Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 84
RV 1 84.1
असावि सोम इन्द्र ते शविष्ठ धृष्णव् आ गहि । आ त्वा पृणक्त्व् इन्द्रियꣳ रजः सूर्यो न रश्मिभिः
asāvi soma indra te śaviṣṭha dhṛṣṇav ā gahi | ā tvā pṛṇaktv indriyaṁ rajaḥ sūryo na raśmibhiḥ
The soma has been pressed for you, Indra, mightiest, daring one: come. May Indra's power fill you, as the sun (fills) the airy space with its rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The Soma hath been pressed for thee, O Indra; mightiest, bold One, come. May Indra-vigour fill thee full, as the Sun fills mid-air with rays.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.2
इन्द्रम् इद् धरी वहतो ऽप्रतिधृष्टशवसम् । ऋषीणाꣳ च स्तुतीर् उप यज्ञꣳ च मानुषाणाम्
indram id dharī vahato 'pratidhṛṣṭaśavasam | ṛṣīṇāṁ ca stutīr upa yajñaṁ ca mānuṣāṇām
Indeed the two bay horses carry Indra, whose strength is unassailable, to the praises of the ṛṣis and to the sacrifice of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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His pair of Tawny Coursers bring Indra of unresisted might Hither to R̥ishis' songs of praise and sacrifice performed by men.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.3
आ तिष्ठ वृत्रहन् रथꣳ युक्ता ते ब्रह्मणा हरी । अर्वाचीनꣳ सु ते मनो ग्रावा कृणोतु वग्नुना
ā tiṣṭha vṛtrahan rathaṁ yuktā te brahmaṇā harī | arvācīnaṁ su te mano grāvā kṛṇotu vagnunā
Mount the chariot, Vṛtra-slayer; your two bays have been yoked by the sacred formula. May the pressing-stone with its noise turn your mind well toward us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Slayer of Vr̥itra, mount thy car; thy Bay Steeds have been yoked by prayer. May, with its voice, the pressing-stone draw thine attention hitherward.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.4
इमम् इन्द्र सुतम् पिब ज्येष्ठम् अमर्त्यम् मदम् । शुक्रस्य त्वाभ्य् अक्षरन् धारा ऋतस्य सादने
imam indra sutam piba jyeṣṭham amartyam madam | śukrasya tvābhy akṣaran dhārā ṛtasya sādane
Drink, Indra, this pressed (soma), the highest immortal exhilaration. The streams of the bright (drink) have flowed toward you in the seat of ṛta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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This poured libation, Indra, drink, immortal, gladdening, excellent. Streams of the bright have flowed to thee here at the seat of holy Law.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.5
इन्द्राय नूनम् अर्चतोक्थानि च ब्रवीतन । सुता अमत्सुर् इन्दवो ज्येष्ठꣳ नमस्यता सहः
indrāya nūnam arcatokthāni ca bravītana | sutā amatsur indavo jyeṣṭhaṁ namasyatā sahaḥ
Sing now to Indra, and speak out the hymns. The pressed drops have exhilarated (him); pay homage to the highest might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Sing glory now to Indra, say to him your solemn eulogies. The drops poured forth have made him glad: pay reverence to his might supreme.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.6
नकिष् ट्वद् रथीतरो हरी यद् इन्द्र यच्छसे । नकिष् ट्वानु मज्मना नकिः स्वश्व आनशे
nakiṣ ṭvad rathītaro harī yad indra yacchase | nakiṣ ṭvānu majmanā nakiḥ svaśva ānaśe
None is a better charioteer than you, when, Indra, you rein in the two bays; none has come up to you in greatness, none, though possessing good horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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When, Indra, thou dost yoke thy Steeds, there is no better charioteer: None hath surpassed thee in thy might, none with good steeds o'ertaken thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.7
य एक इद् विदयते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे । ईशानो अप्रतिष्कुत इन्द्रो अङ्ग
ya eka id vidayate vasu martāya dāśuṣe | īśāno apratiṣkuta indro aṅga
He who alone deals out goods to the mortal who offers, having power, unrepelled — Indra indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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He who alone bestoweth on mortal man who offereth gifts, The ruler of resistless power, is Indra, sure.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.8
कदा मर्तम् अराधसम् पदा क्षुम्पम् इव स्फुरत् । कदा नः शुश्रवद् गिर इन्द्रो अङ्ग
kadā martam arādhasam padā kṣumpam iva sphurat | kadā naḥ śuśravad gira indro aṅga
When will he kick away with his foot, like a mushroom, the mortal who gives no gifts? When will he hear our songs — Indra indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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When will he trample, like a weed, the man who hath no gift for him? When, verily, will Indra hear our songs of praise?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.9
यश् चिद् धि त्वा बहुभ्य आ सुतावाꣳ आविवासति । उग्रꣳ तत् पत्यते शव इन्द्रो अङ्ग
yaś cid dhi tvā bahubhya ā sutāvām̐ āvivāsati | ugraṁ tat patyate śava indro aṅga
For whoever, having pressed (soma), seeks to win you over from many — he becomes master of that formidable power — Indra indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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He who with Soma juice prepared amid the many honours thee,– Verily Indra gains thereby tremendous might.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.10
स्वादोर् इत्था विषूवतो मध्वः पिबन्ति गौर्यः । या इन्द्रेण सयावरीर् वृष्णा मदन्ति शोभसे वस्वीर् अनु स्वराज्यम्
svādor itthā viṣūvato madhvaḥ pibanti gauryaḥ | yā indreṇa sayāvarīr vṛṣṇā madanti śobhase vasvīr anu svarājyam
Thus of the sweet honey that spreads on all sides the gaurī-cows drink, they who, travelling together with Indra the bull, rejoice for beauty's sake, the good ones, in accord with (his) own sovereignty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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The juice of Soma thus diffused, sweet to the taste, the bright cows drink, Who for the sake of splendour close to mighty Indra's side rejoice, good in their own supremacy.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.11
ता अस्य पृशनायुवः सोमꣳ श्रीणन्ति पृश्नयः । प्रिया इन्द्रस्य धेनवो वज्रꣳ हिन्वन्ति सायकꣳ वस्वीर् अनु स्वराज्यम्
tā asya pṛśanāyuvaḥ somaṁ śrīṇanti pṛśnayaḥ | priyā indrasya dhenavo vajraṁ hinvanti sāyakaṁ vasvīr anu svarājyam
They, his dappled ones, longing for mingling, mix the soma; the dear milk-cows of Indra urge on the hurled mace, the good ones, in accord with (his) own sovereignty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Craving his touch the dappled kine mingle the Soma with their milk. The milch-kine dear to Indra send forth his death-dealing thunderbolt, good in their own supremacy.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.12
ता अस्य नमसा सहः सपर्यन्ति प्रचेतसः । व्रतान्य् अस्य सश्चिरे पुरूणि पूर्वचित्तये वस्वीर् अनु स्वराज्यम्
tā asya namasā sahaḥ saparyanti pracetasaḥ | vratāny asya saścire purūṇi pūrvacittaye vasvīr anu svarājyam
They, the very wise, honour his might with homage; they attend upon his many vratas, for (his) prior thought, the good ones, in accord with (his) own sovereignty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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With veneration, passing wise, honouring his victorious might, They follow close his many laws to win them due preeminence, good in their own supremacy.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.13
इन्द्रो दधीचो अस्थभिर् वृत्राण्य् अप्रतिष्कुतः । जघान नवतीर् नव
indro dadhīco asthabhir vṛtrāṇy apratiṣkutaḥ | jaghāna navatīr nava
Indra, unrepelled, with the bones of Dadhyañc smote ninety-nine Vṛtras (obstacles).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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With bones of Dadhyac for his arms, Indra, resistless in attack, Struck nine-and-ninety Vr̥itras dead.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.14
इच्छन्न् अश्वस्य यच् छिरः पर्वतेष्व् अपश्रितम् । तद् विदच् छर्यणावति
icchann aśvasya yac chiraḥ parvateṣv apaśritam | tad vidac charyaṇāvati
Seeking the horse's head that was hidden away in the mountains, he found it at Śaryaṇāvat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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He, searching for the horse's head, removed among the mountains, found At Ṣaryaṇâvân what he sought.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.15
अत्राह गोर् अमन्वत नाम त्वष्टुर् अपीच्यम् । इत्था चन्द्रमसो गृहे
atrāha gor amanvata nāma tvaṣṭur apīcyam | itthā candramaso gṛhe
Then indeed they thought of the hidden name of the cow, of Tvaṣṭar — thus, in the house of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Then verily they recognized the essential form of Tvashṭar's Bull, Here in the mansion of the Moon.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.16
को अद्य युङ्क्ते धुरि गा ऋतस्य शिमीवतो भामिनो दुर्हृणायून् । आसन्निषून् हृत्स्वसो मयोभून् य एषाम् भृत्याम् ऋणधत् स जीवात्
ko adya yuṅkte dhuri gā ṛtasya śimīvato bhāmino durhṛṇāyūn | āsanniṣūn hṛtsvaso mayobhūn ya eṣām bhṛtyām ṛṇadhat sa jīvāt
Who today yokes to the pole the cows of ṛta, the vigorous, wrathful, ill-tempered ones, with arrows in their mouths, (yet) hitting the heart, bringing joy? Whoever discharges their maintenance, he shall live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Who yokes to-day unto the pole of Order the strong and passionate steers of checkless spirit, With shaft-armed mouths, heart-piercing, health-bestowing? Long shall he live who richly pays their service.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.17
क ईषते तुज्यते को बिभाय को मꣳसते सन्तम् इन्द्रꣳ को अन्ति । कस् तोकाय क इभायोत राये ऽधि ब्रवत् तन्वे३ को जनाय
ka īṣate tujyate ko bibhāya ko maṁsate santam indraṁ ko anti | kas tokāya ka ibhāyota rāye 'dhi bravat tanve3 ko janāya
Who flees, who is pressed hard, who has feared? Who thinks that Indra is present, (who) that (he is) near? Who speaks up for offspring, who for retainers and for wealth, who for his own body, who for his people?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Who fleeth forth? who suffereth? who feareth? Who knoweth Indra present, Indra near us? Who sendeth benediction on his offspring, his household, wealth and person, and the People?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.18
को अग्निम् ईट्टे हविषा घृतेन स्रुचा यजाता ऋतुभिर् ध्रुवेभिः । कस्मै देवा आ वहान् आशु होम को मꣳसते वीतिहोत्रः सुदेवः
ko agnim īṭṭe haviṣā ghṛtena srucā yajātā ṛtubhir dhruvebhiḥ | kasmai devā ā vahān āśu homa ko maṁsate vītihotraḥ sudevaḥ
Who invokes Agni with an oblation, with ghee, (who) will sacrifice with the ladle at the fixed seasons? To whom will the gods swiftly bring (goods) at the offering? Who, with the offering welcomed, having good gods, thinks (so)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Who with poured oil and offering honours Agni, with ladle worships at appointed seasons? To whom to the Gods bring oblation quickly? What offerer, God-favoured, knows him thoroughly?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.19
त्वम् अङ्ग प्र शꣳसिषो देवः शविष्ठ मर्त्यम् । न त्वद् अन्यो मघवन्न् अस्ति मर्डितेन्द्र ब्रवीमि ते वचः
tvam aṅga pra śaṁsiṣo devaḥ śaviṣṭha martyam | na tvad anyo maghavann asti marḍitendra bravīmi te vacaḥ
You indeed, O mightiest god, will proclaim the mortal (worthy). There is no other merciful one than you, O bounteous Indra; I speak my word to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Thou as a God, O Mightiest, verily blessest mortal man. O Maghavan, there is no comforter but thou: Indra, I speak my words to thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 84.20
मा ते राधाꣳसि मा त ऊतयो वसो ऽस्मान् कदा चना दभन् । विश्वा च न उपमिमीहि मानुष वसूनि चर्षणिभ्य आ
mā te rādhāṁsi mā ta ūtayo vaso 'smān kadā canā dabhan | viśvā ca na upamimīhi mānuṣa vasūni carṣaṇibhya ā
Let not your gifts, let not your aids, O good one, ever fail us; and measure out to us, O friend of men, all goods from the peoples.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let not thy bounteous gifts, let not thy saving help fail us, good Lord, at any time; And measure out to us, thou lover of mankind, all riches hitherward from men.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)