Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·2·2.17

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17

तद् अस्मै नव्यम् अङ्गिरस्वद् अर्चत शुष्मा यद् अस्य प्रत्नथोदीरते । विश्वा यद् गोत्रा सहसा परीवृता मदे सोमस्य दृंहितान्य् ऐरयत् ॥

tad asmai navyam aṅgirasvad arcata śuṣmā yad asya pratnathodīrate | viśvā yad gotrā sahasā parīvṛtā made somasya dṛṃhitāny airayat ||

Like the Angirases, sing this new song forth to him, for, as in ancient days, his mighty powers are shown, When in the rapture of the Soma he unclosed with strength the solid firm-shut stables of the kine.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

स भूतु यो ह प्रथमाय धायस ओजो मिमानो महिमानम् आतिरत् । शूरो यो युत्सु तन्वम् परिव्यत शीर्षणि द्याम् महिना प्रत्य् अमुञ्चत ॥

sa bhūtu yo ha prathamāya dhāyasa ojo mimāno mahimānam ātirat | śūro yo yutsu tanvam parivyata śīrṣaṇi dyām mahinā praty amuñcata ||

Let him be even that God who, for the earliest draught measuring out his power, increased his majesty; Hero who fortified his body in the wars, and through his greatness set the heaven upon his head.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अधाकृणोः प्रथमं वीर्यम् महद् यद् अस्याग्रे ब्रह्मणा शुष्मम् ऐरयः । रथेष्ठेन हर्यश्वेन विच्युताः प्र जीरयः सिस्रते सध्र्यक् पृथक् ॥

adhākṛṇoḥ prathamaṃ vīryam mahad yad asyāgre brahmaṇā śuṣmam airayaḥ | ratheṣṭhena haryaśvena vicyutāḥ pra jīrayaḥ sisrate sadhryak pṛthak ||

Thou didst perform thy first great deed of hero might what time thou showedst power, through prayer, before this folk. Hurled down by thee the car-borne Lord of Tawny Steeds, the congregated swift ones fled in sundry ways.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अधा यो विश्वा भुवनाभि मज्मनेशानकृत् प्रवया अभ्य् अवर्धत । आद् रोदसी ज्योतिषा वह्निर् आतनोत् सीव्यन् तमांसि दुधिता सम् अव्ययत् ॥

adhā yo viśvā bhuvanābhi majmaneśānakṛt pravayā abhy avardhata | ād rodasī jyotiṣā vahnir ātanot sīvyan tamāṃsi dudhitā sam avyayat ||

He made himself by might Lord of all living things, and strong in vital power waxed great above them all. He, borne on high, o'erspread with light the heaven and earth, and, sewing up the turbid darkness, closed it in.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

स प्राचीनान् पर्वतान् दृंहद् ओजसाधराचीनम् अकृणोद् अपाम् अपः । अधारयत् पृथिवीं विश्वधायसम् अस्तभ्नान् मायया द्याम् अवस्रसः ॥

sa prācīnān parvatān dṛṃhad ojasādharācīnam akṛṇod apām apaḥ | adhārayat pṛthivīṃ viśvadhāyasam astabhnān māyayā dyām avasrasaḥ ||

He with his might made firm the forward-bending hills, the downward rushing of the waters he ordained. Fast he upheld the earth that nourisheth all life, and stayed the heaven from falling by his wondrous skill.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

सास्मा अरम् बाहुभ्यां यम् पिताकृणोद् विश्वस्माद् आ जनुषो वेदसस् परि । येना पृथिव्यां नि क्रिविं शयध्यै वज्रेण हत्व्य् अवृणक् तुविष्वणिः ॥

sāsmā aram bāhubhyāṃ yam pitākṛṇod viśvasmād ā januṣo vedasas pari | yenā pṛthivyāṃ ni kriviṃ śayadhyai vajreṇa hatvy avṛṇak tuviṣvaṇiḥ ||

Fit for the grasping of his arms is what the Sire hath fabricated from all kind of precious wealth. The thunderbolt, wherewith, loud-roaring, he smote down, and striking him to death laid Krivi on the earth.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अमाजूर् इव पित्रोः सचा सती समानाद् आ सदसस् त्वाम् इये भगम् । कृधि प्रकेतम् उप मास्य् आ भर दद्धि भागं तन्वो येन मामहः ॥

amājūr iva pitroḥ sacā satī samānād ā sadasas tvām iye bhagam | kṛdhi praketam upa māsy ā bhara daddhi bhāgaṃ tanvo yena māmahaḥ ||

As she who in her parents' house is growing old, I pray to thee as Bhaga from the seat of all. Grant knowledge, mete it out and bring it to us here: give us the share wherewith thou makest people glad.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

भोजं त्वाम् इन्द्र वयं हुवेम ददिष् ट्वम् इन्द्रापांसि वाजान् । अविड्ढीन्द्र चित्रया न ऊती कृधि वृषन्न् इन्द्र वस्यसो नः ॥

bhojaṃ tvām indra vayaṃ huvema dadiṣ ṭvam indrāpāṃsi vājān | aviḍḍhīndra citrayā na ūtī kṛdhi vṛṣann indra vasyaso naḥ ||

May we invoke thee as a liberal giver thou givest us, O Indra, strength and labours. Help us with manifold assistance, Indra: Migthy One, Indra, make us yet more wealthy.

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 may that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, give 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)