Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·8·8.24
सखाय आ शिषामहि ब्रह्मेन्द्राय वज्रिणे । स्तुष ऊ षु वो नृतमाय धृष्णवे ॥
sakhāya ā śiṣāmahi brahmendrāya vajriṇe | stuṣa ū ṣu vo nṛtamāya dhṛṣṇave ||
Companions, let us learn a prayer to Indra, whom the thunder arms, To glorify your bold and most heroic Friend.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शवसा ह्य् असि श्रुतो वृत्रहत्येन वृत्रहा । मघैर् मघोनो अति शूर दाशसि ॥
śavasā hy asi śruto vṛtrahatyena vṛtrahā | maghair maghono ati śūra dāśasi ||
For thou by slaying Vrtra art the Vrtra-slayer, famed for might. Thou, Hero, in rich gifts surpassest wealthy chiefs.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स न स्तवान आ भर रयिं चित्रश्रवस्तमम् । निरेके चिद् यो हरिवो वसुर् ददिः ॥
sa na stavāna ā bhara rayiṃ citraśravastamam | nireke cid yo harivo vasur dadiḥ ||
As such, when glorified, bring us riches of very wondrous fame, Set in the highest rank, Wealth-giver, Lord of Bays!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ निरेकम् उत प्रियम् इन्द्र दर्षि जनानाम् । धृषता धृष्णो स्तवमान आ भर ॥
ā nirekam uta priyam indra darṣi janānām | dhṛṣatā dhṛṣṇo stavamāna ā bhara ||
Yea, Indra, thou disclosest that preeminent dear wealth of men: Boldly, O Bold One, glorified, bring it to us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न ते सव्यं न दक्षिणं हस्तं वरन्त आमुरः । न परिबाधो हरिवो गविष्टिषु ॥
na te savyaṃ na dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ varanta āmuraḥ | na paribādho harivo gaviṣṭiṣu ||
The workers of destruction stay neither thy right hand nor thy left: Nor hosts that press about thee, Lord of Bays, in fight.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ त्वा गोभिर् इव व्रजं गीर्भिर् ऋणोम्य् अद्रिवः । आ स्मा कामं जरितुर् आ मनः पृण ॥
ā tvā gobhir iva vrajaṃ gīrbhir ṛṇomy adrivaḥ | ā smā kāmaṃ jaritur ā manaḥ pṛṇa ||
O Thunder-armed, I come with songs to thee as to a stall with kine: Fulfil the wish and thought of him who sings thy praise.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
विश्वानि विश्वमनसो धिया नो वृत्रहन्तम । उग्र प्रणेतर् अधि षू वसो गहि ॥
viśvāni viśvamanaso dhiyā no vṛtrahantama | ugra praṇetar adhi ṣū vaso gahi ||
Chief Vrtra-slayer, through the hymn of Visvamanas think of all, All that concerneth us, Excellent, Mighty Guide.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वयं ते अस्य वृत्रहन् विद्याम शूर नव्यसः । वसो स्पार्हस्य पुरुहूत राधसः ॥
vayaṃ te asya vṛtrahan vidyāma śūra navyasaḥ | vaso spārhasya puruhūta rādhasaḥ ||
May we, O Vrtra-slayer, O Hero, find this thy newest boon, Longed-for, and excellent, thou who art much invoked!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्र यथा ह्य् अस्ति ते ऽपरीतं नृतो शवः । अमृक्ता रातिः पुरुहूत दाशुषे ॥
indra yathā hy asti te 'parītaṃ nṛto śavaḥ | amṛktā rātiḥ puruhūta dāśuṣe ||
O Indra, Dancer, Much-invoked! as thy great power is unsurpassed, So be thy bounty to the worshipper unchecked.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वृषस्व महामह महे नृतम राधसे । दृळ्हश् चिद् दृह्य मघवन् मघत्तये ॥
ā vṛṣasva mahāmaha mahe nṛtama rādhase | dṛḷhaś cid dṛhya maghavan maghattaye ||
Most Mighty, most heroic One, for mighty bounty fill thee full. Though strong, strengthen thyself to win wealth, Maghavan!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नू अन्यत्रा चिद् अद्रिवस् त्वन् नो जग्मुर् आशसः । मघवञ् छग्धि तव तन् न ऊतिभिः ॥
nū anyatrā cid adrivas tvan no jagmur āśasaḥ | maghavañ chagdhi tava tan na ūtibhiḥ ||
O Thunderer, never have our prayers gone forth to any God but thee: So help us, Maghavan, with thine assistance now.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नह्य् अङ्ग नृतो त्वद् अन्यं विन्दामि राधसे । राये द्युम्नाय शवसे च गिर्वणः ॥
nahy aṅga nṛto tvad anyaṃ vindāmi rādhase | rāye dyumnāya śavase ca girvaṇaḥ ||
For, Dancer, verily I find none else for bounty, saving thee, For splendid wealth and power, thou Lover of the Song.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एन्दुम् इन्द्राय सिञ्चत पिबाति सोम्यम् मधु । प्र राधसा चोदयाते महित्वना ॥
endum indrāya siñcata pibāti somyam madhu | pra rādhasā codayāte mahitvanā ||
For Indra pour ye out the drops meath blent with Soma let him drink With bounty and with majesty will he further us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उपो हरीणाम् पतिं दक्षम् पृञ्चन्तम् अब्रवम् । नूनं श्रुधि स्तुवतो अश्व्यस्य ॥
upo harīṇām patiṃ dakṣam pṛñcantam abravam | nūnaṃ śrudhi stuvato aśvyasya ||
I spake to the Bay Coursers' Lord, to him who gives ability: Now hear the son of Asva as he praises thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नह्य् अङ्ग पुरा चन जज्ञे वीरतरस् त्वत् । नकी राया नैवथा न भन्दना ॥
nahy aṅga purā cana jajñe vīrataras tvat | nakī rāyā naivathā na bhandanā ||
Never was any Hero born before thee mightier than thou: None certainly like thee in goodness and in wealth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एद् उ मध्वो मदिन्तरं सिञ्च वाध्वर्यो अन्धसः । एवा हि वीर स्तवते सदावृधः ॥
ed u madhvo madintaraṃ siñca vādhvaryo andhasaḥ | evā hi vīra stavate sadāvṛdhaḥ ||
O ministering priest, pour out of the sweet juice what gladdens most: So is the Hero praised who ever prospers us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्र स्थातर् हरीणां नकिष् टे पूर्व्यस्तुतिम् । उद् आनंश शवसा न भन्दना ॥
indra sthātar harīṇāṃ nakiṣ ṭe pūrvyastutim | ud ānaṃśa śavasā na bhandanā ||
Indra, whom Tawny Coursers bear, praise such as thine, preeminent, None by his power or by his goodness hath attained.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं वो वाजानाम् पतिम् अहूमहि श्रवस्यवः । अप्रायुभिर् यज्ञेभिर् वावृधेन्यम् ॥
taṃ vo vājānām patim ahūmahi śravasyavaḥ | aprāyubhir yajñebhir vāvṛdhenyam ||
We, seeking glory, have invoked this Master of all power and might Who must be glorified by constant sacrifice.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एतो न्व् इन्द्रं स्तवाम सखाय स्तोम्यं नरम् । कृष्टीर् यो विश्वा अभ्य् अस्त्य् एक इत् ॥
eto nv indraṃ stavāma sakhāya stomyaṃ naram | kṛṣṭīr yo viśvā abhy asty eka it ||
Come, sing we praise to Indra, friends, the Hero who deserves the laud, Him who with none to aid o'ercomes all tribes of men.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अगोरुधाय गविषे द्युक्षाय दस्म्यं वचः । घृतात् स्वादीयो मधुनश् च वोचत ॥
agorudhāya gaviṣe dyukṣāya dasmyaṃ vacaḥ | ghṛtāt svādīyo madhunaś ca vocata ||
To him who wins the kine, who keeps no cattle back, Celestial God, Speak wondrous speech more sweet than butter and than meath.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्यामितानि वीर्या न राधः पर्येतवे । ज्योतिर् न विश्वम् अभ्य् अस्ति दक्षिणा ॥
yasyāmitāni vīryā na rādhaḥ paryetave | jyotir na viśvam abhy asti dakṣiṇā ||
Whose hero powers are measureless, whose bounty ne'er may be surpassed, Whose liberality, like light, is over all.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्तुहीन्द्रं व्यश्ववद् अनूर्मिं वाजिनं यमम् । अर्यो गयम् मंहमानं वि दाशुषे ॥
stuhīndraṃ vyaśvavad anūrmiṃ vājinaṃ yamam | aryo gayam maṃhamānaṃ vi dāśuṣe ||
As Vyasva did, praise Indra, praise the Strong unfluctuating Guide, Who gives the foe's possessions to the worshipper.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा नूनम् उप स्तुहि वैयश्व दशमं नवम् । सुविद्वांसं चर्कृत्यं चरणीनाम् ॥
evā nūnam upa stuhi vaiyaśva daśamaṃ navam | suvidvāṃsaṃ carkṛtyaṃ caraṇīnām ||
Now, son of Vyasva, praise thou him who to the tenth time still is new, The very Wise, whom living men must glorify
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वेत्था हि निरृतीनां वज्रहस्त परिवृजम् । अहर्-अहः शुन्ध्युः परिपदाम् इव ॥
vetthā hi nirṛtīnāṃ vajrahasta parivṛjam | ahar-ahaḥ śundhyuḥ paripadām iva ||
Thou knowest, Indra, Thunder-armed, how to avoid destructive powers, As one secure from pitfalls each returning day.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तद् इन्द्राव आ भर येना दंसिष्ठ कृत्वने । द्विता कुत्साय शिश्नथो नि चोदय ॥
tad indrāva ā bhara yenā daṃsiṣṭha kṛtvane | dvitā kutsāya śiśnatho ni codaya ||
O Indra, bring that aid wherewith of old, Most Wondrous! thou didst slay His foes for active Kutsa: send it down to us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् उ त्वा नूनम् ईमहे नव्यं दंसिष्ठ सन्यसे । स त्वं नो विश्वा अभिमातीः सक्षणिः ॥
tam u tvā nūnam īmahe navyaṃ daṃsiṣṭha sanyase | sa tvaṃ no viśvā abhimātīḥ sakṣaṇiḥ ||
So now we seek thee fresh in might, Most Wonderful in act! for gain: For thou art he who conquers all our foes for us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
य ऋक्षाद् अंहसो मुचद् यो वार्यात् सप्त सिन्धुषु । वधर् दासस्य तुविनृम्ण नीनमः ॥
ya ṛkṣād aṃhaso mucad yo vāryāt sapta sindhuṣu | vadhar dāsasya tuvinṛmṇa nīnamaḥ ||
Who will set free from ruinous woe, or Arya on the Seven Streams: O valiant Hero, bend the Dasa's weapon down.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यथा वरो सुषाम्णे सनिभ्य आवहो रयिम् । व्यश्वेभ्यः सुभगे वाजिनीवति ॥
yathā varo suṣāmṇe sanibhya āvaho rayim | vyaśvebhyaḥ subhage vājinīvati ||
As to Varosusaman thou broughtest great riches, for their gain, To Vyasva's sons, Blest Lady, rich in ample wealth!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नार्यस्य दक्षिणा व्यश्वां एतु सोमिनः । स्थूरं च राधः शतवत् सहस्रवत् ॥
ā nāryasya dakṣiṇā vyaśvāṃ etu sominaḥ | sthūraṃ ca rādhaḥ śatavat sahasravat ||
Let Narya's sacrificial meed reach Vyasva's Soma-bearing sons: In hundreds and in thousands be the great reward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यत् त्वा पृच्छाद् ईजानः कुहया कुहयाकृते । एषो अपश्रितो वलो गोमतीम् अव तिष्ठति ॥
yat tvā pṛcchād ījānaḥ kuhayā kuhayākṛte | eṣo apaśrito valo gomatīm ava tiṣṭhati ||
If one should ask thee, Where is he who sacrificed? Whither lookest thou? Like Vala he hath passed away and dwelleth now on Gomati.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)