Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 17

RV 4 17.1

त्वम् महाꣳ इन्द्र तुभ्यꣳ ह क्षा अनु क्षत्रम् मꣳहना मन्यत द्यौः । त्वꣳ वृत्रꣳ शवसा जघन्वान् सृजः सिन्धूꣳर् अहिना जग्रसानान्

tvam mahām̐ indra tubhyaṁ ha kṣā anu kṣatram maṁhanā manyata dyauḥ | tvaṁ vṛtraṁ śavasā jaghanvān sṛjaḥ sindhūm̐r ahinā jagrasānān

You are great, Indra; to you indeed the earth, (to you) Heaven in its liberality conceded lordship. You, having smitten Vṛtra with your might, released the rivers that the serpent had swallowed.

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RV 4 17.2

तव त्विषो जनिमन् रेजत द्यौ रेजद् भूमिर् भियसा स्वस्य मन्योः । ऋघायन्त सुभ्व१ः पर्वतास आर्दन् धन्वानि सरयन्त आपः

tava tviṣo janiman rejata dyau rejad bhūmir bhiyasā svasya manyoḥ | ṛghāyanta subhva1ḥ parvatāsa ārdan dhanvāni sarayanta āpaḥ

At the birth of your fierceness Heaven trembled, Earth trembled in fear of your own wrath. The firm-set mountains shook, the dry lands were drenched, the waters ran.

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RV 4 17.3

भिनद् गिरिꣳ शवसा वज्रम् इष्णन्न् आविष्कृण्वानः सहसान ओजः । वधीद् वृत्रꣳ वज्रेण मन्दसानः सरन्न् आपो जवसा हतवृष्णीः

bhinad giriṁ śavasā vajram iṣṇann āviṣkṛṇvānaḥ sahasāna ojaḥ | vadhīd vṛtraṁ vajreṇa mandasānaḥ sarann āpo javasā hatavṛṣṇīḥ

He split the mountain with his might, hurling the vajra, making his strength manifest, overpowering. Exhilarated, he struck Vṛtra down with the vajra; the waters, their bull slain, ran with speed.

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RV 4 17.4

सुवीरस् ते जनिता मन्यत द्यौर् इन्द्रस्य कर्ता स्वपस्तमो भूत् । य ईꣳ जजान स्वर्यꣳ सुवज्रम् अनपच्युतꣳ सदसो न भूम

suvīras te janitā manyata dyaur indrasya kartā svapastamo bhūt | ya īṁ jajāna svaryaṁ suvajram anapacyutaṁ sadaso na bhūma

Your begetter Heaven was reckoned rich in heroes; the maker of Indra was the most skilful of workmen, he who begot the loud-roaring one with the good vajra, unshakable from his seat as the earth (is).

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RV 4 17.5

य एक इच् च्यावयति प्र भूमा राजा कृष्टीनाम् पुरुहूत इन्द्रः । सत्यम् एनम् अनु विश्वे मदन्ति रातिꣳ देवस्य गृणतो मघोनः

ya eka ic cyāvayati pra bhūmā rājā kṛṣṭīnām puruhūta indraḥ | satyam enam anu viśve madanti rātiṁ devasya gṛṇato maghonaḥ

He who alone makes the lands give way, the king of the peoples, the much-invoked Indra — truly all rejoice after him, (after) the gift of the god, the bounteous one who is praised.

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RV 4 17.6

सत्रा सोमा अभवन्न् अस्य विश्वे सत्रा मदासो बृहतो मदिष्ठाः । सत्राभवो वसुपतिर् वसूनाꣳ दत्रे विश्वा अधिथा इन्द्र कृष्टीः

satrā somā abhavann asya viśve satrā madāso bṛhato madiṣṭhāḥ | satrābhavo vasupatir vasūnāṁ datre viśvā adhithā indra kṛṣṭīḥ

All the soma-draughts together became his, together the most intoxicating exhilarations of the lofty one. Together you became the goods-lord of goods; in your giving, Indra, you set all the peoples (in your power).

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RV 4 17.7

त्वम् अध प्रथमꣳ जायमानो ऽमे विश्वा अधिथा इन्द्र कृष्टीः । त्वम् प्रति प्रवत आशयानम् अहिꣳ वज्रेण मघवन् वि वृश्चः

tvam adha prathamaṁ jāyamāno 'me viśvā adhithā indra kṛṣṭīḥ | tvam prati pravata āśayānam ahiṁ vajreṇa maghavan vi vṛścaḥ

You then, even while first being born, set all the peoples, Indra, within your power. You cut asunder with the vajra, O bounteous one, the serpent that lay athwart the downward slopes.

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RV 4 17.8

सत्राहणꣳ दाधृषिꣳ तुम्रम् इन्द्रम् महाम् अपारꣳ वृषभꣳ सुवज्रम् । हन्ता यो वृत्रꣳ सनितोत वाजꣳ दाता मघानि मघवा सुराधाः

satrāhaṇaṁ dādhṛṣiṁ tumram indram mahām apāraṁ vṛṣabhaṁ suvajram | hantā yo vṛtraṁ sanitota vājaṁ dātā maghāni maghavā surādhāḥ

(I praise) Indra, the slayer outright, the bold, the powerful, the great, the boundless, the bull with the good vajra — he who is smiter of Vṛtra and also winner of the prize, giver of bounties, bounteous, rich in largesse.

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RV 4 17.9

अयꣳ वृतश् चातयते समीचीर् य आजिषु मघवा शृण्व एकः । अयꣳ वाजम् भरति यꣳ सनोत्य् अस्य प्रियासः सख्ये स्याम

ayaṁ vṛtaś cātayate samīcīr ya ājiṣu maghavā śṛṇva ekaḥ | ayaṁ vājam bharati yaṁ sanoty asya priyāsaḥ sakhye syāma

This one, when chosen, drives away the ranks drawn up against (us) — he who alone in the contests is renowned as bounteous. This one carries off the prize that he wins; may we be his dear ones in friendship.

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RV 4 17.10

अयꣳ शृण्वे अध जयन्न् उत घ्नन्न् अयम् उत प्र कृणुते युधा गाः । यदा सत्यꣳ कृणुते मन्युम् इन्द्रो विश्वꣳ दृऴ्हम् भयत एजद् अस्मात्

ayaṁ śṛṇve adha jayann uta ghnann ayam uta pra kṛṇute yudhā gāḥ | yadā satyaṁ kṛṇute manyum indro viśvaṁ dṛḻham bhayata ejad asmāt

He is renowned, both conquering and slaying; this one also drives cows forward by fighting. When Indra makes his wrath real, everything firm-fixed, and what moves, fears him.

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RV 4 17.11

सम् इन्द्रो गा अजयत् सꣳ हिरण्या सम् अश्विया मघवा यो ह पूर्वीः । एभिर् नृभिर् नृतमो अस्य शाकै रायो विभक्ता सम्भरश् च वस्वः

sam indro gā ajayat saṁ hiraṇyā sam aśviyā maghavā yo ha pūrvīḥ | ebhir nṛbhir nṛtamo asya śākai rāyo vibhaktā sambharaś ca vasvaḥ

Indra won cows together, won gold together, won horses together, the bounteous one who (won) many. Most manly with these men, his helpers, he is the apportioner of riches and the gatherer of goods.

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RV 4 17.12

कियत् स्विद् इन्द्रो अध्य् एति मातुः कियत् पितुर् जनितुर् यो जजान । यो अस्य शुष्मम् मुहुकैर् इयर्ति वातो न जूतः स्तनयद्भिर् अभ्रैः

kiyat svid indro adhy eti mātuḥ kiyat pitur janitur yo jajāna | yo asya śuṣmam muhukair iyarti vāto na jūtaḥ stanayadbhir abhraiḥ

By how much does Indra exceed his mother, by how much the father, the begetter who begot him? — he who raises his blast in sudden gusts, like the wind driven on with thundering clouds.

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RV 4 17.13

क्षियन्तꣳ त्वम् अक्षियन्तꣳ कृणोतीयर्ति रेणुम् मघवा समोहम् । विभञ्जनुर् अशनिमाꣳ इव द्यौर् उत स्तोतारम् मघवा वसौ धात्

kṣiyantaṁ tvam akṣiyantaṁ kṛṇotīyarti reṇum maghavā samoham | vibhañjanur aśanimām̐ iva dyaur uta stotāram maghavā vasau dhāt

Him that dwells (settled) you make dwellingless; the bounteous one raises up dust, a swirling confusion. He is a shatterer, like Heaven with its thunderstone; and the bounteous one has set the praiser in wealth.

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RV 4 17.14

अयꣳ चक्रम् इषणत् सूर्यस्य न्य् एतशꣳ रीरमत् ससृमाणम् । आ कृष्ण ईꣳ जुहुराणो जिघर्ति त्वचो बुध्ने रजसो अस्य योनौ

ayaṁ cakram iṣaṇat sūryasya ny etaśaṁ rīramat sasṛmāṇam | ā kṛṣṇa īṁ juhurāṇo jigharti tvaco budhne rajaso asya yonau

This one sped on the wheel of the sun; he brought Etaśa, who had been running, to a halt. The black one, going crookedly, besprinkles him at the base of the hide, in the womb of this mid-space.

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RV 4 17.15

असिक्न्याꣳ यजमानो न होता

asiknyāṁ yajamāno na hotā

Sacrificing in the black one, like a hotṛ.

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RV 4 17.16

गव्यन्त इन्द्रꣳ सख्याय विप्रा अश्वायन्तो वृषणꣳ वाजयन्तः । जनीयन्तो जनिदाम् अक्षितोतिम् आ च्यावयामो ऽवते न कोशम्

gavyanta indraṁ sakhyāya viprā aśvāyanto vṛṣaṇaṁ vājayantaḥ | janīyanto janidām akṣitotim ā cyāvayāmo 'vate na kośam

Wanting cows, we inspired singers, wanting horses, urging on the bull, wanting offspring — we draw Indra toward friendship, the giver of offspring, of unfailing help, as (one draws) a bucket at a well.

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RV 4 17.17

त्राता नो बोधि ददृशान आपिर् अभिख्याता मर्डिता सोम्यानाम् । सखा पिता पितृतमः पितॄणाꣳ कर्तेम् उ लोकम् उशते वयोधाः

trātā no bodhi dadṛśāna āpir abhikhyātā marḍitā somyānām | sakhā pitā pitṛtamaḥ pitṝṇāṁ kartem u lokam uśate vayodhāḥ

Be known to us as a rescuer, appearing as a kinsman, one who looks upon (us), gracious to the soma-pressers; a friend, a father, most fatherly of fathers, make room and bestow vigour on him who longs (for it).

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RV 4 17.18

सखीयताम् अविता बोधि सखा गृणान इन्द्र स्तुवते वयो धाः । वयꣳ ह्य् आ ते चकृमा सबाध आभिः शमीभिर् महयन्त इन्द्र

sakhīyatām avitā bodhi sakhā gṛṇāna indra stuvate vayo dhāḥ | vayaṁ hy ā te cakṛmā sabādha ābhiḥ śamībhir mahayanta indra

Be the helper of those who seek friendship, be a friend; praised, Indra, grant vigour to him who praises. For we, hard-pressed, have wrought (this) for you, magnifying you, Indra, with these labours.

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RV 4 17.19

स्तुत इन्द्रो मघवा यद् ध वृत्रा भूरीण्य् एको अप्रतीनि हन्ति । अस्य प्रियो जरिता यस्य शर्मन् नकिर् देवा वारयन्ते न मर्ताः

stuta indro maghavā yad dha vṛtrā bhūrīṇy eko apratīni hanti | asya priyo jaritā yasya śarman nakir devā vārayante na martāḥ

Praised is Indra the bounteous, since he alone slays many irresistible Vṛtras. His singer is dear (to him), in whose shelter neither gods nor mortals hold (anything) back.

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RV 4 17.20

एवा न इन्द्रो मघवा विरप्शी करत् सत्या चर्षणीधृद् अनर्वा । त्वꣳ राजा जनुषाꣳ धेह्य् अस्मे अधि श्रवो माहिनꣳ यज् जरित्रे

evā na indro maghavā virapśī karat satyā carṣaṇīdhṛd anarvā | tvaṁ rājā januṣāṁ dhehy asme adhi śravo māhinaṁ yaj jaritre

So may Indra the bounteous, the abundant, make these (things) true for us, he who upholds the peoples, unassailable. You, king of (all) generations, place upon us the mighty renown that is (fitting) for the singer.

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RV 4 17.21

नू ष्टुत इन्द्र नू गृणान इषꣳ जरित्रे नद्यो३ न पीपेः । अकारि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म नव्यꣳ धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः

nū ṣṭuta indra nū gṛṇāna iṣaṁ jaritre nadyo3 na pīpeḥ | akāri te harivo brahma navyaṁ dhiyā syāma rathyaḥ sadāsāḥ

Now praised, Indra, now sung, swell nourishment for the singer like rivers. A new prayer has been made for you, lord of the bay horses; may we, through (our) thought, be charioteers, ever winning.

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