Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 30

RV 5 30.1

क्व१ स्य वीरः को अपश्यद् इन्द्रꣳ सुखरथम् ईयमानꣳ हरिभ्याम् । यो राया वज्री सुतसोमम् इच्छन् तद् ओको गन्ता पुरुहूत ऊती

kva1 sya vīraḥ ko apaśyad indraṁ sukharatham īyamānaṁ haribhyām | yo rāyā vajrī sutasomam icchan tad oko gantā puruhūta ūtī

Where is that hero? Who has seen Indra, borne by his two bays on his easy-running chariot — he who, mace-bearer, with wealth, seeking the one who has pressed soma, goes to that house, the much-invoked, with his aid?

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RV 5 30.2

अवाचचक्षम् पदम् अस्य सस्वर् उग्रꣳ निधातुर् अन्व् आयम् इच्छन् । अपृच्छम् अन्याꣳ उत ते म आहुर् इन्द्रꣳ नरो बुबुधाना अशेम

avācacakṣam padam asya sasvar ugraṁ nidhātur anv āyam icchan | apṛccham anyām̐ uta te ma āhur indraṁ naro bubudhānā aśema

I caught sight of his track in secret; seeking, I followed after the fierce one who had hidden (it). I asked others, and they told me: "May we men, once awakened, reach Indra."

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RV 5 30.3

प्र नु वयꣳ सुते या ते कृतानीन्द्र ब्रवाम यानि नो जुजोषः । वेदद् अविद्वाञ् छृणवच् च विद्वान् वहते ऽयम् मघवा सर्वसेनः

pra nu vayaṁ sute yā te kṛtānīndra bravāma yāni no jujoṣaḥ | vedad avidvāñ chṛṇavac ca vidvān vahate 'yam maghavā sarvasenaḥ

Now, at the pressing, let us proclaim those deeds of yours, Indra, which you have done, those of ours in which you will take pleasure. Let the ignorant one come to know (them) and the knowing one hear (them): this Maghavan is being conveyed with his whole army.

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RV 5 30.4

स्थिरम् मनश् चकृषे जात इन्द्र वेषीद् एको युधये भूयसश् चित् । अश्मानꣳ चिच् छवसा दिद्युतो वि विदो गवाम् ऊर्वम् उस्रियाणाम्

sthiram manaś cakṛṣe jāta indra veṣīd eko yudhaye bhūyasaś cit | aśmānaṁ cic chavasā didyuto vi vido gavām ūrvam usriyāṇām

Once born, Indra, you made your mind firm; you went out alone to fight even the more numerous. With your might you split apart even the rock (with) your flashing bolts; you found the pen of the ruddy cows.

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RV 5 30.5

परो यत् त्वम् परम आजनिष्ठाः परावति श्रुत्यꣳ नाम बिभ्रत् । अतश् चिद् इन्द्राद् अभयन्त देवा विश्वा अपो अजयद् दासपत्नीः

paro yat tvam parama ājaniṣṭhāḥ parāvati śrutyaṁ nāma bibhrat | ataś cid indrād abhayanta devā viśvā apo ajayad dāsapatnīḥ

When you, the highest, were born beyond, in the far distance, bearing a name worth hearing — from that very time the gods were afraid of Indra; he won all the waters that had the Dāsa for their master.

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RV 5 30.6

तुभ्येद् एते मरुतः सुशेवा अर्चन्त्य् अर्कꣳ सुन्वन्त्य् अन्धः । अहिम् ओहानम् अप आशयानम् प्र मायाभिर् मायिनꣳ सक्षद् इन्द्रः

tubhyed ete marutaḥ suśevā arcanty arkaṁ sunvanty andhaḥ | ahim ohānam apa āśayānam pra māyābhir māyinaṁ sakṣad indraḥ

For you alone these very kindly Maruts chant the chant, they press the plant. Indra with his wiles overcame the wily serpent, the boaster, who lay upon the waters.

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RV 5 30.7

वि षू मृधो जनुषा दानम् इन्वन्न् अहन् गवा मघवन् सꣳचकानः । अत्रा दासस्य नमुचेः शिरो यद् अवर्तयो मनवे गातुम् इच्छन्

vi ṣū mṛdho januṣā dānam invann ahan gavā maghavan saṁcakānaḥ | atrā dāsasya namuceḥ śiro yad avartayo manave gātum icchan

Driving apart the scorners well, furthering the gift from your birth, you slew, o Maghavan, taking delight together with the bull (?). Then it was that you made roll the head of the Dāsa Namuci, seeking a way for Manu.

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RV 5 30.8

युजꣳ हि माम् अकृथा आद् इद् इन्द्र शिरो दासस्य नमुचेर् मथायन् । अश्मानꣳ चित् स्वर्य१ꣳ वर्तमानम् प्र चक्रियेव रोदसी मरुद्भ्यः

yujaṁ hi mām akṛthā ād id indra śiro dāsasya namucer mathāyan | aśmānaṁ cit svarya1ṁ vartamānam pra cakriyeva rodasī marudbhyaḥ

For you made me your yoke-fellow, Indra, when you were whirling off the head of the Dāsa Namuci — (rolling) the two worlds for the Maruts as two wheels (roll) even a whistling stone that is set turning.

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RV 5 30.9

स्त्रियो हि दास आयुधानि चक्रे किम् मा करन्न् अबला अस्य सेनाः । अन्तर् ह्य् अख्यद् उभे अस्य धेने अथोप प्रैद् युधये दस्युम् इन्द्रः

striyo hi dāsa āyudhāni cakre kim mā karann abalā asya senāḥ | antar hy akhyad ubhe asya dhene athopa praid yudhaye dasyum indraḥ

For the Dāsa made women his weapons: "What will his powerless armies do to me?" For he had seen from within his two milk-cows; then Indra went forth to fight the Dasyu.

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RV 5 30.10

सम् अत्र गावो ऽभितो ऽनवन्तेहेह वत्सैर् वियुता यद् आसन् । सꣳ ता इन्द्रो असृजद् अस्य शाकैर् यद् ईꣳ सोमासः सुषुता अमन्दन्

sam atra gāvo 'bhito 'navanteheha vatsair viyutā yad āsan | saṁ tā indro asṛjad asya śākair yad īṁ somāsaḥ suṣutā amandan

Here the cows lowed together on every side, when they were separated from their calves here and there. Indra brought them together with his helpers, when the well-pressed soma draughts had exhilarated him.

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RV 5 30.11

यद् ईꣳ सोमा बभ्रुधूता अमन्दन्न् अरोरवीद् वृषभः सादनेषु । पुरꣳदरः पपिवाꣳ इन्द्रो अस्य पुनर् गवाम् अददाद् उस्रियाणाम्

yad īṁ somā babhrudhūtā amandann aroravīd vṛṣabhaḥ sādaneṣu | puraṁdaraḥ papivām̐ indro asya punar gavām adadād usriyāṇām

When the soma draughts, shaken by the brown (fingers), had exhilarated him, the bull bellowed again and again in the seats. Indra the breaker of forts, having drunk of it, gave back the ruddy cows.

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RV 5 30.12

भद्रम् इदꣳ रुशमा अग्ने अक्रन् गवाꣳ चत्वारि ददतः सहस्रा । ऋणꣳचयस्य प्रयता मघानि प्रत्य् अग्रभीष्म नृतमस्य नृणाम्

bhadram idaṁ ruśamā agne akran gavāṁ catvāri dadataḥ sahasrā | ṛṇaṁcayasya prayatā maghāni praty agrabhīṣma nṛtamasya nṛṇām

This good thing the Ruśamas have done, Agni, in giving four thousand cows. We have received the bounties offered by Ṛṇaṁcaya, the most manly of men.

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RV 5 30.13

सुपेशसम् माव सृजन्त्य् अस्तꣳ गवाꣳ सहस्रै रुशमासो अग्ने । तीव्रा इन्द्रम् अममन्दुः सुतासो ऽक्तोर् व्युष्टौ परितक्म्यायाः

supeśasam māva sṛjanty astaṁ gavāṁ sahasrai ruśamāso agne | tīvrā indram amamanduḥ sutāso 'ktor vyuṣṭau paritakmyāyāḥ

The Ruśamas send me home richly adorned with thousands of cows, o Agni. The sharp pressed draughts exhilarated Indra at the dawning of the night, at its critical turn.

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RV 5 30.14

औच्छत् सा रात्री परितक्म्या याꣳ ऋणꣳचये राजनि रुशमानाम् । अत्यो न वाजी रघुर् अज्यमानो बभ्रुश् चत्वार्य् असनत् सहस्रा

aucchat sā rātrī paritakmyā yām̐ ṛṇaṁcaye rājani ruśamānām | atyo na vājī raghur ajyamāno babhruś catvāry asanat sahasrā

That critical night dawned forth, in which, under Ṛṇaṁcaya king of the Ruśamas, the brown one, like a swift prize-winning steed being urged on, won four thousand.

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RV 5 30.15

चतुःसहस्रꣳ गव्यस्य पश्वः प्रत्य् अग्रभीष्म रुशमेष्व् अग्ने । घर्मश् चित् तप्तः प्रवृजे य आसीद् अयस्मयस् तम् व् आदाम विप्राः

catuḥsahasraṁ gavyasya paśvaḥ praty agrabhīṣma ruśameṣv agne | gharmaś cit taptaḥ pravṛje ya āsīd ayasmayas tam v ādāma viprāḥ

Four thousand head of cattle we have received among the Ruśamas, o Agni. And the gharma-pot, heated for the offering, which was made of metal — that too we, the inspired singers, took.

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