Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20
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- Ṛgveda 7.20.1, English STRONG, Godly-natured, born for hero exploit, man's Friend, he doth whatever deed he willeth. Saving us e'en from great transgression, Indra, the Youthful, visiteth man's home with favour. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.2, English Waxing greatness Indra slayeth Vrtra: the Hero with his aid hath helped the singer. He gave Sudas wide room and space, and often hath granted wealth to him who brought oblations. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.3, English Soldier unchecked, war-rousing, battling Hero, unconquered from of old, victorious ever, Indra the very strong hath scattered armies; yea, he hath slain each foe who fought against him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.4, English Thou with thy greatness hast filled full, O Indra, even both the worlds with might, O thou Most Mighty. Lord of Bays, Indra, brandishing his thunder, is gratified with Soma at the banquet. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.5, English A Bull begat the Bull for joy of battle, and a strong Mother brought forth him the manly. He who is Chief of men, their armies' Leader, is strong Hero, bold, and fain for booty. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.6, English The people falter not, nor suffer sorrow, who win themselves this God's terrific spirit. He who with sacrifices worships Indra is lord of wealth, law-born and law's protector. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.7, English Whene'er the elder fain would help the younger the greater cometh to the lesser's present. Shall the Immortal sit aloof' inactive? O Wondrous Indra, bring us wondrous riches. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.8, English Thy dear folk, Indra, who present oblations, are, in chief place, thy friends, O Thunder-wielder. May we be best content in this thy favour, sheltered by One who slays not, but preserves us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.9, English To thee the mighty hymn hath clamoured loudly, and, Maghavan, the eloquent hath besought thee. Desire of wealth hath come upon thy singer: help us then, Sakra, to our share of riches. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 7.20.10, English Place us by food which thou hast given, O Indra, us and the wealthy patrons who command us. Let thy great power bring good to him who lauds thee. Ye Gods, preserve us evermore with blessings. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- 7.20.1उ॒ग्रो ज॑ज्ञे वी॒र्या॑य स्व॒धावा॒ञ्चक्रि॒रपो॒ नर्यो॒ यत्क॑रि॒ष्यन् । जग्मि॒र्युवा॑ नृ॒षद॑न॒मवो॑भिस्त्रा॒ता न॒ इन्द्र॒ एन॑सो म॒हश्चि॑त् ॥
- 7.20.2हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रमिन्द्र॒ः शूशु॑वान॒ः प्रावी॒न्नु वी॒रो ज॑रि॒तार॑मू॒ती । कर्ता॑ सु॒दासे॒ अह॒ वा उ॑ लो॒कं दाता॒ वसु॒ मुहु॒रा दा॒शुषे॑ भूत् ॥
- 7.20.3यु॒ध्मो अ॑न॒र्वा ख॑ज॒कृत्स॒मद्वा॒ शूर॑ः सत्रा॒षाड्ज॒नुषे॒मषा॑ळ्हः । व्या॑स॒ इन्द्र॒ः पृत॑ना॒ः स्वोजा॒ अधा॒ विश्वं॑ शत्रू॒यन्तं॑ जघान ॥
- 7.20.4उ॒भे चि॑दिन्द्र॒ रोद॑सी महि॒त्वा प॑प्राथ॒ तवि॑षीभिस्तुविष्मः । नि वज्र॒मिन्द्रो॒ हरि॑वा॒न्मिमि॑क्ष॒न्समन्ध॑सा॒ मदे॑षु॒ वा उ॑वोच ॥
- 7.20.5वृषा॑ जजान॒ वृष॑णं॒ रणा॑य॒ तमु॑ चि॒न्नारी॒ नर्यं॑ ससूव । प्र यः से॑ना॒नीरध॒ नृभ्यो॒ अस्ती॒नः सत्वा॑ ग॒वेष॑ण॒ः स धृ॒ष्णुः ॥
- 7.20.6नू चि॒त्स भ्रे॑षते॒ जनो॒ न रे॑ष॒न्मनो॒ यो अ॑स्य घो॒रमा॒विवा॑सात् । य॒ज्ञैर्य इन्द्रे॒ दध॑ते॒ दुवां॑सि॒ क्षय॒त्स रा॒य ऋ॑त॒पा ऋ॑ते॒जाः ॥
- 7.20.7यदि॑न्द्र॒ पूर्वो॒ अप॑राय॒ शिक्ष॒न्नय॒ज्ज्याया॒न्कनी॑यसो दे॒ष्णम् । अ॒मृत॒ इत्पर्या॑सीत दू॒रमा चि॑त्र॒ चित्र्यं॑ भरा र॒यिं न॑ः ॥
- 7.20.8यस्त॑ इन्द्र प्रि॒यो जनो॒ ददा॑श॒दस॑न्निरे॒के अ॑द्रिव॒ः सखा॑ ते । व॒यं ते॑ अ॒स्यां सु॑म॒तौ चनि॑ष्ठा॒ः स्याम॒ वरू॑थे॒ अघ्न॑तो॒ नृपी॑तौ ॥
- 7.20.9ए॒ष स्तोमो॑ अचिक्रद॒द्वृषा॑ त उ॒त स्ता॒मुर्म॑घवन्नक्रपिष्ट । रा॒यस्कामो॑ जरि॒तारं॑ त॒ आग॒न्त्वम॒ङ्ग श॑क्र॒ वस्व॒ आ श॑को नः ॥
- 7.20.10स न॑ इन्द्र॒ त्वय॑ताया इ॒षे धा॒स्त्मना॑ च॒ ये म॒घवा॑नो जु॒नन्ति॑ । वस्वी॒ षु ते॑ जरि॒त्रे अ॑स्तु श॒क्तिर्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒ः सदा॑ नः ॥