Rigveda 4.32

4.32.1

आ तू न॑ इन्द्र वृत्रहन्न॒स्माक॑म॒र्धमा ग॑हि | म॒हान्म॒हीभि॑रू॒तिभि॑: ||

O THOU who slewest Vṛtra, come, O Indra, hither to our side, Mighty One with thy mighty aids.

4.32.2

भृमि॑श्चिद् घासि॒ तूतु॑जि॒रा चि॑त्र चि॒त्रिणी॒ष्वा | चि॒त्रं कृ॑णोष्यू॒तये॑ ||

Swift and impetuous art thou, wondrous amid the well-dressed folk: Thou doest marvels for our help.

4.32.3

द॒भ्रेभि॑श्चि॒च्छशी॑यांसं॒ हंसि॒ व्राध॑न्त॒मोज॑सा | सखि॑भि॒र्ये त्वे सचा॑ ||

Even with the weak thou smitest down him who is stronger, with thy strength The mighty, with the Friends thou hast.

4.32.4

व॒यमि॑न्द्र॒ त्वे सचा॑ व॒यं त्वा॒भि नो॑नुमः | अ॒स्माँअ॑स्माँ॒ इदुद॑व ||

O Indra, we are close to thee; to thee we sing aloud our songs: Help and defend us, even us.

4.32.5

स न॑श्चि॒त्राभि॑रद्रिवोऽनव॒द्याभि॑रू॒तिभि॑: | अना॑धृष्टाभि॒रा ग॑हि ||

As such, O Caster of the Stone, come with thy succours wonderful, Blameless, and irresistible.

4.32.6

भू॒यामो॒ षु त्वाव॑त॒: सखा॑य इन्द्र॒ गोम॑तः | युजो॒ वाजा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये ||

May we be friends of one like thee, O Indra, with the wealth of kine, Comrades for lively energy.

4.32.7

त्वं ह्येक॒ ईशि॑ष॒ इन्द्र॒ वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः | स नो॑ यन्धि म॒हीमिष॑म् ||

For thou, O Indra, art alone the Lord of strength that comes from kine So grant thou us abundant food.

4.32.8

न त्वा॑ वरन्ते अ॒न्यथा॒ यद् दित्स॑सि स्तु॒तो म॒घम् | स्तो॒तृभ्य॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणः ||

They turn thee not another way, when, lauded, Lover of the Song, Thou wilt give wealth to those who praise.

4.32.9

अ॒भि त्वा॒ गोत॑मा गि॒रानू॑षत॒ प्र दा॒वने॑ | इन्द्र॒ वाजा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये ||

The Gotamas have sung their song of praise to thee that thou mayst give, Indra, for lively energy.

4.32.10

प्र ते॑ वोचाम वी॒र्या॒३ या म॑न्दसा॒न आरु॑जः | पुरो॒ दासी॑र॒भीत्य॑ ||

We will declare thy hero deeds, what Dāsa forts thou brakest down, Attacking them in rapturous joy.

4.32.11

ता ते॑ गृणन्ति वे॒धसो॒ यानि॑ च॒कर्थ॒ पौंस्या॑ | सु॒तेष्वि॑न्द्र गिर्वणः ||

The sages sing those manly deeds which, Indra, Lover of the Song, Thou wroughtest when the Soma flowed.

4.32.12

अवी॑वृधन्त॒ गोत॑मा॒ इन्द्र॒ त्वे स्तोम॑वाहसः | ऐषु॑ धा वी॒रव॒द् यश॑: ||

Indra, the Gotamas who bring thee praises have grown strong by thee. Give them renown with hero sons.

4.32.13

यच्चि॒द्धि शश्व॑ता॒मसीन्द्र॒ साधा॑रण॒स्त्वम् | तं त्वा॑ व॒यं ह॑वामहे ||

For, Indra, verily thou art the general treasure even of all . Thee, therefore, do we invocate.

4.32.14

अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नो व॑सो भवा॒ऽस्मे सु म॒त्स्वान्ध॑सः | सोमा॑नामिन्द्र सोमपाः ||

Excellent Indra, turn to us: glad thee among us with the juice Of Somas, Soma-drinker thou.

4.32.15

अ॒स्माकं॑ त्वा मती॒नामा स्तोम॑ इन्द्र यच्छतु | अ॒र्वागा व॑र्तया॒ हरी॑ ||

May praise from us who think Qn thee, O Indra, bring thee near to us. Turn thy two Bay Steeds hitherward.

4.32.16

पु॒रो॒ळाशं॑ च नो॒ घसो॑ जो॒षया॑से॒ गिर॑श्च नः | व॒धू॒युरि॑व॒ योष॑णाम् ||

Eat of our sacrificial cake: rejoice thee in the songs we sing. Even as a lover in his bride.

4.32.17

स॒हस्रं॒ व्यती॑नां यु॒क्ताना॒मिन्द्र॑मीमहे | श॒तं सोम॑स्य खा॒र्य॑: ||

To India for a thousand steeds well-trained and fleet of foot we pray, And hundred jars of Soma juice.

4.32.18

स॒हस्रा॑ ते श॒ता व॒यं गवा॒मा च्या॑वयामसि | अ॒स्म॒त्रा राध॑ एतु ते ||

We make a hundred of thy kine, yea, and a thousand, hasten nigh: So let thy bounty come to us.

4.32.19

दश॑ ते क॒लशा॑नां॒ हिर॑ण्यानामधीमहि | भू॒रि॒दा अ॑सि वृत्रहन् ||

We have obtained, a gift from thee, ten water-ewers wrought of gold: Thou, Vṛtra-slayer, givest much.

4.32.20

भूरि॑दा॒ भूरि॑ देहि नो॒ मा द॒भ्रं भूर्या भ॑र | भूरि॒ घेदि॑न्द्र दित्ससि ||

A bounteous Giver, give us much, bring much and not a trifling gift: Much, Indra, wilt thou fain bestow.

4.32.21

भू॒रि॒दा ह्यसि॑ श्रु॒तः पु॑रु॒त्रा शू॑र वृत्रहन् | आ नो॑ भजस्व॒ राध॑सि ||

O Vṛtra-slayer, thou art famed in many a place as bountiful Hero, thy bounty let us share.

4.32.22

प्र ते॑ ब॒भ्रू वि॑चक्षण॒ शंसा॑मि गोषणो नपात् | माभ्यां॒ गा अनु॑ शिश्रथः ||

I praise thy pair of Tawny Steeds, wise Son of him who giveth kine Terrify not the cows with these.

4.32.23

क॒नी॒न॒केव॑ विद्र॒धे नवे॑ द्रुप॒दे अ॑र्भ॒के | ब॒भ्रू यामे॑षु शोभेते ||

Like two slight images of girls, unrobed, upon a new-wrought post, So shine the Bay Steeds in their course.

4.32.24

अरं॑ म उ॒स्रया॒म्णेऽर॒मनु॑स्रयाम्णे | ब॒भ्रू यामे॑ष्व॒स्रिधा॑ ||

For me the Bays are ready when I start, or start not, with the dawn, Innocuous in the ways they take.