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# Rigveda 10.180

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.180

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.180.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.180.1)

pra sa̍sāhiṣe puruhūta̱ śatrū̱ñ jyeṣṭha̍s te̱ śuṣma̍ i̱ha rā̱tir a̍stu |  
indrā bha̍ra̱ dakṣi̍ṇenā̱ vasū̍ni̱ pati̱ḥ sindhū̍nām asi re̱vatī̍nām ||

> O MUCH-INVOKED, thou hast subdued thy foemen: thy might is loftiest; here display thy bounty. In thy right hand, O Indra, bring us treasures: thou art the Lord of rivers filled with riches.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

### [10.180.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.180.2)

mṛ̱go na bhī̱maḥ ku̍ca̱ro gi̍ri̱ṣṭhāḥ pa̍rā̱vata̱ ā ja̍ganthā̱ para̍syāḥ |  
sṛ̱kaṁ sa̱ṁśāya̍ pa̱vim i̍ndra ti̱gmaṁ vi śatrū̍n tāḻhi̱ vi mṛdho̍ nudasva ||

> Like a dread wild beast roaming on the mountain thou hast approached us from the farthest distance. Whetting thy bold and thy sharp blade, O Indra, crush thou the foe and scatter those who hate us.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

### [10.180.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.180.3)

indra̍ kṣa̱tram a̱bhi vā̱mam ojo 'jā̍yathā vṛṣabha carṣaṇī̱nām |  
apā̍nudo̱ jana̍m amitra̱yanta̍m u̱ruṁ de̱vebhyo̍ akṛṇor u lo̱kam ||

> Thou, mighty Indra, sprangest into being as strength for lovely lordship o'er the people. Thou drovest off the folk who were unfriendly, and to the Gods thou gavest room and freedom.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

## Translations (5)

- [The Hymns of the Rigveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-griffith.10.180.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- [Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-geldner.10.180.1) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- [Ригведа](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~ru-elizarenkova.10.180.1) — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- [Rig-Veda Sanhitá](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~en-wilson.10.180.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- [Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg~de-grassmann.10.180.1) — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ṛgvedapadapāṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg!padapatha.10.180.1) — Śākalya, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.10.180.1) — Sanskrit

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