Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 15

RV 2 15.1

प्र घा न्व् अस्य महतो महानि सत्या सत्यस्य करणानि वोचम् । त्रिकद्रुकेष्व् अपिबत् सुतस्यास्य मदे अहिम् इन्द्रो जघान

pra ghā nv asya mahato mahāni satyā satyasya karaṇāni vocam | trikadrukeṣv apibat sutasyāsya made ahim indro jaghāna

Now indeed I shall proclaim the great deeds of this great one, the true deeds of the true one. At the Trikadrukas he drank of the pressed (soma); in the rapture of it Indra struck down the serpent.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.2

अवꣳशे द्याम् अस्तभायद् बृहन्तम् आ रोदसी अपृणद् अन्तरिक्षम् । स धारयत् पृथिवीम् पप्रथच् च सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

avaṁśe dyām astabhāyad bṛhantam ā rodasī apṛṇad antarikṣam | sa dhārayat pṛthivīm paprathac ca somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

In the beamless (space) he propped up the lofty heaven; he filled the two worlds and the midspace. He held the earth fast and spread it out — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.3

सद्मेव प्राचो वि मिमाय मानैर् वज्रेण खान्य् अतृणन् नदीनाम् । वृथासृजत् पथिभिर् दीर्घयाथैः सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

sadmeva prāco vi mimāya mānair vajreṇa khāny atṛṇan nadīnām | vṛthāsṛjat pathibhir dīrghayāthaiḥ somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

Like a dwelling, he measured out the eastward (spaces) with measures; with the mace he bored open the channels of the rivers. At his ease he let (them) loose by paths of long course — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.4

स प्रवोऴ्हॄन् परिगत्या दभीतेर् विश्वम् अधाग् आयुधम् इद्धे अग्नौ । सꣳ गोभिर् अश्वैर् असृजद् रथेभिः सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

sa pravoḻhṝn parigatyā dabhīter viśvam adhāg āyudham iddhe agnau | saṁ gobhir aśvair asṛjad rathebhiḥ somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

Having gone around the abductors of Dabhīti, he burned up all their weaponry in the kindled fire; he brought (him) together with cattle, horses, chariots — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.5

स ईम् महीꣳ धुनिम् एतोर् अरम्णात् सो अस्नातॄन् अपारयत् स्वस्ति । त उत्स्नाय रयिम् अभि प्र तस्थुः सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

sa īm mahīṁ dhunim etor aramṇāt so asnātṝn apārayat svasti | ta utsnāya rayim abhi pra tasthuḥ somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

He stilled the great roaring (river) from its course; he carried the non-swimmers across in safety. They, having got out of the water, went forward toward wealth — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.6

सोदञ्चꣳ सिन्धुम् अरिणान् महित्वा वज्रेणान उषसः सम् पिपेष । अजवसो जविनीभिर् विवृश्चन् सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

sodañcaṁ sindhum ariṇān mahitvā vajreṇāna uṣasaḥ sam pipeṣa | ajavaso javinībhir vivṛścan somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

With his greatness he made the Sindhu flow northward; with the mace he crushed the cart of Uṣas, cutting down the slow ones with the swift ones — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

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

RV 2 15.7

स विद्वाꣳ अपगोहꣳ कनीनाम् आविर् भवन्न् उद् अतिष्ठत् परावृक् । प्रति श्रोणः स्थाद् व्य् अ१नग् अचष्ट सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

sa vidvām̐ apagohaṁ kanīnām āvir bhavann ud atiṣṭhat parāvṛk | prati śroṇaḥ sthād vy a1nag acaṣṭa somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

Knowing the hiding-place of the maidens, the outcast, becoming manifest, stood up; the lame one stood upright, the blind one saw — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.8

भिनद् वलम् अङ्गिरोभिर् गृणानो वि पर्वतस्य दृꣳहितान्य् ऐरत् । रिणग् रोधाꣳसि कृत्रिमाण्य् एषाꣳ सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

bhinad valam aṅgirobhir gṛṇāno vi parvatasya dṛṁhitāny airat | riṇag rodhāṁsi kṛtrimāṇy eṣāṁ somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

Praised by the Aṅgirases, he split Vala; he drove apart the fastnesses of the mountain; he undid their artificial barriers — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.9

स्वप्नेनाभ्युप्या चुमुरिꣳ धुनिꣳ च जघन्थ दस्युम् प्र दभीतिम् आवः । रम्भी चिद् अत्र विविदे हिरण्यꣳ सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश् चकार

svapnenābhyupyā cumuriṁ dhuniṁ ca jaghantha dasyum pra dabhītim āvaḥ | rambhī cid atra vivide hiraṇyaṁ somasya tā mada indraś cakāra

Having covered (them) over with sleep, you slew Cumuri and Dhuni, the Dasyu; you helped Dabhīti forward. Even the staff-bearer found gold there — these things Indra did in the rapture of soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 15.10

नूनꣳ सा ते प्रति वरꣳ जरित्रे दुहीयद् इन्द्र दक्षिणा मघोनी । शिक्षा स्तोतृभ्यो माति धग् भगो नो बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

nūnaṁ sā te prati varaṁ jaritre duhīyad indra dakṣiṇā maghonī | śikṣā stotṛbhyo māti dhag bhago no bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

Now may that bountiful priestly gift of yours, Indra, yield milk to the singer according to his wish. Be generous to the praisers; let fortune not pass us by. May we speak loudly at the ritual assembly, having good heroes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition