Rigveda 4.32
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.32
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- Sanskrit
4.32.1
ā tū na̍ indra vṛtrahann a̱smāka̍m a̱rdham ā ga̍hi |
ma̱hān ma̱hībhi̍r ū̱tibhi̍ḥ ||
O THOU who slewest Vṛitra, come, O Indra, hither to our side, Mighty One with thy mighty aids.
4.32.2
bhṛmi̍ś cid ghāsi̱ tūtu̍ji̱r ā ci̍tra ci̱triṇī̱ṣv ā |
ci̱traṁ kṛ̍ṇoṣy ū̱taye̍ ||
Swift and impetuous art thou, wondrous amid the well-dressed folk: Thou doest marvels for our help.
4.32.3
da̱bhrebhi̍ś ci̱c chaśī̍yāṁsa̱ṁ haṁsi̱ vrādha̍nta̱m oja̍sā |
sakhi̍bhi̱r ye tve sacā̍ ||
Even with the weak thou smitest down him who is stronger, with thy strength The mighty, with the Friends thou hast.
4.32.4
va̱yam i̍ndra̱ tve sacā̍ va̱yaṁ tvā̱bhi no̍numaḥ |
a̱smām̐-a̍smā̱m̐ id ud a̍va ||
O Indra, we are close to thee; to thee we sing aloud our songs: Help hnd defend us, even us.
4.32.5
sa na̍ś ci̱trābhi̍r adrivo 'nava̱dyābhi̍r ū̱tibhi̍ḥ |
anā̍dhṛṣṭābhi̱r ā ga̍hi ||
As such, O Caster of the Stone, come with thy succours wonderful, Blameless, and irresistible.
4.32.6
bhū̱yāmo̱ ṣu tvāva̍ta̱ḥ sakhā̍ya indra̱ goma̍taḥ |
yujo̱ vājā̍ya̱ ghṛṣva̍ye ||
May we be friends of one like thee, O Indra, with the wealth of kine, Comrades for lively energy.
4.32.7
tvaṁ hy eka̱ īśi̍ṣa̱ indra̱ vāja̍sya̱ goma̍taḥ |
sa no̍ yandhi ma̱hīm iṣa̍m ||
For thou, O Indra, art alone the Lord of strength that comes from kine So grant thou us abundant food.
4.32.8
na tvā̍ varante a̱nyathā̱ yad ditsa̍si stu̱to ma̱gham |
sto̱tṛbhya̍ indra girvaṇaḥ ||
They turn thee not another way, when, lauded, Lover of the Song, Thou wilt give wealth to those who praise.
4.32.9
a̱bhi tvā̱ gota̍mā gi̱rānū̍ṣata̱ pra dā̱vane̍ |
indra̱ vājā̍ya̱ ghṛṣva̍ye ||
The Gotamas have sung their song of praise to thee that thou mayst give, Indra, for lively energy.
4.32.10
pra te̍ vocāma vī̱ryā̱3̱̍ yā ma̍ndasā̱na āru̍jaḥ |
puro̱ dāsī̍r a̱bhītya̍ ||
We will declare thy hero deeds, what Disa forts thou brakest down, Attacking them in rapturous joy.
4.32.11
tā te̍ gṛṇanti ve̱dhaso̱ yāni̍ ca̱kartha̱ pauṁsyā̍ |
su̱teṣv i̍ndra girvaṇaḥ ||
The sages sing those manly deeds which, Indra, Lover of the Song, Thou wrougbtest when the Soma flowed.
4.32.12
avī̍vṛdhanta̱ gota̍mā̱ indra̱ tve stoma̍vāhasaḥ |
aiṣu̍ dhā vī̱rava̱d yaśa̍ḥ ||
Indra, the Gotamas who bring thee praises have grown strong by thee. Give them renown with hero sons.
4.32.13
yac ci̱d dhi śaśva̍tā̱m asīndra̱ sādhā̍raṇa̱s tvam |
taṁ tvā̍ va̱yaṁ ha̍vāmahe ||
For, Indra, verily thou art the general treasure even of all . Thee, therefore, do we invocate.
4.32.14
a̱rvā̱cī̱no va̍so bhavā̱sme su ma̱tsvāndha̍saḥ |
somā̍nām indra somapāḥ ||
Excellent Indra, turn to us: glad thee among us with the juice Of Somas, Soma-drinker thou.
4.32.15
a̱smāka̍ṁ tvā matī̱nām ā stoma̍ indra yacchatu |
a̱rvāg ā va̍rtayā̱ harī̍ ||
May praise from us who think Qn thee, O Indra, bring thee near to us. Turn thy two Bay Steeds hitherward.
4.32.16
pu̱ro̱ḻāśa̍ṁ ca no̱ ghaso̍ jo̱ṣayā̍se̱ gira̍ś ca naḥ |
va̱dhū̱yur i̍va̱ yoṣa̍ṇām ||
Eat of our sacrificial cake: rejoice thee in the songs we sing. Even as a lover in his bride.
4.32.17
sa̱hasra̱ṁ vyatī̍nāṁ yu̱ktānā̱m indra̍m īmahe |
śa̱taṁ soma̍sya khā̱rya̍ḥ ||
To India for a thousand steeds well-trained and fleet of foot we pray, And hundred jars of Soma juice.
4.32.18
sa̱hasrā̍ te śa̱tā va̱yaṁ gavā̱m ā cyā̍vayāmasi |
a̱sma̱trā rādha̍ etu te ||
We make a hundred of thy kine, yea, and a thousand, hasten nigh: So let thy bounty come to us.
4.32.19
daśa̍ te ka̱laśā̍nā̱ṁ hira̍ṇyānām adhīmahi |
bhū̱ri̱dā a̍si vṛtrahan ||
We have obtained, a gift from thee, ten water-ewers wrought of gold: Thou, Vṛitra-slayer, givest much.
4.32.20
bhūri̍dā̱ bhūri̍ dehi no̱ mā da̱bhram bhūry ā bha̍ra |
bhūri̱ ghed i̍ndra ditsasi ||
A bounteous Giver, give us much, bring much and not a trifling gift: Much, Indra, wilt thou fain bestow.
4.32.21
bhū̱ri̱dā hy asi̍ śru̱taḥ pu̍ru̱trā śū̍ra vṛtrahan |
ā no̍ bhajasva̱ rādha̍si ||
O Vṛitra-slayer, thou art famed in many a place as bountiful Hero, thy bounty let us share.
4.32.22
pra te̍ ba̱bhrū vi̍cakṣaṇa̱ śaṁsā̍mi goṣaṇo napāt |
mābhyā̱ṁ gā anu̍ śiśrathaḥ ||
I praise thy pair of Tawny Steeds, wise Son of him who giveth kine Terrify not the cows with these.
4.32.23
ka̱nī̱na̱keva̍ vidra̱dhe nave̍ drupa̱de a̍rbha̱ke |
ba̱bhrū yāme̍ṣu śobhete ||
Like two slight images of girls, unrobed, upon a new-wrought post, So shine the Bay Steeds in their course.
4.32.24
ara̍m ma u̱srayā̱mṇe 'ra̱m anu̍srayāmṇe |
ba̱bhrū yāme̍ṣv a̱sridhā̍ ||
For me the Bays are ready when I start, or start not, with the dawn, Innocuous in the ways they take.
Translations (5)
- The Hymns of the Rigveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, English
- Der Rig-Veda aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übersetzt (HOS 33–35) — Karl Friedrich Geldner 1951, German
- Ригведа — Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova 1989, Russian
- Rig-Veda Sanhitá — Horace Hayman Wilson 1850, English
- Rig-Veda, übersetzt und mit kritischen und erläuternden Anmerkungen versehen — Hermann Grassmann 1876, German
Commentaries (10)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Ṛgvedabhāṣya) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedapadapāṭha — Śākalya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgarthadīpikā — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Skandasvāmin) — Skandasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedabhāṣya (Udgītha) — Udgītha, Sanskrit
- Ṛgbhāṣya (Madhva) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitāvyākhyā — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Udgīthācārya, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasūktanirukta — Mādhava, Sanskrit
- Bhāṣya — Sanskrit
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