Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 21

RV 8 21.1

वयम् उ त्वाम् अपूर्व्य स्थूरꣳ न कच् चिद् भरन्तो ऽवस्यवः । वाजे चित्रꣳ हवामहे

vayam u tvām apūrvya sthūraṁ na kac cid bharanto 'vasyavaḥ | vāje citraṁ havāmahe

We indeed, seeking help, as men carrying some heavy thing, call upon you, O one without precedent, brilliant in the contest of prizes.

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RV 8 21.2

उप त्वा कर्मन्न् ऊतये स नो युवोग्रश् चक्राम यो धृषत् । त्वाम् इद् ध्य् अवितारꣳ ववृमहे सखाय इन्द्र सानसिम्

upa tvā karmann ūtaye sa no yuvograś cakrāma yo dhṛṣat | tvām id dhy avitāraṁ vavṛmahe sakhāya indra sānasim

(We call) you at the work, for aid; he has strode toward us, the young and fierce one, who is bold; for it is you we have chosen as helper, O comrades — Indra, the winner.

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RV 8 21.3

आ याहीम इन्दवो ऽश्वपते गोपत उर्वरापते । सोमꣳ सोमपते पिब

ā yāhīma indavo 'śvapate gopata urvarāpate | somaṁ somapate piba

Come — here are the drops — O lord of horses, lord of cows, lord of the fields: drink the soma, O lord of soma.

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RV 8 21.4

वयꣳ हि त्वा बन्धुमन्तम् अबन्धवो विप्रास इन्द्र येमिम । या ते धामानि वृषभ तेभिर् आ गहि विश्वेभिः सोमपीतये

vayaṁ hi tvā bandhumantam abandhavo viprāsa indra yemima | yā te dhāmāni vṛṣabha tebhir ā gahi viśvebhiḥ somapītaye

For we, kinless inspired singers, have held you, who have kin, O Indra; whatever your abodes are, O bull, come with all of them to the soma-drinking.

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RV 8 21.5

सीदन्तस् ते वयो यथा गोश्रीते मधौ मदिरे विवक्षणे । अभि त्वाम् इन्द्र नोनुमः

sīdantas te vayo yathā gośrīte madhau madire vivakṣaṇe | abhi tvām indra nonumaḥ

Sitting like birds at your milk-mixed honey, intoxicating and exhilarating, we cry out to you, Indra.

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RV 8 21.6

अच्छा च त्वैना नमसा वदामसि किम् मुहुश् चिद् वि दीधयः । सन्ति कामासो हरिवो ददिष् ट्वꣳ स्मो वयꣳ सन्ति नो धियः

acchā ca tvainā namasā vadāmasi kim muhuś cid vi dīdhayaḥ | santi kāmāso harivo dadiṣ ṭvaṁ smo vayaṁ santi no dhiyaḥ

And with this homage we speak toward you — why do you keep pondering again and again? There are desires, O lord of the bays; you are a giver, we are (here), our thoughts are (here).

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RV 8 21.7

नूत्ना इद् इन्द्र ते वयम् ऊती अभूम नहि नू ते अद्रिवः । विद्मा पुरा परीणसः

nūtnā id indra te vayam ūtī abhūma nahi nū te adrivaḥ | vidmā purā parīṇasaḥ

Only now, Indra, have we come to be with your help — not now (for the first time), O wielder of the stone: we have known your abundance from of old.

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RV 8 21.8

विद्मा सखित्वम् उत शूर भोज्य१म् आ ते ता वज्रिन्न् ईमहे । उतो समस्मिन्न् आ शिशीहि नो वसो वाजे सुशिप्र गोमति

vidmā sakhitvam uta śūra bhojya1m ā te tā vajrinn īmahe | uto samasminn ā śiśīhi no vaso vāje suśipra gomati

We know your friendship and also your good things to enjoy, O hero; those we beg of you, O bearer of the vajra. And sharpen us for every prize rich in cows, O good one, O fair-lipped.

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RV 8 21.9

यो न इदम्-इदम् पुरा प्र वस्य आनिनाय तम् उ वः स्तुषे । सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये

yo na idam-idam purā pra vasya ānināya tam u vaḥ stuṣe | sakhāya indram ūtaye

He who before brought us forward to this and this better thing — him I praise for you, comrades: Indra, for aid.

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RV 8 21.10

हर्यश्वꣳ सत्पतिꣳ चर्षणीसहꣳ स हि ष्मा यो अमन्दत । आ तु नः स वयति गव्यम् अश्व्यꣳ स्तोतृभ्यो मघवा शतम्

haryaśvaṁ satpatiṁ carṣaṇīsahaṁ sa hi ṣmā yo amandata | ā tu naḥ sa vayati gavyam aśvyaṁ stotṛbhyo maghavā śatam

(Him) with bay horses, lord of the good, overpowering the peoples — for it is he who has rejoiced; let him now weave out for us, for the praisers, a hundred in cows and horses, the bounteous one.

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RV 8 21.11

त्वया ह स्विद् युजा वयम् प्रति श्वसन्तꣳ वृषभ ब्रुवीमहि । सꣳस्थे जनस्य गोमतः

tvayā ha svid yujā vayam prati śvasantaṁ vṛṣabha bruvīmahi | saṁsthe janasya gomataḥ

With you indeed as yokemate, O bull, may we speak back to the one who snorts (at us), in the clash with a people rich in cows.

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RV 8 21.12

जयेम कारे पुरुहूत कारिणो ऽभि तिष्ठेम दूढ्यः । नृभिर् वृत्रꣳ हन्याम शूशुयाम चावेर् इन्द्र प्र णो धियः

jayema kāre puruhūta kāriṇo 'bhi tiṣṭhema dūḍhyaḥ | nṛbhir vṛtraṁ hanyāma śūśuyāma cāver indra pra ṇo dhiyaḥ

May we win in the contest, O much-invoked one, we the doers; may we stand over the ill-minded. With our men may we slay Vṛtra, may we grow strong — and do thou, Indra, further our thoughts.

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RV 8 21.13

अभ्रातृव्यो अना त्वम् अनापिर् इन्द्र जनुषा सनाद् असि । युधेद् आपित्वम् इच्छसे

abhrātṛvyo anā tvam anāpir indra januṣā sanād asi | yudhed āpitvam icchase

Without a rival, indeed without a kinsman art thou, Indra, by birth, from of old; only through battle dost thou seek kinship.

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RV 8 21.14

नकी रेवन्तꣳ सख्याय विन्दसे पीयन्ति ते सुराश्वः । यदा कृणोषि नदनुꣳ सम् ऊहस्य् आद् इत् पितेव हूयसे

nakī revantaṁ sakhyāya vindase pīyanti te surāśvaḥ | yadā kṛṇoṣi nadanuṁ sam ūhasy ād it piteva hūyase

Never dost thou find a rich man for friendship: those swollen with liquor scorn thee. But when thou makest thy roar, thou gatherest (them) in — then indeed thou art called upon like a father.

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RV 8 21.15

मा ते अमाजुरो यथा मूरास इन्द्र सख्ये त्वावतः । नि षदाम सचा सुते

mā te amājuro yathā mūrāsa indra sakhye tvāvataḥ | ni ṣadāma sacā sute

Let us not, Indra, in the friendship of one such as thee sit down like fools grown old at home, (but) together at the pressing (of soma).

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RV 8 21.16

मा ते गोदत्र निर् अराम राधस इन्द्र मा ते गृहामहि । दृऴ्हा चिद् अर्यः प्र मृशाभ्य् आ भर न ते दामान आदभे

mā te godatra nir arāma rādhasa indra mā te gṛhāmahi | dṛḻhā cid aryaḥ pra mṛśābhy ā bhara na te dāmāna ādabhe

Let us not fall away from thy bounty, O giver of cows, Indra; let us not find fault with thee. Lay hold even of the stranger's firm-set (goods), bring (them) here: thy gifts are not to be cheated.

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RV 8 21.17

इन्द्रो वा घेद् इयन् मघꣳ सरस्वती वा सुभगा ददिर् वसु । त्वꣳ वा चित्र दाशुषे

indro vā ghed iyan maghaṁ sarasvatī vā subhagā dadir vasu | tvaṁ vā citra dāśuṣe

Either Indra gave such a gift, or fortunate Sarasvatī, bestower of goods, or thou, Citra, to the one who offers.

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RV 8 21.18

चित्र इद् राजा राजका इद् अन्यके यके सरस्वतीम् अनु । पर्जन्य इव ततनद् धि वृष्ट्या सहस्रम् अयुता ददत्

citra id rājā rājakā id anyake yake sarasvatīm anu | parjanya iva tatanad dhi vṛṣṭyā sahasram ayutā dadat

Citra alone is king; mere kinglets are the others, the petty ones along the Sarasvatī — for like Parjanya he has spread out with rain, giving a thousand, tens of thousands.

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