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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 7

RV 1 7.1

इन्द्रम् इद् गाथिनो बृहद् इन्द्रम् अर्केभिर् अर्किणः । इन्द्रꣳ वाणीर् अनूषत

indram id gāthino bṛhad indram arkebhir arkiṇaḥ | indraṁ vāṇīr anūṣata

Indra indeed the singers (sing) aloud, Indra the chanters with their chants; to Indra the voices have cried out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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INDRA the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds, Indra the choirs have glorified.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.2

इन्द्र इद् धर्योः सचा सम्मिश्ल आ वचोयुजा । इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः

indra id dharyoḥ sacā sammiśla ā vacoyujā | indro vajrī hiraṇyayaḥ

Indra indeed is beside the two bay horses, closely joined with (the team) yoked by a word; Indra the vajra-bearer, golden.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked car, Indra the golden, thunder-armed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.3

इन्द्रो दीर्घाय चक्षस आ सूर्यꣳ रोहयद् दिवि । वि गोभिर् अद्रिम् ऐरयत्

indro dīrghāya cakṣasa ā sūryaṁ rohayad divi | vi gobhir adrim airayat

Indra, for far seeing, made the sun rise up in heaven; he drove the rock apart with the cows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Indra hath raised the Sun on high in heaven, that he may see afar: He burst the mountain for the kine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.4

इन्द्र वाजेषु नो ऽव सहस्रप्रधनेषु च । उग्र उग्राभिर् ऊतिभिः

indra vājeṣu no 'va sahasrapradhaneṣu ca | ugra ugrābhir ūtibhiḥ

Indra, help us in the prize-contests and in those where a thousand is the stake, (you) mighty one, with mighty aids.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Help us, O Indra, in the frays, yea, frays, where thousand spoils are gained, With awful aids, O awful One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.5

इन्द्रꣳ वयम् महाधन इन्द्रम् अर्भे हवामहे । युजꣳ वृत्रेषु वज्रिणम्

indraṁ vayam mahādhana indram arbhe havāmahe | yujaṁ vṛtreṣu vajriṇam

Indra we call in the great stake-contest, Indra in the small: (our) yoke-fellow, the vajra-bearer against the Vṛtras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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In mighty battle we invoke Indra, Indra in lesser fight, The Friend who bends his bolt at fiends.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.6

स नो वृषन्न् अमुꣳ चरुꣳ सत्रादावन्न् अपा वृधि । अस्मभ्यम् अप्रतिष्कुतः

sa no vṛṣann amuṁ caruṁ satrādāvann apā vṛdhi | asmabhyam apratiṣkutaḥ

So, bull, uncover for us that pot, you who give all at once, (you) who are not pushed back — for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Unclose, our manly Hero, thou for ever bounteous, yonder cloud, For us, thou irresistible.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.7

तुञ्जे-तुञ्जे य उत्तरे स्तोमा इन्द्रस्य वज्रिणः । न विन्धे अस्य सुष्टुतिम्

tuñje-tuñje ya uttare stomā indrasya vajriṇaḥ | na vindhe asya suṣṭutim

In thrust after thrust, whatever praises of Indra the vajra-bearer are the higher ones — I do not fall short of fair praise of him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Still higher, at each strain of mine, thunder-armed Indra's praises rise: I find no laud worthy of him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.8

वृषा यूथेव वꣳसगः कृष्टीर् इयर्त्य् ओजसा । ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुतः

vṛṣā yūtheva vaṁsagaḥ kṛṣṭīr iyarty ojasā | īśāno apratiṣkutaḥ

Like a bull, a stud bull (driving) the herds, he stirs the peoples with his force, ruling, not pushed back.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Even as the bull drives on the herds, he drives the people with his might, The Ruler irresistible:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.9

य एकश् चर्षणीनाꣳ वसूनाम् इरज्यति । इन्द्रः पञ्च क्षितीनाम्

ya ekaś carṣaṇīnāṁ vasūnām irajyati | indraḥ pañca kṣitīnām

He who alone rules over the goods of the peoples, Indra, (lord) of the five settlements.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Indra who rules with single sway men, riches, and the fivefold race Of those who dwell upon the earth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 7.10

इन्द्रꣳ वो विश्वतस् परि हवामहे जनेभ्यः । अस्माकम् अस्तु केवलः

indraṁ vo viśvatas pari havāmahe janebhyaḥ | asmākam astu kevalaḥ

Indra we call for you from all around, away from (other) folk; may he be ours alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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For your sake from each side we call Indra away from other men: Ours, and none others', may he be.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)