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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 50

RV 8 50.1

प्र सु श्रुतꣳ सुराधसम् अर्चा शक्रम् अभिष्टये । यः सुन्वते स्तुवते काम्यꣳ वसु सहस्रेणेव मꣳहते

pra su śrutaṁ surādhasam arcā śakram abhiṣṭaye | yaḥ sunvate stuvate kāmyaṁ vasu sahasreṇeva maṁhate

Sing forth well the famed one, rich in bounty, the able one, for (his) aid — he who for the presser, for the praiser, bestows the desirable good as if by the thousand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Ṣakra I praise, to win his aid, far-famed, exceeding bountiful, Who gives, as 'twere in thousands, precious wealth to him who sheds the juice and worships him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.2

शतानीका हेतयो अस्य दुष्टरा इन्द्रस्य समिषो महीः । गिरिर् न भुज्मा मघवत्सु पिन्वते यद् ईꣳ सुता अमन्दिषुः

śatānīkā hetayo asya duṣṭarā indrasya samiṣo mahīḥ | girir na bhujmā maghavatsu pinvate yad īṁ sutā amandiṣuḥ

Hundred-edged are his missiles, hard to withstand; great are Indra's massed vigours. Like a nourishing mountain it swells among the bounteous, when the pressed (drops) have gladdened him.

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

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Arrows with hundred points, unconquerable, are this Indra's n-dghty arms in war. He streams on liberal worshippers like a hill with springs, when juices poured have gladdened him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.3

यद् ईꣳ सुतास इन्दवो ऽभि प्रियम् अमन्दिषुः । आपो न धायि सवनम् म आ वसो दुघा इवोप दाशुषे

yad īṁ sutāsa indavo 'bhi priyam amandiṣuḥ | āpo na dhāyi savanam ma ā vaso dughā ivopa dāśuṣe

When the pressed drops have gladdened the dear one — like waters my pressing has been set (before you), O Vasu, like milch-cows toward the worshipper.

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

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What time the flowing Soma-drops have gladdened with their taste the Friend, Like water, gracious Lord! were my libations made, like milch-kine to the worshipper.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.4

अनेहसꣳ वो हवमानम् ऊतये मध्वः क्षरन्ति धीतयः । आ त्वा वसो हवमानास इन्दव उप स्तोत्रेषु दधिरे

anehasaṁ vo havamānam ūtaye madhvaḥ kṣaranti dhītayaḥ | ā tvā vaso havamānāsa indava upa stotreṣu dadhire

The thoughts flow with honey toward the flawless one whom you invoke, for help. The drops, invoking you, O Vasu, have set you among the praisers.

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

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To him the peerless, who is calling you to give you aid, forth flow the drops of pleasant meath. The Soloa-drops which call on thee, O gracious Lord, have brought thee to our hymn of praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.5

आ नः सोमे स्वध्वर इयानो अत्यो न तोशते । यꣳ ते स्वदावन् स्वदन्ति गूर्तयः पौरे छन्दयसे हवम्

ā naḥ some svadhvara iyāno atyo na tośate | yaṁ te svadāvan svadanti gūrtayaḥ paure chandayase havam

Coming to our soma at the good rite, he rushes like a steed — (the soma) which the songs of praise make sweet for you, O self-sweetening one; in Paura you find the call pleasing.

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

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He rushes hurrying like a steed to Soma that adorns our rite, Which hymns make sweet to thee, lover of pleasant food. The call to Paura thou dost love.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.6

प्र वीरम् उग्रꣳ विविचिꣳ धनस्पृतꣳ विभूतिꣳ राधसो महः । उद्रीव वज्रिन्न् अवतो वसुत्वना सदा पीपेथ दाशुषे

pra vīram ugraṁ viviciṁ dhanaspṛtaṁ vibhūtiṁ rādhaso mahaḥ | udrīva vajrinn avato vasutvanā sadā pīpetha dāśuṣe

(Praise) forth the hero, the mighty, the discerning, the winner of wealth, abundant in great bounty. Like a water-rich well, O wielder of the vajra, you have ever swelled with goods for the worshipper.

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

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Praise the strong, grasping Hero, winner of the spoil, ruling supreme oer mighty wealth. Like a full spring, O Thunderer, from thy store hast thou poured on the worshipper evermore.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.7

यद् ध नूनम् परावति यद् वा पृथिव्याꣳ दिवि । युजान इन्द्र हरिभिर् महेमत ऋष्व ऋष्वेभिर् आ गहि

yad dha nūnam parāvati yad vā pṛthivyāṁ divi | yujāna indra haribhir mahemata ṛṣva ṛṣvebhir ā gahi

Whether now (you are) in the distance, or on the earth, in heaven — yoking up with your bay horses, Indra of great wisdom, lofty one with the lofty ones, come here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Now whether thou be far away, or in the heavens, or on the earth, O Indra, mighty- thoughted, harnessing thy Bays, come Lofty with the Lofty Ones.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.8

रथिरासो हरयो ये ते अस्रिध ओजो वातस्य पिप्रति । येभिर् नि दस्युम् मनुषो निघोषयो येभिः स्वः परीयसे

rathirāso harayo ye te asridha ojo vātasya piprati | yebhir ni dasyum manuṣo nighoṣayo yebhiḥ svaḥ parīyase

Those chariot-bearing bays of yours that do not fail surpass the might of the wind; with them you shout down the Dasyu for man, with them you travel around the sunlight.

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

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The Bays who draw thy chariot, Steeds who injure none, surpass the wind's impetuous strength- With whom thou silencest the enemy of man, with whon; thou goest round the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.9

एतावतस् ते वसो विद्याम शूर नव्यसः । यथा प्राव एतशꣳ कृत्व्ये धने यथा वशꣳ दशव्रजे

etāvatas te vaso vidyāma śūra navyasaḥ | yathā prāva etaśaṁ kṛtvye dhane yathā vaśaṁ daśavraje

May we know so much of you, O Vasu, O hero, of you the ever-new — as you helped Etaśa in the decisive contest, as (you helped) Vaśa at Daśavraja.

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

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O gracious Hero, may we learn anew to know thee as thou art: As in decisive fight thou holpest Etaṣa, or Vaṣa 'gainst Daṣavraja,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 50.10

यथा कण्वे मघवन् मेधे अध्वरे दीर्घनीथे दमूनसि । यथा गोशर्ये असिषासो अद्रिवो मयि गोत्रꣳ हरिश्रियम्

yathā kaṇve maghavan medhe adhvare dīrghanīthe damūnasi | yathā gośarye asiṣāso adrivo mayi gotraṁ hariśriyam

As at Kaṇva's, O bounteous one, at the oblation, at the rite, at Dīrghanītha's, at Damūnas'; as at Gośarya's you sought to win, O wielder of the stone — (so grant) to me a herd of cattle with tawny splendour.

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

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As, Maghavan, to Kaṇva at the sacred feast, to Dîrghanîtha thine home-friend, As to Goṣarya thou, Stone-darter, gavest wealth, give me a gold-bright stall of kine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)