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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 133

RV 10 133.1

प्रो ष्व् अस्मै पुरोरथम् इन्द्राय शूषम् अर्चत । अभीके चिद् उ लोककृत् सꣳगे समत्सु वृत्रहास्माकम् बोधि चोदिता नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषाꣳ ज्याका अधि धन्वसु

pro ṣv asmai puroratham indrāya śūṣam arcata | abhīke cid u lokakṛt saṁge samatsu vṛtrahāsmākam bodhi coditā nabhantām anyakeṣāṁ jyākā adhi dhanvasu

Sing forth now to this Indra the strengthening song that goes in front like a chariot — for even in the clash he makes room; in the encounter, in the battles, O Vṛtra-slayer, be our urger. May the bowstrings of those petty ones snap upon their bows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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SING strength to Indra that shall set his chariot in the foremost place. Giver of room in closest fight, slayer of foes in shock of war, be thou our great encourager. Let the weak bowstrings break upon the bows of feeble enemies.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 133.2

त्वꣳ सिन्धूꣳर् अवासृजो ऽधराचो अहन्न् अहिम् । अशत्रुर् इन्द्र जज्ञिषे विश्वम् पुष्यसि वार्यꣳ तꣳ त्वा परि ष्वजामहे नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषाꣳ ज्याका अधि धन्वसु

tvaṁ sindhūm̐r avāsṛjo 'dharāco ahann ahim | aśatrur indra jajñiṣe viśvam puṣyasi vāryaṁ taṁ tvā pari ṣvajāmahe nabhantām anyakeṣāṁ jyākā adhi dhanvasu

You released the rivers to flow downward; you slew the serpent. Without a rival, Indra, were you born; you make all that is desirable prosper. Such as you are, we embrace you. May the bowstrings of those petty ones snap upon their bows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou didst destroy the Dragon: thou sentest the rivers down to earth. Foeless, O Indra, wast thou born. Thou tendest well each choicest thing. Therefore we draw us close to thee. Let the weak bowstrings break upon the bows of feeble enemies.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 133.3

वि षु विश्वा अरातयो ऽर्यो नशन्त नो धियः । अस्तासि शत्रवे वधꣳ यो न इन्द्र जिघाꣳसति या ते रातिर् ददिर् वसु नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषाꣳ ज्याका अधि धन्वसु

vi ṣu viśvā arātayo 'ryo naśanta no dhiyaḥ | astāsi śatrave vadhaṁ yo na indra jighāṁsati yā te rātir dadir vasu nabhantām anyakeṣāṁ jyākā adhi dhanvasu

Let all the hostilities of the stranger utterly vanish, (and) his designs against us. You are the hurler of the deadly weapon at the foe who seeks to slay us; yours is the giving that bestows goods. May the bowstrings of those petty ones snap upon their bows.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Destroyed be all malignities and all our enemy's designs. Thy bolt thou castest, at the foe, O Indra, who would srnite us dead: thy liberal bounty gives us wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 133.4

यो न इन्द्राभितो जनो वृकायुर् आदिदेशति । अधस्पदꣳ तम् ईꣳ कृधि विबाधो असि सासहिर् नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषाꣳ ज्याका अधि धन्वसु

yo na indrābhito jano vṛkāyur ādideśati | adhaspadaṁ tam īṁ kṛdhi vibādho asi sāsahir nabhantām anyakeṣāṁ jyākā adhi dhanvasu

The man who from all sides, wolfish, aims at us, O Indra — put him underfoot; you are the thruster-aside, the overpowerer. May the bowstrings of those petty ones snap upon their bows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The robber people round about, Indra, who watch and aim at us,– Trample them down beneath thy foot; a conquering scatterer art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 133.5

यो न इन्द्राभिदासति सनाभिर् यश् च निष्ट्यः । अव तस्य बलꣳ तिर महीव द्यौर् अध त्मना नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषाꣳ ज्याका अधि धन्वसु

yo na indrābhidāsati sanābhir yaś ca niṣṭyaḥ | ava tasya balaṁ tira mahīva dyaur adha tmanā nabhantām anyakeṣāṁ jyākā adhi dhanvasu

Whoever threatens us, Indra, be he of one navel (with us) or an outsider — bear down his force, as the great Heaven does of itself. May the bowstrings of those petty ones snap upon their bows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Whoso assails us, Indra, be the man a stranger or akin, Bring down, thyself, his strength although it be as vast as are the heavens.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 133.6

वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवः सखित्वम् आ रभामहे । ऋतस्य नः पथा नयाति विश्वानि दुरिता नभन्ताम् अन्यकेषाꣳ ज्याका अधि धन्वसु

vayam indra tvāyavaḥ sakhitvam ā rabhāmahe | ṛtasya naḥ pathā nayāti viśvāni duritā nabhantām anyakeṣāṁ jyākā adhi dhanvasu

We, Indra, belonging to you, lay hold of friendship (with you). Lead us by the path of ṛta past all hard passages. May the bowstrings of those petty ones snap upon their bows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Close to thy friendship do we cling, O Indra, and depend, or, thee. Lead us beyond all pain and grief along the path of holy Law.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 133.7

अस्मभ्यꣳ सु त्वम् इन्द्र ताꣳ शिक्ष या दोहते प्रति वरꣳ जरित्रे । अच्छिद्रोध्नी पीपयद् यथा नः सहस्रधारा पयसा मही गौः

asmabhyaṁ su tvam indra tāṁ śikṣa yā dohate prati varaṁ jaritre | acchidrodhnī pīpayad yathā naḥ sahasradhārā payasā mahī gauḥ

Grant us, Indra, that (cow) which yields to the singer according to his wish, so that she may swell for us with milk, with unfailing udder, the great cow of a thousand streams.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Do thou bestow upon us her, O Indra, who yields according to the singer's longing, That the great Cow may, with exhaustless udder, pouring a thousand streams, give milk to feed us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)