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Book 10 >> HYMN 42 - Indra
अस्तेव सु परतरं लायमस्यन भूषन्निव पर भरास्तोममस्मै |
वाचा विप्रास्तरत वाचमर्यो नि रामयजरितः सोम इन्द्रम
वाचा विप्रास्तरत वाचमर्यो नि रामयजरितः सोम इन्द्रम
English:- . EVEN as an archer shoots afar his arrow, offer the laud to him with meet adornment.
Quell with your voice the wicked's voice, O sages. Singer, make Indra rest beside the Soma.
Quell with your voice the wicked's voice, O sages. Singer, make Indra rest beside the Soma.
दोहेन गामुप शिक्षा सखायं पर बोधय जरितर्जारमिन्द्रम |
कोशं न पूर्णं वसुना नय्र्ष्टमा चयावयमघदेयाय शूरम
English:- Draw thy Friend to thee like a cow at milking: O Singer, wake up Indra as a lover.
Make thou the Hero haste to give us riches even as a vessel filled brimful with treasure.
Make thou the Hero haste to give us riches even as a vessel filled brimful with treasure.
किमङग तवा मघवन भोजमाहुः शिशीहि मा शिशयन्त्वा शर्णोमि |
अप्नस्वती मम धीरस्तु शक्र वसुविदम्भगमिन्द्रा भरा नः
English:- Why, Maghavan, do they call thee Bounteous; Giver? Quicken me: thou, I hear, art he who quickens.
Śakra, let my intelligence be active, and bring us luck that finds great wealth, O Indra.
Śakra, let my intelligence be active, and bring us luck that finds great wealth, O Indra.
तवां जना ममसत्येष्विन्द्र सन्तस्थाना वि हवयन्तेसमीके |
अत्रा युजं कर्णुते यो हविष्मान नासुन्वतासख्यं वष्टि शूरः
English:- Standing, in battle for their rights, together, the people, Indra, in the fray invoke thee.
Him who brings gifts the Hero makes his comrade: with him who pours no juice he seeks not friendship.
Him who brings gifts the Hero makes his comrade: with him who pours no juice he seeks not friendship.
धनं न सयन्द्रं बहुलं यो अस्मै तीव्रान सोमानासुनोतिप्रयस्वान |
तस्मै शत्रून सुतुकान परातरह्नो निस्वष्ट्रान युवति हन्ति वर्त्रम
English:- Whoso with plenteous food for him expresses strong Somas as much quickly-coming treasure,
For him he overthrows in early morning his swift well-weaponed foes, and slays the tyrant.
For him he overthrows in early morning his swift well-weaponed foes, and slays the tyrant.
यस्मिन वयं दधिमा शंसमिन्द्रे यः शिश्राय मघवाकाममस्मे |
आराच्चित सन भयतामस्य शत्रुर्न्यस्मैद्युम्ना जन्या नमन्ताम
English:- He unto whom we offer praises, Indra, Maghavan, who hath joined to ours his wishes,-
Before him even afar the foe must tremble: low before him must bow all human glories.
Before him even afar the foe must tremble: low before him must bow all human glories.
आराच्छत्रुमप बाधस्व दूरमुग्रो यः शम्बःपुरुहूत तेन |
अस्मे धेहि यवमद गोमदिन्द्र कर्धी धियंजरित्रे वाजरत्नाम
English:- With thy fierce bolt, O God invoked of many, drive to a distance from afar the foeman.
O Indra, give us wealth in corn and cattle, and make thy singer's prayer gain strength and riches.
O Indra, give us wealth in corn and cattle, and make thy singer's prayer gain strength and riches.
पर यमन्तर्व्र्षसवासो अग्मन तीव्राः सोमा बहुलान्तासैन्द्रम |
नाह दामानं मघवा नि यंसन नि सुन्वते वहतिभूरि वामम
English:- Indra, the swallower of strong libations rich in the boons they bring, the potent Somas,
He, Maghavan, will not restrict his bounty he brings much wealth unto the Soma-presser.
He, Maghavan, will not restrict his bounty he brings much wealth unto the Soma-presser.
उत परहामतिदीव्या जयाति कर्तं यच्छ्वघ्नी विचिनोतिकाले |
यो देवकामो न धना रुणद्धि समित तं रायास्र्जति सवधावान
English:- Yea, by superior play he wins advantage, when he, a gambler, piles his gains in season.
Celestial-natured, he o'erwhelms with riches the devotee who keeps not back his treasure.
Celestial-natured, he o'erwhelms with riches the devotee who keeps not back his treasure.
गोभिष टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन कषुधं पुरुहूतविश्वाम |
वयं राजभिः परथमा धनान्यस्माकेनव्र्जनेना जयेम
English:- O Much-invoked, may we subdue all famine and evil want with store of grain and cattle.
May we allied, as first in rank, with princes obtain possessions by our own exertion.
May we allied, as first in rank, with princes obtain possessions by our own exertion.
बर्हस्पतिर्नः परि पातु पश्चादुतोत्तरस्मादधरादघायोः |
इद्रः पुरस्तादुत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्योवरिवः कर्णोतु
English:- Bṛhaspati protect us from the rearward, and from above, and from below, from sinners!
May Indra from the front, and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.
May Indra from the front, and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.