Rig Veda
kathā mahām avṛdhat kasya hotur yajñaṃ juṣāṇo abhi somam ūdhaḥ pibann uśāno juṣamāṇo andho vavakṣa ṛṣvaḥ śucate dhanāya
How, what priest's sacrifice hath he made mighty, rejoicing in the Soma and its fountain? Delighting in juice, eagerly drinking, the Lofty One hath waxed for splendid riches.
ko asya vīraḥ sadhamādam āpa sam ānaṃśa sumatibhiḥ ko asya kad asya citraṃ cikite kad ūtī vṛdhe bhuvacchaśamānasya yajyoḥ
What hero hath been made his feast-companion? Who hath been partner in his loving-kindness? What know we of his wondrous acts? How often comes he to aid and speed the pious toiler?
kathā śṛṇoti hūyamānam indraḥ kathā śṛṇvann avasām asya veda kā asya pūrvīr upamātayo ha kathainam āhuḥ papuriṃ jaritre
How heareth Indra offered invocation? How, hearing, marketh he the invoker's wishes? What are his ancient acts of bounty? Wherefore call they him One who filleth full the singer?
kathā sabādhaḥ śaśamāno asya naśad abhi draviṇaṃ dīdhyānaḥ devo bhuvan navedā ma ṛtānāṃ namo jagṛbhvāṁ abhi yaj jujoṣat
How doth the priest who laboureth, ever longing, win for himself the wealth which he possesseth? May he, the God, mark well my truthful praises, having received the homage which he loveth.
kathā kad asyā uṣaso vyuṣṭau devo martasya sakhyaṃ jujoṣa kathā kad asya sakhyaṃ sakhibhyo ye asmin kāmaṃ suyujaṃ tatasre
How, and what bond of friendship with a mortal hath the God chosen as this morn is breaking? How, and what love hath he for those who love him, who have entwined in him their firm affection?
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Is then thy friendship with thy friends most mighty? Thy brotherhood with us, -when may we tell it? The streams of milk move, as most wondrous sunlight, the beauty of the Lovely One for glory.
druhaṃ jighāṃsan dhvarasam anindrāṃ tetikte tigmā tujase anīkā ṛṇā cid yatra ṛṇayā na ugro dūre ajñātā uṣaso babādhe
About to stay the Indra-less destructive spirit he sharpens his keen arms to strike her. Whereby the Strong, although our debts' exactor, drives in the distant mornings that we know not.
ṛtasya hi śurudhaḥ santi pūrvīr ṛtasya dhītir vṛjināni hanti ṛtasya śloko badhirā tatarda karṇā budhānaḥ śucamāna āyoḥ
Eternal Law hath varied food that strengthens; thought of eternal Law, removes transgressions. The praise-hymn of eternal Law, arousing, glowing, hath opened the deaf ears of the living.
ṛtasya dṛﾱhā dharuṇāni santi purūṇi candrā vapuṣe vapūṃṣi ṛtena dīrgham iṣaṇanta pṛkṣa ṛtena gāva ṛtam ā viveśuḥ
Firm-seated are eternal Law's foundations in its fair form are many splendid beauties. By holy Law long lasting food they bring us; by holy Law have cows come to our worship.
ṛtaṃ yemāna ṛtam id vanoty ṛtasya śuṣmas turayā u gavyuḥ ṛtāya pṛthvī bahule gabhīre ṛtāya dhenū parame duhāte
Fixing eternal Law he, too, upholds it swift moves the might of Law and wins the booty. To Law belong the vast deep Earth and Heaven: Milch-kine supreme, to Law their milk they render.
nū ṣṭuta indra nū gṛṇāna iṣaṃ jaritre nadyo na pīpeḥ akāri te harivo brahma navyaṃ dhiyā syāma rathyaḥ sadāsāḥ
Now, Indra! lauded,- glorified with praises, let power swell high like rivers to the singer. For thee a new hymn, Lord of Bays, is fashioned. May we, car-borne, through song be victors ever.