Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 17

RV 8 17.1

आ याहि सुषुमा हि त इन्द्र सोमम् पिबा इमम् । एदम् बर्हिः सदो मम

ā yāhi suṣumā hi ta indra somam pibā imam | edam barhiḥ sado mama

Come, for we have pressed (soma) for you, Indra: drink this soma; sit down here on my barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 17.2

आ त्वा ब्रह्मयुजा हरी वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना । उप ब्रह्माणि नः शृणु

ā tvā brahmayujā harī vahatām indra keśinā | upa brahmāṇi naḥ śṛṇu

Let the two long-maned bay horses, yoked by the formulation, convey you here, Indra; listen to our formulations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 17.3

ब्रह्माणस् त्वा वयꣳ युजा सोमपाम् इन्द्र सोमिनः । सुतावन्तो हवामहे

brahmāṇas tvā vayaṁ yujā somapām indra sominaḥ | sutāvanto havāmahe

We, the formulators, possessing soma, with the pressing done, call you—the soma-drinker, Indra—with (our) team.

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

RV 8 17.4

आ नो याहि सुतावतो ऽस्माकꣳ सुष्टुतीर् उप । पिबा सु शिप्रिन्न् अन्धसः

ā no yāhi sutāvato 'smākaṁ suṣṭutīr upa | pibā su śiprinn andhasaḥ

Come to us who have pressed (the soma), to our fair praises; drink well of the juice, O fair-lipped one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 17.5

आ ते सिञ्चामि कुक्ष्योर् अनु गात्रा वि धावतु । गृभाय जिह्वया मधु

ā te siñcāmi kukṣyor anu gātrā vi dhāvatu | gṛbhāya jihvayā madhu

I pour (it) into your two flanks; let it run out along your limbs; take the honey with your tongue.

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RV 8 17.6

स्वादुष् टे अस्तु सꣳसुदे मधुमान् तन्वे३ तव । सोमः शम् अस्तु ते हृदे

svāduṣ ṭe astu saṁsude madhumān tanve3 tava | somaḥ śam astu te hṛde

Let it be sweet to you for consuming, honeyed for your body; let the soma be a comfort to your heart.

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RV 8 17.7

अयम् उ त्वा विचर्षणे जनीर् इवाभि सꣳवृतः । प्र सोम इन्द्र सर्पतु

ayam u tvā vicarṣaṇe janīr ivābhi saṁvṛtaḥ | pra soma indra sarpatu

Let this soma, wrapped about as wives (wrap about a man), creep forward to you, Indra, O far-ranging one.

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

RV 8 17.8

तुविग्रीवो वपोदरः सुबाहुर् अन्धसो मदे । इन्द्रो वृत्राणि जिघ्नते

tuvigrīvo vapodaraḥ subāhur andhaso made | indro vṛtrāṇi jighnate

Strong-necked, fat-bellied, fair-armed, in the exhilaration of the juice Indra smites the obstacles.

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RV 8 17.9

इन्द्र प्रेहि पुरस् त्वꣳ विश्वस्येशान ओजसा । वृत्राणि वृत्रहञ् जहि

indra prehi puras tvaṁ viśvasyeśāna ojasā | vṛtrāṇi vṛtrahañ jahi

Indra, go forward in front, you who rule over all by your strength; smite the obstacles, O smiter of Vṛtra.

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RV 8 17.10

दीर्घस् ते अस्त्व् अङ्कुशो येना वसु प्रयच्छसि । यजमानाय सुन्वते

dīrghas te astv aṅkuśo yenā vasu prayacchasi | yajamānāya sunvate

Long be your hook, with which you hold out goods to the sacrificer who presses (the soma).

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RV 8 17.11

अयꣳ त इन्द्र सोमो निपूतो अधि बर्हिषि । एहीम् अस्य द्रवा पिब

ayaṁ ta indra somo nipūto adhi barhiṣi | ehīm asya dravā piba

This soma of yours, Indra, purified, is upon the barhis: come to it, run, drink.

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RV 8 17.12

शाचिगो शाचिपूजनायꣳ रणाय ते सुतः । आखण्डल प्र हूयसे

śācigo śācipūjanāyaṁ raṇāya te sutaḥ | ākhaṇḍala pra hūyase

O Śācigu, O Śācipūjana — this (soma) is pressed for your joy; O Ākhaṇḍala, you are called forth.

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

RV 8 17.13

यस् ते शृङ्गवृषो नपात् प्रणपात् कुण्डपाय्यः । न्य् अस्मिन् दध्र आ मनः

yas te śṛṅgavṛṣo napāt praṇapāt kuṇḍapāyyaḥ | ny asmin dadhra ā manaḥ

To Kuṇḍapâyya, grandson's son, grandson of Ṣringavr̥ish! to thee, To him have I addressed my thought.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 8 17.14

वास्तोष् पते ध्रुवा स्थूणाꣳसत्रꣳ सोम्यानाम् । द्रप्सो भेत्ता पुराꣳ शश्वतीनाम् इन्द्रो मुनीनाꣳ सखा

vāstoṣ pate dhruvā sthūṇāṁsatraṁ somyānām | drapso bhettā purāṁ śaśvatīnām indro munīnāṁ sakhā

Strong pillar thou, Lord of the home armour of Soma-offerers: The drop of Soma breaketh all the strongholds down, and Indra is the R̥ishis' Friend.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 8 17.15

पृदाकुसानुर् यजतो गवेषण एकः सन्न् अभि भूयसः । भूर्णिम् अश्वꣳ नयत् तुजा पुरो गृभेन्द्रꣳ सोमस्य पीतये

pṛdākusānur yajato gaveṣaṇa ekaḥ sann abhi bhūyasaḥ | bhūrṇim aśvaṁ nayat tujā puro gṛbhendraṁ somasya pītaye

The viper-backed one, worthy of worship, seeking cattle, being one alone (he goes) against the many. Let (the priest) lead him, an impetuous horse, with a thrust, grasping (him) in front — Indra, for the drinking of the soma.

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