Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 89

RV 8 89.1

बृहद् इन्द्राय गायत मरुतो वृत्रहꣳतमम् । येन ज्योतिर् अजनयन्न् ऋतावृधो देवꣳ देवाय जागृवि

bṛhad indrāya gāyata maruto vṛtrahaṁtamam | yena jyotir ajanayann ṛtāvṛdho devaṁ devāya jāgṛvi

Sing to Indra the lofty (chant), O Maruts, the most Vṛtra-slaying one, by which the increasers of ṛta begot the light, the wakeful god for the god.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 8 89.2

अपाधमद् अभिशस्तीर् अशस्तिहाथेन्द्रो द्युम्न्य् आभवत् । देवास् त इन्द्र सख्याय येमिरे बृहद्भानो मरुद्गण

apādhamad abhiśastīr aśastihāthendro dyumny ābhavat | devās ta indra sakhyāya yemire bṛhadbhāno marudgaṇa

He blew away the accusations, he who destroys evil speech; then Indra became brilliant. The gods held themselves ready for friendship with you, O Indra of broad radiance, with the Marut troop.

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RV 8 89.3

प्र व इन्द्राय बृहते मरुतो ब्रह्मार्चत । वृत्रꣳ हनति वृत्रहा शतक्रतुर् वज्रेण शतपर्वणा

pra va indrāya bṛhate maruto brahmārcata | vṛtraṁ hanati vṛtrahā śatakratur vajreṇa śataparvaṇā

Chant forth your formula, Maruts, to lofty Indra: the Vṛtra-slayer of a hundred resolves will slay Vṛtra with the hundred-jointed mace.

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RV 8 89.4

अभि प्र भर धृषता धृषन्मनः श्रवश् चित् ते असद् बृहत् । अर्षन्त्व् आपो जवसा वि मातरो हनो वृत्रꣳ जया स्वः

abhi pra bhara dhṛṣatā dhṛṣanmanaḥ śravaś cit te asad bṛhat | arṣantv āpo javasā vi mātaro hano vṛtraṁ jayā svaḥ

Attack boldly, O bold-minded one; let your fame indeed be lofty. Let the waters, the mothers, stream apart with speed; may you slay Vṛtra, may you win the sun.

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RV 8 89.5

यज् जायथा अपूर्व्य मघवन् वृत्रहत्याय । तत् पृथिवीम् अप्रथयस् तद् अस्तभ्ना उत द्याम्

yaj jāyathā apūrvya maghavan vṛtrahatyāya | tat pṛthivīm aprathayas tad astabhnā uta dyām

When you were born, O unprecedented Maghavan, for the slaying of Vṛtra, then you spread out the earth, then you propped up the sky as well.

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RV 8 89.6

तत् ते यज्ञो अजायत तद् अर्क उत हस्कृतिः । तद् विश्वम् अभिभूर् असि यज् जातꣳ यच् च जन्त्वम्

tat te yajño ajāyata tad arka uta haskṛtiḥ | tad viśvam abhibhūr asi yaj jātaṁ yac ca jantvam

Then your sacrifice was born, then the chant and the merry-making. Then you are the overpowerer of all that is born and all that is to be born.

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RV 8 89.7

आमासु पक्वम् ऐरय आ सूर्यꣳ रोहयो दिवि । घर्मꣳ न सामन् तपता सुवृक्तिभिर् जुष्टꣳ गिर्वणसे बृहत्

āmāsu pakvam airaya ā sūryaṁ rohayo divi | gharmaṁ na sāman tapatā suvṛktibhir juṣṭaṁ girvaṇase bṛhat

You drove the cooked (milk) into the raw (cows); you made the sun climb in the sky. Like a gharma-pot, heat (it) with the sāman, with well-turned praises — the lofty (song) welcome to the one who longs for songs.

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