Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 91

RV 8 91.1

कन्या३ वार् अवायती सोमम् अपि स्रुताविदत् । अस्तम् भरन्त्य् अब्रवीद् इन्द्राय सुनवै त्वा शक्राय सुनवै त्वा

kanyā3 vār avāyatī somam api srutāvidat | astam bharanty abravīd indrāya sunavai tvā śakrāya sunavai tvā

A maiden, going down to the water, found Soma along the stream. Carrying (him) home she said: "For Indra I will press you, for Śakra I will press you."

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RV 8 91.2

असौ य एषि वीरको गृहꣳ-गृहꣳ विचाकशद् । इमꣳ जम्भसुतम् पिब धानावन्तꣳ करम्भिणम् अपूपवन्तम् उक्थिनम्

asau ya eṣi vīrako gṛhaṁ-gṛhaṁ vicākaśad | imaṁ jambhasutam piba dhānāvantaṁ karambhiṇam apūpavantam ukthinam

You there, little hero, who go from house to house peering about — drink this (soma) pressed with the teeth, together with roasted grain, with porridge, with cake, with recited verses.

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RV 8 91.3

आ चन त्वा चिकित्सामो ऽधि चन त्वा नेमसि । शनैर् इव शनकैर् इवेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव

ā cana tvā cikitsāmo 'dhi cana tvā nemasi | śanair iva śanakair ivendrāyendo pari srava

We do not (even) try to know you, nor do we bow to you. Gently, as it were, slowly, as it were — flow round for Indra, O drop.

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

RV 8 91.4

कुविच् छकत् कुवित् करत् कुविन् नो वस्यसस् करत् । कुवित् पतिद्विषो यतीर् इन्द्रेण सꣳगमामहै

kuvic chakat kuvit karat kuvin no vasyasas karat | kuvit patidviṣo yatīr indreṇa saṁgamāmahai

Will he perhaps be able? Will he perhaps act? Will he perhaps make us better off? Shall we perhaps, going as women hated by (our) husband, come together with Indra?

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

RV 8 91.5

इमानि त्रीणि विष्टपा तानीन्द्र वि रोहय । शिरस् ततस्योर्वराम् आद् इदम् म उपोदरे

imāni trīṇi viṣṭapā tānīndra vi rohaya | śiras tatasyorvarām ād idam ma upodare

These three bald places — make them sprout, Indra: my father's head, his field, and this (place) of mine below the belly.

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RV 8 91.6

असौ च या न उर्वराद् इमाꣳ तन्व१म् मम । अथो ततस्य यच् छिरः सर्वा ता रोमशा कृधि

asau ca yā na urvarād imāṁ tanva1m mama | atho tatasya yac chiraḥ sarvā tā romaśā kṛdhi

And that field of ours yonder, and this body of mine, and that head of my father's — make all of those hairy.

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RV 8 91.7

खे रथस्य खे ऽनसः खे युगस्य शतक्रतो । अपालाम् इन्द्र त्रिष् पूत्व्य् अकृणोः सूर्यत्वचम्

khe rathasya khe 'nasaḥ khe yugasya śatakrato | apālām indra triṣ pūtvy akṛṇoḥ sūryatvacam

Through the hole of the chariot, through the hole of the cart, through the hole of the yoke, O Śatakratu — Indra, having purified Apālā three times, made her sun-skinned.

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