन्ति पवित्र आ । यदक्षारति देवयुः ॥

Indu, like a racing steed that brings the plenitude, keeps leaping into the purifier, when the god-seeking one streams forth and passes beyond.

Mantra 6

पवस्व वाजसातये विप्रस्य गृणतो वृधे । सोम रास्व सुवीर्यम् ॥

Purify yourself for the winning of plenitude, for the increase of the seer who chants; O Soma, give us noble hero-power—an effective strength of the soul.