Sukta 137

Mantra 1

यद्ध प्राचीरजगन्तोरो मण्डूरधाणिकीः । हता इन्द्रस्य शत्रवः सर्वे बुद्बुदयाशवः

When verily they went forth eastward, the mandūra-grain-bearers—then were Indra’s enemies smitten, all of them bubble-swift (and bubble-frail).

Mantra 2

कपृन्नरः कपृथमुद्दधातन चोदयत खुदत वाजसातये । निष्टिग्र्यः पुत्रमा च्यावयोतय इन्द्रं सबाध इह सोमपीतये

O Kapṛn-men, lift up Kapṛtha; urge ye on, dig ye, for the winning of the prize. Nisṭigrya, bring hither the son; yea, come—bring Indra here with might, for Soma-drinking.

Mantra 3

दधिक्राव्णो अकारिषं जिष्णोरश्वस्य वाजिनः । सुरभि नो मुखा करत्प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत्

A song have I made for Dadhikrāvan, for the victorious prize-winning Horse. From his mouth may he make for us fragrance; forward may he bear our life-spans across.

Mantra 4

सुतासो मधुमत्तमाः सोमा इन्द्राय मन्दिनः । पवित्रवन्तो अक्षरन्देवान्गच्छन्तु वो मदाः

Pressed forth, most honey-sweet, the Soma-draughts, gladdening for Indra, furnished with the strainer, have flowed: let your raptures go unto the Gods.

Mantra 5

इन्दुरिन्द्राय पवत इति देवासो अब्रुवन्। वाचस्पतिर्मखस्यते विश्वस्येशान ओजसा

‘Let the bright drop purify for Indra’—thus spake the Gods: the Lord of Speech bestirs him in the sacrifice, sovereign of all by might.

Mantra 6

सहस्रधारः पवते समुद्रो वाचमीङ्खयः । सोमः पती रयीणां सखेन्द्रस्य दिवेदिवे

Thousand-streamed he purifies, an ocean, setting Speech astir: Soma, the Lord of riches, Indra’s friend, from day to day.

Mantra 7

अव द्रप्सो अंशुमतीमतिष्ठदियानः कृष्णो दशभिः सहस्रैः । आवत्तमिन्द्रः शच्या धमन्तमपस्नेहितीर्नृमणा अधत्त

Downward the drop took station in the radiant stream, moving, dark, with tenfold thousands. Indra, with his might, established it as it rolled and was driven on—cleansing away adhesions—delighting men.

Mantra 8

द्रप्समपश्यं विषुणे चरन्तमुपह्वरे नद्यो अंशुमत्याः । नभो न कृष्णमवतस्थिवांसमिष्यामि वो वृषणो युध्यताजौ

I saw the drop, moving apart in manifold wise, in the hollow, the streams of the radiant one; like a dark cloud it had settled down. I urge you on, O Bulls, as ye fight in the fray.

Mantra 9

अध द्रप्सो अंशुमत्या उपस्थेऽधारयत्तन्वं तित्विषाणः । विशो अदेवीरभ्या३चरन्तीर्बृहस्पतिना युजेन्द्रः ससाहे

Then in the lap of the ray-bearing (Soma) the drop upheld his body, flashing forth: Indra, in yoking with Br̥haspati, overcame the ungodly clans that moved to assail him.

Mantra 10

त्वं ह त्यत्सप्तभ्यो जायमानोऽशत्रुभ्यो अभवः शत्रुरिन्द्र । गूल्हे द्यावापृथिवी अन्वविन्दो विभुमद्भ्यो भुवनेभ्यो रणं धाः

Thou, even from thy birth for the Seven, wast foe to foes and friend to the unhostile, O Indra. Hidden, Heaven and Earth thou didst track and find; from the wide worlds thou didst set battle in place.

Mantra 11

त्वं ह त्यदप्रतिमानमोजो वज्रेण वज्रिन्धृषितो जघन्थ । त्वं शुष्णस्यावातिरो वधत्रैस्त्वं गा इन्द्र शच्येदविन्दः

Thou, O bolt-bearer, didst with the thunderbolt in daring smite that matchless might; thou didst bring low Śuṣṇa with slaying weapons; thou, O Indra, didst verily by thy efficacious power win the cows.

Mantra 12

तमिन्द्रं वाजयामसि महे वृत्राय हन्तवे । स वृषा वृषभो भुवत्

That Indra we quicken unto victory, for the great deed—to smite Vṛtra. May he be the Bull, the bull-like conqueror.

Mantra 13

इन्द्रः स दामने कृत ओजिष्ठः स मदे हितः । द्युम्नी श्लोकी स सोम्यः

Indra—he is established in the house, most mighty; he is set in exhilaration: splendid in power, of fair renown, he is Soma-gracious.

Mantra 14

गिरा वज्रो न संभृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः । ववक्ष ऋष्वो अस्तृतः

With sacred speech—like a thunderbolt well-compacted—strong, unshaken, waxing mighty, lofty, and not to be withstood.