Sukta 39

Mantra 1

इन्द्रं वो विश्वतस्परि हवामहे जनेभ्यः । अस्माकमस्तु केवलः

Indra, for you, from every side we call, away from other peoples: let him be ours—ours only.

Mantra 2

व्य१न्तरिक्षमतिरन्मदे सोमस्य रोचना। इन्द्रो यदभिनद् वलम्

Forth through the mid-air they passed, in Soma’s rapture, to the shining realms—when Indra clave the Vala fastness.

Mantra 3

उद् गा आजदङ्गिरोभ्य आविष्कृण्वन् गुहा सतीः । अर्वाञ्चं नुनुदे वलम्

Forth drave he the Cows; for the Angirases he made them manifest, though they abode in hiding-caves: hitherward he thrust away Vala.

Mantra 4

इन्द्रेण रोचना दिवो दृल्हानि दृंहितानि च । स्थिराणि न पराणुदे

By Indra the shining realms of heaven—firm-set and strengthened—stand stable; he doth not thrust them from their place.

Mantra 5

अपामूर्मिर्मदन्निव स्तोम इन्द्राजिरायते । वि ते मदा अराजिषुः

Like a wave of waters, as though in rapture, the hymn speeds on to thee, O Indra: forth have thy exultations flashed in splendour.