Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·7·7.31
प्र व इन्द्राय मादनं हर्यश्वाय गायत । सखायः सोमपाव्ने ॥
pra va indrāya mādanaṃ haryaśvāya gāyata | sakhāyaḥ somapāvne ||
Sing ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of Tawny Steeds, The Soma-drinker, O my friends.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शंसेद् उक्थं सुदानव उत द्युक्षं यथा नरः । चकृमा सत्यराधसे ॥
śaṃsed ukthaṃ sudānava uta dyukṣaṃ yathā naraḥ | cakṛmā satyarādhase ||
To him the Bounteous say the laud, and let us glorify, as men May do, the Giver of true gifts.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं न इन्द्र वाजयुस् त्वं गव्युः शतक्रतो । त्वं हिरण्ययुर् वसो ॥
tvaṃ na indra vājayus tvaṃ gavyuḥ śatakrato | tvaṃ hiraṇyayur vaso ||
O Indra, Lord of boundless might, for us thou winnest strength and kine, Thou winnest gold for us, Good Lord.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवो ऽभि प्र णोनुमो वृषन् । विद्धी त्व् अस्य नो वसो ॥
vayam indra tvāyavo 'bhi pra ṇonumo vṛṣan | viddhī tv asya no vaso ||
Faithful to thee we loudly sing, heroic Indra, songs to thee: Mark, O Good Lord, this act of ours.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मा नो निदे च वक्तवे ऽर्यो रन्धीर् अराव्णे । त्वे अपि क्रतुर् मम ॥
mā no nide ca vaktave 'ryo randhīr arāvṇe | tve api kratur mama ||
Give us not up to man's reproach, to foeman's hateful calumny: In thee alone is all my strength.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं वर्मासि सप्रथः पुरोयोधश् च वृत्रहन् । त्वया प्रति ब्रुवे युजा ॥
tvaṃ varmāsi saprathaḥ puroyodhaś ca vṛtrahan | tvayā prati bruve yujā ||
Thou art mine ample coat of mail, my Champion, Vrtra-Slayer, thou: With thee for Friend I brave the foe.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महां उतासि यस्य ते ऽनु स्वधावरी सहः । मम्नाते इन्द्र रोदसी ॥
mahāṃ utāsi yasya te 'nu svadhāvarī sahaḥ | mamnāte indra rodasī ||
Yea, great art thou whose conquering might two independent Powers confess. The Heaven, O India, and the Earth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं त्वा मरुत्वती परि भुवद् वाणी सयावरी । नक्षमाणा सह द्युभिः ॥
taṃ tvā marutvatī pari bhuvad vāṇī sayāvarī | nakṣamāṇā saha dyubhiḥ ||
So let the voice surround thee, which attends the Maruts on their way, Reaching thee with the rays of light.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऊर्ध्वासस् त्वान्व् इन्दवो भुवन् दस्मम् उप द्यवि । सं ते नमन्त कृष्टयः ॥
ūrdhvāsas tvānv indavo bhuvan dasmam upa dyavi | saṃ te namanta kṛṣṭayaḥ ||
Let the ascending drops attain to thee, the Wondrous God, in heaven: Let all the folk bow down to thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र वो महे महिवृधे भरध्वम् प्रचेतसे प्र सुमतिं कृणुध्वम् । विशः पूर्वीः प्र चरा चर्षणिप्राः ॥
pra vo mahe mahivṛdhe bharadhvam pracetase pra sumatiṃ kṛṇudhvam | viśaḥ pūrvīḥ pra carā carṣaṇiprāḥ ||
Bring to the Wise, the Great, who waxeth mighty, your offerings, and make ready your devotion; To many clans he goeth, man's controller.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उरुव्यचसे महिने सुवृक्तिम् इन्द्राय ब्रह्म जनयन्त विप्राः । तस्य व्रतानि न मिनन्ति धीराः ॥
uruvyacase mahine suvṛktim indrāya brahma janayanta viprāḥ | tasya vratāni na minanti dhīrāḥ ||
For Indra, the sublime, the far-pervading, have singers generated prayer and praises: The sages never violate his statutes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्रं वाणीर् अनुत्तमन्युम् एव सत्रा राजानं दधिरे सहध्यै । हर्यश्वाय बर्हया सम् आपीन् ॥
indraṃ vāṇīr anuttamanyum eva satrā rājānaṃ dadhire sahadhyai | haryaśvāya barhayā sam āpīn ||
The choirs have stablished Indra King for ever, for victory, him whose anger is resistless: And, for the Bays' Lord, strengthened those he loveth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)