Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 36

RV 3 36.1

इमाम् ऊ षु प्रभृतिꣳ सातये धाः शश्वच्-छश्वद् ऊतिभिर् यादमानः । सुते-सुते वावृधे वर्धनेभिर् यः कर्मभिर् महद्भिः सुश्रुतो भूत्

imām ū ṣu prabhṛtiṁ sātaye dhāḥ śaśvac-chaśvad ūtibhir yādamānaḥ | sute-sute vāvṛdhe vardhanebhir yaḥ karmabhir mahadbhiḥ suśruto bhūt

Set this presented (offering) well for the winning, drawing near again and again with your aids. At each pressing he has grown with the strengthenings, he who by his great deeds became well renowned.

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RV 3 36.2

इन्द्राय सोमाः प्रदिवो विदाना ऋभुर् येभिर् वृषपर्वा विहायाः । प्रयम्यमानान् प्रति षू गृभायेन्द्र पिब वृषधूतस्य वृष्णः

indrāya somāḥ pradivo vidānā ṛbhur yebhir vṛṣaparvā vihāyāḥ | prayamyamānān prati ṣū gṛbhāyendra piba vṛṣadhūtasya vṛṣṇaḥ

For Indra the somas are known from of old, by which the deft one, bull-jointed, wide-extending (grew strong). Take hold of them well as they are proffered; Indra, drink of the bull, shaken by the bull.

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RV 3 36.3

पिबा वर्धस्व तव घा सुतास इन्द्र सोमासः प्रथमा उतेमे । यथापिबः पूर्व्याꣳ इन्द्र सोमाꣳ एवा पाहि पन्यो अद्या नवीयान्

pibā vardhasva tava ghā sutāsa indra somāsaḥ prathamā uteme | yathāpibaḥ pūrvyām̐ indra somām̐ evā pāhi panyo adyā navīyān

Drink, grow strong! Yours indeed are the pressed (draughts), Indra, the first somas and these here. As you drank the former somas, Indra, so drink today, praiseworthy, the newer one.

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RV 3 36.4

महाꣳ अमत्रो वृजने विरप्श्य् उ१ग्रꣳ शवः पत्यते धृष्ण्व् ओजः । नाह विव्याच पृथिवी चनैनꣳ यत् सोमासो हर्यश्वम् अमन्दन्

mahām̐ amatro vṛjane virapśy u1graṁ śavaḥ patyate dhṛṣṇv ojaḥ | nāha vivyāca pṛthivī canainaṁ yat somāso haryaśvam amandan

A great vessel, overflowing in the enclosure; he commands fierce might, bold strength. Not even the earth could contain him when the somas gladdened the lord of the bay steeds.

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RV 3 36.5

महाꣳ उग्रो वावृधे वीर्याय समाचक्रे वृषभः काव्येन । इन्द्रो भगो वाजदा अस्य गावः प्र जायन्ते दक्षिणा अस्य पूर्वीः

mahām̐ ugro vāvṛdhe vīryāya samācakre vṛṣabhaḥ kāvyena | indro bhago vājadā asya gāvaḥ pra jāyante dakṣiṇā asya pūrvīḥ

Great and fierce, he grew strong for heroic deed; the bull prepared himself with poetic skill. Indra is Bhaga; prize-giving are his cows; his many gifts are brought forth.

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RV 3 36.6

प्र यत् सिन्धवः प्रसवꣳ यथायन्न् आपः समुद्रꣳ रथ्येव जग्मुः । अतश् चिद् इन्द्रः सदसो वरीयान् यद् ईꣳ सोमः पृणति दुग्धो अꣳशुः

pra yat sindhavaḥ prasavaṁ yathāyann āpaḥ samudraṁ rathyeva jagmuḥ | ataś cid indraḥ sadaso varīyān yad īṁ somaḥ pṛṇati dugdho aṁśuḥ

As the rivers went forth to their onrush, as the waters went to the sea like charioteers — even beyond that Indra is wider than his seat, when the soma, the milked stalk, fills him.

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RV 3 36.7

समुद्रेण सिन्धवो यादमाना इन्द्राय सोमꣳ सुषुतम् भरन्तः । अꣳशुꣳ दुहन्ति हस्तिनो भरित्रैर् मध्वः पुनन्ति धारया पवित्रैः

samudreṇa sindhavo yādamānā indrāya somaṁ suṣutam bharantaḥ | aṁśuṁ duhanti hastino bharitrair madhvaḥ punanti dhārayā pavitraiḥ

Uniting with the ocean, the rivers bearing the well-pressed Soma for Indra — the handed ones milk out the stalk with their forearms, they purify the sweet drink in a stream through the filters.

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RV 3 36.8

ह्रदा इव कुक्षयः सोमधानाः सम् ई विव्याच सवना पुरूणि । अन्ना यद् इन्द्रः प्रथमा व्य् आश वृत्रꣳ जघन्वाꣳ अवृणीत सोमम्

hradā iva kukṣayaḥ somadhānāḥ sam ī vivyāca savanā purūṇi | annā yad indraḥ prathamā vy āśa vṛtraṁ jaghanvām̐ avṛṇīta somam

Like pools his bellies are soma-containers; he has encompassed many pressings together. When Indra had consumed the first foods, having slain Vṛtra he chose Soma.

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RV 3 36.9

आ तू भर माकिर् एतत् परि ष्ठाद् विद्मा हि त्वा वसुपतिꣳ वसूनाम् । इन्द्र यत् ते माहिनꣳ दत्रम् अस्त्य् अस्मभ्यꣳ तद् धर्यश्व प्र यन्धि

ā tū bhara mākir etat pari ṣṭhād vidmā hi tvā vasupatiṁ vasūnām | indra yat te māhinaṁ datram asty asmabhyaṁ tad dharyaśva pra yandhi

Bring (it) here at once; let no one stand in the way of this, for we know you as the wealth-lord of wealth. Indra, what mighty gift of yours there is, hand that over to us, O driver of bay horses.

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RV 3 36.10

अस्मे प्र यन्धि मघवन्न् ऋजीषिन्न् इन्द्र रायो विश्ववारस्य भूरेः । अस्मे शतꣳ शरदो जीवसे धा अस्मे वीराञ् छश्वत इन्द्र शिप्रिन्

asme pra yandhi maghavann ṛjīṣinn indra rāyo viśvavārasya bhūreḥ | asme śataṁ śarado jīvase dhā asme vīrāñ chaśvata indra śiprin

Hand over to us, bounteous Indra, drinker of the residue, (a share) of abundant wealth containing all things desirable; grant us a hundred autumns to live, grant us, Indra of the fair lips, unbroken (lines of) heroes.

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RV 3 36.11

शुनꣳ हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमꣳ वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तꣳ वृत्राणि सꣳजितꣳ धनानाम्

śunaṁ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṁ vājasātau | śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṁ vṛtrāṇi saṁjitaṁ dhanānām

For good fortune let us call bounteous Indra, the most manly, in this contest, at the winning of the prize — the one who hears, the fierce one, for aid in the battles, smiting the obstacles, the winner of prizes.

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