Containing 33 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
इन्द्रः॑ सु॒तेषु॒ सोमे॑षु॒ क्रतुं॑ पुनीत उ॒क्थ्य॑म् वि॒दे वृ॒धस्य॒ दक्ष॑सो म॒हान्हि षः
"INDRA, when Soma juices flow, makes his mind pure and meet for lauds. He gains the power that brings success, for great is he."
स प्र॑थ॒मे व्यो॑मनि दे॒वानां॒ सद॑ने वृ॒धः सु॒पा॒रः सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः॒ सम॑प्सु॒जित्
"In heaven's first region, in the seat of Gods, is he who brings success, Most glorious, prompt to save, who wins the water-floods."
तम॑ह्वे॒ वाज॑सातय॒ इन्द्रं॒ भरा॑य शु॒ष्मिण॑म् भवा॑ नः सु॒म्ने अन्त॑मः॒ सखा॑ वृ॒धे
"Him, to win strength, have I invoked, even Indra mighty for the fray. Be thou most near to us for bliss, a Friend to aid."
इ॒यं त॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणो रा॒तिः क्ष॑रति सुन्व॒तः म॒न्दा॒नो अ॒स्य ब॒र्हिषो॒ वि रा॑जसि
"Indra, Song -lover, here for thee the worshipper's libation flows. Rejoicing in this sacred grass thou shinest forth."
नू॒नं तदि॑न्द्र दद्धि नो॒ यत्त्वा॑ सु॒न्वन्त॒ ईम॑हे र॒यिं न॑श्चि॒त्रमा भ॑रा स्व॒र्विद॑म्
"Even now, O Indra, give us that which, pressing juice, we crave of thee. Bring us wealth manifold which finds the light of heaven."
स्तो॒ता यत्ते॒ विच॑र्षणिरतिप्रश॒र्धय॒द्गिरः॑ व॒या इ॒वानु॑ रोहते जु॒षन्त॒ यत्
"What time the zealous worshipper hath boldly sung his songs to thee, Like branches of a tree up-grows what they desire."
प्र॒त्न॒वज्ज॑नया॒ गिरः॑ शृणु॒धी ज॑रि॒तुर्हव॑म् मदे॑मदे ववक्षिथा सु॒कृत्व॑ने
"Generate songs even as of old, give car unto the singer's call. Thou for the pious hast grown great at each carouse."
क्रीळ॑न्त्यस्य सू॒नृता॒ आपो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः अ॒या धि॒या य उ॒च्यते॒ पति॑र्दि॒वः
"Sweet strains that glorify him play like waters speeding down a slope, Yea, him who in this song is called the Lord of Heaven;"
उ॒तो पति॒र्य उ॒च्यते॑ कृष्टी॒नामेक॒ इद्व॒शी न॒मो॒वृ॒धैर॑व॒स्युभिः॑ सु॒ते र॑ण
"Yea, who alone is called the Lord, the single Ruler of the folk, By worshippers seeking aid: may he joy in the draught."
स्तु॒हि श्रु॒तं वि॑प॒श्चितं॒ हरी॒ यस्य॑ प्रस॒क्षिणा॑ गन्ता॑रा दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हं न॑म॒स्विनः॑
"Praise him, the Glorious, skilled in song, Lord of the two victorious Bays: They seek the worshipper's abode who bows in prayer."
तू॒तु॒जा॒नो म॑हेम॒तेऽश्वे॑भिः प्रुषि॒तप्सु॑भिः आ या॑हि य॒ज्ञमा॒शुभिः॒ शमिद्धि ते॑
"Put forth thy strength: with dappled Steeds come, thou of mighty intellect, With swift Steeds to the sacrifice, for 'tis thy joy."
इन्द्र॑ शविष्ठ सत्पते र॒यिं गृ॒णत्सु॑ धारय श्रवः॑ सू॒रिभ्यो॑ अ॒मृतं॑ वसुत्व॒नम्
"Grant wealth to those who praise thee, Lord of Heroes, Mightiest Indra: give Our princes everlasting fame and opulence."
हवे॑ त्वा॒ सूर॒ उदि॑ते॒ हवे॑ म॒ध्यंदि॑ने दि॒वः जु॒षा॒ण इ॑न्द्र॒ सप्ति॑भिर्न॒ आ ग॑हि
"I call thee when the Sun is risen, I call thee at the noon of day: With thy car-horses, Indra, come wellpleased to us."
आ तू ग॑हि॒ प्र तु द्र॑व॒ मत्स्वा॑ सु॒तस्य॒ गोम॑तः तन्तुं॑ तनुष्व पू॒र्व्यं यथा॑ वि॒दे
"Speed forward hither, come to us, rejoice thee in the milky draught: Spin out the thread of ancient time, as well is known."
यच्छ॒क्रासि॑ परा॒वति॒ यद॑र्वा॒वति॑ वृत्रहन् यद्वा॑ समु॒द्रे अन्ध॑सोऽवि॒तेद॑सि
"If, Ṣakra, Vr̥itra-slayer, thou be far away or near to us. Or in the sea, thou art the guard of Soma juice."
इन्द्रं॑ वर्धन्तु नो॒ गिर॒ इन्द्रं॑ सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः इन्द्रे॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विशो॑ अराणिषुः
"Let songs we sing and Soma-drops expressed by us make Indra strong: The tribes who bring oblations find delight in him."
तमिद्विप्रा॑ अव॒स्यवः॑ प्र॒वत्व॑तीभिरू॒तिभिः॑ इन्द्रं॑ क्षो॒णीर॑वर्धयन्व॒या इ॑व
"Him sages longing for his aid, with offerings brought in eager haste, Him. even as branches, all mankind have made to grow."
त्रिक॑द्रुकेषु॒ चेत॑नं दे॒वासो॑ य॒ज्ञम॑त्नत तमिद्व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिरः॑ स॒दावृ॑धम्
"At the Trkadrukas the Gods span sacrifice that stirred the mind: May our songs strengthen him who still hath strengthened us."
स्तो॒ता यत्ते॒ अनु॑व्रत उ॒क्थान्यृ॑तु॒था द॒धे शुचिः॑ पाव॒क उ॑च्यते॒ सो अद्भु॑तः
"When, true to duty, at due times the worshipper offers lauds to thee, They call him Purifier, Pure, and Wonderful."
तदिद्रु॒द्रस्य॑ चेतति य॒ह्वं प्र॒त्नेषु॒ धाम॑सु मनो॒ यत्रा॒ वि तद्द॒धुर्विचे॑तसः
"That mind of Rudra, fresh and strong, moves conscious in the ancient ways, With reference whereto the wise have ordered this."
यदि॑ मे स॒ख्यमा॒वर॑ इ॒मस्य॑ पा॒ह्यन्ध॑सः येन॒ विश्वा॒ अति॒ द्विषो॒ अता॑रिम
"If thou elect to be my Friend drink of this sacrificial juice, By help whereof we may subdue all enemies."
क॒दा त॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणः स्तो॒ता भ॑वाति॒ शंत॑मः क॒दा नो॒ गव्ये॒ अश्व्ये॒ वसौ॑ दधः
"O Indra, Lover of the song, when shall thy praiser be most blest? When wilt thou grant us wealth in herds of kine and steeds?"
उ॒त ते॒ सुष्टु॑ता॒ हरी॒ वृष॑णा वहतो॒ रथ॑म् अ॒जु॒र्यस्य॑ म॒दिन्त॑मं॒ यमीम॑हे
"And thy two highIy-lauded Bays, strong stallions, draw thy car who art Untouched by age, most gladdening car for which we pray."
तमी॑महे पुरुष्टु॒तं य॒ह्वं प्र॒त्नाभि॑रू॒तिभिः॑ नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्रि॒ये स॑द॒दध॑ द्वि॒ता
"With ancient offerings we implore the Young and Strong whom many praise. He from of old hath sat upon dear sacred grass."
वर्ध॑स्वा॒ सु पु॑रुष्टुत॒ ऋषि॑ष्टुताभिरू॒तिभिः॑ धु॒क्षस्व॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॒मवा॑ च नः
"Wax miglity, thou whom many laud for aids which R̥ishis have extolled. Pour down for us abundant food and guard us well."
इन्द्र॒ त्वम॑वि॒तेद॑सी॒त्था स्तु॑व॒तो अ॑द्रिवः ऋ॒तादि॑यर्मि ते॒ धियं॑ मनो॒युज॑म्
"O Indra, Caster of the Stone, thou helpest him who praises thee: From sacrifice I send to thee a mindyoked hymn."
इ॒ह त्या स॑ध॒माद्या॑ युजा॒नः सोम॑पीतये हरी॑ इन्द्र प्र॒तद्व॑सू अ॒भि स्व॑र
"Here, yoking for the Soma-draught these Horses, sharers of thy feast, Thy Bay Steeds, Indra, fraught with wealth, consent to come."
अ॒भि स्व॑रन्तु॒ ये तव॑ रु॒द्रासः॑ सक्षत॒ श्रिय॑म् उ॒तो म॒रुत्व॑ती॒र्विशो॑ अ॒भि प्रयः॑
"Attendants on thy glory, let the Rudras roar assent to thee, And all the Marut companies come tothe feast."
इ॒मा अ॑स्य॒ प्रतू॑र्तयः प॒दं जु॑षन्त॒ यद्दि॒वि नाभा॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ सं द॑धु॒र्यथा॑ वि॒दे
"These his victorious followers bold in the heavens the place they love, Leagued in the heart of sacrifice, as well we know."
अ॒यं दी॒र्घाय॒ चक्ष॑से॒ प्राचि॑ प्रय॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे मिमी॑ते य॒ज्ञमा॑नु॒षग्वि॒चक्ष्य॑
"That we may long behold the light, what time the ordered rite proceeds, He duly measures, as he views, the sacrifice."