Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·7·7.18
त्वे ह यत् पितरश् चिन् न इन्द्र विश्वा वामा जरितारो असन्वन् । त्वे गावः सुदुघास् त्वे ह्य् अश्वास् त्वं वसु देवयते वनिष्ठः ॥
tve ha yat pitaraś cin na indra viśvā vāmā jaritāro asanvan | tve gāvaḥ sudughās tve hy aśvās tvaṃ vasu devayate vaniṣṭhaḥ ||
All is with thee, O Indra, all the treasures which erst our fathers won who sang thy praises. With thee are milch-kine good to milk, and horses: best winner thou of riches for the pious.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
राजेव हि जनिभिः क्षेष्य् एवाव द्युभिर् अभि विदुष् कविः सन् । पिशा गिरो मघवन् गोभिर् अश्वैस् त्वायतः शिशीहि राये अस्मान् ॥
rājeva hi janibhiḥ kṣeṣy evāva dyubhir abhi viduṣ kaviḥ san | piśā giro maghavan gobhir aśvais tvāyataḥ śiśīhi rāye asmān ||
For like a King among his wives thou dwellest: with glories, as a Sage, surround and help us. Make us, thy servants, strong for wealth, and honour our songs wirth kine and steeds and decoration.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमा उ त्वा पस्पृधानासो अत्र मन्द्रा गिरो देवयन्तीर् उप स्थुः । अर्वाची ते पथ्या राय एतु स्याम ते सुमताव् इन्द्र शर्मन् ॥
imā u tvā paspṛdhānāso atra mandrā giro devayantīr upa sthuḥ | arvācī te pathyā rāya etu syāma te sumatāv indra śarman ||
Here these our holy hymns with joy and gladness in pious emulation have approached thee. Hitherward come thy path that leads to riches: may we find shelter in thy favour, Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
धेनुं न त्वा सूयवसे दुदुक्षन्न् उप ब्रह्माणि ससृजे वसिष्ठः । त्वाम् इन् मे गोपतिं विश्व आहा न इन्द्रः सुमतिं गन्त्व् अच्छ ॥
dhenuṃ na tvā sūyavase dudukṣann upa brahmāṇi sasṛje vasiṣṭhaḥ | tvām in me gopatiṃ viśva āhā na indraḥ sumatiṃ gantv accha ||
Vasistha hath poured forth his prayers, desiring to milk thee like a cow in goodly pasture. All these my people call thee Lord of cattle: may Indra. come unto the prayer we offer.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अर्णांसि चित् पप्रथाना सुदास इन्द्रो गाधान्य् अकृणोत् सुपारा । शर्धन्तं शिम्युम् उचथस्य नव्यः शापं सिन्धूनाम् अकृणोद् अशस्तीः ॥
arṇāṃsi cit paprathānā sudāsa indro gādhāny akṛṇot supārā | śardhantaṃ śimyum ucathasya navyaḥ śāpaṃ sindhūnām akṛṇod aśastīḥ ||
What though the floods spread widely, Indra made them shallow and easy for Sudas to traverse. He, worthy of our praises, caused the Simyu, foe of our hymn, to curse the rivers' fury.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पुरोळा इत् तुर्वशो यक्षुर् आसीद् राये मत्स्यासो निशिता अपीव । श्रुष्टिं चक्रुर् भृगवो द्रुह्यवश् च सखा सखायम् अतरद् विषूचोः ॥
puroḷā it turvaśo yakṣur āsīd rāye matsyāso niśitā apīva | śruṣṭiṃ cakrur bhṛgavo druhyavaś ca sakhā sakhāyam atarad viṣūcoḥ ||
Eager for spoil was Turvasa Purodas, fain to win wealth, like fishes urged by hunger. The Bhrgus and the Druhyus quickly listened: friend rescued friend mid the two distant peoples.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ पक्थासो भलानसो भनन्तालिनासो विषाणिनः शिवासः । आ यो ऽनयत् सधमा आर्यस्य गव्या तृत्सुभ्यो अजगन् युधा नॄन् ॥
ā pakthāso bhalānaso bhanantālināso viṣāṇinaḥ śivāsaḥ | ā yo 'nayat sadhamā āryasya gavyā tṛtsubhyo ajagan yudhā nṝn ||
Together came the Pakthas, the Bhalanas, the Alinas, the Sivas, the Visanins. Yet to the Trtsus came the Arya's Comrade, through love of spoil and heroes' war, to lead them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दुराध्यो अदितिं स्रेवयन्तो ऽचेतसो वि जगृभ्रे परुष्णीम् । मह्नाविव्यक् पृथिवीम् पत्यमानः पशुष् कविर् अशयच् चायमानः ॥
durādhyo aditiṃ srevayanto 'cetaso vi jagṛbhre paruṣṇīm | mahnāvivyak pṛthivīm patyamānaḥ paśuṣ kavir aśayac cāyamānaḥ ||
Fools, in their folly fain to waste her waters, they parted inexhaustible Parusni. Lord of the Earth, he with his might repressed them: still lay the herd and the affrighted herdsman.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ईयुर् अर्थं न न्यर्थम् परुष्णीम् आशुश् चनेद् अभिपित्वं जगाम । सुदास इन्द्रः सुतुकां अमित्रान् अरन्धयन् मानुषे वध्रिवाचः ॥
īyur arthaṃ na nyartham paruṣṇīm āśuś caned abhipitvaṃ jagāma | sudāsa indraḥ sutukāṃ amitrān arandhayan mānuṣe vadhrivācaḥ ||
As to their goal they sped to their destruction: they sought Parusni; e'en the swift returned not. Indra abandoned, to Sudas the manly, the swiftly flying foes, unmanly babblers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ईयुर् गावो न यवसाद् अगोपा यथाकृतम् अभि मित्रं चितासः । पृश्निगावः पृश्निनिप्रेषितासः श्रुष्टिं चक्रुर् नियुतो रन्तयश् च ॥
īyur gāvo na yavasād agopā yathākṛtam abhi mitraṃ citāsaḥ | pṛśnigāvaḥ pṛśninipreṣitāsaḥ śruṣṭiṃ cakrur niyuto rantayaś ca ||
They went like kine unherded from the pasture, each clinging to a friend as chance directed. They who drive spotted steeds, sent down by Prsni, gave ear, the Warriors and the harnessed horses.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एकं च यो विंशतिं च श्रवस्या वैकर्णयोर् जनान् राजा न्य् अस्तः । दस्मो न सद्मन् नि शिशाति बर्हिः शूरः सर्गम् अकृणोद् इन्द्र एषाम् ॥
ekaṃ ca yo viṃśatiṃ ca śravasyā vaikarṇayor janān rājā ny astaḥ | dasmo na sadman ni śiśāti barhiḥ śūraḥ sargam akṛṇod indra eṣām ||
The King who scattered one-and-twenty people of both Vaikarna tribes through lust of glory- As the skilled priest clips grass within the chamber, so hath the Hero Indra, wrought their downfall.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध श्रुतं कवषं वृद्धम् अप्स्व् अनु द्रुह्युं नि वृणग् वज्रबाहुः । वृणाना अत्र सख्याय सख्यं त्वायन्तो ये अमदन्न् अनु त्वा ॥
adha śrutaṃ kavaṣaṃ vṛddham apsv anu druhyuṃ ni vṛṇag vajrabāhuḥ | vṛṇānā atra sakhyāya sakhyaṃ tvāyanto ye amadann anu tvā ||
Thou, thunder-armed, o'erwhelmedst in the waters famed ancient Kavasa and then the Druhyu. Others here claiming friendship to their friendship, devoted unto thee, in thee were joyful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वि सद्यो विश्वा दृंहितान्य् एषाम् इन्द्रः पुरः सहसा सप्त दर्दः । व्य् आनवस्य तृत्सवे गयम् भाग् जेष्म पूरुं विदथे मृध्रवाचम् ॥
vi sadyo viśvā dṛṃhitāny eṣām indraḥ puraḥ sahasā sapta dardaḥ | vy ānavasya tṛtsave gayam bhāg jeṣma pūruṃ vidathe mṛdhravācam ||
Indra at once with conquering might demolished all their strong places and their seven castles. The goods of Anu's son he gave to Trtsu. May we in sacrifice conquer scorned Puru.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नि गव्यवो ऽनवो द्रुह्यवश् च षष्टिः शता सुषुपुः षट् सहस्रा । षष्टिर् वीरासो अधि षड् दुवोयु विश्वेद् इन्द्रस्य वीर्या कृतानि ॥
ni gavyavo 'navo druhyavaś ca ṣaṣṭiḥ śatā suṣupuḥ ṣaṭ sahasrā | ṣaṣṭir vīrāso adhi ṣaḍ duvoyu viśved indrasya vīryā kṛtāni ||
The Anavas and Druhyus, seeking booty, have slept, the sixty hundred, yea, six thousand, And six-and-sixty heroes. For the pious were all these mighty exploits done by Indra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्रेणैते तृत्सवो वेविषाणा आपो न सृष्टा अधवन्त नीचीः । दुर्मित्रासः प्रकलविन् मिमाना जहुर् विश्वानि भोजना सुदासे ॥
indreṇaite tṛtsavo veviṣāṇā āpo na sṛṣṭā adhavanta nīcīḥ | durmitrāsaḥ prakalavin mimānā jahur viśvāni bhojanā sudāse ||
These Trtsus under Indra's careful guidance came speeding like loosed waters rushing downward. The foemen, measuring exceeding closely, abandoned to Sudas all their provisions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अर्धं वीरस्य शृतपाम् अनिन्द्रम् परा शर्धन्तं नुनुदे अभि क्षाम् । इन्द्रो मन्युम् मन्युम्यो मिमाय भेजे पथो वर्तनिम् पत्यमानः ॥
ardhaṃ vīrasya śṛtapām anindram parā śardhantaṃ nunude abhi kṣām | indro manyum manyumyo mimāya bheje patho vartanim patyamānaḥ ||
The hero's side who drank the dressed oblation, Indra's denier, far o'er earth he scattered. Indra brought down the fierce destroyer's fury. He gave them various roads, the path's Controller.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आध्रेण चित् तद् व् एकं चकार सिंह्यं चित् पेत्वेना जघान । अव स्रक्तीर् वेश्यावृश्चद् इन्द्रः प्रायच्छद् विश्वा भोजना सुदासे ॥
ādhreṇa cit tad v ekaṃ cakāra siṃhyaṃ cit petvenā jaghāna | ava sraktīr veśyāvṛścad indraḥ prāyacchad viśvā bhojanā sudāse ||
E'en with the weak he wrought this matchless exploit: e'en with a goat he did to death a lion. He pared the pillar's angles with a needle. Thus to Sudas Indra gave all provisions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शश्वन्तो हि शत्रवो रारधुष् टे भेदस्य चिच् छर्धतो विन्द रन्धिम् । मर्तां एन स्तुवतो यः कृणोति तिग्मं तस्मिन् नि जहि वज्रम् इन्द्र ॥
śaśvanto hi śatravo rāradhuṣ ṭe bhedasya cic chardhato vinda randhim | martāṃ ena stuvato yaḥ kṛṇoti tigmaṃ tasmin ni jahi vajram indra ||
To thee have all thine enemies submitted: e'en the fierce Bheda hast thou made thy subject. Cast down thy sharpened thunderbolt, O Indra, on him who harms the men who sing thy praises.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आवद् इन्द्रं यमुना तृत्सवश् च प्रात्र भेदं सर्वताता मुषायत् । अजासश् च शिग्रवो यक्षवश् च बलिं शीर्षाणि जभ्रुर् अश्व्यानि ॥
āvad indraṃ yamunā tṛtsavaś ca prātra bhedaṃ sarvatātā muṣāyat | ajāsaś ca śigravo yakṣavaś ca baliṃ śīrṣāṇi jabhrur aśvyāni ||
Yamuna and the Trtsus aided Indra. There he stripped Bheda bare of all his treasures. The Ajas and the Sigrus and the Yaksus brought in to him as tribute heads of horses.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न त इन्द्र सुमतयो न रायः संचक्षे पूर्वा उषसो न नूत्नाः । देवकं चिन् मान्यमानं जघन्थाव त्मना बृहतः शम्बरम् भेत् ॥
na ta indra sumatayo na rāyaḥ saṃcakṣe pūrvā uṣaso na nūtnāḥ | devakaṃ cin mānyamānaṃ jaghanthāva tmanā bṛhataḥ śambaram bhet ||
Not to be scorned, but like Dawns past and recent, O Indra, are thy favours and thy riches. Devaka, Manyamana's son, thou slewest, and smotest Sambara from the lofty mountain.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र ये गृहाद् अममदुस् त्वाया पराशरः शतयातुर् वसिष्ठः । न ते भोजस्य सख्यम् मृषन्ताधा सूरिभ्यः सुदिना व्य् उच्छान् ॥
pra ye gṛhād amamadus tvāyā parāśaraḥ śatayātur vasiṣṭhaḥ | na te bhojasya sakhyam mṛṣantādhā sūribhyaḥ sudinā vy ucchān ||
They who, from home, have gladdened thee, thy servants Parasara, Vasistha, Satayatu, Will not forget thy friendship, liberal Giver. So shall the days dawn prosperous for the princes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्वे नप्तुर् देववतः शते गोर् द्वा रथा वधूमन्ता सुदासः । अर्हन्न् अग्ने पैजवनस्य दानं होतेव सद्म पर्य् एमि रेभन् ॥
dve naptur devavataḥ śate gor dvā rathā vadhūmantā sudāsaḥ | arhann agne paijavanasya dānaṃ hoteva sadma pary emi rebhan ||
Priest-like, with praise, I move around the altar, earning Paijavana's reward, O Agni, Two hundred cows from Devavan's descendant, two chariots from Sudas with mares to draw them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
चत्वारो मा पैजवनस्य दानाः स्मद्दिष्टयः कृशनिनो निरेके । ऋज्रासो मा पृथिविष्ठाः सुदासस् तोकं तोकाय श्रवसे वहन्ति ॥
catvāro mā paijavanasya dānāḥ smaddiṣṭayaḥ kṛśanino nireke | ṛjrāso mā pṛthiviṣṭhāḥ sudāsas tokaṃ tokāya śravase vahanti ||
Gift of Paijavana, four horses bear me in foremost place, trained steeds with pearl to deck them. Sudas's brown steeds, firmly-stepping, carry me and my son for progeny and glory.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्य श्रवो रोदसी अन्तर् उर्वी शीर्ष्णे-शीर्ष्णे विबभाजा विभक्ता । सप्तेद् इन्द्रं न स्रवतो गृणन्ति नि युध्यामधिम् अशिशाद् अभीके ॥
yasya śravo rodasī antar urvī śīrṣṇe-śīrṣṇe vibabhājā vibhaktā | sapted indraṃ na sravato gṛṇanti ni yudhyāmadhim aśiśād abhīke ||
Him whose fame spreads between wide earth and heaven, who, as dispenser, gives each chief his portion, Seven flowing Rivers glorify like Indra. He slew Yudhyamadhi in close encounter.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं नरो मरुतः सश्चतानु दिवोदासं न पितरं सुदासः । अविष्टना पैजवनस्य केतं दूणाशं क्षत्रम् अजरं दुवोयु ॥
imaṃ naro marutaḥ saścatānu divodāsaṃ na pitaraṃ sudāsaḥ | aviṣṭanā paijavanasya ketaṃ dūṇāśaṃ kṣatram ajaraṃ duvoyu ||
Attend on him O ye heroic Maruts as on Sudas's father Divodasa. Further Paijavana's desire with favour. Guard faithfully his lasting firm dominion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)