tárobhir vo vidádvasum índraṃ sabā́dha ūtáye | br̥hád gā́yantaḥ sutásome adhvaré huvé bháraṃ ná kāríṇam ||
1 LOUD singing at the sacred rite where Soma flows we priests invoke With haste, that he may help, as the bard's Cherisher, Indra who findeth wealth for you.
ná yáṃ dudhrā́ várante ná sthirā́ múro máde suśiprám ándhasaḥ | yá ādŕ̥tyā śaśamānā́ya sunvaté dā́tā jaritrá ukthíyam ||
2. Whom with fair helm, in rapture of the juice, the firm resistless slayers hinder not: Giver of glorious wealth to him who sing a his praise, honouring him who toils and pours:
4 Who for the worshipper scatters forth ample wealth, even though buried, piled in heaps: May Indra, Lord of Bay Steeds, fair-helmed Thunderer, act at his pleasure, as he lists.
yád vāvántha puruṣṭuta purā́ cic chūra nr̥̄ṇã́m+ | vayáṃ tát ta indara+ sám bharāmasi yajñám uktháṃ turáṃ vácaḥ ||
5 Hero whom many praise, what thou hast longed for, oven of old, from men. All that we offer unto thee, O Indra, now, sacrifice, laud, effectual speech.
6 To Soma, Much-invoked, Bolt-armed! for thy carouse, Celestial, Soma-drinker come. Thou to the man who- prays and pours the juice hast been best giver of delightful wealth.
vayám enam idā́ hiyó ápīpemehá vajríṇam | tásmā u adyá samanā́ sutám bhara ā́ nūnám bhūṣata śruté ||
7 Here, verily, yesterday we let the Thunder-wielder drink his fill. So in like manner offer him the juice today. Now range you by the Glorious One.
vŕ̥kaś cid asya vāraṇá urāmáthir ā́ vayúneṣu bhūṣati | sémáṃ na stómaṃ jujuṣāṇá ā́ gahi índra prá citráyā dhiyā́ ||
8 Even the wolf, the savage beast that rends the sheep, follows the path of his decrees. So graciously accepting, Indra, this our praise, with wondrous thought come forth to us.
kád ū nú asya ákr̥tam índrasya asti paúṃsiyam | kéno nú kaṃ śrómatena ná śuśruve janúṣaḥ pári vr̥trahā́ ||
9 What manly deed of vigour now remains that Indra hath not done? Who hath not heard his glorious title and his fame, the Vṛtra-slayer from his birth?
kád ū mahī́r ádhr̥ṣṭā asya táviṣīḥ kád u vr̥traghnó ástr̥tam | índro víśvān bekanā́ṭām̐ ahardŕ̥śa utá krátvā paṇī́m̐r abhí ||
10 'How great his power resistless! how invincible the Vṛtra-slayer's matchless might! Indra excels all usurers who see the day, excels all traffickers in strength.
vayáṃ ghā te ápūrviya índra bráhmāṇi vr̥trahan | purūtámāsaḥ puruhūta vajrivo bhr̥tíṃ ná prá bharāmasi ||
11 O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, we, thy very constant worshippers, Bring prayers ne’er heard before to thee, O Much-invoked, O Thunder-armed, to be thy meed.
12 O thou of mighty acts, the aids that are in thee call forward many an eager hope. Past the drink-offerings, Vasu, even of the good, hear my call, Strongest God, and come.
13 Verily, Indra, we are thine, we worshippers depend on thee. For there is none but only thou to show us race, O Maghavan, thou much invoked.
tuváṃ no asyā́ ámater utá kṣudhó abhíśaster áva spr̥dhi | tuváṃ na ūtī́ táva citráyā dhiyā́ śíkṣā śaciṣṭha gātuvít ||
14 From this our misery and famine set us free, from this dire curse deliver us. Succour us with thine help and with thy wondrous thought. Most Mighty, finder of the way.
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