HYMN XLVII. Indra Vaikuntha.

1. THY right hand have we grasped in ours, O Indra, longing for treasure, Treasure-Lord of treasures!

Because we know thee, Hero, Lord of cattle: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

2 Wealth, fully armed, good guard and kind protector, sprung from four seas, the prop and stay of treasures,

Fraught with great bounties, meet for praise and glory; vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

3 Wealth, with good Brahmans, Indra! God-attended, high, wide, and deep, arid based on broad foundations,

Strong, with famed Rsis, conquering our foemen: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

4 Victorious, winning strength, with hero sages, confirmed in power, most useful, wealth-attracting,

True, Indra! crushing forts and slaying Dasyus: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

5 Wealthy in heroes and in cars and horses, strength hundredfold and thousandfold, O Indra,

With manly sages, happy troops, Iight-winning: vouchsafe us mighty and resplentdent riches.

6 To Saptagu the sage, the holy-minded, to him, Brhaspati, the song approaches,

Angiras' Son who must be met with homage: vouchsafe us mighty and reslendent riches.

7 My lauds, like envoys, craving loving-kindness, go forth to Indra with their strong entreaty,

Moving his heart and uttered by my spirit: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.

8 Grant us the boon for which I pray, O Indra, a spacious home unmatched among the people.

To this may Heaven and Earth accord approval: vouchsafe us mighty and resplendent riches.