Sukta 160

Mantra 1

तीव्रस्याभिवयसो अस्य पाहि सर्वरथा वि हरी इह मुञ्च । इन्द्र मा त्वा यजमानासो अन्ये नि रीरमन्तुभ्यमिमे सुतासः ॥

Guard this intense, forceful Soma; O Indra of all chariots, unharness your two bay steeds here. Let no other sacrificers draw you away—these pressings are for you.

Mantra 2

तुभ्यं सुतास्तुभ्यमु सोत्वासस्त्वां गिरः श्वात्र्या आ ह्वयन्ति । इन्द्रेदमद्य सवनं जुषाणो विश्वस्य विद्वाँ इह पाहि सोमम् ॥

For you are the pressings; for you indeed are the preparers—Śvātrya hymns call you. O Indra, accepting today this pressing with delight, knowing all, drink/guard the Soma here.

Mantra 3

य उशता मनसा सोममस्मै सर्वहृदा देवकामः सुनोति । न गा इन्द्रस्तस्य परा ददाति प्रशस्तमिच्चारुमस्मै कृणोति ॥

Whoever, desiring the gods, presses Soma for him with a will that loves and with the whole heart—Indra does not give away his cows (rays of light) to another; rather he makes for that one what is admirable and beautiful in the being.

Mantra 4

अनुस्पष्टो भवत्येषो अस्य यो अस्मै रेवान्न सुनोति सोमम् । निररत्नौ मघवा तं दधाति ब्रह्मद्विषो हन्त्यनानुदिष्टः ॥

Clearly marked out is he who, though wealthy, does not press Soma for Indra. The bounteous Lord casts him out into barrenness; and, unbidden, he smites the haters of the sacred Word.

Mantra 5

अश्वायन्तो गव्यन्तो वाजयन्तो हवामहे त्वोपगन्तवा उ । आभूषन्तस्ते सुमतौ नवायां वयमिन्द्र त्वा शुनं हुवेम ॥

Seeking the horse-force, seeking the cow-lights, seeking the plenitude of strength, we call you to come near. Adorning ourselves in your ever-new good will, O Indra, we invoke you for a happy, prosperous state.