The mysteries of Aryan civilization. A. G. Vinogradov

formidable sky due to the roar of this snake

      Withdrawn from fear when your vajra, O Indra,

      Intoxicated, wrung out with force cut off my head

      Vritra that oppressed both worlds.

      I. 54. To Indra.

      10 There was darkness, interfering with the foundation of the waters.

      A mountain in the interior of Vritra.

      I. 61. To Indra.

      11 It was because of his fervor that the rivers stopped,

      When he stopped them with a vajra.

      I. 80. To Indra.

      1 … O most powerful thunderer, by force

      You wiped the snake off the ground.

      4 O Indra, from the ground you kicked

      Vritra, kicked out of the sky.

      Unleash the flow of those associated with the Maruts

      The waters that give wealth to the living.

      14 Before your thunderclap,

      O lord of pressing stones,

      Everything that stands and that moves trembles.

      II. 11. To Indra.

      8 … He roared, thundering in tune with the mothers.

      Amplifying the sound far to the limit

      They spread the whistle made by Indra.

      9 Indra pushed the sorcerer Vritra,

      Lying on the great river

      Two worlds trembled, frightened

      The roaring vajra of this bull.

      The bull’s club growled loudly

      II. 20. To Indra.

      7 This Indra, the killer of Vritra, blew up

      Dasov, melting in a black womb, he,

      II. 30. To Indra and other gods.

      3 After all, he was standing right in the air

      And threw a deadly weapon at Vritra,

      Because I hurried to him, wrapped in fog.

      Wielding a sharp weapon, Indra defeated the enemy.

      5 Cast off a stone from high heaven,

      With which you, intoxicated, will burn the enemy!

      III. 34. To Indra.

      3 Indra gripped Vritra, unleashing his strength.

      He outwitted the cunning ones by using the transformation abilities.

      He killed Vyansa, wanting to burn in the forests.

      He made the sounds of the nights clear.

      III. 53. To Indra.

      11 … Let the king kill Vritra in the east, in the west, in the north.

      IV. 17. To Indra.

      3 With force, he split the mountain, hurling the vajra,

      As a winner, showing strength.

      Drunk, he killed Vritra with a vajra.

      The waters quickly fled when their bull was killed.

      IV. 18. Conversation of Indra, Aditi and Vamadeva.

      6 These flow, making merry noise,

      As if the pious are calling.

      Ask them what they say

      What a rock-dam they are breaking.

      IV. 19. To Indra.

      2 … You killed the snake that blocked the stream.

      You have drilled all-pervading channels.

      3 Voracious Spread Serpent,

      Who cannot be woken up, who slept soundly, O Indra,

      Spread across seven streams

      You have smashed with a vajra out of disregard.

      4 He shook powerfully the ground, the foundation,

      Like the wind is water, Indra by strength.

      Strongholds he crushed, playing with force.

      He cut off the tops of the mountains.

      5 Like women, they opened the womb,

      Like chariots, the rocks moved at once.

      You have calmed the flowing through, kept the waves.

      You have let flow, O Indra, closed rivers.

      V. 29. (To Indra).

      3 … Indra killed the dragon by drinking this.

      4 Then he fortified the two worlds further apart.

      Although he was hiding, he nevertheless plunged the beast into horror.

      A swallower snorting Danava

      5 When you made the flying mares of Surya,

      Those in front were behind Etashi.

      6 When his ninety and nine rings

      The generous one immediately smashed with a club,

      The Maruts began to chant Indra on the spot.

      7 Friend-Agni quickly cooked a friend.

      VI. 11. (To Indra)

      …intoxicated by which the sun (and) the morning dawn

      You ignited by blowing up strongholds.

      A huge rock, O Indra, containing the cows,

      You pushed the motionless from its place.

      …12 The great chained waterfall of rivers,

      Closed, you released a leak – a wave of water.

      On their sloping channels, O Indra, on the way

      You let the active (water) flow down into the ocean.

      VI. 22. (To Indra)

      For that (Vritra) who has grown from such witchcraft,

      (You hit) with the help of a mountain, fast as thought, about the owner of your own strength.

      Even unshakable strongholds, oh very strong,

      You boldly broke, O abundant one.

      VII. 21. (To Indra)

      3 You, Indra, made the waters flow,

      Abundant, serpentine, hero.

      The streams rolled out from behind you, as if on wheels,

      All artificial (shafts) are shaken with fear.

      VIII.3. (To Indra)

      19 You pushed, O Indra,

      From the high banks of Vritra.

      20 … You blew the kite out of the air —

      You, O Indra, have performed this feat of courage.

      VIII.7. (To the Maruts)

      4 Maruts sow fog,

      They shake the mountains

      When they go hiking in the winds

      7 Those are scarlet

      Bright, soar up on the hikes,

      Roaring over the top of the sky.

      8 Powerfully they let go of the occasion,

      For the sun to move along the path

      They scattered with rays.

      23 They moved Vritra by the joints,

      Moved mountains, without shine,

      24 … (Supported) Indra in the