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.
परायतीं मातरमन्वचष्ट न नानु गान्यनु नू गमानि । त्वष्टुर्गृहे अपिबत्सोममिन्द्रः शतधन्यं चम्वोः सुतस्य
He looked after his departing mother, but did not follow the cows, nor did he go after them. In Tvaṣṭṛ's house, Indra drank Soma, the hundred-streamed, pressed by Camva.
किं स ऋधक्कृणवद्यं सहस्रं मासो जभार शरदश्च पूर्वीः । नही न्वस्य प्रतिमानमस्त्यन्तर्जातेषूत ये जनित्वाः
What did he accomplish with that strength? He seized a thousand, and many autumns before. For there is no one equal to him, neither among those born nor among those to be born.
अवद्यमिव मन्यमाना गुहाकरिन्द्रं माता वीर्येणा न्यृष्टम् । अथोदस्थात्स्वयमत्कं वसान आ रोदसी अपृणाज्जायमानः
Thinking him as one not to be spoken of, his mother hid the mighty one in secret, but by his own strength, clothed in his own power, he arose and, being born, filled both heaven and earth.
एता अर्षन्त्यललाभवन्तीरृतावरीरिव संक्रोशमानाः । एता वि पृच्छ किमिदं भनन्ति कमापो अद्रिं परिधिं रुजन्ति
These, like women who have not found a husband, lament and cry out, like those who keep the law; ask them what this means, what they are saying, who among the waters breaks the stone enclosure.
किमु ष्विदस्मै निविदो भनन्तेन्द्रस्यावद्यं दिधिषन्त आपः । ममैतान्पुत्रो महता वधेन वृत्रं जघन्वाँ असृजद्वि सिन्धून्
What secret do these waters speak for him? They wish to declare something blameworthy of Indra. My son, by a great blow, slew Vritra, and released the rivers.
ममच्चन त्वा युवतिः परास ममच्चन त्वा कुषवा जगार । ममच्चिदापः शिशवे ममृड्युर्ममच्चिदिन्द्रः सहसोदतिष्ठत्
Even I abandoned you, young woman, even I left you, sleeping on the bank; even the waters, wishing well for the child, abandoned you, and even Indra, with his strength, rose up.
ममच्चन ते मघवन्व्यंसो निविविध्वाँ अप हनू जघान । अधा निविद्ध उत्तरो बभूवाञ्छिरो दासस्य सं पिणग्वधेन
Even your jaws, O bountiful one, were split apart, even your lower jaw was struck down; then, the upper one, having been struck, became the head of the Dasa, crushed by the blow.
गृष्टिः ससूव स्थविरं तवागामनाधृष्यं वृषभं तुम्रमिन्द्रम् । अरीळ्हं वत्सं चरथाय माता स्वयं गातुं तन्व इच्छमानम्
The cow bore a sturdy, unassailable, mighty bull—Indra—into your house; the mother, wishing her calf to go freely, herself desired to let him go to wander.
उत माता महिषमन्ववेनदमी त्वा जहति पुत्र देवाः । अथाब्रवीद्वृत्रमिन्द्रो हनिष्यन्सखे विष्णो वितरं वि क्रमस्व
Yet the mother followed after the buffalo, and these gods abandoned you, O son; then Indra, about to slay Vritra, said: 'Friend Vishnu, stride forth and extend the path.'
कस्ते मातरं विधवामचक्रच्छयुं कस्त्वामजिघांसच्चरन्तम् । कस्ते देवो अधि मार्डीक आसीद्यत्प्राक्षिणाः पितरं पादगृह्य
Who made your mother a widow? Who wished to kill you as you moved? Which god, O Marut, was with you when you seized your father by the foot and cast him down?
अवर्त्या शुन आन्त्राणि पेचे न देवेषु विविदे मर्डितारम् । अपश्यं जायाममहीयमानामधा मे श्येनो मध्वा जभार
Like a she-wolf, I tore out the entrails; I found no comforter among the gods. I saw my wife being taken away, then the falcon carried off the honey for me.
एवा त्वामिन्द्र वज्रिन्नत्र विश्वे देवासः सुहवास ऊमाः । महामुभे रोदसी वृद्धमृष्वं निरेकमिद्वृणते वृत्रहत्ये
Thus, O Indra, wielder of the bolt, all the gods, easy to invoke, choose you here; both great heaven and earth, grown vast and high, have chosen you alone for the slaying of Vritra.
अवासृजन्त जिव्रयो न देवा भुवः सम्राळिन्द्र सत्ययोनिः । अहन्नहिं परिशयानमर्णः प्र वर्तनीररदो विश्वधेनाः
The gods released the living waters, O Indra, true-born king; you slew the serpent lying around, unyielding, and opened the paths for all the streams.
अतृप्णुवन्तं वियतमबुध्यमबुध्यमानं सुषुपाणमिन्द्र । सप्त प्रति प्रवत आशयानमहिं वज्रेण वि रिणा अपर्वन्
You found him unsatisfied, lying unconscious, asleep, O Indra; with the bolt, you struck apart the serpent lying across the seven flows.
अक्षोदयच्छवसा क्षाम बुध्नं वार्ण वातस्तविषीभिरिन्द्रः । दृळ्हान्यौभ्नादुशमान ओजोऽवाभिनत्ककुभः पर्वतानाम्
With your might, O Indra, you stirred the dried-up bed of the river; with your strength, you broke the firm barriers, and with your force, you struck the mountain ridges.
अभि प्र दद्रुर्जनयो न गर्भं रथा इव प्र ययुः साकमद्रयः । अतर्पयो विसृत उब्ज ऊर्मीन्त्वं वृताँ अरिणा इन्द्र सिन्धून्
The people rushed forth like offspring, the streams went together like chariots; you, Indra, with your force, released the rivers, sending forth the waves.
त्वं महीमवनिं विश्वधेनां तुर्वीतये वय्याय क्षरन्तीम् । अरमयो नमसैजदर्णः सुतरणाँ अकृणोरिन्द्र सिन्धून्
You made the great, all-nourishing, ever-flowing earth pour forth for Turvīti and Vayya; with your might, O Indra, you made the rivers easy to cross for the worshipper.
प्राग्रुवो नभन्वो न वक्वा ध्वस्रा अपिन्वद्युवतीरृतज्ञाः । धन्वान्यज्राँ अपृणक्तृषाणाँ अधोगिन्द्र स्तर्यो दंसुपत्नीः
You, O Indra, opened up the ancient, youthful, law-abiding rivers, like the sky with its clouds; you filled the thirsty deserts, and subdued the wives of the Dasa.
पूर्वीरुषसः शरदश्च गूर्ता वृत्रं जघन्वाँ असृजद्वि सिन्धून् । परिष्ठिता अतृणद्बद्बधानाः सीरा इन्द्रः स्रवितवे पृथिव्या
Many dawns and autumns were hidden; you slew Vritra and released the rivers; Indra, having broken the bonds, made the channels flow for the earth.
वम्रीभिः पुत्रमग्रुवो अदानं निवेशनाद्धरिव आ जभर्थ । व्यन्धो अख्यदहिमाददानो निर्भूदुखच्छित्समरन्त पर्व
With the humble, you took the son, the unoffered, from his dwelling, O Indra; the blind one devoured the serpent, and the peaks, even those hard to reach, were conquered.