Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 70

RV 8 70.1

यो राजा चर्षणीनाꣳ याता रथेभिर् अध्रिगुः । विश्वासाꣳ तरुता पृतनानाꣳ ज्येष्ठो यो वृत्रहा गृणे

yo rājā carṣaṇīnāṁ yātā rathebhir adhriguḥ | viśvāsāṁ tarutā pṛtanānāṁ jyeṣṭho yo vṛtrahā gṛṇe

He who is king of the peoples, who drives with chariots, the irresistible, the overcomer of all battles, who is praised as the greatest slayer of Vṛtra —

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RV 8 70.2

इन्द्रꣳ तꣳ शुम्भ पुरुहन्मन्न् अवसे यस्य द्विता विधर्तरि । हस्ताय वज्रः प्रति धायि दर्शतो महो दिवे न सूर्यः

indraṁ taṁ śumbha puruhanmann avase yasya dvitā vidhartari | hastāya vajraḥ prati dhāyi darśato maho dive na sūryaḥ

Adorn that Indra, O Puruhanman, for aid — in whose sustaining hand from of old the mace was set, fair to see, like the sun in great heaven.

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RV 8 70.3

नकिष् टꣳ कर्मणा नशद् यश् चकार सदावृधम् । इन्द्रꣳ न यज्ञैर् विश्वगूर्तम् ऋभ्वसम् अधृष्टꣳ धृष्ण्वोजसम्

nakiṣ ṭaṁ karmaṇā naśad yaś cakāra sadāvṛdham | indraṁ na yajñair viśvagūrtam ṛbhvasam adhṛṣṭaṁ dhṛṣṇvojasam

No one reaches him by ritual work, (him) who has made (his worshipper) ever-thriving — nor Indra by sacrifices, him praised by all, skilled, unassailable, of bold strength.

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RV 8 70.4

अषाऴ्हम् उग्रम् पृतनासु सासहिꣳ यस्मिन् महीर् उरुज्रयः । सꣳ धेनवो जायमाने अनोनवुर् द्यावः क्षामो अनोनवुः

aṣāḻham ugram pṛtanāsu sāsahiṁ yasmin mahīr urujrayaḥ | saṁ dhenavo jāyamāne anonavur dyāvaḥ kṣāmo anonavuḥ

(Adorn) the unconquerable, the fierce, victorious in battles, at whose birth the great wide-coursing milk-cows bellowed together, the heavens and the earths bellowed.

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RV 8 70.5

यद् द्याव इन्द्र ते शतꣳ शतम् भूमीर् उत स्युः । न त्वा वज्रिन् सहस्रꣳ सूर्या अनु न जातम् अष्ट रोदसी

yad dyāva indra te śataṁ śatam bhūmīr uta syuḥ | na tvā vajrin sahasraṁ sūryā anu na jātam aṣṭa rodasī

If your heavens, Indra, were a hundred, and the earths a hundred too — not a thousand suns would match you, O wielder of the vajra, nor would the two world-halves (reach) you at your birth.

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RV 8 70.6

आ पप्राथ महिना वृष्ण्या वृषन् विश्वा शविष्ठ शवसा । अस्माꣳ अव मघवन् गोमति व्रजे वज्रिञ् चित्राभिर् ऊतिभिः

ā paprātha mahinā vṛṣṇyā vṛṣan viśvā śaviṣṭha śavasā | asmām̐ ava maghavan gomati vraje vajriñ citrābhir ūtibhiḥ

You have filled out all things with your greatness, with your bullish force, O bull, O mightiest, with your power. Help us, O bounteous one, in the cattle-rich pen, O vajra-wielder, with your bright aids.

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RV 8 70.7

न सीम् अदेव आपद् इषꣳ दीर्घायो मर्त्यः । एतग्वा चिद् य एतशा युयोजते हरी इन्द्रो युयोजते

na sīm adeva āpad iṣaṁ dīrghāyo martyaḥ | etagvā cid ya etaśā yuyojate harī indro yuyojate

No godless mortal has reached this nourishment, O long-lived one — he who yokes the dappled ones, the etaśa steeds; Indra yokes the two bays.

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RV 8 70.8

तꣳ वो महो महाय्यम् इन्द्रꣳ दानाय सक्षणिम् । यो गाधेषु य आरणेषु हव्यो वाजेष्व् अस्ति हव्यः

taṁ vo maho mahāyyam indraṁ dānāya sakṣaṇim | yo gādheṣu ya āraṇeṣu havyo vājeṣv asti havyaḥ

(Praise) for yourselves that Indra, the great one to be made great, prevailing so as to give, who is to be invoked at the fords, who at the wild places, who is to be invoked in the contests for prizes.

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RV 8 70.9

उद् ऊ षु णो वसो महे मृशस्व शूर राधसे । उद् ऊ षु मह्यै मघवन् मघत्तय उद् इन्द्र श्रवसे महे

ud ū ṣu ṇo vaso mahe mṛśasva śūra rādhase | ud ū ṣu mahyai maghavan maghattaya ud indra śravase mahe

Reach out for us, O good one, for great bounty, O hero; reach out for great munificence, O bounteous one; reach out, Indra, for great fame.

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RV 8 70.10

त्वꣳ न इन्द्र ऋतयुस् त्वानिदो नि तृम्पसि । मध्ये वसिष्व तुविनृम्णोर्वोर् नि दासꣳ शिश्नथो हथैः

tvaṁ na indra ṛtayus tvānido ni tṛmpasi | madhye vasiṣva tuvinṛmṇorvor ni dāsaṁ śiśnatho hathaiḥ

You for us, Indra, are intent on ṛta; you glut yourself upon (?) the one who reviles you. Clothe yourself in the midst of the two broad ones, O you of mighty manhood; you struck down the Dāsa with your blows.

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RV 8 70.11

अन्यव्रतम् अमानुषम् अयज्वानम् अदेवयुम् । अव स्वः सखा दुधुवीत पर्वतः सुघ्नाय दस्युम् पर्वतः

anyavratam amānuṣam ayajvānam adevayum | ava svaḥ sakhā dudhuvīta parvataḥ sughnāya dasyum parvataḥ

The one of alien observances, unhuman, non-sacrificing, not seeking the gods — his own friend the mountain shook him down, the mountain (shook down) the Dasyu so that he was easy to slay.

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RV 8 70.12

त्वꣳ न इन्द्रासाꣳ हस्ते शविष्ठ दावने । धानानाꣳ न सꣳ गृभायास्मयुर् द्विः सꣳ गृभायास्मयुः

tvaṁ na indrāsāṁ haste śaviṣṭha dāvane | dhānānāṁ na saṁ gṛbhāyāsmayur dviḥ saṁ gṛbhāyāsmayuḥ

You, Indra, mightiest, (place) into our hand of these (goods), to give: grasp them together for us as one grasps grains, being well-disposed to us; grasp them together twofold, being well-disposed to us.

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RV 8 70.13

सखायः क्रतुम् इच्छत कथा राधाम शरस्य । उपस्तुतिम् भोजः सूरिर् यो अह्रयः

sakhāyaḥ kratum icchata kathā rādhāma śarasya | upastutim bhojaḥ sūrir yo ahrayaḥ

Friends, seek out a plan: how shall we bring off (the praise) of Śara? (Make) the praise-song — a liberal patron is he, who is not bashful.

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RV 8 70.14

भूरिभिः समह ऋषिभिर् बर्हिष्मद्भिः स्तविष्यसे । यद् इत्थम् एकम्-एकम् इच् छर वत्सान् पराददः

bhūribhiḥ samaha ṛṣibhir barhiṣmadbhiḥ staviṣyase | yad ittham ekam-ekam ic chara vatsān parādadaḥ

By many ṛṣis together, spreading the barhis, you will be praised, since thus, O Śara, you gave over calves one by one.

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RV 8 70.15

कर्णगृह्या मघवा शौरदेव्यो वत्सꣳ नस् त्रिभ्य आनयत् । अजाꣳ सूरिर् न धातवे

karṇagṛhyā maghavā śauradevyo vatsaṁ nas tribhya ānayat | ajāṁ sūrir na dhātave

Taking (it) by the ear, the bounteous son of Śūradeva brought a calf for us three, the patron (brought) a she-goat for suckling.

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