1. WHEN, even as she were present here, red Dawn hath shone from far away, She spreadeth light on every side. 2. Like Heroes on your will-yoked car farshining, Wonder-Workers!…

1. THOUGH, Indra, thou art called by men eastward and westward, north and south, Thou chiefly art with Anava and Turvasa, brave Champion I urged by men to Come. 2.…

1. DRINK, Indra, of the savoury juice, and cheer thee with our milky draught. Be, for our weal, our Friend and sharer of the feast, and let thy wisdom guard…

1. HERE is the Soma juice expressed; O Vasu, drink till thou art full: Undaunted God, we give it thee. 2. Washed by the men, pressed out with stones, strained…

1. GLORIFY naught besides, O friends; so shall no sorrow trouble you. Praise only mighty Indra when the juice is shed, and say your lauds repeatedly: 2. Even him, eternal,…

1. INDRA and Soma, burn, destroy the demon foe, send downward, O ye Bulls, those who add gloom to gloom. Annihilate the fools, slay them and burn them up: chase…

1. THEY who lay quiet for a year, the Brahmans who fulfil their vows, The Frogs have lifted up their voice, the voice Parjanya hath inspired. 2. What time on…

1. SING forth and laud Parjanya, son of Heaven, who sends the gift of rain May he provide our pasturage. 2. Parjanya is the God who forms in kine, in…

1. SPEAK forth three words, the words which light precedeth, which milk this udder that produceth nectar. Quickly made manifest, the Bull hath bellowed, engendering the germ of plants, the…

1. NE'ER doth the man repent, who, seeking profit, bringeth his gift to the far-striding Visnu. He who adoreth him with all his spirit winneth himself so great a benefactor.…