Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.44

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44

यो रयिवो रयिन्तमो यो द्युम्नैर् द्युम्नवत्तमः । सोमः सुतः स इन्द्र ते ऽस्ति स्वधापते मदः ॥

yo rayivo rayintamo yo dyumnair dyumnavattamaḥ | somaḥ sutaḥ sa indra te 'sti svadhāpate madaḥ ||

That which is wealthiest, Wealthy God in splendoursmost illustrious, Soma is pressed: thy gladdening draught, Indra! libation's Lord! is this.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यः शग्मस् तुविशग्म ते रायो दामा मतीनाम् । सोमः सुतः स इन्द्र ते ऽस्ति स्वधापते मदः ॥

yaḥ śagmas tuviśagma te rāyo dāmā matīnām | somaḥ sutaḥ sa indra te 'sti svadhāpate madaḥ ||

Effectual, Most Effectual One! thine, as bestowing wealth of hymns, Soma is pressed: thy gladdening draught, Indra! libation's Lord! is this.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

येन वृद्धो न शवसा तुरो न स्वाभिर् ऊतिभिः । सोमः सुतः स इन्द्र ते ऽस्ति स्वधापते मदः ॥

yena vṛddho na śavasā turo na svābhir ūtibhiḥ | somaḥ sutaḥ sa indra te 'sti svadhāpate madaḥ ||

Wherewith thou art increased in strength, and conquerest with thy proper aids, Soma is pressed: thy gladdening draught, Indra! libation's Lord! is this.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

त्यम् उ वो अप्रहणं गृणीषे शवसस् पतिम् । इन्द्रं विश्वासाहं नरम् मंहिष्ठं विश्वचर्षणिम् ॥

tyam u vo aprahaṇaṃ gṛṇīṣe śavasas patim | indraṃ viśvāsāhaṃ naram maṃhiṣṭhaṃ viśvacarṣaṇim ||

Him for your sake I glorify as Lord of Strength who wrongeth none, The Hero Indra, conquering all, Most Bounteous, God of all the tribes.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यं वर्धयन्तीद् गिरः पतिं तुरस्य राधसः । तम् इन् न्व् अस्य रोदसी देवी शुष्मं सपर्यतः ॥

yaṃ vardhayantīd giraḥ patiṃ turasya rādhasaḥ | tam in nv asya rodasī devī śuṣmaṃ saparyataḥ ||

Those Goddesses, both Heaven and Earth, revere the power and might of him, Him whom our songs increase in strength, the Lord of bounty swift to come.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

तद् व उक्थस्य बर्हणेन्द्रायोपस्तृणीषणि । विपो न यस्योतयो वि यद् रोहन्ति सक्षितः ॥

tad va ukthasya barhaṇendrāyopastṛṇīṣaṇi | vipo na yasyotayo vi yad rohanti sakṣitaḥ ||

To seat your Indra, I will spread abroad with power this song of praise. The saving succours that abide in him, like songs, extend and grow.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अविदद् दक्षम् मित्रो नवीयान् पपानो देवेभ्यो वस्यो अचैत् । ससवान् स्तौलाभिर् धौतरीभिर् उरुष्या पायुर् अभवत् सखिभ्यः ॥

avidad dakṣam mitro navīyān papāno devebhyo vasyo acait | sasavān staulābhir dhautarībhir uruṣyā pāyur abhavat sakhibhyaḥ ||

A recent Friend, he found the skilful priest: he drank, and showed forth treasure from the Gods. He conquered, borne by strong all-shaking mares, and was with far-spread power his friends' Protector.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

ऋतस्य पथि वेधा अपायि श्रिये मनांसि देवासो अक्रन् । दधानो नाम महो वचोभिर् वपुर् दृशये वेन्यो व्य् आवः ॥

ṛtasya pathi vedhā apāyi śriye manāṃsi devāso akran | dadhāno nāma maho vacobhir vapur dṛśaye venyo vy āvaḥ ||

In course of Law the sapient juice was quaffed: the Deities to glory turned their mind. Winning through hymns a lofty title, he, the Lovely, made his beauteous form apparent.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

द्युमत्तमं दक्षं धेह्य् अस्मे सेधा जनानाम् पूर्वीर् अरातीः । वर्षीयो वयः कृणुहि शचीभिर् धनस्य साताव् अस्मां अविड्ढि ॥

dyumattamaṃ dakṣaṃ dhehy asme sedhā janānām pūrvīr arātīḥ | varṣīyo vayaḥ kṛṇuhi śacībhir dhanasya sātāv asmāṃ aviḍḍhi ||

Bestow on us the most illustrious strength ward off men's manifold malignities. Give with thy might abundant vital force, and aid us graciously in gaining riches.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

इन्द्र तुभ्यम् इन् मघवन्न् अभूम वयं दात्रे हरिवो मा वि वेनः । नकिर् आपिर् ददृशे मर्त्यत्रा किम् अङ्ग रध्रचोदनं त्वाहुः ॥

indra tubhyam in maghavann abhūma vayaṃ dātre harivo mā vi venaḥ | nakir āpir dadṛśe martyatrā kim aṅga radhracodanaṃ tvāhuḥ ||

We turn to thee as Giver, liberal Indra. Lord of the Bay Steeds, be not thou ungracious. No friend among mankind have we to lookto: why have men called thee him who spurs the niggard?

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

मा जस्वने वृषभ नो ररीथा मा ते रेवतः सख्ये रिषाम । पूर्वीष् ट इन्द्र निष्षिधो जनेषु जह्य् असुष्वीन् प्र वृहापृणतः ॥

mā jasvane vṛṣabha no rarīthā mā te revataḥ sakhye riṣāma | pūrvīṣ ṭa indra niṣṣidho janeṣu jahy asuṣvīn pra vṛhāpṛṇataḥ ||

Give us not up, Strong Hero! to the hungry: unharmed be we whom thou, so rich, befriendest. Full many a boon hast thou for men demolish those who present no gifts nor pour oblations.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

उद् अभ्राणीव स्तनयन्न् इयर्तीन्द्रो राधांस्य् अश्व्यानि गव्या । त्वम् असि प्रदिवः कारुधाया मा त्वादामान आ दभन् मघोनः ॥

ud abhrāṇīva stanayann iyartīndro rādhāṃsy aśvyāni gavyā | tvam asi pradivaḥ kārudhāyā mā tvādāmāna ā dabhan maghonaḥ ||

As Indra thundering impels the rain-clouds, so doth he send us store of kine and horses. Thou art of old the Cherisher of singers let not the rich who bring no gifts deceive thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अध्वर्यो वीर प्र महे सुतानाम् इन्द्राय भर स ह्य् अस्य राजा । यः पूर्व्याभिर् उत नूतनाभिर् गीर्भिर् वावृधे गृणताम् ऋषीणाम् ॥

adhvaryo vīra pra mahe sutānām indrāya bhara sa hy asya rājā | yaḥ pūrvyābhir uta nūtanābhir gīrbhir vāvṛdhe gṛṇatām ṛṣīṇām ||

Adbyaryu, hero, bring to mighty Indrafor he is King thereof-the pressed-out juices; To him exalted by the hymns and praises, ancient and modern, of the singing Rsis.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अस्य मदे पुरु वर्पांसि विद्वान् इन्द्रो वृत्राण्य् अप्रती जघान । तम् उ प्र होषि मधुमन्तम् अस्मै सोमं वीराय शिप्रिणे पिबध्यै ॥

asya made puru varpāṃsi vidvān indro vṛtrāṇy apratī jaghāna | tam u pra hoṣi madhumantam asmai somaṃ vīrāya śipriṇe pibadhyai ||

In the wild joy of this hath Indra, knowing full many a form, struck down resistless Vrtras. Proclaim aloud to him the savoury Soma so that the Hero, strong of jaw, may drink it.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

पाता सुतम् इन्द्रो अस्तु सोमं हन्ता वृत्रं वज्रेण मन्दसानः । गन्ता यज्ञम् परावतश् चिद् अच्छा वसुर् धीनाम् अविता कारुधायाः ॥

pātā sutam indro astu somaṃ hantā vṛtraṃ vajreṇa mandasānaḥ | gantā yajñam parāvataś cid acchā vasur dhīnām avitā kārudhāyāḥ ||

May Indra drink this Soma poured to please him, and cheered therewith slay Vrtra with his thunder. Come to our sacrifice even from a distance, good lover of our songs, the bard's Supporter.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

इदं त्यत् पात्रम् इन्द्रपानम् इन्द्रस्य प्रियम् अमृतम् अपायि । मत्सद् यथा सौमनसाय देवं व्य् अस्मद् द्वेषो युयवद् व्य् अंहः ॥

idaṃ tyat pātram indrapānam indrasya priyam amṛtam apāyi | matsad yathā saumanasāya devaṃ vy asmad dveṣo yuyavad vy aṃhaḥ ||

The cup whence Indra drinks the draught is present: the Amrta dear to Indra hath been drunken, That it may cheer the God to gracious favour, and keep far from us hatred and affliction.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

एना मन्दानो जहि शूर शत्रूञ् जामिम् अजामिम् मघवन्न् अमित्रान् । अभिषेणां अभ्य् आदेदिशानान् पराच इन्द्र प्र मृणा जही च ॥

enā mandāno jahi śūra śatrūñ jāmim ajāmim maghavann amitrān | abhiṣeṇāṃ abhy ādediśānān parāca indra pra mṛṇā jahī ca ||

Therewith enraptured, Hero, slay our foemen, the unfriendly, Maghavan be they kin or strangers, Those who still aim their hostile darts to smite us, turn them to flight, O Indra, crush and kill them.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आसु ष्मा णो मघवन्न् इन्द्र पृत्स्व् अस्मभ्यम् महि वरिवः सुगं कः । अपां तोकस्य तनयस्य जेष इन्द्र सूरीन् कृणुहि स्मा नो अर्धम् ॥

āsu ṣmā ṇo maghavann indra pṛtsv asmabhyam mahi varivaḥ sugaṃ kaḥ | apāṃ tokasya tanayasya jeṣa indra sūrīn kṛṇuhi smā no ardham ||

O Indra Maghavan, in these our battles win easy paths for us and ample freedom. That we may gain waters and seed and offspring, set thou our princes on thy side, O Indra.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ त्वा हरयो वृषणो युजाना वृषरथासो वृषरश्मयो ऽत्याः । अस्मत्राञ्चो वृषणो वज्रवाहो वृष्णे मदाय सुयुजो वहन्तु ॥

ā tvā harayo vṛṣaṇo yujānā vṛṣarathāso vṛṣaraśmayo 'tyāḥ | asmatrāñco vṛṣaṇo vajravāho vṛṣṇe madāya suyujo vahantu ||

Let thy Bay Stallions, harnessed, bring thee hither, Steeds with strong chariot and strong reins to hold them, Strong Horses, speeding hither, bearing thunder, well-harnessed, for the strong exciting potion.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ ते वृषन् वृषणो द्रोणम् अस्थुर् घृतप्रुषो नोर्मयो मदन्तः । इन्द्र प्र तुभ्यं वृषभिः सुतानां वृष्णे भरन्ति वृषभाय सोमम् ॥

ā te vṛṣan vṛṣaṇo droṇam asthur ghṛtapruṣo normayo madantaḥ | indra pra tubhyaṃ vṛṣabhiḥ sutānāṃ vṛṣṇe bharanti vṛṣabhāya somam ||

Beside the vat, Strong God! stand thy strong Horses, shining with holy oil, like waves exulting. Indra, they bring to thee, the Strong and Mighty, Soma of juices shed by mighty press-stones.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

वृषासि दिवो वृषभः पृथिव्या वृषा सिन्धूनां वृषभ स्तियानाम् । वृष्णे त इन्दुर् वृषभ पीपाय स्वादू रसो मधुपेयो वराय ॥

vṛṣāsi divo vṛṣabhaḥ pṛthivyā vṛṣā sindhūnāṃ vṛṣabha stiyānām | vṛṣṇe ta indur vṛṣabha pīpāya svādū raso madhupeyo varāya ||

Thou art the Bull of earth, the Bull of heaven, Bull of the rivers, Bull of standing waters. For thee, the Strong, O Bull, hath Indu swollen. juice pleasant, sweet to drink, for thine election.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अयं देवः सहसा जायमान इन्द्रेण युजा पणिम् अस्तभायत् । अयं स्वस्य पितुर् आयुधानीन्दुर् अमुष्णाद् अशिवस्य मायाः ॥

ayaṃ devaḥ sahasā jāyamāna indreṇa yujā paṇim astabhāyat | ayaṃ svasya pitur āyudhānīndur amuṣṇād aśivasya māyāḥ ||

This God, with might, when first he had his being, with Indra for ally, held fast the Pani. This Indu stole away the warlike weapons, and foiled the arts of his malignant father.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अयम् अकृणोद् उषसः सुपत्नीर् अयं सूर्ये अदधाज् ज्योतिर् अन्तः । अयं त्रिधातु दिवि रोचनेषु त्रितेषु विन्दद् अमृतं निगूळ्हम् ॥

ayam akṛṇod uṣasaḥ supatnīr ayaṃ sūrye adadhāj jyotir antaḥ | ayaṃ tridhātu divi rocaneṣu triteṣu vindad amṛtaṃ nigūḷham ||

The Dawns he wedded to a glorious Consort, and set within the Sun the light that lights him. He found in heaven, in the third lucid regions, the threefold Amrta in its close concealment.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अयं द्यावापृथिवी वि ष्कभायद् अयं रथम् अयुनक् सप्तरश्मिम् । अयं गोषु शच्या पक्वम् अन्तः सोमो दाधार दशयन्त्रम् उत्सम् ॥

ayaṃ dyāvāpṛthivī vi ṣkabhāyad ayaṃ ratham ayunak saptaraśmim | ayaṃ goṣu śacyā pakvam antaḥ somo dādhāra daśayantram utsam ||

He stayed and held the heaven and earth asunder: the chariot with the sevenfold reins he harnessed. This Soma Set with power within the milch-kine a spring whose ripe contents ten fingers empty.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)