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    Stanza 3.48.1

    स॒द्यो ह॑ जा॒तो वृ॑ष॒भः क॒नीनः॒ प्रभ॑र्तुमाव॒दन्ध॑सः सु॒तस्य॑ | सा॒धोः पि॑ब प्रतिका॒मं यथा॑ ते॒ रसा॑शिरः प्रथ॒मं सो॒म्यस्य॑ ||

    sadyó ha jātó vr̥ṣabháḥ kanī́naḥ prábhartum āvad ándhasaḥ sutásya sādhóḥ piba pratikāmáṁ yáthā te rásāśiraḥ prathamáṁ somyásya

    Right after being born, the strong young bull longed to taste the freshly pressed Soma. So drink your fill, just as you wish, of the first, delightful mixture of Soma!

    Stanza 3.48.2

    यज्जाय॑था॒स्तदह॑रस्य॒ कामें॒ऽशोः पी॒यूष॑मपिबो गिरि॒ष्ठाम् | तं ते॑ मा॒ता परि॒ योषा॒ जनि॑त्री म॒हः पि॒तुर्दम॒ आसि॑ञ्च॒दग्रे॑ ||

    yáj jā́yathās tád áhar asya kā́me 'ṁśóḥ pīyū́ṣam apibo giriṣṭhā́m táṁ te mātā́ pári yóṣā jánitrī maháḥ pitúr dáma ā́siñcad ágre

    On the day you were born, you drank the plant's milk, nourished by the mountains. Your mother, the one who bore you, poured it for you first in your mighty father's home.

    Stanza 3.48.3

    उ॒प॒स्थाय॑ मा॒तर॒मन्न॑मैट्ट ति॒ग्मम॑पश्यद॒भि सोम॒मूधः॑ | प्र॒या॒वय॑न्नचर॒द्गृत्सो॑ अ॒न्यान्म॒हानि॑ चक्रे पुरु॒धप्र॑तीकः ||

    upasthā́ya mātáram ánnam aiṭṭa tigmám apaśyad abhí sómam ū́dhaḥ prayāváyann acarad gŕ̥tso anyā́n mahā́ni cakre purudhápratīkaḥ

    Coming to his mother for food, he saw the potent Soma on her breast. Wisely, he moved past others, transforming himself and taking on many mighty forms.

    Stanza 3.48.4

    उ॒ग्रस्तु॑रा॒षाळ॒भिभू॑त्योजा यथाव॒शं त॒न्वं॑ चक्र ए॒षः | त्वष्टा॑र॒मिन्द्रो॑ ज॒नुषा॑भि॒भूया॒मुष्या॒ सोम॑मपिबच्च॒मूषु॑ ||

    ugrás turāṣā́ḷ abhíbhūtyojā yathāvaśáṁ tanvàṁ cakra eṣáḥ tváṣṭāram índro janúṣābhibhū́yāmúṣyā sómam apibac camū́ṣu

    Fierce and rapidly victorious, with immense power, he shaped his body as he wished. From birth, Indra conquered Tvashṭar, took the Soma, and drank it from the cups.

    Stanza 3.48.5

    शु॒नं हु॑वेम म॒घवा॑न॒मिन्द्र॑म॒स्मिन्भरे॒ नृत॑मं॒ वाज॑सातौ | शृ॒ण्वन्त॑मु॒ग्रमू॒तये॑ स॒मत्सु॒ घ्नन्तं॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ सं॒जितं॒ धना॑नाम् ||

    śunáṁ huvema maghávānam índram asmín bháre nŕ̥tamaṁ vā́jasātau śr̥ṇvántam ugrám ūtáye samátsu ghnántaṁ vr̥trā́ṇi saṁjítaṁ dhánānām

    Let's call upon the wealthy and auspicious Indra, the foremost hero in the battle for riches! He's the strong one who hears us, comes to help in battles, slays the obstacles, and wins all the treasures.

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