Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 16

RV 2 16.1

प्र वः सताꣳ ज्येष्ठतमाय सुष्टुतिम् अग्नाव् इव समिधाने हविर् भरे । इन्द्रम् अजुर्यꣳ जरयन्तम् उक्षितꣳ सनाद् युवानम् अवसे हवामहे

pra vaḥ satāṁ jyeṣṭhatamāya suṣṭutim agnāv iva samidhāne havir bhare | indram ajuryaṁ jarayantam ukṣitaṁ sanād yuvānam avase havāmahe

To the greatest of you good ones I bring forth a fine praise, as an oblation into the kindled fire. Indra, unaging, making (others) age, grown strong, young from of old — we call (him) for help.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 16.2

यस्माद् इन्द्राद् बृहतः किꣳ चनेम् ऋते विश्वान्य् अस्मिन् सम्भृताधि वीर्या । जठरे सोमꣳ तन्वी३ सहो महो हस्ते वज्रम् भरति शीर्षणि क्रतुम्

yasmād indrād bṛhataḥ kiṁ canem ṛte viśvāny asmin sambhṛtādhi vīryā | jaṭhare somaṁ tanvī3 saho maho haste vajram bharati śīrṣaṇi kratum

That lofty Indra, without whom there is nothing at all — in him all the heroic powers are gathered together. In his belly he bears soma, in his body strength, in his hand the mace, in his head resolve.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 16.3

न क्षोणीभ्याम् परिभ्वे त इन्द्रियꣳ न समुद्रैः पर्वतैर् इन्द्र ते रथः । न ते वज्रम् अन्व् अश्नोति कश् चन यद् आशुभिः पतसि योजना पुरु

na kṣoṇībhyām paribhve ta indriyaṁ na samudraiḥ parvatair indra te rathaḥ | na te vajram anv aśnoti kaś cana yad āśubhiḥ patasi yojanā puru

Your Indra-power is not to be encompassed by the two worlds, nor your chariot, Indra, by the seas and the mountains; no one whatever reaches up to your mace, when with your swift ones you fly many leagues.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 16.4

विश्वे ह्य् अस्मै यजताय धृष्णवे क्रतुम् भरन्ति वृषभाय सश्चते । वृषा यजस्व हविषा विदुष्टरः पिबेन्द्र सोमꣳ वृषभेण भानुना

viśve hy asmai yajatāya dhṛṣṇave kratum bharanti vṛṣabhāya saścate | vṛṣā yajasva haviṣā viduṣṭaraḥ pibendra somaṁ vṛṣabheṇa bhānunā

For all bring resolve to him, the worshipful, the bold, the bull, and attend on him. As a bull sacrifice with the oblation, you the more knowing; drink, Indra, the soma with your bullish radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 16.5

वृष्णः कोशः पवते मध्व ऊर्मिर् वृषभान्नाय वृषभाय पातवे । वृषणाध्वर्यू वृषभासो अद्रयो वृषणꣳ सोमꣳ वृषभाय सुष्वति

vṛṣṇaḥ kośaḥ pavate madhva ūrmir vṛṣabhānnāya vṛṣabhāya pātave | vṛṣaṇādhvaryū vṛṣabhāso adrayo vṛṣaṇaṁ somaṁ vṛṣabhāya suṣvati

The bull's vat is being purified, the wave of honey, for the bull whose food is bulls to drink. Bullish are the two adhvaryus, bullish the pressing stones; the bullish soma they press for the bull.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 16.6

वृषा ते वज्र उत ते वृषा रथो वृषणा हरी वृषभाण्य् आयुधा । वृष्णो मदस्य वृषभ त्वम् ईशिष इन्द्र सोमस्य वृषभस्य तृप्णुहि

vṛṣā te vajra uta te vṛṣā ratho vṛṣaṇā harī vṛṣabhāṇy āyudhā | vṛṣṇo madasya vṛṣabha tvam īśiṣa indra somasya vṛṣabhasya tṛpṇuhi

Bullish is your mace and bullish your chariot, bullish the two bay horses, bull-like the weapons. Over the bullish rapture, O bull, you have power; Indra, sate yourself with the bullish soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 16.7

प्र ते नावꣳ न समने वचस्युवम् ब्रह्मणा यामि सवनेषु दाधृषिः । कुविन् नो अस्य वचसो निबोधिषद् इन्द्रम् उत्सꣳ न वसुनः सिचामहे

pra te nāvaṁ na samane vacasyuvam brahmaṇā yāmi savaneṣu dādhṛṣiḥ | kuvin no asya vacaso nibodhiṣad indram utsaṁ na vasunaḥ sicāmahe

I set forth for you a speech-eager (song) as a ship in a contest; with formulation I approach at the pressings, emboldened. Will he not take note of this speech of ours? — we pour out Indra like a spring of goods.

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

RV 2 16.8

पुरा सम्बाधाद् अभ्य् आ ववृत्स्व नो धेनुर् न वत्सꣳ यवसस्य पिप्युषी । सकृत् सु ते सुमतिभिः शतक्रतो सम् पत्नीभिर् न वृषणो नसीमहि

purā sambādhād abhy ā vavṛtsva no dhenur na vatsaṁ yavasasya pipyuṣī | sakṛt su te sumatibhiḥ śatakrato sam patnībhir na vṛṣaṇo nasīmahi

Turn hither to us before the press (of trouble), like a milch-cow swelling with fodder to her calf. Just once may we well unite with your favours, O you of a hundred resolves, as bulls with their mates.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 16.9

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