Sukta 28

विश्वो ह्यन्यो अरिराजगाम ममेदह श्वशुरो ना जगाम। जक्षीयाद्धाना उत सोमं पपीयात्स्वाशितः पुनरस्तं जगायात्॥

viśvo hyanyo arirājagāma mamedaha śvaśuro nā jagāma | jakṣīyāddhānā uta somaṁ papīyātsvāśitaḥ punarastaṁ jagāyāt ||

Now all my other friends are here assembled: my Sire-in-law alone hath not come hither. So might he eat the grain and drink the Soma, and, satisfied, return unto; his dwelling.

स रोरुवद्वृषभस्तिग्मशृङ्गो वर्ष्मन्तस्थौ वरिमन्ना पृथिव्याः। विश्वेष्वेनं वृजनेषु पामि यो मे कुक्षी सुतसोमः पृणाति॥

sa roruvadvṛṣabhastigmaśṛṅgo varṣmantasthau varimannā pṛthivyāḥ | viśveṣvenaṁ vṛjaneṣu pāmi yo me kukṣī sutasomaḥ pṛṇāti ||

Loud belloweth the Bull whose horns are sharpened: upon the height above earth's breadth he standeth. That man I guard and save in all his troubles who fills my flanks when he hath shed the Soma.

अद्रिणा ते मन्दिन इन्द्र तूयान्सुन्वन्ति सोमान्पिबसि त्वमेषाम्। पचन्ति ते वृषभाँ अत्सि तेषां पृक्षेण यन्मघवन्हूयमानः॥

adriṇā te mandina indra tūyānsunvanti somānpibasi tvameṣām | pacanti te vṛṣabhā atsi teṣāṁ pṛkṣeṇa yanmaghavanhūyamānaḥ ||

Men with the stone press out for thee, O Indra, strong, gladdening Soma, and thereof thou drinkest. Bulls they dress for thee, and of these thou eatest when, Maghavan, with food thou art invited.

इदं सु मे जरितरा चिकिद्धि प्रतीपं शापं नद्यो वहन्ति। लोपाशः सिंहं प्रत्यञ्चमत्साः क्रोष्टा वराहं निरतक्त कक्षात्॥

idaṁ su me jaritarā cikiddhi pratīpaṁ śāpaṁ nadyo vahanti | lopāśaḥ siṁhaṁ pratyañcamatsāḥ kroṣṭā varāhaṁ niratakta kakṣāt ||

Resolve for me, O singer, this my riddle: The rivers send their swelling water backward: The fox steals up to the approaching lion: the jackal drives the wild-boar from the brushwood.

कथा त एतदहमा चिकेतं गृत्सस्य पाकस्तवसो मनीषाम्। त्वं नो विद्वाँ ऋतुथा वि वोचो यमर्धं ते मघवन्क्षेम्या धूः॥

kathā ta etadahamā ciketaṁ gṛtsasya pākastavaso manīṣām | tvaṁ no vidvā ṛtuthā vi voco yamardhaṁ te maghavankṣemyā dhūḥ ||

How shall I solve this riddle, I, the simple, declare the thought of thee the Wise and Mighty? Tell us, well knowing, as befits the season: Whitherward is thy prosperous car advancing?

एवा हि मां तवसं वर्धयन्ति दिवश्चिन्मे बृहत उत्तरा धूः। पुरू सहस्रा नि शिशामि साकमशत्रुं हि मा जनिता जजान॥

evā hi māṁ tavasaṁ vardhayanti divaścinme bṛhata uttarā dhūḥ | purū sahasrā ni śiśāmi sākamaśatruṁ hi mā janitā jajāna ||

Thus do they magnify me, me the mighty higher than even high heaven is my car-pole. I all at once demolish many thousands: my Sire begot me with no foe to match me.

एवा हि मां तवसं जज्ञुरुग्रं कर्मन्कर्मन्वृषणमिन्द्र देवाः। वधीं वृत्रं वज्रेण मन्दसानोऽप व्रजं महिना दाशुषे वम्॥

evā hi māṁ tavasaṁ jajñurugraṁ karmankarmanvṛṣaṇamindra devāḥ | vadhīṁ vṛtraṁ vajreṇa mandasāno'pa vrajaṁ mahinā dāśuṣe vam ||

Yea, and the Gods have known me also, Indra, as mighty, fierce and strong in every exploit. Exulting with the bolt I slaughtered Vrtra, and for the offerer oped with might the cow-stall.

देवास आयन्परशूँरबिभ्रन्वना वृश्चन्तो अभि विड्भिरायन्। नि सुद्र्वं दधतो वक्षणासु यत्रा कृपीटमनु तद्दहन्ति॥

devāsa āyanparaśūrabibhranvanā vṛścanto abhi viḍbhirāyan | ni sudrvaṁ dadhato vakṣaṇāsu yatrā kṛpīṭamanu taddahanti ||

The Deities approached, they carried axes; splitting the wood they came with their attendants. They laid good timber in the fire-receivers, and burnt the grass up where they found it growing.

शशः क्षुरं प्रत्यञ्चं जगाराद्रिं लोगेन व्यभेदमारात्। बृहन्तं चिदृहते रन्धयानि वयद्वत्सो वृषभं शूशुवानः॥

śaśaḥ kṣuraṁ pratyañcaṁ jagārādriṁ logena vyabhedamārāt | bṛhantaṁ cidṛhate randhayāni vayadvatso vṛṣabhaṁ śūśuvānaḥ ||

The hare hath swallowed up the opposing razor: I sundered with a clod the distant mountain. The great will I make subject to the little: the calf shall wax in strength and cat the bullock.

सुपर्ण इत्था नखमा सिषायावरुद्धः परिपदं न सिंहः। निरुद्धश्चिन्महिषस्तर्ष्यावान्गोधा तस्मा अयथं कर्षदेतत्॥

suparṇa itthā nakhamā siṣāyāvaruddhaḥ paripadaṁ na siṁhaḥ | niruddhaścinmahiṣastarṣyāvāngodhā tasmā ayathaṁ karṣadetat ||

There hath the strong-winged eagle left his talon, as a snared lion leaves the trap that caught him. Even the wild steer in his thirst is captured: the leather strap still holds his foot entangled.

तेभ्यो गोधा अयथं कर्षदेतद्ये ब्रह्मणः प्रतिपीयन्त्यन्नैः। सिम उक्ष्णोऽवसृष्टाँ अदन्ति स्वयं बलानि तन्वः शृणानाः॥

tebhyo godhā ayathaṁ karṣadetadye brahmaṇaḥ pratipīyantyannaiḥ | sima ukṣṇo'vasṛṣṭā adanti svayaṁ balāni tanvaḥ śṛṇānāḥ ||

So may the leather strap their foot entangle who fatten on the viands of the Brahman. They all devour the bulls set free to wander, while they themselves destroy their bodies' vigour.

एते शमीभिः सुशमी अभूवन्ये हिन्विरे तन्वः सोम उक्थैः। नृवद्वदन्नुप नो माहि वाजान्दिवि श्रवो दधिषे नाम वीरः॥

ete śamībhiḥ suśamī abhūvanye hinvire tanvaḥ soma ukthaiḥ | nṛvadvadannupa no māhi vājāndivi śravo dadhiṣe nāma vīraḥ ||

They were well occupied with holy duties who sped in person with their lauds to Soma. Speaking like man, mete to us wealth and booty: in heaven thou hast the name and fame of Hero.