Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 51

RV 1 51.1

अभि त्यम् मेषम् पुरुहूतम् ऋग्मियम् इन्द्रꣳ गीर्भिर् मदता वस्वो अर्णवम् । यस्य द्यावो न विचरन्ति मानुषा भुजे मꣳहिष्ठम् अभि विप्रम् अर्चत

abhi tyam meṣam puruhūtam ṛgmiyam indraṁ gīrbhir madatā vasvo arṇavam | yasya dyāvo na vicaranti mānuṣā bhuje maṁhiṣṭham abhi vipram arcata

Exhilarate with songs that ram, the much-invoked, the praise-worthy Indra, a flood of goods, whose human (courses?) do not run apart like the heavens; praise the most bountiful, the inspired one, for (our) enjoyment.

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RV 1 51.2

अभीम् अवन्वन् स्वभिष्टिम् ऊतयो ऽन्तरिक्षप्राꣳ तविषीभिर् आवृतम् । इन्द्रꣳ दक्षास ऋभवो मदच्युतꣳ शतक्रतुꣳ जवनी सूनृतारुहत्

abhīm avanvan svabhiṣṭim ūtayo 'ntarikṣaprāṁ taviṣībhir āvṛtam | indraṁ dakṣāsa ṛbhavo madacyutaṁ śatakratuṁ javanī sūnṛtāruhat

The forms of help favoured him, him of good dominance, filling the mid-space, encompassed with strengths; the skilled ones, the Ṛbhus, (favoured) Indra who reels with exhilaration, of a hundred resolves; swift Sūnṛtā mounted to him.

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RV 1 51.3

त्वꣳ गोत्रम् अङ्गिरोभ्यो ऽवृणोर् अपोतात्रये शतदुरेषु गातुवित् । ससेन चिद् विमदायावहो वस्व् आजाव् अद्रिꣳ वावसानस्य नर्तयन्

tvaṁ gotram aṅgirobhyo 'vṛṇor apotātraye śatadureṣu gātuvit | sasena cid vimadāyāvaho vasv ājāv adriṁ vāvasānasya nartayan

You uncovered the cow-pen for the Aṅgirases, and for Atri, finding a passage among the hundred doors; even with provender you brought wealth to Vimada, making the stone dance in the contest for the one who was bellowing.

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RV 1 51.4

त्वम् अपाम् अपिधानावृणोर् अपाधारयः पर्वते दानुमद् वसु । वृत्रꣳ यद् इन्द्र शवसावधीर् अहिम् आद् इत् सूर्यꣳ दिव्य् आरोहयो दृशे

tvam apām apidhānāvṛṇor apādhārayaḥ parvate dānumad vasu | vṛtraṁ yad indra śavasāvadhīr ahim ād it sūryaṁ divy ārohayo dṛśe

You uncovered the lid of the waters, you held fast in the mountain the treasure rich in gifts; when, Indra, you slew with your might Vṛtra the serpent, then you made the sun climb in heaven to be seen.

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RV 1 51.5

त्वम् मायाभिर् अप मायिनो ऽधमः स्वधाभिर् ये अधि शुप्ताव् अजुह्वत । त्वम् पिप्रोर् नृमणः प्रारुजः पुरः प्र ऋजिश्वानꣳ दस्युहत्येष्व् आविथ

tvam māyābhir apa māyino 'dhamaḥ svadhābhir ye adhi śuptāv ajuhvata | tvam pipror nṛmaṇaḥ prārujaḥ puraḥ pra ṛjiśvānaṁ dasyuhatyeṣv āvitha

You blew away by your magic arts the wielders of magic, those who by their own rites poured offerings upon the shoulder; you, manly-minded, broke open the strongholds of Pipru; you aided Ṛjiśvan in the slayings of the Dasyus.

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RV 1 51.6

त्वꣳ कुत्सꣳ शुष्णहत्येष्व् आविथारन्धयो ऽतिथिग्वाय शम्बरम् । महान्तꣳ चिद् अर्बुदꣳ नि क्रमीः पदा सनाद् एव दस्युहत्याय जज्ञिषे

tvaṁ kutsaṁ śuṣṇahatyeṣv āvithārandhayo 'tithigvāya śambaram | mahāntaṁ cid arbudaṁ ni kramīḥ padā sanād eva dasyuhatyāya jajñiṣe

You aided Kutsa in the slayings of Śuṣṇa; you made Śambara subject to Atithigva; you trod down with your foot even the great Arbuda: from of old indeed you were born for the slaying of the Dasyu.

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RV 1 51.7

त्वे विश्वा तविषी सध्र्यग् घिता तव राधः सोमपीथाय हर्षते । तव वज्रश् चिकिते बाह्वोर् हितो वृश्चा शत्रोर् अव विश्वानि वृष्ण्या

tve viśvā taviṣī sadhryag ghitā tava rādhaḥ somapīthāya harṣate | tava vajraś cikite bāhvor hito vṛścā śatror ava viśvāni vṛṣṇyā

In you all strength is set with one aim; your bounty is eager for the soma-drink; your mace is manifest, set in your arms: hew down all the bullish powers of the enemy.

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RV 1 51.8

वि जानीह्य् आर्यान् ये च दस्यवो बर्हिष्मते रन्धया शासद् अव्रतान् । शाकी भव यजमानस्य चोदिता विश्वेत् ता ते सधमादेषु चाकन

vi jānīhy āryān ye ca dasyavo barhiṣmate randhayā śāsad avratān | śākī bhava yajamānasya coditā viśvet tā te sadhamādeṣu cākana

Distinguish who are the Āryas and who the Dasyus; chastising them, make the lawless subject to him who spreads the barhis. Be the powerful impeller of the sacrificer: in all these deeds of yours I have taken delight at the joint drinking-feasts.

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RV 1 51.9

अनुव्रताय रन्धयन्न् अपव्रतान् आभूभिर् इन्द्रः श्नथयन्न् अनाभुवः । वृद्धस्य चिद् वर्धतो द्याम् इनक्षतः स्तवानो वम्रो वि जघान सꣳदिहः

anuvratāya randhayann apavratān ābhūbhir indraḥ śnathayann anābhuvaḥ | vṛddhasya cid vardhato dyām inakṣataḥ stavāno vamro vi jaghāna saṁdihaḥ

Making those against the law subject to him who follows the law, Indra piercing the unhelpful ones with the helpful ones — the ant, being praised, split apart the heaped-up barriers of him who, already grown, kept growing and reaching for heaven.

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RV 1 51.10

तक्षद् यत् त उशना सहसा सहो वि रोदसी मज्मना बाधते शवः । आ त्वा वातस्य नृमणो मनोयुज आ पूर्यमाणम् अवहन्न् अभि श्रवः

takṣad yat ta uśanā sahasā saho vi rodasī majmanā bādhate śavaḥ | ā tvā vātasya nṛmaṇo manoyuja ā pūryamāṇam avahann abhi śravaḥ

When Uśanā fashioned for you force with force, your might thrusts apart the two worlds by its greatness; the mind-yoked (horses) of the wind, O manly-minded one, carried you, as you were being filled (with soma), toward glory.

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RV 1 51.11

मन्दिष्ट यद् उशने काव्ये सचाꣳ इन्द्रो वङ्कू वङ्कुतराधि तिष्ठति । उग्रो ययिꣳ निर् अपः स्रोतसासृजद् वि शुष्णस्य दृꣳहिता ऐरयत् पुरः

mandiṣṭa yad uśane kāvye sacām̐ indro vaṅkū vaṅkutarādhi tiṣṭhati | ugro yayiṁ nir apaḥ srotasāsṛjad vi śuṣṇasya dṛṁhitā airayat puraḥ

When he took delight in company with Uśanā Kāvya, Indra mounts the two swerving ones, himself the more swerving. The mighty one released the swift waters forth with a stream; he drove asunder the firm-set strongholds of Śuṣṇa.

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RV 1 51.12

आ स्मा रथꣳ वृषपाणेषु तिष्ठसि शार्यातस्य प्रभृता येषु मन्दसे । इन्द्र यथा सुतसोमेषु चाकनो ऽनर्वाणꣳ श्लोकम् आ रोहसे दिवि

ā smā rathaṁ vṛṣapāṇeṣu tiṣṭhasi śāryātasya prabhṛtā yeṣu mandase | indra yathā sutasomeṣu cākano 'narvāṇaṁ ślokam ā rohase divi

You do mount the chariot amid the bull-draughts, amid the offerings of Śāryāta in which you take delight. Indra, as you find pleasure in the soma-pressings, you climb to an unassailable song of fame in heaven.

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RV 1 51.13

अददा अर्भाम् महते वचस्यवे कक्षीवते वृचयाम् इन्द्र सुन्वते । मेनाभवो वृषणश्वस्य सुक्रतो विश्वेत् ता ते सवनेषु प्रवाच्या

adadā arbhām mahate vacasyave kakṣīvate vṛcayām indra sunvate | menābhavo vṛṣaṇaśvasya sukrato viśvet tā te savaneṣu pravācyā

You gave the young Vṛcayā to great, eloquent Kakṣīvat, who pressed the soma, O Indra; you became the mate of Vṛṣaṇaśva, O you of good resolve — all these deeds of yours are to be proclaimed at the pressings.

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RV 1 51.14

इन्द्रो अश्रायि सुध्यो निरेके पज्रेषु स्तोमो दुर्यो न यूपः । अश्वयुर् गव्यू रथयुर् वसूयुर् इन्द्र इद् रायः क्षयति प्रयन्ता

indro aśrāyi sudhyo nireke pajreṣu stomo duryo na yūpaḥ | aśvayur gavyū rathayur vasūyur indra id rāyaḥ kṣayati prayantā

Upon Indra was the praise-song of the pious one set, in want, among the Pajras, like the post of a house. Desiring horses, desiring cattle, desiring chariots, desiring goods — it is Indra alone who commands riches, the bestower.

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RV 1 51.15

इदꣳ नमो वृषभाय स्वराजे सत्यशुष्माय तवसे ऽवाचि । अस्मिन्न् इन्द्र वृजने सर्ववीराः स्मत् सूरिभिस् तव शर्मन् स्याम

idaṁ namo vṛṣabhāya svarāje satyaśuṣmāya tavase 'vāci | asminn indra vṛjane sarvavīrāḥ smat sūribhis tava śarman syāma

This homage has been spoken to the bull, the self-ruler, whose vehemence is real, the strong one. In this contest, Indra, may we with all our men, together with the patrons, be in your shelter.

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