Rig Veda
asmā id u pra tavase turāya prayo na harmi stomam māhināya ṛcīṣamāyādhrigava oham indrāya brahmāṇi rātatamā
Even to him, swift, strong and high. exalted, I bring my song of praise as dainty viands, My thought to him resistless, praise-deserving, prayers offered most especially to Indra.
asmā id u praya iva pra yaṃsi bharāmy āṅgūṣam bādhe suvṛkti indrāya hṛdā manasā manīṣā pratnāya patye dhiyo marjayanta
Praise, like oblation, I present, and utter aloud my song, my fair hymn to the Victor. For Indra, who is Lord of old, the singers have decked their lauds with heart and mind and spirit.
asmā id u tyam upamaṃ svarṣām bharāmy āṅgūṣam āsyena maṃhiṣṭham acchoktibhir matīnāṃ suvṛktibhiḥ sūriṃ vāvṛdhadhyai
To him then with my lips mine adoration, winning heaven's light, most excellent, I offer, To magnify with songs of invocation and with fair hymns the Lord, most bounteous Giver.
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Even for him I frame a laud, as fashions the wright a chariot for the man who needs it,— Praises to him who gladly hears our praises, a hymn well-formed, all-moving, to wise Indra.
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So with my tongue I deck, to please that Indra, my hymn, as 'twere a horse, through love of glory, To reverence the Hero, bounteous Giver, famed far and wide, destroyer of the castles.
asmā id u tvaṣṭā takṣad vajraṃ svapastamaṃ svaryaṃ raṇāya vṛtrasya cid vidad yena marma tujann īśānas tujatā kiyedhāḥ
Even for him hath Tvashtar forged the thunder, most deftly wrought, celestial, for the battle, Wherewith he reached the vital parts of Vritra, striking-the vast, the mighty with the striker.
asyed u mātuḥ savaneṣu sadyo mahaḥ pitum papivāñ cārv annā muṣāyad viṣṇuḥ pacataṃ sahīyān vidhyad varāhaṃ tiro adrim astā
As soon as, at libations of his mother, great Vishnu had drunk up the draught, he plundered. The dainty cates, the cooked mess; but One stronger transfixed the wild boar, shooting through the mountain.
asmā id u gnāś cid devapatnīr indrāyārkam ahihatya ūvuḥ pari dyāvāpṛthivī jabhra urvī nāsya te mahimānam pari ṣṭaḥ
To him, to Indra, when he slew the Dragon, the Dames, too, Consorts of the Gods, wove praises. The mighty heaven and earth hath he encompassed: thy greatness heaven and earth, combined, exceed not.
asyed eva pra ririce mahitvaṃ divas pṛthivyāḥ pary antarikṣāt svarāḍ indro dama ā viśvagūrtaḥ svarir amatro vavakṣe raṇāya
Yea, of a truth, his magnitude surpasseth the magnitude of earth, mid-air, and heaven. Indra, approved by all men, self-resplendent, waxed in his home, loud-voiced and strong for battle.
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Through his own strength Indra with bolt of thunder cut piece-meal Vritra, drier up of waters. He let the floods go free, like cows imprisoned, for glory, with a heart inclined to bounty.
asyed u tveṣasā ranta sindhavaḥ pari yad vajreṇa sīm ayacchat īśānakṛd dāśuṣe daśasyan turvītaye gādhaṃ turvaṇiḥ kaḥ
The rivers played, through his impetuous splendour, since with his bolt he compassed them on all sides. Using his might and favouring him who worshipped, he made a ford, victorious, for Turviti.
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Vast, with thine ample power, with eager movement, against this Vritra cast thy bolt of thunder. Rend thou his joints, as of an ox, dissevered, with bolt oblique, that floods of rain may follow.
asyed u pra brūhi pūrvyāṇi turasya karmāṇi navya ukthaiḥ yudhe yad iṣṇāna āyudhāny ṛghāyamāṇo niriṇāti śatrūn
Sing with new lauds his exploits wrought aforetime, the deeds of him, yea, him who moveth swiftly, When, hurling forth his weapons in the battle, he with impetuous wrath lays low the foemen.
asyed u bhiyā girayaś ca dṛḍhā dyāvā ca bhūmā januṣas tujete upo venasya joguvāna oṇiṃ sadyo bhuvad vīryāya nodhāḥ
When he, yea, he, comes forth the firm. Set mountains and the whole heaven and earth, tremble for terror. May Nodhas, ever praising the protection of that dear Friend, gain quickly strength heroic.
asmā id u tyad anu dāyy eṣām eko yad vavne bhūrer īśānaḥ praitaśaṃ sūrye paspṛdhānaṃ sauvaśvye suṣvim āvad indraḥ
Now unto him of these things hath been given what he who rules alone o'er much, electeth. Indra hath helped Etasa, Soma-presser, contending in the race of steeds with Surya.
evā te hāriyojanā suvṛktīndra brahmāṇi gotamāso akran aiṣu viśvapeśasaṃ dhiyaṃ dhāḥ prātar makṣū dhiyāvasur jagamyāt
Thus to thee, Indra, yoker of Bay Coursers, the Gotamas have brought their prayers to please thee. Bestow upon them thought, decked with all beauty. May he, enriched with prayer, come soon and early.