Rig Veda · Mandala 4 · Sukta 42
Rig Veda 4.42 — HYMN XLIL Indra-Varuṇa
Rishi family (Mandala 4): Vamadeva Gautama and his lineage. This Sukta contains 10 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 4.42.1
मम दविता राष्ट्रं कषत्रियस्य विश्वायोर विश्वे अम्र्ता यथा नः | करतुं सचन्ते वरुणस्य देवा राजामि कर्ष्टेर उपमस्य वव्रेः
mama dvitā rāṣṭraṃ kṣatriyasya viśvāyor viśve amṛtā yathā naḥ | kratuṃ sacante varuṇasya devā rājāmi kṛṣṭer upamasya vavreḥ
Rig Veda 4.42.2
अहं राजा वरुणो मह्यं तान्य असुर्याणि परथमा धारयन्त | करतुं सचन्ते वरुणस्य देवा राजामि कर्ष्टेर उपमस्य वव्रेः
ahaṃ rājā varuṇo mahyaṃ tāny asuryāṇi prathamā dhārayanta | kratuṃ sacante varuṇasya devā rājāmi kṛṣṭer upamasya vavreḥ
I am King Varuṇa. To me were given these first existing high celestial powers. Varuṇa's will the Gods obey and follow. I am the King of men's most lofty cover.
Rig Veda 4.42.3
अहम इन्द्रो वरुणस ते महित्वोर्वी गभीरे रजसी सुमेके | तवष्टेव विश्वा भुवनानि विद्वान सम ऐरयं रोदसी धारयं च
aham indro varuṇas te mahitvorvī ghabhīre rajasī sumeke | tvaṣṭeva viśvā bhuvanāni vidvān sam airayaṃ rodasī dhārayaṃ ca
I Varuṇa am Indra: in their greatness, these the two wide deep fairly-fashioned regions, These the two world-halves have I, even as Tvaṣṭar knowing all beings, joined and held together.
Rig Veda 4.42.4
अहम अपो अपिन्वम उक्षमाणा धारयं दिवं सदन रतस्य | रतेन पुत्रो अदितेर रतावोत तरिधातु परथयद वि भूम
aham apo apinvam ukṣamāṇā dhārayaṃ divaṃ sadana ṛtasya | ṛtena putro aditer ṛtāvota tridhātu prathayad vi bhūma
I made to flow the moisture-shedding waters, and set the heaven firm in the scat of Order. By Law the Son of Aditi, Law Observer, hath spread abroad the world in threefold measure.
Rig Veda 4.42.5
मां नरः सवश्वा वाजयन्तो मां वर्ताः समरणे हवन्ते | कर्णोम्य आजिम मघवाहम इन्द्र इयर्मि रेणुम अभिभूत्योजाः
māṃ naraḥ svaśvā vājayanto māṃ vṛtāḥ samaraṇe havante | kṛṇomy ājim maghavāham indra iyarmi reṇum abhibhūtyojāḥ
Heroes with noble horses, fain for battle, selected warriors, call on me in combat. I Indra Maghavan, excite the conflict; I stir the dust, Lord of surpassing vigour.
Rig Veda 4.42.6
अहं ता विश्वा चकरं नकिर मा दैव्यं सहो वरते अप्रतीतम | यन मा सोमासो ममदन यद उक्थोभे भयेते रजसी अपारे
ahaṃ tā viśvā cakaraṃ nakir mā daivyaṃ saho varate apratītam | yan mā somāso mamadan yad ukthobhe bhayete rajasī apāre
All this I did. The Gods’ own conquering power never impedeth me whom none opposeth. When lauds and Soma juice have made me joyful, both the unbounded regions are affrighted.
Rig Veda 4.42.7
विदुष ते विश्वा भुवनानि तस्य ता पर बरवीषि वरुणाय वेधः | तवं वर्त्राणि शर्ण्विषे जघन्वान तवं वर्तां अरिणा इन्द्र सिन्धून
viduṣ te viśvā bhuvanāni tasya tā pra bravīṣi varuṇāya vedhaḥ | tvaṃ vṛtrāṇi śṛṇviṣe jaghanvān tvaṃ vṛtāṃ ariṇā indra sindhūn
All beings know these deeds of thine thou tellest this unto Varuṇa, thou great Disposer! Thou art renowned as having slain the Vṛtras. Thou madest flow the floods that were obstructed.
Rig Veda 4.42.8
अस्माकम अत्र पितरस त आसन सप्त रषयो दौर्गहे बध्यमाने | त आयजन्त तरसदस्युम अस्या इन्द्रं न वर्त्रतुरम अर्धदेवम
asmākam atra pitaras ta āsan sapta ṛṣayo daurghahe badhyamāne | ta āyajanta trasadasyum asyā indraṃ na vṛtraturam ardhadevam
Our fathers then were these, the Seven his, what time the son of Durgaha was captive. For her they gained by sacrifice Trasadasyu, a demi-god, like Indra, conquering foemen.
Rig Veda 4.42.9
पुरुकुत्सानी हि वाम अदाशद धव्येभिर इन्द्रावरुणा नमोभिः | अथा राजानं तरसदस्युम अस्या वर्त्रहणं ददथुर अर्धदेवम
purukutsānī hi vām adāśad dhavyebhir indrāvaruṇā namobhiḥ | athā rājānaṃ trasadasyum asyā vṛtrahaṇaṃ dadathur ardhadevam
The spouse of Purukutsa gave oblations to you, O Indra-Varuṇa, with homage. Then unto her ye gave King Trasadasyu, the demi-god, the slayer of the foeman.
Rig Veda 4.42.10
राया वयं ससवांसो मदेम हव्येन देवा यवसेन गावः | तां धेनुम इन्द्रावरुणा युवं नो विश्वाहा धत्तम अनपस्फुरन्तीम
rāyā vayaṃ sasavāṃso madema havyena devā yavasena ghāvaḥ | tāṃ dhenum indrāvaruṇā yuvaṃ no viśvāhā dhattam anapasphurantīm
May we, possessing much, delight in riches, Gods in oblations and the kine in pasture; And that Milch-cow who shrinks not from the milking, O Indra-Varuṇa, give to us daily.
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