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Rigveda 6.31

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.31

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Sanskrit

6.31.1

abhū̱r eko̍ rayipate rayī̱ṇām ā hasta̍yor adhithā indra kṛ̱ṣṭīḥ |
vi to̱ke a̱psu tana̍ye ca̱ sūre 'vo̍canta carṣa̱ṇayo̱ vivā̍caḥ ||

SOLE Lord of wealth art thou, O Lord of riches: thou in thine hands hast held the people, Indra! Men have invoked thee with contending voices for seed and waters, progeny and sunlight.

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

6.31.2

tvad bhi̱yendra̱ pārthi̍vāni̱ viśvācyu̍tā cic cyāvayante̱ rajā̍ṁsi |
dyāvā̱kṣāmā̱ parva̍tāso̱ vanā̍ni̱ viśva̍ṁ dṛ̱ḻham bha̍yate̱ ajma̱nn ā te̍ ||

Through fear of thee, O Indra, all the regions of earth, though naught may move them, shake and tremble. All that is firm is frightened at thy coming, -the earth, the heaven, the mountain, and the forest.

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

6.31.3

tvaṁ kutse̍nā̱bhi śuṣṇa̍m indrā̱śuṣa̍ṁ yudhya̱ kuya̍va̱ṁ gavi̍ṣṭau |
daśa̍ prapi̱tve adha̱ sūrya̍sya muṣā̱yaś ca̱kram avi̍ve̱ rapā̍ṁsi ||

With Kutsa, Indra! thou didst conquer Ṣushṇa, voracious, bane of crops, in fight for cattle. In the close fray thou rentest him: thou stolest the Sun's wheel and didst drive away misfortunes.

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

6.31.4

tvaṁ śa̱tāny ava̱ śamba̍rasya̱ puro̍ jaghanthāpra̱tīni̱ dasyo̍ḥ |
aśi̍kṣo̱ yatra̱ śacyā̍ śacīvo̱ divo̍dāsāya sunva̱te su̍takre bha̱radvā̍jāya gṛṇa̱te vasū̍ni ||

Thou smotest to the ground the hundred castles, impregnable, of Ṣambara the Dasyu, When, Strong, with might thou holpest Divodâsa who poured libations out, O Soma-buyer, and madest Bharadvâja rich who praised thee.

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

6.31.5

sa sa̍tyasatvan maha̱te raṇā̍ya̱ ratha̱m ā ti̍ṣṭha tuvinṛmṇa bhī̱mam |
yā̱hi pra̍pathi̱nn ava̱sopa̍ ma̱drik pra ca̍ śruta śrāvaya carṣa̱ṇibhya̍ḥ ||

As such, true Hero, for great joy of battle mount thy terrific car, O Brave and Manly. Come with thine help to me, thou distant Roamer, and, glorious God, spread among men my glory.

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

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