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Mandala VI

HYMN XX. Indra.

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INDRA, grant us wealth, that with might you may, like heaven o'er earth, overcome our foes in battle. Wealth that brings thousands and wins the corn-lands, wealth, Son of Strength, that vanquishes the foeman.

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AS THE POWER OF DYAUS TO YOU, O INDRA, ALL ASURA WAYS WERE TRUSTED BY THE GODS, WHEN YOU, IMPETUOUS, LEAGUED WITH VIṢṆU, SLAYED VṚTRA, THE DRAGON WHO ENCLOSSED THE WATERS.

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INDRA, STRONG, VICTOR, MIGHTIER THAN THE MIGHTY, ADDRESSING WITH PRAYER AND PERFECT IN YOUR GLORY, LORD OF THE BOLT THAT BREAKS FORTS IN PIECES, BECAME THE KING OF SOMA'S DELICIOUS JUICE.

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THERE, INDRA, WHILE LIGHT WAS WON, THE PAṆIS FLED UNDER A HUNDRED BLOWS FOR WISE DASONI, AND GREEDY ŚUṢṆA'S MAGICAL DEVICES LEFT NO FOOD UNTHERE.

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WHAT TIME THUNDER FELL AND ŚUṢṆA PERISHED, ALL LIFE'S SUPPORT FROM GREAT DRIH WAS TAKEN. INDRA MADE ROOM FOR HIS CAR-Driver KUTSA WHO SAT BY HIMSELF, WHEN HE GAINED THE SUNLIGHT.

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AS THE HAWK RIPPED FOR HIM THE STALK THAT GLADDENS, HE WRENCHED THE HEAD FROM NAMUCI THE DĀSA. HE GUARDED NAM SAYYA'S SON IN SLEEP, AND SATED HIM WITH FOOD, SUCCESS, AND RICHES.

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THOU, THUNDER-ARMED, WITH THY GREAT MIGHT HAST SHATTERED PIPRU'S STRONG FORTS WHO KNEW THE WILES OF SNAKES. THOU GAVEST TO THY WORSHIPPER RISHIŚVAN IMPERISHABLE WEALTH, O BOUNTIOUS GIVER.

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THE CRAFTY VETASU, THE SWIFT DASNI, AND TUGRA SPEEDILY WITH ALL HIS SERVANTS, HATH INDRA, GLADDENING WITH STRONG ASSISTANCE, FORCED NEAR AS IF TO GLORY THE MOTHER.

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RESISTLESS, WITH HOSTS YOU BATTLE

Source: Sacred Texts Archive
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