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4,31 Indra

4.XXXI Indra

káyā naś citrá ā́ bhuvad ūtī́ sadā́vr̥dhaḥ sákhā |
káyā śáciṣṭhayā vr̥tā́ ||

1 WITH what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing Friend; With what most mighty company?

kás tvā satyó mádānãm máṃhiṣṭho matsad ándhasaḥ |
dr̥̄ḷhā́+ cid ārúje vásu ||

2 What genuine and most liberal draught will spirit thee with juice to burst Open e’en strongly-guarded wealth?

abhī́ ṣú ṇaḥ sákhīnãm avitā́ jaritr̥̄ṇã́m |
śatám bhavāsi ūtíbhiḥ ||

3 Do thou who art Protector of us thy friends who praise thee With hundred aids approach us.

abhī́ na ā́ vavr̥tsuva cakráṃ ná vr̥ttám árvataḥ |
niyúdbhiś carṣaṇīnã́m ||

4 Like as a courser's circling wheel, so turn thee hitherward to us, Attracted by the hymns of men.

pravátā hí krátūnãm ā́ hā padéva gáchasi |
ábhakṣi sū́riye sácā ||

5 Thou seekest as it were thine own stations with swift descent of powers: I share thee even with the Sun.

sáṃ yát ta indra manyávaḥ sáṃ cakrā́ṇi dadhanviré |
ádha tvé ádha sū́riye ||

6 What time thy courage and his wheels together, Indra, run their course With thee and with the Sun alike,

utá smā hí tvā́m āhúr ín maghávānaṃ śacīpate |
dā́tāram ávidīdhayum ||

7 So even, Lord of Power and Might, the people call thee Maghavan, Giver, who pauses not to think.

utá smā sadyá ít pári śaśamānā́ya sunvaté |
purū́ cin maṃhase vásu ||

8 And verily to him who toils and presses Soma juice for thee Thou quickly givest ample wealth.

nahí ṣmā te śatáṃ caná rā́dho váranta āmúraḥ |
ná cyautnā́ni kariṣyatáḥ ||

9 No, not a hundred hinderers can check thy gracious bounty's flow, Nor thy great deeds when thou wilt act.

asmā́m̐ avantu te śatám asmā́n sahásram ūtáyaḥ |
asmā́n víśvā abhíṣṭayaḥ ||

10 May thine assistance keep us safe, thy hundred and thy thousand aids: May all thy favours strengthen us.

asmā́m̐ ihā́ vr̥ṇīṣuva sakhiyā́ya suastáye |
mahó rāyé divítmate ||

11 Do thou elect us this place for friendship and prosperity, And great celestial opulence.

asmā́m̐ aviḍḍhi viśváhā índra rāyā́ párīṇasā |
asmā́n víśvābhir ūtíbhiḥ ||

12 Favour us, Indra, evermore with overflowing store of wealth: With all thy succours aid thou us.

asmábhyaṃ tā́m̐ ápā vr̥dhi vrajā́m̐ ásteva gómataḥ |
návābhir indra ūtíbhiḥ ||

13 With new protections, Indra, like an archer, open thou for us The stables that are filled with kine.

asmā́kaṃ dhr̥ṣṇuyā́ rátho dyumā́m̐ indrā́napacyutaḥ |
gavyúr aśvayúr īyate ||

14 Our chariot, Indra, boldly moves endued with splendour, ne’er repulsed, Winning for us both kine and steeds.

asmā́kam uttamáṃ kr̥dhi śrávo devéṣu sūriya |
várṣiṣṭhaṃ dyā́m ivopári ||

15 O Sūrya, make our fame to be most excellent among the Gods, Most lofty as the heaven on high.

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