Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 43

RV 3 43.1

आ याह्य् अर्वाङ् उप वन्धुरेष्ठास् तवेद् अनु प्रदिवः सोमपेयम् । प्रिया सखाया वि मुचोप बर्हिस् त्वाम् इमे हव्यवाहो हवन्ते

ā yāhy arvāṅ upa vandhureṣṭhās taved anu pradivaḥ somapeyam | priyā sakhāyā vi mucopa barhis tvām ime havyavāho havante

Come hither, standing on the chariot-seat; from of old the soma-drinking is yours. Unharness the two dear companions (your horses) beside the barhis; these bearers of the oblation are calling you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 43.2

आ याहि पूर्वीर् अति चर्षणीर् आꣳ अर्य आशिष उप नो हरिभ्याम् । इमा हि त्वा मतयः स्तोमतष्टा इन्द्र हवन्ते सख्यꣳ जुषाणाः

ā yāhi pūrvīr ati carṣaṇīr ām̐ arya āśiṣa upa no haribhyām | imā hi tvā matayaḥ stomataṣṭā indra havante sakhyaṁ juṣāṇāḥ

Come past many peoples, come to us, (past) the hopes of the stranger, with your two bay horses; for these thoughts, shaped into praises, call you, Indra, delighting in your friendship.

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

RV 3 43.3

आ नो यज्ञꣳ नमोवृधꣳ सजोषा इन्द्र देव हरिभिर् याहि तूयम् । अहꣳ हि त्वा मतिभिर् जोहवीमि घृतप्रयाः सधमादे मधूनाम्

ā no yajñaṁ namovṛdhaṁ sajoṣā indra deva haribhir yāhi tūyam | ahaṁ hi tvā matibhir johavīmi ghṛtaprayāḥ sadhamāde madhūnām

Come quickly with your bays to our sacrifice that grows by homage, O god Indra, in accord (with us); for I call you again and again with my thoughts, having ghee as my offering, at the common feast of the sweet draughts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 43.4

आ च त्वाम् एता वृषणा वहातो हरी सखाया सुधुरा स्वङ्गा । धानावद् इन्द्रः सवनꣳ जुषाणः सखा सख्युः शृणवद् वन्दनानि

ā ca tvām etā vṛṣaṇā vahāto harī sakhāyā sudhurā svaṅgā | dhānāvad indraḥ savanaṁ juṣāṇaḥ sakhā sakhyuḥ śṛṇavad vandanāni

And let these two bulls carry you here, the two bays, companions, good at the yoke, fair-limbed; let Indra, delighting in the pressing that has roasted grain with it, a friend, hear the praises of his friend.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 43.5

कुविन् मा गोपाꣳ करसे जनस्य कुविद् राजानम् मघवन्न् ऋजीषिन् । कुविन् म ऋषिम् पपिवाꣳसꣳ सुतस्य कुविन् मे वस्वो अमृतस्य शिक्षाः

kuvin mā gopāṁ karase janasya kuvid rājānam maghavann ṛjīṣin | kuvin ma ṛṣim papivāṁsaṁ sutasya kuvin me vasvo amṛtasya śikṣāḥ

Will you not make me a herdsman of the people, and a king, O bounteous one, drinker of the residue? Will you not make me a ṛṣi who has drunk of the pressed (soma)? Will you not bestow on me immortal wealth?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 43.6

आ त्वा बृहन्तो हरयो युजाना अर्वाग् इन्द्र सधमादो वहन्तु । प्र ये द्विता दिव ऋञ्जन्त्य् आताः सुसम्मृष्टासो वृषभस्य मूराः

ā tvā bṛhanto harayo yujānā arvāg indra sadhamādo vahantu | pra ye dvitā diva ṛñjanty ātāḥ susammṛṣṭāso vṛṣabhasya mūrāḥ

Let the lofty bays, yoked, your fellow-revellers, convey you hither, Indra — those who, as of old, press forward, stretched out, from heaven, well-groomed, the vigorous ones of the bull.

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

RV 3 43.7

इन्द्र पिब वृषधूतस्य वृष्ण आ यꣳ ते श्येन उशते जभार । यस्य मदे च्यावयसि प्र कृष्टीर् यस्य मदे अप गोत्रा ववर्थ

indra piba vṛṣadhūtasya vṛṣṇa ā yaṁ te śyena uśate jabhāra | yasya made cyāvayasi pra kṛṣṭīr yasya made apa gotrā vavartha

Indra, drink of the bull (soma) shaken by the bull (the pressing stone), which the falcon brought to you in your longing; in whose intoxication you set the settled peoples astir, in whose intoxication you rolled open the cow-pens.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 43.8

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 bounteous Indra, the most manly, in this contest, at the winning of the prize — the one who hears, the fierce one, for aid in the battles, smashing the obstacles, the conqueror of spoils.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition