Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 40

RV 5 40.1

आ याह्य् अद्रिभिः सुतꣳ सोमꣳ सोमपते पिब । वृषन्न् इन्द्र वृषभिर् वृत्रहन्तम

ā yāhy adribhiḥ sutaṁ somaṁ somapate piba | vṛṣann indra vṛṣabhir vṛtrahantama

Come here; drink the soma pressed with the stones, O lord of soma — O bull Indra, with the bulls, O foremost slayer of Vṛtra.

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RV 5 40.2

वृषा ग्रावा वृषा मदो वृषा सोमो अयꣳ सुतः । वृषन्न् इन्द्र वृषभिर् वृत्रहन्तम

vṛṣā grāvā vṛṣā mado vṛṣā somo ayaṁ sutaḥ | vṛṣann indra vṛṣabhir vṛtrahantama

A bull is the pressing stone, a bull the intoxication, a bull this soma that is pressed — O bull Indra, with the bulls, O foremost slayer of Vṛtra.

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RV 5 40.3

वृषा त्वा वृषणꣳ हुवे वज्रिञ् चित्राभिर् ऊतिभिः । वृषन्न् इन्द्र वृषभिर् वृत्रहन्तम

vṛṣā tvā vṛṣaṇaṁ huve vajriñ citrābhir ūtibhiḥ | vṛṣann indra vṛṣabhir vṛtrahantama

As a bull I call you, the bull, O wielder of the mace, with your bright aids — O bull Indra, with the bulls, O foremost slayer of Vṛtra.

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RV 5 40.4

ऋजीषी वज्री वृषभस् तुराषाट् छुष्मी राजा वृत्रहा सोमपावा । युक्त्वा हरिभ्याम् उप यासद् अर्वाङ् माध्यꣳदिने सवने मत्सद् इन्द्रः

ṛjīṣī vajrī vṛṣabhas turāṣāṭ chuṣmī rājā vṛtrahā somapāvā | yuktvā haribhyām upa yāsad arvāṅ mādhyaṁdine savane matsad indraḥ

Possessor of the pressed-out soma, mace-bearer, bull, overpowering the swift, full of fury, king, slayer of Vṛtra, soma-drinker — having yoked his two bay horses, may he come near hither; at the midday pressing may Indra be exhilarated.

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RV 5 40.5

यत् त्वा सूर्य स्वर्भानुस् तमसाविध्यद् आसुरः । अक्षेत्रविद् यथा मुग्धो भुवनान्य् अदीधयुः

yat tvā sūrya svarbhānus tamasāvidhyad āsuraḥ | akṣetravid yathā mugdho bhuvanāny adīdhayuḥ

When Svarbhānu, of Asura kind, pierced you, O Sūrya, with darkness, the worlds looked out like one bewildered, not knowing the ground.

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RV 5 40.6

स्वर्भानोर् अध यद् इन्द्र माया अवो दिवो वर्तमाना अवाहन् । गूऴ्हꣳ सूर्यꣳ तमसापव्रतेन तुरीयेण ब्रह्मणाविन्दद् अत्रिः

svarbhānor adha yad indra māyā avo divo vartamānā avāhan | gūḻhaṁ sūryaṁ tamasāpavratena turīyeṇa brahmaṇāvindad atriḥ

Then, O Indra, when Svarbhānu's magic arts, rolling on below the sky, struck (the sun) down — Atri found by the fourth formulation the sun hidden by the darkness of the one who is against the (divine) ordinances.

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RV 5 40.7

मा माम् इमꣳ तव सन्तम् अत्र इरस्या द्रुग्धो भियसा नि गारीत् । त्वम् मित्रो असि सत्यराधास् तौ मेहावतꣳ वरुणश् च राजा

mā mām imaṁ tava santam atra irasyā drugdho bhiyasā ni gārīt | tvam mitro asi satyarādhās tau mehāvataṁ varuṇaś ca rājā

Let not the treacherous one, out of envy, out of terror, swallow down me here, who am yours. You are Mitra, whose bounty is true; you and king Varuṇa — help me here, you two.

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RV 5 40.8

ग्राव्णो ब्रह्मा युयुजानः सपर्यन् कीरिणा देवान् नमसोपशिक्षन् । अत्रिः सूर्यस्य दिवि चक्षुर् आधात् स्वर्भानोर् अप माया अघुक्षत्

grāvṇo brahmā yuyujānaḥ saparyan kīriṇā devān namasopaśikṣan | atriḥ sūryasya divi cakṣur ādhāt svarbhānor apa māyā aghukṣat

The brahman-priest, yoking the pressing stones, doing service, seeking to reach the gods with reverence and with a humble (offering) — Atri set the eye of the sun in heaven, and milked away the magic arts of Svarbhānu.

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RV 5 40.9

यꣳ वै सूर्यꣳ स्वर्भानुस् तमसाविध्यद् आसुरः । अत्रयस् तम् अन्व् अविन्दन् नह्य् अ१न्ये अशक्नुवन्

yaṁ vai sūryaṁ svarbhānus tamasāvidhyad āsuraḥ | atrayas tam anv avindan nahy a1nye aśaknuvan

That sun whom Svarbhānu, of Asura kind, pierced with darkness — the Atris found him again, for no others were able.

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