DharmaPragya
Mandala 1, Hymn 54
Containing 11 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 11
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मा नो॑ अ॒स्मिन्म॑घवन्पृ॒त्स्वंह॑सि न॒हि ते॒ अन्तः॒ शव॑सः परी॒णशे॑ अक्र॑न्दयो न॒द्यो॒३॒॑ रोरु॑व॒द्वना॑ क॒था न क्षो॒णीर्भि॒यसा॒ समा॑रत
"URGE us not, Maghavan, to this distressful fight, for none may comprehend the limit of thy strength. Thou with fierce shout hast made the woods and rivers roar: did not men run in crowds together in their fear?"
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 11
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अर्चा॑ श॒क्राय॑ शा॒किने॒ शची॑वते शृ॒ण्वन्त॒मिन्द्रं॑ म॒हय॑न्न॒भि ष्टु॑हि यो धृ॒ष्णुना॒ शव॑सा॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे वृषा॑ वृष॒त्वा वृ॑ष॒भो न्यृ॒ञ्जते॑
"Sing hymns of praise to Ṣakra, Lord of power and might; laud thou and magnify Indra who hearcth thee, Who with his daring might, a Bull exceeding strong in strength, maketh him master of the heaven and earth."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 11
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अर्चा॑ दि॒वे बृ॑ह॒ते शू॒ष्यं१॒॑ वचः॒ स्वक्ष॑त्रं॒ यस्य॑ धृष॒तो धृ॒षन्मनः॑ बृ॒हच्छ्र॑वा॒ असु॑रो ब॒र्हणा॑ कृ॒तः पु॒रो हरि॑भ्यां वृष॒भो रथो॒ हि षः
"Sing forth to lofty Dyaus a strength-bestowing song, the Bold, whose resolute mind hath independent sway. High glory hath the Asura, compact of strength, drawn on by two Bay Steeds: a Bull, a Car is he."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 11
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त्वं दि॒वो बृ॑ह॒तः सानु॑ कोप॒योऽव॒ त्मना॑ धृष॒ता शम्ब॑रं भिनत् यन्मा॒यिनो॑ व्र॒न्दिनो॑ म॒न्दिना॑ धृ॒षच्छि॒तां गभ॑स्तिम॒शनिं॑ पृत॒न्यसि॑
"The ridges of the lofty heaven thou madest shake; thou, daring, of thyself smotest through Ṣambara, When bold with gladdening juice, thou warredst with thy bolt, sharp and twoedged, against the banded sorcerers."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 11
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नि यद्वृ॒णक्षि॑ श्वस॒नस्य॑ मू॒र्धनि॒ शुष्ण॑स्य चिद्व्र॒न्दिनो॒ रोरु॑व॒द्वना॑ प्रा॒चीने॑न॒ मन॑सा ब॒र्हणा॑वता॒ यद॒द्या चि॑त्कृ॒णवः॒ कस्त्वा॒ परि॑
"When with a roar that fills the woods, thou forcest down on wind's head the stores which 8usga kept confined, Who shall have power to stay thee firm and eager-souled from doing still this day what thou of old hast done?"
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 11
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त्वमा॑विथ॒ नर्यं॑ तु॒र्वशं॒ यदुं॒ त्वं तु॒र्वीतिं॑ व॒य्यं॑ शतक्रतो त्वं रथ॒मेत॑शं॒ कृत्व्ये॒ धने॒ त्वं पुरो॑ नव॒तिं द॑म्भयो॒ नव॑
"Thou helpest Narya, Turvaṣa, and Yadu, and Vayya's son Turvîti, Ṣatakratu! Thou helpest horse and car in final battle thou breakest down the nine-and-ninety castles."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 11
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स घा॒ राजा॒ सत्प॑तिः शूशुव॒ज्जनो॑ रा॒तह॑व्यः॒ प्रति॒ यः शास॒मिन्व॑ति उ॒क्था वा॒ यो अ॑भिगृ॒णाति॒ राध॑सा॒ दानु॑रस्मा॒ उप॑रा पिन्वते दि॒वः
"A hero-lord is he, King of a mighty folk, who offers free oblations and promotes the Law, Who with a bounteous guerdon welcomes hymns of praise: for him flows down the abundant stream below the sky."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 11
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अस॑मं क्ष॒त्रमस॑मा मनी॒षा प्र सो॑म॒पा अप॑सा सन्तु॒ नेमे॑ ये त॑ इन्द्र द॒दुषो॑ व॒र्धय॑न्ति॒ महि॑ क्ष॒त्रं स्थवि॑रं॒ वृष्ण्यं॑ च
"His power is matchless, matchless is his wisdom; chief, through their work, be some who drink the Soma, Those, Indra, who increase the lordly power, the firm heroic strength of thee the Giver."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 11
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तुभ्येदे॒ते ब॑हु॒ला अद्रि॑दुग्धाश्चमू॒षद॑श्चम॒सा इ॑न्द्र॒पानाः॑ व्य॑श्नुहि त॒र्पया॒ काम॑मेषा॒मथा॒ मनो॑ वसु॒देया॑य कृष्व
"Therefore for thee are these abundant beakers Indra's drink, stone-pressed juices held in ladles. Quaff them and satisfy therewith thy longing; then fix thy mind upon bestowing treasure."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 11
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अ॒पाम॑तिष्ठद्ध॒रुण॑ह्वरं॒ तमो॒ऽन्तर्वृ॒त्रस्य॑ ज॒ठरे॑षु॒ पर्व॑तः अ॒भीमिन्द्रो॑ न॒द्यो॑ व॒व्रिणा॑ हि॒ता विश्वा॑ अनु॒ष्ठाः प्र॑व॒णेषु॑ जिघ्नते
"There darkness stood, the vault that stayed the waters' flow: in Vr̥itra's hollow side the rain-cloud lay concealed. But Indra smote the rivers which the obstructer stayed, flood following after flood, down steep declivitics."
Mandala 1, Hymn 54, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 11
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स शेवृ॑ध॒मधि॑ धा द्यु॒म्नम॒स्मे महि॑ क्ष॒त्रं ज॑ना॒षाळि॑न्द्र॒ तव्य॑म् रक्षा॑ च नो म॒घोनः॑ पा॒हि सू॒रीन्रा॒ये च॑ नः स्वप॒त्या इ॒षे धाः॑
"So give us, Indra, bliss-increasing glory give us great sway and strength that conquers people. Preserve our wealthy patrons, save our princes; vouchsafe us wealth and food with noble offspring."