[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Saṃhitās (mantra collections)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita) › [Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama) › 53 # Samaveda 53 Sāmavedasaṃhitā 53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.53) .. ityaindraṃ parva kāṇḍam .. > This, Indra! dancer! was thy hero deed, thy first and ancient work, worthy to be told forth in heaven, > Even thine who furtheredst life with a God's own power, freeing the floods. All that is godless may he conquer with his might, and, Lord of Hundred Powers, find for us strength and food! > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda - [Previous: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.52) - [Next: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.54) ## Translations (1) - [The Hymns of the Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~en-griffith.1.5.2.3.10) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Bharatasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!bharatasvamin) — Bharatasvāmin, Sanskrit - [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Sāmavedavivaraṇa (Mādhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!madhava) — Mādhava (son of Nārāyaṇa), Sanskrit - [Sāmavedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!samavedarthaprakasa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Other recensions (1) - [Sāmavedasaṃhitā (ed. Theodor Benfey)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*benfey1848.53) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.53) · Pramāṇa