vayam u tvām apūrvya sthūraṃ na kac cid bharanto 'vasyavaḥ | vāje citraṃ havāmahe ||1||
We call on thee, O Matchless One! We seeking help, possessing nothing firm ourselves, Call on thee wonderful in fight
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.21.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.
उप त्वा कर्मन्न् ऊतये स नो युवोग्रश् चक्राम यो धृषत् । त्वाम् इद् ध्य् अवितारं ववृमहे सखाय इन्द्र सानसिम् ॥२॥
upa tvā karmann ūtaye sa no yuvograś cakrāma yo dhṛṣat | tvām id dhy avitāraṃ vavṛmahe sakhāya indra sānasim ||2||
On thee for aid in sacrifice. This youth of ours, the bold, the mighty, hath gonse forth. We therefore, we thy friends, Indra, have chosen thee, free-giver, as our Guardian God.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.21.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.
यो न इदमिदं पुरा प्र वस्य आनिनाय तम् उ व स्तुषे । सखाय इन्द्रम् ऊतये ॥३॥
yo na idamidaṃ purā pra vasya ānināya tam u va stuṣe | sakhāya indram ūtaye ||3||
Him who of old hath brought to us this and that blessing, him I magnify for you, Even Indra, O my friends, for help
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.21.9; the wording of this text may differ in places.
हर्यश्वं सत्पतिं चर्षणीसहं स हि ष्मा यो अमन्दत । आ तु नः स वयति गव्यम् अश्व्यं स्तोतृभ्यो मघवा शतम् ॥४॥
haryaśvaṃ satpatiṃ carṣaṇīsahaṃ sa hi ṣmā yo amandata | ā tu naḥ sa vayati gavyam aśvyaṃ stotṛbhyo maghavā śatam ||4||
Borne by Bay Steeds, the Lord of heroes, ruling men, for it is he who takes; delight. May Maghavan bestow on us his worshippers hundreds of cattle and of steeds.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.21.10; the wording of this text may differ in places.