Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 26

RV 6 26.1

श्रुधी न इन्द्र ह्वयामसि त्वा महो वाजस्य सातौ वावृषाणाः । सꣳ यद् विशो ऽयन्त शूरसाता उग्रꣳ नो ऽवः पार्ये अहन् दाः

śrudhī na indra hvayāmasi tvā maho vājasya sātau vāvṛṣāṇāḥ | saṁ yad viśo 'yanta śūrasātā ugraṁ no 'vaḥ pārye ahan dāḥ

Hear us, Indra; we call on thee, eager as bulls for the winning of great prize. When the clans came together in the contest of heroes, give us strong help on the decisive day.

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RV 6 26.2

त्वाꣳ वाजी हवते वाजिनेयो महो वाजस्य गध्यस्य सातौ । त्वाꣳ वृत्रेष्व् इन्द्र सत्पतिꣳ तरुत्रꣳ त्वाꣳ चष्टे मुष्टिहा गोषु युध्यन्

tvāṁ vājī havate vājineyo maho vājasya gadhyasya sātau | tvāṁ vṛtreṣv indra satpatiṁ tarutraṁ tvāṁ caṣṭe muṣṭihā goṣu yudhyan

Thee the prize-steed, son of a prize-mare, calls upon for the winning of the great prize that is to be seized; thee, Indra, the true lord, the deliverer, in the battles; on thee the fist-fighter looks as he fights for cows.

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RV 6 26.3

त्वꣳ कविꣳ चोदयो ऽर्कसातौ त्वꣳ कुत्साय शुष्णꣳ दाशुषे वर्क् । त्वꣳ शिरो अमर्मणः पराहन्न् अतिथिग्वाय शꣳस्यꣳ करिष्यन्

tvaṁ kaviṁ codayo 'rkasātau tvaṁ kutsāya śuṣṇaṁ dāśuṣe vark | tvaṁ śiro amarmaṇaḥ parāhann atithigvāya śaṁsyaṁ kariṣyan

Thou didst spur on the sage in the winning of the chant; thou didst lay Śuṣṇa low for Kutsa the worshipper; thou didst strike off the head of the one without a vulnerable spot, meaning to do a praiseworthy deed for Atithigva.

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

RV 6 26.4

त्वꣳ रथम् प्र भरो योधम् ऋष्वम् आवो युध्यन्तꣳ वृषभꣳ दशद्युम् । त्वꣳ तुग्रꣳ वेतसवे सचाहन् त्वꣳ तुजिꣳ गृणन्तम् इन्द्र तूतोः

tvaṁ ratham pra bharo yodham ṛṣvam āvo yudhyantaṁ vṛṣabhaṁ daśadyum | tvaṁ tugraṁ vetasave sacāhan tvaṁ tujiṁ gṛṇantam indra tūtoḥ

Thou didst bring forward the chariot, the lofty fighter; thou didst help the fighting bull Daśadyu; thou didst slay Tugra together (with his men) for Vetasu; thou, Indra, didst strengthen Tuji who praises thee.

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

RV 6 26.5

त्वꣳ तद् उक्थम् इन्द्र बर्हणा कः प्र यच् छता सहस्रा शूर दर्षि । अव गिरेर् दासꣳ शम्बरꣳ हन् प्रावो दिवोदासꣳ चित्राभिर् ऊती

tvaṁ tad uktham indra barhaṇā kaḥ pra yac chatā sahasrā śūra darṣi | ava girer dāsaṁ śambaraṁ han prāvo divodāsaṁ citrābhir ūtī

Thou, Indra, didst make that hymn (effective) with force, when, hero, thou didst burst open hundreds and thousands; thou didst smite the Dāsa Śambara down from the mountain; thou didst help Divodāsa with brilliant aids.

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RV 6 26.6

त्वꣳ श्रद्धाभिर् मन्दसानः सोमैर् दभीतये चुमुरिम् इन्द्र सिष्वप् । त्वꣳ रजिम् पिठीनसे दशस्यन् षष्टिꣳ सहस्रा शच्या सचाहन्

tvaṁ śraddhābhir mandasānaḥ somair dabhītaye cumurim indra siṣvap | tvaṁ rajim piṭhīnase daśasyan ṣaṣṭiṁ sahasrā śacyā sacāhan

Thou, exhilarated with acts of trust and with somas, didst put Cumuri to sleep for Dabhīti, Indra; thou, granting Raji to Piṭhīnas, didst slay sixty thousand at once by thy skill.

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RV 6 26.7

अहꣳ चन तत् सूरिभिर् आनश्याꣳ तव ज्याय इन्द्र सुम्नम् ओजः । त्वया यत् स्तवन्ते सधवीर वीरास् त्रिवरूथेन नहुषा शविष्ठ

ahaṁ cana tat sūribhir ānaśyāṁ tava jyāya indra sumnam ojaḥ | tvayā yat stavante sadhavīra vīrās trivarūthena nahuṣā śaviṣṭha

Might even I, along with the patrons, attain that greater favour of yours, Indra, (and that) strength — since through you, O you who stand with heroes, heroes are praised, (through you) with threefold shelter, with Nahuṣa, O mightiest one.

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

RV 6 26.8

वयꣳ ते अस्याम् इन्द्र द्युम्नहूतौ सखायः स्याम महिन प्रेष्ठाः । प्रातर्दनिः क्षत्रश्रीर् अस्तु श्रेष्ठो घने वृत्राणाꣳ सनये धनानाम्

vayaṁ te asyām indra dyumnahūtau sakhāyaḥ syāma mahina preṣṭhāḥ | prātardaniḥ kṣatraśrīr astu śreṣṭho ghane vṛtrāṇāṁ sanaye dhanānām

May we, O Indra, be your friends, the dearest, at this invocation for splendour, O mighty one. Let Prātardani, glorious in dominion, be foremost for the smashing of the Vṛtras, for the winning of riches.

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