Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 12

RV 2 12.1

यो जात एव प्रथमो मनस्वान् देवो देवान् क्रतुना पर्यभूषत् । यस्य शुष्माद् रोदसी अभ्यसेताꣳ नृम्णस्य मह्ना स जनास इन्द्रः

yo jāta eva prathamo manasvān devo devān kratunā paryabhūṣat | yasya śuṣmād rodasī abhyasetāṁ nṛmṇasya mahnā sa janāsa indraḥ

He who, the very moment he was born, being the first, the possessor of mind, a god, encompassed the gods with his resolve (kratu); at whose fury the two world-halves trembled, through the greatness of his manly force — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.2

यः पृथिवीꣳ व्यथमानाम् अदृꣳहद् यः पर्वतान् प्रकुपिताꣳ अरम्णात् । यो अन्तरिक्षꣳ विममे वरीयो यो द्याम् अस्तभ्नात् स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ pṛthivīṁ vyathamānām adṛṁhad yaḥ parvatān prakupitām̐ aramṇāt | yo antarikṣaṁ vimame varīyo yo dyām astabhnāt sa janāsa indraḥ

He who made firm the shaking earth, who brought to rest the quaking mountains; who measured out the midspace more widely, who propped up heaven — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.3

यो हत्वाहिम् अरिणात् सप्त सिन्धून् यो गा उदाजद् अपधा वलस्य । यो अश्मनोर् अन्तर् अग्निꣳ जजान सꣳवृक् समत्सु स जनास इन्द्रः

yo hatvāhim ariṇāt sapta sindhūn yo gā udājad apadhā valasya | yo aśmanor antar agniṁ jajāna saṁvṛk samatsu sa janāsa indraḥ

He who, having slain the serpent, made the seven streams flow; who drove the cows out from the closure of Vala; who begot fire between two stones, a plunderer in battles — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.4

येनेमा विश्वा च्यवना कृतानि यो दासꣳ वर्णम् अधरꣳ गुहाकः । श्वघ्नीव यो जिगीवाꣳल् लक्षम् आदद् अर्यः पुष्टानि स जनास इन्द्रः

yenemā viśvā cyavanā kṛtāni yo dāsaṁ varṇam adharaṁ guhākaḥ | śvaghnīva yo jigīvām̐l lakṣam ādad aryaḥ puṣṭāni sa janāsa indraḥ

He by whom all these unsettlings have been brought about; who made the Dāsa colour lower, (hid it) in concealment; who, like a winning gambler, took the stake — the prosperities of the rival — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.5

यꣳ स्मा पृच्छन्ति कुह सेति घोरम् उतेम् आहुर् नैषो अस्तीत्य् एनम् । सो अर्यः पुष्टीर् विज इवा मिनाति श्रद् अस्मै धत्त स जनास इन्द्रः

yaṁ smā pṛcchanti kuha seti ghoram utem āhur naiṣo astīty enam | so aryaḥ puṣṭīr vija ivā mināti śrad asmai dhatta sa janāsa indraḥ

Him, the dreadful one, of whom they ask, "Where is he?", and of whom they even say, "He does not exist" — he diminishes the rival's prosperities like the stakes (at dice). Have faith in him: he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.6

यो रध्रस्य चोदिता यः कृशस्य यो ब्रह्मणो नाधमानस्य कीरेः । युक्तग्राव्णो यो ऽविता सुशिप्रः सुतसोमस्य स जनास इन्द्रः

yo radhrasya coditā yaḥ kṛśasya yo brahmaṇo nādhamānasya kīreḥ | yuktagrāvṇo yo 'vitā suśipraḥ sutasomasya sa janāsa indraḥ

He who is the impeller of the weak, of the lean, of the brahman, of the needy singer; who, fair-lipped, is the helper of the man whose pressing-stones are yoked, whose soma is pressed — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.7

यस्याश्वासः प्रदिशि यस्य गावो यस्य ग्रामा यस्य विश्वे रथासः । यः सूर्यꣳ य उषसꣳ जजान यो अपाꣳ नेता स जनास इन्द्रः

yasyāśvāsaḥ pradiśi yasya gāvo yasya grāmā yasya viśve rathāsaḥ | yaḥ sūryaṁ ya uṣasaṁ jajāna yo apāṁ netā sa janāsa indraḥ

He at whose command are the horses, whose the cows, whose the village-bands, whose all the chariots; who begot the sun, who the dawn, who is the leader of the waters — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.8

यꣳ क्रन्दसी सꣳयती विह्वयेते परे ऽवर उभया अमित्राः । समानꣳ चिद् रथम् आतस्थिवाꣳसा नाना हवेते स जनास इन्द्रः

yaṁ krandasī saṁyatī vihvayete pare 'vara ubhayā amitrāḥ | samānaṁ cid ratham ātasthivāṁsā nānā havete sa janāsa indraḥ

Whom the two roaring (hosts) clashing together call each their own way, both sets of enemies, the farther and the nearer; whom even two men who have mounted one and the same chariot invoke separately — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.9

यस्मान् न ऋते विजयन्ते जनासो यꣳ युध्यमाना अवसे हवन्ते । यो विश्वस्य प्रतिमानम् बभूव यो अच्युतच्युत् स जनास इन्द्रः

yasmān na ṛte vijayante janāso yaṁ yudhyamānā avase havante | yo viśvasya pratimānam babhūva yo acyutacyut sa janāsa indraḥ

Without whom people do not win victory; whom, while they fight, they call on for aid; who has become the counterweight of all, who shakes the unshakable — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.10

यः शश्वतो मह्य् एनो दधानान् अमन्यमानाञ् छर्वा जघान । यः शर्धते नानुददाति शृध्याꣳ यो दस्योर् हन्ता स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ śaśvato mahy eno dadhānān amanyamānāñ charvā jaghāna | yaḥ śardhate nānudadāti śṛdhyāṁ yo dasyor hantā sa janāsa indraḥ

He who with his arrow has struck down the many who laid great guilt upon themselves, unheeding; who does not yield the upper hand to the defiant, who is the slayer of the Dasyu — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.11

यः शम्बरम् पर्वतेषु क्षियन्तꣳ चत्वारिꣳश्याꣳ शरद्य् अन्वविन्दत् । ओजायमानꣳ यो अहिꣳ जघान दानुꣳ शयानꣳ स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ śambaram parvateṣu kṣiyantaṁ catvāriṁśyāṁ śarady anvavindat | ojāyamānaṁ yo ahiṁ jaghāna dānuṁ śayānaṁ sa janāsa indraḥ

He who tracked down Śambara, dwelling among the mountains, in the fortieth autumn; who slew the serpent as it showed its might, the Dānu lying (there) — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.12

यः सप्तरश्मिर् वृषभस् तुविष्मान् अवासृजत् सर्तवे सप्त सिन्धून् । यो रौहिणम् अस्फुरद् वज्रबाहुर् द्याम् आरोहन्तꣳ स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ saptaraśmir vṛṣabhas tuviṣmān avāsṛjat sartave sapta sindhūn | yo rauhiṇam asphurad vajrabāhur dyām ārohantaṁ sa janāsa indraḥ

To him even heaven and earth bow down; at his fury even the mountains are afraid. He who is known as the soma-drinker, with the mace on his arm, who holds the mace in his hand — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.13

द्यावा चिद् अस्मै पृथिवी नमेते शुष्माच् चिद् अस्य पर्वता भयन्ते । यः सोमपा निचितो वज्रबाहुर् यो वज्रहस्तः स जनास इन्द्रः

dyāvā cid asmai pṛthivī namete śuṣmāc cid asya parvatā bhayante | yaḥ somapā nicito vajrabāhur yo vajrahastaḥ sa janāsa indraḥ

He who helps the man who presses, who cooks, who recites, who labours (at the rite) — with his aid; whose strengthening is the sacred formula, whose the soma, whose this bounty — he, O people, is Indra.

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RV 2 12.14

यः सुन्वन्तम् अवति यः पचन्तꣳ यः शꣳसन्तꣳ यः शशमानम् ऊती । यस्य ब्रह्म वर्धनꣳ यस्य सोमो यस्येदꣳ राधः स जनास इन्द्रः

yaḥ sunvantam avati yaḥ pacantaṁ yaḥ śaṁsantaṁ yaḥ śaśamānam ūtī | yasya brahma vardhanaṁ yasya somo yasyedaṁ rādhaḥ sa janāsa indraḥ

You, unruly one, who for the man who presses and cooks do burst open the prize — you are indeed the real one. May we, Indra, be dear to you always, and rich in heroes speak forth at the ritual assembly.

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RV 2 12.15

यः सुन्वते पचते दुध्र आ चिद् वाजꣳ दर्दर्षि स किलासि सत्यः । वयꣳ त इन्द्र विश्वह प्रियासः सुवीरासो विदथम् आ वदेम

yaḥ sunvate pacate dudhra ā cid vājaṁ dardarṣi sa kilāsi satyaḥ | vayaṁ ta indra viśvaha priyāsaḥ suvīrāso vidatham ā vadema

The season is (his) begetter; from her, out of the waters, being swiftly born he entered those (waters) in which he grows. Then he became the swelling one, brimming with milk — that first cream of the stalk, that is worthy of the recitation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain