Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 41

RV 4 41.1

इन्द्रा को वाꣳ वरुणा सुम्नम् आप स्तोमो हविष्माꣳ अमृतो न होता । यो वाꣳ हृदि क्रतुमाꣳ अस्मद् उक्तः पस्पर्शद् इन्द्रावरुणा नमस्वान्

indrā ko vāṁ varuṇā sumnam āpa stomo haviṣmām̐ amṛto na hotā | yo vāṁ hṛdi kratumām̐ asmad uktaḥ pasparśad indrāvaruṇā namasvān

O Indra and Varuṇa, which praise of yours has reached your favour — a praise with oblation, immortal like the hotṛ — which, full of resolve and spoken by us, would touch your heart, O Indra and Varuṇa, when it comes with homage?

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RV 4 41.2

इन्द्रा ह यो वरुणा चक्र आपी देवौ मर्तः सख्याय प्रयस्वान् । स हन्ति वृत्रा समिथेषु शत्रून् अवोभिर् वा महद्भिः स प्र शृण्वे

indrā ha yo varuṇā cakra āpī devau martaḥ sakhyāya prayasvān | sa hanti vṛtrā samitheṣu śatrūn avobhir vā mahadbhiḥ sa pra śṛṇve

O Indra and Varuṇa, the mortal who, bringing offerings, has made you two gods his kin for friendship — he slays obstructions, foes in the encounters; or by your great aids he becomes renowned.

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RV 4 41.3

इन्द्रा ह रत्नꣳ वरुणा धेष्ठेत्था नृभ्यः शशमानेभ्यस् ता । यदी सखाया सख्याय सोमैः सुतेभिः सुप्रयसा मादयैते

indrā ha ratnaṁ varuṇā dheṣṭhetthā nṛbhyaḥ śaśamānebhyas tā | yadī sakhāyā sakhyāya somaiḥ sutebhiḥ suprayasā mādayaite

Indra and Varuṇa are indeed the best establishers of treasure, thus, for the men who have laboured for them — when the two friends, for friendship's sake, with pressed soma draughts, well provided with food, exhilarate themselves.

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RV 4 41.4

इन्द्रा युवꣳ वरुणा दिद्युम् अस्मिन्न् ओजिष्ठम् उग्रा नि वधिष्टꣳ वज्रम् । यो नो दुरेवो वृकतिर् दभीतिस् तस्मिन् मिमाथाम् अभिभूत्य् ओजः

indrā yuvaṁ varuṇā didyum asminn ojiṣṭham ugrā ni vadhiṣṭaṁ vajram | yo no durevo vṛkatir dabhītis tasmin mimāthām abhibhūty ojaḥ

O Indra and Varuṇa, you mighty two, strike down upon him the strongest bolt, the vajra: whoever among us is of evil ways, wolfish, deceitful — against him mete out overpowering strength.

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RV 4 41.5

इन्द्रा युवꣳ वरुणा भूतम् अस्या धियः प्रेतारा वृषभेव धेनोः । सा नो दुहीयद् यवसेव गत्वी सहस्रधारा पयसा मही गौः

indrā yuvaṁ varuṇā bhūtam asyā dhiyaḥ pretārā vṛṣabheva dhenoḥ | sā no duhīyad yavaseva gatvī sahasradhārā payasā mahī gauḥ

O Indra and Varuṇa, be you two the furtherers of this thought (of mine), as the bull is of the cow; may she yield milk for us, the great cow of a thousand streams, going as though to pasture, with her milk.

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RV 4 41.6

तोके हिते तनय उर्वरासु सूरो दृशीके वृषणश् च पौꣳस्ये । इन्द्रा नो अत्र वरुणा स्याताम् अवोभिर् दस्मा परितक्म्यायाम्

toke hite tanaya urvarāsu sūro dṛśīke vṛṣaṇaś ca pauṁsye | indrā no atra varuṇā syātām avobhir dasmā paritakmyāyām

When offspring is at stake, when progeny, when fields, when the sight of the sun, and the bull's manly deed — may Indra and Varuṇa be for us there with their aids, the wondrous two, at the critical turn.

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RV 4 41.7

युवाम् इद् ध्य् अवसे पूर्व्याय परि प्रभूती गविषः स्वापी । वृणीमहे सख्याय प्रियाय शूरा मꣳहिष्ठा पितरेव शम्भू

yuvām id dhy avase pūrvyāya pari prabhūtī gaviṣaḥ svāpī | vṛṇīmahe sakhyāya priyāya śūrā maṁhiṣṭhā pitareva śambhū

It is you two that we choose, for ancient help — preeminent, good kin to the seeker of cattle — for dear friendship, you heroes, most bountiful, benevolent like parents.

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RV 4 41.8

ता वाꣳ धियो ऽवसे वाजयन्तीर् आजिꣳ न जग्मुर् युवयूः सुदानू । श्रिये न गाव उप सोमम् अस्थुर् इन्द्रꣳ गिरो वरुणम् मे मनीषाः

tā vāṁ dhiyo 'vase vājayantīr ājiṁ na jagmur yuvayūḥ sudānū | śriye na gāva upa somam asthur indraṁ giro varuṇam me manīṣāḥ

These thoughts of yours, urging you on to help, have gone like (horses) to a race, longing for you, O liberal ones; like cows (going) to splendour they have come up to the soma — my songs to Indra, my reflections to Varuṇa.

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RV 4 41.9

इमा इन्द्रꣳ वरुणम् मे मनीषा अग्मन्न् उप द्रविणम् इच्छमानाः । उपेम् अस्थुर् जोष्टार इव वस्वो रघ्वीर् इव श्रवसो भिक्षमाणाः

imā indraṁ varuṇam me manīṣā agmann upa draviṇam icchamānāḥ | upem asthur joṣṭāra iva vasvo raghvīr iva śravaso bhikṣamāṇāḥ

These reflections of mine have gone up to Indra and Varuṇa, desiring wealth; they have drawn near like relishers of goods, like swift (mares) begging for renown.

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RV 4 41.10

अश्व्यस्य त्मना रथ्यस्य पुष्टेर् नित्यस्य रायः पतयः स्याम । ता चक्राणा ऊतिभिर् नव्यसीभिर् अस्मत्रा रायो नियुतः सचन्ताम्

aśvyasya tmanā rathyasya puṣṭer nityasya rāyaḥ patayaḥ syāma | tā cakrāṇā ūtibhir navyasībhir asmatrā rāyo niyutaḥ sacantām

May we ourselves be masters of horse-wealth, of chariot-wealth, of thriving, of lasting riches. Let those two, working with ever-new aids, make the teams of wealth attend upon us.

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RV 4 41.11

आ नो बृहन्ता बृहतीभिर् ऊती इन्द्र यातꣳ वरुण वाजसातौ । यद् दिद्यवः पृतनासु प्रक्रीऴान् तस्य वाꣳ स्याम सनितार आजेः

ā no bṛhantā bṛhatībhir ūtī indra yātaṁ varuṇa vājasātau | yad didyavaḥ pṛtanāsu prakrīḻān tasya vāṁ syāma sanitāra ājeḥ

Come to us, you lofty two, with lofty aids, O Indra, O Varuṇa, at the winning of the prize; when the missiles play in the battles, may we through you be the winners of that contest.

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