Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 46

RV 6 46.1

त्वाम् इद् धि हवामहे साता वाजस्य कारवः । त्वाꣳ वृत्रेष्व् इन्द्र सत्पतिꣳ नरस् त्वाꣳ काष्ठास्व् अर्वतः

tvām id dhi havāmahe sātā vājasya kāravaḥ | tvāṁ vṛtreṣv indra satpatiṁ naras tvāṁ kāṣṭhāsv arvataḥ

For it is you we bards call upon in the winning of the prize; you, Indra, the true lord, in the battles with obstacles — you, (we) men, in the race-courses of the steed.

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RV 6 46.2

स त्वꣳ नश् चित्र वज्रहस्त धृष्णुया महः स्तवानो अद्रिवः । गाम् अश्वꣳ रथ्यम् इन्द्र सꣳ किर सत्रा वाजꣳ न जिग्युषे

sa tvaṁ naś citra vajrahasta dhṛṣṇuyā mahaḥ stavāno adrivaḥ | gām aśvaṁ rathyam indra saṁ kira satrā vājaṁ na jigyuṣe

So you, O brilliant one with the mace in your hand, boldly praised as great, O wielder of the stone, heap together for us cattle and a chariot-horse, Indra — wholly, as (one heaps) the prize for the winner.

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RV 6 46.3

यः सत्राहा विचर्षणिर् इन्द्रꣳ तꣳ हूमहे वयम् । सहस्रमुष्क तुविनृम्ण सत्पते भवा समत्सु नो वृधे

yaḥ satrāhā vicarṣaṇir indraṁ taṁ hūmahe vayam | sahasramuṣka tuvinṛmṇa satpate bhavā samatsu no vṛdhe

He who is the slayer outright, the one who ranges among men — that Indra we call; O you of a thousand testicles, of mighty manly power, true lord, be for our increase in the clashes.

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RV 6 46.4

बाधसे जनान् वृषभेव मन्युना घृषौ मीऴ्ह ऋचीषम । अस्माकम् बोध्य् अविता महाधने तनूष्व् अप्सु सूर्ये

bādhase janān vṛṣabheva manyunā ghṛṣau mīḻha ṛcīṣama | asmākam bodhy avitā mahādhane tanūṣv apsu sūrye

You press hard on the peoples with your fury, like a bull, in the grinding (fight), in the contest for the stake, O ṛcīṣama; be known as our helper at the great wager, for our bodies, for the waters, for the sun.

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RV 6 46.5

इन्द्र ज्येष्ठꣳ न आ भरꣳ ओजिष्ठम् पपुरि श्रवः । येनेमे चित्र वज्रहस्त रोदसी ओभे सुशिप्र प्राः

indra jyeṣṭhaṁ na ā bharam̐ ojiṣṭham papuri śravaḥ | yeneme citra vajrahasta rodasī obhe suśipra prāḥ

Indra, bring us the foremost, the mightiest, the filling renown, by which, O brilliant one with the mace in your hand, fair-jawed one, you have filled both these world-halves.

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RV 6 46.6

त्वाम् उग्रम् अवसे चर्षणीसहꣳ राजन् देवेषु हूमहे । विश्वा सु नो विथुरा पिब्दना वसो ऽमित्रान् सुषहान् कृधि

tvām ugram avase carṣaṇīsahaṁ rājan deveṣu hūmahe | viśvā su no vithurā pibdanā vaso 'mitrān suṣahān kṛdhi

You, the fierce one, overpowerer of the peoples, we call for help among the gods, O king; make all our unsteady things firm, O good one, and make the foes easy to overcome.

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RV 6 46.7

यद् इन्द्र नाहुषीष्व् आꣳ ओजो नृम्णꣳ च कृष्टिषु । यद् वा पञ्च क्षितीनाꣳ द्युम्नम् आ भर सत्रा विश्वानि पौꣳस्या

yad indra nāhuṣīṣv ām̐ ojo nṛmṇaṁ ca kṛṣṭiṣu | yad vā pañca kṣitīnāṁ dyumnam ā bhara satrā viśvāni pauṁsyā

Whatever strength and manly power there is, Indra, among the Nāhuṣa peoples, or whatever brilliance of the five settlements — bring it, all manly deeds together.

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RV 6 46.8

यद् वा तृक्षौ मघवन् द्रुह्याव् आ जने यत् पूरौ कच् च वृष्ण्यम् । अस्मभ्यꣳ तद् रिरीहि सꣳ नृषाह्ये ऽमित्रान् पृत्सु तुर्वणे

yad vā tṛkṣau maghavan druhyāv ā jane yat pūrau kac ca vṛṣṇyam | asmabhyaṁ tad rirīhi saṁ nṛṣāhye 'mitrān pṛtsu turvaṇe

Or whatever bullish power is in Tṛkṣu, O Maghavan, in the Druhyu folk, whatever in Pūru — grant that fully to us, in the overpowering of men, to conquer the foes in the battles.

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RV 6 46.9

इन्द्र त्रिधातु शरणꣳ त्रिवरूथꣳ स्वस्तिमत् । छर्दिर् यच्छ मघवद्भ्यश् च मह्यꣳ च यावया दिद्युम् एभ्यः

indra tridhātu śaraṇaṁ trivarūthaṁ svastimat | chardir yaccha maghavadbhyaś ca mahyaṁ ca yāvayā didyum ebhyaḥ

Indra, hold out a threefold refuge, a triple defence, a protecting shelter full of well-being, for the liberal patrons and for me; ward the missile away from them.

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RV 6 46.10

ये गव्यता मनसा शत्रुम् आदभुर् अभिप्रघ्नन्ति धृष्णुया । अध स्मा नो मघवन्न् इन्द्र गिर्वणस् तनूपा अन्तमो भव

ye gavyatā manasā śatrum ādabhur abhipraghnanti dhṛṣṇuyā | adha smā no maghavann indra girvaṇas tanūpā antamo bhava

Those who with cattle-craving mind have harmed (us as) an enemy and strike boldly at (us) — then, O Maghavan Indra, lover of songs, be the closest protector of our bodies.

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RV 6 46.11

अध स्मा नो वृधे भवेन्द्र नायम् अवा युधि । यद् अन्तरिक्षे पतयन्ति पर्णिनो दिद्यवस् तिग्ममूर्धानः

adha smā no vṛdhe bhavendra nāyam avā yudhi | yad antarikṣe patayanti parṇino didyavas tigmamūrdhānaḥ

Then be for our increase, Indra; help this man in the fight, when in the midspace the feathered missiles with sharp heads go flying.

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RV 6 46.12

यत्र शूरासस् तन्वो वितन्वते प्रिया शर्म पितॄणाम् । अध स्मा यच्छ तन्वे३ तने च छर्दिर् अचित्तꣳ यावय द्वेषः

yatra śūrāsas tanvo vitanvate priyā śarma pitṝṇām | adha smā yaccha tanve3 tane ca chardir acittaṁ yāvaya dveṣaḥ

Where heroes stretch out their bodies, the dear shelter of the fathers — there grant covering to my body and to my offspring; keep off the unperceived hatred.

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RV 6 46.13

यद् इन्द्र सर्गे अर्वतश् चोदयासे महाधने । असमने अध्वनि वृजिने पथि श्येनाꣳ इव श्रवस्यतः

yad indra sarge arvataś codayāse mahādhane | asamane adhvani vṛjine pathi śyenām̐ iva śravasyataḥ

When, Indra, you urge on the steeds at the release, in the contest for the great prize, on an uneven course, on a crooked path, (urging them) like falcons striving for glory —

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RV 6 46.14

सिन्धूꣳर् इव प्रवण आशुया यतो यदि क्लोशम् अनु ष्वणि । आ ये वयो न वर्वृतत्य् आमिषि गृभीता बाह्वोर् गवि

sindhūm̐r iva pravaṇa āśuyā yato yadi klośam anu ṣvaṇi | ā ye vayo na varvṛtaty āmiṣi gṛbhītā bāhvor gavi

— like rivers swiftly going down a slope, when (they run) after the shout amid the din; (the steeds) who turn back again and again like birds greedy for prey, held in the two arms toward the cow.

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