Containing 12 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
गाय॑न्ति त्वा गाय॒त्रिणोऽर्च॑न्त्य॒र्कम॒र्किणः॑ ब्र॒ह्माण॑स्त्वा शतक्रत॒ उद्वं॒शमि॑व येमिरे
"THE chanters hymn thee, they who say the word of praise magnify thee. The priests have raised thee up on high, O Ṣatakratu, like a pole."
यत्सानोः॒ सानु॒मारु॑ह॒द्भूर्यस्प॑ष्ट॒ कर्त्व॑म् तदिन्द्रो॒ अर्थं॑ चेतति यू॒थेन॑ वृ॒ष्णिरे॑जति
"As up he clomb from ridge to ridge and looked upon the toilsome task, Indra observes this wish of his, and the Rain hastens with his troop."
यु॒क्ष्वा हि के॒शिना॒ हरी॒ वृष॑णा कक्ष्य॒प्रा अथा॑ न इन्द्र सोमपा गि॒रामुप॑श्रुतिं चर
"Harness thy pair of strong bay steeds, long-maned, whose bodies fill the girths, And, Indra, Soma-drinker, come to listen to our songs of praise."
एहि॒ स्तोमाँ॑ अ॒भि स्व॑रा॒भि गृ॑णी॒ह्या रु॑व ब्रह्म॑ च नो वसो॒ सचेन्द्र॑ य॒ज्ञं च॑ वर्धय
"Come hither, answer thou the song, sing in approval, cry aloud. Good Indra, make our prayer succeed, and prosper this our sacrifice."
उ॒क्थमिन्द्रा॑य॒ शंस्यं॒ वर्ध॑नं पुरुनि॒ष्षिधे॑ श॒क्रो यथा॑ सु॒तेषु॑ णो रा॒रण॑त्स॒ख्येषु॑ च
"To Indra must a laud be said, to strengthen him who freely gives, That Ṣakra may take pleasure in our friendship and drink-offerings."
तमित्स॑खि॒त्व ई॑महे॒ तं रा॒ये तं सु॒वीर्ये॑ स श॒क्र उ॒त नः॑ शक॒दिन्द्रो॒ वसु॒ दय॑मानः
"Him, him we seek for friendship, him for riches and heroic might. For Indra, he is Ṣakra, he shall aid us while he gives us wealth."
सु॒वि॒वृतं॑ सुनि॒रज॒मिन्द्र॒ त्वादा॑त॒मिद्यशः॑ गवा॒मप॑ व्र॒जं वृ॑धि कृणु॒ष्व राधो॑ अद्रिवः
"Easy to turn and drive away, Indra, is spoil bestowed by thee. Unclose the stable of the kine, and give us wealth O Thunder-armed"
न॒हि त्वा॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे ऋ॑घा॒यमा॑ण॒मिन्व॑तः जेषः॒ स्व॑र्वतीर॒पः सं गा अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ धूनुहि
"The heaven and earth contain thee not, together, in thy wrathful mood. Win us the waters of the sky, and send us kine abundantly."
आश्रु॑त्कर्ण श्रु॒धी हवं॒ नू चि॑द्दधिष्व मे॒ गिरः॑ इन्द्र॒ स्तोम॑मि॒मं मम॑ कृ॒ष्वा यु॒जश्चि॒दन्त॑रम्
"Hear, thou whose ear is quick, my call; take to thee readily my songs O Indra, let this laud of mine come nearer even than thy friend."
वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॒ वृष॑न्तमं॒ वाजे॑षु हवन॒श्रुत॑म् वृष॑न्तमस्य हूमह ऊ॒तिं स॑हस्र॒सात॑माम्
"We know thee mightiest of all, in battles hearer of our cry. Of thee most mighty we invoke the aid that giveth thousandfold."
आ तू न॑ इन्द्र कौशिक मन्दसा॒नः सु॒तं पि॑ब नव्य॒मायुः॒ प्र सू ति॑र कृ॒धी स॑हस्र॒सामृषि॑म्
"O Indra, Son of Kuṣika, drink our libation with delight. Prolong our life anew, and cause the seer to win a thousand gifts."
परि॑ त्वा गिर्वणो॒ गिर॑ इ॒मा भ॑वन्तु वि॒श्वतः॑ वृ॒द्धायु॒मनु॒ वृद्ध॑यो॒ जुष्टा॑ भवन्तु॒ जुष्ट॑यः
"Lover of song, may these our songs on every side encompass thee: Strengthening thee of lengthened life, may they be dear delights to thee."