Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 16

RV 8 16.1

प्र सम्राजꣳ चर्षणीनाम् इन्द्रꣳ स्तोता नव्यꣳ गीर्भिः । नरꣳ नृषाहम् मꣳहिष्ठम्

pra samrājaṁ carṣaṇīnām indraṁ stotā navyaṁ gīrbhiḥ | naraṁ nṛṣāham maṁhiṣṭham

Praise forth with songs, anew, Indra, sovereign of the peoples, the man who overpowers men, the most liberal.

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RV 8 16.2

यस्मिन्न् उक्थानि रण्यन्ति विश्वानि च श्रवस्या । अपाम् अवो न समुद्रे

yasminn ukthāni raṇyanti viśvāni ca śravasyā | apām avo na samudre

In whom the recitations take delight, and all glorious deeds, as the waters' flow does in the sea.

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RV 8 16.3

तꣳ सुष्टुत्या विवासे ज्येष्ठराजम् भरे कृत्नुम् । महो वाजिनꣳ सनिभ्यः

taṁ suṣṭutyā vivāse jyeṣṭharājam bhare kṛtnum | maho vājinaṁ sanibhyaḥ

Him I seek to win with good praise, the eldest king, effective in the onslaught, the great prize-winner, for the sake of gains.

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RV 8 16.4

यस्यानूना गभीरा मदा उरवस् तरुत्राः । हर्षुमन्तः शूरसातौ

yasyānūnā gabhīrā madā uravas tarutrāḥ | harṣumantaḥ śūrasātau

(He) whose intoxications are unfailing, deep, broad, victorious, full of thrill in the winning of heroes.

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RV 8 16.5

तम् इद् धनेषु हितेष्व् अधिवाकाय हवन्ते । येषाम् इन्द्रस् ते जयन्ति

tam id dhaneṣu hiteṣv adhivākāya havante | yeṣām indras te jayanti

It is he whom they call upon for intercession when the stakes are set down; those whose Indra he is, they win.

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RV 8 16.6

तम् इच् च्यौत्नैर् आर्यन्ति तꣳ कृतेभिश् चर्षणयः । एष इन्द्रो वरिवस्कृत्

tam ic cyautnair āryanti taṁ kṛtebhiś carṣaṇayaḥ | eṣa indro varivaskṛt

Him indeed the peoples set in motion with their impulses, him with their deeds: this Indra is the maker of free space.

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RV 8 16.7

इन्द्रो ब्रह्मेन्द्र ऋषिर् इन्द्रः पुरू पुरुहूतः । महान् महीभिः शचीभिः

indro brahmendra ṛṣir indraḥ purū puruhūtaḥ | mahān mahībhiḥ śacībhiḥ

Indra is the formulation, Indra the seer; Indra is much and much-invoked, great with his great powers.

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RV 8 16.8

स स्तोम्यः स हव्यः सत्यः सत्वा तुविकूर्मिः । एकश् चित् सन्न् अभिभूतिः

sa stomyaḥ sa havyaḥ satyaḥ satvā tuvikūrmiḥ | ekaś cit sann abhibhūtiḥ

He is to be praised, he is to be invoked, the true one, the warrior of mighty working; though he be but one, he is the overpowerer.

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RV 8 16.9

तम् अर्केभिस् तꣳ सामभिस् तꣳ गायत्रैश् चर्षणयः । इन्द्रꣳ वर्धन्ति क्षितयः

tam arkebhis taṁ sāmabhis taṁ gāyatraiś carṣaṇayaḥ | indraṁ vardhanti kṣitayaḥ

Him with chants, him with melodies, him with gāyatra songs the peoples, the settlements, strengthen—Indra.

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RV 8 16.10

प्रणेतारꣳ वस्यो अच्छा कर्तारꣳ ज्योतिः समत्सु । सासह्वाꣳसꣳ युधामित्रान्

praṇetāraṁ vasyo acchā kartāraṁ jyotiḥ samatsu | sāsahvāṁsaṁ yudhāmitrān

(They strengthen him,) the leader toward what is better, the maker of light in battles, the one who overcomes foes in fighting.

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RV 8 16.11

स नः पप्रिः पारयाति स्वस्ति नावा पुरुहूतः । इन्द्रो विश्वा अति द्विषः

sa naḥ papriḥ pārayāti svasti nāvā puruhūtaḥ | indro viśvā ati dviṣaḥ

He, the one who fills (us), the much-invoked, will carry us across safely by ship—Indra, past all hostilities.

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RV 8 16.12

स त्वꣳ न इन्द्र वाजेभिर् दशस्या च गातुया च । अच्छा च नः सुम्नꣳ नेषि

sa tvaṁ na indra vājebhir daśasyā ca gātuyā ca | acchā ca naḥ sumnaṁ neṣi

So do you, Indra, favour us with prizes and make a path (for us), and lead us toward well-being.

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