Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.25
या त ऊतिर् अवमा या परमा या मध्यमेन्द्र शुष्मिन्न् अस्ति । ताभिर् ऊ षु वृत्रहत्ये ऽवीर् न एभिश् च वाजैर् महान् न उग्र ॥
yā ta ūtir avamā yā paramā yā madhyamendra śuṣminn asti | tābhir ū ṣu vṛtrahatye 'vīr na ebhiś ca vājair mahān na ugra ||
With thine assistance, O thou Mighty Indra, be it the least, the midmost, or the highest,- Great with those aids and by these powers support us, Strong God! in battle that subdues our foemen.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आभि स्पृधो मिथतीर् अरिषण्यन्न् अमित्रस्य व्यथया मन्युम् इन्द्र । आभिर् विश्वा अभियुजो विषूचीर् आर्याय विशो ऽव तारीर् दासीः ॥
ābhi spṛdho mithatīr ariṣaṇyann amitrasya vyathayā manyum indra | ābhir viśvā abhiyujo viṣūcīr āryāya viśo 'va tārīr dāsīḥ ||
With these discomfit hosts that fight against us, and check the opponent's wrath, thyself uninjured. With these chase all our foes to every quarter: subdue the tribes of Dasas to the Arya.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्र जामय उत ये ऽजामयो ऽर्वाचीनासो वनुषो युयुज्रे । त्वम् एषां विथुरा शवांसि जहि वृष्ण्यानि कृणुही पराचः ॥
indra jāmaya uta ye 'jāmayo 'rvācīnāso vanuṣo yuyujre | tvam eṣāṃ vithurā śavāṃsi jahi vṛṣṇyāni kṛṇuhī parācaḥ ||
Those who array themselves as foes to smite us, O Indra, be they kin or be they strangers,- Strike thou their manly strength that it be feeble, and drive in headlong flight our foemen backward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शूरो वा शूरं वनते शरीरैस् तनूरुचा तरुषि यत् कृण्वैते । तोके वा गोषु तनये यद् अप्सु वि क्रन्दसी उर्वरासु ब्रवैते ॥
śūro vā śūraṃ vanate śarīrais tanūrucā taruṣi yat kṛṇvaite | toke vā goṣu tanaye yad apsu vi krandasī urvarāsu bravaite ||
With strength of limb the hero slays the hero, when bright in arms they range them for the combat. When two opposing hosts contend in battle for seed and offspring, waters, kine, or corn-lands.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नहि त्वा शूरो न तुरो न धृष्णुर् न त्वा योधो मन्यमानो युयोध । इन्द्र नकिष् ट्वा प्रत्य् अस्त्य् एषां विश्वा जातान्य् अभ्य् असि तानि ॥
nahi tvā śūro na turo na dhṛṣṇur na tvā yodho manyamāno yuyodha | indra nakiṣ ṭvā praty asty eṣāṃ viśvā jātāny abhy asi tāni ||
Yet no strong man hath conquered thee, no hero, no brave, no warrior trusting in his valour. Not one of these is match for thee, O Indra. Thou far surpassest all these living creatures.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स पत्यत उभयोर् नृम्णम् अयोर् यदी वेधसः समिथे हवन्ते । वृत्रे वा महो नृवति क्षये वा व्यचस्वन्ता यदि वितन्तसैते ॥
sa patyata ubhayor nṛmṇam ayor yadī vedhasaḥ samithe havante | vṛtre vā maho nṛvati kṣaye vā vyacasvantā yadi vitantasaite ||
He is the Lord of both these armies' valour when the commanders call them to the conflict: When with their ranks expanded they are fighting with a great foe or for a home with heroes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध स्मा ते चर्षणयो यद् एजान् इन्द्र त्रातोत भवा वरूता । अस्माकासो ये नृतमासो अर्य इन्द्र सूरयो दधिरे पुरो नः ॥
adha smā te carṣaṇayo yad ejān indra trātota bhavā varūtā | asmākāso ye nṛtamāso arya indra sūrayo dadhire puro naḥ ||
And when the people stir themselves for battle, be thou their saviour, Indra, and protector, And theirs, thy manliest of our friends, the pious, the chiefs who have installed us priests, O Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अनु ते दायि मह इन्द्रियाय सत्रा ते विश्वम् अनु वृत्रहत्ये । अनु क्षत्रम् अनु सहो यजत्रेन्द्र देवेभिर् अनु ते नृषह्ये ॥
anu te dāyi maha indriyāya satrā te viśvam anu vṛtrahatye | anu kṣatram anu saho yajatrendra devebhir anu te nṛṣahye ||
To thee for high dominion hath been for evermore, for slaughtering the Vrtras, All lordly power and might, O Holy Indra, given by Gods for victory in battle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा न स्पृधः सम् अजा समत्स्व् इन्द्र रारन्धि मिथतीर् अदेवीः । विद्याम वस्तोर् अवसा गृणन्तो भरद्वाजा उत त इन्द्र नूनम् ॥
evā na spṛdhaḥ sam ajā samatsv indra rārandhi mithatīr adevīḥ | vidyāma vastor avasā gṛṇanto bharadvājā uta ta indra nūnam ||
So urge our hosts together in the combats: yield up the godless bands that fight against us. Singing, at morn may we find thee with favour, yea, Indra, and e'en now, we Bharadvajas.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)