Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, the conqueror of hosts, who struck down Shachi’s husband — O messenger of the seers, bring him near. The Vasus and Sudhanvas made the chariot not hard to move; may they remove from us the assault of the foe and the peril of breath.

Kutsa, the ṛṣi, thrown into a well, has invoked to his succour, Indra, the slayer of enemies, the encourager of good works; may they, who are bountiful and the givers of dwellings, extricate us from all sin, as a chariot from a defile.

Sunk in the pit the Rsi Kutsa called, to aid, Indra the Vrtra-slayer, Lord of power and might. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful Vasus, rescue us from all distress.