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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.16.1, English PRAISE Indra whom our songs must laud, sole Sovran of mankind, the Chief Most liberal who controlleth men. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.16.2, English In whom the hymns of praise delight, and all the glory-giving songs. Like the floods' longing for the sea. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.16.3, English Him I invite with eulogy, best King, effective in the fight, Strong for the gain of mighty spoil. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.16.4, English Whose perfect ecstasies are wide, profound, victorious, and give joy in the field where heroes win. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.16.5, English Him, when the spoils of war are staked, men call to be their advocate: They who have Indra win the day. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.16.6, English Men honour him with stirring songs and magnify with solemn rites: Indra is he who giveth case. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.16.7, English 1ndra is priest and Rsi, he is much invoked by many men, And mighty by his mighty powers. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.16.8, English Meet to be lauded and invoked, true Hero with his deeds of might, Victorious even when alone. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.16.9, English The men, the people magnify that Indra with their Slina. songs, With hymns and sacred eulogies Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.16.10, English Him who advances them to wealth, sends light to lead them in the war, And quells their foemen in the fray. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.16.11, English May he, the saviour much-invoked, may Indra bear us in a ship Safely beyond all enemies. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.16.12, English As such, O Indra, honour us with gifts of booty, further us, And lead us to felicity. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.16.1प्र स॒म्राजं॑ चर्षणी॒नामिन्द्रं॑ स्तोता॒ नव्यं॑ गी॒र्भिः । नरं॑ नृ॒षाहं॒ मंहि॑ष्ठम् ॥
  2. 8.16.2यस्मि॑न्नु॒क्थानि॒ रण्य॑न्ति॒ विश्वा॑नि च श्रव॒स्या॑ । अ॒पामवो॒ न स॑मु॒द्रे ॥
  3. 8.16.3तं सु॑ष्टु॒त्या वि॑वासे ज्येष्ठ॒राजं॒ भरे॑ कृ॒त्नुम् । म॒हो वा॒जिनं॑ स॒निभ्य॑ः ॥
  4. 8.16.4यस्यानू॑ना गभी॒रा मदा॑ उ॒रव॒स्तरु॑त्राः । ह॒र्षु॒मन्त॒ः शूर॑सातौ ॥
  5. 8.16.5तमिद्धने॑षु हि॒तेष्व॑धिवा॒काय॑ हवन्ते । येषा॒मिन्द्र॒स्ते ज॑यन्ति ॥
  6. 8.16.6तमिच्च्यौ॒त्नैरार्य॑न्ति॒ तं कृ॒तेभि॑श्चर्ष॒णय॑ः । ए॒ष इन्द्रो॑ वरिव॒स्कृत् ॥
  7. 8.16.7इन्द्रो॑ ब्र॒ह्मेन्द्र॒ ऋषि॒रिन्द्र॑ः पु॒रू पु॑रुहू॒तः । म॒हान्म॒हीभि॒ः शची॑भिः ॥
  8. 8.16.8स स्तोम्य॒ः स हव्य॑ः स॒त्यः सत्वा॑ तुविकू॒र्मिः । एक॑श्चि॒त्सन्न॒भिभू॑तिः ॥
  9. 8.16.9तम॒र्केभि॒स्तं साम॑भि॒स्तं गा॑य॒त्रैश्च॑र्ष॒णय॑ः । इन्द्रं॑ वर्धन्ति क्षि॒तय॑ः ॥
  10. 8.16.10प्र॒णे॒तारं॒ वस्यो॒ अच्छा॒ कर्ता॑रं॒ ज्योति॑ः स॒मत्सु॑ । सा॒स॒ह्वांसं॑ यु॒धामित्रा॑न् ॥
  11. 8.16.11स न॒ः पप्रि॑ः पारयाति स्व॒स्ति ना॒वा पु॑रुहू॒तः । इन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॒ अति॒ द्विष॑ः ॥
  12. 8.16.12स त्वं न॑ इन्द्र॒ वाजे॑भिर्दश॒स्या च॑ गातु॒या च॑ । अच्छा॑ च नः सु॒म्नं ने॑षि ॥