Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.26
अहम् मनुर् अभवं सूर्यश् चाहं कक्षीवां ऋषिर् अस्मि विप्रः । अहं कुत्सम् आर्जुनेयं न्य् ऋञ्जे ऽहं कविर् उशना पश्यता मा ॥
aham manur abhavaṃ sūryaś cāhaṃ kakṣīvāṃ ṛṣir asmi vipraḥ | ahaṃ kutsam ārjuneyaṃ ny ṛñje 'haṃ kavir uśanā paśyatā mā ||
I WAS aforetime Manu, I was Surya: I am the sage Kaksivan, holy singer. Kutsa the son of Arjuni I master. I am the sapient Usana behold me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहम् भूमिम् अददाम् आर्यायाहं वृष्टिं दाशुषे मर्त्याय । अहम् अपो अनयं वावशाना मम देवासो अनु केतम् आयन् ॥
aham bhūmim adadām āryāyāhaṃ vṛṣṭiṃ dāśuṣe martyāya | aham apo anayaṃ vāvaśānā mama devāso anu ketam āyan ||
I have bestowed the earth upon the Arya, and rain upon the man who brings oblation. I guided forth the loudly-roaring waters, and the Gods moved according to my pleasure.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अहम् पुरो मन्दसानो व्य् ऐरं नव साकं नवतीः शम्बरस्य । शततमं वेश्यं सर्वताता दिवोदासम् अतिथिग्वं यद् आवम् ॥
aham puro mandasāno vy airaṃ nava sākaṃ navatīḥ śambarasya | śatatamaṃ veśyaṃ sarvatātā divodāsam atithigvaṃ yad āvam ||
In the wild joy of Soma I demolished Sambara's forts, ninety-and-nine, together; And, utterly, the hundredth habitation, when helping Divodasa Atithigva.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र सु ष विभ्यो मरुतो विर् अस्तु प्र श्येनः श्येनेभ्य आशुपत्वा । अचक्रया यत् स्वधया सुपर्णो हव्यम् भरन् मनवे देवजुष्टम् ॥
pra su ṣa vibhyo maruto vir astu pra śyenaḥ śyenebhya āśupatvā | acakrayā yat svadhayā suparṇo havyam bharan manave devajuṣṭam ||
Before all birds be ranked this Bird, O Maruts; supreme of falcons be this fleet-winged Falcon, Because, strong- pinioned, with no car to bear him, he brought to Manu the God loved oblation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भरद् यदि विर् अतो वेविजानः पथोरुणा मनोजवा असर्जि । तूयं ययौ मधुना सोम्येनोत श्रवो विविदे श्येनो अत्र ॥
bharad yadi vir ato vevijānaḥ pathoruṇā manojavā asarji | tūyaṃ yayau madhunā somyenota śravo vivide śyeno atra ||
When the Bird brought it, hence in rapid motion sent on the wide path fleet as thought he hurried. Swift he returned with sweetness of the Soma, and hence the Falcon hath acquired his glory.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ऋजीपी श्येनो ददमानो अंशुम् परावतः शकुनो मन्द्रम् मदम् । सोमम् भरद् दादृहाणो देवावान् दिवो अमुष्माद् उत्तराद् आदाय ॥
ṛjīpī śyeno dadamāno aṃśum parāvataḥ śakuno mandram madam | somam bharad dādṛhāṇo devāvān divo amuṣmād uttarād ādāya ||
Bearing the stalk, the Falcon speeding onward, Bird bringing from afar the draught that gladdens, Friend of the Gods, brought, grasping fast, the Soma which be bad taken from yon loftiest heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आदाय श्येनो अभरत् सोमं सहस्रं सवां अयुतं च साकम् । अत्रा पुरन्धिर् अजहाद् अरातीर् मदे सोमस्य मूरा अमूरः ॥
ādāya śyeno abharat somaṃ sahasraṃ savāṃ ayutaṃ ca sākam | atrā purandhir ajahād arātīr made somasya mūrā amūraḥ ||
The Falcon took and brought the Soma, bearing thousand libations with him, yea, ten thousand. The Bold One left malignities behind him, wise, in wild joy of Soma, left the foolish.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)