Rig Veda
tve ha yat pitaraś cin na indra viśvā vāmā jaritāro asanvan tve gāvaḥ sudughās tve hy aśvās tvaṃ vasu devayate vaniṣṭhaḥ
All is with thee, O Indra, all the treasures which erst our fathers won who sang thy praises. With thee are milch-kine good to milk, and horses: best winner thou of riches for the pious.
rājeva hi janibhiḥ kṣeṣy evāva dyubhir abhi viduṣ kaviḥ san piśā giro maghavan gobhir aśvais tvāyataḥ śiśīhi rāye asmān
For like a King among his wives thou dwellest: with glories, as a Sage, surround and help us. Make us, thy servants, strong for wealth, and honour our songs wirth kine and steeds and decoration.
imā u tvā paspṛdhānāso atra mandrā giro devayantīr upa sthuḥ arvācī te pathyā rāya etu syāma te sumatāv indra śarman
Here these our holy hymns with joy and gladness in pious emulation have approached thee. Hitherward come thy path that leads to riches: may we find shelter in thy favour, Indra.
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Vasishtha hath poured forth his prayers, desiring to milk thee like a cow in goodly pasture. All these my people call thee Lord of cattle: may Indra. come unto the prayer we offer.
arṇāṃsi cit paprathānā sudāsa indro gādhāny akṛṇot supārā śardhantaṃ śimyum ucathasya navyaḥ śāpaṃ sindhūnām akṛṇod aśastīḥ
What though the floods spread widely, Indra made them shallow and easy for Sudas to traverse. He, worthy of our praises, caused the Simyu, foe of our hymn, to curse the rivers' fury.
puroﾱā it turvaśo yakṣur āsīd rāye matsyāso niśitā apīva śruṣṭiṃ cakrur bhṛgavo druhyavaś ca sakhā sakhāyam atarad viṣūcoḥ
Eager for spoil was Turvasa Purodas, fain to win wealth, like fishes urged by hunger. The Bhrigus and the Druhyus quickly listened: friend rescued friend mid the two distant peoples.
ā pakthāso bhalānaso bhanantālināso viṣāṇinaḥ śivāsaḥ ā yo 'nayat sadhamā āryasya gavyā tṛtsubhyo ajagan yudhā nṝn
Together came the Pakthas, the Bhalanas, the Alinas, the Sivas, the Visanins. Yet to the Tritsus came the Arya's Comrade, through love of spoil and heroes' war, to lead them.
durādhyo aditiṃ srevayanto 'cetaso vi jagṛbhre paruṣṇīm mahnāvivyak pṛthivīm patyamānaḥ paśuṣ kavir aśayac cāyamānaḥ
Fools, in their folly fain to waste her waters, they parted inexhaustible Parushni. Lord of the Earth, he with his might repressed them: still lay the herd and the affrighted herdsman.
īyur arthaṃ na nyartham paruṣṇīm āśuś caned abhipitvaṃ jagāma sudāsa indraḥ sutukāṁ amitrān arandhayan mānuṣe vadhrivācaḥ
As to their goal they sped to their destruction: they sought Parushni; e'en the swift returned not. Indra abandoned, to Sudas the manly, the swiftly flying foes, unmanly babblers.
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They went like kine unherded from the pasture, each clinging to a friend as chance directed. They who drive spotted steeds, sent down by Prisni, gave ear, the Warriors and the harnessed horses.
ekaṃ ca yo viṃśatiṃ ca śravasyā vaikarṇayor janān rājā ny astaḥ dasmo na sadman ni śiśāti barhiḥ śūraḥ sargam akṛṇod indra eṣām
The King who scattered one-and-twenty people of both Vaikarna tribes through lust of glory- As the skilled priest clips grass within the chamber, so hath the Hero Indra, wrought their downfall.
adha śrutaṃ kavaṣaṃ vṛddham apsv anu druhyuṃ ni vṛṇag vajrabāhuḥ vṛṇānā atra sakhyāya sakhyaṃ tvāyanto ye amadann anu tvā
Thou, thunder-armed, o'erwhelmedst in the waters famed ancient Kavasha and then the Druhyu. Others here claiming friendship to their friendship, devoted unto thee, in thee were joyful.
vi sadyo viśvā dṛṃhitāny eṣām indraḥ puraḥ sahasā sapta dardaḥ vy ānavasya tṛtsave gayam bhāg jeṣma pūruṃ vidathe mṛdhravācam
Indra at once with conquering might demolished all their strong places and their seven castles. The goods of Anu's son he gave to Tritsu. May we in sacrifice conquer scorned Puru.
ni gavyavo 'navo druhyavaś ca ṣaṣṭiḥ śatā suṣupuḥ ṣaṭ sahasrā ṣaṣṭir vīrāso adhi ṣaḍ duvoyu viśved indrasya vīryā kṛtāni
The Anavas and Druhyus, seeking booty, have slept, the sixty hundred, yea, six thousand, And six-and-sixty heroes. For the pious were all these mighty exploits done by Indra.
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These Tritsus under Indra's careful guidance came speeding like loosed waters rushing downward. The foemen, measuring exceeding closely, abandoned to Sudas all their provisions.
ardhaṃ vīrasya śṛtapām anindram parā śardhantaṃ nunude abhi kṣām indro manyum manyumyo mimāya bheje patho vartanim patyamānaḥ
The hero's side who drank the dressed oblation, Indra's denier, far o'er earth he scattered. Indra brought down the fierce destroyer's fury. He gave them various roads, the path's Controller.
ādhreṇa cit tad v ekaṃ cakāra siṃhyaṃ cit petvenā jaghāna ava sraktīr veśyāvṛścad indraḥ prāyacchad viśvā bhojanā sudāse
E'en with the weak he wrought this matchless exploit: e'en with a goat he did to death a lion. He pared the pillar's angles with a needle. Thus to Sudas Indra gave all provisions.
śaśvanto hi śatravo rāradhuṣ ṭe bhedasya cicchardhato vinda randhim martāṁ ena stuvato yaḥ kṛṇoti tigmaṃ tasmin ni jahi vajram indra
To thee have all thine enemies submitted: e'en the fierce Bheda hast thou made thy subject. Cast down thy sharpened thunderbolt, O Indra, on him who harms the men who sing thy praises.
āvad indraṃ yamunā tṛtsavaś ca prātra bhedaṃ sarvatātā muṣāyat ajāsaś ca śigravo yakṣavaś ca baliṃ śīrṣāṇi jabhrur aśvyāni
Yamuna and the Tritsus aided Indra. There he stripped Bheda bare of all his treasures. The Ajas and the Sigrus and the Yakshus brought in to him as tribute heads of horses.
na ta indra sumatayo na rāyaḥ saṃcakṣe pūrvā uṣaso na nūtnāḥ devakaṃ cin mānyamānaṃ jaghanthāva tmanā bṛhataḥ śambaram bhet
Not to be scorned, but like Dawns past and recent, O Indra, are thy favours and thy riches. Devaka, Manyamana's son, thou slewest, and smotest Sambara from the lofty mountain.
pra ye gṛhād amamadus tvāyā parāśaraḥ śatayātur vasiṣṭhaḥ na te bhojasya sakhyam mṛṣantādhā sūribhyaḥ sudinā vy ucchān
They who, from home, have gladdened thee, thy servants Parasara, Vasishtha, Satayatu, Will not forget thy friendship, liberal Giver. So shall the days dawn prosperous for the princes.
dve naptur devavataḥ śate gor dvā rathā vadhūmantā sudāsaḥ arhann agne paijavanasya dānaṃ hoteva sadma pary emi rebhan
Priest-like, with praise, I move around the altar, earning Paijavana's reward, O Agni, Two hundred cows from Devavan's descendant, two chariots from Sudas with mares to draw them.
catvāro mā paijavanasya dānāḥ smaddiṣṭayaḥ kṛśanino nireke ṛjrāso mā pṛthiviṣṭhāḥ sudāsas tokaṃ tokāya śravase vahanti
Gift of Paijavana, four horses bear me in foremost place, trained steeds with pearl to deck them. Sudas's brown steeds, firmly-stepping, carry me and my son for progeny and glory.
yasya śravo rodasī antar urvī śīrṣṇe śīrṣṇe vibabhājā vibhaktā sapted indraṃ na sravato gṛṇanti ni yudhyāmadhim aśiśād abhīke
Him whose fame spreads between wide earth and heaven, who, as dispenser, gives each chief his portion, Seven flowing Rivers glorify like Indra. He slew Yudhyamadhi in close encounter.
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Attend on him O ye heroic Maruts as on Sudas's father Divodasa. Further Paijavana's desire with favour. Guard faithfully his lasting firm dominion.