Sukta 97

Mantra 1

अभिभूर्वीरः अ॒भि॒भूर्य॒ज्ञो अ॑भि॒भूर॒ग्निर॑भि॒भूः सोमो॑ अभि॒भूरिन्द्रः॑ । अ॒भ्य॑हं विश्वाः॒ पृत॑ना॒ यथासा॑न्ये॒वा वि॑धेमा॒ग्निहो॑त्रा इ॒दं ह॒विः

Victorious is the hero; victorious the sacrifice; victorious Agni; victorious Soma; victorious Indra. Against all battles may I be (thus) victorious; so may we duly perform the Agnihotra: this is the oblation.

Mantra 2

स्व॒धास्तु॑ मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता प्र॒जाव॑त् क्ष॒त्रं मधु॑ने॒ह पि॑न्वतम्। बाधे॑थां दू॒रं निरृ॑तिं परा॒चैः कृ॒तं चि॒देनः॒ प्र मु॑मुक्तम॒स्मत्

Let svadhā be (with you), O Mitra and Varuṇa, ye wise: with sweetness here make the royal power thrive, rich in offspring. Drive far away Nirṛti, backward to the distance; even committed sin do ye release from us.

Mantra 3

इ॒मं वी॒रमनु॑ हर्षध्वमु॒ग्रमिन्द्रं॑ सखायो॒ अनु॒ सं र॑भध्वम्। ग्रा॒म॒जितं॑ गो॒जितं॒ वज्र॑बाहुं॒ जय॑न्त॒मज्म॑ प्रमृ॒णन्त॒मोज॑सा

After this hero exult ye; this mighty Indra, O comrades, follow and together lay hold of him—village-winner, cattle-winner, thunderbolt-armed—conquering in the fray, smiting down with might.