HYMN XXIX. Indra: Rig Veda – Book 1 – Ralph T.H. Griffith, Translator
यच्चिद धि सत्य सोमपा अनाशस्ता इव समसि |
आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु सुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ||
शिप्रिन वाजानां पते शचीवस्तव दंसना |
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नि षवापया मिथूद्र्शा सस्तामबुध्यमाने |
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ससन्तु तया अरातयो बोधन्तु शूर रातयः |
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समिन्द्र गर्दभं मर्ण नुवन्तं पापयामुया |
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पताति कुण्ड्र्णाच्या दूरं वातो वनादधि |
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सर्वं परिक्रोशं जहि जम्भया कर्कदाश्वम |
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yaccid dhi satya somapā anāśastā iva smasi |
ā tū na indra śaṃsaya ghoṣvaśveṣu subhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||
śiprin vājānāṃ pate śacīvastava daṃsanā |
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ni ṣvāpayā mithūdṛśā sastāmabudhyamāne |
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sasantu tyā arātayo bodhantu śūra rātayaḥ |
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samindra ghardabhaṃ mṛṇa nuvantaṃ pāpayāmuyā |
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patāti kuṇḍṛṇācyā dūraṃ vāto vanādadhi |
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sarvaṃ parikrośaṃ jahi jambhayā kṛkadāśvam |
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English Translation
Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
1 O SOMA DRINKER, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be,
Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
In thousands, O most wealthy One.
2 O Lord of Strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine, the powerful:
Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
In thousands, O most wealthy One.
3 Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other look
Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
In thousands, O most wealthy One.
4 Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler genius wake:
Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
In thousands, O most wealthy One.
5 Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to thee:
Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
In thousands, O most wealthy One.
6 Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course!
Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
In thousands, O most wealthy One.
7 Slay each reviler, and destroy him who in secret injures us:
Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine
In thousands, O most wealthy One.