Rig Veda

Mandal - 7 (Part - 7)

HYMN 31 Indra

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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