{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01008.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01008.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01008.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 INDRA, bring wealth that gives delight, the victor's ever-conquering wealth,\n Most excellent, to be our aid;\n 2 By means of which we may repel our foes in battle hand to hand,\n By thee assisted with the car.\n 3 Aided by thee, the thunder-armed, Indra, may we lift up the bolt,\n And conquer all our foes in fight.\n 4 With thee, O India, for ally with missile-darting heroes, may\n We conquer our embattled foes.\n 5 Mighty is Indra, yea supreme; greatness be his, the Thunderer:\n Wide as the heaven extends his power\n 6 Which aideth those to win them sons, who come as heroes to the fight,\n Or singers loving holy thoughts.\n 7 His belly, drinking deepest draughts of Soma, like an ocean swells,\n Like wide streams from the cope of heaven.\n 8 So also is his excellence, great, vigorous, rich in cattle, like\n A ripe branch to the worshipper.\n 9 For verily thy mighty powers, Indra, are saving helps at once\n Unto a worshipper like me.\n 10 So are his lovely gifts; let lauds and praises be to Indra sung,\n That he may drink the Soma juice.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN VIII. Indra.","type":"page"}