Mandala 10; Hymn 75

To the Indus¹
Rihsi: sindhukṣit praiyamedha
Meters: virāḍjagatī; svarāḍārcījagatī; pādanicṛjjgatī ; nicṛjjagatī; jagatī; bhurigārcījagatī

1 – The sage will speak of your highest greatness, O Waters, at the seat of Vivasvant, for you advance three periods, seven by seven. The Indus, by its force, advances faster than the rapids².
2 – Varuna dug the way for you to flow, O Indus, with your strength. You flow down a slope from the top of the Earth, since you flow before those who flow.
3 – Their howls cross the Sky, above the Earth, roaring endlessly, rising through the Light. Like rains from a cloud, they thunder, when the Indus runs like a bellowing Bull.
4 – Towards you, O Indus, they flow, thundering, like mothers with their child, like the Cow with its milk. Like a warrior king, you guide them like two hems, when you strive to flow before them on the slope.
5 – Unite in my praise, O Ganges, O Yamuna, O Sarasvatî³, O Shutudrî⁴, O Parushnî⁵. With the Asiknî⁶, with the Marudvridha⁷, with the Vitastata⁸, listen with those who love the Soma in the cup.
6 – You are the first who comes at the same time as the Susartu, the Rasâ, the Shvestya⁹. You come, O Indus, on the good chariot with those who come: the Kubha¹⁰, the Gomatî¹¹, the Krumu¹², the Mehatnû¹³.
7 – Straight, bright, vast, it flows around the wide celestial kingdoms. The Indus, uninterrupted, the most liquid of liquids, is distinguished, like a Horse of beautiful, splendid appearance.
8 – The Indus has good Horses, a good chariot, good clothes. He is golden, well-made, hero-like. The young woman¹⁴, rich in wool¹⁵, rich in plants, goes towards the good part¹⁶, rich in sweetness.
9 – The Indus has harnessed its rapid chariot. By his powerful Horses, he desires to go into battle. Because the greatness of this great arouses admiration. Undeceived, glorious in his deeds, he is powerful.

1Or the river.

2Than other rivers.

3Today: the Ghaggar, in India, and the Hakra in Pakistan.

4Today the Sutlej.

5Today: Râvî.

6“the black one”. A river, a tributary of the Indus.

7“who rejoices in the wind”.

8Tributary of the Indus, today the Jhelum.

9Tributary rivers of the Indus.

10The Kabul River. Tributary of the Indus.

11“who has Cows”. Tributary of the Indus.

12Tributary of the Indus.

13Ibid.

14The Indus is presented in the form of a young woman.

15Foam ?

16The good share of spiritual riches.