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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 45

RV 3 45.1

आ मन्द्रैर् इन्द्र हरिभिर् याहि मयूररोमभिः । मा त्वा के चिन् नि यमन् विꣳ न पाशिनो ऽति धन्वेव ताꣳ इहि

ā mandrair indra haribhir yāhi mayūraromabhiḥ | mā tvā ke cin ni yaman viṁ na pāśino 'ti dhanveva tām̐ ihi

Come, Indra, with your delightful bays whose hair is like peacock feathers; let no one hold you down, as snare-men a bird; pass by them as over a desert.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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COME hither, Indra, with Bay Steeds, joyous, with tails like peacocks' plumes. Let no men cheek thy course as fowlers stay the bird: pass o'er them as o'er desert lands.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 45.2

वृत्रखादो वलꣳरुजः पुराꣳ दर्मो अपाम् अजः । स्थाता रथस्य हर्योर् अभिस्वर इन्द्रो दृऴ्हा चिद् आरुजः

vṛtrakhādo valaṁrujaḥ purāṁ darmo apām ajaḥ | sthātā rathasya haryor abhisvara indro dṛḻhā cid ārujaḥ

Devourer of Vṛtra, breaker of Vala, shatterer of strongholds, driver of the waters, mounter of the chariot at the bays' summons — Indra, breaker even of firm-set things.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He who slew Vr̥itra, burst the cloud, brake the strongholds and drave the floods, Indra who mounts his chariot at his Bay Steeds' cry, shatters e'en things that stand most firm.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 45.3

गम्भीराꣳ उदधीꣳर् इव क्रतुम् पुष्यसि गा इव । प्र सुगोपा यवसꣳ धेनवो यथा ह्रदꣳ कुल्या इवाशत

gambhīrām̐ udadhīm̐r iva kratum puṣyasi gā iva | pra sugopā yavasaṁ dhenavo yathā hradaṁ kulyā ivāśata

You make (your) resolve prosper like the deep oceans, like cows; forth, as milk-cows under a good herdsman (go) to the pasture, as channels to a pool, they have reached (you).

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

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Like pools of water deep and full, like kine thou cherishest thy might; Like the milch-cows that go well-guarded to the mead, like water-brooks that reach the lake.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 45.4

आ नस् तुजꣳ रयिम् भराꣳशꣳ न प्रतिजानते । वृक्षम् पक्वम् फलम् अङ्कीव धूनुहीन्द्र सम्पारणꣳ वसु

ā nas tujaṁ rayim bharāṁśaṁ na pratijānate | vṛkṣam pakvam phalam aṅkīva dhūnuhīndra sampāraṇaṁ vasu

Bring us onrushing wealth, like a share to one who acknowledges (the claim); shake down for us, Indra, the goods that carry (us) through, as one with a hook (shakes) a tree with ripe fruit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Bring thou us wealth with power to strike, our share, 'gainst him who calls it his. Shake, Indra, as with hooks, the tree for ripened fruit, for wealth to satisfy our wish.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 45.5

स्वयुर् इन्द्र स्वराऴ् असि स्मद्दिष्टिः स्वयशस्तरः । स वावृधान ओजसा पुरुष्टुत भवा नः सुश्रवस्तमः

svayur indra svarāḻ asi smaddiṣṭiḥ svayaśastaraḥ | sa vāvṛdhāna ojasā puruṣṭuta bhavā naḥ suśravastamaḥ

Self-willed, Indra, you are self-ruling, one whose direction goes with (him), of greater self-glory. So, grown strong through your might, O much-praised one, be for us the most renowned.

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

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Indra, self-ruling Lord art thou, good Leader, of most glorious fame. So, waxen in thy strength, O thou whom many praise, be thou most swift to hear our call.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)