Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.32
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1.32.1
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ नु वी॒र्या॑णि॒ प्र वो॑चं॒ यानि॑ च॒कार॑ प्रथ॒मानि॑ व॒ज्री ।
अह॒न्नहि॒मन्व॒पस्त॑तर्द॒ प्र व॒क्षणा॑ अभिन॒त्पर्व॑तानाम् ॥
Now I will proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra, which the thunderbolt-wielder performed first. He struck the serpent, then released the waters and split open the channels of the mountains.
1.32.2
अह॒न्नहिं॒ पर्व॑ते शिश्रिया॒णं त्वष्टा॑स्मै॒ वज्रं॑ स्व॒र्यं॑ ततक्ष ।
वा॒श्रा इ॑व धे॒नवः॒ स्यन्द॑माना॒ अञ्जः॑ समु॒द्रमव॑ जग्मु॒रापः॑ ॥
He struck the serpent lying on the mountain. Tvaṣṭar fashioned for him the heaven-bright thunderbolt. Like cows rushing, the flowing waters went straight down to the ocean.
1.32.3
वृ॒षा॒यमा॑णोऽवृणीत॒ सोमं॒ त्रिक॑द्रुकेष्वपिबत्सु॒तस्य॑ ।
आ साय॑कं म॒घवा॑दत्त॒ वज्र॒मह॑न्नेनं प्रथम॒जामही॑नाम् ॥
Acting as a bull, he chose the soma and drank the soma pressed in the Trikadrukas. The bountiful Indra took the arrow and the thunderbolt and struck down the first-born of the serpents.
1.32.4
यदि॒न्द्राह॑न्प्रथम॒जामही॑ना॒मान्मा॒यिना॒ममि॑नाः॒ प्रोत मा॒याः ।
आत्सूर्यं॑ ज॒नय॒न्द्यामु॒षासं॑ ता॒दीत्ना॒ शत्रुं॒ न किला॑ विवित्से ॥
When, O Indra, you struck down the first-born of the serpents and restrained the deceptions of the deceivers, then you brought forth the sun, the sky and the dawn. Having struck, you found no enemy at all.
1.32.5
अह॑न्वृ॒त्रं वृ॑त्र॒तरं॒ व्यं॑स॒मिन्द्रो॒ वज्रे॑ण मह॒ता व॒धेन॑ ।
स्कन्धां॑सीव॒ कुलि॑शेना॒ विवृ॒क्णाहिः॑ शयत उप॒पृक्पृ॑थि॒व्याः ॥
Indra struck down Vṛtra, the most Vṛtra-like, named Vyaṃsa, with the great blow of the thunderbolt. Like shoulders hewn apart, the cut-down serpent lies low beneath the earth.
1.32.6
अ॒यो॒द्धेव॑ दु॒र्मद॒ आ हि जु॒ह्वे म॑हावी॒रं तु॑विबा॒धमृ॑जी॒षम् ।
नाता॑रीदस्य॒ समृ॑तिं व॒धानां॒ सं रु॒जानाः॑ पिपिष॒ इन्द्र॑शत्रुः ॥
Like an unconquerable frenzied warrior, the great hero, the mighty and swift Indra is called upon. No one crossed the onslaught of his blows. Crushing together, he ground to pieces Indra's enemy.
1.32.7
अ॒पाद॑ह॒स्तो अ॑पृतन्य॒दिन्द्र॒मास्य॒ वज्र॒मधि॒ सानौ॑ जघान ।
वृष्णो॒ वध्रिः॑ प्रति॒मानं॒ बुभू॑षन्पुरु॒त्रा वृ॒त्रो अ॑शय॒द्व्य॑स्तः ॥
Footless and handless, he kept on attacking; Indra struck him upon the mountain's ridge with his thunderbolt. Vṛtra, desiring to be the equal of the bull, spread out in many places and lay cast down.
1.32.8
न॒दं न भि॒न्नम॑मु॒या शया॑नं॒ मनो॒ रुहा॑णा॒ अति॑ य॒न्त्यापः॑ ।
याश्चि॑द्वृ॒त्रो म॑हि॒ना प॒र्यति॑ष्ठ॒त्तासा॒महिः॑ पत्सुतः॒शीर्ब॑भूव ॥
Like a broken river-bank lying there, the waters, held in by him, climbed up over the mind and flowed beyond. Among those very waters which Vṛtra had encircled with his might, the serpent lay with feet stretched out.
1.32.9
नी॒चाव॑या अभवद्वृ॒त्रपु॒त्रेन्द्रो॑ अस्या॒ अव॒ वध॑र्जभार ।
उत्त॑रा॒ सूरध॑रः पु॒त्र आ॑सी॒द्दानुः॑ शये स॒हव॑त्सा॒ न धे॒नुः ॥
For her who was bent down, Vṛtra was the son; Indra also struck down her lower part. Above was the sun, below was the son; the mother Dānu lies like a cow with her calf.
1.32.10
अति॑ष्ठन्तीनामनिवेश॒नानां॒ काष्ठा॑नां॒ मध्ये॒ निहि॑तं॒ शरी॑रम् ।
वृ॒त्रस्य॑ नि॒ण्यं वि च॑र॒न्त्यापो॑ दी॒र्घं तम॒ आश॑य॒दिन्द्र॑शत्रुः ॥
Among the standing, unfixed timbers the body of Vṛtra has been placed. Around that body of Vṛtra the waters move apart and flow; Vṛtra, Indra's foe, lay in long darkness.
1.32.11
दा॒सप॑त्नी॒रहि॑गोपा अतिष्ठ॒न्निरु॑द्धा॒ आपः॑ प॒णिने॑व॒ गावः॑ ।
अ॒पां बिल॒मपि॑हितं॒ यदासी॑द्वृ॒त्रं ज॑घ॒न्वाँ अप॒ तद्व॑वार ॥
The wives of the Dāsas, guarded by the serpent, stood there; the waters were held back like cows bound by the Paṇi. The cave of the waters was closed; after slaying Vṛtra, Indra opened it.
1.32.12
अश्व्यो॒ वारो॑ अभव॒स्तदि॑न्द्र सृ॒के यत्त्वा॑ प्र॒त्यह॑न्दे॒व एकः॑ ।
अज॑यो॒ गा अज॑यः शूर॒ सोम॒मवा॑सृजः॒ सर्त॑वे स॒प्त सिन्धू॑न् ॥
O Indra, that deed became your horse-like strength, when, as a lone god, you faced him in battle. O hero, you won the cows, you won the soma, and you released the seven rivers to flow.
1.32.13
नास्मै॑ वि॒द्युन्न त॑न्य॒तुः सि॑षेध॒ न यां मिह॒मकि॑रद्ध्रा॒दुनिं॑ च ।
इन्द्र॑श्च॒ यद्यु॑यु॒धाते॒ अहि॑श्चो॒ताप॒रीभ्यो॑ म॒घवा॒ वि जि॑ग्ये ॥
Before him neither lightning nor thunder could stand, nor the mist he scattered, nor the hail-bearing cloud. When Indra and the serpent fought, the bountiful one conquered his enemies.
1.32.14
अहे॑र्या॒तारं॒ कम॑पश्य इन्द्र हृ॒दि यत्ते॑ ज॒घ्नुषो॒ भीरग॑च्छत् ।
नव॑ च॒ यन्न॑व॒तिं च॒ स्रव॑न्तीः श्ये॒नो न भी॒तो अत॑रो॒ रजां॑सि ॥
Indra, you saw the slayer of the serpent; when you struck, fear came into your heart. Ninety-nine flowing streams ran, and fearful like a hawk you crossed beyond the realms.
1.32.15
इन्द्रो॑ या॒तोऽव॑सितस्य॒ राजा॒ शम॑स्य च शृ॒ङ्गिणो॒ वज्र॑बाहुः ।
सेदु॒ राजा॑ क्षयति चर्षणी॒नाम॒रान्न ने॒मिः परि॒ ता ब॑भूव ॥
Indra is the conqueror of the checked waters, king of the calm, horned one, the one with the thunderbolt in his arm; he indeed rules as king over all moving creatures, and like the rim around the spokes he encircles them.