Sukta 49

अहं दां गृणते पूर्व्यं वस्वहं ब्रह्म कृणवं मह्यं वर्धनम्। अहं भुवं यजमानस्य चोदितायज्वनः साक्षि विश्वस्मिन्भरे॥

ahaṁ dāṁ gṛṇate pūrvyaṁ vasvahaṁ brahma kṛṇavaṁ mahyaṁ vardhanam | ahaṁ bhuvaṁ yajamānasya coditāyajvanaḥ sākṣi viśvasminbhare ||

I HAVE enriched the singer with surpassing wealth; I have allowed the holy hymn to strengthen me. I, furtherer of him who offers sacrifice, have conquered in each fight the men who worship not.

मां धुरिन्द्रं नाम देवता दिवश्च ग्मश्चापां च जन्तवः। अहं हरी वृषणा विव्रता रघू अहं वज्रं शवसे धृष्ण्वा ददे॥

māṁ dhurindraṁ nāma devatā divaśca gmaścāpāṁ ca jantavaḥ | ahaṁ harī vṛṣaṇā vivratā raghū ahaṁ vajraṁ śavase dhṛṣṇvā dade ||

The People of the heavens, the waters, and the earth have stablished me among the Gods with Indra's name. I took unto myself the two swift vigorous Bays that speed on divers paths, and the fierce bolt for strength.

अहमत्कं कवये शिश्नथं हथैरहं कुत्समावमाभिरूतिभिः। अहं शुष्णस्य श्नथिता वधर्यमं न यो रर आर्यं नाम दस्यवे॥

ahamatkaṁ kavaye śiśnathaṁ hathairahaṁ kutsamāvamābhirūtibhiḥ | ahaṁ śuṣṇasya śnathitā vadharyamaṁ na yo rara āryaṁ nāma dasyave ||

With deadly blows I smote Atka for Kavi's sake; I guarded Kutsa well with these saving helps. As Susna's slayer I brandished the dart of death: I gave not up the Aryan name to Dasyu foes.

अहं पितेव वेतसूँरभिष्टये तुग्रं कुत्साय स्मदिभं च रन्धयम्। अहं भुवं यजमानस्य राजनि प्र यद्भरे तुजये न प्रियाधृषे॥

ahaṁ piteva vetasūrabhiṣṭaye tugraṁ kutsāya smadibhaṁ ca randhayam | ahaṁ bhuvaṁ yajamānasya rājani pra yadbhare tujaye na priyādhṛṣe ||

Smadibha, Tugra, and the Vetasus I gave as prey to Kutsa, father-like, to succour him. I was a worthy King to rule the worshipper, when I gave Tuji dear inviolable gifts.

अहं रन्धयं मृगयं श्रुतर्वणे यन्माजिहीत वयुना चनानुषक्। अहं वेशं नम्रमायवेऽकरमहं सव्याय पड्गृभिमरन्धयम्॥

ahaṁ randhayaṁ mṛgayaṁ śrutarvaṇe yanmājihīta vayunā canānuṣak | ahaṁ veśaṁ namramāyave'karamahaṁ savyāya paḍgṛbhimarandhayam ||

I gave up Mrgaya to Srutarvan as his prey because he ever followed me and kept my laws. For Ayu's sake I caused Veta to bend and bow, and into Savya's hand delivered Padgrbhi.

अहं स यो नववास्त्वं बृहद्रथं सं वृत्रेव दासं वृत्रहारुजम्। यद्वर्धयन्तं प्रथयन्तमानुषग्दूरे पारे रजसो रोचनाकरम्॥

ahaṁ sa yo navavāstvaṁ bṛhadrathaṁ saṁ vṛtreva dāsaṁ vṛtrahārujam | yadvardhayantaṁ prathayantamānuṣagdūre pāre rajaso rocanākaram ||

1, I crushed Navavastva of the lofty car, the Dasa, as the Vrtra-slayer kills the fiends; When straightway on the region's farthest edge I brought the God who makes the lights to broaden and increase.

अहं सूर्यस्य परि याम्याशुभिः प्रैतशेभिर्वहमान ओजसा। यन्मा सावो मनुष आह निर्णिज ऋधक्कृषे दासं कृत्व्यं हथैः॥

ahaṁ sūryasya pari yāmyāśubhiḥ praitaśebhirvahamāna ojasā | yanmā sāvo manuṣa āha nirṇija ṛdhakkṛṣe dāsaṁ kṛtvyaṁ hathaiḥ ||

I travel round about borne onward in my might by the fleet-footed dappled Horses of the Sun. When man's libation calls me to the robe of state I soon repel the powerful Dasyu with my blows.

अहं सप्तहा नहुषो नहुष्टरः प्राश्रावयं शवसा तुर्वशं यदुम्। अहं न्यन्यं सहसा सहस्करं नव व्राधतो नवतिं च वक्षयम्॥

ahaṁ saptahā nahuṣo nahuṣṭaraḥ prāśrāvayaṁ śavasā turvaśaṁ yadum | ahaṁ nyanyaṁ sahasā sahaskaraṁ nava vrādhato navatiṁ ca vakṣayam ||

Stronger am I than Nabus, I who slew the seven: I glorified with might Yadu and Turvaga. I brought another low, with strength I bent his strength: I let the mighty nine-and-ninety wax in power.

अहं सप्त स्रवतो धारयं वृषा द्रवित्न्वः पृथिव्यां सीरा अधि। अहमर्णांसि वि तिरामि सुक्रतुर्युधा विदं मनवे गातुमिष्टये॥

ahaṁ sapta sravato dhārayaṁ vṛṣā dravitnvaḥ pṛthivyāṁ sīrā adhi | ahamarṇāṁsi vi tirāmi sukraturyudhā vidaṁ manave gātumiṣṭaye ||

Bull over all the streams that flow along the earth, I took the Seven Rivers as mine own domain. I, gifted with great wisdom, spread the floods abroad: by war I found for man the way to high success.

अहं तदासु धारयं यदासु न देवश्चन त्वष्टाधारयद्रुशत्। स्पार्हं गवामूधस्सु वक्षणास्वा मधोर्मधु श्वात्र्यं सोममाशिरम्॥

ahaṁ tadāsu dhārayaṁ yadāsu na devaścana tvaṣṭādhārayadruśat | spārhaṁ gavāmūdhassu vakṣaṇāsvā madhormadhu śvātryaṁ somamāśiram ||

I set within these cows the white milk which no God, not even Tvastar's self, had there deposited,- Much-longed-for, in the breasts, the udders of the kine, the savoury sweets of meath, the milk and Soma juice.

एवा देवाँ इन्द्रो विव्ये नॄन्प्र च्यौत्नेन मघवा सत्यराधाः। विश्वेत्ता ते हरिवः शचीवोऽभि तुरासः स्वयशो गृणन्ति॥

evā devā indro vivye nṝnpra cyautnena maghavā satyarādhāḥ | viśvettā te harivaḥ śacīvo'bhi turāsaḥ svayaśo gṛṇanti ||

Even thus hath Indra Maghavan, truly bounteous, sped Gods and men with mighty operation. The pious glorify all these thine exploits, Lord of Bay Coursers, Strong, and Selfresplendent.