BOOK IV

CHAPTER I

DECADE I Indra and others

1. These Soma juice mixt with curd have been expressed for Indra here:

Come with thy bay steeds, Thunder-wielder, to our home, to drink them till they make thee glad!

2. Indra, these Somas with their lauds have been prepared for thy delight.

Drink of the pleasant juice and listen to our songs; lover of song, reward the hymn!

3. I call on thee, Sabardugha, this day, inspirer of the psalm.

Indra, the richly-yielding milch-cow who provides unfailing food in ample stream.

4. Indra, the strong and lofty hills are powerless to bar thy way

None stays that act of thine when thou wouldst fain give wealth to one like me who sings thy praise.

5. Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking beside the flowing juice?

This is the fair-cheeked. God who, joying in the draught, breaks down the castles in his strength.

6. What time thou castest from his seat and punishest the riteless man,

Strengthen for opulence, O Indra Maghavan, our plant desired by many a one!

7. Let Tvashtar, Brahmanaspati, Parjanya guard our heavenly word,

Aditi with her sons, the brothers, guard for us the invincible, the saving word!

8. Ne'er art thou fruitless, Indra, ne'er dost thou desert the worshipper:

But now, O Maghavan, thy bounty as a God is poured forth ever more and more.

9. Best slayer of the Vritras, yoke thy bay steeds, Indra, far away

Come with the high ones hither, Maghavan, to us, mighty, to, drink the Soma juice!

10. O Thunderer, zealous worshippers gave thee drink this time yesterday:

So, Indra, listen here to him who offers lauds: come near unto, our dwelling-place!