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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 180

RV 10 180.1

प्र ससाहिषे पुरुहूत शत्रूञ् ज्येष्ठस् ते शुष्म इह रातिर् अस्तु । इन्द्रा भर दक्षिणेना वसूनि पतिः सिन्धूनाम् असि रेवतीनाम्

pra sasāhiṣe puruhūta śatrūñ jyeṣṭhas te śuṣma iha rātir astu | indrā bhara dakṣiṇenā vasūni patiḥ sindhūnām asi revatīnām

O MUCH-INVOKED, thou hast subdued thy foemen: thy might is loftiest; here display thy bounty. In thy right hand, O Indra, bring us treasures: thou art the Lord of rivers filled with riches.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 10 180.2

मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः परावत आ जगन्था परस्याः । सृकꣳ सꣳशाय पविम् इन्द्र तिग्मꣳ वि शत्रून् ताऴ्हि वि मृधो नुदस्व

mṛgo na bhīmaḥ kucaro giriṣṭhāḥ parāvata ā jaganthā parasyāḥ | sṛkaṁ saṁśāya pavim indra tigmaṁ vi śatrūn tāḻhi vi mṛdho nudasva

Like a dread wild beast that roams where it will and dwells in the mountains, you have come from a far-off distance. Having whetted your spear, your keen blade, Indra, strike the foes apart, thrust the attackers away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Like a dread wild beast roaming on the mountain thou hast approached us from the farthest distance. Whetting thy bold and thy sharp blade, O Indra, crush thou the foe and scatter those who hate us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 180.3

इन्द्र क्षत्रम् अभि वामम् ओजो ऽजायथा वृषभ चर्षणीनाम् । अपानुदो जनम् अमित्रयन्तम् उरुꣳ देवेभ्यो अकृणोर् उ लोकम्

indra kṣatram abhi vāmam ojo 'jāyathā vṛṣabha carṣaṇīnām | apānudo janam amitrayantam uruṁ devebhyo akṛṇor u lokam

Indra, you were born unto lordship, unto precious vigor, O bull of the peoples; you thrust away the people that acted as enemies, and you made wide room for the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou, mighty Indra, sprangest into being as strength for lovely lordship o'er the people. Thou drovest off the folk who were unfriendly, and to the Gods thou gavest room and freedom.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)