Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 1

RV 8 1.1

मा चिद् अन्यद् वि शꣳसत सखायो मा रिषण्यत । इन्द्रम् इत् स्तोता वृषणꣳ सचा सुते मुहुर् उक्था च शꣳसत

mā cid anyad vi śaṁsata sakhāyo mā riṣaṇyata | indram it stotā vṛṣaṇaṁ sacā sute muhur ukthā ca śaṁsata

Do not proclaim anything else, O friends; do not come to harm. Praise only Indra the bull, together, at the pressing, and recite hymns again and again.

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RV 8 1.2

अवक्रक्षिणꣳ वृषभꣳ यथाजुरꣳ गाꣳ न चर्षणीसहम् । विद्वेषणꣳ सꣳवननोभयꣳकरम् मꣳहिष्ठम् उभयाविनम्

avakrakṣiṇaṁ vṛṣabhaṁ yathājuraṁ gāṁ na carṣaṇīsaham | vidveṣaṇaṁ saṁvananobhayaṁkaram maṁhiṣṭham ubhayāvinam

(Praise him:) the onrushing bull, unaging as it were, like a draught-ox that outlasts the peoples; the sower of hatred, the winner-over, who does both, most generous, possessed of both.

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RV 8 1.3

यच् चिद् धि त्वा जना इमे नाना हवन्त ऊतये । अस्माकम् ब्रह्मेदम् इन्द्र भूतु ते ऽहा विश्वा च वर्धनम्

yac cid dhi tvā janā ime nānā havanta ūtaye | asmākam brahmedam indra bhūtu te 'hā viśvā ca vardhanam

For even though these people call on you in many places for help, let this formula of ours, Indra, be your strengthening through all days.

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RV 8 1.4

वि तर्तूर्यन्ते मघवन् विपश्चितो ऽर्यो विपो जनानाम् । उप क्रमस्व पुरुरूपम् आ भर वाजꣳ नेदिष्ठम् ऊतये

vi tartūryante maghavan vipaścito 'ryo vipo janānām | upa kramasva pururūpam ā bhara vājaṁ nediṣṭham ūtaye

The inspired ones press forward, O bounteous one, the songs of the stranger, (the songs) of the peoples. Step near, bring manifold prize, the nearest (prize) for (our) help.

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RV 8 1.5

महे चन त्वाम् अद्रिवः परा शुल्काय देयाम् । न सहस्राय नायुताय वज्रिवो न शताय शतामघ

mahe cana tvām adrivaḥ parā śulkāya deyām | na sahasrāya nāyutāya vajrivo na śatāya śatāmagha

Not even for a great price would I give you away, O lord of the stone; not for a thousand, not for ten thousand, O wielder of the mace, not for a hundred, O you of a hundred gifts.

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RV 8 1.6

वस्याꣳ इन्द्रासि मे पितुर् उत भ्रातुर् अभुञ्जतः । माता च मे छदयथः समा वसो वसुत्वनाय राधसे

vasyām̐ indrāsi me pitur uta bhrātur abhuñjataḥ | mātā ca me chadayathaḥ samā vaso vasutvanāya rādhase

You, Indra, are of more worth to me than a father and than a brother who gives no enjoyment; you and my mother seem alike to me, O good one, for the giving of goods, for bounty.

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RV 8 1.7

क्वेयथ क्वेद् असि पुरुत्रा चिद् धि ते मनः । अलर्षि युध्म खजकृत् पुरꣳदर प्र गायत्रा अगासिषुः

kveyatha kved asi purutrā cid dhi te manaḥ | alarṣi yudhma khajakṛt puraṁdara pra gāyatrā agāsiṣuḥ

Where have you gone? Where are you? For your mind is in many places. You are stirring, O fighter, maker of the fray, breaker of forts: the gāyatra songs have been sung forth.

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RV 8 1.8

प्रास्मै गायत्रम् अर्चत वावातुर् यः पुरꣳदरः । याभिः काण्वस्योप बर्हिर् आसदꣳ यासद् वज्री भिनत् पुरः

prāsmai gāyatram arcata vāvātur yaḥ puraṁdaraḥ | yābhiḥ kāṇvasyopa barhir āsadaṁ yāsad vajrī bhinat puraḥ

Sing forth the gāyatra to him, who is the fort-breaker for his favourite — (the songs) with which he may come to sit upon Kaṇva's barhis; the mace-bearer split the forts.

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RV 8 1.9

ये ते सन्ति दशग्विनः शतिनो ये सहस्रिणः । अश्वासो ये ते वृषणो रघुद्रुवस् तेभिर् नस् तूयम् आ गहि

ye te santi daśagvinaḥ śatino ye sahasriṇaḥ | aśvāso ye te vṛṣaṇo raghudruvas tebhir nas tūyam ā gahi

Those (horses) of yours that come by tens, that come by hundreds, that come by thousands — those bull-like, swift-running horses of yours: with them come quickly to us.

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RV 8 1.10

आ त्व् अ१द्य सबर्दुघाꣳ हुवे गायत्रवेपसम् । इन्द्रꣳ धेनुꣳ सुदुघाम् अन्याम् इषम् उरुधाराम् अरꣳकृतम्

ā tv a1dya sabardughāṁ huve gāyatravepasam | indraṁ dhenuṁ sudughām anyām iṣam urudhārām araṁkṛtam

Today indeed I call upon Indra, who yields sap, who quivers with the gāyatra — the cow easy to milk, unlike another, whose stream of refreshment is broad, (a cow) made ready.

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RV 8 1.11

यत् तुदत् सूर एतशꣳ वङ्कू वातस्य पर्णिना । वहत् कुत्सम् आर्जुनेयꣳ शतक्रतुः त्सरद् गन्धर्वम् अस्तृतम्

yat tudat sūra etaśaṁ vaṅkū vātasya parṇinā | vahat kutsam ārjuneyaṁ śatakratuḥ tsarad gandharvam astṛtam

When he thrust Etaśa for the sun, with the two swerving wings of the wind, when the hundredfold-resolved one carried Kutsa the son of Ārjuna, he crept up on the unsmitten Gandharva.

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RV 8 1.12

य ऋते चिद् अभिश्रिषः पुरा जत्रुभ्य आतृदः । सꣳधाता सꣳधिम् मघवा पुरूवसुर् इष्कर्ता विह्रुतम् पुनः

ya ṛte cid abhiśriṣaḥ purā jatrubhya ātṛdaḥ | saṁdhātā saṁdhim maghavā purūvasur iṣkartā vihrutam punaḥ

He who, even without a bandage, before (reaching) the collar-bones, (though) pierced through, is the joiner of the joint, the bounteous one rich in goods, who sets right again what has been wrenched.

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RV 8 1.13

मा भूम निष्ट्या इवेन्द्र त्वद् अरणा इव । वनानि न प्रजहितान्य् अद्रिवो दुरोषासो अमन्महि

mā bhūma niṣṭyā ivendra tvad araṇā iva | vanāni na prajahitāny adrivo duroṣāso amanmahi

Let us not be, Indra, like outsiders, like strangers to you; like trees abandoned, O lord of the stone — hard to burn, we have thought (ourselves so).

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RV 8 1.14

अमन्महीद् अनाशवो ऽनुग्रासश् च वृत्रहन् । सकृत् सु ते महता शूर राधसा अनु स्तोमम् मुदीमहि

amanmahīd anāśavo 'nugrāsaś ca vṛtrahan | sakṛt su te mahatā śūra rādhasā anu stomam mudīmahi

We have thought (ourselves), being neither swift nor strong, O slayer of Vṛtra. Just once, O hero, may we rejoice in your great bounty along with our praise-song.

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RV 8 1.15

यदि स्तोमम् मम श्रवद् अस्माकम् इन्द्रम् इन्दवः । तिरः पवित्रꣳ ससृवाꣳस आशवो मन्दन्तु तुग्र्यावृधः

yadi stomam mama śravad asmākam indram indavaḥ | tiraḥ pavitraṁ sasṛvāṁsa āśavo mandantu tugryāvṛdhaḥ

If he will hear my praise-song — our drops (are) for Indra: let the swift ones that have run through the filter, grown strong for Tugrya, exhilarate (him).

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RV 8 1.16

आ त्व् अ१द्य सधस्तुतिꣳ वावातुः सख्युर् आ गहि । उपस्तुतिर् मघोनाम् प्र त्वावत्व् अधा ते वश्मि सुष्टुतिम्

ā tv a1dya sadhastutiṁ vāvātuḥ sakhyur ā gahi | upastutir maghonām pra tvāvatv adhā te vaśmi suṣṭutim

Come then today to the joint praise-song of your friend and favourite; let the praise of the bounteous ones further you; and so I desire good praise for you.

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RV 8 1.17

सोता हि सोमम् अद्रिभिर् एम् एनम् अप्सु धावत । गव्या वस्त्रेव वासयन्त इन् नरो निर् धुक्षन् वक्षणाभ्यः

sotā hi somam adribhir em enam apsu dhāvata | gavyā vastreva vāsayanta in naro nir dhukṣan vakṣaṇābhyaḥ

Press the soma, then, with the stones; wash it in the waters. The men, clothing it as with garments of cowhide, shall milk it out from the bellies (of the press).

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RV 8 1.18

अध ज्मो अध वा दिवो बृहतो रोचनाद् अधि । अया वर्धस्व तन्वा गिरा ममा जाता सुक्रतो पृण

adha jmo adha vā divo bṛhato rocanād adhi | ayā vardhasva tanvā girā mamā jātā sukrato pṛṇa

Whether from the earth, or from the shining space of lofty heaven, grow by this body (of soma), by my song; fill up my offspring, O you of good resolve.

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RV 8 1.19

इन्द्राय सु मदिन्तमꣳ सोमꣳ सोता वरेण्यम् । शक्र एणम् पीपयद् विश्वया धिया हिन्वानꣳ न वाजयुम्

indrāya su madintamaṁ somaṁ sotā vareṇyam | śakra eṇam pīpayad viśvayā dhiyā hinvānaṁ na vājayum

Press well for Indra the most intoxicating, choice soma; may the able one make it swell, (the soma) urged on with every thought like (a horse) eager for the prize.

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RV 8 1.20

मा त्वा सोमस्य गल्दया सदा याचन्न् अहꣳ गिरा । भूर्णिम् मृगꣳ न सवनेषु चुक्रुधꣳ क ईशानꣳ न याचिषत्

mā tvā somasya galdayā sadā yācann ahaṁ girā | bhūrṇim mṛgaṁ na savaneṣu cukrudhaṁ ka īśānaṁ na yāciṣat

Let me not, forever begging you with a song, with prattle about soma, anger you at the pressings, like a fierce wild beast. Who would not beg one who has the power?

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RV 8 1.21

मदेनेषितम् मदम् उग्रम् उग्रेण शवसा । विश्वेषाꣳ तरुतारम् मदच्युतम् मदे हि ष्मा ददाति नः

madeneṣitam madam ugram ugreṇa śavasā | viśveṣāṁ tarutāram madacyutam made hi ṣmā dadāti naḥ

(I praise) the rapture urged on by rapture, fierce, with fierce power, the overcomer of all, dripping with rapture — for in rapture he gives to us.

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RV 8 1.22

शेवारे वार्या पुरु देवो मर्ताय दाशुषे । स सुन्वते च स्तुवते च रासते विश्वगूर्तो अरिष्टुतः

śevāre vāryā puru devo martāya dāśuṣe | sa sunvate ca stuvate ca rāsate viśvagūrto ariṣṭutaḥ

In the (soma's) resting-place (the god gives) many choice goods to the mortal worshipper; he bestows on the presser and on the singer, he who is welcomed by all and praised by the pious.

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RV 8 1.23

एन्द्र याहि मत्स्व चित्रेण देव राधसा । सरो न प्रास्य् उदरꣳ सपीतिभिर् आ सोमेभिर् उरु स्फिरम्

endra yāhi matsva citreṇa deva rādhasā | saro na prāsy udaraṁ sapītibhir ā somebhir uru sphiram

Come here, Indra, be exhilarated with your brilliant bounty, O god; like a lake you fill your belly, broad and swelling, with the somas drunk together.

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RV 8 1.24

आ त्वा सहस्रम् आ शतꣳ युक्ता रथे हिरण्यये । ब्रह्मयुजो हरय इन्द्र केशिनो वहन्तु सोमपीतये

ā tvā sahasram ā śataṁ yuktā rathe hiraṇyaye | brahmayujo haraya indra keśino vahantu somapītaye

Let a thousand, let a hundred bay horses harnessed to your golden chariot, yoked by the sacred formula, maned, convey you here, Indra, to the soma-drinking.

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RV 8 1.25

आ त्वा रथे हिरण्यये हरी मयूरशेप्या । शितिपृष्ठा वहताम् मध्वो अन्धसो विवक्षणस्य पीतये

ā tvā rathe hiraṇyaye harī mayūraśepyā | śitipṛṣṭhā vahatām madhvo andhaso vivakṣaṇasya pītaye

Let the two bays with peacock-tails, white-backed, convey you here on the golden chariot, to the drinking of the sweet, invigorating stalk-juice.

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RV 8 1.26

पिबा त्व् अ१स्य गिर्वणः सुतस्य पूर्वपा इव । परिष्कृतस्य रसिन इयम् आसुतिश् चारुर् मदाय पत्यते

pibā tv a1sya girvaṇaḥ sutasya pūrvapā iva | pariṣkṛtasya rasina iyam āsutiś cārur madāya patyate

Drink then of this pressed (juice), O lover of songs, like one who drinks first; this dear infusion of the well-prepared, sappy (soma) is fit for the exhilaration.

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RV 8 1.27

य एको अस्ति दꣳसना महाꣳ उग्रो अभि व्रतैः । गमत् स शिप्री न स योषद् आ गमद् धवꣳ न परि वर्जति

ya eko asti daṁsanā mahām̐ ugro abhi vrataiḥ | gamat sa śiprī na sa yoṣad ā gamad dhavaṁ na pari varjati

He who alone is great in wondrous deed and mighty in his ordinances — may he, the one with the jaws, come; he will not stay away, he will come; he does not pass by the call.

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RV 8 1.28

त्वम् पुरꣳ चरिष्ण्वꣳ वधैः शुष्णस्य सम् पिणक् । त्वम् भा अनु चरो अध द्विता यद् इन्द्र हव्यो भुवः

tvam puraṁ cariṣṇvaṁ vadhaiḥ śuṣṇasya sam piṇak | tvam bhā anu caro adha dvitā yad indra havyo bhuvaḥ

You crushed together with your weapons the moving fortress of Śuṣṇa; you moved after the lights, and then a second time, when, Indra, you became the one to be invoked.

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RV 8 1.29

मम त्वा सूर उदिते मम मध्यꣳदिने दिवः । मम प्रपित्वे अपिशर्वरे वसव् आ स्तोमासो अवृत्सत

mama tvā sūra udite mama madhyaṁdine divaḥ | mama prapitve apiśarvare vasav ā stomāso avṛtsata

At the rising of the sun (the praises turn) to you as mine, mine at the midday of heaven, mine at the forenoon(?) and towards nightfall — my praises, O Vasu, have turned (to you).

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RV 8 1.30

स्तुहि स्तुहीद् एते घा ते मꣳहिष्ठासो मघोनाम् । निन्दिताश्वः प्रपथी परमज्या मघस्य मेध्यातिथे

stuhi stuhīd ete ghā te maṁhiṣṭhāso maghonām | ninditāśvaḥ prapathī paramajyā maghasya medhyātithe

Praise, just praise! These indeed are for you the most liberal of the bounteous ones: Ninditāśva, Prapathin, Paramajyā — (praise them) for bounty, O Medhyātithi.

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RV 8 1.31

आ यद् अश्वान् वनन्वतः श्रद्धयाहꣳ रथे रुहम् । उत वामस्य वसुनश् चिकेतति यो अस्ति याद्वः पशुः

ā yad aśvān vananvataḥ śraddhayāhaṁ rathe ruham | uta vāmasya vasunaś ciketati yo asti yādvaḥ paśuḥ

When in trust I have mounted the chariot of (him who has) the desirable horses, he takes note of the lovely goods, whatever livestock of Yadu there is.

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RV 8 1.32

य ऋज्रा मह्यम् मामहे सह त्वचा हिरण्यया । एष विश्वान्य् अभ्य् अस्तु सौभगासङ्गस्य स्वनद्रथः

ya ṛjrā mahyam māmahe saha tvacā hiraṇyayā | eṣa viśvāny abhy astu saubhagāsaṅgasya svanadrathaḥ

He who bestowed on me two ruddy (horses) along with a golden hide — may he, Svanadratha of Āsaṅga, attain all good fortunes.

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RV 8 1.33

अध प्लायोगिर् अति दासद् अन्यान् आसङ्गो अग्ने दशभिः सहस्रैः । अधोक्षणो दश मह्यꣳ रुशन्तो नऴा इव सरसो निर् अतिष्ठन्

adha plāyogir ati dāsad anyān āsaṅgo agne daśabhiḥ sahasraiḥ | adhokṣaṇo daśa mahyaṁ ruśanto naḻā iva saraso nir atiṣṭhan

Then the son of Playoga, Āsaṅga, surpassed the others, O Agni, with ten thousands; and ten shining oxen stood forth for me like reeds out of a lake.

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RV 8 1.34

अन्व् अस्य स्थूरꣳ ददृशे पुरस्ताद् अनस्थ ऊरुर् अवरम्बमाणः । शश्वती नार्य् अभिचक्ष्याह सुभद्रम् अर्य भोजनम् बिभर्षि

anv asya sthūraṁ dadṛśe purastād anastha ūrur avarambamāṇaḥ | śaśvatī nāry abhicakṣyāha subhadram arya bhojanam bibharṣi

His thick (member) was seen in front, a boneless thigh hanging down; the woman Śaśvatī, having looked at it, said: "O lord, you carry a very auspicious enjoyment."

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