Rig Veda
yuñjanti bradhnam aruṣaṃ carantam pari tasthuṣaḥ rocante rocanā divi
They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy Steed The lights are shining in the sky.
yuñjanty asya kāmyā harī vipakṣasā rathe śoṇā dhṛṣṇū nṛvāhasā
On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him, Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief.
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Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not, Wast born together with the Dawns.
ād aha svadhām anu punar garbhatvam erire dadhānā nāma yajñiyam
Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes unborn, Assuming sacrificial names.
vīḍu cid ārujatnubhir guhā cid indra vahnibhiḥ avinda usriyā anu
Thou, Indra, with the Tempest-Gods, the breakers down of what is firm, Foundest the kine even in the cave.
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Worshipping even as they list, singers laud him who findeth wealth, The far-renowned, the mighty One.
indreṇa saṃ hi dṛkṣase saṃjagmāno abibhyuṣā mandū samānavarcasā
Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side: Both joyous, equal in your sheen.
anavadyair abhidyubhir makhaḥ sahasvad arcati gaṇair indrasya kāmyaiḥ
With Indra's well beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven, The sacrificer cries aloud.
ataḥ parijmann ā gahi divo vā rocanād adhi sam asminn ṛñjate giraḥ
Come from this place, O Wanderer, or downward from the light of heaven: Our songs of praise all yearn for this.
ito vā sātim īmahe divo vā pārthivād adhi indram maho vā rajasaḥ
Indra we seek to give us help, from here, from heaven above the earth, Or from the spacious firmament.