Samaveda 465

465

4 9 3 0701a vi rakṣo vi mṛdho jahi vi vṛtrasya hanū ruja .
4 9 3 0701c vi manyumindra vṛtrahannamitrasyābhidāsataḥ .. 1867
4 9 3 0702a vi na indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yaccha pṛtanyataḥ .
4 9 3 0702c yo asmāṃ abhidāsatyadharaṃ gamayā tamaḥ .. 1868
4 9 3 0703a indrasya bāhū sthavirau yuvānāvanādhṛṣyau supratīkāvasahyau .
4 9 3 0703c tau yuñjīta prathamau yoga āgate yābhyāṃ jitamasurāṇāṃ saho mahat .. 1869

Drive Rakshasas and foes away, break thou in pieces Vritra's jaws:
O Vritra-slaying Indra, quell the foeman's wrath who threatens us!

O Indra, beat our foes away, humble the men who challenge us:
Send down to nether darkness him who seeks to do us injury!

Strong, ever-youthful are the arms of Indra, fair unassailable, never to be vanquished:
These first let him employ when need hath come on us, wherewith the Asuras' great might was overthrown.