Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 22

RV 6 22.1

य एक इद् धव्यश् चर्षणीनाम् इन्द्रꣳ तꣳ गीर्भिर् अभ्य् अर्च आभिः । यः पत्यते वृषभो वृष्ण्यावान् सत्यः सत्वा पुरुमायः सहस्वान्

ya eka id dhavyaś carṣaṇīnām indraṁ taṁ gīrbhir abhy arca ābhiḥ | yaḥ patyate vṛṣabho vṛṣṇyāvān satyaḥ satvā purumāyaḥ sahasvān

He who alone is to be invoked of the peoples — that Indra I sing to with these songs — who is master, the bull possessing bull-strength, real, a warrior, of many wiles, full of might.

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RV 6 22.2

तम् उ नः पूर्वे पितरो नवग्वाः सप्त विप्रासो अभि वाजयन्तः । नक्षद्दाभꣳ ततुरिम् पर्वतेष्ठाम् अद्रोघवाचम् मतिभिः शविष्ठम्

tam u naḥ pūrve pitaro navagvāḥ sapta viprāso abhi vājayantaḥ | nakṣaddābhaṁ taturim parvateṣṭhām adroghavācam matibhiḥ śaviṣṭham

Him our forefathers, the Navagvas, the seven inspired ones, urging (him) on with their thoughts (hailed): him whose blow strikes home, the one who carries through, who dwells in the mountain, of undeceiving speech, mightiest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 6 22.3

तम् ईमह इन्द्रम् अस्य रायः पुरुवीरस्य नृवतः पुरुक्षोः । यो अस्कृधोयुर् अजरः स्वर्वान् तम् आ भर हरिवो मादयध्यै

tam īmaha indram asya rāyaḥ puruvīrasya nṛvataḥ purukṣoḥ | yo askṛdhoyur ajaraḥ svarvān tam ā bhara harivo mādayadhyai

We beg that Indra for this wealth, rich in heroes, in men, in cattle — wealth that is not scanty, unaging, containing the sunlight: bring that here, O lord of the bays, for (our) exhilaration.

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RV 6 22.4

तन् नो वि वोचो यदि ते पुरा चिज् जरितार आनशुः सुम्नम् इन्द्र । कस् ते भागः किꣳ वयो दुध्र खिद्वः पुरुहूत पुरूवसो ऽसुरघ्नः

tan no vi voco yadi te purā cij jaritāra ānaśuḥ sumnam indra | kas te bhāgaḥ kiṁ vayo dudhra khidvaḥ puruhūta purūvaso 'suraghnaḥ

Declare this to us, if singers even before now have attained your favor, Indra. What is your portion, what your refreshment, O stubborn crusher, much-invoked, rich in goods, slayer of the Asura?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 6 22.5

तम् पृच्छन्ती वज्रहस्तꣳ रथेष्ठाम् इन्द्रꣳ वेपी वक्वरी यस्य नू गीः । तुविग्राभꣳ तुविकूर्मिꣳ रभोदाꣳ गातुम् इषे नक्षते तुम्रम् अच्छ

tam pṛcchantī vajrahastaṁ ratheṣṭhām indraṁ vepī vakvarī yasya nū gīḥ | tuvigrābhaṁ tuvikūrmiṁ rabhodāṁ gātum iṣe nakṣate tumram accha

Asking after him, the mace-handed chariot-stander Indra — the quivering, rolling song, whose it now is, reaches toward him, the strong-grasper, the strong-worker, the giver of vigor, the mighty one, to seek a way.

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RV 6 22.6

अया ह त्यम् मायया वावृधानम् मनोजुवा स्वतवः पर्वतेन । अच्युता चिद् वीऴिता स्वोजो रुजो वि दृऴ्हा धृषता विरप्शिन्

ayā ha tyam māyayā vāvṛdhānam manojuvā svatavaḥ parvatena | acyutā cid vīḻitā svojo rujo vi dṛḻhā dhṛṣatā virapśin

By this magic, indeed, (you shattered) him who had grown great, with the mind-swift mountain, O self-strong one; even the unshakable, the hard-held things, O you of good strength, you broke apart, the firm ones, with daring, O exuberant one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 6 22.7

तꣳ वो धिया नव्यस्या शविष्ठम् प्रत्नम् प्रत्नवत् परितꣳसयध्यै । स नो वक्षद् अनिमानः सुवह्मेन्द्रो विश्वान्य् अति दुर्गहाणि

taṁ vo dhiyā navyasyā śaviṣṭham pratnam pratnavat paritaṁsayadhyai | sa no vakṣad animānaḥ suvahmendro viśvāny ati durgahāṇi

Him, the mightiest, the ancient one, (we are) to set swinging for you with a new thought, as of old. May he, the immeasurable, the good conveyer, Indra, carry us across all hard passages.

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RV 6 22.8

आ जनाय द्रुह्वणे पार्थिवानि दिव्यानि दीपयो ऽन्तरिक्षा । तपा वृषन् विश्वतः शोचिषा तान् ब्रह्मद्विषे शोचय क्षाम् अपश् च

ā janāya druhvaṇe pārthivāni divyāni dīpayo 'ntarikṣā | tapā vṛṣan viśvataḥ śociṣā tān brahmadviṣe śocaya kṣām apaś ca

For the deceitful people set ablaze the earthly, the heavenly, the mid-air (regions); burn them, O bull, from every side with your flame; for the hater of sacred speech, set aflame earth and waters.

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RV 6 22.9

भुवो जनस्य दिव्यस्य राजा पार्थिवस्य जगतस् त्वेषसꣳदृक् । धिष्व वज्रꣳ दक्षिण इन्द्र हस्ते विश्वा अजुर्य दयसे वि मायाः

bhuvo janasya divyasya rājā pārthivasya jagatas tveṣasaṁdṛk | dhiṣva vajraṁ dakṣiṇa indra haste viśvā ajurya dayase vi māyāḥ

You became king of the heavenly people and of the earthly moving world, of fierce aspect. Hold the mace in your right hand, Indra; unaging one, you break apart all magic arts.

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RV 6 22.10

आ सꣳयतम् इन्द्र णः स्वस्तिꣳ शत्रुतूर्याय बृहतीम् अमृध्राम् । यया दासान्य् आर्याणि वृत्रा करो वज्रिन् सुतुका नाहुषाणि

ā saṁyatam indra ṇaḥ svastiṁ śatrutūryāya bṛhatīm amṛdhrām | yayā dāsāny āryāṇi vṛtrā karo vajrin sutukā nāhuṣāṇi

(Bring) us, Indra, continuous well-being, lofty and unfailing, for the overcoming of foes — by which, O mace-bearer, you would make the Dāsa and Ārya obstacles, the Nahuṣa ones, easy to drive off.

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RV 6 22.11

स नो नियुद्भिः पुरुहूत वेधो विश्ववाराभिर् आ गहि प्रयज्यो । न या अदेवो वरते न देव आभिर् याहि तूयम् आ मद्र्यद्रिक्

sa no niyudbhiḥ puruhūta vedho viśvavārābhir ā gahi prayajyo | na yā adevo varate na deva ābhir yāhi tūyam ā madryadrik

So come to us, much-invoked ordainer, with your niyut-teams that bring all good things, you who deserve worship first — with those which no ungodly one and no god holds back; with them come swiftly here toward me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition