Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.28
विश्वो ह्य् अन्यो अरिर् आजगाम ममेद् अह श्वशुरो ना जगाम । जक्षीयाद् धाना उत सोमम् पपीयात् स्वाशितः पुनर् अस्तं जगायात् ॥
viśvo hy anyo arir ājagāma mamed aha śvaśuro nā jagāma | jakṣīyād dhānā uta somam papīyāt svāśitaḥ punar astaṃ jagāyāt ||
Now all my other friends are here assembled: my Sire-in-law alone hath not come hither. So might he eat the grain and drink the Soma, and, satisfied, return unto; his dwelling.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स रोरुवद् वृषभस् तिग्मशृङ्गो वर्ष्मन् तस्थौ वरिमन्न् आ पृथिव्याः । विश्वेष्व् एनं वृजनेषु पामि यो मे कुक्षी सुतसोमः पृणाति ॥
sa roruvad vṛṣabhas tigmaśṛṅgo varṣman tasthau varimann ā pṛthivyāḥ | viśveṣv enaṃ vṛjaneṣu pāmi yo me kukṣī sutasomaḥ pṛṇāti ||
Loud belloweth the Bull whose horns are sharpened: upon the height above earth's breadth he standeth. That man I guard and save in all his troubles who fills my flanks when he hath shed the Soma.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अद्रिणा ते मन्दिन इन्द्र तूयान् सुन्वन्ति सोमान् पिबसि त्वम् एषाम् । पचन्ति ते वृषभां अत्सि तेषाम् पृक्षेण यन् मघवन् हूयमानः ॥
adriṇā te mandina indra tūyān sunvanti somān pibasi tvam eṣām | pacanti te vṛṣabhāṃ atsi teṣām pṛkṣeṇa yan maghavan hūyamānaḥ ||
Men with the stone press out for thee, O Indra, strong, gladdening Soma, and thereof thou drinkest. Bulls they dress for thee, and of these thou eatest when, Maghavan, with food thou art invited.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इदं सु मे जरितर् आ चिकिद्धि प्रतीपं शापं नद्यो वहन्ति । लोपाशः सिंहम् प्रत्यञ्चम् अत्साः क्रोष्टा वराहं निर् अतक्त कक्षात् ॥
idaṃ su me jaritar ā cikiddhi pratīpaṃ śāpaṃ nadyo vahanti | lopāśaḥ siṃham pratyañcam atsāḥ kroṣṭā varāhaṃ nir atakta kakṣāt ||
Resolve for me, O singer, this my riddle: The rivers send their swelling water backward: The fox steals up to the approaching lion: the jackal drives the wild-boar from the brushwood.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कथा त एतद् अहम् आ चिकेतं गृत्सस्य पाकस् तवसो मनीषाम् । त्वं नो विद्वां ऋतुथा वि वोचो यम् अर्धं ते मघवन् क्षेम्या धूः ॥
kathā ta etad aham ā ciketaṃ gṛtsasya pākas tavaso manīṣām | tvaṃ no vidvāṃ ṛtuthā vi voco yam ardhaṃ te maghavan kṣemyā dhūḥ ||
How shall I solve this riddle, I, the simple, declare the thought of thee the Wise and Mighty? Tell us, well knowing, as befits the season: Whitherward is thy prosperous car advancing?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा हि मां तवसं वर्धयन्ति दिवश् चिन् मे बृहत उत्तरा धूः । पुरू सहस्रा नि शिशामि साकम् अशत्रुं हि मा जनिता जजान ॥
evā hi māṃ tavasaṃ vardhayanti divaś cin me bṛhata uttarā dhūḥ | purū sahasrā ni śiśāmi sākam aśatruṃ hi mā janitā jajāna ||
Thus do they magnify me, me the mighty higher than even high heaven is my car-pole. I all at once demolish many thousands: my Sire begot me with no foe to match me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा हि मां तवसं जज्ञुर् उग्रं कर्मन्-कर्मन् वृषणम् इन्द्र देवाः । वधीं वृत्रं वज्रेण मन्दसानो ऽप व्रजम् महिना दाशुषे वम् ॥
evā hi māṃ tavasaṃ jajñur ugraṃ karman-karman vṛṣaṇam indra devāḥ | vadhīṃ vṛtraṃ vajreṇa mandasāno 'pa vrajam mahinā dāśuṣe vam ||
Yea, and the Gods have known me also, Indra, as mighty, fierce and strong in every exploit. Exulting with the bolt I slaughtered Vrtra, and for the offerer open with might the cow-stall.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
देवास आयन् परशूंर् अबिभ्रन् वना वृश्चन्तो अभि विड्भिर् आयन् । नि सुद्र्वं दधतो वक्षणासु यत्रा कृपीटम् अनु तद् दहन्ति ॥
devāsa āyan paraśūṃr abibhran vanā vṛścanto abhi viḍbhir āyan | ni sudrvaṃ dadhato vakṣaṇāsu yatrā kṛpīṭam anu tad dahanti ||
The Deities approached, they carried axes; splitting the wood they came with their attendants. They laid good timber in the fire-receivers, and burnt the grass up where they found it growing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शशः क्षुरम् प्रत्यञ्चं जगाराद्रिं लोगेन व्य् अभेदम् आरात् । बृहन्तं चिद् ऋहते रन्धयानि वयद् वत्सो वृषभं शूशुवानः ॥
śaśaḥ kṣuram pratyañcaṃ jagārādriṃ logena vy abhedam ārāt | bṛhantaṃ cid ṛhate randhayāni vayad vatso vṛṣabhaṃ śūśuvānaḥ ||
The hare hath swallowed up the opposing razor: I sundered with a clod the distant mountain. The great will I make subject to the little: the calf shall wax in strength and cat the bullock.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुपर्ण इत्था नखम् आ सिषायावरुद्धः परिपदं न सिंहः । निरुद्धश् चिन् महिषस् तर्ष्यावान् गोधा तस्मा अयथं कर्षद् एतत् ॥
suparṇa itthā nakham ā siṣāyāvaruddhaḥ paripadaṃ na siṃhaḥ | niruddhaś cin mahiṣas tarṣyāvān godhā tasmā ayathaṃ karṣad etat ||
There hath the strong-winged eagle left his talon, as a snared lion leaves the trap that caught him. Even the wild steer in his thirst is captured: the leather strap still holds his foot entangled.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तेभ्यो गोधा अयथं कर्षद् एतद् ये ब्रह्मणः प्रतिपीयन्त्य् अन्नैः । सिम उक्ष्णो ऽवसृष्टां अदन्ति स्वयम् बलानि तन्वः शृणानाः ॥
tebhyo godhā ayathaṃ karṣad etad ye brahmaṇaḥ pratipīyanty annaiḥ | sima ukṣṇo 'vasṛṣṭāṃ adanti svayam balāni tanvaḥ śṛṇānāḥ ||
So may the leather strap their foot entangle who fatten on the viands of the Brahman. They all devour the bulls set free to wander, while they themselves destroy their bodies' vigour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एते शमीभिः सुशमी अभूवन् ये हिन्विरे तन्वः सोम उक्थैः । नृवद् वदन्न् उप नो माहि वाजान् दिवि श्रवो दधिषे नाम वीरः ॥
ete śamībhiḥ suśamī abhūvan ye hinvire tanvaḥ soma ukthaiḥ | nṛvad vadann upa no māhi vājān divi śravo dadhiṣe nāma vīraḥ ||
They were well occupied with holy duties who sped in person with their lauds to Soma. Speaking like man, mete to us wealth and booty: in heaven thou hast the name and fame of Hero.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)