Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 97

RV 8 97.1

या इन्द्र भुज आभरः स्वर्वाꣳ असुरेभ्यः । स्तोतारम् इन् मघवन्न् अस्य वर्धय ये च त्वे वृक्तबर्हिषः

yā indra bhuja ābharaḥ svarvām̐ asurebhyaḥ | stotāram in maghavann asya vardhaya ye ca tve vṛktabarhiṣaḥ

The enjoyments which you brought, Indra, possessing the sun, from the Asuras — strengthen the praiser of this, O bounteous one, and those who have spread out the barhis for you.

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RV 8 97.2

यम् इन्द्र दधिषे त्वम् अश्वꣳ गाम् भागम् अव्ययम् । यजमाने सुन्वति दक्षिणावति तस्मिन् तꣳ धेहि मा पणौ

yam indra dadhiṣe tvam aśvaṁ gām bhāgam avyayam | yajamāne sunvati dakṣiṇāvati tasmin taṁ dhehi mā paṇau

The horse, the cow, the portion of wool that you, Indra, have laid up — set it in the sacrificer who presses (soma) and gives the priestly fee, not in the Paṇi.

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RV 8 97.3

य इन्द्र सस्त्य् अव्रतो ऽनुष्वापम् अदेवयुः । स्वैः ष एवैर् मुमुरत् पोष्यꣳ रयिꣳ सनुतर् धेहि तꣳ ततः

ya indra sasty avrato 'nuṣvāpam adevayuḥ | svaiḥ ṣa evair mumurat poṣyaṁ rayiṁ sanutar dhehi taṁ tataḥ

He who sleeps, Indra, without observance, sleeping on, not seeking the gods — let him perish by his own ways; place the wealth that nourishes far away from him.

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RV 8 97.4

यच् छक्रासि परावति यद् अर्वावति वृत्रहन् । अतस् त्वा गीर्भिर् द्युगद् इन्द्र केशिभिः सुतावाꣳ आ विवासति

yac chakrāsi parāvati yad arvāvati vṛtrahan | atas tvā gīrbhir dyugad indra keśibhiḥ sutāvām̐ ā vivāsati

Whether, O powerful one, you are in the distance, or nearby, O Vṛtra-slayer — from there the one who has pressed (soma) seeks to draw you here with songs, with long-haired (flames), O heaven-going Indra.

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RV 8 97.5

यद् वासि रोचने दिवः समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपि । यत् पार्थिवे सदने वृत्रहन्तम यद् अन्तरिक्ष आ गहि

yad vāsi rocane divaḥ samudrasyādhi viṣṭapi | yat pārthive sadane vṛtrahantama yad antarikṣa ā gahi

Whether you are in the bright realm of heaven, or above the sea's surface, or in an earthly seat, O best slayer of Vṛtra, or in the mid-air — come here!

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RV 8 97.6

स नः सोमेषु सोमपाः सुतेषु शवसस् पते । मादयस्व राधसा सूनृतावतेन्द्र राया परीणसा

sa naḥ someṣu somapāḥ suteṣu śavasas pate | mādayasva rādhasā sūnṛtāvatendra rāyā parīṇasā

So, O soma-drinker, lord of might, in our somas, in the pressed (draughts), delight yourself, with generous liberality, O Indra, with wealth in abundance.

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RV 8 97.7

मा न इन्द्र परा वृणग् भवा नः सधमाद्यः । त्वꣳ न ऊती त्वम् इन् न आप्यम् मा न इन्द्र परा वृणक्

mā na indra parā vṛṇag bhavā naḥ sadhamādyaḥ | tvaṁ na ūtī tvam in na āpyam mā na indra parā vṛṇak

Do not turn us aside, O Indra; be our fellow-reveller. You (are) our help, you indeed our kinship — do not turn us aside, O Indra.

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RV 8 97.8

अस्मे इन्द्र सचा सुते नि षदा पीतये मधु । कृधी जरित्रे मघवन्न् अवो महद् अस्मे इन्द्र सचा सुते

asme indra sacā sute ni ṣadā pītaye madhu | kṛdhī jaritre maghavann avo mahad asme indra sacā sute

Among us, Indra, sit down together at the pressing, to drink the honeyed (drink); make great help for the singer, O bounteous one, among us, Indra, together at the pressing.

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RV 8 97.9

न त्वा देवास आशत न मर्त्यासो अद्रिवः । विश्वा जातानि शवसाभिभूर् असि न त्वा देवास आशत

na tvā devāsa āśata na martyāso adrivaḥ | viśvā jātāni śavasābhibhūr asi na tvā devāsa āśata

The gods have not reached you, nor mortals, O wielder of the stone; you surpass all that is born by your power — the gods have not reached you.

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RV 8 97.10

विश्वाः पृतना अभिभूतरꣳ नरꣳ सजूस् ततक्षुर् इन्द्रꣳ जजनुश् च राजसे । क्रत्वा वरिष्ठꣳ वर आमुरिम् उतोग्रम् ओजिष्ठꣳ तवसꣳ तरस्विनम्

viśvāḥ pṛtanā abhibhūtaraṁ naraṁ sajūs tatakṣur indraṁ jajanuś ca rājase | kratvā variṣṭhaṁ vara āmurim utogram ojiṣṭhaṁ tavasaṁ tarasvinam

In accord they fashioned Indra, the man who overcomes all battles, and begot (him) to rule: by resolve the widest, at (their) choice the destroyer, and fierce, most mighty, strong, swift.

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RV 8 97.11

सम् ईꣳ रेभासो अस्वरन्न् इन्द्रꣳ सोमस्य पीतये । स्वर्पतिꣳ यद् ईꣳ वृधे धृतव्रतो ह्य् ओजसा सम् ऊतिभिः

sam īṁ rebhāso asvarann indraṁ somasya pītaye | svarpatiṁ yad īṁ vṛdhe dhṛtavrato hy ojasā sam ūtibhiḥ

The chanters together sang out to Indra, for the drinking of the soma, (to him) the lord of the sun-light, that he might grow — for he keeps his ordinance firm with power, together with his aids.

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RV 8 97.12

नेमिꣳ नमन्ति चक्षसा मेषꣳ विप्रा अभिस्वरा । सुदीतयो वो अद्रुहो ऽपि कर्णे तरस्विनः सम् ऋक्वभिः

nemiṁ namanti cakṣasā meṣaṁ viprā abhisvarā | sudītayo vo adruho 'pi karṇe tarasvinaḥ sam ṛkvabhiḥ

They bend the rim with their gaze; the inspired ones (call) the ram with their singing-toward; brightly shining, undeceitful, swift, they (sing) into your ear together with the reciters.

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RV 8 97.13

तम् इन्द्रꣳ जोहवीमि मघवानम् उग्रꣳ सत्रा दधानम् अप्रतिष्कुतꣳ शवाꣳसि । मꣳहिष्ठो गीर्भिर् आ च यज्ञियो ववर्तद् राये नो विश्वा सुपथा कृणोतु वज्री

tam indraṁ johavīmi maghavānam ugraṁ satrā dadhānam apratiṣkutaṁ śavāṁsi | maṁhiṣṭho gīrbhir ā ca yajñiyo vavartad rāye no viśvā supathā kṛṇotu vajrī

That Indra I call again and again, the bounteous, the fierce, holding his powers altogether, unrepelled; most liberal and worthy of sacrifice, may he turn hither at our songs; may the mace-bearer make all paths good for us toward wealth.

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RV 8 97.14

त्वम् पुर इन्द्र चिकिद् एना व्य् ओजसा शविष्ठ शक्र नाशयध्यै । त्वद् विश्वानि भुवनानि वज्रिन् द्यावा रेजेते पृथिवी च भीषा

tvam pura indra cikid enā vy ojasā śaviṣṭha śakra nāśayadhyai | tvad viśvāni bhuvanāni vajrin dyāvā rejete pṛthivī ca bhīṣā

You, Indra, knew (how) to destroy these strongholds utterly by your power, O mightiest, O able one. Because of you, O mace-bearer, all the worlds, and Heaven and Earth, tremble with fear.

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RV 8 97.15

तन् म ऋतम् इन्द्र शूर चित्र पात्व् अपो न वज्रिन् दुरिताति पर्षि भूरि । कदा न इन्द्र राय आ दशस्येर् विश्वप्स्न्यस्य स्पृहयाय्यस्य राजन्

tan ma ṛtam indra śūra citra pātv apo na vajrin duritāti parṣi bhūri | kadā na indra rāya ā daśasyer viśvapsnyasya spṛhayāyyasya rājan

Let that truth of mine protect (me), O Indra, hero, brilliant one; carry (us) over much ill-going as over waters, O mace-bearer. When will you be generous to us with wealth, O king — (wealth) of every form, and to be longed for?

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