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Rigveda 6.26

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.26

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Sanskrit

6.26.1

śru̱dhī na̍ indra̱ hvayā̍masi tvā ma̱ho vāja̍sya sā̱tau vā̍vṛṣā̱ṇāḥ |
saṁ yad viśo 'ya̍nta̱ śūra̍sātā u̱graṁ no 'va̱ḥ pārye̱ aha̍n dāḥ ||

O INDRA, hear us. Raining down the Soma, we call on thee to win us mighty valour. Give us strong succour on the day of trial, when the tribes gather on the field of battle.

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

6.26.2

tvāṁ vā̱jī ha̍vate vājine̱yo ma̱ho vāja̍sya̱ gadhya̍sya sā̱tau |
tvāṁ vṛ̱treṣv i̍ndra̱ satpa̍ti̱ṁ taru̍tra̱ṁ tvāṁ ca̍ṣṭe muṣṭi̱hā goṣu̱ yudhya̍n ||

The warrior, son of warrior sire, invokes thee, to gain great strength that may be won as booty: To thee, the brave man's Lord, the fiends' subduer, he looks when fighting hand to hand for cattle.

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

6.26.3

tvaṁ ka̱viṁ co̍dayo̱ 'rkasā̍tau̱ tvaṁ kutsā̍ya̱ śuṣṇa̍ṁ dā̱śuṣe̍ vark |
tvaṁ śiro̍ ama̱rmaṇa̱ḥ parā̍hann atithi̱gvāya̱ śaṁsya̍ṁ kari̱ṣyan ||

Thou didst impel the sage to win the daylight, didst ruin Ṣushṇa for the pious Kutsa. The invulnerable demon's head thou clavest when thou wouldst win the praise of Âtithigva.

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

6.26.4

tvaṁ ratha̱m pra bha̍ro yo̱dham ṛ̱ṣvam āvo̱ yudhya̍ntaṁ vṛṣa̱bhaṁ daśa̍dyum |
tvaṁ tugra̍ṁ veta̱save̱ sacā̍ha̱n tvaṁ tuji̍ṁ gṛ̱ṇanta̍m indra tūtoḥ ||

The lofty battle-car thou broughtest forward; thou holpest Daṣadyu the strong when fighting. Along with Vetasu thou slewest Tugra, and madest Tuji strong, who praised thee, Indra.

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

6.26.5

tvaṁ tad u̱ktham i̍ndra ba̱rhaṇā̍ ka̱ḥ pra yac cha̱tā sa̱hasrā̍ śūra̱ darṣi̍ |
ava̍ gi̱rer dāsa̱ṁ śamba̍raṁ ha̱n prāvo̱ divo̍dāsaṁ ci̱trābhi̍r ū̱tī ||

Thou madest good the laud, what time thou rentest a hundred thousand fighting foes, O Hero, Slewest the Dâsa Ṣambara of the mountain, and with strange aids didst succour Divodâsa.

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

6.26.6

tvaṁ śra̱ddhābhi̍r mandasā̱naḥ somai̍r da̱bhīta̍ye̱ cumu̍rim indra siṣvap |
tvaṁ ra̱jim piṭhī̍nase daśa̱syan ṣa̱ṣṭiṁ sa̱hasrā̱ śacyā̱ sacā̍han ||

Made glad with Soma-draughts and faith, thou sentest Chumuri to his sleep, to please Dabhîti. Thou, kindly giving Raji to Piṭhînas, slewest with might, at once, the sixty thousand.

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

6.26.7

a̱haṁ ca̱na tat sū̱ribhi̍r ānaśyā̱ṁ tava̱ jyāya̍ indra su̱mnam oja̍ḥ |
tvayā̱ yat stava̍nte sadhavīra vī̱rās tri̱varū̍thena̱ nahu̍ṣā śaviṣṭha ||

May I too, with the liberal chiefs, O Indra, acquire thy blin supreme and domination, When, Mightiest! Hero-girt! Nahusha heroes boast them in thee, the triply-strong Defender.

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

6.26.8

va̱yaṁ te̍ a̱syām i̍ndra dyu̱mnahū̍tau̱ sakhā̍yaḥ syāma mahina̱ preṣṭhā̍ḥ |
prāta̍rdaniḥ kṣatra̱śrīr a̍stu̱ śreṣṭho̍ gha̱ne vṛ̱trāṇā̍ṁ sa̱naye̱ dhanā̍nām ||

So may we he thy friends, thy best beloved, O Indra, at this holy invocation. Best be Pratardani, illustrious ruler, in slaying foemen and in gaining riches.

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

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