Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·8·8.17
आ याहि सुषुमा हि त इन्द्र सोमम् पिबा इमम् । एदम् बर्हिः सदो मम ॥
ā yāhi suṣumā hi ta indra somam pibā imam | edam barhiḥ sado mama ||
Come, we have pressed the juice for thee; O Indra, drink this Soma here Sit thou on this my sacred grass.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ त्वा ब्रह्मयुजा हरी वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना । उप ब्रह्माणि नः शृणु ॥
ā tvā brahmayujā harī vahatām indra keśinā | upa brahmāṇi naḥ śṛṇu ||
O Indra, let thy long-maned Bays, yoked by prayer, bring thee hitherward Give car and listen to our prayers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ब्रह्माणस् त्वा वयं युजा सोमपाम् इन्द्र सोमिनः । सुतावन्तो हवामहे ॥
brahmāṇas tvā vayaṃ yujā somapām indra sominaḥ | sutāvanto havāmahe ||
We Soma-bearing Brahmans call thee Soma-drinker with thy friend, We, Indra, bringing Soma juice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो याहि सुतावतो ऽस्माकं सुष्टुतीर् उप । पिबा सु शिप्रिन्न् अन्धसः ॥
ā no yāhi sutāvato 'smākaṃ suṣṭutīr upa | pibā su śiprinn andhasaḥ ||
Come unto us who bring the juice, come unto this our eulogy, Fair-visored! drink thou of the juice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ ते सिञ्चामि कुक्ष्योर् अनु गात्रा वि धावतु । गृभाय जिह्वया मधु ॥
ā te siñcāmi kukṣyor anu gātrā vi dhāvatu | gṛbhāya jihvayā madhu ||
I pour it down within thee, so through all thy members let it spread: Take with. thy tongue the pleasant drink.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्वादुष् टे अस्तु संसुदे मधुमान् तन्वे तव । सोमः शम् अस्तु ते हृदे ॥
svāduṣ ṭe astu saṃsude madhumān tanve tava | somaḥ śam astu te hṛde ||
Sweet to thy body let it be, delicious be the savoury juice: Sweet be the Soma to thine heart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयम् उ त्वा विचर्षणे जनीर् इवाभि संवृतः । प्र सोम इन्द्र सर्पतु ॥
ayam u tvā vicarṣaṇe janīr ivābhi saṃvṛtaḥ | pra soma indra sarpatu ||
Like women, let this Soma-draught, invested with its robe, approach, O active Indra, close to thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तुविग्रीवो वपोदरः सुबाहुर् अन्धसो मदे । इन्द्रो वृत्राणि जिघ्नते ॥
tuvigrīvo vapodaraḥ subāhur andhaso made | indro vṛtrāṇi jighnate ||
Indra, transported with the juice, vast in his bulk, strong in his neck And stout arms, smites the Vrtras down.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्र प्रेहि पुरस् त्वं विश्वस्येशान ओजसा । वृत्राणि वृत्रहञ् जहि ॥
indra prehi puras tvaṃ viśvasyeśāna ojasā | vṛtrāṇi vṛtrahañ jahi ||
O Indra, go thou forward, thou who rulest over all by might: Thou Vrtra-slayer slay the fiends,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दीर्घस् ते अस्त्व् अङ्कुशो येना वसु प्रयच्छसि । यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥
dīrghas te astv aṅkuśo yenā vasu prayacchasi | yajamānāya sunvate ||
Long be thy grasping-hook wherewith thou givest ample wealth to him Who sheds the juice and worships thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयं त इन्द्र सोमो निपूतो अधि बर्हिषि । एहीम् अस्य द्रवा पिब ॥
ayaṃ ta indra somo nipūto adhi barhiṣi | ehīm asya dravā piba ||
Here, Indra, is thy Soma-draught, made pure upon the sacred grass: Run hither, come and drink thereof.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शाचिगो शाचिपूजनायं रणाय ते सुतः । आखण्डल प्र हूयसे ॥
śācigo śācipūjanāyaṃ raṇāya te sutaḥ | ākhaṇḍala pra hūyase ||
Famed for thy radiance, worshipped well this juice is shed for thy delight Thou art invoked, Âkhaṇḍala!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् ते शृङ्गवृषो नपात् प्रणपात् कुण्डपाय्यः । न्य् अस्मिन् दध्र आ मनः ॥
yas te śṛṅgavṛṣo napāt praṇapāt kuṇḍapāyyaḥ | ny asmin dadhra ā manaḥ ||
To Kundapayya, grandson's son, grandson of Ṣringavṛish! to thee, To him have I addressed my thought.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वास्तोष् पते ध्रुवा स्थूणांसत्रं सोम्यानाम् । द्रप्सो भेत्ता पुरां शश्वतीनाम् इन्द्रो मुनीनां सखा ॥
vāstoṣ pate dhruvā sthūṇāṃsatraṃ somyānām | drapso bhettā purāṃ śaśvatīnām indro munīnāṃ sakhā ||
Strong pillar thou, Lord of the home armour of Soma-offerers: The drop of Soma breaketh all the strongholds down, and Indra is the Rsis' Friend.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पृदाकुसानुर् यजतो गवेषण एकः सन्न् अभि भूयसः । भूर्णिम् अश्वं नयत् तुजा पुरो गृभेन्द्रं सोमस्य पीतये ॥
pṛdākusānur yajato gaveṣaṇa ekaḥ sann abhi bhūyasaḥ | bhūrṇim aśvaṃ nayat tujā puro gṛbhendraṃ somasya pītaye ||
Holy Pṛidâkusânu, winner of the spoil, one eminent o'er many men, Lead on the wild horse Indra with his vigorous grasp forward to drink the Soma juice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)