Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 22

RV 10 22.1

कुह श्रुत इन्द्रः कस्मिन्न् अद्य जने मित्रो न श्रूयते । ऋषीणाꣳ वा यः क्षये गुहा वा चर्कृषे गिरा

kuha śruta indraḥ kasminn adya jane mitro na śrūyate | ṛṣīṇāṁ vā yaḥ kṣaye guhā vā carkṛṣe girā

Where is Indra heard of? Among what folk today is he heard of like a friend? Or who is celebrated by song in the dwelling of the ṛṣis, or in secret?

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RV 10 22.2

इह श्रुत इन्द्रो अस्मे अद्य स्तवे वज्र्य् ऋचीषमः । मित्रो न यो जनेष्व् आ यशश् चक्रे असाम्य् आ

iha śruta indro asme adya stave vajry ṛcīṣamaḥ | mitro na yo janeṣv ā yaśaś cakre asāmy ā

Here Indra is heard of; by us today is praised the vajra-bearer, the ṛcīṣama, who like Mitra among the peoples has made his glory complete.

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RV 10 22.3

महो यस् पतिः शवसो असाम्य् आ महो नृम्णस्य तूतुजिः । भर्ता वज्रस्य धृष्णोः पिता पुत्रम् इव प्रियम्

maho yas patiḥ śavaso asāmy ā maho nṛmṇasya tūtujiḥ | bhartā vajrasya dhṛṣṇoḥ pitā putram iva priyam

Who is wholly lord of great might, the impeller of great manliness, upholder of the bold vajra, as a father (upholds) a dear son.

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RV 10 22.4

युजानो अश्वा वातस्य धुनी देवो देवस्य वज्रिवः । स्यन्ता पथा विरुक्मता सृजानः स्तोष्य् अध्वनः

yujāno aśvā vātasya dhunī devo devasya vajrivaḥ | syantā pathā virukmatā sṛjānaḥ stoṣy adhvanaḥ

Yoking the two horses of the wind, the roaring one, god of the god, O vajra-bearer — the two gliding along a shining path — letting (them) loose, I praise the roads.

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RV 10 22.5

त्वꣳ त्या चिद् वातस्याश्वागा ऋज्रा त्मना वहध्यै । ययोर् देवो न मर्त्यो यन्ता नकिर् विदाय्यः

tvaṁ tyā cid vātasyāśvāgā ṛjrā tmanā vahadhyai | yayor devo na martyo yantā nakir vidāyyaḥ

(You yoke) even those two ruddy horses of the wind, come of themselves to draw (you), whose driver, whether god or mortal, none is to be found.

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RV 10 22.6

अध ग्मन्तोशना पृच्छते वाꣳ कदर्था न आ गृहम् । आ जग्मथुः पराकाद् दिवश् च ग्मश् च मर्त्यम्

adha gmantośanā pṛcchate vāṁ kadarthā na ā gṛham | ā jagmathuḥ parākād divaś ca gmaś ca martyam

Then Uśanā, coming, asks you two: with what purpose (have you come) to our house? You two have come from afar, from heaven and from earth, to the mortal.

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RV 10 22.7

आ न इन्द्र पृक्षसे ऽस्माकम् ब्रह्मोद्यतम् । तत् त्वा याचामहे ऽवः शुष्णꣳ यद् धन्न् अमानुषम्

ā na indra pṛkṣase 'smākam brahmodyatam | tat tvā yācāmahe 'vaḥ śuṣṇaṁ yad dhann amānuṣam

To us, Indra, for your feasting our formula has been raised up. This help we ask of you: that by which you slew the unhuman Śuṣṇa.

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RV 10 22.8

अकर्मा दस्युर् अभि नो अमन्तुर् अन्यव्रतो अमानुषः । त्वꣳ तस्यामित्रहन् वधर् दासस्य दम्भय

akarmā dasyur abhi no amantur anyavrato amānuṣaḥ | tvaṁ tasyāmitrahan vadhar dāsasya dambhaya

Riteless, mindless, of alien observance, unhuman, the Dasyu (comes) against us. You, slayer of foes, foil the weapon of that Dāsa.

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RV 10 22.9

त्वꣳ न इन्द्र शूर शूरैर् उत त्वोतासो बर्हणा । पुरुत्रा ते वि पूर्तयो नवन्त क्षोणयो यथा

tvaṁ na indra śūra śūrair uta tvotāso barhaṇā | purutrā te vi pūrtayo navanta kṣoṇayo yathā

You, heroic Indra, (are) for us with heroes, and helped by you (we are) mightily. In many places your fulfilments have roared like rushing waters.

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RV 10 22.10

त्वꣳ तान् वृत्रहत्ये चोदयो नॄन् कार्पाणे शूर वज्रिवः । गुहा यदी कवीनाꣳ विशाꣳ नक्षत्रशवसाम्

tvaṁ tān vṛtrahatye codayo nṝn kārpāṇe śūra vajrivaḥ | guhā yadī kavīnāṁ viśāṁ nakṣatraśavasām

You urged on those men in the Vṛtra-slaying, in the sword-fight, hero, vajra-bearer, when hidden (were the men) of the seer-clans whose might is as of the stars.

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RV 10 22.11

मक्षू ता त इन्द्र दानाप्नस आक्षाणे शूर वज्रिवः । यद् ध शुष्णस्य दम्भयो जातꣳ विश्वꣳ सयावभिः

makṣū tā ta indra dānāpnasa ākṣāṇe śūra vajrivaḥ | yad dha śuṣṇasya dambhayo jātaṁ viśvaṁ sayāvabhiḥ

Swiftly (come) those gift-winning (deeds) of yours, Indra, in the ..., hero, vajra-bearer, when indeed you foiled all that was born of Śuṣṇa, together with your companions.

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RV 10 22.12

माकुध्र्यग् इन्द्र शूर वस्वीर् अस्मे भूवन्न् अभिष्टयः । वयꣳ-वयꣳ त आसाꣳ सुम्ने स्याम वज्रिवः

mākudhryag indra śūra vasvīr asme bhūvann abhiṣṭayaḥ | vayaṁ-vayaṁ ta āsāṁ sumne syāma vajrivaḥ

Not one-sidedly, heroic Indra, let good aids come to be for us; may we, we ourselves, be in the favour of these, O vajra-bearer.

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RV 10 22.13

अस्मे ता त इन्द्र सन्तु सत्याहिꣳसन्तीर् उपस्पृशः । विद्याम यासाम् भुजो धेनूनाꣳ न वज्रिवः

asme tā ta indra santu satyāhiṁsantīr upaspṛśaḥ | vidyāma yāsām bhujo dhenūnāṁ na vajrivaḥ

Let those true, unharming touches of yours be for us, Indra; may we know the enjoyment of them, as of milch-cows, O vajra-bearer.

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RV 10 22.14

अहस्ता यद् अपदी वर्धत क्षाः शचीभिर् वेद्यानाम् । शुष्णम् परि प्रदक्षिणिद् विश्वायवे नि शिश्नथः

ahastā yad apadī vardhata kṣāḥ śacībhir vedyānām | śuṣṇam pari pradakṣiṇid viśvāyave ni śiśnathaḥ

When the handless, footless earth grew by the powers of those to be known(?), you went round Śuṣṇa to the right and struck him down, for the sake of all that lives.

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RV 10 22.15

पिबा-पिबेद् इन्द्र शूर सोमम् मा रिषण्यो वसवान वसुः सन् । उत त्रायस्व गृणतो मघोनो महश् च रायो रेवतस् कृधी नः

pibā-pibed indra śūra somam mā riṣaṇyo vasavāna vasuḥ san | uta trāyasva gṛṇato maghono mahaś ca rāyo revatas kṛdhī naḥ

Drink, drink the soma, heroic Indra; do not fail (us), O lord of goods, being yourself good; and protect the singers and the liberal patrons, and make us rich with great wealth.

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