Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 18

RV 7 18.1

त्वे ह यत् पितरश् चिन् न इन्द्र विश्वा वामा जरितारो असन्वन् । त्वे गावः सुदुघास् त्वे ह्य् अश्वास् त्वꣳ वसु देवयते वनिष्ठः

tve ha yat pitaraś cin na indra viśvā vāmā jaritāro asanvan | tve gāvaḥ sudughās tve hy aśvās tvaṁ vasu devayate vaniṣṭhaḥ

Since in you, Indra, even our fathers, the singers, won all good things — in you are the well-milking cows, in you the horses; you are the greatest winner of goods for the man devoted to the gods.

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RV 7 18.2

राजेव हि जनिभिः क्षेष्य् एवाव द्युभिर् अभि विदुष् कविः सन् । पिशा गिरो मघवन् गोभिर् अश्वैस् त्वायतः शिशीहि राये अस्मान्

rājeva hi janibhiḥ kṣeṣy evāva dyubhir abhi viduṣ kaviḥ san | piśā giro maghavan gobhir aśvais tvāyataḥ śiśīhi rāye asmān

For you dwell like a king with his wives; (come) down and near with your days (of splendour), being a knowing sage. Adorn our songs, O bounteous one, with cows and with horses; whet us, who are devoted to you, for wealth.

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RV 7 18.3

इमा उ त्वा पस्पृधानासो अत्र मन्द्रा गिरो देवयन्तीर् उप स्थुः । अर्वाची ते पथ्या राय एतु स्याम ते सुमताव् इन्द्र शर्मन्

imā u tvā paspṛdhānāso atra mandrā giro devayantīr upa sthuḥ | arvācī te pathyā rāya etu syāma te sumatāv indra śarman

These delightful songs, vying with one another here, seeking the god, have come up to you. Let your path leading to wealth come toward us; may we be, Indra, in your favour and your shelter.

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RV 7 18.4

धेनुꣳ न त्वा सूयवसे दुदुक्षन्न् उप ब्रह्माणि ससृजे वसिष्ठः । त्वाम् इन् मे गोपतिꣳ विश्व आहा न इन्द्रः सुमतिꣳ गन्त्व् अच्छ

dhenuṁ na tvā sūyavase dudukṣann upa brahmāṇi sasṛje vasiṣṭhaḥ | tvām in me gopatiṁ viśva āhā na indraḥ sumatiṁ gantv accha

Wishing to milk you like a cow on good pasture, Vasiṣṭha has poured forth his formulations to you. Everyone calls you my lord of cattle; let Indra come near to our good favour.

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RV 7 18.5

अर्णाꣳसि चित् पप्रथाना सुदास इन्द्रो गाधान्य् अकृणोत् सुपारा । शर्धन्तꣳ शिम्युम् उचथस्य नव्यः शापꣳ सिन्धूनाम् अकृणोद् अशस्तीः

arṇāṁsi cit paprathānā sudāsa indro gādhāny akṛṇot supārā | śardhantaṁ śimyum ucathasya navyaḥ śāpaṁ sindhūnām akṛṇod aśastīḥ

Even the spreading floods Indra made fordable, easy to cross, for Sudās. He made the blustering Śimyu — (a theme) for the newest of songs — the reproaches, the curse of the rivers.

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RV 7 18.6

पुरोऴा इत् तुर्वशो यक्षुर् आसीद् राये मत्स्यासो निशिता अपीव । श्रुष्टिꣳ चक्रुर् भृगवो द्रुह्यवश् च सखा सखायम् अतरद् विषूचोः

puroḻā it turvaśo yakṣur āsīd rāye matsyāso niśitā apīva | śruṣṭiṁ cakrur bhṛgavo druhyavaś ca sakhā sakhāyam atarad viṣūcoḥ

Turvaśa was a fore-offering; the Matsyas, eager for wealth, were like (fish) baited in the water. The Bhṛgus and Druhyus rendered obedience; comrade brought comrade across from the two sides.

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RV 7 18.7

आ पक्थासो भलानसो भनन्तालिनासो विषाणिनः शिवासः । आ यो ऽनयत् सधमा आर्यस्य गव्या तृत्सुभ्यो अजगन् युधा नॄन्

ā pakthāso bhalānaso bhanantālināso viṣāṇinaḥ śivāsaḥ | ā yo 'nayat sadhamā āryasya gavyā tṛtsubhyo ajagan yudhā nṝn

The Pakthas, the Bhalānas call out, (and) the Alinas, the Viṣāṇins, the Śivas. He who led (them) — a table-companion of the Ārya — came for the Tṛtsus with battle, for cattle, for men.

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RV 7 18.8

दुराध्यो३ अदितिꣳ स्रेवयन्तो ऽचेतसो वि जगृभ्रे परुष्णीम् । मह्नाविव्यक् पृथिवीम् पत्यमानः पशुष् कविर् अशयच् चायमानः

durādhyo3 aditiṁ srevayanto 'cetaso vi jagṛbhre paruṣṇīm | mahnāvivyak pṛthivīm patyamānaḥ paśuṣ kavir aśayac cāyamānaḥ

Of ill intent, making the unbounded (water) flow off, without understanding, they cut through the Paruṣṇī. By his greatness he enclosed the earth as its master; like a sacrificial beast Kavi Cāyamāna lay (there).

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RV 7 18.9

ईयुर् अर्थꣳ न न्यर्थम् परुष्णीम् आशुश् चनेद् अभिपित्वꣳ जगाम । सुदास इन्द्रः सुतुकाꣳ अमित्रान् अरन्धयन् मानुषे वध्रिवाचः

īyur arthaṁ na nyartham paruṣṇīm āśuś caned abhipitvaṁ jagāma | sudāsa indraḥ sutukām̐ amitrān arandhayan mānuṣe vadhrivācaḥ

They went to their aim as though not to an aim — to the Paruṣṇī; not even the swift one reached home. Indra delivered up to Sudās the hastening foes, of impotent speech, in the human (contest).

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RV 7 18.10

ईयुर् गावो न यवसाद् अगोपा यथाकृतम् अभि मित्रꣳ चितासः । पृश्निगावः पृश्निनिप्रेषितासः श्रुष्टिꣳ चक्रुर् नियुतो रन्तयश् च

īyur gāvo na yavasād agopā yathākṛtam abhi mitraṁ citāsaḥ | pṛśnigāvaḥ pṛśninipreṣitāsaḥ śruṣṭiṁ cakrur niyuto rantayaś ca

They went like cows without a herdsman from the pasture, piled up (in heaps?) against the ally as it was arranged. The Pṛśni-cows, driven on by Pṛśni, rendered obedience — the teams and the joyful ones.

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RV 7 18.11

एकꣳ च यो विꣳशतिꣳ च श्रवस्या वैकर्णयोर् जनान् राजा न्य् अस्तः । दस्मो न सद्मन् नि शिशाति बर्हिः शूरः सर्गम् अकृणोद् इन्द्र एषाम्

ekaṁ ca yo viṁśatiṁ ca śravasyā vaikarṇayor janān rājā ny astaḥ | dasmo na sadman ni śiśāti barhiḥ śūraḥ sargam akṛṇod indra eṣām

And the king who, out of desire for fame, laid low the one and the twenty peoples of the two Vaikarṇas — as a skilled (priest) trims the barhis in the seat, so the hero Indra made a gushing stream of them.

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RV 7 18.12

अध श्रुतꣳ कवषꣳ वृद्धम् अप्स्व् अनु द्रुह्युꣳ नि वृणग् वज्रबाहुः । वृणाना अत्र सख्याय सख्यꣳ त्वायन्तो ये अमदन्न् अनु त्वा

adha śrutaṁ kavaṣaṁ vṛddham apsv anu druhyuṁ ni vṛṇag vajrabāhuḥ | vṛṇānā atra sakhyāya sakhyaṁ tvāyanto ye amadann anu tvā

Then the famed, aged Kavaṣa (he rolled) in the waters, and Druhyu too the mace-armed one flung down. Choosing friendship in return for friendship, devoted to you, they rejoiced following you.

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RV 7 18.13

वि सद्यो विश्वा दृꣳहितान्य् एषाम् इन्द्रः पुरः सहसा सप्त दर्दः । व्य् आनवस्य तृत्सवे गयम् भाग् जेष्म पूरुꣳ विदथे मृध्रवाचम्

vi sadyo viśvā dṛṁhitāny eṣām indraḥ puraḥ sahasā sapta dardaḥ | vy ānavasya tṛtsave gayam bhāg jeṣma pūruṁ vidathe mṛdhravācam

In a single day Indra burst apart all their firm places, their seven strongholds, with force. He apportioned the homestead of the Ānava to the Tṛtsu. May we conquer Pūru of scornful speech in the ceremony.

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RV 7 18.14

नि गव्यवो ऽनवो द्रुह्यवश् च षष्टिः शता सुषुपुः षट् सहस्रा । षष्टिर् वीरासो अधि षड् दुवोयु विश्वेद् इन्द्रस्य वीर्या कृतानि

ni gavyavo 'navo druhyavaś ca ṣaṣṭiḥ śatā suṣupuḥ ṣaṭ sahasrā | ṣaṣṭir vīrāso adhi ṣaḍ duvoyu viśved indrasya vīryā kṛtāni

The cattle-seeking Anus and Druhyus went down to sleep — sixty hundreds, six thousand, and sixty-six heroes besides — for the one who offers reverence. All these are the heroic deeds done by Indra.

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RV 7 18.15

इन्द्रेणैते तृत्सवो वेविषाणा आपो न सृष्टा अधवन्त नीचीः । दुर्मित्रासः प्रकलविन् मिमाना जहुर् विश्वानि भोजना सुदासे

indreṇaite tṛtsavo veviṣāṇā āpo na sṛṣṭā adhavanta nīcīḥ | durmitrāsaḥ prakalavin mimānā jahur viśvāni bhojanā sudāse

These Tṛtsus, busy at work with Indra, streamed downward like waters set loose. The ill-allied, measuring out in bits, gave up all their provisions to Sudās.

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RV 7 18.16

अर्धꣳ वीरस्य शृतपाम् अनिन्द्रम् परा शर्धन्तꣳ नुनुदे अभि क्षाम् । इन्द्रो मन्युम् मन्युम्यो मिमाय भेजे पथो वर्तनिम् पत्यमानः

ardhaṁ vīrasya śṛtapām anindram parā śardhantaṁ nunude abhi kṣām | indro manyum manyumyo mimāya bheje patho vartanim patyamānaḥ

The half of the man's (host), the drinker of the boiled draught, without Indra, blustering, he thrust away toward the ground. Indra, wrathful against the wrathful, bellowed out; ruling, he took for himself the track of the road.

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RV 7 18.17

आध्रेण चित् तद् व् एकꣳ चकार सिꣳह्यꣳ चित् पेत्वेना जघान । अव स्रक्तीर् वेश्यावृश्चद् इन्द्रः प्रायच्छद् विश्वा भोजना सुदासे

ādhreṇa cit tad v ekaṁ cakāra siṁhyaṁ cit petvenā jaghāna | ava sraktīr veśyāvṛścad indraḥ prāyacchad viśvā bhojanā sudāse

Even with a feeble one he accomplished that single (deed); even a lioness he slew by means of a ram. He hacked down the barbs with a pin; Indra handed over all provisions to Sudās.

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RV 7 18.18

शश्वन्तो हि शत्रवो रारधुष् टे भेदस्य चिच् छर्धतो विन्द रन्धिम् । मर्ताꣳ एनः स्तुवतो यः कृणोति तिग्मꣳ तस्मिन् नि जहि वज्रम् इन्द्र

śaśvanto hi śatravo rāradhuṣ ṭe bhedasya cic chardhato vinda randhim | martām̐ enaḥ stuvato yaḥ kṛṇoti tigmaṁ tasmin ni jahi vajram indra

For all (your) rivals have submitted to you; find the weak spot of defiant Bheda too. Whoever does harm to mortals who praise (you) — strike him down, Indra, with the sharp mace.

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RV 7 18.19

आवद् इन्द्रꣳ यमुना तृत्सवश् च प्रात्र भेदꣳ सर्वताता मुषायत् । अजासश् च शिग्रवो यक्षवश् च बलिꣳ शीर्षाणि जभ्रुर् अश्व्यानि

āvad indraṁ yamunā tṛtsavaś ca prātra bhedaṁ sarvatātā muṣāyat | ajāsaś ca śigravo yakṣavaś ca baliṁ śīrṣāṇi jabhrur aśvyāni

The Yamunā and the Tṛtsus helped Indra; there he stripped Bheda bare in the full (contest). The Ajas and the Śigrus and the Yakṣus brought as tribute the heads of horses.

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RV 7 18.20

न त इन्द्र सुमतयो न रायः सꣳचक्षे पूर्वा उषसो न नूत्नाः । देवकꣳ चिन् मान्यमानꣳ जघन्थाव त्मना बृहतः शम्बरम् भेत्

na ta indra sumatayo na rāyaḥ saṁcakṣe pūrvā uṣaso na nūtnāḥ | devakaṁ cin mānyamānaṁ jaghanthāva tmanā bṛhataḥ śambaram bhet

Not your favours, Indra, nor your riches are to be surveyed (in full), neither the former dawns nor the present ones. You slew even Devaka who deemed himself (great), and of your own accord you shattered Śambara from the height.

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RV 7 18.21

प्र ये गृहाद् अममदुस् त्वाया पराशरः शतयातुर् वसिष्ठः । न ते भोजस्य सख्यम् मृषन्ताधा सूरिभ्यः सुदिना व्य् उच्छान्

pra ye gṛhād amamadus tvāyā parāśaraḥ śatayātur vasiṣṭhaḥ | na te bhojasya sakhyam mṛṣantādhā sūribhyaḥ sudinā vy ucchān

Those who out of love for you came from the house in exhilaration — Parāśara, Śatayātu, Vasiṣṭha — they will not forget the friendship of the generous one; and so good days will dawn forth for the patrons.

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RV 7 18.22

द्वे नप्तुर् देववतः शते गोर् द्वा रथा वधूमन्ता सुदासः । अर्हन्न् अग्ने पैजवनस्य दानꣳ होतेव सद्म पर्य् एमि रेभन्

dve naptur devavataḥ śate gor dvā rathā vadhūmantā sudāsaḥ | arhann agne paijavanasya dānaṁ hoteva sadma pary emi rebhan

Two hundred head of cattle from the grandson of Devavat, and two chariots with women, from Sudās: deserving (praise), O Agni, is the gift of Pijavana's son; like a hotṛ I go round the seat, singing.

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RV 7 18.23

चत्वारो मा पैजवनस्य दानाः स्मद्दिष्टयः कृशनिनो निरेके । ऋज्रासो मा पृथिविष्ठाः सुदासस् तोकꣳ तोकाय श्रवसे वहन्ति

catvāro mā paijavanasya dānāḥ smaddiṣṭayaḥ kṛśanino nireke | ṛjrāso mā pṛthiviṣṭhāḥ sudāsas tokaṁ tokāya śravase vahanti

Four gifts of Pijavana's son, well-directed, adorned with pearls, in pre-eminence, (came) to me; the ruddy horses of Sudās, standing firm on the earth, carry me, and (carry) offspring after offspring to fame.

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RV 7 18.24

यस्य श्रवो रोदसी अन्तर् उर्वी शीर्ष्णे-शीर्ष्णे विबभाजा विभक्ता । सप्तेद् इन्द्रꣳ न स्रवतो गृणन्ति नि युध्यामधिम् अशिशाद् अभीके

yasya śravo rodasī antar urvī śīrṣṇe-śīrṣṇe vibabhājā vibhaktā | sapted indraṁ na sravato gṛṇanti ni yudhyāmadhim aśiśād abhīke

He whose fame (fills) the two wide worlds, the apportioner has apportioned head by head; the seven flowing (streams) sing of him as they do of Indra; he cut down Yudhyāmadhi in close encounter.

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RV 7 18.25

इमꣳ नरो मरुतः सश्चतानु दिवोदासꣳ न पितरꣳ सुदासः । अविष्टना पैजवनस्य केतꣳ दूणाशꣳ क्षत्रम् अजरꣳ दुवोयु

imaṁ naro marutaḥ saścatānu divodāsaṁ na pitaraṁ sudāsaḥ | aviṣṭanā paijavanasya ketaṁ dūṇāśaṁ kṣatram ajaraṁ duvoyu

Attend upon this one, O Maruts, O men, as (upon) Divodāsa, the father of Sudās. Aid the purpose of Pijavana's son — his dominion, hard to reach, unaging — eager to serve.

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