Rig Veda
indraṃ stavā nṛtamaṃ yasya mahnā vibabādhe rocanā vi jmo antān ā yaḥ paprau carṣaṇīdhṛd varobhiḥ pra sindhubhyo riricāno mahitvā
I will extol the most heroic Indra who with his might forced earth and sky asunder; Who hath filled all with width as man's Upholder, surpassing floods and rivers in his greatness.
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Surya is he: throughout the wide expanses shall Indra turn him, swift as car-wheels, hither, Like a stream resting not but ever active he hath destroyed, with light, the black hued darkness.
vi yaḥ pṛṣṭheva janimāny arya indraś cikāya na sakhāyam īṣe
To him I sing a holy prayer, incessant new, matchless, common to the earth and heaven, Who marks, as they were backs, all living creatures: ne'er doth he fail a friend, the noble Indra.
indrāya giro aniśitasargā apaḥ prerayaṃ sagarasya budhnāt yo akṣeṇeva cakriyā śacībhir viṣvak tastambha pṛthivīm uta dyām
I will send forth my songs in flow unceasing, like water from the ocean's depth, to Indra. Who to his car on both its sides securely hath fixed the earth and heaven as with an axle.
āpāntamanyus tṛpalaprabharmā dhuniḥ śimīvāñcharumāṁ ṛjīṣī somo viśvāny atasā vanāni nārvāg indram pratimānāni debhuḥ
Rousing with draughts, the Shaker, rushing onward, impetuous, very strong, armed as with arrows Is Soma; forest trees and all the bushes deceive not Indra with their offered likeness.
na yasya dyāvāpṛthivī na dhanva nāntarikṣaṃ nādrayaḥ somo akṣāḥ yad asya manyur adhinīyamānaḥ śṛṇāti vīḍu rujati sthirāṇi
Soma hath flowed to him whom naught can equal, the earth, the heavens, the firmament, the mountains,- When heightened in his ire his indignation shatters the firm and breaks the strong in pieces.
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As an axe fells the tree so be slew Vritra, brake down the strongholds and dug out the rivers. He cleft the mountain like a new-made pitcher. Indra brought forth the kine with his Companions.
tvaṃ ha tyad ṛṇayā indra dhīro 'sir na parva vṛjinā śṛṇāsi pra ye mitrasya varuṇasya dhāma yujaṃ na janā minanti mitram
Wise art thou, Punisher of guilt, O Indra. The sword lops limbs, thou smitest down the sinner, The men who injure, as it were a comrade, the lofty Law of Varuna and Mitra.
pra ye mitram prāryamaṇaṃ durevāḥ pra saṃgiraḥ pra varuṇam minanti ny amitreṣu vadham indra tumraṃ vṛṣan vṛṣāṇam aruṣaṃ śiśīhi
Men who lead evil lives, who break agreements, and injure Varuna, Aryaman and Mitra,- Against these foes, O Mighty Indra, sharpen, as furious death, thy Bull of fiery colour.
indro diva indra īśe pṛthivyā indro apām indra it parvatānām indro vṛdhām indra in medhirāṇām indraḥ kṣeme yoge havya indraḥ
Indra is Sovran Lord of Earth and Heaven, Indra is Lord of waters and of mountains. Indra is Lord of prosperers and sages Indra must be invoked in rest and effort.
prāktubhya indraḥ pra vṛdho ahabhyaḥ prāntarikṣāt pra samudrasya dhāseḥ pra vātasya prathasaḥ pra jmo antāt pra sindhubhyo ririce pra kṣitibhyaḥ
Vaster than days and nights, Giver of increase, vaster than firmament and flood of ocean, Vaster than bounds of earth and wind's extension, vaster than rivers and our lands is Indra.
pra śośucatyā uṣaso na ketur asinvā te vartatām indra hetiḥ aśmeva vidhya diva ā sṛjānas tapiṣṭhena heṣasā droghamitrān
Forward, as herald of refulgent Morning, let thine insatiate arrow fly, O Indra. And pierce, as 'twere a stone launched forth from heaven, with hottest blaze the men who love deception.
anv aha māsā anv id vanāny anv oṣadhīr anu parvatāsaḥ anv indraṃ rodasī vāvaśāne anv āpo ajihata jāyamānam
Him, verily, the moons, the mountains followed, the tall trees followed and the plants and herbage. Yearning with love both Worlds approached, the Waters waited on Indra when he first had being.
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Where was the vengeful dart when thou, O Indra, clavest the demon ever beat on outrage? When fiends lay there upon the ground extended like cattle in the place of immolation?
śatrūyanto abhi ye nas tatasre mahi vrādhanta ogaṇāsa indra andhenāmitrās tamasā sacantāṃ sujyotiṣo aktavas tāṁ abhi ṣyuḥ
Those who are set in enmity against us, the Oganas, O Indra, waxen mighty,- Let blinding darkness follow those our foemen, while these shall have bright shining nights to light them.
purūṇi hi tvā savanā janānām brahmāṇi mandan gṛṇatām ṛṣīṇām imām āghoṣann avasā sahūtiṃ tiro viśvāṁ arcato yāhy arvāṅ
May plentiful libations of the people, and singing Rishis' holy prayers rejoice thee. Hearing with love this common invocation, come unto us, pass by all those who praise thee.
evā te vayam indra bhuñjatīnāṃ vidyāma sumatīnāṃ navānām vidyāma vastor avasā gṛṇanto viśvāmitrā uta ta indra nūnam
O Indra, thus may we be made partakers of thy new favours that shall bring us profit. Singing with love, may we the Visvamitras win daylight even now through thee, O Indra.
śunaṃ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṃ vājasātau śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṃ vṛtrāṇi saṃjitaṃ dhanānām
Call we on Maghavan, auspicious Indra, best hero in the fight where spoil is gathered, The Strong who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays the Vritras, wins and gathers riches.