Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.27
किम् अस्य मदे किम् व् अस्य पीताव् इन्द्रः किम् अस्य सख्ये चकार । रणा वा ये निषदि किं ते अस्य पुरा विविद्रे किम् उ नूतनासः ॥
kim asya made kim v asya pītāv indraḥ kim asya sakhye cakāra | raṇā vā ye niṣadi kiṃ te asya purā vividre kim u nūtanāsaḥ ||
What deed hath Indra done in the wild transport, in quaffing or in friendship with, the Soma? What joys have men of ancient times or recent obtained within the chamber of libation?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सद् अस्य मदे सद् व् अस्य पीताव् इन्द्रः सद् अस्य सख्ये चकार । रणा वा ये निषदि सत् ते अस्य पुरा विविद्रे सद् उ नूतनासः ॥
sad asya made sad v asya pītāv indraḥ sad asya sakhye cakāra | raṇā vā ye niṣadi sat te asya purā vividre sad u nūtanāsaḥ ||
In its wild joy Indra hath proved him faithful, faithful in quaffing, faithful in its friendship. His truth is the delight that in this chamber the men of old and recent times have tasted.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नहि नु ते महिमनः समस्य न मघवन् मघवत्त्वस्य विद्म । न राधसो-राधसो नूतनस्येन्द्र नकिर् ददृश इन्द्रियं ते ॥
nahi nu te mahimanaḥ samasya na maghavan maghavattvasya vidma | na rādhaso-rādhaso nūtanasyendra nakir dadṛśa indriyaṃ te ||
All thy vast power, O Maghavan, we know not, know not the riches of thy full abundance. No one hath seen that might of thine, productive of bounty every day renewed, O Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एतत् त्यत् त इन्द्रियम् अचेति येनावधीर् वरशिखस्य शेषः । वज्रस्य यत् ते निहतस्य शुष्मात् स्वनाच् चिद् इन्द्र परमो ददार ॥
etat tyat ta indriyam aceti yenāvadhīr varaśikhasya śeṣaḥ | vajrasya yat te nihatasya śuṣmāt svanāc cid indra paramo dadāra ||
This one great power of thine our eyes have witnessed, wherewith thou slewest Varasikha's children, When by the force of thy descending thunder, at the mere sound, their boldest was demolished.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वधीद् इन्द्रो वरशिखस्य शेषो ऽभ्यावर्तिने चायमानाय शिक्षन् । वृचीवतो यद् धरियूपीयायां हन् पूर्वे अर्धे भियसापरो दर्त् ॥
vadhīd indro varaśikhasya śeṣo 'bhyāvartine cāyamānāya śikṣan | vṛcīvato yad dhariyūpīyāyāṃ han pūrve ardhe bhiyasāparo dart ||
In aid of Abhyavartin Cayamana, Indra destroyed the seed of Varasikha. At Hariyupiya he smote the vanguard of the Vrcivans, and the rear fled frighted.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्रिंशच्छतं वर्मिण इन्द्र साकं यव्यावत्याम् पुरुहूत श्रवस्या । वृचीवन्तः शरवे पत्यमानाः पात्रा भिन्दाना न्यर्थान्य् आयन् ॥
triṃśacchataṃ varmiṇa indra sākaṃ yavyāvatyām puruhūta śravasyā | vṛcīvantaḥ śarave patyamānāḥ pātrā bhindānā nyarthāny āyan ||
Three thousand, mailed, in quest of fame, together, on the Yavyavati, O much-sought Indra, Vrcivan's sons, falling before the arrow, like bursting vessels went to their destruction.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्य गावाव् अरुषा सूयवस्यू अन्तर् ऊ षु चरतो रेरिहाणा । स सृञ्जयाय तुर्वशम् परादाद् वृचीवतो दैववाताय शिक्षन् ॥
yasya gāvāv aruṣā sūyavasyū antar ū ṣu carato rerihāṇā | sa sṛñjayāya turvaśam parādād vṛcīvato daivavātāya śikṣan ||
He, whose two red Steers, seeking goodly pasture, plying their tongues move on 'twixt earth and heaven, Gave Turvasa to Srnjaya, and, to aid him, gave the Vrcivans up to Daivavata.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्वयां अग्ने रथिनो विंशतिं गा वधूमतो मघवा मह्यं सम्राट् । अभ्यावर्ती चायमानो ददाति दूणाशेयं दक्षिणा पार्थवानाम् ॥
dvayāṃ agne rathino viṃśatiṃ gā vadhūmato maghavā mahyaṃ samrāṭ | abhyāvartī cāyamāno dadāti dūṇāśeyaṃ dakṣiṇā pārthavānām ||
Two wagon-teams, with damsels, twenty oxen, O Agni, Abhydvartin Cayamana, The liberal Sovran, giveth me. This guerdon of Prthu's seed is hard to win from others.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)