{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01011.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01011.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01011.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 ALL sacred songs have magnified Indra expansive as the sea,\n The best of warriors borne on cars, the Lord, the very Lord of strength.\n 2 Strong in thy friendship, Indra, Lord of power and might, we have no fear.\n We glorify with praises thee, the never-conquered conqueror.\n 3 The gifts of Indra from of old, his saving succours, never fail,\n When to the praise-singers he gives the boon of substance rich in kine.\n 4 Crusher of forts, the young, the wise, of strength unmeasured, was he born\n Sustainer of each sacred rite, Indra, the Thunderer, much-extolled.\n 5 Lord of the thunder, thou didst burst the cave of Vala rich in cows.\n The Gods came pressing to thy side, and free from terror aided thee,\n 6 I, Hero, through thy bounties am come to the flood addressing thee.\n Song-lover, here the singers stand and testify to thee thereof.\n 7 The wily \u015au\u1e63\u1e47a, Indra! thou o\u2019erthrewest with thy wondrous powers.\n The wise beheld this deed of thine: now go beyond their eulogies.\n 8 Our songs of praise have glorified Indra who ruleth by his might,\n Whose precious gifts in thousands come, yea, even more abundantly.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XI. Indra.","type":"page"}