Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 104

RV 7 104.1

इन्द्रासोमा तपतꣳ रक्ष उब्जतꣳ न्य् अर्पयतꣳ वृषणा तमोवृधः । परा शृणीतम् अचितो न्य् ओषतꣳ हतꣳ नुदेथाꣳ नि शिशीतम् अत्रिणः

indrāsomā tapataṁ rakṣa ubjataṁ ny arpayataṁ vṛṣaṇā tamovṛdhaḥ | parā śṛṇītam acito ny oṣataṁ hataṁ nudethāṁ ni śiśītam atriṇaḥ

Indra and Soma, burn the demon, force it down; thrust down, O bulls, those who thrive in darkness. Shatter the senseless ones, scorch them down, slay them, drive them off, cut down the devourers.

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RV 7 104.2

इन्द्रासोमा सम् अघशꣳसम् अभ्य् अ१घꣳ तपुर् ययस्तु चरुर् अग्निवाꣳ इव । ब्रह्मद्विषे क्रव्यादे घोरचक्षसे द्वेषो धत्तम् अनवायꣳ किमीदिने

indrāsomā sam aghaśaṁsam abhy a1ghaṁ tapur yayastu carur agnivām̐ iva | brahmadviṣe kravyāde ghoracakṣase dveṣo dhattam anavāyaṁ kimīdine

Indra and Soma, let burning heat come upon the evil-speaker, upon evil, like a pot set on the fire; against the hater of the brahman, the flesh-eater, the grim-eyed, set unceasing hatred, against the kimīdin.

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RV 7 104.3

इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृतो वव्रे अन्तर् अनारम्भणे तमसि प्र विध्यतम् । यथा नातः पुनर् एकश् चनोदयत् तद् वाम् अस्तु सहसे मन्युमच् छवः

indrāsomā duṣkṛto vavre antar anārambhaṇe tamasi pra vidhyatam | yathā nātaḥ punar ekaś canodayat tad vām astu sahase manyumac chavaḥ

Indra and Soma, pierce the evil-doer down into the pit, into darkness without a hold, so that not even one may come up again from there: let that wrathful strength of yours be for overpowering.

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RV 7 104.4

इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतꣳ दिवो वधꣳ सम् पृथिव्या अघशꣳसाय तर्हणम् । उत् तक्षतꣳ स्वर्य१म् पर्वतेभ्यो येन रक्षो वावृधानꣳ निजूर्वथः

indrāsomā vartayataṁ divo vadhaṁ sam pṛthivyā aghaśaṁsāya tarhaṇam | ut takṣataṁ svarya1m parvatebhyo yena rakṣo vāvṛdhānaṁ nijūrvathaḥ

Indra and Soma, roll down the weapon from heaven, and from earth the crusher, for the evil-speaker; fashion out of the mountains the roaring (bolt) with which you burn down the demon that has grown strong.

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RV 7 104.5

इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतꣳ दिवस् पर्य् अग्नितप्तेभिर् युवम् अश्महन्मभिः । तपुर्वधेभिर् अजरेभिर् अत्रिणो नि पर्शाने विध्यतꣳ यन्तु निस्वरम्

indrāsomā vartayataṁ divas pary agnitaptebhir yuvam aśmahanmabhiḥ | tapurvadhebhir ajarebhir atriṇo ni parśāne vidhyataṁ yantu nisvaram

Indra and Soma, roll (it) down from around heaven: with fire-heated, stone-striking (bolts), with scorching, unaging weapons, pierce the devourers down into the chasm — let them go without a sound.

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RV 7 104.6

इन्द्रासोमा परि वाम् भूतु विश्वत इयम् मतिः कक्ष्याश्वेव वाजिना । याꣳ वाꣳ होत्राम् परिहिनोमि मेधयेमा ब्रह्माणि नृपतीव जिन्वतम्

indrāsomā pari vām bhūtu viśvata iyam matiḥ kakṣyāśveva vājinā | yāṁ vāṁ hotrām parihinomi medhayemā brahmāṇi nṛpatīva jinvatam

Indra and Soma, may this thought surround you on all sides, as a girth (surrounds) two prize-winning horses; the hotṛ's office which I send around to you with my inspiration — quicken these prayers, like two lords of men.

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RV 7 104.7

प्रति स्मरेथाꣳ तुजयद्भिर् एवैर् हतꣳ द्रुहो रक्षसो भङ्गुरावतः । इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृते मा सुगम् भूद् यो नः कदा चिद् अभिदासति द्रुहा

prati smarethāṁ tujayadbhir evair hataṁ druho rakṣaso bhaṅgurāvataḥ | indrāsomā duṣkṛte mā sugam bhūd yo naḥ kadā cid abhidāsati druhā

Remember (this), you two, with impelling courses: strike down the harms of the treacherous demon, of the breaker. Indra and Soma, let there be no easy way for the evildoer, whoever at any time assails us with treachery.

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RV 7 104.8

यो मा पाकेन मनसा चरन्तम् अभिचष्टे अनृतेभिर् वचोभिः । आप इव काशिना सꣳगृभीता असन्न् अस्त्व् आसत इन्द्र वक्ता

yo mā pākena manasā carantam abhicaṣṭe anṛtebhir vacobhiḥ | āpa iva kāśinā saṁgṛbhītā asann astv āsata indra vaktā

Whoever looks upon me with hostile intent — me who walk with a simple mind — with untrue words: like waters grasped in the hollow of the hand, let him be nothing, O Indra, the one who speaks what is not.

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RV 7 104.9

ये पाकशꣳसꣳ विहरन्त एवैर् ये वा भद्रꣳ दूषयन्ति स्वधाभिः । अहये वा तान् प्रददातु सोम आ वा दधातु निरृतेर् उपस्थे

ye pākaśaṁsaṁ viharanta evair ye vā bhadraṁ dūṣayanti svadhābhiḥ | ahaye vā tān pradadātu soma ā vā dadhātu nirṛter upasthe

Those who with their courses tear apart the man of simple speech, or who by their own powers befoul what is good — let Soma hand them over to the serpent, or set them in the lap of Nirṛti.

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RV 7 104.10

यो नो रसꣳ दिप्सति पित्वो अग्ने यो अश्वानाꣳ यो गवाꣳ यस् तनूनाम् । रिपुः स्तेनः स्तेयकृद् दभ्रम् एतु नि ष हीयताꣳ तन्वा३ तना च

yo no rasaṁ dipsati pitvo agne yo aśvānāṁ yo gavāṁ yas tanūnām | ripuḥ stenaḥ steyakṛd dabhram etu ni ṣa hīyatāṁ tanvā3 tanā ca

Whoever seeks to harm the sap of our food, O Agni, whoever (that) of our horses, of our cows, of our bodies — the cheat, the thief, the doer of theft: let him go to little; let him be brought low in body and in offspring.

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RV 7 104.11

परः सो अस्तु तन्वा३ तना च तिस्रः पृथिवीर् अधो अस्तु विश्वाः । प्रति शुष्यतु यशो अस्य देवा यो नो दिवा दिप्सति यश् च नक्तम्

paraḥ so astu tanvā3 tanā ca tisraḥ pṛthivīr adho astu viśvāḥ | prati śuṣyatu yaśo asya devā yo no divā dipsati yaś ca naktam

Let him be far away in body and in offspring; let him be below all three earths. Let his glory dry up, O gods — whoever seeks to harm us by day and whoever by night.

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RV 7 104.12

सुविज्ञानꣳ चिकितुषे जनाय सच् चासच् च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तयोर् यत् सत्यꣳ यतरद् ऋजीयस् तद् इत् सोमो ऽवति हन्त्य् आसत्

suvijñānaṁ cikituṣe janāya sac cāsac ca vacasī paspṛdhāte | tayor yat satyaṁ yatarad ṛjīyas tad it somo 'vati hanty āsat

It is easy to discern for the man who takes note: the true and the untrue words have contended. Of those two, whichever is true, whichever the straighter — that indeed Soma favours; he slays the untrue.

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RV 7 104.13

न वा उ सोमो वृजिनꣳ हिनोति न क्षत्रियम् मिथुया धारयन्तम् । हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्य् आसद् वदन्तम् उभाव् इन्द्रस्य प्रसितौ शयाते

na vā u somo vṛjinaṁ hinoti na kṣatriyam mithuyā dhārayantam | hanti rakṣo hanty āsad vadantam ubhāv indrasya prasitau śayāte

Soma surely does not impel the crooked man, nor the kṣatriya who upholds (things) falsely. He slays the demon, he slays the one speaking untruth; both lie in Indra's snare.

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RV 7 104.14

यदि वाहम् अनृतदेव आस मोघꣳ वा देवाꣳ अप्यूहे अग्ने । किम् अस्मभ्यꣳ जातवेदो हृणीषे द्रोघवाचस् ते निरृथꣳ सचन्ताम्

yadi vāham anṛtadeva āsa moghaṁ vā devām̐ apyūhe agne | kim asmabhyaṁ jātavedo hṛṇīṣe droghavācas te nirṛthaṁ sacantām

If I have been one whose gods are false, or if I have thought of the gods in vain, O Agni — why are you angry with us, O Jātavedas? Let those of deceitful speech meet with destruction from you.

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RV 7 104.15

अद्या मुरीय यदि यातुधानो अस्मि यदि वायुस् ततप पूरुषस्य । अधा स वीरैर् दशभिर् वि यूया यो मा मोघꣳ यातुधानेत्य् आह

adyā murīya yadi yātudhāno asmi yadi vāyus tatapa pūruṣasya | adhā sa vīrair daśabhir vi yūyā yo mā moghaṁ yātudhānety āha

May I die this very day, if I am a sorcerer, or if I have burned up the lifetime of a man. And may he be parted from his ten heroes, whoever says to me falsely, "Sorcerer!"

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RV 7 104.16

यो मायातुꣳ यातुधानेत्य् आह यो वा रक्षाः शुचिर् अस्मीत्य् आह । इन्द्रस् तꣳ हन्तु महता वधेन विश्वस्य जन्तोर् अधमस् पदीष्ट

yo māyātuṁ yātudhānety āha yo vā rakṣāḥ śucir asmīty āha | indras taṁ hantu mahatā vadhena viśvasya jantor adhamas padīṣṭa

Whoever says "Sorcerer!" to me who am no sorcerer, or whatever demon says "I am pure" — let Indra slay him with the great weapon; let him fall lowest of every creature.

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RV 7 104.17

प्र या जिगाति खर्गलेव नक्तम् अप द्रुहा तन्व१ꣳ गूहमाना । वव्राꣳ अनन्ताꣳ अव सा पदीष्ट ग्रावाणो घ्नन्तु रक्षस उपब्दैः

pra yā jigāti khargaleva naktam apa druhā tanva1ṁ gūhamānā | vavrām̐ anantām̐ ava sā padīṣṭa grāvāṇo ghnantu rakṣasa upabdaiḥ

She who goes forth by night like an owl, hiding her body in treachery — let her fall down into endless pits; let the pressing stones slay the demons with their clatter.

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RV 7 104.18

वि तिष्ठध्वम् मरुतो विक्ष्व् इ१च्छत गृभायत रक्षसः सम् पिनष्टन । वयो ये भूत्वी पतयन्ति नक्तभिर् ये वा रिपो दधिरे देवे अध्वरे

vi tiṣṭhadhvam maruto vikṣv i1cchata gṛbhāyata rakṣasaḥ sam pinaṣṭana | vayo ye bhūtvī patayanti naktabhir ye vā ripo dadhire deve adhvare

Spread out, O Maruts, seek among the clans, seize the demons, crush them together — those who, having become birds, fly about in the nights, or who have put defilement upon the divine rite.

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RV 7 104.19

प्र वर्तय दिवो अश्मानम् इन्द्र सोमशितम् मघवन् सꣳ शिशाधि । प्राक्ताद् अपाक्ताद् अधराद् उदक्ताद् अभि जहि रक्षसः पर्वतेन

pra vartaya divo aśmānam indra somaśitam maghavan saṁ śiśādhi | prāktād apāktād adharād udaktād abhi jahi rakṣasaḥ parvatena

Hurl down the stone from heaven, O Indra; sharpen it well, whetted by Soma, O bounteous one. From in front, from behind, from below, from above, smite the demons with the mountain(-stone).

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RV 7 104.20

एत उ त्ये पतयन्ति श्वयातव इन्द्रꣳ दिप्सन्ति दिप्सवो ऽदाभ्यम् । शिशीते शक्रः पिशुनेभ्यो वधꣳ नूनꣳ सृजद् अशनिꣳ यातुमद्भ्यः

eta u tye patayanti śvayātava indraṁ dipsanti dipsavo 'dābhyam | śiśīte śakraḥ piśunebhyo vadhaṁ nūnaṁ sṛjad aśaniṁ yātumadbhyaḥ

There they fly, those who have dogs for their sorcery; seeking to harm, they seek to harm Indra who cannot be harmed. Śakra whets a weapon for the slanderers; now let him loose the thunderbolt on the sorcerers.

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RV 7 104.21

इन्द्रो यातूनाम् अभवत् पराशरो हविर्मथीनाम् अभ्य् आ३विवासताम् । अभीद् उ शक्रः परशुर् यथा वनम् पात्रेव भिन्दन् सत एति रक्षसः

indro yātūnām abhavat parāśaro havirmathīnām abhy ā3vivāsatām | abhīd u śakraḥ paraśur yathā vanam pātreva bhindan sata eti rakṣasaḥ

Indra became the shatterer of the sorcerers, of the disturbers of the oblation who came pressing on. Yes, Śakra goes on, as an axe (goes at) a tree, splitting the demons like pots.

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RV 7 104.22

उलूकयातुꣳ शुशुलूकयातुꣳ जहि श्वयातुम् उत कोकयातुम् । सुपर्णयातुम् उत गृध्रयातुꣳ दृषदेव प्र मृण रक्ष इन्द्र

ulūkayātuṁ śuśulūkayātuṁ jahi śvayātum uta kokayātum | suparṇayātum uta gṛdhrayātuṁ dṛṣadeva pra mṛṇa rakṣa indra

Slay the owl-sorcerer, the screech-owl-sorcerer, the dog-sorcerer and the cuckoo-sorcerer, the eagle-sorcerer and the vulture-sorcerer: crush the demon, O Indra, as with a millstone.

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RV 7 104.23

मा नो रक्षो अभि नड् यातुमावताम् अपोच्छतु मिथुना या किमीदिना । पृथिवी नः पार्थिवात् पात्व् अꣳहसो ऽन्तरिक्षꣳ दिव्यात् पात्व् अस्मान्

mā no rakṣo abhi naḍ yātumāvatām apocchatu mithunā yā kimīdinā | pṛthivī naḥ pārthivāt pātv aṁhaso 'ntarikṣaṁ divyāt pātv asmān

Let no demon of the sorcerers reach us; let (the dawn) shine away the pairs of Kimīdins. Let earth guard us from earthly distress, let the midspace guard us from the heavenly.

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RV 7 104.24

इन्द्र जहि पुमाꣳसꣳ यातुधानम् उत स्त्रियम् मायया शाशदानाम् । विग्रीवासो मूरदेवा ऋदन्तु मा ते दृशन् सूर्यम् उच्चरन्तम्

indra jahi pumāṁsaṁ yātudhānam uta striyam māyayā śāśadānām | vigrīvāso mūradevā ṛdantu mā te dṛśan sūryam uccarantam

O Indra, slay the male sorcerer, and the woman who exults in her magic. Let the worshippers of dull gods perish with their necks broken; let them not see the sun as it rises.

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RV 7 104.25

प्रति चक्ष्व वि चक्ष्वेन्द्रश् च सोम जागृतम् । रक्षोभ्यो वधम् अस्यतम् अशनिꣳ यातुमद्भ्यः

prati cakṣva vi cakṣvendraś ca soma jāgṛtam | rakṣobhyo vadham asyatam aśaniṁ yātumadbhyaḥ

Look here, look about; Indra and Soma, be watchful. Cast the weapon at the demons, the thunderbolt at the sorcerers.

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