Sukta 100

Mantra 1

अयं त एमि तन्वा पुरस्ताद्विश्वे देवा अभि मा यन्ति पश्चात् । यदा मह्यं दीधरो भागमिन्द्रादिन्मया कृणवो वीर्याणि ॥

I come to you in my embodied being, in front; and all the gods follow after me. When you, O Indra, have set for me my portion, then by me the heroic powers are accomplished.

Mantra 2

दधामि ते मधुनो भक्षमग्रे हितस्ते भागः सुतो अस्तु सोमः । असश्च त्वं दक्षिणतः सखा मेऽधा वृत्राणि जङ्घनाव भूरि ॥

I place before you the honeyed nourishment; your portion is set—let the Soma be pressed. And you, seated at the right as my comrade, then may we trample down many obstructions.

Mantra 3

प्र सु स्तोमं भरत वाजयन्त इन्द्राय सत्यं यदि सत्यमस्ति । नेन्द्रो अस्तीति नेम उ त्व आह क ईं ददर्श कमभि ष्टवाम ॥

Bring forth the hymn, pressing toward plenitude, for Indra—truthfully, if Truth indeed is. Let none say, ‘Indra is not’; who has truly seen, whom shall we then praise?

Mantra 4

अयमस्मि जरितः पश्य मेह विश्वा जातान्यभ्यस्मि मह्ना । ऋतस्य मा प्रदिशो वर्धयन्त्यादर्दिरो भुवना दर्दरीमि ॥

I am here, O singer—behold me: by greatness I encompass all that is born. The regions of Ṛta increase me; driven by that impulse, I make the worlds resound and break open their fixedness.

Mantra 5

आ यन्मा वेना अरुहन्नृतस्यँ एकमासीनं हर्यतस्य पृष्ठे । मनश्चिन्मे हृद आ प्रत्यवोचदचिक्रदञ्छिशुमन्तः सखायः ॥

When the seekers of vision lifted me up toward the Truth—me, seated in the One on the radiant’s back—then even my mind within the heart answered back in assent; and the comrades, filled with the childlike new-birth of delight, cried out together.

Mantra 6

विश्वेत्ता ते सवनेषु प्रवाच्या या चकर्थ मघवन्निन्द्र सुन्वते । पारावतं यत्पुरुसम्भृतं वस्वपावृणोः शरभाय ऋषिबन्धवे ॥

All these deeds of yours are to be proclaimed in every pressing, O Indra the bountiful, for the one who pours the Soma: how you uncovered the far-off, much-stored richness for Śarabha, the kinsman of the seer.

Mantra 7

प्र नूनं धावता पृथङ्नेह यो वो अवावरीत् । नि षीं वृत्रस्य मर्मणि वज्रमिन्द्रो अपीपतत् ॥

Run forward now, each in his own way—here is the one who would hold you down. Indra has driven the thunder-force straight into the vulnerable core of Vṛtra.

Mantra 8

मनोजवा अयमान आयसीमतरत्पुरम् । दिवं सुपर्णो गत्वाय सोमं वज्रिण आभरत् ॥

Swift as mind, moving straight on, he crossed the iron stronghold; the fair-winged one went to heaven and brought back the Soma for the wielder of the thunderbolt.

Mantra 9

समुद्रे अन्तः शयत उद्ना वज्रो अभीवृतः । भरन्त्यस्मै संयतः पुरःप्रस्रवणा बलिम् ॥

Within the ocean the thunder-force lies, wrapped about by the waters; the forward-flowing streams, held in ordered control, bring to him their offering of power.

Mantra 10

यद्वाग्वदन्त्यविचेतनानि राष्ट्री देवानां निषसाद मन्द्रा । चतस्र ऊर्जं दुदुहे पयांसि क्व स्विदस्याः परमं जगाम ॥

When Speech speaks the unperceived things, the sovereign queen of the gods sits down in her rapture; the fourfold powers milk out the nourishing force and the streams of delight—yet where indeed has her highest seat gone?

Mantra 11

देवीं वाचमजनयन्त देवास्तां विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति । सा नो मन्द्रेषमूर्जं दुहाना धेनुर्वागस्मानुप सुष्टुतैतु ॥

The gods brought forth the goddess Speech; all-formed creatures utter her. May she, Speech the milch-cow, milking out for us delight, inspiration, and nourishing force, come near to us well-praised.

Mantra 12

सखे विष्णो वितरं वि क्रमस्व द्यौर्देहि लोकं वज्राय विष्कभे । हनाव वृत्रं रिणचाव सिन्धूनिन्द्रस्य यन्तु प्रसवे विसृष्टाः ॥

O friend Viṣṇu, stride out more widely; O Heaven, grant the space—prop it open for the thunder-force. Let us slay Vṛtra; let us set free the rivers: released by the impulsion, may they flow forth for Indra.