MAY SOVRAN INDRA COME TO THE CAROUSAL, HE WHO BY HOLY LAW IS STRONG AND ACTIVE, THE OVERCOMER OF ALL CONQUERING FORCES WITH HIS GREAT STEER-LIKE POWER THAT HATH NO LIMIT.
FIRM-SEATED IS THY CAR, THY STEEDS ARE DOCILE; THY HAND, O KING, HELPS, FIRMLY GRASPED, THE THUNDER. ON THY FAIR PATH, O LORD OF MEN, COME QUICKLY: WE WILL INCREASE THY POWERS WHEN THOU HAST DRUNK.
LET STRONG AND MIGHTY STEEDS WHO BEAR THIS MIGHTY INDRA, THE LORD OF MEN, WHOSE ARM WELLS THUNDER, BRING UNTO US, AS SHARERS OF OUR BANQUET, THE STEER OF CONQUERING MIGHT, OF REAL VIGOUR.
SO LIKE A BULL THOU RUSHETH TO THE LORD WHO LOVES THE TROUGH, THE SAGE, THE PROP OF VIGOUR, IN THE VAT, PREPARE THINE ENERGIES, COLLECT THEM IN THYSELF: BE FOR OUR PROFIT AS THE MASTER OF THE WISE.
MAY PRECIOUS TREASURES COME TO US—SO WILL I PRAY. COME TO THE VOTARY'S GIFT OFFERED WITH BEAUTIFUL LAUD. THOU ART THE LORD, AS SUCH SIT ON THIS HOLY GRASS: THY VESSELS ARE INVIOVATE AS LAW COMMANDS.
FAR WENT OUR EARLIEST INVOCATION OF THE GODS, AND WON US GLORIES THAT CAN NEVER BE SURPASSED. THEY WHO COULD NOT ASCEND THE SHIP OF SACRIFICE SINK DOWN IN DESOLATION, TREMBLING WITH ALARM.
SO BE THE OTHERS, EVIL-HIPPED, FAR AWAY, WHOSE HORSES, DIFFICULT TO HARNASS, HAVE BEEN YOUGHT. HERE IN ADVANCE MEN STAND ANEAR TO OFFER GIFTS, BY WHOM FULL MANY A WORK THAT BRINGS REWARD IS DONE.
HE FIRMLY FIXED THE PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS AS THEY SHOOK. DYAUŚ THUNDERED FORTH AND MADE THE AIR’S MID-REGION QUAKE. HE STAYS APART THE