Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.31
कया नश् चित्र आ भुवद् ऊती सदावृधः सखा । कया शचिष्ठया वृता ॥
kayā naś citra ā bhuvad ūtī sadāvṛdhaḥ sakhā | kayā śaciṣṭhayā vṛtā ||
With what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing Friend; With what most mighty company?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कस् त्वा सत्यो मदानाम् मंहिष्ठो मत्सद् अन्धसः । दृळ्हा चिद् आरुजे वसु ॥
kas tvā satyo madānām maṃhiṣṭho matsad andhasaḥ | dṛḷhā cid āruje vasu ||
What genuine and most liberal draught will spirit thee with juice to burst Open e'en strongly-guarded wealth?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभी षु णः सखीनाम् अविता जरितॄणाम् । शतम् भवास्य् ऊतिभिः ॥
abhī ṣu ṇaḥ sakhīnām avitā jaritṝṇām | śatam bhavāsy ūtibhiḥ ||
Do thou who art Protector of us thy friends who praise thee With hundred aids approach us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभी न आ ववृत्स्व चक्रं न वृत्तम् अर्वतः । नियुद्भिश् चर्षणीनाम् ॥
abhī na ā vavṛtsva cakraṃ na vṛttam arvataḥ | niyudbhiś carṣaṇīnām ||
Like as a courser's circling wheel, so turn thee hitherward to us, Attracted by the hymns of men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रवता हि क्रतूनाम् आ हा पदेव गच्छसि । अभक्षि सूर्ये सचा ॥
pravatā hi kratūnām ā hā padeva gacchasi | abhakṣi sūrye sacā ||
Thou seekest as it were thine own stations with swift descent of powers: I share thee even with the Sun.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सं यत् त इन्द्र मन्यवः सं चक्राणि दधन्विरे । अध त्वे अध सूर्ये ॥
saṃ yat ta indra manyavaḥ saṃ cakrāṇi dadhanvire | adha tve adha sūrye ||
What time thy courage and his wheels together, Indra, run their course With thee and with the Sun alike,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्मा हि त्वाम् आहुर् इन् मघवानं शचीपते । दातारम् अविदीधयुम् ॥
uta smā hi tvām āhur in maghavānaṃ śacīpate | dātāram avidīdhayum ||
So even, Lord of Power and Might, the people call thee Maghavan, Giver, who pauses not to think.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत स्मा सद्य इत् परि शशमानाय सुन्वते । पुरू चिन् मंहसे वसु ॥
uta smā sadya it pari śaśamānāya sunvate | purū cin maṃhase vasu ||
And verily to him who toils and presses Soma juice for thee Thou quickly givest ample wealth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नहि ष्मा ते शतं चन राधो वरन्त आमुरः । न च्यौत्नानि करिष्यतः ॥
nahi ṣmā te śataṃ cana rādho varanta āmuraḥ | na cyautnāni kariṣyataḥ ||
No, not a hundred hinderers can check thy gracious bounty's flow, Nor thy great deeds when thou wilt act.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मां अवन्तु ते शतम् अस्मान् सहस्रम् ऊतयः । अस्मान् विश्वा अभिष्टयः ॥
asmāṃ avantu te śatam asmān sahasram ūtayaḥ | asmān viśvā abhiṣṭayaḥ ||
May thine assistance keep us safe, thy hundred and thy thousand aids: May all thy favours strengthen us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मां इहा वृणीष्व सख्याय स्वस्तये । महो राये दिवित्मते ॥
asmāṃ ihā vṛṇīṣva sakhyāya svastaye | maho rāye divitmate ||
Do thou elect us this place for friendship and prosperity, And great celestial opulence.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मां अविड्ढि विश्वहेन्द्र राया परीणसा । अस्मान् विश्वाभिर् ऊतिभिः ॥
asmāṃ aviḍḍhi viśvahendra rāyā parīṇasā | asmān viśvābhir ūtibhiḥ ||
Favour us, Indra, evermore with overflowing store of wealth: With all thy succours aid thou us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मभ्यं तां अपा वृधि व्रजां अस्तेव गोमतः । नवाभिर् इन्द्रोतिभिः ॥
asmabhyaṃ tāṃ apā vṛdhi vrajāṃ asteva gomataḥ | navābhir indrotibhiḥ ||
With new protections, Indra, like an archer, open thou for us The stables that are filled with kine.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्माकं धृष्णुया रथो द्युमां इन्द्रानपच्युतः । गव्युर् अश्वयुर् ईयते ॥
asmākaṃ dhṛṣṇuyā ratho dyumāṃ indrānapacyutaḥ | gavyur aśvayur īyate ||
Our chariot, Indra, boldly moves endued with splendour, ne'er repulsed, Winning for us both kine and steeds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्माकम् उत्तमं कृधि श्रवो देवेषु सूर्य । वर्षिष्ठं द्याम् इवोपरि ॥
asmākam uttamaṃ kṛdhi śravo deveṣu sūrya | varṣiṣṭhaṃ dyām ivopari ||
O Surya, make our fame to be most excellent among the Gods, Most lofty as the heaven on high.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)