Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·8·8.1

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1

मा चिद् अन्यद् वि शंसत सखायो मा रिषण्यत । इन्द्रम् इत् स्तोता वृषणं सचा सुते मुहुर् उक्था च शंसत ॥

mā cid anyad vi śaṃsata sakhāyo mā riṣaṇyata | indram it stotā vṛṣaṇaṃ sacā sute muhur ukthā ca śaṃsata ||

Glorify naught besides, O friends; so shall no sorrow trouble you. Praise only mighty Indra when the juice is shed, and say your lauds repeatedly:

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अवक्रक्षिणं वृषभं यथाजुरं गां न चर्षणीसहम् । विद्वेषणं संवननोभयङ्करम् मंहिष्ठम् उभयाविनम् ॥

avakrakṣiṇaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ yathājuraṃ gāṃ na carṣaṇīsaham | vidveṣaṇaṃ saṃvananobhayaṅkaram maṃhiṣṭham ubhayāvinam ||

Even him, eternal, like a bull who rushes down, men's Conqueror, bounteous like a cow; Him who is cause of both, of enmity and peace, to both sides most munificent.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यच् चिद् धि त्वा जना इमे नाना हवन्त ऊतये । अस्माकम् ब्रह्मेदम् इन्द्र भूतु ते ऽहा विश्वा च वर्धनम् ॥

yac cid dhi tvā janā ime nānā havanta ūtaye | asmākam brahmedam indra bhūtu te 'hā viśvā ca vardhanam ||

Although these men in sundry ways invoke thee to obtain thine aid, Be this our prayer, addressed, O Indra, unto thee, thine exaltation every day.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

वि तर्तूर्यन्ते मघवन् विपश्चितो ऽर्यो विपो जनानाम् । उप क्रमस्व पुरुरूपम् आ भर वाजं नेदिष्ठम् ऊतये ॥

vi tartūryante maghavan vipaścito 'ryo vipo janānām | upa kramasva pururūpam ā bhara vājaṃ nediṣṭham ūtaye ||

Those skilled in song, O Maghavan among these men o'ercome with might the foeman's songs. Come hither, bring us strength in many a varied form most near that it may succour us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

महे चन त्वाम् अद्रिवः परा शुल्काय देयाम् । न सहस्राय नायुताय वज्रिवो न शताय शतामघ ॥

mahe cana tvām adrivaḥ parā śulkāya deyām | na sahasrāya nāyutāya vajrivo na śatāya śatāmagha ||

O Caster of the Stone, I would not sell thee for a mighty price, Not for a thousand, Thunderer! nor ten thousand, nor a hundred, Lord of countless wealth!

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

वस्यां इन्द्रासि मे पितुर् उत भ्रातुर् अभुञ्जतः । माता च मे छदयथः समा वसो वसुत्वनाय राधसे ॥

vasyāṃ indrāsi me pitur uta bhrātur abhuñjataḥ | mātā ca me chadayathaḥ samā vaso vasutvanāya rādhase ||

O Indra, thou art more to me than sire or niggard brother is. Thou and my mother, O Good Lord, appear alike, to give me wealth abundantly.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

क्वेयथ क्वेद् असि पुरुत्रा चिद् धि ते मनः । अलर्षि युध्म खजकृत् पुरन्दर प्र गायत्रा अगासिषुः ॥

kveyatha kved asi purutrā cid dhi te manaḥ | alarṣi yudhma khajakṛt purandara pra gāyatrā agāsiṣuḥ ||

Where art thou? Whither art thou gone? For many a place attracts thy mind. Haste, Warrior, Fort-destroyer, Lord of battle's din, haste, holy songs have sounded forth.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

प्रास्मै गायत्रम् अर्चत वावातुर् यः पुरन्दरः । याभिः काण्वस्योप बर्हिर् आसदं यासद् वज्री भिनत् पुरः ॥

prāsmai gāyatram arcata vāvātur yaḥ purandaraḥ | yābhiḥ kāṇvasyopa barhir āsadaṃ yāsad vajrī bhinat puraḥ ||

Sing out the psalm to him who breaks down castles for his faithful friend, Verses to bring the Thunderer to destroy the forts and sit on Kanva's sacred grass.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

ये ते सन्ति दशग्विनः शतिनो ये सहस्रिणः । अश्वासो ये ते वृषणो रघुद्रुवस् तेभिर् नस् तूयम् आ गहि ॥

ye te santi daśagvinaḥ śatino ye sahasriṇaḥ | aśvāso ye te vṛṣaṇo raghudruvas tebhir nas tūyam ā gahi ||

The Horses which are thine in tens, in hundreds, yea, in thousands thine, Even those vigorous Steeds, fleet-footed in the course, with those come quickly near to us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ त्व् अद्य सबर्दुघां हुवे गायत्रवेपसम् । इन्द्रं धेनुं सुदुघाम् अन्याम् इषम् उरुधाराम् अरङ्कृतम् ॥

ā tv adya sabardughāṃ huve gāyatravepasam | indraṃ dhenuṃ sudughām anyām iṣam urudhārām araṅkṛtam ||

This day I call Sabardugiha who animates the holy song, Indra the richly-yielding Milch-cow who provides unfailing food in ample stream.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यत् तुदत् सूर एतशं वङ्कू वातस्य पर्णिना । वहत् कुत्सम् आर्जुनेयं शतक्रतुः त्सरद् गन्धर्वम् अस्तृतम् ॥

yat tudat sūra etaśaṃ vaṅkū vātasya parṇinā | vahat kutsam ārjuneyaṃ śatakratuḥ tsarad gandharvam astṛtam ||

When Sura wounded Etasa, with Vata's rolling winged car. Indra bore Kutsa Arjuneya off, and mocked Gandharva. the unconquered One.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

य ऋते चिद् अभिश्रिषः पुरा जत्रुभ्य आतृदः । संधाता संधिम् मघवा पुरूवसुर् इष्कर्ता विह्रुतम् पुनः ॥

ya ṛte cid abhiśriṣaḥ purā jatrubhya ātṛdaḥ | saṃdhātā saṃdhim maghavā purūvasur iṣkartā vihrutam punaḥ ||

He without ligature, before making incision in the neck, Closed up the wound again, most wealthy Maghavan, who maketh whole the injured part.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

मा भूम निष्ट्या इवेन्द्र त्वद् अरणा इव । वनानि न प्रजहितान्य् अद्रिवो दुरोषासो अमन्महि ॥

mā bhūma niṣṭyā ivendra tvad araṇā iva | vanāni na prajahitāny adrivo duroṣāso amanmahi ||

May we be never cast aside, and strangers, as it were, to thee. We, Thunder-wielding Indra, count ourselves as trees rejected and unfit to burn.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अमन्महीद् अनाशवो ऽनुग्रासश् च वृत्रहन् । सकृत् सु ते महता शूर राधसा अनु स्तोमम् मुदीमहि ॥

amanmahīd anāśavo 'nugrāsaś ca vṛtrahan | sakṛt su te mahatā śūra rādhasā anu stomam mudīmahi ||

O Vrtra-slayer, we were thought slow and unready for the fray. Yet once in thy great bounty may we have delight, O Hero, after praising thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

यदि स्तोमम् मम श्रवद् अस्माकम् इन्द्रम् इन्दवः । तिरः पवित्रं ससृवांस आशवो मन्दन्तु तुग्र्यावृधः ॥

yadi stomam mama śravad asmākam indram indavaḥ | tiraḥ pavitraṃ sasṛvāṃsa āśavo mandantu tugryāvṛdhaḥ ||

If he will listen to my laud, then may out Soma-drops that flow Rapidly through the strainer gladden Indra, drops due to the Tugryas' Strengthener.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ त्व् अद्य सधस्तुतिं वावातुः सख्युर् आ गहि । उपस्तुतिर् मघोनाम् प्र त्वावत्व् अधा ते वश्मि सुष्टुतिम् ॥

ā tv adya sadhastutiṃ vāvātuḥ sakhyur ā gahi | upastutir maghonām pra tvāvatv adhā te vaśmi suṣṭutim ||

Come now unto the common laud of thee and of thy faithful friend. So may our wealthy nobles' praise give joy to thee. Fain would I sing thine eulogy.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

सोता हि सोमम् अद्रिभिर् एम् एनम् अप्सु धावत । गव्या वस्त्रेव वासयन्त इन् नरो निर् धुक्षन् वक्षणाभ्यः ॥

sotā hi somam adribhir em enam apsu dhāvata | gavyā vastreva vāsayanta in naro nir dhukṣan vakṣaṇābhyaḥ ||

Press out the Soma with the stones, and in the waters wash it clean. The men investing it with raiment made of milk shall milk it forth from out the stems.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अध ज्मो अध वा दिवो बृहतो रोचनाद् अधि । अया वर्धस्व तन्वा गिरा ममा जाता सुक्रतो पृण ॥

adha jmo adha vā divo bṛhato rocanād adhi | ayā vardhasva tanvā girā mamā jātā sukrato pṛṇa ||

Whether thou come from earth or from the lustre of the lofty heaven, Wax stronger in thy body through my song of praise: fill full all creatures, O most Wise.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

इन्द्राय सु मदिन्तमं सोमं सोता वरेण्यम् । शक्र एणम् पीपयद् विश्वया धिया हिन्वानं न वाजयुम् ॥

indrāya su madintamaṃ somaṃ sotā vareṇyam | śakra eṇam pīpayad viśvayā dhiyā hinvānaṃ na vājayum ||

For India press the Soma out, most gladdening and most excellent. May Sakra make it swell sent forth with every prayer and asking, as it were, for strength.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

मा त्वा सोमस्य गल्दया सदा याचन्न् अहं गिरा । भूर्णिम् मृगं न सवनेषु चुक्रुधं क ईशानं न याचिषत् ॥

mā tvā somasya galdayā sadā yācann ahaṃ girā | bhūrṇim mṛgaṃ na savaneṣu cukrudhaṃ ka īśānaṃ na yāciṣat ||

Let me not, still beseeching thee with earnest song at Soma rites, Anger thee like soma wild beast. Who would not beseech him who hath power to grant his prayer?

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

मदेनेषितम् मदम् उग्रम् उग्रेण शवसा । विश्वेषां तरुतारम् मदच्युतम् मदे हि ष्मा ददाति नः ॥

madeneṣitam madam ugram ugreṇa śavasā | viśveṣāṃ tarutāram madacyutam made hi ṣmā dadāti naḥ ||

The draught made swift with rapturous joy, effectual with its mighty strength, All-conquering, distilling transport, let him drink: for he in ecstasy gives us gifts.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

शेवारे वार्या पुरु देवो मर्ताय दाशुषे । स सुन्वते च स्तुवते च रासते विश्वगूर्तो अरिष्टुतः ॥

śevāre vāryā puru devo martāya dāśuṣe | sa sunvate ca stuvate ca rāsate viśvagūrto ariṣṭutaḥ ||

Where bliss is not, may he, All-praised, God whom the pious glorify, Bestow great wealth upon the mortal worshipper who sheds the juice and praises him.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

एन्द्र याहि मत्स्व चित्रेण देव राधसा । सरो न प्रास्य् उदरं सपीतिभिर् आ सोमेभिर् उरु स्फिरम् ॥

endra yāhi matsva citreṇa deva rādhasā | saro na prāsy udaraṃ sapītibhir ā somebhir uru sphiram ||

Come, Indra, and rejoice thyself, O God, in manifold affluence. Thou fillest like a lake thy vast capacious bulk with Soma and with draughts besides.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ त्वा सहस्रम् आ शतं युक्ता रथे हिरण्यये । ब्रह्मयुजो हरय इन्द्र केशिनो वहन्तु सोमपीतये ॥

ā tvā sahasram ā śataṃ yuktā rathe hiraṇyaye | brahmayujo haraya indra keśino vahantu somapītaye ||

A thousand and a hundred Steeds are harnessed to thy golden car. So may the long-maned Bays, yoked by devotion, bring Indra to drink the Soma juice.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ त्वा रथे हिरण्यये हरी मयूरशेप्या । शितिपृष्ठा वहताम् मध्वो अन्धसो विवक्षणस्य पीतये ॥

ā tvā rathe hiraṇyaye harī mayūraśepyā | śitipṛṣṭhā vahatām madhvo andhaso vivakṣaṇasya pītaye ||

Yoked to thy chariot wrought of gold, may thy two Bays with peacock tails, Convey thee hither, Steeds with their white backs, to quaff sweet juice that makes us eloquent.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

पिबा त्व् अस्य गिर्वणः सुतस्य पूर्वपा इव । परिष्कृतस्य रसिन इयम् आसुतिश् चारुर् मदाय पत्यते ॥

pibā tv asya girvaṇaḥ sutasya pūrvapā iva | pariṣkṛtasya rasina iyam āsutiś cārur madāya patyate ||

So drink, thou Lover of the Song, as the first drinker, of this juice. This the outpouring of the savoury sap prepared is good and meet to gladden thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

य एको अस्ति दंसना महां उग्रो अभि व्रतैः । गमत् स शिप्री न स योषद् आ गमद् धवं न परि वर्जति ॥

ya eko asti daṃsanā mahāṃ ugro abhi vrataiḥ | gamat sa śiprī na sa yoṣad ā gamad dhavaṃ na pari varjati ||

He who alone by wondrous deed is Mighty, Strong by holy works, May he come, fair of cheek; may he not stay afar, but come and turn not from our call.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

त्वम् पुरं चरिष्ण्वं वधैः शुष्णस्य सम् पिणक् । त्वम् भा अनु चरो अध द्विता यद् इन्द्र हव्यो भुवः ॥

tvam puraṃ cariṣṇvaṃ vadhaiḥ śuṣṇasya sam piṇak | tvam bhā anu caro adha dvitā yad indra havyo bhuvaḥ ||

Susna's quick moving castle thou hast crushed to pieces with thy bolts. Thou, Indra, from of old, hast followed after light, since we have had thee to invoke.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

मम त्वा सूर उदिते मम मध्यन्दिने दिवः । मम प्रपित्वे अपिशर्वरे वसव् आ स्तोमासो अवृत्सत ॥

mama tvā sūra udite mama madhyandine divaḥ | mama prapitve apiśarvare vasav ā stomāso avṛtsata ||

My praises when the Sun hath risen, my praises at the time of noon, My praises at the coming of the gloom of night, O Vasu, have gone forth to thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

स्तुहि स्तुहीद् एते घा ते मंहिष्ठासो मघोनाम् । निन्दिताश्वः प्रपथी परमज्या मघस्य मेध्यातिथे ॥

stuhi stuhīd ete ghā te maṃhiṣṭhāso maghonām | ninditāśvaḥ prapathī paramajyā maghasya medhyātithe ||

Praise yea, praise him. Of princes these are the most liberal of their gifts, These, Paramajya, Ninditasva, Prapathi, most bounteous, O Medhyatithi.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

आ यद् अश्वान् वनन्वतः श्रद्धयाहं रथे रुहम् । उत वामस्य वसुनश् चिकेतति यो अस्ति याद्वः पशुः ॥

ā yad aśvān vananvataḥ śraddhayāhaṃ rathe ruham | uta vāmasya vasunaś ciketati yo asti yādvaḥ paśuḥ ||

When to the car, by faith, I yoked the horses longing for the way- For skilled is Yadu's son in dealing precious wealth, he who is rich in herds of kine.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

य ऋज्रा मह्यम् मामहे सह त्वचा हिरण्यया । एष विश्वान्य् अभ्य् अस्तु सौभगासङ्गस्य स्वनद्रथः ॥

ya ṛjrā mahyam māmahe saha tvacā hiraṇyayā | eṣa viśvāny abhy astu saubhagāsaṅgasya svanadrathaḥ ||

May he who gave me two brown steeds together with their cloths of gold, May he, Asanga's son Svanadratha, obtain all joy and high felicities.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अध प्लायोगिर् अति दासद् अन्यान् आसङ्गो अग्ने दशभिः सहस्रैः । अधोक्षणो दश मह्यं रुशन्तो नळा इव सरसो निर् अतिष्ठन् ॥

adha plāyogir ati dāsad anyān āsaṅgo agne daśabhiḥ sahasraiḥ | adhokṣaṇo daśa mahyaṃ ruśanto naḷā iva saraso nir atiṣṭhan ||

Playoga's son Asanga, by ten thousand, O Agni, hath surpassed the rest in giving. For me ten bright-hued oxen have come forward like lotus-stalks from out a lake upstanding.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

अन्व् अस्य स्थूरं ददृशे पुरस्ताद् अनस्थ ऊरुर् अवरम्बमाणः । शश्वती नार्य् अभिचक्ष्याह सुभद्रम् अर्य भोजनम् बिभर्षि ॥

anv asya sthūraṃ dadṛśe purastād anastha ūrur avarambamāṇaḥ | śaśvatī nāry abhicakṣyāha subhadram arya bhojanam bibharṣi ||

What time her husband's perfect restoration to his lost strength and manhood was apparent, His consort Sasvati with joy addressed him, Now art thou well, my lord, and shalt be happy.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)