Rigveda 4.30

4.30.1

नकि॑रिन्द्र॒ त्वदुत्त॑रो॒ न ज्यायाँ॑ अस्ति वृत्रहन् | नकि॑रे॒वा यथा॒ त्वम् ||

O INDRA, Vṛtra-slayer, none is better, mightier than thou: Verily there is none like thee.

4.30.2

स॒त्रा ते॒ अनु॑ कृ॒ष्टयो॒ विश्वा॑ च॒क्रेव॑ वावृतुः | स॒त्रा म॒हाँ अ॑सि श्रु॒तः ||

Like chariot-wheels these people all together follow after thee: Thou ever art renowned as Great.

4.30.3

विश्वे॑ च॒नेद॒ना त्वा॑ दे॒वास॑ इन्द्र युयुधुः | यदहा॒ नक्त॒माति॑रः ||

Not even all the gathered Gods conquered thee, Indra, in the war, When thou didst lengthen days by night.

4.30.4

यत्रो॒त बा॑धि॒तेभ्य॑श्च॒क्रं कुत्सा॑य॒ युध्य॑ते | मु॒षा॒य इ॑न्द्र॒ सूर्य॑म् ||

When for the sake of those oppressed, and Kutsa as he battled, Thou stolest away the Sun's car-wheel.

4.30.5

यत्र॑ दे॒वाँ ऋ॑घाय॒तो विश्वाँ॒ अयु॑ध्य॒ एक॒ इत् | त्वमि॑न्द्र व॒नूँरह॑न् ||

When, fighting singly, Indra. thou o’ercamest all the furious Gods, thou slewest those who strove with thee.

4.30.6

यत्रो॒त मर्त्या॑य॒ कमरि॑णा इन्द्र॒ सूर्य॑म् | प्राव॒: शची॑भि॒रेत॑शम् ||

When also for a mortal man, Indra, thou speddest forth the Sun, And holpest Etaśa with might.

4.30.7

किमादु॒तासि॑ वृत्रह॒न् मघ॑वन् मन्यु॒मत्त॑मः | अत्राह॒ दानु॒माति॑रः ||

What? Vṛtra-slayer, art not thou, Maghavan, fiercest in thy wrath? So hast thou quelled the demon too.

4.30.8

ए॒तद् घेदु॒त वी॒र्य१मिन्द्र॑ च॒कर्थ॒ पौंस्य॑म् | स्त्रियं॒ यद् दु॑र्हणा॒युवं॒ वधी॑र्दुहि॒तरं॑ दि॒वः ||

And this heroic deed of might thou, Indra, also hast achieved, That thou didst smite to death the Dame, Heaven's Daughter, meditating ill.

4.30.9

दि॒वश्चि॑द् घा दुहि॒तरं॑ म॒हान् म॑ही॒यमा॑नाम् | उ॒षास॑मिन्द्र॒ सं पि॑णक् ||

Thou, Indra, Mighty One, didst crush Uṣas, though Daughter of the Sky. When lifting up herself in pride.

4.30.10

अपो॒षा अन॑सः सर॒त् सम्पि॑ष्टा॒दह॑ बि॒भ्युषी॑ | नि यत्सीं॑ शि॒श्नथ॒द् वृषा॑ ||

Then from her chariot Uṣas fled, affrighted, from her ruined car. When the strong God had shattered it.

4.30.11

ए॒तद॑स्या॒ अन॑: शये॒ सुस॑म्पिष्टं॒ विपा॒श्या | स॒सार॑ सीं परा॒वत॑: ||

So there this car of Uṣas lay, broken to pieces, in Vipāś, And she herself fled far away.

4.30.12

उ॒त सिन्धुं॑ विबा॒ल्यं॑ वितस्था॒नामधि॒ क्षमि॑ | परि॑ ष्ठा इन्द्र मा॒यया॑ ||

Thou, Indra, didst. with magic power resist the overflowing stream Who spread her waters o’er the land.

4.30.13

उ॒त शुष्ण॑स्य धृष्णु॒या प्र मृ॑क्षो अ॒भि वेद॑नम् | पुरो॒ यद॑स्य सम्पि॒णक् ||

Valiantly didst thou seize and take the store which Śuṣṇa had amassed, When thou didst crush his fortresses.

4.30.14

उ॒त दा॒सं कौ॑लित॒रं बृ॑ह॒तः पर्व॑ता॒दधि॑ | अवा॑हन्निन्द्र॒ शम्ब॑रम् ||

Thou, Indra, also smotest down Kulitara's son Śambara, The Dāsa, from the lofty hill.

4.30.15

उ॒त दा॒सस्य॑ व॒र्चिन॑: स॒हस्रा॑णि श॒ताव॑धीः | अधि॒ पञ्च॑ प्र॒धीँरि॑व ||

Of Dāsa Varcin's thou didst slay the hundred thousand and the five, Crushed like the fellies, of a car.

4.30.16

उ॒त त्यं पु॒त्रम॒ग्रुव॒: परा॑वृक्तं श॒तक्र॑तुः | उ॒क्थेष्विन्द्र॒ आभ॑जत् ||

So Indra, Lord of Heroes, Powers, caused the unwedded damsel's son, The castaway, to share the lauds.

4.30.17

उ॒त त्या तु॒र्वशा॒यदू॑ अस्ना॒तारा॒ शची॒पति॑: | इन्द्रो॑ वि॒द्वाँ अ॑पारयत् ||

So sapient Indra, Lord of Might, brought Turvaśa and Yadu, those Who feared the flood, in safety o’er.

4.30.18

उ॒त त्या स॒द्य आर्या॑ स॒रयो॑रिन्द्र पा॒रत॑: | अर्णा॑चि॒त्रर॑थावधीः ||

Arṇa and Citraratha, both Āryas, thou, Indra, slewest swift, On yonder side of Sarayu,

4.30.19

अनु॒ द्वा ज॑हि॒ता न॑यो॒ऽन्धं श्रो॒णं च॑ वृत्रहन् | न तत् ते॑ सु॒म्नमष्ट॑वे ||

Thou, Vṛtra-slayer, didst conduct those two forlorn, the blind, the lame. None may attain this bliss of thine.

4.30.20

श॒तम॑श्म॒न्मयी॑नां पु॒रामिन्द्रो॒ व्या॑स्यत् | दिवो॑दासाय दा॒शुषे॑ ||

For Divodāsa, him who brought oblations, Indra overthrew A hundred fortresses of stone.

4.30.21

अस्वा॑पयद् द॒भीत॑ये स॒हस्रा॑ त्रिं॒शतं॒ हथै॑: | दा॒साना॒मिन्द्रो॑ मा॒यया॑ ||

The thirty thousand Dāsas he with magic power and weapons sent To slumber, for Dabhīti's sake.

4.30.22

स घेदु॒तासि॑ वृत्रहन् त्समा॒न इ॑न्द्र॒ गोप॑तिः | यस्ता विश्वा॑नि चिच्यु॒षे ||

As such, O Vṛtra-slayer, thou art general Lord of kine for all, Thou Shaker of all things that be.

4.30.23

उ॒त नू॒नं यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं क॑रि॒ष्या इ॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्य॑म् | अ॒द्या नकि॒ष्टदा मि॑नत् ||

Indra, whatever deed of might thou hast this day to execute, None be there now to hinder it.

4.30.24

वा॒मंवा॑मं त आदुरे दे॒वो द॑दात्वर्य॒मा | वा॒मं पू॒षा वा॒मं भगो॑ वा॒मं दे॒वः करू॑ळती ||

O Watchful One, may Aryaman the God give thee all goodly things. May Pūṣan, Bhaga, and the God Karūḷatī give all things fair.