4.31.1
कया॑ नश्चि॒त्र आ भु॑वदू॒ती स॒दावृ॑ध॒: सखा॑ | कया॒ शचि॑ष्ठया वृ॒ता ||
WITH what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing Friend; With what most mighty company?
Rigveda 4.31
HYMN XXXI. INDRA. · १५ वामदेवो गौतमः। इन्द्रः। गायत्री, ३ पाद निचृत्।
4.31.1
कया॑ नश्चि॒त्र आ भु॑वदू॒ती स॒दावृ॑ध॒: सखा॑ | कया॒ शचि॑ष्ठया वृ॒ता ||
WITH what help will he come to us, wonderful, ever-waxing Friend; With what most mighty company?
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4.31.2
कस्त्वा॑ स॒त्यो मदा॑नां॒ मंहि॑ष्ठो मत्स॒दन्ध॑सः | दृ॒ळहा चि॑दा॒रुजे॒ वसु॑ ||
What genuine and most liberal draught will spirit thee with juice to burst Open e’en strongly-guarded wealth?
4.31.3
अ॒भी षु ण॒: सखी॑नामवि॒ता ज॑रितॄ॒णाम् | श॒तं भ॑वास्यू॒तिभि॑: ||
Do thou who art Protector of us thy friends who praise thee With hundred aids approach us.
4.31.4
अ॒भी न॒ आ व॑वृत्स्व च॒क्रं न वृ॒त्तमर्व॑तः | नि॒युद्भि॑श्चर्षणी॒नाम् ||
Like as a courser's circling wheel, so turn thee hitherward to us, Attracted by the hymns of men.
4.31.5
प्र॒वता॒ हि क्रतू॑ना॒मा हा॑ प॒देव॒ गच्छ॑सि | अभ॑क्षि॒ सूर्ये॒ सचा॑ ||
Thou seekest as it were thine own stations with swift descent of powers: I share thee even with the Sun.
4.31.6
सं यत्त॑ इन्द्र म॒न्यव॒: सं च॒क्राणि॑ दधन्वि॒रे | अध॒ त्वे अध॒ सूर्ये॑ ||
What time thy courage and his wheels together, Indra, run their course With thee and with the Sun alike,
4.31.7
उ॒त स्मा॒ हि त्वामा॒हुरिन्म॒घवा॑नं शचीपते | दाता॑र॒मवि॑दीधयुम् ||
So even, Lord of Power and Might, the people call thee Maghavan, Giver, who pauses not to think.
4.31.8
उ॒त स्मा॑ स॒द्य इत् परि॑ शशमा॒नाय॑ सुन्व॒ते | पु॒रू चि॑न्मंहसे॒ वसु॑ ||
And verily to him who toils and presses Soma juice for thee Thou quickly givest ample wealth.
4.31.9
न॒हि ष्मा॑ ते श॒तं च॒न राधो॒ वर॑न्त आ॒मुर॑: | न च्यौ॒त्नानि॑ करिष्य॒तः ||
No, not a hundred hinderers can check thy gracious bounty's flow, Nor thy great deeds when thou wilt act.
4.31.10
अ॒स्माँ अ॑वन्तु ते श॒तम॒स्मान् त्स॒हस्र॑मू॒तय॑: | अ॒स्मान् विश्वा॑ अ॒भिष्ट॑यः ||
May thine assistance keep us safe, thy hundred and thy thousand aids: May all thy favours strengthen us.
4.31.11
अ॒स्माँ इ॒हा वृ॑णीष्व स॒ख्याय॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ | म॒हो रा॒ये दि॒वित्म॑ते ||
Do thou elect us this place for friendship and prosperity, And great celestial opulence.
4.31.12
अ॒स्माँ अ॑विड्ढि वि॒श्वहेन्द्र॑ रा॒या परी॑णसा | अ॒स्मान् विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑: ||
Favour us, Indra, evermore with overflowing store of wealth: With all thy succours aid thou us.
4.31.13
अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ ताँ अपा॑ वृधि व्र॒जाँ अस्ते॑व॒ गोम॑तः | नवा॑भिरिन्द्रो॒तिभि॑: ||
With new protections, Indra, like an archer, open thou for us The stables that are filled with kine.
4.31.14
अ॒स्माकं॑ धृष्णु॒या रथो॑ द्यु॒माँ इ॒न्द्रान॑पच्युतः | ग॒व्युर॑श्व॒युरी॑यते ||
Our chariot, Indra, boldly moves endued with splendour, ne’er repulsed, Winning for us both kine and steeds.
4.31.15
अ॒स्माक॑मुत्त॒मं कृ॑धि॒ श्रवो॑ दे॒वेषु॑ सूर्य | वर्षि॑ष्ठं॒ द्यामि॑वो॒परि॑ ||
O Sūrya, make our fame to be most excellent among the Gods, Most lofty as the heaven on high.