Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 77

RV 8 77.1

जज्ञानो नु शतक्रतुर् वि पृच्छद् इति मातरम् । क उग्राः के ह शृण्विरे

jajñāno nu śatakratur vi pṛcchad iti mātaram | ka ugrāḥ ke ha śṛṇvire

Just born, the one of a hundred powers questioned his mother thus: "Who are the fierce ones? Who are they that are renowned?"

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RV 8 77.2

आद् ईꣳ शवस्य् अब्रवीद् और्णवाभम् अहीशुवम् । ते पुत्र सन्तु निष्टुरः

ād īṁ śavasy abravīd aurṇavābham ahīśuvam | te putra santu niṣṭuraḥ

Then Śavasī said to him: "Aurṇavābha, Ahīśuva — these, son, are your withstanders."

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RV 8 77.3

सम् इत् तान् वृत्रहाखिदत् खे अराꣳ इव खेदया । प्रवृद्धो दस्युहाभवत्

sam it tān vṛtrahākhidat khe arām̐ iva khedayā | pravṛddho dasyuhābhavat

The Vṛtra-slayer crushed them together, as one presses spokes into a nave with the pressing-tool; grown strong, he became the slayer of the Dasyu.

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RV 8 77.4

एकया प्रतिधापिबत् साकꣳ सराꣳसि त्रिꣳशतम् । इन्द्रः सोमस्य काणुका

ekayā pratidhāpibat sākaṁ sarāṁsi triṁśatam | indraḥ somasya kāṇukā

With a single draught he drank up thirty lakes at once — Indra, the ... of the soma.

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RV 8 77.5

अभि गन्धर्वम् अतृणद् अबुध्नेषु रजःस्व् आ । इन्द्रो ब्रह्मभ्य इद् वृधे

abhi gandharvam atṛṇad abudhneṣu rajaḥsv ā | indro brahmabhya id vṛdhe

He pierced through the Gandharva in the bottomless spaces — Indra, for the strengthening of the brahmans.

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RV 8 77.6

निर् आविध्यद् गिरिभ्य आ धारयत् पक्वम् ओदनम् । इन्द्रो बुन्दꣳ स्वाततम्

nir āvidhyad giribhya ā dhārayat pakvam odanam | indro bundaṁ svātatam

He shot (them) out from the mountains, he held fast the cooked porridge — Indra (with) his well-stretched arrow.

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RV 8 77.7

शतब्रध्न इषुस् तव सहस्रपर्ण एक इत् । यम् इन्द्र चकृषे युजम्

śatabradhna iṣus tava sahasraparṇa eka it | yam indra cakṛṣe yujam

Your arrow has a hundred barbs, a thousand feathers, and it is but one — which you, Indra, made your yoke-fellow.

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RV 8 77.8

तेन स्तोतृभ्य आ भर नृभ्यो नारिभ्यो अत्तवे । सद्यो जात ऋभुष्ठिर

tena stotṛbhya ā bhara nṛbhyo nāribhyo attave | sadyo jāta ṛbhuṣṭhira

With it bring (food) for the praisers, for men and for women to eat, O you born in a single day, firm as an Ṛbhu.

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RV 8 77.9

एता च्यौत्नानि ते कृता वर्षिष्ठानि परीणसा । हृदा वीड्व् अधारयः

etā cyautnāni te kṛtā varṣiṣṭhāni parīṇasā | hṛdā vīḍv adhārayaḥ

These shakings of yours were done, the loftiest in abundance; with your heart you held firm the hard things.

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RV 8 77.10

विश्वेत् ता विष्णुर् आभरद् उरुक्रमस् त्वेषितः । शतम् महिषान् क्षीरपाकम् ओदनꣳ वराहम् इन्द्र एमुषम्

viśvet tā viṣṇur ābharad urukramas tveṣitaḥ | śatam mahiṣān kṣīrapākam odanaṁ varāham indra emuṣam

All these Viṣṇu brought, the wide-striding one, when urged (by you): a hundred buffaloes, a porridge cooked in milk, and, Indra, the boar Emuṣa.

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RV 8 77.11

तुविक्षꣳ ते सुकृतꣳ सूमयꣳ धनुः साधुर् बुन्दो हिरण्ययः । उभा ते बाहू रण्या सुसꣳस्कृत ऋदूपे चिद् ऋदूवृधा

tuvikṣaṁ te sukṛtaṁ sūmayaṁ dhanuḥ sādhur bundo hiraṇyayaḥ | ubhā te bāhū raṇyā susaṁskṛta ṛdūpe cid ṛdūvṛdhā

Powerful, well-made, well-... is your bow; good is the golden arrow; both your arms are delightful, well-fashioned, ... even for the tender, strengthening the tender.

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