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1. GLORIFY naught besides, O friends; so
shall no sorrow trouble you.
Praise only mighty Indra when the juice is shed, and say
your lauds repeatedly:
2 Even him, eternal, like a bull who rushes
down, men's Conqueror, bounteous like a cow;
Him who is cause of both, of enmity and peace, to both sides
most munificent.
3 Although these men in sundry ways invoke
thee to obtain thine aid,
Be this our prayer, addressed, O Indra, unto thee, thine exaltation
every day.
4 Those skilled in song, O Maghavan among
these men o'ercome with might the foeman's songs.
Come hither, bring us strength in many a varied form most
near that it may succour us.
5 O Caster of the Stone, I would not sell
thee for a mighty price,
Not for a thousand, Thunderer! nor ten thousand, nor a
hundred, Lord of countless wealth!
6 O Indra, thou art more to me than sire or
niggard brother is.
Thou and my mother, O Good Lord, appear alike, to give me
wealth abundantly.
7 Where art thou? Whither art thou gone?
For many a place attracts thy mind.
Haste, Warrior, Fort-destroyer, Lord of battle's din, haste,
holy songs have sounded forth.
8 Sing out the psalm to him who breaks down
castles for his faithful friend,
Verses to bring the Thunderer to destroy the forts and sit
on Kanva's sacred grass.
9 The Horses which are thine in tens, in
hundreds, yea, in thousands thine,
Even those vigorous Steeds, fleet-footed in the course, with
those come quickly near to us.
10 This day I call Sabardugiha who animates
the holy song,
Indra the richly-yielding Milch-cow who provides unfailing
food in ample stream.
11 When Sura wounded Etasa, with Vata's
rolling winged car.
Indra bore Kutsa Arjuneya off, and mocked Gandharva. the
unconquered One.
12 He without ligature, before making
incision in the neck,
Closed up the wound again, most wealthy Maghavan, who maketh
whole the injured part.
13 May we be never cast aside, and
strangers, as it were, to thee.
We, Thunder-wielding Indra, count ourselves as trees
rejected and unfit to bum.
14 O Vrtra-slayer, we were thought slow and
unready for the fray.
Yet once in thy great bounty may we have delight, O Hero,
after praising thee.
15 If he will listen to my laud, then may
out Soma-drops that flow
Rapidly through the strainer gladden Indra, drops due to the
Tugryas' Strengthener.
16 Come now unto the common laud of thee
and of thy faithful friend.
So may our wealthy nobles' praise give joy to thee. Fain
would I sing thine eulogy.
17 Press out the Soma with the stones, and
in the waters wash it clean.
The men investing it with raiment made of milk shall milk it
forth from out the stems.
18 Whether thou come from earth or from the
lustre of the lofty heaven,
Wax stronger in thy body through my song of praise: fill
full all creatures, O most Wise.
19 For India press the Soma out, most
gladdening and most excellent.
May Sakra make it swell sent forth with every prayer and
asking, as it were, for strength.
20 Let me not, still beseeching thee with
earnest song at Soma rites,
Anger thee like soma wild beast. Who would not beseech him
who hath power to grant his prayer?
21 The draught made swift with rapturous
joy, effectual with its mighty strength,
All-conquering, distilling transport, let him drink: for he
in ecstasy gives us gifts.
22 Where bliss is not, may he, All-praised,
God whom the pious glorify,
Bestow great wealth upon the mortal worshipper who sheds the
juice and praises him.
23 Come, Indra, and rejoice thyself, O God,
in manifold affluence.
Thou fillest like a lake thy vast capacious bulk with Soma
and with draughts besides.
24 A thousand and a hundred Steeds are
harnessed to thy golden car.
So may the long-mancd Bays, yoked by devotion, bring Indra
to drink the Soma juice.
25 Yoked to thy chariot wrought of gold,
may thy two Bays with peacock tails,
Convey thee hither, Steeds with their white backs, to quaff
sweet juice that makes us eloquent.
26 So drink, thou Lover of the Song, as the
first drinker, of this juice.
This the outpouring of the savoury sap prepared is good and
meet to gladden thee.
27 He who alone by wondrous deed is Mighty,
Strong by holy works,
May he come, fair of cheek; may he not stay afar, but come
and turn not from our call.
28 Susna's quick moving castle thou hast
crushed to pieces with thy bolts.
Thou, Indra, from of old, hast followed after light, since
we have had thee to invoke.
29 My praises when the Sun hath risen, my
praises at the time of noon,
My praises at the coming of the gloom of night, O Vasu, have
gone forth to thee.
30 Praise yea, praise him. Of princes these
are the most liberal of their gifts,
These, Paramajya, Ninditasva, Prapathi, most bounteous, O
Medhyatithi.
31 When to the car, by faith, I yoked the
horses longing for the way -
For skilled is Yadu's son in dealing precious wealth, he who
is rich in herds of kine.
32 May he who gave me two brown steeds
together with their cloths of gold,
May he, Asanga's son Svanadratha, obtain all joy and high
felicities.
33 Playoga's son Asanga, by ten thousand, O
Agni, hath surpassed the rest in giving.
For me ten bright-hued oxen have come forward like
lotus-stalks from out a lake upstanding.
34 What time her husband's perfect
restoration to his lost strength and manhood was apparent,
His consort Sasvati with joy addressed him, Now art thou
well, my lord, and shalt be happy.
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