Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.32
आ तू न इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न् अस्माकम् अर्धम् आ गहि । महान् महीभिर् ऊतिभिः ॥
ā tū na indra vṛtrahann asmākam ardham ā gahi | mahān mahībhir ūtibhiḥ ||
O THOU who slewest Vrtra, come, O Indra, hither to our side, Mighty One with thy mighty aids.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भृमिश् चिद् घासि तूतुजिर् आ चित्र चित्रिणीष्व् आ । चित्रं कृणोष्य् ऊतये ॥
bhṛmiś cid ghāsi tūtujir ā citra citriṇīṣv ā | citraṃ kṛṇoṣy ūtaye ||
Swift and impetuous art thou, wondrous amid the well-dressed folk: Thou doest marvels for our help.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दभ्रेभिश् चिच् छशीयांसं हंसि व्राधन्तम् ओजसा । सखिभिर् ये त्वे सचा ॥
dabhrebhiś cic chaśīyāṃsaṃ haṃsi vrādhantam ojasā | sakhibhir ye tve sacā ||
Even with the weak thou smitest down him who is stronger, with thy strength The mighty, with the Friends thou hast.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वयम् इन्द्र त्वे सचा वयं त्वाभि नोनुमः । अस्मां-अस्मां इद् उद् अव ॥
vayam indra tve sacā vayaṃ tvābhi nonumaḥ | asmāṃ-asmāṃ id ud ava ||
O Indra, we are close to thee; to thee we sing aloud our songs: Help and defend us, even us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स नश् चित्राभिर् अद्रिवो ऽनवद्याभिर् ऊतिभिः । अनाधृष्टाभिर् आ गहि ॥
sa naś citrābhir adrivo 'navadyābhir ūtibhiḥ | anādhṛṣṭābhir ā gahi ||
As such, O Caster of the Stone, come with thy succours wonderful, Blameless, and irresistible.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भूयामो षु त्वावतः सखाय इन्द्र गोमतः । युजो वाजाय घृष्वये ॥
bhūyāmo ṣu tvāvataḥ sakhāya indra gomataḥ | yujo vājāya ghṛṣvaye ||
May we be friends of one like thee, O Indra, with the wealth of kine, Comrades for lively energy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वं ह्य् एक ईशिष इन्द्र वाजस्य गोमतः । स नो यन्धि महीम् इषम् ॥
tvaṃ hy eka īśiṣa indra vājasya gomataḥ | sa no yandhi mahīm iṣam ||
For thou, O Indra, art alone the Lord of strength that comes from kine So grant thou us abundant food.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न त्वा वरन्ते अन्यथा यद् दित्ससि स्तुतो मघम् । स्तोतृभ्य इन्द्र गिर्वणः ॥
na tvā varante anyathā yad ditsasi stuto magham | stotṛbhya indra girvaṇaḥ ||
They turn thee not another way, when, lauded, Lover of the Song, Thou wilt give wealth to those who praise.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि त्वा गोतमा गिरानूषत प्र दावने । इन्द्र वाजाय घृष्वये ॥
abhi tvā gotamā girānūṣata pra dāvane | indra vājāya ghṛṣvaye ||
The Gotamas have sung their song of praise to thee that thou mayst give, Indra, for lively energy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र ते वोचाम वीर्या या मन्दसान आरुजः । पुरो दासीर् अभीत्य ॥
pra te vocāma vīryā yā mandasāna ārujaḥ | puro dāsīr abhītya ||
We will declare thy hero deeds, what Disa forts thou brakest down, Attacking them in rapturous joy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ता ते गृणन्ति वेधसो यानि चकर्थ पौंस्या । सुतेष्व् इन्द्र गिर्वणः ॥
tā te gṛṇanti vedhaso yāni cakartha pauṃsyā | suteṣv indra girvaṇaḥ ||
The sages sing those manly deeds which, Indra, Lover of the Song, Thou wroughtest when the Soma flowed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अवीवृधन्त गोतमा इन्द्र त्वे स्तोमवाहसः । ऐषु धा वीरवद् यशः ॥
avīvṛdhanta gotamā indra tve stomavāhasaḥ | aiṣu dhā vīravad yaśaḥ ||
Indra, the Gotamas who bring thee praises have grown strong by thee. Give them renown with hero sons.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यच् चिद् धि शश्वताम् असीन्द्र साधारणस् त्वम् । तं त्वा वयं हवामहे ॥
yac cid dhi śaśvatām asīndra sādhāraṇas tvam | taṃ tvā vayaṃ havāmahe ||
For, Indra, verily thou art the general treasure even of all . Thee, therefore, do we invocate.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अर्वाचीनो वसो भवास्मे सु मत्स्वान्धसः । सोमानाम् इन्द्र सोमपाः ॥
arvācīno vaso bhavāsme su matsvāndhasaḥ | somānām indra somapāḥ ||
Excellent Indra, turn to us: glad thee among us with the juice Of Somas, Soma-drinker thou.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्माकं त्वा मतीनाम् आ स्तोम इन्द्र यच्छतु । अर्वाग् आ वर्तया हरी ॥
asmākaṃ tvā matīnām ā stoma indra yacchatu | arvāg ā vartayā harī ||
May praise from us who think on thee, O Indra, bring thee near to us. Turn thy two Bay Steeds hitherward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुरोळाशं च नो घसो जोषयासे गिरश् च नः । वधूयुर् इव योषणाम् ॥
puroḷāśaṃ ca no ghaso joṣayāse giraś ca naḥ | vadhūyur iva yoṣaṇām ||
Eat of our sacrificial cake: rejoice thee in the songs we sing. Even as a lover in his bride.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सहस्रं व्यतीनां युक्तानाम् इन्द्रम् ईमहे । शतं सोमस्य खार्यः ॥
sahasraṃ vyatīnāṃ yuktānām indram īmahe | śataṃ somasya khāryaḥ ||
To India for a thousand steeds well-trained and fleet of foot we pray, And hundred jars of Soma juice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सहस्रा ते शता वयं गवाम् आ च्यावयामसि । अस्मत्रा राध एतु ते ॥
sahasrā te śatā vayaṃ gavām ā cyāvayāmasi | asmatrā rādha etu te ||
We make a hundred of thy kine, yea, and a thousand, hasten nigh: So let thy bounty come to us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दश ते कलशानां हिरण्यानाम् अधीमहि । भूरिदा असि वृत्रहन् ॥
daśa te kalaśānāṃ hiraṇyānām adhīmahi | bhūridā asi vṛtrahan ||
We have obtained, a gift from thee, ten water-ewers wrought of gold: Thou, Vrtra-slayer, givest much.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भूरिदा भूरि देहि नो मा दभ्रम् भूर्य् आ भर । भूरि घेद् इन्द्र दित्ससि ॥
bhūridā bhūri dehi no mā dabhram bhūry ā bhara | bhūri ghed indra ditsasi ||
A bounteous Giver, give us much, bring much and not a trifling gift: Much, Indra, wilt thou fain bestow.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भूरिदा ह्य् असि श्रुतः पुरुत्रा शूर वृत्रहन् । आ नो भजस्व राधसि ॥
bhūridā hy asi śrutaḥ purutrā śūra vṛtrahan | ā no bhajasva rādhasi ||
O Vrtra-slayer, thou art famed in many a place as bountiful Hero, thy bounty let us share.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र ते बभ्रू विचक्षण शंसामि गोषणो नपात् । माभ्यां गा अनु शिश्रथः ॥
pra te babhrū vicakṣaṇa śaṃsāmi goṣaṇo napāt | mābhyāṃ gā anu śiśrathaḥ ||
I praise thy pair of Tawny Steeds, wise Son of him who giveth kine Terrify not the cows with these.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कनीनकेव विद्रधे नवे द्रुपदे अर्भके । बभ्रू यामेषु शोभेते ॥
kanīnakeva vidradhe nave drupade arbhake | babhrū yāmeṣu śobhete ||
Like two slight images of girls, unrobed, upon a new-wrought post, So shine the Bay Steeds in their course.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अरम् म उस्रयाम्णे ऽरम् अनुस्रयाम्णे । बभ्रू यामेष्व् अस्रिधा ॥
aram ma usrayāmṇe 'ram anusrayāmṇe | babhrū yāmeṣv asridhā ||
For me the Bays are ready when I start, or start not, with the dawn, Innocuous in the ways they take.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)