Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 47

RV 6 47.1

स्वादुष् किलायम् मधुमाꣳ उतायꣳ तीव्रः किलायꣳ रसवाꣳ उतायम् । उतो न्व् अ१स्य पपिवाꣳसम् इन्द्रꣳ न कश् चन सहत आहवेषु

svāduṣ kilāyam madhumām̐ utāyaṁ tīvraḥ kilāyaṁ rasavām̐ utāyam | uto nv a1sya papivāṁsam indraṁ na kaś cana sahata āhaveṣu

Sweet indeed is this one, and honeyed too is this; sharp indeed is this one, and full of sap too is this. And indeed no one at all overcomes Indra in the challenges when he has drunk of it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 47.2

अयꣳ स्वादुर् इह मदिष्ठ आस यस्येन्द्रो वृत्रहत्ये ममाद । पुरूणि यश् च्यौत्ना शम्बरस्य वि नवतिꣳ नव च देह्यो३ हन्

ayaṁ svādur iha madiṣṭha āsa yasyendro vṛtrahatye mamāda | purūṇi yaś cyautnā śambarasya vi navatiṁ nava ca dehyo3 han

This sweet one here has been the most intoxicating, on which Indra grew drunk at the slaying of Vṛtra; (he) who (broke) the many shakings of Śambara and smashed apart his ninety-nine walls.

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RV 6 47.3

अयम् मे पीत उद् इयर्ति वाचम् अयम् मनीषाम् उशतीम् अजीगः । अयꣳ षऴ् उर्वीर् अमिमीत धीरो न याभ्यो भुवनꣳ कच् चनारे

ayam me pīta ud iyarti vācam ayam manīṣām uśatīm ajīgaḥ | ayaṁ ṣaḻ urvīr amimīta dhīro na yābhyo bhuvanaṁ kac canāre

This one, drunk by me, raises up my speech; this one has awakened the eager thought; this skilled one measured out the six wide (spaces), from which no created thing whatever is far off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 47.4

अयꣳ स यो वरिमाणम् पृथिव्या वर्ष्माणꣳ दिवो अकृणोद् अयꣳ सः । अयम् पीयूषꣳ तिसृषु प्रवत्सु सोमो दाधारोर्व् अ१न्तरिक्षम्

ayaṁ sa yo varimāṇam pṛthivyā varṣmāṇaṁ divo akṛṇod ayaṁ saḥ | ayam pīyūṣaṁ tisṛṣu pravatsu somo dādhārorv a1ntarikṣam

This is he who made the width of the earth, the height of heaven — this is he; this Soma has upheld the first milk in the three downward courses, and the broad midspace.

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

RV 6 47.5

अयꣳ विदच् चित्रदृशीकम् अर्णः शुक्रसद्मनाम् उषसाम् अनीके । अयम् महान् महता स्कम्भनेनोद् द्याम् अस्तभ्नाद् वृषभो मरुत्वान्

ayaṁ vidac citradṛśīkam arṇaḥ śukrasadmanām uṣasām anīke | ayam mahān mahatā skambhanenod dyām astabhnād vṛṣabho marutvān

This one found the flood of wondrous appearance in the front of the dawns whose seats are bright; this great one propped up heaven with a great prop, the bull accompanied by the Maruts.

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RV 6 47.6

धृषत् पिब कलशे सोमम् इन्द्र वृत्रहा शूर समरे वसूनाम् । माध्यꣳदिने सवन आ वृषस्व रयिस्थानो रयिम् अस्मासु धेहि

dhṛṣat piba kalaśe somam indra vṛtrahā śūra samare vasūnām | mādhyaṁdine savana ā vṛṣasva rayisthāno rayim asmāsu dhehi

Boldly drink the soma in the jar, Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, hero, in the clash over goods; at the midday pressing pour yourself full; you who are the seat of riches, set riches in us.

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RV 6 47.7

इन्द्र प्र णः पुरएतेव पश्य प्र नो नय प्रतरꣳ वस्यो अच्छ । भवा सुपारो अतिपारयो नो भवा सुनीतिर् उत वामनीतिः

indra pra ṇaḥ puraeteva paśya pra no naya prataraṁ vasyo accha | bhavā supāro atipārayo no bhavā sunītir uta vāmanītiḥ

Indra, look forth for us like a forerunner; lead us forward, further, toward what is better. Be one who carries well across, carrying us over; be good leading, and lovely leading.

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RV 6 47.8

उरुꣳ नो लोकम् अनु नेषि विद्वान् स्वर्वज् ज्योतिर् अभयꣳ स्वस्ति । ऋष्वा त इन्द्र स्थविरस्य बाहू उप स्थेयाम शरणा बृहन्ता

uruṁ no lokam anu neṣi vidvān svarvaj jyotir abhayaṁ svasti | ṛṣvā ta indra sthavirasya bāhū upa stheyāma śaraṇā bṛhantā

Lead us, you who know, into wide space, into light that holds the sun, freedom from fear, wellbeing. Lofty, Indra, are the arms of you, the sturdy one; may we stand beneath them, high shelters.

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RV 6 47.9

वरिष्ठे न इन्द्र वन्धुरे धा वहिष्ठयोः शतावन्न् अश्वयोर् आ । इषम् आ वक्षीषाꣳ वर्षिष्ठाम् मा नस् तारीन् मघवन् रायो अर्यः

variṣṭhe na indra vandhure dhā vahiṣṭhayoḥ śatāvann aśvayor ā | iṣam ā vakṣīṣāṁ varṣiṣṭhām mā nas tārīn maghavan rāyo aryaḥ

Set us, Indra, on the widest seat of the two best-drawing horses, you who own hundreds. Bring here the most abundant refreshment of foods; let not the stranger's wealth outstrip ours, bounteous one.

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

RV 6 47.10

इन्द्र मृऴ मह्यꣳ जीवातुम् इच्छ चोदय धियम् अयसो न धाराम् । यत् किꣳ चाहꣳ त्वायुर् इदꣳ वदामि तज् जुषस्व कृधि मा देववन्तम्

indra mṛḻa mahyaṁ jīvātum iccha codaya dhiyam ayaso na dhārām | yat kiṁ cāhaṁ tvāyur idaṁ vadāmi taj juṣasva kṛdhi mā devavantam

Indra, be merciful; wish life for me; spur on (my) insight as (one whets) the edge of iron. Whatever I, being yours, say here, take pleasure in it; make me one who has the gods with him.

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RV 6 47.11

त्रातारम् इन्द्रम् अवितारम् इन्द्रꣳ हवे-हवे सुहवꣳ शूरम् इन्द्रम् । ह्वयामि शक्रम् पुरुहूतम् इन्द्रꣳ स्वस्ति नो मघवा धात्व् इन्द्रः

trātāram indram avitāram indraṁ have-have suhavaṁ śūram indram | hvayāmi śakram puruhūtam indraṁ svasti no maghavā dhātv indraḥ

Indra the rescuer, Indra the helper, at call after call Indra the hero easy to call — I call upon the able, much-invoked Indra; may the bounteous Indra grant us wellbeing.

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RV 6 47.12

इन्द्रः सुत्रामा स्ववाꣳ अवोभिः सुमृऴीको भवतु विश्ववेदाः । बाधताꣳ द्वेषो अभयꣳ कृणोतु सुवीर्यस्य पतयः स्याम

indraḥ sutrāmā svavām̐ avobhiḥ sumṛḻīko bhavatu viśvavedāḥ | bādhatāṁ dveṣo abhayaṁ kṛṇotu suvīryasya patayaḥ syāma

May Indra, the good rescuer, himself helpful with his aids, be very gracious, he who knows all. Let him drive off hatred, let him make (us) free from fear; may we be masters of a host of heroes.

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RV 6 47.13

तस्य वयꣳ सुमतौ यज्ञियस्यापि भद्रे सौमनसे स्याम । स सुत्रामा स्ववाꣳ इन्द्रो अस्मे आराच् चिद् द्वेषः सनुतर् युयोतु

tasya vayaṁ sumatau yajñiyasyāpi bhadre saumanase syāma | sa sutrāmā svavām̐ indro asme ārāc cid dveṣaḥ sanutar yuyotu

May we be in the favour of that one worthy of sacrifice, and also in his auspicious good will. May that Indra, good rescuer, himself helpful, keep hatred away from us in secret, even from afar.

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RV 6 47.14

अव त्वे इन्द्र प्रवतो नोर्मिर् गिरो ब्रह्माणि नियुतो धवन्ते । उरू न राधः सवना पुरूण्य् अपो गा वज्रिन् युवसे सम् इन्दून्

ava tve indra pravato normir giro brahmāṇi niyuto dhavante | urū na rādhaḥ savanā purūṇy apo gā vajrin yuvase sam indūn

Down to you, Indra, like the wave of a slope, songs, formulas and teams run. You yoke together as it were a broad bounty, many pressings, the waters, the cows, O wielder of the vajra, and the drops.

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RV 6 47.15

क ईꣳ स्तवत् कः पृणात् को यजाते यद् उग्रम् इन् मघवा विश्वहावेत् । पादाव् इव प्रहरन्न् अन्यम्-अन्यꣳ कृणोति पूर्वम् अपरꣳ शचीभिः

ka īṁ stavat kaḥ pṛṇāt ko yajāte yad ugram in maghavā viśvahāvet | pādāv iva praharann anyam-anyaṁ kṛṇoti pūrvam aparaṁ śacībhiḥ

Who will praise him, who will satisfy him, who will sacrifice, since the bounteous one favours only the strong at all times? Striking down one after another as if with his feet, he makes the earlier one later by his powers.

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

RV 6 47.16

शृण्वे वीर उग्रम्-उग्रꣳ दमायन्न् अन्यम्-अन्यम् अतिनेनीयमानः । एधमानद्विऴ् उभयस्य राजा चोष्कूयते विश इन्द्रो मनुष्यान्

śṛṇve vīra ugram-ugraṁ damāyann anyam-anyam atinenīyamānaḥ | edhamānadviḻ ubhayasya rājā coṣkūyate viśa indro manuṣyān

The hero is heard of, taming each strong one in turn, leading each one on past (the other); hating the one who grows big, king of both (parties), Indra stirs up the human clans.

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RV 6 47.17

परा पूर्वेषाꣳ सख्या वृणक्ति वितर्तुराणो अपरेभिर् एति । अनानुभूतीर् अवधून्वानः पूर्वीर् इन्द्रः शरदस् तर्तरीति

parā pūrveṣāṁ sakhyā vṛṇakti vitarturāṇo aparebhir eti | anānubhūtīr avadhūnvānaḥ pūrvīr indraḥ śaradas tartarīti

He casts aside the friendships of the earlier ones; shifting about, he goes with the later ones. Shaking off those who do not take to him, Indra crosses over many autumns.

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RV 6 47.18

रूपꣳ-रूपम् प्रतिरूपो बभूव तद् अस्य रूपम् प्रतिचक्षणाय । इन्द्रो मायाभिः पुरुरूप ईयते युक्ता ह्य् अस्य हरयः शता दश

rūpaṁ-rūpam pratirūpo babhūva tad asya rūpam praticakṣaṇāya | indro māyābhiḥ pururūpa īyate yuktā hy asya harayaḥ śatā daśa

Form after form, he has become the counter-form of it; that form of his is for being looked upon. Indra by his magic powers moves in many forms, for ten hundred bay horses are yoked for him.

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RV 6 47.19

युजानो हरिता रथे भूरि त्वष्टेह राजति । को विश्वाहा द्विषतः पक्ष आसत उतासीनेषु सूरिषु

yujāno haritā rathe bhūri tvaṣṭeha rājati | ko viśvāhā dviṣataḥ pakṣa āsata utāsīneṣu sūriṣu

Yoking the two tawny mares to the chariot, Tvaṣṭar reigns here abundantly. Who could sit all days on the side of the hostile, even while the patrons sit (at the rite)?

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RV 6 47.20

अगव्यूति क्षेत्रम् आगन्म देवा उर्वी सती भूमिर् अꣳहूरणाभूत् । बृहस्पते प्र चिकित्सा गविष्टाव् इत्था सते जरित्र इन्द्र पन्थाम्

agavyūti kṣetram āganma devā urvī satī bhūmir aṁhūraṇābhūt | bṛhaspate pra cikitsā gaviṣṭāv itthā sate jaritra indra panthām

We have come, O gods, to a field with no pasture; the earth, though wide, has become a narrow strait. Bṛhaspati, discern the path in the search for cows for the singer who is in such a plight, O Indra.

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RV 6 47.21

दिवे-दिवे सदृशीर् अन्यम् अर्धꣳ कृष्णा असेधद् अप सद्मनो जाः । अहन् दासा वृषभो वस्नयन्तोदव्रजे वर्चिनꣳ शम्बरꣳ च

dive-dive sadṛśīr anyam ardhaṁ kṛṣṇā asedhad apa sadmano jāḥ | ahan dāsā vṛṣabho vasnayantodavraje varcinaṁ śambaraṁ ca

Day after day he drove away the black brood, alike (in appearance), the other half, away from their seat. The bull slew the bargaining Dāsas, Varcin and Śambara, at Udavraja.

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RV 6 47.22

प्रस्तोक इन् नु राधसस् त इन्द्र दश कोशयीर् दश वाजिनो ऽदात् । दिवोदासाद् अतिथिग्वस्य राधः शाम्बरꣳ वसु प्रत्य् अग्रभीष्म

prastoka in nu rādhasas ta indra daśa kośayīr daśa vājino 'dāt | divodāsād atithigvasya rādhaḥ śāmbaraṁ vasu praty agrabhīṣma

Prastoka has now given ten purses of your bounty, Indra, and ten steeds. From Divodāsa we have received the gift of Atithigva, the wealth taken from Śambara.

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RV 6 47.23

दशाश्वान् दश कोशान् दश वस्त्राधिभोजना । दशो हिरण्यपिण्डान् दिवोदासाद् असानिषम्

daśāśvān daśa kośān daśa vastrādhibhojanā | daśo hiraṇyapiṇḍān divodāsād asāniṣam

Ten horses, ten purses, ten garments with additional provisions, and ten lumps of gold I have won from Divodāsa.

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RV 6 47.24

दश रथान् प्रष्टिमतः शतꣳ गा अथर्वभ्यः । अश्वथः पायवे ऽदात्

daśa rathān praṣṭimataḥ śataṁ gā atharvabhyaḥ | aśvathaḥ pāyave 'dāt

Ten chariots with side-horses, a hundred cows — Aśvattha gave to the Atharvans, to Pāyu.

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RV 6 47.25

महि राधो विश्वजन्यꣳ दधानान् भरद्वाजान् सार्ञ्जयो अभ्य् अयष्ट

mahi rādho viśvajanyaṁ dadhānān bharadvājān sārñjayo abhy ayaṣṭa

Sārñjaya worshipped the Bharadvājas, who were receiving a great gift belonging to all people.

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RV 6 47.26

वनस्पते वीड्वङ्गो हि भूया अस्मत्सखा प्रतरणः सुवीरः । गोभिः सꣳनद्धो असि वीऴयस्वास्थाता ते जयतु जेत्वानि

vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā asmatsakhā prataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ | gobhiḥ saṁnaddho asi vīḻayasvāsthātā te jayatu jetvāni

O lord of the forest (tree), be firm of limb, our comrade, carrying us across, rich in heroes. You are bound fast with cow-hide straps: hold firm! May the one who mounts you win what is to be won.

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RV 6 47.27

दिवस् पृथिव्याः पर्य् ओज उद्भृतꣳ वनस्पतिभ्यः पर्य् आभृतꣳ सहः । अपाम् ओज्मानम् परि गोभिर् आवृतम् इन्द्रस्य वज्रꣳ हविषा रथꣳ यज

divas pṛthivyāḥ pary oja udbhṛtaṁ vanaspatibhyaḥ pary ābhṛtaṁ sahaḥ | apām ojmānam pari gobhir āvṛtam indrasya vajraṁ haviṣā rathaṁ yaja

The power lifted up out of heaven and earth, the strength brought together from the forest trees, the might of the waters wrapped round with cow-hide — worship with an oblation Indra's mace, the chariot.

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RV 6 47.28

इन्द्रस्य वज्रो मरुताम् अनीकम् मित्रस्य गर्भो वरुणस्य नाभिः । सेमाꣳ नो हव्यदातिꣳ जुषाणो देव रथ प्रति हव्या गृभाय

indrasya vajro marutām anīkam mitrasya garbho varuṇasya nābhiḥ | semāṁ no havyadātiṁ juṣāṇo deva ratha prati havyā gṛbhāya

Indra's mace, the front rank of the Maruts, the embryo of Mitra, the navel of Varuṇa — do you, O divine chariot, taking pleasure in this our giving of oblation, receive the offerings.

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RV 6 47.29

उप श्वासय पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् पुरुत्रा ते मनुताꣳ विष्ठितꣳ जगत् । स दुन्दुभे सजूर् इन्द्रेण देवैर् दूराद् दवीयो अप सेध शत्रून्

upa śvāsaya pṛthivīm uta dyām purutrā te manutāṁ viṣṭhitaṁ jagat | sa dundubhe sajūr indreṇa devair dūrād davīyo apa sedha śatrūn

Make the earth resound, and heaven too; in many places let the world, spread out as it is, take note of you. O drum, in concord with Indra and the gods, drive the enemies away, far and farther.

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RV 6 47.30

आ क्रन्दय बलम् ओजो न आ धा निः ष्टनिहि दुरिता बाधमानः । अप प्रोथ दुन्दुभे दुच्छुना इत इन्द्रस्य मुष्टिर् असि वीऴयस्व

ā krandaya balam ojo na ā dhā niḥ ṣṭanihi duritā bādhamānaḥ | apa protha dundubhe ducchunā ita indrasya muṣṭir asi vīḻayasva

Roar out! Set strength and might in us! Thunder forth, thrusting away troubles! Snort away the calamity from here, O drum: you are Indra's fist — hold firm!

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RV 6 47.31

आमूर् अज प्रत्यावर्तयेमाः केतुमद् दुन्दुभिर् वावदीति । सम् अश्वपर्णाश् चरन्ति नो नरो ऽस्माकम् इन्द्र रथिनो जयन्तु

āmūr aja pratyāvartayemāḥ ketumad dundubhir vāvadīti | sam aśvaparṇāś caranti no naro 'smākam indra rathino jayantu

Drive off those yonder, bring these here back again; the drum sounds forth again and again, bearing a signal. Our men, horse-winged, move together; may our charioteers conquer, O Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition