Sukta 13

Mantra 1

एकवीरः। इन्द्र॑स्य बा॒हू स्थवि॑रौ॒ वृषा॑णौ चि॒त्रा इ॒मा वृ॑ष॒भौ पा॑रयि॒ष्णू। तौ यो॑क्षे प्रथ॒मो योग॒ आग॑ते॒ याभ्यां॑ जि॒तमसु॑राणां॒ स्व॑१र्यत्

The Lone Champion. Indra’s arms—stout, bull-like—these splendid two bulls that bear one safely through: them will I yoke when first the yoking comes, by which the heaven was won from out the Asuras.

Mantra 2

आ॒शुः शिशा॑नो वृष॒भो न भी॒मो घ॑नाघ॒नः क्षोभ॑णश्चर्षणी॒नाम्। सं॒क्रन्द॑नोऽनिमि॒ष ए॑कवी॒रः श॒तं सेना॑ अजयत् सा॒कमिन्द्रः॑

Swift, self-whetting, like a bull, dread; a smiter of smiters, a shaker of the peoples: the battle-roarer, unblinking, the single champion—Indra together (with his own) conquered a hundred armies at once.

Mantra 3

सं॒क्रन्द॑नेनानिमि॒षेण॑ जि॒ष्णुना॑ऽयो॒ध्येन॑ दुश्च्यव॒नेन॑ धृ॒ष्णुना॑ । तदिन्द्रे॑ण जयत॒ तत् स॑हध्वं॒ युधो॑ नर॒ इषु॑हस्तेन॒ वृष्णा॑

By the battle-roarer, by the unblinking, by the victorious; by the unconquerable, the hard-to-dislodge, the bold—by Indra conquer that; to that unite ye, O men, in the battles, with the bull, the arrow-handed.

Mantra 4

स इषु॑हस्तैः॒ स नि॑ष॒ङ्गिभि॑र्व॒शी संस्र॑ष्टा॒ स युध॒ इन्द्रो॑ ग॒णेन॑ । सं॒सृ॒ष्ट॒जित् सो॑म॒पा बा॑हुश॒र्ध्यु॑१ग्रध॑न्वा॒ प्रति॑हिताभि॒रस्ता॑

He with the arrow-handed, he with the weapon-bearers—masterful, the arranger; he in the battles, Indra with his troop: winning by close array, Soma-drinker, strong-armed, fierce-bowed, a shooter with well-aimed shafts.

Mantra 5

ब॒ल॒वि॒ज्ञा॒यः स्थवि॑रः॒ प्रवी॑रः॒ सह॑स्वान् वा॒जी सह॑मान उ॒ग्रः । अ॒भिवी॑रो अ॒भिष॑त्वा सहो॒जिज्जैत्र॑मिन्द्र॒ रथ॒मा ति॑ष्ठ गो॒विद॑म्

Knowing strength, stout, rich in heroes; mighty, prize-winning, overpowering, fierce—more than heroic, having smitten, winning by might: O Indra, mount the conquering chariot, the cow-winning.

Mantra 6

इ॒मं वी॒रमनु॑ हर्षध्वमु॒ग्रमिन्द्रं॑ सखायो॒ अनु॒ सं र॑भध्वम्। ग्रा॒म॒जितं॑ गो॒जितं॒ वज्र॑बाहुं॒ जय॑न्त॒मज्म॑ प्रमृ॒णन्त॒मोज॑सा

After this hero exult ye; after the fierce Indra, O comrades, together lay hold: the village-winner, the cow-winner, the thunderbolt-armed—conquering on the charge, crushing down with might.

Mantra 7

अ॒भि गो॒त्राणि॒ सह॑सा॒ गाह॑मानोऽदा॒य उ॒ग्रः श॒तम॑न्यु॒रिन्द्रः॑ । दु॒श्च्य॒व॒नः पृ॑तना॒षाड॑यो॒ध्यो३ऽस्माकं॒ सेना॑ अवतु॒ प्र यु॒त्सु

Indra, fierce, of a hundred battle-rages, unassailable, plunging with might against the clans; hard to dislodge, host-crushing, unconquerable—let him protect our armies, forward in the fights.

Mantra 8

बृह॑स्पते॒ परि॑ दीया॒ रथे॑न रक्षो॒हामित्राँ॑ अप॒बाध॑मानः । प्र॒भ॒ञ्जंछत्रू॑न् प्रमृ॒णन्न॒मित्रा॑न॒स्माक॑मेध्यवि॒ता त॒नूना॑म्

O Bṛhaspati, course round about with thy chariot, rákṣas-slayer, repelling the foes; shattering the enemies, crushing down the non-friends—be thou the increaser of our bodies, our folk.

Mantra 9

इन्द्र॑ एषां ने॒ता बृह॒स्पति॒र्दक्षि॑णा य॒ज्ञः पु॒र ए॑तु॒ सोमः॑ । दे॒व॒से॒नाना॑मभिभञ्जती॒नां जय॑न्तीनां म॒रुतो॑ यन्तु॒ मध्ये॑

Indra be leader of these; Bṛhaspati (be) the right-hand power; let Sacrifice go in front, let Soma go before: in the midst let the Maruts march—of the god-hosts that break the foe and win.

Mantra 10

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वृष्णो॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ राज्ञ॑ आदि॒त्यानां॑ म॒रुतां॒ शर्ध॑ उ॒ग्रम्। म॒हाम॑नसां भुवनच्य॒वानां॒ घोषो॑ दे॒वानां॒ जय॑ता॒मुद॑स्थात्

The fierce host of the Maruts, of the Ādityas, of Varuṇa the King, of Indra the Bull—of the great-minded, world-shaking gods—their conquering shout hath risen aloft.

Mantra 11

अ॒स्माक॒मिन्द्रः॒ समृ॑तेषु ध्व॒जेष्व॒स्माक॒ या इष॑व॒स्ता ज॑यन्तु । अ॒स्माकं॑ वी॒रा उत्त॑रे भवन्त्व॒स्मान् दे॑वासोऽवता॒ हवे॑षु

Our Indra (be) at the standards in the encounters; our arrows—let those conquer. Our heroes—let them be the uppermost; us may the gods protect in our calls.