A prayer to Indra, Identified with Vishnu and the Sun, for the love of Gods, men, and beasts, general protection and prosperity, and all earthly and heavenly blessings

1Vanquishing, overpowering, a conqueror, exceeding strong, Victorious, winner of the light, winner of cattle and of spoil, Indra by name, adorable, I call: a long, long life be mine!

2Vanquishing etc. Indra by name, adorable I call: May I be dear to Gods.

3Vanquishing, etc. Indra by name, adorable, I call: may creatures love me well.

4Vanquishing, etc. Indra by name, adorable, I call: may cattle hold me dear.

5Vanquishing, etc. Indra by name, adorable, I call: may equals love me well.

6Rise up, O Sūrya, rise thou up; with strength and splendour rise on me. Let him who hates me be my thrall; let me not be a thrall to him. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu. Sate us with cattle of all forms and colours: set me in happiness, in loftiest heaven.

7Rise up, O Sūrya, rise thou up; with strength and splendour rise on me. Make me the favourite of all, of those I see and do not see. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

8Let not the fowlers who are standing ready injure thee in the flood, within the waters. Ascend this heaven, leaving each curse behind thee, Favour us: let thy gracious love attend us. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

9Do thou, O Indra, for our great good fortune, with thine in-violable rays protect us. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

10Be thou most gracious unto us, Indra, with favourable aid, Rising to heaven’s third sphere, invoked with song to quaff the Soma juice, loving thy home to make us blest. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

11Thou art the vanquisher of all, O Indra, omniscient Indra, and invoked of many. Indra, send forth this hymn that fitly lauds thee. Favour us let thy gracious love attend us. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

12In heaven and on the earth thou art uninjured, none reach thy greatness in the air’s mid region. Increasing by inviolate devotion as such in heaven grant us pro-tection, Indra. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

13Grant us protection, Indra, with that body of thine that is on earth, in fire, in waters, That dwells within light-finding Pavamana, wherewith thou hast pervaded air’s mid region. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

14Indra, exalting thee with prayer, imploring, Rishis have sat them down in holy Session. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu,

15Round Trita, round the spring with thousand currents thou goest, round the light-finding assembly. Manifold are thy great deeds, thine, O Vishnu.

16Thou guardest well the four celestial regions, pervading heaven, and earth with light and splendour. Thou givest help to all these living creatures,