Sukta 8

Mantra 1

राज्याभिषेकः। भू॒तो भू॒तेषु॒ पय॒ आ द॑धाति॒ स भू॒ताना॒मधि॑पतिर्बभूव । तस्य॑ मृ॒त्युश्च॑रति राज॒सूयं॒ स राजा॑ रा॒ज्यमनु॑ मन्यतामि॒दम्

Consecration to kingship. Being, he setteth milk amid the beings; so hath he become the overlord of creatures. For him Death walketh about the Rājasūya: let that King acknowledge this sovereignty as his due.

Mantra 2

अ॒भि प्रेहि॒ माप॑ वेन उ॒ग्रश्चे॒त्ता स॑पत्न॒हा। आ ति॑ष्ठ मित्रवर्धन॒ तुभ्यं॑ दे॒वा अधि॑ ब्रुवन्

Advance hither; stray not away in longing: fierce, discerning, slayer of rivals. Take thou thy station, increaser of allies; for thee the Gods have spoken their decree.

Mantra 3

आ॒तिष्ठ॑न्तं॒ परि॒ विश्वे॑ अभूषं॒छ्रियं॒ वसा॑नश्चरति॒ स्वरो॑चिः । म॒हत् तद् वृष्णो॒ असु॑रस्य॒ नामा वि॒श्वरू॑पो अ॒मृता॑नि तस्थौ

Him standing firm have all encompassed and adorned; clothed in Splendour he moveth, self-resplendent. Great is that name of the Bull, the lordly Asura: of universal form he standeth fast in deathless powers.

Mantra 4

व्या॒घ्रो अधि॒ वैया॑घ्रे॒ वि क्र॑मस्व॒ दिशो॑ म॒हीः । विश॑स्त्वा॒ सर्वा॑ वाञ्छ॒न्त्वापो॑ दिव्याः पय॑स्वतीः

A tiger upon the tiger-seat—stride thou abroad through the mighty quarters. Let all the peoples long for thee; let the heavenly Waters, rich in milk, attend thee with desire.

Mantra 5

या आपो॑ दि॒व्याः पय॑सा॒ मद॑न्त्य॒न्तरि॑क्ष उ॒त वा॑ पृथि॒व्याम्। तासां॑ त्वा॒ सर्वा॑साम॒पाम॒भि॑ षि॑ञ्चामि॒ वर्च॑सा

The Waters which, heavenly, with their milky sap exult—whether in the mid-air, or again upon the earth—of all those Waters I sprinkle thee, that thou be clothed with lustre and vital radiance.

Mantra 6

अ॒भि त्वा॒ वर्च॑सासिच॒न्नापो॑ दि॒व्याः पय॑स्वतीः । यथासो॑ मित्र॒वर्ध॑न॒स्तथा॑ त्वा सवि॒ता क॑रत्

Upon thee the heavenly Waters, rich in nourishing sap, have sprinkled lustre: as thou art a furtherer of friends, so may Savitar fashion thee (ever) thus.

Mantra 7

ए॒ना व्या॒घ्रं प॑रिषस्वजा॒नाः सिं॒हं हि॑न्वन्ति मह॒ते सौभ॑गाय । स॒मु॒द्रं न सु॒भुव॑स्तस्थि॒वांसं॑ मर्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ द्वी॒पिन॑म॒प्स्व॑१न्तः

By this, embracing the Tiger round about, they urge on the Lion for mighty good fortune; as (men) within the waters polish the Leopard, firmly set like an ocean, (so is his splendour brought forth).