नवग्वासः सुतसोमास इन्द्रं दशग्वासो अभ्यर्चन्त्यर्कैः । गव्यं चिदूर्वमपिधानवन्तं तं चिन्नरः शशमाना अप व्रन्
The Navagvas, having pressed Soma, praise Indra; the Daśagvas also honor him with their hymns. Even the wide pasture, though covered, they, longing, opened up for him, O men.
कथो नु ते परि चराणि विद्वान्वीर्या मघवन्या चकर्थ । या चो नु नव्या कृणवः शविष्ठ प्रेदु ता ते विदथेषु ब्रवाम
How, O generous one, knowing your deeds, may I recount your exploits? And what new mighty acts will you perform, most powerful one? Declare them now in the contests.
एता विश्वा चकृवाँ इन्द्र भूर्यपरीतो जनुषा वीर्येण । या चिन्नु वज्रिन्कृणवो दधृष्वान्न ते वर्ता तविष्या अस्ति तस्याः
All these many deeds, O Indra, you have accomplished, surpassing in birth and might; whatever bold acts you have done with the thunderbolt, there is no one who can match your power.
इन्द्र ब्रह्म क्रियमाणा जुषस्व या ते शविष्ठ नव्या अकर्म । वस्त्रेव भद्रा सुकृता वसूयू रथं न धीरः स्वपा अतक्षम्
Indra, accept the hymns being composed for you; whatever new deeds you have done, most mighty one. Like a craftsman fashions a fine garment, so the wise one has shaped the chariot for you, seeking wealth.
क्व स्य वीरः को अपश्यदिन्द्रं सुखरथमीयमानं हरिभ्याम् । यो राया वज्री सुतसोममिच्छन्तदोको गन्ता पुरुहूत ऊती
Where is that hero, who has seen Indra, riding easily in his chariot drawn by the Bays? He, the wielder of the thunderbolt, who, desiring the pressed Soma, comes to the house of the generous one, summoned by many.
अवाचचक्षं पदमस्य सस्वरुग्रं निधातुरन्वायमिच्छन् । अपृच्छमन्याँ उत ते म आहुरिन्द्रं नरो बुबुधाना अशेम
I sought the path of him who utters the sound, desiring the mighty seat of the treasure-giver; I asked others, and they told me: 'We, O men, seeking, have found Indra.'
प्र नु वयं सुते या ते कृतानीन्द्र ब्रवाम यानि नो जुजोषः । वेददविद्वाञ्छृणवच्च विद्वान्वहतेऽयं मघवा सर्वसेनः
Now, in the pressing of the Soma, we declare your deeds, O Indra, those which you have done and which pleased us. The wise knows, the unwise hears; this generous one, the lord of all hosts, bears them all.
स्थिरं मनश्चकृषे जात इन्द्र वेषीदेको युधये भूयसश्चित् । अश्मानं चिच्छवसा दिद्युतो वि विदो गवामूर्वमुस्रियाणाम्
You made your mind firm, O Indra, since birth; you alone, adorned, stood for battle, even against many. With your might, you split even the stone, and revealed the wide space of the cows for the worshippers.
परो यत्त्वं परम आजनिष्ठाः परावति श्रुत्यं नाम बिभ्रत् । अतश्चिदिन्द्रादभयन्त देवा विश्वा अपो अजयद्दासपत्नीः
When you were born far away, in the highest place, bearing a renowned name in the distant region, from there even the gods feared Indra; he conquered all the waters and the wives of the Dasyus.
तुभ्येदेते मरुतः सुशेवा अर्चन्त्यर्कं सुन्वन्त्यन्धः । अहिमोहानमप आशयानं प्र मायाभिर्मायिनं सक्षदिन्द्रः
For you, O Indra, these gracious Maruts sing, they offer the Soma, they pour the libation. Indra, with his powers, struck down the lying serpent, the cunning one, as he lay hidden.
वि षू मृधो जनुषा दानमिन्वन्नहन्गवा मघवन्संचकानः । अत्रा दासस्य नमुचेः शिरो यदवर्तयो मनवे गातुमिच्छन्
You scattered the enemies with your birth, O generous one, seeking the cows, you gathered the wealth. There, when you turned the head of the Dasa Namuci, you opened the path for Manu, desiring passage.
युजं हि मामकृथा आदिदिन्द्र शिरो दासस्य नमुचेर्मथायन् । अश्मानं चित्स्वर्यं वर्तमानं प्र चक्रियेव रोदसी मरुद्भ्यः
Indeed, you yoked me then, O Indra, you crushed the head of the Dasa Namuci. Even the stone, shining and moving, you made manifest for the Maruts, as if you had fashioned the two worlds.
स्त्रियो हि दास आयुधानि चक्रे किं मा करन्नबला अस्य सेनाः । अन्तर्ह्यख्यदुभे अस्य धेने अथोप प्रैद्युधये दस्युमिन्द्रः
For the Dasa made weapons like women; what could his weak armies do to me? Both his cows were hidden within, but Indra rushed forth to battle and destroyed the Dasyu.
समत्र गावोऽभितोऽनवन्तेहेह वत्सैर्वियुता यदासन् । सं ता इन्द्रो असृजदस्य शाकैर्यदीं सोमासः सुषुता अमन्दन्
Here the cows, all around, lowed together, when they were separated from their calves. Indra brought them together with his might, when the well-pressed Somas delighted him.
यदीं सोमा बभ्रुधूता अमन्दन्नरोरवीद्वृषभः सादनेषु । पुरंदरः पपिवाँ इन्द्रो अस्य पुनर्गवामददादुस्रियाणाम्
When the tawny, shaken Somas delighted him, the bull roared in the seats. Indra, the destroyer of cities, having drunk, gave back the cows to the worshippers.
भद्रमिदं रुशमा अग्ने अक्रन्गवां चत्वारि ददतः सहस्रा । ऋणंचयस्य प्रयता मघानि प्रत्यग्रभीष्म नृतमस्य नृणाम्
This is auspicious, O Agni, what the Rushamas did, giving four thousand cows. For the generous one who pays his debts, we have accepted the gifts of the most generous among men.
सुपेशसं माव सृजन्त्यस्तं गवां सहस्रै रुशमासो अग्ने । तीव्रा इन्द्रमममन्दुः सुतासोऽक्तोर्व्युष्टौ परितक्म्यायाः
The Rushamas, O Agni, send forth a splendid gift, with thousands of cows. The strong Somas gladdened Indra, at the dawn of the day of Paritakmya.
औच्छत्सा रात्री परितक्म्या याँ ऋणंचये राजनि रुशमानाम् । अत्यो न वाजी रघुरज्यमानो बभ्रुश्चत्वार्यसनत्सहस्रा
That night of Paritakmya shone forth, when the Rushamas' king, Rnamcaya, was present. Like a swift horse urged on, the brown one gained four thousand.
चतुःसहस्रं गव्यस्य पश्वः प्रत्यग्रभीष्म रुशमेष्वग्ने । घर्मश्चित्तप्तः प्रवृजे य आसीदयस्मयस्तम्वादाम विप्राः
We have accepted four thousand cows and cattle from the Rushamas, O Agni. Even the heated vessel, which was set down, we, the wise, proclaim as theirs.
इन्द्रो रथाय प्रवतं कृणोति यमध्यस्थान्मघवा वाजयन्तम् । यूथेव पश्वो व्युनोति गोपा अरिष्टो याति प्रथमः सिषासन्
Indra makes a path for the chariot, for the one who stands in the midst, striving for the prize. Like a herdsman separates the cattle in the herd, the uninjured one goes first, eager for victory.
आ प्र द्रव हरिवो मा वि वेनः पिशङ्गराते अभि नः सचस्व । नहि त्वदिन्द्र वस्यो अन्यदस्त्यमेनाँश्चिज्जनिवतश्चकर्थ
Drive forward, O Indra, with your tawny steeds, do not delay; come near to us. For there is no wealth apart from you, Indra; even among the people, you alone have done this.
उद्यत्सहः सहस आजनिष्ट देदिष्ट इन्द्र इन्द्रियाणि विश्वा । प्राचोदयत्सुदुघा वव्रे अन्तर्वि ज्योतिषा संववृत्वत्तमोऽवः
The mighty one was born with strength, Indra, most powerful, displayed all his powers. He set in motion the ever-yielding cow within the enclosure; with light he dispelled the gathered darkness.
अनवस्ते रथमश्वाय तक्षन्त्वष्टा वज्रं पुरुहूत द्युमन्तम् । ब्रह्माण इन्द्रं महयन्तो अर्कैरवर्धयन्नहये हन्तवा उ
The artisans fashion a chariot for the horse, Tvashtar makes the brilliant thunderbolt for you, O much-invoked one. The priests, praising Indra with hymns, made him grow, so that he might slay the foe in battle.
वृष्णे यत्ते वृषणो अर्कमर्चानिन्द्र ग्रावाणो अदितिः सजोषाः । अनश्वासो ये पवयोऽरथा इन्द्रेषिता अभ्यवर्तन्त दस्यून्
To the mighty one, let the strong sing a hymn, Indra, with the stones, Aditi in harmony. Those who are horseless, who are without chariots, driven by Indra, turned back the Dasyus.
प्र ते पूर्वाणि करणानि वोचं प्र नूतना मघवन्या चकर्थ । शक्तीवो यद्विभरा रोदसी उभे जयन्नपो मनवे दानुचित्राः
I have spoken of your former deeds, and now, O bountiful one, of your recent acts as well; like one who is mighty, you bear both heavens, conquering the waters and granting wondrous gifts to man.
तदिन्नु ते करणं दस्म विप्राहिं यद्घ्नन्नोजो अत्रामिमीथाः । शुष्णस्य चित्परि माया अगृभ्णाः प्रपित्वं यन्नप दस्यूँरसेधः
Indeed, this is your deed, O wondrous one, praised by the wise: when, slaying the foe, you measured your strength here; you even seized the illusions of Shushna, and when you drove away the Dasyus from the waters, you established their ancient flow.
त्वमपो यदवे तुर्वशायारमयः सुदुघाः पार इन्द्र । उग्रमयातमवहो ह कुत्सं सं ह यद्वामुशनारन्त देवाः
You, Indra, made the waters flow for Yadu and Turvasha, making them richly yielding; you brought the fierce Ayu and Kutsa safely across, and the gods rejoiced together with you.
इन्द्राकुत्सा वहमाना रथेना वामत्या अपि कर्णे वहन्तु । निः षीमद्भ्यो धमथो निः षधस्थान्मघोनो हृदो वरथस्तमांसि
Indra and Kutsa, carried by the chariot, let the two lovely ones bear their song to your ears; drive away the silent ones, drive away those who sit apart, O generous one, and remove the darkness from our hearts.
वातस्य युक्तान्सुयुजश्चिदश्वान्कविश्चिदेषो अजगन्नवस्युः । विश्वे ते अत्र मरुतः सखाय इन्द्र ब्रह्माणि तविषीमवर्धन्
Even the well-yoked horses of the wind, and the wise, have come here to seek your favor; all the Maruts, your friends, O Indra, have increased your strength with their hymns.
सूरश्चिद्रथं परितक्म्यायां पूर्वं करदुपरं जूजुवांसम् । भरच्चक्रमेतशः सं रिणाति पुरो दधत्सनिष्यति क्रतुं नः
Even the sun circles the chariot on its path, first making it ready, then urging it onward; the wheel, bearing the swift, joins together, setting forth in front, and it will establish our resolve.