Hymn 53

Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at sacred-texts.com

HYMN LIII

1Who knows what vital power he wins, drinking beside the
   flowing juice?
  This is the fair-cheeked God who, joying in the draught, breaks
   down the castles in his strength.
2As a wild elephant rushes on, this way and that way, mad with
   heat.
  None may restrain thee; yet come hither to the draught: thou
   movest mighty in thy power.
3When he, the mighty, ne'er o'erthrown, stedfast, made ready for
   the fight.
  When Indra, Bounteous Lord, lists to his praiser's call, he will
   not stand aloof, but come.