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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89

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  1. Ṛgveda 10.89.1, English I WILL extol the most heroic Indra who with his might forced earth and sky asunder; Who hath filled all with width as man's Upholder, surpassing floods and rivers in his greatness. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 10.89.2, English Surya is he: throughout the wide expanses shall Indra turn him, swift as car-wheels, hither, Like a stream resting not but ever active he hath destroyed, with light, the black hued darkness. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 10.89.3, English To him I sing a holy prayer, incessant new, matchless, common to the earth and heaven, Who marks, as they were backs, all living creatures: ne'er doth he fail a friend, the noble Indra. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 10.89.4, English I will send forth my songs in flow unceasing, like water from the ocean's depth, to Indra. Who to his car on both its sides securely hath fixed the earth and heaven as with an axle. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 10.89.5, English Rousing with draughts, the Shaker, rushing onward, impetuous, very strong, armed as with arrows Is Soma; forest trees and all the bushes deceive not Indra with their offered likeness. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 10.89.6, English Soma hath flowed to him whom naught can equal, the earth, the heavens, the firmament, the mountains,- When heightened in his ire his indignation shatters the firm and breaks the strong in pieces. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 10.89.7, English As an axe fells the tree so be slew Vrtra, brake down the strongholds and dug out the rivers. He cleft the mountain like a new-made pitcher. Indra brought forth the kine with his Companions. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 10.89.8, English Wise art thou, Punisher of guilt, O Indra. The sword lops limbs, thou smitest down the sinner, The men who injure, as it were a comrade, the lofty Law of Varuna and Mitra. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 10.89.9, English Men who lead evil lives, who break agreements, and injure Varuna, Aryaman and Mitra,- Against these foes, O Mighty Indra, sharpen, as furious death, thy Bull of fiery colour. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 10.89.10, English Indra is Sovran Lord of Earth and Heaven, Indra is Lord of waters and of mountains. Indra is Lord of prosperers and sages Indra must be invoked in rest and effort. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 10.89.11, English Vaster than days and nights, Giver of increase, vaster than firmament and flood of ocean, Vaster than bounds of earth and wind's extension, vaster than rivers and our lands is Indra. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 10.89.12, English Forward, as herald of refulgent Morning, let thine insatiate arrow fly, O Indra. And pierce, as 'twere a stone launched forth from heaven, with hottest blaze the men who love deception. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 10.89.13, English Him, verily, the moons, the mountains followed, the tall trees followed and the plants and herbage. Yearning with love both Worlds approached, the Waters waited on Indra when he first had being. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 10.89.14, English Where was the vengeful dart when thou, O Indra, clavest the demon ever beat on outrage? When fiends lay there upon the ground extended like cattle in the place of immolation? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 10.89.15, English Those who are set in enmity against us, the Oganas, O Indra, waxen mighty,- Let blinding darkness follow those our foemen, while these shall have bright shining nights to light them. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 10.89.16, English May plentiful libations of the people, and singing Rsis' holy prayers rejoice thee. Hearing with love this common invocation, come unto us, pass by all those who praise thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 10.89.17, English O Indra, thus may we be made partakers of thy new favours that shall bring us profit. Singing with love, may we the Visvamitras win daylight even now through thee, O Indra. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 10.89.18, English Call we on Maghavan, auspicious Indra, best hero in the fight where spoil is gathered, The Strong who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays the Vrtras, wins and gathers riches. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 10.89.1इन्द्रं॑ स्तवा॒ नृत॑मं॒ यस्य॑ म॒ह्ना वि॑बबा॒धे रो॑च॒ना वि ज्मो अन्ता॑न् । आ यः प॒प्रौ च॑र्षणी॒धृद्वरो॑भि॒ः प्र सिन्धु॑भ्यो रिरिचा॒नो म॑हि॒त्वा ॥
  2. 10.89.2स सूर्य॒ः पर्यु॒रू वरां॒स्येन्द्रो॑ ववृत्या॒द्रथ्ये॑व च॒क्रा । अति॑ष्ठन्तमप॒स्यं१॒॑ न सर्गं॑ कृ॒ष्णा तमां॑सि॒ त्विष्या॑ जघान ॥
  3. 10.89.3स॒मा॒नम॑स्मा॒ अन॑पावृदर्च क्ष्म॒या दि॒वो अस॑मं॒ ब्रह्म॒ नव्य॑म् । वि यः पृ॒ष्ठेव॒ जनि॑मान्य॒र्य इन्द्र॑श्चि॒काय॒ न सखा॑यमी॒षे ॥
  4. 10.89.4इन्द्रा॑य॒ गिरो॒ अनि॑शितसर्गा अ॒पः प्रेर॑यं॒ सग॑रस्य बु॒ध्नात् । यो अक्षे॑णेव च॒क्रिया॒ शची॑भि॒र्विष्व॑क्त॒स्तम्भ॑ पृथि॒वीमु॒त द्याम् ॥
  5. 10.89.5आपा॑न्तमन्युस्तृ॒पल॑प्रभर्मा॒ धुनि॒ः शिमी॑वा॒ञ्छरु॑माँ ऋजी॒षी । सोमो॒ विश्वा॑न्यत॒सा वना॑नि॒ नार्वागिन्द्रं॑ प्रति॒माना॑नि देभुः ॥
  6. 10.89.6न यस्य॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी न धन्व॒ नान्तरि॑क्षं॒ नाद्र॑य॒ः सोमो॑ अक्षाः । यद॑स्य म॒न्युर॑धिनी॒यमा॑नः शृ॒णाति॑ वी॒ळु रु॒जति॑ स्थि॒राणि॑ ॥
  7. 10.89.7ज॒घान॑ वृ॒त्रं स्वधि॑ति॒र्वने॑व रु॒रोज॒ पुरो॒ अर॑द॒न्न सिन्धू॑न् । बि॒भेद॑ गि॒रिं नव॒मिन्न कु॒म्भमा गा इन्द्रो॑ अकृणुत स्व॒युग्भि॑ः ॥
  8. 10.89.8त्वं ह॒ त्यदृ॑ण॒या इ॑न्द्र॒ धीरो॒ऽसिर्न पर्व॑ वृजि॒ना शृ॑णासि । प्र ये मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ धाम॒ युजं॒ न जना॑ मि॒नन्ति॑ मि॒त्रम् ॥
  9. 10.89.9प्र ये मि॒त्रं प्रार्य॒मणं॑ दु॒रेवा॒ः प्र सं॒गिर॒ः प्र वरु॑णं मि॒नन्ति॑ । न्य१॒॑मित्रे॑षु व॒धमि॑न्द्र॒ तुम्रं॒ वृष॒न्वृषा॑णमरु॒षं शि॑शीहि ॥
  10. 10.89.10इन्द्रो॑ दि॒व इन्द्र॑ ईशे पृथि॒व्या इन्द्रो॑ अ॒पामिन्द्र॒ इत्पर्व॑तानाम् । इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒धामिन्द्र॒ इन्मेधि॑राणा॒मिन्द्र॒ः क्षेमे॒ योगे॒ हव्य॒ इन्द्र॑ः ॥
  11. 10.89.11प्राक्तुभ्य॒ इन्द्र॒ः प्र वृ॒धो अह॑भ्य॒ः प्रान्तरि॑क्षा॒त्प्र स॑मु॒द्रस्य॑ धा॒सेः । प्र वात॑स्य॒ प्रथ॑स॒ः प्र ज्मो अन्ता॒त्प्र सिन्धु॑भ्यो रिरिचे॒ प्र क्षि॒तिभ्य॑ः ॥
  12. 10.89.12प्र शोशु॑चत्या उ॒षसो॒ न के॒तुर॑सि॒न्वा ते॑ वर्ततामिन्द्र हे॒तिः । अश्मे॑व विध्य दि॒व आ सृ॑जा॒नस्तपि॑ष्ठेन॒ हेष॑सा॒ द्रोघ॑मित्रान् ॥
  13. 10.89.13अन्वह॒ मासा॒ अन्विद्वना॒न्यन्वोष॑धी॒रनु॒ पर्व॑तासः । अन्विन्द्रं॒ रोद॑सी वावशा॒ने अन्वापो॑ अजिहत॒ जाय॑मानम् ॥
  14. 10.89.14कर्हि॑ स्वि॒त्सा त॑ इन्द्र चे॒त्यास॑द॒घस्य॒ यद्भि॒नदो॒ रक्ष॒ एष॑त् । मि॒त्र॒क्रुवो॒ यच्छस॑ने॒ न गाव॑ः पृथि॒व्या आ॒पृग॑मु॒या शय॑न्ते ॥
  15. 10.89.15श॒त्रू॒यन्तो॑ अ॒भि ये न॑स्तत॒स्रे महि॒ व्राध॑न्त ओग॒णास॑ इन्द्र । अ॒न्धेना॒मित्रा॒स्तम॑सा सचन्तां सुज्यो॒तिषो॑ अ॒क्तव॒स्ताँ अ॒भि ष्यु॑ः ॥
  16. 10.89.16पु॒रूणि॒ हि त्वा॒ सव॑ना॒ जना॑नां॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि॒ मन्द॑न्गृण॒तामृषी॑णाम् । इ॒मामा॒घोष॒न्नव॑सा॒ सहू॑तिं ति॒रो विश्वाँ॒ अर्च॑तो याह्य॒र्वाङ् ॥
  17. 10.89.17ए॒वा ते॑ व॒यमि॑न्द्र भुञ्जती॒नां वि॒द्याम॑ सुमती॒नां नवा॑नाम् । वि॒द्याम॒ वस्तो॒रव॑सा गृ॒णन्तो॑ वि॒श्वामि॑त्रा उ॒त त॑ इन्द्र नू॒नम् ॥
  18. 10.89.18शु॒नं हु॑वेम म॒घवा॑न॒मिन्द्र॑म॒स्मिन्भरे॒ नृत॑मं॒ वाज॑सातौ । शृ॒ण्वन्त॑मु॒ग्रमू॒तये॑ स॒मत्सु॒ घ्नन्तं॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ सं॒जितं॒ धना॑नाम् ॥