Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.19
एवा त्वाम् इन्द्र वज्रिन्न् अत्र विश्वे देवासः सुहवास ऊमाः । महाम् उभे रोदसी वृद्धम् ऋष्वं निर् एकम् इद् वृणते वृत्रहत्ये ॥
evā tvām indra vajrinn atra viśve devāsaḥ suhavāsa ūmāḥ | mahām ubhe rodasī vṛddham ṛṣvaṃ nir ekam id vṛṇate vṛtrahatye ||
Thee, verily, O Thunder-wielding Indra, all the Gods here, the Helpers swift to listen, And both the worlds elected, thee the Mighty, High, waxen strong, alone to slaughter Vrtra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अवासृजन्त जिव्रयो न देवा भुवः सम्राळ् इन्द्र सत्ययोनिः । अहन्न् अहिम् परिशयानम् अर्णः प्र वर्तनीर् अरदो विश्वधेनाः ॥
avāsṛjanta jivrayo na devā bhuvaḥ samrāḷ indra satyayoniḥ | ahann ahim pariśayānam arṇaḥ pra vartanīr arado viśvadhenāḥ ||
The Gods, as worn witheld, relaxed their efforts: thou, Indra, born of truth, wast Sovran Ruler. Thou slewest Ahi who besieged the waters, and duggest out their all-supporting channels.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अतृप्णुवन्तं वियतम् अबुध्यम् अबुध्यमानं सुषुपाणम् इन्द्र । सप्त प्रति प्रवत आशयानम् अहिं वज्रेण वि रिणा अपर्वन् ॥
atṛpṇuvantaṃ viyatam abudhyam abudhyamānaṃ suṣupāṇam indra | sapta prati pravata āśayānam ahiṃ vajreṇa vi riṇā aparvan ||
The insatiate one, extended, hard to waken, who slumbered in perpetual sleep, O Indra, The Dragon stretched against the seven prone rivers, where no joint was, thou rentest with thy thunder.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अक्षोदयच् छवसा क्षाम बुध्नं वार् ण वातस् तविषीभिर् इन्द्रः । दृळ्हान्य् औभ्नाद् उशमान ओजो ऽवाभिनत् ककुभः पर्वतानाम् ॥
akṣodayac chavasā kṣāma budhnaṃ vār ṇa vātas taviṣībhir indraḥ | dṛḷhāny aubhnād uśamāna ojo 'vābhinat kakubhaḥ parvatānām ||
Indra with might shook earth and her foundation as the wind stirs the water with its fury. Striving, with strength he burst the firm asunder, and tore away the summits of the mountains.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि प्र दद्रुर् जनयो न गर्भं रथा इव प्र ययुः साकम् अद्रयः । अतर्पयो विसृत उब्ज ऊर्मीन् त्वं वृतां अरिणा इन्द्र सिन्धून् ॥
abhi pra dadrur janayo na garbhaṃ rathā iva pra yayuḥ sākam adrayaḥ | atarpayo visṛta ubja ūrmīn tvaṃ vṛtāṃ ariṇā indra sindhūn ||
They ran to thee as mothers to their offspring: the clouds, like chariots, hastened forth together. Thou didst refresh the streams and force the billows: thou, Indra, settest free obstructed rivers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वम् महीम् अवनिं विश्वधेनां तुर्वीतये वय्याय क्षरन्तीम् । अरमयो नमसैजद् अर्णः सुतरणां अकृणोर् इन्द्र सिन्धून् ॥
tvam mahīm avaniṃ viśvadhenāṃ turvītaye vayyāya kṣarantīm | aramayo namasaijad arṇaḥ sutaraṇāṃ akṛṇor indra sindhūn ||
Thou for the sake of Vayya and Turviti didst stay the great stream, flowing, allsustaining: Yea, at their prayer didst check the rushing river and make the floods easy to cross, O Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्राग्रुवो नभन्वो न वक्वा ध्वस्रा अपिन्वद् युवतीर् ऋतज्ञाः । धन्वान्य् अज्रां अपृणक् तृषाणां अधोग् इन्द्र स्तर्यो दंसुपत्नीः ॥
prāgruvo nabhanvo na vakvā dhvasrā apinvad yuvatīr ṛtajñāḥ | dhanvāny ajrāṃ apṛṇak tṛṣāṇāṃ adhog indra staryo daṃsupatnīḥ ||
He let the young Maids skilled in Law, unwedded, like fountains, bubbling, flow forth streaming onward. He inundated thirsty plains and deserts, and milked the dry Cows of the mighty master.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पूर्वीर् उषसः शरदश् च गूर्ता वृत्रं जघन्वां असृजद् वि सिन्धून् । परिष्ठिता अतृणद् बद्बधानाः सीरा इन्द्रः स्रवितवे पृथिव्या ॥
pūrvīr uṣasaḥ śaradaś ca gūrtā vṛtraṃ jaghanvāṃ asṛjad vi sindhūn | pariṣṭhitā atṛṇad badbadhānāḥ sīrā indraḥ sravitave pṛthivyā ||
Through many a morn and many a lovely autumn, having slain Vrtra, lie set free the rivers. Indra hath set at liberty to wander on earth the streams encompassed pressed together.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वम्रीभिः पुत्रम् अग्रुवो अदानं निवेशनाद् धरिव आ जभर्थ । व्य् अन्धो अख्यद् अहिम् आददानो निर् भूद् उखच्छित् सम् अरन्त पर्व ॥
vamrībhiḥ putram agruvo adānaṃ niveśanād dhariva ā jabhartha | vy andho akhyad ahim ādadāno nir bhūd ukhacchit sam aranta parva ||
Lord of Bay Steeds, thou broughtest from the ant-hill the unwedded damsel's son whom ants were eating. The blind saw clearly, as he grasped the serpent, rose, brake the jar: his joints again united.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र ते पूर्वाणि करणानि विप्राविद्वां आह विदुषे करांसि । यथा-यथा वृष्ण्यानि स्वगूर्तापांसि राजन् नर्याविवेषीः ॥
pra te pūrvāṇi karaṇāni viprāvidvāṃ āha viduṣe karāṃsi | yathā-yathā vṛṣṇyāni svagūrtāpāṃsi rājan naryāviveṣīḥ ||
To the wise man, O Sage and Sovran Ruler, the man who knoweth all thine ancient exploits. Hath told these deeds of might as thou hast wrought them, great acts, spontaneous, and to man's advantage.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नू ष्टुत इन्द्र नू गृणान इषं जरित्रे नद्यो न पीपेः । अकारि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म नव्यं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः ॥
nū ṣṭuta indra nū gṛṇāna iṣaṃ jaritre nadyo na pīpeḥ | akāri te harivo brahma navyaṃ dhiyā syāma rathyaḥ sadāsāḥ ||
Now, Indra! lauded, glorified with praises, let powers swell high, like rivers, for the singer. For thee a new hymn, Lord of Bays! is fashioned. May we, car-borne, through song be victors ever.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)