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1 WHAT deed
hath Indra done in the wild transport, in quaffing or in friendship with, the
Soma?
What joys have men of ancient
times or recent obtained within the chamber of libation?
2 In its wild
joy Indra hath proved him faithful, faithful in quaffing, faithful in its
friendship.
His truth is the delight that
in this chamber the men of old and recent times have tasted.
3 All thy vast
power, O Maghavan, we know not, know not the riches of thy full abundance.
No one hath seen that might of
thine, productive of bounty every day renewed, O Indra.
4 This one
great power of thine our eyes have witnessed, wherewith thou slewest
Varasikha's children,
When by the force of thy
descending thunder, at the mere solund, their boldest was demolished.
5 In aid of
Abhyavartin Cayamana, Indra destroyed the seed of Varasikha.
At Hariyupiya he smote the
vanguard of the Vrcivans, and the rear fled frighted.
6 Three
thousand, mailed, in quest of fame, together, on the Yavyavati, O much-sought
Indra,
Vrcivan's sons, falling before
the arrow, like bursting vessels went to their destruction.
7 He, whose
two red Steers, seeking goodly pasture, plying their tongues move on 'twixt
earth and heaven,
Gave Turvasa to Srnjaya, and,
to aid him, gave the Vrcivans up to Daivavata.
8 Two
wagon-teams, with damsels, twenty oxen, O Agni, Abhydvartin Cayamdna,
The liberal Sovran, giveth me.
This guerdon of Prthu's seed is hard to win from others.
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