Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·6·6.47

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47

स्वादुष् किलायम् मधुमां उतायं तीव्रः किलायं रसवां उतायम् । उतो न्व् अस्य पपिवांसम् इन्द्रं न कश् चन सहत आहवेषु ॥

svāduṣ kilāyam madhumāṃ utāyaṃ tīvraḥ kilāyaṃ rasavāṃ utāyam | uto nv asya papivāṃsam indraṃ na kaś cana sahata āhaveṣu ||

Yea, this is good to taste and full of. sweetness, verily it is strong and rich in flavour. No one may conquer Indra in the battle when he hath drunken of the draught we offer.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अयं स्वादुर् इह मदिष्ठ आस यस्येन्द्रो वृत्रहत्ये ममाद । पुरूणि यश् च्यौत्ना शम्बरस्य वि नवतिं नव च देह्यो हन् ॥

ayaṃ svādur iha madiṣṭha āsa yasyendro vṛtrahatye mamāda | purūṇi yaś cyautnā śambarasya vi navatiṃ nava ca dehyo han ||

This sweet juice here had mightiest power to gladden: it boldened Indra when he siaughtered Vrtra, When he defeated Sambara's many onslaughts, and battered down his nineand ninety ramparts.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अयम् मे पीत उद् इयर्ति वाचम् अयम् मनीषाम् उशतीम् अजीगः । अयं षळ् उर्वीर् अमिमीत धीरो न याभ्यो भुवनं कच् चनारे ॥

ayam me pīta ud iyarti vācam ayam manīṣām uśatīm ajīgaḥ | ayaṃ ṣaḷ urvīr amimīta dhīro na yābhyo bhuvanaṃ kac canāre ||

This stirreth up my voice when I have drunk it: this hath aroused from sleep my yearning spirit. This Sage hath measured out the six expanses from which no single creature is excluded.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अयं स यो वरिमाणम् पृथिव्या वर्ष्माणं दिवो अकृणोद् अयं सः । अयम् पीयूषं तिसृषु प्रवत्सु सोमो दाधारोर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् ॥

ayaṃ sa yo varimāṇam pṛthivyā varṣmāṇaṃ divo akṛṇod ayaṃ saḥ | ayam pīyūṣaṃ tisṛṣu pravatsu somo dādhārorv antarikṣam ||

This, even this, is he who hath created the breadth of earth, the lofty height of heaven. He formed the nectar in three headlong rivers. Soma supports the wide mid-air above us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अयं विदच् चित्रदृशीकम् अर्णः शुक्रसद्मनाम् उषसाम् अनीके । अयम् महान् महता स्कम्भनेनोद् द्याम् अस्तभ्नाद् वृषभो मरुत्वान् ॥

ayaṃ vidac citradṛśīkam arṇaḥ śukrasadmanām uṣasām anīke | ayam mahān mahatā skambhanenod dyām astabhnād vṛṣabho marutvān ||

He found the wavy sea of brilliant colours in forefront of the Dawns who dwell in brightness. This Mighty One, the Steer begirt by Maruts, hath propped the heavens up with a mighty pillar.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

धृषत् पिब कलशे सोमम् इन्द्र वृत्रहा शूर समरे वसूनाम् । माध्यन्दिने सवन आ वृषस्व रयिस्थानो रयिम् अस्मासु धेहि ॥

dhṛṣat piba kalaśe somam indra vṛtrahā śūra samare vasūnām | mādhyandine savana ā vṛṣasva rayisthāno rayim asmāsu dhehi ||

Drink Soma boldly from the beaker, Indra, in war for treasures, Hero, Vrtra-slayer! Fill thyself full at the mid-day libation, and give us wealth, thou Treasury of riches.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

इन्द्र प्र णः पुरएतेव पश्य प्र नो नय प्रतरं वस्यो अच्छ । भवा सुपारो अतिपारयो नो भवा सुनीतिर् उत वामनीतिः ॥

indra pra ṇaḥ puraeteva paśya pra no naya prataraṃ vasyo accha | bhavā supāro atipārayo no bhavā sunītir uta vāmanītiḥ ||

Look out for us, O Indra, as our Leader, and guide us on to gain yet goodlier treasure. Excellent Guardian, bear us well through peril, and lead us on to wealth with careful guidance.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

उरुं नो लोकम् अनु नेषि विद्वान् स्वर्वज् ज्योतिर् अभयं स्वस्ति । ऋष्वा त इन्द्र स्थविरस्य बाहू उप स्थेयाम शरणा बृहन्ता ॥

uruṃ no lokam anu neṣi vidvān svarvaj jyotir abhayaṃ svasti | ṛṣvā ta indra sthavirasya bāhū upa stheyāma śaraṇā bṛhantā ||

Lead us to ample room, O thou who knowest, to happiness, security, and sunlight. High, Indra, are the arms of thee the Mighty: may we betake. us to their lofty shelter.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

वरिष्ठे न इन्द्र वन्धुरे धा वहिष्ठयोः शतावन्न् अश्वयोर् आ । इषम् आ वक्षीषां वर्षिष्ठाम् मा नस् तारीन् मघवन् रायो अर्यः ॥

variṣṭhe na indra vandhure dhā vahiṣṭhayoḥ śatāvann aśvayor ā | iṣam ā vakṣīṣāṃ varṣiṣṭhām mā nas tārīn maghavan rāyo aryaḥ ||

Set us on widest chariot-seat, O Indra, with two steeds best to draw, O Lord of Hundreds! Bring us the best among all sorts of viands: let not the foe's wealth, Maghavan, subdue us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

इन्द्र मृळ मह्यं जीवातुम् इच्छ चोदय धियम् अयसो न धाराम् । यत् किं चाहं त्वायुर् इदं वदामि तज् जुषस्व कृधि मा देववन्तम् ॥

indra mṛḷa mahyaṃ jīvātum iccha codaya dhiyam ayaso na dhārām | yat kiṃ cāhaṃ tvāyur idaṃ vadāmi taj juṣasva kṛdhi mā devavantam ||

Be gracious, Indra, let my days be lengthened: sharpen my thought as 'twere a blade of iron Approve whatever words I speak, dependent on thee, and grant me thy divine protection.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

त्रातारम् इन्द्रम् अवितारम् इन्द्रं हवे-हवे सुहवं शूरम् इन्द्रम् । ह्वयामि शक्रम् पुरुहूतम् इन्द्रं स्वस्ति नो मघवा धात्व् इन्द्रः ॥

trātāram indram avitāram indraṃ have-have suhavaṃ śūram indram | hvayāmi śakram puruhūtam indraṃ svasti no maghavā dhātv indraḥ ||

Indra the Rescuer, Indra the Helper, Hero who listens at each invocation, Sakra I call, Indra invoked of many. May Indra Maghavan prosper and bless us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

इन्द्रः सुत्रामा स्ववां अवोभिः सुमृळीको भवतु विश्ववेदाः । बाधतां द्वेषो अभयं कृणोतु सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम ॥

indraḥ sutrāmā svavāṃ avobhiḥ sumṛḷīko bhavatu viśvavedāḥ | bādhatāṃ dveṣo abhayaṃ kṛṇotu suvīryasya patayaḥ syāma ||

May helpful Indra as our good Protector, Lord of all treasures, favour us with succour, Baffle our foes, and give us rest and safety, and may we be the lords of hero vigour.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

तस्य वयं सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम । स सुत्रामा स्ववां इन्द्रो अस्मे आराच् चिद् द्वेषः सनुतर् युयोतु ॥

tasya vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyasyāpi bhadre saumanase syāma | sa sutrāmā svavāṃ indro asme ārāc cid dveṣaḥ sanutar yuyotu ||

May we enjoy the grace of him the Holy, yea, may we dwell in his auspicious favour. May helpful Indra as our good Preserver drive from us, even from afar, our foemen.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अव त्वे इन्द्र प्रवतो नोर्मिर् गिरो ब्रह्माणि नियुतो धवन्ते । उरू न राधः सवना पुरूण्य् अपो गा वज्रिन् युवसे सम् इन्दून् ॥

ava tve indra pravato normir giro brahmāṇi niyuto dhavante | urū na rādhaḥ savanā purūṇy apo gā vajrin yuvase sam indūn ||

Like rivers rushing down a slope, O Indra, to thee haste songs and prayers and linked verses. Thou gatherest, Thunderer! like widespread bounty, kine, water, drops, and manifold libations.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

क ईं स्तवत् कः पृणात् को यजाते यद् उग्रम् इन् मघवा विश्वहावेत् । पादाव् इव प्रहरन्न् अन्यम्-अन्यं कृणोति पूर्वम् अपरं शचीभिः ॥

ka īṃ stavat kaḥ pṛṇāt ko yajāte yad ugram in maghavā viśvahāvet | pādāv iva praharann anyam-anyaṃ kṛṇoti pūrvam aparaṃ śacībhiḥ ||

Who lauds him, satisfies him, pays him worship? E'en the rich noble still hath found him mighty. With power, as when one moves his feet alternate, he makes the last precede, the foremost follow.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

शृण्वे वीर उग्रम्-उग्रं दमायन्न् अन्यम्-अन्यम् अतिनेनीयमानः । एधमानद्विळ् उभयस्य राजा चोष्कूयते विश इन्द्रो मनुष्यान् ॥

śṛṇve vīra ugram-ugraṃ damāyann anyam-anyam atinenīyamānaḥ | edhamānadviḷ ubhayasya rājā coṣkūyate viśa indro manuṣyān ||

Famed is the Hero as each strong man's tamer, ever advancing one and then another. King of both worlds, hating the high and haughty, Indra protects the men who are his people.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

परा पूर्वेषां सख्या वृणक्ति वितर्तुराणो अपरेभिर् एति । अनानुभूतीर् अवधून्वानः पूर्वीर् इन्द्रः शरदस् तर्तरीति ॥

parā pūrveṣāṃ sakhyā vṛṇakti vitarturāṇo aparebhir eti | anānubhūtīr avadhūnvānaḥ pūrvīr indraḥ śaradas tartarīti ||

He loves no more the men he loved aforetime: he turns and moves away allied with others. Rejecting those who disregard his worship, Indra victorious lives through many autumns.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

रूपं-रूपम् प्रतिरूपो बभूव तद् अस्य रूपम् प्रतिचक्षणाय । इन्द्रो मायाभिः पुरुरूप ईयते युक्ता ह्य् अस्य हरयः शता दश ॥

rūpaṃ-rūpam pratirūpo babhūva tad asya rūpam praticakṣaṇāya | indro māyābhiḥ pururūpa īyate yuktā hy asya harayaḥ śatā daśa ||

In every figure he hath been the mode: this is his only form for us to look on. Indra moves multiform by his illusions; for his Bay Steeds are yoked, ten times a hundred.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

युजानो हरिता रथे भूरि त्वष्टेह राजति । को विश्वाहा द्विषतः पक्ष आसत उतासीनेषु सूरिषु ॥

yujāno haritā rathe bhūri tvaṣṭeha rājati | ko viśvāhā dviṣataḥ pakṣa āsata utāsīneṣu sūriṣu ||

Here Tvastar, yoking to the car the Bay Steeds, hath extended sway. Who will for ever stand upon the foeman's side, even when our princes sit at ease?

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अगव्यूति क्षेत्रम् आगन्म देवा उर्वी सती भूमिर् अंहूरणाभूत् । बृहस्पते प्र चिकित्सा गविष्टाव् इत्था सते जरित्र इन्द्र पन्थाम् ॥

agavyūti kṣetram āganma devā urvī satī bhūmir aṃhūraṇābhūt | bṛhaspate pra cikitsā gaviṣṭāv itthā sate jaritra indra panthām ||

Gods, we have reached a country void of pasture the land, though spacious, was too small to hold us. Brhaspati, provide in war for cattle; find a path, Indra, for this faithful singer.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

दिवे-दिवे सदृशीर् अन्यम् अर्धं कृष्णा असेधद् अप सद्मनो जाः । अहन् दासा वृषभो वस्नयन्तोदव्रजे वर्चिनं शम्बरं च ॥

dive-dive sadṛśīr anyam ardhaṃ kṛṣṇā asedhad apa sadmano jāḥ | ahan dāsā vṛṣabho vasnayantodavraje varcinaṃ śambaraṃ ca ||

Day after day far from their seat he drove them, alike, from place to place, those darksome creatures. The Hero slew the meanly-huckstering Dasas, Varcin and Sambara, where the waters gather.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

प्रस्तोक इन् नु राधसस् त इन्द्र दश कोशयीर् दश वाजिनो ऽदात् । दिवोदासाद् अतिथिग्वस्य राधः शाम्बरं वसु प्रत्य् अग्रभीष्म ॥

prastoka in nu rādhasas ta indra daśa kośayīr daśa vājino 'dāt | divodāsād atithigvasya rādhaḥ śāmbaraṃ vasu praty agrabhīṣma ||

Out of thy bounty, Indra, hath Prastoka bestowed ten coffers and ten mettled horses. We have received in turn from Divodasa Sambara's wealth, the gift of Atithigva.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

दशाश्वान् दश कोशान् दश वस्त्राधिभोजना । दशो हिरण्यपिण्डान् दिवोदासाद् असानिषम् ॥

daśāśvān daśa kośān daśa vastrādhibhojanā | daśo hiraṇyapiṇḍān divodāsād asāniṣam ||

Ten horses and ten treasure-chests, ten garments as an added gift, These and ten lumps of gold have I received from Divodasa's hand.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

दश रथान् प्रष्टिमतः शतं गा अथर्वभ्यः । अश्वथः पायवे ऽदात् ॥

daśa rathān praṣṭimataḥ śataṃ gā atharvabhyaḥ | aśvathaḥ pāyave 'dāt ||

Ten cars with extra steed to each, for the Atharvans hundred cows, Hath Asvatha to Payu given.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

महि राधो विश्वजन्यं दधानान् भरद्वाजान् सार्ञ्जयो अभ्य् अयष्ट ॥

mahi rādho viśvajanyaṃ dadhānān bharadvājān sārñjayo abhy ayaṣṭa ||

Thus Srnjaya's son honoured the Bharadvajas, recipients of all noble gifts and bounty.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

वनस्पते वीड्वङ्गो हि भूया अस्मत्सखा प्रतरणः सुवीरः । गोभिः संनद्धो असि वीळयस्वास्थाता ते जयतु जेत्वानि ॥

vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā asmatsakhā prataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ | gobhiḥ saṃnaddho asi vīḷayasvāsthātā te jayatu jetvāni ||

Lord of the wood, be firm and strong in body: be, bearing us, a brave victorious hero Show forth thy strength, compact with straps of leather, and let thy rider win all spoils of battle.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

दिवस् पृथिव्याः पर्य् ओज उद्भृतं वनस्पतिभ्यः पर्य् आभृतं सहः । अपाम् ओज्मानम् परि गोभिर् आवृतम् इन्द्रस्य वज्रं हविषा रथं यज ॥

divas pṛthivyāḥ pary oja udbhṛtaṃ vanaspatibhyaḥ pary ābhṛtaṃ sahaḥ | apām ojmānam pari gobhir āvṛtam indrasya vajraṃ haviṣā rathaṃ yaja ||

Its mighty strength was borrowed from the heaven and earth: its conquering force was brought from sovrans of the wood. Honour with holy gifts the Car like Indra's bolt, the Car bound round with straps, the vigour of the floods.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

इन्द्रस्य वज्रो मरुताम् अनीकम् मित्रस्य गर्भो वरुणस्य नाभिः । सेमां नो हव्यदातिं जुषाणो देव रथ प्रति हव्या गृभाय ॥

indrasya vajro marutām anīkam mitrasya garbho varuṇasya nābhiḥ | semāṃ no havyadātiṃ juṣāṇo deva ratha prati havyā gṛbhāya ||

Thou Bolt of Indra, Vanguard of the Maruts, close knit to Varuna and Child of Mitra,- As such, accepting gifts which here we offer, receive, O Godlike Chariot, these oblations.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

उप श्वासय पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् पुरुत्रा ते मनुतां विष्ठितं जगत् । स दुन्दुभे सजूर् इन्द्रेण देवैर् दूराद् दवीयो अप सेध शत्रून् ॥

upa śvāsaya pṛthivīm uta dyām purutrā te manutāṃ viṣṭhitaṃ jagat | sa dundubhe sajūr indreṇa devair dūrād davīyo apa sedha śatrūn ||

Send forth thy voice aloud through earth and heaven, and let the world in all its breadth regard thee; O Drum, accordant with the Gods and Indra, drive thou afar, yea, very far, our foemen.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ क्रन्दय बलम् ओजो न आ धा नि ष्टनिहि दुरिता बाधमानः । अप प्रोथ दुन्दुभे दुच्छुना इत इन्द्रस्य मुष्टिर् असि वीळयस्व ॥

ā krandaya balam ojo na ā dhā ni ṣṭanihi duritā bādhamānaḥ | apa protha dundubhe ducchunā ita indrasya muṣṭir asi vīḷayasva ||

Thunder out strength and fill us full of vigour: yea, thunder forth and drive away all dangers. Drive hence, O War-drum, drive away misfortune: thou art the Fist of Indra: show thy firmness.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आमूर् अज प्रत्यावर्तयेमाः केतुमद् दुन्दुभिर् वावदीति । सम् अश्वपर्णाश् चरन्ति नो नरो ऽस्माकम् इन्द्र रथिनो जयन्तु ॥

āmūr aja pratyāvartayemāḥ ketumad dundubhir vāvadīti | sam aśvaparṇāś caranti no naro 'smākam indra rathino jayantu ||

Drive hither those, and these again bring hither: the War-drum speaks aloud as battle's signal. Our heroes, winged with horses, come together. Let our car-warriors, Indra, be triumphant.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)