Rigveda 7.31

7.31.1

प्र व॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ माद॑नं॒ हर्य॑श्वाय गायत | सखा॑यः सोम॒पाव्ने॑ ||

SING ye a song, to make him glad, to Indra, Lord of Tawny Steeds, The Soma-drinker, O my friends.

7.31.2

शंसेदु॒क्थं सु॒दान॑व उ॒त द्यु॒क्षं यथा॒ नर॑: | च॒कृ॒मा स॒त्यरा॑धसे ||

To him the Bounteous say the laud, and let us glorify, as men May do, the Giver of true gifts.

7.31.3

त्वं न॑ इन्द्र वाज॒युस्त्वं ग॒व्युः श॑तक्रतो | त्वं हि॑रण्य॒युर्व॑सो ||

O Indra, Lord of boundless might, for us thou winnest strength and kine, Thou winnest gold for us, Good Lord.

7.31.4

व॒यमि॑न्द्र त्वा॒यवो॒ऽभि प्र णो॑नुमो वृषन् | वि॒द्धी त्व१स्य नो॑ वसो ||

Faithful to thee we loudly sing, heroic Indra, songs to thee: Mark, O Good Lord, this act of ours.

7.31.5

मा नो॑ नि॒दे च॒ वक्त॑वे॒ऽर्यो र॑न्धी॒ररा॑व्णे | त्वे अपि॒ क्रतु॒र्मम॑ ||

Give us not up to man's reproach, to foeman's hateful calumny: In thee alone is all my strength.

7.31.6

त्वं वर्मा॑सि स॒प्रथ॑: पुरोयो॒धश्च॑ वृत्रहन् | त्वया॒ प्रति॑ ब्रुवे यु॒जा ||

Thou art mine ample coat of mail, my Champion, Vṛtra-Slayer, thou: With thee for Friend I brave the foe.

7.31.7

म॒हाँ उ॒तासि॒ यस्य॒ तेऽनु॑ स्व॒धाव॑री॒ सह॑: | म॒म्नाते॑ इन्द्र॒ रोद॑सी ||

Yea, great art thou whose conquering might two independent Powers confess. The Heaven, O India, and the Earth.

7.31.8

तं त्वा॑ म॒रुत्व॑ती॒ परि॒ भुव॒द्वाणी॑ स॒याव॑री | नक्ष॑माणा स॒ह द्युभि॑: ||

So let the voice surround thee, which attends the Maruts on their way, Reaching thee with the rays of light.

7.31.9

ऊ॒र्ध्वास॒स्त्वान्विन्द॑वो॒ भुव॑न्द॒स्ममुप॒ द्यवि॑ | सं ते॑ नमन्त कृ॒ष्टय॑: ||

Let the ascending drops attain to thee, the Wondrous God, in heaven: Let all the folk bow down to thee.

7.31.10

प्र वो॑ म॒हे म॑हि॒वृधे॑ भरध्वं॒ प्रचे॑तसे॒ प्र सु॑म॒तिं कृ॑णुध्वम् | विश॑: पू॒र्वीः प्र च॑रा चर्षणि॒प्राः ||

Bring to the Wise, the Great, who waxeth mighty, your offerings, and make ready your devotion; To many clans he goeth, man's controller.

7.31.11

उ॒रु॒व्यच॑से म॒हिने॑ सुवृ॒क्तिमिन्द्रा॑य॒ ब्रह्म॑ जनयन्त॒ विप्रा॑: | तस्य॑ व्र॒तानि॒ न मि॑नन्ति॒ धीरा॑: ||

For Indra, the sublime, the far-pervading, have singers generated prayer and praises: The sages never violate his statutes.

7.31.12

इन्द्रं॒ वाणी॒रनु॑त्तमन्युमे॒व स॒त्रा राजा॑नं दधिरे॒ सह॑ध्यै | हर्य॑श्वाय बर्हया॒ समा॒पीन् ||

The choirs have stablished Indra King for ever, for victory, him whose anger is resistless: And, for the Bays' Lord, strengthened those he loveth.