ऋग्वेद 10.166 (श्लोक 1) - Project अर्थ (Artha)

ऋषभं मा समानानां सपत्नानां विषासहिम् । हन्तारं शत्रूणां कृधि विराजं गोपतिं गवाम् ॥

ṛṣabhaṃ mā samānānāṃ sapatnānāṃ viṣāsahim | hantāraṃ śatrūṇāṃ kṛdhi virājaṃ gopatiṃ gavām ||

Make me, Indra, (renowned like) a bull among my equals, victor over my rivals, the slayer of my

अहमस्मि सपत्नहेन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षतः । अधः सपत्ना मे पदोरिमे सर्वे अभिष्ठिताः ॥

ahamasmi sapatnahendra ivāriṣṭo akṣataḥ | adhaḥ sapatnā me padorime sarve abhiṣṭhitāḥ ||

I am the destroyer of my enemies, like Indra, unharmed and unwounded; may all these my foes be castdown under my feet.

अत्रैव वोऽपि नह्याम्युभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया । वाचस्पते नि षेधेमान्यथा मदधरं वदान् ॥

atraiva vo'pi nahyāmyubhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācaspate ni ṣedhemānyathā madadharaṃ vadān ||

I bind you here, like the two extremities of the bow the bowstring; restrain them, lord of speech, thatthey may speak humbly to me.

अभिभूरहमागमं विश्वकर्मेण धाम्ना । आ वश्चित्तमा वो व्रतमा वोऽहं समितिं ददे ॥

abhibhūrahamāgamaṃ viśvakarmeṇa dhāmnā | ā vaścittamā vo vratamā vo'haṃ samitiṃ dade ||

I have come triumphant with power, equal to any exploit; I seize upon minds, your pious observances,your prowess in war.

योगक्षेमं व आदायाहं भूयासमुत्तम आ वो मूर्धानमक्रमीम् । अधस्पदान्म उद्वदत मण्डूका इवोदकान्मण्डूका उदकादिव ॥

yogakṣemaṃ va ādāyāhaṃ bhūyāsamuttama ā vo mūrdhānamakramīm | adhaspadānma udvadata maṇḍūkā ivodakānmaṇḍūkā udakādiva ||

Seizing upon your goods and chattels, may I victorious; I walk upon your heads; cry aloud frombeneath my feet, like frogs from (below) the water, like frogs from (below) the water.