Rigveda 1.8

1.8.1

एन्द्र॑ सान॒सिं र॒यिं स॒जित्वा॑नं सदा॒सह॑म् | वर्षि॑ष्ठमू॒तये॑ भर ||

INDRA, bring wealth that gives delight, the victor's ever-conquering wealth, Most excellent, to be our aid;

1.8.2

नि येन॑ मुष्टिह॒त्यया॒ नि वृ॒त्रा रु॒णधा॑महै | त्वोता॑सो॒ न्यर्व॑ता ||

By means of which we may repel our foes in battle hand to hand, By thee assisted with the car.

1.8.3

इन्द्र॒ त्वोता॑स॒ आ व॒यं वज्रं॑ घ॒ना द॑दीमहि | जये॑म॒ सं यु॒धि स्पृध॑: ||

Aided by thee, the thunder-armed, Indra, may we lift up the bolt, And conquer all our foes in fight.

1.8.4

व॒यं शूरे॑भि॒रस्तृ॑भि॒रिन्द्र॒ त्वया॑ यु॒जा व॒यम् | सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृतन्य॒तः ||

With thee, O India, for ally with missile-darting heroes, may We conquer our embattled foes.

1.8.5

म॒हाँ इन्द्र॑: प॒रश्च॒ नु म॑हि॒त्वम॑स्तु व॒ज्रिणे॑ | द्यौर्न प्र॑थि॒ना शव॑: ||

Mighty is Indra, yea supreme; greatness be his, the Thunderer: Wide as the heaven extends his power

1.8.6

स॒मो॒हे वा॒ य आश॑त॒ नर॑स्तो॒कस्य॒ सनि॑तौ | विप्रा॑सो वा धिया॒यव॑: ||

Which aideth those to win them sons, who come as heroes to the fight, Or singers loving holy thoughts.

1.8.7

यः कु॒क्षिः सो॑म॒पात॑मः समु॒द्र इ॑व॒ पिन्व॑ते | उ॒र्वीरापो॒ न का॒कुद॑: ||

His belly, drinking deepest draughts of Soma, like an ocean swells, Like wide streams from the cope of heaven.

1.8.8

ए॒वा ह्य॑स्य सू॒नृता॑ विर॒प्शी गोम॑ती म॒ही | प॒क्वा शाखा॒ न दा॒शुषे॑ ||

So also is his excellence, great, vigorous, rich in cattle, like A ripe branch to the worshipper.

1.8.9

ए॒वा हि ते॒ विभू॑तय ऊ॒तय॑ इन्द्र॒ माव॑ते | स॒द्यश्चि॒त् सन्ति॑ दा॒शुषे॑ ||

For verily thy mighty powers, Indra, are saving helps at once Unto a worshipper like me.

1.8.10

ए॒वा ह्य॑स्य॒ काम्या॒ स्तोम॑ उ॒क्थं च॒ शंस्या॑ | इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोम॑पीतये ||

So are his lovely gifts; let lauds and praises be to Indra sung, That he may drink the Soma juice.