Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 138
RV 10 138.1
तव त्य इन्द्र सख्येषु वह्नय ऋतम् मन्वाना व्य् अदर्दिरुर् वलम् । यत्रा दशस्यन्न् उषसो रिणन्न् अपः कुत्साय मन्मन्न् अह्यश् च दꣳसयः
tava tya indra sakhyeṣu vahnaya ṛtam manvānā vy adardirur valam | yatrā daśasyann uṣaso riṇann apaḥ kutsāya manmann ahyaś ca daṁsayaḥ
In your friendships, Indra, those draft-bearers (of yours), thinking on ṛta, burst Vala apart — there, granting favour, they set the dawns and the waters flowing, and by (your) thought you made Kutsa's marvels and the serpent's too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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ALLIED with thee in friendship, Indra, these, thy priests, remembering Holy Law, rent Vr̥itra limb from limb, When they bestowed the Dawns and let the waters flow, and when thou didst chastise dragons at Kutsa's call.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 138.2
अवासृजः प्रस्वः श्वञ्चयो गिरीन् उद् आज उस्रा अपिबो मधु प्रियम् । अवर्धयो वनिनो अस्य दꣳससा शुशोच सूर्य ऋतजातया गिरा
avāsṛjaḥ prasvaḥ śvañcayo girīn ud āja usrā apibo madhu priyam | avardhayo vanino asya daṁsasā śuśoca sūrya ṛtajātayā girā
You released the pregnant ones, you split open the mountains, you drove out the ruddy cows, you drank the dear sweet; you made the trees of the forest grow by this skill (of yours); the sun blazed at the ṛta-born song.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Thou sentest forth productive powers, clavest the hills, thou dravest forth the kine, thou drankest pleasant meath. Thou gavest increase through this Tree's surpassing might. The Sun shone by the hymn that sprang from Holy Law.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 138.3
वि सूर्यो मध्ये अमुचद् रथꣳ दिवो विदद् दासाय प्रतिमानम् आर्यः । दृऴ्हानि पिप्रोर् असुरस्य मायिन इन्द्रो व्य् आस्यच् चकृवाꣳ ऋजिश्वना
vi sūryo madhye amucad rathaṁ divo vidad dāsāya pratimānam āryaḥ | dṛḻhāni pipror asurasya māyina indro vy āsyac cakṛvām̐ ṛjiśvanā
The Sun unyoked his chariot in the middle of heaven; the Ārya found a counter-match for the Dāsa. Indra, acting together with Ṛjiśvan, cast down the strongholds of Pipru, the crafty Asura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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In the mid-way of heaven the Sun unyoked his car: the Ârya found a match to meet his Dam foe. Associate with R̥ijiṣvan Indra overthrew the solid forts of Pipru, conjuring Asura.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 138.4
अनाधृष्टानि धृषितो व्य् आस्यन् निधीꣳर् अदेवाꣳ अमृणद् अयास्यः । मासेव सूर्यो वसु पुर्यम् आ ददे गृणानः शत्रूꣳर् अशृणाद् विरुक्मता
anādhṛṣṭāni dhṛṣito vy āsyan nidhīm̐r adevām̐ amṛṇad ayāsyaḥ | māseva sūryo vasu puryam ā dade gṛṇānaḥ śatrūm̐r aśṛṇād virukmatā
Bold, he cast down what had been unassailable; untiring, he crushed the godless hoards. Like the moon, or like the sun, he took the wealth (that lay) in the fortress; praised, he cut the foes down with his gleaming (weapon).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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He boldly cast down forts which none had e'er assailed: unwearied he destroycd the godless treasure-stores. Like Sun and Moon he took the stronghold's wealth away, and, praised in song, demolished foes with flashing dart.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 138.5
अयुद्धसेनो विभ्वा विभिन्दता दाशद् वृत्रहा तुज्यानि तेजते । इन्द्रस्य वज्राद् अबिभेद् अभिश्नथः प्राक्रामच् छुन्ध्यूर् अजहाद् उषा अनः
ayuddhaseno vibhvā vibhindatā dāśad vṛtrahā tujyāni tejate | indrasya vajrād abibhed abhiśnathaḥ prākrāmac chundhyūr ajahād uṣā anaḥ
He whose army does not (need to) fight, with the splitting (weapon) of Vibhvan(?) — the Vṛtra-slayer gives, he sharpens what is to be hurled. He (the foe) was afraid of Indra's piercing vajra; the purifying(?) one strode away, Uṣas abandoned her cart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Armed with resistless weapons, with vast power to cleave, the Vr̥itra-slayer whets his darts and deals fordi wounds. Bright Ushas was afraid of Indra's slaughtering bolt: she went upon her way and left her chariot there.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 138.6
एता त्या ते श्रुत्यानि केवला यद् एक एकम् अकृणोर् अयज्ञम् । मासाꣳ विधानम् अदधा अधि द्यवि त्वया विभिन्नम् भरति प्रधिम् पिता
etā tyā te śrutyāni kevalā yad eka ekam akṛṇor ayajñam | māsāṁ vidhānam adadhā adhi dyavi tvayā vibhinnam bharati pradhim pitā
These are those famed deeds of yours, yours alone: that you, one, made the other one sacrificeless. You set the ordering of the months up in heaven; the father carries the felly split apart by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
These are thy famous exploits, only thine, when thou alone hast left the other reft of sacrifice. Thou in the heavens hast set the ordering of the Moons: the Father bears the felly portioned out by thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)