Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.30
इच्छन्ति त्वा सोम्यासः सखायः सुन्वन्ति सोमं दधति प्रयांसि । तितिक्षन्ते अभिशस्तिं जनानाम् इन्द्र त्वद् आ कश् चन हि प्रकेतः ॥
icchanti tvā somyāsaḥ sakhāyaḥ sunvanti somaṃ dadhati prayāṃsi | titikṣante abhiśastiṃ janānām indra tvad ā kaś cana hi praketaḥ ||
The friends who offer Soma long to find thee: they pour forth Soma and present their viands. They bear unmoved the cursing of the people, for all our wisdom comes from thee, O Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न ते दूरे परमा चिद् रजांस्य् आ तु प्र याहि हरिवो हरिभ्याम् । स्थिराय वृष्णे सवना कृतेमा युक्ता ग्रावाणः समिधाने अग्नौ ॥
na te dūre paramā cid rajāṃsy ā tu pra yāhi harivo haribhyām | sthirāya vṛṣṇe savanā kṛtemā yuktā grāvāṇaḥ samidhāne agnau ||
Not far for thee are mid-air's loftiest regions: start hither, Lord of Bays, with thy Bay Horses. Made for the Firm and Strong are these libations. The pressing-stones are set and fire is kindled.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्रः सुशिप्रो मघवा तरुत्रो महाव्रातस् तुविकूर्मिर् ऋघावान् । यद् उग्रो धा बाधितो मर्त्येषु क्व त्या ते वृषभ वीर्याणि ॥
indraḥ suśipro maghavā tarutro mahāvrātas tuvikūrmir ṛghāvān | yad ugro dhā bādhito martyeṣu kva tyā te vṛṣabha vīryāṇi ||
Fair cheeks hath Indra, Maghavan, the Victor, Lord of a great host, Stormer, strong in action. What once thou didst in might when mortals vexed thee,-where now, O Bull, are those thy hero exploits?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं हि ष्मा च्यावयन्न् अच्युतान्य् एको वृत्रा चरसि जिघ्नमानः । तव द्यावापृथिवी पर्वतासो ऽनु व्रताय निमितेव तस्थुः ॥
tvaṃ hi ṣmā cyāvayann acyutāny eko vṛtrā carasi jighnamānaḥ | tava dyāvāpṛthivī parvatāso 'nu vratāya nimiteva tasthuḥ ||
For, overthrowing what hath ne'er been shaken, thou goest forth alone destroying Vrtras. For him who followeth thy Law the mountains and heaven and earth stand as if firmly stablished.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उताभये पुरुहूत श्रवोभिर् एको दृळ्हम् अवदो वृत्रहा सन् । इमे चिद् इन्द्र रोदसी अपारे यत् संगृभ्णा मघवन् काशिर् इत् ते ॥
utābhaye puruhūta śravobhir eko dṛḷham avado vṛtrahā san | ime cid indra rodasī apāre yat saṃgṛbhṇā maghavan kāśir it te ||
Yea, Much-invoked! in safety through thy glories alone thou speakest truth as Vrtra's slayer. E'en these two boundless worlds to thee, O Indra, what time thou graspest them, are but a handful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र सू त इन्द्र प्रवता हरिभ्याम् प्र ते वज्रः प्रमृणन्न् एतु शत्रून् । जहि प्रतीचो अनूचः पराचो विश्वं सत्यं कृणुहि विष्टम् अस्तु ॥
pra sū ta indra pravatā haribhyām pra te vajraḥ pramṛṇann etu śatrūn | jahi pratīco anūcaḥ parāco viśvaṃ satyaṃ kṛṇuhi viṣṭam astu ||
Forthwith thy Bay steeds down the steep, O Indra, forth, crushing foemen, go thy bolt of thunder! Slay those who meet thee, those who flee, who follow: make all thy promise true; be all completed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्मै धायुर् अदधा मर्त्यायाभक्तं चिद् भजते गेह्यं सः । भद्रा त इन्द्र सुमतिर् घृताची सहस्रदाना पुरुहूत रातिः ॥
yasmai dhāyur adadhā martyāyābhaktaṃ cid bhajate gehyaṃ saḥ | bhadrā ta indra sumatir ghṛtācī sahasradānā puruhūta rātiḥ ||
The man to whom thou givest as Provider enjoys domestic plenty undivided. Blest, Indra, is thy favour dropping fatness: thy worship, Much-invoked! brings gifts in thousands.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सहदानुम् पुरुहूत क्षियन्तम् अहस्तम् इन्द्र सम् पिणक् कुणारुम् । अभि वृत्रं वर्धमानम् पियारुम् अपादम् इन्द्र तवसा जघन्थ ॥
sahadānum puruhūta kṣiyantam ahastam indra sam piṇak kuṇārum | abhi vṛtraṃ vardhamānam piyārum apādam indra tavasā jaghantha ||
Thou, Indra, Much-invoked! didst crush to pieces Kunaru handless fiend who dwelt with Danu. Thou with might, Indra, smotest dead the scorner, the footless Vrtra as he waxed in vigour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नि सामनाम् इषिराम् इन्द्र भूमिम् महीम् अपारां सदने ससत्थ । अस्तभ्नाद् द्यां वृषभो अन्तरिक्षम् अर्षन्त्व् आपस् त्वयेह प्रसूताः ॥
ni sāmanām iṣirām indra bhūmim mahīm apārāṃ sadane sasattha | astabhnād dyāṃ vṛṣabho antarikṣam arṣantv āpas tvayeha prasūtāḥ ||
Thou hast established in her seat, O Indra, the level earth, vast, vigorous, unbounded. The Bull hath propped the heaven and air's mid-region. By thee sent onward let the floods flow hither.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अलातृणो वल इन्द्र व्रजो गोः पुरा हन्तोर् भयमानो व्य् आर । सुगान् पथो अकृणोन् निरजे गाः प्रावन् वाणीः पुरुहूतं धमन्तीः ॥
alātṛṇo vala indra vrajo goḥ purā hantor bhayamāno vy āra | sugān patho akṛṇon niraje gāḥ prāvan vāṇīḥ puruhūtaṃ dhamantīḥ ||
He who withheld the kine, in silence I yielded in fear before thy blow, O Indra. He made paths easy to drive forth the cattle. Loud-breathing praises helped the Much-invoked One.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एको द्वे वसुमती समीची इन्द्र आ पप्रौ पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् । उतान्तरिक्षाद् अभि नः समीक इषो रथीः सयुजः शूर वाजान् ॥
eko dve vasumatī samīcī indra ā paprau pṛthivīm uta dyām | utāntarikṣād abhi naḥ samīka iṣo rathīḥ sayujaḥ śūra vājān ||
Indra alone filled full the earth and heaven, the Pair who meet together, rich in treasures. Yea, bring thou near us from the air's mid-region strength, on thy car, and wholesome food, O Hero.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दिशः सूर्यो न मिनाति प्रदिष्टा दिवे-दिवे हर्यश्वप्रसूताः । सं यद् आनळ् अध्वन आद् इद् अश्वैर् विमोचनं कृणुते तत् त्व् अस्य ॥
diśaḥ sūryo na mināti pradiṣṭā dive-dive haryaśvaprasūtāḥ | saṃ yad ānaḷ adhvana ād id aśvair vimocanaṃ kṛṇute tat tv asya ||
Surya transgresses not the ordered limits set daily by the Lord of Tawny Coursers. When to the goal he comes, his journey ended, his Steeds he looses: this is Indra's doing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दिदृक्षन्त उषसो यामन्न् अक्तोर् विवस्वत्या महि चित्रम् अनीकम् । विश्वे जानन्ति महिना यद् आगाद् इन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि ॥
didṛkṣanta uṣaso yāmann aktor vivasvatyā mahi citram anīkam | viśve jānanti mahinā yad āgād indrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi ||
Men gladly in the course of night would look on the broad bright front of the refulgent Morning; And all acknowledge, when she comes in glory, the manifold and goodly works of Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
महि ज्योतिर् निहितं वक्षणास्व् आमा पक्वं चरति बिभ्रती गौः । विश्वं स्वाद्म सम्भृतम् उस्रियायां यत् सीम् इन्द्रो अदधाद् भोजनाय ॥
mahi jyotir nihitaṃ vakṣaṇāsv āmā pakvaṃ carati bibhratī gauḥ | viśvaṃ svādma sambhṛtam usriyāyāṃ yat sīm indro adadhād bhojanāya ||
A mighty splendour rests upon her bosom: bearing ripe milk the Cow, unripe, advances. All sweetness is collected in the Heifer, sweetness which Indra made for our enjoyment.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्र दृह्य यामकोशा अभूवन् यज्ञाय शिक्ष गृणते सखिभ्यः । दुर्मायवो दुरेवा मर्त्यासो निषङ्गिणो रिपवो हन्त्वासः ॥
indra dṛhya yāmakośā abhūvan yajñāya śikṣa gṛṇate sakhibhyaḥ | durmāyavo durevā martyāso niṣaṅgiṇo ripavo hantvāsaḥ ||
Barring the way they come. Be firm, O Indra; aid friends to sacrifice and him who singeth. These must be slain by thee, malignant mortals, armed with ill arts, our quiver bearing foemen.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सं घोषः शृण्वे ऽवमैर् अमित्रैर् जही न्य् एष्व् अशनिं तपिष्ठाम् । वृश्चेम् अधस्ताद् वि रुजा सहस्व जहि रक्षो मघवन् रन्धयस्व ॥
saṃ ghoṣaḥ śṛṇve 'vamair amitrair jahī ny eṣv aśaniṃ tapiṣṭhām | vṛścem adhastād vi rujā sahasva jahi rakṣo maghavan randhayasva ||
A cry is beard from enemies most near us: against them send thy fiercest-flaming weapon. Rend them from under, crush them and subdue them. Slay, Maghavan, and make the fiends our booty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् वृह रक्षः सहमूलम् इन्द्र वृश्चा मध्यम् प्रत्य् अग्रं शृणीहि । आ कीवतः सललूकं चकर्थ ब्रह्मद्विषे तपुषिं हेतिम् अस्य ॥
ud vṛha rakṣaḥ sahamūlam indra vṛścā madhyam praty agraṃ śṛṇīhi | ā kīvataḥ salalūkaṃ cakartha brahmadviṣe tapuṣiṃ hetim asya ||
Root up the race of Raksasas, O Indra rend it in front and crush it in the middle. How long hast thou bebaved as one who wavers? Cast thy hot dart at him who hates devotion:
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्वस्तये वाजिभिश् च प्रणेतः सं यन् महीर् इष आसत्सि पूर्वीः । रायो वन्तारो बृहतः स्यामास्मे अस्तु भग इन्द्र प्रजावान् ॥
svastaye vājibhiś ca praṇetaḥ saṃ yan mahīr iṣa āsatsi pūrvīḥ | rāyo vantāro bṛhataḥ syāmāsme astu bhaga indra prajāvān ||
When borne by strong Steeds for our weal, O Leader, thou seatest thee at many noble viands. May we be winners of abundant riches. May Indra be our wealth with store of children.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो भर भगम् इन्द्र द्युमन्तं नि ते देष्णस्य धीमहि प्ररेके । ऊर्व इव पप्रथे कामो अस्मे तम् आ पृण वसुपते वसूनाम् ॥
ā no bhara bhagam indra dyumantaṃ ni te deṣṇasya dhīmahi prareke | ūrva iva paprathe kāmo asme tam ā pṛṇa vasupate vasūnām ||
Bestow on us resplendent wealth. O Indra let us enjoy thine overflow of bounty. Wide as a sea our longing hath expanded, fulfil it, O thou Treasure-Lord of treasures.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं कामम् मन्दया गोभिर् अश्वैश् चन्द्रवता राधसा पप्रथश् च । स्वर्यवो मतिभिस् तुभ्यं विप्रा इन्द्राय वाहः कुशिकासो अक्रन् ॥
imaṃ kāmam mandayā gobhir aśvaiś candravatā rādhasā paprathaś ca | svaryavo matibhis tubhyaṃ viprā indrāya vāhaḥ kuśikāso akran ||
With kine and horses satisfy this longing with very splendid bounty skill extend it. Seeking the light, with hymns to thee, O Indra, Kusikas have brought their gift, the singers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो गोत्रा दर्दृहि गोपते गाः सम् अस्मभ्यं सनयो यन्तु वाजाः । दिवक्षा असि वृषभ सत्यशुष्मो ऽस्मभ्यं सु मघवन् बोधि गोदाः ॥
ā no gotrā dardṛhi gopate gāḥ sam asmabhyaṃ sanayo yantu vājāḥ | divakṣā asi vṛṣabha satyaśuṣmo 'smabhyaṃ su maghavan bodhi godāḥ ||
Lord of the kine, burst the kine's stable open: cows shall be ours, and strength that wins the booty. Hero, whose might is true, thy home is heaven: to us, O Maghavan, grant gifts of cattle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शुनं हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमं वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तं वृत्राणि संजितं धनानाम् ॥
śunaṃ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṃ vājasātau | śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṃ vṛtrāṇi saṃjitaṃ dhanānām ||
Call we on Maghavan, auspicious Indra, best Hero in this fight where spoil is gathered, The Strong who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays the Vrtras, wins and gathers riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)