Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 102

RV 10 102.1

प्र ते रथम् मिथूकृतम् इन्द्रो ऽवतु धृष्णुया । अस्मिन्न् आजौ पुरुहूत श्रवाय्ये धनभक्षेषु नो ऽव

pra te ratham mithūkṛtam indro 'vatu dhṛṣṇuyā | asminn ājau puruhūta śravāyye dhanabhakṣeṣu no 'va

Let Indra boldly help your chariot forward, ill-matched (though it is). In this contest that brings fame, O much-invoked one, help us in the sharing out of the spoils.

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RV 10 102.2

उत् स्म वातो वहति वासो ऽस्या अधिरथꣳ यद् अजयत् सहस्रम् । रथीर् अभून् मुद्गलानी गविष्टौ भरे कृतꣳ व्य् अचेद् इन्द्रसेना

ut sma vāto vahati vāso 'syā adhirathaṁ yad ajayat sahasram | rathīr abhūn mudgalānī gaviṣṭau bhare kṛtaṁ vy aced indrasenā

The wind lifts up her garment, when she won the thousand that was the chariot's load. Mudgalānī became the charioteer in the cattle-raid; in the contest Indra's arrow(?) marked out the winning throw.

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RV 10 102.3

अन्तर् यच्छ जिघाꣳसतो वज्रम् इन्द्राभिदासतः । दासस्य वा मघवन्न् आर्यस्य वा सनुतर् यवया वधम्

antar yaccha jighāṁsato vajram indrābhidāsataḥ | dāsasya vā maghavann āryasya vā sanutar yavayā vadham

Hold back within (your grasp), O Indra, the bolt of the one who seeks to kill, who attacks. Whether of Dāsa or of Ārya, O Maghavan, keep the deadly weapon far away.

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RV 10 102.4

उद्नो ह्रदम् अपिबज् जर्हृषाणः कूटꣳ स्म तृꣳहद् अभिमातिम् एति । प्र मुष्कभारः श्रव इच्छमानो ऽजिरम् बाहू अभरत् सिषासन्

udno hradam apibaj jarhṛṣāṇaḥ kūṭaṁ sma tṛṁhad abhimātim eti | pra muṣkabhāraḥ śrava icchamāno 'jiram bāhū abharat siṣāsan

Bristling with excitement he drank a pool of water; shattering the peak(?) he goes against the adversary. Bearing his testicles, seeking fame, he moved his two arms swiftly, eager to win.

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RV 10 102.5

न्य् अक्रन्दयन्न् उपयन्त एनम् अमेहयन् वृषभम् मध्य आजेः । तेन सूभर्वꣳ शतवत् सहस्रꣳ गवाम् मुद्गलः प्रधने जिगाय

ny akrandayann upayanta enam amehayan vṛṣabham madhya ājeḥ | tena sūbharvaṁ śatavat sahasraṁ gavām mudgalaḥ pradhane jigāya

Approaching him, they made (him) bellow; they made the bull urinate in the middle of the race. By him Mudgala won in the contest a hundredfold thousand of well-pastured cows.

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RV 10 102.6

ककर्दवे वृषभो युक्त आसीद् अवावचीत् सारथिर् अस्य केशी । दुधेर् युक्तस्य द्रवतः सहानस ऋच्छन्ति ष्मा निष्पदो मुद्गलानीम्

kakardave vṛṣabho yukta āsīd avāvacīt sārathir asya keśī | dudher yuktasya dravataḥ sahānasa ṛcchanti ṣmā niṣpado mudgalānīm

The bull was yoked to the kakardu; his long-haired charioteer cried out. As the wild (bull), yoked, runs with the cart, the spurts (from his hooves) strike Mudgalānī.

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RV 10 102.7

उत प्रधिम् उद् अहन्न् अस्य विद्वान् उपायुनग् वꣳसगम् अत्र शिक्षन् । इन्द्र उद् आवत् पतिम् अघ्न्यानाम् अरꣳहत पद्याभिः ककुद्मान्

uta pradhim ud ahann asya vidvān upāyunag vaṁsagam atra śikṣan | indra ud āvat patim aghnyānām araṁhata padyābhiḥ kakudmān

And knowing (what to do), he lifted up its wheel-rim; he yoked the bull there, training it. Indra helped the lord of the cows; the humped one sped on with his strides.

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RV 10 102.8

शुनम् अष्ट्राव्य् अचरत् कपर्दी वरत्रायाꣳ दार्व् आनह्यमानः । नृम्णानि कृण्वन् बहवे जनाय गाः पस्पशानस् तविषीर् अधत्त

śunam aṣṭrāvy acarat kapardī varatrāyāṁ dārv ānahyamānaḥ | nṛmṇāni kṛṇvan bahave janāya gāḥ paspaśānas taviṣīr adhatta

Prosperously the braided one went with the goad, the wooden (club) being tied to the thong. Doing manly deeds for many a person, catching sight of the cows, he took on powers.

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RV 10 102.9

इमꣳ तम् पश्य वृषभस्य युञ्जꣳ काष्ठाया मध्ये द्रुघणꣳ शयानम् । येन जिगाय शतवत् सहस्रꣳ गवाम् मुद्गलः पृतनाज्येषु

imaṁ tam paśya vṛṣabhasya yuñjaṁ kāṣṭhāyā madhye drughaṇaṁ śayānam | yena jigāya śatavat sahasraṁ gavām mudgalaḥ pṛtanājyeṣu

Look at this yoke-fellow of the bull, the wooden club lying in the middle of the course, by which Mudgala won a hundredfold thousand of cows in the onsets of battle.

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RV 10 102.10

आरे अघा को न्व् इ१त्था ददर्श यꣳ युञ्जन्ति तम् व् आ स्थापयन्ति । नास्मै तृणꣳ नोदकम् आ भरन्त्य् उत्तरो धुरो वहति प्रदेदिशत्

āre aghā ko nv i1tthā dadarśa yaṁ yuñjanti tam v ā sthāpayanti | nāsmai tṛṇaṁ nodakam ā bharanty uttaro dhuro vahati pradediśat

Far off be the evils! Who indeed has seen such a thing — him whom they yoke, him too they set in place? They bring him neither grass nor water. Higher than the yoke-pole he draws, pointing ahead.

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RV 10 102.11

परिवृक्तेव पतिविद्यम् आनट् पीप्याना कूचक्रेणेव सिञ्चन् । एषैष्या चिद् रथ्या जयेम सुमङ्गलꣳ सिनवद् अस्तु सातम्

parivṛkteva patividyam ānaṭ pīpyānā kūcakreṇeva siñcan | eṣaiṣyā cid rathyā jayema sumaṅgalaṁ sinavad astu sātam

Like a set-aside wife she has won the finding of a husband; swelling (with milk), as though sprinkling with a well-wheel. May we win, as charioteers of the (mare) that is to come: let the gain be of good omen and bring abundance.

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RV 10 102.12

त्वꣳ विश्वस्य जगतश् चक्षुर् इन्द्रासि चक्षुषः । वृषा यद् आजिꣳ वृषणा सिषाससि चोदयन् वध्रिणा युजा

tvaṁ viśvasya jagataś cakṣur indrāsi cakṣuṣaḥ | vṛṣā yad ājiṁ vṛṣaṇā siṣāsasi codayan vadhriṇā yujā

You, Indra, are the eye of the whole moving world, the eye of the eye, when you, a bull, seek to win the race with a bull, urging (it) on with a gelded yoke-mate.

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