Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.23
कथा महाम् अवृधत् कस्य होतुर् यज्ञं जुषाणो अभि सोमम् ऊधः । पिबन्न् उशानो जुषमाणो अन्धो ववक्ष ऋष्वः शुचते धनाय ॥
kathā mahām avṛdhat kasya hotur yajñaṃ juṣāṇo abhi somam ūdhaḥ | pibann uśāno juṣamāṇo andho vavakṣa ṛṣvaḥ śucate dhanāya ||
How, what priest's sacrifice hath he made mighty, rejoicing in the Soma and its fountain? Delighting in juice, eagerly drinking, the Lofty One hath waxed for splendid riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
को अस्य वीरः सधमादम् आप सम् आनंश सुमतिभिः को अस्य । कद् अस्य चित्रं चिकिते कद् ऊती वृधे भुवच् छशमानस्य यज्योः ॥
ko asya vīraḥ sadhamādam āpa sam ānaṃśa sumatibhiḥ ko asya | kad asya citraṃ cikite kad ūtī vṛdhe bhuvac chaśamānasya yajyoḥ ||
What hero hath been made his feast-companion? Who hath been partner in his loving-kindness? What know we of his wondrous acts? How often comes he to aid and speed the pious toiler?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कथा शृणोति हूयमानम् इन्द्रः कथा शृण्वन्न् अवसाम् अस्य वेद । का अस्य पूर्वीर् उपमातयो ह कथैनम् आहुः पपुरिं जरित्रे ॥
kathā śṛṇoti hūyamānam indraḥ kathā śṛṇvann avasām asya veda | kā asya pūrvīr upamātayo ha kathainam āhuḥ papuriṃ jaritre ||
How heareth Indra offered invocation? How, hearing, marketh he the invoker's wishes? What are his ancient acts of bounty? Wherefore call they him One who filleth full the singer?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कथा सबाधः शशमानो अस्य नशद् अभि द्रविणं दीध्यानः । देवो भुवन् नवेदा म ऋतानां नमो जगृभ्वां अभि यज् जुजोषत् ॥
kathā sabādhaḥ śaśamāno asya naśad abhi draviṇaṃ dīdhyānaḥ | devo bhuvan navedā ma ṛtānāṃ namo jagṛbhvāṃ abhi yaj jujoṣat ||
How doth the priest who laboureth, ever longing, win for himself the wealth which he possesseth? May he, the God, mark well my truthful praises, having received the homage which he loveth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कथा कद् अस्या उषसो व्युष्टौ देवो मर्तस्य सख्यं जुजोष । कथा कद् अस्य सख्यं सखिभ्यो ये अस्मिन् कामं सुयुजं ततस्रे ॥
kathā kad asyā uṣaso vyuṣṭau devo martasya sakhyaṃ jujoṣa | kathā kad asya sakhyaṃ sakhibhyo ye asmin kāmaṃ suyujaṃ tatasre ||
How, and what bond of friendship with a mortal hath the God chosen as this morn is breaking? How, and what love hath he for those who love him, who have entwined in him their firm affection?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
किम् आद् अमत्रं सख्यं सखिभ्यः कदा नु ते भ्रात्रम् प्र ब्रवाम । श्रिये सुदृशो वपुर् अस्य सर्गाः स्वर् ण चित्रतमम् इष आ गोः ॥
kim ād amatraṃ sakhyaṃ sakhibhyaḥ kadā nu te bhrātram pra bravāma | śriye sudṛśo vapur asya sargāḥ svar ṇa citratamam iṣa ā goḥ ||
Is then thy friendship with thy friends most mighty? Thy brotherhood with us, -when may we tell it? The streams of milk move, as most wondrous sunlight, the beauty of the Lovely One for glory.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्रुहं जिघांसन् ध्वरसम् अनिन्द्रां तेतिक्ते तिग्मा तुजसे अनीका । ऋणा चिद् यत्र ऋणया न उग्रो दूरे अज्ञाता उषसो बबाधे ॥
druhaṃ jighāṃsan dhvarasam anindrāṃ tetikte tigmā tujase anīkā | ṛṇā cid yatra ṛṇayā na ugro dūre ajñātā uṣaso babādhe ||
About to stay the Indra-less destructive spirit he sharpens his keen arms to strike her. Whereby the Strong, although our debts' exactor, drives in the distant mornings that we know not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतस्य हि शुरुधः सन्ति पूर्वीर् ऋतस्य धीतिर् वृजिनानि हन्ति । ऋतस्य श्लोको बधिरा ततर्द कर्णा बुधानः शुचमान आयोः ॥
ṛtasya hi śurudhaḥ santi pūrvīr ṛtasya dhītir vṛjināni hanti | ṛtasya śloko badhirā tatarda karṇā budhānaḥ śucamāna āyoḥ ||
Eternal Law hath varied food that strengthens; thought of eternal Law, removes transgressions. The praise-hymn of eternal Law, arousing, glowing, hath opened the deaf ears of the living.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतस्य दृळ्हा धरुणानि सन्ति पुरूणि चन्द्रा वपुषे वपूंषि । ऋतेन दीर्घम् इषणन्त पृक्ष ऋतेन गाव ऋतम् आ विवेशुः ॥
ṛtasya dṛḷhā dharuṇāni santi purūṇi candrā vapuṣe vapūṃṣi | ṛtena dīrgham iṣaṇanta pṛkṣa ṛtena gāva ṛtam ā viveśuḥ ||
Firm-seated are eternal Law's foundations in its fair form are many splendid beauties. By holy Law long lasting food they bring us; by holy Law have cows come to our worship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋतं येमान ऋतम् इद् वनोत्य् ऋतस्य शुष्मस् तुरया उ गव्युः । ऋताय पृथ्वी बहुले गभीरे ऋताय धेनू परमे दुहाते ॥
ṛtaṃ yemāna ṛtam id vanoty ṛtasya śuṣmas turayā u gavyuḥ | ṛtāya pṛthvī bahule gabhīre ṛtāya dhenū parame duhāte ||
Fixing eternal Law he, too, upholds it swift moves the might of Law and wins the booty. To Law belong the vast deep Earth and Heaven: Milch-kine supreme, to Law their milk they render.
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 power 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)