Containing 31 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
स्वा॒दुष्किला॒यं मधु॑माँ उ॒तायं ती॒व्रः किला॒यं रस॑वाँ उ॒तायम् उ॒तो न्व१॒॑स्य प॑पि॒वांस॒मिन्द्रं॒ न कश्च॒न स॑हत आह॒वेषु॑
"YEA, this is good to taste and full of. sweetness, verily it is strong and rich in flavour. No one may conquer Indra in the battle when he hath drunken of the draught we offer."
अ॒यं स्वा॒दुरि॒ह मदि॑ष्ठ आस॒ यस्येन्द्रो॑ वृत्र॒हत्ये॑ म॒माद॑ पु॒रूणि॒ यश्च्यौ॒त्ना शम्ब॑रस्य॒ वि न॑व॒तिं नव॑ च दे॒ह्यो॒३॒॑ हन्
"This sweet juice here had mightiest power to gladden: it boldened Indra when he siaughtered Vr̥itra, When he defeated Ṣambara's many onslaughts, and battered down his nineand ninety ramparts."
अ॒यं मे॑ पी॒त उदि॑यर्ति॒ वाच॑म॒यं म॑नी॒षामु॑श॒तीम॑जीगः अ॒यं षळु॒र्वीर॑मिमीत॒ धीरो॒ न याभ्यो॒ भुव॑नं॒ कच्च॒नारे
"This stirreth up my voice when I have drunk it: this hath aroused from sleep my yearning spirit. This Sage hath measured out the six expanses from which no single creature is excluded."
अ॒यं स यो व॑रि॒माणं॑ पृथि॒व्या व॒र्ष्माणं॑ दि॒वो अकृ॑णोद॒यं सः अ॒यं पी॒यूषं॑ ति॒सृषु॑ प्र॒वत्सु॒ सोमो॑ दाधारो॒र्व१॒॑न्तरि॑क्षम्
"This, even this, is he who hath created the breadth of earth, the lofty height of heaven. He formed the nectar in three headlong rivers. Soma supports the wide mid-air above us."
अ॒यं वि॑दच्चित्र॒दृशी॑क॒मर्णः॑ शु॒क्रस॑द्मनामु॒षसा॒मनी॑के अ॒यं म॒हान्म॑ह॒ता स्कम्भ॑ने॒नोद्द्याम॑स्तभ्नाद्वृष॒भो म॒रुत्वा॑न्
"He found the wavy sea of brilliant colours in forefront of the Dawns who dwell in brightness. This Mighty One, the Steer begirt by Maruts, hath propped the heavens up with a mighty pillar."
धृ॒षत्पि॑ब क॒लशे॒ सोम॑मिन्द्र वृत्र॒हा शू॑र सम॒रे वसू॑नाम् माध्यं॑दिने॒ सव॑न॒ आ वृ॑षस्व रयि॒स्थानो॑ र॒यिम॒स्मासु॑ धेहि
"Drink Soma boldly from the beaker, Indra, in war for treasures, Hero, Vr̥itra-slayer! Fill thyself full at the mid-day libation, and give us wealth, thou Treasury of riches."
इन्द्र॒ प्र णः॑ पुरए॒तेव॑ पश्य॒ प्र नो॑ नय प्रत॒रं वस्यो॒ अच्छ॑ भवा॑ सुपा॒रो अ॑तिपार॒यो नो॒ भवा॒ सुनी॑तिरु॒त वा॒मनी॑तिः
"Look out for us, O Indra, as our Leader, and guide us on to gain yet goodlier treasure. Excellent Guardian, bear us well through peril, and lead us on to wealth with careful guidance."
उ॒रुं नो॑ लो॒कमनु॑ नेषि वि॒द्वान्त्स्व॑र्व॒ज्ज्योति॒रभ॑यं स्व॒स्ति ऋ॒ष्वा त॑ इन्द्र॒ स्थवि॑रस्य बा॒हू उप॑ स्थेयाम शर॒णा बृ॒हन्ता॑
"Lead us to ample room, O thou who knowest, to happiness, security, and sunlight. High, Indra, are the arms of thee the Mighty: may we betake. us to their lofty shelter."
वरि॑ष्ठे न इन्द्र व॒न्धुरे॑ धा॒ वहि॑ष्ठयोः शताव॒न्नश्व॑यो॒रा इष॒मा व॑क्षी॒षां वर्षि॑ष्ठां॒ मा न॑स्तारीन्मघव॒न्रायो॑ अ॒र्यः
"Set us on widest chariot-seat, O Indra, with two steeds best to draw, O Lord of Hundreds! Bring us the best among all sorts of viands: let not the foe's wealth, Maghavan, subdue us."
इन्द्र॑ मृ॒ळ मह्यं॑ जी॒वातु॑मिच्छ चो॒दय॒ धिय॒मय॑सो॒ न धारा॑म् यत्किं चा॒हं त्वा॒युरि॒दं वदा॑मि॒ तज्जु॑षस्व कृ॒धि मा॑ दे॒वव॑न्तम्
"Be gracious, Indra, let my days be lengthened: sharpen my thought as 'twere a blade of iron Approve whatever words I speak, dependent on thee, and grant me thy divine protection."
त्रा॒तार॒मिन्द्र॑मवि॒तार॒मिन्द्रं॒ हवे॑हवे सु॒हवं॒ शूर॒मिन्द्र॑म् ह्वया॑मि श॒क्रं पु॑रुहू॒तमिन्द्रं॑ स्व॒स्ति नो॑ म॒घवा॑ धा॒त्विन्द्रः॑
"Indra the Rescuer, Indra the Helper, Hero who listens at each invocation, Ṣakra I call, Indra invoked of many. May Indra Maghavan prosper and bless us."
इन्द्रः॑ सु॒त्रामा॒ स्ववाँ॒ अवो॑भिः सुमृळी॒को भ॑वतु वि॒श्ववे॑दाः बाध॑तां॒ द्वेषो॒ अभ॑यं कृणोतु सु॒वीर्य॑स्य॒ पत॑यः स्याम
"May helpful Indra as our good Protector, Lord of all treasures, favour us with succour, Baffle our foes, and give us rest and safety, and may we be the lords of hero vigour."
तस्य॑ व॒यं सु॑म॒तौ य॒ज्ञिय॒स्यापि॑ भ॒द्रे सौ॑मन॒से स्या॑म स सु॒त्रामा॒ स्ववाँ॒ इन्द्रो॑ अ॒स्मे आ॒राच्चि॒द्द्वेषः॑ सनु॒तर्यु॑योतु
"May we enjoy the grace of him the Holy, yea, may we dwell in his auspicious favour. May helpful Indra as our good Preserver drive from us, even from afar, our foemen."
अव॒ त्वे इ॑न्द्र प्र॒वतो॒ नोर्मिर्गिरो॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि नि॒युतो॑ धवन्ते उ॒रू न राधः॒ सव॑ना पु॒रूण्य॒पो गा व॑ज्रिन्युवसे॒ समिन्दू॑न्
"Like rivers rushing down a slope, O Indra, to thee haste songs and prayers and linked verses. Thou gatherest, Thunderer! like widespread bounty, kine, water, drops, and manifold libations."
क ईं॑ स्तव॒त्कः पृ॑णा॒त्को य॑जाते॒ यदु॒ग्रमिन्म॒घवा॑ वि॒श्वहावे॑त् पादा॑विव प्र॒हर॑न्न॒न्यम॑न्यं कृ॒णोति॒ पूर्व॒मप॑रं॒ शची॑भिः
"Who lauds him, satisfies him, pays him worship? E'en the rich noble still hath found him mighty. With power, as when one moves his feet alternate, he makes the last precede, the foremost follow."
शृ॒ण्वे वी॒र उ॒ग्रमु॑ग्रं दमा॒यन्न॒न्यम॑न्यमतिनेनी॒यमा॑नः ए॒ध॒मा॒न॒द्विळु॒भय॑स्य॒ राजा॑ चोष्कू॒यते॒ विश॒ इन्द्रो॑ मनु॒ष्या॑न्
"Famed is the Hero as each strong man's tamer, ever advancing one and then another. King of both worlds, hating the high and haughty, Indra protects the men who are his people."
परा॒ पूर्वे॑षां स॒ख्या वृ॑णक्ति वि॒तर्तु॑राणो॒ अप॑रेभिरेति अना॑नुभूतीरवधून्वा॒नः पू॒र्वीरिन्द्रः॑ श॒रद॑स्तर्तरीति
"He loves no more the men he loved aforetime: he turns and moves away allied with others. Rejecting those who disregard his worship, Indra victorious lives through many autumns."
रू॒पंरू॑पं॒ प्रति॑रूपो बभूव॒ तद॑स्य रू॒पं प्र॑ति॒चक्ष॑णाय इन्द्रो॑ मा॒याभिः॑ पुरु॒रूप॑ ईयते यु॒क्ता ह्य॑स्य॒ हर॑यः श॒ता दश॑
"In every figure he hath been the mode: this is his only form for us to look on. Indra moves multiform by his illusions; for his Bay Steeds are yoked, ten times a hundred."
यु॒जा॒नो ह॒रिता॒ रथे॒ भूरि॒ त्वष्टे॒ह रा॑जति को वि॒श्वाहा॑ द्विष॒तः पक्ष॑ आसत उ॒तासी॑नेषु सू॒रिषु॑
"Here Tvashṭar, yoking to the car the Bay Steeds, hath extended sway. Who will for ever stand upon the foeman's side, even when our princes sit at ease?"
अ॒ग॒व्यू॒ति क्षेत्र॒माग॑न्म देवा उ॒र्वी स॒ती भूमि॑रंहूर॒णाभू॑त् बृह॑स्पते॒ प्र चि॑कित्सा॒ गवि॑ष्टावि॒त्था स॒ते ज॑रि॒त्र इ॑न्द्र॒ पन्था॑म्
"Gods, we have reached a country void of pasture the land, though spacious, was too small to hold us. Br̥ihaspati, provide in war for cattle; find a path, Indra, for this faithful singer."
दि॒वेदि॑वे स॒दृशी॑र॒न्यमर्धं॑ कृ॒ष्णा अ॑सेध॒दप॒ सद्म॑नो॒ जाः अह॑न्दा॒सा वृ॑ष॒भो व॑स्न॒यन्तो॒दव्र॑जे व॒र्चिनं॒ शम्ब॑रं च
"Day after day far from their seat he drove them, alike, from place to place, those darksome creatures. The Hero slew the meanly-huckstering Dâsas, Varcin and Ṣambara, where the waters gather."
प्र॒स्तो॒क इन्नु राध॑सस्त इन्द्र॒ दश॒ कोश॑यी॒र्दश॑ वा॒जिनो॑ऽदात् दिवो॑दासादतिथि॒ग्वस्य॒ राधः॑ शाम्ब॒रं वसु॒ प्रत्य॑ग्रभीष्म
"Out of thy bounty, Indra, hath Prastoka bestowed ten coffers and ten mettled horses. We have received in turn from Divodâsa Ṣambara's wealth, the gift of Âtithigva."
दशाश्वा॒न्दश॒ कोशा॒न्दश॒ वस्त्राधि॑भोजना दशो॑ हिरण्यपि॒ण्डान्दिवो॑दासादसानिषम्
"Ten horses and ten treasure-chests, ten garments as an added gift, These and ten lumps of gold have I received from Divodâsa's hand."
दश॒ रथा॒न्प्रष्टि॑मतः श॒तं गा अथ॑र्वभ्यः अ॒श्व॒थः पा॒यवे॑ऽदात्
"Ten cars with extra steed to each, for the Atharvans hundred cows, Hath Aṣvatha to Pâyu given."
महि॒ राधो॑ वि॒श्वज॑न्यं॒ दधा॑नान्भ॒रद्वा॑जान्त्सार्ञ्ज॒यो अ॒भ्य॑यष्ट
"Thus Sr̥injaya's son honoured the Bharadvâjas, recipients of all noble gifts and bounty."
वन॑स्पते वी॒ड्व॑ङ्गो॒ हि भू॒या अ॒स्मत्स॑खा प्र॒तर॑णः सु॒वीरः॑ गोभिः॒ संन॑द्धो असि वी॒ळय॑स्वास्था॒ता ते॑ जयतु॒ जेत्वा॑नि
"Lord of the wood, be firm and strong in body: be, bearing us, a brave victorious hero Show forth thy strength, compact with straps of leather, and let thy rider win all spoils of battle."
दि॒वस्पृ॑थि॒व्याः पर्योज॒ उद्भृ॑तं॒ वन॒स्पति॑भ्यः॒ पर्याभृ॑तं॒ सहः॑ अ॒पामो॒ज्मानं॒ परि॒ गोभि॒रावृ॑त॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रं॑ ह॒विषा॒ रथं॑ यज
"Its mighty strength was borrowed from the heaven and earth: its conquering force was brought from sovrans of the wood. Honour with holy gifts the Car like Indra's bolt, the Car bound round with straps, the vigour of the floods."
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॑ म॒रुता॒मनी॑कं मि॒त्रस्य॒ गर्भो॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ नाभिः॑ सेमां नो॑ ह॒व्यदा॑तिं जुषा॒णो देव॑ रथ॒ प्रति॑ ह॒व्या गृ॑भाय
"Thou Bolt of Indra, Vanguard of the Maruts, close knit to Varuṇa and Child of Mitra,– As such, accepting gifts which here we offer, receive, O Godlike Chariot, these oblations."
उप॑ श्वासय पृथि॒वीमु॒त द्यां पु॑रु॒त्रा ते॑ मनुतां॒ विष्ठि॑तं॒ जग॑त् स दु॑न्दुभे स॒जूरिन्द्रे॑ण दे॒वैर्दू॒राद्दवी॑यो॒ अप॑ सेध॒ शत्रू॑न्
"Send forth thy voice aloud through earth and heaven, and let the world in all its breadth regard thee; O Drum, accordant with the Gods and Indra, drive thou afar, yea, very far, our foemen."
आ क्र॑न्दय॒ बल॒मोजो॑ न॒ आ धा॒ निः ष्ट॑निहि दुरि॒ता बाध॑मानः अप॑ प्रोथ दुन्दुभे दु॒च्छुना॑ इ॒त इन्द्र॑स्य मु॒ष्टिर॑सि वी॒ळय॑स्व
"Thunder out strength and fill us full of vigour: yea, thunder forth and drive away all dangers. Drive hence, O War-drum, drive away misfortune: thou art the Fist of Indra: show thy firmness."