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Rigveda 5.40

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.40

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Sanskrit

5.40.1

ā yā̱hy adri̍bhiḥ su̱taṁ soma̍ṁ somapate piba |
vṛṣa̍nn indra̱ vṛṣa̍bhir vṛtrahantama ||

COME thou to what the stones have pressed, drink Soma, O thou Soma's Lord, Indra best Vṛitra-slayer Strong One, with the Strong.

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

5.40.2

vṛṣā̱ grāvā̱ vṛṣā̱ mado̱ vṛṣā̱ somo̍ a̱yaṁ su̱taḥ |
vṛṣa̍nn indra̱ vṛṣa̍bhir vṛtrahantama ||

Strong is the stone, the draught is strong, strong is this Soma that is pressed, Indra, best Vṛitra-slayer, Strong One with the Strong.

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

5.40.3

vṛṣā̍ tvā̱ vṛṣa̍ṇaṁ huve̱ vajri̍ñ ci̱trābhi̍r ū̱tibhi̍ḥ |
vṛṣa̍nn indra̱ vṛṣa̍bhir vṛtrahantama ||

As strong I call on thee the Strong, O Thunder-armed, with various aids, Indra, best Vṛitra-slayer, Strong One with the Strong.

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

5.40.4

ṛ̱jī̱ṣī va̱jrī vṛ̍ṣa̱bhas tu̍rā̱ṣāṭ chu̱ṣmī rājā̍ vṛtra̱hā so̍ma̱pāvā̍ |
yu̱ktvā hari̍bhyā̱m upa̍ yāsad a̱rvāṅ mādhya̍ṁdine̱ sava̍ne matsa̱d indra̍ḥ ||

Impetuous, Thunderer, Strong, quelling the mighty, King, potent, Vṛitra-slayer, Soma-drinker, May he come hither with his yoked Bay Horses; may Indra gladden him at the noon libation.

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

5.40.5

yat tvā̍ sūrya̱ sva̍rbhānu̱s tama̱sāvi̍dhyad āsu̱raḥ |
akṣe̍travi̱d yathā̍ mu̱gdho bhuva̍nāny adīdhayuḥ ||

O Sûrya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhânu, pierced thee through and through with darkness, All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing.

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

5.40.6

sva̍rbhāno̱r adha̱ yad i̍ndra mā̱yā a̱vo di̱vo varta̍mānā a̱vāha̍n |
gū̱ḻhaṁ sūrya̱ṁ tama̱sāpa̍vratena tu̱rīye̍ṇa̱ brahma̍ṇāvinda̱d atri̍ḥ ||

What time thou smotest down Svarbhânu's magic that spread itself beneath the sky, O Indra, By his fourth sacred prayer Atri disoovered Sûrya concealed in gloom that stayed his function.

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

5.40.7

mā mām i̱maṁ tava̱ santa̍m atra ira̱syā dru̱gdho bhi̱yasā̱ ni gā̍rīt |
tvam mi̱tro a̍si sa̱tyarā̍dhā̱s tau me̱hāva̍ta̱ṁ varu̍ṇaś ca̱ rājā̍ ||

Let not the oppressor with this dread, through anger swallow me up, for I am thine, O Atri. Mitra art thou, the sender of true blessings: thou and King Varuṇa be both my helpers.

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

5.40.8

grāvṇo̍ bra̱hmā yu̍yujā̱naḥ sa̍pa̱ryan kī̱riṇā̍ de̱vān nama̍sopa̱śikṣa̍n |
atri̱ḥ sūrya̍sya di̱vi cakṣu̱r ādhā̱t sva̍rbhāno̱r apa̍ mā̱yā a̍ghukṣat ||

The Brahman Atri, as he set the press-stones, serving the Gods with praise and adoration, Established in the heaven the eye of Sûrya, and caused Svarbhânu's magic arts to vanish.

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

5.40.9

yaṁ vai sūrya̱ṁ sva̍rbhānu̱s tama̱sāvi̍dhyad āsu̱raḥ |
atra̍ya̱s tam anv a̍vindan na̱hy a1̱̍nye aśa̍knuvan ||

The Atris found the Sun again, him whom Svarbhânu of the brood Of Asuras had pierced with gloom. This none besides had power to do.

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

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