Rigveda 1.63

1.63.1

त्वं म॒हाँ इ॑न्द्र॒ यो ह॒ शुष्मै॒र्द्यावा॑ जज्ञा॒नः पृ॑थि॒वी अमे॑ धाः | यद्ध॑ ते॒ विश्वा॑ गि॒रय॑श्चि॒दभ्वा॑ भि॒या दृ॒ह्लास॑: कि॒रणा॒ नैज॑न् ||

THOU art the Mighty One; when born, O Indra, with power thou terrifiedst earth and heaven; When, in their fear of thee, all firm-set mountains and monstrous creatures shook like dust before thee.

1.63.2

आ यद्धरी॑ इन्द्र॒ विव्र॑ता॒ वेरा ते॒ वज्रं॑ जरि॒ता बा॒ह्वोर्धा॑त् | येना॑विहर्यतक्रतो अ॒मित्रा॒न् पुर॑ इ॒ष्णासि॑ पुरुहूत पू॒र्वीः ||

When thy two wandering Bays thou drawest hither, thy praiser laid within thine arms the thunder, Wherewith, O Much-invoked, in will resistless, thou smitest foemen down and many a castle.

1.63.3

त्वं स॒त्य इ॑न्द्र धृ॒ष्णुरे॒तान् त्वमृ॑भु॒क्षा नर्य॒स्त्वं षाट् | त्वं शुष्णं॑ वृ॒जने॑ पृ॒क्ष आ॒णौ यूने॒ कुत्सा॑य द्यु॒मते॒ सचा॑हन् ||

Faithful art thou, these thou defiest, Indra; thou art the Ṛbhus' Lord, heroic, victor. Thou, by his side, for young and glorious Kutsa, with steed and car in battle slewest Śuṣṇa,

1.63.4

त्वं ह॒ त्यदि॑न्द्र चोदी॒: सखा॑ वृ॒त्रं यद् व॑ज्रिन् वृषकर्मन्नु॒भ्नाः | यद्ध॑ शूर वृषमणः परा॒चैर्वि दस्यूँ॒र्योना॒वकृ॑तो वृथा॒षाट् ||

That, as a friend, thou furtheredst, O Indra, when, Thunderer, strong in act, thou crushedst Vṛtra; When, Hero, thou, great-souled, with easy conquest didst rend the Dasyus in their distant dwelling.

1.63.5

त्वं ह॒ त्यदि॒न्द्रारि॑षण्यन् दृ॒ह्लस्य॑ चि॒न्मर्ता॑ना॒मजु॑ष्टौ | व्य १ स्मदा काष्ठा॒ अर्व॑ते वर्घ॒नेव॑ वज्रिञ्छ्नथिह्य॒मित्रा॑न् ||

This doest thou, and art not harmed, O Indra, e’en in the anger of the strongest mortal. Lay thou the race-course open for our horses: as with a club, slay, Thunder-armed! our foemen.

1.63.6

त्वां ह॒ त्यदि॒न्द्रार्ण॑सातौ॒ स्व॑र्मीह्ले॒ नर॑ आ॒जा ह॑वन्ते | तव॑ स्वधाव इ॒यमा स॑म॒र्य ऊ॒तिर्वाजे॑ष्वत॒साय्या॑ भूत् ||

Hence men invoke thee, Indra, in the tumult of battle, in the light-bestowing conflict. This aid of thine, O Godlike One, was ever to be implored in deeds of might in combat.

1.63.7

त्वं ह॒ त्यदि॑न्द्र स॒प्त युध्य॒न्पु पुरो॑ वज्रिन् पुरु॒कुत्सा॑य दर्दः | ब॒र्हिर्न यत् सु॒दासे॒ वृथा॒ वर्गं॒हो रा॑ज॒न् वरि॑वः पू॒रवे॑ कः ||

Warring for Purukutsa thou, O Indra, Thunder-armed! breakest down the seven castles; Easily, for Sudās, like grass didst rend them, and out of need, King, broughtest gain to Pūru.

1.63.8

त्वं त्यां न॑ इन्द्र देव चि॒त्रामिष॒मापो॒ न पी॑पय॒: परि॑ज्मन् | यया॑ शूर॒ प्रत्य॒स्मभ्यं॒ यंसि॒ त्मन॒मूर्जं॒ न वि॒श्वध॒ क्षर॑ध्यै ||

O Indra, God who movest round about us, feed us with varied food plenteous as water— Food wherewithal, O Hero, thou bestowest vigour itself to flow to us for ever.

1.63.9

अका॑रि त इन्द्र॒ गोत॑मेभि॒र्ब्रह्मा॒ण्योक्ता॒ नम॑सा॒ हरि॑भ्याम् | सु॒पेश॑सं॒ वाज॒मा भ॑रा नः प्रा॒तर्म॒क्षू धि॒याव॑सुर्जगम्यात् ||

Prayers have been made by Gotamas, O Indra, addressed to thee, with laud for thy Bay Horses. Bring us in noble shape abundant riches. May he, enriched with prayer, come soon and early.