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1. HE like a bull
with sharpened horns, terrific, singly excites and agitates all the people:
Thou givest him who largely
pours libations his goods who pours not, for his own possession.
2 Thou,
verily, Indra, gavest help to Kutsa, willingly giving car to him in battle,
When, aiding Arjuneya, thou
subduedst to him both Kuyava and the Dasa Susna.
3 O Bold One,
thou with all thine aids hast boldly holpen Sudas whose offerings were
accepted,
Puru in winning land and
slaying foemen, and Trasadasyu son of Purukutsa.
4 At the Gods'
banquet, hero-souled! with Heroes, Lord of Bay Steeds, thou slewest many
foemen.
Thou sentest in swift death to
sleep the Dasyu, both Cumuri and Dhuni, for Dabhiti.
5 These were
thy mighty powers that, Thunder-wielder, thou swiftly crushedst nine-and-ninety
castles:
Thou capturedst the hundredth
in thine onslaught; thou slewest Namuci, thou slewest Vrtra.
6 Old are the
blessings, Indra, which thou gavest Sudas the worshipper who brought oblations.
For thee, the Strong, I yoke
thy strong Bay Horses: may our prayers reach thee and win strength, Most
Mighty!
7 Give us not
up, Lord of Bay Horses, Victor, in this thine own assembly, to the wicked.
Deliver us with true and
faithful succours: dear may we be to thee among the princes.
8 May we men,
Maghavan, the friends thou lovest, near thee be joyful under thy protection.
Fain to fulfil the wish of
Atithigva humble. the pride of Turvasa and Yadva.
9 Swiftly, in
truth, O Maghavan, about thee men skilled in hymning sing their songs and
praises. '
Elect us also into their
assembly who by their calls on thee despoiled the niggards.
10 Thine are
these lauds, O manliest of heroes, lauds which revert to us and give us riches.
Favour these, Indra, when they
fight with faemen, as Friend and Hero and the heroes' Helper.
11 Now, lauded
for thine aid, Heroic Indra, sped by our prayer, wax mighty in thy body.
Apportion to us strength and
habitations. Ye Gods, protect us evermore with blessings.
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