Sukta 148

Mantra 1

सुष्वाणास इन्द्र स्तुमसि त्वा ससवांसश्च तुविनृम्ण वाजम् । आ नो भर सुवितं यस्य चाकन्त्मना तना सनुयाम त्वोताः ॥

O Indra, we who have pressed out (the Soma) praise thee; we who have set it flowing invoke the Vāja of thy vast manly might. Bring to us the happy going, the right success, in which we may win by our own inner being and by our embodied nature, upheld by thee.

Mantra 2

ऋष्वस्त्वमिन्द्र शूर जातो दासीर्विशः सूर्येण सह्याः । गुहा हितं गुह्यं गूळ्हमप्सु बिभृमसि प्रस्रवणे न सोमम् ॥

Mighty art thou, O Indra the hero, born to subdue the serving powers, helped by the Sun. The secret that is placed in the secrecy, hidden in the waters, thou bearest—like Soma in its outflowing: the concealed delight held within the streams of consciousness.

Mantra 3

अर्यो वा गिरो अभ्यर्च विद्वानृषीणां विप्रः सुमतिं चकानः । ते स्याम ये रणयन्त सोमैरेनोत तुभ्यं रथोळ्ह भक्षैः ॥

O noble one, chant forth the words; knowing, a seer among seers, delighting in the right thought. May we be those who gladden thee with Soma, and also with the offerings that nourish thee, O bearer-on-the-chariot: so the mutual joy may be established.

Mantra 4

इमा ब्रह्मेन्द्र तुभ्यं शंसि दा नृभ्यो नृणां शूर शवः । तेभिर्भव सक्रतुर्येषु चाकन्नुत त्रायस्व गृणत उत स्तीन् ॥

These words of power I proclaim to thee, O Indra: give to the heroic powers of men, O hero, thy might. Become one in will with those in whom thou takest delight; and protect both the singer of the hymn and those who are near and dependent.

Mantra 5

श्रुधी हवमिन्द्र शूर पृथ्या उत स्तवसे वेन्यस्यार्कैः । आ यस्ते योनिं घृतवन्तमस्वारूर्मिर्न निम्नैर्द्रवयन्त वक्वाः ॥

Hear the call, O Indra the hero, from the wide earth; and be praised with the hymns of the desirable one. Toward thy seat, rich in clarified light (ghṛta), the swift horses—like waves driven by the slopes—bear the inspired utterances onward.