1.  Drink Soma, O ferocious one, for the sake of which thou, extolled Indra,
    shall cleave extensive, wide, related to cows [space],
    so that such, O daring one, thou would utterly destroy, O thunderbolt-in-hand one,
    with powers to change Vṛtra [and] all unfriendly [forms].

2.  Such thou, having direct impact, carrying across [obstacles], do drink it!
    Who [is] full-cheeked, who [is] appearing as a bull of mental gestures,
    who splits open cowsheds, who, staying with tawny ones¹, carries a thunderbolt ---
    such thou, O Indra, do unleash manifold rushes of vigour!

3.  Just drink as usual, let [it] exhilarate thee!
    Hear the formula, and strengthen thyself through songs!
    Make the sun² manifest, swell libations,
    slay enemies, O Indra, unleash evocative expressions³.
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4.  Those, the raptures [of Soma libations] [manifested] thee, O Indra, extensively, O spontaneous one!
    These, when drunk, make the bright [thunderbolt⁴] grow.
    Exhilarating [drops of Soma⁵] excite again and again
    the entire great pervading overpowering strength,

5.  [the drops] with which thou, exalting, tearing open
    the strongholds, made the sun and the dawn shine.
    The great stone [that is] around the cows, thou, O Indra,
    should have removed --- the unshakable [stone] from its seat.

6.  With thy resourcefulness, with thy wondrous [powers], with [thy] enabling power,
    thou should have placed ripe [for poetry] [vital spirit⁶] midst crude [evocative expressions⁷].
    Thou shall uncover doors, strongholds for appearing at dawn [inner waters].
    Thou, accompanied by aṅgiras-es, poured out from the wide [space] evocative expressions⁸.

7.  Thou have filled up the wide Earth --- a great marvelous deed ---
    and thou, helping in dire straights, shall firmly, O Indra, prop up the Heaven.
    Thou made the two Rodas-es, having deva-s as children, to maintain
    the two primordial restless mothers⁹ of ṛta.
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8.  Then all deva-s set thee in front ---
    alone [but] strong, O Indra, to contest [the supremacy].
    (When he, who is without a deva, has deliberated upon deva-s,
    [then] they [would] choose in this case, in gaining sva`r, Indra.)

9.  Then for thee even the Heaven --- just as she¹⁰ [did] --- 
    gave way to the thunderbolt out of fear of thy own rage.
    When Indra for the sake of bestowing-means-[to-act] all-pervading vital power
    had hurled the snake into [its] lair,

10. then for thee¹¹, O ferocious one, Tvaṣṭṛ swiftly manifests 
    having thousand spikes, having hundred edges
    dispassionate, having suitable-[to circumstances]-intuition thunderbolt
    with which thou, O having direct impact one, shall crush finding-its-way snake.

11. Whom all acting in harmony with each other Marut-s shall strengthen,
    he would roast hundred buffaloes for thee, O Indra!
    (Pūṣan [and] Viṣṇu, the three channels, shall cleanse
    slaying Vṛtra, brewing exhilaration stalk for that one.)

12. Thou released held-back mighty swell of flowing waters,
    surrounded [by the snake]¹² wave of [inner] waters.
    Along grooves of their pathways, thou, O Indra,
    made [them], directed downwards, fluid, [made them] move towards the sea.
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13. Indeed [thee], Indra, who has performed all these [deeds] in just this way, 
    mighty, ferocious, who is not subject to old age, [who is] giving overwhelming strength ---
    thee, very manly, well-armed, having good thunderbolt ---
    the new formulation shall turn here to help [us].

14. Such thou, set up us, brilliant poets, for a rush of vigour,
    for fame, and for a libation, for a gift!
    Put consisting-of-men institutors of the sacrifice into [the state of] bearing a rush of vigour, O Indra,
    and during [any] decisive day be always ours, O Indra!

15. May we obtain set-up-in-this-way-by-the-deva rush of vigour!
    May we, very manly, rejoice for hundred winters!

1.  Extol him who has overwhelming vigour ---
    placing within [his] reach, [yet] not being placed within [opponent's] reach,
    [Extol] with these chants the invincible, ferocious, prevailing one,
    strengthen [him who] resembles a bull of those that draw to themselves¹.

2.  He, a warrior, a fighter, causing the tumult [of battle],
    combative, grinding many [enemies] down, thundering, having direct impact,
    [raising]² dust high, stirrer of favorable to men [waters] ---
    only he became conqueror of tribes.
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3.  Of course, it was just thou [who] subdued impulses to suffer want,
    for a conducting upwards one³ thou alone have placed the tribes within [his] reach⁴.
    Whether there is that aspect of valor of thee, O Indra,
    or not --- thou shall declare that at a proper time.

4.  Since I think that the only real overwhelming strength of thee, of manifested-often one,
    O most prevailing one, [is] from quick [action] of pressing forward,
    [that] the wrath of ferocious [disposition] [is] stronger than [mere] strength,
    thou became what is overpowering tameness of rebellious [me].

5.  ``May this our primordial like-mindedness be in you!'',
    with thus speaking aṅgiras-es⁵ thou shall strike,
    O causing to fall what is unshakable, O accomplishing wonderful deeds one,
    [strike] animating [thee] Vala, thou shall encounter⁶ all of its strongholds [and] doors.
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6.  Since he, ferocious, is to be called upon by means of visions,
    [he,] rendering one competent during violent hastening past obstacles⁷,
    he, bearing thunderbolt, became worth to be tussled over in clashes,
    [and] during propagating-a-family gaining of offsprings.

7.  By means of the immortal nature 
    he has majestically advanced beyond the human kind.
    He, most manly, [is] dwelling together with the power to illuminate,
    with the power to change, and with [that] treasure --- with the valor.

8.  He, who will not be manifested neither as a person in confusion nor as one holding two different [opinions],
    whose manner [of thinking] is a result of a forthwith contemplation he, Indra, shall pluck
    Cumuri and Dʰuni⁸, Pipru, Śambara, Śuṣṇa ---
    to shake strongholds, [for them] to [have] a lair never more.
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9.  O Indra, to slay Vṛtra do stay on the chariot
    together with wonderful uplifting craftiness.
    Put the thunderbolt into the hand on the right side
    be sporting against the powers to frame cognition, O having many gifts one!

10. Like fire [burns] dry thicket, O Indra, burn down defensiveness
    with a missile frightening like a flash of lightning,
    [thou] who with deep, helping in dire straights [thunderbolt] has shattered obstructions,
    wrapped [them] up and shall cause one to abandon [them].

11. Journey hither with the reward, O Indra, through thousand
    affording abundant rushes of vigour pathways, O having abundant power to illuminate one,
    O inciter of overwhelming strength, whose [thunderbolt] he, who is without deva-s,
    will never be able, O much invoked one, to ward off.
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12. The power to increase-in-size of him who has abundant power to illuminate,
    [who is] enduring, thrill-inducing, reached beyond the Heaven [and] the Earth.
    There is no rival, no well-matched opponent for him,
    [there is] no resistance to him, who knows many tricks, [who is] seeking to prevail.
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13. Today that thy deed shall be performed
    that for this one thou did grind to the ground
    agitated Kutsa Atitʰigva, [and] many thousands [obstacles].
    Thou have courageously lead Tūrvayāṇa up.

14. Then all deva-s shall cheer⁹ thee, O deva,
    to slay the snake, [thee,] most gifted with insight among poets,
    at which point thou, extolled, shall create [mental] space for a hard-pressed Heaven,
    [and] for a person, for this body --- [a physical space].

15. Following the Heaven and the Earth, immortal deva-s
    betake themselves to this thy frenzy, O Indra!
    Do, O the effective one, what is there [yet] not-done for thee!
    Cause new verse along with fire offerings to be created!

1.  Mighty Indra, filling man-like [with what is real]¹ those that draw to themselves²,
    and, twice-swollen, fortifying himself with overwhelming strengths,
    turning [obstacles] away from us, he has become stronger for a deed of valor;
    he shall become with the help of [his] makers well formed, [and] wide spreading.

2.  An effort to visualize [him] shall set up Indra for being reached,
    [him,] extensive, helping in dire straights, not subject to old age youth,³
    swelled with invincible power to change --- [Indra,]
    who just in an instant has completely elevated himself.

3.  Broad forearms, large arms ---
    turning [obstacles] away from us, allot fully auditory impressions!
    Like keeper of herds [circles] herds of cattle, [being] a friend of the house,
    around us, O Indra, circle in a battle.

4.  Here now we, practising rushes of vigour, call upon him,
    elusive Indra, with [all] his powers on your behalf,
    [we who are] just like former invokers have been ---
    not-to-be-constrained faultless uninjured.

5.  Since he [is] [whose] realm is maintained, [who is] giving spoils, [who,] strengthened by Soma,
    [is] liberally granting what's lovely [and] beneficial,
    pathways of the treasure have come into contact with each other
    in him --- like rivers are meeting in a sea.

6.  Bring here for us, O agent of change, most potent⁴ power to change
    [and] the most fierce violent frenzy, O overwhelming one!
    Thou shall give us all powers to illuminate manly powers of humans
    O accompanied-by-tawny-ones one, to make [us] exult.

7.  Which thy excitement [is] prevailing in battles, [is] unceasing,
    bring here for us, O Indra, that one swelled ---
    [that one,] with which we, helped-by-thee, might consider ourselves conquerors
    in gaining propagating-family children.

8.  Bring here for us [that] impregnating fervor, O Indra,
    [which is] carrying away prizes, [which is] swelled, [which is] well-discerning,
    with which we would place rivals within [our] reach in battles
    and, with thy favours, [win over both] kin [and] non-kin [alike].

9.  May thy resembling that of a bull fervor spread
    from the back, from above, from below, from the front ---
    coming hitherward from all sides --- rise and come to [us]!
    O Indra, place into us possessing of sva`r power to illuminate!

10. With thy most manly favours, with those [companions] considered to be trained,
    in a manly fashion we might place what's lovely within [our] reach.
    Since thou possess riches of both kinds, O chieftain,
    thou shall give [us] a great, substantial gift [and] the mighty [form]⁵.

11. Accompanied by Marut-s, appearing as a bull,
    growing stronger non-selfish celestial commander --- Indra ---
    prevailing over everything --- to help today ---
    ferocious, giving overwhelming strength --- we could call upon such here.⁶

12. Make [any] person, even [one] who is thought of highly,
    O thunderbolt-wielder, a subject to these men among whom I am!
    Therefore, we call upon thee during gaining through decisive action
    propagating-family [offsprings], land, cows, waters.

13. May we with these thy, O much invoked one, partnerships,
    be indeed superior to rival after rival!
    May we, destroying obstacles of both⁷ types, O agent of change,
    helped-by-thee, delight in a vast treasure!

1.  As the sky that, O Indra, [stands] over the earth,
    the treasure of him, who tends upwards by the power to change, stands in battles over men.
    That [treasure¹], supporting thousands, gaining fertile soil, contending with Vṛtra,
    give to us, O inciter of overwhelming strength!

2.  As if from the sky every cue [to undergo transformation] for thee together with deva-s,
    O Indra, one after another was given,
    when thou, being associated with Viṣṇu, were to slay, O having direct impact one,
    the snake who as an obstacle had hindered waters.

3.  Overpowering, fiercest, stronger than [mere] strength,
    Indra, for whom a formula was performed, whose might was augmented,
    became the sovereign of containing Soma honey
    that aided the breaker of all strongholds.

4.  Misers fell by hundreds, O Indra, in that case
    for having ten protections poet during gaining a hymn of illumination.
    With frustrations he supplanted powers to frame [cognition] of unabating Śuṣṇa
    as if [they were those] of food --- nothing [of them] whatsoever [was left] forthwith.

5.  Agitating everything [energy] was moved away from the mighty foe²
    when during alighting of thunderbolt Śuṣṇa should have been made to fall down,
    so that he would create a wide space for charioteer on the same chariot ---
    Indra [would create a wide space] for Kutsa during gaining the sun³.

6.  As hawk [brought] forth brewing-exhilaration stalk for this one, he, whirling around the head of demon Namuci⁴,
    comforted sleeping Namī Sāpya ---
    he mixed the treasure with a libation, with [the sense of] well-being.

7.  Thou, O thunderbolt-wielder, shall lacerate as if with the power to change
    massive walls of hypnotizing like a snake Pipru.
    O giving abundantly one, that not-to-be-neglected legacy
    thou shall give as a share [of spoils] to worshiping [thee] Ṛjiśvan.

8.  Being such, Indra whose benevolence is helpful,
    do thou let loose having ten tricks having ten protections
    eager Vetasu to go again and again at ever fearless⁵ Tugra,
    to show him as if [to be still a child⁶] of [his] mother.

9.  Such he places [victory in] fights within [his] reach ---
    not-counterbalanced, carrying in [his] hand slaying Vṛtra thunderbolt.
    Like a shooter a high seat, he shall mount two tawny ones;
    yoked by an utterance, they convey helping in dire straights Indra.

10. ``With thy help we might be successful again, O Indra!'' ---
    in this manner commoners praise [him] with fire offerings.
    When he had to break open seven autumnal strongholds --- [their] refuge ---
    wishing to be effective for Purukutsa, he hammered savage ones.

11. Thou, O Indra, has become for Uśanas Kāvya
    preeminent --- strengthening, [and] accompanied by a mental space.
    Thou have given to-be-given-away Navavāstva
    to the mighty father [as] his own descendant.

12. Thou, O Indra, tumultuous, shall come across tumultuous waters
    like runnels [come across] flowing streams.
    When thou shall cross over the sea⁷, O agent of change,
    bring successfully over Turvaśa, Yadu!