Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.22

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22

यन् न इन्द्रो जुजुषे यच् च वष्टि तन् नो महान् करति शुष्म्य् आ चित् । ब्रह्म स्तोमम् मघवा सोमम् उक्था यो अश्मानं शवसा बिभ्रद् एति ॥

yan na indro jujuṣe yac ca vaṣṭi tan no mahān karati śuṣmy ā cit | brahma stomam maghavā somam ukthā yo aśmānaṃ śavasā bibhrad eti ||

That gift of ours which Indra loves and welcomes, even that he makes for us, the Great and Strong One. He who comes wielding in his might the thunder, Maghavan, gives prayer, praise, and laud, and Soma.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

वृषा वृषन्धिं चतुरश्रिम् अस्यन्न् उग्रो बाहुभ्यां नृतमः शचीवान् । श्रिये परुष्णीम् उषमाण ऊर्णां यस्याः पर्वाणि सख्याय विव्ये ॥

vṛṣā vṛṣandhiṃ caturaśrim asyann ugro bāhubhyāṃ nṛtamaḥ śacīvān | śriye paruṣṇīm uṣamāṇa ūrṇāṃ yasyāḥ parvāṇi sakhyāya vivye ||

Bull, hurler of the four-edged rain-producer with both his arms, strong, mighty, most heroic; Wearing as wool Parusni for adornment, whose joints for sake of friendship he hath covered.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यो देवो देवतमो जायमानो महो वाजेभिर् महद्भिश् च शुष्मैः । दधानो वज्रम् बाह्वोर् उशन्तं द्याम् अमेन रेजयत् प्र भूम ॥

yo devo devatamo jāyamāno maho vājebhir mahadbhiś ca śuṣmaiḥ | dadhāno vajram bāhvor uśantaṃ dyām amena rejayat pra bhūma ||

God who of all the Gods was born divinest, endowed with ample strength and mighty powers, And bearing in his arms the yearning thunder, with violent rush caused heaven and earth to tremble.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

विश्वा रोधांसि प्रवतश् च पूर्वीर् द्यौर् ऋष्वाज् जनिमन् रेजत क्षाः । आ मातरा भरति शुष्म्य् आ गोर् नृवत् परिज्मन् नोनुवन्त वाताः ॥

viśvā rodhāṃsi pravataś ca pūrvīr dyaur ṛṣvāj janiman rejata kṣāḥ | ā mātarā bharati śuṣmy ā gor nṛvat parijman nonuvanta vātāḥ ||

Before the High God, at his birth, heaven trembled, earth, many floods and all the precipices. The Strong One bringeth nigh the Bull's two Parents: loud sing the winds, like men, in air's mid-region.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

ता तू त इन्द्र महतो महानि विश्वेष्व् इत् सवनेषु प्रवाच्या । यच् छूर धृष्णो धृषता दधृष्वान् अहिं वज्रेण शवसाविवेषीः ॥

tā tū ta indra mahato mahāni viśveṣv it savaneṣu pravācyā | yac chūra dhṛṣṇo dhṛṣatā dadhṛṣvān ahiṃ vajreṇa śavasāviveṣīḥ ||

These are thy great deeds, Indra, thine, the Mighty, deeds to be told aloud at all libations, That thou, O Hero, bold and boldly daring, didst with thy bolt, by strength, destroy the Dragon.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

ता तू ते सत्या तुविनृम्ण विश्वा प्र धेनवः सिस्रते वृष्ण ऊध्नः । अधा ह त्वद् वृषमणो भियानाः प्र सिन्धवो जवसा चक्रमन्त ॥

tā tū te satyā tuvinṛmṇa viśvā pra dhenavaḥ sisrate vṛṣṇa ūdhnaḥ | adhā ha tvad vṛṣamaṇo bhiyānāḥ pra sindhavo javasā cakramanta ||

True are all these thy deeds, O Most Heroic. The Milch-kine issued from the streaming udder. In fear of thee, O thou of manly spirit, the rivers swiftly set themselves in motion.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अत्राह ते हरिवस् ता उ देवीर् अवोभिर् इन्द्र स्तवन्त स्वसारः । यत् सीम् अनु प्र मुचो बद्बधाना दीर्घाम् अनु प्रसितिं स्यन्दयध्यै ॥

atrāha te harivas tā u devīr avobhir indra stavanta svasāraḥ | yat sīm anu pra muco badbadhānā dīrghām anu prasitiṃ syandayadhyai ||

With joy, O Indra, Lord of Tawny Coursers, the Sisters then, these Goddesses, extolled thee, When thou didst give the prisoned ones their freedom to wander at their will in long succession.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

पिपीळे अंशुर् मद्यो न सिन्धुर् आ त्वा शमी शशमानस्य शक्तिः । अस्मद्र्यक् छुशुचानस्य यम्या आशुर् न रश्मिं तुव्योजसं गोः ॥

pipīḷe aṃśur madyo na sindhur ā tvā śamī śaśamānasya śaktiḥ | asmadryak chuśucānasya yamyā āśur na raśmiṃ tuvyojasaṃ goḥ ||

Pressed is the gladdening stalk as 'twere a river: so let the rite, the toiler's power, attract thee To us-ward, of the Bright One, as the courser strains his. exceedingly strong leather bridle.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अस्मे वर्षिष्ठा कृणुहि ज्येष्ठा नृम्णानि सत्रा सहुरे सहांसि । अस्मभ्यं वृत्रा सुहनानि रन्धि जहि वधर् वनुषो मर्त्यस्य ॥

asme varṣiṣṭhā kṛṇuhi jyeṣṭhā nṛmṇāni satrā sahure sahāṃsi | asmabhyaṃ vṛtrā suhanāni randhi jahi vadhar vanuṣo martyasya ||

Ever by us perform thy most heroic, thine highest, best victorious deeds, O Victor. For us make Vrtras easy to be conquered: destroy the weapon of our mortal foeman.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अस्माकम् इत् सु शृणुहि त्वम् इन्द्रास्मभ्यं चित्रां उप माहि वाजान् । अस्मभ्यं विश्वा इषणः पुरन्धीर् अस्माकं सु मघवन् बोधि गोदाः ॥

asmākam it su śṛṇuhi tvam indrāsmabhyaṃ citrāṃ upa māhi vājān | asmabhyaṃ viśvā iṣaṇaḥ purandhīr asmākaṃ su maghavan bodhi godāḥ ||

Graciously listen to our prayer, O Indra, and strength of varied sort bestow thou on us. Send to us all intelligence arid wisdom O Maghavan, be he who gives us cattle.

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 wealth swell high like rivers to 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)