svāduṣ kilāyam madhumāṃ utāyaṃ tīvraḥ kilāyaṃ rasavāṃ utāyam | uto nv asya papivāṃsam indraṃ na kaś cana sahata āhaveṣu ||
Yea, this is good to taste and full of. sweetness, verily it is strong and rich in flavour. No one may conquer Indra in the battle when he hath drunken of the draught we offer.
ayaṃ svādur iha madiṣṭha āsa yasyendro vṛtrahatye mamāda | purūṇi yaś cyautnā śambarasya vi navatiṃ nava ca dehyo han ||
This sweet juice here had mightiest power to gladden: it boldened Indra when he siaughtered Vrtra, When he defeated Sambara's many onslaughts, and battered down his nineand ninety ramparts.
ayam me pīta ud iyarti vācam ayam manīṣām uśatīm ajīgaḥ | ayaṃ ṣaḷ urvīr amimīta dhīro na yābhyo bhuvanaṃ kac canāre ||
This stirreth up my voice when I have drunk it: this hath aroused from sleep my yearning spirit. This Sage hath measured out the six expanses from which no single creature is excluded.
अयं स यो वरिमाणम् पृथिव्या वर्ष्माणं दिवो अकृणोद् अयं सः । अयम् पीयूषं तिसृषु प्रवत्सु सोमो दाधारोर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् ॥
ayaṃ sa yo varimāṇam pṛthivyā varṣmāṇaṃ divo akṛṇod ayaṃ saḥ | ayam pīyūṣaṃ tisṛṣu pravatsu somo dādhārorv antarikṣam ||
This, even this, is he who hath created the breadth of earth, the lofty height of heaven. He formed the nectar in three headlong rivers. Soma supports the wide mid-air above us.
He found the wavy sea of brilliant colours in forefront of the Dawns who dwell in brightness. This Mighty One, the Steer begirt by Maruts, hath propped the heavens up with a mighty pillar.
Drink Soma boldly from the beaker, Indra, in war for treasures, Hero, Vrtra-slayer! Fill thyself full at the mid-day libation, and give us wealth, thou Treasury of riches.
indra pra ṇaḥ puraeteva paśya pra no naya prataraṃ vasyo accha | bhavā supāro atipārayo no bhavā sunītir uta vāmanītiḥ ||
Look out for us, O Indra, as our Leader, and guide us on to gain yet goodlier treasure. Excellent Guardian, bear us well through peril, and lead us on to wealth with careful guidance.
uruṃ no lokam anu neṣi vidvān svarvaj jyotir abhayaṃ svasti | ṛṣvā ta indra sthavirasya bāhū upa stheyāma śaraṇā bṛhantā ||
Lead us to ample room, O thou who knowest, to happiness, security, and sunlight. High, Indra, are the arms of thee the Mighty: may we betake. us to their lofty shelter.
Set us on widest chariot-seat, O Indra, with two steeds best to draw, O Lord of Hundreds! Bring us the best among all sorts of viands: let not the foe's wealth, Maghavan, subdue us.
Be gracious, Indra, let my days be lengthened: sharpen my thought as 'twere a blade of iron Approve whatever words I speak, dependent on thee, and grant me thy divine protection.
Indra the Rescuer, Indra the Helper, Hero who listens at each invocation, Sakra I call, Indra invoked of many. May Indra Maghavan prosper and bless us.
May helpful Indra as our good Protector, Lord of all treasures, favour us with succour, Baffle our foes, and give us rest and safety, and may we be the lords of hero vigour.
May we enjoy the grace of him the Holy, yea, may we dwell in his auspicious favour. May helpful Indra as our good Preserver drive from us, even from afar, our foemen.
ava tve indra pravato normir giro brahmāṇi niyuto dhavante | urū na rādhaḥ savanā purūṇy apo gā vajrin yuvase sam indūn ||
Like rivers rushing down a slope, O Indra, to thee haste songs and prayers and linked verses. Thou gatherest, Thunderer! like widespread bounty, kine, water, drops, and manifold libations.
ka īṃ stavat kaḥ pṛṇāt ko yajāte yad ugram in maghavā viśvahāvet | pādāv iva praharann anyam-anyaṃ kṛṇoti pūrvam aparaṃ śacībhiḥ ||
Who lauds him, satisfies him, pays him worship? E'en the rich noble still hath found him mighty. With power, as when one moves his feet alternate, he makes the last precede, the foremost follow.
Famed is the Hero as each strong man's tamer, ever advancing one and then another. King of both worlds, hating the high and haughty, Indra protects the men who are his people.
He loves no more the men he loved aforetime: he turns and moves away allied with others. Rejecting those who disregard his worship, Indra victorious lives through many autumns.
rūpaṃ-rūpam pratirūpo babhūva tad asya rūpam praticakṣaṇāya | indro māyābhiḥ pururūpa īyate yuktā hy asya harayaḥ śatā daśa ||
In every figure he hath been the mode: this is his only form for us to look on. Indra moves multiform by his illusions; for his Bay Steeds are yoked, ten times a hundred.
Gods, we have reached a country void of pasture the land, though spacious, was too small to hold us. Brhaspati, provide in war for cattle; find a path, Indra, for this faithful singer.
dive-dive sadṛśīr anyam ardhaṃ kṛṣṇā asedhad apa sadmano jāḥ | ahan dāsā vṛṣabho vasnayantodavraje varcinaṃ śambaraṃ ca ||
Day after day far from their seat he drove them, alike, from place to place, those darksome creatures. The Hero slew the meanly-huckstering Dasas, Varcin and Sambara, where the waters gather.
प्रस्तोक इन् नु राधसस् त इन्द्र दश कोशयीर् दश वाजिनो ऽदात् । दिवोदासाद् अतिथिग्वस्य राधः शाम्बरं वसु प्रत्य् अग्रभीष्म ॥
prastoka in nu rādhasas ta indra daśa kośayīr daśa vājino 'dāt | divodāsād atithigvasya rādhaḥ śāmbaraṃ vasu praty agrabhīṣma ||
Out of thy bounty, Indra, hath Prastoka bestowed ten coffers and ten mettled horses. We have received in turn from Divodasa Sambara's wealth, the gift of Atithigva.
वनस्पते वीड्वङ्गो हि भूया अस्मत्सखा प्रतरणः सुवीरः । गोभिः संनद्धो असि वीळयस्वास्थाता ते जयतु जेत्वानि ॥
vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā asmatsakhā prataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ | gobhiḥ saṃnaddho asi vīḷayasvāsthātā te jayatu jetvāni ||
Lord of the wood, be firm and strong in body: be, bearing us, a brave victorious hero Show forth thy strength, compact with straps of leather, and let thy rider win all spoils of battle.
divas pṛthivyāḥ pary oja udbhṛtaṃ vanaspatibhyaḥ pary ābhṛtaṃ sahaḥ | apām ojmānam pari gobhir āvṛtam indrasya vajraṃ haviṣā rathaṃ yaja ||
Its mighty strength was borrowed from the heaven and earth: its conquering force was brought from sovrans of the wood. Honour with holy gifts the Car like Indra's bolt, the Car bound round with straps, the vigour of the floods.
इन्द्रस्य वज्रो मरुताम् अनीकम् मित्रस्य गर्भो वरुणस्य नाभिः । सेमां नो हव्यदातिं जुषाणो देव रथ प्रति हव्या गृभाय ॥
indrasya vajro marutām anīkam mitrasya garbho varuṇasya nābhiḥ | semāṃ no havyadātiṃ juṣāṇo deva ratha prati havyā gṛbhāya ||
Thou Bolt of Indra, Vanguard of the Maruts, close knit to Varuna and Child of Mitra,- As such, accepting gifts which here we offer, receive, O Godlike Chariot, these oblations.
upa śvāsaya pṛthivīm uta dyām purutrā te manutāṃ viṣṭhitaṃ jagat | sa dundubhe sajūr indreṇa devair dūrād davīyo apa sedha śatrūn ||
Send forth thy voice aloud through earth and heaven, and let the world in all its breadth regard thee; O Drum, accordant with the Gods and Indra, drive thou afar, yea, very far, our foemen.
आ क्रन्दय बलम् ओजो न आ धा नि ष्टनिहि दुरिता बाधमानः । अप प्रोथ दुन्दुभे दुच्छुना इत इन्द्रस्य मुष्टिर् असि वीळयस्व ॥
ā krandaya balam ojo na ā dhā ni ṣṭanihi duritā bādhamānaḥ | apa protha dundubhe ducchunā ita indrasya muṣṭir asi vīḷayasva ||
Thunder out strength and fill us full of vigour: yea, thunder forth and drive away all dangers. Drive hence, O War-drum, drive away misfortune: thou art the Fist of Indra: show thy firmness.
āmūr aja pratyāvartayemāḥ ketumad dundubhir vāvadīti | sam aśvaparṇāś caranti no naro 'smākam indra rathino jayantu ||
Drive hither those, and these again bring hither: the War-drum speaks aloud as battle's signal. Our heroes, winged with horses, come together. Let our car-warriors, Indra, be triumphant.