सूक्त १८

त्वे ह यत्पितरश्चिन्न इन्द्र विश्वा वामा जरितारो असन्वन्। त्वे गावः सुदुघास्त्वे ह्यश्वास्त्वं वसु देवयते वनिष्ठः॥

tve ha yatpitaraścinna indra viśvā vāmā jaritāro asanvan | tve gāvaḥ sudughāstve hyaśvāstvaṁ 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.

राजेव हि जनिभिः क्षेष्येवाव द्युभिरभि विदुष्कविः सन्। पिशा गिरो मघवन्गोभिरश्वैस्त्वायतः शिशीहि राये अस्मान्॥

rājeva hi janibhiḥ kṣeṣyevāva dyubhirabhi viduṣkaviḥ san | piśā giro maghavangobhiraśvaistvāyataḥ 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.

इमा उ त्वा पस्पृधानासो अत्र मन्द्रा गिरो देवयन्तीरुप स्थुः। अर्वाची ते पथ्या राय एतु स्याम ते सुमताविन्द्र शर्मन्॥

imā u tvā paspṛdhānāso atra mandrā giro devayantīrupa sthuḥ | arvācī te pathyā rāya etu syāma te sumatāvindra 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.

धेनुं न त्वा सूयवसे दुदुक्षन्नुप ब्रह्माणि ससृजे वसिष्ठः। त्वामिन्मे गोपतिं विश्व आहा न इन्द्रः सुमतिं गन्त्वच्छ॥

dhenuṁ na tvā sūyavase dudukṣannupa brahmāṇi sasṛje vasiṣṭhaḥ | tvāminme gopatiṁ viśva āhā na indraḥ sumatiṁ gantvaccha ||

Vasistha 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.

अर्णांसि चित्पप्रथाना सुदास इन्द्रो गाधान्यकृणोत्सुपारा। शर्धन्तं शिम्युमुचथस्य नव्यः शापं सिन्धूनामकृणोदशस्तीः॥

arṇāṁsi citpaprathānā sudāsa indro gādhānyakṛṇotsupārā | śardhantaṁ śimyumucathasya navyaḥ śāpaṁ sindhūnāmakṛṇodaśastīḥ ||

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.

पुरोळा इत्तुर्वशो यक्षुरासीद्राये मत्स्यासो निशिता अपीव। श्रुष्टिं चक्रुर्भृगवो द्रुह्यवश्च सखा सखायमतरद्विषूचोः॥

puroḻā itturvaśo yakṣurāsīdrāye matsyāso niśitā apīva | śruṣṭiṁ cakrurbhṛgavo druhyavaśca sakhā sakhāyamataradviṣūcoḥ ||

Eager for spoil was Turvasa Purodas, fain to win wealth, like fishes urged by hunger. The Bhrgus and the Druhyus quickly listened: friend rescued friend mid the two distant peoples.

आ पक्थासो भलानसो भनन्तालिनासो विषाणिनः शिवासः। आ योऽनयत्सधमा आर्यस्य गव्या तृत्सुभ्यो अजगन्युधा नॄन्॥

ā pakthāso bhalānaso bhanantālināso viṣāṇinaḥ śivāsaḥ | ā yo'nayatsadhamā āryasya gavyā tṛtsubhyo ajaganyudhā nṝn ||

Together came the Pakthas, the Bhalanas, the Alinas, the Sivas, the Visanins. Yet to the Trtsus came the Arya's Comrade, through love of spoil and heroes' war, to lead them.

दुराध्यो अदितिं स्रेवयन्तोऽचेतसो वि जगृभ्रे परुष्णीम्। मह्नाविव्यक्पृथिवीं पत्यमानः पशुष्कविरशयच्चायमानः॥

durādhyo aditiṁ srevayanto'cetaso vi jagṛbhre paruṣṇīm | mahnāvivyakpṛthivīṁ patyamānaḥ paśuṣkaviraśayaccāyamānaḥ ||

Fools, in their folly fain to waste her waters, they parted inexhaustible Parusni. Lord of the Earth, he with his might repressed them: still lay the herd and the affrighted herdsman.

ईयुरर्थं न न्यर्थं परुष्णीमाशुश्चनेदभिपित्वं जगाम। सुदास इन्द्रः सुतुकाँ अमित्रानरन्धयन्मानुषे वध्रिवाचः॥

īyurarthaṁ na nyarthaṁ paruṣṇīmāśuścanedabhipitvaṁ jagāma | sudāsa indraḥ sutukā amitrānarandhayanmānuṣe vadhrivācaḥ ||

As to their goal they sped to their destruetion: they sought Parusni; e'en the swift returned not. Indra abandoned, to Sudas the manly, the swiftly flying foes, unmanly babblers.

ईयुर्गावो न यवसादगोपा यथाकृतमभि मित्रं चितासः। पृश्निगावः पृश्निनिप्रेषितासः श्रुष्टिं चक्रुर्नियुतो रन्तयश्च॥

īyurgāvo na yavasādagopā yathākṛtamabhi mitraṁ citāsaḥ | pṛśnigāvaḥ pṛśninipreṣitāsaḥ śruṣṭiṁ cakrurniyuto rantayaśca ||

They went like kine unherded from the pasture, each clinging to a friend as chance directed. They who drive spotted steeds, sent down by Prsni, gave ear, the Warriors and the harnessed horses.

एकं च यो विंशतिं च श्रवस्या वैकर्णयोर्जनान्राजा न्यस्तः। दस्मो न सद्मन्नि शिशाति बर्हिः शूरः सर्गमकृणोदिन्द्र एषाम्॥

ekaṁ ca yo viṁśatiṁ ca śravasyā vaikarṇayorjanānrājā nyastaḥ | dasmo na sadmanni śiśāti barhiḥ śūraḥ sargamakṛṇodindra 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.

अध श्रुतं कवषं वृद्धमप्स्वनु द्रुह्युं नि वृणग्वज्रबाहुः। वृणाना अत्र सख्याय सख्यं त्वायन्तो ये अमदन्ननु त्वा॥

adha śrutaṁ kavaṣaṁ vṛddhamapsvanu druhyuṁ ni vṛṇagvajrabāhuḥ | vṛṇānā atra sakhyāya sakhyaṁ tvāyanto ye amadannanu tvā ||

Thou, thunder-armed, o'erwhelmedst in the waters famed ancient Kavasa and then the Druhyu. Others here claiming friendship to their friendship, devoted unto thee, in thee were joyful.

वि सद्यो विश्वा दृंहितान्येषामिन्द्रः पुरः सहसा सप्त दर्दः। व्यानवस्य तृत्सवे गयं भाग्जेष्म पूरुं विदथे मृध्रवाचम्॥

vi sadyo viśvā dṛṁhitānyeṣāmindraḥ puraḥ sahasā sapta dardaḥ | vyānavasya tṛtsave gayaṁ bhāgjeṣma pūruṁ 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 Trtsu. May we in sacrifice conquer scorned Puru.

नि गव्यवोऽनवो द्रुह्यवश्च षष्टिः शता सुषुपुः षट् सहस्रा। षष्टिर्वीरासो अधि षड्दुवोयु विश्वेदिन्द्रस्य वीर्या कृतानि॥

ni gavyavo'navo druhyavaśca ṣaṣṭiḥ śatā suṣupuḥ ṣaṭ sahasrā | ṣaṣṭirvīrāso adhi ṣaḍduvoyu viśvedindrasya 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.

इन्द्रेणैते तृत्सवो वेविषाणा आपो न सृष्टा अधवन्त नीचीः। दुर्मित्रासः प्रकलविन्मिमाना जहुर्विश्वानि भोजना सुदासे॥

indreṇaite tṛtsavo veviṣāṇā āpo na sṛṣṭā adhavanta nīcīḥ | durmitrāsaḥ prakalavinmimānā jahurviśvāni bhojanā sudāse ||

These Trtsus under Indra's careful guidance came speeding like loosed waters rushing downward. The foemen, measuring exceeding closely, abandoned to Sudas all their provisions.

अर्धं वीरस्य शृतपामनिन्द्रं परा शर्धन्तं नुनुदे अभि क्षाम्। इन्द्रो मन्युं मन्युम्यो मिमाय भेजे पथो वर्तनिं पत्यमानः॥

ardhaṁ vīrasya śṛtapāmanindraṁ parā śardhantaṁ nunude abhi kṣām | indro manyuṁ manyumyo mimāya bheje patho vartaniṁ 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.

आध्रेण चित्तद्वेकं चकार सिंह्यं चित्पेत्वेना जघान। अव स्रक्तीर्वेश्यावृश्चदिन्द्रः प्रायच्छद्विश्वा भोजना सुदासे॥

ādhreṇa cittadvekaṁ cakāra siṁhyaṁ citpetvenā jaghāna | ava sraktīrveśyāvṛścadindraḥ prāyacchadviśvā 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.

शश्वन्तो हि शत्रवो रारधुष्टे भेदस्य चिच्छर्धतो विन्द रन्धिम्। मर्ताँ एनः स्तुवतो यः कृणोति तिग्मं तस्मिन्नि जहि वज्रमिन्द्र॥

śaśvanto hi śatravo rāradhuṣṭe bhedasya cicchardhato vinda randhim | martā enaḥ stuvato yaḥ kṛṇoti tigmaṁ tasminni jahi vajramindra ||

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.

आवदिन्द्रं यमुना तृत्सवश्च प्रात्र भेदं सर्वताता मुषायत्। अजासश्च शिग्रवो यक्षवश्च बलिं शीर्षाणि जभ्रुरश्व्यानि॥

āvadindraṁ yamunā tṛtsavaśca prātra bhedaṁ sarvatātā muṣāyat | ajāsaśca śigravo yakṣavaśca baliṁ śīrṣāṇi jabhruraśvyāni ||

Yamuna and the Trtsus aided Indra. There he stripped Bheda bare of all his treasures. The Ajas and the Sigrus and the Yaksus brought in to him as tribute heads of horses.

न त इन्द्र सुमतयो न रायः संचक्षे पूर्वा उषसो न नूत्नाः। देवकं चिन्मान्यमानं जघन्थाव त्मना बृहतः शम्बरं भेत्॥

na ta indra sumatayo na rāyaḥ saṁcakṣe pūrvā uṣaso na nūtnāḥ | devakaṁ cinmānyamānaṁ jaghanthāva tmanā bṛhataḥ śambaraṁ 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.

प्र ये गृहादममदुस्त्वाया पराशरः शतयातुर्वसिष्ठः। न ते भोजस्य सख्यं मृषन्ताधा सूरिभ्यः सुदिना व्युच्छान्॥

pra ye gṛhādamamadustvāyā parāśaraḥ śatayāturvasiṣṭhaḥ | na te bhojasya sakhyaṁ mṛṣantādhā sūribhyaḥ sudinā vyucchān ||

They who, from home, have gladdened thee, thy servants Parasara, Vasistha, Satayatu, Will not forget thy friendship, liberal Giver. So shall the days dawn prosperous for the princes.

द्वे नप्तुर्देववतः शते गोर्द्वा रथा वधूमन्ता सुदासः। अर्हन्नग्ने पैजवनस्य दानं होतेव सद्म पर्येमि रेभन्॥

dve napturdevavataḥ śate gordvā rathā vadhūmantā sudāsaḥ | arhannagne paijavanasya dānaṁ hoteva sadma paryemi 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.

चत्वारो मा पैजवनस्य दानाः स्मद्दिष्टयः कृशनिनो निरेके। ऋज्रासो मा पृथिविष्ठाः सुदासस्तोकं तोकाय श्रवसे वहन्ति॥

catvāro mā paijavanasya dānāḥ smaddiṣṭayaḥ kṛśanino nireke | ṛjrāso mā pṛthiviṣṭhāḥ sudāsastokaṁ 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.

यस्य श्रवो रोदसी अन्तरुर्वी शीर्ष्णेशीर्ष्णे विबभाजा विभक्ता। सप्तेदिन्द्रं न स्रवतो गृणन्ति नि युध्यामधिमशिशादभीके॥

yasya śravo rodasī antarurvī śīrṣṇeśīrṣṇe vibabhājā vibhaktā | saptedindraṁ na sravato gṛṇanti ni yudhyāmadhimaśiśādabhīke ||

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.

इमं नरो मरुतः सश्चतानु दिवोदासं न पितरं सुदासः। अविष्टना पैजवनस्य केतं दूणाशं क्षत्रमजरं दुवोयु॥

imaṁ naro marutaḥ saścatānu divodāsaṁ na pitaraṁ sudāsaḥ | aviṣṭanā paijavanasya ketaṁ dūṇāśaṁ kṣatramajaraṁ duvoyu ||

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.