Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.14

8.14.1

यदि॑न्द्रा॒हं यथा॒ त्वमीशी॑य॒ वस्व॒ एक॒ इत् ।
स्तो॒ता मे॒ गोष॑खा स्यात् ॥

O Indra, may I become the sole lord of wealth, as you are; may my praiser be a companion of cows.

शिक्षे॑यमस्मै॒ दित्से॑यं॒ शची॑पते मनी॒षिणे॑ ।
यद॒हं गोप॑तिः॒ स्याम् ॥

O lord of Śacī, I would instruct and give to this thoughtful man when I myself become lord of cows.

धे॒नुष्ट॑ इन्द्र सू॒नृता॒ यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते ।
गामश्वं॑ पि॒प्युषी॑ दुहे ॥

O Indra, your cow is rich in good offspring; for the sacrificer who presses soma, she fills the cow and the horse and yields her milk.

न ते॑ व॒र्तास्ति॒ राध॑स॒ इन्द्र॑ दे॒वो न मर्त्यः॑ ।
यद्दित्स॑सि स्तु॒तो म॒घम् ॥

O Indra, no one, neither god nor mortal, holds back your riches; when you, being praised, wish to give wealth.

य॒ज्ञ इन्द्र॑मवर्धय॒द्यद्भूमिं॒ व्यव॑र्तयत् ।
च॒क्रा॒ण ओ॑प॒शं दि॒वि ॥

The sacrifice made Indra grow strong, when he spread out and turned the earth, making a canopy in the sky.

वा॒वृ॒धा॒नस्य॑ ते व॒यं विश्वा॒ धना॑नि जि॒ग्युषः॑ ।
ऊ॒तिमि॒न्द्रा वृ॑णीमहे ॥

O Indra, we choose your help, you who have grown strong and conquered all wealth.

व्य॑न्तरि॑क्षमतिर॒न्मदे॒ सोम॑स्य रोच॒ना ।
इन्द्रो॒ यदभि॑नद्व॒लम् ॥

When Indra split open Vala, in the exhilaration of Soma he spread out the midspace and the lights.

उद्गा आ॑ज॒दङ्गि॑रोभ्य आ॒विष्कृ॒ण्वन्गुहा॑ स॒तीः ।
अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ नुनुदे व॒लम् ॥

Indra drove the cows forth for the Angirases, bringing the hidden ones into the open, and thrust Vala back toward this side.

इन्द्रे॑ण रोच॒ना दि॒वो दृ॒ळ्हानि॑ दृंहि॒तानि॑ च ।
स्थि॒राणि॒ न प॑रा॒णुदे॑ ॥

By Indra the lights of heaven were made firm, and the strong, fixed things of the sky were set steady, as if not to be thrust away.

अ॒पामू॒र्मिर्मद॑न्निव॒ स्तोम॑ इन्द्राजिरायते ।
वि ते॒ मदा॑ अराजिषुः ॥

Like a wave of the waters, the exhilarating hymn rises, O Indra; your intoxicating draughts have shone forth.

त्वं हि स्तो॑म॒वर्ध॑न॒ इन्द्रास्यु॑क्थ॒वर्ध॑नः ।
स्तो॒तॄ॒णामु॒त भ॑द्र॒कृत् ॥

Indeed you are the increaser of praise, O Indra; you are the increaser of the recited hymn, and the doer of good to the singers.

इन्द्र॒मित्के॒शिना॒ हरी॑ सोम॒पेया॑य वक्षतः ।
उप॑ य॒ज्ञं सु॒राध॑सम् ॥

May the two bay-maned horses bring Indra indeed, for the drinking of Soma, near to the sacrifice, to the one rich in gifts.

अ॒पां फेने॑न॒ नमु॑चेः॒ शिर॑ इ॒न्द्रोद॑वर्तयः ।
विश्वा॒ यदज॑य॒ स्पृधः॑ ॥

O Indra, when you conquered all the hostile armies, with the foam of the waters you cut off Namuci's head.

मा॒याभि॑रु॒त्सिसृ॑प्सत॒ इन्द्र॒ द्यामा॒रुरु॑क्षतः ।
अव॒ दस्यूँ॑रधूनुथाः ॥

O Indra, with your magic powers you climb up toward the sky, desiring to ascend, and you shake the demons down.

अ॒सु॒न्वामि॑न्द्र सं॒सदं॒ विषू॑चीं॒ व्य॑नाशयः ।
सो॒म॒पा उत्त॑रो॒ भव॑न् ॥

O Indra, you scattered the assembly of those who press no soma; you, the soma-drinker, stand supreme.