Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 80

RV 1 80.1

इत्था हि सोम इन् मदे ब्रह्मा चकार वर्धनम् । शविष्ठ वज्रिन्न् ओजसा पृथिव्या निः शशा अहिम् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

itthā hi soma in made brahmā cakāra vardhanam | śaviṣṭha vajrinn ojasā pṛthivyā niḥ śaśā ahim arcann anu svarājyam

Thus indeed, in the exhilaration of Soma, the brahman-priest has made the strengthening (song): O mightiest one with the mace, by your force you flung the serpent off the earth — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.2

स त्वामदद् वृषा मदः सोमः श्येनाभृतः सुतः । येना वृत्रꣳ निर् अद्भ्यो जघन्थ वज्रिन्न् ओजसार्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

sa tvāmadad vṛṣā madaḥ somaḥ śyenābhṛtaḥ sutaḥ | yenā vṛtraṁ nir adbhyo jaghantha vajrinn ojasārcann anu svarājyam

That bull-like exhilaration exhilarated you, the pressed Soma brought by the falcon, by which, O mace-bearer, with your force you smote Vṛtra out from the waters — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.3

प्रेह्य् अभीहि धृष्णुहि न ते वज्रो नि यꣳसते । इन्द्र नृम्णꣳ हि ते शवो हनो वृत्रꣳ जया अपो ऽर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

prehy abhīhi dhṛṣṇuhi na te vajro ni yaṁsate | indra nṛmṇaṁ hi te śavo hano vṛtraṁ jayā apo 'rcann anu svarājyam

Go forth, go against (him), be bold! Your mace will not be held back. For, Indra, your might is manly power: you shall slay Vṛtra, you shall win the waters — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.4

निर् इन्द्र भूम्या अधि वृत्रꣳ जघन्थ निर् दिवः । सृजा मरुत्वतीर् अव जीवधन्या इमा अपो ऽर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

nir indra bhūmyā adhi vṛtraṁ jaghantha nir divaḥ | sṛjā marutvatīr ava jīvadhanyā imā apo 'rcann anu svarājyam

You have smitten Vṛtra away from the earth, Indra, and away from heaven: release downward these waters, attended by the Maruts, bestowing life — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.5

इन्द्रो वृत्रस्य दोधतः सानुꣳ वज्रेण हीऴितः । अभिक्रम्याव जिघ्नते ऽपः सर्माय चोदयन्न् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

indro vṛtrasya dodhataḥ sānuṁ vajreṇa hīḻitaḥ | abhikramyāva jighnate 'paḥ sarmāya codayann arcann anu svarājyam

Indra, provoked, having stepped up, strikes down with the mace the back of the raging Vṛtra, urging the waters to flow — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.6

अधि सानौ नि जिघ्नते वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । मन्दान इन्द्रो अन्धसः सखिभ्यो गातुम् इच्छत्य् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

adhi sānau ni jighnate vajreṇa śataparvaṇā | mandāna indro andhasaḥ sakhibhyo gātum icchaty arcann anu svarājyam

He strikes down upon the back with the hundred-jointed mace; Indra, exhilarated by the (Soma) juice, seeks a path for his comrades — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.7

इन्द्र तुभ्यम् इद् अद्रिवो ऽनुत्तꣳ वज्रिन् वीर्यम् । यद् ध त्यम् मायिनम् मृगꣳ तम् उ त्वम् माययावधीर् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

indra tubhyam id adrivo 'nuttaṁ vajrin vīryam | yad dha tyam māyinam mṛgaṁ tam u tvam māyayāvadhīr arcann anu svarājyam

Indra, to you alone, O wielder of the stone, mace-bearer, is unrivalled heroic power granted; for that wily beast — him indeed you slew by wile — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.8

वि ते वज्रासो अस्थिरन् नवतिꣳ नाव्या३ अनु । महत् त इन्द्र वीर्यम् बाह्वोस् ते बलꣳ हितम् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

vi te vajrāso asthiran navatiṁ nāvyā3 anu | mahat ta indra vīryam bāhvos te balaṁ hitam arcann anu svarājyam

Your mace-blows scattered out along the ninety navigable streams; great is your heroic might, Indra, strength is set in your two arms — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.9

सहस्रꣳ साकम् अर्चत परि ष्टोभत विꣳशतिः । शतैनम् अन्व् अनोनवुर् इन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतम् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

sahasraṁ sākam arcata pari ṣṭobhata viṁśatiḥ | śatainam anv anonavur indrāya brahmodyatam arcann anu svarājyam

Sing together, a thousand (of you); shout around, you twenty! A hundred have bellowed after him: the brahman-song is raised for Indra — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.10

इन्द्रो वृत्रस्य तविषीꣳ निर् अहन् सहसा सहः । महत् तद् अस्य पौꣳस्यꣳ वृत्रꣳ जघन्वाꣳ असृजद् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

indro vṛtrasya taviṣīṁ nir ahan sahasā sahaḥ | mahat tad asya pauṁsyaṁ vṛtraṁ jaghanvām̐ asṛjad arcann anu svarājyam

Indra struck away Vṛtra's power, force with force; great was that manly deed of his: having slain Vṛtra, he released (the waters) — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.11

इमे चित् तव मन्यवे वेपेते भियसा मही । यद् इन्द्र वज्रिन्न् ओजसा वृत्रम् मरुत्वाꣳ अवधीर् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

ime cit tava manyave vepete bhiyasā mahī | yad indra vajrinn ojasā vṛtram marutvām̐ avadhīr arcann anu svarājyam

Even these two great ones tremble with fear at your wrath, when, Indra, mace-bearer, with the Maruts you slew Vṛtra by your force — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.12

न वेपसा न तन्यतेन्द्रꣳ वृत्रो वि बीभयत् । अभ्य् एनꣳ वज्र आयसः सहस्रभृष्टिर् आयतार्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

na vepasā na tanyatendraṁ vṛtro vi bībhayat | abhy enaṁ vajra āyasaḥ sahasrabhṛṣṭir āyatārcann anu svarājyam

Not by trembling, not by thunder did Vṛtra frighten Indra; the iron mace with a thousand points came against him — singing in accord with (his) own sovereignty.

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RV 1 80.13

यद् वृत्रꣳ तव चाशनिꣳ वज्रेण समयोधयः । अहिम् इन्द्र जिघाꣳसतो दिवि ते बद्बधे शवो ऽर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

yad vṛtraṁ tava cāśaniṁ vajreṇa samayodhayaḥ | ahim indra jighāṁsato divi te badbadhe śavo 'rcann anu svarājyam

When you made your bolt fight Vṛtra with the mace, your might, Indra, pressed hard in heaven as you sought to slay the serpent. Sing along to (his) sovereign rule.

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RV 1 80.14

अभिष्टने ते अद्रिवो यत् स्था जगच् च रेजते । त्वष्टा चित् तव मन्यव इन्द्र वेविज्यते भियार्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

abhiṣṭane te adrivo yat sthā jagac ca rejate | tvaṣṭā cit tava manyava indra vevijyate bhiyārcann anu svarājyam

At your thundering roar, O wielder of the stone, whatever stands and whatever moves trembles; even Tvaṣṭṛ shakes with fear at your fury, Indra. Sing along to (his) sovereign rule.

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RV 1 80.15

नहि नु याद् अधीमसीन्द्रꣳ को वीर्या परः । तस्मिन् नृम्णम् उत क्रतुꣳ देवा ओजाꣳसि सꣳ दधुर् अर्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

nahi nu yād adhīmasīndraṁ ko vīryā paraḥ | tasmin nṛmṇam uta kratuṁ devā ojāṁsi saṁ dadhur arcann anu svarājyam

For we do not now reach (the limit of) what (he is): who is beyond Indra in heroic deeds? In him the gods have laid together manliness and resolve and strengths. Sing along to (his) sovereign rule.

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RV 1 80.16

याम् अथर्वा मनुष् पिता दध्यङ् धियम् अत्नत । तस्मिन् ब्रह्माणि पूर्वथेन्द्र उक्था सम् अग्मतार्चन्न् अनु स्वराज्यम्

yām atharvā manuṣ pitā dadhyaṅ dhiyam atnata | tasmin brahmāṇi pūrvathendra ukthā sam agmatārcann anu svarājyam

The vision which Atharvan, Manu the father, and Dadhyañc spread out — in him, as of old, the formulations and the recitations have come together, in Indra. Sing along to (his) sovereign rule.

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