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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 15

RV 8 15.1

तम् व् अभि प्र गायत पुरुहूतम् पुरुष्टुतम् । इन्द्रꣳ गीर्भिस् तविषम् आ विवासत

tam v abhi pra gāyata puruhūtam puruṣṭutam | indraṁ gīrbhis taviṣam ā vivāsata

To him, indeed, sing forth — the much-invoked, the much-praised; with songs seek to win Indra the mighty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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SING forth to him whom many men invoke, to him whom many laud. Invite the powerful Indra with your songs of praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.2

यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत् सहो दाधार रोदसी । गिरीꣳर् अज्राꣳ अपः स्वर् वृषत्वना

yasya dvibarhaso bṛhat saho dādhāra rodasī | girīm̐r ajrām̐ apaḥ svar vṛṣatvanā

He of doubled strength, whose lofty might upheld the two world-halves, the mountains, the plains, the waters, the sun, by his bull-nature.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Whose lofty might-for doubly strong is he-supports the heavens and earth, And hills and plains and floods and light with manly power.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.3

स राजसि पुरुष्टुतꣳ एको वृत्राणि जिघ्नसे । इन्द्र जैत्रा श्रवस्या च यन्तवे

sa rājasi puruṣṭutam̐ eko vṛtrāṇi jighnase | indra jaitrā śravasyā ca yantave

You rule, O much-praised one; alone you smite the obstacles (Vṛtras), Indra, so as to bring in victorious things and glories.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Such, Praised by many! thou art King alone thou smitest Vr̥itras dead, To gain, O Indra, spoils of war and high renown.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.4

तꣳ ते मदꣳ गृणीमसि वृषणम् पृत्सु सासहिम् । उ लोककृत्नुम् अद्रिवो हरिश्रियम्

taṁ te madaṁ gṛṇīmasi vṛṣaṇam pṛtsu sāsahim | u lokakṛtnum adrivo hariśriyam

That exhilaration of yours we extol — the bullish one, overpowering in battles, the maker of room, O wielder of the stone, adorned with the bay horses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We sing this strong and wild delight of thine which conquers in the fray, Which, Caster of the Stone! gives room and shines like gold.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.5

येन ज्योतीꣳष्य् आयवे मनवे च विवेदिथ । मन्दानो अस्य बर्हिषो वि राजसि

yena jyotīṁṣy āyave manave ca viveditha | mandāno asya barhiṣo vi rājasi

By which you found out the lights for Āyu and for Manu; exhilarated, you rule over this ritual grass.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Wherewith thou also foundest lights for Âyu and for Manu's sake: Now joying in this sacred grass thou beamest forth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.6

तद् अद्या चित् त उक्थिनो ऽनु ष्टुवन्ति पूर्वथा । वृषपत्नीर् अपो जया दिवे-दिवे

tad adyā cit ta ukthino 'nu ṣṭuvanti pūrvathā | vṛṣapatnīr apo jayā dive-dive

That very thing, even today, the hymn-singers chant after you as in former times: day by day win the waters whose lords are bulls.

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

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This day too singers of the hymn praise, as of old, this might of thine: Win thou the waters day by day, thralls of the strong.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.7

तव त्यद् इन्द्रियम् बृहत् तव शुष्मम् उत क्रतुम् । वज्रꣳ शिशाति धिषणा वरेण्यम्

tava tyad indriyam bṛhat tava śuṣmam uta kratum | vajraṁ śiśāti dhiṣaṇā vareṇyam

That lofty Indra-power of yours, and your fury and your resolve, and the choice mace — Dhiṣaṇā whets them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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That lofty Indra-power of thine, thy strength and thine intelligence, Thy thunderbolt for which we long, the wish makes keen.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.8

तव द्यौर् इन्द्र पौꣳस्यम् पृथिवी वर्धति श्रवः । त्वाम् आपः पर्वतासश् च हिन्विरे

tava dyaur indra pauṁsyam pṛthivī vardhati śravaḥ | tvām āpaḥ parvatāsaś ca hinvire

Heaven magnifies your manliness, Indra, the earth your fame; the waters and the mountains have urged you on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Indra, Heaven and Earth augment thy manly power and thy renown; The waters and thy mountains stir and urge thee on.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.9

त्वाꣳ विष्णुर् बृहन् क्षयो मित्रो गृणाति वरुणः । त्वाꣳ शर्धो मदत्य् अनु मारुतम्

tvāṁ viṣṇur bṛhan kṣayo mitro gṛṇāti varuṇaḥ | tvāṁ śardho madaty anu mārutam

You Viṣṇu, the lofty dwelling, you Mitra extols, and Varuṇa; after you the Marut host rejoices.

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

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Vishṇu the lofty ruling Power, Varuṇa, Mitra sing thy praise: In thee the Marut3' company have great delight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.10

त्वꣳ वृषा जनानाम् मꣳहिष्ठ इन्द्र जज्ञिषे । सत्रा विश्वा स्वपत्यानि दधिषे

tvaṁ vṛṣā janānām maṁhiṣṭha indra jajñiṣe | satrā viśvā svapatyāni dadhiṣe

You were born as the bull of the peoples, the most liberal, Indra; all together you hold all things of good offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Indra, thou wast born the Lord of men, most liberal of thy gifts: Excellent deeds for evermore are all thine own.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.11

सत्रा त्वम् पुरुष्टुतꣳ एको वृत्राणि तोशसे । नान्य इन्द्रात् करणम् भूय इन्वति

satrā tvam puruṣṭutam̐ eko vṛtrāṇi tośase | nānya indrāt karaṇam bhūya invati

Altogether you alone, much-praised one, pour out the obstacles (Vṛtras); no other than Indra furthers a greater deed.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ever, alone, O highly-praised, thou sendest Vr̥itras to their rest: None else than Indra executes the mighty deed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.12

यद् इन्द्र मन्मशस् त्वा नाना हवन्त ऊतये । अस्माकेभिर् नृभिर् अत्रा स्वर् जय

yad indra manmaśas tvā nānā havanta ūtaye | asmākebhir nṛbhir atrā svar jaya

When, Indra, they call on you severally, each with his own thought, for help — here, with our men, win the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Though here and there, in varied hymns, Indra, men call on thee for aid, Still with our heroes fight and win the light of heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 15.13

अरꣳ क्षयाय नो महे विश्वा रूपाण्य् आविशन् । इन्द्रꣳ जैत्राय हर्षया शचीपतिम्

araṁ kṣayāya no mahe viśvā rūpāṇy āviśan | indraṁ jaitrāya harṣayā śacīpatim

Entering all forms, fitly for our great dwelling — rouse Indra, lord of power, to victory.

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

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Already have all forms of him entered our spacious dwelling-place: For victory stir thou Indra, up, the Lord of Might.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)