Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 49

RV 8 49.1

अभि प्र वः सुराधसम् इन्द्रम् अर्च यथा विदे । यो जरितृभ्यो मघवा पुरूवसुः सहस्रेणेव शिक्षति

abhi pra vaḥ surādhasam indram arca yathā vide | yo jaritṛbhyo maghavā purūvasuḥ sahasreṇeva śikṣati

Sing forth for yourselves to Indra of good bounty, as he is known — the bounteous one, rich in goods, who for his singers gives help as with a thousand (gifts).

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RV 8 49.2

शतानीकेव प्र जिगाति धृष्णुया हन्ति वृत्राणि दाशुषे । गिरेर् इव प्र रसा अस्य पिन्विरे दत्राणि पुरुभोजसः

śatānīkeva pra jigāti dhṛṣṇuyā hanti vṛtrāṇi dāśuṣe | girer iva pra rasā asya pinvire datrāṇi purubhojasaḥ

He advances boldly, as with a hundred fronts; he slays the obstacles for the worshipper. Like the saps from a mountain, the gifts of him of many benefits have swollen forth.

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RV 8 49.3

आ त्वा सुतास इन्दवो मदा य इन्द्र गिर्वणः । आपो न वज्रिन्न् अन्व् ओक्य१ꣳ सरः पृणन्ति शूर राधसे

ā tvā sutāsa indavo madā ya indra girvaṇaḥ | āpo na vajrinn anv okya1ṁ saraḥ pṛṇanti śūra rādhase

The pressed drops, the exhilarations, (have come) to you, O Indra who loves songs. Like waters (filling) a pool at their home, they fill you, O wielder of the mace, O hero, for bounty.

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RV 8 49.4

अनेहसम् प्रतरणꣳ विवक्षणम् मध्वः स्वादिष्ठम् ईम् पिब । आ यथा मन्दसानः किरासि नः प्र क्षुद्रेव त्मना धृषत्

anehasam prataraṇaṁ vivakṣaṇam madhvaḥ svādiṣṭham īm piba | ā yathā mandasānaḥ kirāsi naḥ pra kṣudreva tmanā dhṛṣat

Drink it — the flawless, the carrying-onward, the invigorating, the sweetest of the honey — so that, exhilarated, you may scatter (gifts) upon us, boldly of your own accord, as if in fine grains.

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RV 8 49.5

आ नः स्तोमम् उप द्रवद् धियानो अश्वो न सोतृभिः । यꣳ ते स्वधावन् स्वदयन्ति धेनव इन्द्र कण्वेषु रातयः

ā naḥ stomam upa dravad dhiyāno aśvo na sotṛbhiḥ | yaṁ te svadhāvan svadayanti dhenava indra kaṇveṣu rātayaḥ

Run up to our song of praise, urged on by the pressers like a horse — (the praise) which the milch-cows sweeten for you, O self-powerful one, and the gifts among the Kaṇvas, Indra.

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RV 8 49.6

उग्रꣳ न वीरꣳ नमसोप सेदिम विभूतिम् अक्षितावसुम् । उद्रीव वज्रिन्न् अवतो न सिञ्चते क्षरन्तीन्द्र धीतयः

ugraṁ na vīraṁ namasopa sedima vibhūtim akṣitāvasum | udrīva vajrinn avato na siñcate kṣarantīndra dhītayaḥ

Like a mighty hero we have sat down beside (you) with homage, (you) the abundant one whose wealth is unfailing. Like water-rich (streams) from a well for one who pours, our thoughts flow, O wielder of the vajra, O Indra.

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RV 8 49.7

यद् ध नूनꣳ यद् वा यज्ञे यद् वा पृथिव्याम् अधि । अतो नो यज्ञम् आशुभिर् महेमत उग्र उग्रेभिर् आ गहि

yad dha nūnaṁ yad vā yajñe yad vā pṛthivyām adhi | ato no yajñam āśubhir mahemata ugra ugrebhir ā gahi

Whether now (you are somewhere), or at a sacrifice, or upon the earth — from there come to our sacrifice with your swift ones, O you of great wisdom, mighty one with the mighty.

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RV 8 49.8

अजिरासो हरयो ये त आशवो वाता इव प्रसक्षिणः । येभिर् अपत्यम् मनुषः परीयसे येभिर् विश्वꣳ स्वर् दृशे

ajirāso harayo ye ta āśavo vātā iva prasakṣiṇaḥ | yebhir apatyam manuṣaḥ parīyase yebhir viśvaṁ svar dṛśe

Nimble are those tawny horses of yours, swift, overpowering like the winds, with which you go around the offspring of Manu, with which all the sunlight (comes) to be seen.

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RV 8 49.9

एतावतस् त ईमह इन्द्र सुम्नस्य गोमतः । यथा प्रावो मघवन् मेध्यातिथिꣳ यथा नीपातिथिꣳ धने

etāvatas ta īmaha indra sumnasya gomataḥ | yathā prāvo maghavan medhyātithiṁ yathā nīpātithiṁ dhane

So much of your favour, rich in cattle, do we beg of you, Indra — as you helped Medhyātithi, O bounteous one, as (you helped) Nīpātithi in the contest for the stake.

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RV 8 49.10

यथा कण्वे मघवन् त्रसदस्यवि यथा पक्थे दशव्रजे । यथा गोशर्ये असनोर् ऋजिश्वनीन्द्र गोमद् धिरण्यवत्

yathā kaṇve maghavan trasadasyavi yathā pakthe daśavraje | yathā gośarye asanor ṛjiśvanīndra gomad dhiraṇyavat

As for Kaṇva, O bounteous one, as for Trasadasyu, as for Paktha, for Daśavraja, as you won for Gośarya, for Ṛjiśvan, O Indra — (so win) for us wealth in cattle and in gold.

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