Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78
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- Ṛgveda 8.78.1, English BRING us a thousand, Indra, as our guerdon for the Soma juice: Hundreds of kine, O Hero, bring. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.2, English Bring cattle, bring us ornament, bring us embellishment and steeds, Give us, besides, two rings of gold. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.3, English And, Bold One, bring in ample store rich jewels to adorn this ear, For thou, Good Lord, art far renowned. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.4, English None other is there for the priest, Hero! but thou, to give him gifts, To win much spoil and prosper him. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.5, English Indra can never be brought low, Sakra can never be subdued: He heareth and beholdeth all. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.6, English He spieth out the wrath of man, he who can never be deceived: Ere blame can come he marketh it. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.7, English He hath his stomach full of might, the Vrtra-slayer, Conqueror, The Soma-drinker, ordering all. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.8, English In thee all treasures are combined, Soma all blessed things in thee, Uninjured, easy to bestow. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.9, English To thee speeds forth my hope that craves the gift of corn, and kine and gold, Yea, craving horses, speeds to thee. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- Ṛgveda 8.78.10, English Indra, through hope in thee alone even this sickle do I grasp. Fill my hand, Maghavan, with all that it can hold of barley cut or gathered up. Ralph T.H. Griffith
- 8.78.1पु॒रो॒ळाशं॑ नो॒ अन्ध॑स॒ इन्द्र॑ स॒हस्र॒मा भ॑र । श॒ता च॑ शूर॒ गोना॑म् ॥
- 8.78.2आ नो॑ भर॒ व्यञ्ज॑नं॒ गामश्व॑म॒भ्यञ्ज॑नम् । सचा॑ म॒ना हि॑र॒ण्यया॑ ॥
- 8.78.3उ॒त न॑ः कर्ण॒शोभ॑ना पु॒रूणि॑ धृष्ण॒वा भ॑र । त्वं हि शृ॑ण्वि॒षे व॑सो ॥
- 8.78.4नकीं॑ वृधी॒क इ॑न्द्र ते॒ न सु॒षा न सु॒दा उ॒त । नान्यस्त्वच्छू॑र वा॒घत॑ः ॥
- 8.78.5नकी॒मिन्द्रो॒ निक॑र्तवे॒ न श॒क्रः परि॑शक्तवे । विश्वं॑ शृणोति॒ पश्य॑ति ॥
- 8.78.6स म॒न्युं मर्त्या॑ना॒मद॑ब्धो॒ नि चि॑कीषते । पु॒रा नि॒दश्चि॑कीषते ॥
- 8.78.7क्रत्व॒ इत्पू॒र्णमु॒दरं॑ तु॒रस्या॑स्ति विध॒तः । वृ॒त्र॒घ्नः सो॑म॒पाव्न॑ः ॥
- 8.78.8त्वे वसू॑नि॒ संग॑ता॒ विश्वा॑ च सोम॒ सौभ॑गा । सु॒दात्वप॑रिह्वृता ॥
- 8.78.9त्वामिद्य॑व॒युर्मम॒ कामो॑ ग॒व्युर्हि॑रण्य॒युः । त्वाम॑श्व॒युरेष॑ते ॥
- 8.78.10तवेदि॑न्द्रा॒हमा॒शसा॒ हस्ते॒ दात्रं॑ च॒ना द॑दे । दि॒नस्य॑ वा मघव॒न्सम्भृ॑तस्य वा पू॒र्धि यव॑स्य का॒शिना॑ ॥