Sukta 63

Mantra 1

इमा नु कं भुवना सीषधामेन्द्रश्च विश्वे च देवाः । यज्ञं च नस्तन्वं च प्रजां चादित्यैरिन्द्रः सह चीक्लृपाति

Now may we bring these worlds to good order—Indra and all the Gods: our sacrifice, our body, and our progeny—Indra, together with the Ādityas, doth effectually set (them) in due array.

Mantra 2

आदित्यैरिन्द्रः सगणो मरुद्भिरस्माकं भूत्वविता तनूनाम्। हत्वाय देवा असुरान् यदायन् देवा देवत्वमभिरक्षमाणाः

With the Ādityas, Indra—with his troop, with the Maruts—having become for us a protector of our bodies: when the Gods went forth to slay the Asuras, the Gods guarding on every side their godhead.

Mantra 3

प्रत्यञ्चमर्कमनयं छचीभिरादित् स्वधामिषिरां पर्यपश्यन्। अया वाजं देवहितं सनेम मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः

Backward he led the radiant Ray with Chacī’s cunning arts; then gave he his own proper might, swift-moving, and they looked it round about. By this may we win the Prize that Gods have set, and may we joy, a hundred winters old, with noble sons and heroes.

Mantra 4

य एक इद् विदयते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे । ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुत इन्द्रो अङ्ग

He who alone, yea he, can win and deal out wealth unto the mortal who hath offered—sovereign, not to be gainsaid—’tis Indra, verily.

Mantra 5

कदा मर्तमराधसं पदा क्षुम्पमिव स्फुरत्। कदा नः शुश्रवद् गिर इन्द्रो अङ्ग

When will he spurn with foot the mortal churl, as one kicks off a stump? When will Indra, verily, give ear unto our words?

Mantra 6

यश्चिद्धि त्वा बहुभ्य आ सुतावां आविवासति । उग्रं तत् पत्यते शव इन्द्रो अङ्ग

For even he who, Soma-pressing, would from among the many court thee and do thee service—unto him that fierce might falls for lordship: ’tis Indra, verily.

Mantra 7

य इन्द्र सोमपातमो मदः शविष्ठ चेतति । येना हंसि न्य१त्त्रिणं तमीमहे

That rapture, Indra, best of Soma-drinkers, O mightiest, which shows itself as power—wherewith thou smitest down the Devourer—this same we crave and supplicate.

Mantra 8

येना दशग्वमध्रिगुं वेपयन्तं स्वर्णरम्। येना समुद्रमाविथा तमीमहे

By that same might wherewith thou madest Daśagva shake Adhrigu, and Svaṇara quake; by that wherewith thou didst succour through the sea—Thee do we invoke.

Mantra 9

येन सिन्धुं महीरपो रथां इव प्रचोदयः । पन्थामृतस्य यातवे तमीमहे

By that wherewith thou dravest on the Sindhu’s mighty waters, as one impelleth chariots; to make a path for travel in the course of Ṛta—Thee do we invoke.