Containing 12 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
स पू॒र्व्यो म॒हानां॑ वे॒नः क्रतु॑भिरानजे यस्य॒ द्वारा॒ मनु॑ष्पि॒ता दे॒वेषु॒ धिय॑ आन॒जे
"WITH powers of Mighty Ones hath he, Ancient, Beloved, been equipped, Through whom the Father Manu made prayers efficacious with the Gods."
दि॒वो मानं॒ नोत्स॑द॒न्त्सोम॑पृष्ठासो॒ अद्र॑यः उ॒क्था ब्रह्म॑ च॒ शंस्या॑
"Him, Maker of the sky, let stones wet with the Soma ne'er forsake, Nor hymns and prayer that must be said."
स वि॒द्वाँ अङ्गि॑रोभ्य॒ इन्द्रो॒ गा अ॑वृणो॒दप॑ स्तु॒षे तद॑स्य॒ पौंस्य॑म्
"Indra who knew full well disclosed the kine to the Angirases. This his great deed must be extolled."
स प्र॒त्नथा॑ कविवृ॒ध इन्द्रो॑ वा॒कस्य॑ व॒क्षणिः॑ शि॒वो अ॒र्कस्य॒ होम॑न्यस्म॒त्रा ग॒न्त्वव॑से
"Indra, promoter of the song, the sage's Strengthener as of old, Shall come to bless and succour us at presentation of this laud."
आदू॒ नु ते॒ अनु॒ क्रतुं॒ स्वाहा॒ वर॑स्य॒ यज्य॑वः श्वा॒त्रम॒र्का अ॑नूष॒तेन्द्र॑ गो॒त्रस्य॑ दा॒वने॑
"Now after their desire's intent the pious singers with the cry Of Hail! have sung loud hymns to thee, Indra, to gain a stall of kine."
इन्द्रे॒ विश्वा॑नि वी॒र्या॑ कृ॒तानि॒ कर्त्वा॑नि च यम॒र्का अ॑ध्व॒रं वि॒दुः
"With Indra rest all deeds of might, deeds done and yet to be performed, Whom singers know devoid of guile."
यत्पाञ्च॑जन्यया वि॒शेन्द्रे॒ घोषा॒ असृ॑क्षत अस्तृ॑णाद्ब॒र्हणा॑ वि॒पो॒३॒॑ऽर्यो मान॑स्य॒ स क्षयः॑
"When the Five Tribes with all their men to Indra have sent out their voice, And when the priest hath strewn much grass, this is the Friend's own dwellingpiace."
इ॒यमु॑ ते॒ अनु॑ष्टुतिश्चकृ॒षे तानि॒ पौंस्या॑ प्राव॑श्च॒क्रस्य॑ वर्त॒निम्
"This praise is verily thine own: thou hast performed these manly deeds, And sped the wheel upon its way."
अ॒स्य वृष्णो॒ व्योद॑न उ॒रु क्र॑मिष्ट जी॒वसे॑ यवं॒ न प॒श्व आ द॑दे
"At the o'erflowing of this Steer, boldly he strode for life, and took Soma as cattle take their corn."
तद्दधा॑ना अव॒स्यवो॑ यु॒ष्माभि॒र्दक्ष॑पितरः स्याम॑ म॒रुत्व॑तो वृ॒धे
"Receiving this and craving help, we, who with you are Daksha's sons, Would fain exalt the Maruts' Lord."
बळृ॒त्विया॑य॒ धाम्न॒ ऋक्व॑भिः शूर नोनुमः जेषा॑मेन्द्र॒ त्वया॑ यु॒जा
"Yea, Hero, with the singers we sing to the duly-coming Band Allied with thee may we prevail."
अ॒स्मे रु॒द्रा मे॒हना॒ पर्व॑तासो वृत्र॒हत्ये॒ भर॑हूतौ स॒जोषाः॑ यः शंस॑ते स्तुव॒ते धायि॑ प॒ज्र इन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठा अ॒स्माँ अ॑वन्तु दे॒वाः
"With us are raining Rudras, clouds accordant in call to battle at the death of Vritra, The strong assigned to him who sings and praises. May Gods with Indra at their head protect us."