Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.173
गायत् साम नभन्यं यथा वेर् अर्चाम तद् वावृधानं स्वर्वत् । गावो धेनवो बर्हिष्य् अदब्धा आ यत् सद्मानं दिव्यं विवासान् ॥
gāyat sāma nabhanyaṃ yathā ver arcāma tad vāvṛdhānaṃ svarvat | gāvo dhenavo barhiṣy adabdhā ā yat sadmānaṃ divyaṃ vivāsān ||
The praise-song let him sing forth bursting bird-like: sing we that hymn which like heaven's light expandeth, That the milk-giving cows may, unimpeded call to the sacred grass the Gods' assembly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अर्चद् वृषा वृषभिः स्वेदुहव्यैर् मृगो नाश्नो अति यज् जुगुर्यात् । प्र मन्दयुर् मनां गूर्त होता भरते मर्यो मिथुना यजत्रः ॥
arcad vṛṣā vṛṣabhiḥ sveduhavyair mṛgo nāśno ati yaj juguryāt | pra mandayur manāṃ gūrta hotā bharate maryo mithunā yajatraḥ ||
Let the Bull sing with Bulls whose toil is worship, with a loud roar like some wild beast that hungers. Praised God! the glad priest brings his heart's devotion; the holy youth presents twofold oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नक्षद् धोता परि सद्म मिता यन् भरद् गर्भम् आ शरदः पृथिव्याः । क्रन्दद् अश्वो नयमानो रुवद् गौर् अन्तर् दूतो न रोदसी चरद् वाक् ॥
nakṣad dhotā pari sadma mitā yan bharad garbham ā śaradaḥ pṛthivyāḥ | krandad aśvo nayamāno ruvad gaur antar dūto na rodasī carad vāk ||
May the Priest come circling the measured stations, and with him bring the earth's autumnal fruitage. Let the Horse neigh led near, let the Steer bellow: let the Voice go between both worlds as herald,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता कर्माषतरास्मै प्र च्यौत्नानि देवयन्तो भरन्ते । जुजोषद् इन्द्रो दस्मवर्चा नासत्येव सुग्म्यो रथेष्ठाः ॥
tā karmāṣatarāsmai pra cyautnāni devayanto bharante | jujoṣad indro dasmavarcā nāsatyeva sugmyo ratheṣṭhāḥ ||
To him we offer welcomest oblations, the pious bring their strength-inspiring praises. May Indra, wondrous in his might, accept them, car-borne and swift to move like the Nasatyas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् उ ष्टुहीन्द्रं यो ह सत्वा यः शूरो मघवा यो रथेष्ठाः । प्रतीचश् चिद् योधीयान् वृषण्वान् ववव्रुषश् चित् तमसो विहन्ता ॥
tam u ṣṭuhīndraṃ yo ha satvā yaḥ śūro maghavā yo ratheṣṭhāḥ | pratīcaś cid yodhīyān vṛṣaṇvān vavavruṣaś cit tamaso vihantā ||
Praise thou that Indra who is truly mighty, the car-borne Warrior, Maghavan the Hero; Stronger in war than those who fight against him, borne by strong steeds, who kills enclosing darkness;
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र यद् इत्था महिना नृभ्यो अस्त्य् अरं रोदसी कक्ष्ये नास्मै । सं विव्य इन्द्रो वृजनं न भूमा भर्ति स्वधावां ओपशम् इव द्याम् ॥
pra yad itthā mahinā nṛbhyo asty araṃ rodasī kakṣye nāsmai | saṃ vivya indro vṛjanaṃ na bhūmā bharti svadhāvāṃ opaśam iva dyām ||
Him who surpasses heroes in his greatness: the earth and heavens suffice not for his girdles. Indra endues the earth to be his garment, and, God-like, wears the heaven as 'twere a frontlet,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
समत्सु त्वा शूर सताम् उराणम् प्रपथिन्तमम् परितंसयध्यै । सजोषस इन्द्रम् मदे क्षोणीः सूरिं चिद् ये अनुमदन्ति वाजैः ॥
samatsu tvā śūra satām urāṇam prapathintamam paritaṃsayadhyai | sajoṣasa indram made kṣoṇīḥ sūriṃ cid ye anumadanti vājaiḥ ||
Thee, Hero, guardian of the brave in battles, who roamest in the van,--to draw thee hither, Indra, the hosts agree beside the Soma, and joy, for his great actions, in the Chieftain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा हि ते शं सवना समुद्र आपो यत् त आसु मदन्ति देवीः । विश्वा ते अनु जोष्या भूद् गौः सूरींश् चिद् यदि धिषा वेषि जनान् ॥
evā hi te śaṃ savanā samudra āpo yat ta āsu madanti devīḥ | viśvā te anu joṣyā bhūd gauḥ sūrīṃś cid yadi dhiṣā veṣi janān ||
Libations in the sea to thee are pleasant, when thy divine Floods come to cheer these people. To thee the Cow is sum of all things grateful when with the wish thou seekest men and princes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असाम यथा सुषखाय एन स्वभिष्टयो नरां न शंसैः । असद् यथा न इन्द्रो वन्दनेष्ठास् तुरो न कर्म नयमान उक्था ॥
asāma yathā suṣakhāya ena svabhiṣṭayo narāṃ na śaṃsaiḥ | asad yathā na indro vandaneṣṭhās turo na karma nayamāna ukthā ||
So may we in this One be well befriended, well aided as it were through praise of chieftains, That Indra still may linger at our worship, as one led swift to work, to hear our praises.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विष्पर्धसो नरां न शंसैर् अस्माकासद् इन्द्रो वज्रहस्तः । मित्रायुवो न पूर्पतिं सुशिष्टौ मध्यायुव उप शिक्षन्ति यज्ञैः ॥
viṣpardhaso narāṃ na śaṃsair asmākāsad indro vajrahastaḥ | mitrāyuvo na pūrpatiṃ suśiṣṭau madhyāyuva upa śikṣanti yajñaiḥ ||
Like men in rivalry extolling princes, our Friend be Indra, wielder of the thunder. Like true friends of some city's lord within them held in good rule with sacrifice they help him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यज्ञो हि ष्मेन्द्रं कश् चिद् ऋन्धञ् जुहुराणश् चिन् मनसा परियन् । तीर्थे नाच्छा तातृषाणम् ओको दीर्घो न सिध्रम् आ कृणोत्य् अध्वा ॥
yajño hi ṣmendraṃ kaś cid ṛndhañ juhurāṇaś cin manasā pariyan | tīrthe nācchā tātṛṣāṇam oko dīrgho na sidhram ā kṛṇoty adhvā ||
For every sacrifice makes Indra stronger, yea, when he goes around angry in spirit; As pleasure at the ford invites the thirsty, as the long way brings him who gains his object.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मो षू ण इन्द्रात्र पृत्सु देवैर् अस्ति हि ष्मा ते शुष्मिन्न् अवयाः । महश् चिद् यस्य मीळ्हुषो यव्या हविष्मतो मरुतो वन्दते गीः ॥
mo ṣū ṇa indrātra pṛtsu devair asti hi ṣmā te śuṣminn avayāḥ | mahaś cid yasya mīḷhuṣo yavyā haviṣmato maruto vandate gīḥ ||
Let us not here contend with Gods, O Indra, for here, O Mighty One, is thine own portion, The Great, whose Friends the bounteous Maruts honour, as with a stream, his song who pours oblations.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एष स्तोम इन्द्र तुभ्यम् अस्मे एतेन गातुं हरिवो विदो नः । आ नो ववृत्याः सुविताय देव विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
eṣa stoma indra tubhyam asme etena gātuṃ harivo vido naḥ | ā no vavṛtyāḥ suvitāya deva vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||
Addressed to thee is this our praise, O Indra: Lord of Bay Steeds, find us hereby advancement. So mayst thou lead us on, O God, to comfort. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)