2Based upon strength and victory and power, O Indra is thy birth: Thou, Mighty One, art strong indeed.

3Thou art the Vrtra−slayer, thou, Indra, hast spread the firmament: Thou hast with might upheld the heavens.

4Thou, Indra, bearest in thine arms the lightning that accords with thee, Whetting thy thunderbolt with might.

5Thou, Indra, art preeminent over all creatures in thy might: Thou hast pervaded every place.