Sukta 54

तां सु ते कीर्तिं मघवन्महित्वा यत्त्वा भीते रोदसी अह्वयेताम्। प्रावो देवाँ आतिरो दासमोजः प्रजायै त्वस्यै यदशिक्ष इन्द्र॥

tāṁ su te kīrtiṁ maghavanmahitvā yattvā bhīte rodasī ahvayetām | prāvo devā ātiro dāsamojaḥ prajāyai tvasyai yadaśikṣa indra ||

I SING thy fame that, Maghavan, through thy Greatness the heavens and earth invoked thee in their terror, Thou, aiding Gods, didst quell the power of Dasas, what time thou holpest many a race, O Indra.

यदचरस्तन्वा वावृधानो बलानीन्द्र प्रब्रुवाणो जनेषु। मायेत्सा ते यानि युद्धान्याहुर्नाद्य शत्रुं ननु पुरा विवित्से॥

yadacarastanvā vāvṛdhāno balānīndra prabruvāṇo janeṣu | māyetsā te yāni yuddhānyāhurnādya śatruṁ nanu purā vivitse ||

When thou wast roaming, waxen strong in body, telling thy might, Indra, among the people, All that men called thy battles was illusion: no foe hast thou to-day, nor erst hast found one.

क उ नु ते महिमनः समस्यास्मत्पूर्व ऋषयोऽन्तमापुः। यन्मातरं च पितरं च साकमजनयथास्तन्वः स्वायाः॥

ka u nu te mahimanaḥ samasyāsmatpūrva ṛṣayo'ntamāpuḥ | yanmātaraṁ ca pitaraṁ ca sākamajanayathāstanvaḥ svāyāḥ ||

Who are the Rsis, then, who comprehended before our time the bounds of all thy greatness? For from thy body thou hast generated at the same time the Mother and the Father.

चत्वारि ते असुर्याणि नामादाभ्यानि महिषस्य सन्ति। त्वमङ्ग तानि विश्वानि वित्से येभिः कर्माणि मघवञ्चकर्थ॥

catvāri te asuryāṇi nāmādābhyāni mahiṣasya santi | tvamaṅga tāni viśvāni vitse yebhiḥ karmāṇi maghavañcakartha ||

Thou, Mighty Steer, hast four supremest natures, Asura natures that may ne'er be injured. All these, O Maghavan, thou surely knowest, wherewith thou hast performed thy great achievements.

त्वं विश्वा दधिषे केवलानि यान्याविर्या च गुहा वसूनि। काममिन्मे मघवन्मा वि तारीस्त्वमाज्ञाता त्वमिन्द्रासि दाता॥

tvaṁ viśvā dadhiṣe kevalāni yānyāviryā ca guhā vasūni | kāmaminme maghavanmā vi tārīstvamājñātā tvamindrāsi dātā ||

Thou hast all treasures in thy sole possession, treasures made manifest and treasures hidden. Defer not thou, O Maghavan, my longing: thou, art Director, Indra, thou art Giver.

यो अदधाज्ज्योतिषि ज्योतिरन्तर्यो असृजन्मधुना सं मधूनि। अध प्रियं शूषमिन्द्राय मन्म ब्रह्मकृतो बृहदुक्थादवाचि॥

yo adadhājjyotiṣi jyotirantaryo asṛjanmadhunā saṁ madhūni | adha priyaṁ śūṣamindrāya manma brahmakṛto bṛhadukthādavāci ||

To him who set the light in things of splendour, and with all sweetness blent essential sweetness, To Indra hath this welcome hymn that strengthens been uttered by the votary Brhaduktha.