Sukta 19

Mantra 1

वार्त्रहत्याय शवसे पृतनाषाह्याय च । इन्द्र त्वा वर्तयामसि

For Vṛtra-slaying, for might, and for the winning of battles, O Indra, we set thee in motion.

Mantra 2

अर्वाचीनं सु ते मन उत चक्षुः शतक्रतो । इन्द्र कृण्वन्तु वाघतः

Hitherward, well-disposed, let thy mind and thine eye be made, O hundred-skilled Indra, by the singers’ praise.

Mantra 3

नामानि ते शतक्रतो विश्वाभिर्गीर्भिरीमहे । इन्द्राभिमातिषाह्ये

Thy names, O Śatakratu, with all our hymns we here invoke—O Indra—for the overpowering of hostile onsets.

Mantra 4

पुरुष्टुतस्य धामभिः शतेन महयामसि । इन्द्रस्य चर्षणीधृतः

With a hundred powers of him the much-praised we magnify—of Indra, the Upholder of the peoples.

Mantra 5

इन्द्रं वृत्राय हन्तवे पुरुहूतमुप ब्रुवे । भरेषु वाजसातये

Indra, the much-invoked, to smite Vṛtra—him I call unto me; in battles, for the winning of the prize of strength.

Mantra 6

वाजेषु सासहिर्भव त्वामीमहे शतक्रतो । इन्द्र वृत्राय हन्तवे

In contests be thou the overpowerer: thee we invoke, O Śatakratu—O Indra—to smite the Obstructor.

Mantra 7

द्युम्नेषु पृतनाज्ये पृत्सुतूर्षु श्रवःसु च । इन्द्र साक्ष्वाभिमातिषु

In glories, in the winning of battle, in fights, in onrushes, and in fame as well—O Indra, show strength; give aid amid hostile assaults.