1.  It is in thee, O Indra, that even our ancestors¹,
    invokers, did obtain everything lovely;
    in thee [are] yielding-much cows; since in thee [are] the horses,
    thou [are] the best at obtaining what's beneficial for seeking deva-s [man].

2.  Since thou abide indeed [at night] like a chieftain with [his] wives,
    help [us] throughout the days --- being an astute poet.
    By means of evocative expressions² and rhythms³ fashion chants!
    For the sake of the treasure, sharpen us, [who are] seeking thee!

3.  These contending with each other, pleasantly sounding,
    seeking deva-s chants should have assisted thee.
    May thy hitherward pathway lead to treasures,
    [so that] we could be in thy good graces, O Indra, in [thy] shelter!

4.  Desiring to milk thee as if a milch-cow on a good pasture,
    Vasiṣṭʰa let loose formulations.
    Every one named to me just thee [as] a master of evocative expressions.
    May Indra come to us here, to an effective mental gesture!
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5.  Even the floods that have spread out
    Indra made for Sudās into easy-to-cross fords.
    Defiant intense swearing of [his] manner of speaking
    he made anew into curses⁴ upon [blood] streams.

6.  Turvaśa Yakṣu was just a piece of cake ---
    just like pepped-up for wealth Matsya-s.
    Bʰṛgu-s and Druhyu-s performed a willing service.
    The companion⁵ transferred [his] companion to in-between of the two who were facing [enemies] from all directions.

7.  Here Bʰalānas-es shall declare [themselves] to be ripe [for battle];
    here having horns Alina-s [declared themselves] [to be] destroying reactive impulsiveness;
    here [he] who did lead [us], a drinking companion of a conducting upwards one,
    approached with an encouragement⁶ for Tṛṭsu-s, [he went to] men with a fighter.
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8.  Having faulty ideas, they, not paying attention,
    separated the plate armour causing it, untied, to fail [its purpose].
    By extending [his lines] he, commanding, encompassed the ground [of opposing forces];
    a tethered animal, the poet, showing respect, reposed.

9.  They have come to [their] plate armour as if there was some purpose in it [but] to no avail;
    not even he, who was quick [to put it on], has lasted till⁷ the evening.
    Indra made easy-to-push-aside [those] hostiles
    who in their manhood were of gelded speech⁸ subject to Sudās.

10. They have gone like cowherdless cows from a pasture,
    as agreed, en mass, towards an ally;
    those who were seduced to transgress⁹'', motivated¹⁰ to transgress,
    performed a willing service, tied within [by the transgression] and battling.

11. The chieftain who have throw down in a rapid succession
    twenty one men of both Vaikarṇa-s [clans],
    the agent of change, Indra, made a downpour of them
    as wizard grinds down sacrificial grass as [his] seat.

12. Then, after Druhyu, he, thunderbolt-in-arms, shall pull down
    the famed Kavaṣa, who was reinforced, into waters;
    in that place those seeking thee who became inspired by thee
    [were] choosing for companionship the companionship [with thee].

13. By means of overwhelming force, in a instant Indra shall break open again and again
    all theirs¹¹ fortified¹² [obstacles¹³], the seven strongholds¹⁴.
    (He should have distributed spoils of Ānava to Tṛtsu,
    [but] we [will] gain upper hand over the man whose speech at the knowledge-sharing session was insulting.)

14. Sixty hundred seeking kine Anu-s and Druhyu-s
    have fallen asleep¹⁵ --- six thousand!
    Sixty and six heroes [have fallen asleep] [while] seeking to honor [Indra].
    All [these] [are] indeed Indra-s deeds of valor.

15. These Tṛtsu-s, again and again put to work by Indra,
    ran [unto enemies] like waters released downwards;
    Having few allies, imagining pursuit, 
    [the enemies] abandoned all supplies to Sudās.
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16. He pushed aside, against the ground defiant drinking boiled [milk]
    semi-hero who lacked [the state of] Indra.
    Indra has diminished the rage of him who diminishes rage [of others],
    overseeing, he obtained a track of the path [to escape].

17. He performed that one [deed] with just a squire ---
    he slayed a lioness with a ram.
    Indra splintered off edges [of opposing forces] with a pin[-like strike],
    he delivered all supplies to Sudās.

18. Since numerous enemies succumbed to thee,
    find a way to also subjugate defiant Bʰeda!
    Who renders extolling [thee] mortals evil,
    fix within him sharp thunderbolt¹⁶, O Indra!

19. Tṛtsu-s and [river] Yamunā helped Indra
    so that there he completely despoiled Bʰeda.
    And Aja-s, Śigru-s, and Yakṣu-s
    has brought [to him] skulls of [their] horses as a propitiatory oblation.
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20. Neither thy favours, O Indra, nor gifts, are to be fully surveyed ---
    neither through previous dawns, nor through the present ones.
    Thou have slayed even him who was honored as a minor deity ---
    at least, thou should have dispersed Śambara from the massy [knotty one]¹⁷!

21. [Going] forth, [those] who for thy sake became inspired [to go far] from the family ---
    Parāśara, Śatayātu, Vasiṣṭʰa ---
    they shall not forget thy, bountiful one's, companionship;
    then for institutors of the sacrifice happy days shall grow bright.

22. Two hundred cows from a descendant of him who [was] accompanied by deva-s,
    two carrying brides chariots from Sudās.
    Being worthy of Paijavana's gift,
    I circle around [it] like an invoker of deva-s [circles] [sacrificial] seat --- murmuring.

23. Above all, [just] me four gifted by Paijavana
    well-trained decorated with pearls, going straight
    [but] remaining on the ground¹⁸ [horses] of Sudās convey ---
    me to [my] progeny for the progeny to loudly praise [me].

24. He whose fame [is] between the two wide Rodas-es¹⁹,
    being a distributor, has apportioned to each head [a share of spoils].
    They extol [him] like seven rivers [extol] Indra ---
    in a face-to-face encounter he did grind down Yudʰyāmadʰi,²⁰.

25. O men Marut-s, him ye shall follow 
    as [ye would follow] Divodāsa, the father of Sudās!
    Promote Paijavana's plan, seeking to honor
    difficult to attain [his] undecaying supremacy!

1.  Who is fearsome, resembling a sharp-horned bull,
    he¹ alone makes all tribes to fall;
    who [is] a bringer of property of numerous non-worshipers ---
    to him, who is better at pressing Soma, thou are knowledge.

2.  That was thou, O Indra, who helped Kutsa,
    [thou,] desiring to attend [to him] thyself in [that] contest,
    when thou, eager to help, made savage Śuṣṇa,
    [who is] causing lack of barley, subject to descendant of Arjuna.

3.  Thou, O daring one, boldly favoured Sudās,
    whose offerings are enjoyable, with every means of helping;
    thou favoured Paurukutsya Trasadasyu,
    the Pūru [clan] in obtaining space and slaying Vṛtra.

4.  During arousing of deva-s, thou, together with men, O having manly mindset,
    destroy numerous obstacles², O in-possession of tawny horses one!
    Thou did put to sleep --- in order to deceive --- the impulse to suffer want, 
    [demons] Cumuri and Dʰuni --- to be slain easily.

5.  Those thy contrivances, O thunderbolt-in-hand one,
    when in an instance thou did overcome ninety nine walls [of Śambara]³
    together with the hundredth at the encampment!
    And thou did slay Vṛtra and thou did slay Namuci.

6.  These thy ancient enjoyments, O Indra, are for Sudās,
    [who is] worshiping him whom offerings are given with reverence.
    For the bull --- for thee --- I yoke two tawny bulls.
    May formulations set in motion a rush of vigour, O very helpful one!

7.  In this distress, O accompanied by overwhelming strength one,
    may I not give thy ground over to evil, O accompanied-by-tawny-ones one!
    Do protects us with non-tearing armour!
    Among institutors of sacrifice [to thee], may we be thy favorites!

8.  Only [as] favorite of thee for an assistance, O generous one,
    we, men, companions in [thy] shelter, can rejoice!
    Grind down Turvaśa, down the descendant of Yadu,
    [thou] about to perform for Atitʰigva what is praiseworthy.

9.  Indeed, just in an instant, they, the men, who are under [thy,] O generous one, protection,
    [who are] uttering-verses, [will] recite the verses.
    For this companionship choose us
    who refused to honor niggards with invocations.

10. These hymns of praise to thee, O most manly of men,
    [are] turning [obstacles] away from us, [are] giving bounties;
    In slaying Vṛtra, thou, O Indra, shall become destroying reactive impulsiveness,
    and a companion, an agent of change, and a helper of men.

11. Now, O agent of change Indra, praising [thy worshiper] by assisting [him],
    impelled by means of sacred formula, become stronger throughout the body,⁴
    allot to us, to [our] assistants rushes of vigour!
    May ye⁵ always protect us with [your] blessings!

1.  Ferocious, he¹ was born for a deed of valor, [he,] having the power of self-determination,
    doing work that a manly one will do.
    A youth in constant motion, O Indra, by means of favours to [this] assembly of men
    thou [are] our defender from even bigger evil.

2.  Slayer of Vṛtra, Indra, having swelled,
    has just favoured, [he,] a hero, the invoker with an assistance.
    Creator of space --- at least for Sudās ---
    giver of what's beneficial, he shall suddenly present [himself] to a worshiper.

3.  A not-to-be-obstructed fighter, causing the tumult [of battle], combative,
    [he is] an agent of change, by [his] nature [he is] prevailing in every way, invincible.
    Indra, having much vigour, has disrupted battle formations,
    then he slayed everyone who was an enemy.

4.  Thou have filled with [thy] power to expand indeed both Rodas-es, O Indra,
    using [thy] powers to control [body and mind], O in-control one!
    Indra, O accompanied-by-tawny-ones, [is] mixing into [Rodas-es] the thunderbolt;
    during intoxications he has been [most] fitting [when] together with the [Soma] herb.

5.  A bull² manifested a bull³ for a battle;
    indeed him, manly one, a woman has begot;
    who, moreover, [as] a leader of an army stands out among [other] men,
    [who is] an infusing strength seeking inspiring words fighter, he is daring.

6.  Such person never wavers, he shall not be lost
    who desires to procure the terrifying mind of this one⁴;
    who with fire offerings puts gestures of commitment into Indra,
    for the sake of the treasure he shall dwell undisturbed, protecting the coherence [between language and will], manifesting [activity] when the coherence [is present].

7.  When, O Indra, he who is in front [is] eager to help to him who follows,
    he, the superior, shall go towards inferior's gift ---
    even an immortal can sit round a hut.
    Bring here for us, O manifold one, the remarkable treasure!

8.  Which thy favorite person has honored [thee], O Indra,
    he shall be thy, O stone-wielder, companion above all.
    May we in this favourable disposition be very acceptable to thee!
    In [this] armour, [may we be] non-injuring when protecting men.

9.  This impregnating hymn of praise is calling out to thee,
    and, [though] thundering, O generous one, it is imploring.
    A longing for the treasure came upon thy invoker;
    now, now, thou, O empowering one, shall let us partake of what's beneficial!

10. Such thou⁵, O Indra, should have positioned us
    for offered to thee libation --- at least, those generous ones, who incite [thee], [should have done so].
    May the [raised] energy be greatly beneficial to thy invoker!
    May ye⁶ always protect us with [your] blessings!

1.  Celestial conducive-to-evocative-expressions herb has been pressed;
    Indra by [his] nature has taken pleasure in it.
    We attend to thee, O having tawny horses one, with fire offerings ---
    in raptures of the herb be aware of our hymn of praise!
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2.  They [who] arrive at a fire offering [and] disturb sacrificial grass,
    [whose] speech, intoxicated by Soma, [is] provoking anger at a knowledge-sharing session ---
    they are demoted from [the position of] esteemed assistants
    [so that] accompanied by men bulls [are just] a far-away noise [for them].
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3.  Thou, O Indra, shall make the waters flow ---
    [those] abundant surrounded by the snake ones, O agent of change!
    Nourishing streams have gone crookedly as charioteers [at a turn],
    all artificial dams tremble from the fear of thee.
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4.  He, fearsome, has done the work with weapons of these [men],
    [he,] knowing all manly labors.
    Indra, growing impatient, shall shake off all strongholds.
    Thunderbolt-in-hand, he broke [them] apart by [his mere] power to increase-in-size.
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5.  Infatuations do not drive us, O Indra,
    neither praises actually do, O having the most power to change one!
    One shall mock a creature that avoids the rising upwards one.
    May not those to whom phallus is deva come into the state of coherence that is [like] ours!

6.  Moreover, in a raid¹, become over[coming] through resourcefulness!
    One shall not contain thy power to increase-in-size, [and its] regions.
    Since thou have slayed Vṛtra with thy own power to change,
    an enemy has not found through fighting thy limit(s).

7.  Even deva-s who were prior to thy guidance 
    moderated [thy] overwhelming powers to get a dominion.
    Overpowering, Indra bestows bounties.
    When obtaining the rush of vigour, they call again and again upon Indra.

8.  Since even the praiser has sacrificed to thee for the sake of [thy] help,
    [to thee,] O Indra, [who is] in charge of frequent auspicious [giving],
    thou have been of help to us, O having hundred ways to help,
    [thou have been] the protector of him who, like thou, distributes.

9.  May we be thy companions at all times, O Indra,
    [we,] strengthening reverence [towards thee], O one who with the power to increase-in-size carries across!
    May his², who tends upwards, powers to change in those eager to attack
    place, with thy help, within [their] reach an actual attack during a close combat!

10. Such thou³, O Indra, should have positioned us
    for offered to thee libation --- at least, those generous ones, who incite [thee], [should have done so].
    May the [raised] energy be greatly beneficial to thy invoker!
    May ye⁴ always protect us with [your] blessings!

1.  Drink Soma, O Indra! Let [it] exhilarate thee!
    [Drink Soma] that the stone pressed out for thee, O having tawny horses one,
    [the stone that is] well-guided by presser's arms as if [it was] a courser.

2.  Which to-be-employed intoxication is thy favorite,
    with which thou destroy obstacles, O having tawny horses one,
    let that one, O one¹ whose benefits are manifest, intoxicate thee, O Indra!

3.  Be well aware, O generous one, of this my speech
    which Vaṣiṣṭʰa [is] illuminating for thee as sufficient.
    During drinking bout frequent these [verses²], the formula!

4.  Hear the call of the drinking up [Soma juice] stone,
    be aware of the conception of illuminating-with-speech inwardly excited one,
    make gestures of commitment intimate by accompanying these [verses].
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5.  I do not forget chants of a willing one to thee;
    not knowing a correctly articulated praise of [thy] guidance,
    I always express adoration for thee, O worthy-by-thyself one!

6.  Often among humans, there [are] pressings for thy sake,
    often a learned one calls upon thee only,
    do not be far away from us for a long time!

7.  Just for thee [are] all these pressings, O agent of change,
    for thee I create strengthening formulations!
    At all times thou are called upon by men,

8.  yet they never rise up to the power to increase-in-size
    of thee, O wizard, of the imagined, O ferocious one,
    neither [do they rise up] to thy, Indra, valor, nor to [thy] satisfaction of one's desire.

9.  Which former seers and which [seers] of the present, O Indra,
    being inwardly excited, shall create formulations,
    may thy fellowships be for us destroying reactive impulsiveness!
    May ye³ always protect us with [your] blessings!

1.  At a contest, formulations swiftly agitated Indra; rejoice, O Vasiṣṭʰa!
    Who by means of the power to change has overspread all [regions],
    he will hear utterances of such as me.

2.  A battlecry, peculiar to the deva, O Indra, [was] raised
    when they arranged rich prizes at a shout-contest.
    Since one's own life-force is not attended to in [these] people,
    [it is] thou [who] should have carried us across those troubles.