Sama Veda

चतुर्थ द्वितीयो ऽर्धः गायन्ति त्वा गायत्रिणो ऽर्चन्त्यर्कमर्किणः ब्रह्माणस्त्वा शतक्रत उद्वंशमिव येमिरे

The singers of the Gāyatrī chant you in the fourth and second parts; the singers of the Arkā hymn you with the Arkā; the priests, O hundred-powered, have raised you up like a banner.

इन्द्रं विश्वा अवीवृधन्त्समुद्रव्यचसं गिरः रथीतमं रथीनां वाजानां सत्पतिं पतिम्

All the hymns have magnified Indra, who encompasses the oceans, the foremost charioteer among charioteers, the lord of strength, the true master, the protector.

इममिन्द्र सुतं पिब ज्येष्ठममर्त्यं मदम् शुक्रस्य त्वाभ्यक्षरन्धारा ऋतस्य सादने

Drink this pressed Soma, O Indra, the greatest, immortal exhilaration; the bright streams of truth have flowed for you at the seat of order.

यदिन्द्र चित्र म इह नास्ति त्वादातमद्रिवः राधस्तन्नो विदद्वस उभयाहस्त्या भर

Whatever splendid gift, O Indra, is not here, not given by you, O Thunderer, may that favor be granted to us; bring both kinds of wealth here.

श्रुदी हवं तिरश्च्या इन्द्र यस्त्वा सपर्यति सुवीर्यस्य गोमतो रायस्पूर्धि महां असि

Hear the call, O Indra, from afar, from him who worships you; fulfill the desire for heroic sons and abundant wealth, for you are great.

असावि सोम इन्द्र ते शविष्ठ धृष्णवा गहि आ त्वा पृणक्त्विन्द्रियं रजः सूर्यो न रश्मिभिः

Soma has been pressed for you, O Indra, most mighty and bold; come, let your power be filled, as the sun fills the sky with its rays.

एन्द्र याहि हरिभिरुप कण्वस्य सुष्टुतिम् दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो

Indra, come with your bays to the praise of Kanva; at the command of that heaven, come to the heavenly dwelling, O lord of the day.

आ त्वा गिरो रथीरिवास्थुः सुतेषु गिर्वणः अभि त्वा समनूषत गावो वत्सं न धेनवः

To you the hymns have come, O lover of song, as charioteers to the races; they have gathered around you, as cows around a calf, O Indra.

एतो न्विन्द्रं स्तवाम शुद्धं शुद्धेन साम्ना शुद्धैरुक्थैर्वावृध्वांसं शुद्धैराशीर्वान्ममत्तु

Let us now praise Indra, the pure, with pure song, with pure hymns, who has grown strong with pure praises; let him rejoice in our pure offerings.

यो रयिं वो रयिन्तमो यो द्युम्नैर्द्युम्नवत्तमः सोमः सुतः स इन्द्र ते ऽस्ति स्वधापते मदः

He who is the bestower of wealth, the most bountiful, who is most glorious with glories—Soma, when pressed, that is your exhilaration, O Indra, lord of power.

प्रत्यस्मै पिपीषते विश्वानि विदुषे भर अरङ्गमाय जग्मये ऽपश्चादध्वने नरः

Bring to him who desires, who knows all things, all the treasures, for the eager one who has come, for the man who has come from afar, O men.

आ नो वयोवयःशयं महान्तं गह्वरेष्ठां महान्तं पूर्विनेष्ठाम् उग्रं वचो अपावधीः

May you drive away from us the great decay, the great lurking danger, the great ancient harm; dispel the fierce word, O mighty one.

आ त्वा रथं यथोतये सुम्नाय वर्तयामसि तुविकूर्मिमृतीषहमिन्द्रं शविष्ठ सत्पतिम्

As for a journey, we set your chariot in motion for favor, O most powerful, Indra, lord of strength, with mighty steeds, overcoming foes.

स पूर्व्यो महोनां वेनः क्रतुभिरानजे यस्य द्वारा मनुः पिता देवेषु धिय आनजे

He is the ancient singer of the great ones, born with wisdom, by whose doors Manu, our father, entered among the gods with insight.

यदी वहन्त्याशवो भ्राजमाना रथेष्वा पिबन्तो मदिरं मधु तत्र श्रवांसि कृण्वते

When the swift ones, shining in the chariots, carry the exhilarating sweet drink, there they win renown.

त्यमु वो अप्रहणं गृणीषे शवसस्पतिम् इन्द्रं विश्वासाहं नरं शचिष्ठं विश्ववेदसम्

I praise that unconquered lord of might, Indra, the all-powerful, the most skillful, the all-knowing man, the lord of strength.

दधिक्राव्णो अकारिषं जिष्णोरश्वस्य वाजिनः सुरभि नो मुखा करत्प्र न आयूंषि तारिषत्

I have made the hymn for Dadhikrāvan, the victorious, the swift horse; may his fragrant mouths bring us well-being, may he prolong our lives.

पुरां भिन्दुर्युवा कविरमितौजा अजायत इन्द्रो विश्वस्य कर्मणो धर्त्ता वज्री पुरुष्टुतः

The breaker of cities, young, wise, of boundless vigor, was born; Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, praised by many, upholder of all actions.

प्रप्र वस्त्रिष्टुभमिषं वन्दद्वीरायेन्दवे धिया वो मेधसातये पुरन्ध्या विवासति

Let us send forth the Trishtubh hymn for Indra, who is to be praised by heroes; with thought, for the gaining of wisdom, Purandhi calls him forth.

कश्यपस्य स्वर्विदो यावाहुः सयुजाविति ययोर्विश्वमपि व्रतं यज्ञं धीरा निचाय्य

They speak of the two who are united with Kashyapa, the knower of heaven, by whose vow the wise, having discerned, established the entire world and the sacrifice.

अर्चत प्रार्चता नरः प्रियमेधासो अर्चत अर्चन्तु पुत्रका उत पुरमिद्धृष्ण्वर्चत

Praise! Let the men praise, those dear to the offering; let them praise, and let the sons also praise, and the city-dwellers, with strong voices, let them praise.

उक्थमिन्द्राय शंस्यं पुरुनिःषिधे शक्रो यथा सुतेषु नो रारणत्सख्येषु च

Let the hymn be recited for Indra, to be proclaimed, as Shakra, unconquered, delights in our libations and in our friendships.

विश्वानरस्य वस्पतिमनानतस्य शवसः एवैश्च चर्षणीनामूती हुवे रथानाम्

Of Vishvanara, lord of wealth, unconquered in strength—by these, too, I call the chariots of the peoples for aid.

स घा यस्ते दिवो नरो धिया मर्तस्य शमतः ऊती स बृहतो दिवो द्विषो अंहो न तरति

He indeed, O men, who, by wisdom, is your helper from heaven, with his aid crosses over the hatred and distress of the mighty sky, as over a narrow place.

विभोष्ट इन्द्र राधसो विभ्वी रातिः शतक्रतो अथा नो विश्वचर्षणे द्युम्नं सुदत्र मंहय

O Indra, all-pervading, bestower of gifts, O hundred-powered, grant us abundant wealth; then, for all peoples, magnify our glory, O gracious one, with your good counsel.

वयश्चित्ते पतत्रिणो द्विपाच्चतुष्पादर्जुनि उषः प्रारन्नृतूंरनु दिवो अन्तेभ्यस्परि

The birds, winged in mind, both two-footed and four-footed, set forth at dawn, following the seasons, beyond the boundaries of heaven.

अमी ये देवा स्थन मध्य आ रोचने दिवः कद्व ऋतं कदमृतं का प्रत्ना व आहुतिः

These gods who stand in the midst, in the shining region of heaven—what is the truth, what is the immortal, what ancient offering is theirs?

ऋचं साम यजामहे याभ्यां कर्माणि कृण्वते वि ते सदसि राजतो यज्ञं देवेषु वक्षतः

With the Ṛc and the Sāman we worship, by which they perform the rites; in your assembly, shining forth, you declare the sacrifice among the gods.

विश्वाः पृतना अभिभूतरं नरः सजूस्ततक्षुरिन्द्रं जजनुश्च राजसे क्रत्वे वरे स्थेमन्यामुरीमुतोग्रमोजिष्ठं तरसं तरस्विनम्

All the hosts of men, together with their companions, have fashioned Indra, the king, for strength, for the best resolve, for steadfastness, for wide might, for the most vigorous, for power, for the powerful.