Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 53

RV 8 53.1

उपमꣳ त्वा मघोनाꣳ ज्येष्ठꣳ च वृषभाणाम् । पूर्भित्तमम् मघवन्न् इन्द्र गोविदम् ईशानꣳ राय ईमहे

upamaṁ tvā maghonāṁ jyeṣṭhaṁ ca vṛṣabhāṇām | pūrbhittamam maghavann indra govidam īśānaṁ rāya īmahe

You, the foremost of the bounteous and the highest of bulls, best breaker of strongholds, O bounteous Indra, finder of cattle, lord — we implore for riches.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 53.2

य आयुꣳ कुत्सम् अतिथिग्वम् अर्दयो वावृधानो दिवे-दिवे । तꣳ त्वा वयꣳ हर्यश्वꣳ शतक्रतुꣳ वाजयन्तो हवामहे

ya āyuṁ kutsam atithigvam ardayo vāvṛdhāno dive-dive | taṁ tvā vayaṁ haryaśvaṁ śatakratuṁ vājayanto havāmahe

You who, growing strong day by day, crushed Āyu, Kutsa, Atithigva — you, the master of tawny horses, of a hundred powers, we seeking the prize call.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 53.3

आ नो विश्वेषाꣳ रसम् मध्वः सिञ्चन्त्व् अद्रयः । ये परावति सुन्विरे जनेष्व् आ ये अर्वावतीन्दवः

ā no viśveṣāṁ rasam madhvaḥ siñcantv adrayaḥ | ye parāvati sunvire janeṣv ā ye arvāvatīndavaḥ

Let the pressing-stones pour out for us the sap of all the honey — those drops that are pressed far away among the peoples, and those that are near.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 53.4

विश्वा द्वेषाꣳसि जहि चाव चा कृधि विश्वे सन्वन्त्व् आ वसु । शीष्टेषु चित् ते मदिरासो अꣳशवो यत्रा सोमस्य तृम्पसि

viśvā dveṣāṁsi jahi cāva cā kṛdhi viśve sanvantv ā vasu | śīṣṭeṣu cit te madirāso aṁśavo yatrā somasya tṛmpasi

Strike down all hostilities and beat (them) down; let all (men) win goods. Even in what is left over are your intoxicating stalks, wherein you take your fill of soma.

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

RV 8 53.5

इन्द्र नेदीय एद् इहि मितमेधाभिर् ऊतिभिः । आ शꣳतम शꣳतमाभिर् अभिष्टिभिर् आ स्वापे स्वापिभिः

indra nedīya ed ihi mitamedhābhir ūtibhiḥ | ā śaṁtama śaṁtamābhir abhiṣṭibhir ā svāpe svāpibhiḥ

Indra, come here nearer, with helps of measured wisdom; come, most kindly one, with most kindly supports, come, good friend, with good friends.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 53.6

आजितुरꣳ सत्पतिꣳ विश्वचर्षणिꣳ कृधि प्रजास्व् आभगम् । प्र सू तिरा शचीभिर् ये त उक्थिनः क्रतुम् पुनत आनुषक्

ājituraṁ satpatiṁ viśvacarṣaṇiṁ kṛdhi prajāsv ābhagam | pra sū tirā śacībhir ye ta ukthinaḥ kratum punata ānuṣak

Make (him) a winner of the race, a true lord, belonging to all peoples, holding a share among progeny. Advance them well by (your) powers, those reciters of hymns of yours who purify (your) resolve in due order.

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

RV 8 53.7

यस् ते साधिष्ठो ऽवसे ते स्याम भरेषु ते । वयꣳ होत्राभिर् उत देवहूतिभिः ससवाꣳसो मनामहे

yas te sādhiṣṭho 'vase te syāma bhareṣu te | vayaṁ hotrābhir uta devahūtibhiḥ sasavāṁso manāmahe

Whoever of you is most effective for help—may we be yours in the contests; we, having won by our hotrā-offerings and by our invocations of the gods, take thought.

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

RV 8 53.8

अहꣳ हि ते हरिवो ब्रह्म वाजयुर् आजिꣳ यामि सदोतिभिः । त्वाम् इद् एव तम् अमे सम् अश्वयुर् गव्युर् अग्रे मथीनाम्

ahaṁ hi te harivo brahma vājayur ājiṁ yāmi sadotibhiḥ | tvām id eva tam ame sam aśvayur gavyur agre mathīnām

For I, O lord of the bay horses, seeking prize for you, bring a formulation; with (your) helps I go always to the race. You alone do I press toward, desiring horses, desiring cattle, at the forefront of the contests.

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