Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.73
जनिष्ठा उग्रः सहसे तुराय मन्द्र ओजिष्ठो बहुलाभिमानः । अवर्धन्न् इन्द्रम् मरुतश् चिद् अत्र माता यद् वीरं दधनद् धनिष्ठा ॥
janiṣṭhā ugraḥ sahase turāya mandra ojiṣṭho bahulābhimānaḥ | avardhann indram marutaś cid atra mātā yad vīraṃ dadhanad dhaniṣṭhā ||
Thou wast born mighty for victorious valour, exulting, strongest, full of pride and courage. There, even there, the Maruts strengthened Indra when. his most rapid Mother stirred the Hero.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्रुहो निषत्ता पृशनी चिद् एवैः पुरू शंसेन वावृधुष् ट इन्द्रम् । अभीवृतेव ता महापदेन ध्वान्तात् प्रपित्वाद् उद् अरन्त गर्भाः ॥
druho niṣattā pṛśanī cid evaiḥ purū śaṃsena vāvṛdhuṣ ṭa indram | abhīvṛteva tā mahāpadena dhvāntāt prapitvād ud aranta garbhāḥ ||
There with fiend's ways e'en Prsni was seated: with much laudation they exalted Indra. As if encompassed by the Mighty-footed, from darkness, near at hand, forth came the Children.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋष्वा ते पादा प्र यज् जिगास्य् अवर्धन् वाजा उत ये चिद् अत्र । त्वम् इन्द्र सालावृकान् सहस्रम् आसन् दधिषे अश्विना ववृत्याः ॥
ṛṣvā te pādā pra yaj jigāsy avardhan vājā uta ye cid atra | tvam indra sālāvṛkān sahasram āsan dadhiṣe aśvinā vavṛtyāḥ ||
High are thy feet when on thy way thou goest: the strength thou foundest here hath lent thee vigour. Thousand hyenas in thy mouth thou holdest. O Indra, mayst thou turn the Asvins hither.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
समना तूर्णिर् उप यासि यज्ञम् आ नासत्या सख्याय वक्षि । वसाव्याम् इन्द्र धारयः सहस्राश्विना शूर ददतुर् मघानि ॥
samanā tūrṇir upa yāsi yajñam ā nāsatyā sakhyāya vakṣi | vasāvyām indra dhārayaḥ sahasrāśvinā śūra dadatur maghāni ||
Speeding at once to sacrifice thou comest for friendship thou art bringing both Nasatyas. Thou hadst a thousand treasures in possession. The Asvins, O thou Hero, gave thee riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मन्दमान ऋताद् अधि प्रजायै सखिभिर् इन्द्र इषिरेभिर् अर्थम् । आभिर् हि माया उप दस्युम् आगान् मिहः प्र तम्रा अवपत् तमांसि ॥
mandamāna ṛtād adhi prajāyai sakhibhir indra iṣirebhir artham | ābhir hi māyā upa dasyum āgān mihaḥ pra tamrā avapat tamāṃsi ||
Glad, for the race that rests on holy Order, with friends who hasten to their goal, hath Indra With these his magic powers assailed the Dasyu: he cast away the gloomy mists, the darkness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सनामाना चिद् ध्वसयो न्य् अस्मा अवाहन्न् इन्द्र उषसो यथानः । ऋष्वैर् अगच्छः सखिभिर् निकामैः साकम् प्रतिष्ठा हृद्या जघन्थ ॥
sanāmānā cid dhvasayo ny asmā avāhann indra uṣaso yathānaḥ | ṛṣvair agacchaḥ sakhibhir nikāmaiḥ sākam pratiṣṭhā hṛdyā jaghantha ||
Two of like name for him didst thou demolish, as Indra striking down the car of Usas. With thy beloved lofty Friends thou camest, and with the assurance of thine heart thou slewest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं जघन्थ नमुचिम् मखस्युं दासं कृण्वान ऋषये विमायम् । त्वं चकर्थ मनवे स्योनान् पथो देवत्राञ्जसेव यानान् ॥
tvaṃ jaghantha namucim makhasyuṃ dāsaṃ kṛṇvāna ṛṣaye vimāyam | tvaṃ cakartha manave syonān patho devatrāñjaseva yānān ||
War-loving Namuci thou smotest, robbing the Dasa of his magic for the Rsi. For man thou madest ready pleasant pathways, paths leading as it were directly God-ward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वम् एतानि पप्रिषे वि नामेशान इन्द्र दधिषे गभस्तौ । अनु त्वा देवाः शवसा मदन्त्य् उपरिबुध्नान् वनिनश् चकर्थ ॥
tvam etāni papriṣe vi nāmeśāna indra dadhiṣe gabhastau | anu tvā devāḥ śavasā madanty uparibudhnān vaninaś cakartha ||
These names of thine thou hast fulfilled completely: as Lord, thou boldest in thine arm, O Indra. In thee, through thy great might, the Gods are joyful: the roots of trees hast thou directed upward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चक्रं यद् अस्याप्स्व् आ निषत्तम् उतो तद् अस्मै मध्व् इच् चच्छद्यात् । पृथिव्याम् अतिषितं यद् ऊधः पयो गोष्व् अदधा ओषधीषु ॥
cakraṃ yad asyāpsv ā niṣattam uto tad asmai madhv ic cacchadyāt | pṛthivyām atiṣitaṃ yad ūdhaḥ payo goṣv adadhā oṣadhīṣu ||
May the sweet Soma juices make him happy to cast his quoit that lies in depth of waters. Thou from the udder which o'er earth is fastened hast poured the milk into the kine and herbage.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अश्वाद् इयायेति यद् वदन्त्य् ओजसो जातम् उत मन्य एनम् । मन्योर् इयाय हर्म्येषु तस्थौ यतः प्रजज्ञ इन्द्रो अस्य वेद ॥
aśvād iyāyeti yad vadanty ojaso jātam uta manya enam | manyor iyāya harmyeṣu tasthau yataḥ prajajña indro asya veda ||
When others call him offspring of the Courser, my meaning is that Mighty Power produced him. He came from Manyu and remained in houses: whence he hath sprung is known to Indra only.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वयः सुपर्णा उप सेदुर् इन्द्रम् प्रियमेधा ऋषयो नाधमानाः । अप ध्वान्तम् ऊर्णुहि पूर्धि चक्षुर् मुमुग्ध्य् अस्मान् निधयेव बद्धान् ॥
vayaḥ suparṇā upa sedur indram priyamedhā ṛṣayo nādhamānāḥ | apa dhvāntam ūrṇuhi pūrdhi cakṣur mumugdhy asmān nidhayeva baddhān ||
Like birds of beauteous wing the Priyamedhas, Rsis, imploring, have come nigh to Indra: Dispel the darkness and fill full our vision deliver us as men whom snares entangle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)