Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 17

RV 2 17.1

तद् अस्मै नव्यम् अङ्गिरस्वद् अर्चत शुष्मा यद् अस्य प्रत्नथोदीरते । विश्वा यद् गोत्रा सहसा परीवृता मदे सोमस्य दृꣳहितान्य् ऐरयत्

tad asmai navyam aṅgirasvad arcata śuṣmā yad asya pratnathodīrate | viśvā yad gotrā sahasā parīvṛtā made somasya dṛṁhitāny airayat

Sing to him this new (song), in the manner of the Aṅgirases, since his blasts of force rise up as of old: that in the rapture of soma he set moving all the cow-pens fastened shut by force, walled about.

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RV 2 17.2

स भूतु यो ह प्रथमाय धायस ओजो मिमानो महिमानम् आतिरत् । शूरो यो युत्सु तन्वम् परिव्यत शीर्षणि द्याम् महिना प्रत्य् अमुञ्चत

sa bhūtu yo ha prathamāya dhāyasa ojo mimāno mahimānam ātirat | śūro yo yutsu tanvam parivyata śīrṣaṇi dyām mahinā praty amuñcata

Let him be the one who, measuring out his might for the first sustenance, extended his greatness — the hero who in battles wrapped his body about (with armour), who by his greatness fastened heaven upon his head.

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RV 2 17.3

अधाकृणोः प्रथमꣳ वीर्यम् महद् यद् अस्याग्रे ब्रह्मणा शुष्मम् ऐरयः । रथेष्ठेन हर्यश्वेन विच्युताः प्र जीरयः सिस्रते सध्र्य१क् पृथक्

adhākṛṇoḥ prathamaṁ vīryam mahad yad asyāgre brahmaṇā śuṣmam airayaḥ | ratheṣṭhena haryaśvena vicyutāḥ pra jīrayaḥ sisrate sadhrya1k pṛthak

Then you performed your first great heroic deed, when at its beginning you raised up your force with the sacred formula: shaken loose by (him who) stands on the chariot with tawny horses, the swift (waters) run forth, together and apart.

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RV 2 17.4

अधा यो विश्वा भुवनाभि मज्मनेशानकृत् प्रवया अभ्य् अवर्धत । आद् रोदसी ज्योतिषा वह्निर् आतनोत् सीव्यन् तमाꣳसि दुधिता सम् अव्ययत्

adhā yo viśvā bhuvanābhi majmaneśānakṛt pravayā abhy avardhata | ād rodasī jyotiṣā vahnir ātanot sīvyan tamāṁsi dudhitā sam avyayat

Then he who by his bulk (grew) over all the beings, made himself lord and grew forth increasing; then, as the drawer (of the chariot), he stretched out the two worlds with light, sewing up (the sky) he wrapped together the tangled darknesses.

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RV 2 17.5

स प्राचीनान् पर्वतान् दृꣳहद् ओजसाधराचीनम् अकृणोद् अपाम् अपः । अधारयत् पृथिवीꣳ विश्वधायसम् अस्तभ्नान् मायया द्याम् अवस्रसः

sa prācīnān parvatān dṛṁhad ojasādharācīnam akṛṇod apām apaḥ | adhārayat pṛthivīṁ viśvadhāyasam astabhnān māyayā dyām avasrasaḥ

He, making the eastward mountains firm with his might, made the lower (course) the work of the waters; he held up the earth that nourishes all, he propped up the sky with his craft, so it should not fall.

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RV 2 17.6

सास्मा अरम् बाहुभ्याꣳ यम् पिताकृणोद् विश्वस्माद् आ जनुषो वेदसस् परि । येना पृथिव्याꣳ नि क्रिविꣳ शयध्यै वज्रेण हत्व्य् अवृणक् तुविष्वणिः

sāsmā aram bāhubhyāṁ yam pitākṛṇod viśvasmād ā januṣo vedasas pari | yenā pṛthivyāṁ ni kriviṁ śayadhyai vajreṇa hatvy avṛṇak tuviṣvaṇiḥ

That (mace) was fit for his two arms, which the father made for him out of all his lineage and all his wealth, with which, loud-roaring, he struck Krivi down with the mace to lie on the earth and cut him apart.

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RV 2 17.7

अमाजूर् इव पित्रोः सचा सती समानाद् आ सदसस् त्वाम् इये भगम् । कृधि प्रकेतम् उप मास्य् आ भर दद्धि भागꣳ तन्वो३ येन मामहः

amājūr iva pitroḥ sacā satī samānād ā sadasas tvām iye bhagam | kṛdhi praketam upa māsy ā bhara daddhi bhāgaṁ tanvo3 yena māmahaḥ

Like a woman grown old at home, staying with her parents, from the same seat I beg fortune of you: make (it) known, mete (it) out to me, bring (it), grant (me) a portion of yourself, with which you have shown your generosity.

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RV 2 17.8

भोजꣳ त्वाम् इन्द्र वयꣳ हुवेम ददिष् ट्वम् इन्द्रापाꣳसि वाजान् । अविड्ढीन्द्र चित्रया न ऊती कृधि वृषन्न् इन्द्र वस्यसो नः

bhojaṁ tvām indra vayaṁ huvema dadiṣ ṭvam indrāpāṁsi vājān | aviḍḍhīndra citrayā na ūtī kṛdhi vṛṣann indra vasyaso naḥ

May we call you, Indra, the bountiful one; you, Indra, are the giver of works and of prizes. Help us, Indra, with your bright aid; make us better off, bull Indra.

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RV 2 17.9

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

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