Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
इन्द्रं॒ विश्वा॑ अवीवृधन्त्समु॒द्रव्य॑चसं॒ गिरः॑ र॒थीत॑मं र॒थीनां॒ वाजा॑नां॒ सत्प॑तिं॒ पति॑म्
"ALL sacred songs have magnified Indra expansive as the sea, The best of warriors borne on cars, the Lord, the very Lord of strength."
स॒ख्ये त॑ इन्द्र वा॒जिनो॒ मा भे॑म शवसस्पते त्वाम॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो॒ जेता॑र॒मप॑राजितम्
"Strong in thy friendship, Indra, Lord of power and might, we have no fear. We glorify with praises thee, the never-conquered conqueror."
पू॒र्वीरिन्द्र॑स्य रा॒तयो॒ न वि द॑स्यन्त्यू॒तयः॑ यदी॒ वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ मंह॑ते म॒घम्
"The gifts of Indra from of' old, his saving succours, never fail, When to the praise-singers he gives the boon of substance rich in kine."
पु॒रां भि॒न्दुर्युवा॑ क॒विरमि॑तौजा अजायत इन्द्रो॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ कर्म॑णो ध॒र्ता व॒ज्री पु॑रुष्टु॒तः
"Crusher of forts, the young, the wise, of strength unmeasured, was he born Sustainer of each sacred rite, Indra, the Thunderer, much-extolled."
त्वं व॒लस्य॒ गोम॒तोऽपा॑वरद्रिवो॒ बिल॑म् त्वां दे॒वा अबि॑भ्युषस्तु॒ज्यमा॑नास आविषुः
"Lord of the thunder, thou didst burst the cave of Vala rich in cows. The Gods came pressing to thy side, and free from terror aided thee,"
तवा॒हं शू॑र रा॒तिभिः॒ प्रत्या॑यं॒ सिन्धु॑मा॒वद॑न् उपा॑तिष्ठन्त गिर्वणो वि॒दुष्टे॒ तस्य॑ का॒रवः॑
"I, Hero, through thy bounties am come to the flood addressing thee. Song-lover, here the singers stand and testify to thee thereof."
मा॒याभि॑रिन्द्र मा॒यिनं॒ त्वं शुष्ण॒मवा॑तिरः वि॒दुष्टे॒ तस्य॒ मेधि॑रा॒स्तेषां॒ श्रवां॒स्युत्ति॑र
"The wily Ṣushṇa, Indra! thou o'er-threwest with thy wondrous powers. The wise beheld this deed of thine: now go beyond their eulogies."
इन्द्र॒मीशा॑न॒मोज॑सा॒भि स्तोमा॑ अनूषत स॒हस्रं॒ यस्य॑ रा॒तय॑ उ॒त वा॒ सन्ति॒ भूय॑सीः
"Our songs of praise have glorified Indra who ruleth by his might, Whose precious gifts in thousands come, yea, even more abundantly."