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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 30

RV 6 30.1

भूय इद् वावृधे वीर्यायꣳ एको अजुर्यो दयते वसूनि । प्र रिरिचे दिव इन्द्रः पृथिव्या अर्धम् इद् अस्य प्रति रोदसी उभे

bhūya id vāvṛdhe vīryāyam̐ eko ajuryo dayate vasūni | pra ririce diva indraḥ pṛthivyā ardham id asya prati rodasī ubhe

Still further has he grown for heroic deed; alone, unaging, he apportions goods. Indra has extended beyond heaven and earth; a half of him matches both worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

INDRA hath waxed yet more for hero prowess, alone, Eternal, he bestoweth treasures. Indra transcendeth both the worlds in greatness: one half of him equalleth earth and heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 30.2

अधा मन्ये बृहद् असुर्यम् अस्य यानि दाधार नकिर् आ मिनाति । दिवे-दिवे सूर्यो दर्शतो भूद् वि सद्मान्य् उर्विया सुक्रतुर् धात्

adhā manye bṛhad asuryam asya yāni dādhāra nakir ā mināti | dive-dive sūryo darśato bhūd vi sadmāny urviyā sukratur dhāt

So I deem his asura-power great: what things he has upheld, no one diminishes. Day by day the sun has become visible; the very resolute one has set the seats far apart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Yea, mighty I esteem his Godlike nature: none hindereth what he hath once determined. Near and afar he spread and set the regions, and every day the Sun became apparent.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 30.3

अद्या चिन् नू चित् तद् अपो नदीनाꣳ यद् आभ्यो अरदो गातुम् इन्द्र । नि पर्वता अद्मसदो न सेदुस् त्वया दृऴ्हानि सुक्रतो रजाꣳसि

adyā cin nū cit tad apo nadīnāṁ yad ābhyo arado gātum indra | ni parvatā admasado na sedus tvayā dṛḻhāni sukrato rajāṁsi

Even today, even now, (stands) that work of the rivers, that thou didst dig out a way for them, Indra. The mountains sat down like men seated at a meal; by thee, O resolute one, the spaces were made firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

E'en now endures thine exploit of the Rivers, when, Indra, for their floods thou clavest passage. Like men who sit at meat the mountains settled: by thee, Most Wise! the regions were made steadfast.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 30.4

सत्यम् इत् तन् न त्वावाꣳ अन्यो अस्तीन्द्र देवो न मर्त्यो ज्यायान् । अहन्न् अहिम् परिशयानम् अर्णो ऽवासृजो अपो अच्छा समुद्रम्

satyam it tan na tvāvām̐ anyo astīndra devo na martyo jyāyān | ahann ahim pariśayānam arṇo 'vāsṛjo apo acchā samudram

True indeed is this: there is no other like thee, Indra, neither god nor mortal greater. Thou didst slay the serpent that lay around the flood; thou didst release the waters toward the sea.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This is the truth, none else is like thee, Indra, no God superior to thee, no mortal. Thou slewest Ahi who besieged the waters, and lettest loose the streams to hurry seaward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 30.5

त्वम् अपो वि दुरो विषूचीर् इन्द्र दृऴ्हम् अरुजः पर्वतस्य । राजाभवो जगतश् चर्षणीनाꣳ साकꣳ सूर्यꣳ जनयन् द्याम् उषासम्

tvam apo vi duro viṣūcīr indra dṛḻham arujaḥ parvatasya | rājābhavo jagataś carṣaṇīnāṁ sākaṁ sūryaṁ janayan dyām uṣāsam

Thou, Indra, didst open wide the waters, the doors facing all ways; thou didst break the firm (hold) of the mountain. Thou becamest king of what moves, of the peoples, generating at once the sun, heaven, dawn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Indra, thou breakest up the floods and portals on all sides, and the firmness of the mountain. Thou art the King of men, of all that liveth, engendering at once Sun, Heaven, and Morning.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)