Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 89

RV 10 89.1

इन्द्रꣳ स्तवा नृतमꣳ यस्य मह्ना विबबाधे रोचना वि ज्मो अन्तान् । आ यः पप्रौ चर्षणीधृद् वरोभिः प्र सिन्धुभ्यो रिरिचानो महित्वा

indraṁ stavā nṛtamaṁ yasya mahnā vibabādhe rocanā vi jmo antān | ā yaḥ paprau carṣaṇīdhṛd varobhiḥ pra sindhubhyo riricāno mahitvā

Let me praise Indra, the most manly, by whose greatness he thrust apart the realms of light and the ends of the earth; who, upholder of the peoples, has filled (them) with his expanses, surpassing the rivers in his greatness.

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RV 10 89.2

स सूर्यः पर्य् उरू वराꣳस्य् एन्द्रो ववृत्याद् रथ्येव चक्रा । अतिष्ठन्तम् अपस्य१ꣳ न सर्गꣳ कृष्णा तमाꣳसि त्विष्या जघान

sa sūryaḥ pary urū varāṁsy endro vavṛtyād rathyeva cakrā | atiṣṭhantam apasya1ṁ na sargaṁ kṛṣṇā tamāṁsi tviṣyā jaghāna

May he, the sun, may Indra turn the broad spaces around like a chariot's wheels; like a watery flood that does not stand still, he struck down the black darknesses with his glitter.

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RV 10 89.3

समानम् अस्मा अनपावृद् अर्च क्ष्मया दिवो असमम् ब्रह्म नव्यम् । वि यः पृष्ठेव जनिमान्य् अर्य इन्द्रश् चिकाय न सखायम् ईषे

samānam asmā anapāvṛd arca kṣmayā divo asamam brahma navyam | vi yaḥ pṛṣṭheva janimāny arya indraś cikāya na sakhāyam īṣe

Sing to him a song held in common, one that never turns back, a new formula unmatched from earth to heaven — he who has surveyed the generations, as (one surveys) ridges, the lordly Indra; he does not seek out a comrade.

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RV 10 89.4

इन्द्राय गिरो अनिशितसर्गा अपः प्रेरयꣳ सगरस्य बुध्नात् । यो अक्षेणेव चक्रिया शचीभिर् विष्वक् तस्तम्भ पृथिवीम् उत द्याम्

indrāya giro aniśitasargā apaḥ prerayaṁ sagarasya budhnāt | yo akṣeṇeva cakriyā śacībhir viṣvak tastambha pṛthivīm uta dyām

For Indra (I sent forth) songs whose flow is never slackened; I urged the waters onward from the bottom of the sea — he who with his powers propped earth and heaven apart, as (one fixes) wheels on an axle.

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RV 10 89.5

आपान्तमन्युस् तृपलप्रभर्मा धुनिः शिमीवाञ् छरुमाꣳ ऋजीषी । सोमो विश्वान्य् अतसा वनानि नार्वाग् इन्द्रम् प्रतिमानानि देभुः

āpāntamanyus tṛpalaprabharmā dhuniḥ śimīvāñ charumām̐ ṛjīṣī | somo viśvāny atasā vanāni nārvāg indram pratimānāni debhuḥ

His fury drunk to the full, bringing (offerings) swiftly, roaring, vigorous, armed with the missile, drinker of the ṛjīṣa — soma (has pervaded) all the dry woods; the counterweights have not overcome Indra here.

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RV 10 89.6

न यस्य द्यावापृथिवी न धन्व नान्तरिक्षꣳ नाद्रयः सोमो अक्षाः । यद् अस्य मन्युर् अधिनीयमानः शृणाति वीऴु रुजति स्थिराणि

na yasya dyāvāpṛthivī na dhanva nāntarikṣaṁ nādrayaḥ somo akṣāḥ | yad asya manyur adhinīyamānaḥ śṛṇāti vīḻu rujati sthirāṇi

He whom neither heaven and earth, nor the dry land, nor the midspace, nor the rocks (could hold) — soma has flowed (for him) — when his fury, being led on, shatters what is strong and breaks what is firm.

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RV 10 89.7

जघान वृत्रꣳ स्वधितिर् वनेव रुरोज पुरो अरदन् न सिन्धून् । बिभेद गिरिꣳ नवम् इन् न कुम्भम् आ गा इन्द्रो अकृणुत स्वयुग्भिः

jaghāna vṛtraṁ svadhitir vaneva ruroja puro aradan na sindhūn | bibheda giriṁ navam in na kumbham ā gā indro akṛṇuta svayugbhiḥ

He slew Vṛtra as an axe (fells) trees, he broke the strongholds, he dug out the rivers; he split the mountain as if it were a new pot; with his own yoke-fellows Indra drove the cows here.

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RV 10 89.8

त्वꣳ ह त्यद् ऋणया इन्द्र धीरो ऽसिर् न पर्व वृजिना शृणासि । प्र ये मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम युजꣳ न जना मिनन्ति मित्रम्

tvaṁ ha tyad ṛṇayā indra dhīro 'sir na parva vṛjinā śṛṇāsi | pra ye mitrasya varuṇasya dhāma yujaṁ na janā minanti mitram

You indeed, Indra, avenger of debts, skilled, shatter the crooked ones as a blade (shatters) joints — those who violate the ordinance of Mitra and Varuṇa, as men break faith with a friend, their yoke-mate.

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RV 10 89.9

प्र ये मित्रम् प्रार्यमणꣳ दुरेवाः प्र सꣳगिरः प्र वरुणम् मिनन्ति । न्य् अ१मित्रेषु वधम् इन्द्र तुम्रꣳ वृषन् वृषाणम् अरुषꣳ शिशीहि

pra ye mitram prāryamaṇaṁ durevāḥ pra saṁgiraḥ pra varuṇam minanti | ny a1mitreṣu vadham indra tumraṁ vṛṣan vṛṣāṇam aruṣaṁ śiśīhi

Those of evil ways who violate Mitra, who violate Aryaman, who violate agreements, who violate Varuṇa — against these foes, Indra, sharpen the stout weapon, the ruddy bull (of a weapon), O bull.

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RV 10 89.10

इन्द्रो दिव इन्द्र ईशे पृथिव्या इन्द्रो अपाम् इन्द्र इत् पर्वतानाम् । इन्द्रो वृधाम् इन्द्र इन् मेधिराणाम् इन्द्रः क्षेमे योगे हव्य इन्द्रः

indro diva indra īśe pṛthivyā indro apām indra it parvatānām | indro vṛdhām indra in medhirāṇām indraḥ kṣeme yoge havya indraḥ

Indra rules over heaven, Indra over the earth, Indra over the waters, Indra over the mountains; Indra over the strong, Indra over the wise; Indra is to be invoked in rest and in enterprise, Indra.

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RV 10 89.11

प्राक्तुभ्य इन्द्रः प्र वृधो अहभ्यः प्रान्तरिक्षात् प्र समुद्रस्य धासेः । प्र वातस्य प्रथसः प्र ज्मो अन्तात् प्र सिन्धुभ्यो रिरिचे प्र क्षितिभ्यः

prāktubhya indraḥ pra vṛdho ahabhyaḥ prāntarikṣāt pra samudrasya dhāseḥ | pra vātasya prathasaḥ pra jmo antāt pra sindhubhyo ririce pra kṣitibhyaḥ

Indra (has grown) beyond the nights, he has grown beyond the days, beyond the midspace, beyond the sea's foundation, beyond the wind's expanse, beyond the end of the ground, beyond the rivers, beyond the settled lands he has extended.

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RV 10 89.12

प्र शोशुचत्या उषसो न केतुर् असिन्वा ते वर्तताम् इन्द्र हेतिः । अश्मेव विध्य दिव आ सृजानस् तपिष्ठेन हेषसा द्रोघमित्रान्

pra śośucatyā uṣaso na ketur asinvā te vartatām indra hetiḥ | aśmeva vidhya diva ā sṛjānas tapiṣṭhena heṣasā droghamitrān

Like the banner of the blazing dawn, let your insatiable missile roll forth, Indra; hurled from heaven, pierce like a stone, with the most burning weapon, those who are treacherous to friends.

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RV 10 89.13

अन्व् अह मासा अन्व् इद् वनान्य् अन्व् ओषधीर् अनु पर्वतासः । अन्व् इन्द्रꣳ रोदसी वावशाने अन्व् आपो अजिहत जायमानम्

anv aha māsā anv id vanāny anv oṣadhīr anu parvatāsaḥ | anv indraṁ rodasī vāvaśāne anv āpo ajihata jāyamānam

After him indeed the months, after him the woods, after (him) the plants, after (him) the mountains; after Indra the two world-halves, bellowing, after (him) the waters bowed down as he was being born.

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RV 10 89.14

कर्हि स्वित् सा त इन्द्र चेत्यासद् अघस्य यद् भिनदो रक्ष एषत् । मित्रक्रुवो यच् छसने न गावः पृथिव्या आपृग् अमुया शयन्ते

karhi svit sā ta indra cetyāsad aghasya yad bhinado rakṣa eṣat | mitrakruvo yac chasane na gāvaḥ pṛthivyā āpṛg amuyā śayante

When, Indra, will that (deed) of yours be known — that you split the evil rakṣas as it rushed on? For those who do violence to a friend lie there in that fashion, pressed flat on the earth, like cows at the slaughtering-place.

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RV 10 89.15

शत्रूयन्तो अभि ये नस् ततस्रे महि व्राधन्त ओगणास इन्द्र । अन्धेनामित्रास् तमसा सचन्ताꣳ सुज्योतिषो अक्तवस् ताꣳ अभि ष्युः

śatrūyanto abhi ye nas tatasre mahi vrādhanta ogaṇāsa indra | andhenāmitrās tamasā sacantāṁ sujyotiṣo aktavas tām̐ abhi ṣyuḥ

Those who, acting as enemies, have pressed upon us, greatly swelling in bands, Indra — let those foes be joined with blind darkness, and let the nights of good light belong to them (i.e. to us).

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RV 10 89.16

पुरूणि हि त्वा सवना जनानाम् ब्रह्माणि मन्दन् गृणताम् ऋषीणाम् । इमाम् आघोषन्न् अवसा सहूतिꣳ तिरो विश्वाꣳ अर्चतो याह्य् अर्वाङ्

purūṇi hi tvā savanā janānām brahmāṇi mandan gṛṇatām ṛṣīṇām | imām āghoṣann avasā sahūtiṁ tiro viśvām̐ arcato yāhy arvāṅ

For many pressings of the peoples, the formulas of the ṛṣis who sing, have gladdened you. Calling out this joint invocation, come near with your help, past all who chant.

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RV 10 89.17

एवा ते वयम् इन्द्र भुञ्जतीनाꣳ विद्याम सुमतीनाꣳ नवानाम् । विद्याम वस्तोर् अवसा गृणन्तो विश्वामित्रा उत त इन्द्र नूनम्

evā te vayam indra bhuñjatīnāṁ vidyāma sumatīnāṁ navānām | vidyāma vastor avasā gṛṇanto viśvāmitrā uta ta indra nūnam

So, Indra, may we come to know your new good favours that bring enjoyment; may we, the Viśvāmitras, singing, come to know (them) at daybreak through your help, Indra, now indeed.

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RV 10 89.18

शुनꣳ हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमꣳ वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तꣳ वृत्राणि सꣳजितꣳ धनानाम्

śunaṁ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṁ vājasātau | śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṁ vṛtrāṇi saṁjitaṁ dhanānām

For good fortune let us call on bounteous Indra, the most manly, in this contest, at the winning of the prize — the mighty one who hears, for help in battles, who smites the obstacles, who wins the stakes.

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