Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 7

RV 8 7.1

प्र यद् वस् त्रिष्टुभम् इषम् मरुतो विप्रो अक्षरत् । वि पर्वतेषु राजथ

pra yad vas triṣṭubham iṣam maruto vipro akṣarat | vi parvateṣu rājatha

When the inspired singer has poured forth for you, O Maruts, the triṣṭubh refreshment, you shine forth among the mountains.

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RV 8 7.2

यद् अङ्ग तविषीयवो यामꣳ शुभ्रा अचिध्वम् । नि पर्वता अहासत

yad aṅga taviṣīyavo yāmaṁ śubhrā acidhvam | ni parvatā ahāsata

When indeed, you who strive for strength, you gleaming ones, you resolved upon your march, the mountains sank down.

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RV 8 7.3

उद् ईरयन्त वायुभिर् वाश्रासः पृश्निमातरः । धुक्षन्त पिप्युषीम् इषम्

ud īrayanta vāyubhir vāśrāsaḥ pṛśnimātaraḥ | dhukṣanta pipyuṣīm iṣam

The bellowing ones, whose mother is Pṛśni, rose up with the winds; they milked out swelling refreshment.

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RV 8 7.4

वपन्ति मरुतो मिहम् प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् । यद् यामꣳ यान्ति वायुभिः

vapanti maruto miham pra vepayanti parvatān | yad yāmaṁ yānti vāyubhiḥ

The Maruts scatter mist, they make the mountains tremble, when they go their march with the winds.

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RV 8 7.5

नि यद् यामाय वो गिरिर् नि सिन्धवो विधर्मणे । महे शुष्माय येमिरे

ni yad yāmāya vo girir ni sindhavo vidharmaṇe | mahe śuṣmāya yemire

When before your march the mountain, (and) the rivers before your spreading out, before your great fury, have given way —

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RV 8 7.6

युष्माꣳ उ नक्तम् ऊतये युष्मान् दिवा हवामहे । युष्मान् प्रयत्य् अध्वरे

yuṣmām̐ u naktam ūtaye yuṣmān divā havāmahe | yuṣmān prayaty adhvare

You indeed we call by night for help, you by day, you when the rite goes forward.

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RV 8 7.7

उद् उ त्ये अरुणप्सवश् चित्रा यामेभिर् ईरते । वाश्रा अधि ष्णुना दिवः

ud u tye aruṇapsavaś citrā yāmebhir īrate | vāśrā adhi ṣṇunā divaḥ

Up these ruddy-hued, bright ones move with their marches, bellowing over the back of heaven.

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RV 8 7.8

सृजन्ति रश्मिम् ओजसा पन्थाꣳ सूर्याय यातवे । ते भानुभिर् वि तस्थिरे

sṛjanti raśmim ojasā panthāṁ sūryāya yātave | te bhānubhir vi tasthire

With power they set free the ray, a path for the sun to travel; they have spread apart with their beams.

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RV 8 7.9

इमाम् मे मरुतो गिरम् इमꣳ स्तोमम् ऋभुक्षणः । इमम् मे वनता हवम्

imām me maruto giram imaṁ stomam ṛbhukṣaṇaḥ | imam me vanatā havam

This song of mine, O Maruts, this praise, O Ṛbhukṣans, this call of mine — accept it.

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RV 8 7.10

त्रीणि सराꣳसि पृश्नयो दुदुह्रे वज्रिणे मधु । उत्सꣳ कवन्धम् उद्रिणम्

trīṇi sarāṁsi pṛśnayo duduhre vajriṇe madhu | utsaṁ kavandham udriṇam

The dappled (cows) milked out three lakes of honey for the wielder of the vajra — a spring, a cask, full of water.

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RV 8 7.11

मरुतो यद् ध वो दिवः सुम्नायन्तो हवामहे । आ तू न उप गन्तन

maruto yad dha vo divaḥ sumnāyanto havāmahe | ā tū na upa gantana

O Maruts, when indeed, seeking favour, we call you from heaven, come then to us.

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RV 8 7.12

यूयꣳ हि ष्ठा सुदानवो रुद्रा ऋभुक्षणो दमे । उत प्रचेतसो मदे

yūyaṁ hi ṣṭhā sudānavo rudrā ṛbhukṣaṇo dame | uta pracetaso made

For you are of good gifts, O Rudras, O Ṛbhukṣans, in the house, and full of understanding in the exhilaration.

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RV 8 7.13

आ नो रयिम् मदच्युतम् पुरुक्षुꣳ विश्वधायसम् । इयर्ता मरुतो दिवः

ā no rayim madacyutam purukṣuṁ viśvadhāyasam | iyartā maruto divaḥ

Send us from heaven, O Maruts, wealth that streams with rapture, rich in provisions, nourishing all.

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RV 8 7.14

अधीव यद् गिरीणाꣳ यामꣳ शुभ्रा अचिध्वम् । सुवानैर् मन्दध्व इन्दुभिः

adhīva yad girīṇāṁ yāmaṁ śubhrā acidhvam | suvānair mandadhva indubhiḥ

When, O gleaming ones, you have marked out your journey as though over the mountains — take your joy in the pressed indu-drops.

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RV 8 7.15

एतावतश् चिद् एषाꣳ सुम्नम् भिक्षेत मर्त्यः । अदाभ्यस्य मन्मभिः

etāvataś cid eṣāṁ sumnam bhikṣeta martyaḥ | adābhyasya manmabhiḥ

Even from one of these who is so great may a mortal beg favour — the favour of the undeceivable one — with his thoughts.

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RV 8 7.16

ये द्रप्सा इव रोदसी धमन्त्य् अनु वृष्टिभिः । उत्सꣳ दुहन्तो अक्षितम्

ye drapsā iva rodasī dhamanty anu vṛṣṭibhiḥ | utsaṁ duhanto akṣitam

They who, like drops, blow through the two worlds with their rains, milking the unfailing spring —

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RV 8 7.17

उद् उ स्वानेभिर् ईरत उद् रथैर् उद् उ वायुभिः । उत् स्तोमैः पृश्निमातरः

ud u svānebhir īrata ud rathair ud u vāyubhiḥ | ut stomaiḥ pṛśnimātaraḥ

Up they have risen with their roarings, up with their chariots, up with the winds, up with the praise-songs — they whose mother is Pṛśni.

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RV 8 7.18

येनाव तुर्वशꣳ यदुꣳ येन कण्वꣳ धनस्पृतम् । राये सु तस्य धीमहि

yenāva turvaśaṁ yaduṁ yena kaṇvaṁ dhanaspṛtam | rāye su tasya dhīmahi

That (help) with which he aided Turvaśa and Yadu, with which (he aided) Kaṇva the winner of stakes — on that let us set our thought, for wealth.

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RV 8 7.19

इमा उ वः सुदानवो घृतꣳ न पिप्युषीर् इषः । वर्धान् काण्वस्य मन्मभिः

imā u vaḥ sudānavo ghṛtaṁ na pipyuṣīr iṣaḥ | vardhān kāṇvasya manmabhiḥ

These refreshments of yours, O good givers, swelling like ghee — let them strengthen (him) through the thoughts of Kaṇva's son.

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RV 8 7.20

क्व नूनꣳ सुदानवो मदथा वृक्तबर्हिषः । ब्रह्मा को वः सपर्यति

kva nūnaṁ sudānavo madathā vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | brahmā ko vaḥ saparyati

Where now, O good givers, do you take your joy, you for whom the barhis has been twisted? What brahman is doing you service?

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RV 8 7.21

नहि ष्म यद् ध वः पुरा स्तोमेभिर् वृक्तबर्हिषः । शर्धाꣳ ऋतस्य जिन्वथ

nahi ṣma yad dha vaḥ purā stomebhir vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | śardhām̐ ṛtasya jinvatha

For is it not so, that as before, O you for whom the barhis has been twisted, you quicken with praises the troops of ṛta?

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RV 8 7.22

सम् उ त्ये महतीर् अपः सꣳ क्षोणी सम् उ सूर्यम् । सꣳ वज्रम् पर्वशो दधुः

sam u tye mahatīr apaḥ saṁ kṣoṇī sam u sūryam | saṁ vajram parvaśo dadhuḥ

Those (Maruts) put together the great waters, together the two (world-)floors, together the sun, together the mace joint by joint.

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RV 8 7.23

वि वृत्रम् पर्वशो ययुर् वि पर्वताꣳ अराजिनः । चक्राणा वृष्णि पौꣳस्यम्

vi vṛtram parvaśo yayur vi parvatām̐ arājinaḥ | cakrāṇā vṛṣṇi pauṁsyam

They went apart through Vṛtra joint by joint, apart through the mountains that gave no light, performing a bull-like deed of manhood.

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RV 8 7.24

अनु त्रितस्य युध्यतः शुष्मम् आवन्न् उत क्रतुम् । अन्व् इन्द्रꣳ वृत्रतूर्ये

anu tritasya yudhyataḥ śuṣmam āvann uta kratum | anv indraṁ vṛtratūrye

They furthered the fury of Trita as he fought, and his resolve, and they furthered Indra in the overcoming of Vṛtra.

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RV 8 7.25

विद्युद्धस्ता अभिद्यवः शिप्राः शीर्षन् हिरण्ययीः । शुभ्रा व्य् अञ्जत श्रिये

vidyuddhastā abhidyavaḥ śiprāḥ śīrṣan hiraṇyayīḥ | śubhrā vy añjata śriye

With lightning in their hands, facing heaven, with visors, golden upon the head, the gleaming ones anointed themselves for splendour.

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RV 8 7.26

उशना यत् परावत उक्ष्णो रन्ध्रम् अयातन । द्यौर् न चक्रदद् भिया

uśanā yat parāvata ukṣṇo randhram ayātana | dyaur na cakradad bhiyā

When, eager, you went from far off to the hollow of the bull, heaven roared, as if from fear.

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RV 8 7.27

आ नो मखस्य दावने ऽश्वैर् हिरण्यपाणिभिः । देवास उप गन्तन

ā no makhasya dāvane 'śvair hiraṇyapāṇibhiḥ | devāsa upa gantana

Come near to us, O gods, with your golden-hoofed horses, to give us of the makha.

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RV 8 7.28

यद् एषाम् पृषती रथे प्रष्टिर् वहति रोहितः । यान्ति शुभ्रा रिणन्न् अपः

yad eṣām pṛṣatī rathe praṣṭir vahati rohitaḥ | yānti śubhrā riṇann apaḥ

When the dappled mare in their chariot draws, and the ruddy one as side-horse, the gleaming ones go on, making the waters flow.

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RV 8 7.29

सुषोमे शर्यणावत्य् आर्जीके पस्त्यावति । ययुर् निचक्रया नरः

suṣome śaryaṇāvaty ārjīke pastyāvati | yayur nicakrayā naraḥ

At Suṣoma, at Śaryaṇāvat, at Ārjīka rich in dwellings, the men went with downward-rolling wheel.

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RV 8 7.30

कदा गच्छाथ मरुत इत्था विप्रꣳ हवमानम् । मार्डीकेभिर् नाधमानम्

kadā gacchātha maruta itthā vipraṁ havamānam | mārḍīkebhir nādhamānam

When, Maruts, will you come thus to the inspired one who is calling, to him in distress, with acts of mercy?

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RV 8 7.31

कद् ध नूनꣳ कधप्रियो यद् इन्द्रम् अजहातन । को वः सखित्व ओहते

kad dha nūnaṁ kadhapriyo yad indram ajahātana | ko vaḥ sakhitva ohate

What now indeed, O you whose favour is fickle, that you abandoned Indra? Who reckons on your friendship?

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RV 8 7.32

सहो षु णो वज्रहस्तैः कण्वासो अग्निम् मरुद्भिः । स्तुषे हिरण्यवाशीभिः

saho ṣu ṇo vajrahastaiḥ kaṇvāso agnim marudbhiḥ | stuṣe hiraṇyavāśībhiḥ

Along with the Maruts, mace in hand, O Kaṇvas, (praise) our Agni; I praise them with their golden axes.

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RV 8 7.33

ओ षु वृष्णः प्रयज्यून् आ नव्यसे सुविताय । ववृत्याꣳ चित्रवाजान्

o ṣu vṛṣṇaḥ prayajyūn ā navyase suvitāya | vavṛtyāṁ citravājān

Here indeed the bulls, eager for sacrifice — for new well-being may I turn them hither, the ones of glittering prizes.

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RV 8 7.34

गिरयश् चिन् नि जिहते पर्शानासो मन्यमानाः । पर्वताश् चिन् नि येमिरे

girayaś cin ni jihate parśānāso manyamānāḥ | parvatāś cin ni yemire

Even the hills give way, deeming themselves chasms; even the mountains have held themselves back.

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RV 8 7.35

आक्ष्णयावानो वहन्त्य् अन्तरिक्षेण पततः । धातारः स्तुवते वयः

ākṣṇayāvāno vahanty antarikṣeṇa patataḥ | dhātāraḥ stuvate vayaḥ

Travelling crosswise they draw (the car), flying through the midspace; (they are) bestowers of vigour on the one who praises.

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RV 8 7.36

अग्निर् हि जानि पूर्व्यश् छन्दो न सूरो अर्चिषा । ते भानुभिर् वि तस्थिरे

agnir hi jāni pūrvyaś chando na sūro arciṣā | te bhānubhir vi tasthire

For Agni was born first, pleasing like the sun with its flame; they (the rays) have spread out with their beams.

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