यः जातः एव प्रथमो मनस्वान् देवो देवान् क्रतुना पर्यभूषत् । यस्य शुष्कात् रोदसी अभ्यसेताम् नृम्णस्य मह्ना सहसः च कृष्णोः ॥
yaḥ jāta eva prathamo manasvān devo devān kratunā paryabhūṣat । yasya śuṣkāt rodasī abhyasetām nṛmṇasya mahnā sahasaḥ ca kṛṣṇoḥ ॥
अनुवाद: He who, being born first, thoughtful, the divine one, surpassed the gods by his will; at whose might the two worlds trembled from the greatness of his power and heroic strength.
Indra is extolled as the supreme primordial deity whose divine consciousness and power outshine all other forces from the very beginning of creation.