Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
मनी॑षिणः॒ प्र भ॑रध्वं मनी॒षां यथा॑यथा म॒तयः॒ सन्ति॑ नृ॒णाम् इन्द्रं॑ स॒त्यैरेर॑यामा कृ॒तेभिः॒ स हि वी॒रो गि॑र्वण॒स्युर्विदा॑नः
"BRING forth your sacred song ye prudent singers, even as are the thoughts of human beings. Let us draw Indra with true deeds anear us: he loves our songs, the Hero, and is potent."
ऋ॒तस्य॒ हि सद॑सो धी॒तिरद्यौ॒त्सं गा॑र्ष्टे॒यो वृ॑ष॒भो गोभि॑रानट् उद॑तिष्ठत्तवि॒षेणा॒ रवे॑ण म॒हान्ति॑ चि॒त्सं वि॑व्याचा॒ रजां॑सि
"The hymn shone brightly from the seat of worship: to the kine came the Bull, the Heifer's Offipring With mighty bellowing hath he arisen, and hath pervaded even the spacious regions."
इन्द्रः॒ किल॒ श्रुत्या॑ अ॒स्य वे॑द॒ स हि जि॒ष्णुः प॑थि॒कृत्सूर्या॑य आन्मेनां॑ कृ॒ण्वन्नच्यु॑तो॒ भुव॒द्गोः पति॑र्दि॒वः स॑न॒जा अप्र॑तीतः
"Indra knows, verily, how to hear our singing, for he, victorious, made a path for Sûrya. He made the Cow, and be became the Sovran of Heaven, primeval, matchless, and unshaken."
इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना म॑ह॒तो अ॑र्ण॒वस्य॑ व्र॒तामि॑ना॒दङ्गि॑रोभिर्गृणा॒नः पु॒रूणि॑ चि॒न्नि त॑ताना॒ रजां॑सि दा॒धार॒ यो ध॒रुणं॑ स॒त्यता॑ता
"Praised by Angirases, Indra demolished with might the works of the great watery monster Full many regions, too, hath he pervaded, and by his truth supported earth's foundation."
इन्द्रो॑ दि॒वः प्र॑ति॒मानं॑ पृथि॒व्या विश्वा॑ वेद॒ सव॑ना॒ हन्ति॒ शुष्ण॑म् म॒हीं चि॒द्द्यामात॑नो॒त्सूर्ये॑ण चा॒स्कम्भ॑ चि॒त्कम्भ॑नेन॒ स्कभी॑यान्
"The counterpart of heaven and earth is Indra: he knoweth all libations, slayeth Ṣushṇa. The vast sky with the Sun hath he extended, and, best otpillars, stayed it with a pillar."
वज्रे॑ण॒ हि वृ॑त्र॒हा वृ॒त्रमस्त॒रदे॑वस्य॒ शूशु॑वानस्य मा॒याः वि धृ॑ष्णो॒ अत्र॑ धृष॒ता ज॑घ॒न्थाथा॑भवो मघवन्बा॒ह्वो॑जाः
"The Vr̥itra-slaver with his bolt felled Vr̥itra: the magic of the godless, waxen mighty, Here hast thou, Bold Assailant, boldly conquered. Yea, then thine arms, O Maghavan, were potent."
सच॑न्त॒ यदु॒षसः॒ सूर्ये॑ण चि॒त्राम॑स्य के॒तवो॒ राम॑विन्दन् आ यन्नक्ष॑त्रं॒ ददृ॑शे दि॒वो न पुन॑र्य॒तो नकि॑र॒द्धा नु वे॑द
"When the Dawns come attendant upon Sûrya their rays discover wealth of divers colours. The Star of heaven is seen as 'twere approaching: none knoweth aught of it as it departeth."
दू॒रं किल॑ प्रथ॒मा ज॑ग्मुरासा॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ याः प्र॑स॒वे स॒स्रुरापः॑ क्व॑ स्वि॒दग्रं॒ क्व॑ बु॒ध्न आ॑सा॒मापो॒ मध्यं॒ क्व॑ वो नू॒नमन्तः॑
"Far have they gone, the first of all these waters, the waters that flowed forth when Indra sent them. Where is their spring, and where is their foundation? Where now, ye Waters, is your inmost centre?"
सृ॒जः सिन्धूँ॒रहि॑ना जग्रसा॒नाँ आदिदे॒ताः प्र वि॑विज्रे ज॒वेन॑ मुमु॑क्षमाणा उ॒त या मु॑मु॒च्रेऽधेदे॒ता न र॑मन्ते॒ निति॑क्ताः
"Thou didst free rivers swallowed by the Dragon; and rapidly they set themselves in motion, Those that were loosed and those that longed for freedom. Excited now to speed they run unresting."
स॒ध्रीचीः॒ सिन्धु॑मुश॒तीरि॑वायन्त्स॒नाज्जा॒र आ॑रि॒तः पू॒र्भिदा॑साम् अस्त॒मा ते॒ पार्थि॑वा॒ वसू॑न्य॒स्मे ज॑ग्मुः सू॒नृता॑ इन्द्र पू॒र्वीः
"Yearning together they have sped to Sindhu: the Fort-destroyer, praised, of old, hath loved them. Indra, may thy terrestrial treasures reach us, and our full songs of joy approach thy dwelling."