Sukta 10

Mantra 1

तद् यस्यैवं विद्वान् व्रात्यो राज्ञोऽतिथिर्गृहानागच्छेत्

This (is the case): unto whose house a knowing Vrātya, a king’s guest, should come.

Mantra 2

श्रेयांसमेनमात्मनो मानयेत् तथा क्षत्राय ना वृश्चते तथा राष्ट्राय ना वृश्चते

Let him honour this man as better than himself; so is the Kṣatra not shorn away, so is the Realm not shorn away.

Mantra 3

अतो वै ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं चोदतिष्ठतां ते अब्रूतां कं प्र विशावेति

Thereupon, verily, Brahman and Kṣatra arose together; and they said: ‘Into whom shall we two enter?’

Mantra 4

अतो वै बृहस्पतिमेव ब्रह्म प्रा विशत्विन्द्रं क्षत्रं तथा वा इति

Thereupon, verily, let Brahman enter Bṛhaspati alone; and let Kṣatra enter Indra: even so, indeed—thus (it is).

Mantra 5

अतो वै बृहस्पतिमेव ब्रह्म प्राविशदिन्द्रं क्षत्रम्

Thereupon, verily, Brahman entered Bṛhaspati alone; (and) Kṣatra (entered) Indra.

Mantra 6

इयं वा उ पृथिवी बृहस्पतिर्द्यौरेवेन्द्रः

This Earth, verily, is Bṛhaspati; the Heaven is Indra alone.

Mantra 7

अयं वा उ अग्निर्ब्रह्मासावादित्यः क्षत्रम्

This, verily—this Agni—is Brahman; yonder Āditya is Kṣatra, the royal might.

Mantra 8

ऐनं ब्रह्म गच्छति ब्रह्मवर्चसी भवति

Brahman comes unto him; he becomes endowed with brahman-splendour.

Mantra 9

यः पृथिवीं बृहस्पतिमग्निं ब्रह्म वेद

Whoso knoweth Earth as Bṛhaspati, and Agni as Brahman—

Mantra 10

ऐनमिन्द्रियं गच्छतीन्द्रियवान् भवति

Indriya comes unto him; he becomes possessed of vigour and mastery of faculty.

Mantra 11

य आदित्यं क्षत्रं दिवमिन्द्रं वेद

Whoso knoweth Āditya as Kṣatra, and Heaven as Indra—