{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01054.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01054.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01054.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 URGE us not, Maghavan, to this distressful fight, for none may comprehend the limit of thy strength.\n Thou with fierce shout hast made the woods and rivers roar: did not men run in crowds together in their fear?\n 2 Sing hymns of praise to \u015aakra, Lord of power and might; laud thou and magnify Indra who heareth thee,\n Who with his daring might, a Bull exceeding strong in strength, maketh him master of the heaven and earth.\n 3 Sing forth to lofty Dyaus a strength-bestowing song, the Bold, whose resolute mind hath independent sway.\n High glory hath the Asura, compact of strength, drawn on by two Bay Steeds: a Bull, a Car is he.\n 4 The ridges of the lofty heaven thou madest shake; thou, daring, of thyself smotest through \u015aambara,\n When bold with gladdening juice, thou warredst with thy bolt, sharp and two-edged, against the banded sorcerers.\n 5 When with a roar that fills the woods, thou forcest down on wind's head the stores which \u015au\u1e63\u1e47a kept confined,\n Who shall have power to stay thee firm and eager-souled from doing still this day what thou of old hast done?\n 6 Thou helpest Narya, Turva\u015ba, and Yadu, and Vayya's son Turv\u012bti, \u015aatakratu!\n Thou helpest horse and car in final battle thou breakest down the nine-and-ninety castles.\n 7 A hero-lord is he, King of a mighty folk, who offers free oblations and promotes the Law,\n Who with a bounteous guerdon welcomes hymns of praise: for him flows down the abundant stream below the sky.\n 8 His power is matchless, matchless is his wisdom; chief, through their work, be some who drink the Soma,\n Those, Indra, who increase the lordly power, the firm heroic strength of thee the Giver.\n 9 Therefore for thee are these abundant beakers Indra's drink, stone-pressed juices held in ladles.\n Quaff them and satisfy therewith thy longing; then fix thy mind upon bestowing treasure.\n 10 There darkness stood, the vault that stayed the waters\u2019 flow: in V\u1e5btra's hollow side the rain-cloud lay concealed.\n But Indra smote the rivers which the obstructer stayed, flood following after flood, down steep declivities.\n 11 So give us, Indra, bliss-increasing glory give us great sway and strength that conquers people.\n Preserve our wealthy patrons, save our princes; vouchsafe us wealth and food with noble offspring.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN LIV. Indra.","type":"page"}