indram id gāthino bṛhad indram arkebhir arkiṇaḥ indraṃ vāṇīr anūṣata
Indra the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds, Indra the choirs have glorified.
Rig Veda
indram id gāthino bṛhad indram arkebhir arkiṇaḥ indraṃ vāṇīr anūṣata
Indra the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds, Indra the choirs have glorified.
indra iddharyoḥ sacā sammiśla ā vacoyujā indro vajrī hiraṇyayaḥ
Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked car, Indra the golden, thunder-armed.
indro dīrghāya cakṣasa ā sūryaṃ rohayad divi vi gobhir adrim airayat
Indra hath raised the Sun on high in heaven, that he may see afar: He burst the mountain for the kine.
indra vājeṣu no 'va sahasrapradhaneṣu ca ugra ugrābhir ūtibhiḥ
Help us, O Indra, in the frays, yea, frays, where thousand spoils are gained, With awful aids, O awful One.
indraṃ vayam mahādhana indram arbhe havāmahe yujaṃ vṛtreṣu vajriṇam
In mighty battle we invoke Indra, Indra in lesser fight, The Friend who bends his bolt at fiends.
sa no vṛṣann amuṃ caruṃ satrādāvann apā vṛdhi asmabhyam apratiṣkutaḥ
Unclose, our manly Hero, thou for ever bounteous, yonder cloud, For us, thou irresistible.
tuñje tuñje ya uttare stomā indrasya vajriṇaḥ na vindhe asya suṣṭutim
Still higher, at each strain of mine, thunder-armed Indra's praises rise: I find no laud worthy of him.
vṛṣā yūtheva vaṃsagaḥ kṛṣṭīr iyarty ojasā īśāno apratiṣkutaḥ
Even as the bull drives on the herds, he drives the people with his might, The Ruler irresistible:
ya ekaś carṣaṇīnāṃ vasūnām irajyati indraḥ pañca kṣitīnām
Indra who rules with single sway men, riches, and the fivefold race Of those who dwell upon the earth.
indraṃ vo viśvatas pari havāmahe janebhyaḥ asmākam astu kevalaḥ
For your sake from each side we call Indra away from other men: Ours, and none others', may he be.