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श्रुधी हवमिन्द्र मा रिषण्यः स्याम ते दावने वसूनाम्। इमा हि त्वामूर्जो वर्धयन्ति वसूयवः सिन्धवो न क्षरन्तः॥

śrudhī havamindra mā riṣaṇyaḥ syāma te dāvane vasūnām | imā hi tvāmūrjo vardhayanti vasūyavaḥ sindhavo na kṣarantaḥ ||

HEAR thou my call, O Indra; be not heedless: thine may we be for thee to give us treasures; For these presented viands, seeking riches, increase thy strength like streams of water flowing.

सृजो महीरिन्द्र या अपिन्वः परिष्ठिता अहिना शूर पूर्वीः। अमर्त्यं चिद्दासं मन्यमानमवाभिनदुक्थैर्वावृधानः॥

sṛjo mahīrindra yā apinvaḥ pariṣṭhitā ahinā śūra pūrvīḥ | amartyaṁ ciddāsaṁ manyamānamavābhinadukthairvāvṛdhānaḥ ||

Floods great and many, compassed by the Dragon, thou badest swell and settest free, O Hero. Strengthened by songs of praise thou rentest piecemeal the Dasa, him who deemed himself immortal.

उक्थेष्विन्नु शूर येषु चाकन्स्तोमेष्विन्द्र रुद्रियेषु च। तुभ्येदेता यासु मन्दसानः प्र वायवे सिस्रते न शुभ्राः॥

uktheṣvinnu śūra yeṣu cākanstomeṣvindra rudriyeṣu ca | tubhyedetā yāsu mandasānaḥ pra vāyave sisrate na śubhrāḥ ||

For, Hero, in the lauds wherein thou joyedst, in hymns of praise, O Indra, songs of Rudras, These streams in which is thy delight approach thee, even as the brilliant ones draw near to Vayu.

शुभ्रं नु ते शुष्मं वर्धयन्तः शुभ्रं वज्रं बाह्वोर्दधानाः। शुभ्रस्त्वमिन्द्र वावृधानो अस्मे दासीर्विशः सूर्येण सह्याः॥

śubhraṁ nu te śuṣmaṁ vardhayantaḥ śubhraṁ vajraṁ bāhvordadhānāḥ | śubhrastvamindra vāvṛdhāno asme dāsīrviśaḥ sūryeṇa sahyāḥ ||

We who add strength to thine own splendid vigour, laying within thine arms the splendid thunder- With us mayst thou, O Indra, waxen splendid, with Surya overcome the Dasa races.

गुहा हितं गुह्यं गूळ्हमप्स्वपीवृतं मायिनं क्षियन्तम्। उतो अपो द्यां तस्तभ्वांसमहन्नहिं शूर वीर्येण॥

guhā hitaṁ guhyaṁ gūḻhamapsvapīvṛtaṁ māyinaṁ kṣiyantam | uto apo dyāṁ tastabhvāṁsamahannahiṁ śūra vīryeṇa ||

Hero, thou slewest in thy valour Ahi concealed in depths, mysterious, great enchanter, Dwelling enveloped deep within the waters, him who checked heaven and stayed the floods from flowing.

स्तवा नु त इन्द्र पूर्व्या महान्युत स्तवाम नूतना कृतानि। स्तवा वज्रं बाह्वोरुशन्तं स्तवा हरी सूर्यस्य केतू॥

stavā nu ta indra pūrvyā mahānyuta stavāma nūtanā kṛtāni | stavā vajraṁ bāhvoruśantaṁ stavā harī sūryasya ketū ||

Indra, we laud thy great deeds wrought aforetime, we laud thine exploits later of achievement; We laud the bolt that in thine arms lies eager; we laud thy two Bay Steeds, heralds of Surya.

हरी नु त इन्द्र वाजयन्ता घृतश्चुतं स्वारमस्वार्ष्टाम्। वि समना भूमिरप्रथिष्टारंस्त पर्वतश्चित्सरिष्यन्॥

harī nu ta indra vājayantā ghṛtaścutaṁ svāramasvārṣṭām | vi samanā bhūmiraprathiṣṭāraṁsta parvataścitsariṣyan ||

Indra, thy Bay Steeds showing forth their vigour have sent a loud cry out that droppeth fatness. The earth hath spread herself in all her fulness: the cloud that was about to move hath rested.

नि पर्वतः साद्यप्रयुच्छन्सं मातृभिर्वावशानो अक्रान्। दूरे पारे वाणीं वर्धयन्त इन्द्रेषितां धमनिं पप्रथन्नि॥

ni parvataḥ sādyaprayucchansaṁ mātṛbhirvāvaśāno akrān | dūre pāre vāṇīṁ vardhayanta indreṣitāṁ dhamaniṁ paprathanni ||

Down, never ceasing, hath the rain-cloud settled: bellowing, it hath wandered with the Mothers. Swelling the roar in the far distant limits, they have spread wide the blast sent forth by Indra.

इन्द्रो महां सिन्धुमाशयानं मायाविनं वृत्रमस्फुरन्निः। अरेजेतां रोदसी भियाने कनिक्रदतो वृष्णो अस्य वज्रात्॥

indro mahāṁ sindhumāśayānaṁ māyāvinaṁ vṛtramasphuranniḥ | arejetāṁ rodasī bhiyāne kanikradato vṛṣṇo asya vajrāt ||

Indra hath hurled down the magician Vrtra who lay beleaguering the mighty river. Then both the heaven and earth trembled in terror at the strong Hero's thunder when he bellowed.

अरोरवीद्वृष्णो अस्य वज्रोऽमानुषं यन्मानुषो निजूर्वात्। नि मायिनो दानवस्य माया अपादयत्पपिवान्सुतस्य॥

aroravīdvṛṣṇo asya vajro'mānuṣaṁ yanmānuṣo nijūrvāt | ni māyino dānavasya māyā apādayatpapivānsutasya ||

Loud roared the mighty Hero's bolt of thunder, when he, the Friend of man, burnt up the monster, And, having drunk his fill of flowing Soma, baffled the guileful Danava's devices.

पिबापिबेदिन्द्र शूर सोमं मन्दन्तु त्वा मन्दिनः सुतासः। पृणन्तस्ते कुक्षी वर्धयन्त्वित्था सुतः पौर इन्द्रमाव॥

pibāpibedindra śūra somaṁ mandantu tvā mandinaḥ sutāsaḥ | pṛṇantaste kukṣī vardhayantvitthā sutaḥ paura indramāva ||

Drink thou, O Hero Indra, drink the Soma; let the joy-giving juices make thee joyful. They, filling both thy flanks, shall swell thy vigour. The juice that satisfies hath helped Indra.

त्वे इन्द्राप्यभूम विप्रा धियं वनेम ऋतया सपन्तः। अवस्यवो धीमहि प्रशस्तिं सद्यस्ते रायो दावने स्याम॥

tve indrāpyabhūma viprā dhiyaṁ vanema ṛtayā sapantaḥ | avasyavo dhīmahi praśastiṁ sadyaste rāyo dāvane syāma ||

Singers have we become with thee, O Indra: may we serve duly and prepare devotion. Seeking thy help we meditate thy praises: may we at once enjoy thy gift of riches.

स्याम ते त इन्द्र ये त ऊती अवस्यव ऊर्जं वर्धयन्तः। शुष्मिन्तमं यं चाकनाम देवास्मे रयिं रासि वीरवन्तम्॥

syāma te ta indra ye ta ūtī avasyava ūrjaṁ vardhayantaḥ | śuṣmintamaṁ yaṁ cākanāma devāsme rayiṁ rāsi vīravantam ||

May we be thine, such by thy help, O Indra, as swell thy vigour while they seek thy favour. Give us, thou God, the riches that we long for, most powerful, with stare of noble children.

रासि क्षयं रासि मित्रमस्मे रासि शर्ध इन्द्र मारुतं नः। सजोषसो ये च मन्दसानाः प्र वायवः पान्त्यग्रणीतिम्॥

rāsi kṣayaṁ rāsi mitramasme rāsi śardha indra mārutaṁ naḥ | sajoṣaso ye ca mandasānāḥ pra vāyavaḥ pāntyagraṇītim ||

Give us a friend, give us an habitation; Indra, give us the company of Maruts, And those whose minds accord with theirs, the Vayus, who drink the first libation of the Soma.

व्यन्त्विन्नु येषु मन्दसानस्तृपत्सोमं पाहि द्रह्यदिन्द्र। अस्मान्सु पृत्स्वा तरुत्रावर्धयो द्यां बृहद्भिरर्कैः॥

vyantvinnu yeṣu mandasānastṛpatsomaṁ pāhi drahyadindra | asmānsu pṛtsvā tarutrāvardhayo dyāṁ bṛhadbhirarkaiḥ ||

Let those enjoy in whom thou art delighted. Indra, drink Soma for thy strength and gladness. Thou hast exalted us to heaven, Preserver, in battles, through the lofty hymns that praise thee.

बृहन्त इन्नु ये ते तरुत्रोक्थेभिर्वा सुम्नमाविवासान्। स्तृणानासो बर्हिः पस्त्यावत्त्वोता इदिन्द्र वाजमग्मन्॥

bṛhanta innu ye te tarutrokthebhirvā sumnamāvivāsān | stṛṇānāso barhiḥ pastyāvattvotā idindra vājamagman ||

Great, verily, are they, O thou Protector, who by their songs of praise have won the blessing. They who strew sacred grass to be thy dwelling, helped by thee have got them strength, O Indra.

उग्रेष्विन्नु शूर मन्दसानस्त्रिकद्रुकेषु पाहि सोममिन्द्र। प्रदोधुवच्छ्मश्रुषु प्रीणानो याहि हरिभ्यां सुतस्य पीतिम्॥

ugreṣvinnu śūra mandasānastrikadrukeṣu pāhi somamindra | pradodhuvacchmaśruṣu prīṇāno yāhi haribhyāṁ sutasya pītim ||

Upon the great Trikadruka days, Hero, rejoicing thee, O Indra, drink the Soma. Come with Bay Steeds to drink of libation, shaking the drops from out thy beard, contented.

धिष्वा शवः शूर येन वृत्रमवाभिनद्दानुमौर्णवाभम्। अपावृणोर्ज्योतिरार्याय नि सव्यतः सादि दस्युरिन्द्र॥

dhiṣvā śavaḥ śūra yena vṛtramavābhinaddānumaurṇavābham | apāvṛṇorjyotirāryāya ni savyataḥ sādi dasyurindra ||

Hero, assume the might wherewith thou clavest Vrtra piecemeal, the Danava Aurnavabha. Thou hast disclosed the light to light the Arya: on thy left hand, O Indra, sank the Dasyu.

सनेम ये त ऊतिभिस्तरन्तो विश्वाः स्पृध आर्येण दस्यून्। अस्मभ्यं तत्त्वाष्ट्रं विश्वरूपमरन्धयः साख्यस्य त्रिताय॥

sanema ye ta ūtibhistaranto viśvāḥ spṛdha āryeṇa dasyūn | asmabhyaṁ tattvāṣṭraṁ viśvarūpamarandhayaḥ sākhyasya tritāya ||

May we gain wealth, subduing with thy succour and with the Arya, all our foes, the Dasyus. Our gain was that to Trta of our party thou gavest up Tvastar's son Visvarupa.

अस्य सुवानस्य मन्दिनस्त्रितस्य न्यर्बुदं वावृधानो अस्तः। अवर्तयत्सूर्यो न चक्रं भिनद्वलमिन्द्रो अङ्गिरस्वान्॥

asya suvānasya mandinastritasya nyarbudaṁ vāvṛdhāno astaḥ | avartayatsūryo na cakraṁ bhinadvalamindro aṅgirasvān ||

He cast down Arbuda what time his vigour was strengthened by libations poured by Trta. Indra sent forth his whirling wheel like Surya, and aided by the Angirases rent Vala.

नूनं सा ते प्रति वरं जरित्रे दुहीयदिन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी। शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग्भगो नो बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः॥

nūnaṁ sā te prati varaṁ jaritre duhīyadindra dakṣiṇā maghonī | śikṣā stotṛbhyo māti dhagbhago no bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||

Now let that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, yield in return a boon to him who lauds thee. Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with brave men, in the assembly.