Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 30

RV 3 30.1

इच्छन्ति त्वा सोम्यासः सखायः सुन्वन्ति सोमꣳ दधति प्रयाꣳसि । तितिक्षन्ते अभिशस्तिꣳ जनानाम् इन्द्र त्वद् आ कश् चन हि प्रकेतः

icchanti tvā somyāsaḥ sakhāyaḥ sunvanti somaṁ dadhati prayāṁsi | titikṣante abhiśastiṁ janānām indra tvad ā kaś cana hi praketaḥ

The soma-loving comrades long for you; they press the soma, they set out the offerings; they endure the reviling of men — Indra, from you alone comes any insight.

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RV 3 30.2

न ते दूरे परमा चिद् रजाꣳस्य् आ तु प्र याहि हरिवो हरिभ्याम् । स्थिराय वृष्णे सवना कृतेमा युक्ता ग्रावाणः समिधाने अग्नौ

na te dūre paramā cid rajāṁsy ā tu pra yāhi harivo haribhyām | sthirāya vṛṣṇe savanā kṛtemā yuktā grāvāṇaḥ samidhāne agnau

Not far for you are even the furthest spaces; do come forth, lord of bay horses, with your two bays. For the steadfast bull these pressings have been made, the pressing-stones set to work, the fire kindled.

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RV 3 30.3

इन्द्रः सुशिप्रो मघवा तरुत्रो महाव्रातस् तुविकूर्मिर् ऋघावान् । यद् उग्रो धा बाधितो मर्त्येषु क्व१ त्या ते वृषभ वीर्याणि

indraḥ suśipro maghavā tarutro mahāvrātas tuvikūrmir ṛghāvān | yad ugro dhā bādhito martyeṣu kva1 tyā te vṛṣabha vīryāṇi

Indra, fair-lipped, bountiful, the overcomer, lord of a great host, mighty in his works, terrible — since you, formidable one, have been pressed hard among mortals, where, O bull, are those heroic deeds of yours?

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RV 3 30.4

त्वꣳ हि ष्मा च्यावयन्न् अच्युतान्य् एको वृत्रा चरसि जिघ्नमानः । तव द्यावापृथिवी पर्वतासो ऽनु व्रताय निमितेव तस्थुः

tvaṁ hi ṣmā cyāvayann acyutāny eko vṛtrā carasi jighnamānaḥ | tava dyāvāpṛthivī parvatāso 'nu vratāya nimiteva tasthuḥ

For you indeed, shaking what is unshakable, go about alone smashing the Vṛtras; heaven and earth and the mountains have stood firm according to your ordinance, as if fixed in place.

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RV 3 30.5

उताभये पुरुहूत श्रवोभिर् एको दृऴ्हम् अवदो वृत्रहा सन् । इमे चिद् इन्द्र रोदसी अपारे यत् सꣳगृभ्णा मघवन् काशिर् इत् ते

utābhaye puruhūta śravobhir eko dṛḻham avado vṛtrahā san | ime cid indra rodasī apāre yat saṁgṛbhṇā maghavan kāśir it te

And for (our) safety, O much-invoked one, you alone with your fames spoke down the stronghold, being the slayer of Vṛtra; even these two worlds, O Indra, are boundless — when you grasp them together, O bountiful one, they are but a handful for you.

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RV 3 30.6

प्र सू त इन्द्र प्रवता हरिभ्याम् प्र ते वज्रः प्रमृणन्न् एतु शत्रून् । जहि प्रतीचो अनूचः पराचो विश्वꣳ सत्यꣳ कृणुहि विष्टम् अस्तु

pra sū ta indra pravatā haribhyām pra te vajraḥ pramṛṇann etu śatrūn | jahi pratīco anūcaḥ parāco viśvaṁ satyaṁ kṛṇuhi viṣṭam astu

Forth, O Indra, with your two bay horses down the slope; let your mace go forth crushing the foes. Slay those facing you, those behind, those far off; make everything real, let it be found.

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RV 3 30.7

यस्मै धायुर् अदधा मर्त्यायाभक्तꣳ चिद् भजते गेह्य१ꣳ सः । भद्रा त इन्द्र सुमतिर् घृताची सहस्रदाना पुरुहूत रातिः

yasmai dhāyur adadhā martyāyābhaktaṁ cid bhajate gehya1ṁ saḥ | bhadrā ta indra sumatir ghṛtācī sahasradānā puruhūta rātiḥ

To whatever mortal you have granted sustenance, he shares in even what was unshared, (in) household (wealth). Auspicious is your favour, O Indra, dripping with ghee; thousandfold-giving is your gift, O much-invoked one.

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RV 3 30.8

सहदानुम् पुरुहूत क्षियन्तम् अहस्तम् इन्द्र सम् पिणक् कुणारुम् । अभि वृत्रꣳ वर्धमानम् पियारुम् अपादम् इन्द्र तवसा जघन्थ

sahadānum puruhūta kṣiyantam ahastam indra sam piṇak kuṇārum | abhi vṛtraṁ vardhamānam piyārum apādam indra tavasā jaghantha

The crippled one dwelling along with Dānu, handless, O much-invoked Indra, you crushed together; you struck down with your strength, O Indra, the swelling, reviling, footless Vṛtra.

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RV 3 30.9

नि सामनाम् इषिराम् इन्द्र भूमिम् महीम् अपाराꣳ सदने ससत्थ । अस्तभ्नाद् द्याꣳ वृषभो अन्तरिक्षम् अर्षन्त्व् आपस् त्वयेह प्रसूताः

ni sāmanām iṣirām indra bhūmim mahīm apārāṁ sadane sasattha | astabhnād dyāṁ vṛṣabho antarikṣam arṣantv āpas tvayeha prasūtāḥ

You have seated, O Indra, in its place the level, lively earth, great and boundless; the bull propped up heaven and the midspace — let the waters flow, sent forth here by you.

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RV 3 30.10

अलातृणो वल इन्द्र व्रजो गोः पुरा हन्तोर् भयमानो व्य् आर । सुगान् पथो अकृणोन् निरजे गाः प्रावन् वाणीः पुरुहूतꣳ धमन्तीः

alātṛṇo vala indra vrajo goḥ purā hantor bhayamāno vy āra | sugān patho akṛṇon niraje gāḥ prāvan vāṇīḥ puruhūtaṁ dhamantīḥ

Vala, the impenetrable pen of the cow, O Indra, opened up, afraid before the blow; he made the paths easy to travel for driving out the cows; the voices, blowing, helped on the much-invoked one.

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RV 3 30.11

एको द्वे वसुमती समीची इन्द्र आ पप्रौ पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् । उतान्तरिक्षाद् अभि नः समीक इषो रथीः सयुजः शूर वाजान्

eko dve vasumatī samīcī indra ā paprau pṛthivīm uta dyām | utāntarikṣād abhi naḥ samīka iṣo rathīḥ sayujaḥ śūra vājān

Alone he has filled the two, rich in goods and facing each other — the earth and heaven, O Indra; and from the midspace (bring) to us in the encounter, O hero, food and prizes yoked together, as a charioteer.

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RV 3 30.12

दिशः सूर्यो न मिनाति प्रदिष्टा दिवे-दिवे हर्यश्वप्रसूताः । सꣳ यद् आनऴ् अध्वन आद् इद् अश्वैर् विमोचनꣳ कृणुते तत् त्व् अस्य

diśaḥ sūryo na mināti pradiṣṭā dive-dive haryaśvaprasūtāḥ | saṁ yad ānaḻ adhvana ād id aśvair vimocanaṁ kṛṇute tat tv asya

The sun does not transgress the appointed quarters, day by day sent forth by the lord of the bay horses; when he has reached the end of his course, then he makes the unyoking with his horses — that indeed is his (way).

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RV 3 30.13

दिदृक्षन्त उषसो यामन्न् अक्तोर् विवस्वत्या महि चित्रम् अनीकम् । विश्वे जानन्ति महिना यद् आगाद् इन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि

didṛkṣanta uṣaso yāmann aktor vivasvatyā mahi citram anīkam | viśve jānanti mahinā yad āgād indrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi

They wish to see, at the going of the night, the dawns' great bright face with the shining one (Vivasvat's daughter); all know it when it has come with greatness: many are the well-wrought works of Indra.

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RV 3 30.14

महि ज्योतिर् निहितꣳ वक्षणास्व् आमा पक्वꣳ चरति बिभ्रती गौः । विश्वꣳ स्वाद्म सम्भृतम् उस्रियायाꣳ यत् सीम् इन्द्रो अदधाद् भोजनाय

mahi jyotir nihitaṁ vakṣaṇāsv āmā pakvaṁ carati bibhratī gauḥ | viśvaṁ svādma sambhṛtam usriyāyāṁ yat sīm indro adadhād bhojanāya

A great light is set in the udders; the cow goes about carrying, raw, what is cooked; all the sweetness is gathered in the ruddy one — which Indra placed there for enjoyment.

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RV 3 30.15

इन्द्र दृह्य यामकोशा अभूवन् यज्ञाय शिक्ष गृणते सखिभ्यः । दुर्मायवो दुरेवा मर्त्यासो निषङ्गिणो रिपवो हन्त्वासः

indra dṛhya yāmakośā abhūvan yajñāya śikṣa gṛṇate sakhibhyaḥ | durmāyavo durevā martyāso niṣaṅgiṇo ripavo hantvāsaḥ

Indra, be firm! The ... chests (?) have become (ready); grant aid to the sacrifice, to the singer, to (your) comrades. Of evil wiles, of evil ways are the mortals, the quiver-bearing foes who are to be slain.

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RV 3 30.16

सꣳ घोषः शृण्वे ऽवमैर् अमित्रैर् जही न्य् एष्व् अशनिꣳ तपिष्ठाम् । वृश्चेम् अधस्ताद् वि रुजा सहस्व जहि रक्षो मघवन् रन्धयस्व

saṁ ghoṣaḥ śṛṇve 'vamair amitrair jahī ny eṣv aśaniṁ tapiṣṭhām | vṛścem adhastād vi rujā sahasva jahi rakṣo maghavan randhayasva

A din is heard together with the nearest enemies: hurl down on them the most burning bolt. Cut them off from below, break them apart, overpower them; slay the demon, O bountiful one, make (them) subject.

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RV 3 30.17

उद् वृह रक्षः सहमूलम् इन्द्र वृश्चा मध्यम् प्रत्य् अग्रꣳ शृणीहि । आ कीवतः सललूकꣳ चकर्थ ब्रह्मद्विषे तपुषिꣳ हेतिम् अस्य

ud vṛha rakṣaḥ sahamūlam indra vṛścā madhyam praty agraṁ śṛṇīhi | ā kīvataḥ salalūkaṁ cakartha brahmadviṣe tapuṣiṁ hetim asya

Tear up the demon, root and all, O Indra; cut its middle, crush its top. How much have you cut of the ... (creeping thing)? Cast your scorching missile at the hater of sacred speech.

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RV 3 30.18

स्वस्तये वाजिभिश् च प्रणेतः सꣳ यन् महीर् इष आसत्सि पूर्वीः । रायो वन्तारो बृहतः स्यामास्मे अस्तु भग इन्द्र प्रजावान्

svastaye vājibhiś ca praṇetaḥ saṁ yan mahīr iṣa āsatsi pūrvīḥ | rāyo vantāro bṛhataḥ syāmāsme astu bhaga indra prajāvān

For (our) welfare, O leader, with the prize-winners too, when you sit down beside great and abundant refreshments — may we be winners of lofty wealth; let there be for us, O Indra, good fortune rich in offspring.

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RV 3 30.19

आ नो भर भगम् इन्द्र द्युमन्तꣳ नि ते देष्णस्य धीमहि प्ररेके । ऊर्व इव पप्रथे कामो अस्मे तम् आ पृण वसुपते वसूनाम्

ā no bhara bhagam indra dyumantaṁ ni te deṣṇasya dhīmahi prareke | ūrva iva paprathe kāmo asme tam ā pṛṇa vasupate vasūnām

Bring us, Indra, brilliant good fortune; may we set our thought on the overflow of your gift. Like a flood our desire has spread out in us — fill it, O lord of goods, with goods.

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RV 3 30.20

इमꣳ कामम् मन्दया गोभिर् अश्वैश् चन्द्रवता राधसा पप्रथश् च । स्वर्यवो मतिभिस् तुभ्यꣳ विप्रा इन्द्राय वाहः कुशिकासो अक्रन्

imaṁ kāmam mandayā gobhir aśvaiś candravatā rādhasā paprathaś ca | svaryavo matibhis tubhyaṁ viprā indrāya vāhaḥ kuśikāso akran

Gladden this desire with cows, with horses, with glittering bounty — and spread (it) wide. Seeking the sun (?), the inspired Kuśikas have made with their thoughts an offering-hymn for you, for Indra.

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RV 3 30.21

आ नो गोत्रा दर्दृहि गोपते गाः सम् अस्मभ्यꣳ सनयो यन्तु वाजाः । दिवक्षा असि वृषभ सत्यशुष्मो ऽस्मभ्यꣳ सु मघवन् बोधि गोदाः

ā no gotrā dardṛhi gopate gāḥ sam asmabhyaṁ sanayo yantu vājāḥ | divakṣā asi vṛṣabha satyaśuṣmo 'smabhyaṁ su maghavan bodhi godāḥ

Burst open the cow-pens for us, lord of cows, (release) the cows; let long-standing prizes come together for us. You dwell in heaven, O bull of true might; be well disposed to us as a giver of cows, O bountiful one.

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RV 3 30.22

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 success may we call on bountiful Indra, most manly, in this contest, in the winning of the prize — the listening, formidable one for help in the battles, smashing the obstacles, the conqueror of spoils.

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