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1. I MOVE before thee here present in
person, and all the Deities follow behind me.
When, Indra, thou securest me my portion, with me thou shalt
perform heroic actions.
2 The food of meath in foremost place I
give thee, thy Soma shall be pressed, thy share appointed.
Thou on my right shalt be my friend and comrade: then shall
we two smite dead full many a foeman.
3 Striving for strength bring forth a laud
to Indra, a truthful hymn if he in truth existeth.
One and another say, There is no Indra. Who hath beheld him?
Whom then shall we honour?
4 Here am I, look upon me here, O singer.
All that existeth 1 surpass in greatness.
The Holy Law's commandments make me mighty. Rending with
strength I rend the worlds asunder.
5 When the Law's lovers mounted and ap.
proached me as 1 sate lone upon the dear sky's summit.
Then spake my spirit to the heart within me, My friends have
cried unto me with their children.
6 All these thy deeds must be declared at
Soma-feasts, wrought, Indra, Bounteous Lord, for him who sheds the juice,
When thou didst open wealth heaped up by many, brought from
far away to Sarablia, the Rsi's kin.
7 Now run ye forth your several ways: he is
not here who kept you back.
For hath not Indra sunk his bolt deep down in Vrtra's vital
part?
8 On-rushing with the speed of thought
within the iron fort he pressed:
The Falcon went to heaven and brought the Soma to the
Thunderer.
9 Deep in the ocean lies the bolt with
waters compassed round about,
And in continuous onward flow the floods their tribute bring
to it.
10 When, uttering words which no one comprehended,
Vak, Queen of Gods, the Gladdener, was seated,
The heaven's four regions drew forth drink and vigour: now
whither hath her noblest portion vanished?
11 The Deities generated Vak the Goddess,
and animals of every figure speak her.
May she, the Gladdener, yielding food and vigour, the
Milch-cow Vak, approach us meetly lauded.
12 Step forth with wider stride, my comrade
Visnu; make room, Dyaus, for the leaping of the lightning.
Let us slay Vrtra, let us free the rivers let them flow
loosed at the command of Indra.
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