Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 42

RV 4 42.1

मम द्विता राष्ट्रꣳ क्षत्रियस्य विश्वायोर् विश्वे अमृता यथा नः । क्रतुꣳ सचन्ते वरुणस्य देवा राजामि कृष्टेर् उपमस्य वव्रेः

mama dvitā rāṣṭraṁ kṣatriyasya viśvāyor viśve amṛtā yathā naḥ | kratuṁ sacante varuṇasya devā rājāmi kṛṣṭer upamasya vavreḥ

Mine from of old is the dominion, mine the ruler's, as all the immortals are ours, (mine) of him who lasts all his life. The gods follow the resolve of Varuṇa; I rule over the nearest covering of the settled folk.

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RV 4 42.2

अहꣳ राजा वरुणो मह्यꣳ तान्य् असुर्याणि प्रथमा धारयन्त । क्रतुꣳ सचन्ते वरुणस्य देवा राजामि कृष्टेर् उपमस्य वव्रेः

ahaṁ rājā varuṇo mahyaṁ tāny asuryāṇi prathamā dhārayanta | kratuṁ sacante varuṇasya devā rājāmi kṛṣṭer upamasya vavreḥ

I am king Varuṇa; to me they first assigned those lordly powers. The gods follow the resolve of Varuṇa; I rule over the nearest covering of the settled folk.

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RV 4 42.3

अहम् इन्द्रो वरुणस् ते महित्वोर्वी गभीरे रजसी सुमेके । त्वष्टेव विश्वा भुवनानि विद्वान् सम् ऐरयꣳ रोदसी धारयꣳ च

aham indro varuṇas te mahitvorvī gabhīre rajasī sumeke | tvaṣṭeva viśvā bhuvanāni vidvān sam airayaṁ rodasī dhārayaṁ ca

I am Indra, I am Varuṇa; those two are by my greatness the wide, deep, well-fixed spaces; like Tvaṣṭṛ, knowing all beings, I set the two worlds in motion and I held them fast.

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RV 4 42.4

अहम् अपो अपिन्वम् उक्षमाणा धारयꣳ दिवꣳ सदन ऋतस्य । ऋतेन पुत्रो अदितेर् ऋतावोत त्रिधातु प्रथयद् वि भूम

aham apo apinvam ukṣamāṇā dhārayaṁ divaṁ sadana ṛtasya | ṛtena putro aditer ṛtāvota tridhātu prathayad vi bhūma

I made the waters swell as they streamed; I held heaven fast in the seat of ṛta. By ṛta the son of Aditi, holder of ṛta, spread out the earth threefold.

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RV 4 42.5

माꣳ नरः स्वश्वा वाजयन्तो माꣳ वृताः समरणे हवन्ते । कृणोम्य् आजिम् मघवाहम् इन्द्र इयर्मि रेणुम् अभिभूत्योजाः

māṁ naraḥ svaśvā vājayanto māṁ vṛtāḥ samaraṇe havante | kṛṇomy ājim maghavāham indra iyarmi reṇum abhibhūtyojāḥ

Men with good horses, seeking the prize, call on me; me, when they are beset in the clash. I make the contest, I the bounteous Indra; I stir up the dust, with overpowering strength.

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RV 4 42.6

अहꣳ ता विश्वा चकरꣳ नकिर् मा दैव्यꣳ सहो वरते अप्रतीतम् । यन् मा सोमासो ममदन् यद् उक्थोभे भयेते रजसी अपारे

ahaṁ tā viśvā cakaraṁ nakir mā daivyaṁ saho varate apratītam | yan mā somāso mamadan yad ukthobhe bhayete rajasī apāre

I have done all these things; no divine might, unopposable, holds me back — when the soma draughts have made me drunk, when the hymns have, both boundless realms are afraid.

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RV 4 42.7

विदुष् टे विश्वा भुवनानि तस्य ता प्र ब्रवीषि वरुणाय वेधः । त्वꣳ वृत्राणि शृण्विषे जघन्वान् त्वꣳ वृताꣳ अरिणा इन्द्र सिन्धून्

viduṣ ṭe viśvā bhuvanāni tasya tā pra bravīṣi varuṇāya vedhaḥ | tvaṁ vṛtrāṇi śṛṇviṣe jaghanvān tvaṁ vṛtām̐ ariṇā indra sindhūn

All the worlds have known this of you; these things you proclaim to Varuṇa, O ordainer. You are heard of as having smashed the Vṛtras; you, Indra, set flowing the penned-up rivers.

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RV 4 42.8

अस्माकम् अत्र पितरस् त आसन् सप्त ऋषयो दौर्गहे बध्यमाने । त आयजन्त त्रसदस्युम् अस्या इन्द्रꣳ न वृत्रतुरम् अर्धदेवम्

asmākam atra pitaras ta āsan sapta ṛṣayo daurgahe badhyamāne | ta āyajanta trasadasyum asyā indraṁ na vṛtraturam ardhadevam

Our fathers were there, the seven ṛṣis, when Daurgaha was being bound. They won by sacrifice, for her, Trasadasyu, an Indra as it were, overcomer of Vṛtras, a half-god.

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RV 4 42.9

पुरुकुत्सानी हि वाम् अदाशद् धव्येभिर् इन्द्रावरुणा नमोभिः । अथा राजानꣳ त्रसदस्युम् अस्या वृत्रहणꣳ ददथुर् अर्धदेवम्

purukutsānī hi vām adāśad dhavyebhir indrāvaruṇā namobhiḥ | athā rājānaṁ trasadasyum asyā vṛtrahaṇaṁ dadathur ardhadevam

For Purukutsānī did service to you two, O Indra and Varuṇa, with oblations and with reverence; and so you gave to her King Trasadasyu, the slayer of Vṛtra, the half-god.

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RV 4 42.10

राया वयꣳ ससवाꣳसो मदेम हव्येन देवा यवसेन गावः । ताꣳ धेनुम् इन्द्रावरुणा युवꣳ नो विश्वाहा धत्तम् अनपस्फुरन्तीम्

rāyā vayaṁ sasavāṁso madema havyena devā yavasena gāvaḥ | tāṁ dhenum indrāvaruṇā yuvaṁ no viśvāhā dhattam anapasphurantīm

Having won riches, may we rejoice — the gods in the oblation, the cows in the pasture. That milch-cow, Indra and Varuṇa, set down for us for all days, one that does not kick away.

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