Sukta 45

आ मन्द्रैरिन्द्र हरिभिर्याहि मयूररोमभिः। मा त्वा के चिन्नि यमन्विं न पाशिनोऽति धन्वेव ताँ इहि॥

ā mandrairindra haribhiryāhi mayūraromabhiḥ | mā tvā ke cinni yamanviṁ na pāśino'ti dhanveva tā ihi ||

COME hither, Indra, with Bay Steeds, joyous, with tails like peacocks' plumes. Let no men cheek thy course as fowlers stay the bird: pass o'er them as o'er desert lands.

वृत्रखादो वलंरुजः पुरां दर्मो अपामजः। स्थाता रथस्य हर्योरभिस्वर इन्द्रो दृळ्हा चिदारुजः॥

vṛtrakhādo valaṁrujaḥ purāṁ darmo apāmajaḥ | sthātā rathasya haryorabhisvara indro dṛḻhā cidārujaḥ ||

He who slew Vrtra, burst the cloud, brake the strongholds and drave the floods, Indra who mounts his chariot at his Bay Steeds' cry, shatters e'en things that stand most firm.

गम्भीराँ उदधीँरिव क्रतुं पुष्यसि गा इव। प्र सुगोपा यवसं धेनवो यथा ह्रदं कुल्या इवाशत॥

gambhīrā udadhīriva kratuṁ puṣyasi gā iva | pra sugopā yavasaṁ dhenavo yathā hradaṁ kulyā ivāśata ||

Like pools of water deep and full, like kine thou cherishest thy might; Like the milch-cows that go well-guarded to the mead, like water-brooks that reach the lake.

आ नस्तुजं रयिं भरांशं न प्रतिजानते। वृक्षं पक्वं फलमङ्कीव धूनुहीन्द्र सम्पारणं वसु॥

ā nastujaṁ rayiṁ bharāṁśaṁ na pratijānate | vṛkṣaṁ pakvaṁ phalamaṅkīva dhūnuhīndra sampāraṇaṁ vasu ||

Bring thou us wealth with power to strike, our share, 'gainst him who calls it his. Shake, Indra, as with hooks, the tree for ripened fruit, for wealth to satisfy our wish.

स्वयुरिन्द्र स्वराळसि स्मद्दिष्टिः स्वयशस्तरः। स वावृधान ओजसा पुरुष्टुत भवा नः सुश्रवस्तमः॥

svayurindra svarāḻasi smaddiṣṭiḥ svayaśastaraḥ | sa vāvṛdhāna ojasā puruṣṭuta bhavā naḥ suśravastamaḥ ||

Indra, self-ruling Lord art thou, good Leader, of most glorious fame. So, waxen in thy strength, O thou whom many praise, be thou most swift to hear our call.