Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.102
प्र ते रथम् मिथूकृतम् इन्द्रो ऽवतु धृष्णुया । अस्मिन्न् आजौ पुरुहूत श्रवाय्ये धनभक्षेषु नो ऽव ॥
pra te ratham mithūkṛtam indro 'vatu dhṛṣṇuyā | asminn ājau puruhūta śravāyye dhanabhakṣeṣu no 'va ||
For thee may Indra boldly speed the car that works on either side. Favour us, Much-invoked! in this most glorious fight against the raiders of our wealth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत् स्म वातो वहति वासो ऽस्या अधिरथं यद् अजयत् सहस्रम् । रथीर् अभून् मुद्गलानी गविष्टौ भरे कृतं व्य् अचेद् इन्द्रसेना ॥
ut sma vāto vahati vāso 'syā adhirathaṃ yad ajayat sahasram | rathīr abhūn mudgalānī gaviṣṭau bhare kṛtaṃ vy aced indrasenā ||
Loose in the wind the woman's robe was streaming what time she won a car-load worth a thousand. The charioteer in fight was Mudgalani: she Indra's dart, heaped up the prize of battle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अन्तर् यच्छ जिघांसतो वज्रम् इन्द्राभिदासतः । दासस्य वा मघवन्न् आर्यस्य वा सनुतर् यवया वधम् ॥
antar yaccha jighāṃsato vajram indrābhidāsataḥ | dāsasya vā maghavann āryasya vā sanutar yavayā vadham ||
O Indra, cast thy bolt among assailants who would slaughter us: The weapon both of Dasa and of Arya foe keep far away, O Maghavan.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद्नो ह्रदम् अपिबज् जर्हृषाणः कूटं स्म तृंहद् अभिमातिम् एति । प्र मुष्कभारः श्रव इच्छमानो ऽजिरम् बाहू अभरत् सिषासन् ॥
udno hradam apibaj jarhṛṣāṇaḥ kūṭaṃ sma tṛṃhad abhimātim eti | pra muṣkabhāraḥ śrava icchamāno 'jiram bāhū abharat siṣāsan ||
The bull in joy had drunk a lake of water. His shattering horn encountered an opponent. Swiftly, in vigorous strength, eager for glory, he stretched his forefeet, fain to win and triumph.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न्य् अक्रन्दयन्न् उपयन्त एनम् अमेहयन् वृषभम् मध्य आजेः । तेन सूभर्वं शतवत् सहस्रं गवाम् मुद्गलः प्रधने जिगाय ॥
ny akrandayann upayanta enam amehayan vṛṣabham madhya ājeḥ | tena sūbharvaṃ śatavat sahasraṃ gavām mudgalaḥ pradhane jigāya ||
They came anear the bull; they made him thunder, made him pour rain down ere the fight was ended. And Mudgala thereby won in the contest well-pastured kine in hundreds and in thousands.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ककर्दवे वृषभो युक्त आसीद् अवावचीत् सारथिर् अस्य केशी । दुधेर् युक्तस्य द्रवतः सहानस ऋच्छन्ति ष्मा निष्पदो मुद्गलानीम् ॥
kakardave vṛṣabho yukta āsīd avāvacīt sārathir asya keśī | dudher yuktasya dravataḥ sahānasa ṛcchanti ṣmā niṣpado mudgalānīm ||
In hope of victory that bull was harnessed: Kesi the driver urged him on with shouting. As he ran swiftly with the car behind him his lifted heels pressed close on Mudgalani.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत प्रधिम् उद् अहन्न् अस्य विद्वान् उपायुनग् वंसगम् अत्र शिक्षन् । इन्द्र उद् आवत् पतिम् अघ्न्यानाम् अरंहत पद्याभिः ककुद्मान् ॥
uta pradhim ud ahann asya vidvān upāyunag vaṃsagam atra śikṣan | indra ud āvat patim aghnyānām araṃhata padyābhiḥ kakudmān ||
Deftly for him he stretched the car-pole forward, guided the bull thereto and firmly yoked him. Indra vouchsafed the lord of cows his favour: with mighty steps the buffalo ran onward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शुनम् अष्ट्राव्य् अचरत् कपर्दी वरत्रायां दार्व् आनह्यमानः । नृम्णानि कृण्वन् बहवे जनाय गाः पस्पशानस् तविषीर् अधत्त ॥
śunam aṣṭrāvy acarat kapardī varatrāyāṃ dārv ānahyamānaḥ | nṛmṇāni kṛṇvan bahave janāya gāḥ paspaśānas taviṣīr adhatta ||
Touched by the goad the shaggy beast went nobly, bound to the pole by the yoke's thong of leather. Performing deeds of might for many people, he, looking on the cows, gained strength and vigour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं तम् पश्य वृषभस्य युञ्जं काष्ठाया मध्ये द्रुघणं शयानम् । येन जिगाय शतवत् सहस्रं गवाम् मुद्गलः पृतनाज्येषु ॥
imaṃ tam paśya vṛṣabhasya yuñjaṃ kāṣṭhāyā madhye drughaṇaṃ śayānam | yena jigāya śatavat sahasraṃ gavām mudgalaḥ pṛtanājyeṣu ||
Here look upon this mace, this bull's companion, now lying midway on the field of battle. Therewith hath Mudgala in ordered contest won for cattle for himself, a hundred thousand.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आरे अघा को न्व् इत्था ददर्श यं युञ्जन्ति तम् व् आ स्थापयन्ति । नास्मै तृणं नोदकम् आ भरन्त्य् उत्तरो धुरो वहति प्रदेदिशत् ॥
āre aghā ko nv itthā dadarśa yaṃ yuñjanti tam v ā sthāpayanti | nāsmai tṛṇaṃ nodakam ā bharanty uttaro dhuro vahati pradediśat ||
Far is the evil: who hath here beheld it? Hither they bring the bull whom they are yoking.. To this they give not either food or water. Reaching beyond the pole it gives directions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
परिवृक्तेव पतिविद्यम् आनट् पीप्याना कूचक्रेणेव सिञ्चन् । एषैष्या चिद् रथ्या जयेम सुमङ्गलं सिनवद् अस्तु सातम् ॥
parivṛkteva patividyam ānaṭ pīpyānā kūcakreṇeva siñcan | eṣaiṣyā cid rathyā jayema sumaṅgalaṃ sinavad astu sātam ||
Like one forsaken, she hath found a husband, and teemed as if her breast were full and flowing. With swiftly-racing chariot may we conquer, and rich and blessed be our gains in battle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं विश्वस्य जगतश् चक्षुर् इन्द्रासि चक्षुषः । वृषा यद् आजिं वृषणा सिषाससि चोदयन् वध्रिणा युजा ॥
tvaṃ viśvasya jagataś cakṣur indrāsi cakṣuṣaḥ | vṛṣā yad ājiṃ vṛṣaṇā siṣāsasi codayan vadhriṇā yujā ||
Thou, Indra, art the mark whereon the eyes of all life rest, when thou, A Bull who drivest with thy bull, wilt win the race together with thy weakling friend.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)