Sukta 69

Mantra 1

स घा नो योग आ भुवत् स राये स पुरंध्याम्। गमद् वाजेभिरा स नः

May he, verily, be ours in the yoking-time; may he be for wealth, for abundance: may he come to us hither with prizes of strength.

Mantra 2

यस्य संस्थे न वृण्वते हरी समत्सु शत्रवः । तस्मा इन्द्राय गायत

He whose two bays the foes win not in the encounter, in the battles,—to that Indra sing ye.

Mantra 3

सुतपाव्ने सुता इमे शुचयो यन्ति वीतये । सोमासो दध्याशिरः

O purifier of the pressed draught, these pressed (Soma-juices), bright and cleansed, go forth for thy enjoyment: the Soma-drops, with curd for their crowning mixture.

Mantra 4

त्वं सुतस्य पीतये सद्यो वृद्धो अजायथाः । इन्द्र ज्यैष्ठ्याय सुक्रतो

Thou, for the drinking of the pressed draught, wast straightway born full-grown: O Indra, of good resolve, for supremacy.

Mantra 5

आ त्वा विशन्त्वाशवः सोमास इन्द्र गिर्वणः । शं ते सन्तु प्रचेतसे

Enter thou—ye swift Soma-draughts—into Indra, the hymn-delighting: for thee, the fore-knowing, let them be for welfare.

Mantra 6

त्वां स्तोमा अवीवृधन् त्वामुक्था शतक्रतो । त्वां वर्धन्तु नो गिरः

The praises have strengthened thee, thee the solemn recitations, O hundred-powered: let our songs increase thee.

Mantra 7

अक्षितोतिः सनेदिमं वाजमिन्द्रः सहस्रिणम्। यस्मिन् विश्वानि पौंस्या

Indra, whose succour perisheth not, may win for us this prize of strength, thousandfold,—wherein are all manly powers.

Mantra 8

मा नो मर्ता अभि द्रुहन् तनूनामिन्द्र गिर्वणः । ईशानो यवया वधम्

Let not mortal men assail our bodies with treachery, O Indra, Lord of Song. As sovereign, drive thou the deadly blow away.

Mantra 9

युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नमरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः । रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि

They yoke the tawny, ruddy one that moves; around him stand the watchers. The luminous regions shine in heaven.

Mantra 10

युञ्जन्त्यस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे । शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा

They yoke for him the wishful pair of bays, wide-flanking, to the chariot—ruddy, daring, man-bearing.

Mantra 11

केतुं कृण्वन्नकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे । समुषद्भिरजायथाः

Making a sign for him who hath no sign, and beauty for the unadorned, O hero, thou wast wholly born together with the Dawns.

Mantra 12

आदह स्वधामनु पुनर्गर्भत्वमेरिरे। दधाना नाम यज्ञियम्

Burn forth, in thine own proper might, according to ordinance: again they have set pregnancy in motion, bearing the sacrificial name.