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Rigveda 1.56

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.56

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Sanskrit

1.56.1

e̱ṣa pra pū̱rvīr ava̱ tasya̍ ca̱mriṣo 'tyo̱ na yoṣā̱m ud a̍yaṁsta bhu̱rvaṇi̍ḥ |
dakṣa̍m ma̱he pā̍yayate hira̱ṇyaya̱ṁ ratha̍m ā̱vṛtyā̱ hari̍yoga̱m ṛbhva̍sam ||

FOR this man's full libations held in ladles, he hath roused him, eager, as a horse to meet the mare. He stays his golden car, yoked with Bay Horses, swift, and drinks the Soma juice which strengthens for great deeds.

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

1.56.2

taṁ gū̱rtayo̍ nema̱nniṣa̱ḥ parī̍ṇasaḥ samu̱draṁ na sa̱ṁcara̍ṇe sani̱ṣyava̍ḥ |
pati̱ṁ dakṣa̍sya vi̱datha̍sya̱ nū saho̍ gi̱riṁ na ve̱nā adhi̍ roha̱ teja̍sā ||

To him the guidance-following songs of praise flow full, as those who seek gain go in company to the flood. To him the Lord of power, the holy synod's might, as to a hill, with speed, ascend the loving ones.

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

1.56.3

sa tu̱rvaṇi̍r ma̱hām̐ a̍re̱ṇu pauṁsye̍ gi̱rer bhṛ̱ṣṭir na bhrā̍jate tu̱jā śava̍ḥ |
yena̱ śuṣṇa̍m mā̱yina̍m āya̱so made̍ du̱dhra ā̱bhūṣu̍ rā̱maya̱n ni dāma̍ni ||

Victorious, great is he; in manly battle shines, unstained with dust, his might, as shines a mountain peak; Wherewith the iron one, fierce e'en against the strong, in rapture, fettered wily Sushna fast in bonds.

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

1.56.4

de̱vī yadi̱ tavi̍ṣī̱ tvāvṛ̍dho̱taya̱ indra̱ṁ siṣa̍kty u̱ṣasa̱ṁ na sūrya̍ḥ |
yo dhṛ̱ṣṇunā̱ śava̍sā̱ bādha̍te̱ tama̱ iya̍rti re̱ṇum bṛ̱had a̍rhari̱ṣvaṇi̍ḥ ||

When Strength the Goddess, made more strong for help by thee, waits upon Indra as the Sun attends the Dawn, Then. he who with his might unflinching kills the gloom stirs up the dust aloft, with joy and triumphing.

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

1.56.5

vi yat ti̱ro dha̱ruṇa̱m acyu̍ta̱ṁ rajo 'ti̍ṣṭhipo di̱va ātā̍su ba̱rhaṇā̍ |
sva̍rmīḻhe̱ yan mada̍ indra̱ harṣyāha̍n vṛ̱traṁ nir a̱pām au̍bjo arṇa̱vam ||

When thou with might, upon the framework of the heaven, didst fix, across, air's region firmly, unremoved, In the light-winning war, Indra, in rapturous joy, thou smotest Vṛitra dead and broughtest floods of rain.

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

1.56.6

tvaṁ di̱vo dha̱ruṇa̍ṁ dhiṣa̱ oja̍sā pṛthi̱vyā i̍ndra̱ sada̍neṣu̱ māhi̍naḥ |
tvaṁ su̱tasya̱ made̍ ariṇā a̱po vi vṛ̱trasya̍ sa̱mayā̍ pā̱ṣyā̍rujaḥ ||

Thou with thy might didst grasp,the holder-up of heaven, thou who art mighty also in the seats of earth. Thou, gladdened by the juice, hast set the waters free, and broken Vṛitra's stony fences through and through.

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

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