Ṛgveda · Sūkta 2.12
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2.12.1
यो जा॒त ए॒व प्र॑थ॒मो मन॑स्वान्दे॒वो दे॒वान्क्रतु॑ना प॒र्यभू॑षत् ।
यस्य॒ शुष्मा॒द्रोद॑सी॒ अभ्य॑सेतां नृ॒म्णस्य॑ म॒ह्ना स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who, born first and wise, a god, surpassed the gods by his will; at whose might the two worlds trembled, and by the greatness of whose manly strength — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.2
यः पृ॑थि॒वीं व्यथ॑माना॒मदृं॑ह॒द्यः पर्व॑ता॒न्प्रकु॑पिताँ॒ अर॑म्णात् ।
यो अ॒न्तरि॑क्षं विम॒मे वरी॑यो॒ यो द्यामस्त॑भ्ना॒त्स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who made the trembling earth firm, who quieted the greatly agitated mountains; who measured out the wide midspace and propped up the sky — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.3
यो ह॒त्वाहि॒मरि॑णात्स॒प्त सिन्धू॒न्यो गा उ॒दाज॑दप॒धा व॒लस्य॑ ।
यो अश्म॑नोर॒न्तर॒ग्निं ज॒जान॑ सं॒वृक्स॒मत्सु॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who, having slain the serpent, released the seven rivers; who drove out the cows from Vala's pen; who generated fire between the two stones, the one who conquers in battles — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.4
येने॒मा विश्वा॒ च्यव॑ना कृ॒तानि॒ यो दासं॒ वर्ण॒मध॑रं॒ गुहाकः॑ ।
श्व॒घ्नीव॒ यो जि॑गी॒वाँ ल॒क्षमाद॑द॒र्यः पु॒ष्टानि॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
By whom all these deeds of might were done; who secretly cast the enemy down into his base colour; who, running like a hound, conquering and gaining the prize, seized the riches of the foe — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.5
यं स्मा॑ पृ॒च्छन्ति॒ कुह॒ सेति॑ घो॒रमु॒तेमा॑हु॒र्नैषो अ॒स्तीत्ये॑नम् ।
सो अ॒र्यः पु॒ष्टीर्विज॑ इ॒वा मि॑नाति॒ श्रद॑स्मै धत्त॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
They ask, 'Where is that fierce one?' and say, 'He is not; he does not exist' — yet he breaks the enemy's riches as though they were a people; O people, place your faith in him — that one is Indra.
2.12.6
यो र॒ध्रस्य॑ चोदि॒ता यः कृ॒शस्य॒ यो ब्र॒ह्मणो॒ नाध॑मानस्य की॒रेः ।
यु॒क्तग्रा॑व्णो॒ योऽवि॒ता सु॑शि॒प्रः सु॒तसो॑मस्य॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who urges the poor man and urges the weak; the helper of the priest who entreats and the singer who praises; the protector of the one who presses soma, bright-cheeked with the harnessed stones — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.7
यस्याश्वा॑सः प्र॒दिशि॒ यस्य॒ गावो॒ यस्य॒ ग्रामा॒ यस्य॒ विश्वे॒ रथा॑सः ।
यः सूर्यं॒ य उ॒षसं॑ ज॒जान॒ यो अ॒पां ने॒ता स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
Whose are the horses in the regions, whose the cows and settlements, whose all the chariots; he who engendered the sun and the Dawn, who is leader of the waters — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.8
यं क्रन्द॑सी संय॒ती वि॒ह्वये॑ते॒ परेऽव॑र उ॒भया॑ अ॒मित्राः॑ ।
स॒मा॒नं चि॒द्रथ॑मातस्थि॒वांसा॒ नाना॑ हवेते॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He before whom the two worlds tremble together — near and far, both enemies — and the two standing on one chariot call upon him separately — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.9
यस्मा॒न्न ऋ॒ते वि॒जय॑न्ते॒ जना॑सो॒ यं युध्य॑माना॒ अव॑से॒ हव॑न्ते ।
यो विश्व॑स्य प्रति॒मानं॑ ब॒भूव॒ यो अ॑च्युत॒च्युत्स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
Without whom men do not win; whom the fighting call upon for protection; he who became the peer of all, the unfallen one — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.10
यः शश्व॑तो॒ मह्येनो॒ दधा॑ना॒नम॑न्यमाना॒ञ्च्छर्वा॑ ज॒घान॑ ।
यः शर्ध॑ते॒ नानु॒ददा॑ति शृ॒ध्यां यो दस्यो॑र्ह॒न्ता स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who with the bolt struck down the unaware who bore great guilt, the constant ones; who gives nothing back to the opposer, to the hard one — slayer of the Dasyu — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.11
यः शम्ब॑रं॒ पर्व॑तेषु क्षि॒यन्तं॑ चत्वारिं॒श्यां श॒रद्य॒न्ववि॑न्दत् ।
ओ॒जा॒यमा॑नं॒ यो अहिं॑ ज॒घान॒ दानुं॒ शया॑नं॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who in the fortieth autumn found Śambara dwelling in the mountains; who struck down the rising serpent, Dānu lying asleep — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.12
यः स॒प्तर॑श्मिर्वृष॒भस्तुवि॑ष्मान॒वासृ॑ज॒त्सर्त॑वे स॒प्त सिन्धू॑न् ।
यो रौ॑हि॒णमस्फु॑र॒द्वज्र॑बाहु॒र्द्यामा॒रोह॑न्तं॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who is seven-rayed, the bull, mighty, who released the seven rivers to flow; who shook the Rohiṇa — the thunderbolt-armed one, against him ascending to heaven — O people, that one is Indra.
2.12.13
द्यावा॑ चिदस्मै पृथि॒वी न॑मेते॒ शुष्मा॑च्चिदस्य॒ पर्व॑ता भयन्ते ।
यः सो॑म॒पा नि॑चि॒तो वज्र॑बाहु॒र्यो वज्र॑हस्तः॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
Heaven and earth bow down before him, and the mountains tremble at his strength. He who drinks soma, firm, with the thunderbolt for his arm and the thunderbolt in his hand — he, O people, is Indra.
2.12.14
यः सु॒न्वन्त॒मव॑ति॒ यः पच॑न्तं॒ यः शंस॑न्तं॒ यः श॑शमा॒नमू॒ती ।
यस्य॒ ब्रह्म॒ वर्ध॑नं॒ यस्य॒ सोमो॒ यस्ये॒दं राधः॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥
He who protects with his help the presser of soma, the cook, the praiser, and the one who strives; whose prayer grows, whose is the soma, whose is this wealth — he, O people, is Indra.
2.12.15
यः सु॑न्व॒ते पच॑ते दु॒ध्र आ चि॒द्वाजं॒ दर्द॑र्षि॒ स किला॑सि स॒त्यः ।
व॒यं त॑ इन्द्र वि॒श्वह॑ प्रि॒यासः॑ सु॒वीरा॑सो वि॒दथ॒मा व॑देम ॥
He who generously gives strength to the presser of soma and the cook — he is truly real. O Indra, may we always be dear to you, with good heroes, and speak the sacrificial word for you.