Mantra 1
Sukta 53
क ईं वेद सुते सचा पिबन्तं कद् वयो दधे । अयं यः पुरो विभिनत्त्योजसा मन्दानः शिप्र्यन्धसः
ká īṃ veda suté sacā píbantaṃ kád váyo dadhe | ayáṃ yáḥ púro vibhínatty ójasā mandānáḥ śípry ándhasaḥ ||
Who, verily, knows him—drinking in company at the Soma pressed—what vital might he hath assumed? This is he who shatters forts by force, exhilarated, O Śipri, with the Soma’s juice.
誰がまことに彼を知ろうか――搾り出されたソーマ（Soma）のもと、仲間と共に飲む者を――彼はいかなる生命の力を身に帯びたのか。これぞ力によって砦を打ち砕く者、シプリー（Śipri）よ、ソーマの汁により昂揚する者。
Rishi: As per RV source of AV 20.53 (attribution follows the borrowed Rigvedic hymn; edition-dependent).
Devata: Indra (Soma-exhilarated).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh.
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