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Rig Veda 6.20

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Give us wealth, Indra, that with might, as heaven o'ertops the earth, o'ercomes our foes in battle Wealth that brings thousands and that wins the corn-lands, wealth, Son of Strength! that vanquishes the foeman.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Even as the power of Dyaus, to thee, O Indra, all Asura sway was by the Gods entrusted, When thou, Impetuous! leagued with Vishnu, slewest Vritra the Dragon who enclosed the waters.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Indra, Strong, Victor, Mightier than the mighty, addressed with prayer and perfect in his splendour, Lord of the bolt that breaketh forts in pieces, became the King of the sweet juice of Soma..

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

There, Indra, while the light was won, the Panis fled, 'neath a hundred blows, for wise Dasoni, And greedy Sushna's magical devices nor left he any of their food remaining.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

What time the thunder fell and Sushna perished, all life's support from the great Druh was taken. Indra made room for his car-drivcr Kutsa who sate beside him, when he gained the sunlight.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

As the Hawk rent for him the stalk that gladdens, he wrenched the head from Namuchi the Dasa. He guarded Nam, Sayya's son, in slumber, and sated him with food, success, and riches.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Thou, thunder-armed, with thy great might hast shattered Pipru's strong forts who knew the wiles of serpents. Thou gavest to thy worshipper Rijisvan imperishable Wealth, O Bounteous Giver.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The crafty Vetasu, the swift Dasni, and Tugra speedily with all his servants, Hath Indra, gladdening with strong assistance, forced near as 'twere to glorify the Mother.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Resistless, with the hosts he battles, bearing in both his arms the Vritra-slaying thunder. He mounts his Bays, as the car-seat an archer: yoked at a word they bear the lofty Indra.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May we, O Indra, gain by thy new favour: so Parus laud thee, with their sacrifices, That thou hast wrecked seven autumn forts, their shelter, slain Dasa tribes and aided Purukutsa.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Favouring Usana the son of Kavi, thou wast his ancient strengthener, O Indra. Thou gavest Navavastva. as a present, to the great father gavest back his grandson.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Thou, roaring Indra, drovest on the waters that made a roaring sound like rushing rivers, What time, O Hero, o'er the sea thou broughtest, in safety broughtest Turvasa and Yadu.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

This Indra, was thy work in war: thou sentest Dhuni and Chumuri to sleep and slumber. Dabhiti lit the flame for thee, and worshipped with fuel, hymns, poured Soma, dressed oblations.

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Sanskrit text: Oliver Hellwig, The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS), 2010–2024. CC BY 4.0. · Source ↗

Sanskrit text from The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS) by Oliver Hellwig, 2010–2024, https://github.com/OliverHellwig/sanskrit, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: sentence parts joined per verse; only verses the DCS numbers are included (8483 of the Ṛgveda's 10,552).

Ralph T. H. Griffith's translation (1896–97). It is dated, and scholars now read many verses differently. A few verses Griffith left untranslated or moved to an appendix are not included.

Ralph T. H. Griffith, The Hymns of the Rigveda, 2nd edition (Benares: E. J. Lazarus, 1896–97). Public domain. Text from English Wikisource, checked against Internet Archive scans of the 1896–97 printing. · Source ↗

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