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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 19

RV 4 19.1

एवा त्वाम् इन्द्र वज्रिन्न् अत्र विश्वे देवासः सुहवास ऊमाः । महाम् उभे रोदसी वृद्धम् ऋष्वꣳ निर् एकम् इद् वृणते वृत्रहत्ये

evā tvām indra vajrinn atra viśve devāsaḥ suhavāsa ūmāḥ | mahām ubhe rodasī vṛddham ṛṣvaṁ nir ekam id vṛṇate vṛtrahatye

Thus you, Indra, wielder of the vajra, here — all the gods, easy to call, helpers, and both world-halves — choose you alone, the great, grown, lofty one, for the slaying of Vṛtra.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

THEE, verily, O Thunder-wielding Indra, all the Gods here, the Helpers swift to listen, And both the worlds elected, thee the Mighty, High, waxen strong, alone to slaughter Vr̥itra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.2

अवासृजन्त जिव्रयो न देवा भुवः सम्राऴ् इन्द्र सत्ययोनिः । अहन्न् अहिम् परिशयानम् अर्णः प्र वर्तनीर् अरदो विश्वधेनाः

avāsṛjanta jivrayo na devā bhuvaḥ samrāḻ indra satyayoniḥ | ahann ahim pariśayānam arṇaḥ pra vartanīr arado viśvadhenāḥ

The gods let (him) go, like aged men; you became sovereign, Indra, whose womb is truth. You slew the serpent that lay around the flood; you cut out the courses that nourish all.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Gods, as worn witheld, relaxed their efforts: thou, Indra, born of truth, wast Sovran Ruler. Thou slewest Ahi who besieged the waters, and duggest out their all-supporting channels.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.3

अतृप्णुवन्तꣳ वियतम् अबुध्यम् अबुध्यमानꣳ सुषुपाणम् इन्द्र । सप्त प्रति प्रवत आशयानम् अहिꣳ वज्रेण वि रिणा अपर्वन्

atṛpṇuvantaṁ viyatam abudhyam abudhyamānaṁ suṣupāṇam indra | sapta prati pravata āśayānam ahiṁ vajreṇa vi riṇā aparvan

The insatiable one, stretched out, unwaking, not awakening, fast asleep, O Indra — the serpine lying against the seven downward slopes — you tore apart with the vajra, joint by joint.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The insatiate one, extended, hard to waken, who slumbered in perpetual sleep, O Indra,– The Dragon stretched against the seven prone rivers, where no joint was, thou rentest with thy thunder.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.4

अक्षोदयच् छवसा क्षाम बुध्नꣳ वार् ण वातस् तविषीभिर् इन्द्रः । दृऴ्हान्य् औभ्नाद् उशमान ओजो ऽवाभिनत् ककुभः पर्वतानाम्

akṣodayac chavasā kṣāma budhnaṁ vār ṇa vātas taviṣībhir indraḥ | dṛḻhāny aubhnād uśamāna ojo 'vābhinat kakubhaḥ parvatānām

With his power he made the ground-floor of the earth shake, as the wind (stirs) water, Indra with his strengths. Desiring might, he bent the firm things and split off the peaks of the mountains.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra with might shook earth and her foundation as the wind stirs the water with its fury. Striving, with strength he burst the firm asunder, and tore away the summits of the mountains.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.5

अभि प्र दद्रुर् जनयो न गर्भꣳ रथा इव प्र ययुः साकम् अद्रयः । अतर्पयो विसृत उब्ज ऊर्मीन् त्वꣳ वृताꣳ अरिणा इन्द्र सिन्धून्

abhi pra dadrur janayo na garbhaṁ rathā iva pra yayuḥ sākam adrayaḥ | atarpayo visṛta ubja ūrmīn tvaṁ vṛtām̐ ariṇā indra sindhūn

They ran forth toward (him) as women toward the embryo; like chariots the pressing-stones went forth together. You satisfied (them), you released, you forced down the waves; you, Indra, set flowing the pent-up rivers.

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

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They ran to thee as mothers to their offspring: the clouds, like chariots, hastened forth together. Thou didst refresh the streams and force the billows: thou, Indra, settest free obstructed rivers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.6

त्वम् महीम् अवनिꣳ विश्वधेनाꣳ तुर्वीतये वय्याय क्षरन्तीम् । अरमयो नमसैजद् अर्णः सुतरणाꣳ अकृणोर् इन्द्र सिन्धून्

tvam mahīm avaniṁ viśvadhenāṁ turvītaye vayyāya kṣarantīm | aramayo namasaijad arṇaḥ sutaraṇām̐ akṛṇor indra sindhūn

The great stream, all-nourishing, flowing for Turvīti and Vayya — you brought it to rest; the flood stirred at (your) obeisance; you, Indra, made the rivers easy to cross.

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

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Thou for the sake of Vayya and Turvîti didst stay the great stream, flowing, allsustaining: Yea, at their prayer didst check the rushing river and make the floods easy to cross, O Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.7

प्राग्रुवो नभन्वो३ न वक्वा ध्वस्रा अपिन्वद् युवतीर् ऋतज्ञाः । धन्वान्य् अज्राꣳ अपृणक् तृषाणाꣳ अधोग् इन्द्रः स्तर्यो३ दꣳसुपत्नीः

prāgruvo nabhanvo3 na vakvā dhvasrā apinvad yuvatīr ṛtajñāḥ | dhanvāny ajrām̐ apṛṇak tṛṣāṇām̐ adhog indraḥ staryo3 daṁsupatnīḥ

(He drove) the unwed ones forth, rolling like bursting springs; the wasting young women who know ṛta he made swell. He filled the thirsty wastes and plains; Indra milked the barren cows whose lord is skilled in wondrous deeds.

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

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He let the young Maids skilled in Law, unwedded, like fountains, bubbling, flow forth streaming onward. He inundated thirsty plains and deserts, and milked the dry Cows of the mighty master.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.8

पूर्वीर् उषसः शरदश् च गूर्ता वृत्रꣳ जघन्वाꣳ असृजद् वि सिन्धून् । परिष्ठिता अतृणद् बद्बधानाः सीरा इन्द्रः स्रवितवे पृथिव्या

pūrvīr uṣasaḥ śaradaś ca gūrtā vṛtraṁ jaghanvām̐ asṛjad vi sindhūn | pariṣṭhitā atṛṇad badbadhānāḥ sīrā indraḥ sravitave pṛthivyā

Many dawns and welcomed autumns (has he had); having slain Vṛtra he let the rivers loose. He bored through the hemmed-in, confined streams, Indra, that they might flow over the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Through many a morn and many a lovely autumn, having slain Vr̥itra, lie set free the rivers. Indra hath set at liberty to wander on earth the streams encompassed pressed together.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.9

वम्रीभिः पुत्रम् अग्रुवो अदानꣳ निवेशनाद् धरिव आ जभर्थ । व्य् अ१न्धो अख्यद् अहिम् आददानो निर् भूद् उखच्छित् सम् अरन्त पर्व

vamrībhiḥ putram agruvo adānaṁ niveśanād dhariva ā jabhartha | vy a1ndho akhyad ahim ādadāno nir bhūd ukhacchit sam aranta parva

With the ants you brought the maiden's son, who was being eaten, out of his hiding-place, O lord of bays. The blind one looked out as he took hold of the snake; the pot-cutter came forth, the joints joined together.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Lord of Bay Steeds, thou broughtest from the ant-hill the unwedded damsel's son whom ants were eating. The blind saw clearly, as he grasped the serpent, rose, brake the jar: hisjoints again united.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.10

प्र ते पूर्वाणि करणानि विप्राविद्वाꣳ आह विदुषे कराꣳसि । यथा-यथा वृष्ण्यानि स्वगूर्तापाꣳसि राजन् नर्याविवेषीः

pra te pūrvāṇi karaṇāni viprāvidvām̐ āha viduṣe karāṁsi | yathā-yathā vṛṣṇyāni svagūrtāpāṁsi rājan naryāviveṣīḥ

The inspired singer, himself unknowing, has declared forth to the knowing one your former acts, your deeds — just as you, O king, have accomplished the bullish, self-acclaimed, manly works.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

To the wise man, O Sage and Sovran Ruler, the man who knoweth all thine ancient exploits. Hath told these deeds of might as thou hast wrought them, great acts, spontaneous, and to man's advantage.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 4 19.11

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 being sung, swell up nourishment for the singer like rivers. A new formulation has been made for you, O lord of bays; through our insight may we be charioteers who always win.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Now, Indra! lauded, glorified with praises, let powers swell high, like rivers, for the singer. For thee a new hymn, Lord of Bays! is fashioned. May we, car-borne, through song be victors ever.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)