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6,45 Indra

6.XLV Indra

yá ā́nayat parāvátaḥ súnītī turváśaṃ yádum |
índraḥ sá no yúvā sákhā ||

1 THAT Indra is our youthful Friend, who with his trusty guidance led Turvaśa, Yadu from afar.

avipré cid váyo dádhad anāśúnā cid árvatā |
índro jétā hitáṃ dhánam ||

2 Even to the dull and uninspired Indra, gives vital power, and wins Even with slow steed the offered prize.

mahī́r asya práṇītayaḥ pūrvī́r utá práśastayaḥ |
nā́sya kṣīyanta ūtáyaḥ ||

3 Great are his ways of guiding us, andṅanilbld are Ins eulogies: His kind protections never fail.

sákhāyo bráhmavāhase árcata prá ca gāyata |
sá hí naḥ prámatir mahī́ ||

4 Friends, sing your psalm and offer praise to him to whom the prayer is brought: For our great Providence is he.

tuvám ékasya vr̥trahann avitā́ duváyor asi |
utédŕ̥śe yáthā vayám ||

5 Thou, Slaughterer of Vṛtra, art Guardian and Friend of one and two, Yea, of a man like one of us.

náyasī́d u áti dvíṣaḥ kr̥ṇóṣi ukthaśaṃsínaḥ |
nŕ̥bhiḥ suvī́ra ucyase ||

6 Beyond men's hate thou leadest us, and givest cause to sing thy praise: Good hero art thou called by men.

brahmā́ṇam bráhmavāhasaṃ gīrbhíḥ sákhāyam r̥gmíyam |
gã́ṃ ná doháse huve ||

7 I call with hymns, as ’twere a cow to milk, the Friend who merits praise, The Brahman who accepts the prayer.

yásya víśvāni hástayor ūcúr vásūni ní dvitā́ |
vīrásya pr̥tanāṣáhaḥ ||

8 Him in whose hands they say are stored all treasures from the days of old, The Hero, conquering in the fight.

ví dr̥̄ḷhā́ni+ cid adrivo jánānãṃ śacīpate |
vr̥há māyā́ anānata ||

9 Lord of Strength, Caster of the Stone, destroy the firm forts built by men, And foil their arts, unbending God!

tám u tvā satya somapā índra vājānã́m pate |
áhūmahi śravasyávaḥ ||

10 Thee, thee as such, O Lord of Power, O Indra, Soma-drinker, true, We, fain for glory, have invoked.

tám u tvā yáḥ purā́sitha yó vā nūnáṃ hité dháne |
háviyaḥ sá śrudhī hávam ||

11 Such as thou wast of old, and art now to be called on when the prizelies ready, listen to our call.

dhībhír árvadbhir árvato vā́jām̐ indra śravā́yiyān |
tváyā jeṣma hitáṃ dhánam ||

12 With hymns and coursers we will gain, Indra, through thee, both steeds and spoil Most glorious, and the proffered prize.

ábhūr u vīra girvaṇo mahā́m̐ indra dháne hité |
bháre vitantasā́yiyaḥ ||

13 Thou, Indra, Lover of the Song, whom men must stir to help, hast been Great in the contest for the prize.

yā́ ta ūtír amitrahan makṣū́javastamā́sati |
táyā no hinuhī rátham ||

14 Slayer of foes, whatever aid of thine imparts the swiftest course, With that impel our car to speed.

sá ráthena rathī́tamo asmā́kenābhiyúgvanā |
jéṣi jiṣṇo hitáṃ dhánam ||

15 As skilfullest of those who drive the chariot, with our art and aim, O Conqueror, win the proffered prize.

yá éka ít tám u ṣṭuhi kr̥ṣṭīnã́ṃ vícarṣaṇiḥ |
pátir jajñé vŕ̥ṣakratuḥ ||

16 Praise him who, Matchless and Alone, was born the Lord of living men, Most active, with heroic soul.

yó gr̥ṇatā́m íd ā́sitha āpír ūtī́ śiváḥ sákhā |
sá tváṃ na indra mr̥̄ḷaya+ ||

17 Thou who hast been the singers' Friend, a Friend auspicious with thine aid, As such, O Indra, favour us.

dhiṣvá vájraṃ gábhastiyo rakṣohátyāya vajrivaḥ |
sāsahīṣṭhā́ abhí spŕ̥dhaḥ ||

18 Grasp in thine arms the thunderbolt, O Thunder-armed, to slay the fiends: Mayst thou subdue the foemen's host.

pratnáṃ rayīṇã́ṃ yújaṃ sákhāyaṃ kīricódanam |
bráhmavāhastamaṃ huve ||

19 I call the ancient Friend, allied with wealth, who speeds the lowly man, Him to whom chiefly prayer is brought.

sá hí víśvāni pā́rthivām̐ éko vásūni pátyate |
gírvaṇastamo ádhriguḥ ||

20 For he alone is Lord of all the treasures of the earth: he speeds Hither, chief Lover of the Song.

sá no niyúdbhir ā́ pr̥ṇa kā́maṃ vā́jebhir aśvíbhiḥ |
gómadbhir gopate dhr̥ṣát ||

21 So with thy yoked teams satisfy our wish with power and wealth in steeds And cattle, boldly, Lord of kine!

tád vo gāya suté sácā puruhūtā́ya sátvane |
śáṃ yád gáve ná śākíne ||

22 Sing this, what time the ' juice is pressed, to him your Hero, Much-invoked, To please him as a mighty Steer.

ná ghā vásur ní yamate dānáṃ vā́jasya gómataḥ |
yát sīm úpa śrávad gíraḥ ||

23 He, Excellent, withholdeth not his gift of power and wealth in kine, When he hath listened to our songs.

kuvítsasya prá hí vrajáṃ gómantaṃ dasyuhā́ gámat |
śácībhir ápa no varat ||

24 May he with might unclose for us the cow's stall, whosesoe’er it be, To which the Dasyu-slayer goes.

imā́ u tvā śatakrato abhí prá ṇonuvur gíraḥ |
índra vatsáṃ ná mātáraḥ ||

25 O Indra Śatakratu, these our songs have called aloud to thee, Like mother cows to meet their calves.

dūṇā́śaṃ sakhiyáṃ táva gaúr asi vīra gavyaté |
áśvo aśvāyaté bhava ||

26 Hard is thy love to win: thou art a Steer to him who longs for steers: Be to one craving steeds a Steed.

sá mandasvā hí ándhaso rā́dhase tanúvā mahé |
ná stotā́raṃ nidé karaḥ ||

27 Delight thee with the juice we pour for thine own great munificence: Yield not thy singer to reproach.

imā́ u tvā suté-sute nákṣante girvaṇo gíraḥ |
vatsáṃ gā́vo ná dhenávaḥ ||

28 These songs with every draught we pour come, Lover of the Song, to thee, As milch-kine hasten to their young

purūtámam purūṇā́ṃ stotr̥̄ṇā́ṃ vívāci |
vā́jebhir vājayatā́m ||

29 To thee most oft invoked, amid the many singers' rivalry Who beg with all their might for wealth.

asmā́kam indra bhūtu te stómo vā́hiṣṭho ántamaḥ |
asmā́n rāyé mahé hinu ||

30 Nearest and most attractive may our laud, O Indra come to thee. Urge thou us on to ample wealth.

ádhi br̥búḥ paṇīnã́ṃ várṣiṣṭhe mūrdhán asthãt |
urúḥ kákṣo ná gāṅgiyáḥ ||

31 Brbu hath set himself above the Paṇis, o’er their highest head, Like the wide bush on Gan! gā's bank.

yásya vāyór iva dravád bhadrā́ rātíḥ sahasríṇī |
sadyó dānā́ya máṃhate ||

32 He whose good bounty, thousandfold, swift as the rushing of the wind, Suddenly offers as a gift.

tát sú no víśve aryá ā́ sádā gr̥ṇanti kārávaḥ |
br̥búṃ sahasradā́tamaṃ sūríṃ sahasrasā́tamam ||

33 So all our singers ever praise the pious Brbu's noble deed, Chief, best to give his thousands, best to give a thousand liberal gifts.

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