{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01104.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01104.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01104.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. THE altar hath been made for thee to rest on: come like a panting courser and be seated.\n Loosen thy flying Steeds, set free thy Horses who bear thee swiftly nigh at eve and morning.\n 2 These men have come to Indra for assistance: shall he not quickly come upon these pathways?\n May the Gods quell the fury of the D\u0101sa, and may they lead our folk to happy fortune.\n 3 He who hath only wish as his possession casts on himself, casts foam amid the waters.\n Both wives of Kuyava in milk have bathed them: may they be drowned within the depth of \u015aiph\u0101.\n 4 This hath his kinship checked who lives beside us: with ancient streams forth speeds and rules the Hero,\n A\u00f1jas\u012b, Kuli\u015b\u012b, and Virapatn\u012b, delighting him, bear milk upon their waters.\n 5 Soon as this Dasyu's traces were discovered, as she who knows her home, he sought the dwelling.\n Now think thou of us, Maghavan, nor cast us away as doth a profligate his treasure.\n 6 Indra, as such, give us a share of sunlight, of waters, sinlessness, and reputation.\n Do thou no harm to our yet unborn offspring: our trust is in thy mighty Indra-power.\n 7 Now we, I think, in thee as such have trusted: lead us on, Mighty One, to ample riches.\n In no unready house give us, O Indra invoked of many, food and drink when hungry.\n 8 Slay us not, Indra; do not thou forsake us: steal not away the joys which we delight in.\n Rend not our unborn brood, strong Lord of Bounty! our vessels with the life that is within them.\n 9 Come to us; they have called thee Soma-lover: here is the pressed juice. Drink thereof for rapture.\n Widely-capacious, pour it down within thee, and, invocated, hear us like a Father.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN CIV. Indra.","type":"page"}