1.  Do not even consider for recitation something else,
    O companions, do not harm yourselves!
    In the presence of extracted [Soma] praise bull Indra,
    and recite the verses at once!

2.  [Praise] him, rumbling loudly¹ like a bull,
    non-aging, prevailing over those that draw to themselves² as if over a cow,
    effecting both hatred [and] mutual longings,
    most generous [with] [and] abounding in both.
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3.  Even though these folks
    call upon thee separately for help,
    let it be our formulation, O Indra, 
    that throughout the days [ahead] [will be] strengthening for thee.

4.  Piling-up pulsations from the rising upwards one,
    shakes of the [these] folks, O generous one, keep coming violently;
    Approach! In order to help, next bring here
    having-many-forms rush of vigour!
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5.  I would not give thee, O stone-wielder, away
    for the sake of any grand tribute ---
    not for a thousand, not for a ten thousand, O thunderbolt-bearer,
    not for a hundred, O one of hundred rewards!

6.  Thou, O Indra, are better for me than the father
    and not-employing [me] brother.
    Thou and the mother appear similar to me, O beneficial one,
    in terms of usefulness [and] for satisfaction of [my] desire.
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7.  Where have thou gone? Just where art thou?
    Since thy mind [is] indeed in many places,
    thou keep arising, O causing the tumult [of battle] warrior!
    O stronghold-breaker! Songs in Gāyatrī meter have started to praise [thee].

8.  For him who is a breaker of strongholds of [his] adherent,
    do ye recite a hymn in Gāyatrī verses by means of which 
    he shall come to settle onto Kaṇva descendant's sacrificial grass,
    thunderbolt-wielder shall pierce strongholds.

9.  Those that are having for thee the daśagva³,
    [those] having a hundred [fighters], those having a thousand,
    those that [are] for thee steeds, fast-charging bulls ---
    through them come here quickly to us.

10. Now then, I call upon yielding sap one,
    [and] quivering with Gāyatrī verses Indra,
    an inexhaustible milch-cow that yielding-much milk,
    that is a having-ample-stream libation, [and] him who is ready.
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11. When that which vivifies⁴ vexes flickering one⁵
    [and] going hurriedly two fletched⁶ ones⁷ of the wind,
    having hundred wiles one⁸ shall lead Kutsa Ārjuneya,
    he shall sneak upon undistracted Gandʰarva⁹.

12. Who, because of piercing [middle cakras], even [puts] into fitting-well [state] 
    ligaments that are prior to cartilages¹⁰ of the breastbone,
    he who puts together the junction¹¹, [is] the generous one,
    one of many benefits, setting back in order what was dislocated.
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13. May we not be like outsiders, O Indra,
    like those devoid of [coming] from thee joy!
    We considered ourselves bad-at-burning,
    like discarded timbers, O stone-wielder!

14. We just thought of ourselves as lacking speed
    and lacking ferociousness, O slayer of Vṛtra!
    Suddenly, because of thy ample satisfaction of [our] desire,
    we could well rejoice in praising [thee] with a hymn, O agent of change!
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15. Should he hear my hymn of praise, 
    let our drops of pure Soma,
    moving quickly, having glided across the filter,
    strengthening Tugrya, inflame Indra!

16. Now then, do thou approach a joint praise 
    of [thy] adherent [and] of [thy] companion!
    May invitatory praise of generous ones help thee to proceed,
    then I will have at [my] command a correctly articulated praise for thee.
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17. Once the presser [has pressed out] Soma with stones,
    ye shall stream it into water,
    only making it wear related to cows clothes¹² ---
    men shall extract it from udders,

18. then, from the Earth, then from the Heaven
    from the presence of the bright glow.
    This way become stronger throughout the body --- by means of my chant!
    Satiate creatures¹³, O having good designs one!
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19. For Indra do ye press quickly
    the best, most intoxicating Soma!
    Empowering, he shall swell him [who] with every visualization
    [is] seeking the rush of vigour as if being impelled.

20. May I, who is always asking thee by oozing Soma,
    not anger with [my] chant [thee],
    who at Soma-pressings is restless like a wild beast!
    Who would not ask him who is in charge of it?!
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21. [Ask¹⁴] the intoxicating drink for him who is driven by the intoxicating drink!
    [Ask] oozing-with-exhilaration everyone's deliverer¹⁵
    [for him who is] ferocious through ferocious power-to-change ---
    since in [that] intoxication he [will] give to us [the treasure].

22. In [his] treasury [there are] many precious things [that]
    the deva, welcomed-by-everyone, extolled by rising upwards one¹⁶,
    will yield for the sake of mortal worshiper
    who is pressing [Soma] and extolling [him].
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23. Journey here, O Indra, become exhilarated, O deva,
    with [this] conspicuous satisfaction of [thy] desire!
    Here thou [will] fill like a pond spacious fat belly
    with to-be-drunk Soma juices.

24. Let here a thousand, [or] a hundred
    of yoked into enchanting chariot,
    yoked-by-formulation hairy tawny ones
    convey thee to drink Soma!
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25. Two tawny ones, [yoked] into enchanting chariot,
    with skin (?) like peacock's, white-backed (?),
    shall convey thee here to drink 
    strengthening honeyed herb.

26. Drink now this extracted [Soma],
    O longing for a song one, as the first one to drink!
    This favorite mixture of full of sap surrounded [by milk]
    [Soma] is fit to exhilarate.
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27. Who alone is through [that] wondrous [power]
    mighty, ferocious, excelling throughout realms [of war],
    he, being selective, shall come, he shall not depart,
    he shall come here, he does not avoid [our] call.

28. With [thy] deadly weapons thou shall shatter
    moving-around stronghold of Śuṣṇa.
    Thou, the brightness [around everything], shall attend [to us] ---
    especially now, when thou shall be summoned.
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29. My hymns of praise at the rising of the sun,
    my at midday, my in the evening,
    my [praises] during the twilight,
    have turned here thee, O beneficial one!

30. Extol, just extol [them]! These ones indeed 
    [are] the most generous to thee among generous ones ---
    Ninditāśva, Prapatʰin, Paramajyā
    [partaking] of the bounty, O Medʰyātitʰi!
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31. When with acts of trust I will fasten
    winning horses to the chariot,
    he takes notice of what is lovely and beneficial ---
    that is Yādu's herd.

32. Who has rejoiced [to give] to me two going-straight [steeds]
    together with the golden hide,
    may he, Svanadratʰa [son] of Āsaṅga,
    be destined for everything auspicious!
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33. Then Āsaṅga Plāyogi would give beyond others,
    O Agni, by hundreds, by thousands.
    Then ten white sprinkling ones
    stood out for me like reeds.

34. She has observed before the substantial [part] of this one ---
    hanging down boneless shank.
    The incessant woman, looking at [it], has said,
    ``O to-be-raised one, thou bring auspicious enjoyment!''

1.  O beneficial one, drink this extracted juice ---
    we have granted thee a full belly,
    O having no fear one!

2.  Agitated by men [one¹] [was] extracted with stones
    strained through woolen threads [one²] [was]
    like a horse cleansed in flowing waters.

3.  That one we, mixing [it] with milk like barley,
    have made palatable for thee.
    O Indra, [we strive to obtain] thee at this drinking bout!
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4.  Just Indra, the one [who is] a Soma-drinker,
    Indra [who is] a drinker of extracted [juice],
    [is] the all-pervading life-force inside deva-s and mortals.

5.  Neither translucent one³, nor poorly mixed one⁴
    are helping to satiate him who is extending widely;
    they [just] extricate the benevolent one [from apathy].

6.  When with evocative expressions⁵ those, others than us,
    hunt him like pack hunters [hunt] a wild beast ---
    they bait [him] with milk.

7.  Indra's three extracted Soma-s
    are in deva's own abode
    of a drinker of pressed out [juice].

8.  Thee subtle bodies ooze [Soma],
    three well-filled bowls [are]
    on the same table.

9.  Shining, thou⁶ are many certain bits of knowledge;
    [when thou are] mixed with thickened milk [thou are] in the middle⁷;
    mixed with coagulated milk [thou are] the most exhilarating [drink] of the agent of change.

10. These pungent extracted among us
    Soma drops, [that are] for thee, O Indra, 
    they, translucent, need to be mixed [with milk].

11. O Indra, do thou⁸ mix these ---
    this Soma, milk, [and] sacrificial cake,
    since I hear thou [are] wealthy.

12. When they have been drunk, they fight in the hearts [of men]
    like mad conceptions [do] when wine [has been drunk];
    they approach [Indra] like naked⁹ the breast.
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13. Only a wealthy one can be a hymn-singer
    of the wealthy and generous one like thee,
    only [one who is] in front [of others] --- of famous [like thee], O accompanied-by-tawny-ones one!

14. The rising upwards one has not noticed
    neither a recited verse from him who lacks cows
    nor a hymn in Gāyatrī verses being sung.

15. Do not betray us to a scornful one,
    to a defiant one, O Indra!
    Do wish to help [us] with [thy] enabling powers, O accompanied by enabling powers one!
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16. We [are] intent on [attaining] thee,
    O Indra, [we,] seeking thee companions.
    Kaṇva-s approach [thee] with recited verses.

17. I have marveled at nothing else, O thunderbolt-wielder,
    when endeavouring, because of fluid [state of mind], to obtain a boat¹⁰,
    I have fixed the mind upon a hymn of praise of thee.

18. Deva-s seek him who presses [Soma],
    they are not eager to sleep,
    untiring, they go towards carelessness.

19. Set out quickly here together with rushes of vigour,
    do not be angry with us
    being violent as someone having a young wife.

20. May he not today spend the evening
    contemplating harm [or] far away from us
    like an ugly maker of offsprings.

21. Since we have found munificent
    effective mental gesture of this hero,
    inclinations of born in three [places] one,

22. do thou wet him who is accompanied by Kaṇva!
    We have not found more worthy one than he
    who is changing powerfully, who has hundred means of helping.

23. With the most excellent [verse], O presser, do bring Soma
    for empowering hero Indra ---
    he shall drink for the sake of manly [work]

24. who [is] best at procuring the rush of vigour that is
    rich in horses¹¹ for invokers among unwavering ones,
    rich in cows¹² for hymn-singers [among unwavering ones].
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25. O pressers, stream
    every bit astonishing Soma
    for to-be-exhilarated hero, the agent of change!

26. Slaying-Vṛtra drinker 
    shall approach pressed out [Soma] --- 
    he who has hundred means of helping stays not far from us,

27. since here two tawny ones, yoked by formulation, capable,
    conveyed [our] made famous with songs,
    longing for a song companion.
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28. Soma-s [are] palatable, journey here!
    Soma-s are mixed, journey here!
    O selective one, O accompanied by seers, by enabling powers one!
    [Journey here] like this one --- to a drinking bout!

29. And hymns of praise that make thee stronger
    for the sake of great satisfaction of [our] desire, for the sake of courage,
    O Indra, [formulations] strengthening him who performs [them],

30. and chants that [are performed] for thee, O conveyed by chants one,
    and those recited for thee verses --- 
    they have always set up impulses to change.
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31. Only this one who shields strongly,
    he alone, thunderbolt-in-hand, always unhurt,
    bestows rushes of vigour.

32. Much-invoked Indra,
    will often slay Vṛtra on the right side¹³ [of the head],
    [he,] mighty through potent enabling powers,

33. in whom all drawing to themselves¹⁴ [are]
    and contrivances and expansions [are].
    Only towards [him] [Soma], possessing exhilaration of the generous one, [flows].

34. This one has performed these [deeds],
    Indra, who is famed above everything,
    granter of rushes of vigour to generous ones.

35. Even from a distant place [he is]
    procuring seeking-cows chariot which he favours,
    since he, infusing strength, conveys the benefit.

36. Inwardly excited procurer-by-means-of-coursers,
    together with men slaying Vṛtra agent of change,
    [he is] really favouring him who honors [him].
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37. With focused mind make fire offering to this one,
    O priyamedʰa-s, to Indra,
    who by means of Soma [drops] shall become really exhilarated.

38. Do ye, O Kaṇva-s, praise in song him who possesses the rush of vigour,
    who was made famous in songs, who is overseer of what's real,
    who longs for fame, who has many selves,

39. who in the state of coherence shall impart
    evocative expressions¹⁵ to stanzas,
    [who is] accompanied by enabling powers companion to men
    who fixed [their] longing onto him.
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40. Thus, O stone-wielder, having become a ram,
    thou did arise [while] approaching
    possessing of a vision Medʰyātitʰi Kāṇva.

41. Do wish to help him, O Vibʰindu,
    giving four unattached [to reciprocal obligations gifts]
    [and] eight hundred above [that].

42. And these two, mine,
    strengthened by the juice, daughters of joy
    he has given to wifehood.

1.  Drink extracted, full of sap one,
    revel in our full of milk¹ [Soma]!
    Being our feasting companion, become an ally!
    May visualizations [performed] for thy sake help us to be stronger!

2.  May we, capable of rushes of vigour, be in thy good graces!
    Do not scatter us [away from each other] for plotting enemy's sake!
    So that it² would further us with various means of assisting,
    hold us in high-spirited mindsets!
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3.  May these chants, which are mine,
    strengthen thee, O one of many benefits!
    [Soma drops, being] of a purifying type, gleaming,
    piling up pulsations, found a way [to thee] with hymns of praise.

4.  This one, thousand times cultivated for the sake of overwhelming strength by seers,
    has extended himself like the sea [at high tide].
    This his true power to increase-in-size is extolled,
    [his] power to change [is extolled] at fire offerings in the realm of inwardly excited ones.
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5.  To be in the presence of the divine [we call upon] only Indra,
    [we call upon] Indra during active, proceeding on its way [sacrifice].
    In a close combat we, desiring [to win], call upon Indra,
    [we call upon] Indra to obtain the prize.

6.  Indra --- an impulse to change --- greatly extended two Rodas-es,
    Indra made the sun³ shine.
    All places of existence extend themselves in Indra,
    drops of purest Soma [are] effusing into Indra.
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7.  For thy sake, for the sake of the precedence in drinking,
    O Indra, using hymns of praise, agitated [men], being skillful,
    did intone [the sacred sequence] as a chorus⁴;
    Rudra-s shall extol [thee] first.

8.  In the rapture of extracted [Soma], in Viṣṇu['s second footprint],
    Indra has strengthened just his [own] manly power to change,
    Today him, first of all, his power to increase in size,
    the agitated ones repeatedly extol.
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9.  I come to thee to ask for that manly vigour,
    that formulation [that creates] the presentiment,
    [that manly vigour] with which [thou have brought] skillful devotees to the arranged contest,
    [that formulation] with which thou have helped Praskaṇva.

10. Thy, O Indra, overwhelming strength [is] that bullish impulse to change,
    with which thou poured out potent waters [towards]⁵ the sea⁶.
    That his power to increase in size which a trembling one cries after
    is not to be attained at once.
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11. Be potent [enough] for us, O Indra,
    when I come to thee to ask for the treasure, for the manly vigour!
    First of all, be potent [enough] for a rush of vigour for him who desires to procure [it],
    be potent [enough] for a hymn of praise, O peerless one!

12. Be potent [enough] for us [to favour] --- in as much as thou have favoured him who satiates⁷ ---
    visualizations of it of him who desires to procure [it], O Indra!
    Be potent like [thou were when] thou, O Indra, promoted 
    Ruśama, Śyāvaka, Kṛpa, Svarṇara!
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13. What else⁸ of consequential⁹ [appellations] 
    quick mortal can extol?
    For surely those [just] extolling svar
    have not obtained the power to increase in size, the power over affections of this one.

14. Are those [just] praising with hymns fit to be midst deva-s?
    Which inwardly excited seer comprehend [this]?
    When do thou, O generous Indra, [will come] to the call of him who presses [Soma]?
    Are thou coming [to a call] of him who [just] praises with hymns?
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15. These most sweet [drops of Soma]
    chants, hymns of praise, arise;
    winning in every way, obtaining the prize, [Soma drops'] side-effects do not taper off
    [they are] like chariots --- employing the rush of vigour.

16. Skillful like Kaṇva-s ones, being like suns¹⁰,
    have attained indeed everything [that was] visualized.
    Magnifying Indra with hymns of praise, agitated
    priyamedʰa-s intone [the chants].
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17. Do thou, O the best at slaying Vṛtra,
    yoke two tawny ones!
    From afar, turned towards [us], O generous one, come here for a draught of Soma --- [thou,] ferocious,
    together with helping in dire straights [Marut-s¹¹].

18. Since these thy inwardly excited singers of eulogies
    have longed to obtain the nourishing drink,
    such thou, O generous, longing for a song Indra,
    hear our call as if desiring [it]!
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19. O Indra, thou did lash at Vṛtra
    out of extensive dry sandbanks¹²,
    [did spurn] out savage having the power to frame [ideas and perception] Arbuda,
    did drive out the cows of the knotty one.

20. Fires have shined [to drive them] out, the sun¹³ [drove them] out,
    Soma (having power over affections sap) [drove them] out;
    thou did blow out from the intermediate space
    the mighty snake --- perform that manly deed, O Indra!
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21. Which [stallion] Indra [and] Marut-s would have given me,
    Pākastʰāman Kaurayāṇa [did present] ---
    of all [horses] really the most reinforcing,
    running as if in the sky,

22. reddish one, good for a chariot-pole, well-fed,
    an inducer of the treasure --- 
    Pākastʰāman has given to me ---

23. [the stallion] for which ten other draught horses
    carry the burden 
    like birds¹⁴ [carry] home Tugrya.

24. The breath is the nourishment, the body is the garment,
    anointment is the vigour-giving;
    I declare bountiful Pākastʰāman, the giver of the reddish [stallion],
    to be indeed the fourth [blessing].

1.  When thou, O Indra, are called upon by men
    in the east, west, north and south,
    urged by men, thou are everywhere;
    thou, O defiant one, are in a foreigner [and] in Turvaśa.

2.  Since thou make thyself intoxicated in the presence of 
    Ruma, Ruśama, Śyāvaka, and Kṛpa,
    [if] Kaṇva-s, conveying [thee] by a hymn of praise, by means of sacred formulas raise thee,
    O Indra, come here!
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3.  As a thirsting wild ass
    goes down a gully made by water,
    come here quickly --- in haste for our sake [and] as an ally,
    have a good drink in the presence of Kaṇva-s!

4.  Let the drops of Soma inflame thee, O munificent Indra ---
    they distill [them] to spread around the favors.
    Drawing [the drops] towards thyself, thou drank the best Soma pressed out into the bowl ---
    this way thou have obtained the greatest overwhelming strength.
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5.  He forcefully induced an [expression of] the overwhelming strength,
    with a frenzy he shattered the anger.
    O Indra, all thy striving-for-battle [opponents], O agile one,
    fastened themselves [to hold onto the firm ground] as trees [do].

6.  He has found [the correct] invitatory praise [of Indra]
    who associates himself with someone who is as eager to fight as if he was joining a thousand [men];
    when having manly vigour, he begets a distinguished son;
    he honors [Indra] with expressions of adoration.
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7.  We shall not be afraid, we should not have been weary
    to be in-tune with thee, wrathful.
    Thy great deed of thee the bull is to be seen
    so that we can behold Turvaśa [and] Yadu.

8.  The bull dons a guise [of a sensation] in the left lower back ---
    this his gift does not displease;
    the milk is mixed with the honey of the bee,
    quickly come near, haste, drink!
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9.  Just he who has horses, chariots, just well-formed,
    just rich with evocative expressions [is] thy companion, O Indra!
    He always associates himself with the energy that facilitates thy expansion;
    [that energy], moon-like, moves towards the meeting place.

10. Thirsting like a male antelope, come to the water pool,
    drink Soma as thou wish!
    Voiding it inside daily, O munificent one,
    thou have obtained most vigorous overwhelming strength.
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11. O seeking ways to proceed one¹, do thou make Soma rush ---
    Indra wants to drink.
    He has at present harnessed two mighty, tawny ones,
    and he has come here, the Vṛtra-slayer.

12. Wherever thou become satiated with Soma,
    thy worshiper thinks on his own.
    This is a food for thee --- poured out, to-be-employed;
    come here, rush, drink of it!
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13. O ye, seeking ways to proceed ones²,
    extract Soma for standing on a chariot Indra!
    Above [the highest point³] of the reddening⁴
    the pressing stones⁵ manifest him
    who is worshiped at proceeding on its way [sacrifice].

14. Since two favourite tawny bulls have likely brought Indra
    into waters to [facilitate skin] reddening,
    [then] let the coursers, auspicious for proceeding on its way [sacrifice],
    carry thee⁶, who is coming hitherward, in time for Soma-pressings!
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15. We prefer for an alliance Pūṣan who is of many benefits.
    Being such, O much invoked, empowering one⁷, may thou desire to help us,
    to give by means of a visualization the focus 
    for the sake of the treasure, O liberating one!

16. Sharpen⁸ our [visualization] like a blade [is sharpened] between abrasive planes;
    Impart the treasure, O liberating one!
    Which mortal thou will incite --- (this is our easily discovered
    early-morning prize) --- is up to thee.
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17. I eagerly seek thee, O Pūṣan, to straighten [my energy flow],
    I eagerly seek [thee] to extol [Indra], O flaring one!
    I do not eagerly seek [anything] alien that is his⁹
    since that¹⁰ thou, O beneficial one, extol for [obtaining] material wealth.

18. Cows in the future, some pasture, O flaring one,
    one's own inheritance, O immortal one[, I do not seek].
    Be our destroying reactive impulsiveness promoter, O Pūṣan,
    so generous as to bestow the rush of vigour.
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19. Among seeking the Heaven, among generous Turvaśa-s
    we did imagine a substantial gift
    counting hundred horses of Kuruṅga ---
    chieftain vehement and prosperous.

20. By means of visions directed by priyamedʰa-s to the Heaven 
    [we imagined] the riches of possessing the rush of vigour [hymns] of Kaṇva-s.
    [Being] a seer, [in my imagination] I drive away --- towards a watering place ---
    sixty thousand [horses] [and] herds of cows.

21. It is my trees who rejoiced at the end of the day ---
    they shall now enjoy in abundance a [single] cow,
    they shall now enjoy in abundance a [single] horse.

1.  Mighty Indra, who together with [his] frenzy
    [is] like a storm-cloud full of rain,
    has become stronger through Vatsa's hymns of praise.

2.  By conveying coherence inwardly-excited ones 
    [are] protecting the offspring¹ of coherence²
    when conveyors³ [of him] bring [him] forward.

3.  When Kaṇva-s by means of hymns of praise
    have made Indra an expedient of a fire offering,
    a sibling talks of a weapon.
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4.  All communities [and] tribes
    shall submit to his rage
    like rivers [submit their waters] to the sea.

5.  That his frenzy has reached fever pitch
    when Indra made both Rodas-es
    roll together like a hide.

6.  He has cleaved asunder the head of angered Vṛtra
    with having hundred knots thunderbolt
    [as if with] a ram⁴.
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