Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 21

RV 4 21.1

आ यात्व् इन्द्रो ऽवस उप न इह स्तुतः सधमाद् अस्तु शूरः । वावृधानस् तविषीर् यस्य पूर्वीर् द्यौर् न क्षत्रम् अभिभूति पुष्यात्

ā yātv indro 'vasa upa na iha stutaḥ sadhamād astu śūraḥ | vāvṛdhānas taviṣīr yasya pūrvīr dyaur na kṣatram abhibhūti puṣyāt

Let Indra come near to us for aid; praised here, let the hero be our companion at the feast. Growing strong, he whose powers are many — may he prosper an overpowering dominion, like heaven.

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RV 4 21.2

तस्येद् इह स्तवथ वृष्ण्यानि तुविद्युम्नस्य तुविराधसो नॄन् । यस्य क्रतुर् विदथ्यो३ न सम्राट् साह्वान् तरुत्रो अभ्य् अस्ति कृष्टीः

tasyed iha stavatha vṛṣṇyāni tuvidyumnasya tuvirādhaso nṝn | yasya kratur vidathyo3 na samrāṭ sāhvān tarutro abhy asti kṛṣṭīḥ

Of him indeed praise here the bullish powers, of him of much splendour and much bounty — (praise him for) the men; whose resolve, like a sovereign fit for the council, victorious, delivering, surpasses the peoples.

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RV 4 21.3

आ यात्व् इन्द्रो दिव आ पृथिव्या मक्षू समुद्राद् उत वा पुरीषात् । स्वर्णराद् अवसे नो मरुत्वान् परावतो वा सदनाद् ऋतस्य

ā yātv indro diva ā pṛthivyā makṣū samudrād uta vā purīṣāt | svarṇarād avase no marutvān parāvato vā sadanād ṛtasya

Let Indra come from heaven, from earth, swiftly from the sea or from the flood — the lord of the sunlit realm, accompanied by the Maruts, for our help, or from the far-off seat of ṛta.

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RV 4 21.4

स्थूरस्य रायो बृहतो य ईशे तम् उ ष्टवाम विदथेष्व् इन्द्रम् । यो वायुना जयति गोमतीषु प्र धृष्णुया नयति वस्यो अच्छ

sthūrasya rāyo bṛhato ya īśe tam u ṣṭavāma vidatheṣv indram | yo vāyunā jayati gomatīṣu pra dhṛṣṇuyā nayati vasyo accha

He who has power over solid, lofty wealth — him indeed let us praise at the ritual assemblies, Indra, who with Vāyu conquers among the cow-rich (contests) and boldly leads (us) forward toward better things.

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RV 4 21.5

उप यो नमो नमसि स्तभायन्न् इयर्ति वाचꣳ जनयन् यजध्यै । ऋञ्जसानः पुरुवार उक्थैर् एन्द्रꣳ कृण्वीत सदनेषु होता

upa yo namo namasi stabhāyann iyarti vācaṁ janayan yajadhyai | ṛñjasānaḥ puruvāra ukthair endraṁ kṛṇvīta sadaneṣu hotā

He who, propping reverence upon reverence, sets speech in motion, generating it for the sacrificing — striving toward (the god), rich in treasures, with recited verses: let the hotṛ bring Indra here into the seats.

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RV 4 21.6

धिषा यदि धिषण्यन्तः सरण्यान् सदन्तो अद्रिम् औशिजस्य गोहे । आ दुरोषाः पास्त्यस्य होता यो नो महान् सꣳवरणेषु वह्निः

dhiṣā yadi dhiṣaṇyantaḥ saraṇyān sadanto adrim auśijasya gohe | ā duroṣāḥ pāstyasya hotā yo no mahān saṁvaraṇeṣu vahniḥ

If, with their thought, thinking eagerly, (they) sat by the pressing-stone, hastening, in the hiding-place of Auśija — (let him come) here, the hard-to-burn hotṛ of the household, who is our great conveyer within the enclosures.

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RV 4 21.7

सत्रा यद् ईम् भार्वरस्य वृष्णः सिषक्ति शुष्मः स्तुवते भराय । गुहा यद् ईम् औशिजस्य गोहे प्र यद् धिये प्रायसे मदाय

satrā yad īm bhārvarasya vṛṣṇaḥ siṣakti śuṣmaḥ stuvate bharāya | guhā yad īm auśijasya gohe pra yad dhiye prāyase madāya

When altogether the fury of the bull Bhārvara attends upon the praiser for the sake of gain; when (it is) hidden in the hiding-place of Auśija, when (it goes) forth to the vision, to refreshment, to intoxication.

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RV 4 21.8

वि यद् वराꣳसि पर्वतस्य वृण्वे पयोभिर् जिन्वे अपाꣳ जवाꣳसि । विदद् गौरस्य गवयस्य गोहे यदी वाजाय सुध्यो३ वहन्ति

vi yad varāṁsi parvatasya vṛṇve payobhir jinve apāṁ javāṁsi | vidad gaurasya gavayasya gohe yadī vājāya sudhyo3 vahanti

When he uncovered the broad places of the mountain, he quickened with milk the rushings of the waters; he found (it) in the lair of the gaura and the gavaya, when the well-minded ones convey (him) toward the prize.

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RV 4 21.9

भद्रा ते हस्ता सुकृतोत पाणी प्रयन्तारा स्तुवते राध इन्द्र । का ते निषत्तिः किम् उ नो ममत्सि किꣳ नोद्-उद् उ हर्षसे दातवा उ

bhadrā te hastā sukṛtota pāṇī prayantārā stuvate rādha indra | kā te niṣattiḥ kim u no mamatsi kiṁ nod-ud u harṣase dātavā u

Auspicious are your hands, and well-formed your two palms, holding out bounty to the one who praises, Indra. What is this sitting-still of yours? Why do you not gladden us? Why do you not rouse yourself up to give?

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RV 4 21.10

एवा वस्व इन्द्रः सत्यः सम्राड् ढन्ता वृत्रꣳ वरिवः पूरवे कः । पुरुष्टुत क्रत्वा नः शग्धि रायो भक्षीय ते ऽवसो दैव्यस्य

evā vasva indraḥ satyaḥ samrāḍ ḍhantā vṛtraṁ varivaḥ pūrave kaḥ | puruṣṭuta kratvā naḥ śagdhi rāyo bhakṣīya te 'vaso daivyasya

So Indra is the true sovereign of good things, the slayer of Vṛtra, who made wide room for Pūru. Much-praised one, with your resolve be able (to give) us wealth; may I share in your divine help.

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RV 4 21.11

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 sung, swell food for the singer like the rivers. A new formulation has been made for you, lord of the bay horses; through our vision may we be charioteers who always win.

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