Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 54

RV 1 54.1

मा नो अस्मिन् मघवन् पृत्स्व् अꣳहसि नहि ते अन्तः शवसः परीणशे । अक्रन्दयो नद्यो३ रोरुवद् वना कथा न क्षोणीर् भियसा सम् आरत

mā no asmin maghavan pṛtsv aṁhasi nahi te antaḥ śavasaḥ parīṇaśe | akrandayo nadyo3 roruvad vanā kathā na kṣoṇīr bhiyasā sam ārata

(Let us) not (be) in this distress, O bounteous one, in the battles — for the limit of your strength is not to be attained. You made the rivers roar, the woods bellow — how did the peoples not shrink together in fear?

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RV 1 54.2

अर्चा शक्राय शाकिने शचीवते शृण्वन्तम् इन्द्रम् महयन्न् अभि ष्टुहि । यो धृष्णुना शवसा रोदसी उभे वृषा वृषत्वा वृषभो न्यृञ्जते

arcā śakrāya śākine śacīvate śṛṇvantam indram mahayann abhi ṣṭuhi | yo dhṛṣṇunā śavasā rodasī ubhe vṛṣā vṛṣatvā vṛṣabho nyṛñjate

Sing to the able one, the mighty, the powerful; magnifying Indra who hears, praise him — who with bold strength bends down both worlds, a bull by his bullishness, a bull.

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RV 1 54.3

अर्चा दिवे बृहते शूष्य१ꣳ वचः स्वक्षत्रꣳ यस्य धृषतो धृषन् मनः । बृहच्छ्रवा असुरो बर्हणा कृतः पुरो हरिभ्याꣳ वृषभो रथो हि षः

arcā dive bṛhate śūṣya1ṁ vacaḥ svakṣatraṁ yasya dhṛṣato dhṛṣan manaḥ | bṛhacchravā asuro barhaṇā kṛtaḥ puro haribhyāṁ vṛṣabho ratho hi ṣaḥ

Sing a strong word to the lofty Heaven — he whose bold mind is self-ruling in its boldness; of wide fame, an Asura, made forceful; for he is a bull, a chariot (drawn) forward by the two bay horses.

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RV 1 54.4

त्वꣳ दिवो बृहतः सानु कोपयो ऽव त्मना धृषता शम्बरम् भिनत् । यन् मायिनो व्रन्दिनो मन्दिना धृषच् छिताꣳ गभस्तिम् अशनिम् पृतन्यसि

tvaṁ divo bṛhataḥ sānu kopayo 'va tmanā dhṛṣatā śambaram bhinat | yan māyino vrandino mandinā dhṛṣac chitāṁ gabhastim aśanim pṛtanyasi

You shook the ridge of lofty heaven; you split Śambara down by your own bold self, when boldly, with the exhilarating (soma), you go to battle with your sharpened hand, the thunderbolt, against the wily, swelling one.

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RV 1 54.5

नि यद् वृणक्षि श्वसनस्य मूर्धनि शुष्णस्य चिद् व्रन्दिनो रोरुवद् वना । प्राचीनेन मनसा बर्हणावता यद् अद्या चित् कृणवः कस् त्वा परि

ni yad vṛṇakṣi śvasanasya mūrdhani śuṣṇasya cid vrandino roruvad vanā | prācīnena manasā barhaṇāvatā yad adyā cit kṛṇavaḥ kas tvā pari

When you twist down upon the head of the hissing one — even of Śuṣṇa the swelling one — the woods bellowing; when with a forward-reaching, forceful mind you do (it) even today, who can hold you back?

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RV 1 54.6

त्वम् आविथ नर्यꣳ तुर्वशꣳ यदुꣳ त्वꣳ तुर्वीतिꣳ वय्यꣳ शतक्रतो । त्वꣳ रथम् एतशꣳ कृत्व्ये धने त्वम् पुरो नवतिꣳ दम्भयो नव

tvam āvitha naryaṁ turvaśaṁ yaduṁ tvaṁ turvītiṁ vayyaṁ śatakrato | tvaṁ ratham etaśaṁ kṛtvye dhane tvam puro navatiṁ dambhayo nava

You helped manly Turvaśa and Yadu, you Turvīti and Vayya, O you of a hundred resolves; you (helped) the chariot, Etaśa, in the decisive contest; you brought down the ninety-nine fortresses.

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RV 1 54.7

स घा राजा सत्पतिः शूशुवज् जनो रातहव्यः प्रति यः शासम् इन्वति । उक्था वा यो अभिगृणाति राधसा दानुर् अस्मा उपरा पिन्वते दिवः

sa ghā rājā satpatiḥ śūśuvaj jano rātahavyaḥ prati yaḥ śāsam invati | ukthā vā yo abhigṛṇāti rādhasā dānur asmā uparā pinvate divaḥ

That man shall indeed prosper as a king, lord of the settled, who, with oblation given, furthers the instruction (in turn); or who greets the recitations with a gift — for him the upper gift of heaven swells.

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RV 1 54.8

असमꣳ क्षत्रम् असमा मनीषा प्र सोमपा अपसा सन्तु नेमे । ये त इन्द्र ददुषो वर्धयन्ति महि क्षत्रꣳ स्थविरꣳ वृष्ण्यꣳ च

asamaṁ kṣatram asamā manīṣā pra somapā apasā santu neme | ye ta indra daduṣo vardhayanti mahi kṣatraṁ sthaviraṁ vṛṣṇyaṁ ca

Unequalled is (your) rule, unequalled the thought; let the soma-drinkers be foremost through their work, not the (others). They who, Indra, strengthen you the giver — the great, firm and bullish rule.

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RV 1 54.9

तुभ्येद् एते बहुला अद्रिदुग्धाश् चमूषदश् चमसा इन्द्रपानाः । व्य् अश्नुहि तर्पया कामम् एषाम् अथा मनो वसुदेयाय कृष्व

tubhyed ete bahulā adridugdhāś camūṣadaś camasā indrapānāḥ | vy aśnuhi tarpayā kāmam eṣām athā mano vasudeyāya kṛṣva

For you alone are these many (draughts) milked out by the stones, sitting in the vats, the cups from which Indra drinks; take your fill, satisfy their desire, and then set your mind on giving goods.

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RV 1 54.10

अपाम् अतिष्ठद् धरुणह्वरꣳ तमो ऽन्तर् वृत्रस्य जठरेषु पर्वतः । अभीम् इन्द्रो नद्यो वव्रिणा हिता विश्वा अनुष्ठाः प्रवणेषु जिघ्नते

apām atiṣṭhad dharuṇahvaraṁ tamo 'ntar vṛtrasya jaṭhareṣu parvataḥ | abhīm indro nadyo vavriṇā hitā viśvā anuṣṭhāḥ pravaṇeṣu jighnate

The darkness that blocked the support of the waters stood there, within Vṛtra's bellies — the mountain (stood there). Indra smites all the rivers, set fast by the enveloper, (as they follow) one after another in their downward courses.

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RV 1 54.11

स शेवृधम् अधि धा द्युम्नम् अस्मे महि क्षत्रꣳ जनाषाऴ् इन्द्र तव्यम् । रक्षा च नो मघोनः पाहि सूरीन् राये च नः स्वपत्या इषे धाः

sa śevṛdham adhi dhā dyumnam asme mahi kṣatraṁ janāṣāḻ indra tavyam | rakṣā ca no maghonaḥ pāhi sūrīn rāye ca naḥ svapatyā iṣe dhāḥ

Set upon us bliss-increasing brilliance, great and powerful dominion, O Indra, subduer of peoples; and guard us who are liberal, protect our patrons, and appoint us for wealth with good offspring, for refreshment.

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