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Mandala VI

HYMN XXXI Indra.

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You are the Wealth Lord, O Rich Lord, in your hands the people stand, Indra! Men invoke you with clamoring voices for seeds and waters, offspring and sunlight.

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Through your fear, O Indra, all the earth’s regions tremble, none can move, shake, or tremble. All that stands firm is terrified by your approach—earth, sky, mountains, and forests.

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With Kutsa, Indra! You overcame Śuṣṇa, voracious, crop-bane, in the fight for cattle. In fierce combat, you tore him apart; you took the Sun’s wheel and drove away misfortune.

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You brought down the hundred castles, impenetrable, of Śambara the Dasyu, When, strong, with might you helped Divodāsa, who poured libations, O Soma-buyer, and made Bharadvāja rich, who praised you.

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Thus, true Hero, for great joy of battle, mount your fearsome chariot, O Brave and Manly. Come with your aid to me, distant Wanderer, and, glorious God, spread my glory among men.

Source: Sacred Texts Archive
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