Rigveda 1.177

1.177.1

आ च॑र्षणि॒प्रा वृ॑ष॒भो जना॑नां॒ राजा॑ कृष्टी॒नां पु॑रुहू॒त इन्द्र॑: | स्तु॒तः श्र॑व॒स्यन्नव॒सोप॑ म॒द्रिग्यु॒क्त्वा हरी॒ वृष॒णा या॑ह्य॒र्वाङ् ||

THE Bull of men, who cherishes all people, King of the Races, Indra, called of many, Fame-loving, praised, hither to me with succour turn having yoked both vigorous Bay Horses!

Bull of men, cherisher of all people, King of races, fame-loving Indra—turn here with help, having yoked both vigorous Bay Horses.

Bull of men, king of peoples: Indra as generative protector and sovereign. Dual bay horses harnessed signal readiness—śakti under direction coming toward the singer.

Leaders should harness their full capacity and turn toward the people who need help—not remain abstractly available.

1.177.2

ये ते॒ वृष॑णो वृष॒भास॑ इन्द्र ब्रह्म॒युजो॒ वृष॑रथासो॒ अत्या॑: | ताँ आ ति॑ष्ठ॒ तेभि॒रा या॑ह्य॒र्वाङ् हवा॑महे त्वा सु॒त इ॑न्द्र॒ सोमे॑ ||

Thy mighty Stallions, yoked by prayer, O Indra, thy. Coursers to thy mighty chariot harnessed,— Ascend thou these, and borne by them come hither: with Soma juice outpoured, Indra, we call thee.

Your mighty stallions yoked by prayer—ascend and come; with Soma poured we call you, Indra.

Horses yoked by prayer—mantra as harness. Outer Soma and inner call together constitute complete invitation.

Intention harnesses energy. Pair clear asking with concrete preparation before expecting arrival.

1.177.3

आ ति॑ष्ठ॒ रथं॒ वृष॑णं॒ वृषा॑ ते सु॒तः सोम॒: परि॑षिक्ता॒ मधू॑नि | यु॒क्त्वा वृष॑भ्यां वृषभ क्षिती॒नां हरि॑भ्यां याहि प्र॒वतोप॑ म॒द्रिक् ||

Ascend thy mighty car: the mighty Soma is poured for thee and sweets are sprinkled round us. Come down to us-ward, Bull of human races, come, having harnessed them, with strong Bay Horses.

Ascend your mighty car; mighty Soma is poured and sweets sprinkled—come, Bull of human races, with strong Bay Horses.

Car plus Soma plus sweet-sprinkle: full hospitality for Indra as bull of humans. Descent toward us emphasizes accessibility of the majestic.

Make hospitality complete when inviting critical help: environment, offering, and clear welcome path.

1.177.4

अ॒यं य॒ज्ञो दे॑व॒या अ॒यं मि॒येध॑ इ॒मा ब्रह्मा॑ण्य॒यमि॑न्द्र॒ सोम॑: | स्ती॒र्णं ब॒र्हिरा तु श॑क्र॒ प्र या॑हि॒ पिबा॑ नि॒षद्य॒ वि मु॑चा॒ हरी॑ इ॒ह ||

Here is God-reaching sacrifice, here the victim; here, Indra, are the prayers, here is the Soma. Strewn is the sacred grass: come hither, Śakra; seat thee and drink: unyoke thy two Bay Coursers.

Here is god-reaching sacrifice, victim, prayers, Soma, and strewn grass—come Śakra, sit, drink, unyoke the two Bays.

Inventory of yajña completeness; Śakra invited to sit and unyoke—rest after arrival. Sacred presence includes pause, not only power-display.

When the work of arrival is done, allow rest. High performers need permission to unyoke, not endless motion.

1.177.5

ओ सुष्टु॑त इन्द्र याह्य॒र्वाङुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि मा॒न्यस्य॑ का॒रोः | वि॒द्याम॒ वस्तो॒रव॑सा गृ॒णन्तो॑ वि॒द्यामे॒षं वृ॒जनं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् ||

Come to us, Indra, come thou highly lauded to the devotions of the singer Māna. Singing, may we find early through thy succour, may we find strengthening food in full abundance.

Come, highly lauded Indra, to Māna's devotion; singing, may we find early success through you and strengthening food in abundance.

Māna-line stoma; early success through succour. Closing food-prayer completes the Indra-call cycle.

Ask for timely help and early traction—and keep wellbeing as a success metric.