Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 20

RV 4 20.1

आ न इन्द्रो दूराद् आ न आसाद् अभिष्टिकृद् अवसे यासद् उग्रः । ओजिष्ठेभिर् नृपतिर् वज्रबाहुः सꣳगे समत्सु तुर्वणिः पृतन्यून्

ā na indro dūrād ā na āsād abhiṣṭikṛd avase yāsad ugraḥ | ojiṣṭhebhir nṛpatir vajrabāhuḥ saṁge samatsu turvaṇiḥ pṛtanyūn

May Indra come to us from afar, come to us from near, he who makes superiority, the mighty one, for our help — lord of men with the vajra in his arm, with his strongest (aids) overcoming the attackers in the clash, in the battles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 4 20.2

आ न इन्द्रो हरिभिर् यात्व् अच्छार्वाचीनो ऽवसे राधसे च । तिष्ठाति वज्री मघवा विरप्शीमꣳ यज्ञम् अनु नो वाजसातौ

ā na indro haribhir yātv acchārvācīno 'vase rādhase ca | tiṣṭhāti vajrī maghavā virapśīmaṁ yajñam anu no vājasātau

May Indra come here with his bay horses, turned toward us, for help and for bounty. May the vajra-bearer, the bounteous, the overflowing one, stand by this sacrifice of ours in the winning of prizes.

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RV 4 20.3

इमꣳ यज्ञꣳ त्वम् अस्माकम् इन्द्र पुरो दधत् सनिष्यसि क्रतुꣳ नः । श्वघ्नीव वज्रिन् सनये धनानाꣳ त्वया वयम् अर्य आजिꣳ जयेम

imaṁ yajñaṁ tvam asmākam indra puro dadhat saniṣyasi kratuṁ naḥ | śvaghnīva vajrin sanaye dhanānāṁ tvayā vayam arya ājiṁ jayema

If you, Indra, put this sacrifice of ours in front, you will win power for us. Like a gambler, O vajra-bearer, for the winning of stakes — with you may we win the contest against the rival.

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

RV 4 20.4

उशन्न् उ षु णः सुमना उपाके सोमस्य नु सुषुतस्य स्वधावः । पा इन्द्र प्रतिभृतस्य मध्वः सम् अन्धसा ममदः पृष्ठ्येन

uśann u ṣu ṇaḥ sumanā upāke somasya nu suṣutasya svadhāvaḥ | pā indra pratibhṛtasya madhvaḥ sam andhasā mamadaḥ pṛṣṭhyena

Willing, well-disposed, close at hand to us, O self-powerful one, (drink) now of the well-pressed soma. Drink, Indra, of the honey set before you; intoxicate yourself fully with the pṛṣṭhya juice.

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

RV 4 20.5

वि यो ररप्श ऋषिभिर् नवेभिर् वृक्षो न पक्वः सृण्यो न जेता । मर्यो न योषाम् अभि मन्यमानो ऽच्छा विवक्मि पुरुहूतम् इन्द्रम्

vi yo rarapśa ṛṣibhir navebhir vṛkṣo na pakvaḥ sṛṇyo na jetā | maryo na yoṣām abhi manyamāno 'cchā vivakmi puruhūtam indram

He who has burst forth with the new ṛṣis, like a ripe tree, like a conqueror with the sickle — like a young man setting his mind on a maiden, I call out toward the much-invoked Indra.

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

RV 4 20.6

गिरिर् न यः स्वतवाꣳ ऋष्व इन्द्रः सनाद् एव सहसे जात उग्रः । आदर्ता वज्रꣳ स्थविरꣳ न भीम उद्नेव कोशꣳ वसुना न्यृष्टम्

girir na yaḥ svatavām̐ ṛṣva indraḥ sanād eva sahase jāta ugraḥ | ādartā vajraṁ sthaviraṁ na bhīma udneva kośaṁ vasunā nyṛṣṭam

Indra, who is self-strong like a mountain, lofty, born of old for might, formidable — the render, fearsome like a firm vajra, filled full with goods like a bucket with water.

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

RV 4 20.7

न यस्य वर्ता जनुषा न्व् अस्ति न राधस आमरीता मघस्य । उद्वावृषाणस् तविषीव उग्रास्मभ्यꣳ दद्धि पुरुहूत रायः

na yasya vartā januṣā nv asti na rādhasa āmarītā maghasya | udvāvṛṣāṇas taviṣīva ugrāsmabhyaṁ daddhi puruhūta rāyaḥ

He who by his very birth has no one to hold him back, nor any who destroys his bounty, his largesse — surging up, mighty as with strength, grant us riches, O much-invoked one.

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RV 4 20.8

ईक्षे रायः क्षयस्य चर्षणीनाम् उत व्रजम् अपवर्तासि गोनाम् । शिक्षानरः समिथेषु प्रहावान् वस्वो राशिम् अभिनेतासि भूरिम्

īkṣe rāyaḥ kṣayasya carṣaṇīnām uta vrajam apavartāsi gonām | śikṣānaraḥ samitheṣu prahāvān vasvo rāśim abhinetāsi bhūrim

He rules over wealth, over the dwelling of the peoples; and you will unbar the pen of cattle. Helping men, dashing forward in the encounters, you will lead (us) to a great heap of goods.

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

RV 4 20.9

कया तच् छृण्वे शच्या शचिष्ठो यया कृणोति मुहु का चिद् ऋष्वः । पुरु दाशुषे विचयिष्ठो अꣳहो ऽथा दधाति द्रविणꣳ जरित्रे

kayā tac chṛṇve śacyā śaciṣṭho yayā kṛṇoti muhu kā cid ṛṣvaḥ | puru dāśuṣe vicayiṣṭho aṁho 'thā dadhāti draviṇaṁ jaritre

By what ability is he heard to be the ablest, by which the lofty one does whatever he does in an instant? He, best at dispelling much distress for the worshipper, then sets down substance for the singer.

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

RV 4 20.10

मा नो मर्धीर् आ भरा दद्धि तन् नः प्र दाशुषे दातवे भूरि यत् ते । नव्ये देष्णे शस्ते अस्मिन् त उक्थे प्र ब्रवाम वयम् इन्द्र स्तुवन्तः

mā no mardhīr ā bharā daddhi tan naḥ pra dāśuṣe dātave bhūri yat te | navye deṣṇe śaste asmin ta ukthe pra bravāma vayam indra stuvantaḥ

Do not slight us; bring, grant us that — forth to the worshipper, to give the abundance that is yours. At this new gift, at this praise, at this hymn of yours, let us speak forth, Indra, as we praise.

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

RV 4 20.11

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