Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 69

RV 6 69.1

सꣳ वाꣳ कर्मणा सम् इषा हिनोमीन्द्राविष्णू अपसस् पारे अस्य । जुषेथाꣳ यज्ञꣳ द्रविणꣳ च धत्तम् अरिष्टैर् नः पथिभिः पारयन्ता

saṁ vāṁ karmaṇā sam iṣā hinomīndrāviṣṇū apasas pāre asya | juṣethāṁ yajñaṁ draviṇaṁ ca dhattam ariṣṭair naḥ pathibhiḥ pārayantā

With the rite and with refreshment I urge you two together, Indra and Viṣṇu, at the end of this work; enjoy the sacrifice and bestow substance, carrying us across by paths unharmed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 69.2

या विश्वासाꣳ जनितारा मतीनाम् इन्द्राविष्णू कलशा सोमधाना । प्र वाꣳ गिरः शस्यमाना अवन्तु प्र स्तोमासो गीयमानासो अर्कैः

yā viśvāsāṁ janitārā matīnām indrāviṣṇū kalaśā somadhānā | pra vāṁ giraḥ śasyamānā avantu pra stomāso gīyamānāso arkaiḥ

You two who are begetters of all thoughts, Indra and Viṣṇu, jars that hold soma — let the songs, as they are recited, favour you; let the praises, as they are sung with chants, (favour you).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 69.3

इन्द्राविष्णू मदपती मदानाम् आ सोमꣳ यातꣳ द्रविणो दधाना । सꣳ वाम् अञ्जन्त्व् अक्तुभिर् मतीनाꣳ सꣳ स्तोमासः शस्यमानास उक्थैः

indrāviṣṇū madapatī madānām ā somaṁ yātaṁ draviṇo dadhānā | saṁ vām añjantv aktubhir matīnāṁ saṁ stomāsaḥ śasyamānāsa ukthaiḥ

Indra and Viṣṇu, lords of intoxication among intoxications, come to the soma, bestowing substance; let them anoint you with the anointings of (our) thoughts, let the praises, recited with the utterances, (anoint you).

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

RV 6 69.4

आ वाम् अश्वासो अभिमातिषाह इन्द्राविष्णू सधमादो वहन्तु । जुषेथाꣳ विश्वा हवना मतीनाम् उप ब्रह्माणि शृणुतꣳ गिरो मे

ā vām aśvāso abhimātiṣāha indrāviṣṇū sadhamādo vahantu | juṣethāṁ viśvā havanā matīnām upa brahmāṇi śṛṇutaṁ giro me

Let your horses, which overcome hostilities, bring you here, Indra and Viṣṇu, as fellow-revellers; enjoy all the invocations of (our) thoughts; listen to the formulations, to my songs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 69.5

इन्द्राविष्णू तत् पनयाय्यꣳ वाꣳ सोमस्य मद उरु चक्रमाथे । अकृणुतम् अन्तरिक्षꣳ वरीयो ऽप्रथतꣳ जीवसे नो रजाꣳसि

indrāviṣṇū tat panayāyyaṁ vāṁ somasya mada uru cakramāthe | akṛṇutam antarikṣaṁ varīyo 'prathataṁ jīvase no rajāṁsi

Indra and Viṣṇu, this of yours is to be admired: in the exhilaration of soma you strode wide; you made the midspace more spacious, you spread out the realms for us to live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 69.6

इन्द्राविष्णू हविषा वावृधानाग्राद्वाना नमसा रातहव्या । घृतासुती द्रविणꣳ धत्तम् अस्मे समुद्रः स्थः कलशः सोमधानः

indrāviṣṇū haviṣā vāvṛdhānāgrādvānā namasā rātahavyā | ghṛtāsutī draviṇaṁ dhattam asme samudraḥ sthaḥ kalaśaḥ somadhānaḥ

Indra and Viṣṇu, grown strong by the oblation, eating first, to whom the oblation is given with homage, having ghee for your draught — bestow substance on us; you two are the sea, the jar that holds soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 69.7

इन्द्राविष्णू पिबतम् मध्वो अस्य सोमस्य दस्रा जठरम् पृणेथाम् । आ वाम् अन्धाꣳसि मदिराण्य् अग्मन्न् उप ब्रह्माणि शृणुतꣳ हवम् मे

indrāviṣṇū pibatam madhvo asya somasya dasrā jaṭharam pṛṇethām | ā vām andhāṁsi madirāṇy agmann upa brahmāṇi śṛṇutaṁ havam me

Indra and Viṣṇu, drink of this honey, of this soma; you wondrous ones, fill your belly; the intoxicating juices have come to you: listen to the formulations, to my call.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 69.8

उभा जिग्यथुर् न परा जयेथे न परा जिग्ये कतरश् चनैनोः । इन्द्रश् च विष्णो यद् अपस्पृधेथाꣳ त्रेधा सहस्रꣳ वि तद् ऐरयेथाम्

ubhā jigyathur na parā jayethe na parā jigye kataraś canainoḥ | indraś ca viṣṇo yad apaspṛdhethāṁ tredhā sahasraṁ vi tad airayethām

You both have conquered; you are not conquered away, nor was either one of the two conquered away. Indra, and you Viṣṇu — when you two contended, you apportioned the thousand threefold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition