Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 17

RV 6 17.1

पिबा सोमम् अभि यम् उग्र तर्द ऊर्वꣳ गव्यम् महि गृणान इन्द्र । वि यो धृष्णो वधिषो वज्रहस्त विश्वा वृत्रम् अमित्रिया शवोभिः

pibā somam abhi yam ugra tarda ūrvaṁ gavyam mahi gṛṇāna indra | vi yo dhṛṣṇo vadhiṣo vajrahasta viśvā vṛtram amitriyā śavobhiḥ

Drink the soma, by which, O powerful one, you pierced through the great cattle-pen, being greatly sung, Indra; you who, O bold one, with mace in hand, struck apart Vṛtra and all hostile things with your powers.

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RV 6 17.2

स ईम् पाहि य ऋजीषी तरुत्रो यः शिप्रवान् वृषभो यो मतीनाम् । यो गोत्रभिद् वज्रभृद् यो हरिष्ठाः स इन्द्र चित्राꣳ अभि तृन्धि वाजान्

sa īm pāhi ya ṛjīṣī tarutro yaḥ śipravān vṛṣabho yo matīnām | yo gotrabhid vajrabhṛd yo hariṣṭhāḥ sa indra citrām̐ abhi tṛndhi vājān

Drink it, you who are the ṛjīṣin, the one who carries across, who is fair-jawed, who is the bull of the thoughts; who splits the cow-pen, who bears the mace, who stands with the bay horses—O Indra, break open brilliant prizes (for us).

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RV 6 17.3

एवा पाहि प्रत्नथा मन्दतु त्वा श्रुधि ब्रह्म वावृधस्वोत गीर्भिः । आविः सूर्यꣳ कृणुहि पीपिहीषो जहि शत्रूꣳर् अभि गा इन्द्र तृन्धि

evā pāhi pratnathā mandatu tvā śrudhi brahma vāvṛdhasvota gīrbhiḥ | āviḥ sūryaṁ kṛṇuhi pīpihīṣo jahi śatrūm̐r abhi gā indra tṛndhi

So drink, as of old; let it gladden you; hear the formula and grow strong by the songs; make the sun manifest, make the refreshments swell, slay the rivals, break open (the way) to the cows, Indra.

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RV 6 17.4

ते त्वा मदा बृहद् इन्द्र स्वधाव इमे पीता उक्षयन्त द्युमन्तम् । महाम् अनूनꣳ तवसꣳ विभूतिम् मत्सरासो जर्हृषन्त प्रसाहम्

te tvā madā bṛhad indra svadhāva ime pītā ukṣayanta dyumantam | mahām anūnaṁ tavasaṁ vibhūtim matsarāso jarhṛṣanta prasāham

These drunken draughts, Indra of independent power, have strengthened you on high, the brilliant one; the exhilarating ones have made you exult—the great, the unimpaired, the strong, the abundant, the overpowering.

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RV 6 17.5

येभिः सूर्यम् उषसम् मन्दसानो ऽवासयो ऽप दृऴ्हानि दर्द्रत् । महाम् अद्रिम् परि गा इन्द्र सन्तꣳ नुत्था अच्युतꣳ सदसस् परि स्वात्

yebhiḥ sūryam uṣasam mandasāno 'vāsayo 'pa dṛḻhāni dardrat | mahām adrim pari gā indra santaṁ nutthā acyutaṁ sadasas pari svāt

With which, growing exhilarated, you made the sun and the dawn shine forth, bursting open the strongholds; the great rock that enclosed the cows, Indra, the unmoving one, you thrust from its own seat.

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RV 6 17.6

तव क्रत्वा तव तद् दꣳसनाभिर् आमासु पक्वꣳ शच्या नि दीधः । और्णोर् दुर उस्रियाभ्यो वि दृऴ्होद् ऊर्वाद् गा असृजो अङ्गिरस्वान्

tava kratvā tava tad daṁsanābhir āmāsu pakvaṁ śacyā ni dīdhaḥ | aurṇor dura usriyābhyo vi dṛḻhod ūrvād gā asṛjo aṅgirasvān

By your kratu, by those wondrous deeds of yours, by your skill, you set the cooked (milk) within the raw (cows); you opened the doors for the ruddy ones, you split apart the strong (fold), out of the enclosure you released the cows, together with the Aṅgirases.

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RV 6 17.7

पप्राथ क्षाम् महि दꣳसो व्य् उ१र्वीम् उप द्याम् ऋष्वो बृहद् इन्द्र स्तभायः । अधारयो रोदसी देवपुत्रे प्रत्ने मातरा यह्वी ऋतस्य

paprātha kṣām mahi daṁso vy u1rvīm upa dyām ṛṣvo bṛhad indra stabhāyaḥ | adhārayo rodasī devaputre pratne mātarā yahvī ṛtasya

You spread out the earth, a great deed, the wide (earth); lofty, you propped heaven up high, Indra; you held fast the two worlds whose sons are the gods, the ancient two mothers, the young ones of ṛta.

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RV 6 17.8

अध त्वा विश्वे पुर इन्द्र देवा एकꣳ तवसꣳ दधिरे भराय । अदेवो यद् अभ्य् औहिष्ट देवान् स्वर्षाता वृणत इन्द्रम् अत्र

adha tvā viśve pura indra devā ekaṁ tavasaṁ dadhire bharāya | adevo yad abhy auhiṣṭa devān svarṣātā vṛṇata indram atra

Then all the gods set you, Indra, in front, the one strong one, for the battle; when the godless one pressed hard upon the gods, then in the winning of the sunlight they chose Indra.

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RV 6 17.9

अध द्यौश् चित् ते अप सा नु वज्राद् द्वितानमद् भियसा स्वस्य मन्योः । अहिꣳ यद् इन्द्रो अभ्य् ओहसानꣳ नि चिद् विश्वायुः शयथे जघान

adha dyauś cit te apa sā nu vajrād dvitānamad bhiyasā svasya manyoḥ | ahiṁ yad indro abhy ohasānaṁ ni cid viśvāyuḥ śayathe jaghāna

Then even Heaven bent away from your mace, doubly so, in fear of your own wrath, when Indra struck down the serpent that pressed upon (him)—he of all life-span struck it down into its lair.

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RV 6 17.10

अध त्वष्टा ते मह उग्र वज्रꣳ सहस्रभृष्टिꣳ ववृतच् छताश्रिम् । निकामम् अरमणसꣳ येन नवन्तम् अहिꣳ सम् पिणग् ऋजीषिन्

adha tvaṣṭā te maha ugra vajraṁ sahasrabhṛṣṭiṁ vavṛtac chatāśrim | nikāmam aramaṇasaṁ yena navantam ahiṁ sam piṇag ṛjīṣin

Then Tvaṣṭar turned (on the lathe) for you, the great, the powerful, the mace with a thousand spikes, with a hundred edges, eager, restless-minded, with which you crushed the roaring serpent, O ṛjīṣin.

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RV 6 17.11

वर्धान् यꣳ विश्वे मरुतः सजोषाः पचच् छतम् महिषाꣳ इन्द्र तुभ्यम् । पूषा विष्णुस् त्रीणि सराꣳसि धावन् वृत्रहणम् मदिरम् अꣳशुम् अस्मै

vardhān yaṁ viśve marutaḥ sajoṣāḥ pacac chatam mahiṣām̐ indra tubhyam | pūṣā viṣṇus trīṇi sarāṁsi dhāvan vṛtrahaṇam madiram aṁśum asmai

He whom all the Maruts of one accord strengthen—(the presser) cooked a hundred buffaloes for you, Indra; Pūṣan and Viṣṇu set flowing three lakes for him, the Vṛtra-slaying, intoxicating stalk.

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RV 6 17.12

आ क्षोदो महि वृतꣳ नदीनाम् परिष्ठितम् असृज ऊर्मिम् अपाम् । तासाम् अनु प्रवत इन्द्र पन्थाम् प्रार्दयो नीचीर् अपसः समुद्रम्

ā kṣodo mahi vṛtaṁ nadīnām pariṣṭhitam asṛja ūrmim apām | tāsām anu pravata indra panthām prārdayo nīcīr apasaḥ samudram

You released the great surge of the rivers, penned in and hemmed about, the wave of the waters; along their downward slope, Indra, you set (them) rushing on their path, downward-flowing, active, to the sea.

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RV 6 17.13

एवा ता विश्वा चकृवाꣳसम् इन्द्रम् महाम् उग्रम् अजुर्यꣳ सहोदाम् । सुवीरꣳ त्वा स्वायुधꣳ सुवज्रम् आ ब्रह्म नव्यम् अवसे ववृत्यात्

evā tā viśvā cakṛvāṁsam indram mahām ugram ajuryaṁ sahodām | suvīraṁ tvā svāyudhaṁ suvajram ā brahma navyam avase vavṛtyāt

So may a new formula turn Indra hither for help—him who has done all these things, the great, the powerful, the unaging, the giver of might—you who have good heroes, good weapons, a good mace.

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RV 6 17.14

स नो वाजाय श्रवस इषे च राये धेहि द्युमत इन्द्र विप्रान् । भरद्वाजे नृवत इन्द्र सूरीन् दिवि च स्मैधि पार्ये न इन्द्र

sa no vājāya śravasa iṣe ca rāye dhehi dyumata indra viprān | bharadvāje nṛvata indra sūrīn divi ca smaidhi pārye na indra

So set for us, Indra, inspired singers who are brilliant, for the prize, for fame and for refreshment, for wealth; (set) patrons rich in men upon Bharadvāja, Indra, and be with us, Indra, on the decisive day.

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RV 6 17.15

अया वाजꣳ देवहितꣳ सनेम मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः

ayā vājaṁ devahitaṁ sanema madema śatahimāḥ suvīrāḥ

By this (help) may we win the god-given prize; may we rejoice a hundred winters, rich in heroes.

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