DECADE IV Indra and others

1. Tossing about, the active ones came nigh to Indra at his birth,

Winning themselves heroic might.

2. Never, O Gods, do we offend, nor are we ever obstinate

We walk as holy texts command.

3. Evening is come: sing loudly thou Atharvan's nobly singing son:

Give praise to Savitar the God!

4. Now Morning with her earliest light shines forth, dear daughter of the Sky:

High, Asvins, I extol your praise.

5. Armed with the bones of dead Dadhyach, Indra, with unresisted might

The nine-and-ninety Vritras slew.

6. Come, Indra, and delight thee with the juice at all our Soma feasts,

Protector, mighty in thy strength

7. O thou who slayest Vritras, come, O Indra, hither to our side,

Mighty one, with thy mighty aids!

8. That might of his shone brightly forth when Indra brought together, like

A skin, the worlds of heaven and earth,

9. This is thine own Thou drawest near, as turns a pigeon to his mate:

Thou carest, too, for this our prayer.

10. May Vata breathe his balm on us, healthful, delightful to our heart:

May he prolong our days of life