Sukta 5

Mantra 1

आ त्वेता नि षीदतेन्द्रमभि प्र गायत । सखायः स्तोमवाहसः ॥

Come then—sit down here; sing forth toward Indra. O companions who bear the hymn, bring forward the force of the chant so the Power may take his seat within us.

Mantra 2

पुरूतमं पुरूणामीशानं वार्याणाम् । इन्द्रं सोमे सचा सुते ॥

Indra—most abundant among the many, the sovereign master of the choicest plenitudes—we call to be with us in the Soma that is pressed, companioning our offering and our aspiration.

Mantra 3

स घा नो योग आ भुवत्स राये स पुरंध्याम् । गमद्वाजेभिरा स नः ॥

May he indeed become for us the yoking-force in the union (of our consciousness); may he be for our spiritual plenitude (rāyí) and for the fullness of right-intelligence (puraṃdhi). May he come to us with the vājās—powers of accomplished force and victorious increase.

Mantra 4

यस्य संस्थे न वृण्वते हरी समत्सु शत्रवः । तस्मा इन्द्राय गायत ॥

Sing to that Indra in whose firm station the hostile powers, even in the clash of inner battles, cannot seize or check the two mighty steeds—those twin energies of luminous force that carry the soul’s will forward.

Mantra 5

सुतपाव्ने सुता इमे शुचयो यन्ति वीतये । सोमासो दध्याशिरः ॥

O Purifier of the pressed delight, these pressed Soma-forces, bright and clear, move forward for thy accepting enjoyment; the Soma-streams come mixed with curd as a nourishing essence for the inner offering.

Mantra 6

त्वं सुतस्य पीतये सद्यो वृद्धो अजायथाः । इन्द्र ज्यैष्ठ्याय सुक्रतो ॥

Thou for the drinking of the pressed Soma wert born at once in thy full-grown power, O Indra, for the attainment of the highest mastery, O thou of luminous will.

Mantra 7

आ त्वा विशन्त्वाशवः सोमास इन्द्र गिर्वणः । शं ते सन्तु प्रचेतसे ॥

May the swift Soma-energies enter into you, O Indra, Lord who answers to the hymns; may they become for you a force of peace and right well-being for the awakened intelligence.

Mantra 8

त्वां स्तोमा अवीवृधन्त्वामुक्था शतक्रतो । त्वां वर्धन्तु नो गिरः ॥

O Indra, of a hundred powers of effective action, our hymns of affirmation have increased thee; the inspired utterances have increased thee. May our manifold words of truth further build thee up within us.

Mantra 9

अक्षितोतिः सनेदिमं वाजमिन्द्रः सहस्रिणम् । यस्मिन्विश्वानि पौंस्या ॥

Indra, whose protecting force is un-decaying, may win for us this plenitude of power—rich with a thousand energies—in which all manly strengths (powers of the soul’s virility) are gathered.

Mantra 10

मा नो मर्ता अभि द्रुहन्तनूनामिन्द्र गिर्वणः । ईशानो यवया वधम् ॥

Let not the mortal impulses assail our embodied being with hostility. O Indra, Lord of the hymns, in thy mastery drive far away the stroke of destruction.