1.129.1
यं त्वं रथ॑मिन्द्र मे॒धसा॑तये ऽपा॒का सन्त॑मिषिर प्र॒णय॑सि॒ प्रान॑वद्य॒ नय॑सि |
स॒द्यश्चि॒त्तम॒भिष्ट॑ये॒ करो॒ वश॑श्च वा॒जिन॑म् |
सास्माक॑मनवद्य तूतुजान वे॒धसा॑मि॒मां वाचं॒ न वे॒धसा॑म् ||
THE car which Indra, thou, for service of the Gods though it be far away, O swift One, bringest near, which, Blameless One, thou bringest near, Place swiftly nigh us for our help: be it thy will that it be strong. Blameless and active, hear this speech of orderers, this speech of us like orderers.
The car which you, Indra, bring near for Gods' service though far away, O swift One—Blameless One, you bring near—place swiftly nigh for our help; will that it be strong. Blameless and active, hear this speech of us orderers.
Indra's ratha even when dura is aaniyata for deva-seva and human help; anagah active hearing of yajamana-vak—nearness as will and strength.
Pull distant resources into present service quickly. Leadership hears organized requests and wills the vehicle of help to be strong.
1.129.2
स श्रु॑धि॒ यः स्मा॒ पृत॑नासु॒ कासु॑ चिद् द॒क्षाय्य॑ इन्द्र॒ भर॑हूतये॒ नृभि॒रसि॒ प्रतू॑र्तये॒ नृभि॑: |
यः शूरै॒: स्व १: सनि॑ता॒ यो विप्रै॒र्वाजं॒ तरु॑ता |
तमी॑शा॒नास॑ इरधन्त वा॒जिनं॑ पृ॒क्षमत्यं॒ न वा॒जिन॑म् ||
Hear, Indra, thou whom men in every fight must call to show thy strength, for cry of battle with the men, with men of war for victory. He who with heroes wins the light, who with the singers gains the prize, Him the rich seek to gain even as a swift strong steed, even as a courser fleet and strong.
Hear, Indra, whom men in every fight must call to show strength—for battle-cry with warriors, for victory. He who with heroes wins the light, who with singers gains the prize—him the rich seek like a swift strong steed.
Indra as sarva-yuddha ahvana for bala and jaya; jyotir with viras, prize with singers; rayiman seek him like ashva—power that creators and fighters both need.
In competitive arenas, call proven strength. The same excellence attracts both fighters and artists—and those with means seek it eagerly.
1.129.3
द॒स्मो हि ष्मा॒ वृष॑णं॒ पिन्व॑सि॒ त्वचं॒ कं चि॑द् यावीर॒ररुं॑ शूर॒ मर्त्यं॑ परिवृ॒णक्षि॒ मर्त्य॑म् |
इन्द्रो॒त तुभ्यं॒ तद् दि॒वे तद् रु॒द्राय॒ स्वय॑शसे |
मि॒त्राय॑ वोचं॒ वरु॑णाय स॒प्रथ॑: सुमृळी॒काय॑ स॒प्रथ॑: ||
Thou, Mighty, pourest forth the hide that holds the rain, thou keepest far away, Hero, the wicked man, thou shuttest out the wicked man. Indra, to thee I sing, to Dyaus, to Rudra glorious in himself, To Mitra, Varuṇa I sing a far-famed hymn to the kind God a far-famed hymn.
You, Mighty, pour forth the hide that holds the rain; you keep far the wicked man, you shut out the wicked. Indra, to you I sing, to Dyaus, to Rudra glorious in himself, to Mitra-Varuna a far-famed hymn—to the kind God a far-famed hymn.
Indra releases megha-charma rains and excludes duskrit; stuti expands to Dyaus, Rudra, Mitra-Varuna—Vishvedeva resonance around Indra's kindness.
Release nourishing flow and set firm boundaries against harm. Broaden gratitude to the whole support ecology around your core strength.
1.129.4
अ॒स्माकं॑ व॒ इन्द्र॑मुश्मसी॒ष्टये॒ सखा॑यं वि॒श्वायुं॑ प्रा॒सहं॒ युजं॒ वाजे॑षु प्रा॒सहं॒ युज॑म् |
अ॒स्माकं॒ ब्रह्मो॒तये ऽवा॑ पृ॒त्सुषु॒ कासु॑ चित् |
न॒हि त्वा॒ शत्रु॒: स्तर॑तेः स्तृ॒णोषि॒ यं विश्वं॒ शत्रुं॑: स्तृ॒णोषि॒ यम् ||
We wish our Indra here that he may further you, the Friend, beloved of all, the very strong ally, in wars the very strong ally In all encounters strengthen thou our prayer to be a help to us. No enemy—whom thou smitest down—subdueth thee, no enemy, whom thou smitest down.
We wish our Indra here that he may further you—the Friend beloved of all, very strong ally in wars. In all encounters strengthen our prayer to be a help. No enemy you smite down subdues you—no enemy whom you smite down.
Indra as sarva-priya mitra and yuddha-sakha; prayer strengthened as upakara; ajeya against those he strikes—invincible right force.
Want allies who further others, not only themselves. Strengthen petitions into practical help, and trust just force that cannot be mastered by what it rightly stops.
1.129.5
नि षू न॒माति॑मतिं॒ कय॑स्य चि॒त् तेजि॑ष्ठाभिर॒रणि॑भि॒र्नोतिभि॑रु॒ग्राभि॑रुग्रो॒तिभि॑: |
नेषि॑ णो॒ यथा॑ पु॒राऽने॒नाः शू॑र॒ मन्य॑से |
विश्वा॑नि पू॒रोरप॑ पर्षि॒ वह्नि॑रा॒सा वह्नि॑र्नो॒ अच्छ॑ ||
Bow down the overweening pride of every foe with succour like to kindling-wood in fiercest flame, with mighty succour, Mighty One. Guide us, thou Hero, as of old, so art thou counted blameless still. Thou drivest, as a Priest, all sins of man away, as Priest, in person, seeking us.
Bow down the overweening pride of every foe with succour like kindling in fiercest flame, Mighty One. Guide us as of old—you are still counted blameless. As Priest you drive away all sins of man, seeking us in person.
Indra namayati atimanam with ulbana sahayya; pura-niti continues; as ritvij he drives papa, seeking sannidhi—moral guidance with heat.
Confront arrogance with fierce, clean support for the right. Personal presence of ethical leadership still drives corrosive habits away.
1.129.6
प्र तद् वो॑चेयं॒ भव्या॒येन्द॑वे॒ हव्यो॒ न य इ॒षवा॒न् मन्म॒ रेज॑ति रक्षो॒हा मन्म॒ रेज॑ति |
स्व॒यं सो अ॒स्मदा नि॒दो व॒धैर॑जेत दुर्म॒तिम् |
अव॑ स्रवेद॒घशं॑सोऽवत॒रमव॑ क्षु॒द्रमि॑व स्रवेत् ||
This may I utter to the present Soma-drop, which, meet to be invoked, with power, awakes the prayer, awakes the demon-slaying prayer. May he himself with darts of death drive far from us the scorner's hate. Far let him flee away who speaketh wickedness and vanish like a mote of dust.
This may I utter to the present Soma-drop, which with power awakens prayer—awakens demon-slaying prayer. May he with darts of death drive far the scorner's hate. Far let him flee who speaks wickedness and vanish like a mote of dust.
Indu present awakens rakshohan prayer; darts drive vidvesha; duskrita-vak flees like rajas-particle—Soma as clarity against scorn.
Let clarifying joy awaken protective speech. Push scorn and toxic talk out of the field until they lose substance like dust.
1.129.7
व॒नेम॒ तद्धोत्र॑या चि॒तन्त्या॑ व॒नेम॑ र॒यिं र॑यिवः सु॒वीर्यं॑ र॒ण्वं सन्तं॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् |
दु॒र्मन्मा॑नं सु॒मन्तु॑भि॒रेमि॒षा पृ॑चीमहि |
आ स॒त्याभि॒रिन्द्रं॑ द्यु॒म्नहू॑तिभि॒र्यज॑त्रं द्यु॒म्नहू॑तिभिः ||
By thoughtful invocation this may we obtain, obtain great wealth, O Wealthy One, with Hero sons, wealth that is sweet with hero sons. Him who is wroth we pacify with sacred food and eulogies, Indra the Holy with our calls inspired and true, the Holy One with calls inspired.
By thoughtful invocation may we obtain great wealth, O Wealthy One, with hero sons—wealth sweet with hero sons. Him who is wroth we pacify with sacred food and eulogies—Indra the Holy with inspired true calls.
Dhiya-havana for rayi with vira-praja; krodha pacified by havis and stuti—Indra as pavitra answering satya-inspired calls.
Ask thoughtfully for wealth that includes capable successors. De-escalate anger with sincere appreciation and tangible care, not flattery alone.
1.129.8
प्रप्रा॑ वो अ॒स्मे स्वय॑शोभिरू॒ती प॑रिव॒र्ग इन्द्रो॑ दुर्मती॒नां दरी॑मन् दुर्मती॒नाम् |
स्व॒यं सा रि॑ष॒यध्यै॒ या न॑ उपे॒षे अ॒त्रैः |
ह॒तेम॑स॒न्न व॑क्षति क्षि॒प्ता जू॒र्णिर्न व॑क्षति ||
On, for your good and ours, come Indra with the aid of his own lordliness to drive the wicked hence, to rend the evil-hearted ones! The weapon which devouring fiends cast at us shall destroy themselves. Struck down, it shall not reach the mark; hurled forth, the fire-brand shall not strike.
On, for your good and ours, come Indra with his own lordliness to drive the wicked hence, to rend the evil-hearted! The weapon devouring fiends cast at us shall destroy themselves. Struck down it shall not reach the mark; hurled fire-brand shall not strike.
Indra's svaiśvarya drives duskrit and rends durhṛd; hostile astra becomes ātma-nāśa—karmic rebound of malice under vajra order.
Invite authority that protects mutual good. Often malicious attacks collapse on themselves when met by steady, rightful power.
1.129.9
त्वं न॑ इन्द्र रा॒या परी॑णसा या॒हि प॒थाँ अ॑ने॒हसा॑ पु॒रो या॑ह्यर॒क्षसा॑ |
सच॑स्व नः परा॒क आ सच॑स्वास्तमी॒क आ |
पा॒हि नो॑ दू॒रादा॒राद॒भिष्टि॑भि॒: सदा॑ पाह्य॒भिष्टि॑भिः ||
With riches in abundance, Indra, come to us, come by an unobstructed path, come by a path from demons free. Be with us when we stray afar, be with us when our home is nigh. Protect us with thy help both near and far away: protect us ever with thy help.
With riches in abundance, Indra, come by an unobstructed path free from demons. Be with us when we stray afar, be with us when home is nigh. Protect us with your help both near and far—protect us ever with your help.
Anavaruddha path free of rakshas; Indra-sannidhi in dura and sneha-griha; nitya-raksha—continuity of care across locations.
Design support that works remotely and locally. Continuous protection across contexts beats help that only appears in one setting.
1.129.10
त्वं न॑ इन्द्र रा॒या तरू॑षसो॒ग्रं चि॑त् त्वा महि॒मा स॑क्ष॒दव॑से म॒हे मि॒त्रं नाव॑से |
ओजि॑ष्ठ॒ त्रात॒रवि॑ता॒ रथं॒ कं चि॑दमर्त्य |
अ॒न्यम॒स्मद् रि॑रिषे॒: कं चि॑दद्रिवो॒ रिरि॑क्षन्तं चिदद्रिवः ||
Thou art our own, O Indra, with victorious wealth: let might accompany thee, the Strong, to give us aid, like Mitra, to give mighty aid. O strongest saviour, helper thou, Immortal! of each warrior's car. Hurt thou another and not us, O Thunder-armed, one who would hurt, O Thunder-armed!
You are our own, O Indra, with victorious wealth; let might accompany you, the Strong, to give aid like Mitra. Strongest saviour, helper of each warrior's car—hurt another, not us, O Thunder-armed—one who would hurt, O Thunder-armed!
Indra as sva with jaya-rayi; Mitra-tulya sahayya; ratha-yodha helper; vajra redirected toward the aggressor—protective discrimination.
Claim loyal strength that aids every working vehicle of courage. Direct force at genuine aggressors, not at the community you protect.
1.129.11
पा॒हि न॑ इन्द्र सुष्टुत स्रि॒धो॑ ऽवया॒ता सद॒मिद् दु॑र्मती॒नां दे॒वः सन्दु॑र्मती॒नाम् |
ह॒न्ता पा॒पस्य॑ र॒क्षस॑स्त्रा॒ता विप्र॑स्य॒ माव॑तः |
अधा॒ हि त्वा॑ जनि॒ता जीज॑नद् वसो रक्षो॒हणं॑ त्वा॒ जीज॑नद् वसो ||
Save us from injury, thou who art well extolled: ever the warder-off art thou of wicked ones, even as a God, of wicked ones; Thou slayer of the evil fiend, saviour of singer such as I. Good Lord, the Father made thee slayer of the fiends, made thee, good Lord, to slay the fiends.
Save us from injury, well-extolled one; ever you ward off wicked ones, even as a God. Slayer of the evil fiend, saviour of a singer such as I—good Lord, the Father made you slayer of fiends, made you, good Lord, to slay the fiends.
Indra as nitya-vāraṇa of duskrit; bhūta-han and kavi-trātā; pitṛ-kalpita role as rakṣohan—destiny of protective sovereignty.
Accept protective vocation. Some roles exist to stop predatory harm and save creative voices—own that purpose without apology.