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इन्द्रमिद्गाथिनो बृहदिन्द्रमर्केभिरर्किणः। इन्द्रं वाणीरनूषत॥

indramidgāthino bṛhadindramarkebhirarkiṇaḥ | indraṁ vāṇīranūṣata ||

INDRA the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds, Indra the choirs have glorified.

इन्द्र इद्धर्योः सचा सम्मिश्ल आ वचोयुजा। इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः॥

indra iddharyoḥ sacā sammiśla ā vacoyujā | indro vajrī hiraṇyayaḥ ||

Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked car, Indra the golden, thunder-armed.

इन्द्रो दीर्घाय चक्षस आ सूर्यं रोहयद्दिवि। वि गोभिरद्रिमैरयत्॥

indro dīrghāya cakṣasa ā sūryaṁ rohayaddivi | vi gobhiradrimairayat ||

Indra hath raised the Sun on high in heaven, that he may see afar: He burst the mountain for the kine.

इन्द्र वाजेषु नोऽव सहस्रप्रधनेषु च। उग्र उग्राभिरूतिभिः॥

indra vājeṣu no'va sahasrapradhaneṣu ca | ugra ugrābhirūtibhiḥ ||

Help us, O Indra, in the frays, yea, frays, where thousand spoils are gained, With awful aids, O awful One.

इन्द्रं वयं महाधन इन्द्रमर्भे हवामहे। युजं वृत्रेषु वज्रिणम्॥

indraṁ vayaṁ mahādhana indramarbhe havāmahe | yujaṁ vṛtreṣu vajriṇam ||

In mighty battle we invoke Indra, Indra in lesser fight, The Friend who bends his bolt at fiends.

स नो वृषन्नमुं चरुं सत्रादावन्नपा वृधि। अस्मभ्यमप्रतिष्कुतः॥

sa no vṛṣannamuṁ caruṁ satrādāvannapā vṛdhi | asmabhyamapratiṣkutaḥ ||

Unclose, our manly Hero, thou for ever bounteous, yonder cloud, For us, thou irresistible.

तुञ्जेतुञ्जे य उत्तरे स्तोमा इन्द्रस्य वज्रिणः। न विन्धे अस्य सुष्टुतिम्॥

tuñjetuñje ya uttare stomā indrasya vajriṇaḥ | na vindhe asya suṣṭutim ||

Still higher, at each strain of mine, thunder-armed Indra's praises rise: I find no laud worthy of him.

वृषा यूथेव वंसगः कृष्टीरियर्त्योजसा। ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुतः॥

vṛṣā yūtheva vaṁsagaḥ kṛṣṭīriyartyojasā | īśāno apratiṣkutaḥ ||

Even as the bull drives on the herds, he drives the people with his might, The Ruler irresistible:

य एकश्चर्षणीनां वसूनामिरज्यति। इन्द्रः पञ्च क्षितीनाम्॥

ya ekaścarṣaṇīnāṁ vasūnāmirajyati | indraḥ pañca kṣitīnām ||

Indra who rules with single sway men, riches, and the fivefold race Of those who dwell upon the earth.

इन्द्रं वो विश्वतस्परि हवामहे जनेभ्यः। अस्माकमस्तु केवलः॥

indraṁ vo viśvataspari havāmahe janebhyaḥ | asmākamastu kevalaḥ ||

For your sake from each side we call Indra away from other men: Ours, and none others', may he be.