1.130.1
एन्द्र॑ या॒ह्युप॑ नः परा॒वतो॒ नायमच्छा॑ वि॒दथा॑नीव॒ सत्प॑ति॒रस्तं॒ राजे॑व॒ सत्प॑तिः |
हवा॑महे त्वा व॒यं प्रय॑स्वन्तः सु॒ते सचा॑ |
पु॒त्रासो॒ न पि॒तरं॒ वाज॑सातये॒ मंहि॑ष्ठं॒ वाज॑सातये ||
Come to us, Indra, from afar, conducting us even as a lord of heroes to the gatherings, home, like a King, his heroes' lord. We come with gifts of pleasant food, with juice poured forth, invoking thee, As sons invite a sire, that thou mayst get thee strength thee, bounteousest, to get thee strength.
Come to us, Indra, from afar, conducting us as a lord of heroes to the gatherings, home like a King, his heroes' lord. We come with pleasant food and poured juice, invoking you as sons invite a sire, that you may get strength—bounteousest, to get you strength.
Indra as vira-pati rajan to samiti; putra-pitri invitation with anna-Soma so Maghavan gains bala—reciprocal strengthening of deity and devotees.
Invite strong leadership with hospitality that also restores the leader. Mutual strengthening—team and guide—beats one-way extraction.
1.130.2
पिबा॒ सोम॑मिन्द्र सुवा॒नमद्रि॑भि॒: कोशे॑न सि॒क्तम॑व॒तं न वंस॑गस्तातृषा॒णो न वंस॑गः |
मदा॑य हर्य॒ताय॑ ते तु॒विष्ट॑माय॒ धाय॑से |
आ त्वा॑ यच्छन्तु ह॒रितो॒ न सूर्य॒महा॒ विश्वे॑व॒ सूर्य॑म् ||
O Indra, drink the Soma juice pressed out with stones. poured from the reservoir, as an ox drinks the spring, a very thirsty bull the spring. For the sweet draught that gladdens thee, for mightiest freshening of thy strength. Let thy Bay Horses bring thee hither as the Sun, as every day they bring the Sun.
O Indra, drink the Soma juice pressed with stones, poured from the reservoir, as an ox drinks the spring—a very thirsty bull the spring. For the sweet draught that gladdens you, for mightiest freshening of strength, let your Bay Horses bring you hither as the Sun—as every day they bring the Sun.
Abhishuta Soma as vrisha at utsa; madhu-pana for balavardhana; harit ashvas daily like Surya-vahana—Indra's arrival as solar reliability.
Refresh peak performers with what actually restores them, on a daily reliable schedule—like sunrise, not sporadic crisis care.
1.130.3
अवि॑न्दद् दि॒वो निहि॑तं॒ गुहा॑ नि॒धिं वेर्न गर्भं॒ परि॑वीत॒मश्म॑न्यन॒न्ते अ॒न्तरश्म॑नि |
व्र॒जं व॒ज्री गवा॑मिव॒ सिषा॑स॒न्नङ्गि॑रस्तमः |
अपा॑वृणो॒दिष॒ इन्द्र॒: परी॑वृता॒ द्वार॒ इष॒: परी॑वृताः ||
He found the treasure brought from heaven that lay concealed, close-hidden, like the nestling of a bird, in rock, enclosed in never-ending rock. Best Aṅgiras, bolt-armed, he strove to win, as ’twere, the stall of kine; So Indra hath disclosed the food concealed, disclosed the doors, the food that lay concealed.
He found the treasure brought from heaven that lay concealed, close-hidden like a bird's nestling in rock, enclosed in never-ending rock. Best Angiras, bolt-armed, he strove to win as it were the stall of kine; so Indra disclosed the food concealed—disclosed the doors, the food that lay concealed.
Divya nidhi in ashman like nestling; Angirastama vajrin opens gotra and anna-dvara—Indra as revealer of locked nourishment.
Seek locked value inside hard systems. Persistent skilled force opens doors to nourishment that scarcity narratives said was unreachable.
1.130.4
दा॒दृ॒हा॒णो वज्र॒मिन्द्रो॒ गभ॑स्त्यो॒: क्षद्मे॑व ति॒ग्ममस॑नाय॒ सं श्य॑दहि॒हत्या॑य॒ सं श्य॑त् |
सं॒वि॒व्या॒न ओज॑सा॒ शवो॑भिरिन्द्र म॒ज्मना॑ |
तष्टे॑व वृ॒क्षं व॒निनो॒ नि वृ॑श्चसि पर॒श्वेव॒ नि वृ॑श्चसि ||
Grasping his thunderbolt with both hands, Indra made its edge most keen, for hurling, like a carving-knife for Ahi's slaughter made it keen. Endued with majesty and strength, O Indra, and with lordly might, Thou crashest down the trees, as when a craftsman fells, crashest them down as with an axe.
Grasping his thunderbolt with both hands, Indra made its edge most keen for hurling, like a carving-knife for Ahi's slaughter. Endued with majesty and strength and lordly might, you crash down trees as a craftsman fells—crash them down as with an axe.
Dvi-hasta vajra-tikshnikarana for Ahi-vadha; shri-bala-aishvarya fells vanaspati like takshan—craftsman cosmology of Indra's strike.
Sharpen tools with both hands before decisive action. Majestic strength still benefits from craftsperson precision when removing what blocks the living world.
1.130.5
त्वं वृथा॑ न॒द्य॑ इन्द्र॒ सर्त॒वे ऽच्छा॑ समु॒द्रम॑सृजो॒ रथाँ॑ इव वाजय॒तो रथाँ॑ इव |
इ॒त ऊ॒तीर॑युञ्जत समा॒नमर्थ॒मक्षि॑तम् |
धे॒नूरि॑व॒ मन॑वे वि॒श्वदो॑हसो॒ जना॑य वि॒श्वदो॑हसः ||
Thou, Indra, without effort hast let loose the floods to run their free course down, like chariots, to the sea, like chariots showing forth their strength. They, reaching hence away, have joined their strength for one eternal end, Even as the cows who poured forth every thing for man, Yea, poured forth all things for mankind.
You, Indra, without effort have let loose the floods to run free like chariots to the sea, like chariots showing strength. Reaching hence away they joined strength for one eternal end, even as cows who poured forth everything for man—yea, poured forth all things for mankind.
Anayasa sindhu-moksha like ratha to samudra; apas unite for sanatana artha; dhenu-tulya pouring sarvam for manushya—effortless cosmic generosity after Vritra.
Remove blockages so resources can flow toward shared enduring aims. After release, many streams naturally coordinate for human flourishing.
1.130.6
इ॒मां ते॒ वाचं॑ वसू॒यन्त॑ आ॒यवो॒ रथं॒ न धीर॒: स्वपा॑ अतक्षिषुः सु॒म्नाय॒ त्वाम॑तक्षिषुः |
शु॒म्भन्तो॒ जेन्यं॑ यथा॒ वाजे॑षु विप्र वा॒जिन॑म् |
अत्य॑मिव॒ शव॑से सा॒तये॒ धना॒ विश्वा॒ धना॑नि सा॒तये॑ ||
Eager for riches, men have formed for thee this song, like as a skilful craftsman fashioneth a car, so have they wrought thee to their bliss; Adorning thee, O Singer, like a generous steed for deeds of might, Yea, like a steed to show his strength and win the prize, that he may bear each prize away.
Eager for riches, men have formed for you this song, like a skilful craftsman fashioning a car, so have they wrought you to their bliss; adorning you, O Singer, like a generous steed for deeds of might—yea, like a steed to show strength and win the prize, that he may bear each prize away.
Rayi-kamah craft stuti like ratha-takshan; Indra alamkrita as ashva for virya and jaya—poiesis that equips the deity for winning on behalf of singers.
Craft communication as carefully as engineering. Well-made praise and briefing equip leaders to win prizes that the whole team needs.
1.130.7
भि॒नत् पुरो॑ नव॒तिमि॑न्द्र पू॒रवे॒ दिवो॑दासाय॒ महि॑ दा॒शुषे॑ नृतो॒ वज्रे॑ण दा॒शुषे॑ नृतो |
अ॒ति॒थि॒ग्वाय॒ शम्ब॑रं गि॒रेरु॒ग्रो अवा॑भरत् |
म॒हो धना॑नि॒ दय॑मान॒ ओज॑सा॒ विश्वा॒ धना॒न्योज॑सा ||
For Pūru thou hast shattered, Indra ninety forts, for Divodāsa thy boon servant with thy bolt, O Dancer, for thy worshipper. For Atithigva he, the Strong, brought Śambara. from the mountain down, Distributing the mighty treasures with his strength, parting all treasures with his strength.
For Puru you shattered, Indra, ninety forts; for Divodasa your boon servant with your bolt, O Dancer, for your worshipper. For Atithigva he, the Strong, brought Shambara from the mountain down, distributing mighty treasures with his strength—parting all treasures with his strength.
Navati pura for Puru; Divodasa/Atithigva sakhyam; Shambara giri-patana; rayi-vibhaga—Indra as nrityat shatterer who also distributes spoils.
Break obstructive strongholds for allies, then distribute gains fairly. Victory without sharing recreates the forts you just destroyed.
1.130.8
इन्द्र॑: स॒मत्सु॒ यज॑मान॒मार्यं॒ प्राव॒द् विश्वे॑षु श॒तमू॑तिरा॒जिषु॒ स्व॑र्मीह्लेष्वा॒जिषु॑ |
मन॑वे॒ शास॑दव्र॒तान् त्वचं॑ कृ॒ष्णाम॑रन्धयत् |
दक्ष॒न्न विश्वं॑ ततृषा॒णमो॑षति॒ न्य॑र्शसा॒नमो॑षति ||
Indra in battles help his Āryan worshipper, he who hath hundred helps at hand in every fray, in frays that win the light of heaven. Plaguing the lawless he gave up to Manu's seed the dusky skin; Blazing, ’twere, he burns each covetous man away, he burns, the tyrannous away.
Indra in battles helps his Aryan worshipper, who has hundred helps at hand in every fray that wins heaven's light. Plaguing the lawless he gave up to Manu's seed the dusky skin; blazing he burns each covetous man away—burns the tyrannous away.
Indra as shatavat sahayya in jyotir-yuddha; adeva constrained for Manu-santati; tapas burns lubdha and tyrannous—rita-enforcing heat (read as moral, not racial doctrine).
Support rule-of-law participants with redundant help. Direct transformative heat at predatory greed and tyranny, not at scapegoats.
1.130.9
सूर॑श्च॒क्रं प्र वृ॑हज्जा॒त ओज॑सा प्रपि॒त्वे वाच॑मरु॒णो मु॑षायतीशा॒न आ मु॑षायति |
उ॒शना॒ यत् प॑रा॒वतो ऽज॑गन्नू॒तये॑ कवे |
सु॒म्नानि॒ विश्वा॒ मनु॑षेव तु॒र्वणि॒रहा॒ विश्वे॑व तु॒र्वणि॑: ||
Waxed strong in might at dawn he tore the Sun's wheel off. Bright red, he steals away their speech, the Lord of Power, their speech he steals away from them, As thou with eager speed, O Sage, hast come from far away to help, As winning for thine own all happiness of men, winning all happiness each day.
Waxed strong in might at dawn he tore the Sun's wheel off. Bright red, he steals away their speech, the Lord of Power—their speech he steals away from them. As you with eager speed, O Sage, have come from far to help, winning for your own all happiness of men, winning all happiness each day.
Ushas-bala tears Surya-chakra; arusha Indra seizes shatru-vak; dura-agati for manushya-sukha daily—sovereignty over hostile narrative and daily wellbeing.
Seize narrative power from those who would dominate the story. Arrive from outside comfort zones daily to secure shared happiness.
1.130.10
स नो॒ नव्ये॑भिर्वृषकर्मन्नु॒क्थैः पुरां॑ दर्तः पा॒युभि॑: पाहि श॒ग्मैः |
दि॒वो॒दा॒सेभि॑रिन्द्र॒ स्तवा॑नो वावृधी॒था अहो॑भिरिव॒ द्यौः ||
Lauded with our new hymns, O vigorous in deed, save us with strengthening help, thou Shatterer of the Forts! Thou, Indra, praised by Divodāsa's clansmen, as heaven grows great with days, shalt wax in glory.
Lauded with our new hymns, O vigorous in deed, save us with strengthening help, you Shatterer of the Forts! You, Indra, praised by Divodasa's clansmen, as heaven grows great with days, shall wax in glory.
Nava-stuti for karma-shura pura-bhettā; Divodasa-jana praise; yashas waxing as dyaus with ahan—glory that grows with time and renewing song.
Keep hymns—and strategies—new. Strengthening help and public credit let legitimate power grow naturally with time, like the expanding day-sky.