सूक्त ५२

त्यं सु मेषं महया स्वर्विदं शतं यस्य सुभ्वः साकमीरते। अत्यं न वाजं हवनस्यदं रथमेन्द्रं ववृत्यामवसे सुवृक्तिभिः॥

tyaṁ su meṣaṁ mahayā svarvidaṁ śataṁ yasya subhvaḥ sākamīrate | atyaṁ na vājaṁ havanasyadaṁ rathamendraṁ vavṛtyāmavase suvṛktibhiḥ ||

I GLORIFY that Ram who finds the light of heaven, whose hundred nobly-natured ones go forth with him. With hymns may I turn hither Indra to mine aid,-the Car which like a strong steed hasteth to the call.

स पर्वतो न धरुणेष्वच्युतः सहस्रमूतिस्तविषीषु वावृधे। इन्द्रो यद्वृत्रमवधीन्नदीवृतमुब्जन्नर्णांसि जर्हृषाणो अन्धसा॥

sa parvato na dharuṇeṣvacyutaḥ sahasramūtistaviṣīṣu vāvṛdhe | indro yadvṛtramavadhīnnadīvṛtamubjannarṇāṁsi jarhṛṣāṇo andhasā ||

Like as a mountain on firm basis, unremoved, he, thousandfold protector, waxed in mighty strength, When Indra, joying in the draughts of Soma juice, forced the clouds, slaying Vrtra stayer of their flow.

स हि द्वरो द्वरिषु वव्र ऊधनि चन्द्रबुध्नो मदवृद्धो मनीषिभिः। इन्द्रं तमह्वे स्वपस्यया धिया मंहिष्ठरातिं स हि पप्रिरन्धसः॥

sa hi dvaro dvariṣu vavra ūdhani candrabudhno madavṛddho manīṣibhiḥ | indraṁ tamahve svapasyayā dhiyā maṁhiṣṭharātiṁ sa hi paprirandhasaḥ ||

For he stays e'en the stayers, spread o'er laden cloud, rooted in light, strengthened in rapture by the wise. Indra with thought, with skilled activity, I call, most liberal giver, for he sates him with the juice.

आ यं पृणन्ति दिवि सद्मबर्हिषः समुद्रं न सुभ्वः स्वा अभिष्टयः। तं वृत्रहत्ये अनु तस्थुरूतयः शुष्मा इन्द्रमवाता अह्रुतप्सवः॥

ā yaṁ pṛṇanti divi sadmabarhiṣaḥ samudraṁ na subhvaḥ svā abhiṣṭayaḥ | taṁ vṛtrahatye anu tasthurūtayaḥ śuṣmā indramavātā ahrutapsavaḥ ||

Whom those that flow in heaven on sacred grass, his own assistants, nobly-natured, fill full like the sea,- Beside that Indra when he smote down Vrtra stood his helpers, straight in form, mighty, invincible.

अभि स्ववृष्टिं मदे अस्य युध्यतो रघ्वीरिव प्रवणे सस्रुरूतयः। इन्द्रो यद्वज्री धृषमाणो अन्धसा भिनद्वलस्य परिधीँरिव त्रितः॥

abhi svavṛṣṭiṁ made asya yudhyato raghvīriva pravaṇe sasrurūtayaḥ | indro yadvajrī dhṛṣamāṇo andhasā bhinadvalasya paridhīriva tritaḥ ||

To him, as in wild joy he fought with him who stayed the rain, his helpers sped like swift streams down a slope, When Indra, thunder-armed, made bold by Soma draughts, as Trta cleaveth Vala's fences, cleft him through.

परीं घृणा चरति तित्विषे शवोऽपो वृत्वी रजसो बुध्नमाशयत्। वृत्रस्य यत्प्रवणे दुर्गृभिश्वनो निजघन्थ हन्वोरिन्द्र तन्यतुम्॥

parīṁ ghṛṇā carati titviṣe śavo'po vṛtvī rajaso budhnamāśayat | vṛtrasya yatpravaṇe durgṛbhiśvano nijaghantha hanvorindra tanyatum ||

Splendour encompassed thee, forth shone thy warrior might: the rain-obstructer lay in mid-air's lowest deep, What time, O Indra, thou didst cast thy thunder down upon the jaws of Vritra hard to be restrained.

ह्रदं न हि त्वा न्यृषन्त्यूर्मयो ब्रह्माणीन्द्र तव यानि वर्धना। त्वष्टा चित्ते युज्यं वावृधे शवस्ततक्ष वज्रमभिभूत्योजसम्॥

hradaṁ na hi tvā nyṛṣantyūrmayo brahmāṇīndra tava yāni vardhanā | tvaṣṭā citte yujyaṁ vāvṛdhe śavastatakṣa vajramabhibhūtyojasam ||

The hymns which magnify thee, Indra, reach to thee even as water-brooks flow down and fill the lake. Tvastar gave yet more force to thine appropriate strength, and forged thy thunderbolt of overpowering might.

जघन्वाँ उ हरिभिः सम्भृतक्रतविन्द्र वृत्रं मनुषे गातुयन्नपः। अयच्छथा बाह्वोर्वज्रमायसमधारयो दिव्या सूर्यं दृशे॥

jaghanvā u haribhiḥ sambhṛtakratavindra vṛtraṁ manuṣe gātuyannapaḥ | ayacchathā bāhvorvajramāyasamadhārayo divyā sūryaṁ dṛśe ||

When, Indra, thou whose power is linked with thy Bay Steeds hadst smitten Vrtra, causing floods to flow for man, Thou heldst in thine arms the metal thunderbolt, and settest in the heaven the Sun for all to see.

बृहत्स्वश्चन्द्रममवद्यदुक्थ्यमकृण्वत भियसा रोहणं दिवः। यन्मानुषप्रधना इन्द्रमूतयः स्वर्नृषाचो मरुतोऽमदन्ननु॥

bṛhatsvaścandramamavadyadukthyamakṛṇvata bhiyasā rohaṇaṁ divaḥ | yanmānuṣapradhanā indramūtayaḥ svarnṛṣāco maruto'madannanu ||

In fear they raised the lofty self-resplendent hymn, praise giving and effectual, leading up to heaven, When Indra's helpers fighting for the good of men, the Maruts, faithful to mankind, joyed in the light.

द्यौश्चिदस्यामवाँ अहेः स्वनादयोयवीद्भियसा वज्र इन्द्र ते। वृत्रस्य यद्बद्बधानस्य रोदसी मदे सुतस्य शवसाभिनच्छिरः॥

dyauścidasyāmavā aheḥ svanādayoyavīdbhiyasā vajra indra te | vṛtrasya yadbadbadhānasya rodasī made sutasya śavasābhinacchiraḥ ||

Then Heaven himself, the mighty, at that Dragon's roar reeled back in terror when, Indra, thy thunderbolt In the wild joy of Soma had struck off with might the head of Vrtra, tyrant of the earth and heaven.

यदिन्न्विन्द्र पृथिवी दशभुजिरहानि विश्वा ततनन्त कृष्टयः। अत्राह ते मघवन्विश्रुतं सहो द्यामनु शवसा बर्हणा भुवत्॥

yadinnvindra pṛthivī daśabhujirahāni viśvā tatananta kṛṣṭayaḥ | atrāha te maghavanviśrutaṁ saho dyāmanu śavasā barhaṇā bhuvat ||

O Indra, were this earth extended forth tenfold, and men who dwell therein multiplied day by day, Still here thy conquering might, Maghavan, would be famed: it hath waxed vast as heaven in majesty and power.

त्वमस्य पारे रजसो व्योमनः स्वभूत्योजा अवसे धृषन्मनः। चकृषे भूमिं प्रतिमानमोजसोऽपः स्वः परिभूरेष्या दिवम्॥

tvamasya pāre rajaso vyomanaḥ svabhūtyojā avase dhṛṣanmanaḥ | cakṛṣe bhūmiṁ pratimānamojaso'paḥ svaḥ paribhūreṣyā divam ||

Thou, bold of heart, in thine own native might, for help, upon the limit of this mid-air and of heaven, Hast made the earth to be the pattern of thy strength: embracing flood and light thou reachest to the sky.

त्वं भुवः प्रतिमानं पृथिव्या ऋष्ववीरस्य बृहतः पतिर्भूः। विश्वमाप्रा अन्तरिक्षं महित्वा सत्यमद्धा नकिरन्यस्त्वावान्॥

tvaṁ bhuvaḥ pratimānaṁ pṛthivyā ṛṣvavīrasya bṛhataḥ patirbhūḥ | viśvamāprā antarikṣaṁ mahitvā satyamaddhā nakiranyastvāvān ||

Thou art the counterpart of earth, the Master of lofty heaven with all its mighty Heroes: Thou hast filled all the region with thy greatness: yea, of a truth there is none other like thee.

न यस्य द्यावापृथिवी अनु व्यचो न सिन्धवो रजसो अन्तमानशुः। नोत स्ववृष्टिं मदे अस्य युध्यत एको अन्यच्चकृषे विश्वमानुषक्॥

na yasya dyāvāpṛthivī anu vyaco na sindhavo rajaso antamānaśuḥ | nota svavṛṣṭiṁ made asya yudhyata eko anyaccakṛṣe viśvamānuṣak ||

Whose amplitude the heaven and earth have not attained, whose bounds the waters of mid-air have never reached,- Not, when in joy he fights the stayer of the rain: thou, and none else, hast made all things in order due.

आर्चन्नत्र मरुतः सस्मिन्नाजौ विश्वे देवासो अमदन्ननु त्वा। वृत्रस्य यद्भृष्टिमता वधेन नि त्वमिन्द्र प्रत्यानं जघन्थ॥

ārcannatra marutaḥ sasminnājau viśve devāso amadannanu tvā | vṛtrasya yadbhṛṣṭimatā vadhena ni tvamindra pratyānaṁ jaghantha ||

The Maruts sang thy praise in this encounter, and in thee all the Deities delighted, What time thou, Indra, with thy spiky weapon, thy deadly bolt, smotest the face of Vrtra.