Containing 33 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
पान्त॒मा वो॒ अन्ध॑स॒ इन्द्र॑म॒भि प्र गा॑यत वि॒श्वा॒साहं॑ श॒तक्र॑तुं॒ मंहि॑ष्ठं चर्षणी॒नाम्
"INVITE ye Indra with a song to drink your draught of Soma juice, All-conquering Ṣatakratu, most munificent of all who live."
पु॒रु॒हू॒तं पु॑रुष्टु॒तं गा॑था॒न्यं१॒॑ सन॑श्रुतम् इन्द्र॒ इति॑ ब्रवीतन
"Lauded by many, much-invoked, leader of song, renowned of old: His name is Indra, tell it forth."
इन्द्र॒ इन्नो॑ म॒हानां॑ दा॒ता वाजा॑नां नृ॒तुः म॒हाँ अ॑भि॒ज्ञ्वा य॑मत्
"Indra the Dancer be to us the giver of abundant strength: May he, the mighty, bring it near."
अपा॑दु शि॒प्र्यन्ध॑सः सु॒दक्ष॑स्य प्रहो॒षिणः॑ इन्दो॒रिन्द्रो॒ यवा॑शिरः
"Indra whose jaws are strong hath drunk of worshipping Sudaksha's draught, The Soma juice with barley mixt."
तम्व॒भि प्रार्च॒तेन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ तदिद्ध्य॑स्य॒ वर्ध॑नम्
"Call Indra loudly with your songs of praise to drink the Soma juice. For this is what augments his stiength."
अ॒स्य पी॒त्वा मदा॑नां दे॒वो दे॒वस्यौज॑सा विश्वा॒भि भुव॑ना भुवत्
"When he hath drank its gladdening drops, the God with vigour of a God Hath far surpassed all things that are."
त्यमु॑ वः सत्रा॒साहं॒ विश्वा॑सु गी॒र्ष्वाय॑तम् आ च्या॑वयस्यू॒तये॑
"Thou speedest down to succour us this ever-conquering God of yours, Him who is drawn to all our songs"
यु॒ध्मं सन्त॑मन॒र्वाणं॑ सोम॒पामन॑पच्युतम् नर॑मवा॒र्यक्र॑तुम्
"The Warrior not to be restrained, the Soma-drinker ne'er o'erthrown, The Chieftain of resistless might."
शिक्षा॑ ण इन्द्र रा॒य आ पु॒रु वि॒द्वाँ ऋ॑चीषम अवा॑ नः॒ पार्ये॒ धने॑
"O Indra, send us riches, thou Omniscient, worthy of our praise: Help us in the decisive fray."
अत॑श्चिदिन्द्र ण॒ उपा या॑हि श॒तवा॑जया इ॒षा स॒हस्र॑वाजया
"Even thence, O Indra, come to us with food that gives a hundred powers, With food that gives a thousand powers."
अया॑म॒ धीव॑तो॒ धियोऽर्व॑द्भिः शक्र गोदरे जये॑म पृ॒त्सु व॑ज्रिवः
"We sought the wisdom of the wise. Ṣakra, Kine-giver, Thunder-armed! May we with steeds o’ercome in fight."
व॒यमु॑ त्वा शतक्रतो॒ गावो॒ न यव॑से॒ष्वा उ॒क्थेषु॑ रणयामसि
"We make thee, Ṣatakratu, find enjoyment in the songs we sing, Like cattle in the pasture lands."
विश्वा॒ हि म॑र्त्यत्व॒नानु॑का॒मा श॑तक्रतो अग॑न्म वज्रिन्ना॒शसः॑
"For, Ṣatakratu, Thunder-armed, all that we craved, as men are wont, All that we hoped, have we attained."
त्वे सु पु॑त्र शव॒सोऽवृ॑त्र॒न्काम॑कातयः न त्वामि॒न्द्राति॑ रिच्यते
"Those, Son of Strength, are come to thee who cherish wishes in their hearts: O Indra, none excelleth thee."
स नो॑ वृष॒न्त्सनि॑ष्ठया॒ सं घो॒रया॑ द्रवि॒त्न्वा धि॒यावि॑ड्ढि॒ पुरं॑ध्या
"So, Hero, guard us with thy care, with thy most liberal providence, Speedy, and terrible to foes."
यस्ते॑ नू॒नं श॑तक्रत॒विन्द्र॑ द्यु॒म्नित॑मो॒ मदः॑ तेन॑ नू॒नं मदे॑ मदेः
"O Ṣatakratu Indra, now rejoice with that carouse of thine Which is most splendid of them all;"
यस्ते॑ चि॒त्रश्र॑वस्तमो॒ य इ॑न्द्र वृत्र॒हन्त॑मः य ओ॑जो॒दात॑मो॒ मदः॑
"Even, Indra, that carouse which slays the Vritras best, most widely famed, Best giver of thy power and might."
वि॒द्मा हि यस्ते॑ अद्रिव॒स्त्वाद॑त्तः सत्य सोमपाः विश्वा॑सु दस्म कृ॒ष्टिषु॑
"For that which is thy gift we know, true Soma-drinker, Thunder-armed, Mighty One, amid all the folk."
इन्द्रा॑य॒ मद्व॑ने सु॒तं परि॑ ष्टोभन्तु नो॒ गिरः॑ अ॒र्कम॑र्चन्तु का॒रवः॑
"For Indra, Lover of Carouse, loud be our songs about the juice: Let poets sing the song of praise."
यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रियो॒ रण॑न्ति स॒प्त सं॒सदः॑ इन्द्रं॑ सु॒ते ह॑वामहे
"We summon Indra to the draught, in whom all glories rest, in whom The seven communities rejoice."
त्रिक॑द्रुकेषु॒ चेत॑नं दे॒वासो॑ य॒ज्ञम॑त्नत तमिद्व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिरः॑
"At the Trikadrukas the Gods span sacrifice that stirs the mind: Let our songs aid and prosper it."
आ त्वा॑ विश॒न्त्विन्द॑वः समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः न त्वामि॒न्द्राति॑ रिच्यते
"Let the drops pass within thee as the rivers flow into the sea: O Indra, naught excelleth thee."
वि॒व्यक्थ॑ महि॒ना वृ॑षन्भ॒क्षं सोम॑स्य जागृवे य इ॑न्द्र ज॒ठरे॑षु ते
"Thou, wakeful Hero, by thy might hast taken food of Soma juice, Which, Indra, is within thee now."
अरं॑ त इन्द्र कु॒क्षये॒ सोमो॑ भवतु वृत्रहन् अरं॒ धाम॑भ्य॒ इन्द॑वः
"O Indra, Vritra-slayer, let Soma be ready for thy maw, The drops be ready for thy forms."
अर॒मश्वा॑य गायति श्रु॒तक॑क्षो॒ अरं॒ गवे॑ अर॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ धाम्ने॑
"Now Ṣrutakaksha sings his song that cattle and the steed may come, That Indra’s very self may come."
अरं॒ हि ष्म॑ सु॒तेषु॑ णः॒ सोमे॑ष्विन्द्र॒ भूष॑सि अरं॑ ते शक्र दा॒वने॑
"Here, Indra, thou art ready by our Soma juices shed for thee, Ṣakra, at hand that thou mayst give."
प॒रा॒कात्ता॑च्चिदद्रिव॒स्त्वां न॑क्षन्त नो॒ गिरः॑ अरं॑ गमाम ते व॒यम्
"Even from far away our songs reach thee, O Caster of the Stone: May we come very close to thee."
ए॒वा ह्यसि॑ वीर॒युरे॒वा शूर॑ उ॒त स्थि॒रः ए॒वा ते॒ राध्यं॒ मनः॑
"For so thou art the hero’s Friend, a Hero, too, art thou, and strong: So may thine heart be won to us."
ए॒वा रा॒तिस्तु॑वीमघ॒ विश्वे॑भिर्धायि धा॒तृभिः॑ अधा॑ चिदिन्द्र मे॒ सचा॑
"So hath the offering, wealthiest Lord, been paid by all the worshippers: So dwell thou, Indra, even with me."
मो षु ब्र॒ह्मेव॑ तन्द्र॒युर्भुवो॑ वाजानां पते मत्स्वा॑ सु॒तस्य॒ गोम॑तः
"He not thou like a slothful priest, O Lord of spoil and wealth: rejoice In the pressed Soma blent with milk."