Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 54
RV 10 54.1
ताꣳ सु ते कीर्तिम् मघवन् महित्वा यत् त्वा भीते रोदसी अह्वयेताम् । प्रावो देवाꣳ आतिरो दासम् ओजः प्रजायै त्वस्यै यद् अशिक्ष इन्द्र
tāṁ su te kīrtim maghavan mahitvā yat tvā bhīte rodasī ahvayetām | prāvo devām̐ ātiro dāsam ojaḥ prajāyai tvasyai yad aśikṣa indra
That fame of yours, Maghavan, by your greatness — that the two frightened world-halves called upon you. You helped the gods, you overcame the Dāsa's force, when you gave aid, Indra, for this offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I SING thy fame that, Maghavan, through thy Greatness the heavens and earth invoked thee in their terror, Thou, aiding Gods, didst quell the power of Dâsas, what time thou holpest many a race, O Indra.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 54.2
यद् अचरस् तन्वा वावृधानो बलानीन्द्र प्रब्रुवाणो जनेषु । मायेत् सा ते यानि युद्धान्य् आहुर् नाद्य शत्रुꣳ ननु पुरा विवित्से
yad acaras tanvā vāvṛdhāno balānīndra prabruvāṇo janeṣu | māyet sā te yāni yuddhāny āhur nādya śatruṁ nanu purā vivitse
What you did with your body, growing strong, proclaiming your powers among the peoples — that was your magic art, those combats they tell of; neither today nor before have you found a rival.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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When thou wast roaming, waxen strong in body, telling thy might, Indra, among the people, All that men called thy battles was illusion: no foe hast thou to-day, nor erst hast found one.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 54.3
क उ नु ते महिमनः समस्यास्मत् पूर्व ऋषयो ऽन्तम् आपुः । यन् मातरꣳ च पितरꣳ च साकम् अजनयथास् तन्व१ः स्वायाः
ka u nu te mahimanaḥ samasyāsmat pūrva ṛṣayo 'ntam āpuḥ | yan mātaraṁ ca pitaraṁ ca sākam ajanayathās tanva1ḥ svāyāḥ
Who indeed of the ṛṣis before us has reached the limit of all this greatness of yours — since you begot both mother and father together from your own body?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Who are the R̥ishis, then, who comprehended before our time the bounds of all thy greatness? For from thy body thou hast generated at the same time the Mother and the Father.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 54.4
चत्वारि ते असुर्याणि नामादाभ्यानि महिषस्य सन्ति । त्वम् अङ्ग तानि विश्वानि वित्से येभिः कर्माणि मघवञ् चकर्थ
catvāri te asuryāṇi nāmādābhyāni mahiṣasya santi | tvam aṅga tāni viśvāni vitse yebhiḥ karmāṇi maghavañ cakartha
Four are your asuric names, not to be deceived, yours, the buffalo's. You indeed know all of them, those by which you have done the deeds, Maghavan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Thou, Mighty Steer, hast four supremest natures, Asura natures that may ne'er be injured. All these, O Maghavan, thou surely knowest, wherewith thou hast performed thy great achievements.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 54.5
त्वꣳ विश्वा दधिषे केवलानि यान्य् आविर् या च गुहा वसूनि । कामम् इन् मे मघवन् मा वि तारीस् त्वम् आज्ञाता त्वम् इन्द्रासि दाता
tvaṁ viśvā dadhiṣe kevalāni yāny āvir yā ca guhā vasūni | kāmam in me maghavan mā vi tārīs tvam ājñātā tvam indrāsi dātā
You hold all the goods that are yours alone, those that are manifest and those that are in hiding. Do not cut short my desire, Maghavan; you are the one who takes note, you, Indra, are the giver.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Thou hast all treasures in thy sole possession, treasures made manifest and treasures hidden. Defer not thou, O Maghavan, my longing: thou, art Director, Indra, thou art Giver.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 54.6
यो अदधाज् ज्योतिषि ज्योतिर् अन्तर् यो असृजन् मधुना सम् मधूनि । अध प्रियꣳ शूषम् इन्द्राय मन्म ब्रह्मकृतो बृहदुक्थाद् अवाचि
yo adadhāj jyotiṣi jyotir antar yo asṛjan madhunā sam madhūni | adha priyaṁ śūṣam indrāya manma brahmakṛto bṛhadukthād avāci
He who set light within light, who joined the sweet things together with sweetness — then the dear, strengthening thought for Indra was uttered by Bṛhaduktha, the maker of the formulation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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To him who set the light in things of splendour, and with all sweetness blent essential sweetness, To Indra hath this welcome hymn that strengthens been uttered by the votary Br̥ihaduktha.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)