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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 64

RV 8 64.1

उत् त्वा मन्दन्तु स्तोमाः कृणुष्व राधो अद्रिवः । अव ब्रह्मद्विषो जहि

ut tvā mandantu stomāḥ kṛṇuṣva rādho adrivaḥ | ava brahmadviṣo jahi

Let the praises exhilarate you; make a gift, O stone-wielder; strike down those who hate the formulation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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MAY our hymns give thee great delight. Display thy bounty, Thunderer. Drive off the enemies of prayer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.2

पदा पणीꣳर् अराधसो नि बाधस्व महाꣳ असि । नहि त्वा कश् चन प्रति

padā paṇīm̐r arādhaso ni bādhasva mahām̐ asi | nahi tvā kaś cana prati

Trample down the Paṇis, the ungenerous ones, with your foot: you are great; for no one at all (stands) against you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Crush with thy foot the niggard churls who bring no gifts. Mighty art thou There is not one to equal thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.3

त्वम् ईशिषे सुतानाम् इन्द्र त्वम् असुतानाम् । त्वꣳ राजा जनानाम्

tvam īśiṣe sutānām indra tvam asutānām | tvaṁ rājā janānām

You rule over the pressed (drinks), Indra, you over the unpressed; you are the king of the peoples.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou art the Lord of Soma pressed, Soma impressed is also thine. Thou art the Sovran of the folk.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.4

एहि प्रेहि क्षयो दिव्य् आ३घोषञ् चर्षणीनाम् । ओभे पृणासि रोदसी

ehi prehi kṣayo divy ā3ghoṣañ carṣaṇīnām | obhe pṛṇāsi rodasī

Come here, go forth—your dwelling is in heaven—you who hear the cries of the peoples; you fill both worlds.

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

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Come, go thou forth, dwelling in heaven and listening to the prayers of men: Thou fillest both the heavens and earth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.5

त्यꣳ चित् पर्वतꣳ गिरिꣳ शतवन्तꣳ सहस्रिणम् । वि स्तोतृभ्यो रुरोजिथ

tyaṁ cit parvataṁ giriṁ śatavantaṁ sahasriṇam | vi stotṛbhyo rurojitha

That very mountain, the hill holding a hundred, holding a thousand—you broke it open for the praisers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Even that hill with rocky heights, with hundreds, thousands, held within. Thou for thy worshippers brakest through.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.6

वयम् उ त्वा दिवा सुते वयꣳ नक्तꣳ हवामहे । अस्माकꣳ कामम् आ पृण

vayam u tvā divā sute vayaṁ naktaṁ havāmahe | asmākaṁ kāmam ā pṛṇa

We call you by day when (the soma) is pressed, we call you at night: fill up our desire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We call on thee both night and day to taste the flowing Soma juice: Do thou fulfil our heart's desire.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.7

क्व१ स्य वृषभो युवा तुविग्रीवो अनानतः । ब्रह्मा कस् तꣳ सपर्यति

kva1 sya vṛṣabho yuvā tuvigrīvo anānataḥ | brahmā kas taṁ saparyati

Where is that young bull, thick-necked, unbowed? What brahman priest serves him?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Where is that ever-youthful Steer, strong-necked and never yet bent down? What Brahman ministers to him?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.8

कस्य स्वित् सवनꣳ वृषा जुजुष्वाꣳ अव गच्छति । इन्द्रꣳ क उ स्विद् आ चके

kasya svit savanaṁ vṛṣā jujuṣvām̐ ava gacchati | indraṁ ka u svid ā cake

To whose pressing does the bull come down, taking delight? And who indeed has longed for Indra?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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To whose libation doth the Steer, betake him with delight therein? Who takes delight in Indra now?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.9

कꣳ ते दाना असक्षत वृत्रहन् कꣳ सुवीर्या । उक्थे क उ स्विद् अन्तमः

kaṁ te dānā asakṣata vṛtrahan kaṁ suvīryā | ukthe ka u svid antamaḥ

To whom have your gifts attached themselves, O slayer of Vṛtra, to whom your abundant manly powers? And who is closest (to you) in the recited hymn?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Whom, Vritra-slayer, have thy gifts and hero powers accompanied? Who is thy dearest in the land?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.10

अयꣳ ते मानुषे जने सोमः पूरुषु सूयते । तस्येहि प्र द्रवा पिब

ayaṁ te mānuṣe jane somaḥ pūruṣu sūyate | tasyehi pra dravā piba

This soma of yours is being pressed among the human folk, among the Pūrus: come to it, run forward, drink!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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For thee among mankind, among the Pûrus is this Soma shed. Hasten thou hither: drink thereof.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.11

अयꣳ ते शर्यणावति सुषोमायाम् अधि प्रियः । आर्जीकीये मदिन्तमः

ayaṁ te śaryaṇāvati suṣomāyām adhi priyaḥ | ārjīkīye madintamaḥ

This (soma) of yours, dear on Śaryaṇāvat, on the Suṣomā, is most intoxicating in Ārjīkīya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This, growing by Sushomâ and by Ṣaryaṇâvân, dear to thee, In Ârjîkîya, cheers thee best.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 64.12

तम् अद्य राधसे महे चारुम् मदाय घृष्वये । एहीम् इन्द्र द्रवा पिब

tam adya rādhase mahe cārum madāya ghṛṣvaye | ehīm indra dravā piba

Today, for great bounty, for eager intoxication, (drink) that delightful (soma): come here, Indra, run, drink!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Hasten thou hitherward, and drink this for munificence to-day Delightful for thine eager draught.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)