Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.21
इमा उ त्वा पुरुतमस्य कारोर् हव्यं वीर हव्या हवन्ते । धियो रथेष्ठाम् अजरं नवीयो रयिर् विभूतिर् ईयते वचस्या ॥
imā u tvā purutamasya kāror havyaṃ vīra havyā havante | dhiyo ratheṣṭhām ajaraṃ navīyo rayir vibhūtir īyate vacasyā ||
These the most constant singer's invocations call thee who art to be invoked, O Hero; Hymns call anew the chariot-borne, Eternal: by eloquence men gain abundant riches.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् उ स्तुष इन्द्रं यो विदानो गिर्वाहसं गीर्भिर् यज्ञवृद्धम् । यस्य दिवम् अति मह्ना पृथिव्याः पुरुमायस्य रिरिचे महित्वम् ॥
tam u stuṣa indraṃ yo vidāno girvāhasaṃ gīrbhir yajñavṛddham | yasya divam ati mahnā pṛthivyāḥ purumāyasya ririce mahitvam ||
I praise that Indra, known to all men, honoured with songs, extolled with hymns at sacrifices, Whose majesty, rich in wondrous arts, surpasseth the magnitude of earth, and heaven in greatness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स इत् तमो ऽवयुनं ततन्वत् सूर्येण वयुनवच् चकार । कदा ते मर्ता अमृतस्य धामेयक्षन्तो न मिनन्ति स्वधावः ॥
sa it tamo 'vayunaṃ tatanvat sūryeṇa vayunavac cakāra | kadā te martā amṛtasya dhāmeyakṣanto na minanti svadhāvaḥ ||
He hath made pathways, with the Sun to aid him, throughout the darkness that extended pathless. Mortals who yearn to worship ne'er dishonour, O Mighty God, thy Law who art Immortal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् ता चकार स कुह स्विद् इन्द्रः कम् आ जनं चरति कासु विक्षु । कस् ते यज्ञो मनसे शं वराय को अर्क इन्द्र कतमः स होता ॥
yas tā cakāra sa kuha svid indraḥ kam ā janaṃ carati kāsu vikṣu | kas te yajño manase śaṃ varāya ko arka indra katamaḥ sa hotā ||
And he who did these things, where is that Indra? among what tribes? what people doth he visit? What sacrifice contents thy mind , and wishes? What priest among them all? what hymn, O Indra?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इदा हि ते वेविषतः पुराजाः प्रत्नास आसुः पुरुकृत् सखायः । ये मध्यमास उत नूतनास उतावमस्य पुरुहूत बोधि ॥
idā hi te veviṣataḥ purājāḥ pratnāsa āsuḥ purukṛt sakhāyaḥ | ye madhyamāsa uta nūtanāsa utāvamasya puruhūta bodhi ||
Yea, here were they who, born of old, have served thee, thy friends of ancient time, thou active Worker. Bethink thee now of these, Invoked of many! the midmost and the recent, and the youngest.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् पृच्छन्तो ऽवरासः पराणि प्रत्ना त इन्द्र श्रुत्यानु येमुः । अर्चामसि वीर ब्रह्मवाहो याद् एव विद्म तात् त्वा महान्तम् ॥
tam pṛcchanto 'varāsaḥ parāṇi pratnā ta indra śrutyānu yemuḥ | arcāmasi vīra brahmavāho yād eva vidma tāt tvā mahāntam ||
Inquiring after him, thy later servants, Indra, have gained thy former old traditions. Hero, to whom the prayer is brought, we praise thee as great for that wherein we know thee mighty.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अभि त्वा पाजो रक्षसो वि तस्थे महि जज्ञानम् अभि तत् सु तिष्ठ । तव प्रत्नेन युज्येन सख्या वज्रेण धृष्णो अप ता नुदस्व ॥
abhi tvā pājo rakṣaso vi tasthe mahi jajñānam abhi tat su tiṣṭha | tava pratnena yujyena sakhyā vajreṇa dhṛṣṇo apa tā nudasva ||
The demon's strength is gathered fast against thee: great as that strength hath grown, go forth to meet it. With thine own ancient friend and companion, the thunderbolt, brave Champion! drive it backward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स तु श्रुधीन्द्र नूतनस्य ब्रह्मण्यतो वीर कारुधायः । त्वं ह्य् आपिः प्रदिवि पितॄणां शश्वद् बभूथ सुहव एष्टौ ॥
sa tu śrudhīndra nūtanasya brahmaṇyato vīra kārudhāyaḥ | tvaṃ hy āpiḥ pradivi pitṝṇāṃ śaśvad babhūtha suhava eṣṭau ||
Hear, too, the prayer of this thy present beadsman, O Indra, Hero, cherishing the singer. For thou wast aye our fathers' Friend aforetime, still swift to listen to their supplication.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रोतये वरुणम् मित्रम् इन्द्रम् मरुतः कृष्वावसे नो अद्य । प्र पूषणं विष्णुम् अग्निम् पुरन्धिं सवितारम् ओषधीः पर्वतांश् च ॥
protaye varuṇam mitram indram marutaḥ kṛṣvāvase no adya | pra pūṣaṇaṃ viṣṇum agnim purandhiṃ savitāram oṣadhīḥ parvatāṃś ca ||
Bring to our help this day, for our protection, Varuna, Mitra , Indra, and the Maruts, Pusan and Visnu, Agni and Purandhi, Savitar also, and the Plants and Mountains.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इम उ त्वा पुरुशाक प्रयज्यो जरितारो अभ्य् अर्चन्त्य् अर्कैः । श्रुधी हवम् आ हुवतो हुवानो न त्वावां अन्यो अमृत त्वद् अस्ति ॥
ima u tvā puruśāka prayajyo jaritāro abhy arcanty arkaiḥ | śrudhī havam ā huvato huvāno na tvāvāṃ anyo amṛta tvad asti ||
The singers here exalt with hymns and praises thee who art very Mighty and Most Holy. Hear, when invoked, the invoker's invocation. Beside thee there is nonelike thee, Immortal!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नू म आ वाचम् उप याहि विद्वान् विश्वेभिः सूनो सहसो यजत्रैः । ये अग्निजिह्वा ऋतसाप आसुर् ये मनुं चक्रुर् उपरं दसाय ॥
nū ma ā vācam upa yāhi vidvān viśvebhiḥ sūno sahaso yajatraiḥ | ye agnijihvā ṛtasāpa āsur ye manuṃ cakrur uparaṃ dasāya ||
Now to my words come quickly thou who knowest, O Son of Strength, with all who claim our worship, Who visit sacred rites, whose tongue is Agni, Gods who made Manu stronger than the Dasyu.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स नो बोधि पुरएता सुगेषूत दुर्गेषु पथिकृद् विदानः । ये अश्रमास उरवो वहिष्ठास् तेभिर् न इन्द्राभि वक्षि वाजम् ॥
sa no bodhi puraetā sugeṣūta durgeṣu pathikṛd vidānaḥ | ye aśramāsa uravo vahiṣṭhās tebhir na indrābhi vakṣi vājam ||
On good and evil ways be thou our Leader, thou who art known to all as Path-preparer. Bring power to us, O Indra, with thy Horses, Steeds that are best to draw, broad-backed, unwearied.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)