Purvarcika-Chapter 2 >> Section 9



ओ३म् उत्त्वा मन्दन्तु सोमा कृणुष्व राधो अद्रिवः।
अव ब्रह्मद्विषो जहि॥१९४
English:- Indra, lord almighty, commander, controller and inspirer of clouds, mountains and great men of generosity, may our hymns of adoration win your pleasure. Pray create and provide means and methods of sustenance and progress in life, and cast off jealousies and enmities against divinity, knowledge and prayer, our bond between human and divine. (Rigved 8-64-1)
ओ३म् गिर्वणः पाहि न सुतं मधोर्धाराभिरज्यसे।
इन्द्र त्वादातमिद्यश॥१९५
English:- Indra, lord of honour, excellence and majesty, honoured by songs of celebration, served and pleased with streams of sweet soma in homage, pray protect and promote our soma-yajna of life and endeavour. By you alone is acknowledged the honour, joy and value of life and karma. (Rigved 3-40-6)
ओ३म् सदा व इन्द्रश्चर्कृषदा उपो नु स सपर्यन्।
न देवो वृत शूर इन्द्र॥१९६
English:- Indra, the lord omnipotent, always draws you close to himself, caring for you. Indra, refulgent, brave and generous, is ever free, never bound.
ओ३म् आ त्वा विशन्त्विन्दवः समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः।
न त्वामिन्द्राति रिच्यते॥१९७
English:- All the flows of soma, joys, beauties and graces of life concentrate in you, and thence they flow forth too, Indra, lord supreme, just as all rivers flow and join in the ocean and flow forth from there. O lord no one can comprehend and excel you. (Rigved 8-92-22)
ओ३म् इन्द्रमिद्गाथिनो बृहदिन्द्रमर्केभिरर्किण।
इन्द्रं वाणीरनूषत॥१९८
English:- The singers of Vedic hymns worship Indra, infinite lord of the expansive universe, Indra, the sun, lord of light, Indra, vayu, maruts, currents of energy, and Indra, the universal divine voice, with prayers, mantras, actions and scientific research. (Rigved 1-7-1)
ओ३म् इन्द्र इषे ददातु न ऋभुक्षणमृभु रयिम्।
वाजी ददातु वाजिनम्॥१९९
English:- For food, energy and knowledge, may Indra, lord of creativity, imagination and power, give us wealth, honour and excellence of broad, versatile and expert nature. May the lord of speed and victory grant us sustenance, energy and advanced success in our pursuit of progress. (Rigved 8-93-34)
ओ३म् इन्द्रो अङ्ग महद्भयमभी षदप चुच्यवत्।
स हि स्थिरो विचर्षणिः॥२००
English:- Indra, light of life, dear as breath of vitality, mighty great, blazing as the sun which is stable in its orbit and enlightens and watches us all as it moves, may, we pray, remove all fear and give us freedom. (Rigved 2-41-10)
ओ३म् इमा उ त्वा सुतेसुते नक्षन्ते गिर्वणो गिर।
गावो वत्सं न धेनव॥२०१
English:- These words and voices of adoration, O spirit adorable, reach you, in every yajna, in every cycle of creation, like cows rushing to the calf with love. (Rigved 6-45-28)
ओ३म् इन्द्रा नु पूषणा वय सख्याय स्वस्तये।
हुवेम वाजसातये॥२०२
English:- We always invoke and call upon Indra, lord commander of power, honour and excellence, and Pusha, giver of nourishment energy and intelligence, for the sake of friendship and all round joy and well being and for the achievement of success and victory in the battles of life. (Rigved 6-57-1)
ओ३म् न कि इन्द्र त्वदुत्तरं न ज्यायो अस्ति वृत्रहन्।
न क्येवं यथा त्वम्॥२०३
English:- Indra, lord ruler of the world, destroyer of evil and breaker of the cloud like the sun, there is none higher than you, none beyond, none greater, none even equal to you as you are. (Rigved 4-30-1)