Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 98

RV 9 98.1

अभि नो वाजसातमꣳ रयिम् अर्ष पुरुस्पृहम् । इन्दो सहस्रभर्णसꣳ तुविद्युम्नꣳ विभ्वासहम्

abhi no vājasātamaṁ rayim arṣa puruspṛham | indo sahasrabharṇasaṁ tuvidyumnaṁ vibhvāsaham

Flow toward us wealth that best wins prizes, much-coveted, O Indu — bringing a thousand, of mighty splendour, overpowering the strong.

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RV 9 98.2

परि ष्य सुवानो अव्ययꣳ रथे न वर्माव्यत । इन्दुर् अभि द्रुणा हितो हियानो धाराभिर् अक्षाः

pari ṣya suvāno avyayaṁ rathe na varmāvyata | indur abhi druṇā hito hiyāno dhārābhir akṣāḥ

That one, when pressed, has wrapped the sheep's fleece about himself, as armour on a chariot; Indu, set going by the wood (of the press), when urged on, has streamed out in torrents.

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RV 9 98.3

परि ष्य सुवानो अक्षा इन्दुर् अव्ये मदच्युतः । धारा य ऊर्ध्वो अध्वरे भ्राजा नैति गव्ययुः

pari ṣya suvāno akṣā indur avye madacyutaḥ | dhārā ya ūrdhvo adhvare bhrājā naiti gavyayuḥ

That Indu, when pressed, has flowed around into the sheep's fleece, shedding rapture — he who, upright in the rite, goes on with his stream as with a blaze, seeking cows.

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RV 9 98.4

स हि त्वꣳ देव शश्वते वसु मर्ताय दाशुषे । इन्दो सहस्रिणꣳ रयिꣳ शतात्मानꣳ विवाससि

sa hi tvaṁ deva śaśvate vasu martāya dāśuṣe | indo sahasriṇaṁ rayiṁ śatātmānaṁ vivāsasi

For you indeed, O god, seek to bring good to every mortal who offers — O Indu, thousandfold wealth with a hundred lives in it.

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RV 9 98.5

वयꣳ ते अस्य वृत्रहन् वसो वस्वः पुरुस्पृहः । नि नेदिष्ठतमा इषः स्याम सुम्नस्याध्रिगो

vayaṁ te asya vṛtrahan vaso vasvaḥ puruspṛhaḥ | ni nediṣṭhatamā iṣaḥ syāma sumnasyādhrigo

May we, O Vṛtra-slayer, O good one, be the very nearest to this much-coveted good of yours, to the refreshments, to the favour, O Adhrigu.

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

RV 9 98.6

द्विर् यम् पञ्च स्वयशसꣳ स्वसारो अद्रिसꣳहतम् । प्रियम् इन्द्रस्य काम्यम् प्रस्नापयन्त्य् ऊर्मिणम्

dvir yam pañca svayaśasaṁ svasāro adrisaṁhatam | priyam indrasya kāmyam prasnāpayanty ūrmiṇam

(He) whom the twice five sisters bathe — the self-glorious one, crushed by the stone, dear and desirable to Indra, the billowing one.

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RV 9 98.7

परि त्यꣳ हर्यतꣳ हरिम् बभ्रुम् पुनन्ति वारेण । यो देवान् विश्वाꣳ इत् परि मदेन सह गच्छति

pari tyaṁ haryataṁ harim babhrum punanti vāreṇa | yo devān viśvām̐ it pari madena saha gacchati

That lovely tawny one, the brown one, they purify with the fleece — he who goes around to all the gods together with the rapture.

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RV 9 98.8

अस्य वो ह्य् अवसा पान्तो दक्षसाधनम् । यः सूरिषु श्रवो बृहद् दधे स्व१र् ण हर्यतः

asya vo hy avasā pānto dakṣasādhanam | yaḥ sūriṣu śravo bṛhad dadhe sva1r ṇa haryataḥ

For by his help, for you, (is) the draught that brings skill to fulfilment — he who has set high fame among the patrons, lovely like the sun.

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

RV 9 98.9

स वाꣳ यज्ञेषु मानवी इन्दुर् जनिष्ट रोदसी । देवो देवी गिरिष्ठा अस्रेधन् तꣳ तुविष्वणि

sa vāṁ yajñeṣu mānavī indur janiṣṭa rodasī | devo devī giriṣṭhā asredhan taṁ tuviṣvaṇi

For you two, O world-halves descended from Manu, Indu was born at the sacrifices — a god for the two goddesses, dwelling on the mountain, unfailing, amid loud roaring.

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RV 9 98.10

इन्द्राय सोम पातवे वृत्रघ्ने परि षिच्यसे । नरे च दक्षिणावते देवाय सदनासदे

indrāya soma pātave vṛtraghne pari ṣicyase | nare ca dakṣiṇāvate devāya sadanāsade

For Indra to drink, O Soma, for the Vṛtra-slayer you are poured out, and for the man who gives the dakṣiṇā, for the god who sits in the seat.

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RV 9 98.11

ते प्रत्नासो व्युष्टिषु सोमाः पवित्रे अक्षरन् । अपप्रोथन्तः सनुतर् हुरश्चितः प्रातस् ताꣳ अप्रचेतसः

te pratnāso vyuṣṭiṣu somāḥ pavitre akṣaran | apaprothantaḥ sanutar huraścitaḥ prātas tām̐ apracetasaḥ

Those ancient somas have flowed into the filter at the dawnings, snorting far away the crooked-minded, the witless ones, at morning.

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

RV 9 98.12

तꣳ सखायः पुरोरुचꣳ यूयꣳ वयꣳ च सूरयः । अश्याम वाजगन्ध्यꣳ सनेम वाजपस्त्यम्

taṁ sakhāyaḥ purorucaṁ yūyaṁ vayaṁ ca sūrayaḥ | aśyāma vājagandhyaṁ sanema vājapastyam

Him who shines in front — may we, comrades, you and we patrons, attain him who has the scent of the prize; may we win him in whose house is the prize.

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