Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·2·2.16
प्र वः सतां ज्येष्ठतमाय सुष्टुतिम् अग्नाव् इव समिधाने हविर् भरे । इन्द्रम् अजुर्यं जरयन्तम् उक्षितं सनाद् युवानम् अवसे हवामहे ॥
pra vaḥ satāṃ jyeṣṭhatamāya suṣṭutim agnāv iva samidhāne havir bhare | indram ajuryaṃ jarayantam ukṣitaṃ sanād yuvānam avase havāmahe ||
To him, your own, the best among the good, I bring eulogy, like oblation in the kindled fire. We invocate for help Indra untouched by eld, who maketh all decay, strengthened, for ever young.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्माद् इन्द्राद् बृहतः किं चनेम् ऋते विश्वान्य् अस्मिन् सम्भृताधि वीर्या । जठरे सोमं तन्वी सहो महो हस्ते वज्रम् भरति शीर्षणि क्रतुम् ॥
yasmād indrād bṛhataḥ kiṃ canem ṛte viśvāny asmin sambhṛtādhi vīryā | jaṭhare somaṃ tanvī saho maho haste vajram bharati śīrṣaṇi kratum ||
Without whom naught exists, Indra the Lofty One; in whom alone all powers heroic are combined. The Soma is within him, in his frame vast strength, the thunder in his hand and wisdom in his head.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न क्षोणीभ्याम् परिभ्वे त इन्द्रियं न समुद्रैः पर्वतैर् इन्द्र ते रथः । न ते वज्रम् अन्व् अश्नोति कश् चन यद् आशुभिः पतसि योजना पुरु ॥
na kṣoṇībhyām paribhve ta indriyaṃ na samudraiḥ parvatair indra te rathaḥ | na te vajram anv aśnoti kaś cana yad āśubhiḥ patasi yojanā puru ||
Not by both worlds is thine own power to be surpassed, nor may thy car be stayed by mountains or by seas. None cometh near, O Indra, to thy thunderbolt, when with swift steeds thou fliest over many a league.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्वे ह्य् अस्मै यजताय धृष्णवे क्रतुम् भरन्ति वृषभाय सश्चते । वृषा यजस्व हविषा विदुष्टरः पिबेन्द्र सोमं वृषभेण भानुना ॥
viśve hy asmai yajatāya dhṛṣṇave kratum bharanti vṛṣabhāya saścate | vṛṣā yajasva haviṣā viduṣṭaraḥ pibendra somaṃ vṛṣabheṇa bhānunā ||
For all men bring their will to him the Resolute, to him the Holy One, to him the Strong they cleave. Pay worship with oblation, strong and passing wise. Drink thou the Soma, Indra, through the mighty blaze.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वृष्णः कोशः पवते मध्व ऊर्मिर् वृषभान्नाय वृषभाय पातवे । वृषणाध्वर्यू वृषभासो अद्रयो वृषणं सोमं वृषभाय सुष्वति ॥
vṛṣṇaḥ kośaḥ pavate madhva ūrmir vṛṣabhānnāya vṛṣabhāya pātave | vṛṣaṇādhvaryū vṛṣabhāso adrayo vṛṣaṇaṃ somaṃ vṛṣabhāya suṣvati ||
The vessel of the strong flows forth, the flood of meath, unto the Strong who feeds upon the strong, for drink, Strong are the two Adhvaryus, strong are both the stones. They press the Soma that is strong for him the Strong.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वृषा ते वज्र उत ते वृषा रथो वृषणा हरी वृषभाण्य् आयुधा । वृष्णो मदस्य वृषभ त्वम् ईशिष इन्द्र सोमस्य वृषभस्य तृप्णुहि ॥
vṛṣā te vajra uta te vṛṣā ratho vṛṣaṇā harī vṛṣabhāṇy āyudhā | vṛṣṇo madasya vṛṣabha tvam īśiṣa indra somasya vṛṣabhasya tṛpṇuhi ||
Strong is thy thunderbolt, yea, and thy car is strong; strong are thy Bay Steeds and thy weapons powerful. Thou, Indra, Bull, art Lord of the strong gladdening drink. with the strong Soma, Indra, satisfy thyself.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र ते नावं न समने वचस्युवम् ब्रह्मणा यामि सवनेषु दाधृषिः । कुविन् नो अस्य वचसो निबोधिषद् इन्द्रम् उत्सं न वसुनः सिचामहे ॥
pra te nāvaṃ na samane vacasyuvam brahmaṇā yāmi savaneṣu dādhṛṣiḥ | kuvin no asya vacaso nibodhiṣad indram utsaṃ na vasunaḥ sicāmahe ||
I, bold by prayer, come near thee in thy sacred rites, thee like a saving ship, thee shouting in the war. Verily he will hear and mark this word of ours: we will pour Indra forth as 'twere a spring of wealth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुरा सम्बाधाद् अभ्य् आ ववृत्स्व नो धेनुर् न वत्सं यवसस्य पिप्युषी । सकृत् सु ते सुमतिभिः शतक्रतो सम् पत्नीभिर् न वृषणो नसीमहि ॥
purā sambādhād abhy ā vavṛtsva no dhenur na vatsaṃ yavasasya pipyuṣī | sakṛt su te sumatibhiḥ śatakrato sam patnībhir na vṛṣaṇo nasīmahi ||
Turn thee unto us ere calamity come nigh, as a cow full of pasture turns her to her calf. Lord of a Hundred Powers, may we once firmly cling to thy fair favours even as husbands to their wives.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नूनं सा ते प्रति वरं जरित्रे दुहीयद् इन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी । शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग् भगो नो बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
nūnaṃ sā te prati varaṃ jaritre duhīyad indra dakṣiṇā maghonī | śikṣā stotṛbhyo māti dhag bhago no bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
Now let that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, yield in return a boon to him who lauds thee. Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)