← →

    Stanza 6.17.1

    पिबा॒ सोम॑म॒भि यमु॑ग्र॒ तर्द॑ ऊ॒र्वं गव्यं॒ महि॑ गृणा॒न इ॑न्द्र | वि यो धृ॑ष्णो॒ वधि॑षो वज्रहस्त॒ विश्वा॑ वृ॒त्रम॑मि॒त्रिया॒ शवो॑भिः ||

    píbā sómam abhí yám ugra tárda ūrváṁ gávyam máhi gr̥ṇāná indra ví yó dhr̥ṣṇo vádhiṣo vajrahasta víśvā vr̥trám amitríyā śávobhiḥ

    Drink, mighty Indra, the Soma, for which, praised by us, you break through the strongholds. You, the bold one, wielding the thunderbolt, have struck down Vritra and all enemies with your powers.

    Stanza 6.17.2

    स ईं॑ पाहि॒ य ऋ॑जी॒षी तरु॑त्रो॒ यः शिप्र॑वान्वृष॒भो यो म॑ती॒नाम् | यो गो॑त्र॒भिद्व॑ज्र॒भृद्यो ह॑रि॒ष्ठाः स इ॑न्द्र चि॒त्राँ अ॒भि तृ॑न्धि॒ वाजा॑न् ||

    sá īm pāhi yá r̥jīṣī́ tárutro yáḥ śípravān vr̥ṣabhó yó matīnā́m yó gotrabhíd vajrabhŕ̥d yó hariṣṭhā́ḥ sá indra citrā́m̐ abhí tr̥ndhi vā́jān

    May you drink it, who are triumphant and strong, sharp-featured, a bull among the wise, who breaks the enclosures, wields the thunderbolt, and is swift. Indra, pierce through all these riches (foods/battles).

    Stanza 6.17.3

    ए॒वा पा॑हि प्र॒त्नथा॒ मन्द॑तु त्वा श्रु॒धि ब्रह्म॑ वावृ॒धस्वो॒त गी॒र्भिः | आ॒विः सूर्यं॑ कृणु॒हि पी॑पि॒हीषो॑ ज॒हि शत्रूँ॑र॒भि गा इ॑न्द्र तृन्धि ||

    evā́ pāhi pratnáthā mándatu tvā śrudhí bráhma vāvr̥dhásvotá gīrbhíḥ āvíḥ sū́ryaṁ kr̥ṇuhí pīpihī́ṣo jahí śátrūm̐r abhí gā́ indra tr̥ndhi

    Drink thus, as before, and let it please you. Hear us, grow strong with hymns. Make the sun appear, fill us with nourishment, kill the enemies, and free the cattle, Indra.

    Stanza 6.17.4

    ते त्वा॒ मदा॑ बृ॒हदि॑न्द्र स्वधाव इ॒मे पी॒ता उ॑क्षयन्त द्यु॒मन्त॑म् | म॒हामनू॑नं त॒वसं॒ विभू॑तिं मत्स॒रासो॑ जर्हृषन्त प्र॒साह॑म् ||

    té tvā mádā br̥hád indra svadhāva imé pītā́ ukṣayanta dyumántam mahā́m ánūnaṁ tavásaṁ víbhūtim matsarā́so jarhr̥ṣanta prasā́ham

    These draughts have invigorated you, Indra, strong one, self-sustainer. Having drunk them, they made you great, full of splendor, immense, strong, and all-conquering. May the exhilarating draughts greatly delight you.

    Stanza 6.17.5

    येभिः॒ सूर्य॑मु॒षसं॑ मन्दसा॒नोऽवा॑स॒योऽप॑ दृ॒ळ्हानि॒ दर्द्र॑त् | म॒हामद्रिं॒ परि॒ गा इ॑न्द्र॒ सन्तं॑ नु॒त्था अच्यु॑तं॒ सद॑स॒स्परि॒ स्वात् ||

    yébhiḥ sū́ryam uṣásam mandasānó 'vāsayó 'pa dr̥ḷhā́ni dárdrat mahā́m ádrim pári gā́ indra sántaṁ nutthā́ ácyutaṁ sádasas pári svā́t

    By these (Soma draughts), O Indra, gladdened, you brought forth the sun and the dawn. You broke apart the strong (enclosures), the great mountain that encompassed the cattle, and shaking it from its place, you released them.

    Stanza 6.17.6

    तव॒ क्रत्वा॒ तव॒ तद्दं॒सना॑भिरा॒मासु॑ प॒क्वं शच्या॒ नि दी॑धः | और्णो॒र्दुर॑ उ॒स्रिया॑भ्यो॒ वि दृ॒ळ्होदू॒र्वाद्गा अ॑सृजो॒ अङ्गि॑रस्वान् ||

    táva krátvā táva tád daṁsánābhir āmā́su pakváṁ śácyā ní dīdhaḥ aúrṇor dúra usríyābhyo ví dr̥ḷhód ūrvā́d gā́ asr̥jo áṅgirasvān

    By your might, your wisdom, and your wondrous deeds, you placed the ripe (milk) in the raw udders. You opened the firm doors for the dawn's cows. You released the cattle from the obstructions and vastness, O Indra, with the Angirases.

    Stanza 6.17.7

    प॒प्राथ॒ क्षां महि॒ दंसो॒ व्यु१॒॑र्वीमुप॒ द्यामृ॒ष्वो बृ॒हदि॑न्द्र स्तभायः | अधा॑रयो॒ रोद॑सी दे॒वपु॑त्रे प्र॒त्ने मा॒तरा॑ य॒ह्वी ऋ॒तस्य॑ ||

    paprā́tha kṣā́m máhi dáṁso vy ùrvī́m úpa dyā́m r̥ṣvó br̥hád indra stabhāyaḥ ádhārayo ródasī deváputre pratné mātárā yahvī́ r̥tásya

    You spread out the great Earth, and you, mighty Indra, propped up the vast sky. You supported both worlds, the divine mothers, the ancient, powerful mothers of the cosmic order.

    Stanza 6.17.8

    अध॑ त्वा॒ विश्वे॑ पु॒र इ॑न्द्र दे॒वा एकं॑ त॒वसं॑ दधिरे॒ भरा॑य | अदे॑वो॒ यद॒भ्यौहि॑ष्ट दे॒वान्त्स्व॑र्षाता वृणत॒ इन्द्र॒मत्र॑ ||

    ádha tvā víśve purá indra devā́ ékaṁ tavásaṁ dadhire bhárāya ádevo yád abhy aúhiṣṭa devā́n svàrṣātā vr̥ṇata índram átra

    Then all the gods installed you, Indra, as their one strong champion for the battle. When the godless one attacked the gods, they chose you, Indra, to win the heavenly light.

    Stanza 6.17.9

    अध॒ द्यौश्चि॑त्ते॒ अप॒ सा नु वज्रा॑द्द्वि॒तान॑मद्भि॒यसा॒ स्वस्य॑ म॒न्योः | अहिं॒ यदिन्द्रो॑ अ॒भ्योह॑सानं॒ नि चि॑द्वि॒श्वायुः॑ श॒यथे॑ ज॒घान॑ ||

    ádha dyaúś cit te ápa sā́ nú vájrād dvitā́namad bhiyásā svásya manyóḥ áhiṁ yád índro abhy óhasānaṁ ní cid viśvā́yuḥ śayáthe jaghā́na

    Then indeed, heaven itself bent backward from your bolt, in fear of your anger. When Indra attacked the assailing dragon, the one living everywhere, he killed it in its lair.

    Stanza 6.17.10

    अध॒ त्वष्टा॑ ते म॒ह उ॑ग्र॒ वज्रं॑ स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिं ववृतच्छ॒ताश्रि॑म् | निका॑मम॒रम॑णसं॒ येन॒ नव॑न्त॒महिं॒ सं पि॑णगृजीषिन् ||

    ádha tváṣṭā te mahá ugra vájraṁ sahásrabhr̥ṣṭiṁ vavr̥tac chatā́śrim níkāmam arámaṇasaṁ yéna návantam áhiṁ sám piṇag r̥jīṣin

    Then, O mighty and bold one, Tvashṭar fashioned for you the thunderbolt, with a thousand points and a hundred edges. With that weapon, desiring it, you crushed the serpent.

    Stanza 6.17.11

    वर्धा॒न्यं विश्वे॑ म॒रुतः॑ स॒जोषाः॒ पच॑च्छ॒तं म॑हि॒षाँ इ॑न्द्र॒ तुभ्य॑म् | पू॒षा विष्णु॒स्त्रीणि॒ सरां॑सि धावन्वृत्र॒हणं॑ मदि॒रमं॒शुम॑स्मै ||

    várdhān yáṁ víśve marútaḥ sajóṣāḥ pácac chatám mahiṣā́m̐ indra túbhyam pūṣā́ víṣṇus trī́ṇi sárāṁsi dhāvan vr̥traháṇam madirám aṁśúm asmai

    May all the Maruts, in agreement, strengthen you, Indra. Pūṣan and Viṣṇu poured three vessels of the exhilarating Soma, the Vritra-slayer, for you. We obtained the great buffaloes for you.

    Stanza 6.17.12

    आ क्षोदो॒ महि॑ वृ॒तं न॒दीनां॒ परि॑ष्ठितमसृज ऊ॒र्मिम॒पाम् | तासा॒मनु॑ प्र॒वत॑ इन्द्र॒ पन्थां॒ प्रार्द॑यो॒ नीची॑र॒पसः॑ समु॒द्रम् ||

    ā́ kṣódo máhi vr̥táṁ nadī́nām páriṣṭhitam asr̥ja ūrmím apā́m tā́sām ánu praváta indra pánthām prā́rdayo nī́cīr apásaḥ samudrám

    You released the great, rushing wave of the waters, the obstructed floods of the rivers. Following their downward paths, Indra, you directed their courses towards the ocean.

    Stanza 6.17.13

    ए॒वा ता विश्वा॑ चकृ॒वांस॒मिन्द्रं॑ म॒हामु॒ग्रम॑जु॒र्यं स॑हो॒दाम् | सु॒वीरं॑ त्वा स्वायु॒धं सु॒वज्र॒मा ब्रह्म॒ नव्य॒मव॑से ववृत्यात् ||

    evā́ tā́ víśvā cakr̥vā́ṁsam índram mahā́m ugrám ajuryáṁ sahodā́m suvī́raṁ tvā svāyudháṁ suvájram ā́ bráhma návyam ávase vavr̥tyāt

    May this new hymn and our prayer bring you, Indra, the mighty, strong, ageless, and victorious one, well-armed with the thunderbolt, to protect us.

    Stanza 6.17.14

    स नो॒ वाजा॑य॒ श्रव॑स इ॒षे च॑ रा॒ये धे॑हि द्यु॒मत॑ इन्द्र॒ विप्रा॑न् | भ॒रद्वा॑जे नृ॒वत॑ इन्द्र सू॒रीन्दि॒वि च॑ स्मैधि॒ पार्ये॑ न इन्द्र ||

    sá no vā́jāya śrávasa iṣé ca rāyé dhehi dyumáta indra víprān bharádvāje nr̥váta indra sūrī́n diví ca smaidhi pā́rye na indra

    Indra, bestow upon us for strength, fame, food, and riches, brilliant and heroic singers. Indra, give us heroic patrons, and may you be present for us in difficult times.

    Stanza 6.17.15

    अ॒या वाजं॑ दे॒वहि॑तं सनेम॒ मदे॑म श॒तहि॑माः सु॒वीराः॑ ||

    ayā́ vā́jaṁ deváhitaṁ sanema mádema śatáhimāḥ suvī́rāḥ

    With this, may we obtain the divinely appointed strength, and may we rejoice for a hundred years with brave sons.

    ← Previous Hymn Next Hymn →