Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 100

RV 8 100.1

अयꣳ त एमि तन्वा पुरस्ताद् विश्वे देवा अभि मा यन्ति पश्चात् । यदा मह्यꣳ दीधरो भागम् इन्द्राद् इन् मया कृणवो वीर्याणि

ayaṁ ta emi tanvā purastād viśve devā abhi mā yanti paścāt | yadā mahyaṁ dīdharo bhāgam indrād in mayā kṛṇavo vīryāṇi

Here I go before you in my own body; all the gods come behind me. When you secure a share for me, Indra, then indeed with me you will perform heroic deeds.

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RV 8 100.2

दधामि ते मधुनो भक्षम् अग्रे हितस् ते भागः सुतो अस्तु सोमः । असश् च त्वꣳ दक्षिणतः सखा मे ऽधा वृत्राणि जङ्घनाव भूरि

dadhāmi te madhuno bhakṣam agre hitas te bhāgaḥ suto astu somaḥ | asaś ca tvaṁ dakṣiṇataḥ sakhā me 'dhā vṛtrāṇi jaṅghanāva bhūri

I set out for you a drink of the honey first; let your portion, the pressed soma, be ready. And may you be my comrade at my right hand; then let us two smite many Vṛtras.

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RV 8 100.3

प्र सु स्तोमम् भरत वाजयन्त इन्द्राय सत्यꣳ यदि सत्यम् अस्ति । नेन्द्रो अस्तीति नेम उ त्व आह क ईꣳ ददर्श कम् अभि ष्टवाम

pra su stomam bharata vājayanta indrāya satyaṁ yadi satyam asti | nendro astīti nema u tva āha ka īṁ dadarśa kam abhi ṣṭavāma

Bring forth the praise well, you who seek the prize — a true (praise) for Indra, if truth there is. 'Indra is not,' so says this one and that: 'who has seen him? whom are we to praise?'

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RV 8 100.4

अयम् अस्मि जरितः पश्य मेह विश्वा जातान्य् अभ्य् अस्मि मह्ना । ऋतस्य मा प्रदिशो वर्धयन्त्य् आदर्दिरो भुवना दर्दरीमि

ayam asmi jaritaḥ paśya meha viśvā jātāny abhy asmi mahnā | ṛtasya mā pradiśo vardhayanty ādardiro bhuvanā dardarīmi

Here I am, singer — look at me here: in greatness I surpass all that has been born. The directions of ṛta make me grow; the shatterer, I shatter the worlds.

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RV 8 100.5

आ यन् मा वेना अरुहन्न् ऋतस्यꣳ एकम् आसीनꣳ हर्यतस्य पृष्ठे । मनश् चिन् मे हृद आ प्रत्य् अवोचद् अचिक्रदञ् छिशुमन्तः सखायः

ā yan mā venā aruhann ṛtasyam̐ ekam āsīnaṁ haryatasya pṛṣṭhe | manaś cin me hṛda ā praty avocad acikradañ chiśumantaḥ sakhāyaḥ

When the seers climbed up to me, seated alone on the back of the delightful one of ṛta, my very mind answered me back from the heart, and my friends with their children cried aloud.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 100.6

विश्वेत् ता ते सवनेषु प्रवाच्या या चकर्थ मघवन्न् इन्द्र सुन्वते । पारावतꣳ यत् पुरुसम्भृतꣳ वस्व् अपावृणोः शरभाय ऋषिबन्धवे

viśvet tā te savaneṣu pravācyā yā cakartha maghavann indra sunvate | pārāvataṁ yat purusambhṛtaṁ vasv apāvṛṇoḥ śarabhāya ṛṣibandhave

All those deeds of yours are to be proclaimed at the pressings, which you have done, bounteous Indra, for the presser: that you uncovered the far-off wealth, heaped up in abundance, for Śarabha, kinsman of the ṛṣi.

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RV 8 100.7

प्र नूनꣳ धावता पृथङ् नेह यो वो अवावरीत् । नि षीꣳ वृत्रस्य मर्मणि वज्रम् इन्द्रो अपीपतत्

pra nūnaṁ dhāvatā pṛthaṅ neha yo vo avāvarīt | ni ṣīṁ vṛtrasya marmaṇi vajram indro apīpatat

Run forth now, each apart! He who held you back is not here. Indra has hurled the mace down into Vṛtra's vital spot.

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RV 8 100.8

मनोजवा अयमान आयसीम् अतरत् पुरम् । दिवꣳ सुपर्णो गत्वाय सोमꣳ वज्रिण आभरत्

manojavā ayamāna āyasīm atarat puram | divaṁ suparṇo gatvāya somaṁ vajriṇa ābharat

Swift as thought, speeding on, he crossed the iron fortress; having gone to heaven, the eagle brought the soma for the bearer of the mace.

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RV 8 100.9

समुद्रे अन्तः शयत उद्ना वज्रो अभीवृतः । भरन्त्य् अस्मै सꣳयतः पुरःप्रस्रवणा बलिम्

samudre antaḥ śayata udnā vajro abhīvṛtaḥ | bharanty asmai saṁyataḥ puraḥprasravaṇā balim

Within the sea the mace lies, covered over by the water. Holding themselves together, streaming forward, they bring him tribute.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 100.10

यद् वाग् वदन्त्य् अविचेतनानि राष्ट्री देवानाꣳ निषसाद मन्द्रा । चतस्र ऊर्जꣳ दुदुहे पयाꣳसि क्व स्विद् अस्याः परमꣳ जगाम

yad vāg vadanty avicetanāni rāṣṭrī devānāṁ niṣasāda mandrā | catasra ūrjaṁ duduhe payāṁsi kva svid asyāḥ paramaṁ jagāma

When Vāc, speaking things not understood, sat down as queen of the gods, delightful — the four (regions) milked out nourishment and milk-streams from her. Where then has her highest (part) gone?

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RV 8 100.11

देवीꣳ वाचम् अजनयन्त देवास् ताꣳ विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति । सा नो मन्द्रेषम् ऊर्जꣳ दुहाना धेनुर् वाग् अस्मान् उप सुष्टुतैतु

devīṁ vācam ajanayanta devās tāṁ viśvarūpāḥ paśavo vadanti | sā no mandreṣam ūrjaṁ duhānā dhenur vāg asmān upa suṣṭutaitu

The gods generated divine Speech; animals of every form speak her. May she, the delightful cow, milking out food and strength for us — Speech, well praised — come to us.

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RV 8 100.12

सखे विष्णो वितरꣳ वि क्रमस्व द्यौर् देहि लोकꣳ वज्राय विष्कभे । हनाव वृत्रꣳ रिणचाव सिन्धून् इन्द्रस्य यन्तु प्रसवे विसृष्टाः

sakhe viṣṇo vitaraṁ vi kramasva dyaur dehi lokaṁ vajrāya viṣkabhe | hanāva vṛtraṁ riṇacāva sindhūn indrasya yantu prasave visṛṣṭāḥ

O friend Viṣṇu, stride out more widely; O Heaven, give room for the vajra to prop (things) apart. Let us two slay Vṛtra, let us two release the rivers; let them, set loose, go at Indra's impulse.

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