सूक्त ३०

क्व स्य वीरः को अपश्यदिन्द्रं सुखरथमीयमानं हरिभ्याम्। यो राया वज्री सुतसोममिच्छन्तदोको गन्ता पुरुहूत ऊती॥

kva sya vīraḥ ko apaśyadindraṁ sukharathamīyamānaṁ haribhyām | yo rāyā vajrī sutasomamicchantadoko gantā puruhūta ūtī ||

WHERE is that Hero? Who hath looked on Indra borne on light-rolling car by Tawny Coursers, Who, Thunderer, seeks with wealth the Soma-presser, and to his house goes, much-invoked, to aid him?

अवाचचक्षं पदमस्य सस्वरुग्रं निधातुरन्वायमिच्छन्। अपृच्छमन्याँ उत ते म आहुरिन्द्रं नरो बुबुधाना अशेम॥

avācacakṣaṁ padamasya sasvarugraṁ nidhāturanvāyamicchan | apṛcchamanyā uta te ma āhurindraṁ naro bubudhānā aśema ||

I have beheld his strong and secret dwelling, longing have sought the Founder's habitation. I asked of others, and they said in answer, May we, awakened men, attain to Indra.

प्र नु वयं सुते या ते कृतानीन्द्र ब्रवाम यानि नो जुजोषः। वेददविद्वाञ्छृणवच्च विद्वान्वहतेऽयं मघवा सर्वसेनः॥

pra nu vayaṁ sute yā te kṛtānīndra bravāma yāni no jujoṣaḥ | vedadavidvāñchṛṇavacca vidvānvahate'yaṁ maghavā sarvasenaḥ ||

We will tell, Indra, when we pour libation, what mighty deeds thou hast performed to please us. Let him who knows not learn, who knows them listen: hither rides Maghavan with all his army.

स्थिरं मनश्चकृषे जात इन्द्र वेषीदेको युधये भूयसश्चित्। अश्मानं चिच्छवसा दिद्युतो वि विदो गवामूर्वमुस्रियाणाम्॥

sthiraṁ manaścakṛṣe jāta indra veṣīdeko yudhaye bhūyasaścit | aśmānaṁ cicchavasā didyuto vi vido gavāmūrvamusriyāṇām ||

Indra, when born, thou madest firm thy spirit: alone thou seekest war to fight with many. With might thou clavest e'en the rock asunder, and foundest out the stable of the Milch-kine.

परो यत्त्वं परम आजनिष्ठाः परावति श्रुत्यं नाम बिभ्रत्। अतश्चिदिन्द्रादभयन्त देवा विश्वा अपो अजयद्दासपत्नीः॥

paro yattvaṁ parama ājaniṣṭhāḥ parāvati śrutyaṁ nāma bibhrat | ataścidindrādabhayanta devā viśvā apo ajayaddāsapatnīḥ ||

When thou wast born supremest at a distance, bearing a name renowned in far-off regions, Since then e'en Gods have been afraid of Indra: he conquered all the floods which served the Dasa.

तुभ्येदेते मरुतः सुशेवा अर्चन्त्यर्कं सुन्वन्त्यन्धः। अहिमोहानमप आशयानं प्र मायाभिर्मायिनं सक्षदिन्द्रः॥

tubhyedete marutaḥ suśevā arcantyarkaṁ sunvantyandhaḥ | ahimohānamapa āśayānaṁ pra māyābhirmāyinaṁ sakṣadindraḥ ||

These blissful Maruts sing their psalm to praise thee, and pour to thee libation of the Soma. Indra with wondrous powers subdued the Dragon, the guileful lurker who beset the waters.

वि षू मृधो जनुषा दानमिन्वन्नहन्गवा मघवन्संचकानः। अत्रा दासस्य नमुचेः शिरो यदवर्तयो मनवे गातुमिच्छन्॥

vi ṣū mṛdho januṣā dānaminvannahangavā maghavansaṁcakānaḥ | atrā dāsasya namuceḥ śiro yadavartayo manave gātumicchan ||

Thou, Maghavan, from the first didst scatter foemen, speeding, while joying in the milk, the Giver. There, seeking man's prosperity, thou torest away the head of Namuci the Dasa.

युजं हि मामकृथा आदिदिन्द्र शिरो दासस्य नमुचेर्मथायन्। अश्मानं चित्स्वर्यं वर्तमानं प्र चक्रियेव रोदसी मरुद्भ्यः॥

yujaṁ hi māmakṛthā ādidindra śiro dāsasya namucermathāyan | aśmānaṁ citsvaryaṁ vartamānaṁ pra cakriyeva rodasī marudbhyaḥ ||

Pounding the head of Namuci the Dasa, me, too thou madest thine associate, Indra! Yea, and the rolling stone that is in heaven both worlds, as on a car, brought to the Maruts.

स्त्रियो हि दास आयुधानि चक्रे किं मा करन्नबला अस्य सेनाः। अन्तर्ह्यख्यदुभे अस्य धेने अथोप प्रैद्युधये दस्युमिन्द्रः॥

striyo hi dāsa āyudhāni cakre kiṁ mā karannabalā asya senāḥ | antarhyakhyadubhe asya dhene athopa praidyudhaye dasyumindraḥ ||

Women for weapons hath the Dasa taken, What injury can his feeble armies To me? Well he distinguished his two different voices, and Indra then advanced to fight the Dasyu.

समत्र गावोऽभितोऽनवन्तेहेह वत्सैर्वियुता यदासन्। सं ता इन्द्रो असृजदस्य शाकैर्यदीं सोमासः सुषुता अमन्दन्॥

samatra gāvo'bhito'navanteheha vatsairviyutā yadāsan | saṁ tā indro asṛjadasya śākairyadīṁ somāsaḥ suṣutā amandan ||

Divided from their calves the Cows went lowing around, on every side, hither and thither. These Indra re-united with his helpers, what time the well-pressed Soma made him joyful.

यदीं सोमा बभ्रुधूता अमन्दन्नरोरवीद्वृषभः सादनेषु। पुरंदरः पपिवाँ इन्द्रो अस्य पुनर्गवामददादुस्रियाणाम्॥

yadīṁ somā babhrudhūtā amandannaroravīdvṛṣabhaḥ sādaneṣu | puraṁdaraḥ papivā indro asya punargavāmadadādusriyāṇām ||

What time the Somas mixed by Babhru cheered him, loud the Steer bellowed in his habitations. So Indra drank thereof, the Fort-destroyer, and gave him guerdon, in return, of milch-kine.

भद्रमिदं रुशमा अग्ने अक्रन्गवां चत्वारि ददतः सहस्रा। ऋणंचयस्य प्रयता मघानि प्रत्यग्रभीष्म नृतमस्य नृणाम्॥

bhadramidaṁ ruśamā agne akrangavāṁ catvāri dadataḥ sahasrā | ṛṇaṁcayasya prayatā maghāni pratyagrabhīṣma nṛtamasya nṛṇām ||

This good deed have the Rusamas done, Agni! that they have granted me four thousand cattle. We have received Rnancaya's wealth, of heroes the most heroic, which was freely offered.

सुपेशसं माव सृजन्त्यस्तं गवां सहस्रै रुशमासो अग्ने। तीव्रा इन्द्रमममन्दुः सुतासोऽक्तोर्व्युष्टौ परितक्म्यायाः॥

supeśasaṁ māva sṛjantyastaṁ gavāṁ sahasrai ruśamāso agne | tīvrā indramamamanduḥ sutāso'ktorvyuṣṭau paritakmyāyāḥ ||

The Rusamas, O Agni, sent me homeward with fair adornment and with kine in thousands. The strong libations have made Indra joyful, when night, whose course was ending, changed to morning.

औच्छत्सा रात्री परितक्म्या याँ ऋणंचये राजनि रुशमानाम्। अत्यो न वाजी रघुरज्यमानो बभ्रुश्चत्वार्यसनत्सहस्रा॥

aucchatsā rātrī paritakmyā yā ṛṇaṁcaye rājani ruśamānām | atyo na vājī raghurajyamāno babhruścatvāryasanatsahasrā ||

Night, well-nigh ended, at Rnancaya's coming, King of the Rusamas, was changed to morning. Like a strong courser, fleet of foot, urged onward, Babhru hath gained four thousand as his guerdon.

चतुःसहस्रं गव्यस्य पश्वः प्रत्यग्रभीष्म रुशमेष्वग्ने। घर्मश्चित्तप्तः प्रवृजे य आसीदयस्मयस्तम्वादाम विप्राः॥

catuḥsahasraṁ gavyasya paśvaḥ pratyagrabhīṣma ruśameṣvagne | gharmaścittaptaḥ pravṛje ya āsīdayasmayastamvādāma viprāḥ ||

We have received four thousand head of cattle presented by the Rusamas, O Agni. And we, the singers, have received the caldron of metal which was heated for Pravargya.