Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 31

RV 5 31.1

इन्द्रो रथाय प्रवतꣳ कृणोति यम् अध्यस्थान् मघवा वाजयन्तम् । यूथेव पश्वो व्य् उनोति गोपा अरिष्टो याति प्रथमः सिषासन्

indro rathāya pravataṁ kṛṇoti yam adhyasthān maghavā vājayantam | yūtheva paśvo vy unoti gopā ariṣṭo yāti prathamaḥ siṣāsan

Indra makes a downward slope for the chariot which Maghavan has mounted as it races for the prize. Like a herdsman with herds of cattle he marshals (them); unharmed he goes first, seeking to win.

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RV 5 31.2

आ प्र द्रव हरिवो मा वि वेनः पिशङ्गराते अभि नः सचस्व । नहि त्वद् इन्द्र वस्यो अन्यद् अस्त्य् अमेनाꣳश् चिज् जनिवतश् चकर्थ

ā pra drava harivo mā vi venaḥ piśaṅgarāte abhi naḥ sacasva | nahi tvad indra vasyo anyad asty amenām̐ś cij janivataś cakartha

Run forth here, lord of the bay horses, do not look away; you of the tawny gifts, attend upon us. For there is nothing else better than you, Indra: even the wifeless you have made to have wives.

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RV 5 31.3

उद् यत् सहः सहस आजनिष्ट देदिष्ट इन्द्र इन्द्रियाणि विश्वा । प्राचोदयत् सुदुघा वव्रे अन्तर् वि ज्योतिषा सꣳववृत्वत् तमो ऽवः

ud yat sahaḥ sahasa ājaniṣṭa dediṣṭa indra indriyāṇi viśvā | prācodayat sudughā vavre antar vi jyotiṣā saṁvavṛtvat tamo 'vaḥ

When strength was born up out of strength, Indra displayed all his Indra-powers. He drove forth the good milch-cows (shut) within the cave; with light he uncovered the enveloping darkness.

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RV 5 31.4

अनवस् ते रथम् अश्वाय तक्षन् त्वष्टा वज्रम् पुरुहूत द्युमन्तम् । ब्रह्माण इन्द्रम् महयन्तो अर्कैर् अवर्धयन्न् अहये हन्तवा उ

anavas te ratham aśvāya takṣan tvaṣṭā vajram puruhūta dyumantam | brahmāṇa indram mahayanto arkair avardhayann ahaye hantavā u

The Anus fashioned your chariot for the horse, Tvaṣṭṛ the shining mace, o much-invoked one. The formulators, magnifying Indra with their chants, strengthened him for the slaying of the serpent.

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RV 5 31.5

वृष्णे यत् ते वृषणो अर्कम् अर्चान् इन्द्र ग्रावाणो अदितिः सजोषाः । अनश्वासो ये पवयो ऽरथा इन्द्रेषिता अभ्य् अवर्तन्त दस्यून्

vṛṣṇe yat te vṛṣaṇo arkam arcān indra grāvāṇo aditiḥ sajoṣāḥ | anaśvāso ye pavayo 'rathā indreṣitā abhy avartanta dasyūn

When for you, the bull, the bullish pressing-stones chanted the chant, Indra, and Aditi in accord — those rims without horses, without chariots, sped by Indra, rolled against the Dasyus.

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RV 5 31.6

प्र ते पूर्वाणि करणानि वोचम् प्र नूतना मघवन् या चकर्थ । शक्तीवो यद् विभरा रोदसी उभे जयन्न् अपो मनवे दानुचित्राः

pra te pūrvāṇi karaṇāni vocam pra nūtanā maghavan yā cakartha | śaktīvo yad vibharā rodasī ubhe jayann apo manave dānucitrāḥ

I proclaim your former doings and the present ones, Maghavan, which you have done — o you of power, when you held apart the two world-halves, winning for Manu the waters that glitter with drops.

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RV 5 31.7

तद् इन् नु ते करणꣳ दस्म विप्राहिꣳ यद् घ्नन्न् ओजो अत्रामिमीथाः । शुष्णस्य चित् परि माया अगृभ्णाः प्रपित्वꣳ यन्न् अप दस्यूꣳर् असेधः

tad in nu te karaṇaṁ dasma viprāhiṁ yad ghnann ojo atrāmimīthāḥ | śuṣṇasya cit pari māyā agṛbhṇāḥ prapitvaṁ yann apa dasyūm̐r asedhaḥ

That indeed was your deed, O wondrous inspired one: that, slaying the serpent, you measured out your strength there. You grasped and undid even the magic wiles of Śuṣṇa; going forth at the onset, you drove the Dasyus away.

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RV 5 31.8

त्वम् अपो यदवे तुर्वशायारमयः सुदुघाः पार इन्द्र । उग्रम् अयातम् अवहो ह कुत्सꣳ सꣳ ह यद् वाम् उशनारन्त देवाः

tvam apo yadave turvaśāyāramayaḥ sudughāḥ pāra indra | ugram ayātam avaho ha kutsaṁ saṁ ha yad vām uśanāranta devāḥ

You, Indra, made the waters, rich in milk, flow across for Yadu and Turvaśa. You two came mightily; indeed you carried Kutsa, when together with Uśanā the gods took delight in you two.

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RV 5 31.9

इन्द्राकुत्सा वहमाना रथेना वाम् अत्या अपि कर्णे वहन्तु । निः षीम् अद्भ्यो धमथो निः षधस्थान् मघोनो हृदो वरथस् तमाꣳसि

indrākutsā vahamānā rathenā vām atyā api karṇe vahantu | niḥ ṣīm adbhyo dhamatho niḥ ṣadhasthān maghono hṛdo varathas tamāṁsi

O Indra and Kutsa, riding upon the chariot, let your steeds bring you two right to (my) ear. You two blow him out of the waters, out of (his) seat, and you ward off the darknesses from the heart of the generous man.

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RV 5 31.10

वातस्य युक्तान् सुयुजश् चिद् अश्वान् कविश् चिद् एषो अजगन्न् अवस्युः । विश्वे ते अत्र मरुतः सखाय इन्द्र ब्रह्माणि तविषीम् अवर्धन्

vātasya yuktān suyujaś cid aśvān kaviś cid eṣo ajagann avasyuḥ | viśve te atra marutaḥ sakhāya indra brahmāṇi taviṣīm avardhan

The horses yoked to the wind, easy to yoke — to them this sage too has come, seeking aid. All the Maruts, your comrades, here, O Indra, and the formulations strengthened your power.

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RV 5 31.11

सूरश् चिद् रथम् परितक्म्यायाम् पूर्वꣳ करद् उपरꣳ जूजुवाꣳसम् । भरच् चक्रम् एतशः सꣳ रिणाति पुरो दधत् सनिष्यति क्रतुꣳ नः

sūraś cid ratham paritakmyāyām pūrvaṁ karad uparaṁ jūjuvāṁsam | bharac cakram etaśaḥ saṁ riṇāti puro dadhat saniṣyati kratuṁ naḥ

Even the sun's chariot, in the decisive moment — he made the one that had raced ahead the hinder one. Etaśa carried off the wheel; he contends (with him). Setting (us) in front, he will win insight for us.

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RV 5 31.12

आयꣳ जना अभिचक्षे जगामेन्द्रः सखायꣳ सुतसोमम् इच्छन् । वदन् ग्रावाव वेदिम् भ्रियाते यस्य जीरम् अध्वर्यवश् चरन्ति

āyaṁ janā abhicakṣe jagāmendraḥ sakhāyaṁ sutasomam icchan | vadan grāvāva vedim bhriyāte yasya jīram adhvaryavaś caranti

Hither, O people, has Indra come to be seen, seeking a comrade who has pressed soma. The speaking pressing-stone is borne down to the altar, whose quick (work) the adhvaryus go about.

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RV 5 31.13

ये चाकनन्त चाकनन्त नू ते मर्ता अमृत मो ते अꣳह आरन् । वावन्धि यज्यूꣳर् उत तेषु धेह्य् ओजो जनेषु येषु ते स्याम

ye cākananta cākananta nū te martā amṛta mo te aṁha āran | vāvandhi yajyūm̐r uta teṣu dhehy ojo janeṣu yeṣu te syāma

Those who have taken delight — the mortals have now delighted in you, O immortal; may they not come into straits. Show favour to the worshippers, and place strength in those people among whom we would be yours.

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