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Rigveda 4.30

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.30

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Sanskrit

4.30.1

naki̍r indra̱ tvad utta̍ro̱ na jyāyā̍m̐ asti vṛtrahan |
naki̍r e̱vā yathā̱ tvam ||

O INDRA, Vṛitra-slayer, none is better, mightier than thou: Verily there is none like thee.

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

4.30.2

sa̱trā te̱ anu̍ kṛ̱ṣṭayo̱ viśvā̍ ca̱kreva̍ vāvṛtuḥ |
sa̱trā ma̱hām̐ a̍si śru̱taḥ ||

Like chariot-wheels these people all together follow after thee: Thou ever art renowned as Great.

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

4.30.3

viśve̍ ca̱ned a̱nā tvā̍ de̱vāsa̍ indra yuyudhuḥ |
yad ahā̱ nakta̱m āti̍raḥ ||

Not even all the gathered Gods conquered thee, Indra, in the war, When thou didst lengthen days by night.

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

4.30.4

yatro̱ta bā̍dhi̱tebhya̍ś ca̱kraṁ kutsā̍ya̱ yudhya̍te |
mu̱ṣā̱ya i̍ndra̱ sūrya̍m ||

When for the sake of those oppressed, and Kutsa as he battled, Thou stolest away the Sun's car-wheel.

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

4.30.5

yatra̍ de̱vām̐ ṛ̍ghāya̱to viśvā̱m̐ ayu̍dhya̱ eka̱ it |
tvam i̍ndra va̱nūm̐r aha̍n ||

When, fighting singly, Indra. thou o'ercamest all the furious Gods, thou slewest those who strove with thee.

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

4.30.6

yatro̱ta martyā̍ya̱ kam ari̍ṇā indra̱ sūrya̍m |
prāva̱ḥ śacī̍bhi̱r eta̍śam ||

When also for a mortal man, Indra, thou speddest forth the Sun, And holpest Etaṣa with might.

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

4.30.7

kim ād u̱tāsi̍ vṛtraha̱n magha̍van manyu̱matta̍maḥ |
atrāha̱ dānu̱m āti̍raḥ ||

What? Vṛitra-slayer, art not thou, Maghavan, fiercest in thy wrath? So hast thou quelled the demon too.

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

4.30.8

e̱tad ghed u̱ta vī̱rya1̱̍m indra̍ ca̱kartha̱ pauṁsya̍m |
striya̱ṁ yad du̍rhaṇā̱yuva̱ṁ vadhī̍r duhi̱tara̍ṁ di̱vaḥ ||

And this heroic deed of might thou, Indra, also hast achieved, That thou didst smite to death the Dame, Heaven's Daughter, meditating ill.

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

4.30.9

di̱vaś ci̍d ghā duhi̱tara̍m ma̱hān ma̍hī̱yamā̍nām |
u̱ṣāsa̍m indra̱ sam pi̍ṇak ||

Thou, Indra, Mighty One, didst crush Ushas, though Daughter of the Sky. When lifting up herself in pride.

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

4.30.10

apo̱ṣā ana̍saḥ sara̱t sampi̍ṣṭā̱d aha̍ bi̱bhyuṣī̍ |
ni yat sī̍ṁ śi̱śnatha̱d vṛṣā̍ ||

Then from her chariot Ushas fled, affrighted, from her ruined car. When the strong God had shattered it.

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

4.30.11

e̱tad a̍syā̱ ana̍ḥ śaye̱ susa̍mpiṣṭa̱ṁ vipā̱śy ā |
sa̱sāra̍ sīm parā̱vata̍ḥ ||

So there this car of Ushas lay, broken to pieces, in Vipâṣ, And she herself fled far away.

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

4.30.12

u̱ta sindhu̍ṁ vibā̱lya̍ṁ vitasthā̱nām adhi̱ kṣami̍ |
pari̍ ṣṭhā indra mā̱yayā̍ ||

Thou, Indra, didst with magic power resist the overflowing stream Who spread her waters o'er the land.

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

4.30.13

u̱ta śuṣṇa̍sya dhṛṣṇu̱yā pra mṛ̍kṣo a̱bhi veda̍nam |
puro̱ yad a̍sya sampi̱ṇak ||

Valiantly didst thou seize and take the store which Ṣushṇa had amassed, When thou didst crush his fortresses.

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

4.30.14

u̱ta dā̱saṁ kau̍lita̱ram bṛ̍ha̱taḥ parva̍tā̱d adhi̍ |
avā̍hann indra̱ śamba̍ram ||

Thou, Indra, also smotest down Kulitara's son Ṣambara, The Dâsa, from the lofty hill.

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

4.30.15

u̱ta dā̱sasya̍ va̱rcina̍ḥ sa̱hasrā̍ṇi śa̱tāva̍dhīḥ |
adhi̱ pañca̍ pra̱dhīm̐r i̍va ||

Of Dâsa Varcin's thou didst slay the hundred thousand and the five, Crushed like the fellies, of a car.

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

4.30.16

u̱ta tyam pu̱tram a̱gruva̱ḥ parā̍vṛktaṁ śa̱takra̍tuḥ |
u̱ktheṣv indra̱ ābha̍jat ||

So Indra, Lord of Heroes, Powers, caused the unwedded damsel's son, The castaway, to share the lauds.

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

4.30.17

u̱ta tyā tu̱rvaśā̱yadū̍ asnā̱tārā̱ śacī̱pati̍ḥ |
indro̍ vi̱dvām̐ a̍pārayat ||

So sapient Indra, Lord of Might, brought Turvaga and Yadu, those Who feared the flood, in safel o'er.

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

4.30.18

u̱ta tyā sa̱dya āryā̍ sa̱rayo̍r indra pā̱rata̍ḥ |
arṇā̍ci̱trara̍thāvadhīḥ ||

Arṇa and Chitraratha, both Aryas, thou, Indra, slewest swift, On yonder side of Sarayu,

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

4.30.19

anu̱ dvā ja̍hi̱tā na̍yo̱ 'ndhaṁ śro̱ṇaṁ ca̍ vṛtrahan |
na tat te̍ su̱mnam aṣṭa̍ve ||

Thou, Vṛitra-slayer, didst conduct those two forlorn, the blind, the lame. None may attain this bliss of thine.

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

4.30.20

śa̱tam a̍śma̱nmayī̍nām pu̱rām indro̱ vy ā̍syat |
divo̍dāsāya dā̱śuṣe̍ ||

For Divodâsa, him who brought oblationt, Indra overthrew A hundred fortresses of stone.

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

4.30.21

asvā̍payad da̱bhīta̍ye sa̱hasrā̍ tri̱ṁśata̱ṁ hathai̍ḥ |
dā̱sānā̱m indro̍ mā̱yayā̍ ||

The thirty thousand Disas he with magic power and weapons sent To slumber, for Dabhîti's sake.

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

4.30.22

sa ghed u̱tāsi̍ vṛtrahan samā̱na i̍ndra̱ gopa̍tiḥ |
yas tā viśvā̍ni cicyu̱ṣe ||

As such, O Vṛitra-slayer, thou art general Lord of kine for all, Thou Shaker of all things that be.

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

4.30.23

u̱ta nū̱naṁ yad i̍ndri̱yaṁ ka̍ri̱ṣyā i̍ndra̱ pauṁsya̍m |
a̱dyā naki̱ṣ ṭad ā mi̍nat ||

Indra, whatever deed of might thou hast this day to execute, None be there now to hinder it.

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

4.30.24

vā̱maṁ-vā̍maṁ ta ādure de̱vo da̍dātv arya̱mā |
vā̱mam pū̱ṣā vā̱mam bhago̍ vā̱maṁ de̱vaḥ karū̍ḻatī ||

O Watchful One, may Aryaman the God give thee all goodly things. May Pûshan, Bhaga, and the God Karûlatî give all things fair.

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

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