Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 61

RV 8 61.1

उभयꣳ शृणवच् च न इन्द्रो अर्वाग् इदꣳ वचः । सत्राच्या मघवा सोमपीतये धिया शविष्ठ आ गमत्

ubhayaṁ śṛṇavac ca na indro arvāg idaṁ vacaḥ | satrācyā maghavā somapītaye dhiyā śaviṣṭha ā gamat

And may Indra hear both (these things) of ours, this speech (spoken) hither; may the bounteous one, mightiest, come with all-embracing thought to the soma-drinking.

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RV 8 61.2

तꣳ हि स्वराजꣳ वृषभꣳ तम् ओजसे धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः । उतोपमानाम् प्रथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामꣳ हि ते मनः

taṁ hi svarājaṁ vṛṣabhaṁ tam ojase dhiṣaṇe niṣṭatakṣatuḥ | utopamānām prathamo ni ṣīdasi somakāmaṁ hi te manaḥ

For him, the self-ruling, the bull — him the two Dhiṣaṇās fashioned out for might; and you sit down as first among the foremost, for your mind desires soma.

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RV 8 61.3

आ वृषस्व पुरूवसो सुतस्येन्द्रान्धसः । विद्मा हि त्वा हरिवः पृत्सु सासहिम् अधृष्टꣳ चिद् दधृष्वणिम्

ā vṛṣasva purūvaso sutasyendrāndhasaḥ | vidmā hi tvā harivaḥ pṛtsu sāsahim adhṛṣṭaṁ cid dadhṛṣvaṇim

Pour (it) into yourself, O one of many goods, Indra, of the pressed juice; for we know you, lord of the bay horses, as overpowering in battles, daring even against the unassailable.

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RV 8 61.4

अप्रामिसत्य मघवन् तथेद् असद् इन्द्र क्रत्वा यथा वशः । सनेम वाजꣳ तव शिप्रिन्न् अवसा मक्षू चिद् यन्तो अद्रिवः

aprāmisatya maghavan tathed asad indra kratvā yathā vaśaḥ | sanema vājaṁ tava śiprinn avasā makṣū cid yanto adrivaḥ

O you whose truth never fails, O bountiful one — so shall it be, Indra, as you will it by your resolve. May we win the prize, O helmet-wearer, by your aid, pressing on swiftly, O wielder of the stone.

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RV 8 61.5

शग्ध्य् ऊ३ षु शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिर् ऊतिभिः । भगꣳ न हि त्वा यशसꣳ वसुविदम् अनु शूर चरामसि

śagdhy ū3 ṣu śacīpata indra viśvābhir ūtibhiḥ | bhagaṁ na hi tvā yaśasaṁ vasuvidam anu śūra carāmasi

Be strong for us, O lord of power, Indra, with all your aids; for we follow after you, O hero, as after Bhaga, the glorious wealth-finder.

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RV 8 61.6

पौरो अश्वस्य पुरुकृद् गवाम् अस्य् उत्सो देव हिरण्ययः । नकिर् हि दानम् परिमर्धिषत् त्वे यद्-यद् यामि तद् आ भर

pauro aśvasya purukṛd gavām asy utso deva hiraṇyayaḥ | nakir hi dānam parimardhiṣat tve yad-yad yāmi tad ā bhara

You are a giver in plenty of horses, a producer of many cattle, a golden spring, O god. No one shall diminish your giving; whatever I ask of you, bring that.

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RV 8 61.7

त्वꣳ ह्य् एहि चेरवे विदा भगꣳ वसुत्तये । उद् वावृषस्व मघवन् गविष्टय उद् इन्द्राश्वमिष्टये

tvaṁ hy ehi cerave vidā bhagaṁ vasuttaye | ud vāvṛṣasva maghavan gaviṣṭaya ud indrāśvamiṣṭaye

Come, then, and for the eager man find fortune, for the bestowing of goods. Pour yourself out abundantly, O bountiful one, for the seeking of cattle, pour out, Indra, for the seeking of horses.

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RV 8 61.8

त्वम् पुरू सहस्राणि शतानि च यूथा दानाय मꣳहसे । आ पुरꣳदरꣳ चकृम विप्रवचस इन्द्रꣳ गायन्तो ऽवसे

tvam purū sahasrāṇi śatāni ca yūthā dānāya maṁhase | ā puraṁdaraṁ cakṛma vipravacasa indraṁ gāyanto 'vase

You bestow in plenty thousands and hundreds, whole herds, as a gift. We have brought the fort-breaker here, singing of Indra with inspired speech, for his aid.

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RV 8 61.9

अविप्रो वा यद् अविधद् विप्रो वेन्द्र ते वचः । स प्र ममन्दत् त्वाया शतक्रतो प्राचामन्यो अहꣳसन

avipro vā yad avidhad vipro vendra te vacaḥ | sa pra mamandat tvāyā śatakrato prācāmanyo ahaṁsana

Whether an uninspired man or an inspired one has offered you speech, Indra, he has gladdened (you) through love of you, O you of a hundred powers, O forward-minded, unstinting one.

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RV 8 61.10

उग्रबाहुर् म्रक्षकृत्वा पुरꣳदरो यदि मे शृणवद् धवम् । वसूयवो वसुपतिꣳ शतक्रतुꣳ स्तोमैर् इन्द्रꣳ हवामहे

ugrabāhur mrakṣakṛtvā puraṁdaro yadi me śṛṇavad dhavam | vasūyavo vasupatiṁ śatakratuṁ stomair indraṁ havāmahe

Fierce-armed, a crusher, a breaker of forts — if he will hear my call: desiring goods, we call with praises upon Indra, lord of goods, of a hundred powers.

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RV 8 61.11

न पापासो मनामहे नारायासो न जऴ्हवः । यद् इन् न्व् इन्द्रꣳ वृषणꣳ सचा सुते सखायꣳ कृणवामहै

na pāpāso manāmahe nārāyāso na jaḻhavaḥ | yad in nv indraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ sacā sute sakhāyaṁ kṛṇavāmahai

We do not count as wicked, nor as wretched, nor as revilers, since now we make Indra the bull our comrade, together at the pressed (soma).

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RV 8 61.12

उग्रꣳ युयुज्म पृतनासु सासहिम् ऋणकातिम् अदाभ्यम् । वेदा भृमꣳ चित् सनिता रथीतमो वाजिनꣳ यम् इद् ऊ नशत्

ugraṁ yuyujma pṛtanāsu sāsahim ṛṇakātim adābhyam | vedā bhṛmaṁ cit sanitā rathītamo vājinaṁ yam id ū naśat

We have yoked the fierce one, victorious in battles, the exactor of debts, not to be deceived. He knows even distress, he is a winner, the best charioteer — the prize-steed whom indeed he reaches.

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RV 8 61.13

यत इन्द्र भयामहे ततो नो अभयꣳ कृधि । मघवञ् छग्धि तव तन् न ऊतिभिर् वि द्विषो वि मृधो जहि

yata indra bhayāmahe tato no abhayaṁ kṛdhi | maghavañ chagdhi tava tan na ūtibhir vi dviṣo vi mṛdho jahi

From whatever we fear, Indra, from that make safety for us. O bountiful one, be strong — that (power) of yours is for us — with your aids scatter the hostile, scatter those who would crush us.

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RV 8 61.14

त्वꣳ हि राधस्पते राधसो महः क्षयस्यासि विधतः । तꣳ त्वा वयम् मघवन्न् इन्द्र गिर्वणः सुतावन्तो हवामहे

tvaṁ hi rādhaspate rādhaso mahaḥ kṣayasyāsi vidhataḥ | taṁ tvā vayam maghavann indra girvaṇaḥ sutāvanto havāmahe

For you, lord of bounty, are master of bounty and of a great dwelling, (master) of the worshipper. So we, O bountiful Indra who love songs, having pressed the soma, call upon you.

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RV 8 61.15

इन्द्रः स्पऴ् उत वृत्रहा परस्पा नो वरेण्यः । स नो रक्षिषच् चरमꣳ स मध्यमꣳ स पश्चात् पातु नः पुरः

indraḥ spaḻ uta vṛtrahā paraspā no vareṇyaḥ | sa no rakṣiṣac caramaṁ sa madhyamaṁ sa paścāt pātu naḥ puraḥ

Indra is the watcher and the slayer of Vṛtra, our protector from afar, the choiceworthy. May he guard our rearmost, he the middle one; may he protect us from behind and in front.

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RV 8 61.16

त्वꣳ नः पश्चाद् अधराद् उत्तरात् पुर इन्द्र नि पाहि विश्वतः । आरे अस्मत् कृणुहि दैव्यम् भयम् आरे हेतीर् अदेवीः

tvaṁ naḥ paścād adharād uttarāt pura indra ni pāhi viśvataḥ | āre asmat kṛṇuhi daivyam bhayam āre hetīr adevīḥ

Guard us, Indra, from behind, from below, from above, from in front — on every side. Set far away from us the fear that comes from the gods, far away the godless missiles.

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RV 8 61.17

अद्याद्या श्वः-श्व इन्द्र त्रास्व परे च नः । विश्वा च नो जरितॄन् सत्पते अहा दिवा नक्तꣳ च रक्षिषः

adyādyā śvaḥ-śva indra trāsva pare ca naḥ | viśvā ca no jaritṝn satpate ahā divā naktaṁ ca rakṣiṣaḥ

Today and today, tomorrow and tomorrow, Indra, save us, and on the days beyond; and may you guard us, your singers, through all days, by day and by night, O lord of the good.

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RV 8 61.18

प्रभङ्गी शूरो मघवा तुवीमघः सम्मिश्लो विर्याय कम् । उभा ते बाहू वृषणा शतक्रतो नि या वज्रम् मिमिक्षतुः

prabhaṅgī śūro maghavā tuvīmaghaḥ sammiślo viryāya kam | ubhā te bāhū vṛṣaṇā śatakrato ni yā vajram mimikṣatuḥ

The shatterer, the hero, the bountiful, rich in gifts, joined (with us) for the deed of valour: both your arms are bull-like, O you of a hundred powers, which have driven the mace down.

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