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Rigveda 4.19

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.19

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4.19.1

e̱vā tvām i̍ndra vajri̱nn atra̱ viśve̍ de̱vāsa̍ḥ su̱havā̍sa̱ ūmā̍ḥ |
ma̱hām u̱bhe roda̍sī vṛ̱ddham ṛ̱ṣvaṁ nir eka̱m id vṛ̍ṇate vṛtra̱hatye̍ ||

THEE, verily, O Thunder-wielding Indra, all the Gods here, the Helpers swift to listen, And both the worlds elected, thee the Mighty, High, waxen strong, alone to slaughter Vṛitra.

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

4.19.2

avā̍sṛjanta̱ jivra̍yo̱ na de̱vā bhuva̍ḥ sa̱mrāḻ i̍ndra sa̱tyayo̍niḥ |
aha̱nn ahi̍m pari̱śayā̍na̱m arṇa̱ḥ pra va̍rta̱nīr a̍rado vi̱śvadhe̍nāḥ ||

The Gods, as worn witheld, relaxed their efforts: thou, Indra, born of truth, wast Sovran Ruler. Thou slewest Ahi who besieged the waters, and duggest out their all-supporting channels.

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

4.19.3

atṛ̍pṇuvanta̱ṁ viya̍tam abu̱dhyam abu̍dhyamānaṁ suṣupā̱ṇam i̍ndra |
sa̱pta prati̍ pra̱vata̍ ā̱śayā̍na̱m ahi̱ṁ vajre̍ṇa̱ vi ri̍ṇā apa̱rvan ||

The insatiate one, extended, hard to waken, who slumbered in perpetual sleep, O Indra,– The Dragon stretched against the seven prone rivers, where no joint was, thou rentest with thy thunder.

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

4.19.4

akṣo̍daya̱c chava̍sā̱ kṣāma̍ bu̱dhnaṁ vār ṇa vāta̱s tavi̍ṣībhi̱r indra̍ḥ |
dṛ̱ḻhāny au̍bhnād u̱śamā̍na̱ ojo 'vā̍bhinat ka̱kubha̱ḥ parva̍tānām ||

Indra with might shook earth and her foundation as the wind stirs the water with its fury. Striving, with strength he burst the firm asunder, and tore away the summits of the mountains.

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

4.19.5

a̱bhi pra da̍dru̱r jana̍yo̱ na garbha̱ṁ rathā̍ iva̱ pra ya̍yuḥ sā̱kam adra̍yaḥ |
ata̍rpayo vi̱sṛta̍ u̱bja ū̱rmīn tvaṁ vṛ̱tām̐ a̍riṇā indra̱ sindhū̍n ||

They ran to thee as mothers to their offspring: the clouds, like chariots, hastened forth together. Thou didst refresh the streams and force the billows: thou, Indra, settest free obstructed rivers.

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

4.19.6

tvam ma̱hīm a̱vani̍ṁ vi̱śvadhe̍nāṁ tu̱rvīta̍ye va̱yyā̍ya̱ kṣara̍ntīm |
ara̍mayo̱ nama̱saija̱d arṇa̍ḥ sutara̱ṇām̐ a̍kṛṇor indra̱ sindhū̍n ||

Thou for the sake of Vayya and Turvîti didst stay the great stream, flowing, allsustaining: Yea, at their prayer didst check the rushing river and make the floods easy to cross, O Indra.

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

4.19.7

prāgruvo̍ nabha̱nvo̱3̱̍ na vakvā̍ dhva̱srā a̍pinvad yuva̱tīr ṛ̍ta̱jñāḥ |
dhanvā̱ny ajrā̍m̐ apṛṇak tṛṣā̱ṇām̐ adho̱g indra̍ḥ sta̱ryo̱3̱̍ daṁsu̍patnīḥ ||

He let the young Maids skilled in Law, unwedded, like fountains, bubbling, flow forth streaming onward. He inundated thirsty plains and deserts, and milked the dry Cows of the mighty master.

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

4.19.8

pū̱rvīr u̱ṣasa̍ḥ śa̱rada̍ś ca gū̱rtā vṛ̱traṁ ja̍gha̱nvām̐ a̍sṛja̱d vi sindhū̍n |
pari̍ṣṭhitā atṛṇad badbadhā̱nāḥ sī̱rā indra̱ḥ sravi̍tave pṛthi̱vyā ||

Through many a morn and many a lovely autumn, having slain Vṛitra, lie set free the rivers. Indra hath set at liberty to wander on earth the streams encompassed pressed together.

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

4.19.9

va̱mrībhi̍ḥ pu̱tram a̱gruvo̍ adā̱naṁ ni̱veśa̍nād dhariva̱ ā ja̍bhartha |
vy a1̱̍ndho a̍khya̱d ahi̍m ādadā̱no nir bhū̍d ukha̱cchit sam a̍ranta̱ parva̍ ||

Lord of Bay Steeds, thou broughtest from the ant-hill the unwedded damsel's son whom ants were eating. The blind saw clearly, as he grasped the serpent, rose, brake the jar: hisjoints again united.

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

4.19.10

pra te̱ pūrvā̍ṇi̱ kara̍ṇāni viprāvi̱dvām̐ ā̍ha vi̱duṣe̱ karā̍ṁsi |
yathā̍-yathā̱ vṛṣṇyā̍ni̱ svagū̱rtāpā̍ṁsi rāja̱n naryāvi̍veṣīḥ ||

To the wise man, O Sage and Sovran Ruler, the man who knoweth all thine ancient exploits. Hath told these deeds of might as thou hast wrought them, great acts, spontaneous, and to man's advantage.

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

4.19.11

nū ṣṭu̱ta i̍ndra̱ nū gṛ̍ṇā̱na iṣa̍ṁ jari̱tre na̱dyo̱3̱̍ na pī̍peḥ |
akā̍ri te harivo̱ brahma̱ navya̍ṁ dhi̱yā syā̍ma ra̱thya̍ḥ sadā̱sāḥ ||

Now, Indra! lauded, glorified with praises, let powers swell high, like rivers, for the singer. For thee a new hymn, Lord of Bays! is fashioned. May we, car-borne, through song be victors ever.

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

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