{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv08069.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv08069.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv08069.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. O Sarakratu! truely I have made none else my Comforter.\n Indra; be gracious unto us.\n 2 Thou who hast ever aided us kindly of old to win the spoil,\n As such, O Indra, favour us.\n 3 What now? As prompter of the poor thou helpest him who sheds the juice.\n Wilt thou not, Indra, strengthen us?\n 4 O Indra, help our chariot on, yea, Thunderer, though it lag behind:\n Give this my car the foremost place.\n 5 Ho there! why sittest thou at case? Make thou my chariot to be first\n And bring the fame of victory near.\n 6 Assist our car that seeks the prize. What can be easier for thee?\n So make thou us victorious.\n 7 Indra, be firm: a fort art thou. To thine appointed place proceeds\n The auspicious hymn in season due.\n 8 Let not our portion be disgrace. Broad is the course, the prize is set,\n The barriers are opened wide.\n 9 This thing we wish. that thou mayst take thy fourth, thy sacrificial name.\n So art thou held to be our Lord.\n 10 Ekadyu hath exalted you, Immortals: both Goddesses and Gods hath he delighted.\n Bestow upon him bounty meet for praises. May he, enriched with prayer, come soon and early.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 8: HYMN LXIX. Indra","type":"page"}