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    Stanza 5.30.1

    क्व१॒॑ स्य वी॒रः को अ॑पश्य॒दिन्द्रं॑ सु॒खर॑थ॒मीय॑मानं॒ हरि॑भ्याम् | यो रा॒या व॒ज्री सु॒तसो॑ममि॒च्छन्तदोको॒ गन्ता॑ पुरुहू॒त ऊ॒ती ||

    kvà syá vīráḥ kó apaśyad índraṁ sukháratham ī́yamānaṁ háribhyām yó rāyā́ vajrī́ sutásomam ichán tád óko gántā puruhūtá ūtī́

    Where is that hero? Who has seen Indra, riding in his fine chariot, drawn by the bay horses? Who, the thunderer, seeking the soma-presser, goes to his home, greatly invoked, for protection?

    Stanza 5.30.2

    अवा॑चचक्षं प॒दम॑स्य स॒स्वरु॒ग्रं नि॑धा॒तुरन्वा॑यमि॒च्छन् | अपृ॑च्छम॒न्याँ उ॒त ते म॑ आहु॒रिन्द्रं॒ नरो॑ बुबुधा॒ना अ॑शेम ||

    ávācacakṣam padám asya sasvár ugráṁ nidhātúr ánv āyam ichán ápr̥cham anyā́m̐ utá té ma āhur índraṁ náro bubudhānā́ aśema

    I have looked down upon his place and sought his strong abode. I asked others, and they said to me: 'May we, awakened men, attain Indra.'

    Stanza 5.30.3

    प्र नु व॒यं सु॒ते या ते॑ कृ॒तानीन्द्र॒ ब्रवा॑म॒ यानि॑ नो॒ जुजो॑षः | वेद॒दवि॑द्वाञ्छृ॒णव॑च्च वि॒द्वान्वह॑ते॒ऽयं म॒घवा॒ सर्व॑सेनः ||

    prá nú vayáṁ suté yā́ te kr̥tā́nī́ndra brávāma yā́ni no jújoṣaḥ védad ávidvāñ chr̥ṇávac ca vidvā́n váhate 'yám maghávā sárvasenaḥ

    Let us now declare, O Indra, after the libation, what deeds of yours have pleased us. Let the one who does not know, know; let the one who knows, listen: this powerful one, with his whole army, is coming.

    Stanza 5.30.4

    स्थि॒रं मन॑श्चकृषे जा॒त इ॑न्द्र॒ वेषीदेको॑ यु॒धये॒ भूय॑सश्चित् | अश्मा॑नं चि॒च्छव॑सा दिद्युतो॒ वि वि॒दो गवा॑मू॒र्वमु॒स्रिया॑णाम् ||

    sthirám mánaś cakr̥ṣe jātá indra véṣī́d éko yudháye bhū́yasaś cit áśmānaṁ cic chávasā didyuto ví vidó gávām ūrvám usríyāṇām

    Indra, when born, you made your mind firm. Alone you sought battle with the many. With strength you split the rock, and found the stable of the cows.

    Stanza 5.30.5

    प॒रो यत्त्वं प॑र॒म आ॒जनि॑ष्ठाः परा॒वति॒ श्रुत्यं॒ नाम॒ बिभ्र॑त् | अत॑श्चि॒दिन्द्रा॑दभयन्त दे॒वा विश्वा॑ अ॒पो अ॑जयद्दा॒सप॑त्नीः ||

    paró yát tvám paramá ājániṣṭhāḥ parāváti śrútyaṁ nā́ma bíbhrat átaś cid índrād abhayanta devā́ víśvā apó ajayad dāsápatnīḥ

    When you were born supreme from afar, bearing a renowned name, even the gods feared Indra. He conquered all the waters which were the possessions of the Dasa.

    Stanza 5.30.6

    तुभ्येदे॒ते म॒रुतः॑ सु॒शेवा॒ अर्च॑न्त्य॒र्कं सु॒न्वन्त्यन्धः॑ | अहि॑मोहा॒नम॒प आ॒शया॑नं॒ प्र मा॒याभि॑र्मा॒यिनं॑ सक्ष॒दिन्द्रः॑ ||

    túbhyéd eté marútaḥ suśévā árcanty arkáṁ sunvánty ándhaḥ áhim ohānám apá āśáyānam prá māyā́bhir māyínaṁ sakṣad índraḥ

    These benevolent Maruts praise you, O Indra, and prepare the intoxicating Soma. Indra, with his powers, subdued the serpent that lay upon the waters, and with his magic overcame the sorcerer.

    Stanza 5.30.7

    वि षू मृधो॑ ज॒नुषा॒ दान॒मिन्व॒न्नह॒न्गवा॑ मघवन्त्संचका॒नः | अत्रा॑ दा॒सस्य॒ नमु॑चेः॒ शिरो॒ यदव॑र्तयो॒ मन॑वे गा॒तुमि॒च्छन् ||

    ví ṣū́ mŕ̥dho janúṣā dā́nam ínvann áhan gávā maghavan saṁcakānáḥ átrā dāsásya námuceḥ śíro yád ávartayo mánave gātúm ichán

    You, O Maghavan, scattered the enemies from birth, delighting in the milk. There, O Indra, you cut off the head of Namuchi the Dasa, seeking to create a path for Manu.

    Stanza 5.30.8

    युजं॒ हि मामकृ॑था॒ आदिदि॑न्द्र॒ शिरो॑ दा॒सस्य॒ नमु॑चेर्मथा॒यन् | अश्मा॑नं चित्स्व॒र्यं१॒॑ वर्त॑मानं॒ प्र च॒क्रिये॑व॒ रोद॑सी म॒रुद्भ्यः॑ ||

    yújaṁ hí mā́m ákr̥thā ā́d íd indra śíro dāsásya námucer mathāyán áśmānaṁ cit svaryàṁ vártamānam prá cakríyeva ródasī marúdbhyaḥ

    You made me your associate, Indra, after pounding the head of Namuchi the Dasa. Like a chariot, you brought the rolling stone of the sky to the Maruts.

    Stanza 5.30.9

    स्त्रियो॒ हि दा॒स आयु॑धानि च॒क्रे किं मा॑ करन्नब॒ला अ॑स्य॒ सेनाः॑ | अ॒न्तर्ह्यख्य॑दु॒भे अ॑स्य॒ धेने॒ अथोप॒ प्रैद्यु॒धये॒ दस्यु॒मिन्द्रः॑ ||

    stríyo hí dāsá ā́yudhāni cakré kím mā karann abalā́ asya sénāḥ antár hy ákhyad ubhé asya dhéne áthópa praíd yudháye dásyum índraḥ

    Women are the weapons of the Dasa. What can his feeble armies do to me? Indra recognized his two different forms, and then advanced to fight the Dasyu.

    Stanza 5.30.10

    समत्र॒ गावो॒ऽभितो॑ऽनवन्ते॒हेह॑ व॒त्सैर्वियु॑ता॒ यदास॑न् | सं ता इन्द्रो॑ असृजदस्य शा॒कैर्यदीं॒ सोमा॑सः॒ सुषु॑ता॒ अम॑न्दन् ||

    sám átra gā́vo 'bhíto 'navantehéha vatsaír víyutā yád ā́san sáṁ tā́ índro asr̥jad asya śākaír yád īṁ sómāsaḥ súṣutā ámandan

    The cows, separated from their calves, wandered around. Then Indra, with his helpers, reunited them, when the pressed Soma made him joyful.

    Stanza 5.30.11

    यदीं॒ सोमा॑ ब॒भ्रुधू॑ता॒ अम॑न्द॒न्नरो॑रवीद्वृष॒भः साद॑नेषु | पु॒रं॒द॒रः प॑पि॒वाँ इन्द्रो॑ अस्य॒ पुन॒र्गवा॑मददादु॒स्रिया॑णाम् ||

    yád īṁ sómā babhrúdhūtā ámandann ároravīd vr̥ṣabháḥ sā́daneṣu puraṁdaráḥ papivā́m̐ índro asya púnar gávām adadād usríyāṇām

    When the Somawines mixed by Babhru cheered him, the strong bull roared in his seat. Indra the fort-destroyer drank of it, and gave back the cows.

    Stanza 5.30.12

    भ॒द्रमि॒दं रु॒शमा॑ अग्ने अक्र॒न्गवां॑ च॒त्वारि॒ दद॑तः स॒हस्रा॑ | ऋ॒णं॒च॒यस्य॒ प्रय॑ता म॒घानि॒ प्रत्य॑ग्रभीष्म॒ नृत॑मस्य नृ॒णाम् ||

    bhadrám idáṁ ruśámā agne akran gávāṁ catvā́ri dádataḥ sahásrā r̥ṇaṁcayásya práyatā maghā́ni práty agrabhīṣma nŕ̥tamasya nr̥ṇā́m

    O Agni, the Ruṣamas have done this good deed: they gave me four thousand cows. We received the freely offered wealth of R̥iṇanchaya, the greatest among heroes.

    Stanza 5.30.13

    सु॒पेश॑सं॒ माव॑ सृज॒न्त्यस्तं॒ गवां॑ स॒हस्रै॑ रु॒शमा॑सो अग्ने | ती॒व्रा इन्द्र॑मममन्दुः सु॒तासो॒ऽक्तोर्व्यु॑ष्टौ॒ परि॑तक्म्यायाः ||

    supéśasam mā́va sr̥janty ástaṁ gávāṁ sahásrai ruśámāso agne tīvrā́ índram amamanduḥ sutā́so 'któr vyùṣṭau páritakmyāyāḥ

    The Ruṣamas, O Agni, are sending me home with fair adornment and thousands of cows. The strong libations have pleased Indra, as the night ended and the dawn arrived.

    Stanza 5.30.14

    औच्छ॒त्सा रात्री॒ परि॑तक्म्या॒ याँ ऋ॑णंच॒ये राज॑नि रु॒शमा॑नाम् | अत्यो॒ न वा॒जी र॒घुर॒ज्यमा॑नो ब॒भ्रुश्च॒त्वार्य॑सनत्स॒हस्रा॑ ||

    aúchat sā́ rā́trī páritakmyā yā́m̐ r̥ṇaṁcayé rā́jani ruśámānām átyo ná vājī́ raghúr ajyámāno babhrúś catvā́ry asanat sahásrā

    That night, nearly ended, at the coming of R̥iṇanchaya, King of the Ruṣamas, changed to morning. Like a swift, strong horse, Babhru obtained four thousand.

    Stanza 5.30.15

    चतुः॑सहस्रं॒ गव्य॑स्य प॒श्वः प्रत्य॑ग्रभीष्म रु॒शमे॑ष्वग्ने | घ॒र्मश्चि॑त्त॒प्तः प्र॒वृजे॒ य आसी॑दय॒स्मय॒स्तम्वादा॑म॒ विप्राः॑ ||

    cátuḥsahasraṁ gávyasya paśváḥ práty agrabhīṣma ruśámeṣv agne gharmáś cit taptáḥ pravŕ̥je yá ā́sīd ayasmáyas táṁ v ā́dāma víprāḥ

    We have received four thousand cattle from the Ruṣamas, O Agni. And we, the wise ones, have received the heated metal caldron for the Pravargya ritual.

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