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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.3.1, English DRINK, Indra, of the savoury juice, and cheer thee with our milky draught. Be, for our weal, our Friend and sharer of the feast, and let thy wisdom guard us well. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.3.2, English In thy kind grace and favour may we still be strong: expose us not to foe's attack. With manifold assistance guard and succour us, and bring us to felicity. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.3.3, English May these my songs of praise exalt thee, Lord, who hast abundant wealth. Men skilled in holy hymns, pure, with the hues of fire, have sung them with their lauds to thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.3.4, English He, with his might enhanced by Rsis thousand fold, hath like an ocean spread himself. His majesty is praised as true at solemn rites, his power where holy singers rule. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.3.5, English Indra for worship of the Gods, Indra while sacrifice proceeds, Indra, as worshippers in battle-shock, we call, Indra that we may win the spoil. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.3.6, English With might hath Indra spread out heaven and earth, with power hath Indra lighted up the Sun. In Indra are all creatures closely held; in him meet the distilling Soma-drops. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.3.7, English Men with their lauds are urging thee, Indra, to drink the Soma first. The Rbhus in accord have lifted up their voice, and Rudras sung thee as the first. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.3.8, English Indra increased his manly strength at sacrifice, in the wild rapture of this juice. And living men to-day, even as of old, sing forth their praises to his majesty. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.3.9, English I crave of thee that hero strength, that thou mayst first regard this prayer, Wherewith thou holpest Bhrgu and the Yatis and Praskanva when the prize was staked. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.3.10, English Wherewith thou sentest mighty waters to the sea, that, Indra, is thy manly strength. For ever unattainable is this power of him to whom the worlds have cried aloud. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.3.11, English Help us, O Indra, when we pray to thee for wealth and hero might. First help thou on to strength the man who strives to win, and aid our laud, O Ancient One. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.3.12, English Help for us, Indra, as thou holpest Paura once, this man's devotions bent on gain. Help, as thou gavest Rugama and Syavaka and Svarnara and Krpa aid. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.3.13, English What newest of imploring prayers shall, then, the zealous mortal sing? For have not they who laud his might, and Indra-power won for themselves the light of heaven? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.3.14, English When shall they keep the Law and praise thee mid the Gods? Who counts as Rsi and as sage? When ever wilt thou, Indra Maghavan, come nigh to presser's or to praiser's call? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.3.15, English These songs of ours exceeding sweet, these hymns of praise ascend to thee, Like ever-conquering chariots that display their strength, gain wealth, and give unfailing aid. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.3.16, English The Bhrgus are like Suns, like Kanvas, and have gained all that their thoughts were bent upon. The living men of Priyamedha's race have sung exalting Indra with their lauds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.3.17, English Best slayer of the Vrtras, yoke thy Bay Steeds, Indra, from afar. Come with the High Ones hither, Maghavan, to us, Mighty, to drink the Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.3.18, English For these, the bards and singers, have cried out to thee with prayer, to gain the sacrifice. As such, O Maghavan, Indra, who lovest song, even as a lover bear my call. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.3.19, English Thou from the lofty plains above, O Indra, hurledst Vrtra down. Thou dravest forth the kine of guileful Mrgaya and Arbuda from the mountain's hold. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.3.20, English Bright were the flaming fires, the Sun gave forth his shine, and Soma, Indra's juice, shone clear. Indra, thou blewest the great Dragon from the air -. men must regard that valorous deed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.3.21, English The fairest courser of them all, who runneth on as 'twere to heaven. Which Indra and the Maruts gave, and Pakasthaman Kaurayan. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.3.22, English To me hath Pakasthaman given, a ruddy horse, good at the pole, Filling is girth and rousing wealth; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.3.23, English Compared with whom no other ten strong coursers, harnessed to the pole, Bear Tugrya to his dwelling place. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.3.24, English Raiment is body, food is life, and healing ointment giveth strength. As the free-handed giver of the ruddy steed, I have named Pakasthaman fourth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.3.1पिबा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ र॒सिनो॒ मत्स्वा॑ न इन्द्र॒ गोम॑तः । आ॒पिर्नो॑ बोधि सध॒माद्यो॑ वृ॒धे॒३॒॑ऽस्माँ अ॑वन्तु ते॒ धिय॑ः ॥
  2. 8.3.2भू॒याम॑ ते सुम॒तौ वा॒जिनो॑ व॒यं मा न॑ः स्तर॒भिमा॑तये । अ॒स्माञ्चि॒त्राभि॑रवताद॒भिष्टि॑भि॒रा न॑ः सु॒म्नेषु॑ यामय ॥
  3. 8.3.3इ॒मा उ॑ त्वा पुरूवसो॒ गिरो॑ वर्धन्तु॒ या मम॑ । पा॒व॒कव॑र्णा॒ः शुच॑यो विप॒श्चितो॒ऽभि स्तोमै॑रनूषत ॥
  4. 8.3.4अ॒यं स॒हस्र॒मृषि॑भि॒ः सह॑स्कृतः समु॒द्र इ॑व पप्रथे । स॒त्यः सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा गृ॑णे॒ शवो॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ विप्र॒राज्ये॑ ॥
  5. 8.3.5इन्द्र॒मिद्दे॒वता॑तय॒ इन्द्रं॑ प्रय॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे । इन्द्रं॑ समी॒के व॒निनो॑ हवामह॒ इन्द्रं॒ धन॑स्य सा॒तये॑ ॥
  6. 8.3.6इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना रोद॑सी पप्रथ॒च्छव॒ इन्द्र॒ः सूर्य॑मरोचयत् । इन्द्रे॑ ह॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिर॒ इन्द्रे॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
  7. 8.3.7अ॒भि त्वा॑ पू॒र्वपी॑तय॒ इन्द्र॒ स्तोमे॑भिरा॒यव॑ः । स॒मी॒ची॒नास॑ ऋ॒भव॒ः सम॑स्वरन्रु॒द्रा गृ॑णन्त॒ पूर्व्य॑म् ॥
  8. 8.3.8अ॒स्येदिन्द्रो॑ वावृधे॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ शवो॒ मदे॑ सु॒तस्य॒ विष्ण॑वि । अ॒द्या तम॑स्य महि॒मान॑मा॒यवोऽनु॑ ष्टुवन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑ ॥
  9. 8.3.9तत्त्वा॑ यामि सु॒वीर्यं॒ तद्ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये । येना॒ यति॑भ्यो॒ भृग॑वे॒ धने॑ हि॒ते येन॒ प्रस्क॑ण्व॒मावि॑थ ॥
  10. 8.3.10येना॑ समु॒द्रमसृ॑जो म॒हीर॒पस्तदि॑न्द्र॒ वृष्णि॑ ते॒ शव॑ः । स॒द्यः सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा न सं॒नशे॒ यं क्षो॒णीर॑नुचक्र॒दे ॥
  11. 8.3.11श॒ग्धी न॑ इन्द्र॒ यत्त्वा॑ र॒यिं यामि॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् । श॒ग्धि वाजा॑य प्रथ॒मं सिषा॑सते श॒ग्धि स्तोमा॑य पूर्व्य ॥
  12. 8.3.12श॒ग्धी नो॑ अ॒स्य यद्ध॑ पौ॒रमावि॑थ॒ धिय॑ इन्द्र॒ सिषा॑सतः । श॒ग्धि यथा॒ रुश॑मं॒ श्याव॑कं॒ कृप॒मिन्द्र॒ प्राव॒ः स्व॑र्णरम् ॥
  13. 8.3.13कन्नव्यो॑ अत॒सीनां॑ तु॒रो गृ॑णीत॒ मर्त्य॑ः । न॒ही न्व॑स्य महि॒मान॑मिन्द्रि॒यं स्व॑र्गृ॒णन्त॑ आन॒शुः ॥
  14. 8.3.14कदु॑ स्तु॒वन्त॑ ऋतयन्त दे॒वत॒ ऋषि॒ः को विप्र॑ ओहते । क॒दा हवं॑ मघवन्निन्द्र सुन्व॒तः कदु॑ स्तुव॒त आ ग॑मः ॥
  15. 8.3.15उदु॒ त्ये मधु॑मत्तमा॒ गिर॒ः स्तोमा॑स ईरते । स॒त्रा॒जितो॑ धन॒सा अक्षि॑तोतयो वाज॒यन्तो॒ रथा॑ इव ॥
  16. 8.3.16कण्वा॑ इव॒ भृग॑व॒ः सूर्या॑ इव॒ विश्व॒मिद्धी॒तमा॑नशुः । इन्द्रं॒ स्तोमे॑भिर्म॒हय॑न्त आ॒यव॑ः प्रि॒यमे॑धासो अस्वरन् ॥
  17. 8.3.17यु॒क्ष्वा हि वृ॑त्रहन्तम॒ हरी॑ इन्द्र परा॒वत॑ः । अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नो म॑घव॒न्सोम॑पीतय उ॒ग्र ऋ॒ष्वेभि॒रा ग॑हि ॥
  18. 8.3.18इ॒मे हि ते॑ का॒रवो॑ वाव॒शुर्धि॒या विप्रा॑सो मे॒धसा॑तये । स त्वं नो॑ मघवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणो वे॒नो न शृ॑णुधी॒ हव॑म् ॥
  19. 8.3.19निरि॑न्द्र बृह॒तीभ्यो॑ वृ॒त्रं धनु॑भ्यो अस्फुरः । निरर्बु॑दस्य॒ मृग॑यस्य मा॒यिनो॒ निः पर्व॑तस्य॒ गा आ॑जः ॥
  20. 8.3.20निर॒ग्नयो॑ रुरुचु॒र्निरु॒ सूर्यो॒ निः सोम॑ इन्द्रि॒यो रस॑ः । निर॒न्तरि॑क्षादधमो म॒हामहिं॑ कृ॒षे तदि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्य॑म् ॥
  21. 8.3.21यं मे॒ दुरिन्द्रो॑ म॒रुत॒ः पाक॑स्थामा॒ कौर॑याणः । विश्वे॑षां॒ त्मना॒ शोभि॑ष्ठ॒मुपे॑व दि॒वि धाव॑मानम् ॥
  22. 8.3.22रोहि॑तं मे॒ पाक॑स्थामा सु॒धुरं॑ कक्ष्य॒प्राम् । अदा॑द्रा॒यो वि॒बोध॑नम् ॥
  23. 8.3.23यस्मा॑ अ॒न्ये दश॒ प्रति॒ धुरं॒ वह॑न्ति॒ वह्न॑यः । अस्तं॒ वयो॒ न तुग्र्य॑म् ॥
  24. 8.3.24आ॒त्मा पि॒तुस्त॒नूर्वास॑ ओजो॒दा अ॒भ्यञ्ज॑नम् । तु॒रीय॒मिद्रोहि॑तस्य॒ पाक॑स्थामानं भो॒जं दा॒तार॑मब्रवम् ॥