Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.166
ऋषभम् मा समानानां सपत्नानां विषासहिम् । हन्तारं शत्रूणां कृधि विराजं गोपतिं गवाम् ॥
ṛṣabham mā samānānāṃ sapatnānāṃ viṣāsahim | hantāraṃ śatrūṇāṃ kṛdhi virājaṃ gopatiṃ gavām ||
Make me a bull among my peers, make me my rivals, conqueror: Make me the slayer of my foes, a sovran ruler, lord of kine
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहम् अस्मि सपत्नहेन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षतः । अधः सपत्ना मे पदोर् इमे सर्वे अभिष्ठिताः ॥
aham asmi sapatnahendra ivāriṣṭo akṣataḥ | adhaḥ sapatnā me pador ime sarve abhiṣṭhitāḥ ||
I am my rivals' slayer, like Indra unwounded and unhurt, And all these enemies of mine are vanquished and beneath my feet.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अत्रैव वो ऽपि नह्याम्य् उभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया । वाचस् पते नि षेधेमान् यथा मद् अधरं वदान् ॥
atraiva vo 'pi nahyāmy ubhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācas pate ni ṣedhemān yathā mad adharaṃ vadān ||
Here, verily, I bind you fast, as the two bow-ends with the string. Press down these men, O Lord of Speech, that they may humbly speak to me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभिभूर् अहम् आगमं विश्वकर्मेण धाम्ना । आ वश् चित्तम् आ वो व्रतम् आ वो ऽहं समितिं ददे ॥
abhibhūr aham āgamaṃ viśvakarmeṇa dhāmnā | ā vaś cittam ā vo vratam ā vo 'haṃ samitiṃ dade ||
Hither I came as conqueror with mighty all-effecting power, And I have mastered all your thought, your synod, and your holy work.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
योगक्षेमं व आदायाहम् भूयासम् उत्तम आ वो मूर्धानम् अक्रमीम् । अधस्पदान् म उद् वदत मण्डूका इवोदकान् मण्डूका उदकाद् इव ॥
yogakṣemaṃ va ādāyāham bhūyāsam uttama ā vo mūrdhānam akramīm | adhaspadān ma ud vadata maṇḍūkā ivodakān maṇḍūkā udakād iva ||
May I be highest, having gained your strength in war, your skill in peace my feet have trodden on your heads. Speak to me from beneath my feet, as frogs from out the water croak, as frogs from out the water croak.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)