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Rigveda 4.22

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.22

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4.22.1

yan na̱ indro̍ juju̱ṣe yac ca̱ vaṣṭi̱ tan no̍ ma̱hān ka̍rati śu̱ṣmy ā ci̍t |
brahma̱ stoma̍m ma̱ghavā̱ soma̍m u̱kthā yo aśmā̍na̱ṁ śava̍sā̱ bibhra̱d eti̍ ||

THAT gift of ours which Indra loves and welcomes, even that he makes for us, the Great and Strong One. He who comes wielding in his might the thunder, Maghavan, gives prayer, praise, and laud, and Soma.

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

4.22.2

vṛṣā̱ vṛṣa̍ndhi̱ṁ catu̍raśri̱m asya̍nn u̱gro bā̱hubhyā̱ṁ nṛta̍ma̱ḥ śacī̍vān |
śri̱ye paru̍ṣṇīm u̱ṣamā̍ṇa̱ ūrṇā̱ṁ yasyā̱ḥ parvā̍ṇi sa̱khyāya̍ vi̱vye ||

Bull, hurler of the four-edged rain-producer with both his arms, strong, mighty, most heroic; Wearing as wool Parushṇî for adornment, whose joints for sake of friendship he hath covered.

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

4.22.3

yo de̱vo de̱vata̍mo̱ jāya̍māno ma̱ho vāje̍bhir ma̱hadbhi̍ś ca̱ śuṣmai̍ḥ |
dadhā̍no̱ vajra̍m bā̱hvor u̱śanta̱ṁ dyām ame̍na rejaya̱t pra bhūma̍ ||

God who of all the Gods was born divinest, endowed with ample strength and mighty powers, And bearing in his arrns the yearning thunder, with violent rush caused heaven and earth to tremble.

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

4.22.4

viśvā̱ rodhā̍ṁsi pra̱vata̍ś ca pū̱rvīr dyaur ṛ̱ṣvāj jani̍man rejata̱ kṣāḥ |
ā mā̱tarā̱ bhara̍ti śu̱ṣmy ā gor nṛ̱vat pari̍jman nonuvanta̱ vātā̍ḥ ||

Before the High God, at his birth, heaven trembled, earth, many floods and all the precipices. The Strong One bringeth nigh the Bull's two Parents: loud sing the winds, like men, in air's midregion.

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

4.22.5

tā tū ta̍ indra maha̱to ma̱hāni̱ viśve̱ṣv it sava̍neṣu pra̱vācyā̍ |
yac chū̍ra dhṛṣṇo dhṛṣa̱tā da̍dhṛ̱ṣvān ahi̱ṁ vajre̍ṇa̱ śava̱sāvi̍veṣīḥ ||

These are thy great deeds, Indra, thine, the Mighty, deeds to be told aloud at all libations, That thou, O Hero, bold and boldly daring, didst with thy bolt, by strength, destroy the Dragon.

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

4.22.6

tā tū te̍ sa̱tyā tu̍vinṛmṇa̱ viśvā̱ pra dhe̱nava̍ḥ sisrate̱ vṛṣṇa̱ ūdhna̍ḥ |
adhā̍ ha̱ tvad vṛ̍ṣamaṇo bhiyā̱nāḥ pra sindha̍vo̱ java̍sā cakramanta ||

True are all these thy deeds, O Most Heroic. The Milch-kine issued from the streaming udder. In fear of thee, O thou of manly spirit, the rivers swiftly set themselves in motion.

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

4.22.7

atrāha̍ te hariva̱s tā u̍ de̱vīr avo̍bhir indra stavanta̱ svasā̍raḥ |
yat sī̱m anu̱ pra mu̱co ba̍dbadhā̱nā dī̱rghām anu̱ prasi̍tiṁ syanda̱yadhyai̍ ||

With joy, O Indra, Lord of Tawny Coursers, the Sisters then, these Goddesses, extolled thee, When thou didst give the prisoned ones their freedom to wander at their will in long succession.

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

4.22.8

pi̱pī̱ḻe a̱ṁśur madyo̱ na sindhu̱r ā tvā̱ śamī̍ śaśamā̱nasya̍ śa̱ktiḥ |
a̱sma̱drya̍k chuśucā̱nasya̍ yamyā ā̱śur na ra̱śmiṁ tu̱vyoja̍sa̱ṁ goḥ ||

Pressed is the gladdening stalk as 'twere a river: so let the rite, the toiler's power, attract thee To us-ward, of the Bright One, as the courser strains his. exceedingly strong leather bridle.

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

4.22.9

a̱sme varṣi̍ṣṭhā kṛṇuhi̱ jyeṣṭhā̍ nṛ̱mṇāni̍ sa̱trā sa̍hure̱ sahā̍ṁsi |
a̱smabhya̍ṁ vṛ̱trā su̱hanā̍ni randhi ja̱hi vadha̍r va̱nuṣo̱ martya̍sya ||

Ever by us perform thy most heroic, thine highest, best victorious deeds, O Victor. For us make Vṛitras easy to be conquered: destroy the weapon of our mortal foeman.

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

4.22.10

a̱smāka̱m it su śṛ̍ṇuhi̱ tvam i̍ndrā̱smabhya̍ṁ ci̱trām̐ upa̍ māhi̱ vājā̍n |
a̱smabhya̱ṁ viśvā̍ iṣaṇa̱ḥ pura̍ṁdhīr a̱smāka̱ṁ su ma̍ghavan bodhi go̱dāḥ ||

Graciously listen to our prayer, O Indra, and strength of varied sort bestow thou on us. Send to us all intelligence arid wisdom O Maghavan, be he who gives us cattle.

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

4.22.11

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 wealth swell hiah like rivers to 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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