उप त्वा कर्मन्नूतये स नो युवोग्रश्चक्राम यो धृषत् । त्वामिध्यवितारं ववृमहे सखाय इन्द्र सानसिम् ॥ ७०९
upa tvā karmannūtaye sa no yuvograścakrāma yo dhṛṣat . tvāmidhyavitāraṃ vavṛmahe sakhāya indra sānasim .. 709
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
On thee for aid in sacrifice. This youth of ours, the bold, the mighty, hath gonse forth. We therefore, we thy friends, Indra, have chosen thee, free-giver, as our Guardian God.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.21.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.