Rig Veda

Mandal - 1 (Part - 1)

HYMN 56. Indra

1

FOR this man's full libations held in ladles, he hath roused him, eager, as a horse to meet the mare.
He stays his golden car, yoked with Bay Horses, swift, and drinks the Soma juice which strengthens
for great deeds.

2

To him the guidance-following songs of praise flow full, as those who seek gain go in company to
the flood.
To him the Lord of power, the holy synod's might, as to a hill, with speed, ascend the loving ones.

3

 Victorious, great is he; in manly battle shines, unstained with dust, his might, as shines a mountain peak;
Wherewith the iron one, fierce e'en against the strong, in rapture, fettered wily Sushna fast in bonds.

4

 When Strength the Goddess, made more strong for help by thee, waits upon Indra as the Sun
attends the Dawn,
Then. he who with his might unflinching kills the gloom stirs up the dust aloft, with joy and
triumphing.

5

 When thou with might, upon the framework of the heaven, didst fix, across, air's region firmly,
unremoved,
In the light-winning war, Indra, in rapturous joy, thou smotest Vrtra dead and broughtest floods of
rain.

6

Thou with thy might didst grasp,the holder-up of heaven, thou who art mighty also in the seats of
earth.
Thou, gladdened by the juice, hast set the waters free, and broken Vrtra's stony fences through and through.