Kadru's Hymn to Indra

Verse 1 (1.25.1)

ततः कामगमः पक्षी महावीर्यो महाबलः । मातुरन्तिकमागच्छत्परं पारं महोदधेः ॥

tataḥ kāmagamaḥ pakṣī mahāvīryo mahābalaḥ | māturantikamāgacchatparaṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ

Then the bird, who went where he wished, of great valour and great strength, came to his mother's side on the far shore of the great ocean,

Verse 2 (1.25.2)

यत्र सा विनता तस्मिन्पणितेन पराजिता । अतीव दुःखसंतप्ता दासीभावमुपागता ॥

yatra sā vinatā tasminpaṇitena parājitā | atīva duḥkhasaṃtaptā dāsībhāvamupāgatā

where Vinata, beaten in that wager, had become a slave, sorely tormented by grief.

Verse 3 (1.25.3)

ततः कदाचिद्विनतां प्रणतां पुत्रसन्निधौ । काले चाहूय वचनं कद्रूरिदमभाषत ॥

tataḥ kadācidvinatāṃ praṇatāṃ putrasannidhau | kāle cāhūya vacanaṃ kadrūridamabhāṣata

Then one day, at a time of her choosing, Kadru called Vinata, who had bowed before her in her son's presence, and spoke these words:

Verse 4 (1.25.4)

नागानामालयं भद्रे सुरम्यं चारुदर्शनम् । समुद्रकुक्षावेकान्ते तत्र मां विनते नय ॥

nāgānāmālayaṃ bhadre suramyaṃ cārudarśanam | samudrakukṣāvekānte tatra māṃ vinate naya

"Good lady, in a secluded spot in the belly of the ocean there is a home of the Nagas, very lovely and beautiful to see. Take me there, Vinata."

Verse 5 (1.25.5)

ततः सुपर्णमाता तामवहत्सर्पमातरम् । पन्नगान्गरुडश्चापि मातुर्वचनचोदितः ॥

tataḥ suparṇamātā tāmavahatsarpamātaram | pannagāngaruḍaścāpi māturvacanacoditaḥ

Then the mother of Suparna carried the mother of the serpents, and Garuda too, urged by his mother's words, carried the serpents.

Verse 6 (1.25.6)

स सूर्यमभितो याति वैनतेयो विहंगमः । सूर्यरश्मिप्रतप्ताश्च मूर्च्छिताः पन्नगाऽभवन् ॥

sa sūryamabhito yāti vainateyo vihaṃgamaḥ | sūryaraśmiprataptāśca mūrcchitāḥ pannagā'bhavan

That bird, Vinata's son, flew toward the sun, and the serpents, scorched by the sun's rays, fainted.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 1.21.6 has three lines: these two and the first line of the next verse. Wikisource divides the lines of the hymn that follows differently from the critical edition.

Verse 7 (1.25.7)

तदवस्थान्सुतान्दृष्ट्वा कद्रूः शक्रमथास्तुवत् । नमस्ते सर्वदेवेश नमस्ते बलसूदन ॥

tadavasthānsutāndṛṣṭvā kadrūḥ śakramathāstuvat | namaste sarvadeveśa namaste balasūdana

Seeing her sons in that state, Kadru then praised Shakra: "Homage to you, lord of all the gods! Homage to you, slayer of Bala!

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition; ce_ref names the CE verse (1.21.7) that holds this verse's second line, and the first line closes the preceding CE verse.

Verse 8 (1.25.8)

नमुचिघ्न नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्राक्ष शचीपते । सर्पाणां सूर्यतप्तानां वारिणा त्वं प्लवो भव ॥

namucighna namaste'stu sahasrākṣa śacīpate | sarpāṇāṃ sūryataptānāṃ vāriṇā tvaṃ plavo bhava

Slayer of Namuchi, homage to you, thousand-eyed lord of Shachi! Be a raft of water to the serpents scorched by the sun.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition; ce_ref names the CE verse (1.21.8) that holds this verse's second line, and the first line closes the preceding CE verse.

Verse 9 (1.25.9)

त्वमेव परमं त्राणमस्माकममरोत्तम । ईशो ह्यसि पयः स्रष्टुं त्वमनल्पं पुरंदर ॥

tvameva paramaṃ trāṇamasmākamamarottama | īśo hyasi payaḥ sraṣṭuṃ tvamanalpaṃ puraṃdara

You alone are our highest refuge, best of the immortals. For you, Purandara, are the lord, able to send down water in abundance.

Note on the text: Corrected ईशो असि पवः → ईशो ह्यसि पयः (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped ह्य leaves an impossible hiatus, and पवः for पयः "water" is not a word here; both as in the critical edition). Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition; ce_ref names the CE verse (1.21.9) that holds this verse's second line, and the first line closes the preceding CE verse.

Verse 10 (1.25.10)

त्वमेव मेघस्त्वं वायुस्त्वमग्निर्विद्युतोऽम्बरे । त्वमभ्रगणविक्षेप्ता त्वामेवाहुर्महाघनम् ॥

tvameva meghastvaṃ vāyustvamagnirvidyuto'mbare | tvamabhragaṇavikṣeptā tvāmevāhurmahāghanam

You are the cloud, you the wind, you the fire, the lightnings in the sky. You scatter the masses of cloud; you are called the great cloud itself.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition; ce_ref names the CE verse (1.21.10) that holds this verse's second line, and the first line closes the preceding CE verse.

Verse 11 (1.25.11)

त्वं वज्रमतुलं घोरं घोषवांस्त्वं बलाहकः । स्रष्टा त्वमेव लोकानां संहर्ता चापराजितः ॥

tvaṃ vajramatulaṃ ghoraṃ ghoṣavāṃstvaṃ balāhakaḥ | sraṣṭā tvameva lokānāṃ saṃhartā cāparājitaḥ

You are the matchless, terrible thunderbolt; you are the thundering raincloud. You are the creator of the worlds and their unconquered destroyer.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition; ce_ref names the CE verse (1.21.11) that holds this verse's second line, and the first line closes the preceding CE verse.

Verse 12 (1.25.12)

त्वं ज्योतिः सर्वभूतानां त्वमादित्यो विभावसुः । त्वं महद्भूतमाश्चर्यं त्वं राजा त्वं सुरोत्तमः ॥

tvaṃ jyotiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvamādityo vibhāvasuḥ | tvaṃ mahadbhūtamāścaryaṃ tvaṃ rājā tvaṃ surottamaḥ

You are the light of all beings; you are Aditya, Vibhavasu. You are the great wonder among beings; you are the king, you the best of the gods.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition; ce_ref names the CE verse (1.21.12) that holds this verse's second line, and the first line closes the preceding CE verse.

Verse 13 (1.25.13)

त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं सहस्राक्षस्त्वं देवस्त्वं परायणम् । त्वं सर्वममृतं देव त्वं सोमः परमार्चितः ॥

tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ sahasrākṣastvaṃ devastvaṃ parāyaṇam | tvaṃ sarvamamṛtaṃ deva tvaṃ somaḥ paramārcitaḥ

You are Vishnu, you the thousand-eyed, you the god, you the final refuge. You are all the nectar, O god; you are Soma, supremely worshipped.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition; ce_ref names the CE verse (1.21.13) that holds this verse's second line, and the first line closes the preceding CE verse.

Verse 14 (1.25.14)

त्वं मुहूर्तस्तिथिस्त्वं च त्वं लवस्त्वं पुनः क्षणः । शुक्लस्त्वं बहुलस्त्वं च कला काष्ठा त्रुटिस्तथा । संवत्सरर्तवो मासा रजन्यश्च दिनानि च ॥

tvaṃ muhūrtastithistvaṃ ca tvaṃ lavastvaṃ punaḥ kṣaṇaḥ | śuklastvaṃ bahulastvaṃ ca kalā kāṣṭhā truṭistathā | saṃvatsarartavo māsā rajanyaśca dināni ca

You are the muhurta and the lunar day, you the lava and again the kshana; you are the bright fortnight and the dark, the kala, the kashtha and the truti; the year, the seasons, the months, the nights and the days.

Note on the text: Wikisource divides the lines of this hymn differently from the critical edition: the first line here closes CE 1.21.13, and the second and third lines are CE 1.21.14.

Verse 15 (1.25.15)

त्वमुत्तमा सगिरिवना वसुंधरा । सभास्करं वितिमिरमम्बरं तथा । महोदधिः सतिमितिमिङ्गिलस्तथा । महोर्मिमान्बहुमकरो झषाकुलः ॥

tvamuttamā sagirivanā vasuṃdharā | sabhāskaraṃ vitimiramambaraṃ tathā | mahodadhiḥ satimitimiṅgilastathā | mahormimānbahumakaro jhaṣākulaḥ

You are the excellent earth with her mountains and forests, and the cloudless sky with its sun; you are the great ocean with its timis and timingilas, rich in mighty waves, full of makaras and fish.

Note on the text: Corrected मदोदधिः → महोदधिः (misprint in Wikisource; "ocean of intoxication" makes no sense here, the critical edition has mahodadhiḥ).

Verse 16 (1.25.16)

महायशास्त्वमिति सदाऽभिपूज्यसे । मनीषिभिर्मुदितमना महर्षिभिः । अभिष्टुतः पिबसि च सोममध्वरे । वषट्कृतान्यपि च हवींषि भूतये ॥

mahāyaśāstvamiti sadā'bhipūjyase | manīṣibhirmuditamanā maharṣibhiḥ | abhiṣṭutaḥ pibasi ca somamadhvare | vaṣaṭkṛtānyapi ca havīṃṣi bhūtaye

Calling you the one of great fame, wise and joyful great seers worship you always; praised by them, you drink the soma at the sacrifice, and the oblations offered with the call of vashat, for the welfare of all.

Note on the text: Corrected कषट्कृतान्यपि → वषट्कृतान्यपि (misprint in Wikisource; oblations are offered with the call वषट्, as in the critical edition).

Verse 17 (1.25.17)

त्वं विप्रैः सततमिहेज्यसे फलार्थं । वेदाङ्गेष्वतुलबलौघ गीयसे च । त्वद्धेतोर्यजनपरायणा द्विजेन्द्रा । वेदाङ्गान्यभिगमयन्ति सर्वयत्नैः ॥

tvaṃ vipraiḥ satatamihejyase phalārthaṃ | vedāṅgeṣvatulabalaugha gīyase ca | tvaddhetoryajanaparāyaṇā dvijendrā | vedāṅgānyabhigamayanti sarvayatnaiḥ

Here brahmins ever worship you for the sake of reward; O flood of matchless strength, you are sung in the Vedangas. For your sake the best of the twice-born, devoted to sacrifice, master the Vedangas with every effort."