Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 2

RV 8 2.1

इदꣳ वसो सुतम् अन्धः पिबा सुपूर्णम् उदरम् । अनाभयिन् ररिमा ते

idaṁ vaso sutam andhaḥ pibā supūrṇam udaram | anābhayin rarimā te

Here is the pressed juice, O Vasu: drink, (fill) your belly full; O fearless one, we have given (it) to you.

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RV 8 2.2

नृभिर् धूतः सुतो अश्नैर् अव्यो वारैः परिपूतः । अश्वो न निक्तो नदीषु

nṛbhir dhūtaḥ suto aśnair avyo vāraiḥ paripūtaḥ | aśvo na nikto nadīṣu

Shaken by the men, pressed out with stones, purified through the wool of the sheep, like a horse washed in the rivers.

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RV 8 2.3

तꣳ ते यवꣳ यथा गोभिः स्वादुम् अकर्म श्रीणन्तः । इन्द्र त्वास्मिन् सधमादे

taṁ te yavaṁ yathā gobhiḥ svādum akarma śrīṇantaḥ | indra tvāsmin sadhamāde

That (soma) we have made sweet for you by mixing it with cow's milk, as (one treats) barley; Indra, (we call) you to this common feast.

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RV 8 2.4

इन्द्र इत् सोमपा एक इन्द्रः सुतपा विश्वायुः । अन्तर् देवान् मर्त्याꣳश् च

indra it somapā eka indraḥ sutapā viśvāyuḥ | antar devān martyām̐ś ca

Indra alone is the soma-drinker, Indra the drinker of the pressed juice, lasting all a lifetime, among gods and mortals.

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RV 8 2.5

न यꣳ शुक्रो न दुराशीर् न तृप्रा उरुव्यचसम् । अपस्पृण्वते सुहार्दम्

na yaṁ śukro na durāśīr na tṛprā uruvyacasam | apaspṛṇvate suhārdam

Whom neither the bright (unmixed drink), nor the badly mixed, nor the cloying ones drive away — the wide-extending, kind-hearted one.

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RV 8 2.6

गोभिर् यद् ईम् अन्ये अस्मन् मृगꣳ न व्रा मृगयन्ते । अभित्सरन्ति धेनुभिः

gobhir yad īm anye asman mṛgaṁ na vrā mṛgayante | abhitsaranti dhenubhiḥ

When others than we seek after him with cows, as (women) hunt a deer, they creep up (to him) with their milch-cows.

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RV 8 2.7

त्रय इन्द्रस्य सोमाः सुतासः सन्तु देवस्य । स्वे क्षये सुतपाव्नः

traya indrasya somāḥ sutāsaḥ santu devasya | sve kṣaye sutapāvnaḥ

Let there be three pressed somas for the god Indra, the drinker of the pressed, in his own dwelling.

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RV 8 2.8

त्रयः कोशासः श्चोतन्ति तिस्रश् चम्व१ः सुपूर्णाः । समाने अधि भार्मन्

trayaḥ kośāsaḥ ścotanti tisraś camva1ḥ supūrṇāḥ | samāne adhi bhārman

Three vats drip, three cups are well filled, upon one and the same support.

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RV 8 2.9

शुचिर् असि पुरुनिःष्ठाः क्षीरैर् मध्यत आशीर्तः । दध्ना मन्दिष्ठः शूरस्य

śucir asi puruniḥṣṭhāḥ kṣīrair madhyata āśīrtaḥ | dadhnā mandiṣṭhaḥ śūrasya

You are clear, standing in many (vessels); in the middle you are blended with milk; with curd you are most exhilarating — (the drink) of the hero.

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RV 8 2.10

इमे त इन्द्र सोमास् तीव्रा अस्मे सुतासः । शुक्रा आशिरꣳ याचन्ते

ime ta indra somās tīvrā asme sutāsaḥ | śukrā āśiraṁ yācante

These sharp somas of yours, Indra, are pressed among us; bright, they ask for the milk-admixture.

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RV 8 2.11

ताꣳ आशिरम् पुरोऴाशम् इन्द्रेमꣳ सोमꣳ श्रीणीहि । रेवन्तꣳ हि त्वा शृणोमि

tām̐ āśiram puroḻāśam indremaṁ somaṁ śrīṇīhi | revantaṁ hi tvā śṛṇomi

Mix in that admixture, the sacrificial cake, Indra, and this soma; for I hear that you are rich.

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RV 8 2.12

हृत्सु पीतासो युध्यन्ते दुर्मदासो न सुरायाम् । ऊधर् न नग्ना जरन्ते

hṛtsu pītāso yudhyante durmadāso na surāyām | ūdhar na nagnā jarante

Drunk (and) in the hearts they fight, like badly drunken men at liquor; like naked ones they cry after the udder.

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RV 8 2.13

रेवाꣳ इद् रेवतः स्तोता स्यात् त्वावतो मघोनः । प्रेद् उ हरिवः श्रुतस्य

revām̐ id revataḥ stotā syāt tvāvato maghonaḥ | pred u harivaḥ śrutasya

Rich indeed would the praiser be of one rich, of a bounteous patron like you — and forward (he would come), O lord of the bays, (as praiser) of the renowned one.

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RV 8 2.14

उक्थꣳ चन शस्यमानम् अगोर् अरिर् आ चिकेत । न गायत्रꣳ गीयमानम्

ukthaṁ cana śasyamānam agor arir ā ciketa | na gāyatraṁ gīyamānam

The stranger does not heed even the recitation uttered by the man without cattle, nor the gāyatra being sung.

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RV 8 2.15

मा न इन्द्र पीयत्नवे मा शर्धते परा दाः । शिक्षा शचीवः शचीभिः

mā na indra pīyatnave mā śardhate parā dāḥ | śikṣā śacīvaḥ śacībhiḥ

Do not give us over, Indra, to the reviler, nor to the insolent one; teach (us), O possessor of powers, with your powers.

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RV 8 2.16

वयम् उ त्वा तदिदर्था इन्द्र त्वायन्तः सखायः । कण्वा उक्थेभिर् जरन्ते

vayam u tvā tadidarthā indra tvāyantaḥ sakhāyaḥ | kaṇvā ukthebhir jarante

And we, having just that for our aim, Indra, devoted to you, your comrades — we Kaṇvas sing with recitations.

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RV 8 2.17

न घेम् अन्यद् आ पपन वज्रिन्न् अपसो नविष्टौ । तवेद् उ स्तोमꣳ चिकेत

na ghem anyad ā papana vajrinn apaso naviṣṭau | taved u stomaṁ ciketa

I have praised no other, O wielder of the mace, at the new invocation of the busy one; only your praise-song have I had in mind.

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RV 8 2.18

इच्छन्ति देवाः सुन्वन्तꣳ न स्वप्नाय स्पृहयन्ति । यन्ति प्रमादम् अतन्द्राः

icchanti devāḥ sunvantaṁ na svapnāya spṛhayanti | yanti pramādam atandrāḥ

The gods want the man who presses; they have no longing for sleep; untiring, they go to the exhilaration.

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RV 8 2.19

ओ षु प्र याहि वाजेभिर् मा हृणीथा अभ्य् अ१स्मान् । महाꣳ इव युवजानिः

o ṣu pra yāhi vājebhir mā hṛṇīthā abhy a1smān | mahām̐ iva yuvajāniḥ

Come forward, then, with prizes; do not be angry at us, like a great man with a young wife.

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RV 8 2.20

मो ष्व् अ१द्य दुर्हणावान् सायꣳ करद् आरे अस्मत् । अश्रीर इव जामाता

mo ṣv a1dya durhaṇāvān sāyaṁ karad āre asmat | aśrīra iva jāmātā

Let him not, ill-humoured, spend the evening today far away from us, like an unlovely son-in-law.

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RV 8 2.21

विद्मा ह्य् अस्य वीरस्य भूरिदावरीꣳ सुमतिम् । त्रिषु जातस्य मनाꣳसि

vidmā hy asya vīrasya bhūridāvarīṁ sumatim | triṣu jātasya manāṁsi

For we know the much-giving favour of this hero, the thoughts of him who was born among the three (worlds).

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RV 8 2.22

आ तू षिञ्च कण्वमन्तꣳ न घा विद्म शवसानात् । यशस्तरꣳ शतमूतेः

ā tū ṣiñca kaṇvamantaṁ na ghā vidma śavasānāt | yaśastaraṁ śatamūteḥ

Pour out, then, (the drink) attended by the Kaṇvas; we know none more glorious than the strong one, than him of a hundred aids.

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RV 8 2.23

ज्येष्ठेन सोतर् इन्द्राय सोमꣳ वीराय शक्राय । भरा पिबन् नर्याय

jyeṣṭhena sotar indrāya somaṁ vīrāya śakrāya | bharā piban naryāya

With the foremost (stone), O presser, bring soma for Indra, the hero, the able one, for the manly one, that he may drink.

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RV 8 2.24

यो वेदिष्ठो अव्यथिष्व् अश्वावन्तꣳ जरितृभ्यः । वाजꣳ स्तोतृभ्यो गोमन्तम्

yo vediṣṭho avyathiṣv aśvāvantaṁ jaritṛbhyaḥ | vājaṁ stotṛbhyo gomantam

who is the most knowing among the unswerving ones — (bring) to the singers a prize rich in horses, to the praisers one rich in cattle.

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RV 8 2.25

पन्यम्-पन्यम् इत् सोतार आ धावत मद्याय । सोमꣳ वीराय शूराय

panyam-panyam it sotāra ā dhāvata madyāya | somaṁ vīrāya śūrāya

Every praiseworthy (draught), O pressers, stir up for the intoxication — the soma for the hero, the brave one.

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RV 8 2.26

पाता वृत्रहा सुतम् आ घा गमन् नारे अस्मत् । नि यमते शतमूतिः

pātā vṛtrahā sutam ā ghā gaman nāre asmat | ni yamate śatamūtiḥ

The drinker, the slayer of Vṛtra, will surely come to the pressed (soma), not far from us; he of a hundred aids reins in (his horses).

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RV 8 2.27

एह हरी ब्रह्मयुजा शग्मा वक्षतः सखायम् । गीर्भिः श्रुतꣳ गिर्वणसम्

eha harī brahmayujā śagmā vakṣataḥ sakhāyam | gīrbhiḥ śrutaṁ girvaṇasam

Here the two bays, yoked by the sacred formula, the mighty ones, shall convey our comrade, him who is famed through songs, who craves songs.

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RV 8 2.28

स्वादवः सोमा आ याहि श्रीताः सोमा आ याहि । शिप्रिन्न् ऋषीवः शचीवो नायम् अच्छा सधमादम्

svādavaḥ somā ā yāhi śrītāḥ somā ā yāhi | śiprinn ṛṣīvaḥ śacīvo nāyam acchā sadhamādam

Sweet are the soma-draughts — come here! Mixed (with milk) are the soma-draughts — come here! O fair-jawed one, attended by ṛṣis, O powerful one, (come) as a man (comes) to this drinking-feast.

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RV 8 2.29

स्तुतश् च यास् त्वा वर्धन्ति महे राधसे नृम्णाय । इन्द्र कारिणꣳ वृधन्तः

stutaś ca yās tvā vardhanti mahe rādhase nṛmṇāya | indra kāriṇaṁ vṛdhantaḥ

And the praises that strengthen you for great bounty, for manly force — (they,) O Indra, strengthening the active one.

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RV 8 2.30

गिरश् च यास् ते गिर्वाह उक्था च तुभ्यꣳ तानि । सत्रा दधिरे शवाꣳसि

giraś ca yās te girvāha ukthā ca tubhyaṁ tāni | satrā dadhire śavāṁsi

And the songs that are yours, O you whom songs convey, and the recitations that are for you — together they have taken on (their) strengths.

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RV 8 2.31

एवेद् एष तुविकूर्मिर् वाजाꣳ एको वज्रहस्तः । सनाद् अमृक्तो दयते

eved eṣa tuvikūrmir vājām̐ eko vajrahastaḥ | sanād amṛkto dayate

Just so does he, of mighty action, alone, with the mace in his hand, unimpaired from of old, apportion the prizes.

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RV 8 2.32

हन्ता वृत्रꣳ दक्षिणेनेन्द्रः पुरू पुरुहूतः । महान् महीभिः शचीभिः

hantā vṛtraṁ dakṣiṇenendraḥ purū puruhūtaḥ | mahān mahībhiḥ śacībhiḥ

Slayer of Vṛtra with his right hand is Indra, much-invoked in many ways, great with his great powers.

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RV 8 2.33

यस्मिन् विश्वाश् चर्षणय उत च्यौत्ना ज्रयाꣳसि च । अनु घेन् मन्दी मघोनः

yasmin viśvāś carṣaṇaya uta cyautnā jrayāṁsi ca | anu ghen mandī maghonaḥ

In whom are all the peoples, and the stirrings and the expanses — he indeed is the exhilarated one of the bountiful patrons.

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RV 8 2.34

एष एतानि चकारेन्द्रो विश्वा यो ऽति शृण्वे । वाजदावा मघोनाम्

eṣa etāni cakārendro viśvā yo 'ti śṛṇve | vājadāvā maghonām

He, Indra, has done all these deeds, he who is heard of beyond (all others), the giver of prizes among the bountiful.

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RV 8 2.35

प्रभर्ता रथꣳ गव्यन्तम् अपाकाच् चिद् यम् अवति । इनो वसु स हि वोऴ्हा

prabhartā rathaṁ gavyantam apākāc cid yam avati | ino vasu sa hi voḻhā

He brings forward the chariot that seeks cattle, (the chariot of him) whom he aids even from far off; mighty, he indeed is the conveyer of goods.

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RV 8 2.36

सनिता विप्रो अर्वद्भिर् हन्ता वृत्रꣳ नृभिः शूरः । सत्यो ऽविता विधन्तम्

sanitā vipro arvadbhir hantā vṛtraṁ nṛbhiḥ śūraḥ | satyo 'vitā vidhantam

A winner, inspired, (winning) with racehorses; slayer of Vṛtra with (his) men, a hero; true, a helper of him who worships.

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RV 8 2.37

यजध्वैनम् प्रियमेधा इन्द्रꣳ सत्राचा मनसा । यो भूत् सोमैः सत्यमद्वा

yajadhvainam priyamedhā indraṁ satrācā manasā | yo bhūt somaiḥ satyamadvā

Sacrifice to him, O Priyamedhas — to Indra, with concentrated mind — who with the soma-draughts has become one who truly revels.

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RV 8 2.38

गाथश्रवसꣳ सत्पतिꣳ श्रवस्कामम् पुरुत्मानम् । कण्वासो गात वाजिनम्

gāthaśravasaṁ satpatiṁ śravaskāmam purutmānam | kaṇvāso gāta vājinam

Him whose fame is in song, lord of the good, eager for fame, of manifold life — sing, O Kaṇvas, the winner of prizes.

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RV 8 2.39

य ऋते चिद् गास् पदेभ्यो दात् सखा नृभ्यः शचीवान् । ये अस्मिन् कामम् अश्रियन्

ya ṛte cid gās padebhyo dāt sakhā nṛbhyaḥ śacīvān | ye asmin kāmam aśriyan

He who, even apart from (their) tracks, gave the cows to the men — a friend, possessed of power — (to those) who fixed their desire on him.

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RV 8 2.40

इत्था धीवन्तम् अद्रिवः काण्वम् मेध्यातिथिम् । मेषो भूतो३ ऽभि यन्न् अयः

itthā dhīvantam adrivaḥ kāṇvam medhyātithim | meṣo bhūto3 'bhi yann ayaḥ

Thus, O lord of the stone, to Kāṇva Medhyātithi, who was truly full of insight, you came, having become a ram, approaching (him).

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RV 8 2.41

शिक्षा विभिन्दो अस्मै चत्वार्य् अयुता ददत् । अष्टा परः सहस्रा

śikṣā vibhindo asmai catvāry ayutā dadat | aṣṭā paraḥ sahasrā

Be generous, O Vibhindu, to him, giving four myriads, and eight thousands beyond.

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RV 8 2.42

उत सु त्ये पयोवृधा माकी रणस्य नप्त्या । जनित्वनाय मामहे

uta su tye payovṛdhā mākī raṇasya naptyā | janitvanāya māmahe

And moreover those two, swelling with milk, ... daughters of the battle-joy, he granted (me) for wifehood.

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