Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 38

RV 4 38.1

उतो हि वाꣳ दात्रा सन्ति पूर्वा या पूरुभ्यस् त्रसदस्युर् नितोशे । क्षेत्रासाꣳ ददथुर् उर्वरासाꣳ घनꣳ दस्युभ्यो अभिभूतिम् उग्रम्

uto hi vāṁ dātrā santi pūrvā yā pūrubhyas trasadasyur nitośe | kṣetrāsāṁ dadathur urvarāsāṁ ghanaṁ dasyubhyo abhibhūtim ugram

And indeed there are those earlier gifts of you two, which Trasadasyu poured out for the Pūrus: you two gave (him), winner of fields, winner of arable lands, a smasher for the Dasyus, overpowering, mighty.

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RV 4 38.2

उत वाजिनम् पुरुनिष्षिध्वानꣳ दधिक्राम् उ ददथुर् विश्वकृष्टिम् । ऋजिप्यꣳ श्येनम् प्रुषितप्सुम् आशुꣳ चर्कृत्यम् अर्यो नृपतिꣳ न शूरम्

uta vājinam puruniṣṣidhvānaṁ dadhikrām u dadathur viśvakṛṣṭim | ṛjipyaṁ śyenam pruṣitapsum āśuṁ carkṛtyam aryo nṛpatiṁ na śūram

And you two gave (us) the prize-winner Dadhikrā, who grants many benefits, who belongs to all peoples — straight-darting, a falcon, of dappled form, swift, to be celebrated, like a lord of men, a hero of the patron.

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RV 4 38.3

यꣳ सीम् अनु प्रवतेव द्रवन्तꣳ विश्वः पूरुर् मदति हर्षमाणः । पड्भिर् गृध्यन्तम् मेधयुꣳ न शूरꣳ रथतुरꣳ वातम् इव ध्रजन्तम्

yaṁ sīm anu pravateva dravantaṁ viśvaḥ pūrur madati harṣamāṇaḥ | paḍbhir gṛdhyantam medhayuṁ na śūraṁ rathaturaṁ vātam iva dhrajantam

Whom, as he runs along as if down a slope, every Pūru exults over, thrilled with joy — greedy with his feet like a hero seeking the prize, outstripping chariots, sweeping on like the wind.

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RV 4 38.4

यः स्मारुन्धानो गध्या समत्सु सनुतरश् चरति गोषु गच्छन् । आविरृजीको विदथा निचिक्यत् तिरो अरतिम् पर्य् आप आयोः

yaḥ smārundhāno gadhyā samatsu sanutaraś carati goṣu gacchan | āvirṛjīko vidathā nicikyat tiro aratim pary āpa āyoḥ

He who, seizing the spoils in the clashes, moves apart, going in among the cattle; showing his force openly, marking the assemblies, he has passed over and beyond the ill-will of man.

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RV 4 38.5

उत स्मैनꣳ वस्त्रमथिꣳ न तायुम् अनु क्रोशन्ति क्षितयो भरेषु । नीचायमानꣳ जसुरिꣳ न श्येनꣳ श्रवश् चाच्छा पशुमच् च यूथम्

uta smainaṁ vastramathiṁ na tāyum anu krośanti kṣitayo bhareṣu | nīcāyamānaṁ jasuriṁ na śyenaṁ śravaś cācchā paśumac ca yūtham

And after him in the raids the settled peoples cry out, as after a thief who snatches a garment—(after him) swooping down like a famished falcon—toward glory and toward a herd rich in livestock.

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RV 4 38.6

उत स्मासु प्रथमः सरिष्यन् नि वेवेति श्रेणिभी रथानाम् । स्रजꣳ कृण्वानो जन्यो न शुभ्वा रेणुꣳ रेरिहत् किरणꣳ ददश्वान्

uta smāsu prathamaḥ sariṣyan ni veveti śreṇibhī rathānām | srajaṁ kṛṇvāno janyo na śubhvā reṇuṁ rerihat kiraṇaṁ dadaśvān

And among us, being about to run first, he speeds down along the ranks of chariots, making himself a garland, splendid like a bridegroom's kinsman, licking at the dust, biting at the flying grit.

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RV 4 38.7

उत स्य वाजी सहुरिर् ऋतावा शुश्रूषमाणस् तन्वा समर्ये । तुरꣳ यतीषु तुरयन्न् ऋजिप्यो ऽधि भ्रुवोः किरते रेणुम् ऋञ्जन्

uta sya vājī sahurir ṛtāvā śuśrūṣamāṇas tanvā samarye | turaṁ yatīṣu turayann ṛjipyo 'dhi bhruvoḥ kirate reṇum ṛñjan

And that prize-winning steed, overpowering, holding to ṛta, eager to obey with his body in the contest, hastening the swift one among the (mares) that go, straight-rushing, scatters up dust over his brows as he presses forward.

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RV 4 38.8

उत स्मास्य तन्यतोर् इव द्योर् ऋघायतो अभियुजो भयन्ते । यदा सहस्रम् अभि षीम् अयोधीद् दुर्वर्तुः स्मा भवति भीम ऋञ्जन्

uta smāsya tanyator iva dyor ṛghāyato abhiyujo bhayante | yadā sahasram abhi ṣīm ayodhīd durvartuḥ smā bhavati bhīma ṛñjan

And indeed they fear the onsets of him who rages like the thunder of heaven; when he has fought against a thousand, he becomes hard to check, terrible, pressing on.

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RV 4 38.9

उत स्मास्य पनयन्ति जना जूतिꣳ कृष्टिप्रो अभिभूतिम् आशोः । उतैनम् आहुः समिथे वियन्तः परा दधिक्रा असरत् सहस्रैः

uta smāsya panayanti janā jūtiṁ kṛṣṭipro abhibhūtim āśoḥ | utainam āhuḥ samithe viyantaḥ parā dadhikrā asarat sahasraiḥ

And indeed people admire the speed of him, the overpowering force of the swift one, who fills the peoples; and, scattering in the encounter, they say of him: "Dadhikrā has run off with thousands."

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RV 4 38.10

आ दधिक्राः शवसा पञ्च कृष्टीः सूर्य इव ज्योतिषापस् ततान । सहस्रसाः शतसा वाज्य् अर्वा पृणक्तु मध्वा सम् इमा वचाꣳसि

ā dadhikrāḥ śavasā pañca kṛṣṭīḥ sūrya iva jyotiṣāpas tatāna | sahasrasāḥ śatasā vājy arvā pṛṇaktu madhvā sam imā vacāṁsi

Dadhikrā has spread out over the five peoples with his power, as the sun (spreads over) the waters with its light. May the winner of thousands, the winner of hundreds, the prize-winning courser, blend these words of ours with honey.

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