अहमिन्द्रो रोधो वक्षो अथर्वणस्त्रिताय गा अजनयमहेरधि । अहं दस्युभ्यः परि नृम्णमा ददे गोत्रा शिक्षन्दधीचे मातरिश्वने
I am Indra, the barrier, the strength of Atharvan; I begot the cows for Trita, over the mighty; I have bestowed manliness upon the noble, not upon the foe; I gave the clans to Dadhichi and Mātariśvan.
मह्यं त्वष्टा वज्रमतक्षदायसं मयि देवासोऽवृजन्नपि क्रतुम् । ममानीकं सूर्यस्येव दुष्टरं मामार्यन्ति कृतेन कर्त्वेन च
For me, Tvaṣṭṛ fashioned the iron thunderbolt; the gods placed their power in me; my visage is as hard to overcome as the sun's; by my deeds and actions, they honor me.
अहमेतं गव्ययमश्व्यं पशुं पुरीषिणं सायकेना हिरण्ययम् । पुरू सहस्रा नि शिशामि दाशुषे यन्मा सोमास उक्थिनो अमन्दिषुः
I bestow this wealth of cows, horses, and gold, abundant, shining, to the worshiper; I heap up many thousands for the devotee, when the Soma-offering and hymns have gladdened me.
अहमिन्द्रो न परा जिग्य इद्धनं न मृत्यवेऽव तस्थे कदा चन । सोममिन्मा सुन्वन्तो याचता वसु न मे पूरवः सख्ये रिषाथन
I, Indra, have never been defeated or stood aside for death; those who press Soma, let them ask me for wealth; O Pūru, you do not fail in friendship with me.
अहमेताञ्छाश्वसतो द्वाद्वेन्द्रं ये वज्रं युधयेऽकृण्वत । आह्वयमानाँ अव हन्मनाहनं दृळ्हा वदन्ननमस्युर्नमस्विनः
I overcame those who, eager for horses, prepared the thunderbolt for battle; when challenged, I struck down the hostile, the strong, the arrogant, and those who would not bow.
अभीदमेकमेको अस्मि निष्षाळभी द्वा किमु त्रयः करन्ति । खले न पर्षान्प्रति हन्मि भूरि किं मा निन्दन्ति शत्रवोऽनिन्द्राः
I am one, yet I contend with many; what can two or three do? Like a thresher, I strike down many enemies; why do those who are not Indra revile me?
अहं गुङ्गुभ्यो अतिथिग्वमिष्करमिषं न वृत्रतुरं विक्षु धारयम् । यत्पर्णयघ्न उत वा करञ्जहे प्राहं महे वृत्रहत्ये अशुश्रवि
I brought food to the Guṅgus and Atithigvas; I sustained the people as a slayer of Vṛtra; whether against Parṇaya or Karañja, I was heard in the great Vṛtra-slaying.
प्र मे नमी साप्य इषे भुजे भूद्गवामेषे सख्या कृणुत द्विता । दिद्युं यदस्य समिथेषु मंहयमादिदेनं शंस्यमुक्थ्यं करम्
Let the one who bows to me obtain food and strength; let him make friendship with the cow-giver; when I am honored in assemblies, I bring forth what is praiseworthy and worthy of hymns.
प्र नेमस्मिन्ददृशे सोमो अन्तर्गोपा नेममाविरस्था कृणोति । स तिग्मशृङ्गं वृषभं युयुत्सन्द्रुहस्तस्थौ बहुले बद्धो अन्तः
Soma is not seen here, nor does he appear openly; he makes this one manifest; he, the bull with sharp horns, eager for battle, stands bound within, with his two hands.
आदित्यानां वसूनां रुद्रियाणां देवो देवानां न मिनामि धाम । ते मा भद्राय शवसे ततक्षुरपराजितमस्तृतमषाळ्हम्
I do not violate the ordinance of the Ādityas, Vasus, or Rudras—the god among gods; may they fashion me for prosperity, unconquered, undefeated, unassailable.
अहं दां गृणते पूर्व्यं वस्वहं ब्रह्म कृणवं मह्यं वर्धनम् । अहं भुवं यजमानस्य चोदितायज्वनः साक्षि विश्वस्मिन्भरे
I give to the singer the ancient wealth; I create the prayer that brings increase to me; I am the inspirer of the sacrificer, the witness in every contest.
मां धुरिन्द्रं नाम देवता दिवश्च ग्मश्चापां च जन्तवः । अहं हरी वृषणा विव्रता रघू अहं वज्रं शवसे धृष्ण्वा ददे
The gods have called me Indra by name; the creatures of heaven, earth, and waters as well; I have yoked the two swift, strong bays; I have given the thunderbolt to the mighty.
अहमत्कं कवये शिश्नथं हथैरहं कुत्समावमाभिरूतिभिः । अहं शुष्णस्य श्नथिता वधर्यमं न यो रर आर्यं नाम दस्यवे
I destroyed Atka for the sage with my might; I aided Kutsa with my powers; I am the smiter of Śuṣṇa, the restrainer of Vadhryaśva, who did not give the Aryan name to the Dasyu.
अहं पितेव वेतसूँरभिष्टये तुग्रं कुत्साय स्मदिभं च रन्धयम् । अहं भुवं यजमानस्य राजनि प्र यद्भरे तुजये न प्रियाधृषे
Like a father for his son, I aided Vetasu for his wish; I subdued Tugra for Kutsa and Smadibha; I am the inspirer of the sacrificer, the king, when I win the contest for the one who does not withhold the beloved.
अहं रन्धयं मृगयं श्रुतर्वणे यन्माजिहीत वयुना चनानुषक् । अहं वेशं नम्रमायवेऽकरमहं सव्याय पड्गृभिमरन्धयम्
I subdued Mṛgaya for Śrutarvan, when he sought my aid with his skill; I made the humble Vesha bow; I subdued Paḍgṛbhi for Savyā.
अहं स यो नववास्त्वं बृहद्रथं सं वृत्रेव दासं वृत्रहारुजम् । यद्वर्धयन्तं प्रथयन्तमानुषग्दूरे पारे रजसो रोचनाकरम्
I am he who, like the slayer of Vṛtra, destroyed the Dāsa named Navavāstva and Bṛhadratha; who, when one sought to exalt and spread himself among men, cast him far off, beyond the shining expanse of the sky.
अहं सूर्यस्य परि याम्याशुभिः प्रैतशेभिर्वहमान ओजसा । यन्मा सावो मनुष आह निर्णिज ऋधक्कृषे दासं कृत्व्यं हथैः
I move around the sun with swift horses, carried onward with force by the impelling ones; when the pressing stone, urged by men, calls to me, I bring down the Dāsa to be struck and subdued.
अहं सप्तहा नहुषो नहुष्टरः प्राश्रावयं शवसा तुर्वशं यदुम् । अहं न्यन्यं सहसा सहस्करं नव व्राधतो नवतिं च वक्षयम्
I am the sevenfold Nahusha, most powerful among the Nahushas; with might I made Turvasha and Yadu proclaim my greatness; with force I subdued another, the mighty one, and I overcame ninety-nine of the arrogant.
अहं सप्त स्रवतो धारयं वृषा द्रवित्न्वः पृथिव्यां सीरा अधि । अहमर्णांसि वि तिरामि सुक्रतुर्युधा विदं मनवे गातुमिष्टये
I, the bull, held back the seven flowing streams upon the earth, upon their courses; I, wise in action, cross over the waters, and with knowledge I seek the path for Manu's descendants.
अहं तदासु धारयं यदासु न देवश्चन त्वष्टाधारयद्रुशत् । स्पार्हं गवामूधस्सु वक्षणास्वा मधोर्मधु श्वात्र्यं सोममाशिरम्
I supported those streams at that time, when not even the god Tvaṣṭṛ could uphold them; the precious milk of cows, hidden in their udders, the sweet honey, the Soma pressed and pure.
एवा देवाँ इन्द्रो विव्ये नॄन्प्र च्यौत्नेन मघवा सत्यराधाः । विश्वेत्ता ते हरिवः शचीवोऽभि तुरासः स्वयशो गृणन्ति
Thus, O gods, Indra, the bountiful, true in his gifts, has excelled among men by his heroic deeds; all these, O Harivaḥ, full of power, praise your glory with their own strength.
प्र वो महे मन्दमानायान्धसोऽर्चा विश्वानराय विश्वाभुवे । इन्द्रस्य यस्य सुमखं सहो महि श्रवो नृम्णं च रोदसी सपर्यतः
To the mighty one who delights in the offering, to Viśvānarā, the all-encompassing, raise your song; to Indra, whose great strength and fame, whose heroic power, are honored by earth and heaven.
सो चिन्नु सख्या नर्य इन स्तुतश्चर्कृत्य इन्द्रो मावते नरे । विश्वासु धूर्षु वाजकृत्येषु सत्पते वृत्रे वाप्स्वभि शूर मन्दसे
He alone, praised by noble friendship, is Indra, the helper of men; in all tasks, in all contests for prize, in all battles, O strong one, you, the hero, are delighted.
के ते नर इन्द्र ये त इषे ये ते सुम्नं सधन्यमियक्षान् । के ते वाजायासुर्याय हिन्विरे के अप्सु स्वासूर्वरासु पौंस्ये
Who are those men, O Indra, who seek your favor, who desire your benevolence and prosperity? Who strive for your strength, for lordship, who seek you in the waters, in the best of riches, in manly vigor?
भुवस्त्वमिन्द्र ब्रह्मणा महान्भुवो विश्वेषु सवनेषु यज्ञियः । भुवो नॄँश्च्यौत्नो विश्वस्मिन्भरे ज्येष्ठश्च मन्त्रो विश्वचर्षणे
You, Indra, are great through prayer; you are worthy of worship in all sacrifices; among all gatherings you are the foremost, and your counsel is supreme among all peoples.
अवा नु कं ज्यायान्यज्ञवनसो महीं त ओमात्रां कृष्टयो विदुः । असो नु कमजरो वर्धाश्च विश्वेदेता सवना तूतुमा कृषे
Now let the greater, the sacrificers, protect us; the peoples know your vast measure; this one, ageless, ever-growing, all these libations I have prepared for you.
एता विश्वा सवना तूतुमा कृषे स्वयं सूनो सहसो यानि दधिषे । वराय ते पात्रं धर्मणे तना यज्ञो मन्त्रो ब्रह्मोद्यतं वचः
All these libations I have prepared for you, O son of strength, which you yourself have accepted; for your favor, the vessel is set, the rite is established, the hymn, the prayer, the exalted speech.
ये ते विप्र ब्रह्मकृतः सुते सचा वसूनां च वसुनश्च दावने । प्र ते सुम्नस्य मनसा पथा भुवन्मदे सुतस्य सोम्यस्यान्धसः
Those priests, O wise one, who have composed hymns for you at the pressing, and for the giving of wealth, with minds set on your favor, follow the path to the joy of the pressed Soma.
महत्तदुल्बं स्थविरं तदासीद्येनाविष्टितः प्रविवेशिथापः । विश्वा अपश्यद्बहुधा ते अग्ने जातवेदस्तन्वो देव एकः
That great, ancient embryo was there, by which you entered the waters; you, O Agni, Jātavedas, alone among the gods, saw all forms of your own body in many ways.
को मा ददर्श कतमः स देवो यो मे तन्वो बहुधा पर्यपश्यत् । क्वाह मित्रावरुणा क्षियन्त्यग्नेर्विश्वाः समिधो देवयानीः
Who has seen me, which god is he, who has beheld my forms in many ways? Where do Mitra and Varuṇa dwell, where are all the kindling fires of Agni, the divine?