10.166.1
ऋ॒ष॒भं मा॑ समा॒नानां॑ स॒पत्ना॑नां विषास॒हिम् | ह॒न्तारं॒ शत्रू॑णां कृधि वि॒राजं॒ गोप॑तिं॒ गवा॑म् ||
MAKE me a bull among my peers, make me my rivals, conqueror: Make me the slayer of my foes, a sovran ruler, lord of kine
Rigveda 10.166
HYMN CLXVI. SAPATNANĀŚANAM. · ५ ऋषभो वैराजः, ऋषभः शाक्वरो वा। सपत्न्घ्नम्। अनुष्टुप् , ५ महापंक्तिः।
10.166.1
ऋ॒ष॒भं मा॑ समा॒नानां॑ स॒पत्ना॑नां विषास॒हिम् | ह॒न्तारं॒ शत्रू॑णां कृधि वि॒राजं॒ गोप॑तिं॒ गवा॑म् ||
MAKE me a bull among my peers, make me my rivals, conqueror: Make me the slayer of my foes, a sovran ruler, lord of kine
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10.166.2
अ॒हम॑स्मि सपत्न॒हेन्द्र॑ इ॒वारि॑ष्टो॒ अक्ष॑तः | अ॒धः स॒पत्ना॑ मे प॒दोरि॒मे सर्वे॑ अ॒भिष्ठि॑ताः ||
I am my rivals’ slayer, like Indra unwounded and unhurt, And all these enemies of mine are vanquished and beneath my feet.
10.166.3
अत्रै॒व वोऽपि॑ नह्याम्यु॒भे आर्त्नी॑ इव॒ ज्यया॑ | वाच॑स्पते॒ नि षे॑धे॒मान्यथा॒ मदध॑रं॒ वदा॑न् ||
Here, verily, I bind you fast, as the two bow-ends with the string. Press down these men, O Lord of Speech, that they may humbly speak to me.
10.166.4
अ॒भि॒भूर॒हमाग॑मं वि॒श्वक॑र्मेण॒ धाम्ना॑ | आ व॑श्चि॒त्तमा वो॑ व्र॒तमा वो॒ऽहं समि॑तिं ददे ||
Hither I came as conqueror with mighty all-effecting power, And I have mastered all your thought, your synod, and your holy work.
10.166.5
यो॒ग॒क्षे॒मं व॑ आ॒दाया॒ऽहं भू॑यासमुत्त॒म आ वो॑ मू॒र्धान॑मक्रमीम् | अ॒ध॒स्प॒दान्म॒ उद्व॑दत म॒ण्डूका॑ इवोद॒कान्म॒ण्डूका॑ उद॒कादि॑व ||
May I be highest, having gained your strength in war, your skill in peace my feet have trodden on your heads. Speak to me from beneath my feet, as frogs from out the water croak, as frogs from out the water croak.