Containing 42 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
आ घा॒ ये अ॒ग्निमि॑न्ध॒ते स्तृ॒णन्ति॑ ब॒र्हिरा॑नु॒षक् येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑
"HITHERWARD! they who light flame and straightway trim the sacred grass. Whose Friend is Indra ever young."
बृ॒हन्निदि॒ध्म ए॑षां॒ भूरि॑ श॒स्तं पृ॒थुः स्वरुः॑ येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑
"High is their fuel, great their laud, wide is their splinter from the stake, Whose Friend is Indra ever young."
अयु॑द्ध॒ इद्यु॒धा वृतं॒ शूर॒ आज॑ति॒ सत्व॑भिः येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑
"Unequelled in fight the hero leads his army with the warrior chiefs. Whose Friend is Indra ever young."
आ बु॒न्दं वृ॑त्र॒हा द॑दे जा॒तः पृ॑च्छ॒द्वि मा॒तर॑म् क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे
"The new-born Vr̥itra-slayer asked his Mother, as he seized his shaft, Who are the fierce? Who are renowned?"
प्रति॑ त्वा शव॒सी व॑दद्गि॒रावप्सो॒ न यो॑धिषत् यस्ते॑ शत्रु॒त्वमा॑च॒के
"Ṣavasî answered, He who seeks thine enmity will battle like A stately elephant on a hill."
उ॒त त्वं म॑घवञ्छृणु॒ यस्ते॒ वष्टि॑ व॒वक्षि॒ तत् यद्वी॒ळया॑सि वी॒ळु तत्
"And hear, O Maghavan; to him who craves of thee thou grantest all Whate'er thou makest firm is firm."
यदा॒जिं यात्या॑जि॒कृदिन्द्रः॑ स्वश्व॒युरुप॑ र॒थीत॑मो र॒थीना॑म्
"What time the Warrior Indra goes to battle, borne by noble steeds, Best of all charioteers is he."
वि षु विश्वा॑ अभि॒युजो॒ वज्रि॒न्विष्व॒ग्यथा॑ वृह भवा॑ नः सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः
"Repel, O Thunder-armed, in all directions all attacks on us: And be our own most glorious God."
अ॒स्माकं॒ सु रथं॑ पु॒र इन्द्रः॑ कृणोतु सा॒तये॑ न यं धूर्व॑न्ति धू॒र्तयः॑
"May Indra set our car in front, in foremost Place to win the spoil, He whom the wicked injure not."
वृ॒ज्याम॑ ते॒ परि॒ द्विषोऽरं॑ ते शक्र दा॒वने॑ ग॒मेमेदि॑न्द्र॒ गोम॑तः
"Thine enmity may we escape, and, gakra, for thy bounty, rich In kine, may we come near to thee"
शनै॑श्चि॒द्यन्तो॑ अद्रि॒वोऽश्वा॑वन्तः शत॒ग्विनः॑ वि॒वक्ष॑णा अने॒हसः॑
"Softly approaching, Thunder-armed wealthy by hundreds, rich in steeds, Unrivalled, readywith our gifts."
ऊ॒र्ध्वा हि ते॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे स॒हस्रा॑ सू॒नृता॑ श॒ता ज॒रि॒तृभ्यो॑ वि॒मंह॑ते
"For thine exalted excellence gives to thy worshippers each day Hundreds and thousands of thy boons."
वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ धनंज॒यमिन्द्र॑ दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑दारु॒जम् आ॒दा॒रिणं॒ यथा॒ गय॑म्
"Indra, we know thee breaker-down even of trong forts, winner of spoil, A:one who conquers wealth for us."
क॒कु॒हं चि॑त्त्वा कवे॒ मन्द॑न्तु धृष्ण॒विन्द॑वः आ त्वा॑ प॒णिं यदीम॑हे
"Though thou art highest, Sage and Bold let the drops cheer thee when we come To thee as to a trafficker."
यस्ते॑ रे॒वाँ अदा॑शुरिः प्रम॒मर्ष॑ म॒घत्त॑ये तस्य॑ नो॒ वेद॒ आ भ॑र
"Bring unto us the treasure of the opulent man who, loth to give, Hath slighted thee for gain of wealth."
इ॒म उ॑ त्वा॒ वि च॑क्षते॒ सखा॑य इन्द्र सो॒मिनः॑ पु॒ष्टाव॑न्तो॒ यथा॑ प॒शुम्
"Indra, these friends of ours, supplied with Soma, wait and look to thee, As men with fodder to the herd."
उ॒त त्वाब॑धिरं व॒यं श्रुत्क॑र्णं॒ सन्त॑मू॒तये॑ दू॒रादि॒ह ह॑वामहे
"And thee who art not deaf, whose cars are quick to listen, for our aid, We call to us from far away."
यच्छु॑श्रू॒या इ॒मं हवं॑ दु॒र्मर्षं॑ चक्रिया उ॒त भवे॑रा॒पिर्नो॒ अन्त॑मः
"When thou hast listened, make our call one which thou never wilt forget, And be our very nearest Friend."
यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ अपि॒ व्यथि॑र्जग॒न्वांसो॒ अम॑न्महि गो॒दा इदि॑न्द्र बोधि नः
"When even now, when we have been in trouble, we have thought of thee, O Indra, give us gifts of kine."
आ त्वा॑ र॒म्भं न जिव्र॑यो रर॒भ्मा श॑वसस्पते उ॒श्मसि॑ त्वा स॒धस्थ॒ आ
"O Lord of Strength, we rest on thee, as old men rest upon a staff: We long to have. thee dwell with us."
स्तो॒त्रमिन्द्रा॑य गायत पुरुनृ॒म्णाय॒ सत्व॑ने नकि॒र्यं वृ॑ण्व॒ते यु॒धि
"To Indra sing a song of praise, Hero of mighty valour, him Whom no one challenges to war."
अ॒भि त्वा॑ वृषभा सु॒ते सु॒तं सृ॑जामि पी॒तये॑ तृ॒म्पा व्य॑श्नुही॒ मद॑म्
"Hero, the Soma being shed, I pour the juice for thee to drink: Sate thee and finish thy carouse."
मा त्वा॑ मू॒रा अ॑वि॒ष्यवो॒ मोप॒हस्वा॑न॒ आ द॑भन् माकीं॑ ब्रह्म॒द्विषो॑ वनः
"Let not the fools, or those who mock beguile thee when they seek thine aid Love not the enemies of prayer."
इ॒ह त्वा॒ गोप॑रीणसा म॒हे म॑न्दन्तु॒ राध॑से सरो॑ गौ॒रो यथा॑ पिब
"Here let them with rich milky draught cheer thee to great munificence: Drink as the wild-bull drinks the lake."
या वृ॑त्र॒हा प॑रा॒वति॒ सना॒ नवा॑ च चुच्यु॒वे ता सं॒सत्सु॒ प्र वो॑चत
"Proclaim in our assemblies what deeds, new and ancient, far away, The Vr̥itra-slayer hath achieved."
अपि॑बत्क॒द्रुवः॑ सु॒तमिन्द्रः॑ स॒हस्र॑बाह्वे अत्रा॑देदिष्ट॒ पौंस्य॑म्
"In battle of a thousand arms Indra drank Kadrû's Soma juice: There he displayed his manly might."
स॒त्यं तत्तु॒र्वशे॒ यदौ॒ विदा॑नो अह्नवा॒य्यम् व्या॑नट् तु॒र्वणे॒ शमि॑
"True undeniabIc strength he found in Yadu and in Turvaṣa, And conquered through the sacrifice."
त॒रणिं॑ वो॒ जना॑नां त्र॒दं वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः स॒मा॒नमु॒ प्र शं॑सिषम्
"Him have I magnified, our Lord in, common, Guardian of your folk, Discloser of great wealth in kine;"
ऋ॒भु॒क्षणं॒ न वर्त॑व उ॒क्थेषु॑ तुग्र्या॒वृध॑म् इन्द्रं॒ सोमे॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते
"R̥ibhukshan, not to be restrained, who strengthened Tugra's son in lauds, Indra beside the flowingjuice;"
यः कृ॒न्तदिद्वि यो॒न्यं त्रि॒शोका॑य गि॒रिं पृ॒थुम् गोभ्यो॑ गा॒तुं निरे॑तवे
"Who for Triṣoka clave the hill that formed a wide receptacle, So that the cows might issue forth."