Rigveda 4.24

4.24.1

का सु॑ष्टु॒तिः शव॑सः सू॒नुमिन्द्र॑मर्वाची॒नं राध॑स॒ आ व॑वर्तत् | द॒दिर्हि वी॒रो गृ॑ण॒ते वसू॑नि॒ स गोप॑तिर्नि॒ष्षिधां॑ नो जनासः ||

WHAT worthy praise will bring before us Indra, the Son of Strength, that he may grant us riches; For he the Hero, gives the singer treasures: he is the Lord who sends us gifts, ye people.

4.24.2

स वृ॑त्र॒हत्ये॒ हव्य॒: स ईड्य॒: स सुष्टु॑त॒ इन्द्र॑: स॒त्यरा॑धाः | स याम॒न्ना म॒घवा॒ मर्त्या॑य ब्रह्मण्य॒ते सुष्व॑ये॒ वरि॑वो धात् ||

To be invoked and hymned in fight with Vṛtra, that well-praised Indra gives us real bounties. That Maghavan brings comfort in the foray to the religious man who pours libations.

4.24.3

तमिन्नरो॒ वि ह्व॑यन्ते समी॒के रि॑रि॒क्वांस॑स्त॒न्व॑: कृण्वत॒ त्राम् | मि॒थो यत् त्या॒गमु॒भया॑सो॒ अग्म॒न् नर॑स्तो॒कस्य॒ तन॑यस्य सा॒तौ ||

Him, verily, the men invoke in combat; risking their lives they make him their protector, When heroes, foe to foe, give up their bodies, fighting, each side, for children and their offspring.

4.24.4

क्र॒तू॒यन्ति॑ क्षि॒तयो॒ योग॑ उग्राऽऽशुषा॒णासो॑ मि॒थो अर्ण॑सातौ | सं यद् विशोऽव॑वृत्रन्त यु॒ध्मा आदिन्नेम॑ इन्द्रयन्ते अ॒भीके॑ ||

Strong God! the folk at need put forth their vigour, striving together in the whirl of battle. When warrior bands encounter one another some in the grapple quit themselves like Indra.

4.24.5

आदिद्ध॒ नेम॑ इन्द्रि॒यं य॑जन्त॒ आदित् प॒क्तिः पु॑रो॒ळाशं॑ रिरिच्यात् | आदित् सोमो॒ वि प॑पृच्या॒दसु॑ष्वी॒नादिज्जु॑जोष वृष॒भं यज॑ध्यै ||

Hence many a one worships the might of Indra: hence let the brew succeed the meal-oblation. Hence let the Soma banish those who pour not: even hence I joy to pay the Strong One worship.

4.24.6

कृ॒णोत्य॑स्मै॒ वरि॑वो॒ य इ॒त्थेन्द्रा॑य॒ सोम॑मुश॒ते सु॒नोति॑ | स॒ध्री॒चीने॑न॒ मन॒सावि॑वेन॒न् तमित् सखा॑यं कृणुते स॒मत्सु॑ ||

Indra gives comfort to the man who truly presses, for him who longs for it, the Soma, Not disaffected, with devoted spirit this man he takes to be his friend in battles.

4.24.7

य इन्द्रा॑य सु॒नव॒त् सोम॑म॒द्य पचा॑त् प॒क्तीरु॒त भृ॒ज्जाति॑ धा॒नाः | प्रति॑ मना॒योरु॒चथा॑नि॒ हर्य॒न् तस्मि॑न् दध॒द् वृष॑णं॒ शुष्म॒मिन्द्र॑: ||

He who this day for Indra presses Soma, prepares the brew and fries the grains of barley— Loving the hymns of that devoted servant, to him may Indra give heroic vigour.

4.24.8

य॒दा स॑म॒र्यं व्यचे॒दृघा॑वा दी॒र्घं यदा॒जिम॒भ्यख्य॑द॒र्यः | अचि॑क्रद॒द् वृष॑णं॒ पत्न्यच्छा॑ दुरो॒ण आ निशि॑तं सोम॒सुद्भि॑: ||

When the impetuous chief hath sought the conflict , and the lord looked upon the long-drawn battle, The matron calls to the Strong God whom pressers of Soma have encouraged in the dwelling.

4.24.9

भूय॑सा व॒स्नम॑चर॒त् कनी॒योऽवि॑क्रीतो अकानिषं॒ पुन॒र्यन् | स भूय॑सा॒ कनी॑यो॒ नारि॑रेचीद् दी॒ना दक्षा॒ वि दु॑हन्ति॒ प्र वा॒णम् ||

He bid a small price for a thing of value: I was content, returning, still unpurchased. He heightened not his insufficient offer. Simple and clever, both milk out the udder.

4.24.10

क इ॒मं द॒शभि॒र्ममेन्द्रं॑ क्रीणाति धे॒नुभि॑: | य॒दा वृ॒त्राणि॒ जङ्घ॑न॒दथै॑नं मे॒ पुन॑र्ददत् ||

Who for ten milch-kine purchaseth from me this Indra who is mine? When he hath slain the Vṛtras let the buyer give him back to me.

4.24.11

नू ष्टु॒त इ॑न्द्र॒ नू गृ॑णा॒न इषं॑ जरि॒त्रे न॒द्यो॒३ न पी॑पेः | अका॑रि ते हरिवो॒ ब्रह्म॒ नव्यं॑ धि॒या स्या॑म र॒थ्य॑: सदा॒साः ||

Now, Indra! lauded, glorified with praises, let wealth swell high like rivers for the singer. For thee a new hymn, Lord of Bays, is fashioned. May we, car-borne, through song be victors ever.