Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
शा॒स इ॒त्था म॒हाँ अ॑स्यमित्रखा॒दो अद्भु॑तः न यस्य॑ ह॒न्यते॒ सखा॒ न जीय॑ते॒ कदा॑ च॒न
"A MIGHTY Governor art thou, Wondrous, Destroyer of the foe, Whose friend is never done to death, and never, never overcome."
स्व॒स्ति॒दा वि॒शस्पति॑र्वृत्र॒हा वि॑मृ॒धो व॒शी वृषेन्द्रः॑ पु॒र ए॑तु नः सोम॒पा अ॑भयंक॒रः
"Lord of the clan, who brings us bliss, Strong, Warrior, Slayer of the fiend, May India, Soma-drinker, go before us, Bull who gives us peace."
वि रक्षो॒ वि मृधो॑ जहि॒ वि वृ॒त्रस्य॒ हनू॑ रुज वि म॒न्युमि॑न्द्र वृत्रहन्न॒मित्र॑स्याभि॒दास॑तः
"Drive Raksasas and foes away, break thou in pieces Vr̥itra'sjaws: O Vr̥itra-slaying Indra, quell the foeman's wrath who threatens us."
वि न॑ इन्द्र॒ मृधो॑ जहि नी॒चा य॑च्छ पृतन्य॒तः यो अ॒स्माँ अ॑भि॒दास॒त्यध॑रं गमया॒ तमः॑
"O Indra, beat our foes away, humble the men who challenge us: Send down to nether darkness him who seeks to do us injury."
अपे॑न्द्र द्विष॒तो मनोऽप॒ जिज्या॑सतो व॒धम् वि म॒न्योः शर्म॑ यच्छ॒ वरी॑यो यवया व॒धम्
"Baffle the foeman's plan, ward off his weapon who would conquer us. Give shelter from his furious wrath, and keep his murdering dart afar."