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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.12.1, English JOY, Mightiest Indra, known and marked, sprung most from Soma-draughts, wherewith Thou smitest down the greedy fiend, for that we long. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.12.2, English Wherewith thou bolpest Adhrigu, the great Dasagva, and the God Who stirs the sunlight, and the sea, for that we long. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.12.3, English Wherewith thou dravest forth like cars Sindhu and all the mighty floods To go the way ordained by Law, for that we long. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.12.4, English Accept this laud for aid, made pure like oil, thou Caster of the Stone, Whereby even in a moment thou hast waxen great. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.12.5, English Be pleased, Song-lover, with this song it flows abundant like the sea. Indra, with all thy succours thou hast waxen great. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.12.6, English The God who from afar hath sent gifts to maintain our friendship's bond, Thou. spreading them like rain from heaven, hast waxen great. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.12.7, English The beams that mark him have grown strong, the thunder rests between his arms, When, like the Sun, he hath increased both Heaven and Earth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.12.8, English When, Mighty Lord of Heroes, thou didst cat a thousand buffaloes, Then grew and waxed exceeding great thine Indra-power. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.12.9, English Indra consumeth with the rays of Surya the malicious man: Like Agni conquering the woods, he hath grown strong. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.12.10, English This newest thought of ours that suits the time approaches unto thee: Serving, beloved in many a place it metes and marks. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.12.11, English The pious germ of sacrifice directly purifies the soul. By Indra's lauds it waxes great, it metes and marks. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.12.12, English Indra who wins the friend hath spread himself to drink the Soma-draught: Like worshipper's dilating praise; it metes and marks. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.12.13, English He whom the sages, living men, have gladdened, offering up their hymns, Hath swelled like oil of sacrifice in Agni's mouth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.12.14, English Aditi also hath brought forth a hymn for Indra, Sovran Lord: The work of sacrifice for help is glorified. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.12.15, English The ministering priests have sung their songs for aid and eulogy: God, thy Bays turn not from the rite which Law ordains. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.12.16, English If, Indra, thou drink Soma by Visnu's or Trta Aptya's side, Or with the Maruts take delight in flowing drops; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.12.17, English Or, Sakra, if thou gladden thee afar or in the sea of air, Rejoice thee in this juice of ours, in flowing drops. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.12.18, English Or, Lord of Heroes if thou aid the worshipper who shed; the, juice, Or him whose laud delights thee, and his flowing drops. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.12.19, English To magnify the God, the God, Indra, yea, Indra for your help, And promptly end the sacrifice-this have they gained. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.12.20, English With worship, him whom men adore, with Soma, him who drinks it most, Indra with lauds have they increased this have they gained. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.12.21, English His leadings are with power and might and his instructions manifold: He gives the worshipper all wealth: this have they gained. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.12.22, English For slaying Vrtra have the Gods set Indra in the foremost place. Indra the choral bands have sung, for vigorous strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.12.23, English We to the Mighty with our might, with lauds to him who hears our call, With holy hymns have sung aloud, for vigorous strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.12.24, English Not earth, nor heaven, nor firmaments contain the Thunder-wielding God: They shake before his violent rush and vigorous strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.12.25, English What time the Gods, O Indra, get thee foremost in the furious fight, Then thy two beautiful Bay Steeds carried thee on. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.12.26, English When Vrtra, stayer of the floods, thou seest, Thunderor with might, Then thy two beautiful Bay Steeds carried thee on. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 8.12.27, English When Visnu, through thine energy, strode wide those three great steps of his, Then thy two beautiful Bay Steeds carried thee on. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 8.12.28, English When thy two beautiful Bay Steeds grew great and greater day by day, Even then all creatures that had life bowed down to thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 8.12.29, English When, Indra, all the Marut folk humbly submitted them to thee, Even then all creatures that had life bowed down to thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 8.12.30, English When yonder Sun, that brilliant light, thou settest in the heaven above, Even then all creatures that had life bowed down to thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  31. Ṛgveda 8.12.31, English To thee, O Indra, with this thought the sage lifts up this eulogy, Akin and leading as on foot to sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  32. Ṛgveda 8.12.32, English When in thine own dear dwelling all gathered have lifted up the voice Milk-streams at worship's central spot, for sacrifice, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  33. Ṛgveda 8.12.33, English As Priest, O Indra, give us wealth in brave men and good steeds and kine That we may first remember thee for sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.12.1य इ॑न्द्र सोम॒पात॑मो॒ मद॑ः शविष्ठ॒ चेत॑ति । येना॒ हंसि॒ न्य१॒॑त्रिणं॒ तमी॑महे ॥
  2. 8.12.2येना॒ दश॑ग्व॒मध्रि॑गुं वे॒पय॑न्तं॒ स्व॑र्णरम् । येना॑ समु॒द्रमावि॑था॒ तमी॑महे ॥
  3. 8.12.3येन॒ सिन्धुं॑ म॒हीर॒पो रथाँ॑ इव प्रचो॒दय॑ः । पन्था॑मृ॒तस्य॒ यात॑वे॒ तमी॑महे ॥
  4. 8.12.4इ॒मं स्तोम॑म॒भिष्ट॑ये घृ॒तं न पू॒तम॑द्रिवः । येना॒ नु स॒द्य ओज॑सा व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥
  5. 8.12.5इ॒मं जु॑षस्व गिर्वणः समु॒द्र इ॑व पिन्वते । इन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑र्व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥
  6. 8.12.6यो नो॑ दे॒वः प॑रा॒वत॑ः सखित्व॒नाय॑ माम॒हे । दि॒वो न वृ॒ष्टिं प्र॒थय॑न्व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥
  7. 8.12.7व॒व॒क्षुर॑स्य के॒तवो॑ उ॒त वज्रो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः । यत्सूर्यो॒ न रोद॑सी॒ अव॑र्धयत् ॥
  8. 8.12.8यदि॑ प्रवृद्ध सत्पते स॒हस्रं॑ महि॒षाँ अघ॑ः । आदित्त॑ इन्द्रि॒यं महि॒ प्र वा॑वृधे ॥
  9. 8.12.9इन्द्र॒ः सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॒र्न्य॑र्शसा॒नमो॑षति । अ॒ग्निर्वने॑व सास॒हिः प्र वा॑वृधे ॥
  10. 8.12.10इ॒यं त॑ ऋ॒त्विया॑वती धी॒तिरे॑ति॒ नवी॑यसी । स॒प॒र्यन्ती॑ पुरुप्रि॒या मिमी॑त॒ इत् ॥
  11. 8.12.11गर्भो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ देव॒युः क्रतुं॑ पुनीत आनु॒षक् । स्तोमै॒रिन्द्र॑स्य वावृधे॒ मिमी॑त॒ इत् ॥
  12. 8.12.12स॒निर्मि॒त्रस्य॑ पप्रथ॒ इन्द्र॒ः सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ । प्राची॒ वाशी॑व सुन्व॒ते मिमी॑त॒ इत् ॥
  13. 8.12.13यं विप्रा॑ उ॒क्थवा॑हसोऽभिप्रम॒न्दुरा॒यव॑ः । घृ॒तं न पि॑प्य आ॒सन्यृ॒तस्य॒ यत् ॥
  14. 8.12.14उ॒त स्व॒राजे॒ अदि॑ति॒ः स्तोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य जीजनत् । पु॒रु॒प्र॒श॒स्तमू॒तय॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ यत् ॥
  15. 8.12.15अ॒भि वह्न॑य ऊ॒तयेऽनू॑षत॒ प्रश॑स्तये । न दे॑व॒ विव्र॑ता॒ हरी॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ यत् ॥
  16. 8.12.16यत्सोम॑मिन्द्र॒ विष्ण॑वि॒ यद्वा॑ घ त्रि॒त आ॒प्त्ये । यद्वा॑ म॒रुत्सु॒ मन्द॑से॒ समिन्दु॑भिः ॥
  17. 8.12.17यद्वा॑ शक्र परा॒वति॑ समु॒द्रे अधि॒ मन्द॑से । अ॒स्माक॒मित्सु॒ते र॑णा॒ समिन्दु॑भिः ॥
  18. 8.12.18यद्वासि॑ सुन्व॒तो वृ॒धो यज॑मानस्य सत्पते । उ॒क्थे वा॒ यस्य॒ रण्य॑सि॒ समिन्दु॑भिः ॥
  19. 8.12.19दे॒वंदे॑वं॒ वोऽव॑स॒ इन्द्र॑मिन्द्रं गृणी॒षणि॑ । अधा॑ य॒ज्ञाय॑ तु॒र्वणे॒ व्या॑नशुः ॥
  20. 8.12.20य॒ज्ञेभि॑र्य॒ज्ञवा॑हसं॒ सोमे॑भिः सोम॒पात॑मम् । होत्रा॑भि॒रिन्द्रं॑ वावृधु॒र्व्या॑नशुः ॥
  21. 8.12.21म॒हीर॑स्य॒ प्रणी॑तयः पू॒र्वीरु॒त प्रश॑स्तयः । विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि दा॒शुषे॒ व्या॑नशुः ॥
  22. 8.12.22इन्द्रं॑ वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे दे॒वासो॑ दधिरे पु॒रः । इन्द्रं॒ वाणी॑रनूषता॒ समोज॑से ॥
  23. 8.12.23म॒हान्तं॑ महि॒ना व॒यं स्तोमे॑भिर्हवन॒श्रुत॑म् । अ॒र्कैर॒भि प्र णो॑नुम॒ः समोज॑से ॥
  24. 8.12.24न यं वि॑वि॒क्तो रोद॑सी॒ नान्तरि॑क्षाणि व॒ज्रिण॑म् । अमा॒दिद॑स्य तित्विषे॒ समोज॑सः ॥
  25. 8.12.25यदि॑न्द्र पृत॒नाज्ये॑ दे॒वास्त्वा॑ दधि॒रे पु॒रः । आदित्ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ ववक्षतुः ॥
  26. 8.12.26य॒दा वृ॒त्रं न॑दी॒वृतं॒ शव॑सा वज्रि॒न्नव॑धीः । आदित्ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ ववक्षतुः ॥
  27. 8.12.27य॒दा ते॒ विष्णु॒रोज॑सा॒ त्रीणि॑ प॒दा वि॑चक्र॒मे । आदित्ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ ववक्षतुः ॥
  28. 8.12.28य॒दा ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ वावृ॒धाते॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे । आदित्ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥
  29. 8.12.29य॒दा ते॒ मारु॑ती॒र्विश॒स्तुभ्य॑मिन्द्र नियेमि॒रे । आदित्ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥
  30. 8.12.30य॒दा सूर्य॑म॒मुं दि॒वि शु॒क्रं ज्योति॒रधा॑रयः । आदित्ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥
  31. 8.12.31इ॒मां त॑ इन्द्र सुष्टु॒तिं विप्र॑ इयर्ति धी॒तिभि॑ः । जा॒मिं प॒देव॒ पिप्र॑तीं॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥
  32. 8.12.32यद॑स्य॒ धाम॑नि प्रि॒ये स॑मीची॒नासो॒ अस्व॑रन् । नाभा॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दो॒हना॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥
  33. 8.12.33सु॒वीर्यं॒ स्वश्व्यं॑ सु॒गव्य॑मिन्द्र दद्धि नः । होते॑व पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥