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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36

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  1. Ṛgveda 3.36.1, English WITH constant succours, fain thyself to share it, make this oblation which we bring effective. Grown great through strengthening gifts at each libation, he hath become renowned by mighty exploits. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 3.36.2, English For Indra were the Somas erst- discovered, whereby he grew strong-jointed, vast, and skilful. Indra , take quickly these presented juices: drink of the strong, that which the strong have shaken. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 3.36.3, English Drink and wax great. Thine are the juices, Indra, both Somas of old time and these we bring thee. Even as thou drankest, Indra, earlier Somas, so drink to-day, a new guest, meet for praises. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 3.36.4, English Great and impetuous, mighty-voiced in battle, surpassing power is his, and strength resistless. Him the broad earth hath never comprehended when Somas cheered the Lord of Tawny Coursers. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 3.36.5, English Mighty and strong he waxed for hero exploit: the Bull was furnished a Sage's wisdom. Indra is our kind Lord; his steers have vigour; his cows are many with abundant offspring. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 3.36.6, English As floods according to their stream flow onward, so to the sea, as borne on cars, the waters. Vaster is Indra even than his dwelling, what time the stalk milked out, the Soma, fills him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 3.36.7, English Eager to mingle with the sea, the rivers carry the well-pressed Soma juice to Indra. They drain the stalk out with their arms, quick-banded, and cleanse it with a stream of mead and filters. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 3.36.8, English Like lakes appear his flanks filled full with Soma: yea, he contains libations in abundance. When Indra had consumed the first sweet viands, he, after slaying Vrtra, claimed the Soma. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 3.36.9, English Then bring thou hither, and let none prevent it: we know thee well, the Lord of wealth and treasure. That splendid gift which is thine own, O Indra, vouchsafe to us, Lord of the Tawny Coursers. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 3.36.10, English O Indra, Maghavan, impetuous mover, grant us abundant wealth that brings all blessings. Give us a hundred autumns for our lifetime: give us, O fair-checked Indra, store of heroes. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 3.36.11, English Call we on Indra, Maghavan, auspicious, best Hero in the fight where spoil is gathered, The Strong, who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays the Vrtras, wins and gathers riches. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 3.36.1इ॒मामू॒ षु प्रभृ॑तिं सा॒तये॑ धा॒ः शश्व॑च्छश्वदू॒तिभि॒र्याद॑मानः । सु॒तेसु॑ते वावृधे॒ वर्ध॑नेभि॒र्यः कर्म॑भिर्म॒हद्भि॒ः सुश्रु॑तो॒ भूत् ॥
  2. 3.36.2इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमा॑ः प्र॒दिवो॒ विदा॑ना ऋ॒भुर्येभि॒र्वृष॑पर्वा॒ विहा॑याः । प्र॒य॒म्यमा॑ना॒न्प्रति॒ षू गृ॑भा॒येन्द्र॒ पिब॒ वृष॑धूतस्य॒ वृष्ण॑ः ॥
  3. 3.36.3पिबा॒ वर्ध॑स्व॒ तव॑ घा सु॒तास॒ इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑सः प्रथ॒मा उ॒तेमे । यथापि॑बः पू॒र्व्याँ इ॑न्द्र॒ सोमाँ॑ ए॒वा पा॑हि॒ पन्यो॑ अ॒द्या नवी॑यान् ॥
  4. 3.36.4म॒हाँ अम॑त्रो वृ॒जने॑ विर॒प्श्यु१॒॑ग्रं शव॑ः पत्यते धृ॒ष्ण्वोज॑ः । नाह॑ विव्याच पृथि॒वी च॒नैनं॒ यत्सोमा॑सो॒ हर्य॑श्व॒मम॑न्दन् ॥
  5. 3.36.5म॒हाँ उ॒ग्रो वा॑वृधे वी॒र्या॑य स॒माच॑क्रे वृष॒भः काव्ये॑न । इन्द्रो॒ भगो॑ वाज॒दा अ॑स्य॒ गाव॒ः प्र जा॑यन्ते॒ दक्षि॑णा अस्य पू॒र्वीः ॥
  6. 3.36.6प्र यत्सिन्ध॑वः प्रस॒वं यथाय॒न्नाप॑ः समु॒द्रं र॒थ्ये॑व जग्मुः । अत॑श्चि॒दिन्द्र॒ः सद॑सो॒ वरी॑या॒न्यदीं॒ सोम॑ः पृ॒णति॑ दु॒ग्धो अं॒शुः ॥
  7. 3.36.7स॒मु॒द्रेण॒ सिन्ध॑वो॒ याद॑माना॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमं॒ सुषु॑तं॒ भर॑न्तः । अं॒शुं दु॑हन्ति ह॒स्तिनो॑ भ॒रित्रै॒र्मध्व॑ः पुनन्ति॒ धार॑या प॒वित्रै॑ः ॥
  8. 3.36.8ह्र॒दा इ॑व कु॒क्षय॑ः सोम॒धाना॒ः समी॑ विव्याच॒ सव॑ना पु॒रूणि॑ । अन्ना॒ यदिन्द्र॑ः प्रथ॒मा व्याश॑ वृ॒त्रं ज॑घ॒न्वाँ अ॑वृणीत॒ सोम॑म् ॥
  9. 3.36.9आ तू भ॑र॒ माकि॑रे॒तत्परि॑ ष्ठाद्वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॒ वसु॑पतिं॒ वसू॑नाम् । इन्द्र॒ यत्ते॒ माहि॑नं॒ दत्र॒मस्त्य॒स्मभ्यं॒ तद्ध॑र्यश्व॒ प्र य॑न्धि ॥
  10. 3.36.10अ॒स्मे प्र य॑न्धि मघवन्नृजीषि॒न्निन्द्र॑ रा॒यो वि॒श्ववा॑रस्य॒ भूरे॑ः । अ॒स्मे श॒तं श॒रदो॑ जी॒वसे॑ धा अ॒स्मे वी॒राञ्छश्व॑त इन्द्र शिप्रिन् ॥
  11. 3.36.11शु॒नं हु॑वेम म॒घवा॑न॒मिन्द्र॑म॒स्मिन्भरे॒ नृत॑मं॒ वाज॑सातौ । शृ॒ण्वन्त॑मु॒ग्रमू॒तये॑ स॒मत्सु॒ घ्नन्तं॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ सं॒जितं॒ धना॑नाम् ॥