Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 31
RV 6 31.1
अभूर् एको रयिपते रयीणाम् आ हस्तयोर् अधिथा इन्द्र कृष्टीः । वि तोके अप्सु तनये च सूरे ऽवोचन्त चर्षणयो विवाचः
abhūr eko rayipate rayīṇām ā hastayor adhithā indra kṛṣṭīḥ | vi toke apsu tanaye ca sūre 'vocanta carṣaṇayo vivācaḥ
Thou alone hast become, O lord of riches, (master) of riches; thou hast set the settled peoples in thy two hands, Indra. For offspring, for the waters, for progeny and for the sun the peoples, speaking apart from one another, have called (on thee).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
SOLE Lord of wealth art thou, O Lord of riches: thou in thine hands hast held the people, Indra! Men have invoked thee with contending voices for seed and waters, progeny and sunlight.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 6 31.2
त्वद् भियेन्द्र पार्थिवानि विश्वाच्युता चिच् च्यावयन्ते रजाꣳसि । द्यावाक्षामा पर्वतासो वनानि विश्वꣳ दृऴ्हम् भयते अज्मन्न् आ ते
tvad bhiyendra pārthivāni viśvācyutā cic cyāvayante rajāṁsi | dyāvākṣāmā parvatāso vanāni viśvaṁ dṛḻham bhayate ajmann ā te
Out of fear of thee, Indra, the earthly spaces, unshakable though they be, are shaken; heaven and earth, the mountains, the forests, everything firm is afraid at thy onrush.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Through fear of thee, O Indra, all the regions of earth, though naught may move them, shake and tremble. All that is firm is frightened at thy coming, -the earth, the heaven, the mountain, and the forest.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 6 31.3
त्वꣳ कुत्सेनाभि शुष्णम् इन्द्राशुषꣳ युध्य कुयवꣳ गविष्टौ । दश प्रपित्वे अध सूर्यस्य मुषायश् चक्रम् अविवे रपाꣳसि
tvaṁ kutsenābhi śuṣṇam indrāśuṣaṁ yudhya kuyavaṁ gaviṣṭau | daśa prapitve adha sūryasya muṣāyaś cakram avive rapāṁsi
Thou, with Kutsa, fight against Śuṣṇa, the greedy Kuyava, in the quest for cattle. At the onset thou didst carry off the ten (?) — the wheel of the sun — and didst sweep away the harms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With Kutsa, Indra! thou didst conquer Ṣushṇa, voracious, bane of crops, in fight for cattle. In the close fray thou rentest him: thou stolest the Sun's wheel and didst drive away misfortunes.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 6 31.4
त्वꣳ शतान्य् अव शम्बरस्य पुरो जघन्थाप्रतीनि दस्योः । अशिक्षो यत्र शच्या शचीवो दिवोदासाय सुन्वते सुतक्रे भरद्वाजाय गृणते वसूनि
tvaṁ śatāny ava śambarasya puro jaghanthāpratīni dasyoḥ | aśikṣo yatra śacyā śacīvo divodāsāya sunvate sutakre bharadvājāya gṛṇate vasūni
Thou didst strike down the hundreds of Śambara's strongholds, the unopposable (forts) of the Dasyu; where, O powerful one, with power thou didst bestow goods on Divodāsa who pressed (soma), on Bharadvāja who sang, on the one who buys the pressing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou smotest to the ground the hundred castles, impregnable, of Ṣambara the Dasyu, When, Strong, with might thou holpest Divodâsa who poured libations out, O Soma-buyer, and madest Bharadvâja rich who praised thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 6 31.5
स सत्यसत्वन् महते रणाय रथम् आ तिष्ठ तुविनृम्ण भीमम् । याहि प्रपथिन्न् अवसोप मद्रिक् प्र च श्रुत श्रावय चर्षणिभ्यः
sa satyasatvan mahate raṇāya ratham ā tiṣṭha tuvinṛmṇa bhīmam | yāhi prapathinn avasopa madrik pra ca śruta śrāvaya carṣaṇibhyaḥ
So, thou whose warriors are true, mount the fearsome chariot for the great battle, O thou of abundant manliness. Come to me with aid, O traveller of long paths, and, O famed one, make (it) heard forth to the peoples.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
As such, true Hero, for great joy of battle mount thy terrific car, O Brave and Manly. Come with thine help to me, thou distant Roamer, and, glorious God, spread among men my glory.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)