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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77

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  1. Ṛgveda 8.77.1, English SCARCELY was Satakratu, born when of his Mother he inquired, Who are the mighty? Who are famed? Ralph T.H. Griffith
  2. Ṛgveda 8.77.2, English Then Savassi declared to him Aurnavabha, Ahisuva: Son, these be they thou must o'erthrow Ralph T.H. Griffith
  3. Ṛgveda 8.77.3, English The Vrtra-slayer smote them all as spokes are hammered into naves: The Dasyu-killer waxed in might. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  4. Ṛgveda 8.77.4, English Then Indra at a single draught drank the contents of thirty pails, Pails that were filled with Soma juice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  5. Ṛgveda 8.77.5, English Indra in groundless realms of space pierced the Gandharva through, that he Might make Brahmans' strength increase. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  6. Ṛgveda 8.77.6, English Down from the mountains Indra shot hither his well-directed shaft: He gained the ready brew of rice. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  7. Ṛgveda 8.77.7, English One only is that shaft of thine, with thousand feathers, hundred barbs, Which, Indra, thou hast made thy friend. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  8. Ṛgveda 8.77.8, English Strong as the Gbhus at thy birth, therewith to those who praise thee, men, And women, bring thou food to eat. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  9. Ṛgveda 8.77.9, English By thee these exploits were achieved, the mightiest deeds, abundantly: Firm in thy heart thou settest them. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  10. Ṛgveda 8.77.10, English All these things Visnu brought, the Lord of ample stride whom thou hadst sent- A hundred buffaloes, a brew of rice and milk: and Indra, slew the ravening boar Ralph T.H. Griffith
  11. Ṛgveda 8.77.11, English Most deadly is thy bow, successful, fashioned well: good is thine arrow, decked with gold. Warlike and well equipped thine arms are, which increase sweetness for him who drinks the sweet. Ralph T.H. Griffith
  1. 8.77.1ज॒ज्ञा॒नो नु श॒तक्र॑तु॒र्वि पृ॑च्छ॒दिति॑ मा॒तर॑म् । क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे ॥
  2. 8.77.2आदीं॑ शव॒स्य॑ब्रवीदौर्णवा॒भम॑ही॒शुव॑म् । ते पु॑त्र सन्तु नि॒ष्टुर॑ः ॥
  3. 8.77.3समित्तान्वृ॑त्र॒हाखि॑द॒त्खे अ॒राँ इ॑व॒ खेद॑या । प्रवृ॑द्धो दस्यु॒हाभ॑वत् ॥
  4. 8.77.4एक॑या प्रति॒धापि॑बत्सा॒कं सरां॑सि त्रिं॒शत॑म् । इन्द्र॒ः सोम॑स्य काणु॒का ॥
  5. 8.77.5अ॒भि ग॑न्ध॒र्वम॑तृणदबु॒ध्नेषु॒ रज॒स्स्वा । इन्द्रो॑ ब्र॒ह्मभ्य॒ इद्वृ॒धे ॥
  6. 8.77.6निरा॑विध्यद्गि॒रिभ्य॒ आ धा॒रय॑त्प॒क्वमो॑द॒नम् । इन्द्रो॑ बु॒न्दं स्वा॑ततम् ॥
  7. 8.77.7श॒तब्र॑ध्न॒ इषु॒स्तव॑ स॒हस्र॑पर्ण॒ एक॒ इत् । यमि॑न्द्र चकृ॒षे युज॑म् ॥
  8. 8.77.8तेन॑ स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ आ भ॑र॒ नृभ्यो॒ नारि॑भ्यो॒ अत्त॑वे । स॒द्यो जा॒त ऋ॑भुष्ठिर ॥
  9. 8.77.9ए॒ता च्यौ॒त्नानि॑ ते कृ॒ता वर्षि॑ष्ठानि॒ परी॑णसा । हृ॒दा वी॒ड्व॑धारयः ॥
  10. 8.77.10विश्वेत्ता विष्णु॒राभ॑रदुरुक्र॒मस्त्वेषि॑तः । श॒तं म॑हि॒षान्क्षी॑रपा॒कमो॑द॒नं व॑रा॒हमिन्द्र॑ एमु॒षम् ॥
  11. 8.77.11तु॒वि॒क्षं ते॒ सुकृ॑तं सू॒मयं॒ धनु॑ः सा॒धुर्बु॒न्दो हि॑र॒ण्यय॑ः । उ॒भा ते॑ बा॒हू रण्या॒ सुसं॑स्कृत ऋदू॒पे चि॑दृदू॒वृधा॑ ॥