Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 68

RV 8 68.1

आ त्वा रथꣳ यथोतये सुम्नाय वर्तयामसि । तुविकूर्मिम् ऋतीषहम् इन्द्र शविष्ठ सत्पते

ā tvā rathaṁ yathotaye sumnāya vartayāmasi | tuvikūrmim ṛtīṣaham indra śaviṣṭha satpate

We turn you hither, as (one turns) a chariot, for help, for favour—you of powerful action, withstanding assaults, O Indra, mightiest, lord of the good.

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RV 8 68.2

तुविशुष्म तुविक्रतो शचीवो विश्वया मते । आ पप्राथ महित्वना

tuviśuṣma tuvikrato śacīvo viśvayā mate | ā paprātha mahitvanā

O you of mighty force, of mighty resolve, O powerful one, honoured by all — you have spread out (over all) with your greatness.

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RV 8 68.3

यस्य ते महिना महः परि ज्मायन्तम् ईयतुः । हस्ता वज्रꣳ हिरण्ययम्

yasya te mahinā mahaḥ pari jmāyantam īyatuḥ | hastā vajraṁ hiraṇyayam

You, great one, by whose greatness the two hands have encompassed the earth-going golden mace.

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RV 8 68.4

विश्वानरस्य वस् पतिम् अनानतस्य शवसः । एवैश् च चर्षणीनाम् ऊती हुवे रथानाम्

viśvānarasya vas patim anānatasya śavasaḥ | evaiś ca carṣaṇīnām ūtī huve rathānām

For you I call on the lord of all-manly, unbowed might, and with the courses of the peoples, for the aid of chariots.

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RV 8 68.5

अभिष्टये सदावृधꣳ स्वर्मीऴ्हेषु यꣳ नरः । नाना हवन्त ऊतये

abhiṣṭaye sadāvṛdhaṁ svarmīḻheṣu yaṁ naraḥ | nānā havanta ūtaye

(Him) ever-increasing, for superiority — whom men in contests for the sun severally call upon for aid,

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RV 8 68.6

परोमात्रम् ऋचीषमम् इन्द्रम् उग्रꣳ सुराधसम् । ईशानꣳ चिद् वसूनाम्

paromātram ṛcīṣamam indram ugraṁ surādhasam | īśānaṁ cid vasūnām

Indra beyond measure, worthy of praise-song, formidable, of good bounty, indeed ruling over goods —

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RV 8 68.7

तꣳ-तम् इद् राधसे मह इन्द्रꣳ चोदामि पीतये । यः पूर्व्याम् अनुष्टुतिम् ईशे कृष्टीनाꣳ नृतुः

taṁ-tam id rādhase maha indraṁ codāmi pītaye | yaḥ pūrvyām anuṣṭutim īśe kṛṣṭīnāṁ nṛtuḥ

This very Indra I spur on, again and again, to great bounty, to drink — he who is master of the ancient song of praise, the dancer of the peoples.

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RV 8 68.8

न यस्य ते शवसान सख्यम् आनꣳश मर्त्यः । नकिः शवाꣳसि ते नशत्

na yasya te śavasāna sakhyam ānaṁśa martyaḥ | nakiḥ śavāṁsi te naśat

You, mighty one, whose friendship no mortal has attained — no one shall reach your powers.

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RV 8 68.9

त्वोतासस् त्वा युजाप्सु सूर्ये महद् धनम् । जयेम पृत्सु वज्रिवः

tvotāsas tvā yujāpsu sūrye mahad dhanam | jayema pṛtsu vajrivaḥ

Helped by you, with you as yokemate, may we win great booty in the waters, in the sun, in the battles, O mace-bearer.

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RV 8 68.10

तꣳ त्वा यज्ञेभिर् ईमहे तꣳ गीर्भिर् गिर्वणस्तम । इन्द्र यथा चिद् आविथ वाजेषु पुरुमाय्यम्

taṁ tvā yajñebhir īmahe taṁ gīrbhir girvaṇastama | indra yathā cid āvitha vājeṣu purumāyyam

You we approach with sacrifices, you with songs, O most song-loving one, as, Indra, you once aided Purumāyya in contests for prizes.

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RV 8 68.11

यस्य ते स्वादु सख्यꣳ स्वाद्वी प्रणीतिर् अद्रिवः । यज्ञो वितन्तसाय्यः

yasya te svādu sakhyaṁ svādvī praṇītir adrivaḥ | yajño vitantasāyyaḥ

You whose friendship is sweet, whose leading is sweet, O stone-wielder — whose sacrifice is to be striven for.

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RV 8 68.12

उरु णस् तन्वे३ तन उरु क्षयाय नस् कृधि । उरु णो यन्धि जीवसे

uru ṇas tanve3 tana uru kṣayāya nas kṛdhi | uru ṇo yandhi jīvase

Make wide (room) for our body, for our offspring, wide for our dwelling; grant us wide (room) for living.

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RV 8 68.13

उरुꣳ नृभ्य उरुꣳ गव उरुꣳ रथाय पन्थाम् । देववीतिम् मनामहे

uruṁ nṛbhya uruṁ gava uruṁ rathāya panthām | devavītim manāmahe

A wide path for the men, wide for the cattle, wide for the chariot — we devise the invitation of the gods.

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RV 8 68.14

उप मा षड् द्वा-द्वा नरः सोमस्य हर्ष्या । तिष्ठन्ति स्वादुरातयः

upa mā ṣaḍ dvā-dvā naraḥ somasya harṣyā | tiṣṭhanti svādurātayaḥ

Six men, two by two, stand near me with the exhilaration of soma, giving sweet gifts.

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RV 8 68.15

ऋज्राव् इन्द्रोत आ ददे हरी ऋक्षस्य सूनवि । आश्वमेधस्य रोहिता

ṛjrāv indrota ā dade harī ṛkṣasya sūnavi | āśvamedhasya rohitā

From Indrota I received two ruddy (steeds), from the son of Ṛkṣa a pair of bays, from Āśvamedha two red ones.

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RV 8 68.16

सुरथाꣳ आतिथिग्वे स्वभीशूꣳर् आर्क्षे । आश्वमेधे सुपेशसः

surathām̐ ātithigve svabhīśūm̐r ārkṣe | āśvamedhe supeśasaḥ

(Horses) with good chariots from Ātithigva, with good reins from the son of Ṛkṣa, well-adorned ones from Āśvamedha.

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RV 8 68.17

षऴ् अश्वाꣳ आतिथिग्व इन्द्रोते वधूमतः । सचा पूतक्रतौ सनम्

ṣaḻ aśvām̐ ātithigva indrote vadhūmataḥ | sacā pūtakratau sanam

Six horses with mares I got from Ātithigva, from Indrota, along with (those) from Pūtakratu.

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RV 8 68.18

ऐषु चेतद् वृषण्वत्य् अन्तर् ऋज्रेष्व् अरुषी । स्वभीशुः कशावती

aiṣu cetad vṛṣaṇvaty antar ṛjreṣv aruṣī | svabhīśuḥ kaśāvatī

Among these, among the ruddy ones, a ruddy mare showed herself, drawn by a stallion, with good reins, (driven) with a whip.

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RV 8 68.19

न युष्मे वाजबन्धवो निनित्सुश् चन मर्त्यः । अवद्यम् अधि दीधरत्

na yuṣme vājabandhavo ninitsuś cana martyaḥ | avadyam adhi dīdharat

Among you, O kinsmen of the prize, not even a mortal wishing to blame could fasten any reproach.

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