Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 6

RV 8 6.1

महाꣳ इन्द्रो य ओजसा पर्जन्यो वृष्टिमाꣳ इव । स्तोमैर् वत्सस्य वावृधे

mahām̐ indro ya ojasā parjanyo vṛṣṭimām̐ iva | stomair vatsasya vāvṛdhe

Great is Indra, who by his might is like Parjanya bringing rain: by the praises of Vatsa he has grown strong.

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RV 8 6.2

प्रजाम् ऋतस्य पिप्रतः प्र यद् भरन्त वह्नयः । विप्रा ऋतस्य वाहसा

prajām ṛtasya piprataḥ pra yad bharanta vahnayaḥ | viprā ṛtasya vāhasā

When the draught-bearers carried (it) forth, furthering the offspring of ṛta — the inspired singers, with the conveyance of ṛta.

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RV 8 6.3

कण्वा इन्द्रꣳ यद् अक्रत स्तोमैर् यज्ञस्य साधनम् । जामि ब्रुवत आयुधम्

kaṇvā indraṁ yad akrata stomair yajñasya sādhanam | jāmi bruvata āyudham

When the Kaṇvas by their praises made Indra the accomplisher of the sacrifice, they proclaim the weapon (their) kin.

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RV 8 6.4

सम् अस्य मन्यवे विशो विश्वा नमन्त कृष्टयः । समुद्रायेव सिन्धवः

sam asya manyave viśo viśvā namanta kṛṣṭayaḥ | samudrāyeva sindhavaḥ

Before his fury all the clans, all the peoples bow down, as the rivers do to the sea.

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RV 8 6.5

ओजस् तद् अस्य तित्विष उभे यत् समवर्तयत् । इन्द्रश् चर्मेव रोदसी

ojas tad asya titviṣa ubhe yat samavartayat | indraś carmeva rodasī

That strength of his flashed forth, when Indra rolled the two together, both heaven and earth, like a hide.

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RV 8 6.6

वि चिद् वृत्रस्य दोधतो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । शिरो बिभेद वृष्णिना

vi cid vṛtrasya dodhato vajreṇa śataparvaṇā | śiro bibheda vṛṣṇinā

With the hundred-jointed, bull-strong mace he split apart the head of raging Vṛtra.

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RV 8 6.7

इमा अभि प्र णोनुमो विपाम् अग्रेषु धीतयः । अग्नेः शोचिर् न दिद्युतः

imā abhi pra ṇonumo vipām agreṣu dhītayaḥ | agneḥ śocir na didyutaḥ

These (songs) we bellow forth — the thoughts (that stand) at the front of the inspired ones — flashing like the flame of Agni.

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RV 8 6.8

गुहा सतीर् उप त्मना प्र यच् छोचन्त धीतयः । कण्वा ऋतस्य धारया

guhā satīr upa tmanā pra yac chocanta dhītayaḥ | kaṇvā ṛtasya dhārayā

When the thoughts, being hidden, of themselves blazed forth — the Kaṇvas (did so) with the stream of ṛta.

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RV 8 6.9

प्र तम् इन्द्र नशीमहि रयिꣳ गोमन्तम् अश्विनम् । प्र ब्रह्म पूर्वचित्तये

pra tam indra naśīmahi rayiṁ gomantam aśvinam | pra brahma pūrvacittaye

May we attain that (wealth), Indra, wealth in cattle and in horses; (may we attain) the formulation, so as to be thought of first.

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RV 8 6.10

अहम् इद् धि पितुष् परि मेधाम् ऋतस्य जग्रभ । अहꣳ सूर्य इवाजनि

aham id dhi pituṣ pari medhām ṛtasya jagrabha | ahaṁ sūrya ivājani

For it is I who have grasped from my father the insight of ṛta; I was born like the sun.

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RV 8 6.11

अहम् प्रत्नेन मन्मना गिरः शुम्भामि कण्ववत् । येनेन्द्रः शुष्मम् इद् दधे

aham pratnena manmanā giraḥ śumbhāmi kaṇvavat | yenendraḥ śuṣmam id dadhe

I make my songs beautiful with ancient thought, in Kaṇva's manner — (the thought) by which Indra took on his force.

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RV 8 6.12

ये त्वाम् इन्द्र न तुष्टुवुर् ऋषयो ये च तुष्टुवुः । ममेद् वर्धस्व सुष्टुतः

ye tvām indra na tuṣṭuvur ṛṣayo ye ca tuṣṭuvuḥ | mamed vardhasva suṣṭutaḥ

Those seers who have not praised you, Indra, and those who have praised — by mine alone grow strong, well praised.

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RV 8 6.13

यद् अस्य मन्युर् अध्वनीद् वि वृत्रम् पर्वशो रुजन् । अपः समुद्रम् ऐरयत्

yad asya manyur adhvanīd vi vṛtram parvaśo rujan | apaḥ samudram airayat

When his fury roared out, shattering Vṛtra joint by joint, he set the waters moving to the sea.

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RV 8 6.14

नि शुष्ण इन्द्र धर्णसिꣳ वज्रꣳ जघन्थ दस्यवि । वृषा ह्य् उग्र शृण्विषे

ni śuṣṇa indra dharṇasiṁ vajraṁ jaghantha dasyavi | vṛṣā hy ugra śṛṇviṣe

Down upon the Dasyu Śuṣṇa, Indra, you smote the sustaining mace; for you are famed, fierce one, as a bull.

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RV 8 6.15

न द्याव इन्द्रम् ओजसा नान्तरिक्षाणि वज्रिणम् । न विव्यचन्त भूमयः

na dyāva indram ojasā nāntarikṣāṇi vajriṇam | na vivyacanta bhūmayaḥ

Not the heavens could contain Indra with his strength, nor the mid-spaces the mace-bearer, nor the earths.

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RV 8 6.16

यस् त इन्द्र महीर् अपः स्तभूयमान आशयत् । नि तम् पद्यासु शिश्नथः

yas ta indra mahīr apaḥ stabhūyamāna āśayat | ni tam padyāsu śiśnathaḥ

He who, Indra, propping himself up, lay upon your great waters — him you pierced down among the (rushing) torrents.

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RV 8 6.17

य इमे रोदसी मही समीची समजग्रभीत् । तमोभिर् इन्द्र तꣳ गुहः

ya ime rodasī mahī samīcī samajagrabhīt | tamobhir indra taṁ guhaḥ

He who seized together these two great worlds facing each other — him, Indra, you hid with darknesses.

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RV 8 6.18

य इन्द्र यतयस् त्वा भृगवो ये च तुष्टुवुः । ममेद् उग्र श्रुधी हवम्

ya indra yatayas tvā bhṛgavo ye ca tuṣṭuvuḥ | mamed ugra śrudhī havam

Those who praised you, Indra — the Yatis, the Bhṛgus, and (all) who praised — mine alone, o fierce one: hear my call!

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RV 8 6.19

इमास् त इन्द्र पृश्नयो घृतꣳ दुहत आशिरम् । एनाम् ऋतस्य पिप्युषीः

imās ta indra pṛśnayo ghṛtaṁ duhata āśiram | enām ṛtasya pipyuṣīḥ

These dappled cows of yours, Indra, yield ghee and the milk-mixture, swelling it (the draught) of ṛta.

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RV 8 6.20

या इन्द्र प्रस्वस् त्वासा गर्भम् अचक्रिरन् । परि धर्मेव सूर्यम्

yā indra prasvas tvāsā garbham acakriran | pari dharmeva sūryam

The pregnant ones who, Indra, made you an embryo by their mouth, (encompassing you) round about as the (heaven's) vault does the sun.

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RV 8 6.21

त्वाम् इच् छवसस् पते कण्वा उक्थेन वावृधुः । त्वाꣳ सुतास इन्दवः

tvām ic chavasas pate kaṇvā ukthena vāvṛdhuḥ | tvāṁ sutāsa indavaḥ

It is you, lord of power, whom the Kaṇvas have strengthened with their recitation, you whom the pressed drops (have strengthened).

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RV 8 6.22

तवेद् इन्द्र प्रणीतिषूत प्रशस्तिर् अद्रिवः । यज्ञो वितन्तसाय्यः

taved indra praṇītiṣūta praśastir adrivaḥ | yajño vitantasāyyaḥ

Yours, O Indra, are the guidances, and yours the praise, O lord of the stone; the sacrifice is to be striven for.

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RV 8 6.23

आ न इन्द्र महीम् इषम् पुरꣳ न दर्षि गोमतीम् । उत प्रजाꣳ सुवीर्यम्

ā na indra mahīm iṣam puraṁ na darṣi gomatīm | uta prajāṁ suvīryam

Break open for us, O Indra, great refreshment, like a cow-rich stronghold, and also offspring and abundance of heroes.

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RV 8 6.24

उत त्यद् आश्वश्व्यꣳ यद् इन्द्र नाहुषीष्व् आ । अग्रे विक्षु प्रदीदयत्

uta tyad āśvaśvyaṁ yad indra nāhuṣīṣv ā | agre vikṣu pradīdayat

And that possession of swift horses which, O Indra, shines forth in the fore among the Nāhuṣa peoples.

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RV 8 6.25

अभि व्रजꣳ न तत्निषे सूर उपाकचक्षसम् । यद् इन्द्र मृऴयासि नः

abhi vrajaṁ na tatniṣe sūra upākacakṣasam | yad indra mṛḻayāsi naḥ

You have spread out (for us), O hero, as it were a pen visible close at hand, when, Indra, you will be gracious to us.

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RV 8 6.26

यद् अङ्ग तविषीयस इन्द्र प्रराजसि क्षितीः । महाꣳ अपार ओजसा

yad aṅga taviṣīyasa indra prarājasi kṣitīḥ | mahām̐ apāra ojasā

When indeed you show your might, Indra, you rule over the settlements, great, boundless in strength.

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RV 8 6.27

तꣳ त्वा हविष्मतीर् विश उप ब्रुवत ऊतये । उरुज्रयसम् इन्दुभिः

taṁ tvā haviṣmatīr viśa upa bruvata ūtaye | urujrayasam indubhiḥ

To you, of wide sweep, the clans that hold oblations speak, with the soma drops, for help.

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RV 8 6.28

उपह्वरे गिरीणाꣳ सꣳगथे च नदीनाम् । धिया विप्रो अजायत

upahvare girīṇāṁ saṁgathe ca nadīnām | dhiyā vipro ajāyata

In the covert of the mountains and at the meeting of the rivers, the inspired poet was born through vision.

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RV 8 6.29

अतः समुद्रम् उद्वतश् चिकित्वाꣳ अव पश्यति । यतो विपान एजति

ataḥ samudram udvataś cikitvām̐ ava paśyati | yato vipāna ejati

From there, taking note, he looks down from the height upon the sea, from where, quivering(?), he stirs.

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RV 8 6.30

आद् इत् प्रत्नस्य रेतसो ज्योतिष् पश्यन्ति वासरम् । परो यद् इध्यते दिवा

ād it pratnasya retaso jyotiṣ paśyanti vāsaram | paro yad idhyate divā

Then indeed they see the light of the ancient seed, the daylight, which is kindled beyond, in heaven.

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RV 8 6.31

कण्वास इन्द्र ते मतिꣳ विश्वे वर्धन्ति पौꣳस्यम् । उतो शविष्ठ वृष्ण्यम्

kaṇvāsa indra te matiṁ viśve vardhanti pauṁsyam | uto śaviṣṭha vṛṣṇyam

The Kaṇvas, Indra, all of them strengthen your thought, your manly power, and also, O mightiest, your bull-like force.

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RV 8 6.32

इमाम् म इन्द्र सुष्टुतिꣳ जुषस्व प्र सु माम् अव । उत प्र वर्धया मतिम्

imām ma indra suṣṭutiṁ juṣasva pra su mām ava | uta pra vardhayā matim

Take pleasure, Indra, in this fine praise of mine; do help me forward, and make my thought grow.

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RV 8 6.33

उत ब्रह्मण्या वयꣳ तुभ्यम् प्रवृद्ध वज्रिवः । विप्रा अतक्ष्म जीवसे

uta brahmaṇyā vayaṁ tubhyam pravṛddha vajrivaḥ | viprā atakṣma jīvase

And we inspired poets have fashioned formulations for you, O full-grown wielder of the vajra, that we may live.

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RV 8 6.34

अभि कण्वा अनूषतापो न प्रवता यतीः । इन्द्रꣳ वनन्वती मतिः

abhi kaṇvā anūṣatāpo na pravatā yatīḥ | indraṁ vananvatī matiḥ

The Kaṇvas have cried out (to him) like waters running down a slope; the winning thought (goes) to Indra.

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RV 8 6.35

इन्द्रम् उक्थानि वावृधुः समुद्रम् इव सिन्धवः । अनुत्तमन्युम् अजरम्

indram ukthāni vāvṛdhuḥ samudram iva sindhavaḥ | anuttamanyum ajaram

The recitations have strengthened Indra, as the rivers the sea — him whose wrath is unrepelled, the unaging one.

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RV 8 6.36

आ नो याहि परावतो हरिभ्याꣳ हर्यताभ्याम् । इमम् इन्द्र सुतम् पिब

ā no yāhi parāvato haribhyāṁ haryatābhyām | imam indra sutam piba

Come to us from afar with your two dear bay horses; drink, Indra, this pressed (soma).

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RV 8 6.37

त्वाम् इद् वृत्रहन्तम जनासो वृक्तबर्हिषः । हवन्ते वाजसातये

tvām id vṛtrahantama janāso vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | havante vājasātaye

It is you, best slayer of Vṛtra, whom the peoples with their barhis twisted (i.e. spread) call for the winning of the prize.

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RV 8 6.38

अनु त्वा रोदसी उभे चक्रꣳ न वर्त्य् एतशम् । अनु सुवानास इन्दवः

anu tvā rodasī ubhe cakraṁ na varty etaśam | anu suvānāsa indavaḥ

Both the two worlds follow you, as the wheel follows Etaśa; the pressed drops follow.

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RV 8 6.39

मन्दस्वा सु स्वर्णर उतेन्द्र शर्यणावति । मत्स्वा विवस्वतो मती

mandasvā su svarṇara utendra śaryaṇāvati | matsvā vivasvato matī

Rejoice well in Svarṇara and, Indra, in Śaryaṇāvat; be exhilarated by the thought of Vivasvat.

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RV 8 6.40

वावृधान उप द्यवि वृषा वज्र्य् अरोरवीत् । वृत्रहा सोमपातमः

vāvṛdhāna upa dyavi vṛṣā vajry aroravīt | vṛtrahā somapātamaḥ

Grown strong up toward heaven, the bull with the vajra has roared out, the slayer of Vṛtra, the greatest soma-drinker.

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RV 8 6.41

ऋषिर् हि पूर्वजा अस्य् एक ईशान ओजसा । इन्द्र चोष्कूयसे वसु

ṛṣir hi pūrvajā asy eka īśāna ojasā | indra coṣkūyase vasu

For you are a seer, born of old, alone ruling by your strength; Indra, you heap up goods.

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RV 8 6.42

अस्माकꣳ त्वा सुताꣳ उप वीतपृष्ठा अभि प्रयः । शतꣳ वहन्तु हरयः

asmākaṁ tvā sutām̐ upa vītapṛṣṭhā abhi prayaḥ | śataṁ vahantu harayaḥ

Let a hundred bay horses with smooth backs bring you here to our pressed (soma), to the offering of food.

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RV 8 6.43

इमाꣳ सु पूर्व्याꣳ धियम् मधोर् घृतस्य पिप्युषीम् । कण्वा उक्थेन वावृधुः

imāṁ su pūrvyāṁ dhiyam madhor ghṛtasya pipyuṣīm | kaṇvā ukthena vāvṛdhuḥ

This ancient thought, swelling with the sweetness of ghee, the Kaṇvas have made to grow with their recitation.

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RV 8 6.44

इन्द्रम् इद् विमहीनाम् मेधे वृणीत मर्त्यः । इन्द्रꣳ सनिष्युर् ऊतये

indram id vimahīnām medhe vṛṇīta martyaḥ | indraṁ saniṣyur ūtaye

It is Indra whom the mortal chooses at the sacrificial contest among the very great ones; Indra, when he seeks to win, (he chooses) for help.

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RV 8 6.45

अर्वाञ्चꣳ त्वा पुरुष्टुत प्रियमेधस्तुता हरी । सोमपेयाय वक्षतः

arvāñcaṁ tvā puruṣṭuta priyamedhastutā harī | somapeyāya vakṣataḥ

O much-praised one, let the two bay horses, praised by Priyamedha, convey you hither for the soma-drinking.

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RV 8 6.46

शतम् अहꣳ तिरिन्दिरे सहस्रम् पर्शाव् आ ददे । राधाꣳसि याद्वानाम्

śatam ahaṁ tirindire sahasram parśāv ā dade | rādhāṁsi yādvānām

A hundred I have received from Tirindira, a thousand from Parśu — the gifts of the Yādvas.

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RV 8 6.47

त्रीणि शतान्य् अर्वताꣳ सहस्रा दश गोनाम् । ददुष् पज्राय साम्ने

trīṇi śatāny arvatāṁ sahasrā daśa gonām | daduṣ pajrāya sāmne

Three hundred steeds, ten thousand cows, they gave to Pajra the Sāman-singer.

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RV 8 6.48

उद् आनट् ककुहो दिवम् उष्ट्राञ् चतुर्युजो ददत् । श्रवसा याद्वꣳ जनम्

ud ānaṭ kakuho divam uṣṭrāñ caturyujo dadat | śravasā yādvaṁ janam

Kakuha reached up to heaven, giving camels yoked in fours — (he surpassed) the Yādva people by his fame.

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