Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 23

RV 4 23.1

कथा महाम् अवृधत् कस्य होतुर् यज्ञꣳ जुषाणो अभि सोमम् ऊधः । पिबन्न् उशानो जुषमाणो अन्धो ववक्ष ऋष्वः शुचते धनाय

kathā mahām avṛdhat kasya hotur yajñaṁ juṣāṇo abhi somam ūdhaḥ | pibann uśāno juṣamāṇo andho vavakṣa ṛṣvaḥ śucate dhanāya

How has (the song) strengthened the great one? At whose hotṛ's sacrifice, taking pleasure (in it), (has he come) to the soma-udder? Drinking, eager, delighting in the plant, the lofty one has grown strong for gleaming wealth.

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RV 4 23.2

को अस्य वीरः सधमादम् आप सम् आनꣳश सुमतिभिः को अस्य । कद् अस्य चित्रꣳ चिकिते कद् ऊती वृधे भुवच् छशमानस्य यज्योः

ko asya vīraḥ sadhamādam āpa sam ānaṁśa sumatibhiḥ ko asya | kad asya citraṁ cikite kad ūtī vṛdhe bhuvac chaśamānasya yajyoḥ

Which hero of his has attained his joint revel? who has reached him with (his) good thoughts? What wondrous thing of his has become visible? What has he (done) with his help, so as to be for the strengthening of the toiling worshipper?

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RV 4 23.3

कथा शृणोति हूयमानम् इन्द्रः कथा शृण्वन्न् अवसाम् अस्य वेद । का अस्य पूर्वीर् उपमातयो ह कथैनम् आहुः पपुरिꣳ जरित्रे

kathā śṛṇoti hūyamānam indraḥ kathā śṛṇvann avasām asya veda | kā asya pūrvīr upamātayo ha kathainam āhuḥ papuriṁ jaritre

How does Indra hear (the call) when he is called? How, hearing, does he take note of his pleas for aid? What are his many offers (of help)? Why then do they call him the one who fills (wishes) for the singer?

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RV 4 23.4

कथा सबाधः शशमानो अस्य नशद् अभि द्रविणꣳ दीध्यानः । देवो भुवन् नवेदा म ऋतानाꣳ नमो जगृभ्वाꣳ अभि यज् जुजोषत्

kathā sabādhaḥ śaśamāno asya naśad abhi draviṇaṁ dīdhyānaḥ | devo bhuvan navedā ma ṛtānāṁ namo jagṛbhvām̐ abhi yaj jujoṣat

How shall the hard-pressed man who has laboured for him, meditating, reach wealth? May the god become one who takes cognizance of my rites of ṛta, having received the homage in which he takes delight.

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RV 4 23.5

कथा कद् अस्या उषसो व्युष्टौ देवो मर्तस्य सख्यꣳ जुजोष । कथा कद् अस्य सख्यꣳ सखिभ्यो ये अस्मिन् कामꣳ सुयुजꣳ ततस्रे

kathā kad asyā uṣaso vyuṣṭau devo martasya sakhyaṁ jujoṣa | kathā kad asya sakhyaṁ sakhibhyo ye asmin kāmaṁ suyujaṁ tatasre

How and when, at the shining-forth of this dawn, has the god taken pleasure in a mortal's friendship? How and what is his friendship for the friends who have stretched out toward him a well-yoked desire?

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RV 4 23.6

किम् आद् अमत्रꣳ सख्यꣳ सखिभ्यः कदा नु ते भ्रात्रम् प्र ब्रवाम । श्रिये सुदृशो वपुर् अस्य सर्गाः स्व१र् ण चित्रतमम् इष आ गोः

kim ād amatraṁ sakhyaṁ sakhibhyaḥ kadā nu te bhrātram pra bravāma | śriye sudṛśo vapur asya sargāḥ sva1r ṇa citratamam iṣa ā goḥ

What then of the strong(?) friendship for friends? When shall we proclaim your brotherhood? For splendour is the form of him, fair to see; his outpourings are most brilliant, like the sun, for the refreshment that comes from the cow.

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RV 4 23.7

द्रुहꣳ जिघाꣳसन् ध्वरसम् अनिन्द्राꣳ तेतिक्ते तिग्मा तुजसे अनीका । ऋणा चिद् यत्र ऋणया न उग्रो दूरे अज्ञाता उषसो बबाधे

druhaṁ jighāṁsan dhvarasam anindrāṁ tetikte tigmā tujase anīkā | ṛṇā cid yatra ṛṇayā na ugro dūre ajñātā uṣaso babādhe

Seeking to slay Deceit, the harmful one, who is without Indra, he whets his sharp edges for the thrust. Where, fierce like an avenger of debts, he has driven off, far and unrecognized, the (debts?) of the dawns.

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RV 4 23.8

ऋतस्य हि शुरुधः सन्ति पूर्वीर् ऋतस्य धीतिर् वृजिनानि हन्ति । ऋतस्य श्लोको बधिरा ततर्द कर्णा बुधानः शुचमान आयोः

ṛtasya hi śurudhaḥ santi pūrvīr ṛtasya dhītir vṛjināni hanti | ṛtasya śloko badhirā tatarda karṇā budhānaḥ śucamāna āyoḥ

For the gains of ṛta are many; the insight of ṛta slays crooked deeds. The resounding call of ṛta, awakening and shining, has pierced the deaf ears of man.

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RV 4 23.9

ऋतस्य दृऴ्हा धरुणानि सन्ति पुरूणि चन्द्रा वपुषे वपूꣳषि । ऋतेन दीर्घम् इषणन्त पृक्ष ऋतेन गाव ऋतम् आ विवेशुः

ṛtasya dṛḻhā dharuṇāni santi purūṇi candrā vapuṣe vapūṁṣi | ṛtena dīrgham iṣaṇanta pṛkṣa ṛtena gāva ṛtam ā viveśuḥ

Firm are the supports of ṛta; its wonders are many and glittering, (a wonder) for wonder. Through ṛta they long for lasting nourishments; through ṛta the cows have entered into ṛta.

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RV 4 23.10

ऋतꣳ येमान ऋतम् इद् वनोत्य् ऋतस्य शुष्मस् तुरया उ गव्युः । ऋताय पृथ्वी बहुले गभीरे ऋताय धेनू परमे दुहाते

ṛtaṁ yemāna ṛtam id vanoty ṛtasya śuṣmas turayā u gavyuḥ | ṛtāya pṛthvī bahule gabhīre ṛtāya dhenū parame duhāte

Holding to ṛta, he wins ṛta indeed; the force of ṛta is swift-driving and cow-seeking. For ṛta the two wide ones (heaven and earth) are broad and deep; for ṛta the two highest milch-cows yield their milk.

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RV 4 23.11

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 nourishment for the singer, as (you swell) the rivers. A new formulation has been made for you, lord of the bay horses; through our thought may we be chariot-masters, winning always.

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