Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 48

RV 8 48.1

स्वादोर् अभक्षि वयसः सुमेधाः स्वाध्यो वरिवोवित्तरस्य । विश्वे यꣳ देवा उत मर्त्यासो मधु ब्रुवन्तो अभि सꣳचरन्ति

svādor abhakṣi vayasaḥ sumedhāḥ svādhyo varivovittarasya | viśve yaṁ devā uta martyāso madhu bruvanto abhi saṁcaranti

Well-minded, I have partaken of the sweet vigour, of the well-intentioned one that finds wide space the better — the one to whom all the gods and mortals too come together, calling (him) honey.

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RV 8 48.2

अन्तश् च प्रागा अदितिर् भवास्य् अवयाता हरसो दैव्यस्य । इन्दव् इन्द्रस्य सख्यꣳ जुषाणः श्रौष्टीव धुरम् अनु राय ऋध्याः

antaś ca prāgā aditir bhavāsy avayātā haraso daivyasya | indav indrasya sakhyaṁ juṣāṇaḥ śrauṣṭīva dhuram anu rāya ṛdhyāḥ

And when you have gone within, you shall be Aditi, the appeaser of the divine wrath. O drop, delighting in Indra's friendship, like an obedient (horse) following the pole, may you prosper us with wealth.

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

RV 8 48.3

अपाम सोमम् अमृता अभूमागन्म ज्योतिर् अविदाम देवान् । किꣳ नूनम् अस्मान् कृणवद् अरातिः किम् उ धूर्तिर् अमृत मर्त्यस्य

apāma somam amṛtā abhūmāganma jyotir avidāma devān | kiṁ nūnam asmān kṛṇavad arātiḥ kim u dhūrtir amṛta martyasya

We have drunk the Soma, we have become immortal, we have come to the light, we have found the gods. What now can hostility do to us, and what the malice of a mortal, O immortal one?

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RV 8 48.4

शꣳ नो भव हृद आ पीत इन्दो पितेव सोम सूनवे सुशेवः । सखेव सख्य उरुशꣳस धीरः प्र ण आयुर् जीवसे सोम तारीः

śaṁ no bhava hṛda ā pīta indo piteva soma sūnave suśevaḥ | sakheva sakhya uruśaṁsa dhīraḥ pra ṇa āyur jīvase soma tārīḥ

Be a blessing to our heart when drunk, O drop; like a father to a son, Soma, be very kind; like a friend to a friend, wide-famed and wise — extend our lifetime, Soma, that we may live.

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RV 8 48.5

इमे मा पीता यशस उरुष्यवो रथꣳ न गावः सम् अनाह पर्वसु । ते मा रक्षन्तु विस्रसश् चरित्राद् उत मा स्रामाद् यवयन्त्व् इन्दवः

ime mā pītā yaśasa uruṣyavo rathaṁ na gāvaḥ sam anāha parvasu | te mā rakṣantu visrasaś caritrād uta mā srāmād yavayantv indavaḥ

These glorious, protecting (drops), drunk (by me), have bound me together at the joints as straps (bind) a chariot. Let those drops guard me from slipping of the foot, and keep me away from lameness.

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

RV 8 48.6

अग्निꣳ न मा मथितꣳ सꣳ दिदीपः प्र चक्षय कृणुहि वस्यसो नः । अथा हि ते मद आ सोम मन्ये रेवाꣳ इव प्र चरा पुष्टिम् अच्छ

agniṁ na mā mathitaṁ saṁ didīpaḥ pra cakṣaya kṛṇuhi vasyaso naḥ | athā hi te mada ā soma manye revām̐ iva pra carā puṣṭim accha

Kindle me up like fire produced by rubbing; make (us) see, make us more prosperous. For then, in your exhilaration, Soma, I think myself rich — advance towards prosperity.

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RV 8 48.7

इषिरेण ते मनसा सुतस्य भक्षीमहि पित्र्यस्येव रायः । सोम राजन् प्र ण आयूꣳषि तारीर् अहानीव सूर्यो वासराणि

iṣireṇa te manasā sutasya bhakṣīmahi pitryasyeva rāyaḥ | soma rājan pra ṇa āyūṁṣi tārīr ahānīva sūryo vāsarāṇi

With eager mind may we partake of you when pressed, as of ancestral wealth. King Soma, extend our lifetimes, as the sun (extends) the days of the bright season.

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RV 8 48.8

सोम राजन् मृऴया नः स्वस्ति तव स्मसि व्रत्या३स् तस्य विद्धि । अलर्ति दक्ष उत मन्युर् इन्दो मा नो अर्यो अनुकामम् परा दाः

soma rājan mṛḻayā naḥ svasti tava smasi vratyā3s tasya viddhi | alarti dakṣa uta manyur indo mā no aryo anukāmam parā dāḥ

King Soma, be gracious to us for our well-being; we are those bound to your observance — know that. Skill stirs, and also zeal, O drop; do not hand us over to the wish of the stranger.

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RV 8 48.9

त्वꣳ हि नस् तन्वः सोम गोपा गात्रे-गात्रे निषसत्था नृचक्षाः । यत् ते वयम् प्रमिनाम व्रतानि स नो मृऴ सुषखा देव वस्यः

tvaṁ hi nas tanvaḥ soma gopā gātre-gātre niṣasatthā nṛcakṣāḥ | yat te vayam pramināma vratāni sa no mṛḻa suṣakhā deva vasyaḥ

For you, Soma, are the guardian of our body; looking on men, you have settled in limb after limb. If we transgress your observances, then be gracious to us, O god, as a good friend, for the better.

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RV 8 48.10

ऋदूदरेण सख्या सचेय यो मा न रिष्येद् धर्यश्व पीतः । अयꣳ यः सोमो न्य् अधाय्य् अस्मे तस्मा इन्द्रम् प्रतिरम् एम्य् आयुः

ṛdūdareṇa sakhyā saceya yo mā na riṣyed dharyaśva pītaḥ | ayaṁ yaḥ somo ny adhāyy asme tasmā indram pratiram emy āyuḥ

May I keep company with the friend of mild belly, who when drunk would not harm me, O you of the tawny horses. This Soma that has been deposited in us — for its sake I approach Indra to lengthen (my) lifetime.

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RV 8 48.11

अप त्या अस्थुर् अनिरा अमीवा निर् अत्रसन् तमिषीचीर् अभैषुः । आ सोमो अस्माꣳ अरुहद् विहाया अगन्म यत्र प्रतिरन्त आयुः

apa tyā asthur anirā amīvā nir atrasan tamiṣīcīr abhaiṣuḥ | ā somo asmām̐ aruhad vihāyā aganma yatra pratiranta āyuḥ

Those infirmities and sicknesses have gone away, the (powers) of darkness have fled out, they were afraid. Soma of wide extent has climbed up into us; we have come where they lengthen the lifetime.

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RV 8 48.12

यो न इन्दुः पितरो हृत्सु पीतो ऽमर्त्यो मर्त्याꣳ आविवेश । तस्मै सोमाय हविषा विधेम मृऴीके अस्य सुमतौ स्याम

yo na induḥ pitaro hṛtsu pīto 'martyo martyām̐ āviveśa | tasmai somāya haviṣā vidhema mṛḻīke asya sumatau syāma

The drop which, drunk into our hearts, O fathers, being immortal has entered us mortals — to that Soma let us do service with oblation; may we be in his mercy and his favour.

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RV 8 48.13

त्वꣳ सोम पितृभिः सꣳविदानो ऽनु द्यावापृथिवी आ ततन्थ । तस्मै त इन्दो हविषा विधेम वयꣳ स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्

tvaṁ soma pitṛbhiḥ saṁvidāno 'nu dyāvāpṛthivī ā tatantha | tasmai ta indo haviṣā vidhema vayaṁ syāma patayo rayīṇām

You, Soma, in agreement with the fathers, have stretched yourself along over heaven and earth. To you, O drop, let us do service with oblation; may we be masters of riches.

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RV 8 48.14

त्रातारो देवा अधि वोचता नो मा नो निद्रा ईशत मोत जल्पिः । वयꣳ सोमस्य विश्वह प्रियासः सुवीरासो विदथम् आ वदेम

trātāro devā adhi vocatā no mā no nidrā īśata mota jalpiḥ | vayaṁ somasya viśvaha priyāsaḥ suvīrāso vidatham ā vadema

You protecting gods, speak on our behalf: let not sleep master us, nor idle chatter. May we, always dear to Soma, rich in men, speak at the assembly.

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RV 8 48.15

त्वꣳ नः सोम विश्वतो वयोधास् त्वꣳ स्वर्विद् आ विशा नृचक्षाः । त्वꣳ न इन्द ऊतिभिः सजोषाः पाहि पश्चाताद् उत वा पुरस्तात्

tvaṁ naḥ soma viśvato vayodhās tvaṁ svarvid ā viśā nṛcakṣāḥ | tvaṁ na inda ūtibhiḥ sajoṣāḥ pāhi paścātād uta vā purastāt

You, Soma, are for us a giver of vigour on every side; you are the finder of the sun — enter (us), looking on men. You, O drop, of one accord with your aids, protect us from behind and also from in front.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition