Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 46

RV 8 46.1

त्वावतः पुरूवसो वयम् इन्द्र प्रणेतः । स्मसि स्थातर् हरीणाम्

tvāvataḥ purūvaso vayam indra praṇetaḥ | smasi sthātar harīṇām

We belong to one such as you, O you of many goods, Indra, leader, O stander upon the bay horses.

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RV 8 46.2

त्वाꣳ हि सत्यम् अद्रिवो विद्म दातारम् इषाम् । विद्म दातारꣳ रयीणाम्

tvāṁ hi satyam adrivo vidma dātāram iṣām | vidma dātāraṁ rayīṇām

For we know you, O wielder of the stone, as the true giver of refreshments; we know (you as) the giver of riches.

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RV 8 46.3

आ यस्य ते महिमानꣳ शतमूते शतक्रतो । गीर्भिर् गृणन्ति कारवः

ā yasya te mahimānaṁ śatamūte śatakrato | gīrbhir gṛṇanti kāravaḥ

You whose greatness, O you of a hundred aids, of a hundred powers, the poets sing forth with their songs.

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RV 8 46.4

सुनीथो घा स मर्त्यो यम् मरुतो यम् अर्यमा । मित्रः पान्त्य् अद्रुहः

sunītho ghā sa martyo yam maruto yam aryamā | mitraḥ pānty adruhaḥ

Well guided indeed is that mortal whom the Maruts, whom Aryaman, whom Mitra, free of deceit, protect.

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RV 8 46.5

दधानो गोमद् अश्ववत् सुवीर्यम् आदित्यजूत एधते । सदा राया पुरुस्पृहा

dadhāno gomad aśvavat suvīryam ādityajūta edhate | sadā rāyā puruspṛhā

Holding (wealth) in cattle, in horses, holding good manly strength, sped on by the Ādityas he thrives, always with riches that many desire.

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RV 8 46.6

तम् इन्द्रꣳ दानम् ईमहे शवसानम् अभीर्वम् । ईशानꣳ राय ईमहे

tam indraṁ dānam īmahe śavasānam abhīrvam | īśānaṁ rāya īmahe

That Indra we entreat for a gift, the mighty one, the fearless; we entreat the one who rules over riches.

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RV 8 46.7

तस्मिन् हि सन्त्य् ऊतयो विश्वा अभीरवः सचा । तम् आ वहन्तु सप्तयः पुरूवसुम् मदाय हरयः सुतम्

tasmin hi santy ūtayo viśvā abhīravaḥ sacā | tam ā vahantu saptayaḥ purūvasum madāya harayaḥ sutam

For in him are all the aids, fearless, together. Let the team-horses convey him here, the one of many goods, let the bays (convey him) to the pressed (soma) for exhilaration.

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RV 8 46.8

यस् ते मदो वरेण्यो य इन्द्र वृत्रहन्तमः । य आददिः स्व१र् नृभिर् यः पृतनासु दुष्टरः

yas te mado vareṇyo ya indra vṛtrahantamaḥ | ya ādadiḥ sva1r nṛbhir yaḥ pṛtanāsu duṣṭaraḥ

That exhilaration of yours which is to be chosen, which, Indra, is the best slayer of Vṛtra, which wins the sunlight with the men, which is hard to overcome in battles —

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RV 8 46.9

यो दुष्टरो विश्ववार श्रवाय्यो वाजेष्व् अस्ति तरुता । स नः शविष्ठ सवना वसो गहि गमेम गोमति व्रजे

yo duṣṭaro viśvavāra śravāyyo vājeṣv asti tarutā | sa naḥ śaviṣṭha savanā vaso gahi gamema gomati vraje

(You) who are hard to overcome, O you desired by all, worthy of fame, who are the one who wins through in the prize-contests: come, O mightiest, O good one, to our pressings; may we come into a stall rich in cattle.

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RV 8 46.10

गव्यो षु णो यथा पुराश्वयोत रथया । वरिवस्य महामह

gavyo ṣu ṇo yathā purāśvayota rathayā | varivasya mahāmaha

Make broad room for us, O greatest of the great — in cattle, as before, and in horses and in chariots.

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RV 8 46.11

नहि ते शूर राधसो ऽन्तꣳ विन्दामि सत्रा । दशस्या नो मघवन् नू चिद् अद्रिवो धियो वाजेभिर् आविथ

nahi te śūra rādhaso 'ntaṁ vindāmi satrā | daśasyā no maghavan nū cid adrivo dhiyo vājebhir āvitha

For of your bounty, O hero, I find no end at all. Be liberal to us now indeed, O bounteous one, O wielder of the stone; you have aided (our) thoughts with prizes.

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RV 8 46.12

य ऋष्वः श्रावयत्सखा विश्वेत् स वेद जनिमा पुरुष्टुतः । तꣳ विश्वे मानुषा युगेन्द्रꣳ हवन्ते तविषꣳ यतस्रुचः

ya ṛṣvaḥ śrāvayatsakhā viśvet sa veda janimā puruṣṭutaḥ | taṁ viśve mānuṣā yugendraṁ havante taviṣaṁ yatasrucaḥ

He who is lofty, who makes his comrade famous — he indeed, the much-praised, knows all the generations. Him, Indra the strong, all human generations call, with ladles held out.

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RV 8 46.13

स नो वाजेष्व् अविता पुरूवसुः पुरःस्थाता मघवा वृत्रहा भुवत्

sa no vājeṣv avitā purūvasuḥ puraḥsthātā maghavā vṛtrahā bhuvat

May he be our helper in the contests, rich in many goods, standing in the forefront, the bounteous Vṛtra-slayer.

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RV 8 46.14

अभि वो वीरम् अन्धसो मदेषु गाय गिरा महा विचेतसम् । इन्द्रꣳ नाम श्रुत्यꣳ शाकिनꣳ वचो यथा

abhi vo vīram andhaso madeṣu gāya girā mahā vicetasam | indraṁ nāma śrutyaṁ śākinaṁ vaco yathā

Sing to your hero in the raptures of the juice, with a great song — the discerning one, Indra, the name to be heard, the capable one — as the word (requires).

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RV 8 46.15

ददी रेक्णस् तन्वे ददिर् वसु ददिर् वाजेषु पुरुहूत वाजिनम् । नूनम् अथ

dadī rekṇas tanve dadir vasu dadir vājeṣu puruhūta vājinam | nūnam atha

A giver of property for (my own) person, a giver of goods, a giver of a prize-steed in the contests, O much-invoked one — now, then.

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RV 8 46.16

विश्वेषाम् इरज्यन्तꣳ वसूनाꣳ सासह्वाꣳसꣳ चिद् अस्य वर्पसः । कृपयतो नूनम् अत्य् अथ

viśveṣām irajyantaṁ vasūnāṁ sāsahvāṁsaṁ cid asya varpasaḥ | kṛpayato nūnam aty atha

Him who rules over all goods, who has overpowered even (all that is) of this (world's) form — of the one who laments, now, beyond, then.

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RV 8 46.17

महः सु वो अरम् इषे स्तवामहे मीऴ्हुषे अरꣳगमाय जग्मये । यज्ञेभिर् गीर्भिर् विश्वमनुषाम् मरुताम् इयक्षसि गाये त्वा नमसा गिरा

mahaḥ su vo aram iṣe stavāmahe mīḻhuṣe araṁgamāya jagmaye | yajñebhir gīrbhir viśvamanuṣām marutām iyakṣasi gāye tvā namasā girā

Readily do we praise for you the great one, for refreshment — the rewarder, the one quick to come, the traveller. With sacrifices and with songs (you go) to the Maruts of all men; you seek (them). I sing to you with homage and with song.

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RV 8 46.18

ये पातयन्ते अज्मभिर् गिरीणाꣳ स्नुभिर् एषाम् । यज्ञम् महिष्वणीनाꣳ सुम्नꣳ तुविष्वणीनाम् प्राध्वरे

ye pātayante ajmabhir girīṇāṁ snubhir eṣām | yajñam mahiṣvaṇīnāṁ sumnaṁ tuviṣvaṇīnām prādhvare

Those who come flying down with their onrushes along the ridges of the mountains — (theirs is) this sacrifice of the mightily-roaring, the favour of the loudly-roaring, at the ceremony.

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RV 8 46.19

प्रभङ्गꣳ दुर्मतीनाम् इन्द्र शविष्ठा भर । रयिम् अस्मभ्यꣳ युज्यꣳ चोदयन्मते ज्येष्ठꣳ चोदयन्मते

prabhaṅgaṁ durmatīnām indra śaviṣṭhā bhara | rayim asmabhyaṁ yujyaṁ codayanmate jyeṣṭhaṁ codayanmate

Bring, O mightiest Indra, that which shatters ill-will; (bring) us wealth that is fitting, O you who quicken thought — the highest wealth, O you who quicken thought.

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RV 8 46.20

सनितः सुसनितर् उग्र चित्र चेतिष्ठ सूनृत । प्रासहा सम्राट् सहुरिꣳ सहन्तम् भुज्युꣳ वाजेषु पूर्व्यम्

sanitaḥ susanitar ugra citra cetiṣṭha sūnṛta | prāsahā samrāṭ sahuriṁ sahantam bhujyuṁ vājeṣu pūrvyam

O winner, good winner, O mighty, bright, most discerning one of true bounty — with overpowering force, O sole sovereign, (bring us) the powerful, the overcoming, the enjoyable, the foremost in contests.

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RV 8 46.21

आ स एतु य ईवद् आꣳ अदेवः पूर्तम् आददे । यथा चिद् वशो अश्व्यः पृथुश्रवसि कानीते३ ऽस्या व्युष्य् आददे

ā sa etu ya īvad ām̐ adevaḥ pūrtam ādade | yathā cid vaśo aśvyaḥ pṛthuśravasi kānīte3 'syā vyuṣy ādade

Let him come here, he who, though no god, has taken such a gift — just as Vaśa Aśvya took (it) from Pṛthuśravas the son of Kanīta at the break of this dawn.

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RV 8 46.22

षष्टिꣳ सहस्राश्व्यस्यायुतासनम् उष्ट्रानाꣳ विꣳशतिꣳ शता । दश श्यावीनाꣳ शता दश त्र्यरुषीणाꣳ दश गवाꣳ सहस्रा

ṣaṣṭiṁ sahasrāśvyasyāyutāsanam uṣṭrānāṁ viṁśatiṁ śatā | daśa śyāvīnāṁ śatā daśa tryaruṣīṇāṁ daśa gavāṁ sahasrā

Sixty thousand of horse-stock I received, and twenty hundreds of camels, ten hundreds of dark mares, ten (hundreds) of the three-red ones, ten thousands of cows.

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RV 8 46.23

दश श्यावा ऋधद्रयो वीतवारास आशवः । मथ्रा नेमिꣳ नि वावृतुः

daśa śyāvā ṛdhadrayo vītavārāsa āśavaḥ | mathrā nemiṁ ni vāvṛtuḥ

Ten dark horses, increasing riches, with combed tails, swift, whirling — they turned the wheel-rim down.

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RV 8 46.24

दानासः पृथुश्रवसः कानीतस्य सुराधसः । रथꣳ हिरण्ययꣳ ददन् मꣳहिष्ठः सूरिर् अभूद् वर्षिष्ठम् अकृत श्रवः

dānāsaḥ pṛthuśravasaḥ kānītasya surādhasaḥ | rathaṁ hiraṇyayaṁ dadan maṁhiṣṭhaḥ sūrir abhūd varṣiṣṭham akṛta śravaḥ

(These are) the gifts of Pṛthuśravas, son of Kanīta, of the bountiful one. Giving a golden chariot, he became the most generous patron; he made for himself the loftiest fame.

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RV 8 46.25

आ नो वायो महे तने याहि मखाय पाजसे । वयꣳ हि ते चकृमा भूरि दावने सद्यश् चिन् महि दावने

ā no vāyo mahe tane yāhi makhāya pājase | vayaṁ hi te cakṛmā bhūri dāvane sadyaś cin mahi dāvane

Come to us, O Vāyu, for great continuance, for vigorous power; for we have prepared much for you, for giving — for giving greatly even this very day.

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RV 8 46.26

यो अश्वेभिर् वहते वस्त उस्रास् त्रिः सप्त सप्ततीनाम् । एभिः सोमेभिः सोमसुद्भिः सोमपा दानाय शुक्रपूतपाः

yo aśvebhir vahate vasta usrās triḥ sapta saptatīnām | ebhiḥ somebhiḥ somasudbhiḥ somapā dānāya śukrapūtapāḥ

He who is borne by horses, who clothes himself in the ruddy dawns, thrice seven of the seventy — with these somas, soma-pressing, O soma-drinker, for giving, O drinker of the bright purified (draught).

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RV 8 46.27

यो म इमꣳ चिद् उ त्मनामन्दच् चित्रꣳ दावने । अरट्वे अक्षे नहुषे सुकृत्वनि सुकृत्तराय सुक्रतुः

yo ma imaṁ cid u tmanāmandac citraṁ dāvane | araṭve akṣe nahuṣe sukṛtvani sukṛttarāya sukratuḥ

He who by his own self gladdened me with this wondrous (gift) to bestow — on the araṭva axle, for Nahus the good-doer, the skilful one for the better-doer.

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RV 8 46.28

उचथ्ये३ वपुषि यः स्वराऴ् उत वायो घृतस्नाः । अश्वेषितꣳ रजेषितꣳ शुनेषितम् प्राज्म तद् इदꣳ नु तत्

ucathye3 vapuṣi yaḥ svarāḻ uta vāyo ghṛtasnāḥ | aśveṣitaṁ rajeṣitaṁ śuneṣitam prājma tad idaṁ nu tat

In the wonder that is to be praised, who is self-ruling — and, O Vāyu, dripping with ghee: horse-sped, dust-sped, dog-sped, that onrush — this now is that.

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RV 8 46.29

अध प्रियम् इषिराय षष्टिꣳ सहस्रासनम् । अश्वानाम् इन् न वृष्णाम्

adha priyam iṣirāya ṣaṣṭiṁ sahasrāsanam | aśvānām in na vṛṣṇām

Then, a dear (gift) for the eager one: sixty thousand I received, of horses indeed, of stallions.

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RV 8 46.30

गावो न यूथम् उप यन्ति वध्रय उप मा यन्ति वध्रयः

gāvo na yūtham upa yanti vadhraya upa mā yanti vadhrayaḥ

As cows come up to the herd, the geldings come; the geldings come up to me.

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RV 8 46.31

अध यच् चारथे गणे शतम् उष्ट्राꣳ अचिक्रदत् । अध श्वित्नेषु विꣳशतिꣳ शता

adha yac cārathe gaṇe śatam uṣṭrām̐ acikradat | adha śvitneṣu viṁśatiṁ śatā

And when in the moving troop he made a hundred camels bellow, and then twenty hundred among the white (horses) —

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RV 8 46.32

शतꣳ दासे बल्बूथे विप्रस् तरुक्ष आ ददे । ते ते वायव् इमे जना मदन्तीन्द्रगोपा मदन्ति देवगोपाः

śataṁ dāse balbūthe vipras tarukṣa ā dade | te te vāyav ime janā madantīndragopā madanti devagopāḥ

A hundred the inspired poet received from the Dāsa Balbūtha (and from) Tarukṣa. These people here, O Vāyu, are yours; they rejoice with Indra as their guardian, they rejoice with the gods as their guardians.

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RV 8 46.33

अध स्या योषणा मही प्रतीची वशम् अश्व्यम् । अधिरुक्मा वि नीयते

adha syā yoṣaṇā mahī pratīcī vaśam aśvyam | adhirukmā vi nīyate

And then that great young woman, coming to meet (us), a mare of the horse kind, decked with gold, is led forth.

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