Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 38

RV 6 38.1

अपाद् इत उद् उ नश् चित्रतमो महीम् भर्षद् द्युमतीम् इन्द्रहूतिम् । पन्यसीꣳ धीतिꣳ दैव्यस्य यामञ् जनस्य रातिꣳ वनते सुदानुः

apād ita ud u naś citratamo mahīm bharṣad dyumatīm indrahūtim | panyasīṁ dhītiṁ daivyasya yāmañ janasya rātiṁ vanate sudānuḥ

From here, then, let the most wondrous one bear up for us the great, brilliant invocation of Indra, and the admirable thought; at the coming of the divine (course) the good giver wins the people's gift.

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RV 6 38.2

दूराच् चिद् आ वसतो अस्य कर्णा घोषाद् इन्द्रस्य तन्यति ब्रुवाणः । एयम् एनꣳ देवहूतिर् ववृत्यान् मद्र्य१ग् इन्द्रम् इयम् ऋच्यमाना

dūrāc cid ā vasato asya karṇā ghoṣād indrasya tanyati bruvāṇaḥ | eyam enaṁ devahūtir vavṛtyān madrya1g indram iyam ṛcyamānā

Even from afar, from his dwelling, are his two ears (turned hither); the speaker thunders forth from Indra's shouting. May this god-invocation turn him hither, may this (song), as it is sung, (turn) Indra toward me.

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RV 6 38.3

तꣳ वो धिया परमया पुराजाम् अजरम् इन्द्रम् अभ्य् अनूष्य् अर्कैः । ब्रह्मा च गिरो दधिरे सम् अस्मिन् महाꣳश् च स्तोमो अधि वर्धद् इन्द्रे

taṁ vo dhiyā paramayā purājām ajaram indram abhy anūṣy arkaiḥ | brahmā ca giro dadhire sam asmin mahām̐ś ca stomo adhi vardhad indre

Him, the anciently born, the unaging Indra, I have hailed for you with chants, with the highest thought; both prayer and songs they have set together in him, and the great laud grows upon Indra.

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RV 6 38.4

वर्धाद् यꣳ यज्ञ उत सोम इन्द्रꣳ वर्धाद् ब्रह्म गिर उक्था च मन्म । वर्धाहैनम् उषसो यामन्न् अक्तोर् वर्धान् मासाः शरदो द्याव इन्द्रम्

vardhād yaṁ yajña uta soma indraṁ vardhād brahma gira ukthā ca manma | vardhāhainam uṣaso yāmann aktor vardhān māsāḥ śarado dyāva indram

Indra, whom the sacrifice and the soma strengthen, whom prayer, songs, recitations and thought strengthen; let the Dawns strengthen him at the passing of the night, let the months, the autumns, the days strengthen Indra.

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RV 6 38.5

एवा जज्ञानꣳ सहसे असामि वावृधानꣳ राधसे च श्रुताय । महाम् उग्रम् अवसे विप्र नूनम् आ विवासेम वृत्रतूर्येषु

evā jajñānaṁ sahase asāmi vāvṛdhānaṁ rādhase ca śrutāya | mahām ugram avase vipra nūnam ā vivāsema vṛtratūryeṣu

Him thus born for might, grown undividedly great for famed bounty — the great, the mighty one, for help, O inspired singer, let us now seek to win over in the contests for overcoming Vṛtra.

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