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Rigveda 4.27

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.27

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Sanskrit

4.27.1

garbhe̱ nu sann anv e̍ṣām avedam a̱haṁ de̱vānā̱ṁ jani̍māni̱ viśvā̍ |
śa̱tam mā̱ pura̱ āya̍sīr arakṣa̱nn adha̍ śye̱no ja̱vasā̱ nir a̍dīyam ||

I, As I lay within the womb, considered all generations of these Gods in order. A hundred iron fortresses confined me but forth I flew with rapid speed a Falcon.

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

4.27.2

na ghā̱ sa mām apa̱ joṣa̍ṁ jabhārā̱bhīm ā̍sa̱ tvakṣa̍sā vī̱rye̍ṇa |
ī̱rmā pura̍ṁdhir ajahā̱d arā̍tīr u̱ta vātā̍m̐ atara̱c chūśu̍vānaḥ ||

Not at his own free pleasure did he bear me: he conquered with his strength and manly courage. Straightway the Bold One left the fiends behind him and passed the winds as he grew yet more mighty.

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

4.27.3

ava̱ yac chye̱no asva̍nī̱d adha̱ dyor vi yad yadi̱ vāta̍ ū̱huḥ pura̍ṁdhim |
sṛ̱jad yad a̍smā̱ ava̍ ha kṣi̱paj jyāṁ kṛ̱śānu̱r astā̱ mana̍sā bhura̱ṇyan ||

When with loud cry from heaven down sped the Falcon, thence hasting like the wind he bore the Bold One. Then, wildly raging in his mind, the archer Kṛiṣanu aimed and loosed the string to strike him.

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

4.27.4

ṛ̱ji̱pya ī̱m indrā̍vato̱ na bhu̱jyuṁ śye̱no ja̍bhāra bṛha̱to adhi̱ ṣṇoḥ |
a̱ntaḥ pa̍tat pata̱try a̍sya pa̱rṇam adha̱ yāma̍ni̱ prasi̍tasya̱ tad veḥ ||

The Falcon bore him from heaven's lofty summit as the swift car of Indra's Friend bore Bhujyu. Then downward bither fell a flying feather of the Bird hasting forward in his journey.

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

4.27.5

adha̍ śve̱taṁ ka̱laśa̱ṁ gobhi̍r a̱ktam ā̍pipyā̱nam ma̱ghavā̍ śu̱kram andha̍ḥ |
a̱dhva̱ryubhi̱ḥ praya̍ta̱m madhvo̱ agra̱m indro̱ madā̍ya̱ prati̍ dha̱t piba̍dhyai̱ śūro̱ madā̍ya̱ prati̍ dha̱t piba̍dhyai ||

And now let Maghavan accept the beaker, white, filled with milk, filled with the shining liquid; The best of sweet meath which the priests have offered: that Indra to his joy may drink, the Hero, that he may take and drink it to his rapture.

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

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