Ṛgveda · Sūkta 4.18
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4.18.1
अ॒यं पन्था॒ अनु॑वित्तः पुरा॒णो यतो॑ दे॒वा उ॒दजा॑यन्त॒ विश्वे॑ ।
अत॑श्चि॒दा ज॑निषीष्ट॒ प्रवृ॑द्धो॒ मा मा॒तर॑ममु॒या पत्त॑वे कः ॥
This is the ancient path that was found, from which all the gods were born. From there, grown strong, may he be born; do not make the mother fall for that.
4.18.2
नाहमतो॒ निर॑या दु॒र्गहै॒तत्ति॑र॒श्चता॑ पा॒र्श्वान्निर्ग॑माणि ।
ब॒हूनि॑ मे॒ अकृ॑ता॒ कर्त्वा॑नि॒ युध्यै॑ त्वेन॒ सं त्वे॑न पृच्छै ॥
I will not get out of here through the hard passages; I will go out through the side, by this crooked way. There are many deeds undone for me; may I fight with you, may I ask together with you.
4.18.3
प॒रा॒य॒तीं मा॒तर॒मन्व॑चष्ट॒ न नानु॑ गा॒न्यनु॒ नू ग॑मानि ।
त्वष्टु॑र्गृ॒हे अ॑पिब॒त्सोम॒मिन्द्रः॑ शतध॒न्यं॑ च॒म्वोः॑ सु॒तस्य॑ ॥
He looked at the departing mother: 'No, I will not go after her; now I will go after her.' In the house of Tvaṣṭar, Indra drank the soma, from the hundred-rich vessel, the pressed one.
4.18.4
किं स ऋध॑क्कृणव॒द्यं स॒हस्रं॑ मा॒सो ज॒भार॑ श॒रद॑श्च पू॒र्वीः ।
न॒ही न्व॑स्य प्रति॒मान॒मस्ति॑ अ॒न्तर्जा॒तेषू॒त ये जनि॑त्वाः ॥
What one would make him separate, whom a thousand months and the earlier autumns bore? Indeed there is no equal to him among the born beings, nor among the begetters.
4.18.5
अ॒व॒द्यमि॑व॒ मन्य॑माना॒ गुहा॑क॒रिन्द्रं॑ मा॒ता वी॒र्ये॑णा॒ न्यृ॑ष्टम् ।
अथोद॑स्थात्स्व॒यमत्कं॒ वसा॑न॒ आ रोद॑सी अपृणा॒ज्जाय॑मानः ॥
Thinking him as if blameworthy, the mother secretly pushed Indra out from her womb by force. Then he rose up of himself, clothed in a fierce garment, and at his birth he filled both worlds.
4.18.6
ए॒ता अ॑र्षन्त्यलला॒भव॑न्तीर्ऋ॒ताव॑रीरिव सं॒क्रोश॑मानाः ।
ए॒ता वि पृ॑च्छ॒ किमि॒दं भ॑नन्ति॒ कमापो॒ अद्रिं॑ परि॒धिं रु॑जन्ति ॥
These flow on, without lack, roaring as if they were possessed of truth. Ask these apart: what do they say this is? For whom do the waters break the stone and the enclosure?
4.18.7
किमु॑ ष्विदस्मै नि॒विदो॑ भन॒न्तेन्द्र॑स्याव॒द्यं दि॑धिषन्त॒ आपः॑ ।
ममै॒तान्पु॒त्रो म॑ह॒ता व॒धेन॑ वृ॒त्रं ज॑घ॒न्वाँ अ॑सृज॒द्वि सिन्धू॑न् ॥
Who would lay blame upon Indra for him? The waters wish to restrain him. My son, having struck Vṛtra with the great weapon, released the rivers.
4.18.8
मम॑च्च॒न त्वा॑ युव॒तिः प॒रास॒ मम॑च्च॒न त्वा॑ कु॒षवा॑ ज॒गार॑ ।
मम॑च्चि॒दापः॒ शिश॑वे ममृड्यु॒र्मम॑च्चि॒दिन्द्रः॒ सह॒सोद॑तिष्ठत् ॥
Even because of me the young woman left you; even because of me Kuṣavā swallowed you. Even because of me may the waters be gracious to the child; even because of me Indra stood up with might.
4.18.9
मम॑च्च॒न ते॑ मघव॒न्व्यं॑सो निविवि॒ध्वाँ अप॒ हनू॑ ज॒घान॑ ।
अधा॒ निवि॑द्ध॒ उत्त॑रो बभू॒वाञ्शिरो॑ दा॒सस्य॒ सं पि॑णग्व॒धेन॑ ॥
Even because of me, O bountiful Indra, wounded, you broke both jaws of the foe. Then the defeated one rose up again; you crushed the head of the slave with the weapon.
4.18.10
गृ॒ष्टिः स॑सूव॒ स्थवि॑रं तवा॒गाम॑नाधृ॒ष्यं वृ॑ष॒भं तुम्र॒मिन्द्र॑म् ।
अरी॑ळ्हं व॒त्सं च॒रथा॑य मा॒ता स्व॒यं गा॒तुं त॒न्व॑ इ॒च्छमा॑नम् ॥
The rain-cloud bore the steadfast, irresistible bull, the mighty Indra. The mother herself, through her own body, desiring an unobstructed path, sent her calf forward.
4.18.11
उ॒त मा॒ता म॑हि॒षमन्व॑वेनद॒मी त्वा॑ जहति पुत्र दे॒वाः ।
अथा॑ब्रवीद्वृ॒त्रमिन्द्रो॑ हनि॒ष्यन्त्सखे॑ विष्णो वित॒रं वि क्र॑मस्व ॥
The mother followed that buffalo-bull and said: Son, these gods are abandoning you. Then Indra, about to strike Vṛtra, spoke: Friend Viṣṇu, stride forth widely.
4.18.12
कस्ते॑ मा॒तरं॑ वि॒धवा॑मचक्रच्श॒युं कस्त्वाम॑जिघांस॒च्चर॑न्तम् ।
कस्ते॑ दे॒वो अधि॑ मार्डी॒क आ॑सी॒द्यत्प्राक्षि॑णाः पि॒तरं॑ पाद॒गृह्य॑ ॥
Who made your mother a widow? Who struck down the one lying asleep? Who wished to slay you as you walked? When you were enraged at pulling your father by the foot, under which god were you at the place of slaughter?
4.18.13
अव॑र्त्या॒ शुन॑ आ॒न्त्राणि॑ पेचे॒ न दे॒वेषु॑ विविदे मर्डि॒तार॑म् ।
अप॑श्यं जा॒यामम॑हीयमाना॒मधा॑ मे श्ये॒नो मध्वा ज॑भार ॥
When I had cooked the dog's entrails, I found a merciful one among the gods. Then I saw a wife not grown up and unrestrained, and then the falcon brought honey hither to me.