Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15
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- Ṛgveda 8.15.1, English SING forth to him whom many men invoke, to him whom many laud. Invite the powerful Indra with your songs of praise. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.2, English Whose lofty might-for doubly strong is he-supports the heavens and earth, And hills and plains and floods and light with manly power. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.3, English Such, Praised by many! thou art King alone thou smitest Vrtras dead, To gain, O Indra, spoils of war and high renown. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.4, English We sing this strong and wild delight of thine which conquers in the fray, Which, Caster of the Stone! gives room and shines like gold. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.5, English Wherewith thou also foundest lights for Ayu and for Manu's sake: Now joying in this sacred grass thou beamest forth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.6, English This day too singers of the hymn praise, as of old, this might of thine: Win thou the waters day by day, thralls of the strong. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.7, English That lofty Indra-power of thine, thy strength and thine intelligence, Thy thunderbolt for which we long, the wish makes keen. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.8, English O Indra, Heaven and Earth augment thy manly power and thy renown; The waters and thy mountains stir and urge thee on. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.9, English Visnu the lofty ruling Power, Varuna, Mitra sing thy praise: In thee the Marut3' company have great delight. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.10, English O Indra, thou wast born the Lord of men, most liberal of thy gifts: Excellent deeds for evermore are all thine own. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.11, English Ever, alone, O highly-praised, thou sendest Vrtras to their rest: None else than Indra executes the mighty deed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.12, English Though here and there, in varied hymns, Indra, men call on thee for aid, Still with our heroes fight and win the light of heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.15.13, English Already have all forms of him entered our spacious dwelling-place: For victory stir thou Indra, up, the Lord of Might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- 8.15.1तम्व॒भि प्र गा॑यत पुरुहू॒तं पु॑रुष्टु॒तम् । इन्द्रं॑ गी॒र्भिस्त॑वि॒षमा वि॑वासत ॥
- 8.15.2यस्य॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सो बृ॒हत्सहो॑ दा॒धार॒ रोद॑सी । गि॒रीँरज्राँ॑ अ॒पः स्व॑र्वृषत्व॒ना ॥
- 8.15.3स रा॑जसि पुरुष्टुतँ॒ एको॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नसे । इन्द्र॒ जैत्रा॑ श्रव॒स्या॑ च॒ यन्त॑वे ॥
- 8.15.4तं ते॒ मदं॑ गृणीमसि॒ वृष॑णं पृ॒त्सु सा॑स॒हिम् । उ॒ लो॒क॒कृ॒त्नुम॑द्रिवो हरि॒श्रिय॑म् ॥
- 8.15.5येन॒ ज्योतीं॑ष्या॒यवे॒ मन॑वे च वि॒वेदि॑थ । म॒न्दा॒नो अ॒स्य ब॒र्हिषो॒ वि रा॑जसि ॥
- 8.15.6तद॒द्या चि॑त्त उ॒क्थिनोऽनु॑ ष्टुवन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑ । वृष॑पत्नीर॒पो ज॑या दि॒वेदि॑वे ॥
- 8.15.7तव॒ त्यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं बृ॒हत्तव॒ शुष्म॑मु॒त क्रतु॑म् । वज्रं॑ शिशाति धि॒षणा॒ वरे॑ण्यम् ॥
- 8.15.8तव॒ द्यौरि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्यं॑ पृथि॒वी व॑र्धति॒ श्रव॑ः । त्वामाप॒ः पर्व॑तासश्च हिन्विरे ॥
- 8.15.9त्वां विष्णु॑र्बृ॒हन्क्षयो॑ मि॒त्रो गृ॑णाति॒ वरु॑णः । त्वां शर्धो॑ मद॒त्यनु॒ मारु॑तम् ॥
- 8.15.10त्वं वृषा॒ जना॑नां॒ मंहि॑ष्ठ इन्द्र जज्ञिषे । स॒त्रा विश्वा॑ स्वप॒त्यानि॑ दधिषे ॥
- 8.15.11स॒त्रा त्वं पु॑रुष्टुतँ॒ एको॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ तोशसे । नान्य इन्द्रा॒त्कर॑णं॒ भूय॑ इन्वति ॥
- 8.15.12यदि॑न्द्र मन्म॒शस्त्वा॒ नाना॒ हव॑न्त ऊ॒तये॑ । अ॒स्माके॑भि॒र्नृभि॒रत्रा॒ स्व॑र्जय ॥
- 8.15.13अरं॒ क्षया॑य नो म॒हे विश्वा॑ रू॒पाण्या॑वि॒शन् । इन्द्रं॒ जैत्रा॑य हर्षया॒ शची॒पति॑म् ॥