Ṛgveda · Sūkta 7.18
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7.18.1
त्वे ह॒ यत्पि॒तर॑श्चिन्न इन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑ वा॒मा ज॑रि॒तारो॒ अस॑न्वन् ।
त्वे गावः॑ सु॒दुघा॒स्त्वे ह्यश्वा॒स्त्वं वसु॑ देवय॒ते वनि॑ष्ठः ॥
O Indra, in you the fathers and all the singers have obtained wealth. In you are the easy-milking cows and the horses; you are the most bountiful giver of treasure to the pious worshipper.
7.18.2
राजे॑व॒ हि जनि॑भिः॒ क्षेष्ये॒वाव॒ द्युभि॑र॒भि वि॒दुष्क॒विः सन् ।
पि॒शा गिरो॑ मघव॒न्गोभि॒रश्वै॑स्त्वाय॒तः शि॑शीहि रा॒ये अ॒स्मान् ॥
As a king rules with his people, so come down to us with the days; being a wise seer, O bountiful Indra, sharpen our songs with your cows and horses, and rouse us who desire you for wealth.
7.18.3
इ॒मा उ॑ त्वा पस्पृधा॒नासो॒ अत्र॑ म॒न्द्रा गिरो॑ देव॒यन्ती॒रुप॑ स्थुः ।
अ॒र्वाची॑ ते प॒थ्या॑ रा॒य ए॑तु॒ स्याम॑ ते सुम॒तावि॑न्द्र॒ शर्म॑न् ॥
These sweet songs, vying with you and desiring the gods, have come near here. O Indra, may your path turned toward us be a path to wealth; may we be in your favor and in your shelter.
7.18.4
धे॒नुं न त्वा॑ सू॒यव॑से॒ दुदु॑क्ष॒न्नुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि ससृजे॒ वसि॑ष्ठः ।
त्वामिन्मे॒ गोप॑तिं॒ विश्व॑ आ॒हा न॒ इन्द्रः॑ सुम॒तिं ग॒न्त्वच्छ॑ ॥
As one calls a cow for good fodder, wishing to milk her, so Vasiṣṭha has composed prayers toward you. Everyone calls you my lord of cows; may Indra come toward us in favor.
7.18.5
अर्णां॑सि चित्पप्रथा॒ना सु॒दास॒ इन्द्रो॑ गा॒धान्य॑कृणोत्सुपा॒रा ।
शर्ध॑न्तं शि॒म्युमु॒चथ॑स्य॒ नव्यः॒ शापं॒ सिन्धू॑नामकृणो॒दश॑स्तीः ॥
For the waters that spread out and widened, Indra made easy crossings for Sudāsa; by the power of a new hymn he checked the fighting Śimyu, and among the rivers he made the unpraised one into a curse.
7.18.6
पु॒रो॒ळा इत्तु॒र्वशो॒ यक्षु॑रासीद्रा॒ये मत्स्या॑सो॒ निशि॑ता॒ अपी॑व ।
श्रु॒ष्टिं च॑क्रु॒र्भृग॑वो द्रु॒ह्यव॑श्च॒ सखा॒ सखा॑यमतर॒द्विषू॑चोः ॥
Puroḷā was the sacrificer of Turvaśa; for wealth the Matsyas were sharpened, as if they were keen blades. The Bhṛgus and the Druhyus made fame, and friend took friend across between the two scattered sides.
7.18.7
आ प॒क्थासो॑ भला॒नसो॑ भन॒न्तालि॑नासो विषा॒णिनः॑ शि॒वासः॑ ।
आ योऽन॑यत्सध॒मा आर्य॑स्य ग॒व्या तृत्सु॑भ्यो अजगन्यु॒धा नॄन् ॥
The Pakthas, Bhalānas, Alinas, Viṣāṇins and Śivas came here roaring. It was he, Indra, who led the Ārya's companion with cows into battle forward and brought the leaders for the Tṛtsus.
7.18.8
दु॒रा॒ध्यो॑ अदि॑तिं स्रे॒वय॑न्तो अचे॒तसो॒ वि ज॑गृभ्रे॒ परु॑ष्णीम् ।
म॒ह्नावि॑व्यक्पृथि॒वीं पत्य॑मानः प॒शुष्क॒विर॑शय॒च्चाय॑मानः ॥
The hard-to-win and unwise ones, desiring to win over Aditi, seized the tawny Parushni. By his greatness he spread out the broad earth; shining like cattle, the seer rested.
7.18.9
ई॒युरर्थं॒ न न्य॒र्थं परु॑ष्णीमा॒शुश्च॒नेद॑भिपि॒त्वं ज॑गाम ।
सु॒दास॒ इन्द्रः॑ सु॒तुकाँ॑ अ॒मित्रा॒नर॑न्धय॒न्मानु॑षे॒ वध्रि॑वाचः ॥
As people come for a purpose, the scattered Parushni swiftly reached the crossing. For Sudās, Indra pushed back the enemies of the soma-pressers and drove away among men those who scorned the bard.
7.18.10
ई॒युर्गावो॒ न यव॑सा॒दगो॑पा यथाकृ॒तम॒भि मि॒त्रं चि॒तासः॑ ।
पृश्नि॑गावः॒ पृश्नि॑निप्रेषितासः श्रु॒ष्टिं च॑क्रुर्नि॒युतो॒ रन्त॑यश्च ॥
As cows come from the pasture without a herdsman, so, as was done, they came aware toward the friend. Those sent forth with speckled cows roared, and the swift horses did likewise.
7.18.11
एकं॑ च॒ यो विं॑श॒तिं च॑ श्रव॒स्या वै॑क॒र्णयो॒र्जना॒न्राजा॒ न्यस्तः॑ ।
द॒स्मो न सद्म॒न्नि शि॑शाति ब॒र्हिः शूरः॒ सर्ग॑मकृणो॒दिन्द्र॑ एषाम् ॥
The king who with fame brings down one and twenty of the Vaikarṇa folk lays down sacred grass in his house like a wondrous one; the hero Indra made the contest for them.
7.18.12
अध॑ श्रु॒तं क॒वषं॑ वृ॒द्धम॒प्सु अनु॑ द्रु॒ह्युं नि वृ॑ण॒ग्वज्र॑बाहुः ।
वृ॒णा॒ना अत्र॑ स॒ख्याय॑ स॒ख्यं त्वा॒यन्तो॒ ये अम॑द॒न्ननु॑ त्वा ॥
Then Vajrabāhu brought down the renowned, mighty Kavaṣa, grown in the waters, and Druhyu. Choosing friendship here for friendship, those who desired you rejoiced after you.
7.18.13
वि स॒द्यो विश्वा॑ दृंहि॒तान्ये॑षा॒मिन्द्रः॒ पुरः॒ सह॑सा स॒प्त द॑र्दः ।
व्यान॑वस्य॒ तृत्स॑वे॒ गयं॑ भा॒ग्जेष्म॑ पू॒रुं वि॒दथे॑ मृ॒ध्रवा॑चम् ॥
At once Indra, by his might, split all their firm strongholds, splitting apart the seven forts. You won the herd of Anava as a share for Tṛtsu; in the contest may we win Puru of harsh speech.
7.18.14
नि ग॒व्यवोऽन॑वो द्रु॒ह्यव॑श्च ष॒ष्टिः श॒ता सु॑षुपुः॒ षट्स॒हस्रा॑ ।
ष॒ष्टिर्वी॒रासो॒ अधि॒ षड्दु॑वो॒यु विश्वेदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्या॑ कृ॒तानि॑ ॥
The cattle-seeking Anavas and Druhyus lay down asleep, sixty, hundreds, six thousands. Sixty heroes and six lay upon the stronghold; all the heroic deeds of Indra were accomplished.
7.18.15
इन्द्रे॑णै॒ते तृत्स॑वो॒ वेवि॑षाणा॒ आपो॒ न सृ॒ष्टा अ॑धवन्त॒ नीचीः॑ ।
दु॒र्मि॒त्रासः॑ प्रकल॒विन्मिमा॑ना ज॒हुर्विश्वा॑नि॒ भोज॑ना सु॒दासे॑ ॥
With Indra these Tṛtsus came forth shining; like waters released they flowed downward. The ill-disposed foes, who knew the way and measured, abandoned all provisions for Sudās.
7.18.16
अ॒र्धं वी॒रस्य॑ शृत॒पाम॑नि॒न्द्रं परा॒ शर्ध॑न्तं नुनुदे अ॒भि क्षाम् ।
इन्द्रो॑ म॒न्युं म॑न्यु॒म्यो॑ मिमाय भे॒जे प॒थो व॑र्त॒निं पत्य॑मानः ॥
With half the strength of the hero, Indra drove away the unopposed rival who contended for the earth. Indra, angered, measured out and set his anger; seeking to win the road of paths, seeking protection, he took the way.
7.18.17
आ॒ध्रेण॑ चि॒त्तद्वेकं॑ चकार सिं॒ह्यं॑ चि॒त्पेत्वे॑ना जघान ।
अव॑ स्र॒क्तीर्वे॒श्या॑वृश्च॒दिन्द्रः॒ प्राय॑च्छ॒द्विश्वा॒ भोज॑ना सु॒दासे॑ ॥
With the axe he made that one deed, and with wing-speed he struck the lioness too. Indra cut off the flowing streams as a harlot is cut off, and gave all food to Sudās.
7.18.18
शश्व॑न्तो॒ हि शत्र॑वो रार॒धुष्टे॑ भे॒दस्य॑ चि॒च्छर्ध॑तो विन्द॒ रन्धि॑म् ।
मर्ताँ॒ एन॑ स्तुव॒तो यः कृ॒णोति॑ ति॒ग्मं तस्मि॒न्नि ज॑हि॒ वज्र॑मिन्द्र ॥
For the perpetual enemies have fled before you; you shall also obtain the wealth of the splitter and the striker. Upon the mortal who does sin against the praiser, O Indra, make the bolt sharp and strike down.
7.18.19
आव॒दिन्द्रं॑ य॒मुना॒ तृत्स॑वश्च॒ प्रात्र॑ भे॒दं स॒र्वता॑ता मुषायत् ।
अ॒जास॑श्च॒ शिग्र॑वो॒ यक्ष॑वश्च ब॒लिं शी॒र्षाणि॑ जभ्रु॒रश्व्या॑नि ॥
The Yamuna and the Tṛtsus aided Indra; in the general battle they plundered the divided foe. The unborn ones, the swift ones and the Yakṣus bore off the horses' heads as tribute.
7.18.20
न त॑ इन्द्र सुम॒तयो॒ न रायः॑ सं॒चक्षे॒ पूर्वा॑ उ॒षसो॒ न नूत्नाः॑ ।
देव॑कं चिन्मान्यमा॒नं ज॑घ॒न्थाव॒ त्मना॑ बृह॒तः शम्ब॑रं भेत् ॥
O Indra, your favours and riches are not seen like the former dawns nor like the new ones. You struck down even the honoured worshipper; by your own strength, split the great Śambara.
7.18.21
प्र ये गृ॒हादम॑मदुस्त्वा॒या प॑राश॒रः श॒तया॑तु॒र्वसि॑ष्ठः ।
न ते॑ भो॒जस्य॑ स॒ख्यं मृ॑ष॒न्ताधा॑ सू॒रिभ्यः॑ सु॒दिना॒ व्यु॑च्छान् ॥
Parāśara, Śatayātu and Vasiṣṭha, who rejoiced from their houses through you, should not forsake the friendship of Bhoja; then may fair days shine forth for the singers.
7.18.22
द्वे नप्तु॑र्दे॒वव॑तः श॒ते गोर्द्वा रथा॑ व॒धूम॑न्ता सु॒दासः॑ ।
अर्ह॑न्नग्ने पैजव॒नस्य॒ दानं॒ होते॑व॒ सद्म॒ पर्ये॑मि॒ रेभ॑न् ॥
Two hundred cows of the grandson of the god-friendly one, and two chariots with wives of Sudās; O Agni, worthy of the gift of Paijavana, I go around the abode praising, like a priest.
7.18.23
च॒त्वारो॑ मा पैजव॒नस्य॒ दानाः॒ स्मद्दि॑ष्टयः कृश॒निनो॑ निरे॒के ।
ऋ॒ज्रासो॑ मा पृथिवि॒ष्ठाः सु॒दास॑स्तो॒कं तो॒काय॒ श्रव॑से वहन्ति ॥
Four gifts of Paijavana are mine, of good directions, lean in the narrow place; the straight, broad-earthed descendants of Sudās bring me for a son, for fame.
7.18.24
यस्य॒ श्रवो॒ रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरु॒र्वी शी॒र्ष्णेशी॑र्ष्णे विब॒भाजा॑ विभ॒क्ता ।
स॒प्तेदिन्द्रं॒ न स्र॒वतो॑ गृणन्ति॒ नि यु॑ध्याम॒धिम॑शिशाद॒भीके॑ ॥
Whose glory is between the two wide worlds, divided upon every head; the seven flowing rivers praise Indra; he seized the battle-warrior and crushed him in the encounter.
7.18.25
इ॒मं न॑रो मरुतः सश्च॒तानु॒ दिवो॑दासं॒ न पि॒तरं॑ सु॒दासः॑ ।
अ॒वि॒ष्टना॑ पैजव॒नस्य॒ केतं॑ दू॒णाशं॑ क्ष॒त्रम॒जरं॑ दुवो॒यु ॥
O men, O Maruts, follow this praise, as Sudas followed his father Divodasa. Protect the banner of Paijavana, and keep the undecaying dominion of Dunasa safe for prosperity.