Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 173

RV 1 173.1

गायत् साम नभन्य१ꣳ यथा वेर् अर्चाम तद् वावृधानꣳ स्वर्वत् । गावो धेनवो बर्हिष्य् अदब्धा आ यत् सद्मानꣳ दिव्यꣳ विवासान्

gāyat sāma nabhanya1ṁ yathā ver arcāma tad vāvṛdhānaṁ svarvat | gāvo dhenavo barhiṣy adabdhā ā yat sadmānaṁ divyaṁ vivāsān

Let him sing the gushing chant as a bird (sings); let us sing that (chant), swelling, full of light. Let the unimpaired milch-cows upon the barhis (sing), when they shall invite hither the heavenly seat.

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RV 1 173.2

अर्चद् वृषा वृषभिः स्वेदुहव्यैर् मृगो नाश्नो अति यज् जुगुर्यात् । प्र मन्दयुर् मनाꣳ गूर्त होता भरते मर्यो मिथुना यजत्रः

arcad vṛṣā vṛṣabhiḥ sveduhavyair mṛgo nāśno ati yaj juguryāt | pra mandayur manāṁ gūrta hotā bharate maryo mithunā yajatraḥ

Let the bull chant along with the bulls whose oblation is sweat, when he cries out beyond (them) like a hungry beast of prey. Gladdening, the praised hotṛ brings forward his thought — the young man, worthy of worship, bears the pair.

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RV 1 173.3

नक्षद् धोता परि सद्म मिता यन् भरद् गर्भम् आ शरदः पृथिव्याः । क्रन्दद् अश्वो नयमानो रुवद् गौर् अन्तर् दूतो न रोदसी चरद् वाक्

nakṣad dhotā pari sadma mitā yan bharad garbham ā śaradaḥ pṛthivyāḥ | krandad aśvo nayamāno ruvad gaur antar dūto na rodasī carad vāk

Let the hotṛ come, going around the measured seats; let him carry the germ, the autumns of the earth. The horse, being led, neighs; the cow bellows; like a messenger the Voice moves between the two worlds.

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RV 1 173.4

ता कर्माषतरास्मै प्र च्यौत्नानि देवयन्तो भरन्ते । जुजोषद् इन्द्रो दस्मवर्चा नासत्येव सुग्म्यो रथेष्ठाः

tā karmāṣatarāsmai pra cyautnāni devayanto bharante | jujoṣad indro dasmavarcā nāsatyeva sugmyo ratheṣṭhāḥ

Those (works)... for him the god-seeking ones bring forward their stirring deeds. Let Indra take pleasure, he of wondrous splendour, easy of approach like the Nāsatyas, standing on the chariot.

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RV 1 173.5

तम् उ ष्टुहीन्द्रꣳ यो ह सत्वा यः शूरो मघवा यो रथेष्ठाः । प्रतीचश् चिद् योधीयान् वृषण्वान् ववव्रुषश् चित् तमसो विहन्ता

tam u ṣṭuhīndraṁ yo ha satvā yaḥ śūro maghavā yo ratheṣṭhāḥ | pratīcaś cid yodhīyān vṛṣaṇvān vavavruṣaś cit tamaso vihantā

Praise him, that Indra, who is indeed a warrior, who is a hero, bounteous, who stands on the chariot; a better fighter even against those who face him, possessing bulls, the shatterer even of the enveloping darkness.

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RV 1 173.6

प्र यद् इत्था महिना नृभ्यो अस्त्य् अरꣳ रोदसी कक्ष्ये३ नास्मै । सꣳ विव्य इन्द्रो वृजनꣳ न भूमा भर्ति स्वधावाꣳ ओपशम् इव द्याम्

pra yad itthā mahinā nṛbhyo asty araṁ rodasī kakṣye3 nāsmai | saṁ vivya indro vṛjanaṁ na bhūmā bharti svadhāvām̐ opaśam iva dyām

When he is truly beyond men by his greatness, the two worlds (are) as girths, enough for him. Indra has wrapped himself in the earth as in an enclosure; the self-willed one bears the sky as if it were a headdress.

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RV 1 173.7

समत्सु त्वा शूर सताम् उराणम् प्रपथिन्तमम् परितꣳसयध्यै । सजोषस इन्द्रम् मदे क्षोणीः सूरिꣳ चिद् ये अनुमदन्ति वाजैः

samatsu tvā śūra satām urāṇam prapathintamam paritaṁsayadhyai | sajoṣasa indram made kṣoṇīḥ sūriṁ cid ye anumadanti vājaiḥ

To whirl thee about in battles, O hero, chosen among the good, foremost on the path — in unison the peoples, in rapture, (exalt) Indra, they who cheer on even the patron with prizes.

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RV 1 173.8

एवा हि ते शꣳ सवना समुद्र आपो यत् त आसु मदन्ति देवीः । विश्वा ते अनु जोष्या भूद् गौः सूरीꣳश् चिद् यदि धिषा वेषि जनान्

evā hi te śaṁ savanā samudra āpo yat ta āsu madanti devīḥ | viśvā te anu joṣyā bhūd gauḥ sūrīm̐ś cid yadi dhiṣā veṣi janān

For thus thy pressings are a blessing in the sea, in the waters, when for thee those divine ones rejoice in them. Let the cow, everything, be agreeable to thee, if with (thy) thought thou pursuest the patrons and the people.

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RV 1 173.9

असाम यथा सुषखाय एन स्वभिष्टयो नराꣳ न शꣳसैः । असद् यथा न इन्द्रो वन्दनेष्ठास् तुरो न कर्म नयमान उक्था

asāma yathā suṣakhāya ena svabhiṣṭayo narāṁ na śaṁsaiḥ | asad yathā na indro vandaneṣṭhās turo na karma nayamāna ukthā

So that we may be, through this, possessed of good friends and of good help, as by the praises of men; so that Indra may be present at our laud, leading forward, like a swift one, (our) works and hymns.

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RV 1 173.10

विष्पर्धसो नराꣳ न शꣳसैर् अस्माकासद् इन्द्रो वज्रहस्तः । मित्रायुवो न पूर्पतिꣳ सुशिष्टौ मध्यायुव उप शिक्षन्ति यज्ञैः

viṣpardhaso narāṁ na śaṁsair asmākāsad indro vajrahastaḥ | mitrāyuvo na pūrpatiṁ suśiṣṭau madhyāyuva upa śikṣanti yajñaiḥ

Contending, as if with the praise-songs of men — may Indra with the mace in his hand be ours; like men seeking alliance (who court) the lord of a stronghold with good counsel, seeking his mediation they try to win (him) with sacrifices.

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RV 1 173.11

यज्ञो हि ष्मेन्द्रꣳ कश् चिद् ऋन्धञ् जुहुराणश् चिन् मनसा परियन् । तीर्थे नाच्छा तातृषाणम् ओको दीर्घो न सिध्रम् आ कृणोत्य् अध्वा

yajño hi ṣmendraṁ kaś cid ṛndhañ juhurāṇaś cin manasā pariyan | tīrthe nācchā tātṛṣāṇam oko dīrgho na sidhram ā kṛṇoty adhvā

For indeed any sacrifice, prospering, (brings) Indra near, even one that goes crooked, circling round with the mind; as (a path leads) a thirsty one to the ford, so a long road brings (him) to a successful dwelling.

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RV 1 173.12

मो षू ण इन्द्रात्र पृत्सु देवैर् अस्ति हि ष्मा ते शुष्मिन्न् अवयाः । महश् चिद् यस्य मीऴ्हुषो यव्या हविष्मतो मरुतो वन्दते गीः

mo ṣū ṇa indrātra pṛtsu devair asti hi ṣmā te śuṣminn avayāḥ | mahaś cid yasya mīḻhuṣo yavyā haviṣmato maruto vandate gīḥ

Do not (abandon) us here in the battles, Indra, together with the gods; for indeed, O impetuous one, there is atonement to be made to thee — thou of whom, the great rewarder, the bearer of oblation, the song praises (thee) along the river, and the Maruts.

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RV 1 173.13

एष स्तोम इन्द्र तुभ्यम् अस्मे एतेन गातुꣳ हरिवो विदो नः । आ नो ववृत्याः सुविताय देव विद्यामेषꣳ वृजनꣳ जीरदानुम्

eṣa stoma indra tubhyam asme etena gātuṁ harivo vido naḥ | ā no vavṛtyāḥ suvitāya deva vidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum

This praise is for thee, Indra, from us; by it find us a way, O lord of the bay horses. Turn hither to us for easy passage, O god. May we find refreshment, a strong community, quick to give.

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