Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 24

RV 8 24.1

सखाय आ शिषामहि ब्रह्मेन्द्राय वज्रिणे । स्तुष ऊ षु वो नृतमाय धृष्णवे

sakhāya ā śiṣāmahi brahmendrāya vajriṇe | stuṣa ū ṣu vo nṛtamāya dhṛṣṇave

Friends, let us direct a formulation to Indra, the bearer of the vajra; for you I will duly praise the most manly, the daring one.

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RV 8 24.2

शवसा ह्य् असि श्रुतो वृत्रहत्येन वृत्रहा । मघैर् मघोनो अति शूर दाशसि

śavasā hy asi śruto vṛtrahatyena vṛtrahā | maghair maghono ati śūra dāśasi

For by your might you are famed, the Vṛtra-slayer by the slaying of Vṛtra; with your bounties you outdo the bounteous, O hero, when you give.

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RV 8 24.3

स नः स्तवान आ भर रयिꣳ चित्रश्रवस्तमम् । निरेके चिद् यो हरिवो वसुर् ददिः

sa naḥ stavāna ā bhara rayiṁ citraśravastamam | nireke cid yo harivo vasur dadiḥ

So, being praised, bring us wealth of the most brilliant renown — you who, even in destitution, O lord of the bay horses, are a good one, a giver.

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RV 8 24.4

आ निरेकम् उत प्रियम् इन्द्र दर्षि जनानाम् । धृषता धृष्णो स्तवमान आ भर

ā nirekam uta priyam indra darṣi janānām | dhṛṣatā dhṛṣṇo stavamāna ā bhara

Burst open, Indra, what is (held) alone and what is dear to the peoples; boldly, O bold one, being praised, bring (it) here.

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RV 8 24.5

न ते सव्यꣳ न दक्षिणꣳ हस्तꣳ वरन्त आमुरः । न परिबाधो हरिवो गविष्टिषु

na te savyaṁ na dakṣiṇaṁ hastaṁ varanta āmuraḥ | na paribādho harivo gaviṣṭiṣu

Neither your left hand nor your right do the destroyers hold back, nor the besiegers, O lord of the bay horses, in the quests for cattle.

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RV 8 24.6

आ त्वा गोभिर् इव व्रजꣳ गीर्भिर् ऋणोम्य् अद्रिवः । आ स्मा कामꣳ जरितुर् आ मनः पृण

ā tvā gobhir iva vrajaṁ gīrbhir ṛṇomy adrivaḥ | ā smā kāmaṁ jaritur ā manaḥ pṛṇa

I drive you hither with my songs as (one drives) cows to the pen, O wielder of the stone; fill up the desire of the singer, fill up his mind.

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RV 8 24.7

विश्वानि विश्वमनसो धिया नो वृत्रहन्तम । उग्र प्रणेतर् अधि षू वसो गहि

viśvāni viśvamanaso dhiyā no vṛtrahantama | ugra praṇetar adhi ṣū vaso gahi

All (our wishes), O foremost slayer of Vṛtra, (grant) to us who are all-minded (toward you) through our thought; O mighty leader, come here indeed, O good one.

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RV 8 24.8

वयꣳ ते अस्य वृत्रहन् विद्याम शूर नव्यसः । वसोः स्पार्हस्य पुरुहूत राधसः

vayaṁ te asya vṛtrahan vidyāma śūra navyasaḥ | vasoḥ spārhasya puruhūta rādhasaḥ

May we, O Vṛtra-slayer, hero, come to know this new (gift) of yours — of good, coveted bounty, O much-invoked one.

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RV 8 24.9

इन्द्र यथा ह्य् अस्ति ते ऽपरीतꣳ नृतो शवः । अमृक्ता रातिः पुरुहूत दाशुषे

indra yathā hy asti te 'parītaṁ nṛto śavaḥ | amṛktā rātiḥ puruhūta dāśuṣe

Indra, since your power is not to be encompassed, O dancer, your gift to the worshipper is undiminished, O much-invoked one.

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RV 8 24.10

आ वृषस्व महामह महे नृतम राधसे । दृऴ्हश् चिद् दृह्य मघवन् मघत्तये

ā vṛṣasva mahāmaha mahe nṛtama rādhase | dṛḻhaś cid dṛhya maghavan maghattaye

Pour yourself out, O greatest of the great, for great bounty, O most manly one; though firm, break open, O bounteous one, for the giving of gifts.

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RV 8 24.11

नू अन्यत्रा चिद् अद्रिवस् त्वन् नो जग्मुर् आशसः । मघवञ् छग्धि तव तन् न ऊतिभिः

nū anyatrā cid adrivas tvan no jagmur āśasaḥ | maghavañ chagdhi tava tan na ūtibhiḥ

Now indeed, O wielder of the stone, our hopes have gone nowhere else than to you; O bounteous one, be equal to that for us with your aids.

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RV 8 24.12

नह्य् अ१ङ्ग नृतो त्वद् अन्यꣳ विन्दामि राधसे । राये द्युम्नाय शवसे च गिर्वणः

nahy a1ṅga nṛto tvad anyaṁ vindāmi rādhase | rāye dyumnāya śavase ca girvaṇaḥ

For truly, O dancer, I find no other than you for bounty, for wealth, for splendour and for power, O you who delight in songs.

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RV 8 24.13

एन्दुम् इन्द्राय सिञ्चत पिबाति सोम्यम् मधु । प्र राधसा चोदयाते महित्वना

endum indrāya siñcata pibāti somyam madhu | pra rādhasā codayāte mahitvanā

Pour out the drop for Indra: he will drink the soma-honey; he will urge (us) forward with bounty, with greatness.

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RV 8 24.14

उपो हरीणाम् पतिꣳ दक्षम् पृञ्चन्तम् अब्रवम् । नूनꣳ श्रुधि स्तुवतो अश्व्यस्य

upo harīṇām patiṁ dakṣam pṛñcantam abravam | nūnaṁ śrudhi stuvato aśvyasya

I have spoken up to the lord of the bay horses, the skilful one who gives in full measure: now hear Aśvya as he praises (you).

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RV 8 24.15

नह्य् अ१ङ्ग पुरा चन जज्ञे वीरतरस् त्वत् । नकी राया नैवथा न भन्दना

nahy a1ṅga purā cana jajñe vīrataras tvat | nakī rāyā naivathā na bhandanā

For truly, not even before was a man more heroic than you born; not by wealth, not in such a way, not by praise (is any your equal).

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RV 8 24.16

एद् उ मध्वो मदिन्तरꣳ सिञ्च वाध्वर्यो अन्धसः । एवा हि वीरः स्तवते सदावृधः

ed u madhvo madintaraṁ siñca vādhvaryo andhasaḥ | evā hi vīraḥ stavate sadāvṛdhaḥ

Pour then, O adhvaryu, of the sweet, of the more intoxicating juice; for thus is the hero praised, he who ever increases.

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RV 8 24.17

इन्द्र स्थातर् हरीणाꣳ नकिष् टे पूर्व्यस्तुतिम् । उद् आनꣳश शवसा न भन्दना

indra sthātar harīṇāṁ nakiṣ ṭe pūrvyastutim | ud ānaṁśa śavasā na bhandanā

Indra, stander upon the bay horses, no one has reached up to the praise due to you of old, either by power or by laudation.

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RV 8 24.18

तꣳ वो वाजानाम् पतिम् अहूमहि श्रवस्यवः । अप्रायुभिर् यज्ञेभिर् वावृधेन्यम्

taṁ vo vājānām patim ahūmahi śravasyavaḥ | aprāyubhir yajñebhir vāvṛdhenyam

Him, the lord of prizes, we, seeking fame, have called for you — him who is to be strengthened by unremitting sacrifices.

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RV 8 24.19

एतो न्व् इन्द्रꣳ स्तवाम सखायः स्तोम्यꣳ नरम् । कृष्टीर् यो विश्वा अभ्य् अस्त्य् एक इत्

eto nv indraṁ stavāma sakhāyaḥ stomyaṁ naram | kṛṣṭīr yo viśvā abhy asty eka it

Come now, friends, let us praise Indra, the man worthy of praise, who alone is superior to all the peoples.

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RV 8 24.20

अगोरुधाय गविषे द्युक्षाय दस्म्यꣳ वचः । घृतात् स्वादीयो मधुनश् च वोचत

agorudhāya gaviṣe dyukṣāya dasmyaṁ vacaḥ | ghṛtāt svādīyo madhunaś ca vocata

To him who does not withhold cows, who seeks cows, who dwells in heaven, speak a wondrous word, sweeter than ghee and than honey.

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RV 8 24.21

यस्यामितानि वीर्या३ न राधः पर्येतवे । ज्योतिर् न विश्वम् अभ्य् अस्ति दक्षिणा

yasyāmitāni vīryā3 na rādhaḥ paryetave | jyotir na viśvam abhy asti dakṣiṇā

Whose heroic deeds are unmeasured, whose bounty is not to be encompassed, whose gift, like light, extends over all.

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RV 8 24.22

स्तुहीन्द्रꣳ व्यश्ववद् अनूर्मिꣳ वाजिनꣳ यमम् । अर्यो गयम् मꣳहमानꣳ वि दाशुषे

stuhīndraṁ vyaśvavad anūrmiṁ vājinaṁ yamam | aryo gayam maṁhamānaṁ vi dāśuṣe

Praise Indra as Vyaśva did — the unwavering one, the prize-winner, the controller, who apportions the stranger's household to the worshipper.

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RV 8 24.23

एवा नूनम् उप स्तुहि वैयश्व दशमꣳ नवम् । सुविद्वाꣳसꣳ चर्कृत्यꣳ चरणीनाम्

evā nūnam upa stuhi vaiyaśva daśamaṁ navam | suvidvāṁsaṁ carkṛtyaṁ caraṇīnām

So now praise, O son of Vyaśva, the tenth, the new one, the well-knowing, him who is to be celebrated among the peoples.

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RV 8 24.24

वेत्था हि निरृतीनाꣳ वज्रहस्त परिवृजम् । अहर्-अहः शुन्ध्युः परिपदाम् इव

vetthā hi nirṛtīnāṁ vajrahasta parivṛjam | ahar-ahaḥ śundhyuḥ paripadām iva

For you know, O you with the vajra in hand, how to shun the calamities, day after day, as a śundhyu-bird (shuns) snares.

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RV 8 24.25

तद् इन्द्राव आ भर येना दꣳसिष्ठ कृत्वने । द्विता कुत्साय शिश्नथो नि चोदय

tad indrāva ā bhara yenā daṁsiṣṭha kṛtvane | dvitā kutsāya śiśnatho ni codaya

Bring that help, Indra, by which, O most wondrous one, you struck down (foes) for the active Kutsa a second time — set it in motion for us.

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RV 8 24.26

तम् उ त्वा नूनम् ईमहे नव्यꣳ दꣳसिष्ठ सन्यसे । स त्वꣳ नो विश्वा अभिमातीः सक्षणिः

tam u tvā nūnam īmahe navyaṁ daṁsiṣṭha sanyase | sa tvaṁ no viśvā abhimātīḥ sakṣaṇiḥ

So it is thou whom we now entreat anew, O most wondrous one, for winning; be thou the vanquisher of all our hostilities.

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RV 8 24.27

य ऋक्षाद् अꣳहसो मुचद् यो वार्यात् सप्त सिन्धुषु । वधर् दासस्य तुविनृम्ण नीनमः

ya ṛkṣād aṁhaso mucad yo vāryāt sapta sindhuṣu | vadhar dāsasya tuvinṛmṇa nīnamaḥ

(He) who would set free from injury, from distress, who from confinement(?) among the seven rivers — thou, O thou of mighty manliness, didst bend down the weapon of the Dāsa.

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RV 8 24.28

यथा वरो सुषाम्णे सनिभ्य आवहो रयिम् । व्यश्वेभ्यः सुभगे वाजिनीवति

yathā varo suṣāmṇe sanibhya āvaho rayim | vyaśvebhyaḥ subhage vājinīvati

As, O Varo Suṣāman, thou didst bring wealth for the winners, for the Vyaśvas, O bountiful one, rich in prize-mares.

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RV 8 24.29

आ नार्यस्य दक्षिणा व्यश्वाꣳ एतु सोमिनः । स्थूरꣳ च राधः शतवत् सहस्रवत्

ā nāryasya dakṣiṇā vyaśvām̐ etu sominaḥ | sthūraṁ ca rādhaḥ śatavat sahasravat

Let the gift of Nārya the soma-presser come to the Vyaśvas, and a solid bounty, hundredfold, thousandfold.

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RV 8 24.30

यत् त्वा पृच्छाद् ईजानः कुहया कुहयाकृते । एषो अपश्रितो वलो गोमतीम् अव तिष्ठति

yat tvā pṛcchād ījānaḥ kuhayā kuhayākṛte | eṣo apaśrito valo gomatīm ava tiṣṭhati

When the man who has sacrificed asks thee "Where? Where?" — O thou who art made (the object of) "where, where?" — (say:) "That Vala, withdrawn, stays down beside the Gomatī."

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