इन्द्रं कामा वसूयन्तो अग्मन्स्वर्मीळ्हे न सवने चकानाः । श्रवस्यवः शशमानास उक्थैरोको न रण्वा सुदृशीव पुष्टिः
Desiring wealth, they came to Indra, delighting in the well-praised, as at the soma-offering; longing for glory, rejoicing in hymns, like a splendid, well-seen abundance.
तमिद्व इन्द्रं सुहवं हुवेम यस्ता चकार नर्या पुरूणि । यो मावते जरित्रे गध्यं चिन्मक्षू वाजं भरति स्पार्हराधाः
We call upon that Indra, easy to invoke, who has accomplished many heroic deeds; who, for the worshipper, brings the prize swiftly, with wondrous aid.
तिग्मा यदन्तरशनिः पताति कस्मिञ्चिच्छूर मुहुके जनानाम् । घोरा यदर्य समृतिर्भवात्यध स्मा नस्तन्वो बोधि गोपाः
When your sharp thunderbolt falls among people, O hero, in some gathering, when your fierce wrath arises against the foe, then, O guardian, be mindful of our bodies.
भुवोऽविता वामदेवस्य धीनां भुवः सखावृको वाजसातौ । त्वामनु प्रमतिमा जगन्मोरुशंसो जरित्रे विश्वध स्याः
You have become the protector of Vāmadeva's prayers, you are the friend, the wolf, in the contest for the prize; all our thoughts follow you, O widely-praised one, may you be universal aid for the worshipper.
एभिर्नृभिरिन्द्र त्वायुभिष्ट्वा मघवद्भिर्मघवन्विश्व आजौ । द्यावो न द्युम्नैरभि सन्तो अर्यः क्षपो मदेम शरदश्च पूर्वीः
With these men, O Indra, with your companions, O bountiful one, may we prevail in every contest; like the heavens with their splendors, may the noble ones support us, may we rejoice in the nights and many autumns.
एवेदिन्द्राय वृषभाय वृष्णे ब्रह्माकर्म भृगवो न रथम् । नू चिद्यथा नः सख्या वियोषदसन्न उग्रोऽविता तनूपाः
To this Indra, the bull, the mighty, is the hymn, as the Bhṛgus to their chariot; now, as before, may you not abandon our friendship, O strong one, guardian of our bodies.
नू ष्टुत इन्द्र नू गृणान इषं जरित्रे नद्यो न पीपेः । अकारि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म नव्यं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः
Now praised, now lauded, O Indra, may you pour forth sustenance for the worshipper, as rivers do; a new hymn has been composed for you, O wielder of the bays, may we, with insight, be ever your charioteers.
त्वं महाँ इन्द्र तुभ्यं ह क्षा अनु क्षत्रं मंहना मन्यत द्यौः । त्वं वृत्रं शवसा जघन्वान्त्सृजः सिन्धूँरहिना जग्रसानान्
You are great, O Indra; for you, indeed, the earth and sky, by your might, consider your power supreme; you slew Vṛtra with your strength, you released the rivers, you devoured the coiled ones.
तव त्विषो जनिमन्रेजत द्यौ रेजद्भूमिर्भियसा स्वस्य मन्योः । ऋघायन्त सुभ्वः पर्वतास आर्दन्धन्वानि सरयन्त आपः
At your birth, the sky trembled with your force, the earth trembled with fear of your own might; the mountains shook, the fair hills quaked, the valleys split, and the waters rushed forth.
भिनद्गिरिं शवसा वज्रमिष्णन्नाविष्कृण्वानः सहसान ओजः । वधीद्वृत्रं वज्रेण मन्दसानः सरन्नापो जवसा हतवृष्णीः
You split the mountain with your strength, wielding the thunderbolt, revealing the hidden, with your power; you slew Vṛtra with the thunderbolt, delighting, the waters rushed swiftly, their strength destroyed.
सुवीरस्ते जनिता मन्यत द्यौरिन्द्रस्य कर्ता स्वपस्तमो भूत् । य ईं जजान स्वर्यं सुवज्रमनपच्युतं सदसो न भूम
The sky considered itself the begetter of your heroic power, O Indra; the most skillful made you, who begot the sun, the mighty thunderbolt, unshaken, like the foundation of the seat.
य एक इच्च्यावयति प्र भूमा राजा कृष्टीनां पुरुहूत इन्द्रः । सत्यमेनमनु विश्वे मदन्ति रातिं देवस्य गृणतो मघोनः
He alone stretches forth the two worlds, the king of peoples, much-invoked Indra; all the gods rejoice in his truth, in the bounty of the generous god who is praised.
सत्रा सोमा अभवन्नस्य विश्वे सत्रा मदासो बृहतो मदिष्ठाः । सत्राभवो वसुपतिर्वसूनां दत्रे विश्वा अधिथा इन्द्र कृष्टीः
All the Somas became his, all the exhilarating draughts of the great one; you became the lord of riches for the givers of wealth, O Indra, to distribute all peoples.
त्वमध प्रथमं जायमानोऽमे विश्वा अधिथा इन्द्र कृष्टीः । त्वं प्रति प्रवत आशयानमहिं वज्रेण मघवन्वि वृश्चः
You, indeed, from the beginning of your birth, O Indra, have distributed all peoples; you, O bountiful one, with the thunderbolt, cut off the coiled one lying across the path.
सत्राहणं दाधृषिं तुम्रमिन्द्रं महामपारं वृषभं सुवज्रम् । हन्ता यो वृत्रं सनितोत वाजं दाता मघानि मघवा सुराधाः
I have upheld Indra, the mighty, the powerful, the great, the boundless bull with the good thunderbolt; he who slew Vṛtra, who wins the prize, who gives gifts, the bountiful Maghavan, rich in treasures.
अयं वृतश्चातयते समीचीर्य आजिषु मघवा शृण्व एकः । अयं वाजं भरति यं सनोत्यस्य प्रियासः सख्ये स्याम
This Maghavan, chosen, acts together with the right, he alone hears in the battles; this one brings the prize, he wins what he seeks—may we be dear to him in friendship.
अयं शृण्वे अध जयन्नुत घ्नन्नयमुत प्र कृणुते युधा गाः । यदा सत्यं कृणुते मन्युमिन्द्रो विश्वं दृळ्हं भयत एजदस्मात्
This one is heard when conquering, and also when striking; this one, too, sets the cattle free by battle. When Indra makes his wrath true, all that is firm trembles and moves away from him.
समिन्द्रो गा अजयत्सं हिरण्या समश्विया मघवा यो ह पूर्वीः । एभिर्नृभिर्नृतमो अस्य शाकै रायो विभक्ता सम्भरश्च वस्वः
Indra won the cattle together, the gold together, the horses together—Maghavan, who has many (gifts); with these men, the most heroic of men, he divides wealth, he gathers riches.
कियत्स्विदिन्द्रो अध्येति मातुः कियत्पितुर्जनितुर्यो जजान । यो अस्य शुष्मं मुहुकैरियर्ति वातो न जूत स्तनयद्भिरभ्रैः
How much, indeed, does Indra surpass his mother? How much his father, the begetter, who begot him? He stirs his might again and again, like the wind driven by roaring thunderclouds.
क्षियन्तं त्वमक्षियन्तं कृणोतीयर्ति रेणुं मघवा समोहम् । विभञ्जनुरशनिमाँ इव द्यौरुत स्तोतारं मघवा वसौ धात्
You, Maghavan, make the perishable imperishable; you stir up dust in confusion. Like the sky breaking with thunderbolts, Maghavan, grant wealth to the worshipper.
अयं चक्रमिषणत्सूर्यस्य न्येतशं रीरमत्ससृमाणम् । आ कृष्ण ईं जुहुराणो जिघर्ति त्वचो बुध्ने रजसो अस्य योनौ
This one has set in motion the wheel of the sun; he has made the path of the flowing one move. Drawing in the blackness, he devours the skin at the root of his domain, in its source.
असिक्न्यां यजमानो न होता
In the Asikni, the worshipper is like the Hotṛ priest.
गव्यन्त इन्द्रं सख्याय विप्रा अश्वायन्तो वृषणं वाजयन्तः । जनीयन्तो जनिदामक्षितोतिमा च्यावयामोऽवते न कोशम्
The wise, seeking cattle, approach Indra for friendship, seeking horses, praising the bull for strength; desiring offspring, the begetter of offspring, the undeceivable, let us stir him, as one stirs a treasure for help.
त्राता नो बोधि ददृशान आपिरभिख्याता मर्डिता सोम्यानाम् । सखा पिता पितृतमः पितॄणां कर्तेमु लोकमुशते वयोधाः
Be our protector, seeing, our helper, renowned, the destroyer of foes, the drinker of Soma; friend, father, best of fathers, let us make the world for the one who seeks long life.
सखीयतामविता बोधि सखा गृणान इन्द्र स्तुवते वयो धाः । वयं ह्या ते चकृमा सबाध आभिः शमीभिर्महयन्त इन्द्र
Be our friend, our helper, O Indra, as we praise you, granting life to the singer; for we have made you, with these praises, mighty, O Indra, with these hymns, may you be magnified.
स्तुत इन्द्रो मघवा यद्ध वृत्रा भूरीण्येको अप्रतीनि हन्ति । अस्य प्रियो जरिता यस्य शर्मन्नकिर्देवा वारयन्ते न मर्ताः
Indra, the bountiful, is praised—when he strikes down the many Vṛtras alone, unconquered; his singer is dear to him, in whose protection neither gods nor mortals can hinder.
एवा न इन्द्रो मघवा विरप्शी करत्सत्या चर्षणीधृदनर्वा । त्वं राजा जनुषां धेह्यस्मे अधि श्रवो माहिनं यज्जरित्रे
Thus may Indra, the bountiful, the wide-seeing, do for us true deeds, the upholder of peoples, the unerring; you, king of beings, place upon us fame, great glory, for the singer.
नू ष्टुत इन्द्र नू गृणान इषं जरित्रे नद्यो न पीपेः । अकारि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म नव्यं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः
Now, praised, Indra, now, sung, may you pour forth wealth for the singer, as rivers do; for you, O Harivaḥ, a new hymn has been made—may we, with insight, always be companions of the chariot.
अयं पन्था अनुवित्तः पुराणो यतो देवा उदजायन्त विश्वे । अतश्चिदा जनिषीष्ट प्रवृद्धो मा मातरममुया पत्तवे कः
This path, ancient and well-trodden, is the one by which all the gods were born; from here, indeed, the mighty one should be born—let no one lead the mother astray from her course.
नाहमतो निरया दुर्गहैतत्तिरश्चता पार्श्वान्निर्गमाणि । बहूनि मे अकृता कर्त्वानि युध्यै त्वेन सं त्वेन पृच्छै
I will not go out by that way—it is hard to pass, difficult; I will cross over by the sides, not by the middle. Many deeds have I done, to be done; I will fight with you, I will question you.