Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 18

RV 6 18.1

तम् उ ष्टुहि यो अभिभूत्योजा वन्वन्न् अवातः पुरुहूत इन्द्रः । अषाऴ्हम् उग्रꣳ सहमानम् आभिर् गीर्भिर् वर्ध वृषभꣳ चर्षणीनाम्

tam u ṣṭuhi yo abhibhūtyojā vanvann avātaḥ puruhūta indraḥ | aṣāḻham ugraṁ sahamānam ābhir gīrbhir vardha vṛṣabhaṁ carṣaṇīnām

Praise him, then, who is of overpowering strength, who wins and is unwithstood, Indra the much-invoked; with these songs strengthen the unconquerable, the fierce, the overcoming one, the bull of the peoples.

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RV 6 18.2

स युध्मः सत्वा खजकृत् समद्वा तुविम्रक्षो नदनुमाꣳ ऋजीषी । बृहद्रेणुश् च्यवनो मानुषीणाम् एकः कृष्टीनाम् अभवत् सहावा

sa yudhmaḥ satvā khajakṛt samadvā tuvimrakṣo nadanumām̐ ṛjīṣī | bṛhadreṇuś cyavano mānuṣīṇām ekaḥ kṛṣṭīnām abhavat sahāvā

He is the fighter, the warrior, the maker of tumult, the battle-lover, mightily crushing, roaring, drinker of the pressed-out (soma); raising high the dust, overthrowing—he alone became the powerful one over human settlements.

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RV 6 18.3

त्वꣳ ह नु त्यद् अदमायो दस्यूꣳर् एकः कृष्टीर् अवनोर् आर्याय । अस्ति स्विन् नु वीर्य१ꣳ तत् त इन्द्र न स्विद् अस्ति तद् ऋतुथा वि वोचः

tvaṁ ha nu tyad adamāyo dasyūm̐r ekaḥ kṛṣṭīr avanor āryāya | asti svin nu vīrya1ṁ tat ta indra na svid asti tad ṛtuthā vi vocaḥ

You indeed then subdued the Dasyus; alone you won the settlements for the Ārya. Is that heroic deed of yours really yours, Indra, or is it not? Declare it in due season.

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RV 6 18.4

सद् इद् धि ते तुविजातस्य मन्ये सहः सहिष्ठ तुरतस् तुरस्य । उग्रम् उग्रस्य तवसस् तवीयो ऽरध्रस्य रध्रतुरो बभूव

sad id dhi te tuvijātasya manye sahaḥ sahiṣṭha turatas turasya | ugram ugrasya tavasas tavīyo 'radhrasya radhraturo babhūva

For I hold your might to be real, O mightiest, you of mighty birth, you the pressing one of the pressing; fierce (strength) of a fierce one, mightier than the mighty—he, himself not weak, became the one who hastens for the weak.

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RV 6 18.5

तन् नः प्रत्नꣳ सख्यम् अस्तु युष्मे इत्था वदद्भिर् वलम् अङ्गिरोभिः । हन्न् अच्युतच्युद् दस्मेषयन्तम् ऋणोः पुरो वि दुरो अस्य विश्वाः

tan naḥ pratnaṁ sakhyam astu yuṣme itthā vadadbhir valam aṅgirobhiḥ | hann acyutacyud dasmeṣayantam ṛṇoḥ puro vi duro asya viśvāḥ

Let that ancient friendship of ours be with you (all), together with the Aṅgirases who speak thus—(you) slew Vala, O shaker of the unshaken, O wondrous one, (you slew) the one pressing on; you opened the strongholds and all his doors.

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RV 6 18.6

स हि धीभिर् हव्यो अस्त्य् उग्र ईशानकृन् महति वृत्रतूर्ये । स तोकसाता तनये स वज्री वितन्तसाय्यो अभवत् समत्सु

sa hi dhībhir havyo asty ugra īśānakṛn mahati vṛtratūrye | sa tokasātā tanaye sa vajrī vitantasāyyo abhavat samatsu

For he is to be invoked with insights, the fierce one, who makes (a man) master in the great overcoming of Vṛtra; he, in the winning of offspring, in progeny, he the vajra-bearer became the one tugged at (by both sides) in battles.

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RV 6 18.7

स मज्मना जनिम मानुषाणाम् अमर्त्येन नाम्नाति प्र सर्स्रे । स द्युम्नेन स शवसोत राया स वीर्येण नृतमः समोकाः

sa majmanā janima mānuṣāṇām amartyena nāmnāti pra sarsre | sa dyumnena sa śavasota rāyā sa vīryeṇa nṛtamaḥ samokāḥ

He by his magnitude, with his immortal name, has stretched out beyond the generations of men; he with radiance, he with power and with wealth, he with heroism, most manly, dwells together (with them).

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RV 6 18.8

स यो न मुहे न मिथू जनो भूत् सुमन्तुनामा चुमुरिꣳ धुनिꣳ च । वृणक् पिप्रुꣳ शम्बरꣳ शुष्णम् इन्द्रः पुराꣳ च्यौत्नाय शयथाय नू चित्

sa yo na muhe na mithū jano bhūt sumantunāmā cumuriṁ dhuniṁ ca | vṛṇak pipruṁ śambaraṁ śuṣṇam indraḥ purāṁ cyautnāya śayathāya nū cit

He who was a person not for confusion nor for falsehood, of well-remembered name—Indra tore away Cumuri and Dhuni, Pipru, Śambara, Śuṣṇa, for the toppling of strongholds, for (their) lying prostrate, even at once.

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RV 6 18.9

उदावता त्वक्षसा पन्यसा च वृत्रहत्याय रथम् इन्द्र तिष्ठ । धिष्व वज्रꣳ हस्त आ दक्षिणत्राभि प्र मन्द पुरुदत्र मायाः

udāvatā tvakṣasā panyasā ca vṛtrahatyāya ratham indra tiṣṭha | dhiṣva vajraṁ hasta ā dakṣiṇatrābhi pra manda purudatra māyāḥ

With protecting, with vigorous and praiseworthy (strength), Indra, mount the chariot for the slaying of Vṛtra; take the vajra in your hand, on the right; laugh away the magic arts, O giver of much.

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RV 6 18.10

अग्निर् न शुष्कꣳ वनम् इन्द्र हेती रक्षो नि धक्ष्य् अशनिर् न भीमा । गम्भीरय ऋष्वया यो रुरोजाध्वानयद् दुरिता दम्भयच् च

agnir na śuṣkaṁ vanam indra hetī rakṣo ni dhakṣy aśanir na bhīmā | gambhīraya ṛṣvayā yo rurojādhvānayad duritā dambhayac ca

As Agni (burns) dry wood, Indra, burn down the demon with your missile, (a missile) terrible as the thunderbolt—(you) who with deep and lofty (force) broke (them), drove off troubles and crushed (them).

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RV 6 18.11

आ सहस्रम् पथिभिर् इन्द्र राया तुविद्युम्न तुविवाजेभिर् अर्वाक् । याहि सूनो सहसो यस्य नू चिद् अदेव ईशे पुरुहूत योतोः

ā sahasram pathibhir indra rāyā tuvidyumna tuvivājebhir arvāk | yāhi sūno sahaso yasya nū cid adeva īśe puruhūta yotoḥ

The greatness of the mighty-splendoured, the firm, the exultant one has burst beyond heaven and earth; he has no rival, no counter-measure, no one to stand against him—him of many wiles, the victorious.

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RV 6 18.12

प्र तुविद्युम्नस्य स्थविरस्य घृष्वेर् दिवो ररप्शे महिमा पृथिव्याः । नास्य शत्रुर् न प्रतिमानम् अस्ति न प्रतिष्ठिः पुरुमायस्य सह्योः

pra tuvidyumnasya sthavirasya ghṛṣver divo rarapśe mahimā pṛthivyāḥ | nāsya śatrur na pratimānam asti na pratiṣṭhiḥ purumāyasya sahyoḥ

Let that work of yours be done today: that you gave Kutsa, Āyu, Atithigva to him; many thousands you laid low upon the ground; and Tūrvayāṇa you led up boldly.

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RV 6 18.13

प्र तत् ते अद्या करणꣳ कृतम् भूत् कुत्सꣳ यद् आयुम् अतिथिग्वम् अस्मै । पुरू सहस्रा नि शिशा अभि क्षाम् उत् तूर्वयाणꣳ धृषता निनेथ

pra tat te adyā karaṇaṁ kṛtam bhūt kutsaṁ yad āyum atithigvam asmai | purū sahasrā ni śiśā abhi kṣām ut tūrvayāṇaṁ dhṛṣatā ninetha

Then, O god, all the gods rejoiced with you, the serpent-slayer, the most inspired of the inspired; when you made wide room for the oppressed, for heaven, for the people, for your own body, being hymned.

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RV 6 18.14

अनु त्वाहिघ्ने अध देव देवा मदन् विश्वे कवितमꣳ कवीनाम् । करो यत्र वरिवो बाधिताय दिवे जनाय तन्वे गृणानः

anu tvāhighne adha deva devā madan viśve kavitamaṁ kavīnām | karo yatra varivo bādhitāya dive janāya tanve gṛṇānaḥ

Heaven and Earth give way before that force of yours, Indra, and the immortal gods (give way); do, O doer, what still remains undone by you; beget a newer hymn with sacrifices.

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RV 6 18.15

अनु द्यावापृथिवी तत् त ओजो ऽमर्त्या जिहत इन्द्र देवाः । कृष्वा कृत्नो अकृतꣳ यत् ते अस्त्य् उक्थꣳ नवीयो जनयस्व यज्ञैः

anu dyāvāpṛthivī tat ta ojo 'martyā jihata indra devāḥ | kṛṣvā kṛtno akṛtaṁ yat te asty ukthaṁ navīyo janayasva yajñaiḥ

Great is Indra, manly, filler of the peoples, and of double strength, unfailing in his powers; toward us he has grown for heroism; broad, wide, well-made he became by (his) makers.

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