Containing 12 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
उत्त्वा॑ मन्दन्तु॒ स्तोमाः॑ कृणु॒ष्व राधो॑ अद्रिवः अव॑ ब्रह्म॒द्विषो॑ जहि
"MAY our hymns give thee great delight. Display thy bounty, Thunderer. Drive off the enemies of prayer."
प॒दा प॒णीँर॑रा॒धसो॒ नि बा॑धस्व म॒हाँ अ॑सि न॒हि त्वा॒ कश्च॒न प्रति॑
"Crush with thy foot the niggard churls who bring no gifts. Mighty art thou There is not one to equal thee."
त्वमी॑शिषे सु॒ताना॒मिन्द्र॒ त्वमसु॑तानाम् त्वं राजा॒ जना॑नाम्
"Thou art the Lord of Soma pressed, Soma impressed is also thine. Thou art the Sovran of the folk."
एहि॒ प्रेहि॒ क्षयो॑ दि॒व्या॒३॒॑घोष॑ञ्चर्षणी॒नाम् ओभे पृ॑णासि॒ रोद॑सी
"Come, go thou forth, dwelling in heaven and listening to the prayers of men: Thou fillest both the heavens and earth."
त्यं चि॒त्पर्व॑तं गि॒रिं श॒तव॑न्तं सह॒स्रिण॑म् वि स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ रुरोजिथ
"Even that hill with rocky heights, with hundreds, thousands, held within. Thou for thy worshippers brakest through."
व॒यमु॑ त्वा॒ दिवा॑ सु॒ते व॒यं नक्तं॑ हवामहे अ॒स्माकं॒ काम॒मा पृ॑ण
"We call on thee both night and day to taste the flowing Soma juice: Do thou fulfil our heart's desire."
क्व१॒॑ स्य वृ॑ष॒भो युवा॑ तुवि॒ग्रीवो॒ अना॑नतः ब्र॒ह्मा कस्तं स॑पर्यति
"Where is that ever-youthful Steer, strong-necked and never yet bent down? What Brahman ministers to him?"
कस्य॑ स्वि॒त्सव॑नं॒ वृषा॑ जुजु॒ष्वाँ अव॑ गच्छति इन्द्रं॒ क उ॑ स्वि॒दा च॑के
"To whose libation doth the Steer, betake him with delight therein? Who takes delight in Indra now?"
कं ते॑ दा॒ना अ॑सक्षत॒ वृत्र॑ह॒न्कं सु॒वीर्या॑ उ॒क्थे क उ॑ स्वि॒दन्त॑मः
"Whom, Vritra-slayer, have thy gifts and hero powers accompanied? Who is thy dearest in the land?"
अ॒यं ते॒ मानु॑षे॒ जने॒ सोमः॑ पू॒रुषु॑ सूयते तस्येहि॒ प्र द्र॑वा॒ पिब॑
"For thee among mankind, among the Pûrus is this Soma shed. Hasten thou hither: drink thereof."
अ॒यं ते॑ शर्य॒णाव॑ति सु॒षोमा॑या॒मधि॑ प्रि॒यः आ॒र्जी॒कीये॑ म॒दिन्त॑मः
"This, growing by Sushomâ and by Ṣaryaṇâvân, dear to thee, In Ârjîkîya, cheers thee best."
तम॒द्य राध॑से म॒हे चारुं॒ मदा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये एही॑मिन्द्र॒ द्रवा॒ पिब॑
"Hasten thou hitherward, and drink this for munificence to-day Delightful for thine eager draught."