Sukta 26

Mantra 1

योगेयोगे तवस्तरं वाजेवाजे हवामहे । सखाय इन्द्रमूतये

At every yoking, at every prize, we comrades call upon Indra, the mightier, for aid.

Mantra 2

आ घा गमद् यदि श्रवत् सहस्रिणीभिरूतिभिः । वाजेभिरुप नो हवम्

Hither, yea, let him come—if he but hear—with thousandfold succours; with winning strengths let him draw near unto our call.

Mantra 3

अनु प्रत्नस्यौकसो हुवे तुविप्रतिं नरम्। यं ते पूर्वं पिता हुवे

In accordance with the ancient seat I call the hero of mighty counterforce—him whom, in former time, thy father called.

Mantra 4

युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नमरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः । रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि

They yoke the tawny, ruddy one that moves, while all that stand encompass him; the luminous realms shine forth in heaven.

Mantra 5

युञ्जन्त्यस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे । शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा

They yoke for him the wish-granting pair of bays, wide-flanking, upon the car—ruddy, bold, man-bearing.

Mantra 6

केतुं कृण्वन्नकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे । समुषद्भिरजायथाः

Making a signal for the signless, fair form for the unadorned, O youth—together with the Dawns thou wast brought to birth.