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Rigveda 1.11

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.11

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Sanskrit

1.11.1

indra̱ṁ viśvā̍ avīvṛdhan samu̱dravya̍casa̱ṁ gira̍ḥ |
ra̱thīta̍maṁ ra̱thīnā̱ṁ vājā̍nā̱ṁ satpa̍ti̱m pati̍m ||

ALL sacred songs have magnified Indra expansive as the sea, The best of warriors borne on cars, the Lord, the very Lord of strength.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.11.2

sa̱khye ta̍ indra vā̱jino̱ mā bhe̍ma śavasas pate |
tvām a̱bhi pra ṇo̍numo̱ jetā̍ra̱m apa̍rājitam ||

Strong in thy friendship, Indra, Lord of power and might, we have no fear. We glorify with praises thee, the never-conquered conqueror.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.11.3

pū̱rvīr indra̍sya rā̱tayo̱ na vi da̍syanty ū̱taya̍ḥ |
yadī̱ vāja̍sya̱ goma̍taḥ sto̱tṛbhyo̱ maṁha̍te ma̱gham ||

The gifts of Indra from of' old, his saving succours, never fail, When to the praise-singers he gives the boon of substance rich in kine.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.11.4

pu̱rām bhi̱ndur yuvā̍ ka̱vir ami̍taujā ajāyata |
indro̱ viśva̍sya̱ karma̍ṇo dha̱rtā va̱jrī pu̍ruṣṭu̱taḥ ||

Crusher of forts, the young, the wise, of strength unmeasured, was he born Sustainer of each sacred rite, Indra, the Thunderer, much-extolled.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.11.5

tvaṁ va̱lasya̱ goma̱to 'pā̍var adrivo̱ bila̍m |
tvāṁ de̱vā abi̍bhyuṣas tu̱jyamā̍nāsa āviṣuḥ ||

Lord of the thunder, thou didst burst the cave of Vala rich in cows. The Gods came pressing to thy side, and free from terror aided thee,

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.11.6

tavā̱haṁ śū̍ra rā̱tibhi̱ḥ praty ā̍ya̱ṁ sindhu̍m ā̱vada̍n |
upā̍tiṣṭhanta girvaṇo vi̱duṣ ṭe̱ tasya̍ kā̱rava̍ḥ ||

I, Hero, through thy bounties am come to the flood addressing thee. Song-lover, here the singers stand and testify to thee thereof.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.11.7

mā̱yābhi̍r indra mā̱yina̱ṁ tvaṁ śuṣṇa̱m avā̍tiraḥ |
vi̱duṣ ṭe̱ tasya̱ medhi̍rā̱s teṣā̱ṁ śravā̱ṁsy ut ti̍ra ||

The wily Ṣushṇa, Indra! thou o'er-threwest with thy wondrous powers. The wise beheld this deed of thine: now go beyond their eulogies.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

1.11.8

indra̱m īśā̍na̱m oja̍sā̱bhi stomā̍ anūṣata |
sa̱hasra̱ṁ yasya̍ rā̱taya̍ u̱ta vā̱ santi̱ bhūya̍sīḥ ||

Our songs of praise have glorified Indra who ruleth by his might, Whose precious gifts in thousands come, yea, even more abundantly.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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