Sama Veda

SECOND PART

BOOK I

Chapter I

HYMN 17 Indra

1

To Indra, to the mighty let these golden-coloured juices go,
Drops born as Law prescribes, that find the light of heaven!

2

This juice that gathers spoil flows, pressed, for Indra, for his maintenance.
Soma bethinks him of the conqueror, as he knows.

3

Yea, Indra in the joys of this obtains the grasp that gathers spoil,
And, winning waters, wields the mighty thunderbolt.