Sukta 8

Mantra 1

शत्रुनाशनम्। वैकङ्कतेनेध्मेन देवेभ्य आज्यं वह । अग्ने ताँ इह मादय सर्व आ यन्तु मे हवम्

For the slaying of the foe: with fuel of vaikankata bear thou ghee unto the Gods. O Agni, here exhilarate them; let all come hither to my call.

Mantra 2

इन्द्रा याहि मे हवमिदं करिष्यामि तच्छृणु । इम ऐन्द्रा अतिसरा आकूतिं सं नमन्तु मे । तेभिः शकेम वीर्यं१ जातवेदस्तनूवशिन्

O Indra, come thou to my call: this work will I perform—hear thou that. Let these Indraic over-rushers bow wholly to my intent; with them may we be able for heroic might, O Jātavedas, self-ruled.

Mantra 3

यदसावमुतो देवा अदेवः संश्चिकीर्षति । मा तस्याग्निर्हव्यं वाक्षीद्धवं देवा अस्य मोप गुर्ममैव हवमेतन

If yonder godless man from there devise some deed, O Gods—let not his Agni bear the oblation, nor his call. O Gods, go not unto him: to my call alone do ye resort.

Mantra 4

अति धावतातिसरा इन्द्रस्य वचसा हत । अविं वृक इव मथ्नीत स वो जीवन्मा मोचि प्राणमस्यापि नह्यत

Away—run forth, ye Fluxes—smitten by the word of Indra. Like a wolf that mangles a ewe, so would ye rend; but while he liveth, let not his breath be loosed: bind it fast upon him.

Mantra 5

यममी पुरोदधिरे ब्रह्माणमपभूतये । इन्द्र स ते अधस्पदं तं प्रत्यस्यामि मृत्यवे

That spell which those have set before them for the driving-off of evil—O Indra, it is thine: its nether footing, that I cast back upon Death.

Mantra 6

यदि प्रेयुर्देवपुरा ब्रह्म वर्माणि चक्रिरे। तनूपानं परिपाणं कृण्वाना यदुपोचिरे सर्वं तदरसं कृधि

If they have gone forth, those god-fortressed ones, and have wrought spell-armours—body-guard and all-around guard—whatsoever they have muttered thereon, make thou all that sapless, void of power.

Mantra 7

यानसावतिसरांश्चकार कृणवच्च यान्। त्वं तानिन्द्र वृत्रहन् प्रतीचः पुनरा कृधि यथामुं तृणहां जनम्

What fluxes that man hath made, and what he hath caused to be made—those, O Indra Vṛtra-slayer, turn thou back again, returning upon him, so that they smite that grass-cutting fellow yonder.

Mantra 8

यथेन्द्र उद्वाचनं लब्ध्वा चक्रे अधस्पदम्। कृण्वे३ऽहमधरांस्तथामूञ्छश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः

As Indra, having won the upraised word, established for them the nether place—so do I make those yonder ones inferior, for everlasting years, through all the seasons of time.

Mantra 9

अत्रैनानिन्द्र वृत्रहन्नुग्रो मर्मणि विध्य । अत्रैवैनानभि तिष्ठेन्द्र मेद्य१हं तव । अनु त्वेन्द्रा रभामहे स्याम सुमतौ तव

Here, O Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, fierce one, pierce these in the vital spot. Here, even here, stand thou over these, O Indra: I, made meet for sacrifice, am thine. Following after thee, O Indra, we lay hold upon thee; may we abide in thy good favour.