Adhyaya 10

Mantra 1

अ॒पो दे॒वा मधु॑मतीरगृभ्ण॒न्नूर्ज॑स्वती राज॒स्वश्चिता॑नाः । याभि॑र्मि॒त्रावरु॑णाव॒भ्यषि॑ञ्च॒न्याभि॒रिन्द्र॒मन॑य॒न्नत्यरा॑तीः

The Gods took to them the honeyed Waters, the nourishing, charged with royal splendour; with which they sprinkled Mitra and Varuṇa, with which they led Indra beyond all enmities.

Mantra 2

वृष्ण॑ ऊ॒र्मिर॑सि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ देहि॒ स्वाहा॒ । वृष्ण॑ ऊ॒र्मिर॑सि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ देहि । वृ॑षसे॒नो॒ऽसि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ देहि॒ स्वाहा॑ । वृषसे॒नो॒ऽसि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ देहि

Thou art the Bull’s surge, a giver of the realm: grant me the realm—Svāhā! Thou art the Bull’s surge, a giver of the realm: grant the realm to him. Thou art bull-hosted, a giver of the realm: grant me the realm—Svāhā! Thou art bull-hosted, a giver of the realm: grant the realm to him.

Mantra 3

अ॒र्थेत॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॒ । ऽर्थेत॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ द॒त्तौज॑स्वती स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहौज॑स्वती स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ द॒त्ताप॑: परिवा॒हिणी॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॑ । ऽप॑: परिवा॒हिणी॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्ता॒पां पति॑रसि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ देहि॒ स्वाहा॒ । ऽपां पति॑रसि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ देह्य॒पां गर्भो॑ऽसि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ देहि॒ स्वाहा॒ । ऽपां गर्भो॑ सि राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ देहि॒

Ye are effectual, bestowers of the realm: give me the realm—Svāhā! Ye are effectual, bestowers of the realm: give the realm to him. Ye are full of strength, bestowers of the realm: give me the realm—Svāhā! … Ye Waters that flow around, bestowers of the realm: give me the realm—Svāhā! … Thou art the Lord of waters, bestower of the realm: grant me the realm—Svāhā! … Thou art the Waters’ embryo, bestower of the realm: grant me the realm—Svāhā! …

Mantra 4

सूर्य॑त्वचस स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॒ । सूर्य॑त्वचस स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त सूर्य॑वर्चस स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॒ । सूर्य॑वर्चस स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त॒ मान्दा॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॒ । मान्दा॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त व्रज॒क्षित॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॑ । व्रज॒क्षित॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त॒ वाशा॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॒ । वाशा॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त॒ शवि॑ष्ठा स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॒ । शवि॑ष्ठा स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त॒ शक्व॑री स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॒ । शक्व॑री स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त जन॒भृत॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॑ । जन॒भृत॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त विश्व॒भृत॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रं मे॑ दत्त॒ स्वाहा॑ । विश्व॒भृत॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ द॒त्ताप॑: स्व॒राज॑ स्थ राष्ट्र॒दा रा॒ष्ट्रम॒मुष्मै॑ दत्त । मधु॑मती॒र्मधु॑मतीभिः पृच्यन्तां॒ महि॑ क्ष॒त्रं क्ष॒त्रिया॑य वन्वा॒नांना॑धृष्टाः सीदत स॒हौज॑सो॒ महि॑ क्ष॒त्रं क्ष॒त्रिया॑य॒ दध॑तीः

Ye are sun-skinned, bestowers of the realm: give me the realm—Svāhā! … Ye are sun-lustred … invigorating … protectors of the cattle-pen … bellowing with abundance … most mighty … strong … supporters of the people … supporters of all … Ye Waters, self-ruling, bestowers of the realm: give the realm to him. Let the honeyed (waters) be mingled with the honeyed; unassailed, sit ye down, bearing mighty sovereignty for the Kṣatriya, endowed with united strength, bearing mighty sovereignty for the Kṣatriya.

Mantra 5

सोम॑स्य॒ त्विषि॑रसि॒ तवे॑व मे॒ त्विषि॑र्भूयात् । अ॒ग्नये॒ स्वाहा॒ सोमा॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ सवि॒त्रे स्वाहा॒ सर॑स्वत्यै॒ स्वाहा॑ पू॒ष्णे स्वाहा॒ बृह॒स्पत॑ये॒ स्वाहेन्द्रा॑य॒ स्वाहा॒ घोषा॑य॒ स्वाहा॒ श्लोका॑य॒ स्वाहा ऽᳪशा॑य॒ स्वाहा॒ भगा॑य॒ स्वाहा॑ ऽर्य॒म्णे स्वाहा॑

Thou art Soma’s splendour: may my very splendour be thine. Svāhā to Agni! Svāhā to Soma! Svāhā to Savitṛ! Svāhā to Sarasvatī! Svāhā to Pūṣan! Svāhā to Bṛhaspati! Svāhā to Indra! Svāhā to Ghōṣa! Svāhā to Ślōka! Svāhā to Aṃśa! Svāhā to Bhaga! Svāhā to Aryaman!

Mantra 6

प॒वित्रे॑ स्थो वैष्ण॒व्यौ॒ सवि॒तुर्व॑: प्रस॒व उत्पु॑ना॒म्यच्छि॑द्रेण प॒वित्रे॑ण॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॑: । अनि॑भृष्टमसि वा॒चो बन्धु॑स्तपो॒जाः सोम॑स्य दा॒त्रम॑सि॒ स्वाहा॑ राज॒स्व॒:

Ye are purifiers, Viṣṇu’s own: by Savitṛ’s impulsion I cleanse you upward, with the flawless purifier, with the Sun’s rays. Thou art uninjured, the bond of Speech, born of holy ardour; thou art Soma’s bestower. Svāhā! Do thou rule!

Mantra 7

स॒ध॒मादो॑ द्यु॒म्निनी॒राप॑ ए॒ता अना॑धृष्टा अप॒स्यो वसा॑नाः । प॒स्त्या॒सु चक्रे॒ वरु॑णः स॒धस्थ॑म॒पाᳪ शिशु॑र्मा॒तृत॑मास्व॒न्तः

These waters, glorious, for the common feast, unassailed, clothed in active power—Varuṇa hath made for them a common station in the homesteads; the child of the waters is within the most motherly (waters).

Mantra 8

क्ष॒त्रस्योल्ब॑मसि क्ष॒त्रस्य॑ ज॒राय्व॑सि क्ष॒त्रस्य॒ योनि॑रसि क्ष॒त्रस्य॒ नाभि॑र॒सीन्द्र॑स्य॒ वार्त्र॑घ्नमसि मि॒त्रस्या॑सि॒ वरु॑णस्यासि॒ त्वया॒ऽयं वृ॒त्रं ब॑धेत् । दृ॒बाऽसि॑ रु॒जाऽसि॑ क्षु॒माऽसि॑ । पा॒तैनं॒ प्राञ्चं॑ पा॒तैनं प्र॒त्यञ्चं॑ पा॒तैनं॑ ति॒र्यञ्चं॑ दि॒ग्भ्यः पा॑त

Thou art the sheath of dominion; thou art the afterbirth of dominion; thou art the womb of dominion; thou art the navel of dominion. Thou art Indra’s Vṛtra-slaying power; thou art Mitra’s; thou art Varuṇa’s: by thee may this (man) smite Vṛtra. Thou art the crusher; thou art the breaker; thou art the overpowerer. Protect him in front; protect him behind; protect him sideways; from the quarters protect!

Mantra 9

आ॒विर्म॑या॒ आवि॑त्तो अ॒ग्निर्गृ॒हप॑तिरावि॑त्त॒ इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒द्धश्र॑वा॒ आवि॑त्तौ मि॒त्रावरु॑णौ धृ॒तव्र॑ता॒वावि॑त्तः पू॒षा वि॒श्ववे॑दा॒ आवि॑त्ते॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी वि॒श्वश॑म्भुवा॒वावि॒त्तादि॑तिरु॒रुश॑र्मा

Manifest through me—found (and made present) is Agni, the Lord of the house; found is Indra of ever-growing fame; found are Mitra and Varuṇa, steadfast in their ordinances; found is Pūṣan, the all-knowing; found are Heaven and Earth, all-auspicious; found is Aditi of wide shelter.

Mantra 10

अवे॑ष्टा दन्द॒शूका॑ः प्राची॒मा रो॑ह गाय॒त्री त्वा॑ऽवतु रथन्त॒रᳪ साम॑ त्रि॒वृत्स्तोमो॑ वस॒न्त ऋ॒तुर्ब्रह्म॒ द्रवि॑णम्

Let the biting serpents coil away! Mount thou the eastern (region): Gāyatrī shall protect thee; the Rathantara Sāman (be thine); the Trivṛt be the Stoma; Spring the season; Brahman the treasure.

Mantra 11

दक्षि॑णा॒मा रो॑ह त्रि॒ष्टुप् त्वा॑ऽवतु बृ॒हत्साम॑ पञ्चद॒श स्तोमो॑ ग्री॒ष्म ऋ॒तुः क्ष॒त्रं द्रवि॑णम्

Mount thou the southern (region): Triṣṭubh shall protect thee; the Bṛhat Sāman (be thine); the Pañcadaśa be the Stoma; Summer the season; Kṣatra the treasure.

Mantra 12

प्र॒तीची॒मा रो॑ह॒ जग॑ती त्वाऽवतु वैरू॒पᳪ साम॑ सप्तद॒श स्तोमो॑ व॒र्षा ऋ॒तुर्विड् द्रवि॑णम्

Mount thou the western (region): Jagatī shall protect thee; the Vairūpa Sāman (be thine); the Saptadaśa be the Stoma; the Rains the season; the People (Viś) the treasure.

Mantra 13

उदी॑ची॒मा रो॑हानु॒ष्टुप् त्वा॑ऽवतु वैरा॒जᳪ सामै॑कवि॒ᳪश स्तोम॑ः श॒रदृ॒तुः फलं॒ द्रवि॑णम्

Mount thou the northern (region): Anuṣṭubh shall protect thee; the Vairāja Sāman (be thine); the Ekaviṃśa be the Stoma; Autumn the season; Fruit the treasure.

Mantra 14

ऊ॒र्ध्वामा रो॑ह प॒ङ्क्तिस्त्वा॑ऽवतु शाक्वररैव॒ते साम॑नी त्रिणवत्रयस्त्रि॒ᳪशौ॒ स्तोमौ॑ हेमन्तशिशि॒रावृ॒तू वर्चो॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ प्रत्य॑स्तं॒ नमु॑चे॒ः शिर॑ः

Mount thou the upward (region): Paṅkti shall protect thee; the Śākvara and Raivata Sāmans (be thine); the Triṇava and Trayastriṃśa be the Stomas; Hemanta and Śiśira the seasons; Lustre the treasure; (and) cast down be the head of Namuci.

Mantra 15

सोम॑स्य॒ त्विषि॑रसि॒ तवे॑व मे॒ त्विषि॑र्भूयात् । मृ॒त्योः पा॒ह्योजो॑ऽसि॒ सहो॑ऽस्य॒मृत॑मसि

Thou art the splendour of Soma: may that very splendour be mine. From Death do thou protect (me). Thou art vital strength; thou art conquering might; thou art immortality.

Mantra 16

हिर॑ण्यरूपा उ॒षसो॑ विरो॒क उ॒भावि॑न्द्रा॒ उदि॑थ॒: सूर्य॑श्च । आ रो॑हतं वरुण मित्र॒ गर्त्तं॒ तत॑श्चक्षाथा॒मदि॑तिं॒ दितिं॑ च मि॒त्रो॒ऽसि॒ वरु॑णोऽसि

Golden-formed are the Dawns, radiant; and both—Indra (in his rising might) and the Sun—have arisen. Mount ye, O Varuṇa and Mitra, the prepared seat; thence behold ye Aditi and Diti. Thou art Mitra; thou art Varuṇa.

Mantra 17

सोम॑स्य त्वा द्यु॒म्नेना॒भि षि॑ञ्चाम्य॒ग्नेर्भ्राज॑सा॒ सूर्य॑स्य॒ वर्च॒सेन्द्र॑स्येन्द्रि॒येण॑ । क्ष॒त्राणां॑ क्ष॒त्रप॑तिरे॒ध्यति॑ दि॒द्यून् पा॑हि

With Soma’s glory I sprinkle thee; with Agni’s blaze, with the Sun’s lustre, with Indra’s lordly power. The lord of dominion waxeth among dominions: protect the shining powers (and keep them secure).

Mantra 18

इ॒मं दे॑वा असप॒त्नᳪ सु॑वध्वं मह॒ते क्ष॒त्राय॑ मह॒ते ज्यै॑ष्ठ्याय मह॒ते जान॑राज्या॒येन्द्र॑स्येन्द्रि॒याय॑ । इ॒मम॒मुष्य॑ पु॒त्रम॒मुष्यै॑ पु॒त्रमस्यै वि॒श ए॒ष वो॑ऽमी॒ राजा॒ सोमो॒ऽस्माकं॑ ब्राह्म॒णाना॒ᳪराजा॑

This man, O Gods, make ye rival-less; make him prosper for great dominion, for great pre-eminence, for great kingship over the people, for Indra’s lordly power. This is the son of such a one, the son of such a mother—(given) to the clans: he is your king. King Soma—he is the king of us Brāhmaṇas.

Mantra 19

प्र पर्व॑तस्य वृष॒भस्य॑ पृ॒ष्ठान्नाव॑श्चरन्ति स्व॒सिच॑ इया॒नाः । ता आऽव॑वृत्रन्नध॒रागुद॑क्ता॒ अहिं॑ बु॒ध्न्य॒मनु॒ रीय॑माणाः । विष्णो॑र्वि॒क्रम॑णमसि॒ विष्णो॒र्विक्रा॑न्तमसि॒ विष्णो॑: क्रा॒न्तम॑सि

Forth from the back of the mountain-bull the ships move on, self-impelled in their course. These, rising from below, have encompassed and pressed back the nether serpent, as they roll onward. Thou art Viṣṇu’s striding; thou art Viṣṇu’s stride accomplished; thou art Viṣṇu’s stridden space.

Mantra 20

प्रजा॑पते॒ न त्वदे॒तान्य॒न्यो विश्वा॑ रू॒पाणि॒ परि॒ ता ब॑भूव । यत्का॑मास्ते जुहु॒मस्तन्नो॑ अस्त्व॒यम॒मुष्य॑ पि॒तासाव॒स्य पि॒ता व॒यᳪ स्या॑म॒ पत॑यो रयी॒णाᳪ स्वाहा॑ । रुद्र॒ यत्ते॒ क्रिवि॒ परं॒ नाम॒ तस्मि॑न्हु॒तम॑स्यमे॒ष्टम॑सि॒ स्वाहा॑

O Prajāpati, none other than thou hath compassed round about all these forms. What desires of thine we here offer, let that be ours: may this man be the father of yonder one, and he the father of this; may we become lords of riches—Svāhā! O Rudra, that highest name of thine, ‘Krivi,’—in that is this oblation offered; thou art the wished-for attainment—Svāhā!

Mantra 21

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॑ऽसि मि॒त्रावरु॑णयोस्त्वा प्रशा॒स्त्रोः प्र॒शिषा॑ युनज्मि । अव्य॑थायै त्वा स्व॒धायै॒ त्वाऽरि॑ष्टो॒ अर्जु॑नो म॒रुतां॑ प्रस॒वेन॑ ज॒यापा॑म॒ मन॑सा॒ समि॑न्द्रि॒येण॑

Thou art Indra’s thunderbolt; by the ordinance of Mitra and Varuṇa, by the command of the two overseers, I yoke thee on. For untroubledness I yoke thee, for svadhā I yoke thee: uninjured, bright, by the impulse of the Maruts—may we win the waters, with mind and with Indra’s vigour.

Mantra 22

मा त॑ इन्द्र ते व॒यं तु॑राषा॒डयु॑क्तासो अब्र॒ह्मता॒ विद॑साम । तिष्ठा॒ रथ॒मधि॒ यं व॑ज्रह॒स्ता र॒श्मीन् दे॑व युवसे॒ स्वश्वा॑न्

Let us not, O Indra, O subduer of foes, be found by thee unyoked and lacking sacred ordinance. Stand upon that chariot which thou, O god of the thunderbolt, dost yoke—yoke thou the reins, with good steeds.

Mantra 23

अ॒ग्नये॑ गृ॒हप॑तये॒ स्वाहा॒ सोमा॑य॒ वन॒स्पत॑ये॒ स्वाहा॑ म॒रुता॒मोज॑से॒ स्वाहेन्द्र॑स्येन्द्रि॒याय॒ स्वाहा॑ । पृथि॑वि मात॒र्मा मा॑ हिᳪसी॒र्मो अ॒हं त्वाम्

To Agni, the Lord of the house—Svāhā! To Soma, the Lord of plants—Svāhā! To the Maruts’ strength—Svāhā! To Indra’s vigour—Svāhā! O Earth, mother, hurt me not, nor I thee.

Mantra 24

ह॒ᳪसः शु॑चि॒षद्वसु॑रन्तरिक्ष॒सद्धोता॑ वेदि॒षदति॑थिर्दुरोण॒सत् । नृ॒षद्व॑र॒सदृ॑त॒सद्व्यो॑म॒सद॒ब्जा गो॒जा ऋ॑त॒जा अ॑द्रि॒जा ऋ॒तं बृ॒हत्

The Swan, seated in purity; the goodly one, seated in the mid-air; the Hotṛ, seated on the altar; the guest, seated in the house. Seated among men, seated in the best place, seated in ṛta, seated in the sky—water-born, cow-born, ṛta-born, rock-born—(he is) the great ṛta.

Mantra 25

इय॑द॒स्यायु॑र॒स्यायु॒र्मयि॑ धेहि॒ युङ्ङ॑सि॒ वर्चो॑ऽसि॒ वर्चो॒ मयि॑ धे॒ह्यूर्ग॒स्यूर्जं॒ मयि॑ धेहि ।। इन्द्र॑स्य वां वीर्य॒कृतो॑ बा॒हू अ॑भ्यु॒पाव॑हरामि

So much of his life—his life do thou place within me; thou art the yoking-power; thou art lustre—lustre do thou place within me; of his sap, the sap do thou place within me. The two arms, workers of Indra’s might, these I draw up and bring unto myself.

Mantra 26

स्यो॒नाऽसि॑ सु॒षदा॑ऽसि क्ष॒त्रस्य॒ योनि॑रसि । स्यो॒नामा सी॑द सु॒षदा॒मा सी॑द क्ष॒त्रस्य॒ योनि॒मा सी॑द

Thou art gracious; thou art good for sitting; thou art the seat of dominion. Sit thou on the gracious (seat); sit thou on the good seat; sit thou on the seat of dominion.

Mantra 27

नि ष॑साद घृ॒तव्र॑तो॒ वरु॑णः प॒स्त्यास्वा । साम्रा॑ज्याय सु॒क्रतु॑:

Varuṇa, whose ordinance is unction, hath sat him down within the dwellings, with good resolve, for universal sovereignty.

Mantra 28

अ॒भि॒भूर॑स्ये॒तास्ते॒ पञ्च॒ दिश॑: कल्पन्तां॒ ब्रह्मँ॒स्त्वं ब्र॒ह्माऽसि॑ सवि॒ताऽसि॑ स॒त्यप्र॑सवो॒ वरु॑णोऽसि स॒त्यौजा॒ इन्द्रो॑ऽसि॒ विशौ॑जा रु॒द्रो॒ऽसि सु॒शेव॑: । बहु॑कार॒ श्रेय॑स्कर॒ भूय॑स्क॒रेन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॑ऽसि॒ तेन॑ मे रध्य

Thou art the Overcomer: let these five regions be duly ordered for thee. O Brahman, thou art the Brahman; thou art Savitar of true impulsion; thou art Varuṇa of true strength; thou art Indra, strength of the peoples; thou art Rudra, most gracious. Do thou work much, work welfare, work increase: thou art Indra’s thunderbolt; thereby prosper for me.

Mantra 29

अ॒ग्निः पृ॒थुर्धर्म॑ण॒स्पति॑र्जुषा॒णो अ॒ग्निः पृ॒थुर्धर्म॑ण॒स्पति॒राज्य॑स्य वेतु॒ स्वाहा॑ स्वाहा॑कृता॒: सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॑र्यतध्वᳪ सजा॒तानां॑ मध्य॒मेष्ठ्या॑य

Agni, the Broad, the Lord of Ordinance, graciously accepting—Agni, the Broad, the Lord of Ordinance—may he win the kingship: Svāhā! Ye that are offered with Svāhā, with the Sun’s rays hold ye in restraint, for the middlemost pre-eminence among those born together.

Mantra 30

स॒वि॒त्रा प्र॑सवि॒त्रा सर॑स्वत्या वा॒चा त्वष्ट्रा॑ रू॒पैः पू॒ष्णा प॒शुभि॒रिन्द्रे॑णा॒स्मे बृह॒स्पति॑ना॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ वरु॑णे॒नौज॑सा॒ऽग्निना॒ तेज॑सा॒ सोमे॑न॒ राज्ञा॒ विष्णु॑ना दश॒म्या दे॒वत॑या॒ प्रसू॑त॒: प्र स॑र्पामि

Impelled by Savitṛ, yea by the Impeller; by Sarasvatī with Speech; by Tvaṣṭṛ with forms; by Pūṣan with cattle; by Indra for our weal; by Bṛhaspati with prayer; by Varuṇa with vigour; by Agni with splendour; by Soma the King; by Viṣṇu; by the Tenth deity—impelled by the godhead, I advance (creep) forth.

Mantra 31

अ॒श्विभ्यां॑ पच्यस्व॒ सर॑स्वत्यै पच्य॒स्वेन्द्रा॑य सु॒त्राम्णे॑ पच्यस्व । वा॒युः पू॒तः प॒वित्रे॑ण प्र॒त्यङ्क्सोमो॒ अति॑स्रुतः । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ युज्य॒: सखा॑

Cook thyself for the Aśvins; cook thyself for Sarasvatī; cook thyself for Indra the good protector. Purified is Vāyu by the strainer; Soma, turned hitherward, is over-strained: a meet companion, to be yoked, for Indra.

Mantra 32

कु॒विद॒ङ्ग यव॑मन्तो यवं॑ चि॒द्यथा॒ दान्त्य॑नुपू॒र्वं वि॒यूय॑ । इ॒हेहै॑षां कृणुहि॒ भोज॑नानि॒ ये ब॒र्हिषो॒ नम॑ उक्तिं॒ यज॑न्ति । उ॒प॒या॒मगृ॑हीतोऽस्य॒श्विभ्यां॑ त्वा॒ सर॑स्वत्यै॒ त्वेन्द्रा॑य त्वा सु॒त्राम्णे॑

Will they, pray, who have barley—yea even barley—bestow (their gifts), distributing them in due order? Here, even here, do thou make for them their foods—those who with the Barhis worship the reverent utterance. Thou art taken with the Upayāma: thee for the Aśvins, thee for Sarasvatī, thee for Indra the good protector.

Mantra 33

यु॒वᳪ सु॒राम॑मश्विना॒ नमु॑चावासु॒रे सचा॑ । वि॒पि॒पा॒ना शु॑भस्पती॒ इन्द्रं॒ कर्म॑स्वावतम्

Ye two, O Aśvins, drank the surā together with Namuci the Asura; drinking deep, O lords of splendour, do ye aid Indra in (our) ritual works.

Mantra 34

पु॒त्रमि॑व पि॒तरा॑व॒श्विनो॒भेन्द्रा॒वथु॒: काव्यै॑र्द॒ᳪसना॑भिः । यत्सु॒रामं॒ व्यपि॑ब॒: शची॑भि॒: सर॑स्वती त्वा मघवन्नभिष्णक्

As two fathers (help) a son, so did the Aśvins help thee, O bountiful Indra, with Kāvya-craft and wondrous powers; when thou didst drink the surā with thy efficacious energies. Sarasvatī, O Maghavan, hath pressed thee on (to victory).