Rig Veda
svādor abhakṣi vayasaḥ sumedhāḥ svādhyo varivovittarasya viśve yaṃ devā uta martyāso madhu bruvanto abhi saṃcaranti
Wisely have I enjoyed the savoury viand, religious-thoughted, best to find out treasure, The food to which all Deities and mortals, calling it meath, gather themselves together.
antaś ca prāgā aditir bhavāsy avayātā haraso daivyasya indav indrasya sakhyaṃ juṣāṇaḥ śrauṣṭīva dhuram anu rāya ṛdhyāḥ
Thou shalt be Aditi as thou hast entered within, appeaser of celestial anger. Indu, enjoying Indra's friendship, bring us - as a swift steed the car - forward to riches.
apāma somam amṛtā abhūmāganma jyotir avidāma devān kiṃ nūnam asmān kṛṇavad arātiḥ kim u dhūrtir amṛta martyasya
We have drunk Soma and become immortal; we have attained the light, the Gods discovered. Now what may foeman's malice do to harm us? What, O Immortal, mortal man's deception?
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Absorbed into the heart, be sweet, O Indu, as a kind father to his son, O Soma, As a wise Friend to friend: do thou, wide-ruler, O Soma, lengthen out our days for living.
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These glorious drops that give me freedom have I drunk. Closely they knit my joints as straps secure a car. Let them protect my foot from slipping on the way: yea, let the drops I drink preserve me from disease.
agniṃ na mā mathitaṃ saṃ didīpaḥ pra cakṣaya kṛṇuhi vasyaso naḥ athā hi te mada ā soma manye revāṁ iva pra carā puṣṭim accha
Make me shine bright like fire produced by friction: give us a clearer sight and make us better. For in carouse I think of thee, O Soma, Shall I, as a rich man, attain to comfort?
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May we enjoy with an enlivened spirit the juice thou givest, like ancestral riches. O Soma, King, prolong thou our existence as Surya makes the shining days grow longer.
soma rājan mṛﾱayā naḥ svasti tava smasi vratyās tasya viddhi alarti dakṣa uta manyur indo mā no aryo anukāmam parā dāḥ
King Soma, favour us and make us prosper: we are thy devotees; of this be mindful. Spirit and power are fresh in us, O Indu give us not up unto our foeman's pleasure.
tvaṃ hi nas tanvaḥ soma gopā gātre gātre niṣasatthā nṛcakṣāḥ yat te vayam pramināma vratāni sa no mṛﾱa suṣakhā deva vasyaḥ
For thou hast settled in each joint, O Soma, aim of men's eyes and guardian of our bodies. When we offend against thine holy statutes, as a kind Friend, God, best of all, be gracious.
ṛdūdareṇa sakhyā saceya yo mā na riṣyeddharyaśva pītaḥ ayaṃ yaḥ somo ny adhāyy asme tasmā indram pratiram emy āyuḥ
May I be with the Friend whose heart is tender, who, Lord of Bays! when quaffed will never harm me- This Soma now deposited within me. For this, I pray for longer life to Indra.
apa tyā asthur anirā amīvā nir atrasan tamiṣīcīr abhaiṣuḥ ā somo asmāṁ aruhad vihāyā aganma yatra pratiranta āyuḥ
Our maladies have lost their strength and vanished: they feared, and passed away into the darkness. Soma hath risen in us, exceeding mighty, and we are come where men prolong existence.
yo na induḥ pitaro hṛtsu pīto 'martyo martyāṁ āviveśa tasmai somāya haviṣā vidhema mṛﾱīke asya sumatau syāma
Fathers, that Indu which our hearts have drunken, Immortal in himself, hath entered mortals. So let us serve this Soma with oblation, and rest securely in his grace and favour.
tvaṃ soma pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidāno 'nu dyāvāpṛthivī ā tatantha tasmai ta indo haviṣā vidhema vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām
Associate with the Fathers thou, O Soma, hast spread thyself abroad through earth and heaven. So with oblation let us serve thee, Indu, and so let us become the lords of riches,
trātāro devā adhi vocatā no mā no nidrā īśata mota jalpiḥ vayaṃ somasya viśvaha priyāsaḥ suvīrāso vidatham ā vadema
Give us your blessing, O ye Gods' preservers. Never may sleep or idle talk control us. But evermore may we, as friends of Soma, speak to the synod with brave sons around us.
tvaṃ naḥ soma viśvato vayodhās tvaṃ svarvid ā viśā nṛcakṣāḥ tvaṃ na inda ūtibhiḥ sajoṣāḥ pāhi paścātād uta vā purastāt
On all sides,. Soma, thou art our life-giver: aim of all eyes, light-finder, come within us. Indu, of one accord with thy protections both from behind and from before preserve us.