Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.22
कुह श्रुत इन्द्रः कस्मिन्न् अद्य जने मित्रो न श्रूयते । ऋषीणां वा यः क्षये गुहा वा चर्कृषे गिरा ॥
kuha śruta indraḥ kasminn adya jane mitro na śrūyate | ṛṣīṇāṃ vā yaḥ kṣaye guhā vā carkṛṣe girā ||
Where is famed Indra heard of? With what folk is he renowned to-day as Mitra is,- Who in the home of Rsis and in secret is extolled with song?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इह श्रुत इन्द्रो अस्मे अद्य स्तवे वज्र्य् ऋचीषमः । मित्रो न यो जनेष्व् आ यशश् चक्रे असाम्य् आ ॥
iha śruta indro asme adya stave vajry ṛcīṣamaḥ | mitro na yo janeṣv ā yaśaś cakre asāmy ā ||
Even here is Indra famed, and among us this day the glorious Thunderer is praised, He who like Mitra mid the folk hath won complete and full renown.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महो यस् पतिः शवसो असाम्य् आ महो नृम्णस्य तूतुजिः । भर्ता वज्रस्य धृष्णोः पिता पुत्रम् इव प्रियम् ॥
maho yas patiḥ śavaso asāmy ā maho nṛmṇasya tūtujiḥ | bhartā vajrasya dhṛṣṇoḥ pitā putram iva priyam ||
He who is Sovran Lord of great and perfect strength, exerter of heroic might, Who bears the fearless thunder as a father bears his darling son.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युजानो अश्वा वातस्य धुनी देवो देवस्य वज्रिवः । स्यन्ता पथा विरुक्मता सृजान स्तोष्य् अध्वनः ॥
yujāno aśvā vātasya dhunī devo devasya vajrivaḥ | syantā pathā virukmatā sṛjāna stoṣy adhvanaḥ ||
Harnessing to thy car, as God, two blustering Steeds Of the Wind-God, O Thunderer, That speed along the shining path, thou making ways art glorified.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं त्या चिद् वातस्याश्वागा ऋज्रा त्मना वहध्यै । ययोर् देवो न मर्त्यो यन्ता नकिर् विदाय्यः ॥
tvaṃ tyā cid vātasyāśvāgā ṛjrā tmanā vahadhyai | yayor devo na martyo yantā nakir vidāyyaḥ ||
Even to these dark Steeds of Wind thou of thyself hast come to ride, Of which no driver may be found, none, be he God or mortal man.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध ग्मन्तोशना पृच्छते वां कदर्था न आ गृहम् । आ जग्मथुः पराकाद् दिवश् च ग्मश् च मर्त्यम् ॥
adha gmantośanā pṛcchate vāṃ kadarthā na ā gṛham | ā jagmathuḥ parākād divaś ca gmaś ca martyam ||
When ye approach, men ask you, thee and Usana: Why come ye to our dwelling-place? Why are ye come to mortal man from distant realms of earth and heaven?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ न इन्द्र पृक्षसे ऽस्माकम् ब्रह्मोद्यतम् । तत् त्वा याचामहे ऽवः शुष्णं यद् धन्न् अमानुषम् ॥
ā na indra pṛkṣase 'smākam brahmodyatam | tat tvā yācāmahe 'vaḥ śuṣṇaṃ yad dhann amānuṣam ||
O Indra, thou shalt speak us fair: our holy prayer is offered up. We pray to thee for help as thou didst strike the monster Susna dead.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अकर्मा दस्युर् अभि नो अमन्तुर् अन्यव्रतो अमानुषः । त्वं तस्यामित्रहन् वधर् दासस्य दम्भय ॥
akarmā dasyur abhi no amantur anyavrato amānuṣaḥ | tvaṃ tasyāmitrahan vadhar dāsasya dambhaya ||
Around us is the Dasyu, riteless, void of sense, inhuman, keeping alien laws. Baffle, thou Slayer of the foe, the weapon which this Dasa wields.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं न इन्द्र शूर शूरैर् उत त्वोतासो बर्हणा । पुरुत्रा ते वि पूर्तयो नवन्त क्षोणयो यथा ॥
tvaṃ na indra śūra śūrair uta tvotāso barhaṇā | purutrā te vi pūrtayo navanta kṣoṇayo yathā ||
Hero with Heroes, thou art ours: yea, strong are they whom thou dost help. In many a place are thy full gifts, and men, like vassals, sing thy praise.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं तान् वृत्रहत्ये चोदयो नॄन् कार्पाणे शूर वज्रिवः । गुहा यदी कवीनां विशां नक्षत्रशवसाम् ॥
tvaṃ tān vṛtrahatye codayo nṝn kārpāṇe śūra vajrivaḥ | guhā yadī kavīnāṃ viśāṃ nakṣatraśavasām ||
Urge thou these heroes on to slay the enemy, brave Thunderer! in the fight with swords. Even when hid among the tribes of Sages numerous as stars.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मक्षू ता त इन्द्र दानाप्नस आक्षाणे शूर वज्रिवः । यद् ध शुष्णस्य दम्भयो जातं विश्वं सयावभिः ॥
makṣū tā ta indra dānāpnasa ākṣāṇe śūra vajrivaḥ | yad dha śuṣṇasya dambhayo jātaṃ viśvaṃ sayāvabhiḥ ||
Swift come those gifts of thine whose hand is prompt to rend and burn, O Hero Thunder-armed: As thou with thy Companions didst destroy the whole of Susna's brood.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
माकुध्र्यग् इन्द्र शूर वस्वीर् अस्मे भूवन्न् अभिष्टयः । वयं-वयं त आसां सुम्ने स्याम वज्रिवः ॥
mākudhryag indra śūra vasvīr asme bhūvann abhiṣṭayaḥ | vayaṃ-vayaṃ ta āsāṃ sumne syāma vajrivaḥ ||
Let not thine excellent assistance come to us, O Hero Indra, profitless. May we, may we enjoy the bliss of these thy favours, Thunderer!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मे ता त इन्द्र सन्तु सत्याहिंसन्तीर् उपस्पृशः । विद्याम यासाम् भुजो धेनूनां न वज्रिवः ॥
asme tā ta indra santu satyāhiṃsantīr upaspṛśaḥ | vidyāma yāsām bhujo dhenūnāṃ na vajrivaḥ ||
May those soft impulses of thine, O Indra, be fruitful and innocent to us. May we know these whose treasures are like those of milch-kine, Thunderer!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहस्ता यद् अपदी वर्धत क्षाः शचीभिर् वेद्यानाम् । शुष्णम् परि प्रदक्षिणिद् विश्वायवे नि शिश्नथः ॥
ahastā yad apadī vardhata kṣāḥ śacībhir vedyānām | śuṣṇam pari pradakṣiṇid viśvāyave ni śiśnathaḥ ||
That Earth, through power of knowing things that may be known, handless and footless yet might thrive, Thou slewest, turning to the right, Susna for every living man.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पिबा-पिबेद् इन्द्र शूर सोमम् मा रिषण्यो वसवान वसुः सन् । उत त्रायस्व गृणतो मघोनो महश् च रायो रेवतस् कृधी नः ॥
pibā-pibed indra śūra somam mā riṣaṇyo vasavāna vasuḥ san | uta trāyasva gṛṇato maghono mahaś ca rāyo revatas kṛdhī naḥ ||
Drink, drink the Soma, Hero Indra; be not withheld as thou art good, O Treasure-giver. Preserve the singers and our liberal princes, and make us wealthy with abundant riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)