Book 1 >> HYMN 6 - Indra
युञ्जन्ति बरध्नमरुषं चरन्तं परि तस्थुषः |
रोचन्तेरोचना दिवि
रोचन्तेरोचना दिवि
English:- They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy Steed
The lights are shining in the sky.
The lights are shining in the sky.
युञ्जन्त्यस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे |
शोणा धर्ष्णू नर्वाहसा
English:- On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him,
Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief.
Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief.
केतुं कर्ण्वन्नकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे |
समुषद्भिरजायथाः
English:- Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not,
Wast born together with the Dawns.
Wast born together with the Dawns.
आदह सवधामनु पुनर्गर्भत्वमेरिरे |
दधाना नामयज्ञियम
English:- Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes unborn,
Assuming sacrificial names.
Assuming sacrificial names.
वीळु चिदारुजत्नुभिर्गुहा चिदिन्द्र वह्निभिः |
अविन्द उस्रिया अनु
English:- Thou, Indra, with the Tempest-Gods, the breakers down of what is firm,
Foundest the kine even in the cave.
Foundest the kine even in the cave.
देवयन्तो यथा मतिमछा विदद्वसुं गिरः |
महामनूषत शरुतम
English:- Worshipping even as they list, singers laud him who findeth wealth,
The far-renowned, the mighty One.
The far-renowned, the mighty One.
इन्द्रेण सं हि दर्क्षसे संजग्मानो अबिभ्युषा |
मन्दू समानवर्चसा
English:- Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side:
Both joyous, equal in your sheen.
Both joyous, equal in your sheen.
अनवद्यैरभिद्युभिर्मखः सहस्वदर्चति |
गणैरिन्द्रस्य काम्यैः
English:- With Indra's well beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven,
The sacrificer cries aloud.
The sacrificer cries aloud.
अतः परिज्मन्ना गहि दिवो वा रोचनादधि |
समस्मिन्न्र्ञ्जते गिरः
English:- Come from this place, O Wanderer, or downward from the light of heaven:
Our songs of praise all yearn for this.
Our songs of praise all yearn for this.
इतो वा सातिमीमहे दिवो वा पार्थिवादधि |
इन्द्रं महोवा रजसः
English:- Indra we seek to give us help, from here, from heaven above the earth,
Or from the spacious firmament.
Or from the spacious firmament.