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8,17 Indra

8.XVII Indra

ā́ yāhi suṣumā́ hí ta índra sómam píbā imám |
édám barhíḥ sado máma ||

1 COME, we have pressed the juice for thee; O Indra, drink this Soma here Sit thou on this my sacred grass.

ā́ tvā brahmayújā hárī váhatām indra keśínā |
úpa bráhmāṇi naḥ śr̥ṇu ||

2 O Indra, let thy long-maned Bays, yoked by prayer, bring thee hitherward Give car and listen to our prayers.

brahmā́ṇas tvā vayáṃ yujā́ somapā́m indra somínaḥ |
sutā́vanto havāmahe ||

3 We Soma-bearing Brahmans call thee Soma-drinker with thy friend, We, Indra, bringing Soma juice.

ā́ no yāhi sutā́vato asmā́kaṃ suṣṭutī́r úpa |
píbā sú śiprin ándhasaḥ ||

4 Come unto us who bring the juice, come unto this our eulogy, Fair-visored! drink thou of the juice.

ā́ te siñcāmi kukṣiyór ánu gā́trā ví dhāvatu |
gr̥bhāyá jihváyā mádhu ||

5 I pour it down within thee, so through all thy members let it spread: Take with. thy tongue the pleasant drink.

svādúṣ ṭe astu saṃsúde mádhumān tanúve táva |
sómaḥ śám astu te hr̥dé ||

6 Sweet to thy body let it be, delicious be the savoury juice: Sweet be the Soma to thine heart.

ayám u tvā vicarṣaṇe jánīr ivābhí sáṃvr̥taḥ |
prá sóma indra sarpatu ||

7 Like women, let this Soma-draught, invested with its robe, approach, O active Indra, close to thee.

tuvigrī́vo vapódaraḥ subāhúr ándhaso máde |
índro vr̥trā́ṇi jighnate ||

8 Indra, transported with the juice, vast in his bulk, strong in his neck And stout arms, smites the Vṛtras down.

índra préhi purás tuváṃ víśvasyéśāna ójasā |
vr̥trā́ṇi vr̥trahañ jahi ||

9 O Indra, go thou forward, thou who rulest over all by might: Thou Vṛtra-slayer slay the fiends,

dīrghás te astu aṅkuśó yénā vásu prayáchasi |
yájamānāya sunvaté ||

10 Long be thy grasping-hook wherewith thou givest ample wealth to him Who sheds the juice and worships thee.

ayáṃ ta indra sómo nípūto ádhi barhíṣi |
éhīm asyá drávā píba ||

11 Here, Indra, is thy Soma-draught, made pure upon the sacred grass: Run hither, come and drink thereof.

śā́cigo śā́cipūjana ayáṃ ráṇāya te sutáḥ |
ā́khaṇḍala prá hūyase ||

12 Famed for thy radiance, worshipped well this juice is shed for thy delight Thou art invoked, Akhandala!

yás te śr̥ṅgavr̥ṣo napāt práṇapāt kuṇḍapā́yiyaḥ |
ní asmin dadhra ā́ mánaḥ ||

13 To Kundapayya, grandson's son, grandson of Srngavrs! to thee, To him have I addressed my thought.

vā́stoṣ pate dhruvā́ sthū́ṇā áṃsatraṃ somiyā́nãm |
drapsó bhettā́ purã́ṃ śáśvatīnãm índro múnīnãṃ sákhā ||

14 Strong pillar thou, Lord of the home armour of Soma-offerers: The drop of Soma breaketh all the strongholds down, and Indra is the Ṛṣis’ Friend.

pŕ̥dākusānur yajató gavéṣaṇa ékaḥ sánn abhí bhū́yasaḥ |
bhū́rṇim áśvaṃ nayat tujā́ puró gr̥bhā índraṃ sómasya pītáye ||

15 Holy Prdikusanu, winner of the spoil, one eminent o’er many men, Lead on the wild horse Indra with his vigorous grasp forward to drink the Soma juice.

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