Containing 48 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
म॒हाँ इन्द्रो॒ य ओज॑सा प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व स्तोमै॑र्व॒त्सस्य॑ वावृधे
"INDRA, great in his power and might, and like Parjanya rich in rain, Is magnified by Vatsa's lauds."
प्र॒जामृ॒तस्य॒ पिप्र॑तः॒ प्र यद्भर॑न्त॒ वह्न॑यः विप्रा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ वाह॑सा
"When the priests, strengthening the Son of Holy Law, present their gifts, Singers with Order's hymn of praiser."
कण्वा॒ इन्द्रं॒ यदक्र॑त॒ स्तोमै॑र्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम् जा॒मि ब्रु॑वत॒ आयु॑धम्
"Since Kaṇvas with their lauds have made Indra complete the sacrifice. Words are their own appropriate arms."
सम॑स्य म॒न्यवे॒ विशो॒ विश्वा॑ नमन्त कृ॒ष्टयः॑ स॒मु॒द्राये॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः
"Before his hot displeasure all the peoples, all the men, bow down, As rivers bow them to the sea."
ओज॒स्तद॑स्य तित्विष उ॒भे यत्स॒मव॑र्तयत् इन्द्र॒श्चर्मे॑व॒ रोद॑सी
"This power of his shone brightly forth when Indra brought together, like A skin, the worlds of heaven and earth."
वि चि॑द्वृ॒त्रस्य॒ दोध॑तो॒ वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा शिरो॑ बिभेद वृ॒ष्णिना॑
"The fiercely-moving Vr̥itra's head he severed with his thunderbolt, His mighty hundred-knotted bolt."
इ॒मा अ॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो वि॒पामग्रे॑षु धी॒तयः॑ अ॒ग्नेः शो॒चिर्न दि॒द्युतः॑
"Here are-we sing them loudly forth-our thoughts among-the best of songs. Even lightnings like the blaze of fire."
गुहा॑ स॒तीरुप॒ त्मना॒ प्र यच्छोच॑न्त धी॒तयः॑ कण्वा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या
"When bidden thoughts, spontaneously advancing, glow, and with the stream Of sacrifice the Kaṇvas shine."
प्र तमि॑न्द्र नशीमहि र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् प्र ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये
"Indra, may we obtain that wealth in horses and in herds of cows, And prayer that may be noticed first."
अ॒हमिद्धि पि॒तुष्परि॑ मे॒धामृ॒तस्य॑ ज॒ग्रभ॑ अ॒हं सूर्य॑ इवाजनि
"I from my Father have received deep knowledge of the Holy Law I was born like unto the Sun."
अ॒हं प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना॒ गिरः॑ शुम्भामि कण्व॒वत् येनेन्द्रः॒ शुष्म॒मिद्द॒धे
"After the lore of ancient time I make, like Kaṇva, beauteous songs, And Indra's selfgains strength thereby."
ये त्वामि॑न्द्र॒ न तु॑ष्टु॒वुर्ऋष॑यो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः ममेद्व॑र्धस्व॒ सुष्टु॑तः
"Whatever R̥ishis have not praised thee, Indra, or have lauded thee, By me exalted wax thou strong."
यद॑स्य म॒न्युरध्व॑नी॒द्वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो रु॒जन् अ॒पः स॑मु॒द्रमैर॑यत्
"When his wrath thundered, when he rent Vr̥itra to pieces, limb by limb, He sent the waters to the sea."
नि शुष्ण॑ इन्द्र धर्ण॒सिं वज्रं॑ जघन्थ॒ दस्य॑वि वृषा॒ ह्यु॑ग्र शृण्वि॒षे
"Against the Dasyu gusna thou, Indra, didst hurl thy during bolt: Thou, Dread one, hast a hero's fame."
न द्याव॒ इन्द्र॒मोज॑सा॒ नान्तरि॑क्षाणि व॒ज्रिण॑म् न वि॑व्यचन्त॒ भूम॑यः
"Neither the heavens nor firmaments nor regions of the earth contain Indra, the Thunderer with his might."
यस्त॑ इन्द्र म॒हीर॒पः स्त॑भू॒यमा॑न॒ आश॑यत् नि तं पद्या॑सु शिश्नथः
"O Indra him who lay at length staying thy copious waters thou, In his own footsteps, smotest down"
य इ॒मे रोद॑सी म॒ही स॑मी॒ची स॒मज॑ग्रभीत् तमो॑भिरिन्द्र॒ तं गु॑हः
"Thou hiddest deep in darkness itim, O Indra, who had set his grasp On spacious heaven and earth conjoined."
य इ॑न्द्र॒ यत॑यस्त्वा॒ भृग॑वो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः ममेदु॑ग्र श्रुधी॒ हव॑म्
"Indra, whatever Yatis and Bhr̥igus have offered praise to thee, Listen, thou Mighty, to my call."
इ॒मास्त॑ इन्द्र॒ पृश्न॑यो घृ॒तं दु॑हत आ॒शिर॑म् ए॒नामृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषीः॑
"Indra, these spotted cows yield thee their butter and the milky draught; Aiders, thereby, of sacrifice;"
या इ॑न्द्र प्र॒स्व॑स्त्वा॒सा गर्भ॒मच॑क्रिरन् परि॒ धर्मे॑व॒ सूर्य॑म्
"Which, teeming, have received thee as a life-germ, Indra, with their mouth, Like Sûrya who sustaineth all."
त्वामिच्छ॑वसस्पते॒ कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः त्वां सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः
"O Lord of Might, with hymns of praise the Kaṇvas have increased thy power, The drops poured forth have strengthened thee."
तवेदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रणी॑तिषू॒त प्रश॑स्तिरद्रिवः य॒ज्ञो वि॑तन्त॒साय्यः॑
"Under thy guidance, Indra, mid thy praises, Lord of Thunder, shall The sacrifice be soon performed."
आ न॑ इन्द्र म॒हीमिषं॒ पुरं॒ न द॑र्षि॒ गोम॑तीम् उ॒त प्र॒जां सु॒वीर्य॑म्
"Indra, disclose much food for us, like a stronghold with store of kine: Give progeny and heroic strength."
उ॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्यं॒ यदि॑न्द्र॒ नाहु॑षी॒ष्वा अग्रे॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॒दीद॑यत्
"And, Indra, grant us all that wealth of fleet steeds which shone bright of old Among the tribes of Nahushas."
अ॒भि व्र॒जं न त॑त्निषे॒ सूर॑ उपा॒कच॑क्षसम् यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः
"Hither thou seemest to attract heaven's fold which shines before our eyes, When, Indra, thou art kind to us."
यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषी॒यस॒ इन्द्र॑ प्र॒राज॑सि क्षि॒तीः म॒हाँ अ॑पा॒र ओज॑सा
"Yea, when thou puttest forth thy power, Indra, thou governest the folk. Mighty, unlimited in strength."
तं त्वा॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विश॒ उप॑ ब्रुवत ऊ॒तये॑ उ॒रु॒ज्रय॑स॒मिन्दु॑भिः
"The tribes who bring oblations call to thee, to thee to give them help, With drops to thee who spreadest far."
उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे गि॑री॒णां सं॑ग॒थे च॑ न॒दीना॑म् धि॒या विप्रो॑ अजायत
"There where the mountains downward slope, there by the meeting of the streams The Sage was manifest with song."
अतः॑ समु॒द्रमु॒द्वत॑श्चिकि॒त्वाँ अव॑ पश्यति यतो॑ विपा॒न एज॑ति
"Thence, marking, from his lofty place downward he looks upon the sea, And thence with rapid stir he moves."
आदित्प्र॒त्नस्य॒ रेत॑सो॒ ज्योति॑ष्पश्यन्ति वास॒रम् प॒रो यदि॒ध्यते॑ दि॒वा
"Then, verify, they see the light refulgent of primeval seed, Kindled on yonder side of heaven."