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THUS in the Soma, in wild joy the Brahman hath exalted thee:
Thou,
mightiest It thunder-armed, hast driven by force he Dragon from the earth,
lauding thine own imperial sway.
2 The mighty flowing Soma-draught, brought
by the Hawk, hath gladdened thee,
That in thy strength, O Thunderer, thou hast struck down
Vrtra from the floods, lauding thine own imperial sway.
3 Go forward, meet the foe, be bold; thy
bolt of thunder is not checked.
Manliness, Indra, is thy might: stay Vrtra, make the waters
thine, lauding thine own imperial sway.
4 Thou smotest Vrtra from the earth,
smotest him, Indra, from the sky.
Let these life-fostering waters flow attended by the Marut
host, lauding thine own imperial sway.
5 The wrathful Indra with his bolt of
thunder rushing on the foe,
Smote fierce on trembling Vrtra's back, and loosed the
waters free to run, lauding his own imperial sway.
6 With hundred-jointed thunderbolt Indra
hath struck him on the back,
And, while rejoicing in the juice, seeketh prosperity for
friends, lauding his own imperial sway.
7 Indra, unconquered might is thine,
Thunderer, Caster of the Stone;
For thou with thy surpassing power smotest to death the
guileful beast, lauding thine own imperial sway.
8 Far over ninety spacious floods thy
thunderbolts were cast abroad:
Great, Indra, is thy hero might, and strength is seated in
thine arms, lauding thine own imperial sway.
9 Laud him a thousand all at once, shout
twenty forth the hymn of praise.
Hundreds have sung aloud to him, to Indra hath the prayer
been raised, lauding his own imperial sway.
10 Indra hath smitten down the power of
Vrtra,-might with stronger might.
This was his manly exploit, he slew Vrtra and let loose the
floods, lauding his own imperial sway.
11 Yea, even this great Pair of Worlds
trembled in terror at thy wrath,
When, Indra, Thunderer, Marut-girt, thou slewest Vrtra in
thy strength, lauding thine own imperial sway.
12 But Vrtra scared not Indra with his
shaking or his thunder roar.
On him that iron thunderbolt fell fiercely with its thousand
points, lauding his own imperial sway.
13 Whenwith the thunder thou didst make thy
dart and Vrtra meet in war,
Thy might, O Indra, fain to slay the Dragon, was set firm in
heaven, lauding thine own imperial sway.
14 When at thy shout, O Thunder-armed, each
thing both fixed and moving shook,
E'en Tvastar trembled at thy wrath and quaked with fear
because of thee, lauding thine own imperial sway.
15 There is not, in our knowledge, one who
passeth Indra in his strength:
In him the Deities have stored manliness, insight, power and
might, lauding his own imperial sway.
16 Still as of old, whatever rite Atharvan,
Manus sire of all,
Dadhyach performed, their prayer and praise united in that
Indra meet, lauding his own imperial sway.
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