Rig Veda · 776 of 1027

Mandala 9: HYMN LIII. Soma Pavamana.

1. O THOU with stones for arms, thy powers, crushing the fiends, have raised themselves: Chase thou the foes who compass us.

2. Thou conquerest thus with might when car meets car, and when the prize is staked: With fearless heart will I sing praise.

3. No one with evil thought assails this Pavamana's holy laws: Crush him who fain would fight with thee.

4. For Indra to the streams they drive the tawny rapture-dropping Steed, Indu the bringer of delight.