Sukta 29

यच्चिद्धि सत्य सोमपा अनाशस्ता इव स्मसि। आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ॥

yacciddhi satya somapā anāśastā iva smasi | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣvaśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||

O SOMA DRINKER, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be, Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

शिप्रिन्वाजानां पते शचीवस्तव दंसना। आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ॥

śiprinvājānāṁ pate śacīvastava daṁsanā | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣvaśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||

O Lord of Strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine, the powerful: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

नि ष्वापया मिथूदृशा सस्तामबुध्यमाने। आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ॥

ni ṣvāpayā mithūdṛśā sastāmabudhyamāne | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣvaśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||

Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other look Do thou, O Indra, give us, help of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

ससन्तु त्या अरातयो बोधन्तु शूर रातयः। आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ॥

sasantu tyā arātayo bodhantu śūra rātayaḥ | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣvaśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||

Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler genius wake: Do thou, O Indra,. give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

समिन्द्र गर्दभं मृण नुवन्तं पापयामुया। आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ॥

samindra gardabhaṁ mṛṇa nuvantaṁ pāpayāmuyā | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣvaśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||

Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to thee: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

पताति कुण्डृणाच्या दूरं वातो वनादधि। आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ॥

patāti kuṇḍṛṇācyā dūraṁ vāto vanādadhi | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣvaśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||

Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course! Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

सर्वं परिक्रोशं जहि जम्भया कृकदाश्वम्। आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ॥

sarvaṁ parikrośaṁ jahi jambhayā kṛkadāśvam | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣvaśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||

Slay each reviler, and destroy him who in secret injures us: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine In thousands, O most wealthy One.