Samaveda 23

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1 2 2 0901a īṅkhayantīrapasyuva indraṃ jātamupāsate .
1 2 2 0901c vanvānāsaḥ suvīryam .. 175
1 2 2 0902a na ki devā inīmasi na kyā yopayāmasi .
1 2 2 0902c mantraśrutyaṃ carāmasi .. 176
1 2 2 0903a doṣo āgādbṛhadgāya dyumadgāmannātharvaṇa .
1 2 2 0903c stuhi devaṃ savitāram .. 177
1 2 2 0904a eṣo uṣā apūrvyā vyucchati priyā divaḥ .
1 2 2 0904c stuṣe vāmaśvinā bṛhat .. 178
1 2 2 0905a indro dadhīco asthabhirvṛtrāṇyapratiṣkutaḥ .
1 2 2 0905c jaghāna navatīrnava .. 179
1 2 2 0906a indrehi matsyandhaso viśvebhiḥ somaparvabhiḥ .
1 2 2 0906c mahāṃ abhiṣṭirojasā .. 180
1 2 2 0907a ā tū na indra vṛtrahannasmākamardhamā gahi .
1 2 2 0907c mahānmahībhirūtibhiḥ .. 181
1 2 2 0908a ojastadasya titviṣa ubhe yatsamavartayat .
1 2 2 0908c indraścarmeva rodasī .. 182
1 2 2 0909a ayamu te samatasi kapota iva garbhadhim .
1 2 2 0909c vacastaccinna ohase .. 183
1 2 2 0910a vāta ā vātu beṣajaṃ śambhu mayobhu no hṛde .
1 2 2 0910c pra na ayūṃṣi tāriṣat .. 184

Tossing about, the active ones came nigh to Indra at his birth,
Winning themselves heroic might.

Never, O Gods, do we offend, nor are we ever obstinate
We walk as holy texts command.

Evening is come: sing loudly thou Atharvan's nobly singing son:
Give praise to Savitar the God!

Now Morning with her earliest light shines forth, dear daughter of the Sky:
High, Asvins, I extol your praise.

Armed with the bones of dead Dadhyach, Indra, with unresisted might
The nine-and-ninety Vritras slew.

Come, Indra, and delight thee with the juice at all our Soma feasts,
Protector, mighty in thy strength

O thou who slayest Vritras, come, O Indra, hither to our side,
Mighty one, with thy mighty aids!

That might of his shone brightly forth when Indra brought together, like
A skin, the worlds of heaven and earth,

This is thine own Thou drawest near, as turns a pigeon to his mate:
Thou carest, too, for this our prayer.

May Vata breathe his balm on us, healthful, delightful to our heart:
May he prolong our days of life