Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.61
अस्मा इद् उ प्र तवसे तुराय प्रयो न हर्मि स्तोमम् माहिनाय । ऋचीषमायाध्रिगव ओहम् इन्द्राय ब्रह्माणि राततमा ॥
asmā id u pra tavase turāya prayo na harmi stomam māhināya | ṛcīṣamāyādhrigava oham indrāya brahmāṇi rātatamā ||
Even to him, swift, strong and high. exalted, I bring my song of praise as dainty viands, My thought to him resistless, praise-deserving, prayers offered most especially to Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ प्रय इव प्र यंसि भराम्य् आङ्गूषम् बाधे सुवृक्ति । इन्द्राय हृदा मनसा मनीषा प्रत्नाय पत्ये धियो मर्जयन्त ॥
asmā id u praya iva pra yaṃsi bharāmy āṅgūṣam bādhe suvṛkti | indrāya hṛdā manasā manīṣā pratnāya patye dhiyo marjayanta ||
Praise, like oblation, I present, and utter aloud my song, my fair hymn to the Victor. For Indra, who is Lord of old, the singers have decked their lauds with heart and mind and spirit.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ त्यम् उपमं स्वर्षाम् भराम्य् आङ्गूषम् आस्येन । मंहिष्ठम् अच्छोक्तिभिर् मतीनां सुवृक्तिभिः सूरिं वावृधध्यै ॥
asmā id u tyam upamaṃ svarṣām bharāmy āṅgūṣam āsyena | maṃhiṣṭham acchoktibhir matīnāṃ suvṛktibhiḥ sūriṃ vāvṛdhadhyai ||
To him then with my lips mine adoration, winning heaven's light, most excellent, I offer, To magnify with songs of invocation and with fair hymns the Lord, most bounteous Giver.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ स्तोमं सं हिनोमि रथं न तष्टेव तत्सिनाय । गिरश् च गिर्वाहसे सुवृक्तीन्द्राय विश्वमिन्वम् मेधिराय ॥
asmā id u stomaṃ saṃ hinomi rathaṃ na taṣṭeva tatsināya | giraś ca girvāhase suvṛktīndrāya viśvaminvam medhirāya ||
Even for him I frame a laud, as fashions the wright a chariot for the man who needs it,-- Praises to him who gladly hears our praises, a hymn well-formed, all-moving, to wise Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ सप्तिम् इव श्रवस्येन्द्रायार्कं जुह्वा सम् अञ्जे । वीरं दानौकसं वन्दध्यै पुरां गूर्तश्रवसं दर्माणम् ॥
asmā id u saptim iva śravasyendrāyārkaṃ juhvā sam añje | vīraṃ dānaukasaṃ vandadhyai purāṃ gūrtaśravasaṃ darmāṇam ||
So with my tongue I deck, to please that Indra, my hymn, as 'twere a horse, through love of glory, To reverence the Hero, bounteous Giver, famed far and wide, destroyer of the castles.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ त्वष्टा तक्षद् वज्रं स्वपस्तमं स्वर्यं रणाय । वृत्रस्य चिद् विदद् येन मर्म तुजन्न् ईशानस् तुजता कियेधाः ॥
asmā id u tvaṣṭā takṣad vajraṃ svapastamaṃ svaryaṃ raṇāya | vṛtrasya cid vidad yena marma tujann īśānas tujatā kiyedhāḥ ||
Even for him hath Tvastar forged the thunder, most deftly wrought, celestial, for the battle, Wherewith he reached the vital parts of Vrtra, striking-the vast, the mighty with the striker.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्येद् उ मातुः सवनेषु सद्यो महः पितुम् पपिवाञ् चार्व् अन्ना । मुषायद् विष्णुः पचतं सहीयान् विध्यद् वराहं तिरो अद्रिम् अस्ता ॥
asyed u mātuḥ savaneṣu sadyo mahaḥ pitum papivāñ cārv annā | muṣāyad viṣṇuḥ pacataṃ sahīyān vidhyad varāhaṃ tiro adrim astā ||
As soon as, at libations of his mother, great Visnu had drunk up the draught, he plundered. The dainty cates, the cooked mess; but One stronger transfixed the wild boar, shooting through the mountain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ ग्नाश् चिद् देवपत्नीर् इन्द्रायार्कम् अहिहत्य ऊवुः । परि द्यावापृथिवी जभ्र उर्वी नास्य ते महिमानम् परि ष्टः ॥
asmā id u gnāś cid devapatnīr indrāyārkam ahihatya ūvuḥ | pari dyāvāpṛthivī jabhra urvī nāsya te mahimānam pari ṣṭaḥ ||
To him, to Indra, when he slew the Dragon, the Dames, too, Consorts of the Gods, wove praises. The mighty heaven and earth hath he encompassed: thy greatness heaven and earth, combined, exceed not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्येद् एव प्र रिरिचे महित्वं दिवस् पृथिव्याः पर्य् अन्तरिक्षात् । स्वराळ् इन्द्रो दम आ विश्वगूर्तः स्वरिर् अमत्रो ववक्षे रणाय ॥
asyed eva pra ririce mahitvaṃ divas pṛthivyāḥ pary antarikṣāt | svarāḷ indro dama ā viśvagūrtaḥ svarir amatro vavakṣe raṇāya ||
Yea, of a truth, his magnitude surpasseth the magnitude of earth, mid-air, and heaven. Indra, approved by all men, self-resplendent, waxed in his home, loud-voiced and strong for battle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्येद् एव शवसा शुषन्तं वि वृश्चद् वज्रेण वृत्रम् इन्द्रः । गा न व्राणा अवनीर् अमुञ्चद् अभि श्रवो दावने सचेताः ॥
asyed eva śavasā śuṣantaṃ vi vṛścad vajreṇa vṛtram indraḥ | gā na vrāṇā avanīr amuñcad abhi śravo dāvane sacetāḥ ||
Through his own strength Indra with bolt of thunder cut piece-meal Vrtra, drier up of waters. He let the floods go free, like cows imprisoned, for glory, with a heart inclined to bounty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्येद् उ त्वेषसा रन्त सिन्धवः परि यद् वज्रेण सीम् अयच्छत् । ईशानकृद् दाशुषे दशस्यन् तुर्वीतये गाधं तुर्वणिः कः ॥
asyed u tveṣasā ranta sindhavaḥ pari yad vajreṇa sīm ayacchat | īśānakṛd dāśuṣe daśasyan turvītaye gādhaṃ turvaṇiḥ kaḥ ||
The rivers played, through his impetuous splendour, since with his bolt he compassed them on all sides. Using his might and favouring him who worshipped, he made a ford, victorious, for Turviti.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ प्र भरा तूतुजानो वृत्राय वज्रम् ईशानः कियेधाः । गोर् न पर्व वि रदा तिरश्चेष्यन्न् अर्णांस्य् अपां चरध्यै ॥
asmā id u pra bharā tūtujāno vṛtrāya vajram īśānaḥ kiyedhāḥ | gor na parva vi radā tiraśceṣyann arṇāṃsy apāṃ caradhyai ||
Vast, with thine ample power, with eager movement, against this Vrtra cast thy bolt of thunder. Rend thou his joints, as of an ox, dissevered, with bolt oblique, that floods of rain may follow.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्येद् उ प्र ब्रूहि पूर्व्याणि तुरस्य कर्माणि नव्य उक्थैः । युधे यद् इष्णान आयुधान्य् ऋघायमाणो निरिणाति शत्रून् ॥
asyed u pra brūhi pūrvyāṇi turasya karmāṇi navya ukthaiḥ | yudhe yad iṣṇāna āyudhāny ṛghāyamāṇo niriṇāti śatrūn ||
Sing with new lauds his exploits wrought aforetime, the deeds of him, yea, him who moveth swiftly, When, hurling forth his weapons in the battle, he with impetuous wrath lays low the foemen.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्येद् उ भिया गिरयश् च दृळ्हा द्यावा च भूमा जनुषस् तुजेते । उपो वेनस्य जोगुवान ओणिं सद्यो भुवद् वीर्याय नोधाः ॥
asyed u bhiyā girayaś ca dṛḷhā dyāvā ca bhūmā januṣas tujete | upo venasya joguvāna oṇiṃ sadyo bhuvad vīryāya nodhāḥ ||
When he, yea, he, comes forth the firm. Set mountains and the whole heaven and earth, tremble for terror. May Nodhas, ever praising the protection of that dear Friend, gain quickly strength heroic.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मा इद् उ त्यद् अनु दाय्य् एषाम् एको यद् वव्ने भूरेर् ईशानः । प्रैतशं सूर्ये पस्पृधानं सौवश्व्ये सुष्विम् आवद् इन्द्रः ॥
asmā id u tyad anu dāyy eṣām eko yad vavne bhūrer īśānaḥ | praitaśaṃ sūrye paspṛdhānaṃ sauvaśvye suṣvim āvad indraḥ ||
Now unto him of these things hath been given what he who rules alone o'er much, electeth. Indra hath helped Etasa, Soma-presser, contending in the race of steeds with Surya.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा ते हारियोजना सुवृक्तीन्द्र ब्रह्माणि गोतमासो अक्रन् । ऐषु विश्वपेशसं धियं धाः प्रातर् मक्षू धियावसुर् जगम्यात् ॥
evā te hāriyojanā suvṛktīndra brahmāṇi gotamāso akran | aiṣu viśvapeśasaṃ dhiyaṃ dhāḥ prātar makṣū dhiyāvasur jagamyāt ||
Thus to thee, Indra, yoker of Bay Coursers, the Gotamas have brought their prayers to please thee. Bestow upon them thought, decked with all beauty. May he, enriched with prayer, come soon and early.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)