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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.2.1, English HERE is the Soma juice expressed; O Vasu, drink till thou art full: Undaunted God, we give it thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.2.2, English Washed by the men, pressed out with stones, strained through the filter made of wool, 'Tis like a courser bathed in stream. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.2.3, English This juice have we made sweet for thee like barley, blending it with milk. Indra, I call thee to our feast. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.2.4, English Beloved of all, Indra alone drinks up the flowing Soma juice Among the Gods and mortal men. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.2.5, English The Friend, whom not the brilliant-hued, the badly-mixt or bitter draught, Repels, the far-extending God; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.2.6, English While other men than we with milk chase him as hunters chase a deer, And with their kine inveigle him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.2.7, English For him, for Indra, for the God, be pressed three draughts of Soma juice In the juice-drinker's own abode. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.2.8, English Three reservoirs exude their drops, filled are three beakers to the brim, All for one offering to the God. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.2.9, English Pure art thou, set in many a place, and blended in the midst with milk And curd, to cheer the Hero best. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.2.10, English Here, Indra, are thy Soma-draughts pressed out by us, the strong, the pure: They crave admixture of the milk. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.2.11, English O Indra, pour in milk, prepare the cake, and mix the Soma-draught. I hear them say that thou art rich. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.2.12, English Quaffed juices fight within the breast. The drunken praise not by their wine, The naked praise not when it rains. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.2.13, English Rich be the praiser of one rich, munificent and famed like thee: High rank be his, O Lord of Bays. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.2.14, English Foe of the man who adds no milk, he heeds not any chanted hymn Or holy psalm that may he sung. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.2.15, English Give us not, Indra, as a prey unto the scornful or the proud: Help, Mighty One, with power and might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.2.16, English This, even this, O Indra, we implore. as thy devoted friends, The Kanvas praise thee with their hymns. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.2.17, English Naught else, O Thunderer, have I praised in the skilled singer's eulogy: On thy land only have I thought. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.2.18, English The Gods seek him who presses out the Soma; they desire not sleep They punish sloth unweariedly. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.2.19, English Come hither swift with gifts of wealth - be not thou angry with us-like A great man with a youthful bride. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.2.20, English Let him not, wrathful with us, spend the evening far from us to-day, Like some unpleasant son-in-law. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.2.21, English For well we know this Hero's love, most liberal of the boons he gives, His plans whom the three worlds display. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.2.22, English Pour forth the gift which Kanvas bring, for none more glorious do we know Than the Strong Lord with countless aids. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.2.23, English O presser, offer Soma first to Indra, Hero, Sakra, him The Friend of man, that he may drink; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.2.24, English Who, in untroubled ways, is best provider, for his worshippers. Of strength in horses and in kine. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.2.25, English Pressers, for him blend Soma juice, each draught most excellent, for him The Brave, the Hero, for his joy. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.2.26, English The Vrtra-slayer drinks the juice. May he who gives a hundred aids Approach, nor stay afar from us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 8.2.27, English May the strong Bay Steeds, yoked by prayer, bring hither unto us our Friend, Lover of Song, renowned by songs. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 8.2.28, English Sweet are the Soma juices, come! Blent are the Soma juices, come! Rsi-like, mighty, fair of cheek, come hither quickly to the feast. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 8.2.29, English And lauds which strengthen thee for great bounty and valour, and exalt Indra who doeth glorious deeds, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 8.2.30, English And songs to thee who lovest song, and all those hymns addressed to thee- These evermore confirm thy might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  31. Ṛgveda 8.2.31, English Thus he, sole doer of great deeds whose hand holds thunder, gives us strength, He who hath never been subdued. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  32. Ṛgveda 8.2.32, English Vrtra he slays with his right hand, even Indra, great with mighty power, And much-invoked in many a place. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  33. Ṛgveda 8.2.33, English He upon whom all men depend, all regions, all achievements, he Takes pleasure in our wealthy chiefs. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  34. Ṛgveda 8.2.34, English All this hath he accomplished, yea, Indra, most gloriously renowned, Who gives our wealthy princes strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  35. Ṛgveda 8.2.35, English Who drives his chariot seeking spoil, from afar, to him he loves: For swift is he to bring men wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  36. Ṛgveda 8.2.36, English The Sage who, winning spoil with steeds, slays Vrtra, Hero with the men, His servant's faithful succourer. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  37. Ṛgveda 8.2.37, English O Priyamedhas, worship with collected mind this Indra whom The Soma hath full well inspired. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  38. Ṛgveda 8.2.38, English Ye Kanvas, sing the Mighty One, Lord of the Brave, who loves renown, All-present, glorified by song. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  39. Ṛgveda 8.2.39, English Strong Friend, who, with no trace of feet, restores the cattle to the men, Who rest their wish and hope on him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  40. Ṛgveda 8.2.40, English Shaped as a Ram, Stone-hurler I once thou camest hither to the son Of Kanva, wise Medhyatithi. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  41. Ṛgveda 8.2.41, English Vibhindu, thou hast helped this man, giving him thousands four times ten, And afterward eight thousand more. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  42. Ṛgveda 8.2.42, English And these twain pouring streams of milk, creative, daughters of delight, For wedlock sake I glorify. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.2.1इ॒दं व॑सो सु॒तमन्ध॒ः पिबा॒ सुपू॑र्णमु॒दर॑म् । अना॑भयिन्ररि॒मा ते॑ ॥
  2. 8.2.2नृभि॑र्धू॒तः सु॒तो अश्नै॒रव्यो॒ वारै॒ः परि॑पूतः । अश्वो॒ न नि॒क्तो न॒दीषु॑ ॥
  3. 8.2.3तं ते॒ यवं॒ यथा॒ गोभि॑ः स्वा॒दुम॑कर्म श्री॒णन्त॑ः । इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒स्मिन्स॑ध॒मादे॑ ॥
  4. 8.2.4इन्द्र॒ इत्सो॑म॒पा एक॒ इन्द्र॑ः सुत॒पा वि॒श्वायु॑ः । अ॒न्तर्दे॒वान्मर्त्याँ॑श्च ॥
  5. 8.2.5न यं शु॒क्रो न दुरा॑शी॒र्न तृ॒प्रा उ॑रु॒व्यच॑सम् । अ॒प॒स्पृ॒ण्व॒ते सु॒हार्द॑म् ॥
  6. 8.2.6गोभि॒र्यदी॑म॒न्ये अ॒स्मन्मृ॒गं न व्रा मृ॒गय॑न्ते । अ॒भि॒त्सर॑न्ति धे॒नुभि॑ः ॥
  7. 8.2.7त्रय॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ सोमा॑ः सु॒तास॑ः सन्तु दे॒वस्य॑ । स्वे क्षये॑ सुत॒पाव्न॑ः ॥
  8. 8.2.8त्रय॒ः कोशा॑सः श्चोतन्ति ति॒स्रश्च॒म्व१॒॑ः सुपू॑र्णाः । स॒मा॒ने अधि॒ भार्म॑न् ॥
  9. 8.2.9शुचि॑रसि पुरुनि॒ःष्ठाः क्षी॒रैर्म॑ध्य॒त आशी॑र्तः । द॒ध्ना मन्दि॑ष्ठ॒ः शूर॑स्य ॥
  10. 8.2.10इ॒मे त॑ इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑स्ती॒व्रा अ॒स्मे सु॒तास॑ः । शु॒क्रा आ॒शिरं॑ याचन्ते ॥
  11. 8.2.11ताँ आ॒शिरं॑ पुरो॒ळाश॒मिन्द्रे॒मं सोमं॑ श्रीणीहि । रे॒वन्तं॒ हि त्वा॑ शृ॒णोमि॑ ॥
  12. 8.2.12हृ॒त्सु पी॒तासो॑ युध्यन्ते दु॒र्मदा॑सो॒ न सुरा॑याम् । ऊध॒र्न न॒ग्ना ज॑रन्ते ॥
  13. 8.2.13रे॒वाँ इद्रे॒वत॑ः स्तो॒ता स्यात्त्वाव॑तो म॒घोन॑ः । प्रेदु॑ हरिवः श्रु॒तस्य॑ ॥
  14. 8.2.14उ॒क्थं च॒न श॒स्यमा॑न॒मगो॑र॒रिरा चि॑केत । न गा॑य॒त्रं गी॒यमा॑नम् ॥
  15. 8.2.15मा न॑ इन्द्र पीय॒त्नवे॒ मा शर्ध॑ते॒ परा॑ दाः । शिक्षा॑ शचीव॒ः शची॑भिः ॥
  16. 8.2.16व॒यमु॑ त्वा त॒दिद॑र्था॒ इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒यन्त॒ः सखा॑यः । कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑र्जरन्ते ॥
  17. 8.2.17न घे॑म॒न्यदा प॑पन॒ वज्रि॑न्न॒पसो॒ नवि॑ष्टौ । तवेदु॒ स्तोमं॑ चिकेत ॥
  18. 8.2.18इ॒च्छन्ति॑ दे॒वाः सु॒न्वन्तं॒ न स्वप्ना॑य स्पृहयन्ति । यन्ति॑ प्र॒माद॒मत॑न्द्राः ॥
  19. 8.2.19ओ षु प्र या॑हि॒ वाजे॑भि॒र्मा हृ॑णीथा अ॒भ्य१॒॑स्मान् । म॒हाँ इ॑व॒ युव॑जानिः ॥
  20. 8.2.20मो ष्व१॒॑द्य दु॒र्हणा॑वान्सा॒यं क॑रदा॒रे अ॒स्मत् । अ॒श्री॒र इ॑व॒ जामा॑ता ॥
  21. 8.2.21वि॒द्मा ह्य॑स्य वी॒रस्य॑ भूरि॒दाव॑रीं सुम॒तिम् । त्रि॒षु जा॒तस्य॒ मनां॑सि ॥
  22. 8.2.22आ तू षि॑ञ्च॒ कण्व॑मन्तं॒ न घा॑ विद्म शवसा॒नात् । य॒शस्त॑रं श॒तमू॑तेः ॥
  23. 8.2.23ज्येष्ठे॑न सोत॒रिन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमं॑ वी॒राय॑ श॒क्राय॑ । भरा॒ पिब॒न्नर्या॑य ॥
  24. 8.2.24यो वेदि॑ष्ठो अव्य॒थिष्वश्वा॑वन्तं जरि॒तृभ्य॑ः । वाजं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ गोम॑न्तम् ॥
  25. 8.2.25पन्य॑म्पन्य॒मित्सो॑तार॒ आ धा॑वत॒ मद्या॑य । सोमं॑ वी॒राय॒ शूरा॑य ॥
  26. 8.2.26पाता॑ वृत्र॒हा सु॒तमा घा॑ गम॒न्नारे अ॒स्मत् । नि य॑मते श॒तमू॑तिः ॥
  27. 8.2.27एह हरी॑ ब्रह्म॒युजा॑ श॒ग्मा व॑क्षत॒ः सखा॑यम् । गी॒र्भिः श्रु॒तं गिर्व॑णसम् ॥
  28. 8.2.28स्वा॒दव॒ः सोमा॒ आ या॑हि श्री॒ताः सोमा॒ आ या॑हि । शिप्रि॒न्नृषी॑व॒ः शची॑वो॒ नायमच्छा॑ सध॒माद॑म् ॥
  29. 8.2.29स्तुत॑श्च॒ यास्त्वा॒ वर्ध॑न्ति म॒हे राध॑से नृ॒म्णाय॑ । इन्द्र॑ का॒रिणं॑ वृ॒धन्त॑ः ॥
  30. 8.2.30गिर॑श्च॒ यास्ते॑ गिर्वाह उ॒क्था च॒ तुभ्यं॒ तानि॑ । स॒त्रा द॑धि॒रे शवां॑सि ॥
  31. 8.2.31ए॒वेदे॒ष तु॑विकू॒र्मिर्वाजाँ॒ एको॒ वज्र॑हस्तः । स॒नादमृ॑क्तो दयते ॥
  32. 8.2.32हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रं दक्षि॑णे॒नेन्द्र॑ः पु॒रू पु॑रुहू॒तः । म॒हान्म॒हीभि॒ः शची॑भिः ॥
  33. 8.2.33यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॑श्चर्ष॒णय॑ उ॒त च्यौ॒त्ना ज्रयां॑सि च । अनु॒ घेन्म॒न्दी म॒घोन॑ः ॥
  34. 8.2.34ए॒ष ए॒तानि॑ चका॒रेन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॒ योऽति॑ शृ॒ण्वे । वा॒ज॒दावा॑ म॒घोना॑म् ॥
  35. 8.2.35प्रभ॑र्ता॒ रथं॑ ग॒व्यन्त॑मपा॒काच्चि॒द्यमव॑ति । इ॒नो वसु॒ स हि वोळ्हा॑ ॥
  36. 8.2.36सनि॑ता॒ विप्रो॒ अर्व॑द्भि॒र्हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रं नृभि॒ः शूर॑ः । स॒त्यो॑ऽवि॒ता वि॒धन्त॑म् ॥
  37. 8.2.37यज॑ध्वैनं प्रियमेधा॒ इन्द्रं॑ स॒त्राचा॒ मन॑सा । यो भूत्सोमै॑ः स॒त्यम॑द्वा ॥
  38. 8.2.38गा॒थश्र॑वसं॒ सत्प॑तिं॒ श्रव॑स्कामं पुरु॒त्मान॑म् । कण्वा॑सो गा॒त वा॒जिन॑म् ॥
  39. 8.2.39य ऋ॒ते चि॒द्गास्प॒देभ्यो॒ दात्सखा॒ नृभ्य॒ः शची॑वान् । ये अ॑स्मि॒न्काम॒मश्रि॑यन् ॥
  40. 8.2.40इ॒त्था धीव॑न्तमद्रिवः का॒ण्वं मेध्या॑तिथिम् । मे॒षो भू॒तो॒३॒॑ऽभि यन्नय॑ः ॥
  41. 8.2.41शिक्षा॑ विभिन्दो अस्मै च॒त्वार्य॒युता॒ दद॑त् । अ॒ष्टा प॒रः स॒हस्रा॑ ॥
  42. 8.2.42उ॒त सु त्ये प॑यो॒वृधा॑ मा॒की रण॑स्य न॒प्त्या॑ । ज॒नि॒त्व॒नाय॑ मामहे ॥