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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.45.1, English HITHERWARD! they who light flame and straightway trim the sacred grass. Whose Friend is Indra ever young. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.45.2, English High is their fuel, great their laud, wide is their splinter from the stake, Whose Friend is Indra ever young. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.45.3, English Unequalled in fight the hero leads his army with the warrior chiefs. Whose Friend is Indra ever young. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.45.4, English The new-born Vrtra-slayer asked his Mother, as he seized his shaft, Who are the fierce? Who are renowned? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.45.5, English Savasi answered, He who seeks thine enmity will battle like A stately elephant on a hill. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.45.6, English And hear, O Maghavan; to him who craves of thee thou grantest all Whate'er thou makest firm is firm. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.45.7, English What time the Warrior Indra goes to battle, borne by noble steeds, Best of all charioteers is he. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.45.8, English Repel, O Thunder-armed, in all directions all attacks on us: And be our own most glorious God. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.45.9, English May Indra set our car in front, in foremost Place to win the spoil, He whom the wicked injure not. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.45.10, English Thine enmity may we escape, and, Gakra, for thy bounty, rich In kine, may we come near to thee Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.45.11, English Softly approaching, Thunder-armed wealthy by hundreds, rich in steeds, Unrivalled, ready with our gifts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.45.12, English For thine exalted excellence gives to thy worshippers each day Hundreds and thousands of thy boons. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.45.13, English Indra, we know thee breaker-down even of strong forts, winner of spoil, A:one who conquers wealth for us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.45.14, English Though thou art highest, Sage and Bold let the drops cheer thee when we come To thee as to a trafficker. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.45.15, English Bring unto us the treasure of the opulent man who, loth to give, Hath slighted thee for gain of wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.45.16, English Indra, these friends of ours, supplied with Soma, wait and look to thee, As men with fodder to the herd. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.45.17, English And thee who art not deaf, whose cars are quick to listen, for our aid, We call to us from far away. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.45.18, English When thou hast listened, make our call one which thou never wilt forget, And be our very nearest Friend. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.45.19, English When even now, when we have been in trouble, we have thought of thee, O Indra, give us gifts of kine. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.45.20, English O Lord of Strength, we rest on thee, as old men rest upon a staff: We long to have. thee dwell with us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.45.21, English To Indra sing a song of praise, Hero of mighty valour, him Whom no one challenges to war. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.45.22, English Hero, the Soma being shed, I pour the juice for thee to drink: Sate thee and finish thy carouse. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.45.23, English Let not the fools, or those who mock beguile thee when they seek thine aid Love not the enemies of prayer. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.45.24, English Here let them with rich milky draught cheer thee to great munificence: Drink as the wild-bull drinks the lake. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.45.25, English Proclaim in our assemblies what deeds, new and ancient, far away, The Vrtra-slayer hath achieved. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.45.26, English In battle of a thousand arms Indra drank Kadru's Soma juice: There he displayed his manly might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 8.45.27, English True undeniable strength he found in Yadu and in Turvasa, And conquered through the sacrifice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 8.45.28, English Him have I magnified, our Lord in, common, Guardian of your folk, Discloser of great wealth in kine; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 8.45.29, English Rbhuksan, not to be restrained, who strengthened Tugra's son in lauds, Indra beside the flowing juice; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 8.45.30, English Who for Trisoka clave the hill that formed a wide receptacle, So that the cows might issue forth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  31. Ṛgveda 8.45.31, English Whate'er thy plan or purpose be, whate'er, in transport, thou wouldst do, Do it not, Indra, but be kind. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  32. Ṛgveda 8.45.32, English But little hath been heard of done upon the earth by one like thee i Let thine heart, Indra, turn to us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  33. Ṛgveda 8.45.33, English Thine then shall be this high renown, thine shall these lofty praises be, When, Indra, thou art kind to us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  34. Ṛgveda 8.45.34, English Not for one trespass, not for two, O Hero, slay us, nor for three, Nor yet for many trespasses. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  35. Ṛgveda 8.45.35, English I fear one powerful like thee, the crusher down of enemies, Mighty, repelling all attacks. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  36. Ṛgveda 8.45.36, English O wealthy God, ne'er may I live to see my friend or son in need*: Hitherward let thy heart be turned. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  37. Ṛgveda 8.45.37, English What friend, O people, unprovoked, hath ever said unto a friend, He turns and leaves us in distress? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  38. Ṛgveda 8.45.38, English Hero, insatiate enjoy this Soma juice so near to thee, Even as a hunter rushing down. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  39. Ṛgveda 8.45.39, English Hither I draw those Bays of thine yoked by our hymn, with splendid car, That thou mayst give unto the priests. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  40. Ṛgveda 8.45.40, English Drive all our enemies away, smite down the foes who press around, And bring the wealth for which we long: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  41. Ṛgveda 8.45.41, English O Indra, that which is concealed in strong firm place precipitous: Bring us the wealth for which we long Ralph T.H. Griffith
  42. Ṛgveda 8.45.42, English Great riches which the world of men shall recognize as sent by thou: Bring us the wealth for which we long. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.45.1आ घा॒ ये अ॒ग्निमि॑न्ध॒ते स्तृ॒णन्ति॑ ब॒र्हिरा॑नु॒षक् । येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ॥
  2. 8.45.2बृ॒हन्निदि॒ध्म ए॑षां॒ भूरि॑ श॒स्तं पृ॒थुः स्वरु॑ः । येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ॥
  3. 8.45.3अयु॑द्ध॒ इद्यु॒धा वृतं॒ शूर॒ आज॑ति॒ सत्व॑भिः । येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ॥
  4. 8.45.4आ बु॒न्दं वृ॑त्र॒हा द॑दे जा॒तः पृ॑च्छ॒द्वि मा॒तर॑म् । क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे ॥
  5. 8.45.5प्रति॑ त्वा शव॒सी व॑दद्गि॒रावप्सो॒ न यो॑धिषत् । यस्ते॑ शत्रु॒त्वमा॑च॒के ॥
  6. 8.45.6उ॒त त्वं म॑घवञ्छृणु॒ यस्ते॒ वष्टि॑ व॒वक्षि॒ तत् । यद्वी॒ळया॑सि वी॒ळु तत् ॥
  7. 8.45.7यदा॒जिं यात्या॑जि॒कृदिन्द्र॑ः स्वश्व॒युरुप॑ । र॒थीत॑मो र॒थीना॑म् ॥
  8. 8.45.8वि षु विश्वा॑ अभि॒युजो॒ वज्रि॒न्विष्व॒ग्यथा॑ वृह । भवा॑ नः सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः ॥
  9. 8.45.9अ॒स्माकं॒ सु रथं॑ पु॒र इन्द्र॑ः कृणोतु सा॒तये॑ । न यं धूर्व॑न्ति धू॒र्तय॑ः ॥
  10. 8.45.10वृ॒ज्याम॑ ते॒ परि॒ द्विषोऽरं॑ ते शक्र दा॒वने॑ । ग॒मेमेदि॑न्द्र॒ गोम॑तः ॥
  11. 8.45.11शनै॑श्चि॒द्यन्तो॑ अद्रि॒वोऽश्वा॑वन्तः शत॒ग्विन॑ः । वि॒वक्ष॑णा अने॒हस॑ः ॥
  12. 8.45.12ऊ॒र्ध्वा हि ते॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे स॒हस्रा॑ सू॒नृता॑ श॒ता । ज॒रि॒तृभ्यो॑ वि॒मंह॑ते ॥
  13. 8.45.13वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ धनंज॒यमिन्द्र॑ दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑दारु॒जम् । आ॒दा॒रिणं॒ यथा॒ गय॑म् ॥
  14. 8.45.14क॒कु॒हं चि॑त्त्वा कवे॒ मन्द॑न्तु धृष्ण॒विन्द॑वः । आ त्वा॑ प॒णिं यदीम॑हे ॥
  15. 8.45.15यस्ते॑ रे॒वाँ अदा॑शुरिः प्रम॒मर्ष॑ म॒घत्त॑ये । तस्य॑ नो॒ वेद॒ आ भ॑र ॥
  16. 8.45.16इ॒म उ॑ त्वा॒ वि च॑क्षते॒ सखा॑य इन्द्र सो॒मिन॑ः । पु॒ष्टाव॑न्तो॒ यथा॑ प॒शुम् ॥
  17. 8.45.17उ॒त त्वाब॑धिरं व॒यं श्रुत्क॑र्णं॒ सन्त॑मू॒तये॑ । दू॒रादि॒ह ह॑वामहे ॥
  18. 8.45.18यच्छु॑श्रू॒या इ॒मं हवं॑ दु॒र्मर्षं॑ चक्रिया उ॒त । भवे॑रा॒पिर्नो॒ अन्त॑मः ॥
  19. 8.45.19यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ अपि॒ व्यथि॑र्जग॒न्वांसो॒ अम॑न्महि । गो॒दा इदि॑न्द्र बोधि नः ॥
  20. 8.45.20आ त्वा॑ र॒म्भं न जिव्र॑यो रर॒भ्मा श॑वसस्पते । उ॒श्मसि॑ त्वा स॒धस्थ॒ आ ॥
  21. 8.45.21स्तो॒त्रमिन्द्रा॑य गायत पुरुनृ॒म्णाय॒ सत्व॑ने । नकि॒र्यं वृ॑ण्व॒ते यु॒धि ॥
  22. 8.45.22अ॒भि त्वा॑ वृषभा सु॒ते सु॒तं सृ॑जामि पी॒तये॑ । तृ॒म्पा व्य॑श्नुही॒ मद॑म् ॥
  23. 8.45.23मा त्वा॑ मू॒रा अ॑वि॒ष्यवो॒ मोप॒हस्वा॑न॒ आ द॑भन् । माकीं॑ ब्रह्म॒द्विषो॑ वनः ॥
  24. 8.45.24इ॒ह त्वा॒ गोप॑रीणसा म॒हे म॑न्दन्तु॒ राध॑से । सरो॑ गौ॒रो यथा॑ पिब ॥
  25. 8.45.25या वृ॑त्र॒हा प॑रा॒वति॒ सना॒ नवा॑ च चुच्यु॒वे । ता सं॒सत्सु॒ प्र वो॑चत ॥
  26. 8.45.26अपि॑बत्क॒द्रुव॑ः सु॒तमिन्द्र॑ः स॒हस्र॑बाह्वे । अत्रा॑देदिष्ट॒ पौंस्य॑म् ॥
  27. 8.45.27स॒त्यं तत्तु॒र्वशे॒ यदौ॒ विदा॑नो अह्नवा॒य्यम् । व्या॑नट् तु॒र्वणे॒ शमि॑ ॥
  28. 8.45.28त॒रणिं॑ वो॒ जना॑नां त्र॒दं वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः । स॒मा॒नमु॒ प्र शं॑सिषम् ॥
  29. 8.45.29ऋ॒भु॒क्षणं॒ न वर्त॑व उ॒क्थेषु॑ तुग्र्या॒वृध॑म् । इन्द्रं॒ सोमे॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते ॥
  30. 8.45.30यः कृ॒न्तदिद्वि यो॒न्यं त्रि॒शोका॑य गि॒रिं पृ॒थुम् । गोभ्यो॑ गा॒तुं निरे॑तवे ॥
  31. 8.45.31यद्द॑धि॒षे म॑न॒स्यसि॑ मन्दा॒नः प्रेदिय॑क्षसि । मा तत्क॑रिन्द्र मृ॒ळय॑ ॥
  32. 8.45.32द॒भ्रं चि॒द्धि त्वाव॑तः कृ॒तं शृ॒ण्वे अधि॒ क्षमि॑ । जिगा॑त्विन्द्र ते॒ मन॑ः ॥
  33. 8.45.33तवेदु॒ ताः सु॑की॒र्तयोऽस॑न्नु॒त प्रश॑स्तयः । यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ॥
  34. 8.45.34मा न॒ एक॑स्मि॒न्नाग॑सि॒ मा द्वयो॑रु॒त त्रि॒षु । वधी॒र्मा शू॑र॒ भूरि॑षु ॥
  35. 8.45.35बि॒भया॒ हि त्वाव॑त उ॒ग्राद॑भिप्रभ॒ङ्गिण॑ः । द॒स्माद॒हमृ॑ती॒षह॑ः ॥
  36. 8.45.36मा सख्यु॒ः शून॒मा वि॑दे॒ मा पु॒त्रस्य॑ प्रभूवसो । आ॒वृत्व॑द्भूतु ते॒ मन॑ः ॥
  37. 8.45.37को नु म॑र्या॒ अमि॑थित॒ः सखा॒ सखा॑यमब्रवीत् । ज॒हा को अ॒स्मदी॑षते ॥
  38. 8.45.38ए॒वारे॑ वृषभा सु॒तेऽसि॑न्व॒न्भूर्या॑वयः । श्व॒घ्नीव॑ नि॒वता॒ चर॑न् ॥
  39. 8.45.39आ त॑ ए॒ता व॑चो॒युजा॒ हरी॑ गृभ्णे सु॒मद्र॑था । यदीं॑ ब्र॒ह्मभ्य॒ इद्दद॑ः ॥
  40. 8.45.40भि॒न्धि विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विष॒ः परि॒ बाधो॑ ज॒ही मृध॑ः । वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ॥
  41. 8.45.41यद्वी॒ळावि॑न्द्र॒ यत्स्थि॒रे यत्पर्शा॑ने॒ परा॑भृतम् । वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ॥
  42. 8.45.42यस्य॑ ते वि॒श्वमा॑नुषो॒ भूरे॑र्द॒त्तस्य॒ वेद॑ति । वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ॥