Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.36

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.36

स आ गमद् इन्द्रो यो वसूनां चिकेतद् दातुं दामनो रयीणाम् । धन्वचरो न वंसगस् तृषाणश् चकमानः पिबतु दुग्धम् अंशुम् ॥

sa ā gamad indro yo vasūnāṃ ciketad dātuṃ dāmano rayīṇām | dhanvacaro na vaṃsagas tṛṣāṇaś cakamānaḥ pibatu dugdham aṃśum ||

May Indra come to us, he who knows rightly to give forth treasures from his store of riches. Even as a thirsty steer who roams the deserts may he drink eagerly the milked-out Soma.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ ते हनू हरिवः शूर शिप्रे रुहत् सोमो न पर्वतस्य पृष्ठे । अनु त्वा राजन्न् अर्वतो न हिन्वन् गीर्भिर् मदेम पुरुहूत विश्वे ॥

ā te hanū harivaḥ śūra śipre ruhat somo na parvatasya pṛṣṭhe | anu tvā rājann arvato na hinvan gīrbhir madema puruhūta viśve ||

Lord of Bay Horses, Hero, may the Soma rise to thy cheeks and jaws like mountain-ridges. May we, O King, as he who driveth coursers, all joy in thee with hymns, invoked of many!

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

चक्रं न वृत्तम् पुरुहूत वेपते मनो भिया मे अमतेर् इद् अद्रिवः । रथाद् अधि त्वा जरिता सदावृध कुविन् नु स्तोषन् मघवन् पुरूवसुः ॥

cakraṃ na vṛttam puruhūta vepate mano bhiyā me amater id adrivaḥ | rathād adhi tvā jaritā sadāvṛdha kuvin nu stoṣan maghavan purūvasuḥ ||

Invoked of many, Caster of the Stone my heart quakes like a rolling wheel for fear of penury. Shall not Puruvasu the singer give thee praise, O ever-prospering Maghavan, mounted on thy car?

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

एष ग्रावेव जरिता त इन्द्रेयर्ति वाचम् बृहद् आशुषाणः । प्र सव्येन मघवन् यंसि रायः प्र दक्षिणिद् धरिवो मा वि वेनः ॥

eṣa grāveva jaritā ta indreyarti vācam bṛhad āśuṣāṇaḥ | pra savyena maghavan yaṃsi rāyaḥ pra dakṣiṇid dharivo mā vi venaḥ ||

Like the press-stone is this thy praiser, Indra. Loudly he lifts his voice with strong endeavour. With thy left hand, O Maghavan, give us riches: with thy right, Lord of Bays, be not reluctant.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

वृषा त्वा वृषणं वर्धतु द्यौर् वृषा वृषभ्यां वहसे हरिभ्याम् । स नो वृषा वृषरथः सुशिप्र वृषक्रतो वृषा वज्रिन् भरे धाः ॥

vṛṣā tvā vṛṣaṇaṃ vardhatu dyaur vṛṣā vṛṣabhyāṃ vahase haribhyām | sa no vṛṣā vṛṣarathaḥ suśipra vṛṣakrato vṛṣā vajrin bhare dhāḥ ||

May the strong Heaven make thee the Strong wax stronger: Strong, thou art borne by thy two strong Bay Horses. So, fair of cheek, with mighty chariot, mighty, uphold us, strong-willed, thunder armed, in battle.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यो रोहितौ वाजिनौ वाजिनीवान् त्रिभिः शतैः सचमानाव् अदिष्ट । यूने सम् अस्मै क्षितयो नमन्तां श्रुतरथाय मरुतो दुवोया ॥

yo rohitau vājinau vājinīvān tribhiḥ śataiḥ sacamānāv adiṣṭa | yūne sam asmai kṣitayo namantāṃ śrutarathāya maruto duvoyā ||

Maruts, let all the people in obeisance bow down before this youthful Srutaratha, Who, rich in steeds, gave me two dark red horses together with three hundred head of cattle.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)