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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.46.1, English WE, Indra, Lord of ample wealth, our Guide, depend on one like thee, Thou driver of the Tawny Steeds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.46.2, English For, Hurler of the Bolt, we know thee true, the giver of our food, We know the giver of our wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.46.3, English O thou whose majesty the bards celebrate with their songs, thou Lord, Of hundred powers and hundred aids. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.46.4, English Fair guidance hath the mortal man whom Aryaman, the Marut host, And Mitra, void of guile, protect. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.46.5, English Kine, steeds, and hero strength he gains, and prospers, by the Adityas sped, Ever in wealth which all desire. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.46.6, English We pray to Indra for his gift, to him the Fearless and the Strong, We pray to him the Lord of wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.46.7, English For verily combined in him are all the fearless powers of aid. Him, rich in wealth, let swift Steeds bring to us, his Bays, to Soma juice for his carouse: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.46.8, English Yea, that most excellent carouse, Indra, which slays most enemies, With Heroes wins the light of heaven, and is invincible in war: Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.46.9, English Which merits fame, all-bountiful! and, unsubdued, hath victory in deeds of might. So come to our libations, Strongest! Excellent! May we obtain a stall of kine. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.46.10, English Responding to our wish for cows, for steeds, and chariots, as of old, Be gracious, Greatest of the Great Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.46.11, English For, Hero, nowhere can I find the bounds of thy munificence. Still do thou favour us, O Bolt-armed Maghavan: with strength hast thou rewarded hymns. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.46.12, English High, glorifier of his friend, he knows all generations, he whom many praise. All races of mankind with ladies lifted up invoke that Mighty Indra's aid. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.46.13, English Be he our Champion and Protector in great deeds, rich in all wealth, the Vrtra-slayer, Maghavan. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.46.14, English In the wild raptures of the juice sing to your Hero with high laud, to him the Wise, To Indra, glorious in his name, the Mighty One, even as the hymn alloweth it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.46.15, English Thou givest wealth to me myself, thou givest treasure, Excellent! and the strong steed, O Much-invoked, in deeds of might, yea, even now. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.46.16, English Him, Sovran Ruler of all precious things, who even hath power o'er this fair form of his, As now it taketh shape, and afterward, Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.46.17, English We praise, so that the Mighty One may speed to you, Pourer of bounties, Traveller, prepared to go. Thou favourest the Maruts known to all, by song and sacrifice. With song and praise I sing to thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.46.18, English We in the sacrifice perform their will whose voice is lifted high, The worship of those Thundering Ones who o'er the ridges of these mountains fly in troops. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.46.19, English O Indra, Mightiest, bring us that which crushes men of evil minds, Wealth suited to our needs, O Stirrer of the thought, best wealth, O thou who stirrest thought. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.46.20, English O Winner, noble winner, strong, wondrous, most splendid, excellent, Sole Lord of victory, bring all-overpowering wealth, joy-giving, chief in deeds of might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.46.21, English Now let the godless man approach who hath received reward so great As Vasa, Asvya, when this light of morning dawned, received from Prthusravas, from Kanita's son. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.46.22, English Steeds sixty thousand and ten thousand kine, and twenty hundred camels I obtained; Ten hundred brown in hue, and other ten red in three spots: in all, ten thousand kine. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.46.23, English Ten browns that make my wealth increase, fleet steeds whose tails are long and fair, Turn with swift whirl my chariot wheel; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.46.24, English The gifts which Prthusravas gave, Kanita's son munificent. He gave a chariot wrought of gold: the prince was passing bountiful, and won himself most lofty fame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.46.25, English Come thou to this great rite of ours, Vayu! to give us vigorous light. We have served thee that thou mightest give much to us, yea, mightest quickly give great wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.46.26, English Who with thrice seven times seventy horses comes to us, invested with the rays of morn, Through these our Soma-draughts and those who press, to give, drinker of pure bright Soma Juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 8.46.27, English Who hath inclined this glorious one, bounteous himself, to give me gifts. Borne on firm chariot with the prosperous Nahup, wise, to a man yet more devout. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 8.46.28, English Sole Lord in beauty meet for praise, O Vayu, dropping fatness down, Hurried along by steeds, by camels, and by hounds, spreads forth thy train: even this it is. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 8.46.29, English So, as a prize dear to the strong, the sixty thousand have I gained, Bulls that resemble vigorous steeds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 8.46.30, English To me come oxen like a herd, yea, unto me the oxen come. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  31. Ṛgveda 8.46.31, English And in the grazing herd he made a hundred camels bleat for me, And twenty hundred mid the white. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  32. Ṛgveda 8.46.32, English A hundred has the sage received, Dasa Balbutha's and Taruksa's gifts. These are thy people, Vayu, who rejoice with Indra for their guard, rejoice with Gods for guards. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  33. Ṛgveda 8.46.33, English And now to Vasa Asvya here this stately woman is led forth, Adorned with ornaments of gold. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.46.1त्वाव॑तः पुरूवसो व॒यमि॑न्द्र प्रणेतः । स्मसि॑ स्थातर्हरीणाम् ॥
  2. 8.46.2त्वां हि स॒त्यम॑द्रिवो वि॒द्म दा॒तार॑मि॒षाम् । वि॒द्म दा॒तारं॑ रयी॒णाम् ॥
  3. 8.46.3आ यस्य॑ ते महि॒मानं॒ शत॑मूते॒ शत॑क्रतो । गी॒र्भिर्गृ॒णन्ति॑ का॒रव॑ः ॥
  4. 8.46.4सु॒नी॒थो घा॒ स मर्त्यो॒ यं म॒रुतो॒ यम॑र्य॒मा । मि॒त्रः पान्त्य॒द्रुह॑ः ॥
  5. 8.46.5दधा॑नो॒ गोम॒दश्व॑वत्सु॒वीर्य॑मादि॒त्यजू॑त एधते । सदा॑ रा॒या पु॑रु॒स्पृहा॑ ॥
  6. 8.46.6तमिन्द्रं॒ दान॑मीमहे शवसा॒नमभी॑र्वम् । ईशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे ॥
  7. 8.46.7तस्मि॒न्हि सन्त्यू॒तयो॒ विश्वा॒ अभी॑रव॒ः सचा॑ । तमा व॑हन्तु॒ सप्त॑यः पुरू॒वसुं॒ मदा॑य॒ हर॑यः सु॒तम् ॥
  8. 8.46.8यस्ते॒ मदो॒ वरे॑ण्यो॒ य इ॑न्द्र वृत्र॒हन्त॑मः । य आ॑द॒दिः स्व१॒॑र्नृभि॒र्यः पृत॑नासु दु॒ष्टर॑ः ॥
  9. 8.46.9यो दु॒ष्टरो॑ विश्ववार श्र॒वाय्यो॒ वाजे॒ष्वस्ति॑ तरु॒ता । स न॑ः शविष्ठ॒ सव॒ना व॑सो गहि ग॒मेम॒ गोम॑ति व्र॒जे ॥
  10. 8.46.10ग॒व्यो षु णो॒ यथा॑ पु॒राश्व॒योत र॑थ॒या । व॒रि॒व॒स्य म॑हामह ॥
  11. 8.46.11न॒हि ते॑ शूर॒ राध॒सोऽन्तं॑ वि॒न्दामि॑ स॒त्रा । द॒श॒स्या नो॑ मघव॒न्नू चि॑दद्रिवो॒ धियो॒ वाजे॑भिराविथ ॥
  12. 8.46.12य ऋ॒ष्वः श्रा॑व॒यत्स॑खा॒ विश्वेत्स वे॑द॒ जनि॑मा पुरुष्टु॒तः । तं विश्वे॒ मानु॑षा यु॒गेन्द्रं॑ हवन्ते तवि॒षं य॒तस्रु॑चः ॥
  13. 8.46.13स नो॒ वाजे॑ष्ववि॒ता पु॑रू॒वसु॑ः पुरःस्था॒ता म॒घवा॑ वृत्र॒हा भु॑वत् ॥
  14. 8.46.14अ॒भि वो॑ वी॒रमन्ध॑सो॒ मदे॑षु गाय गि॒रा म॒हा विचे॑तसम् । इन्द्रं॒ नाम॒ श्रुत्यं॑ शा॒किनं॒ वचो॒ यथा॑ ॥
  15. 8.46.15द॒दी रेक्ण॑स्त॒न्वे॑ द॒दिर्वसु॑ द॒दिर्वाजे॑षु पुरुहूत वा॒जिन॑म् । नू॒नमथ॑ ॥
  16. 8.46.16विश्वे॑षामिर॒ज्यन्तं॒ वसू॑नां सास॒ह्वांसं॑ चिद॒स्य वर्प॑सः । कृ॒प॒य॒तो नू॒नमत्यथ॑ ॥
  17. 8.46.17म॒हः सु वो॒ अर॑मिषे॒ स्तवा॑महे मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ अरंग॒माय॒ जग्म॑ये । य॒ज्ञेभि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्वि॒श्वम॑नुषां म॒रुता॑मियक्षसि॒ गाये॑ त्वा॒ नम॑सा गि॒रा ॥
  18. 8.46.18ये पा॒तय॑न्ते॒ अज्म॑भिर्गिरी॒णां स्नुभि॑रेषाम् । य॒ज्ञं म॑हि॒ष्वणी॑नां सु॒म्नं तु॑वि॒ष्वणी॑नां॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥
  19. 8.46.19प्र॒भ॒ङ्गं दु॑र्मती॒नामिन्द्र॑ शवि॒ष्ठा भ॑र । र॒यिम॒स्मभ्यं॒ युज्यं॑ चोदयन्मते॒ ज्येष्ठं॑ चोदयन्मते ॥
  20. 8.46.20सनि॑त॒ः सुस॑नित॒रुग्र॒ चित्र॒ चेति॑ष्ठ॒ सूनृ॑त । प्रा॒सहा॑ सम्रा॒ट् सहु॑रिं॒ सह॑न्तं भु॒ज्युं वाजे॑षु॒ पूर्व्य॑म् ॥
  21. 8.46.21आ स ए॑तु॒ य ईव॒दाँ अदे॑वः पू॒र्तमा॑द॒दे । यथा॑ चि॒द्वशो॑ अ॒श्व्यः पृ॑थु॒श्रव॑सि कानी॒ते॒३॒॑ऽस्या व्युष्या॑द॒दे ॥
  22. 8.46.22ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्राश्व्य॑स्या॒युता॑सन॒मुष्ट्रा॑नां विंश॒तिं श॒ता । दश॒ श्यावी॑नां श॒ता दश॒ त्र्य॑रुषीणां॒ दश॒ गवां॑ स॒हस्रा॑ ॥
  23. 8.46.23दश॑ श्या॒वा ऋ॒धद्र॑यो वी॒तवा॑रास आ॒शव॑ः । म॒थ्रा ने॒मिं नि वा॑वृतुः ॥
  24. 8.46.24दाना॑सः पृथु॒श्रव॑सः कानी॒तस्य॑ सु॒राध॑सः । रथं॑ हिर॒ण्ययं॒ दद॒न्मंहि॑ष्ठः सू॒रिर॑भू॒द्वर्षि॑ष्ठमकृत॒ श्रव॑ः ॥
  25. 8.46.25आ नो॑ वायो म॒हे तने॑ या॒हि म॒खाय॒ पाज॑से । व॒यं हि ते॑ चकृ॒मा भूरि॑ दा॒वने॑ स॒द्यश्चि॒न्महि॑ दा॒वने॑ ॥
  26. 8.46.26यो अश्वे॑भि॒र्वह॑ते॒ वस्त॑ उ॒स्रास्त्रिः स॒प्त स॑प्तती॒नाम् । ए॒भिः सोमे॑भिः सोम॒सुद्भि॑ः सोमपा दा॒नाय॑ शुक्रपूतपाः ॥
  27. 8.46.27यो म॑ इ॒मं चि॑दु॒ त्मनाम॑न्दच्चि॒त्रं दा॒वने॑ । अ॒र॒ट्वे अक्षे॒ नहु॑षे सु॒कृत्व॑नि सु॒कृत्त॑राय सु॒क्रतु॑ः ॥
  28. 8.46.28उ॒च॒थ्ये॒३॒॑ वपु॑षि॒ यः स्व॒राळु॒त वा॑यो घृत॒स्नाः । अश्वे॑षितं॒ रजे॑षितं॒ शुने॑षितं॒ प्राज्म॒ तदि॒दं नु तत् ॥
  29. 8.46.29अध॑ प्रि॒यमि॑षि॒राय॑ ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑सनम् । अश्वा॑ना॒मिन्न वृष्णा॑म् ॥
  30. 8.46.30गावो॒ न यू॒थमुप॑ यन्ति॒ वध्र॑य॒ उप॒ मा य॑न्ति॒ वध्र॑यः ॥
  31. 8.46.31अध॒ यच्चार॑थे ग॒णे श॒तमुष्ट्राँ॒ अचि॑क्रदत् । अध॒ श्वित्ने॑षु विंश॒तिं श॒ता ॥
  32. 8.46.32श॒तं दा॒से ब॑ल्बू॒थे विप्र॒स्तरु॑क्ष॒ आ द॑दे । ते ते॑ वायवि॒मे जना॒ मद॒न्तीन्द्र॑गोपा॒ मद॑न्ति दे॒वगो॑पाः ॥
  33. 8.46.33अध॒ स्या योष॑णा म॒ही प्र॑ती॒ची वश॑म॒श्व्यम् । अधि॑रुक्मा॒ वि नी॑यते ॥