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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.31.1, English THAT Brahman pleases Indra well, who worships, sacrifices, pours Libation, and prepares the meal. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.31.2, English Sakra protects from woe the man who gives him sacrificial cake. And offers Soma blent with milk. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.31.3, English His chariot shall be glorious, sped by Gods, and mighty shall he be, Subduing all hostilities. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.31.4, English Each day that passes, in his house flows his libation, rich in milk, Exhaustless, bringing progeny. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.31.5, English O Gods, with constant draught of milk, husband and wife with one accord Press out and wash the Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.31.6, English They gain sufficient food: they come united to the sacred grass, And never do they fail in strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.31.7, English Never do they deny or seek to hide the favour of the Gods: They win high glory for themselves. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.31.8, English With sons and daughters by their side they reach their full extent of life, Both decked with ornaments of gold. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.31.9, English Serving the Immortal One with gifts of sacrificial meal and wealth, They satisfy the claims of love and pay due honour to the Gods. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.31.10, English We claim protection from the Hills, we claim protection of the Floods, Of him who stands by Visnu's side. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.31.11, English May Pusan come, and Bhaga, Lord of wealth, All-bounteous, for our weal Broad be the path that leads to bliss: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.31.12, English Aramati, and, free from foes, Visva with spirit of a God, And the Adityas' peerless might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.31.13, English Seeing that Mitra, Aryaman, and Varuna are guarding us, The paths of Law are fair to tread. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.31.14, English I glorify with song, for wealth, Agni the God, the first of you. We honour as a well-loved Friend the God who prospereth our fields. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.31.15, English As in all frays the hero, so swift moves his car whom Gods attend. The man who, sacrificing, strives to win the heart of Deities will conquer those who worship not. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.31.16, English Ne'er are ye injured, worshipper, presser of juice, or pious man. The man who, sacrificing, strives to win the heart of Deities will conquer those who worship not. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.31.17, English None in his action equals him, none holds him far or keeps him off. The man who, sacrificing, strives to win the heart of Deities will conquer those who worship not. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.31.18, English Such strength of heroes shall be his, such mastery of fleet-foot steeds. The man who, sacrificing, strives to win the heart of Deities will conquer those who worship not. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.31.1यो यजा॑ति॒ यजा॑त॒ इत्सु॒नव॑च्च॒ पचा॑ति च । ब्र॒ह्मेदिन्द्र॑स्य चाकनत् ॥
  2. 8.31.2पु॒रो॒ळाशं॒ यो अ॑स्मै॒ सोमं॒ रर॑त आ॒शिर॑म् । पादित्तं श॒क्रो अंह॑सः ॥
  3. 8.31.3तस्य॑ द्यु॒माँ अ॑स॒द्रथो॑ दे॒वजू॑त॒ः स शू॑शुवत् । विश्वा॑ व॒न्वन्न॑मि॒त्रिया॑ ॥
  4. 8.31.4अस्य॑ प्र॒जाव॑ती गृ॒हेऽस॑श्चन्ती दि॒वेदि॑वे । इळा॑ धेनु॒मती॑ दुहे ॥
  5. 8.31.5या दम्प॑ती॒ सम॑नसा सुनु॒त आ च॒ धाव॑तः । देवा॑सो॒ नित्य॑या॒शिरा॑ ॥
  6. 8.31.6प्रति॑ प्राश॒व्याँ॑ इतः स॒म्यञ्चा॑ ब॒र्हिरा॑शाते । न ता वाजे॑षु वायतः ॥
  7. 8.31.7न दे॒वाना॒मपि॑ ह्नुतः सुम॒तिं न जु॑गुक्षतः । श्रवो॑ बृ॒हद्वि॑वासतः ॥
  8. 8.31.8पु॒त्रिणा॒ ता कु॑मा॒रिणा॒ विश्व॒मायु॒र्व्य॑श्नुतः । उ॒भा हिर॑ण्यपेशसा ॥
  9. 8.31.9वी॒तिहो॑त्रा कृ॒तद्व॑सू दश॒स्यन्ता॒मृता॑य॒ कम् । समूधो॑ रोम॒शं ह॑तो दे॒वेषु॑ कृणुतो॒ दुव॑ः ॥
  10. 8.31.10आ शर्म॒ पर्व॑तानां वृणी॒महे॑ न॒दीना॑म् । आ विष्णो॑ः सचा॒भुव॑ः ॥
  11. 8.31.11ऐतु॑ पू॒षा र॒यिर्भग॑ः स्व॒स्ति स॑र्व॒धात॑मः । उ॒रुरध्वा॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
  12. 8.31.12अ॒रम॑तिरन॒र्वणो॒ विश्वो॑ दे॒वस्य॒ मन॑सा । आ॒दि॒त्याना॑मने॒ह इत् ॥
  13. 8.31.13यथा॑ नो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वरु॑ण॒ः सन्ति॑ गो॒पाः । सु॒गा ऋ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॑ः ॥
  14. 8.31.14अ॒ग्निं व॑ः पू॒र्व्यं गि॒रा दे॒वमी॑ळे॒ वसू॑नाम् । स॒प॒र्यन्त॑ः पुरुप्रि॒यं मि॒त्रं न क्षे॑त्र॒साध॑सम् ॥
  15. 8.31.15म॒क्षू दे॒वव॑तो॒ रथ॒ः शूरो॑ वा पृ॒त्सु कासु॑ चित् । दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥
  16. 8.31.16न य॑जमान रिष्यसि॒ न सु॑न्वान॒ न दे॑वयो । दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥
  17. 8.31.17नकि॒ष्टं कर्म॑णा नश॒न्न प्र यो॑ष॒न्न यो॑षति । दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥
  18. 8.31.18अस॒दत्र॑ सु॒वीर्य॑मु॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्य॑म् । दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥