Sukta 175

Mantra 1

मत्स्यपायि ते महः पात्रस्येव हरिवो मत्सरो मदः । वृषा ते वृष्ण इन्दुर्वाजी सहस्रसातमः ॥

O Indra of the tawny steeds, the great exhilaration has been drunk by thee, as from a brimming vessel. For thee, the Bull, this pressing—strong and victorious—becomes the thousand-winning force, the Soma-impulse that multiplies power for the inner conquest.

Mantra 2

आ नस्ते गन्तु मत्सरो वृषा मदो वरेण्यः । सहावाँ इन्द्र सानसिः पृतनाषाळमर्त्यः ॥

May thy rapturous, bull-like divine ecstasy come to us—worthy to be chosen. O Indra, strong for the effort, winner of gains, smiter of hostile battles, deathless Power: enter our field and make the victory of the soul secure.

Mantra 3

त्वं हि शूरः सनिता चोदयो मनुषो रथम् । सहावान्दस्युमव्रतमोषः पात्रं न शोचिषा ॥

For thou art the hero, the winner, who drives forward the human chariot. Strong in thy might, thou burnest away the lawless Dasyu, like a vessel with flame—purifying the instrument so the journey of the soul can advance.

Mantra 4

मुषाय सूर्यं कवे चक्रमीशान ओजसा । वह शुष्णाय वधं कुत्सं वातस्याश्वैः ॥

O seer, steal back the Sun; seize the wheel by thy mastery and power. Bear the blow against Śuṣṇa; carry Kútsa with the steeds of Vāta—let the swift divine energies restore the lost light and strike the hoarder of illumination.

Mantra 5

शुष्मिन्तमो हि ते मदो द्युम्निन्तम उत क्रतुः । वृत्रघ्ना वरिवोविदा मंसीष्ठा अश्वसातमः ॥

For thy ecstasy is the most full of might, and thy will the most full of luminous power. O slayer of Vṛtra, knower of the wide path, become in us the best thinker and the best winner of energies—so the right wideness may be found.

Mantra 6

यथा पूर्वेभ्यो जरितृभ्य इन्द्र मय इवापो न तृष्यते बभूथ । तामनु त्वा निविदं जोहवीमि विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

As thou wast to the former singers, O Indra—like refreshing waters that do not fail the thirst—so I call thee with this sacred formulation. May we know and obtain the impulsion and the victorious field, and thee, the giver who is swift in bestowal.