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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.68.1, English EVEN as a car to give us aid, we draw thee hither for our bliss, Strong in thy deeds, checking assault, Lord, Mightiest Indra, of the brave! Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.68.2, English Great in thy power and wisdom, Strong, with thought that comprehendeth all Thou hast filled full with majesty. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.68.3, English Thou very Mighty One, whose hands by virtue of thy greatness grasp, The golden bolt that breaks its way. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.68.4, English Your Lord of might that ne'er hath bent, that ruleth over all mankind, I call, that he, as he is wont, may aid the chariots and the men. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.68.5, English Whom, ever furthering, in frays that win the light, in both the hosts Men call to succour and to help. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.68.6, English Indra, the Strong, the measureless, worthy of praise, Most Bountiful, Sole Ruler even over wealth. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.68.7, English Him, for his ample bounty, him, this Indra do I urge to drink, Who, as his praise was sung of old, the Dancer, is the Lord of men. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.68.8, English Thou Mighty One, whose friendship none of mortals ever hath obtained None will attain unto thy might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.68.9, English Aided by thee, with thee allied, in frays for water and for sun, Bolt-armed! may we win ample spoil. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.68.10, English So seek we thee with sacrifice and songs, chief Lover of the Song, As, in our battles Indra, thou to Purumayya gavest help. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.68.11, English O Thunderer, thou whose friendship and whose onward guidance both are sweet, Thy sacrifice must be prepared. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  12. Ṛgveda 8.68.12, English To us, ourselves, give ample room, give for our dwelling ample room Give ample room to us to live. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  13. Ṛgveda 8.68.13, English We count the banquet of the Gods a spacious pathway for the men, And for the cattle, and the car. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  14. Ṛgveda 8.68.14, English Six men, yea, two and two, made glad with Soma juice, come near to me With offerings pleasant to the taste. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  15. Ṛgveda 8.68.15, English Two brown-hued steeds, Indrota's gift, two bays from Rksa's son were mine, From Asvamedha's son two red. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  16. Ṛgveda 8.68.16, English From Atithigva good car-steeds; from Arksa rein-obeying steeds, From Asvamedha beauteous ones. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  17. Ṛgveda 8.68.17, English Indrota, Atithigva's son, gave me six horses matched with mares And Patakratu gave besides. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  18. Ṛgveda 8.68.18, English Marked above all, amid the brown, is the red mare Vrsanvati, Obedient to the rein and whip. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  19. Ṛgveda 8.68.19, English O bound to me by deeds of might, not even the man who loves to blame. Hath found a single fault in you. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.68.1आ त्वा॒ रथं॒ यथो॒तये॑ सु॒म्नाय॑ वर्तयामसि । तु॒वि॒कू॒र्मिमृ॑ती॒षह॒मिन्द्र॒ शवि॑ष्ठ॒ सत्प॑ते ॥
  2. 8.68.2तुवि॑शुष्म॒ तुवि॑क्रतो॒ शची॑वो॒ विश्व॑या मते । आ प॑प्राथ महित्व॒ना ॥
  3. 8.68.3यस्य॑ ते महि॒ना म॒हः परि॑ ज्मा॒यन्त॑मी॒यतु॑ः । हस्ता॒ वज्रं॑ हिर॒ण्यय॑म् ॥
  4. 8.68.4वि॒श्वान॑रस्य व॒स्पति॒मना॑नतस्य॒ शव॑सः । एवै॑श्च चर्षणी॒नामू॒ती हु॑वे॒ रथा॑नाम् ॥
  5. 8.68.5अ॒भिष्ट॑ये स॒दावृ॑धं॒ स्व॑र्मीळ्हेषु॒ यं नर॑ः । नाना॒ हव॑न्त ऊ॒तये॑ ॥
  6. 8.68.6प॒रोमा॑त्र॒मृची॑षम॒मिन्द्र॑मु॒ग्रं सु॒राध॑सम् । ईशा॑नं चि॒द्वसू॑नाम् ॥
  7. 8.68.7तंत॒मिद्राध॑से म॒ह इन्द्रं॑ चोदामि पी॒तये॑ । यः पू॒र्व्यामनु॑ष्टुति॒मीशे॑ कृष्टी॒नां नृ॒तुः ॥
  8. 8.68.8न यस्य॑ ते शवसान स॒ख्यमा॒नंश॒ मर्त्य॑ः । नकि॒ः शवां॑सि ते नशत् ॥
  9. 8.68.9त्वोता॑स॒स्त्वा यु॒जाप्सु सूर्ये॑ म॒हद्धन॑म् । जये॑म पृ॒त्सु व॑ज्रिवः ॥
  10. 8.68.10तं त्वा॑ य॒ज्ञेभि॑रीमहे॒ तं गी॒र्भिर्गि॑र्वणस्तम । इन्द्र॒ यथा॑ चि॒दावि॑थ॒ वाजे॑षु पुरु॒माय्य॑म् ॥
  11. 8.68.11यस्य॑ ते स्वा॒दु स॒ख्यं स्वा॒द्वी प्रणी॑तिरद्रिवः । य॒ज्ञो वि॑तन्त॒साय्य॑ः ॥
  12. 8.68.12उ॒रु ण॑स्त॒न्वे॒३॒॑ तन॑ उ॒रु क्षया॑य नस्कृधि । उ॒रु णो॑ यन्धि जी॒वसे॑ ॥
  13. 8.68.13उ॒रुं नृभ्य॑ उ॒रुं गव॑ उ॒रुं रथा॑य॒ पन्था॑म् । दे॒ववी॑तिं मनामहे ॥
  14. 8.68.14उप॑ मा॒ षड्द्वाद्वा॒ नर॒ः सोम॑स्य॒ हर्ष्या॑ । तिष्ठ॑न्ति स्वादुरा॒तय॑ः ॥
  15. 8.68.15ऋ॒ज्रावि॑न्द्रो॒त आ द॑दे॒ हरी॒ ऋक्ष॑स्य सू॒नवि॑ । आ॒श्व॒मे॒धस्य॒ रोहि॑ता ॥
  16. 8.68.16सु॒रथाँ॑ आतिथि॒ग्वे स्व॑भी॒शूँरा॒र्क्षे । आ॒श्व॒मे॒धे सु॒पेश॑सः ॥
  17. 8.68.17षळश्वाँ॑ आतिथि॒ग्व इ॑न्द्रो॒ते व॒धूम॑तः । सचा॑ पू॒तक्र॑तौ सनम् ॥
  18. 8.68.18ऐषु॑ चेत॒द्वृष॑ण्वत्य॒न्तरृ॒ज्रेष्वरु॑षी । स्व॒भी॒शुः कशा॑वती ॥
  19. 8.68.19न यु॒ष्मे वा॑जबन्धवो निनि॒त्सुश्च॒न मर्त्य॑ः । अ॒व॒द्यमधि॑ दीधरत् ॥