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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.6.1, English INDRA, great in his power and might, and like Parjanya rich in rain, Is magnified by Vatsa's lauds. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.6.2, English When the priests, strengthening the Son of Holy Law, present their gifts, Singers with Order's hymn of praiser. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.6.3, English Since Kanvas with their lauds have made Indra complete the sacrifice. Words are their own appropriate arms. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.6.4, English Before his hot displeasure all the peoples, all the men, bow down, As rivers bow them to the sea. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.6.5, English This power of his shone brightly forth when Indra brought together, like A skin, the worlds of heaven and earth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.6.6, English The fiercely-moving Vrtra's head he severed with his thunderbolt, His mighty hundred-knotted bolt. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.6.7, English Here are-we sing them loudly forth-our thoughts among-the best of songs. Even lightnings like the blaze of fire. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.6.8, English When bidden thoughts, spontaneously advancing, glow, and with the stream Of sacrifice the Kanvas shine. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.6.9, English Indra, may we obtain that wealth in horses and in herds of cows, And prayer that may be noticed first. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.6.10, English I from my Father have received deep knowledge of the Holy Law I was born like unto the Sun. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.6.11, English After the lore of ancient time I make, like Kanva, beauteous songs, And Indra's self gains strength thereby. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.6.12, English Whatever Rsis have not praised thee, Indra, or have lauded thee, By me exalted wax thou strong. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.6.13, English When his wrath thundered, when he rent Vrtra to pieces, limb by limb, He sent the waters to the sea. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.6.14, English Against the Dasyu Susna thou, Indra, didst hurl thy during bolt: Thou, Dread one, hast a hero's fame. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.6.15, English Neither the heavens nor firmaments nor regions of the earth contain Indra, the Thunderer with his might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.6.16, English O Indra him who lay at length staying thy copious waters thou, In his own footsteps, smotest down Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.6.17, English Thou hiddest deep in darkness within, O Indra, who had set his grasp On spacious heaven and earth conjoined. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.6.18, English Indra, whatever Yatis and Bhrgus have offered praise to thee, Listen, thou Mighty, to my call. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.6.19, English Indra, these spotted cows yield thee their butter and the milky draught; Aiders, thereby, of sacrifice; Ralph T.H. Griffith
  20. Ṛgveda 8.6.20, English Which, teeming, have received thee as a life-germ, Indra, with their mouth, Like Surya who sustaineth all. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  21. Ṛgveda 8.6.21, English O Lord of Might, with hymns of praise the Kanvas have increased thy power, The drops poured forth have strengthened thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  22. Ṛgveda 8.6.22, English Under thy guidance, Indra, mid thy praises, Lord of Thunder, shall The sacrifice be soon performed. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  23. Ṛgveda 8.6.23, English Indra, disclose much food for us, like a stronghold with store of kine: Give progeny and heroic strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  24. Ṛgveda 8.6.24, English And, Indra, grant us all that wealth of fleet steeds which shone bright of old Among the tribes of Nahusas. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  25. Ṛgveda 8.6.25, English Hither thou seemest to attract heaven's fold which shines before our eyes, When, Indra, thou art kind to us. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  26. Ṛgveda 8.6.26, English Yea, when thou puttest forth thy power, Indra, thou governest the folk. Mighty, unlimited in strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  27. Ṛgveda 8.6.27, English The tribes who bring oblations call to thee, to thee to give them help, With drops to thee who spreadest far. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  28. Ṛgveda 8.6.28, English There where the mountains downward slope, there by the meeting of the streams The Sage was manifest with song. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  29. Ṛgveda 8.6.29, English Thence, marking, from his lofty place downward he looks upon the sea, And thence with rapid stir he moves. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  30. Ṛgveda 8.6.30, English Then, verify, they see the light refulgent of primeval seed, Kindled on yonder side of heaven. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  31. Ṛgveda 8.6.31, English Indra, the Kanvas all exalt thy wisdom and thy manly power, And, Mightiest! thine heroic strength. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  32. Ṛgveda 8.6.32, English Accept this eulogy of mine, Indra, and guard me carefully: Strengthen my thought and prosper it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  33. Ṛgveda 8.6.33, English For thee, O Mighty, Thunder-armed, we singers through devotion have Fashioned the hymn that we may live. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  34. Ṛgveda 8.6.34, English To Indra have the Kanvas sung, like waters speeding down a slope: The song is fain to go to him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  35. Ṛgveda 8.6.35, English As rivers swell the ocean, so our hymns of praise make Indra strong, Eternal, of resistless wrath. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  36. Ṛgveda 8.6.36, English Come with thy lovely Bay Steeds, come to us from regions far away O Indra, drink this Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  37. Ṛgveda 8.6.37, English Best slayer of Vrtras, men whose sacred grass is ready trimmed Invoke thee for the gain of spoil. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  38. Ṛgveda 8.6.38, English The heavens and earth come after thee as the wheel follows Etasa: To thee flow Soma-drops effused. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  39. Ṛgveda 8.6.39, English Rejoice, O Indra, in the light, rejoice in Saryandyan, Be Glad in the sacrificer's hymn. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  40. Ṛgveda 8.6.40, English Grown strong in heaven, the Thunder-armed hath bellowed, Vrtra-slayer, Bull, Chief drinker of the Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  41. Ṛgveda 8.6.41, English Thou art a Rsi born of old, sole Ruler over all by might: Thou, Indra, guardest well our wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  42. Ṛgveda 8.6.42, English May thy Bay Steeds with beauteous backs, a hundred, bring thee to the feast, Bring thee to these our Soma-draughts. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  43. Ṛgveda 8.6.43, English The Kanvas with their hymns of praise have magnified this ancient thought That swells with streams of meath and oil. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  44. Ṛgveda 8.6.44, English Mid mightiest Gods let mortal man choose Indra at the sacrifice, Indra, whoe'er would win, for help. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  45. Ṛgveda 8.6.45, English Thy steeds, by Priyamedhas praised, shall bring thee, God whom all invoke, Hither to drink the Somajuice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  46. Ṛgveda 8.6.46, English A hundred thousand have I gained from Parsu, from Tirindira, And presents of the Yadavas. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  47. Ṛgveda 8.6.47, English Ten thousand head of kine, and steeds three times a hundred they bestowed On Pajra for the Sama-song. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  48. Ṛgveda 8.6.48, English Kakuha hath reached up to heaven, bestowing buffaloes yoked in fours, And matched in fame the Yadavas. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.6.1म॒हाँ इन्द्रो॒ य ओज॑सा प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व । स्तोमै॑र्व॒त्सस्य॑ वावृधे ॥
  2. 8.6.2प्र॒जामृ॒तस्य॒ पिप्र॑त॒ः प्र यद्भर॑न्त॒ वह्न॑यः । विप्रा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ वाह॑सा ॥
  3. 8.6.3कण्वा॒ इन्द्रं॒ यदक्र॑त॒ स्तोमै॑र्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम् । जा॒मि ब्रु॑वत॒ आयु॑धम् ॥
  4. 8.6.4सम॑स्य म॒न्यवे॒ विशो॒ विश्वा॑ नमन्त कृ॒ष्टय॑ः । स॒मु॒द्राये॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः ॥
  5. 8.6.5ओज॒स्तद॑स्य तित्विष उ॒भे यत्स॒मव॑र्तयत् । इन्द्र॒श्चर्मे॑व॒ रोद॑सी ॥
  6. 8.6.6वि चि॑द्वृ॒त्रस्य॒ दोध॑तो॒ वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा । शिरो॑ बिभेद वृ॒ष्णिना॑ ॥
  7. 8.6.7इ॒मा अ॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो वि॒पामग्रे॑षु धी॒तय॑ः । अ॒ग्नेः शो॒चिर्न दि॒द्युत॑ः ॥
  8. 8.6.8गुहा॑ स॒तीरुप॒ त्मना॒ प्र यच्छोच॑न्त धी॒तय॑ः । कण्वा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ॥
  9. 8.6.9प्र तमि॑न्द्र नशीमहि र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् । प्र ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये ॥
  10. 8.6.10अ॒हमिद्धि पि॒तुष्परि॑ मे॒धामृ॒तस्य॑ ज॒ग्रभ॑ । अ॒हं सूर्य॑ इवाजनि ॥
  11. 8.6.11अ॒हं प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना॒ गिर॑ः शुम्भामि कण्व॒वत् । येनेन्द्र॒ः शुष्म॒मिद्द॒धे ॥
  12. 8.6.12ये त्वामि॑न्द्र॒ न तु॑ष्टु॒वुरृष॑यो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः । ममेद्व॑र्धस्व॒ सुष्टु॑तः ॥
  13. 8.6.13यद॑स्य म॒न्युरध्व॑नी॒द्वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो रु॒जन् । अ॒पः स॑मु॒द्रमैर॑यत् ॥
  14. 8.6.14नि शुष्ण॑ इन्द्र धर्ण॒सिं वज्रं॑ जघन्थ॒ दस्य॑वि । वृषा॒ ह्यु॑ग्र शृण्वि॒षे ॥
  15. 8.6.15न द्याव॒ इन्द्र॒मोज॑सा॒ नान्तरि॑क्षाणि व॒ज्रिण॑म् । न वि॑व्यचन्त॒ भूम॑यः ॥
  16. 8.6.16यस्त॑ इन्द्र म॒हीर॒पः स्त॑भू॒यमा॑न॒ आश॑यत् । नि तं पद्या॑सु शिश्नथः ॥
  17. 8.6.17य इ॒मे रोद॑सी म॒ही स॑मी॒ची स॒मज॑ग्रभीत् । तमो॑भिरिन्द्र॒ तं गु॑हः ॥
  18. 8.6.18य इ॑न्द्र॒ यत॑यस्त्वा॒ भृग॑वो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः । ममेदु॑ग्र श्रुधी॒ हव॑म् ॥
  19. 8.6.19इ॒मास्त॑ इन्द्र॒ पृश्न॑यो घृ॒तं दु॑हत आ॒शिर॑म् । ए॒नामृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑ः ॥
  20. 8.6.20या इ॑न्द्र प्र॒स्व॑स्त्वा॒सा गर्भ॒मच॑क्रिरन् । परि॒ धर्मे॑व॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥
  21. 8.6.21त्वामिच्छ॑वसस्पते॒ कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः । त्वां सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
  22. 8.6.22तवेदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रणी॑तिषू॒त प्रश॑स्तिरद्रिवः । य॒ज्ञो वि॑तन्त॒साय्य॑ः ॥
  23. 8.6.23आ न॑ इन्द्र म॒हीमिषं॒ पुरं॒ न द॑र्षि॒ गोम॑तीम् । उ॒त प्र॒जां सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥
  24. 8.6.24उ॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्यं॒ यदि॑न्द्र॒ नाहु॑षी॒ष्वा । अग्रे॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॒दीद॑यत् ॥
  25. 8.6.25अ॒भि व्र॒जं न त॑त्निषे॒ सूर॑ उपा॒कच॑क्षसम् । यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ॥
  26. 8.6.26यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषी॒यस॒ इन्द्र॑ प्र॒राज॑सि क्षि॒तीः । म॒हाँ अ॑पा॒र ओज॑सा ॥
  27. 8.6.27तं त्वा॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विश॒ उप॑ ब्रुवत ऊ॒तये॑ । उ॒रु॒ज्रय॑स॒मिन्दु॑भिः ॥
  28. 8.6.28उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे गि॑री॒णां सं॑ग॒थे च॑ न॒दीना॑म् । धि॒या विप्रो॑ अजायत ॥
  29. 8.6.29अत॑ः समु॒द्रमु॒द्वत॑श्चिकि॒त्वाँ अव॑ पश्यति । यतो॑ विपा॒न एज॑ति ॥
  30. 8.6.30आदित्प्र॒त्नस्य॒ रेत॑सो॒ ज्योति॑ष्पश्यन्ति वास॒रम् । प॒रो यदि॒ध्यते॑ दि॒वा ॥
  31. 8.6.31कण्वा॑स इन्द्र ते म॒तिं विश्वे॑ वर्धन्ति॒ पौंस्य॑म् । उ॒तो श॑विष्ठ॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् ॥
  32. 8.6.32इ॒मां म॑ इन्द्र सुष्टु॒तिं जु॒षस्व॒ प्र सु माम॑व । उ॒त प्र व॑र्धया म॒तिम् ॥
  33. 8.6.33उ॒त ब्र॑ह्म॒ण्या व॒यं तुभ्यं॑ प्रवृद्ध वज्रिवः । विप्रा॑ अतक्ष्म जी॒वसे॑ ॥
  34. 8.6.34अ॒भि कण्वा॑ अनूष॒तापो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः । इन्द्रं॒ वन॑न्वती म॒तिः ॥
  35. 8.6.35इन्द्र॑मु॒क्थानि॑ वावृधुः समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः । अनु॑त्तमन्युम॒जर॑म् ॥
  36. 8.6.36आ नो॑ याहि परा॒वतो॒ हरि॑भ्यां हर्य॒ताभ्या॑म् । इ॒ममि॑न्द्र सु॒तं पि॑ब ॥
  37. 8.6.37त्वामिद्वृ॑त्रहन्तम॒ जना॑सो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः । हव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये ॥
  38. 8.6.38अनु॑ त्वा॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे च॒क्रं न व॒र्त्येत॑शम् । अनु॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
  39. 8.6.39मन्द॑स्वा॒ सु स्व॑र्णर उ॒तेन्द्र॑ शर्य॒णाव॑ति । मत्स्वा॒ विव॑स्वतो म॒ती ॥
  40. 8.6.40वा॒वृ॒धा॒न उप॒ द्यवि॒ वृषा॑ व॒ज्र्य॑रोरवीत् । वृ॒त्र॒हा सो॑म॒पात॑मः ॥
  41. 8.6.41ऋषि॒र्हि पू॑र्व॒जा अस्येक॒ ईशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा । इन्द्र॑ चोष्कू॒यसे॒ वसु॑ ॥
  42. 8.6.42अ॒स्माकं॑ त्वा सु॒ताँ उप॑ वी॒तपृ॑ष्ठा अ॒भि प्रय॑ः । श॒तं व॑हन्तु॒ हर॑यः ॥
  43. 8.6.43इ॒मां सु पू॒र्व्यां धियं॒ मधो॑र्घृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑म् । कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः ॥
  44. 8.6.44इन्द्र॒मिद्विम॑हीनां॒ मेधे॑ वृणीत॒ मर्त्य॑ः । इन्द्रं॑ सनि॒ष्युरू॒तये॑ ॥
  45. 8.6.45अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ त्वा पुरुष्टुत प्रि॒यमे॑धस्तुता॒ हरी॑ । सो॒म॒पेया॑य वक्षतः ॥
  46. 8.6.46श॒तम॒हं ति॒रिन्दि॑रे स॒हस्रं॒ पर्शा॒वा द॑दे । राधां॑सि॒ याद्वा॑नाम् ॥
  47. 8.6.47त्रीणि॑ श॒तान्यर्व॑तां स॒हस्रा॒ दश॒ गोना॑म् । द॒दुष्प॒ज्राय॒ साम्ने॑ ॥
  48. 8.6.48उदा॑नट् ककु॒हो दिव॒मुष्ट्रा॑ञ्चतु॒र्युजो॒ दद॑त् । श्रव॑सा॒ याद्वं॒ जन॑म् ॥