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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30

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  1. Ṛgveda 4.30.1, English O INDRA, Vrtra-slayer, none is better, mightier than thou: Verily there is none like thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 4.30.2, English Like chariot-wheels these people all together follow after thee: Thou ever art renowned as Great. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 4.30.3, English Not even all the gathered Gods conquered thee, Indra, in the war, When thou didst lengthen days by night. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 4.30.4, English When for the sake of those oppressed, and Kutsa as he battled, Thou stolest away the Sun's car-wheel. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 4.30.5, English When, fighting singly, Indra. thou o'ercamest all the furious Gods, Thou slewest those who strove with thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 4.30.6, English When also for a mortal man, Indra, thou speddest forth the Sun, And holpest Etasa with might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 4.30.7, English What? Vrtra-slayer, art not thou, Maghavan, fiercest in thy wrath? So hast thou quelled the demon too. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 4.30.8, English And this heroic deed of might thou, Indra, also hast achieved, That thou didst smite to death the Dame, Heaven's Daughter, meditating ill. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 4.30.9, English Thou, Indra, Mighty One, didst crush Usas, though Daughter of the Sky. When lifting up herself in pride. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 4.30.10, English Then from her chariot Usas fled, affrighted, from her ruined car. When the strong God had shattered it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 4.30.11, English So there this car of Usas lay, broken to pieces, in Vipas, And she herself fled far away. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 4.30.12, English Thou, Indra, didst. with magic power resist the overflowing stream Who spread her waters o'er the land. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 4.30.13, English Valiantly didst thou seize and take the store which Susna had amassed, When thou didst crush his fortresses. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 4.30.14, English Thou, Indra, also smotest down Kulitara's son Sambara, The Dasa, from the lofty hill. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 4.30.15, English Of Dasa Varcin's thou didst slay the hundred thousand and the five, Crushed like the fellies, of a car. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 4.30.16, English So Indra, Lord of Heroes, Powers, caused the unwedded damsel's son, The castaway, to share the lauds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 4.30.17, English So sapient Indra, Lord of Might, brought Turvaga and Yadu, those Who feared the flood, in safely o'er. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 4.30.18, English Arpa and Citraratha, both Aryas, thou, Indra, slewest swift, On yonder side of Sarayu, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 4.30.19, English Thou, Vrtra-slayer, didst conduct those two forlorn, the blind, the lame. None may attain this bliss of thine. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 4.30.20, English For Divodasa, him who brought oblation, 1ndra overthrew A hundred fortresses of stone. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 4.30.21, English The thirty thousand Disas he with magic power and weapons sent To slumber, for Dabhiti's sake. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 4.30.22, English As such, O Vrtra-slayer, thou art general Lord of kine for all, Thou Shaker of all things that be. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 4.30.23, English Indra, whatever deed of might thou hast this day to execute, None be there now to hinder it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 4.30.24, English O Watchful One, may Aryaman the God give thee all goodly things. May Risan, Bhaga, and the God Karulati give all things fair. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 4.30.1नकि॑रिन्द्र॒ त्वदुत्त॑रो॒ न ज्यायाँ॑ अस्ति वृत्रहन् । नकि॑रे॒वा यथा॒ त्वम् ॥
  2. 4.30.2स॒त्रा ते॒ अनु॑ कृ॒ष्टयो॒ विश्वा॑ च॒क्रेव॑ वावृतुः । स॒त्रा म॒हाँ अ॑सि श्रु॒तः ॥
  3. 4.30.3विश्वे॑ च॒नेद॒ना त्वा॑ दे॒वास॑ इन्द्र युयुधुः । यदहा॒ नक्त॒माति॑रः ॥
  4. 4.30.4यत्रो॒त बा॑धि॒तेभ्य॑श्च॒क्रं कुत्सा॑य॒ युध्य॑ते । मु॒षा॒य इ॑न्द्र॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥
  5. 4.30.5यत्र॑ दे॒वाँ ऋ॑घाय॒तो विश्वाँ॒ अयु॑ध्य॒ एक॒ इत् । त्वमि॑न्द्र व॒नूँरह॑न् ॥
  6. 4.30.6यत्रो॒त मर्त्या॑य॒ कमरि॑णा इन्द्र॒ सूर्य॑म् । प्राव॒ः शची॑भि॒रेत॑शम् ॥
  7. 4.30.7किमादु॒तासि॑ वृत्रह॒न्मघ॑वन्मन्यु॒मत्त॑मः । अत्राह॒ दानु॒माति॑रः ॥
  8. 4.30.8ए॒तद्घेदु॒त वी॒र्य१॒॑मिन्द्र॑ च॒कर्थ॒ पौंस्य॑म् । स्त्रियं॒ यद्दु॑र्हणा॒युवं॒ वधी॑र्दुहि॒तरं॑ दि॒वः ॥
  9. 4.30.9दि॒वश्चि॑द्घा दुहि॒तरं॑ म॒हान्म॑ही॒यमा॑नाम् । उ॒षास॑मिन्द्र॒ सं पि॑णक् ॥
  10. 4.30.10अपो॒षा अन॑सः सर॒त्सम्पि॑ष्टा॒दह॑ बि॒भ्युषी॑ । नि यत्सीं॑ शि॒श्नथ॒द्वृषा॑ ॥
  11. 4.30.11ए॒तद॑स्या॒ अन॑ः शये॒ सुस॑म्पिष्टं॒ विपा॒श्या । स॒सार॑ सीं परा॒वत॑ः ॥
  12. 4.30.12उ॒त सिन्धुं॑ विबा॒ल्यं॑ वितस्था॒नामधि॒ क्षमि॑ । परि॑ ष्ठा इन्द्र मा॒यया॑ ॥
  13. 4.30.13उ॒त शुष्ण॑स्य धृष्णु॒या प्र मृ॑क्षो अ॒भि वेद॑नम् । पुरो॒ यद॑स्य सम्पि॒णक् ॥
  14. 4.30.14उ॒त दा॒सं कौ॑लित॒रं बृ॑ह॒तः पर्व॑ता॒दधि॑ । अवा॑हन्निन्द्र॒ शम्ब॑रम् ॥
  15. 4.30.15उ॒त दा॒सस्य॑ व॒र्चिन॑ः स॒हस्रा॑णि श॒ताव॑धीः । अधि॒ पञ्च॑ प्र॒धीँरि॑व ॥
  16. 4.30.16उ॒त त्यं पु॒त्रम॒ग्रुव॒ः परा॑वृक्तं श॒तक्र॑तुः । उ॒क्थेष्विन्द्र॒ आभ॑जत् ॥
  17. 4.30.17उ॒त त्या तु॒र्वशा॒यदू॑ अस्ना॒तारा॒ शची॒पति॑ः । इन्द्रो॑ वि॒द्वाँ अ॑पारयत् ॥
  18. 4.30.18उ॒त त्या स॒द्य आर्या॑ स॒रयो॑रिन्द्र पा॒रत॑ः । अर्णा॑चि॒त्रर॑थावधीः ॥
  19. 4.30.19अनु॒ द्वा ज॑हि॒ता न॑यो॒ऽन्धं श्रो॒णं च॑ वृत्रहन् । न तत्ते॑ सु॒म्नमष्ट॑वे ॥
  20. 4.30.20श॒तम॑श्म॒न्मयी॑नां पु॒रामिन्द्रो॒ व्या॑स्यत् । दिवो॑दासाय दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
  21. 4.30.21अस्वा॑पयद्द॒भीत॑ये स॒हस्रा॑ त्रिं॒शतं॒ हथै॑ः । दा॒साना॒मिन्द्रो॑ मा॒यया॑ ॥
  22. 4.30.22स घेदु॒तासि॑ वृत्रहन्समा॒न इ॑न्द्र॒ गोप॑तिः । यस्ता विश्वा॑नि चिच्यु॒षे ॥
  23. 4.30.23उ॒त नू॒नं यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं क॑रि॒ष्या इ॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्य॑म् । अ॒द्या नकि॒ष्टदा मि॑नत् ॥
  24. 4.30.24वा॒मंवा॑मं त आदुरे दे॒वो द॑दात्वर्य॒मा । वा॒मं पू॒षा वा॒मं भगो॑ वा॒मं दे॒वः करू॑ळती ॥