Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 39

RV 3 39.1

इन्द्रम् मतिर् हृद आ वच्यमानाच्छा पतिꣳ स्तोमतष्टा जिगाति । या जागृविर् विदथे शस्यमानेन्द्र यत् ते जायते विद्धि तस्य

indram matir hṛda ā vacyamānācchā patiṁ stomataṣṭā jigāti | yā jāgṛvir vidathe śasyamānendra yat te jāyate viddhi tasya

To Indra the thought, rushing forth from the heart, goes toward the lord, fashioned into a praise-song—(the thought) which is wakeful, recited at the council: Indra, whatever is born for you, take note of it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 39.2

दिवश् चिद् आ पूर्व्या जायमाना वि जागृविर् विदथे शस्यमाना । भद्रा वस्त्राण्य् अर्जुना वसाना सेयम् अस्मे सनजा पित्र्या धीः

divaś cid ā pūrvyā jāyamānā vi jāgṛvir vidathe śasyamānā | bhadrā vastrāṇy arjunā vasānā seyam asme sanajā pitryā dhīḥ

Born from of old, even from heaven, wakeful, recited at the council, clothing herself in auspicious, bright-white garments—this is for us the old-born, ancestral insight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 39.3

यमा चिद् अत्र यमसूर् असूत जिह्वाया अग्रम् पतद् आ ह्य् अस्थात् । वपूꣳषि जाता मिथुना सचेते तमोहना तपुषो बुध्न एता

yamā cid atra yamasūr asūta jihvāyā agram patad ā hy asthāt | vapūṁṣi jātā mithunā sacete tamohanā tapuṣo budhna etā

Here the mother of twins bore twins; for the tip of the tongue flew up and stood firm. Born as a pair they attain beautiful forms, darkness-slayers, come at the base of the fiery one.

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

RV 3 39.4

नकिर् एषाꣳ निन्दिता मर्त्येषु ये अस्माकम् पितरो गोषु योधाः । इन्द्र एषाꣳ दृꣳहिता माहिनावान् उद् गोत्राणि ससृजे दꣳसनावान्

nakir eṣāṁ ninditā martyeṣu ye asmākam pitaro goṣu yodhāḥ | indra eṣāṁ dṛṁhitā māhināvān ud gotrāṇi sasṛje daṁsanāvān

There is no blamer of these among mortals, (of those) who were our fathers, fighters for cattle. Indra, the mighty, is their strengthener; possessing wondrous power, he released the cow-pens upward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 39.5

सखा ह यत्र सखिभिर् नवग्वैर् अभिज्ञ्व् आ सत्वभिर् गा अनुग्मन् । सत्यꣳ तद् इन्द्रो दशभिर् दशग्वैः सूर्यꣳ विवेद तमसि क्षियन्तम्

sakhā ha yatra sakhibhir navagvair abhijñv ā satvabhir gā anugman | satyaṁ tad indro daśabhir daśagvaiḥ sūryaṁ viveda tamasi kṣiyantam

When the comrade with his Navagva comrades, on his knees, went after the cows with his warriors—that was true: Indra with the ten Daśagvas found the sun dwelling in darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 39.6

इन्द्रो मधु सम्भृतम् उस्रियायाम् पद्वद् विवेद शफवन् नमे गोः । गुहा हितꣳ गुह्यꣳ गूऴ्हम् अप्सु हस्ते दधे दक्षिणे दक्षिणावान्

indro madhu sambhṛtam usriyāyām padvad viveda śaphavan name goḥ | guhā hitaṁ guhyaṁ gūḻham apsu haste dadhe dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇāvān

Indra found the honey gathered together in the cow, having foot and hoof, in the udder of the cow. What was placed in hiding, hidden, concealed in the waters, he, the giver of gifts, set in his right hand.

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

RV 3 39.7

ज्योतिर् वृणीत तमसो विजानन्न् आरे स्याम दुरिताद् अभीके । इमा गिरः सोमपाः सोमवृद्ध जुषस्वेन्द्र पुरुतमस्य कारोः

jyotir vṛṇīta tamaso vijānann āre syāma duritād abhīke | imā giraḥ somapāḥ somavṛddha juṣasvendra purutamasya kāroḥ

Discerning, he chose light out of the darkness; may we be far from misfortune at close quarters. Soma-drinker, grown strong on soma, delight in these songs, Indra, of the poet of many (generations?).

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

RV 3 39.8

ज्योतिर् यज्ञाय रोदसी अनु ष्याद् आरे स्याम दुरितस्य भूरेः । भूरि चिद् धि तुजतो मर्त्यस्य सुपारासो वसवो बर्हणावत्

jyotir yajñāya rodasī anu ṣyād āre syāma duritasya bhūreḥ | bhūri cid dhi tujato martyasya supārāso vasavo barhaṇāvat

May light be along the two worlds for the sacrifice; may we be far from much misfortune. For (grant) abundantly, you good ones easy to cross to, and with force, even to the striving mortal.

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

RV 3 39.9

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 good fortune we would call Indra the bountiful, the most manly in this contest, at the winning of the prize—him who hears, the fierce one, for aid in the battles, who slays obstacles and wins riches.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition