# Vedyatra (वेदयात्रा) > A free, trustworthy place to read the Vedas, the Bhagavad Gītā, the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata verse by verse, in many languages. Every verse shows its source edition, translator, licence and review status. Machine and unreviewed translations are labelled as such; commentary is always kept separate from the text. Use and citation: Free to read, quote and index with attribution and a link to the verse page. Translations keep their stated licence. Cite verses by their stable id (for example `gita/2.47`) and link to the verse page. When quoting a translation, say whether it is verified or unreviewed. ## Verses - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.1.md): I praise Agni, the household priest, the divine officiant of the sacrifice, the invoker, the greatest bestower - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.2.md): Agni, worthy of praise by the ancient and the new seers, may he bring the gods hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.3.md): Through Agni a man attains wealth and nourishment day by day, most rich in fame and heroic sons. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.4.md): O Agni, you are the protector on every side; the sacrifice, the non-violent rite that you carry, indeed goes a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.5.md): Agni, the priest of wise purpose, true and most rich in wondrous fame, that god may come hither with the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.6.md): Whatever good you will do, O Agni, for the generous worshipper, that indeed is your true deed, O Angiras. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.7.md): To you, O Agni, O dweller of night and dawn, day after day we come bearing homage with devotion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.8.md): Agni, king of the sacrifices, guardian of the cosmic order, radiant one, grows in his own home. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.1.9.md): Be easily reached by us, Agni, as a father is by his son; be benevolent and stay with us for our well-being. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.1.md): O Vāyu, radiant one, come; these soma juices have been prepared. Drink of them and hear our call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.2.md): O Vāyu, with hymns the praisers press toward you; those who have pressed soma, knowers of the day, draw near t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.3.md): O Vāyu, your far-spreading milch-cow reaches the giver; wide-reaching, she comes for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.4.md): Indra and Vāyu, these soma juices are pressed; come hither with your swift teams. The soma drops indeed long f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.5.md): O Vāyu, and Indra: you two know the pressed soma. O lords of strength and wealth, come hither swiftly. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.6.md): O Vāyu and Indra, come to the one who presses soma; draw near the prepared offering. Quickly, thus, with devot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.7.md): I call upon Mitra, of purifying skill, and Varuṇa, the destroyer of foes. May they accomplish the prayer dripp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.8.md): By Ṛta, O Mitra and Varuṇa, strengtheners of cosmic order and upholders of it, you two reach the great purpose - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.2.9.md): Mitra and Varuṇa, the two wise seers, born in many places and of wide dwelling, establish skill for us and hol - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.1.md): O Aśvins, worthy of sacrifice, swift-handed, bright lords, bestowers of many gifts, you two take pleasure in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.2.md): O Aśvins, bountiful, heroic leaders, with powerful insight, O resplendent ones, you two bring near our songs o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.3.md): O wondrous healers, young in praise, the soma is pressed. O truthful Aśvins, come here for the sacrificer who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.4.md): O Indra, come, O bright-radiant one. These somas are pressed, seeking you, purified through the woolen filter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.5.md): O Indra, come, impelled by thought, sent forth by the inspired seers. Come to the soma-presser, toward his sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.6.md): O Indra, come, swiftly speeding one. Come toward our sacred prayers, O lord of the tawny steeds; at the soma-p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.7.md): O Ūmas, upholders of men, all you gods, come here. Come for the pressed soma of the generous giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.8.md): All you gods, swift travelers, come swiftly to the pressed soma, like streams flowing to their own courses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.9.md): All you gods, who never fail, who come here, who do not deceive, O bearers, enjoy the prayer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.10.md): Purifying Sarasvatī, full of strengths and prizes, rich in strength, may she advance our sacrifice; rich in we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.11.md): Sarasvatī, who impels the true prayers and knows the good thoughts, has upheld the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.3.12.md): Great flood Sarasvatī makes things known with her light; she shines forth through all the thoughts, each apart - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.1.md): Day after day we call upon Indra, the maker of fair forms, for our aid, as one calls a cow that is easy to mil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.2.md): Come near to our rites, O soma-drinker, and drink of the soma; the exhilaration of the wealthy one is indeed t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.3.md): Then may we attain your nearest good thoughts. Do not overlook us; come here, come. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.4.md): Go forth to Indra, the unobstructed hero; ask the one of deep wisdom, who grants boons to his friends. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.5.md): Let them speak for us, and let them come even from elsewhere, placing their offerings in Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.6.md): And may the foe declare us fortunate; O destroyer, may we indeed be in the shelter of Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.7.md): Bring here the swift Soma, the glory of the sacrifice, who gladdens men; he hastens forth as the delighting fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.8.md): O Indra of a hundred deeds, having drunk of this, you became the smiter of the Vritras; in the contests you pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.9.md): O Indra of a hundred deeds, we urge you, the strong one, in the contests, for winning riches, O Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.4.10.md): Sing for that Indra, who is the giver of riches, the great, the excellent, the friend of the one who presses S - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.1.md): Come hither, friends who bear the hymn, sit down here, and sing forth toward Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.2.md): Indra, most abundant of the many, lord of desired treasures, call together when the soma is pressed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.3.md): May he indeed be near us in our union, for wealth and for insight; may he come to us with the spoils. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.4.md): Sing for that Indra, in whose contest the enemies cannot hold back his two tawny steeds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.5.md): These pressed somas, bright, go for the drinking by the soma-drinker; the somas with curds in them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.6.md): You quickly grew and were born for drinking the pressed soma; for supremacy, O Indra, O skillful one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.7.md): Let the swift somas enter you, O Indra, O you who love the hymns; may they be pleasing to you, O wise one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.8.md): Hymns have strengthened you, and sacred verses have strengthened you, O you of a hundred powers; may our songs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.9.md): May Indra, of unfailing protection, grant this thousandfold prize of strength, in which lie all manly deeds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.5.10.md): O Indra, O you who love the hymns, may mortals not harm our bodies; being sovereign, turn away the blow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.1.md): They yoke the ruddy bolt that moves around those who stand; the lights shine in heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.2.md): For his chariot they yoke the two beloved horses, of differing flanks, ruddy, bold, carriers of men. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.3.md): O men, making a sign for the unseeing and light for the unlit, you were born together with the dawns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.4.md): Then indeed, according to their own nature, they set themselves again into the embryonic state, bearing a name - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.5.md): O Indra, with your powers that break open even the vast things hidden in the cave, you found the cows, like th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.6.md): As those seeking the gods look toward the wealth-finder with their thought, the songs praise the great and ren - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.7.md): Indeed you two are seen together with Indra, meeting fearlessly, exhilarating and of the same splendor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.8.md): With faultless, bright-shining praises the sacrifice mightily honors Indra, together with the lovely hosts of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.9.md): From here, O far-going one, come hither, from the brightness of heaven or from above; in him the songs are joi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.6.10.md): From here or from heaven, or from the earthly realm, we seek a gift from Indra, from the great one, or from th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.1.md): The singers who make the gāthās praised great Indra alone; the chanters with their chants praised Indra alone; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.2.md): Indra himself comes here with his two bay horses, mingled with soma; they are yoked by the word of praise. Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.3.md): Indra raised the sun high in the sky for far-reaching sight; with the cows (the rays) he split the rock and se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.4.md): O Indra, help us in the contests and in the battles with a thousandfold prize; O fierce one, with fierce helps - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.5.md): We call on Indra in great wealth, and we call on Indra in the small battle, the thunderbolt-wielder who yokes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.6.md): O bull, O giver of all booty, may he push away and increase the cooked oblation for us; may none be our rival. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.7.md): Each time there are lofty praise-hymns to Indra the thunderbolt-wielder, yet I do not attain his good praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.8.md): Like a bull leading a herd, he drives the peoples by his might; he is the ruler, unopposed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.9.md): He who alone surpasses the clans and the treasures, Indra, surpasses the five dwelling-regions. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.7.10.md): For you we call Indra from every side, from among the peoples; may he be ours alone. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.1.md): O Indra, bring here wealth rich in spoils, victorious, always overcoming foes, and most bountiful, for our pro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.2.md): With that fist-smiting by which we may strike down the serpents, and aided by you, may we strike them down wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.3.md): O Indra, supported by you, may we take hold of the thunderbolt and the solid weapons, and may we win over our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.4.md): With heroes and with unbreakable companions, O Indra, with you as our yoke-mate, may we overcome those who des - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.5.md): Great is Indra, and greater still; let majesty be for the wielder of the thunderbolt, and let his strength spr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.6.md): Men who have come to the assembly, or in the gaining of offspring, or inspired seers, moved by thought. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.7.md): His belly, most given to drinking soma, swells like the ocean, as broad waters (surge) from the rattling cloud - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.8.md): Indeed, his good gifts are broad, rich in cattle, and great, like a ripe branch for the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.9.md): Indeed, Indra, your glories and protections are for one like me; truly, they are even present at once for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.8.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.8.10.md): Indeed, for him his cherished praise and the recitations to be chanted are offered for Indra's drinking of som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.1.md): O Indra, come hither and rejoice in the soma, with all the soma-draughts. Great and invincible, you are by you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.2.md): At the pressing of the soma, set this exhilarating one in motion for the exhilarated Indra; for the maker of a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.3.md): Rejoice, O well-shaped and all-beholding one, with exhilarating praises. Come along with me into these pressin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.4.md): O Indra, songs were sent up for you. They rose toward you and rejoiced — unwearied, toward the bull, the lord. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.5.md): Impel toward us, O Indra, the wondrous and desirable wealth; may that wealth of yours be all-pervading and pow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.6.md): Indeed, impel us thither, O Indra, for wealth — for the swift and the glorious. O Indra of mighty wealth, O fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.7.md): O Indra, grant us together wide and mighty fame, rich in cattle and in strength, and establish for us a full l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.8.md): Establish for us great fame and a brilliance that brings a thousandfold gain; O Indra, give us those nourishme - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.9.md): Praising with songs Indra, lord of wealth, the lord of riches, worthy of praise, we call upon Indra, the beare - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.9.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.9.10.md): At every pressing of soma, for the guide, for the great one, truly for the great one, the stirring man sings a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.1.md): Singers sing you, praisers worship you with chant; O Śatakratu, the priests raise you up as one raises a pole. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.2.md): When he climbed from ridge up to ridge and his great deed was revealed, then Indra perceives his purpose; the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.3.md): Indeed, harness your two maned bay horses, virile, bearing the girth; then, Indra, soma-drinker, come to hear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.4.md): Come toward our hymns; sing aloud, praise, call hither. Giver of wealth, Indra, come together with our prayer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.5.md): Let the hymn be recited to Indra, the increaser, the wielder of many; as Śakra grants us favor at our pressing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.6.md): Him we call upon for friendship, him for wealth, him for heroic offspring; may that Śakra Indra, bestowing goo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.7.md): Indra, the fame you have given spreads wide and well-ordered. O wielder of the stone, open the cows' pen and m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.8.md): The two worlds, heaven and earth, cannot reach you as you roar. Conquer the sky-bearing waters, and drive the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.9.md): O attentive one, hear our call and take up my songs. Indra, make this hymn of mine dearer than the yoked chari - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.10.md): We know you, most potent, heard in battles when called. We call upon the help of that most potent one, who bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.11.md): Indra, son of Kuśika, come rejoicing and drink the pressed soma. Carry our new span of life safely across, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.10.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.10.12.md): Lord of songs, may these hymns encircle you on every side. May prosperities follow the long-lived one, and may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.1.md): All the hymns have exalted Indra, whose sight reaches the sea, the greatest charioteer among charioteers, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.2.md): In your friendship, O Indra, lord of might, may we not fear; we praise you, the conqueror, the unconquered. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.3.md): The many gifts of Indra do not fail, nor do his protections, whenever he bestows on the singers a prize rich i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.4.md): Indra, breaker of strongholds, young, a seer of immeasurable strength, was born; he is the supporter of all de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.5.md): You opened the cave of Vala, rich in cattle, O stone-wielder; through you the fearless gods, roused, came fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.6.md): With your gifts, O hero, I came toward the river and proclaimed it; O lord of songs, your worshippers stood ne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.7.md): O Indra, by your wondrous powers you cast down the illusion-wielding Śuṣṇa. The wise who know him exist; raise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.11.8.md): To Indra, the lord who rules by might, the hymns have been sung. His gifts are a thousand, or even more. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.1.md): We choose Agni, the messenger and priest who knows all beings, for the skillful purpose of this sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.2.md): With their praises they have always called Agni, lord of the clans, bearer of oblations, dear to many. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.3.md): O Agni, born for the sacrificer who spreads the grass, bring the gods here. You are our priest, worthy of prai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.4.md): O Agni, when you go as messenger, awaken those devoted ones. Sit here on the sacred grass with the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.5.md): O ghee-invoked, shining Agni, burn indeed the hostile ones. O Agni, you burn the demons. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.6.md): Agni is kindled by Agni: the seer, the lord of the house, the youthful bearer of oblations, to whom offerings - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.7.md): Praise the wise Agni at the sacrifice, whose laws are true, the god who wards off affliction. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.8.md): O Agni, O god, be the helper of him who, the lord of oblations, serves you as messenger. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.9.md): For him who, with offerings, seeks Agni for the favor of the gods, O purifier, be gracious. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.10.md): O purifier, shining Agni, bring the gods here; come to our sacrifice and our oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.11.md): Praising us, may he bring with the new Gayatri chant wealth rich in heroes, and food. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.12.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.12.12.md): O Agni, with your bright flame and with all the invocations of the gods, accept this praise-hymn of ours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.1.md): Kindled well, O Agni, bring the gods hither for the one who offers oblations. O priest, O purifier, sacrifice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.2.md): O Tanūnapāt, O seer, make our sacrifice sweet among the gods; make it ready today for enjoyment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.3.md): Here, in this sacrifice, I call upon the dear Narāśaṃsa, honey-tongued, who prepares the oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.4.md): O Agni, praised, bring the gods in the most pleasant chariot. You are the priest, established by Manu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.5.md): O wise ones, spread the ghee-sprinkled sacred grass in order, where the sight of immortality is. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.6.md): May the divine doors, promoters of rta and unobstructed, open today and now for worship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.7.md): Night and Dawn, fair of form, I call you to this sacrifice. For us, sit down on this sacred grass seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.8.md): Those two fine-tongued divine priests, the wise seers, I call near. May they perform this sacrifice for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.9.md): Ilā, Sarasvatī, the three great goddesses who bring well-being, let them sit on the sacred grass. May they be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.10.md): Here I call upon Tvaṣṭar, the foremost, all-forming one. May he be ours alone. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.11.md): O Lord of the forest, O god, send forth the oblation to the gods. May the donor be remembered. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.13.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.13.12.md): Svāhā! Perform the sacrifice for Indra in the sacrificer's house. There I call upon the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.1.md): O Agni, come here with these gifts and with all the gods, to drink the soma; worship, and accept our songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.2.md): The Kanva people have called you and praise you; O inspired one, they sing of your thoughts. O Agni, come here - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.3.md): Indra and Vayu, Brihaspati, Mitra and Agni, Pushan and Bhaga, the Adityas, and the host of the Maruts — call t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.4.md): For you the exhilarating, joy-making drops of soma are poured forth — the drops of honeyed juice that sit in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.5.md): The Kanva people, desiring help, with the sacred grass cut and spread, holding oblations, having prepared the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.6.md): The ghee-backed, mind-yoked steeds that carry you — let them bring the gods here to drink the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.7.md): O Agni, bring those adorable gods who uphold cosmic order, together with their consorts. O well-tongued one, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.8.md): Those who are adorable and laudable, may they drink through your tongue. O Agni, may they drink the honey with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.9.md): From the light of the sun, the wise priest will here bring all the gods who awaken at dawn. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.10.md): O Agni, together with all the gods, together with Indra and Vāyu, drink the sweet soma-honey. Drink through th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.11.md): You are the priest, O Agni, set down by Manu; you sit at the sacrifices. May you indeed perform this rite of o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.14.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.14.12.md): Yoke, indeed, your ruddy and tawny horses to the chariot, O god; with them bring the gods hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.1.md): O Indra, drink the soma in season; let the exhilarating drops, which dwell together with you, enter into you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.2.md): O Maruts, drink in season from the purifying vessel and purify the sacrifice, for you indeed are good givers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.3.md): Praise the sacrifice for us, O possessor of songs and leader; drink in season, for you indeed are the bestower - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.4.md): O Agni, bring the gods here; seat them in the three seats; adorn them around; drink in season. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.5.md): O Indra, drink the soma from the priest's gift, in the order of the seasons; for your friendship is unbroken. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.6.md): O Mitra and Varuna, keepers of vows, you two bring the enemy-destroying strength to the sacrifice in season. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.7.md): Giver of wealth, the stone-handed (priests) in the rite praise the god in the sacrifices. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.8.md): May the giver of wealth give us those treasures that are renowned; among the gods we shall win them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.9.md): The giver of wealth desires to drink; offer, and rise forward. From the place of the neṣṭṛ, be sent forth with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.10.md): O giver of wealth, when we worship you with the seasons as the fourth offering, then indeed be a giver to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.11.md): O Aśvins, drink the honey; O shining Agnis of pure vow, with the seasons, O carriers of the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.15.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.15.12.md): With the household fire, O good one, with the seasons, you are the conductor of the sacrifice; for the god-see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.1.md): O Indra, let your tawny horses bring you, the mighty bull with sun-bright eyes, to drink the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.2.md): Let these ghee-dripping offerings and the two tawny horses bring Indra near here, in the most pleasant chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.3.md): At dawn we call upon Indra; when the sacrifice is set in motion we call upon Indra, we call upon Indra to drin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.4.md): Come near to us at the soma-pressing, O Indra, with your long-maned tawny horses; for at the pressing we call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.5.md): Come to this praise of ours, come near to this pressed soma; drink like a thirsty bull. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.6.md): These somas, these drops, pressed out upon the sacred grass; O Indra, drink them for strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.7.md): Let this praise, foremost and touching the heart, be most pleasing to you. Then drink the pressed Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.8.md): To every pressing of Soma indeed Indra comes for exhilaration, the slayer of Vṛtra, to drink the Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.16.9.md): So fulfill our desire, O hundred-wise one, with cows and with horses; may we praise you, well-instructed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.1.md): I call upon the help of Indra and Varuṇa, the two sovereign rulers. May those two be gracious to us in such a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.2.md): Indeed you two are the ones who come to help. Hear the call of a seer such as I. You two are the sustainers of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.3.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, satisfy us with wealth according to our desire. Those two we call to be nearest to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.4.md): You two indeed are the lords of strengths; you two are the lords of good insights. May we be among the bestowe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.5.md): Indra is the lord of those who give a thousand; Varuṇa is among those worthy of praise in songs. Their will be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.6.md): By the protection of those two indeed may we win and hold fast. May that be our reward of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.7.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, I call on you two for bright wealth; make us, the victorious ones, well favored. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.8.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, come now to my prayers that long for you; grant us shelter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.17.9.md): May the well-sung praise with which I call you reach you, O Indra and Varuṇa; may you two prosper through the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.1.md): O Brahmaṇaspati, make Soma resonant, and Kakṣīvat, the son of Uśij. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.2.md): May he who is rich, destroyer of affliction, finder of wealth, increaser of nourishment, cleave to us, and he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.3.md): Let not the reproach nor the deceit of the one who does not praise come to us, nor that of any mortal. O Brahm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.4.md): That hero does not perish whom Indra, lord of the sacred formula, and Soma impel. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.5.md): You, O Brahmaṇaspati, together with Soma and Indra, protect that mortal; may the dakṣiṇā guard him from sin. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.6.md): I have approached the lord of the assembly, the wonderful, the beloved, desired by Indra, for bounty and wisdo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.7.md): Without whom even the sacrifice of the wise seer does not succeed, he impels the yoking of thoughts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.8.md): Then he makes the oblation prosper, turns the sacrifice forward; the invocations of the hotar reach the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.18.9.md): I beheld Nārāśaṃsa, most resolute, most far-extending, like the sky, seated in the house of the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.1.md): O Agni, come hither with the Maruts. Toward that beautiful sacrifice you are invoked, for the protection of co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.2.md): Neither god nor mortal reaches beyond your great purpose. O Agni, come hither with the Maruts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.3.md): All the gods who know the great expanse are not hostile. O Agni, come hither with the Maruts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.4.md): The fierce ones who have woven the song, unassailable by their might. O Agni, come hither with the Maruts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.5.md): The bright ones of terrible form, of good dominion, destroyers of foes. O Agni, come hither with the Maruts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.6.md): The gods who dwell in the radiant realm of heaven, in the sky. O Agni, come hither with the Maruts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.7.md): Those who stir the mountains and the ocean, the surging sea, across: with the Maruts, O Agni, come hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.8.md): Those who stretch out the ocean across with their rays, with might: with the Maruts, O Agni, come hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.19.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.19.9.md): For your first drinking I pour out the soma-sweet honey toward you: with the Maruts, O Agni, come hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.1.md): This hymn, fashioned with the mouth by the inspired seers for the birth-festival of the gods, has been made mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.2.md): Those who shaped for Indra the two bay horses, yoked by speech and fashioned with the mind, reached the sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.3.md): They fashioned for the Nāsatyas (Aśvins) a far-reaching, easy-going chariot, and they fashioned the cow Sabard - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.4.md): They made the two youthful parents young again; the Ṛbhus, of true prayers and loyal to the right, did this by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.5.md): O exhilarated ones, you have all come together with Indra and the Maruts, with the Ādityas and with the kings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.6.md): And that new cup, made by the god Tvaṣṭar, you made into four again. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.7.md): May they grant us treasures, thrice and seven-fold, to the one who presses the soma, one by one, with good pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.20.8.md): The carriers (the Ribhus) upheld it, and through good work they obtained a sacrificial share among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.21.1.md): Here I call upon Indra and Agni; to those two alone we offer our praise. Those two are the greatest drinkers o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.21.2.md): Praise those two in the sacrifices; O leaders, adorn Indra and Agni. Sing those two in the Gāyatra chants. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.21.3.md): For the praise of Mitra we invoke those two, Indra and Agni. Those two are drinkers of Soma, for the drinking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.21.4.md): Mighty, we invoke them; we draw near to them for this pressed offering of Soma. Indra and Agni, come hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.21.5.md): Those two are great lords of the sacred seat. O Indra and Agni, crush the demon; may the enemies be without of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.21.6.md): By that truth, awaken and be watchful, you two, standing in the place of wisdom. O Indra and Agni, grant us sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.1.md): Yoked at dawn, O Aśvins, awaken and come hither to drink this soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.2.md): We call upon those two gods, the Aśvins, who have fine chariots, are the best of charioteers, and touch the sk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.3.md): O Aśvins, with that whip of yours which is honeyed and rich in truth, fill the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.4.md): For you, O Aśvins, nothing is far away; you go with your chariot to the house of the soma-presser. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.5.md): For help I call upon golden-handed Savitṛ; he is the wise god, established in his place. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.6.md): Praise Savitṛ, grandson of the waters, close by for protection; we observe his commands. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.7.md): We call upon Savitar, the distributor of wealth and bright riches, who watches over men. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.8.md): Friends, sit down here. Savitar, worthy of praise, now comes to us; the giver adorns the riches. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.9.md): O Agni, bring here the desiring wives of the gods; and Tvaṣṭar too, for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.10.md): O Agni, bring hither for help; O youngest, bring Bhāratī, Varūtrī and Dhiṣaṇā. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.11.md): May the goddesses, the lords' wives, come to us with great help and protection; may they, with unbroken wings, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.12.md): Here I invoke Indrāṇī for well-being; Varuṇānī, and Agnāyī for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.13.md): May great Heaven and Earth delight in this our sacrifice; may they fill us with their abundant gifts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.14.md): Of those two, the ghee-rich milk the inspired poets lick up with their thoughts, in the firm place of Gandharv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.15.md): O Earth, be gracious, free of thorns, a giver of dwelling; grant us wide-spreading shelter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.16.md): Therefore, O gods, protect us, from where Vishnu strode forth through the seven abodes of the earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.17.md): Here Vishnu strode out threefold and set down his step; his footprint is wrapped up in the dust. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.18.md): Vishnu strode in three steps; the protector, the unharmed guardian, therefore upholds the laws. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.19.md): Behold the deeds of Viṣṇu, from where he has seen his laws; he is the worthy friend of Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.20.md): Always the seers behold that supreme place of Viṣṇu, like an eye spread out across the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.22.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.22.21.md): The inspired poets, eager and vigilant, kindle together that supreme place of Viṣṇu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.1.md): O Vāyu, these sharp Soma juices, mixed with milk, are pressed. Come and drink those set forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.2.md): Both gods who touch the sky, Indra and Vāyu, we invoke for the drinking of this Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.3.md): The seers call upon Indra and Vāyu, born of mind, for protection, the thousand-eyed lords of thought. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.4.md): We invoke Mitra and Varuṇa for drinking Soma, born and pure of mind. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.5.md): By truth, the two who strengthen truth, lords of light, those Mitra and Varuṇa I call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.6.md): May Varuṇa become our protector, and Mitra with all his aids; may they make us rich in good wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.7.md): We invoke Indra, who comes with the Maruts, here for the drinking of soma. May he be satisfied together with h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.8.md): O hosts of the Maruts, led by Indra, O gods, bestowers of wealth like Pūṣan, all of you hear my call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.9.md): O generous gods, with Indra and yoked might, slay Vṛtra. May the evil-speaker not rule over us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.10.md): For the drinking of soma we invoke all the gods and the Maruts, for they are mighty, the sons of Pṛśni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.11.md): Like the thunder of the victorious Maruts it comes boldly, when you go on the auspicious path, O men. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.12.md): From the thunderbolt and the lightning, may those born all around protect us; may the Maruts gladden us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.13.md): O Pūṣan, of variegated grass-seat, O radiant one, bring hither the supporter of heaven, as a herdsman brings b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.14.md): Pūṣan, the radiant one, found the king hidden away and placed in the cave — the one with the variegated grass- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.15.md): And he drives for me six yoked (chariots) in succession, with drops of soma, as one ploughs barley with cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.16.md): The waters flow along their paths; sisters of the sacrificer, dripping and filling with honey, with milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.17.md): Those which are near the sun, or with which the sun is joined — may they impel our sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.18.md): I call upon the divine waters, where our cows drink; for the rivers an oblation is to be offered. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.19.md): Within the waters is the immortal nectar, and in the waters is healing medicine; for the praise of the waters, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.20.md): In the waters Soma said to me: all medicines are within, and Agni, the benefactor of all, and the waters, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.21.md): O waters, bring forth medicine and protection for my body, for long life and for seeing the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.22.md): O waters, carry away whatever evil is in me — whatever I have wronged or injured, whatever I have cursed, or s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.23.md): O waters, today I went forth; with juice we have joined. O Agni, come as nourishing, rich in milk; unite me wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.23.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.23.24.md): O Agni, unite me with splendor; unite me with offspring, unite me with life. For me may the gods and Indra kno - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.1.md): Whose, of which of the immortals, is the lovely name we now praise? Who will give us back again to great Aditi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.2.md): We praise the lovely name of Agni, the first of the immortals. May he give us back again to great Aditi, so th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.3.md): O god Savitri, lord of the desirable goods, ever protector, we beg you for our share. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.4.md): Bhaga, who thus praises you, freed from earlier blame, holds freedom from hostility in both hands. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.5.md): Devoted to Bhaga, may we advance with your help. By your protection may we reach the summit of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.6.md): Neither birds that fly there have reached your strength, your might, or your wrath; nor these waters flowing u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.7.md): In the unfathomed place, King Varuṇa sets up the upward pillar of the tree, he of pure skill. Their pillars st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.8.md): King Varuṇa indeed made a wide path for the Sun to go along; for the footless he made two feet to set down, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.9.md): O King, you have a hundred healers, a thousand; may your wide and deep favor be ours. Drive ruin far away from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.10.md): Those stars set high appear at night, and by day they go somewhere. Observing the unfailing ordinances of Varu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.11.md): To you I go with prayer, praising; sacrificing with oblations, I ask for that. O Varuṇa, be here without anger - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.12.md): At night that, and by day that, they tell me; this sign sees deep from the heart. May King Varuṇa release us — - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.13.md): Śunaḥśepa, bound and seized in three places, called upon Āditya. May King Varuṇa not abandon him; may the know - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.14.md): Varuṇa, with homages, with sacrifices and oblations, we beseech you to quiet your wrath. O lord, O far-seeing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.24.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.24.15.md): O Varuṇa, loosen the upper noose from us, release the lower one, and slacken the middle one. O Āditya, then, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.1.md): O god Varuṇa, just as people break your ordinance, so we too violate it day after day. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.2.md): Do not hand us over to killing or to slaying; do not let us fall prey to your wrath, you who are angry. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.3.md): O Varuṇa, for your mercy we loosen your mind, as a charioteer unyokes a tied horse; we gladden you with songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.4.md): My wrathful thoughts fly away from me, seeking wealth and delight, as birds fly toward their nests. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.5.md): When shall we approach Varuṇa, the lord of royal splendor, the far-seeing one, for his mercy? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.6.md): The two attain that same common path, striving, and do not part—for the one of firm vow, for the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.7.md): He who knows the path of birds flying through the midspace knows also the sea-going course of the ships. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.8.md): Varuna, firm in his vows, knows the twelve months with their offspring, and he knows him who is born again. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.9.md): He knows the course of the wind, and the path of the wide, mighty, vast (sky), and he knows those who dwell up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.10.md): Varuna, firm in his vows and wise in action, sat down among the dwellings to hold universal sovereignty. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.11.md): Therefore the knowing Varuna sees all the wonders, both what has been done and what is yet to be done. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.12.md): May that wise Aditya always make good paths for us and lengthen our lives. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.13.md): Varuṇa bears a golden noose and dons a hidden mantle; his spies sit all around. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.14.md): Those who wish to harm do not harm him, nor the treacherous of men; hostile foes do not touch the god. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.15.md): He who has made glory among men, may he also place blamelessness within our bodies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.16.md): My thoughts go forth from me like cows toward their pastures, seeking the far-seeing one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.17.md): Let us two speak together again, from whence my sweetness was brought; like a priest I call the beloved to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.18.md): Now I behold the chariot, visible to all, upon its dwelling-place; may he accept these my praises. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.19.md): O Varuna, hear my call today and be gracious to me. Seeking help, I have come near to you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.20.md): O wise one, you are king of all, of heaven and of earth. So on your course, turn toward us and listen. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.25.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.25.21.md): Loosen the uppermost bond from us, untie the snare in our midst, and cast down the lowest, that we may live. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.1.md): O wise one, lord of nourishment, clothe yourself; now perform this our sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.2.md): Our chosen priest, sit here always, O youngest; with hymns and with speech of heavenly nature, O Agni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.3.md): Indeed, as a father offers sacrifice for his son, so the helper for his friend; the friend, the most excellent - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.4.md): Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman, destroyers of foes, let them come and sit on our barhis grass, as men sit. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.5.md): O ancient priest, take delight in this one and in friendship; and hear these songs well. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.6.md): Whatever, indeed, by the eternal rite we worship to each god; indeed the oblation is poured into you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.7.md): May he be dear to us, lord of the clans, the priest, joy-giving, most to be chosen. We, who have Agni as our o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.8.md): Indeed the gods have bestowed desirable wealth on those who have Agni as their own, and on us. We who have Agn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.9.md): Then, O immortal one, may our praises be mutually upheld among both kinds of mortals. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.26.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.26.10.md): O Agni, with all the fires establish this sacrifice and this speech in brilliance; O mighty one, fulfil them w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.1.md): Like a horse, to you, swift Agni, I offer worship with homage; you are the sovereign of the sacrifices. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.2.md): May he indeed be to us like a son in strength, wide-advancing and very beneficent, a giver of bounty to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.3.md): May he protect us, from far and from near, and from mortal and malicious harm; always, O all-living one, prote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.4.md): Indeed, proclaim well this hymn for us, in gāyatrī meter, of the newest gift, O Agni, among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.5.md): Grant us a share in the highest, in the highest contests and in the middle ones as well; bestow upon us the mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.6.md): You are divided, O bright-rayed one, in the river's waves and near the shore; swiftly, to the giver, you flow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.7.md): O Agni, may the mortal whom you protect in battles and drive forward in contests win lasting nourishments. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.8.md): O victorious Agni, no one opposes him, nor does the weak man; strength is worthy of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.9.md): May he, the all-seeing, be a helper of strength with swift horses; may he be a giver to the inspired seers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.10.md): O ancient awakened one, make that prosper for every people, and make the praise visible to Rudra, worthy of sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.11.md): May he, great, boundless, with smoke as his banner and rich in light, urge on our thought and our strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.12.md): May he, like one rich, lord of the peoples, the divine banner, hear us; may Agni of broad light, with hymns, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.27.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.27.13.md): Homage to the great, homage to the little children, homage to the youths, homage to those who sit. If we are a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.1.md): Where the broad-based stone rises up for the pressing of soma, there, O Indra, may you indeed take in the soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.2.md): Where two boards are set up like two thighs for the pressing, there, O Indra, may you indeed take in the soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.3.md): Where the woman learns from the younger and the older fallen (stones), there, O Indra, may you indeed take in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.4.md): Where they bind the churning-stick like the reins of a horse, there, O Indra, may you indeed take in the soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.5.md): For in every house you are yoked, O mortar; speak here most brilliantly, like the war-drum for the victors. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.6.md): And, O lord of the forest, the wind blows the tip of you apart; then, O mortar, press out the soma for Indra t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.7.md): The two sacrificers, most bountiful in strength and food, are lofty and nourishing; like two tawny horses they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.8.md): O lords of the forest, today for us, with the excellent pressers, press out the honey-laden sweet soma for Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.28.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.28.9.md): Bring the cleansed soma up from the two cups; send it forth into the sacred filter; set it down upon the cow's - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.29.1.md): O true soma-drinker Indra, we are as if unpraised; praise us well — among the cows, among the horses, among th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.29.2.md): O swift one, lord of the spoils, mighty one, by your skillful deed praise us well — among the cows, among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.29.3.md): Put the two-eyed ones to deep sleep; let them sleep and not wake. O Indra, praise us well — among the cows, am - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.29.4.md): Let those ungenerous foes be stilled; O hero, let the gifts come awake. O Indra, praise us well — among the co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.29.5.md): O Indra, crush completely that braying donkey, together with that evil woman. O Indra, praise us well — among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.29.6.md): The wind flies far off from the forest, together with the bird-like Kuṇḍṛṇācī. O Indra, praise us well — among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.29.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.29.7.md): O Indra, strike down all the surrounding clamour of foes and crush Kṛkadāśva; now make us prosper, O lord of a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.1.md): You who seek the prize, come to Indra, the bull of a hundred deeds, and pour out the greatest one with the dro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.2.md): He who gathers a hundred or a thousand bright drops, to him it flows of its own accord, as water runs down to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.3.md): When for joy and strength he drinks, these drops indeed gather in his belly; as the ocean holds the wide sky, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.4.md): Indeed this one stirs completely for you, like a dove that holds its young; therefore take up even our speech. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.5.md): Praise, O lord of riches, hero borne by songs! Whoever's praise is yours, may your greatness bear fruit in bou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.6.md): Stand up high for our protection in this contest, O you of a hundred deeds; let us two speak together among th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.7.md): In every contest, in every contest for prizes, we call upon the mightiest Indra. O comrades, summon Indra for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.8.md): If he hears, may he indeed come to us with a thousandfold help and with strengths, to hear our call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.9.md): Following the ancient dwelling, I call upon that very wise leader whom your father called upon before. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.10.md): Him, you, we, the all-victorious, praise; O much-invoked one, O friend, O giver of wealth, for the singers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.11.md): O soma-drinker, among the soma-drinkers of our bright ones, O friend, O wielder of the thunderbolt, among frie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.12.md): So may that be, O soma-drinker; O friend, O wielder of the thunderbolt, do thus, as we desire you, for our wel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.13.md): May those rich and vigorous (streams) be ours in Indra's gathering of rejoicing, that we may be exhilarated by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.14.md): One such as you, reaching by his own power and coming near for the praisers, O bold one, open the way, as an a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.15.md): O you of a hundred deeds, when you reach the offering and the desire of the singers, open the way with (your) - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.16.md): Indra always wins wealth with those who press forward, with those who roar, with those who puff. May he, golde - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.17.md): Come hither, O Aśvins, with horse-rich food and with power; come, O wondrous ones, rich in cows and gold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.18.md): Your chariot, yoked with equal harness, O Dasras, is undying; O Aśvins, it goes upon the sea. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.19.md): Ashvins, you two have lowered and held the wheel on the head of the unslayable chariot; the other one moves ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.20.md): O Dawn, dear to the pious, immortal one, what mortal comes for your enjoyment? O radiant one, whom do you look - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.21.md): We think of you, whether from near or from afar; O (Dawn), like a mare, O bright one, O red one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.30.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.30.22.md): O daughter of heaven, come here with those riches; establish wealth for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.1.md): O Agni, you first became the Aṅgiras seer; among the gods you became the divine and auspicious friend. At your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.2.md): O Agni, you are the first, the most like the Aṅgirases, the wise seer; you adorn the sacrifice of the gods. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.3.md): O Agni, first manifest for Mātariśvan, and for Vivasvat, the good doer. In the work of the hotar the two world - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.4.md): O Agni, for Manu you bent down the heaven; for Purūravas, the good doer, you became even more a good doer. Whe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.5.md): O Agni, you are a bull, the increaser of nourishment; you become worthy of praise for the sacrificer with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.6.md): O Agni, you fill at once the man who turns from crooked paths; O all-seeing one, you complete him in the conte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.7.md): O Agni, you establish that mortal in the highest immortality, day after day, for fame; who, eager, gives joy a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.8.md): O Agni, make us a glorious poet, praising, for the gaining of riches. May we prosper with new deeds and works, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.9.md): O Agni, be near us in the lap of the parents; O faultless one, a god among the gods, ever-wakeful. Be the make - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.10.md): You, O Agni, are far-seeing; you are our father. You are the one making us strong; we are your kinsmen. Hundre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.11.md): You, O Agni, first, the gods made for Āyu, made lord of the clans of Nahuṣa. They made Iḷā the instructress of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.12.md): You, O Agni, O god, guard us with your protections, the wealth of the bountiful, and our bodies; O worthy of p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.13.md): O Agni, you blaze in the midst as protector for the sacrificer, and for the unbound one you shine with four ey - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.14.md): O Agni, the excellent wealth you bestow on the much-praised giver, the one that is desired, you yourself grant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.15.md): O Agni, you protect on all sides the man with extended right hand, like an armor woven around him. The one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.16.md): O Agni, look after this shelter for us, and this path by which we have come from afar. You are kinsman, you ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.17.md): O Agni, like Manu, in the manner of the Angirases, like Yayāti, come to the seat, O bright one, as the ancient - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.31.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.31.18.md): O Agni, grow strong by this prayer, by power, or by whatever we have done for you, by knowledge, or. Lead us f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.1.md): Now I will proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra, which the thunderbolt-wielder performed first. He struck the se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.2.md): He struck the serpent lying on the mountain. Tvaṣṭar fashioned for him the heaven-bright thunderbolt. Like cow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.3.md): Acting as a bull, he chose the soma and drank the soma pressed in the Trikadrukas. The bountiful Indra took th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.4.md): When, O Indra, you struck down the first-born of the serpents and restrained the deceptions of the deceivers, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.5.md): Indra struck down Vṛtra, the most Vṛtra-like, named Vyaṃsa, with the great blow of the thunderbolt. Like shoul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.6.md): Like an unconquerable frenzied warrior, the great hero, the mighty and swift Indra is called upon. No one cros - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.7.md): Footless and handless, he kept on attacking; Indra struck him upon the mountain's ridge with his thunderbolt. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.8.md): Like a broken river-bank lying there, the waters, held in by him, climbed up over the mind and flowed beyond. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.9.md): For her who was bent down, Vṛtra was the son; Indra also struck down her lower part. Above was the sun, below - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.10.md): Among the standing, unfixed timbers the body of Vṛtra has been placed. Around that body of Vṛtra the waters mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.11.md): The wives of the Dāsas, guarded by the serpent, stood there; the waters were held back like cows bound by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.12.md): O Indra, that deed became your horse-like strength, when, as a lone god, you faced him in battle. O hero, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.13.md): Before him neither lightning nor thunder could stand, nor the mist he scattered, nor the hail-bearing cloud. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.14.md): Indra, you saw the slayer of the serpent; when you struck, fear came into your heart. Ninety-nine flowing stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.32.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.32.15.md): Indra is the conqueror of the checked waters, king of the calm, horned one, the one with the thunderbolt in hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.1.md): Let us, desiring cows, go near to Indra; may he strengthen our good prayer. Unharmed, may he then open for us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.2.md): To the giver of wealth, the unapproachable one, I fly as a falcon flies to its beloved nest. Honoring Indra wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.3.md): Sarvasena bound on his quivers together; the one whose cows the enemy drives away, he seeks them. O Indra, gre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.4.md): You struck down the Dasyu, the wealthy enemy, with the club, wandering alone, O Indra, with your helpers. Scat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.5.md): Their heads were cut off too, those who did not sacrifice, contending with the sacrificers. O Harivan, O stead - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.6.md): Desiring to fight the army of the blameless one, the dwellers on earth went forth, chariotless, bull-armed, bu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.7.md): O Indra, you fought against those who wept and those who laughed; from beyond the sky, from on high, you struc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.8.md): Making a ring around the earth, shining with gold and with a jewel, they did not shake Indra; he placed all si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.9.md): When, O Indra, you filled both worlds completely by your greatness, you cast down the non-thinkers against the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.10.md): Those who did not reach the end of sky and earth, nor by illusions could surround the giver of wealth — the bu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.11.md): According to its own power the waters flowed; in the middle of its waters, among the ships, the water grew; th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.12.md): Indra struck down the firm strongholds of the Ilibisha; he split apart the horned Shushna. O generous Indra, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.13.md): Like Sidhma he advanced against his enemies; with the mighty bull he broke their forts. Indra struck down Vrit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.14.md): O Indra, you helped Kutsa, in whom you delighted; you also protected the fighting bull Dashadyu. The dust shak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.33.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.33.15.md): You helped the bull who brings peace in the conquest of fields among the Turyas, and the white-spotted cow too - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.1.md): O Ashvins, may you two be thrice for us today, you who know the paths. Your journey and your gift are wide; li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.2.md): In the honey-bearing chariot there are three fellies; all know the wish of Soma. Three supports, fixed at the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.3.md): Thrice on the same day, O Avadyagohana, today thrice moisten the sacrifice with honey. O Ashvins, you two, giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.4.md): Thrice you go to the people who serve you, and thrice you teach the well-protected in threefold wisdom. O Ashv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.5.md): Thrice bring wealth to us, O Ashvins, you two; thrice, by the grace of the gods, protect our prayers. Thrice g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.6.md): Thrice give us divine remedies, O Ashvins, and thrice earthly ones, and thrice from the waters. For my son, fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.7.md): Worthy of sacrifice, O Aśvins, day after day three times pervade for us the threefold-supporting earth. O Nāsa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.8.md): Thrice, O Aśvins, with the rivers and the seven mothers, three invocations and threefold oblation were made. Y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.9.md): Where are the three wheels of the threefold chariot, and where are the three companion poles? When will the yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.10.md): Come hither, O Nāsatyas; the oblation is invoked for you. Drink the honey with honey-drinking mouths. For your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.11.md): Come hither, O Nāsatyas, with three and with eleven gods, to the honey-drinking. O Aśvins, you two lengthen ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.34.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.34.12.md): Bring hither to us with the threefold chariot, O Aśvins, wealth rich in sons. Hearing, I call you two for help - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.1.md): For well-being I first call upon Agni; here, for protection, I call upon Mitra and Varuṇa. I call upon the nig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.2.md): Moving with the dark sky, setting the immortals and mortals each in their place, the god Savitṛ comes in his g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.3.md): The god goes with the wind blowing forward, goes with the wind blowing upward; the worshipful one goes with tw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.4.md): Savitṛ stood upon the great chariot, wrapped about with sacred grass, all-formed, adorned with gold, worshipfu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.5.md): The dark-hued ones with white feet, bearing the chariot of golden front, look at men apart; in the divine lap - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.6.md): Savitṛ has three heavens, and two seats in his lap, one in the world of Yama who rules over the people. Like a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.7.md): The winged sun has illumined the mid-regions, deep-moving, life-breathing, well-guiding. Where now is the sun, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.8.md): He illumined the eight quarters of the earth, the three dry lands, the three distances, and the seven rivers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.9.md): The golden-handed Savitṛ, far-seeing, moves between the two worlds of heaven and earth. He drives away afflict - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.10.md): May the golden-handed, life-breathing, well-guiding, well-eyed, wealthy god come hither. Driving away the demo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.35.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.35.11.md): O Savitṛ, your ancient, dustless, well-made paths are there in the mid-region. By those easy paths protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.1.md): For you, who seek the gods among the many clans, we call upon the mighty Agni with well-made hymns and words; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.2.md): O people, you who have established Agni, the increaser of victory, may we, bearing oblations, worship you. Be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.3.md): We choose you as messenger, invoking priest, and all-knowing one. By the being of your greatness your flames s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.4.md): O Agni, the gods Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman kindle you together, the ancient messenger. The mortal who offers t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.5.md): Joyful Hotṛ, lord of the house, O Agni, you are the messenger of the peoples. In you are all the assemblies an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.6.md): In you indeed, O Agni, auspicious and youngest, all oblation is invoked. Be kindly-minded toward us today, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.7.md): Reverent people sit thus near that self-ruling Agni. With invocations the people kindle Agni well, and they cr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.8.md): Slaying Vrtra, they crossed beyond the two worlds and the waters, and made a wide dwelling. Among the Kanvas t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.9.md): Settle well, O Agni; you are great. Shine forth, most favored by the gods. Separate the smoke, O sacred one; s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.10.md): O bearer of oblations, the gods placed you here for Manu, most worshipful; the Kanva and Medhyatithi establish - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.11.md): The Agni that Medhyatithi and Kanva kindled from the cosmic order, from him his impulses shone forth. These ve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.12.md): O self-sustaining one, fill us with wealth; for you have a share among the gods, O Agni. You rule over strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.13.md): O upright Agni, stand here for our protection like the god Savitar. O giver of strength and food, upright one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.14.md): O upright Agni, protect us from guilt. With your flame burn away completely all the evil-doers and enemies. Ra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.15.md): O Agni, protect us from the demon; protect us from the deceiver and from the one who gives nothing. Protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.16.md): Like a cloud, strike away on all sides the ones who give nothing, O hot-jawed Agni. Let the mortal who is host - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.17.md): Agni has chosen good heroism; Agni granted good fortune to Kanva. Agni protected the two friends and Medhyatit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.18.md): By Agni we call from afar Turvasha and Yadu, and Ugradeva. Agni led Navavastu, Brihadratha, and Turviti with m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.19.md): O Agni, Manu set you down as light for the ever-present people. You shine in Kaṇva, born of truth, anointed; t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.36.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.36.20.md): The flames of Agni blaze, mighty and fearsome, as if standing to confront; always, and wholly, burn the sorcer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.1.md): O Kaṇvas, sing forth loudly toward the Maruts' playful, unconquerable host, adorned with chariot-ornaments. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.2.md): Those who were born together with dappled rays and ruddy ornaments are self-radiant. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.3.md): Here, as it were, their whips are heard, when they strike with whips in their hands and bring forth lightning - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.4.md): For that strong, gleaming, mighty host, sing forth the sacred formulation given by the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.5.md): Among the cows, proclaim the inviolable, playful host of the Maruts, which grew strong in the cloud's jaw on t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.6.md): O men, shakers of the world, who among you is the foremost, when you shake the limits of heaven and earth to t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.7.md): O Maruts, for the mortal's journey and before your fierce wrath, let the mountain bow down and the hills tremb - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.8.md): In whose movements the earth trembles, like the lord of the clans; from fear it quakes in their paths. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.9.md): Firm indeed is the birth of these; there is strength to go forth from the mother, when it rises doubled. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.10.md): Those sons raise up their songs; in their movements they stretch out the chariot-poles, gleaming, to go down t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.11.md): That long, broad, great one's grandson, the unfailing one, they indeed set shaking; by their paths they make h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.12.md): O Maruts, when your strength indeed sets the peoples shaking, you made the mountains tremble, you made them tr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.13.md): When the Maruts go together on the road and speak to one another, someone among them hears. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.14.md): Go forth swiftly, O Maruts, with your swift steeds! Your call is at the house of the Kaṇvas; there let us rejo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.37.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.37.15.md): Indeed there is (soma) for your exhilaration, and indeed we belong to them. May we have a full lifetime for li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.1.md): O Maruts, lovers of the cooked offering, with cut sacred grass, now you have held us as a father holds a son i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.2.md): Where are you now, and when will you reach your goal, as from the sky to the earth? Where are you, like cows r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.3.md): O Maruts, where are your new comforts? Where is your help? Where are all the good fortunes? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.4.md): O sons of the speckled mothers, when you are mortals, may your praiser become immortal. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.5.md): May your singer not become neglected like a deer for grass, nor go near the path of Yama. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.6.md): Far and near, may Nirṛti (ruin) not strike us down, nor let the destructive one fell us with thirst. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.7.md): Truly, the bright, unbound Maruts, sons of Rudra, make mist even over the dry land. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.8.md): As a cow lows for her calf, the lightning roars; as a mother clings to her calf, so when their rain is release - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.9.md): Even by day they make darkness, with Parjanya and the water-bearing cloud, when they drench the earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.10.md): Then, from the roar of the Maruts, all the people trembled, and all their earthly dwellings shook. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.11.md): O Maruts, with spear-bearing hands, bright ones, come along the cloud-laden paths with your tireless horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.12.md): May the rims of your chariot wheels be firm, and their horses too, well-made, with well-prepared reins. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.13.md): Speak toward Agni, lord of the sacred formula, with a praising song for the old seer; speak toward Agni, beaut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.14.md): Shape the verse in your mouth and spread it as Parjanya spreads rain; sing the Gāyatrī chant, fit to be recite - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.38.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.38.15.md): Praise the host of the Maruts, fierce, swift and bright; may they grow strong among us here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.1.md): O Maruts, when from afar you show your measure like lightning, by whose wisdom, by whose splendor, and for who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.2.md): Let your weapons be firm, swift for driving off and for checking the foe. Let your strength be greater, not fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.3.md): When you strike down even the immovable and turn the heavy, O heroes, then you go apart through the forest of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.4.md): O destroyers of foes, your enemy was not found in the sky nor on the earth. Let your strength be increased by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.5.md): They make the mountains tremble and shake the trees loose. O Maruts, you come forth, intoxicated with fury lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.6.md): You yoked the spotted (deer) to your chariots; Prshni's son carries the red one. For your journey even the ear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.7.md): O Rudras, for the sake of our offspring we quickly ask for a measure of your protection. Now come to us with p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.8.md): O Maruts, sent by you, sent by mortals, drive away with your strength the one who attacks us to harm us; drive - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.9.md): For you, of good sacrifice and good insight, have given Kaṇva something unsurpassed. O Maruts, come to us with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.39.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.39.10.md): O generous Maruts, you bear unsurpassed strength. You who shake unsurpassed power, release your hostility like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.1.md): Rise up, O Brahmaṇaspati; we who desire the gods call you. Let the generous Maruts come near, and, O Indra, be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.2.md): O Maruts, son of might: if a mortal calls upon you indeed for wealth that brings benefit, may he who has invok - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.3.md): Let Brahmaṇaspati go forth, and let the goddess Sūnṛtā come forth. Let the hero, the manly one who gives food - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.4.md): He who gives a good son and wealth to the one who calls holds undecaying fame. For him we worship Ilā, rich in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.5.md): Indeed Brahmaṇaspati speaks the praiseworthy hymn, in which Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman, and the gods, ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.6.md): Let us speak that auspicious, sinless hymn in the assemblies. O gods, bring back this speech as well; O men, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.7.md): Who will reach the man who turns toward the gods, who has strewn the sacred grass? The giver stands firm with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.40.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.40.8.md): With kings he breaks the might of the foe, and even in fear he establishes a good refuge. No one turns back ag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.1.md): The person whom the all-knowing Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryamā protect is indeed never harmed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.2.md): The mortal whom they cherish as if in their arms, they guard from harm; unharmed, he prospers in every way. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.3.md): Those kings shatter their fortresses and smash the strongholds before their enemies; they lead troubles across - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.4.md): O Ādityas, the path is good and unobstructed for one who goes toward cosmic order; here there is no devourer f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.5.md): O leading Ādityas, may the sacrifice you guide along the straight path reach insight for you without delay. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.6.md): That mortal, by his own power, reaches treasure, all goods, and offspring, and comes to them unharmed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.7.md): O friends, how may we win the praise of Mitra and Aryaman, and the great bounty of Varuṇa? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.8.md): I speak no word against you when someone strikes or curses; I draw near to the god-loving man only with blessi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.41.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.41.9.md): Let him fear even the four, and the giver, and the hoarded treasure; let him not desire harsh speech. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.1.md): O Pūṣan, carry us well across our paths and free us from distress and sin; O god, lead us forward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.2.md): O Pūṣan, the evil-minded wolf who aims malice at us: drive him far from the path and strike him down. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.3.md): Drive away that road-blocking thief, the hidden wicked one; send him far off from the course. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.4.md): Stand upon the two-tongued evil-speaker, upon whoever he may be, and trample that smoky one underfoot. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.5.md): O wonderful and wise Pūṣan, we seek that help of yours by which you set the fathers in motion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.6.md): Therefore, O all-blessed Pūṣan, richest in gold, make our riches good and easily won. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.7.md): Pūṣan, lead us beyond those who pursue us; make our paths easy and good. Pūṣan, here grant us wisdom. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.8.md): Lead us toward rich pasture; for the road, keep us unharmed. Pūṣan, here grant us wisdom. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.9.md): Pūṣan, be able and gracious; fill us, extend your gift, and satisfy the belly. Pūṣan, here grant us wisdom. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.42.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.42.10.md): Let us not neglect Pūṣan; let us praise him with fine hymns. From that wondrous giver we ask for treasures. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.1.md): When shall we speak to Rudra, the far-seeing, most bountiful and mighty one, the word most peaceful to the hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.2.md): As Aditi would bring good to our livestock, to our men and to our cows, so may there be Rudra's blessing for o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.3.md): As Mitra and Varuna are kind to us, so may Rudra take notice of us, and so may all the gods, united in harmony - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.4.md): We implore Rudra, lord of hymns and of wisdom, healer of the waters, and we seek the favor of that gracious on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.5.md): He who shines bright like the sun and like gold, the most excellent giver of wealth among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.6.md): May he bring us welfare: an easy path for the swift horse, for the ram and the ewe, for men, for women, and fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.7.md): O Soma, place upon us the splendour fit for a hundred men, and great fame, rich in manly strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.8.md): Let neither the obstructers of Soma nor the hostile ones who give nothing assail us. O Indu, share with us in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.43.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.43.9.md): Your offspring in the highest abode of immortality, in the seat of cosmic order — O Soma, the head and navel, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.1.md): O Agni, immortal, bring the bright wealth of Vivasvat and of Dawn; O knower of all births, today bring here fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.2.md): You are the pleasing messenger, the carrier of the oblation. O Agni, charioteer of the sacrifices, together wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.3.md): Today we choose that messenger Agni, the wealth-bringer, dear to many, smoke-bannered and brilliant, the glory - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.4.md): I praise Agni Jātavedas, most excellent, youngest, guest, well-offered and dear to the giver, at the dawnings, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.5.md): I will praise you, O immortal, nourisher of all. O Agni, protector, immortal, holy, most worshipful carrier of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.6.md): O youngest, praise-loving, well-praised, honey-tongued, well-offered Agni, be gracious to the one who praises - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.7.md): Agni, the all-knowing hotar, for the people kindle you. O much-invoked, wise Agni, bring the gods here quickly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.8.md): Savitar, Dawn, the two Aśvins, Bhaga, and Agni at the dawns, at the ends of the nights. The Kaṇva descendants - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.9.md): For you are lord of the sacrifices, Agni, messenger of the peoples. Bring hither the gods who wake at dawn, to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.10.md): Agni, after the former dawns you shine, O radiant one, all-visible. In the villages you are protector; in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.11.md): You, the means of the sacrifice, Agni, the hotar and rtvij, we establish. Like Manu, O god, we hold you, the d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.12.md): When you go as priest and messenger, great as Mitra among the gods, the flames of Agni shine, sounding forth l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.13.md): O Agni of listening ears, hear together with the bearer-gods and your companions. Let Mitra and Aryaman, who c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.44.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.44.14.md): Let the bountiful Maruts, whose tongue is fire and who uphold cosmic order, hear this praise. Let Varuṇa, firm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.1.md): O Agni, here invoke the Vasus, Rudras and Adityas too and perform the sacrifice; the well-conducted rite born - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.2.md): For the gods, attentive and discerning, are for the giver; O Agni of red horses, lord of songs, bring hither t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.3.md): Like Priyamedha, like Atri, O knower of births; like Virūpa, like Aṅgiras, O lord of great vows, hear the call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.4.md): The Mahikeravas, for protection, the Priyamedhas called upon Agni, who rules the sacrifices, shining with brig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.5.md): O Agni, called with ghee, O true one, hear well these songs with which the sons of Kaṇva call you for help. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.6.md): You, O most famed for wondrous glory, peoples call in the settlements; O flame-haired, much-beloved Agni, to b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.7.md): O Agni, the inspired seers set you down as the invoking priest, the rite-performer, the finder of the greatest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.8.md): O Agni, the inspired seers, who have pressed the soma, have come to you toward the praise, bearing great brill - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.9.md): O bringer of the dawn, O doer of many deeds, for drinking soma, O worthy one, here and today, seat the divine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.45.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.45.10.md): O Agni, bring the divine people nearer and worship them with fine invocations; this is soma, O bountiful giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.1.md): Here is Dawn, never before seen, shining forth as the dear one of the sky. O Aśvins, I praise you both greatly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.2.md): You two wonders, river-mothered, bringers of mind, finders of treasures — O gods, you two obtain wealth throug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.3.md): O Aśvins, you two are praised in the ancient high place, when your chariot flies with the winds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.4.md): With oblation, the beloved of the waters, the protector of many; O heroes, father of the pot, active one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.5.md): O Nāsatyas, speakers of thoughtful words, your worshippers praise you; O vigorous ones, drink the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.6.md): O Aśvins, grant us that nourishment which is radiant and carries us across darkness. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.7.md): Come to us, O Aśvins, in the boat of our prayers, to go across; yoke your chariot. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.8.md): Wonderful and broad is your chariot of the sky, at the ford of the rivers; with thought the soma drops have yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.9.md): O Kaṇvas, O drops of the sky, wealth is in the place of the rivers; where do you seek your own wandering light - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.10.md): The sun became golden light for the ray; bound by the tongue-like ray, he shone forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.11.md): The path of cosmic order became the way to the far shore, well-made; the voice of the sky was clearly seen. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.12.md): That very help is of the two Aśvins; the singer adorns it in the joy of the poured-out soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.13.md): Both of you, dwelling in Vivasvat's house, come here like Manu, O Aśvins, bringers of welfare, with our praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.14.md): Behind your two splendors Dawn followed the radiance of you two who circle; by the cosmic order you two also w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.46.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.46.15.md): Both of you drink, O Aśvins; both of you grant us shelter, with unfailing helps. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.1.md): O Ashvins, upholders of truth, this sweetest soma has been pressed. Drink it, the one offered at both ends of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.2.md): O Ashvins, come hither with your three-seated, threefold, well-made chariot. The Kanvas make prayer for you at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.3.md): O Ashvins, drink this sweetest soma, O upholders of truth. Then today, O wonder-workers, bearing wealth on you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.4.md): On the three-placed sacred grass, O all-knowing Ashvins, fill the sacrifice with sweetness. The Kanvas, who ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.5.md): By the very helps by which you guarded Kanva, O Ashvins, guard us well. O bright lords, O upholders of truth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.6.md): For Sudas, O wonder-workers, bearing wealth on your chariot, O Ashvins, bring the grains and fruits. Wealth de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.7.md): O Nāsatyas, whether you are far away or near Turvaśa, come to us together with the sun's rays, on a well-wheel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.8.md): May the seven horses, glory of the sacrifice, bring you both near to the rites. O generous heroes, filling wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.9.md): O Nāsatyas, come here in that sun-bright chariot, by which you have always brought wealth to the giver, and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.47.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.47.10.md): With hymns and with songs we call you here, O bestowers of many treasures, for protection; for in the dear ass - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.1.md): O Uṣas, daughter of the sky, shine forth for us together with your light. O radiant goddess, with great brilli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.2.md): The dawns, possessing horses and cows and giving all wealth, have come forward greatly to their abode. O Uṣas, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.3.md): Uṣas has shone forth, and now may the goddess shine with the swift chariots. Those who have taken their place - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.4.md): O Uṣas, those who yoke their minds in your journeys for giving — here indeed Kaṇva sings of that; and among th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.5.md): Indeed, Uṣas comes like a woman, like a good mother who bears children, bringing wealth; awakening the veil of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.6.md): Uṣas, who separates various people from their common labors, and shows distinct paths to the suppliants, comes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.7.md): From afar, from above the sun's rising, yoked to a hundred chariots, this auspicious Uṣas comes; she goes fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.8.md): All the moving world bows to her sight; she who brings good makes light. O bountiful Uṣas, daughter of heaven, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.9.md): O Uṣas, shine forth with your radiance and moon-bright light; O daughter of heaven, bringing us abundant good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.10.md): For the breath and life of all is in you, when you shine forth, O bringer of good. You, O radiant one of wondr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.11.md): O Uṣas, bestow indeed the wondrous vāja (strength and wealth) that is among mortals and among people; with it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.12.md): Bring all the gods hither for the drinking of soma from the mid-air, O Uṣas; you indeed. She, the praiseworthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.13.md): May Uṣas, whose shining rays appear auspicious, grant us wealth desired by all, beautifully adorned, and easil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.14.md): Those ancient seers indeed called you for help, O great Uṣas; accept our praises and enrich us with wealth and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.15.md): O Uṣas, when today with your light you open the two doors of heaven, grant us unobstructed, broad shelter and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.48.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.48.16.md): O Uṣas, enrich us with great wealth and with all-beautiful possessions; satisfy us with offerings of food. O g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.49.1.md): O Uṣas, come hither with auspicious lights, from above the brightness of the sky. Let the red-rayed horses car - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.49.2.md): O Uṣas, with that beautiful and comfortable chariot on which you mount, O daughter of the sky, today protect t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.49.3.md): O bright Uṣas, even your winged birds, bipeds and quadrupeds; O Uṣas, they set the seasons in motion round abo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.49.4.md): Indeed you shine forth with your rays, lighting up all the light. To you, O Uṣas, the Kaṇva poets, desiring we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.1.md): Those rays lift up the sun, the god who knows all beings, so that all may see him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.2.md): As thieves go away with the nights, those stars depart, for the sun who sees all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.3.md): I have seen his banners; his rays spread out over the people, like shining fires. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.4.md): You are the ferryman, O Sun, all-seeing maker of light; you shine forth over the whole world with your radianc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.5.md): Facing the hosts of gods and facing the peoples, you rise up; facing all, you rise to behold the bright heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.6.md): With that eye, O purifier, with which you look upon the active people, with that, O Varuṇa, you watch. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.7.md): O Sūrya, measuring out the days with the nights, you traverse the wide sky and the realm, beholding the births - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.8.md): O god Sūrya, seven tawny steeds carry you on the chariot. O flame-haired one, O far-seeing one! - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.9.md): Sūrya yoked the seven bright daughters of the chariot; with those self-yoked steeds he goes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.10.md): Beyond darkness, beholding the higher light, we have gone to the god among gods, the Sun; we have reached the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.11.md): O great friend Sūrya, rising today and ascending to the higher heaven, destroy my heart-disease and my yellown - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.12.md): We place my yellowness in the green parrots and in the ropaṇā-plants; and then indeed we place my yellowness i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.50.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.50.13.md): This Āditya has risen with all his might, with strength. Subduing the hostile one for me, may I not become a d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.1.md): Toward that ram-like Indra, invoked by many, worthy of the verses, gladden him with songs—he is an ocean of we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.2.md): Toward him gathered indeed all the helpful protections—filling the mid-air, self-protected, enveloped by their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.3.md): You opened the cattle-stall for the Aṅgirases, and, as the finder of pathways in a hundred fortresses, for Atr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.4.md): You opened the coverings of the waters, and on the mountain you held up wealth abounding in gifts. O Indra, wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.5.md): By your illusions you cast down the illusion-makers, who worked with their own powers. You broke the forts of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.6.md): In the battles of the Śuṣṇa-slayers you protected Kutsa; for Atithigva you released Śambara (from the fortress - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.7.md): In you are all powers, and your wealth rejoices for the drinking of soma. Your thunderbolt, placed in both arm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.8.md): Distinguish between the noble ones and the enemies; subdue the lawless ones who oppose the one who spreads the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.9.md): Subduing the lawless ones for the keeper of the vow, Indra with the sons of the waters crushed the ones withou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.10.md): When Uśanas, with his power, shaped power for you, you press heaven and earth apart with might and surge forwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.11.md): When Indra rejoiced at Uśanas's wise poetry, he stands upon the two crooked things, and yet more crooked. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.12.md): Indeed you stand upon the chariot among the bulls; in those brought forth by Śāryāta you rejoice. O Indra! As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.13.md): Indra, you gave a calf to the great Vacasyu, and to Kakshivat, the presser of soma, you gave the cow Vṛcayā. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.14.md): Indra has been established in the press-hollow of the wise patron; the praise in the press-stones is like a sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.51.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.51.15.md): This homage is uttered to the bull, the self-ruler, the mighty one of true strength. O Indra, in this battle, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.1.md): Exalt that ram, finder of heaven, with whom a hundred bright companions move together. Like a swift horse, I w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.2.md): He stands unshaken like a mountain in firm places, of a thousandfold help, he grew strong among the powers. Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.3.md): He is the door-bolt among the gates, shining in the udder, moon-based, grown in intoxication; I call him by th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.4.md): Him whom those seated on the sacred grass fill in heaven, like desires shining like the ocean: after that Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.5.md): In his exultation, toward his own bounty as he fights, help went forth, like chariots down a slope, when Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.6.md): Around him the rays move, strength shines, enveloping the waters, he sat down on the base of space. On the slo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.7.md): O Indra, just as waves do not overwhelm a lake, the prayers that grow you do not withstand you. Tvashtar too g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.8.md): O Indra, lord of gathered rites, having slain Vritra, you went with the bay horses seeking the waters for Manu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.9.md): When the helpers of mankind, fearing the ascent to heaven, made the vast, bright, gladdening hymn of praise wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.10.md): Even the sky trembled at the roar of this serpent; your thunderbolt, O Indra, shook it in fear. When Vritra wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.11.md): When, O Indra, the ten-armed earth stretched out the days and all the peoples spread wide, then right here, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.12.md): You are beyond this wide expanse, rich in your own strength, for protection, O firm-minded Indra. You made the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.13.md): You are the equal of the earth, and you became lord of the great one rich in heroes. By your greatness you fil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.14.md): Heaven and earth do not reach the expanse of him, nor do the rivers reach the limit of the mid-realm; in his e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.52.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.52.15.md): Here the Maruts praised in that battle, and all the gods rejoiced with you. When you struck Vṛtra down with a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.1.md): At the seat of Vivasvat we offer great speech and praises well to Indra. Among the givers of wealth, ill-prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.2.md): You are the gate of the horse, O Indra; you are the gate of cattle; you are the gate of barley and wealth, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.3.md): O possessor of might, O Indra, much-doing, most brilliant! Your wealth is manifest on all sides. Therefore, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.4.md): Rejoicing with these days, with these soma-drops, restraining the thought with cows and the Aśvins, tearing th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.5.md): O Indra, may we be joined with wealth; joined with food; with many bright prizes, with divine and thoughtful p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.6.md): Those exhilarations have gladdened you, and those manly deeds; those soma-juices have gladdened you in the bat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.7.md): O Indra, you press from battle into battle; with might you smash fortress upon fortress together. When in frie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.8.md): You struck down Karanja and also Parnaya with the swiftest chariot of Atithigva. You broke the hundred fortres - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.9.md): Twice ten of these men-kings, unbound, who came to Susravas — sixty thousand, ninety and nine, so heard — you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.10.md): You protected Susravas with your helps and your protections, O Indra, Turvayana. For him you made prosper Kuts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.53.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.53.11.md): We who, O Indra, are your friends protected by the gods toward the north, may we be most auspicious. May we pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.1.md): O bountiful Indra, do not put us in peril in these battles, for your might has no end. You made the rivers roa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.2.md): Sing to Indra, the mighty one who hears; exalt the great one. He who with his firm strength fills both heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.3.md): Sing for the vast heaven; let the speech be pure and radiant. Whose own is the might, whose bold mind is fearl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.4.md): You shook the crest of the vast heaven; with your own bold might you shattered Śambara. When you stood firm wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.5.md): When you strike down with the thunderbolt upon the head of the whirlwind-demon Śvasana, and the forests of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.6.md): You protected Nārya, Turvaśa and Yadu; you protected Turvīti and Vayya, O you of a hundred acts of might. You - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.7.md): He is the king, lord of the good, whose offering is given; the people prosper. He heeds the one who obeys his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.8.md): Let power be unequalled and thought unequalled; may the soma-drinkers, by their deeds, be rid of their foes. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.9.md): For you indeed are these many stone-pressed draughts, sitting on the seat, in the cups, the drinks of Indra. E - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.10.md): Darkness with a deep hollow stood among the waters; a mountain lay within the bellies of Vritra. Indra strikes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.54.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.54.11.md): May he grant us light with prosperity and great dominion; O Indra, conqueror of men, grant desirable might. Pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.1.md): His vastness has spread beyond the sky; before Indra's greatness not even the earth can stand. Fearsome, might - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.2.md): He is like the ocean, the sea that takes the rivers into itself and spreads out with its streams. Indra surges - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.3.md): O Indra, you set that mountain-like great one in motion for enjoyment; by your great manly power and the stren - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.4.md): He is praised in the forest by reverent worshippers; speaking lovely words among the peoples, he displays his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.5.md): He, the fighter, by his might, wins great contests for the peoples; then devotion too is given to the brillian - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.6.md): That glorious one, by his strength, enlarging the dwellings fashioned on earth and destroying the darkness, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.7.md): O soma-drinker, may your mind be set on giving; O hearer of praise, turn your two bay horses hither. O Indra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.55.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.55.8.md): You hold unfailing wealth in your two hands; renowned, you have grasped unconquered might in your body. As the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.56.1.md): Indra, among the many praises, rises up like a racehorse. For strength he makes the great one drink from the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.56.2.md): Like the hub of a wheel that turns, the praises flow from all around toward him, lord of skill, as rivers flow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.56.3.md): He shines with great might, like the trembling light of the mountain. By the strength with which he overcame t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.56.4.md): If the divine, mighty, helpful praise stirs Indra to aid, as the sun stirs Dawn, he who drives away the darkne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.56.5.md): When you spread the imperishable support, held up the wide spaces of heaven, and opened the barriers of heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.56.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.56.6.md): You, by your strength, set in place the support of heaven, and became great among the dwellings of the earth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.57.1.md): To the most mighty, great, mountain-like one whose strength is true and mighty, I bring my hymn of thought. Hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.57.2.md): Then let the whole world be yours, as water runs to low ground; let the soma-streams of the one who offers obl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.57.3.md): With reverence, gathered together in the sacrifice to that fearsome one, O Dawn, bring him, shining, to the on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.57.4.md): O Indra, much-invoked one, these are all yours; beginning with you we go about, O lord of great wealth. There - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.57.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.57.5.md): O Indra, your heroic might is great; we are yours. O bountiful one, fulfill this praiser's desire. The vast he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.57.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.57.6.md): You, O Indra, cut that great wide mountain joint by joint with the thunderbolt, O thunderbolt-bearer. You rele - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.1.md): Sahoja, the immortal Agni surely blazes up when he becomes the priest and messenger of Vivasvat. By his highes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.2.md): Toward his own dwelling, the youthful, ageless Agni swiftly flares up and stands among the scorched places. Li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.3.md): Working with the Rudras and Vasus, he is seated as household priest and offerer, the immortal giver of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.4.md): Driven by the wind, he stands apart among the scorched places, roaring loudly in vain with flames and sound. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.5.md): With flaming hair, driven by the wind, he comes through the forest like a herd; victorious, he attacks on ever - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.6.md): The Bhrigus set you among men like a treasure, lovely and easily invoked for the people. O Agni, priest, guest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.7.md): I serve Agni, the seven-tongued, most worthy of sacrifice, the invoker whom skilled priests choose at the rite - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.8.md): O son of strength, greatest of friends, grant today unbroken shelter to us who praise you. O Agni, free the si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.58.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.58.9.md): O shining one, be a protector to the singer; O bountiful one, be a shelter to the generous. O Agni, free the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.59.1.md): O Agni, your flames and your other fire-forms — in you all the immortal gods rejoice. O Vaiśvānara, you are th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.59.2.md): Agni, the head of heaven and the navel of earth, became the guide of both worlds. That god, O Vaiśvānara, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.59.3.md): As steady rays rest in the sun, so they placed the treasures in Vaiśvānara Agni. You are king over whatever is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.59.4.md): As wide heaven and earth are for a son, so the skilled priest, like a man, offers many songs to Vaiśvānara — t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.59.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.59.5.md): O Jātavedas, O Vaiśvānara, your greatness, vaster than heaven, has surged forth still further. You are king of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.59.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.59.6.md): Now I shall proclaim the greatness of the bull-like god, whom the Pūrus serve as slayer of Vṛtra. Vaiśvānara A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.59.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.59.7.md): By his greatness Vaiśvānara Agni, drawing all men to himself, is honored among the Bharadvājas, radiant and wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.60.1.md): Agni, the glory of the rite, its banner and swift messenger, easy to guard, twice-born, like praised wealth, M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.60.2.md): Both kinds of worshippers, the oblation-bearers and the mortals called Ushij, attend upon his teaching. Earlie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.60.3.md): May he, born anew from the heart, win good fame from us, honey-tongued. Him whom the priests, the human worshi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.60.4.md): Ushij, the purifier, wealthy and choiceworthy among mortals, the priest was set among the clans. Lord of the h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.60.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.60.5.md): You, lord of riches, Agni, we Gotamas praise with hymns. Gladdening the bringer of strength like a swift steed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.1.md): For him, for swift Indra, I bring the song of praise, as a gift; for the one with shining flames, for Adhrigu, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.2.md): For him I hold forth the praise like one pressing ahead, and with good speech I lay the dear sacred stone on t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.3.md): For him I bring with the mouth that famous, comparable, heaven-winning anguṣa; for the most mighty Indra, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.4.md): For him I put together the praise well, as the carpenter fashions the chariot for the maker; for Indra praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.5.md): For him, with praise-wealth like a host, I adorn the song for Indra with the ladle; I praise the hero, giver o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.6.md): For him Tvaṣṭar fashioned the most excellent thunderbolt, heaven-winning, for battle; by it he even found the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.7.md): He, at once in his mother's pressings, drank the father (Soma) and obtained pleasing foods. The great and migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.8.md): Indeed, for him the women and the wives of the gods sang praise to Indra at the slaying of Ahi. He filled the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.9.md): Just so his greatness has surpassed heaven, earth and the mid-region. Indra, self-ruling, enters the house, al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.10.md): Indeed, just so, with his might, Indra cut apart the blazing Vṛtra with the thunderbolt. Like cows that were e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.11.md): Indeed, with his brilliance the rivers raced, when with the thunderbolt he had surely restrained them. The con - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.12.md): For him, O swift-moving one, bring forth the thunderbolt against Vṛtra, for controlling, many-powered Indra. L - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.13.md): Proclaim now, with new hymns, the ancient deeds of this vigorous one; when, reaching for his weapons for battl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.14.md): By his fear the mountains and the firm heaven and earth tremble from birth; near the bowl of the one who longs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.15.md): To him alone, of these, all that was later given was won, when as lord of the wide he defeated Etaśa contendin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.61.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.61.16.md): Thus, O Indra of the bay horses, the Gotamas have made prayers to you with good praise. Place in these your mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.1.md): We offer swift praise to the mighty one, a vigorous chant to the lord of songs, like the Aṅgirases. For the on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.2.md): Offer great homage to the great one, and sing the vigorous Āṅgūṣya chant for the mighty one, by which our anci - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.3.md): In the quest of Indra and the Aṅgirases, Saramā discovered the hiding-place for the child. Bṛhaspati split the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.4.md): With the Suṣṭubh meter, with the Stubh chant, with the seven inspired poets and the voice, with the nine-fold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.5.md): Praised by the Aṅgirases, O wondrous Indra, you spread out the darkness with Dawn, with the sun, with the cows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.6.md): That is indeed his most praiseworthy deed, and the most beautiful work of that wondrous one, when at the call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.7.md): In two ways he parted them, with hymns praised by Ayāsya. Like Bhaga, in the highest, wide expanse of the sky, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.8.md): From of old, heaven and earth—of varied forms, reborn, youthful—are encircled by their own radiances. Dark nig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.9.md): Cherishing lasting friendship, the son (Indra) held it fast by strength, the bounteous one. Even among the raw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.10.md): From of old, those sisters—boundless, unhindered—immortal, guard the laws by their powers. Thousands of water- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.11.md): Bringing friendship, with homage, with fresh hymns, the thoughts seeking wealth—O bountiful one—have come runn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.12.md): Your riches never fail in the hands, nor are they exhausted, O bountiful one. You are radiant, rich in insight - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.62.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.62.13.md): For the one yoked by tawny steeds, the seer Sanāyata of the Gotama line fashioned a new prayer to Indra. O mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.1.md): You are great, O Indra, who was born by your might. In the wide space you set the two heavens and the two eart - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.2.md): When, O Indra, you yoke the two bay horses, the praiser placed your thunderbolt in your two arms. O Aviharyata - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.3.md): You are true, O Indra, bold one; among the men of the Rbhukshan you are manly, you are the six. In the dwellin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.4.md): You, indeed, O Indra, as a friend, impelled Vritra, when you struck him, O wielder of the thunderbolt, O bull- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.5.md): You, indeed, O Indra, at that time not harming, even in the disfavor of the firm mortals, you turned the poles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.6.md): It is you, O Indra, whom men call in the Arnasati, in the Svarmiḷha, in the battle. O possessor of sustenance, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.7.md): O Indra, fighting the seven fortresses, you split them open for Purukutsa. O wielder of the thunderbolt, O kin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.8.md): O Indra, O god, you swell that bright nourishment around the world like waters. O hero, by it you extend body - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.63.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.63.9.md): O Indra, the Gotamas have spoken prayers to you with reverence, along with the two bay horses. Bring us excell - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.1.md): O Nodhas, offer a fine hymn to the Maruts, the mighty, strong, well-sacrificing wise ones. For them who come t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.2.md): They were born of heaven, bold as strong bulls, the young sons of Rudra, undying and blameless. They are purif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.3.md): The young sons of Rudra, unaging and destroyers of the unwary, shook like mountains. By their might they shake - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.4.md): With bright, varied ornaments they adorn themselves for beauty; upon their breasts they wear golden decoration - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.5.md): Lords who make the shaking, destroyers of enemies, with mighty powers they created the winds and lightnings. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.6.md): The generous Maruts fill the waters; those who come to the rites fill them with ghee-rich milk. As one drives - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.7.md): O Maruts, you are buffalo-like, wondrous, bright-shining, self-strong like mountains and swift in motion; when - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.8.md): Roaring like lions, wise and beautifully adorned like spotted creatures, all-knowing and possessing all wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.9.md): O heroic Maruts, sharers of the troops, guides of men, proclaim heaven and earth; you are impelled by might an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.10.md): All-knowing, dwelling together with wealth, joined with one another, shining with might, the archer Maruts hav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.11.md): With golden thunderbolts, you milk-increasers strike up the mountains like a traveller; you are sacrificers, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.12.md): With invocation we praise the sons of Rudra, the bright purifiers, lords of the forests, far-shining, dust-rai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.13.md): That mortal, protected by your help, O Maruts, rises above other men through his strength. With swift horses h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.14.md): O Maruts, set in the bountiful lords the shining strength that cannot be crossed in battles, the active one. M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.64.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.64.15.md): Now, O Maruts, grant us firm wealth, rich in heroic sons, conquering the cosmic order. Place in us wealth that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.1.md): Like a beast, homage to Agni, the protector moving in the cave; homage to the yoker, homage to the bearer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.2.md): The steadfast gods, of one accord, went after with their steps; all the sacrifice-worthy gods sat down near yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.3.md): The gods followed the vows of cosmic order; he became the enclosure of greatness, like the heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.4.md): In the source and the womb of cosmic order, the waters, by their flowing, nourished the growing, very young, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.5.md): He is like nourishment, like a pleasing dwelling, like the broad earth, like a mountain in bulk, like abundanc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.6.md): Like a swift racehorse in the unborn place, sprinkled by the flood, like the river Sindhu, who indeed can rest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.7.md): Agni is like a kinsman of the rivers, like a brother to the sisters; as a king consumes the forests, so he dev - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.8.md): When Agni, driven by the wind, rises up among the forests, he indeed gives the bristling hair of the earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.9.md): He breathes in the waters, sitting like a swan; most perceptive by wisdom, the waker of the peoples. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.65.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.65.10.md): He is wise like Soma, born of cosmic order; like a cow with her calf he is all-pervading, shining from afar. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.1.md): He is bright like wealth, visible like the sun; like life and breath, like a constant son. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.2.md): He seizes the forests like a nourisher; pure and shining, like a milk-giving cow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.3.md): He has upheld security like a joyful home; like ripe barley, he is the victor of peoples. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.4.md): He is a seer who praises, extolled among the clans; pleased like a racehorse, he bestows vigor and life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.5.md): Whose flame is hard to quench, constant like resolve; as a wife in her place, he is sufficient for all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.6.md): When he blazes forth, wondrous and white among the clans, he gleams like a chariot adorned with gold; in conte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.7.md): Like an army let loose, he subdues the darkness; he has the flame that flashes like the sun's lightning. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.8.md): Yama (the restrainer, Agni) was indeed born; Yama is the cause of birth. He is the lover of the maidens and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.9.md): Both of you bring him near, we with the home; as cows go home to the stall, so they reach the kindled fire. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.66.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.66.10.md): As a river flows downward, he sent the low streams forward; the cows bellow in the vision of heaven's light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.1.md): Born in the forests, he is a friend among mortals. As a king chooses what does not decay, so he takes praise a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.2.md): He is excellent like well-being and like a good purpose. Wise and skilled, he has become the priest and carrie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.3.md): Holding all treasures in his hand, he set the gods in the home. Seated in a hidden place, he establishes the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.4.md): Here thoughtful men find him, when they recited with the heart the mantras they had fashioned. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.5.md): Like an unborn one he held up the earth; with true mantras he propped up the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.6.md): O Agni, protect the beloved footprints of the herd. O you who live a full life, enter the hidden cave. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.7.md): He who knows Agni, who exists hidden, is the one who has taken his seat in the stream of ṛta. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.8.md): Those who move apart, upholding the cosmic truths, then proclaim treasures for him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.9.md): He who by his greatness holds apart the heroic powers, and the peoples, and the offspring within their homes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.67.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.67.10.md): The insight of the waters, all-living, appeared in the house of the waters; as the wise make a dwelling, they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.1.md): The shining Agni rose up toward the sky; he unveiled the standing chariot of the sun, parting it from the nigh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.2.md): When the sole god among all these became, by his greatness, god among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.3.md): Then all the gods accepted your purpose, when, O god, living from the dry wood you were born earliest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.4.md): All the gods obtained divinity and a name; upholding the cosmic order, by these very deeds they attained immor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.5.md): Messengers of cosmic order, devotion to cosmic order; all the gods who live their full life performed their de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.6.md): To him who gives to you, or who teaches you, O knowing one, grant wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.7.md): The invoking priest, seated among the offspring of Manu, is indeed now the lord of these men's riches. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.8.md): They desire seed among one another; by their own skills the immortal ones recognize each other in their bodies - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.9.md): As sons delight in their father's purpose, so may the swift ones who hear his instruction accept it with joy. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.68.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.68.10.md): Agni, ranging in his many forms, opens the doors of wealth; with stars he adorned the vault of heaven, he who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.1.md): Bright Agni shines like the lover of Uṣas; like the light of heaven he fills both realms together. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.2.md): Born, you have become all-pervading by your wisdom; though you are the father of the gods, you became their so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.3.md): Agni, wise and unpuffed with pride, is the one who knows; like the udder of the cows, like the sweet nectar of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.4.md): Auspicious among people and worthy of invocation, Agni, delightful, is seated in the middle of the dwelling. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.5.md): Like a son born in the house, delighted, and like a strong horse, pleased, Agni has led the peoples across. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.6.md): When I call the peoples together with the leaders, may you, Agni, companion-dwelling, attain all divine nature - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.7.md): No one violates these ordinances of yours, since you have done a kindly deed for these men. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.8.md): That indeed is your exploit: together with the men you slew (the foe), and yoked, you pierced open the works. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.9.md): Like the lover of Uṣas, shining, like the light of the dawn, of well-known form, may he (Agni) know this for h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.69.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.69.10.md): Bearing (Agni) by their own power, they opened wide the doors; all (the gods) rejoiced at the place of heavenl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.1.md): May we win, through the ancient insights and prayers of the Āryas; may Agni of beautiful flame attain all thin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.2.md): Knowing fully the divine ordinances, you also know the birth of the human folk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.3.md): He who is the womb of the waters, the womb of the forests, the womb of what stands and of what moves. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.4.md): Even in the stone, and within the house, for him—like among the clans—he is immortal and well established amon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.5.md): Surely he is Agni, who has dwellings and grants riches; to whoever gives him offerings with good hymns, he giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.6.md): O knowing one, protect these beings; knowing the birth of the gods and the mortals, guard them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.7.md): Whom the many earlier dawns of varied forms make grow — he is the chariot of the stationary one, led forward a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.8.md): The invoking priest Agni was kindled, seated in the heavenly light, making all true works. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.9.md): You have placed praise among the cows and in the forests; all peoples bring our offering-portion to the heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.10.md): Men serve you in many ways, as one serves a father, as one serves an old man; they bring forth the sacred know - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.70.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.70.11.md): Like a good one, like an eager horse, like a hero; like a fearsome charger, blazing in battles, you shine fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.1.md): As longing mothers go to their ever-present lord, so the sisters who dwell together delighted in dark and rudd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.2.md): Even the firm strongholds, as our fathers did, the Aṅgirases broke with hymns, with a roar, breaking the rock; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.3.md): Holding fast the cosmic order, desiring this one's prayer, then eager toward the Ārya, the dark-bearing, unthi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.4.md): When Mātariśvan rubbed him forth, borne in every house, he became bright and was born; then the Bhṛgus, like a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.5.md): When, for the great father, for heaven, he made the juice, he flowed down knowing the speckled cows; with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.6.md): He who in his own house shines near you, or gives homage to you, or gives after the days of dawn to the worshi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.7.md): All paths converge upon Agni, as seven mighty rivers flow to the ocean. O wise one, though apart from your kin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.8.md): When, for sustenance, brilliance entered the lord of men, and heaven placed the pure seed in its shelter, Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.9.md): Like the mind, alone, swiftly traversing the paths, he truly is the heroic lord of wealth. The skilful kings M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.71.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.71.10.md): O Agni, do not break our ancestral friendships; though knowing, remain a poet. As a cloud wears away form, so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.1.md): Agni became lord of riches; holding in his hand the ancient poetic works of the wise seers, he performed many - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.2.md): For us, all the immortal, unseen gods, desiring the child-calf, sought Agni; like weary wayfarers and meditati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.3.md): O Agni, when three years had passed, the bright ones served you with ghee; they took on names worthy of sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.4.md): Seeking to know the vast heaven and earth, the sacrifice-worthy Rudras worshipped Agni; the wise mortal found - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.5.md): Recognizing one another, they sat down near; with their wives they bowed in reverence to Agni, made their wear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.6.md): Thrice seven secret places were found in you alone; the sacrifice-worthy hidden places are guarded by them. In - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.7.md): O Agni, knowing the paths of the dwelling-places of the earth, you establish the ways for life in due order. K - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.8.md): The seven great, self-powered knowers of order opened the doors of wealth from heaven. Then Sarama found the c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.9.md): Those who stood in all good works, making the way to immortality, by their greatness and with the great ones, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.72.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.72.10.md): In this sky they placed beautiful splendor, when the immortals made the eyes of heaven. Then the rivers flow a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.1.md): Like wealth, won through the fathers, the giver of life, the good guide Agni, like a teacher to the wise, plea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.2.md): Like the god Savitar, true of thought, he protects all deeds by his will; much-praised, like a true thought, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.3.md): Like the god who reaches the all-bearing earth, like a kindly friend who is a king; like heroes seated in fron - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.4.md): Him, O Agni, men serve in the house, ever kindled, in firm places; in him they have set much splendor. O all-l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.5.md): O Agni, may the bountiful patrons obtain separate strongholds; the giving patrons give all life. May we win st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.6.md): The cows of cosmic order, lowing, with udders full of milk, born of day, seeking good will from afar; the rive - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.7.md): O Agni, the worthy sacrificers, seeking your good favor, set their fame in heaven. They made the nights and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.8.md): O Agni, may we be among the wealthy like those mortals whom you have driven forward for riches. Like a shadow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.9.md): O Agni, with your help may we, with steeds, leaders, and heroes, conquer leaders and heroes. May the sun-devot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.73.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.73.10.md): O Agni, O seer, may these hymns be dear to you and pleasing to mind and heart. Under your guidance may we driv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.1.md): Drawing near to the sacrifice, let us speak a sacred formula for Agni, who hears both from afar and us here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.2.md): The ancient one who, among the homes and the gathered peoples, guarded the wealth for the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.3.md): And let the people declare that Agni, slayer of Vṛtra, has arisen, the winner of wealth in every battle. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.4.md): You are the messenger of him in whose dwelling you carry the oblations for enjoyment; wondrous one, you make t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.5.md): O Aṅgiras, O mighty one, that easily invoked, good god Agni, the peoples have called seated upon the sacred gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.6.md): And you bring those gods here near for praise; O bright-shining one, the oblations for enjoyment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.7.md): O Agni, when you go forth as messenger, no hindrance of any chariot or horse is heard anywhere. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.8.md): Impelled by you, the swift horses have gone forward beyond the former ones; O Agni, the generous worshipper ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.74.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.74.9.md): And, O Agni, O god, you bestow radiant, great and good heroic strength upon the generous worshipper for the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.75.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.75.1.md): Agni, accept this speech, most widely extending and most dear to the gods; pouring oblations, be seated in you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.75.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.75.2.md): Therefore, O Agni, most like the Angirases and most wise, let us recite the sacred prayer dear to you, for a s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.75.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.75.3.md): O Agni, who among men is your kinsman? Who is the sacrificer who gives you offerings? And indeed, on whom do y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.75.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.75.4.md): You are the kinsman of men, O Agni; you are the friend, the dear one. To friends you are a companion; you are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.75.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.75.5.md): Sacrifice for us to Mitra and Varuna; sacrifice to the gods, to the great cosmic order (ṛta). O Agni, sacrific - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.76.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.76.1.md): O Agni, for what boon will your approach be? Which thought will be most auspicious for you? Who has obtained y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.76.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.76.2.md): Come, O Agni, sit here as the priest, unfailing and going before us. May heaven and earth protect you; you who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.76.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.76.3.md): O Agni, burn up all the demons well; be the protector of the sacrifices against the reviler. Then bring the lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.76.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.76.4.md): With a voice rich in offspring, O Agni the bearer, I call you; sit down here with the gods. You impel the offe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.76.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.76.5.md): Just as you once worshipped the gods with the oblations of the inspired man, being yourself wise among the wis - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.77.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.77.1.md): How shall we offer praise to Agni? This song is recited for the radiant one, loved by the gods. He who is immo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.77.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.77.2.md): In the rites, bring hither with homage that most gracious keeper of rta, the priest. When Agni brings the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.77.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.77.3.md): He indeed is wisdom, he is a man, he became a good friend, the charioteer of the wonderful. In the sacrifices - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.77.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.77.4.md): May that Agni, most guiding of men and destroyer of foes, accept our songs and thought with his protection. An - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.77.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.77.5.md): Thus was Agni, keeper of rta and knower of all births, praised by the Gotamas and the inspired seers. May he f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.78.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.78.1.md): O Jātavedas, far-seeing Agni, we Gotamas call to you with song; with brilliant flames we press toward you and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.78.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.78.2.md): Gotama, desiring wealth, serves you with song; with brilliant flames we press toward you and praise you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.78.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.78.3.md): Like the Aṅgirases, we invoke you, the greatest giver of winning prizes; with brilliant flames we press toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.78.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.78.4.md): You, the greatest slayer of Vṛtra, who shakes off and drives away the dasyus, we call; with brilliant flames w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.78.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.78.5.md): We Rahugaṇas have uttered for Agni words sweet as honey; with brilliant flames we press toward you and praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.1.md): Golden-haired Agni, in the expanse of the atmosphere, is like the serpent and the shaker, swift as the wind. B - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.2.md): When your well-winged rays shine forth with their forms, the dark bull roars; and this earth comes smiling wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.3.md): When he, drinking the milk of cosmic order, leads them along the most splendid paths of cosmic order, then Ary - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.4.md): O Agni, lord of might rich in nourishment and cattle, O mighty one, O all-knowing one, establish great fame fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.5.md): May he, kindled, rich, wise, worthy of praise as Agni, praised with song, shine for us with wealth, O ancient- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.6.md): O king, you yourself are of the night, of the dwelling, and of the dawns. O Agni, sharp-jawed one, burn the de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.7.md): Come down to us, O Agni, with your protections, at the forward offering of the gāyatra chant. In all our thoug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.8.md): Bring us wealth worthy of choice, O Agni, conqueror of rivals. In all battles you are hard to overcome. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.9.md): Bring us, O Agni, with good intent, wealth that bestows riches on all men. In your grace, establish us for lif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.10.md): Put forward your pure words, O Gotama, for Agni of keen flame. Seeking his favor, offer praise-songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.11.md): Whoever harms us, O Agni, whether near or far, let him fall. Be indeed for our growth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.79.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.79.12.md): The thousand-eyed, far-seeing Agni drives away the demons. Let the priest praise Agni, who is worthy of praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.1.md): Thus in the intoxication of Soma the sacred formulator made you grow, O most mighty, O wielder of the bolt; by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.2.md): That bull-like Soma, borne by the falcons and pressed, gladdened you; by it, O wielder of the bolt, you slew V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.3.md): Come forward, come toward me, come boldly; let not your bolt be held back, O Indra, for your manly strength is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.4.md): O Indra, you slew Vritra upon the earth; send down from the sky, with the Maruts, the waters bringing life and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.5.md): Indra, struck with the bolt upon the ridge of Vritra the obstructer of the waters, advancing against him, stri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.6.md): Upon the ridge, with the hundred-jointed bolt, he strikes him down; Indra, exhilarated by the soma-drink, seek - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.7.md): O Indra, wielder of the stone, wielder of the thunderbolt, unsurpassed is your heroic power; for you slew that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.8.md): Your thunderbolts were scattered apart; over ninety ships your great heroic power extends. O Indra, praising t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.9.md): Together, a thousand praise him; twenty hundreds followed him. Praising with the sacred formula raised for Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.10.md): Indra with might utterly destroyed the forceful power of Vritra; this is his great manly deed. Having slain Vr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.11.md): From fear of your wrath these two great ones tremble, when, O Indra, O wielder of the thunderbolt, you slay Vr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.12.md): Not by trembling, nor by thunder, did Vritra fear Indra; toward him came the iron thunderbolt with a thousand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.13.md): When you struck down Vritra and the serpent together with the thunderbolt, O Indra, wishing to slay you, your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.14.md): For your sake, O possessor of the stone, when you stood in your wrath, the moving world and Tvaṣṭar trembled; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.15.md): Surely, now, who could reach Indra beyond his heroic deeds? In him are manly vigor and purpose; the gods toget - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.80.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.80.16.md): That thought which Atharvan, Manu's father, and Dadhyañc stretched forth; in it, prayers from of old gathered - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.1.md): Indra grows strong for exhilaration and for might, the slayer of Vṛtra, together with the men. It is him we ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.2.md): You are a leader, O hero, a bestower of much; you are the one who increases even the small. To the sacrificer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.3.md): When the contests are roused and wealth is set in place, O Indra, yoke your two exhilaration-dripping bay stee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.4.md): Great and formidable by his will, Indra has grown in might, a hero for splendor, between his two arms. Shipri, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.5.md): He has filled the earthly realm and the atmosphere, and spread wide the shining worlds of heaven. O Indra, no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.6.md): May the noble one who gives food to men bestow it on the giver, and may Indra instruct us. Share out your abun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.7.md): In every exhilaration, O Indra of upright purpose, give us many herds of cattle; seize hundreds together for u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.8.md): Rejoice with us when the soma is pressed, O hero, for strength and for bounty. We know that you are rich in ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.81.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.81.9.md): All these creatures are yours, O Indra; they nourish and enjoy all that is desirable. You look upon the people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.82.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.82.1.md): O bountiful Indra, listen near to our praises, when we who offer good sacrifice desire you; then indeed may I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.82.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.82.2.md): They drank and indeed rejoiced; the dear ones shook down the soma; the self-radiant seers praised with the new - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.82.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.82.3.md): O bountiful Indra, of fair sight, we should indeed praise you; O full-handed one, praised, come now along to t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.82.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.82.4.md): He indeed stands upon that bull-chariot, the finder of cows, whose vessel is full, whose horses are easily yok - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.82.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.82.5.md): O Indra of a hundred deeds, let your right horse be yoked, and the left too; with that come to your beloved wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.82.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.82.6.md): For you I yoke with prayer the two bay horses; come, take hold of them in your hands; the pressed soma-drops s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.83.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.83.1.md): Indra, rich in horses, foremost among cattle, good protector! The mortal who comes with your protections, him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.83.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.83.2.md): Like waters, the divine streams go toward the sacrificial protection; they look out over the spreading realm o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.83.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.83.3.md): Upon the two you placed a word worthy of recitation; the pair who hold out the ladles, both of them honor. He - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.83.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.83.4.md): Then the Angirases first established strength, with kindled fires, with the śamī-stick, with skilled work; fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.83.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.83.5.md): By sacrifices Atharvan first stretched out the paths; then the sun, protector of the vow, and Vena, the loving - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.83.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.83.6.md): When sacred grass is spread for him who has good offspring, or when the singer proclaims the chant in heaven; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.1.md): Indra, for you the soma has been pressed. Most mighty, bold one, come hither. As the sun fills the realm with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.2.md): Indra indeed, whose might is unassailable, may the two bay horses carry. The praises of the seers and the sacr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.3.md): Slayer of Vritra, mount your chariot; your two horses are yoked with prayer. May the pressing-stone turn your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.4.md): Indra, drink this pressed soma, the foremost immortal exhilaration. Streams of the bright one have flowed towa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.5.md): Now sing for Indra and recite the hymns. The pressed drops of soma have gladdened him; bow down to that greate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.6.md): None drives faster than you, Indra, when you rein in your two bay horses; none reaches after you in might, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.7.md): He who alone gives wealth to the generous mortal is the unopposed lord — indeed, that is Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.8.md): When will he make the ungenerous mortal tremble like a bent stick under the foot? When will Indra hear our pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.9.md): When the soma-presser desires to win you for many, indeed Indra wields his fierce might. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.10.md): Thus the cows who are companions of Indra drink the sweet, all-pervading mead; with the bull they rejoice for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.11.md): Those dappled cows mix soma for him; the cows dear to Indra impel the thunderbolt and the arrow, bestowing wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.12.md): With homage the wise honour his might and follow his many sacred commands, for the one of earlier mind, bestow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.13.md): Indra, whom none could resist, with the bones of Dadhyañc struck down ninety-nine Vṛtras. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.14.md): Seeking the head of the horse that lay hidden, set aside on the mountains, he found it there in Śaryaṇāvat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.15.md): Here indeed they conceived the name of the cows and the hidden form of Tvaṣṭar; thus they dwelt in the house o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.16.md): Who today yokes the cows to the pole of cosmic order? May he who serves them and enriches them live — the stin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.17.md): Who strives, who is afflicted, who fears? Who honors Indra who is near? For whose son, for whose horse-man, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.18.md): Who worships Agni with oblation, with ghee, with the ladle, at the seasons and by the fixed rites? For whom sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.19.md): O most mighty Indra, you are the god who carries the praise of mortal man forward. O bountiful one, there is n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.84.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.84.20.md): May your gifts and your protections never be taken from us; O giver of wealth, never harm us at any time. O hu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.1.md): The Maruts, the generous sons of Rudra, adorn themselves on their path like women or like troops. They made he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.2.md): Anointed, they attained their greatness; the Rudras made their seat in heaven. Singing praise and generating t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.3.md): The Maruts, having cows for mothers, when they shine on their bodies with unguents, put on bright ornaments of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.4.md): The Maruts, the well-sacrificing ones, shine with their storms and make even the unshaken tremble by their mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.5.md): When you, O Maruts, yoked the spotted mares to your chariots and drove the cloud-stone in the contest, the str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.6.md): Let the horses bring you hither — they that dwell in the grain-cleansing and drink the raghu drink. Come forwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.7.md): The self-strong Maruts grew by their greatness; they stood up in the sky and made their seat wide. When Viṣṇu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.8.md): Like heroes, like fighters in combat, like men seeking fame, they strive in battles. Before the Maruts all bei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.9.md): When Tvaṣṭṛ set turning the well-made golden thunderbolt with a thousand spikes, Indra, the man, grips it for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.10.md): By their strength they pushed upward even the firmly fixed protector, and they split apart even the mountain. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.11.md): They pushed aside the crooked protector from that direction and poured a spring for Gotama, the thirsty one. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.85.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.85.12.md): The shelters that are yours, which sustain threefold for the one who praises, grant them to the giver. May the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.1.md): O Maruts, in whose dwelling you guard the paths of heaven, O mighty ones, that man is the best protected. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.2.md): O sacrifice-bearing Maruts, by sacrifices or by the thoughtful praises of the wise poet, O Maruts, hear the ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.3.md): And for whose strong man they shape the wise poet, he shall go to the cattle-rich fold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.4.md): For this hero, Soma has been pressed on the sacred grass, on the heavenly seats; the ukthā-chant and the exhil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.5.md): Let all beings hear his call — those who move toward the sun, who indeed set the waters and the food in motion - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.6.md): O Maruts, indeed through many and through many autumns we have offered; with your aid we accomplish the works - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.7.md): O Maruts, leaders of the sacrifice, may that mortal be blessed whose journeys you carry across. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.8.md): O men, O Maruts of true strength, you have found the desire of the one who toils and longs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.9.md): You, O Maruts of true strength, make that manifest by your greatness; strike the demon with lightning. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.86.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.86.10.md): Hide the secret darkness, drive away all the stingy foes, and produce the light that we desire. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.87.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.87.1.md): Far-reaching in might and wide in power, heroes unbending and unfailing, swift in their rushing, most beloved - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.87.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.87.2.md): O Maruts, when you came to the calls, like birds along some path, the vessels drip toward your chariots; here - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.87.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.87.3.md): Along their courses the earth trembles like a widow when they yoke their chariots for splendour; these playful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.87.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.87.4.md): He, born of a sister, lord of the spotted horses, is the young troop surrounded by his powers; you are true, p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.87.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.87.5.md): By the birth of the ancient Father we speak; the tongue of Soma goes forth by sight, when the singers, with th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.87.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.87.6.md): For splendour they mingled with the rays and with the hymns; bringers of joy, bearing cloud-glory, armoured an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.88.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.88.1.md): O Maruts, lightning-bearing and sweet-sounding, come hither with your rain-bringing chariots and horse-feather - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.88.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.88.2.md): They go in their chariots, drawn by ruddy and tawny horses, toward some place for the sake of a fine boon and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.88.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.88.3.md): O Maruts, for the splendor of your bodies we raise high our songs, as the forests rise high. O well-born Marut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.88.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.88.4.md): O Maruts, like vultures, day after day this thought and the divine song of the warrior-chant have come to you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.88.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.88.5.md): That distance seemed unreached; yet when Gotama, O Maruts, beheld you, he saw the golden-wheeled, iron-jawed, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.88.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.88.6.md): O Maruts, this is your sustaining companion, who supports the chant like the voice of the weapon-stroke; her s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.1.md): May auspicious thoughts come to us from every side, undeceived, unobstructed, rising forth. May the gods alway - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.2.md): May the auspicious favor of the gods, for those who seek the straight path, and the gods' bounty turn toward u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.3.md): With the ancient invocation we call upon them: Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, Dakṣa, the undeceived; Aryaman, Varuṇa, So - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.4.md): May the wind that brings well-being blow that remedy for us; may Mother Earth and Father Heaven give it too. M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.5.md): We call upon him, the lord of what moves and what stands still, the inspirer of thought, for protection. May P - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.6.md): May Indra of great fame give us well-being; may Pūṣan, the all-knowing, give us well-being. May Tārkṣya, whose - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.7.md): Maruts with dappled horses, sons of Pṛśni, coming in splendor, arriving at the contests of the sacrifice, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.8.md): O gods, may we hear what is auspicious with our ears; O gods worthy of sacrifice, may we see what is auspiciou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.9.md): O gods, where you have brought our bodies to old age, let there surely be a hundred autumns; where sons and fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.89.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.89.10.md): Aditi is the sky, Aditi is the atmosphere; Aditi is the mother, she is the father, she is the son. All the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.1.md): May Varuṇa and Mitra, the all-knowing, lead us along the right path; may Aryaman, joined with the gods, be fav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.2.md): Indeed they are the possessors of wealth; unfailing in their greatness, they always guard the sacred laws. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.3.md): May those immortals extend shelter to us mortals, driving hostile foes far away. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.4.md): May Indra and the Maruts clear our paths for well-being; may Pūṣan and Bhaga, worthy of praise, do likewise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.5.md): And you, O Pūṣan, O Viṣṇu, O swift-chariot gods, make our thoughts rich in cattle and make us bringers of well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.6.md): For the one who follows Ṛta, the winds blow sweetness; the rivers flow with sweetness; may our herbs be full o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.7.md): May the nights and the dawns be sweet, and the earthly atmosphere be sweet; may Dyauḥ, heaven, be our sweet fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.8.md): For us may the lord of the forest be sweet, may the sun be sweet; may the cows be full of sweetness for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.90.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.90.9.md): May Mitra bring us peace, Varuṇa peace; may Aryaman be peace for us. May Indra and Bṛhaspati be peace for us; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.1.md): O Soma, you knew the way by your thought and lead us along the straightest path. Through your guidance our fat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.2.md): O Soma, by your powers you became well-willed; by your skills you became skilful and all-knowing. You, the bul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.3.md): Of the king, indeed, are the ordinances of Varuṇa, vast and deep; your abode, O Soma. You are pure, dear and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.4.md): Those abodes of yours that are in heaven, those on earth, those among the mountains, among the plants and in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.5.md): You are Soma, lord of the good; you are king, and also the slayer of Vṛtra. You are auspicious; you are purpos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.6.md): You too, O Soma, be subject to us, that we may live and not die. Dear is your praise, O lord of the forest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.7.md): You, O Soma, bestow wealth for greatness; you place strength in the young man who follows ṛta, so that he may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.8.md): You, O Soma, O king, protect us on every side from the malicious; may no one who has a friend like you come to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.9.md): O Soma, through those joy-bringing protections of yours that are for the giver, be our protector. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.10.md): Accepting this sacrifice and this hymn, come near; O Soma, be for our growth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.11.md): O Soma, we who know the word enlarge you with songs; becoming bountiful of hand, enter into us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.12.md): O Soma, bringer of fame, driver off of disease, finder of wealth, increaser of nourishment, good friend, be fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.13.md): O Soma, gladden our heart as cows are gladdened in the pasture, as a young man is gladdened in his own home. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.14.md): O Soma, O god, whatever mortal gladdens you in friendship, the skillful and wise seer attends upon him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.15.md): O Soma, free us from the accusation, protect us from sin; be our friend and kindly one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.16.md): O Soma, swell and be full; may your vigor come to you from all sides; be in the gathering of strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.17.md): O most exhilarating Soma, swell and be full with all your drops; become our most renowned friend, for our grow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.18.md): May your milk-juices come together with us, and strengths, and the virile powers of the enemy-driver; O Soma, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.19.md): O Soma, may all the abodes where they worship you with oblation be the guardians of your sacrifice. Slayer of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.20.md): Soma gives a cow, Soma gives a swift horse, Soma gives a hero active in deeds. To the one who gives to him, So - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.21.md): O Soma, unassailable in battles and armies, sprinkler, lord of heaven, protector of the waters and of the stro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.22.md): You, O Soma, generated all these plants; you generated the waters, you generated the cows. You stretched out t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.91.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.91.23.md): With a divine mind, O god Soma, fight for us, to win a share of wealth, O mighty one. Let none overpower you; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.1.md): These are the very Dawns who raised the banner of light; in the eastern region, in the half of the sky, they a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.2.md): The ruddy rays sprang up, not in vain; they yoked the shining cows of the self-harnessing Dawns. The Dawns per - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.3.md): Like women, the Dawns sing praise with their works, from afar, in one shared course. Bringing refreshment, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.4.md): Uṣas puts on her adornments like a dancing woman; like a warrior she uncovers her breast. Creating light for a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.5.md): Her ray appeared before us, shining; standing forth she drives away the dark, the unborn gloom. As beauty of r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.6.md): We have crossed to the far shore of darkness; Uṣas, lighting up with her robes, makes all things. Like a meter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.7.md): Shining, leader of true deeds, daughter of heaven, I praise you together with the Gotamas. O Dawn, rich in off - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.8.md): O Dawn, may I obtain that glory, rich in heroes, with servants as protection, wealth that awakens horses. O au - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.9.md): The goddess, looking upon all beings, turning eastward, shines out like a broad eye. Awakening all living bein - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.10.md): Again and again being born, though ancient, adorning the same color, like a slayer of dogs, destroying the ene - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.11.md): Unveiling the ends of heaven she has been awakened; she drives away her ever-moving sister. Measuring the ages - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.12.md): Bright and fortunate like cattle, spreading out, she has spread wide like a river flood; not harming, knowing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.13.md): O Uṣas, bring us that wondrous wealth, O mistress of strength, by which we may establish offspring and descend - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.14.md): O Uṣas, today here, rich in cows and horses, radiant and abundant in wealth, shine forth for us, O possessor o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.15.md): Yoke, indeed, O mistress of strength, today the ruddy horses, O Uṣas; then bring us all good fortunes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.16.md): O Aśvins, let your path come to us full of cows and gold, O givers; with one accord, O bestowers, rein in your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.17.md): You two who thus brought the hymn of praise down from heaven as light for men, O Aśvins, you two, bring us nou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.92.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.92.18.md): Let those two gods come hither, bringers of well-being, bestowers, golden-wheeled; may the gods awakened at da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.1.md): Agni and Soma, you two mighty ones, hear well this my call. Take delight in my hymns, and be a source of refre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.2.md): Agni and Soma, to him who today serves you two with this word, grant good heroic strength, the nourishment of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.3.md): Agni and Soma, may he who offers you oblation, and who presents the offering with the ladle, attain through of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.4.md): Agni and Soma, your heroic deed is known, when you two, protecting, freed the cows from the Pani; you carried - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.5.md): You two set these lights in heaven; Agni and Soma, you are of one purpose. From the reproach's distress you re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.6.md): Matarisvan brought one fire from heaven, and churned another from the stone like a hawk. Agni and Soma, growin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.7.md): O Agni and Soma, savor the oblation that has been set forth; O mighty ones, accept it and take delight. Be a c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.8.md): Whoever serves Agni and Soma with oblation, with mind, and with ghee, guard and keep his sacred vow from sin, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.9.md): O Agni and Soma, equally wise and well invoked, accept our songs of praise; among the gods you two have come t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.10.md): O Agni and Soma, for him who offers ghee to you two with this oblation, shine forth great light and abundance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.11.md): O Agni and Soma, be pleased with these offerings of ours; come to us together, near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.93.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.93.12.md): O Agni and Soma, nourish our swift horses; may our cows and streams that carry the oblation swell full. Place - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.1.md): For Agni Jātavedas, who deserves it, we fashion this hymn well with thought, as a chariot is made. May his gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.2.md): The one for whom you perform the sacrifice prospers; unharmed he dwells and bestows good strength. He grows st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.3.md): May we be able to kindle you as fuel; perfect our thoughts. In you the gods eat the poured oblation. Bring the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.4.md): We bring kindling-wood and make offerings, awakening you at each joint of the year. For life, carry our though - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.5.md): You are the guardian of these peoples; under his sway creatures move about, the two-footed and the four-footed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.6.md): You are the adhvaryu and the hotr too; you are the first, the ancient one. You are the praiser, the purifier, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.7.md): You who have fair sight on every side, shining like lightning even when far away, O god, you see even beyond t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.8.md): O gods, may the chariot of the one who presses soma be foremost; may our praise prevail against the attacking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.9.md): With your blows, strike away the evil-speakers and the attacking foes, whether they are far or near, or whoeve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.10.md): When you yoke the two reddish steeds, driven by the wind, to your chariot, your roar is like a bull's; then wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.11.md): Then from your sound even the winged birds are afraid, and your grass-eating sparks stand apart. That path is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.12.md): This is for the support of Mitra and Varuṇa, the gracious and wondrous fervor of the descending Maruts. Be gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.13.md): O Agni, you are a god among gods, a friend, a wondrous treasure; in the sacrifice you are lovely among treasur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.14.md): That is good for you: that you are kindled in your own house, invoked with soma; most gracious one, you are pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.15.md): O you rich in good wealth, the one to whom you have given is blameless; O Aditi, he dwells in every protection - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.94.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.94.16.md): You, O Agni, who know good fortune, extend our life here, O god. May Mitra and Varuṇa show that favor to us; m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.1.md): Two mothers of different forms move about, each on her own course; one after the other they bring the calf nea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.2.md): Ten untiring young women brought forth this embryo of Tvaṣṭṛ; the far-extended, sharp-flamed one of his own gl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.3.md): Three of his births are adorned: one in the ocean, one in heaven, one in the waters. After the eastern quarter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.4.md): Who has discerned this hidden one for you? The calf brought forth the mothers by their own nourishing power. E - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.5.md): Manifest, the beautiful one grows between these two; upright among the crooked, of his own glory, in the lap. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.6.md): Both auspicious ones delight in him, like two milch cows, like cows that are not barren; they stand near him w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.7.md): As Savitar stretches out his two arms, the fearsome, gleaming Agni strives to hold the two ends of the warp. H - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.8.md): When he joins with the cows and waters in his seat, Agni shows his mighty, shining form. The poet cleanses and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.9.md): Your wide flames move around the shining base, the abode of the buffalo-bull. O Agni, kindled with all your ow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.10.md): In the marshes he opens a way for the flowing stream; with bright waves he reaches the land. He bears all trea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.95.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.95.11.md): Thus, O Agni, grown strong with fuel, O purifier, rich in wealth, shine forth for us for fame. May Mitra and V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.1.md): He, born of old with might, at once upheld all the sacred songs. He established the waters, Mitra, and the fir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.2.md): By the ancient nivid and the poet Āyu's praise he brought forth these peoples of the Manus; by Vivasvat's sigh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.3.md): Praise him, the first accomplisher of the sacrifice, to whom the Aryan clans make offering: the radiant one, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.4.md): He, Mātariśvan, dear to many invokers, finds the path for the son, the seeker of heaven's light. He is guardia - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.5.md): Night and dawn, changing in hue, nurse a single child, moving together in harmony. Between heaven and earth th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.6.md): He is the root of wealth, the uniter of the Vasus, the banner of the sacrifice, the wise poet won by thought. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.7.md): Both now and in former times, the dwelling of riches, the protector of what is born and what is to be born, of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.8.md): May the giver of wealth extend it forth for the wealth of the strong one; may the giver of wealth extend it fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.96.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.96.9.md): Thus, O Agni, growing with kindling-sticks, possessing wealth, purifier, shine for us for fame; may Mitra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.1.md): O Agni, burn away evil far from us; purify wealth for us. Let the blazing evil be far from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.2.md): With good dwelling, good passage, and wealth we worship. Let the blazing evil be far from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.3.md): When the nearest of these advances, our singers also come forward. Let the blazing evil be far from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.4.md): O Agni, when we are born as your singers, we move forward toward you. Let the blazing evil be far from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.5.md): When the rays of the mighty Agni spread on every side, let the blazing evil be far from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.6.md): O all-faced one, indeed you are all-pervading and everywhere the protector. Let the blazing evil be far from u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.7.md): O Agni, all-faced one, carry us across our hostile foes as if by a boat. Burn away our sin far from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.97.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.97.8.md): May he carry us across, for our well-being, as one crosses a river by boat. Burn away our sin far from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.98.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.98.1.md): May we be under the favor of Vaiśvānara; he is king, overseer of all worlds. Born here, Vaiśvānara sees this w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.98.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.98.2.md): Praised in heaven, praised on earth, Agni, praised, has entered all the plants. May Vaiśvānara Agni, praised, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.98.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.98.3.md): O Vaiśvānara, may that truth of yours stand firm; may bountiful wealth come to us. May Mitra and Varuṇa grant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.99.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.99.1.md): To Jātavedas, knower of all born beings, let us press the soma; may Agni burn down the wealth of the hostile m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.1.md): He who is the bull, dwelling with mighty bulls, sovereign over great heaven and earth, to be invoked in battle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.2.md): Whose unconquerable course is like the sun's, whose strength slays Vritra in every battle, most virile, he dwe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.3.md): As the seed of heaven, its streams flow, milked forth, encompassed by his strength; dispelling hostility, vict - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.4.md): He became most like the Angirases among the Angirases, a bull among bulls, a friend among companions, rich in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.5.md): Like the Ṛbhus with sons and with the Rudras, he is skilled in the human contest, having conquered enemies, sp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.6.md): He is wrathful, the maker of rejoicing; with our men he won the sun; on this day, the true lord, much-invoked: - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.7.md): Those helpers call him in battle; the settlements make him their protector for safety. He alone is lord of all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.8.md): At the festivals men obtain him for might; each man, for help and for wealth. Even in blind darkness he finds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.9.md): With his left hand he restrains the foes who strive against him, and in his right hand he holds the deeds that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.10.md): He is the giver of wealth with the settlements; he is found with chariots. With all human striving may he appe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.11.md): When he is united in battle with kinsmen, or with those not kin, or, O much-invoked one, with deeds, in the co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.12.md): He is the bearer of the thunderbolt, the slayer of the dasyus, fearsome and fierce; of a thousand thoughts, of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.13.md): His thunderbolt roars, born of heaven, bright as the sky's gleam, swift in chariot, armed with the goad. Gifts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.14.md): By whose might unceasing glory and praise encompass both worlds on every side, may he, rejoicing in deeds, bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.15.md): Whose might's limit the gods, nor godhood, nor mortals, nor the waters have reached; he, by his strength, surp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.16.md): Red, pale, bright-rayed, shining, radiant, dawn appeared for the wealth of Ṛjrāśva, bearing the bull-coloured - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.17.md): This, O Indra, is the hymn to you, the bull; the Vārṣāgiras praise the wealth. Ṛjrāśva with the goads, Ambarīṣ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.18.md): The dasyus and the Śimyus, O much-invoked Indra, having slain them by deeds, he cast them down on the earth wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.100.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.100.19.md): May Indra always be our advocate; may we win wealth unhindered. May Mitra and Varuṇa, Aditi, the Sindhu, the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.1.md): Praise the exhilarating one with a drink offering and with speech; he who with Ṛjiśvan split the dark-wombed c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.2.md): He who with excited fury slew Vyaṃsa, who slew Śambara, who slew the lawless Pipru; Indra who pressed down the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.3.md): Whose great might is Heaven and Earth, in whose vow are Varuṇa and the sun, whose vow the rivers follow — him, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.4.md): Who is lord and controller of horses and of cows, steadfast in every deed; Indra, who is the slayer of the wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.5.md): Lord of the whole moving, breathing world, who first found the cows for the priest; Indra who drove the dasyus - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.6.md): Invoked by heroes and also by the timid; called upon by runners and also by the victorious; Indra, upon whom a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.7.md): By the path of the Rudras comes the all-seeing one; with the Rudras the woman spreads her wide light. Insight - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.8.md): O Maruts-possessor, whether you rejoice in the highest seat or in the lower battlefield, come from there to ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.9.md): O Indra, for you we have pressed the soma, O skillful one; for you we have offered the oblation, O bearer of p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.10.md): Rejoice with your bay horses, O Indra! Loosen your jaws and release the cows. O fair-jawed one, may your bay h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.101.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.101.11.md): As guardians of the one with Marut-praise, may we win the prize of strength with Indra. May Mitra and Varuṇa g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.1.md): I offer to you this great and wide thought of praise, when in this song I have adorned you. At the festival an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.2.md): Seven rivers bear his fame; heaven and earth take on their visible form. For our seeing, the sun and moon, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.3.md): Forward, O bountiful one, for gain, drive that chariot of victory in which we rejoice at your meeting. O Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.4.md): May we win with you, the yoked companion; carry forward our share in every contest. O Indra, make the path to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.5.md): These many peoples invoke you, O holder of wealth, with your help, desiring. Surely stand upon our chariot, fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.6.md): His two arms conquer cows; he of boundless purpose, mighty in every deed, of a hundred protections, wielding t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.7.md): O bounteous Indra, your glory rises above a hundred and above a thousand in contests. O fort-breaker, none is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.8.md): Threefold-established, the measure of might, O lord of men, the three earths and the three realms of light are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.9.md): Among the gods we call you first; in battles you have become the victor. May Indra make our poet Upamanyu and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.10.md): You have conquered wealth; in the contest you have freed the riches held back among the children, O bounteous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.102.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.102.11.md): May Indra always be our advocate; may we win strength unhindered. May Mitra and Varuṇa show favor to us, and A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.1.md): Long ago the seers set up his supreme power from afar. One part is here on earth, another in heaven; they come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.2.md): He upheld and spread out the earth; striking with the thunderbolt, he slew the serpent and released the waters - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.3.md): He, born to bear the offering, faithful, shattering the forts with strength, moved among the enemies. O wielde - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.4.md): For the one who has spoken, these human ages are to be proclaimed, when the bountiful one bears his name. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.5.md): Behold this abundant, nourished form of his; set faith in the heroism of Indra. He found the cows, he found th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.6.md): To the one of many deeds, the bull, the strong one of true might, let us press soma. The hero who, like one bl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.7.md): O Indra, you performed that heroic deed, when with the thunderbolt you awakened the sleeping serpent. Followin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.103.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.103.8.md): O Indra, when you struck down Śuṣṇa, Pipru, Kuyava and Vṛtra, and shattered the forts of Śambara, may Mitra, V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.1.md): Indra, your seat has been prepared; come and sit down there, like a horse to its place. Loosening your strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.2.md): Those heroes went forth to Indra for help; now they have quickly travelled along those paths. The gods scatter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.3.md): The knowing one himself brings it down; himself brings the foam up upon the water. The two women of Kuyava are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.4.md): The navel of the upper Āyu has been parted; with the former ones the hero rules. Añjasī and Kuliśī, the mistre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.5.md): When the guiding dawn appeared toward the enemy's dwelling, she came to her own seat; therefore, O bountiful I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.6.md): You, O Indra, establish us in the sun; likewise in the waters, in blamelessness. Grant us a share in the long - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.7.md): Then I think your heart is set on him. O bull, urge on for great wealth. O Indra, much-invoked, do not place u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.8.md): Do not destroy us, Indra, do not cast us away; do not steal our dear provisions. O bountiful one, O mighty one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.104.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.104.9.md): Come hither; they call you the soma-lover. This soma has been pressed; drink it for exhilaration. In your broa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.1.md): The moon is within the waters; the bird-winged one runs in heaven. O golden-rimmed gods, the lightnings find y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.2.md): Surely there is purpose for the seeker; the wife joins her husband. The two churn the virile milk, giving the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.3.md): O gods, may that heavenly light not fall down; do not keep me away from the soma, from the bringer of bliss. E - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.4.md): I ask about the sacrifice, the lowly matter; that messenger will declare it. Where has the ancient rta gone? W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.5.md): You gods who are in the three realms of heaven's light: what is your rta, and what is unrta? Where is your anc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.6.md): Where is the support of your rta? Where is the sight of Varuna? By the great path of Aryaman may we cross over - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.7.md): I am he who formerly, at the pressing of Soma, speaks those things. As a wolf finds a thirsty deer, so, O Heav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.8.md): Like rivals, the ribs heat me on all sides; as mice gnaw at the members, so they tear me apart. O one of a hun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.9.md): Those seven rays stretched out there as my navel — Trita the Āptya knows them. For kinship he roars; O Heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.10.md): Those five sprinklers standing in the middle of the great heaven — among the gods they now turn down what is t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.11.md): These eagles sit in the middle of the bucket-like place of heaven; they drive away the wolf crossing the flowi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.12.md): O gods, that new, sayable, beneficial, well-spoken matter — the rivers flow toward cosmic order. The sun has s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.13.md): O Agni, among the gods is your praiseworthy, drinkable Soma. Sitting like Manu, worship the gods for us; most - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.14.md): Sitting as the priest, like Manu, here the most knowing Agni sends oblations toward the gods. Wise god among t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.15.md): Varuṇa makes the prayer; he who finds the way, him we seek. He opens the thought from the heart; let the new o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.16.md): The path of Āditya, son of Aditi, which is to be proclaimed in heaven, is not made for passing beyond, O gods; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.17.md): Trita, fallen into the well, calls the gods for help; Bṛhaspati heard that, making for him a wide release from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.18.md): The reddish one once saw me going on the path; indeed he hides himself above, as a carpenter does with a stone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.105.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.105.19.md): With this war-cry, having Indra as our companion, may we, with all our heroes, prevail in the contest. May Mit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.106.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.106.1.md): For protection we call upon Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa, Agni, the strength of the Maruts, and Aditi. O bountiful Vas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.106.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.106.2.md): O Ādityas, come here for every help. O gods, be bringers of welfare in the battles against Vṛtra. O bountiful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.106.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.106.3.md): May the Fathers, who give good speech, protect us, and the goddess and the pair who have a god as son, promote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.106.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.106.4.md): We beseech Nara-śaṃsa, the strong one, here seeking strength, and Pūṣan, the hero of the wasting, with blessin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.106.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.106.5.md): O Bṛhaspati, always make the path easy for us; we beseech the peace and happiness that is given by your Manu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.106.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.106.6.md): The seer Kutsa, pressed down in the well, calls upon Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, lord of Śacī, for help. O bountif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.106.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.106.7.md): May the goddess Aditi, through the gods, protect us downward; may the protecting god save us, and the unfailin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.107.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.107.1.md): The sacrifice goes toward the favor of the gods. O Ādityas, become merciful. May your good thought come hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.107.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.107.2.md): May the gods, praised with the chants of the Aṅgirases, come near to us with their help. May Indra with his po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.107.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.107.3.md): May Indra grant that to us; may Varuṇa, Agni, Aryaman, and Savitṛ grant that. May Mitra and Varuṇa honor us; a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.1.md): O Indra and Agni, your chariot is the most wondrous; it looks over all worlds and beings. Come here together w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.2.md): As wide and deep as this whole world is, so abundant let this soma be for drinking; O Indra and Agni, let it b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.3.md): You two have indeed made a joint, auspicious name; you are slayers of Vṛtra, moving together. O Indra and Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.4.md): When the fires are kindled, having anointed them with ghee, ladles raised and sacred grass spread, with sharp, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.5.md): O Indra and Agni, by the heroic deeds you two performed, the virile forms you took, and your ancient, auspicio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.6.md): When I first spoke to you two, this soma we have chosen, to be invoked even by the asuras, come to that true f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.7.md): O Indra and Agni, when you two rejoice in your own abode, in the prayer, or in the king's sacrifice, then, O b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.8.md): O Indra and Agni, when you two stand among the Yadus and the Turvashas, or among the Druhyus, the Anus and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.9.md): O Indra and Agni, when you two stand in the lowest, the middle, and the highest part of the earth, then, O bul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.10.md): O Indra and Agni, when you two stand in the highest, the middle, and the lowest part of the earth, then, O bul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.11.md): O Indra and Agni, when you two stand in heaven, on the earth, among the mountains, the plants, or the waters, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.12.md): O Indra and Agni, when you two rejoice with your own svadhā in the midst of heaven, where the sun has risen, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.108.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.108.13.md): Thus, O Indra and Agni, having drunk the pressed soma, win for us together all riches. May Mitra and Varuṇa bl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.1.md): With my mind I have sought and seen you, Indra and Agni, and I have fashioned for you a prayer that gives stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.2.md): I have heard that you two are most bountiful, giving from the bride's side and from the brother-in-law's. With - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.3.md): Saying, 'Let us not cut off our rays,' holding back the powers of the fathers, the mighty ones rejoice for Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.4.md): For you two, the goddess Dhiṣaṇā presses soma for exhilaration. O Aśvins, with good hands, come running hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.5.md): O Indra and Agni, you two are most mighty in the apportioning of wealth; so I have heard in the slaying of Vṛt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.6.md): For the swift ones, in the battles of armies, go forth; you two have surpassed earth and heaven. For the river - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.7.md): O Indra and Agni, with the thunderbolt in your arms, bring us hither with your powers and protect us. These in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.109.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.109.8.md): O Purandara, O Indra and Agni with thunderbolt-hands, protect us in battles. May Mitra and Varuṇa, Aditi, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.1.md): My sacrificial work is spread out; this sweetest thought is recited again for recitation. This ocean here belo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.2.md): When they went forth desiring into the wide expanse, so did some of my forward-going unthirsty ones; O sons of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.3.md): Savitṛ produced immortality for you, when, proclaiming the unconcealed, you went; and that one cup, which was - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.4.md): Having been cut by the śamī-tree through the power to cross over, though mortals being, they attained immortal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.5.md): Like a field, they shaped apart by skill that one leaping vessel. O praised Ṛbhus, worthy of comparison, seeki - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.6.md): For the men of the atmosphere, as with the ladle the clarified butter, so with knowledge we offer thought as o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.7.md): Like the Ṛbhus, Indra is new through his might; Ṛbhu is the bountiful giver with prizes and with the Vasus. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.8.md): O Ribhus, you drew the cow out from the hide; you joined the mother again with her calf. O sons of Sudhanvan, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.110.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.110.9.md): In the contest for prizes grant us strength; O Indra, possessing the Ribhus, bestow upon us wondrous wealth. M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.111.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.111.1.md): The Ribhus fashioned a well-made chariot; the skilled ones fashioned two bay horses drawing Indra and two bull - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.111.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.111.2.md): Here, for our sacrifice, fashion vigor along with the Ribhus; for deed and skill, fashion food rich in good of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.111.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.111.3.md): Here, fashion success for us, O Ribhus; fashion success for the chariot, fashion success for the swift horse, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.111.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.111.4.md): I call Indra, maker of the Ribhus, hither for help, and the Ribhus, the strengths, and the Maruts, for the som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.111.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.111.5.md): May the Ribhu sharpen gain for the sacrifice; may the strength that wins the contest protect us. May they show - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.1.md): I invoke heaven and earth, ancient in memory, and Agni and the bright warm offering for the journey to the sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.2.md): For your gift stand the bountiful, unfailing horses upon the chariot, like words to be remembered. O Aśvins, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.3.md): You two rule over these peoples in the divine governance, by the power of the immortal ones. O men, with those - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.4.md): With those very helps by which the wheeling one, of the son's power, who has two mothers, adorns the skilled f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.5.md): By those helps by which you raised Rebha, bound and enclosed, up from the waters, and sent forth praise that t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.6.md): By those helps by which you rescued the gasping Antaka from the cauldron, and Bhujyu; by those unwavering help - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.7.md): With those aids by which you guarded the shining, wealth-giving, well-seated, heated draught and the Omyāvān f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.8.md): With those powers by which, O bulls, you brought back the one carried far away, made the blind and the lame ab - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.9.md): With those aids by which you made the honey-sweet river flow, and Vasiṣṭha, and by which, O ageless ones, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.10.md): With those aids by which you gave victory in battle to wide Viśpalā, the wealth-giving line of Atharvan, O tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.11.md): With those aids by which, O generous ones, you made honey flow forth as a vessel for Auśija, for the merchant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.12.md): With those aids by which you filled the juice of the flowing waters and nourished the chariotless one by the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.13.md): With those protections by which you carried the Sun far away and guarded Mandhatar in the domains of princely - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.14.md): With those protections by which you guarded the great Atithigva and Kaśojuva, and Divodāsa in the slaying of Ś - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.15.md): With those protections by which you honoured Vamra, and the praised Kali as he drank; with those by which you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.16.md): With those protections by which, O men, you sent the way for Śayu, by which for Atri, by which formerly for Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.17.md): With those protections by which, through the might of Patharva's belly, the fire blazed up; kindled, it shone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.18.md): With those protections by which, O Aṅgiras, you search with thought and go forward into the cave of the cow-en - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.19.md): By the helps with which you brought back the wives for Vimada, and with which you instructed the dawn-red wome - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.20.md): By the helps by which you two become givers of comfort, by which you protected Bhujyu, and by which you protec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.21.md): By the helps by which you sustain Kr̥śānu at the seat, and by which you protected the young man's horse at the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.22.md): By the helps by which you two make a man who fights for cows victorious in the battles of men, in the winning - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.23.md): By the helps by which, O you of a hundred deeds, you protected Kutsa, son of Arjuna, and advanced Turvīti and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.24.md): O Aśvins, make the speech flowing for us; O Dasras, O bulls, make our thought successful. In the unshining tim - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.112.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.112.25.md): Protect us by day and by night, O Aśvins, with blessings of unharmed good fortune. May Mitra and Varuṇa, Aditi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.1.md): This best of lights has come; the variegated banner, far-reaching, has appeared. Just as, impelled by Savitar, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.2.md): The white Uṣas, shining, with reddish calves, has come, and she has also prepared the dark dwellings. Heaven a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.3.md): The two sisters have one and the same endless path, along which they go one after the other. Shining with divi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.4.md): Radiant, the guide of the truthful ones, Uṣas appears; wondrously she opens the doors as if opening gates. Wak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.5.md): For those who walk crooked paths, for moving, for enjoyment, for sacrifice, for wealth, you indeed are the bou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.6.md): For strength you, for fame you, for greatness you, for sacrifice you; you are as the aim, you are as the going - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.7.md): Behold, the daughter of the sky, Uṣas has appeared, a young maiden spreading light, bright-clad. Ruler of all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.8.md): She travels the path of all who depart; of all who come she is first, of the everlasting. Uṣas, shining forth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.9.md): O Uṣas, when you roused Agni to kindle him, and when you shone by the sight of the sun, when you stirred men a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.10.md): As many dawns as come in time, those that have shone and those that shall shine, after them she comes; for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.11.md): Those mortals who have gone before, who earlier saw Uṣas shining forth, have departed. Now she has appeared to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.12.md): Keeping off hatred, keeper of right order, brilliant with right, rich in wealth, giving good offspring, impell - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.13.md): Eternally the goddess Uṣas has shone forth, and today the bountiful one has opened this darkness. May she then - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.14.md): With the rays of heaven she has shone out widely in the expanses; the goddess has pushed away the black darkne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.15.md): Bringing nourishing treasures and precious goods, she shows her bright banner, awakening. Among the many dawns - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.16.md): Like breath of life, Uṣas has risen up; darkness has gone away, and light comes forth. She prepared the path f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.17.md): With fine speech the bearer Agni raises up the praiser; he, the roarer, praises the shining dawns. Today, O bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.18.md): The dawns, rich in cows and with all their heroes, shine forth for the generous mortal, as in the joy of Vāyu' - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.19.md): O mother of the gods, radiant form of Aditi, banner of the sacrifice, shine forth vast. Bestower of praise, op - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.113.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.113.20.md): Whatever wondrous wealth the dawns bring to the one who sacrifices and to the praiser, that good let Mitra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.1.md): We bring these songs to Rudra, the mighty, the braided one, whose heroes dwell at home, so that there may be w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.2.md): O Rudra, be gracious to us and make us happy; with homage may we worship you, whose heroes are at home. May we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.3.md): O Rudra, may we obtain your favor through the worship of the gods; O bountiful one, whose heroes are at home. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.4.md): We call down the radiant Rudra, accomplisher of the sacrifice, the bent one and seer, for protection. May he c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.5.md): We call down with homage Rudra, the celestial boar, ruddy, braided, radiant in form. Bearing the best remedies - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.6.md): This speech is offered to Rudra, father of the Maruts, sweeter than the sweet, whose greatness is praised. O i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.7.md): O Rudra, do not harm our great one, do not harm our child, do not harm our anointer or the anointed. Do not ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.8.md): Do not harm us in offspring or descendants, do not harm us in life, in our cows or in our horses. O Rudra, in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.9.md): O lord of cattle, I have made my praises for you as a herdsman would; O father of the Maruts, grant us gladnes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.10.md): Let cow-slaying and man-slaying be far from you; O lord of many heroes, let your gladness be ours. Be gracious - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.114.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.114.11.md): We, seeking help, have offered homage to him; may Rudra, accompanied by the Maruts, hear our call. May Mitra a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.115.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.115.1.md): The bright eye of the gods has risen, the sight of Mitra, Varuṇa and Agni. Sūrya, the soul of the moving and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.115.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.115.2.md): The Sun follows the shining goddess Dawn, as a young man goes toward a young woman. Where men who desire the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.115.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.115.3.md): The auspicious, tawny, bright, swift horses of the Sun, rejoicing, have stood at the back of heaven. Paying ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.115.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.115.4.md): He gathered that divinity of the Sun and that greatness, the expanse spread out between the makers. When he yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.115.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.115.5.md): For the sight of Mitra and Varuṇa the Sun makes that form, in the lap of heaven. One is boundless, another is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.115.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.115.6.md): Today, O gods, at the rising of the Sun, carry us across from sin and lead us out from evil. May Mitra, Varuṇa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.1.md): To the Nāsatyas I offer my praises like barhis grass, as the wind drives the clouds onward. The two companions - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.2.md): By the swift rain-bearing powers, or by the impulses of the gods, O Nāsatyas, Rāsabha won a thousand in the co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.3.md): You two, O Aśvins, had left Bhujyu, son of Tugra, in the waterless cloud-sea as if he were a dead treasure; wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.4.md): In three nights and three days, O Nāsatyas, with winged birds, you carried Bhujyu; beyond the waterless waste - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.5.md): When you two, O Aśvins, carried Bhujyu through the sea that has no support and no bottom, you set him up on a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.6.md): O Aśvins, the white horse you gave to Aghāśva, the evil-horsed, for his lasting welfare, that gift became grea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.7.md): O heroes, for the praiser Pajriya and for Kakshivat you opened the fortress called Puraṃdhi. From the hoof of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.8.md): You warded off the cold from Agni and the scorching heat, and you placed in him a strength full of nourishing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.9.md): O Nāsatyas, you drove off the one far away and made vessels with raised bottoms and crooked handles. As waters - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.10.md): O Nāsatyas, as one unfastens a cloak, you released the aged Cyavāna from the snare of decay. O Dasras, you res - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.11.md): O heroes, that praiseworthy, winnable, richly abundant protection of yours, O Nāsatyas, you lifted up, knowing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.12.md): O heroes, that deed of yours, for winning, I make manifest, fierce, as the thundering cloud makes rain manifes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.13.md): O Nasatyas, many-handed ones, our praise called you on the great path of sacrifice; hearing it like the teachi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.14.md): O men, O Nasatyas, you freed him from the wolf's mouth, from the snare; and, O many-handed ones, you made the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.15.md): Like a bird's wing, the wing of Khela was cut off in the contest; at once you set an iron leg for Vishpala, wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.16.md): When a hundred rams were given to the she-wolf, the father made Rjrashva blind; for him, O Nasatyas, O wonder- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.17.md): The daughter of the Sun, winning, stood upon your chariot with the horses; all the gods approved her in their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.18.md): When you two went along the path for Divodasa and for Bharadvaja, O Ashvins, driving the horses, your chariot, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.19.md): O Nasatyas, you two of one mind bring wealth, fine dominion, noble offspring, long life and vigor. You came to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.20.md): O Nasatyas, you carried the night, encircled on every side with good means, together with the realms and their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.21.md): O Ashvins, you guard one dwelling and bring a thousand strengths for battle and for gain. O heroes with Indra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.22.md): O Nasatyas, you raised the water up from below and from the guarded place of Arcatka, high for drinking. O Nas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.23.md): O Nasatyas, with your powers you gave the Vishnapu-cow to the one who seeks protection, to the praiser, to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.24.md): O Nasatyas, you two lifted up Rebha, bound for ten nights and nine days by ill fortune, wrapped in the waters, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.116.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.116.25.md): O Aśvins, I have proclaimed your gifts and deeds; may I become their lord, rich in good cattle and heroic sons - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.1.md): For the delight of sweet Soma, the ancient hotar invokes you both. With the sacred-grass-adorned gift and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.2.md): O Aśvins, your swifter-than-thought chariot with good horses comes to the people. By the path on which you go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.3.md): O men, you two release the seer Atri of the five peoples from sin and from the Rbhisa pit, together with his c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.4.md): O Aśvins, like a hidden horse, O men, O virile ones, you two with difficulty draw out the seer Rebha, submerge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.5.md): O Dasra Aśvins, like one lying asleep in the lap of Nirṛti, or like the sun waning in darkness, like a beautif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.6.md): That, O men, O truthful Aśvins, is worthy of praise, along with Pajriya and Kakṣīvat, in the wide world. From - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.7.md): O heroes, you gave Viṣṇāpū to the praising Kṛṣṇiya, and gave her also to Viśvaka. O Aśvins, you gave a husband - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.8.md): O Aśvins, you gave the radiant woman to Śyāva, and gave to Kaṇva from the great earth as well. O mighty ones, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.9.md): O Aśvins, bearing many forms, you led down for Pedu the swift horse — the giver of a thousand, the strong, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.10.md): O generous Aśvins, these are your praises worthy of fame: the Āṅgūṣa offering, the seat of the two worlds. Whe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.11.md): O Aśvins, praising by the sign of the son, give strength to the seer, O sustainers, bestowing joy. Growing str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.12.md): Where are you two going with the poet's good praise? O sons of heaven, O mighty ones, lying together. Like a g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.13.md): O Aśvins, by your powers you made the aged Cyavana young again. The daughter of the Sun chose your chariot tog - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.14.md): You two, young ones, by ancient deeds became renewed in strength for Tugra. You brought Bhujyu out from the wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.15.md): Taugrya called upon you, O Aśvins; he who had sunk into the sea went forth unhurt. O bulls, you brought him ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.16.md): Vartikā called upon you, O Aśvins, when you indeed released her from the wolf's mouth. With victory you went o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.17.md): Having given a hundred rams to the she-wolf, in the darkness led forth by the unpropitious father, O Aśvins, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.18.md): She called for a burden of happiness for the blind man, that she-wolf, O Aśvins, O bulls, O men, saying so. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.19.md): O Aśvins, your great protection brings well-being; O dear ones (dhiṣṇyā), join it to us. Then the offerer Pura - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.20.md): O dasras, you released the milkless, bound cow for the one lying down; O Aśvins, you also gave the cow. Skillf - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.21.md): O Aśvins, with the wolf (plough) you sow barley and milk out food for the human; O dasras, with the bakura you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.22.md): O Aśvins, for Atharvan and Dadhyañc you fitted back the horse's head; he who desires right order (ṛta) spoke y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.23.md): O seers, O Aśvins, I always seek your good favour; O Aśvins, protect all my thoughts (prayers) for me. O Nāsat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.24.md): O Aśvins, you gave the golden-handed son to Vadhrimatī; O men, threefold you gave Śyāva, O Aśvins, you gave Vi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.117.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.117.25.md): O Aśvins, men have proclaimed these ancient heroic deeds of yours. Composing a sacred hymn for you two, O viri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.1.md): Aśvins, let your chariot, hawk-winged, well-reined and rich in wealth, come hither to us. That three-seated, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.2.md): Come hither in your three-seated, threefold, three-wheeled, well-made chariot. Swell the cows, stir up the hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.3.md): O Aśvins, praised ones, Dasras, in your well-made chariot, hear this hymn, the voice of the pressing-stone. Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.4.md): Let the hawks bring you hither, O Aśvins, swift winged birds yoked to the chariot. Heavenly, like vultures tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.5.md): Let the young maiden Uṣas, the daughter of the sun, stand delighted upon your chariot, O men. Around you let t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.6.md): You raised Vandana up with skilful deeds, and Rebha up with your powers, O Dasras, O bulls. You brought Taugry - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.7.md): O Aśvins, you two placed heated nourishment and strength for Atri, who was in the pit. You placed sight back f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.8.md): O Aśvins, you two filled the cow for the sleeping Śayu, for the ancient one in distress. You released the stra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.9.md): O Aśvins, you two gave Pedu a white horse, impelled by Indra, slayer of the serpent; a horse swift and eager, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.10.md): O heroes, Aśvins, we well-born call you for help, beseeching. Come to us with your wealth-bearing chariot, acc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.118.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.118.11.md): O Nāsatyas, with the swiftness of the falcon, with new strength, come to us together, in harmony. O Aśvins, gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.1.md): Asvins, for life I call your chariot, the wondrous one, swift as thought, worthy of sacrifice, with a thousand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.2.md): A lofty hymn was placed upon its forward path; in its recitation the quarters came together. I savor the warm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.3.md): When they came together, competing with one another for brightness — sacrificers, boundless men, eager in batt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.4.md): You two drew Bhujyu out of the sinking waters, with his birds, by your own harnesses, bringing him home toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.5.md): For your beauty, Aśvins, the chariot yoked by yourselves was held by its two reins, for its brightness. To you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.6.md): You two loosed Rebha from his enclosures, and from the cold you gave warmth to Atri; you two filled the pit of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.7.md): Ashvins, you two skillfully rejoined Vandana, worn by old age, like a chariot; from the pit you raised up the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.8.md): You two went to the trembling one far away, pressed down by his father's force and his own might; from here yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.9.md): That honeyed fly hums for you two; in the intoxication of Soma the son of Uśij calls. You desired the mind of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.119.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.119.10.md): Ashvins, you two bestow on Pedu a white protector of many gifts, a conqueror of rivals; in battles with arrows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.1.md): O Aśvins, who will satisfy you both with the offering? Who will prepare the delight of you both? How will the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.2.md): Let only the knowing ask about the gates; the one without knowledge, the other unaware in this way, still wand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.3.md): Those two knowing ones we invoke; may those two wise ones speak the hymn to us today. Yuvāku, the youthful giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.4.md): I ask separately about the gods, about the wondrous thing offered with vaṣaṭ. O Dasras, may you two protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.5.md): With that speech that shines forward like the sound of the Bhṛgus' chanting, Pajriya sacrifices for you two; h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.6.md): Hear the song of Takavāna; I too have pleased you two. Toward your two shining eyes, O masters, for the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.7.md): You two were in the great contest; you two drove the chariot forward. May you two be our bountiful and good pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.8.md): Do not place us in the power of any, nor give us over to the hostile one. Let our milch-cows not go anywhere a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.9.md): Let the milk be drawn for the one seeking a friend. You two measure out for us wealth, and food rich in horses - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.10.md): The chariot of the Aśvins, not without horses, of the two who possess swift steeds—by that I have gained much. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.11.md): This chariot has driven me along together; may it stretch me out and bring me toward the people. For the drink - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.120.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.120.12.md): Then the (trouble) of the dream was taken away out of the way, and of the one who does not enjoy, and of the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.1.md): Thus, when will he hear the cup of the leaders, the songs of those who desire the gods, the swift prayers of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.2.md): He indeed set up the sky and spread the firm support; the Ṛbhus scattered the wealth of the herders for streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.3.md): The reddish Dawns illuminate the ancient call; the king Tura, among the clans of the Aṅgirases, day after day. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.4.md): In its intoxication you gave the heavenly, the unenclosed radiance of Ṛta, the face of the Dawns. When in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.5.md): For you, the milk the two parents brought; the wealth the well-seeded Surétas, the two swift Turaṇya and Bhura - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.6.md): Then he was born; may the ferryman rejoice and shine forth like this Dawn, like the sun. The drop, with the se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.7.md): When radiant Uṣas, at the sacrifice, beheld the Sun and threw open the cattle-pens all around, then you shine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.8.md): From the great heaven you brought here your eight, your two bay horses; fighting for the bright one you opened - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.9.md): You turned over the iron (fortress); you overturned the stone of the cows and of heaven that the Ṛbhus had bro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.10.md): When the Sun rose before the dissolution of darkness, O stone-holder, you placed that shining bolt; the streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.11.md): For you, may the great, strong, unwrought heaven and earth rejoice, O Indra in the deed; you struck Vṛtra lyin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.12.md): You, O Indra, protect the heroes from below; you stand upon the best, well-yoked horses of the wind; for the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.13.md): You yoke the tawny horses of the Sun for men, O Indra; you turned the wheel and the nail of Étaśa. Across nine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.14.md): Protect us from this harmful assault, O Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt; bring forward for us prizes, chario - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.121.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.121.15.md): May your good-will not turn away from us, O mightiest in strength; may the food-offerings gather together. O b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.1.md): O Maruts of exhilarated mind, bring the drinkable soma-food to the showerer Rudra at the sacrifice. Together w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.2.md): Like wives, first-called, Dawn and Night come for increase, many-formed and knowing. Clothed in a starry, spre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.3.md): May the wandering, all-pervading Vasarhā gladden us; may the bull-possessing wind of the waters gladden us. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.4.md): And may those two, by my fame, spread out for Śvetanā, for the calling of Auśija. Make manifest the grandson o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.5.md): For you, to the calling of Auśija, a praiseworthy song, like Ghoṣā singing praise to the grandson of Arjuna. M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.6.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, hear my two calls, and hear at the abode from all sides. May the listener to calls hear us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.7.md): O Varuṇa and Mitra, I praise that gift of cows, hundreds of them, in the battle-gatherings and in the pen. Tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.8.md): I praise this one, the great-generous giver. With the line of Nahuṣa, and with good sons, may we enjoy his gif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.9.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, the man who, hostile to the waters, does not offer to you two, though not evil to the eye, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.10.md): He is Dáṃsujūta, who increases the line of Nahuṣa, stronger in battle than men, famed for hearing renown. Whos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.11.md): Then, having come, listen to the call of Nahuṣa's seer, O kings of immortality, O joyful ones. The gift of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.12.md): This contest, that seat, of whom they have spoken, the seer, in the lineage of Daśataya; in which the wealth o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.13.md): We praise the tenfold share of the gift, when the five bearers come twice with food. Those whose horses are de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.14.md): May all the gods choose for us that golden-eared, jewel-necked stream. May the noble hymns that came swiftly c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.122.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.122.15.md): Four are mine, of the son of Maśarśāra; three belong to the king and to the victorious Āyavasa. O Mitra and Va - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.1.md): The broad chariot was yoked for the gift; around it the immortal gods took their stand. From the darkness rose - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.2.md): Before all worlds she was awakened, winning the prize of victory, mighty and bountiful. She shone forth on hig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.3.md): When today you apportion your share to mortals, O goddess Uṣas, O well-born one, here may the giving god Savit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.4.md): House by house she goes, drawing near day after day, bearing her name, desiring to win brightness; she comes e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.5.md): Sister of Bhaga, kinswoman of Varuṇa, O bearer of offspring Uṣas, awaken first. Afterwards may he perish, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.6.md): Let the true-speaking ones rise up, let the hymn-makers rise; the bright fires have risen. The shining dawns r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.7.md): One goes away, the other comes toward it; the two days of differing forms move together. The other hid the sur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.8.md): Today they are alike, and tomorrow alike too; they follow the long dwelling-place of Varuṇa. The unblemished o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.9.md): Knowing the name of the first day, she was born bright, white-shining, from the darkness. Like the bride of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.10.md): Shining in your body like a maiden, O goddess, you come desiring the god. Smiling young woman, appearing from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.11.md): Most splendid, as if cleansed by a mother, like a woman you openly reveal your body, pleasing to behold. O Uṣa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.12.md): Possessing horses, possessing cattle, bestowing all wealth, the Dawns strive onward with the rays of the Sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.123.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.123.13.md): Holding the ray of ṛta, O Uṣas, place in us the best and most auspicious resolve. Shine forth for us today, ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.1.md): When the shining Dawn kindles the fire and the rising Sun shows wide light, may the god Savitṛ now advance our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.2.md): Not diminishing the divine laws, breaking the yokes of human ages, the likeness of those who have gone; among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.3.md): This daughter of heaven has appeared before us, clothed in a light common to all from the east. She goes well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.4.md): Bright, she has appeared like a breast opening, showing dear things like a food-giving mother; waking all, eve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.5.md): In the first region, in the watery part of the atmosphere, the mother of the cows has made her light-sign mani - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.6.md): Indeed she is the most manifold to behold; she does not encircle her kin, nor hide her kinswoman. Shining with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.7.md): Uṣas, well-clothed, comes forward like a wife coming to her husband for the winning of wealth; smiling, she un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.8.md): Like a sister yielding her place to a younger sister, she withdraws from her home; shining with the sun's rays - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.9.md): Of these sisters, one comes after from behind and reaches the former. Now may the new Dawns, like the ancient - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.10.md): Dawn, rise forth and awaken! For the bountiful giver, O bountiful one, shine with wealth. Let the unwaking Paṇ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.11.md): This young maiden has appeared in the east, yoking the herd of reddish cows. Now may she shine forth, may she - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.12.md): O Dawn, through you the birds and the men who share the Soma-drink have risen up at dawn. O goddess Uṣas, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.124.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.124.13.md): O praiseworthy Uṣas, you were praised with the hymn; O shining Uṣas, you increased me. O goddesses, through yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.125.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.125.1.md): At dawn the morning-giver bestows wealth; he who knowing receives it in return holds it fast. Through this his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.125.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.125.2.md): May he be a good giver, rich in gold and in good horses; Indra bestows great strength upon him. O morning-give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.125.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.125.3.md): Today I have come at dawn, desiring a good deed, seeking a son as the fruit of sacrifice, with a wealthy chari - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.125.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.125.4.md): Rivers that bring well-being flow forth; for the one who sacrifices and for him about to sacrifice, cows also - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.125.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.125.5.md): He who stands upon the back of the vault and who satisfies, he indeed goes among the gods. For him the waters - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.125.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.125.6.md): These wonders belong to those who give dakṣiṇā; for the dakṣiṇā-givers there are suns in heaven. The dakṣiṇā-g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.125.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.125.7.md): May those who fulfil the gift not fall into sin, and may the generous, devout patrons not perish. Let another - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.126.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.126.1.md): With thought I bring forth praise-hymns on the Sindhu's banks for the one who is to prosper, who measured out - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.126.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.126.2.md): From the king who yearns for help, a hundred gold necklaces and a hundred yoked horses came to me at once; a h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.126.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.126.3.md): The Shyavas gave to me with their gift; ten chariots with their wives stood by. Sixty thousand cattle-wealth c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.126.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.126.4.md): Forty bright horses of Dashratha lead their line before the thousand. The excellent mad-dripping, kr̥śanā-bear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.126.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.126.5.md): According to the former order I took up three yoked chariots and eight unfailing herds of cows; the Pajra with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.126.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.126.6.md): She who is fettered and bound around, who appears like the kaśīkā — the Yādurī gives me; also a hundred things - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.126.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.126.7.md): Come near to me, wipe away my faults and do not hold them against me; I am wholly woolly, like a ewe of the Ga - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.1.md): I hold Agni, the priest, the giver, lord of wealth, son of might, all-knowing, to be like an inspired seer. He - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.2.md): O wise one, O bright one, we who sacrifice shall call you, the most excellent of the Angirases, with the hymns - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.3.md): He, indeed, with mighty power and blazing radiance, shines among many and becomes the foe-smiter, piercing ene - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.4.md): Even firm things bow down to him, as I have learned. With the swiftest fire-sticks he gives, for protection, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.5.md): That form of his we would establish in the dawns; he appears more beautiful than night, more beautiful than da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.6.md): He, indeed, like the strength of the Maruts, becomes lord of the oblations in the watery plains and in the gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.7.md): When the Bhṛgus twice bowed and praised, and the Bhṛgus churned with the drill against the Dāsas, Agni rules a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.8.md): We invoke you, lord of all the clans, common to all, master of the house for enjoyment, bearer of true speech, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.9.md): You, O Agni, are most mighty with might; most strong, you are born for the gods' help, like wealth, for the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.10.md): For the great and mighty Agni, waker of the dawn, lord of cattle, mighty with might, may our hymn rise up when - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.127.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.127.11.md): May he, looking near us, bring us here, O Agni, companion of the gods, with good insight, for great wealth, wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.1.md): This Agni is born in the dwelling of men, the priest of the sacrifice, most worshipful, following the ordinanc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.2.md): Him, the accomplisher of the sacrifice, we bring near along the path of Ṛta, with homage and with oblation; ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.3.md): With this swiftness he at once goes around the earth; the bull (cloud), roaring again and again, bearing seed, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.4.md): That Agni, the wise chief priest, knows the sacrifice and the non-violent rite in every house; he knows the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.5.md): When by wisdom in the flame of Agni he is aroused, like the roar of the Maruts, for the offering to be enjoyed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.6.md): The all-seeing, unhindered one became the bestower of wealth; in his hand, in the right hand, he is like a fer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.7.md): In the peril of mortals he is most gracious and beneficial, Agni. In the sacrifices he is dear and lord of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.128.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.128.8.md): Agni, the Hotar, rich in wealth, dear, most watchful and untiring, men have set and praised. Agni, bearer of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.1.md): O Indra, the chariot you drive forward to win riches, for the unpressed soma, you at once lead toward his aid, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.2.md): Hear him who is surely skilled in battles. O Indra, you are with men to summon the spoil of riches; with men f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.3.md): For you are the giver: you fill the showering bull, even a stingy man's body. O hero, you surround the mortal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.4.md): For us we invoke Indra—for the desired help, the friend, all-loving, enemy-conquering, yoked in contests; for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.5.md): Bend down, most surely, the wrong-minded adversary, the keenest of the crafty; by the unguided and the ugly, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.6.md): This I would speak for the future Indu, worthy of being called upon; he trembles as the archer does. May the d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.7.md): With thoughtful invocation may we win that wealth; O lord of wealth, may we win wealth of excellent heroic str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.8.md): O Indra, forth to us with your protections of self-glory; in the encounter Indra is the breaker of the ill-wil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.9.md): O Indra, come to us with wide wealth; come by the blameless path, come before us free of demons. Join us, prot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.10.md): O Indra, join us with swift wealth; may your greatness join with you for great help, as a friend for great hel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.129.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.129.11.md): O Indra, well-praised, protect us from harm; always protect us from the ill-willed, being a god to destroy the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.1.md): Indra, come to us from afar, as the lord of the good comes to the assemblies and as a king to his home; we cal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.2.md): Drink the Soma, Indra, pressed with stones and strained through the filter-cloth, as the thirsty drinks. For e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.3.md): He found the treasure hidden in the cave of heaven, like the embryo enclosed within the hero; within the bound - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.4.md): Strengthening the bolt in both hands, Indra, like a sharp axe, held the sharp weapon; he became able to slay t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.5.md): Not in vain, O Indra, did you release the rivers to flow toward the ocean, as one releases chariots seeking st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.6.md): This speech is for you, poets seeking wealth; as a wise craftsman of skilled hands fashions a chariot, so they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.7.md): Indra, for Pūru you shattered ninety-nine fortresses; for Divodāsa and the generous Atithigva, O manly one, yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.8.md): Indra protects the noble sacrificer in contests; he, of a hundred protections, in all battles, in the battles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.9.md): The wheel of the sun rolls forward; born with strength, he drives it forward. The ruddy one steals speech, rul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.130.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.130.10.md): May he, with new hymns, protect us with protections and auspicious praises, O bull-acting one, O breaker of fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.131.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.131.1.md): For Indra the sky bowed down; even the mighty Asura bent before Indra. The vast earth, with its wide reaches, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.131.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.131.2.md): For in all the pressings they praise you, seekers of strength with one mind; separately, seeking light; we set - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.131.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.131.3.md): Pairs seeking aid have spread out for you, desiring the herd's victory and the wealth of cattle; O Indra, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.131.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.131.4.md): They know this heroic power of yours, and the Pūru people too; when you, O Indra, broke the autumnal stronghol - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.131.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.131.5.md): Then they set out toward your heroic power; O bull, in exhilaration you helped the singers. When you helped th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.131.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.131.6.md): And for this Dawn may he be pleased; for you know the hymn of praise by the oblation-verses, with the oblation - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.131.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.131.7.md): Indra, strike down with your thunderbolt the mortal who harbours hostility toward us and stands against us, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.132.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.132.1.md): O bountiful Indra, with you let us win the former wealth and conquer our foes; protected by Indra, let us defe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.132.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.132.2.md): In the contest for the sun's light, in the stream of him who wakes the dawn, in the stream of the doer, Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.132.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.132.3.md): That former deed is to be praised also in you, in which they made a dwelling of cosmic order in the sacrifice; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.132.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.132.4.md): Now let this be spoken to you, and of old: you opened the pen for the Angirases; Indra, wishing to teach, open - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.132.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.132.5.md): The hero who looks upon the peoples with his deeds, those who desire the wealth of prayer in riches and in dea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.132.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.132.6.md): You two, Indra and mountain, first guardians of the fortress: whoever would attack us, strike him from afar wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.133.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.133.1.md): I purify both worlds by the cosmic order; I burn the great enemies who lack Indra. Where the foes lie struck d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.133.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.133.2.md): Having cast them down, O possessor of the thunderbolt, cut off the heads of the sorceresses; with the sturdy f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.133.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.133.3.md): Turn away the assault of these sorceresses, O bountiful Indra; in the Vailasthāna, in the armaka, in the great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.133.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.133.4.md): Whose three and fifty weapons you cast away with crooked (weapons); that blow is well sought by you, that stro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.133.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.133.5.md): O Indra, crush together the tawny-streaked, fearsome flesh-eating demoness; strike down and destroy every demo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.133.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.133.6.md): Great Indra, strengthen us from below and hear us; the sky has blazed, as the earth too blazes with fear. O po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.133.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.133.7.md): He who presses soma wins a fine dwelling; indeed the presser who sacrifices drives the gods' enemies far away. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.134.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.134.1.md): O Vayu, may those who invite you bring your beloved steeds hither for the first drinking; may your lofty fair - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.134.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.134.2.md): May those delighting drops delight you, O Vayu, made by us, well-made, mingled with cows, swift-flowing. When - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.134.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.134.3.md): Vayu yokes the ruddy steeds; Vayu yokes the reddish steeds; Vayu yokes the swift steeds at the yoke on the cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.134.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.134.4.md): For you, O Vayu, the bright dawns weave fair garments from afar; in the gifts, in the new rays, in the bright - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.134.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.134.5.md): For you, O Vayu, bright, pure, swift-flowing streams surge in the intoxications; fierce streams of waters rush - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.134.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.134.6.md): You, O Vayu, deserve the first, unprecedented drinking of these soma drinks; you deserve the first drinking of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.1.md): O Vāyu, come to us on the spread sacred grass, with a thousand and with hundred-fold teams of horses. The gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.2.md): For you this soma, purified by stones, flows around the vessel, clothed in desirable garments, flowing clothed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.3.md): Come to us with hundreds, with thousands, to the sacrifice; O Vāyu, come to the offerings for enjoyment. This - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.4.md): May your chariot with its teams bring help, toward the forenoon offerings, well-prepared. O Vāyu, come to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.5.md): To you two prayers have come, near the sacrifices; this soma, strong and swift like a racehorse, has been clea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.6.md): These soma juices, pressed in the waters, have been called here; carried by the adhvaryus, they have been held - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.7.md): O Vayu, come to those who press the soma; where the stone speaks, there you two come home, come with Indra. Th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.8.md): Here indeed you two bring the honey-mixed oblation, the one the kinsmen approached at the ashvattha tree; may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.135.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.135.9.md): These are your strong-armed mighty ones, O Vayu; they fly between the rivers. The strong bulls grow greatly; e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.136.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.136.1.md): To Mitra and Varuṇa, who ever endure, we offer great, supreme homage, oblation and praise. These two sovereign - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.136.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.136.2.md): A broad path appeared for the wide-going; the path of cosmic order gathered itself with rays. Bhaga's eye is w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.136.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.136.3.md): They two attend the radiant Aditi, who sustains the earth and possesses sunlight, day by day; watchful, they t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.136.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.136.4.md): May this Soma be most gracious to Mitra and Varuṇa; at the drinking-rites may he be Ābhaga, Ābhaga the god amo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.136.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.136.5.md): The man who serves Mitra and Varuṇa, the unrestrained one, they two guard all around from sin; the giving mort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.136.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.136.6.md): Homage to great heaven and earth. I speak to Mitra, to Varuṇa, the bountiful and gracious one. Toward Indra an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.136.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.136.7.md): By the help of the gods, may we, possessed of Indra and glorious in our own right, reflect together with the M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.137.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.137.1.md): O kings, sky-touching Mitra and Varuṇa, these exhilarating somas pressed with stones, mixed with milk, come he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.137.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.137.2.md): Come, these somas mixed with curds; these bright drops, mixed with curds, are pressed. And at the waking of da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.137.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.137.3.md): As one milks a cow by day, so for you two the soma is milked with stones; with stones the soma is milked. Come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.138.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.138.1.md): The greatness of Pūṣan, the many-born, is praised far and wide; the hymns to his power never tire. I praise hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.138.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.138.2.md): O Pūṣan, like an untiring steed I drive you forward on the journey with praises; as a camel fills the paths, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.138.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.138.3.md): O Pūṣan, through friendship, striving, we have enjoyed your favour, and so by our own will we have enjoyed it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.138.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.138.4.md): Thus be near us for help, a tireless giver. O rich in horses, be rich in horses for those who seek praise. O r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.1.md): Let this praise establish Agni with thought; we choose Indra and Vāyu, that heavenly strength. New prayers wer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.2.md): When you two, Mitra and Varuṇa, from the cosmic order took up falsehood and set it aside with your own wrath, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.3.md): You two we call with praises that desire the gods, O Aśvins—as if a song were being made heard; the sacrificer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.4.md): O Dasras, you two were seen; you open heaven apart. Yoked to the chariot, you become travelers in the day-path - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.5.md): With powers, O possessors of power, grant us by day and by night. May your gift not come near you two ever at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.6.md): O bull, O Indra, bull-drinkers—these drops, pressed with stones, sprouting up, pressed for you, sprouting up: - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.7.md): O Agni, hear us. Praised, you speak to the gods, to the kings worthy of sacrifice, and to those worthy of sacr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.8.md): O Maruts, may your manly deeds and glories not be far from us; may your wondrous splendors not harm us before, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.9.md): Dadhyañc knew my birth; the first Aṅgiras, Priyamedha, Kaṇva, Atri and Manu knew it too. Those former ones, Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.10.md): May the priest worship; may those who worship the forest attain what is desired. Bṛhaspati sacrifices, Vena wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.139.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.139.11.md): O gods, you who are eleven in heaven, eleven upon the earth, dwelling in the waters, eleven by greatness: O go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.1.md): Bring a seat for Agni, who sits upon the altar, whose dwelling is dear and whose brilliance is fair, as one se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.2.md): Twice-born, thrice-fold, Agni is roused toward food; in the year he grows, and what he has eaten, he takes up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.3.md): Black-streaked, quivering, these two are his companions; both mothers cross over toward the child. Flame-tongu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.4.md): Desiring release, you who cherish man! For Manu, the swift runners, dark and bright, one-minded like horses, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.5.md): Then his swift runners go in vain; he makes a dark, dusty form, a great expanse. When he moves forward, touchi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.6.md): Shining like a bull, like a lord, he bows among the bright ones; like a bull he comes roaring toward the wives - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.7.md): He gathers together the spread-out expanse; knowing, he dwells ever among the knowing dawns. They grow again a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.8.md): The unshaking, hair-bearing dawns clung to him together; they rose upright and stood, and though they seemed d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.9.md): Licking the mother, the wrapped one goes around, indeed with many-fold powers, and spreads apart along the pat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.10.md): O Agni, shine among our bountiful patrons; then, strong as a bull and lord of the house, do not abandon them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.11.md): O Agni, let this well-offered oblation be far from the ill-offered, and let it be dearer to you than the dear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.12.md): Grant a boat for the chariot, and for our house, an ever-swift boat with steering. O Agni, grant it to our her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.140.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.140.13.md): O Agni, may you accept our hymn; may Heaven and Earth accept it, and the rivers that flow of their own accord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.1.md): Truly thus that wondrous splendor was established for the god's form, born from that strength. When the hymn c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.2.md): The bright form, possessing a father, always lies there; the second among the seven bright mothers, and the th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.3.md): When they came forth from the base of the buffalo's form, the rays, mighty by strength, advanced; and when Māt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.4.md): When he is led forth from the father and from the highest place, he rises up around through the herbs that nou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.5.md): Then he entered those mothers, in whom, bright and unharmed, he grew mightily in breadth. When he, born togeth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.6.md): Then indeed they choose the invoker among the divine ordinances, like those desiring a portion; when the much- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.7.md): When Agni, worthy of sacrifice and driven by the wind, rose up, he was like a crooked, unaging, unmade chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.8.md): He moves like a chariot fastened with pins, and with his red limbs he goes toward heaven. Then his dark attend - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.9.md): For by you, O Agni, the steadfast-vowed Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, and the good givers were strengthened. When by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.10.md): O Agni, to the one who praises and offers soma you give wealth; O youngest, you lead to the company of the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.11.md): You have asked for wealth for us, which gladdens, like good fortune and strength. He who guides both births li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.12.md): May he, of good light, with swift horses, the invoker, joyful, with bright chariot, hear our praise. May that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.141.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.141.13.md): Agni was praised with hymns by the Śímīvant singers, setting him forward for supreme sovereignty. May those ge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.1.md): O Agni, kindled, bring the gods hither today. Stretch out the ancient thread for the one who holds up the ladl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.2.md): Come near to the sacrifice rich in ghee and honey, O Tanūnapāt, to the sacrifice of this inspired priest, of o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.3.md): Pure, purifying, wondrous, Narāśaṃsa moistens the sacrifice with honey. That god, worthy of sacrifice among th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.4.md): O Agni, kindled, bring Indra hither, dear and wondrous. This devotion of mine is lifted up toward you, O well- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.5.md): Holding up the ladles, spreading the sacred grass at the well-performed sacrifice, I choose for Indra the wide - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.6.md): Let the wide gates open, promoters of order, great, purifying, receiving many, divine, unfaltering, for the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.7.md): Let the two beautiful mothers of cosmic order, Night and Dawn, come near, shining, and sit down comfortably on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.8.md): May the two sweet-tongued, eager divine priests and seers perform for us today this complete sacrifice that re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.9.md): The pure Hotrā established among the gods, Bhāratī with the Maruts, Iḷā and the great Sarasvatī — may these go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.10.md): May Tvaṣṭar, by his own power, reveal that wonderful, vast form for Pūṣan; for the sake of wealth, may he, des - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.11.md): O lord of the trees, by your own form bring down the gods and worship them; may Agni, the god, the wise one am - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.12.md): To the one with Pūṣan, to the one with the Maruts, to the All-Gods, to Vāyu — svāhā! Offer the oblation to Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.142.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.142.13.md): Come hither with the oblations offered with svāhā; come to the offerings for enjoyment. O Indra, come hither a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.1.md): For Agni I bring the old and the new prayer, the thought of speech and the song of strength. The grandson of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.2.md): Being born in the highest realm, Agni became manifest for Matarishvan. By the work and might of this kindled o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.3.md): Its brilliances are undecaying, its rays well visible, of the fair-faced, brightly shining one. Like streams o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.4.md): Him, the all-knowing Agni, whom the Bhrigus set up at the navel of the earth by the power of the world, praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.5.md): He who is not like a crash of the Maruts' roar, like an army, like heavenly lightning hurled — Agni devours an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.6.md): Perhaps Agni will be a hero of our ukthas-song and rich in wealth; perhaps with the Vasus he will fulfill desi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.7.md): Kindled like a friend, Mitra, the ghee-faced Agni seated on the seat of order, they make bright. Blazing at th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.143.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.143.8.md): With guardians that never die out, never fall, never waver, never blink, Agni, protect us with auspicious prot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.144.1.md): The priest of this sacrifice, Agni, advances by his craft, holding aloft the prayer of bright form. He strides - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.144.2.md): The milk-giving streams of cosmic order praised him, in the seat of the god, encircled. When, borne in the lap - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.144.3.md): The two of the same age, eager to join each other, strive together in one form toward one goal. Then, like Bha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.144.4.md): Him the two, servants of like age, serve together in one place, one dwelling, as a pair. Like day and like nig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.144.5.md): Him the prayers impel, the ten showers of rain; for protection mortals call upon the god. From the bow, from t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.144.6.md): You, Agni, indeed rule the heavenly realm; and by your own form, as lord of cattle, you rule the earthly. Your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.144.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.144.7.md): O Agni, accept this word and bring it near with joy. O delightful one, possessor of sustenance, born of cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.145.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.145.1.md): Ask him; he has gone forth. He knows, he is the knower; he is invoked now. In him are the praises, in him the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.145.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.145.2.md): People ask him; the fool does not ask him apart. The steadfast one, by his own mind, grasps what he grasped. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.145.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.145.3.md): To him go the ladles, to him the swift mares; alone may he hear all my words. The far-sending, swift one, acco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.145.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.145.4.md): When he moves about, seated and gathered at the sacrifice, he is born and pursues with the yoked ones. When th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.145.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.145.5.md): He, deer-like, born of the waters, wanderer of the forest, was placed upon the bark of the tree; in that dark - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.146.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.146.1.md): I praise Agni, the three-headed, seven-rayed, who sits whole and undiminished in the lap of his two parents. A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.146.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.146.2.md): The great bull has embraced both worlds and stands ageless. His protection comes from himself; he is vigorous. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.146.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.146.3.md): Two cows, moving together toward the same calf, spread out on every side and roam in fair light. They measure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.146.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.146.4.md): The steadfast wise poets lead the way, guarding the ageless Agni in many ways with their hearts. Desiring to w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.146.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.146.5.md): Praise Agni, worthy to be seen, born in the woods, worthy of praise, the great one, for the life of the child. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.147.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.147.1.md): O Agni, when the purifying patrons of Āyu give with their prizes, and both hold their offspring and grandchild - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.147.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.147.2.md): O Agni, youngest, possessor of oblation, attend to my speech and to the great offering. One drinks, another pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.147.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.147.3.md): Those protectors who, seeing your Māmateya in the darkness, guarded him from peril—them, O Agni, all-knowing, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.147.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.147.4.md): O Agni, the man who, ungenerous and ill-minded, harms us by a double means—upon him may the heavy formula retu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.147.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.147.5.md): Or, O mighty one, the man who knows well harms another man by a double means. Therefore, O Agni, praised one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.148.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.148.1.md): When Mātariśvan churned him out, they set the priest, pervading all the waters and belonging to all the gods, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.148.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.148.2.md): As men do not harm the giver, so they did not harm my prayer; Agni knows my protection, and they accept all hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.148.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.148.3.md): Even in the eternal seat they took hold of him; the sacrificial priests set him there with praises, and truly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.148.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.148.4.md): With his jaws he breaks down many things; then he shines in the forest, the far-shining one; then his wind and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.148.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.148.5.md): Neither enemies nor the harmful ones, though within the womb, harmed him; the blind, though they see not, coul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.149.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.149.1.md): That great lord desires riches; he is the master of the house, the lord of wealth. The pressing-stones draw ne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.149.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.149.2.md): That bull, like the men, is full of the glory of heaven and earth; his offspring gives life. Let him who has m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.149.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.149.3.md): He who kindles the walled city is swift, a seer born of the waters, like a horse. He shines like the sun, of a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.149.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.149.4.md): The twice-born one stood shining above the three luminous realms and all the spaces. He is the offerer, most w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.149.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.149.5.md): This is the offerer, the twice-born one, who holds all desirable treasures with glory. The mortal who presses - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.150.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.150.1.md): O Agni, as a generous worshipper I praise you greatly; even the enemy stays in your own refuge, as under the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.150.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.150.2.md): Even in the assault of the hostile and the wealthy, against the unyielding and the godless, they never come ne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.150.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.150.3.md): He is bright, O sage, the greatest among mortals, most fostering in heaven; O Agni, may we be your worshippers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.1.md): As Mitra, eager for cattle and well provided, was born among the cows and among the waters in battle, so the t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.2.md): When you two, like friends, self-born, were set up for Purumiḍha the soma-presser, then, O mighty ones, obtain - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.3.md): May the earths adorn you two, O mighty ones, for the great strength of the birth of heaven and earth; when you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.4.md): O Lord, that earth is great and dear; O upholders of cosmic order, you two proclaim the ṛta aloud. You yoke th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.5.md): Here, with great might, you two open strength; dustless, swift, the cows in the house sound out; from afar the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.6.md): For you two, for the cosmic order, the long-maned cows sang praise; O Mitra, where, O Varuṇa, you praise the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.7.md): He who with sacrifices praises you two, the wise priest who offers, who bestows wealth through his thought—go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.8.md): You two are first adorned with sacrifices and with cows, O guardians of cosmic order, in your efforts as swift - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.151.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.151.9.md): Bearing wealth, you two bestow it; rich in goods, you two obtain it. O men, through your wondrous powers, towa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.152.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.152.1.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, you two clothe yourselves in full garments. Your unpierced thoughts and creations cross ov - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.152.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.152.2.md): Even someone may know this apart: their true sacred word, praised by seers and mighty, strikes the three-corne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.152.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.152.3.md): The first footless dawn goes among the footed ones; who knows this of you two, O Mitra and Varuṇa? The embryo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.152.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.152.4.md): We see that beloved, going forth among the maidens, who never lies down; clothed in unhurt, spread-out garment - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.152.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.152.5.md): Born not a horse, not a horse-tamer, that steed neighed and flew, high-backed; the young ones embraced the unt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.152.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.152.6.md): Here, the cows that protect Māmateya and are dear to the sacred formula, may they fill the udder; sharing in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.152.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.152.7.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, may I come to you two gods with homage and protection, bearing the oblation you delight in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.153.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.153.1.md): We honor you two, great Mitra and Varuṇa, joined together and pleased by oblations and homage. O ghee-dripping - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.153.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.153.2.md): Your praise is like your dwelling; O Mitra and Varuṇa, I have come with a fine utterance. When the hotar anoin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.153.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.153.3.md): Aditi, like a cow, nourishes Ṛta and mortal man; O Mitra and Varuṇa, for the one who offers oblation. When he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.153.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.153.4.md): And for you two, among the people, there is food in the intoxicating soma; cows and divine waters also swell i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.154.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.154.1.md): Now I will proclaim the heroic deeds of Viṣṇu, who measured out the earthly realms, who propped up the highest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.154.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.154.2.md): Viṣṇu is praised for his heroic power, like a fearsome deer roaming the mountains; upon his wide three strides - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.154.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.154.3.md): Let praise go forth to Viṣṇu, dwelling on the mountains, the wide-striding, the mighty; he alone measured out - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.154.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.154.4.md): Whose three steps are filled with honey, undiminishing, they rejoice with oblation; he alone who upheld the th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.154.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.154.5.md): May I attain that dear path of his, where devoted men rejoice; he is the kinsman of the wide-striding one, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.154.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.154.6.md): Those dwellings of you two we desire to reach, where the many-horned, unwearied cows are; here indeed the high - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.155.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.155.1.md): O singers, praise well the great and heroic Viṣṇu, who drinks of the soma-draught; he who stands firm on the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.155.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.155.2.md): Thus, in the mighty clash, O Indra and Viṣṇu, soma-drinkers, you two rejoice; when set up for the mortal, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.155.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.155.3.md): These two indeed increase his great manly strength. He guides the two mothers for the seed and the enjoyment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.155.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.155.4.md): Just that manly power of his we praise, of the lord, the protector, the unharmed, the bountiful one, who measu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.155.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.155.5.md): With his two strides alone the mortal roams, to see the sun-seer; no one reaches his third stride, not even th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.155.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.155.6.md): With four names and ninety together, he set the passing ages turning like a wheel. Great-bodied, measuring wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.156.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.156.1.md): O Viṣṇu, be dear like a friend, receiver of ghee-offerings, of wide-spread radiance and expansive. Then your p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.156.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.156.2.md): Whoever offers to Viṣṇu — ancient, a seer, newer and well-born — and proclaims loudly his great birth, may he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.156.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.156.3.md): O praisers, as you know the ancient one, bring forth and nourish by birth the womb of cosmic order. Knowing hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.156.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.156.4.md): Varuṇa, the king, and the Aśvins, and the wise poets of the Maruts, followed that resolve of his. Viṣṇu held t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.156.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.156.5.md): Viṣṇu, who extended Indra for divine companionship, became ever more doer of good for the good doer. The wise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.157.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.157.1.md): Agni has been awakened; the sun rises from his abode, and shining Uṣas has appeared with her great rays. The t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.157.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.157.2.md): O Aśvins, when you two yoke your mighty chariot, anoint our strength with ghee and with honey. Make our prayer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.157.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.157.3.md): May the three-wheeled, honey-bearing chariot of the Aśvins, with its victorious steeds, come hither, well prai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.157.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.157.4.md): O Aśvins, bring us strength; sprinkle us with sweetness, and with your whip lengthen our life. Wipe away the t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.157.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.157.5.md): Indeed you two placed the embryo among the moving creatures; you two placed it within all the worlds and being - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.157.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.157.6.md): You two indeed are physicians, with your remedies; you two indeed are charioteers, with the chariot-fitting ge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.158.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.158.1.md): O Aśvins, you two good ones, Rudras, very wise, growing and rain-showering, grant us gifts in the call to batt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.158.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.158.2.md): Who would give to you two, even to this one, for good thought? When you two hold wealth with homage at the ste - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.158.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.158.3.md): When you two were yoked for Taugrya, the wheel of Peru was placed in the middle of the waters. May I reach you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.158.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.158.4.md): May praise set Aucathya free; may these two winged ones milk me apart; may tenfold fuel not burn me. When you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.158.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.158.5.md): May the best rivers, most like mothers, not come to me; when the servants, well bound, cast him down. When the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.158.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.158.6.md): Dīrghatamas, son of Mamata, grown old, in the tenth yoke, for the purpose of the waters, becomes the brahmā-pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.159.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.159.1.md): I praise with sacrifices Dyāvā and Pṛthivī, the wide ones who strengthen cosmic order (ṛta), the wise ones; wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.159.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.159.2.md): And I consider the great, self-powered mind of the blameless father, and of the mother too, through the invoca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.159.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.159.3.md): Those good sons, of good deeds and bountiful strength, great, generated the two mothers for ancient insight; i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.159.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.159.4.md): Those skillful ones of great wisdom weave, as twins of one womb and one dwelling; they stretch the ever-new th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.159.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.159.5.md): May we today obtain that desirable gift at the impulse of the god Savitṛ; O Heaven and Earth, you two of good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.160.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.160.1.md): Those two, Heaven and Earth, bestowers of all welfare, full of cosmic order, upholding the realm of space, see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.160.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.160.2.md): Wide-extended, mighty, unentangled, the two as father and mother protect the worlds. The very firm and beautif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.160.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.160.3.md): That fire-bearing son of the two parents, with his filter, the steadfast one, purifies the worlds by his wisdo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.160.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.160.4.md): This one is most skilled among the gods and in works, who begot the all-welfare Heaven and Earth. With good-wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.160.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.160.5.md): Praised by us, you two, great Heaven and Earth, establish great fame and great strength, so that we may ever e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.1.md): Who came to us as the greatest, who as the youngest? When is the office of messenger sent, when we have spoken - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.2.md): Make the one cup four — this the gods told you, this I have come to tell you. O Saudhanvanas, if you will do t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.3.md): O brother, when you sent Agni as messenger, you said: 'The horse is made by craft, the chariot made by craft, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.4.md): O Ṛbhus, makers, you asked where he came to be, the one who came to us as messenger? When he revealed the four - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.5.md): "Let us slay these," thus Tvaṣṭar spoke when he addressed the cup that did not scorn the gods' drink. When the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.6.md): Indra yoked the two bay horses to the chariot; Bṛhaspati came near the all-formed chariot. Ṛbhu, Vibhu, and Vā - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.7.md): O sons of Sudhanvan, by your thoughts and skill you drew the cow out from its hide, and you made the two aged - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.8.md): You said, 'Drink this water,' or 'Drink this mixed liquid.' O sons of Sudhanvan, if that is not found as it sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.9.md): One said, 'The waters are most abundant'; another said, 'Agni is most abundant.' One spoke of what is perishin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.10.md): One carries the waters of the Śroṇā and the cow downward; another grinds the flesh brought by the sons. One dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.11.md): In the upward-flowing places you made grass for him; in the downward-flowing waters you set things right by sk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.12.md): When the worlds, having closed together, crept about, where indeed were your two fathers, the parents, dwellin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.13.md): O Ribhus, the sleepers asked: 'O unfortunate one, who awakened this for us?' The guard said to the dog that wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.161.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.161.14.md): By day the Maruts go by the earth; this is Agni, this wind goes through the mid-region. Varuṇa goes with the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.1.md): May Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Āyu, Indra, Ṛbhukṣan and the Maruts look upon us without forsaking us, so that in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.2.md): When they lead forward, grasping the covered horse with cords and ropes, the radiant unborn goat, of all forms - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.3.md): This goat, belonging to all the gods, is led forward as Pūṣan's portion together with the horse and the swift - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.4.md): When men lead the oblation thrice around the horse, in season, along the path of the gods, here Pūṣan's first - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.5.md): O hotar and adhvaryu, you two kindle the fire; come also, grāvagrābha and the reciter, the very wise one. By t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.6.md): Those who cut the sacrificial post and those who carry it, who fashion the cup for the horse-post, who gather - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.7.md): This prayer has reached toward the directions of the gods, and has been firmly set for my good, near the horse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.8.md): Whatever are the horse's bonds, its head-strap, halter and cord, its rope, and whatever portion of grass is pu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.9.md): Whatever are the flies of the bold horse, whatever remains smeared on the two wheels and on the axle-pin, what - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.10.md): Whatever portion drops from the belly, whatever is the smell of raw flesh—let the slaughterers make it well; a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.11.md): Whatever runs off from your limb while cooking in the fire, from the spit of the one who is pierced—let it not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.12.md): Those who look around at the ripe horse, and those who say, 'It is fragrant; draw it out'; and those who atten - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.13.md): The outer vessels of the meat-cooking pot, the vessels for pouring the broth, the steaming covers, the hooks o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.14.md): Its going forth, its sitting down, its turning about, the hoof-piece of the horse, what it drank, and what gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.15.md): Let not the smoke-scented Agni make you roar, nor the shining cooking-pot scorch you; the gods accept that hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.16.md): When they spread out garments for the horse, an upper cover, and the gold ornaments for him, they bring the te - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.17.md): In your seat, by the might of the well-made sacrifice, whatever was struck at you with the heel or with the wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.18.md): Thirty-four curved parts of the strong, god-bound horse the axe joins one by one. Keep his limbs unbroken with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.19.md): One is the consecrator of Tvaṣṭar's horse; two are its restrainers, as the season requires. The portions of yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.20.md): May the dear life-breath, as you depart, not pierce you; may the axe not rest upon your body. May the greedy o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.21.md): You do not die, nor are you harmed; you go by easy paths to the gods. Your two bay horses, yoked, became two s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.162.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.162.22.md): Grant us wealth rich in good cattle and swift good horses; grant us sons of men and wealth that nourishes all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.1.md): O Horse, when you were first born and rose up from the ocean or from the cloud, you cried out; your great birt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.2.md): Given by Yama, Tritа yoked him; first Indra mounted him. The Gandharva seized his rein; O Vasus, you fashioned - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.3.md): You are Yama, you are Āditya, O horse; you are Tritа, joined by the secret rule. Joined with Soma and released - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.4.md): Your three bonds are said to be in heaven, three in the waters, three within the ocean. And as Varuṇa hears my - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.5.md): O strong horse, these are your cleansing rites; these are the vessels of the giver's hooves. Here I saw your f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.6.md): Your self I knew from afar with the mind, like a bird flying by day from below. Your head I saw, by easy paths - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.7.md): Here I saw your highest form, when you ran desiring to conquer the pasture-ground. When a mortal has consumed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.8.md): Behind you went the chariot, behind you the steed, O horse; behind you went the cows, and the fortune of maide - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.9.md): Golden-horned, iron-footed, swift as thought was this one; behind him was Indra. The gods came indeed to the o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.10.md): Shaking-maned, silver-middled, heroic, celestial, swift racers go together; like geese striving in rows, so wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.11.md): Your body is made for flight, O horse; your mind quivers swift as the wind. Your horns stand in many places; t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.12.md): The strong horse came forward with his command, shining with mind toward the gods. The unborn one is led forwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.163.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.163.13.md): When the horse reached his highest seat, toward father and mother, then today, most beloved, may you go to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.1.md): Its three brothers: the middle one, and the third with a ghee-shining back. Here I saw the lord of the clans w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.2.md): Seven yoke the one-wheeled chariot; one horse with seven names draws it. The three-hubbed wheel, ageless and u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.3.md): The seven who stand upon this chariot, the seven-wheeled, seven horses carry it. Seven sisters move together t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.4.md): Who saw the first being born, that which has no bones bearing that which has bones? Where are the breath, bloo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.5.md): Not knowing, I ask with my mind: where are these steps of the gods placed? Upon the calf and the spinning cord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.6.md): Knowing here, yet not knowing, I ask the wise poets to learn: who it was who firmly separated these six region - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.7.md): Here let him who knows this speak: the foot of the bird of Vāma has been placed. From the head the cows milk o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.8.md): The mother shared out the father within ṛta; at the beginning she joined him by thought and mind. She, the ter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.9.md): The mother was yoked at the yoke of the right-hand (sacrifice); the embryo stood within the enclosures. The ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.10.md): One who bears three mothers and three fathers stands high; they do not cause him to fall. On the back of that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.11.md): That twelve-spoked wheel is not for decay; the wheel of ṛta revolves around the sky. O Agni, here stand the pa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.12.md): People speak of the five-footed father of twelve forms who is in the far half of heaven; and these others, in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.13.md): In the five-spoked revolving wheel all beings stand. Its axle, bearing many burdens, grows hot; yet it is neve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.14.md): The unaging wheel with its felly has turned apart; ten yoked steeds carry it on the one that is stretched out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.15.md): Among those born together they call the seventh; the six born singly are the Yamas and the seers, born of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.16.md): Though I am a woman, they call me a man; let the sightless one see, but let the blind not perceive apart. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.17.md): By the far one below, by this near one, by the foot, the cow bearing her calf has risen up. Turning sideways, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.18.md): By the far one below, by this near one, who has known the father? Being wise here, who would declare that god? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.19.md): Those who are near call them far, and those who are far call them near. O Soma, the deeds you two have done wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.20.md): Two beautiful winged birds, yoked companions, embrace the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fig fruit; the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.21.md): Where the two beautiful birds sing out the portion of immortality with unblinking songs, there the wise protec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.22.md): On the tree where the honey-drinking birds settle and bring forth fruit, they say the first sweet fig fruit is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.23.md): When the gāyatrī was placed upon the gāyatrī, or the triṣṭubh was drawn out from the triṣṭubh, or the jagatī's - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.24.md): With the gāyatrī they measure the chant, with the chant the sāman, with the triṣṭubh speech; with speech they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.25.md): With the world he held the sea up in heaven; in the Rathaṃtara he saw the sun all around. Three kindling-stick - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.26.md): I call near this cow who gives good milk; may the skilled-handed milker milk her. May Savitṛ grant us the best - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.27.md): Lowing, mistress of treasures, seeking her calf with her mind, she came hither. For the Aśvins may she milk in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.28.md): The cow lowed after her frisking calf; she bellowed with her head, and lowed too. Eager for the hot shining br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.29.md): By this the enveloped cow bellows; standing upon the two bellows she hums. With her thoughts she truly lays th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.30.md): He lies down not moving; the living one of swift course, moving, reaches the fixed center of the dwellings. Th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.31.md): I saw the protector who never sets, who moves along paths coming and going. Clothed in garments spread to both - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.32.md): He who made it does not know it; he who saw it knows little more of it. Wrapped within the mother's womb, rich - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.33.md): Heaven is my father, my begetter; here is the navel. Earth is my mother, my kinswoman, this great one. Between - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.34.md): I ask you where is the farthest end of the earth; I ask where is the navel of the world. I ask you of the seed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.35.md): This altar is the farthest end of the earth; this sacrifice is the navel of the world. This Soma is the seed o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.36.md): The seven half-wombed ones are the seed of the world; they stand in the directions by Viṣṇu's far-ordered law. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.37.md): I do not clearly know what I am; hidden, bound by mind, I wander about. When the firstborn of the cosmic order - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.38.md): Downward and forward he goes by his own power, held immortal, of one womb with the mortal. These two, ever mov - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.39.md): In the imperishable syllable of the verse, in the highest vast space, upon which all the gods sat down: what w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.40.md): Be blessed from good fodder, and so may we be blessed. O inviolable one, eat fodder at all times, and drink pu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.41.md): The cow bellowed, shaping the waters: one-footed, two-footed, she became four-footed, eight-footed, nine-foote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.42.md): From her the oceans flow forth; by her the four quarters live. From there the imperishable flows forth; by tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.43.md): From afar I saw that smoke, which was all-pervading on one side and lower than it on the other. The heroes coo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.44.md): Three hairy ones appear in their seasons; in the year one of them sows. The one alone looks over all by his po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.45.md): Speech has four measured steps; the wise brahmins know them. Three, placed in the cave, do not move; the fourt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.46.md): They call him Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa, Agni; and he is the heavenly, fine-winged, heavy-winged one. Being is one; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.47.md): A dark guide; tawny swift-winged birds, clothed in waters, fly up to heaven. They turned back from the seat of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.48.md): Twelve spokes, one wheel, three naves; who truly knows it? In it, three hundred are fixed together like pegs; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.49.md): O Sarasvatī, that withered udder of yours, the one that brings happiness and by which you nourish all desirabl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.50.md): By sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice; those were the first ordinances. Those mighty ones indeed attai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.51.md): This water is common to all: it rises up, and with the days it also comes down. The rain-clouds refresh the ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.164.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.164.52.md): I call upon the heavenly, well-winged, mighty one, the womb of the waters and the splendid part of the plants, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.1.md): By what radiance did the Maruts, of one age and one household, mingle together? By what thought, from where, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.2.md): Whose prayers did the young Maruts delight in? Who turned the Maruts back hither at the sacrifice? Like hawks - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.3.md): Indra, mighty one, from where do you go alone? O lord of the good, what is this with you? Fighting together wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.4.md): My prayers, my thoughts, and the pressed soma bring peace. Stirring my strength, my pressing stone has been br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.5.md): Therefore, yoked with the most excellent, adorning our bodies with heroic strength, we harness these near with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.6.md): O Maruts, where was your strength, when you placed me alone in the battle against the serpent? I indeed am fie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.7.md): O bull, you have done much for us with your equal, manly deeds. O most mighty Indra, O Maruts, may we perform - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.8.md): O Maruts, with your own vigor and radiance, you became mighty and slew Vritra. I, wielder of the thunderbolt i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.9.md): O bountiful one, you are unsurpassed; no god is equal to you in knowing. Neither the one being born nor the on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.10.md): May my single strength be all-pervasive. Now, boldly, let me accomplish what I must through insight. You know, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.11.md): O Maruts, may this praise delight me here, which you, O men, made as a sacred word worthy of hearing for me. F - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.12.md): Thus these shining Maruts came toward me, unassailable, bestowing food and nourishments. O Maruts of moon-hued - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.13.md): O Maruts, who here praises you? Come forth, friends, toward your friends. O brilliant ones, move swiftly withi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.14.md): When he, like a praiser, made us dear to the wisdom of the honored one, so that the giver may give — O Maruts, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.165.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.165.15.md): O Maruts, this hymn is for you — this song of Māndārya, the honored poet. May he come here with nourishment; m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.1.md): Let us now proclaim that ancient greatness, made for the swift birth and for the bull's knowing. O roaring Mar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.2.md): Always like a son, bearing sweetness, they play playfully, bold in the contests. The Rudras reach the reverent - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.3.md): For whom the glowing immortal Maruts bring wealth and nourishment, and give gifts to the oblation-giver, the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.4.md): The Maruts, who fill the realms with their might, rush forth like self-moving youths. All your worlds and dwel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.5.md): When you, the shaking ones, make the mountains resound, or the back of the sky, O men, every tree trembles at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.6.md): You, O fierce Maruts, with good insight and with unharmed host, bring us good favor. Where your lightning flas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.7.md): Firm-footed, of unfailing wealth, unhindered, well praised at the contests of the rite, the Maruts press forwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.8.md): With hundred-armed fortresses, O Maruts, protect from the assault of harm the man you have guarded. O fierce, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.9.md): O Maruts, on your chariots are all auspicious treasures, set like forces vying with each other. Upon the shoul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.10.md): O Maruts, among men there are many auspicious golden ornaments on the arms and on the chests, swiftly shining. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.11.md): Great ones, mighty by their greatness, manifold in power, far-seeing, who are like the heavenly ones with thei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.12.md): O well-born Maruts, that greatness of yours and your long gift are like Aditi's vow. Not even Indra destroys i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.13.md): O Maruts, great is that kinship of yours in the former age, O immortals, you heard the praise. With this insig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.14.md): By that help of yours, O Maruts, may we thrive for long; with that aid of yours, O swift ones, O people, when - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.166.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.166.15.md): O Maruts, this praise is for you, this song of Māndārya, the honored poet. May it reach our bodies with nouris - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.1.md): Indra, may your thousand aids come to us; O possessor of bay horses, may thousand nourishments be most desired - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.2.md): O Maruts, come to us with your protections, or with your supreme, mighty-bright, skilled companions. When thei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.3.md): Among whom the well-prepared, ghee-bright, gold-tinged, lofty stream of rain has mingled, like a secret-moving - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.4.md): The bright, tireless Maruts pressed forward as though on an ordinary path, and the fierce Maruts thrust heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.5.md): When the lordly, mighty-spirited Viṣitastukā, the men-adorning heaven and earth, were set to join, then like t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.6.md): The young men have set up a young woman, for beauty, skilled at the assemblies, bright as a flower. When the o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.7.md): I proclaim that greatness of the Maruts, which is indeed true, when they, strong-moving like bulls, carry stea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.8.md): Mitra and Varuṇa protect from harm; Aryaman drives away the unpraised. And, O Maruts, you bountiful ones make - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.9.md): O Maruts, you are near to us and even from afar, you have reached the limit of strength. Roaring with bold mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.10.md): Today may we be the dearest to Indra; tomorrow may we speak in the contest. Both formerly and now, through the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.167.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.167.11.md): O Maruts, this is your praise, and this song is of Māndārya and the honored poet Kāru. May it go to you with t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.1.md): O Maruts, at every sacrifice and in every thought, swift praises are set for you in one accord. For the great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.2.md): Self-born, mighty in their own strength, they arose like herds for food and for light. Thousand-strong, they a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.3.md): Like pressed Soma, they whose limbs are sated; drunk in the hearts, they sit bountiful. On their shoulders I m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.4.md): Self-yoked, they came down from heaven, immortal, not in vain. With the whip, urge yourselves on. Dust-stirrin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.5.md): O Maruts, which of you, with lightning-flashes, trembles of his own accord, like a jaw, like a tongue? Driven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.6.md): O Maruts, where is the far end of this great space, and where the near end, where you came? When you shook wha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.7.md): O Maruts, your gift is helpful, luminous, powerful and fruitful, like a giver's present; it is wide-spreading - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.8.md): For the thunderbolt the rivers resound forward when they raise their thundering voice; the lightnings smile up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.9.md): The spotted cow (earth) bore the mighty, tireless host of the Maruts for the great contest; they are warriors - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.168.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.168.10.md): O Maruts, this is your praise, and this is the song of the honored poet Māndārya; with this food may you come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.1.md): O Indra, you are great, the great protector of them all. O wise one, knowing with the Maruts, bestow blessings - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.2.md): O Indra, the all-making ones yoked their chariots for you, knowing, driving away the wicked among mortals. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.3.md): O Indra, may your assault be favorable to us; the Maruts drive it with the wheel-rim, stirring up the dust. Ag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.4.md): O Indra, you grant us that wealth, as a gift with mighty bounty. May the praises sung to you delight you, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.5.md): O Indra, wealth is in you; the most propitious guides of whoever follows Rta are they. May those Maruts favor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.6.md): O Indra, come forth toward the showering leaders; strive for this great earthly dwelling. Then, when these cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.7.md): I hear the coming of these terrible, unyielding Maruts. They surround the mortal who seeks battle with their s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.169.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.169.8.md): O Indra, give to the people wealth born for all, with the Maruts, wealth rich in cows and with cows in front. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.170.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.170.1.md): Today there is nothing, nor is there tomorrow. Who knows that which is wonderful? What was placed with the min - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.170.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.170.2.md): O Indra, why do you wish to slay us? The Maruts are your brothers. Make yourself ready with them in goodwill; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.170.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.170.3.md): O brother Agastya, being a friend, why do you grow so proud toward us? We know your mind as it is; why do you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.170.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.170.4.md): Let them make the altar; let them kindle Agni well in front. There, let us two spread out the awareness of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.170.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.170.5.md): You rule over the treasures, O lord of treasures; you, O lord of friends, are the most steadfast of friends. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.171.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.171.1.md): O Maruts, with this homage and this hymn I come toward you, seeking the favor of the swift ones. O Maruts, wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.171.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.171.2.md): O Maruts, this praise is for you, made with homage, fashioned by the heart and offered by the mind. O gods, co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.171.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.171.3.md): May the praised Maruts show mercy to us; and the praised Maghavan, most gracious, show mercy to us. May there - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.171.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.171.4.md): Fearing this mighty Indra, trembling, O Maruts, I seek protection. The oblations were prepared for you; those - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.171.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.171.5.md): By that strength by which the luminous mānas and the brilliant ones shone at the breaking of dawn, by that ver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.171.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.171.6.md): You protect, O Indra; protect men from the mightier ones. Become a hero with the Maruts, who have removed the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.172.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.172.1.md): O bountiful Maruts, let your course be radiant, and your protection radiant too; O you whose brilliance gleams - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.172.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.172.2.md): O bountiful Maruts, that shaking spear of yours is far off; far off is the stone you hurl. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.172.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.172.3.md): O bountiful Maruts, now turn away the peoples of the grass-shafted one; raise us up for life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.1.md): As a singer chants the Sāman, so let us praise him who grows, bringing heaven's light. May the milch-cows, unh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.2.md): May the valiant Indra, with his mighty companions, be praised — with well-milked offerings, like a deer, outru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.3.md): May the priest come and sit around the appointed seats, when he brings the embryo of the earth's years. The ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.4.md): Those who desire the gods bring for him those more excellent deeds and glorious exploits. May Indra of mighty - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.5.md): So praise that Indra, who is truly mighty, a hero and bountiful, who rides the chariot; who is stronger in bat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.6.md): When Indra, through his greatness, thus expands for men, the two worlds become his girdle. Like a great enclos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.7.md): O hero, you who strike down a hundred foes and lead the way in battles, we call you to make the enemies trembl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.8.md): Thus the Soma offerings are auspicious for you, and the waters of the ocean, in which the divine waters rejoic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.9.md): May we be like good friends, seeking our own welfare, like the praises of men; so that Indra may be for us wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.10.md): As men striving to surpass in praises, may Indra with the thunderbolt in hand be our helper. As those who seek - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.11.md): Indeed the sacrifice calls upon Indra; even the one who prospers and pours oblations, circling with his mind, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.12.md): O Indra, do not abandon us in battles among the gods; surely you are our helper, O mighty one. The song that p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.173.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.173.13.md): Indra, this hymn is for you and for us. Lord of the tawny steeds, show us the path by it. God, turn toward us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.1.md): You are the king, O Indra; protect the gods, and protect the men. O Asura, guard us. You are the lord of the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.2.md): O Indra, destroy the peoples of the hostile-speaking; when you broke the seven forts, you gave shelter and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.3.md): You drove the enclosures, O Indra, mighty-lorded, with heaven too. O much-invoked, now protect the fire, the u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.4.md): May they remain, O Indra, in that seat for praise, by the might of Pavīrava; when, by power, you released the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.5.md): Bring Kutsa, O Indra, in whom you have gone; the two dear-named, swift horses of the wind. Turn the wheel of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.6.md): Having slain the mitreru, strengthened by the pressed soma, O Indra, O possessor of bay horses, the ungenerous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.7.md): Praising, O wise Indra, in the contest, may you make ready a seat-covered ground for the Dāsa; may the bountif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.8.md): O Indra, your ancient and new powers have arrived, many for the one who obstructs nothing. You break the hosti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.9.md): You are the shaker, O Indra; you release the stirring waters into flowing channels like furrows. O hero, when - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.174.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.174.10.md): Be ours always, O Indra; be the least harmful and most protecting guardian of men. May he who gives strength o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.175.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.175.1.md): O possessor of bay horses, for you this soma has been drunk as an exhilarating intoxicant, like a great vessel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.175.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.175.2.md): May your exhilarating, bull-like, excellent intoxicant come hither to us. O Indra, you who possess strength, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.175.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.175.3.md): Indeed you are a hero and a giver; you urge on the chariot of the human. O powerful one, burn the lawless dark - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.175.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.175.4.md): O poet, by your power release the sun-wheel and set it in motion by your strength. For the destruction of Śuṣṇ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.175.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.175.5.md): Most mighty is your intoxication, and most brilliant is your resolve. O slayer of Vr̥tra, finder of wealth, mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.175.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.175.6.md): As you were for the forefathers and singers, O Indra, so you have become like waters for one who is not thirst - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.176.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.176.1.md): O Soma, gladden Indra for our sacrifice. O virile one, come in here. Longing, you rush on, yet you do not find - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.176.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.176.2.md): Direct our songs into him, the sole one among the moving sacrificers; for him the svadhā is poured, as barley - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.176.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.176.3.md): In whose two hands lies all the wealth of the five peoples, seize that wealth; and strike down the one hostile - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.176.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.176.4.md): Strike down the one who does not press soma; strike Dūṇāśa, who is like your joy. Give us his possession; may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.176.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.176.5.md): With whom you were in the songs of the two-barhis sacrificers, O Soma, you guarded in Indra's contest; in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.176.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.176.6.md): As you were a joy to the earlier praisers, O Indra, as water is not a torment to the thirsty, so have you beco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.177.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.177.1.md): Indra, mighty bull and king of men and settled peoples, invoked by many, praised and seeking glory: come hithe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.177.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.177.2.md): Indra, your swift steeds, yoked by prayer, mighty as bulls and drawing bull-chariots: stand upon them and come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.177.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.177.3.md): Stand here upon the mighty chariot. For you the soma is pressed and sweet mixed drinks are sprinkled. Yoking y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.177.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.177.4.md): This sacrifice is for the gods; this is the offering, these are the prayers, and this soma is yours, O Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.177.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.177.5.md): O Indra, well-praised, come hither toward us, toward the prayers of the honored poet. With your help, praising - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.178.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.178.1.md): O Indra, since you have that glory by which you became protective for the singers, do not let our desire for g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.178.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.178.2.md): May King Indra not harm us; the two sisters who now work in their place, the waters and the soma-flowing water - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.178.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.178.3.md): Indra is victorious and heroic in battles with men; he is the hearer of the call of the seeking poet. He drive - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.178.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.178.4.md): Thus with men, Indra, of good fame, became a refuge for friends against the enemies of the wretched; in the co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.178.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.178.5.md): By you, O wealthy Indra, may we overcome the great enemies who think themselves proud; you are the protector, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.179.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.179.1.md): I have seen many autumns, nights of dwelling, and dawns, which wear away as they grow old. Old age diminishes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.179.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.179.2.md): The ancient seers who kept the cosmic order spoke the sacred truths together with the gods. They too stayed an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.179.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.179.3.md): When the gods protect the weary, that aid is not false. May we two surely overcome all rivals; may we win here - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.179.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.179.4.md): At the restraint of the roaring one, my desire came; born from here, born from there, born from whence it may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.179.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.179.5.md): Now I call upon this Soma, drunk in the hearts, from near at hand. May he forgive well the offense we have com - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.179.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.179.6.md): Agastya, digging with digging-tools, desired offspring and the strength of descendants. The fierce seer nouris - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.1.md): Ashvins, when your well-yoked horses and your chariot shine around the spaces and the waters, your golden drop - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.2.md): When you rescued the man in peril and the manly Prayajyu, you brought down and saved the swift steed. When you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.3.md): You two placed milk in the udder of the Dawn-cow, and brought down the ripened, ancient milk of the cow into t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.4.md): O men, Ashvins, you two indeed chose for Atri a warm, honey-rich drink, like a spring of waters, for the journ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.5.md): O Dasras, I draw near for your gift, like a sufferer with the cow's bowl. The waters and both worlds cling to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.6.md): When you two harness the horses to the chariot, O good givers, you drive the stronghold forward by your powers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.7.md): O Aśvins, we true singers praise you, as the giver keeps far from the miser. Then, O blameless bulls, indeed y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.8.md): O Aśvins, you two indeed, day after day, help in the gift of Virudra's flowing spring. Agastya, praised among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.9.md): When you two drive your chariot with might, swift ones, you go forth like the offering priest of Manu. Nāsatya - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.180.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.180.10.md): That chariot of yours, we call upon today with praises, O Aśvins, new for well-being. Unbroken-rimmed, going a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.1.md): O Aśvins, when you two, acting as priests, most dear, lead up the waters and the riches, this sacrifice has ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.2.md): Let the swift horses, wind-fast, milk-drinking, bright, heavenly, quick as thought, strong, with gleaming back - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.3.md): May your chariot, like a protector, well-driven, with a bright axle, come to you for well-being; O steady ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.4.md): Born here and here, you two grew strong together with unwearied bodies and your own names; one of you is victo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.5.md): For you two, the tawny-colored ones, attractive as cows, fill the seats of the other; your two bay horses, ful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.6.md): For you two, like a bull with autumns bursting forth, abundant in nourishments, it moves seeking sweetness; wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.7.md): O Aśvins, for you two this ancient praise has flowed forth in threefold streams. O wise and praised ones, prot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.8.md): And that praise of yours, ruddy and radiant, fills the leaders in the assembly on three seats. The showering c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.181.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.181.9.md): For you two, like Pūṣan, Puraṃdhi awakens Agni and Uṣas, as the one rich in offerings awakens. When I call you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.1.md): A marvellous chariot has appeared; O thoughtful ones, adorn it well. Gladden this chariot rich in bulls. O Dhi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.2.md): Most excellent indeed are you two, steadfast, most heroic, most bountiful, rich in chariots, most rich in char - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.3.md): What do you two here do, O wonder-workers? What are you? Whoever man is honoured without oblation, beyond him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.4.md): Subdue, O Aśvins, on all sides the dogs who attack; slay the obstacles, which you two have known. Make every v - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.5.md): You two made this boat in the rivers, having a spirit, winged, for Taugrya's pleasure. By which, with mind, yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.6.md): Taugrya was cast down in the waters, thrown within the boundless darkness. Jaṭhala's four dear boats were sent - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.7.md): Which tree stands in the midst of the waters, which Taugrya, unsupported, embraced all around? O Aśvins, as on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.182.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.182.8.md): O men, O Nāsatyas, when the singers recited their praise for you two, may that be after your liking. From this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.183.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.183.1.md): O Aśvins, yoke that three-seated, three-wheeled chariot, swifter than thought. By it you come to the fortress - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.183.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.183.2.md): The easily turning chariot moves on, when you two go toward the earth and stand on the path with wise purpose. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.183.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.183.3.md): Come, stand upon the chariot. The easily turning chariot, which follows your vows, moves with the sacrificer w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.183.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.183.4.md): O Aśvins, let the wolf not attack you two, nor the she-wolf. Let no one encircle you, let no one harm you. You - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.183.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.183.5.md): Gotama and Atri, much-invoked, O wondrous Aśvins, offering oblations, call you for help. Like travelers who re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.183.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.183.6.md): We have crossed over to the far shore of this darkness. O Aśvins, this praise has been set forth for you. Come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.184.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.184.1.md): Today, as Uṣas shines forth first, we call you both with hymns; O truthful Nāsatyas, wherever you are, sons of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.184.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.184.2.md): For us, O mighty bulls, rejoice and smite the Paṇis with the wave, exulting; hear the call of my hymns and tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.184.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.184.3.md): For prosperity, O Pūṣan, like two arrow-makers, O gods Nāsatyas, the chariot of the Sun's daughter was driven; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.184.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.184.4.md): For us may that sweet gift be; O sweet ones, impel the hymn of the honored poet; when there are fame-bringing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.184.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.184.5.md): O Aśvins, this hymn has been made for you by the men; O bounteous ones, come with a good hymn, send the stream - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.184.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.184.6.md): We have crossed beyond this darkness; O Aśvins, this hymn has been offered to you; come here by the paths of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.1.md): Which of the two came first, and which later? O wise ones, who has truly known it? The two that bear all the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.2.md): The two bear the many moving and walking things, the embryo with feet, though themselves footless. As a son ev - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.3.md): I call upon the sinless, unconquerable, shining, unhurt, and reverent gift of Aditi. O both Rodasī, bring it f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.4.md): May we follow after the unburning, protected Rodasī, who have gods as their sons. With both days of the gods, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.5.md): The two who come together, young, neighboring, sisters and kinswomen, in the lap of their parents, smelling an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.6.md): Wide, vast abodes by the cosmic order; I call upon the begetters of the gods, with protection, who hold immort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.7.md): I call upon the wide, broad, abundant Heaven and Earth, far-reaching, with homage in this sacrifice. O auspici - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.8.md): Whatever offense we have committed against the gods, or against a friend, or against the lord of creatures, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.9.md): May both praises and both leaders protect me; may both, with their help, be joined to me. By the excellent gif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.10.md): For Heaven and Earth I first declared the truth, wisely, for proclamation. May the father and mother, near us, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.185.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.185.11.md): O Heaven and Earth, may this be true. O father, O mother, may what I here say to you be true. Dwell with help - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.1.md): Let Viśvānara Savitṛ the god come to us at the rite, with Ilā and good praise. O youthful gods, come with thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.2.md): May all the gods come to us, Mitra, Aryaman and Varuṇa united in favor. May they make us strong, as strength t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.3.md): I praise Agni, your most dear guest, with praises. May swift Turvaṇi, united in favor, be to us like Varuṇa: g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.4.md): I come near you with homage, desiring victory. Dawn and Night, like a good milch-cow, measure the song on the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.5.md): May the serpent of the depths, Ahi-Budhnya, bring us well-being, as a river recognizes its child after sucklin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.6.md): And may Tvaṣṭar come to us, united in favor with the poets to lead. May Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, come here, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.7.md): And our horse-yoked thoughts lick him as cows lick a calf; the hymns cling to him, most fragrant of the men, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.8.md): And may the Maruts, strengthened by praise, sit here of one mind with heaven and earth: rain-bringers with spo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.9.md): By their greatness they are made known; they harness their chariot-yokes well. And when their armies flash on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.10.md): Call the Ashvins for help; call also Pūṣan, of his own strength. Free from hostility are Viṣṇu, Vāta and Ṛbhuk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.186.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.186.11.md): May this your light be ours, O worshipful ones; may it be life-giving and a dwelling. Through the one who stri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.1.md): Now I praise Pitu, the food, that great and mighty ordinance, by whose strength Trita shook Vṛtra limb from li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.2.md): O sweet Pitu, O honey, O Pitu! We have chosen you; be our protector. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.3.md): O Pitu, come near to us; come auspicious, with auspicious helps. You are the giver of joy, not to be hated, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.4.md): O Pitu, your juices are spread throughout the worlds, resting in the sky like winds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.5.md): O Pitu, those juices of yours that give; O sweetest Pitu, those juices of yours, savoring the sweetness, press - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.6.md): O Pitu, in you the beneficent mind of the great gods was placed; it was made with fine wisdom, and by your pro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.7.md): O protector, though you went beyond the mountains from Vivasvat, still, O sweet one, come back here to us for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.8.md): When we seize the surrounding portion of the waters and the plants, O Vatapi, may you become rich. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.9.md): O Soma, when we share with you the cow-headed and barley-headed offerings, O Vatapi, may you become rich. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.10.md): O plant, become karambha; become rich as the wolf and the far-spreading cake; O Vatapi, may you become rich. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.187.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.187.11.md): O protector, with words we prepare you like cows as oblations; for the gods we make you a fellow-reveller, for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.1.md): Agni, conqueror of thousands, you shine today as a god among the gods. As messenger and seer, bring the oblati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.2.md): O self-born Agni, for the one who follows cosmic order, the sacrifice is fully anointed with honey, granting t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.3.md): Agni, called by us and praised, bring here the gods worthy of sacrifice. You are the conqueror of thousands. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.4.md): They spread with strength the ancient eastward sacred grass, that seat of a thousand heroes, where you Adityas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.5.md): Virāṭ, samrāṭ, the mighty, the lordly, the many and the even more numerous: the doors poured forth ghee. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.6.md): The two of fine red garments and fine form shine forth in splendor. Let those two Dawns come here and sit down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.7.md): The two foremost, well-spoken divine invokers, the seers, shall perform this sacrifice for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.8.md): O Bhāratī, O Iḷā, O Sarasvatī — all of you I invoke; may they impel us toward prosperity. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.9.md): Tvaṣṭar, the lord, indeed fashioned all forms and all animals; from among them, offer us increase here in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.10.md): O lord of the forest, by your own body open a path for the gods; may Agni make the oblations sweet. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.188.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.188.11.md): Agni, foremost of the gods, is joined with the Gāyatrī meter; he shines in the svāhā-offerings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.1.md): O Agni, lead us by good paths to wealth; O god, you know all the ways. Turn away from us the crooked sin; let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.2.md): O Agni, being youthful, carry us with blessings across all difficult passages. Let the cities be wide and grea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.3.md): O Agni, turn away from us diseases, and hostile ones who lack the sacrificial fire; may they not plan our work - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.4.md): Protect us, O Agni, with unfailing guardians; and be present, shining in the dear abode. O youngest, may your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.5.md): O Agni, do not give us over to the evil-minded, the sinner, the hostile-minded, the destroyer or the ill-dispo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.6.md): O Agni, such a great one as you, born of cosmic order, praising, holds back by giving refuge for the body. O g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.7.md): O Agni, worthy of sacrifice, knowing both kinds, you make them distinct in the office of protecting lord of me - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.189.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.189.8.md): In this one we have spoken speeches; in the victorious Agni the son of Māna (spoke these). May we gain a thous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.1.md): Strengthen Brihaspati, the untiring bull of sweet tongue and ever-new, with praise-songs; the gods and mortals - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.2.md): Timely words cling to him, like a poured stream for those who seek the gods; that very Brihaspati swiftly beca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.3.md): Like Savitṛ, may he raise his arms to receive the praise, the homage, the uplifted oblation and the hymn; by h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.4.md): His song resounds in heaven and on earth; swift like a horse, may the wise one uphold the sacrifice. Like the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.5.md): Thinking you a god, the sinners and the weak live upon your good fortune; O Brihaspati, you give wealth to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.6.md): Good guide, like a path of good pasture, hard to lead yet dear like a friend; the unwearying ones look upon us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.7.md): As songs and rushing streams with sluice-wheels go together to the ocean, so the knowing Bṛhaspati sees both w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.190.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.190.8.md): Thus the great, many-born, mighty bull Bṛhaspati has been set up as a god; may that praised god grant us, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.1.md): Like the kaṅkata, the kaṅkata and the satīnakaṅkata, and the two called plúṣi — the unseen ones have been pres - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.2.md): She strikes the unseen ones as she comes, and strikes as she goes; she strikes them down with blows, and crush - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.3.md): Reeds, kuśara-grasses, darbha-grasses, sairya-reeds, and mauñja-grasses — all the unseen enemies have been pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.4.md): The cows have settled down in the cow-pen, the deer have lain down; the lights of people have sunk low, and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.5.md): These are the ones that appeared like thieves in the evening dusk; you unseen ones, you who see all, have beco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.6.md): Sky is your father, earth your mother, Soma your brother, Aditi your sister; you unseen ones, you who see all, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.7.md): You who dwell on the shoulder, you who have limbs, you needle-like ones, you creeping ones — O unseen ones, wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.8.md): The sun rises up from the east, all-seeing, slayer of the unseen. Smiting all the unseen ones and all the sorc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.9.md): That sun has risen up, the son of Aditi, from the mountains, swiftly traversing many things. All-seeing, slaye - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.10.md): In the sun I place the poison, the sting in the house of the one with fine soma. He indeed does not die, and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.11.md): The little one of small size, the small bird, she who is the friend, has swallowed your poison. He indeed does - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.12.md): Thrice seven, the spark-bearing ones of poison, have devoured the poison-fruit. They indeed do not die, and we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.13.md): Of the ninety-nine poisons, I have seized all the wounding names. Its course is far away; O tawny one, the swe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.14.md): Thrice seven peacock-like sisters, unwounded, have carried your poison apart, as pots carry water. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.15.md): So big, the little safflower worm: I break that worm with a stone. From there the poison has turned away, goin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 1.191.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/1.191.16.md): Kusumbhaka, the moving one from the mountain, said that: the scorpion's poison is juiceless, juiceless, O scor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.1.md): Agni, you appear with the days, you who long to shine; you are born from the waters, from the stone. You are b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.2.md): O Agni, the invoking office is yours, the purifying office is yours in its season, the leading-home office is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.3.md): O Agni, you are Indra, the bull; among the good you dwell. You are Viṣṇu of the wide stride, worthy of homage; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.4.md): O Agni, you are king Varuṇa, who upholds the vows of order; you become Mitra, to be seen and praised. You are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.5.md): O Agni, you are Tvaṣṭṛ, who gives the worshipper fine heroic strength; there is your friendship and kinship of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.6.md): O Agni, you are Rudra, the great asura of heaven; you are the strength of the Maruts, you rule over the spotte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.7.md): O Agni, you are the giver of wealth; for the sacrificer you are the god Savitṛ, the giver of treasures. You ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.8.md): O Agni, in the house the clans worship you, lord of the clans, the people worship you, king, easily invoked. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.9.md): O Agni, men honor you as father with offerings, for brotherhood with the śamī-stick, you, body-bright. You bec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.10.md): O Agni, you are Ṛbhu, worthy of homage in the house; you are strong, lord of abundant wealth. You shine bright - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.11.md): O Agni, you are Aditi, O god, for the giver; you are Bhāratī as the hotṛ, you grow by the song. You are Iḍā, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.12.md): O Agni, you are well-borne, of highest brilliance; in your desirable form, in your sight, your splendour appea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.13.md): O Agni, the Ādityas made you their mouth, and the bright ones made you their tongue, O sage. The givers of gif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.14.md): O Agni, in you all the immortal, non-deceiving gods eat the poured oblation. By you mortals enjoy the pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.15.md): You hold them together and apart, O mighty one; you surpass, O well-born Agni, O god. When here through your g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.1.16.md): Those who send gifts to the praisers, with cows in front and adorned with horses, O Agni, lead them and us ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.1.md): By sacrifice, increase Agni, born with all knowledge; worship him with oblation and with song, the kindled one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.2.md): The nights and dawns have embraced you, O Agni, as cows surround their calf in the pens. Tireless as the sky, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.3.md): The gods placed him at the base of the sky, the most bounteous, the tireless one of heaven and earth. Like a c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.4.md): Him who was set in his own dwelling in the sky, like the moon, in the beautiful-shining invocation; the father - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.5.md): May that priest be around all the sacrifices; men praise him with oblations and with song. Sharp-sighted, kind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.6.md): May he, rich in wealth and kindled, shine in us, bestowing riches for our well-being. O Agni, O god, make the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.7.md): O Agni, give us great wealth with a thousand gates; open the doors of strength for hearing. Light up the easte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.8.md): That kindled Agni shines after the lovely dawns like the sun with reddish light. Agni, with the Hotars and wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.9.md): Thus, O Agni, O ancient one, our thought has swelled among the immortals; among the heaven-wide humans, a cow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.10.md): May we, O Agni, make known the peoples beyond, with a swift horse or with fine heroism, or with the sacred wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.11.md): May he awaken us, O strong one, worthy of praise, in whom the well-born inspired poets take delight; O Agni, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.12.md): May we both, O knower of all births, be your singers and leaders of the people, dwelling in your shelter. Gran - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.2.13.md): Just as the inspired seers send forth to the praisers a gift rich in cattle and adorned with horses, O Agni, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.1.md): The kindled Agni was set down on the earth and stood facing all the worlds. May Agni, the invoker, the purifie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.2.md): May Narāśaṃsa, by his might, spread light toward the dwelling places of the three heavens. May Agni, sprinklin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.3.md): O Agni, praised with mind, worthy, earlier than humans, today worship the gods. Do you bring hither the streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.4.md): O god, growing, hero-giving sacred grass, spread out for wealth, O well-bearing one, on this altar. O Vasus, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.5.md): May they open wide, being invoked; the divine doors, easy to pass through with homage. May they spread out bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.6.md): Dawn and Night, always doing good works, anointed for us, are like weavers. Weaving together the stretched thr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.7.md): The two divine, foremost, most knowing priests, rightly and with the verse made most radiant, shall worship. A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.8.md): Sarasvatī, who accomplishes our thought, the goddess Iḍā, and the goddess Bhāratī, all-shaping — may these thr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.9.md): Tawny in form, well-bearing, bestower of life, a hero by his deeds, desiring the gods, a son is born. May Tvaṣ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.10.md): May the forest-lord, offering himself, stand near; may Agni gladden the oblation with prayers. Knowing the obl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.3.11.md): He is drenched with ghee; ghee is his source, in ghee he rests, ghee is his dwelling. Bring him hither in due - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.1.md): I call you to Agni, the radiant, finely fashioned guest of the peoples, of good service; he who wished to be d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.2.md): Establishing him in the common seat of the waters, the Bhṛgus twice placed him among the folk of Āyu. May this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.3.md): The gods set Agni as dear among the human folk, like a friend about to depart. May he shine above the waves of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.4.md): His lovely flame is like his own nourishment; such is the sight of this skilled, swift Agni. Stretching out hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.5.md): When for me they sing of Agni born of the forest, and measure out form for the Uśij singers, then he appears i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.6.md): He who shines in the forests like one thirsting, shines like water in a pool; he roared on the paths like char - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.7.md): That Agni, who rose up and burned the wide expanse, goes like a self-driven beast without a herdsman; the brig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.8.md): O Agni, in the invocation of your ancient protection, in the third ritual assembly, I now recite the hymn; giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.4.9.md): O Agni, just as by you the Gṛtsamadas, seeking in secret, reach the upper regions, so may they have good heroe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.1.md): The invoking priest Agni was born, watchful, father of the fathers, for our protection. Offering sacrifice, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.2.md): In him, in whom seven rays are stretched out, in the guide of the sacrifice, like Manu, the divine eighth, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.3.md): When he, having run, speaks his prayers toward him, he becomes like the rim of the wheel around all wise poeti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.4.md): Together with the bright one, bright himself, the foremost guide was born by his own will; knowing his steadfa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.5.md): Those vital cows join the splendor of him, of the guide. Perhaps the sisters who have come here seek a boon fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.6.md): When the mother's sister stands near, bearing ghee, the adhvaryu rejoices at their coming, as barley rejoices - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.7.md): For their own sustenance, let the priest appoint a priest; likewise the praise and the sacrifice. Then may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.5.8.md): As the knowing one rightly makes it for all the adorable gods, so, O Agni, this sacrifice that we have perform - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.1.md): O Agni, accept this kindling-wood of mine and this offering-seat; listen well to these songs of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.2.md): O Agni, with this we would honor you, O grandson of nourishment, O lover of horses; O well-born one, with this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.3.md): Him, you, O giver of wealth, we would honor with songs — O praiseworthy lord of wealth; O giver of wealth, let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.4.md): May you awaken, become wise and rich; O lord of wealth, O giver of riches, drive hostilities away from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.5.md): May he give us rain from heaven; may he give us unfailing strength; may he give us nourishments a thousandfold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.6.md): For the one who praises and the one who seeks help, O youngest messenger, with song; O most worshipful priest, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.7.md): O Agni, knowing both births, you move between them, O seer; like a messenger, like a friend from birth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.6.8.md): You, knowing, satisfy and worship in due order, O wise one; and sit on this seat of sacred grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.7.1.md): O youngest, O descendant of Bharata, Agni, bring us the best, brilliant wealth; O giver of goods, wealth much - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.7.2.md): May the hostility of god or mortal not gain power over us; carry us across it and across hatred. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.7.3.md): Through you may we cross over all hostilities, as streams of waters cross over the sea. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.7.4.md): Pure one, purifier, worthy of praise, O Agni, you shine greatly; you are invoked with oblations of ghee. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.7.5.md): You are ours, O Agni, descendant of Bharata; you are invoked with cows, bulls, and eight-footed offerings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.7.6.md): Rich in ghee-oblations, ancient, the choicest invoking priest, son of strength, wondrous — such are you, Agni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.8.1.md): Like a charioteer eager for the prize, now draw near and praise Agni, the most glorious of the bountiful. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.8.2.md): Agni, the good guide, ageless for the giver, wears down the foe; he of fair radiance, the one invoked by offer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.8.3.md): He who is praised with his splendor in the homes and at dawn, whose ordinance is never violated. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.8.4.md): Like the light of heaven he comes with his ray; variegated, he shines with flame, adorned with the ageless one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.8.5.md): For Atri, in accord with self-rule, the hymns have strengthened Agni; he has taken upon himself all splendors. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.8.6.md): By the protections of Agni, Indra, Soma and the gods, may we be unharmed; may we overcome the foes who seek ba - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.9.1.md): The priest Agni has taken his seat in the priest's place, knowing, blazing, and very skilled. His resolve is u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.9.2.md): You are the messenger, and you are our protector from afar. O bull, you are also the leader who brings wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.9.3.md): We honor you in your highest birth, O Agni; we worship you with praises in the nearer seat. For the source fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.9.4.md): O Agni, sacrifice with oblation, you who are most worthy of worship; with praise, extol the gift toward the ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.9.5.md): Both (wealth and offspring) are never diminished for you, nor for the one born day by day. O wondrous one, O A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.9.6.md): May he, with this host, bountiful, sacrificing for us, most worshipful, worshipping the gods, bring welfare. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.10.1.md): Called upon, first, like a father, when kindled by men on the sacrificial ground, Agni clothed in splendor is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.10.2.md): Agni of bright flame, hear my call, together with all hymns, immortal and wise. Two tawny red steeds carry the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.10.3.md): In the spread-out dawn they brought forth the well-born Agni; among the many-formed places he became the embry - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.10.4.md): I kindle with oblation and ghee Agni, who pervades all the worlds; the broad, crosswise-spreading, mighty one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.10.5.md): From all sides I kindle Agni turned toward the west; may he accept it with a mind free from demons. Agni, brig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.10.6.md): O mighty one, by your boon let us know your share; as your envoys let us speak like Manu. The complete Agni, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.1.md): Indra, hear our call; may we not be neglected, but gain wealth by your giving. These wealth-seekers increase y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.2.md): Indra, you released the great waters that were enclosed; hero, in combat with the serpent you broke many ancie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.3.md): Hero, in the praises in which you have delighted, and Indra, in the Rudra-songs too, we praise. These are for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.4.md): Increasing your bright vigour, and holding the bright thunderbolt in your arms, we praise you. Indra, bright a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.5.md): The serpent hidden in the cave, placed in secret, concealed in the waters, unrestrained, dwelling as a deceive - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.6.md): Now praise your ancient great deeds, Indra, and let us praise your newly performed ones as well. Praise the th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.7.md): O Indra, your two horses, seeking strength and dripping with ghee, reached the bright realm. The earth spread - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.8.md): The mountain sat down, not releasing its waters, and together with the mothers it roared out. Far and near the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.9.md): Great Indra struck down the deceitful Vritra lying in the waters. From the roar of his thunderbolt, the bull's - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.10.md): The bull's thunderbolt shattered that superhuman who harmed mankind. Indra, having drunk the pressed soma, mad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.11.md): Drink, drink again, O Indra, O hero! May the exhilarating somas delight you. May they fill and make grow your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.12.md): O Indra, we have also become inspired seers for you. Let us serve our thought and praise in accord with truth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.13.md): May we be yours, O Indra, who seek your protection and increase our strength. O god, grant us that most mighty - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.14.md): Give us a dwelling, give us an ally, O Indra, give us the strength of the Maruts. May the companions of Wind, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.15.md): May they rejoice in them and be satisfied. Now drink the Soma, O Indra, and be glad. Protect us well in battle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.16.md): The great ones, for you, O Tarutra, with praises or desiring wealth, having now spread the sacred grass and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.17.md): O hero, now rejoicing among the fierce ones, drink the Soma among the Trikadrukas, O Indra. Pleased by those w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.18.md): Hold that strength, O hero, by which you broke Vṛtra and split open the stronghold of Dānu, of Aurṇavābha. You - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.19.md): With your help, may we cross over all hostile forces and, with the noble one, conquer the dasyus. For us you s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.20.md): For the sake of Trita, the soma-presser, the exhilarated one, he, growing strong, cast Arbuda down. He turned - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.11.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.11.21.md): May that gift of yours surely yield its fruit to the singer, O Indra; may that offering be rich in wealth. Gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.1.md): He who, born first and wise, a god, surpassed the gods by his will; at whose might the two worlds trembled, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.2.md): He who made the trembling earth firm, who quieted the greatly agitated mountains; who measured out the wide mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.3.md): He who, having slain the serpent, released the seven rivers; who drove out the cows from Vala's pen; who gener - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.4.md): By whom all these deeds of might were done; who secretly cast the enemy down into his base colour; who, runnin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.5.md): They ask, 'Where is that fierce one?' and say, 'He is not; he does not exist' — yet he breaks the enemy's rich - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.6.md): He who urges the poor man and urges the weak; the helper of the priest who entreats and the singer who praises - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.7.md): Whose are the horses in the regions, whose the cows and settlements, whose all the chariots; he who engendered - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.8.md): He before whom the two worlds tremble together — near and far, both enemies — and the two standing on one char - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.9.md): Without whom men do not win; whom the fighting call upon for protection; he who became the peer of all, the un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.10.md): He who with the bolt struck down the unaware who bore great guilt, the constant ones; who gives nothing back t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.11.md): He who in the fortieth autumn found Śambara dwelling in the mountains; who struck down the rising serpent, Dān - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.12.md): He who is seven-rayed, the bull, mighty, who released the seven rivers to flow; who shook the Rohiṇa — the thu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.13.md): Heaven and earth bow down before him, and the mountains tremble at his strength. He who drinks soma, firm, wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.14.md): He who protects with his help the presser of soma, the cook, the praiser, and the one who strives; whose praye - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.12.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.12.15.md): He who generously gives strength to the presser of soma and the cook — he is truly real. O Indra, may we alway - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.1.md): The mother of cosmic order, around the waters, quickly was born; in them he grows. He became the smiter, the n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.2.md): They come together in one path, bearing milk all around; they bring food for the all-embracing one. Of the flo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.3.md): Following the one, he speaks, and gives what he gives; forming forms, whose waters are his deeds, he goes alon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.4.md): Dividing nourishment to the creatures, they abide, like a support of wealth for the one who comes. Without cru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.5.md): Then you made the earth for seeing, and the heavens, O smiter, who opened the paths of the shining ones. That - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.6.md): You who give food and growth, from the moist you milked the sweet juice down to the dry; that treasure you hav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.7.md): You who held up the flowering and flowing waters by your power, who generated the unequalled lightnings from h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.8.md): You who destroyed Nārmara with Sahavasu so as to slay him, and for Pṛkṣa and for Dāsaveśa, and the unfilled mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.9.md): Whose hundred or ten were given together, when in the conflict for one you protected the wall; in the net you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.10.md): All indeed followed his manly power; they gave to him, they placed wealth for the doer; you set up the six pil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.11.md): O hero, your heroic power is well worthy of praise, when by one purpose you obtain the treasure; you advanced - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.12.md): You gladdened the ones of good action for Tāra, and for Turvīti and for Vayya, and you gave a hearing word; yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.13.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.13.13.md): O bounteous Vasu, seek out for us that abundant wealth for giving, for you possess much of it. O Indra, may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.1.md): O priests, bring soma for Indra and pour the sweet, intoxicating drink with the cups. The hero desires to drin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.2.md): O priests, bring this for him who slew Vṛtra, the obstructer of the waters, with the thunderbolt, as lightning - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.3.md): O priests, offer this to him who slew the enemy Dṛbhīka, drove the cows out and opened the stronghold of Vala. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.4.md): O priests, invoke Indra in the soma vessel — he who slew Uraṇa, struck down the one of ninety-nine arms, and p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.5.md): O priests, offer the soma to Indra — he who slew Su-aśna, Śuṣṇa, the dry one, and Vyaṃsa, and who struck down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.6.md): O priests, bring soma for Indra — he who broke the hundred forts of Śambara with a stone as with ancient stron - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.7.md): O priests, he who in the lap of the earth struck down hundreds and thousands, and subdued the heroes of Kutsa, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.8.md): O priests, when you, O men, desire something, you obtain it by bearing it with the offerings to Indra. Bring s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.9.md): O priests, perform the offering for him; bring the soma purified in the wood up over the wood. Joyful, go towa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.10.md): O priests, fill the generous Indra with somas as the udder of a cow is filled with milk. I know that his hidde - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.11.md): O priests, who is king of heavenly wealth, of earthly wealth and of the wealth of the dwelling, fill him with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.14.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.14.12.md): O Vasu, obtain that wealth for us as a gift; your wealth is abundant, ask for it. O Indra, may we seek the won - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.1.md): Now I will proclaim the great true deeds of the great one. Drinking the pressed soma among the Trikadrukas, in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.2.md): Without support he held up the vast sky; filling the two worlds, he also filled the atmosphere. He held the ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.3.md): Like a seat, he measured out the eastern regions with his measures; with the thunderbolt he opened the cavitie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.4.md): He surrounded the carriers of Dabhiti and burned all their weapons in the kindled fire. Together with cows, ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.5.md): He indeed released the great roaring flood from its course, and carried the unbathed across to well-being. Hav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.6.md): By his greatness he released the northward-flowing Sindhu; with the thunderbolt he crushed the chariot of Dawn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.7.md): Knowing who hid the maidens, he rose up, manifest, returning from afar. He stood at the flank and saw the eyel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.8.md): Praised by the Angirases, Indra split the Vala; he scattered the firm bonds of the mountain. He broke the barr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.9.md): By a sleight of sleep you overpowered Cumuri and also slew Dhuni; you drove forth the dasyu, the fearsome terr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.15.10.md): Surely may that gift, your boon, come to the singer, O Indra; may that bountiful gift be bestowed. Teach the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.1.md): For you all, for the most excellent Indra, I bring a fine praise, as one offers oblation into the kindled fire - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.2.md): Without the great Indra nothing at all comes to be; in him all heroic powers are gathered. He bears soma in hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.3.md): O Indra, neither the two worlds can encompass your power, nor can oceans and mountains hold back your chariot. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.4.md): For the sacrifice-worthy, fearless Indra, all the gods bring their resolve; he is the bull, who attends all. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.5.md): The vessel of the bull flows; a wave of honey surges, for the bull's food and for the bull to drink. The two b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.6.md): Your thunderbolt is a bull, and your chariot is a bull; the two bay steeds are bulls, and your weapons are bul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.7.md): Like a boat that stirs speech in the assembly, I come to you boldly with prayer at the pressings. Perhaps Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.8.md): Turn us back from the earlier constraint toward here, like a cow that has drunk fresh grass turns to her calf. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.16.9.md): Surely may that gift of yours bear fruit for the praiser; O Indra, may the rich gift yield its milk. Grant it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.1.md): Sing a new hymn to him like the Aṅgirases, when his vigors are roused along with the ancient deeds. In the exh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.2.md): Let him be the one who, measuring out his power for the first dwelling, surpassed even his greatness, the hero - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.3.md): Then you performed the first great deed, when at the beginning you roused his vigor by the sacred word. Standi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.4.md): Then he who by might rules over all beings, the maker, grew strong. Then the bearer of fire spread out heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.5.md): He made firm the ancient mountains with might, and made the flows of the waters face downward. He held up the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.6.md): For him the mighty-armed one came into being, whom the father made higher than all, even above the knowers fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.7.md): Like a woman free from her parents yet joined to the same seat, I seek your good fortune, Indra. Make for us a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.8.md): To you, the giver of joy, Indra, may we call. You are the bountiful one; you give deeds and the prizes of vict - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.17.9.md): Surely may that gift of yours, Indra, be a boon to the singer and rich in wealth. Instruct the praisers; may f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.1.md): At dawn the new chariot is yoked, four-yoked, three-tiered, seven-reined. The human with ten reins, the finder - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.2.md): For him the first, he is also the second and the third; he is the priest of men. Others gave birth in the womb - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.3.md): Indeed I yoke the two bays, Indra's chariot, to come, with a hymn and new speech. Let not the many wise seers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.4.md): With two bays, Indra, come; come invoked with four, with six; come with eight and with ten. For the soma-drink - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.5.md): Come with twenty and with thirty; come yoked with forty bays; with fifty good chariots, Indra, come; with sixt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.6.md): Come with eighty and with ninety; come carried by a hundred bays. This soma is yours indeed among the Śunahotr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.7.md): O Indra, come toward my prayer; yoke the two all-pervading tawny horses in the chariot's yoke. You have become - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.8.md): May my friendship with Indra never be severed; may his gift yield milk for us. In the highest protection, in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.18.9.md): Surely that gift of yours, which grants the boon to the praiser, O Indra, may that bounteous gift yield milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.1.md): O thoughtful ones, this exhilarating soma juice has been drunk, pressed out. In it Indra, growing strong in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.2.md): Exhilarated by this honey-juice, Indra with the thunderbolt in hand split open the serpent that enveloped the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.3.md): That mighty Indra sets the flood of waters moving forth toward the ocean, slayer of Ahi. He generated the sun, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.4.md): He, Indra, gives many unfailing gifts to Manu; he gives to the one who offers, and at once strikes down Vritra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.5.md): That god Indra gives the sun to the presser of soma; when praised he gives it to the mortal. When he brings to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.6.md): He bored open Śuṣṇa for the charioteer of Sadiva, the unswift Kuyava for Kutsa, and for Divodāsa. Ninety and n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.7.md): Thus, O Indra, we have brought you this hymn, seeking fame and striving for the prize by our own strength. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.8.md): Thus, O hero, the Gṛtsamada poets fashion their hymn for you, as suppliants fashion their deeds. O Indra, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.19.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.19.9.md): Now may that gift of yours, O Indra, rich in bounty, truly come to the one who praises you. Teach the singers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.1.md): O Indra, may we know you well; like one who seeks spoils, we bring our chariot forward toward you. Praising an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.2.md): You are our protector, O Indra; with your helps, for those who seek you, you defeat the enemies of men. You ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.3.md): May that youthful Indra, swift to be called, be our friend and a kindly protector of men. He who leads forward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.4.md): Praise that very Indra; it is him you sing, by whose strength they of old grew strong and dwelt in ease. May h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.5.md): That very Indra, delighted by the chants of the Angirases, impels the prayer and seeks the way. He finds the o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.6.md): May that Indra, renowned by name, rise up as a god for mankind, the most destructive of all. Striking down the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.7.md): Indra, slayer of Vṛtra and destroyer of forts, scattered the dark-wombed slave women; for Manu he brought fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.8.md): Power was truly bestowed on him, for Indra, together with the gods, in the place of flowing waters; when he se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.20.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.20.9.md): Surely may that gift, through your boon, yield its milk to the singer; O Indra, may that bountiful gift bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.21.1.md): Bring soma for Indra, the all-conquering, wealth-winning, heaven-winning, army-conquering, man-conquering, wid - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.21.2.md): Pay homage and speak the name of Indra, the overpowerer, defeater of enemies, unconquered, enduring, wise, mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.21.3.md): I will proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra: the victor over enemies, the devourer of men, the subduer of people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.21.4.md): Indra, unpursued and bull-like, deep, strong as a seer, unrivaled, driver of the chariot, mighty, stirred up, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.21.5.md): By sacrifice the seekers found the path; the thoughtful seers, urging on their thoughts, found it; with the so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.21.6.md): O Indra, grant us the best riches, a mind of skill, and good fortune; the nourishment of wealths, the harmless - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.22.1.md): In the three Kadru-vessels, the mighty one drank the barley-headed Soma, satisfied; it was pressed with Viṣṇu, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.22.2.md): Then the radiant one, with might, encircled the Kriví in battle; he filled both heaven and earth, and grew by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.22.3.md): Born together, you grew with resolve and with might, together grown old in heroic deeds, conqueror of enemies, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.22.4.md): Your manly deed, O Indra, first and ancient, to be proclaimed in heaven, was done when with the god's might yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.1.md): We invoke you, lord of the hosts, the seer among seers, most renowned for hearing, the chief king. O Brahmanas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.2.md): Indeed the wise gods have obtained your portion worthy of sacrifice, O Asura, O Brihaspati. As the sun with li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.3.md): Having driven away the hostile ones and darkness too, you mount the luminous chariot of truth. O Brihaspati, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.4.md): Whoever serves you like a servant, you lead by good guidance and protect, so that sin may not reach him. O Bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.5.md): Whomever you guard as a good protector, sin does not reach, nor evil deed from anywhere; the niggardly and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.6.md): You are our protector, path-maker, all-seeing; for your work we praise you with prayers. O Brihaspati, whoever - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.7.md): Whatever mortal, hostile and wolf-like, would harm us who are sinless, O Bṛhaspati, turn him away from the pat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.8.md): We call upon you, protector of bodies, helper, proclaimer, friendly one, O Bṛhaspati; cast down the enemies of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.9.md): Through you, well-strengthened, may we, O lord of prayer, receive desired wealth and human wealth; smite those - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.10.md): Through you, O Bṛhaspati, may we attain the highest vigor, full, adorned, joined to the good yoke; let no evil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.11.md): Unpursued, bull, coming to battle, casting down the enemy, victorious in battles, you are; true, O lord of pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.12.md): He who with a godless mind seeks to harm the singers, fierce, thinking, desires to slay them: O Bṛhaspati, let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.13.md): Brihaspati, to be invoked in battles, approachable with homage, arriving in contests and granting wealth upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.14.md): Scorch the demons with your keenest heat, you who are held near by those whose valor is seen openly. Brihaspat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.15.md): Brihaspati, whatever light surpasses even the enemy and shines with wisdom among the people, you who shine wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.16.md): Do not hand us over to thieves who lie in wait on the path of the hostile one, enemies greedy for food. Here i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.17.md): For all beings indeed Tvashtar produced you all around, poet of the chants. He is the restorer of debts, lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.18.md): For your splendor the mountain was opened, O Angiras, when you released the herd of cows. With Indra as your c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.23.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.23.19.md): O Brahmanaspati, be the inspirer of this hymn and invigorate our offspring too. May all that is auspicious, wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.1.md): O Bṛhaspati, let us accomplish this offering that you rule, with this new and great song. As a gracious friend - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.2.md): He who by strength bent down the bowed ones and in fury tore apart the Śambaras, Bṛhaspati shook loose the uns - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.3.md): For that deed of the most divine of the gods, they set up firm pillars, and the bound ones roared. Bṛhaspati b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.4.md): With strength Bṛhaspati opened the stone-mouthed pit, the sweet-streamed treasure; all the seers of the heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.5.md): These many worlds that have come into being, by months and autumn years surround the doors; two stand still, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.6.md): Those who went toward the hidden treasure set in the supreme cave of the Paṇis, being knowing and clearly seei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.7.md): The seers who uphold ṛta again saw falsehood from afar and stood upon the great paths. With both arms they ble - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.8.md): Wherever the lord of Brahmanaspati drives with his swift, ṛta-impelled shaft, there he reaches with his bow. H - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.9.md): He is the harmonizer, he is the guide, he is the foremost priest; he is the well-praised one, and in battle he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.10.md): All-pervading, mighty, foremost— these are the good gifts and the excellent bounties of Mehanāvat Bṛhaspati; t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.11.md): He who is all-pervading and mighty in the lower realms, in the struggle, in every way, who revealed himself in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.12.md): O bountiful ones, all your truth stands firm; even the waters never break your vow. O Indra and Brahmanaspati, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.13.md): The seer of the assembly, inspired, brings riches with his devoted thought; the singers hear him as he goes wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.14.md): The wrath of Brahmaṇaspati arose at his will, true and mighty; his great deed was about to be done. He who dro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.15.md): O Brahmaṇaspati, may we always be charioteers of the wealth of the good giver Suyama. Among heroes, grant us h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.24.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.24.16.md): O Brahmaṇaspati, you be the guide of this hymn, and also rouse the offspring. May we gain all the good that th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.25.1.md): Kindling Agni, the one who strives and offers prayer, the one who has made the sacred word and given his oblat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.25.2.md): With heroes, may he increase the heroes of the striving sacrificer; with cows, may he spread wealth and wake t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.25.3.md): As the Sindhu river crosses a hollow, so he overcomes the hostile; as a bull tramples an enemy, so he rushes w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.25.4.md): For him the divine, never-failing dawns flow; with his powers he goes first among the cows. He of unwavering f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.25.5.md): For him all the rivers flow as if shaken, giving many unbroken shelters. In the favor of the gods he becomes b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.26.1.md): May the upright hymn reach the sacrificer; may it come to the god-devoted and stand against the impious. May t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.26.2.md): O hero, offer the sacrifice and go forward before the arrogant one. Make your mind auspicious in the battle ag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.26.3.md): He indeed wins strength and riches through his people, his clan, his birth, his sons, and his men; he is the o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.26.4.md): Brahmaṇaspati leads forward the one who honors him with ghee-laden oblations. May he protect him from sin and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.1.md): To the Adityas, anointed with ghee, to the kings, always, I offer these hymns as an oblation with the ladle. M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.2.md): May Mitra, Aryaman and Varuṇa, of one mind, accept my praise today. The Adityas are pure, cleansed by the stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.3.md): Those Adityas are wide, deep, undeceived, seeing even those who wish to deceive, many-eyed. Within they see bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.4.md): The Adityas uphold the moving and the standing world; they are gods, guardians of all the worlds. Far-minded, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.5.md): O Adityas, O Aryaman, may I attain your help, even in fear; bringer of joy, I am yours. O Mitra-Varuṇa, under - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.6.md): O Aryaman, O Mitra, your path is easy; O Varuṇa, it is unharmed and good. Therefore, O Adityas, speak for us, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.7.md): May Aditi protect us; may Aditi, the king's daughter, lead us across our enmities; may Aryaman nourish us with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.8.md): They uphold three earths and three days, and within their assembly are three vows. By cosmic order, O Ādityas, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.9.md): They hold three heavenly, shining realms, golden, bright, purified by the filter. Not born of sleep, unwinking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.10.md): You are king of all, O Varuṇa, of the gods and of mortals, O Asura. Grant us a hundred autumns to see; may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.11.md): They know not from the right, nor from the left, nor eastward, O Ādityas, nor westward. By the cooked oblation - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.12.md): He who gives to kings who uphold cosmic order, whose prosperity the nourishing goods ever increase, goes wealt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.13.md): The pure one, possessing good pasture and waters, unharmed, aged in years and blessed with good sons, dwells n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.14.md): O Aditi, O Mitra, O Varuṇa, and be gracious, whatever offense we have indeed committed against you. May we att - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.15.md): May both bring rain for him; the rain of heaven he obtains, blessed and nourishing his name. Winning both dwel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.16.md): O worshipful Adityas, let the illusions and snares you have cast against the enemy be cut apart; like a horse, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.27.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.27.17.md): O Varuṇa, may I not obtain the great gift of the bountiful, dear, most generous one, nor a gift of waters; O k - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.1.md): May this self-ruling sovereignty of the sage Āditya, by its greatness, prevail over all existing things. I beg - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.2.md): O Varuṇa, may we be fortunate and wise in your law, praising you. At the approach of the cow-rich dawns, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.3.md): O Varuṇa, may we be in your shelter, the protection of him of many heroes, much praised. O leader Varuṇa, O un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.4.md): Āditya sent these forth as sustainers. The rivers flow toward Varuṇa's cosmic order; they do not tire nor stop - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.5.md): Loosen the bond from me, O Varuṇa, like a rope; may we not be cut off as sinners within the domain of cosmic o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.6.md): Drive away the fear from me well, O Varuṇa; O sovereign, O keeper of order, take hold of me again. As a band i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.7.md): O Varuṇa, do not strike us down with the blows of those who sin against your desired sacrifice and harm us. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.8.md): O Varuṇa, we shall offer you homage before, now, and further on, O much-born one. In you, as if upon a mountai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.9.md): Release our debts far away from us; may I not suffer for what I did myself, nor for what another did, O king. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.10.md): O king, whoever, a companion or a friend, declares fear to me, the fearful one, in a dream, or whoever, a thie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.28.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.28.11.md): O Varuṇa, may I not find the shelter of the water-pool of the bountiful, dear, much-giving lord; O king, may I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.29.1.md): O Ādityas, firm in your vows, O skilled-minded gods, keep far from me the offense that lies hidden, as if in s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.29.2.md): You, O gods, are far-seeing wisdom; you are strength; you are the remover of hatreds, drive them away. Be pati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.29.3.md): O Vasus, what shall we do for you, with the later sacrifice and with what gift? O Mitra and Varuṇa, O Aditi, g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.29.4.md): O gods, you indeed are the waters; grant grace to them, to me who seeks. May your chariot, with its middle-yok - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.29.5.md): One among you alone has measured out many offenses, when the gambler instructed me like a father. O gods, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.29.6.md): O worthy of worship, come near today; I tremble in my heart, fearing you. O gods, protect us from the one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.29.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.29.7.md): O Varuṇa, may I not find the empty loss of the dear, bounteous giver's wealth, nor stand apart from his easily - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.1.md): As Savitar's order is carried out and Indra, slayer of the serpent, is honored, the waters rejoice. Day after - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.2.md): The mother spoke of him who brought the bond for Vritra to the one who knows: roaring paths, fitted to his pac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.3.md): High in the mid-air he took his stand, and then he hurled the deadly blow at Vritra. Clothed in mist he rushed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.4.md): O Brihaspati, strike with heat as with a stone; slay the heroes of the demon Vrikadvaras. Just as you once sle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.5.md): Hurl down the stone from heaven, lifting it high, so that the swift Indra, gladdened, may bring down the enemy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.6.md): Indeed you two foster the purpose by which you two win; you two are the impellers of the bountiful sacrificer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.7.md): Let us not weary him, nor tire him with toil or sloth, nor say, 'Press the Soma.' May he who fills me, gives t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.8.md): O Sarasvatī, you protect us; assailing with the Maruts, you conquer the enemies. Indra slays that bull of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.9.md): Whoever is our enemy of long standing, or who strikes at us, pierce him with a sharp weapon, that he may be se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.10.md): O hero, with our powers and heroes, perform those heroic deeds that are yours. Those who shook off opposition - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.30.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.30.11.md): To that host of the Maruts who seek happiness, with reverence and song I address the divine people, that we wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.31.1.md): O Mitra and Varuna, protect our chariot, you two who dwell together with the Adityas, Rudras and Vasus. As bir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.31.2.md): Then, O united gods, lift us up and protect us, toward the chariot seeking strength among the peoples, when th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.31.3.md): May that Indra, all-seeing, wise in deed of heaven, be with us with the might of the Maruts. Indeed, may he st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.31.4.md): And may that god, Tvaṣṭar, helper of the world, together with the wives, speed the chariot onward. Iḷā, Bhaga, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.31.5.md): And those two goddesses, auspicious and of equal sight, Dawn and Night, who impel the moving world. O earth, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.31.6.md): And I sing your praise like a singer of Uśij. Ahi Budhnya, Aja Ekapad, Trita, Ṛbhukṣan, Savitar established th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.31.7.md): O worthy gods, I raise these hymns up for you. Mortals seeking renown have fashioned them together for the new - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.1.md): O Heaven and Earth, be protectors of this one who seeks cosmic order and desires the power of speech. Your lif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.2.md): May hidden enemies not harm us, nor destroy us in the day of our life. Do not abandon us to these malicious on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.3.md): With a mind that does no harm, bring praise here, as to a full, udder-swollen cow that does not sink. Swift of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.4.md): I call upon Rākā, easy to invoke, with good praise; may she hear us, fortunate one, may she heed with her very - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.5.md): O Rākā, by whatever fine-formed good thoughts you give goods to the giver, by these today come to us well-mind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.6.md): O Sinīvālī, broad-hipped one, who are the sister of the gods, enjoy the poured oblation; O goddess, shine upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.7.md): To her, the fair-armed, fair-limbed, beautifully formed, many-streamed one, to Sinivali, lady of all, offer th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.32.8.md): Guṅgū, Sinīvālī, Rākā, Sarasvatī — her, Indrāṇī, I call for protection, and Varuṇānī for well-being. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.1.md): O Father, may the favor of the Maruts come to you, and do not keep us apart from the sight of the sun. May our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.2.md): With the remedies you gave, most auspicious, O Rudra, may I attain a hundred winters. Drive hatred far away fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.3.md): O Rudra, you are the most excellent of those born, in your glory; O wielder of the thunderbolt in your arms, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.4.md): O Rudra, may we not anger you with homage; O bull, may we not provoke you with bad praise or with a call. Give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.5.md): Let me worship Rudra, the one who invokes him with his oblations, bringing him down with hymns and offerings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.6.md): May the bull, with the Maruts, exhilarate me, seeking help, with strong and vigorous life. Like a shadow reach - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.7.md): Where is your merciful hand, O Rudra, the healing one, cool-tipped? O bull, remover of divine faults, now look - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.8.md): To the tawny bull with white marks, the great one, I send forth a great and fine praise. With reverences we bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.9.md): With firm limbs, many-formed and fierce, the tawny one shone with bright golden ornaments. From Rudra, lord of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.10.md): Worthy, you bear arrows and bow; worthy, you wear the many-formed, worshipful gold ornament. Worthy, you besto - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.11.md): O renowned one who sits in the mountain pass, youthful, fearsome as a deer, striker, fierce — hear our praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.12.md): As even a boy bows to his father, I approached you bowing, O Rudra. You, giver of the wide world and lord of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.13.md): O Maruts, your bright healing remedies, most soothing and joy-bringing, which our father Manu chose, of these - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.14.md): May Rudra's missile pass around us, and the great ill-will of the fierce one keep away from us. O generous one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.33.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.33.15.md): Thus, O tawny bull, O god who are called upon, as you do not strike in anger, so, O Rudra who hears the call, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.1.md): The Maruts, who flow in streams, firm in strength, fearsome like wild beasts, shining with their power; blazin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.2.md): Like the skies with stars, they shine forth with lightnings; the rains gleam like clouds. O Maruts with golden - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.3.md): They yoke their horses, swift as steeds in races; with the ears of the roaring one they spur them on swiftly. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.4.md): All those worlds were made for the spotted Maruts, for Mitra, or forever; they have ancient gifts. The Maruts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.5.md): With bright strands, with milch-cows, with paths of the wind, with paths, O you of shining faces! Come like sw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.6.md): To us, O Maruts, O you of one mind, come to the prayers; like the praise of men, come to the rites. Drink like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.7.md): O Maruts, in your chariot give us that swift draught and prayer, which kindles day after day. Give nourishment - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.8.md): When the Maruts, with golden breastplates, yoke their horses to the chariots, the bountiful givers, for prospe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.9.md): O Maruts, whatever mortal enemy sets a snare for us on the wolf's path, O Vasus, protect us and turn him back - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.10.md): O Maruts, your course appears wonderful, when even from the udder of the spotted cow the drops of water are mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.11.md): Great Maruts, who come of your own will, we call you to this first offering of Viṣṇu. Golden-hued, radiant, wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.12.md): Those with ten cows first brought the sacrifice; may they urge us at the spreading of the light of dawn. As Da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.13.md): They, the Rudras, with the earths and with ruddy anointers, have grown strong in the abodes of Ṛta. Sprinkling - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.14.md): Them, coming for great protection, we indeed praise with homage. As Tritа brought down the five priests from t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.34.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.34.15.md): By which protection you carry across the chasm and beyond sin, by which you free the singer from reproach — O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.1.md): Desiring strength, I have drawn near to Apam Napat; may he take up my speech and my songs. Quick to be invoked - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.2.md): For him, from the heart, let us speak this well-fashioned formula; perhaps he will know it. Apam Napat, by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.3.md): Some rivers flow together, others go near; they fill one common bed. Around that bright Apam Napat the waters - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.4.md): Around that youth go charming young women; the cleansing waters go round him. Wealth-bringing to us with his b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.5.md): For him three undying divine women desire to offer food; as if made, they spread out near in the waters. He dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.6.md): Here, for the birth and the light of the horse, protect the heroes from the malicious and the harm-doers. In t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.7.md): In his own abode, whose good milch-cow is full of sustenance, he eats food. The son of the waters, nourishing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.8.md): He who shines widely within the waters, with bright divine radiance, abiding in truth and unwearied; by him ot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.9.md): The son of the waters, rising up, stood in the lap of the crooked (clouds), clothed in lightning. Bearing his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.10.md): Golden-formed is he, golden-seeing; he indeed is the son of the waters, and his also is the golden hue. From t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.11.md): That beautiful name of his and his hidden form grow, of the grandson of the waters; whom the young women thus - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.12.md): For that friend, lowest among many, let us worship with sacrifices, with reverence, with oblations. I thorough - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.13.md): That bull brought forth the embryo within them; that child suckles it, and they lick it. The grandson of the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.14.md): Standing in this supreme place, shining always with the paths, around him the mighty waters, bearing ghee and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.35.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.35.15.md): O Agni, I have given a good dwelling to the man, and a good offering to the bountiful patrons. All that the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.36.1.md): Pressing for you, O men, they released the cows and waters, milking them with the woolen and stone implements. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.36.2.md): Joined with sacrifices, with the spotted ones, bright in the course, dear in the ornaments — O sons of Bharata - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.36.3.md): Like us, easily invoked, come hither indeed; sit upon the sacred grass and rejoice. Then, O Tvaṣṭar, satisfied - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.36.4.md): Bring the gods hither, O sage; worship, O hotar, and desire. Sit down in the three seats. Move toward the offe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.36.5.md): This soma of your body, increasing the strength of men; strength and vigor in the bright sky, placed in both a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.36.6.md): Enjoy the sacrifice, heed my call; the hotar seated always, following the ancient nivids. The name goes toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.37.1.md): O Adhvaryus, rejoice with the soma in accord with the Hotṛ's pleasure; he pours the full libation. Bring this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.37.2.md): Whom I invoked before, him I invoke now; the giver who obtains a name is the one to be invoked. Take the sweet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.37.3.md): May the priests with whom you go rejoice you; O lord of the forest, grow unharmed. O bold one, you are the one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.37.4.md): He drank from the Hotṛ, rejoiced from the Potṛ too, and enjoyed from the Neṣṭṛ; he accepted the pleasing benef - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.37.5.md): Yoke here today the swift chariot that carries men, which releases. Mix the oblations with honey; come for del - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.37.6.md): O Agni, accept the kindling wood; accept the oblation; accept the sacred formula of birth; accept the good pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.1.md): That god Savitṛ, for the impeller, rose as the eternal bearer of Agni, whose works never cease. Indeed he plac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.2.md): For the bestowing of all, that god rising high stretches forth his broad-handed arms. By his decree the waters - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.3.md): May he release those who go swiftly from their swift companions; indeed he also stilled the striving one. Even - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.4.md): Again he gathered together what was spread out, weaving; in the middle he set down the maker's work, that stea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.5.md): The many-formed dwellings, all life, and the powers of Agni's flame stand apart. The mother gives the eldest s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.6.md): Standing together, desiring to conquer, he rose; the desire of all those who move became unbounded. Leaving th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.7.md): By you the final goal was established, and their share in the waters; the seekers stand spread out in many dir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.8.md): Varuṇa, bearing up that final, unrestrained womb of waters, lights it in a single moment; the all-pervading su - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.9.md): Whose ordinance neither Indra, nor Varuṇa, nor Mitra, nor Aryaman, nor Rudra violates, nor do hostile powers h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.10.md): Seeking good fortune and insight for strength, may Narāśaṃsa, maker of the city, and Gnāspati, lord of the hou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.38.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.38.11.md): For us, may that desirable wealth given by you from heaven, from the waters, from the earth, come; O Savitṛ, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.1.md): Like two millstones you labor for one and the same purpose, like vultures toward a tree full of treasure. Like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.2.md): You two come at dawn, like charioteers, like heroes, like goats; as a pair you take up the boon. Shining in bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.3.md): Like horns, come to us first, both of you, like hooves trembling; toward home like the cakravāka birds. O Usra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.4.md): Carry us across like a boat, like a yoke, like axles, becoming our support; like dogs, our unharmed bodies; li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.5.md): Like the wind, unaging; like rivers, in flow — like eyes, with sight, you two come toward us; like hands to th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.6.md): Like the two lips of the mouth for honey, speaking; like two breasts for life, nourish us; like nostrils, guar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.7.md): Grasp strength for us as with two hands, and set the realms in motion together for us as a craftsman would. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.39.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.39.8.md): O Aśvins, the Gṛtsamadas have made these growth-giving praises, sacred prayers, and hymns for you. O men, acce - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.40.1.md): Soma and Pūṣan, begetters of riches, begetters of heaven and earth, the two born guardians of all worlds, were - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.40.2.md): May these two gods, being born, take delight; may they conceal darkness and the unwelcome. Through these, Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.40.3.md): O Soma and Pūṣan, measurers of the space, you two win the seven-wheeled, unrivalled chariot — yoked by mind, r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.40.4.md): One made a high seat in heaven, another on the earth, another in the atmosphere. May those two open the nouris - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.40.5.md): One generated all beings; the other goes looking upon all. O Soma and Pūṣan, protect my thought; through you t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.40.6.md): May Pūṣan drive my thought, the all-winning; may Soma, lord of wealth, establish wealth. May the goddess Aditi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.1.md): O Vāyu, come hither with those thousandfold chariots of yours, with your teams of horses, to drink the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.2.md): O Vāyu, come hither with your teams; this bright soma has been yoked for you. You will come to the house of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.3.md): Today, with cow's milk mixed into this bright soma, O Indra and Vāyu, come hither with your teams and drink, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.4.md): This soma has been pressed for you two, O Mitra and Varuṇa, you who strengthen the cosmic order. Hear my call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.5.md): The two kings, who injure no one, sit down in the firm, highest seat, which has a thousand pillars. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.6.md): Those two supreme rulers, nourished by ghee, sons of Aditi, lords of Dānu, go together without deceit. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.7.md): O Nāsatyas, Aśvins, come rich in cows and horses. O Rudras, come to the royal seat of kuśa grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.8.md): Neither from far nor from near let anyone assail us, O bestowers of abundance. Let not the evil-speaking morta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.9.md): May those two bring us wealth, O Aśvins, wealth of tawny sheen, O Dhiṣṇyās, finder of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.10.md): Indra indeed drives away great fear. He is steadfast and all-seeing. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.11.md): May Indra show us favor; may no harm destroy us from behind. May good be before us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.12.md): May Indra make us fearless from all quarters. The all-seeing victor, may he conquer the enemies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.13.md): O all you gods, come hither, hear this my call. Sit down on this sacred grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.14.md): For you this sharp, sweet soma, delighting among the Śunáhotra priests. Drink this desired draught. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.15.md): O Maruts with Indra foremost, O gods who hold Pūṣan's gifts, may you all hear my call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.16.md): Sarasvatī, most watery, most river-like, most divine, mother, we stand as if unpraised; make praise for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.17.md): In you, Sarasvatī, rest all life-spans. Rejoice among the Śunáhotra priests; goddess, grant us offspring brigh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.18.md): Sarasvatī, rich in strength, enjoy these prayers, which are the thoughts of Gṛtsamada. Rich in truth, they are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.19.md): For the welfare of the sacrifice we truly call you two forward, and Agni, the carrier of the oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.20.md): May Heaven and Earth today establish for us this firm sacrifice, touching the sky, among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.41.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.41.21.md): O two friendly ones, may the gods worthy of sacrifice come and sit upon your seat, here today, to drink the so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.42.1.md): O bird of omen, crying out and proclaiming birth, you drive speech forward as a rower drives a boat. O bird of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.42.2.md): May the hawk not strike you from above, nor the eagle slay you; may no archer-hero attain you. Crying out towa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.42.3.md): Cry out downward, from the right side of the houses, O bird of omen, auspicious speaker of good words. May no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.43.1.md): Turning to the right, the poets praise the birds, and the birds call in their seasons. It speaks in two voices - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.43.2.md): O bird, you sing the sāma like a chief singer, and you chant at the pressings like a Brahman's son. Like a bul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 2.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/2.43.3.md): O bird, speaking good fortune, speak good fortune; sitting silent, consider good will toward us. When you fly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.1.md): O Agni, you made me strong in the Soma offering and appointed me the bearer of the rite for worship. Toward th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.2.md): We have performed the sacrifice that faces forward; serving Agni with kindling and homage, may our praise grow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.3.md): The wise one, pure in his deeds, the good kinsman of heaven, has set up refreshment; by the birth of the earth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.4.md): The seven great waters nourished the auspicious Agni, white and ruddy, born by his greatness. Like a newborn c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.5.md): With his bright limbs he has stretched out the realm; purified by the poets' sieves, he cleanses the resolve. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.6.md): Roaring, unbroken, great ones of heaven, unveiled and not bare, they set him shining in motion; here the young - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.7.md): Agni's many-formed streams, gathered together, stand spread in the source of ghee and the flow of sweet waters - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.8.md): O son of might, shining, you blazed forth, bearing bright, swift forms. Streams of sweetness and ghee pour dow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.9.md): From birth he found his father's udder; he released his streams and the cows. Moving hidden with auspicious fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.10.md): He bore the womb of both the father and the begetter; alone, he sustains the many swelling ones. For the bull - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.11.md): In the wide, unobstructed expanse the great one grew; the waters and the many glorious streams gather together - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.12.md): Like a tawny one in the assembly of the great, desiring to see the son, bright-haired — he who begot the dawns - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.13.md): The embryo of the waters, the visible one, the plants and the forests auspiciously bore him of many forms. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.14.md): Great rays cling to Agni like gleaming lightnings. Grown like one hidden in a cave, in his own seat, in the bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.15.md): I praise you, sacrificing with oblations; I praise you, desiring friendship and good favor. Bestow help from t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.16.md): O good leader Agni, your guardians of the territory hold all treasures. Roaring with good offspring and fame, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.17.md): Agni, you became the banner of the gods, exhilarating and knowing all poetic wisdoms. You settle mortals in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.18.md): The immortal Agni sat in the gate of mortals as king, accomplishing the rites. Agni of ghee-bright face shone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.19.md): Agni, great one, come hither to us with friendly and auspicious protections. Grant us abundant wealth that car - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.20.md): Agni, I declare anew these your births and your ancient deeds for the ancient one. Great sacrifices were perfo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.21.md): At every birth Jātavedas, the tireless one, is established and kindled by the Viśvāmitras. May we, in the good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.22.md): O mighty one, establish this our sacrifice among the gods, and be generous, O good-deed doer. O hotar, grant u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.1.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.1.23.md): O Agni, accomplish for the one who calls the gift of Iḷā, abounding in deeds, the most enduring bounty of cows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.1.md): For Vaiśvānara, for Agni who strengthens ṛta, we bring forth prayer as pure as clarified butter; he shapes the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.2.md): By birth he lit up both worlds and became the praised son of both mothers. Agni, bearer of offerings, ageless, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.3.md): By will and skill, in the wondrous work of the swift one, the gods brought Agni forth with their thoughts. Shi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.4.md): Toward the one who gladdens, seeking victory, we choose the desirable, unconquered strength worthy of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.5.md): For well-being the people first set Agni in front, here with the barhis spread, Vājaśravas. The one of beautif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.6.md): O Agni of purifying brilliance, surely your abode is all about; O priest, among the men who strew the barhis i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.7.md): When the great newborn Agni was held up by the waters, he filled heaven and earth and the sky. The seer is led - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.8.md): Pay homage to Agni, giver of oblations and possessor of the good sacrifice; invoke the tamed Jātavedas. Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.9.md): Three kindling sticks of the Yahva, of the far-reaching Agni, the wakeful immortals purified. One of them they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.10.md): The clans' seer and clan-lord, the human offerings together made him like a well-set axe for brilliance. He go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.11.md): He is roused in the wombs; having been born he is a bull, roaring among the brightnesses like a lion. Vaiśvāna - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.12.md): Vaiśvānara, as of old, ascended to heaven, shining on the back of the sky with good minds. He himself, generat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.13.md): We implore the bright, tawny-haired Agni, the truthful one worthy of sacrifice, the wise and praiseworthy, who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.14.md): We implore with homage the pure Agni, active in the course of the sacrifice, sun-beholding, a banner of light - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.2.15.md): We implore Agni for wealth — the joyful invoker, pure and undivided, lord of the house, worthy of praise, all- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.1.md): For Vaiśvānara of broad power, the inspired poets set up treasures in firm places, so that he might go forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.2.md): Between heaven and earth the wondrous Agni is sent as messenger; seated as the invoking priest and household p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.3.md): Agni, the banner of the sacrifices and accomplisher of the rite, the inspired poets have exalted with their th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.4.md): Agni, father of the sacrifices and lord of the wise, the measurer and guide, has entered the brilliant vast he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.5.md): The gods here set up the moon-bright Agni, Vaiśvānara of the shining chariot and tawny horses, dweller in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.6.md): Agni, with the gods, with men and with creatures, spreading the sacrifice of many forms, is driven by thought - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.7.md): O Agni, thrive in good offspring and in life; swell with strength, fill us with nourishment, and shine. Impel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.8.md): Men always praise, with homage and invocations, for growth, Agni: lord of the clans, mighty guest, driver of p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.9.md): Shining, divine, and mighty in good strength, Agni spread by his power through all the surrounding regions. Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.10.md): O Vaiśvānara, I have seen those abodes of yours by which you became the winner of heaven's light, O all-seeing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.3.11.md): Through the wonderful deeds of Vaiśvānara, the one sage Agni enlarged the vast. Magnifying both parents, heave - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.1.md): Agni, kindled again and again, be kindly to us and with your bright light bestow the good grace of wealth. O g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.2.md): Whom the gods worship thrice daily in the sacrifice—Varuṇa, Mitra, and Agni—O son of the body, whose home is g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.3.md): His radiance, bringer of all wealth, advances toward the first priest of Iḍā for sacrifice. With homage, for p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.4.md): O you two, your path has been raised up at the sacrifice; upright flames have been thrust out toward the world - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.5.md): Choosing the seven priestly offices with the mind, impelled, they attain all things by cosmic order. Lustrous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.6.md): The two shining Dawns draw near together, and, of different forms, they smile with their bodies. As Mitra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.7.md): I set down the two divine first hotars here; the seven spotted ones rejoice in their own svadhā. Praising cosm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.8.md): May Bhāratī come hither with the Bhāratīs; may the harmonious Iḷā come with gods and men, and Agni too. May Sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.9.md): O god Tvaṣṭar, grant us that nourishing abundance and pour it out widely, so that a hero, active in deeds, ski - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.10.md): O lord of the forest, send the gods down and near; may Agni the sacrificer make the oblation flow. May that ve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.4.11.md): Come hither, O Agni, kindled, with Indra and the gods, in one chariot, with the swift ones. Upon our sacred gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.1.md): The awakened Agni appeared before the dawns; as a wise one he rose along the path of the poets. Kindled well b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.2.md): Agni has grown strong with praises, songs, and hymns of praise; he is worthy of homage from the praisers. Show - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.3.md): Agni was set among the human peoples, the womb of the waters, the friend who accomplishes by the cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.4.md): When Agni is kindled, he becomes Mitra; Mitra is the hotar, Varuna, and Jātavedas. Mitra is the adhvaryu, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.5.md): He guards the dear one of the enemy, the foremost step of the bird; the mighty one guards the course of the su - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.6.md): The Ṛbhus fashioned the praiseworthy, beautiful name; the god, knowing all wondrous deeds... the hide of Sasa, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.7.md): Agni, rich in ghee, came and took his place in the wide-striding, shining seat; the bright, swift, purifying A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.8.md): At once born with the herbs, Agni grows; when the mothers are strengthened with ghee, flowing like waters, ado - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.9.md): Praised, mighty with kindling wood, Agni shone forth on the height of the sky and in the navel of the earth; m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.10.md): Mighty with kindling wood, Agni propped up the vault of heaven and became the highest of the lights, when Māta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.5.11.md): O Agni, giver of much, grant Iḷā, the most abundant gift of cows, to the one who invokes; O Agni, may that goo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.1.md): O poets, with thoughtfully composed praise, seeking the gods, lead it toward the gods. The strong one bringing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.2.md): Being born, you filled the two worlds; and you apportioned them, O Agni worthy of worship. Now, by your greatn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.3.md): Heaven and earth, worthy of sacrifice, seat you, the priest, in the house. When human peoples, seeking the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.4.md): Great one, you have firmly sat down in the common seat, between the two heavens, impelled for greatness. The t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.5.md): O Agni, your vows and the great deeds of the Great One are mighty; by your wisdom you stretched out the two wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.6.md): Place the two long-haired ones, red, ghee-dripping, yoked with fitting steeds, on the yoke-pole of the chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.7.md): The rays of the sky shine for you; O Dawn, you gleam forth with the ancient waters. O Agni, when you burned up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.8.md): Whether the gods who rejoice in the wide midspace, or who are in the light; the Ūmas, the helpers, or the well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.9.md): O Agni, come hither with these in the same chariot, or with different chariots and all-pervading horses. Bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.10.md): He is the invoker whose sacrifices, for their increase, even the two wide heaven and earth are praised. Both, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.6.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.6.11.md): O Agni, procure Iḍā, the much-giving, the ever-abundant bounty of cows, for the one who invokes. O Agni, may s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.1.md): The seven voices that went forth and entered the two mothers of the tawny-backed bearer move around the two pa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.2.md): The bright-eyed cows, the horses of the bull, and the goddesses bringing honeyed gifts have come and stood her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.3.md): The well-governed ones lifted him up; the lord of riches, the wealth-knowing one, perceived it; the blue-backe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.4.md): Nourishing the great strength of Tvaṣṭṛ, the ageless one being praised is carried by the bearers; shining with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.5.md): They know the blessing of the bull and of the ruddy one, and they delight in the command of the one who binds; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.6.md): And for both parents, with the knower, the roar was led forward for the great ones; there the strong one, foll - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.7.md): Five Adhvaryus and seven inspired sages guard the dear footstep of the bird. The unaging, mighty gods, forward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.8.md): I set down the two first divine hotars; the seven rays rejoice with the offering. Praising truth, they speak t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.9.md): They swell up for greatness, for the crossing, for the victory, for the bull, for the bright one — many former - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.10.md): You who gain the goods by sacrifice, O giver of wealth — well-spoken, wise dawns have appeared with riches. An - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.7.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.7.11.md): O Agni, for Ilā, the much-giving, for the most abiding gift of cows, for the one who calls, accomplish it. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.1.md): O lord of the forest, the sacrificers who desire the gods anoint you at the rite with divine honey. Whether yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.2.md): Standing before the kindled fire, strengthening the prayer, granting ageless, good offspring, driving misfortu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.3.md): Rise up, O lord of the forest, upon the broad expanse of the earth; measured by good favor, bestow radiance on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.4.md): Young, well-clothed, enveloped, he has come hither; being born, he at once becomes the better. The wise poets, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.5.md): The one born is born again, growing in the good days, in the contest, in the assembly. The wise purify the wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.6.md): O lord of the forest, whatever men who desire the gods have bound for you, or the axe has cut; may those radia - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.7.md): Those sacrificial posts, hewn and set firmly in the ground, with their ladles lifted high, may they win for us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.8.md): May the Ādityas, Rudras, and Vasus, those of good guidance, along with Heaven and Earth, the Earth and the atm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.9.md): Like swans in rows, hastening, clothed in brightness, with sounds they have come to us. Led forward by the see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.10.md): Like horns, they were seen together among the horned ones, with flashing ornaments, resounding on the earth. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.8.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.8.11.md): O lord of trees, having a hundred shoots, rise up; having a thousand shoots, may we grow up. You whom this gle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.1.md): Friends, we mortals choose you, the god, for help: the grandson of the waters, auspicious, brightly shining, f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.2.md): While growing in the forest you went to the mothers and the waters; Agni, that is no harmful returning for you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.3.md): You have passed beyond the mighty; thus you are well-minded. Others go forward, others sit around, in whose fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.4.md): Having gone beyond the eternal powers and the creeping waters, the long-standing, undeceiving men found him, r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.5.md): Like one who has gone of his own accord, so Agni, hidden thus: Matarishvan brought him from afar for the gods, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.6.md): Mortals seized you for the gods, O bearer of oblations; for you protect all the sacrifices, O man-like one, by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.7.md): O Agni, when the cattle gather around you blazing well in the dark night, your auspicious gift also shelters t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.8.md): Offer here, for the well-made sacrifice, to Agni of pure flaming light, the swift messenger, the ancient and l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.9.9.md): Three hundred and three thousand, and thirty-three gods, and nine gods served Agni; they anointed him with ghe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.1.md): O Agni, thoughtful mortals kindle you, the sovereign god of the peoples, well here in the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.2.md): O Agni, in the sacrifices they praise you as the priest who offers at the proper time; guardian of the cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.3.md): He who honors you, Jātavedas, with kindling wood, O Agni, he obtains good heroic vigor; he thrives. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.4.md): May that Agni, banner of the sacrifices, come here with the gods, adorning himself with seven invoking priests - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.5.md): Bring forward the ancient, great hymn-speech to Agni, the offering priest; as inspired poets bear their lights - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.6.md): May our praises strengthen Agni, from whom the worthy-to-be-praised was born; for great strength and wealth, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.7.md): O Agni, most worshipful, worship the gods for the one who serves them in the sacrifice. As the priest and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.8.md): You, O purifier Agni, shine for us and grant us good heroic strength. Be closest to the praisers, for our well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.10.9.md): Him, you, the wise seers, eager and vigilant, kindle together: the carrier of oblations, the immortal, the one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.1.md): Agní, the offering priest, the family chaplain of the rite, the all-seeing one, knows the sacrifice in its pro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.2.md): He, the carrier of oblations, the immortal, the eager and dear messenger, Agní kindles the sacrifice well with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.3.md): Agní perceives with devotion; he is the ancient banner of the sacrifice, for his very purpose is the crossings - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.4.md): The gods established Agní, the son famed for his strength, the knower of all births, the bearer, as their mess - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.5.md): Unassailable, foremost leader of the clans of men, is Agní; he is the swift chariot, ever new. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.6.md): Victorious, he overcomes all contests; the purpose of the gods, Agní the unvanquished, is the most widely reno - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.7.md): The mortal who gives reaches the dwelling of Agni of purifying flame, with greater offerings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.8.md): May we attain all of Agni's well-established deeds through our hymns; we are inspired seers, O Jātavedas. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.11.9.md): O Agni, may we win all desirable treasures in the contests; in you the gods have come and settled here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.1.md): O Indra and Agni, come here to the pressed soma with songs; drink this excellent one, lofty as the sky, sent f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.2.md): O Indra and Agni, the sacrifice comes attentive together with the singer; by this, drink this pressed soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.3.md): I choose Indra and Agni, knowers of poets, by the summons of the sacrifice; may those two be satisfied here wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.4.md): I invoke the praised slayers of Vṛtra, victors together and unconquered, Indra and Agni, most bountiful in spo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.5.md): Reciters of hymns and knowers of the rite, the singers praise you two; O Indra and Agni, I invoke your impulse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.6.md): O Indra and Agni, together with one deed you two shook down the ninety strongholds held by the Dāsa wives. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.7.md): O Indra and Agni, thoughts and praises come around your works toward you; they move forward along the paths of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.8.md): O Indra and Agni, your mighty works, your shared dwellings and your offerings are set in place for you; your u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.12.9.md): O Indra and Agni, you two shine around with the lights of heaven and are adorned with prizes in contests; may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.13.1.md): Sing the broadest praise for the god Agni on your behalf. May he come with the gods; most worthy of sacrifice, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.13.2.md): Lord of truth, whose strength heaven and earth cling to, and whose helpers attend him: the oblation-bearers pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.13.3.md): He is their guide and the wise seer, and of the sacrifices too; indeed he is himself. Serve that Agni, the giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.13.4.md): May Agni grant us his most peaceful shelters, that we may find ease; and from whence he may pour down wealth f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.13.5.md): The ancient, unrivalled, shining Agni — with his wealth-bearing prayers, the reciters of the verses kindle him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.13.6.md): And in our prayer, Agni, be gracious. Most invoked by the gods in our hymns, shine upon us in peace — strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.13.7.md): Now grant us wealth a thousandfold, with offspring, full of nourishment. O Agni, grant radiant heroic vigor an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.14.1.md): Agni, the invoker, delightful, has arisen among the sacred rites. True, the sacrificer, most wise and the disp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.14.2.md): I come to you; accept my reverent words, O lawful and mighty one, for you this devotion rises. Knowing, bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.14.3.md): For you, let the Dawns run, seeking wealth. O Agni, come near by the paths of the wind. When they adorn the an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.14.4.md): Mitra and Varuṇa, and all the Maruts, sing praise to you, O mighty Agni. When you, O son of might, stand with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.14.5.md): Today we have bowed to you, having offered our desire, with palms raised and homage paid, drawing near. O Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.14.6.md): From you, indeed, O son of might, the many aids of the god spread far, and strengths are scattered wide. Give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.14.7.md): O Dakṣa, O wise-minded god, the deeds we mortals have performed for you at the sacrifice, know them all. O imm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.15.1.md): Agni, shining with your broad and mighty power, drive away the hostile ones, the demons, and the diseases. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.15.2.md): At the spreading of this dawn and at the rising of the sun, be our protector. As a father always accepts his s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.15.3.md): You, who see all men, O bull, among the ancient dawns and among the dark nights, O Agni, shine forth ruddy. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.15.4.md): Unconquered Agni, bull, shine forth. Winning all cities and all good fortunes, you are the victor. Leader of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.15.5.md): O singer, obtain many unbroken shelters. O Agni of good wisdom, shining toward the gods, swift like a chariot, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.15.6.md): O bull, go forward, fill and nourish, strive for the prizes. O Agni, for us make these two worlds well milk-gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.15.7.md): O Agni, abundant in deeds, grant Íḷā and the enduring gain of cattle to the one who invokes you. May there be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.16.1.md): This Agni is lord of great good fortune and excellent valour; he is lord of wealth rich in good offspring and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.16.2.md): O leaders, O Maruts, join this growing sacrifice in which are the bestowers of riches and increase; those stro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.16.3.md): You, O bountiful Agni, enrich us with wealth that carries excellent valour. O most brilliant, excellent one, r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.16.4.md): He who is the creator, overpowering all beings, and the creator of offerings among the gods, strives among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.16.5.md): O Agni, do not deliver us to thoughtlessness, nor to unmanliness. O son of strength, do not deliver us to repr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.16.6.md): O fortunate Agni, rich in offspring, bestow upon us the wealth of strength at the great sacrifice. O most bril - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.17.1.md): Kindled first, he is adorned according to the laws together with the nights—beloved of all, flames for his hai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.17.2.md): As you performed the priestly office for earth and heaven, O Agni, Jātavedas, knowing all; so now with this ob - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.17.3.md): O Jātavedas, you have three life-spans, and O Agni, three births came to you from the dawns; with these, knowi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.17.4.md): Praising Agni, the well-shining, the well-visible, we bow to you; O Jātavedas, you are worthy of praise. The g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.17.5.md): O Agni, the priest who came before you and is more worthy of worship, who leads the oblation in both ways and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.18.1.md): O Agni, come to us with a kindly mind, as a friend comes to a friend and as good parents come near. Burn the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.18.2.md): O Agni, burn brightly among the enemies; burn the praise of the one who does not give, burn the wealth of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.18.3.md): O Agni, kindled with fuel, I desire you and offer the oblation with ghee for strength and power. As much as I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.18.4.md): O son of strength, Agni, praised, rise up with your flame and give great vigor to those who strive. O Agni, ri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.18.5.md): O Agni, good giver of treasures, make jewels for us; you are the one who appears when kindled. In the secure s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.19.1.md): I choose Agni, the priest, in the Miyedha rite, the seer of the Gṛtsa line, all-knowing and tireless. May he, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.19.2.md): O Agni, I send forth to you a hymn rich in oblation, bright, bounteous and dripping with ghee. Turning to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.19.3.md): Called upon with a brilliant mind, may he instruct the one with good offspring. O Agni, may we be yours in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.19.4.md): For the sacrificers place many oblations in you, O Agni, people desirous of worship of the gods. O youngest on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.19.5.md): When the gods, in the Miyedha rite, set you down as the priest to generate the sacrifice, may you, O Agni, be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.20.1.md): The bearer Agni calls Uṣas, the Aśvins and Dadhikrā at the breaking of dawn with hymns. May the bright-flamed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.20.2.md): O Agni, your powers are three and your seats are three; born of truth, your tongues are three, and your many a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.20.3.md): O Agni, your names are many, names of immortality. O knower of all births, O god, O possessor of strength, O s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.20.4.md): Agni is the leader, like the Bhaga of the earths; god of the divine peoples, observer of the seasons, lawful. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.20.5.md): Dadhikrā, Agni, and the goddess Uṣas; Bṛhaspati and the god Savitṛ; the Aśvins, Mitra and Varuṇa, and Bhaga; t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.21.1.md): O Agni, Jātavedas, set our sacrifice among the immortals and accept these oblations. O Hotar, seated with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.21.2.md): O purifier, your drops, rich with ghee, are flowing. O Svadharman, for the desire of the gods, grant us the mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.21.3.md): For you there are drops that pour ghee. O Agni, O bountiful one, for the wise priest, seer, most excellent, yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.21.4.md): For you the drops flow, O unfailing mighty one, O Agni, drops of fat and ghee. Praised by the poets, you have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.21.5.md): For you the most vigorous fat has been poured from the middle; we offer it to you. O Vasu, your drops flow upo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.22.1.md): This is that Agni, in whose belly Indra, eager, places the pressed soma. O Jātavedas, winner of a thousand pri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.22.2.md): O Agni, the brilliance you have in heaven, on earth, in the plants and in the waters, O worthy of worship, by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.22.3.md): O Agni, you go toward the ocean of heaven and call the gods toward the dhiṣṇya hearths. The waters that are in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.22.4.md): O purifying fires, in harmony with the purifying oblations, free from enmity, free from disease, may you accep - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.22.5.md): O Agni, prepare for the one who invokes you the food of Iḷā, the much-loved gift, the eternal wealth of cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.23.1.md): Churned forth and well kindled, seated in his place, young and wise, Agni is the leader of the sacrifice. Amon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.23.2.md): The two descendants of Bharata, rich and famed among the gods, favored by the gods, churn forth the very skill - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.23.3.md): The ten fingers indeed gave birth to the ancient, well-born Agni, dear among the mothers. O Devaśravas, praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.23.4.md): In the best place of the earth I have set you, in the place of Iḷā, in fair days; in the Dṛṣadvatī, among men, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.23.5.md): O Agni, bring about for the one who invokes you the abundant gift of Iḷā, the most constant bounty of cows. Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.24.1.md): O Agni, show your strength in the battles and drive away the assaults of the hostile. Hard to overcome, passin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.24.2.md): O Agni, you are kindled well with Idā, the bearer of oblations to the gods, immortal. Accept our sacrifice, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.24.3.md): O Agni, awake with brilliance, son of strength, invoked one, come hither. Sit down on this sacred grass of min - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.24.4.md): O Agni, with all the fires and with the gods, exalt the hymns of praise, and also those who are zealous in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.24.5.md): O Agni, give to the giver wealth, abundant and accompanied by heroes. Make us rich in sons. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.25.1.md): O Agni, you are the son of heaven, discerning and knower of all beings through the stretch of the earth. O wis - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.25.2.md): Agni wins heroic deeds; being wise, he bestows strength and wealth for immortality. O many-bodied one, may he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.25.3.md): Agni shines forth between heaven and earth, the divine immortal all-creators. Tireless, he dwells with gifts, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.25.4.md): O Agni, and Indra too, come here to the sacrifice of the soma-presser at the giver's door. O gods, come unfail - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.25.5.md): O Agni, you are kindled among the waters and kindled eternally in the sacrificial house. O son of might, knowe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.1.md): We Kuśikas, seeking wealth, call upon Vaiśvānara Agni with our minds; we who bring oblations invoke with songs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.2.md): That shining Agni we invoke for help: Vaiśvānara, Mātariśvan, worthy of praise, Bṛhaspati, lord of prayer, for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.3.md): Like a neighing horse, Vaiśvānara is kindled together by births, by the Kuśikas at every rite; may that wakefu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.4.md): May the fires go forth with their powers; the fires joined for brightness have yoked the spotted mares; the Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.5.md): Maruts, whose glory is Agni, all-creating: we seek your fierce strength and help. Self-shining sons of Rudra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.6.md): Troop by troop, host by host, with good praises, we seek the splendour of Agni and the vigour of the Maruts; t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.7.md): I am Agni, Jātavedas by birth; ghee is my sight, and immortality is in my place. I am the hymn, the threefold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.8.md): With three purifiers he cleansed the chant, and with the heart the thought; knowing the light, he produced the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.26.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.26.9.md): The hundred-streamed, undiminishing spring, the wise father of speakers, rejoicing in the lap of his two paren - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.1.md): Forth go your bright prizes with the ghee-anointed oblation; the one seeking favor approaches the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.2.md): I praise Agni, the all-wise, the accomplisher of the sacrifice through song; he is eager to hear, rich in devo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.3.md): O Agni, may we be able to keep to the discipline of the god, of the mighty ones; may we cross over hostilities - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.4.md): Kindled at the rite, the purifier, worthy of praise, with flaming hair — him we invoke. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.5.md): Broad-striding, immortal, streaming with ghee, well invoked — Agni is the bearer of the sacrifice's oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.6.md): Him, joined together, with ladles raised, thus with devotion, the sacrificers set up Agni for protection. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.7.md): The immortal god, the invoking priest, comes forward by his wisdom, urging the sacred rites onward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.8.md): The swift one is set in contests of strength and led forward in the sacrifices; he is the wise accomplisher of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.9.md): The most desirable one made by thought; he takes up the embryo of beings, and by his extension becomes the fat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.10.md): I have set you down for the most desirable skill, by the sacred song, O Agni made by strength, O bright one of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.11.md): Agni, the bringer and the reacher, in the union of cosmic order; the wise worshippers kindle him well with obl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.12.md): I praise Agni, grandson of strength, shining in the sacrifice and over the heaven, the sage-minded one of wise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.13.md): Worthy of praise and of homage, Agni, passing across the darknesses, visible, is kindled well, like a bull. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.14.md): The bull Agni is indeed kindled well, like a horse bearing the gods; those who hold oblations praise him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.27.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.27.15.md): O bull, we shall kindle you, bull that you are; O Agni, shine forth greatly. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.28.1.md): O Agni, knower of all born beings, accept our oblation; at the morning pressing, O Dhiyāvasu, accept the puroḍ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.28.2.md): These puroḍāśa cakes, cooked and arranged for you, O Agni — accept them, O youngest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.28.3.md): O Agni, come to the offered puroḍāśa of the cross-wise day; son of strength, you are set in the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.28.4.md): At the midday pressing, O Jātavedas, here, O sage, accept the puroḍāśa; O Agni, your portion from the sacrific - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.28.5.md): O Agni, at the third pressing may you desire; O son of strength, the offered puroḍāśa; then among the gods, wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.28.6.md): O Agni, increasing the oblation — O Jātavedas, the puroḍāśa; accept the cross-wise day offering. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.1.md): Here is the churning stick, here is the making of the fire. Bring hither the lady of the clans; as before, let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.2.md): Jātavedas Agni, placed in the two fire-sticks, well set like an embryo among pregnant women, is to be praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.3.md): On the spread altar, bring him down with awareness; the awakened one at once bore the bull (Agni). Aruṣa-stūpa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.4.md): In the place of Iḷā, at the navel of the earth, we set you down. O Jātavedas, O Agni, we place you here to car - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.5.md): O men, churn the seer, undivided, wise, immortal, of fair countenance. Produce, O men, Agni, first banner of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.6.md): When they churn with their arms, he shines out like a horse, like a swift ruddy steed in the forests. Many-col - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.7.md): Born, Agni shines, bright, strong, wise, a seer praised by poets, generous. The gods set him, worthy of praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.8.md): Sit down in your own place, O hotar, knowing; set the sacrifice in the seat of the well-made rite. O Agni, pro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.9.md): Raise up the rain-showering smoke, O friends, unwearied, go toward the food. This Agni, conqueror of armies, r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.10.md): This is your source, rightly ordained, from which you were born and shone forth. Knowing it, O Agni, sit down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.11.md): Tanunapat is called the embryo and the lord; when he is born he becomes Narasamsa. When Matarisvan measured an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.12.md): Well churned, well placed, O wise Agni, make the sacrifices well performed. For the god-worshipper, worship th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.13.md): Mortals brought forth the immortal one, the unshaken crosser with the strong jaws. Ten tireless sisters, movin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.14.md): The seven-priested one shone forth from his birthplace, when he blazed in the mother's lap, in the udder of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.15.md): Hurlers of the enemies' weapons, like the Maruts, the firstborn of the sacred formula know all. The Kuśika cla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.29.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.29.16.md): Today, as we choose you here in this sacrifice as the one sent forth, O hotar, O wise one, sacrifice firmly, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.1.md): Friends who press the soma desire you; they press soma and set down offerings. They endure the people's reproa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.2.md): No highest realms lie far from you. O possessor of bay horses, come hither with your two bay horses. For the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.3.md): Indra is skilled in good works, bountiful, swift to help, mighty in great deeds and many deeds. When you, fier - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.4.md): You indeed shake even the unshaken things; alone, you roam smiting the Vṛtras. By your ordinance heaven and ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.5.md): And, O much-invoked Indra, by your renown you alone are firm; as slayer of Vṛtra you declared all free from fe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.6.md): Forth, O Indra, with the wind, let your two bay horses go; let your thunderbolt go forth crushing the enemies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.7.md): Indra, to the mortal to whom you have granted wealth, he receives even the undivided share of the house. O muc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.8.md): O Indra, much-invoked one, crush the thousand-giver, the wasting one, the handless, the crooked. O Indra, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.9.md): Indra, you firmly set the vast, boundless earth, bearer of song and giver of motion, in its seat. Like a bull - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.10.md): Indra, the strong grassless pen of the cows, fearing slaughter, flew open before you. You made easy paths and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.11.md): Alone, Indra filled both the wealthy, conjoined pair, earth and heaven. And from the midspace, in battle, brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.12.md): The sun does not daily destroy the appointed quarters, when, impelled by bay horses, he travels the paths. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.13.md): The Uṣas, daughter of Vivasvat, appear along the course of the night, great and brilliant in form. By Indra's - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.14.md): The great light placed in the openings of the cow moves about bearing both raw and cooked food. When Indra pla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.15.md): O Indra, be firm. Instruct for the sacrifice, for the one who praises and for the companions. Slay the ill-min - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.16.md): A sound is heard together. Strike down the lowly and the enemies; hurl the burning thunderbolt upon them. Cut, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.17.md): O Indra, tear up the demon by its roots; cut off its middle, crush its tip. You have destroyed the Kīvat and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.18.md): For well-being, O leader, come together with the victorious strengths; when you sit down to the great abundant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.19.md): Bring us a shining portion, O Indra; let us hold your gift in the far place. As a broad expanse spreads out, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.20.md): Gladden this desire with cattle, with horses, and with radiant wealth, and spread it wide. For you, O Indra, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.21.md): Strengthen our lineages here, O lord of cattle; may cows and rewards come together to us. You are far-seeing, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.30.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.30.22.md): Let us call upon the bountiful Indra for happiness; in this contest, in the struggle for prizes, he is most ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.1.md): Agni, the priest who knows and honours the radiance of cosmic order, came instructing the daughter's offspring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.2.md): He did not take inheritance from his own kinswoman; he prepared the embryo, the resting-place of the begetter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.3.md): Agni was born trembling with the ladle, in the forward offering of the great sons of the reddish dawn. Among t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.4.md): The victors clung to the contest; they perceived the great light out of darkness. Knowing it, the dawns rose u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.5.md): Toward the cows in the cave the steadfast ones pressed on; the seven inspired seers urged forward with mind. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.6.md): When Saramā found the broken cave of the rock, she made the ancient great path her companion; first knowing, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.7.md): Indra, the most wise, came as a friend; for the one who acts well, the stone (thunderbolt) drove forth the emb - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.8.md): He who is the measure of what is, who goes before as protector, knows all births and slays Śuṣṇa. For us, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.9.md): Seeking cows, with mind set on them, they sat down with praise-songs, making the way to immortality. Even now - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.10.md): Beholding their own milk, they rejoiced, milking the ancient seed. Their roar heated the two worlds; at birth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.11.md): With those who were born, he indeed is the slayer of Vṛtra; he, with oblations, released the dawns, Indra with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.12.md): For the father too they made a seat, great and brilliant for him. The good doers also saw him apart, holding a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.13.md): When the great heaven and earth established a firm place for him, then for Indra, ever-growing and all-pervadi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.14.md): Great Indra, I desire your friendship; to the slayer of Vṛtra many powers come. May we reach your great praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.15.md): Having known the great field and abundant light, he then drove the chariot well for his companions. Indra, wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.16.md): This all-pervading Indra, subduing the waters, sent them forth together, all-splendid. The poets purify the sw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.17.md): The two, dark and treasure-bearing, are worshipful through the greatness of the sun. When your greatness sprea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.18.md): Slayer of Vṛtra, become lord of true songs; be life-long giver, mighty one, granter of vigor. Come to us with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.19.md): Serving with homage like the Aṅgirasas, I make a new song for the ancient Indra. Go apart from the malicious a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.20.md): The malicious ones have become purifying and spread out; bring us to well-being and to the far shore of these. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.21.md): Vṛtra-slayer, lord of cows, was honoured; he went among the cows, the dark ones, with red abodes. Forth, showi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.31.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.31.22.md): In this struggle for spoils, let us call upon bountiful Indra, the most righteous, for the auspicious; hearing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.1.md): O Indra, lord of soma, drink this fine soma of the midday pressing. O bounteous one, O giver of rewards, havin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.2.md): O Indra, lord of cows, drink the bright churned soma; we have offered it for your exhilaration. Joined with th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.3.md): You whom the Maruts strengthened and whose great might they increased, O Indra, the Maruts who praised your vi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.4.md): Those indeed have now sung for this honeyed soma—Indra's might, the Maruts who were his helpers, by whom, impe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.5.md): Like Manu, O Indra, enjoying the pressing, drink soma for ever-young vigor. So too, O bay-horsed one, come bac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.6.md): You released the waters when indeed you slew Vṛtra, releasing them like cows for the race. O Indra, with a blo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.7.md): With reverence we honor Indra, the aged, the great, the mighty, the ageless, the ever-young. His dear greatnes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.8.md): Indra's deeds are many and well-wrought; the gods do not violate his ordinances. He who upholds earth and sky, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.9.md): O faithless-to-none, your greatness is true: the moment you were born you drank the soma. O Indra, neither the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.10.md): Immediately upon birth, Indra, you drank soma for exhilaration in the highest realm. When you entered heaven a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.11.md): You slew the serpent lying upon the waters, the generator of strength; O much-born one, you are mightier. Your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.12.md): O Indra, the sacrifice has indeed become your increaser; dear to you is the soma-presser Miyedha. Favor the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.13.md): Through the sacrifice let us bring Indra here for our protection, and turn him toward us for a new gift. Exalt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.14.md): When Dhiṣaṇā gave birth to me, let me praise Indra before all, that he may carry us across the day's distress - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.15.md): Full is his jar — svāhā! As one who strains fills the vessel, so he filled it to drink. The beloved soma juice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.16.md): O Indra, much-invoked: the deep river did not hold you back, nor did the stones surround you. Thus impelled fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.32.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.32.17.md): Let us joyfully call upon bountiful Indra, most manly in this battle and in the contest for wealth. The fierce - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.1.md): From the lap of the mountains the two rivers flow forth, like two unbridled mares neighing, like two bright co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.2.md): Sent forth by Indra, pleading for flow, you two go toward the ocean like charioteers; coming together, swellin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.3.md): I went toward the Sindhu, best of mothers; we reached the wide, auspicious Vipāś, flowing together toward one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.4.md): Swelling with this milky water, we flow along the path made by the gods; those released in the current do not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.5.md): Rejoice for a moment in my soma-speech, O guardians of rta; desiring help, with great insight I call to the Si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.6.md): Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, drove us forth; he slew Vṛtra, the barrier around the rivers. The god Savit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.7.md): Indra's heroic deed is always to be proclaimed: he split open the serpent (Vṛtra), struck down the encircling - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.8.md): O singer, do not let this word be wiped away from you; may your calls echo through later ages. O poet, accept - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.9.md): O sisters, listen well: the poet has come from afar with his chariot and axle. Bow down and flow well; O river - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.10.md): O poet, may we hear your words, which you have brought from afar with your chariot-wheel. I bow down before yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.11.md): When the Bharatas, desiring cattle, cross you, and the troop impelled by Indra goes forth, I, indeed impelled - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.12.md): The Bharatas, desiring cattle, crossed over; the wise seer joined himself to the favour of the rivers. O river - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.33.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.33.13.md): O waters, raise your waves and strike like the śamī-stone; loose the reins. Do not hold back the two who have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.1.md): Indra, breaker of strongholds, drove across the dasa with praises; finding wealth, he scattered the enemies. M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.2.md): O Indra, I send forward your praise, ardent and mighty, adorning my speech for immortality. You are the lord o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.3.md): Indra of mighty drive released Vrtra; he shattered the power of the deceivers, radiant Indra. In the forests h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.4.md): Indra, winner of heaven, creating the days, conquered the armies by attacking with his swift companions. He ra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.5.md): Indra entered the flowing waters, as a man does, bearing many heroic deeds. For the singer he perceived these - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.6.md): They extol the great deeds of the great one, the many excellent works of Indra. By might he thoroughly crushed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.7.md): Indra, by his great might, bestowed wealth on the gods; lord of truth, nourisher of men, he is. In the dwellin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.8.md): In Indra, ever victorious in battle, worthy of choice, giver of strength, who won the heaven and the divine wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.9.md): Indra won the worlds beyond and won the sun; he won the cows rich in many possessions. He won golden wealth an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.10.md): Indra made the herbs and brought forth the days; he made the forest lords and fashioned the midspace. He split - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.34.11.md): For happiness let us call upon Indra, the bountiful one, most manly in this contest and in the race for prizes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.1.md): Indra, stand upon the chariot; come with your two yoked steeds, as the wind comes with its swift horses. Drink - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.2.md): For Indra, much-invoked, I yoke two swift tawny horses to the yoke-poles of the chariot. As flowing water gath - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.3.md): O bull, rich in your own strength, bring these two horses hither and down; loose the two reddish steeds, and d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.4.md): O Indra, for you I yoke with prayer two swift horses, friends at the feast of joy. Standing upon the firm, eas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.5.md): Let your two bull-like horses with spread-out backs not rest down among other sacrificers. O Indra, come forwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.6.md): This soma is yours; come hither yourself, swift-going, ever well-minded. Sitting on the sacred grass in this s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.7.md): O Indra, the sacred grass is spread for you, the soma is pressed, and food is prepared for your two bay horses - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.8.md): Men, mountains and waters have made this soma sweet for you with cow's milk. O Indra, gladdened by their comin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.9.md): O Indra, the Maruts to whom you assigned a share in the soma, who strengthened you and became your troop, join - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.10.md): O Indra, drink the pressed soma with nourishment; or protect us with Agni's tongue, O worthy one. O mighty one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.35.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.35.11.md): For well-being, let us invoke Indra, the bountiful one, in this contest for prizes, the most truthful. Hearing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.1.md): Indeed, establish this praise-call for gifts. He who grows at every pressing of soma, calling with his protect - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.2.md): For Indra these soma-drinks have come, known from afar; by them the bull-hoofed, far-striding Indra rejoices, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.3.md): Drink and grow strong! For you indeed are these pressed somas, O Indra, these and the former ones as well. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.4.md): Great, boundless, swift in battle, the fierce might of Indra rules, with firm vigor. Not even the earth could - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.5.md): The great and fierce Indra has grown strong for heroism; the bull has made himself complete with the poetic ut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.6.md): When the rivers flowed forth with their impulse, when the waters went to the ocean like a charioteer, then eve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.7.md): The rivers, flowing together with the ocean, bring Indra the well-pressed Soma. The streams like elephants mil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.8.md): Like pools holding Soma, he filled many pressings. When Indra obtained the first foods, having slain Vṛtra, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.9.md): Indra, bring this; let it not stand still. We know you as lord of riches. O bay-horsed one, that great gift of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.10.md): Bring it forth for us, O wealthy one, Indra dear to devotion; grant us the abundance of wealth that brings all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.36.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.36.11.md): For welfare let us invoke the wealthy Indra, in this contest, in the trial of strength, the most manly among m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.1.md): For the slaying of Vṛtra, for strength, and for victory in battles, O Indra, we call you hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.2.md): O Indra of a hundred resolves, may your mind and your eye be turned well toward us; O Indra, let the bounteous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.3.md): O Indra of a hundred resolves, with all our songs we proclaim your names; O Indra, in overcoming hostile assau - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.4.md): By your hundred abodes, O much-invoked one, we magnify the Indra who holds the reins of the people. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.5.md): I call upon Indra, much-invoked, to slay Vṛtra, in the contests, for the winning of spoils. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.6.md): O Indra of a hundred resolves, be the victor in the contests; we call you, O Indra, to slay Vṛtra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.7.md): O Indra, grant us victory in the bright treasures, in the contests for battle, in the advancing armies, in ren - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.8.md): O Indra, of a hundred powers, drink the soma that is most mighty, radiant and watchful, for our protection. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.9.md): O Indra of a hundred powers, whatever powers of yours exist among the five peoples, O Indra, those I choose fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.10.md): O Indra, you have come; establish great glory and unconquerable splendor. We raise your might on high. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.37.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.37.11.md): O mighty one, come to us from near, and come from far. O Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, come here from you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.1.md): Like a craftsman, I have kindled my inspired thought; as a swift horse draws a well-axled chariot, I reach tow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.2.md): And ask about the birth of the seers: those who hold the mind, the well-doing makers, fashioned heaven. These - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.3.md): Here they, holding hidden things, adorned heaven and earth together for kingly power. They shaped them with me - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.4.md): Around him as he stands, all have adorned the glories; wearing splendors, the self-shining one moves. In that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.5.md): First, the greater bull begot; many are his rays. O two kings, sons of heaven, by thoughts and hymns you two h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.6.md): O two kings, in the rite you adorn the many seats in the three worlds. Here, going with the mind, in the sacre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.7.md): By his names, the bull and milch-cow, they together shaped the form of the cow. One after another, clothed in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.8.md): That golden insight of Savitṛ has attached itself to him, which no one but me can obtain. With good praise, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.9.md): You two accomplish the great deed of the ancient one, which is divine welfare; around us may you two be guardi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.38.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.38.10.md): Let us call upon bountiful Indra, most righteous in this contest for prizes, for welfare. Fierce, hearing us i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.1.md): The prayer, spoken from the heart and shaped by praise, reaches toward Indra, the lord. O Indra, know that whi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.2.md): She who was born even before the heavens, sung wakefully in the assembly, clothed in fair and shining garments - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.3.md): Here Yama's mother bore Yamī; the tip of the tongue fell, and it stood up. The born twins cling together in fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.4.md): Among mortals none of these is blamed; our fathers were warriors for the cows. Among them Indra, great and mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.5.md): Where the friend Indra followed the cows with his nine cow-companions and strong herds, there the true Indra w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.6.md): Indra found the honey gathered in the dawn, footed and hoofed, in the name of the cow; a secret hidden, concea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.7.md): O soma-drinker, O soma-grown Indra, choose light out of darkness; knowing, may we be far from distress and fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.8.md): May light arise after the sacrifice toward heaven and earth; may we be far from great evil. O good protectors, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.39.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.39.9.md): For welfare let us call upon the bountiful Indra, most heroic in this contest for the prize; the hearer, the f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.1.md): O Indra, we call you, the bull, at the pressing of the soma; drink, then, of the honeyed juice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.2.md): O Indra, wise in rites, come to the pressed soma; much-praised one, drink, grow strong, and be satisfied. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.3.md): O Indra, bring our devout sacrifice to completion with all the gods; praised one, lord of the clans. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.4.md): O Indra, these pressed soma juices go forth to you; lord of the good, shining exhilarating drops flow toward y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.5.md): O Indra, place the excellent pressed soma in your belly; your shining exhilarating drops flow forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.6.md): O lord of songs, protect our pressed honeyed juice; you are anointed with streams of honey. O Indra, the glory - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.7.md): Imperishable splendors cleave to Indra; having drunk the soma, he has grown strong. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.8.md): Come hither, O slayer of Vṛtra, from near and from far; accept these songs of ours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.40.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.40.9.md): When you are called between the far and the near, O Indra, come hither from there. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.1.md): Indra, called by us to drink the soma, come hither with your two bay horses, O wielder of the stone. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.2.md): The priest, the hotar, seated for us in due order, has sat down on the sacred grass; at dawn the pressing ston - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.3.md): These prayers are being made; bearer of prayers, come and sit upon the sacred grass. O hero, taste the puroḷāś - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.4.md): Be delighted at these pressings, these hymns and recitations; O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, O you praised with son - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.5.md): Like mothers licking their calf, the songs lick Indra, the soma-drinker, the mighty lord of strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.6.md): So rejoice, indeed, in the juice, with your own body, for great bounty; do not reduce the praiser to poverty. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.7.md): O Indra, we who desire you, bearing oblations, praise you; and you, O Vasu, are favorable to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.8.md): Do not turn far away from us. O you dear to the tawny steeds, come hither to us. O Indra, O possessor of your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.41.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.41.9.md): May two long-maned steeds bring you toward us in the comfortable chariot, O Indra, their mouths dripping with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.1.md): O Indra, come near to us, to the pressed soma mixed with cow's milk, with your two bay horses, which are fond - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.2.md): O Indra, come for that exhilarating soma pressed with stones; may he indeed be satisfied by it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.3.md): Thus my songs have reached Indra, sent forth from here, for drinking soma, for him who covers the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.4.md): For drinking soma we call Indra here with hymns; may he come with the recitations. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.5.md): O Indra, place these pressed soma juices within your belly, O you of a hundred insights, O possessor of streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.6.md): We know you as the winner of wealth, bold in battles, O wise seer; therefore we seek your favor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.7.md): O Indra, drink this soma mixed with milk and barley for us; come with the bulls and drink the pressed soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.8.md): O Indra, in your own abode I urge the soma for you to drink; may it gladden you in your heart. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.42.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.42.9.md): O Indra, we invoke you, the ancient one, to drink the pressed soma; the Kuśikas, seeking help, call you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.1.md): Come hither, Indra, you of the finest chariot-seat, come day by day to drink the soma. Release your dear compa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.2.md): Come, Indra, crossing over the many wanderers, come to our desires; come to us with your two bay horses. These - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.3.md): Come hither, Indra, god, to our sacrifice that increases reverence, united; come swiftly with your horses. I c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.4.md): May those two strong bulls, the two bay horses, friends with a good yoke-pole and fine limbs, bring you here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.5.md): Will you make me a protector of the people? Will you make me a king? O bountiful, O rightly-ordered one! Makin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.6.md): May the great bay horses, yoked, bring you hither to us, O Indra, sharer of the drinking-feast. May they who s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.7.md): O Indra, drink the soma, the bull's strained draught. For the thirsty one the falcon brought it to you. In who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.43.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.43.8.md): For well-being let us invoke the bountiful Indra, the most manly leader in this contest and in the race for st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.44.1.md): Let this soma, tawny and pressed by the tawny steeds, be for you. O Indra, delighting in it, come to us with y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.44.2.md): With your tawny steeds you praised Uṣas; with your tawny steeds you made the sun shine. Knowing and discerning - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.44.3.md): Indra held up the sky, supported by the tawny steeds, and the tawny-hued earth. He bore the abundant nourishme - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.44.4.md): The born tawny bull makes all light shine. O Indra of the tawny horses, you bear the tawny weapon, grasping th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.44.5.md): Indra, desiring the tawny one, opened the bright thunderbolt surrounded by the pure ones. He released the soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.45.1.md): Come hither, Indra, delightful one with peacock-feathered hair, with your bay horses. Let no snare-bearers res - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.45.2.md): Slayer of Vṛtra, breaker of Vala, breaker of forts, the unborn lord of the waters, standing on the chariot; in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.45.3.md): As you nourish deep waters with your purpose, and as a good guardian you nourish the fodder for the cows, so t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.45.4.md): O Indra, bring us wealth quickly, and give a portion to the one who acknowledges the giver. As a ripe fruit sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.45.5.md): You are self-moving and self-ruling, Indra, well-intentioned and supreme in your own glory. O much-invoked one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.46.1.md): O Indra, the heroic deeds of the battle-bull, the self-ruling, the fierce, the youthful, the steady and impetu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.46.2.md): You are great, O buffalo, with virile troops, wealth-winning, O fierce one, overpowering the others. You alone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.46.3.md): By his measures he has surpassed; shining, he has gone forth with the gods, unopposed on every side. By his mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.46.4.md): Toward Indra — wide, deep, fierce by birth, all-seeing, protector of the prayers — the somas pressed in the da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.46.5.md): The soma which heaven and earth bear for you, as a mother bears a child in the womb — that the priests press f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.47.1.md): With the Maruts, O Indra, bull, drink the soma in due order for battle, for exhilaration. Pour the wave of hon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.47.2.md): Of one accord with the Maruts, O Indra, drink the soma together with your host, O hero, slayer of Vr̥tra, know - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.47.3.md): And at the right seasons, lord of seasons, Indra, with the gods and comrades, protect and drink our pressed so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.47.4.md): Those who strengthened you in the battle with Ahi, O bounteous one; in the battle with Śambara, O tawny one; w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.47.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.47.5.md): With the Maruts, the bull who grew strong, unconquered, heavenly ruler Indra — victor over all — for protectio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.48.1.md): You were born at once, a bull and a youth, and came to bring the pressed soma. Clever one, drink as you wish, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.48.2.md): On the day you were born, by its desire, you drank the mountain-dwelling drop of soma. Your mother, the woman - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.48.3.md): Sitting near his mother, he obtained food, and saw the sharp soma and the udder. Gṛtsa, going forward and driv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.48.4.md): Mighty, crusher of foes, whose might overpowers, he shaped his body at will. Indra, overpowering Tvaṣṭar by hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.48.5.md): Let us call upon the bountiful Indra for happiness, in this contest, in the prize-striving battle, the most ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.49.1.md): Praise the great Indra, in whom all the soma-drinking peoples have kept their desire safe; the gods brought fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.49.2.md): Him whom no one crosses twice in battles, the self-ruling, most manly and most swift; he is the most vigorous, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.49.3.md): Victorious in battles, the carrier across, swift as a horse, pervading both worlds, possessing great strength; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.49.4.md): Supporter of heaven and the mid-regions, raised high; high like a chariot, with the Vasus like wind, possessin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.49.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.49.5.md): In this contest, in the strife for prizes, let us call upon the bountiful, most manly Indra for welfare; the h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.50.1.md): Let Indra drink, saying svāhā, he for whose soma the ruddy bull has come with the Maruts. May the wide-seeing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.50.2.md): I yoke you for speed; in accord with the fame of those two, you have won renown from the day. Here may the taw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.50.3.md): With the cows, bellowing, they have set in place Indra of firm footing, praising him for greatness and for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.50.4.md): Gladden this desire with cows, with horses, with radiant wealth, and extend it. The sages seeking the sun-worl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.50.5.md): For happiness let us call upon the bountiful Indra — in this contest, the most manly, in the striving for spoi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.1.md): Upheld by the people, wealthy and worthy of praise, great hymns have sung to Indra. He grows mightily, invoked - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.2.md): My praises go to Indra from every side, the hundred-deeded, flood-like, mighty hero: giver of strength, breake - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.3.md): The singer who seeks wealth in the store praises; with blameless hymns Indra gives generously. Indeed he delig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.4.md): You most manly among men, we honor you with songs and hymns, with your companions praising the hero. Indra of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.5.md): His ancient, obstacle-removing powers bear much wealth among mortals; the earth bears it too. For Indra the he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.6.md): For you these prayers and songs, Indra, have truly been set out; accept them, lord of bays. Become the partner - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.7.md): Indra, come drink the soma here with the Maruts, as you drank the pressed soma at the śāryāta. O hero, under y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.8.md): May he, eager, drink the soma here with the Maruts and his companions, O Indra, the soma pressed for us. When - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.9.md): In the Aptūrya, O Maruts, Eṣa Āpi gladdened Indra, together with the gift-bearers. With them alone may the sla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.10.md): This pressed soma follows after with vigor, O lord of riches. Now drink it, O lord of songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.11.md): Whoever would follow after according to your own portion, in the pressing, restrain your body. May he gladden - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.51.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.51.12.md): May it reach your hips, may it reach your head, O Indra, through the sacred prayer. May it reach both arms, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.1.md): O Indra, in the morning accept our offering rich in grain-cakes, mixed with karambha and apūpa cakes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.2.md): O Indra, accept the cooked puroḷāśa, and drink its essence too; for you the oblations are poured out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.3.md): May you eat our puroḷāśa and delight in our praises, like a bridegroom eager for a bride. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.4.md): O Indra of well-heard fame, accept our puroḷāśa at the morning pressing, for your purpose is great. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.5.md): O Indra, prepare here the sweet grain-offerings and puroḷāśa for the midday pressing, when the praiser, singer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.6.md): O much-invoked Indra, gladden us at the third pressing with grain-offerings and the offered puroḷāśa; O seer, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.7.md): O hero, slayer of Vṛtra, Indra with Pūṣan as companion and tawny horses, we have offered you karambha and apūp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.52.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.52.8.md): Bring the offerings forward swiftly, bring the puroḍāśa for the bravest of men. O Indra, O bold one, may these - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.1.md): O Indra and Parvata, bring nourishing food here by your mighty chariot, along with good heroes. O gods, accept - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.2.md): O bounteous Indra, stand firm and do not go far away. For the well-pressed soma I now worship you. O Indra, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.3.md): O adhvaryu, let us two recite; in return, extol me. Let us perform a pleasing service for Indra. Sit upon this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.4.md): O bounteous Indra, the wife is indeed the home, and she is the place of rest. Let the bay horses yoked by her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.5.md): O bounteous one, go far away and also come here. O Indra, O brother, your purpose lies in both places. Go to w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.6.md): O Indra, you have drunk the soma; go forward to your home. Your beautiful wife is in the house with good wealt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.7.md): These Aṅgirasas of varied forms, sons of heaven, heroes of the Asura, while giving wealth to Viśvāmitra, exten - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.8.md): Maghavan becomes form after form, creating illusions around his own body; when he came thrice from heaven in a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.9.md): The great seer, born of the gods, invoked by the gods, watching over men, held up the river and the ocean; whe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.10.md): Like swans, make your sound with the pressing stones, exulting with songs, together at the sacrifice when the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.11.md): Go forward, O Kuśikas, take heed; release the horse of Sudās for wealth. The king struck down Vṛtra; eastward, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.12.md): I who praised Indra in these two worlds — the sacred formula protects Viśvāmitra; may this prayer protect the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.13.md): The Viśvāmitras offered homage to Indra, the thunderbolt-wielder, with a sacred prayer. May he make our soma o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.14.md): What will cows do for you among the Kīkaṭas? They neither yield milk from their udders nor warm the hot offeri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.15.md): Driving away hostility, she comes creeping forth; given by Jamadagni, she shapes greatly. The daughter of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.16.md): Creeping forth swiftly, she brought fame to these among the five tribes and among the peoples. She, winged and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.17.md): May the two cows be steady, the axle firm, and the yoke-pin not slip away; may the yoke not come apart. May In - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.18.md): Place strength in our bodies, place strength in our bulls, O Indra. Give strength for our offspring and descen - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.19.md): Hurl with the essence of the khadira tree; set strength in the quivering, in the śiṁśapā tree. O axle, O stron - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.20.md): May this lord of trees neither strike us nor harm us. Let well-being come to us from the houses, for protectio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.21.md): O Indra, today impel us with many aids, with the best aids; O bountiful hero, let the one who hates us fall lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.22.md): He heats even the axe; he cuts apart even the silk-cotton tree. O Indra, even the pot, when it boils and is li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.23.md): The arrow is not known, O people; men lead the lure, thinking it a beast. Those with horses do not make the ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.53.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.53.24.md): O Indra, these are the sons of Bharata; they know the state of being safe, not the state of being without a pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.1.md): For the great sacrifice and the one worthy of praise, they have always offered this hymn with action. May he h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.2.md): Sing praise to great heaven and earth; my desire, seeking knowledge, roams about. In the praise of those two, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.3.md): May the order and truth of you two endure, O heaven and earth; be well disposed to us for great welfare. O Agn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.4.md): Indeed the ancient ones reached you two, O keepers of order, heaven and earth, speakers of truth. Even men, in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.5.md): Who truly knows? Who here can declare it? By what path does it go to the gods? Their lower seats have been see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.6.md): The seer, looking upon men, beheld her exulting in the womb and lap of order. The two made their seats separat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.7.md): Alike, far-reaching, the two who part stood wakeful on the firm place; as sisters, young and youthful, they sp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.8.md): These two alone distinguish all births; bearing the great gods, they are not distressed. The moving and the fi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.9.md): I reach the ancient from afar, to the kinship of the great father and begetter; where the gods and the praiser - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.10.md): This praise I proclaim to you, O heaven and earth; fire-tongued, hearing gods of swelling belly. Mitra the sov - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.11.md): Golden-handed, fine-tongued Savitṛ, striving thrice up in contest over heaven; among the gods, O Savitṛ, you h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.12.md): Well-doing, well-handed, rich in means, god Tvaṣṭar, for help, may he grant those to us. Together with Pūṣan, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.13.md): The Maruts, with lightning for chariots, givers of rain, youths of heaven, born of cosmic order, untiring — ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.14.md): May praises reach Viṣṇu, and worship the bountiful one — like the devotees of Bhaga, may they go along his jou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.15.md): Indra, seeking victory with all his powers, fills both worlds — heaven and earth — by his greatness. Fort-dest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.16.md): O Nāsatyas, my two parents, protectors of kin — the splendid name of the Aśvins is the name of my own kinship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.17.md): O poets, that great and beautiful name is yours — for it is by it that you have all become one in Indra. O muc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.18.md): May Aryaman protect us, and Aditi and the gods worthy of sacrifice; may the unbreakable vows of Varuṇa be ours - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.19.md): May the messenger of the gods, sent forth in many forms, speak for us faultless words in every contest. May Ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.20.md): May the rain-bull mountains of firm shelter, rejoicing with Iḷā, hear us. May Aditi hear us with the Ādityas; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.21.md): Always may the path be easy and rich in wealth. O gods, fill the herbs well with sweetness. May Bhaga give to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.54.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.54.22.md): Savor the oblations; kindle the food well. Turning toward us, bestow glories. O Agni, in all battles conquer a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.1.md): When the first dawns shone forth, the great imperishable syllable arose in the station of the cow. Now adornin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.2.md): May the gods not abandon us here; O Agni, neither the ancient fathers nor the knowers of the path abandon me. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.3.md): My many desires fly in all directions; I kindle myself toward the east with the śamī-stick. In the kindled fir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.4.md): One king spreads out in many forms; he lies on the resting-beds, joined to the forests. One mother bears and n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.5.md): Among the first ones, one is distinct; among the later ones, the unripe. Among the young who were just born, p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.6.md): The calf, reposing afar, now having two mothers and unbound, roams alone. Those are the ordinances of Mitra an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.7.md): The Hotṛ, twice-born, sovereign in the rites, goes forward; the root abides behind him. The singers bring deli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.8.md): As a hero fighting looks upon his last foe, so all came into view. Insight moves within, seeking the hidden se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.9.md): The grey-haired messenger enters down among these; the great one moves in between with his brightness. Taking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.10.md): Viṣṇu the guardian protects the highest paths, holding the immortal beloved abodes. Agni knows all those world - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.11.md): These twin sisters make varied forms: one shines, the other is dark. When the dark night and the ruddy dawn, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.12.md): Where the mother and the daughter, two milch cows, suckle together and nourish, in the two seats of cosmic ord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.13.md): One cow, licking another's calf, lows; in what form and in what state does she set down her udder? She fills I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.14.md): The many-formed one puts on garments and many bodies with his feet; standing high, licking the threefold wool, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.15.md): As if two feet were set down within the subduer; of those two, one is hidden and the other manifest. These are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.16.md): Let the cows without calves, yielding milk on every side, lying down and unmilked, rise up — becoming ever-new - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.17.md): When the bull roars among the others, he deposits his seed in another herd; he is indeed lord of the night, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.18.md): Now let us proclaim the excellent horses of the hero, O people; the gods know him. Six yoked, five-fives (twen - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.19.md): The god Tvaṣṭar and Savitar, of many forms, has nourished the creatures and brought them forth in many ways. A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.20.md): Great Heaven and Earth, joined together, have spread out; these two vessels are established by his wealth. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.21.md): This broad earth, all-supporting, dwells near him like a king who is a benevolent friend, like heroes sitting - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.55.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.55.22.md): Your plants are beneficent, and so are the waters; O Indra, the earth bears your wealth. May we be your friend - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.1.md): Neither the deceivers nor the steadfast ones violate the first, firm ordinances of the gods. Neither the faith - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.2.md): The one bears the six burdens; the cows came near to the greatest cosmic order. Three great upper waters stood - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.3.md): The three-footed bull, of all forms, and also of threefold might, rich in offspring. The three-armed one, migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.4.md): In the Abhika, their path became manifest; I call upon the beautiful name of the Ādityas. The divine waters re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.5.md): Three are your seats, O rivers, and three belong to the seers; the sovereign with three mothers is in the rite - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.6.md): Thrice from heaven, O Savitṛ, bring desirable treasures, day after day; send us the wealth of the days thrice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.7.md): Thrice from the sky Savitṛ impels; the kings Mitra and Varuṇa, of fine hands, do likewise. The waters and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.56.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.56.8.md): Three highest, unwearying lights shine; the three heroes of the Asura rule. Let the gods, bearers of truth, im - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.57.1.md): For me the discerning one has found inspired thought: the cow who wanders, who goes far, who has no herdsman. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.57.2.md): Indra and Pūṣan, both bulls with fine hands, delighted like the sky, milk out that swift one. When all the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.57.3.md): The kinswomen who seek strength for the bull, bowing, know the embryo in this one. The lowing cows go toward t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.57.4.md): I speak toward heaven and earth, beautiful in their dwelling, yoking the pressing-stones at the sacrifice with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.57.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.57.5.md): O Agni, your honey-sweet, wise tongue is spoken of widely among the gods. By it, seat here all who are worthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.57.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.57.6.md): O Agni, your stream, like a mountain's flow that never fails, fills full. O god, give us that bright stream as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.1.md): The dear milk of the ancient cow is being milked; from within the right-hand offering a son moves. The hymn of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.2.md): Well-yoked, they carry you both by the cosmic order; high thoughts become like parents. O Aśvins, go away from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.3.md): With well-yoked horses and a well-wrought chariot, O Dasras, hear this song, from the pressed soma. O Aśvins, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.4.md): Think, and come hither, you two; come somehow with aid. All peoples call upon you, O Aśvins. These honey-cakes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.5.md): O Aśvins, you pass swiftly even across the many realms; O bounteous ones, I am eager for you. Come hither by t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.6.md): Ancient is your abode and your gracious friendship, O you two; O men, your wealth is in the Jahnāvī. Making fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.7.md): O Aśvins, you two are skilled, united and youthful, with Vāyu and the Niyut-steeds. O Nāsatyas, delighting in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.8.md): O Aśvins, nourishments of many forms have come to you, striving with songs and unfailing. Your chariot, born o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.58.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.58.9.md): O Aśvins, drink that most honey-sweet soma of Yuvāku, come here to the house. Your chariot, shedding great bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.1.md): Mitra impels the people as they speak; Mitra upheld both earth and heaven. Mitra looks upon the tribes with un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.2.md): O Mitra, may that mortal prosper, rich in offerings, who serves you by his vow, O Aditya. Protected by you, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.3.md): Free from disease and rejoicing with Iḷā, friends of Mitra, may we dwell here in the wide expanse of the earth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.4.md): This Mitra, worthy of homage, kindly, a king of strong power, was born as the ordainer. In the good will of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.5.md): Great Aditya, approachable with homage, who brings men to the sacrifice, kindly to the singer. For the most pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.6.md): The protection and favor of Mitra, the god who sustains the people — that radiant wealth, most glorious in fam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.7.md): He who, by his greatness, has become Mitra, far-spreading over heaven and, by his glories, over the earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.8.md): For Mitra, whose help strikes down enemies, five peoples have set the rite in order; he sustains all the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.59.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.59.9.md): Mitra, among gods and among living men, for the man who spreads the sacred grass, has made the nourishments fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.60.1.md): O men, with mind and kinship you have come hither to those knowledges. By the skills and illusions whose forms - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.60.2.md): By the skills with which you fashioned the cups, by the wisdom with which you drew the cow out of the hide, by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.60.3.md): The Ribhus attained the friendship of Indra. The grandsons of Manu held fast by works. The sons of Sudhanvan s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.60.4.md): You go in one chariot with Indra; at the pressing you are together, and then also with the lords you become en - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.60.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.60.5.md): O Indra, with the mighty Ribhus, pour the pressed soma into your hands and be invigorated. O bountiful one, in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.60.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.60.6.md): O Indra, with the Ribhus and with strength, rejoice here at this pressing of ours, O much-praised one. All the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.60.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.60.7.md): O Indra, come with the Ribhus and the swift warriors, desiring strength, to the singer's hymn worthy of sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.61.1.md): O Uṣas, with strength, O strengthful one, awake and accept our song, O bountiful one, the praise of the one wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.61.2.md): O Uṣas, O goddess, immortal, shine forth with your moon-bright chariot, leading well and bringing good things. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.61.3.md): O Uṣas, turning toward all beings, you stand high, the banner of immortality. Moving on the same course, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.61.4.md): Like one gathering wealth, the bountiful Uṣas comes, the consort of her sister (Night). Generating heavenly li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.61.5.md): For you, toward the radiant goddess Uṣas, bring with reverence a well-formed hymn of praise. Her light, honey- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.61.6.md): Abiding in the true order, Uṣas has been awakened by the songs of the sky; in both wealthy worlds she has appe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.61.7.md): At the base of cosmic order, stirring the dawns, the mighty one has entered the wide heaven and earth. By the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.1.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, these praises offered to you two have never been small. Where is that glory of yours by wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.2.md): This most bountiful, wealth-seeking one calls you two forever for help. O Indra and Varuṇa, of one accord, wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.3.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, may that wealth be ours. O Maruts, may wealth with all heroes be ours. May the protecting - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.4.md): O Bṛhaspati, accept our oblations, O you dear to all gods. Grant treasures to the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.5.md): At the sacrifices, pay homage with hymns to the pure Bṛhaspati. I have gained unbending strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.6.md): Bṛhaspati, the bull among the peoples, of all forms, unconquerable and worthy of choice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.7.md): O Pūṣan, O radiant god, this new good praise is recited by us for you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.8.md): Accept that song of mine which seeks strength, and protect my thought, as a bridegroom seeks brides. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.9.md): He who sees all worlds and gazes upon them together, may that Pūṣan become our protector. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.10.md): We meditate upon that most excellent radiance of the god Savitṛ, which may impel our thoughts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.11.md): From the god Savitṛ, we who seek strength, with inspired thought, beg for the bounty of Bhaga. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.12.md): Men and inspired seers honor the god Savitṛ with sacrifices and well-fashioned hymns, impelled by thought. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.13.md): Soma, knowing the way, goes forward; he travels the clear path of the gods and sits down in the seat of cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.14.md): May Soma provide for us, for the two-footed and the four-footed cattle, healthful nourishment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.15.md): Increasing our life and overcoming hostile assaults, Soma took his seat in his place. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.16.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, you of good deeds, fill our pasture with ghee and the worlds with sweetness. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.17.md): Much-praised, reverence-increasing ones, by your greatness and power you two rule; you of pure vows, most migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 3.62.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/3.62.18.md): Praising with Jamadagni, sit down in the seat of cosmic order; you who strengthen order, drink the Soma and pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.1.md): O Agni, the gods, of one accord, have always acknowledged you as their guide; you, the immortal, be worshipped - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.2.md): Bring hither that brother Varuṇa, O Agni; turn the gods toward us with good will. Him who protects the sacrifi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.3.md): O friend, bring hither the friend, swift as a chariot's wheel; bring us happiness swiftly, O bounteous one. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.4.md): You, O Agni, knowing Varuṇa's, the god's, offence, remove it far from us. O most worshipful, most bearing of o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.5.md): You, O Agni, be our nearest helper; at the break of this dawn be closest at hand. Worship Varuṇa for us, besto - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.6.md): This is the most excellent sight of the fortunate one, the god's appearance, most wondrous among mortals; brig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.7.md): Thrice supreme, true and desirable are the births of this god Agni. Enveloped within the endless, the pure, br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.8.md): That messenger, the priest, turns indeed toward all dwellings, golden-charioted, flame-tongued, red-horsed, be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.9.md): He, awakening mortals, is the kinsman of the sacrifice; with a great rein they lead him forth. He dwells in it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.10.md): May that Agni, knowing, lead us to the treasure dear to the gods, which is his; which all the immortals made b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.11.md): He was born first among the water-mothers, at the base of the great atmosphere, in the womb of this world; foo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.12.md): Strength first, quickened, arose in the womb of truth, in the nest of the bull; desirable, young, radiant, shi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.13.md): Here our human fathers sat down, striving toward the sacred order; they drove the easily milked cows, penned i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.14.md): They purified the stone they had seen, and others proclaimed it all around; longing for cattle, they sang prai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.15.md): Longing for cattle, with mind they made the firmly bound stone a holder of the cows that surrounded it; the st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.16.md): They conceived the first name of the milch-cow and found the three times seven supreme seats of the mother; kn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.17.md): The darkness departed; the hidden sky shone forth. The light of the goddess Dawn rose up; the sun, rising high - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.18.md): Then, awakened, they proclaimed it; afterward they bore the bright treasure. O Mitra, all the gods are at all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.19.md): I would proclaim Agni, the shining one, the priest, all-bearing and most worthy of sacrifice. As the bright ud - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.1.20.md): Aditi belongs to all the worshipful gods, and Agni is the guest of all men. May Jātavedas Agni, who takes up t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.1.md): He who is immortal among mortals, keeper of ṛta, a god among the gods, Agni, the unconquered, has been establi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.2.md): Here today, O son of strength, you were born; O Agni, you go as our messenger between the born and the unborn, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.3.md): Both growing, red, ghee-bearing ones — I consider the command of ṛta with my mind; those two are the swiftest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.4.md): Aryaman, Varuṇa, and Mitra — bring from among these; Indra-Viṣṇu, the Maruts, and the Aśvins too. O Agni, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.5.md): O Agni, this sacrifice rich in cattle, rich in sheep, rich in horses, friend of men and never to be harmed, ri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.6.md): Whoever brings you fuel, being zealous, or heats his head through you — may you be the protector of his well-b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.7.md): He who brings food for you, and sends you forth as a sweet guest to the one who eats, the god-seeking man kind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.8.md): He who praises you at dusk, or praises you at dawn, or makes you dear with offerings, may he be like a horse i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.9.md): Agni, he who offers you oblations for immortality, serves you, and raises his ladle — may he, praised with wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.10.md): Agni, whose sacrifice you gladly accept, O god, granting the mortal well-ordered gifts — may that priestly rit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.11.md): May the wise one distinguish knowledge from folly as one parts a back; and the crooked sinful paths of mortals - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.12.md): The unfailing poets praised the wise one, establishing him at the difficult gates of Āyu; therefore, Agni, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.13.md): You, Agni, are the good guide. O youngest one, bring broad and bright wealth to the one who presses soma, perf - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.14.md): Then, Agni, with what we did with you by feet, hands and bodies, we went forward by deeds like a chariot; betw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.15.md): Then, from mother Dawn, may we be born seven inspired poets, like the first leaders and seers; may we become t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.16.md): Then, just as our distant ancient forefathers, striving for truth, moved toward your bright radiance, O Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.17.md): Doers of good deeds, of fair radiance, devoted to the gods, like iron, the gods kindling at their birth; makin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.18.md): Like an animal in a herd, O fierce one, the birth of the gods came to light. The wide dawns of mortals also be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.19.md): Agni, we have become your doers of good deeds; with the shining dawns we have walked the path of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.2.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.2.20.md): Agni, O wise one, these recitations we have spoken for you, for the seer; accept them. Blaze up, be desirous o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.1.md): Invite here Agni, lord of the sacrifice, Rudra, the invoking priest, who sacrifices truly, belonging to heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.2.md): This is the place we have made for you. As a wife, well-clad, comes to her husband, so, O well-cooking one, le - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.3.md): For him who hears, who is free of pride, who watches over men, who is easily gracious, O seer, recite your hym - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.4.md): You too, O Agni, awaken for us as the knower of this sacred order, O wise one. When will your recitations and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.5.md): O Agni, how do you speak that to Varuṇa? How do you revile the sky? What fault of ours do you speak of? How do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.6.md): O Agni, when, thriving in the dhiṣṇya seats, will you speak to the Wind, to the swift one, to the brilliant on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.7.md): When will you speak for the great nourisher Pūṣan, when for Rudra of good sacrifice, when for the giver of obl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.8.md): How, when questioned, for the might of the Maruts, for cosmic order, for the great sun? Speak for Aditi, for t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.9.md): By cosmic order, I invoke the ordered order, O Agni, with the raw milk of the cow and the ripened, honeyed ghe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.10.md): Indeed by cosmic order, the bull is truly moistened; the male Agni is filled with the milk of the spotted cow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.11.md): By cosmic order they broke the mountain apart; the Aṅgirases bellowed together with the cows. Men, joyful, sat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.12.md): By cosmic order, the goddesses — the immortal, unsoiled waters — flow with their sweet streams, O Agni. As a r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.13.md): O Agni, may we never forsake anyone's sacrifice, nor fall from the householder's yoke. O Agni, do not release - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.14.md): O Agni, protect us with your protections; O good sacrificer, pleasing one, shine while guarding us. Blaze forw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.15.md): Be pleased with these praises, O Agni; touch these with hymns, O hero, and bestow riches. And, O Angiras, acce - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.3.16.md): All these are for you, O all-knowing one, O Vedha. Agni, I have spoken the leading paths and the answering wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.1.md): O Agni, make strength ready like a wide path; come like a king with your mighty companion. Becoming swift, pur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.2.md): Your whirling flames fall swiftly; bold and blazing, touch from behind. O Agni, with your tongue of flame, hur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.3.md): Against the nets of enemies, loose the snares; become most swift, guardian of your people, unharmed. O Agni, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.4.md): O Agni, rise up, spread forth and burn the enemies down, O sharp-flamed Tigmahete. Him who has made hostility - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.5.md): O Agni, rise high; pierce the enemy and keep him away from us. O Agni, reveal the divine deeds; draw down the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.6.md): He who sends the path for the hymn, O youngest one, knows your favor. For him the auspicious days and the bril - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.7.md): O Agni, may he be fortunate and a generous giver who wishes to delight you with constant oblation and with pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.8.md): I praise your good will; O Agni, come hither and resound. May this song be sung together for you. Possessing g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.9.md): May many come near to you here, O dweller in the house, shining day after day. Playing and gladdened in heart, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.10.md): He who comes to you, O Agni, with good horses and good gold, with a wealthy chariot — you become his protector - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.11.md): With great kinship-bond I break through by words; it came to me after my father, after Gotama. Take heed of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.12.md): The sleepless-born, the ferrying guardians, well-dwelling, unwearied, not wolfish, tireless — those companions - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.13.md): O Agni, the guardians who, watching in the dark, protected your stolen wealth from peril — those well-doers th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.14.md): With your help may we, sharers in wealth, obtain prizes through your guidance. O truthful one, stir up both pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.4.15.md): With this kindling wood, O Agni, may we worship you; accept the praise being recited. Burn the unfriendly demo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.1.md): To Vaiśvānara, the bountiful one, how may we, united in harmony, offer great splendor? May he support us with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.2.md): Do not blame the god who, being self-sustaining, gave this gift to me for the mortal. The immortal, wise Gṛtsa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.3.md): Twice-seated, great, sharp-rayed, thousand-seeded, bull and vigorous, Agni who knows the hidden path of the co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.4.md): May Agni, sharp-jawed, shine forth upon those who, with his hottest flame, the giver of good wealth, violate t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.5.md): Like sisters-in-law who open wide, like unfaithful wives who consort with other men, sinful, false, untrue bei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.6.md): O purifying Agni, this praise is mine, for the one who offers it, like a weighty burden of thought; you have m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.7.md): May the purifying thought (prayer), with purpose and in the shared manner, reach that one. Upon the speckled m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.8.md): What in his speech is worth declaring? They speak of this secret, placed in the cave, without blame and from n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.9.md): This is that great power, reckoned a limb of the great ones, which the ancient cows (the dawns) touch. Shining - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.10.md): Then the shining one, together with his two parents, pondered with his two forms the beautiful hidden form of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.11.md): O knower of births, when asked with homage, I speak the truth, if it is by your will. You are the lord of this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.12.md): What is its wealth to us, and when is that jewel? O knower of births, having understood, tell us clearly. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.13.md): By what boundary and by what paths shall we at last reach the wealth, as swift charioteers reach the prize? Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.14.md): Unsatisfied, they work with faultless, futile, and turned-back reproachful speech. Then, O Agni, what do they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.5.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.5.15.md): For this splendor, the banner of the kindled, vigorous bestower of wealth shone out in the house. Blazing, of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.1.md): O Agni, priest and invoker, rise up and take your stand among the gods for the sacrifice; you are most worthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.2.md): The tireless priest Agni has been set down among the peoples; that delightful Agni is alert and far-seeing at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.3.md): Like a flame drawn with fine threads, bountiful, streaming with ghee, turning to the right, inclined toward th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.4.md): In the fire kindled with fuel, spread upon the sacred grass, the priest Adhvaryu rose up high and took his sta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.5.md): Agni, friend of Mitra, goes all around by his own power; he is the priest, the delightful, sweet-spoken guardi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.6.md): Your forms are auspicious, O Agni of fine flame, you the bright appearance of the fierce, all-pervading one. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.7.md): No one can hold back the giver or the begetter of him, nor the mother and father either in the sacrifice. Then - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.8.md): The five sisters, joined together, twice generated Agni among the human clans: he who wakes at dawn, bright li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.9.md): Those tawny, ghee-laden, ruddy, straight-moving horses of yours, O Agni, like showering bulls, were summoned t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.10.md): Those enduring, unwearied, bright flames of yours, O Agni, move like hawks, bringing the purpose, roaring like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.6.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.6.11.md): A prayer was made for you, O kindled one; the sacrificer who recites the uktha places you for the offerer. Men - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.1.md): Here Agni, the first priest, was set in place by the establishers, most worthy of worship and praise in the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.2.md): O Agni, when will the god's awareness come to be in you in due order? Then indeed mortals will take hold of yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.3.md): Agni, lawful and wise-minded, beheld as one looks at the sky by its props, the one who sets right all sacrific - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.4.md): The swift messenger of Vivasvat, who goes toward all the peoples, men have taken up as their banner; the Bhṛgu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.5.md): Him, the priest, knowing him truly in due order, they set down: the swift one of pure flame, most worthy of wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.6.md): Him, among the ever-young mothers, in the forest, lodged and unattached; brilliant, being in the secret place, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.7.md): When the gods rejoiced in the unfolding of the Ancient One, in the seat of cosmic order, the great Agni, who r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.8.md): Knowing the messenger's tasks of the sacrifice, understanding both worlds, heaven and earth, fully, you travel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.9.md): Your dark course lies before the red lights; the roving flame is one among the forms. When they take up the em - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.10.md): Immediately upon birth its strength is seen as radiance; when the wind follows it, the flame lays its sharp to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.7.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.7.11.md): When Agni swiftly consumes the provisions with speed, he makes the swift one his messenger; he follows the cou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.1.md): I praise with song Agni, your messenger, all-knowing, carrier of the oblations, immortal, most worthy of worsh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.2.md): Indeed he, the great one, knows the distribution of wealth and the raising up of heaven; he will bring the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.3.md): That god knows the homage in the house of the one who follows the cosmic order, and gives dear goods too. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.4.md): He is the invoking priest; having fully understood the office of messenger, he moves between, knowing the rais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.5.md): May we be those who have given to Agni with oblatory gifts, who, prospering, kindle him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.6.md): Those are renowned and heard, rich in wealth and in good heroic deeds, who have placed their offerings in Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.7.md): For us, day by day, may many riches move together; for us may strengths and prizes rise up. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.8.8.md): That inspired sage, by his strength, pierces through the moving mortals as if with a swift arrow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.1.md): O Agni, you are great; you have come to the god-loving man and sat down on the sacred grass seat. Be gracious. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.2.md): Hard to subdue among human settlements, protector of the clans, immortal, he became the messenger of all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.3.md): He is carried around to his seat in the heavenly assemblies as the joyful hotar; and he sits down as the purif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.4.md): Agni is among the women at the sacrifice, and he is the lord of the house in the home; and the brahman, the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.5.md): You impel the sacrificers; you are the invoker of the people, and you carry the oblations of mortals. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.6.md): Surely you impel the messenger-role of him whose sacrifice you have delighted in, to carry the mortal's oblati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.7.md): O Aṅgiras, favor our sacrifice, favor our rite; hear our call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.9.8.md): May your invincible chariot reach us from every side, by which you guard the generous worshipper. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.1.md): O Agni, today may we prosper through praises, like a horse, through an auspicious purpose that touches the hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.2.md): Therefore, O Agni, you have indeed become the great charioteer of the auspicious purpose, of skill, of goodnes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.3.md): Come near to us with these praises, O Agni; be kindly-minded toward us with all your flames, like the light of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.4.md): Today, praising you with these songs, O Agni, may we offer to you; as the clouds of heaven thunder, so your mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.5.md): Your sight, O Agni, is most sweet; by day and by night, when you are near, you shine like a golden ornament fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.6.md): Your body, pure like clarified butter, is unblemished; it is gold, and it shines like your golden ornament, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.7.md): O Agni, keeper of ṛta, indeed you drive away enmities from the mortal who sacrifices in this way. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.10.8.md): O Agni, may our friendships and brotherhoods be auspicious. Among the gods, among you, may that be our center; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.11.1.md): O mighty Agni, your auspicious face shines near the sun. Glowing, it appears even by night; unscratched, it be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.11.2.md): O Agni, drive away the thought from the singer; fill the sky with your power. O many-born, O bright one, give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.11.3.md): O Agni, from you are born poetic works, from you thoughts and sacred words arise, from you worthy wealth is bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.11.4.md): From you is born the strong one, the giver of food, far-seeing, fulfiller of wishes, of true strength. From yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.11.5.md): O immortal Agni, mortals who seek the gods first worship you, the god with sweet tongue, driver-off of enmity, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.11.6.md): Drive far from us ill-will, drive far sin, drive far all evil intention—that which you guard. O auspicious one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.12.1.md): O Agni, let him who lifts the ladle, kindles you, and offers you food thrice that day be enriched with brillia - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.12.2.md): He who humbly brings you fuel and serves near your great flame, O Agni, kindling himself toward the dark night - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.12.3.md): Agni is lord of great warrior strength, and Agni is lord of supreme strength and wealth. The youthful Agni, po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.12.4.md): O youngest Agni, whatever offense we have committed through thoughtlessness against you among men, make us sin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.12.5.md): O Agni, from the danger of great sin, from the wrath of gods and of mortals, may we your friends never harm yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.12.6.md): As, O Vasus, you released the cow even from the bond on her foot, so release us from sin; O Agni, extend our l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.13.1.md): Agni has appeared before the bright Dawns, the givers of treasure. Come, O Aśvins, to the house of the one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.13.2.md): The god Savitṛ has raised up the light, moving like a bull, full of strength. Varuṇa and Mitra go in accordanc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.13.3.md): That sun, which they made for darkness, firmly secure, the goal of those who do not desire, is borne by seven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.13.4.md): O god, moving with the swiftest horses, you go, weaving the thread of the dark garment. The quivering rays of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.13.5.md): Unbound, unsupported, turned downward, this one lies down yet does not fall. By what means does it go, by its - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.14.1.md): Agni, all-knowing from birth, the shining god, appeared before the dawns in his greatness. O far-praised Nāsat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.14.2.md): Savitṛ the god raised the banner of light high, making light for all the worlds. The sun, shining with his ray - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.14.3.md): The red dawn came bringing light, great and bright with her many-coloured rays. The goddess Dawn, awakening al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.14.4.md): Ashvins, may your finest chariots bring you here, and your horses at the break of dawn. These somas are for yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.14.5.md): Unbound and unbridled, how does this one go? It is turned downward, yet it does not fall upright. Who saw it m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.1.md): Agni, the priest of our rite, swift, is led around, a god among gods, worthy of sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.2.md): With threefold flame Agni moves around the sacrifice like a charioteer, and here among the gods he bears suste - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.3.md): Agni, lord of strength and wise seer, moved around the oblations, bestowing treasures on the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.4.md): This Agni, kindled before the Srnjayas at the rite of divine favor, is radiant and subdues the enemy. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.5.md): Surely a hero among mortals may obtain the power of this moving Agni, sharp-flamed and bountiful. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.6.md): Like a racing steed, the ruddy Sanasi Agni, like a child of heaven, they cleanse and adorn day after day. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.7.md): When the young son of Sahadevī, with his two bay horses, awakens me, I shall rise swiftly and come near, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.8.md): And those two worshipful bay horses, from the young son of Sahadevī, restrained, I at once take hold of. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.9.md): This young son of Sahadevī is yours, O gods, O Aśvins; may he be long-lived, may he be Somaka. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.15.10.md): O gods, O Aśvins, may you two make that young son of Sahadevī long-lived. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.1.md): Let the truthful, bountiful, eager Indra come hither; let his tawny steeds run near to us. For him we have pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.2.md): O hero, come down at the end of the path, today at this pressing, to gladden us. As the sage Uśanas, may the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.3.md): Like a seer, he accomplished the praiseworthy rites, when, bull-like, drinking the draught, he sang his praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.4.md): When he set the heaven-light fair to see, and with hymns made the great light shine; when the milk-yielding ra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.5.md): Indra grew strong, boundless, lord of might; by his greatness he filled both heaven and earth. Thus even his g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.6.md): Indra, knowing all heroic deeds, mighty, crossed beyond the waters with his friends and ready allies. The Uśij - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.7.md): Indra, you struck down Vritra, who had enclosed the waters, far from them; the earth, of one mind with you, gu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.8.md): When you split the mountain that held the waters, O much-invoked Indra, Saramā appeared before your ancient de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.9.md): Go, O maker of men, toward the cows and toward the seer for good victory. O bounteous Maghavan, stir up the on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.10.md): Come hither, slayer of enemies, swiftly as thought; Kutsa, eager in friendship, stands ready for your home. Bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.11.md): You go with Kutsa in the chariot, desirous of help, ruling the todā-chant of the wind, behind the two bay hors - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.12.md): For Kutsa you cast down Śuṣṇa, not dried up; at the destruction of the day you seized Kuyava with thousands at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.13.md): You destroyed Pipru and Mṛgaya, the swollen one, for Ṛjiśvan and for the Vaidathina; fifty dark forts and a th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.14.md): When, bearing your body near the sun, the splendor of your immortality appeared, you, like a deer and like an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.15.md): Desires seeking wealth came to Indra, like men striving at the soma pressing; seeking fame, singing with prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.16.md): Let us call upon that Indra, easy to invoke, who did many heroic deeds, who swiftly brings even to a singer li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.17.md): When the sharp bolt falls between, O hero, at any moment among the people; when a terrible battle arises, O no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.18.md): Be the protector of Vāmadeva's thoughts, be a friend, harmless in the contest for wealth; we have come to you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.19.md): O Indra, with these men who desire you, O bountiful one, in every battle, with wealth bright as the heavens, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.20.md): Thus for Indra, the bull, the virile one, we have fashioned a prayer, as the Bhṛgus fashion a chariot. Now, so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.16.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.16.21.md): Now, O Indra, praised, now singing, you give food to the singer as rivers flow. O possessor of bay steeds, thi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.1.md): O Indra, you are great; for you the heavens truly honored your might. By your power you struck down Vṛtra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.2.md): At the birth of your brilliance the heavens trembled, and the earth quaked in fear of your own wrath. The fair - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.3.md): Splitting the mountain with might, hurling the thunderbolt, revealing your vigor, you struck down Vṛtra with t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.4.md): Heaven, your begetter, honored you as a heroic son; the maker of Indra became most helpful in deeds. He who br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.5.md): He who alone drives the mountains forth is king of the peoples, Indra, much-invoked. Indeed all rejoice after - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.6.md): Truly the soma-drinks became his, and all the exhilarating drinks, great and most exhilarating, truly became h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.7.md): O Indra, at your very birth you first subdued all the peoples; O bountiful Maghavan, you cut open with the thu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.8.md): Praise Indra, the all-conquering, the fearless, the bold, the great, the boundless, the bull with the good thu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.9.md): It is Indra who scatters the enclosures together; he is Maghavan, heard alone in the contests. He brings wealt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.10.md): It is Indra who is heard; then conquering and smiting, he also wins the cows by battle. When Indra establishes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.11.md): Indra won the cows together, the gold together, the horses together; he is Maghavan, who indeed conquers many. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.12.md): How far does Indra go beyond the mother's bounds, and how far beyond the father's and the begetter's, who gave - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.13.md): You make the wasted one unwasting; the bountiful Indra raises dust and stirs up the tumult. The shatterer who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.14.md): He set the wheel of the sun in motion and stilled the wandering Étaśa. The dark one, moving about, seizes him— - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.15.md): Like a sacrificer and invoking priest in the dark. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.16.md): Seeking cows, the inspired poets call upon Indra for friendship; seeking horses, upon the bull; seeking food, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.17.md): Protector, become manifest for us; be the renowned exhilarator of the soma-drinkers. Friend, father, most a fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.18.md): Be the helper of those who seek friendship; become a friend, O Indra, and grant vigor to the praiser. We have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.19.md): When praised Indra, the bountiful one, alone strikes down many obstructors, none opposing him; dear is his sin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.20.md): Thus may bountiful, mighty Indra make the truth for us. You, king of creatures, establish in us the great glor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.17.21.md): Now praised Indra, now praising, fill the singer's food like rivers. O lord of tawny steeds, a new sacred form - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.1.md): This is the ancient path that was found, from which all the gods were born. From there, grown strong, may he b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.2.md): I will not get out of here through the hard passages; I will go out through the side, by this crooked way. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.3.md): He looked at the departing mother: 'No, I will not go after her; now I will go after her.' In the house of Tva - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.4.md): What one would make him separate, whom a thousand months and the earlier autumns bore? Indeed there is no equa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.5.md): Thinking him as if blameworthy, the mother secretly pushed Indra out from her womb by force. Then he rose up o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.6.md): These flow on, without lack, roaring as if they were possessed of truth. Ask these apart: what do they say thi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.7.md): Who would lay blame upon Indra for him? The waters wish to restrain him. My son, having struck Vṛtra with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.8.md): Even because of me the young woman left you; even because of me Kuṣavā swallowed you. Even because of me may t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.9.md): Even because of me, O bountiful Indra, wounded, you broke both jaws of the foe. Then the defeated one rose up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.10.md): The rain-cloud bore the steadfast, irresistible bull, the mighty Indra. The mother herself, through her own bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.11.md): The mother followed that buffalo-bull and said: Son, these gods are abandoning you. Then Indra, about to strik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.12.md): Who made your mother a widow? Who struck down the one lying asleep? Who wished to slay you as you walked? When - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.18.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.18.13.md): When I had cooked the dog's entrails, I found a merciful one among the gods. Then I saw a wife not grown up an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.1.md): Thus, O Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, here all the gods, easily invoked and helpful, choose you alone, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.2.md): As the gods were born, the waters were released; O Indra, you became sovereign and the source of truth. Slayin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.3.md): O Indra, the unsatisfied serpent, stretched out, unaware, not conscious, sleeping; lying prone toward the seve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.4.md): Indra, by his might, shook the base of the earth like the wind with its powers; striving with strength, he spl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.5.md): As women in labor rush toward the womb and chariots go forth together, so the stones went together; you raised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.6.md): You gladdened the great, all-nourishing earth with flowing water for Turvīti and Vayya; you delighted the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.7.md): As if filling the bent-backed, flowing, young waters who know the cosmic order, Indra satisfied the waterless - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.8.md): Having slain Vṛtra, Indra released the ancient dawns and autumns and the moving waters; he split apart the sta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.9.md): O bay-horsed one, with the cow's horns you brought the calf from the pen and nurtured it; darkness broke open - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.10.md): Your former deeds, O wise one, the one who knows has spoken, declaring the works to the knower; as many manly, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.19.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.19.11.md): Now praised, O Indra, and now praising, fill the singer with nourishment as the rivers fill; O bay-horsed one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.1.md): May Indra come to our protection, from far and from near, the fierce lord of men with the thunderbolt in his a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.2.md): May Indra come toward us with his tawny steeds, turned toward us for protection and for gifts of wealth. May t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.3.md): Indra, setting this sacrifice before us, you will strengthen our resolve. Thunderbolt-wielder, as a hunter ove - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.4.md): Shining, come near to us with a kindly mind. O self-sustaining Indra, drink of the well-pressed soma. Indra, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.5.md): Indra, who has shown himself by the new seers like a ripe tree, like a victor hero, I, thinking of him as a ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.6.md): Indra, mighty and bold as a mountain with his own strength, born fierce from the beginning for might, breaks o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.7.md): There is no one who by birth is the giver, nor is there one who withholds the wealth. O mighty, fierce Indra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.8.md): I seek riches and the splendor of movable wealth. You are the one who drives back the cattle-pen; in contests - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.9.md): By what power is that call heard? By what power does the most skillful one act again and again, O seer? Among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.10.md): Indra, do not harm us; give the abundance that is yours to the giver and to us. In this new, praised hymn, let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.20.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.20.11.md): Indra, now praised and extolled, fill the singer with nourishment as rivers fill. O possessor of tawny steeds, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.1.md): May Indra come here to us for help; praised, may he be a companion at the feast and a hero. May his many growi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.2.md): For his heroic deeds, praise him here; he is of abundant splendour and abundant wealth. His resolve, worthy of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.3.md): May Indra come swiftly from heaven and from earth, or from the ocean or the rush of waters; from the sun-realm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.4.md): Let us surely praise that Indra, lord of great and vast wealth, in the contests. He is the one who, with the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.5.md): He who, near us, makes homage firm with homage, and stirs speech for worship—may he, inspired, rich in many pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.6.md): If, with prayer, those who pray sit down near the pressing-stone in the cattle-pen of Auśija, may Duroṣa come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.7.md): Truly, when the bull Indra fills the one who praises him with the strength of Bhārvara, for nourishment; and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.8.md): When I open the barriers of the mountain and with milk conquer the rushing currents of the waters, he found it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.9.md): Your hands are auspicious and well-made, both hands bringing forth gifts; they give wealth to the one who prai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.10.md): Thus Indra, the true universal sovereign, slayer of Vṛtra, O giver of wide shelter, made wealth for Pūru. O mu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.21.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.21.11.md): Now praised, now praising, O Indra, swell the singer's food as rivers swell. O lord of the bays, a new prayer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.1.md): May Indra, pleased with us, grant whatever he gives, and may the mighty one make it great for us. The bountifu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.2.md): The bull, hurling down the four-cornered Vṛṣandhi, fierce with both arms, most manly and mighty, spread the ru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.3.md): The god most divine, being born with great powers and great might, holding the gleaming thunderbolt in both ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.4.md): All worlds and the many flowing streams, and the sky, trembled at the birth of the strong one; the earth too s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.5.md): Indra, those great deeds of yours are to be proclaimed at all the pressings. When, O hero, O bold one, having - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.6.md): O very-manly one, those true deeds are all yours; all the milch-cows flow from the bull's udder. Then, O bull- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.7.md): Here, O Indra, lord of bay horses, those divine sisters praise you with your protections, when, released from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.8.md): The stream of Soma has been pressed out, like an exhilarating river; the strength of the toiler with the stone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.9.md): Perform the greatest deeds for us, O conqueror; always show the most excellent manly powers. Remove our enemie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.10.md): Listen well to us, O Indra, and bestow on us brilliant prizes and strength. Open all the strongholds for us; O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.22.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.22.11.md): Now praised, O Indra, now praising, give food to the singer, as rivers fill. For you, O lord of bay horses, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.1.md): How did the great one grow strong? Delighting in whose priest's sacrifice did he turn toward the soma's udder? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.2.md): Who is his hero, the feast-companion, who attained him? Who reached him with good favors? When did his wondrou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.3.md): How does Indra hear when he is called? Hearing, how does he know his help? What are his former likenesses? And - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.4.md): How might the one who praises him, troubled, not be destroyed? May he become the god shining toward wealth. Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.5.md): When, at the dawning of that Dawn, did the god enjoy a mortal's friendship? When is his friendship for the fri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.6.md): Then when shall we proclaim the friendship of friends as brotherhood to you? For the splendor of the clear-see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.7.md): Wishing to smite the malicious one who would harm the sacrifice, and him who does not honor Indra, Indra whets - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.8.md): Indeed, there are many obedient streams of the cosmic order (ṛta); the insight of ṛta destroys crookedness. Th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.9.md): The firm supports of the cosmic order (ṛta) are many, and the shining forms for beauty are many. By ṛta they l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.10.md): He who holds the cosmic order (ṛta) serves ṛta indeed; the force of ṛta, the swift one seeking cows. For ṛta, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.23.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.23.11.md): Now, O Indra, praised and now lauded, fill the singer with food, as rivers swell. O possessor of bay horses, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.1.md): What fine praise turned Indra, son of might, toward us, coming hither for wealth? The hero gives riches to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.2.md): In the slaying of Vṛtra he alone is to be invoked, he alone is to be praised; Indra, well praised, is he whose - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.3.md): Heroes call upon him separately in the contest; having won, they make their bodies a shelter. When the two hos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.4.md): When the peoples clash together in battle, at the meeting of the waters the leaders, serving Indra, come forwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.5.md): Then indeed the leaders worship Indra's power; then let the row of offerers fill the barley cake. Then indeed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.6.md): For whoever presses soma for Indra in this way and praises him, he prepares riches; with a mind turned toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.7.md): May he who today presses soma for Indra, cooks the cooked dishes and parches the grains, bringing the hymns of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.8.md): When in the contest he saw apart, O destroyer of the foe — when he looked upon the enemy in the long battle, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.9.md): With much possession one moved; the smaller remained unsold — I made it unsold, going again. He with much poss - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.10.md): Who buys this Indra with my ten cows? When he strikes down the obstructions, let him give him back to me again - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.24.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.24.11.md): Now praised, O Indra, now praising, give food to the singer — as rivers fill, you fill. For you, O possessor o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.1.md): Today what man, desiring the gods, has enjoyed the friendship of Indra? Or who, the soma-presser, praises Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.2.md): Who has bowed in homage with speech for the soma-drink, or who becomes eager in the dwelling of the dawns? Who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.3.md): Today who chooses the protection of the gods? Who praises the Adityas and the light of Aditi? For whom do the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.4.md): May Agni of the Bharatas grant him shelter; may he quickly see the rising sun. He who says, 'we shall press so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.5.md): Many do not overcome him, nor do the weak; may wide Aditi grant him shelter. Dear is the doer of good; dear to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.6.md): Easily protected, protector of the soma-presser, this hero Indra alone makes the sacrifice for the one who pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.7.md): Indra does not make friendship with the wealthy Paṇi who does not press soma; he is praised only by the well-p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.25.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.25.8.md): Those far off, those near, and those in between call upon Indra; those who go forth and those who have settled - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.26.1.md): I was Manu, and I was the sun; I am the seer Kakṣīvān, a wise man. I subdued Kutsa, son of Arjuna; I am the po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.26.2.md): I gave the earth to the Ārya; I gave rain to the generous mortal. I drove the roaring waters onward, and the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.26.3.md): Exhilarated, I shattered ninety-nine of Śambara's strongholds; in Sarvatāti I shattered the hundredth fortress - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.26.4.md): Let him be forward among the Maruts; let the hawk advance among swift hawks — when the winged one, by his own - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.26.5.md): If, trembling, he bears it hither, the swift-as-thought one was sent forth by the wide path. Quickly he went w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.26.6.md): The rightly-moving hawk, seizing the drop from afar, brought the delightful exhilaration, soma; strengthened, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.26.7.md): The falcon brought Soma, together with a thousand and ten thousand pressings; here Puraṃdhi abandoned the enem - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.27.1.md): While still in the womb I knew all the births of the gods. A hundred iron forts held me back; then the eagle, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.27.2.md): He did not leave me to his speed; he stayed close to me. The city-breaker abandoned the enemies, and roaring h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.27.3.md): When the eagle roared, from the sky it showed its strength in different directions; when the winds lifted the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.27.4.md): The swift eagle seized Bhujyu like Indra, from the great height above the hill; it flew between with wings. On - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.27.5.md): Then the white shining jar mixed with cows' milk was accepted by the generous Indra for exhilaration; the firs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.28.1.md): O Soma, with your friendship Indra released the flowing waters for Manu. He struck the serpent, freed the seve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.28.2.md): With you, O Soma, Indra forcefully brought down the wheel of the sun. O Indu, upon that wheel turning on the l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.28.3.md): Indra struck down the dasyus, and Agni burned them, O Indu, earlier, before midday, in plain sight. In fortres - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.28.4.md): O Indra, you made all the dasyus, the lowly people, and the slave-clans unpraised and ill-famed. You two drove - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.28.5.md): Thus, O bountiful ones, this is true: you two, Indra and Soma, split open the great share of cows, rich in hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.29.1.md): O Indra, delighted by our praise, come with strength and protection on your bay horses. Crossing the chariotee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.29.2.md): Truly he comes, the leader of men, knowing, invoked by the pressers of soma to the sacrifice. Possessing good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.29.3.md): May he let his ears be attentive, along the direction loved for winning spoils and for exhilaration. Indra, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.29.4.md): He who comes, thus, to the poet seeking help, invoking, calling, praising, upon his own body, holding on the y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.29.5.md): O bountiful Indra, supported by you, may we be wise singers, praising you, having shared in the wealth of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.1.md): O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, none is higher than you, and none is as great as you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.2.md): Truly all your heroic deeds turn and follow you like wheels; truly you are great and renowned. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.3.md): O Indra, even all the gods fought against you when you crossed over the days and the nights. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.4.md): Where you released the wheel for the oppressed and for Kutsa who fights, there, O Indra, you freed the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.5.md): Where you fought alone against all the gods who harmed, there, O Indra, you slew the Vanus. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.6.md): Where for some mortal you freed the sun, there, O Indra, with your might you protected Etaśa. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.7.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, O bountiful Indra, you are most full of fury; here indeed you bring the gift forward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.8.md): O Indra, you performed this very heroic deed and manly strength when you struck down the unrestrainable woman, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.9.md): Even the daughter of the sky, Uṣas, as she grew in glory, O Indra, you, being great, crushed together. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.10.md): Dawn, fearful of being crushed, slipped away far from the cart, when the bull Indra struck her down. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.11.md): This is her body, lying well crushed by the Vipāś river; she fled far away from afar. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.12.md): And you, O Indra, by your magic, stand firm around the river Sindhu, freely flowing, and you have set it fast - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.13.md): And with boldness you crushed the assault of Śuṣṇa, when you smashed his fortresses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.14.md): And you hurled the Dāsa Kaulitara down from the great mountain; O Indra, you slew Śambara. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.15.md): And of the Dāsa Varcin you slew thousands and hundreds, as one would cast down the rims of five wheels. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.16.md): And that son of Agrū, carried far away, the hundred-deeded Indra brought back into the recitations and gave hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.17.md): And those two, Turvaśa and Yadu, unbathed, Indra, lord of Śacī, knowing it, caused to cross over. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.18.md): And those two noble ones, at once, O Indra, from beyond the Sarayu you struck down; Arṇācitraratha you slew. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.19.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, leave aside both the blind and the lame, and lead them; that is not for attaining your favo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.20.md): Indra split apart a hundred stone-made fortresses for Divodāsa, the giver who worships. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.21.md): By his magic, Indra put the enemies to sleep with thirty thousand blows, for Dabhīti. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.22.md): You indeed are the same, O slayer of Vṛtra, O Indra, lord of cows, for the one who has won them all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.23.md): And indeed, O Indra, may no one at all damage the manly strength and valor you shall display today. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.30.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.30.24.md): O Ādūri, may the god Aryaman give you wealth upon wealth; may Pūṣan give wealth, Bhaga give wealth, and the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.1.md): By what means will that radiant friend, ever-increasing Indra, come to us for protection, and encompassed by w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.2.md): Which true worshipper will delight you with those exhilarating soma draughts? May you, most exhilarating, rejo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.3.md): Indeed, O Indra, become a good protector of our friends and of those who sing your praise; may you be with us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.4.md): Turn toward us, as the wheel of the horse turns; come hither with the speed of the swift, reined steeds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.5.md): For you come hither swiftly, as if on foot, by the speed of the rites; and you have partaken together with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.6.md): O Indra, when your furies gathered together and your deeds gathered together, then in you, and then in the sun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.7.md): And indeed they call you the bountiful, rich in gifts, O lord of might — giver, the bright-shining one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.8.md): And indeed you are always near the one who praises and presses soma; you grant abundant wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.9.md): Indeed, no wealthy giver desires even a hundredfold of your gifts, nor do they perform your deeds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.10.md): May your hundred and thousand aids protect us; may all the desired protections protect us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.11.md): Here, choose us for friendship and well-being, for great wealth, for us who are heaven-minded. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.12.md): O Indra, always favor us with your full wealth; protect us with all your aids. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.13.md): Open up for us those paths full of cows, like a charioteer; O Indra, with new aids. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.14.md): Our chariot is bold, bright, and unfailing, O Indra; seeking cows and horses, it moves forward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.31.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.31.15.md): Make our fame the highest among the gods, O Sun, like the widest heaven spread above the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.1.md): O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, truly come to us, come to our side. You are great; come with your great protections. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.2.md): You are indeed the earth, swift and impetuous. O wondrous Indra, among the wondrous ones you perform a wondrou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.3.md): Even with the weak, you slay the strong one who is thriving, with your might; with the comrades who are with y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.4.md): We, O Indra, are always with you; we praise you. Favor us alone and raise us up. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.5.md): O wielder of the thunderbolt, come to us with wondrous, blameless, unassailable protections. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.6.md): May we truly be friends such as you, O Indra, rich in cattle. Yoked for strength, for the bold and vigorous. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.7.md): You alone rule over strength and wealth in cattle, O Indra; bring us great food. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.8.md): When, praised, you wish to grant wealth, they do not choose you otherwise; O Indra, lord of songs, give to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.9.md): The Gotamas praised you with song, toward giving; O Indra, for strength, for the bold one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.10.md): We will proclaim your heroic deeds, by which, exhilarated, you broke open the enemies' forts and enemy women i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.11.md): The sages praise those manly deeds of yours that you have done at the pressings of soma; O Indra, lord of song - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.12.md): The Gotamas, bringers of praise, grew strong in you, O Indra; place upon these fame together with heroic offsp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.13.md): For you indeed are the common lord of all for ever, O Indra; therefore we call upon you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.14.md): Coming near, be ours, O bountiful one; be well pleased with the drops of soma, O Indra, drinker of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.15.md): May the hymn of our thoughts take hold of you, O Indra; turn your two bay horses hither. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.16.md): Accept our puroḍāśa and our food, and take pleasure in our songs, as a lover turns to women. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.17.md): A thousand of the yoked horses we beseech from Indra, and a hundred vessels of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.18.md): A thousand and a hundred cows we turn hither for you; may your gift come to you from us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.19.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, we have set up ten cups and golden vessels for you. You are the giver of abundance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.20.md): O giver of abundance, give us abundantly; do not bring poverty, bring abundance. Indra, you indeed wish to giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.21.md): Indeed you are the giver of abundance, renowned in many places. O hero, O slayer of Vṛtra, come here and parta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.22.md): O all-seeing one, grandson of the cow-born, I praise your two brown steeds. Do not scatter the cows by these t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.23.md): Like new pustules, like small buds on a fresh mound, those two little ones, the two brown steeds, shine in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.32.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.32.24.md): Unhindered for me, the charioteer, and unhindered for the one who follows behind. The two brown steeds remain - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.1.md): For the Ribhus I send forth speech like a messenger, and at the seat I praise the white-brown cow. Those who a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.2.md): When the Ribhus made the cup for both parents, they adorned it with their skilful deeds. Then the wise ones ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.3.md): Those who made the parents young again, who lay together worn like the sacrificial post, Vāja, Vibhvā, Ṛbhu, c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.4.md): When the Ribhus protected the cow for a year, when they fashioned me for a year, when they brought its light f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.5.md): The eldest said, "Let me make two cups"; the younger said, "Let us make three"; the youngest said, "Let me mak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.6.md): The Ribhu men spoke the truth, for they did just so; according to their own order they went to this work. Tvaṣ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.7.md): When for twelve days the Ribhus rejoiced at the hospitality of the unmarried one, they made fine fields, led t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.8.md): Those who made the well-turning chariot, who made the cow, foremost among men, all-victorious and of all forms - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.9.md): The gods enjoyed their waters, shining with wisdom and mind; the strength of the gods became skilled in good w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.10.md): Those who, rejoicing in wisdom and hymns, made the two bay horses for Indra, the two well-yoked horses — may y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.33.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.33.11.md): Give the drink of this day and your exhilaration; O gods, you put nothing aside without friendship with the we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.1.md): Ṛbhu, all-pervading vāja Indra, come near to this sacrifice of ours as bestowers of treasures. Now your divine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.2.md): O Ribhus who know your birth, possessors of prize-treasures, be exhilarated with the seasons. Your exhilaratin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.3.md): O Ribhus, this sacrifice of yours was performed, which you set up of old like Manu. Having rejoiced, you stood - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.4.md): For you, for the worshipper, for the giver, for the mortal, O men, the bestowal of treasure has now come to be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.5.md): Come hither, O prize-winners! Come near to us, O Ribhukṣan, O great leaders, possessing wealth, praising. Your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.6.md): O sons of strength, come hither; being invoked with homage, come near to this sacrifice. O leaders joined in d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.7.md): O Indra, delighted together with Varuṇa, drink the soma; O lord of songs, drink delighted together with the Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.8.md): O you of one mind, rejoice with the Ādityas; O Ṛbhus, of one mind with the mountains. Of one mind with the div - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.9.md): You who fashioned the two Aśvins, who fashioned the two parents, who by protection carved the cow, O Ṛbhus, wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.10.md): You who gave abundant wealth rich in cattle, rich in strength, rich in good heroes, rich in goods and filled w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.34.11.md): You have not gone away, nor have we passed beyond desire; O unpraised Ṛbhus, at this rite. Rejoice together wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.1.md): O sons of strength, O Saudhanvans, come near here, do not stay away. In this pressing there is a gift of treas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.2.md): The Ribhus' gift of treasure has come here; the drinking of well-pressed soma has come to be. With the skilful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.3.md): They made the cup into four, and said to their friend, 'Learn them apart.' Then, O Ribhus, O prizes, you went - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.4.md): Of what material was this cup, which they made four with poetic work? So, O Ribhus, press this pressing; drink - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.5.md): By Śacī's power they made their parents young; by Śacī's power they made the cup, the drink of the gods. By Śa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.6.md): For whoever presses for you, O prizes, at the end of days the sharp pressing for exhilaration, for him, O Ribh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.7.md): O bay-horsed Indra, you drank the pressed soma at dawn; the midday pressing belongs to you alone. Drink togeth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.8.md): The gods who became so by good deeds sat in heaven like hawks; you sons of strength, grant wealth. You sons of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.35.9.md): The third pressing, which bestows wealth, you made by skilled works, O good-handed Ribhus; that soma has been - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.1.md): Born without a horse, needing no goad, the praiseworthy three-wheeled chariot revolves through space. O Ṛbhus, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.2.md): Those wise ones who fashioned the well-made, steady chariot by the meditation of mind, to them now we make you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.3.md): O strong Ṛbhus, that fine proclamation of yours became majestic among the gods. O all-pervading ones, when you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.4.md): You shaped the one cup into four, and by your skillful insight drew the cow out of the hide; then among the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.5.md): The wealth of the Ṛbhus, first and most renowned, sought by the prizes of contests, brought forth by leaders; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.6.md): He is the prize-winner, swift; he is the seer, rich in speech; he is the hero, hard to cross in battles; he ob - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.7.md): The finest, most visible splendour has been set for you. O Ribhus, O prizes, let this hymn delight in it. For - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.8.md): Knowing all human enjoyments, bring them to us from the houses. O Ribhus, radiant and bull-strong, fashion for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.36.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.36.9.md): Here bestowing offspring, here wealth, here fame with heroes, fashion for us. The wondrous prize by which we m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.1.md): O Ṛbhukṣā, O gods, come to our sacrifice by the paths of the gods, as you established the sacrifice among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.2.md): Let those sacrifices be for your heart and mind; today, pleased, let them go streaming with ghee. Your pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.3.md): As your praise—three-offered, dear to the gods—is, O prizewinners, O Ṛbhus, I have offered it to you. Like Man - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.4.md): Be rich in fat horses and bright chariots, with iron-pointed weapons, O mighty ones, with good hands. O son of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.5.md): O Ṛbhukṣā, we call upon the Ṛbhu, the wealth, the most victorious in the contest, the one joined with Indra, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.6.md): O Ṛbhus, the mortal whom you and Indra protect—may he be a helper through thoughts; may he be rich in wisdom, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.7.md): O Ṛbhukṣan, reveal your powers and paths to us for sacrifice. O praised inspired ones, open all the quarters w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.37.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.37.8.md): O Ṛbhukṣan, O Indra, O Nāsatyas, give us that wealth. Praise abundantly, along with the horse, the swift and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.1.md): Indeed, the ancient gifts of you two are there, which Trasadasyu gave for the people; you gave a mass rich in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.2.md): And you also gave Dadhikra, the strong, much-attended, all-famed, swift as a hawk, quick-flowing, the swift mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.3.md): Whom, as he runs like a flowing stream, the whole Puru people rejoices in gladness; eager on foot, like a wise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.4.md): Who indeed, obstructing the fords in contests, moves very swiftly, going among the cows; clear-winning, discer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.5.md): And the settlers shout after him in the battles, as after a garment-stealing thief; lowered like a hawk going - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.6.md): And foremost among them, about to go with the ranks of chariots, making a garland, shining like one newly born - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.7.md): And that strong, victorious keeper of ṛta, alert in his body in the contest, swift among the racers, quick and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.8.md): And indeed, at his wrath, as at the thunder of the sky, those who assail him fear; when he rushes at a thousan - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.9.md): And indeed people praise his speed and the overpowering victory of the swift Āśu, strong among men; and in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.38.10.md): Dadhikrā, by his might, spreads the waters for the five peoples, as the sun does with its light. May the swift - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.39.1.md): Let us now praise swift Dadhikra and make offerings for heaven and earth. May the shining dawns set me firm an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.39.2.md): I praise the great, swift, wise Dadhikra, the bull of abundant praise. Mitra and Varuṇa, you two gave to the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.39.3.md): When Agni is kindled and the dawn breaks forth, may Aditi make pure the one who made offering for swift Dadhik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.39.4.md): With the food, strength and great vigour of Dadhikra, we have called the auspicious name of the Maruts; for we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.39.5.md): As they call upon Indra, so both sides, raising the sacrifice and drawing near, call out separately. Mitra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.39.6.md): I have made offering for the victorious, strong horse Dadhikra. May he make our faces fragrant and lengthen ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.40.1.md): Let us now indeed praise Dadhikrā; may all the Dawns urge me on — in praise of the waters, Agni, Uṣas, Sūrya, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.40.2.md): He, the true swift one, the nourisher, rich in cows, giver of shelter, swift from the Dawn — may Dadhikrā win - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.40.3.md): Like the running, hastening motion of this one, the wind's feather-like speed blows along; with the strength o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.40.4.md): That strong horse, too, darts swiftly; tied at the neck and bound at the hobble, following Dadhikrā's purpose, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.40.5.md): The Swan, seated in the pure, a treasure, dwelling in the air, the priest seated on the altar, the guest, seat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.1.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, may the praise that has won your favor, like the immortal hotar with oblation, and the tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.2.md): O Indra, the mortal who makes you two his allies for friendship, and who is provisioned, slays foes in battles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.3.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, you two most steadfast ones indeed grant treasure to men who praise you in this way, if yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.4.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, you two are mightiest in this brightness; O fierce ones, cast down the thunderbolt, and pl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.5.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, may you two become leaders of this thought, like bulls of the cow; may that great cow, tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.6.md): In offspring, in the dear son, in the fields, in the sun's sight, and in the bull's manly power; O Indra and V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.7.md): For ancient protection and the abundant wealth of cows, we choose you two; for friendship and beloved kinship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.8.md): Those prayers, seeking help and desiring strength and victory, have gone to you two like men going to battle; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.9.md): These my thoughts have come near Indra and Varuna, seeking wealth, and stand near them as lovers before the gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.10.md): By the nature of the one with good horses, by the thriving of the chariot-horse, may we be lords of lasting we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.41.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.41.11.md): Come to us with great protections, O mighty Indra, O Varuna, come to the contest for wealth; when the bright h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.1.md): My twofold rule belongs to the warrior; for Viśāyu, all the immortal gods are like us. The gods cling to the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.2.md): I am King Varuṇa; for me those first powers were upheld. The gods cling to the purpose of Varuṇa; I rule over - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.3.md): I am Indra and Varuṇa; by my greatness I joined those wide, deep, fair-dwelling two worlds. Knowing all beings - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.4.md): I released the waters and, holding up heaven in the seat of cosmic order, I held it aloft. By cosmic order, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.5.md): Men with good horses, desiring spoils, call upon me; chosen warriors summon me in battle. I make the field of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.6.md): I have done all those deeds; no one can stop me, nor can anyone overcome my divine strength unopposed. When th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.7.md): O wise one, all beings know his deeds; these you declare to Varuna. O Indra, having slain the Vṛtras you becam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.8.md): Our fathers were here, the seven seers, when they were bound in the stronghold. They worshipped this Trasadasy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.9.md): Indeed Purukutsānī honored you two, O Indra and Varuṇa, with oblations and homage. Then you gave king Trasadas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.42.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.42.10.md): Made rich with wealth, may we rejoice; with oblation and fodder, O gods, may the cows be ours. That milch-cow, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.43.1.md): Who will hear, which of the worthy-of-sacrifice gods will accept the praise? Of whose goddess, dearest among t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.43.2.md): Who will bless, who is the foremost of the gods to come, and who is the most auspicious? Which chariot do they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.43.3.md): Quickly indeed you two go to the days of the living, in the wide realm with the strength of Indra. Born of hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.43.4.md): Aśvins, what aid has come to be for you, and by what means do you come to us when invoked? In what crisis, fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.43.5.md): Your wide chariot stretches up to the sky when it rises from the sea and turns toward you. O sweet ones, you s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.43.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.43.6.md): The river sprinkled your horses with juice; the shining birds went around with red lights. That swift vehicle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.43.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.43.7.md): Ashvins, with one accord I have asked you both again and again; may this good favor of yours, rich in treasure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.44.1.md): O Aśvins, today we invoke your broad-wheeled chariot, which goes toward the gathering of cows; that chariot wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.44.2.md): You two, O Aśvins, honor the divine splendor; O grandsons of heaven, you adorn it with your powers. The rays o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.44.3.md): Who today makes offering to you, giver of gifts, for protection, or for the drinking of soma, or with songs, o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.44.4.md): O many-formed Nāsatyas, come to this sacrifice with your golden chariot. Indeed drink the sweet soma, and best - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.44.5.md): Come to us from heaven toward the earth, with your golden, well-wheeled chariot. Let not others who worship th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.44.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.44.6.md): O wonder-workers, now bestow upon us great wealth with many heroic sons, and establish both kinds of happiness - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.44.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.44.7.md): Here and here, wherever I together ask you two for that good favor, may that favor be ours. O Nāsatyas, rich i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.45.1.md): Here the light rises; the chariot that circles the heavens is yoked upon its crest. In it sit three pairs; the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.45.2.md): For you two the honeyed drops rise up; at the dawn's appearing the chariots and horses set forth. Uncovering t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.45.3.md): Aśvins, drink the honey with your honey-loving mouths; and yoke the dear chariot for the honey. With honey moi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.45.4.md): For you two are the swans, full of honey, unharmed, golden-winged, called to wake at dawn. Surging forth, touc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.45.5.md): The honeyed fires, performing good sacrifice, shining, cry out toward your dwelling at dawn, Aśvins, when the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.45.6.md): Shaking the days, with the days, you spread out the realm like the bright sun. The sun too goes yoking his hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.45.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.45.7.md): O Aśvins, I proclaim you both. That chariot, inspired by prayer, with good horses and ageless, by which you sw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.46.1.md): O Vāyu, drink first of the pressed sweet soma at the daytime rites, for you are the first drinker. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.46.2.md): With a hundred aids and your teams, O Vāyu, whose charioteer is Indra, both of you be gratified by the pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.46.3.md): O Indra and Vāyu, let your thousand tawny steeds come hither and bear you forward to drink the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.46.4.md): O Indra and Vāyu, come to the fine rite on your golden-rimmed chariot, and stand here reaching the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.46.5.md): O Indra and Vāyu, with your broad-powered chariot, come near to the generous patron; come hither, O Indra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.46.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.46.6.md): O Indra and Vāyu, here is the pressed soma; drink it together with the gods, drink it in the house of the gene - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.46.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.46.7.md): Let your going forth here be a releasing, O Indra and Vāyu. Here, you two, come for the drinking of Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.47.1.md): O Vāyu, for you this radiant first portion of honey has been offered in the heights of heaven. Come hither to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.47.2.md): Indra and Vāyu, you two are worthy of drinking these soma juices. For the drops flow together like waters into - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.47.3.md): O Vāyu and Indra, you two mighty ones, driving together in one chariot, lords of strength, come with your team - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.47.4.md): The many desired teams of horses that you two have, O heroes, bring them down to us for the giver. O Indra-Vāy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.48.1.md): O Vāyu, accept the unprotected oblations as inspired seers accept wealth; come hither with your shining chario - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.48.2.md): Setting forth beyond the praises, with your teams, charioteer of Indra — O Vāyu, come hither with your shining - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.48.3.md): Near, the two dark wealth-bearing mares of every form have gathered the reins; O Vāyu, come hither with your s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.48.4.md): Let the ninety-nine yoked by mind carry you; O Vāyu, come hither with your shining chariot to drink the presse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.48.5.md): O Vāyu, yoke the hundred tawny steeds that bring nourishment; and let your thousand-fold chariot come hither s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.49.1.md): O Indra and Brihaspati, this dear oblation is offered to you both in the mouth; praise and the exhilarating dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.49.2.md): O Indra and Brihaspati, this Soma is poured around you both—the lovely Soma, for exhilaration and for drinking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.49.3.md): O Indra and Brihaspati, come here to our house; let Indra come too, as Soma-drinkers, for the drinking of Soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.49.4.md): O Indra and Brihaspati, bestow upon us wealth that brings a hundredfold, rich in horses, bringing a thousandfo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.49.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.49.5.md): When the Soma is pressed, we call upon Indra and Brihaspati with songs, for the drinking of this Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.49.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.49.6.md): O Indra and Brihaspati, drink the Soma in the house of the giver; may you two, who share one dwelling, rejoice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.1.md): He who with might held the two ends of the world apart, Brihaspati seated in three places, with a roar — him t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.2.md): The shining, rejoicing rays have spread out toward us — O Brihaspati, protect the sprinkling, swift, undamaged - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.3.md): O Brihaspati, from the highest place far away to here, the waters that touch the cosmic order have settled bes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.4.md): Brihaspati, being born first in the highest vault of the great light, the seven-mouthed, widely-born one, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.5.md): With the Suṣṭubh metre and with the host of verses he broke open the stronghold; with a roar Brihaspati, bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.6.md): Thus let us honor the Father, the All-gods, and the mighty one with sacrifices, homage, and oblations. O Briha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.7.md): That very king stands over all the peoples with might and heroic power. He who bears well-nourished Brihaspati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.8.md): He, well established, dwells in his own house; for him Ilā ever swells prosperity. Before him the peoples bow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.9.md): Unopposed, he wins together the riches of the peoples and their kinsmen; the king who gives wealth to the prie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.10.md): Indra and Soma, drink, O Brihaspati; rejoicing in this sacrifice, O bountiful pair. May the self-born drops of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.50.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.50.11.md): O Brihaspati, O Indra, increase us; may your good will be with us. Awaken the most protective thoughts, raise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.1.md): Behold, out of the darkness the manifold light has risen in the east, standing forth with its rays. The shinin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.2.md): The bright Uṣas stood forth in the east, like friends spreading light at the sacrifices. They opened the two d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.3.md): May the shining Uṣas today rouse the enjoyers; bountiful Uṣas, to bestow wealth. Let the Paṇis sleep within in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.4.md): O divine Uṣas, may your new gift and course be today; or whereby you, the rich ones, shone forth for Navagva, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.5.md): O divine Uṣas, you swiftly go round all worlds with horses yoked by ṛta, awakening the sleeper, giving life fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.6.md): Where, and which of these dawns is the most ancient, by which they established the ordinances of the Ṛbhus? Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.7.md): Those Uṣases are auspicious, existing of old, brilliant, born of ṛta, true in nature. In them the sacrificer a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.8.md): Together they move forward from the east, united, springing from one place and spreading wide. The divine godd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.9.md): Those same Uṣases move forward together, of one kind, of unmeasured colour. Concealing the darkness and the bl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.10.md): O daughters of the sky, shining Uṣases, bestow upon us wealth with offspring, O goddesses. Awakening from your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.51.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.51.11.md): O shining daughters of the sky, Uṣases with sacrifice as your banner, I declare this to you: may we be famed a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.52.1.md): She, the bright daughter of the Sun, shining forth from behind her sister (Night), has appeared, the daughter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.52.2.md): Like a mare, bright and ruddy, mother of the cows, keeper of order, Uṣas has become the friend of the Aśvins. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.52.3.md): You are the friend of the Aśvins, and you are also the mother of the cows; O Uṣas, you rule over wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.52.4.md): Knowing you, who drives away hatred, O Uṣas, guardian of truth, we awaken you with our praises. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.52.5.md): The auspicious rays, like streams of the cows, have appeared; Uṣas has filled the wide paths with light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.52.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.52.6.md): Filling the world with radiance, O brilliant one, you drive away the darkness with light; O Uṣas, turn away th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.52.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.52.7.md): O Uṣas, you spread the sky and the mid-air with your rays, wide and dear, with your bright, flaming radiance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.53.1.md): We choose that great and desirable treasure of the god Savitri, of the wise lord. By which, by his own power, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.53.2.md): The supporter of heaven, lord of creatures of the world, the wise poet Savitri puts on his tawny cloak. All-se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.53.3.md): Savitri has filled the heavenly and earthly regions; the god makes praise for his own law. Savitri stretched f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.53.4.md): The inviolable Savitri illumines the worlds; the god Savitri guards the vows. He stretched forth his arms for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.53.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.53.5.md): By his greatness Savitri thrice encompasses the mid-region and thrice the worlds; the three realms of light, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.53.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.53.6.md): May that god Savitri, the great-blessed impeller, the bringer-in, controller of both the moving and the standi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.53.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.53.7.md): May the god Savitṛ come with the seasons and make our abode grow; may Savitṛ grant us good offspring and nouri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.54.1.md): Savitṛ the god has become worthy of homage; now he is to be invoked by men, day after day. May he who apportio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.54.2.md): To the gods, worthy of sacrifice, you first bestow immortality and the highest share. Then, O Savitṛ, you loos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.54.3.md): Whatever we have unwittingly done among the gods and among people — through humble deeds, skills, great fault, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.54.4.md): That divine act of Savitṛ cannot be measured; he will uphold all this world. Whatever is true of the broad ear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.54.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.54.5.md): To the great mountains, with Indra foremost, to these you grant their abodes, and to the stone-based ones. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.54.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.54.6.md): O Savitṛ, those who are your companions thrice in the day, bring good fortune day by day — Indra, heaven and e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.1.md): O Vasus, which of you is the protector, which the helper? O Heaven and Earth, O Aditi, may you two protect us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.2.md): Those who praise the ancient abodes, when they spread out, the separators, the unblinking, they are the creato - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.3.md): I praise with praises the cattle-rich Aditi, the river, well-being, the goddess, for friendship. As the two da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.4.md): May Aryaman and Varuṇa make the path known, and Agni, lord of nourishment, good-goer on the path. O Indra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.5.md): I have won the shelter of the mountain, of the Maruts, of the god, of the protector, of Bhaga. May the lord pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.6.md): Now may Heaven and Earth be praised, with the serpent, with the bottom-born, with these desired things, with t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.7.md): With the gods, may the goddess Aditi protect us. May the protecting god, not turning away, protect us. Indeed, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.8.md): Agni is lord of wealth; Agni is lord of great good fortune. May he grant us those gifts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.9.md): O Dawn, rich in bounty, bring hither, O giver of truth, many treasures. Bring them for us, O rich in strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.55.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.55.10.md): May Savitṛ, Bhaga, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman be good to us. May Indra come to us with wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.56.1.md): Great Heaven and Earth, here you two are foremost; may you shine with your light and with bright hymns, when t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.56.2.md): Divine goddesses, with the worshipful gods, the two harmless ones stood calling; keepers of cosmic order, havi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.56.3.md): He, self-sufficient, was among the worlds, he who generated these Heaven and Earth; the wise steadfast one, es - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.56.4.md): Now, O Heaven and Earth, with great protections, for us, desiring with wives, united and pleasing, far-spreadi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.56.5.md): O great Heaven and Earth, toward you two we bring forward the praise-song; O bright ones, near for glorificati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.56.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.56.6.md): Cleansing your forms, mutually, by your own might and skill, you two shine and rule; from of old you two are c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.56.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.56.7.md): Great are you two, who accomplish the works of Mitra; nurturing the cosmic order and carrying us across, you t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.1.md): By the good will of the lord of the field we win, as it were; may he, the nourisher of cattle and horse, be gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.2.md): O lord of the field, pour forth the sweet wave for us as a cow yields milk; like pure ghee dripping sweetness, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.3.md): May the sweet plants, the heavens and the waters be sweet to us; may the atmosphere be sweet to us. May the lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.4.md): May the draught-animals be blissful, the men blissful; may the plough plough blissfully. May the ropes be boun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.5.md): O Śunāsīras, accept this speech; with the milk you two made in heaven, pour it out upon this. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.6.md): Come hither in favour, O auspicious one; O furrow, we praise you. As you are fortunate for us, so be fruitful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.7.md): May Indra take hold of the furrow, and may Pūṣan guide it. May she, rich in milk, yield milk for us year after - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.57.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.57.8.md): May the ploughshares plough the earth for our joy, and may the plough-oxen come forward joyfully with the wago - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.1.md): A sweet wave rose up from the ocean and joined with immortality. The hidden name of ghee is the tongue of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.2.md): We proclaim the name of ghee; in this sacrifice we uphold it with homage. May the praised brahman hear it; the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.3.md): He has four horns, three feet, two heads, and seven hands. The bull, bound in three ways, bellows; the great g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.4.md): Placed in three ways and hidden by the Paṇis, the ghee the gods found in the cow. Indra brought forth one, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.5.md): These flow from the heart, from the ocean, along a hundred paths, not for a hostile eye to see. I look upon th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.6.md): Like rivers, the streams flow well, purified within the heart and by the mind. These waves of ghee rush forth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.7.md): Like swift floods racing along a river's course, driven by the wind, they rush on; like a red strong horse, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.8.md): As graceful women, smiling, draw near in one adornment, so the streams of ghee flow toward Agni; they reach th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.9.md): Like maidens adorned to lead the bride at a wedding, I, anointed and adorned, look upon them; where Soma is pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.10.md): Hasten toward good praise and the contest for cattle; grant us good wealth. Bring this sacrifice to us, O gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.58.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/4.58.11.md): In your abode all worlds are placed: within the ocean, within the heart, within life. May we attain that sweet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.1.md): Agni was awakened by the kindling of men; he moves toward Dawn, who comes like a cow. Like birds spreading the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.2.md): Agni, the invoker, was awakened to call the gods to the sacrifice; rising up, of gracious mind, he stood at da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.3.md): When pure Agni loosens the tether of the troop, he is adorned with bright rays and with cows. Then the gift th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.4.md): The minds of those who strive for the gods turn toward Agni, as eyes turn to the sun. When the two Dawns of di - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.5.md): Agni was born first at the beginning of the days, dear among the dear, ruddy in the forests. The invoker Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.6.md): Agni, the invoker, most worthy of worship, sat down in the lap of the mother, in the fragrant dwelling. Young, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.7.md): The wise priest Agni, skilled in the rites, is praised by them with reverent bows. He who by the cosmic order - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.8.md): Agni, self-purifying, is cleansed in his own abode; he is the dweller in the house, praised by the seers, a gu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.9.md): O Agni, you swiftly pass beyond the others; for him to whom you have appeared most beautiful, the praiseworthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.10.md): O youngest Agni, the settlements bring offerings to you, whether from near or from far; awaken the favour of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.11.md): O radiant Agni, come today upon your shining chariot, and stand joined with the worshipful gods; knowing the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.1.12.md): For the wise and sacred Agni, for that vigorous bull, we have spoken the worshipful word. Gaviṣṭhira with reve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.1.md): The young mother holds this youth closely within; she does not give him to the father. People do not harm his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.2.md): O young woman, how do you hold this youth? The grinding great queen bore him. The embryo grew through many aut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.3.md): From afar, from the field, I saw the gold-toothed, bright-colored one forming his weapons, giving him an immor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.4.md): From the field I saw him wandering, like a joyful herd, shining brightly. They did not seize him; he had been - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.5.md): Let them release my wild one along with the cows, as those whose herdsman was unhindered. Let those who seized - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.6.md): The enemies placed down among mortals the king of the riches, the lord of dwellings. May the prayers of Atri r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.7.md): As you released Śunaśśepa, bound to a thousand posts, so, O Agni, O Hotar, O knowing one, loosen the snares fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.8.md): Though you went away from me, O Agni, the praised one, the keeper of the gods' vows, has spoken to me; Indra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.9.md): Agni shines forth with his great light and by his greatness makes all things manifest; he overcomes the non-di - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.10.md): Let his resounding sounds be in heaven; let Agni's sharp weapons slay the demon; in his exhilaration they stri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.11.md): This hymn to you, O Agni of many births, I have fashioned as a wise, inspired seer and skilled craftsman fashi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.2.12.md): May he, strong-necked, a bull, growing, united with the foeless Ārya, attain wisdom; thus the immortals have p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.1.md): O Agni, when you are born you are Varuṇa, and when you are kindled you become Mitra. O son of strength, all th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.2.md): You become Aryaman, for you bear the secret name of the clans, O self-sustaining one. They anoint the well-kin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.3.md): For your splendor the Maruts exalt you, O Rudra, when your birth is lovely and wondrous. When Viṣṇu's nearest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.4.md): By your splendor, O god, the fair-seeing gods, placing immortality in many forms, attain it. The people of Man - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.5.md): No hotar is before you, O Agni, none more worthy of sacrifice; none is higher than you with wise verses, O sel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.6.md): May we, O Agni, win while sheltered by you, seeking wealth, awakened with oblation. May we win in contests and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.7.md): Lay the evil upon the one who bears sin and offense against us; O wise Agni, destroy this curse of him who har - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.8.md): O god, the ancient seers, making you their messenger, worshipped you with oblations at the dawn; when you go, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.9.md): Cast down the father, fight as one who knows; O son of strength, you are the son who calls upon you. O wise on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.10.md): Praising many names, the father bestows wealth, O Vasu, if you accept it; Agni, striving with the god's might - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.11.md): You, youngest one, carry your praiser across all evil deeds, O Agni; thieves were seen, foes and people, unkno - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.3.12.md): These journeys turned away from you; or what was spoken for Vasu was indeed an offense. This growing Agni, not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.1.md): O King Agni, lord of riches, I gladden you in the sacrifices. Seeking the prize with you, may we overcome the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.2.md): Agni, carrier of oblations, our unaging father, all-pervading, radiant, fair-visaged — shine forth food for us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.3.md): The seer of the clans, lord of the clans, pure, purifying, ghee-sprinkled Agni — they have set him down as the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.4.md): Agni, in harmony with Ilā, striving with the sun's rays, be pleased. O all-knowing Jātavedas, accept our kindl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.5.md): Pleased, the subduer, guest Agni — come near this our sacrifice at the house of offering, O all-knowing one. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.6.md): With the weapon, drive away the enemy indeed, producing strength for your own body. O son, you have won the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.7.md): O Agni, may we honour you with praise-hymns; O purifier, O you of auspicious radiance, may we honour you with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.8.md): O Agni, accept our sacrifice; O son of strength, you who dwell in three places, accept the oblation. May we be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.9.md): O knower of all beings, carry us across all hard passages as one crosses a river by boat; O Agni, praised with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.10.md): I, a mortal, honouring you, the immortal, with my heart and with ardent praise, call upon you; O knower of all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.4.11.md): O Agni, knower of all beings, the one for whom you make a pleasant dwelling, the pious doer, he obtains wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.1.md): Pour the strong clarified butter for the well-kindled flame, for Agni Jātavedas, knower of all born beings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.2.md): May Nārāśaṃsa speed this sacrifice forward, the undeceivable one; for he is the seer, honey-handed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.3.md): Praised Agni, bring hither the wondrous, beloved Indra with joyful chariots, for our protection. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.4.md): Soft as wool, spread out; the hymns have sung you. Be for us, O bright one, for our well-being. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.5.md): Divine doors, open wide; be easy passages for our protection; advance the sacrifice, advance it forward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.6.md): We invoke the two mothers of cosmic order, night and dawn, of fair sight, increasing strength and mighty. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.7.md): Praised on the path of the wind, you two divine priests, benefactors of humankind, come to this sacrifice of o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.8.md): Ilā, Sarasvatī, and Mahī, three goddesses who bestow well-being, let them sit upon the sacred grass, unfailing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.9.md): O auspicious Tvaṣṭar, come hither, all-pervading one, for nourishment and by your own power; help us at every - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.10.md): Where you, O lord of the forest, know the secret names of the gods, there convey the oblations. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.5.11.md): Svāhā! To Agni, svāhā! To Varuṇa, svāhā! To Indra, to the Maruts, svāhā! To the gods, this oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.1.md): I contemplate Agni, the giver of wealth. To whatever home the cows go, to whatever home the swift horses go, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.2.md): I praise that Agni, the giver of wealth, to whom the cows come together, to whom the swift-running horses come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.3.md): Agni indeed gives the clan a strong one; the all-seeing Agni gives the self-born one for wealth. Pleased, he g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.4.md): O Agni, radiant and undecaying god, we kindle you; your praiseworthy flame, that fuel, shines in the sky. Brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.5.md): O Agni, with verse the oblation is brought to you; O lord of the bright flame, of fine splendour, wonderful, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.6.md): Those fires, among the fires, nourish all the wealth; they impel it, they stir it; they seek food in successio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.7.md): O Agni, your great flames grow strong, those that with their hooves light up the cattle pen; bring food hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.8.md): O Agni, bring us new good dwellings and food; may we be those who go as your messengers to every house. Bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.9.md): O well-shining Agni, you fill and make bright the two ladles of ghee, in the mouth and in the vessel; fill us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.6.10.md): Thus in succession they praised Agni with songs and with sacrifices; may he place in us good manly vigor, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.1.md): Friends, together offer food and praise to Agni, the most excellent of the dwelling places, grandson of streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.2.md): Wherever men, in his favour, sit joyfully in the seat of men, there the worthy ones kindle him, and mortals ge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.3.md): When we win food and gather the oblations of men, then by the power of brilliance and by the power of cosmic o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.4.md): He raises his banner even at night, even being far away; when the purifier breaks the forest trees, he is inde - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.5.md): In whose sphere the oblations are poured on the paths, toward that self-born Agni they ascended, as one mounts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.6.md): Whom the mortal, much desired, finds for the support of all, forth the sweetness of the fathers, unfailing, ev - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.7.md): Indeed he, like an unspoiled giver even in the desert, bestows cattle. Tawny-bearded, bright-flaming, the skil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.8.md): Bright is he, for whom, like Atri, like an axe, the flame goes forward. The good, fertile mother gave birth wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.9.md): O Agni fed with ghee, whatever is auspicious for your drinking, here: grant brilliance and fame to these, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.7.10.md): Thus indeed I seize the unrepelled fury and the cattle you have given. Then, O Agni, may Atri overpower the ro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.8.1.md): O Agni, the ancient seekers of cosmic order kindled you together for protection. O you made strong by might, o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.8.2.md): O Agni, the clans have seated you as the ancient guest and lord of the house. You of flaming hair, of high ban - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.8.3.md): O Agni, human peoples praise you, knower of the hotar's call, discerning, the greatest giver of treasures. O y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.8.4.md): O Agni, always praising you with songs, we sit near you with homage. O Angiras, kindled one, be pleased; you a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.8.5.md): You, O Agni, are of many forms; you give strength to every clan. Again in the ancient way, O much-praised one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.8.6.md): O Agni, youngest one, the gods made you the kindler, the bearer of the oblation, the messenger. Of wide-spread - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.8.7.md): O Agni, the ancient seers kindled you, offered with clarified butter and well-set fuel, seeking well-being tog - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.9.1.md): O Agni, mortals with oblations praise you as the god; I hold you to be all-knowing Jātavedas. Bring the offeri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.9.2.md): Agni is the offering priest, in the house of the generous patron whose sacred grass is spread. Toward him move - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.9.3.md): Indeed, the fire which the two fire-sticks bore like a newborn child—the supporter of humans and peoples, Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.9.4.md): Indeed you are hard to kindle, like a son who must be called upon. O Agni, you burn up many forests, as a beas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.9.5.md): Indeed, whose flames, smoky, come together completely, when Trita in heaven draws near to him. He blows like o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.9.6.md): O Agni, with your help and with the praises of Mitra, freed from hatred, may we overcome the sins among mortal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.9.7.md): O Agni, bring us that wealth from the men, O mighty one. May it drive away our foes and nourish us. May it be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.10.1.md): O Agni, bring us the most vigorous brilliance, O unfailing one. With wealth, with abundant riches, lead us for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.10.2.md): You, O wondrous Agni, be ours by the power of your wisdom and skill. In you that lordly power has risen, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.10.3.md): O Agni, increase their cattle and nourishment. Those singers and leaders who are foremost with praises have ob - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.10.4.md): O radiant Agni, those men who adorn your songs, rich in horses, mighty with strengths, from heaven even may th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.10.5.md): Your flames, O Agni, shining, go bold and swift, like lightnings moving around, like a sounding chariot, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.10.6.md): Now, O Agni, for our protection, and for the gifts of our companions, and for our singers, may we cross all th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.10.7.md): O Agni, Aṅgiras, praised and praising, bring us wealth, O Hotṛ, the all-conquering wealth. For the singers you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.11.1.md): Agni, guardian of the people, wakeful and skilful, was born for the welfare of the new worshipper. With a face - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.11.2.md): The banner of sacrifice, the first priest Agni, men kindled in the place of three seats. As companion in the c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.11.3.md): Unsullied, you are born of the two mothers, pure, delightful, a seer; you stood up from Vivasvat. With ghee th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.11.4.md): May Agni come well to our sacrifice. Men bear Agni separately in every house. Agni became the messenger, the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.11.5.md): For you, O Agni, is this most honey-sweet word; for you may this thoughtful hymn bring peace to the heart. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.11.6.md): O Agni, hidden in the cave, you were sought out and found by the Angirases, dwelling in every forest. Churned, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.1.md): I bring forth my thought to Agni, the great one worthy of sacrifice, the showerer of the cosmic order and lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.2.md): O knowing one, know the cosmic order, indeed consider only the cosmic order; let its ancient streams flow onwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.3.md): O Agni, how did you become the one who orders the cosmic order by the cosmic order? You, knowing the ucatha ch - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.4.md): O Agni, who are the bonds for your enemy? Who are the radiant protectors? O Agni, who guards the seat of untru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.5.md): O Agni, these friends of yours were set apart; though auspicious, they became inauspicious. Of their own accor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.12.6.md): O Agni, the one who honors the sacrifice with homage and serves the cosmic order of the ruddy bull, may his dw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.13.1.md): O Agni, singing praise we call you; singing praise we kindle you well; O Agni, singing praise, we call you for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.13.2.md): O Agni, today we offer you a bright hymn that touches the sky; O god, desiring riches, we offer this praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.13.3.md): May Agni accept our songs; may he, the invoking priest among men, worship the divine folk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.13.4.md): O Agni, you are far-extended, beloved, the invoking priest, most excellent; by you they extend the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.13.5.md): O Agni, the wise ones increase you, the greatest giver of strength, well-praised; may you grant us good heroic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.13.6.md): O Agni, as the rim of a wheel encircles the spokes, so you encircle the gods; you are the encompassing one, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.14.1.md): Agni, awaken with praise, you who are kindled and immortal; place our oblations among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.14.2.md): In the sacrifices mortals praise that immortal god, most worthy of worship among human folk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.14.3.md): Indeed the constant praisers, with the ghee-pouring ladle, invoke that god, Agni, to bear the oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.14.4.md): Born, Agni shone forth, slaying the dasyus and with his light driving away darkness. He found the cows, the wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.14.5.md): Honour Agni, worthy of praise, the seer, ghee-backed; may he accept and hear my call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.14.6.md): With ghee and with hymns you two strengthened the all-seeing Agni, with skilful praises full of speech. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.15.1.md): I bring a hymn of praise to the wise, knowable, ancient Agni. Drenched in ghee, the life-giving, gracious lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.15.2.md): By the cosmic order they upheld the cosmic order, that firm support, in the high and wide place of the sacrifi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.15.3.md): Those with the bodies of a stirring fire spread their bodies; great and unconquerable strength is revealed for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.15.4.md): Like a mother you spread wide and bear, bearing every birth to hold and to see. As you grow old, carrying each - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.15.5.md): Let this strength now guard the limit of your might and the wide milk-giving wealth, O god, bearer of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.16.1.md): Sing great nourishment and strength to the shining god Agni; mortals have set him before them with praises, as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.16.2.md): He, Agni, the invoking priest of the peoples, by his days and the strength of his two arms, apportions the obl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.16.3.md): In the praise of this bountiful Agni of mounting flame, in friendship with him, in whom all have placed their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.16.4.md): Then, O Agni, by the might of these well-heroic ones, indeed through him, the fame has arisen around the two w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.16.5.md): Come to us now, O Agni, singing praise, bring the precious wealth; may we and the singers together obtain welf - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.17.1.md): O god, may the mortal call upon the very mighty Agni with sacrifices in this way for protection. When the well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.17.2.md): By his wisdom, O ordainer, you yourself, most glorious, think with your mouth. That heaven of bright flame and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.17.3.md): By his mouth and flame, he who yoked you with swift song, like heaven, by whose seed great rays of light shine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.17.4.md): By this one's wisdom, in the chariot of the wise and wondrous one is wealth. Then Agni, to be invoked among al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.17.5.md): Now, for us indeed, with desirable wealth and with sacrifice, the patrons attach themselves to you. O son of s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.18.1.md): At dawn let Agni, dear to many and like a guest, be praised by the clan. The immortal one delights in all the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.18.2.md): By the might of his own strength, for the second bringer of the sprinkling, he holds the soma drop in due orde - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.18.3.md): That long-flamed one I call with song for your bountiful patrons. O giver of horses, whose chariot goes forwar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.18.4.md): Among whom there is bright radiance, and in whose dwelling the sacred verses are chanted, who spread the sacre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.18.5.md): Who gave me fifty horses, with praise: O radiant Agni, give great glory. O immortal one, make it vast among th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.19.1.md): Before Agni the dawns are born; the wanderer, once born, perceives. In his mother's lap he spreads out and loo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.19.2.md): They kindle Agni apart, and they guard his unblinking vigor. Into the firm stronghold they have entered. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.19.3.md): The people of Śvaitreya grow radiant: bowing their necks, with great hymns, like one who seeks strength with h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.19.4.md): Beloved, desired like milked milk, kinless, joined with the two close ones; like a warm vessel, strong-bellied - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.19.5.md): O ray, playing, come to us; become the finder together with ash and wind. Those sharp, bold, well-whetted poin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.20.1.md): O Agni, most giving of strength! That wealth which you indeed desire, the renowned, yoked wealth, extol it for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.20.2.md): O Agni, those mighty elders who stir you for your fierce strength drive away hostility, and they drive away th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.20.3.md): O Agni, accomplisher of skill, we choose you as the hotar, the invoker. Among the sacrifices, we call upon you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.20.4.md): Thus, as for your protection, O mighty one, day by day for wealth and for cosmic order, O skillful one, may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.21.1.md): O Agni, like Manu we set you down, like Manu we kindle you well. O Aṅgiras Agni, like Manu sacrifice to the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.21.2.md): For you, Agni, well pleased, are kindled among men and among people. O well-born one, O you who have ghee for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.21.3.md): All the gods, united in purpose, made you their messenger. O seer, serving and honoring you, they praise the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.21.4.md): The god (Agni) should be praised by the mortal with your divine worship. Shine forth, O well-kindled bright on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.22.1.md): O Agni of all-embracing praise, sing forth in the manner of Atri to the one of purifying flame, who is to be p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.22.2.md): Set down Agni, the knower of all births, the god who performs the rites in season; let the sacrifice go forwar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.22.3.md): O god of wise mind, mortals think of you for help; approaching your most desirable protection, we honor you in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.22.4.md): O Agni, take heed of this our speech; O mighty one of fine flame, lord of the house, we call you. The Atris in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.23.1.md): O Agni, bring here that overpowering wealth won by splendor and by conquest, which overcomes all peoples and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.23.2.md): O Agni, bring here that wealth which wins in the contests of peoples; for you are true, wondrous, and the give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.23.3.md): For all the people, united in delight with the sacred grass spread out, seek you, the invoker and the beloved, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.23.4.md): Indeed, that all-seeing one holds the strength of mastery. O Agni, shine in these homes; O bright one, rich in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.24.1.md): O Agni, you are the nearest to us and our protector too. Be auspicious, be the giver of shelter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.24.2.md): Agni, wealth itself, renowned for wealth, come near to us and give the most radiant wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.24.3.md): Take notice of us and hear our call. Keep us safe from those who harm us, from any hostile person. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.24.4.md): Most brilliant, shining one, we surely call upon you for the happiness of our friends. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.1.md): For your protection I call upon the god Agni; may that giver of wealth bestow riches upon us. May the son of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.2.md): He indeed is the true one, whom even the ancient ones and the gods kindled; the sweet-tongued, splendid invoke - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.3.md): May he be ours with his most excellent insight and his fine good will. O Agni, O most desirable one, shine upo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.4.md): Agni shines among the gods; Agni, entering among mortals, dwells there. Agni is the carrier of our oblations; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.5.md): Agni, most famed for glory, most devout, supreme and tireless, lord of the summoning, gives a son to the giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.6.md): Agni gives a good lord, a good protector, one who has overcome in battle with men. Agni gives a swift, rushing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.7.md): O radiant Vibhāvasu, sing the greatest and most excellent great hymn to Agni. From you wealth arises, as from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.8.md): Your shining flames are spoken of as great, like a pressed stone. And your thunder, like a sound, rose of its - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.25.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.25.9.md): Thus we who seek wealth honour Agni, the mighty one. May he, of good purpose, carry us across all enemies, as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.1.md): O Agni, purifier, with your radiance and your delightful tongue, bring the gods here and worship them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.2.md): O Agni, bright with ghee, wondrously radiant, shining in heaven, we implore you. Bring the gods here to partak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.3.md): O Vītihotra, wise seer, we kindle you brilliantly together, O Agni, great one at the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.4.md): O Agni, come here with all the gods to accept the oblations; we choose you as the invoker priest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.5.md): Bring good strength, O Agni, to the sacrificer who presses soma; come hither with the gods and sit upon the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.6.md): O Agni, conqueror of thousands, kindled with fuel, you nourish the sacred laws; you are the messenger of the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.7.md): Set here Agni, all-knowing from birth, carrier of the offering, youngest of them all, the god, the priest who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.8.md): Let the sacrifice advance in order today, most gracious to the gods. Spread the sacred grass as a seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.26.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.26.9.md): Here let the Maruts, the two Aśvins, Mitra and Varuṇa sit, the gods together with all the people. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.27.1.md): The lord of truth honored me with two cows; O Agni, Vaishvanara, the threefold-red one has recognized him with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.27.2.md): He who gives me a hundred and twenty cows and two well-yoked bays — O Vaishvanara, Agni grown by good praise, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.27.3.md): Thus, O Agni, seeking your favor, Trasadasyu offers a new offering to the newest one; and Tryaruna, of the muc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.27.4.md): He who recites my words for the horse-sacrifice and for the patron gives a gift with the verse, and gives insi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.27.5.md): Of whom the hundred bristly ones and bulls stir me up — the gifts of the horse-sacrifice, like the Soma, three - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.27.6.md): O Indra and Agni, in the hundred-giving horse-sacrifice, hold fast the power of good heroism; keep great glory - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.28.1.md): The kindled Agni has risen as a flame in the sky. Turning eastward, he makes Dawn shine with wide light. The a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.28.2.md): O Agni, kindled, you shine with the brilliance of the immortal. For well-being you attend the sacrificer who p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.28.3.md): O Agni, strengthen your power for great good fortune; may your splendors be the highest. Bring the marriage-un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.28.4.md): O Agni, kindled and most bright, I praise your splendor. You are a bull, possessing splendor; in sacrifices yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.28.5.md): O Agni, kindled and invoked, O you of good sacrifice, worship the gods. You indeed are the carrier of oblation - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.28.6.md): Come hither, offer, and serve, toward Agni going forth at the sacrifice. Choose Agni, the carrier of oblations - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.1.md): Aryaman, by the divine ordinance of men, holds up the three heavenly realms. The Maruts of pure skill sing you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.2.md): When the Maruts sang praise to the exhilarated Indra, who had drunk the pressed soma, he took up the thunderbo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.3.md): And you, O Brahmans and Maruts, may Indra drink this well-pressed soma of mine. He indeed found the oblation a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.4.md): Then he held the two worlds wide apart; though embracing, he made the deer from fear. Indra, turned away from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.5.md): Then, O bounteous Indra, by your resolve all the gods together gave you the share of soma. When the green mare - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.6.md): When he, the bountiful one, cut off together with the thunderbolt his ninety-nine enjoyments, then the Maruts, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.7.md): The friend cooked swiftly for the friend; Agni, by this one's power, three hundred buffaloes. With the three s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.8.md): When you guarded the wealth of three hundred buffaloes, the bountiful Indra drank the three streams of soma-of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.9.md): O Indra, when you came home with Ushanas and the victorious swift horses, then here, moving on the shared char - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.10.md): You removed one wheel of the sun; for Kutsa you made another wealth able to go; you killed the mouthless dasyu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.11.md): The praises of Gaurivīti strengthened you; for Vaidathina you kindled the fat one. Rjishvan chose you for frie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.12.md): The newly-cattled, the soma-pressers, the ten-cattled praise Indra with songs; even the one with ancient shelt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.13.md): O generous Indra, knowing the heroic deeds you have done, how could I go about praising you? And the new deeds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.14.md): O Indra, you have done all these many deeds; by birth and by valor you are unconquered. O wielder of the thund - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.29.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.29.15.md): O Indra, accept the prayers now being made; O most mighty one, enjoy the new hymns we have made for you. As on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.1.md): Where is that hero who saw Indra, of easy-running chariot, driven by the two bay horses? The thunderbolt-wield - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.2.md): I looked down upon the step of this fierce establisher, again and again, and desired to go after it. I asked o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.3.md): Now at the pressing of soma, O Indra, may we speak of your deeds, and also the favor you showed us. Let the kn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.4.md): O Indra, at your birth you made the mind firm; alone, you are eager for battle with many. With might you even - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.5.md): When you, supreme, were born far away, bearing a renowned name in a distant land, then the gods feared from th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.6.md): For you indeed these joyful Maruts honor the chant and press the soma juice. May Indra, with his magic, overco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.7.md): O bountiful Indra, from birth you opened the barriers; stirring the gift and joining with the cows, you struck - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.8.md): For you yoked me; then, O Indra, churning the head of the dasa Namuci, you drove forward the sky-going stone r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.9.md): For the dasa made women into weapons; looking between the two milch-cows, he thought, "What can these powerles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.10.md): Here the cows, separated from their calves, lowed together on all sides; then Indra released them together aga - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.11.md): When the tawny-streamed soma juices gladdened him, Indra, the bull, roared upon the sacrificial seats; the for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.12.md): This good fortune the Ruśamas made, O Agni; the gifts of Ṛṇaṃcaya, who gave four thousand cows, his wealth, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.13.md): O Agni, the gleaming soma juices send the handsome Indra toward the home of a thousand cows. At the breaking o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.14.md): That all-shining night, which dawned upon the shining ones in the realm of Ṛṇaṃcaya, shone forth like Uṣas. Li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.30.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.30.15.md): O Agni, among the shining ones we received four thousand of cattle and livestock. And that hot offering, heate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.1.md): Indra prepares a path for the chariot. The bountiful lord looks down upon the warrior who seeks victory. As a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.2.md): Run forward hither, O lord of bay horses. Do not abandon us, O Piśaṅgarāti; join yourself to us. O Indra, ther - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.3.md): When Indra was born forth from strength, out of strength, he made all his powers shine. He drove the milch cow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.4.md): The Anavas fashioned your chariot and one for the horse; Tvaṣṭar made the gleaming vajra, O much-invoked one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.5.md): O Indra, when the bull-like ones sing praise to your bull-form, with the pressing stones and Aditi together, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.6.md): I will recite your ancient deeds, O Maghavan, and the new ones you have done. O mighty one, when you sustain b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.7.md): O mighty one, O inspired one, that is indeed your deed, when you struck the serpent and with your strength mea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.8.md): You released the easily milked waters for Yadu and Turvaśa; O Indra, you are the one who carries across. You t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.9.md): O Indra and Kutsa, as you two drive in the chariot, let swift horses carry you to the ear. You blow away even - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.10.md): The horses of the Wind, well yoked, and this poet who came seeking help, came. O Indra, all your Maruts were c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.11.md): The chariot of the sun, which runs around the wheel, was made first; it brought down the one fighting from afa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.12.md): O people, Indra has come to see, desiring a friend whose soma is pressed. Speaking with the stones, he comes d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.31.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.31.13.md): May those who have always served you, O immortal one, not reach sin. Enrich the sacrificers, and establish str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.1.md): You split open the spring and released the streams; you set free the seas that were held back. O Indra, when y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.2.md): You opened the springs that were held back by the seasons, opening the udders of the mountain. O wielder of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.3.md): Indra struck down the club of that great beast with his powers. He alone, without a rival, thinking himself su - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.4.md): That exulting one, who was of their very nature, the grandson of mist, well-grown, dwelling in darkness; the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.5.md): Him too, set down by his deeds: he discovered the vital spot of the unwounded one, O well-ruling one, when you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.6.md): Him too, the little one lying thus, growing in the sunless darkness; him too, the exultant bull, after the pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.7.md): When Indra raised his unconquered strength against the great Dānava, and seizing the thunderbolt struck, he ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.8.md): That flood, which lay asleep, drinking honey, the strengthless coiled one, the fierce Indra released with a gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.9.md): Who can take up his mighty strength? Alone, unconquered, he bears away the treasures. These two goddesses too, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.10.md): The goddess Svadhiti bows down before him, opening the way for Indra, as if shining. When he joins his strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.11.md): One, indeed, you are the lord of the good, of the five peoples, born famous among the people — so I hear. Him, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.32.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.32.12.md): Thus indeed I hear you, driving at the right season, giving gifts to the inspired seers. What do the priests a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.1.md): Great, for greatness, for strength, I have kindled the men; for Indra, thus for strength, the unconquered one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.2.md): You, for us, O Indra, inspired with songs, O bull, have reached the yoke of the two bay horses. Thus, O bounte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.3.md): Those of yours, O Indra, may not be far from us, O mighty one, if the horses are unyoked and without prayer. S - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.4.md): Many are your songs of praise, O Indra, when you fought in the pastures for the cow. In his own house he fashi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.5.md): We are yours, O Indra, and those men born with strength, and the chariots that have come. May you come to us, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.6.md): To be marvelled at, O Indra, in you indeed are strength and manly powers; and you, the immortal lord, who turn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.7.md): Thus, O Indra, protect us with your aids; O hero, guard the praising poets. And satisfy the giver's body with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.8.md): And may those ten white horses of Paurukutsya the seer and Trasadasyu, golden and delightful, carry me; with t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.9.md): And those bright, wisdom-and-wealth-rich horses of Mārutāśva, in the giving of the contest, give me thousands; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.33.10.md): And may those pleased, bright, striving ones of Dhvanya and Lakṣmaṇya delight me; by the greatness of the weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.1.md): Unconquered by enemies and ageless, he who dwells with his boundless own power in the luminous realm—that subd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.2.md): He who filled his belly with soma and rejoiced—that bountiful one, Indra—exulted in the sweet honeyed drink. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.3.md): He who presses soma for him in the vessel or in the press becomes radiant. The mighty one drives away the spre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.4.md): Whose father he struck down, whose mother, whose brother the mighty Indra struck down—from him he seeks nothin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.5.md): Neither with five nor with ten does he cover the work; he does not join the one who does not press soma, nor t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.6.md): The all-seeing Indra fits the wheel into the immortal order; apart from the one who does not press soma, he st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.7.md): Indra seizes the miser's food all at once and apportions good wealth to the generous patron. Even in the fortr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.8.md): When Indra helps two well-supplied men, both contenders against all, he becomes the giver among the bright cow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.34.9.md): O Agni, I praise the thousand-winning, Agniveśin, conqueror of foes, who is like the banner of the noble one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.1.md): Indra, bring to us that most supportive will of yours — the one that conquers peoples and is hard to overcome - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.2.md): Indra, bring us well that help of yours which is fourfold, O hero, threefold, or fivefold across the regions. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.3.md): For that desirable help of yours we call upon you, most bountiful one; yoked to bulls, you were born with your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.4.md): You are a bull, born for wealth; your strength is a bull's strength. Your own dominion and your bold mind — In - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.5.md): Indra, come down upon that mortal who is hostile, with your whole chariot, O wielder of the thunderbolt, O hun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.6.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, it is you whom the people — those who spread the grass seats — call upon; the ancient, fier - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.7.md): O Indra, you who lead our unassailable chariot forward in battles, who stand beside us in every gain of wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.35.8.md): Come to us, O Indra, and protect our chariot. O most mighty one, with the power that breaks fortresses, may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.36.1.md): May Indra come here, lord of treasures, who knows the giving of wealth. Like a reed-drinker wandering in the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.36.2.md): Lord of bay horses, O hero, may the soma climb to your jaws like a flow upon the mountain's back. O king, urgi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.36.3.md): O much-invoked one, like a turning wheel my mind trembles in fear, O wielder of the stone, because of my thoug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.36.4.md): This singer, like a stone-bearer, is yours, O Indra; he stirs up great speech, striving forward. O bountiful o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.36.5.md): May the rain-bull strengthen you, the bull; heaven, a bull, with its bulls; you drive with two bulls and with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.36.6.md): Who, the two red strong horses, rich in strength, yoked with three hundred, were joined. For that young one ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.37.1.md): He who strives along with the sun's light, ghee-backed, calling out and moving in company — for him may the un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.37.2.md): May he whose fire is kindled, whose barhis is strewn, whose pressing-stones are yoked, whose soma is pressed, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.37.3.md): This bride comes seeking her husband — he who carries her in the chariot as chief queen with pressed soma. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.37.4.md): That king is not harmed in whom Indra drinks the sharp soma, the cow-companion. He drives with his strengths, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.37.5.md): He thrives in prosperity; toward him comes the striving, in the yoke. Both sides he conquers together. He who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.38.1.md): O Indra of a hundred insights, your gift of wealth is vast and all-pervading. Therefore, O all-seeing one, gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.38.2.md): O Indra, most mighty one, you have established and spread the renowned nourishment. O golden-hued one, your fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.38.3.md): O wielder of the stone, your mighty helpers are full of wisdom. Both of you gods rule heaven and earth for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.38.4.md): And for us, by the skill of this one or of anyone, O slayer of Vṛtra, bring manly wealth for us; grant us manl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.38.5.md): Now, through these invocations and in your shelter, O Indra of a hundred insights, may we be well protected. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.39.1.md): O Indra, wondrous one, wielder of the thunderbolt, bring to us with both hands the wealth that is given by you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.39.2.md): O Indra, bring here that bright wealth which you deem most desirable; may we obtain it from you, in the giving - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.39.3.md): O possessor of the thunderbolt, with that great and renowned mind of yours, which is eager to give, break open - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.39.4.md): Mightiest of your bounties, king of all moving beings, to Indra, for praise, the ancient songs have delighted - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.39.5.md): For him, the bearer of prayer, indeed poetic speech, hymn, and praise are offered to Indra. The Atris increase - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.1.md): Come hither, lord of soma, to the soma pressed with stones, and drink it. O bull Indra, most slayer of Vṛtra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.2.md): The pressing-stone is a bull, the exhilaration is a bull, this pressed soma is a bull. O bull Indra, most slay - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.3.md): As a bull I call you, bull, wielder of the thunderbolt, with bright helpers. O bull Indra, most slayer of Vṛtr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.4.md): Swift, wielder of the thunderbolt, bull, overpowering, powerful king, slayer of Vṛtra, soma-drinker — may that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.5.md): O Sun, when the demon Svarbhānu pierced you with darkness, the worlds grew dim, like people bewildered who do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.6.md): O Indra, when you drove off the illusions of Svarbhānu from below and from heaven, Atri found the Sun hidden b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.7.md): Let no malicious one seize me here, Atri, who am yours, through fear of Irasyā. You are Mitra, rich in true we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.8.md): The brahman, yoking the pressing-stones, serving with the ladle and with homage, desired to show the gods; Atr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.40.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.40.9.md): The sun which the asura Svarbhānu pierced with darkness, the Atris tracked and found; others were not able to. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.1.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, upholders of cosmic order, who will call you from heaven, from the great earth, or from th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.2.md): May Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Āyu, Indra, Ṛbhukṣan and the Maruts take pleasure in us; may they accept with one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.3.md): O Aśvins, most worthy of sacrifice, to call you forth, in the path of the wind, in the nourishment of the char - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.4.md): The swift, the divine, Kaṇvahotṛ, Tṛta; the wind, in accord from heaven, and Agni, Pūṣan and Bhaga, all-feeder - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.5.md): O Maruts, bring forth the wealth with yoked horses; may thought be placed toward you for sustenance and for pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.6.md): Bring forth Vāyu, yoker of chariots for you, god, sage, purifier with praises. Quiver-bearers, holders of cosm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.7.md): Dawn and Night, I come near to you with praiseworthy songs and waking hymns. You two, who know all, indeed bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.8.md): I praise you, nourishing men, and Tvaṣṭar, lord of the dwelling, the bestower. Blessed and united, the prayer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.9.md): For our progeny, may the mountains be of good pasture, heroes like the Vasus. May the guardian, the protector, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.10.md): I praise the seed of the bull, the earth-born, the grandson of the waters; Tritā of good dwelling has praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.11.md): How shall we speak to the great Rudra? When, for wealth, to the discerning Bhaga? May the waters and the herbs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.12.md): May the lord of nourishment hear our songs; he is wider than the sky, the mover, the wide-moving. May the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.13.md): O great bountiful ones, let us now know and declare those among you who are alone, you who bear wealth. The be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.14.md): Forth to the one of good sacrifice I would speak of the divine and earthly births and of the waters. Let the h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.15.md): At every step my decay has been established. May she who is the protectress, mighty, and who is with protectio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.16.md): How shall we give with reverence to the good givers? To the Maruts who desire horses, at the call; to the Maru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.17.md): Thus now, for offspring and for cattle-wealth, O gods, may the mortal win you; may the mortal win you here. He - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.18.md): O Vasus, O gods, by the instruction of the cow may we attain that invigorating, nourishing good thought. May s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.19.md): May Ilā, mother of the troop, come to us together with the rivers; or may Urvaśī praise us. May Urvaśī of grea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.41.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.41.20.md): May she sprinkle us with the stream of strength-giving nourishment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.1.md): Most gracious Varuṇa, by radiance and song — may he now attain Mitra, Bhaga and Aditi. Seated in the dappled p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.2.md): May Aditi accept my praise as a mother accepts her son — the word dear to the heart, gracious. The prayer that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.3.md): Raise up the most wise of poets, drench him with honey and with ghee. May that god Savitṛ bestow upon us goods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.4.md): O Indra, lead us with the mind, together with cows, together with heroes, O lord of bay horses, together with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.5.md): God Bhaga, Savitṛ, the share of wealth, Indra — conqueror of Vṛtra, winner of treasures. Ṛbhukṣan, Vāja, or Pu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.6.md): Together with the Maruts, unconquered, victorious, untiring — his deeds we shall proclaim. O bountiful Maghava - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.7.md): Praise Bṛhaspati, the first bestower of treasures and giver of wealth. May he, most auspicious to the one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.8.md): O Bṛhaspati, may those who are joined to your protections be unharmed, rich, and blessed with good heroic sons - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.9.md): Make them their leader; may the wealth go to those who enjoy without being satisfied by our hymns. Drive away - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.10.md): Strike down with wheelless weapons the one who seizes demons by the gods' favour, O Maruts. May the one who re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.11.md): Praise him, swift archer, well-armed, lord of every remedy. For great goodwill worship Rudra; with homages cal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.12.md): The dámūnas and the apas, workers with good hands, the consorts of the bull, rivers pervaded by the mighty one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.13.md): For the great one, for a good refuge, I bring a new thought and a song, newly born. He who, shaping forms in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.14.md): Singer, may you surely reach, with good praise, the thundering, roaring lord of Iḷā. He who sets the clouds an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.15.md): May this praise reach the strength of the Maruts; may you also obtain the youthful sons of Rudra. Desire calls - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.16.md): May this praise reach the earth, the atmosphere, the trees and the herbs for wealth. May every god be easily i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.17.md): O gods, may we be in a wide place without hindrance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.42.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.42.18.md): With the new protection of the Aśvins, bringing well-being and good guidance, may we go to them. Bring us weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.1.md): With milk, swift-running and never-failing cows, come to us with sweetness. For great wealth the inspired seer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.2.md): With good praise and homage, for strength, may heaven and earth, both unfailing, come to us. Father and mother - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.3.md): O priests, having made sweet drinks, bring the bright, pleasing soma forth to Vāyu. Like the hotar, be our fir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.4.md): Ten fingers yoke the two arms to the soma stone; those two pressers have good hands. The juice of sweetness, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.5.md): For you, the one who rejoices, for insight, skill, great vigor and exhilaration, this soma has been pressed. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.6.md): Bringing with homage to us the great goddess in the form of a cow, the bountiful one, for the joy of sweetness - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.7.md): Which the inspired seers anoint, heating the fat-rich offering with Agni, spreading it out; as a dear son sits - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.8.md): May the great, lofty, most gracious song reach the Aśvins like a messenger, to call them; bringers of sweetnes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.9.md): To the most eager Tura, to Pūṣan and to Vāyu I have addressed my name-praise; the two who impel thoughts toget - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.10.md): Bring the Maruts hither with their names, bring all of them hither with their forms, O Jātavedas, calling them - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.11.md): From heaven, from the great mountain, may the worshipful Sarasvatī come to the sacrifice; the goddess, delight - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.12.md): Seat the wise one, the dark-backed, mighty Bṛhaspati in the seat; the one who sits in the womb, shining in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.13.md): May the supporter and giver of the broad heaven come with all the gods, called by all; he who clothes the godd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.14.md): In the mother's highest station, on the bright seat of life, the eager gift-bearers have come; with homage the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.15.md): O Agni, great life for the great one, for you; the prayer-loving pairs have clung together. May the god among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.16.md): O gods, may we be in the wide, unobstructed place. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.43.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.43.17.md): With the help of the new Aśvins, bringers of well-being, may we go forth with good guidance. Bring us wealth a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.1.md): By ancient and by former ways, by all ways and by these, we praise him: the eldest, seated on the sacred grass - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.2.md): For splendor, O well-seeing gods on high, shining in the heavens and stirring the quarters. Good protector, wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.3.md): He receives the oblation, which is and sustains wealth; he is the priest, of unharmed course, bearer of streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.4.md): These well-yoked ones come to you for the journey of sacrifice, streaming downward, guardians of the cosmic or - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.5.md): Gathering and nourishing with the trees, bearer of nectar, in the cloud-wombed rains you nurture the vayakin; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.6.md): As he is seen, so he is spoken of; with shade they set him in the waters, in the sheltering place. For us, giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.7.md): The first-born Agni, being born, passes beyond the rivals; by the will of the mind the Sun, the seer, guarding - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.8.md): With the bright banner of this impeller the greater moves like a seer; among those in whom your name is, may a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.9.md): In the ocean of these waters the foremost stands below; that in which the sacrificial act is stretched does no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.10.md): Surely through the insights of power and of thought, through the worshipful sage Evāvada's and Avatsāra's (act - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.11.md): The falcon of these (waters), Aditi, the hidden fire-stick of exhilaration, of the all-desired, of the worship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.12.md): Always fulfilling, worshipful, may he strike down the enemies apart, bow-armed, learned, hearing-knowing; toge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.13.md): The bearer of the vessel for the sacrificer, true lord of all, who raises up thoughts, carries the udder of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.14.md): The Ṛc-verses desire him who is awake; the Sāman-chants go to him who is awake. To him who is awake Soma says: - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.44.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.44.15.md): Agni is awake; the Ṛc-verses desire him. Agni is awake; the Sāman-chants go to him. Agni is awake, and to him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.1.md): O gods, know the divine sky, which opens the stone (the cloud-mountain). With hymns, at the coming of Uṣas, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.2.md): The sun spread out his light, like a thought of the mind, like splendour; the mother (Uṣas), knowing the cows, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.3.md): For this hymn, the womb of the mountain, for the ancient birth of the great ones; the mountain opened, the sky - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.4.md): With your well-made hymns and words beloved of the gods, let us now call upon Indra and Agni for help. For the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.5.md): Come here; now, today, may we become prosperous. Far from the troublesome ones, may we become greatest in brea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.6.md): Come, let us make this hymn, friends, by which the mother opened the cows' stall; by which Manu conquered the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.7.md): Here the stone roared, by which the nine Navagva seers praised for ten months. Sarama, moving along the path o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.8.md): At this great dawn all together roared with the cows, when the Angirasas joined their voices with the cows. Th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.9.md): May the seven-horsed Sun come hither, whose field is in his broad, long journey. The swift hawk swooped toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.10.md): The sun rose up over the bright waters, when the tawny steeds were yoked. As brave men steer a boat, the heari - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.45.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.45.11.md): O gods, you placed in the waters that light-giving thought (dhī), by which the nine Navagva seers crossed over - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.1.md): As a wise horse yokes itself of its own accord, so I bear that axle-pole that carries across and seeks help. I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.2.md): O Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, O gods! Come forward for strength; O Maruts, O Viṣṇu, come as well. May both Nās - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.3.md): I call upon Indra-Agni, Mitra-Varuṇa, Aditi, heaven, earth, the sky, the Maruts, the mountains and the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.4.md): May Viṣṇu be for us, and Vāyu, the unfailing giver of wealth; may Soma grant us joy. May the Ṛbhus be so, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.5.md): May that strength of the Maruts come to us, heavenly and worthy of sacrifice, to sit upon the sacred grass. Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.6.md): May those praised, shining mountains and the fair rivers be for our protection. May Bhaga come, the apportione - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.7.md): May the wives of the gods, coming in desire, protect us; may they protect us for the winning of strength and s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.46.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.46.8.md): And may the wives of the gods come; may Indrāṇī, Agnāyī, Aśvinī, the queen, come here. May Heaven and Earth, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.47.1.md): Yoking her chariot and speaking, the great mother comes down from heaven, waking her daughter; the young maide - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.47.2.md): Those swift ones, going along their paths, stand at the navel of the immortal; the boundless wide paths run on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.47.3.md): The bull, the ocean, the red golden-winged bird entered the womb of the ancient father; the spotted stone set - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.47.4.md): Four bear it up, holding the order; ten nourish the embryo to move. Its supreme cows, held in threefold ways, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.47.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.47.5.md): O people, this form is to be praised, in which the rivers move and the waters stand; the two who bear it, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.47.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.47.6.md): For him they spread out their thoughts; for the son the mothers weave garments. Rejoicing at the approach of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.47.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.47.7.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, let it be so; O Agni, may this praise that brings well-being be ours. May we attain a firm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.48.1.md): For what beloved abode shall we honor the great one of his own power and his own glory? When the magical one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.48.2.md): They stretched out, wondrous, making heroes, enclosing the whole realm with a common covering. The western wat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.48.3.md): With stones, with days and with nights, he hurls the most powerful thunderbolt at the magical one. Whose hundr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.48.4.md): That manner of his, like an axe, I looked upon his host for the enjoyment of his form. If he keeps wealth toge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.48.5.md): With his tongue, having the form of a four-armed host, he shines; Varuna, clad in beauty, seizing the enemy as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.49.1.md): Today I call upon the god Savitṛ, who distributes fortune and treasure to Āyu's people. O heroes, O many-hande - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.49.2.md): The wise one who knows the Asura's journey should praise the god Savitṛ with hymns. Approaching with reverence - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.49.3.md): Pūṣan, Bhaga and Aditi, never niggardly, bestow the choice treasures in the dwelling of the Dawn. Indra, Viṣṇu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.49.4.md): May the unfailing Savitṛ grant us that protection, and may the rivers rushing swiftly go that way too. When I, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.49.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.49.5.md): Those who bring forth offerings to the Vasus, who speak fine hymns to Mitra and Varuṇa, if they would harm us, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.50.1.md): Among all the gods, may the mortal choose the friendship of the guiding god. All strive for wealth; may he cho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.50.2.md): Those who belong to these praises are yours, O god, O guide. They possess wealth; they indeed are the companio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.50.3.md): Therefore, bring to us here men, guests, and wives. Bring near the guardians of the path; drive away all hosti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.50.4.md): Where the bearer of offerings, Agni, is set before us, may it run like a beast to the trough; as a manly hero - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.50.5.md): This praise is for you, O god, O guide, lord of the chariot. May there be wealth for happiness, happiness for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.1.md): O Agni, come here with all your protections and with the gods, to drink the pressed soma and to receive the ob - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.2.md): O you whose thoughts follow rta, come here; O you whose laws are true, come to the sacrifice and drink with th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.3.md): With the inspired ones, O inspired seer, O good one, come hither with the morning-travelers and the gods, to d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.4.md): This soma, pressed, is poured around in the vessel; dear, for Indra and for Vayu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.5.md): O Vayu, come here for enjoyment, pleased with the offering of oblations; drink the sweet juice of the pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.6.md): Indra and you, O Vayu, you two deserve the drinking of these pressed somas; enjoy them, you two blameless ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.7.md): The somas, pressed for Indra and Vāyu, bearing Dadhyañc's head, flow toward the pasture as rivers run down int - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.8.md): Come together with all the gods, with the Aśvins and with Uṣas; come hither, O Agni, like Atri, and rejoice wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.9.md): Come together with Mitra and Varuṇa, together with Soma and Viṣṇu; come hither, O Agni, like Atri, and rejoice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.10.md): Come together with the Ādityas and the Vasus, together with Indra and Vāyu; come hither, O Agni, like Atri, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.11.md): May the Aśvins and Bhaga measure out welfare for us; may the goddess Aditi, undefeated, grant welfare. May Pūṣ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.12.md): For welfare we invoke Vāyu, and Soma, lord of the world's welfare; for welfare, Bṛhaspati with all his compani - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.13.md): Today, for our well-being, may all the gods be with us; for well-being, may Vaiśvānara, Agni the giver of weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.14.md): Well-being to you, O Mitra and Varuṇa; well-being, O lady of the path, O wealthy one. May Indra and Agni grant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.51.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.51.15.md): Let us go along the path of well-being, like the sun and moon. Giving, striking, knowing, may we come together - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.1.md): O Śyāvāśva, sing forth with the hymns to the bold Maruts. The Maruts, worthy of sacrifice, rejoice in the unfa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.2.md): Indeed they are companions of steadfast strength; they are bold. By their own might they protect the enduring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.3.md): Streaming like rain-bearing bulls, they leap across the nights. Then we contemplate the great glory of the Mar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.4.md): Among the Maruts we place for you our praise and sacrifice, O bold ones. All the Maruts who protect the human - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.5.md): For the Maruts, worthy and bountiful heroes whose strength does not fail, worthy of sacrifice, sing the praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.6.md): With golden ornaments and with might, the heroic Maruts loosed their bright bolts, and the lightning flashed a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.7.md): Those who are earthly, who have grown strong in the wide mid-region, in the might of the rivers, in their comm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.8.md): Proclaim aloud the host of the Maruts, of true strength and skill. And those heroic men, by their own might, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.9.md): And those purifiers wrap themselves in the fleece of the spotted cloud, and with the thunderbolt, by their mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.10.md): The ones on the path, the ones off the path, the ones within the path, the ones along the path, by these names - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.11.md): Then the men call down; then they call the yoked teams; then from afar, under the name of the Pārāvatas, they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.12.md): The chanters of meters, the Kubhanyu singers, the Kīrin singers — they danced up to the spring. Those who were - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.13.md): Honour with reverence that host of Maruts, the vigorous, rain-lightning-bearing, wise and skilled singers, O s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.14.md): Toward the Maruts' host, with gift, like a friend or a wife, O seer; O bold ones, praised with might, or from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.15.md): Now, pondering, toward their gods, like one worthy of praise, with gift, may he join the wise ones, the Yamaśr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.16.md): May the singers who speak of the cow at my binding-trap speak of the cow; may they speak of the spotted mother - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.52.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.52.17.md): Seven archers, seven each, gave me a hundred each, famed on the Yamunā; I cleanse and win the wealth of cattle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.1.md): Who knows the birth of these Maruts? Or who was formerly in the Maruts' favors, when they yoked their spotted - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.2.md): Who heard these standing on the chariots? How did they go? For whom, for Sudas, did the waters flow? Together - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.3.md): They have said to me: those who came near in exhilaration with the bright and the mighty ones—manly men, unhar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.4.md): Those who are in the ornaments, in the whips, self-radiant, in the garlands, in the golden things, in the swor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.5.md): O Maruts, lavish givers, after your chariots I take my stand for joy, as the heavens move with the rain. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.6.md): The Maruts, generous men, shook the sky's treasury for the giver; they release Parjanya, and the rains go alon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.7.md): When, eager and swift, they rushed like cows, the rivers flowed forth; and when the path was opened, like hors - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.8.md): Come, O Maruts, from heaven, from the atmosphere, from near at hand; do not stand far away. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.9.md): Let not the Rasā, nor the Anitabhā, nor the Kubhā, nor the Krumu hold you back; let not the Sindhu delay you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.10.md): That might of your chariots, that brilliant host of the Maruts, that band of the newly-moving ones — after the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.11.md): With each contest of these, with each troop and each host, may we advance after you with good praise and with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.12.md): For whom today, for the well-born and the one whose offerings are given, did the Maruts set forth with this jo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.13.md): Grant us that undamaged grain and seed which you carry for your offspring and your son, O Maruts; the wealth w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.14.md): May we pass beyond reproach and, with blessings, leave behind the blameworthy enemies. Having sent rain, O Mar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.15.md): That mortal whom you protect, O Maruts, may he be well-blessed by the gods and complete with good heroes; O me - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.53.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.53.16.md): Praise the enjoyers, who are with the one who praises them on his journey. Like cows roaring toward fodder, ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.1.md): I offer this speech to the mighty Maruts, self-shining, mountain-shaking; sing the great strength of those who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.2.md): O Maruts, to you for your might, rich in waters, life-increasing, yoked to horses, moving round: together with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.3.md): Great as lightning, heroes of men, shining like stone, wind-brilliant, the Maruts, mountain-shakers. Encircled - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.4.md): O Rudras, you divided the nights, O mighty ones, you divided the days; you parted the atmosphere, the realms, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.5.md): O Maruts, that heroic power of yours, your greatness, is stretched long like the sun stretching its course. Li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.6.md): O Maruts, when your might was made to shine, you shook the cloud as a wise man shakes a tree. Then, for us als - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.7.md): O Maruts, he is not conquered, not struck down, not harmed, not troubled, not destroyed; neither his wealth no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.8.md): Lords of teams, conquerors of villages, like heroic men, like Aryaman, like the Maruts wearing bracelets—they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.9.md): This earth becomes rich in winds for the Maruts, and the sky becomes rich in winds for those who go; the paths - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.10.md): O Maruts, O companions of the assembly, O self-shining ones, when you rejoice at the rising sun—O heroes, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.11.md): O Maruts, on your shoulders are lances, on your feet anklets, on your chests golden ornaments; you shine on th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.12.md): That heaven, noble and of unseized brightness, you shake, O Maruts, like a roaring peepal tree; when the follo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.13.md): O Maruts of far-seeing mind, may we be rich in chariots and vigor through the wealth you have given. As the br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.14.md): O Maruts, give the wealth that heroes desire; protect the seer who is wise in the sāman chants. Give swift hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.54.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.54.15.md): O swift helpers, Maruts, I seek that wealth of yours, by which we may spread among men like the sun. O Maruts, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.1.md): The Maruts, lovers of sacrifice, whose sight is radiant, the gold-breasted ones have assumed great strength. D - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.2.md): Of your own accord you assume your mighty strength, as you know; O great ones, you shine over the wide realm. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.3.md): Born together, nurtured together, the heroes grew even further for splendor. Shining like the rays of the sun, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.4.md): O Maruts, your majesty is worthy of adornment, and your sight is worthy to behold, like the gaze of the sun. A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.5.md): O Maruts, you raise up from the ocean; you who bear clouds, you make the rain fall. O wondrous ones, the cows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.6.md): When you yoked your horses at the pole, toward the golden chariots, and released the eager horses; O Maruts, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.7.md): Neither mountains nor rivers have held back before you; O Maruts, wherever you have gone, there you go. You dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.8.md): Whatever is ancient, O Maruts, and whatever is new; whatever is raised up, O Vasus, and whatever is praised: o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.9.md): O Maruts, be gracious to us and do not harm us; spread wide shelter for us. Sing for praise and for friendship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.55.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.55.10.md): Lead us toward wealth and out of distress, O praised Maruts. O worthy ones, accept our offering; may we become - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.1.md): O Agni, today I call down the mighty troop of the Maruts, adorned with golden ornaments, from above the bright - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.2.md): As you think within my heart, so my desires have come to me. Strengthen the nearest invocations that have reac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.3.md): The rain-rich earth, struck down, rejoicing, goes away from me. O Maruts, you are like a bear, merciful and bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.4.md): You strike down in vain with your strength, like cows hard to milk; even the stone, the sunlit mountain and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.5.md): Now stand up; among these well-anointed Maruts with their praises, I call the most abundant, the unsurpassed, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.6.md): Indeed, yoke the ruddy ones to the chariot; yoke the ruddy ones on the chariots; yoke the two bay unaging hors - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.7.md): That swift, ruddy, roaring horse-like god has indeed been established here. O Maruts, let him not tarry in you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.8.md): Now we invoke the chariot of the Maruts, which desires fame; standing in it, with the Maruts, heaven and earth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.56.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.56.9.md): O Maruts, that strength of yours — adorning the chariots, brilliant, desirous of wealth — I invoke. In it the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.1.md): O Rudras, sons of Rudra, companions of Indra, of one accord, with golden chariots, come hither for well-being. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.2.md): O Maruts, you are brilliant, thoughtful, with good bows, possessing arrows and quivers. O sons of the spotted - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.3.md): You shake the sky and the mountains; you pour wealth on the devout giver. From fear of your advance the forest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.4.md): Maruts, whose brilliance is like the wind, rain-born, comely to behold like the Yamas, of good form, with tawn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.5.md): Many-watered, shining, generous givers, of flashing sight, whose gifts never fail, well-born, golden-chested f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.6.md): O Maruts, upon your shoulders is might and vigor, in your arms your strength is set. By manly courage weapons - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.7.md): O Maruts, give us wealth with cattle, horses, chariots, good heroic sons and shining splendor. O sons of Rudra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.57.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.57.8.md): O friend, O men, O Maruts, be gracious to us. O you of abundant wealth, immortal knowers of cosmic order, of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.1.md): I now praise that mighty host of the Maruts, the newer ones among them, who as horsemen carry the chariots wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.2.md): Praise that brilliant, mighty host, with weapons in hand, who shake the vow, wondrous and bountiful. O sage, p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.3.md): Today may your water-bearing Maruts come hither, all of them who stir up the rain. O Maruts, O sages, O young - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.4.md): You, O worshipful ones, produce a king for the people, one impelled and widely ruling. From you comes the fist - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.5.md): Like unmoving wheels, like days, they are born again and again by might, though silent. The sons of Pṛśni, lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.6.md): When you went forth, O Maruts, with spotted horses and swift chariots, the waters were stirred and the forests - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.7.md): Along the Maruts' path the earth itself spread wide; as a bearer holds his own unborn child, so they held thei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.58.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.58.8.md): O Maruts, O heroes, be gracious to us! O bountiful in wealth, O immortal ones, O knowers of cosmic order, O tr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.1.md): O Maruts, let this praise rise for your well-being and gift. I bring the cosmic order to heaven and earth. Ado - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.2.md): From their fear the earth trembles, swaying like a laden ship that tilts in its unsteadiness. The far-seeing m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.3.md): Like the horn of cows, the highest peak for splendor; like the sun in the outpouring of space, their sight. Be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.4.md): Who can attain your great greatness, O Maruts? Who can reach your poetic deeds and heroic feats? When you bear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.5.md): Like horses, ruddy and of one kin, like heroes they fight forth before the foe. Like men they have grown stron - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.6.md): They are unsurpassed, neither the youngest nor the lowest nor even the middle ones; born, they have grown wide - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.7.md): Like winds, who with might have passed around the ends of the vast sky and the ridges; as both know, their hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.59.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.59.8.md): May the sky and Aditi measure out wealth for us; may the many-giving dawns strive. O seer, these Maruts of Rud - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.1.md): I praise Agni, who dwells in his own wealth, with homages; seated here, may he arrange our deed. Like with cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.2.md): You Rudra Maruts, who stood on your chariots among the spotted ones, among the famed pleasures. O fierce ones, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.3.md): The great mountain, grown strong, trembles; even the summit of heaven trembles at your sound. O Maruts, when y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.4.md): Like the best, adorned with gold ornaments, they have adorned their bodies with their own strength. For splend - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.5.md): Neither elder nor younger are these; as brothers they have grown together for prosperity. Among them the young - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.6.md): O Maruts, whether you are on high, in the middle, or below, O fortunate ones who dwell in heaven — from there, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.7.md): O all-knowing Maruts, when you bring Agni down from the high peaks of heaven, may you, exhilarated, shaking, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.60.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.60.8.md): O Agni, with the shining Maruts and Ṛbhus, exhilarated with your troops, drink the Soma. O Vaiśvānara, with pu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.1.md): O men, who are you, most excellent, who have come one by one from the highest, far distance? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.2.md): Where are your horses, where are the reins? How were you able, and how did you go? Where is the seat on the ba - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.3.md): O men, when their goad was struck, they restrained their limbs apart, like women in the bearing of sons. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.4.md): Go forth, O heroes; O men of auspicious birth, fire-hot, may you be as you are. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.5.md): May she grant horses and cattle and cows a hundredfold; may the gift to Syavasva's praiser bring near for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.6.md): And you, who have become a woman, becomes more desirable than a man; away from the non-god, the ungenerous. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.7.md): She who distinctly knows the restless one, the thirsty one, and the desirous one turns her mind toward the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.8.md): Indeed, the unpraised Paṇi says, 'I am the real man'; he is just the same among the Vairadeya. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.9.md): And the young woman, who gladdens, opened the way for Śyāva on my behalf; the two red steeds held the reins fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.10.md): He who gave me a hundred cows, just as the son of Dadaśvi gave, as if crossing over in exultation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.11.md): Those who bring it with swift horses, drinking the exhilarating sweet soma, here they establish their fame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.12.md): By whose splendor heaven and earth shine; they gleam on their chariots, like a golden ornament up above in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.13.md): That young host of the Maruts, with a bright chariot, unblamable. They come with radiant splendour, unhindered - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.14.md): Who knows where now they exult? They are born of cosmic order, unharmed and unhurt. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.15.md): You, O praiseworthy ones, guide the mortal thus with thought. You are the hearers at the calls of invocation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.16.md): May they bring to us desired, richly splendid treasures. O destroyers of foes, O worthy of sacrifice, turn bac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.17.md): O Ūrmyā, carry this my hymn forward for Dārbhya. O goddess, lead the speech forward like a charioteer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.18.md): And at the soma-pressing, under the chariot-protection, may he speak thus for me. My desire does not turn away - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.61.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.61.19.md): This bountiful one, whose chariot makes the way, moves on along with his cows, and abides resting on the mount - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.1.md): By cosmic order the cosmic order is established, Mitra and Varuṇa, your firm ordinance is there, where the hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.2.md): That greatness is truly yours, Mitra and Varuṇa; the standing rivers milk with the days. You two swell all of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.3.md): You two hold up the earth and also the sky, O kings Mitra and Varuṇa, with your mighty powers. Make the plants - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.4.md): To you two let the well-yoked horses bring, their reins held; let them come hither. The fount of ghee follows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.5.md): After the heard prayer, wide devotion increases, as the sacred grass is guarded by the sacrificial formula. Re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.6.md): With unhurt hands, helpers of the one who does good, whom you two protect within the Iḷā, O Varuṇa; O kings, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.7.md): Golden-chambered, its iron pillars shine forth like the producer of horses in heaven. In the auspicious field, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.8.md): Golden-formed, at the breaking forth of Dawn, at the sun's rising, you two, O Varuṇa and Mitra, ascend the iro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.62.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.62.9.md): That shelter which is the greatest and unpierced, O bountiful Mitra and Varuṇa, protectors of the world, by th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.63.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.63.1.md): O guardians of cosmic order, Mitra and Varuṇa, you two stand upon the chariot in the highest expanse. For whom - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.63.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.63.2.md): You two rule as universal kings over this world, O Mitra and Varuṇa, sun-seeing at the assembly. We ask you fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.63.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.63.3.md): Kings, fierce and bull-like in might, lords of heaven and of earth, O Mitra and Varuṇa, all-seeing: you stand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.63.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.63.4.md): Your magic, O Mitra and Varuṇa, rests in heaven. The light of the sun moves like a bright weapon; you cover it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.63.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.63.5.md): The Maruts yoke the chariot for splendor and for joy, like a hero among the cattle. O Mitra and Varuṇa, the re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.63.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.63.6.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, Parjanya speaks well his water-rich, brilliant word. The Maruts clothe the clouds like gar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.63.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.63.7.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, you two wise ones, by your firm ordinance and the wondrous power of the Asura you guard th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.64.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.64.1.md): We call Varuṇa, destroyer of foes, and Mitra with the verse, who, like a pair of chariot-horses, go round the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.64.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.64.2.md): May those two arms come forth with good mind toward the one who praises; for your auspicious love is celebrate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.64.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.64.3.md): Truly, may I attain Mitra's course, and go by that path into the shelter of that dear, non-injuring one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.64.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.64.4.md): O Mitra-Varuṇa, may I place for you two a praise equal to the verse, when it occurs in the dwelling of the bou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.64.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.64.5.md): O Mitra, may Varuṇa too come to us with your good lights to the common seat, in his own dwelling, for the incr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.64.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.64.6.md): You two, O Varuṇa, bear great royal power among us; make us broad for the gaining of food, for wealth, and for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.64.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.64.7.md): O worshipful Mitra and Varuṇa, when you shine in the dawn, the dappled cow, within the realm of the gods' sove - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.65.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.65.1.md): He who knows is wise; let him speak to us among the gods. Let Varuṇa, whose sight is clear, or Mitra accept ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.65.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.65.2.md): Indeed, those two are kings of the highest splendor and longest fame. They are lords of the good, increasers o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.65.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.65.3.md): Coming to you for help, I call upon those two ancient ones together. O you with good horses, rightly insightfu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.65.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.65.4.md): Mitra even from the sinner then chooses a wide path to a dwelling. The good purpose of the forward-pressing Mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.65.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.65.5.md): May we be in the help of Mitra, in the most widely spreading shelter; blameless helpers, truly having the remn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.65.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.65.6.md): You two, O Mitra, lead this man and bring him together; do not look away from us, from the wealth of the giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.66.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.66.1.md): O mortal, invoke here the two awakened gods of good wisdom, Mitra and Varuṇa, destroyers of foes; establish Va - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.66.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.66.2.md): Indeed they two attain undeceiving sovereignty and rightful strength; like the ordinances of rite, it was set - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.66.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.66.3.md): For those two, for the wide range of your chariots' paths, bearing the good praise of Rātahavya, we call you t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.66.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.66.4.md): Therefore, O wondrous ones, your poetic works indeed come by the power of strength; by your sign of wisdom you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.66.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.66.5.md): That ṛta, O earth, is vast in the glory of the seers; the two broad streams, ample and wide, flow forth by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.66.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.66.6.md): When you two, O Mitra of far-seeing eyes, and we singers, would strive for self-rule in the wide place of many - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.67.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.67.1.md): O gods, O Ādityas, thus you two uphold the great, adorable, established sacrifice. O Varuṇa, O Mitra, O Aryama - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.67.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.67.2.md): O Varuṇa, O Mitra, when you two sit upon the golden seat, you become the supporters of the moving peoples. O d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.67.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.67.3.md): All-knowing Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman indeed keep the sacred laws, as if following their own steps. They prote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.67.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.67.4.md): They are indeed true, touchers of the cosmic order, upholders of rta. Among each people they are good guides a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.67.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.67.5.md): O Mitra, O Varuṇa, who praises you two indeed? That praise goes well toward you two. For the Atri seers, thoug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.68.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.68.1.md): O Mitra-Varuṇa, mighty rulers, sing forth with inspired song the great cosmic order (ṛta) for Mitra and Varuṇa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.68.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.68.2.md): The two sovereigns, dwelling in ghee, Mitra and Varuṇa, are the gods most praised among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.68.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.68.3.md): May those two be able to grant us great wealth, earthly and heavenly; great, O you two, is your power among th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.68.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.68.4.md): Joining rta with rta, the two attain strength and power; the two gods, free from deceit, grow strong. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.68.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.68.5.md): The rain-giving heaven and earth, lords of the ritual waters, consorts of the food of Dānumatī, the two attain - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.69.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.69.1.md): O Varuṇa, you uphold the three luminous worlds and the three days, and O Mitra, you uphold the three worlds an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.69.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.69.2.md): O Varuṇa, the milch cows yield sweet drink for you two; O Mitra, the rivers are milked for you. Three bulls st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.69.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.69.3.md): At dawn I call upon the goddess Aditi; at midday, and at the sun's rising too. For wealth, O Mitra and Varuṇa, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.69.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.69.4.md): You two are the upholders of the realm of light and of the bright space, and of the Ādityas and the earthly re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.70.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.70.1.md): O Varuṇa, indeed your help is here now in many forms. O Mitra, grant the two of you's goodwill to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.70.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.70.2.md): O you two who do not deceive, by that very favor may we rightly attain nourishment. O Rudras, may we be yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.70.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.70.3.md): O Rudras, protect us; protect us with your protections; you two, the good guardians, also guard us. May we ove - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.70.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.70.4.md): O you two of wondrous deeds, may we not enjoy anyone's sacrifice with our bodies, neither by the remnant nor b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.71.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.71.1.md): Come to us, O Mitra and Varuṇa, destroyers of foes, with firm support; come near to this fair sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.71.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.71.2.md): For you two, O Mitra and Varuṇa, of far-seeing wisdom, rule over all; as lords, possessing mastery, fill our t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.71.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.71.3.md): Come near to our pressed soma, O Varuṇa and Mitra; come to drink this soma of the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.72.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.72.1.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, like Atri we call you hither with our songs. Sit down on the sacred grass to drink the som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.72.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.72.2.md): You two are firm and secure by your vow and by your cosmic law, you who bring people to the sacrifice. Sit dow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.72.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.72.3.md): May Mitra and Varuṇa accept our sacrifice, for the desired fulfilment. May they sit down on the sacred grass t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.1.md): O Aśvins, whether today you are from afar, or from near, or, O many-bestowing ones, when you are in the midspa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.2.md): Here those two, much-invoked, bearing many deeds, I go with the chariot; I call the swift, the most vigorous, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.3.md): O fiery ones, one of you holds form for form and the wheel of the chariot; with the other you hold the yoke of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.4.md): All that you two have done by this, I praise for you; born apart, sinless pair, you came together to bind us t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.5.md): When for you two the sun's daughter's chariot stands on its ever-moving seat, the reddish bright rays turn aro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.6.md): By your kindness Atri perceives, O men, with a loving mind; the warm drink, yours both, undecaying, O Nāsatyas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.7.md): O Aśvins, your mighty call is heard in the journeys, stretching on without end; by your deeds Atri returns, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.8.md): O Rudras, lovers of sweetness, she sprinkles you with honey as she drinks; when you cross over the seas, ripe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.9.md): O Aśvins, indeed they say you are bringers of bliss; you two are the most invoked on journeys and the most gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.73.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.73.10.md): May these sacred words be for the Aśvins a source of increase and of the highest blessing; we have fashioned t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.1.md): Where are you two today, O gods Aśvins, O you of the wealth of thought, from the sky? O you of mighty wealth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.2.md): Where are those two, and where now are the famed ones in the sky? O gods, O Nāsatyas, toward what man do you t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.3.md): To whom do you two go, to whom indeed do you go, to whom do you yoke your chariot near? In whose prayers do yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.4.md): Indeed you revived the ancient Udaprut for the ancient one, when, seized for help like a lion, you freed him f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.5.md): You freed aged Cyavana from his wrinkled skin, as a serpent sheds its old skin; when you two were young you ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.6.md): There is indeed a praiser here for you two; we stand in your sight for prosperity. Now hear me, O Aśvins, O yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.7.md): O Aśvins who carry the inspired poet, who among the many mortals chooses you today? Who is the inspired poet? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.8.md): May your chariot, the foremost of chariots, come here. O Aśvins, you hasten to many, coming among mortals with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.9.md): May our praise be auspicious. O honey-loving Aśvins, come hither; O clear-minded ones, fly here like birds, li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.74.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.74.10.md): O Aśvins, whenever you hear this call, come rich in goods. Arms are stretched out toward you, and cords are li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.1.md): O sweet Aśvins, the singer-seer adorns your most beloved chariot, the rain-showering bearer of wealth, with pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.2.md): Come hither, Aśvins, crossing over, that I may win all riches. O bright golden-wheeled gracious ones, river-co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.3.md): Come to us, Aśvins, you two, bringing treasures. O Rudras, golden-wheeled, delighting ones, lords of strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.4.md): Aśvins, showerers of wealth, on your chariot is the Vāṇīcī set by the Suṣṭubh verse; the kakubha bird and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.5.md): Wise-minded Aśvins, riding the chariot, hearers of the sacrificial call, you two went to Cyavāna and lifted up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.6.md): O men, may your mind-yoked horses, swift and sprinkled, bring the food for drinking. Come with bliss, Aśvins. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.7.md): O Ashvins, come hither; O Nasatyas, do not turn away from me. Go round the path, even with the Arya. O unfaili - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.8.md): In this sacrifice, O unfailing lords of blessing, Ashvins, you two go near the praiser and the protector and a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.75.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.75.9.md): Dawn has arisen with her ruddy cattle; Agni has been set here, as is seasonal. O bountiful ones of plenty, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.76.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.76.1.md): Agni shines like the radiant face of the Dawns; the devoted speech of the inspired poets has risen. O chariote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.76.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.76.2.md): Those who do not measure out the well-made rite; O Aśvins, you have been praised here now. By day and at the d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.76.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.76.3.md): And O Aśvins, come hither at the time of the morning offering, at dawn, at the day's midday and at sunrise. By - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.76.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.76.4.md): This is your place, your home in the far-off world; O Aśvins, these are your houses, this is your gateway. Fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.76.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.76.5.md): May we go together with the fresh protection of the Aśvins, who bring blessing and are easily guided. Bring us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.77.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.77.1.md): Come early, you first-honored Aśvins, drink before the vulture, before the slothful one. At dawn the Aśvins es - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.77.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.77.2.md): In the morning worship the Aśvins and pour oblations; an evening sacrifice is not pleasing to the gods. If ano - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.77.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.77.3.md): The golden-hued, honey-colored, ghee-dripping chariot comes carrying water for you two. O swift-as-thought Aśv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.77.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.77.4.md): He who enters the most abundant portion for the Nāsatyas and rejoices in the most ample share of the father — - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.77.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.77.5.md): With the new help of the Aśvins, may we go forth as bringers of well-being, with good guidance. Bring us wealt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.1.md): Aśvins, come here; Nāsatyas, do not turn away from us. Fly like swans to the pressed soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.2.md): Aśvins, like antelopes and like white bulls, like those who run after fodder, fly like swans to the pressed so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.3.md): Aśvins, possessors of strength and wealth, accept the sacrifice for the attainment of desire. Fly like swans t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.4.md): When Atri, descending into the pit, called out to you two like a praying woman, you came, Aśvins, with the spe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.5.md): O lord of the forest, open yourself as the womb of her who is about to press soma. Aśvins, hear my call and re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.6.md): For the frightened seer who prays, for Saptavadhri, Aśvins, by your magic powers you two joined together, sepa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.7.md): Just as the wind stirs the lotus pond on every side, so let your embryo stir and move; let it come forth at te - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.8.md): As the wind moves, as the forest moves, as the ocean stirs, so, O ten-month child, come forth together with th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.78.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.78.9.md): Let the child who lay in his mother for ten months come forth; let the living, unharmed one come forth from th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.1.md): Uṣas, awaken us today for great wealth, as you awakened us before, O heaven-souled one, in the honored Vāyya o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.2.md): You shone forth on the good path with your bright chariot; O daughter of heaven, shine forth in the mighty one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.3.md): You, bringing us wealth today, shine forth; O daughter of heaven, as you shone forth in the mighty one, in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.4.md): O radiant one, those carrier-priests who praise you with hymns, O bountiful one, are the well-honored, good gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.5.md): Indeed, whatever these troops cover for you, for wealth; the summoners also set around; the bountiful gift of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.6.md): Place here among them heroic glory, O Dawn, O bountiful one, among the pious patrons who give us wealth; the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.7.md): Grant them great brilliance and glory, O bountiful Uṣas; bring to us the gifts of horses and cows. O well-born - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.8.md): And bring to us nourishment rich in cows, O daughter of heaven, together with the rays of the sun, with bright - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.9.md): Shine forth, O daughter of heaven; do not hold back the darkness for long. Lest it seize you like a thief or a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.79.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.79.10.md): Do you know only this much, O Uṣas, or are you able to give even more to the praisers, O radiant one? Shining, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.80.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.80.1.md): The radiant, vast, rich in cosmic order, red-rayed and shining goddess Uṣas, who brings the light of heaven, i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.80.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.80.2.md): This visible dawn goes forward, awakening men and preparing easy paths. Great-charioted, vast, giver of all we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.80.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.80.3.md): Yoked with the red cows of her rays, unwearied, she produces wealth and endless life. Opening the paths for we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.80.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.80.4.md): Far-shining, of double brightness, she reveals her form in front. She follows the path of cosmic order rightly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.80.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.80.5.md): She, of bright body, as if rising high, has appeared radiant as after bathing, for our sight. Driving away hat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.80.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.80.6.md): Turning back, daughter of the sky, like a fair woman among men, the auspicious Uṣas bestows happiness. Opening - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.81.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.81.1.md): Sages yoke the mind and yoke the thoughts of the wise, the great, discerning seer. Alone, knower of order, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.81.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.81.2.md): The seer releases all forms; he sent good fortune to the biped and the quadruped. The most excellent Savitṛ re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.81.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.81.3.md): Whose course the other gods followed, and by strength obtained the greatness of the god; he who measured the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.81.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.81.4.md): O Savitṛ, you go through the three realms of light and are joined with the rays of the sun. And you encircle t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.81.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.81.5.md): You alone rule over impulsion; you too, O god, become Pūṣan by your journeys. And you shine upon this whole wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.1.md): We choose the best food of the god Savitṛ, the swift giver of all; may we hold the swift portion of good fortu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.2.md): Indeed, none dear to his self-glorious Savitṛ ever breaks self-rule. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.3.md): He, Savitṛ the lord of fortune, indeed bestows treasures on the giver; we seek that bright portion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.4.md): Now, O god Savitṛ, bestow on us blessed fortune with offspring; drive bad dreams far away. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.5.md): O god Savitṛ, drive all transgressions far away; bestow here on us whatever is good. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.6.md): Sinless, for Aditi, in the impulse of the god Savitṛ, may we hold all desirable treasures. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.7.md): Today we choose Savitṛ, the friend of all the gods, the lord of the good, the true-impelling one, with our hym - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.8.md): He who goes before these two days, never failing in impulse, the self-ruling god, is Savitṛ. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.82.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.82.9.md): He who makes all these born beings hear through the verse, and sends them forth impelling, is Savitṛ. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.1.md): With these hymns praise the mighty Parjanya; call him hither with homage. Roaring like a bull, ever-moving, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.2.md): He splits the trees and strikes down the demons; the whole world fears great destruction. And he protects the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.3.md): As a charioteer drives his horses with the whip, so he openly sends forth the rain-messengers. Like a lion's r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.4.md): The winds blow forth, the lightnings flash; he raises up the plants and makes the bright heaven swell. For all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.5.md): By whose law the earth is moistened, by whose law she roars like a boar; by whose law the many-formed plants a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.6.md): O Maruts, bestow rain upon us from heaven; make the streams of the bull and the horse flow forth. Come hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.7.md): O Parjanya, roar aloud and place the embryo; move around with your chariot. With the water-laden cloud, prepar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.8.md): Pour out the great vessel from above and let it flow downward; let the channels released from before run. Wet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.9.md): O Parjanya, when you roar, thundering and striking down the evil-doers, this whole world rejoices, and whateve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.83.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.83.10.md): You sent down the rain; take it up well. You made the deserts passable. For food and for pleasure you brought - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.84.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.84.1.md): O broad Earth, thus among the mountains you bear your firm support; O you of flowing waters, O great one, by y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.84.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.84.2.md): O discerning one, hymns resound toward you together with the nights; you grasp the strength that neighs like a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.84.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.84.3.md): You shake even the firm trees with the earth's strength and your vigor; when your lightnings pour down from th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.1.md): Sing a deep and great praise to the sovereign king; recite the sacred prayer dear to Varuṇa, the renowned one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.2.md): Varuṇa spread out the midspace in the forests, placed strength in the horses and milk in the cows. In the hear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.3.md): Varuṇa sent forth Nīcīnabāra with the bow bent downward and Kavandha, and sent forth the two worlds and the mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.4.md): When Varuṇa shakes the earth and the wide sky and milks the rain-milk, then with the cloud he covers himself. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.5.md): I proclaim well this great wondrous power of Varuṇa, the asura, the renowned one. He who, standing in the mids - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.6.md): No one has yet violated the great wondrous power of the god most wise. When the streams, like milk from a sing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.7.md): O Varuṇa, whatever offense we have committed against Aryaman, against Mitra, against a companion, against a br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.85.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.85.8.md): O god, whatever the gamblers may have injured in the sky, and whatever true deed we do not know, behold all th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.86.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.86.1.md): O Indra and Agni, the mortal whom you two protect in contests, he splits even firm strongholds, as Trita (does - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.86.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.86.2.md): Those two, Indra and Agni, unconquerable in armies, praiseworthy in contests, who go toward the five peoples, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.86.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.86.3.md): The strength of those two is like the voice of the praiser; the sharp lightning is the bountiful one's; with t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.86.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.86.4.md): Those two, you two, in the chariot-contest we call upon, O Indra and Agni: lords of Turas's wealth, the knowin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.86.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.86.5.md): Let those two grow for the mortal day by day, the two undeceivable gods; though worthy, they set (us) before, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.86.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.86.6.md): Thus to Indra and Agni the pure, pleasing oblation has been offered like ghee purified with stones; may those - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.1.md): For the great one, may your songs go forth to Viṣṇu, with the Maruts; to the mountain-born Evayā-Marut, for st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.2.md): Those who were born by their greatness, and who of their own accord speak with knowledge — they are Evayā-Maru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.3.md): Those who are heard with song from the lofty heaven, well-shining and well-radiant — the Evayā-Marut, whose lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.4.md): When they yoke their chariot upon the ridges by their own self-power, they advance from one place along the gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.5.md): Like your roar, may the fierce, bull-like, swift and strong Maruts, who travel together, cause a tremor; by th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.6.md): Boundless is your greatness, O you of ancient might! May the Maruts protect our fierce strength, for you stand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.7.md): May those Rudras, the Maruts, fine-sacrificing and fire-like, shining with great brilliance, protect us. Their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.8.md): Come to us on our path free of hostility, O Maruts; hear the singer's call, O Evayāmarut. O great and wrathful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.87.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/5.87.9.md): Come to our sacrifice, O worthy-of-sacrifice Maruts, with pleasant shelter; hear our call, O Evayāmarut, free - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.1.md): O Agni, you became the first thinker of this prayer, O wondrous one, you became the priest. O bull, you made a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.2.md): Then you sat down as hótā, most worshipful, in the place of Iḷā, impelling, to be praised. You, O men, first, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.3.md): Like a stronghold, going with many treasures, you rich in wealth; awake in you for wealth, they came after. To - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.4.md): Reaching the god's step with homage, seeking fame, may they obtain undying renown. They also established names - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.5.md): Dwellings on the earth strengthen you; both kinds of riches, of peoples, strengthen you. You became protector, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.6.md): He, honored, dear among the clans, Agni, hótā, exhilarating, sat down; most worshipful, he sat. To you, that o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.7.md): O Agni, we who are wise and devoted to the gods call upon you, the ever-new, for good fortune. Shining, you le - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.8.md): We call upon that wise lord of the peoples, sovereign of the everlasting clans, the expeller of foes, the migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.9.md): O Agni, that mortal who has worshipped and found rest, who has approached you with kindling-wood and bringing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.10.md): For that greatness, may we worship you with obeisances, kindling-wood and oblations. O Agni, son of strength, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.11.md): You who have spread the two worlds, heaven and earth, wide with your brilliance, O Agni, seeking glory and car - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.12.md): O Vasu, give us always as men do; for offspring and grandchildren, for cattle, give us abundance. May there be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.1.13.md): O Agni, through many means may I obtain many treasures through you, O king, by your power to bestow wealth. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.1.md): O Agni, indeed you are lord of radiant glory, and like a friend (Mitra) you protect. O all-seeing bestower of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.2.md): Indeed, the men who attend to the rite praise you with sacrifices and songs. Strong, unharmed, swift-moving th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.3.md): United in favour, the priests kindle you, who came from heaven, as the banner of the sacrifice. When people, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.4.md): The mortal who prospers in your service for the generous giver, and praises you with devotion, crosses over th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.5.md): The mortal who, with kindling wood, offers you oblation and pouring of ghee, prospers in a dwelling abundant w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.6.md): Your brilliant flames and smoke rise and spread in heaven; bright, you extend yourself. O purifier, like the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.7.md): Now you are to be praised among the peoples, our dear guest; firm and ancient like a fortress, to be called up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.8.md): By wisdom and strength, O Agni, you are anointed in the wooden vessel, active like a powerful horse; like the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.9.md): You also set those unfailing flames like a beast set toward its fodder; O ageless Agni, when your place is fix - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.10.md): You are sought among those who sacrifice, O Agni, as priest in the house of the peoples; O lord of the clans, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.2.11.md): Honored by friends, O god Agni, announce good will for us to the gods; choose the good will of heaven and eart - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.1.md): O Agni, may he who holds to cosmic order and shines by it, who desires the gods, attain wide light. Whomever y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.2.md): I worship with sacrifices and praise with hymns. For Agni of the open doors he has given; thus neither disfavo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.3.md): Like the sun, whose sight is unharmed and fierce, when your shining thought comes—like neighing bright ones—th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.4.md): Sharp indeed I have come; may his great form shine—like a horse holding its reins, with face sharply tossing i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.5.md): He indeed, placed like a hammer, wishing to strike, sharpens his brilliance like the edge of iron; the many-co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.6.md): He indeed, like a poet, according to the rays, clothes himself with flame; the friend-of-Mitra who shines at n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.7.md): As the work of the sky-maker he renews; the bright, virile one makes grow again among the plants. Like a flame - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.3.8.md): With the offerings, or with the fit praise-songs, he shines forth with his own power like lightning. Or he who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.1.md): As you, O priest, worship among mortals in the service of the gods through sacrifices, O son of strength, so n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.2.md): May he, most bright, like an eye, like the dawn, Agni, establish for us praise and food worth knowing; he who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.3.md): He whom they praise like the sky, the ageless purifying Agni, wears light like the bright sun; he who spreads - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.4.md): O son, you are praiseworthy and hospitable; Agni by birth made food upon the earth. You, O possessor of streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.5.md): He who eats the mighty food Vāraṇa, like the wind, like a sovereign, passes beyond the nights; may we, who are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.6.md): You come here with rays like the sun; with hymns, O Agni, you have spread out both worlds with light; the vari - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.7.md): O Agni, most delightful one, we have invoked you with the lights of praise; hear our great prayer. As the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.4.8.md): Now, O Agni, grant us welfare free from wolf-like harm; lead us across by the paths of wealth and deliver us f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.5.1.md): I call you, son of strength, youthful, undeceiving in speech, the most youthful, with my thoughts; the all-kno - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.5.2.md): In you, O many-formed hotar, are the treasures; with the nights and dawns the worthy-of-sacrifice ones have ri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.5.3.md): You sit among these peoples day by day; by your power you became lord of the chariot of desirable goods; there - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.5.4.md): Whoever attacks us as a plunderer, O Agni, or who harms from within, O greatest friend of Mitra, burn him with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.5.5.md): He who offers you with sacrifice, with kindling-wood, with recitations and chants, O son of strength, shines a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.5.6.md): Let him do this, swiftly, urged on, O Agni; drive off the rivals with might, O mighty one; when you are praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.5.7.md): O Agni, through your protection may we attain that desire; O possessor of wealth, may we attain wealth rich in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.6.1.md): Seeking the path and help through the sacrifice, he goes forth toward Agni, son of new strength, to the heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.6.2.md): He, shining and thundering, dwelling in light, is the youngest among the unaging roarers; he follows Agni, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.6.3.md): O Agni, your flames driven by the winds spread in every direction; O bright one, those bright ones move about. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.6.4.md): O radiant one, your bright, shining horses, scattering in all directions, make the earth tremble. Then your wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.6.5.md): Then his tongue darts forth like the bull that seeks cattle, like the hero hurling the thunderbolt; the might - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.6.6.md): By your radiance you have filled the wide peoples of the earth with the bold might of the great striker. You, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.6.7.md): O brilliant Agni, bring us the wealth that shines, most radiant and life-giving. O Agni, shining like the moon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.7.1.md): The summit of heaven, the wanderer of earth, Vaiśvānara Agni born in the cosmic order, the seer, sovereign, gu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.7.2.md): The navel of sacrifices, the seat of riches: the gods together bow toward the great call. Vaiśvānara, chariote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.7.3.md): From you the inspired seer is born, from you the strong heroes, O Agni, destroyer of hostile assaults. O Vaiśv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.7.4.md): All the gods bow together to you, O immortal, as to a child being born; by your powers they attained immortali - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.7.5.md): O Vaiśvānara, these are your great vows; O Agni, no one has assailed you. When you were born in the lap of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.7.6.md): The measures of Vaiśvānara were measured by sight; by the banner of the immortal, the summits of heaven appear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.7.7.md): Who, Vaiśvānara of good purpose, the seer, measured out the realms and spread the lights of heaven; who extend - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.8.1.md): I now declare the strength of the bull and ruddy Agni, and praise the rites of Jātavedas. For Vaiśvānara a new - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.8.2.md): Just born, in the highest realm he guarded the sacred laws; Agni is the guardian of the orders. Wise Vaiśvānar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.8.3.md): The wondrous Mitra held the two worlds apart; with light he made darkness as if inward. As one stretches a hid - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.8.4.md): In the lap of the waters the mighty ones took hold of him; the peoples stood near the king worthy of hymns. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.8.5.md): In every age, O Agni, grant us new wealth and glory, worthy of praise for those who sing. O king, O ageless on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.8.6.md): O Agni, among the bountiful patrons hold strength for us; bear undecaying kingly power of good heroism. O Vaiś - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.8.7.md): O Agni, standing in three seats, protect our seers with your unharmed guardians. O Vaisvanara Agni, keep the a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.9.1.md): Day and night, the dark and the bright, the two worlds turn with those who know. Born as Vaiśvānara, Agni, lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.9.2.md): I know neither the thread nor the weaving that they weave in the contest, striving for it. Whose son here spea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.9.3.md): He indeed knows the thread, he knows the weaving, he speaks words in due order. Whoever has perceived him, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.9.4.md): Behold this first priest; here among mortals is this immortal light. He was born, and sat firmly; this immorta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.9.5.md): A fixed light has been placed for seeing, swiftest as the mind, within the things that fly. All the gods, of o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.9.6.md): My ears fly apart, my eye goes apart, and so too this light placed in the heart. My mind wanders far-reaching. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.9.7.md): O Agni, standing in the darkness, all the gods bowed down to you in fear. May Vaiśvānara protect us for our he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.10.1.md): Set before you the sweet, divine, well-wrought praise; at the start of the rite, place Agni in the non-violent - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.10.2.md): O radiant Agni, foremost priest, kindled by the fires of men — for him alone the praise rises. Like a loving h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.10.3.md): The seer who offers to Agni with hymns is filled with fame among mortals. Agni of bright flames fills him with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.10.4.md): He who, being born, fills both wide worlds, far-visible, radiant, black-pathed — then, beyond the flood of wav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.10.5.md): Now, Agni, give us wondrous wealth with many protections, and place wealth in the bounteous ones too. Those wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.10.6.md): Agni, make this sacrifice pleasing — the one that the oblation-bearer offers as he sits near you. Among the Bh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.10.7.md): Drive the hostile forces far away, and make the Ilā (praise) grow. May we rejoice, living a hundred autumns, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.11.1.md): O priest Agni, impelled and most worthy of worship, sacrifice; drive away the foes like the force of the Marut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.11.2.md): You are the priest, most delightful to us and not hostile, a god among mortals dwelling within the rites. O Ag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.11.3.md): Surely a blessed prayer is spoken for you, which for the singer reveals the birth of the gods for worship. Whe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.11.4.md): O Agni, you have shone brightly and radiant; sacrifice for the wide heaven and earth, whom with homage the fiv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.11.5.md): When I spread the sacred grass on the fire with homage, the ghee-laden, well-adorned ladle is set in place. Th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.11.6.md): O first priest of the finest offerings, grant to us; kindled with the gods and the fires, O son of strength, g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.12.1.md): In the middle of the sacrifice, in the house, the priest Agni stands on the sacred grass to worship Heaven and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.12.2.md): O worshipful king, in whom you are now honored in every kinship like the sky, threefold-seated like the thigh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.12.3.md): He is most swift, whose chariot-race gives wealth; growing on the path he shines like the pressing-stone. Like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.12.4.md): That Agni I praise with our praises, like a charioteer; in the house I also praise Jātavedas. The wood-bearer, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.12.5.md): Then his rays carry him forward in praise; in vain he makes and follows the wide earth. Instantly flowing, swi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.12.6.md): You, for us, O swift one, protect from distress; O Agni, kindled by all fires, you bring riches; freeing us fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.13.1.md): O Agni, auspicious one, all blessings of good fortune spread from you as birds fly toward the forest trees. By - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.13.2.md): You bring us wealth quickly like Bhaga; for food you shine like a wanderer, your splendour bringing glory. O A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.13.3.md): He, lord of the good, slays Vṛtra by his strength; O Agni, wise, he bears away the prize from the Paṇi, separa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.13.4.md): O son of strength, whatever mortal with songs, recitations, and sacrifices attains for you the whetting of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.13.5.md): O son of strength, Agni, for those men you place wealth that brings fame and good heroism, and you make it str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.13.6.md): O son of strength, far-seeing Agni, giving us speech, give us offspring and a victorious son; may we attain fu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.14.1.md): The mortal who, with devotion and hymns, delights Agni with his offering-prayer, let him now blaze forth and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.14.2.md): Agni is indeed the most far-seeing, Agni the most wise of seers. In the sacrifices the clans of Manu praise Ag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.14.3.md): Indeed, O Agni, for protection the noble ones vie for riches; the swift Āyus, through rites, seek to overcome - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.14.4.md): Agni, of the waters, gives the hero who conquers in turns a lord of the good; at the sight of his might his en - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.14.5.md): Indeed Agni, by his knowledge as a god, protects the mortal; mighty is he, whose wealth remains unhindered in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.14.6.md): Greatest of friends, O god, speak to the gods on our behalf the goodwill of heaven and earth; bring well-being - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.1.md): I praise with song that guest who wakes at dawn, lord of all the peoples. Born of heaven, he shines, and quick - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.2.md): Like a friend, kindled well by the Bhṛgus and set upon the tree-post, he is worthy of praise, with upward flam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.3.md): May you become the unhurtful increaser of strength, of the lord, among the far and the near, the swift. Son of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.4.md): I praise your radiant guest, Agni of the bright sky, the priest of men's well-performed sacrifice. Like a swee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.5.md): He who purifies, shining in his bright splendor in the dwelling like the light of dawn, like the course of a r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.6.md): Kindle Agni with Agni, with your kindling wood; the beloved, praiseworthy guest near you — with songs serve th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.7.md): I praise with my song Agni, kindled with kindling-sticks, bright, purifying, steadfast before the sacrifice; w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.8.md): O Agni, as the immortal messenger, carrier of oblations and protector worthy of praise, gods and mortals have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.9.md): O Agni, adorning the ordinances, as messenger of the gods you move together through both worlds; when we call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.10.md): Him, well-favoured, fair to behold, self-radiant, wiser than others, may we, who know not, serve; knowing all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.11.md): Him you protect, Agni, and him you fill, O hero; him who has offered thought to the seer. Whether the order of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.12.md): From the one who harms, Agni, you protect us well; O mighty one, from injury also you alone protect us. May th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.13.md): Agni is the priest, lord of the house, and king; Jātavedas knows all births. He who is most worthy of worship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.14.md): O Agni, when today you become the priest of the rite among the people, O pure-flamed one, sacrificer, then by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.15.md): May you see the great things well established. May heaven and earth hold you for worship. O bountiful one, hel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.16.md): O Agni, of fine flame, come first with all the gods and sit on the woolly seat. For Savitar, lead the ghee-ric - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.17.md): Like Atharvan, the wise seers churn this very Agni, rubbing whom they brought up the blind one for the Śyāvyā - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.18.md): Be born for the favor of the gods, for complete welfare and well-being. O increaser of order, bring the gods h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.15.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.15.19.md): O Agni, lord of the house of the peoples, we have worshipped you, the great one, with kindling sticks. Let our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.1.md): O Agni, you are the priest of all sacrifices, established by all; among humans, together with the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.2.md): With your pleasing tongues of flame, worship the mighty ones at our sacrifice; bring the gods hither and worsh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.3.md): Indeed you know the paths and the ways, O wise one, O god; straight and true. O Agni, most skilled, know this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.4.md): It is you I praise; then, twice, you who bring joy with the swift ones. In the sacrifices I have worshipped yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.5.md): You bring these many treasures for Divodāsa, for the soma-presser, for Bharadvāja, for the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.6.md): You, immortal messenger, bring the divine folk here, hearing the good praise of the inspired seer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.7.md): O Agni, self-reliant mortals praise you, the god, in the sacrifices to win the favor of the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.8.md): You should honor your fair appearance and purpose, and all bountiful, desirous ones should delight in it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.9.md): You are the priest, placed by Manu, the bearer of oblations, most knowing by mouth; O Agni, worship the people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.10.md): O Agni, come here to enjoy, praised for the gift of oblations; as priest, sit down on the sacred grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.11.md): O Angiras, with kindling sticks and ghee we make you grow; O youngest one, blaze greatly. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.12.md): May he bestow on us broad, praiseworthy wealth; O god Agni, give great heroic vigor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.13.md): O Agni, Atharvan churned you out from the lotus, from the head of all, O bearer of the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.14.md): Him indeed, you, the seer Dadhyanc, son of Atharvan, kindled, O slayer of Vritra, O fort-destroyer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.15.md): Him, you, the protecting bull, I kindle together, O greatest slayer of the dasyus, wealth-winner, in battle af - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.16.md): Come, indeed I will speak to you well, O Agni, thus other songs; with these soma drops may you grow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.17.md): Wherever your mind is, and wherever you place your higher skill, there you make your seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.18.md): Your work does not harm any dwellings, O wealthy one; then you win gifts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.19.md): Agni of the Bharata clan has come, slayer of Vṛtra, wise in many ways, lord of the good for Divodāsa. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.20.md): Indeed, by his greatness he grants wealth across all earthly realms, winning, unharmed and unconquered. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.21.md): Like the ancient and the new, O Agni, he has spread wide with brightness, with the joined sacrifice, in his li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.22.md): O friends, boldly bring forth praise and sacrifice to Agni; honour him, sing, and chant for the wise Agni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.23.md): Indeed he who sits among the human generations: the invoking priest of poetic wisdom, the messenger, and the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.24.md): Those two kings of pure vows, the Ādityas and the Marut host, O Vasu, worship here; and heaven and earth as we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.25.md): O Agni, your bountiful, gracious glance is sent forth to the mortal, O grandson of the waters, of the strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.26.md): Be the giver by wisdom; today you are the best. The mortal who serves you, with fine offerings, has reached a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.27.md): With you as their helper, O Agni, they who seek the whole lifetime, crossing over the hostile assaults of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.28.md): May Agni with his sharp flame strike down all, the devouring Atri. May Agni win wealth for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.29.md): Bring wealth that gives heroic offspring, O all-knowing Agni, O all-seeing one. Slay the demons, O you of good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.30.md): You protect us from sin, O all-knowing Agni, from the malicious. Guard us, O poet, of the sacred formula. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.31.md): O Agni, protect us from the mortal who plots evil to destroy us; keep us safe from sin. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.32.md): O god, with your tongue drive away that evil-doer, the mortal who wishes to slay us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.33.md): O victorious one, grant wide shelter to Bharadvaja; O Agni, grant the most desirable wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.34.md): Agni, lord of wealth, kindled with the wise one and offered with bright oblation, may smash the obstacles. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.35.md): In the womb of the mother, father of the father, shining in the imperishable, sitting in the seat of cosmic or - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.36.md): O all-knowing, far-seeing Agni, bring the prayer rich in offspring when you shine in the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.37.md): To you, Agni, seen in radiant splendor, we who bring offerings and are strengthened send forth our hymns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.38.md): We have come near to you as to the shade of the blazing heat; may we have your shelter, Agni, of the golden-lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.39.md): You, fierce like a mighty slayer of foes, sharp-horned like a bull, Agni, have broken down the strongholds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.40.md): Whom they hold in their hands like a hungry child or a newborn, the Agni of the peoples, of fine sacrifice, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.41.md): For the seeking of the gods, bring forward that god, most finder of wealth; let him sit down in his own seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.42.md): Kindle the dear guest in Jātavedas, the one born who knows all births; bring here the lord of the house to his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.43.md): O Agni, your horses, O god, are good; they swiftly carry the chariot for the sake of ardor. Therefore yoke the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.44.md): Come to us, bring here the offerings for enjoyment; bring the gods here for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.45.md): Rise up, O Agni, O descendant of Bharata, radiant; shine forth with the unaging one. Blaze and spread your lig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.46.md): May the mortal who serves the god with devotion, and praises Agni at the sacrifice with oblation, approach the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.47.md): O Agni, we bring the oblation prepared with the verse and with the heart for you. May they be yours: the sacri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.16.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.16.48.md): The gods kindle Agni, the foremost, the greatest slayer of Vṛtra, by whom treasures were brought and the demon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.1.md): O fierce Indra, drink the soma that you desire, and split open the cattle-pen. O bold, thunderbolt-handed Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.2.md): Protect us, you who helpfully aid the righteous, who are a mighty bull, who cleave the enclosures and bear the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.3.md): Thus protect us; may he who gladdened you of old gladden you again. Hear our prayer and grow strong through ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.4.md): O Indra, possessor of your own strength, these exhilarating draughts swell you greatly; these drunk, rouse the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.5.md): By that soma you caused the sun and the dawn to shine; exhilarated, you broke the firm strongholds. O Indra, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.6.md): By your deed, by your gifts, you set the ripe among the unripe, by your might. You opened the doors and unbarr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.7.md): Indra, you spread out the vast earth and propped up the sky above. Mighty one, you held both worlds, the god-b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.8.md): Then, Indra, all the gods earlier set you, the one mighty one, for the contest. When the non-god attacked the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.9.md): Then even your sky, from fear of the thunderbolt, split in two from its own rage. When Indra slew the attackin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.10.md): Then your great Tvaṣṭṛ, O fierce one, whirled the thunderbolt with a thousand spokes and a hundred edges. By i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.11.md): Whom all the companionable Maruts, grown strong, cook a hundred buffaloes for you, O Indra. Pūṣan and Viṣṇu ru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.12.md): You released the great enclosure of the rivers, bound all around, and set loose the wave of the waters. Along - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.13.md): Thus may a new prayer turn to you, Indra, who has done all these things, great, fierce, unaging, bearing stren - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.14.md): May he grant us shining light for strength, glory, food and wealth; grant it to the inspired seers, O Indra. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.17.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.17.15.md): By this, may we win the strength granted by the gods; living a hundred years, rich in good heroes, may we rejo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.1.md): Praise that Indra, whose power is unconquered, who roams unhindered and is called upon by many. Exalt with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.2.md): He is the warrior, the mighty breaker of fortresses, lord of spoil, slayer of foes, the roaring one who rules - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.3.md): Surely you alone subdued those dasyus, and protected the peoples for the Arya. Is that heroic might still here - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.4.md): Truly, I think your strength, O most mighty one, of the one born in many births, is the greater. Fiercer than - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.5.md): May that ancient friendship be ours with you, as the Angirases, speaking thus, struck down Vala. O unfailing, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.6.md): He, indeed, is to be invoked with prayers, the fierce one, who brings about great deeds in the battle for Vr̥t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.7.md): By his greatness he has surpassed all the births of men, renowned by the immortal name; by splendor, by streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.8.md): That Indra, who is never in vain, became a man of good renown; he also struck down Cumuri and Dhuni. Indra str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.9.md): O Indra, with swift horses, with might and with wealth, stand upon the chariot for the slaying of Vṛtra. Set t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.10.md): Like fire upon dry wood in the forest, O Indra, strike down the demons with your weapon, like a fearsome thund - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.11.md): Come to us, O Indra, by a thousand paths, with wealth, O much-brightened one, with swift helpers. O son of str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.12.md): Forth has shone the greatness of him of much light, the steadfast, the bold, of heaven and of earth. No enemy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.13.md): Indra, today this heroic deed of yours was accomplished, which you did for Kutsa, Āyu and Atithigva. You laid - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.14.md): Following after you when Ahi was slain, O god, all the gods rejoiced and found you, the wisest of the seers. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.18.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.18.15.md): According to your strength, heaven and earth praise you, O Indra; and the immortal gods honor you. O maker, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.1.md): Great is Indra, with his people; filler of the wanderers, bearer of two barhis, undying, turning toward us wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.2.md): Prayer has set Indra alone for winning gain: the great, the mighty, the ageless, the young; with unconquered s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.3.md): Broad, wide-stretched are your two arms, ample and abundant; turn toward us and grant us glories. Like herds, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.4.md): For you, let us now call upon that Indra, the subduer of herds, here, with these praises, desiring strength, j - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.5.md): Firm in his vows, giver of wealth, increased by soma; he is indeed much called upon for desirable riches. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.6.md): Bring us the most mighty strength, O hero; the most vigorous vigor, O overpowering, fierce one. Grant all sple - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.7.md): O Indra, conqueror of armies, bring to us that undying exhilaration of yours; by it, won through your help in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.8.md): O Indra, bring to us the rain-bearing strength, holder of wealth, strengthened, of good skill; by which we may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.9.md): Let your bull-like might come to us from behind, from above, from below, from the front; let it come together - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.10.md): O Indra, with men, by your most manly protections, may we win desirable treasure with famous ones; for I see b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.11.md): Indra, accompanied by the Maruts, bull, grown strong, unopposed, divine, ruler, victorious in all — for new he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.12.md): O wielder of the thunderbolt, even a great man who is thinking, hold him for these men among whom I am; then i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.19.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.19.13.md): O Indra, much-invoked, with these friendships may we always prevail over every enemy. O hero, smiting both kin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.1.md): O Indra, you who stand vast as the sky, strong in battles among the peoples as wealth itself, give us that wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.2.md): As from the sky, O Indra, true amṛta was set on every side for you by the gods; when you struck Vṛtra, who enc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.3.md): Swift and mightier, stronger than strength itself, the one whose prayer is made, Indra of great deeds, became - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.4.md): By hundreds the Paṇis fled; here, O Indra, in the contest of the giver of tens, the seer's rivals fled. The il - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.5.md): Great life of all, from the great hostile ones, was taken away; when the thunderbolt fell, Śuṣṇa was cast down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.6.md): Like a hawk, the intoxicating soma pressed forward for him, crushing the head of the slave Namuci; he protecte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.7.md): Wielder of the thunderbolt, Indra, with your might you split open the firm fortresses of Ahimāya as if they we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.8.md): That Indra, whose good fortune is his own, overcomes Vetasu, Daśamāya, Daśoṇi and Tūtuji. I rouse that strong - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.9.md): He surely conquers rivals, unopposed by any; he holds the thunderbolt, slayer of Vṛtra, in his hands. The two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.10.md): O Indra, may we win you anew with your help; the ancient Pūrus praised you with these sacrifices. When you spl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.11.md): O Indra, you are the ancient one who grows strong, desiring to bestow for Uśana and the poet. You gave the new - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.12.md): O Indra, you are the shaker; you release the waters with trembling streams, like flowing rivers. O hero, when - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.20.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.20.13.md): O Indra, in battle that is all yours; the two praisers, Dhunicumuri, who do not sleep, are praised. May the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.1.md): O hero, these invocations of the poet of many, worthy of offering, call upon you as worthy of the oblation. To - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.2.md): I praise that Indra, the knowing one, borne by songs, strengthened by the sacrifice, whose greatness by his mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.3.md): He, indeed, makes the darkness, the unwoven, spread out with the sun as if it were woven. O possessor of suste - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.4.md): Where is Indra who did these things? To what person does he go, among which clans? Whose is your sacrifice for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.5.md): Now, indeed, for those ancient ones who were with you, the ancient friends, O doer of many deeds, for the midd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.6.md): Asking him, the later ones have held fast to the ancient deeds with your praise, Indra. We praise you, O hero, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.7.md): Indra, your might has taken its stand against the demons; stand firm toward that great one who has been born. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.8.md): Hear that new hymn, Indra, the praise of the one who prays devotedly; O hero, O Kārudhāya, you have indeed alw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.9.md): Bring forward Varuṇa, Mitra, Indra and the Maruts for our help; today, for our aid, bring Pūṣan, Viṣṇu, Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.10.md): O much-praised one, O giver of sacrifice, these singers praise you well with hymns; O immortal, hear the call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.11.md): Now come to me, O wise one, near to speech, O son of strength, with all the worshipful ones—those whose tongue - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.21.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.21.12.md): May he awaken us, as leader in good paths and in difficult paths too, path-maker, knowing; with those hermitag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.1.md): I praise with these songs that Indra alone, worthy of invocation among the peoples, who rules as bull, virile, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.2.md): Upon him our ancient fathers, the Navagvas, and the seven inspired seers, desiring prizes, called with their t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.3.md): We desire that Indra, lord of this wealth, rich in heroes and men, of many peoples. Bring him here, O lord of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.4.md): O Indra, declare to us the joy your singers attained formerly, if they did. What is your portion, what is your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.5.md): Asking him, thunderbolt-handed, standing on the chariot, Indra, the trembling voice whose song truly reaches h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.6.md): By this magic, O self-powerful, you have strengthened him who is born of mind, along with the mountain. O self - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.7.md): With new thought we call to you that most mighty Indra, who, as of old, casts down his foes. May the fearless - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.8.md): O rain-bull Indra, for the people kindle the earthly and heavenly realms and the atmosphere. Heat them with yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.9.md): You are king of the people, of the heavenly, of the earthly, and of the moving world, O you of brilliant sight - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.10.md): O Indra, bring us welfare in the battle, against the war-cry of foes, with your vast and unconquered might. By - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.22.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.22.11.md): Much-invoked wise one, come to us with the all-desired steeds. O sacrificer, come quickly hither with those wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.1.md): O Indra, when the soma is pressed, you sit, praised in the hymn, the sacred formula and the recitation. O boun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.2.md): When you are in heaven on the far shore with the pressing-stone, O Indra, you protect in the slaying of Vritra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.3.md): May Indra, the drinker, be the keeper of the pressed soma; may the leader, the mighty one, with help, stir the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.4.md): Indra, coming to the pressings with his two bay horses, bearing the thunderbolt, drinking soma, giving cows, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.5.md): Whatever we have done for him, we do for Indra, who from of old gives us waters. At the pressing of soma we pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.6.md): O Indra, you have made the sacred formulations grow; with thoughts so great we praise you. O well-pressing one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.7.md): May he be awake for us, delighting in the puroḷāśa. Indra, drink the gṛjīka soma. Sit down on this sacred gras - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.8.md): May he rejoice, O fierce one, according to your desire. May these sacrifices reach you. May these invocations - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.9.md): Fill him completely with soma, friends, just as at the pressings; gladden Indra, worthy of enjoyment. May he b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.23.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.23.10.md): Thus was Indra praised at the soma pressing, in the soma of the Bharadvājas; may he be lord of the wealthy, as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.1.md): In Indra is the bull's exhilaration; praise-songs and recitations are with him. Pure-pressed at the soma rites - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.2.md): Tuturi is a hero, manly, discerning, a hearer of the call of the praiser; wide-protecting, giver of wealth, wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.3.md): O hero, like the axle of the chariot-wheels, by your greatness you have surpassed even the two worlds. O much- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.4.md): Your branches, O mighty one of many shapes, roam together like the paths of the cows. Like the calves' cords a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.5.md): Today one deed, tomorrow another; the unreal and the real — again and again Indra is the maker. Here Mitra, Va - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.6.md): As waters flow apart from a mountain's ridge, so, Indra, you were brought forth with recitations and rites. Fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.7.md): Whom years do not wear down, nor months, nor days; the heavens do not lower Indra. Though he is aged, may his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.8.md): He does not bow to the hero, nor to the steadfast, nor to the one who contends; the singer praises even one ro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.9.md): With deep and wide strength, O Indra, drive forth food for us; O guardian of the Soma, bestow vigour. Standing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.24.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.24.10.md): Join yourself to this one, for help, even in the encounter of battle; from here or from there, O Indra, protec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.1.md): O Indra, mighty one, your protection is low, high, and middle; with those, in the slaying of Vṛtra, protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.2.md): With these, O Indra, shatter the hostile contests and the fury of the attacking enemy; with these scatter all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.3.md): O Indra, kinsmen and those not kin, and the worshipers who draw near, are yoked; you divide their powers, slay - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.4.md): The hero serves the hero with his bodies, when the two body-bright ones act in the heat; in offspring or among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.5.md): No hero, no fighter, no firm warrior, no combatant who thinks himself strong has defeated you in battle; O Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.6.md): He is lord of the manly strength of both, when the wise seers call him in the assembly, in the slaying of Vṛtr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.7.md): Then, O Indra, when your dear singers go forth, be our protector and helper. May it be so for those truthful n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.8.md): To you, O Indra, great might has been given. Indeed, in the battle against Vṛtra, all things are with you. O w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.25.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.25.9.md): Thus, O Indra, conquer our rivals together in battles. Destroy the hostile and the godless. With your help, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.1.md): Hear us, Indra; we call you for great strength, you who are eager. When the peoples gathered in the contest of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.2.md): The mighty Vājineya calls you, for great strength in the contest of Gādhya. Indra, you who are lord of the goo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.3.md): You stirred the seer in the contest of the arka; for Kutsa and for the giver you struck down Śuṣṇa. From afar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.4.md): You drove the chariot forward, the warrior and the vigorous one; you protected the fighting bull Dashadyu. For - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.5.md): You made that hymn with the kuśa grass, O Indra; when you shone among hundreds and thousands, O hero. From the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.6.md): You, delighted with devotions and the Soma juices, O Indra, lulled Cumuri to sleep for the harmless one. You, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.7.md): O Indra, may I too attain that bounty and strength which is won by the seers, through your great favor. O you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.26.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.26.8.md): O Indra, in this bright invocation may we be your friends, O great one, most dear to you. May the glory of kin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.1.md): What is in his intoxication, what did Indra do in his drinking, in his friendship? What did the foes who sit i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.2.md): In his intoxication there is truth; in his drinking Indra made truth in his friendship. For the foes who sit i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.3.md): Indeed we do not know all your greatnesses, O bounteous one, nor do we know the bounty. O Indra, no one has se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.4.md): This is your vigour, perceived as that by which you slew the remnant of Varaśikha. O Indra, by the force of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.5.md): Indra slew the remnant of Varaśikha, desiring it for the one who turns back and for the singer. When he struck - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.6.md): O Indra, three hundred armoured ones were together in Yavyāvatī, O much-invoked one, with fame. The Vṛcīvat, f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.7.md): He whose two red cows wander within, grazing well, sent Turvaśa far away for Sṛñjaya, and, wishing to help Dai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.27.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.27.8.md): O Agni, forty cows, with calves, the bountiful sovereign gave me, owner of chariots; turning back in grace he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.1.md): The cows have come here and have done what is auspicious for us. Let them sit in the cowpen and rejoice among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.2.md): Indra, desiring to instruct the sacrificer who satisfies him, gives near at hand and steals nothing of his own - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.3.md): May they not perish; may no thief harm them, nor their enemy's injury come near. With those by which he sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.4.md): The horse Reṇukākaṭa does not reach them, nor do they go to the well-made sacrificial ground. Behind the man o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.5.md): The cows are fortune, the cows are Indra; the cows have pleased me. The cows are the first portion of the soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.6.md): O cows, you make the lean fat, and even the unlovely you make well-faced. O cows of auspicious voice, you make - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.7.md): Rich in offspring, grazing on good fodder, drinking pure waters at the good drinking place, O cows: may the th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.28.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.28.8.md): May this supporting praise attach itself to these cows, to the seed of the bull, and to your virility, O Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.29.1.md): O men, you have gone to Indra for friendship, striving toward the great one, seeking his good favor. He is the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.29.2.md): In whose hand the heroes have taken hold, standing on the golden chariot; the reins in both hands, and on the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.29.3.md): Your feet are for splendor; they have come from afar. Bold one, wielder of the thunderbolt, bountiful in might - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.29.4.md): That Soma, most mixed with milk, is pressed; in which the pot is cooked and the grain-oblations are; men who p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.29.5.md): No end has been set to your might; by your greatness you have spread wide heaven and earth. They (the rays) im - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.29.6.md): Thus Indra is easily invoked and mighty; whether with help or without help, with the eager strong one hungry f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.30.1.md): Indra grew ever mightier through his heroic strength; alone, unaging, he bestows treasures. Indra surpassed th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.30.2.md): Therefore I deem that to be Indra's great might, which none can obstruct, the deeds he has upheld. Day by day - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.30.3.md): Today and even now it is the same deed: you opened the way for the waters of the rivers, O Indra. The mountain - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.30.4.md): It is true: there is no other like you, O Indra; neither god nor mortal is greater than you. You slew the serp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.30.5.md): You opened the gates of the waters on every side, O Indra; you broke the firmness of the mountain. You became - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.31.1.md): O Indra, lord of wealth, you alone became master of riches; you hold the peoples in your two hands. In the wat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.31.2.md): O Indra, from your fear even the earthly things shake; the worlds tremble. Heaven and earth, the mountains and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.31.3.md): You fought with Kutsa against Shushna; O Indra, fight against the unshining Kuyava in the battle for the cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.31.4.md): You brought down the hundreds of Shambara's forts, the forts of the unprotected enemy. Where you wished to win - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.31.5.md): O true in strength, mount the chariot for the great battle; O most manly one, stand upon the fearsome chariot. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.32.1.md): For him, the unprecedented one, the great hero, strong and swift, for the thunderbolt-wielder Virapśin, I fash - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.32.2.md): He set the two mothers in place with the sun; praising, he broke the mountain, and eager with the poets' hymns - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.32.3.md): With the hymn-bearers, among the cows, he always conquers; the many-deeded one conquered. As priest, seeking f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.32.4.md): With the nivya songs, may he come toward the singer, with great prizes and great strengths and many heroes. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.32.5.md): He, driven with speed and strength by the foremost horses, Indra of the waters, from the right side, was victo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.33.1.md): Most vigorous Indra, O bull, as a giver grant us that exhilaration well, to the one who, with good horses, win - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.33.2.md): O Indra, for help the eloquent singers call upon you alone in the contest of valor; with the sages you drove t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.33.3.md): O heroic Indra, you struck down both of them, the enemies, the slaves, the Vṛtra-deeds, and the Aryans too; as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.33.4.md): You, O Indra, be our friend with protections for help, giver of life to all and guardian; be for our growth; i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.33.5.md): Surely for us, O Indra, be also for the future; be gracious and in protection be with us; thus, praising in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.34.1.md): O Indra, ancient and new praises have gathered together toward you; all-pervading thoughts also go forth from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.34.2.md): That Indra, much-invoked, much-praised, skilled like the Ṛbhus, alone and much-lauded, is praised through sacr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.34.3.md): The Indra whom thoughts do not harm, nor speeches reach, they reach him, augmenting him. If the praisers sing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.34.4.md): For him, divine praises flow from heaven like a monthly offering; Soma is poured upon Indra as a thirsty man i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.34.5.md): For him this great praise-song is given; this hymn has been spoken with thoughts for this Indra, that he may b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.35.1.md): When will there be those prayers of chariot-conquest? When will you give the praiser a gift that nourishes a t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.35.2.md): When, O Indra, will you subdue men by men and heroes by heroes, and win in the contests? You will conquer the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.35.3.md): When, O Indra, will you make an all-pervading sacred formulation for the praiser? O most valiant one, when wil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.35.4.md): May he grant to the singer wealth rich in cattle and horses. O Indra, fill the easily milked cow among the Bha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.35.5.md): Surely we call upon him, and in other ways too, when you, O mighty one, as a hero, open the gates. O Indra, do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.36.1.md): Indra, you are truly the joy-giver, the begetter of all beings; truly you are the distributor of wealth, even - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.36.2.md): The people worship him according to his strength; truly they set him firm for his heroic deed. For the bright- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.36.3.md): To him, in one accord, his aids and manly deeds come; to Indra the bands of steeds have joined. As rivers flow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.36.4.md): Indra, you, who are the lord of riches and of the glory of the one of many splendors, release the herd of cows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.36.5.md): You, the bountiful one, hear our praise with renown; turn toward the riches of the lord as heaven and earth do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.37.1.md): O fierce Indra, let the yoked bay horses bring your all-conquering chariot hither. For the sun-winning singer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.37.2.md): The bay horses have gone forth to their work at the press-stone and, purifying, have become ready. May the anc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.37.3.md): Having run hither, the roaring horses that draw the fine-wheeled chariot go toward Indra; may they bring us fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.37.4.md): He is the most excellent; Indra brings this gift, the most mighty of givers in thunderbolt. O thunderbolt-bear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.37.5.md): Indra is the giver of strength and steady wealth; may Indra, of great riches, be increased by our songs. May I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.38.1.md): May he, most wondrous, bring forth from here for us the radiant, great invocation of Indra; on the divine path - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.38.2.md): Even from afar his two ears dwell here; resounding with Indra's voice, he speaks. May this divine invocation t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.38.3.md): That ancient, unaging Indra you honored with supreme thought and with praise-verses; you placed prayer and son - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.38.4.md): May the sacrifice and Soma increase him, whom Indra is; may prayer, songs, and hymn-verses increase him. On th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.38.5.md): Thus born for might, growing for wealth and fame, O sage, for protection we shall indeed dwell in the battles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.39.1.md): O god, be the companion of the sweet honey of that joyful, heavenly, wise seer's word, and protect us; bring n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.39.2.md): He, stirred, drives around the mountain with truth-bound thoughts, yoking those bound to truth; he breaks the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.39.3.md): He lights up the unlit nights and the autumns together with the nights of dwelling; O Indra, this is the drop - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.39.4.md): He makes the unshining ones shine, himself shining; by truth he makes the many dawns dwell; he is driven with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.39.5.md): Now, ancient king, fill with nourishments the praiser who gives wealth in abundance; make the waters, plants, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.40.1.md): O Indra, this soma has been pressed for you; drink it. Loose your two companion horses for exhilaration, sit d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.40.2.md): Drink this, O Indra, you who were born of it and drank it for exhilaration and for deed, O hero. For you the c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.40.3.md): When the fire is kindled and the soma pressed, O Indra, let the most excellent bay horses bring you here. Desi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.40.4.md): Come constantly with desire; O Indra, you have come with great mind to drink soma. Hear these prayers, these a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.40.5.md): Whether you are in heaven, on the far shore, apart, in your own seat, or wherever you are, O Indra; from there - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.41.1.md): Tireless one, come near to the sacrifice; for you the pure drops of soma flow, like cows running to their pen. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.41.2.md): By your ancient and well-made powers, the most excellent ones by which you constantly drink the wave of sweet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.41.3.md): This drop of soma, the bull of all forms, has been well prepared for Indra, the mighty one. O you with tawny h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.41.4.md): Pressed soma, O Indra, is richer and better than the unpressed; it is for the gain of the one who knows. O att - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.41.5.md): We invoke you, O Indra; come hither. May your soma be enough for your body. O hundred-minded one, rejoice at t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.42.1.md): Bring all things to the one who knows; to that capable man who has come, who gives without turning back. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.42.2.md): Come forward to this Indra, best drinker of soma, with the soma juices, with the cups and the pressed drops, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.42.3.md): When you honor Indra well with the pressed drops and the soma, the wise, bold one who knows all of them hasten - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.42.4.md): For this one, O adhvaryu, bring forward the pressed soma juice; perhaps he will protect the striving man from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.43.1.md): In whose intoxication you subdued Śambara for Divodāsa, O Indra, this soma has been pressed for you; drink it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.43.2.md): Whose swiftly pressed intoxication you hold to protect both the middle and the end, O Indra, this soma has bee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.43.3.md): In whose intoxication you released the firm cows from within the stone, O Indra, this soma has been pressed fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.43.4.md): Exhilarated by whose nourishing drink you hold gift and strength, O Indra, this soma has been pressed for you; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.1.md): O Indra, rich in wealth, the pressed soma that is richest of riches and most splendid of splendours, that is f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.2.md): O very gracious Indra, the auspicious pressed soma is the giver of riches and of thoughts; that is for you. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.3.md): That soma by which you have grown strong with might, as a swift one with your own protections: that pressed so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.4.md): That unconquerable one of yours I hymn, the lord of might: Indra, conqueror of all, leader, most mighty, all-s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.5.md): Whom the songs indeed increase, the lord of the strong one's riches: him now the divine heaven and earth honou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.6.md): So for that recitation of yours, for Indra, we spread out the sacred grass with a bundle, like inspired seers, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.7.md): Mitra, becoming younger and more vigorous, obtained the skill of drinking the soma for the gods; having won wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.8.md): On the path of ṛta the creator (Soma) was pressed out; for splendor the gods set their minds in motion. Bearin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.9.md): Place in us the most brilliant strength; drive off the ancient enemies of men. By your deeds make us yet stron - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.10.md): O Indra, O bountiful lord, we have indeed become yours; O tawny one, do not abandon me to the giver. No hostil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.11.md): O bull, O virile one, do not give us over to the one who presses soma; may we not be lost through your friends - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.12.md): Like thundering clouds, Indra stirs up the riches of horses and cattle; you are the giver to the poet. May no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.13.md): O priest, O hero, bring the pressed soma forward for great Indra, for he is king of these. He grows strong thr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.14.md): In his intoxication, Indra, knowing many deeds, slew the unconquered obstacles. Call forward the honey-rich so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.15.md): May Indra, the drinker of the pressed juice, drink the soma; may he, the slayer of Vritra with the bolt, be ex - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.16.md): Here is that cup, dear to Indra, the immortal drink, that has been drunk. Let the god be exhilarated for gladn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.17.md): Exhilarated by this, slay the enemies, O hero; slay both kinsmen and non-kinsmen foes, O bountiful one. O Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.18.md): In these battles, O bountiful Indra, make an easy path to great wealth for us. In the victory over waters, off - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.19.md): Indra, bull-strong, with bull-like chariots and bull-like reins, bearing the thunderbolt, let the well-yoked t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.20.md): O bull, for you these virile ones, exhilarated like ghee-sprinkled waves, have stood at the vessel. O Indra, f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.21.md): You are the bull of heaven, the bull of earth; the bull of the rivers, the bull of the flowing streams. O bull - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.22.md): This god, being born with might, as companion of Indra, subdued the Paṇi. This Soma freed his father's weapons - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.23.md): This made the dawns with fair paths; this placed light within the sun. This threefold-sustaining Soma, in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.44.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.44.24.md): This holds heaven and earth apart and yokes the seven-reined chariot. This places the milk ripened by power wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.1.md): Indra, the youthful friend who led Turvaśa and Yadu from afar with good guidance — may he be ours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.2.md): Indra the victor, who gives strength even to the unwise and with the slow horse, bestows beneficial wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.3.md): Great are his guidances, and his ancient praises too; his protections never fail. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.4.md): Friends, honor and sing forth to the bearer of prayer; he indeed is our great devotion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.5.md): Slayer of Vṛtra, you are the protector of one and of both; and so for us as well. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.6.md): Indeed you drive the hostile away and make the hymn-reciters prosper; good hero, you are proclaimed by men. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.7.md): I call upon Brahmā, bearer of prayer, friend through songs, praised with verses, as one calls a cow to be milk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.8.md): In whose two hands all treasures have been placed down, of that hero, conqueror of armies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.9.md): Shatter, O wielder of the thunderbolt, even the firm strongholds of men; O unbowed one, O lord of power, break - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.10.md): O true Indra, soma-drinker, lord of spoils: it is you we call upon, we who seek glory. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.11.md): That very you, who were of old, or who now is worthy of invocation for welfare and wealth, hear this our call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.12.md): O Indra, with thoughts and with swift horses, may we win with you the praised prizes of the swift steeds, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.13.md): O hero, O lord of songs, Indra, when the wealth was set in place, you became great in the contest, the one spr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.14.md): O slayer of enemies, whatever protection of yours is swiftest-speeding, may it be by that that you impel our c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.15.md): With that chariot, as the most skilled charioteer, with our combined fighting, O victor, win the wealth that h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.16.md): Praise indeed him who alone became the discerning lord of the peoples, born as the bull of firm resolve. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.17.md): You who have been the true protector and auspicious friend of those who sing praise, that very you, O Indra, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.18.md): Grasp the thunderbolt in both hands, for the slaying of demons, O wielder of the thunderbolt; may you utterly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.19.md): I call upon him, the ancient one of riches, the yoked friend, the impeller of songs, most skilled in sacred ut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.20.md): He alone rules all the earthly treasures; he is richest in songs, swift to approach. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.21.md): Fill our desire with swift horses, with strength and cattle-rich wealth; O lord of cattle, you are bold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.22.md): At the pressing of soma, sing that song together to the much-invoked, mighty one, as joy is to the cow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.23.md): The wealthy lord does not withhold the gift of cattle-rich strength when he truly hears our songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.24.md): May the slayer of the Dasyus advance toward the cattle-rich fold of Kuvitsa; by his mighty deeds, may he turn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.25.md): O Indra of a hundred insights, these songs have surged toward you, as mothers toward their calf. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.26.md): Your friendship is for Dūṇāśa; O hero, you are a bull for the one who desires cattle; become a horse for the o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.27.md): Rejoice in the soma, indeed, for wealth, with your mighty body; do not leave the singer in reproach. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.28.md): These songs, O lord of songs, reach you at every pressing, as milch cows reach their calf. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.29.md): Most abundant of many, among the singers, in the praise-speech, with the strengths of those who seek prizes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.30.md): O Indra, may your praise and ours be most carrying and most near; impel us toward wealth, toward great abundan - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.31.md): Bṛbu stood upon the highest peak of the Paṇis, like the broad slope of the Gāṅgya lands. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.32.md): Whose bright gift comes swiftly as the wind, a thousandfold; at once he sets his mind to giving. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.45.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.45.33.md): All the Āryas and the kārus always praise for us that Bṛbu, the giver of a thousandfold, the bounteous one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.1.md): O Indra, we who sing for the prize in the contest call upon you alone. In battles the leaders call upon you, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.2.md): You, wonderful wielder of the thunderbolt, bold and mighty Indra, much praised, stone-wielder, surely grant us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.3.md): We call upon that Indra, conqueror of all rivals and all-seeing. O giver of a thousand, very mighty one, lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.4.md): Like a bull in fury you drive the peoples away, O lord of the ṛc-hymns, O bright one. Be our protector in our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.5.md): O Indra, bring us the greatest, most vigorous, and widest fame. O bright one, thunderbolt-handed, fair-jawed, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.6.md): O king, among the gods, for protection, we call upon you, fierce conqueror of peoples. O wealthy one, drive we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.7.md): O Indra, when there is strength among the Nahuṣa folk and manly vigor among the settled peoples, or when the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.8.md): Or whatever manly strength there is among the Tṛkṣi, O bountiful Indra, among the Druhyu, among the people, am - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.9.md): O Indra, threefold-supporting, with triple protection, bringing well-being, hold out shelter for the bountiful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.10.md): Those who, with a mind desiring cattle, do not harm the enemy, but strike down boldly; then indeed, O bountifu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.11.md): Then indeed be for our growth, O Indra; protect that man in battle, when the feathered ones fly in midair, bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.12.md): Where heroes extend their bodies, the dear shelter of the fathers; then indeed hold out shelter for my body an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.13.md): O Indra, when in the race for great wealth you urge on the horses, on the uneven, crooked road, like hawks see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.46.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.46.14.md): Like rivers rushing swiftly down a slope, when held back and then speeding along the bank with their roar; tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.1.md): This Soma is sweet, honeyed, sharp, full of juice. No one at all overcomes Indra, who has drunk of it, in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.2.md): This sweet Soma was here most exhilarating, and Indra rejoiced in it at the slaying of Vritra. He who shattere - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.3.md): This Soma of mine, drunk, stirs up speech; it has roused the thought that desires. Like a wise man it measures - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.4.md): He who made the breadth of the earth and the vast bulk of heaven, he is this one; this one. This ambrosial Som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.5.md): This one found the bright-appearing flood, which is in the presence of the dawns who dwell in brightness. This - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.6.md): Indra, slayer of Vritra, hero, drink the Soma boldly from the vessel. Hero, in battle, for riches, at the midd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.7.md): Indra, look upon us as a leader who goes before; lead us further forward toward wealth. Be for us a good prote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.8.md): Wise, you lead us along to the wide world, with sunlit light, fearlessness and well-being. O Indra, may we sta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.9.md): O Indra, place us in the wide chariot-pole, between the two best carrying horses. O possessor of hundreds, bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.10.md): O Indra, be gracious to me; desire life, stir up the thought like the edge of an iron stream. Whatever I speak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.11.md): I call upon Indra the protector, Indra the helper, Indra the hero easily invoked at every call. I call upon th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.12.md): May Indra be the rescuer, possessing good help, easily gracious, all-knowing; may he drive away hatred and mak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.13.md): May we abide in the favor and auspicious good-will of him worthy of sacrifice. May Indra, the easily invoked p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.14.md): Indra, toward you from the flood like a wave run songs and prayer-formulas, like teams of horses. O wielder of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.15.md): Who may praise him, who may satisfy him, who may worship him, when the fierce, bountiful Indra always protects - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.16.md): The hero Indra is heard, subduing each fierce one after another, being led onward; the king of both, who incre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.17.md): He breaks away the friendships of the former ones; seeking to cross, he goes on with the later ones. Shaking o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.18.md): Form after form he became the counterpart; that is his form, for the sake of being seen. Indra, through his il - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.19.md): Here Tvaṣṭar, having yoked two tawny horses to the chariot, shines forth abundantly. Which side of the hostile - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.20.md): O gods, we have come to the pasture-field of the cows; this wide earth has become free of obstacles. O Bṛhaspa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.21.md): Day after day he thrust aside the other half of the similar-looking (dawns); he drove the dark ones away from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.22.md): O Indra, even a little of your bounty we have indeed received; you gave ten vessels and ten mighty horses. Fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.23.md): Ten horses, ten vessels, ten garments with coverings, and ten golden disks—these I received from Divodāsa. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.24.md): Ten chariots with fine fittings and a hundred cows he gave to the Atharvans; Aśvattha gave to Pāyu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.25.md): Bestowing great wealth that benefits all peoples, Sṛñjaya honored the Bharadvājas with sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.26.md): O lord of the forest, you indeed are Vīḍvaṅga; be our friend, our ferrier, rich in heroes. Girded with the cow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.27.md): The strength raised from heaven and earth, the vigor brought from the trees, the mighty one of the waters, env - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.28.md): Indra's thunderbolt, the host of the Maruts, the embryo of Mitra, the navel of Varuṇa — may he, accepting this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.29.md): Make earth and sky resound; may the steadfast world be thought of for you far and wide. O drum, together with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.30.md): Roar forth with strength and vigor, give us power. Thundering, drive away sins. O drum, push the evil enemies - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.47.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.47.31.md): Turn back those yonder, drive away these; here the drums with banners resound. O Indra, may our chariot-warrio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.1.md): At every sacrifice and with every song, press forward to Agni for strength. Let us praise the immortal Jātaved - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.2.md): We shall gratify that Agni, grandson of strength, who seeks our favour, so that we may offer oblations. May he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.3.md): O Agni, you are virile, unaging, and mighty; you shine forth with your flames. O bright one, blazing with unfa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.4.md): O Agni, you worship the great gods in due order; worship them. With your wisdom and your favor, bring them hit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.5.md): Him whom the waters, the stones, and the forests nurture as the embryo of cosmic order, he who is churned by m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.6.md): He who fills both heaven and earth with light, runs through the sky with smoke, appears piercing the darkness, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.7.md): O Agni, god, with great flames and bright blaze, kindled in Bharadvāja, O youngest, O bright purifier, shine o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.8.md): You are lord of the house of all clans, O Agni, of the hundred dwellings of humans; O youngest, protect us fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.9.md): You, O bright one, urge forth gifts for us by your help, O giver of wealth. You, O Agni, are charioteer of thi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.10.md): With your unharmed, unwearying protectors, carry child and offspring across; O Agni, keep away from us evil wr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.11.md): O friends, approach the milk-yielding cow with new speech; release the cow that does not run dry. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.12.md): That which yields fame as immortality for the strong Maruts and for the self-shining one; that which is in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.13.md): Pour out for Bharadvāja twice, the milch-cow who yields all milk, and the food that nourishes all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.14.md): For you I praise Indra, skilled in good purpose, like Varuṇa the cunning one, like Aryaman the delightful, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.15.md): Like the bright might of the Maruts, unrivaled Pūṣan, together with hundreds and together with thousands, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.16.md): Come quickly to me, Pūṣan; now I shall praise you, O radiant one with the earring. Let the evil gifts of the f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.17.md): Do not tear up the kakambīra plant, nor the tree; for the praiseless have indeed harmed you. Neither the sun n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.18.md): As the friendship of the woodcutter, let your friendship be free of hostility; like the friendship of the faul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.19.md): You are beyond mortals and equal to the gods, and likewise in splendor. O Pūṣan, look upon us in the battles; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.20.md): O shakers, Maruts, may the guidance of the beloved be auspicious. Whether of a god, of a mortal, or of the wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.21.md): Whose motion at once encircles heaven, around which even the god Sun does not go; they bore a brilliant streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.48.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.48.22.md): Once indeed the sky was born, and once the earth was born. The milk of the spotted cow was drawn once; after t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.1.md): I praise the man who keeps good vows, calling upon Mitra and Varuna, who bring blessings, with new songs. Let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.2.md): Worthy of praise from every people, unhindered in purpose at the rites, the impeller of the two young dawns, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.3.md): The two daughters of Aruṇa, of differing forms: one appears with the stars, the other shines with the sun's li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.4.md): Toward Vāyu the great thought is offered—the giver of great wealth, the all-pervading helper of the chariot. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.5.md): May that chariot of the Aśvins adorn my body—the gleaming one, yoked by thought—by which you two, O men, O Nās - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.6.md): O Parjanya and Vāta, O bulls! Rouse the seeds of the earth and quicken the waters. O seers who hear the truth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.7.md): Sarasvatī, the pure maiden of bright life, mistress of heroes, has granted thought. United with the wives, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.8.md): To the guardian of every path, a hymn fashioned by word and desire has reached him. May Pūṣan, bright-faced an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.9.md): Agni, the first-sharer, glorious and life-giving, fair-handed god, bountiful in shelter, the Ṛbhu; and as prie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.10.md): With these songs, O praiser, exalt Rudra, father of the world, by day, and Rudra also by night. Great, mighty, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.11.md): O young, wise, sacrifice-worthy Maruts, come hither to the praiser's beloved hymn. Surely, impelled by your wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.12.md): Send forth for the hero, the strong, the swift, as one drives a herd homeward; may the cow-eyed one touch glor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.13.md): Viṣṇu, who measured out the earthly realms three times, for Manu, for the one who was oppressed — as it is bes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.14.md): May that Ahi Budhnya, with the waters and with the hymns, give it to us; may that mountain, that Savitṛ, estab - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.49.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.49.15.md): Now give us that chariot-borne wealth, which brings the people, abundant in heroes; give the dwelling of the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.1.md): I call upon you, the goddess Aditi, Varuṇa, Mitra and Agni, with homages, for protection; Abhikṣadā, Aryaman, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.2.md): O bright-shining Sun, bring hither the Dakṣapitṛs in their sinless state; O very great one, bring the gods — t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.3.md): And O Heaven and Earth, grant wide and vast power; O two worlds, be a refuge, O well-created, great ones; may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.4.md): May the sons of Rudra bow down to us here — the Vasus, invoked today, unassailable; when, established in the c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.5.md): Among whom the goddess Heaven-Earth now trembles, may Pūṣan, the giver of offerings to the gods, follow; O Mar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.6.md): Toward that hero Indra, praised with song, praise him with a new prayer, O singer; may he hear our call, come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.7.md): O waters, you are lords and immortal. Grant happiness and welfare to our child and offspring. You are healers, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.8.md): May the protecting god Savitṛ, golden-handed, come to us. He is bountiful; like Uṣas he unveils his ray and re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.9.md): And you, son of strength, today bring the gods hither to us in this sacrifice. May I always be in your gift, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.10.md): May those two come hither to my call, O Nāsatyas, O wise ones; as you freed Atri from the great darkness, O me - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.11.md): May those gods be givers to us of shining, strong wealth rich in men; the heavenly and earthly gods, being bou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.12.md): May those Rudra, Sarasvatī, rejoicing together, Viṣṇu of gracious hymns, Vāyu, Ṛbhukṣan, divine Vāja, the disp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.13.md): May that god Savitar and Bhaga protect us; may the son of the waters, bountiful and satisfying, be our guardia - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.14.md): May Ahi Budhnya hear us; may Aja Ekapad, Earth, and the ocean hear us. May all the gods, upholders of cosmic o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.50.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.50.15.md): Thus, O sons of the waters, with my thoughts and his, the Bharadvājas praise you with chants. O venerable gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.1.md): The great, dear, undeceived eye of Mitra and Varuṇa rises up and comes hither. The pure, visible radiance of Ṛ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.2.md): The inspired seer who knows the three rites of these gods and the birth of the gods, the one who brings forth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.3.md): I praise you, the great guardians of Ṛta: Aditi, Mitra, Varuṇa, the well-born Aryaman and Bhaga; I speak towar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.4.md): I go to the Ādityas, destroyers of enemies, true lords, undeceived, the great king, givers of fine raiment, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.5.md): O Sky, father; O Earth, mother, not treacherous; O Agni, brother; O Vasus, be gracious to us. O all you Āditya - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.6.md): Do not give us to the wolf, nor to the malicious one; O worshipful ones, let us go. You indeed are the chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.7.md): O Vasus, may we not suffer the sin committed by another, nor the deed you have done. For you, O all-gods, are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.8.md): Homage indeed to the mighty one I serve; with homage I honor him. Homage has upheld the broad earth and the sk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.9.md): You charioteers of cosmic order, pure-minded, seated in the seat of order, unharmed gods, to these I bow with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.10.md): They indeed are of the highest splendor; they lead us across all evil deeds. Varuṇa, Mitra and Agni of good st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.11.md): May Indra, the earth and the wide space increase us; so may Pūṣan, Bhaga, Aditi and the five peoples. Having g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.12.md): Now, O gods, I proclaim the heavenly abode. Bhāradvāja the priest goes toward good thought; sacrificing with s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.13.md): O Agni, drive far away that crooked enemy, the thief, hard to overcome. O lord of the good, send him to the mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.14.md): O pressing-stones, O Soma, you have shown eagerness for our friendship. Strike down the non-devouring enemy an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.15.md): You indeed are good givers, with Indra foremost, bright-shining. Make the path easy for us; here, be our prote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.51.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.51.16.md): Again may we go on that path that leads to well-being and is free from harm, by which he drives away all enemi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.1.md): I do not honor him by heaven, nor by earth, nor by sacrifice, nor by these śamī-sticks. May the fair mountains - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.2.md): O Maruts, whoever thinks beyond us, or disregards the prayer being made—may burning deeds be his. Let heaven b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.3.md): O Soma, why are you the guardian of the sacred word? Why do they call you protector against curses? Why do you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.4.md): May the dawns, being born, protect me; may the swelling rivers protect me. May the firm mountains protect me; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.5.md): May we always be well-minded, and may we see the rising sun now. So may the lord of riches do—he who calls the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.6.md): Indra, coming nearest with help; Sarasvatī, swelling with her rivers. Parjanya is with us with the herbs, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.7.md): O all you gods, come hither, hear this my call; sit down upon this sacred grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.8.md): O gods, to him who honors you with ghee-dripping oblation, may all of you draw near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.9.md): May those who are sons of the Immortal hear our songs close at hand; may they be easily called upon by us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.10.md): May all the gods, upholders of cosmic order, hearers of invocation in due seasons, enjoy the fitting milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.11.md): May Indra with the Maruts, Tvaṣṭṛ's possessor, Mitra and Aryaman enjoy our praise and these oblations. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.12.md): O Agni, O Hotar, perform this our sacrifice of wise rites; knowing the divine people, worship them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.13.md): O all you gods, hear this my call: you who are in the atmosphere, you who are near in heaven, you who have fir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.14.md): May all the gods hear my praise: both the two worlds, worthy of sacrifice, and the son of the waters. I shall - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.15.md): Whoever are the great gods of mysterious power, born of heaven and born of the waters' common seat — may they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.16.md): O Agni and Parjanya, protect my prayer; in this invocation, O good invokers, protect our good praise. One gene - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.52.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.52.17.md): With sacred grass spread, with Agni kindled, I serve with the hymn and with great homage. In this sacrifice of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.1.md): O lord of the paths, Pūṣan, we yoke you, as one yokes a chariot, for the winning of spoils and for insight. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.2.md): Bring to us the wealth fit for men, a generous heroic son, and a dear master of the house. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.3.md): O radiant Pūṣan, urge on even the one who is unwilling to give to the gift; soften the mind of the Paṇi. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.4.md): Open up the paths for the winning of spoils, smash the strongholds; O fierce one, let our thoughts be accompli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.5.md): O seer, strike around the hearts of the Paṇis with the goad; then bring them into our power. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.6.md): O Pūṣan, scatter the Paṇi with the goad; seek out what is dear in his heart; then bring him into our power. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.7.md): Come here, pierce with the sharp goad the hearts of the Paṇis, O seer; then subdue them for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.8.md): O Pūṣan, O radiant one, with that goad which prompts prayer and which you bear, pierce here the heart of every - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.9.md): O radiant one, of your eight cattle-guarding and cattle-wealth-bringing implements, we seek the favor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.53.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.53.10.md): And make our prayer cow-winning, horse-winning, and wealth-winning; make it bring joy with men, for enjoyment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.1.md): O Pūṣan, lead us together with the one who knows, the one who straightforwardly instructs and says, "This is t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.2.md): May we go together with Pūṣan; may we go with him who guides the homes and says, "This is the very one." - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.3.md): Pūṣan's wheel does not wear out, nor does its sheath fall down; his goad is not shaken. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.4.md): Pūṣan does not neglect him who worships him with oblation; the foremost man obtains wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.5.md): May Pūṣan go after our cows; may Pūṣan protect the horses. May Pūṣan grant us strength and prize. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.6.md): O Pūṣan, go forth after our cows — for the sacrificer, the presser of soma, and also for us who praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.7.md): Let none perish, let none be harmed, let none be crushed in the snare; then, O Pūṣan, come hither with unharme - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.8.md): We invoke Pūṣan, the hearer, worthy of our impulse, whose knowledge never fails, as lord of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.9.md): O Pūṣan, may we never perish under your ordinance; here we are your praisers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.54.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.54.10.md): May Pūṣan place his right hand around us even from afar, and may he bring back to us what was lost. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.55.1.md): Come, O releasers, grandson of the waters, shining one! Let us two join together. Be the charioteer of the cos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.55.2.md): We seek the best charioteer, the matted-haired one, lord of great wealth, the friend of riches. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.55.3.md): You are the stream of wealth, O shining one, the bestowal of goods, O unborn one; ever-faithful friend. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.55.4.md): Now let us praise Pusan, the unbegotten-horse one, the mighty one, who is called the lover of his sister. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.55.5.md): I have spoken of the mother's desire; may the sister's lover hear us. The brother, friend of Indra, is mine. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.55.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.55.6.md): Unbegotten-horsed ones, bring Pusan on the chariot; let them, adorned with banners, bear the god, the glory of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.56.1.md): He who directs Pusan, saying "from Karambha," the god does not go astray by that direction. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.56.2.md): And indeed that best charioteer, as a companion, lord of the good, with his yoked pair, Indra smites the Vṛtra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.56.3.md): And he set the golden wheel of the sun down in the spotted cow; the best charioteer set it in motion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.56.4.md): O much-invoked, bountiful, most wise one, when today we speak to you, make that prayer of ours well accomplish - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.56.5.md): Make this our search for cows, and this our host for winning, succeed; O Pusan, you are renowned even from afa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.56.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.56.6.md): To you we implore well-being, far from harm and rich in wealth, for complete protection today, and for complet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.57.1.md): Now we call upon Indra and Pūṣan, both, for friendship and welfare, for winning spoils. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.57.2.md): One came near to drink the soma pressed in the two vats; another seeks the karambha. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.57.3.md): The goats are the vehicles of one; two bay horses, yoked together, of the other; with them they smite the obst - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.57.4.md): When Indra, most bountiful, led forth the cosmic order and the great waters, there Pūṣan became his companion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.57.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.57.5.md): That favor of Pūṣan, and of Indra as well, we take up, as one takes a branch from a tree. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.57.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.57.6.md): As a charioteer urges on his horses, we call up Pūṣan; and great Indra too, for our welfare. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.58.1.md): O Pūṣan, one is bright, another is yours to be worshipped; like two days of differing forms, you are like heav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.58.2.md): Unchecked-horse, lord of herds, lord of spoils, the mind-impeller, established in all worlds, Pūṣan drives bac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.58.3.md): O Pūṣan, by those golden ships of yours that move within the ocean and in the atmosphere, you go as messenger - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.58.4.md): Pūṣan, the well-bound, from heaven and from earth, lord of Iḷā, bountiful, of splendid radiance, whom the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.1.md): O Indra and Agni, at the soma pressings I will now speak of the heroic deeds you two performed. You slew the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.2.md): O Indra and Agni, indeed such is your greatness, foremost are you two here. Your begetter is one and the same; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.3.md): Having drunk together at the soma pressing, like two horses at the feast, O Indra and Agni, now with your help - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.4.md): O Indra and Agni, for whoever praises you two at the soma pressings, O upholders of order, gods with the pajra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.5.md): O Indra and Agni, O gods, which mortal can discern this secret of you two? Yoking the horses apart, he travels - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.6.md): O Indra and Agni, this first footless one came forth from among the footed. Leaving behind the head, speaking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.7.md): O Indra and Agni, heroes stretch the bow in their arms. In this great wealth, in the contests for cattle, do n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.8.md): O Indra and Agni, hostile enemies torment me. Make the hatreds keep away; drive them far off, even from the su - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.9.md): O Indra and Agni, you two possess heavenly and earthly treasures. Here, bring forth to us the wealth that brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.59.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.59.10.md): O Indra and Agni, bearers of hymns, hearers of invocation, come here with all your praises to drink this soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.1.md): May he who serves Indra and Agni crush Vṛtra by might, and win wealth and strength. The two rush forth with th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.2.md): O Indra, you two now conquer the cows and waters; bring heaven and the dawns. O Agni, you join the bright wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.3.md): O slayers of Vṛtra, come here with the Vṛtra-slaying might; O Indra, come with homage, O Agni, come hither. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.4.md): I call those two, whose is this whole world, made before, and I too have drunk. O Indra and Agni, you two rejo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.5.md): We call upon fierce Indra and Agni, who bear the mace; may those two be gracious to us in this way. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.6.md): You two have slain Vṛtra's forces, slain the Āryas and the Dāsas; O lords of truth, you two have driven away a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.7.md): O Indra and Agni, these hymns have risen toward you two. O gracious ones, drink the pressed soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.8.md): O heroes, with those many-hued yoked teams that are yours, O Indra and Agni, come hither to the one who gives. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.9.md): With those, O heroes, come hither to this pressed sacrifice, O Indra and Agni, for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.10.md): Praise him who with his flame embraces all the forests, and with his tongue makes them black. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.11.md): The mortal who, in the kindled rite, desires the grace of Indra, crosses the waters with ease for brilliance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.12.md): May those two fill for us the vigorous food and the swift steeds, for conveying Indra and Agni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.13.md): Indra and Agni, I call you both to be invoked, I call you both to be gladdened; you two givers of wealth, give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.14.md): Come to us with cattle, with horses, with treasures; the two friendly gods, Indra and Agni, bringers of happin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.60.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.60.15.md): O Indra and Agni, hear the call of the sacrificer who presses the soma; come here to enjoy the oblations, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.1.md): She gave swift Divodāsa, who removes debts, to the generous Vadhryaśva. You destroyed the Paṇi who ever devour - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.2.md): With her might she breaks open the peaks of the mountains like a friend, with her mighty waves. For protection - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.3.md): O Sarasvatī, bring low the god-haters, and all the offspring of the deceiver Bṛsaya. And you, rich in food, fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.4.md): May the goddess Sarasvatī, rich in rewards and guardian of prayers, drive us forward and protect us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.5.md): O goddess Sarasvatī, he who calls upon you at the gifting of wealth and at the dear sacrifice, in the battle w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.6.md): You, O goddess Sarasvatī, help us in contests for food, O mighty one. Give us gifts like Pūṣan. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.7.md): And that fierce, gold-wheeled Sarasvatī, slayer of Vṛtra, desires our well-sung praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.8.md): Whose endless, unobstructed, shining, roaming, flood-like current goes on roaring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.9.md): May she carry us across all our enemies; she, the guardian of order, together with her other sisters, stretche - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.10.md): And may Sarasvatī, dear to us, dearest among the dear, having seven sisters, well-favored, become worthy of pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.11.md): May Sarasvatī, who fills the earthly regions, the wide sky and the middle air, protect us from harm. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.12.md): Sarasvatī, seated in three places, having seven supports, bringing forth and strengthening the five peoples, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.13.md): She who appears in her greatness among the mighty rivers, most active of the others in her brilliances; vast a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.61.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.61.14.md): O Sarasvatī, lead us toward wealth; do not flood us away with milk and nourishment, nor cast us off. Be please - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.1.md): I praise the two heroic men of this sky, the advancing Aśvins; with hymns I call upon them. The two bright one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.2.md): Those two move toward the sacrifice with pure brilliance; with their splendor they lit up the gleam of the cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.3.md): Those two indeed loosen the bond that lacked strength; O mighty ones, thus you constantly bring prayers, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.4.md): Those two adorn the praise of the new singer; yoking their horses, they bring pure food and nourishment. May t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.5.md): Those two, the graceful healers, most praised by many, I call upon with ancient and new speech. Becoming most - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.6.md): Those two brought Bhujyu, son of Tugra, out of the waters, out of the ocean, with lights; with dust-particles, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.7.md): O Aśvins who ride the chariot, come here victorious and open the rock. O bull-like heroes, hear the call of Va - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.8.md): O heaven and earth, whatever is great from afar, the anger of the gods, and whatever exists among mortals—that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.9.md): He who ordains the two kings Mitra and Varuṇa in due season knows the mid-region of the sky; he sets their wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.10.md): With the inner wheels and the wheels, come bright for the son; come with the chariot that carries men. By the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.62.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.62.11.md): Come here with the highest, the middle, and the lowest teams of horses. Open the doors of the firm stronghold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.1.md): Where today has the hymn, like a messenger, with reverence reached those two lovely, much-invoked ones? O Nāsa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.2.md): Come near to me for invocation, praising this one, as you two drink the sweet drink. Indeed drive that chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.3.md): For you two the sweet drink was prepared at the broad place; the sacred grass, most easily approached, was spr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.4.md): In the sacrifices for you two Agni stood up high; the gift goes forth, rich in what is aged and bright as ghee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.5.md): For splendour the daughter of the Sun (Uṣas) stood upon the chariot, enjoyer of many, hundred-favored. O Aśvin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.6.md): You two have brought nourishment for the sun-maiden with these splendid riches, for beauty and nourishment. Fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.7.md): O Nāsatyas, may your finest horses, swift as birds, bring you hither toward the nourishment. Your chariot, swi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.8.md): O you of many enjoyments, indeed fill for us, like a bountiful cow, the nourishment, unfailing and swelling. Y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.9.md): And to me the two twin-born givers of Purayu gave, in the good place of abundance, a hundred, and cooked thing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.10.md): O Nāsatyas, you two together gave to Bharadvāja for the song hundreds and thousands of horses and the path-ric - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.63.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.63.11.md): May we be with the heroes, in your happiness and in the wide space. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.64.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.64.1.md): The shining Dawns have risen for splendour, bright like the waves of the waters. She makes all paths easy to t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.64.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.64.2.md): O auspicious Dawn, you have been seen in your wide form; you shine forth. Your rays of brilliance have flown u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.64.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.64.3.md): The reddish, shining cows carry that wide, auspicious expanse. The hero drives away enemies like a sword-blade - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.64.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.64.4.md): Your good paths are on the mountains; in the open windless place you cross the waters, O self-radiant one. You - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.64.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.64.5.md): You, bring here with bulls, unhindered; O Dawn, you bring the boon according to delight. You, daughter of heav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.64.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.64.6.md): For you the birds flew up from their dwellings, and men too, sharers of the paternal sacrifice, rose at the da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.65.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.65.1.md): Here is our daughter born of heaven, who has come waking the dwellings of mortals. With light, with ruddy radi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.65.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.65.2.md): They have gone away in chariots yoked to ruddy horses; the dawns with moon-chariots shine wondrously. Leading - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.65.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.65.3.md): O Dawns, bringing fame, strength, food and vigor, come down to the bountiful mortal. O bountiful ones rich in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.65.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.65.4.md): Now, indeed, there is wealth for you, for the worshipper; now for the bountiful hero, O Dawns. Now for the sag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.65.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.65.5.md): Now indeed, O Dawn, O breaker of rock, the Angirases praise the cow-pens. With song and prayer they broke them - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.65.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.65.6.md): Rise up, O daughter of heaven, with ancient song for us, like Bharadvaja, O bountiful one, for the worshipper. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.1.md): Now let that form belong to the one who knows; it is she who rules the cow of the same name. Among mortals ano - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.2.md): The Maruts, who shine like fires when, kindled twice and thrice, they have grown strong; dustless and golden, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.3.md): Who are the bountiful son of Rudra, whom Dādhṛvi still knows how to nourish; the mother of the great one, she - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.4.md): Those who do not strive from birth, and therefore purify blameworthy deeds though within; when the bright ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.5.md): Swiftly, like among whom for milking, indeed the unbound one now took the name, bearing the name of the bold M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.6.md): They, the fierce ones, with might, with the bold-armed strength, yoke both heaven and earth, beautifully fair; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.7.md): O Maruts, let your journey be without a horse; it is driven even without a chariot. Without help, without a go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.8.md): O Maruts, he whom you protect in the contest for spoils has neither hinderer nor ferryman. He is the breaker o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.9.md): O Agni, bring forth a bright song for the praiser, for the swift Maruts of self-strength. At the sacrifices of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.10.md): Radiant like the light of the sacrifice, quick-hearted like lightning, like those pouring libations into Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.66.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.66.11.md): That growing Maruts, bright-visioned son of Rudra, I call upon with invocation. For the strength of heaven, br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.1.md): Of all the true beings in the world, you two are the most excellent, Mitra and Varuṇa; I call upon you with so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.2.md): This prayer of mine I spread out for you two, with dear homage toward the sacred grass. Come to us, Mitra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.3.md): Come here, Mitra and Varuṇa, with good praise, called upon with dear homage. You two, standing in the waters, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.4.md): Like two horses, strong and purifying their bonds, when in truth Aditi rises to bear the embryo, so you two, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.5.md): When all the gods, rejoicing at your exhilarating praise, in harmony bestowed dominion upon you two; when you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.6.md): Those two indeed hold dominion day by day, standing firm as from the summit of heaven. The star is firm, and s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.7.md): The two of them hold the thunderbolt to fill the belly; when the sabhṛti-givers fill their dwelling, the young - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.8.md): You two, with the tongue, always here with this in wise mind; when stinginess contrary to truth does not arise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.9.md): When you two, O Mitra-Varuṇa, striving, harm the dear abodes, neither the gods by that mighty power, nor morta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.10.md): When the praisers bring speech, and some recite the nivid in thought, then we shall speak true hymns to you tw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.67.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.67.11.md): In such invocation of help of you two, in your protection, O Mitra-Varuṇa, never-failing; when the cows shine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.1.md): Indra and Varuṇa, for you the sacrifice has risen with praise, in harmony, as Manu did, for the worship of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.2.md): Those two are indeed the best, swift in the company of the gods, most mighty among heroes. May you two be most - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.3.md): Praise those two with reverent gestures, with strengths and favors: Indra and Varuṇa, who did these deeds. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.4.md): Women and men, all the gods, and the self-made leaders among men have grown strong by these two. O Indra and V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.5.md): He indeed is the giver of good gifts, rich in good kinsmen, keeper of truth, who offers to you two, O Indra an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.6.md): The wealth full of treasures, abundant, which you two, O gods, have placed for the one who offers generously, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.7.md): And may there be for us, O Indra and Varuṇa, a good protecting wealth guarded by the gods, for the singers. Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.8.md): Now, O Indra and Varuṇa, praised, O gods, bestow wealth upon us for good fame. Thus praising, by the strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.9.md): Bring forth the hymn to the mighty sovereign, the wide-spreading one. Now sing the dear song to the god Varuṇa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.10.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, pressers of soma, drink this pressed, intoxicating soma, O firm in order. Your chariot com - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.68.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.68.11.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, sweetest with honey, of the bull soma, O bulls, be invigorated. This food of you two, stra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.1.md): O Indra and Vishnu, with deed and with offering I send you two forth. Enjoy the sacrifice and bestow wealth; l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.2.md): You two, begetters of all thoughts, O Indra and Vishnu, are holders of the soma jars. May the words recited fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.3.md): O Indra and Vishnu, lords of exhilaration, come hither to the soma, bearing wealth. May the praises of thought - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.4.md): May your horses, conquerors of enemies, bring you two hither, O Indra and Vishnu, you who rejoice together. Ac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.5.md): That deed of yours, O Indra and Vishnu, is worthy of praise: in the exhilaration of soma you two stepped out w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.6.md): O Indra and Vishnu, increasing with oblation, first-drinkers, with homage and offering, anointed with ghee — b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.7.md): O Indra and Vishnu, drink the sweetness of this soma; O bountiful ones, fill your bellies. The exhilarating ju - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.69.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.69.8.md): You two have both conquered; neither of you is defeated, neither of the two rivals falls behind. O Vishnu, whe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.70.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.70.1.md): Ghee-laden, the light of all beings, wide and broad, milking honey, fair of form, Heaven and Earth hold the tw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.70.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.70.2.md): Flowing, many-streamed, milk-rich, they milk ghee for the one who does good, pure in their vow. O two ruling w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.70.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.70.3.md): O Heaven and Earth, the mortal who offers for the straight and moving path prevails; he is born of the law wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.70.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.70.4.md): Heaven and Earth, full of ghee, encircling, ghee-glorious, ghee-dripping, ghee-increasing, wide and broad, app - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.70.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.70.5.md): May Heaven and Earth sprinkle honey upon us — honey-dripping, honey-milking, honey-vowed, bearing sacrifice an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.70.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.70.6.md): May Heaven and Earth swell us with nourishment — father and mother, all-knowing, well-giving; O two worlds, al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.71.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.71.1.md): The god Savitṛ has raised his golden arms for the pressing of the soma; skillful in purpose, he anoints his tw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.71.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.71.2.md): May we be in the highest state through the impulse of the god Savitṛ, and likewise in the giving of wealth. Yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.71.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.71.3.md): O Savitṛ, with unfailing protections, with auspicious guardians, today protect our herd on every side. Golden- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.71.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.71.4.md): That god Savitṛ, house-lord and golden-handed, has risen at every dawn. Iron-mouthed, worshipful, sweet-tongue - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.71.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.71.5.md): The god Savitṛ rose with golden arms raised, like a leader of the rite lifting his hands. Fair-handed, he clim - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.71.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.71.6.md): O Savitṛ, grant us wealth today, and wealth tomorrow, and wealth day by day. O god, by this thought may we bec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.72.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.72.1.md): O Indra and Soma, your greatness is great; you two first performed mighty deeds. You two found the sun, you fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.72.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.72.2.md): O Indra and Soma, you two made Dawn appear; with light you led the sun upward. You propped up the sky with a p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.72.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.72.3.md): O Indra and Soma, you two struck down Ahi, who stood around the waters; after Vṛtra the sky thought of you two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.72.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.72.4.md): O Indra and Soma, you two placed the cooked within the raw; in the cattle-stalls you set them down. You seized - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.72.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.72.5.md): O Indra and Soma, you two truly delighted Tarutra, the crosser, the son-of-the-fields, the praised one. For th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.73.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.73.1.md): He who splits the rock, first-born, possessor of ṛta, Brihaspati of the Aṅgirases, rich in oblations, with two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.73.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.73.2.md): For the man who calls upon the gods, Brihaspati established that light-world; striking down the obstructions, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.73.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.73.3.md): Brihaspati won all the treasures; the great ways rich in herds, that god, that vigorous one, desiring to win t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.74.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.74.1.md): O Soma and Rudra, you two hold up the life-giving strength; may our prayers reach it. Bearing seven treasures - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.74.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.74.2.md): O Soma and Rudra, drive that affliction that has entered our cattle away in all directions. Push Nirṛti away f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.74.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.74.3.md): O Soma and Rudra, you two establish for us all these healing remedies in our bodies. Bring down the sin that i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.74.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.74.4.md): Sharp in weapons, sharp in missiles, gracious Soma and Rudra, here show us your kindness. Release us forth fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.1.md): Like the sign of the thundercloud it appears, when the armored one goes into the lap of battles. With an unpie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.2.md): With the bow let us win cows; with the bow let us win battle; with the bow let us win sharp contests. The bow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.3.md): Like a woman about to speak, she comes to the ear, embracing the dear companion all around. As a woman clings, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.4.md): Those two, moving together like a like-minded woman, may they bear you as a mother bears her son in her lap. I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.5.md): Father of many, of this one many sons; swiftly he makes battle-contests, having gone. The quiver, all arrows a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.6.md): Standing on the chariot, the good charioteer leads the horses forward wherever he desires; follow the greatnes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.7.md): They raise sharp war-cries, with mailed horses and chariots, desiring victory. Advancing with forward-thrustin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.8.md): The oblation that carries the chariot is its name. There, where its weapon is placed and its armour is set, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.9.md): Sweet-seated fathers, givers of vigour, won in distress, mighty and deep; possessed of bright armies, with arr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.10.md): O Brahmins, O fathers, O soma-drinkers: for our well-being may Heaven and Earth both be harmless. May Pūṣan pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.11.md): Eagle-feathered is its arrow, like a deer's tooth, bound with cowhide, flying when sent forth. Where men flee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.12.md): O Ṛjīti, surround us; may the stone be our body. May Soma speak of us; may Aditi extend shelter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.13.md): They strike at their backs and fall upon their thighs. O horse-driving one, clear-thinking one, urge the horse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.14.md): As a serpent with its coils, so the bowstring winds around the arm, pressing back the missile as it goes. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.15.md): That arrow which is smeared, red-headed, and whose mouth is of iron—to the goddess of the arrow born of the ra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.16.md): Released, fly away far, O arrow, sharpened by the sacred word! Go toward the enemies, press forward, and leave - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.17.md): Where the arrows fall together like young warriors with sharp shafts, there may the lord of the sacred word be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.18.md): I cover your vital limbs with armor. May King Soma clothe you round about with immortality; may Varuna make fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 6.75.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/6.75.19.md): Whoever among us, kinsman or stranger, or the enemy who desires to slay us, may all the gods strike him down; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.1.md): Men, by the motion of their hands, produced from the two fire-sticks the Fire, praised, far-seeing, lord of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.2.md): The Vasus set that Agni in the house, visible from afar, for protection, from wherever he comes; worthy of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.3.md): Kindled, O Agni, shine before us with tireless rays; O youngest one, to you the strengths ever come. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.4.md): Your flames bring forth a boon for the fires; may the heroic, radiant ones shine forth, with good sons, where - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.5.md): Give us, O Agni, through your prayer, riches with good heroes and good offspring, O mighty and praised one; th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.6.md): To whom the young maiden Uṣas comes, skilled, with the night, bearing oblations, ghee-bright; to him comes als - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.7.md): O Agni, by those fervors with which you burned all the hostile ones and preserved the life-span of old age, op - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.8.md): O Agni, whoever kindles your form, O Vasiṣṭha, O bright one, O shining one, O purifier, may you be ours here w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.9.md): O Agni, whichever mortals and leaders, of the ancestral line, have distributed your form in many places, may y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.10.md): In the slayings of Vṛtra, these heroic leaders—may they hold all the ungodly illusions under their control; an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.11.md): O Agni, may we not settle down among men in an empty place, nor may anyone wholly indifferent surround you; in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.12.md): The sacrifice to which the Aśvins constantly come near—this is our home rich in offspring and good offspring; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.13.md): O Agni, protect us from the unwelcome demon; protect us from the deceitful, ungenerous, evil-minded oppressor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.14.md): May that very Agni be above the other fires, where the strong son with shining hands, of a thousand paths, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.15.md): That very Agni, who protects the one who serves, may he free the kindler from sin. Well-born heroes move about - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.16.md): This is that Agni, invoked in many places, whom the ruler and the offering-bearer kindle; around whom the invo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.17.md): O Agni, in you may we, as lords, always offer many invocations; making both, in the mid-day sacrifice, the two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.18.md): O Agni, these most pleasing oblations, you, unwearied, carry to the gods. Toward us may the fragrant things co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.19.md): O Agni, do not give us over to the one without heroes, to the one in tattered clothes, or to the one without w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.20.md): O Agni, now raise up my prayers. O god, press them out for the generous; may we two abide in your gift. May yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.21.md): O Agni, you are easy to call upon, one who looks upon the wealthy; O son of strength, shine with your brillian - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.22.md): O Agni, do not leave us for evil service; speak praise among these fires kindled by the gods. May the ill-mind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.23.md): O Agni, that mortal who is rich in fine flames pours oblation to the immortal. The gods make him the giver of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.24.md): O Agni, knowing good prosperity for us, bring vast wealth to the poets. O mighty one, bring that wealth by whi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.1.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.1.25.md): Now, O Agni, raise up my prayers. O god, press out (the soma) for the generous patrons. May we both be in your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.1.md): Agni, accept our kindling-wood today and blaze up; sending forth the vast, worshipful smoke, touch the heavenl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.2.md): Let us praise the greatness of Narāśaṃsa and of these, through the sacrifices of the worshipful one; the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.3.md): Agni, to be praised by you, of spirit-power, most skilled, messenger between the two worlds, true-speaking—kin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.4.md): O worshipful priests, who bend the knee and spread the sacred grass, calling upon Ghṛtapṛṣṭha and Pṛṣadaśva—O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.5.md): The self-prepared ones, desiring the gods, open the doors apart; desiring chariots, they sit in the divine pat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.6.md): And may the two divine great women, Dawn and Night, be for us like an easy-milking cow; sitting on the sacred - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.7.md): I think you two, wise and skilled, are to be honored at the sacrifices and among men. Lift up our sacrifice at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.8.md): May Bhāratī come hither with her Bhāratīs, and Iḍā united with the gods and men, and Agni too. May Sarasvatī c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.9.md): O god Tvaṣṭar, grant us that abundant, nourishing gift and bestow it freely. Let a son be born who is a hero, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.10.md): O lord of the forest, send it down and bring it up to the gods; may Agni pour the oblation, may the sacrificer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.2.11.md): O Agni, come hither kindled, swiftly with Indra and the gods in one chariot. The sacred grass has been spread - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.1.md): O people, join the fires and establish at the sacrifice Agni, the god most worthy of worship, the messenger. H - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.2.md): When he stood forth, apart from the great confinement, he leapt like a horse eager for fodder. Then the wind b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.3.md): O Agni, when your newborn, bull-like force rises up, the ageless flames move onward. The reddish smoke goes to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.4.md): Your strength spread wide over the earth when you swiftly encircled the foods with your flame-jaws. Your banne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.5.md): Men polished that youngest Agni at dusk and at dawn, as one polishes a swift horse. Purifying the guest in his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.6.md): O fair-sounding one, your face is beautiful to behold when you shine near the sky like a golden ornament. Your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.7.md): As we offer to you, Agni, with svāhā and with ghee-laden oblations and praise-songs, so with those immeasurabl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.8.md): Those unassailable powers you have, for the giver, or songs, or those by which you bring wide protection with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.9.md): When the pure Agni came forth, like a cleansed axe, shining with his own form and body, from the two mothers h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.3.10.md): Kindle these blessings for us, O Agni, and may we obtain a purpose of good insight. Let all of it be for the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.1.md): Offer to the bright, shining Agni the oblation and a well-purified prayer. He who among all the births of gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.2.md): May that Gṛtsa Agni also be youthful, he who was born youngest from the mother. He who unites the woods togeth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.3.md): In the assembly of this god, near his brightness, him whom mortals have grasped. He who declares the human wom - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.4.md): Among the unwise this seer is far-knowing. Among mortals Agni was set down immortal. May he pour the offering - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.5.md): He who sat down in the seat made by the gods, that Agni by wisdom and power indeed carried the immortals acros - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.6.md): Agni, immortal, rules over great wealth, indeed rules over the wealth of the giver of good heroes. O mighty on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.7.md): O Agni, may we be lords of the imperishable, enduring wealth seated around the sacrifice. For the unthinking o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.8.md): He who cannot be seized, gracious, is not born of another womb, nor is he to be thought of with the mind. Yet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.9.md): O Agni, you protect us from the one who harms; O mighty one, you yourself keep us from harm. May that swift st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.4.10.md): O Agni, make these blessings shine for us; may we also attain a well-intentioned purpose. May all things be fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.1.md): Bring forth a song to Agni, the mighty one, the tireless servant of heaven and earth. In the lap of all the im - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.2.md): Invoked in heaven, Agni was set on earth; he is the leader of the rivers, the showering bull, lord of the flow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.3.md): From fear of you the peoples came, unbound and of one mind, leaving their enjoyments behind. O Vaisvanara, shi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.4.md): Threefold-sustaining earth and heaven both follow your ordinance, O Vaisvanara, O Agni. By your brilliance you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.5.md): To you, O Agni, the tawny horses, the neighing songs and the ghee-bright streams attend. You are lord of the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.6.md): In you, O Agni, the Vasus established their lordly might; O Mitramaha, they have approved your resolve. You dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.7.md): Born in the highest vault of heaven, he protects along the paths at once, like the wind. You, O Jātavedas, bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.8.md): O Agni, send us that bright food, O Vaiśvānara, O Jātavedas. By it, O Viśvavāra, you swell our riches and gran - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.5.9.md): O Agni, bring down for us who give that abundant wealth, strength, and renowned food, O Vaiśvānara. O Agni, pl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.6.1.md): I raise praise to the sovereign lord, the Asura, the one hymned by men; singing the mighty deeds of the one li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.6.2.md): They set the seer, the wise one, the sustainer, the light, and the kingdom of heaven and earth in motion from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.6.3.md): Agni cast down the unwise, the knot-tyers, those of harsh speech, the faithless, the unprospering, and the sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.6.4.md): He who made the joyful dawns to move eastward in the lower darkness, the most manly leader by his powers — tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.6.5.md): He who bent the strongholds with blows, and made the unlord-wived dawns, that Agni, the great Nahusha, having - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.6.6.md): In whose shelter all peoples, with their rites, sat near seeking good will — that Vaiśvānara Agni sat down upo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.6.7.md): The god Vaisvanara, Agni, has taken treasures from the base below at the rising of the sun. From the ocean, fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.7.1.md): For you I stir up that god Agni, strong as a swift horse, with homages. Be, O Agni, the knowing messenger of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.7.2.md): Come hither, O Agni, along your own paths; you are delightful, enjoying the friendship of the gods. Come, maki - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.7.3.md): The ancient sacrifice truly pleases the well-spread sacred grass, and Agni is gratified like a praised priest, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.7.4.md): Swiftly at the sacrifice, the discerning mortals generate Agni, chariot-borne, they who are among these. Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.7.5.md): Set in the seat of men was Agni, encircled, bearer, arrived, sacred utterance, sustainer. Him whom heaven and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.7.6.md): These gods, with brilliant gifts, crossed over everything; the men who crossed beyond the hymn, who fashioned - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.7.7.md): Now we, the Vasiṣṭhas, invoke you, O Agni. O son of strength, lord of treasures! You have given nourishment to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.8.1.md): King Agni is kindled with homage; his flame, bathed in ghee, is offered. Men praise him with oblations; Agni h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.8.2.md): Lo, the very glorious Agni has been found—the priest, the joyous one, mighty among mortals. He spread out his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.8.3.md): O Agni, O lord of dwellings, with what praise will you accept for us your nourishing power, when you are being - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.8.4.md): Lo, Agni of the Bharatas is widely proclaimed, when he spreads his great light like the sun. The shining divin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.8.5.md): Surely in you are many invocations; you are gracious with all your flames. O Agni, you are heard even as you a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.8.6.md): May this speech—hundred-gaining, thousand-conquering—rise up for Agni; may the twice-strong one be born. When - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.8.7.md): O Agni, we, the Vasiṣṭhas, now call upon you, lord of treasures and son of strength. You have given nourishmen - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.9.1.md): Agni, dear to the Dawns, was awakened from the lap of Uṣas; he is the hotar, the delightful, the wisest of poe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.9.2.md): That skillful one who opens the gates of the Paṇis purifies for us the hymn that nourishes many. The hotar, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.9.3.md): Tireless, the seer, Aditi, Vivasvat, well-seated, friend, guest, auspicious to us: bright-lighted, he shines b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.9.4.md): You, worthy of praise in the ages of men: Agni, who goes in union, knower of all beings, was kindled. Toward h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.9.5.md): O Agni, come as messenger, do not harm; with the company of those who make sacred formulas, come toward the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.9.6.md): O Agni, may Vasiṣṭha, who kindled you, bring food for the journey and worship you with a prayer-offering for w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.10.1.md): Like the lover of Uṣas, Agni has appeared with broad strength, flashing and blazing. That bull, tawny and pure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.10.2.md): Like the sun, he has shone forth in the dwelling of the Dawns, extending the sacrifice like the hymn of the si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.10.3.md): Praises longing for the gods, and reflective prayers, seeking wealth, go toward Agni: the beautiful-to-behold, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.10.4.md): O Agni, together with the Vasus, bring Indra here for us, pleased; bring great Rudra hither with the Rudras. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.10.5.md): Delightful, invoker of the inspired singers, youngest Agni is praised by the peoples in the rites. He indeed h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.11.1.md): O Agni, you are the great beacon of this sacrifice; without you the immortals take no delight. Come hither wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.11.2.md): Mortals who offer oblations always praise you, the unaging messenger. O Agni, for whom you sat down with the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.11.3.md): In the three watches of the night they have recognized the treasures; within you is the wealth for the giving - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.11.4.md): Agni is lord of the great sacrifice; Agni is lord of every oblation-rite. The Vasus accept his will, and then - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.11.5.md): O Agni, bring the gods here to eat the oblation; let those headed by Indra rejoice here. Establish this sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.12.1.md): With great reverence we have approached Agni, the youngest, who shines kindled in his own abode; he of wondrou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.12.2.md): By his greatness he is the conqueror of all transgressions; in this house I praise Agni, knower of all births. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.12.3.md): You are Varuṇa and also Mitra, O Agni; the Vasiṣṭhas exalt you with their thoughts. May wealth and good things - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.13.1.md): Bring forth prayer and thought for Agni, who lights all things, establishes the rite, and slays the demons. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.13.2.md): O Agni, at your birth you blazed forth with flame and filled both heaven and earth. O Vaiśvānara, O Jātavedas, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.13.3.md): O Agni, when you were born you illumined the worlds, as a herdsman watches over his cattle; O all-pervading, e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.14.1.md): For Agni, the god who knows all born beings, with kindling-wood and with invocations that call the gods, we wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.14.2.md): O Agni, let us honor you with kindling-wood; let us offer with good praise, O worthy one. With ghee for the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.14.3.md): Come to us, O Agni, with the gods, toward the invocation of the gods, accepting the vaṣaṭ offering. May we be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.1.md): Offer the oblation into the mouth of the approaching, bountiful Agni, who is our nearest kinsman. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.2.md): He who has sat in every house over the five peoples—the wise, lord of the house, the youthful one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.3.md): May that wise Agni guard us on every side from the hostile enemy, and protect us from sin. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.4.md): Now I create a new hymn for Agni, the falcon of the sky; may he bring us wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.5.md): Whose desirable splendors are worth beholding, whose wealth comes with heroic sons—blazing at the front of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.6.md): May he accept this vaṣaṭ-call; may Agni, most worthy of worship and carrier of oblations, gladly accept our pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.7.md): Lord of the clans, O god, we seat you here, radiant Agni; O invoked one, enrich us with heroic sons. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.8.md): You shine in the nights and the dawns; holding you as our fire, we live by you. Rich in heroic sons, you wish - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.9.md): For gain, men and inspired seers come to you with their prayers — toward the imperishable and the thousandfold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.10.md): Agni, bright-flamed and immortal, drives away the demons. He is pure, the purifier, to be praised. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.11.md): May he bring us riches, as lord of might; O giver of strength, may Bhaga also grant the desired gift. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.12.md): You, O Agni, bestow glory with heroic sons; and may the god Savitṛ, Bhaga and Diti also give the desired gift. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.13.md): O Agni, protect us from sin, and also, O god, from the one who harms us. Ageless, burn them with your most sco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.14.md): Therefore be for us a great fortress of iron, O unconquered one, for the drink of protection. O hundred-armed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.15.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.15.15.md): You, protect us from sin, O wearer of dusk and dawn, and from those who wish us harm. By day and by night, O u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.1.md): With these homages I call upon you, Agni, grandson of strength—beloved, most discerning, swift, bearer of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.2.md): He yokes the two ruddy steeds that feed all; well-offered, he speeds on. The sacrifice with good prayer, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.3.md): Up rose the flame of him who is called, the bountiful one; up rise the ruddy smokes that touch the sky; togeth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.4.md): Him, the messenger, we make you—most famous; bring the gods hither for delight. Son of might, grant mortals al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.5.md): You, Agni, are the householder; you are the hotar in our sacrifice. You are the potar, O bringer of all treasu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.6.md): Make wealth for the sacrificer, O good in deed; for you are the giver of gems. Without our rite, purify all—th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.7.md): O Agni, well-invoked, may your dear patrons be near you, those who guide men, who are rich, and who give even - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.8.md): Protect those in whose house Ilā sits in the morning with ghee in her hand; O strong one, from the hater and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.9.md): With his pleasing tongue he is the bearer, with his mouth most wise; O Agni, bring us wealth for the wealthy p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.10.md): Free from sin those who give horse-related great wealth through desire for fame; you, O youngest, fill us with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.11.md): The wealth-giving god covers your full pouring-vessel; pour it from above, or fill it nearby, and then your go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.16.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.16.12.md): That hotar of the sacrifice, the wise bearer of offerings, the gods made; Agni bestows wealth and good heroism - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.17.1.md): O Agni, be present, kindled well with good fuel. And let the wide sacrificial grass be spread out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.17.2.md): And let the shining doors be opened wide. And, O Agni, desiring, bring the gods hither here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.17.3.md): O Agni, go forth with the oblation and worship the gods. O Jātavedas, make the sacrifices fine. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.17.4.md): Jātavedas makes the sacrifices. May he worship the gods, the immortals, and may he satisfy them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.17.5.md): Bestow all the desirable wealth, O wise Agni. May our wishes be true today. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.17.6.md): The gods have indeed established you, the carrier of oblations, O Agni, as the grandson of strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.17.7.md): Agni, may we be those who offer to that god; coming near, may you distribute great treasures to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.1.md): O Indra, in you the fathers and all the singers have obtained wealth. In you are the easy-milking cows and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.2.md): As a king rules with his people, so come down to us with the days; being a wise seer, O bountiful Indra, sharp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.3.md): These sweet songs, vying with you and desiring the gods, have come near here. O Indra, may your path turned to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.4.md): As one calls a cow for good fodder, wishing to milk her, so Vasiṣṭha has composed prayers toward you. Everyone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.5.md): For the waters that spread out and widened, Indra made easy crossings for Sudāsa; by the power of a new hymn h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.6.md): Puroḷā was the sacrificer of Turvaśa; for wealth the Matsyas were sharpened, as if they were keen blades. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.7.md): The Pakthas, Bhalānas, Alinas, Viṣāṇins and Śivas came here roaring. It was he, Indra, who led the Ārya's comp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.8.md): The hard-to-win and unwise ones, desiring to win over Aditi, seized the tawny Parushni. By his greatness he sp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.9.md): As people come for a purpose, the scattered Parushni swiftly reached the crossing. For Sudās, Indra pushed bac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.10.md): As cows come from the pasture without a herdsman, so, as was done, they came aware toward the friend. Those se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.11.md): The king who with fame brings down one and twenty of the Vaikarṇa folk lays down sacred grass in his house lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.12.md): Then Vajrabāhu brought down the renowned, mighty Kavaṣa, grown in the waters, and Druhyu. Choosing friendship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.13.md): At once Indra, by his might, split all their firm strongholds, splitting apart the seven forts. You won the he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.14.md): The cattle-seeking Anavas and Druhyus lay down asleep, sixty, hundreds, six thousands. Sixty heroes and six la - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.15.md): With Indra these Tṛtsus came forth shining; like waters released they flowed downward. The ill-disposed foes, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.16.md): With half the strength of the hero, Indra drove away the unopposed rival who contended for the earth. Indra, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.17.md): With the axe he made that one deed, and with wing-speed he struck the lioness too. Indra cut off the flowing s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.18.md): For the perpetual enemies have fled before you; you shall also obtain the wealth of the splitter and the strik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.19.md): The Yamuna and the Tṛtsus aided Indra; in the general battle they plundered the divided foe. The unborn ones, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.20.md): O Indra, your favours and riches are not seen like the former dawns nor like the new ones. You struck down eve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.21.md): Parāśara, Śatayātu and Vasiṣṭha, who rejoiced from their houses through you, should not forsake the friendship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.22.md): Two hundred cows of the grandson of the god-friendly one, and two chariots with wives of Sudās; O Agni, worthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.23.md): Four gifts of Paijavana are mine, of good directions, lean in the narrow place; the straight, broad-earthed de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.24.md): Whose glory is between the two wide worlds, divided upon every head; the seven flowing rivers praise Indra; he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.18.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.18.25.md): O men, O Maruts, follow this praise, as Sudas followed his father Divodasa. Protect the banner of Paijavana, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.1.md): Like a fearsome bull with sharp horns, you alone make all the peoples tremble; you withhold the wealth of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.2.md): O Indra, listening eagerly with your body in battle, you protected Kutsa; when you struck down the enemy Śuṣṇa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.3.md): O bold Indra, with your boldness you protected Vītahavya, and with all protections Sudās; you protected Pauruk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.4.md): O Nṛmaṇa, by the god's favor, with men you slay many Vṛtras. O bay-horsed one, you put down the enemies Cumuri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.5.md): O thunderbolt-handed one, those are your deeds — when you shattered ninety-nine forts at once; with a hundredf - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.6.md): O Indra, those ancient portions of yours are for the one who offers gifts, for the giver Sudās. For you I yoke - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.7.md): O mighty one, lord of bay steeds, in this peril do not let us be given over to harm or abandonment. Protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.8.md): O bounteous one, in your summons may your dear men, as friends in shelter, rejoice. Bring down Turvaśa, bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.9.md): Straightway, O bounteous one, in your summons men indeed praise you, hymn-chanters with their hymns. Those who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.10.md): These praises of men are for you, O most manly one, turning toward us and giving gifts. For them, O Indra, be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.19.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.19.11.md): Now, O Indra, O hero, praising you, stirred by protection and moved by the sacred word, grow strong in your bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.1.md): Fierce Indra was born for valor, self-sustaining, the doer, ready to act for men. Young and moving, the dwelli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.2.md): Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, having grown strong, became the helper of his praiser; the hero swiftly aided the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.3.md): Fighter, unfailing, breaker of forts, conqueror of the mighty, hero, victor in contests, unconquered by birth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.4.md): O Indra, by your greatness you fill both worlds, heaven and earth, O mighty one, by your powers. Indra of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.5.md): The bull begot Indra, the bull, for battle; and a woman indeed bore him, the man, as a hero. Indra, leader of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.6.md): If indeed a man trembles, may his mind not tremble; may he who fears his terrible power not fear. He who offer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.7.md): When the first, teaching the later one, and the elder honors the younger's sacrificial place, let the immortal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.8.md): Whoever is a dear man who gave to you, O Indra, let him be your friend in the contest, O wielder of the bolt. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.9.md): This hymn has roared forth for you, O virile one, and this praise has shone out, O bountiful one. Desire for w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.20.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.20.10.md): Establish that for us, O Indra, grant strength to the one who desires, and by his own power those who are boun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.1.md): Soma was pressed, and the luminous juice was offered to the god; Indra, by his very nature, spoke in it. Lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.2.md): They go forth to the sacrifice and stir the sacred grass; soma-intoxicated, roaring with their words, they pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.3.md): You, Indra, released the waters to flow; O hero, you opened the many waters encircled by the serpent. In fear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.4.md): The fearsome Indra entered among them with his weapons; knowing all manly deeds, Indra exultantly broke their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.5.md): Indra, our enemies have not overcome us, nor have our praises failed us. O most mighty one, let the foe of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.6.md): By wisdom you became manifest, Indra; then over the earth you pervaded the worlds with your greatness. By your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.7.md): O Indra, the former gods fashioned strengths for your lordship and dominion. Indra, the victor, distributes ri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.8.md): O Indra, I, the worshipper, call you for help, you the lord of good fortune and abundance. O Indra of a hundre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.9.md): O Indra, may we ever be your friends, strengthened by reverence through your greatness. O bringer of help, by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.21.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.21.10.md): O Indra, for the one who desires you, establish us in food, and the bountiful lords who yoke themselves. May y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.1.md): Drink the Soma, O Indra; let it gladden you, the Soma which the press-stone pressed out for you with the arms - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.2.md): Your exhilaration, fit to be yoked to the sacrifice and delightful, by which, O lord of tawny horses, you smit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.3.md): Awaken well my speech, O bounteous Indra; accept this praise which your Vasiṣṭha sings. At the assembly feast, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.4.md): Hear the call of the one who drinks the stone-pressed Soma; awaken the insight of the praising seer. Perform t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.5.md): I do not neglect your songs, nor the good praise of the strong one, O asura, knowing. O self-glorious one, I a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.6.md): Many are your sacrificial rites among humans; the wise one calls on you alone among many. O bounteous one, do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.7.md): O hero, I make all these sacrifices for you, and I offer invigorating prayers for you. You are to be invoked b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.8.md): Even now, truly, O bold one, they reach the greatness of you, the devoted one, O fierce one. Neither your manl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.22.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.22.9.md): Those ancient seers and those new ones, O Indra, the inspired poets who produced prayers — may your friendship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.23.1.md): Prayers rise up for glory; O Vasiṣṭha, magnify Indra in the contest. He who by his might has extended all thin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.23.2.md): O Indra, my call has gone forth; the kinsmen of the gods were stirred when the destroyers stood up in the spee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.23.3.md): I yoke the chariot that seeks the cows, with the two bay horses; near the prayers he came, who delights in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.23.4.md): The waters too swelled forth, like cows; O Indra, your praisers reached the cosmic order. O Indra, come to us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.23.5.md): Those exhilarating draughts, O Indra, let them exhilarate you, mighty one who gives abundantly to the singer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.23.6.md): Thus the Vasiṣṭhas praise with chants Indra, the rain-giver, with the thunderbolt in his arm. Praised, may he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.24.1.md): O Indra, a seat has been prepared for you; O much-invoked one, come here with the men. Be our protector for gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.24.2.md): O Indra, your mind is taken up; for the two-barhis soma is pressed and sweet drinks are sprinkled. With a rele - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.24.3.md): For us, from heaven and also from earth, O swift one, come to this grass seat to drink soma. Let the tawny ste - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.24.4.md): With all protections, accepting our prayer for us, O Indra of bay horses, come. Rushing forth with strength al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.24.5.md): This hymn is raised high for the mighty one's carrying, as a horse in the yoke-pole seeks strength. O Indra, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.24.6.md): Thus, O Indra, fill us with desirable wealth; may we obtain your great goodwill. Fill the food for the generou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.25.1.md): O fierce Indra, with your great help, when the furious armies gather together in battle, may lightning flash i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.25.2.md): O Indra, cast down the enemies in the fortress who plot against us mortals; drive far away the praise of the o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.25.3.md): O Shipivishtha, may your hundred protections be for Sudas, and may there be a thousand praises and gifts as we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.25.4.md): O Indra, I am devoted to a power like yours; O hero, I am a helper in the gift of a giver like you; O fierce o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.25.5.md): These Kutsas come eagerly, divinely impelled, to Indra's might for Haryashva; O hero, make the enemies truly e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.25.6.md): Thus, O Indra, fill us with chosen wealth; may we find your great favor; swell the food for the sacrificers to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.26.1.md): Pressed soma does not delight Indra, nor do the pressers without the sacred word; for that bountiful Indra I g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.26.2.md): At every recitation Soma delights Indra; at every guiding, the pressers offer it to the bountiful one. As sons - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.26.3.md): Indra performed those deeds, and others that the wise tell of at the pressings of soma; like a single husband - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.26.4.md): Thus they speak of him, and let him hear: Indra alone is the distributor of gifts and the ferryman across. His - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.26.5.md): Thus Vasiṣṭha praises Indra for help at the pressing of soma, the leader of men and mighty bull. O Maruts, do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.27.1.md): When men call upon Indra in the summons of thought, and yoke their prayers together, O heroic Indra, desiring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.27.2.md): Indra, whatever strength is yours, O bountiful one, teach it to your friends and to men. O much-invoked one, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.27.3.md): King Indra, lord of moving beings and of settled peoples, gives treasures to the giver from whatever exists in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.27.4.md): Now indeed our bountiful Indra does not hold back the spoils from us through the invocation; he whose gift is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.27.5.md): Now, O Indra, make us most bountiful for wealth; may your mind turn toward us, that we may gain the fruit of g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.28.1.md): O Indra, come wisely near to our prayers; let your horses be yoked facing toward us. Indeed all mortals call u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.28.2.md): O Indra, your greatness has spread to reach your invocation, when you guard the prayer of the seers. O fierce - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.28.3.md): O Indra, when under your guidance you led together the men who call upon you, like heaven and earth, you were - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.28.4.md): O Indra, grant us these days; the hostile settlers flow purified. When he looks upon falsehood, may the doubly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.28.5.md): Let us proclaim this wealthy Indra, who gives us great riches and prosperity. O best of those who praise, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.29.1.md): Indra, this soma has been pressed for you. Lord of tawny horses, come forward and take your seat at the sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.29.2.md): O prayer, O hero, accepting devotion, come swiftly from afar with the tawny horses. Be gladdened here at this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.29.3.md): What praise-offering is there for you, with hymns? O bountiful one, when shall we truly offer to you? I spread - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.29.4.md): And indeed those men were yours, of whom you heard the ancient seers. Therefore, O bountiful one, I call upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.29.5.md): Let us indeed speak of Indra, this bountiful one, when from great wealth and riches he gives to us. You who mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.30.1.md): O god, come to us with your strength. O mighty Indra, be the increaser of this wealth. O lord of men, wielder - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.30.2.md): Heroes call upon you in their bodies at the shining dawn, O you worthy of invocation, for the sun's victory. Y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.30.3.md): O Indra, when the days shine good and you raise up the banner like a mark in the battles, let Agni, like a mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.30.4.md): O Indra, we who are yours, O god, and those who praise you, O hero, who give gifts — grant great and fitting p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.30.5.md): Let us speak of Indra, the bountiful one, who gives great wealth and gifts to us. He is the most protective of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.1.md): Friends, sing forth a joyful song to Indra, the one with tawny horses, the soma-drinker. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.2.md): O men, recite the hymn well for the generous one, and offer a bright gift as we have made for the lord of true - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.3.md): You, O Indra, desire strength for us; you, O hundred-wise one, desire cows; you, O Vasu, desire gold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.4.md): We, desiring you, O Indra, praise you; O bull, O Vasu, know this and take notice of us, O bountiful one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.5.md): Do not hand us over to the enemies for reproach and for speech, nor to the ungenerous; my purpose too rests in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.6.md): You are our armour, far-reaching and foremost in battle; O slayer of Vṛtra, by your aid, yoked with you, I cal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.7.md): You are great, Indra; the two worlds, heaven and earth, possessing their own power, measure and honor your mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.8.md): Vāṇī, accompanied by the Maruts and sharing in the sacrifice, has come around you, reaching you together with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.9.md): May the upward-straining drops of soma follow you and be with the mighty one in heaven; the peoples have bowed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.10.md): Bring forth offerings to the great one who increases glory, to the wise one; make goodwill toward him. Protect - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.11.md): For the far-seeing, great Indra the inspired poets have brought forth a fine prayer; the steadfast ones do not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.31.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.31.12.md): The speeches truly established Indra, whose anger is unconquered, as king for victory. O Indra of tawny steeds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.1.md): O Indra, may enemies, whether from far or near, not turn you away from us. Companion of the feast, come hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.2.md): Those who make the sacred word sit together with you when the soma is pressed, like flies in honey. Praisers w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.3.md): Desiring wealth, I call upon Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt in his hand, the generous giver, as a son calls - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.4.md): For Indra these soma juices, mixed with curds, have been pressed. O wielder of the thunderbolt, come hither wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.5.md): He whose ear is renowned is invoked for treasures. May he now hear our praises. May no one obstruct the giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.6.md): That hero, unopposed, was made glorious by Indra and by men. O slayer of Vṛtra, he who presses soma at your de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.7.md): Generous Indra, be our shelter; when you meet the assailants, may we enjoy the possessions of the slain foe. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.8.md): Press the soma for Indra, the soma-drinker and wielder of the thunderbolt; cook ripe cakes for protection. Sat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.9.md): Soma-pressers, do not falter; perform the rite for greatness and for wealth. The ferryman who carries across i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.10.md): No one has damaged Sudās's chariot on any side; he whose protector is Indra, and whom the Maruts approach, goe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.11.md): O Indra, may the mortal who seeks the prize obtain strength, he whose helper you are. Be our protector, protec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.12.md): His share rises like the treasure of a victor; he whom Indra of the tawny steeds does not afflict, enemies can - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.13.md): Set the tireless, well-wrought, fair-formed hymn in the worthy sacrifices; the ancient bonds of Prasiti cross - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.14.md): O Indra, whom wealth protects — what mortal would dare to attack that man? O generous one, faith in you alone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.15.md): Urge the bountiful Indra in the battles of Vṛtra's slaying, he who gives dear treasures. O Hari-horsed one, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.16.md): O Indra, the lowest wealth is yours too; you nourish even the middle. Truly you rule over all and over the hig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.17.md): You are the giver of wealth to all, renowned, through you men become victors. O much-invoked one, all this ear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.18.md): O Indra, as much as you possess, so much may I rule; may I hold dear only the singer. O generous one, may I ne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.19.md): Day by day I wish to learn the way of gaining wealth, for one who is known somewhere. O bountiful Indra, none - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.20.md): The swift one who carries across surely desires the prize, with ready poetic skill and the chariot-yoke. I bow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.21.md): By a poor hymn a mortal does not obtain wealth, nor does the wealth of the one who prospers perish. O bountifu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.22.md): O hero, we praise you as unmilked cows (low to their calves). You are lord of this moving world, the seer of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.23.md): No other is your equal, heavenly or earthly; none has been born, none will be born. Desiring horses, desiring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.24.md): O Indra, bring that wealth which is here, O elder, to the lesser ones; for you, O bountiful Indra, are eternal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.25.md): O bounteous Indra, drive away the enemies; make good treasures for us. Be our protector in the great contest f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.26.md): O Indra, bring us resolve, as a father brings it to his sons. O much-invoked one, teach us on this journey of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.32.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.32.27.md): May unknown, violent, and hard-to-approach foes not come near us, nor ill-disposed ones; down with them. O her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.1.md): The Śvityañcas, the Dakṣiṇatas-kaparda, and the Dhiyaṃjinvas, rejoicing, come to me. Standing up I speak aroun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.2.md): From afar they brought Indra here with the pressed soma, beyond Vaiśanta, the fierce protector. From the soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.3.md): With these he crossed the river, and with these he struck down the enemy. Likewise, in the Dāśarājña battle, I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.4.md): O men, you rejoiced in the prayer; by your prayer I held the axle of the fathers unfailing; surely you should - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.5.md): As if upward to the sky, the thirsty and the seekers of help shone, surrounded in the battle of the Dāśarājñas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.6.md): Like sticks, cattle and men were cut apart far off; the Bharatas and the little children too. Vasiṣṭha became - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.7.md): In the worlds they make three seeds; three noble lineages have light in front. Three heat-vessels cling to Uṣa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.8.md): Like the light of the sun is their radiance; like the deep greatness of the ocean. Like the speed of the wind, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.9.md): They together move with the wisdoms from the depths of the heart toward the thousand-spoked wheel. Weaving the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.10.md): When Mitra and Varuṇa, kindling the light of lightning all around, saw you — that was your birth. And, O Vasiṣ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.11.md): And you are Vasiṣṭha, son of Mitra-Varuṇa, O Brahman, born of the mind from Urvaśī. The drop fallen by the pow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.12.md): That wise Vasiṣṭha, knowing the secret of both, a thousand-giver or giver, about to weave the circle stretched - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.13.md): At the sacrifice both were born, impelled; with homages the two poured the same seed into the jar. From there - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.33.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.33.14.md): He who bears the ukthas and the sāmas holds the stone and speaks forth first. Sit down near him with well-disp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.1.md): Let the divine thought go forth from us, bright, like a well-yoked chariot with a swift horse. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.2.md): They know the birthplace of earth and heaven; and the flowing waters hear. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.3.md): The waters too swell broadly for him; and the heroes, the fierce ones, ponder amid Vṛtra's obstructions. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.4.md): Set the horses forward at the yokes for him, as Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, golden-armed, does. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.5.md): Stand forth toward the sacrifice like the days; like a traveller on the path, impel the rite by yourselves. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.6.md): By yourselves, in the contests, impel the sacrifice; set up the banner for the man, the hero. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.7.md): From this one's might his radiance has risen, as the earth bears its vast burden. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.8.md): I call the gods, O Agni who does not wander away; accomplishing through rta, I place devotion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.9.md): Direct your divine devotion toward him; among the gods, make your speech known. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.10.md): Varuṇa, fierce and thousand-eyed, looks out upon the paths of these rivers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.11.md): The king, the splendor of realms and the glory of rivers — for him is unconquered dominion, giving life to all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.12.md): Protect us among all peoples; produce brilliance, and set praise against him who would strike us down. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.13.md): May the shining dawn rise forth, keeping far from the inauspicious light of the hateful ones. May she push awa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.14.md): May Agni help us, the bearer of oblations, with reverent bows. This praise has been offered to him, the most b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.15.md): Joined with the gods, make the grandson of the waters your friend. May he be kindly to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.16.md): With hymns you praise the one born of the waters; at the bottom of the rivers, in the regions of space, you ex - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.17.md): May the serpent of the depths not set us toward harm. May the sacrifice of this one faithful to cosmic order n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.18.md): And among these people may they bestow fame upon us. May the eager contenders for wealth, the noble lords, pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.19.md): The Maruts of great hosts scorch the foe with their might, as the sun scorches the wide expanse of heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.20.md): When our wives come near to us, may Tvaṣṭar, skilled of hand, bestow heroic sons upon us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.21.md): May Tvaṣṭar accept our praise; may his mind be favorable to us and desirous of wealth for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.22.md): May those givers grant us goods; may Varuṇānī hear both heaven and earth; with her protections, may she be a g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.23.md): May that wealth be ours; may the mountains give it to us; may those waters be ours; may those givers, the herb - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.24.md): In accord with that, may the wide worlds of heaven and earth go on; may radiant Varuṇa go with Indra's friend; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.34.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.34.25.md): Therefore may Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra and Agni accept us, and may the waters, the herbs and the trees accept us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.1.md): May Indra and Agni be auspicious for us with their protections. May Indra and Varuṇa, who give to those who of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.2.md): May Bhaga be auspicious for us, and may our praise be auspicious. May our prayer be auspicious, and may riches - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.3.md): May Dhātṛ be auspicious for us, and may Dhartṛ also be auspicious for us. May the wide-shining Urūcī be auspic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.4.md): May Agni, whose banner is light, be auspicious for us. May Mitra and Varuṇa, and the two Aśvins, be auspicious - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.5.md): May heaven and earth, invoked first, be auspicious for us. May the atmosphere be auspicious for our seeing. Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.6.md): May the god Indra, with the Vasus, be auspicious for us. May Varuṇa, well praised, with the Ādityas, be auspic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.7.md): May Soma be auspicious for us, and the sacred word be auspicious; may the pressing-stones be auspicious, and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.8.md): May the sun, wide-seeing, rise up auspicious for us. May the four quarters be auspicious for us. May the firm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.9.md): May Aditi, by her sacred ordinances, be auspicious for us. May the Maruts, of good radiance and self-shining, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.10.md): May the protecting god Savitṛ be auspicious for us. May the shining Dawns be auspicious for us. May Parjanya b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.11.md): May the gods be auspicious for us; may the All-Gods be auspicious. May Sarasvatī, together with prayers, be au - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.12.md): May the lords of truth be auspicious for us. May the horses be auspicious for us, and the cows be auspicious. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.13.md): May the unborn one-footed god be peaceful to us; may Ahirbudhnya be peaceful to us; may the ocean be peaceful. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.14.md): May the Ādityas, Rudras and Vasus accept this new prayer now being made. May the heavenly and earthly ones, bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.35.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.35.15.md): May those among the gods who are worthy of sacrifice, worthy of Manu's sacrifices, immortal, and knowers of co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.1.md): Let the prayer go forth from the seat of cosmic order. The sun releases the cows with his rays. The wide earth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.2.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, I make this well-spoken hymn for you two, like fresh nourishment, O lords. Another leads y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.3.md): With the wind's motion they surged forth; the flowing streams gave satisfaction like milk-giving cows. Born in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.4.md): Whoever yokes your two dear, well-chariotted, swift horses with song, O Indra, O hero! Who destroys the anger - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.5.md): Those who bow worship his friendship and strength in the abode of their own truth. He breaks apart the barrier - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.6.md): When Sarasvatī, sevenfold, mother of the Sindhu, comes together with glorious strong streams — easy-milking, g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.7.md): May those exhilarated Maruts protect our prayer, our offspring, and our vigorous sons. Moving through the impe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.8.md): Proclaim the great Aramati; proclaim Pūṣan, praiseworthy like a hero. Proclaim Bhaga, guardian of prayer, who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.36.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.36.9.md): O Maruts, may this praise come to you, and to Viṣṇu, sprinkled with soma, who comes with protections. They hav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.1.md): Let your most powerful chariot bring you hither for praise. O Ṛbhukṣans, O vājas, O well-jawed ones, at the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.2.md): Indeed you placed the jewel among the bounteous ones, O seers of heaven, O Ṛbhukṣans, O unanointed one. Drink - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.3.md): Indeed you declared your place in the distribution of the great and the little wealth, O bounteous one. Both y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.4.md): You, O Indra, are the Ṛbhukṣan of self-glory; like a skillful hero returning home, you come straight. Now may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.5.md): You grant forward wealth even to the giver; O tawny-horse one, you were worshipped with prayers by which you e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.6.md): You clothe the seers as with a garment; O Indra, when will you awaken our speech? With your thought bring weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.7.md): Even the goddess Nirṛti holds sway over him; the fair-faced years reach Indra. The three-bound one, old-toothe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.37.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.37.8.md): O Savitṛ, bring us gifts for praise; let riches come to us from the mountain's bestowal. May the heavenly prot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.1.md): May the god Savitṛ bring us up to that golden thought to which he has resorted. Surely Bhaga, to be invoked by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.2.md): Rise up, Savitṛ, and hear. O golden-handed one, at this offering of truth, creating wide and broad thought, pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.3.md): May the god Savitṛ be praised, whom all the Vasus indeed sing. Reverent, may he accept our praise-songs and fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.4.md): Goddess Aditi praises that god Savitṛ, delighted in his impelling act. Sovereign Varuṇa sings his praise; the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.5.md): Those bounteous ones who serve one another, givers of heaven and earth, are praised for their gifts. May Ahi-B - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.6.md): May the lord of the people think of that treasure for us, which came from the god Savitṛ. The mighty one calls - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.7.md): May those strong gods be auspicious for us at our invocations, swift-moving in the state of the gods, bright a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.38.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.38.8.md): In every contest, protect us, O strong ones; in our riches, O wise ones, O immortals, O knowers of the cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.39.1.md): Agni, raised high, has reached the favour of the giver of wealth; the flame Jūrṇi goes toward the lineage of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.39.2.md): This well-spread sacred grass is laid for them; like two lords of the settlements, the two gods come to Bīriṭa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.39.3.md): O Vasus, rejoice here from the earth; O gods, shining in the wide midspace, adorn yourselves. O wide-going god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.39.4.md): They are the ones to be honoured in the sacrifices; all the gods are near to their abode. O Agni, bring here t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.39.5.md): O Agni, bring our praises from the sky and from the earth; bring hither Mitra, Varuṇa, Indra and Agni. Aryaman - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.39.6.md): I have offered the oblation to those worthy of sacrifice with thoughtful praises; may he satisfy the desire of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.39.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.39.7.md): Now may Heaven and Earth, praised by the Vasiṣṭhas, and you, Varuṇa, Mitra and Agni, who guard the cosmic orde - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.40.1.md): May this praise reach the assembly of the sacrifice; we offer our hymn to the swift gods. May we be in the wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.40.2.md): May Mitra give us that wealth, and Varuṇa, heaven and earth, Indra and Aryaman give it too. May the goddess Ad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.40.3.md): May he indeed be fierce, O Maruts; the mortal whom you, O Pṛṣadaśvas, protect is strong. Agni and Sarasvatī ur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.40.4.md): This one is the leader, Varuṇa, of the cosmic order; Mitra, the kings and Aryaman established the waters. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.40.5.md): Of this god, the bountiful one, and of Viṣṇu, of this Eṣa, at its presentation with oblations, I know; for Rud - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.40.6.md): Do not harm us here, O Pūṣan, O radiant one, when the Varūtrī and the gift-receivers also give. May the horses - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.40.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.40.7.md): Now may Heaven and Earth, who are praised, and Varuṇa, Mitra and Agni, along with the Vasiṣṭhas, the upholders - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.41.1.md): At dawn we call upon Agni, at dawn Indra; at dawn Mitra and Varuṇa, at dawn the Aśvins. At dawn let us call up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.41.2.md): Let us call upon the mighty Bhaga, won at dawn — son of Aditi, the sustainer; he whom the fallen and the swift - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.41.3.md): O Bhaga, leader, Bhaga of true wealth — raising up this prayer, give to us and guard us. O Bhaga, generate us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.41.4.md): Now may we be blessed by Bhaga, at evening also, and at midday. O bounteous Maghavan, at the sun's rising also - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.41.5.md): Let Bhaga indeed be blessed, O gods; through him may we be rich in the blessing of the blessed. You, O Bhaga, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.41.6.md): The dawns have bowed together to the sacrifice, as Dadhikrā bows to the pure station. May the strong horses br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.41.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.41.7.md): May the blessed Dawns, rich in horses, cows and heroic sons, shine for us always; and you, pouring ghee from e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.42.1.md): Let the brahmans and the Aṅgirases go forth; let the roaring sound reach forth. Let the milch cows with flowin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.42.2.md): O Agni, your path is auspicious and wealth-winning. At the pressing of soma, yoke the tawny and the ruddy hors - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.42.3.md): Indeed, let your sacrifice be honored with homages; the delighting hotar has praised nearby. O much-adored one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.42.4.md): When the guest of pleasing form, Agni, becomes known in the house of the hero, the wealthy man, then the well- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.42.5.md): O Agni, accept this sacrifice of ours; make us glorious among the Maruts and in Indra. Let the two nights sit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.42.6.md): Thus Vasiṣṭha, desiring wealth, praises the mighty Agni of all-pervading form. May he spread food, wealth, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.43.1.md): Devoted worshippers praise you in the sacrifices, with homages, for Heaven and Earth to nourish. The wise seer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.43.2.md): Let the sacrifice go forward like an arrow. With one mind, hold up the ghee-streaming flames. Spread the sacre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.43.3.md): As sons come to their mother, let the helpful gods sit down on the sacred grass. Let all-pervading Viśvācī ano - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.43.4.md): Those gods worthy of sacrifice have gone to favour, milking the streams of cosmic order with ease. Come hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.43.5.md): Thus, O Agni, grant us among the peoples. O mighty one, through you may we be rich. With wealth and companions - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.44.1.md): For our protection we first call Dadhikra, the Aśvins, Uṣas, the kindled Agni, and Bhaga. We call Indra, Viṣṇu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.44.2.md): Honoring Dadhikra and rousing him with homage, raising the sacrifice and drawing near, seating the goddess Iḷā - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.44.3.md): I address Dadhikra, the watchful Agni, Dawn, the sun, and the cow. May the shining base of Varuṇa, the tawny o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.44.4.md): Dadhikra, the foremost swift horse, stands at the front of the chariots, knowing the way. In harmony with Dawn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.44.5.md): May Dadhikra anoint the path for us, that we may walk the way of cosmic order. May Agni hear our divine streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.45.1.md): May the god Savitṛ, of goodly treasure, filling the mid-air, come hither carried by his horses. Holding many m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.45.2.md): His two arms, firm, vast and golden, have reached the ends of heaven. Surely his greatness has come forth, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.45.3.md): That god Savitṛ, mighty and lord of riches, may he indeed bestow wealth upon us. Turning toward us his wide-sp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.45.4.md): These songs praise Savitṛ, fair-tongued, full-handed, skilled of hand. May he place brilliant, great vigor in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.46.1.md): These songs are for Rudra, who has a steady bow and swift arrows, the god full of svadhā. May the unconquered - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.46.2.md): He, by his dwelling and by the source of birth, knows and rules all by his heavenly sovereignty. Come and move - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.46.3.md): Your lightning, sent down from the sky, moves around with the earth; let it turn from us. O healer of the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.46.4.md): Do not harm us, O Rudra, nor cast us away; may we not belong to the one who is bound. Come and grant us a shar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.47.1.md): O Waters, may we today win that first wave, pure, harmless, drenched with ghee and sweet with honey, which tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.47.2.md): May the grandson of the Waters, swift-blazing Agni, protect that sweetest wave of yours, in which Indra rejoic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.47.3.md): The divine goddesses of the waters, with a hundred filters, exhilarated by their own nature, flow along the pa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.47.4.md): O rivers, for whom the sun has spread out with its rays and for whom Indra set free the path and the wave, bes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.48.1.md): O Ṛbhukṣaṇas, O vigorous men, O leaders, O bountiful ones, rejoice in the pressed soma. O Vibhus, come hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.48.2.md): May we be with you, O Ṛbhu, with the Ṛbhus; O Vibhus, may we become strong by the strength of the all-powerful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.48.3.md): Indeed they strike upon the many ancient ones, with the bolt of command, all enemies wandering in the distant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.48.4.md): Now, O gods, make us bountiful; all of you, united in joy for help, be with us. O Vasus, give us food; may you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.49.1.md): The waters, with the seas foremost, flow purifying from the midst of the waters; may those divine waters, whic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.49.2.md): The divine waters that flow, whether dug out or self-born; the bright and purifying waters that have the sea a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.49.3.md): In whose midst King Varuṇa moves, looking down upon men between truth and falsehood; the sweet-dripping, brigh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.49.4.md): In which is King Varuṇa, in which is Soma, in which all the gods rejoice in strength; into which Vaiśvānara Ag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.50.1.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, protect me here. Let the crow-like, hard-to-see creature that lurks in its nest and watche - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.50.2.md): When swelling and pain arise in the joint and limb and wrap around both ankles, may the burning Agni drive it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.50.3.md): Whatever arises in the silk-cotton tree, whatever is in the rivers, and whatever poison is born from the plant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.50.4.md): Those rivers that flow downward, that flow inward, that rise upward, both full of water and waterless, and tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.51.1.md): May we be joined with the new help and most gracious shelter of the Adityas. Faultless, in the state of Aditi, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.51.2.md): May the Adityas and Aditi rejoice; may Mitra, Aryaman and Varuna, most kingly, be guardians of the world for u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.51.3.md): O Adityas, all the Maruts, all the gods, and all the Ṛbhus; Indra, Agni and the praised Aśvins—may you all alw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.52.1.md): May we be sons of Aditi like the Ādityas, full among gods and among mortals, O Vasus. O Mitra and Varuṇa, winn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.52.2.md): May Mitra and Varuṇa grant us that shelter, and be guardians for offspring and descendants. O Vasus, may we no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.52.3.md): The eager Aṅgirases reached and gained the treasure of the god Savitṛ; may that great, adorable father also gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.53.1.md): With sacrifices and homage I praise Heaven and Earth, who dwell together, great and worthy of worship. The anc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.53.2.md): Set forth those two ancient parents with new songs, in the seat of cosmic order. O Heaven and Earth, come to u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.53.3.md): Indeed, you two have many treasure-gifts, O Heaven and Earth, for Sudās. Place in us that which may be unharme - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.54.1.md): O lord of the dwelling, know us and be well-settled and free from harm for us. When we call upon you, accept t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.54.2.md): O lord of the dwelling, be for us a bringer across and a gain-bringer; with cows and horses, O Soma, may we, u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.54.3.md): O lord of the dwelling, may we always be united with you, joyful and pleasant in assemblies; protect us with a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.1.md): O Vāstoṣpati, destroyer of illness, entering all forms, be a friend to us and gracious. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.2.md): O Arjuna, son of Saramā, O spotted one, when you open your teeth they gleam like shining spears; lie down well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.3.md): Bark to waken the thief, O son of Saramā; or, O returner, bark to waken the thief or the singers of Indra. Why - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.4.md): Tear the boar; let the boar be torn by you. You guard the singers of Indra. Why do you harass us? Sleep well. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.5.md): Let the mother sleep, let the father sleep, let the dog sleep, let the lord of the clan sleep; let all kinsmen - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.6.md): Of all who sit, who roam about, and who watch us, we will pierce their eyes together, just as this house is se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.7.md): The thousand-horned bull rose up from the ocean; with that very might we put the people to sleep. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.55.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.55.8.md): The women who lie on the threshold, who lie in the wagon, who sleep on the couch, and the women fragrant with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.1.md): Who are these adorned men, companions, heroes? The youthful sons of Rudra, who have fine horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.2.md): No one knows their births. Indeed, they themselves have known each other's birth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.3.md): With their own splendors they hurl themselves at one another. Hawks roaring like the wind, they swooped down u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.4.md): The steadfast sage knows these wonders, when the spotted cow filled her great udder. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.5.md): May she, by the Maruts, have fine heroes. Ever victorious and nourishing, may she thrive in manly strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.6.md): O most excellent, auspicious and most radiant Maruts, yoked for the journey, endowed with splendor and fortune - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.7.md): Your vigor is fierce, your powers are firm; then, with the Maruts, the host is mighty. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.8.md): Bright is your strength, wrathful are your minds; like the shaker and like the sage, like the assault of the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.9.md): Keep the encircling brightness away from us; may your evil intent not reach us here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.10.md): Your dear names I call upon, with those of the swift ones, O Maruts, when, being satisfied, you are eager. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.11.md): Armed with good weapons, with missiles, with fine ornaments, and themselves adorning their own bodies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.12.md): Bright are your oblations, O Maruts; for the bright ones I offer a bright sacrifice. In truth, through cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.13.md): O Maruts, adorned with ornaments on your shoulders and golden necklaces on your chests, you shine like lightni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.14.md): Your deep-rooted greatnesses press forward; O sacrificers, proclaim your names onward. O Maruts, accept this t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.15.md): O Maruts, if you have heard the praised one's call thus, give quickly the wealth of good heroic strength; let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.16.md): The Maruts, swift as racehorses, self-shining, seeing the sacrifice, adorn themselves like young men; they dwe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.17.md): May the Maruts, bestowers of gifts, favor us, giving wealth to the two fair worlds. Far from us be the cattle- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.18.md): Your priest, who calls you, sitting down, praises generous bounty; O Maruts, O mighty bulls, he whose protecto - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.19.md): These Maruts gladden the swift one; they bow from strength toward strength. They guard the praise of the one w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.20.md): These Maruts stir up wealth and also the earth, as the Vasus enjoy it. O bulls, drive the darknesses away, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.21.md): O Maruts, may we not be deprived of your gift; O charioteers, may we not be left behind in the division. Give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.22.md): When men strike together in fury, among the abundant herbs and among the settlements, then, O sons of Rudra, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.23.md): O Maruts, you have performed many ancestral deeds, which were recited for you even before. With the Maruts the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.24.md): For us, O Maruts, may there be strength as a hero, the lord among peoples, the sustainer. By him may we cross - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.56.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.56.25.md): May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Agni, and the waters, herbs, and trees, favor us. May we dwell in the shelter of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.57.1.md): O worthy Maruts, sweet is your name. You who rejoice in the sacrifices with your might, who shake the wide hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.57.2.md): Indeed the Maruts are guides for the praisers and for the mind of the sacrificer. Today, at our contests, O yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.57.3.md): Other Maruts are not so great as these, who shine with golden ornaments, weapons, and bodies. All-variegated a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.57.4.md): O Maruts, let your lightning be apart. If we do any offense against you out of human nature, O worthy ones, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.57.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.57.5.md): Here, in the act too, O Maruts, you who are blameless, bright, and purifying, protect us with good thoughts. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.57.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.57.6.md): And, O praised Maruts, come with all your names; O leaders, accept the oblations. Give to us for immortality a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.57.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.57.7.md): Praised Maruts, all of you come hither with your protection to the patrons at every rite. You who by your own - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.58.1.md): Now sing praise to the host of the Maruts, the mighty ones of the divine abode. By their greatness they shake - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.58.2.md): O Maruts, from your very birth, with your fiery strength, O fearsome ones, O mighty-angered ones, O unwearied - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.58.3.md): Grant great vigour to the bounteous patrons; O Maruts, delighted by our fine praise. Like a road, may they car - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.58.4.md): From you comes the sage a hundredfold wise, O Maruts; from you the swift steed, a thousandfold mighty. From yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.58.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.58.5.md): I seek the bounty of those of Rudra; perhaps the Maruts will again be gracious to us. From the sin we committe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.58.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.58.6.md): This fine praise was uttered for the bounteous ones; O Maruts, accept this hymn. Drive hatred away from afar, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.1.md): O gods, for the one whom you protect again and again and lead onward, O Agni, O Varuṇa, O Mitra, O Aryaman, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.2.md): O gods, by your help, on the day, the dear sacrificer crosses over his enemies. He carries his dwelling forwar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.3.md): Vasiṣṭha does not disregard even the last of you. O Maruts, now at our pressing of soma, all you desirous ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.4.md): Your protection does not fail in battles for him whom you have honored. O men, toward you has come a new, ever - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.5.md): Come hither, O bright-powered ones, with foods for drinking. O Maruts, these offerings of yours I have indeed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.6.md): Come hither and sit upon our sacred grass, and grant wealth so that we may give desirable riches. O unfailing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.7.md): Shining in their own bodies, the swans with dark-blue backs have flown hither. May they keep all force from me - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.8.md): O Maruts, whoever among the malicious wishes to strike us with crooked designs, O Vasus, may the nooses of his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.9.md): O Maruts, who make the enemy tremble, accept this oblation, accept it. O destroyers of enemies, by your protec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.10.md): O Maruts, wise in the household, come hither. O Maruts, do not turn away. O bountiful givers, by your protecti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.11.md): Here and there, in every place, I call you, O self-strong poets, O Maruts radiant as the sun. I invite you to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.59.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.59.12.md): We worship the three-eyed one, fragrant, increaser of nourishment. Like a cucumber freed from its stem, may I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.1.md): O Sun, when today you rise and speak truth to Mitra and Varuṇa, may we be blameless among the gods, O Aditi; m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.2.md): This Sun, O Mitra and Varuṇa, who watches over men, rises up toward his expanse above both realms; protector o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.3.md): Seven tawny horses, yoked from their common seat, bright as ghee, carry the sun; O Mitra and Varuṇa, the ever- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.4.md): For you two the spotted, honey-laden rays have risen up; the sun has climbed up toward the bright waters. For - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.5.md): These—Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa—are the witnesses of falsehood and great deceit, indeed they are such. These grew - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.6.md): These Mitra and Varuṇa, undeceivable, awaken even the unknowing one by their skillful powers; to him who moves - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.7.md): These unblinking gods of heaven and earth, who know, lead the one who does not know. Even in the wide-flowing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.8.md): The auspicious shelter of Aditi, protector of cows, which Mitra and Varuna grant to Sudas: in it, holding fast - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.9.md): Let him worship at the altar with priestly invocations, and drive away from around the hostile ones who are he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.10.md): Indeed their ordinance is fierce; they overcome by their mighty strength. O bulls, trembling before your fear, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.11.md): Those who with good thought worship the sacred word, who are in the winning of strength and of supreme wealth; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.60.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.60.12.md): O gods, this priestly service has been made for you two in the sacrifices, O Mitra and Varuṇa. Carry us across - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.61.1.md): O Varuṇa, the sun rises and spreads as the fair eye of you two gods. He who looks over all beings also perceiv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.61.2.md): O Mitra-Varuṇa, the wise seer, keeper of order, long-hearing, sets his hymns in motion for you two. Whose pray - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.61.3.md): O Mitra-Varuṇa, you two protect from the wide earth, from the high heaven, O bountiful ones, from the vast and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.61.4.md): Praise the abode of Mitra and Varuṇa; their strength fills both worlds with greatness. May the months go to th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.61.5.md): These two, O bulls, are all marvels between you two, as the sacrifice is not seen. The malicious and the false - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.61.6.md): Indeed I praise your sacrifice; with homages I call you two, O Mitra-Varuṇa, bearers of burdens. For you two, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.61.7.md): O gods Mitra and Varuṇa, this priestly offering has been made for you two in the sacrifices. Carry us across a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.62.1.md): The sun has risen with great rays, beholding all the many births of humans. Shining equally by day, he has bec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.62.2.md): O Sun, you rise before us; with these praises, these exalted songs, speak forth to Mitra and to Varuna, sinles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.62.3.md): For us may they open a thousand shelters: Varuṇa, Mitra and Agni, upholders of ṛta. May the shining ones accep - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.62.4.md): O Heaven and Earth, O Aditi, may you two protect us; you who were born of good birth by the seers. May we not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.62.5.md): Stretch forth both your arms for life; pour out for us toward the pasture with ghee. Be heard among our people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.62.6.md): Now may Mitra, Varuṇa and Aryaman place wealth for us, for our bodies and our offspring. May all our paths be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.63.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.63.1.md): The fortunate, all-seeing sun, shared by mortals, rises up. He is the eye of the god Mitra and Varuṇa, who has - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.63.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.63.2.md): The impeller of peoples, the great banner, the ruddy light of the sun rises up. When he wishes to turn the one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.63.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.63.3.md): Shining forth from the lap of the dawns, delighted with rays, he rises up. This my god Savitṛ has shone forth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.63.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.63.4.md): The golden one of the sky, wide-seeing, far-reaching, a guide, the shining Sun rises up. Now, impelled by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.63.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.63.5.md): Where the immortals made a path for him, shining like a hawk, he goes along the paths. At the rising of the Su - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.63.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.63.6.md): Now may Mitra, Varuṇa, and Aryaman grant us wealth for our bodies and for our offspring. May all paths be easy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.64.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.64.1.md): Dwelling in heaven and on the earth, may you bestow the purifying streams of ghee; may Mitra, Aryaman, the wel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.64.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.64.2.md): Kings who guard the great cosmic order, lords of the rivers, warriors, come hither; Mitra-Varuṇa, grant us Iḍā - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.64.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.64.3.md): May Mitra, Varuṇa, and the god Aryaman lead us forward by the most excellent paths; as the foe speaks to Sudās - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.64.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.64.4.md): He who with mind shapes this pit, and fashions and holds aloft a lofty prayer—anoint him with ghee, O Mitra-Va - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.64.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.64.5.md): O Varuṇa, O Mitra, this praise is for you; the bright soma is offered as to Vāyu. Rouse my thoughts, O wise lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.65.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.65.1.md): At sunrise I come to you both with hymns; I call upon Mitra and Varuṇa, purified in skill. Your strength, undi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.65.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.65.2.md): Those two are mighty among the gods, those two are noble. May those two make our dwellings strong. O Mitra-Var - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.65.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.65.3.md): Those two of many snares are bonds of falsehood, paths hard to cross, for the enemy and for mortal man. O Mitr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.65.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.65.4.md): O Mitra-Varuṇa, accept our oblation; wet our pasture with ghee, through Iḷā. Here we bring a boon for you two; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.65.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.65.5.md): This praise is for you, O Varuṇa, O Mitra; like soma, pure and bright, poured for Vāyu. May you two be pleased - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.1.md): May the praise of Mitra and Varuṇa come to us, eager and bowing, to the two of wide birth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.2.md): The two whom the gods upheld, skilled in strength, fathers of order, unlike the demonic, most radiant. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.3.md): May those two be our support and guardians of the body; O Varuṇa, O Mitra, make the thoughts of the singers pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.4.md): When today at the sun's rising the guiltless Mitra, Aryaman, Savitṛ and Bhaga shall impel us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.5.md): May that dwelling give good protection; now go forward on the path, O generous ones, who push our sin beyond u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.6.md): And the self-ruling ones, Aditi, of the unbroken law, who as great kings hold sway. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.7.md): At the rising of the Sun I praise you two: Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, destroyers of enemies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.8.md): Let this hymn, with golden wealth, be for unharmed strength; this inspired seer is for the gaining of wisdom. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.9.md): May we be so, O god Varuṇa, O Mitra, together with the heroes; and may we obtain food and heavenly light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.10.md): Many are they, sun-eyed, fire-tongued, strengtheners of cosmic order; they who held the three rites, all thing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.11.md): Those who set up autumn, month, day, sacrifice, formula and verse; Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, kings, have attaine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.12.md): That, today, we praise with hymns at the rising of the Sun, which Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman bring; you are chario - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.13.md): You who possess ṛta, born of ṛta, strengtheners of ṛta, fierce and hostile to falsehood, in the favour of them - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.14.md): That beautiful form rises up from the sky, when the swift god, shining, carries it, bringing light for the sig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.15.md): Above each head, lord of the moving and the standing world, he fills all the expanse; seven sisters carry the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.16.md): That eye, placed by the gods, bright, rises up; may we see a hundred autumns, may we live a hundred autumns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.17.md): O undeceived ones, come hither with poems; O radiant Varuṇa, and Mitra too, to drink the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.18.md): O Varuṇa, with the heavenly abodes, and Mitra, come hither, undeceiving ones; drink the soma, you two swift on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.66.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.66.19.md): Come hither, O Mitra and Varuna, delighted; O leaders, accept the oblation. O strengtheners of ṛta, drink the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.1.md): O lords of men, for the sake of keeping your chariot from old age, I call you with a mind full of oblations an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.2.md): Agni was kindled, shining for us with kindling-wood. Even from the ends of darkness he appeared. The banner of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.3.md): O Aśvins, now the well-inviting one approaches you with praises. O Nāsatyas, I, the inviter, invite you. Come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.4.md): O Aśvins, now from afar I call you, desiring wealth at the pressing of soma, so that sweet offerings may be ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.5.md): O gods Aśvins, strengthen my prayer, which goes eastward and does not fail, so that I may gain it; make me, wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.6.md): Protect us, O Aśvins, in these thoughts. May our seed be rich in offspring and not hostile. For you two, in so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.7.md): This sweet treasure of yours, placed for friendship like one who goes before, has been given to us. O Aśvins, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.8.md): In one yoke, O supporters, your chariot of seven streams comes around evenly. The swift horses yoked by the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.9.md): O unhindered ones, you are for the bountiful, joining the wealth of giving with riches. You carry the bond acr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.67.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.67.10.md): Now hear my call, O youthful ones; come along the path of Irāvatī, O Aśvins. Bear treasures, let the heroic pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.1.md): O bright Aśvins, lords of fine horses, come hither. O wondrous ones, pleased by our praises, enjoy the offerin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.2.md): Intoxicating foods have been set ready for you. Come well, to enjoy the oblation meant for me. Hear our calls - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.3.md): Your chariot, swift as thought, speeds you across the realms. O Aśvins, hundred-helping, lords of sun and weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.4.md): When this stone, dear to the gods, rises high and sounds forth the soma-pressing for you two, may the fair ins - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.5.md): Wondrous indeed, now the food is prepared for you two. Drive down the buffalo-rich wealth for Atri, and may he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.6.md): And that deed of yours, O Aśvins, became a reward for aged Cyavāna, the offering-giver; when by your aid you b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.7.md): And his companions, ill-dwelling, left Bhujyu in the middle of the sea. But the youthful, ever-dedicated one l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.8.md): Grant strength, you two, to the wolf who is worn out. Hear also the one who lies down and is being called to y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.68.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.68.9.md): This is the poet Kāru, who praises with fine hymns before the dawns awaken, with a gracious mind. May the unsl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.1.md): Let your golden chariot, shaking heaven and earth, come here with bulls and horses. Shining along the ghee-spr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.2.md): Let him spread out and reach the five realms, yoked to three, come with the speed of thought. With which chari - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.3.md): Come here with good horses and glory. O Dasras, drink the treasure rich in honey. Your chariot, with wife moun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.4.md): Your splendor the maiden, the daughter of the sun, chose, in her who shines far around. When you saved the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.5.md): Your chariot, O charioteers, yoked to the dawns in the dwelling, goes round on its course. By that, grant us h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.6.md): O men, like a cow, like lightning, thirsting, come near our libations today. Many times indeed they call you t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.7.md): O Aśvins, you two drew Bhujyu, cast down into the sea, up out of the waters, carrying him across with winged, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.69.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.69.8.md): Now hear my call, O youthful Aśvins; come along the path with Irāvatī. Grant treasures, lengthen the lives of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.70.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.70.1.md): O Ashvins, winners of all, come hither to us. Your dwelling on the earth has been declared. Like a strong hors - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.70.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.70.2.md): May your most pleasing favorable thought reach you two. In the house of the human the heat of the sacrifice ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.70.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.70.3.md): O Ashvins, all the places where you two establish yourselves, down from heaven, in the bright waters, in the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.70.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.70.4.md): O gods, when you two find the worthy seers among the herbs and in the waters, you bestow many treasures upon u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.70.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.70.5.md): O Aśvins, you two, as hearers, look upon the many prayers of the seers; come forward and bring the best boon f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.70.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.70.6.md): O Nāsatyas, may the sacrifice of you two, rich in oblations and sacred prayer, be eager in the contest. Come n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.70.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.70.7.md): O Aśvins, this thought and this song—O virile ones, accept this well-made hymn. These prayers that are yours h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.71.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.71.1.md): Night withdraws, giving way to her sister Uṣas, and opens a dark path for the ruddy light. Aśvins, lords of ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.71.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.71.2.md): Aśvins, come with your chariot bringing wealth to the generous mortal. By day and by night turn away hostility - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.71.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.71.3.md): At the first dawning of Uṣas, may the generous rain-bulls turn your chariot hither. Aśvins, with horses yoked - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.71.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.71.4.md): O lords of men, Aśvins, your chariot is a bearer, three-yoked, rich in wealth and swift; come to us upon it, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.71.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.71.5.md): You two freed Cyavāna from old age and brought a swift horse for Pedu. From sin and darkness you drew out Atri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.71.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.71.6.md): This is my thought, Aśvins, this is my song; showerers, accept and rejoice in this well-made praise of mine. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.72.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.72.1.md): O truthful Nāsatyas, come here with your chariot, rich in cows and horses, bringing many delights. All directi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.72.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.72.2.md): O Nāsatyas, come to us with the gods, you two who delight together, come with your chariot. Your friendship is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.72.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.72.3.md): The praises of the Aśvins have indeed awakened, and the prayers of the goddess Dawns are familiar. Desiring to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.72.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.72.4.md): And the Dawns shine forth separately, O Aśvins; the poets bring prayers for you two. Upward the light has been - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.72.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.72.5.md): O Nāsatyas, come from behind; O Aśvins, come from before, from below, and from the north. Come from every side - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.73.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.73.1.md): We have crossed over to the far shore of darkness, offering our praise with devotion to the gods. The immortal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.73.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.73.2.md): The dear priest of men has been seated down for the Nāsatyas, one who sacrifices and also praises. O Aśvins, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.73.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.73.3.md): We have brought the sacrifice; O bulls, Aśvins who open the paths, enjoy this well-made praise. As if a helper - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.73.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.73.4.md): May those two bearers come hither to our people, slayers of demons, gathered together, holding the reins. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.73.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.73.5.md): Come from behind, O Nāsatyas; come from in front, O Aśvins; come from below, from the north. From every side, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.74.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.74.1.md): O Aśvins, these who dwell in the dawn call upon you. I call you for help, O mighty ones; indeed you go to ever - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.74.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.74.2.md): You two have given a wondrous offering, O heroes; urge on the one who presses soma in truth. Of one mind, brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.74.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.74.3.md): Come hither, draw near to the sweetness, adorn it and drink, O Aśvins. Drink the milk that has been drawn, O v - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.74.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.74.4.md): The horses that go to the house of the giver for you two shine, bearing you. With swift horses, O heroes, O Aś - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.74.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.74.5.md): Then, indeed, as you two go along your paths, the eager worshippers follow you. May those two bestow firm glor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.74.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.74.6.md): Those who went forth, who went like unharmed chariots, guardians of kings and of the people — those heroes, ro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.1.md): Dawn, born of heaven, has come forth by the cosmic order, revealing her greatness. She pushed away the unwelco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.2.md): Awaken today for our great welfare, O Dawn; advance for great good fortune. O goddess, establish in us among m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.3.md): These are the bright rays of the radiant Dawn; the immortals have come. Generating the divine ordinances, fill - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.4.md): She, yoked from afar, goes swiftly around the five regions, looking upon the ways of the peoples. She is the d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.5.md): Mighty, daughter of the Sun, rich in splendid wealth, mistress of the riches of the Vasus. Praised by the seer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.6.md): Toward the radiances the unwearied ruddy horses, wondrous, appeared bringing Dawn. The bright, all-colored Daw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.7.md): The true goddess, with the true ones, the great one with the great, the divine with the gods, the adorable wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.75.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.75.8.md): Now grant us wealth rich in cattle and heroic sons, O Uṣas, wealth rich in horses, bountiful for many. Do not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.76.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.76.1.md): The immortal light that generates all has risen; Savitṛ, the god who is kind to all men, has shone forth. By t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.76.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.76.2.md): For me the paths leading to the gods have appeared, unfailing and prepared by the Vasus. The banner of Uṣas ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.76.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.76.3.md): Those were many days, the ancient ones that came before the sun's rising. O Uṣas, you appeared moving about li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.76.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.76.4.md): They were the ones who shared the rapture with the gods, keepers of truth, the ancient seers. Those forefather - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.76.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.76.5.md): In the one broad heaven they, gathered together, know together; they do not strive against one another. Those - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.76.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.76.6.md): The Vasiṣṭhas, who wake at dawn, praise you with hymns. O auspicious one, guide of the cows, lady of wealth, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.76.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.76.7.md): This Uṣas is the guide to wealth, to the wealth of the rightful ones; shining as she rises, she is praised by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.77.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.77.1.md): Like a young woman, Uṣas has shone forth near, waking all living beings to motion. Agni has become the kindlin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.77.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.77.2.md): Turning toward all, spreading wide, she has risen up. Wearing a shining garment, bright, she has shone forth — - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.77.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.77.3.md): The eye of the gods, bringing auspiciousness, leading the white steed and driving the fair horse, Uṣas has bee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.77.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.77.4.md): Put the hostile one far away; make for us wide space and a place without fear. Drive away hatred, bring wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.77.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.77.5.md): For us, most excellently shine forth with your rays — O Uṣas, goddess, prolonging our life. O beloved of all, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.77.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.77.6.md): You whom the Vasiṣṭhas exalt with prayers, O daughter of the sky, O Uṣas, O well-born one — give us mighty, va - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.78.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.78.1.md): The first rays appeared; her high banners of light spread out. O Uṣas, bring us wealth here in your broad, rad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.78.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.78.2.md): The kindled Agni awakens toward her; the wise poets, praising with their thoughts, go toward her. The goddess - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.78.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.78.3.md): These are the Dawns that appeared in the east, shining and extending light. They brought forth the sun, the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.78.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.78.4.md): The daughter of heaven, the bountiful Uṣas, has become known; all behold the shining Dawn. She stands on the c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.78.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.78.5.md): Today we, cheerful and rich in gifts, awaken you. O shining Dawns, awaken and take heed; protect us always wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.79.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.79.1.md): Uṣas opens the paths of men, awakening the five human peoples. With her keen-seeing ruddy horses the light has - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.79.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.79.2.md): She anoints the nights at the edges of heaven; like yoked clans the Dawns strive together. Your rays turn back - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.79.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.79.3.md): Uṣas has arisen, most like Indra, rich in wealth; she has brought forth glories for well-being. The goddess, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.79.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.79.4.md): O Dawn, grant us as much wealth as you have given to the singers of praise. You, born at the roar of the Bull - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.79.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.79.5.md): Inciting each god toward wealth, sending us true prayers, kindling thoughts for our gain — O Dawns, protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.80.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.80.1.md): The Vasiṣṭha seers, with hymns and praise-songs, roused Uṣas; the first inspired poets awoke her, she who turn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.80.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.80.2.md): She, bringing new life, has awakened with light that hides the darkness. The young maiden comes forward, shini - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.80.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.80.3.md): May our Dawns, rich in horses, rich in cows, rich in heroic sons, rise always auspicious. May they appear from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.81.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.81.1.md): Usas, daughter of heaven, appeared coming and shining. She drives away the great darkness and makes light for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.81.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.81.2.md): The sun raises up together with his rays the bright star as it rises. O Usas, in your dawn and in the dawn of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.81.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.81.3.md): To you, daughter of heaven, O Usas, we, the awakened, have roused ourselves. You bring many desirable things, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.81.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.81.4.md): O divine Usas, shining, you make the light of heaven appear with great splendor for sight; we ask for that jew - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.81.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.81.5.md): Bring that wonderful wealth, O Usas, which is most famed. O daughter of heaven, grant us that which is food fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.81.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.81.6.md): Give fame to the singers that is immortal, and wealth-bringing strength, and for us strength rich in cows. Imp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.1.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, grant great shelter to our sacrifice, to the settlement and to the people. Beyond him who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.2.md): One is called sovereign, another self-ruling; you two are called great, of great wealth, Indra and Varuṇa. O s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.3.md): Along the channels of the waters you two opened the way; with power you set the sun in motion in the sky, O lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.4.md): You two are indeed bearers in contests and in battles; you two are friends of truth in the impulse of well-bei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.5.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, when you two made all these born things of the world by power, Mitra calls upon Varuṇa wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.6.md): For the great bright Varuṇa's bride-price indeed, by the splendor they two measured out vigor, when its firm s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.7.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, the mortal whose sacrifice you two gods go to and enjoy, neither sin nor wrongdoing nor he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.8.md): O men, come hither with divine help, come hither and hear my call, if you two favor it. For there is your frie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.9.md): For us, O Indra and Varuṇa, be foremost warriors in every battle, you of mighty strength. When both peoples ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.82.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.82.10.md): May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman grant us brilliance and wide-spreading great shelter. O gods, guardians o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.1.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, you two went forth, heroes of broad flanks, seeing the waters and desiring cows from the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.2.md): Where men assemble with banners raised, where anything dear is in the battle, where the worlds fear the sky-se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.3.md): The ends of the earth were seen shaken together; O Indra and Varuṇa, a cry rose up in heaven. The enemies of m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.4.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, with blows, splitting the division against the opposer, protect Sudās forward. Hear the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.5.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, against the attack of the enemy, evils strike me. You two rule the wealth of both; therefo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.6.md): Both sides call you two in the battles: Indra, and Varuṇa of wealth, also for the gaining. Where Sudās, oppres - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.7.md): Ten kings who do not sacrifice gathered and fought against Sudās; O Indra and Varuṇa, they did not fight again - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.8.md): In the battle of the Dāśarājña, for the encircled Sudās, from all sides, O Indra and Varuṇa, you two guided hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.9.md): One strikes the blows of enemies in contests; the other always guards the vows. O mighty ones, we call you bot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.83.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.83.10.md): For us may Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman grant brilliance and great wide shelter. Let us meditate on the un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.84.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.84.1.md): O kings Indra and Varuṇa, at the sacrifice I bring you hither with oblations and homage. The ghee-bearing one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.84.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.84.2.md): Your vast dominion extends to heaven, which you bind with unbreakable cords. Free us on every side from Varuṇa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.84.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.84.3.md): Make our sacrifice beautiful, fulfil praiseworthy prayers among the poets. May wealth sent by the gods come to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.84.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.84.4.md): For us, O Indra and Varuṇa, establish wealth that wins all, rich in goods and abundant. The Āditya who destroy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.84.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.84.5.md): This my song has stirred Indra and Varuṇa; O swiftly stirred ones, may it protect our offspring and sons. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.85.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.85.1.md): I purify, for you two free from demons, the soma that is prayer, pouring it as an oblation for Indra and Varun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.85.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.85.2.md): Indeed they contend in this contest that calls upon the gods, and the shining ones fly in the banners. O Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.85.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.85.3.md): The divine waters, self-glorious, indeed establish Indra and Varuṇa in divinity in their seats. One bears the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.85.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.85.4.md): May that one be well-skilled and knowing of truth; may he be the offering-priest who, with strength, pays homa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.85.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.85.5.md): This my praise was sent forth to Indra and Varuṇa; it protected offspring and progeny, O swift-acting ones. Wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.1.md): By his greatness the steadfast ones fashioned the many births; he it is who holds fast the two wide worlds of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.2.md): With my own body I speak this: when shall I be in Varuna? When will he, not disdaining, accept my oblation? Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.3.md): O Varuna, I ask about that offence, going near you with desire to see you, to question the knowing ones. The s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.4.md): O Varuna, what was that greater offence, that you wish to slay the singer, your friend? O hard to deceive, O p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.5.md): O Varuna, remove from us the offences of our fathers and those we have committed with our bodies; O king, rele - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.6.md): O Varuna, that is not his own strength; it is ruin. It is intoxication, wrath, dread-causing, thoughtlessness. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.7.md): As a servant bows before a generous lord, so may I, blameless, sing to the bountiful god. The wiser god, who a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.86.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.86.8.md): O Varuṇa, self-sustaining lord, this praise is yours alone; may it rest in the heart and truly reach you. Let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.87.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.87.1.md): Varuṇa opened the paths for the sun and set the oceanic waters of the rivers flowing. Like a released herd of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.87.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.87.2.md): Your breath, O Varuṇa, is the wind that stirs the air, as a grazing beast goes to its fodder. Between the grea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.87.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.87.3.md): Varuṇa's most guiding spies look all around; they see both the beautifully bright heaven and earth. The keeper - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.87.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.87.4.md): Varuṇa spoke to me, the wise one: thrice seven inviolable names he bears. Knowing the hidden secrets of the pa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.87.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.87.5.md): In it three heavens are set down, and three higher earths, sixfold in kind. King Gṛtsa, Varuṇa, made this gold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.87.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.87.6.md): Varuṇa stood above the river like the sky; he is powerful like a white, shining deer. Deeply praised, measurer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.87.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.87.7.md): O Varuṇa, you who show favor to the one who acts, may we be free from offence. Following the laws of Aditi and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.88.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.88.1.md): O Vasiṣṭha, bring to Varuṇa the most dear, purifying hymn, to him who comes near, worthy of worship, of a thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.88.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.88.2.md): Having attained his sight, I ponder the flame of Agni and the form of Varuṇa; when the lords of the soma-stone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.88.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.88.3.md): When we two and Varuṇa mount the ship, and when we two set it forward in the middle of the ocean; when we two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.88.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.88.4.md): Varuṇa placed Vasiṣṭha in the ship, and by his great powers made the seer self-powered; in the good-day-ness o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.88.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.88.5.md): O Varuṇa, where have those friendships of ours gone, when we two were joined before without malice? O self-pow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.88.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.88.6.md): Whoever, as a constant and dear friend, has become your companion, O Varuṇa, forgive his offenses; may we, bei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.88.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.88.7.md): We set you in these firm dwellings; may Varuṇa loosen the noose from us. You who come worshipping from Aditi's - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.89.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.89.1.md): O Varuṇa, O king, may I not go to a house of clay. O good-dominion one, be gracious, show mercy to me. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.89.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.89.2.md): O stone-wielder, when I go trembling, like one terrified by fear, be gracious. O good-dominion one, show mercy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.89.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.89.3.md): O bright one, through weakness of will I went toward the opposite. Be gracious. O good-dominion one, show merc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.89.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.89.4.md): Standing in the middle of the waters, the praiser parched with thirst, he found him. Be gracious. O good-domin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.89.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.89.5.md): O Varuṇa, whatever we move about doing hostility among the divine and among men, and unknowing when we have vi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.90.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.90.1.md): O Vāyu, the bright, honeyed, pressed somas, with vigour, have been set forth for you two by the priests. O Vāy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.90.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.90.2.md): Him who offers an oblation to the lord, and offers pure soma to you, O drinker of purity, Vāyu, I make praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.90.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.90.3.md): The one whom heaven and earth brought forth for wealth, for wealth divine Dhiṣaṇā establishes as god. Then wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.90.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.90.4.md): The good-dayed, unobstructed Dawns have risen; kindling themselves, they found wide light. The Ushij singers o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.90.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.90.5.md): Shining by truth and by mind, yoked by their own will, they carry (the chariot) by resolve. O Indra and Vāyu, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.90.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.90.6.md): The lords who hold the heaven-light for us with cows, with horses, with treasures, with gold — O Indra and Vāy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.90.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.90.7.md): Like horses seeking glory, the Vasiṣṭhas call upon Indra and Vāyu with good praises. Seeking strength, we invo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.91.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.91.1.md): Indeed, those mighty, faultless gods who of old were nourished by homage — they caused Dawn to dwell with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.91.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.91.2.md): The two bright messengers, like guardians, protect months and many years. O Indra and Vayu, approaching with y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.91.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.91.3.md): The fat-rich, wealth-increasing, wise, bright one yokes his swift mares. They stood in one accord for Vayu, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.91.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.91.4.md): As great as the strength of the body, as great as the vigor, as many as the men shining with sight — O pure-dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.91.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.91.5.md): Yoked with mares, bearers of desired wealth, O Indra and Vayu, come hither together in one chariot. This first - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.91.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.91.6.md): Whatever hundreds and thousands of steeds are yours, O Indra and Vayu, they are all bountiful and welcoming to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.91.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.91.7.md): Like those who seek wealth and fame, we Vasiṣṭhas call upon Indra and Vāyu with good praises. May you two alwa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.92.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.92.1.md): O Vayu, pure-drinking, come here to us; O all-desirable one, a thousand of your teams are yoked. O god, I brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.92.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.92.2.md): The presser of soma, aged and vigorous, has taken his stand at the sacrifices, for Indra and Vayu to drink. Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.92.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.92.3.md): O Vayu, with the teams with which you go to the giver, come down to the fortress for the sacrifice. Bestow upo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.92.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.92.4.md): Those who belong to Vayu, Indra-intoxicating, divine, ever-thrusting, noble ones—slaying the obstacles, may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.92.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.92.5.md): O Vayu, come hither to us with hundreds and thousands of teams; come near to the sacrifice, to our rite. O Vay - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.1.md): Today I offer this new, bright hymn. O Indra and Agni, slayers of Vṛtra, accept it. I call both of you, easily - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.2.md): Be you two givers of wealth, O mighty ones; indeed be you, growing together, strong with vigor. As lords of we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.3.md): When they drew near in the assembly of the mighty, the wise seers, desiring insight, called to them with hymns - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.4.md): With songs, the wise seer, desiring inspiration, praises wealth that is glorious and shared first. O Indra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.5.md): When you two great ones come together, striving and vying with lovely bodily radiance, in the place of heroic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.6.md): Bring this soma-pressing praise near to us, O Indra and Agni; come for goodwill. Indeed you two have truly mea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.7.md): O Agni, kindled with homage, speak to Mitra, Varuṇa and Indra. Graciously forgive whatever offense we have com - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.93.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.93.8.md): O Agni, may we obtain riches through these zealous offerings made to you two together. May Indra, Viṣṇu and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.1.md): O Indra and Agni, for you two this ancient praise has arisen from this my thought, like rain from a cloud. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.2.md): O Indra and Agni, hear the call of the praiser; bend toward my words, and being powerful, fill my thoughts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.3.md): O men, O Indra and Agni, do not give us over to wickedness, nor to slander; do not harm us in reproach. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.4.md): To Indra and to Agni we send great homage and a well-wrought praise, with thought, with streams of speech, see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.5.md): Those two indeed are always praised in this way by the inspired sages, for help, and with companions for winni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.6.md): Those two, O Indra and Agni, we invoke with songs, exhilarated, bearing milk-offerings, desirous in wisdom of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.7.md): O Indra and Agni, come hither with your protection, O conquerors of the contenders. Let no evil-speaker rule o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.8.md): May the hostility of any stingy mortal not breathe out our life. O Indra and Agni, grant us shelter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.9.md): The wealth with cattle, gold and horses that we ask of you two, O Indra and Agni, may we win that. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.10.md): When the leaders call you two, O Indra and Agni, at the pressing of soma, you are honored with the seven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.11.md): With hymns, you two most slaying of Vritra, who rejoicing even at the word come hither, you are sought with ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.94.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.94.12.md): Those two, surely, strike down the evil-speaking mortal, ignorant and demonic, with a blow; strike the devoure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.95.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.95.1.md): Sarasvatī flows on in her greatness, broad and mighty, firm as a fortress of iron. Pressing forward like a cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.95.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.95.2.md): Alone among the rivers, bright and pure, Sarasvatī comes from the mountains toward the ocean, making wealth kn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.95.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.95.3.md): He grows strong among men, virile among women, a young bull among the sacrifices. He gives strength to the bou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.95.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.95.4.md): And may Sarasvatī, accepting with pleasure from our friendly hands, come here auspiciously to this sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.95.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.95.5.md): We who call you with homage from afar, O Sarasvatī, accept our praise. Standing firm in your most dear shelter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.95.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.95.6.md): This Vasiṣṭha, for you, O Sarasvatī, opens the two doors of cosmic order, O auspicious one. O bright one, incr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.96.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.96.1.md): O Vasiṣṭha, I sing a great song; with well-wrought hymns, exalt Sarasvatī among the rivers, together with both - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.96.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.96.2.md): O bright one, when the Pūru peoples seek both waters and nourishments through your greatness, may you become o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.96.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.96.3.md): Sarasvatī truly brings about blessing; the tireless one watches, rich in food and strength, praised like Jamad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.96.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.96.4.md): Desiring offspring, we foremost and generous ones now call upon Sarasvān, the Sarasvatī. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.96.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.96.5.md): O Sarasvatī, with those waves of yours that are honey-filled and dripping with ghee, become our protector and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.96.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.96.6.md): Having sipped the breast of Sarasvatī, which is all-seeing, may we partake of offspring and food. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.1.md): At the sacrifice, the seat of heaven and earth, where men who desire the gods rejoice, where I press the press - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.2.md): We choose divine protections; may Brihaspati be our great protector. O friends, so that we may be free from si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.3.md): Him, most excellent and well-disposed, lord of prayer, I praise with homage and oblations. May a great divine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.4.md): May that Brihaspati, dearest and all-wealthy, come to our seat. Desiring wealth and good heroism, may he give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.5.md): That praise, dear for immortality, which these ancient immortals established, let us sing for ourselves. Let u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.6.md): Joyful, ruddy horses bear him, Brihaspati, bearing together. His strength too is like the dark-blue dwelling o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.7.md): He indeed is the bright one, hundred-winged, the purifier, golden-clad, swift, the winner of heaven's light. H - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.8.md): The divine two world-mothers of the god have, by their greatness, exalted Brihaspati. O friends, be skilful fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.9.md): This fair hymn has been made for you two, O lord of prayer, and for Indra the wielder of the thunderbolt. Stir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.97.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.97.10.md): O Brihaspati, you two and Indra are lords of wealth, of heavenly and earthly goods. Grant riches to the praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.98.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.98.1.md): O priests, pour the reddish, pressed Aṃśu as an oblation for the bull of the peoples. Desiring the one who has - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.98.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.98.2.md): When you set a fine food in the forward place, day by day you desire its drink. Rejoicing in heart and mind, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.98.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.98.3.md): Having been born, you drank soma for strength. Your mother proclaimed your greatness. O Indra, you filled the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.98.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.98.4.md): If you fight against those great ones who think themselves great, may we conquer with our arms those who striv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.98.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.98.5.md): I proclaim forth the first deeds of Indra and the new ones, which the bountiful one performed. When he overcam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.98.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.98.6.md): All this cattle-wealth around is yours, which you behold with the eye of the sun. You alone are lord of the co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.98.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.98.7.md): O Bṛhaspati, you two, together with Indra, are lords of heavenly and earthly wealth. Bestow wealth upon the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.99.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.99.1.md): O Viṣṇu, you grow beyond measure in your own body; no one reaches your greatness. O god, we know your highest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.99.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.99.2.md): O Viṣṇu, neither being born nor once born did you reach the far end of your greatness. O god, you propped up t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.99.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.99.3.md): Be both Irāvatī and Dhenumatī, rich in cattle and pasture, with gifts for Manu. O Viṣṇu, you spread out and he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.99.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.99.4.md): You two made the wide world for the sacrifice, creating the sun, Uṣas and Agni. O men, even the deceptions of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.99.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.99.5.md): O Indra and Viṣṇu, you two shattered the nine and ninety firm forts of Śambara. Together you slew a hundred an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.99.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.99.6.md): This great song of praise, growing with might and brilliance, belongs to you two, wide-striding Viṣṇu and migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.99.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.99.7.md): O Viṣṇu, I offer the oblation to you with 'vaṣaṭ'. O Śipiviṣṭa, accept this my offering. May my good praises a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.100.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.100.1.md): Now the mortal who wishes to give rejoices, who offers to Vishnu, the wide-praised one. Whoever sacrifices wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.100.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.100.2.md): O Vishnu, grant us a good understanding, the universal and undiminished kind, O helper of those who worship, g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.100.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.100.3.md): The god thrice measured out this earth, hymned by hundreds, by his greatness. May Vishnu be exalted, mightier - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.100.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.100.4.md): Vishnu strode across this earth, giving a dwelling place to man. His firm, bright people, the well-born one, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.100.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.100.5.md): O Shipivishta, today I proclaim that name of yours, and knowing your mighty deeds I praise you. That mighty on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.100.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.100.6.md): O Vishnu, what in you has become reproachable, that I say I am Shipivishta? Do not hide that blemish from us f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.100.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.100.7.md): O Viṣṇu, I offer this oblation to you with the call vaṣaṭ, and I am here. O Śipiviṣṭa, accept my offering. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.101.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.101.1.md): Speak forth the three speeches, those that lead the light; they milk the udder that yields sweet milk. Making - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.101.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.101.2.md): He who is the increaser of the plants, who is god and ruler of the waters and of all the moving world, may he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.101.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.101.3.md): The barren one becomes so through you, and bears through you; he shaped his body at will. The mother receives - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.101.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.101.4.md): In whom all beings stand, the three heavens flow with water in threefold way. There are three vessels that spr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.101.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.101.5.md): This speech is for Parjanya, the self-ruler; may it be within the heart, may he accept it. May there be rains - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.101.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.101.6.md): He is the semen-bearing bull of the ever-recurring creatures; in him is set the self of the moving and the sta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.102.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.102.1.md): Sing forth to Parjanya, son of the sky, the bountiful one. May he grant us fodder. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.102.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.102.2.md): He who makes the embryo of the plants, of the cows and of the horses, Parjanya, makes also that of human being - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.102.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.102.3.md): For him indeed, pour into the mouth the sweetest oblation. May he bring about for us a united Ilā. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.1.md): Like brahmins who lie still for a year and keep their vows, the frogs, delighting in Parjanya, spoke forth the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.2.md): When the divine waters came upon him as he lay in the pool like dry hide, the croaker gathers here like the be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.3.md): When he rained down upon those who thirst, come the rainy season, then one comes near another, croaking, as a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.4.md): When the two rejoiced in the outpouring of these waters, one seizes the other; when the frog, drenched by rain - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.5.md): When one of them speaks in imitation of another's voice, as a learner speaks after a Shakta brahmin, all of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.6.md): The cow-protector is one, the goat-protector another, the spotted one another, the tawny one another; bearing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.7.md): Like brahmins at the atirātra and soma rites, you croak around the full pond; O frogs, you are around that day - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.8.md): The soma-pressing brahmins raised their voice, composing the sacred formula for the yearly rite; the adhvaryus - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.9.md): They guarded the divine ordinance, the season of the twelve months; like men they press forward. In the year, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.103.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.103.10.md): The cow-protector gave, the life-protector gave, Pṛśni gave, and the golden one gave us treasures; the frogs o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.1.md): O Indra and Soma, burn the demon, crush him, cast him down; O mighty ones, throw down the darkness-increasers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.2.md): O Indra and Soma, may that burning heat come upon the evil-speaker and the evil, like a vessel of fire. Place - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.3.md): O Indra and Soma, strike the evil-doers within the bottomless pit, within the darkness, so that not one of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.4.md): O Indra and Soma, turn the blow of the sky, bring together with the earth the cutting destruction for the evil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.5.md): O Indra and Soma, turn about from the sky. With your fire-tempered, stone-breaking, heated, undecaying weapons - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.6.md): O Indra and Soma, may this thought be around you everywhere, like the two strong horses of the seat. With the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.7.md): Indra and Soma, may you two strike down with your missiles the treacherous demons, those who bend and break; m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.8.md): May he who looks upon me as I wander, with a ripened mind and with untruthful words, be bound like water in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.9.md): Those who wander about in cursing with curse-speech, or who with their offerings defile the good: may Soma giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.10.md): Whoever seeks to harm our juice, O Agni, whoever seeks the horses, the cows, the bodies — let the enemy, the t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.11.md): May he be far off in body and in lineage, may he be beneath the three earths, beneath all; O gods, may the fam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.12.md): For the one who understands there is good knowledge; two words, being and non-being, contend with each other. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.13.md): Soma does not send crooked deeds, nor the warrior who holds by deceit. He strikes the demon, and strikes the o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.14.md): If I was one whose god is false, or if I have called upon the gods in vain, O Agni, O Jātavedas, why are you a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.15.md): If I am a sorcerer, let me die today; or if the wind has scorched the life of a man. Then let him who calls me - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.16.md): He who calls me 'O sorcerer,' and who says 'I am a demon, pure' — may Indra strike him with a great blow; may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.17.md): She who goes forth at night like an owl, concealing her body by deceit — let her fall down among the crooked a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.18.md): O Maruts, stand apart, search among the peoples, seize the demons, grind them together. Those who fly by night - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.19.md): O Indra, hurl down from the sky the stone sharpened with soma; O bounteous one, sharpen it well. From the east - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.20.md): These dog-seekers swoop down; they wish to harm Indra, who cannot be harmed. The mighty one lies in wait to st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.21.md): Indra became the conqueror of sorcerers, the helper of the oblation-churners who seek to reach him. The mighty - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.22.md): Strike down the owl-seeker and the screech-owl-seeker, the dog-seeker too and the kōka-seeker. Crush the bird- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.23.md): May the demon not come upon us, nor from the sorcerers. May the pair, the two kimīdins, be driven away. May th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.24.md): O Indra, strike the male sorcerer and the woman who torments by magic. May the vigrīvas and the mūradevas be c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 7.104.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/7.104.25.md): Indra and Soma, both of you, stay awake; look here, look all around. Hurl destruction and the thunderbolt upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.1.md): Friends, praise no other and do not become hostile. At the pressing of soma, praise Indra, the bull, together, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.2.md): The bull who rushes down, undecaying like a cow, conqueror of peoples, who dispels hostility, unites both, cre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.3.md): When these people variously call you for help, O Indra, let this our prayer be yours; may it bring increase on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.4.md): O bountiful Indra, the wise and skilled singers are eager for you; come near, you of many forms, and bring the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.5.md): O possessor of the stone, I would not give you away for a price, not even for a great one; not for a thousand, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.6.md): O Indra, you are wealthy for me from my father, and from the brother who did not share; O good one, you two, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.7.md): Indra, where have you gone, and where are you? Your mind is in many places. O warrior, O digger of wells, O fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.8.md): Sing aloud the gāyatra song for him, the blessed Puraṃdara. May he come to sit on Kāṇva's sacred grass, and ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.9.md): With those ten-fold, hundred-fold, and thousand-fold riches that are yours, with your horses, bulls, and swift - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.10.md): Today I call upon Indra, worshipped with gāyatra song, the cow that gives abundant milk, easily milked, anothe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.11.md): When you drove the sun's steed Etaśa with the two feathered reins of the wind, the hundred-deeded Indra carrie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.12.md): He who, even without battle, protects from former assaults and from the jaws, is the uniter who joins the bond - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.13.md): O Indra, may we not be far from you, like homeless men or trees abandoned in the forest. O wielder of the ston - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.14.md): We have honored you; O slayer of Vṛtra, you are unharmed and favoring. O hero, once, with your great wealth, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.15.md): If my praise is heard by our Indra, may the swift drops of soma, flowing across the sacred filter, strengtheni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.16.md): Today come near to my praise, come to your friend. May the praise of the gifts protect you; then I offer you g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.17.md): Press the soma with stones, for it flows in the waters. As men cover cows with garments, so may the leaders mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.18.md): Then from the earth, or above from the brilliance of the vast heaven, increase yourself with this praise and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.19.md): For Indra, press out the most exhilarating, choicest soma. May the mighty Indra be gladdened by every devotion - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.20.md): Never may I, begging you with song and with the intoxication of soma, hold you back. Who would dare to provoke - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.21.md): Impelled by exhilaration, the fierce Indra grants exhilaration with fierce might. The deliverer of all, rejoic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.22.md): In prosperity, the god gives much to the mortal who gives choice goods. May he grant it to the soma-presser an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.23.md): Come hither, Indra! O god, rejoice with bright wealth. As a pool fills, so fill your broad belly with drinking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.24.md): A thousand and a hundred, yoked to the golden chariot: O Indra, may the mane-bearing bay horses, yoked by sacr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.25.md): In a golden chariot, let the two tawny steeds with peacock-plumed manes and white-spotted backs bring you hith - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.26.md): Drink of this pressed soma, O lord of songs, as the first drinker does. This sweet pressing of the cleansed, j - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.27.md): He who alone is great and fierce by his deeds, let him go against the enemies; let him not turn away like one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.28.md): You crushed the moving fortress together with the blows of Śuṣṇa. You moved after the lights; then twice, O In - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.29.md): For me, at the rising of the sun, and for me at midday of the sky; for me at the first offering, and even at n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.30.md): Praise, yes, praise; these are yours, the mightiest of the bountiful ones. Ninditāśva, the leader, the yoked o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.31.md): When with faith I mount the chariot yoked to strong horses, may our wealthy lord of cattle come to know it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.32.md): He who with me honored for me the two swift golden-hided horses — may he obtain all these good fortunes; may h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.33.md): Then the Plāyogi passed beyond the others; O Agni, Āsaṅga with tens and with thousands. Then ten shining bulls - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.1.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.1.34.md): After this one the mighty form was seen before, unsupported, wide and roaring. The eternal woman spoke a thing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.1.md): O bountiful Indra, drink this pressed sweet soma and fill your belly full. O fearless one, we have offered it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.2.md): Stirred by the men, pressed by the stones, purified through the wool filters, the soma, like a horse, is clean - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.3.md): O Indra, mixing this sweet barley with cow's milk we have prepared it for you; in this festival of joy we ador - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.4.md): Indra indeed is the soma-drinker; the one Indra is the presser of soma and lord of all life, standing among go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.5.md): Him whom neither the bright one, nor the ill-minded, nor the sated harm — the good friend of wide vision. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.6.md): When others seek the cows from us, like a deer, like wild birds, they assail them with the cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.7.md): Let three pressed Soma-draughts be for the god Indra, for those who press well in their own dwelling. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.8.md): Three vessels flow down, three vats are full, upon the same support. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.9.md): You are pure, dwelling among many, mixed in the midst with milk; most exhilarating with curds for the hero. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.10.md): O Indra, these are your sharp Soma-draughts, pressed for us; the bright Somas ask for the oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.11.md): O Indra, offer those oblations, this puroḍāśa cake and this Soma; for I hear you as the rich one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.12.md): Having drunk, they fight in the hearts like the intoxicated in liquor; they move like bare udders. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.13.md): May the rich praiser belong to the rich one, to a giver such as you, O Indra, possessor of tawny steeds, renow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.14.md): Not even the recited uktha of Agni has the enemy perceived, nor the sung gayatra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.15.md): O Indra, do not give us away to the soma-drinker, nor to the rival; O mighty one, teach us with your powers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.16.md): We, friends who seek you for that very purpose, O Indra; the Kanvas praise you with hymns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.17.md): Indeed you have not won anything else, O wielder of the thunderbolt, in the new works; it is your praise alone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.18.md): The gods desire the soma-presser, not for sleep they long; the tireless ones do not go to negligence. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.19.md): Indra, come forth well with the prizes of victory; do not strike at us. You are great, as if born ever young. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.20.md): Today let no harm-doer stand near us; at evening let him withdraw far from us, like an unlucky son-in-law. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.21.md): We indeed know this hero's lavish, favorable thought; his minds are born thrice over. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.22.md): Then pour out the Kaṇva-chanted hymn; we indeed know by this strength the most glorious of the one of a hundre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.23.md): O presser, with the best offering bring soma for Indra, for the hero, for the mighty one, that he may drink it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.24.md): He who is most wise among the unharmed gives to the singers horse-rich wealth, to the praisers strength, and c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.25.md): O pressers of soma, every time, run hither in truth to the soma for exhilaration, for the hero, for the valian - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.26.md): May the protector, the slayer of Vritra, truly come to the pressed soma; far, away from us, may he of a hundre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.27.md): Come hither; may the two auspicious bay horses, yoked by prayer, bring the friend, heard by songs, praised wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.28.md): Sweet somas, come; prepared somas, come. O possessor of Shipra, rich in seers, mighty one, come toward this ba - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.29.md): The praises that increase you, for great wealth, for manly vigor; O Indra, increasing the doer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.30.md): The songs that are yours, and the chants offered to you, O lord of songs, these have truly established strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.31.md): He alone, mighty in deeds, with the thunderbolt in his hand, forever unconquered, truly bestows the prizes of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.32.md): The slayer of Vṛtra, with his right hand, Indra, much invoked by many, is great; great in his mighty powers an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.33.md): In whom all the protecting regions, the strongholds, and the dwellings rest, he indeed rejoices, exhilarated b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.34.md): Indra, who is renowned beyond all others, the giver of prizes, has done all these deeds, to the bounteous ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.35.md): The bearer who drives the chariot forward, whom he protects even from afar, the one who seeks cattle — he, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.36.md): The helper and inspired sage, slayer of Vṛtra with swift horses, hero among heroes — the true protector who st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.37.md): O dear-minded seers, worship this Indra with a true mind; he who became rich in true exhilaration with the som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.38.md): O Kaṇvas, sing to the mighty one, famed in songs, lord of the good, desirer of praise, many-formed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.39.md): He who gives cows, even without any aid, to the footed; friend of men, mighty in power; those who desire him i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.40.md): Thus, O wielder of the stones, come as a strong bull toward the thoughtful Medhyātithi, Kaṇva's son, and draw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.41.md): O splitter of foes, grant him four ayutas (tens of thousands); eight, and beyond that, thousands. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.2.42.md): And indeed, those two milk-increasing ones, grandchildren of the gift, we call upon for birth-giving. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.1.md): O Indra, drink of this juicy soma, rich in cows, and rejoice. Become our friend and fellow reveler for our gro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.2.md): O mighty one, may we remain in your favor; do not abandon us to the hostile attack. Protect us with bright pro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.3.md): O rich in treasures, may these my songs exalt you. The bright, pure, discerning poets of purifying hue have pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.4.md): Made mighty by the seers, he has spread out like the ocean in a thousand forms. His greatness is true; I prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.5.md): For the favor of the gods we call upon Indra; at the sacrifice being offered we call upon Indra, in the battle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.6.md): Indra by his greatness has spread wide the two worlds; Indra by his might has lit up the sun. In Indra all bei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.7.md): O Indra, the sons of Āyu, united in their hymns, sang toward you for the first drinking; the Rudras praised th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.8.md): In the intoxication of this pressed soma Indra has grown strong with manly might, in Viṣṇu's exhilaration; tod - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.9.md): That heroic strength I come to you seeking; that sacred formula I bring for the ancient thought, by which you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.10.md): By that virile strength of yours, O Indra, you released the ocean and the great waters; his greatness is prese - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.11.md): Grant to us, O Indra, when I seek from you good heroic wealth; grant first for the prize to those who desire t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.12.md): Grant to us from his wealth, by which you protected the son of Pūru when he desired your prayers; O Indra, gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.13.md): Which new mortal, among the ancient ones, will quickly praise him? Indeed no one has reached his greatness and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.14.md): When will the seer, desiring the sacred order and praising the gods, praise him? Which inspired sage calls him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.15.md): Those most sweet words and hymns rise forth; victorious in battle, rich in wealth, unfailing in protection, de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.16.md): Like the descendants of Kaṇva, like the Bhṛgus, like the sun-seers, all have attained inspired thought; exalti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.17.md): Yoke, indeed, your two bay horses, O slayer of Vṛtra, Indra; turned toward us from afar, O bounteous one, to d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.18.md): These are the singers for you; the seers have worked with thought to gain wisdom. Therefore, O bounteous Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.19.md): O Indra, you drove Vṛtra forth from the great waters. From the deceiver Arbuda and the deer-demon, from the mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.20.md): The fires shone forth, the sun appeared, and Soma, the juice that gives vigor, flowed forth. From midspace, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.21.md): Which Indra and the Maruts gave me — the stout Pākasthāman and Kaurayāṇa — most radiant of all by its own bril - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.22.md): The red horse Pākasthāman gave me, with a good yoke-pole and a girth-band, awakening wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.23.md): For whom the other ten carry toward the yoke, the yoked horses, homeward, like a bird and swift. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.3.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.3.24.md): The self of the father, the body, the garment, the giver of strength, the anointing — the fourth part of the r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.1.md): O Indra, when men call you from east, west, north, or below, O bold one, impelled by men, you come for Anu's p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.2.md): O Indra, when you rejoice together in the house of Rume, Ruśama, Śyāvaka or Kṛpa, the praise-bearing Kaṇvas bi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.3.md): As a thirsty bull goes down to the water-made pool and throws the unfriendly one down, so come hither swiftly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.4.md): O bountiful Indra, may the somas gladden you for the giver of riches and the presser; you have drunk the soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.5.md): You showed might by might and broke anger by strength; O Indra, all the seekers of battle have bent before you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.6.md): He who obtains your praise is joined as with a thousand, like a man who desires; he makes his son the foremost - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.7.md): O fierce Indra, may we not fear nor tire in your friendship. Bull, your great deed is worth seeing; may we see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.8.md): Behind the left flank he roars like a bull; his giver grows wrathful. Mixed with honey, strained with the siev - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.9.md): He who has horses, a chariot, and fine form, and who is rich in cows, is your friend, Indra. With the strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.10.md): Thirsty as a hawk, come to the drinking-vessel, O Indra; drink the soma that brings the cattle. O Maghavan, fl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.11.md): O Adhvaryu, set the soma flowing; Indra thirsts to drink. Now he has yoked his two bull-like horses, and the V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.12.md): The giver himself thinks so, where you are satisfied with soma; this food is yours, fit and anointed. Therefor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.13.md): O priests, press the soma for Indra, who rides the chariot. As the one who offers the sacrifice presses it, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.14.md): May those two rain-bringing bulls and the two bay horses carry Indra to the base of the axle, to the waters' w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.15.md): For the yoke-ready chariot we choose Pūṣan, rich in goods. O mighty one, much-invoked, O releaser, may he teac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.16.md): Sharpen us well, like a razor of the Bhurijas. O releaser, grant us riches. May that wealth which is yours, we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.17.md): O Pūṣan, I weave for you; I weave for your praise, O radiant one. I do not weave for that one, for it is unbin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.18.md): O radiant one, O immortal one, may our cows not stray far from the fodder, and may wealth always be ours. O Pū - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.19.md): In the gifts of Kuruṅga, and in the favors of the radiant, fortunate king Indra, among the Turvaśas, we have t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.20.md): The strong singer of Kāṇva won with his thoughts; with Priyamedha and Abhidyu, after sixty thousand, I drive o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.4.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.4.21.md): Even the trees rejoiced for me at the rising; with might they obtained the cow, with might they obtained the h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.1.md): As if from afar, when the ruddy-breathed light awoke, all-sustaining Uṣas spread out her beam. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.2.md): O wondrous Aśvins, like men, yoked by mind, with the broad-striding chariot, you two go together with Uṣas. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.3.md): O Aśvins rich in strength and wealth, praises have reached you two; as a messenger bears speech, so you bear t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.4.md): For our help, much-beloved, much-delighting, rich in abundant goods, Aśvins, we Kaṇvas praise you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.5.md): Most exalting, most rich in plenty, speeding, bright lords, going to the house of the giver, you two. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.6.md): Those two, for the giver, of good insight and protecting, moisten the cow-track with ghee. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.7.md): O Aśvins, hasten swiftly toward our praise; come with your hawks and swift steeds, come with your horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.8.md): By whom you encircle, from afar, all the shining regions of heaven three times, and the three days and nights. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.9.md): And bring us food rich in cows, and giving wealth, O bringers of day; open the paths apart for our winning. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.10.md): O Aśvins, bring hither wealth for us, rich in cows, with good sons and a fine chariot; bring food with horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.11.md): O strengthening lords of the bright, O wonderful ones with golden wheels, drink the honey of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.12.md): O possessors of food, bring for us and for the generous sacrificers a far-reaching, unassailable shelter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.13.md): Aśvins, quickly accept the prayer of the people and come here; do not turn toward others. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.14.md): Aśvins, you two drink of this bright exhilarating draught; O Dhiṣṇyas, drink of the sweet offered juice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.15.md): Aśvins, bring to us wealth containing a hundred and a thousand, abundant, sustaining all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.16.md): O heroes, the wise poets call you both indeed from many places; Aśvins, come hither with the swift ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.17.md): The people who have laid down the barhis grass, who have oblations and have prepared the rite, call upon you t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.18.md): Today this praise of ours, most bearing and most near, be yours both; Aśvins, may it be fulfilled through you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.19.md): O Aśvins, from the portion of sweet soma set aside for you two for the chariot-journey, drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.20.md): O Aśvins, rich in strength and wealth, by that bring us welfare for our livestock, our offspring and the cow, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.21.md): And bring us divine nourishments, and also, O Aśvins who find the day, open the rivers as two doors open. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.22.md): O you two men, when was Taugrya left in the ocean, and when will he offer to you? May your chariot fly toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.23.md): O you two truthful Aśvins, you constantly grant protections in the house for Kaṇva and for Ṛpiriptā. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.24.md): With those new, well-praised hymns and with those protections, come here, O you two bounty-rich Aśvins, when I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.25.md): Just as you protected Kanva, so too you protected Priyamedha, who praises you, and Atri and Shinjara, O Aśvins - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.26.md): As in the deed and the wealth you protected Aṃśu, among the cows Agastya, and in the contests Sobhari. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.27.md): So much, or yet more, O bounteous Aśvins, we seek your favor, praising you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.28.md): Indeed, O Aśvins, you two stand upon the chariot with golden rims and golden axle-ends, which touches the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.29.md): Golden is your rein, golden the nave, golden the axle, and golden both wheels. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.30.md): With that (chariot), O possessors of strength and wealth, come hither even from afar; come near to this good p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.31.md): O Aśvins, from afar bring the two of you many foods and maidservants, O immortal ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.32.md): O Aśvins, come to us with splendors, with fame, and with wealth; O Nāsatyas, rich in splendor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.33.md): Here, for the two of you, let the swift-moving winged birds carry you toward the man of the good sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.34.md): Your chariot, which is sung about, which moves together with food, does not strike its wheel against anything. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.35.md): With the golden chariot, with the swift-footed horses, O swift-driving Nāsatyas. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.36.md): You two enjoy the waking deer, or, O bountiful Aśvins, may those two fill us with wealth along with food. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.37.md): O Aśvins, grant me knowledge of new gifts, just as Kaśu, the son of Caidya, gave a hundred camels and ten thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.38.md): The king who gave me ten gold-bright things—the humble subjects of Caidya and the leather-clad people are scat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.5.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.5.39.md): Let no one go by the path on which these seekers travel; let no other man reach it, but only the most bountifu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.1.md): Indra, great by his might, like a rain-cloud full of rain, has grown strong through the praises of Vatsa. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.2.md): When the carriers bring forth the offspring who nourish cosmic order, the inspired poets bring them by the cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.3.md): When the Kaṇvas made Indra the means of the sacrifice through praises, they called him kinsman and named his w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.4.md): Before his wrath all the peoples and all the settlers bowed together, as rivers bend toward the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.5.md): That might of his shone forth when Indra enveloped both worlds like a shield. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.6.md): Indra split apart the head of Vṛtra, who was withholding the waters, with the hundred-jointed thunderbolt and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.7.md): With these prayers we praise him before the foremost of the sages, like the flashing blaze of Agni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.8.md): Hidden, he came near of his own accord; when the prayers shone forth, the Kaṇvas, by the stream of the cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.9.md): O Indra, may we obtain that wealth rich in cattle and horses; we offer the sacred word for the sake of the fir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.10.md): Indeed I took hold of the wisdom of the cosmic order from the father; I was born like the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.11.md): With the ancient song, like Kaṇva, I adorn the hymns, by which Indra indeed gained strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.12.md): Those seers who have not praised you, and those who have — O Indra, indeed grow strong by my praise; well-prai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.13.md): When his wrath roared, he shattered Vritra joint by joint and set the waters flowing to the sea. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.14.md): O Indra, you brought down your thunderbolt upon Śuṣṇa and struck the Dharṇasi among the dasyus. O fierce one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.15.md): The heavens did not match Indra in strength, nor the mid-regions, nor did the earths stand comparable to the t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.16.md): O Indra, the one who lay down in the great waters held back by you, you pressed him down beneath your feet. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.17.md): O Indra, the one who gathered together these two great worlds, heaven and earth, you hid him with darknesses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.18.md): O Indra, the ascetics and the Bhṛgus who praised you, and all who sang your praise, O fierce one, hear my call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.19.md): O Indra, these spotted cows of yours milk out ghee and the nourishing drink; filling the cosmic order, they ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.20.md): O Indra, the life-bearing waters, who made you an embryo with their own strength, set the sun around like a la - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.21.md): O lord of might, the Kaṇvas have strengthened you with the recitation, and the pressed soma drops have strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.22.md): O Indra, in your guidings and in praise of you, O wielder of the thunderbolt, the sacrifice is spread out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.23.md): O Indra, open up for us great nourishment like a cow-filled fortress, and also offspring with good heroes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.24.md): And that horse-wealth, O Indra, which you caused to shine among the Nahuṣas, in front, among the peoples. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.25.md): As the sun spreads its path that looks upon the dawn, so, O Indra, when you show us grace, you spread your lig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.26.md): Since, O Indra, you indeed rule over the regions as the most mighty; you are great and boundless by your stren - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.27.md): The offering-bearing peoples call upon you for help; O you of wide might, they speak to you with drops of soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.28.md): In the hollow of the mountains and at the confluence of the rivers, the seer was born by thought. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.29.md): From here he, knowing the sea and the upper waters, looks down; from where the purifier stirs and moves. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.30.md): Then indeed they behold the light of the ancient seed and the day, when it kindles far off by day. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.31.md): O Indra, the descendants of Kaṇva increase your devotion; all men increase your manly power, and also your vir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.32.md): O Indra, accept this fine hymn of mine; protect me well, and increase my devotion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.33.md): And with sacred speech we, the seers, have fashioned this for you, O exalted wielder of the thunderbolt, for t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.34.md): The Kāṇvas have praised Indra in devotion, like waters flowing downward; and the thought that brings Indra nea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.35.md): The hymns have magnified Indra, as rivers swell the ocean — Indra, unwrathful and undecaying. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.36.md): O Indra, come to us from afar with your two tawny horses; drink this pressed soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.37.md): O Indra, most slayer of Vṛtra, it is you that the people who spread the sacred grass invoke, to win spoils. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.38.md): Both heaven and earth turn after you like a wheel; the pressed drops of soma also follow after you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.39.md): Rejoice well, O Indra, in the bright sun-realm and in Śaryaṇāvat; be gladdened by the devoted thought of Vivas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.40.md): Growing strong, the bull who wields the thunderbolt roared up in heaven, slayer of Vṛtra, greatest drinker of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.41.md): For you are the seer, the first-born; you alone rule by might. O Indra, you gather in the treasure. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.42.md): Toward our pressed soma, may the horses with far-reaching backs bring you forward a hundred times. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.43.md): The Kaṇvas have made Indra grow with this ancient prayer, brimming with honey and ghee. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.44.md): Indeed, a mortal who seeks help should choose Indra in the wisdom of the mighty ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.45.md): O much-invoked Indra of dear wisdom, may your two bay horses bring you hither to drink the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.46.md): At Tirindira I have taken a hundred and a thousand upon my flanks, the wealth of the Yadus. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.47.md): Three hundred swift horses and ten thousand cows they gave, to Pajra and to the chanter of the Sāman. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.6.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.6.48.md): Kakuha rose up to heaven and gave the four-yoked camels; with glory to the Yadu people. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.1.md): O Maruts, when the inspired seer poured forth for you nourishment in the triṣṭubh meter, you shone out among t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.2.md): O vigorous and bright Maruts, when you set out on your course, the mountains trembled and bowed down. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.3.md): With the winds, the bright storm-clouds, mothers of many spots, rose up and poured forth the nourishing food. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.4.md): The Maruts scatter the mist and make the mountains tremble, when they go on their journey with the winds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.5.md): When for your journey the mountain bowed down and the far-flowing rivers were held back, they restrained thems - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.6.md): For help we call you by night, and you we call by day; when the offering is set forth at the sacrifice, we inv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.7.md): Those red-shining Maruts rise up with their chariots upon the back of heaven, variegated and bright. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.8.md): By their might they make a ray and a path for the Sun to travel; with their brilliances they stand firm. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.9.md): O Maruts, O Ṛbhukṣans, hear this my song, this my hymn of praise; favor this my invocation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.10.md): From three lakes the mother-streams milked sweetness for the wielder of the thunderbolt: the spring, the headl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.11.md): O Maruts, when we call you from heaven, desiring your favor, then indeed come hither to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.12.md): You indeed are the bountiful givers, O Rudras and Ṛbhukṣans; in this house, and in the exhilaration, O wise go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.13.md): O Maruts, bring to us from heaven that wealth which is exhilarating, abundant, and all-bestowing. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.14.md): O bright Maruts, when you move along the mountains' path, rejoice with the soma drops, together with those who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.15.md): Even a mortal should seek so much blessing from these, with the hymns of the unharmed one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.16.md): Who, like drops, with showers make heaven and earth resound, milking the inexhaustible spring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.17.md): Indeed they rise upward with roarings, with chariots, with winds, with praises, O sons of the speckled mother. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.18.md): By whatever favor you protected Turvaśa and Yadu, and by which you protected Kaṇva, the giver of wealth, for w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.19.md): O bountiful givers, may these nourishing gifts, like ghee, increase through the hymns of Kāṇva. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.20.md): Where now do you rejoice, O bountiful givers, O strewers of barhis grass? Which priest serves you? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.21.md): O strewers of barhis grass, when formerly you were pleased with praises, did you not indeed stir up the powers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.22.md): Together they set the mighty waters, together both worlds, together the sun; joint by joint they also set the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.23.md): Joint by joint they went apart from Vṛtra; they divided the unshining mountains apart, performing manly deeds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.24.md): They followed the fighting strength of Trita and also aided his wisdom; afterward, in the battle against Vṛtra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.25.md): Holding lightning in their hands, radiant, with golden ornaments upon their heads, the bright Maruts adorned t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.26.md): When you came from afar with Uśanā to the cleft of the bull, the sky thundered as if in fear. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.27.md): O gods, come near to us, with horses and gold-handed ones, for the gift of our sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.28.md): When the spotted ones draw their chariot and the red one bears it, the bright Maruts go, stirring up the water - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.29.md): To the place of well-pressed soma, to the place of the Śaryaṇāvat, to the Ārjīka and the Pastyāvat, the Maruts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.30.md): O Maruts, when will you come thus to the wise seer who calls and cries for help with gracious songs? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.31.md): O Maruts, dear to the Kadha, when you abandoned Indra, who now would reproach you for your friendship? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.32.md): O sons of Kaṇva, with the thunderbolt-handed Maruts and the golden-garmented ones, I indeed praise Agni well. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.33.md): I would well turn hither the bulls, foremost in sacrifice, for the well-being of the newcomer, and those rich - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.34.md): The rocks, thinking themselves wise, indeed bow down; the mountains too have bent down, held in check. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.35.md): With axle-borne chariots they bring hither those flying through the midspace; the sustaining ones grant streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.7.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.7.36.md): Agni indeed is the most ancient; like a metre, like the sun with its flame; those stand apart with their rays. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.1.md): O Aśvins, come to us both with all your protections. O healers, golden-wheeled ones, drink the sweet juice of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.2.md): O Aśvins, now come with your sun-bright chariot. O arm-bearers, golden-adorned, wise and deep-minded seers, co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.3.md): Come from the line of Nahuṣa, from the mid-air, with well-turned praises. O Aśvins, drink the sweet honey pres - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.4.md): Come to us from heaven, from the mid-air, O Aśvins dear to the lower realm. Here the son of Kaṇva has pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.5.md): Come to us, O Aśvins, renowned, for the drinking of Soma. O increasers of praise, svāhā! O wise men, come fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.6.md): When in ancient times the seers called you both for protection, O men, come, O Aśvins, come near to this well- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.7.md): O Aśvins, finders of heaven, come to us from above even the light of the sky. O you who know the calf, who hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.8.md): Why do others sit apart from us? O Aśvins, with praises. The son of Kaṇva, the seer Vatsa, has strengthened yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.9.md): Here, for help, the inspired poet has called you two with praises, O Aśvins. O unhindered ones, best of Vṛtra- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.10.md): When a woman mounted your chariot, O you two rich in strength, then, O Aśvins, you two fulfilled all thoughts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.11.md): Therefore, O Aśvins of a thousand washings, come by chariot. Vatsa, the poet of poets, has recited sweet speec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.12.md): Most delightful, rich in goods, guiding minds, lords of riches, O Aśvins, toward this praise of mine the two o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.13.md): O Aśvins, bring us all riches and lasting gifts. Accomplish the rite for us who keep ṛta well, and do not let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.14.md): O Nāsatyas, whether you are far away or whether you dwell up in the sky, from there come hither in your chario - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.15.md): O Nāsatyas, for the seer Vatsa, who has pleased you with hymns, bestow food purified a thousandfold and drippi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.16.md): O Aśvins, give him strength dripping with ghee, him who praises you for happiness and bestows wealth. O lords - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.17.md): O destroyers of foes, O enjoyers of many things, Aśvins, come to us toward this hymn. O heroes, make us prospe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.18.md): O Aśvins, those of dear minds have called you both with all protections. You two, kings of the sacrifices, com - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.19.md): Ashvins, bringers of joy and welfare, come to us, you two. The one who, O marvellous ones, made you grow stron - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.20.md): By whatever protections you guarded Kanva and Medhatithi, by which you protected Vashan who owned ten herds, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.21.md): O heroes, by whatever protections you guarded Trasadasyu in deeds and in wealth, by those same protections gua - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.22.md): Ashvins, may these praises and well-fashioned songs for you two increase. O many-formed, most slaying of Vritr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.8.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.8.23.md): The three steps of the Ashvins are manifest, and hidden, and beyond. The two seers, by the paths of cosmic ord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.1.md): O Aśvins, come now, you two, to protect Vatsa. Hold out to him a wide, harmless shelter, and keep away the hos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.2.md): Whatever manly strength there is in the midair, in the sky, and among the five peoples of men, O Aśvins, that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.3.md): O Aśvins, just as the inspired seers who have fully honored your deeds, so you two should take heed of Kāṇva's - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.4.md): This hot offering is poured around for you two with praise. This honeyed soma, O Aśvins rich in strength and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.5.md): By the deed you two performed in the waters, in the trees, and in the herbs, O Aśvins of many deeds, protect m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.6.md): O Nāsatyas, when you two sustain, or O gods, when you two heal, Vatsa does not obtain you through hymns; indee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.7.md): Indeed the seer has awakened the praise of the Aśvins with a pleasing offering. At Atharvan's place may he pou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.8.md): Indeed, you two Aśvins, stand on the swift-turning chariot. These praises of mine for you two, may they rise u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.9.md): When today, O Nāsatyas, we rouse you with the recitations, or with speeches, O Aśvins, then indeed may you two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.10.md): When Kakṣīvat, and when the seer Vyaśva, and when Dīrghatamas invoked you two, and when Vainya (Pṛthi) in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.11.md): Come, O protectors of the chariot-bearers, and be protectors of us beyond; be protectors of the world and prot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.12.md): When you two go on a joint journey with Indra, O Aśvins, or when you two have one dwelling with Vāyu; when you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.13.md): When today I call upon the Aśvins to win spoils, and when strength is in the battles for Turvaṇa, that help of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.14.md): O Aśvins, come here now. These oblations have been placed for you two. These soma pressings are upon Turvaśa a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.15.md): O Nāsatyas, by that remedy which is far off and near, now grant shelter to Vimada, and to the calf, O wise one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.16.md): With the goddess, together with speech, I have awakened for the Aśvins. O goddess, you have opened forth my so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.17.md): Awaken forth, O Dawn, awaken the Aśvins forth. O goddess, bearer of good sons, awaken the great one forth. O o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.18.md): When, O Dawn, you go with light and shine together with the sun, then this chariot of the Aśvins comes along t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.19.md): When the drops of soma, having been drunk, flow like cows milked from their udders, or when the singers who de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.20.md): For brilliance, for strength, for the shelter that subdues men, and for skill, O Aśvins of far-seeing wisdom. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.9.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.9.21.md): When indeed you two, O Aśvins, sit down in your father's seat with prayers, or when with blessings, O praisewo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.10.1.md): O Aśvins, whether you dwell in the far-reaching abode, in the brightness of heaven, in the ocean, or in the ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.10.2.md): When you two joined the sacrifice for Manu, or indeed, take notice of Kaṇva's sacrifice. I call upon Bṛhaspati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.10.3.md): Those Aśvins, the bountiful givers, I now call upon, who were fashioned for the home, whose friendship holds f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.10.4.md): For them the sacrifices move forward; in the bodiless realm are the givers. Those two, knowers of sacrifice an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.10.5.md): O Aśvins, today whether you are in the west or when you are in the east, O wealthy lords of strength, when I c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.10.6.md): When you travel in the midspace, O many-enjoying ones, or when you travel along these two worlds, or when you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.1.md): You, Agni, are the keeper of sacred laws, a god among mortals; in the sacrifices you alone are to be praised. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.2.md): You are to be praised in the assemblies, O mighty one; O Agni, you are the charioteer of the non-violent sacri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.3.md): So you, O Jātavedas, drive the hostile ones away from us; O Agni, drive off the ungodly enemies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.4.md): Though you are near, O Jātavedas, you do not approach the sacrifice of the mortal, even of the enemy. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.5.md): We mortals, O immortal one, call to mind your many names, we wise ones of the all-knowing fire. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.6.md): The wise ones and we mortals invoke the wise god Agni with songs, for protection. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.7.md): O Agni, may the calf's mind draw you hither, even from afar, even from your dwelling place; desiring you, I ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.8.md): For you are friendly in many places, lord over all the peoples; in contests we invoke you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.9.md): In contests we invoke Agni for help, seeking strength; in battles, him who gives bright wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.11.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.11.10.md): You are ancient and worthy of praise in the sacrifices, both priest and ever new. Sit down, O Agni, and nouris - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.1.md): O Indra, most mighty, the exhilaration most dear to the soma-drinker awakens. By it you strike down the Atri; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.2.md): By which you protected Dashagva, Adhrigu, and the trembling Svarnara, and by which you protected the ocean, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.3.md): By which you drive forward the Sindhu and the great waters like chariots, to go along the path of cosmic order - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.4.md): O stone-wielder, accept this hymn, purified like ghee, for satisfaction. With the strength by which you quickl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.5.md): O lord of songs, accept and delight in this, as the ocean surges. O Indra, draw us on with all protections. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.6.md): You, god, who from afar bestow on us for friendship, you draw us on like rain spread from heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.7.md): When, like the sun, he strengthened the two worlds, his radiances appeared, and the thunderbolt was in his two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.8.md): O strengthened lord of truth, if you slay a thousand buffaloes, then indeed your great power grows forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.9.md): Indra with the rays of the sun drives down the hostile enemy; like Agni among the forests, the victorious Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.10.md): This new devotional thought, rich in order, comes to you; serving you, dear to many, it indeed fashions it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.11.md): The seed of the sacrifice, devoted to the gods, may purify his resolve in due order; by hymns the glory of Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.12.md): Indra, the bestower, spreads the glory of Mitra for the drinking of Soma; like a cleaving axe going forth, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.13.md): Whom the inspired hymn-bearers and the men greatly gladden, when he is filled like ghee in the seat of cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.14.md): And for self-rule, Aditi brought forth a hymn for Indra, much-praised, for protection, when it is in accord wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.15.md): The bearers have cheered toward him for protection and for praise, O god, as the two unswerving bay horses are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.16.md): O Indra, when you drink the soma with Viṣṇu, or indeed at Trita's attainment, or when you rejoice among the Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.17.md): O Śakra, when you rejoice far away upon the ocean, or rejoice with us at our soma-pressing, delight together w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.18.md): When you are the strengthener of the soma-presser and the sacrificer, O lord of the good; or when in the uktha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.19.md): O gods, for your protection, praise each Indra. Then they reached far and wide for the sacrifice, for the swif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.20.md): With sacrifices they raised up the bearer of sacrifices, with soma offerings the greatest soma-drinker, with t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.21.md): His great guidances and ancient praises, all treasures, they have obtained for the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.22.md): To slay Vṛtra the gods set Indra in front. The voices praised Indra together for vigor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.23.md): We praise the great one by his greatness, with hymns, the one who hears when invoked, with songs of praise, fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.24.md): Neither the two worlds nor the mid-regions can encompass the thunderbolt-bearer; from the immeasurable, by his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.25.md): O Indra, when the gods placed you in front in the contest of battle, then indeed your two tawny bay steeds car - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.26.md): O thunderbolt-wielder, when you struck down Vritra, the river-restrainer, with your might, then indeed your tw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.27.md): When Viṣṇu strode forth with might in three steps for you, then indeed your two tawny bay steeds carried you f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.28.md): When your two tawny bay steeds grow strong day by day, then indeed all the worlds were held fast by you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.29.md): O Indra, when the Maruts and the peoples were bound together for you, then indeed all the worlds were held fas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.30.md): When you set up that bright sun-light in heaven, then indeed all the worlds were held fast by you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.31.md): O Indra, the inspired sage stirs up this well-praised hymn with his thoughts; at the sacrifice it goes forward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.32.md): When the united ones sounded in its dear abode, the milkers at the navel of the sacrifice moved forward at the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.12.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.12.33.md): O Indra, grant us good manly vigor, good horses and good cattle; move forward at the sacrifice like a hotar fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.1.md): May Indra purify the worthy purpose in the pressed Somas. He has found the might of the strong one, for he is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.2.md): He grows in the first vault of the sky, in the seat of the gods. He is the good protector, most renowned, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.3.md): To win the wealth of victory I call that mighty Indra. Be our nearest friend in good fortune, for our growth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.4.md): O Indra, lord of songs, this gift flows for the one who presses the soma. Exhilarated on this sacred grass sea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.5.md): O Indra, surely give us what we who press the soma ask of you. Bring us wondrous wealth, the finder of heaven' - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.6.md): When your singer, very wise, vigorously stirs up the songs, they rise upward like birds, when you accept them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.7.md): Indra, bring forth the songs as of old, and hear the call of the praiser; at every draught of soma you have de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.8.md): His well-born juices play like waters in flowing current; by this thought he is called the lord of heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.9.md): And may that lord, who is called the sole master of the peoples, rejoice at the pressing of soma with those wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.10.md): Praise Indra, heard of and wise, whose two tawny steeds, ever advancing, go to the house of the giver and of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.11.md): O you of great thought, eager, come to the sacrifice with your swift sprinkled horses; indeed happiness is for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.12.md): O Indra, most mighty, lord of the good, establish wealth among the praisers; give fame to the wise poets and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.13.md): I call you at sunrise, I call you at midday in the sky. O Indra, pleased, come to us with your horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.14.md): Come here, indeed come forward, hasten quickly. Be delighted by the pressed soma rich in cows. Stretch out the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.15.md): When you are far away, O mighty one, and when you are near, O slayer of Vritra, or when you are in the ocean b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.16.md): May our songs strengthen Indra. May the pressed drops of soma strengthen Indra. In Indra the peoples with thei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.17.md): That very Indra the wise poets, desiring protection, indeed made grow with far-reaching helps. Like birds, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.18.md): Among the Trikadrukas the gods established awareness and extended the sacrifice. May our songs strengthen that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.19.md): When the praiser, devoted to you, offers hymns at their proper seasons, he is proclaimed pure and purifying; h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.20.md): He perceives that mighty form of Rudra in the ancient abodes; where the discerning ones set their mind, there - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.21.md): If you will keep my friendship and guard this soma-drink, by it we shall pass beyond all enemies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.22.md): O Indra, lord of praise! When will your praiser become most gracious? And when will you establish us in cattle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.23.md): And your two well-praised, mighty tawny steeds draw the chariot; the most exhilarating chariot of the ageless - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.24.md): That much-invoked, mighty Indra we implore with ancient protections; may he sit down twice on the beloved sacr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.25.md): O Indra, much-invoked, grow strong through the hymns of the seers and by your helps. Milk out for us the full - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.26.md): O Indra, you indeed are the helper of the one who praises in this way. O wielder of the stone, according to tr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.27.md): Here, yoking those two who share the same joy for the drinking of soma, O Indra, cry aloud toward your two swi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.28.md): May your Rudras, the Maruts, cry aloud and share in the splendor; and may the peoples with the Maruts also cry - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.29.md): These far-spreading flames of his took delight in the place in heaven, and they set them together in the navel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.30.md): He, for long sight, going forth eastward in the sacrifice, having seen in order, measures out the sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.31.md): O Indra, this is your chariot, and your two virile bay horses are virile too. O you of a hundred deeds, you ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.32.md): The pressing stone is virile, the exhilarating drink is virile, this pressed soma is virile. The sacrifice you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.13.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.13.33.md): I call you, the virile one, the virile; O wielder of the thunderbolt, with bright aids. Indeed you have won th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.1.md): O Indra, may I become the sole lord of wealth, as you are; may my praiser be a companion of cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.2.md): O lord of Śacī, I would instruct and give to this thoughtful man when I myself become lord of cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.3.md): O Indra, your cow is rich in good offspring; for the sacrificer who presses soma, she fills the cow and the ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.4.md): O Indra, no one, neither god nor mortal, holds back your riches; when you, being praised, wish to give wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.5.md): The sacrifice made Indra grow strong, when he spread out and turned the earth, making a canopy in the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.6.md): O Indra, we choose your help, you who have grown strong and conquered all wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.7.md): When Indra split open Vala, in the exhilaration of Soma he spread out the midspace and the lights. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.8.md): Indra drove the cows forth for the Angirases, bringing the hidden ones into the open, and thrust Vala back tow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.9.md): By Indra the lights of heaven were made firm, and the strong, fixed things of the sky were set steady, as if n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.10.md): Like a wave of the waters, the exhilarating hymn rises, O Indra; your intoxicating draughts have shone forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.11.md): Indeed you are the increaser of praise, O Indra; you are the increaser of the recited hymn, and the doer of go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.12.md): May the two bay-maned horses bring Indra indeed, for the drinking of Soma, near to the sacrifice, to the one r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.13.md): O Indra, when you conquered all the hostile armies, with the foam of the waters you cut off Namuci's head. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.14.md): O Indra, with your magic powers you climb up toward the sky, desiring to ascend, and you shake the demons down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.14.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.14.15.md): O Indra, you scattered the assembly of those who press no soma; you, the soma-drinker, stand supreme. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.1.md): Sing forth to Indra, much-invoked and much-praised; with songs, seek with desire the mighty one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.2.md): Whose great might, of the twice-seated one, has upheld the two worlds; by his bull-strength he holds the mount - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.3.md): You alone are king, much-praised; you strike down the obstructers. O Indra, you are able to lead both victory - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.4.md): We sing praise to that exhilaration of yours, mighty and victorious in battles; O possessor of the stones, mak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.5.md): By which power you revealed the lights for Āyu and for Manu; delighted upon this sacred grass, you shine forth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.6.md): Today as before your hymn-chanters praise you for this; conquer the waters, the bull-husbanded ones, day after - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.7.md): Yours is that great power, your might and your purpose; your prayers sharpen the most desirable thunderbolt. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.8.md): By your manly power, O Indra, the sky and the broad earth increase your glory; the waters and the mountains al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.9.md): Viṣṇu, the great abode, Mitra and Varuṇa praise you; your strength rejoices in you, together with the Maruts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.10.md): You, O Indra, are the bull among peoples; most exalted, you were born. Truly you hold all good works in your k - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.11.md): Truly you alone, O much-invoked one, subdue the Vṛtras; there is no other doer greater than Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.12.md): When the singers call upon you in many ways for help, O Indra, then with our men win the light of heaven, righ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.15.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.15.13.md): Sufficient for our great dwelling, he who enters all forms. For victory, gladden Indra, the lord of power. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.1.md): Praise with songs Indra, the sovereign of the settled peoples, the new one, the hero and leader, the man-subdu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.2.md): In whom all hymns and glorious deeds take delight, as the help of the waters in the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.3.md): That supreme king I call with good praise, the doer in the offering, the great and mighty one, for gifts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.4.md): Whose undiminished, deep, wide, swiftly flowing exhilarations are present, rejoicing in the battle-gain of her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.5.md): Him they call for the proclamation amid the goods and the placed offerings; those for whom Indra is, they conq - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.6.md): Him indeed they serve with goods; him the peoples settled by deeds serve. This Indra is the bestower of wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.7.md): Indra is the prayer, Indra is the seer, Indra is invoked by many. Great is he, with his great powers and skill - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.8.md): He is to be praised, he is to be invoked; he is true, mighty, and of great deeds. Though he is alone, he is th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.9.md): With verses, with chants, with gāyatrī meters, the singers and the peoples strengthen Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.10.md): He is the guide, leading toward what is good; the maker of light in contests; the conqueror who overpowers the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.11.md): May he carry us across safely by boat; may Indra, invoked by many, lead us beyond all hatreds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.16.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.16.12.md): O Indra, you grant us prizes with strength and lead us also on the path; come toward us and lead us to happine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.1.md): Come hither, Indra, for the soma has been pressed for you; drink this soma. Sit down on this sacred grass seat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.2.md): May your two maned horses, yoked by prayer, bring you hither, Indra. Hear our prayers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.3.md): We, your priests and soma-pressers, call you, Indra, soma-drinker, with the yoke of prayer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.4.md): Come hither to our good praises, of us who press the soma; drink the soma well, O Śiprin. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.5.md): I pour the soma into your belly; let it spread through your limbs. Take the sweetness with your tongue. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.6.md): May this soma be sweet for you, honeyed for the assembly; may the soma be happiness for your body, and may the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.7.md): O all-seeing one, may this soma flow toward you, enveloping you as wives encircle a husband. O Indra, let the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.8.md): Thick-necked, big-bellied, strong-armed, Indra in the intoxication of the soma smites the Vritras. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.9.md): O Indra, go forth before us; you are lord of all, by your might. O Vritra-slayer, smite the Vritras. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.10.md): Long may your goad be, by which you bestow wealth on the sacrificer who presses the soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.11.md): O Indra, this soma has been filtered for you upon the sacred grass. Come here, run to it and drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.12.md): O Shacigu, worshipped with Shaci, this soma has been pressed for your delight. O Akhandala, you are invoked. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.13.md): O son of the horned bull, forward-moving drinker from the cup, you have set your mind on him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.14.md): O lord of the dwelling, you are the firm pillar and support of the soma-pressings! Indra, breaker of the everl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.17.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.17.15.md): Pṛdākusāna, worthy of sacrifice and seeking cattle, alone yet mastering the many, swiftly led the tawny horse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.1.md): Let this mortal now beg happiness from these Ādityas, in their unprecedented impulsion. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.2.md): Unobstructed is the path of these Ādityas, for they are inviolable guardians who well further welfare. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.3.md): May Savitṛ, Bhaga, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman grant us that blessing well, a broad shelter, which we beg for. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.4.md): O goddess Aditi, O you of harmless bearing, come hither with the gods; O much-beloved, with the singers and wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.5.md): They, sons of Aditi, know how to remove enmities; even from evil and distress they are wide-moving and sinless - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.6.md): Aditi, by day, and Aditi, by night, let her protect our herds undivided; may Aditi, ever-growing, shield us fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.7.md): And may that thought of Aditi come to us by day with protection; may she bring comfort and make the malicious - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.8.md): May those two divine physicians, the Aśvins, bring us welfare; may they two drive away affliction from here an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.9.md): May Agni with the fires bring us welfare; may the sun warm us in comfort; may the wind blow us welfare, and ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.10.md): Drive away sickness, drive away hostility; cast away the evil thought. O Ādityas, release us from sin. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.11.md): O Ādityas, release affliction from us, and the hostile thought too. O all-knowing ones, set the haters apart f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.12.md): O Ādityas, grant us that shelter well, which may release even the sinner from sin. O bountiful givers! - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.13.md): Whatever mortal, by a demonic nature, wishes to harm us, may he be destroyed together with his own kin by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.14.md): May that evil-speaking mortal enemy, who turns away from us, acts with hard treachery, and walks a double path - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.15.md): O gods, you stand in both ways; in hearts you know the mortal, the double-minded and also the single-minded, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.16.md): We choose the shelter of the mountains and the shelter of the waters; O Heaven and Earth, make evil far from u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.17.md): O Vasus, may you, with your gracious shelter and with your ship, carry us across all difficulties. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.18.md): For growing and extending, grant us that long life well, for living; O sons of Aditi, O very great ones, make - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.19.md): O Ādityas, the sacrifice and the hymn are within you; be gracious. Indeed it is with you that we stand among o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.20.md): For the great protection of the Maruts, for the two Aśvins, the god-protectors, I call upon Mitra and Varuṇa f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.21.md): O sinless Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa, praiseworthy with men, O Maruts, come to us with threefold protection; grant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.18.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.18.22.md): We who are indeed bound to death, we men, O Ādityas, extend our life onward so that we may live. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.1.md): The gods have stirred up that god Agni, the sun-bringer and swift one, with praise; among the gods they have c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.2.md): O inspired seer, kindle the guiding Agni of wide bounty and bright flames; O Sobhari, by this soma-linked thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.3.md): We have chosen you, most worshipful, god among the gods, the invoking priest, the immortal; we seek the good p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.4.md): We praise Agni, grandson of Strength, blessed and well-shining, of brightest flame. May he, for us, honour in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.5.md): The mortal who gives to Agni with kindling-sticks, with oblations, and with sacred knowledge; who serves him w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.6.md): Indeed his swift horses set him trembling, and his most brilliant glory spreads; no sin, whether done by gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.7.md): O son of strength, lord of nourishments, may we who have Agni as our own be with your fires; favouring us, gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.8.md): Praising Agni, dear as a guest and worthy of praise as a chariot, in you are welfares and securities that are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.9.md): O Agni, O fortunate one, surely that mortal who offers sacrifice is worthy of praise; may he be a giver throug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.10.md): For whom you stand high for the sacrifice, rich in heroes he prospers; he is a giver with swift horses, a give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.11.md): Whose body is Agni in the house, may that all-desirable Agni establish praise and brilliance; may he grasp the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.12.md): O mighty one, O giver of wealth, for the praising wise seer, or in the gifts of the most liberal, make that go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.13.md): Whoever desires to serve the skillful Agni with oblations and gifts, with homage, or with song, honors that Ag - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.14.md): The mortal who serves the keen Agni with kindling-wood, and Aditi with his abodes, through his insight wins al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.15.md): O Agni, bring here that brilliance by which you may overcome in your seat any devourer, the hostile enemy of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.16.md): By that brilliance by which Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman behold, and by which the Nāsatyas and Bhaga behold, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.17.md): Those, indeed, are the well-taught, O Agni, who establish you, the all-seeing guide of men, O wise one; the se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.18.md): Those indeed, O fortunate one, prepare the sacred ground; those prepare the oblation, those make the soma in h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.19.md): Agni, invoked with oblations, is auspicious for us; the gift is auspicious, O fortunate one; the sacrifice is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.20.md): In the battles against Vṛtra, make your mind auspicious, by which you overpower in contests; extend your firm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.21.md): I praise with song him whom Manu chose, whom the gods set down as messenger, the swift one; he is most worship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.22.md): Sing even more to Agni, sharp-jawed and shining as a youth; he who adorns excellent valor with true songs is i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.23.md): If Agni, invoked with oblations of ghee, lifts up and down his axe, then, like an asura, he wields his destroy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.24.md): He whom Manu chose, the god, sets the oblations in motion with his fragrant mouth; that well-conducting sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.25.md): O Agni, when I, a mortal, am with you, may I be immortal, O lover of friends; O son of strength, you have been - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.26.md): O Vasu, I will not give you for an enemy's assault, nor for guilt; O good one, may my praiser be neither weak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.27.md): Like a well-cared-for son to his father, may our oblation go forth in the house to the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.28.md): O Agni, by your nearest protections may I obtain your favor, O Vasu; may I always be a mortal devotee of the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.29.md): May I prevail by your wisdom, by your gifts, O Agni, by your praises; indeed they call you the wise purpose, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.30.md): O Agni, by your protections he crosses forward, with good sons and with bringers of plenty, he whose friendshi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.31.md): Your flame is dark-blue, shining according to the season; I kindle you upon the post. O Agni, you are dear to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.32.md): To him we Sobhari seers have come, the thousand-rayed, of auspicious splendor, for protection; the sovereign, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.33.md): O Agni, whose other fires, upheld by offering, are like birds; as the splendor of the inspired ones, for the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.34.md): Whom, O Adityas, non-deceiving ones, you lead across to the far shore of the bounties, O generous ones among a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.35.md): You are kings, O conquerors of peoples; you pursue the dwelling mortals. We are yours, O Varuna, Mitra, Aryama - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.36.md): Trasadasyu, descendant of Purukutsa, gave me fifty of the wives; he is the greatest, noble, lord of the good. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.19.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.19.37.md): And for me, of the one who strives forward and of the one who lags behind, of the good dwelling, over the stor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.1.md): Come, do not harm us, you who advance, O Maruts of one fury; do not stand aside. O bending ones, bend even the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.2.md): O Maruts with the wind-ropes, O Ṛbhukṣans, O Rudras, come hither with bright splendors. O much-invoked ones de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.3.md): Indeed we know the fierce strength of the Rudras, of the Maruts, of the Śīmīvat ones, and of Viṣṇu, of this bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.4.md): The islands fell apart; the two worlds with their ropes were yoked. O white-toothed, self-shining Maruts, when - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.5.md): Even the unshaken mountains roar at your going; the lord of the forest roars, and the earth trembles on your j - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.6.md): For your going, O Maruts, the upper sky opens wide; where men are shown in their bodies, there, O strong-armed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.7.md): Heroes, by your own nature, with great brilliance and strength, bull-like in force, unbroken in power, you car - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.8.md): With the cows, the voice is driven in the chariot of the Sobharis, in the golden vessel. Bound to cattle wealt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.9.md): O conquerors of bulls, bring your offerings toward the bull, toward the might of the Maruts, toward the one wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.10.md): O Maruts, with your bull-horsed, bull-footed, bull-hubbed chariot, winged like hawks, come here to us with off - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.11.md): The same adornment shines on them all; golden ornaments gleam upon their arms. They blaze with lightning, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.12.md): Those fierce, bull-like, mighty-armed ones never slacken in their bodies. On the chariots are firm bows and we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.13.md): Whose name is like the wide-spreading flood, whose brilliance is everlasting, and whose one strength is for en - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.14.md): Praise those Maruts, extol them; their motion is like the rim of a wheel. That gift of theirs and that greatne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.15.md): O Maruts, whoever was in your former protections and in the breaking of dawns is blessed; and whoever is with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.16.md): Toward whom you, O heroic men, press on toward oblations for enjoyment—may he, filled with brilliances and pri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.17.md): As the sons of Rudra, of heaven, the wise ordainers of the Lord shine forth, so may the youthful Maruts be as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.18.md): Those Maruts who are worthy and generous givers, who move from near and also from thence—O youths, for that ve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.19.md): O Sobhari, sing with your newest hymn toward those young, mighty, purifying Maruts, as a ploughman drives his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.20.md): Victorious in all battles, to be invoked like the fist-holder, praised among the priests: with song, hail the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.21.md): Indeed the cows, of one mind and one kind, with the same kin, O Maruts, lick the quarters of the sky, apart fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.22.md): O lords of order, gold-chested Maruts, even a mortal comes toward brotherhood. Come to us, O Maruts; your kins - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.23.md): O Maruts, O bountiful givers, bring the remedy of the Maruts hither to us; you, O friends, swift horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.24.md): By whatever aids you protected the river Sindhu, by which you carried Turvati across, by which you gave to Kri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.25.md): O Maruts, with fine sacrificial grass, whatever healing remedy is in the Sindhu, whatever is in the dark Asikn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.20.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.20.26.md): Seeing everything, you bear the remedy in bodies; by it, tell us. O Maruts, make the disease depart; for the a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.1.md): O unprecedented Indra, we who seek help call upon you, the wondrous one, in the contest, as no one can bear a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.2.md): In the sacrifice we have come near you for protection; you are the young and fierce one who approached boldly. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.3.md): Come, these soma drops, O lord of horses, lord of cows, lord of the fields; drink the soma, O lord of soma, dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.4.md): We, though kinless, are wise sages; O Indra, we hold you who have kin. O bull, come hither with all your abode - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.5.md): Sitting near you like birds, in the cow-adorned honey, in the intoxicating, joyful, invoking soma, we praise y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.6.md): We speak to you with this homage: why do you shine away again and again? O Harivan, giver, we have desires; we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.7.md): O Indra, by your help we have indeed become new; O wielder of the stone, we know you from of old, you who cros - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.8.md): We know your friendship and your portion, O hero; O wielder of the thunderbolt, we beseech you for these; and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.9.md): Him who of old brought this and this for us, the wealthy one, him I praise for you; O friends, praise Indra fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.10.md): The one with tawny horses, lord of the good, conqueror of the forts, he who truly rejoiced, may that bountiful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.11.md): Truly with you as our yoke-mate, O bull, we speak toward the one who pants, in the assembly of the people rich - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.12.md): May we win in the rite, O much-invoked one; may we stand firm toward the ritual-makers before the unbreakable - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.13.md): You are rivalless and without beginning by birth, O Indra; in battle you seek lordship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.14.md): You never find the wealthy for friendship; those whose horses are full of soma drink you. When you roar and ga - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.15.md): O Indra, may we not, through your friendship, become like the dull, unaging ones; may we sit with you together - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.16.md): O Indra, giver of cattle-wealth, may we not be deprived of your riches, nor be seized by you. Seize the firm b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.17.md): Indra indeed brings wealth; or fortunate Sarasvatī bestows goods. Or you, O bright one, give riches to the giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.21.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.21.18.md): The radiant king is indeed the sustainer of kings, and of others too with Sarasvatī. As Parjanya spreads by ra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.1.md): Today I call upon that most helpful chariot for protection, which you, easily invoked Aśvins, of fierce course - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.2.md): Praise the long-lived, easily invoked, abundantly giving ones, who are foremost in contests like Bhujyu, accom - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.3.md): Here, with homage, let us bring hither those two gods, much invoked Aśvins, for our protection; coming hither, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.4.md): The wheel of your chariot turns; its other rims move toward you. May your good intent turn toward us; O lords - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.5.md): Your chariot, which has three cords and golden fittings, O Aśvins, adorns heaven and earth all around and is r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.6.md): Giving gifts, you two ploughed the ancient barley in heaven for Manu, with the wolf. Today with favorable thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.7.md): O Aśvins, riches-bearing ones, come near to us by the paths of ṛta, the paths by which you two spurred Tṛkṣi a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.8.md): This soma has been pressed with the stones, O men, O bountiful ones. Come hither to drink the soma; drink in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.9.md): Indeed, mount your golden-cupped chariot and come hither, O Aśvins, bountiful ones; yoke yourselves to it for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.10.md): By those means by which you protected Pakthā, by which Adhrigu, Babhru and Vijoṣas, by those same means come q - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.11.md): When, O Adhrigāvas, O Adhrigu, now in the day-time we call upon the Aśvins; we who call with songs, we praisin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.12.md): By those same paths come hither, O bulls, toward my call—you who pervade all, who are welcomed by all. Most gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.13.md): Those two, even in these days, I speak near to, praising the Aśvins. Those two we beseech with homages. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.14.md): Those two, with the twilight, at dawn are radiant lords; in travel their path roars. O lords of strength and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.15.md): For the gracious one, being gracious, at dawn with the chariot, O Aśvins, or the two helpers, I call you as a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.16.md): Swift as thought, bulls, exhilarated by the soma, swift-coming, you two with your helps, even from afar, for o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.17.md): Come to us by the way with horses, O Aśvins, most drinking of honey, O men; with cattle, O bountiful two, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.22.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.22.18.md): Well-protecting, well-manly, well to be chosen, unassailable, with protective powers; at your coming in this, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.1.md): Praise Jātavedas Agni, and worship him, whose smoke moves about and whose flame cannot be seized. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.2.md): O all-seeing, all-minded one, with song I praise Agni, the binder, and also the rivals in the chariot race. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.3.md): For those whose binder, praised by the verses, to hold back food and the flow of waters, the bearer draws near - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.4.md): The flame of this one, the shining one, rose up; the unaging flame spread far and wide, of the fiery-jawed, we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.5.md): Rise up, O good sacrificer, praising, with divine grace, with radiant vision, with light, with great brillianc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.6.md): O Agni, come with good praises, invoking the oblations in order, just as you became a messenger, carrier of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.7.md): For you I call upon that ancient Agni, the priest of the peoples. With this speech I praise him; yes, him I la - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.8.md): By sacrifices, him of wondrous purpose, whom with devotion alone they kindle; like a friend, well-established - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.9.md): To the keeper of order, O lovers of order, to the accomplisher of sacrifice, with song; near him they came to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.10.md): Let the sacrifices, most like the Angirasas, come gathered together to us; he who is the priest, most glorious - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.11.md): O Agni, those of yours, ageless and kindled, send out great light, like horses and bulls, eager for strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.12.md): That you, O lord of strength, grant us wealth rich in valiant offspring; protect us forward in the child, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.13.md): When Agni, lord of the clan, kindled and well pleased among the settlers of men, indeed drives away all the de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.14.md): By my new hymn of praise, O Agni, O hero, O lord of the settlers, burn the deceitful demons down with your hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.15.md): No enemy may overpower the mortal who has offered to Agni with oblations, not even by his magic. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.16.md): The seer Vyaśva, fond of bulls, has pleased you, finder of wealth; you indeed we together kindle for great wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.17.md): The poet Uśanā set you down as the invoking priest, O worshipful one, you who know all beings, for Manu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.18.md): All the gods, harmoniously, made you their messenger; O god, with heat you became the first, worthy of sacrifi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.19.md): May this mortal hero make immortal Agni his messenger, the purifier, black-pathed, far-reaching one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.20.md): With ladles raised, let us invoke him, the fair, bright-flamed Agni, ageless and ancient among the peoples, wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.21.md): The mortal who honors him with oblations of offering-gifts, he holds abundant nourishment and glory consisting - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.22.md): Toward Agni, first among the all-knowing, the ancient one in sacrifices, the ladle goes forth with homage, bea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.23.md): With these, the most excellent thoughts, great as Vyaśva's, let us worship Agni of the bright flame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.24.md): Now, indeed, sing praise to the far-reaching one with hymns, as Sthūrayūpa did. O seer, O son of Vyaśva, to th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.25.md): The inspired seers have long praised Agni, guest of men and son of the trees, for protection. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.26.md): O great Agni, come toward all and toward the oblations of men; sit down upon the sacred grass with reverence. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.27.md): Grant us many desirable treasures, many riches desired by many, for those of good heroism, offspring and glory - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.28.md): You, O best, O Agni of good strength, impel the man; O Vasu, O youngest, always impel your gift for the eager - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.29.md): You are indeed very ready; bring us food rich in cows. O Agni, do not keep the gift of great wealth away from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.23.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.23.30.md): O Agni, you are glory; bring hither Mitra and Varuna, lords of rta, sovereign rulers of pure power. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.1.md): Friends, let us recite the sacred prayer for Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt. For you I praise well that mos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.2.md): By might indeed you are renowned; by the Vritra-slaying deed you are the slayer of Vritra. O hero, with the gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.3.md): You, who are praised by us, bring wealth here, the wealth most rich in brilliant fame. O lord of bay horses, e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.4.md): Here grant wealth and that which is dear, O Indra, to men. O bold Indra, praised with boldness, bring it here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.5.md): Neither the strong ones grasp your left hand nor your right; O lord of bay horses, in the contests for cows th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.6.md): As toward a fold full of cows, O lord of the pressing-stone, I call you here with hymns. Indeed, fill the desi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.7.md): O Indra, all-minded and greatest slayer of Vṛtra, fierce leader, bounteous one, come to us well with your insi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.8.md): May we obtain this new and desirable wealth of yours, O slayer of Vṛtra and hero; O much-invoked one, may the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.9.md): For your strength, O Indra, is indeed unrestrained, O leader of the dance; O much-invoked one, your gift to th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.10.md): Come hither and strengthen yourself, O greatest of the great; O best leader, for wealth; O firm one, O wealthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.11.md): Now, O possessor of stones, our desires have come to us from you alone, not from elsewhere; O wealthy one, gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.12.md): Indeed, O leader, I find no other than you for the sake of gift, for wealth, for brilliance, and for strength, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.13.md): Pour the soma for Indra; may he drink the sweet soma-mead and, by his greatness, impel us with wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.14.md): I drew near and spoke to Indra, lord of the tawny steeds, the filler of strength; now hear, O horse-rich one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.15.md): Indeed no hero greater than you was ever born before; none is your equal in wealth, nor in protection, nor in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.16.md): O priest, pour out the sweeter, more exhilarating part of the mead; thus the hero, ever-prospering, is praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.17.md): O Indra, steadfast one, lord of the tawny steeds! No one has raised your ancient praise up with might, nor wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.18.md): Desiring fame, we call upon him, lord of your prizes, who ever grows strong through tireless sacrifices. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.19.md): Come, friends, let us now praise Indra, that worthy leader who alone holds sway over all peoples. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.20.md): Speak a wondrous word to the wealthy, the bull, the radiant one; let it be sweeter than ghee and sweeter than - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.21.md): Whose immeasurable powers and wealth, like light, encompass the whole world — that one is the sacrificial gift - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.22.md): Praise Indra, unshaken like Vyaśva, mighty and controlling, who for the noble one gathers cattle and gives the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.23.md): Thus now praise, O Vaiyaśva, the tenth new one, very wise and active for the moving beings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.24.md): O thunderbolt-wielder, indeed you know the encircling bonds of the Nirṛtis; like one who cleanses day by day, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.25.md): O Indra, bring hither that help by which, O most bountiful one, for the doer of deeds, for Kutsa, you strike d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.26.md): Now we invoke you indeed, as new worshippers, for giving, O most bountiful one; you are the one who helps us a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.27.md): You who freed the rkṣa from sin, or who freed him from the noble one in the seven rivers; O rich in wealth, yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.28.md): As, O Varu, you brought wealth hither for the good-armed one and for the givers; O fortunate one, rich in stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.29.md): May the gift of the man come hither, to the horses and to the soma-sacrificer; and firm wealth, a hundredfold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.24.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.24.30.md): When the sacrificer asks you, sacrificing with the kuhayā call, O doer of the kuhayā call; this cast-off demon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.1.md): You two, guardians of all, gods worthy of sacrifice among the gods; upholders of ṛta, of pure strength, I wors - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.2.md): Mitra and Varuṇa, you are charioteers like a stretched cord, and Varuṇa is wise of purpose; always well-born s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.3.md): Their mother, all-knowing, for Asura-power, gave birth to the two of great splendor; the great Aditi, upholder - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.4.md): Great Mitra-Varuṇa, sovereign rulers, the two gods, lords; both upholders of ṛta, here they proclaim ṛta with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.5.md): Grandsons of great strength, sons of skill, both of good purpose, bountiful givers; upon the seat of food you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.6.md): You two who hold together the heavenly and earthly gifts and foods; may the moisture-laden showers come toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.7.md): The two who look down from the vast sky like a herd of cows, guardians of order, universal kings, established - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.8.md): The two keepers of order sat down for universal sovereignty; both of good purpose, firm in their vows, both wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.9.md): The two finders of the path, sharper than eyes, look on with unblinking, steady gaze, not closing their eyes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.10.md): And may the goddess Aditi protect us; may the Nāsatyas protect us; may the Maruts of great strength protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.11.md): Those bountiful givers, steer our ship by day and by night; not perishing, may we be joined with your protecti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.12.md): We who do not perish, for Vishnu the striker, for the generous one; hear, O self-powered Sindhu, for the sake - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.13.md): We choose that most excellent wealth, which protects the herds, when Mitra protects, and when Varuṇa and Aryam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.14.md): And may the Sindhu and that of the waters be ours; may the Maruts, those Aśvins, Indra and Viṣṇu be bountiful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.15.md): They, the conquering men, indeed drive back even the attack of the wicked one, like a sharp goad strikes back; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.16.md): This one alone, lord of all beings, thus sees far and wide; following his ordinances, we walk after you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.17.md): We have followed the ancient ordinances of sovereignty; the vows of Mitra and of Varuṇa, far-famed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.18.md): He who measures around the ends of the sky and of the earth with his rays; by his greatness he has filled both - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.19.md): In the refuge of the sky the sun has raised up its light, like a bright fire kindled and offered into. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.20.md): In the abode of long duration my speech is supreme; I am lord of the giving of cow-rich strength, for indeed I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.21.md): That Sun, both heaven and earth, together with night and dawn, I invoke; among the feasters, raise us up alway - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.22.md): In the place of golden movement, we have yoked and prepared the silver-hued chariot with golden-hued horses, i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.23.md): Those two are the leaders of my horses and of the bay horses; and indeed, now, those two bear up the ritual-ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.25.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.25.24.md): O inspired ones, the two strong, swift, whip-bearing ones, with the newest thought, from the great, I have sea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.1.md): O unwearying in skill, O showering bulls, O rich in wealth, among the soma-pressers I surely call your chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.2.md): You two, O chosen ones, for the one with fine praise and for great expansion, O Nāsatyas, O showering bulls, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.3.md): Those two of you, we call today with offerings, O possessors of strength and wealth; you two, sending abundant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.4.md): Hither let your swiftest chariot come, O Aśvins, O famed leaders; look upon the praises of Turas, you two, for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.5.md): Even while being called, O Aśvins, O bulls, O bounteous, do you two be mindful; you two, O Rudras, indeed cros - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.6.md): O Dasras, you two indeed in turn swiftly encompass all and guard on every side; O possessors of thought-impell - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.7.md): Ashvins, come to us with wealth that nourishes all; you two are generous, rich in heroic sons, and never fall - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.8.md): Indra and Nāsatyas, come to this seat of mine; O gods, come today with the gods, most closely joined in fellow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.9.md): Truly we call you two, longing like Vyashva; O wise seers, come near here with your favor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.10.md): O seer, praise the Ashvins well; perhaps they will hear your call and, coming nearer, drive off the Panis. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.11.md): O men, you have heard the call of Vaiyashva, and know also this call of mine; in harmony, let Varuṇa, Mitra, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.12.md): O Dhiṣṇya Ashvins, by the command of Yuvādatta and with the sages of Yuvānīta, O bulls, day by day grant me (s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.13.md): O Aśvins, you two, enveloped by the sacrifices and wrapped in a cloak like a bride, attend to them for beauty. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.14.md): O Aśvins, for the one who knows your most far-seeing royal path, come back along it to us, you two, favoring u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.15.md): O Aśvins, rich in wealth, come well to us by the royal path, as the foe-destroyer brings the sacrifice, come w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.16.md): O heroes, may the most excellent praise among your calls summon you as a messenger; O Aśvins, may it be for yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.17.md): That which you two rejoice in, in the celestial ocean or in the house with food, truly hear it for me, O immor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.18.md): And that white-gleaming, most excellent of your rivers, the Indus, has golden paths. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.19.md): O Aśvins, with this good praise and this white thought, you two carry us onward in the shining chariot. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.20.md): Yoke your chariot, for you two are chariot-conquerors; O Vāyu, giver of wealth, make us prosper. Drink our swe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.21.md): For you, O Vāyu, lord of cosmic order, son-in-law of Tvaṣṭar, O wondrous one, we choose the offerings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.22.md): We beseech the son-in-law of Tvaṣṭar, the lord of wealth; you people who press soma, ask Vāyu for brilliant ri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.23.md): O Vāyu, come auspiciously; bring the chariot with good horses from the sky. O Vāyu, bring the great and broad- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.24.md): You, most graceful one, we invoke in the assemblies of men; like the pressing stone, you who ride on horses, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.26.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.26.25.md): O god Vāyu, you who rejoice in mind and stand foremost, make for us strengths, waters, and devoted thoughts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.1.md): Agni is the chief priest; there are pressing stones and sacred grass at the rite. With the verse I go to the M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.2.md): Come to the cattle, the earth, the trees, Dawn and Night, the herbs. O Vasus, all-knowing ones, all of you be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.3.md): May this rite go forward for us, to Agni, among the ancient gods, among the Ādityas, to Varuṇa of firm vow, am - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.4.md): All-knowing, foe-vanquishing, they have arisen for the increase of Manu. O all-knowing gods, with unharmed pro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.5.md): Today may all the harmonious gods come to us, of one mind. O Maruts, with verse and song; O goddess Aditi, on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.6.md): O Maruts, toward your dear, horse-bearing oblations come. O Mitra, set forth. May Indra and swift Varuṇa sit u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.7.md): O Varuṇa, you of strewn barhis-grass and kindly purpose, we invoke you as Manu did, with soma pressed and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.8.md): Come forth, O Maruts, Viṣṇu, Aśvins and Pūṣan, with swift thought. Let Indra come first with the bountiful, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.9.md): O gods, free from malice, grant us a flawless shelter. O Vasus, when from afar, or even near, none may assail - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.10.md): Indeed there is kinship between us and you, O gods, destroyers of foes, and there is closeness too. Speak for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.11.md): Now indeed this praise is for you, and now for a portion of goods. O all-knowing gods, I, reverent, have come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.12.md): Savitṛ, the well-inspiring, has risen up for you, high and excellent. Two-footed and four-footed seekers have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.13.md): For our protection we call upon each god, and for our victory each god; for winning wealth we call upon each g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.14.md): Indeed the gods, of one accord for Manu, are all together bestowers of gifts. May they now be for us, and furt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.15.md): O undeceiving gods, I praise you forth in the assembly of praises. O Varuṇa, O Mitra, may malice not seize tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.16.md): He who gives great food to bestow upon you pushes forth and widens his dwelling. He is born forth with offspri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.17.md): Without order he finds no battle; he goes along noble paths. Aryaman, Mitra and Varuṇa are bestowers of gifts; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.18.md): For him, make even in a non-deep place a downward path, and in the fortress a safe passage. Let this thunderbo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.19.md): O gods of dear rule, when today the sun rises, or at its setting, at waking, or at midday in the sky, you esta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.20.md): O Asuras, when you hold the Ṛta before the one who comes, and set protection apart for the giver, then, O Vasu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.21.md): O all-knowing ones, when today the sun rises, and at midday or at dawn, you place wealth for Manu, for the one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.27.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.27.22.md): We choose that from you, O sovereign lords, as a son chooses from the father, a well-guarded gift. O Adityas, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.28.1.md): The gods beyond the thirty-three sat down on the sacred grass seat; they indeed knew how to sit twice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.28.2.md): Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman, and the Agnis who accept good gifts, along with their wives, invoked with vaṣaṭ. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.28.3.md): They are our blameless protectors, above and likewise below; from the east, together with all the people. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.28.4.md): As the gods desire, so may it be; may not even a stingy mortal hinder their will. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.28.5.md): Seven visions of the seven, their seven brilliances; and the seventh indeed holds splendor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.1.md): Tawny, alone, all-pervading, son of the waters, youthful — he adorns the golden one with a shining ornament. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.2.md): The one shining and wise takes his seat in his abode; he sits in the midst of the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.3.md): The one holds in his hand an axe of iron; among the gods he is steadfast. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.4.md): The one holds the thunderbolt placed in his hand; with it he strikes down the obstacles. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.5.md): The one holds a sharp weapon in his hand; bright and fierce, he is the healer with the remedies of the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.6.md): The one fills the paths like a thief; this one knows the hidden stores of treasure. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.7.md): Among the three, the one wide-striding god stepped forth, where the gods rejoice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.8.md): The two move about with the powers, together with the one; like travellers they dwell. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.9.md): The two made their seats alike in heaven; they are both sovereign kings, pressed with ghee. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.29.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.29.10.md): Some, singing praise, have devised the great chant; by it they made the sun shine. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.30.1.md): O gods, there is no child or young boy among you; all of you are truly great in praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.30.2.md): Thus praised, may you be, O destroyers of enemies; you who are three and thirty, O gods worthy of Manu's sacri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.30.3.md): May they protect us, may they help us, may they speak well of us; do not lead us far away from the path of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.30.4.md): O gods who stand here, all of you Vaiśvānaras, grant us wide shelter; grant shelter for the cow and the horse. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.1.md): Whoever sacrifices and causes to sacrifice, who presses and cooks the soma, may that brahmán gladden Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.2.md): Whoever offers to him the puroḷāśa cake, soma, and the āśir, may the mighty Indra indeed protect him from sin. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.3.md): May his chariot be radiant; invoked by the gods, may it go forth, winning over all hostile foes and shining br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.4.md): In his house, rich in offspring, the never-failing Iḷā, day after day, yields milk, rich in cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.5.md): The two of them, husband and wife of one mind, press soma and hasten here; O gods, may they come ever with pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.6.md): From here, united, the two take their seat on the first-offered barhís grass; in contests they do not go astra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.7.md): Neither do they deceive the gods, nor do they reject their favor; they seek great fame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.8.md): With a son and a young daughter, the two of them attain a full lifespan; both are golden-hued. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.9.md): Vītihotra and Kṛtavasu, who give for immortality, the two grasp the woolly udder and make the offering among t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.10.md): We choose the shelter of the mountains, the shelter of the rivers, and the shelter of Viṣṇu, the constant comp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.11.md): May Pūṣan come, bringing wealth, fortune, and the bestower of all; may the wide path be for well-being. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.12.md): Unhindered and unobstructed, all-pervading, by the mind of the god; indeed, this comes only through the blamel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.13.md): As Mitra, Aryaman and Varuṇa are our guardians, so the paths of ṛta are easy to travel. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.14.md): I invoke your ancient Agni, god of treasures, with song; worshipping, like a friend beloved of many, him who d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.15.md): May the chariot of the god-worshipper move swiftly, whether it be a hero's or in whatever battles; the sacrifi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.16.md): O sacrificer, you are not harmed; O presser of soma, you do not suffer; O seeker of the gods, the sacrificer w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.17.md): Let no one destroy him by deed, nor thrust him out, nor let him be lost or made to be lost; the sacrificer who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.18.md): May here be a good hero's strength, and that wealth of horses; the sacrificer whose mind is on the gods honour - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.1.md): O Kaṇvas, with the song of Indra, recite the hymns you have composed with devotion, in the intoxication of Som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.2.md): The fierce one who struck down Sṛbinda, Anarśani, Pipru, the Dāsa, and Ahīśuva, and who released the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.3.md): O Indra, cast down the stronghold and the great body of Arbuda; that heroic deed is yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.4.md): For your hearing, like the bold Tūrṇāśa from the mountain, I call upon the well-armed one for protection. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.5.md): He opens the pen of cows and horses; exhilarated for the Soma-pressers, O hero, you split open (the enemy) lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.6.md): If you have been pleased with me, at the pressing, at the recitation, or by holding my offering, come hither f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.7.md): Surely we are near you, O Indra, lord of songs; we are your praisers. Quicken us onward, O soma-drinker. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.8.md): And bring us undiminished sustenance, O generous one; abundant indeed is your wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.9.md): And make us rich in cattle, rich in gold and horses; let us join ourselves with the Ilā. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.10.md): We call upon the broad-spoken one, of pure hands, to aid us, the one who makes things well for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.11.md): He who, even in the assembly or the contest, of a hundred deeds, then indeed becomes the slayer of Vṛtra; for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.12.md): May that mighty Indra be able for us, he who drives the Dānavas out from the midst; may he protect us with all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.13.md): Sing to that Indra, guardian of riches, great, easily found, friend of the one who presses soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.14.md): Driver onward, great and firm, winner of fame in battles, lord of abundance by his might. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.15.md): No one restrains his mighty works or good sacrifices; no one speaks against him, and no one withholds a gift b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.16.md): Surely there is no debt owed to the priests who press soma, nor to the swift ones; soma is not drunk where it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.17.md): Sing for the praiseworthy one alone; recite hymns for the praiseworthy one; make the sacred prayer for the pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.18.md): In the praiseworthy one he bestows hundreds and thousands; Indra, mighty and unobstructed, increases the prosp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.19.md): Indra, roam well according to your own ways, according to the deeds and the calls; Indra, drink of the pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.20.md): Drink the soma of the Svadhainavas, and he who is with Tugrya; Indra, and this one who is yours, drink too. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.21.md): Come past the wrathful one who has pressed soma at the approach-place; drink this given, pressed soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.22.md): Come from the three distant regions, come past the five peoples; Indra, with the milch-cows he has looked upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.23.md): As the sun sends forth its ray, so may my songs turn toward you, as waters flow together downward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.24.md): Adhvaryu, come here; indeed, pour the soma for the hero, for the Shipriṇ; bring the pressed soma for drinking. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.25.md): He who split the cloud-fortress and let the rivers flow down, who held the ripened milk among the cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.26.md): Ṛcīṣama slew Vṛtra, the Aurṇavābha and the Ahīśuva; with frost he struck Arbuda. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.27.md): For the fierce, the leader, the unconquered, the one who drives forward, sing the sacred song given by the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.28.md): In the intoxication of Soma, in the intoxication of the nourishing drink, he who knows all the works—Indra—is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.29.md): Here may those two joy-sharing, golden-maned bay horses bring the chariot toward the dear benefit. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.32.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.32.30.md): O much-invoked one, praised by the dear-wisdom sages, may the two bay horses bring you here to drink Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.1.md): We, who have pressed soma, with sacred grass bent like waters, slayer of Vṛtra, the praisers sit around you at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.2.md): O giver of wealth, at the pressing men and hymn-singers praise you. When, thirsting for the pressed soma, will - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.3.md): By the Kanvas, O bold one, come hither and bring strength thousandfold. O bounteous, far-seeing one, we quickl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.4.md): Drink, O Medhyātithi, as I sing for Indra in the intoxication of soma. The chariot of the thunderbolt-wielder, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.5.md): Good at pressing soma, a good giver and lord, who is wise in action and praised, who has done thousands of dee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.6.md): Bold, unobstructed, he who rests in the beards, of wide-spread brilliance, Cyavana, much-invoked, by wisdom li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.7.md): Who knows when he, drinking together with us at the pressing of the soma, puts on his strength? This is the on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.8.md): With gifts, like a wild beast or an elephant, he takes up his course in many ways. Let no one restrain you; co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.9.md): Who is fierce, unassailable, firm, prepared for battle—if the bountiful Indra hears the call of the praiser, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.10.md): Truly, thus you are a bull; driven by bulls, unobstructed for us. Bull-like, you are heard from afar, O fierce - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.11.md): Your reins are bull-like, your whip golden. Bull-like is your chariot, O bountiful one; bull-like are the two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.12.md): May the bull-like presser press for you. O bull, companion of the Ṛbhus, bring hither. Bull-like he has graspe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.13.md): Come, Indra, to drink the sweet soma, O most mighty one. May the bountiful Indra hear our praises and sacred p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.14.md): May the tawny horses, yoked to the chariot, bring you hither, you who stand upon the chariot. O slayer of Vrit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.15.md): O greatest of the great, today establish our most beloved praise. May your pressings be most calming to us; O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.16.md): The hero who leads us forward is not brought under another's sway, in your teaching or in mine. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.17.md): Indra himself indeed spoke that the mind of a woman cannot be brought under instruction; and moreover her purp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.18.md): Seven exhilarated, paired horses indeed carry the chariot; thus, indeed, the pole of the bull goes further onw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.33.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.33.19.md): Look down, do not look up; set your feet more fully down. May no one see your two stunted legs, for you have b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.1.md): O Indra, come with your tawny horses to Kaṇva's good praise. You have traversed that sky-realm of yonder ruler - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.2.md): May the speaking press-stone bring you here with the soma-laden sound. You have traversed that sky-realm of yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.3.md): Here the rim of their wheel shakes its spokes as a wolf shakes its prey. You have traversed that sky-realm of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.4.md): The Kaṇvas call you here for protection and for winning wealth. You have traversed that sky-realm of yonder ru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.5.md): I set aside for you the first drink of the pressed soma, as for a bull. You have traversed that sky-realm of y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.6.md): Rich in thoughtful prayers, come to us; all-bearing one, come to us for protection. You have traversed that sk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.7.md): Come to us, O great-minded one, O thousand-streamed, hundred-treasured one; by which you went through the sky - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.8.md): May the praiseworthy priest, set by Manu, bring you hither among the gods; by which you went through the sky o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.9.md): May the two exhilarated bay horses, like hawk's wings, bring you hither; by which you went through the sky of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.10.md): Come hither, come with the noble ones; svāhā! Come for drinking soma; by which you went through the sky of tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.11.md): Come to us, come with audible praise; delight us here in the recited hymns; by which you went through the sky - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.12.md): Come well to us with like forms, O lord of gathered horses; by which you went through the sky of that one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.13.md): Come hither, O Indra rich in wealth, from the mountains and from the far reaches of the ocean; you have crosse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.14.md): O hero, bring us thousandfold herds of cattle and horses; you have crossed the sky of him who rules the heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.15.md): Bring us thousands, and tens of thousands, and hundreds of wealth; you have crossed the sky of him who rules t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.16.md): When Indra and we two bring the thousand of the Vasus' brilliance, then the most vigorous horses and cattle sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.17.md): They who devour the wind, ruddy and swift, shine like the suns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.34.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.34.18.md): Among the gifts of the pigeon-like one, in the swift-wheeled chariots, I stand here in the midst of the forest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.1.md): O Aśvins, you two who dwell together with Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Viṣṇu, the Ādityas, the Rudras and the Vasus, d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.2.md): O mighty Aśvins, you two who dwell together with all prayers, with the day, the earth and the pressing stones, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.3.md): O Aśvins, you two who dwell together here with all the gods, the three and the eleven, the waters, the Maruts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.4.md): Be pleased with the sacrifice, awaken to my invocation; O gods, come down here to all the rites, you two who d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.5.md): Be pleased with the praise, as a young wife is pleased with maidens; O gods, come down here to all the rites, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.6.md): Be pleased with the songs, be pleased with the sacrifice; O gods, come down here to all the rites, you two who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.7.md): Like yellow-bright birds you two fly toward the groves, and like buffaloes you come down to the pressed Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.8.md): Like swans you two fly, like travelers on the road, and like buffaloes you come to the pressed Soma. O Aśvins, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.9.md): Like hawks you two fly to give the oblation, and like buffaloes you come down to the pressed Soma. O Aśvins, c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.10.md): Drink and be satisfied, you two, and come hither. Establish offspring and wealth. O Aśvins, together with Uṣas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.11.md): Win and go forth, you two; be praised and go forth; protect offspring. Establish offspring and wealth. O Aśvin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.12.md): Slay the foes, you two, and strive for allies. Establish offspring and wealth. O Aśvins, together with Uṣas an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.13.md): You two, accompanied by Mitra and Varuṇa, by Dharma and by the Marutas, come to the call of the singer. Togeth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.14.md): You two, accompanied by the Aṅgirases and by Viṣṇu, by the Marutas, come to the call of the singer. Together w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.15.md): You two, accompanied by the Ṛbhus, mighty ones, rich in strength and wealth, by the Marutas, come to the call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.16.md): O Aśvins, strengthen the sacred formulation, strengthen the thoughts too; strike down the demons, drive away t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.17.md): O Aśvins, strengthen sovereign power, strengthen the men too; strike down the demons, drive away the malignant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.18.md): O Aśvins, strengthen the cows, strengthen the peoples too; strike down the demons, drive away the malignant af - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.19.md): O Aśvins who drip with exhilaration, hear the first praise of Śyāvāśva, who presses soma, as you heard Atri; i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.20.md): Send forth well-sung praises like streams; O Aśvins who drip with exhilaration, come near to Śyāvāśva, who pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.21.md): Hold yourselves back toward the sacrifices like reins; O Aśvins who drip with exhilaration, near Śyāvāśva, who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.22.md): O Aśvins, rein your chariot hither and drink the sweet mead of soma; come hither, O Aśvins, come. Desiring hel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.23.md): At the call of homage, set forth to the sacrifice, O men, for the drinking of the one who wishes to speak; com - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.35.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.35.24.md): Be satisfied with the offering made with svāhā, with the pressed soma-juice, O gods; come hither, O Aśvins, co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.36.1.md): You are the protector of the one who presses soma, whose barhis grass is cut. O Śatakratu, drink soma for exhi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.36.2.md): Come forward and help the singer; O bounteous one, come down and drink soma, whose share they set aside for yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.36.3.md): With strength you protect the gods, with might. Drink soma for exhilaration, O Śatakratu; they set aside your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.36.4.md): You are the begetter of heaven, the begetter of earth. Drink soma for exhilaration, O Śatakratu; they set asid - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.36.5.md): You are the begetter of horses, the begetter of cows. Drink soma for exhilaration, O Śatakratu; they set aside - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.36.6.md): Make great the chant of the Atris, O stone-hued one. Drink soma for exhilaration, O Śatakratu; they set aside - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.36.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.36.7.md): Indra, as you once heard the deeds of Atri's celebrant, so now hear the one pressing soma, Śyāvāśva. In the ba - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.37.1.md): O Indra, lord of power, in the battles for Vṛtra's conquest you protected this prayer and the one who presses - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.37.2.md): O mighty one, conquering the armies of the foe, against the malicious enemies, O Indra, lord of power, with al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.37.3.md): You alone rule over this world. O Indra, lord of power, with all your aids drink the soma of the midday pressi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.37.4.md): You alone surpass the two sasthāvan vessels. O Indra, lord of power, with all your aids drink the soma of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.37.5.md): You are lord of security and of acquisition alike. O Indra, lord of power, with all your aids drink the soma o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.37.6.md): For dominion you alone are protected, and no one has protected you. O Indra, lord of power, with all your aids - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.37.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.37.7.md): O Indra, as you heard the praise of Śyāvāśva and Rebha, so you protected Trasadasyu for the doer of Atri's dee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.1.md): You two are priests of the sacrifice and its companions, in the contests for prizes and in deeds. O Indra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.2.md): Swift, riding in chariots, slayers of Vṛtra, unconquered are you. O Indra and Agni, take heed of this one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.3.md): This intoxicating sweet drink has been pressed out for you two with stones, O men. O Indra and Agni, take heed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.4.md): Accept the sacrifice and the pressed soma for obtaining what is desired, you two praised together. O Indra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.5.md): Accept these pressings, by which you two have carried the oblations. O Indra and Agni, come hither, O heroes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.6.md): Accept this hymn that carries the gāyatrī meter, my well-praised song. O Indra and Agni, come hither, O heroes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.7.md): Come hither with the dawn-bringers and with the gods, O you two winners of wealth — O Indra and Agni, to drink - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.8.md): Hear the call of Syavashva's man, of the one pressing the Soma, of the Atris — O Indra and Agni, to drink the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.9.md): Thus I call you two for help, as the wise seers called — O Indra and Agni, to drink the Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.38.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.38.10.md): I choose the help of the two who possess Sarasvati, Indra and Agni, by whom the Gayatri is chanted. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.1.md): I praise Agni with the Ṛg-verse, I call Agni with the praise-song for sacrifice. May Agni anoint the gods for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.2.md): O Agni, with new speech and new bodies bring their praise; cast down the hostile attacks of the ungenerous. Le - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.3.md): O Agni, for you I pour thoughts and hymns like ghee as oblation. On his seat may he shine forth among the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.4.md): That very Agni bestows strength, afflicting in whatever way; an oblation of strength for the treasures of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.5.md): That Agni knows by his strength, by his wondrous deed; he is the hotar, the priest among the everlasting (fami - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.6.md): Agni is born among the gods; Agni knows the hidden treasure of mortals; he, Agni, is the giver of wealth. Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.7.md): Agni, well-dwelling among the gods, comes among the sacrifice-worthy clans and gladly receives many poetic hym - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.8.md): We have come to that Agni, established as the seventh human kind, present in all the rivers, the three-fold-st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.9.md): Agni takes up the three-fold forms, and here as the seer he calls upon the eleven and the three. May he worshi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.39.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.39.10.md): You are among the living for us, O Agni; you are among the gods, O ancient one; you alone are the shining lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.1.md): Indra and Agni, may you two, as victors, grant us that wealth by which we overcome firm forces in battles. As - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.2.md): We never turn away from you two; therefore we worship Indra, the mightiest of men and hero. May he come to us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.3.md): Those two stand in the midst of sustenance, Indra and Agni, who hold dominion over our foes; by poetic praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.4.md): Praise Indra and Agni like Nabhāka, with sacrifice and song; theirs is this whole moving world. This sky and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.5.md): Like Nabhāka, prayers rose for Indra and Agni; those two laid open the seven-based ocean and unsealed the croo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.6.md): As of old, like a cord of bondage, cut off and subdue the strength of the servant. May we, with Indra, distinc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.7.md): When people call upon Indra and Agni with body and with song, may we, with our men, conquer those who seek bat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.8.md): Those two white ones rise up from below and from heaven, coming with their lights according to the rule of Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.9.md): O Indra, many are your approaches and many your praises. O lord of the bay horses, son of the impeller, the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.10.md): Sharpen him with good praises, the bright, strong, bright and praiseworthy one; he who with his strength break - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.11.md): Sharpen him, the one of good sacrifice, true, strong, worthy of the rite; he who invokes breaks the eggs of Śu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.40.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.40.12.md): Thus to Indra and Agni, like the fathers, a new hymn has been spoken, like that of Mandhātṛ and the Aṅgirases. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.1.md): Sing well of praise to Varuṇa, to the Maruts, and to the most knowing ones, for abundant wealth. He who guards - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.2.md): Praise him well together with song, with the hymns of the fathers, and with the praises of Nābhāka. He who is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.3.md): He embraces the nights all around; by his wisdom he sets the dawns in place. The radiant one encircles all thi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.4.md): He who supports the quarters, radiant upon the earth, is the mother; that is his ancient step. That is the mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.5.md): He who sustains the beings, who knows the hidden names of the dawns — he is the seer; his inspired works are m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.6.md): In him, in whom all inspired works rest like a navel, the third ones honor him through inspiration. As cows jo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.7.md): He who surveys all born beings and their dwelling-places among these, for Varuna's advance, may all the gods b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.8.md): That ocean, unfathomable and swift, rises as if toward the sky, when among these he sets down the sacrificial - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.9.md): Whose two white, far-seeing ones are supported upon three earths, and they spread out the higher regions thric - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.41.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.41.10.md): He who made the white and the dark according to his sacred laws, and first made his place; who with a pillar h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.42.1.md): The Asura Varuṇa upheld the heaven; the all-knowing one measured out the breadth of the earth. The sovereign k - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.42.2.md): Thus praise Varuṇa, the mighty one; bow to the steadfast guardian of immortality. May he extend to us the thre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.42.3.md): O god Varuṇa, guide this prayer, and the resolve and strength of the seeker, fully aright. So that we may cros - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.42.4.md): O Aśvins, these pressing-stones and the wise seers have roared forth with prayers for you two. O Nāsatyas, for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.42.5.md): As Atri, the inspired priest, has called upon you two, O Aśvins, with songs, so too, O Nāsatyas, for drinking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.42.6.md): Thus I call upon you two for help, just as the wise singers called. O Nāsatyas, for drinking soma, let the oth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.1.md): These songs of the inspired seer and the wise one are sent forth to Agni, whose offerings never fail; speech a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.2.md): For you, O Jātavedas, far-seeing Agni, this is offered in return; O Agni, I make known your good praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.3.md): Like glowing embers, O Agni, your sharp flames devour the forests with their teeth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.4.md): Like tawny steeds driven by the wind, with smoke for their banner, the fires strain separately upward into the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.5.md): These fires, kindled separately, appeared all together, like the banners of the dawns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.6.md): When Agni, all-knowing, moving swiftly on his path, blocks the dark realms, it is in the earth's abode. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.7.md): Making the plants his dwelling, seizing them, Agni blows like the wind; he goes again to the young Dawns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.8.md): Indeed with his tongues he bends down, with his flame, crackling; Agni shines in the forests. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.9.md): In the waters, O Agni, is your seat; you kindle along with the plants; being in the womb you are born again. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.10.md): Up from the ghee your flame blazes forth, the oblation poured; devouring in the mouth of the ladle. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.11.md): For him whose food is cooked rice, whose food is cattle, whose back is soma-laden, the wise one; with hymns le - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.12.md): And you, O Hotar, O most desirable one of excellent deeds, O Agni, we entreat with homage and with kindling st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.13.md): And we invoke you, O bright, invoked Agni, as the Bhṛgus did, as Manu did, as the Aṅgirases did. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.14.md): For you, O Agni, with Agni, the inspired one, with the inspired seer, true, as friend with friend, are kindled - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.15.md): So you, O Agni, give the inspired giver a thousandfold wealth, nourishment rich in heroes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.16.md): O Agni, brother, conqueror by might, red-horsed, of pure vows, accept this my praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.17.md): And you, O Agni, my praise is brought forward for the Vāśra; as cows rush to the cow-pen, so they arrive. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.18.md): To you, O most Aṅgiras, all those good dwellings separately bend in desire, O Agni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.19.md): The thoughtful, intelligent, far-seeing poets urge Agni on with their prayers, that he may take his seat in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.20.md): O Agni, those who perform the rite praise you, the mighty one in the contests, you who are the carrier and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.21.md): You are even-sighted in many places, lord over all the clans; in the contests we call upon you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.22.md): Praise that Agni, who, invoked with offerings, shines brightly with ghee; may he hear this call of ours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.23.md): We invoke you, the hearer, the knower of all births; O Agni, who strike away the hostile ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.24.md): I praise this Agni, king of the peoples, wondrous, overseer of the cosmic laws; may he surely hear. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.25.md): We call upon Agni, who gives life to all, strong and dear like a man, as one calls a racing mare, so we call h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.26.md): O Agni, striking down the hostile, burning away their attacks, consuming the demons at all times, shine with y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.27.md): O best of the Angirases, Agni, you whom people kindle as Manu did, may you be aware of my words. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.28.md): Agni, whether you are born of heaven or born of the waters, O one made by strength, that very you we call upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.29.md): For you indeed, these people all well-settled, each separately, set forward the seat so that you may eat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.30.md): O Agni, may we be those who are indeed well-learned, watchers over people all days, crossing over difficult pa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.31.md): We implore Agni, the delightful, dear to many, keen, of purifying brilliance, with our hearts and with our ple - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.32.md): You, O Agni, rich in splendor, creating with your rays like the sun, smite the darknesses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.43.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.43.33.md): That gift of yours, O mighty one, which does not diminish, we implore; O Agni, may the desirable wealth come f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.1.md): Serve Agni with kindling-wood, rouse the guest with ghee. Here pour your oblations. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.2.md): O Agni, accept my praise and grow strong with this thought. Delight in our well-made hymns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.3.md): I set Agni forward as messenger and call to the bearer of oblations. May he seat the gods here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.4.md): Your great flames rise upward, O Agni, blazing and shining. Your bright flames rise up. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.5.md): May my ghee-streaming ladles go up to you. O Haryata, Agni, accept our oblations. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.6.md): I praise Agni, the joyful priest and sacrificer, bright in many hues and rich in treasures. May he hear. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.7.md): To the ancient, invoking priest, worthy of praise, beloved Agni, whose wisdom is that of a seer, the splendor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.8.md): O Agni, most like the Angirases, pleased, accept these oblations in turn; lead the sacrifice forward in its pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.9.md): O good one, bright-flamed, kindled, bring hither, knowing, the divine people. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.10.md): The seer, the invoking priest, the non-hostile, smoke-bannered, rich in light Agni, the beacon of the sacrific - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.11.md): O Agni, protect us; indeed, O god, always guard us from the one who harms. O one made strong by power, break t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.12.md): Agni, adorning his own body with the ancient hymn, has grown strong with the inspired priest, the seer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.13.md): I call hither Agni, grandson of the waters, whose flame is pure, in this well-performed sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.14.md): O Agni, most friendly one: with your bright flame, together with the gods, sit here upon the sacred grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.15.md): The mortal who honors the god Agni in his own house, for him indeed he makes treasure shine. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.16.md): Agni is the head of the sky, the high lord; this one is the lord of the earth; he stirs the seeds of the water - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.17.md): Up rise your pure, bright flames, O Agni; your shining lights and flames spread forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.18.md): You rule the gift of wealth, for you, O Agni, are the lord of heaven; may I become a praiser under your shelte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.19.md): O Agni, the thoughtful poets urge you on with their insight; may our songs make you grow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.20.md): We choose the friendship of Agni, the unfailing one, rich in his own strength, the messenger who always roars. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.21.md): Agni, most pure in his vows, pure inspired priest and pure seer, shines purely when invoked with the offering. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.22.md): And may my thoughts and songs always make you grow. O Agni, make us aware of your friendship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.23.md): O Agni, if I am yours, or you are mine, or indeed I become you, may your desires be fulfilled here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.24.md): You are wealth, lord of wealth indeed; O Agni, you are Vibhavasu, shining with riches. May we abide in your fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.25.md): O Agni, as rivers flow toward the ocean, so the songs of praise surge toward you, the one of steadfast vows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.26.md): I adorn Agni with my prayers: the youthful lord of the clans, the wise seer, the all-devouring one of many for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.27.md): For the charioteer of the sacrifices, sharp-jawed and swift, may we rouse Agni with our praises. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.28.md): O Agni, let this singer be one who praises you as well. O purifier, show him your mercy. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.29.md): You are steadfast and wise, dwelling in the house, ever wakeful like a seer. O Agni, you blaze in the heavens. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.44.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.44.30.md): O Agni, O seer, before the evils and before the enemies, O Vasu, carry our life across to its fulfillment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.1.md): For those who kindle Agni and spread the sacred grass seat in order, Indra, the ever-young, is their friend. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.2.md): Great is their kindling wood, abundant and wide their praise, bright their sound; for them Indra, the ever-you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.3.md): Unopposed in battle, the hero Indra with his powers charges against the pen; for them Indra, the ever-young, i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.4.md): The Vritra-slayer, newly born, seized the bolt and asked his mother: "Who are the fierce ones, and who are the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.5.md): O mighty one, let someone speak against you and fight, like water on a mountain; let him who has set himself u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.6.md): And hear, O bounteous Indra: what he speaks for you, that you proclaim; what you proclaim, that you will swift - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.7.md): When Indra, the victor-maker, with good horses, the most excellent charioteer among charioteers, goes into bat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.8.md): Scatter all the opposing hosts apart, O wielder of the thunderbolt, strike them down however you can; and beco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.9.md): May Indra prepare our chariot well before us for winning, the chariot which the malicious cannot hold back. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.10.md): Through you may we drive the enemies far away; O mighty one, in your giving may we reach the wealth rich in ca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.11.md): Even as we go slowly, O stone-wielder, possessing horses and hundreds of cows, wishing to speak praise, may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.12.md): Indeed your lofty gifts rise day after day, thousands and hundreds of good gifts; he bestows (wealth) upon the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.13.md): Indra, we know you as the winner of wealth, who breaks even firm strongholds, as the destroyer breaks the fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.14.md): O wise and bold one, may the drops of soma delight you; when we set out to attack the Paṇi, we call you here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.15.md): Whoever, though rich, is ungenerous and has neglected you for the sake of wealth — bring his wealth hither to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.16.md): O Indra, these friends who press soma gaze upon you, as well-nourished cattle look to the herdsman. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.17.md): You are not deaf but sharp-eared; for help we call you here from afar. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.18.md): When you hear this call that is hard to withstand and make it fruitful, may you be our nearest protector. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.19.md): Indra, when we come to you in affliction and call you to mind, may you indeed become the giver of cows to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.20.md): Lord of strength, as the weary grasp a staff, so we have grasped you; we sit down near you in your seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.21.md): Sing a praise-song to Indra, the mighty one of many treasures; in battle no one turns away from him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.22.md): O bull, at the pressing I send the pressed soma to you for drinking; be satisfied and fully enjoy this exhilar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.23.md): May the dull-witted, the mockers, and those who wish harm never harm you; never hand over to those hostile to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.24.md): Here may the cattle-givers gladden you for great wealth; drink as the tawny horse drinks water. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.25.md): Proclaim in the assemblies those deeds of Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, which he showed from afar, both ancient and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.26.md): Indra of the thousand arms drank the pressed soma from the cup of Kadru; there he displayed his manly strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.27.md): This is true: for Turvaśa and Yadu, knowing the Ahnavāyya, he spread out his power with Turvaṇa's help. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.28.md): Upon you, guide of the peoples and deliverer of strength and cattle-rich wealth, I shall proclaim the same pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.29.md): Indra, the mighty Ṛbhukṣan, as for the rite and in the hymns, the increaser of Tugra, together with the presse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.30.md): He who split open the broad mountain's cavern for Triśoka, and opened the way for the cows to come forth: Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.31.md): O Indra, what you have set your mind on, exhilarated, as you go forth to the sacrifice, do not do that; show m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.32.md): Even a small deed done for one like you is heard upon the earth; O Indra, may your mind go toward us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.33.md): Those well-praised songs are indeed yours, and the praises too, O Indra, when you show mercy to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.34.md): Do not strike us for one offense, nor for two or three; O hero, do not strike us for many. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.35.md): I have indeed feared one like you, the fierce one who breaks through; from the destroyer I, the conqueror of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.36.md): May I not find the friend's emptiness, nor find the son's emptiness; O giver of wealth, may your mind come bac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.37.md): O men, which unbound friend said to his friend: who, abandoning us, desires to harm us? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.38.md): O bull, at the pressing you drank much, like a dog-slayer moving with downward rush. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.39.md): I take hold of these two bay horses of yours, yoked by speech, of good chariot, when you indeed give to the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.40.md): Break all hostilities, drive the obstructers away, slay the enemies; bring here that desirable wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.41.md): O Indra, whatever wealth is in the pit, in the firm place, when hidden away in the rocky place — bring here th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.45.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.45.42.md): Of you, the giver of great wealth, all men know; bring here that desirable wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.1.md): Indra, rich in treasures and our guide, we belong to one such as you. O steadfast lord of the tawny steeds, we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.2.md): O wielder of the thunderbolt, we truly know you as the giver of food; we know you as the giver of riches. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.3.md): O you of a hundred protections, O you of a hundred powers, whose greatness the singers celebrate with their so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.4.md): Indeed, that mortal whom the Maruts and Aryaman protect is well guided; Mitra protects the non-hostile. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.5.md): Bearing cattle, horses, and heroic strength, invoked by the Adityas, he thrives; always with wealth, rich in m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.6.md): That Indra, the gift-giver, mighty and fearless, we invoke; the lord of riches, we invoke. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.7.md): In him indeed are all protections, all fearless helps are together. Let the tawny steeds bring him, rich in we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.8.md): Indra, your exhilaration which is most excellent, you the greatest slayer of Vritra; which brings forth light - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.9.md): He who is hard to cross, all-victorious, to be praised, is a helper in contests. May he come to us, O Vasu, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.10.md): Indeed, grant us well with cows, as formerly, with horses, and with chariots, O great, great one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.11.md): Hero, truly I do not find the end of your wealth. O bountiful, O wielder of the thunderbolt, now grant to us; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.12.md): He who is the friend of the seers, the one who makes them hear, he indeed knows all births, much-praised. Him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.13.md): May he be our protector in contests, Indra, rich in many treasures, foremost, generous, the slayer of Vṛtra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.14.md): In the exhilarations of the sweet drink, sing to the hero Indra, the great all-knowing one, famed in name and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.15.md): You are the giver for the body, giver of treasure, giver of strength in contests; much-invoked, strong Indra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.16.md): Stirring up all the treasures, conqueror even of this strength, indeed go beyond for the one who is compassion - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.17.md): To you, the great, for food, to the bountiful, to the lavish, to the one who goes, we praise well; with sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.18.md): Those who bring these down from the rocky clefts and the ridges of the mountains: advance the sacrifice of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.19.md): O mightiest Indra, bring us wealth that destroys hostile thoughts. O impeller of thought, urge us toward the f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.20.md): O giver of victory, good giver, fierce one, brilliant one, most perceptive, true impeller! O sovereign lord, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.21.md): Let him come here who, not being a god, receives his reward like a man, desiring it as a wealthy horse-owner w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.22.md): With the gift of sixty thousand horses I received ten thousand camels; twenty hundred and ten hundred brown ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.23.md): Ten dark ones, who raise the chariot-wheel, bountiful and swift, the churning sticks have rolled the wheel-rim - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.24.md): The givers of good wealth of Kānīta of wide renown gave a golden chariot; the most eager seer became greatest, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.25.md): O Vāyu, come to us for great expanse and for the strength of the sacrifice; we have done much for you for givi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.26.md): You who drive the dawns in their dwellings with horses, thrice seven and seventy-fold; with these soma juices - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.27.md): You who gladdened me, by your own self, for the wondrous gift; in the unskilled one, in the eye, in the man, i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.28.md): In the praiseworthy form, he who is self-ruling, and O Vāyu, ghee-bathed; not driven by horses, driven by king - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.29.md): Then, dear, for the one who sets forth, I gained sixty thousand seats of horses, like bulls. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.30.md): As cows approach their herd, so the stalwart ones approach me; the stalwart ones approach me. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.31.md): And when, in the troop of the chariot-race, he roared out to a hundred camels, then among the white (cattle) t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.32.md): A hundred (cattle) in the servant and in the Balbūtha; the sage Tarukṣa received (them). O Vāyu, these are you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.46.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.46.33.md): Then that great woman, turning toward (him), like a wish concerning horses, is led forth with golden ornaments - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.1.md): O Varuṇa, O Mitra, your great help, which you give to the giver, protects from the hostile one and from harm. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.2.md): O gods, O Ādityas, you know the removal of sins. As birds spread their wings above, so stretch out your shelte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.3.md): Stretch out that shelter for us; as birds spread their wings, spread all your protections, O all-knowing ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.4.md): To whom the wise gods granted an abode and life, for all of Manu's offspring indeed these Ādityas rule over we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.5.md): Around us keep away the fortresses of sin, like a charioteer; may we be in the protection of Indra, and in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.6.md): May the one who is enveloped, even from the blows of your giver, shine forth unharmed, O gods; O Ādityas, he w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.7.md): Let neither the sharp nor the heavy harm him for whom you give wide shelter. O Adityas, your protections are f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.8.md): O gods, we are in your shelter, as if fighting in armors. Protect us from great sin; protect us even from the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.9.md): May Aditi protect us; may Aditi extend shelter, mother of Mitra and of the wealthy one (Varuna), mother of Ary - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.10.md): O gods, grant us that which is shelter, refuge, auspicious, threefold-nourishing, and protective. Your protect - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.11.md): O Adityas, indeed look upon us, as from the bank one sees the marks of a horse's good ford. Lead us along an e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.12.md): Here may there be good for the protector, neither for the one who goes away nor for the one who draws near; go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.13.md): Whatever is open and whatever is hidden, O gods, whatever evil deed there is — let all of it go to Trita for a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.14.md): And the evil dream among the cows and that upon us, O daughter of heaven — that for Trita, O radiant one; brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.15.md): Whether one makes a necklace or a garland, O daughter of heaven — all the evil dream, for Trita, for attainmen - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.16.md): For that food, for that work, for that portion for the one who approaches — for Trita and for Dvita as well; O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.17.md): Just as we bind a lock of hair, a sore, a debt, so we bind together all the evil dream for attainment. Your pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.47.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.47.18.md): Today we have conquered, we have become prosperous, we have become sinless; O Dawn, from the evil dream from w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.1.md): I have drunk the sweet, strength-giving soma, belonging to the wise, sweet, bestower of much wealth. All the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.2.md): You went forth within and without and become Aditi; become the one who descends from divine wrath. O drop of s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.3.md): We have drunk soma, we have become immortal, we have gone to light, we have found the gods. Now what can enmit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.4.md): Be peaceful to us, O drop drunk near the heart; like a father to a son, be kind, O soma. Like a friend to frie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.5.md): These drunk, glorious, wide-moving drops bind me together at the joints like cows yoked to a chariot. May they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.6.md): Kindle me well like churned fire, make us bright who desire wealth, and indeed you, in exhilaration, O soma. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.7.md): O king Soma, with your strength and with your mind we partake of the pressed soma as of the ancestors' wealth; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.8.md): O king Soma, be gracious to us and grant welfare; we are keepers of your vows, know this. O Indu, may neither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.9.md): You indeed are the guardian of our bodies, O Soma; seated in every limb, you look over men. Even when we break - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.10.md): In friendship with the red-bodied one may we rejoice; may no one harm me, O tawny-horsed one, you who are drun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.11.md): Those (demonesses), rayless and diseaseless, stood apart and went out; the dark-hued ones trembled and feared. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.12.md): Soma, who among us, O fathers, drunk in the hearts, immortal, entered among mortals; to that Soma let us worsh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.13.md): O Soma, joined with the Fathers, you have stretched out heaven and earth everywhere. O Indu, to you indeed let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.14.md): O protecting gods, speak of us. May sleep not rule over us, nor idle chatter. Dear to Soma, having good heroes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.48.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.48.15.md): You, O Soma, are the giver of vigor to us from every side; finder of the light of heaven, observer of men, ent - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.1.md): Praise Indra, who is delighted by soma, as I know him. The bountiful one of great wealth bestows on the singer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.2.md): Like one with a hundred armies he advances fearlessly and slays the obstacles for the giving worshipper. As st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.3.md): Indra, may the pressed drops of soma, the exhilarating juices, come to you. Lord of songs, wielder of the thun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.4.md): Sinless, savior, eloquent one, drink surely the sweetest of the honeyed soma. As you exhilarated pour forth we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.5.md): Run toward our hymn like a horse driven by the pressers of soma. Lord of self-nourishment, Indra, the gifts by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.6.md): Like a mighty hero, with homage we draw near to that great power whose wealth is imperishable. O wielder of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.7.md): Whether you are now in the sacrifice or upon the earth, from there, O bounteous Indra, come to our sacrifice w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.8.md): Your swift fallow horses rush forward like winds; by them you go around the offspring of men, and by them all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.9.md): Of your blessing and cattle-rich wealth of this extent we ask, O Indra; just as you protected Medhyatithi, O b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.49.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.49.10.md): As you protected Kanva, O bounteous one, and Trasadasyu; as Paktha and Dasavraja; as you protected Gosharya, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.1.md): Sing well the famed, wealth-bestowing Indra, the mighty one, for the sake of our desired aid. To the one who p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.2.md): Indra's hundred weapons are his unconquerable missiles and great battles. When the pressed somas gladden him, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.3.md): When the pressed drops of soma rejoiced for the beloved, the sacrificial offering was set down like waters. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.4.md): O blameless one, calling you for help, sweet thoughts and prayers flow forth. O bountiful one, calling you, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.5.md): Coming here to the soma-sacrifice, he rushes to us like a racehorse. O rich one, the hymns you gladly accept, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.6.md): O wielder of the thunderbolt, you have always filled the giver with the gift of wealth, the fierce hero, the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.7.md): Whether you are far off, or on the earth, or in the sky, O Indra of great thought, yoke your bay horses and co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.8.md): O you who have chariots, your bay horses, the tireless ones, fill the strength of the wind; by them you cast d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.9.md): O bountiful one, O hero, may we know your new favor so great; as you protected Etaśa in the deed and in the we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.50.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.50.10.md): As you subdued for Kaṇva in wisdom, in sacrifice, in long life, O wealthy Indra; as you gave to Góśarya, O lor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.1.md): As you drank the pressed Soma in Manu and in Sāṁvaraṇa, O Indra, so in Nīpātithi, O bounteous one, in Medhyāti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.2.md): Pārṣadvāṇa set up again Praskaṇva, who lay worn and pressed down; the seer, desiring to win a thousand cows, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.3.md): Speak to that Indra, the inspirer of seers, whom one who does not obtain him by hymns yet knows, with fresh th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.4.md): For him they sang the hymn with seven heads, the threefold supporter placed in the highest seat; he indeed mad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.5.md): That Indra, giver of goods, we call; for we indeed know his new favour. May we go with cows to the fold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.6.md): O Vasu, he to whom you incline for giving obtains the nourishment of wealth. O bountiful Indra, O praised one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.7.md): O Indra, are you ever like a barren woman? You serve the giver. O bounteous god, your gift is indeed sung ever - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.8.md): He who by his might has overcome the crooked foe, making Śuṣṇa roar with blows, when he propped up and spread - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.9.md): Whose are all these — the Ārya and the servant, the guardians of treasure and the foe. Even among the Ārya, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.51.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.51.10.md): Eager singers sing the honeyed, ghee-dripping hymn; the inspired poets have chanted the song. For us wealth ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.1.md): As you drank the pressed soma in Manu and in Vivasvat, as you accept the meter of Trita, O Indra, so you rejoi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.2.md): O Indra, in the spotted and sacred place, in the dwelling of Mātariśvan, you rejoiced at the pressed soma; as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.3.md): He who holds sole hymns and drinks soma boldly, for whom Viṣṇu strode three steps by the ordinances of Mitra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.4.md): In whose praises you take pleasure, O Indra, possessor of strength, O hundred-minded one, in the contest; you, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.5.md): He who is our giver is our father, great, mighty, the controller; mighty in the ordering, rich in gifts, rich - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.6.md): O Vasu, he to whom you think of giving is one who gives nourishment of riches; we who seek wealth call Indra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.7.md): O fourth one, son of Aditi, you never cut off (this invocation); you guard both births. Your power has stood f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.8.md): O bountiful Indra, lord of songs, to whomever you give, O Vasu, hear our praises and fine praise as you heard - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.9.md): An ancient hymn has been sung for Indra; speak the sacred formula for Indra. The ancient, vast ones of cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.52.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.52.10.md): Indra shook the vast treasures together, shook both worlds and the sun together. The bright, pure, cow-headed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.1.md): O Indra, bountiful one, you who are like the best of gifts and foremost among the mighty bulls, breaker of for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.2.md): You who cheered on Ayu, Kutsa and Atithigva, growing stronger day by day: that you, of a hundred deeds and bay - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.3.md): May the pressing stones pour for us the sweet essence of all; and may the drops of soma, pressed from afar and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.4.md): Strike down all hatreds and cast them aside; and let all here win wealth. Even among the foremost are your int - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.5.md): O Indra, come nearer, indeed come with the wise and with helpers; O most peaceful one, come here with peaceful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.6.md): Make the victor, lord of the good, all-beholding one, shining in prosperity among the peoples; lead us forward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.7.md): May we be worthy of your foremost protection, and be yours in the battles; with prayers and with invocations o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.53.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.53.8.md): I, O possessor of bay horses, bring a prayer for you, desiring the prize, and always go with aids to the conte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.1.md): O Indra, this is your heroic deed; the poets praise you with songs. Praising, they guard the strength; the son - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.2.md): Through good deeds they reach Indra for protection; you rejoice at their soma pressings. As you rejoiced at Sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.3.md): All you gods, come together and come near to us, O gods. May the Vasus and Rudras come hither for protection; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.4.md): May Pūṣan and Viṣṇu hear my call; may Sarasvatī and the seven rivers protect. May the waters, the wind, the mo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.5.md): O Indra, whatever wealth is yours, O most bountiful, with that be mindful of us. O companion at the feast, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.6.md): O lord of contests, O lord of men, surely you bring us here for the wealth of battle, O doer of good deeds. Th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.7.md): Indeed, O Indra, blessings among the noble and the life of people are truly yours. O bountiful one, bring us n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.54.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.54.8.md): O Indra, may we honor you with hymns; O hundred-deeded one, you are ours. Bend down to Praskaṇva the great, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.55.1.md): I have clearly seen Indra's abundant heroic power coming toward us. O wolf, that gift is yours, meant for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.55.2.md): A hundred white bulls shine in the sky like stars; by their greatness they seem to hold up the heavens. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.55.3.md): A hundred flutes, a hundred dogs, a hundred prepared hides; for me, a hundred items woven of balbaja-grass, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.55.4.md): O descendants of Kanva, you are blessed by the gods; roaming from year to year, life after life, you press for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.55.5.md): Then they set out toward the great, undiminished glory of the seven; at the vanishing of darkness, the dusky d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.56.1.md): To the destroyer, O Vṛka, your gift has appeared — unbreakable, like the wide sky, is the strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.56.2.md): Ten thousand from Pautakratu have been given to me; for the destroyer, the wolf bestowed them from constant we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.56.3.md): A hundred donkeys are mine, a hundred woolly ewes; a hundred servants and garlands beyond. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.56.4.md): There too it was led forth, made manifest for the pure-minded one, like the horse among the herd. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.56.5.md): Agni, the discerning offering-bearer, is perceived; Agni of the fine chariot shone with bright flame like the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.57.1.md): O gods, yoked by ancient rite and chariot, worthy of worship, come hither with might, O Nāsatyas, and with you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.57.2.md): For you two, the three and eleven true gods have appeared in the east before the truth. Accepting our sacrific - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.57.3.md): O Aśvins, this wonderful deed of yours has been done. Bull who showers heaven, space and earth, with a thousan - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.57.4.md): This portion of yours is placed, O worthy Nāsatyas. Come near these praises. Drink the honey-sweet soma for us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.58.1.md): Which sacrifice the priests, of one mind, carry on, arranging it in many ways: where, then, was the understand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.58.2.md): One Agni is kindled in many ways; one Sun spreads out over all the world. One Dawn alone lights up all this; a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.58.3.md): I call you two, to drink the surplus (Soma), to the luminous, bannered, three-wheeled, pleasant chariot, easy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.59.1.md): Indra and Varuṇa, these shares have been allotted to you both; when the great soma is pressed, I praise you. A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.59.2.md): There were herbs and waters, not hindering the sacrifice; Indra and Varuṇa, they attained greatness. Those two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.59.3.md): Indra and Varuṇa, this is true: for the lean one the wave of your two honeyed soma milks out seven voices. Wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.59.4.md): Seven sisters, ghee-sprinkling, auspicious, of fierce speed, sit in the seat of cosmic order. Indra and Varuṇa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.59.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.59.5.md): For great good fortune we have proclaimed the truth, the greatness and the vigor of those two strong ones. Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.59.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.59.6.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, when you two gave the seers insight of speech, thought and heard wisdom in the beginning; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.59.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.59.7.md): O Indra and Varuṇa, establish in the sacrificers a gracious and humble mind, and the nourishment of wealth. Pl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.1.md): O Agni, come here with the fires. We choose you as the priest. May the prepared ghee, full of oblations, adorn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.2.md): O son of strength, O Aṅgiras, near you, as the ladles move at the sacrifice, we call upon the ancient Agni, gr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.3.md): O Agni, you are the seer and the disposer; you are the priest, O purifier, worthy of worship. O bright one, de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.4.md): O benevolent, youngest, ever-young one, bring the gods here, desiring to consume. O Vasu, come toward the well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.5.md): You indeed are far-reaching; O Agni, O protector, the seer of right order. O kindled, shining one, the inspire - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.6.md): Shine, O most brilliant one, blaze forth; grant happiness to the people; you are great to the praiser. In the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.7.md): O Agni, greatest of friends, just as you join the aged and unbound foe in the dwelling, so burn up the one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.8.md): Do not give us over to the mortal, to the enemy, to the one possessed by a demon, nor to the evil-speaker. O y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.9.md): O Agni, protect us with one, and protect us with the second. O lord of nourishment, protect us with the three - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.10.md): Protect us from every demon and from the stingy who gives nothing; help us in the battles for spoil. It is you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.11.md): O Agni, bring us wealth that increases life and is worthy of praise, O purifier. O friend close at hand, grant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.12.md): By that strength with which we may conquer the strivers in battles, crossing the assaults of the enemy, do you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.13.md): Like a bull roused to strength, Agni shakes his two horns; his sharp flames, as against one who resists, are f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.14.md): O Agni, O bull, when you stand forth against the resister, your jaws are not in vain. O priest, make our oblat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.15.md): You lie in the forests between the two mothers; mortals kindle you together. Tireless, you bear the oblations - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.16.md): Seven priests praise him indeed; you, O Agni, easy to sacrifice to and unrestrainable. By heat and by flame yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.17.md): Each Agni of yours, the Agni who holds the hero, we invoke for you of the cut-grass seats; Agni of rich offeri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.18.md): With insight he attaches himself to the shelter, rich in fullness; O Agni, the wise one praises for you. Bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.19.md): O Agni, O singer, lord of the settlements, O god, you burn the rakshasas. You are the householder, great, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.60.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.60.20.md): Let no demon or deceiver come near us, O you of bright wealth. With a far-reaching fence and a boundless way, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.1.md): May Indra hear both of these and come hither to this speech; may the bountiful one come here with thought, for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.2.md): Him, the self-ruling bull, the two dhiṣaṇās established for strength. And you, foremost of the comparable ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.3.md): Rain down upon us, O much-possessing Indra, with the juice of the pressed soma. O lord of bay horses, we know - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.4.md): O unfailingly true, bountiful Indra, may it be as the one who desires it, by your power. O Śiprin, wielder of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.5.md): Please, O Lord of Śacī Indra, gladden us well with all protections. O hero, finder of wealth, we follow after - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.6.md): O lord of horses, of many deeds, you are the fountain of cows; O god, you are the golden fountain. Let none ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.7.md): You, indeed, come hither; find wealth for the one who moves. O bountiful Indra, rise up and grow strong to win - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.8.md): You are remembered for many, thousands, and hundreds of herds given as gifts. Inspired by poetic thought, we h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.9.md): Whether unwise or wise, whoever honors your word, may he rejoice through you — O hundred-minded one, O Prācāma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.10.md): Strong-armed, cleanser of mucus, fort-destroyer — if he would hear my call. We who seek wealth invoke Indra, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.11.md): We do not think of ourselves as evil-doers, nor as helpless or lazy; when, together at the pressing of soma, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.12.md): We have yoked the fierce Indra, victor in battles, withholder of debts, unassailable. Indra, who knows, the gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.13.md): Indra, from wherever we fear, make us fearless there. O generous one, grant that to us with your help; drive t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.14.md): You, O lord of wealth, are indeed the giver of great riches and of the dwelling. O generous one, Indra, O prai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.15.md): Indra, slayer of Vritra, protector even from afar, the best for us: may he protect us from behind, may he prot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.16.md): You protect us from behind, from below, from above, and from in front; O Indra, protect us from all sides. Mak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.17.md): Today and today, tomorrow and tomorrow, O Indra, protect us; protect us both those far and those near. O lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.61.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.61.18.md): You, the breaker, the hero, the bounteous, the one of great wealth, united for manliness — O possessor of a hu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.1.md): Bring this praise to Indra; by the recitations that delight the great Indra, the soma-pressers increase their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.2.md): Unyoked and without equal, Indra alone among men has grown mighty, beyond the ancient and ever-moving; by his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.3.md): The aged giver, with the unbound steed, desires to win; O Indra, let it be declared as yours, you who are abou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.4.md): Come, O Indra; we make for you the strengthening prayers by which you are pleased, O most mighty; here may the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.5.md): O Indra, when you are honored with sharp somas, you make even the bold bolder and strengthen the mind; for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.6.md): He looks down upon the brilliant protectors as a man would, delighting in the sacrificial skill of the soma-pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.7.md): O Indra, all the gods gave you heroic strength and wisdom; you became lord and protector of all that exists. O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.8.md): O Indra, I praise that incomparable power of yours by which you strike down Vritra with might. O lord of Shach - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.9.md): As adorned beings shape their forms, so may humans make their yokes of ways; Indra knows that awareness. Then - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.10.md): O Indra, your strength has risen; you have arisen, and your wisdom has risen up. O bountiful Maghavan, many ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.11.md): O slayer of Vritra, let you and I join together, even against the foe, for gain. O possessor of the thunderbol - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.62.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.62.12.md): Truly let us praise that Indra, not a liar; he is great, and slays the one who does not press soma. For the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.1.md): That ancient one, the wise Veṇa among the great ones, has been anointed by his insights. Through whose two doo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.2.md): They did not rise up to the form of the sky; the pressing stones, with soma upon their backs, sat down. Also t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.3.md): He, knowing, for the Aṅgirases, Indra opened up the cows. I praise that manly deed of his. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.4.md): He, from of old the inspirer of poets, Indra, proclaimer of speech, auspicious one — at the call of praise, ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.5.md): Then indeed, now, according to your intention, hail — the sacrificers of the boon-giver praise; O Indra, for t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.6.md): In Indra are all the manly deeds, done and to be done; and the sacrifice which the singers know. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.7.md): When the cries of praise rose toward Indra with the five tribes and the people, he scattered the enemy's settl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.8.md): This anuṣṭubh hymn has been made for you; you performed those manly deeds. You guarded the course of the wheel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.9.md): The wide strides of this bull advanced for life; as one takes barley from cattle, so I take it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.10.md): Holding that, seeking help, may we be sacrificers who give to the gods with you, accompanied by the Maruts, fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.11.md): Indeed, for that seasonal-rite abode, with the verses, O hero, we praise you. O Indra, may we win with you as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.63.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.63.12.md): For us may the Rudras, the cloud-like mountains, be of one mind in the slaying of Vṛtra and in summoning help; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.1.md): O Indra, wielder of the stone, let the hymns delight you; bestow wealth. Strike down the hostile enemies of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.2.md): Press down the Paṇis, the ungenerous ones, with your foot; you are great. Indeed, no one stands against you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.3.md): O Indra, you are lord of those who press soma, and you are lord of those who do not press it. You alone are th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.4.md): Come hither, come forth! In heaven is your dwelling, calling out among the peoples. You fill both worlds, heav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.5.md): That very mountain, that hill with a hundred and a thousand (gates), you broke open for the singers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.6.md): We call upon you by day, at the pressing of the soma; we call you also by night. Fulfil our desire. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.7.md): Where is that virile, young, strong-necked, unbending bull? Which priest honors him? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.8.md): Whose pressing does the virile one come down to enjoy? Who has truly approached Indra? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.9.md): O slayer of Vr̥tra, for whom have your gifts clung, and for whom your heroic deeds? Who is nearest in the reci - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.10.md): This Soma is pressed for you among humans, among the people, among men. Come here to it, run forward swiftly, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.11.md): This Soma is dear to you at Śaryaṇāvat, in the well-pressed Suṣomā; at Ārjīkīya it is most exhilarating. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.64.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.64.12.md): Today that delightful Soma is pressed for great wealth, for exhilaration, for the bold one's strength. O Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.1.md): O Indra, when you are called by men from east, west, north, or south, come here swiftly with your swift steeds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.2.md): When you rejoice at the flowing stream of heaven, in the place of light, or when you rejoice in the ocean of s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.3.md): O Indra, I call you, great and wide, with songs, as one calls a cow for nourishment, to drink the soma juice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.4.md): O Indra, let your tawny steeds bring your majesty hither; O god, let them carry your great majesty on the char - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.5.md): O Indra, I praise and extol you; you are great, fierce, and make rule; come hither to us and drink the pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.6.md): We who press soma, with offerings, call you; this sacred grass seat is for us to sit on. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.7.md): For you indeed are common to the everlasting peoples, O Indra; it is you we call upon. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.8.md): This sweet, soma-born juice for you the men have pressed out with stones; drink it, O Indra, in your delight. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.9.md): Look beyond all the foes and the wise ones; come hither swiftly, and place great renown in us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.10.md): I am the giver of the spotted cows and the king of those adorned with gold; O gods, may the bountiful Indra no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.11.md): Out of the thousand spotted cows I have taken the bright, vast, broad, pure gold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.65.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.65.12.md): The grandsons of my hard-to-reach abode, bountiful with the thousand, have made renown among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.1.md): For your protection, singing great songs at the soma-pressing and the sacrifice, I call upon Indra, the giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.2.md): Him whom weak and strong rivals cannot overcome, Indra, in his exhilaration, grants a praiseworthy hymn to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.3.md): He who is mighty, horse-possessing, dark or golden, that very Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, loosens the enclosure fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.4.md): He who even brings out buried treasure full of men's wealth and gives it to the giver; may Indra, wielder of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.5.md): That which you have known before for men, much-invoked hero, that, Indra, we bring together with sacrifice, hy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.6.md): Much-invoked wielder of the thunderbolt, bright soma-drinker, stay with us among the somas for exhilaration; m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.7.md): Yesterday and today we have honoured the thunderbolt-bearer here; so today, together, bring the pressed soma a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.8.md): His protector, the wide-bodied wolf, appears among the birds; O Indra, delighting in this our praise, come wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.9.md): When has Indra's manly deed ever been left undone? With what fame, indeed, was the slayer of Vṛtra heard of fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.10.md): When will his great unassailable powers be? When the unobstructed might of the Vṛtra-slayer? Indra, with his w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.11.md): For you, O Indra, we make unprecedented prayers, O slayer of Vṛtra; most-praised, much-invoked wielder of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.12.md): Many, indeed, are your desires, O one rich in power; Indra, those seeking aid call upon you. Go even to the en - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.13.md): Indra, we indeed are near you, O inspired seer. O much-invoked, bountiful one, there is no other giver of merc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.14.md): Drive down from us this thoughtlessness, hunger, and calumny. And you, through your help and bright thought, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.66.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.66.15.md): Let soma indeed be pressed for you. Do not fear, O wise ones. The destroyer indeed draws near, and of itself i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.1.md): Now we beg help from those ruling Ādityas, the gracious ones, for the sake of obtaining our desire. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.2.md): May Mitra carry us across sin, and Varuṇa and Aryaman too, as the Ādityas know. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.3.md): Their wondrous and praiseworthy shelter belongs to the generous worshipper who performs the rite for the Ādity - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.4.md): O Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman! Your great help, O great ones; we choose your protections. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.5.md): Grant us life, O Ādityas; carry us across distress as before. You are indeed hearers of invocation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.6.md): With that protection and shelter which you have for the weary soma-presser, speak of us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.7.md): O gods, for the sinless there is wide wealth beyond distress. O Ādityas, you are wondrously free from fault. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.8.md): May this bond not fall upon us; for greatness may he free us from around us. Indra is indeed renowned, the mas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.9.md): Do not let us be given over to the harm of enemies and the guilt of the sinful; O desirous gods, press forward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.10.md): And to you, O great Aditi, O goddess, I call out near; be gracious for the attainment of my goal. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.11.md): Carry us across by day, in the deep place; O son of the fierce one, let no one who desires to slay us harm our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.12.md): O far-going, wide-thighed one, make us free from sin and let us spread out; make us for offspring and for life - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.13.md): The Ādityas, the heads of the earths, unfailing and self-glorious, guard their sacred ordinances, free from de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.14.md): May they, O Ādityas, free us from the jaws of wolves, as one releases a bound thief, O Aditi. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.15.md): O Ādityas, let this dart and evil intent go far from us; let it depart from us without striking. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.16.md): O bountiful Ādityas, we are always yours; by your protections, as before, we now too enjoy your favour. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.17.md): O wise gods, you turn back forever the one who approaches sin; you make him ready to live. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.18.md): O Ādityas, bestow well upon us that new gift, which you release from the bond, as one frees the bound, O Aditi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.19.md): O Ādityas, that crossing belongs not to us but to the one who stumbles; you, be gracious to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.20.md): O Ādityas, let not the weapon of Vivasvat strike us; let the crafted arrow not slay us before old age. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.67.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.67.21.md): O Ādityas, drive hatred well away; put away the blow and the bond; scatter harm on every side. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.1.md): Indra, for protection and for happiness we turn you here with your chariot. O most mighty, great-deeded one, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.2.md): O you of mighty strength, of swift and strong purpose, rich in power, O all-minded one! With your greatness yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.3.md): By whose greatness your two shining hands have gone around, and they have grasped the golden thunderbolt. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.4.md): I call upon the lord of Viśvānara, of you, the lord of unyielding might, with your powers, for the protection - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.5.md): For the desired aid, the ever-strengthening one, in the good battles, whom men call upon in many ways for prot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.6.md): The one who measures out from afar, the most brilliant, rich in soma, the fierce Indra, who is also lord of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.7.md): For wealth and for drinking I urge that great Indra, the leader of men, who rules the ancient hymn of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.8.md): O mighty one, no mortal who has attained your friendship will perish; no one can destroy your powers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.9.md): Sustained by you, O wielder of the thunderbolt, with your team, in the waters and in the sun, may we win great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.10.md): You we invoke with sacrifices, you we implore with songs, O Indra, most praised of those who are praised; as y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.11.md): Whose friendship is sweet, whose guidance is sweet, O wielder of the stone; your sacrifice is widely spread. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.12.md): Grant us breadth for our body and offspring; make wide our dwelling; extend us wide for living. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.13.md): Make the path wide for the men, wide for the cows, wide for the chariot; we think of the god's favor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.14.md): In pairs of two, six men stand near me, with the delight of soma, the sweet-giving leaders. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.15.md): By Indra's favor I have taken hold of the two ruddy horses, the two red horses of the horse-sacrifice at the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.16.md): At the descendant of Atithigva's horse-sacrifice, men with fine chariots and fine forms; at the descendant of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.17.md): Six horses, with their mares, for the descendant of Atithigva by Indra's favor; at the sacrifice of pure deed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.18.md): Among these may Vṛṣaṇvatī perceive; among the ruddy horses let the bright Aruṣī shine; so Svabhīśu and Kāśāvat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.68.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.68.19.md): Among you, O companions in the contest for wealth, may no mortal, though wishing to revile, lay blame upon us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.1.md): O worshippers, bring forward the triṣṭubh-measured food for Indra, whose heroes exult, and for Indu. For the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.2.md): You are the roar of the milch-cows, the roar of the young ones. Your lord, master of the unslayable milch-cows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.3.md): Those sweet-milked streams of his purify the soma, the spotted ones; at the birth of the gods, in the three re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.4.md): Forward, with song, praise Indra, lord of the cows, so that I may know him: the son of truth, lord of the good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.5.md): Here the tawny steeds have been yoked upon the sacred grass, where we two together invoke him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.6.md): For Indra, the cows yielded the sweet milk, for the thunderbolt-wielder, when at the place of calling he finds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.7.md): Indra and I went up toward the lofty abode and home of the strong one; having drunk the sweet soma, we two sat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.8.md): Sing praise, sing forth praise, O Priyamedhas, sing praise; let the young sons sing too, and, O bold one, sing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.9.md): The gargara roars down below, the frog croaks all around; the tawny one leaps about all around, a prayer raise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.10.md): When they rush down, easily milked, unbound, take up that gushing drop of soma for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.11.md): Indra drank, Agni drank; all the gods rejoiced; here may Varuṇa rule. The waters sounded toward him in gladnes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.12.md): You are a good god, O Varuṇa, to whom the seven rivers belong; they flow down along your rushing course, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.13.md): He who loosened the well-yoked reins for the giver — that quick leader, in that very form, was released, as a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.14.md): May mighty Indra pass beyond all hostile foes; may he break apart, far off by the song, the rice-gruel being c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.15.md): As a little child or young boy stands upon a new chariot, may he obtain the buffalo and the deer for father an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.16.md): O well-darting one, O lord of the house, indeed stand upon this golden chariot; then may we two join that thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.17.md): Him indeed the humble worshippers thus approach near to self-rule; there is also his well-established purpose, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.69.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.69.18.md): Following the ancient dwelling, these Priyamedhas, following the former course, having turned aside the barhis - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.1.md): I praise him who is king of the moving peoples, who advances with chariots, the fearless one, the helper in al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.2.md): O you who are invoked by many, adorn that Indra, whose two arms are able to bear; the thunderbolt has been pla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.3.md): No one may destroy by deed him who has made Indra, the ever-strengthening; by sacrifices he attains the one li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.4.md): In whom, the unconquerable, fierce conqueror of battles, at his birth the great wide worlds and the cows bello - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.5.md): O Indra, even if there were a hundred heavens and a hundred earths belonging to you, O wielder of the bolt, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.6.md): You have filled all things with greatness and manly vigor, O bull, O most mighty. Bountiful one, O wielder of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.7.md): The mortal without the gods does not attain nourishment, O long-lived one; but Indra yokes his two bay horses - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.8.md): Honor that great, worthy Indra, the helper for giving; he who is to be invoked in the gādha-contests and the ā - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.9.md): O Vasu, lift us up and show favor for great welfare; O hero, for wealth; O Maghavan, lift us up for our great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.10.md): You, O Indra, seeking order for us, crush your own adversaries; O of many powers, dwell in the middle; between - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.11.md): Him of irregular law, not human, not sacrificing, not devoted to the gods, may his friend the mountain cast do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.12.md): You, O Indra, O most mighty, place wealth in the hand of these for giving; grasp everything for us as grain is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.13.md): Friends, seek your purpose: how shall we win the praise sung by Śara? So too the generous patron and the lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.14.md): You shall be praised together with many seers and with those who spread the sacred grass. Thus, O Śara, one by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.70.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.70.15.md): The bountiful son of Śuradeva, with an ear-gift, brought us a calf for the three, as a protector brings a goat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.1.md): O Agni, with your great powers protect us from every ungiving foe and from the hatred of mortals. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.2.md): Human anger does not rule over you, O dear-born one; indeed you are the lord of the night. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.3.md): You, together with all the gods, O son of strength, O auspicious-radiant one, give us wealth that brings every - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.4.md): O Agni, those hostile ones cannot strive to separate from wealth that mortal whom you protect, the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.5.md): O sage Agni, he whom you impel for wealth in the reward of wisdom will, by your help, reach the cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.6.md): O Agni, give the giving mortal wealth abounding in heroes, and lead us forward toward what is precious and nea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.7.md): O Agni, knower of all born things, give us wide room; do not hand us away to the malicious, to the hard-to-con - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.8.md): O Agni, may no ungodly man ever keep you apart from the gift of the god; you alone rule over treasures. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.9.md): May he come to us for wealth, son of strength; O friend, giver of goods, come for those who praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.10.md): Toward us let songs go to Agni, of sharp flame, to the visible one; let sacrifices with reverence go to the we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.11.md): Agni, son of strength, knower of all born things, for the giving of riches; he who became immortal twice among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.12.md): For you, Agni, through the divine sacrifice; Agni when setting out to the sacrifice; Agni, first in thoughts; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.13.md): May Agni in friendship grant us offerings of nourishment; he is lord of the choicest treasures. For offspring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.14.md): Agni, call upon that Agni of cool-shining brilliance with hymns for help. O much-invoked one, invoke Agni for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.71.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.71.15.md): We praise Agni to ward off hatred from us, Agni who gives peace and gifts. Among all peoples he has become wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.1.md): Prepare the oblations; may the adhvaryu come here again and serve, knowing Agni's instruction. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.2.md): The hotar sat down upon the sharp ray, in Manu, delighting in his friendship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.3.md): Among the people they seek the Rudra within; from afar, with insight, they grasp him, and with the tongue they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.4.md): I have kindled my kinsman; the life-giving bow climbed the forest; with the tongue it struck the one who sits - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.5.md): The calf roaming here roars; it does not find the giver. For the praiser it seeks the mother. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.6.md): And now his great, horse-rich, vast yojana-span is visible; the chariot's band has appeared. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.7.md): Seven milk out the one; two and five send it forth, at the ford of the Sindhu, in the sound of the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.8.md): With the ten of Vivasvat, Indra stirred the vessel, with the three-layered strainer, of the heaven (Soma). - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.9.md): Around the sacrifice of the threefold-sustained one goes the aged yet newer one; the priests anoint her with h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.10.md): With homage they sprinkle the protector, the high-wheeled, all-encircling, low-hanging, undiminished (vessel). - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.11.md): The stones pour that sweet (Soma) into the lotus-vessel, at the release of the one who descends. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.12.md): O cows, come down near to him; great ones, both giving the juice of the sacrifice, both with golden ears. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.13.md): When the soma is pressed, pour splendor into it, the brilliance of heaven and earth; let the liquid receive th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.14.md): They recognize their own dwelling, as calves join with their mothers; they are joined to one another with thei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.15.md): Sprinkling in the sieves, making firm support in heaven, homage to Indra and to Agni, for the light of heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.16.md): The swift one drew forth the swelling nourishment and strength, the seven-stepped one, by the seven rays of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.17.md): At the rising of soma, O Mitra and Varuṇa, I take up the light of the sun; that is the remedy for the sick man - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.72.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.72.18.md): And now the step of this one, the abode of the tawny one (the sun-horse), he spread out around heaven with his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.1.md): O Aśvins, rise up and yoke your chariot for the keeper of cosmic order; may your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.2.md): O Aśvins, come here with your chariot, swifter than even a moment; may your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.3.md): O Aśvins, cool the hot ritual drink for Atri with cold; may your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.4.md): Where are you, where did you go, where did you fly like eagles? May your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.5.md): If today or at any time you should hear this invocation, O Aśvins — may your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.6.md): O Aśvins, most invoked in the sacrifice, I go toward the nearest reachable goal; may your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.7.md): O Aśvins, both of you make the house a protection for Atri. May your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.8.md): You two choose Agni; from the heat, like a flowing wind, he calls out for Atri. May your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.9.md): With dawn, the seven-stranded one's stream of Agni awoke. May your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.10.md): Come here, O you two bestowers of showers; hear this call of mine. May your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.11.md): What is this for you, praised like the ancient one, as if of the two old ones? May your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.12.md): O Aśvins, you two share one birth-kinship and one kinsman. May your help be near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.13.md): O Aśvins, your chariot that pervades the realms and heaven and earth — may that near help be yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.14.md): O Aśvins, come to us with cattle, horses, and thousands of gifts — may that near help be yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.15.md): O Aśvins, do not pass us by with cattle, horses, and thousands of gifts — may that near help be yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.16.md): Dawn, red-rayed, has arisen and made light, full of cosmic order — may that near help be yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.17.md): O Aśvins, you look upon us clearly, as a man with an axe looks upon a tree — may that near help be yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.73.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.73.18.md): O bold one, break through like a fortress, with the people harassed by the dark foe — may that near help be yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.1.md): For every clan, seeking wealth, I praise for you Agni, the guest dear to many, with my enduring speech and wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.2.md): Whom the people who bring oblations praise with songs of praise, offering ghee as to Mitra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.3.md): Praise Jātavedas Agni, who by the divine ordinance set the raised oblations in motion toward heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.4.md): We have come to Agni, slayer of Vṛtra, most supreme, of Ānava's line; in whose van Śrutarvan and the great Ārk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.5.md): The immortal Jātavedas Agni, shining through the darkness, invoked with ghee, worthy of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.6.md): These hard-pressed people invoke Agni with oblations, offering, their ladles raised high. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.7.md): O Agni, this new prayer has been set forth for you from us. O delightful one, well-born, wise, unfailing, hous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.8.md): O Agni, may that be most gracious, closest and dear to you. By that, grow, O well-praised one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.9.md): That, possessing brilliant gifts, is great. Toward fame may she attain fame, in the battle against Vṛtra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.10.md): The horse and the cows, the chariot-protectors, vigorous Indra, lord of the good: praise them. Whose glories a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.11.md): You whom Gopavana has honored with song, O Agni, O Aṅgiras! You, O purifier, hear our call. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.12.md): You whom the peoples, with kinsmen, invoke for the winning of spoils: that one, awaken in the battle against V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.13.md): I call upon Śrutarvan and Madacyut at the Arkṣa; like the strengths of the praisers, may I wipe the heads of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.14.md): Four swift ones, of the most powerful one's speed, with good chariots, may they carry me toward food, like bir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.74.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.74.15.md): Truly I point you downward, O great river, O Paruṣṇī; O waters, giver of horses, there is no mortal beyond the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.1.md): O Agni, harness the horses most invoked by the gods, like a charioteer; sit down here, the ancient invoker. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.2.md): And, O god, speak for us to the gods with the greatest wisdom; grant us all the desirable goods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.3.md): You, O youngest, O son of strength, O invoked one, when you are called, become the keeper of order and worthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.4.md): This Agni is lord of a thousandfold strength and a hundredfold food; he is the head of riches, the wise seer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.5.md): Pay homage to that felly, O Rbhus, as you bow down with invocations; come nearer to the sacrifice, O Angiras. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.6.md): Now, for that bright one, O Virupa, with constant speech, stir up good praise for the mighty one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.7.md): With this army of Agni, whose gaze never turns away, may we seize some Paṇi among the cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.8.md): May the peoples of the gods not abandon us, like streaming cows, and like unslaughterable cows abandon a lean - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.9.md): May the harm of the lowly hostile ones of Sama not strike us; as a wave strikes a boat, so may it not strike u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.10.md): Homage to your strength, O Agni; O god, the peoples praise you. With hymns, crush the enemy. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.11.md): O Agni, bring wealth to us who desire cattle; O far-doer, make it wide for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.12.md): Do not cut us off from this great wealth, like a burden-bearer letting go of the load; win the gathered wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.13.md): O Agni, may this malevolent power, out of fear, cling to someone other than us. Increase us, and increase our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.14.md): Whose sacrifice the humble worshipper or the one free of ill will has accepted, him Agni certainly protects wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.15.md): From the far world and the near world, carry across and bring the lower ones over; where I am, keep those away - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.75.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.75.16.md): O Agni, we have known you of old, like a father, O you who give protective help. Therefore we ask for your fav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.1.md): Now I call upon this wondrous Indra, the mighty lord by his strength, accompanied by the Maruts; do not hold h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.2.md): This Indra, friend of the Maruts, split apart the head of Vritra with the hundred-jointed thunderbolt. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.3.md): Indra, friend of the Maruts, growing strong, drove Vritra away, and set free the waters born of the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.4.md): He by whom this light was truly won together with the Maruts, that is Indra, won for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.5.md): We call upon Indra, accompanied by the Maruts, eager, mighty, vigorous and valiant, with our songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.6.md): With an ancient prayer we call upon Indra, accompanied by the Maruts, for the drinking of this soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.7.md): With the Maruts, O Indra, bountiful one, O you of a hundred deeds, drink the soma. O much-praised one, at this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.8.md): For you indeed, O Indra, O wielder of the stone, are the pressed somas with the Maruts; with the heart the hym - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.9.md): Drink, indeed, O Indra, friend of the Maruts, the pressed soma at the daylight rites, sharpening the thunderbo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.10.md): Rising up with strength, having drunk, you shook the two jaws. O Indra, the soma pressed in the cup. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.11.md): When you became the slayer of the dasyu, O Indra, both worlds, heaven and earth, trembled for you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.76.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.76.12.md): I have fashioned, from Indra alone, my own body, the eight-footed speech, freshly woven, touching the cosmic o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.1.md): Newly born, the hundred-willed one asked his mother: "Who are the fierce ones, and who are the renowned?" - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.2.md): Then the mighty one spoke of Aurṇavābha and Ahīśu: "Son, let those be the victors." - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.3.md): The slayer of Vṛtra crushed them all together, as one presses wheels in a pit; grown exalted, he became the de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.4.md): With one cup and with the counter-cup, Indra drank thirty lakes together, along with the soma's strainer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.5.md): Indra struck the Gandharva and drove him down into the bottomless realms; Indra acts indeed for the growth of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.6.md): Indra pierced the mountains and brought out the cooked rice-gruel; Indra held up the well-spread bundle (vesse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.7.md): O Indra, your arrow has a hundred barbs and a thousand feathers; the one you have made your yoke-mate is that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.8.md): With that, bring for the praisers, for men and women to eat; best of the Ṛbhus, just born. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.9.md): These greatest feats of yours were done with might and with heart; you have upheld the strong ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.10.md): Viṣṇu, far-striding and energized, brought all those: a hundred buffaloes, milk-cooked dish, cooked rice, a bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.77.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.77.11.md): Your far-reaching, well-made, beautiful bow; good, golden, bonded; both your arms are delightful and well-ador - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.1.md): O Indra, bring us a thousand puroḷāśa cakes with soma; and bring, O hero, a hundred cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.2.md): Bring us the anointing salve, a cow and a horse, and the anointing unguent — together with the mind and with g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.3.md): And bring us many ear-adorning ornaments, O bold one; for you indeed are heard, O wealthy one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.4.md): No one is weaker than you, O Indra, nor better armed, nor a better giver; and no other, O hero, is there apart - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.5.md): Indra does no harm to anyone, nor, being mighty, does he seek to overpower anyone; he hears all and he sees al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.6.md): Unharmed, he looks down upon the wrath of mortals; and beforehand he seeks to look upon the reviler. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.7.md): Indeed, by the sacrificer's skill the swift one's belly is filled; he is the slayer of Vṛtra, the drinker of S - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.8.md): In you, O Soma, all treasures are gathered and all prosperities; giver of good gifts, they are unwithheld. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.9.md): Indeed you, my desire seeks, the desire for cattle and gold; you, the seeker of horses, I aspire to. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.78.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.78.10.md): Your gift, O Indra, I take indeed into my hand with hope; O bountiful one, from the day or from the gathered s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.1.md): This Soma is the maker, unseized, the all-conquering one who truly bursts forth. As seer and sage, he appears - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.2.md): He covers the naked and heals everything that is hard. He goes forth and sees: the blind man sees, and the lam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.3.md): O Soma, you are the guide to wide shelter, away from the enmities of the body-makers and of those who act othe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.4.md): By your wisdom and deeds you stand from heaven to earth. O leader of the straight course, you keep away even t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.5.md): Those who seek go forth and reach their aim, and they also obtain the bounty of the giver; the wish of the str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.6.md): When he found the ancient thing that was lost, he impelled forward the follower of truth; he lengthened life t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.7.md): O Soma, be gracious and merciful to us, humble-minded and steadfast; be comfort to our heart. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.8.md): O Soma, do not scatter us altogether; O king, do not terrify us; do not strike our heart with your brilliance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.79.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.79.9.md): When I look down upon the evil intentions of the gods in their own seat, O king, drive away the enmities; O bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.1.md): O Indra of a hundred purposes, I have not made another, by force, our merciful protector; you yourself, O Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.2.md): You who always protected us in the past and kept us unharmed for the gaining of spoils, you, O Indra, show us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.3.md): Charioteer Indra, why indeed are you not the helper of the one who presses the soma? O Indra, you are surely a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.4.md): O Indra, drive our chariot forward; O wielder of the thunderbolt, make this one, which is behind, go in front - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.5.md): Come now, why do you stand still? Make our chariot first; and for one seeking spoils, keep the fame lasting ev - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.6.md): Help our chariot that seeks spoils; why indeed is your chariot easy to drive around us? Make us well among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.7.md): O Indra, be firm; you are a fortress. The auspicious offering of atonement comes to you; this prayer is fittin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.8.md): In misfortune may no one reach us; may wide dwellings and the bestowed wealth be ours. May the ungenerous be d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.9.md): When you make the fourth, sacrificial name, that we desire. Then indeed may the lord and protector call upon u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.80.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.80.10.md): O immortal gods, Ekadyu has strengthened and gladdened you, and so have the goddesses. For him may they give p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.1.md): O Indra, mighty-handed one, seize well with your right hand the rich and wondrous treasure for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.2.md): Indeed we know you, O doer of great deeds, of great vigor, of great splendor, vast in measure, with your aids. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.3.md): Indeed, O hero, gods and mortals do not restrain you when you wish to give, as one restrains a fearsome cow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.4.md): Now let us praise Indra, lord of goods and self-ruling sovereign; may he not hinder us with wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.5.md): May the one who praises go forward, draw near, and hear the sung chant; may he be favored with wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.6.md): Bring to us with your right hand, touch us with your left; O Indra, do not deprive us of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.7.md): O bold Indra, advance with daring and come among the people; bring here the wealth of the unliberal Ādāśūṣṭara - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.8.md): O Indra, the strength that is yours is bountiful; by the inspired seers and by us, press it well and offer it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.81.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.81.9.md): Your strengths, which bring fruit in a single day, are all-brilliant for us; they race swiftly with the steeds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.1.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, run hither from afar and from near, toward the vessel of sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.2.md): Sharp soma-juices, come hither; drink the pressed, exhilarating soma, as before for brilliance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.3.md): Delight yourself with the offering; for boon and for the force of wrath—for you, O Indra, let there be peace f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.4.md): O unconquered one, come hither; the hymns too are invoked for you, in the nearest light of heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.5.md): For you, this soma, pressed with the stones and mixed with cows' milk, for exhilaration; O Indra, soma is invo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.6.md): O Indra, hear my call well; for us, drink the pressed soma mixed with cows' milk and obtain full satisfaction. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.7.md): O Indra, drink the soma pressed for you in the cups and vessels; you are its master. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.8.md): Drink the soma that appears in the vessels like the moon in the waters; you are its master. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.82.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.82.9.md): Drink the soma that the eagle brought for you with its feet across the unobstructed realms; you are its master - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.1.md): We indeed choose that great help of the gods, the bulls, for our protection. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.2.md): May Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman always be our ready allies, and the wise, strengthening gods as well. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.3.md): Carry us across the many waters, as with boats; you, charioteers of the cosmic order, ferry us over. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.4.md): May there be that good for us, Aryaman; may that praiseworthy good be ours, Varuṇa. Indeed we ask for that goo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.5.md): You wise lords of that good, destroyers of foes, indeed like a sure protection; O Ādityas, when transgression - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.6.md): Indeed we call upon you, O bountiful givers, as we go along the path, O gods, for growth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.7.md): O Indra, O Viṣṇu, watch over us above these kindred gods; O Maruts, O Aśvins, come. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.8.md): O bountiful ones, we bear our brotherhood in the womb of our common mother, twofold yet shared. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.83.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.83.9.md): Indeed you are bountiful, with Indra foremost, bright-shining; therefore it is to you that I speak. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.1.md): I praise the most beloved guest of you all, Agni, dear as a friend, to be invoked like a chariot. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.2.md): Whom the gods twice set down among mortals, like a wise seer, made far-seeing. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.3.md): You, youngest one, protect the giving men; hear my praises; and by your own strength protect the child too. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.4.md): O Agni, O Aṅgiras, son of strength! With what shall I praise you, for favor and for wrath, O god? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.5.md): With whose mind shall we serve you with sacrifice? O mighty one, when shall I speak this homage? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.6.md): Then you, indeed, make for us all good dwellings; O rich in food and wealth, make our songs prosper. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.7.md): O lord of the house, for whom now do you stir up the thoughts of the wise? Whose hymns reach you in the cow-st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.8.md): They purify him, the one of good purpose, who goes before in battles and contests, strong in his own dwellings - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.84.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.84.9.md): He whom the slayers do not slay dwells with comforts and good means; O Agni, he who has brave sons prospers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.1.md): O Nāsatyas, O Aśvins, come to my call, you two, to drink the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.2.md): O Aśvins, hear this my praise, hear this my call, to drink the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.3.md): O Aśvins, this dark one (Kṛṣṇa) calls you two, O lords rich in strength and wealth, to drink the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.4.md): Hear the call of the praising Kṛṣṇa, the call of the singer, O heroes, to drink the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.5.md): O heroes, mount your unconquerable chariot and come to the praising sage, to drink the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.6.md): O Aśvins, come to the house of the giver, thus to the one who praises, to drink the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.7.md): O bounteous Aśvins, rich in strength, yoke the ass to the swaying chariot, for drinking the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.8.md): With the three-reined chariot, of threefold make, come hither, O Aśvins, for drinking the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.85.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.85.9.md): Now hear my songs, O Nāsatyas, Aśvins; you two, protect, for drinking the sweet soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.86.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.86.1.md): O two wondrous physicians, you both are bringers of well-being and have become lords of skill and of speech. V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.86.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.86.2.md): How might one with a distracted mind praise you? You two have given the prayer for the gift of the wealthy man - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.86.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.86.3.md): O you two many-enjoying ones, you have given this prosperous man to Viṣṇāpu, for the gift of the wealthy one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.86.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.86.4.md): And that hero, winner of wealth and eager for ṛta, though far away, we call for protection; whose sweetest tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.86.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.86.5.md): By ṛta the god Savitar is at peace; the peak of ṛta has spread out wide. ṛta has conquered even great attacker - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.87.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.87.1.md): O Aśvins, your praise is radiant. Come hither to the sprinkling like a bird coming to water. O men, beloved in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.87.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.87.2.md): O Aśvins, drink the sweet warm draught; O men, sit down on the sacred grass. Rejoicing, you two drink at Manu' - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.87.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.87.3.md): With all protections the dear-minded seers have called you. You two come along the path; come near to the sacr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.87.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.87.4.md): O Aśvins, drink the sweet soma; sit down on the sacred grass gladly. You two, growing strong, come to the good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.87.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.87.5.md): O Aśvins, now come indeed with the water-streaming horses; O Dasras, golden-wheeled, lords of the bright dawn, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.87.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.87.6.md): Surely we call upon you two, zealous praisers, for winning food. Those two are lovely, wondrous, many-working - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.88.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.88.1.md): Him, your fort-breaker, conqueror of the holy order, delighted with wealth and with the soma, we call upon wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.88.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.88.2.md): From Indra, bright and bountiful, encircled by his powers, like a mountain, nourisher of many, we swiftly beg - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.88.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.88.3.md): O Indra, not even great boulders tremble before you; they grow strong. When you wish to give wealth to the one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.88.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.88.4.md): You are a warrior; by your will, by your strength, and by your bounty, you hold sway over all creatures. This - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.88.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.88.5.md): O Indra, by your might you have surpassed even the far limits of heaven; neither the midspace has encompassed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.88.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.88.6.md): O bountiful lord, no hindrance stands against your gift when you give to the giver; become the impeller of our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.89.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.89.1.md): Sing a great praise to Indra, the most slayer of Vṛtra, O Maruts; by whom, O upholders of ṛta, you brought for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.89.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.89.2.md): He drove away those who curse; then Indra, destroyer of curses, became glorious. O Indra, the gods held you fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.89.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.89.3.md): Offer your sacred prayer to great Indra, O Maruts. The slayer of Vṛtra, the hundred-deeded one, strikes Vṛtra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.89.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.89.4.md): O bold-minded one, bring praise with boldness; may your fame also be great. Let the waters flow swiftly, let t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.89.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.89.5.md): O unprecedented, bounteous Indra, when you were born for the slaying of Vṛtra, you spread out the earth and se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.89.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.89.6.md): For you the sacrifice was born, and that chant, and this rite too. You are the all-conqueror; whatever has bee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.89.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.89.7.md): You ripened what was raw and raised the sun up into the sky. As one heats a warm brew, heat the song with well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.90.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.90.1.md): May Indra, worthy to be invoked in all contests, come to us. Slayer of Vṛtra, may he adorn the prayers and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.90.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.90.2.md): You are the first giver of riches, you are true, the bestower of mastery. We choose the gifts fit to yoke, of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.90.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.90.3.md): Indra, rich in song, these prayers are made for you, unsurpassed in wonder. Lord of the bay horses, accept the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.90.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.90.4.md): You, indeed, are true, bountiful, unbowed; you subdue the many Vṛtras. You, most mighty, thunderbolt-handed, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.90.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.90.5.md): You, Indra, are glory, victorious and swift, lord of strength. You slay the unopposed Vṛtras, alone, unsurpass - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.90.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.90.6.md): That very one we now ask, O Asura, wise-minded, as for a portion of wealth. Indra, your refuge is great, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.91.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.91.1.md): The maiden carrying water, returning and hearing of the soma, bearing it home, said: For Indra I will press yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.91.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.91.2.md): You, hero who goes house by house, looking widely, drink this soma pressed with stones; drink it rich in grain - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.91.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.91.3.md): We seek you out, yes, we come near you; gently, as if gently, for Indra, O Soma, flow around. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.91.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.91.4.md): Perhaps he will win, perhaps he will act; perhaps he will make the wealthy ones for us; perhaps, seeking the h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.91.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.91.5.md): These three worlds, O Indra, spread them apart and raise them up; the head of that one, and of the wide one, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.91.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.91.6.md): That one, and the one who comes from the wide womb among us, this body of mine; and then, of that head which i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.91.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.91.7.md): O Indra of a hundred resolves, in the hollow of the chariot, in the hollow of the cart, and in the hollow of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.1.md): Sing forth toward Indra, drinker of the soma, all-conquering, of a hundred powers, the mightiest of the people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.2.md): Him, called upon by many, praised by many, worthy of songs, heard of from ancient times — call him 'Indra'. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.3.md): Indra indeed is the giver of great strengths to us and the leader; may the great Indra hold the reins in his h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.4.md): Drinking the soma of the skilled one who pours it forth, swift Indra drank the barley-headed cup. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.5.md): Praise him, indeed, forth for the drinking of soma — that indeed is his growth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.6.md): Having drunk of this intoxicating soma, the god by the strength of the god became lord over all the worlds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.7.md): That Indra, who conquers all at once, is established in all your songs. Let him come hither for our protection - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.8.md): Praise him, the combative, unrivalled soma-drinker who never falls from the soma, the hero whose purpose is un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.9.md): O Indra, teach us the way to much wealth. O rich in hymns, knowing all, keep us safe in the wealth beyond the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.10.md): Therefore, O Indra, come near to us with a hundred prizes, with refreshment, with a thousand prizes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.11.md): May we reach the thoughts of the wise one with the horses. O mighty one, in the cow-pen. May we win in battles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.12.md): We delight you, O hundred-deeded one, as cows delight in the pasture grass; we rejoice you in the hymns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.13.md): O Śatakratu, O wielder of the thunderbolt, by our mortal nature we have come to you with all our desires. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.14.md): O son, your praises, which fulfill desires, have surrounded you through your strength; O Indra, no one surpass - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.15.md): O bull, may he fill us with companionship, with terrible swiftness and with thought; help us with wise prayer- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.16.md): O Śatakratu, O Indra, through that most splendid intoxication of yours, may you rejoice indeed in the intoxica - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.17.md): Your intoxication most famed for splendid fame, O Indra, which most slays Vṛtra, which most gives vigor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.18.md): O possessor of the stone, we indeed know who is given to by you; O true one, O soma-drinker, O wonderful one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.19.md): When the exhilarating soma is pressed, let our songs surround Indra; let the poets chant the hymn of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.20.md): In whom all glories and the seven assemblies rest, Indra, him we invoke when the soma is pressed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.21.md): Among the Trikadrukas the gods extended awareness and the sacrifice; may our songs strengthen that very thing. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.22.md): May the drops of soma enter you as rivers enter the ocean; O Indra, no one surpasses you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.23.md): O bull, by your might you have manifested the share of soma; O wakeful Indra, that which is in your bellies is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.24.md): Let the soma suffice for your belly, Indra; O slayer of Vṛtra, let the drops suffice for your abodes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.25.md): Śrutakakṣa sings abundantly for the horse, sings abundantly for the cow, and sings abundantly for the abode of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.26.md): Indeed you suffice for us at the soma-pressings, O Indra; O Śakra, your bounty also suffices. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.27.md): Even from afar, O wielder of the stone, our praises have reached you; may we come to you in abundance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.28.md): Thus indeed you desire heroes; thus you are valiant and also steadfast; thus your mind is to be won. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.29.md): Thus your gift, O mighty one, has been established by all the givers; then, Indra, abide with me in company. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.30.md): Do not, like a weary priest, become slack, O lord of the prizes; be well delighted with the pressed soma and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.31.md): O Indra, do not hold us back in the nights or from the sun's quarters. With your yoked aid may we win that. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.32.md): O Indra, with your yoked aid we shall answer the rivals. You are ours, and we are yours. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.92.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.92.33.md): Indeed it is you whom your seekers, the friends who move about, and the singers desire, O Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.1.md): O Sun, you rise up, you go as driver toward Indra, famed for wealth, the bull, the one of manly deeds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.2.md): He who with the might of his arms broke open ninety-nine fortresses, and as slayer of Vritra, he also slew the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.3.md): May that Indra, our auspicious friend, milk for us, with horses, with cattle, with barley, like a broad-stream - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.4.md): O slayer of Vritra, O Sun, whatever you have risen up today, all that, O Indra, is in your power. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.5.md): Or if, O grown great, O lord of the good, you think 'may I not die'—that too, indeed, is your truth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.6.md): All the Somas pressed far away and those pressed near—O Indra, you go to them all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.7.md): For strength we call upon that Indra, to slay the great Vṛtra. May he become the bull, the mighty bull. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.8.md): That Indra, made in the binding, most vigorous, he is placed in the exhilaration. He is glorious, famous, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.9.md): Praised with song, gathered like a thunderbolt, with might, unshaken, he has shone forth, vigorous and unsuppo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.10.md): O Indra, lord of songs, praised one, make even in the fortress an easy path for us; and you, O bountiful one, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.11.md): Whose command they do not even transgress, nor his self-rule; neither god, nor the disobedient one, nor man. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.12.md): Therefore the two goddesses honor your unopposed might; O well-armed one, both heaven and earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.13.md): Indra, you alone sustained this — in the dark and reddish cows, and in the spotted ones, the shining milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.14.md): When from the serpent's brightness all the gods advanced, they found the immortal power of that wild beast. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.15.md): Then he became my restrainer; the slayer of Vr̥tra displayed his manly power — the unborn-enemy, the unharmed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.16.md): Your fame, greatest slayer of Vr̥tra, has been heard; I call forth the might of the moving forces for great we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.17.md): With this thought and this longing for cows, O many-named, O much-praised one, whenever at each soma-pressing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.18.md): May the one with awakened mind, slayer of Vr̥tra, much-pressed-soma one, indeed be ours; may the mighty Śakra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.19.md): O bull, by what help do you rejoice for us? By what help do you bring (wealth) to the praisers? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.20.md): Whose is that bull, who is with us at the pressing of soma, lord of teams, roaring? The slayer of Vṛtra roars - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.21.md): Rejoicing for us in thousandfold wealth, be the leader who guides forward, be so for the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.22.md): With their wives, these pressed soma juices, desiring enjoyment, go forth; reaching the streams of waters, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.23.md): Offered at the sacrifice, the hotṛ-invocations that strengthen Indra have set out toward Indra; with strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.24.md): Here, may those two bay horses, who share in rejoicing and have golden manes, bear forward what is dear to Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.25.md): O bright-wealthed one, for you these soma drinks have been pressed, and the sacred grass is spread; bring Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.26.md): Let your strength be placed in the lights, and may he distribute treasures to the giver; praise Indra for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.27.md): O one of a hundred insights, to you I place strength and all hymns; O Indra, be gracious to the singers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.28.md): O one of a hundred insights, bring us good upon good, bring food and strength; O Indra, when you are gracious - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.29.md): O one of a hundred insights, may he bring us all blessings; O Indra, when you are gracious to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.30.md): O slayer of Vṛtra most of all, we who have pressed soma call you indeed; O Indra, when you are gracious to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.31.md): O lord of the intoxicating draughts, come to our pressed soma with your tawny horses; come to our pressed soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.32.md): Indra, the most destroyer of Vritra in both ways, of a hundred insights, may he come with his tawny horses to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.33.md): For you, O slayer of Vritra, are the drinker and protector of these soma draughts; come to our pressed soma wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.93.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.93.34.md): May Indra, for food, give us the wealth of the Ṛbhus, the Ṛbhukṣan's riches; may the vigorous one give the pri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.1.md): The cow of the Maruts, eager for glory, mother of bounties, nourishes; yoked, the bearer of the chariots. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.2.md): In whose lap the gods uphold all ordinances; the sun and dawn, for seeing a little. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.3.md): Indeed all the noble ones always sing that for us; the poets praise the Maruts for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.4.md): This soma is pressed; the Maruts drink it, and also the self-ruling Ashvins. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.5.md): Mitra and Aryaman drink the purified soma with their bodies; Varuna too drinks the born one of the three-seate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.6.md): And now may Indra rejoice in the delight of this pressed soma mixed with milk, at dawn, like the priest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.7.md): When the sun-like singers shone forth, the Maruts of purifying strength rush onward like streams of water. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.8.md): When today shall I seek the protection of the great gods, and of the wondrously radiant Maruts by their own po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.9.md): O Maruts, who spread out all earthly things and the lights of heaven, come for the drinking of soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.10.md): I now call you, O Maruts of pure strength who came from heaven, to drink this soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.11.md): I now call those Maruts who set apart and upheld the two worlds, to drink this soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.94.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.94.12.md): I now call that mighty Maruts' host, dwelling on the mountains, strong as a bull, to drink this soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.1.md): O Indra, worthy of praise, at the soma pressings the songs have stood before you like charioteers. As mothers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.2.md): O Indra, the pure, pressed soma juices have streamed toward you. O Indra, worthy of praise, drink this soma ju - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.3.md): O Indra, drink soma for exhilaration, this pressed soma brought by the falcon. For you are the lord of the ete - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.4.md): O Indra of the Tiraścī line, hear the call of the one who serves you. O possessor of good valour, fill him wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.5.md): O Indra, he who for you has brought forth a new, delightful song, a prayer of wise mind, ancient and full of c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.6.md): Let us praise that Indra whom the songs have magnified with praise. Desiring his many heroic deeds, may we att - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.7.md): Come, let us praise the pure Indra with the pure chant and the pure hymns. May he, who has grown strong, pure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.8.md): O Indra, come to us, pure, with pure protections. Pure, establish wealth firmly; pure and possessing soma, rej - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.95.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.95.9.md): O Indra, pure, you indeed give us wealth; pure, you give treasures to the giver. Pure, you strike down the obs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.1.md): The dawns and the nights have surged along Indra's course like sweet-sounding waves. For him the seven mother- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.2.md): Pierced through even by the mighty weapon, the thrice-seven peaks of the mountains are bound together. What de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.3.md): Indra's thunderbolt is of iron, and in his two arms lies the greatest strength. Indra's purposes are on his he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.4.md): I hold you as the one worthy of sacrifice among those worthy of sacrifice; I hold you as the pillar among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.5.md): When, O Indra, you grasp in your two arms the exhilarating thunderbolt to strike the serpent, then the mountai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.6.md): Let us praise him who brought forth all these; all born things came after him. With Indra, let us hold the fri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.7.md): Out of fear of Vṛtra the gods all abandoned you, and your own companions abandoned you too. O Indra, let your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.8.md): Sixty Maruts three times made you grow strong, like generous bulls worthy of sacrifice. We draw near to you; g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.9.md): O Indra, who dared to raise the sharp weapon and host of the Maruts against your thunderbolt? Cast away with y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.10.md): Send a beautiful praise to the great, fierce, mighty Indra, lord of most auspicious cattle. Set ancient praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.11.md): Send your thought to the all-pervading Indra borne by praise, as a wooden boat carries across rivers. Touch wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.12.md): Make bright that (praise) which pleases Indra; recite a good praise, approach him with homage. O singer, do no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.13.md): The drop of Soma stood above the Aṃśumatī river, the dark stream flowing with tens and thousands. Indra with m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.14.md): I saw the drop of Soma moving apart in the hollow of the Aṃśumatī river. Dark like the sky, it stands; O viril - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.15.md): Then the drop of Soma held its body on the lap of the Aṃśumatī river, shining. Indra, joined with Bṛhaspati as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.16.md): You, Indra, born for the seven, became the enemy of the non-enemies. You afterwards found the hidden heaven an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.17.md): You, thunderbearer, with the thunderbolt struck down that unequalled strength; bold one, you drove away the bl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.18.md): You, bull, became the cloud of the moving ones and the mighty conqueror of obstacles. You released the rivers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.19.md): He is the wise one, the giver of joy at the soma pressings, of unmatched wrath, rich as the days. He alone is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.20.md): That slayer of Vṛtra, Indra, bearer of the peoples: let us call him with a fine hymn as one to be invoked. He - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.96.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.96.21.md): That slayer of Vṛtra, Indra, the swift-winning one, was born at once and became one to be invoked. Making many - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.1.md): O Indra, with the wealth you brought from the asuras, you who possess the bright sun-world, increase the singe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.2.md): O Indra, place the horse, the cow, and the inexhaustible share you hold into the sacrificer, the soma-presser, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.3.md): O Indra, may the one who harms with the anuṣvāpa—lawless, without devotion to the gods—be destroyed by his own - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.4.md): O Śakra, whether you are far away or near, O slayer of Vṛtra, therefore the soma-presser calls you here with s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.5.md): Whether you are in the brightness of heaven, upon the expanse of the ocean, or in the earthly seat, O most mig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.6.md): You, O drinker of soma, rejoice in the somas we have pressed, O lord of might; O Indra, with true wealth and w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.7.md): O Indra, do not cast us away; be our companion at the soma drink. You are in our protection, you are our true - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.8.md): O Indra, sit down with us at the pressing of the soma, to drink the honey-sweet soma. O lord of bounty, grant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.9.md): The gods have not reached you, nor have mortals; O wielder of the thunderbolt, by your might you are overpower - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.10.md): Together they fashioned Indra, the hero who overpowers all battles, and brought him forth for kingship; by wis - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.11.md): The singers sang together for Indra to drink the soma, when the lord of heaven was present for his growth; Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.12.md): As one bows the rim of a wheel, the bright, guileless, inspired seers bow to him with their sight; the strong - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.13.md): I call upon that Indra, bountiful, fierce, truly bearing unopposed strength. May the mighty one, worthy of sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.14.md): You, O Indra, knowing the enemy strongholds, shatter them with your strength. O thunderbolt-wielder, from your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.97.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.97.15.md): O Indra, hero, wondrous one, may that cosmic order protect me. O thunderbolt-wielder, carry us across many dif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.1.md): Sing a sāman for Indra, for the inspired seer, the great and mighty one, for the upholder of order, the wise a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.2.md): You, Indra, are the overpowerer; you made the sun shine. You are the maker of all works, the god of all, and y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.3.md): Shining with light, you went to heaven, to the brilliance of the sky. Indra, for friendship the gods have held - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.4.md): Come to us, Indra, dear one, winner of the battle-prize, unchallenged, like a mountain, broad on every side, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.5.md): Indeed, true soma-drinker, you became both heaven and earth. Indra, you are the increaser of the presser, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.6.md): You indeed are the breaker of the forts of the ever-young, Indra; slayer of the dasyu, increaser of Manu, lord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.7.md): Now, O Indra, lord of songs, we send great desires toward you, like rivers flowing with their waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.8.md): O hero, as a river is swelled, young hymns increase you, O wielder of the thunderbolt, you who grow stronger d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.9.md): With the chant of Iṣira they yoke the two tawny horses to the broad chariot, to the chariot of the broad yoke, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.10.md): You, O Indra, bring us strength and manly vigor, O you of a hundred powers, O far-seeing one. Bring the hero w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.11.md): You are our father, O bestower of wealth; you have also become our mother, O you of a hundred powers. Therefor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.98.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.98.12.md): To you, O mighty one, much-invoked, O you of a hundred powers, seeking strength, I call. May he grant us good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.1.md): O Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, eager men gladdened you long ago and only yesterday. You, who are that on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.2.md): O well-helmeted one, O lord of tawny horses, be gladdened; for that we entreat you. The seers adorn you in you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.3.md): As if seeking the sun, they all partake of Indra's portion. At birth, and in the man who is born, wealth comes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.4.md): Praise him who is unfailing in gifts and giver of wealth; these are Indra's auspicious bounties. He fulfils th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.5.md): You, O Indra, are victor over all rivals in the contests. You are slayer of the unpraised, the begetter, the c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.6.md): Toward your strength, rushing swiftly, the two worlds came after you as two mothers after a child. All your ri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.7.md): From here, with your help, we call upon him who is undecaying, the impeller, unimpelled by any other, swift, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.99.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.99.8.md): We call upon Indra, the accomplisher, unmade, mighty-made, of a hundred protections, of a hundred deeds, the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.1.md): Indra, I go forward in your very body; all the gods come toward me from before and from behind. When you hold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.2.md): I set before you a morsel of honey first; let your share be the pressed Soma. You are my friend from the right - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.3.md): You who are eager for the prize, bring forth your hymn well for Indra, if it is true. Another says Indra is no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.4.md): O singer, I am here; look at me. By my greatness I am above all births. The directions of cosmic order strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.5.md): When the inspired poets raised me, seating me on one seat of cosmic order upon the back of the tawny steed, my - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.6.md): O Indra, bountiful one, all those deeds which you have done for the presser of Soma are indeed to be proclaime - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.7.md): Now run apart, all of you; he who turned you back is here. Indra struck the thunderbolt down into Vṛtra's vita - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.8.md): Swift as thought, flying, he crossed the iron fortress; the eagle went to heaven and brought back soma for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.9.md): Within the ocean, with the waters, the thunderbolt lies, enveloped; the waters flowing forth together bring tr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.10.md): When Vāk, queen of the gods, delightful, sat down speaking unintelligible words, the four quarters milked out - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.11.md): The gods brought forth the goddess Vāk; the many-formed cattle speak her. May that delightful Vāk, milking str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.100.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.100.12.md): O friend Viṣṇu, stride out widely; O sky, make room for the thunderbolt to stand firm. Let us two slay Vṛtra a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.1.md): The mortal who now calls upon Mitra and Varuṇa for protection and for the giving of oblations is thus honored - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.2.md): Most mighty in strength, far-seeing, the two leaders and two kings, long-famed, those two who drive the chario - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.3.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, the swift messenger who ran forward toward you two, iron-headed and exhilarated by soma, i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.4.md): From him who takes no delight in inquiry, nor in calling again, nor in dialogue, protect us today from destruc - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.5.md): Forth to Mitra, forth to Aryaman, bring the companion hymn; O you rich in truth, for Varuṇa sing among the kin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.6.md): They impel the ruddy, born treasure, one son of the three; they, immortal and undeceived, look upon the abodes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.7.md): Accept my raised, most brilliant words that have been composed. O Nāsatyas, come, you two together, and accept - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.8.md): O possessors of strength and wealth, since we call you two for the gift free from demons, come, bringing back - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.9.md): Come to our sacrifice that touches heaven, O Vāyu; come with gracious minds. Within and above the filter, this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.10.md): The priest comes by the most direct paths, to enjoy the oblations. Therefore, O lord of teams, drink for both - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.11.md): Truly you are great, O Sun; truly you are great, O Āditya. The glory of your great being is praised; surely, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.12.md): Truly you are great in fame, O Sun; truly you are great, O god. By your greatness you are the lord of the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.13.md): This one, low and shining, fashioned of red forms, appeared like a picture coming forward, within the ten arms - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.14.md): Three creatures indeed went across to the beyond, and the others settled around the praise. The great one stoo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.15.md): She is the mother of the Rudras, daughter of the Vasus, sister of the Adityas, the navel of the immortal. Now - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.101.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.101.16.md): The goddess who knows speech, who sends speech forth and stands near by all the prayers, having come to the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.1.md): O Agni, O god, you bestow great vigor on the generous worshipper. You are the seer, the lord of the house, eve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.2.md): Agni, for us bring the gods here with praise and offering, knowing the way, O radiant one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.3.md): With you, O youngest one, indeed we are near, for winning spoils of strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.4.md): Like the Aurva-Bhr̥gus, like Apnavāna, I call upon the bright Agni, clad in the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.5.md): I call upon Agni, whose voice is the wind, the seer whose roar is the thundercloud, of great might, clad in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.6.md): Like the impulse of Savitr, like the portion of Bhaga, I call upon Agni, clad in the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.7.md): Praise Agni, the greatest increaser of the sacrifices and most bountiful, toward the mighty son of the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.8.md): As Tvaṣṭar, the craftsman, shapes forms, so by the wisdom of this glorious one he has come to be for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.9.md): This Agni rules over all the splendors among the gods; may he come near to us with the wealth of strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.10.md): Here, among all the invokers, praise the most glorious Agni, the ancient one in the sacrifices. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.11.md): Agni of pure flame, the eldest, who blazes high in the homes, shines forth as the most long-renowned. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.12.md): Praise that mighty Agni, O sage, like a racing steed, like a friend who leads men to victory. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.13.md): O Agni, sister-like hymns come near to you, directing themselves on behalf of the one who offers oblations; th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.14.md): Whose sacred grass, founded on three supports, unveiled and unwearied, has taken its stand; and you too, O wat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.15.md): The footstep of the god, of the bountiful giver, is with unassailable protections; blessed, it appears like th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.16.md): O Agni, kindled by the thoughts of ghee, O god, with your flame bring the gods hither and worship them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.17.md): Mothers bore you, O Aṅgiras, and the gods brought forth you, the poet, carrier of oblations, immortal. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.18.md): O seer, O Agni, the messenger and the chosen one, the wise carrier of oblations—they have seated you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.19.md): I have no offering fit for fire, nor an axe with its handle; yet for you I bring such an offering as this. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.20.md): O Agni, whatever logs we place for you, whichever they are, accept them all, O youngest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.21.md): Whatever the licking-tongue devours, whatever the worm creeps across, let all of it be ghee for you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.102.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.102.22.md): Let the mortal, kindling Agni with his mind, bring his devotion to him; I kindle Agni together with the Vivasv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.1.md): Agni appeared, most skilled at finding the path, in whom the gods established the sacred vows. Our hymns have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.2.md): Agni, the son of Daivodasa, goes forward with might toward the gods. He spread widely around his mother, the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.3.md): From him the peoples tremble, and so do the doers of deeds. As in the contest for the thousand-giver, by his o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.4.md): O Vasu, the mortal whom you lead forward for wealth, who offers to you, obtains a hero who sings praise. O Agn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.5.md): He shatters even a firm stronghold; with the horse he gains strength. He obtains imperishable fame. O Purūvasu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.6.md): To Agni, who bestows all goods, the priest who gladdens the peoples, the first praises go like cups of honey; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.7.md): As one adorns a horse fit for the chariot, the generous devotees of the gods adorn Agni with songs. O wondrous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.8.md): Sing forth to Agni, the most exalted, the upholder of cosmic order, the mighty one of bright flame. O you who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.9.md): May the bountiful lord grant fame together with heroic offspring. May he, well kindled, radiant, nourished by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.10.md): Indeed, praise the most beloved of the beloved. O Āsāva, praise Agni the guest, Agni like Yama, the guide of c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.11.md): Agni, invoked, knower of the laid-up treasures, worthy of sacrifice, turns toward wealth. Whose waves of flow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.12.md): May this guest, wealth-giver, much-praised Agni not harm us; he is the good invoker, who performs the good sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.13.md): O bounteous Agni, may those who please you with their praises and rites never perish. The singer too, as your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.103.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.103.14.md): O Agni, come here as the companion of the Maruts, with the Rudras, to drink the soma. Draw near to the good pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.1.md): Flow with your sweetest, most exhilarating stream, O Soma; you have been pressed for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.2.md): The demon-slayer, all-seeing Soma, goes toward the iron-cased vessel and sits down in the place of the wooden - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.3.md): Become the greatest giver of wealth, the mightiest and the greatest slayer of Vṛtra; bring the gift of the bou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.4.md): Rush toward the flow of the great gods with sweet juice; go toward strength and also toward fame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.5.md): We approach you, day after day, for that very purpose; O Indu, in you lie our desires. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.6.md): The daughter of the sun purifies your filtered Soma with the unceasing thread of the sieve. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.7.md): The ten fine-limbed water-women seize that Soma in the race of purification; they are sisters on the far shore - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.8.md): The untiring streams urge that Soma on and blow through the bright flow of the bowl; threefold-nourished, it i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.9.md): The unslain cows also nurse this calf, Soma, for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.1.10.md): In the exhilarations of this one Indra strikes down every obstacle; the hero also honors and exalts the riches - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.1.md): O Soma, lover of the gods, flow through the filter and be purified; O Indu, enter Indra like a bull. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.2.md): O bull Soma, pour forth and proclaim the great flood; O Indu, come hither most rich in brilliance; sit down in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.3.md): The dear sweet stream was milked from the pressed Soma; Soma of good purpose obtained the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.4.md): The great waters and rivers rush after you, great one, when you will clothe yourself with cows (milk). - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.5.md): The ocean is cleansed in the waters; the prop and upholder of heaven; Soma, friendly to us, is purified in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.6.md): The bull, tawny and great, like Mitra and visible, roars out; he gleams together with the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.7.md): O Soma, hymns cleanse you with strength; the active sacrificers cleanse you, by which you shine for exhilarati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.8.md): For exhilaration we call upon you, the bold one who makes the light-worlds; these are your great praises. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.9.md): For us, O Soma, eager for Indra, flow with a stream of sweetness, like the cloud-god rich in rain. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.2.10.md): O Soma drop, you are protector of cattle, protector of men, protector of horses, protector of strength; you ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.1.md): This immortal god flows and shines toward the wooden vats, like a winged bird. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.2.md): This god, prepared by the skilled one, runs across the obstacles; purifying himself, he is unassailable. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.3.md): This god, purified with the inspired singers and the lovers of order, is cleansed for strength like the tawny - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.4.md): This hero, going like a warrior among the strong, desires to win all the goods worth winning, purifying himsel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.5.md): This god drives his chariot swiftly; purifying himself, he bestows gifts generously and openly reveals the sin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.6.md): This god, praised by the inspired seers, plunges into the waters, bestowing treasures on the giver. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.7.md): This Soma runs toward heaven, cutting across the regions with its flow; as it is purified, it roars. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.8.md): This Soma flows out to heaven, crossing the regions, unharmed; as it is purified, it makes the sacrifice flow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.9.md): This Soma, a god by his ancient birth, pressed out for the gods, the tawny one flows through the filter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.3.10.md): This very Soma, of many vows, born and generating the juices of nourishment, flows with his stream; pressed ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.1.md): O Soma, win great fame and conquer, O self-purifying one. Then make us desirous of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.2.md): Win light, win the heavenly world, and all good fortunes, O Soma. Then make us desirous of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.3.md): Win strength and purpose, and drive away the hostile foes, O Soma. Then make us desirous of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.4.md): O purifiers, purify the Soma for Indra to drink. Then make us desirous of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.5.md): By your power place us in the sun, and by your protections. Then make us desirous of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.6.md): By your power and your protections, may we ever see the sun. Then make us desirous of wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.7.md): O Soma, you of good weapons, rush forth toward the wealth doubly strong. Then make us the more prosperous. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.8.md): O Soma, unfailing, victorious in contests, rush forth toward wealth. Then make us the more prosperous. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.9.md): With sacrifices we have strengthened you, O purified one, in the wide ordinance. Then make us the more prosper - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.4.10.md): Bring us bright wealth, possessing horses, all-vital, O Indu. Then make us the more prosperous. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.1.md): Kindled on every side, the lord shines forth as flowing Soma; pleasing like a bull, he roars. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.2.md): Grandson of the waters, flowing Soma speeds sharp on both peaks; through the atmosphere he lights up. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.3.md): Adorable, flowing Soma shines forth as wealth, radiant; with streams of honey, with vigour, he gleams. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.4.md): Spreading the ancient barhis with vigour, purifying, driving the tawny steeds, he moves as a god among gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.5.md): Well-praised by flowing Soma, the vast golden divine doors swing open upward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.6.md): Fair-wrought, broad and mighty, the flowing Soma grows virile like a bull; night and dawn shine bright. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.7.md): I call upon the two divine hotars, who watch over men. Let Soma, the purifier, and Indra the bull come too. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.8.md): Bharati, Sarasvati of the purifier, and great Ila—may these three fair goddesses come to this our sacrifice. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.9.md): I call upon Tvaṣṭar, firstborn, protector, and forerunner. Let Indu, Indra the bull, the tawny purifying Soma, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.10.md): O purifier, anoint well with sweetness and with your stream the lord of the forest—thousand-branched, tawny, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.5.11.md): All you gods, come to the purifier's svāhā-offering. Vāyu, Bṛhaspati, the sun, Agni, and Indra, come together, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.1.md): O Soma, with your exhilarating stream, virile as a bull, desiring the gods, purify yourself; flowing toward us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.2.md): Toward that exhilarating, intoxicating (juice), O drop of Soma, flow thus for Indra; flow toward the vigorous, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.3.md): Toward that ancient exhilarating juice, pressed out, flow into the filter; toward strength and toward fame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.4.md): Along the streams the Soma drops flowed like waters with a rush; purifying, they reached Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.5.md): The swift, vigorous one that ten women cleanse as one would a steed, the sheep at play in the forest of the fi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.6.md): That bull-like juice, mingled with the cows, for exhilaration and for the desire of the gods, pressed out, sen - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.7.md): The god Soma flows, pressed out in a stream for the gods and for Indra, that he may fill his milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.8.md): The self of the sacrifice, Soma, is pressed out and flows through the strainer; he guards the ancient poetic u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.6.9.md): Thus purifying yourself, seeking Indra, most exhilarating Soma, you hold the exhilaration for drinking; even i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.1.md): Drops of Soma flowed out, radiant along the path of the cosmic law (ṛta); they know his course well. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.2.md): The foremost stream of the sweet Soma plunges into the vast waters; among oblations it is the praiseworthy off - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.3.md): The foremost bull of the yoked speech roared down in the forest; the true sacrifice moves toward its seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.4.md): When the seer circles his poetic works, clothed in manly strength, he rushes on; the vigorous one wishes to wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.5.md): Flowing, Soma sits like a king over rivals and peoples, when the wise poets praise him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.6.md): In the sheep's-wool strainer the dear tawny Soma sits in the woods; the swift Rebha is praised with song. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.7.md): Soma, by its ordinances, goes together with joyful exhilaration to Vāyu, Indra and the two Aśvins. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.8.md): The waves of Soma flow toward Mitra and Varuṇa, bringing good fortune; knowing well his mighty works, they pur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.7.9.md): O Rodasī, grant us wealth for winning the sweetness and strength of Soma; win for us fame and treasures togeth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.1.md): These Soma juices flow toward Indra's dear desire, increasing his vigor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.2.md): Purifying, seated in the vessel, going toward Vayu and the Aśvins — may they grant us good heroic strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.3.md): O Soma, purifying for Indra's wealth, stir up the heart, to take your seat in the womb of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.4.md): Ten fingers purify you; seven thoughts stir you; the inspired poets rejoiced. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.5.md): For the gods, for exhilaration, creating you beyond the wool-bearing ewes; we cover you together with cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.6.md): Purifying in the vessels, the ruddy, tawny Soma has flowed over the garments, around the cow-related treasures - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.7.md): O Indu, flow hither for the bountiful giver to us; strike away all hostile foes; enter into the friend. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.8.md): Pour rain forth from the sky; pour brilliance down upon the earth; O Soma, establish strength for us in battle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.8.9.md): Watcher of men, drunk by Indra, finder of heaven — we would take you in; may we enjoy offspring and food. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.1.md): Dear to heaven, the seer Soma, set within the two sisters (the waters), being pressed, moves forward with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.2.md): Onward, onward, dear to the man of dominion, to the protecting lord, to the non-deceiver; flow forth with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.3.md): That pure son, born, made the two mothers bright at their birth; great, he made the two great ones, who uphold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.4.md): Set within the seven thoughts, he impelled the rivers, the non-deceiving ones, who swelled the one eye (the pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.5.md): They set the existing, unbound, youthful one for greatness; O Indra, the drop of Soma, in your vow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.6.md): The immortal bearer Agni beholds the seven; the curly-haired flame that carries the oblation gladdens the godd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.7.md): O Soma, drive away the darknesses that stand against us in the ritual arrangements; O purifier, strike them do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.8.md): Now prepare the paths for the newer and still newer one, for the well-made hymn; make the lights shine as of o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.9.9.md): O purifying Soma, bestow great fame, cow and horse, with heroic sons; grant insight, grant heavenly light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.1.md): Resounding like chariots and like racing horses eager for glory, the Soma juices have rushed forth for wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.2.md): Urged on like chariots, they have run in the hands; like bearers, like doers of work. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.3.md): Like kings with praises, the Soma juices are adorned with cows (milk); like the sacrifice with the seven estab - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.4.md): Pressed all around, the exhilarating drops, with sacred grass and with voice, for intoxication; the pressed ju - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.5.md): The purifiers generate the portion of Vivasvat's dawn; the heroes stretch out and weave the thread. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.6.md): The two doors of thoughts, the ancient singers open; for the joy of the bull (Soma), the striving ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.7.md): The harmonious hotar-priests, sevenfold-born, sit down; they fill the place of the One. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.8.md): At the navel we take hold of the navel; the eye too is joined to the sun. From the seer we milk forth his offs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.10.9.md): Toward heaven's beloved step, placed in secret by the adhvaryus, the sun looks upon it with his eye. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.1.md): O men, sing for this purifying, flowing Soma; he desires to honor the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.2.md): With honey and milk the Atharvans have resorted to you; desiring the gods, they offered the god to the god. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.3.md): Flow for us; may there be well-being for the cow, well-being for the people, well-being for the horse. O king, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.4.md): Now, for the bright, self-strong, reddish sky-touching Soma, offer a hymn of praise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.5.md): Purify the Soma pressed out with stones that slipped from the hand; rush into the sweetness, flow toward the h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.6.md): Sit down near with homage; mix with curds and approach the Soma. Place the Soma in Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.7.md): O Soma, destroyer of enemies, all-seeing, purify yourself and flow for the welfare of the cows, becoming the f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.8.md): O Soma, you are poured out all around for Indra to drink, for exhilaration; you are indeed the essence of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.11.9.md): O purifying Soma, grant us wealth with heroic offspring; O drop, O bright one, come to us as companion of Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.1.md): The Soma drops, poured out at the seat of cosmic order, sweetest with honey, flowed for Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.2.md): As mother cows low toward their calf, the inspired poets sang out to Indra for the drinking of Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.3.md): The intoxicating Soma stirs in its seat; on the wave of the Sindhu the wise Soma rests upon the bright cow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.4.md): At the navel of heaven, all-seeing, Soma is exalted in the sheep's-wool filter: Soma, the wise and skilled poe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.5.md): Soma, set within the vats and the filter, that very Soma the bright drop embraces all around. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.6.md): The bright drop sends its voice forth, over the expanse of the ocean, quickening the honey-dripping vessel. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.7.md): Ever-praised, lord of the plant-world Soma, who pours out milk within the streams, setting the ages of mankind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.8.md): Impelled toward the dear paths of heaven, Soma flows onward, by the stream of the inspired seer, Soma the poet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.12.9.md): O purifying Soma, bring forth here wealth of a thousand splendors; for us, O Indu, bestow self-grown prosperit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.1.md): Soma, purifying itself and flowing with a thousand streams through the strainer, is poured out for Vāyu and In - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.2.md): O seekers of help, sing forth to the inspired seer Soma, purifying and pressed out, for the desire of the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.3.md): The Somas, lords of a thousand, purify themselves for winning spoils, praising for the desire of the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.4.md): And for us, flow forth great nourishments for winning spoils; O Indu, bright and of good heroic strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.5.md): Those pressed-out drops of the gods, let them flow for us, thousandfold wealth and excellent manliness. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.6.md): Swift and impelled, like those set in motion by impellers, we released them for winning spoils; swiftly they p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.7.md): The bright Soma drops flow like cows rushing toward their calf; they have gathered in the two hands. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.8.md): Soma, pleasing and exhilarating for Indra, flowing purified and roaring, drive away all enemies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.13.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.13.9.md): Driving away the hostile ones and beholding the heavenly light, O purified Somas, take your seat in the abode - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.1.md): The seer Soma, resting on the waves of the Sindhu, flows forth all around, bearing the sieve that takes many f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.2.md): When the five tireless companies of one kin, with the song, cleanse and adorn that bright Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.3.md): Then in the juice of that mighty Soma all the gods rejoiced, when he is mingled with the cows' milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.4.md): Rushing out, he runs, leaving behind the defiled parts; here he is pressed together with his yoke. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.5.md): With the daughters of Vivasvat he is cleansed, bright and youthful, producing the cows (rays) like one at a ba - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.6.md): Moving aslant across the seat, toward the cows' milk, with the woolen filter he goes forward; the one he finds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.7.md): The streams, cleansing the lord of refreshment, came together toward him; they seize the back of the strong So - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.14.8.md): O Soma, you purify all the heavenly and earthly things; favoring us, come with all the treasures. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.1.md): This Soma moves with the speed of thought, with heroic chariots and swift steeds, going toward Indra's straine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.2.md): This Soma is meditated upon in many ways, for the great one's divine favour, where the immortals sit. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.3.md): This beloved Soma is led within by the bright path, when the rays urge him on. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.4.md): This Soma shakes his horns, the herd's leader bull, bearing strength, shining with his vigour. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.5.md): This Soma is driven on, strong, with golden ornaments and bright rays, becoming lord of the rivers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.6.md): This Soma, having drunk the treasures and won by hard strength, goes down into the seats. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.7.md): The worshippers cleanse that Soma, the one to be purified, in the troughs; he produces great nourishing drinks - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.15.8.md): Indeed, that Soma is cleansed by ten fingers and seven thoughtful hymns; he has good strength and is most exhi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.1.md): O Soma, the pressers strain your juice into the two cups for exhilaration and vigour; your stream rushes onwar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.2.md): By will and strength, fit for the chariot, clad in waters and adorned with the sap, we have joined you in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.3.md): Send forth the unbegotten Soma, hard to cross, into the waters and into the pure strainer; purify him for Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.4.md): Soma flows forth through the filter by the mind of the purifier; by his will he has taken his seat in his own - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.5.md): Forth to you, O Indra, with homages, the drops of Soma were sent; for the great offering, from those who perfo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.6.md): Purifying himself in his unperishing form, he rushes over all the splendours; like a hero he stands among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.7.md): Like a summit of heaven, the swelling stream of the pressed Soma of the wise poet does not flow in vain throug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.16.8.md): You, O Soma, purifying yourself among the people, run with the stream of the wise poet over the sheep's-wool f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.1.md): Like rivers running down a slope, smiting the obstacles, the swift Soma juices have flowed forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.2.md): As showers pour upon the earth, the pressed Soma drops have flowed toward Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.3.md): Surging beyond the waves, exhilarating, intoxicating Soma flows through the sacred filter, smiting the demons, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.4.md): He rushes to the vessels; he is poured around the filter; with hymns he grows strong in the sacrifices. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.5.md): O Soma, climbing beyond the three bright realms, you shine in the sky; you impel as one who drives the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.6.md): The wise poets praised Soma at the crown of the sacrifice, holding the dear one in their sight. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.7.md): Men and inspired seers, seeking help with their thought, cleanse you, the vigorous one, for the favor of the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.17.8.md): Flow along the stream of sweetness; swift one, sit down in your seat. Bright one, for the cosmic order, for dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.18.1.md): O Soma, dweller on the mountains, as you are pressed out in the filter you flow forth. In every intoxication y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.18.2.md): You are the wise seer, you are the poet. The sweetness born from the juice of the plant flows forth from you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.18.3.md): All the gods, united in delight, partake of your drink. In every intoxication you are the one who sustains all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.18.4.md): You who hold all desirable treasures in both your hands. In every intoxication you are the one who sustains al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.18.5.md): You who together milk these two great heaven and earth, like two mothers. In every intoxication you are the on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.18.6.md): You who swiftly rush around both heaven and earth with your strengths. In every intoxication you are the one w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.18.7.md): That mighty Soma, purifying himself in the vats, roars aloud. In the exhilarating draughts you are the one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.19.1.md): O Soma, purifying yourself, bring to us that wondrous, praiseworthy wealth, both heavenly and earthly. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.19.2.md): You two are indeed lords of heaven's light, O Soma, and Indra is lord of the cattle. Being mighty, fill our pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.19.3.md): The bull Soma, purifying himself in the filters and thundering, sat down upon the sacred grass in his seat, ta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.19.4.md): Thoughts exulted over the seed of the bull, as mothers for their son, as mothers for their calf. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.19.5.md): May Soma, purifying himself, surely place an embryo in those cows who desire the bull and who milk out the shi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.19.6.md): Place fear upon those who stand near us, and place it among our enemies. O purifying Soma, find wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.19.7.md): O Soma, bring down the virile power of the enemy, bring down his strength, bring down his vitality. Whether he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.20.1.md): The poet flows forth through the filtering streams, for the favor of the gods, overcoming all rivals. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.20.2.md): Indeed he sends forth to the singers strength rich in cattle and a thousandfold wealth, purifying himself. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.20.3.md): With your insight you look over all things; you flow purified by thought. O Soma, may you win fame for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.20.4.md): O Soma, pour great glory toward us; give steady wealth to the generous; bring nourishment here for the singers - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.20.5.md): Like a king of faithful vows, you have entered the songs. O Soma, O bearer of offerings, O wondrous one, purif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.20.6.md): That bearer of offerings is in the waters, hard to cross, cleansed by the hands. Soma settles into the cups. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.20.7.md): Playful and exulting like a sacrifice, O Soma, you go to the filter, bestowing excellent strength on the prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.21.1.md): These drops of Soma run swiftly for Indra, vigorous, exhilarating, finders of the light of heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.21.2.md): Clearing away hostile obstacles, finders of wealth for the pressing of Soma, of their own accord, giving vigor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.21.3.md): These drops play idly toward the one common seat; they have flowed forth upon the waves of the Indus. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.21.4.md): These, all of them, flowing and purifying, have reached the desired treasures, like horses yoked to the chario - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.21.5.md): Here, O drops, set the tawny one, the beloved, at the command, who is a giver to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.21.6.md): Like Ribhu the craftsman, set a new vessel for the chariot; set skill in place at the command. O bright drops, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.21.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.21.7.md): Those very swift streams roared and pressed on toward their goal; while still present, they set the thought fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.22.1.md): These swift Soma streams rush forward like racing chariots; the released currents have rushed onward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.22.2.md): These Soma streams are like wide winds and like Parjanya's showers; like sparks of Agni they flash forth effor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.22.3.md): These purified, wise Soma juices, with Dadhyañc's horse-head, have reached the thoughts through speech. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.22.4.md): These cleansed, immortal Soma streams do not tire as they flow; desiring to cross the path and the sky-realm, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.22.5.md): These Soma streams advance and reach the heights of Heaven and Earth; and they attain this highest light-realm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.22.6.md): Weaving the highest thread, they reached along the currents; and they also gained this supreme light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.22.7.md): O Soma, you brought back wealth and cattle-treasure from the Paṇis and set them in place; you stirred the stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.23.1.md): The swift Somas flowed forth with the stream of sweet exhilaration, toward all the sacred verses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.23.2.md): The ancient striving ones advanced along a new path; for the light they brought forth the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.23.3.md): O Pavamāna, bring us herds from the stingy foe; make nourishments rich in offspring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.23.4.md): The Somas, the striving ones, flow toward the exhilarating intoxication, toward the vessel dripping with sweet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.23.5.md): Soma flows, the sustainer, bestowing vigor and essence; rich in heroic sons, protector against reproach. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.23.6.md): For Indra you flow, O Soma, for the gods as a companion in joy. O Indu, you desire to win the prize of strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.23.7.md): Having drunk of these exhilarating drinks, Indra has slain the irresistible obstructors, and may he now slay o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.24.1.md): The bright Soma juices, purifying themselves, rushed forward; they cleanse themselves in the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.24.2.md): Like cows they rushed toward Indra; flowing like a stream of waters, being purified, they reached Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.24.3.md): O purifying Soma, you flow forward for Indra to drink; drawn by the priests, you are led apart in different di - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.24.4.md): O Soma, you gladden men; purify yourself to win over the hostile hosts. You are the conqueror, by whom all are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.24.5.md): O Indu, when you are pressed out by the stones, you flow around the filter; you flow well toward the abode of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.24.6.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, delighted by the hymns, purify yourself and flow; you are pure, cleansing, and wondrous. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.24.7.md): The pure, purifying Soma, of the pressed sweet drink, is proclaimed; he is the protector of the gods and the d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.25.1.md): O tawny Soma, accomplisher of skill, flow for the gods to drink; become the exhilarating draught for the Marut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.25.2.md): O purifying Soma, impelled by thought, roaring toward the source, enter Vāyu by the sacred law. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.25.3.md): Together with the gods the bull, the seer, shines dear upon his seat; he is the slayer of Vṛtra, most desired - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.25.4.md): Entering all forms, purifying himself, the tawny one goes to where the immortals sit. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.25.5.md): Ruddy, generating the hymns, Soma flows purified, alive, going to Indra, wise in purpose. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.25.6.md): Flow forward, most exhilarating poet, through the pure sieve with your stream, to take your seat in the abode - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.26.1.md): The inspired seers purified that vigorous Soma in the lap of Aditi, with thought cleansed through wool. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.26.2.md): Toward him, the drop of a thousand streams and undecaying, the cows sang out to the supporter of the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.26.3.md): The wise seers struck that flowing, purifying Soma with understanding in the sky; he is the supporter, rich in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.26.4.md): They struck Soma, united with the thought of the two Bhuriju, the invincible lord of speech of Vivasvat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.26.5.md): Upon the stone his kinsmen impel that tawny Soma with stones, the one of wide vision. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.26.6.md): O flowing, purifying Soma, who thrives on praise and gladdens Indra: the seers press you out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.27.1.md): This seer, lauded, surges up upon the filter, purifying himself as he strikes down and drives away the hostile - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.27.2.md): This Soma, winner of heaven's light and accomplisher of strength, is poured around in the filter for Indra and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.27.3.md): This Soma is led forth by men; the head of heaven, the virile one, the pressed Soma, is all-knowing among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.27.4.md): This Soma, desiring cattle, roared; purifying himself, desiring gold, the bright drop, conqueror of contests, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.27.5.md): This Soma laughs with the sun; purifying himself upon the sky, in the filter, he is the gladdening, intoxicati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.27.6.md): This mighty, virile, tawny Soma hastened through the atmosphere; purifying himself, the bright drop reaches to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.28.1.md): This vigorous Soma, impelled by men, all-knowing, lord of the mind, runs along the course through the sheep's - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.28.2.md): This Soma, pressed for the gods, flowed forth through the filter; entering all abodes, he pervades them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.28.3.md): This god Soma shines forth in his seat; immortal, slayer of Vṛtra, most favoured by the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.28.4.md): This bull Soma, roaring, driven by his ten sisters, runs toward the wooden vats. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.28.5.md): This Soma, purifying himself, all-seeing, made the sun shine; he knows all abodes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.28.6.md): This mighty, unassailable Soma, purifying himself, flows on; friend of the gods, destroyer of evil curses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.29.1.md): The streams of this bull Soma, pressed, flowed forth with their strength, toward the gods, making them resplen - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.29.2.md): The wise singers, praising with song, purify the sevenfold streams, the light that has been born and is worthy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.29.3.md): O Soma, those are your victorious deeds. O lord of abundance, for purifying, swell the praiseworthy ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.29.4.md): O Soma, flow with the stream, winning all treasures; drive away hostilities, together with the rest. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.29.5.md): Protect us well from the roar of whoever is no rival, from the reproach from which we have been released. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.29.6.md): O Indu, flow with the stream for earthly and heavenly wealth; bring forth radiant vigor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.30.1.md): His mighty streams do not flow in vain through the filter; purifying himself, Soma impels speech. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.30.2.md): Soma, swiftly moving and cleansed by the pressers, roars; he sends forth his stream and his strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.30.3.md): Bring us strength that brings men victory, rich in heroes and fulfilling many desires; flow on, O Soma, with y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.30.4.md): Soma flows forth with his stream, purifying himself, and goes toward the wooden vats and the seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.30.5.md): In the waters they press you, sweetest of the honeyed, with stones, O drop of Soma, for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.30.6.md): Press out the sweetest soma for Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt; for strength, the lovely, exhilarating Soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.31.1.md): The well-praised Soma juices, being purified, have flowed forth; they make wealth into awareness. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.31.2.md): O Indu, become the increaser of brilliance over heaven and earth; become lord of prizes and strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.31.3.md): For you the beloved winds blow, for you the rivers rush; O Soma, they greatly increase you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.31.4.md): Surge forward and be full; O Soma, let your manly strength come to you from all sides, and be present in the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.31.5.md): For you the cows yield ghee and milk; O tawny one, they have milked the undiminished (milk) on the highest rid - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.31.6.md): O lord of the world, while you exist, well-armed, we, O Indu, desire your friendship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.32.1.md): The Soma juices that exhilarate have flowed forth for our fame and for the bountiful one; pressed, they have c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.32.2.md): Then the maidens of Trita stir the tawny Soma with stones, the drop of Soma for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.32.3.md): Then, like a swan of the host, Soma has stirred the thought of all; like a horse he is driven with rays. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.32.4.md): You look upon both worlds, O Soma; like a deer, purified, you run, sitting in the seat of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.32.5.md): The cows call out to Soma as a woman to her beloved; like a dear lover he comes to the contest, as one placed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.32.6.md): Establish for us radiant fame, for the generous and for me as well; give wealth, insight, and renown. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.33.1.md): The wise Soma juices flow forth like the waves of the waters, as buffaloes rush toward the forests. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.33.2.md): The tawny, bright Soma juices, with the stream of cosmic order, flowed toward the troughs and poured forth str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.33.3.md): The pressed Soma juices flow for Indra, for Vāyu, for Varuṇa, for the Maruts; the Soma juices flow for Viṣṇu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.33.4.md): Three speeches rise up; the cows bellow, the milk-cows; the tawny one goes forth, roaring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.33.5.md): The inspired songs, mothers of cosmic order, have praised him; they cleanse the child of heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.33.6.md): Bring wealth to us from the four oceans, O Soma; flow forth from every side, a thousandfold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.34.1.md): Pressed, Soma rushes forth in the stretch of his stream, driven onward, breaking the firm barriers apart by hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.34.2.md): Pressed, Soma flows for Indra, for Vāyu, for Varuṇa, for the Maruts; Soma flows for Viṣṇu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.34.3.md): They press Soma, the bull, with stones, the bull yoked among bulls; with might they milk the milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.34.4.md): Soma became for Tritа, to be cleansed; it became exhilarating for Indra; together with forms the tawny Soma is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.34.5.md): Toward the seat of cosmic order, the spotted-mothered cows milk that beautiful, most dear oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.34.6.md): Together these unbroken songs flow to him; the cows flow; the lowing bull lowed toward them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.35.1.md): Flow to us, O purifying Soma, with your stream, and pour out broad wealth, by which you may win light for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.35.2.md): O Indu, bound for the ocean, flow and purify, O all-conquering one; as a bearer of wealth, sustain us with you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.35.3.md): With you and with the hero, O lord of heroes, may we prevail over the enemies who desire battle; flow for us t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.35.4.md): Indu Soma speeds forth, desiring to win strength; he is the seer, strong in power, knowing the rites and the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.35.5.md): That speech-drop, being purified, we make to dwell with our songs — Soma, lord of the people and of the cattle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.35.6.md): In whose sacred vow all people stand firm — of the lord who upholds the law, of the purifying Soma rich in wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.36.1.md): Soma, like a chariot-horse, was let flow through the filter; pressed in the two vats, the strong one has desce - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.36.2.md): That bearer, O Soma, watchful, purify yourself flowing toward the gods; flow toward the vessel dripping with s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.36.3.md): That one, O ancient self-purifying Soma, make lights shine forth for us; impel us toward insight and strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.36.4.md): Adorned by the followers of order, purified between the two hands, he flows in the imperishable race. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.36.5.md): May that Soma flow to the giver all wealth: heavenly, earthly, and atmospheric goods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.36.6.md): Mount up onto the back of heaven, O Soma, desiring horses and cows, desiring heroes; O lord of strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.37.1.md): That pressed bull, Soma, flows through the filter for drinking, striking down the demons, a friend of the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.37.2.md): That all-seeing tawny Soma flows through the filter, supporting, roaring toward his seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.37.3.md): That vigorous Soma, purifying toward the brilliances of heaven, runs, slayer of demons, toward the unfailing s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.37.4.md): Purifying himself, Soma made the summit of Trita bright, along with his kin, together with the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.37.5.md): That slayer of Vritra, the bull, pressed out, finder of wealth, undefeated Soma, rushed forth as if toward a p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.37.6.md): That god, impelled by the poet, runs toward the wooden troughs; the drop of Soma, for Indra, with exultation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.38.1.md): This bull-chariot runs through the streams filtered by sheep's wool, going toward a thousandfold prize of stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.38.2.md): Maidens of Trita press this tawny drop with stones, for Indra, for drinking. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.38.3.md): Those ten green streams cleanse that soma, active ones, by which it adorns itself for exhilaration. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.38.4.md): Among the people this one settles in the settlements like a hawk, going like a lover to a woman. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.38.5.md): This exhilarating juice looks down like a child from heaven; that drop has entered the vessel. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.38.6.md): This soma, pressed for drinking, the tawny one, flows, the sustainer, roaring toward its dear source. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.39.1.md): O Bṛhanmati, flow swiftly toward your dear abode, where the gods say "here." - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.39.2.md): Making clear the unrevealed for the people, driving the nourishments onward, pour down the rain from heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.39.3.md): The pressed Soma comes into the filter, bearing brilliance with strength, looking and making bright. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.39.4.md): He is the one who comes from heaven, the desired one, into the filter; upon the river's wave he burst forth an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.39.5.md): Eager to come from far and near, pressed out, honey is poured for Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.39.6.md): The well-united ones praise; with stones they urge on the tawny one. Sit in the seat of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.40.1.md): Purifying himself, he advanced toward all the rites, the all-seeing one. Thoughts adorn the inspired seer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.40.2.md): May the ruddy, pressed bull Soma mount his place and go to Indra. He sits upon the firm seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.40.3.md): Now, O drop of Soma, bring us great wealth; O Soma, flow to us from every side, bringing wealth a thousandfold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.40.4.md): O purifying Soma, O drop of Soma, bring all splendid riches; bestow thousandfold nourishments. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.40.5.md): May he, purifying, bring us wealth, granting the praiser riches with good heroic strength; increase the songs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.40.6.md): O purifying drop of Soma, bring; O Soma, bring wealth of twofold strength. O bull, drop of Soma, bring us weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.41.1.md): Like bellowing cows, the bright, untiring somas rushed forth, striking the black skin away. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.41.2.md): We aim for the bridge of welfare, hard to cross, overcoming the lawless Dasyu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.41.3.md): The sound of the mighty purifying Soma is heard like the roar of rain; lightnings course through the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.41.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.41.4.md): O Indu, flow and purify yourself; bring great nourishment rich in cows, gold, horses and strength, pressed out - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.41.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.41.5.md): O all-seeing one, flow and purify yourself; fill the great heaven and earth, as Dawn and the sun fill them wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.41.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.41.6.md): O Soma, encircle us on all sides with your sheltering stream; spread out as juice spreads to its dwelling. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.42.1.md): Generating the lights of heaven, generating the Sun in the waters, clothing himself in cows and waters, O tawn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.42.2.md): This god, with an ancient hymn, flows forth for the gods with his stream, pressed out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.42.3.md): For the one growing strong, Tūrvi, for winning the prize of strength, the Somas flow, thousand-purifiers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.42.4.md): Milking the ancient milk, he is poured around in the filter, crying out; he generated the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.42.5.md): Toward all treasures, toward the gods, the increasers of cosmic order; Soma, purifying himself, flows onward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.42.6.md): For us, with cows, with heroic sons, with horses, with strength, O Soma, pressed out, purify the great nourish - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.43.1.md): Soma, cleansed with the cows' milk for exhilaration, swift as a racehorse, we set in motion with songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.43.2.md): All our songs, seeking help, adorn him as before: the drop of Soma, for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.43.3.md): Purifying himself, swift Soma goes forward, adorned with songs of the inspired Médhyātithi. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.43.4.md): O purifying one, find for us beautiful wealth, O Soma, O drop, wealth of a thousandfold splendor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.43.5.md): This drop, like a racehorse seeking strength, hums in the filter, when, desiring the gods, it flowed forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.43.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.43.6.md): Purify yourself for the gaining of wealth, for the growth of the inspired poet who praises you. O Soma, grant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.44.1.md): O Soma, for our great flow you course forward like a wave, and like Ayāsya you press on toward the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.44.2.md): Pleased by hymns and set firm by thought, Soma is impelled even from afar; by the flow of the inspired seer he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.44.3.md): This wakeful Soma, pressed among the gods, comes into the sacred filter; the all-seeing Soma goes onward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.44.4.md): May he flow for us, seeking strength, making a fair sacrifice; he who has the sacred grass wishes to come. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.44.5.md): For Bhaga and for Vāyu, may Soma, who has inspired seers as his heroes and ever strengthens, hold us among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.44.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.44.6.md): Today, for winning wealth for us, may he who knows the sacrificial act and knows the paths best; you win stren - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.45.1.md): Flow, O Soma, for exhilaration, you who watch over men, for the favor of the gods. O Soma drop, purify yoursel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.45.2.md): Send forth for us your mission, O Soma; you delight Indra. Bring from the gods the choice boon for your friend - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.45.3.md): And you, O ruddy one, we adorn with cow's milk for exhilaration. Open the doors for our wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.45.4.md): Indeed he has passed beyond the strainer, like a strong horse going toward the yoke-pole; the Soma drop flows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.45.5.md): Companions together sang to him, the Soma drop playing and rushing in the forest; the streams like boats prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.45.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.45.6.md): With that stream you flow and purify yourself, by which, flowing, you may watch. O Soma drop, give the singer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.46.1.md): Swift and like active doers, they were sent forth for the gods' pursuit, dripping, the Soma strengthened by th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.46.2.md): The purified drops, like a woman rich in her fathers' line, flowed toward Vāyu, the Somas went forth to the wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.46.3.md): These Soma-juices, drops, rich in milk, pressed in the vessel, make Indra grow by their deeds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.46.4.md): Run forward, O skilled-handed ones; seize the bright Soma with both churning-sticks, and mix that exhilarating - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.46.5.md): Flow and purify yourself, O winner of wealth, bringer of great riches; for us, O Soma, become the knower of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.46.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.46.6.md): Ten fingers cleanse this flowing Soma; for Indra, the exhilarating, intoxicating drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.47.1.md): By this skillful deed Soma grew great and rose upward. The gladdening Soma surges forth like vigor. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.47.2.md): His deeds are accomplished; they recognize the deeds that destroy enemies. And the bold Soma gathers in the de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.47.3.md): Then Soma, the vigor-giving juice, became the thunderbolt, the giver of a thousand, when his hymn (uktha) is b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.47.4.md): Soma himself, the seer, desires a treasure for the inspired priest in the sustainer of the rite, when he purif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.47.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.47.5.md): You two, desirous of winning riches, are like racehorses in the contests; in the battles you are among the vic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.48.1.md): You, who bear your manly powers in the seats of the great heaven, the beautiful one, we seek with good work. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.48.2.md): The bold one of closed-in strength, worthy of praise, of great sacred vow, the exhilarating draught, desires t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.48.3.md): Therefore, O good-minded one, the well-winged bird, unshaken, bears you, king of heaven, toward wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.48.4.md): Indeed, for all, the light for sight, shared, stirring the realm; the guardian of cosmic order, the wise one b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.48.5.md): Then, stirring on, he gains greater vigor and greatness; the protector against enemies, the all-seeing one, ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.49.1.md): O Soma, flow down rain and the wave of waters from heaven. For us, let flow diseaseless, abundant nourishments - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.49.2.md): Flow with that stream by which the cows came here. O begetters, come to our house. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.49.3.md): O Soma, most dear to the gods at the sacrifices, flow with a stream like ghee. For us, bring rain and pour it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.49.4.md): Let him run with the stream through the unfailing pure filter for our nourishment. Surely the gods shall hear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.49.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.49.5.md): Purifying himself, Soma flowed and struck the demons away. As of old, he made the lights shine. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.50.1.md): Soma, your vigorous powers surge forth like the roar of a river's wave. Drive them toward the filter of Vāṇa. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.50.2.md): At your impulse the three speeches, eager for the sacrifice, rise up for you, when you go on the fleece of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.50.3.md): In the sheep's fleece-sieve they press around the dear tawny Soma with stones; purifying, he flows dripping wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.50.4.md): Most exhilarating one, O seer, flow onward as a purifying filter with the stream, to take your seat in the wom - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.50.5.md): That very one, most exhilarating, flow adorned with rays, anointed with the nights and dawns. O Soma, for Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.51.1.md): O Adhvaryu, pour the Soma pressed with stones into the filter; purify it for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.51.2.md): Press out the best nectar of heaven, the Soma, for Indra who wields the thunderbolt, the sweetest of all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.51.3.md): O Indu, the gods partake of your sweet juice, along with the Maruts, of the purifying Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.51.4.md): You indeed, O Soma, increasing and pressed out, for exhilaration and for the vigorous one; O bull, for protect - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.51.5.md): O far-seeing one, flow, pressed out, through the stream toward the filter, toward strength and fame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.52.1.md): Bright-shining Soma, giver of wealth, may you bring us strength along with the sap; pressed out, flow forth in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.52.2.md): Along your ancient courses, around the wool-filter, may the beloved, thousand-streamed Soma flow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.52.3.md): Stir him like a cooked oblation, O Indu; stir him like a gift, O Indu. Stir him with strokes, O mighty one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.52.4.md): Cast down the strength of these peoples, O Indu, much-invoked one, the one who sets himself against us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.52.5.md): For us a hundred, O Indu, with protections, or a thousand from the bright ones. Flow onward, O exhilarating on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.53.1.md): O Soma, lord of the stone, your mighty warriors have risen, smashing the demons. Drive away those who rise aga - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.53.2.md): Thus striking down, with strength, in the clash of chariots, in the wealth set at stake, I praise you with a f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.53.3.md): The vows of this purifying Soma cannot be overcome. O Soma, whoever attacks you, smash him with your power. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.53.4.md): They press that exhilarating, tawny, swift Soma in the rivers, the delightful drop of Soma for Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.54.1.md): According to this ancient, bright light of Soma, the milking cows drew out pure milk for the seer who gives a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.54.2.md): This Soma, like the sun looking down, runs through the streams, with seven currents, up toward heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.54.3.md): This Soma stands above all the worlds, purifying them; the god Soma is like the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.54.4.md): For the favor of the gods you bring us strength and riches, with cattle, all around; O drop of Soma, eager for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.55.1.md): O Soma, with the sweet juice pour forth around us nourishment, grain by grain, and all blessings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.55.2.md): O Indu, as is your praise, and as you were born from the sweet juice, sit down on the dear sacred grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.55.3.md): And you, O Soma, who win cows for us and win horses, purify yourself with the sweet juice most swiftly by thes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.55.4.md): You who conquer and are not conquered, who strikes the foe face to face, purify yourself and flow, O thousand- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.56.1.md): Soma, swift and devoted to the gods, flows through the pure filter with the great cosmic order, smiting the de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.56.2.md): When Soma flows forth with strength, a hundred streams pour out, entering into the friendship of Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.56.3.md): Ten maidens have sung to you, as a maiden to her lover; Soma, you are purified for winning and gain. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.56.4.md): You, sweet Indu, flow forth for Indra and for Vishnu; protect the leaders and the singers from sin. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.57.1.md): O Soma, your unfailing streams flow like the rains from heaven, going toward strength and food a thousandfold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.57.2.md): Gazing at all the dear poetic songs, he flows on; the tawny Soma, stirring his weapons, rushes forward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.57.3.md): Cleansing himself with the fingers, like a king of steadfast vows, like a falcon he settles down in the vessel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.57.4.md): Thus, O Indu Soma, purifying yourself, bring to us here all treasures from heaven and from earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.58.1.md): With the stream of the pressed soma juice, that exhilarating Soma crosses over and rushes onward. That exhilar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.58.2.md): The dawn-bright goddess knows the treasures and the protection of the mortal. That exhilarating Soma crosses o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.58.3.md): From the two Dhvasra and the two Puruṣanti we offer thousands. That exhilarating Soma crosses over and rushes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.58.4.md): Thirty and thousands of them, of those two, we offer. That exhilarating Soma crosses over and rushes onward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.59.1.md): O Soma, flow forth as the winner of cattle, horses, all things, and battle-spoils; bring here wealth together - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.59.2.md): Flow for the hostile-free waters, flow for the herbs, flow from the pressing-stones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.59.3.md): O Soma, flowing, cross over all troubles; as a wise seer, sit down upon the sacred grass. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.59.4.md): O flowing Soma, having found the heavenly light, you were born and became great; O Indu, indeed you are over a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.60.1.md): Sing forth with the Gāyatrī meter to the purifying, all-seeing Soma, the drop with a thousand eyes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.60.2.md): Him, you of a thousand eyes and a thousand gifts, they have urged swiftly across the course. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.60.3.md): Through the sieves the purifying Soma has flowed; he runs toward the vessels, entering the heart of Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.60.4.md): O Soma, purify yourself for Indra's wealth, gently, O all-seeing one; bring here the seed together with offspr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.1.md): O Indu, flow around along that path in your exhilarations; you struck down ninety-nine. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.2.md): At once you broke the forts; for Itthādhī and Divodāsa you struck Śambara down; then that Turvaśa and Yadu as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.3.md): O Indu, knower of horses, bring us around horses, cows and gold-bearing wealth; pour forth thousandfold nouris - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.4.md): Lifting up your flowing filter, we choose your friendship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.5.md): Those waves of yours that surge over the filter with the stream, O Soma, with those gladden us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.6.md): You, purifying, bring us wealth and nourishment accompanied by heroic sons; O Soma, be ruler on all sides. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.7.md): The ten fingers cleanse that Soma, the river-mother; with the Ādityas they shone forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.8.md): The pressed Soma goes into the filter together with Indra and Vāyu, together with the rays of the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.9.md): For us, for fortune, for Vāyu, for Pūṣan, flow, you sweet one; lovely in Mitra and in Varuṇa too. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.10.md): Your birth is on high, from that sweet drink; sitting in heaven, I take with the earth. Fierce shelter, great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.11.md): By this one, desiring to win, we obtain all the wealth of the noble ones, all the treasures of men. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.12.md): For us, for Indra, worthy of sacrifice, for Varuṇa, for the Maruts, you who bring wealth, flow forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.13.md): The gods approached that well-born, swift Soma drop, mingled with cows' milk and purified. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.14.md): May our songs exalt him, as cows low together for their calf; he who gladdens Indra's heart. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.15.md): Flow for us, O Soma, bringing welfare to the cow; milk out the swelling food, and swell the praiseworthy ocean - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.16.md): The flowing Soma brought forth, from heaven, like a bright thunderclap, the great light of Vaiśvānara. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.17.md): Your juice and exhilaration flow, O king, unchecked, rushing through the woolen sieve. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.18.md): O flowing Soma, your juice and power shine forth, gleaming; all the light and the heavenly world are for seein - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.19.md): Soma, flow and purify yourself with that exhilarating, choice juice of yours; be the friend of the gods and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.20.md): You are the slayer of Vṛtra and of the hostile one, the winner of strength day after day; you are indeed the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.21.md): Become mingled and reddish-bright; like cows with fine udders, mix in; sit down onto your seat like a hawk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.22.md): You are that Soma who helped Indra to slay Vṛtra and released the great waters; therefore, flow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.23.md): May we, having good heroes, win riches; O Soma, O bounteous one, purifying yourself, increase our songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.24.md): Sent forth by you and aided by your help, may we be hymn-singers winning; O Soma, be awake in the rites. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.25.md): Striking down the hostile foes, Soma flows and is purified, driving away the stingy ones. Going along the pure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.26.md): O purifying Soma, bring us great wealth; strike down the hostile foes. O Indu, grant us glory together with he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.27.md): Not even a hundred wicked ones can hinder you, O Soma, when you, wishing to give wealth, purify yourself and s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.28.md): Flow, O Indu, bull-like Soma, when pressed. Make us glorious among the people, and strike down all the hateful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.29.md): In this your friendship, O Indu, and in your highest splendor, may we overcome the hostile attackers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.61.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.61.30.md): Your fearsome, sharp weapons are for the attacker; protect us from the reviler, from the one who hates his equ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.1.md): These swift drops of Indu have flowed out across the filter, pressing on toward all blessings. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.2.md): Striking down many hard paths, making easy passage for offspring and for the racing horse, the vigorous ones m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.3.md): Making wealth for the cow, they rush toward the good praise; may Ilā grant us union. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.4.md): The mountain-dwelling, powerful drop of soma was released into the waters for intoxication; like a falcon it s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.5.md): Bright, shaken in the waters, pressed by men, dear to the gods, the sap is tasted by the cows along with their - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.6.md): Then the priests adorned it as for a horse, for immortality, the honey-juice at the festive gathering of sadha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.7.md): O Indu (Soma), the honey-dripping streams that were sent forth for protection — with those you take your seat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.8.md): May he flow forth for Indra's drinking, pouring across his undying hairs; may he take his seat in the forests. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.9.md): O Indu (Soma), flow around, sweetest of all, for the Angirases; bestowing wealth, pour forth clarified butter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.10.md): This far-seeing one (Soma), impelled and purifying himself, takes notice; driving the great flow from the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.11.md): This bull, of bull-like vow, purifying himself, slayer of the niggardly, may he produce treasures for the gene - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.12.md): Flow toward wealth — thousandfold, rich in cattle, rich in horses, much-praised, abundant in many forms. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.13.md): This Soma, being purified by the fingers, is poured all around; widely praised, he is of the poet's purpose. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.14.md): Thousandfold in help, rich in a hundred gifts, measurer of the air, the seer Soma flows for Indra; it is the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.15.md): Born from the song, praised here, the Soma drop is set down for Indra, as a man settles in his dwelling. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.16.md): Pressed by the men and clarifying, Soma rushes as if for strength, into the vats, by his own power to his seat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.17.md): Him they yoke to the three-backed, three-based chariot, for going forth, with the seven thoughts of the seers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.18.md): O pressers, send forth for strength and for the journey him who guards wealth, the swift one; drive on the taw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.19.md): Entering the vessel, pressed, Soma flows forth toward all splendors; like a hero he stands among the cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.20.md): O Indu, for your exhilaration the worshippers milk the milk; for the gods, the gods yield the sweet mead. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.21.md): For us, send forth into the filter the sweetest Soma; for the gods, the one most attentive to the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.22.md): These Soma juices, praising, were sent forth for great fame, by the stream of the most exhilarating one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.23.md): Toward cattle and treasures, for attainment, you flow, purifying yourself; bringing winnings, flow around. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.24.md): And for us, send forth all the cow-rich nourishments with the pariṣṭubh meter, praising with Jamadagni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.25.md): O Soma, foremost in speech, flow with your bright aids toward all the inspired poetic works. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.26.md): You, foremost impeller of speech, flow, setting the oceanic waters in motion; O conqueror of all, flow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.27.md): O poet, these worlds have stood firm for your greatness; O Soma, the rivers rush for you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.28.md): Toward you, like heaven's rains, unfailing streams flow; they go toward the bright filter-seat. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.29.md): Purify the drop of soma for Indra; it is fierce, a means for strength, the lord who bestows wealth through lib - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.62.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.62.30.md): Flowing and purifying, the true poet Soma sat down in the filter, bestowing good vigor upon the praiser. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.1.md): Flow forth, O Soma, a thousandfold wealth rich in heroic vigor; hold fast for us renowned gifts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.2.md): You swell nourishment and strength, most exhilarating for Indra; into the vessels you settle down. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.3.md): Pressed for Indra and Viṣṇu, Soma flowed into the vat; let it be honeyed for Vāyu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.4.md): These swift, tawny Somas were sent forth beyond the hostile obstacles, with the streams of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.5.md): Strengthening Indra, pioneers reaching the waters, making all the Aryans their own, slaying the stingy foes wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.6.md): Pressed, each along its own course, the Soma drops rush into space; the tawny streams go toward Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.7.md): Soma, flow with the stream by which you made the sun shine, urging the human waters onward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.8.md): The sun's tawny steed was yoked; purifying itself upon Manu, it set out to travel through the midspace. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.9.md): And the sun's ten tawny horses were yoked to travel, the drop saying: 'I am Indra.' - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.10.md): O songs, pour around from here the exhilarating soma pressed for Vayu and for Indra; let it flow through the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.11.md): Purifying Soma, grant us the wealth that is hard to cross; may those who guard our welfare by your desire brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.12.md): Rush toward us, Soma — toward thousandfold wealth, wealth rich in cattle and rich in horses, toward strength a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.13.md): Soma, like a god, like the sun, is pressed out by the stones and flows, pouring the juice into the vessel. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.14.md): These bright, noble abodes pour forth, by the stream of cosmic order, the strength rich in cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.15.md): The pressed Soma juices, mixed with curds, flow through the filter for Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.16.md): Flow forth, O Soma, sweetest one, for wealth, into the filter: that exhilaration which is most dear to the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.17.md): Him, the swift tawny Soma, the exhilarating drop, the eager ones cleanse in the streams for Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.18.md): Flow here, O Soma, and purify yourself; bring hither the strength rich in gold, in horses, in heroic sons, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.19.md): Pour Soma all around into the wool-filters, as for the racer in the contest; for Indra, let flow the sweetest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.20.md): The seers, seeking help, cleanse with prayers that wise one to be cleansed; the bull Soma flows roaring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.21.md): With prayers the bull, the swift Soma, along the stream of cosmic order, the seers together sang with their in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.22.md): Flow, O god who reaches the gods; may your intoxicating draught reach Indra. Mount upon Vāyu by your establish - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.23.md): Being purified, O Soma, strive for the famed wealth; becoming dear, enter into the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.24.md): Destroying the hostile, you flow, O Soma, wise in action, exhilarating; drive away the man who does not honor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.25.md): Flowing and purifying, the bright soma drops have been poured forth, toward all the sacred poetic utterances. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.26.md): Purifying, swift and bright, the soma drops have been poured forth, striking away all hatreds. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.27.md): Purifying, the soma has been poured forth from heaven and through the midspace, upon the summit of the earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.28.md): Purifying with your flow, O Soma, O Indu, drive away all obstructions; O well-acting one, strike down the rākṣ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.29.md): Striking away the rākṣasas, O Soma, rush upon them roaring; toward the brilliant, supreme strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.63.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.63.30.md): Hold wealth for us, O Soma, both divine and earthly; O Indu, all the desirable goods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.1.md): O Soma, you are bull-like, radiant; O god, your vow is the vow of a bull. Like a bull you hold the ordinances. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.2.md): Of the bull-strength of the bull is your virile power, your vigor; you are a bull, your exhilaration is bull-l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.3.md): Like a horse you roared, like a bull; O Indu, make cows and horses grow together for us. For wealth, open the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.4.md): With cows and with horses the swift Somas flowed forth; they are bright, swift with heroic power. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.5.md): Adorned by the lovers of ṛta, cleansed in the two hands, they flow and purify themselves in the imperishable v - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.6.md): May those Somas flow forth to the giver all goods, heavenly and earthly things; may the atmospheric things flo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.7.md): O all-knowing Soma, your streams, purified, have poured forth like the rays of the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.8.md): Making a banner of light from the sky, you flow over all forms, O Soma; you swell like the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.9.md): Urging speech forward in the wide order, you are sent flowing, O purified Soma, and rush like the god Sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.10.md): O Soma-juice, you enter purified; watchful and dear to the poets, with inspired thought you send forth the hor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.11.md): The wave of yours that pleases the gods has dripped down through the pure filter, settling into the seat of co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.12.md): May that exhilaration, most dear to the gods, flow for us through the pure filter; O drop of Soma, flow for In - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.13.md): Flow for food, purified by the thoughtful ones, with your stream. O Indu, come with your brightness toward the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.14.md): O praised one, while being purified, create wealth and strength for the people. O Hari, send forth the pressed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.15.md): Purifying yourself for the favour of the gods, go to Indra's strained stream, shining, driven by the swift ste - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.16.md): The impelled Soma drops, swift, pressing forward toward the ocean, were sent forth by thought and flowed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.17.md): Cleansing themselves, the Soma drops went not in vain toward the ocean; they reached the seat of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.18.md): Come around us, favouring us, and with might bring all the treasures. Protect us, giving shelter with heroic s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.19.md): The bearer Soma measures out his course, yoking himself with the inspired poets, when he is placed in the sea. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.20.md): When the swift Soma sits down in the golden seat of cosmic order, he leaves behind the unwise. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.21.md): The wise poets have praised him; they desire to sacrifice. The unwise are immersed in him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.22.md): O Soma, flow for Indra and the one with the Maruts, most honeyed, to take your seat in the abode of cosmic ord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.23.md): The wise, word-knowing sacrificers adorn you on all sides; the zealous ones cleanse you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.24.md): O wise poet, Mitra, Aryaman and Varuna drink your juice; the Maruts drink of the purifying Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.25.md): You, O Soma, as you are purified, send forth the speech of the wise poet; O Indu, the speech that bears a thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.26.md): And, O Soma, purifying, bring hither the sacrifice-loving speech that bears a thousandfold, O Indu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.27.md): Purifying, O Indu, among these peoples, O much-invoked one, dear to the ocean, enter the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.28.md): With shining brilliance, with grace that encompasses, the Soma drops are bright, cow-headed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.29.md): Impelled by the pressing-stones, restrained, the strong Soma advanced toward the prize, as contenders sit. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.64.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.64.30.md): O Soma, for well-being, united with heaven as seer, purify yourself, apart as you are; become the sun, purify - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.1.md): The rivers, like sisters and kinswomen, urge on their lord Soma; the great drop, they who desire greatness (ur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.2.md): O purifying Soma, with brilliance upon brilliance, O god, for the gods all around; enter into all treasures. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.3.md): O purifying Soma, bring good praise and rain, wealth for the gods; flow purified for nourishment, in united (s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.4.md): You are indeed a bull; therefore we invoke you, radiant with brilliance; O purifying Soma, beloved of the well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.5.md): Flow forth, gaining heroic vigor, rejoicing, O you of good weapons; here indeed, well, O drop, come to us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.6.md): When you are sprinkled all around with waters, being cleansed in both hands with the stone, by the press-stone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.7.md): Sing forth to Soma in the manner of Vyaśva, to the one who flows and purifies himself, to the great one with a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.8.md): Whose colour, honey-dripping and tawny, they churn with stones: the drop, for Indra to drink. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.9.md): Of you, the strong one, we choose friendship, having won all treasures. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.10.md): Bull who showers, flow and purify yourself with your stream, gladdening with the Maruts, bearing all things wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.11.md): You, holder of the two reins, flowing and purifying Soma, seer of the sun: I stir up the strong one in contest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.12.md): With this thought, with inspiration, tawny one: flow and purify yourself with the stream; urge the yoked compa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.13.md): O Indu, flow forth for us a great stream of nourishment; O Soma, visible to all, become the finder of the path - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.14.md): The jars surged forth with streams and with vigor; O Indu, enter for Indra's drinking. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.15.md): Whose intoxicating, sharp juice they press out with stones, may you flow purified, slayer of enemies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.16.md): The king is driven along with wisdom, purifying himself in Manu, to go through the mid-region. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.17.md): O Indu, bring for us wealth of a hundred cows, nourishment of cows, and wealth of good horses; bring fortune f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.18.md): O Soma, bring for us strength and a form of wide range, like one for radiance, pressed out for the gods' favor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.19.md): O Soma, most radiant, flow roaring toward the press-stones, and sit down in your seat like a hawk settling int - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.20.md): Soma, born of the waters, flows for Indra, for Vāyu, for Varuṇa, for the Maruts; Soma flows for Viṣṇu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.21.md): O Soma, bestowing food for our offspring, flow to us from every side; flow purified a thousandfold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.22.md): The Somas pressed from afar and those pressed near at hand, those pressed in the wooden vessel Śaryaṇāvat, all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.23.md): The Somas that are in the ārjīka offerings, strong ones, those in the midst of the dwellings, or those among t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.24.md): May those drops of Soma, pressed and divine, purify for us rain from heaven and heroic strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.25.md): The tawny Soma, praised with Jamadagni, flows, impelled upon the cow's hide. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.26.md): The bright, vigor-giving Somas, impelled like racing steeds, cleanse themselves in the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.27.md): You, whom the presenters urge on at the pressings for the gods' sake, purify yourself with this light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.28.md): Today we choose for you the strength, the bliss-giver, the bearer of oblations, the guardian of many. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.29.md): To the joyful, the excellent, the inspired seer, the wise one, the guardian of many. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.65.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.65.30.md): To the wealth, the good-enlightening; O you of good purpose, in our bodies; to the guardian of many. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.1.md): O all-seeing Soma, flow and purify yourself among all the sacred songs; as friend, you are to be praised by fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.2.md): You rule the whole world, O purifying Soma, over those two realms; both of them stand facing you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.3.md): Soma, all your abodes around you are you yourself, on every side. O purifying sage, flow with the seasons. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.4.md): Flow, producing nourishment, among all desirable treasures; as friend, for the help of friends. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.5.md): Your bright rays spread over the back of the sky; O Soma, with your streams, the filter is stretched out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.6.md): By your impulse these seven rivers flow, O Soma; for you the cows run. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.7.md): Soma, pressed out, go forward with the stream, exhilarating for Indra, bearing undying fame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.8.md): The seven sisters, impelling you with prayers, sounded you together, the inspired seer at the birthplace of Vi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.9.md): The fingers of sheep-wool cleanse you together upon the sieve, when you are anointed in the wood, O Rebha. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.10.md): Of your flowing self, O poet, O strong one, the streams have sped forth like horses seeking fame. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.11.md): Toward the honey-dripping vessel they poured it through the sieve; in the unimpeded place the thoughts and pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.12.md): Toward the ocean, O drops, toward the home, like milch-cows; they have reached the womb of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.13.md): O Indu, for the great bounty the waters flow like rivers; when you will clothe us with cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.14.md): In your friendship, we, seeking your protection, O Indu, desire friendship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.15.md): Flow, O Soma, for seeking cows, for the great seer of men; enter into the belly of Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.16.md): You are great, O Soma, foremost of the fierce ones; O Indu, most vigorous, victorious; always you have conquer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.17.md): Who is mightier than the fierce ones, even more heroic than the heroes, even more mighty than the bounty-giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.18.md): You, O Soma, are the sun; for food, for the gift of offspring, for bodies; we choose friendship, we choose uni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.19.md): O Agni, purifying our life-spans, bring us vigor and food; drive far away the evil-minded. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.20.md): Agni, the seer, the purifier, priest of the five peoples, the chief priest — him we implore, the one of great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.21.md): O Agni, flow pure, bestowing on us splendor and good heroism; set in me wealth and nourishment. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.22.md): Flowing pure, Soma passes beyond hostile hosts and rushes toward the good praise, like the sun visible to all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.23.md): He, cleansing with the streams, rich in nourishment, dear for abundance, the swift Soma-drop, all-seeing. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.24.md): Flowing pure, Soma generates cosmic order and a vast, bright light, smiting the dark darknesses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.25.md): The bright streams of the tawny Soma-juice, flowing and striking, were let loose; they shone with unwearying b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.26.md): Pavamāna, the finest charioteer, most praised among the bright ones, golden-rayed, the host of the Maruts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.27.md): Pavamāna, pervading with his rays, most giving of strength and wealth, bestows good manly vigour on the praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.28.md): The pressed drop of Soma flowed forth, passed beyond the unfailing filter; the drop, purifying itself, went to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.29.md): This Soma plays upon the cows' hide with the stones; calling Indra for exhilaration, he pours out his offering - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.66.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.66.30.md): O Pavamāna, the glorious milk of yours that was brought down from heaven: with that, be gracious to us, for li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.1.md): You, O Soma, are the bearer, the delightful and most vigorous one. Flow at the sacrifice and purify yourself, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.2.md): You, pressed out, delight men and, running, are most exhilarating. For Indra the singer is offered with the so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.3.md): Pressed by the stones, roaring, flow toward him. Advance toward the radiant, highest strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.4.md): The swelling Indu (Soma) flows across the unfailing waters. Hari (Soma) roared out for the prize. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.5.md): O Indu, you flow forth the wealth of cattle; you pour forth glories and good fortune. O Soma, make the strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.6.md): O Indu, bring us wealth a hundredfold, rich in cattle and rich in horses. O Soma, bring it a thousandfold. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.7.md): The purifying drops of Soma flow swiftly across the filter; by their courses they reached Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.8.md): The tawny essence of Soma, a drop, flows for Indra; it is primeval. The life-giving juice is purified for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.9.md): The streams impel the sun, purified and honey-dripping; with the song of praise they resounded together. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.10.md): May Pūṣan, our protector rich in goats and horses, at every journey, partake among the maidens on our behalf. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.11.md): This Soma flows purified like ghee and honey for the braided Kapardin; may he partake among the maidens on our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.12.md): This Soma, pressed for you, O flame-clad Agni, flows purified and bright like ghee; may he partake among the m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.13.md): O Soma, born of the poets' speech, purify yourself with your flow; among the gods you are the giver of treasur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.14.md): Like a falcon, Soma runs into the vessels; he plunges his armor within and roars toward the wooden vats. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.15.md): O Soma, your juice has been pressed and poured into the vessel; like a swift falcon it speeds onward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.16.md): O Soma, purify yourself, gladdening Indra; you are the sweetest of all with honey. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.17.md): For the gods' favor they were sent forth, like chariots eager for the prize. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.18.md): Those pressed Soma juices, most exhilarating and bright, have flowed toward Vayu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.19.md): Struck with the stone and praised, O Soma, you go into the filter, bestowing good vigor on the praiser. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.20.md): Struck and praised, this one plunges into the filter, slayer of demons, along the imperishable course. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.21.md): Whatever fear is near and whatever is far, which finds me here, O purifying one, strike that away. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.22.md): May that purifying Soma, all-seeing and a guardian, purify us today with the filter. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.23.md): O Agni, with that filter spread within your flames, purify us with the sacred word. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.24.md): O Agni, with your radiant filter purify us; purify us through the prayer-givers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.25.md): O god Savitar, with both, with the pure filter and with the impulse, purify me from every side. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.26.md): You, with three most excellent abodes, O god Savitar, O Soma; O Agni, purify us with your skillful powers. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.27.md): Let the god-born beings purify me; let the Vasus purify me with thought. All you gods, purify me; O Jatavedas, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.28.md): Swell up, flow forth with all your rays, O Soma; become the supreme oblation for the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.29.md): We have approached the dear, purified, youthful one who increases the oblations, bearing homage. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.30.md): The axe of the unlit one has destroyed him; flow toward him, O god Soma. O god Soma, even the mole, indeed, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.31.md): He who recites with the purifying chants the essence gathered by the seers, enjoys all that is purified and sw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.67.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.67.32.md): For him who recites with the purifying chants the essence gathered by the seers, Sarasvatī yields milk, clarif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.1.md): The sweet-filled drops of Soma flowed toward the god, like milch-cows streaming from their udders; seated on t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.2.md): He roars and calls out toward the former ones, making firm those who ascend; the tawny Soma is savored. Going - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.3.md): He who measured the two realms, the intoxicant that grows together, swelled with milk, undiminished; he came t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.4.md): Moving between the two mothers, he strengthens the waters; the wise Soma swells the path with his own nourishm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.5.md): Through skill and mind that seer is born, the womb of cosmic order, placed beyond the twin Yamas; the two youn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.6.md): The sages discerned the form of the gladdening Soma when the hawk brought food from afar; him, well-growing, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.7.md): Ten maidens cleanse you, O Soma, pressed and set down by the seers with thoughts and reflections. Through the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.8.md): For Soma, flowing about, swift and well-seated, the seers cried out their hymns of praise. The honey-laden Som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.9.md): This Soma is impelled from heaven over all the realms; purifying himself, he sits in the vessels. He is cleans - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.68.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.68.10.md): Thus, O Soma, poured about and bestowing vigor, flow most brilliantly and purify yourself. For the unhostile w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.1.md): As an arrow is set in the bow, so the thought of praise is set toward Soma; as a calf goes to its mother's udd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.2.md): The thought of praise is urged toward Soma, and sweet juice is sprinkled; the exhilarating impulse stirs him w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.3.md): In the sheep's-wool filter he flows and purifies himself like an eager bridegroom seeking a bride; for the son - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.4.md): The bull bellows, the cows come toward him; the divine cows of the god approach the purified offering. Soma we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.5.md): In unstained, ruddy garments the tawny Hari Soma washes himself and, immortal, is enfolded all around. For pur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.6.md): Like the rays of the sun, the driving, delight-giving streams are sent forth together; swift ones run around t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.7.md): As the streams flow down the slope and into the hollow, the swift exhilarating Somas shaken out by the bull ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.8.md): Flow purifying for us with wealth, gold, horses, cows and barley, bringing heroic offspring. O Soma, you are m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.9.md): These Somas, flowing purified toward Indra, have gone forth like chariots to the contest. The pressed Somas pa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.69.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.69.10.md): O drop of Soma, flow for the great Indra, well-protecting, faultless, destroyer of foes. Bring bright goods to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.1.md): Seven cows milked for him three times, a true stream of milk in the ancient highest vault of heaven. When he g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.2.md): Seeking the immortal and the beautiful one's favour, he stretched both realms apart by the inspired word. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.3.md): Let those be his banners, undying and unharmed, along with both births. By which men and divine women are puri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.4.md): Being cleansed with ten good deeds, he goes among the middle mothers, together with the measure. Soma, drinker - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.5.md): Cleansing himself, for strength and nourishment, he rejoices between the two realms. The bull Soma with his vi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.6.md): Seen like both mothers, bright, he roars and goes like the sound of the storm-gods. Knowing the order, when fi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.7.md): The fearful bull Soma roars with his strength, sharpening his two horns, far-seeing. Soma sits down in his wel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.8.md): Purifying, Soma makes his body unharmed; tawny in the fleece, he came down onto the high ridge. Pleased for Mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.9.md): Flow for the gods' favor, O Soma; bull, enter into the soma-holding place in the heart of Indra. Formerly, bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.70.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.70.10.md): Impelled, like a swift horse for spoils, O Soma, flow into the belly of Indra, O drop. Like a river crossed by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.1.md): Here the sacrificial gift is offered; the mighty, vigilant Soma protects from the treacherous and the demons. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.2.md): Like a slayer of enemies, he advances as Dawn does; roaring, he sheds his demonic hue. He abandons crooked sin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.3.md): Soma pressed by the stones flows; in the two hands he grows strong, with the sky, trembling with thought. He r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.4.md): They sprinkle around the victor of might, the mountain-increaser, the companion of the honeyed drink; in which - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.5.md): As ten sisters drive a chariot with two horses, so they drive him together in the lap of Aditi; he advances to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.6.md): Like a falcon, the god hastens to the golden seat made by thought; on the sacred grass they delight him with t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.7.md): Soma, the shining seer of the sky, has come forth. The three-backed bull reached toward the cows, and he, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.8.md): He creates his bright form and color; where he rests, he drives enemies from the common assembly. Moving among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.71.9.md): Like a bull circling a herd, he wanders and protects; he has set the rays of the sun upon himself. The heavenl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.1.md): They cleanse Soma, the tawny one, as if a ruddy steed were yoked; Soma is anointed in the vat together with th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.2.md): Many thoughtful seers speak together, when they milked Soma for Indra into the belly. When skilled men cleanse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.3.md): Roaring, he goes toward the cows, toward the dear daughter of the sun, passing beyond her sound. The unsubdued - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.4.md): Unshaken, pressed with stones, dear on the barhis grass, the lord of the cows, Soma flows like a drop from the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.5.md): Impelled by men's arms, pressed out by the stream, Soma is purified for you, O Indra, in the order of rite. Yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.6.md): The poets, the thoughtful, the skilled, together milk the roaring, undecaying drop of Soma. Indeed cows and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.7.md): Navel of the earth, supporter of the great heaven, sprinkled within the waters in the waves of the rivers — So - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.8.md): O wise Soma of good purpose, flow and purify yourself around the earthly realm, instructing the singer and giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.72.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.72.9.md): Come to us, O Soma, with the wealth of horses that gives a hundred gifts and with the thousand-giving herds an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.1.md): From the abode of the drop they roared together; in the womb of cosmic order all the navels moved together. Th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.2.md): Rightly moving, like bulls, they were sent over the waves of the Sindhu; the weavers stirred them. Generating - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.3.md): Those with filters sit around the speech; their ancient father guards the vow. Great Varuṇa set the ocean acro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.4.md): O thousand-streamed one! From you the honey-tongued, unerring ones roared together in the vault of heaven. Its - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.5.md): From above father and mother, roaring with the verse, shining and burning, they burn the lawless; the enemies - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.6.md): From above the ancient measure, roaring, the sounding instruments, the singers of the swift one, the thinkers, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.7.md): In the thousand-streamed, outspread filter, the poets and thoughtful seers purify speech. These Rudras are swi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.8.md): As guardian of cosmic order, he, wise and of good purpose, sets three filters within the heart, not for destru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.73.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.73.9.md): The thread of cosmic order is stretched out in the filters; by Varuṇa's magic it stands before the tongue. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.1.md): Born like a child, Soma cries out in the forest when the strong, red Soma desires to win heaven. Joined to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.2.md): The pillar of heaven, the supporter, self-extended, filled full — that ray goes round on all sides. May he wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.3.md): The great flow, well-made, Soma's own, sweet and wide — the path of the cows, the boundless freedom of Aditi, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.4.md): The sky, having its own life-breath, is milked — ghee and milk. The navel of the cosmic order is born as immor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.5.md): The drop of juice roars, joined to the wave; for the man he swells the skin dear to the gods. He places the em - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.6.md): In him of a thousand streams, may they be unfailing, not falling down; may they be fruitful in the third regio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.7.md): When Soma desires to take a white form, the mighty Asura knows the vastness of his greatness. By thought and b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.8.md): Then the white vessel, anointed with cows' milk, the swift Soma has entered in Kārṣman, having won. With thoug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.74.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.74.9.md): O Soma, your juice, being cleansed with the waters, runs swiftly through the sheep's filter. O purifier, he be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.75.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.75.1.md): Soma flows with his dear names, in which the mighty one grows. The all-seeing one has mounted the vast chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.75.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.75.2.md): The tongue of cosmic order flows sweet and dear. He is the lord of this insight, the speaker, the one not to b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.75.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.75.3.md): Roaring, Soma sounded in the vessels; held in by men, he was in the golden cup. The milking streams of cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.75.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.75.4.md): Pressed by stones, Soma, by prayers and thoughts, lighting up and purified, makes bright the two mothers, heav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.75.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.75.5.md): O Soma, run around, flow onward for well-being; cleansed by men, cover the wool-filter. Your intoxications are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.76.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.76.1.md): The supporter of heaven, Soma, flows, the effective juice of the gods, delighted by men. Like a tawny, swift s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.76.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.76.2.md): Like a hero he holds his weapons in both hands, desiring to win heaven, a charioteer in the contests for cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.76.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.76.3.md): O Soma, flowing for Indra, eager with the wave, enter into our bellies. Fill us as lightning fills the clouds; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.76.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.76.4.md): King of all, Soma flows, lighting up the heavens; the thought of cosmic order was stirred by the seer-poet. He - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.76.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.76.5.md): Like a bull he flows around the vessel like herds; like a bull bellowing in the lap of the waters. He flows fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.77.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.77.1.md): The sweet Soma roared in the vessel; Indra's thunderbolt, more shapely than any form. Toward the cosmic order - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.77.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.77.2.md): That ancient Soma flows, sent down from heaven like a falcon, cleaving the air. Trembling, he joins toward swe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.77.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.77.3.md): May those ancient, lofty drops of Soma flow toward great strength and wealth rich in cows for us. They are des - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.77.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.77.4.md): May this wise Soma serve us, truly praised by many in mind. He who places the embryo (offspring) in his seat f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.77.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.77.5.md): Soma, maker of heaven, flows; that juice, great and unharmed, goes swiftly toward the one who moves like Varuṇ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.78.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.78.1.md): The king Soma, bringing forth speech, sends the waters flowing; clothed in the waters, he desires to go toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.78.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.78.2.md): O Soma, for Indra you are poured around by men; you who look upon men, wave-like, inspired seer, you are anoin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.78.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.78.3.md): The Apsaras born of the ocean, sitting near the wise Soma, flowed within him. They impel him, the companion of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.78.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.78.4.md): Soma, winner of cows, flows purified for us, winner of chariots, of gold, of heaven's light, of waters, of tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.78.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.78.5.md): O Soma, flowing friendly to us, making true riches, you obtain all these. Strike down the enemy near and far; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.79.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.79.1.md): Unwearying Indu-Soma, may you flow for us; may the tawny streams, pressed out, run in the great heavens. From - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.79.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.79.2.md): For us may the Indu-drops flow forward, exhilarating ones, by which we may win the treasures of swift horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.79.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.79.3.md): Of his own hostility he is the enemy indeed, and of another's hostility he is the wolf indeed. As one thirsty - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.79.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.79.4.md): In heaven is your highest navel, which was taken for you; you have climbed upon the summit of the earth's ridg - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.79.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.79.5.md): Thus, O Indu, the first and foremost ones shake for you the fair, fair-formed juice. O purifying one, bring ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.80.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.80.1.md): The stream of Soma flows, the all-seeing one; by the cosmic order he calls the gods from heaven. O Bṛhaspati, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.80.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.80.2.md): O strong one, whom the unbroken stones praised, you radiant one climb up into your seat. Prolonging the life o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.80.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.80.3.md): Into the belly of Indra he flows, most exhilarating; clothed in strength, most auspicious for fame. Turned tow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.80.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.80.4.md): For the gods, you, most honey-sweet, men milk in a thousand streams; ten fingers milk. O Soma, pressed out by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.80.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.80.5.md): That honey-filled you, the bull — elephants milk with stones in the waters; ten fingers milk. O Soma, exhilara - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.81.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.81.1.md): The purifying waves of Soma, beautifully formed, flow toward Indra's belly. When they were drawn up with curds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.81.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.81.2.md): Soma flowed toward the vessels, like a racing horse, not a carrier, a swift bull. And then, knowing the two bi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.81.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.81.3.md): For us, O Soma, purifying one, pour forth wealth. O Indu, become a giver, lord of great gifts. O giver of vigo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.81.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.81.4.md): May Pūṣan, the purifier, and Mitra of good bounty come to us, and Varuṇa united in mind. May Bṛhaspati, the Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.81.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.81.5.md): Both heaven and earth, all-inspiring; Aryaman the god, Aditi, Vidhātṛ, Bhaga, the bounteous one praised by men - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.82.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.82.1.md): Soma was pressed out, the bright bull with two tawny steeds, like a king who slays his foes, roared toward the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.82.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.82.2.md): O seer, you go around the great with the sacrificial tool; cleansed like a swift horse, you race toward streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.82.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.82.3.md): Parjanya, the father of the buffalo-cloud, the feathered rain-bringer, has set his abode in the navel of the e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.82.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.82.4.md): As a wife rejoices in her husband, so, O gracious one, you exult. Hear, O maker of the embryo; I speak to you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.82.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.82.5.md): As you went around for the ancients, giving a hundred, unfailing, giving a thousand, so, O Indu, flow pure for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.83.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.83.1.md): O Brahmaṇaspati, your purifying sieve is spread out; as lord you move everywhere through all the limbs. The un - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.83.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.83.2.md): The purifying sieve of the heated Soma is spread out in the place of heaven; its gleaming threads stand apart. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.83.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.83.3.md): The foremost spotted bull lit up the dawns; the mighty one desiring strength bears all the worlds. The wise on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.83.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.83.4.md): Thus the Gandharva guards his place, and the wondrous one protects the births of the gods. The lord of treasur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.83.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.83.5.md): O offerer, you bear the great oblation of the divine seat, clothing yourself in the sky, and move around the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.84.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.84.1.md): Soma, flow and purify yourself, gladdener of the gods, all-seeing, watery one, for Indra, Varuṇa and Vāyu. Gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.84.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.84.2.md): The immortal Soma stands in all the worlds and moves around all of them. Making things joined and separated, f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.84.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.84.3.md): Soma, born with the cows, is produced in the herbs, impelling in the favor of the gods, giving wealth nearby. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.84.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.84.4.md): This Soma flows, conqueror of thousands, impelling speech, stirring up the dawn-awakening word. The drop-like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.84.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.84.5.md): That Soma, increaser of milk, the cows delight with milk and with prayers, Soma who finds the light of heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.1.md): For Indra, O well-pressed Soma, flow around; let disease be driven off along with the demons. May the double-m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.2.md): Impel us in the battle, O purifying one; you are the strength of the gods, dear and exhilarating. Strike down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.3.md): Undefiled, O Soma, you flow; most exhilarating, you become the self and the supreme support of Indra. Many tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.4.md): Of a thousand paths and a hundred streams, the wondrous Soma flows as the desired sweet drink for Indra. Conqu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.5.md): Roaring in the vessel, you are anointed with the cows' milk; you cross the unbroken course evenly. Being clean - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.6.md): Sweet one, flow for the heavenly birth; sweet one, flow for Indra, whose name is well invoked. Sweet one, flow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.7.md): Ten fingers cleanse Soma in the vat; the thoughts and words of the inspired poets press forward. Flowing and p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.8.md): Flow onward, purifying Soma; give us heroic strength, wide pasture, and great, far-spreading shelter. May the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.9.md): The bull, the all-seeing poet Soma stood upon heaven and made the lights of heaven shine forth. King Soma goes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.10.md): In the vault of heaven, the honey-tongued, unceasing, inspired sages milk the mountain-dwelling bull. The drop - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.11.md): In heaven the winged eagle flew up and reached it; the songs of the inspired sages long yearned for him. The i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.85.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.85.12.md): The exalted Gandharva stood upon heaven, looking upon all the forms of this one. The light shone forth with br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.1.md): O purifying Soma, your swift, mind-quick exhilarating streams rush forth by their own power, like racing chari - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.2.md): Your exhilarating, intoxicating, swift streams flow forth separately, like chariot horses. As a cow with milk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.3.md): Like a horse, O Soma, press forward for strength; flow as the strong juice, measured by stone, into the heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.4.md): Your horse-like, swift, heavenly streams, O purifying Soma, flowed forth with milk in the stream. Many seers l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.5.md): O all-seeing one, all the abodes of the Ṛbhus, and the ray-signs of your mighty lord, the existent, go around. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.6.md): From both sides, the rays of purifying Soma go around the steady, existent one. When you are purified on the f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.7.md): The banner of the sacrifice, Soma, is purified, lord of a fine rite; he goes purified to the gods. The thousan - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.8.md): The king enters the ocean with the rivers; he joins the wave of the waters, settled in the rivers. The flowing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.9.md): Like a peak of heaven he roared thundering; by whose ordinances heaven and earth move. Seeking the friendship - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.10.md): The light of the sacrifice, sweet and dear Soma flows; father and begetter of the gods, bestower of all wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.11.md): Roaring, he runs toward the vat, swift and strong; lord of heaven, hundred-streamed, all-seeing. Soma, the taw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.12.md): Before the rivers Soma flows; foremost and excellent in speech, he reaches the cows. First he obtains the grea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.13.md): This Soma, impelled like a bird, moves through the sheep's-fleece filter, flowing with its waves. O wise Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.14.md): Clothed in the tawny covering, worthy of worship, touching heaven, filling the mid-region, Soma is set among t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.15.md): He grants great shelter to his people, he who attains his first abode. And his step is in the highest sky; the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.16.md): Indra's Soma-drop has flowed forth; a friend does not harm a friend's gift or break the union. As a young man - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.17.md): Your thoughts, seeking delight, seeking praise, have gone forth into the assemblies. Wise insights have praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.18.md): O Soma, bring us union and nourishing food; O drop, flow purifying yourself, unfailing. Grant us that unfailin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.19.md): Soma, showerer of thoughts, all-seeing, purifies himself, carrying the day and the dawns onward. Making the st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.20.md): By the wise Soma is purified, the ancient seer, guided by the men, roars around the vessel. Producing the name - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.21.md): Purifying himself, he lit up the dawns; he became the maker of light for the rivers. Milking the seven thrice, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.22.md): Purify yourself in the divine seats, O Soma; O Indu, set in motion in the vessel and the filter, rise up. Seat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.23.md): Pressed with stones, you flow pure through the filter, O Indu, entering into Indra's belly. You became the see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.24.md): You, O Soma, purifying, the wise seers and the singers desiring help rejoiced. O Indu, the eagle brought you d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.25.md): Purified in the fleece, with the wave, seven cows call around the tawny Soma. In the lap of the waters, in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.26.md): Indu Soma, purifying, plunges through all the paths, making them easy for the sacrificer. Making the purifying - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.27.md): Unobstructed, hundred-streamed, radiant, they praise that tawny Soma; the moist drops run down. Enclosed with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.28.md): These creatures are yours, of the heavenly seed; you rule over the whole world of beings. Then, O purifier, al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.29.md): You are the ocean, all-knowing, O seer; these five regions are yours in the cosmic order. You have surpassed h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.30.md): You are purified in the filter, in the order of the realm of space, for the gods, O Soma, O purifier. First th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.31.md): Soma, roaring like a bull, runs through the forests beyond the unending course, bellowing down as the tawny on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.32.md): With the rays of the sun he weaves the thread, as a weaver who knows the threefold cord. Leading the new paths - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.33.md): The king of rivers flows, lord of heaven, roaring along the paths of the cosmic order. The tawny one of a thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.34.md): O purifier, you rush through the great flood, shining like the sun, through the unfenced and the fenced stream - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.35.md): O purifier, you rush toward food and strength; you sit in the vessels like a hawk. The exhilarating, exhilarat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.36.md): Seven sisters, mothers, turn toward the child newly born, the one to be born, the wise one. The divine Gandhar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.37.md): O Indu, you are lord of these worlds, driving on your yoked green winged steeds. May those streams of yours fl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.38.md): You are the all-seeing watcher of men, O Soma, looking on every side. O purifying bull, you run through those - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.39.md): Bringer of cows, wealth and gold, flow purified; O Indu, you establish seed in the worlds. O Soma, you are ric - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.40.md): The wave of sweetness rises up and makes the forests stand; clothed in waters, the buffalo-like Soma plunges i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.41.md): He sends up the glorious bhandana-hymns, rich in offspring, all-life-giving and well-blessed, into the heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.42.md): At the beginning of days he appears green, an exhilarating intoxicant, revealing himself by his mind and shini - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.43.md): They anoint, they adorn; they anoint the purpose and lick it with honey. In the surge of the river they seize - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.44.md): Sing to that wise, purifying Soma. Like a great stream the juice flows on; like a serpent gliding over its old - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.45.md): The foremost king, lord of the waters, eager, measurer of the days, set in all worlds: that Hari, drenched in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.46.md): The intoxicating pillar risen from heaven is poured forth; the threefold sustainer pervades all worlds. The th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.47.md): Your streams go forth through the fleece of the ewe; the converging flows of the purifier run. When, O Indu, y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.86.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.86.48.md): Flow and purify yourself, O Soma; you are wise and praiseworthy. Run around the sheep's sieve with dear honey. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.1.md): O Soma, flow forth and sit around the vessel; purified by the men, run toward the strength. Like a horse, as t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.2.md): The god Soma, of good weapons, flows purifying himself, slayer of enemies, guarding the stronghold. He is the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.3.md): The seer, the inspired one, the leader of the peoples, Ribhu, the steadfast Uśanas with his poetry: he alone k - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.4.md): This sweet Soma of yours, O Indra, O bull, has flowed through the filter for you, the bull. Bestowing thousand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.5.md): These Somas, for cattle a thousandfold, are praises for great strength and immortality. Purified through the f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.6.md): Invoked by many, purified, Soma has indeed rushed toward all the enjoyments of the people. So, O you borne by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.7.md): This Soma, pressed out, flowed through the filter and rushed like a released swift horse. Like a buffalo sharp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.8.md): This stream went forth from between the highest stone, and somewhere in the wide place it found the cows. As l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.87.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.87.9.md): And you go around the heap of cows. O Soma, as companion with Indra, purifying yourself, giver of long life, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.1.md): Indra, this Soma has been pressed for you; for you it flows. Drink it and protect. You, who made it, have show - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.2.md): He, like a chariot bearing much, has been yoked for winning great treasures. Then, in desire of the heaven-con - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.3.md): Like the wind with its Niyut horses, with a sacrificial path, like the Nāsatyas who come near at the call, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.4.md): Like Indra, who performs great deeds, O Soma, you are the slayer of the Vṛtras, breaker of forts. Like a Paidv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.5.md): Like Agni, who blazes kindled in the forest and makes his strengths show in vain in the rivers, like a man in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.6.md): These Somas, over the waters, like heavenly vessels, like rain-bearing bowls, have been pressed. As rivers flo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.7.md): O Soma, flow mighty like the strength of the Maruts, like a divine and unreviled clan. Swiftly become good wil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.88.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.88.8.md): Indeed the works of king Varuṇa are yours; O Soma, your abode is vast and deep. You are pure, dear like a frie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.89.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.89.1.md): That Soma, bearer of the offering, flowed along its paths, purifying like rain falling from heaven. Soma of a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.89.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.89.2.md): King Soma remained as the garment of the rivers. He mounted the ship of cosmic order, the swiftest of boats. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.89.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.89.3.md): They strove after the lion of honey, untiring, ruddy, lord of heaven. The hero Soma, foremost in battles, seek - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.89.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.89.4.md): They yoke the honey-backed, fierce, tawny horse to the chariot of wide wheels, the vigorous one. The sisters, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.89.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.89.5.md): Four ghee-yielding streams attend him, sitting in the same firmament; purified by homage, they move toward him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.89.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.89.6.md): He is the support of heaven, the prop of earth; all the regions are also in his hand. May your spring be rich - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.89.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.89.7.md): O Soma, slayer of Vṛtra, flow forward unhindered for Indra toward the favor of the gods, and purify yourself. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.90.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.90.1.md): This Soma, begetter of both worlds, urged forward and desiring the prize, moves like a chariot. Going toward I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.90.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.90.2.md): Toward Soma, threefold-strong, bull and life-giver, the speeches resound from the flow of the fingers. Clothin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.90.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.90.3.md): Lord of the heroic host, possessing all heroes, mighty and victorious, O Soma, flow forth and become the giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.90.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.90.4.md): Far-going, creating fearlessness, along the straight course, O Soma, flow forth and break through the strongho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.90.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.90.5.md): O Soma, gladden Varuṇa; gladden Mitra. O flowing Indu, gladden Indra, gladden Viṣṇu. Gladden the strength, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.90.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.90.6.md): Thus, like a king, Soma, endowed with wisdom, flow forth, smiting all evils. O Indu, bestow vigor upon the wel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.91.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.91.1.md): Soma, the eloquent one, was let loose like a chariot in the race; the first sage guided him with thought. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.91.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.91.2.md): Along the divine path of the people, with poetic hymns, Soma is pressed out; the immortal one purifies himself - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.91.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.91.3.md): Soma the bull roars for him; the flowing stream, purified, pours out the cow's milk. By a thousand paths, as t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.91.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.91.4.md): O Indu, break even the firm seats of the demons, and as you cleanse yourself, open up the riches of strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.91.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.91.5.md): As of old, for the new, O hero of all, prepare the paths forward for the hymn. May we obtain those who are har - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.91.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.91.6.md): Thus purifying yourself, grant us heavenly light and cows, many offspring and sons. Make our field prosperous, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.92.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.92.1.md): Soma, being purified, flows through the filter as a tawny stream, like a chariot set out to win wealth. Bringi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.92.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.92.2.md): Watching over men, Soma flowed through the filter bearing his renown; as poet he sits in his source, like the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.92.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.92.3.md): Soma of good insight, knower of paths, beloved of all the gods, goes forward; being purified, he always goes t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.92.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.92.4.md): O purifying Soma, those are your works, in which are all the gods, three and eleven. The ten, by their own str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.92.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.92.5.md): Let that truth belong to purifying Soma, where all the singers have gathered. The light he made for the day, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.92.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.92.6.md): Soma moves around the sacrifices like a cattle-rich house, like the offerer, like a truthful king. Purified, S - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.93.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.93.1.md): Ten sisters who milk together cleansed the bow-bearing Soma by the thoughts of the wise one. The tawny Soma ra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.93.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.93.2.md): As a child joins its mothers, so the exulting bull Soma joins the waters, dear to many. As a man goes toward a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.93.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.93.3.md): And the udder of the unslain cow has swelled and filled. The wise Soma flows along with its streams. The cows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.93.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.93.4.md): May you, O purifying Indu, give us with the gods wealth possessing horses, praising and desiring those who giv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.93.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.93.5.md): Now bring us wealth near, which is with men, purifying, of the heavenly waters, all-splendid. Let life be gran - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.94.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.94.1.md): When, as in a horse-owner, bright thoughts vie for the sun as clans do, he flows choosing the waters like a po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.94.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.94.2.md): Unveiling twofold the abode of immortality, the worlds spread out for the finder of heaven; thoughts swelling - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.94.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.94.3.md): When the poet bears his poetic works around, like a hero a chariot, all the worlds; adorning glory among the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.94.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.94.4.md): Born for splendor, he went out toward splendor; he bestows splendor and vigor on the singers. Clothing themsel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.94.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.94.5.md): Pour forth toward food and strength; make horse, cow, and wide light; gladden the gods. O purifying Soma, all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.95.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.95.1.md): The roaring tawny Soma, being purified, flows; sitting in the belly of the wood, he is cleansed. Guided by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.95.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.95.2.md): Hari, impelling the path of cosmic order, sends forth speech as a steersman sends a boat. The god makes manife - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.95.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.95.3.md): As the waves of the waters rush, the thoughts rush forth toward Soma. Paying homage they draw near and go toge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.95.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.95.4.md): Him, being cleansed, like a buffalo, they press out — the lofty juice dwelling on the mountain, on the stone. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.95.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.95.5.md): Desiring speech, like the Hotṛ's spokesman, O Indu being cleansed, reveal the thought. When you two, Indra, dw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.1.md): Soma, the heroic leader of armies, goes forth at the front of the chariots in search of cows, and his host rej - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.2.md): His tawny horses cleanse him together, he who is unwhetted, with homages. Soma, the friend of Indra, takes his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.3.md): O god, may you flow for us along the divine path and purify yourself, Soma, drinker of Indra, flowing for grea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.4.md): For the unconquered, for the unslain, flow and purify yourself, Soma, for well-being, for the welfare of all, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.5.md): Soma flows; he is the begetter of thoughts, the begetter of heaven, the begetter of earth; the begetter of Agn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.6.md): The prayer of the gods, the guide of the poets, the seer of the inspired, the buffalo of the wild beasts, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.7.md): Soma, the purifying one, like a wave of speech and like a river, sends forth songs and inspired thoughts; look - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.8.md): May that exhilarating Soma, winning in battles, unobstructed and thousand-streamed, rush toward the prize. O I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.9.md): That dear Soma, sent forth by the gods, is around the vessel for Indra's delight, delightful; thousand-streame - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.10.md): He, the ancient, bringer of wealth, born, cleansed in the waters, pressed out on the stone, protector against - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.11.md): Through you, O Soma, our forefathers of old performed their deeds; O purifying one, the wise performed their d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.12.md): As you were purified for Manu, life-giving, enemy-slayer, finder of wealth, with oblations, so flow and purify - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.13.md): O Soma, sweet and guardian of cosmic order, flow clothed in waters over the wool filter. Sit in the wooden vat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.14.md): Pouring the rain of heaven, hundred-streamed, thousand-winning, eager for prizes, flow in the favor of the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.15.md): This is that Soma, purified with prayers, crossing over the enemies like a swift racehorse. Nourishing like a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.16.md): O well-armed Soma, purified by the pressers, flow toward the secret beautiful name. Go toward the prize like a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.17.md): The golden one born like an infant is cleansed by people, and adorned with the company of the Maruts. Becoming - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.18.md): Possessing a seer's mind, creator of seers, bestower of heavenly light, thousand-guided, the path of poets — d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.19.md): Sitting in the vat, like a winged eagle, seeking the cows and bearing weapons, the drop joins the wave of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.20.md): Bright like a young man, cleansing his body, like a racehorse he runs for the winning of riches; like a bull w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.21.md): O drop of Soma, purifying yourself with your powers, roaring, flow around the streams; playing, enter the two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.22.md): Its great streams have been released; the pure Soma, anointed with the milk of cows, enters the vats; composin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.23.md): Driving away the enemies, you go, O purifying Soma; the drop of Soma, praised like a beloved lover; like a bir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.96.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.96.24.md): O Soma, your lights go toward the Soma being purified, as easily milked cows come with good streams; the much- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.1.md): Driven by this impulse, the god being purified sends forth his juice together with the gods; the pressed Soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.2.md): Clothing himself in fair garments of all-embracing form, the great seer recites his hymns; purified in the two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.3.md): The beloved Soma is fully cleansed upon the fleece; most glorious among the glorious, he shines for us. Being - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.4.md): Sing forth, let us praise the gods; impel Soma for great wealth. The sweet Soma flows past the filter along hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.5.md): The drop of Soma, coming into the friendship of the gods, flows in a thousand streams for exhilaration; praise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.6.md): For the praiser's wealth, may your tawny Soma run, purifying, and reach Indra; may your exhilarating juice go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.7.md): The mighty-vowed, pure-kinsmen, purifying god Soma, speaking like the seer Uśanas, declares the poetic utteran - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.8.md): The satisfied swans rushed with fervor toward the home; the bull-herds came. Together the companions proclaim - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.9.md): He roars with the course of the wide-singing one, as cows low in vain at a player. The sharp-horned one makes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.10.md): Indu, vigorous and rich in cows, flows; in Indra, Soma, stirring strength, is for exhilaration. He slays the d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.11.md): Then, purified with stream and sweetness, pressed by stones, Soma flows across the fleece. Indu, enjoying the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.12.md): Purifying himself, the god Soma flows toward his dear things, bathing the gods with his own sap. Indu, clothin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.13.md): Like a bull, the tawny Soma roars, making the cows resound, and goes to earth and heaven. Like the roar of Ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.14.md): Swelling with milk, impelling the honey-laden drop, you go. Being purified, you go in the stream for Indra; O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.15.md): Thus flow, O exhilarating Soma, for the joy of the high-raised, bowing with blows. Bearing the colour all arou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.16.md): Favouring us, O Indu, giving good paths and easy goings, flow in wide space making riches. Like a club, striki - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.17.md): Send for us the celestial rain, going, rich in ilā, rich in joy, giving long life. Run quickly like a tuft, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.18.md): Loosen what is knotted like a knot, purifying, O Soma, the straight path and the crooked. Like a horse, as if - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.19.md): O Soma, drop, dear and joyful for the gods' delight, flow around over the ridge and the sheep's sieve. Thousan - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.20.md): Rayless, chariotless, unyoked, let loose like racehorses in the race, these bright somas run. O gods, come nea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.21.md): Thus, O Soma, drop, flow around for us toward the gods' favor, over the heaven and the waters in the vessels. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.22.md): If Soma was fashioned by the thinking mind and speech, in the law of the eldest or in the place of the sieve, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.23.md): The giver of gifts, heavenly, bestower of gifts, Soma flows forth for truth, wise. Soma became the law, king o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.24.md): Purified through the filters, seer of men, king of gods and of mortals, Soma became twofold, lord of riches. S - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.25.md): Like racing horses for the prize, flow toward the path of Indra and Vāyu. O Soma, bringer of wealth, purifying - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.26.md): May the Somas, friends of the gods, poured out for us, run toward our abode and our heroic sons. Like priests - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.27.md): Thus, O god Soma, flow for the gods' dwelling; for the swiftness of the great, O Soma, flow, protected by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.28.md): Like a horse yoked to oxen, he roars; fearsome as a lion, swifter than thought. O Soma, with you who come hith - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.29.md): A hundred streams, born of the gods, have flowed forth; the sages cleanse a thousand. O Soma, flow forward for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.30.md): Like the streams of heaven they have flowed forth; of days ... flow. As a wise king does not harm a friend, as - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.31.md): O purifying Soma, when you, made pure, pass beyond the protective enclosures, your sweet-mead streams have flo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.32.md): Roaring, you move along the path of order, and shining bright, you gleam in the abode of immortality. That Som - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.33.md): O Soma, look down like a heavenly bird, letting your streams flow by the work and by the wish of the gods. O d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.34.md): The bearer of order impels three speeches, carrying forward the sacred thought and inspired wisdom. The cows g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.35.md): The cows go toward Soma, milch-cows full of longing; the seers, asking with their thoughts about Soma. The pre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.36.md): Thus, O Soma, poured around for us, flow forth purified for well-being. Enter Indra with a mighty roar; cause - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.37.md): The wakeful inspired seer Soma, purifying himself among the cosmic truths and thoughts, has taken his seat in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.38.md): Purifying himself toward the sun, Soma, like the establisher, fills both worlds and holds heaven and earth apa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.39.md): May Soma, the increaser, the strengthener, the purifying one, the mighty bestower, favor us with his light; by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.40.md): The ocean roared in the primeval order; Soma, the bull and king of the world who begets creatures, grows in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.41.md): The great deed was done by Soma the bull, when the womb of the waters chose the gods; the purifying Soma place - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.42.md): Soma, as you are purified, delight Vāyu for the desired rite and for the gift, and delight Mitra and Varuṇa; d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.43.md): O Soma, flow straight and become the slayer of the crooked. Driving away disease and hostile foes, enriching m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.44.md): Flow the essence of honey, flow the spring of wealth; bring us a hero and good fortune. Be sweet for Indra; O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.45.md): Soma, pressed, flows in a stream like a racehorse, down to the low ground like a river. Reaching its seat it s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.46.md): Here, that Soma flows for you, O Indra. In the vats, the wise and strong Soma, who sees the light, rich in cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.47.md): This Soma, purifying with ancient strength, bearing the forms of the daughter, clothed in threefold-protected - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.48.md): Now for us, O god Soma rich in chariots, purifying between the two vats, flow around. Be like the god sweetest - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.49.md): O Soma, purifying yourself, you flow toward Vayu, praised by the song; toward Mitra and Varuna, toward the swi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.50.md): O Soma, flow toward garments, toward fine garments; flow toward the easy-milking cows, purifying yourself. Flo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.51.md): O Soma, flow toward us, toward heavenly treasures; purifying yourself, flow toward all earthly riches. Flow to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.52.md): By this purification, purify yourself; bringing these riches, O Indu, run forward in the sieve. Here, impelled - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.53.md): And for us, purify yourself with this purification, at the ford of the sacred hearing, at the sacred place of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.54.md): This is the great bull-like strength of Soma, the power of both realms; in the battle of the ram-leader, or in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.55.md): O Soma, you spread through three filters and flow; as you are purified you run along one course. You are Bhaga - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.56.md): This all-knowing, wise Soma flows; he is king of the whole world. Driving his drops, Indu in the contests of s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.57.md): The undeceived buffaloes lick Indu; in that place the seers cry out like vultures. The steadfast stir Soma wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.97.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.97.58.md): By you, O Soma flowing pure, may we always gather what has been made in the offering. May Mitra and Varuṇa gra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.1.md): O Soma, pour forth for us the wealth most rich in prizes, filling many, O Indu, nourisher in a thousand ways, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.2.md): That Soma, being pressed, clothed itself as armor in the unfailing chariot; Indu, set in the wooden strainer a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.3.md): That Soma, being pressed, flowed; Indu, in the woolen strainer, exhilarating. The stream that rises high goes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.4.md): You indeed, O god, grant wealth to the perennial one and to the generous mortal. O Indu, you bestow wealth tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.5.md): May we be yours, O slayer of Vritra, O good one, possessors of the nearest food of this wealth desired by many - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.6.md): Which five self-glorious sisters wash twice, pressed by stone—the soma dear to Indra, desired, wave-bearing, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.7.md): They purify that tawny, green steed Soma with the strainer; he goes together with exhilaration to all the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.8.md): O protectors, by his protection—accomplisher of skillful deeds—he who places great fame among the poets, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.9.md): He, the drop of Soma, was born in your rites, O human one; O heaven and earth, god and goddess dwelling on the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.10.md): You are strained around, O Soma, for Indra to drink, the slayer of Vṛtra; and for the man who gives gifts, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.11.md): Those ancient Soma-juices flowed in the filter at dawns; not repelling, giving, destroyers of the enemies—at d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.98.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.98.12.md): O friends, may you and we, the singers, obtain him, the far-shining one—wealth fragrant with strength; may we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.1.md): For the tawny, fearless one they stretch out manly strength like a bow. For the demon-lord they weave a bright - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.2.md): Then the one purified by the night plunges forward toward the prizes, when the thoughts of Vivasvant urge the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.3.md): We purify and honor that exhilaration of his, which is the finest drink of Indra; that which the cows once hel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.4.md): They praised him, being purified with ancient hymns; and the thoughts bearing the names of the gods also yearn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.5.md): They cleanse him, the roaring, desiring one, in the unfailing flow, the bowstring-bearer, as a messenger for t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.6.md): He, being purified, the most exhilarating Soma, sits in the vats like a cow in pasture; like a lord who sets s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.7.md): This Soma, the god of gods, is purified by good deeds, pressed for the gods. When, as the giver among these, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.99.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.99.8.md): Pressed Soma drop, you are poured into the filter; held by the men, you are led apart. For Indra, most exhilar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.1.md): The faithful, unhurtful ones approach Soma, dear and desired by Indra; as mothers lick a calf born in an earli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.2.md): Purifying yourself, O Indu, O Soma, bring hither the twin-stalked wealth; in the house of the giver you nouris - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.3.md): You create thought yoked to the mind, as thunder sends forth rain; you, O Soma, nourish both the earthly and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.4.md): Your victorious stream runs like the flow of pressed Soma; roaring, it courses through the unbroken strainer, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.5.md): For our insight and for our skill, O poet Soma, flow purifying yourself with the stream; pressed for Indra to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.6.md): Bringing strength, pressed with the stream in the filter, flow purifying yourself; for Indra, O Soma, for Vish - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.7.md): O purifying Soma, as cows lick their newborn calf, so the faithful mothers lick you, the tawny one, clean in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.8.md): O purifying Soma, with bright variegated rays you go toward great glory; striving mightily, you smite all the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.100.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.100.9.md): O mighty in vow, purifying Soma, you pervade heaven and earth; by your greatness you have loosed the bond and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.1.md): O friends, to press out your sweet Soma that gladdens, drive away the long-tongued dog. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.2.md): The bright Soma, pressed and flowing around with its pure filtering stream, is active like a horse. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.3.md): The men urge that unassailable Soma toward the sacrifice with all-discerning thought, with the pressing stones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.4.md): The sweetest Somas, pressed, gladden Indra; with their pure filter-cloth they have flowed. May your exhilarati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.5.md): The drop flows for Indra, so the gods said; the lord of speech rejoices, and by his might he is lord of all. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.6.md): The thousand-streamed Soma flows like the ocean, stirring speech; lord of riches and friend of Indra, day afte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.7.md): He is Pūṣan, wealth, fortune, Soma; purified, he flows onward. The lord of all existing things, he lights up b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.8.md): The beloved cows roared together for exhilaration; they are bright and vigorous. The Soma juices make paths, f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.9.md): Bring hither that most powerful, far-famed treasure, O purifier; bring the wealth that turns toward the five p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.10.md): The Somas flow for us, most helpful in finding the way, drops of juice. Friends, pressed out, faultless, well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.11.md): Pressed out with stones, set in motion apart, upon the cow's hide; for us, food sounded forth together on all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.12.md): These purified, wise Somas, whose tops are set with curd, splendid as suns, swift and victorious, steadfast in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.13.md): Like a mortal pressing the juice, bring forward that word. Drive away the ungenerous dog; strike as the Bhr̥gu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.14.md): Like a kinsman he flows into the vessel, as a son comes to the arm. As a lover goes to women, and a bridegroom - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.15.md): He is the hero, accomplisher of skilful deeds, who held the two worlds apart. The tawny Soma flows in the pure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.101.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.101.16.md): With the streams of the sheep Soma is purified, in the desire for cows, upon the skin. The roaring bull, the t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.1.md): Becoming the child of the great ones, stirring the brilliance of the cosmic order, he came to be around all de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.2.md): Near the two feet of Tritá, he obtained the step that lay in the hidden place; then the dear step of the sacri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.3.md): With the three streams of Tritá, on the ridges, stir up wealth; the one wise in purpose measures out his cours - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.4.md): Once born, the seven mothers arranged him for the wise, for splendor; this steadfast one knew what he knew of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.5.md): In agreement within his vow, all the gods, free of treachery, become desirable as they take delight. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.6.md): The embryo that the upholders of the cosmic order fashioned fair for sight — that seer, most bounteous, many-f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.7.md): When those two great mothers, the mothers of cosmic order, gathered in harmony, spreading the sacrifice in due - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.102.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.102.8.md): With insight and with bright eyes you open the enclosure of the sky, stirring the radiance of cosmic order, ad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.103.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.103.1.md): For the purifying, wise Soma, raise up your speech. As one offers a portion, serve him with hymns; may he deli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.103.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.103.2.md): Around the imperishable strainers he flows, adorning himself with the cows' milk. Becoming pure, he makes thre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.103.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.103.3.md): Around the honey-dripping vessel he flows through the imperishable strainer. The seven voices of the seers sin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.103.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.103.4.md): Soma, containing all the gods, the undeceived leader of thoughts, becoming pure, enters the cup — he is Hari, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.103.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.103.5.md): Go in accord with the divine powers; go together with Indra in the chariot. Purifying yourself with the invigo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.103.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.103.6.md): Like a stallion seeking strength, the god, pressed for the gods, spreading all around, purifying himself, runs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.104.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.104.1.md): Friends, sit down here and sing forth for the Purifier Soma. Adorn him with the sacrifices, as one adorns a ch - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.104.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.104.2.md): Together with the mothers, as a calf, pour forth the cattle-and-horse-bringing, god-loving, twice-mighty exhil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.104.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.104.3.md): Purify the strength-accomplishing Soma, so that for battle and for winning, for Mitra and for Varuṇa, he may b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.104.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.104.4.md): For us the hymns have praised you, finder of wealth; with the cows (rays) we cover your lustre. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.104.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.104.5.md): You, lord of our exhilarations, O Indu, are the god-nymph. As a friend for a friend, become the best knower of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.104.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.104.6.md): Make him well-wheeled. Drive away from us any devouring demon; drive far from us the godless, the double-deale - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.105.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.105.1.md): Friends, sing forth to him who is purified for exhilaration, Soma. Like a child, they relished him with sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.105.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.105.2.md): As a calf is driven together by its mothers, so the drop, helper of the gods, being urged on, flows as exhilar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.105.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.105.3.md): This one accomplishes for skill; this one for contest and for winning. For the gods, this one, sweetest with m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.105.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.105.4.md): With cows and with horses, O drop, pressed out, flow for us. O skillful one, your bright color I have held upo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.105.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.105.5.md): You, O drop most attended by the gods, be lord of our bay horses. Like a friend to a friend, O manly one, be f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.105.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.105.6.md): You, having a good wheel, O victorious drop, drive away from us any godless one, even an enemy of Atri; drive - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.1.md): Let these pressed drops go toward Indra, the bull; born swiftly, these soma drops are finders of the heavenly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.2.md): This pressed soma flows for Indra, for the one who bears the sacrifice; soma perceives the victor's purpose, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.3.md): In these exhilarations may Indra take up that grasping cup; may he bear the thunderbolt and the bull, conquero - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.4.md): Run forth, O Soma; vigilant Soma, for Indra, O drop, flow all around; bring radiant strength, O finder of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.5.md): For Indra flow the bull-like exhilaration, O all-seeing one; you of a thousand paths, maker of the way, clear- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.6.md): For us, finder of the way, O sweetest soma for the gods; come by a thousand paths, roaring aloud. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.7.md): O Soma, flow purified with your streams and vigor for the favor of the gods. Sweet Soma, take your seat in thi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.8.md): Your drops, springing upward, have strengthened Indra for exhilaration. The gods drank you for immortality, fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.9.md): Pressed out for us, O drops, run purified toward wealth. Rain-givers, water-givers along the ways, heaven-find - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.10.md): Soma, being purified, runs with the wave hither and thither over the sheep-fleece filter. At the beginning, br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.11.md): With thoughts they stir the strong one, sporting in the wood, the swift one going through the filter. Toward t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.12.md): Soma was sent forth toward the vessels, like a racehorse desiring the prize in the wool. Purifying, generating - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.13.md): The tawny Soma flows and is purified, passing beyond the hostile hosts with force. For the praisers he pours f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.106.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.106.14.md): By this course, Soma, purify yourself, seeking the gods; the streams of honey have been released. Stirring the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.1.md): Pour around the pressed Soma, the highest oblation. The manly Soma, running, within the waters, pressed out So - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.2.md): Purifying now, flow around through the wool filters, undefeated, very fragrant. Even in the pressing, in the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.3.md): Pressed around for sight, gladdening the gods, purposeful drop, all-seeing. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.4.md): O Soma, purifying, clothed with the waters in your stream, you move on. Giver of treasures, you sit in the sea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.5.md): Milking the heavenly honey from the udder, the dear one sat down in the ancient seat; the strong, swift one ru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.6.md): O Soma, purifying, watchful, dear all around in the sheep's wool-filter, you became the wisest, the most Aṅgir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.7.md): Soma, bountiful, flows purified; you, most finder of the path, have become seer, inspired sage, far-seeing poe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.8.md): Soma, indeed, is pressed out by the pressers over the fleece-strainers of the sheep; like a horse he goes with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.9.md): In the watery place, rich in cows, Soma flows with the cows, flows with the milk; like enclosures that have go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.10.md): O Soma, pressed by stones, come across the unfailing enclosures; like a man into the city, into the two cups, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.11.md): He has cleansed himself across into the ram's fleece, like a horse eager for prize, rejoicing in exhilaration; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.12.md): O Soma, go forth for the gods' favour; like a river he has swelled with the flood; Soma, exhilarating with mil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.13.md): Like a dear son made clean, the green Soma is held in two hands. The diligent priests drive it forward at the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.14.md): The living Soma juices flow and are purified for exhilaration. Above the ocean, in the highest realm, the wise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.15.md): Self-purifying, Soma crosses the ocean with its waves. The king, the god, bearing vast cosmic order, flows by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.16.md): Held and restrained by the men (priests), tawny and all-seeing, the king, the god, belongs to the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.17.md): For Indra flows the exhilarating Soma, pressed with the Maruts. The thousand-streamed Soma rushes beyond the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.18.md): Purifying himself, generating insight in the vessel, the poet Soma rushes among the gods. Clothing himself in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.19.md): Soma, I have rejoiced in your friendship day after day. O tawny Indu, many move around me; go past those encir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.20.md): I am at your udder by night and by day, O Soma, for friendship, O tawny one. Passing beyond the sun blazing wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.21.md): O good-handed one, being cleansed, you stir speech in the ocean. Tawny, abundant wealth that sprinkles all, yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.22.md): Cleansed in the stream, purified in the unguarded place, you roar in the forest like a strong bull. O Soma, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.23.md): Flow for the winning of spoils, toward all songs of praise. You first hold the ocean apart; for the gods, O So - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.24.md): Indeed you flow around the earthly realm and the heavenly realms, O Soma, by your laws. O all-seeing one, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.25.md): The purifying Soma was sent forth with its stream through the sieve; the exhilarating drops, together with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.107.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.107.26.md): Clothed in the waters, the drop Soma rushes around the vessel; pressed out by the pressers, he generates light - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.1.md): Flow for Indra, O Soma, you most honey-sweet; your exhilaration, most giving of sacred insight, is great and m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.2.md): When you are drunk, the bull (Indra) grows virile, and by the drinking of this one those who find heaven; he, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.3.md): You, indeed, O self-purifying Soma, are the most radiant among the divine births; for immortality you make the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.4.md): By which Navagva and Dadhyañc attain; by which the inspired seers have taken their seats; in the grace of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.5.md): This Soma, pressed out as a stream, flows through the sheep's-wool strainer's threads, most exhilarating, like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.6.md): Who released the flowing waters from within the rock by force, drew the cows toward the fold; who spread out c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.7.md): Come, press the Soma and pour it all around, like a horse, the swift-moving hymn, the forest-cutting, leaping- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.8.md): The thousand-streamed bull, milk-increasing and dear to the god for birth; he who, born of cosmic order by cos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.9.md): Lord of food, god! Shine forth toward great brilliance and great fame, you who seek the gods; open and join th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.10.md): Come, sing forth, skillful one! Pressed in the two vessels, like Agni, lord of the clans; pour rain from heave - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.11.md): This one, indeed, the exhilarating, thousand-streamed bull, they milked from heaven, bearing all goods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.12.md): The bull was born apart, generating, immortal, burning darkness with light; well-praised by the poets, he hold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.13.md): He who is pressed, who guides the treasures, who leads the riches, who belongs to the Ilās (nourishing streams - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.14.md): Whose Soma Indra may drink, whose Maruts, whose two Aryamans and Bhaga — by him we summon Mitra and Varuṇa and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.15.md): For Indra to drink, O Soma, pressed by men, having good weapons, most exhilarating — flow, becoming most sweet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.108.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.108.16.md): Enter into Indra's heart, the seat of Soma, as rivers into the ocean; pleasing to Mitra, Varuṇa and Vāyu, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.1.md): Flow around, O Soma, forward for Indra; sweet, flow for Mitra, Pūṣan and Bhaga. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.2.md): O Soma, may Indra drink your pressed juice; and all the gods, for wisdom and strength. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.3.md): Thus, for immortality and a great abode, flow forth, that bright, heavenly drink of immortality. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.4.md): Flow, O Soma, you the great ocean, father of the gods, toward all abodes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.5.md): Bright Soma, flow for the gods; O Soma, flow for heaven and earth, as peace and welfare for offspring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.6.md): You are the supporter of heaven, the bright drink of immortality; in truth and order, vigorous, flow. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.7.md): Flow, O Soma, purifying yourself, radiant and bestowing good; follow the great streams, O ancient one. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.8.md): Restrained by the men, born and purified, the exhilarating Soma drips down all things; he is the finder of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.9.md): May the drop Soma, purifying himself and seeking offspring, bring about all riches for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.10.md): Flow, O Soma, for action, for insight, for skill; cleansed, swift and victorious like a horse, for wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.11.md): Those pressers purify that juice for you, for exhilaration; they cleanse Soma for great brilliance. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.12.md): They cleanse the newborn child, the tawny Soma, in the filter, for the gods, the drop of Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.13.md): The bright, lovely Soma is purified for exhilaration; in the lap of the waters the seer stands for fortune. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.14.md): He bears the lovely name of Indra, by which he has slain all the Vr̥tra-foes. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.15.md): All the gods drink of him, with the cows' milk, of the made-splendid Soma pressed by the men. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.16.md): The pressed Soma flowed forth in a thousand streams, across the filter and through the vessel, unharmed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.17.md): He, the vigorous one of a thousand seeds, flowed, washed with the waters and cleansed with the cows' milk. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.18.md): O Soma, go forth into Indra's belly; held by the men, pressed by the stones, come. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.19.md): The vigorous Soma was sent forth, flowing through the filter, for Indra, the thousand-streamed Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.20.md): They anoint him with the juice of honey, for Indra, the virile drop of Soma, for exhilaration. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.21.md): For the gods, for your strength, they indeed cleanse you; clothed in waters, the tawny Soma they purify. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.109.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.109.22.md): The Soma-drop thrills for Indra, thrills downward; blazing and fierce, it scatters the waters. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.1.md): Run well, O Soma, for the winning of prizes; crossing all around the obstacles, overcome the enemies. As our h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.2.md): We exhilarate you, pressed O Soma, in the great contest of rival kings. O purifying one, you press on toward t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.3.md): O purifying Soma, you brought forth the sun; by your might, in the chariot-seat, the milk; delighting with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.4.md): O immortal Soma, you brought forth among mortals, in the law of cosmic order, in the lovely law of the immorta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.5.md): Again and again with glory you have pierced it, like a spring, an inexhaustible source of drink; with the mare - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.6.md): Then some, seeing, praise the water-born one, brilliant with wealth, the heavenly one, as the god Savitṛ opens - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.7.md): O Soma, in you the first seers, seated on cut grass, placed their thought for great strength and fame. You, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.8.md): When the ancient, praiseworthy nectar was milked out from heaven with a great roar, they sang together toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.9.md): Then, O purifier, these two worlds and all beings were brought under your might. Like a bull standing among th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.10.md): Soma purifies himself in the imperishable course; like a child at play, he flows pure. The drop of a thousand - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.11.md): This sweet soma, holder of cosmic order, flows purified for Indra. The sweet wave, giver of strength, finder o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.110.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.110.12.md): Purify yourself, O Soma, overcoming the battle-seeking foes, driving the demons away, and breaking open the in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.111.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.111.1.md): Shining and golden, purified Soma crosses over all hostile forces with self-yoked horses, like the sun with se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.111.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.111.2.md): You know the wealth of the Paṇis; together with the mothers (waters) you cleanse it. In your own abode of cosm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.111.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.111.3.md): Along the eastern direction he goes forward, alert; with rays he strives. The divine resplendent chariot is a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.112.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.112.1.md): Our many thoughts and the deeds of men differ; the craftsman, the healer, and the priest seek the one who pres - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.112.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.112.2.md): With aging herbs, with leaves, with the birds, with stones and with the heavens, the craftsman seeks gold-poss - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.112.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.112.3.md): I am a poet; from there I am a physician. There are the grinding women, of various thought, seeking wealth. Li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.112.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.112.4.md): The horse bears the chariot happily, and the fellow-councillors give joy; the two hairy parts; the frog too de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.1.md): In Śaryaṇāvat, let Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, drink the Soma, bearing strength within himself. O Soma, flow aroun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.2.md): Flow forth, lord of the quarters, purify yourself from the Ārjīka, O Soma, O bountiful one, with truth-speakin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.3.md): That bull grown by the rain-god, the daughter of the sun brought forth; the Gandharvas seized it. In Soma they - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.4.md): Speaking truth, O you of truth-glory; speaking truth, O you of true deeds; speaking faith, O Soma, O king. Pur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.5.md): The juices of the true-fierce, the great one flow together; the juices of the one who has juice go together. P - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.6.md): Where the priest, O purified one, speaking speech in the meter, is exalted with the stone in Soma, producing j - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.7.md): Where there is unceasing light, and in that immortal, imperishable world where heavenly light is placed, estab - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.8.md): Where King Vaivasvata (Yama) is, where the enclosure of heaven is, where those rushing waters are, there make - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.9.md): Where the desired movement is, in the triple heaven, in the third heavenly realm, where the luminous worlds ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.10.md): Where desires and fulfilled desires are, where the abode of that foundation is, where self-sustenance and sati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.113.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.113.11.md): Where joys and exhilarations, delights and rejoicings abide, where the desires attained by desire are, there m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.114.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.114.1.md): Whoever follows the stations of the purifying Soma, him they call rich in good offspring. For Indra, O drop, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.114.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.114.2.md): O seer, with the praises of the hymn-makers, O Kaśyapa, raising up the songs, bow to King Soma, who was born a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.114.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.114.3.md): Seven directions with their varied suns, seven invoking priests and sacrificial priests, the gods who are the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.114.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/9.114.4.md): O king, with that cooked oblation of yours, O Soma, protect us. May the stingy enemy not overcome us, nor harm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.1.1.md): At the beginning, before the dawns, the vast one rose up; coming forth from darkness, he came with light. Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.1.2.md): You are the embryo born between the two worlds, O Agni, lovely, borne in the plants. The bright child roams ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.1.3.md): Thus Viṣṇu, knowing its supreme form, the vast one born, protects the third. When they pour the milk from its - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.1.4.md): Therefore the mothers who bear you from the fathers, who thrive on food, surround you with foods. They themsel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.1.5.md): The hotṛ of bright chariot, the banner of every sacrifice, the shining one, the rival of the god, with greatne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.1.6.md): He, indeed, clothed in garments and fair adornments, Agni at the navel of the earth, ruddy, born in the place - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.1.7.md): O Agni, you have always stretched out heaven and earth, both, like a son stretching out his two mothers. O you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.2.1.md): Gladden the desiring gods, O youngest Agni; O lord of the seasons, knowing the seasons, perform the sacrifice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.2.2.md): You take up the office of invoker and are the purifier of peoples; you are Mandhata, giver of wealth, guardian - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.2.3.md): We have come to the path of the gods; whatever we are able, let us carry forward. Agni, knowing, should sacrif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.2.4.md): O gods, if we transgress the vows of those who know — you are not ignorant. Agni, knowing, fills up all things - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.2.5.md): When mortals, unskilled in mind, think about the sacrifice, then Agni is the invoker, knowing the purpose, wis - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.2.6.md): You are the bright banner before all sacrifices; the begetter brought you forth. Come here, may you worship wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.2.7.md): O Agni, heaven and earth brought you forth, the waters brought you forth, Tvaṣṭar brought you forth, and the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.3.1.md): O king, the kindled, fierce Agni has appeared for the one who presses soma for strength. Knowing, he shines wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.3.2.md): When he appeared with might before the dark maiden and generated her, the daughter of the great father, his si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.3.3.md): The blessed Agni came together with the blessed Uṣas. The loving husband follows behind his sister. Standing f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.3.4.md): The paths of this Agni are like those of the great one; the strong kindling-sticks, the friend, the auspicious - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.3.5.md): Like voices, his splendors flow; the flames of the shining, great, beautiful, bright Agni are purified. With t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.3.6.md): This Agni's mighty powers, of visible glory and swiftness, make the waters flow with their sound. The ancient, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.3.7.md): May he bring the great one here for us, and sit between heaven and earth, the two young women. O Agni, come he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.4.1.md): O Agni, I send my praise to you; may you be worthy of praise in our calls. You are like a water-station in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.4.2.md): O youngest one, people surround you as cows go toward a warm cowpen; you are the messenger of the gods, among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.4.3.md): As a mother bears her child, nourishing it after its birth, so she bears you; you go with the flow like an arr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.4.4.md): We are like the mute, O ignorant one; O wise Agni, you know your greatness. Like a wolf he moves, eating with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.4.5.md): Somewhere a new one is born in rich places; in the forest he stood, gray, smoke-bannered, unbathed in the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.4.6.md): Those two, like two thieves cutting the thongs and roaming the forest, bound all around with ten reins; O Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.4.7.md): O Agni, knower of all beings, may this sacred prayer, this homage and this song to you always bring increase. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.5.1.md): One is the ocean, the support of riches; the one of many births looks widely, away from our heart. In the lap - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.5.2.md): Clothed in the same nest, the virile ones have joined with the swift mares; the poets guard the footstep of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.5.3.md): The two, of truth and of wonder, hold together; together they gave birth to the child and make it grow. The na - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.5.4.md): The paths of truth indeed join with the bright sky for well-born food and for strength; the two worlds, clothe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.5.5.md): Bearing the seven radiant sisters, the wise one lifted up something from the honey to see; the ancient one hel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.5.6.md): The seven boundaries were fashioned by the poets; of them the hero reached one alone. The pillar of life stood - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.5.7.md): In the highest, vast sky were non-being and being, at the birth of Dakṣa, in the lap of Aditi. Agni, firstborn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.6.1.md): In whose shelter, with protections, the singer kindles himself in Agni's invocation: the one who with his fore - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.6.2.md): Agni, shining brightly with his rays, shines with the gods, lord of cosmic order, unwearying. He who bestowed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.6.3.md): He who is lord of all divine favor rules, giving life to all, at the full light of dawn. In Agni, in whom the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.6.4.md): Growing by the praises, delighting, with hymns, he goes easily toward the gods, giver of wealth. The joyful pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.6.5.md): Bring near with songs and homage that Agni of the dawns, trembling like Indra, whom the sages praise with thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.6.6.md): In whom all goods have gone together, as horses in the contest go swiftly with their mares. For us, the protec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.6.7.md): Therefore, O Agni, by your greatness you sat down, were born at once, and became worthy of invocation. The god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.7.1.md): Agni, bestow well-being on us from heaven and earth; O god, giver of life to all, stand firm for the sacrifice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.7.2.md): O Agni, these hymns are born for you; they praise wealth in cows and horses. O giver of clothing, when a morta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.7.3.md): I regard Agni as father, Agni as the drinker of the waters, Agni as brother, and always as a true friend. I se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.7.4.md): O Agni, may the thoughts that accomplish you be ours; may he whom you protect in the house always be a sacrifi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.7.5.md): Established by the days, dear as a friend, ancient, the seasonal sacrificer, companion of the rite. With both - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.7.6.md): Offer by yourself in heaven to the gods, O god; what unwise cook could do anything for you? As you offered to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.7.7.md): O Agni, be our protector and guardian; be the giver of strength and the giver of long life to us. O very great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.1.md): Agni advances with his great banner of flame; the bull roars through both worlds. He has reached up to the end - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.2.md): That bull within the womb, humped and tireless, the calf, horned, rejoiced and roared. He was raised up in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.3.md): They who set up the head of the two parents at the sacrifice, and placed the flood like the sun's stream. In t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.4.md): O Dawn of dawns, O good one, indeed you go foremost; you shone between the twins Yama and Yami. For cosmic ord - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.5.md): You become the eye, guardian of the great cosmic order; you become Varuna when you enter for cosmic order. O J - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.6.md): You become the leader of the sacrifice and of the expanse, where you join with the auspicious paths. In heaven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.7.md): By his insight, Trita, seeking the prayer hidden deep within, through the means of the distant Father, abiding - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.8.md): Knowing the ancestral weapons, Āptya, sent forth by Indra, fought. Having struck the three-headed, seven-rayed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.8.9.md): With great strength Indra, lord of the true, split apart from afar the one who wished to hide and grew proud. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.1.md): O Waters, you are the bringers of well-being; grant us strength and nourishment, and great delight and sight. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.2.md): Share with us here that most auspicious essence of yours, as loving mothers longing for their children. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.3.md): Let us fully come to you for that abode for which you urge; O Waters, bring us also into life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.4.md): May the divine waters be bliss to us, for aid and for drinking; may they flow toward us in blessing. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.5.md): Ruling over the precious things and dwelling among the peoples, those waters I beseech for healing remedy. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.6.md): Within the waters, Soma spoke to me: all healing remedies are within them, and Agni, the all-beneficent, as we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.7.md): O Waters, fill my body with healing medicine and shelter, and grant me soon to see the Sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.8.md): O Waters, carry away whatever evil is in me — whether I have deceived, or cursed, or spoken falsehood. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.9.9.md): O Waters, today I have followed after you; we have joined with the essence. O Agni, rich in milk, come hither - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.1.md): He who returns in friendship to his companion, having crossed the ocean many times, may the wise one establish - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.2.md): That friend does not choose your friendship, since he has the same mark yet becomes of diverse form. The sons - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.3.md): The immortals desire this, the renunciation of a single mortal. Your mind has been placed in my mind; husband - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.4.md): What we formerly did, or what we now do while speaking truth, may we not commit falsehood. The Gandharva is in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.5.md): In the womb the begetter, the pair, the god Tvaṣṭar, Savitar, the one of all forms, made us two. No one violat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.6.md): Who knows this of the first day? Who has seen it? Who here will declare it? Where is the great abode of Mitra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.7.md): Desire for me has come toward Yama, Yami, to lie together in the same womb. Like a wife to her husband, may I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.8.md): These spies of the gods who move about here neither stand still nor blink. O destroyer, go swiftly away from m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.9.md): With the nights may she shine for him; may the sun's eye measure upward again and again. May day and earth, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.10.md): Indeed may they go on to later ages, where kinswomen make unkinned union (ajāmi). Raise your arm for the bull; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.11.md): What becomes of a brother who is unprotected? What becomes of a sister when Nirṛti, ruin, comes upon her? Born - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.12.md): No, indeed I will not be joined in my body to your body. They say that whoever goes to a sister commits sin. A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.13.md): Alas, poor Yama, you are not so indeed; we have not known your mind and heart. Surely another woman embraces y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.10.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.10.14.md): Desire another man well, O Yami; and another embraces you, as a creeper embraces a tree. Seek his mind, or let - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.1.md): The rain-giver milked, for the bull, the milk of heaven with two streams—the great, inviolable milk of Aditi. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.2.md): May the Gandharva women and the water-maiden sing and rush; in the roar of the river may they protect my mind. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.3.md): That auspicious, food-rich, famous, heaven-possessing Dawn shone forth for Manu, when, following the plan of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.4.md): Then the shining, pervasive, all-seeing one was brought out at the sacrifice by the sent eagle; when the clans - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.5.md): O Agni, you are ever gladdening, nourished like grass, lord of men's good sacrifices; or when you praise the i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.6.md): Raise up both parents; the lover desires fortune. The tawny one desires with his heart; the bearer proclaims; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.7.md): O Agni, son of might, the mortal who obtains your good will becomes renowned. Bestowing nourishment and drivin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.8.md): O Agni, when this assembly becomes divine and worthy of worship among the gods, and when you distribute treasu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.11.9.md): Hear us, O Agni, in your seat and common dwelling. Yoke the swift chariot of the immortal. Bring hither for us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.1.md): Heaven and earth first become truth-speakers in proclamation by the cosmic order, when the god, preparing mort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.2.md): God, encompassing the gods, bring our oblation by cosmic order; first and knowing, smoke-bannered, kindled wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.3.md): If the god's self-purifying immortal drink is from the cow, then born from it they held the two wide realms; a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.4.md): I praise you two for increase, O ghee-dripping waters, heaven and earth, hear me, O roaring ones; when the day - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.5.md): Has our king taken something? For what reason have we transgressed his vow? Who knows? Mitra indeed, calling o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.6.md): Here may the immortal's name be 'evil-minded,' fair in form, when it becomes of various forms; of Yama, who th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.7.md): In whom the gods rejoice in the assembly at the abode of Vivasvat, they placed light in the sun and the nights - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.8.md): In whom the gods move together in thought, we do not know that hidden secret. Here may Mitra and Aditi keep us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.12.9.md): O Agni, hear us; in your dwelling, in the common seat, yoke the swift chariot of the immortal. Here bring us t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.13.1.md): For you two I yoke the ancient prayer with homage; let the singer's praise go forth like a path. Let all the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.13.2.md): When you two went striving like Yama, mortals seeking the gods brought you hither. Knowing your own dwelling, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.13.3.md): I have climbed the five steps of form; by the vow I follow the four-footed one. By the syllable I measure it a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.13.4.md): For the gods, who chose death? For offspring, who did not choose immortality? They made Brihaspati the sacrifi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.13.5.md): Seven streams flow for the child, for him who is with the Maruts, for the father; the sons too made the cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.1.md): Serve with oblation Yama, Vivasvān's son, who went ahead by wide paths for many, the gathering-place of people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.2.md): Yama first found the way for us; this expanse is not to be brought back. Where our former fathers went, follow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.3.md): With poetic hymns Mātalī, Yama with the Aṅgirases, Bṛhaspati with the Ṛkvans are exalted. Those who exalted th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.4.md): O Yama, sit down on this stone-seat, in agreement with the Aṅgirases and the fathers. May the formulas praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.5.md): Come hither with the Aṅgirases, O Yama, rejoice here with the sacrifice-worthy Vairūpas. I call upon Vivasvān, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.6.md): Our fathers, the Aṅgirases, Navagvas, Atharvans, Bhṛgus, the soma-related ones—may we be in the favor of those - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.7.md): Go forth, go forth by the ancient paths on which our earlier fathers went before. The two kings rejoice in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.8.md): Join the fathers, join Yama and the merit of sacrifice and gifts in the highest vault of heaven. Leave behind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.9.md): Depart, go apart, move away from here. For him the fathers made this world; by the days, by the waters, by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.10.md): Run past the two dogs of Sārameya, the four-eyed and the spotted, along the good path. Then approach the bount - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.11.md): Yama, your two dogs are guardians, four-eyed, path-guarding, watching over men. Into their keeping give him on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.12.md): The two broad-striding, breath-stealing messengers of Yama wander among the people. May those two give us life - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.13.md): Press the soma for Yama, offer the oblation for Yama. The sacrifice, with Agni as its messenger and duly prepa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.14.md): Offer the ghee-laden oblation to Yama and stand up. May he, among the gods, grant us long life to live. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.15.md): Offer the honey-sweetest oblation to King Yama. This homage is to the seers, the former-born, the ancient ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.14.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.14.16.md): With the threefold ones, the six wide (worlds) fall into the one great (truth). The triṣṭubh, the gāyatrī, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.1.md): Let the lower, the upper, and the middle fathers who possess soma rise up. May those fathers who went to breat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.2.md): May this homage be offered to the fathers today: to the earlier ones, to those who went above, to those who si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.3.md): I have won the good-giving fathers, and the grandson and the stride of Viṣṇu as well. The fathers who sit on t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.4.md): O fathers who sit on the sacred grass, come hither with your help. We have made these oblations for you; enjoy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.5.md): Invoked, may the soma-possessing fathers come to the dear seats on the sacred grass. May they hear here, speak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.6.md): Sitting down with knee bent, on the right, all you fathers, praise toward this sacrifice. O fathers, do not ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.7.md): O Fathers seated in the lap of the dawns, place wealth in the giver, the mortal. O Fathers, grant that wealth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.8.md): Our ancient Fathers, the soma-pressers and the Vasiṣṭhas, have come to share the soma-drinking. With them, wel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.9.md): O Agni, bring hither those who among the gods are eagerly called upon, the knowers of the hotṛ-office, praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.10.md): O Agni, come with the thousand god-worshipping ones, with the true Fathers who eat and drink the oblations, wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.11.md): O Fathers nourished by Agni, come hither. O well-leading Fathers, sit on your seats. Eat the offered oblations - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.12.md): O Agni Jātavedas, you are praised. Having made the fragrant oblations, you carried them forth. With svadhā you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.13.md): The fathers who are here and who are not here, whom we know and whom we do not fully know, O Jātavedas (Agni), - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.15.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.15.14.md): The fathers who were burned by fire and those who were not burned by fire rejoice with svadhā in the middle of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.1.md): O Agni, do not burn him apart; do not scorch him with your flames, do not consume his skin or body. O Jātaveda - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.2.md): When you prepare him, O Jātavedas, then give him entirely over to the Fathers. When he goes forth along this p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.3.md): Let his eye go to the sun, his breath to the wind; go to heaven and to earth according to your nature. Or, if - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.4.md): Let the unborn portion be heated by fervor; heat him, let your flame heat him, let your light heat him. O Jāta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.5.md): O Agni, send him back again to the Fathers — him who, offered by you, goes with the svadhā-offerings. May the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.6.md): Whatever poison a black bird, an ant, a snake, or a dog has bitten into you with — from all that may Agni make - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.7.md): O Agni, wrap yourself with the cows in your armor, and cover yourself fully with fat and marrow. May the bold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.8.md): O Agni, do not let this cup be split apart; it is dear to the gods and to the soma-offerings. In this cup that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.9.md): I send far away the flesh-eating Agni; let the enemy-carrier go to the far realm of King Yama. Here let this o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.10.md): The flesh-eating Agni has entered your house; seeing this other Jātavedas, I take that god for the ancestral s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.11.md): May Agni, the carrier of the flesh-eater's offering, worship the fathers who strengthen the cosmic order. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.12.md): Shining, we set you down; shining, we kindle you. O shining Agni, bring the fathers here to eat the oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.13.md): O Agni, the one you burned, release him again. Here in the moist ground let the green dūrvā grass and the spre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.16.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.16.14.md): O cool one, O possessor of coolness, O delightful one, O possessor of delight, go well together with the frog. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.1.md): Tvaṣṭar arranged a marriage for his daughter, and from this the whole world comes together. Yama's mother, bei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.2.md): They hid the immortal from mortals, and having made one like her, gave her to Vivasvat. What the Aśvins brough - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.3.md): May Pūṣan drive you away from here, he who knows, who has not lost his cattle, the protector of the world. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.4.md): May life and full life protect you on every side; may Pūṣan guard you on the path, in front. Where the well-do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.5.md): Pūṣan knows all these quarters well; may he lead us by the most fearless path. Giver of well-being, radiant, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.6.md): On the path of paths Pūṣan was born, on the path of heaven, on the path of earth. Toward both most dear abodes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.7.md): Those who desire the gods call upon Sarasvatī at the sacrifice; the well-doers called upon Sarasvatī. May Sara - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.8.md): O Sarasvatī, you who went as a companion, rejoicing with the svadhā-offerings and the fathers, O goddess, sit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.9.md): Sarasvatī, whom the fathers call upon with their offering, desiring to see the sacrifice — place here the thou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.10.md): May the waters, like mothers, cleanse us; may the ghee-bearing waters purify us with ghee. The divine waters c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.11.md): The soma-drop fell down after the first days; following this place and the former one, I offer that drop movin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.12.md): Whichever drop of yours falls, whichever particle slips from the arm, from the lap of Dhiṣaṇā, from the adhvar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.13.md): Whatever drop of yours has spilled, whatever is below and whatever is above, with the ladle — let this god Bṛh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.17.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.17.14.md): May the nourishing herbs be full of nourishment, and my word be full of nourishment. The nourishment of the wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.1.md): O Death, go forward along your own path, separate from the path of the gods. To the one who has eyes and hears - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.2.md): Those who went approaching the step of Death, carrying long life forward: nourished with offspring and wealth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.3.md): These living ones have been separated from the dead; today our invocation of the gods has become auspicious. W - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.4.md): For the living I place this boundary; let none of them go toward another goal. May these live a hundred autumn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.5.md): As days come in succession, as seasons move well by the seasons, and as one does not leave behind the former, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.6.md): Climb up to life, choosing old age; striving in order, go and stand. Here may Tvaṣṭṛ, the well-born, ever harm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.7.md): Let these women, not widowed, well-wedded, enter together with collyrium and ghee. Let the wives, free of tear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.8.md): Woman, rise up, come toward the world of the living. You lay beside the one whose breath has gone; come. With - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.9.md): Taking the bow from the dead man's hand, for our strength, splendor and might, here indeed, you and we, having - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.10.md): Mother, creep toward this earth, wide-spreading and kind. Wide-spreading, soft as wool, young and giver of gif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.11.md): Earth, swell up, do not press him down. Be easy of approach to him, easy to embrace. As a mother with her embr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.12.md): May the rising earth stand firmly well; may a thousand pillars rest upon it. Let those houses drip with ghee; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.13.md): For you I lift up the earth; placing this mound of clay around you, may I never cause harm. May the fathers ho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.18.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.18.14.md): On the day when the arrows turn back, they laid me down like a feather. I seized the returning speech, as one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.1.md): O wealthy cows, turn back; follow us and join us. O Agni and Soma, O Punarvasu, hold wealth for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.2.md): Turn these back again, bring these back again. Let Indra hold these back; let Agni bring these near. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.3.md): Let these cows turn back; let them thrive in this herdsman's house. O Agni, hold them here; let the wealth tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.4.md): Him who guards going out, going home, coming together, going beyond, turning back and returning—him, the prote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.5.md): Who rose up and went out, who went beyond—may that protector also turn back. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.6.md): Come back here, turn back again; O Indra, give us the cows again. With life, may we enjoy them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.7.md): I fill you on every side with strength, with ghee and with milk. May the gods, and those who are worthy of sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.19.8.md): Turn back here, O you who turn back! Turn back again, O you who turn back! Bring these back from the four dire - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.1.md): Let good come to us, and turn our minds also toward it. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.2.md): I praise Agni, youngest of powers, strong friend, hard to restrain; in whose ordinance the flames moving towar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.3.md): Whom they strengthen with their flames, the dark-ruddy, bright-bannered one; he shines forth, radiant. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.4.md): The lord travels the path of the peoples when he rises to the ends of heaven; the seer, kindling the cloud, sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.5.md): He accepts the offerings of mortals; raised high, the skillful Ṛbhu-Agni stood in the sacrifice. Measuring out - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.6.md): That is welfare; the oblation and sacrifice surely go along his path by his will. The gods go to Agni, the fra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.7.md): We call upon Agni, conqueror of sacrifices, son of the ancient bright stone, for the gift; they name him Āyu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.8.md): Whatever men, ours or others, may they all be in their dear dwelling, exalting Agni with the oblation. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.9.md): His course is dark, white, and ruddy; firm and straight, bright and glorious, the begetter has brought forth t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.20.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.20.10.md): Thus, O Agni, Vimada offers you this insight; O son of strength, with the immortals bring the praises; coming - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.1.md): Agni of self-chosen flames, we choose you as the invoking priest for the sacrifice of the one who has spread t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.2.md): The self-born ones, who hold horses as their wealth, adorn you; she who pours near desires you. In your exhila - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.3.md): In you the sacred ordinances abide, like those who sprinkle with ladles; dark and bright forms as well. In you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.4.md): O Agni, the wealth you intend, O mighty and immortal one, bring it here to us for the winning of prizes. In yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.5.md): Agni was born, produced by Atharvan; he knew all the poetic sayings and became the messenger of Vivasvant. In - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.6.md): In the sacrifices they praise you, O Agni, in the sacred work of offering; you hold the treasures and desirabl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.7.md): O Agni, in the sacrifices the people with ghee-faced offerings have seated you, the priest and the dear one. I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.21.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.21.8.md): O Agni, with your bright flame you spread out wide and mighty, roaring out and showing your strength like a bu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.1.md): Where is Indra heard of today, and among which people is he praised like a friend? I call with song him who is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.2.md): Here Indra is renowned; today for us I praise him, the wielder of the thunderbolt, most radiant. He who like a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.3.md): He who is lord of great strength is unassailable, the swift driver of great manly vigor. Bearer of the thunder - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.4.md): O god, wielder of the thunderbolt, you who yoke the two swift horses of the wind and move along the bright pat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.5.md): You have come to those two horses of the wind, swift, to carry by their own power. Their driver is a god, not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.6.md): Then Uśanas, drawing near, asks you two: O two wanderers, how have you come to our house? From afar, from heav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.7.md): O Indra, come forward toward our raised prayer. This help we beg of you: that you strike down Śuṣṇa, the inhum - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.8.md): The ritually inactive dasyu, hostile to us, thoughtless, following other vows, inhuman, comes against us. O sl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.9.md): Be with us, O Indra, O hero, with heroes, with those under your protection, and with the rite of strengthening - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.10.md): In the slaying of Vṛtra you impelled those men, O hero, in the Kārpāṇa contest, O wielder of the thunderbolt, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.11.md): Quickly may those works of the generous one come, O Indra, in the ākṣāṇa contest, O hero, O wielder of the thu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.12.md): O Indra, O hero, may none turn away; may the wealth-giving protections be ours. May each of us be in the favor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.13.md): Indra, may those waters be true for us, touching without harming. O thunderbolt-bearer, may we know their stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.14.md): When the handless, footless earth grew, by the powers of the sacrificial altars, you circled the Śuṣṇa to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.22.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.22.15.md): Drink the soma again and again, Indra, O hero; being the giver of wealth, do not harm us. Protect the one who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.23.1.md): We honor Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, giver of gifts, charioteer of the tawny steeds and lord of the wel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.23.2.md): Indra's two tawny steeds race through the forest to win wealth; Indra, the bounteous slayer of Vṛtra, grows mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.23.3.md): When his golden thunderbolt and chariot are borne by his two tawny steeds together with the patrons of the sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.23.4.md): That very Indra, with his own band, brings the rain; as a companion, Indra shakes his beards and tawny locks. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.23.5.md): We sing of that very manly deed of him who with his word struck down the speechless and the stammering foes, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.23.6.md): O Indra, the Vimada seers made for you this unprecedented and most abundant praise, for the bountiful patron. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.23.7.md): O Indra, may the friendships with this Vimada and the seer never be severed from us. O god, we know your wisdo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.24.1.md): Indra, drink this honeyed soma pressed into the cup; establish here for us wealth a thousandfold. O Purūvasu, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.24.2.md): Lord of power, we call you near with sacrifices, with hymns, and with oblations; in your exhilaration I declar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.24.3.md): You are lord of the treasures and the impeller of the gift; O Indra, helper of the praisers. In your exhilarat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.24.4.md): O mighty and wondrous pair, you two churned together; when invoked by Vimada, O Nāsatyas, you churned it out. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.24.5.md): All the gods were moved with pity for the two who were churning and rising up; the gods said to the Nāsatyas, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.24.6.md): Sweet be my going forth, sweet also my return; O gods, you two, by your divine will make it sweet for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.1.md): O Soma, turn toward us a good mind, skill, and purpose, in your friendship and in the soma juice. In your exhi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.2.md): O Soma, your devotees who touch the heart sit in all abodes; then let these desires of mine be fulfilled. In y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.3.md): And O Soma, I keep your ordinances in a pure manner, as a father does for a son. In your exhilaration cleanse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.4.md): All thoughts together press forward, as toward the protectors. O Soma, sustain our purpose for life. In your e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.5.md): O Soma, by your powers, those desirous of their goals awaken openly; the wise and strong of Gṛtsa. In your exh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.6.md): O Soma, you protect our cattle in many places; you make the spread-out world whole for life. In your exhilarat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.7.md): O Soma, become our unassailable protector on every side; O king, drive hostilities far away. May the evil-spea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.8.md): O Soma, wise-minded, stay awake for long life, you who win fields from men. In your intoxication protect us fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.9.md): O Soma, slayer of Vṛtra, you are our auspicious friend of Indra, when people indeed invoke you in battle. In y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.10.md): May this very swift intoxication of Soma grow for Indra, dear; may this intoxication of Kakṣīvant, of the grea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.25.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.25.11.md): This Soma sends prizes with cattle to the inspired giver; for the seven he brings a boon. In your intoxication - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.1.md): Desired thoughts indeed hasten toward the Niyut steeds. May the two wondrous ones, Pūṣan of the Niyut-chariot, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.2.md): Of whom that greatness and vātāpya-might belong, may this man, the inspired seer, bestow with prayers and come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.3.md): He knows the good praises; Pūṣan, like the bright Soma, is the bull. He drives the herds; he drives them also - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.4.md): O god Pūṣan, we hold you in mind for ourselves: you are the support of prayers and the refuge of the inspired - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.5.md): Rival of the sacrifices, despoiler of the chariot-horses — he is the seer impelled by Manu; he is the friend o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.6.md): Lord of the desiring and of the bright one, and of the bright one too; the weaver of garments cleanses the woo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.7.md): Lord of the prizes, the best friend of nourishments, unharmed Pūṣan shakes his tawny beard forward and shakes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.8.md): Toward your chariot's yoke, Pūṣan, may the goats turn; you are the friend of all who seek, born together with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.26.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.26.9.md): May Pūṣan with vigor protect our chariot; may he be mighty, increaser of the prizes, and may he hear this our - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.1.md): May that rush of mine truly instruct the sacrificer who presses soma. I am the slayer of the scorners, keeper - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.2.md): If I gather my host for battle against the shining god-hating foes with my own body, I will cook for you a red - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.3.md): I do not know him who says, 'It is thus'—he who struck down the god-haters in battle. When he revealed the thu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.4.md): When I was among the unknown enemy-hosts, all the bountiful sacrificers were mine. I conquer in the secure pla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.5.md): The mountains do not restrain me in battle, nor when I intend it. From my roar let the horn-eared cloud be afr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.6.md): Let them see here now the steadfast god-haters, the arm-devouring demons, falling for the arrow, the bold ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.7.md): You came forth and spread out the breath of life; may the first and the later, the two purifiers, be around yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.8.md): The cows, released, ate the enemy's barley; I saw them roaming with the herdsmen. The calls came together from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.9.md): When together with the people we become barley-eaters, I am the barley-eater within the broad thunderbolt; her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.10.md): Here indeed you consider my true word: I would join the two-footed and the four-footed; whoever here with wome - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.11.md): Whose sightless daughter once existed, who knowing her would consider the blind one? Which sacred measure woul - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.12.md): How many a woman, desiring a husband, fully loved with wealth and with choice; the bride becomes auspicious wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.13.md): From below he swallows, eating forward; with his head he sets the head upon the covering. Seated, he bends upw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.14.md): The vast, shadowless, leafless horse stood; the mother devours the enclosed embryo. Licking another's calf, sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.15.md): Seven heroes came up from below; eight came together from above. Nine came from behind, sweating; ten came for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.16.md): One of the ten, tawny, equal to him — they press him for the sacrifice and for the purifier. The mother, well- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.17.md): The heroes cooked the plump ram; the scattered axles faced toward heaven. Two, the great bow, within the water - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.18.md): The crying ones came apart, all-pervading; may the wise one cook, or no — may the cook cook. For me the god Sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.19.md): I saw the village coming toward me from afar, moving on its own strength without wheels. He instantly breaks t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.20.md): These are my two bulls, yoked to the mighty chariot. Drive forward well, again and again, and rejoice. The wat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.21.md): This thunderbolt, hurled in many ways, rises from the protection of the sun and of the great one, from the str - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.22.md): Tied to each tree, the cow bellows; then let the man-eating birds fly forth. Then let this whole world tremble - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.23.md): In the abode of the gods, the first ones stood; from the cut-off portion, the aged among these rose up. Three - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.27.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.27.24.md): That is your life, and know it is his too; do not hide it openly in the contest. The foot of him who makes wel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.1.md): All other rivals have come, but my father-in-law has not come. Let him eat the grains and drink the soma, and, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.2.md): That roaring bull, sharp-horned, stands in the wide expanse, established above the broad earth. In all battles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.3.md): With the stone they quickly press the exhilarating soma for you, Indra; of these you drink. They cook bulls fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.4.md): Understand this well, O singer: the rivers carry away the hostile curse. The wolf ate the lion that came again - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.5.md): How shall I know this of yours? Let me understand well the wisdom of Gṛtsa, the mighty one. You, the knowing o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.6.md): Thus they strengthen me, the mighty one; higher even than heaven is my great yoke-pole. I strike down many tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.7.md): Thus the gods begot me, mighty and fierce, a bull in every deed, O Indra. With the thunderbolt you struck down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.8.md): The gods went, bearing axes; cutting the forests, they came with the people. They set down the good path among - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.9.md): The hare swallowed the razor facing forward; from afar with its mouth it split the mountain in two. The great - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.10.md): Thus the eagle with its talon lifted it up, as a lion holds back what has been encircled; the bound buffalo to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.11.md): For them the cow drew out this plunder, for those who drink again and again with the prayer and with the offer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.28.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.28.12.md): These became good doers with the Śamī rites, who strengthen their bodies with hymns in the Soma. Speaking like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.1.md): Whether in the forest or not, Agni, once placed; this bright hymn has risen for you two, O supporters. He whos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.2.md): In this dawn's dance and in the later dawn's dance, may we advance following you, together with the most truth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.3.md): Whose is your intoxication, O Indra, that is joyful? Open the doors, rush toward the songs, O fierce one. When - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.4.md): When, O Indra, will you give wealth to men such as you? With what insight do you come to us? True like Mitra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.5.md): Like the sun, as one sends a man to the far shore, impel his desire, as those who bring forth move toward birt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.6.md): To the mother indeed, your mother, O Indra of good offering, the many heaven and earth stand by might and by t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.7.md): A cup full of sweet soma has been poured for Indra, for he is the giver of true riches. In the wide expanse of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.29.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.29.8.md): Indra, grown strong by his own might, has broken apart the hosts of the enemy; many strive for his friendship. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.1.md): Let this path go forth to the gods for the sacred utterance, and let the waters flow toward them like the impu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.2.md): O priests, bearing oblations, go to the waters; desiring, they look down. Sit today upon that wave which the r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.3.md): O priests, go to the waters, to the ocean; worship with oblation the grandson of the waters. May he today give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.4.md): He who shines within the waters without fuel, whom the inspired seers praise at the sacrifices — grandson of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.5.md): With the waters with which Soma rejoices and delights, as a man with graceful young women — O priest, go forth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.6.md): Thus young women bow to the young man when the dawn comes shining forth; the priests have known with the mind, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.7.md): You who made a free path for the obstructed, and who released you from the great curse, for that Indra send fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.8.md): Forth send for him the honey-laden wave, which is your womb, O rivers, the source of honey, ghee-backed, prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.9.md): That exhilarating, Indra-drinking wave, O rivers, impel forth, which sets both worlds in motion; it is the ard - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.10.md): Now them, turning back and forth in two channels, like a cow-milking woman moving toward the sacrifice-stake; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.11.md): For us send forth the sacrifice worthy of gods; send forth the prayer for gaining wealth; in the union of cosm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.12.md): O rich waters, you indeed dwell in wealth and bear auspicious wisdom and immortality; you are the mistresses o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.13.md): When I saw the waters coming toward me, bearing ghee, milk and sweet mead, united in mind with the adhvaryus, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.14.md): These rich waters, bringing living wealth, have come here. O adhvaryus, O friends, sit down; O soma-pressers, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.30.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.30.15.md): The waters have come and sat down here on the sacred grass, eager for the gods at this sacrifice. O adhvaryus, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.1.md): May this praise of the gods come to us; may the worthy-of-sacrifice gods come for protection, with all their s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.2.md): May a mortal seek wealth; may he approach by the path of cosmic order with reverence. And by his own will may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.3.md): The thought was set in place; the streams flowed forth like a lovely current at the ford, and the radiant ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.4.md): May the constant lord of the house, the tamer, for whom the god Savitar indeed begot him, gladden. May Bhaga o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.5.md): May this be like the dwelling of the dawns, when the mighty gods came together with strength. Seeking the prai - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.6.md): This very wisdom of his, spreading wide, became the ancient cow among the creations. In the womb of this lord, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.7.md): What forest, what tree was it from which they carved out heaven and earth? The two undecaying ones stand firm, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.8.md): There is nothing beyond this; that mighty one bears heaven and earth. When the self-powered one made the skin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.9.md): Like a pillar she goes beyond the wide earth; like wind scattering mist, she blows across the vast expanse. Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.10.md): When the barren one bears at once, anointed though she is, she makes pains painless and is self-protecting. Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.31.11.md): The men call Kaṇva a son, and the strong Śyāva also took the wealth. For the dark one the bright cow filled he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.1.md): May Indra accept for us both the sweet drink mingled with soma, when he wakes and perceives it. May they take - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.2.md): O Indra, you travel apart through the heavenly lights and the earthly regions with the air. O you praised by m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.3.md): May that be more pleasing to me than the most beautiful form, when the son appears before his parents. The wif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.4.md): He surely shines toward the beautiful seat when the cows praise the bride-bringer, as if they were milch-cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.5.md): I shall speak forth of the god-lover: one swift one goes with the Rudras, and old age too is there where the i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.6.md): The guardian of the gods' vows has spoken to me of what is placed, hidden in the waters. Indra, knowing, has i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.7.md): The one who does not know the field goes to the field-knower and asks; instructed by the field-knower, he move - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.8.md): Today indeed he led forward; unobstructed, he shaped these days and set the mother's udder in place. Old age d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.32.9.md): Let us perform these auspicious deeds, O pitcher, O Kuruśravaṇa, bestowing riches. O bountiful ones, let that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.1.md): The works of the people have already yoked me in front; I used to lead Pūṣan along in the middle. All the gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.2.md): Like rival co-wives, my ribs burn me on every side. Ignorance and nakedness press me down; my thought trembles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.3.md): As mice gnaw at the limbs, these tear me apart and devour me. O Indra of a hundred deeds, here is your praiser - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.4.md): I have chosen the king Kuruśravaṇa, of Trāsadasyu, the mightiest of the Vāghatas; the seer praises him. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.5.md): In whose chariot three tawny steeds carry me skillfully, may I praise him who gives a thousandfold gifts. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.6.md): Whose sweet hymns belong to the famous father Upamaśravas, I speak of him as a fair field. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.7.md): Come to me, O son, O famed one, O grandson of Mitrātithi. I am a praiser of your father. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.8.md): When I might gain power over the immortals or over mortals, may the bountiful one truly live for me. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.33.9.md): Even he of a hundred souls does not live beyond the gods' commandment; thus he turns away, apart from the yoke - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.1.md): The trembling dice exhilarate me, the great one; rushing with the speed of wind, they roll upon the board. Lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.2.md): It did not harm me, nor did it scorn me; it was auspicious for friends and for me too. Because of the one-side - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.3.md): My mother-in-law hates me, my wife keeps away from me; the afflicted finds no helper. As an old horse does not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.4.md): Others caress his wife, in whose affliction the swift die took delight. Father, mother, and brothers say of hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.5.md): Whenever I burn, the dice do not leave me; by them I am cast down, away from my friends. The thrown tawny dice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.6.md): The gambler goes to the assembly, inquiring; saying 'I shall win,' he shakes his own body. His dice scatter hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.7.md): The dice, goad-bearing and piercing, deceitful and burning, eager to torment, with boyish stakes, winning, rak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.8.md): A troop of fifty-three plays among them, like the god Savitṛ whose law is true; not even before the wrath of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.9.md): Downward they turn, upward they leap; the handless ones overcome the one with hands. Heavenly embers lie cast - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.10.md): The gambler's wife is tormented, forsaken; the mother of the son wanders—where? The debtor, fearing and seekin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.11.md): Having seen a woman, he tormented the gambler, the wife of another, and the well-made home; in the forenoon he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.12.md): For him who became the leader of your great troop, the king and first of the group, I do not withhold wealth; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.13.md): Do not play at dice; plough the field. Take delight in what you have, deeming it much. There are the cows, O g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.34.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.34.14.md): Make Mitra our ally, and truly be gracious to us. Do not attack us with terrifying force; do not rush upon us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.1.md): Those Agnis who go with Indra, bringing light at the full shining-forth of the Dawns, shall not remain unawake - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.2.md): We here invoke the help of Heaven and Earth, of the mother rivers, the mountains, and the moving ones. Without - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.3.md): May Heaven keep us today without sin, and the great Earth likewise; may both mothers protect us for well-being - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.4.md): May this Dawn, bright and first, reveal for us good divine wealth; may she shine rich in riches for the bounti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.5.md): May the Dawns, who move forward bringing light with the rays of the sun at their full shining-forth, be auspic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.6.md): May the healthy Dawns come hither to us; may the Agnis rise up greatly with light. The Aśvins yoked the chario - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.7.md): O Savitṛ, today grant us the best, most desirable portion, for you are the giver of treasures. I address the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.8.md): May that proclamation of cosmic order, that of the gods which we mortals have thought, fulfill me. Surely all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.9.md): Today, at the seat of sacred grass, in the yoking of the pressing stones, for the accomplishment of thought, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.10.md): For us, let the lofty sacred grass be spread at the sadamāda; I call upon the gods in heaven. Seat the seven h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.11.md): Ādityas, come hither, all of you, for protection on every side and for growth; you who share one joy, protect - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.12.md): O gods, grant us that well-spoken praise and shelter; O Ādityas, give excellent provision fit for men: for cat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.13.md): Today may all the Maruts be with all their protections; may all the fires be kindled well. May all the gods co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.35.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.35.14.md): O gods, whomever you protect in the contest for spoils, whomever you save, whomever you bring across beyond si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.1.md): Dawn and Night, vast and well-formed, Sky-Earth, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman — I call upon Indra, the Maruts, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.2.md): May Sky and Earth, discerning keepers of order, protect us from sin and harm; may ill-advised Nirṛti not rule - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.3.md): May Aditi, mother of Mitra and of Varuṇa, rich in wealth, protect us from all sin. May we attain the light tha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.4.md): May the Grāvan, speaking as the pressing-stone, drive away the demons, bad dreams, every atrin, and Nirṛti. Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.5.md): May Indra sit here on the sacred grass; may Iḷā satisfy us; may Bṛhaspati praise the chanter of the verses wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.6.md): Make our sacrifice, reaching the sky, ever-victorious, O Aśvins; grant good fortune for the offering; may the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.7.md): For friendship I call near the Marut host, well-invoked, purifying, mighty and gracious. For the growth of wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.8.md): We bear the broad one of the waters, bringing life and wealth, helper of the gods, well-invoked, the splendor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.9.md): May we win that with good helpers: living, with living sons, and free from sin. May they bear away the sin of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.10.md): You who are worthy of Manu's sacrifice, O gods, hear, and give what we ask of you: victorious insight, wealth- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.11.md): Today we choose the great help of the great gods, unrivaled and wide, so that the wealth born of heroes may no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.12.md): In the great shelter of the kindled Agni, may we be free from sin, near Mitra and Varuṇa for well-being. In th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.13.md): All you gods who are in the vow of Savitṛ of true impulse, of Mitra and of Varuṇa, grant us good fortune, weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.36.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.36.14.md): Savitṛ from behind, Savitṛ from in front, Savitṛ from above, Savitṛ from below; may Savitṛ impel and protect u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.1.md): Homage to the sight of Mitra and Varuṇa. Serve that great god who is cosmic order; proclaim the far-seen, god- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.2.md): May that true speech guard me on every side, where heaven and earth and the days stretch out. Whatever moves e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.3.md): For you no non-god lingers on the far-seen path, when you drive your chariot with the charioteers and guides. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.4.md): O Sūrya, by the light with which you drive away darkness and all that moves, and rise over all with your radia - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.5.md): Sent forth by all, you guard the law without harm and rise upon the paths of your own sustenance. Now, O Sūrya - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.6.md): May heaven and earth hear that for us, may the waters hear it for us, and Indra and the Maruts hear our call a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.7.md): O Sun, may we—glad at heart, keen of sight, blessed with offspring, free from disease and guilt—live on and be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.8.md): O all-seeing one, bearing great light, radiant, for the joy of the eyes, mounting from the lofty strength—may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.9.md): By your banner all worlds go forth and at night enter again. O bay-maned Sun, through you may we be free from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.10.md): Be auspicious for us; auspicious by sight, auspicious for us by day, auspicious by light, auspicious by cold, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.11.md): O gods, grant shelter for our birth, for both the biped and the quadruped. Let what is eaten, drunk, and nouri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.37.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.37.12.md): O gods, whatever great offense we have committed against you with the tongue, or by impulse of the mind, place - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.38.1.md): O Indra, rich in glory and armoured, protect us here in this battle, in the cow-winning contest where shining - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.38.2.md): Open up for us in our dwelling abundant, famous wealth rich in cattle, O Indra. May we be victorious through y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.38.3.md): Whoever against us, whether slave or Aryan, or much-praised O Indra, non-divine seeks battle: may they be enem - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.38.4.md): The one to be invoked by the swift and by the many, the giver of wealth in battle, in the man-subduing conflic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.38.5.md): For I have heard that you are self-conquering, O Indra, unopposed, O bull, having a chariot-pole; release us, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.1.md): O Aśvins, your fair chariot, encircling all, brings blessing; those who come with oblation at Uṣas's evening c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.2.md): O Aśvins, stir up the true-born songs, swell the thoughts; set the sacred insights in motion, for that is what - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.3.md): O Aśvins, you two become good fortune even for the one who has no lord, and helpers for the unhelpful. Even fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.4.md): You two made the aged Cyavana young again, as one renews a chariot, and you brought Taugrya up out of the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.5.md): I proclaim your ancient heroic deeds among people; you two were healing physicians who bring well-being. Now w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.6.md): I call you two, O Aśvins; hear me. Teach me as parents teach a son. Guard me in advance from the cursing inten - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.7.md): Aśvins, you two with the chariot brought down the women of the many-friended one for the one who seeks cleansi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.8.md): Aśvins, you two restored the old age of the seer and gave Kali youthful vigor again. From Ṛśyada you lifted up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.9.md): Aśvins, you two raised up Rebha, the virile one who lay hidden in the cave and was as if dead. You made the ṛb - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.10.md): Aśvins, you two gave Pedu a white horse, with nine and ninety prizes, and a swift racehorse fit to draw the ch - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.11.md): O kings, O Aditi, O Aśvins easily invoked, O you of Rudra's conduct: the one whom you two set in front of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.12.md): Aśvins, come hither with that chariot swift as thought, which the Ṛbhus made for you two. In whose yoke the da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.13.md): O Aśvins, victorious, you two came to the mountain and loosed the cow for the one who slept. By your powers yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.39.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.39.14.md): O Aśvins, for you two we have fashioned this hymn, as the Bhṛgus fashion a chariot. We have polished it as one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.1.md): Where are you, riding on your chariot? O men, who adorns the shining chariot for your welfare? You who come at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.2.md): Where were you at night, and where at dawn, O Aśvins? What union do you two make, where did you two dwell? Who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.3.md): At dawn you two are roused, like old men with decrepitude; to each dwelling, O worshipful ones, you two go. Wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.4.md): You two, like deer and elephants seeking their prey, we call down at night with the oblation of our dwelling. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.5.md): Of you two, O Aśvins, Ghoṣā went around and spoke to the king, being his daughter, to inquire; O men, be for m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.6.md): You two are wise poets, O Aśvins; you go around the chariot, as you protect the peoples for the singer Kutsa; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.7.md): O Aśvins, you two brought Bhujyu, you brought Vaśa, you brought Śiñjāra and Uśanā near and carried them across - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.8.md): O Aśvins, you two rescued the lean one, you rescued Śayu, you rescued the smiting one and the widow. For the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.9.md): The young woman was born; may Kanīnaka fly. The rays climbed apart and went along toward the plants. For him t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.10.md): They weep for the living one; at the sacrifice they lament apart; men have kept the long lamentation. This swe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.11.md): We do not know that; speak it forth well, when the young man dwells in the wombs of the young woman. May we go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.12.md): O possessors of wealth, may your good thought come down to you; O Aśvins, desires have held fast in the hearts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.13.md): O you two exhilarated ones, set wealth in the house of the mortal, with heroic sons, and give it to the one wh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.40.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.40.14.md): Where, now, are those two today, among which of the peoples? The wondrous Aśvins, lords of the bright one, del - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.41.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.41.1.md): That chariot, common to all, called upon by many, worthy of praise, three-wheeled, come with the soma pressing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.41.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.41.2.md): O Nāsatyas, you two stand upon the chariot yoked at morning, returning at morning, bearing honey; by it you go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.41.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.41.3.md): Whether to the adhvaryu priest, the skilled one with honey in hand, to the agnidh, or to the host of firm skil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.1.md): As a victor advances by his surpassing strength, so bring forth a well-adorned hymn for him. O inspired poets, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.2.md): Bring the cow near with milking; O singer, awaken Indra the friend and lover. Like a treasure-chest full of ri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.3.md): Why, O bounteous one, do men call you the feeder? Awaken me, for I do not hear you as one who sleeps. O mighty - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.4.md): O Indra, men call you in the contests and in battle; standing together, they summon you. Here the hero is he w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.5.md): For him who presses sharp somas for him like abundant flowing wealth, and who makes offering, Indra drives awa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.6.md): In Indra in whom we place our praise, who as a bountiful one has taken refuge in our desire, let his enemy be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.7.md): Indra, much-invoked one, drive the fierce enemy, like Śamba, away from afar. Grant us barley and cattle, Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.8.md): To Indra, to whom the bull-strong ones went, the sharp somas with many ends have come. The wealthy Indra does - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.9.md): And the dog-slayer who gathers the deed done in its time, shining exceedingly, wins over the destroyer of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.10.md): With cows may we cross over the ill-minded, hard-to-overcome prayer. O much-invoked one, with barley may we cr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.42.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.42.11.md): May Bṛhaspati protect us from behind and from above, from below and from the malicious one. May Indra protect - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.1.md): My hymns, seeking heaven's light, of one mind and full of desire, have praised Indra. As wives embrace a husba - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.2.md): My mind never turns away from you. O much-invoked one, rest your desire in me. O skilful one, sit down like a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.3.md): Indra, who conquers all, is far from hunger and want; that bountiful one is lord of wealth. In his downward co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.4.md): As birds settle on a tree with fine leaves, the exhilarating somas sat down near Indra. Their banner shines fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.5.md): As a gambler gathers the stake, the dog-slayer, who wins the wager, has conquered the sun in play. O bountiful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.6.md): Into every settlement the bountiful Indra spreads; that bull beholds the praises and cows of men. He rejoices - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.7.md): As waters flow together toward the sea, as channels toward the pool, so the Soma juices flowed together toward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.8.md): Like a bull enraged, he rushed through the spaces; he who made these waters like wives with husbands. That bou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.9.md): Let the axe rise up, born together with light; may the good-milking cow of truth be as of old. Let him shine f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.10.md): With cows may we cross over ill-disposed thought; with barley, O much-invoked one, drive away all hunger. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.43.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.43.11.md): May Brihaspati protect us from behind, from afar, and from below, from the malicious one. May Indra protect us - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.1.md): Let Indra, lord of his own, come here for exhilaration, he who stirs by his nature and is mighty. Shining fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.2.md): Well-made is your chariot, well-controlled the two bay horses; O lord of men, the thunderbolt is held in your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.3.md): May the Maruts, bearers of Indra, bring here the lord of men, thunderbolt-armed and fierce. May the fierce, mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.4.md): Thus, lord, companion of the chariot-hall, of one mind, pillar of strength, you become a bull in your support. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.5.md): May he bring us treasures; I praise the giver of good desire. Lord of the soma-presser, come; you rule, indeed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.6.md): Apart, the god-invoking bands went forth first and made glorious deeds hard to overcome. But those who were no - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.7.md): Thus let the others in the west remain, whose hard-to-yoke horses are harnessed; and thus those near in the ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.8.md): He held up the trembling mountains and rocks; the sky roared and shook the atmospheric spaces. He holds apart - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.9.md): I bear for you this well-made goad, by which, O bounteous Indra, you may break the cheeks of enemies. In this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.10.md): O much-invoked one, with cows and barley may we cross over difficult thought and all hunger. Together with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.44.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.44.11.md): May Brihaspati protect us from behind, from above and below, from the evil-doer. May Indra protect us from the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.1.md): Agni was born first from heaven, a second time from us; the all-knowing one was born third in the waters, brin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.2.md): Agni, we know your threefold nature and your many dwelling-places. We know your highest hidden name, and we kn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.3.md): In the ocean, within the waters, the all-seeing one kindled you, Agni, udder of heaven. Standing in the third - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.4.md): Agni roared like thundering heaven, licking the plants and gathering the regions together. Born at once and ki - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.5.md): Bountiful giver of glories, support of riches, extender of thoughts, guardian of the soma; the wealth-giving s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.6.md): Banner of all, womb of the worlds, he filled the two worlds at his birth. That strong bull even split the moun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.7.md): Keen, purifying, untiring, wise Agni has been established as immortal among mortals. He carries the ruddy smok - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.8.md): The golden Agni shone out brightly over the wide expanse, radiant for an unconquerable vitality. When the heav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.9.md): O bright-flamed Agni, lead forward the one who today makes for you a ghee-laden cake; O god, O youngest Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.10.md): O Agni, bring him here and give him his share in the Sauśravasa rites; at every recitation, when he is praised - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.11.md): O Agni, the sacrificers day after day take hold of you alone and obtain all desirable goods. Desiring wealth t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.45.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.45.12.md): Vaiśvānara Agni, kindly to men, guardian of the soma, was praised by the seers. Let us call upon heaven and ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.1.md): The priest Agni was born and became great; the knower of heaven sat among men in the lap of the waters. He who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.2.md): Establishing this one in the common seat of the waters, they went along by tracks like a lost cow; the Ushij p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.3.md): Trita found him by much searching, on the head of Vaibhuvasa, in the place of the Aghnya cow. Growing in prosp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.4.md): The Ushij priests established the sweet priest with homage, the forward-going leader of the sacrifice, the lea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.5.md): Go forward, conqueror, most mighty among the great, breaker of fortresses, winner over the mute foe, like Agni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.6.md): Trita established Agni in the seats of the pastya; surrounded, he sits within the womb. Therefore, gathering t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.7.md): The unaging, unharmed Agnis of this sacrifice, whose smoke shines, are purifiers; they are the Śvitīcis, Śvātr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.8.md): Agni bears the trembling flames forth with his tongue, and with wisdom he brings forth the wonders of the eart - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.9.md): The two heavens and the two earths gave birth to that Agni whom the waters, Tvaṣṭar and the Bhṛgus fashioned b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.46.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.46.10.md): You whom the gods set up as the bearer of oblations, the fulfiller of many desires, the worshipful one of men: - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.1.md): O Indra, we who seek wealth have grasped your right hand; O lord of riches, we know you are the lord of cows, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.2.md): You of good weapons, good protection, and good guidance, who encompass the four seas, the support of riches, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.3.md): You of good prayer, with the gods, mighty, wide, deep, broad-based — O Indra, renowned seer, fierce, overcomin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.4.md): Ever winning the prize of victory, with wise heroes, helpful, lord of wealth, skilled, slayer of the dasyus, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.5.md): The prize (vāja) possessing horses, chariots, heroes, thousands and hundreds — this, O Indra, for you; of good - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.6.md): My thought goes forth toward Bṛhaspati, of seven rays, whose insight is born of ṛta, good-minded — who is to b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.7.md): Like my eager messengers, the hymns go to Indra, having won his goodwill. Touching the heart, spoken by the mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.47.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.47.8.md): O Indra, grant us that which I come to you for: the great, unequalled abode of men. Let Heaven and Earth prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.1.md): I became the first lord of wealth; I win the lasting riches together. People call me like a father; I share fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.2.md): I am Indra; I broke the barrier and the chest of Atharvan, and for Trita I released the cows from the serpent. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.3.md): For me Tvaṣṭar fashioned an iron thunderbolt; in me the gods also set their resolve. My banner is hard to over - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.4.md): This cattle-seeking, horse-seeking, dung-bearing animal I guard with a golden arrow; to the giver I deliver ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.5.md): I am Indra; I never lost my wealth nor ever bowed down to death at all. While pressing soma, ask for wealth fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.6.md): These, panting in pairs, who raised Indra's thunderbolt for battle — I struck them down and slew them with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.7.md): I alone stand against all these; what can two or three do against me? As one threshes chaff on the threshing f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.8.md): For the Guṅgus I nourished Atithigva; like food that overcomes Vṛtra, I held strength among the settled people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.9.md): Nāmī became my companion for food and enjoyment; in the pursuit of the cows, may they make a twofold friendshi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.10.md): Soma appeared within him, and the herdsman set him openly in place. Desiring to fight the sharp-horned bull, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.48.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.48.11.md): As god of the Ādityas, Vasus, and Rudras, I do not violate the abode of the gods. They fashioned me for good a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.1.md): I gave ancient wealth to the praiser; I made for myself a sacred formula that gives increase. I became the imp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.2.md): Creatures have set me as the god named Indra, of heaven, earth and the waters. I hold the two bull-like steeds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.3.md): For the seer I struck down Atka with my weapons; by these very protections I guarded Kutsa. I am the one who p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.4.md): Like a father I bend the reeds for help; for Tugra, and for Kutsa, I released Smadibha. I am in the kingship o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.5.md): For Srutarvan I drove the hunted free, when he, frightened even by a bird, kept calling on me. For Ayu I made - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.6.md): I am he who crushed Brhadratha of nine dwellings together, like the servant Vritra, as slayer of Vritra. When - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.7.md): I go around the sun with swift steeds, driving the bay horses with might. When the seer Sāva, of Manu, spoke o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.8.md): I am the slayer of seven, more Nahuṣa-like than Nahuṣa. By might I made Turvaśa and Yadu to be heard. I cast o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.9.md): I hold the seven flowing streams, a bull of rain, swift, upon the channels of the earth. I cause the waters to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.10.md): That which is in them I held; what is in them no god, not even Tvaṣṭṛ, held in bright form. The desired of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.49.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.49.11.md): Thus Indra surpassed the gods and men with might, bounteous and true in wealth. O bearer of bays, O mighty one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.50.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.50.1.md): For the great Indra, gladdened by the soma, sing your praise—to Viśvānara, the all-existing one—whose fine sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.50.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.50.2.md): That Indra, friend and hero, when praised, works for a man like me. O lord of the good, O hero, you rejoice in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.50.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.50.3.md): O Indra, who are they who are yours for food? Who desire your bounty-giving joy? Who are stirred up for streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.50.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.50.4.md): O Indra, by the sacred word you become great; in all the sacrifices you become worthy of sacrifice. Among men - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.50.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.50.5.md): Come down, then, for the sacrificers; men know your great measure. Be indeed unaging, and may you grow; all th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.50.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.50.6.md): All these sacrifices you have made swiftly yourself, O son of strength, by the powers you hold. For your boon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.50.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.50.7.md): O sage, may those who compose prayers for you at the pressing be with you for the giving of goods and wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.1.md): That was great, deep and firm, by which, enveloped, you entered the waters. O Agni, knower of all born things, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.2.md): Who has seen me? Which is that god who has looked upon my many bodies in many ways? O Mitra and Varuṇa, where - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.3.md): We have sought you in many ways, O Jātavedas. You entered the waters and the plants, O Agni. Yama knew you, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.4.md): O Varuṇa, fearing for the invocation, I came; may the gods indeed join me here. My many bodies entered that in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.5.md): Come, O Agni. Manu, desiring the gods and desiring sacrifice, you dwell in darkness. O Agni, make easy god-pat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.6.md): The ancient brothers of Agni, for this purpose, turned back along this road like charioteers. From that fear, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.7.md): O Jātavedas Agni, we prepare your undecaying life so that you may not be harmed, like a horse yoked to the cha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.8.md): Give me the preliminary and follow-up offerings, and the portion of the oblation rich in strength. Give clarif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.51.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.51.9.md): May your preliminary and follow-up offerings, and the portions of the oblation rich in strength, be given. O A - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.52.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.52.1.md): O all you gods, instruct me so that I may reflect as the hotar seated here. Tell me your portion, and tell me - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.52.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.52.2.md): I sit down as the hotar worthy of sacrifice; all the gods and the Maruts impel me. O Aśvins, each day the adhv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.52.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.52.3.md): Who is this hotar? I also reflect upon some place of Yama when the gods join together. Each day, month after m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.52.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.52.4.md): The gods set me up as oblation-bearer, who moves along many difficult paths and is never released. May Agni, k - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.52.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.52.5.md): I would offer you immortality and good heroic offspring, as I would make wealth for you, O gods. May the thund - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.52.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.52.6.md): Three hundred and three thousand, and thirty-three and nine gods honoured Agni; they anointed him with ghee, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.1.md): He whom we desired with our mind has come here, knowing the sacrifice and discerning concerning the human. Mos - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.2.md): The invoker has been propitiated; may the most worthy sit upon the seat and regard the well-arranged offerings - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.3.md): Today he has made for us a good devotion to the gods; we have found the hidden tongue of the sacrifice. That v - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.4.md): Today may I bring forth that first word of speech by which, with the gods, we may overcome the asuras. O nouri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.5.md): May the five peoples, born of cows and worthy of sacrifice, accept my priestly office. May the earth protect u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.6.md): Weave the thread of the sky's light, go after the light; guard the luminous paths made by thought. Let the wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.7.md): O you of the soma, bind the reins and make bridles and adorn them. Drive the eight-yoked chariot on every side - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.8.md): The stony river flows; grasp together, rise up, friends, and cross over. Here we have left behind what was ina - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.9.md): Tvaṣṭar knows the many devices; most skilled in works, bearing the vessels of the gods, he is most auspicious. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.10.md): O seers, being indeed, now sharpen with the keen blades by which you fashion for immortality; knowing the hidd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.53.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.53.11.md): They placed the calf in the womb of the women, on the seat, with the hidden mind and with the tongue. He is al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.54.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.54.1.md): O Maghavan, through your greatness may your glory be well praised, when the frightened heaven and earth called - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.54.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.54.2.md): O Indra, when you moved with your body growing strong in strength, and proclaimed yourself among the peoples, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.54.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.54.3.md): Who indeed now can know the end of your greatnesses? Our former seers reached its end, when together you broug - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.54.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.54.4.md): Your four names of strength are unassailable, those of the buffalo bull. You know all of them, O Maghavan, by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.54.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.54.5.md): You hold all wealth that is your own, openly and hidden. O Maghavan, fulfill my desire indeed; do not keep it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.54.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.54.6.md): He who placed light within light, who poured forth sweetnesses together with honey; then for Indra the dear, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.1.md): That name is far and hidden. When the two fearful ones called you from afar for vitality, O Maghavan, you prop - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.2.md): That great hidden name sees all; by it you brought into being, and by it what is to be comes to birth. Into th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.3.md): You filled heaven and earth, and the middle realm too. The five gods, by seasons, seven times seven; with thir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.4.md): O Dawn, when you first shone among the bright ones, by which you generated nourishment for the nourished, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.5.md): In the assembly, among many, the grey-haired one swallowed that trembling withered one, young and existing. Be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.6.md): Swift with might, the red, winged one rose up, the hero of the great, unconquered from of old. When he knew th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.7.md): By these I have won manly deeds, by which the thunderbolt-bearer Indra empowered him for the slaying of Vṛtra; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.55.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.55.8.md): Producing deeds with his team, all-powerful, slayer of the unworthy, all-minded, conqueror of contenders: havi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.56.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.56.1.md): This is one part of you, and far off is the other; join the third light. Be pleasing as you lie down with the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.56.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.56.2.md): Your body, O strong one, leading another body, may grant us wealth and you shelter. Unharmed, for great suppor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.56.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.56.3.md): You are strong, with strength; as a bestower of good, go to the hymn, as a bestower of good go to heaven. As a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.56.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.56.4.md): By their greatness even the fathers attained exaltation; the gods established purpose among the gods. They mad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.56.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.56.5.md): With their powers they encircled the whole expanse, measuring out the first immeasurable abodes. In bodies the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.56.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.56.6.md): In two ways the sons set up the demon, the light-finder, on high, with the third act. To their own offspring t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.56.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.56.7.md): As by a boat one crosses over all the difficult passes of the earth with safe blessings, so Bṛhaduktha by his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.57.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.57.1.md): O Indra, may we who press soma not stray from the path of the sacrifice; may our enemies not stand between us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.57.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.57.2.md): That thread which accomplishes the sacrifice and is stretched out among the gods — may we attain that offering - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.57.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.57.3.md): Now with mind we call upon Nārāśaṃsa and Soma, and the Fathers too with hymns. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.57.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.57.4.md): May your mind come back to you again, for resolve, for strength, for life — and that we may see the sun. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.57.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.57.5.md): O Fathers, may the divine people give us back our mind again; may we be joined with life and the company of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.57.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.57.6.md): O Soma, in your vow, bearing your mind in our bodies, may we be joined with offspring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.1.md): The mind of yours that has gone far away to Yama, son of Vivasvat, we turn back here, for dwelling and for lif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.2.md): The mind of yours that has gone far away to heaven and to earth, we turn back here, for dwelling and for life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.3.md): The mind of yours that has gone far away to the earth, four-fold in shape, we turn back here, for dwelling and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.4.md): The mind of yours that has gone far away to the four quarters, we turn back here, for dwelling and for life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.5.md): The mind of yours that has gone far away to the sea, the watery expanse, we turn back here, for dwelling and f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.6.md): The mind of yours that has gone far away to the rays from the flowing waters, we turn back here, for dwelling - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.7.md): The mind of yours that has gone far off into the waters and the healing herbs, we turn it back here, for dwell - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.8.md): The mind of yours that has gone far off to the sun and the dawn, we turn it back here, for dwelling and for li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.9.md): The mind of yours that has gone far off to the great mountains, we turn it back here, for dwelling and for lif - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.10.md): The mind of yours that has gone far off through this whole moving world, we turn it back here, for dwelling an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.11.md): The mind of yours that has gone far off from afar, we turn it back here, for dwelling and for life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.58.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.58.12.md): The mind of yours that has gone far off into what has been and what is to be, we turn it back here, for dwelli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.1.md): May life be lengthened and renewed, like the two fixed poles of a wise chariot. Then may Cyavana move strongly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.2.md): Now may the sāman-chant be for wealth; now may we prepare abundant food, rich in treasure, and may many glorie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.3.md): By manly deeds may we truly be among the noble ones as heaven is over the earth and mountains over the unmovin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.4.md): O Soma, do not give us over to death; may we now see the sun rising. May old age come to us well, with the day - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.5.md): O giver of life, hold the mind firmly in us for living well, and carry life onward. Make us bright in the sigh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.6.md): O giver of life, give us sight again, and here give us breath and joy again. May we see the sun rising without - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.7.md): May the earth give us breath again, and the goddess heaven give it again; may the mid-space give it again. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.8.md): Peace to the well-bound friend; may the two wide worlds, the great mothers of cosmic order, carry the harm awa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.9.md): Twofold and threefold healing herbs come down from heaven, moving patiently one by one over the earth. May the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.59.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.59.10.md): O Indra, drive together the cow and the ox-cart that the woman of the Uśīnara drew up. May the two worlds carr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.1.md): We come to that man who looks radiant, praised among the great ones, bearing our homage. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.2.md): To Asamati, the urger, the brilliant lord of the swiftly driving chariot, protector of the righteous of Bhajer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.3.md): He who stands over men like buffaloes, possessing a heroic host, and in battle conquers even the one without a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.4.md): In whose ordinance the wealthy Ikshvaku and Marayi thrive, like the five peoples in the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.5.md): O Indra, in the contests of Asamati and among the chariot-warriors, hold your powers steady, as the sun is set - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.6.md): For the streams of Agastya you yoke the two sorrel steeds, and, O King, you stride down upon all the ungenerou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.7.md): This one is the mother, this one the father; the giver of life has come. O good kinsman, this is your creeping - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.8.md): As a yoke is bound with the strap, so he has held your mind, for living and not for death, and then for freedo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.9.md): As this great earth holds these trees, so he has held your mind, for living and not for death, and then for fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.10.md): From Yama, from Vaivasvata, I have brought back the mind of the good kinsman, for living and not for death, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.11.md): The wind blows downward, the sun heats downward; the Aghnyā milks from the downward-bent udder; let your affli - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.60.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.60.12.md): This is my hand, blessed and mighty; this is my more blessed hand; this is my all-healing remedy; this is the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.1.md): Thus the praiser, with a terrible, hymn-speaking voice, recites the sacred word by his might and deed amid the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.2.md): He, desiring for the giver and for the unhostile donor, Cyavana measured out the altar with the pressings of s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.3.md): In calls as keen as thought, by the power of the inspired one you two run and bring the reward. Strong in weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.4.md): When the dark one sits among the cows and the reddish ones, I call you two, grandsons of heaven, O Aśvins. Enj - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.5.md): Whose heroic deed spread wide, the impeller pushed away what was set up; now that hero brings it up again, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.6.md): When the deed came about in the middle, becoming a desire in the presence of the father and the young woman, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.7.md): When the Father, mounting his own daughter, joined with the earth and poured down the seed, the self-made gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.8.md): He shakes off foam like a bull; in the contest he presses onward from here, the bright-minded one goes far awa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.9.md): Swift as a bearer, near to the offspring, like naked Agni he sat beside the udder; giver of fuel, giver of foo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.10.md): Swiftly the friendship of the maiden came; the Navagvas, speaking truth, reached the one yoked by truth; the t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.11.md): Swiftly the friendship of the maiden came; new wealth, like seed, stirring up truth itself; when your bright r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.12.md): When they awaken in the separation behind with the animal, thus says the speaker: the Karavas, rich in wealth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.13.md): The encirclers went forth to seek him; the matchless one found what Śuṣṇa had tightly bound, hidden in the cav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.14.md): Bhárga is indeed his name, and by whose name the gods sat in the heavenly light of the three-seated place. Agn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.15.md): And those two, fierce and bright-shining Nāsatyas, for me, O Indra, for help and for worship; like Manu, givin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.16.md): This king, having been praised, the worshipful creator, the wise seer, crosses the waters, he of the good brid - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.17.md): That twice-bound, gift-giving sacrificer, to milk the skilled cow Sabardhu and the milk-cow Aśvā; when I embra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.18.md): That kinsman, the seer who holds your thought in heaven, Nābhānedishtha shines forth singing. She is our highe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.19.md): This is my navel, here is my seat; these gods are mine, and I am the whole of this. Twice-born and first-born - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.20.md): Then among these the sweet and radiant one runs; the forest-seeking, twofold-moving one goes down. As a child - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.21.md): Then the cows went far away, following the hospitable call of Kaṇva or the summons of some dog-keeper. O giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.22.md): Then, Indra, you must heed us; lord of men, thunderbolt-armed one, heed us for great wealth. Protect us, and p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.23.md): When the two kings went after the cows, the forest-seeking, aged one went on for Kāru; that seer became the de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.24.md): Therefore we do not praise this newborn in vain for his nourishment; now we ask him. His son is like a swift h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.25.md): If your friendship is for our strength, may the one who bows in reverence accept this praise. He in whom songs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.26.md): Lauding with the waters, united with the gods, may he who is called Iti, the good kinsman, grow with reverence - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.61.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.61.27.md): Those very gods, O adorable ones, be great for us; O gods, be of one accord for protection. You who brought st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.1.md): For those who, made ready by sacrifice and offering-gift, attained the friendship of Indra and immortality — m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.2.md): The fathers who, by the cosmic order, brought forth the wealth of cattle and broke open the Vala cave year aft - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.3.md): Those who, by the cosmic order, raised the sun up into the sky and spread out the broad earth, mother — may yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.4.md): This navel speaks sweetly in your house; O seers, sons of the gods, listen to it. May you have a fine sacred r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.5.md): Seers of diverse forms, indeed those of deep strength — they are the sons of the Aṅgiras, they indeed were bor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.6.md): Those born out of Agni and out of heaven, of diverse forms — Navagva, Daśagva, and the most Aṅgiras-like of al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.7.md): With Indra as companion, the Vāghats released the pen full of cows and horses. For me, who give a thousand eig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.8.md): May this Manu surely be born and grow like a shoot. He is the one who values giving a thousand and a hundred h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.9.md): No one reaches him at all, as no one reaches the summit of heaven. The gift of Sāvarṇya has spread wide like t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.10.md): And the two dāsas around us for protection, with kindly care, guardians of cows; Yadu and Turvaśa too we honor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.62.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.62.11.md): May no harm come to Manu, the leader who gives a thousand. May the gift that moves toward him with the sun arr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.1.md): The gods who wish to hold the waters from afar, beloved of Manu, connected with the births of Vivasvat, who si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.2.md): O gods, all your salutations and praiseworthy names, your names worthy of sacrifice — you who were born of Adi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.3.md): For them the mother heaven and Aditi fill the sweet milk and sweet drink; following the Ādityas — lords of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.4.md): The great gods, watchful over men, unblinking, honoured with due worship, have attained immortality; lords of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.5.md): Those universal rulers, well-grown, who came to the sacrifice, unhindered, who established their dwelling in h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.6.md): O gods, O descendants of Manu — whose praise do you gladly accept? Who brings it to fulfilment? O gods born in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.7.md): To those gods for whom Manu first performed the offering, when the fire was kindled with the seven priests and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.8.md): May those wise, far-seeing gods who rule this world and all that is still and moving carry us across the sin w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.9.md): In battles we call upon Indra, easy to invoke, who frees from sin, the righteous divine man; and Agni, Mitra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.10.md): Earth and heaven, the protectors, sinless, well-sheltering, Aditi, well-guiding, we would board that divine sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.11.md): O all you gods worthy of worship, speak aloud for us, and protect us from the evil-doer and the wicked hostile - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.12.md): Drive away disease, drive away all unoffered sacrifice, drive away the enmity of the ill-giving, miserly, evil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.13.md): The mortal whom you, O Ādityas, lead with good guidance across all difficulties toward well-being, that unharm - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.14.md): O gods, whom you protect in the winning of strength; O Maruts, whom you protect in the winning of heroic prize - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.15.md): Well-being for us on the paths and in the pastures; well-being in the waters, in the perilous place, in the pl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.16.md): Well-being is indeed the best on the path to the far place; the wealth-rich well-being goes toward wealth. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.63.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.63.17.md): Thus the son of Plati has increased you, O all you Ādityas, O Aditi, the wise one. The ruling leaders, with th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.1.md): In whose course among the gods shall we call upon the good name for those who hear? Who will show mercy to us, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.2.md): Thoughts stir in the hearts, prayers desire, and the thoughts of desirous poets fly toward the directions. Apa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.3.md): Or I praise the two leaders, Pūṣan who is not to be neglected; I extol with song Agni kindled by the gods. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.4.md): How does the poet, rich in heroic strength, by what speech does Bṛhaspati grow strong, with well-wrought prais - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.5.md): In the birth of Dakṣa, O Aditi, in the vow you clothe the two kings Mitra-and-Varuṇa. Aryaman of unhindered pa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.6.md): Those swift horses, all the Viśvedevas, strong and fast, let them hear our call. Thousand-givers, great by the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.7.md): With your praises, win over Vayu, yoked to the chariot, and Pusan, for friendship. They, impelled by the god S - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.8.md): Thrice seven flowing great rivers, the waters, the forest lords, the mountains, and Agni for protection we inv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.9.md): Sarasvati, Sarayu, Sindhu with their waves; may the great streams of the great one come hither with help. Divi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.10.md): May the mother of wide heaven hear us, and father Tvastr with the gods and the kinsmen hear our word. May Rbhu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.11.md): May Ranva, in good sight, be a dwelling like one with a father; may the praise of the Rudras and Maruts be aus - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.12.md): O Maruts, O Indra, O gods, O Varuna, O Mitra — that insight which you gave me, nourish it like a cow full of m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.13.md): O Maruts, may you awaken this kinsman of ours as well; there, where we first gather at the navel, may Aditi es - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.14.md): Those two, Heaven and Earth, great mothers and goddesses, worthy of sacrifice by birth, bring forth the gods f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.15.md): That priestly office, separately, obtains all desirable wealth; Bṛhaspati and Aramati are the more purifying f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.16.md): Thus the seer, rich in heroes, knower of order, seeking wealth, having obtained wealth, here by hymns and by t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.64.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.64.17.md): Thus the son of the lord (the poet) makes you grow, O all you Ādityas, O Aditi! The wise one, governed by immo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.1.md): Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Vāyu, Pūṣan, Sarasvatī — all of one accord; the Ādityas, Viṣṇu, the Marut - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.2.md): Indra and Agni, protectors of the good in battles of slaying Vṛtra, stirring each other on, dwelling together: - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.3.md): By the greatness of those mighty, unconquered gods I send forth my hymns, to the knowers of truth, the promote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.4.md): Golden-ruling ones, who with strength propped up the mid-regions, the shining spaces, heaven and earth, and th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.5.md): Teach Mitra, teach Varuṇa, and the giver who worships — the two sovereign kings who do not harm with the mind. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.6.md): The cow that goes around the appointed path, milking pure milk, keeping the ordinances unhindered — she, speak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.7.md): Bright-seeing ones, whose tongue is Agni, strengtheners of cosmic order, they sit pondering the seat of cosmic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.8.md): Those two who encompass, the two parents, the most ancient, dwell in one seat of cosmic order. O Heaven and Ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.9.md): Parjanya and Vāta, the two bulls, the nourishers, Indra-Vāyu, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman — the gods, the Ādityas, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.10.md): Tvaṣṭar and Vāyu, O Ṛbhus, whoever brings them; the two divine priests and Uṣas, for well-being. Bṛhaspati, sl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.11.md): Generating prayer, cow and horse, plants, trees, the earth, mountains and waters; raising the sun up in the sk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.12.md): Bhujyu you lifted out of distress, O Aśvins; Śyāva, son of Vadhrimatī, you two revived. Kamadyu you two brough - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.13.md): The pure, bright thunderer, the one-footed unborn who upholds heaven, the river Sindhu and the oceanic waters: - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.14.md): All the gods, with their insights and with Puraṃdhi, worthy of Manu's sacrifice, immortal, knowers of truth, g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.65.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.65.15.md): Vasiṣṭha worshipped the immortal gods who stand pervading all worlds. May they today grant us wealth worthy of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.1.md): I call upon the gods of great fame, for well-being, who make the sacrifice shine, wise ones. The all-knowing i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.2.md): Sent forth by Indra and guided by Varuṇa, they obtained a share in the sun's light. In the host of the Maruts - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.3.md): May Indra with the Vasus guard our herds all around. May Aditi grant us shelter with the Ādityas. May the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.4.md): Aditi, Heaven and Earth, the great cosmic order, Indra and Viṣṇu, the Maruts, heavenly light, the vast. For he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.5.md): Sarasvān through thought, Varuṇa keeper of the vow, Pūṣan, Viṣṇu, mighty Vāyu, and the Aśvins, who make sacred - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.6.md): May the sacrifice be showering, and may the gods worthy of sacrifice be showering; the gods who make offerings - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.7.md): For the winning of vigor I call upon Agni and Soma, the two bulls, both greatly praised. May the two who were - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.8.md): Steadfast in their vows, warriors cleansed by sacrifice, of broad radiance, adorning the sacred rites, fire-of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.9.md): Generating Heaven and Earth according to the cosmic laws, and bringing forth waters, herbs, and sacrificial tr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.10.md): Sustainers of heaven, the skillful-handed Ṛbhus, Wind and Rain-god, with the thunder of the buffalo-cloud; may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.11.md): The ocean, the rivers, the realms, and mid-space; the unborn one-footed, the thunderer, the sea; may the serpe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.12.md): May we be your devotees for the favor of the gods, O men; lead our sacrifice forward, rightly. O Ādityas, O Ru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.13.md): I walk well along the path of cosmic order, with the two divine invokers and the first priests. We beseech the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.14.md): The Vasiṣṭhas, like fathers, shaped speech, praising the gods, like seers for well-being. As pleased kinsmen c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.66.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.66.15.md): Vasiṣṭha paid homage to the immortal gods who stand firm in all the worlds. May they grant us wealth, widely p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.1.md): The Father found this vast thought, seven-headed and born of rta. Ayasya, begetter of all, brought forth the f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.2.md): Praising rta, shining straight, the sons of heaven, the heroic sons of the Asura, the Angirasas, establishing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.3.md): Like swans speaking with companions, breaking the stone-made bonds, Brihaspati roared out for the cows; the wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.4.md): From below the two, beyond the one, Brihaspati, seeking light in darkness, raised up the cows standing hidden - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.5.md): Having broken open the fortress, you two lie face downward; from the ocean he cut off the three together. Brih - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.6.md): Indra split the guardian of the milk-yielding cows apart with a hand-like tool, with a roar; with the sweat-br - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.7.md): With true companions, with the shining ones, he split apart the wealth of Gódhāyasa; the lord of prayer, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.8.md): With a true mind they urged the lord of cows forward and impelled him with insights; Brihaspati, with the self - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.9.md): Strengthening that Brihaspati, the bull, with blessed praises, who roars like a lion in the common seat, may w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.10.md): When he set in motion the all-formed strength and climbed up into the higher seats of the sky, then Brihaspati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.11.md): Fulfil the true wish for life-giving strength; indeed you protect even the poor with your own powers. May all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.67.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.67.12.md): Indra, by his greatness, split apart the head of the great flood and broke the head of Arbuda; he struck the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.1.md): Spreading wide in sound, guarding like birds, speaking like the roar of a cloud, exulting like waves that move - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.2.md): Together with the cows, Angiras, seeking, won Aryaman as Bhaga would; as Mitra adorns a couple among the peopl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.3.md): Skilful, hospitable, swift, desired, golden-adorned, of faultless form (the dawns); Brihaspati drove the cows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.4.md): Sprinkling the womb of cosmic order with sweetness, hurling the song like the firebrand of the sky, Brihaspati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.5.md): With light he drove the darkness away from the mid-region, as wind drives the sieve-keeper from the cloud; Bri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.6.md): When Vala, drinking, swallowed his fortress, Brihaspati broke it with fire-heated songs; encircling it as a to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.7.md): Brihaspati brought forth that name, which lay hidden in the seat of the sunlit waters. As a bird breaks an egg - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.8.md): Brihaspati saw the honey bound about with stone, like a fish sinking in a pool that was dissolving; and with h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.9.md): He found the Dawn, he found the light of heaven; he found Agni, and with the song of praise he drove the darkn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.10.md): As snow covers leaves, so the stolen forests; Brihaspati made Vala lament. For the cows he did a deed that can - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.11.md): As the Fathers adorned heaven with stars and the dark steed with light, so they set darkness in the night and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.68.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.68.12.md): This homage we have made to the cloud-born one, who ever again recites the ancient hymns. May Brihaspati himse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.1.md): Auspicious are the sights of Agni of Vadhryaśva; his guidance is lovely and easy to approach. When the friendl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.2.md): Ghee is the growth of Agni and of Vadhryaśva; ghee is their food, ghee their nourishment. Offered with ghee, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.3.md): O Agni, what Manu kindled for you, and what friendly Sumitra now kindles, that is this new (rite). May he, ric - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.4.md): O Agni, may Vadhryaśva, praised of old, accept this for which he kindled you. May he be our support and guardi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.5.md): O Vadhryaśva, be radiant and a guardian; may no foe overcome you. Bold as a hero and mighty is the friend Sumi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.6.md): O Agni, you have won together the unaging, mountain-born treasures; you have conquered the servants and the Vṛ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.7.md): O Agni, long-stringed, broad-jawed, thousand-rayed and hundred-pathed, you shine among the skillful Ṛbhus. Rad - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.8.md): In you is a milch-cow, easy to milk; O Jātavedas, she is like two that do not cling, milking together. O Agni, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.9.md): Even the immortal gods, O Jātavedas, proclaimed the greatness of Vādhryaśva, when the human clans came to ques - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.10.md): As a father bears a son in his lap, O Agni, Vādhryaśva bore you in service. O youngest one, accept its kindlin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.11.md): Ever Agni conquered the enemies of Vādhryaśva with men, with those who have pressed soma. O bright-shining one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.69.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.69.12.md): This Agni, of Vādhryaśva, slayer of Vṛtra, kindled to guard against the enemy, is praised with homage. May he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.1.md): O Agni, accept this my kindling-stick, and turn with delight toward the ghee-streaming offering in the place o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.2.md): May Narāśaṃsa, going before the gods, come hither with horses of many forms. By the path of ṛta, with homage, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.3.md): Men who bear oblations praise Agni, most ancient, for the office of messenger. With the swiftest horses and a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.4.md): May this barhis, dear to the gods, spread out, long and wide, fragrant, be for us. O god, O sacred grass, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.5.md): Touch the summit of heaven, or farther still, or by the measure of the earth; O gates, desiring, open and spre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.6.md): May the divine daughters of heaven, well-adorned Dawn and Night, sit down each in her place. Toward you two ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.7.md): Raised are the pressing-stones, the great Agni kindled well in the dear dwelling-places in Aditi's lap. O two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.8.md): O three goddesses, come and sit here on this wide sacred grass; we have made a comfortable seat for you. Like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.9.md): O god Tvaṣṭar, since you indeed attained beauty, when you became the companion of the Aṅgirases, so, knowing t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.10.md): O lord of the forest, bound with the rope, knowing the path of the gods, bring them near; may that god taste a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.70.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.70.11.md): O Agni, bring Varuṇa here for the sacrifice, and Indra, the Maruts from heaven, from the atmosphere. May all w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.1.md): O Bṛhaspati, the first beginning of speech, when it came forth bearing names, that which was best and pure amo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.2.md): As one purifies barley-meal with a sieve, where the wise, purifying speech with mind, shaped it, there compani - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.3.md): Through sacrifice they reached the path of speech; her who had entered the seers they afterward found. In many - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.4.md): One seeing does not see her, and another hearing does not hear her; yet, as a wife well-dressed and eager open - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.5.md): People call you steadfast and faithful in friendship, yet among the strong they do not stir him up. Lacking co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.6.md): Whoever abandons a companion who knows him, a friend, has no share in speech; when such a one hears, he hears - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.7.md): Eyeless and earless, yet friends become unequal in swift-minded impulses; they are unhurt and shielded, like b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.8.md): With the heart, in the thoughts shaped by mind and in the swift impulses, when the priest-friends join togethe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.9.md): These who walk neither near nor far, who are not brahmins nor soma-pressers, they having approached speech, wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.10.md): All rejoice in the friend who came with glory, victorious in assembly, in friendship with friends; the sin-rem - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.71.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.71.11.md): One sits possessing the nourishment of verses; another sings the Gayatri in the Śakvarī meters; the brahman-pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.1.md): Now let us speak of the births of the gods in skilled speech, so that whoever sees it in a later age may know - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.2.md): The lord of prayer forged these together like a smith; in the earlier age of the gods, being was born from non - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.3.md): In the first age of the gods, being was born from non-being; from that the quarters of the sky were born, arou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.4.md): The earth was born from Uttānapad; the quarters were born from existence. Dakṣa was born from Aditi, and Aditi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.5.md): Aditi was indeed born, O Dakṣa, who is your daughter; after her the gods were born, auspicious kinsmen of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.6.md): When you, O gods, stood in that water, very eager, then like dancers a sharp dust rose up here. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.7.md): O gods, when like strivers you made the worlds swell, then here you raised up the sun hidden in the ocean. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.8.md): Aditi's eight sons, born from her body: with seven she went forward to the gods; she cast away the dead-sun Ma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.72.9.md): With seven sons Aditi went forward to the first age; away from you, for birth and for death, she brought back - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.1.md): Eldest-born, fierce, for Tura's strength, joyous, most vigorous, boastful of many feats, Indra was made to gro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.2.md): Dwelling in the abode of the deceiver, the spotted Dawn too, with her powers and much praise, made Indra grow; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.3.md): Indra, your two praiseworthy feet advance as you go; the strengths and prizes that have here made you grow are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.4.md): Swift together, you come to the sacrifice; bring the Nāsatyas here for friendship. In Vasāvī, Indra, you hold - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.5.md): Rejoicing from the cosmic order, for the sake of offspring, Indra with his companions and drivers reaches his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.6.md): You cast down even the ancient, many-named ones; Indra, like the chariot of Dawn, with strong bulls and willin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.7.md): You slew Namuci, the enemy who opposed the sacrifice; subduing that immeasurable foe for the seer, you made pl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.8.md): You fill all these, O Indra, and by your names you are lord; in your two hands you hold (power). The gods rejo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.9.md): When its wheel rests in the waters, may sweetness also reach him; the udder placed upon the earth — milk you p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.10.md): They say he came from the horse; and when they say he was born of might, I think he came from fury. Coming fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.73.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.73.11.md): Like winged birds, the seers of dear thought sat near Indra, seeking. Drive away the darkness, fill the sight; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.74.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.74.1.md): I desire the treasures, or the two worlds through insight and sacrifices; the wealthy riders set up the famed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.74.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.74.2.md): The mighty one reached their call; desiring glory, they sought heaven and earth with their minds, and where th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.74.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.74.3.md): This is the song of these immortals, who gain treasure everywhere; accomplishing insight and sacrifice, may th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.74.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.74.4.md): O Indra, may those eager ones reach that treasure full of cows, they who wish to win; they who wish to milk at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.74.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.74.5.md): O mighty ones, praise Indra for protection: the unbowed, subduer of foes, Ṛbhukṣan, bountiful, of fair offerin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.74.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.74.6.md): When Indra, the most mighty city-destroyer and slayer of Vṛtra, revealed his names, then the mighty lord Indra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.1.md): O waters, may the poet proclaim your supreme greatness in the abode of Vivasvat. Seven times seven have moved - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.2.md): Varuna opened your paths for going; O Sindhu, when you rush toward the strong streams, you travel over the ear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.3.md): Its roar spreads in heaven; upon the earth it lifts up boundless strength with its brilliance. As showers thun - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.4.md): O Sindhu, as mothers rush toward their infant, and milk-laden cows bellow toward their calves, so they rush to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.5.md): O Ganga, O Yamuna, O Sarasvati, O Shutudri, accept this my praise; O Parusni, join it here. O Asikni, O Marudv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.6.md): First you join with the Trishtama for going together, with the Susartu, the Rasa, and the white one. O Sindhu, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.7.md): Ṛjītī, Ēnī, and Ruśatī by their greatness bear the wide regions and spaces all around. The unfailing Sindhu, m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.8.md): Sindhu, rich in fine horses, with good chariots, well-clothed, golden, well-made, strong, rich in wool, a youn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.75.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.75.9.md): Sindhu yoked a pleasant chariot, the one possessing horses; with it may she win the prize in this contest. Tru - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.1.md): O Maruts, at the bright dawns we praise you; anoint Indra and heaven and earth, so that both days stand with u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.2.md): Press that most excellent libation, like a racing horse; the hand-wielded stone is at the presser's side. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.3.md): Indeed this is his pressing: as the way was opened for Manu in former times, he opened the waters. For Tvaṣṭar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.4.md): Strike away the rakṣasas, the crooked deceivers; establish Nirṛti and drive off hostile thought. Press out for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.5.md): From heaven, even to the nearest; with the all-pervading, even to the lords of the waters; from Vāyu, even to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.6.md): May fame resound for us; may the sweet drink be pressed. May the stones roar with heavenly speech, where men m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.7.md): The chariot-borne pressing stones press out the Soma; O cow-possessing ones, they milk out its juice. They mil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.76.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.76.8.md): O men, you have become doers of good works, who press the Soma for Indra. O pressing stones, there is wealth u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.1.md): May the voice of the cloud-breaking Maruts pour down wealth; like sacrifices with oblations, like the knowing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.2.md): For glory the heroes fashioned their bright ornaments, like the good Maruts crossing many former nights. These - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.3.md): Those who, like the bonds of heaven and earth, shone forth by their own power, like the sun among the clouds; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.4.md): At the base of your abode, in the house of the waters, the great earth trembles as if shaken. This all-pervadi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.5.md): You, like horses yoked at the pole in front of the chariot, joined with the reins; like the radiant ones, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.6.md): When you, O Maruts, bring wealth from afar, you bring the wealth of the great gathering. O Vasus, knowing, for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.7.md): He who at dawn, in the sacrifice, gives to the steadfast Maruts as a mortal would, may he, rich in wealth, bes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.77.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.77.8.md): Those Ūmas, worthy of sacrifice in the rites, most bringers of joy under the name of Āditya—may they protect o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.1.md): Like inspired seers with their hymns, self-sustaining and dear to the gods, the Maruts with sacrifices gladden - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.2.md): Like Agni with their brilliance, gold-chested, like winds self-yoked and quick to help; like wise eldest guide - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.3.md): Like winds that shake and rush swiftly, flaming like the tongues of fires; like armored warriors, like the pra - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.4.md): Like the spokes of chariots joined at one hub, like conquering heroes invincible; like men desirous of wealth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.5.md): Like horses, excellent, swift and eager, like chariot-horses generous givers; like waters flowing through low - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.6.md): Like stones swift-going, mothers of the Sindhu river, like crushing rocks; always like stones, playing like ch - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.7.md): Like the banners of the Dawns, enhancing the splendour of the sacrifice, they spread out and shone with bright - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.78.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.78.8.md): O gods, make us fortunate and rich in good wealth; O Maruts, increasing us who sing your praise, sing forth th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.79.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.79.1.md): I beheld the majesty of this great immortal who dwells among mortal peoples. His two different jaws bear toget - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.79.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.79.2.md): His head is set in secrecy and his eyes apart; with moist tongue he devours the forests. For him they gather f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.79.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.79.3.md): Seeking the mother's hidden secret farther off, as a boy creeps through wide herbs, as one who found ripe food - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.79.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.79.4.md): O heaven and earth, I declare to you both that truth: the embryo, being born, devours both mothers. I, a morta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.79.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.79.5.md): Whoever quickly sets food for him, offers with clarified butter and ghee, prospers. For him I look out with a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.79.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.79.6.md): O Agni, what offense did you commit among the gods, what sin did you abandon? Not knowing, I now ask you. Not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.79.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.79.7.md): Vanejā (Agni) yoked the horses that run apart, seized with the reins of the Ṛjītis. Mitra, well-born, sees wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.80.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.80.1.md): Agni gives offspring that bring wealth, and a hero steadfast in deeds, famous. Agni moves through both worlds, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.80.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.80.2.md): May the kindling of the sacrificer of Agni be auspicious. Agni has entered the great two worlds; Agni impels o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.80.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.80.3.md): Agni indeed took that decaying one by the ear; Agni burned decay out from the waters. Agni raised up Atri in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.80.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.80.4.md): Agni, of heroic form, gave wealth; Agni, who bestows thousands, also gives to the seer. Agni spread the oblati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.80.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.80.5.md): Seers call out to Agni with hymns; men driven on the journey call out to Agni. Agni is like birds flying in mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.80.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.80.6.md): The human clans praise Agni, those born apart of Manu and of Nahusha. Agni is of Gandharva nature, on the path - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.80.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.80.7.md): The Ṛbhus fashioned a prayer for Agni; we have recited the fine praise as great. O Agni, protect the singer, O - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.81.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.81.1.md): He who, offering all these worlds as oblation, sat down as seer, priest and our father, he, desiring wealth wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.81.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.81.2.md): What was the support, what was the beginning, what was it like? From which Viśvakarman, generating the earth, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.81.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.81.3.md): With eyes on all sides, face on all sides, arms on all sides, feet on all sides, the one god forges together h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.81.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.81.4.md): What was the forest, what was the tree, from which they carved out heaven and earth? Ask with your minds, you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.81.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.81.5.md): Viśvakarman, your highest abodes, your lowest, your middle ones, and these too: O possessor of svadhā, give a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.81.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.81.6.md): Viśvakarman, growing strong with oblation, offer yourself earth and heaven; let others be bewildered on all si - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.81.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.81.7.md): Today let us call upon Visvakarman, lord of speech, who impels the mind, for help in the contest. May he, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.82.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.82.1.md): The father of the eye, with mind, the wise one, generated ghee in those two who bowed low. When the ancient bo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.82.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.82.2.md): Visvakarman, of wide mind, far-seeing, the supporter and disposer, supreme and all-beholding. Their desired gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.82.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.82.3.md): He who is our father and begetter, who is the disposer, who knows all the abodes of the worlds, the one who gi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.82.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.82.4.md): The ancient seers and praisers, like singers, offered their wealth together to him, who, set in the sunless an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.82.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.82.5.md): Beyond heaven, beyond this earth, beyond gods and asuras, what is there? Which womb did the waters first hold, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.82.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.82.6.md): That very first womb the waters held, where all the gods came together. Upon the navel of the unborn one a sin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.82.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.82.7.md): You do not know him who begot these; something else has come between you and him. Enveloped in mist, murmuring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.83.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.83.1.md): O Manyu, whoever has harmed you, O thunderbolt, O arrow-bearer: your might and vigor nourish all things in tur - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.83.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.83.2.md): Manyu is Indra, Manyu indeed is the god; Manyu is the priest, Varuna, Jatavedas. The human clans invoke Manyu; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.83.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.83.3.md): Come forward, O Manyu, you who are mightier than the mighty; united with austerity, scatter the enemies. Slaye - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.83.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.83.4.md): You indeed, O Manyu, have the might that overcomes; self-born, radiant, conqueror of foes. All-seeing, victori - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.83.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.83.5.md): Having no share, I have gone far from your purpose, O wise one of the mighty, O discerning one. You, O Manyu, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.83.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.83.6.md): I am yours; come to me, joining from behind. O mighty one, O sustainer of all, O Manyu, turn toward me. O Many - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.83.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.83.7.md): Come forward, stand on my right; then let us two strike down the many obstacles. I pour for you the first port - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.84.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.84.1.md): O Manyu, as companions in your chariot, joyful, fearless, with the Maruts, breaking through the foes, sharpeni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.84.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.84.2.md): O Manyu, kindled like Agni, overpower! Be our army-leader, O conqueror, invoked. Divide the enemies apart for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.84.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.84.3.md): O Manyu, for us overpower the hostile attack! Breaking, crushing, destroying, go forward, go toward the enemie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.84.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.84.4.md): You are one of many, O Manyu, invoked; make every clan fully ready for battle. With you, O unhurt in splendor, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.84.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.84.5.md): Like Indra the conqueror, unrivaled, O Manyu, be our lord and protector here. O conqueror, we praise your dear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.84.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.84.6.md): By your prowess, innate thunderbolt, O arrow-bearer, as overcomer you bear superior strength. By your wisdom, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.84.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.84.7.md): May Varuṇa and Manyu give us the wealth, mixed and gathered from both sides. May the foes, who carry fear in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.1.md): By truth the earth is held firm, by the sun the sky is held firm. By cosmic order the Ādityas stand; in the sk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.2.md): Through Soma the Ādityas are mighty, and through Soma the vast earth is strong. And in the lap of these stars - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.3.md): He who has drunk thinks he has Soma, when they crush the herb. The Soma that the priests know, no one at all e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.4.md): Guarded with coverings and sacred formulas, O Soma, you are protected. Hearing the sound of the pressing-stone - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.5.md): When they drink you, O god, then from you you grow full again. Vāyu is the guardian of Soma; for all, the mont - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.6.md): Raibhī was there; Anudeyī, Nārāśaṃsī, Nyocanī (her companions). For Sūryā the auspicious garment comes, adorne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.7.md): The comb was her adornment, her eyes her collyrium; heaven and earth were her dowry-chest when Sūryā went to h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.8.md): The hymns were the responsive chants, the Kurīra and the meter the Opaśa; the Aśvins were Sūryā's two bridegro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.9.md): Soma became eager for the bride; both Aśvins became the two bridegrooms, when Savitṛ with his mind gave Sūryā, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.10.md): Her mind was the part of her cart, and heaven its cover; the two bright oxen were the draft-animals when Sūryā - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.11.md): Your two oxen, made known by the Ṛc and the Sāman, are these two Sāman-chants here; your ear was your two whee - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.12.md): Your two bright wheels were going, and the breath-axle was fixed; Sūryā mounted the mind-made cart, going fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.13.md): The procession of Sūryā's bride went forth, which Savitar had sent. Cows are slain in the unlucky places; she - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.14.md): O Aśvins, when you two came asking with the three-wheeled chariot to the bridal carriage of Sūryā, all the god - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.15.md): When you two went, O lords of the auspicious, I would choose Sūryā. Where was your one wheel? Where did you tw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.16.md): Your two wheels, O Sūryā, the brahmans know in due season. But that one wheel, because it is hidden, only the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.17.md): To Sūryā, to the gods, to Mitra and also to Varuṇa; to those far-seeing ones who know what has come to be, to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.18.md): These two infants, by their magic, move backward and forward; playing, they went around the sacrifice. One loo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.19.md): Ever new, he is born as the banner of days and comes before the dawns. Coming forth, he apportions their share - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.20.md): Mount the chariot, fine with kiṃśuka blossoms, silk-cotton-like, manifold in form, golden-hued, well-covered, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.21.md): Rise up from here; she has a husband. With homage and songs I invoke her who grants all wealth. Seek another—t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.22.md): Rise up from here, O all-possessing one; with homage we invoke you. Seek another—the wife who moves forward; j - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.23.md): May our paths be unobstructed and straight, by which companions come to us and the bridegroom's choice is made - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.24.md): I release you from the noose of Varuṇa, with which the bountiful Savitṛ bound you. In the womb of Ṛta, in the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.25.md): O Indra, O bounteous one, I release her from here and fasten her well from there, so that she may be blessed w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.26.md): May Pūṣan lead you from here by the hand; may both Aśvins convey you forth with the chariot. Go to the house, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.27.md): May you prosper here with dear offspring; in this house, be watchful for the duties of the householder. Unite - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.28.md): This kṛtyā (magical snare) becomes dark-and-red; her attachment is scattered apart. Her kinsmen flourish, and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.29.md): Cast away this śāmulya (magical amulet); distribute wealth to the priests. This kṛtyā has become one with feet - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.30.md): Through this sinful magic her body becomes unlovely and burns, when the husband wishes to cover his wife's own - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.31.md): Let the wasting-disease demons that follow the bride's bright conveyance and go away from the people be led ba - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.32.md): May the road-blockers who sit down near the wedded pair not find them; by good paths let them cross the hard p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.33.md): This bride brings auspicious blessings; come together and behold her. Having given good fortune to her, turn b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.34.md): This ground food is bitter; it is poisonous and not fit to eat. Only the brahman who knows Sūryā truly deserve - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.35.md): Instruction, admonition, and reproach — behold these forms of Sūryā; it is the brahman who purifies them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.36.md): For good fortune I take your hand, that with me as your husband you may grow old. The gods Bhaga, Aryaman, Sav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.37.md): O Pūṣan, urge her on toward that most auspicious field in which men sow the seed. May her two thighs, shining - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.38.md): For you, O Agni, at the front they led Sūryā away with the wedding procession together. Again, O Agni, you gav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.39.md): Agni again gave back the wife with life and with splendor. May her husband, long-lived, live a hundred autumns - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.40.md): Soma first took her as his; the Gandharva took her second. Third is Agni, he is your husband; fourth is your h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.41.md): Soma gave her to the Gandharva; the Gandharva gave her to Agni. Agni gave me wealth and sons; and then Agni ga - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.42.md): Stay here, do not separate; attain the full life. Playing with sons and grandsons, rejoicing, in your own hous - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.43.md): May Prajāpati here grant us offspring; may Aryaman join you two together until old age. Enter your husband's h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.44.md): Be free of the evil eye, not hostile to your husband, kind to the cattle, of cheerful mind and radiant. Bearin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.45.md): O Indra, bountiful one, make her fortunate and blessed with good sons. Establish ten sons in her, and make the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.46.md): Be queen over your father-in-law; be queen over your mother-in-law; be queen over your husband's sister; be qu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.85.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.85.47.md): May all the Vishvadevas join you two together; may the waters unite the hearts of you two. May Mātariśvan join - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.1.md): When the soma-pressers held the god Indra in mind, Vṛṣākapi rejoiced. Among the prosperous, Indra, friend of s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.2.md): O Indra, you run away from Vṛṣākapi; yet he suffers no distress. Elsewhere than at the drinking of soma you do - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.3.md): Why does this Vṛṣākapi make you what you are? Like a tawny deer, you still long for him. Or is it the nourishi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.4.md): O Indra, for this beloved Vṛṣākapi whom you protect, may a dog, seeking a boar, bite him at the ear. Among the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.5.md): My beloved limbs the ape has openly torn apart; he shakes loose his head. May I never become easy for the evil - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.6.md): No woman is more pleasing to her husband than I, nor more eager to please; none turns away more quickly than I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.7.md): O mother Sulābhikā, I call out! As my limb will be, so, O mother, my thigh shakes. My head quivers as if apart - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.8.md): O well-armed, sweet-hipped, broad-thighed woman! Why for us, O wife of the hero? Why do you disturb Vrisakapi? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.9.md): This jackal thinks of me as if I were not a hero's wife; yet I am heroic. I am Indra's wife, friend of the Mar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.10.md): Formerly indeed the woman would go to the assembly, wise in the cosmic order and a hero's wife. Indra's wife i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.11.md): Among these women I have found Indrāṇī fortunate; her husband does not die of another cause, but dies only of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.12.md): O Indrāṇī, I do not rejoice apart from my friend Vrisakapi, whose this share to be drunk and oblation it is. I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.13.md): O Vṛṣākapāyī, rich one, mother of good sons, O well-formed one: may Indra partake of those bulls. The beloved - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.14.md): For fifteen and twenty bulls are cooked together for me, and I eat the rich fat; they fill both my flanks. Abo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.15.md): Like a bull, sharp-horned, bellowing among the herds — O Indra, your exhilarating drink is for the joy of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.16.md): He does not rule over whom the thing stirs between the two thighs; nor does he rule whose body is hairy. The y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.17.md): Nor does he rule whose hairy body stretches out as he sits; nor does he rule between whose two thighs the thin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.18.md): O Indra, this Vṛṣākapi, struck down by the axe, found the son's sword and a fresh cooked offering; then the fi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.19.md): Here I go, searching out and looking at the dasa and the Arya; I drink the soma of the one who presses it with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.20.md): How many yojanas apart are the bow and the cutting instrument? O Vrishakapi, come back to the home, come near - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.21.md): Come back again, O Vrishakapi; let us two arrange welfare, this one who steals sleep. You go again to the home - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.22.md): When, O Vrishakapi, you went northward to the house — O Indra, where is that spotted deer? To what place did t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.86.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.86.23.md): The human woman named Parshu bore twenty offspring at once; it came to pass for that auspicious one. Whose bel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.1.md): Killer of demons, strong, I hurl him forth; I go to the shelter of the broadest friend. Agni, kindled and lit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.2.md): Iron-jawed Agni with flame, touch the sorcerers; O Jātavedas, blazing. With your tongue seize the foolish gods - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.3.md): Both-sided one, set your two fangs near, cruel, whetting them below and above. And, O king, move through the a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.4.md): O Agni, bending arrows by sacrifices and whetting spears and thunderbolts by speech; pierce the sorcerers in t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.5.md): O Agni, split the sorcerer's skin; may the fierce thunderbolt strike him with its sharp edge. Split his limbs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.6.md): Wherever you now see him, O Jātavedas, standing or moving, O Agni; and whoever flies through the paths of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.7.md): Free us from the sorcerer who has seized us, O Jātavedas. O Agni, foremost, strike him down; let the blazing, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.8.md): Declare here which one, O Agni, is the sorcerer who does this. Kindle him with fuel, O youngest, and set him i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.9.md): With your sharp eye, O Agni, guard the sacrifice; lead it forward for the Vasus, O wise one. Hurl your flame u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.10.md): O man-seer, look around for the demon among the clans. Break off his three tips from behind; O Agni, shatter h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.11.md): Thrice may the sorcerer go to your bond. The one who strikes Truth with falsehood, O Agni, make him roar with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.12.md): O Agni, place that eye upon the striped beast, by which you see the hook-clawed sorcerer. Like Atharvan, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.13.md): O Agni, when today the two curse, and when the sages generated it from the pain of speech, pierce the sorcerer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.14.md): Drive the sorcerers away with your heat; O Agni, strike down the demon with fury. Strike down the mock-gods aw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.15.md): Today may the gods drive away the crooked; may the curses turn back toward him and go away in pain. May the ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.16.md): Whoever joins together with human craft, who with horse and cattle is a sorcerer, who bears off the milk of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.17.md): May the sorcerer not obtain the milk of the year-old ushrī cow, O seer of men. O Agni, whoever desires this ne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.18.md): May the sorcerers drink the poison of the cows; may the evil-goers be cut off for Aditi. May the god Savitar g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.19.md): O Agni, since long ago you have destroyed the sorcerer-demons; when the Rakṣases came to conquer you in battle - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.20.md): O Agni, protect us from below, from the north, from behind, and from the front. May your ageless, most fiery f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.21.md): O king, O friend, protect us all around—from behind, from the front, from below, from the north—as a wise one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.22.md): O Agni, O mighty one, we kindle you all around—you, the wise one who is a fortress. Of bright hue, you are the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.23.md): With poison, against the one of bright hue, burn indeed the Rakṣases. O Agni, with the sharp flame, with the h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.24.md): O Agni, burn the pair of sorcerer-demons, the two Kimidins together. O sage, I rouse and sharpen you with hymn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.87.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.87.25.md): O Agni, with your flame against the flame, hear us from every side. Shatter the strength of the sorcerer-demon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.1.md): For the support of the world and for the firm order, the gods spread joy by their own self-power; that is the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.2.md): The world, hidden and swallowed by darkness, was revealed in Agni at his birth and became sky-light; in his fr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.3.md): Now, impelled by the gods, I will praise Agni, ageless and mighty, together with the sacrifice-worthy gods; by - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.4.md): He who was the first hotar, beloved of the gods, whom they chose and anointed with ghee — Agni Jātavedas made - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.5.md): O Jātavedas Agni! When you stood on the head of the world with your brilliance, we approached you with thought - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.6.md): At night Agni becomes the head of the world; then at dawn the sun is born, rising. Knowing this wondrous power - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.7.md): In that Agni who, kindled by his greatness, shone forth, heaven-born and radiant, the gods, protectors of thei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.8.md): First, by the sacred utterance, they generated Agni; then indeed the gods generated the oblation. He became th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.9.md): That Agni whom the gods generated, into whom they offered all the worlds—he, with his flame, heats this earth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.10.md): By praise indeed the gods kindled Agni in heaven—him who fills heaven and earth with powers. Him they establis - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.11.md): When the worthy-of-sacrifice gods placed him, the Sun, son of Aditi, in heaven, and when the two moving pair c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.12.md): For all beings, for all worlds, the gods made Vaiśvānara Agni the banner of the days. He who spreads the shini - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.13.md): The seers and the gods worthy of sacrifice produced Vaiśvānara Agni, the undecaying. He measured the ancient, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.14.md): We praise with hymns Vaiśvānara Agni, ever-shining, the seer Agni; he is the god who by his greatness has enco - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.15.md): I have heard two paths, of the fathers, of the gods, and of mortals. Through these two all this moves and come - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.16.md): The two together bear the moving one, born from the head, cleansed by mind. He stood facing all the worlds, wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.17.md): Where the lower and the higher speak together, which of us two sacrificers knows the difference? Companions of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.18.md): How many fires, how many suns, how many dawns, how many waters? I do not speak to you, fathers, of the sprinkl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.88.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.88.19.md): As wide as the face of Uṣas, so far the winged bird dwells in Mātariśvan. So far it comes to the sacrifice and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.1.md): I praise Indra, the most manly, by whose greatness he thrust apart the luminous realms to their limits; the su - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.2.md): May that sun, like the wheels of Indra's chariot, turn around the wide expanses; like a host that does not sta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.3.md): Sing to him, the unfailing one, together with earth and heaven, an incomparable new prayer; he who separated t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.4.md): For Indra I send forth unrestrained songs and the waters from the bottom of the ocean; like two wheels on an a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.5.md): With drinking wrath, with the dark-red mass of clouds, surging with swift direction, Soma active with the migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.6.md): Before whom neither heaven and earth stand, nor the desert, nor the atmosphere, nor the mountains, nor does So - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.7.md): Indra struck down Vṛtra as an axe fells the forest; he broke open the strongholds and let the rivers flow fort - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.8.md): You, Indra, are the steadfast redeemer; as a sword cuts the joints, you cut through crooked deeds. Those who b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.9.md): Those who break Mitra, Aryaman and Varuṇa are malicious; they break even the assemblies. Indra, strike down th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.10.md): Indra is lord of heaven; Indra is lord of earth. Indra is indeed lord of the waters, Indra of the mountains. I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.11.md): Indra has surpassed the former days and the growing days; beyond the mid-region, beyond the support of the oce - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.12.md): As the light of shining Dawn, may your weapon advance, Indra, which never tires. Indra, strike as from heaven, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.13.md): The months followed after him, the forests followed after him, the herbs followed after him, the mountains fol - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.14.md): O Indra, when will that visible power of yours be, when you crush the sinful demon who desires to strike? The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.15.md): The enemies who strive to attack us have grown strong with a great host. O Indra, may those enemies be wrapped - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.16.md): May the many pressings of the peoples delight you, and the prayers of the praising seers gladden you. Calling - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.17.md): Thus, O Indra, enjoying you, may we obtain new good thoughts; praising you with your help in the light of the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.89.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.89.18.md): For welfare, may we call upon the generous Indra in this contest, the most righteous Indra in the winning of s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.1.md): Thousand-headed is the Puruṣa, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed. Enveloping the earth on every side, he stood be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.2.md): Puruṣa is all this, whatever has been and whatever shall be. He is lord of immortality, which he outgrows thro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.3.md): So great is his greatness, and Puruṣa is greater still. All beings are one quarter of him; three quarters of h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.4.md): The three-footed Puruṣa rose upward; his one foot came to be here again. Then he spread out in all directions, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.5.md): From him Virāj was born, and from Virāj the Puruṣa arose. Born, he spread beyond, over the earth, behind and t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.6.md): When the gods performed the sacrifice with Puruṣa as oblation, spring was its clarified butter, summer the fue - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.7.md): They sprinkled that Purusa, born in front, upon the sacred grass; with him the gods, the Sadhyas, and the seer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.8.md): From that sacrifice wholly offered, the mixed ghee was gathered; from it he made those animals, belonging to V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.9.md): From that sacrifice wholly offered were born the verses and the chants; the metres were born, from it the sacr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.10.md): From that were born the horses, and whichever have teeth in both rows; indeed from that the cows were born, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.11.md): When they divided the Purusa, into how many parts did they arrange him? What became his mouth? What are his ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.12.md): The Brahmin was his mouth; the warrior was made his arms. The commoner became his thighs; from his feet the se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.13.md): The moon was born from the mind, the sun from the eye. From the mouth came Indra and Agni, and from the breath - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.14.md): From the navel came the atmosphere; from the head the sky arose together. From the feet the earth, from the ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.15.md): Seven were its enclosing sticks, and thrice seven kindling-sticks were made, when the gods, performing the sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.90.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.90.16.md): By sacrifice the gods offered sacrifice; these were the first ordinances. Those mighty ones indeed attained th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.1.md): Kindled together with the wakeful, praised, he blazes in every house as its master; sending the offering in Iḍ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.2.md): That guest of splendid radiance has taken his seat in every house and every wood, like bright fire-sticks. He - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.3.md): You are skilled in skills, wise in purpose; O Agni, you are a seer, all-knowing through poetic power. You are - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.4.md): O Agni, knowing your seasonal place of birth, you sat down in Iḍā's place, rich in ghee. Your rays have been r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.5.md): Your glories are like the lightnings of the rainy season; your bright flames have shone forth like the lights - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.6.md): The plants held him as a seasonal embryo; the waters and the mothers brought him forth to give birth to Agni. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.7.md): Shaken by the wind and driven forward, you swiftly go toward the settlements, when you enter the foods and sta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.8.md): Agni, maker of wisdom, promoter of the sacred contests, most protecting of all, the thought they choose as inv - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.9.md): You they choose here, the wise who seek you, O Agni, as the invoking priest at the rites. When men, desiring t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.10.md): Yours, O Agni, is the hotar's office; yours the potar's in season; yours the neshtar's; you, seeking order, ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.11.md): Whoever, O Agni, serves you for the immortals with kindling-sticks, or offers with the oblation, you become hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.12.md): These thoughts, these words, all the verses, songs and well-praised chants from us, may they come together to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.13.md): I would speak this new hymn of praise for the ancient one; may he hear us for the one who longs. May he dwell - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.14.md): In whose offering horses, bulls, strong oxen, cows and rams are released and poured as oblations, for the flam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.91.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.91.15.md): O Agni, the oblation has been offered into your mouth, like ghee in the ladle and soma in the cup. Give us wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.1.md): You all (honored) Agni, the chariot-driver of the sacrifice, lord of the peoples, the invoker, guest of the ni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.2.md): Both groups made this Agni, anointed with butter, upholder of order, the means of the sacred rite. Worthy of h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.3.md): Indeed we know his paths and the hoards of the Paṇis; his invoked rays were for consuming. When the fierce one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.4.md): Indeed the impeller of the cosmic order is Heaven, the wide light; great is the homage, and the rush of joy is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.5.md): With Rudra, the moving rivers flow forward; they have dashed across the vast expanse. By whom the circling Par - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.6.md): The Rudras, the Maruts, all-creating and all-attracting, swift as hawks of heaven, nests of the mighty lord; w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.7.md): Those who strove to reach Indra's arm, in the sight of the sun and in the manliness of the bull, now with his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.8.md): Even the sun's tawny horses delight in him; they fear Indra and whoever is mightier. Breathing forth from the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.9.md): Today let your praise go to Rudra, the mighty, whose heroes are diminished; make him shine with homage. By who - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.10.md): They indeed brought fame to the people. Bṛhaspati, the bull, born of Soma, through sacrifices; the first Athar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.11.md): They indeed honor Heaven and Earth, of abundant seed; Narāśaṃsa, the four-limbed Yama, and Aditi; the god Tvaṣ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.12.md): And may that Ahi Budhnya, the wide seer, hear at our invocation. Sun-and-Moon, moving about, dwelling in heave - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.13.md): May Pūṣan guard our chariot, and Vāyu, dear to all the gods and grandson of the waters, protect us for the des - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.14.md): We praise with hymns him who gives fearlessness to these peoples, the lord, self-glorious. We praise also Adit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.92.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.92.15.md): Here the first by birth, Aṅgiras, made the raised stones look toward the sacrifice; through them the wide-stri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.1.md): O Heaven and Earth, be great and wide; like mighty women, stand always firm for us. Protect us through these, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.2.md): At every sacrifice that mortal serves the gods, who, long-famed, desires to win them over with his favors. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.3.md): O swift ones of all the gods, the great praise of all the gods is yours; all gods are all-mighty, worthy of wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.4.md): They are the kings, gladdeners of the immortal: Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa, the wide-moving one. When will Rudra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.5.md): And for us, give night and the waters, O Vṛṣaṇvasus; make the Sun-Moon pair rich for dwelling; when they sit t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.6.md): And may the two auspicious gods, the Aśvins, lords, by their abodes make Mitra and Varuṇa spread wide for us; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.7.md): May the Rudras be gracious to us, and the two Aśvins, all the gods, and Bhaga, lord of the chariot. Ṛbhu, stre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.8.md): Ṛbhu, skilful Ṛbhukṣā, Ṛbhu — having gladdened you, come hither; your two strong bay horses are roused. Whose - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.9.md): Make us unharmed, O god Savitar; and I also praise the bountiful ones. Indra with strength, together with his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.10.md): Here, O Heaven and Earth, bestow great fame upon us among these heroes, the all-moving. A share for winning st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.11.md): This praise, O Indra, being favourable to us, O mighty one, for the sake of attainment, though you are anywher - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.12.md): This my praise, like a thread in the sun, the bright-shining one, men have increased. Well-joined like a horse - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.13.md): Those whose wealth, golden and yoked to the chariot, has turned round—their powers are as if firmly bound like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.14.md): Of Duḥśīma, Pṛthavāna, Vena and Rāma I would proclaim this openly, among the demon-lord and the bountiful ones - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.93.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.93.15.md): Here, now, seventy and seven are seen; at once the warriors appeared, at once the Pārthyas appeared, at once t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.1.md): Let them speak forth; let us also speak forth for the pressing stones. When, O stones and mountains, swift tog - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.2.md): They speak a hundredfold and a thousandfold, crying out with tawny mortars. O well-made stones, by skilled wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.3.md): They speak; not finding sweetness here, they shake down the ripened soma in the press-vessel. Seizing the bran - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.4.md): They speak greatly, crying out for Indra with the intoxicating, exhilarating soma; here they found the sweetne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.5.md): The winged ones made speech; in the sky, in the mortar, the dark swift ones danced. Downward, down to the upri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.6.md): Like the fierce ones rushing forward, they held back together; the yoked bulls bear the pole. When they rush, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.7.md): Honour those who bear the ten avani, the ten kakṣya, the ten yoktra, the ten yojana and the ten ābhīśu; to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.8.md): Those stones, ten-reined and swift, circle the golden juice around their setting. They have received the first - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.9.md): Those two soma-drunk tawny steeds of Indra draw his chariot; milking the juice, they sit upon the cow. Having - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.10.md): Your bull-like juice never fails. O stones of Ilā, ever set firm, you stand well, shining with greatness like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.11.md): Unwearied, unwearied are the stones, unbroken, unhindered, immortal; ageless, unmoving, unhindered, unaging, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.12.md): Steadfast indeed are your fathers, who in every age desiring welfare are yoked to their seat; ageless, bearing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.13.md): The pressing stones speak thus, when released, like nimble-handed ones in the course of water; with the lower - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.94.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.94.14.md): At the sacrifice where Soma is pressed, they give rise to speech, like playing boys pushing their mother. Set - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.1.md): Alas, wife, stay with your mind, O fierce one! Now let us two make our words one. May these unspoken words of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.2.md): What shall I do with these words of yours? Like the foremost of the dawns, I went forth. O Pururavas, go back - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.3.md): Like an arrow held in the quiver for glory, like cows winning hundreds of riches. In the plan of the unwise th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.4.md): Bearing wealth, she brings wealth for her father-in-law. O Dawn, if she brings wealth from the inner house, sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.5.md): Three times in the day you tormented me with the veil, and you filled me, unhappy as I was. O Pururavas, I cam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.6.md): Those well-braided ones, with the good joy of their support, with eyes like a lake, moving with knots—like the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.7.md): When, being born, the women gathered in him, and the self-moving rivers of good course strengthened him, then, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.8.md): When I, a mortal, have intercourse with these non-human women who leave their union, they, trembling, drew awa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.9.md): When a mortal among these immortal women, drawing close, joins with the heaven and earth and with his deeds, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.10.md): Lightning-like, flashing as it flies, bringing my desires near, you were born indeed as a manly, well-born one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.11.md): Thus you were born for the herdsmen; O Purūravas, you bore my strength. Knowing, I instructed you on that day, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.12.md): When a son, born, seeks his father, returning like a wheel without shedding tears, who, knowing it, would sepa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.13.md): I will speak to you; she weeps, shedding tears, as if lamenting in her heart for well-being. I will tell you w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.14.md): May the one with a good god fall today, never returning; may he go to the far, most distant world. Then may he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.15.md): O Purūravas, do not die, do not fall forward; may the inauspicious wolves not seize you. Indeed there are no f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.16.md): When I wandered among mortals in a strange form and dwelt four autumn nights, once in a day I ate a little of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.17.md): I, Vasiṣṭha, instruct Urvaśī, who reaches the atmosphere, maker of worlds: may the gift of a good deed stand n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.95.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.95.18.md): Thus the gods say to you, O Aila, as if you had become a kinsman of death: may your offspring sacrifice to the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.1.md): Indra, in the great rite may I praise your two bay steeds, and the exhilarating draught of the one who gives. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.2.md): Those who urged the bay steed toward its place and drove the two bay steeds toward the heavenly seat made thei - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.3.md): That thunderbolt of his, made of iron and bay in hue, is bay; in his arms it stands as the bay. Shining, fair- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.4.md): Like a banner it was set upon the sky; the bay thunderbolt shone forth. It strikes the serpent with its bay-li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.5.md): Indra, you yourself are praised by the ancient sacrificers; O bay-maned one, you delight in the bay hue. All y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.6.md): Those two bay steeds carry Indra, the thunderbolt-bearer, the exhilarated and praiseworthy one, in his chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.7.md): For desire the bay steeds have rushed; for steadiness they urge on the two swift bay steeds. He who is driven - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.8.md): Bay-bearded, bay-haired, iron-hued, who for the prize of the race grew strong by drinking the bay draught. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.9.md): Whose two bay ones fly like a ladle, whose bay cheeks quiver for the prize. When he wipes the bays on the cup - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.10.md): And indeed the seat of the bay one is in his two hands; like a racehorse, he who has bays roared. He took the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.11.md): Driven by greatness, you fill the two worlds; you drive forth each new, dear hymn. O Asura, reveal openly the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.12.md): O Indra of the bay cheeks, may the yoked steeds of the peoples carry you in the chariot. As you drink the mead - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.96.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.96.13.md): O Indra of bay steeds, you have drunk the soma pressed by the former ones, and this pressing is for you alone. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.1.md): I would now know the hundred and seven abodes of the tawny healing plants that were born first for the gods, t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.2.md): O Mother, you have a hundred abodes and a thousand shoots as well; so, O possessors of a hundred powers, make - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.3.md): O healing plants, rejoice, you who are flowering and fruit-bearing, victorious like mares, creepers, helpers i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.4.md): O healing plants, thus, O mothers, O goddesses, near to you I speak: may I win a horse, a cow, garments, and m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.5.md): Your resting place is on the fig tree; your dwelling is made in the leaf. O sharers of cattle, indeed you sure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.6.md): Where the healing plants gather together, as kings in an assembly, there the wise one is called the physician, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.7.md): Rich in horses, rich in soma, giving strength, full of sap—all these healing plants I have obtained for this m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.8.md): The vigors of the healing plants rise up, as cows rush forth from the cowpen. The wealth of the plants about t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.9.md): 'Iṣkṛti' is your name, and your mother too; and then you yourselves are remedies. O needle-like, winged healin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.10.md): All the encircling ones slipped into the pen like a thief; the healing plants have shaken off whatever defilem - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.11.md): When I take these healing plants in my hand and praise them, the life-breath of the wasting disease perishes—a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.12.md): O healing plants, from whose every limb and every joint you creep forth and spread, from there drive away the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.13.md): O wasting-disease, flee away together with the cāṣa-bird and the kikidīvi-bird. Perish together with the force - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.14.md): One of you may protect, and another may protect another; one going near another may protect it. May they all, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.15.md): Those herbs that bear fruit, those that bear none, those without flowers, and those with flowers — may they, s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.16.md): May they release me from the curse of the oath, and also from the curse of Varuṇa. And from the noose of Yama, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.17.md): The herbs, descending from heaven, spoke all around: 'That living being whom we obtain — that person shall not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.18.md): Of those herbs that have Soma as their king, many, with a hundred eyes — of them you are the best, for desire - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.19.md): The herbs, having Soma as their king and established throughout the earth, impelled by Bṛhaspati, shall bestow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.20.md): May the digger not harm you, for whom I dig you up; and may all our bipeds and quadrupeds be free from sicknes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.21.md): All the herbs that hear here and those that have come from afar, O creepers, gathered together, bestow vigor u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.22.md): The herbs speak together with Soma and with the king. For whom the brahmin makes (the remedy), O king, we cure - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.23.md): You are the best, O herb; your trees are supports. May he who attacks us be also a support for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.1.md): O Bṛhaspati, come to me before the gods; whether you are Mitra, or Varuṇa, or Pūṣan, or with the Ādityas and V - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.2.md): Hither has come the god, the swift and wise messenger from you, O Devapi; turn back and return toward me. For - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.3.md): O Bṛhaspati, establish in us bright speech, undiseased and nourishing, by which we two may bring rain for Śant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.4.md): Let the honey-laden drops come to us; O Indra, give a thousandfold chariot-seat. Sit down, O Devāpi, and perfo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.5.md): The seer Devāpi, sitting as the hotṛ of Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, knowing the gods' favor, released the waters from the upper - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.6.md): In this ocean, and in the upper region, the waters stood restrained by the gods; those very waters, released b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.7.md): When Devāpi, chosen as priest for Śaṃtanu to act as hotṛ, kindled out of compassion, Bṛhaspati gave him the sp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.8.md): O Agni, which you, shining brightly, the man of the Arshtishena line, Devāpi, kindles; gladdened by all the go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.9.md): The ancient seers reached you with songs; you, much-invoked, all reached you at every sacrifice. May there be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.10.md): O Agni, these are ninety-nine; offerings are in you, with a thousand chariot-fittings. With them strengthen yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.11.md): O Agni, hold these ninety and thousands together, give a portion to the bull Indra; knowing, in seasonal order - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.98.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.98.12.md): O Agni, drive hostile foes apart, sever difficult passages; drive away ill-health, throw the demons away. From - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.1.md): You, who know, wish for some wondrous gift for us, that the broad-jawed conqueror may be strengthened. When at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.2.md): He indeed knows the chant with brilliance and with lightning; by the power of his asura-ness he took his seat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.3.md): He is the victor, going along the path of footless and two-footed things; desiring to win, he sat down around - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.4.md): He offers, as a swift steed, among the cows, among the great spoils of plunder; where the footless ones, fit t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.5.md): He came swiftly, with the Rudras, in an unpraised form, skilled like the Ṛbhus, leaving the herd of cows. I co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.6.md): He, the lord, subdues in his home the slave, the loud-roaring one, the six-eyed, three-headed one. Grown stron - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.7.md): He sent forth the arrow for Druhvaṇa and for Manu, for Ūrdhvasāna for Arśasāna. He, the most truthful, son of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.8.md): Like a cloud growing in the pasture, may he find for us the path to a dwelling. When he sits down beside the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.9.md): Growing strong with his powers, he drove away the weak Śuṣṇa for Kutsa. He also led forward the praised seer a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.10.md): He is the giver along with men, with his gifts, with the gods the giver; he is a wise illusionist like Varuṇa. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.11.md): By his praises, Ṛjiśvan, son of Auśija, with the bull split open the pen of Pipru. When the soma is pressed an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.99.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.99.12.md): Thus, O great Asura, the crooked Vamraka creeps with feet toward Indra for praise. Going, may he bring us well - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.1.md): Indra, stand firm; O bountiful one, like you, praised here, presser of soma, be awake for our increase. With t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.2.md): For the bearer, bring the portion fit for the season, well and duly; offer it to pure Vayu, whose aim is the i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.3.md): May the god Savitṛ grant us vigor, to the one seeking the straight path, to the sacrificer, to the presser of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.4.md): May Indra always be well-minded toward us; may King Soma come to us along the path of well-being. As friend-fa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.5.md): Indra has grasped the shield with hymn and might; O Brihaspati, you are the one who carries life across. Sacri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.6.md): The well-made deed of Indra, divine strength — Agni, in the house, is the singer, the invoker, the wise, the s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.7.md): O Vasus, we have not secretly committed many wrongs against you, nor openly shown enmity to the gods. O gods, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.8.md): May Savitṛ drive affliction downward; may the pressing stones push it farther away. Where the great stone that - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.9.md): O Vasus, may the stone be raised at the presser's place; may it keep away all hostile attacks. That god Savitṛ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.10.md): O cows, gain strength and fat from fodder; you who are anointed in the seat of truth and in the vessel. May th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.11.md): The singer, helper of sacrificial wisdom, protects the everlasting people; Indra himself is the auspicious tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.100.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.100.12.md): Your bright radiance helps sacrificial wisdom; the rivals who aid even in old age, unassailable, stand before - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.1.md): Friends of one mind, awake; many of one kin, together kindle the fire. I call you here, for help from the Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.2.md): Make delightful hymns, lift up the prayers; prepare the ship that carries across what cannot be bound. Prepare - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.3.md): Yoke the ploughs, spread the yokes apart; sow the seed in the prepared womb here. May the reaping be bound tog - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.4.md): The wise poets yoke the ploughs and spread the yokes apart; the steadfast do this with favour among the gods. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.5.md): Bring out the vessels, set the straps together; let us sprinkle the deep well and the spring — the unfailing, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.6.md): Sprinkle the deep well made ready with vessels, the well-bound and well-watered spring — the undiminished wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.7.md): Sacrificers, gratify the horses and win; prepare only the chariot that brings well-being. Fill the wooden vess - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.8.md): Make the way; may that protector of men sew for you many broad armors. Build unassailable fortresses of iron; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.9.md): Here I turn your sacrifice-worthy praise toward protection; O gods, bring hither this worshipful, sacrifice-wo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.10.md): Forward, pour out the tawny steed in the wooden seat; shape him with axes and stone-made chisels. Embrace him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.11.md): On both axles, the fire that bears the oblation, drinking, moves in the middle as in a womb; he is twice-born. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.101.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.101.12.md): O men, lift up that wonder; stir up and rouse that wonder to win spoils; push forward the son of the sack-bear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.1.md): O Indra, much-invoked one, may your chariot made with wiles protect us boldly. In this contest, in the gloriou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.2.md): The wind lifts her garments up when she conquered a thousand. Mudgalānī became the chariot-driver; in the cow- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.3.md): O Indra, hold back the thunderbolt of the one who desires to slay and assails. O bountiful Maghavan, whether o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.4.md): From the pool of the water-vessel he drank in exultation; he breaks through the hidden fortress and reaches th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.5.md): They shouted and, drawing near, surrounded him; in the race he neighed like a bull. By that, Sūbharva won catt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.6.md): For Kakardu the bull was yoked; his charioteer Keśī called out. The yoked running steeds of Dūḍhi, together wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.7.md): The one who knows raised the yoke-pole of this one; here, training him, he yoked the lead-ox. Indra lifted up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.8.md): The whip-bearer moved happily, the long-haired one bound in the wooden reins-strap. Doing manly deeds for the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.9.md): Look at this yoked pair of the bull, lying in the middle of the wooden post; by which Mudgala won cows a hundr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.10.md): From afar the sinner saw thus, who they yoke and whom they set up. For him they bring neither grass nor water; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.11.md): Like a woman abandoned by her husband, seeking a husband, she swells and sprinkles with the wheel-vessel. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.102.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.102.12.md): You are the eye of all the moving world, Indra; you are the eye of eyes. When, in the battle-contest, you desi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.1.md): Sharpening himself, swift Indra, fearsome as a bull, shaker of the peoples, striker of blow upon blow, war-cry - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.2.md): With that battle-shouting, unblinking, victorious fighter in battle, unshakable, bold Indra — O men, win by hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.3.md): He is Indra — arrow in hand, quiver-bearing, controller, joined in combat; he, with his troop, is in the battl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.4.md): O Bṛhaspati, go around with your chariot, slayer of demons, driving the enemies away; shattering the armies, c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.5.md): Proven in strength, steadfast, rich in heroes, mighty, swift, enduring, fierce, hero-surrounded, the assailant - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.6.md): Breaker of enclosures, winner of cows, thunderbolt-armed, conquering, crushing the field with might — rouse th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.7.md): Indra, the hero of a hundred wraths, who with might plunges into the cattle-pens, unshaken, hard to overthrow, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.8.md): May Indra lead them; may Bṛhaspati, the dakṣiṇā offering and the sacrifice go before; may Soma advance. Before - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.9.md): The war-shout of the mighty strength of Indra who showers, of King Varuṇa, of the Ādityas and the Maruts rose - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.10.md): O bountiful Indra, lift up your weapons; may the minds of my followers rise up. O slayer of Vṛtra, may the vig - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.11.md): May Indra be for us in the gathered battle-lines and banners; may our arrows, whichever they are, conquer. May - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.12.md): Confounding their minds and seizing their limbs, O Apvā, go away. Go forward, come forth; burn their hearts wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.103.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.103.13.md): Forward, O men, go and conquer; may Indra grant you shelter. May your arms be fierce, so that you may be unass - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.1.md): O Indra, much-invoked, soma has been pressed for you. Come quickly to the sacrifice with your two bay horses. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.2.md): Drink the soma stirred in the waters, O Harivan, pressed here with the men; fill its belly. What the stones ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.3.md): For the strong one I send forth the true, mighty draught; the pressed soma is for you, O Hariśva. O Indra, her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.4.md): O mighty one, for your protection, bearing strength by your vigor, the inspired ones, knowers of truth, sharer - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.5.md): By skilled guidance, O Hariśva, men, yours, well-pressed and far-shining, bearing the most powerful protection - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.6.md): O Harivan, come to the prayers with your two bay horses, to drink the pressed soma. O Indra, the sacrifice, pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.7.md): The thousand-treasured, foe-overcoming, soma-giving, bounteous Indra of fine strength, the unconquered one, is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.8.md): Indra, the seven divine, unobstructed waters by which you crossed the Indus, O fort-breaker; and in the ninety - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.9.md): You freed the great waters from the peril of attack and awoke within them; you alone are god, O Indra. By the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.10.md): Indra, heroic in purpose, well-praised, is invoked with song by the singer; he who is much-invoked. He tore ap - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.104.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.104.11.md): Let us call upon Indra, the bountiful giver of blessing, in this battle and contest of prizes; the most manly - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.1.md): O bountiful one, when will the hymn be brought joyfully? Let the long-pressed soma be poured for Vātāpya's dri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.2.md): Whose two bay horses, well-yoked, travel many paths, whose swift steeds follow after, both shaggy like the two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.3.md): Indra drives both apart, like a mortal striving in fear; when he yokes himself for brightness, he becomes migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.4.md): Indra stays with both, serving as a close companion; between the two flowing streams is the hero Indra. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.5.md): He who stood upon the two long-haired, radiant ones, as if for nourishment; he conquers with his two cheek-pla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.6.md): Ṛṣvaujas praised forth with the Ṛṣus; the hero fashioned with might, like the artisan Ṛbhu with skill and like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.7.md): He who fashioned the thunderbolt for the pleasant one and against the dasyu, fearsome of mien, with roaring ja - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.8.md): Turn our crooked ways away with the verse, that we may conquer our foes. A sacrifice without prayer does not, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.9.md): When your third share rose high and was set in the axle-pins and seat of the sacrifice, it joined together wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.10.md): For your splendor the spotted ladle became; for splendor the unharmed ladle-staff became, by which you pour up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.105.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.105.11.md): O Asura, even if you were praised a hundred times — the good friend praised you thus, the bad friend praised y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.1.md): You two indeed desire just that; like weavers you spread out the prayers. To go together you drove the chariot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.2.md): Like two camels you stand among the rows of horses; like relay messengers with fame you are among men. Do not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.3.md): Yoked together, like a bird's wings and like cattle, bright, come to the sacrifice. Shining among the gods lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.4.md): You are sweet to us, like parents; like fierce sons, like kings in splendour; like lords for swiftness, like r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.5.md): Like the two who sit in the wagon; like two bright friends; the two truthful, hundredfold; the two sun-bright, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.6.md): Like two rattling roots (?), with the two swift ones like Turphari; like two Naitośa (?), Turphari and Parphar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.7.md): Like two whirling wheels, O mighty ones, you two leap in battles like a lover. Like the Ribhus, swift-moving p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.8.md): O you who hold honey in your belly like ghee, you two companions sharing good fortune, swift bearers of streng - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.9.md): Like great ones, you give a footing in the depths; like feet, you carry across the deep waters, O wise ones. L - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.10.md): Like the flute-players, you two send honey forth; like the sarangha, among the cows, in the lowered place. Lik - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.106.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.106.11.md): May we accomplish the hymn and gain strength. For our sacred words, you two of one chariot, come near here. Li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.1.md): Through the gift of dakṣiṇā this great light has appeared. Through this generous giver all living beings have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.2.md): Those who give dakṣiṇā have stood on high in heaven; those who give horses are with the sun. O Soma, the giver - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.3.md): Dakṣiṇā is a divine fulfilment, fit for the sacrifice of the gods; it is not for the singers, for they do not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.4.md): Those who watch over men look upon the hundred-streamed wind, the song, the heaven-winner, and the oblation. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.5.md): The one rich in dakṣiṇā, first invoked, goes forward; the village leader rich in dakṣiṇā goes at the front. Hi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.6.md): Him they call the seer, him they call the brahman-priest, fit for sacrifice, singer of the Sāman chants, recit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.7.md): Dakṣiṇā gives a horse, dakṣiṇā gives a cow; dakṣiṇā gives a moon-bright ornament and gold too. He who devotes - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.8.md): The patrons do not die, nor do they go to a lower state; the patrons are not harmed, nor are they distressed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.9.md): The patrons won the fragrant womb at the beginning; the patrons won the bride well-clothed. The patrons won th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.10.md): For the patron they adorn the swift horse; for the patron that maiden stands adorning herself. This house of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.107.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.107.11.md): For the patron the well-yoked horses carry him; the well-running chariot turns for the gift. O gods, protect t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.1.md): Sarama, seeking what, came forth along the far road, she who comes watchfully from afar? What was that fear, w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.2.md): Sent as Indra's messenger, I go, seeking your great treasures, O Panis. He who leapt across protected us from - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.3.md): What kind is Indra, O Sarama, what is his appearance, whose messenger you have come from afar? Let him come, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.4.md): I do not know him; let the unassailable one assail; he whose messenger I have come from afar. The deep-flowing - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.5.md): These cows, O Sarama, which you sought, flying beyond the ends of heaven, O fortunate one: who would release t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.6.md): May your words be without army, O Panis, and your bodies without arrows and evil. May the path for your going - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.7.md): O Sarama, this treasure is buried with a rock for its base, with cows, horses and riches; the Paṇis who guard - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.8.md): Let the soma-drinking seers come here—Ayāsya and the Aṅgirases, the Navagvas; let them divide this wide space - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.9.md): And so you too have come, Sarama, driven back by divine force; I will make you a sister; do not go back again; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.10.md): I do not know brotherhood, nor sisterhood; Indra knows, and the terrible Aṅgirases who desire cows; when I cam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.108.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.108.11.md): Go far away, O Paṇis, farther still; let the cows come back out, lowing with truth; the hidden things that Bṛh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.109.1.md): They who first spoke of the sin against the sacred word: Akūpāra, Salila, Mātariśvan, the rough-hewn, fierce h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.109.2.md): King Soma first gave back the wife of the Brahman again, keeping her unharmed; Varuṇa and Mitra followed her, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.109.3.md): This pledge, to be taken by the hand, is hers — 'the Brahman's wife,' they declared. She did not stand to be h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.109.4.md): The gods spoke of her — the ancient seven seers who sat down for austerity; fearsome, the wife of the Brahman, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.109.5.md): The celibate student wanders, entering the poisons; he becomes one limb of the gods. By him Bṛhaspati found th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.109.6.md): Indeed the gods gave back again, and humans again; the kings, making the truth, gave back the Brahman's wife a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.109.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.109.7.md): The gods made the brahmin's wife blameless again; to partake of the earth's strength, they sit near her, much - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.1.md): O Jātavedas, kindled today in the house of the human, you as a god worship the gods. O you of friendly splendo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.2.md): O son of your own body, anoint the paths of cosmic order and the vehicles with honey and taste them, O good-to - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.3.md): O Agni, invoked, to be praised and adored, come hither gladly with the Vasus. O Yahva, you are the hotar of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.4.md): Eastward-facing sacred grass is strewn toward the direction of the earth; at the beginning of this dwelling, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.5.md): Wide-spreading, let them shine forth like wives adorning themselves for their husbands. O divine doors, vast a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.6.md): Pressing soma near the sacrifice, may worshipful Dawn and Night both sit down here, divine women, vast, shinin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.7.md): The two divine, first, well-speaking hotars, measuring out the sacrifice for the worship of men, skilled in co - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.8.md): May Bhāratī swiftly come to our sacrifice; may Iḷā, mindful here like Manu, come. May the three goddesses sit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.9.md): Him who fashioned these heaven and earth, the begetting parents, by forms, and adorned all beings — him, today - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.10.md): Open the path of sacrifice with your own body; join the paths of the gods in their seasons and prepare the obl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.110.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.110.11.md): Born at once, Agni measured out the sacrifice and became the forerunner of the gods. In the direction of this - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.1.md): O wise ones, bring forth praise with understanding, as many as the thoughts of men are. Let us stir up Indra w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.2.md): From the seat of cosmic order, thought shone forth. The bull, son of Gārṣṭi, joined with the cows; by his migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.3.md): Indra indeed knows its hearing; he is the victor, the path-maker for the sun. Then, making prayer, he became u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.4.md): Indra, by his greatness, broke the laws of the great ocean, praised with the Aṅgirases. He stretched out the m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.5.md): Indra is the counterpart of heaven and earth; he knows all the pressings and strikes down Śuṣṇa. He stretched - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.6.md): Indeed with the thunderbolt, O slayer of Vṛtra, you broke Vṛtra—the illusions of the ungodly, of the swelling - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.7.md): When the dawns joined with the Sun, they found the bright streak of his rays. When the star appeared from the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.8.md): Indeed the first waters went far away, which flowed at the impulse of Indra. Where is the tip of these waters, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.9.md): Releasing the rivers that the serpent had swallowed, they hastened forth with speed. Those waters, freed and d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.111.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.111.10.md): Flowing together like a river, as a lover goes to his beloved, the awakened lover is the breaker of forts. O I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.1.md): O Indra, drink the pressed soma as you desire; the morning offering is your first drink. O hero, rejoice to sl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.2.md): With the chariot that is swifter than thought, O Indra, come hither to drink soma. Let those bay horses run fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.3.md): Let your body be touched with the best forms of the sun's tawny splendor. O Indra, invoked by us friends, sit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.4.md): That greatness of yours, which in your intoxications even these great heaven and earth could not separate, is - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.5.md): Having always drunk, O Indra, you have performed matchless deeds and battle-spoils against the enemies; that s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.6.md): This is your vessel, which gives delight; O Indra, drink soma with it, O hundred-wise one. Toward this full, i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.7.md): O Indra, O bull, the many people whose works are dear call upon you. May these our pressings be sweetest with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.8.md): O Indra, I now proclaim clearly your ancient deeds, the heroic acts you first performed. Of true wrath, you sp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.9.md): Sit down well among the hosts, O lord of hosts. They call you the most wise of seers; nothing whatever is done - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.112.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.112.10.md): O bountiful one, look upon us who seek help. O friend, O lord of wealth, take notice of us among your friends. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.1.md): May Dyāvāpṛthivī, of one mind, with all the gods guard his might, when he, making greatness and vital power, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.2.md): Viṣṇu bears his greatness by might; having grasped a portion of the sweet (Soma), he sprinkles it apart. With - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.3.md): When you, with the serpent Vṛtra, bearing weapons, stood firm for battle and for finding song of praise, here - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.4.md): Having been born, he at once drove away the rivals; the hero beheld the battle for manly deed. He opened the m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.5.md): Then Indra, surely by might, became wider; he pushed back heaven and earth. The bold Indra brought down the ir - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.6.md): Here, for the powers of Indra who send forth vigor and sing, they were satisfied by wrath (manyu). When the fi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.7.md): The two who first performed heroic deeds and, striving by their greatness, went together — you cast the darkne - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.8.md): Then all the gods strengthened your manly deeds with soma and with praise-words; by Indra's blow he split and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.9.md): With skillful words, with praise-singers, with friends, declare the many songs of friendship aloud; Indra, des - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.113.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.113.10.md): Bring many riches with good horses, by which, thinking and praising in songs, let us cross over all evil deeds - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.1.md): Two warm vessels spread the threefold rite on every side; Mātariśvan received the favour of those two. Holding - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.2.md): Three Nirṛtis serve the destroyer; the long-hearing priests know them well. Their origin the seers recognized, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.3.md): The four-winged, youthful, fair-formed, ghee-faced maiden clothes herself in many forms. In her sat two eagles - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.4.md): A single bird entered the ocean; he sees this whole world. I saw him near with a ripened mind; the mother tast - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.5.md): The wise poets fashion that one Suparṇa in many ways with words. Establishing the metres in the sacrifices, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.6.md): Fashioning thirty-six and four metres, and establishing the twelfth, the poets measure the sacrifice and, with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.7.md): Fourteen other greatnesses are his; the wise lead him forward with seven speeches. Who here can declare the re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.8.md): Fifteen hymns in a thousand ways; as far as heaven and earth extend, so far do they reach. Greatnesses in a th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.9.md): Who, the wise one, truly knows the union of the meters? Who in the seat has reached speech? Whom do they call - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.114.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.114.10.md): Around the edge of the earth some move about; yoked to the poles of the chariot, they stand. They divide the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.1.md): That wondrous child, like the breast of a young one, returns to the laps of the two mothers to be held. When s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.2.md): The name of Agni was indeed established, the most helpful for the house; with ash and with teeth he binds the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.3.md): Him for you, the god sitting in the house like a settler, the drop of soma, flowing forward, surging like the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.4.md): Around whose blazing flame the unshaken winds are gathered, O undecaying one, as around the flame; like warrio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.5.md): That Agni, most dear of the Kanvas, friend of Kanva's line, of the swift lord, far and near. May Agni protect - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.6.md): For the mightiest, O good father! Roaring swiftly after Jatavedas; even afar, Agni who gives boons by strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.7.md): Thus I praise Agni, who gives wealth together with mortals and with the singers; the son of strength, honored - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.8.md): O mighty one, grandson of vigor! For him who is praised thus by you, the bull-like voice resounds. Praising yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.115.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.115.9.md): Thus, O Agni, protect what the seers said, those praised sons of the one whose oblation is rain, and protect t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.1.md): Indra, drink the soma for great vigour; drink to slay Vṛtra, O most mighty one. Invoked for wealth and strengt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.2.md): Indra, drink the choice portion of this flowing, pressed soma. Bestowing well-being, exhilarate yourself with - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.3.md): Indra, let the divine soma rejoice you; let the soma pressed among earthly beings rejoice you. Let that by whi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.4.md): Let the two-barhis, unharmed Indra, the bull, come hither with the two bay horses; to him the food sprinkled i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.5.md): Cast down the sharp, hurling ones; cast down the firm weapons of the sorcerers. To you, the fierce one, I give - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.6.md): Indra, spread out your fame for the Arya; with strength, as a firm fortress, push apart the bow's assaults. Tu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.7.md): O bountiful Indra, this oblation and this gift are for you. O sovereign, accept it without holding back. For y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.8.md): So, O Indra, eat these oblations set before you; take the cooked food and the soma into yourself. Accompanied - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.116.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.116.9.md): To Indra and Agni I send forth a praise well spoken; as one drives a boat along a river, so I propel it onward - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.1.md): The gods did not give death to the hungry, nor to the one who has eaten; deaths come near to him. The wealth o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.2.md): He who, having food, gives to the stationary and the thirsty one who has come near, makes his mind firm and se - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.3.md): He is the true feast-giver who gives to the householder and to the weak one wandering in search of food. When - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.4.md): He who does not give to a friend is no friend, nor is he who does not give to the companion who shares the dri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.5.md): Let one fill him who seeks help; let the strong one look along the far path. As the wheels of a chariot turn, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.6.md): The one who lacks understanding finds worthless food; I speak the truth, he is indeed a destroyer. He does not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.7.md): The one who ploughs with the plough makes food; by his deeds he opens the path. More capable than the speaking - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.8.md): The one-footed one strode further than the two-footed ones, in many directions; the two-footed goes toward the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.117.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.117.9.md): Even the two hands do not enter alike, nor do the two mothers draw milk alike. The powers of the twin Yama and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.1.md): O Agni, shining among mortals, you strike down the Atri-demon; O you of pure vows, in your own dwelling. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.2.md): You rise up, well-offered; you rejoice in the ghee, since the ladles stood beside you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.3.md): That offered Agni shines forth, to be praised with songs; with the ladle his face is anointed. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.4.md): Agni is fully anointed with ghee, honey-drop-faced, offered, shining, possessing the wealth of light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.5.md): Praised, you are kindled together for the gods, O bearer of oblations; mortals invoke you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.6.md): O mortals, honor that immortal Agni with ghee; the undecaying, the master of the household. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.7.md): With your unwearying flame, O Agni, burn the rakshas. Shine as the guardian of cosmic order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.8.md): You, O Agni, with the point of your flame, turn back the sorceresses; shine among the wide-dwelling peoples. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.118.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.118.9.md): Him, you, the carrier of oblations, the wide-dwelling singers have kindled together with songs, most worshipfu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.1.md): Thus, indeed, is my mind: may I win cows and horses. Perhaps I have drunk the Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.2.md): Like winds shaking forth, the drunken Soma has lifted me up. Perhaps I have drunk the Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.3.md): The drunken Soma has lifted me up, as swift horses lift the chariot. Perhaps I have drunk the Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.4.md): Thought has come to rest near me, like a lowing cow beside her dear son. Perhaps I have drunk the Soma. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.5.md): Like a carpenter, I turn my thought around the rim of the chariot wheel with my heart. Perhaps I have drunk th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.6.md): None of the five peoples has touched me, nor has the scattering fool done anything to me. Perhaps I have drunk - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.7.md): Neither the two worlds, both of them, are at all like another wing to me. Have I drunk of Soma? Thus it is. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.8.md): By my greatness I have become all over the sky and this wide earth. Have I drunk of Soma? Thus it is. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.9.md): Come now, let me set down this earth, here or there. Have I drunk of Soma? Thus it is. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.10.md): At dawn indeed I shall shake this earth, here or there. Have I drunk of Soma? Thus it is. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.11.md): In heaven is one wing of mine; below I have made another. Have I drunk of Soma? Thus it is. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.12.md): I am the greatest of the great, roused beyond measure. Have I drunk of Soma? Thus it is. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.119.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.119.13.md): Like a home I go, made ready for the gods, a carrier of the oblation: "Perhaps I have drunk of Soma." - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.1.md): That was the foremost among the worlds, from which the fierce one, bright of mighty strength, was born. Being - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.2.md): Strengthening himself with might, the very mighty one puts fear into the enemy's heart against the slave. Both - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.3.md): In you all surrender their purpose, when these bulls become twice and thrice. Pour yourself out sweeter than t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.4.md): Thus indeed the seers sing your praise, conqueror of wealth, at every intoxication, praise upon praise. O migh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.5.md): By you we conquer in battles, seeing many battle-weapons. I urge your weapons forth with words; with prayer I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.6.md): Let me praise the many-formed, skilled Ṛbhu, most attainable, the easiest of the kindly ones. With might he sp - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.7.md): You hold fast both the lower and the higher; from where you protected in the stronghold with your help, from t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.8.md): Bṛhaddiva utters these sacred prayers for Indra; foremost, possessing the light of heaven, he proclaims the st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.120.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.120.9.md): Thus the great Atharvan, of Bṛhaddiva, declared Indra himself as his own body. The sisters, born in the mother - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.1.md): The golden embryo arose first; born, he alone became the lord of all that has been born. He upheld the earth a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.2.md): He who gives the breath of life and gives strength, whose command all the gods revere, whose shadow is immorta - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.3.md): He who by his greatness became the sole king of the world that breathes and blinks, who rules this biped and q - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.4.md): By whose greatness these snowy mountains are, whose sea is said to be one with its waters, whose these directi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.5.md): By whom the fierce sky and the firm earth are made stable, by whom heaven is held up, by whom the vault of hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.6.md): Whom heaven and earth, supported by his help, looked toward with trembling mind; over whom the risen sun shine - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.7.md): When the vast waters came, enveloping all, bearing the embryo and bringing forth Agni, then from there the sin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.8.md): He who by his greatness looked upon the waters, bearing skill and bringing forth the sacrifice, who alone was - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.9.md): May he who is the begetter of the earth not harm us; he who of true law begot the sky, and who begot the shini - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.121.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.121.10.md): O Lord of creatures, apart from you no other came to be around all these born things. Whatever desires we offe - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.1.md): Like Vasu, I praise Agni of bright flame, the dear, auspicious, inviolable guest. May he bestow wealth on the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.2.md): Agni, be pleased and receive my word; O wise-willed one, knowing all paths, impel the way for the sacred utter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.3.md): May the immortal Agni, moving through the seven dwelling-places, honor the giver and the well-doer. O Agni, ac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.4.md): The first banner of the sacrifice, the priest, the mighty Agni, is praised by the oblation-bearers, seven of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.5.md): You, first and most excellent messenger, when called, be gladdened for immortality. In the giver's house the M - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.6.md): O wise-willed Agni, milking bountiful, easy-yielding food for the sacrificer, you who are dear to the sacrific - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.7.md): O Agni, at the breaking of this dawn, men worshipped you, making you their messenger; the gods strengthened yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.122.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.122.8.md): O Agni, the Vasiṣṭha seers, praising you, invoked you, the strong one; in the contests of sacrifice bestow wea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.1.md): This Vena, born of light, impels the speckled-wombed rays in the measured expanse of heaven. At the confluence - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.2.md): From the ocean Vena lifts the wave; the sky-born one rises up. The back of the tawny one is seen. On the ridge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.3.md): Toward one place, the ancient ones, lowing, stand as the mothers of the calf, kin of one home. Circling on the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.4.md): Knowing the form, the seers were stirred — the deer's cry, the buffalo's gait. Moving by cosmic order, they st - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.5.md): The apsaras, dwelling near her lover, holds that woman in the highest expanse. Moving in the places of the bel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.6.md): When, flying up in heaven (nāka), the seers praising from the heart saw you — the golden-winged bird, messenge - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.7.md): The lofty Gandharva stood upon the highest heaven, bearing his variegated weapons. Clothed in a fragrant garme - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.123.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.123.8.md): That swift, drop-like one goes toward the ocean, gazing with the eye of a vulture across the wide expanse. Shi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.1.md): O Agni, come near to this our sacrifice, which has five watches, is threefold, and has seven threads. Be the b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.2.md): Becoming a god from a non-god, I go by hidden paths, looking toward immortality. Being auspicious, I abandon t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.3.md): Looking upon another's guest, I measure out the many abodes of cosmic order. I proclaim welfare to the father - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.4.md): In this I have spent many years; choosing Indra, I abandon the father. Agni, Soma, and Varuṇa fall away; turni - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.5.md): Those demons who were free of deceit have become; and you, Varuṇa, desire me too. O king, separating falsehood - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.6.md): This was the light of the sun; this indeed was; this luminous expanse, this broad midspace. Come, let us slay - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.7.md): The sage, by his skill, set form in the sky; boundless Varuṇa sent the waters forth. Like mothers making a sec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.8.md): They cling to his supreme power, rejoicing in their own strength as they move here. As peoples choose a king, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.124.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.124.9.md): They call the swan, the companion of the terrible ones, yoked together, who wanders in friendship with the div - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.1.md): I wander with the Rudras and the Vasus, and with the Ādityas and all the Viśvedevas. I bear both Mitra and Var - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.2.md): I bear Soma, the crusher; I bear Tvaṣṭar, and Pūṣan and Bhaga as well. I place wealth for the one who has obla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.3.md): I am the queen, gatherer of treasures, the first among the sacrifice-worthy gods to be known. The gods placed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.4.md): Through me he eats food—the one who sees, who breathes, who truly hears, who hears what is spoken. The unwise - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.5.md): I myself speak this, dear to both gods and humans. Whomever I desire, him I make fierce—him I make a brahman, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.6.md): I stretch the bow for Rudra, that his arrow may slay the enemy of prayer. I make battle for the people. I have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.7.md): I bring forth the father of this world; my source is in the waters, within the ocean. From there I stand exten - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.125.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.125.8.md): I blow like the wind, setting all worlds in motion. Beyond heaven, beyond this earth, I have become so great, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.1.md): O gods, united in harmony, may neither sin nor transgression seize the mortal whom you lead, whom Aryaman, Mit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.2.md): Therefore we choose you, O Varuṇa, O Mitra, O Aryaman, that you may lead us out of sin; protect and carry the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.3.md): Now, for our help, may those excellent leaders, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman, be most protective in guiding us, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.4.md): May you all protect everything round about in your dear shelter, O Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman; may we be well l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.5.md): O Ādityas, beyond our enemies, may we invoke Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman, and mighty Rudra with the Maruts; and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.6.md): May our excellent leaders, Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman, carry us beyond all transgressions; they are kings of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.7.md): O Ādityas, when we seek to get across hostilities, may Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman grant us happiness and wide s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.126.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.126.8.md): Just as, O Vasus, O worshipful ones, you released the cow bound at the foot, so release us from sin; O Agni, e - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.1.md): The Night has revealed herself in many forms with her eyes; the goddess, coming near, has placed upon herself - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.2.md): The immortal goddess has filled the wide expanse; filling the lower and the upper regions, she drives away dar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.3.md): O goddess, the coming Night has brought forth her sister Dawn; now may she indeed leave the darkness behind. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.4.md): That Night is ours today; at her coming we settle down into you, as birds settle in their nest in a tree. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.5.md): Village folk have settled to rest, walkers have settled, winged birds have settled, even the hawks and the see - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.6.md): O Night, drive away the she-wolf and drive away the wolf; drive away the thief; then be easy to cross for us. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.7.md): Darkness has drawn near to me, black, spread out and standing manifest. O Uṣas, release me as one releases a d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.127.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.127.8.md): Like cows, I have brought a hymn near to you; choose it, O daughter of heaven. O Night, accept it as a song of - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.1.md): O Agni, let my brilliance be in the invocations. Kindling you, may we nourish our bodies. May the four quarter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.2.md): In my offering may all the gods be present — the Maruts with Indra, Viṣṇu, Agni. For me may the mid-region be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.3.md): May the gods in me sacrifice for wealth; in me may there be blessing, in me the invocation of the gods. The di - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.4.md): For me may they sacrifice; may my oblations and my offering be true to the mind. May I not fall into any guilt - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.5.md): O goddesses, six wide ones, make it wide for us. O all gods, make us strong here. May we not be deprived throu - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.6.md): O Agni, driver-away of the anger of enemies, unharmed protector, protect us all around. May they turn back — t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.7.md): Among those who uphold the world, Dhātā, lord of the world, god, protector, conqueror of hostile assaults; may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.8.md): May the wide-seeing mighty one grant us shelter; much-invoked and much-invoking in this call, may he be gracio - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.128.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.128.9.md): May our rivals be gone; with Indra and Agni we drive them away. The Vasus, Rudras and Ādityas have made me, th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.1.md): Then there was neither being nor non-being; there was no air-space, nor the sky beyond it. What was enveloped, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.2.md): Then there was neither death nor immortality; there was no distinction of night and day. That One breathed wit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.3.md): In the beginning there was darkness hidden by darkness; all this was unmarked water. That which lay enclosed i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.4.md): In the beginning desire arose in it, the first seed of mind. Seers, searching in their hearts with wisdom, fou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.5.md): Their cord was stretched across. What was below, and what was above? There were seed-bearers, there were might - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.6.md): Who truly knows? Who here will declare whence it was born, whence this emission came? The gods are later than - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.129.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.129.7.md): Whence this creation arose, whether it was held firm or not — the overseer of it in the highest heaven, he ind - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.130.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.130.1.md): The sacrifice, stretched on all sides with threads and drawn out a hundredfold by the works of the gods, is be - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.130.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.130.2.md): The male stretches it out, the male pulls it up; the male spreads and tightens it here in heaven. These rays s - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.130.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.130.3.md): What was the measure, what the model? What was the base, what the ghee, what the enclosing stick, who was it? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.130.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.130.4.md): Gāyatrī became Agni's; with Uṣṇih, Savitṛ was joined as one. With Anuṣṭubh, Soma became mighty through the rec - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.130.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.130.5.md): Virāj is the splendour of Mitra and Varuṇa; Triṣṭubh here is Indra's share, the share of the day. Jagatī enter - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.130.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.130.6.md): By it the seers and men were made fit. When the sacrifice was born, our ancient fathers were made fit. Seeing, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.130.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.130.7.md): Enveloped by the same praise and the same meters, seven divine seers of one measure, having seen the path of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.131.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.131.1.md): O Indra, overpowerer, drive away all enemies, eastern, western, northern and southern. O hero, in your wide sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.131.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.131.2.md): Indeed, just as those who offer barley winnow the grain in due order, so, Indra, here and there prepare food o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.131.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.131.3.md): The journey is not hard in due season, and fame has been won in the gatherings. Seers desiring cows call upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.131.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.131.4.md): You two, O Aśvins, drank the surā together at the house of the demon Namuci. O lords of the bright one, you pr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.131.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.131.5.md): As parents hold a son, you two Aśvins, both, O Indra, helped with poetic words and skillful deeds. When you dr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.131.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.131.6.md): May Indra be the true protector, rich in wealth, easy to reach by help, all-knowing. May he drive away enmity - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.131.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.131.7.md): May we abide in the favor of him who is worthy of sacrifice, and in auspicious good will. May Indra, the prote - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.132.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.132.1.md): The sky, rich in bounty, increased the one who sacrifices; the earth, in its mighty power, increased the one w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.132.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.132.2.md): Mitra and Varuṇa, you two who uphold the earth and the dwelling, we worship with good impulse and sacrifice; b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.132.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.132.3.md): Then indeed we seek from you two that dear wealth; may the wealth of the giver who increases it come together - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.132.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.132.4.md): That other one was born, O asura; the sky was produced — you, Varuṇa, are king over all; he looked upon the su - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.132.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.132.5.md): In him, O Śakapūta, is this sin; in the good friend's favor it strikes down the heroes who have gone astray, o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.132.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.132.6.md): For your mother is Aditi, O far-seeing ones; as heaven and earth are filled with milk, she cleanses. Shine dow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.132.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.132.7.md): For you two, far-reaching ones, have sat down, like a chariot standing on its yoke-pole, seated in the forest, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.133.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.133.1.md): Sing strong praise to Indra, who drives the chariot in front, who makes room in close encounters, the slayer o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.133.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.133.2.md): You released the rivers to flow downward and slew the serpent. Indra, you were born without enemies; you nouri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.133.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.133.3.md): Let all enmities perish, and let our prayers not perish; you are the one who strikes down the foe. Indra, for - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.133.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.133.4.md): Indra, the man who, wolf-like, aims to hunt us from all sides, bring him down to the lowest place. You are the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.133.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.133.5.md): Indra, whoever assails us, whether a kinsman or a hostile chieftain, bring down his strength. You are great li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.133.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.133.6.md): Indra, we who desire you begin our friendship; lead us on the path of truth. Let all evil deeds and difficulti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.133.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.133.7.md): O Indra, grant us that boon you give to the singer; may the great cow, whose udder is unbroken and who streams - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.134.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.134.1.md): When you, Indra, filled both worlds, heaven and earth, like Dawn, the goddess mother bore the great one, the u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.134.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.134.2.md): Cast down the mortal who schemes to harm, and firmly set him in the lowest place; the one who aims his malice - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.134.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.134.3.md): O slayer of foes, shake down those great refreshments, all-glorious, with your powers; O mighty Indra, shake t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.134.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.134.4.md): O Indra of a hundred deeds, when you shake down all wealth together, like a jewel, to the one who presses soma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.134.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.134.5.md): Like drops of dew, may they fall down on every side; like threads of dūrvā grass, may the evil thought go far - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.134.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.134.6.md): As one holds a long goad, so you bear your might, O wise one; walk with the ancient step, O bountiful Indra, a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.134.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.134.7.md): O gods, we do not harm, nor do we lead astray; the deed heard in the sacred utterance we perform here. With wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.135.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.135.1.md): In the tree with fair leaves, where Yama drinks the soma with the gods, there our father, lord of the clans, l - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.135.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.135.2.md): I looked upon him as he wandered, longing after the ancient ones, with this evil, toward yonder path, sighing; - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.135.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.135.3.md): O boy, the new chariot without wheels that you made by thought, one-axled and going forward on all sides — upo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.135.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.135.4.md): O boy, the chariot you turned forward among the seers — behind it the sāman chant also turned forward; from he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.135.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.135.5.md): Who gave birth to the boy, who turned the chariot out? Who will tell us that today — how was it the answer? - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.135.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.135.6.md): As that answer came to be, the first thing that was in front was born: the base in front, the spread-out behin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.135.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.135.7.md): This is the seat of Yama, spoken of as divine; his pipe is blown, adorned with songs. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.136.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.136.1.md): The long-haired one bears Agni; the long-haired one bears poison; the long-haired one bears heaven and earth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.136.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.136.2.md): The sages, girdled with the wind, wear tawny garments. When the gods have entered them, they go following the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.136.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.136.3.md): Made frenzied by the ascetic's discipline, we have risen up with the winds. O mortals, you indeed behold only - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.136.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.136.4.md): Through the mid-air he flies, beholding all forms. The muni, friend of the god of gods, is appointed for the n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.136.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.136.5.md): The steed of the wind, friend of Vayu, the muni sent forth by the gods — he dwells over both oceans, he who wa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.136.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.136.6.md): Roaming in the realm of the apsarases, gandharvas, and wild beasts, the long-haired one, knower of the wise in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.136.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.136.7.md): Vāyu churns near for him; he becomes like crushed dust when, together with Rudra, he drinks from the cup of po - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.137.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.137.1.md): And, O gods, you lead up again what has been set down; and, O gods, you make live again the one who has commit - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.137.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.137.2.md): Let these two winds blow — from the river and from far away let them blow hither; let one wind bring your vigo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.137.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.137.3.md): O wind, bring hither the healing remedy; O wind, blow away the disease. For you are the all-healer, and you go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.137.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.137.4.md): I have come to you with peaceful offspring and with unharmed offspring; I have brought you auspicious strength - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.137.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.137.5.md): Let the gods here protect; let the host of the Maruts protect; let all beings be protected, so that this one m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.137.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.137.6.md): Waters indeed are healing, and the waters are healers; the waters, causing health, are the remedy of all — may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.137.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.137.7.md): With the two ten-fingered hands, and with the tongue that goes before speech, with those two that never tire, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.138.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.138.1.md): O Indra, in your friendship the strong warriors, honoring cosmic order, dug open the enclosure of Vala. Where - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.138.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.138.2.md): You released the mountain-flowing waters downward, drove out the cows, and drank the dear sweet draught. By yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.138.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.138.3.md): The sun released his chariot in mid-heaven. The Aryan Indra found a counterpart for the slave; with Ṛjiśvan yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.138.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.138.4.md): The fearless Indra broke open the unassailable strongholds; Ayāsya shattered the treasure-hoards of the non-go - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.138.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.138.5.md): The invincible-armed, all-pervading Indra conquers by splitting apart his foes; the slayer of Vṛtra rushes tow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.138.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.138.6.md): These are your famous deeds, alone, when you, the one, set in order the disordered (non-sacrifice). You placed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.139.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.139.1.md): Savitṛ, sun-rayed and golden-haired, rose in the east with unceasing light. At his impulsion Pūṣan, the all-kn - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.139.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.139.2.md): This overseer of men stands in the middle of heaven, filling the two worlds and the atmosphere. He looks upon - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.139.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.139.3.md): The root of wealth, gatherer of goods, he looks upon all forms with his powers. Like the god Savitṛ, true in h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.139.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.139.4.md): O Soma, the all-wealthy Gandharva and the waters that had seen, went apart by the rta. Indra followed that, an - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.139.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.139.5.md): May the all-wealthy celestial Gandharva, measurer of space, praise that for us, whether it is true or whatever - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.139.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.139.6.md): In the flow of the rivers he found the cave; he opened the doors of the stone enclosures. Their Gandharva spok - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.140.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.140.1.md): O Agni, your fame and splendor are great; O Vibhāvasu, your flames shine. O Bṛhadbhānu, with your might you pl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.140.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.140.2.md): You, of purifying, bright, and unbroken radiance, rise up with your light. Moving between the two mothers like - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.140.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.140.3.md): O grandson of strength, O Jātavedas, be gladdened by praises, dear through prayers. In you the gods of many fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.140.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.140.4.md): O Agni, stirring up, spread riches for us among the peoples, O immortal one. You shine with the radiance of th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.140.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.140.5.md): You give to the accomplisher of the sacrifice, the wise, far-seeing one who dwells in great wealth. You place - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.140.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.140.6.md): The peoples have set Agni before them for splendor and wealth, the keeper of cosmic order, mighty, seen by all - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.141.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.141.1.md): O Agni, speak to us here; be favorably disposed toward us, of gracious mind. O lord of the peoples, grant to u - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.141.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.141.2.md): May Aryaman lead us forward, may Bhaga lead us forward, may Brihaspati lead us forward. May the gods and the g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.141.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.141.3.md): For protection we call with songs King Soma, Agni, the Adityas, Vishnu, the Sun, Brahmanaspati, and Brihaspati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.141.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.141.4.md): Here we invoke well Indra-Vayu and Brihaspati, that every one of our people in the gathering may be well-minde - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.141.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.141.5.md): Urge Aryaman, Brihaspati, and Indra toward giving; urge the Wind, Vishnu, Sarasvati, Savitar, and the strong o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.141.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.141.6.md): O Agni, together with the fires, increase our sacred formulation and our sacrifice; urge us toward the favor o - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.1.md): O Agni, this singer has found refuge in you; O son of strength, there is no other refuge beyond you. Your shel - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.2.md): O Agni, your birth advances; as a sacrificial ally you set all beings and worlds in order. The seven streams m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.3.md): And indeed you, O Agni of your own strength, hold back many devouring plants. The field-stakes become supports - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.4.md): When you go seizing from above and below, you go apart like an army advancing to battle. When the wind follows - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.5.md): Toward this one appeared rows of flame; many chariots go along one path. When you, O Agni, wiping your arms, b - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.6.md): For you let strengths rise up; let your flame rise up; O Agni, for the one who praises and kindles, let the re - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.7.md): This is the descent of the waters, the dwelling of the ocean. Make another path from here and go along it afte - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.142.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.142.8.md): At your coming and your going, let grasses grow and flowering vines; let pools and lotuses rise too — these ar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.143.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.143.1.md): As one would set a horse in motion, you two, when again, made truth-loving Atri and Kakshivant like a new char - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.143.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.143.2.md): As one unbinds a strong horse and a firm knot, you two loosened Atri, the youngest, out of darkness. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.143.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.143.3.md): O men, you two most generous and bright ones, for Atri, fulfil the thoughts; then, O men, your praise from hea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.143.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.143.4.md): O Ashvins of good wealth, that gift and favour are yours; when you two, O men, carry us across to our wide sea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.143.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.143.5.md): You two, going with winged vehicles, rescued Bhujyu sunk in the ocean beyond the sky; O Nasatyas, you did it f - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.143.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.143.6.md): You two, bountiful and very mighty and all-knowing like Śaṃyu, O men, fill us together with nourishments, as a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.144.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.144.1.md): Immortal Indra, this drop of Soma flows swiftly for you, like a racehorse. Skillful and giving life to all, it - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.144.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.144.2.md): For us he is inspired poetry; the thunderbolt, skilled like Ṛbhu, is for the giver. He bears up the exhilarati - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.144.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.144.3.md): The mighty one, for the falcon, active, shares in these streams of his own. May the serpent-slayer hold down. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.144.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.144.4.md): The one the eagle, son of the winged Garuḍa, brought from afar — hundred-wheeled, which is the serpent's enclo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.144.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.144.5.md): For you the eagle, by foot, brought the lovely, harmless, ruddy drop of Soma; by this may strength spread apar - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.144.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.144.6.md): Thus, Indra, with that drop may he hold great strength even among the gods. By wisdom may our vigor spread apa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.145.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.145.1.md): I dig up this herb, the most strengthening and most potent. By it the rival wife is driven off, and by it the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.145.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.145.2.md): O spread-leaved, auspicious, god-impelled, powerful one! Drive my rival wife far away; make my husband mine al - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.145.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.145.3.md): I am superior, O superior one, higher than the superiors. But my rival wife shall be inferior, beneath even th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.145.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.145.4.md): I do not even speak her name, and she does not delight in this man. We send the rival wife far off, to a count - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.145.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.145.5.md): I am the overcomer, and you too are an overcomer. Both of us, becoming strong, let us two together overcome my - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.145.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.145.6.md): I have placed you near; I have placed the conqueror toward you, and me with the strong one toward you. Let you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.146.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.146.1.md): O Aranyani, O Aranyani, you vanish as if lost. Why do you not ask after the village? It is as if fear has seiz - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.146.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.146.2.md): When it calls out to the bull-roaring one, the forest-lady is honored as though chased along by striking stick - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.146.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.146.3.md): She seems to be grazing like cows, and appears like a house. And the forest-lady at evening is driven forth li - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.146.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.146.4.md): The bell-voiced one calls the cow; he cuts down the wood. Dwelling in the forest, he thinks he has shouted at - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.146.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.146.5.md): Indeed the forest-lady harms no one, if another does not approach her. Having eaten sweet fruit, she lies down - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.146.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.146.6.md): I have praised the fragrant, collyrium-scented, food-rich, untilled Aranyani, mother of the deer. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.147.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.147.1.md): O wielder of the thunderbolt, for the first anger I offer this to you: when you slew Vṛtra and opened the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.147.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.147.2.md): You, O blameless one, with your magic powers crush the magician Vṛtra with a mind seeking fame; in the cattle- - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.147.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.147.3.md): Here among these singers, O much-invoked one, O wealthy one, you who have grown strong have attained wealth; m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.147.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.147.4.md): May he indeed win wealth and the exhilaration of the generous supporter, and know his sweet delight. You who h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.147.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.147.5.md): Praised through your greatness, make a wide place for the contest of strength; O wealthy one, grant riches. Yo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.148.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.148.1.md): We who have pressed the soma praise you, Indra, and those who have sacrificed also seek wealth. O you of abund - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.148.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.148.2.md): Victorious you are, Indra, hero; born, you should overcome the enemy women and peoples along with the sun. The - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.148.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.148.3.md): O noble one, or sing with songs toward Indra, as a knowing, inspired poet of the seers, seeking favour. May we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.148.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.148.4.md): These prayers I recite for you, Indra; you grant strength to men, O hero. Be purposeful with those in whom you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.148.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.148.5.md): Hear the call, Indra, O hero, of the earth; and you are praised with the hymns of the venya. Your ghee-rich ab - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.149.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.149.1.md): Savitṛ with his instruments held the earth fast; without props Savitṛ made the sky firm. Like a horse he drew - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.149.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.149.2.md): Where he loosened the restrained ocean, Savitṛ, grandson of the waters, knows its secret. From there the earth - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.149.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.149.3.md): Afterwards this became another, worthy of worship, by the power of the immortal world. Savitṛ's heavy-winged S - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.149.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.149.4.md): As cows turn toward the village, as horses toward the chariot, as a gladdened cow toward her calf, as a husban - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.149.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.149.5.md): O Savitṛ, golden-hymned! As the Aṅgirases invoked you in this contest, so I, praising you and bowing reverentl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.150.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.150.1.md): O Agni, carrier of oblations, you are kindled and kindled well for the gods. Come to us with the Ādityas, the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.150.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.150.2.md): Accepting this sacrifice and this hymn, come near. O kindled Agni, mortals call you; for grace we call you. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.150.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.150.3.md): All-knowing, all-welcome Agni, I praise you with my thought. O Agni, bring the gods devoted to good order here - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.150.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.150.4.md): Agni, a god among gods, became the chief priest. Men and seers kindle Agni well. For the winning of great weal - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.150.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.150.5.md): Agni protected Atri, Bharadvaja and Gavishtira; in the call to battle he protected Kanva, Trasadasyu and us. T - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.151.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.151.1.md): By faith Agni is kindled well; by faith the oblation is offered. Faith upon the head of Bhaga we make known wi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.151.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.151.2.md): O Faith, be dear to the giver; O Faith, be dear to the one who desires to give. Be dear among the feasters and - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.151.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.151.3.md): Just as the gods placed faith among the asuras and the fierce ones, so too among the feasters and the sacrific - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.151.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.151.4.md): The gods, guarded by Vāyu, sacrificing, sit near Faith. With the resolve of the heart and with faith, a man ob - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.151.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.151.5.md): At dawn we call upon Faith; at midday we call upon Faith; at the sun's setting we call upon Faith. O Faith, he - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.152.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.152.1.md): Thus you are mighty, devourer of enemies, a wondrous ruler; the friend of him whom you favor is never slain, n - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.152.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.152.2.md): Bestower of well-being, lord of the peoples, slayer of Vṛtra, averter of foes, subduer, the bull Indra—let him - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.152.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.152.3.md): Drive the demons away, strike down the foes; shatter both jaws of Vṛtra. O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, break the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.152.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.152.4.md): O Indra, drive the demons away; press down the foes who seek battle. Him who assails us, send down into the lo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.152.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.152.5.md): O Indra, turn away the mind of the enemy, and the blow of those who desire to conquer us; grant the shelter th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.153.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.153.1.md): Trembling, working women sit near Indra, who was born; having shared in his excellent manly strength, they app - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.153.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.153.2.md): You, O Indra, were born from force and from strength; O bull, you indeed are the bull. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.153.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.153.3.md): You, O Indra, are the slayer of Vritra; you spread out the mid-air. With your might you propped up the heaven. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.153.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.153.4.md): You, O Indra, bear the sacred song in your two arms, like a companion; sharpening the thunderbolt with your mi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.153.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.153.5.md): You, O Indra, are the overpowerer of all born beings by your might; that very you became the lord of all the w - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.154.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.154.1.md): Soma flows with ghee for some, and some sit beside them. Let it reach those for whom the honey flows forth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.154.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.154.2.md): Those who through austerity became unassailable, who through austerity went to heaven, who performed great aus - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.154.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.154.3.md): Those heroes who fight in contests, the brave who give up their bodies, or who give a thousand gifts: to them - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.154.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.154.4.md): To the ancient fathers who kept truth, who possessed truth and strengthened truth, O Yama, to the fervent fath - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.154.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.154.5.md): The poets of a thousand guides, who guard the sun; O Yama, to the fervent seers, born of austerity, may it als - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.155.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.155.1.md): O unlucky one, one-eyed, crooked, wicked, go away to the mountain. With the powers of Śirimbiṭha, and with tho - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.155.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.155.2.md): From here and from there, the destroyer; that ill-starred one who has risen up with all her curses — O Brahmaṇ - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.155.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.155.3.md): That timber which floats on the far side of the river, in a place without man — seize that very one here, O de - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.155.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.155.4.md): When the eastern ones — guardians of the frogs, broad-breasted — indeed went forth, then all of Indra's enemie - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.155.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.155.5.md): They have driven the cow about, and snatched the fire around; they have made fame among the gods. Who would da - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.156.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.156.1.md): Let our prayers urge Agni on, as one urges a swift horse in contests; by him may we win wealth upon wealth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.156.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.156.2.md): O Agni, with that army and by your protection with which we obtain the cows, urge that on for us, for the givi - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.156.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.156.3.md): O Agni, bring us wealth, strong, broad, rich in cattle and horses; open the sky, turn back the Paṇi. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.156.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.156.4.md): O Agni, you raise the imperishable star and the sun into the sky, bearing light for the peoples. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.156.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.156.5.md): O Agni, you are the banner of the peoples, dearest and most excellent, seated near the sacrifice. Awaken the p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.157.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.157.1.md): May these worlds indeed prosper; may Indra and all the gods prosper. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.157.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.157.2.md): May Indra, together with the Ādityas, establish our sacrifice, our bodies, and our offspring. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.157.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.157.3.md): May Indra, with his host, with the Maruts and with the Ādityas, be the protector of our bodies. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.157.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.157.4.md): When the gods advanced to slay the asuras, the gods went on guarding their divinity. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.157.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.157.5.md): With their powers they led forward the hymn turned toward them; then indeed they beheld on every side their ow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.158.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.158.1.md): May Sūrya protect us from heaven, and Vāta protect us from the atmosphere; may Agni protect us from the earthl - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.158.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.158.2.md): O Savitṛ, be pleased; your golden splendor is worthy of a hundred libations. Protect us from the falling light - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.158.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.158.3.md): May the god Savitṛ give us sight; may the mountain also give us sight; may Dhātṛ grant us sight. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.158.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.158.4.md): Place sight in us, grant sight for seeing, grant sight for our bodies. May we see this together and also disti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.158.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.158.5.md): O Sūrya, we would see you, most beautiful, face to face; may we see clearly, we who see with the watchers of m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.159.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.159.1.md): That sun has risen, and here my fortune has risen too. Knowing this, victorious over rivals, I have prevailed - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.159.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.159.2.md): I am the banner, I am the head; I am fierce and eloquent. Following my own resolve, may my husband come to her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.159.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.159.3.md): My sons are enemy-slayers, and my daughter is a brilliant ruler. I am also victorious in battle; in my husband - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.159.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.159.4.md): By the same oblation by which Indra, having acted, became glorious and supreme, I have done this. O gods, I ha - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.159.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.159.5.md): Unrivalled, destroying rivals, victorious, overpowering, I have drawn hither the radiance and wealth of the ot - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.159.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.159.6.md): I have completely conquered these rivals; I am the one who overpowers them, so that I may rule over this hero - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.160.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.160.1.md): O Indra, drink this sharp soma that strikes out; here release your two all-chariot horses. Other sacrificers h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.160.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.160.2.md): Pressed for you are these soma-offerings, and for you the hymns rise; the praisers call you. O Indra, acceptin - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.160.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.160.3.md): He who presses soma for him with a glad mind and whole heart, desiring the gods — Indra does not give away his - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.160.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.160.4.md): The wealthy man who presses no soma for him is not overlooked; the bountiful Indra thrusts him away with his a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.160.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.160.5.md): Desiring horses, desiring cattle, desiring food, we call you, to draw near to you; they adorn you. In your new - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.161.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.161.1.md): For life, I release you with oblation from the wasting disease of the unknown and also from the wasting diseas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.161.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.161.2.md): Whether he is short-lived, or has gone far away, or has been led near to death, I bring him back hither; I hav - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.161.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.161.3.md): With the thousand-eyed, the hundred-autumned, and the hundred-lived oblation, I have brought him back. As Indr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.161.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.161.4.md): Live a hundred autumns, growing; a hundred winters and a hundred springs. May Indra and Agni, Savitṛ and Bṛhas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.161.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.161.5.md): I brought you back, I found you; you came back again, O renewed one! O whole-limbed one! I found all your sigh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.162.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.162.1.md): With the sacred formula, may Agni, united with us and slayer of demons, drive away from here that disease whic - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.162.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.162.2.md): That disease which, in your embryo, hard to overcome, settles in your womb, that flesh-eating demon, Agni has - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.162.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.162.3.md): Him who strikes your flying and lurking one, who strikes the creeping one, who desires to slay your newborn, h - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.162.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.162.4.md): Him who roams between your two thighs, who lies between the couple, who enters within the womb, him we destroy - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.162.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.162.5.md): Him who approaches you, becoming brother, husband, and then lover, who desires to slay your offspring, him we - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.162.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.162.6.md): Him who, bewildering you with dream and darkness, approaches you, who desires to slay your offspring, him we d - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.163.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.163.1.md): From your two eyes, your nostrils, your ears, and from above the chin, from the head, the wasting disease, fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.163.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.163.2.md): From your necks, from the ushnihā-parts, from the kīkasa-parts, and from the anūkya, the wasting disease locat - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.163.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.163.3.md): From your intestines, from the buttocks, from the spleen, and from above the heart, the disease, from the two - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.163.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.163.4.md): From your thighs, from the knuckles, from the heels, and from the soles of the feet, the disease, from the hip - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.163.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.163.5.md): From urination, from the sexual organ, from the body-hairs, and from your nails, the disease; from all, from y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.163.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.163.6.md): From limb to limb, from joint to joint, the born disease at each joint; from all, from your own body, that one - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.164.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.164.1.md): Go away, O lord of the mind; step away, move far off. Look toward Nirṛti from afar. Let the mind of the living - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.164.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.164.2.md): They choose the auspicious boon; they yoke the auspicious right side. In Vaivasvata is a good sight. Let the m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.164.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.164.3.md): Whatever we have done wrong while waking, by speech, by blame, by accusation, and whatever while sleeping, may - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.164.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.164.4.md): O Indra, lord of the sacred formulation, whatever hostility we commit, may the far-seeing one of the Āṅgirasas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.164.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.164.5.md): Today we have conquered, we have prospered, we have become guiltless. The evil resolve of waking and dreaming, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.165.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.165.1.md): O gods, the dove sent forth as messenger of Nirṛti has come here, wishing for us. For it let us honour and mak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.165.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.165.2.md): May the dove sent forth be auspicious for us; O gods, though a bird in the houses, may it not harm us. Surely - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.165.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.165.3.md): May the winged missile not strike us; it sets its step in the fire-place. Let there be welfare for cows and fo - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.165.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.165.4.md): When the owl speaks this idle word, and when the dove sets its step in the fire; homage be to Yama, to whose m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.165.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.165.5.md): Drive away the dove with the verse; driving it off, lead the cattle around in joy. Gathering all evils and lea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.166.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.166.1.md): Make me the bull among my equals and rivals, the conqueror, the slayer of enemies, the lord and ruler of the c - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.166.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.166.2.md): I am like Indra, the slayer of rivals, unharmed and unwounded; all my rivals lie beneath my feet. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.166.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.166.3.md): Right here I bind you too, like two bowstrings with the bow-cord. Lord of speech, push these down, that they m - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.166.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.166.4.md): Overpowering, I have come here with the all-making might. I take your mind and your vow into my power; I seize - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.166.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.166.5.md): Taking your welfare and security, may I become supreme; I have stepped upon your heads. Speak aloud for me fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.167.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.167.1.md): O Indra, for you this sweet soma is poured; you are the king of the pressed soma vessel. Grant us wealth rich - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.167.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.167.2.md): We call upon Indra, the heaven-conqueror, the great one exhilarated by soma, with the pressed libations. Atten - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.167.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.167.3.md): In the law of King Soma and of Varuṇa, under the shelter of Bṛhaspati's favor, O Indra, bountiful one, today i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.167.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.167.4.md): Impelled, I made the offering-food, and in the caru; and I lift up and cleanse this hymn, as the first poet. I - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.168.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.168.1.md): Now the greatness of Vāta's chariot appears; its roar goes thundering forth. Touching the sky and making the r - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.168.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.168.2.md): The companions of Vāta rush forth together, going to him as women go to a gathering. With them, the god yoked - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.168.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.168.3.md): Moving through the mid-air along its paths, it does not settle anywhere on any day. Friend of the waters, firs - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.168.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.168.4.md): The soul of the gods, the womb of the world, moves at will—this god. Only his roars are heard; his form is not - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.169.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.169.1.md): O Rudra, let the wind that brings well-being blow toward the cows and enter the vigorous plants; let the fat, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.169.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.169.2.md): Those cows that are of the same form, of diverse forms, and of one form, whose names Agni knows through the sa - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.169.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.169.3.md): Those cows that among the gods have stirred their bodies, whose every form Soma knows; swelling with milk, mak - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.169.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.169.4.md): Prajāpati, in agreement with all the gods and fathers, bestowing these on me, auspicious, have come to our cow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.170.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.170.1.md): May the radiant, great Sun drink the sweet soma-honey, he who establishes undiminished life in the lord of sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.170.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.170.2.md): The radiant great Sun, well-supported, bringer of strength, is truly fixed in the divine support. Slayer of en - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.170.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.170.3.md): This Sun is the best of lights, the highest light; conqueror of all, winner of wealth, he is proclaimed great. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.170.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.170.4.md): Shining, you went with light to the heavenly world, attaining the brilliance of the sky, by whom all these wor - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.171.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.171.1.md): O Indra, you protected the chariot of Iṭa's line and heard the call of the soma-presser. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.171.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.171.2.md): You removed the head of the sacrificer Dodhata from his skin, and you went to the house of the soma-presser. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.171.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.171.3.md): O Indra, you again and again hurled that beloved mortal for Āstrabudhna, and for Manasyu. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.171.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.171.4.md): O Indra, you made the sun, which was behind, to be in front; you guided the will of the gods so it would not g - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.172.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.172.1.md): Come hither with the wood; the cows join along the path, when they come with their udders. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.172.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.172.2.md): Come hither with the wealth-giving thought, most exhilarating one, inciting the sacrifice, with the bountiful - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.172.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.172.3.md): Like the bearers of the father's line, indeed the thread: we bountiful givers establish it and perform the sac - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.172.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.172.4.md): Dawn drives away the darkness of her sister; she gathers the path together with good birth. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.173.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.173.1.md): I have brought you here; be firm, stand steadfast and unshaken. Let all the peoples desire you; may this kingd - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.173.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.173.2.md): Remain right here, do not fall away; be unshaken like a mountain. Stand firm here like Indra, and here hold up - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.173.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.173.3.md): Indra established this firm one with a firm oblation. For him let Soma speak; for him indeed let the lord of t - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.173.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.173.4.md): The sky is firm, the earth is firm; these mountains are firm. This whole moving world is firm; the firm king i - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.173.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.173.5.md): For you let King Varuna make it firm, let the god Brihaspati make it firm. For you let Indra and Agni also hol - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.173.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.173.6.md): With a firm oblation we anoint the firm one with Soma. And then may Indra make you the sole lord of the people - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.174.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.174.1.md): By that overpowering oblation with which Indra turned about to overcome, by that, O Brahmaṇaspati, turn us tow - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.174.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.174.2.md): Having overcome the rivals, stand over the hostilities against us, over whoever desires battle, and stand over - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.174.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.174.3.md): The god Savitṛ has turned toward you, and Soma has turned toward you; may all beings be upon you, so that you - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.174.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.174.4.md): By which oblation Indra, having acted, became radiant and supreme, that very one has been done; O gods, I have - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.174.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.174.5.md): Without rivals, slayer of rivals, holding dominion, a conqueror, so that I may rule over these beings and over - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.175.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.175.1.md): O pressing stones, may the god Savitṛ impel you by his law. Yoke yourselves to the axle-poles and press the so - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.175.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.175.2.md): O pressing stones, drive away the evil thought of the malicious. Make a healing draught for the bright cows. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.175.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.175.3.md): The pressing stones rejoice together on the heights, bestowing virile strength upon the bull. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.175.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.175.4.md): O pressing stones, may the god Savitṛ now impel you by his law, for the sacrificer, for the one who presses th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.176.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.176.1.md): The great sons of the Ṛbhus praise with might the all-bestowing one; they partake of the cow as of a mother. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.176.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.176.2.md): Bring forth the god Jātavedas with divine prayer; may he carry our oblations in due order. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.176.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.176.3.md): This Hotar, desirous of the gods, is led forward for the sacrifice; like a chariot enclosed by reins, the flam - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.176.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.176.4.md): This Agni rises up as from immortality into birth; stronger even than might, the god has been made for life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.177.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.177.1.md): The bird hidden by the asura's magic is seen by the wise with heart and mind. Within the ocean the poets clear - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.177.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.177.2.md): The bird bears speech with its mind; the gandharva spoke it within the womb. The poets keep guard over that sh - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.177.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.177.3.md): I saw the guardian who never rests, walking the paths that come and go. Moving together and apart, clothed in - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.178.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.178.1.md): Let us call here, for our well-being, that swift, god-invoked, victorious guardian of chariots, Tārkṣya, whose - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.178.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.178.2.md): Calling like Indra's bounty, may we climb up for our welfare as onto a boat. O wide, broad, deep Heaven and Ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.178.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.178.3.md): He who, by his might, at once spreads the five peoples, and with his light, like the sun, spreads out the wate - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.179.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.179.1.md): Rise up and look down: this is Indra's portion, fit for its season. If the soma is pressed, offer it; if unpre - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.179.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.179.2.md): O Indra, the pressed oblation is here: come forth. The sun has gone to the middle of the path. Friends and cla - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.179.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.179.3.md): I deem the pressed soma pressed in the udder, pressed in the fire, well pressed — that is the newer truth. Dri - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.180.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.180.1.md): O Indra, much-invoked, you have overcome the enemies; let your valor be supreme and your gift be here. Indra, - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.180.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.180.2.md): Like a fearsome deer, moving among the mountains, you have come hither from afar. Indra, having sharpened your - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.180.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.180.3.md): Indra, you were born with dominion and desirable strength; O bull, you appeared among the people. You drove aw - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.181.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.181.1.md): Whose name is broad and very broad, the oblation of the oblation of the Anuṣṭubh meter — from Dhātṛ, the shini - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.181.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.181.2.md): They found that concealed offering, which in the secret place was the supreme abode of the sacrifice; from Dhā - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.181.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.181.3.md): Meditating with mind, they found the sacrificial formula that had fallen down, the first path of the gods; fro - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.182.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.182.1.md): May Brihaspati lead us through the difficult ways and turn the prayer of the evil-speaker back upon him. Casti - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.182.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.182.2.md): May Narashamsa protect us at the preliminary offering, and may the after-offering bring us peace at the invoca - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.182.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.182.3.md): May Tapurmurdhan burn the rakshasas, the enemies of the sacred word, who deserve to be slain by the arrow. Cas - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.183.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.183.1.md): With my mind I beheld you, born from fervor and grown great through fervor. Bestowing offspring and wealth her - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.183.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.183.2.md): With my mind I beheld you, radiant one, longing in your own body at the season. Stand high near me, young woma - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.183.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.183.3.md): I placed the embryo in the plants; I established life within all the worlds. I generated offspring upon the ea - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.184.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.184.1.md): May Viṣṇu prepare the womb, and Tvaṣṭā shape the forms. May Prajāpati pour here, and Dhātā establish your embr - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.184.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.184.2.md): Hold the embryo, O Sinīvālī; hold the embryo, O Sarasvatī. May the two Aśvins, wearing lotus garlands, place y - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.184.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.184.3.md): The golden fire-sticks from which the two Aśvins churn out fire — that embryo we call for you, for birth in th - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.185.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.185.1.md): May the great protection of the three be strong: of Mitra and Aryaman, and of Varuṇa, which none can overcome. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.185.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.185.2.md): On their paths and in their barriers, no enemy or evil-speaker ever gains power over them. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.185.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.185.3.md): For whom the sons of Aditi grant unceasing light to the mortal, that he may live. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.186.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.186.1.md): May the wind blow hither, a healing remedy for our heart, gracious and bringing well-being. May it lengthen ou - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.186.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.186.2.md): O Wind, you are our father, and our brother and friend too. Therefore make us fit for life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.186.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.186.3.md): O Wind, from the treasure of immortality placed in your house, give to us for life. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.187.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.187.1.md): Send forth your speech to Agni, the bull of the dwellings of men. May he carry us across beyond the hostile on - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.187.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.187.2.md): He who shines from afar across the wide desert, may he carry us across beyond the hostile ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.187.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.187.3.md): The bull who with bright flame drives away the demons, may he carry us across beyond the hostile ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.187.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.187.4.md): He who beholds all beings and also sees them together, may he carry us across beyond the hostile ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.187.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.187.5.md): He who was born as bright Agni beyond this atmosphere, may he carry us across beyond the hostile ones. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.188.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.188.1.md): Now drive forth the swift steed-like praise to Agni Jātavedas; here the sacred grass is spread for us to sit. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.188.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.188.2.md): To this Agni Jātavedas, who makes the sages heroes, the bountiful one, I send forth a great and fine hymn of p - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.188.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.188.3.md): May Jātavedas, with those radiances of his that carry the oblation to the gods, bring our sacrifice forward. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.189.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.189.1.md): This dappled cow came forth and sat before the mother, going toward the father and the heavenly light. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.189.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.189.2.md): She moves among the lights, exhaling from the breath; the mighty one has lit up the sky. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.189.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.189.3.md): Thirty abodes shine forth; speech is established for the flying bird, toward the night, with the days. - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.190.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.190.1.md): Cosmic order and truth were kindled and arose from the heat of tapas. From that arose night, and from that the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.190.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.190.2.md): From that surging ocean the year was born. Ordaining the days and nights, it became the ruler of all that move - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.190.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.190.3.md): The creator Dhātā formed sun and moon in their former order, and also the sky and earth, the mid-air, and the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.191.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.191.1.md): O bull-like Agni, you rightly join all kinsmen; at the place of Iḍā you are kindled well. That very one, bring - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.191.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.191.2.md): Go together, speak together; let your minds know together. As the gods of old, agreeing together, received the - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.191.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.191.3.md): Common is the prayer, common the assembly, common the mind and the single purpose of these. For you I recite a - [Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.191.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.191.4.md): Let your resolve be one, your hearts one; let your mind be one, so that you may be well united. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.1.md): Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: On the field of dharma, at Kurukṣetra, my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu gathered, eager to figh - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.2.md): Sañjaya said: Seeing the Pāṇḍava army drawn up for battle, King Duryodhana went to his teacher Droṇa and spoke - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.3.md): Teacher, look at this vast army of the sons of Pāṇḍu, arrayed by your own clever pupil, the son of Drupada. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.4.md): Here are heroes and mighty archers, equal in battle to Bhīma and Arjuna: Yuyudhāna, Virāṭa, and Drupada, the g - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.5.md): Dhṛṣṭaketu, Cekitāna and the valiant king of Kāśī; Purujit, Kuntibhoja and Śaibya, the best of men; - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.6.md): bold Yudhāmanyu and valiant Uttamaujas, the son of Subhadrā and the sons of Draupadī: every one of them a grea - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.7.md): Now hear, best of the twice-born, the foremost on our side, the leaders of my army; I name them for you. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.8.md): Yourself and Bhīṣma, Karṇa and Kṛpa, ever victorious in battle; Aśvatthāmā, Vikarṇa and the son of Somadatta; - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.9.md): and many other heroes ready to give their lives for me, armed with every kind of weapon, all of them skilled i - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.10.md): Our strength, guarded by Bhīṣma, is beyond measure; theirs, guarded by Bhīma, is limited. (Readers have long n - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.11.md): So all of you, holding your places at every entry of the formation, must above all protect Bhīṣma. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.12.md): Then, to cheer Duryodhana, the mighty grandsire Bhīṣma, eldest of the Kurus, roared like a lion and blew his c - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.13.md): Then conches, kettledrums, tabors, drums and horns all sounded at once, and the noise was tremendous. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.14.md): Then, standing in their great chariot yoked to white horses, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna blew their divine conches. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.15.md): Kṛṣṇa blew Pāñcajanya, Arjuna blew Devadatta, and Bhīma, doer of fearsome deeds, blew the great conch Pauṇḍra. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.16.md): King Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, blew Anantavijaya; Nakula and Sahadeva blew Sughoṣa and Maṇipuṣpaka. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.17.md): The king of Kāśī, a superb archer, and the great chariot-warrior Śikhaṇḍī; Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa and the unconq - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.18.md): Drupada and the sons of Draupadī, and the mighty-armed son of Subhadrā, O king, all blew their own conches on - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.19.md): That thunderous sound, echoing through sky and earth, tore at the hearts of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.20.md): Then Arjuna, whose banner bears Hanumān, saw Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons drawn up in their ranks, and as the weapons we - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.21.md): and said to Kṛṣṇa, O king: 'Acyuta, place my chariot between the two armies, - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.22.md): so that I can see these men standing here eager for battle, and know whom I must fight in this war, - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.23.md): and look at those who have gathered here to fight, wishing to please the ill-minded son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.' - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.24.md): Sañjaya said: Thus addressed by Arjuna, O Bhārata, Kṛṣṇa drew up that finest of chariots between the two armie - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.25.md): facing Bhīṣma, Droṇa and all the kings, and said: 'Pārtha, look at the Kurus gathered here.' - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.26.md): There Arjuna saw, standing in both armies, fathers and grandfathers, teachers, uncles, brothers, sons, grandso - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.27.md): fathers-in-law and well-wishers in both armies. Seeing all these kinsmen arrayed for battle, the son of Kuntī - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.28.md): was overcome with deep pity, and said in despair: 'Kṛṣṇa, seeing my own people drawn up here eager to fight, - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.29.md): my limbs give way and my mouth goes dry; my body trembles and my hair stands on end. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.30.md): Gāṇḍīva slips from my hand and my skin burns; I cannot stand steady, and my mind is reeling. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.31.md): I see ill omens, Keśava, and I can see no good in killing my own people in battle. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.32.md): I do not want victory, Kṛṣṇa, nor a kingdom, nor its pleasures. What is a kingdom to us, Govinda, or enjoyment - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.33.md): The very people for whose sake we wanted kingdom, enjoyment and pleasure stand here in battle, ready to give u - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.34.md): teachers, fathers, sons and grandfathers, uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and other kin. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.35.md): I do not wish to kill them, Madhusūdana, even if they kill me; not for rule over the three worlds, let alone f - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.36.md): What joy could we have, Janārdana, from killing the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra? Though they are aggressors, only sin - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.37.md): So we ought not to kill the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, our own kin. How could we be happy, Mādhava, after killing ou - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.38.md): Even if they, their minds overpowered by greed, cannot see the wrong in destroying a family, or the sin in bet - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.39.md): why should we, who see clearly the wrong in destroying a family, not know to turn back from this sin, Janārdan - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.40.md): When a family is destroyed, its ancient traditions perish; and when its dharma is lost, disorder overwhelms th - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.41.md): When disorder prevails, Kṛṣṇa, the women of the family are led astray, and from that, Vārṣṇeya, comes confusio - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.42.md): Such confusion leads to hell, both for the family and for those who destroy it; their ancestors fall too, depr - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.43.md): Through these wrongs of those who destroy the family and confuse the social order, the age-old duties of commu - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.44.md): People whose family traditions are destroyed, Janārdana, dwell in hell without end; so we have heard. - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.45.md): Alas, what a great sin we have resolved to commit, ready to kill our own people out of greed for the pleasures - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.46.md): It would be better for me if the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, weapons in hand, killed me in battle unarmed and unresis - [Bhagavad Gītā 1.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/1.47.md): Sañjaya said: Having spoken so on the battlefield, Arjuna cast aside his bow and arrows and sank down on the s - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.1.md): Sañjaya said: To him, overcome with pity, his troubled eyes full of tears, sunk in despair, Kṛṣṇa spoke these - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.2.md): The Lord said: Where has this faintness of heart come from, Arjuna, at such a moment of crisis? It does not be - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.3.md): Do not give in to this faint-heartedness, Pārtha; it does not become you. Cast off this petty weakness of hear - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.4.md): Arjuna said: How can I fight Bhīṣma and Droṇa in battle with arrows, Madhusūdana, when both are worthy of my w - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.5.md): Better in this world to live even on alms than to kill these noble teachers. If I killed them, however much th - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.6.md): Nor do we know which is better: that we conquer them, or that they conquer us. The sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra stand b - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.7.md): My nature is overcome by weakness and my mind is confused about what dharma asks. I ask you: tell me for certa - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.8.md): I see nothing that could take away this grief that dries up my senses, not even an unrivalled, prosperous king - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.9.md): Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus to Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, the conqueror of sleep, said to Govinda, 'I will not fight' - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.10.md): Then, O Bhārata, between the two armies, Kṛṣṇa, as if smiling, spoke these words to the despairing Arjuna. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.11.md): The Lord said: You grieve for those who need no grief, and yet you speak words that sound wise. The wise griev - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.12.md): Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor these kings; nor will any of us ever cease to be her - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.13.md): Just as the embodied self passes through childhood, youth and old age in this body, so it passes into another - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.14.md): The touch of the senses on their objects brings cold and heat, pleasure and pain, son of Kuntī. They come and - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.15.md): The steady person whom these do not disturb, best of men, who is the same in pain and pleasure, is fit for imm - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.16.md): The unreal never comes to be; the real never ceases to be. Those who see the truth have seen the final word on - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.17.md): Know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. No one can bring about the destruction of the im - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.18.md): These bodies of the eternal, indestructible, immeasurable embodied self are said to have an end. Therefore fig - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.19.md): One who thinks the self a slayer, and one who thinks it slain, both fail to understand. It does not slay, nor - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.20.md): It is never born, nor does it ever die; having been, it will never cease to be. Unborn, eternal, everlasting a - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.21.md): One who knows it to be indestructible, eternal, unborn and imperishable, Pārtha: how can such a person kill an - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.22.md): As a person casts off worn-out clothes and puts on others that are new, so the embodied self casts off worn-ou - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.23.md): Weapons do not cut it, fire does not burn it, water does not wet it, and wind does not dry it. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.24.md): It cannot be cut, burnt, wetted or dried. It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, unmoving and primeval. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.25.md): It is called unmanifest, unthinkable and unchanging. Knowing it to be so, you should not grieve. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.26.md): And even if you think of it as constantly being born and constantly dying, even then, mighty-armed one, you sh - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.27.md): For one who is born, death is certain; for one who dies, birth is certain. You should not grieve over what can - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.28.md): Beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their middle, and unmanifest again in their end, Bhārata - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.29.md): Someone sees it as a wonder; another speaks of it as a wonder; another hears of it as a wonder; and even havin - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.30.md): The self that dwells in every body can never be slain, Bhārata. So you should not grieve for any being. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.31.md): Considering your own duty as well, you should not waver. For a warrior there is nothing better than a battle f - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.32.md): Fortunate are the warriors, Pārtha, who meet such a battle, come to them unsought: it is a gate to heaven flun - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.33.md): But if you will not fight this righteous battle, then, abandoning your own duty and your honour, you will incu - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.34.md): People will speak of your disgrace for ever; and for one who has been honoured, disgrace is worse than death. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.35.md): The great chariot-warriors will think you withdrew from battle out of fear, and those who held you in high est - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.36.md): Your enemies will say many unspeakable things, deriding your skill. What could be more painful than that? - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.37.md): Slain, you will reach heaven; victorious, you will enjoy the earth. So rise, son of Kuntī, resolved to fight. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.38.md): Treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike, engage in battle. So you will incur no si - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.39.md): This understanding has been taught to you in terms of Sāṅkhya, knowledge. Now hear it in terms of yoga. Joined - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.40.md): On this path no effort is ever lost and no harm results. Even a little of this practice protects one from grea - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.41.md): Here the resolute understanding is single and focused, joy of the Kurus; but the thoughts of the irresolute ar - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.42.md): The unwise, delighting in the letter of the Vedas, speak flowery words, Pārtha, saying there is nothing beyond - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.43.md): Full of desire and intent on heaven, they speak of many special rites aimed at pleasure and power, which bring - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.44.md): For those attached to pleasure and power, whose minds are carried away by such talk, the resolute understandin - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.45.md): The Vedas deal with the three guṇas. Rise above the three guṇas, Arjuna: free from the pairs of opposites, eve - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.46.md): As much use as there is in a small well when water floods on every side, so much is there in all the Vedas for - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.47.md): You have a right to your actions alone, never to their fruits. Do not let the fruit of action be your motive, - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.48.md): Steadfast in yoga, perform your actions, Dhanañjaya, giving up attachment and remaining even-minded in success - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.49.md): Action done for its fruits is far inferior to the yoga of understanding, Dhanañjaya. Take refuge in understand - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.50.md): One joined with understanding casts off both good and bad deeds here in this life. So devote yourself to yoga: - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.51.md): The wise, joined with understanding, give up the fruit born of action; freed from the bondage of birth, they r - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.52.md): When your understanding crosses beyond the thicket of delusion, you will become indifferent to all that has be - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.53.md): When your understanding, now bewildered by conflicting teachings, stands unmoving and steady in absorption, th - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.54.md): Arjuna said: What marks the one whose wisdom is steady, who is established in absorption, Keśava? How does suc - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.55.md): The Lord said: When one gives up all the desires that arise in the mind, Pārtha, and is content in the self by - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.56.md): One whose mind is not shaken in sorrow, who has no craving in pleasure, who is free from attachment, fear and - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.57.md): One who is unattached everywhere, who neither rejoices nor recoils on meeting good or bad, has wisdom firmly e - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.58.md): When one withdraws the senses from their objects on every side, as a tortoise draws in its limbs, then that on - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.59.md): Sense objects fall away from one who abstains from them, but the taste for them remains. Even that taste falls - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.60.md): Even when a discerning person strives, son of Kuntī, the turbulent senses forcibly carry away the mind. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.61.md): Restraining all the senses, one should sit disciplined, intent on Me. The one whose senses are under control h - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.62.md): When a person dwells on the objects of the senses, attachment to them arises. From attachment desire is born, - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.63.md): From anger comes delusion; from delusion, confusion of memory; from loss of memory, the ruin of understanding; - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.64.md): But the self-disciplined person, moving among sense objects with senses free from liking and disliking and hel - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.65.md): In serenity all sorrows come to an end, for the understanding of the serene-minded quickly becomes steady. - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.66.md): The undisciplined have no understanding and no contemplation. Without contemplation there is no peace, and wit - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.67.md): When the mind follows any one of the wandering senses, that sense carries away one's wisdom, as the wind carri - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.68.md): Therefore, mighty-armed one, the one whose senses are fully restrained from their objects has wisdom firmly es - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.69.md): What is night for all beings is where the self-controlled is awake; and where beings are awake is night for th - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.70.md): As waters flow into the ocean, which is ever being filled yet stays unmoved in its depth, so the one into whom - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.71.md): The person who gives up all desires and moves about free from longing, without the sense of 'mine' and without - [Bhagavad Gītā 2.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/2.72.md): This is the state of Brahman, Pārtha. Having reached it, one is no longer deluded. Abiding in it even at the h - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.1.md): Arjuna said: If you hold that understanding is superior to action, Janārdana, then why do you urge me into thi - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.2.md): With words that seem mixed, you seem to confuse my understanding. Tell me decisively the one thing by which I - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.3.md): The Lord said: In this world, sinless one, a twofold path was taught by me long ago: the yoga of knowledge for - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.4.md): Not by abstaining from actions does a person attain freedom from action, nor by renunciation alone does one re - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.5.md): No one can ever remain even for a moment without acting, for everyone is helplessly made to act by the guṇas b - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.6.md): One who restrains the organs of action but sits dwelling in mind on the objects of the senses is deluded and i - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.7.md): But he who restrains the senses with the mind, Arjuna, and, unattached, undertakes the yoga of action with the - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.8.md): Perform your prescribed action, for action is better than inaction. Without action, even the maintenance of yo - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.9.md): Apart from action done for the sake of sacrifice, this world is bound by action. Therefore, Kaunteya, free fro - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.10.md): In the beginning, Prajāpati, having created beings together with sacrifice, said: "By this you shall prosper; - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.11.md): With this, nourish the gods, and may the gods nourish you. Nourishing one another, you will attain the highest - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.12.md): Nourished by sacrifice, the gods will give you the enjoyments you desire. Whoever enjoys what they have given - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.13.md): The good who eat what remains from sacrifice are freed from all sins; but the wicked who cook only for their o - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.14.md): Beings arise from food, food is produced from rain, rain comes from sacrifice, and sacrifice is born of action - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.15.md): Know that action arises from Brahman, and Brahman arises from the Imperishable. Therefore the all-pervading Br - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.16.md): One who does not follow here the wheel thus set in motion, living in sin and delighting in the senses, lives i - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.17.md): But for the person who delights only in the Self, who is satisfied in the Self and content in the Self alone, - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.18.md): For him there is no purpose here in what is done, nor any in what is not done; nor does he depend on any being - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.19.md): Therefore, without attachment, always perform well the action that ought to be done; for by performing action - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.20.md): Indeed, Janaka and others attained perfection through action alone. Even considering the holding together of t - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.21.md): Whatever the best person does, other people do the same. Whatever standard he sets, the world follows. - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.22.md): Pārtha, in the three worlds there is nothing at all that I must do, nor anything unattained to be attained; ye - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.23.md): For if I did not ever engage in action unwearied, Pārtha, people would follow my path in every way. - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.24.md): If I did not perform action, these worlds would perish; I would be the cause of confusion and would destroy th - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.25.md): As the unwise act, attached to action, Bhārata, so should the wise act, unattached, wishing to hold the world - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.26.md): The wise should not unsettle the understanding of the ignorant who are attached to action; steadfast, performi - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.27.md): All actions are performed in every way by the guṇas of prakṛti, yet one whose self is deluded by ego thinks, " - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.28.md): But the knower of the truth about the divisions of guṇas and actions, O mighty-armed one, understanding that " - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.29.md): Those deluded by the guṇas of prakṛti become attached to the workings of the guṇas; one who knows the whole sh - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.30.md): Surrendering all actions to me, with your mind fixed on the Self, free from expectation and from the sense of - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.31.md): Those people who constantly follow this teaching of mine with faith and without finding fault are also freed f - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.32.md): But those who find fault with it and do not follow my teaching—know them to be deluded in all knowledge, lost, - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.33.md): Even a person of knowledge acts in keeping with his own nature. Beings follow their nature; what will repressi - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.34.md): Attraction and aversion are seated in each sense toward its object. One should not fall under their sway, for - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.35.md): Better is one's own dharma, though imperfect, than the dharma of another well performed. Death in one's own dh - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.36.md): Arjuna said: Then, Vārṣṇeya, impelled by what does a person commit sin, even against his will, as if driven by - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.37.md): The Lord said: It is desire, it is anger, born of the guṇa of rajas, all-devouring and greatly sinful. Know th - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.38.md): As fire is covered by smoke and a mirror by dust, and as an embryo is enveloped by the womb, so is this covere - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.39.md): Knowledge is covered, Kaunteya, by this constant enemy of the wise, which takes the form of desire and is an i - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.40.md): The senses, the mind and the intellect are said to be its seat. Through these it deludes the embodied one, cov - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.41.md): Therefore, Bharatarṣabha, first restrain the senses and then slay this sinful thing, the destroyer of knowledg - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.42.md): The senses, they say, are high; higher than the senses is the mind; higher than the mind is the intellect; but - [Bhagavad Gītā 3.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/3.43.md): Thus knowing that which is beyond the intellect, and steadying the self by the self, slay, O mighty-armed one, - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.1.md): The Lord said: I taught this imperishable yoga to Vivasvān; Vivasvān told it to Manu, and Manu told it to Ikṣv - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.2.md): Thus received through succession, the royal sages knew it. But through a long passage of time, Parantapa, that - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.3.md): That same ancient yoga I have declared to you today, for you are my devotee and my friend; this is indeed the - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.4.md): Arjuna said: Your birth was later, and the birth of Vivasvān was earlier. How am I to understand that you decl - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.5.md): The Lord said: Many births of mine have passed, and of yours too, Arjuna. I know them all, but you do not know - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.6.md): Though I am unborn and of imperishable self, and though I am the lord of all beings, governing my own nature, - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.7.md): Whenever there is a decline of dharma, Bhārata, and a rise of adharma, then I bring myself forth. - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.8.md): To protect the good, to destroy evildoers, and to establish dharma, I come into being age after age. - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.9.md): One who truly knows my divine birth and action in this way does not, on leaving the body, return to birth agai - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.10.md): Freed from passion, fear and anger, absorbed in me, taking refuge in me, many, purified by the austerity of kn - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.11.md): As people approach me, so do I receive them, Pārtha. In every way, human beings follow my path. - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.12.md): Desiring success in their actions, people here worship the gods, for in the human world success born of action - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.13.md): The fourfold order of varṇas was created by me according to the division of guṇas and actions. Though I am its - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.14.md): Actions do not taint me, nor do I long for the fruit of action. One who knows me thus is not bound by actions. - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.15.md): Knowing this, even the seekers of liberation of old performed action. Therefore you too should simply act, as - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.16.md): What is action and what is inaction? Even the wise are bewildered here. I will explain to you that action, kno - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.17.md): One must understand what action is, one must understand wrong action, and one must understand inaction; for th - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.18.md): One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is wise among human beings; he is steadfast in yoga and - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.19.md): He whose every undertaking is free from desire and willful intent, whose actions have been burned in the fire - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.20.md): Having given up attachment to the fruit of action, ever content and dependent on nothing, though fully engaged - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.21.md): Free from expectation, with mind and self restrained, having given up all possessions, performing action with - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.22.md): Content with whatever comes unsought, beyond the pairs of opposites, free from envy, even-minded in success an - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.23.md): For one whose attachment is gone, who is free, whose mind is established in knowledge, and who acts for the sa - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.24.md): The offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, poured by Brahman into the fire of Brahman; Brahman alone is - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.25.md): Some yogis worship only the sacrifice offered to the gods; others offer sacrifice itself, by means of sacrific - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.26.md): Others offer hearing and the other senses into the fires of restraint; still others offer sound and the other - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.27.md): Others offer all the actions of the senses and the actions of the vital breath into the fire of the yoga of se - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.28.md): Some offer material possessions as sacrifice, some austerity, and others yoga; and ascetics of strict vows off - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.29.md): Likewise others, devoted to breath control, restrain the movements of prāṇa and apāna and offer prāṇa into apā - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.30.md): Others, regulating their food, offer the vital breaths into the vital breaths. All of these are knowers of sac - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.31.md): Those who eat the nectar left over from sacrifice reach the eternal Brahman. This world is not for one who off - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.32.md): Thus many kinds of sacrifice are spread out in the mouth of Brahman. Know them all to be born of action; knowi - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.33.md): Better than sacrifice made of material things is the sacrifice of knowledge, Parantapa. All action without exc - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.34.md): Learn that by bowing down, by questioning, and by service. The wise who have seen the truth will teach you kno - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.35.md): Knowing that, Pāṇḍava, you will not fall into delusion like this again; by it you will see all beings without - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.36.md): Even if you were the worst sinner among all sinners, you would cross over all wrongdoing by the raft of knowle - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.37.md): Just as a blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes. - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.38.md): Truly, nothing in this world purifies like knowledge. One who is perfected in yoga finds it, in time, within o - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.39.md): One who has faith, who is devoted to it and has mastered the senses, gains knowledge; having gained knowledge, - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.40.md): The ignorant, the faithless and the one whose mind is full of doubt perish. For the doubter there is neither t - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.41.md): Actions do not bind one who has renounced actions through yoga, whose doubts are cut away by knowledge, and wh - [Bhagavad Gītā 4.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/4.42.md): Therefore, cutting with the sword of knowledge this doubt of yours, born of ignorance and dwelling in the hear - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.1.md): Arjuna said: Kṛṣṇa, you praise the renunciation of actions and then again yoga. Tell me with certainty which o - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.2.md): The Lord said: Renunciation and the yoga of action both lead to the highest good. But of the two, the yoga of - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.3.md): He who neither hates nor desires should be known as one who is always renouncing. For, free from the pairs of - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.4.md): It is children, not the wise, who speak of Sāṃkhya and Yoga as different. One who is properly established in e - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.5.md): The state attained by the followers of Sāṃkhya is reached by the yogins as well. He who sees Sāṃkhya and Yoga - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.6.md): But renunciation, O mighty-armed one, is hard to attain without yoga. The sage joined in yoga reaches Brahman - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.7.md): One who is joined in yoga, pure in heart, master of himself, with senses conquered, whose self has become the - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.8.md): The steadfast one who knows the truth should think, "I do nothing at all," even while seeing, hearing, touchin - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.9.md): Even while speaking, letting go, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, he holds that it is only the senses m - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.10.md): One who acts, offering actions to Brahman and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, as a lotus leaf is - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.11.md): With the body, the mind, the intellect, and even with the senses alone, yogis perform action, abandoning attac - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.12.md): The one who is steadfast, giving up the fruit of action, attains lasting peace; the one who is not steadfast, - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.13.md): Renouncing all actions with the mind, the self-controlled embodied one dwells happily in the city of nine gate - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.14.md): The Lord does not create agency or actions for the world, nor the link between action and its fruit; it is nat - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.15.md): The all-pervading one takes on neither the sin nor the merit of anyone. Knowledge is veiled by ignorance, and - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.16.md): But for those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, that knowledge, like the sun, illumines t - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.17.md): Those whose intellect is absorbed in That, whose self is That, who are established in That and hold That as th - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.18.md): The wise see with an equal eye a brāhmaṇa endowed with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.19.md): Even here, the world of birth is conquered by those whose mind is established in equality. For Brahman is flaw - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.20.md): One should not exult on gaining the pleasant, nor be troubled on meeting the unpleasant. Steady in understandi - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.21.md): One whose self is unattached to external contacts finds the happiness that is within the self. Joined by yoga - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.22.md): The pleasures born of contact are only sources of sorrow; they have a beginning and an end, Kaunteya. The wise - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.23.md): One who is able, even here before release from the body, to withstand the surge born of desire and anger is jo - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.24.md): One whose happiness is within, whose delight is within, and whose light likewise is within—that yogi, having b - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.25.md): Seers whose sins are destroyed, whose doubts are cut away, who are self-controlled and delight in the welfare - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.26.md): For ascetics free from desire and anger, with mind controlled, who know the Self, brahma-nirvāṇa lies all arou - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.27.md): Shutting out external contacts, fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, and making even the inward and outward b - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.28.md): The sage who has mastered senses, mind and intellect, who is intent on liberation, and from whom desire, fear - [Bhagavad Gītā 5.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/5.29.md): Knowing me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds, and the friend of a - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.1.md): The Lord said: One who performs the action that ought to be done, without depending on its fruit, is a renunci - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.2.md): What they call renunciation, know that to be yoga, Pāṇḍava; for no one becomes a yogī without renouncing inten - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.3.md): For the sage who wishes to ascend to yoga, action is said to be the means; for that same one, once he has asce - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.4.md): When one is attached neither to the objects of the senses nor to actions, and has renounced all intentions, th - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.5.md): One should lift oneself up by oneself and not let oneself sink down; for the self alone is the friend of the s - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.6.md): For one who has conquered himself by himself, the self is his friend; but for one who has not conquered himsel - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.7.md): For one who has conquered the self and is deeply at peace, the supreme Self remains steady in cold and heat, p - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.8.md): The yogī whose self is content with knowledge and realized wisdom, who stands unshaken, who has conquered the - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.9.md): One who looks with an even mind on well-wishers, friends and foes, the indifferent and the neutral, the hatefu - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.10.md): The yogī should constantly unite the self in yoga, remaining in solitude, alone, with mind and body controlled - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.11.md): Having set up for himself a firm seat in a clean place, neither too high nor too low, covered with cloth, deer - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.12.md): there, seated on that seat, making the mind one-pointed and restraining the activity of mind and senses, he sh - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.13.md): Holding the body, head, and neck erect and motionless, steady, let him gaze at the tip of his own nose, not lo - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.14.md): Serene in mind, free from fear, firm in the vow of celibacy, restraining the mind, with thought fixed on me, l - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.15.md): Thus ever disciplining himself, the yogī whose mind is controlled attains peace, the supreme nirvāṇa, which re - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.16.md): Yoga is not for one who eats too much, nor for one who does not eat at all, nor for one given to too much slee - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.17.md): For one who is moderate in food and recreation, moderate in effort in actions, and moderate in sleep and wakin - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.18.md): When the well-controlled mind rests in the Self alone, free from craving for all desires, then one is said to - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.19.md): As a lamp in a windless place does not flicker: that is the simile remembered for the yogin of controlled mind - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.20.md): When the mind, restrained by the practice of yoga, comes to rest, and when, seeing the self by the self, one i - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.21.md): when one knows that boundless happiness which is grasped by the intellect and lies beyond the senses, and, est - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.22.md): and having gained which one thinks no other gain greater, and established in which one is not shaken even by h - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.23.md): let it be known that this disconnection from union with sorrow is called yoga. This yoga should be practiced w - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.24.md): Abandoning without remainder all desires born of mental intention, and restraining the whole host of senses on - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.25.md): Little by little one should become still, with the intellect held in firmness; having fixed the mind in the Se - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.26.md): Wherever the restless, unsteady mind wanders, from there one should draw it back and bring it under control in - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.27.md): Supreme happiness comes to this yogi whose mind is fully at peace, whose passion is stilled, who has become Br - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.28.md): Thus constantly disciplining himself, the yogi freed from stain easily attains the boundless happiness of cont - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.29.md): One whose self is joined in yoga, who sees with an equal eye everywhere, sees the Self abiding in all beings a - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.30.md): One who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me — I am never lost to him, nor is he ever lost to me. - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.31.md): The yogi who, established in oneness, worships Me as abiding in all beings, dwells in Me, however he may live. - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.32.md): He who, by comparison with himself, sees equality everywhere, Arjuna, whether in pleasure or in pain, that yog - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.33.md): Arjuna said: This yoga of equanimity that you have taught, Madhusūdana, I do not see how it can stand firm, be - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.34.md): For the mind is restless, Kṛṣṇa, turbulent, strong and obstinate. I think it is as hard to restrain as the win - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.35.md): The Lord said: Undoubtedly, mighty-armed one, the mind is restless and hard to restrain. But by practice, Kaun - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.36.md): Yoga is hard to attain for one whose self is unrestrained; this is my view. But one whose self is controlled a - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.37.md): Arjuna said: One who has faith but does not strive, whose mind has strayed from yoga, failing to reach perfect - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.38.md): Fallen from both, does he not perish like a scattered cloud, O mighty-armed one, without support and bewildere - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.39.md): Kṛṣṇa, you should dispel this doubt of mine completely, for no one other than you can be found to dispel this - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.40.md): The Lord said: Pārtha, neither in this world nor in the next is there destruction for him; for no one who does - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.41.md): Having reached the worlds of those who did good and dwelt there for countless years, one who has fallen from y - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.42.md): Or else he is born into a family of wise yogis; but such a birth as this is harder to obtain in the world. - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.43.md): There he regains the union with understanding he had in his former body, and from there he strives once more f - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.44.md): By that very former practice he is carried along, even without his own will. Even one who merely seeks to know - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.45.md): But the yogi who strives with diligence, cleansed of all faults and perfected through many births, then reache - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.46.md): The yogi is greater than the ascetics, considered greater even than the learned, and greater than those devote - [Bhagavad Gītā 6.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/6.47.md): And of all yogis, the one who, full of faith, worships me with his inner self gone into me, is considered by m - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.1.md): The Lord said: With your mind attached to me, Pārtha, practicing yoga and taking refuge in me, hear how you wi - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.2.md): I will declare to you in full this knowledge together with realization, knowing which nothing further remains - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.3.md): Among thousands of people, scarcely one strives for perfection; and even among those who strive and attain per - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.4.md): Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intellect and ego: thus is my nature divided eightfold. - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.5.md): This is my lower nature; but know, mighty-armed one, my other, higher nature, which has become the living bein - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.6.md): Understand that all beings have these two as their source. I am the origin of the entire world, and likewise i - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.7.md): There is nothing whatsoever higher than me, Dhanañjaya. All this is strung on me like clusters of gems on a th - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.8.md): I am the taste in water, Kaunteya, the light in the moon and the sun; I am the syllable Om in all the Vedas, s - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.9.md): I am the pure fragrance in the earth and the brilliance in fire; I am the life in all beings and the austerity - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.10.md): Know me, Pārtha, as the eternal seed of all beings. I am the intelligence of the intelligent and the splendor - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.11.md): I am the strength of the strong, free from desire and passion; and in beings I am desire that is not contrary - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.12.md): And whatever states of being are of the nature of sattva, rajas, or tamas, know that they come from me alone. - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.13.md): Deluded by these three states made of the guṇas, this whole world does not recognize me, who am beyond them an - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.14.md): This divine māyā of mine, made of the guṇas, is hard to cross. Those who take refuge in me alone cross over th - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.15.md): Evildoers, the deluded, the lowest of men, whose knowledge has been stolen by māyā and who have taken to a dem - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.16.md): Four kinds of virtuous people worship me, Arjuna: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealt - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.17.md): Of them the wise one, ever united and devoted to the One alone, excels. For I am exceedingly dear to the wise, - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.18.md): All these are indeed noble, but the wise one I hold to be my very self. For he, with self united, abides in me - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.19.md): At the end of many births, the one who has knowledge takes refuge in me, knowing "Vāsudeva is all." Such a gre - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.20.md): Those whose knowledge has been carried away by various desires take refuge in other deities, following this or - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.21.md): Whatever form any devotee wishes to worship with faith, I make that very faith of his unwavering. - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.22.md): Endowed with that faith, he seeks to worship that form, and from it he obtains his desires, which are in truth - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.23.md): But the fruit gained by those of small understanding is perishable. Worshippers of the gods go to the gods; my - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.24.md): The unintelligent think of me, the unmanifest, as having come into manifestation, not knowing my supreme natur - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.25.md): Veiled by my yoga-māyā, I am not manifest to all. This deluded world does not know me, the unborn and imperish - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.26.md): I know the beings that have passed, those that are present, Arjuna, and those yet to come; but no one knows me - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.27.md): Through the delusion of the pairs of opposites, arising from desire and aversion, Bhārata, all beings fall int - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.28.md): But those people of virtuous deeds whose wrongdoing has come to an end, freed from the delusion of the opposit - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.29.md): Those who take refuge in me and strive for freedom from old age and death know that Brahman, the whole of adhy - [Bhagavad Gītā 7.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/7.30.md): Those who know me together with the adhibhūta, the adhidaiva, and the adhiyajña, their minds steadfast, know m - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.1.md): Arjuna said: What is that Brahman? What is adhyātma? What is karma, Puruṣottama? What is declared to be adhibh - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.2.md): Who is adhiyajña here in this body, and how, Madhusūdana? And how are you to be known at the time of departure - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.3.md): The Lord said: Brahman is the imperishable, the supreme; its own nature is called adhyātma. The creative offer - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.4.md): Adhibhūta is perishable existence; adhidaivata is the Puruṣa; and I myself am adhiyajña here in the body, O be - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.5.md): And whoever, at the time of the end, leaves the body and departs remembering me alone, attains my being; of th - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.6.md): Whatever state of being one remembers when at the end one leaves the body, to that very state one goes, Kaunte - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.7.md): Therefore, at all times remember me and fight. With mind and understanding offered to me, you will come to me - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.8.md): With a mind disciplined by the yoga of practice and not straying elsewhere, Pārtha, one who meditates constant - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.9.md): Whoever remembers the Seer, the Ancient, the Ruler, subtler than the subtle, the Sustainer of all, of inconcei - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.10.md): At the time of departure, with an unmoving mind, joined with devotion and by the power of yoga, having rightly - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.11.md): That which the knowers of the Veda call the Imperishable, which ascetics free from passion enter, and desiring - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.12.md): Restraining all the gates of the body, confining the mind in the heart, placing his life-breath in the head, e - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.13.md): Whoever departs, leaving the body while uttering Om, the one-syllable Brahman, and remembering me, reaches the - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.14.md): Whoever, with a mind turned to nothing else, remembers me constantly and always, Pārtha, for that ever-united - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.15.md): Having come to me, the great-souled ones, who have reached the highest perfection, do not again take birth, wh - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.16.md): All worlds, up to the realm of Brahmā, are subject to return, Arjuna; but for one who has come to me, Kaunteya - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.17.md): Those who know that a day of Brahmā lasts a thousand yugas, and that his night ends only after a thousand yuga - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.18.md): At the coming of day all manifest things arise from the unmanifest; at the coming of night they dissolve into - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.19.md): This same multitude of beings, coming into being again and again, dissolves helplessly when night arrives, Pār - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.20.md): But beyond that unmanifest there is another, eternal unmanifest existence, which does not perish when all bein - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.21.md): That unmanifest is called the imperishable; they declare it the supreme goal. Having reached it, none return; - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.22.md): That supreme Person, Pārtha, within whom all beings dwell and by whom all this is pervaded, is attained throug - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.23.md): Now I shall tell you, Bharatarṣabha, of the time at which yogis, departing, go to non-return and also to retur - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.24.md): Fire, light, day, the bright fortnight, the six months of the sun's northern course: departing then, those who - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.25.md): Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the sun's southern course: going by this path, the yogi re - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.26.md): These two paths of the world, the bright and the dark, are held to be eternal. By one a person goes to no retu - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.27.md): Knowing these two paths, Pārtha, no yogi is ever deluded. Therefore, Arjuna, be steadfast in yoga at all times - [Bhagavad Gītā 8.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/8.28.md): Whatever fruit of merit is declared for the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities and gifts, the yogi who knows this - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.1.md): The Lord said: To you, who are free of envy, I shall declare this most secret knowledge together with realizat - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.2.md): This is the royal knowledge, the royal secret, the supreme purifier; it is directly experienced, in accord wit - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.3.md): People who have no faith in this dharma, Parantapa, do not attain me and return to the path of death and saṃsā - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.4.md): All this world is pervaded by me in my unmanifest form. All beings abide in me, but I do not abide in them. - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.5.md): And yet beings do not abide in me: behold my divine yoga! Sustaining beings and bringing them into being, my S - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.6.md): Just as the mighty wind, moving everywhere, always abides in space, so understand that all beings abide in me. - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.7.md): At the end of a cosmic age, Kaunteya, all beings pass into my own nature; at the beginning of a cosmic age I s - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.8.md): Taking hold of my own nature, I send forth again and again this entire multitude of beings, helpless under the - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.9.md): And those actions do not bind me, Dhanañjaya, for I sit as one indifferent, unattached to those actions. - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.10.md): With me as overseer, nature brings forth all that moves and does not move; for this reason, Kaunteya, the worl - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.11.md): The deluded disregard me when I have taken a human form, not knowing my higher nature as the great Lord of all - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.12.md): Their hopes vain, their actions vain, their knowledge vain, senseless, they resort to the deluding nature of f - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.13.md): But the great-souled, Pārtha, taking refuge in the divine nature, worship me with undivided mind, knowing me a - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.14.md): Always glorifying me, striving and firm in their vows, bowing to me with devotion, ever united, they worship m - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.15.md): Still others, sacrificing with the sacrifice of knowledge, worship me, who face every direction, as one, as di - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.16.md): I am the ritual, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering to the ancestors, I am the healing herb; I am the mantr - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.17.md): I am the father of this world, its mother, its sustainer and its grandsire; I am what is to be known, the puri - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.18.md): I am the goal, the supporter, the lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the friend; I am the origin and - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.19.md): I give heat; I hold back the rain and send it forth. I am immortality and also death, being and non-being, Arj - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.20.md): Knowers of the three Vedas, drinkers of soma, purified of sin, worship me through sacrifices and pray for the - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.21.md): Having enjoyed that vast heavenly world, they enter the world of mortals when their merit is exhausted. Thus, - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.22.md): Those people who worship me, thinking of me with no other, ever devoted, I carry their gaining and keeping. - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.23.md): Even those devotees who, endowed with faith, worship other deities, they too worship me alone, Kaunteya, thoug - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.24.md): For I alone am the enjoyer and the lord of all sacrifices. But they do not know me in truth, and therefore the - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.25.md): Those devoted to the gods go to the gods; those devoted to the ancestors go to the ancestors; those who worshi - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.26.md): Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, that devoted offering of the pure-hearted - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.27.md): Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, whatever austerity you - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.28.md): Thus you will be freed from the bonds of action that bear good and bad fruits; with your self joined in the yo - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.29.md): I am the same toward all beings; none is hateful to me, none dear. But those who worship me with devotion are - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.30.md): Even if one of very wicked conduct worships me with undivided devotion, he should be regarded as righteous, fo - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.31.md): Swiftly he becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. Kaunteya, know for certain: my devotee never perishes. - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.32.md): For, Pārtha, even those who may be of sinful birth, and women, vaiśyas and śūdras too, by taking refuge in me - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.33.md): How much more, then, the pure brāhmaṇas and devoted royal sages! Having come into this transient and joyless w - [Bhagavad Gītā 9.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/9.34.md): Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, offer worship to me, bow down to me. Having thus disciplined yourself, - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.1.md): The Lord said: Hear once more, mighty-armed one, my supreme word, which I shall speak to you, who take delight - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.2.md): Neither the hosts of gods nor the great sages know my origin, for in every way I am the source of the gods and - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.3.md): One who knows me as unborn and beginningless, the great Lord of the worlds, is undeluded among mortals and is - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.4.md): Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from delusion, forbearance, truthfulness, self-restraint, calm, pleasure and - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.5.md): non-violence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and infamy—these varied states of beings arise - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.6.md): The seven great sages of old and likewise the four Manus, sharing my nature, were born from my mind; from them - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.7.md): One who truly knows this glory and power of mine is united with unwavering yoga; of this there is no doubt. - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.8.md): I am the origin of all; from me everything proceeds. Knowing this, the wise, filled with devotion, worship me. - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.9.md): With their minds on me and their lives given to me, enlightening one another and always speaking of me, they a - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.10.md): To those who are ever united with me and worship me with love, I give that yoga of understanding by which they - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.11.md): Out of compassion for them alone, I, dwelling within their being, destroy the darkness born of ignorance with - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.12.md): Arjuna said: You are the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, the supreme purifier; the eternal divine Person, - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.13.md): All the sages declare this of you, as do the divine sage Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa; and you yourself tel - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.14.md): I hold all this that you tell me to be true, Keśava. Indeed, O Lord, neither the gods nor the demons know your - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.15.md): You alone know yourself through yourself, O Puruṣottama, source of beings, lord of beings, god of gods, lord o - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.16.md): Please describe in full your own divine manifestations, by which you pervade these worlds and abide. - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.17.md): How may I know you, O Yogin, ever meditating on you? And in what various forms of being are you to be contempl - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.18.md): Tell again in detail of your yoga and your manifestation, Janārdana, for I am never sated hearing this nectar. - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.19.md): The Lord said: Very well, best of the Kurus, I will tell you of my divine manifestations, the most prominent o - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.20.md): I am the Self, Guḍākeśa, dwelling in the heart of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of b - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.21.md): Among the Ādityas I am Viṣṇu; among lights, the radiant sun. I am Marīci among the Maruts; among the stars I a - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.22.md): Among the Vedas I am the Sāmaveda; among the gods I am Vāsava. Among the senses I am the mind; in living being - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.23.md): Among the Rudras I am Śaṅkara; among the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, the lord of wealth. Among the Vasus I am Pāvaka, - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.24.md): Know me, Pārtha, as Bṛhaspati, chief of household priests. Among commanders I am Skanda; among bodies of water - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.25.md): Among the great sages I am Bhṛgu; among utterances I am the single syllable. Among sacrifices I am the sacrifi - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.26.md): Among all trees I am the aśvattha, and among divine sages Nārada. Among the gandharvas I am Citraratha, and am - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.27.md): Among horses know me as Uccaiḥśravas, born of the nectar; among lordly elephants, Airāvata; and among men, the - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.28.md): Among weapons I am the thunderbolt; among cows I am Kāmadhuk, the wish-yielding cow. I am Kandarpa, the cause - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.29.md): Among the nāgas I am Ananta; among the beings of the waters I am Varuṇa. Among the ancestors I am Aryaman; amo - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.30.md): Among the daityas I am Prahlāda; among those who reckon, I am time. Among beasts I am the lion, and among bird - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.31.md): Among purifiers I am the wind; among wielders of weapons I am Rāma. Among fishes I am the makara, and among ri - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.32.md): Of creations I am the beginning, the end and also the middle, Arjuna. Of sciences I am the knowledge of the Se - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.33.md): Of letters I am the letter A, and of compounds I am the dvandva. I alone am imperishable time; I am the sustai - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.34.md): I am all-seizing death, and the origin of all that is yet to be. Among feminine qualities I am fame, fortune, - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.35.md): Among the Sāman chants I am the Bṛhat-sāman; among meters I am the Gāyatrī. Among months I am Mārgaśīrṣa; amon - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.36.md): Of the deceitful I am gambling; I am the splendor of the splendid. I am victory, I am resolve, I am the goodne - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.37.md): Among the Vṛṣṇis I am Vāsudeva, among the Pāṇḍavas Dhanañjaya; among the sages I am Vyāsa, and among the poets - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.38.md): Among those who restrain, I am the rod of discipline; among those seeking victory, I am statecraft; of secret - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.39.md): And whatever is the seed of all beings, that I am, Arjuna. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that could e - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.40.md): There is no end to my divine manifestations, Paraṃtapa. What I have told of the extent of my glory is only by - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.41.md): Whatever being is glorious, prosperous, or mighty, know that it has sprung from a mere fraction of my splendor - [Bhagavad Gītā 10.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/10.42.md): But what use is all this detailed knowledge to you, Arjuna? I stand, sustaining this entire universe with a si - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.1.md): Arjuna said: Out of grace toward me you have spoken the supreme secret called adhyātma; by those words this de - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.2.md): From you, lotus-eyed one, I have heard in detail of the coming into being and the passing away of beings, and - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.3.md): It is just as you have declared yourself to be, Supreme Lord. I wish to see your sovereign divine form, Puruṣo - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.4.md): If you think it possible for me to see it, Lord, then, Lord of yoga, show me your imperishable Self. - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.5.md): The Lord said: Behold, Pārtha, my forms by the hundreds and thousands, of many kinds, divine, of many colors a - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.6.md): Behold the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Aśvins and the Maruts; behold many wonders never seen befor - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.7.md): Behold here today, Guḍākeśa, the entire universe, moving and unmoving, gathered in one place within my body, a - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.8.md): But you cannot see me with these eyes of your own. I give you divine sight; behold my sovereign yoga. - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.9.md): Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus, O king, Hari, the great lord of yoga, then revealed to Pārtha his supreme so - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.10.md): With many mouths and eyes, many wondrous sights, many divine ornaments, and many divine weapons held aloft; - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.11.md): wearing divine garlands and garments, anointed with divine fragrances, full of every wonder, the God, infinite - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.12.md): If the light of a thousand suns were to rise all at once in the sky, that might resemble the splendor of that - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.13.md): There, in the body of the God of gods, the Pāṇḍava then saw the entire universe, divided in many ways, gathere - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.14.md): Then Dhanañjaya, filled with wonder, his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the God and spoke with joined - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.15.md): Arjuna said: I see in your body, O God, all the gods and the hosts of various beings, Lord Brahmā seated on th - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.16.md): I see you everywhere, of endless form, with many arms, bellies, mouths and eyes. I see no end, no middle, and - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.17.md): I see you crowned, bearing mace and discus, a mass of radiance shining everywhere, hard to behold, blazing all - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.18.md): You are the Imperishable, the supreme to be known; you are the supreme resting place of this universe. You are - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.19.md): I see you without beginning, middle or end, of infinite power, with countless arms, the moon and sun your eyes - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.20.md): The space between heaven and earth, and all the directions, are pervaded by you alone. Seeing this wondrous an - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.21.md): These hosts of gods enter into you; some, in fear, praise you with joined palms. Crying "May it be well!", hos - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.22.md): The Rudras, Ādityas, Vasus and Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the two Aśvins, the Maruts and the Ūṣmapas, and hosts - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.23.md): Seeing your immense form, O mighty-armed one, with many mouths and eyes, many arms, thighs and feet, many bell - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.24.md): Seeing you touching the sky, blazing, of many colours, with gaping mouths and huge blazing eyes, my inmost sel - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.25.md): Just seeing your mouths, terrible with tusks and like the fire of the end of time, I lose all sense of directi - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.26.md): And all these sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, together with hosts of kings, Bhīṣma, Droṇa, and that son of the charioteer - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.27.md): are rushing into your fearsome mouths, terrible with tusks. Some are seen caught between the teeth, their head - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.28.md): As the many torrents of rivers rush headlong toward the ocean alone, so these heroes of the world of men enter - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.29.md): As moths rush with great speed into a blazing fire to their destruction, so too the worlds rush with great spe - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.30.md): Devouring all the worlds on every side with your flaming mouths, you lick your lips. Filling the whole univers - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.31.md): Tell me who you are, so fierce in form. Salutations to you, best of gods; be gracious. I wish to know you, the - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.32.md): The Lord said: I am Time, grown mighty, the destroyer of worlds, engaged here in sweeping the worlds away. Eve - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.33.md): Therefore arise and win glory; conquer your enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. They have already been sla - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.34.md): Droṇa, Bhīṣma, Jayadratha, Karṇa and the other heroic warriors as well, already slain by me, you must slay; do - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.35.md): Sañjaya said: Hearing these words of Keśava, Kirīṭin, trembling, with palms joined, paid homage and, bowing do - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.36.md): Arjuna said: It is fitting, Hṛṣīkeśa, that the world rejoices and delights in your praise; the rākṣasas flee i - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.37.md): And why should they not bow to you, O great-souled one, greater even than Brahmā, the original creator? O infi - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.38.md): You are the primal God, the ancient Person; you are the supreme resting place of this universe. You are the kn - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.39.md): You are Vāyu, Yama, Agni, Varuṇa, the moon, Prajāpati, and the great-grandsire. Salutations, salutations to yo - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.40.md): Salutations to you in front and behind; salutations to you on every side, O All. Infinite in vigor and immeasu - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.41.md): Whatever I said rashly, thinking of you as a friend—"O Kṛṣṇa, O Yādava, O friend"—not knowing this greatness o - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.42.md): And whatever disrespect was shown to you in jest, while playing, resting, sitting, or eating, alone or in the - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.43.md): You are the father of this world, moving and unmoving; you are its object of worship and its most venerable te - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.44.md): Therefore, bowing down and prostrating my body, I seek the grace of you, the Lord worthy of praise. As a fathe - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.45.md): I rejoice at seeing what was never seen before, yet my mind is shaken with fear. Show me that same form of you - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.46.md): I wish to see you just as before, crowned, bearing the mace, discus in hand. Take on that same four-armed form - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.47.md): The Lord said: Pleased with you, Arjuna, I have shown you through my own yoga this supreme form, radiant, univ - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.48.md): Not by the Vedas, sacrifices or study, not by gifts, not by rituals, nor by severe austerities can I be seen i - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.49.md): Do not be distressed or bewildered at seeing this terrible form of mine. Free from fear and glad at heart, beh - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.50.md): Sañjaya said: Having spoken thus to Arjuna, Vāsudeva showed his own form once more; and the great-souled one, - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.51.md): Arjuna said: Seeing this gentle human form of yours, Janārdana, I am now composed, my mind is restored, and I - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.52.md): The Lord said: This form of mine that you have seen is very hard to behold. Even the gods constantly long for - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.53.md): Not by the Vedas, nor by austerity, nor by charity, nor by sacrifice can I be seen in this way, as you have se - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.54.md): But by undivided devotion, Arjuna, I can be known and seen in this way in truth, and entered into, Parantapa. - [Bhagavad Gītā 11.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/11.55.md): Whoever does work for me, holds me as supreme, is devoted to me, is free from attachment and without enmity to - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.1.md): Arjuna said: Those devotees who, ever steadfast in this way, worship you, and those who worship the imperishab - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.2.md): The Lord said: Those who fix their minds on me and worship me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.3.md): But those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the all-pervading, the unthinkable, t - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.4.md): restraining all the senses, even-minded everywhere, delighting in the welfare of all beings — they too attain - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.5.md): Greater is the struggle of those whose minds are set on the unmanifest, for the unmanifest goal is reached wit - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.6.md): But those who, surrendering all actions to me and intent on me as the supreme, worship me, meditating on me wi - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.7.md): For those whose minds are absorbed in me, Pārtha, I soon become the deliverer from the ocean of death and saṃs - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.8.md): Fix your mind on me alone, let your intellect enter into me. Thereafter you will dwell in me alone; of this th - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.9.md): If you cannot settle your mind steadily on me, then seek to reach me through the yoga of practice, Dhanañjaya. - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.10.md): If you are unable even to practise, be intent on work done for me. Even by performing actions for my sake, you - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.11.md): If you are unable to do even this, then, taking refuge in my yoga and self-controlled, give up the fruits of a - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.12.md): Knowledge is indeed better than practice; meditation surpasses knowledge; renouncing the fruits of action surp - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.13.md): One who bears ill will toward no being, who is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and ego, t - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.14.md): ever content, a yogī, self-controlled and firm in resolve, with mind and intellect offered to me—such a devote - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.15.md): He by whom the world is not disturbed and who is not disturbed by the world, who is free from elation, resentm - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.16.md): He who is free from expectation, pure, skilful, impartial and untroubled, who has given up all undertakings—su - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.17.md): He who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor craves, who has renounced both good and evil, and is fu - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.18.md): The same toward foe and friend, and likewise in honour and dishonour, the same in cold and heat, pleasure and - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.19.md): Equal in blame and praise, silent, content with whatever comes, without a fixed home, steady in mind and full - [Bhagavad Gītā 12.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/12.20.md): But those devotees who, with faith and holding me as supreme, follow this immortal teaching of dharma just as - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.1.md): Arjuna said: Prakṛti and Puruṣa, the field and the knower of the field, knowledge and that which is to be know - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.2.md): The Lord said: This body, Kaunteya, is called the field. One who knows it is called the knower of the field by - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.3.md): Know me also as the knower of the field in all fields, Bhārata. The knowledge of the field and its knower—that - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.4.md): Hear from me in brief what that field is, what it is like, what its modifications are, and what arises from wh - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.5.md): It has been sung by the sages in many ways, separately in various hymns, and also in the words of the Brahma-s - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.6.md): The great elements, the ego, the intellect, and the unmanifest; the ten senses and the one (the mind), and the - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.7.md): Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, the aggregate, consciousness and steadiness: this, in brief, is described as - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.8.md): Humility, unpretentiousness, non-violence, patience, uprightness, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastnes - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.9.md): dispassion toward the objects of the senses, and also absence of ego; seeing the evil of birth, death, old age - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.10.md): non-attachment, absence of clinging to son, wife, home and the like, and constant even-mindedness amid desired - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.11.md): unwavering devotion to me through undivided yoga, resorting to secluded places, and no relish for the company - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.12.md): constancy in knowledge of the Self and insight into the purpose of knowing the truth. This is declared to be k - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.13.md): I will declare that which is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality: the beginningless supreme Bra - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.14.md): With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads and faces everywhere, with ears everywhere, it abides in the - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.15.md): It shines through the functions of all the senses, yet is free of all the senses; unattached, yet sustaining a - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.16.md): It is outside and inside all beings, unmoving and moving; because it is subtle, it cannot be known; it is far - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.17.md): Undivided, it yet dwells in beings as if divided. It is to be known as the sustainer of beings, their devourer - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.18.md): It is said to be the light even of lights, beyond darkness. It is knowledge, the object of knowledge and the g - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.19.md): Thus the field, as well as knowledge and the knowable, have been briefly described. My devotee, understanding - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.20.md): Know that prakṛti and puruṣa are both beginningless, and know too that the modifications and the guṇas arise f - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.21.md): Prakṛti is said to be the cause in the producing of effects and instruments; puruṣa is said to be the cause in - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.22.md): Seated in prakṛti, the puruṣa experiences the guṇas born of prakṛti. Attachment to the guṇas is the cause of i - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.23.md): The supreme Puruṣa in this body is also called the witness, the permitter, the supporter, the experiencer, the - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.24.md): One who thus knows puruṣa, and prakṛti together with the guṇas, is not born again, however he may live. - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.25.md): Some, through meditation, see the Self within themselves by the self; others through the yoga of Sāṃkhya, and - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.26.md): Yet others, not knowing in this way, worship having heard from others; they too, devoted to what they have hea - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.27.md): Whatever being is born, unmoving or moving, know that it arises from the union of the field and the knower of - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.28.md): One who sees the Supreme Lord abiding equally in all beings, the imperishable within the perishing, truly sees - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.29.md): For, seeing the Lord equally established everywhere, one does not harm the self by the self; therefore one rea - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.30.md): One who sees that all actions are performed in every way by prakṛti alone, and likewise sees the Self as not t - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.31.md): When one sees the separate existence of beings as resting in the One, and their expansion from That alone, the - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.32.md): Being beginningless and beyond the guṇas, this imperishable Supreme Self, Kaunteya, though dwelling in the bod - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.33.md): Just as all-pervading space, because of its subtlety, is not tainted, so the Self, present everywhere in the b - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.34.md): As the one sun illumines this whole world, so the master of the field illumines the whole field, Bhārata. - [Bhagavad Gītā 13.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/13.35.md): Those who, with the eye of knowledge, thus know the difference between the field and the knower of the field, - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.1.md): The Lord said: I shall again declare the supreme knowledge, the highest of all knowledge, knowing which all th - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.2.md): Taking refuge in this knowledge and attaining a nature like mine, they are not born even at the creation, nor - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.3.md): My womb is the great Brahman; in it I place the seed. From that, Bhārata, comes the birth of all beings. - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.4.md): Whatever forms arise in all wombs, Kaunteya, the great Brahman is their womb, and I am the seed-giving father. - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.5.md): Sattva, rajas and tamas — these guṇas born of prakṛti bind the imperishable embodied one to the body, mighty-a - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.6.md): Of these, sattva, being stainless, is illuminating and free from affliction; it binds through attachment to ha - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.7.md): Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, arising from craving and attachment, Kaunteya. It binds the embodie - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.8.md): But know tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings. It binds, Bhārata, through heedlessness, - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.9.md): Sattva attaches one to happiness, rajas to action, Bhārata; but tamas, veiling knowledge, attaches one to heed - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.10.md): Overpowering rajas and tamas, sattva prevails, Bhārata; likewise rajas prevails over sattva and tamas, and tam - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.11.md): When the light of knowledge arises in all the gates of this body, then one should know that sattva has increas - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.12.md): Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness and longing: these arise when rajas increases, Bhara - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.13.md): Darkness, inertia, heedlessness and delusion: these arise when tamas increases, Kurunandana. - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.14.md): But when the embodied one meets death while sattva prevails, he attains the pure worlds of those who know the - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.15.md): Dying in rajas, one is born among those attached to action; likewise, dying in tamas, one is born in the wombs - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.16.md): The fruit of good action, they say, is sattvic and pure; the fruit of rajas is pain, and the fruit of tamas is - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.17.md): From sattva arises knowledge, and from rajas greed; heedlessness and delusion arise from tamas, and ignorance - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.18.md): Those established in sattva go upward; the rajasic stay in the middle; the tamasic, abiding in the ways of the - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.19.md): When the seer perceives no agent other than the guṇas and knows that which is beyond the guṇas, he attains my - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.20.md): Having gone beyond these three guṇas, which give rise to the body, the embodied one, freed from birth, death, - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.21.md): Arjuna said: By what marks, O Lord, is one known who has gone beyond these three guṇas? What is his conduct, a - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.22.md): The Lord said: Pāṇḍava, he does not hate illumination, activity or delusion when they arise, nor does he long - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.23.md): He sits as one indifferent and is not disturbed by the guṇas; knowing "the guṇas alone are acting," he stays f - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.24.md): He is the same in pain and pleasure, abiding in the self; to him a clod, a stone and gold are alike; he is equ - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.25.md): One who is the same in honor and dishonor, the same toward the side of friend and foe, and who has given up al - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.26.md): And one who serves me with the unwavering yoga of devotion, fully transcending these guṇas, becomes fit to bec - [Bhagavad Gītā 14.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/14.27.md): For I am the foundation of Brahman, the immortal and imperishable, of eternal dharma, and of absolute happines - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.1.md): The Lord said: They speak of an imperishable aśvattha tree with its roots above and its branches below, whose - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.2.md): Its branches spread below and above, nourished by the guṇas, with sense-objects as their shoots; and below, it - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.3.md): Its form is not perceived here as such, nor its end, nor its beginning, nor its foundation. Having cut down th - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.4.md): then one should seek that state, having reached which they do not return again, thinking: "I take refuge in th - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.5.md): Free from pride and delusion, having conquered the fault of attachment, ever dwelling in the Self, with desire - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.6.md): Neither the sun illumines it, nor the moon, nor fire. Having gone there, they do not return; that is my suprem - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.7.md): An eternal fragment of Myself, having become the living soul in the world of the living, draws to itself the s - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.8.md): When the lord of the body takes on a body and when he leaves it, he takes these along and goes, as the wind ca - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.9.md): Presiding over the ear, the eye, touch, taste and smell, and the mind, he enjoys the objects of the senses. - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.10.md): The deluded do not perceive him as he departs, as he stays, or as he enjoys, joined with the guṇas; those with - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.11.md): Striving yogis see him established within themselves; but those whose selves are unrefined and who lack discer - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.12.md): The radiance in the sun that illumines the whole world, and that which is in the moon and in fire, know that r - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.13.md): Entering the earth, I sustain all beings with my energy; and becoming Soma, the essence of sap, I nourish all - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.14.md): Becoming Vaiśvānara, the fire of life, I dwell in the bodies of living beings, and joined with prāṇa and apāna - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.15.md): I am seated in the hearts of all; from me come memory, knowledge, and their loss. I alone am to be known throu - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.16.md): There are two persons in this world, the perishable and the imperishable. All beings are the perishable; the u - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.17.md): But the highest Person is another, called the Supreme Self, the imperishable Lord who, entering the three worl - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.18.md): Since I transcend the perishable and am higher even than the imperishable, I am celebrated in the world and in - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.19.md): Whoever, free from delusion, thus knows me as the Supreme Person, he, knowing all, worships me with his whole - [Bhagavad Gītā 15.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/15.20.md): Thus this most secret teaching has been spoken by me, sinless one. Understanding this, one becomes wise and ha - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.1.md): The Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of mind, steadfastness in the yoga of knowledge, charity, self-restraint, - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.2.md): non-violence, truthfulness, freedom from anger, renunciation, peace, absence of slander, compassion toward bei - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.3.md): vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from malice, and absence of excessive pride — these belong to o - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.4.md): Hypocrisy, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance, Pārtha, belong to one born to the demonic endo - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.5.md): The divine endowment is held to lead to liberation, the demonic to bondage. Do not grieve, Pāṇḍava; you are bo - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.6.md): There are two kinds of beings created in this world, the divine and the demonic. The divine has been described - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.7.md): People of demonic nature know neither the way of action nor the way of withdrawal. Neither purity, nor good co - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.8.md): They say the world is unreal, without foundation, without a Lord, brought about by mutual union, with desire a - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.9.md): Holding to this view, these lost souls of small understanding and cruel deeds rise up as enemies of the world, - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.10.md): Clinging to insatiable desire, full of hypocrisy, pride and arrogance, seizing false notions through delusion, - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.11.md): Beset by immeasurable anxieties that end only with death, holding the enjoyment of desires as the highest aim, - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.12.md): Bound by hundreds of fetters of hope, given over to desire and anger, they strive to amass wealth by unjust me - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.13.md): This I have gained today; this desire I shall fulfil. This wealth is mine, and this too shall be mine again. - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.14.md): That enemy has been slain by me, and I shall slay others too. I am the lord, I am the enjoyer; I am successful - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.15.md): I am wealthy and of noble birth; who else is equal to me? I shall sacrifice, I shall give, I shall rejoice. Th - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.16.md): Bewildered by many thoughts, caught in the net of delusion, addicted to the enjoyment of desires, they fall in - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.17.md): Self-conceited, stubborn, filled with the pride and intoxication of wealth, they perform sacrifices in name on - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.18.md): Clinging to egoism, force, arrogance, desire and anger, these envious ones hate Me, who dwell in their own bod - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.19.md): Those hateful, cruel, inauspicious, lowest of men I continually hurl into demonic wombs within the cycles of r - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.20.md): Having entered demonic wombs, those deluded ones, birth after birth, never reaching Me, Kaunteya, then go to t - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.21.md): Threefold is this gate of hell, destructive of the self: desire, anger, and greed. Therefore one should abando - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.22.md): A person freed from these three gates of darkness, Kaunteya, does what is truly good for himself, and then rea - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.23.md): One who casts aside the injunctions of scripture and acts on the impulse of desire attains neither perfection, - [Bhagavad Gītā 16.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/16.24.md): Therefore let scripture be your authority in deciding what should and should not be done. Knowing what the inj - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.1.md): Arjuna said: Those who set aside the injunctions of scripture yet worship endowed with faith — what is their s - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.2.md): The Lord said: The faith of embodied beings, born of their own nature, is threefold — sāttvika, rājasa, and tā - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.3.md): The faith of each person accords with their inner nature, Bhārata. A person is made of faith: whatever one's f - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.4.md): The sāttvika worship the gods; the rājasa worship yakṣas and rākṣasas; and others, the tāmasa, worship ghosts - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.5.md): Those people who practise terrible austerities not enjoined by scripture, given to hypocrisy and egoism, drive - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.6.md): senseless, they torment the aggregate of elements in the body, and me too, who dwell within the body. Know the - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.7.md): Even the food dear to each person is of three kinds, and so are sacrifice, austerity and giving. Hear now this - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.8.md): Foods that increase life, vitality, strength, health, happiness and contentment, that are flavorful, rich, sub - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.9.md): Foods that are bitter, sour, salty, overly hot, pungent, dry and burning are liked by the rājasa; they bring p - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.10.md): Food that is stale, tasteless, putrid, kept overnight, left over by others and impure is dear to the tāmasa. - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.11.md): The sacrifice offered according to scriptural injunction by those who seek no fruit, with the mind settled in - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.12.md): But the sacrifice that is offered with an eye to its fruit, or even for show, O best of the Bhāratas, know tha - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.13.md): A sacrifice performed without regard to ordinance, in which no food is distributed, without mantras, without g - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.14.md): Worship of the gods, the twice-born, teachers and the wise; purity, uprightness, celibacy and non-violence: th - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.15.md): Speech that causes no distress, that is truthful, pleasant and beneficial, and the regular practice of scriptu - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.16.md): Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint and purity of heart: this is called austerity of the min - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.17.md): This threefold austerity, practised with supreme faith by steadfast people who do not desire its fruit, is cal - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.18.md): Austerity performed with ostentation for the sake of respect, honour and reverence is here called rājasic; it - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.19.md): Austerity performed out of deluded obstinacy, with torment to oneself, or for the purpose of ruining another, - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.20.md): A gift given with the thought "it ought to be given," to one who does nothing in return, at the proper place a - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.21.md): But a gift given for the sake of a return, or with an eye to some result, or given grudgingly, is held to be r - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.22.md): A gift given at the wrong place and time, to unworthy persons, without respect and with contempt, is declared - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.23.md): "Oṃ tat sat" is held to be the threefold designation of Brahman. By it, in ancient times, the brāhmaṇas, the V - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.24.md): Therefore, uttering "Oṃ," those who expound Brahman always begin their acts of sacrifice, giving and austerity - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.25.md): Uttering “Tat,” without aiming at the fruit, those who seek liberation perform the various acts of sacrifice, - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.26.md): The word “Sat” is used in the sense of reality and of goodness; likewise, Pārtha, the word “Sat” is applied to - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.27.md): Steadfastness in sacrifice, austerity and giving is also called “Sat,” and action done for their sake is likew - [Bhagavad Gītā 17.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/17.28.md): Whatever is offered in the fire, given, or practised as austerity, or done without faith, is called “asat,” Pā - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.1.md): Arjuna said: O mighty-armed one, Hṛṣīkeśa, slayer of Keśī, I wish to know the true nature of saṃnyāsa and of t - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.2.md): The Lord said: The sages understand saṃnyāsa as the giving up of actions prompted by desire; the discerning ca - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.3.md): Some thinkers say that action should be given up as being full of fault; others say that acts of sacrifice, gi - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.4.md): Hear my conclusion about that relinquishment, best of the Bhāratas; for relinquishment, best of men, is declar - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.5.md): Acts of sacrifice, giving and austerity should not be given up; they should indeed be performed. Sacrifice, gi - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.6.md): But even these actions should be performed giving up attachment and the fruits; this, Pārtha, is my decided an - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.7.md): Renouncing prescribed action is not proper. Abandoning it out of delusion is declared to be tāmasic. - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.8.md): One who abandons an action merely because it is painful, out of fear of bodily hardship, performs a rājasic re - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.9.md): When prescribed action is done simply because it ought to be done, Arjuna, giving up attachment and also the f - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.10.md): The relinquisher, filled with sattva, wise, his doubts cut away, does not hate disagreeable action nor cling t - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.11.md): Indeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to give up actions entirely; but one who gives up the fruit o - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.12.md): The threefold fruit of action, undesired, desired and mixed, comes after death to those who have not relinquis - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.13.md): Learn from me, mighty-armed one, these five causes for the accomplishment of all actions, as declared in the S - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.14.md): The seat of action, likewise the doer, the various instruments, the many distinct kinds of effort, and provide - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.15.md): Whatever action a person undertakes with body, speech, or mind, whether right or the opposite, these five are - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.16.md): This being so, whoever, from an untrained understanding, sees the self alone as the doer, that dull-minded per - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.17.md): One whose being is free of the sense of ego and whose understanding is not tainted, even though he slays these - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.18.md): Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower form the threefold impulse to action; the instrument, the a - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.19.md): In the teaching that enumerates the guṇas, knowledge, action and the agent are declared to be of three kinds o - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.20.md): The knowledge by which one sees in all beings a single imperishable reality, undivided among the divided, know - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.21.md): But the knowledge that, through separateness, perceives in all beings many different entities of various kinds - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.22.md): But that which clings to a single effect as if it were the whole, without reason, without grasp of truth, and - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.23.md): Action that is prescribed, free from attachment, done without attraction or aversion, by one who does not crav - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.24.md): But action done by one seeking the fulfilment of desires, or again with egoism, and with great strain, is decl - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.25.md): Action undertaken out of delusion, without regard to consequences, loss, harm, or one's own capacity, is calle - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.26.md): The doer who is free from attachment, does not speak of himself, is endowed with steadiness and zeal, and is u - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.27.md): The doer who is passionate, eager for the fruits of action, greedy, harmful by nature, impure, and moved by jo - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.28.md): The doer who is undisciplined, vulgar, obstinate, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent, and procrastinating, - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.29.md): Hear now, Dhanañjaya, the threefold distinction of intellect and also of steadiness according to the guṇas, as - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.30.md): The intellect that knows engagement and withdrawal, what ought to be done and what ought not, fear and fearles - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.31.md): That intellect, Pārtha, by which one understands wrongly dharma and adharma, what ought to be done and what ou - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.32.md): That intellect, Pārtha, which, enveloped in darkness, takes adharma to be dharma and sees all things in revers - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.33.md): The unwavering firmness, Pārtha, by which one holds steady the functions of the mind, the breath and the sense - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.34.md): But the firmness, Arjuna, by which one holds on to dharma, pleasure and wealth, craving their fruits out of at - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.35.md): The firmness, Pārtha, by which a foolish person does not give up sleep, fear, grief, despondency and arrogance - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.36.md): And now hear from me, Bharatarṣabha, of the threefold happiness, in which one comes to delight through practic - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.37.md): That which is like poison at first but like nectar in the end, born of the clarity of one's own understanding, - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.38.md): That which arises from the contact of the senses with their objects, like nectar at first but like poison in t - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.39.md): That happiness which deludes the self both at the beginning and in its consequence, arising from sleep, sloth - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.40.md): There is no being on earth, or again in heaven among the gods, that is free from these three guṇas born of nat - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.41.md): The duties of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas, and of Śūdras, Paraṃtapa, are distinguished according to the q - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.42.md): Calmness, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forbearance and uprightness, knowledge, realized wisdom and faith - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.43.md): Heroism, vigor, steadfastness, skill, not fleeing in battle, generosity, and lordliness are the duties of the - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.44.md): Agriculture, cattle-keeping, and trade are the duties of the vaiśya, born of his nature; and work consisting o - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.45.md): Devoted each to his own duty, a person attains perfection. Hear how one devoted to one's own duty finds perfec - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.46.md): By worshipping, through his own duty, Him from whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded, a human - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.47.md): Better is one's own dharma, though imperfect, than the dharma of another well performed. Doing the work ordain - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.48.md): One should not abandon the work one is born to, Kaunteya, even if it is flawed; for all undertakings are veile - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.49.md): One whose understanding is unattached everywhere, who has mastered himself and is free from craving, attains t - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.50.md): Learn from me briefly, Kaunteya, how one who has attained perfection attains Brahman, which is the supreme cul - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.51.md): Endowed with a purified understanding, restraining himself with steadfastness, turning away from sound and the - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.52.md): dwelling in solitude, eating lightly, with speech, body and mind restrained, ever intent on the yoga of medita - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.53.md): having let go of ego, force, arrogance, desire, anger and possessiveness, free from the sense of "mine" and at - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.54.md): Having become Brahman, serene within, he neither grieves nor craves; equal toward all beings, he attains supre - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.55.md): Through devotion he comes to know me in truth, how great I am and who I am; then, having known me in truth, he - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.56.md): Even while always performing all actions, taking refuge in me, he attains by my grace the eternal, imperishabl - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.57.md): Mentally renouncing all actions in me, holding me as the highest, resorting to the yoga of understanding, keep - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.58.md): With your mind fixed on me, you will cross over all difficulties by my grace; but if out of ego you will not l - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.59.md): If, relying on ego, you think “I will not fight,” this resolve of yours is in vain; your own nature will compe - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.60.md): Bound by your own action born of your nature, Kaunteya, what you do not wish to do out of delusion, you will d - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.61.md): The Lord dwells in the heart of all beings, Arjuna, causing all beings to revolve by his māyā, as though mount - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.62.md): Take refuge in him alone with your whole being, Bhārata. By his grace you will attain supreme peace and the et - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.63.md): Thus I have declared to you knowledge more secret than any secret. Reflect on it fully, then do as you wish. - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.64.md): Hear again my supreme word, the most secret of all. You are dearly loved by me; therefore I will tell you what - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.65.md): Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, worship me, bow down to me. You will come to me alone; I truly promise - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.66.md): Abandoning all dharmas, take refuge in me alone. I will free you from all sins; do not grieve. - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.67.md): This should never be spoken by you to one without austerity, nor to one without devotion, nor to one who does - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.68.md): Whoever declares this supreme secret among my devotees, having shown the highest devotion to me, will come to - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.69.md): Among human beings there is no one who does more to please me than he, nor will there be anyone on earth deare - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.70.md): And whoever studies this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshipped through the sacrifice of - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.71.md): Even the person who simply listens to it with faith and without scorn, he too, freed, will attain the auspicio - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.72.md): Have you heard this, Pārtha, with a one-pointed mind? Has your delusion born of ignorance been dispelled, Dhan - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.73.md): Arjuna said: My delusion is destroyed, and by your grace I have regained memory, Acyuta. I stand firm, my doub - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.74.md): Sañjaya said: Thus I heard this wondrous, hair-raising dialogue between Vāsudeva and the great-souled Pārtha. - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.75.md): By the grace of Vyāsa I heard this supreme secret, this yoga, from Kṛṣṇa, the lord of yoga, as he himself decl - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.76.md): O King, recalling again and again this wondrous and holy dialogue of Keśava and Arjuna, I rejoice over and ove - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.77.md): And recalling again and again that most wondrous form of Hari, great is my amazement, O King, and I rejoice ag - [Bhagavad Gītā 18.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/gita/18.78.md): Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the lord of yoga, and wherever there is Pārtha, the archer, there are fortune, victor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.1.md): O Agni, come hither to partake; praised for the bestowing of oblations, sit down as the offerer upon the sacre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.2.md): O Agni, you are the offerer of all sacrifices, established among all; with the gods, among mortal people. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.3.md): We choose Agni, messenger, priest, all-knowing, of this sacrifice the one of good purpose. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.4.md): Agni smites the obstacles, desiring wealth with praising words; kindled, bright, offered into. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.5.md): I praise the dearest guest of you, dear like a friend; O Agni, to be known like a chariot. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.6.md): O Agni, with your great powers protect us from all hostility, and from the hater who is mortal. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.7.md): Come, I will speak well to you, O Agni—thus other songs too; with these drops of soma may you grow. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.8.md): May your calf draw its mind to you, even from far, even from the common seat; O Agni, with song I desire you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.9.md): O Agni, Atharvan churned you forth from the lotus, from the head of all, from the priest who offers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.1.10.md): O Agni, bring to us the bright wealth for great protection; for you are a god for our sight. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.11.md): Homage to you, O Agni, for strength; the peoples, O god, sing your praise. With your might, crush the enemy. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.12.md): We honour with song Agni, your messenger, all-knowing, carrier of the oblation, immortal, most worthy of sacri - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.13.md): Like sisters offering the oblation and making you manifest, these songs drew near to you and stood in the pres - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.14.md): O Agni, day by day, at dusk and at dawn, we come near to you with devoted thought, bringing our homage. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.15.md): O Jarābodha, make that praise known to each people, for Rudra worthy of sacrifice; the praise is for Rudra, th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.16.md): Toward that lovely rite you are invoked forth, for protection; O Agni, come hither with the Maruts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.17.md): Like a horse, I would praise you, Agni, possessing the sieve, with homage — sovereign of the sacrifices. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.18.md): Like Aurva and Bhṛgu, I invoke the pure Agni, like Apnavāna, him who has the sea for his garment. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.19.md): The mortal who kindles Agni with mind, let him attend to the insight; I kindle Agni with the rays of Vivasvān. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.2.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.2.20.md): Then they behold the light of the ancient seed, the dawn of day, when it is kindled far off in heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.21.md): For you we praise Agni, the most increasing of sacrifices and the most abundant; toward the mighty grandson (o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.22.md): May Agni with his sharp flame bring down every devouring foe; may Agni grant us wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.23.md): O Agni, be gracious to us; come to the person who desires the gods, to sit upon the sacred grass. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.24.md): O Agni, protect us from distress; O god, guard us against the destroyer; O undecaying one, burn (them) with yo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.25.md): O Agni, yoke your capable swift horses; O god, those swift horses carry (the chariot) well. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.26.md): O lord of the clans, we attain you radiant and establish you; O Agni, O one invoked with offerings, make us po - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.27.md): Agni, the head of heaven, lord of the earth's peak, this one quickens the seeds of the waters. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.28.md): O Agni, make known well among the gods this new Gāyatra song of ours and our gain. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.29.md): O Agni, Aṅgiras, Gopavana brought you forth with song. O purifier, hear our call. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.30.md): Agni, lord of strength, the seer, has gone around all the oblations, bestowing treasures on the giver. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.31.md): The rays bear up that all-knowing god Agni, that the sun may be seen by all. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.32.md): At the sacrifice, draw near and praise Agni, the seer whose law is truth, that god who destroys affliction. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.33.md): For the attaining of our desire, may the divine waters be auspicious for us; for drinking, may they be pleasin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.3.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.3.34.md): O lord of truth, for whom indeed do you flow, and whose thoughts do you impel? He is blessed whose songs you g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.35.md): At every sacrifice and with every song, for Agni, for strength, we praise forth the immortal Jātavedas, as one - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.36.md): O Agni, protect us with the first verse, protect us with the second; O lord of nourishment, protect us with th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.37.md): O Agni, with mighty flames, O god, with bright radiance, kindled for Bharadvāja, O youngest, O purifier, shine - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.38.md): O Agni, may those who offer well into you be dear, the controllers of men, the bountiful, who guard the enclos - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.39.md): O Agni, O singer, lord of the clans, burning god who burns the demons, you are undeparting. O lord of the hous - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.40.md): O Agni, bring the wondrous wealth of Vivasvat and the Dawns, O immortal Jātavedas, today to the giver; bring a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.41.md): You, O Agni, bright vasu, by your protection stir up gifts for us. You are the charioteer of this wealth, O Ag - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.42.md): You indeed, O Agni, are of far-spreading renown, the protector of ṛta, the seer. O kindled one, O shining one! - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.43.md): Bring to us, O Agni, wealth that increases vigour and life, praiseworthy, O purifier. Give it to us, O nearest - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.4.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.4.44.md): He who, as the hotṛ, bestows all treasures, the joy of peoples — like vessels of honey, first of all: to him, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.45.md): With these homages I call upon Agni, grandson of strength, dear, most wise, swift, lord of the good sacrifice, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.46.md): In the forests and among the mothers (waters) mortals kindle you together; tireless, you carry the oblation, a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.47.md): The best finder of the way has appeared, in whom they establish the vows. May our songs reach Agni, born the i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.48.md): Agni is the chief priest in the recited hymn; at the sacrifice are the pressing stones and the sacred grass. W - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.49.md): For protection, praise Agni with songs, Agni of sharp flame. For wealth, O Purumīḍha, praise the renowned Agni - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.50.md): Hear, O Agni of listening ear, with the bearing and fellow-traveling gods; may Mitra and Aryaman, who come at - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.51.md): Agni, son of Divodāsa, pressed forward with might like the god Indra; turning around the mother earth, he stoo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.52.md): Then from the earth, or from above the light of great heaven, thus grow with your body and my song. O well-act - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.53.md): O Agni, moving in the forests, when you went to the mothers [the araṇis] and to the waters, that return of you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.5.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.5.54.md): O Agni, Manu set you down as light for the enduring people. Kaṇva, born of ṛta and sprinkled, you shine; the p - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.55.md): The god, giver of wealth, is for you. Pour out the full vessel, sprinkle it, or fill it near at hand; then tha - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.56.md): Let Brahmaṇaspati go forth, let the goddess Sūnṛtā go forth. Toward the hero, the man's benefactor, the giver - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.57.md): Stand high for our protection, like the god Savitṛ. High is the giver of strength; when we call upon him with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.58.md): The mortal who wishes to lead forward for wealth, who offers to you, O Vasu; he holds a hero who recites the u - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.59.md): For you, the many clans who seek the gods, we choose the mighty Agni with good hymns and words; others also ki - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.60.md): This Agni is lord of good heroic strength; indeed lord of good fortune and wealth. Lord of wealth rich in good - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.61.md): O Agni, you are the lord of the house; you are the invoking priest (hotā) at our sacrifice. O Viśvavāra, wise - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.6.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.6.62.md): Friends, we mortals choose you, the god, for protection — son of the waters, fortunate one, doer of good deeds - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.63.md): Come, offer the oblation with the sacrificial offering and adorn it. Firmly establish the hotṛ, the lord of th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.64.md): Wondrous is he, toward the breast of the child, of the youth, who goes to both mothers to be nourished. When t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.65.md): This one is yours, and yonder one is yours. Enter well with the third light. Become fit for the body, fair, de - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.66.md): This hymn of praise we fashion with thought, like a chariot, for the worthy Jātavedas. In his assembly may our - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.67.md): The head of heaven, the lord of earth, Vaiśvānara, born of truth — Agni, the seer, sovereign, guest of peoples - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.68.md): O Agni, as waters flow from the back of the mountain, the gods brought you forth with recited praises. Well-pr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.69.md): Bring forth for protection Agni — king of the sacrifice, Rudra, the invoker, true sacrificer of the two worlds - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.70.md): King Agni kindles in the gathering with homage; his face is offered with ghee. Men praise him with oblations; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.71.md): Agni goes forth with his mighty banner of light; like a bull he roars through both worlds. Rising even from th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.7.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.7.72.md): O men, from the two arani sticks, with bright flames, bring forth Agni — fallen from the hand, praiseworthy, v - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.73.md): Agni has been kindled among the people with kindling sticks, turning toward the approaching Dawn like a milch- - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.74.md): Lead forward the great one who burns, far-swelling; wise among the foolish, destroyer of fortresses. With song - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.75.md): One of your forms is bright, another worshipful; like two days of differing forms, like heaven you are. O self - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.76.md): O Agni, of many deeds, accomplish for the one invoking you the offering of praise and the most lasting gain of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.77.md): The great Hotṛ has been born, knower of the sky, seated among men; he sits in the eddy of the waters. He who a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.78.md): Forth to the sovereign king, the Asura, the praised one, the man to be exulted among the peoples, to Indra's m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.79](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.79.md): Agni, the knower of all born beings, placed in the two fire-sticks, like an embryo well borne by pregnant wome - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.8.80](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.8.80.md): O Agni, you always crush the sorcerers; may the demons not overcome you in battles. Afterwards burn the stupef - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.81](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.81.md): O Agni, bring us the most vigorous radiance; O unfailing one, open the path to praiseworthy wealth and strengt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.82](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.82.md): If a hero follows and kindles Agni, let him offer oblations in order and enjoy the divine shelter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.83](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.83.md): Your blazing smoke spreads through heaven, and your bright flame extends; O purifier, like the sun you shine b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.84](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.84.md): Indeed you are the glory of the dwelling; O Agni, like a friend you become lord; O all-seeing one, O Vasu, you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.85](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.85.md): At dawn let Agni, much-beloved and the guest among the clans, be praised; in him, the immortal, all mortals ki - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.86](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.86.md): O Vibhāvasu, sing the greatest and most bearing hymn to Agni; from you wealth arises like a queen, and from yo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.87](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.87.md): I praise Agni, guest of every clan and dear to many, for you who seek strength, for your house, with words and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.88](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.88.md): Sing indeed for Agni, the shining god of great sustenance and vigour, whom mortals set before them for praise - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.89](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.89.md): We have come to Agni, the greatest slayer of Vṛtra, the most excellent, of the Ānava line, who indeed blazes w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.9.90](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.9.90.md): Born by his supreme law, co-existing with his kindred; Agni is the father of Kaśyapa, Faith is the mother, and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.10.91](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.10.91.md): We invoke Soma the king, Varuṇa, Agni, Āditya, Viṣṇu, Sūrya, Brahmaṇaspati and Bṛhaspati. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.10.92](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.10.92.md): From here they rose and climbed the ridges of heaven; as the Bhūrjayas went forward by the path, so the Aṅgira - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.10.93](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.10.93.md): O Agni, we kindle you for great wealth and gift; praise the great bull, the showerer; for the offerer, may hea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.10.94](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.10.94.md): When he flowed, the prayer was spoken after him; that belongs to the swift bird; around all the wise works he - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.10.95](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.10.95.md): O Agni, turn back flame with your flame; crush on all sides the strength of the sorcerer-demon, the rākṣasa; l - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.10.96](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.10.96.md): O Agni, you here worship the Vasus, the Rudras and the Ādityas; perform a good sacrifice for the people born o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.97](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.97.md): O Agni, I proclaim you in many ways; in your shelter my giving does not fail, as under the goad, in the shelte - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.98](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.98.md): Bring forth the ancient, mighty hymn-speech to Agni, the offering priest, who bears the lights of the inspired - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.99](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.99.md): O Agni, you are lord of strength rich in cattle; O son of might, place great renown in us, O Jātavedas. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.100](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.100.md): O Agni, most worshipful in the sacrifice, worship the gods for the one who serves the gods; O offering priest, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.101](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.101.md): Born of the seven mothers, he sought wisdom for splendour; this steadfast Agni knows the riches, here. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.102](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.102.md): And that divine devotion has come to us as Aditi, with help; she bestows welfare and happiness, and drives the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.103](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.103.md): Indeed, praise and worship Jātavedas Agni, whose smoke moves about and whose flame cannot be seized. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.104](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.104.md): Over that mortal who devotes himself to Agni for the giving of oblations, no deception shall prevail, nor shal - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.105](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.105.md): Drive far away that crooked enemy, thief, and ill-intentioned man, O Agni; make this path easy, O lord of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.11.106](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.11.106.md): Hear my new praise, O Agni, O hero, O lord of the clans; by your heat, burn down the deceiving demons. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.107](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.107.md): Sing forth loudly to Agni, the keeper of cosmic order, mighty and bright-flamed, most bounteous. You who are p - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.108](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.108.md): O Agni, by your protections, with good heroes and deeds of strength, he crosses over and prevails, the one who - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.109](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.109.md): Praise him, the lord of the sky, god of gods, the restless one whom the gods have set in motion. Among the god - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.110](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.110.md): Do not be averse to us. Agni, the guest, is the bright one, much praised. He is the good offerer, of the good - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.111](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.111.md): For us Agni is auspicious, invoked by oblation. O fortunate one, the gift is auspicious, the sacrifice is ausp - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.112](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.112.md): You, the most worshipful god, we choose — among the gods the offerer, the immortal, the wise director of this - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.113](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.113.md): O Agni, bring that radiant glory by which you overpower, in the seat of the sacrifice, whatever devouring foe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.12.114](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.12.114.md): When Agni, lord of the clan, keen and well pleased, shines for the people of men, then Agni alone drives away - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.115](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.115.md): Sing together at the pressing of soma to Indra, much-invoked and mighty, who brings blessing as to the cow and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.116](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.116.md): O Indra of a hundred powers, by that most brilliant exhilaration of yours, now indeed gladden us in our exhila - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.117](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.117.md): The cows are near the great chant of the sacrifice, givers of melody, both with golden ears. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.118](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.118.md): Sing enough for the horse; enough for the famed-in-girth cow; enough for the abode of Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.119](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.119.md): That Indra we strengthen, for the great Vṛtra to be slain; he has become the mighty bull. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.120](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.120.md): You, Indra, are born from strength, from might, from vigour; you are the bull among bulls, indeed a bull. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.121](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.121.md): The sacrifice strengthened Indra when he turned the earth around, making a ray of light in heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.122](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.122.md): O Indra, if I too were like you and alone the lord of wealth, my praiser would be a friend of cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.123](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.123.md): Pressers of Soma, again and again most worthy of praise, run hither for exhilaration; Soma is for the hero and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.13.124](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.13.124.md): O bountiful one, drink this pressed Soma; fill your full belly; we shall make for you an unhindered joy. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.125](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.125.md): Rise up indeed toward him of renowned wealth, the mighty bull, active in manly deeds; O Sūrya, you go toward t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.126](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.126.md): Whatever today, slayer of Vṛtra, you rise up toward the sun; O Indra, all that is in your power. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.127](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.127.md): He who brought Turvaśa and Yadu near from afar with good guidance — that youthful Indra is our friend. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.128](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.128.md): O Indra, may the sun not hold us back at the dawns from the quarters; joined with you as companion, may we win - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.129](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.129.md): O Indra, ever victorious, ever-overcoming, bring the greatest wealth to us for protection. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.130](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.130.md): In the great contest we invoke Indra, and in the small contest Indra too — Indra, companion in battles against - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.131](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.131.md): Indra drank the soma pressed by Kadru's sons, for the thousand-armed one; there his portion was assigned. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.132](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.132.md): O Indra, we who seek you praise you, O bull; know this our praise, O bestower of wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.133](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.133.md): Those who kindle Agni and spread the sacred grass in succession, whose youthful friend is Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.14.134](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.14.134.md): Break all hatreds far away; drive off the oppressors from all sides, strike down the foes; bring hither that d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.135](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.135.md): Here indeed I hear the whip in their hands as they sound; they adorn their bright course below. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.136](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.136.md): These friends, who offer soma, behold you, O Indra, as well-fed cattle look upon their keeper. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.137](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.137.md): Before his might all peoples and all tribes bow down, as rivers bend toward the ocean. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.138](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.138.md): That great help of the gods we choose; the aid of the mighty ones, for our protection. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.139](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.139.md): O lord of prayer, make the pressing-sound of the soma offerings, as you did for Kakṣīvān, son of Uśij. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.140](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.140.md): May he be alert of mind toward us, slayer of Vṛtra, rich in pressed offerings; may the mighty Śakra hear our p - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.141](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.141.md): O god Savitṛ, today impel for us prosperity rich in offspring; drive away the evil dream. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.142](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.142.md): This bull, youthful, thick-necked, unbending — which priest honours him? - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.143](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.143.md): In the mountain's hollow and at the meeting of rivers, the inspired seer was born by thought. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.15.144](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.15.144.md): Let the singer praise with fresh songs Indra, sovereign of the peoples — the leader, subduer of men, most boun - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.145](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.145.md): Unfooted, the soma of the skilful one, the one who is called upon, mixed with barley — Indra, Indra, barley-mi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.146](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.146.md): O rich in many treasures, these songs have risen toward you, as milch-cows low toward their calf. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.147](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.147.md): Here it is said: the cows knew the hidden name of Tvaṣṭṛ; thus in the house of the moon. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.148](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.148.md): When Indra, most mighty, led the great waters forth from confinement, there Pūṣan became his companion. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.149](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.149.md): The cow runs, eager for fame for the Maruts — mother of the bounteous ones; the draft-horses of the chariots a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.150](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.150.md): Come near to us with your tawny horses to the pressed soma, O lord of the exhilarating draughts; come near to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.151](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.151.md): Offered invocations were sent forth at the sacrifice, exalting Indra, toward the final ablution, with vigour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.152](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.152.md): From the father I took hold of the wisdom of cosmic order; I arose like the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.153](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.153.md): At the shared feast with Indra, may our strengths be rich and full of food, by which we rejoice. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.16.154](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.16.154.md): Soma and Pūṣan both watch over all the well-dwelling peoples; among the gods they are yoked as charioteers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.155](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.155.md): You who are filled with the soma-draught, sing forth to Indra, the all-conquering, of a hundred powers, most b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.156](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.156.md): Friends, sing forth the exhilarating song for Indra, tawny-horsed, drinker of soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.157](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.157.md): Indra, we are your friends, longing for you; therefore we seek you. The Kaṇvas praise you with their hymns of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.158](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.158.md): For Indra, the joy-giver, around the pressed soma, let our songs praise; let the poets sing the chant. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.159](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.159.md): Indra, this soma has been strained for you upon the sacred grass. Come, come swiftly, and drink of it. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.160](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.160.md): We call upon him who makes beautiful forms, for protection, as a milker calls the easy-milking cow; day after - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.161](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.161.md): O mighty bull, at the pressing I pour out the pressed soma for you to drink. Be satisfied and fully attain the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.162](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.162.md): O Indra, may you drink the soma pressed for you in the cups and vessels; you are its master. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.163](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.163.md): At every joining, at every contest, we call upon Indra, the most mighty, for protection, O friends. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.17.164](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.17.164.md): Come here and sit down; sing forth to Indra, O friends who bear the praise. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.165](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.165.md): O lord of bounties, this soma has been pressed with its own strength. Drink it, O you who are praised with son - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.166](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.166.md): May the great Indra be before us. Let greatness belong to the thunderbolt-wielder; his might is broad as the h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.167](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.167.md): O Indra, now bring to us the wondrous wealth rich in food, and gather it together with your right hand, O grea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.168](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.168.md): Praise Indra, lord of cows, well with songs, so that he may know it. He is the son of truth, the protector of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.169](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.169.md): By what means will the wondrous Indra come to our help? O ever-growing friend, with what most powerful might w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.170](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.170.md): That one who is praised in all songs as victor in contests, call him to your help; may he move hither. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.171](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.171.md): I seek the lord of the assembly, the wondrous one, dear to Indra and worthy of desire, for gain and wisdom. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.172](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.172.md): May the paths of yours below the heavens, by which you drove the one of many horses, hear us, and may the worl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.173](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.173.md): O Indra of a hundred deeds, bring us good upon good, bring food and vigour, when you show us grace. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.18.174](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.18.174.md): This Soma is pressed; the Maruts drink it, and the self-ruling Aśvins too. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.175](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.175.md): Swinging, busy women attend upon the born Indra, seeking good heroic strength. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.176](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.176.md): O gods, we do not harm you nor offend you; we practise in accordance with the heard mantra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.177](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.177.md): O Atharvan, evening has come; sing the great chant, approach the brilliant one and praise the god Savitṛ. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.178](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.178.md): Here dawn shines forth, unprecedented, dear to the sky. O Aśvins, I praise you both greatly. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.179](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.179.md): Indra, unresisted, with the bones of Dadhīca, slew ninety-nine obstacles. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.180](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.180.md): Indra, come, rejoice in the soma-juice; with all the soma-pressings, come as the great protector by might. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.181](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.181.md): O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, come hither to us, come to our half. Great, come with your great protections. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.182](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.182.md): That strength of his blazes forth when Indra rolls both worlds together like a hide. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.183](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.183.md): This reaches you, as a dove goes to its nest; that very speech is borne on toward us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.19.184](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.19.184.md): Let the Wind blow hither the healing remedy, bringing well-being and joy to our heart. May it lengthen our liv - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.185](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.185.md): The person whom the wise Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryamā protect is never harmed. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.186](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.186.md): As formerly, desiring horses and chariots, grant us the wealth-bringing service of the great ones. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.187](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.187.md): O Indra, these spotted cows of yours yield ghee and the mixed drink; they are full of the immortal. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.188](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.188.md): With this thought and a heart desiring cows, O many-named, much-praised one, whenever you draw near at each So - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.189](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.189.md): May Sarasvatī, who purifies us, rich in strength and food, the bestower of wealth, desire the sacrifice with h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.190](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.190.md): Who among the human people will satisfy this Indra with Soma? May he bring treasures for us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.191](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.191.md): Come, Indra; the pressed soma is prepared for you. Drink this soma. This is my sacrificial-grass seat; sit her - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.192](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.192.md): Even the lowest of the three is great; the radiant one belongs to Mitra and Aryaman. Varuṇa's (splendour) is u - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.20.193](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.20.193.md): O Indra, giver of many goods, O leader: we are such as you (the lord's); we stand firm beside your bay horses. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.194](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.194.md): Let the Soma juices exhilarate you. O wielder of the stone, bestow wealth; strike down those hostile to the sa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.195](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.195.md): O you worthy of praise, drink our pressed Soma; you are anointed with streams of sweetness. O Indra, this glor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.196](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.196.md): Indra is always active near you; now he comes to those who serve him. The heroic god Indra cannot be obstructe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.197](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.197.md): May the drops of Soma enter you, as rivers enter the ocean. O Indra, none surpasses you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.198](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.198.md): Those who sing the gāthās praise Indra greatly; the chanters praise Indra with their chants. The speeches have - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.199](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.199.md): May Indra give us Ṛbhukṣan, the Ṛbhu, and wealth for nourishment; may the strong giver give us strength. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.200](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.200.md): Indra indeed casts a great terror upon (the foes) and makes them tremble. He is firm and all-seeing. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.201](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.201.md): O lord of songs, at every pressing of Soma these hymns reach you, as cows go to their calf. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.202](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.202.md): Now we invoke Indra and Pūṣan for friendship, for well-being, for the winning of strength and spoils. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.21.203](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.21.203.md): (Pauṣa) None is higher than you, O Indra; none is greater than you, O slayer of Vṛtra. None is as you are. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.204](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.204.md): O ferryman of the peoples, rich in cattle and strength, for you I proclaim that same praise equally. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.205](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.205.md): O Indra, your songs have been sent forth; in one accord they have risen toward you, the bull and lord. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.206](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.206.md): That mortal is indeed well-guided whom the Maruts and Aryaman protect; Mitra keeps him safe, free from malice. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.207](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.207.md): O Indra, bring hither that desirable wealth which was carried off and hidden, in the firm place, in the steady - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.208](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.208.md): Your fame as the greatest slayer of Vṛtra is heard by the host of the peoples, for gifts, for riches, for grea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.209](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.209.md): O Indra, may we go sufficiently to your glory; O hero, to one such as you; O mighty one, sufficiently to the h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.210](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.210.md): O Indra, with grain-parched offerings, with barley porridge, with cakes and with hymns, be pleased with our of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.211](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.211.md): O Indra, with the foam of the waters you severed the head of Namuci, when you conquered all rival hosts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.212](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.212.md): O Indra, these soma juices are pressed for you, and those yet to be pressed; O abundantly bountiful one, rejoi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.22.213](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.22.213.md): O Indra, the soma juices are pressed for you and the sacred grass is spread; O radiant one, be gracious to the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.214](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.214.md): As those who desire strength draw near to Indra, the seer of a hundred powers, so we sprinkle the most bounteo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.215](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.215.md): Therefore, O Indra, come near to us with a hundred strengths, with nourishment, with a thousand strengths. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.216](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.216.md): The slayer of Vṛtra seized the base; born, he asked his mother: who are the fierce ones, and who indeed have b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.217](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.217.md): With great hymns we call upon the open-handed one, who accomplishes all, for protection, for help. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.218](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.218.md): Upon the straight path Varuṇa and Mitra, who know, lead us; Aryaman, united with the gods in delight, [guides - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.219](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.219.md): As though from afar yet here, when the rosy-formed one of the true shone forth, she spread her radiance everyw - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.220](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.220.md): Come to us, Mitra and Varuṇa, sprinkle our wide pasture with ghee; sprinkle the realms with sweetness, you of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.221](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.221.md): Those sons raise up the songs; in the sacrifices they stretch them to the far quarters, like lowing cattle eag - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.23.222](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.23.222.md): Viṣṇu strode out across this (world); in three ways he set down his step. In its dust the whole of it is gathe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.223](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.223.md): Come forward, bring near the zealous presser of soma; at this gift, drink the pressed soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.224](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.224.md): When, indeed, the hymn of praise is recited to the wise great god; by that, kindle its growth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.225](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.225.md): While the uktha hymn is being recited, blameless wealth does not appear; nor while the Gāyatra is being sung. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.226](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.226.md): Indra, most exhilarated by the uktha hymns, lord of strengths and of riches, the tawny-horsed one, friend of t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.227](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.227.md): Come near to our pressed soma with strengths; do not be wrathful, great one, as one ever-young born. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.228](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.228.md): O bountiful one, when will the hymn of praise be longed for? Let the waters be covered below; the long pressed - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.229](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.229.md): O Indra, by the sacred chant, for prosperity, drink the Soma in accordance with the seasons. This your friends - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.230](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.230.md): O Indra, we are indeed praisers near to you. O you honoured by songs, O drinker of Soma, you refresh us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.231](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.231.md): O Indra, in whatever contests, place manly strength in our bodies. O conqueror of all, O fierce one, grant us - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.24.232](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.24.232.md): Thus you seek heroes; thus you are a hero and steadfast. Thus your mind is bountiful and to be won. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.233](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.233.md): O hero, we praise you as unmilked cows (praise you). You are the lord of this moving world, the seer of heaven - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.234](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.234.md): In the contest for spoils we singers call upon you alone. O Indra, in battles men invoke you, lord of truth; i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.235](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.235.md): Praise Indra, the giver of good wealth, well, that he may know it. The bountiful, wealth-rich Indra gives a th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.236](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.236.md): That wondrous one, conqueror of foes, giver of goods, exhilarated by the soma — Indra — we call with songs, as - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.237](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.237.md): To Indra, finder of wealth for you with swift songs, I call for help, together, singing loudly at the sacrific - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.238](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.238.md): The swift one surely desires to win the prize, with wise thought, with his companion. To Indra, much-invoked, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.239](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.239.md): O Indra, drink the pressed soma, rich in juice; gladden us with offerings rich in cattle. Be awake to us as a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.240](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.240.md): Do come, indeed, to move forward; obtain your portion, for the gaining of wealth. O bounteous Indra, surge for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.241](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.241.md): Indeed, no one comes after you, nor is Vasiṣṭha measured against you. O Maruts, today at our pressed soma, may - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.25.242](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.25.242.md): O friends, do not praise anything else, nor be harmed. Let the singer praise only Indra, the virile one; at th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.243](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.243.md): No one who performs deeds is destroyed, who has honoured the ever-growing Indra with sacrifices; the one aided - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.244](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.244.md): Indra, who once tore enemies from the collarbone, joiner of what is joined, bountiful, rich in many treasures, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.245](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.245.md): Indra, let a thousand and a hundred horses, yoked to the golden chariot, bring you hither; let the tawny, mane - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.246](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.246.md): Indra, come hither with your exhilarating tawny steeds, peacock-feathered; let none hold you back as the noose - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.247](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.247.md): Dear one, most mighty god, you urge the mortal to praise; O bountiful one, there is no other gracious one besi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.248](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.248.md): Indra, you are glorious, sprinkler of Soma, lord of might; you alone smite the unopposed Vṛtras and shatter th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.249](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.249.md): For the favour of the gods we call on Indra, Indra at the start of the sacrifice, Indra in the battle; we who - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.250](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.250.md): O rich in treasures, may these songs of mine increase you; the bright, purifying-hued, wise ones have praised - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.251](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.251.md): These sweetest songs and hymns rise up; victorious in contest, bestowers of wealth, of undiminished help, eage - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.26.252](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.26.252.md): As a thirsting bull goes to the watering place made by the waters, so come swiftly for our friendship and clos - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.253](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.253.md): O Indra, lord of Śacī, grant strength with all your protections. As we follow the glorious giver of wealth Bha - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.254](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.254.md): O Indra, with the enjoyments you have brought from the asuras, O bountiful one, increase this praiser; and inc - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.255](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.255.md): Forth to Mitra and to Aryaman, companions, O you who dwell in truth, sing praise; to the protector Varuṇa sing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.256](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.256.md): O Indra, the Āyus came toward you with hymns for the first drink; the harmonious Ṛbhus sounded together; the R - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.257](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.257.md): Forth to great Indra, O Maruts, offer the sacred formula; the slayer of Vṛtra, of a hundred powers, strikes Vṛ - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.258](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.258.md): Sing to great Indra, O Maruts, the most slaying of Vṛtra; sing to the wakeful god by whom you, increasers of o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.259](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.259.md): O Indra, bring us resolve as a father to his sons. Teach us on this course, O much-invoked one, that living we - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.260](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.260.md): O Indra, do not turn away from us; be with us at the shared festal drink. You are our help, you are our kinsma - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.261](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.261.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, we who have pressed the soma long for you, as men with cut sacred grass sit by the waters; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.27.262](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.27.262.md): O Indra, whatever vigour and manly strength there is among the Nahuṣa peoples, whatever is among the peoples, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.263](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.263.md): Truly you are thus a bull, bull-impelled, our protector. Fierce bull, you are heard from afar; famed as a bull - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.264](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.264.md): When you, mighty one, are far and when you are near, slayer of Vṛtra; therefore, Indra, with songs, the soma-p - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.265](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.265.md): Toward your hero, great and wide-minded, sing with song in the exhilarations of the soma: Indra's name, famed, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.266](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.266.md): Indra, a threefold refuge, a threefold shelter, for well-being. Grant shelter to the generous ones and to me, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.267](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.267.md): As if the sun were cooked, partake of all the treasures of Indra. Born, of birth-nature, with might; in return - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.268](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.268.md): The god, the long-lived mortal, has not truly attained that nourishment; those who yoke swift horses yoke them - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.269](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.269.md): Adorn Indra, worthy of invocation in all battles, for us. Come near to the prayers and the soma-pressings, O s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.270](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.270.md): Indra, the wealth is yours; you nourish the lowest, the middling, and the highest. Truly you rule over all tha - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.271](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.271.md): Where do you go, and where are you? For your mind runs to many places. O warrior, causer of commotion, destroy - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.28.272](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.28.272.md): We have now come near to him here, the thunderbolt-bearer. Today at the pressing bring pressed soma for him, a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.273](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.273.md): The king of the peoples, who drives with chariots unobstructed, victor over all armies, supreme slayer of Vṛtr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.274](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.274.md): O Indra, from whatever we fear, make for us fearlessness. O bountiful one, grant that power of yours for our p - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.275](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.275.md): O lord of the dwelling, make firm the pillars of the sacrificial session of the Soma-offerers. Indra, swift as - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.276](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.276.md): Baṇ, O Sun, you are great. Baḍ, O Āditya, you are great. Your greatness is real, most praiseworthy god; by you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.277](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.277.md): He who has horses and a chariot, of fine form, possessing cows, who is your friend, O Indra — sharing in stren - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.278](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.278.md): O Indra, even if there were a hundred heavens and a hundred earths for you, O wielder of the thunderbolt, not - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.279](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.279.md): O Indra, when you are invoked by men from the east, the west, the north or below, you are, pressed out by men - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.280](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.280.md): O Indra, what mortal would dare to assail you, who have wealth? O bountiful one, faith is indeed in you; in th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.281](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.281.md): O Indra and Agni, this footless one came first before those with feet; leaving her head and tongue behind, she - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.29.282](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.29.282.md): O Indra, come nearer, with aids of measured wisdom; come, come with the most peaceful aids; come to good sleep - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.283](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.283.md): From here we come to you for protection — the ageless one, the impeller, the self-impelled, swift, conqueror, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.284](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.284.md): Let the priests and men not keep you away from us. Whether you are far off or in the joyful assembly, come to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.285](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.285.md): Press Soma for Indra, drinker of Soma, wielder of the thunderbolt. Cook the cooked offerings for protection. H - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.286](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.286.md): Indra, who slays foes at once and sees all, we invoke him. O mighty one, lord of the good, be a thousandfold i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.287](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.287.md): O rich in powers, by your powers give to us by day and night. May your gift never be withheld from us, and our - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.288](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.288.md): Whenever a singing mortal praises the bountiful one, then with wise speech let him hymn Varuṇa, upholder of th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.289](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.289.md): O Medhyātithi, drink the exhilaration of the soma-juice for Indra. He who is joined with the two tawny horses, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.290](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.290.md): May Indra hear both of our words; the most powerful, bountiful Indra, come hither with understanding, together - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.291](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.291.md): O stone-wielder, you are given to us for great gain, not sold away for a bride-price; O thunderbolt-bearer, O - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.30.292](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.30.292.md): O Indra, you are better for me than my father and my brother, who do not partake; my mother and you two shelte - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.293](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.293.md): For Indra these soma juices have been pressed, mixed with curds. Thunder-handed one, come to them for exhilara - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.294](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.294.md): Indra, these soma juices have been made known for your exhilaration, accompanied by hymns. Drinking the sweet - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.295](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.295.md): Today I call you, Indra, the milking-all cow stirred by the gāyatrī chant, easily milked, giving other nourish - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.296](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.296.md): Indra, the great firm stones cannot hold you back, when you bestow wealth on a praiser like me; no one diminis - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.297](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.297.md): Who truly knows Indra drinking together with him at the pressing? When does he take up strength? He who breaks - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.298](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.298.md): When, Indra, you cast the lawless, the law-breakers, out from the assembly, then, bounteous one, exalt our muc - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.299](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.299.md): May Tvaṣṭṛ give us the divine word; may Parjanya and Brahmaṇaspati protect us. May Aditi, with sons and brothe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.300](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.300.md): Indra, you are never barren toward us; you attend the giver. O bountiful Maghavan, your gift, like the god's, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.301](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.301.md): Indra, most destructive of Vṛtra, yoke your two tawny horses from afar. O bountiful Maghavan, come hither to d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.31.302](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.31.302.md): Vajrin, yesterday too the men and eager singers exalted you alone. Indra, bearer of praise, hear here; come ne - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.303](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.303.md): The daughter of the sky (Uṣas) has appeared before us, coming near and shining. She drives away the great dark - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.304](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.304.md): These are your songs, O Aśvins; the rays (usrāḥ) call you. I call you both for protection, O mighty pair; you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.305](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.305.md): O Aśvins, where is he, and which mortal, burning with fervour for you, is it? O gods, strike you both with a s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.306](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.306.md): This sweetest soma, for you both, has been pressed at the heavenly rites. O Aśvins, drink it, pass across the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.307](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.307.md): With the draught of soma I call you here always, asking; like a bowstring I draw you toward me. Who, O lord, w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.308](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.308.md): O priest, let the soma flow, for Indra thirsts to drink it. He has now indeed yoked his two stallion-bays, and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.309](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.309.md): O Indra, bring that from the hundreds, for the greater and the lesser. O bountiful Maghavan, you have indeed b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.310](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.310.md): O Indra, if I were to rule as much as you possess, O giver of wealth, I would indeed sustain the praiser; I wo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.311](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.311.md): O Indra, in contests you prevail over all rivals. You are the destroyer of curses, the begetter, the vanquishe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.32.312](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.32.312.md): You who surpass the seats of heaven by your might, O Indra, the earthly realm could not encompass you; beyond - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.313](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.313.md): This god-soma, mixed with cow-curd, has been pressed; in it Indra by his very birth has spoken out. O Indra wi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.314](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.314.md): O Indra, your seat has been made in the sacrifice, with that praise by the men. O much-invoked one, come forth - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.315](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.315.md): You split open the source, you released the channels apart; you freed the bound floods and made them flow. O I - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.316](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.316.md): O Indra, we who have pressed the soma praise you, desiring to win. O mighty one, bring us strength and welfare - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.317](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.317.md): O Indra, we seeking treasures take hold of your right hand. O lord of treasures, we know you as lord of cows; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.318](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.318.md): In the contest of Nemadhitā men call upon Indra, when at the decisive crossing they yoke their thoughts. O her - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.319](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.319.md): Like winged birds the Priyamedhā seers came to sit near Indra, begging. Remove the darkness, fill our sight, a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.320](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.320.md): When the winged one flew near in heaven, those who yearned in their hearts beheld you: golden-winged messenger - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.321](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.321.md): The Brahman born first in the east, far from the boundaries, the bright Yearner (the Sun) opened the light. He - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.33.322](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.33.322.md): Unprecedented and very many, for this great hero, mighty, swift, broad-voiced, thunderbolt-wielder, they fashi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.323](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.323.md): A drop of soma stood upon the Aṃśumatī; the dark one came forward with ten thousands. Indra with his might hel - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.324](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.324.md): Desiring to free you from the throat of Vṛtra, all the gods who were your comrades abandoned you. Indra, may y - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.325](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.325.md): The moon, appearing in the assembly of many, though young, was swallowed by the grey one. Behold the poetic po - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.326](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.326.md): O Indra, at your very birth you became an enemy to those seven who were no enemies. You found again the hidden - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.327](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.327.md): Like a sturdy one, wielder of the thunderbolt, sharp, many-formed, a bull, firm-shouldered — you, O Indra — yo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.328](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.328.md): Bring forth good offerings to him who is great and grows in greatness, the wise one; show him goodwill. O fulf - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.329](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.329.md): For joy, let us invoke the bountiful Indra, the best of leaders in this contest, in the winning of spoils. The - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.330](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.330.md): O Vasiṣṭha, desiring fame, raise up the sacred hymns well; magnify Indra in the battle. He who has spread all - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.34.331](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.34.331.md): His wheel that is set in the waters — may that too cover sweetness for him. His udder spread upon the earth, w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.332](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.332.md): That swift steed, sent forth by the gods, victor by strength, bearer across of chariots, whose rim is unbroken - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.333](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.333.md): Indra the protector, Indra the guardian, Indra the hero, easy to call at every invocation — now I call mighty, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.334](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.334.md): We worship Indra, who holds the thunderbolt in his right hand, charioteer of the tawny steeds, of diverse vows - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.335](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.335.md): Indra, who slays foes at a stroke, bold, strong, great, boundless, the bull with the fine thunderbolt — slayer - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.336](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.336.md): Whatever mortal, be he a band or one who thinks himself great, swift or slow, would harm us by hunger, by batt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.337](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.337.md): Him whom peoples, contending in battles, call upon, hastening at the yoked chariots; him in the contest of her - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.338](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.338.md): O Indra and mountains, bring with your great chariot lovely nourishments and sons rich in heroes. Enjoy the ob - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.339](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.339.md): Songs to Indra, whose impulse is never dulled — he sent the waters forth from the bottom of the ocean; he who, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.340](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.340.md): Friends have turned you hither in friendship; may you cross the many floods. The creator has set the grandson - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.35.341](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.35.341.md): Who today yokes the cows (rays) to the yoke-pole of order — those swift, fiery, hard-to-anger ones? May he who - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.342](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.342.md): Gāyatrī singers sing you; the arcakas praise you with the arka. O Śatakratu, the brahmans raise you up as one - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.343](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.343.md): All songs of praise make Indra grow, him whose reach is like the sea. He is the best charioteer among chariote - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.344](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.344.md): O Indra, drink this pressed soma, the best, immortal, exhilarating. In the seat of ṛta the streams of the brig - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.345](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.345.md): O Indra, whatever wonderful wealth is not here for me, O wielder of the stone, may that wealth given by you co - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.346](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.346.md): O Indra, hear my call even from afar; I am the one who honours you. Fill us with wealth of good heroic strengt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.347](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.347.md): O Indra, soma has been pressed for you. O most mighty, bold one, come hither. As the sun fills the realm with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.348](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.348.md): Come, O Indra, with your tawny horses, near to Kaṇva's fair praise. From the heaven of that ruler, go to heave - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.349](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.349.md): O praiseworthy one, when the soma is pressed, the songs have stood beside you like charioteers; as cows low to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.350](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.350.md): Come, let us now praise the pure Indra with pure sāman-chant; may he, strengthened by pure recitations and pos - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.36.351](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.36.351.md): The soma that is richest in wealth and most brilliant in splendour has been pressed; it is for you, O Indra; O - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.352](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.352.md): O men, bring everything toward him who desires and who knows all; to the swift-moving one who goes forward, wh - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.353](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.353.md): Come hither to us, you who dwell in every strength, great one, dwelling in the deep places, great one, guide o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.354](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.354.md): For aid and for blessing we turn you toward us with your chariot, O doer of mighty deeds, conqueror of foes; O - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.355](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.355.md): He, the ancient, beloved of the great powers, manifests by his insights and deeds; through whose door Manu the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.356](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.356.md): When the shining swift steeds carry him on their chariots, there, drinking the sweet exhilarating honey-drink, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.357](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.357.md): For you I praise that unconquered Indra, lord of strength, who overcomes all, the leader, most powerful, posse - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.358](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.358.md): I have offered (praise) to Dadhikrāvan, the victorious swift horse. May he make our faces fragrant and lengthe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.37.359](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.37.359.md): The breaker of strongholds, the youthful seer of immeasurable might, was born. Indra, the sustainer of all dee - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.360](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.360.md): O people, carry forth the praise-offering in the Triṣṭubh metre to Indu (Soma) for the hero. By your thought, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.361](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.361.md): Of Kaśyapa, the finder of heaven's light — those two are said to be yoked together, by whom the wise, having u - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.362](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.362.md): Sing, O men, sing forth! O dear-minded ones, sing! Let the sons also sing, and sing forth for the bold one, fo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.363](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.363.md): For Indra the uktha-hymn is to be recited, the increaser, the repeller of many foes. As the mighty one, at our - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.364](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.364.md): To Indra, the lord of dwellings of all men, of unbending strength, with these chants and for the protection of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.365](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.365.md): He indeed, who for you, O men, from heaven, by thought and praise, for the toiling mortal comes; by his protec - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.366](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.366.md): O Indra, your gift of wealth is boundless and your bestowal is wide. O possessor of a hundred powers, O all-se - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.367](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.367.md): O Dawn, there are your winged birds, the two-footed and the four-footed creatures. O bright Dawn, arise forth - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.368](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.368.md): O gods who stand in the bright middle of heaven, what is your ṛta, what is your amṛta? What is your ancient ob - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.38.369](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.38.369.md): With the verse and the chant we worship, by which they perform their rites. Shining in your assembly seat, bri - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.370](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.370.md): Indra, the most overpowering conqueror of all hosts, men fashioned together and begot for sovereignty; for str - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.371](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.371.md): I set (my praise) upon you, for the first valour, when you struck down the dasyu, the enemy of men, and releas - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.372](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.372.md): Gather together, all of you, with might; he is the lord of heaven, who alone became the guest of peoples; he i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.373](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.373.md): O Indra, these (we) are yours; O much-praised one, grasping you we move on, O rich in wealth; there is no othe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.374](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.374.md): Indra, upholder of peoples, bountiful, worthy of praise—the great songs have praised him; he who grows strong, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.375](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.375.md): You prayers seeking heaven, all of you together, turn toward Indra and praise him. As eager wives embrace thei - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.376](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.376.md): Gladden with songs that mighty Indra, much-invoked, praised with verses, the ocean of wealth. Before whom the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.377](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.377.md): Exalt well that mighty one, finder of the heavenly light, with whom a hundred well-born companions are impelle - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.378](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.378.md): Full of ghee, radiant with the splendor of worlds, wide and broad, milking sweetness, fair of form — heaven an - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.379](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.379.md): When, Indra, you filled both worlds like Dawn, the goddess mother bore you, great and sovereign over the peopl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.39.380](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.39.380.md): Sing forth a hymn rich in food to the exhilarating one, who with Ṛjiśvan struck down the dark-wombed foes. We, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.381](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.381.md): O Indra, in the pressed Soma-juices you purify the praiseworthy power of will; to obtain growth and great stre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.382](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.382.md): Sing well toward that Indra, invoked by many and praised by many; with songs, serve that mighty Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.383](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.383.md): O wielder of the stone, we praise that exhilaration of yours, mighty, victorious in battles, world-making, wit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.384](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.384.md): O Indra, when you rejoice with Soma drops, whether with Viṣṇu, or with Trita Āptya, or among the Maruts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.385](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.385.md): O adhvaryu priest, pour in this sweeter, more exhilarating share of the soma juice; thus the ever-growing hero - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.386](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.386.md): Pour the soma drop for Indra; he drinks the sweetness of soma, and by his greatness he impels riches forth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.387](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.387.md): Come, friends, let us now praise Indra, the leader worthy of praise, who alone masters all peoples. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.388](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.388.md): Sing the Sāman to Indra; sing the Bṛhat to the inspired, great one, the maker of prayer, the wise, the praisew - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.389](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.389.md): He alone who bestows wealth on the mortal giver is the lord Indra, unopposed, indeed, O friend. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.40.390](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.40.390.md): Friends, we ask for the sacred prayer for Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt; for you, praise well the most - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.391](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.391.md): I praise that might of yours, Indra, a fitting offering for the gods' benefit, when with ojas you strike down - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.392](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.392.md): In whose exhilaration you subdued Śambara for Divodāsa, Indra — this Soma has been pressed for you; drink it. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.393](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.393.md): Come to us, Indra, dear one, conqueror of many, unconcealed; you are vast on every side like a mountain, lord - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.394](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.394.md): Indra, greatest drinker of Soma, strongest one, the exhilaration of yours that awakens — by which you strike d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.395](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.395.md): For Tuca and for Tuna, let that be well done for us, for a long life to live — O Ādityas of equal might, make - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.396](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.396.md): Thunderbolt-handed one, you indeed know the encirclement of the Nirṛtis, day by day, as the purifier knows the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.397](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.397.md): O Ādityas, drive away sickness and enmity, scatter evil thought, and keep us far from distress. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.41.398](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.41.398.md): Indra, drink the soma; may the soma pressed out for you by the stone gladden you. O lord of tawny steeds, held - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.399](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.399.md): O Indra, you are without rival and without kinsman, ancient by birth; through battle you desire companionship. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.400](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.400.md): Him who formerly brought us this and this, the better, I indeed praise; O friends, praise Indra for protection - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.401](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.401.md): Come hither, you who go forth; do not be harmed. O Maruts of one accord, do not stand aloof; you who restrain - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.402](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.402.md): Come, O lord of horses, lord of cows, lord of fields; come for Indu. O lord of Soma, drink Soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.403](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.403.md): O bull, with you as companion we shall speak toward the snorter, in the assembly of the people rich in cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.404](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.404.md): The cows too are of one accord; the Maruts are kinsmen by common birth; they lick the peaks of the mountains, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.405](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.405.md): Indra, hundred-minded, all-seeing, bring us vigour and strength; bring to us a hero who overcomes armies. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.406](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.406.md): Now, Indra, praised in song! With desire we approach you; as those going toward the waters rise up, so we rais - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.407](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.407.md): Seated, as your food is in milk-mixed honey and in the exhilarating intoxicating drink, Indra, we praise you a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.42.408](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.42.408.md): We, seeking help and bearing a great offering, call upon you, unrivalled one — wielder of the thunderbolt, won - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.409](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.409.md): Thus the gauryaḥ (tawny streams) drink the sweet, all-pervading mead of Soma; going together with Indra and re - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.410](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.410.md): Thus Soma, the exhilarating drink, made the sacred formula grow. O most mighty, thunderbolt-wielder, with your - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.411](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.411.md): Indra has grown for exhilaration and for might, the slayer of Vṛtra, by men. Him indeed we call in great conte - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.412](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.412.md): O Indra, to you alone, O stone-bearer, belongs unsurpassed heroic might. O thunderbolt-wielder, since you slew - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.413](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.413.md): Go forth, advance, press on boldly; your thunderbolt is not held back. O Indra, your manly power and might are - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.414](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.414.md): When contests are raised, wealth is placed for the bold one. Yoke the two exhilaration-dropping bay steeds; wh - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.415](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.415.md): They ate, the beloved rejoiced; they shook themselves. Self-radiant inspired seers praised with the newest tho - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.416](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.416.md): O bountiful Indra, come near and hear our songs, do not delay. When will you grant favour to us, rich in true - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.417](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.417.md): The moon is within the waters; the fine-winged bird runs in the sky. The golden-rimmed lightnings do not find - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.43.418](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.43.418.md): O Aśvins, toward your most dear, mighty, wealth-bringing chariot the praising seer adorns with hymns. O sweet - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.419](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.419.md): O Agni, we kindle you, radiant and undying god. In battle your most praiseworthy kindling-wood shines; bring l - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.420](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.420.md): With our own praises we choose you, like Agni, as the hotṛ-priest — skilful one of purifying flame, whose gras - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.421](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.421.md): O Dawn, awaken us today for great wealth, rich in heaven's light; as you awakened us before, true-famed, well- - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.422](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.422.md): Bring us good fortune; stir up our mind, strength and resolve as well. Then in your friendship, in the joy of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.423](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.423.md): Great Indra, by his power and according to his nature, has turned forth terrible might; in his lofty near hand - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.424](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.424.md): He indeed mounts that bull of a chariot, winner of cows, who knows the full vessel and the chariot yoked with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.425](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.425.md): I hold in mind that Agni, the bright one, to whose abode the cows go. To his abode go the swift horses, to his - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.44.426](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.44.426.md): O gods, the mortal whom neither sin nor misfortune has reached, him Aryaman, Mitra and Varuṇa, united in favou - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.427](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.427.md): Flow around forth, Soma, sweet, for Indra, for Mitra, for Pūṣan, for Bhaga. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.428](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.428.md): Flow well around and forth, for the winning of spoils; conquering obstacles, to cross beyond the hostile ones; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.429](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.429.md): Flow, Soma; you are the great ocean, the father of the gods, toward all abodes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.430](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.430.md): Flow, Soma, for great strength, like a cleansed horse, swift and strong, for wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.431](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.431.md): Drop of Soma, you have purified yourself, lovely, for exhilaration, in the lap of the waters, seer, for Bhaga. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.432](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.432.md): Following you, Soma, pressed, we rejoice in the great realm of contest; Pavamāna, you plunge forward toward th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.433](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.433.md): Who are the manifest leaders, of one nest, the youthful warriors of Rudra, and they with good horses? - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.434](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.434.md): O Agni, today may we prosper for you with praises like a horse, with a will that is auspicious and touches the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.435](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.435.md): O youthful warriors, manifest, bring strength to us; O strong ones, may we attain the impulse of the god Savit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.45.436](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.45.436.md): Flow, purify yourself, O Soma, radiant one, of sweet flow, in due succession of the great, of the sheep (strea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.437](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.437.md): O giver from every side, bring to us from all sides; you, most mighty, we implore. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.438](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.438.md): This is the priest, fit for the rite; I praise him who is renowned by the name Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.439](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.439.md): The priests, exalting Indra, strengthened him with hymns, that he might slay the serpent. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.440](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.440.md): O much-invoked one, the Anus fashioned a chariot for you and the horse; Tvaṣṭā forged the radiant thunderbolt. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.441](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.441.md): A blessed place, a gift of wealth — the lawless man does not send the desire of those who seek wealth, nor doe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.442](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.442.md): Always the bright cows (rays) that nourish all; always the gods, without fault. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.443](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.443.md): Come, with the wooden cup; the cows join the course with their udders. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.444](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.444.md): Dwelling near the sweet offering, may we thrive in wealth; Indra, we hold you in thought. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.445](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.445.md): The sun-bright Maruts sing the hymn; the famed youthful Indra comes hither to the praise. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.46.446](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.46.446.md): Sing forth a song for Indra, the greatest slayer of Vṛtra, the inspired seer, whom he delights in. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.447](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.447.md): Agni has awakened, discerning, carrier of the oblation, whose chariot brings good joy. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.448](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.448.md): O Agni, you are our nearest and our protector; become auspicious, become our shelter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.449](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.449.md): Agni, wondrous like Bhaga, bestows a jewel among the great gifts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.450](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.450.md): Sing forth the chant before all; if any gain is here, may it come now indeed. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.451](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.451.md): Uṣas, sister of the night, drives away darkness; she, well-born, turns her path around well. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.452](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.452.md): May these worlds indeed bring joy; may we prosper with Indra and all the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.453](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.453.md): O Indra, as streams flow along their paths, so let your gifts spread out from you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.454](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.454.md): Thus may we win strength that is beneficial to the gods, and may we rejoice for a hundred winters, blessed wit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.455](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.455.md): May Mitra and Varuṇa nourish us with vigour; O Indra, grant us abundant food and drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.47.456](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.47.456.md): Indra rules over all. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.457](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.457.md): In three cups the mighty one drank his fill of barley-mixed soma, pressed with Viṣṇu as he willed. He rejoiced - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.458](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.458.md): This is the thought of the thousand-seeing poets, the bearer of light who sustains order. The base set the bla - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.459](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.459.md): O Indra, come to us from afar, as if to the sacrifices, like the lord of the good, the charioteer, like a king - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.460](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.460.md): That Indra I call upon: the bountiful, the fierce, truly upholding, unopposed, rich in glories. Most bounteous - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.461](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.461.md): Before Agni I set myself with thought; now we choose that divine strength, we choose Indra and Vāyu. When they - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.462](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.462.md): For you, for great Viṣṇu and for the god with the Maruts, let our thoughts go forward; let songs come with the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.463](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.463.md): Purifying itself with this bright golden light, he crosses over all hostile powers, with companion rays, as th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.464](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.464.md): I praise that god Savitṛ, skilled in both hands, wise in purpose, true in impulsion, holder of treasures; I ra - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.465](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.465.md): I think of Agni, the priest, the bountiful, son of wealth, son of strength, Jātavedas, all-knowing like an ins - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.48.466](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.48.466.md): Indra, that first and ancient deed of yours, fit for men and for the leaders, is to be proclaimed in heaven: h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.467](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.467.md): For you, born of the soma juice, on high I take what exists in heaven and on earth. It is fierce protection, g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.468](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.468.md): O Soma, flow purified with the sweetest, most exhilarating stream, pressed out for Indra to drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.469](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.469.md): Bull-like, flow purified with the stream, exhilarating for the Maruts, bearing all things with your strength. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.470](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.470.md): With that most desirable exhilaration of yours, flow purified with the juice, protecting the gods and destroyi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.471](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.471.md): Three speeches are uttered forth; the cows, the milch-cows, sound out; the tawny one goes forth roaring. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.472](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.472.md): O Indu, for Indra, with the Maruts, flow sweetest and purified, to take your seat in the chant's home. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.473](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.473.md): The ray (soma) is pressed out in the waters for exhilaration, with strength; dwelling on the mountain, like a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.474](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.474.md): Flow purified, O tawny one, accomplisher of strength, for the gods to drink; as exhilaration for the Maruts an - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.475](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.475.md): The sounding soma, dwelling on the mountain, flows all around in the filter; in the exhilarations you are alwa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.49.476](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.49.476.md): The dear poet of heaven, placed between the two grandsons (of the waters), goes with sounds — he whose will is - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.477](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.477.md): Forth go the Soma juices, dripping with exhilaration, for our fame and for our bountiful patrons; pressed, the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.478](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.478.md): The wise Soma juices lead the waters forward like waves, as buffaloes make for the forests. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.479](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.479.md): Flow, O Indu, virile and pressed, purified; make us glorious among the people, and drive away and strike down - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.480](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.480.md): You are indeed virile with your radiance; O Pavamāna, brilliant and seeing the heavenly light, we invoke you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.481](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.481.md): Indu has flowed in purified, the awakener, the dear inspired thought of the poets; as a charioteer releases th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.482](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.482.md): The vigorous Soma juices have been sent forth with cattle and with horses; bright and swift with heroic force. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.483](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.483.md): O shining Soma, flow purified in the form that gives life. May your exhilaration reach Indra. By your nature, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.484](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.484.md): Soma, flowing pure, was born from heaven like a brilliant thunder. He brings forth the great light that belong - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.485](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.485.md): The sounding drops of Soma flow all around for exhilaration, with strengthening song. They flow in a stream of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.50.486](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.50.486.md): Soma, the seer, sitting on the wave of the river, flowed forth all around. He bears the singer whom many desir - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.487](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.487.md): Near came the gods to this born Soma, swift in the waters, adorned with the milk of the cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.488](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.488.md): Purifying itself, the all-seeing Soma advanced over all the enemies; with thoughts they adorn the inspired see - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.489](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.489.md): Entering the vessel, the pressed Soma flows toward all glories; the drop of Soma is set aside for Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.490](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.490.md): Like a chariot horse, Soma is released through the filter between the two vessels; like a racing steed, he spe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.491](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.491.md): When the radiant streams advanced like swift cows, striking away the dark skin. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.492](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.492.md): Striking away the hostile forces, you flow, O Soma, knower of purpose, joy-giver; drive away the man who desir - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.493](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.493.md): Thus flow with the stream by which you made the sun shine, impelling the waters of men. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.494](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.494.md): Flow, you who protected Indra to slay Vṛtra, who had enclosed the great waters. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.495](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.495.md): Thus flow all around with your impulse, O Indu, you who in the exhilarations brought down ninety-nine. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.51.496](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.51.496.md): Around the radiant giver of ancient wealth, Bharadvāja for us, with the soma juice; sounding, flow here in the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.497](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.497.md): The bull-like, tawny, mighty one roars aloud; splendid like Mitra, he shines together with the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.498](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.498.md): Today we choose your strength, which brings joy, you the bearer; protecting, much-desired one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.499](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.499.md): O adhvaryu, with the pressing stones bring the pressed Soma into the filter; purify it for Indra to drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.500](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.500.md): That exhilarating one passes across; the stream of the pressed juice runs. That exhilarating one passes across - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.501](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.501.md): Flow to us, O Soma, thousandfold wealth with good heroic strength; bestow upon us glory. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.502](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.502.md): The ancient men stepped along toward the newer place; bringing forth the sun for light, they advanced. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.503](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.503.md): Flow, Soma, most radiant, roaring toward the wooden vats; seated in your seats, come here. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.504](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.504.md): You are Soma, radiant and showering; O god, you are the bull of showering vows; you uphold the ordinances. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.505](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.505.md): Flow for nourishment with your stream, purified, cleansed by the wise; O Indu, come with your brightness towar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.506](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.506.md): O Soma, with a sweet stream, as a showering bull, flow seeking the gods; with the wool filters, purify yoursel - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.507](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.507.md): By this good deed, O Soma, you have grown great and increased; exhilarated, indeed you move forward like a sho - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.508](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.508.md): This all-seeing, established Pavamāna Soma — he awakens; impelling, he stirs the great kinsman, the friend. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.509](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.509.md): O Soma, for our great welfare, flowing like a wave, go forth toward the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.52.510](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.52.510.md): Striking away the hostile foes, Soma flows purified, driving off the ungenerous; going to the made-ready place - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.511](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.511.md): O Soma, purifying yourself, you flow forth with the stream, clothing yourself in the waters. Bestower of treas - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.512](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.512.md): Pour out all around the pressed Soma — Soma, the highest oblation. The Soma that runs, that is beneficial to m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.513](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.513.md): O Soma, sounding with the stones, come hither across the woollen filters. As a man enters a city, the tawny So - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.514](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.514.md): O Soma, press forward for the enjoyment of the gods, as a river swells with its flood. With the milk of the So - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.515](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.515.md): Soma, indeed, flowing by the presser-men, upon the pressing-stones, upon the woollen filters of the sheep, goe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.516](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.516.md): O Soma, in your friendship I rejoice day after day. O Indu, the many forms of the tawny Soma wander within me; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.517](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.517.md): Being cleansed by skilful hands, you send speech forth in the ocean. O flowing Soma, you flow toward the tawny - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.518](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.518.md): The somas, the exhilarating ones, dripping with exhilaration, the thoughtful gladdeners, flow toward the high - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.519](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.519.md): O Soma, wakeful and purifying yourself through the wool filters, dear one, you became an inspired seer, most l - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.520](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.520.md): For Indra the exhilarating soma flows, pressed together with the Maruts. The thousand-streamed one flows throu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.521](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.521.md): Flow on, O Soma, most victorious winner of spoils, toward all desirable treasures. You are the ocean in the fi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.53.522](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.53.522.md): The flowing somas were sent forth with their stream through the pure filter, accompanied by the Maruts, gladde - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.523](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.523.md): O Soma, run forward, sit down around the vessel; purified by men, flow toward strength. Like a swift horse, cl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.524](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.524.md): Like Uśanas speaking poetry, the god Soma declares the birth of the gods; of great vow, pure kinsman, purifier - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.525](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.525.md): The bearer sets in motion three speeches, the thought of cosmic order, the wisdom of the sacred formula; the c - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.526](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.526.md): His golden impulses, purified, mix the god Soma with the gods in the juice; pressed, he goes roaring around th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.527](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.527.md): Soma flows: begetter of thoughts, begetter of heaven, begetter of earth, begetter of Agni, begetter of the Sun - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.528](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.528.md): Toward Soma, three-backed, bull-like, giver of vigour, the speeches eagerly rise. Clothed in the forests like - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.529](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.529.md): Soma, like the ocean, advances in the first ordering; generating creatures, he becomes the guardian of the wor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.530](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.530.md): The tawny Soma, when poured, rushes sounding; sitting in the belly of the wooden vessel, he purifies. By what - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.531](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.531.md): O Indra, behold for you this honeyed Soma, the bull, the showerer; the drops of the bull are around the filter - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.54.532](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.54.532.md): Flow sweet, O Soma, keeper of order, clothed in waters, upon the height of the woollen filter. Mount the woode - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.533](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.533.md): Soma, like an army leader and a hero, goes forth before the chariots; seeking cows he rejoices, and his host f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.534](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.534.md): Forth have flowed your sweet streams, O Soma, when you, purified, pass through the woolen filter. O Pavamāna, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.535](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.535.md): Sing forth, let us praise the gods; urge Soma on for great wealth. May sweet Soma flow through the sieve and t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.536](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.536.md): Urged forth, the begetter of both worlds, like a chariot winning strength and prize, has gone; going toward In - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.537](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.537.md): When the speech, desiring in the mind, shaped the law of the eldest before the host of the sky-dweller, then t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.538](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.538.md): Together the bulls cleansed him; the ten sisters of the wise one, swift thoughts, joined as one. Hari, born of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.539](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.539.md): When upon him, like a race-mare, the bright thoughts vie, as peoples vie for the patron; choosing the waters, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.540](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.540.md): The strong soma-drop flows purified, bringing cows; Soma for Indra, urging him on for exhilaration; he slays t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.541](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.541.md): Thus purified, flow these treasures, and me too; Indra runs through the lake, across the dry land; he is the b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.542](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.542.md): This great deed did Soma, the mighty bull, when the womb of the waters chose the gods; he placed strength in I - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.543](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.543.md): Like a race of chariots, the first thought, guided by mind and insight, sent forth the swift Soma. The ten sis - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.55.544](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.55.544.md): Like the waves of the waters that surge across, the thoughts of inspired intent are urged toward Soma. Bowing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.545](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.545.md): O friends, for the pressed soma juice, which leads forward to victory and gives exhilaration — strike away the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.546](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.546.md): This is Pūṣan, wealth and fortune; Soma flows, purifying himself. Lord of all the world, he illumines both wor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.547](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.547.md): The pressed, sweetest soma juices, exhilarating for Indra — passing through the pure filter they flow; may you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.548](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.548.md): The somas flow purified, bright drops, best at finding the way for us — friends, sounding, blameless, well-med - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.549](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.549.md): Flow toward us the wealth that gives the most strength, desired by a hundred; O Indu, bearing a thousandfold, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.550](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.550.md): The malice-free devotees bow toward Indra's dear, desired soma, as mothers lick a calf born in former time of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.551](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.551.md): For the desirable, bold one they stretch their manly strength like a bow. The bright drops spread out for the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.552](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.552.md): They purify that desirable, tawny soma all about through the sieve; it goes together with exhilaration to all - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.56.553](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.56.553.md): Those who press the soma juice desire that word of praise, as a mortal would; drive away the ungenerous dog fr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.554](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.554.md): Soma, the mighty one, flows toward his dear abodes; with his many names he grows. Upon the broad chariot of th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.555](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.555.md): May the drops of Soma flow for us unhindered; among the gods may they rush forth, sounding, great and tawny. M - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.556](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.556.md): This honeyed Soma roars forth in the vessel; he is the thunderbolt of Indra, of forms the most beautiful in fo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.557](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.557.md): The drop of Soma has gone forth, purified for Indra; like a friend who does not betray his friend in battle, i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.558](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.558.md): Sustainer of heaven, the skilled juice Soma flows purified; the strength of the gods, to be rejoiced in by men - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.559](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.559.md): The showering, far-seeing Soma flows among the prayers, the carrier of days and dawns from heaven. The breaths - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.560](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.560.md): For him the seven cows milk three times; in the highest sky is the true mixed draught. The other four worlds m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.561](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.561.md): O Soma, well pressed for Indra, flow all about; let disease be gone together with the demon. Let the double-de - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.562](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.562.md): Soma is pressed, ruddy, the showerer; with two tawny steeds, wondrous like a king, roaring toward the cows. Pu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.563](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.563.md): The sweet drops flowed forward to the god, like milch-cows; seated on the grass, possessing speech, with their - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.564](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.564.md): They anoint it, adorn it, and fully smear it; the bountiful ones taste its vigour and anoint it over. In the u - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.57.565](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.57.565.md): O Brahmaṇaspati, your purifying filter is stretched out; O lord, you move through the limbs of the offering on - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.566](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.566.md): May these pressed somas go toward Indra, the bull who showers rain; may the tawny streams flow to him. These s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.567](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.567.md): O Soma, run forth wakeful for Indra; O drop, flow all around. Bring radiant strength, and vigour that finds he - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.568](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.568.md): Friends, sit down here; sing forth for the Soma being purified. As one adorns a child, adorn it all around wit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.569](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.569.md): Friends, sing toward him being purified for exhilaration. As one sweetens a child with oblations, make him swe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.570](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.570.md): The child of the mighty waters, impelling the radiance of cosmic order, becomes breath and stands around all d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.571](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.571.md): For the enjoyment of the gods, O drop, flow with streams and power. O sweet Soma, come to our vessel and to ou - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.572](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.572.md): Soma, being purified, flows with his wave through the woollen filter, roaring before speech. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.573](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.573.md): Forth is uttered speech for Soma, the purified creator; bring nourishment, he delights in our thoughts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.574](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.574.md): O Indu, pressed out, be rich for us in cattle and horses; O skilful giver of wealth, establish bright lustre i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.575](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.575.md): For us, the voices have praised you, finder of wealth; with the cows (rays) we adorn your lustre. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.576](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.576.md): The tawny Hari purifies himself, swiftly passing beyond crooked obstacles; rush toward the praisers with glory - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.58.577](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.58.577.md): Around the honey-dripping vessel Soma flows, being purified; the seven voices of the seers praise him. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.578](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.578.md): Flow, O Soma, sweetest of the sweet, for Indra; your exhilaration, most knowing of purpose, your exhilaration, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.579](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.579.md): Toward radiance of great fame, O lord of refreshment, shine, O god, desirous of gods; open the vessel that is - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.580](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.580.md): Press here and pour around, as for a horse, the praise that is swift, speeding through space, gliding through - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.581](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.581.md): This is he, that exhilaration-dripping one, of a thousand streams, the bull, the milker of heaven, bearing all - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.582](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.582.md): He is pressed, who is of treasures, who is the leader of wealth, who is of praises, who is Soma, who is of goo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.583](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.583.md): You indeed, O anga, divine, flowing purified, most radiant in births, proclaiming for immortality. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.584](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.584.md): Here is that Soma, pressed in its stream; through the woollen filter-sieves it flows, most exhilarating, playi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.59.585](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.59.585.md): You who released even the dawn-cows that were within the stone, by your might; roaring toward the cattle-pen, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.586](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.586.md): Indra, fill for us the greatest and most powerful fame. Thunderbolt-handed, fair-jawed one, fill both worlds w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.587](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.587.md): Indra is king of the moving world and of the peoples; from his all-formed wealth he gives treasures to the giv - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.588](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.588.md): Whose is this (world), yoking the regions, for strength among the people: the forest of heaven, the delightful - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.589](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.589.md): O Varuṇa, loosen from us the highest, lowest and middle noose. Then, O Āditya, in your law may we be sinless b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.590](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.590.md): O Soma, by you, flowing pure, may we always gather apart what is made in the contest; may Mitra, Varuṇa, Aditi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.591](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.591.md): Make this virile one indeed one for me. (ā hāuvā ā3i — chant syllables) - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.592](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.592.md): He, for us, for Indra, for the sacrifice-worthy Varuṇa, for the Maruts; knowing how to bestow wealth, flow aro - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.593](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.593.md): With these, O lord, desiring to win all the brilliant wealth of men, we seek it. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.60.594](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.60.594.md): I am the first-born of cosmic order, the name of immortality before the gods. He who gives me, thus he is prot - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.61.595](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.61.595.md): You held this (juice) in the dark and ruddy streams, and in the Paruṣṇī, O Soma of shining milk. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.61.596](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.61.596.md): The speckled, foremost bull shone among the dawns; desiring strength, he bellows among the worlds. The wondrou - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.61.597](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.61.597.md): Indra himself, together with the two bay horses yoked by word, comes hither; Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.61.598](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.61.598.md): O Indra, protect us in contests for prizes and in battles of a thousand spoils; O fierce one, with fierce prot - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.61.599](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.61.599.md): Whose name is broad and also broad, the oblation of the Anuṣṭubh — of the sustainer, the shining Savitṛ, and O - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.61.600](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.61.600.md): O Vāyu, come hither with your yoked teams; this bright (Soma) goes forth for you. You will come to the house o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.61.601](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.61.601.md): O Maghavan, when you were born unprecedented for the slaying of Vṛtra, then you spread out the earth and also - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.602](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.602.md): In me be radiance, and also fame, and whatever nourishing essence there is of the sacrifice. May the supreme l - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.603](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.603.md): O Soma, may your nourishing juices come together, and your strengths; may the virile powers come together, and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.604](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.604.md): O Soma, you brought forth all these plants, you brought forth the waters, you brought forth the cows (rays). Y - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.605](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.605.md): I praise Agni, the chief priest of the sacrifice, the god, the officiating priest, the invoker, the greatest g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.606](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.606.md): They conceived the first name of the cows (rays), and the supreme name of the peoples, thrice seven. Knowing, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.607](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.607.md): Some of the same kind go, others come near; the rivers fill the one common bed. Toward that pure, shining one, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.608](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.608.md): The auspicious young woman has come forth, stirring up the banners of the day; the auspicious night, giver of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.609](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.609.md): Now let our word go forth in the rite to the strong, showering, ruddy, great Agni; for Vaiśvānara a new though - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.610](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.610.md): May all the gods hear my sacrifice, and both heaven and earth, and the offspring of the waters, my hymn. Let m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.611](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.611.md): May heaven and earth give me glory; may Indra and Bṛhaspati give me glory. May Bhaga find glory; let glory be - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.612](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.612.md): Now let me proclaim the heroic deeds of Indra, which the thunderbolt-wielder performed first: he slew the serp - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.613](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.613.md): I am Agni, knower of all born beings from birth. Ghee is my eye, and immortality is in my mouth. I am the thre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.62.614](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.62.614.md): Agni protects the foremost station of the inspired poets; the mighty Agni protects the course of the sun; in t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.615](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.615.md): O Agni, kindled and radiant, your tongue shines and moves within the mouth. You, O Agni, who finds wealth with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.616](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.616.md): Spring indeed delights, and summer indeed delights. After the rainy seasons, autumn, early winter and the cool - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.617](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.617.md): The Puruṣa has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet. Enveloping the earth on all sides, he s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.618](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.618.md): The three-footed Puruṣa rose upward, and his one foot came to be here again. Thus he spread out in all directi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.619](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.619.md): All this is indeed the Puruṣa, whatever has been and whatever is to be. All beings are his one foot; his three - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.620](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.620.md): Such is his greatness, and the Puruṣa is greater still. He is also lord of immortality, since he rises beyond - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.621](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.621.md): From that the cosmic virāj was born; from the virāj the Puruṣa arose. Born, he overflowed — behind to the eart - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.622](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.622.md): I honour you two, Dyāvāpṛthivī, givers of good nourishment, who spread out over immeasurable yojanas. Dyāvāpṛt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.623](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.623.md): O Indra, your two tawny ones (horses) — their manes and their golden hue. The seers praise you; the sharp-voic - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.624](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.624.md): Whatever splendour is of gold, or the splendour of cows, and the splendour of truth and of the sacred word — w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.625](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.625.md): O Indra, grant us that strength; O mighty one, you alone are lord of this great power. Give firm resolve, manl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.63.626](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.63.626.md): Rise up with bulls and calves, bearing all forms, two-uddered ones. May this your world be wide and broad; may - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.627](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.627.md): O Agni, you purify lives for us; bring forth vigour and food for us. Drive away ill-luck far off. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.628](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.628.md): Let him, the brilliant one, drink the sweet soma; let him bestow unfailing life and sweetness on the lord of s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.629](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.629.md): The wondrous bright face of the gods has risen up, the eye of Mitra, Varuṇa and Agni. O Sun, you have filled h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.630](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.630.md): This cow, the spotted one, has stepped forward; she sat before the mother, and going forth to heaven she reach - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.631](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.631.md): His brilliance moves within, flowing from the in-breath toward the out-breath. The mighty one has made heaven - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.632](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.632.md): In thirty abodes he shines forth; speech is set for the sun-bird Pataṅga. Toward the dawn, with the lights of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.633](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.633.md): Like thieves, those stars go away with the rays of night, for the sun who sees all. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.634](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.634.md): His banners and rays appeared spread wide over the people, like blazing fires. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.635](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.635.md): You, Sūrya, are the swift crosser, visible to all, the maker of light; you shine forth all brightness. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.636](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.636.md): Turned toward the hosts of the gods, you rise; turned toward mankind, you rise; turned toward all, you rise to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.637](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.637.md): With that eye, O purifier, with which you look upon the restless people, you, O Varuṇa, see. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.638](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.638.md): You rise up into the sky, measuring the wide space and the days with the rays of night, watching the births of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.639](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.639.md): Seven purifying mares are yoked; they are the granddaughters of the sun's chariot. With them, the sun goes for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.64.640](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.64.640.md): O god Sun, seven tawny steeds carry you in the chariot, O all-seeing one with flaming hair. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.641](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.641.md): O bountiful Indra, know the path and lead the quarters onward. O lord of the mighty deeds, lord of the ancient - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.642](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.642.md): With these aids come to us, like a ray of light. O awakener, O Indra, awaken us for splendour and for nourishm - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.643](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.643.md): Thus indeed, O mighty one, for wealth and strength, O wielder of the thunderbolt. O most mighty, O thunderbolt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.644](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.644.md): Know good heroism for wealth; be lord of the prizes, favouring the cattle. O most bountiful, O thunderbolt-wie - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.645](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.645.md): He who is most bountiful among the wealthy, shining like a ray of soma — O discerning one, lead him toward us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.646](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.646.md): Indeed Śakra has power; we call upon him for protection, the conqueror, the unconquered. May he give us a plac - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.647](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.647.md): For the winning of wealth we call upon Indra, the conqueror, the unvanquished. May he who wins the heavenly li - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.648](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.648.md): O wielder of the stone, the soma juice that is yours for exhilaration, set it favourably for us. O bountiful o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.649](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.649.md): O lord of the people, O slayer of Vṛtra, in the contests let us speak with each other. The hero who goes among - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 1.65.650](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/1.65.650.md): Evāhyo vā. Thus indeed, O Agni! Thus indeed, O Indra! Thus indeed, O Pūṣan! Thus indeed, O gods! Om. Thus inde - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.651](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.651.md): O men, sing to this flowing Soma, the drop; he longs to honour the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.652](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.652.md): Toward your sweet juice and milk the Atharvans have come; for the god, the one desiring the gods, they offer t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.653](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.653.md): May he flow for us; welfare for the cattle, welfare for the people, welfare for the horse; O king, welfare for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.654](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.654.md): With flashing light and surging splendour, O bright pure Soma juices, mixed with cow's milk. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.655](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.655.md): Impelled by the impellers, toward strength he advanced like the swift strong horse, as contenders who are seat - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.656](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.656.md): O Soma, joining well for well-being, O seer, flow by day like the sun, for sight. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.657](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.657.md): O seer, O vigorous one, your streams of the purifier are let loose, like swift horses desiring fame. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.658](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.658.md): Toward the honey-dripping vessel, into the sieve, into the wool-filter, he flowed; the thoughts roared. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.659](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.659.md): O drops of Soma, toward the ocean, as milch-cows toward their stall, they reached the womb of truth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.660](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.660.md): O Agni, come hither, praised for enjoyment and for the giving of oblations. Sit down as the hotṛ upon the sacr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.661](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.661.md): O Aṅgiras, we strengthen you with kindling sticks and with ghee. O youngest one, blaze up high. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.662](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.662.md): O god, you serve us toward wide, praiseworthy fame. O Agni, grant great and noble heroic strength. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.663](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.663.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, sprinkle for us a gavyūti of space with ghee. O good-willed ones, wet the worlds with hone - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.664](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.664.md): O much-praised ones, increased by homage, by your greatness you rule over skill and strength. O pure in vow, w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.665](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.665.md): Praised together with Jamadagni, sit down in the seat of cosmic order. O increasers of ṛta, drink the soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.666](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.666.md): Come, Indra; this soma has been pressed for you. Drink it, and sit on my sacred grass seat here. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.667](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.667.md): Let the two long-maned bay steeds, yoked by prayer, bring you hither, Indra; hear our prayers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.668](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.668.md): O Indra, soma-drinker, we priests and soma-offering men who have pressed the soma call you, yoked with our pra - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.669](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.669.md): Indra and Agni, come with songs to the pressed soma, the heavenly and excellent; drink of it, impelled by thou - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.670](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.670.md): Indra and Agni, the awakening sacrifice goes forth together with the singer; thus drink this pressed soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.671](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.671.md): I choose Indra and Agni, protectors of poets, by the speed of the sacrifice; may both be satisfied here with t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.672](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.672.md): O Soma, for you, born from the exhilarating juice, I raise up the praise; in heaven and on the good earth I ta - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.673](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.673.md): He (Soma), for us, for worshipful Indra, for Varuṇa and the Maruts, bestowing wealth, flow all around. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.674](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.674.md): With these, desiring to win all the splendours of the lord of men, we gain them. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.675](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.675.md): O Soma, purifying, clothed in the waters, you flow; bestower of treasures, you take your seat in the home of ṛ - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.676](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.676.md): Milking the udder of heavenly honey, he sat down on the dear, ancient common seat; the supporter, vigorous, cl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.677](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.677.md): Now flow forth, sit down around the vat; cleansed by the men, rush toward strength. Like a horse, you the vigo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.678](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.678.md): The god Indu (Soma), armed with his own weapon, flows purified; he slays reproach and guards the enclosures. H - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.679](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.679.md): The seer, the inspired sage, the forerunner of the peoples, Ṛbhu the steadfast, and Uśanas, endowed with wisdo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.680](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.680.md): O hero, we praise you, like unmilked cows that never fail. You are the lord of this moving world, the seer of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.681](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.681.md): No other, divine or earthly, is like you; none has been born, and none will be born. O bountiful Indra, we who - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.682](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.682.md): By what help will that wondrous, ever-growing friend come to us? With what most mighty power (śacī) will he co - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.683](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.683.md): Who, true and most bountiful in the exhilarations, will gladden you with the soma juice? Who breaks even the f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.684](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.684.md): O Indra, you are the true protector of our friends and of the singers; for our protection be a hundredfold. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.685](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.685.md): For you we call with songs upon that wondrous Indra, overcomer of foes, giver of wealth, exhilarated by the so - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.686](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.686.md): Quickly we seek the strength that dwells in brightness, the generous one surrounded by powers, abounding in no - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.687](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.687.md): Singing the great chant at the sacrifice where soma is pressed, I call upon Indra, finder of wealth through sw - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.688](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.688.md): Him whom the unyielding foes and firm obstacles cannot hold back in the exhilarations of soma, the helmeted on - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.689](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.689.md): O Soma, flow purifying with your sweetest, most exhilarating stream; you have been pressed for Indra to drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.690](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.690.md): The slayer of demons, the seer of all peoples, Soma went toward the seat of the iron vessel and sat down in th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.691](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.691.md): Become the most bountiful giver of wealth, the most generous, the greatest slayer of Vṛtra; bestow upon us the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.692](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.692.md): Flow, O Soma, most honeyed, for Indra; you are the most purpose-knowing exhilaration, the great and most radia - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.693](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.693.md): By drinking you the bull (Indra) grows virile, and by drinking this finder of heaven's light; he of good insig - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.694](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.694.md): Let these pressed drops go to Indra; let the tawny ones go to the bull Indra; the drops born for swift service - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.695](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.695.md): This pressed Soma, winner of gifts, flows for Indra; Soma becomes aware for the victor (Indra), as if for find - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.696](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.696.md): In the exhilarations of this soma, Indra grasps the prize, and he bears the mighty thunderbolt, victorious in - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.697](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.697.md): O companions, for your soma that conquers first and is pressed to give exhilaration: strike away the long-tong - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.698](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.698.md): The soma that flows forth, pressed by the purifying stream — that drop is quick like a horse. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.699](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.699.md): O men, approach that unconquerable soma with all-pervading thought; let the pressing stones be ready for the s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.700](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.700.md): Soma flows purified toward the dear places; the mighty one grows in those names. The far-seeing one has mounte - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.701](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.701.md): As the tongue of cosmic order, sweet and dear, soma flows purified; he is the speaker and unassailable lord of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.702](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.702.md): Shining, he roars in the vessels, guided by the Ṛbhus in the golden receptacle. The milk-streams of ṛta were p - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.703](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.703.md): At every sacrifice, with every song, for you and for strength, to Agni. We shall proclaim the immortal Jātaved - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.704](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.704.md): To the grandson of nourishment, who desires us and impels us, may we offer for the giving of oblations. May he - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.705](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.705.md): Come, I will speak well to you, O Agni — thus also the other songs. By these soma-drops you are increased. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.706](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.706.md): Wherever your mind is, wherever you set your supreme strength, there you make your seat. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.707](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.707.md): O lord of these people, may your fulfilled gift never fall short. Then you win service and worship. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.708](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.708.md): We call upon you, O unsurpassed one, stout like a firm support, we who seek protection; O wielder of the thund - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.709](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.709.md): We come near you in the rite for protection; he, the youthful and fierce one, advanced boldly. O Indra, O comp - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.710](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.710.md): Now, O Indra, praised with songs, we come near you in desire; we have rushed forward like those going up towar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.711](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.711.md): O hero, they enhance you with the yavya verses and with sacred formulas; O wielder of the stone, even you who - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.1.712](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.1.712.md): With the song of the impeller they yoke the two tawny steeds to the broad chariot with its wide yoke, yoked by - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.713](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.713.md): Drinking for you of the soma juice, sing forth to Indra, victor over all, of a hundred powers, most bountiful - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.714](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.714.md): Much-invoked, much-praised, famed of old in the songs — call him 'Indra' thus. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.715](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.715.md): Indra indeed is our giver of great things and of strength, the leader of men; may he grant in the presence of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.716](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.716.md): Forth to Indra sing for you the exhilarating soma, O friends, to him of tawny horses, the soma-drinker. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.717](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.717.md): Recite the hymn, O bountiful ones, and likewise, O men, as we have done for him whose gift is true, do for the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.718](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.718.md): You, O Indra, seek strength for us; you seek cows, O hundred-powered one; you seek gold, O bountiful one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.719](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.719.md): O Indra, we, your friends who desire you, for that very purpose, the Kaṇvas praise you with hymns. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.720](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.720.md): O wielder of the thunderbolt, they praise nothing else; not in works, but your own is known through praises. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.721](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.721.md): The gods desire the one who presses the soma; they do not long for sleep; untiring, they go toward negligence. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.722](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.722.md): For Indra, the exhilarating soma is pressed; may our songs praise around it; may the poets sing the arka. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.723](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.723.md): In whom all glories and the seven assemblies rest, Indra, we call upon when the soma is pressed. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.724](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.724.md): In the three Trikadruka vessels, the gods stretched out the awakening soma for the sacrifice; may our songs st - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.725](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.725.md): O Indra, this soma, purified, is for you, set upon the sacred grass. Come, drink it swiftly. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.726](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.726.md): O lord of Śacī, worshipped by Śacī, this soma is pressed for your battle. O Ākhaṇḍala, you are called forth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.727](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.727.md): Your soma, like a horned bull, springing forth like a son, fit to be drunk from the bowl—set your mind upon it - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.728](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.728.md): O Indra, bring hither to us the wondrous gain rich in food; great-handed one, seize it with your right hand. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.729](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.729.md): Indeed we know you, O doer of many deeds, of many aims, of abundant gifts, of great measure, with your protect - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.730](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.730.md): Hero, neither gods nor mortals can hold you back when you wish to give, as no one can keep a fearsome bull awa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.731](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.731.md): O bull-like one, at the pressing I pour out the pressed soma for you to drink; be satisfied and fully partake - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.732](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.732.md): May foolish ones, those who seek harm and those who mock not injure you; never favour one who hates the sacred - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.733](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.733.md): Here may these praises gladden you, rich in cattle, for great bounty; drink as the wild ox drinks at a lake. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.734](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.734.md): O good one, drink this pressed juice, that your belly may be well filled; fearless, we pour it out for you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.735](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.735.md): Washed by men, the pressed soma, pounded with stones, fully purified through woollen filters; like a horse was - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.736](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.736.md): That soma we have made sweet for you, as barley is sweetened with cows' milk; O Indra, in this drinking feast - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.737](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.737.md): Indeed this Soma, pressed with might, drink it, O lord of gifts; drink it, O you praised with songs. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.738](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.738.md): Whatever is in accord with your own nature, at the pressing, let it restrain your body; may that Soma gladden - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.739](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.739.md): Let it reach your two bellies. O Indra, with the sacred formula let it reach the head. O hero, with gifts let - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.740](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.740.md): Come hither, sit down. O friends, bearers of praise, sing forth toward Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.741](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.741.md): Indra, greatest of many, lord of choice goods, together at the pressing of the Soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.742](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.742.md): May he indeed come to our union; may he come for wealth, may he come with insight; may he come to us with spoi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.743](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.743.md): In every yoking, in every contest, we call upon the most mighty Indra. Friends, call upon Indra for protection - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.744](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.744.md): I call upon the leader of the ancient dwelling, much honoured, whom your former father called. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.745](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.745.md): If he hears, may he come to us with a thousand protections and strengths; may he hear our call. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.746](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.746.md): Indra, in the pressed Soma juices you cleanse the praiseworthy resolve, to obtain the great strength of the mi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.747](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.747.md): He, in the first firmament, growing in the seat of the gods: easy to cross, most renowned, victor in the water - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.748](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.748.md): For winning prizes and for sustenance I call upon that mighty Indra; be the nearest friend in our favour, for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.749](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.749.md): With these homages I call for you Agni, grandson of strength, dear, most wise, swift, of the good sacrifice, m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.750](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.750.md): He yokes the ruddy steeds, nourishers of all; well offered, he runs. The sacrifice of good prayer and good wor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.751](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.751.md): Toward us the daughter of heaven has been seen, approaching and shining; with her eye she opens the great dark - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.752](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.752.md): Sūrya sends forth together the cows of Uṣas, rising like a radiant star. O Uṣas, at your dawn and at the dawn - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.753](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.753.md): These rays call you two to the heavenly offering, O Aśvins. I call you here for help, O rich in power; you two - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.754](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.754.md): You two have given bright food, O heroes; you impel toward the one rich in truth. With one mind bring your cha - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.755](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.755.md): With this ancient radiance, the tireless ones milked out this bright Soma; for the seer of a thousand chants t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.756](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.756.md): This Soma, visible near like the sun, runs toward the pools; seven streams flow up toward heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.757](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.757.md): This Soma, purifying itself, stands above all worlds; Soma the god is like the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.758](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.758.md): This Soma, a god by ancient birth, pressed for the gods; the tawny Soma rushes through the pure filter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.759](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.759.md): This Soma, a god by ancient devotion, poured forth for the gods; the seer grows strong with the inspired one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.760](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.760.md): Milking out the ancient milk (juice), you are poured around in the pure filter; you bring forth the gods with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.761](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.761.md): Draw near to him who has stood aside in fear; set dread upon the enemy. O Pavamāna, win us wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.762](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.762.md): Born at dawn, moving in the waters, adorned with rays, buzzing like a bee — the gods have reached the Soma dro - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.763](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.763.md): Sing to him, O men, to the purifying Indu, for he desires to worship the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.764](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.764.md): The wise Soma drops send forth the waters as waves, like buffaloes rushing to the forests. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.765](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.765.md): The tawny, bright Soma drops flowed toward the wooden vats with the stream of ṛta, pouring forth strength rich - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.766](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.766.md): Pressed for Indra, for Vāyu, for Varuṇa, for the Maruts — may the Soma drops flow; may they flow for Viṣṇu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.767](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.767.md): O Soma, for the gods' delight you swell like a river with its flood; exhilarated by the juice of the stalk and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.768](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.768.md): The bright, white soma flows onto the filter-cloth like a dear son made pure; the workers drive him forward th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.769](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.769.md): The soma juices, dripping with exhilaration, have advanced for our glory and for the bountiful patrons; presse - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.770](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.770.md): Then, like a flock of swans, they stir the thought of the whole world; like a steed he is adorned with rays. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.771](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.771.md): Then the women of Trita impel the tawny one with the stones, the soma drop, for Indra to drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.772](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.772.md): Thus flow on, O Soma, desiring the gods, sounding forth; you move around the filter on every side; the streams - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.773](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.773.md): This tawny Soma flows purified, swiftly crossing all crooked obstacles. Rush toward glory with heroic sons for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.2.774](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.2.774.md): Like a mortal pressing this soma juice, he desires that word. As the Bhṛgus strike the sacrificer, drive away - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.775](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.775.md): O Soma, foremost in speech, flow purified with wondrous protections, and press on toward all poetic wisdoms. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.776](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.776.md): You, stirring forth the waters of the ocean and speech, flow purified, O all-seeing one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.777](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.777.md): O sage Soma, for your greatness these worlds have stood firm; for you the cows run. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.778](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.778.md): Flow purified, O Indu Soma, bull and showerer, pressed out; make us glorious among people, and strike away all - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.779](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.779.md): In whose friendship we may overcome the hostile armies, O Indu, in your highest splendour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.780](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.780.md): Your fearsome, sharp weapons which are against the destroyer—protect us with them and guard us from reproacher - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.781](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.781.md): O Soma, you are the bull, radiant. O god, you are the bull whose vow is showering. As the bull you bear the or - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.782](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.782.md): Your virile strength is the bull; the bull is the wood, the bull is the pressed juice. That you, O virile one, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.783](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.783.md): Neighing like a horse, O bull, O Indu, gather cows and horses together. Open wide the doors for our wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.784](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.784.md): Indeed you are the bull. We invoke you, radiant with light. O Pavamāna, seer of heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.785](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.785.md): When you are sprinkled with waters and cleansed by swift hands, you reach your common seat in the wooden vat. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.786](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.786.md): Flow hither, O possessor of good vigour, exhilarating, with good weapons. Come here quickly, O Indu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.787](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.787.md): O purifying Soma, we choose your friendship, as you pour over the sacred filter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.788](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.788.md): O Soma, with those waves of your filter that flow out in streams, be gracious to us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.789](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.789.md): May he, purifying himself, bring us wealth rich in heroic sons, and nourishment; O Soma, you are lord on every - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.790](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.790.md): We choose Agni as messenger and priest, the all-possessing one; he is the one of good purpose in this sacrific - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.791](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.791.md): With oblations, people always call upon Agni, Agni, lord of the clans, bearer of offerings, most dear one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.792](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.792.md): O Agni, born, bring the gods here for the one who has strewn the grass; you are our priest, worthy of praise. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.793](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.793.md): For the drinking of Soma we invoke Mitra and Varuṇa, the two born, of purified strength. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.794](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.794.md): By ṛta, the two increasers of cosmic order, lords of light — Mitra and Varuṇa, them I invoke. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.795](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.795.md): Varuṇa has become our protector, Mitra with all his aids; may they make us rich in good gifts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.796](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.796.md): The singers of hymns praise Indra, great Indra; the chanters with their songs praise Indra; the voices have pr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.797](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.797.md): Indra indeed is yoked together with the two bay horses, yoked by speech — Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.798](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.798.md): Indra, protect us in contests and in the battles of a thousand spoils; fierce one, with fierce aids. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.799](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.799.md): For long sight, Indra raised the sun up into the sky, and with his rays he split apart the mountain (of darkne - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.800](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.800.md): Indra and Agni, to you we raise great homage and a well-fashioned praise; we who seek protection, with thought - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.801](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.801.md): Those very praises the inspired seers constantly sing in this way, for protection, with struggle, for winning - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.802](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.802.md): We call you both with songs, eager in praise and rich in offerings, desiring to gain wisdom. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.803](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.803.md): O bull, flow on with your stream, exhilarating for Indra together with the Maruts, bearing all things with you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.804](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.804.md): O Pavamāna, you who uphold both worlds and behold the heavenly light, we impel you, the strong one, in the con - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.805](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.805.md): Thus, tawny Soma, flow with your stream, purified; in the contests, urge on your companion for the prizes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.806](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.806.md): Bull, ruddy Soma, roaring toward the cows, you go making earth and sky resound; in the contest you are heard l - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.807](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.807.md): Fit for the juice, swelling with milk, you drive onward the sweetest stalk; O Pavamāna, you go making a contin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.808](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.808.md): Thus, exhilarating Soma, flow for joy; bending down the striking weapon of the high-rising one, bearing your g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.809](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.809.md): It is you indeed we call upon, in winning the strength, we the hymn-makers; you, Indra, men call upon as the t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.810](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.810.md): You, O wondrous one, thunderbolt-handed, boldly for us, great one, praised, wielder of the stone; cattle, hors - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.811](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.811.md): Sing praise to Indra, giver of good wealth, that he may know it; the bountiful Maghavān, rich in many goods, b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.812](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.812.md): Like one with a hundred armies he advances boldly; he strikes down obstacles for the giver. As streams flow fo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.813](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.813.md): O wielder of the thunderbolt, men have swelled you with praise, eagerly. Indra, bearer of hymns, hear here and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.814](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.814.md): O fair-cheeked one, O most tawny-horsed one, we beseech you; by you the poets are adorned. O worthy of praise, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.815](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.815.md): With that most desirable exhilaration of yours, with that soma juice, flow purifying, O protector of the gods, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.816](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.816.md): Slayer of the hostile obstructer Vṛtra, bestower of strength day by day; you are a winner of cattle, a winner - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.817](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.817.md): That ruddy Soma mingles with the well-standing cows, settling like a hawk into its nest. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.818](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.818.md): This is Pūṣan, wealth, fortune; Soma flows forth, purifying himself. The lord of all abundance illumines both - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.819](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.819.md): The beloved cows sang together for exhilaration to the bright Soma; the purifying Soma-drops make the paths. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.820](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.820.md): O Pavamāna, bring that most vigorous, worthy of fame; bring the wealth over the five peoples, by which we win. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.821](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.821.md): The bull of thoughts, the all-seeing Soma flows purifying, carrying over the days, the dawns and the heaven; t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.822](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.822.md): The ancient seer Soma, purified by the wise, flowing around the vessels, drawn by men; producing the name of T - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.823](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.823.md): Purifying itself, he made the dawns shine; for the rivers he became the maker of worlds. Thrice seven times mi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.824](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.824.md): Surely you desire heroes; thus you are a hero and steadfast too. Thus your mind is prosperity-bringing. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.825](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.825.md): Thus, O bountiful one, this gift has been placed by all the givers. Then indeed, O Indra, be with us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.826](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.826.md): Surely do not be one who desires Indra as the sacred formula does; O lord of spoils, rejoice in the pressed, c - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.827](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.827.md): All the hymns exalted Indra, wide as the ocean, the best charioteer among charioteers, the true lord of spoils - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.828](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.828.md): O Indra, in your friendship may we, strong, not fear. O lord of strength, we praise you again and again, the v - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.3.829](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.3.829.md): The ancient gifts and protections of Indra never fail, when he bestows on the praisers wealth of strength rich - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.830](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.830.md): Here the swift Soma drops have been sent forth through the filter; they press on toward all blessings of good - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.831](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.831.md): Destroying many distresses, making easy paths for offspring, the vigorous ones by their own power strengthen t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.832](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.832.md): Making wealth for the cows, they flow toward good praise; for us they bring the steady Iḍā, the refreshing off - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.833](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.833.md): The king (Soma) is impelled by insights; the self-purifying one, over the mind, goes through the mid-space. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.834](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.834.md): O Soma, bring us strength, O swift impeller, like form to splendour; pressed out, for the enjoyment of the god - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.835](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.835.md): O drop of Soma, bring us the wealth of a hundred cows, the nourishment of cattle and good horses — the bounty - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.836](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.836.md): We call upon you, bearing the manly powers of the great heaven in the seats of assembly, the lovely one, for g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.837](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.837.md): Strong, driving off foes, worthy of praise, of great and mighty vow, exhilarating, breaker of a hundred fortre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.838](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.838.md): Therefore, O king of heaven of good purpose, wealth has come toward you; the well-winged, unfaltering one bear - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.839](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.839.md): Then, impelled, having attained greater power and greatness, the bringer of help, the all-seeing one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.840](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.840.md): For all, for seeing the sun, the common one speeding through the realms, guardian of the immortal, bear (Soma) - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.841](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.841.md): Flow with your stream for nourishment, being cleansed by the wise; O Soma, go with brightness toward the cows, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.842](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.842.md): Purifying Soma, worthy of praise, grant strength and welfare to the people; tawny Soma, pour forth the mixed d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.843](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.843.md): Purifying Soma, go toward Indra's prepared draught for the gods' enjoyment, shining, impelled with the vigours - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.844](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.844.md): By Agni, Agni is kindled — the seer, lord of the house, youthful, carrier of the oblations, having the ladle a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.845](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.845.md): O Agni, O god, whoever, lord of the oblation, serves you as messenger, be indeed his protector. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.846](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.846.md): To him who with oblations serves Agni for the gods' enjoyment, O purifier, show mercy. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.847](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.847.md): I invoke Mitra, pure in strength, and Varuṇa, destroyer of enemies, accomplishing the ghee-flowing thought. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.848](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.848.md): By cosmic order, O Mitra and Varuṇa, you two who strengthen and touch the cosmic order, attain the great resol - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.849](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.849.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, you are our seers, born of great might, dwelling in wide space; you bestow strength and sk - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.850](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.850.md): Together with Indra you are seen, joined with the fearless one; O exhilarating one of equal brilliance. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.851](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.851.md): Then, each according to its own nature, they again sent forth the state of the womb, bearing the name worthy o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.852](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.852.md): O Indra, firmly, with breaking strength, even in the cave, with the bearers, you found the cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.853](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.853.md): I call upon those two through whom all this, formerly accomplished, is attained; O Indra and Agni, do not let - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.854](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.854.md): We invoke the fierce destroyers of foes, Indra and Agni. In such a moment, may those two be gracious to us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.855](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.855.md): O lords of the good, you two slay the obstructers of the Āryas, you slay the Dāsas, and you drive away all hos - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.856](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.856.md): The swift Soma juices flow toward the intoxicating exhilaration; upon the highest region above the ocean flow - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.857](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.857.md): Pavamāna, king and god Soma, crosses the ocean with his wave; by the ordinance of Mitra and Varuṇa he flows, i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.858](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.858.md): Guided by the leaders, dear, all-seeing, king and god Soma comes from the ocean. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.859](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.859.md): The carrier, the priest, sends forth in three speeches the insight of cosmic order and the wise thought of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.860](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.860.md): The cows, the milch-cows, low in longing for Soma; the inspired seers, with their hymns, ask about Soma. Soma, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.861](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.861.md): Thus, O Soma, poured out for us, purifying yourself, flow here for well-being. Enter Indra with great exhilara - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.862](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.862.md): O Indra, even if you had hundreds upon hundreds of possessions and lands, O wielder of the thunderbolt, a thou - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.863](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.863.md): O bull, virile one, you have filled all things with your greatness and manly power; O most mighty, with your s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.864](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.864.md): We who have pressed Soma, indeed call upon you, like waters, we who have strewn the sacred grass; O slayer of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.865](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.865.md): O bountiful one, at the pressing men (priests) sing to you, reciting the ukthas within the sacrificial enclosu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.866](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.866.md): Sung by the Kaṇvas, you bold Indra break open strength a thousandfold. O bountiful one, all-seeing, of tawny f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.867](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.867.md): The swift giver desires strength; with a wise companion I bow to you, to Indra who is much invoked, with song, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.868](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.868.md): An evil praise is not recited among the givers of wealth; wealth does not reach the wavering. O bountiful one, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.869](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.869.md): Three speeches are uttered; cows and milch-cows bellow. Hari, the tawny one, goes forth roaring. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.870](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.870.md): The mighty mothers of cosmic order, with prayers, praise toward Soma; they cleanse and adorn the child of heav - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.871](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.871.md): O Soma, for us flow forth from all sides four oceans of riches; flow purified, thousandfold. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.872](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.872.md): Pressed, sweetest Soma juices, exhilarating for Indra — may your filtered exhilarations reach the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.873](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.873.md): 'The drop of Soma flows purified for Indra' — thus the gods said. Lord of speech, lord of the sacrifice, ruler - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.874](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.874.md): A thousand-streamed Soma flows purified, like the ocean stirring speech — lords of Soma, lords of riches, frie - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.875](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.875.md): O lord of prayer, your filter is stretched out; mighty, you pervade your limbs on every side. The unheated doe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.876](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.876.md): The filter of austerity is stretched in the heavenly place; its threads, praising, spread out. The swift guard - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.877](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.877.md): Before the dawn the spotted one shone forth, foremost; the bull seeking strength bellows among the worlds. By - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.878](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.878.md): Sing forth to the most bounteous, keeper of ṛta, the great one of bright flame; you who have praised him, sing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.879](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.879.md): The bountiful one grants glory with heroic sons; well kindled, radiant, offered into the fire. May his favour - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.880](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.880.md): O wielder of the stone, we proclaim that exhilaration of yours — virile, victorious in battles, making room fo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.881](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.881.md): By that power by which you made the lights known for Āyu and Manu, exhilarated on this sacred grass, you shine - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.882](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.882.md): Today too the hymn-reciters praise you, following that same (glory) as in former times; day after day, win the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.883](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.883.md): O Indra, hear the call of the one who serves you, even from afar; fill us with wealth of good heroic strength - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.884](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.884.md): O Indra, he who has brought forth for you a new, sweet song, is endowed with a discerning mind and with insigh - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.4.885](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.4.885.md): Let us praise that Indra whom the songs and the ukthas have exalted; desiring to win his many manly powers, le - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.886](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.886.md): O Soma Pavamāna, for you the heavenly ruddy milch-cows flowed forth with milk into the vessel; from the atmosp - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.887](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.887.md): The rays of the purifying Soma go around the steadfast being from both sides; when the tawny Soma is cleansed - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.888](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.888.md): O all-seeing mighty lord, you pervade all abodes; the rays go around the steadfast being. O Soma, you flow per - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.889](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.889.md): The purifying Soma has generated from heaven, like a wondrous thunder, the great light belonging to all men, V - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.890](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.890.md): O purifying king, your sap and exhilaration never fail to bring prosperity; it flows swiftly through the wooll - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.891](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.891.md): O purifying one, your sap and strength shine forth, radiant; all light shines out so that heaven may be seen. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.892](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.892.md): When the radiant streams, like swift cows, advance tirelessly, striking away the dark covering. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.893](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.893.md): We contemplate the path of good fortune, the bridge hard to cross; may we overcome the lawless foe. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.894](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.894.md): I hear the sound of the mighty purified Soma like the roar of rain; lightnings move in the sky. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.895](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.895.md): O Soma, flow hither toward the great food, rich in cattle and gold; flow, rich in horses and heroic sons. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.896](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.896.md): Flow, O all-seeing one; fill the great heaven and earth, as Dawn and Sun fill them with their rays. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.897](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.897.md): O Soma, flow around us on every side with your stream, bestowing shelter, as juice spreads through the wide wo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.898](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.898.md): O Soma, lord of the great prayer, swiftly flow around your dear abode, where the gods say thus. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.899](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.899.md): Adorning the unadorned for the people, driving away the hostile powers, flow the rain around from heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.900](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.900.md): This is he who from heaven, swift-moving, comes into the filter; the waves of the river have flowed forth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.901](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.901.md): The pressed Soma comes into the filter, bearing brilliance with vigour, looking about and lighting up all. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.902](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.902.md): Serving from afar and from near, the pressed Soma is poured out as sweet mead for Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.903](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.903.md): With one accord they praised; with stones they impel the tawny one, the drop of Soma, for Indra to drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.904](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.904.md): The cows and the sisters stir the sun, their lord; desiring greatness, they stir the great Indu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.905](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.905.md): O self-purifying one, with every light, god, pressed for the gods, enter into all treasures. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.906](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.906.md): O self-purifying one, bring good praise, rain, and homage to the gods; flow controlled for nourishment. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.907](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.907.md): Agni, the protector of the people, was born ever-watchful, of good skill, for welfare and the newest rite; wit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.908](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.908.md): O Agni, the Aṅgirases found you placed in the cave, hidden in each forest. Churned, you are born; O Aṅgiras, t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.909](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.909.md): The banner of the sacrifice, the first household priest Agni, men kindle together in the three-seated place. W - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.910](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.910.md): O Mitra and Varuṇa, increasers of ṛta, for you this Soma has been pressed. Hear my call here. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.911](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.911.md): The two kings, never deceiving, sit on the high firm seat in the thousand-pillared hall. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.912](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.912.md): Those two supreme rulers, ghee-giving Ādityas, lords of the gift, abide together without swerving. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.913](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.913.md): Indra, with the bones of Dadhīca, unopposed, slew the ninety-nine Vṛtras. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.914](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.914.md): Seeking the head of the horse, hidden among the mountains, he found it at Śaryaṇāvat. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.915](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.915.md): Here they perceived the hidden name of the cow, that of Tvaṣṭṛ; thus, in the house of the moon. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.916](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.916.md): This is the thought of this ancient praise for you two, Indra and Agni, arising like rain from the cloud. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.917](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.917.md): Indra and Agni, hear the call of the singer; favour our words. As lords, fill our thoughts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.918](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.918.md): Leaders Indra and Agni, do not lead us to wickedness, nor to reproach. Do not let us be injured in our blame. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.919](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.919.md): Flow, O Soma, accomplisher of strength, tawny one, for the gods to drink; may your exhilaration be for the Mar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.920](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.920.md): With the gods shines the bull, the seer, the beloved Soma, in the vessel; purifying himself, the unassailable - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.921](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.921.md): O self-purifying Soma, set in place by thought, roaring toward the vessel, by the sacred law you ascend upon V - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.922](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.922.md): O Soma, I have served you in friendship day after day. O drop, O tawny one, many things move around me; bring - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.923](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.923.md): O Soma, by night and by day I milk you, O tawny one, from your udder. Beyond the scorching sun, like birds, ma - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.924](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.924.md): Purifying itself, the all-seeing Soma has advanced toward all hostile forces; they adorn the inspired seer wit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.925](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.925.md): May the ruddy one mount his seat; may Indra, the bull, come to the pressed juice; may he sit on the firm seat - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.926](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.926.md): Now, for us, O drop Soma, flow forth great wealth from every side; bring wealth a thousandfold. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.927](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.927.md): Indra, drink Soma; may the Soma that the stone pressed for you, the tawny-horsed one, gladden you, held firmly - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.928](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.928.md): The exhilarating, pleasing draught of yours, by which you slay the foes — may that, O Indra of tawny steeds, O - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.929](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.929.md): O bountiful Indra, hear well this my speech, the praise with which Vasiṣṭha honours you. At the shared feast, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.930](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.930.md): Indra, who overpowers all armies — men together fashioned him and begot him for sovereignty, for might, for th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.931](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.931.md): With sight the inspired seers bow to the rim of the wheel, and to the ram in the sung call. O well-shining, no - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.932](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.932.md): The singers together sang out for Indra to drink the Soma; when the lord of heaven, firm in his vows, appears - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.933](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.933.md): He who is king of the peoples, who goes with chariots in unswerving course, who carries all armies across, the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.934](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.934.md): Adorn that Indra, the many-striking one, for protection; in whose two sustaining hands the splendid thunderbol - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.935](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.935.md): The dear one of heaven, the seer, placed between the two granddaughters of the waters, the seer of wise purpos - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.936](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.936.md): That pure son of the two mothers, born, made shine among the born; great, the great ones, increasers of ṛta (H - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.937](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.937.md): Forward, forward, for the dwelling, for the worthy of praise, for the people — pleasing, free from malice — fl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.938](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.938.md): You indeed, O Pavamāna, most brilliant among the divine births, proclaiming for immortality. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.939](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.939.md): By which Navagva and Dadhyañc open up, by which inspired seers have approached; in the favour of the gods, thr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.940](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.940.md): Soma, purifying itself with its wave, runs through the woollen filter; in front of speech, Pavamāna, roaring. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.941](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.941.md): With their thoughts they cleanse the vigorous one, playing in the wood, the sheep-passer; toward the threefold - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.942](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.942.md): Toward the vessels the bountiful one was released, like a racing horse eager for strength; purifying itself, g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.943](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.943.md): Soma flows — begetter of thoughts, begetter of heaven, begetter of earth; begetter of Agni, begetter of Sūrya, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.944](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.944.md): Brahmā among the gods, the station of the poets, the seer of the inspired, the buffalo of the wild beasts; the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.945](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.945.md): As a river sends forth its wave, Pavamāna sent forth the wave of speech; songs, hymns of praise, and thoughts - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.946](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.946.md): We praise Agni, the greatest increaser of sacrifices and most abundant helper, for you, toward the mighty gran - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.947](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.947.md): As this one has come to us, like Tvaṣṭṛ shaping a form, through the will of this glorious one, we are blessed. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.948](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.948.md): Agni is lord of all glories among the gods. May he come near to us with strengths and riches. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.949](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.949.md): O Indra, drink this pressed soma, the foremost immortal exhilaration. The streams of the bright soma have flow - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.950](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.950.md): O Indra, when you guide the two bay horses, there is no better charioteer than you; no one reaches you in stre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.951](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.951.md): Now sing for Indra and recite the hymns. The pressed soma drops have exhilarated him; pay homage to the foremo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.952](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.952.md): Indra, take pleasure; bring us forth and come, O hero, tawny-hued. Drink the pressed soma, like a mind yearnin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.953](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.953.md): Indra, fill your fresh belly with honey, as with the sweetness from heaven. The exhilarations of this pressed - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.5.954](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.5.954.md): Indra, the swift conqueror, struck down Vṛtra as a friend would, broke open the Vala as a man would, and overc - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.955](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.955.md): O Soma Pavamāna, finder of cows, finder of wealth and gold, bearer of seed, drop of the sap, flow and purify y - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.956](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.956.md): You are the seer over men, O Soma; O Pavamāna, bull, you run on all sides along those paths. That one, flow an - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.957](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.957.md): As ruler you go through these worlds, O Indu, yoking your tawny winged steeds; may those flow for you with swe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.958](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.958.md): O Pavamāna, knower of all, your streams have been sent forth, like the rays of the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.959](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.959.md): Making a banner of light from heaven, you flow over all forms; O Soma, you swell like the ocean. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.960](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.960.md): Being born, O Pavamāna, you send forth speech in the sacred ordinance, roaring like the god Sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.961](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.961.md): Forth have rushed the soma juices, purifying drops; mingling in the waters, they pour themselves out. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.962](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.962.md): Toward Indra the streams have rushed, like waters flowing down a slope, purifying themselves and reaching him. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.963](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.963.md): O purifying Soma, you flow forth for Indra, exhilarating; pressed by men, you are led away. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.964](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.964.md): O drop of soma, when pressed by the stones you flow around the filter, you are sufficient for the abode of Ind - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.965](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.965.md): You, O Soma, delighter of men, sustainer of the people, flow and purify; cleansing one, to be rejoiced over. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.966](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.966.md): Most slayer of Vṛtra, flow and purify with hymns; to be rejoiced over, bright, purifier, wondrous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.967](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.967.md): The pure purifier Soma, pressed, is proclaimed; he is full of sweetness, protector of the gods, slayer of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.968](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.968.md): The seer Soma is strained through the woollen filter for the gods' enjoyment; he overcomes all hostile forces. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.969](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.969.md): Indeed he brings for the singers strength rich in cows; the flowing purifier Soma bestows a thousandfold wealt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.970](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.970.md): You are cleansed through all things by your consciousness, and you flow with insight; so, O Soma, obtain renow - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.971](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.971.md): Flow toward the bounteous ones of great glory; bring steady wealth, and bring nourishment for the praisers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.972](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.972.md): You, like a king of good vows, O Soma, have entered the hymns; purifying, O wondrous bearer! - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.973](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.973.md): He, the carrier, unconquerable in the waters, being purified in the two hands, Soma sits in the vessels. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.974](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.974.md): O Soma, playful and bountiful like a sacrifice, you go into the filter, bestowing good vigour on the praiser. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.975](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.975.md): O Soma, flow around us with the juice, grain by grain and nourishment by nourishment, and, O Soma, bring all b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.976](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.976.md): O Indu, as is your praise and as you were born from the soma juice, sit down on the dear sacred grass. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.977](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.977.md): And for us, O Soma, finder of cows and horses, flow purified with the soma juice; quickly, in these days, come - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.978](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.978.md): He who conquers and is not conquered, who strikes down the enemy when attacking him — that you, O Sahasrajit, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.979](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.979.md): O Soma, by those honey-dripping streams of yours that have been poured forth for aid, you take your seat in th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.980](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.980.md): May he flow for Indra's drinking, passing across the unfailing obstacles, sitting in the seat of ṛta. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.981](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.981.md): O Soma, become sweetest for the Aṅgirasas and flow all around, with the wealth-bestowing, steadfast milk. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.982](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.982.md): Your splendours have become manifest like those of the mightiest lightning and of Agni, like the rays of the d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.983](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.983.md): Urged by the wind and driven on, you rush swiftly after food when you spread out; charioteers strive toward yo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.984](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.984.md): Agni, maker of wisdom, accomplisher of the sacrifice, the offering priest, the most overpowering thought; for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.985](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.985.md): O Varuṇa, O Mitra, your help is indeed manifold; from you two I seek good favour (sumati). - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.986](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.986.md): May we two, rightly free of malice, obtain nourishment and abode through you; O friends, may we become your fr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.987](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.987.md): O Mitra, protect us with your protections, and rescue us well; may we overcome the dasyus with our very bodies - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.988](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.988.md): O Indra, rising up with power, having drunk the Soma pressed in the cup, you made your two jaws (śipre) trembl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.989](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.989.md): O Indra, when you became the slayer of the dasyus, the two worlds, heaven and earth, vying with you, yielded t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.990](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.990.md): I weave out a speech of eight feet, nine-woven, increasing the cosmic order (ṛta), spreading it forth from Ind - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.991](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.991.md): Indra and Agni, toward you two these praises have been sung. Drink the pressed soma, bringing well-being. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.992](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.992.md): Leaders Indra and Agni, come here with those much-desired niyuta-gifts you hold for the generous worshipper. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.993](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.993.md): Leaders, come with those; come near this pressing-rite and the pressed soma. Indra and Agni, come to drink the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.994](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.994.md): O Soma, flow most radiant, roaring toward the wooden vats; sitting in your seat in the woods, come here. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.995](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.995.md): May the watery somas flow for Indra, for Vāyu, for Varuṇa, for the Maruts; may the soma-juices flow for Viṣṇu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.996](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.996.md): O Soma, granting nourishment to our offspring and to us from every side, flow forth toward the thousandfold we - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.997](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.997.md): Soma, indeed pressed and flowing, is squeezed by the pressers upon the stones and the wool filters; like a hor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.998](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.998.md): In the watery plain, Soma possessing cows has reached with the cows (milk); Soma has pervaded with the milk; a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.999](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.999.md): O Soma, whatever wonderful, praiseworthy, heavenly and earthly wealth there is, purifying yourself, bring that - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1000](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1000.md): Showering, purifying himself, granting life-spans, thundering upon the sacred grass, O tawny one, you sit down - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1001](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1001.md): You two indeed are lords of heaven, Indra and Soma, lords of cows; ruling, may you two nourish our thoughts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1002](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1002.md): Indra has grown for exhilaration, for strength, the slayer of Vṛtra, with men; him indeed we call for help in - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1003](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1003.md): You are indeed a hero, mighty in the host, a great giver. You increase even the small one; to the sacrificer w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1004](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1004.md): When battles are raised and wealth is set for the bold one, yoke your two exhilaration-dripping steeds. Indra, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1005](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1005.md): Thus the tawny streams drink the sweet honey (soma) that spreads far; as companions of Indra, they gladden the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1006](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1006.md): They are the speckled ones yoked to him; the speckled streams mix the soma. The dear milch-cows of Indra impel - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1007](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1007.md): They are the discerning ones of him; with homage they serve his strength. They follow his many ordinances, for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1008](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1008.md): This ray (soma stalk) is pressed out for exhilaration in the waters, strong, dwelling on the mountain; like th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1009](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1009.md): The bright juice, desired by the gods, cleansed in the waters, pressed by men: the cows enjoy it with their mi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1010](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1010.md): Then, as one adorns the horse's driver, they adorned for immortality the sweet juice at the common rejoicing. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1011](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1011.md): Toward the splendour of great fame, O lord of food, shine, O god who desires the gods; open the middle vessel, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1012](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1012.md): O skilful one, pressed in the two vessels, flow like the bearer and lord of the people; flow as rain from heav - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1013](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1013.md): The child of the great ones, giver of breath, impelling the radiance of truth, became all around all dear thin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1014](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1014.md): Near Trita's side, his portion was apportioned, when in the cave there was a place; by the seven abodes of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1015](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1015.md): With the three streams of Trita he sets wealth in motion upon the backs (of the vessels); the one of good purp - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1016](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1016.md): Flow, O Soma, pressed with a stream in the filter, for the winning of strength; be sweetest for Indra, for Viṣ - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1017](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1017.md): In the filter the guileless thoughts lick you, as mothers a newborn calf, the tawny one; O Pavamāna, in the pl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1018](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1018.md): You fill both heaven and earth beyond measure; O Pavamāna of great vows, by your greatness you put on the cloa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1019](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1019.md): The vigorous drop flows seeking cows; Soma, impelling together for Indra's exhilaration, strikes the demon, dr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1020](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1020.md): Then with a stream, mingled with honey, he flows across the hair, the drop milked by stones; enjoying the frie - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1021](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1021.md): Purifying, the Soma flows toward his vows and anoints the gods with his own essence. The drop, clothing himsel - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1022](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1022.md): O Agni, we kindle you, radiant and undecaying among the gods. Your most praiseworthy kindling-wood shines; bri - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1023](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1023.md): O Agni, lord of the bright light, O most brilliant, wondrous lord of the clans, carrier of oblations: to you, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1024](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1024.md): O very bright lord of the clans, you heat both ladles in your mouth. Fill us full in the praise-recitations; O - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1025](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1025.md): Sing the chant to Indra; to the inspired seer and the mighty one, the great (chant). To the maker of the sacre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1026](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1026.md): You, O Indra, are the overpowerer; you made the sun shine. You are the all-maker, the all-god, and you are gre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1027](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1027.md): Shining with light, you reached the radiant realm of heaven; the gods bent to you for friendship, O Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1028](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1028.md): Soma has been pressed for you, most mighty Indra; bold one, come hither. As the sun fills the expanse with its - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1029](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1029.md): Mount your chariot, slayer of Vṛtra; your two horses are yoked by the sacred word. May your mind turn well tow - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.6.1030](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.6.1030.md): Indra, of unresisted might, is carried by his two horses; the fine praises of the seers and the sacrifice of m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1031](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1031.md): The light of the sacrifice, Soma, flows sweet and dear; father and begetter of the gods, rich in wealth. By hi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1032](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1032.md): Roaring over the vessel, the vigorous one rushes; lord of heaven, hundred-streamed, all-seeing. In the seats o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1033](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1033.md): At the head of the rivers the purified Soma rushes; foremost in speech, chief, you go among the cows. At the h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1034](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1034.md): The vigorous Soma juices were sent forth, for cows, for horses; bright ones, swift ones, for heroes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1035](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1035.md): Adorned by those who seek order, cleansed in the hands, they flow purified in the imperishable wool-sieve. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1036](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1036.md): May those Somas pour forth for the giver all treasures, heavenly and earthly; may the atmospheric treasures fl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1037](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1037.md): Flow purified, O Soma, swiftly through the filter for the heroic strength of the gods. O Indu, bull-like, ente - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1038](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1038.md): O Indu, bull, flow forth for great sustenance, most full of splendour. Steadfast, come into your seat, your ab - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1039](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1039.md): The dear streams of sweet mead were milked from the pressed Soma of the ordainer. The one of good purpose clot - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1040](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1040.md): Great waters and rivers flow after you, the great one, when you will be clothed with the cows (milk). - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1041](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1041.md): The ocean cleanses me in the waters, the support and upholder of heaven. Soma, desiring us, in the filter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1042](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1042.md): The bull, the tawny one, great and visible like Mitra, roared out. He shines together with the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1043](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1043.md): O Indu (Soma), your songs are purified with vigour by the active singers; by these you adorn yourself and shin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1044](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1044.md): We implore you, the maker of the world for exhilaration and for the vigorous one, for your great praise. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1045](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1045.md): O Indu (Soma), you are giver of cows, giver of men, giver of horses, giver of strength and food; you are the s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1046](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1046.md): O Indu, for us flow pure with vital power in a stream of sweetness, like the rain-cloud Parjanya bearing rain. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1047](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1047.md): O Soma, you always conquer, and you conquer great fame, O Pavamāna; then make us richer. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1048](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1048.md): Always light, always heaven, O Soma, and all blessings of fortune are yours; then make us richer. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1049](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1049.md): O Soma, always increase our strength and resolve; drive away the hostile ones; then make us more prosperous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1050](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1050.md): O purifiers, purify Soma for Indra to drink; then make us more prosperous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1051](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1051.md): You, by your power and your protections, grant us a share in the sun; then make us more prosperous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1052](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1052.md): By your power and your protections, may we long see the sun; then make us more prosperous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1053](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1053.md): O Soma of good weapons, flow toward us doubly great wealth; then make us more prosperous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1054](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1054.md): O unfailing, vigorous Soma, victorious in contests, flow toward us; then make us more prosperous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1055](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1055.md): O purifying Soma, the sacrifices have strengthened you in the ordered rite; therefore make us richer. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1056](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1056.md): O Soma Indu, bring us wealth that is brilliant, rich in horses, giving full life; therefore make us richer. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1057](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1057.md): The stream of pressed soma juice, exhilarating, runs swiftly onward. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1058](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1058.md): The divine rays know the treasures and the help for mortals; the exhilarating flow of pressed soma runs swiftl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1059](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1059.md): From the two, Dhvasra and Puruṣantī, we give thousands (of riches); the exhilarating flow of pressed soma runs - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1060](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1060.md): From whom we give thirty-fold and thousands (of riches); the exhilarating flow of pressed soma runs swiftly. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1061](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1061.md): These somas, being praised, were poured forth for great strength, with the most exhilarating stream. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1062](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1062.md): Toward the cattle-treasures, for enjoyment, toward the manly treasures, you flow purifying yourself; winning s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1063](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1063.md): And for us, send flowing all nourishing juices rich in cattle, being praised together with Jamadagni. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1064](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1064.md): For the worthy Jātavedas we fashion this hymn together with thought, like a chariot; in his assembly our inten - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1065](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1065.md): We bring fuel for you and prepare the oblations, attentive at every joint; for life, accomplish our thoughts o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1066](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1066.md): May we be able to please you with fuel; accomplish our thoughts. In you the gods eat the offered oblation. Bri - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1067](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1067.md): At the sun's rising I praise you two: Mitra and Varuṇa, and Aryaman, the destroyer of foes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1068](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1068.md): With golden wealth let this thought be, for strength that does not harm; this thought for the inspired seer, f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1069](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1069.md): O god Varuṇa, may we be yours; O Mitra, may we be yours together with the wise patrons. May we hold nourishmen - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1070](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1070.md): Break all enemies and drive them away; strike down the oppressors and attackers on every side. Bring us that d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1071](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1071.md): You, whose whole wealth in turn knows and enjoys the gift of the giver — bring us that desirable treasure. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1072](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1072.md): O Indra, whatever wealth has been carried off in the stronghold, in the steady place, in the rocky place — bri - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1073](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1073.md): You two are the priests of the sacrifice, purifiers in the works of strength. Indra and Agni, be awake to it. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1074](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1074.md): Swift urgers, riders of chariots, slayers of Vṛtra, unconquered. Indra and Agni, be awake to it. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1075](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1075.md): Here is the exhilarating sweet drink for you two, which the men have milked with the pressing stones. Indra an - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1076](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1076.md): O Soma, flow for Indra with the Maruts, sweetest of the honeyed; take your seat in the abode of the chant. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1077](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1077.md): You, O bold one, the inspired poets who know the speech adorn; you the mortals together cleanse. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1078](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1078.md): Let Mitra and Aryaman drink your juice, O sage, and Varuṇa too; the juice of the flowing Soma, let the Maruts - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1079](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1079.md): O good-handed one, as you are being purified, you set speech in motion in the ocean. O Pavamāna, you flow towa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1080](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1080.md): Purifying itself, Pavamāna roared like a bull in the wool filter and in the wood. O Soma of the gods, O Pavamā - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1081](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1081.md): Him indeed those ten fingers cleanse in the mother of the waters, the filter. He shone forth together with the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1082](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1082.md): Together with Indra and with Vāyu, the pressed Soma goes into the filter. Together with the rays of the sun, i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1083](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1083.md): May he flow for us, for Bhaga, for Vāyu, for Pūṣan. Sweet, pleasing, for Mitra and for Varuṇa, may he flow. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1084](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1084.md): May these, rich and very strong, full of nourishment, be ours with Indra at the joint revelry, so that by them - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1085](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1085.md): Like you, yoked by his own power, let him come boldly for the praisers, as one turns the axle in the two wheel - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1086](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1086.md): O Hundred-minded one, when you come at the call to fulfil the desire of the singers, you set them in motion wi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1087](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1087.md): We call upon the giver of fair form for protection, like an easily milked cow for the milker, day after day. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1088](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1088.md): Come near to our pressings, O Soma-drinker; drink of the Soma, giver of cows, wealthy and exhilarating one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1089](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1089.md): Then may we attain your nearest kindly thoughts; do not look past us beyond, come to us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1090](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1090.md): O Indra, when you filled both heaven and earth like the dawn, the divine mother bore you, the great one, the u - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1091](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1091.md): O Indra, you bear strength like a long goad, most wise in counsel. O Maghavan, with your former step keep us a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1092](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1092.md): Indeed, bring down the firm strength of the malicious mortal. Make the one who seeks to harm us fall to a lowe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1093](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1093.md): The sound of Soma dwelling on the mountains flowed around the pure filter. In the exhilarations you are in eve - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1094](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1094.md): You are the inspired seer, you are the poet; the sweetness of the Soma juice has come forth. In the exhilarati - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1095](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1095.md): In you all the gods, united in delight, attained the drinking. In the exhilarations you are in every way. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1096](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1096.md): He is pressed, that Soma who is leader of the goods and of riches, who belongs to the praises, the Soma of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1097](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1097.md): Of whom Indra drinks, of whom the Maruts, Aryaman and Bhaga drink, by which we call Mitra and Varuṇa — toward - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1098](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1098.md): Friends, for that purified Soma, for exhilaration, sing toward him. As one caresses a child with oblations, sw - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1099](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1099.md): As a calf joins with its mothers, the impelled Soma-drop is anointed — protector of the gods, exhilarating, ad - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1100](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1100.md): This one is effective for strength; this one for might and enjoyment. This one, pressed out, is the sweetest f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1101](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1101.md): The Soma drops flow for us, the best finders of the way — friendly, being pressed, without stain, good to stud - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1102](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1102.md): Those purified, wise Somas, mixed with curds — visible like suns, swift, firm in the ghee. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1103](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1103.md): Pressed with the stones and strained upon the cow's fleece, these Somas together sound forth nourishment for u - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1104](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1104.md): Flow purifying in this way, O Soma; bring these treasures. Flow forth along the course of the stream. May the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1105](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1105.md): And for us, flow with purifying current through these, at the renowned sacred ford. Bring sixty thousand Naigu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1106](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1106.md): This great name, O bull (Soma), sing for strength, for the wealth-giver, for the speckled one, or for the weap - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1107](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1107.md): O Agni, you are nearest to us and our protector. Become auspicious, become our shelter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1108](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1108.md): May Vasu Agni, renowned for wealth, most radiant, reach toward us. O Agni, grant wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1109](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1109.md): O most radiant, shining Agni, we now implore you for favour for our companions. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1110](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1110.md): Now may we accomplish these worlds; may Indra and all the gods also be with us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1111](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1111.md): May Indra, together with the Ādityas, accomplish our sacrifice, our body, and our offspring. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1112](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1112.md): May Indra, with his host, together with the Ādityas and the Maruts, make remedies for us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1113](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1113.md): Forth to Indra, the mightiest slayer of Vṛtra, the inspired sage, sing the song he delights in. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1114](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1114.md): The Maruts of fine chant honour with the hymn; the renowned youthful Indra, they praise him. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.7.1115](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.7.1115.md): O Indra, dwelling near the sweet-honeyed abode, may we thrive, meditating upon you, with wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1116](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1116.md): Like the poet Uśanas speaking forth, the god Soma declares the birth of the gods; of great vow, pure kinsman, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1117](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1117.md): Like swans, the delighting herds of bulls have gone home toward the sweet-voiced Soma; the companions together - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1118](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1118.md): He yokes the swift impulse of the far-singing one; cows seem to measure him out in vain as he plays. The tawny - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1119](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1119.md): The sounding Somas, like chariots and like steeds seeking help, have advanced for wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1120](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1120.md): Impelled like chariots, they ran in both hands, like bearers of the makers' burdens. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1121](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1121.md): Like kings with praises, the Somas are anointed with milk, like a sacrifice by the seven establishers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1122](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1122.md): Around us, the sounding Soma drops flow in a stream of sweetness, with a mighty song, for exhilaration. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1123](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1123.md): The drinkers rouse the fortune of Vivasvān's dawns; the singers spread out the fine Soma juice. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1124](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1124.md): The ancient poets open the doors of thoughts; for the bull Soma's streams, the people (labour). - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1125](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1125.md): Gathered together, the seven-born priests (hotṛs) arrived, filling the place of the one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1126](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1126.md): At the center I take hold of the center; O Sun, with the eye, for sight, I draw forth the offspring of the see - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1127](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1127.md): Toward the beloved one, the heavenly station, placed hidden in the cave by the adhvaryus; the Sun beholds it w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1128](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1128.md): The drops of soma have been sent forth along the path of the cosmic order (ṛta), radiant and beautiful; they k - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1129](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1129.md): The foremost stream of sweet soma plunges into the great waters; among the oblations it is worthy of praise. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1130](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1130.md): Harnessed to speech, the foremost vigorous soma roars in the forest; he is true, the sacrifice, and goes forth - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1131](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1131.md): When the seer-poet soma, purifying himself, flows around his poetic utterances, he desires to win light and th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1132](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1132.md): The purifying soma sits down like a king before the contending foes and the peoples, when the wise priests set - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1133](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1133.md): In the wool filter the beloved tawny soma sits in the vessels; the singer, with a mind of praise, longs for hi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1134](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1134.md): He goes with Vāyu, Indra and the Aśvins in exhilaration; delightful by his ordinance. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1135](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1135.md): The waves of the sweet one flow purifying toward Mitra, Varuṇa and Bhaga, knowing his powers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1136](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1136.md): May the two worlds give us wealth, fame and won treasures by the strength of the sweet one, for winning. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1137](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1137.md): Today we choose your vigour, bringer of well-being, bearer of the oblation; protector, much desired. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1138](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1138.md): Come to the exhilarating one, come to the most excellent, come to the inspired seer, come to the wise; protect - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1139](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1139.md): Come to wealth, come to the one of good insight; come, O man of good deeds, into bodies; protector, much desir - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1140](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1140.md): The head of heaven, the lord of earth, Vaiśvānara belonging to all men, Agni born in truth: the seer, sovereig - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1141](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1141.md): O immortal one, all the gods bow to you as you are born, as to a child; by your deeds they attained immortalit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1142](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1142.md): The navel of sacrifices, the abode of riches, to the great call all bow; Vaiśvānara, charioteer of the sacrifi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1143](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1143.md): Sing forth to Mitra, to Varuṇa, with inspired speech and song: the mighty ones of great dominion, of truth, va - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1144](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1144.md): The two sovereigns, whose womb is ghee, Mitra and Varuṇa both; gods among the gods, praised among the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1145](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1145.md): May those two be able to grant us the great wealth of the earth and of heaven; among the gods your dominion is - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1146](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1146.md): Indra, come, O you of wondrous light. These somas, desiring you, are pressed; with the threads of the fine fil - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1147](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1147.md): Indra, come, sent forth by thought, urged on by the inspired singer, to the one who has pressed soma, near the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1148](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1148.md): Indra, come, eager, near our prayers, O lord of tawny steeds; at the pressed soma set our delight. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1149](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1149.md): Praise him, who with his flame embraces all the woods, and with his tongue makes them dark. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1150](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1150.md): The mortal who indeed serves the favour of Indra easily crosses the waters for splendour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1151](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1151.md): Those rich in strength, nourishments for us, fill the swift horses, to carry Indra and also Agni. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1152](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1152.md): The drop of Soma, adorned for Indra, flows forth. As a friend does not hinder a friend, it does not check the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1153](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1153.md): Your thoughts, joyful and youthful, seeking praise and seeking admiration, have advanced within the sacrificia - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1154](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1154.md): O Soma, bring to us the restrained, nourishing food; O drop, flow purified with the wave. May that which milks - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1155](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1155.md): He whose deed made Indra ever-growing is not harmed by any act. Praise with strength Indra, praised by all the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1156](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1156.md): Unconquerable, fierce, the overpowerer in battles, at whose birth the great cows bellowed together; heaven and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1157](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1157.md): Friends, come and sit down; sing forth for Soma being purified. As a child is adorned with sacrifices, so ador - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1158](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1158.md): As mothers send forth the calf, send forth Soma, accomplisher of the household, protector of the gods, of twof - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1159](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1159.md): Purify the accomplisher of strength, so that for the troop and for enjoyment, as for Mitra and Varuṇa, it may - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1160](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1160.md): Forth, swift, of a thousand streams, across the wool filter, flow on through the sieve. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1161](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1161.md): He, swift, of a thousand seeds, being purified with waters, being mixed with the milk of the cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1162](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1162.md): Forth, Soma, go to the belly of Indra, held by men, pressed with stones. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1163](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1163.md): Those Somas pressed in the far country, those pressed in the near country, and those on the banks of the Vāda, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1164](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1164.md): Those who are among the Ārjīkas, among the Kṛtvasus, in the midst of the Pastyas, or among the five peoples. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1165](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1165.md): May they pour rain upon us from the sky, and bring here good vigour; may the sounding divine drops of Soma flo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1166](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1166.md): May your calf (the mind) draw hither from afar, even from the common abode; O Agni, I desire you with the song - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1167](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1167.md): You are indeed the same in many places, lord of all the quarters; in battles we call upon you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1168](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1168.md): In battles, for protection, desiring the prize, we call upon Agni, the one of wondrous wealth, in contests for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1169](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1169.md): You, O Indra, bring us vigour and manly power; O hundred-minded, O all-seeing one, bring hither a hero who con - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1170](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1170.md): O Vasu, you indeed are our father; O Śatakratu, you have become our mother. Therefore we seek your favour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1171](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1171.md): O mighty one, much-invoked, maker of might, I call you near, seeking strength. May you grant us good heroic po - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1172](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1172.md): O Indra, whatever wondrous wealth is not here with me is what you have given, O wielder of the stone. O Vasu, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1173](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1173.md): O Indra, bring that most desirable and bright wealth which you think of; may we obtain it from you, the boundl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.8.1174](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.8.1174.md): O Indra, the great and famed mind you have in the directions is to be accomplished; by that, O wielder of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1175](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1175.md): The child newly born, the desired one, the Maruts with their troop purify and adorn the inspired seer. Soma, b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1176](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1176.md): Seer-minded, maker of seers, winner of heaven, of a thousand guidances, lord of the paths of the poets — Soma, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1177](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1177.md): Sitting in the cup, falcon-like, borne as a bird, finder of cows, the drop bearing weapons, joining the wave o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1178](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1178.md): These Somas have flowed toward Indra's dear desire, increasing his vigour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1179](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1179.md): Being purified, sitting in the cups, going toward Vāyu and the Aśvins — may they grant us good vigour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1180](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1180.md): O Soma, being purified for the gain of Indra, stir the heart and sit down in the seat of the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1181](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1181.md): Seven thoughts cleanse you, the fingers cleanse you; seven thoughts urge you on. Then the inspired seers have - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1182](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1182.md): For the gods, for exhilaration, you who flow forth across the filtering wool; him we clothe with cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1183](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1183.md): Purifying himself in the vessels, the ruddy, tawny one has wrapped himself about with garments and cattle-gain - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1184](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1184.md): O bountiful one, flow hither for us; drive away all hostilities. O Indu, enter into the friend. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1185](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1185.md): You who behold men, drunk by Indra, finder of heaven's light: may we partake of you; may we obtain offspring a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1186](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1186.md): Flow forth rain from heaven, and brilliance from the earth. O Soma, place strength in us in battles. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1187](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1187.md): Soma, purifying himself, flows, of a thousand streams, passing through the wool strainer — the draught purifie - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1188](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1188.md): You who seek help, sing forth toward the self-purifying inspired seer Soma, pressed out for the gods' enjoymen - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1189](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1189.md): The Somas flow purifying, for winning strength and prize, of thousandfold might, praising, for the gods' enjoy - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1190](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1190.md): And for us, for winning strength and prize, O Indu, flow purifying — mighty nourishments, radiant, full of her - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1191](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1191.md): Like swift steeds impelled by the drivers' goads, they rushed forth for winning strength and prize, piercing t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1192](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1192.md): May they flow purifying toward a thousandfold wealth for us, full of heroic vigour — pressed gods, drops of In - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1193](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1193.md): Like mother cows lowing toward their calf, the soma drops rush forward; they hasten into the two hands. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1194](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1194.md): O Pavamāna Soma, exhilarating and dear to Indra, sounding forth, drive away all hostile ones. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1195](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1195.md): Driving away the niggardly ones, O purifying Pavamāna drops who behold the sun, take your seat in the abode of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1196](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1196.md): The soma drops, pressed, have flowed forth with the stream of ṛta; for Indra they are the sweetest of honey. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1197](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1197.md): As milch cows toward their calf, the inspired seers have praised Indra, for the drinking of soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1198](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1198.md): Dripping with exhilaration, the wise Soma abides on the wave of the river; the tawny Soma has settled in its s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1199](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1199.md): In the navel of heaven, the all-seeing Soma is exalted in the woolen sieve — he, Soma, the good-willed seer. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1200](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1200.md): Soma, placed within the vats in the pure filter — the Soma-drop embraces him all around. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1201](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1201.md): The Soma-drop sends forth speech, upon the seat of the ocean, quickening the vessel that drips sweetness. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1202](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1202.md): Vanaspati Soma, constantly praised, is impelled within the milk-giving cow by the yoke yoked by men. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1203](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1203.md): O Pavamāna, bring us wealth of a thousand splendours; O Indu Soma, wealth that arises of itself. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1204](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1204.md): Toward the dear regions of heaven, that seer and inspired Soma, pressed by the stream, is impelled far away. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1205](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1205.md): Up for you rise the mighty streams, like the roar of a river's wave; urge on the filter's flow, drive forward - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1206](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1206.md): At your outpouring rise for you three speeches, longing for the sacrifice, when you go into the wool-filter, o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1207](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1207.md): With the wool filter-sieves and the stones they impel all around the dear, tawny Soma, flowing pure, dripping - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1208](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1208.md): Come, most exhilarating one, flow purified with your stream, O sage, to take your seat in the chant. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1209](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1209.md): Flow on, you most exhilarating one, adorning yourself with rays and nights; enter the belly of Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1210](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1210.md): With this swift course flow all around, O drop who are in your exhilarations; you brought down ninety-nine str - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1211](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1211.md): For Divodāsa he at once broke the fortresses of Śambara; then also that Turvaśa and Yadu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1212](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1212.md): O Indu, bring us horses, cattle and gold, and flow all around; pour forth thousandfold nourishments. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1213](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1213.md): Driving away the attackers, Soma flows; he also drives away the niggardly, going along Indra's cleansed path. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1214](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1214.md): O self-purifying Soma, bring us great wealth and smite the attackers; O Indu, grant glory together with heroes - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1215](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1215.md): Neither a hundred nor the crooked can restrain you, the giver; when you, purifying yourself, rejoice in the sa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1216](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1216.md): Flow purified in that very stream by which you made the sun shine, quickening the human waters. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1217](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1217.md): The purifying Soma, shining like the sun, yoked his swift steed upon the mind, to travel through the mid-regio - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1218](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1218.md): And the sun yoked those tawny steeds to the chariot, to travel, while the drop, speaking thus, said: 'This is - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1219](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1219.md): O priests, together with the fires, in harmony, make Agni, the god most worthy of sacrifice, the messenger at - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1220](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1220.md): As a horse snorts for fodder, when he has come forth from the great covering, the wind blows along his flame; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1221](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1221.md): O Agni, the flames of your newly born, mighty form rise up, blazing without decay; as ruddy smoke you go towar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1222](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1222.md): Him, Indra, we invigorate for the great slaying of Vṛtra; he, the mighty one, has become the bull. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1223](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1223.md): Indra, he who was appointed for the sacrificial bond, most mighty in strength and established in power; he is - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1224](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1224.md): By the song he is gathered like a thunderbolt, mighty and unshaken; fierce, he has grown great, unconquered. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1225](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1225.md): O adhvaryu, bring the Soma pressed with the stones into the filter; purify it for Indra to drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1226](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1226.md): O Indu, of your sweet juice the gods have partaken; of the purifying Soma's honey, the Maruts as well. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1227](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1227.md): Press for Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt, the supreme nectar-Soma from heaven, the sweetest of honey. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1228](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1228.md): Vairūpa chant. The upholder of heaven, the active juice flows pure — delighting the gods, beloved of men. Tawn - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1229](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1229.md): As a hero holds weapons in his two hands, desiring victory, a charioteer in the contests for cows, stirring up - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1230](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1230.md): O Soma Pavamāna, growing strong with your wave for Indra, enter into the bellies. As lightning fills the cloud - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1231](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1231.md): O Indra, when men invoke you from the east, the west, the north or below, impelled by many men, you are for An - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1232](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1232.md): O Indra, when you rejoice together with Rumā, Ruśama, Śyāvaka and Kṛpa, the Kaṇvas who bear the sacred formula - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1233](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1233.md): May Indra hear both of our words, the praise and the offering, here. May the bountiful, most mighty Indra come - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1234](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1234.md): Him, the self-ruling bull, the two pressing-stones have fashioned with that vigour. Foremost among comparisons - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1235](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1235.md): O god, flow purified; let your exhilaration reach Indra. By your nature mount upon Vāyu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1236](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1236.md): O self-purifying one, you rush down; O Soma, bring wealth worthy of fame. O drop, enter the ocean. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1237](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1237.md): Striking away the hostile foes, you flow; O Soma, knower of the rite, exhilarating one, drive away the people - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1238](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1238.md): Toward us, flow the wealth best at winning spoils, desired by hundreds. O drop, bringer of thousands, of great - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1239](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1239.md): By this bounty of yours, O good one, O good one, much-desired Soma, may we be those with the nearest refreshme - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1240](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1240.md): That Soma, sounding, flows all about through the woollen filter; the drop dripping with exhilaration, a stream - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1241](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1241.md): Flow forth, O Soma; you are the great ocean, father of the gods, in all abodes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1242](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1242.md): Bright Soma, flow forth for the gods; for heaven and earth, and for the creatures, may there be welfare. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1243](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1243.md): You are the upholder of heaven, bright nectar; in truth, in the wide-supporting order, flow forth vigorous. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1244](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1244.md): I praise your most dear guest, beloved like a friend; O Agni, worthy to be known like a chariot. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1245](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1245.md): Praiseworthy like a sage, whom the gods thus twice established among mortals. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1246](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1246.md): You, O youngest, protect the generous men; hear our songs; guard the offspring by your own power. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1247](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1247.md): Come to us, O Indra, dear one, conqueror of contests, not to be hidden; broad on every side like a mountain, y - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1248](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1248.md): O true one, drinker of Soma, you have overcome both worlds; O Indra, you are the strengthener of the presser o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1249](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1249.md): You, O Indra, are indeed the upholder of the ancient forts; slayer of the enemy, strengthener of Manu, lord of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1250](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1250.md): Indra was born, the breaker of forts, young, a seer of immeasurable strength; he is the upholder of all deeds, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1251](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1251.md): You, O wielder of the stone, opened the cave of Vala rich in cows; the fearless gods, urged on by you, came to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.9.1252](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.9.1252.md): Indra, the lord who rules by might, was praised with hymns of praise. Whose gifts are a thousand, and there ar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1253](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1253.md): Soma, who first crossed the ocean and upheld the cosmic order, generating creatures and guarding the world, th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1254](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1254.md): O Soma, as you are purified, gladden Vāyu for sacrifice and for wealth; gladden Mitra and Varuṇa; gladden the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1255](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1255.md): The mighty Soma performed that great deed, when the womb of the waters chose the gods; the purifying Soma plac - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1256](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1256.md): This immortal god is poured out like a winged bird, to settle into the wooden vats. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1257](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1257.md): This god, praised by the inspired poets, plunges into the waters, bestowing treasures on the giver. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1258](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1258.md): This Pavamāna, as a hero goes forth with strength, desires to win all desirable boons. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1259](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1259.md): This god drives like a chariot; Pavamāna directs the regions. He reveals the sound of speech. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1260](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1260.md): This god, as Pavamāna, is praised by the admirable and by the seekers of truth; the tawny Soma is purified for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1261](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1261.md): This god, made pure, runs past the crooked obstacles; Pavamāna is unassailable. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1262](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1262.md): He spreads through the sky, running across the realms of air with his stream; Pavamāna, roaring. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1263](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1263.md): He spreads through the sky, flowing unobstructed across the realms of air; Pavamāna, of fine sacrifice. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1264](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1264.md): This god, by his ancient birth, is pressed out for the gods; the tawny one flows through the filter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1265](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1265.md): This very Soma of many vows, born and generating the nourishments, flows purified in a stream when pressed out - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1266](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1266.md): This heroic Soma goes with thought, in fine streams, with swift chariots, going to the cleansed place of Indra - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1267](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1267.md): This Soma, for the great lordship of the gods, is intent upon many deeds with thought, where the immortals hav - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1268](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1268.md): Men cleanse this Soma, fit to be cleansed, near the wooden vats; he brings about great nourishments. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1269](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1269.md): This Soma, placed, is led apart within the purifying path, when the swift ones urge him onward. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1270](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1270.md): This vigorous Soma is driven with golden ornaments and bright rays, becoming lord of the rivers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1271](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1271.md): He (Soma) shakes his horns and whets himself, the bull of the herd, bearing his powers with vigour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1272](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1272.md): He (Soma), drinking the treasures, passes through the joints and goes down into the pits. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1273](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1273.md): This Soma, that tawny one, the ten fingers urge forward to go; the one with his own weapon, most exhilarating. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1274](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1274.md): This bull (Soma), like a chariot, is driven from the wool-sieve through the filters, going toward thousandfold - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1275](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1275.md): The women of Trita urge on this tawny one (Soma) with the stones, the drop of Soma, for Indra to drink. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1276](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1276.md): He (Soma) sits among the people like a falcon, going as a lover goes to a woman. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1277](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1277.md): This exhilarating juice gazes down from heaven, the child, the drop that has entered the filter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1278](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1278.md): This tawny juice, pressed for drinking, rushes forth vigorously, roaring toward the beloved vessel. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1279](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1279.md): The ten tawny streams, the active ones, cleanse this one, by which he shines for exhilaration. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1280](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1280.md): This strong one, set by men, all-knowing, lord of the mind, runs apart through the woolen filter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1281](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1281.md): This Soma drips in the filter, pressed for the gods, entering all abodes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1282](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1282.md): This god shines upon the vessel, immortal, slayer of Vṛtra, most beloved of the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1283](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1283.md): This bull (Soma), roaring, driven by his ten kinsfolk, runs toward the wooden vats. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1284](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1284.md): This Pavamāna (Soma) made the sun shine in heaven; in the pure filter he is the exhilarating intoxicating joy. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1285](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1285.md): This one (Soma), clothed together with the sun and with Vivasvat, rejoices; he is the unassailable lord of spe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1286](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1286.md): This seer (Soma), praised, is urged upon the pure filter; purifying and smiting, he drives the haters away. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1287](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1287.md): This winner of heavenly light (Soma) is poured all around in the pure filter for Indra and Vāyu, accomplishing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1288](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1288.md): This one (Soma) is led forth by the men; summit of heaven, the bull, pressed Soma, all-knowing among the fores - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1289](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1289.md): Seeking cows and desiring gold, the purifying Soma roared forth. That drop conquers all contests, unobstructed - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1290](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1290.md): This strong, showering, tawny Soma flowed forth in the atmosphere; the purifying drop goes toward Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1291](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1291.md): This strong, invincible Soma flows as he is purified; he is the protector of the gods, the slayer of the evil - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1292](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1292.md): That pressed, showering Soma flows through the sacred filter to be drunk; smiting the demons, desiring the god - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1293](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1293.md): That far-seeing, tawny, firm Soma flows in the sacred filter, roaring toward his own seat. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1294](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1294.md): That mighty Soma, purifying, runs far and wide toward the lights of heaven; slayer of demons, toward the imper - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1295](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1295.md): On the summit of Trita he, the purifying Soma, shone forth, together with his kinsmen and the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1296](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1296.md): He, the slayer of Vṛtra, the bull, the pressed Soma, finder of wealth, unconquerable, flowed forth like streng - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1297](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1297.md): That god, impelled by the poet, runs toward the wooden vats, the drop exhilarating for Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1298](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1298.md): He who recites the Pavamānī verses over the essence gathered by the seers eats all of it purified, made sweet - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1299](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1299.md): For him who recites the Pavamānī verses over the essence gathered by the seers, Sarasvatī milks milk, ghee, ho - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1300](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1300.md): The Pavamānī verses bring well-being, are easy to milk, dripping with ghee; the essence gathered by the seers - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1301](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1301.md): May the purifying goddesses grant us this world and also that world; may the divine streams, gathered by the g - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1302](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1302.md): By the filter with which the gods ever purify themselves, by that thousandfold stream, may the purifying strea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1303](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1303.md): Through the well-bringing purifying streams one goes to the paradise of joy, enjoys meritorious delights, and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1304](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1304.md): With great homage we have come to that youngest (most vigorous) Agni, who shines kindled in his own dwelling — - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1305](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1305.md): He, the Agni who conquers all misfortunes by his greatness, is praised in the house; may that knower of all be - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1306](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1306.md): You are Varuṇa, and Mitra too, O Agni; the Vasiṣṭhas exalt you with thoughtful hymns. May wealth and easily wo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1307](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1307.md): Great Indra, mighty like a rain-bearing cloud, grows by the praises of Vatsa. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1308](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1308.md): When the Kaṇvas made Indra the accomplisher of the sacrifice with praises, they spoke of his weapons as kin. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1309](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1309.md): Nourishing the offspring of ṛta, the bearers, inspired seers, bring it forth by the carrying of ṛta. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1310](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1310.md): The bright streams of the tawny one, striking the purified Soma, were let loose; they are swift, of unfailing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1311](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1311.md): Purified Soma, the best charioteer, most praised with the bright ones; tawny-and-bright, the host of the Marut - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1312](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1312.md): O Pavamāna, pervade with your rays; you are the most bountiful giver of strength, bestowing good vigour on the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1313](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1313.md): Pour the pressed Soma all around; it is the supreme oblation. The Soma that runs among the waters, beneficial - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1314](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1314.md): Now purifying itself, may Soma flow all around with its protections; unharmed and fragrant, through the presse - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1315](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1315.md): Flowing with sound, Soma, for sight; the delight of the gods, the sacrificial power, the drop Indu, all-seeing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1316](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1316.md): The ruddy, virile Soma has been pressed; like a king, the wondrous Soma roared toward the cows. Purifying itse - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1317](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1317.md): Parjanya, father of the winged bull, placed his abode in the navel of the earth, on the mountains. Like sister - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1318](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1318.md): O seer Soma, on the path of the creator you go around the great gift; like a cleansed steed you rush toward st - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1319](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1319.md): Like the sun, the soma is prepared; partake of all of Indra's share. Born with his might, he gains treasures; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1320](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1320.md): Praise close by Alarṣi, the giver of wealth; Indra's gifts are auspicious. He who does not neglect the desire - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1321](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1321.md): O Indra, from where we fear, there make us fearless. O bountiful one, put forth your strength for our protecti - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1322](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1322.md): You are indeed the lord of wealth, the sustainer of the great abode of riches. O bountiful Indra, O praised on - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1323](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1323.md): You are soma, flowing in streams, exhilarating, most mighty at the rite. Flow purified, bestowing wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1324](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1324.md): You are the pressed soma, most exhilarating, running, most intoxicating. You are the indu (soma-drop), conquer - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1325](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1325.md): You, pressed out with the stones, flow roaring toward us; bring radiant strength. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1326](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1326.md): Flow purified for the gods' enjoyment, O Soma, with your streams and power; come sweet to our vessel and our s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1327](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1327.md): Your drops, spreading through the waters, grew strong for Indra's exhilaration; the gods drank you for immorta - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1328](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1328.md): Pressed for us, purifying Soma drops, run hither toward wealth; raining down, bringing waters in your course, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1329](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1329.md): That desired tawny-brown Soma they purify through the filter; he goes with exhilaration around all the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1330](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1330.md): Twice pressed by stones, the Soma of his own renown, dear and desired by Indra, which five friends set flowing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1331](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1331.md): O Soma, for Indra to drink, for the slayer of Vṛtra, you are poured around. For the leader who gives gifts, fo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1332](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1332.md): O Soma, flow purified for great strength, like a cleansed swift horse, for wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1333](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1333.md): Your pressers purify the Soma-juice for exhilaration, for great splendour. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1334](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1334.md): They cleanse the newborn child, the tawny one, in the filter; Soma, the drop, for the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1335](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1335.md): The gods have come near to the drop, Soma, newly born, swift in the waters, mingled with milk, adorned. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1336](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1336.md): May our songs increase that very one, as cows low together for their calf; he who is dear to the heart of Indr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1337](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1337.md): O Soma, let welfare flow to us; milk abundant nourishment for the cows. Increase the praiseworthy ocean. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1338](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1338.md): Those who kindle Agni and spread the sacred grass in order — their youthful friend is Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1339](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1339.md): For them we kindle a great fire; their praise is abundant and their voice broad — whose youthful friend is Ind - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1340](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1340.md): The unconquered hero drives forward, in battle, the enclosing foes with his might — whose youthful friend is I - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1341](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1341.md): He who alone bestows wealth on the mortal giver — Indra, the unopposed lord. O dear one! - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1342](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1342.md): He who presses soma serves you reverently for many; his fierce strength Indra himself wields with lordship. O - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1343](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1343.md): When will you shake the ungenerous mortal with your foot, like a trembling heap of grass? When will Indra hear - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1344](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1344.md): Those who chant the Gāyatrī sing to you; hymn-singers worship you with the arka. O Śatakratu, the priests rais - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1345](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1345.md): When you have ascended the ridge of the mountain and shown forth many deeds, then Indra perceives his purpose, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.10.1346](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.10.1346.md): Yoke, indeed, your two maned, virile bay horses, that fill the girth-strap; then, O Indra, drinker of Soma, co - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1347](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1347.md): O well-kindled Agni, bring the gods here for the one who offers oblations. O Hotṛ, O Pāvaka, perform the sacri - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1348](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1348.md): O wise Tanūnapāt, today make our sweet sacrifice among the gods, for our protection. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1349](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1349.md): Here in this sacrifice I call near the dear Narāśaṃsa, honey-tongued, who has received the oblation. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1350](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1350.md): O Agni, praised, bring the gods here in the most comfortable chariot. You are the Hotṛ, placed for Manu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1351](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1351.md): Today, when the sun has risen, may the sinless Mitra, Aryaman, Savitṛ and Bhaga impel us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1352](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1352.md): May that dwelling be rich in good heroes. May the generous givers who carry us across distress carry us across - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1353](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1353.md): And the self-ruling Aditi, of the unfailing vow, the great kings rule. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1354](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1354.md): May the Soma juices gladden you; O wielder of the stone, grant wealth; strike down those who hate prayer. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1355](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1355.md): With your foot press down the Paṇis who withhold gifts; you are great, and no one stands against you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1356](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1356.md): You rule over the pressed and the unpressed, O Indra; you are the king of the peoples. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1357](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1357.md): The ever-watchful seer of the rhythmic order and of thoughts, Soma, being purified, sits in the vessels; eager - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1358](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1358.md): Being purified, he places himself near the sun and, filling both worlds, spreads out; his dear companions, by - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1359](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1359.md): He, the increaser and the one who makes grow, Soma being purified, the bountiful one, may he protect us with l - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1360](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1360.md): Friends, do not praise anything else, and do not perish. The praiser, at the pressing of the Soma, together, a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1361](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1361.md): Who throws down his foes, the bull, swift like a cow, overcoming peoples, causing enmity among foes, to be ple - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1362](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1362.md): Those sweetest songs, praises, are sent forth — conquerors in contest, winners of wealth, of undiminished prot - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1363](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1363.md): Like the Kaṇvas, like the Bhṛgus and the Sūryas, they have attained all the act of praise. Men magnifying Indr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1364](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1364.md): Run well all around for the attainment of spoils, conquering the obstacles all around. Cross over the hostile - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1365](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1365.md): O purifying Soma, by your might you brought forth the sun and the milk in the sustainer; you who quicken the c - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1366](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1366.md): O Soma, after you are pressed we rejoice in you for the great kingdom of contests; O purifying Soma, you plung - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1367](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1367.md): O Soma, flow around for Indra; O sweet Soma, flow for Mitra, Pūṣan and Bhaga. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1368](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1368.md): Thus, for immortality and the great abode, may that bright, heavenly nectar flow forth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1369](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1369.md): O Soma, may Indra drink of your pressed juice for purpose and strength, and all the gods as well. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1370](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1370.md): Like the rays of the sun, the quick-flowing exhilarating streams move together when impelled; like a stretched - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1371](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1371.md): Toward him the thought of praise is poured; sweetness is shed. The delightful stream is driven within, into th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1372](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1372.md): The bull (Soma) bellows; the divine milch-cow streams go toward the god, toward the refined Soma. He has cross - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1373](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1373.md): O men, from the two fire-sticks (araṇi) with the flames kindle Agni—fallen from the hand, praised, visible fro - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1374](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1374.md): Him, Agni, the Vasus set down—easily visible for protection from whatever quarter, worthy of honor, who in the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1375](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1375.md): O Agni, kindled, shine forth before us with your unceasing flame, O youngest; to you many strengths (prizes) c - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1376](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1376.md): This spotted cow (the sun-ray) has advanced; it has taken its seat before the mother, and going forth to the f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1377](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1377.md): Within him the luminous worlds move, from the in-breath and the out-breath. The mighty one (Soma) illumines th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.11.1378](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.11.1378.md): The thirty abodes shine forth; praise is placed for the bird of speech. Toward the dawn, by day, with the ligh - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1379](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1379.md): Approaching the sacrifice, let us speak the hymn to Agni, who hears both from afar and here among us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1380](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1380.md): He, the ancient one, who among the gathered peoples and even among the hostile ones kept safe the home and wea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1381](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1381.md): May that most gracious Agni protect our wealth and household, and keep us safe from distress. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1382](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1382.md): Let the people say: Agni, slayer of Vṛtra, has arisen, the winner of wealth in every battle. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1383](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1383.md): O Agni, O god, harness your swift and capable horses; they carry well. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1384](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1384.md): Come toward us, bring offerings to enjoy, and bring the gods hither to drink the Soma. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1385](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1385.md): Rise up, O Agni, O bearer, blazing brightly with unceasing light; shine forth, O ageless one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1386](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1386.md): As a mortal desires his word for the one who presses the soma juice, drive away the ungenerous dog, as the Bhṛ - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1387](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1387.md): As a kinswoman stirs in her garment, as a son comes from both sides for enjoyment, as a lover to a woman and a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1388](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1388.md): That hero, accomplisher of strength, who holds apart the two worlds: the tawny soma is set flowing in the filt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1389](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1389.md): O Indra, you are without enemy, unchecked, without kinsman, by birth and from of old; in battle alone you seek - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1390](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1390.md): You do not find the wealthy one for friendship; your soma juices are drunk, and your horses. When you roar and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1391](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1391.md): O Indra, let the thousand and the hundred yoked to the golden chariot, yoked by prayer, long-maned tawny steed - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1392](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1392.md): O Indra, let the two tawny steeds, peacock-tailed and white-backed, yoked to the golden chariot, bear you for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1393](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1393.md): O you praised by songs, drink this pressed Soma, as the first drinkers did; this pleasing pressing, purified a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1394](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1394.md): Come, press the Soma, pour it around; like a steed is this hymn, swift, racing through space, stirring the for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1395](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1395.md): The thousand-streamed bull, milk-yielding, dear Soma, for the birth of the god I praise; he who, born of truth - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1396](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1396.md): Agni, seeking wealth, smites the obstacles with praiseworthy speech; kindled, bright, offered into. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1397](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1397.md): In the womb of the mother, the father's father, shining brightly in the imperishable, sitting in the seat of ṛ - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1398](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1398.md): O Jātavedas, far-seeing one, bring the prayer that gives offspring; O Agni, when you shine in heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1399](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1399.md): His impulses are golden; the god being purified joins the juice with the gods. The pressed Soma goes roaring t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1400](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1400.md): Clothed in fair garments, the great seer reciting praise-sayings; purified in the two vessels, all-seeing and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1401](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1401.md): The dear Soma is cleansed on the height in the woollen filter, most glorious of the glorious, abiding among us - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1402](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1402.md): Now let us praise Indra with pure sāman, with pure (verse); to him who grows strong through pure ukthas, may h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1403](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1403.md): Indra, come to us pure, pure with pure protections. Pure, establish wealth; O Soma-loving one, rejoice pure. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1404](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1404.md): Indra, pure, you indeed give us wealth; pure, you give treasures to the giver. Pure, you strike down the foes; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1405](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1405.md): O Agni, today we devise a praise for you, effective and touching the sky, we who desire the god's wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1406](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1406.md): May Agni accept our songs; he is the priest among men. May he worship the divine folk. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1407](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1407.md): O Agni, you are of wide fame, beloved and most excellent priest; through you the sacrifice is extended. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1408](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1408.md): Toward the threefold-backed, mighty bestower of vigour, the crier, the voices have eagerly called; clothed in - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1409](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1409.md): He who has heroes as his company, all heroes, mighty, the conqueror. Flow purified, O Soma, bestower of riches - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1410](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1410.md): Having wide pastures, making fearlessness, in the two converging worlds, O wise one, flow purified hither. Des - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1411](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1411.md): You, O Indra, are glorious, possessor of the strainer, lord of strength. You alone slay the unrivalled obstacl - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1412](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1412.md): You indeed, O asura, wise one, we now seek as a share of wealth. Your shelter is like a great covering. O Indr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1413](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1413.md): Most worshipful, you we choose, god among gods, priest, immortal, of good purpose in this sacrifice. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1414](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1414.md): Agni, grandson of the waters, fortunate, brightly shining, of the best flame. He for us, through worship, in h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1415](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1415.md): O Agni, the mortal whom you protect in battles and whom you urge on in contests of spoils, may he be the guide - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1416](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1416.md): O conqueror, no one can surpass him, not even the strength of Kaya; this strength is worthy of fame. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1417](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1417.md): May he, lord of all people, be the victor of strength with the horses; may he be the bestower with the inspire - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1418](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1418.md): Together the bull-streams of Soma have cleansed; the ten sisters of the wise one, thoughts swift as bows. The - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1419](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1419.md): Like a child with its mothers, the bull, bellowing, much-desired, rushes with the waters. As a man goes toward - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1420](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1420.md): And Soma, of good intellect, swells with the milk of the udder-cow and joins with the streams; the cows fill t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1421](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1421.md): O Indra, drink the juice-rich pressed soma and gladden us together with the cows. Become our friend at the fes - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1422](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1422.md): May we be strong in your good favour; do not let us perish under the assault of the hostile foe. Protect us wi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1423](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1423.md): For him seven milch cows milked three times in the highest sky the true libation of milk-mixture. For purifica - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1424](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1424.md): Partaking of the beautiful juice of the immortal, he with his poetic power has spread apart both heaven and ea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1425](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1425.md): May those rays of his be immortal and unassailable, in accordance with both births. By which the manly and div - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1426](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1426.md): O Soma, being purified, flow toward Vāyu who comes for enjoyment; toward Mitra and Varuṇa; toward the leader s - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1427](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1427.md): O Soma, being purified, flow toward fine garments; toward the easily milked cows; toward shining wealth for ou - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1428](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1428.md): O Soma, being purified, flow toward us; toward the heavenly treasures; toward all earthly treasures; toward th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1429](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1429.md): O unprecedented one, O bountiful one, when you were born for the slaying of Vṛtra, then you spread out the ear - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1430](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1430.md): Then your sacrifice was born; then the chant and the laughter-rite were born. You are the overpowering one of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1431](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1431.md): You send forth what is ripened in the unripe vessels; you cause the sun to rise in heaven. Like the warm draug - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1432](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1432.md): O tawny one, this is for you like a drink from a great vessel, to be drunk for delight. This exhilarating, int - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1433](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1433.md): Let your exhilarating, showering, intoxicating, excellent Soma come to us. O Indra, mighty, winner of spoils, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.12.1434](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.12.1434.md): You indeed are the hero and giver; you urge on the chariot of men. O mighty one, you burn the lawless foe with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1435](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1435.md): O Soma, flow purified; bring us good rain, the wave of waters from heaven. Give us vast nourishments free from - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1436](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1436.md): By that stream with which the cows came here, flow purified; may kinsmen come near to our house. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1437](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1437.md): O Soma, flow purified with a stream like ghee; most dear to the gods in the sacrifices, bring us rain and flow - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1438](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1438.md): For our strength and nourishment, may he run with the stream through the pure filter; may the gods surely hear - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1439](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1439.md): Soma, flowing purified, flowed forth and smote the demons away; as of old, he made the lights shine out. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1440](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1440.md): Bring all things toward him, who desires, to the wise one; O men, bring them to him who goes forward well and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1441](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1441.md): Come, let us go to Indra, the foremost drinker of soma, the straight-going one; call him with the vessels and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1442](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1442.md): When you adorn him again with the pressed drops and the somas, the all-knowing, wise, bold-striking one indeed - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1443](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1443.md): For him, for him indeed, O adhvaryu, bring forth the pressed soma juice; may he protect the victorious strong - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1444](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1444.md): Now sing a hymn to Soma, the tawny one, self-strong, ruddy, touching heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1445](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1445.md): Purify the soma pressed with the stones fallen from the hands; O sweet one, let sweetness flow. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1446](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1446.md): Sit near with homage, mix the soma with curds, and place the soma drop in Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1447](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1447.md): O Soma, slayer of enemies, all-seeing, flow and purify yourself, bringing welfare to the cattle; fulfilling th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1448](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1448.md): O Soma, you are poured all around for Indra to drink and be exhilarated; you are the mind-perceiving, the lord - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1449](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1449.md): O Soma, flowing and purifying, bestow upon us wealth of good heroic strength. O bright one, as Indra's compani - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1450](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1450.md): O Sun, famed for wealth, bull-like, active for men, you go up toward the setter. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1451](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1451.md): He who with the strength of his arms broke nine, then ninety strongholds, and the slayer of Vṛtra struck down - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1452](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1452.md): May that Indra be our auspicious friend, granting wealth with horses, cattle and barley, as a broad-streamed c - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1453](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1453.md): Let the mighty, radiant Soma drink the sweet Soma-juice, bestowing undeceiving long life on the lord of the sa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1454](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1454.md): The mighty, radiant one, well supported and most bountiful in strength, is the firm law fixed truly in the sup - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1455](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1455.md): This is the best of lights, the highest light; he is called all-conquering, winner of wealth, mighty. The grea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1456](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1456.md): Indra, bring us resolve as a father gives to his sons. You much-invoked one, instruct us on this journey, that - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1457](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1457.md): Let not unknown treacheries and evil designs reach us, nor the ill-disposed assail us. O hero, through you may - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1458](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1458.md): Today and today, tomorrow and tomorrow, Indra, protect us, and those beyond. O lord of the good, protect all o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1459](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1459.md): Forward-rushing hero, bounteous one, of great bounty, mingled for valour and for joy. O one of a hundred power - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1460](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1460.md): We, desiring offspring, now leaders, desiring sons, bountiful givers, call upon Sarasvatī. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1461](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1461.md): And may Sarasvatī, dear to us among the dear, having seven sisters, well-loved, be worthy of praise. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1462](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1462.md): We meditate on that excellent radiance of the god Savitṛ; may he impel our thoughts. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1463](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1463.md): O lord of prayer, make the sounding of the Somas pleasing, for Kakṣīvān, son of Uśij. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1464](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1464.md): O Agni, you flow purifying life and vigour for us; bring us strength and food. Drive away the ill-disposed far - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1465](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1465.md): May those two be able to grant us great wealth, both earthly and heavenly; and grant great dominion among the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1466](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1466.md): Serving truth by truth, the two obtain swift strength and skill; the two gods, free from deceit, grow. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1467](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1467.md): Heaven and earth, rain-bringers, by their course, lords of the bountiful waters, attain a vast seat. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1468](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1468.md): They yoke the bright ruddy sun, moving around the stationary ones; the shining ones shine in heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1469](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1469.md): They yoke his desirable pair of tawny, winged, bold horses, which carry men, to the chariot. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1470](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1470.md): Making light for the unlit and form for the formless, O mortals, you were born together with the dawns. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1471](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1471.md): O Indra, this Soma is pressed for you and flows purified for you; drink it. The drop that you made and strengt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1472](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1472.md): He, like a chariot, conqueror of many, great, is yoked to many treasures to win wealth; then all human creatur - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1473](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1473.md): Mighty, flow like the host of the Maruts, blameless and divine, like a people. Swift like waters, be for us a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1474](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1474.md): You, O Agni, are the offering priest of all sacrifices, established for all, among men together with the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1475](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1475.md): May he, with delightful tongues, offer to the great ones in our sacrifice; bring the gods hither and worship t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1476](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1476.md): You know the paths and the roads, O Agni, and you reach the gods swiftly. O Agni of good purpose, in the sacri - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1477](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1477.md): The immortal god, the offering priest, goes forward by his wondrous power, impelling the rites. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1478](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1478.md): The vigorous one is established in contests and led forth in the sacrifices; he is the inspired seer, the acco - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1479](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1479.md): The most excellent one has made by insight; he has placed the womb of beings; he has set up the father of stre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1480](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1480.md): Pour splendour into the pressed soma, the splendour that adorns both worlds; let the juice hold the bull (Soma - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1481](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1481.md): They know their own dwelling, as calves join their mothers; they reach one another with their kin. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1482](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1482.md): Shining upon the garlands, they set up a support in heaven. Homage to Indra and Agni; homage to heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1483](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1483.md): Among the worlds he is indeed the eldest, from whom was born the fierce one of blazing might. Born at once, he - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1484](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1484.md): Growing by might, of abundant vigour, he places fear in the enemy, the dasa. He draws breath in and out; O mig - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1485](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1485.md): In you all the helpers seek the resolve; twice, thrice do they come to be. Sweeter than the sweet, pour forth - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1486](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1486.md): In the three troughs the bull, mixed with barley, of great strength, sated, drank Soma pressed with Viṣṇu as h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1487](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1487.md): Born together with wisdom, together with might you have grown; together grown old, victorious over enemies by - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.13.1488](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.13.1488.md): Then, possessed of splendour, with might he overpowered the poet in battle; he filled the two worlds with his - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1489](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1489.md): Sing praise to Indra, lord of cattle, with song, that he may know — the mighty one, lord of truth, lord of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1490](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1490.md): The ruddy tawny steeds have been let loose upon the sacred grass, where we bow down together. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1491](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1491.md): For Indra, the thunderbolt-wielder, the cows have milked the sweet milk-mixture, when he found it in the hidde - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1492](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1492.md): In all our battles, adorn Indra with the oblation; draw near to him with prayers and pressings, O slayer of Vṛ - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1493](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1493.md): You are the first giver of bounties, the true maker of dominion; we choose you as companion of the very bright - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1494](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1494.md): The ancient, primal nectar, worthy of praise, was drawn out from heaven by the great one, plunging deep; towar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1495](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1495.md): Then the heavenly ones, seeing him, shining like the Vasus, hymned the kindred one, as Savitṛ unveils the gate - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1496](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1496.md): Now, O Pavamāna, these two worlds and all these realms surround you with might; like a steady bull in the herd - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1497](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1497.md): Yaudhājaya (a Sāman title). O Agni, do you proclaim well this our gain and this new Gāyatra chant among the go - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1498](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1498.md): You are divided, O bright-rayed one, near the waves of the river; immediately you flow forth for the giver. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1499](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1499.md): Grant us a share in the highest and in the middle contests; bestow the nearest portion of wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1500](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1500.md): Indeed I have grasped the wisdom of the cosmic order from the father; I was born like the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1501](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1501.md): By my ancient birth I adorn the songs, like Kaṇva, by which Indra took up strength. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1502](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1502.md): Those seers who did not praise you, and those who did, O Indra—grow strong through my well-made praise. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1503](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1503.md): O Agni, with all the fires you favour the sacred prayer made strong; with those among the gods and among morta - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1504](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1504.md): Forth comes that Agni with all the fires, whose swift ones, fully surrounded with gains, come to us among our - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1505](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1505.md): You, O Agni, with the fires, increase our sacred prayer and sacrifice; impel us for the favour of the gods and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1506](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1506.md): In you, O Soma, the first who strewed the sacred grass placed thought for great strength and fame; you, O hero - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1507](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1507.md): O Soma, by your glory you spread far again and again, like an unfailing spring for people to drink from, like - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1508](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1508.md): O immortal one, you generated it for the mortal; in the law of the immortal, of the gleaming immortal, always - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1509](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1509.md): Pour the soma drop for Indra; he drinks the sweet mead of Soma. By his greatness he impels the riches forth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1510](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1510.md): To the lord of the tawny horses, who bestows wealth, I drew near and spoke: now indeed hear the praiser, the o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1511](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1511.md): Indeed, no hero more valiant than you was born before, nor is born after; none by wealth, nor in such a way, n - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1512](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1512.md): The roar of your moist cows, the roar of your young cows; the lord of your unslayable milch-cows, you desire t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1513](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1513.md): The god, giver of wealth, pours the full vessel for you. Pour upward, and fill it near; then indeed the god is - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1514](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1514.md): Him, the hotṛ of the sacrifice, the wise carrier of offerings, the gods made. Agni bestows treasure and heroic - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1515](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1515.md): He who knows the path best was seen, in whom the gods established their ordinances. May our songs reach Agni, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1516](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1516.md): From whom the peoples tremble, the one performing great deeds, giver of thousands—as in a contest of wisdom, o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1517](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1517.md): Agni the god, son of Divodāsa, comes forth with might like Indra. He turns, following his mother the earth, an - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1518](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1518.md): O Agni, you purify lifetimes; bring us strength and nourishment. Drive far away the misfortunes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1519](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1519.md): Agni is the seer, the purifying one, of the five peoples, the chief priest. Him we implore, the lord of great - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1520](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1520.md): O Agni, purify yourself, O doer of good deeds. Grant us radiance and good vigour, bestow wealth and nourishmen - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1521](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1521.md): O Agni, purifier, with your brightness and your sweet tongue, O god, bring the gods hither and worship them. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1522](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1522.md): We call upon you, dripping with ghee, O wondrously bright one, visible in heaven: bring the gods hither for en - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1523](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1523.md): O seer, radiant one, whose offering is enjoyed, we kindle you with fuel. O Agni, great one at the sacrifice. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1524](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1524.md): O Agni, protect us with your aids in the bearing-forth of the Gāyatrī; in all thoughts, O praiseworthy one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1525](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1525.md): O Agni, bring us wealth that overcomes rivals, desirable, unconquerable in all battles. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1526](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1526.md): O Agni, with your good understanding bring us wealth that nourishes the whole of life; place in us gracious ea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1527](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1527.md): Let our thoughts impel Agni like a swift steed in contests; by that may we conquer wealth after wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1528](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1528.md): O Agni, by your protection, impel that army by which we acquire cows toward us, for the gaining of wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1529](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1529.md): O Agni, bring abundant, vast wealth rich in cattle and horses; turn the thunderbolt and open the cloud-cavity. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1530](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1530.md): O Agni, you raise the undecaying star and the sun in heaven, placing light for the people. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1531](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1531.md): O Agni, you are the banner of the peoples, most dear and most excellent, seated in the lap of the sacrifice. A - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1532](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1532.md): Agni is the head of heaven, lord of the earth's heights; he quickens the seeds of the waters. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1533](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1533.md): O Agni, you are lord of the choice goods and of the giver; lord of heaven. May I be a singer of praise under y - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.14.1534](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.14.1534.md): O Agni, your bright, shining flames rise up; your lights and your flames blaze forth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1535](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1535.md): O Agni, whose kinsman are you among the peoples? Who is the offerer of sacrifice? In whom do you dwell? - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1536](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1536.md): O Agni, you are the kinsman of the peoples, the dear friend. For companions you are the comrade, worthy of pra - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1537](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1537.md): Worship for us Mitra and Varuṇa; worship the gods and the great ṛta. O Agni, worship in your own abode. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1538](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1538.md): Worthy of praise and homage, driving away darkness, the radiant Agni is kindled well, like a bull. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1539](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1539.md): The bull Agni is kindled well, the bearer of the gods like a horse. Those who have oblations praise him. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1540](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1540.md): O bull, we kindle you, O showerer, O bull. O Agni, you are great and shining. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1541](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1541.md): Your great flames rise up, O shining Agni kindled with fuel; bright flames stir, O Agni. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1542](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1542.md): May my ladles full of ghee come near to you, O beloved; O Agni, accept our oblations. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1543](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1543.md): I praise Agni, the delightful invoking priest and ritual priest, bright-rayed, possessing the wealth of light; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1544](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1544.md): Protect us with the first, O Agni; protect us with the second; protect us with three songs, O lord of strength - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1545](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1545.md): Protect us from every demon and from the ungenerous; help us forth in the contests for prizes. For you indeed, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1546](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1546.md): The king, swift and kindled, fierce as Rudra, appears as the pressed juice for strength; the wise one shines w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1547](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1547.md): When with form he became the dark one's companion, bringing forth the maiden, daughter of the great father, ho - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1548](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1548.md): The auspicious one has come, joined with the auspicious one; the lover goes after his sister. Agni, standing f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1549](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1549.md): By what means shall we praise you, O Agni, O Aṅgiras, grandson of strength? O god, for the chosen spirit. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1550](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1550.md): With whose mind shall we offer the sacrifice, O son of might? When shall we speak this homage? - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1551](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1551.md): Now then, you indeed make for us all fair dwellings; and songs that bring food and wealth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1552](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1552.md): O Agni, come hither with the fires! We choose you as the offerer. May the prepared, oblation-bearing one anoin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1553](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1553.md): O son of strength, Aṅgiras, toward you the ladles move at the sacrifice. The grandson of sap, flame-haired wit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1554](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1554.md): May our songs go toward Agni of sharp flame, the visible one. May the rites, with homage, go toward him rich i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1555](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1555.md): Agni, son of strength, all-knowing, we call for the gift of choice goods. He who became immortal in two ways a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1556](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1556.md): Unassailable, leader foremost of the human clans, is Agni; his swift chariot is always new. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1557](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1557.md): By the carrier Agni, the giving mortal obtains offerings directed toward him, reaching the abode of the purify - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1558](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1558.md): Victorious over all assailants, the resolve of the gods, unharmed, is Agni, most widely renowned. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1559](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1559.md): Agni, invoked by the oblation, is auspicious for us. O giver of good fortune, his gift is auspicious; the sacr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1560](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1560.md): O victor, make your mind auspicious in the battle against Vṛtra, by which you conquer in conflicts. Bring down - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1561](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1561.md): O Agni, you are lord of strength rich in cattle, lord of might. O Jātavedas, give us great renown. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1562](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1562.md): He, kindled, Agni the wealthy seer, worthy of praise by song. O many-faced one, shine for us, rich in treasure - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1563](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1563.md): O king Agni, you yourself are lord of the night, of the day, and also of the dawn. O sharp-jawed one, burn the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1564](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1564.md): Each clan, desiring strength, should invoke Agni, your guest and very dear one. At your house I praise Agni wi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1565](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1565.md): Whom the people, bearing oblations, praise like a friend with ghee-offering, with laudatory praises. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1566](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1566.md): The praiseworthy Jātavedas (Agni), who, raised up for the company of gods, sends the oblations to heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1567](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1567.md): I praise Agni, kindled with kindling-wood and song, bright, purifying, steadfast before the sacrifice, the ins - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1568](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1568.md): O Agni, the immortal one in every age, the carrier of oblations, the protector worthy of praise, they have app - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1569](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1569.md): O Agni, adorning the ordinances of both worlds, as messenger of the gods you move between heaven and earth; we - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1570](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1570.md): Near you, your kinswomen the songs, the offerers' voices revealing you, have stood in the presence of Vāyu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1571](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1571.md): Whose threefold seat, the unenclosed sacred grass, stood on the undying day; the waters too you set down their - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.15.1572](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.15.1572.md): The place of the bountiful god, with unassailable protections, appears auspicious like the sun. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1573](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1573.md): O Indra, for the first drinking we draw near to you with hymns; the harmonious Ṛbhus sing together, the Rudras - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1574](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1574.md): In the intoxication of the pressed soma, for Viṣṇu, Indra grew by his virile strength; today the Āyus praise h - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1575](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1575.md): Reciters of hymns, knowers of the rite, singers, praise you two. O Indra and Agni, for food I choose and invit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1576](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1576.md): O Indra and Agni, with one single deed you two shook together the ninety fortresses belonging to the lords of - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1577](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1577.md): O Indra and Agni, around the works thoughts and prayers come near you, following the path of the cosmic order. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1578](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1578.md): O Indra and Agni, mighty are your common dwellings and offerings; your swift power is established. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1579](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1579.md): O lord of power Indra, grant quickly with all protections. O hero, finder of wealth, we follow after you, glor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1580](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1580.md): O god, you are the city-protector of horses and cows, the doer of many deeds, a golden spring. Let no one with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1581](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1581.md): You yourself come; find your fortune for going and for wealth. O bounteous Maghavan, pour forth in quest of ca - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1582](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1582.md): You bestow many thousands and hundreds of herds for giving. We of inspired speech fashion Purandara; singing I - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1583](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1583.md): He who distributes all wealth, the Hotṛ, joy of men: like vessels of honey, may the first praises reach Agni. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1584](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1584.md): Like a horse with songs, like a chariot-horse, the generous givers who desire the gods adorn you. O wondrous V - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1585](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1585.md): O Varuṇa, hear this my call today and be gracious to me. Seeking protection, I have turned my desire to you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1586](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1586.md): O mighty one, by what help do you come to us and rejoice greatly? And by what means do you bring to the singer - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1587](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1587.md): For the favour of the gods we call on Indra; in the progress of the offering we call on Indra; in the battle w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1588](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1588.md): Indra by his greatness spread out the strength of heaven and earth; Indra made the sun shine. In Indra all bei - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1589](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1589.md): O Viśvakarman, grown strong through the oblation, sacrifice with your own very body. Let the other people be b - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1590](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1590.md): Purifying himself with this tawny brilliance, he crosses over all hostilities, like the sun with its yoked ray - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1591](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1591.md): Eastward along the quarter, knowing, with his rays he guards; the divine, splendid chariot strives. May the hy - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1592](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1592.md): Indeed you know the wealth of those Paṇis; with the mothers (the waters) you purify in your own abode, in the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1593](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1593.md): And grant us a thought that wins cattle, wins horses, and wins sustenance; and for protection make us rich in - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1594](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1594.md): O men, of the one who strives, or of the sweat (effort) of true strength; know the lover of desire. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1595](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1595.md): May the sons of the immortal hear our songs near at hand; may they be gracious to us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1596](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1596.md): Forth to you two, great heaven and earth, we bring praise and invocation; O bright ones, come near for glory. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1597](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1597.md): Purifying yourselves with your bodies, you two shine with your own strength; you are yoked to the ancient ṛta. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1598](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1598.md): Great are the works of Mitra that you two accomplish; crossing over, fulfilling the ṛta, you two sit down arou - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1599](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1599.md): This is for you indeed; like a dove holding its nestlings, you are poured together; that very word you carry f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1600](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1600.md): O lord of bounties, O hero! This hymn carried by songs is yours; may your splendour be true and sweet. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1601](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1601.md): O Indra of a hundred deeds, stand up high for our protection in this contest; among the others, let us two spe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1602](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1602.md): The cows (rays) sound near; great givers of the drops of the sacrifice; both ears are golden. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1603](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1603.md): The stone presses are ready; sweet soma has been poured into the vessel, in the outflow of the pit. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1604](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1604.md): With reverence they pour into the pit, the vessel with high wheel, turning round, its gate facing down, the im - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1605](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1605.md): In your friendship, O fierce one, may we not fear nor tire; O virile one, may your great deed be seen; may we - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1606](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1606.md): Behind the left haunch you roar; the bull's gift is not angered at him; cows mingled with sweetness, with hone - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1607](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1607.md): O Purūvasu, may these songs of mine increase you; bright as fire, pure and wise ones have praised you with hym - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1608](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1608.md): This one, made strong by a thousand seers, has spread like the ocean; true is his greatness; I praise his stre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1609](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1609.md): For whom all these Āryas, dāsas, guardians of treasure and foes exist; for the noble and the bright one, upon - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1610](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1610.md): The eager seers have sung the honeyed, ghee-dripping chant; for us wealth has spread out, and manly strength; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1611](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1611.md): O Soma drop, pressed for us rich in cattle and horses; O skilful and wealthy one, bestow a bright lustre upon - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1612](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1612.md): You, O Soma, lord of the tawny steeds, most beautiful of the gods; like a friend for friendship, a helper of m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1613](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1613.md): Drive far from us, with your wheel, the non-god, the devourer; O Soma, victorious, drive around and away the d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1614](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1614.md): They anoint, they anoint in many ways, they fully anoint; they lick the sacred work, they anoint with honey; t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1615](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1615.md): Sing to the wise Soma Pavamāna. Like a great stream, the exhilarating drink flows forth. As a serpent glides a - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.16.1616](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.16.1616.md): Foremost among the cows, king of the waters, he grows strong; measurer of the days, placed among the worlds, t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1617](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1617.md): O Agni, with all the fires, place food and joy in this sacrifice and this word, O son of might. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1618](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1618.md): For, from of old, as we worship each and every god, the oblation is offered indeed in you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1619](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1619.md): May he, lord of the clans, the invoking priest, joyful and most excellent, be dear to us; and may we, who have - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1620](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1620.md): For you, from all sides, we call upon Indra for the peoples; may he be ours alone. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1621](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1621.md): So, O bull, open and increase for us that offering, truly as a bountiful giver; for us, O unopposed one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1622](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1622.md): The bull, going like a herd to the desired goal, stirs the peoples with his might; the lord, unopposed. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1623](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1623.md): O giver of wealth, with your bright protection impel riches toward us. Agni, you are the charioteer of this we - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1624](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1624.md): With your undeceivable, unscattered protectors carry offspring and descendants across. Agni, drive away from u - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1625](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1625.md): Viṣṇo, what name of yours shall I proclaim? When I speak forth, I am Śipiviṣṭa. Do not hide this form of yours - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1626](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1626.md): Śipiviṣṭa, today I offer this oblation to you. Knowing, I recite the sacred wisdoms. I praise you, the mighty, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1627](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1627.md): Vaṣaṭ! Viṣṇu, I make this offering for you. Śipiviṣṭa, accept my oblation. May my well-praised songs and words - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1628](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1628.md): Vāyu, I bring you the foremost portion of the sweet soma in the heavenly sacrifices. Come, O god, with your yo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1629](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1629.md): O Vāyu, Indra and you two are worthy to drink these Somas, for the Soma drops flow together toward you like wa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1630](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1630.md): O Vāyu and Indra, lords of might, come with strength and chariot, with your teams of horses, to help us, to dr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1631](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1631.md): Then, in the night, the cleansed Soma plunges forward toward the strengths, when they urge the tawny one on fo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1632](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1632.md): That exhilaration of his we purify, which is most drunk with Indra; which the cows of old bore with their mout - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1633](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1633.md): Him, purifying, they praised with the ancient hymn; and the thoughts also adorn him, bearing the names of the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1634](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1634.md): Like a horse, you, possessing the whisk, I would hail with homages; O Agni, sovereign of the sacrifices. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1635](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1635.md): May he, our son, far-striding by strength and very gracious, become a giver to us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1636](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1636.md): May he protect us from far and near, from the malicious mortal; always protect us, O Viśvāyu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1637](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1637.md): You, O Indra, in contests overcome all rivals; you are the averter of curses, the begetter, the slayer of Vṛtr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1638](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1638.md): Both worlds followed your speeding strength, as two mothers follow a child; O Indra, when you overcame Vṛtra, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1639](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1639.md): The sacrifice strengthened Indra, when he turned the earth around, making an ornament in heaven. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1640](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1640.md): In exhilaration Indra crossed the mid-space; the lights of Soma spread, when Indra split the cave of Vala. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1641](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1641.md): For the Aṅgirasas he brought forth what lay hidden in the cave, and he drove Vala back toward us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1642](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1642.md): Him, ever victorious and extolled in all songs, you stir hither for your protection. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1643](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1643.md): The warrior, the unrivalled drinker of Soma, who never falls, the leader whose resolve cannot be turned back. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1644](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1644.md): O Indra, you who know, grant us abundant wealth; O best of the Ṛc, give us help that carries us across in the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1645](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1645.md): Your great might, your skill and your resolve—the thought sharpens that most excellent thunderbolt. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1646](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1646.md): By you, O Indra, heaven and earth increase your fame; the waters and the mountains have set you in motion. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1647](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1647.md): Viṣṇu, Bṛhatkṣaya, Mitra and Varuṇa praise you; the host of the Maruts rejoices after you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1648](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1648.md): Homage to you, O Agni, for your might; O god, the people praise you. With your forces, crush the enemy. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1649](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1649.md): O Agni, surely bring us good wealth, we who desire cows; make it wide for us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1650](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1650.md): O Agni, do not cast us away in the great contest, as a burden-bearer casts away; gather together and win wealt - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1651](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1651.md): Before his wrath all the peoples and all the folk bowed down, as rivers bend toward the ocean. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1652](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1652.md): Indeed, the head of the rebellious Vṛtra was split apart by the mighty one with the hundred-jointed thunderbol - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1653](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1653.md): His might blazed forth when Indra wrapped both worlds together like a hide. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1654](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1654.md): Good-minded, rich in goods, joy-giving, bountiful. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1655](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1655.md): O mighty one, come hither, you two of the same form, auspicious yoke-bearers; those two draw near. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.17.1656](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.17.1656.md): Bow down the heads and cleanse them; he stands in the midst of the waters, pointing the directions with ten ho - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1657](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1657.md): Pressers of soma, run hither the ever more praiseworthy Soma for exhilaration; run the Soma for the hero, for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1658](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1658.md): May the two auspicious tawny horses, yoked by prayer, bring hither their friend Indra, Indra praised by songs. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1659](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1659.md): May Indra, slayer of Vṛtra and drinker of soma, surely come to the pressed soma; from afar, may he, of a hundr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1660](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1660.md): Indra, may the soma drops enter you, as rivers enter the ocean; none surpasses you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1661](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1661.md): O bull, in your greatness you fill all; the portion of soma is for the wakeful one. Indra, what is in your bel - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1662](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1662.md): Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, may soma be enough for your belly; may the soma drops be enough for your abodes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1663](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1663.md): O Agni, awakener of the aged, kindle that praise for each clan, for the one worthy of sacrifice; praise for Ru - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1664](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1664.md): May he be great for us, of measureless might, smoke-banner, of many bright gleams; may he stir us toward insig - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1665](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1665.md): Like a wealthy lord of the clans, the divine banner — may he hear us; Agni, of great radiance, by the recited - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1666](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1666.md): Sing that together at the pressing (of Soma), for the much-invoked strong one — as blessing for the cow, for t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1667](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1667.md): The bountiful one (Indra) does not indeed hold back the gift of the cattle-rich prize, when he hears our songs - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1668](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1668.md): May the slayer of the dasyus surely go toward the cattle-pen full of cows; by his powers may he ward (afflicti - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1669](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1669.md): Viṣṇu strode out across this (world); in three ways he set down his step; one of his steps lies hidden in the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1670](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1670.md): Viṣṇu strode out in three steps; a protector, unassailable, hence he upholds the ordinances. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1671](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1671.md): Behold the deeds of Viṣṇu, by which he has taken up the vows; he is the fitting friend of Indra. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1672](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1672.md): That supreme abode of Viṣṇu the seers always behold, like an eye spread out in the sky. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1673](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1673.md): Those inspired and vigilant seers, worthy of praise, kindle that supreme abode of Viṣṇu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1674](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1674.md): From there, where Viṣṇu strode out upon the summit of the earth, may the gods protect us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1675](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1675.md): O man, may the priests not turn you away from us. Whether from afar or from near, come here as our fellow-drin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1676](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1676.md): At the pressing, your priests sit together like flies upon honey. The singers, desiring wealth, place their wi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1677](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1677.md): An ancient hymn has been sung for Indra; proclaim the sacred word. The many great verses of cosmic order were - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1678](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1678.md): Indra stirred the vast riches, and stirred together earth and sun. The bright, pure soma-juices mixed with mil - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1679](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1679.md): O Soma, for Indra to drink, for the slayer of Vṛtra, you are poured all around; and for the men who give dakṣi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1680](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1680.md): O friends, may you and we, the singers, attain him, the much-shining one. May we attain him who smells of stre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1681](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1681.md): That lovely tawny Soma they purify through the filter; he, in exhilaration, goes together to all the gods. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1682](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1682.md): Indra, what mortal, having you as his protector, would dare to defy you? Faith is indeed in you, O bountiful o - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1683](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1683.md): Indra, in the battles of slaying Vṛtra, urge on those bountiful ones who give dear treasures; O Hariyaśva, thr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1684](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1684.md): Pour hither indeed the more exhilarating juice of the sweet Soma, O Adhvaryu; thus, O hero, is the ever-streng - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1685](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1685.md): Indra, O steadfast lord of the tawny steeds, no one reaches your ancient praise; nor does anyone by strength r - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1686](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1686.md): Him, lord of the prizes, we who desire fame invoke for you; by the tireless wise he is to be strengthened. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1687](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1687.md): The gods, with praise, set forth him who gives light, the god, the ruler; among the gods you bear the oblation - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1688](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1688.md): O inspired one, praise Agni of wide bounty and varied brilliance, the guide; for this Soma sacrifice, him who - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1689](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1689.md): O Soma, pressed with stones, come through the woollen filters; as a people enters the vessels, the tawny Soma - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1690](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1690.md): He is purified in me through the subtle paths, bountiful as a ram, like a steed seeking strength; the flowing - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1691](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1691.md): We have given him to drink here yesterday and today, the thunderbolt-wielder; for him bring today the pressed - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1692](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1692.md): In his enclosure even the wolf, wide-ranging, is adorned in the paths of wisdom; accepting this praise, come, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1693](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1693.md): Indra and Agni, you two shining ones adorn the contests from heaven. Your heroic power is made known. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1694](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1694.md): Indra and Agni, the devotions go forth from the works and draw near to you. Following the paths of cosmic orde - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1695](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1695.md): Indra and Agni, your mighty powers, your shared seats and offerings, and the swift flow of you two are set fir - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1696](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1696.md): Who knows him who drinks together with us at the pressing of Soma? When does he grant nourishment? This is he - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1697](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1697.md): Like a gift, like a deer or an elephant, he holds his course in many places; no one can restrain him. Come at - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1698](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1698.md): He who is fierce, unconquered, steadfast, and made ready for battle: if bountiful Indra hears the praiser's ca - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1699](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1699.md): Purified, the Soma juices flowed forth — bright, dripping drops — towards all the inspired songs. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1700](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1700.md): Purified, the Soma juices flowed forth from heaven and from the middle sky, upon the summit of the earth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1701](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1701.md): Purified, swift, radiant drops, the Soma juices flowed forth, striking away all enemies. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1702](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1702.md): Slayers of Vṛtra, conquerors together, unconquered — I call upon Indra and Agni, most bountiful in spoils. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1703](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1703.md): The reciters of hymns, knowers of the chant-leading, and praisers extol you both — Indra and Agni, I ask for n - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1704](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1704.md): Indra and Agni, you two together shook down the ninety strongholds of the dāsas by a single deed. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1705](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1705.md): O Agni, maker of strength, we, rich in oblation, send our songs up to you, pleasing to behold. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1706](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1706.md): O Agni of golden sight, we have come near to your shelter, like the shade of the blazing one. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1707](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1707.md): O Agni, you who are like the fierce one, slayer with arrows, like a bull with sharp horns, have broken the for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1708](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1708.md): We seek Agni, possessor of order, belonging to all men, lord of the order and light, the unceasing heat. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1709](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1709.md): He who spreads this sacrifice abroad, who utters sweet sounds, the controller, sends forth the seasons. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.18.1710](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.18.1710.md): Agni, the desire of what has been and what is to be, among dear abodes; alone as sole sovereign, he shines for - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1711](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1711.md): Agni, by his ancient birth, adorning his own body, has been exalted by the seer-priest. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1712](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1712.md): I invoke Agni, grandson of Ūrj, whose flame purifies, in this well-conducted sacrifice without harm. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1713](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1713.md): O Agni, you are great for us in friendship; with your bright flame, sit here on the sacred grass together with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1714](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1714.md): O wielder of the stone, your powers have risen up, smashing the demons; drive away those who rival you on ever - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1715](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1715.md): Smiting with this might, in the chariot-battle and the beneficial contest for wealth, may you be praised with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1716](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1716.md): I do not break the sacred laws of this purifying Soma through wickedness; break the one who makes war against - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1717](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1717.md): Him, dripping with exhilaration, tawny and vigorous, they set in motion in the streams — the Indu, the exhilar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1718](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1718.md): O Indra, come hither with your delightful, peacock-feathered tawny steeds; let no noose-bearers hold you back - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1719](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1719.md): Devourer of Vṛtra, you break open the cave of Vala; breaker of fortresses, driver of the waters — standing in - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1720](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1720.md): Like deep oceans you nourish the resolve, as a herdsman nourishes cows; as a good herdsman brings the herd to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1721](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1721.md): As a thirsty bull goes to the water-vessel, come quickly into our friendship, our close friendship; among the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1722](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1722.md): O bountiful Indra, may the Soma drops gladden you, for the giver of wealth to the presser; from his cup you dr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1723](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1723.md): O dear one, mighty god, you are praised by mortals. O bountiful Indra, there is none other gracious than you; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1724](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1724.md): O giver of wealth, may your gifts and your protections never abandon us. O human-born one, grant us all treasu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1725](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1725.md): That gracious, life-giving Dawn, shining forth around her sister, has appeared — the daughter of heaven is see - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1726](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1726.md): Like a mare, bright-hued, mother of the cows (rays), rich in truth, Dawn has become the friend of the Aśvins. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1727](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1727.md): You are the friend of the Aśvins, and you are the mother of the cows (rays); and, O Dawn, you hold sway over w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1728](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1728.md): This unprecedented Dawn, dear to heaven, shines forth. O Aśvins, I praise you both greatly. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1729](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1729.md): You two wondrous ones, whose mother is the Sindhu, swift as thought, givers of riches—O gods, finders of treas - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1730](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1730.md): Lofty songs are proclaimed for you two upon the vault of the aged heaven, when your chariot flies with the bir - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1731](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1731.md): O Uṣas, rich in strength, bring us that wondrous wealth, by which we may establish offspring and sons. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1732](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1732.md): O Uṣas, today here, rich in cattle and horses, O radiant one, shine forth wealthy for us, full of truth and jo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1733](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1733.md): O Uṣas, rich in strength, yoke today your ruddy horses, and then bring us all the blessings of good fortune. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1734](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1734.md): O Ashvins, come hither toward us, along the path rich in cattle and gold, O wondrous ones; you of one mind, ho - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1735](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1735.md): Come hither, O gods, bringers of well-being, wondrous ones with golden wheels; may those who wake at dawn brin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1736](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1736.md): As you have made praise and light come down from heaven for the people, so, O Aśvins, bring to us strength and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1737](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1737.md): I hold Agni to be that bright one toward whom the cows go home, toward whom the swift horses and the constant - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1738](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1738.md): Agni, the all-seeing, gives strength to the people; for wealth we call upon the self-born Agni. Pleased, he co - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1739](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1739.md): That Agni, the bright one, I praise: toward him the cows come together, and the swift horses, the fleet runner - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1740](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1740.md): Awaken us greatly today, O Dawn, rich in light, for wealth; as you have awakened us before, O true-famed, well - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1741](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1741.md): O Uṣas of good guidance, whose chariot shines, you dawned forth as daughter of heaven. So dawn forth now, O mi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1742](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1742.md): May she today bring us wealth. O daughter of heaven, dawn forth; you who dawned forth, O mighty one of true fa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1743](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1743.md): Toward your most dear, mighty chariot that bears wealth, O Aśvins, your praiser, the seer, adorns it with prai - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1744](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1744.md): Come beyond all obstacles, O Aśvins; O wondrous ones of golden wheels, gracious, bearing rivers, O sweet ones, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1745](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1745.md): Come hither bearing treasures for us, O Aśvins; O ruddy ones of golden wheels, pleased, bestowers of strength - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1746](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1746.md): Agni was kindled by the people's kindling-stick, toward the approaching Uṣas like a cow; like youths rising up - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1747](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1747.md): Agni has been awakened, the priest who sacrifices for the gods; upright and well-disposed, Agni has risen at d - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1748](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1748.md): When the pure Agni seizes the rein of the host, he is adorned with pure rays. Then the dakṣiṇā, desiring stren - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1749](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1749.md): This best of lights has come, the light; the wondrous, clear banner, the all-pervading one, has arisen. As tho - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1750](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1750.md): From the gleaming calf, the gleaming Uṣas has come white; dark Night has yielded her dwellings. The two heaven - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1751](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1751.md): The path of the two sisters is one, endless; upon it they move one after another, left by the god. They neithe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1752](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1752.md): Agni shines up like the face of the Dawns; the divinely urged words of the inspired singers have risen. Aśvins - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1753](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1753.md): You two do not measure out the prepared oblation; you come nearest. Aśvins, praised here now, approaching as i - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1754](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1754.md): And come at the morning milking, at dawn of day, at midday, at sunrise. Day and night come with your most ausp - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1755](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1755.md): These very Dawns have made the banner of light; in the eastern half of the realm they adorn the radiance. Maki - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1756](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1756.md): The ruddy rays flew up freely; they yoked the self-yoked ruddy cows. The Dawns made the forms manifest as befo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1757](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1757.md): Like women, like workers, they praise with the same binding cord from afar; they always bring nourishment to t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1758](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1758.md): Agni has awakened; the sun rises from the earth; Uṣas shines with her radiance and gives great light. The Aśvi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1759](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1759.md): O Aśvins, when you two yoke the mighty chariot, anoint our power with ghee and honey. Invigorate our sacred fo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1760](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1760.md): May the three-wheeled, honey-bearing chariot of the Aśvins, quick-horsed and well-praised, come hither. May th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1761](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1761.md): Your unceasing streams flow forth like rains from heaven, toward strength and prize a thousandfold. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1762](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1762.md): Beholding all dear poetic wisdoms, he flows forth, the tawny Soma thrusting forward his weapons. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1763](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1763.md): He, cleansed by the filters, like an elephant and a king of steadfast vow, settles in the vessel like a falcon - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.19.1764](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.19.1764.md): O Soma, as you purify yourself, bring us all wealth from heaven and from earth. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1765](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1765.md): The streams of the mighty Soma flow forth with its vigour, adorning the gods as they go. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1766](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1766.md): The wise and the poets, praising with speech, cleanse the steed Soma, the praiseworthy light that has been bor - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1767](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1767.md): O Soma, those deeds of yours are easily victorious; O lord of abundant wealth, for the one who is purified, in - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1768](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1768.md): This is the brahman fit for the rite; I praise Indra, renowned by name. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1769](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1769.md): To you alone, O lord of strength, go the songs of praise, like gathered folk. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1770](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1770.md): O Indra, as streams flow apart along their paths, so may your gifts come forth from you. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1771](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1771.md): O Indra, for protection and for favour we turn your chariot toward us. You, mighty in strength, overcomer of f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1772](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1772.md): O Indra of great might and great wisdom, possessor of power, you have filled all things with your whole though - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1773](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1773.md): Through your great greatness, your two hands go around the earth; they hold the golden thunderbolt. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1774](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1774.md): Agni, the swift seer, like a horse of the cloud-realm, shone forth in this city abounding in ornaments; shinin - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1775](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1775.md): Agni, twice-born, blazing, stood toward the three realms of light and all the spaces; as offerer, most worthy - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1776](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1776.md): This is the offerer, twice-born, who bears all desirable and glorious wealth. The mortal who well presses soma - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1777](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1777.md): O Agni, today we adorn you with praises as one adorns a horse, and we nurture for you the auspicious resolve t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1778](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1778.md): Therefore, O Agni, you have become the charioteer of the auspicious will, of strength, of the accomplished, an - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1779](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1779.md): With these hymns, come near to us; O Agni, be the light of heaven; well-minded, with all your flames. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1780](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1780.md): O Agni, bring the wondrous wealth from the radiant dawns, O immortal; O all-knowing one, today bring it to the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1781](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1781.md): Indeed you are the beloved messenger, O Agni, carrier of oblations and charioteer of the rites; together with - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1782](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1782.md): The moon, seen in the assembly of many, though young, was swallowed by the grey-haired one; behold the poetic - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1783](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1783.md): Strong in might, ruddy and bright, the well-winged eagle — great and heroic, without a nest from of old. Whoev - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1784](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1784.md): By these he bestowed manly feats, by which the thunder-wielder anointed himself for the slaying of Vṛtra. From - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1785](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1785.md): This Soma is pressed out; the Maruts drink of it, and the self-ruling Aśvins too. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1786](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1786.md): Mitra and Aryaman drink; Varuṇa too drinks of the purified Soma, which is seated in three places and swift in - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1787](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1787.md): And now may Indra come for the delight of this milk-mingled, pressed Soma; at dawn, like the invoking priest, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1788](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1788.md): Baṇ! You are great, O Sūrya! Baṭ! You are the great Āditya. Your greatness is the greatness of the true one, m - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1789](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1789.md): Bat-Sūrya, you are great in fame; O god, truly you are great. By your greatness you are the lordly one among t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1790](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1790.md): Come near to us with your tawny horses, for the pressed soma; O lord of exhilarating draughts, come near to us - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1791](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1791.md): Indra of a hundred powers, who is doubly the mightiest slayer of Vṛtra, is renowned. Come near to us with your - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1792](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1792.md): You indeed are the slayer of Vṛtra; you are the protector and drinker of these somas. Come near to us with you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1793](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1793.md): Bring forth to the great, ever-growing, wise one; show him good favour. O ancient peoples, go forth and go to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1794](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1794.md): A fine praise for the far-extended, great one; for Indra the sacred utterance was produced by the inspired poe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1795](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1795.md): For Indra, free of wrath, the songs together set up the king for the strength of victory; for the one with taw - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1796](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1796.md): O Indra, as much as you possess, so much might I possess. O giver of wealth, you uphold the praiser; may I not - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1797](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1797.md): Day by day may I seek wealth for the mighty one, to obtain it from anywhere. O bountiful Indra, there is no ki - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1798](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1798.md): O Indra, hear my call; awaken the thought of the inspired seer who praises beside the drinking stone. Make the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1799](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1799.md): I shall not forget your songs, nor the good praise of the swift one. Always I shall proclaim your name, self-f - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1800](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1800.md): Among men there are many of your soma-pressings; many a thoughtful man calls upon you alone. O bountiful Indra - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1801](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1801.md): Sing strength to Indra who has his chariot in front. Near or in battles, O slayer of Vṛtra, you are the maker - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1802](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1802.md): You released the rivers flowing downward, and you slew the serpent. O Indra, you were born without enemy; you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1803](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1803.md): May all hostile gifts be far from us, and may the enemy's designs perish against our thoughts. O Indra, you hu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1804](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1804.md): Among the wealthy, may the praiser be of the wealthy, of one as bountiful as you. O tawny one, sing forth well - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1805](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1805.md): Neither the recited ukthā verse nor sinless wealth, nor the Gāyatrī being sung, does anyone come to know. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1806](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1806.md): O Indra, do not hand us over to the malicious one, nor give us away to the bold one. O mighty one, instruct us - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1807](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1807.md): O Indra, come with your tawny steeds near Kaṇva's good praise. Go from the heaven of that ruler to heaven, O y - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1808](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1808.md): Here the rim of their wheel shakes the wide expanse, as a wolf shakes it. Go from the heaven of that ruler to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1809](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1809.md): Here may the speaking pressing-stone and the soma-presser, with their sound, bring you hither. Go from the hea - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1810](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1810.md): Flow, O Soma, gladdening for Indra, sweetest of the sweet. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1811](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1811.md): Those pressed, wise, bright (soma-drops) were poured out toward Vāyu. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1812](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1812.md): Poured out for the enjoyment of the gods, seeking strength, like chariots (rushing). - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1813](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1813.md): I think of Agni, the invoking priest, the bounteous, son of wealth, son of strength, Jātavedas, all-knowing, l - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1814](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1814.md): We sacrificers call you, most worshipful and eldest of the Aṅgirasas, O inspired one, with thoughts, with insp - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.20.1815](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.20.1815.md): He, indeed, with much might and shining ornaments, becomes shining, piercing the foe, like an axe piercing the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1816](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1816.md): O Agni, your fame and strength are great; your flames blaze. O Vibhāvasu, O you of great brilliance, with powe - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1817](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1817.md): O you of purifying radiance, bright radiance, full radiance, you rise up with your light. As son of the two mo - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1818](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1818.md): O grandson of strength, O Jātavedas, be delighted with good praises and prayers, you who are placed in the rit - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1819](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1819.md): O Agni, desiring, spread wealth for us among the people, O immortal one. With the light of that beautiful form - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1820](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1820.md): O maker of the offering, wise one, ruling over great riches, your gift is auspicious and great. You place food - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1821](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1821.md): Rich in truth and order, mighty, beautiful to all, the people set up Agni in front for favour. O hearing-eared - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1822](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1822.md): O Agni, by your protections and by good heroes and deeds of strength he crosses over, he whose friendship you - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1823](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1823.md): Your dark-blue drop roars; kindling in its season, it is held by the strong. You are dear to the great dawns; - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1824](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1824.md): Him the plants have borne as a timely embryo; him the mother waters have generated as Agni. Him the forest tre - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1825](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1825.md): Agni is purified for Indra; bright in heaven, he shines forth; like a great mother-buffalo he is born. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1826](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1826.md): He who keeps watch, the verses desire; to him who keeps watch the chants go. To him who keeps watch this Soma - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1827](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1827.md): Agni keeps watch; the verses desire him. Agni keeps watch; the chants go to him. Agni keeps watch; to him this - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1828](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1828.md): Homage to the friends, homage to the ancients who sat before; homage to those who sit with us. I yoke the hund - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1829](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1829.md): I yoke the hundred-footed speech, I sing the thousand-pathed. I sing the Gāyatra, the Traiṣṭubha and the Jagat - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1830](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1830.md): In the Gāyatra, the Traiṣṭubha and the Jagat, all forms were gathered; the gods made their dwelling places. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1831](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1831.md): Agni is light, light is Agni; Indra is light, light is Indra. Sūrya is light, light is Sūrya. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1832](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1832.md): O Agni, return again with strength; return again with nourishment and life. Again protect us from distress. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1833](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1833.md): O Agni, return with wealth; fill us with your stream. From all sides, with the many-formed stream, make us abu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1834](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1834.md): O Indra, if I too, like you, alone were lord of wealth, my praiser would be a friend of the cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1835](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1835.md): O lord of Śacī, I would give to this wise man, if I were lord of cows. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1836](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1836.md): O Indra, your true and pleasant milch-cow yields milk for the sacrificer who presses soma, nourishing cow and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1837](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1837.md): O Waters, you indeed are bringers of happiness; place us for strength of food, for great delight, for vision. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1838](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1838.md): O Waters, of your most auspicious essence, give us a share here, like loving mothers. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1839](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1839.md): O Waters, may we come well to you for that (essence) for whose abode you impel; and may you generate us. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1840](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1840.md): O Wind, let the healing remedy blow hither, bringing peace and happiness to our heart; lengthen our lifetimes. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1841](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1841.md): O Wind, you are our father, our brother and our friend; make us able to live. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1842](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1842.md): O Wind, grant us, for life, that immortal nectar placed in your house, hidden in the cave. - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1843](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1843.md): The swift one of all forms, the fine-winged bird, bearing its golden birthplace and clothed in the sun's radia - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1844](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1844.md): In the waters the seed of all forms takes refuge; the brilliance that arose on the earth, measuring its own gr - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1845](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1845.md): This sacrifice, yoked with a thousand and clothed, bears the radiance of the sun; the giver of a thousand, the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1846](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1846.md): Those who desire you in their heart saw you flying near in the heavenly realm like a winged bird. You, golden- - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1847](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1847.md): The lofty Gandharva stood in the heavenly realm, bearing his manifold weapons. Clothed in a fragrant garment, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.21.1848](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.21.1848.md): When the drop of soma goes toward the ocean, looking with the vulture's eye in the supporting order, the radia - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1849](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1849.md): Swift, whetted, fearsome as a bull, smiter of the clouds, shaker of the peoples, roaring, unblinking, the sole - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1850](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1850.md): With the roaring, unblinking, victorious, war-crying, unshakeable, bold one — conquer with that Indra; hold to - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1851](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1851.md): He, Indra, with arrows in hand and quivers at his side, the subduer, the gatherer of battles, the victor over - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1852](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1852.md): O Bṛhaspati, go round about with the chariot, slayer of demons, driving away enemies, breaking and crushing th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1853](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1853.md): Known by strength, steadfast, chief hero, mighty, vigorous, victorious, fierce, overcoming heroes, subduing be - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1854](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1854.md): Urge on Indra, cleaver of the cow-pens, finder of cows, vajra-armed, victorious in the race, crushing foes by - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1855](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1855.md): Indra, plunging with might into the cow-pens, bountiful, a hero of a hundred wraths; conqueror of armies, hard - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1856](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1856.md): May Indra be their leader; may Bṛhaspati, the sacrificial fee and the sacrifice go before them, and Soma advan - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1857](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1857.md): The fierce host of Indra the mighty, of King Varuṇa, of the Ādityas and the Maruts; the cry of the great-minde - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1858](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1858.md): O bountiful Indra, rouse up the weapons of my own people and stir the hearts of the ardent; O slayer of Vṛtra, - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1859](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1859.md): Let Indra be ours in the clashes of battle, ours among the banners. May our arrows be victorious. May our hero - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1860](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1860.md): O Maruts, that army of the enemies which comes against us, contending with force, conceal it with darkness and - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1861](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1861.md): Confounding their mind, seize their limbs; go away, go forward. Burn the hearts completely with grief; may the - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1862](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1862.md): Go forth, O men, and conquer; may Indra grant you protection. May your arms be fierce, so that you may be unas - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1863](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1863.md): Released, fly far away, O arrow, sharpened by the sacred word; go to the enemies and fall upon them; leave non - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1864](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1864.md): May the herons and the fine-winged birds go after them; may that army be food for the vultures. Let none of th - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1865](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1865.md): O bounteous Indra, the hostile army advancing against us — both of you, O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, and Agni, bu - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1866](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1866.md): Where arrows fly together like sharp-pointed youths, there may Brahmaṇaspati and Aditi grant us shelter; may t - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1867](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1867.md): Scatter the demons, scatter the hostile foes; break the jaws of Vṛtra. O Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, scatter the w - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1868](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1868.md): O Indra, scatter our enemies; bring low those who wish to fight us. Him who assails us, cast down into the dar - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1869](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1869.md): The two arms of Indra, old and young, unassailable, of fair form, irresistible — let one yoke those two first - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1870](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1870.md): I cover your vital limbs with armour; may King Soma clothe you with immortality. May Varuṇa make the wide expa - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1871](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1871.md): Let the enemies become blind, like headless serpents. Of those driven away by Agni, let Indra strike down each - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1872](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1872.md): Whoever, whether our own kinsman, an alien, or an outsider, desires to harm us, O gods, let all of you injure - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1873](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1873.md): O Indra, fearsome as a beast, roaming the mountains, you have come from afar and from beyond. Sharpen your kee - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1874](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1874.md): O gods, may we hear auspicious things with our ears; O gods worthy of worship, may we see auspicious things wi - [Sāmaveda Saṃhitā 2.22.1875](https://vedyatra.org/verses/samaveda/2.22.1875.md): May Indra of great renown grant us well-being; may Pūṣan, all-knowing, grant us well-being. May Tārkṣya of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.1.md): I take you for food, for strength. O Winds, you are. May the god Savitṛ impel you to the most excellent work. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.2.md): You are the purifier of the Vasu. You are the sky, you are the earth. You are the unscorched, all-sustaining o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.3.md): You are the purifier of the Vasu, of a hundred streams; you are the purifier of the Vasu, of a thousand stream - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.4.md): She is all-life. She is all-action. She is all-sustaining. As Indra's portion I extend you with soma. O Viṣṇu, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.5.md): O Agni, lord of vows, I shall perform the vow; may I be able to do it, may it succeed for me. I go from untrut - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.6.md): Who yokes you? He yokes you. For whom does he yoke you? For him he yokes you. For the work, you two; for the a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.7.md): The demon is burnt back, the hostile forces are burnt back. The demon is thoroughly scorched, the hostile forc - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.8.md): You are the yoke-pole. Harm him who harms us; harm him whom we harm. You are the most bearing, most bestowing, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.9.md): You are unfailing, havirdhāna. Be firm; may the lord of the sacrifice not fail or go astray. May Viṣṇu step up - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.10.md): At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. I take w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.11.md): For the welfare of beings I take you, not for the niggard. May I see the heaven clearly. May the door-posts be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.12.md): You two are pure, belonging to Viṣṇu. By the impulsion of Savitṛ, I purify you with the unbroken purifier of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.13.md): In the battle with Vṛtra, Indra chose you; in the battle with Vṛtra, you chose Indra. You are sprinkled. I spr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.14.md): You are a shelter. The demon is shaken off; the hostile powers are shaken off. You are the skin of Aditi; may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.15.md): You are the body of Agni, the outlet of speech; for the enjoyment of the gods I take you. You are the great pr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.16.md): You are the honey-tongued cock; speak food and strength to us. With you may we conquer each encounter. You are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.17.md): You are bold. O Agni, drive away the raw-eating fire, cast out the flesh-eater. Bring him to the place of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.18.md): O Agni, take hold of the sacred formula. You are the support of the atmosphere; make it firm. As one who has s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.19.md): You are shelter. The malevolent beings are shaken off; the enemies are shaken off. You are the skin of Aditi; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.20.md): You are grain; delight the gods. For the in-breath, you. For the upward breath, you. For the diffusing breath, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.21.md): At the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I sow you. May the water - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.22.md): For birth I join you. This is of Agni, this is of Agni and Soma. For nourishment, you. You are the hot milk-ve - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.23.md): Do not fear, do not be disturbed. May the sacrifice be an unobstructed guardian; may the offspring of the sacr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.24.md): By the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. I take w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.25.md): O earth, place of the gods' sacrifice, may I not harm the root of the plants. Go to the pasture, go to the cat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.26.md): May I not perish from the sacred ground of the earth. Go to the pen, go to the cow-stall. May the sky rain for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.27.md): I take hold of you all around with the Gāyatrī metre. I take hold of you all around with the Triṣṭubh metre. I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.28.md): Formerly there was the wanderer of the cruel one. O broad-spreading one, having lifted up the life-giving eart - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.29.md): The demon has been burnt back, the hostile forces have been burnt back. The demon has been thoroughly heated, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.30.md): For Aditi you are the tongue. You are the wedge of Viṣṇu. For nourishment I (take) you. With an unharmed eye I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 1.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/1.31.md): At the impulse of Savitṛ, I purify you with the unbroken strainer, with the rays of the sun. At the impulse of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.1.md): You are black, chosen for Agni; I sprinkle you, the accepted one. You are the altar-ground, for the sacred gra - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.2.md): You are the spreading-tool for Aditi. O Viṣṇu, you are the tuft. Soft as wool, I spread you, well-seated for t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.3.md): May the Gandharva Viśvāvasu place you around, for the freedom from harm of all and of the sacrificer; you are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.4.md): O seer, Vītihotra, we kindle you, radiant, at the sacrifice, O Agni, mighty one. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.5.md): You are kindling wood. May the sun protect you from the front from any reproach. You are the arms of Savitṛ. F - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.6.md): You are Ghṛtāci, named Juhū; here, from your dear abode, sit down on the dear seat. You are Ghṛtāci, named Upa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.7.md): O Agni, winner of strength, I cleanse you who are about to go forth toward strength and have won it. Homage to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.8.md): Today may I bring clarified butter for the gods, unspilled. O Viṣṇu, may I not trample you with my foot. O Agn - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.9.md): O Agni, know the office of the hotṛ and the office of the messenger. May heaven and earth protect you. O heave - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.10.md): Indra, place this vital power in me. Let the wealthy accompany us. Let our wishes be fulfilled; let our blessi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.11.md): Let the invoked Father Sky call me near. Agni from the Āgnīdhra; svāhā. At the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.12.md): O god Savitṛ, this sacrifice they proclaim for Bṛhaspati, for the priest. By it protect the sacrifice, by it p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.13.md): Let the swiftness of mind delight in the clarified butter. Let Bṛhaspati extend this sacrifice; let him firmly - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.14.md): O Agni, this is your kindling-stick; by it grow and be full. May we also grow and be full. O Agni, winner of s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.15.md): Following the high victory of Agni and Soma, I conquer; by the impulse of strength I push forward. May Agni an - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.16.md): For the Vasus, you. For the Rudras, you. For the Ādityas, you. May Heaven and Earth know each other. May Mitra - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.17.md): O god Agni, that enclosing-stick which you, hidden by the Paṇis, placed around — I bring this to you as an off - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.18.md): You are the sharers of the flowing portion, O great ones, standing on the strewn grass, and gods of the enclos - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.19.md): You are the ghee-streaming pair, the yoke-bearers; protect. You are in favour; place favour in me. O sacrifice - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.20.md): O Agni, unharmed, most keen one; protect me. Protect from lightning. Protect from the snare. Protect from the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.21.md): You are wealth (veda), by which you know, O god; you became wealth for the gods; by that become wealth for me. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.22.md): May this barhis (sacred grass) be adorned with oblation and ghee; may it be adorned with the Ādityas, the Vasu - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.23.md): Who releases you, he releases you; for whom he releases you, for him he releases you. For nourishment. You are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.24.md): May we be joined with splendor and nourishment, joined with bodies, with mind and well-being. May Tvaṣṭṛ, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.25.md): In heaven Viṣṇu strode forth with the Jagatī meter; from there he who hates us, and whom we hate, was cut off. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.26.md): You are self-existent, the best; you are the ray, the giver of splendor. Give me splendor. In the sun's enclos - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.27.md): O Agni, lord of the house! By you may I become a good lord of the house; by me may you, with the lord of the h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.28.md): O Agni, lord of vows! I have observed the vow; I was able to do it. May it be accomplished for me. I am this; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.29.md): Hail to Agni Kavyavāhana. Hail to Soma Pitṛmat. The demons and fiends who sit at the altar have been driven aw - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.30.md): The demons who, assuming forms, move about by the offering, who bear the forts of the far and the near — Agni - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.31.md): Here, O fathers, be gladdened according to your share; be fully invigorated. The fathers were gladdened accord - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.32.md): Homage to you, O fathers, for your juice; homage to you, O fathers, for your drying-up; homage to you, O fathe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.33.md): Hold, O fathers, the embryo, the boy garlanded with lotus, so that here there may be a man. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 2.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/2.34.md): Bearing sap, immortal nectar, ghee, milk, and the flowing drink, you are svadhā; satisfy my fathers. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.1.md): Serve Agni with kindling sticks; awaken the guest with ghee. Offer oblations into him. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.2.md): Pour intense ghee for the well-kindled, shining Agni, for Agni Jātavedas. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.3.md): O Aṅgiras, we increase you with kindling sticks and ghee. O youngest one, shine greatly. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.4.md): O Agni, may the oblation-bearing, ghee-going offerings come near you. O beloved one, accept my kindling sticks - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.5.md): Bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ. Like the sky in vastness, like the earth in breadth. O earth, place of the gods' sacrifice - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.6.md): This spotted cow has come and strode forward; she sat down before the mother (earth) and went also toward the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.7.md): Within his radiance he moves, breathing out from the breath. The mighty one lights up the sky. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.8.md): The thirty abodes shine forth; speech is placed for the bird (the sun). Toward the dawn, with the days. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.9.md): Agni is light, light is Agni—svāhā. Sūrya is light, light is Sūrya—svāhā. Agni is splendour, light is splendou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.10.md): Joined with the god Savitṛ, with the night, with Indravatī, let the delighted Agni accept—svāhā. Joined with t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.11.md): Drawing near to the sacrifice, let us speak the sacred formula to Agni—to him who hears both from afar and nea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.12.md): Agni is the head of heaven, the summit and lord of the earth; this one quickens the seeds of the waters. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.13.md): Both of you, Indra and Agni, are to be invoked; let both gladden with gifts. Both are givers of food and wealt - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.14.md): This is your seasonal place of birth, from which you were born and shone forth. O Agni, knowing it, ascend, an - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.15.md): This first hotṛ, most worshipful and praiseworthy in sacrifices, is placed here by the establishers. Whom the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.16.md): Following his ancient brilliance, the tireless ones milked out the bright milk — the giver of thousands, for t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.17.md): O Agni, you are the protector of the body; protect my body. O Agni, you are the giver of life; give me life. O - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.18.md): Kindling you for a hundred winters, we kindle you together, O radiant one. Giver of life, giver of vigor, Agni - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.19.md): O Agni, may you be joined with the radiance of the sun, joined with the praise of the seers. Be joined with th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.20.md): You are food; may I eat your food. You are greatness; may I eat your greatness. You are vigor; may I eat your - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.21.md): O cows rich in cattle, take delight in this womb, in this cow-pen, in this world, in this abode. Be right here - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.22.md): You are joined, all-formed; enter me with vigor, with the lordship of cattle. O Agni, day by day, at night and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.23.md): Shining lord of sacrifices, guardian of cosmic order, radiant Agni, who grows in his own abode. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.24.md): Be to us as a father to a son, O Agni; be easily approached and kind; stay with us for our well-being. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.25.md): O Agni, be our nearest and protector, auspicious and a shelter; Agni, bestower of wealth and famed for riches, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.26.md): O most brilliant, radiant one, now we ask you for favor for our friends; may you know and hear our call, and p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.27.md): O Iḍā, come here; O Aditi, come here; you desired ones, come; may there be the fulfillment of your desire in m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.28.md): O Brahmaṇaspati, make the svaraṇa (invocation) of Soma, as for Kakṣīvān, son of Uśij. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.29.md): He who is rich, slayer of disease, finder of wealth, increaser of nourishment — may he bestow on us, he who is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.30.md): Let not the curse and deceit of the ungenerous reach us; let it perish for the mortal. O Brahmaṇaspati, protec - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.31.md): May there be the great protection of the three; the radiant protection of Mitra and Aryaman. May the protectio - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.32.md): Not even near them, nor on the paths or in the obstacles, has the enemy or the evil-speaker any power. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.33.md): They indeed are the sons of Aditi; for mortals, for life, they unceasingly grant light. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.34.md): Never are you niggardly, O Indra; you draw near to the giver. O bountiful one, now let your gift be bestowed m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.35.md): We meditate on the adorable splendor of the god Savitṛ; may he impel our thoughts. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.36.md): May your unassailable chariot encompass us on every side, by which you destroy the demons of the giver. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.37.md): Bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ: may I be rich in good offspring, with children; may I be rich in brave sons, nourished with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.38.md): We have come to the all-possessing one, the best finder of wealth for us. O Agni, sovereign, grant us splendor - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.39.md): This Agni is the lord of the house, the household fire, the best finder of wealth for offspring. O Agni, lord - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.40.md): This Agni is Purīṣya, rich in wealth, the increaser of nourishment. O Purīṣya Agni, grant us splendor and stre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.41.md): Houses, do not be afraid, do not tremble; we have come bearing strength and nourishment. Bearing strength for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.42.md): To the households in whose homes, even when traveling, learning is pursued and where there is abundant goodwil - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.43.md): Here the cows have been called, the goats and sheep have been called; and the essence of food has been called - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.44.md): We call the Maruts, eaters of the feast, and the Maruts who destroy enemies; with karambha (barley-meal), unit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.45.md): Whatever fault we have committed in the village, in the forest, in the assembly, in the sense-power — that we - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.46.md): Indra, do not forsake us here in battles with the gods; for you, mighty one, surely should not be far away. Fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.47.md): The doers of the rite have performed the work with speech that brings happiness. Having performed the rite for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.48.md): You are the sprinkler, Avabhṛtha; you have come down. May I remove the fault done by the gods and the fault do - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.49.md): O full ladle, go forth full, and come back full. As though buying with a price, let us two buy nourishment and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.50.md): Give to me, I give to you. Place for me, I place for you. You take an offering from me; I give back the offeri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.51.md): They have eaten, they have rejoiced; the dear ones have shaken off. The self-shining inspired poets have prais - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.52.md): O bountiful one, we would praise you, beautiful to behold. Full-harnessed and praised, you indeed go toward th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.53.md): Now with mind we call upon the Fathers, with the Nārāśaṃsa hymn and with the prayers of the fathers. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.54.md): May the mind come back to us, for wisdom, strength and oblation, and that we may see the sun for long. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.55.md): May the Fathers give us mind again; may the divine people give life and company; may we be joined with them. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.56.md): O Soma, in your vow, bearing mind in our bodies, may we be joined, possessed of offspring. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.57.md): O Rudra, this is your share, together with your sister Ambikā; accept it. Svāhā. O Rudra, this is your share; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.58.md): We beseech that Rudra, the three-eyed god, so that he may make us more prosperous, make us more auspicious, an - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.59.md): You are medicine; medicine for the cow, for the horse, for the man. Well-being for the ram, for the ewe. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.60.md): We worship Tryambaka, fragrant, increaser of nourishment. Like a cucumber freed from its stem, may we be freed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.61.md): This is your protection from Rudra; by it, go beyond Mount Mūjavat. You with the bow loosened, with Pinaka's p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.62.md): The threefold life of Jamadagni, the threefold life of Kaśyapa. The threefold life that is among the gods, may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 3.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/3.63.md): You bear the name Śiva; Svadhiti is your father. Homage to you; do not harm me. O Dawn, I turn it down for foo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.1.md): We have come to this sacrificial ground of the earth, where all the gods found delight. May these divine water - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.2.md): May the waters, like mothers, cleanse us; may the waters that purify ghee with ghee purify us. The divine wate - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.3.md): You are the milk of the great ones, the giver of lustre; give me lustre. You are the pupil of Vṛtra, the giver - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.4.md): May the lord of thought purify me. May the lord of speech purify me. May the god Savitṛ purify me with the fla - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.5.md): O gods, at the offering in the sacrifice we ask you for treasure. O gods, worthy of sacrifice, we call you her - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.6.md): Svāhā, the sacrifice from the mind. Svāhā, from the wide atmosphere. Svāhā, to heaven and earth. Svāhā, from t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.7.md): Svāhā, to Agni for the intention and the yoking. Svāhā, to Agni for wisdom and mind. Svāhā, to Agni for consec - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.8.md): Let every mortal choose the friendship of the leader of the gods. Let all desire wealth; let them choose brill - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.9.md): You two are the ornaments of the Ṛk and the Sāman; I take hold of you both. By the upward verse of this sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.10.md): You are Ūrk, the woolen garment of the Aṅgiras; place strength in me. You are the nīvi of Soma. You are the sh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.11.md): May Agni uphold the vow; Agni is the sacred formula, Agni is the sacrifice, and the sacrificial post, lord of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.12.md): O waters, when you are drunk, be dear; be very gracious within our belly. May they be sweet to us, free from w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.13.md): This is your form fit for sacrifice. I release away — not the offspring. You who free from distress, offered w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.14.md): O Agni, keep watch well, that we may rejoice well. Protect us unfailingly; at waking, make us again (secure). - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.15.md): Again let my mind come back to me, again my life-span; again let my breath come back, again my self; again let - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.16.md): O Agni, you are the god who guards the vows; among mortals and in the sacrifices you are worthy of praise. Gra - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.17.md): This is your bright body, this is radiance; be joined together with it, go shining. You are swift, held by the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.18.md): In the impulse of your body of true power, may I attain that support. Svāhā. You are bright, you are the moon, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.19.md): You are cit, you are manas, you are dhī, you are dakṣiṇā, you are kṣatriyā, you are yajñiyā; you are Aditi, tw - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.20.md): After you, may the mother consent, the father consent, the brother of the same womb consent, the friend and th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.21.md): You are of the Vasus, you are Aditi, you are Ādityā, you are Rudrā, you are Candrā. May Bṛhaspati delight you - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.22.md): I set you upon the head of Aditi. You are the place of the sacrifice to the gods, of the earth, of Iḍā; you ar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.23.md): I see well with divine insight, together with the right side and broad vision. Do not steal away my life, nor - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.24.md): Let him tell Soma for me: this is your share belonging to the Gāyatrī meter. Let him tell Soma for me: this is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.25.md): I praise that god Savitṛ, two-handed, of poetic purpose, true in impulse, the home of treasures; to the dear a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.26.md): I buy you with a bright price, bright; the shining with a shining price, the immortal with an immortal price. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.27.md): Mitra, come to us, giver of good friendship; enter the wide right side of Indra. To the desirer, the desired o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.28.md): O Agni, drive away evil conduct from me; establish me in good conduct. With good life we have risen up, follow - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.29.md): May we attain that path which leads to well-being and is free from distress, by which one wards off all enemie - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.30.md): You are the skin of Aditi. Sit in the seat of Aditi. The bull supported the sky, measured the atmosphere, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.31.md): Varuṇa stretched out the atmosphere in the forests, placed strength in the horses and milk in the cows. He pla - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.32.md): Ascend as the eye of the sun, the pupil of the eye of Agni. Where you go shining with the swift horses, you ar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.33.md): These two bulls, bearers of the yoke, be yoked, without tears, not slaying heroes, impellers of the sacred for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.34.md): You are auspicious for me; O lord of the world, move forward toward all abodes. May the encircling enemies, th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.35.md): Homage to the eye of Mitra and Varuṇa. Honour that cosmic order to the great god. Proclaim praise to Sūrya, th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.36.md): You are the support of Varuṇa. You two are the releasers of Varuṇa's pillars. You are the seat of Varuṇa's cos - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 4.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/4.37.md): O Soma, may all those abodes of yours that men worship with oblation fill the sacrifice through you. Increasin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.1.md): You are the body of Agni; for Viṣṇu I (set) you. You are the body of Soma; for Viṣṇu, you. You are the hospita - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.2.md): You are the birthplace of Agni. You two are the male parts (of the fire-drill). You are Urvaśī. You are life. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.3.md): Be for us of one mind, of one purpose, and sinless, you two. Do not harm the sacrifice; do not harm the lord o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.4.md): Agni, having entered into Agni, moves about; he is the son of the seers, the protector from curses. May he be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.5.md): For the lord of falling down, for the lord of falling around, I take you; for the grandson of the body, for th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.6.md): O Agni, guardian of vows! This body of yours that is in you is in me; and this body of mine that is in me is i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.7.md): May your ray, O god Soma, be increased for Indra, who knows the single wealth. May Indra be increased for you; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.8.md): O Agni, may your body that lies in iron, most expansive and dwelling in the cave, drive away fierce speech; ma - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.9.md): You are my heated course. You are my found course. Protect me from the distress of need. Protect me from affli - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.10.md): You are a lioness, conqueror of rivals; be made ready for the gods. You are a lioness, conqueror of rivals; be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.11.md): May Indra-ghoṣa protect you from the east, with the Vasus. May Pracetas protect you from behind, with the Rudr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.12.md): You are a lioness, svāhā. You are a lioness, winning the favor of the Ādityas, svāhā. You are a lioness, winni - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.13.md): You are firm; make the earth firm. You are abiding in the atmosphere; make the atmosphere firm. You are abidin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.14.md): Inspired seers yoke mind and insights, for the great and wise inspired one. The invokers establish in many way - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.15.md): Viṣṇu strode out this (world); in three ways he set down his step. His hidden (third) step is in the dust. Hai - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.16.md): You have become Irāvatī, rich in cows and good pasture, bountiful for Manu. O Viṣṇu, you propped apart the two - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.17.md): You two who hear the gods, proclaim among the gods. Facing east, lead the sacrifice forward; carry the rite up - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.18.md): Indeed, I shall proclaim the heroic deeds of Viṣṇu, who measured out the earthly realms, who propped up the up - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.19.md): O Viṣṇu, from heaven or from the earth, from the great and wide atmosphere; fill both hands with wealth, and g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.20.md): That Viṣṇu is praised for his valor, like a fearsome wild beast roaming the mountains. Upon his wide three str - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.21.md): O Viṣṇu, you are the crown. You two are the fastenings of Viṣṇu. You are the thread of Viṣṇu. You are the firm - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.22.md): By the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. You are the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.23.md): This Vaiṣṇavī slays demons and severs the knot of binding. I pluck up here the binding that my hostile one or - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.24.md): You are self-ruling, slayer of rivals. You are sovereign of the sacrifice, slayer of hostile attackers. You ar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.25.md): You who slay demons and the valaga, I sprinkle you belonging to Viṣṇu. You who slay demons and the valaga, I l - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.26.md): By the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. You are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.27.md): Hold up the sky, fill the atmosphere, stand firm on the earth. May the shining Maruts measure and fix you, Mit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.28.md): You are steady; may this sacrificer in this place be blessed with offspring and cattle. May both heaven and ea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.29.md): O praised one, may these songs be around you on all sides. May increases follow the long-lived one; may the pl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.30.md): You are the thread of Indra. You are firm for Indra. You are belonging to Indra. You are belonging to all the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.31.md): You are all-pervading, the conveyor. You are the bearer, the carrier of oblations. You are swift, wise and dis - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.32.md): You are Uśij, the poet. You are Aṅgāri, you are Bambhāri. You are Avasyu, you are Duvasvān. You are Śundhyu, y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.33.md): You are the ocean, all-pervading. You are the unborn, the one-footed. You are the serpent, of the base. You ar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.34.md): Look upon me with the eye of Mitra. O Agnis, you are the Sagaras; by the name of Sagara, with Rudra's host, pr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.35.md): You are light, all-formed, the kindling-stick of all the gods. O Soma, you are the protector of the body; from - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.36.md): O Agni, god who knows all the ways, lead us on the good path to wealth. Remove from us the crooked sin. To you - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.37.md): May this Agni make wealth for us. May he go before, piercing the enemy hosts. May he win the prizes in the con - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.38.md): O Viṣṇu, stride out wide; make a wide dwelling for us. O source of ghee, drink the ghee; carry the lord of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.39.md): O god Savitṛ, this is your Soma; protect it, so that nothing harms you. O god Soma, you went to the gods as a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.40.md): O Agni, guardian of vows, your body which is in you has become in me; my body which is in me has become in you - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.41.md): O Viṣṇu, stride out widely; make wide room for our dwelling. O source of ghee, drink the ghee; carry the lord - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.42.md): I went beyond the others, I did not go to the others; before those far and near, I found you here. O god Vanas - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 5.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/5.43.md): Do not scratch the sky, do not harm the atmosphere; be united with the earth. This sharp axe has led you forwa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.1.md): By the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I take hold of you. You - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.2.md): You are the foremost leader, self-entering, of those who lift up; by this acquisition he will stand upon you. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.3.md): Where the cows with many horns go untiring, which are the abodes we desire to reach, there indeed is the supre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.4.md): Behold the deeds of Viṣṇu, from which he perceived the sacred observances; the yoke-fellow and friend of Indra - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.5.md): The wise always behold that supreme abode of Viṣṇu, like an eye spread out in the sky. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.6.md): You are the encircler. Let the divine peoples encircle you; let this sacrificer, with the wealth of men, be en - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.7.md): You are the one who brings near. Bring the divine peoples near to the gods; lead forward the Uśij priests, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.8.md): O wealthy ones, rejoice. O Bṛhaspati, bestow treasures with the stream. You, the offering of the gods of ṛta, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.9.md): By the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I bind you. Beloved of A - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.10.md): You are the vessel of the waters. May the divine waters savour it; may this offering for the gods be truly wel - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.11.md): Anointed with ghee, may you two protect the animals. O rich one, place what is dear in the sacrificer; enter h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.12.md): Do not become a serpent, nor a biting creature. Homage to you; stretched-out horse, go forth toward the channe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.13.md): O divine waters, pure, you are to be carried, well surrounded among the gods. May we also become good encircle - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.14.md): I purify your speech. I purify your breath. I purify your eye. I purify your ear. I purify your navel. I purif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.15.md): May your mind be nourished, may your speech be nourished, may your breath be nourished, may your eye be nouris - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.16.md): You are the share of the demons. The demon has been cast out. I stand over this demon, I indeed drive away thi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.17.md): Let these waters carry away fault and impurity, and the falsehood I have wronged with, and what I have sworn d - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.18.md): May your mind join mind and your breath join breath. You are the reed; may Agni ripen you, may the waters join - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.19.md): Drinkers of ghee, drink the ghee; drinkers of fat, drink the fat. You are the oblation of the atmosphere, svāh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.20.md): The Aindra breath shines in every limb; the Aindra upward breath is set in every limb. O god Tvaṣṭṛ, may your - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.21.md): Go to the ocean, svāhā. Go to the atmosphere, svāhā. Go to the god Savitṛ, svāhā. Go to Mitra and Varuṇa, svāh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.22.md): Do not harm the waters or the plants. From every place, O King Varuṇa, free us. Because they say, 'not to be s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.23.md): These waters are rich in oblation; he serves the oblation-rich waters. May the sacrificial god be rich in obla - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.24.md): In the seat of Agni's house of the sheltered fire I set you down. You are the portion of Indra and Agni; you a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.25.md): For the heart I take you, for the mind I take you, for the heaven I take you, for the sun I take you. Raise th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.26.md): O Soma, king, mount up over all creatures. Let all creatures mount up over you. May Agni hear my call with the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.27.md): O divine waters, offspring of the waters, your wave, fit for oblation, possessing vigor, most exhilarating — g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.28.md): You are the kārṣi. For the imperishable, I lift you up from the ocean. Waters have joined with waters; herbs h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.29.md): O Agni, the mortal whom you protect in battles and whom you urge on in contests — may he be the guide of perpe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.30.md): By the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. You are de - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.31.md): Gladden my mind, gladden my speech, gladden my breath, gladden my eye, gladden my hearing, gladden my self, gl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.32.md): For Indra, possessing goods, I take you; for Indra with the Rudras, I take you; for Indra with the Ādityas, I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.33.md): O Soma, whatever light you have in heaven, on earth, and in the wide atmosphere, by that make wide wealth for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.34.md): You are the bright ones, vanquishers of Vṛtra, hastening wealth, consorts of the immortal. Goddesses, invoked, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.35.md): Do not fear, do not fall apart; O dhiṣaṇā, hold strength. Being firm, make firm; place strength. Evil is struc - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.36.md): From east, south, north, and below, may all the directions run toward you. O mother, drive down (the enemies); - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 6.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/6.37.md): Friend, you are a god, most mighty, and you praise the mortal. O bountiful one, there is no other gracious one - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.1.md): Lord of speech, vigorous Soma, flow purified by the shoots and by the ray-filter. God, flow for the gods; you - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.2.md): Make our nourishments sweet. For that name of yours, fit for Soma, which is wakeful, O Soma, to Soma, svāhā. S - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.3.md): You are well-made by yourself. For all the senses, the heavenly and earthly senses, for the mind—may Tvaṣṭṛ ma - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.4.md): You are taken with the upayāma cup; hold within, O bountiful one, drink Soma. Protect the wealth, the wealth o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.5.md): Within you I set heaven and earth; I set the wide atmosphere within. O Antaryāma, O bountiful one, rejoice tog - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.6.md): You are well-made, for all the senses, for the heavenly and the earthly, for the mind may Tvaṣṭṛ (be). Svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.7.md): O Vāyu, come; drinker of the pure, adorn us near. Your thousand teams are yours, O all-desirable. Near you I b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.8.md): O Indra and Vāyu, these pressed soma-juices are here; come near with your desires. The drops long for you two. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.9.md): Mitra and Varuṇa, this soma has been pressed for you two; you who strengthen the sacred order, hear my call he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.10.md): Satisfied with wealth, may we rejoice; O gods, with the oblation, and O cows, with fodder. Mitra and Varuṇa, m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.11.md): Aśvins, whichever whip of yours is honey-laden and full of pleasant truth, with that sprinkle the sacrifice. Y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.12.md): Invoke him in the ancient way, in the former way, and in every way like this: the supreme one, seated on the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.13.md): Rich in good heroes, generating heroes, go around; go toward the sacrificer with the increase of wealth. Joine - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.14.md): O god Soma, may we be givers of your unbroken, excellent vigor and the increase of wealth. That first preparat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.15.md): He, the first, Bṛhaspati, the discerning one: offer the pressed soma to Indra for him, svāhā. May the hotṛ pri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.16.md): This Vena (Soma) impels, with speckled womb, light as its caul, in the measure of the atmosphere. At the confl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.17.md): In the sacrificial libations, keen as the mind, you win swiftly by power, O inspired one. With the arrows, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.18.md): Going forth among the peoples, producing good offspring, come toward the sacrificer with the nourishment of we - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.19.md): O gods who are eleven in heaven, eleven on earth, and eleven through greatness dwelling in the waters — may th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.20.md): You are taken with the upayāma vessel; you are the first-offering, a good first-offering. Protect the sacrific - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.21.md): Soma is purified, Soma is purified. He is purified for this priest, for this warrior, for this sacrificer who - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.22.md): You are taken with the upayāma vessel. I take you for Indra, who possesses greatness and vigour, fit for the u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.23.md): For Mitra and Varuṇa I take you, protector of the gods, for the life of the sacrifice. For Indra I take you, p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.24.md): The head of heaven, the steersman of earth, Vaiśvānara Agni born in ṛta. The seer, the sovereign, the guest of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.25.md): You are taken with the upayāma cup; you are firm, of firm abode, the firmest among the firm, the most unfallin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.26.md): That drop of yours which trickles, that portion of yours which falls from the pressing-stone out of the lap of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.27.md): For my breath, giver of vigour, flow pure for vigour. For my diffused breath, giver of vigour, flow pure for v - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.28.md): For my self, giver of vigour, flow pure for vigour. For my vital power, giver of vigour, flow pure for vigour. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.29.md): Who are you, which one are you, whose are you, what is your name? Whatever name of yours we praise, you whom w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.30.md): You are taken up with the upayāma cup; for sweetness (spring). You are taken up with the upayāma cup; for Mādh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.31.md): O Indra and Agni, come hither with songs to the pressed soma; drink the excellent mist, impelled by thought. Y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.32.md): Those who kindle Agni and spread the sacred grass in succession, whose young friend is Indra. You are taken wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.33.md): O protectors, all gods sustained by men, come hither. Being bountiful, accept the pressed soma of the worshipp - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.34.md): O all gods, come hither; hear this my invocation. Sit down on this sacred grass. You are taken with the upayām - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.35.md): Indra, drink the soma here with the Maruts, as you drank the soma pressed at Śāryāta. Hero, under your guidanc - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.36.md): Let us call here Indra, accompanied by the Maruts, the mighty, the growing, the unobstructed, the heavenly rul - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.37.md): Indra, of one mind with your host, drink the soma with the Maruts. Slayer of Vṛtra, hero, knowing one, strike - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.38.md): Indra, bull accompanied by the Maruts, drink the soma for the fray and for exhilaration as is due. Pour the sw - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.39.md): Great is Indra, with men, protector of the peoples, of double strength; with unassailable might he has grown f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.40.md): Great is Indra, who by his might, like the rain-bearing cloud Parjanya, has grown through the praises of Vatsa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.41.md): The rays bear up that god who knows all beings, the sun, for all to see. Svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.42.md): The wondrous light of the gods has risen; the eye of Mitra, Varuṇa and Agni has risen. You have filled heaven - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.43.md): O Agni, O god, knowing all paths, lead us on a good road to wealth. Turn away from us the crooked sin; let us - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.44.md): May this Agni make room for us. May he go forward breaking the enemy hosts. May he win prizes in the contest f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.45.md): With your form I have come near your form. May the all-knowing one apportion your offering. O you of shining g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.46.md): Today may I obtain a brahmin who has ancestors, who belongs to the paternal line, a descendant of the seers, g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.47.md): For Agni, may Varuṇa give you to me; may he cause me to attain immortality. Be life for the giver; be well-bei - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 7.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/7.48.md): Who gave? To whom did he give? Desire gave; for desire he gave. Desire is the giver, desire is the receiver; t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.1.md): You are taken in the upayāma cup. For the Ādityas, you. O Viṣṇu, wide-striding one, this is your soma; protect - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.2.md): You are never unbound; O Indra, you attend the giver. O bountiful one, come ever nearer; your gift is bestowed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.3.md): You never depart; you protect both births. O Āditya, the fourth pressing is yours; your power has stood as imm - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.4.md): The sacrifice goes toward the gods, toward favor. O Ādityas, be gracious. May the good thought coming to you t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.5.md): O Āditya, son of Vivasvat, this is your place of soma-drinking; rejoice in it. O men, establish faith in speec - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.6.md): O Savitṛ, grant good today, and good tomorrow; day after day send us good. O god, by the good of this vast ref - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.7.md): You are taken up with the upayāma vessel; you belong to Savitṛ. You are the bestower of nourishment, the besto - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.8.md): You are taken up with the upayāma vessel; you are good shelter, a firm foundation; homage to the great bull. F - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.9.md): You are taken with the upayāma vessel. O god Soma, pressed for Bṛhaspati, full of the vigour of the drop, may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.10.md): O Agni, together with your wife, joined with the god Tvaṣṭṛ, drink the Soma, svāhā. You are Prajāpati, the bul - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.11.md): You are taken with the upayāma vessel. You are the tawny one, yoked to the tawny ones; I yoke you with the two - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.12.md): That portion of yours which gains horses and that which gains cattle, of your iṣṭa-yajus, the praised Soma, th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.13.md): You are the expiation of sin committed by the gods. You are the expiation of sin committed by men. You are the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.14.md): May we be joined with splendour and nourishment, joined with our bodies; joined with mind and well-being. May - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.15.md): O Indra, lead us with mind; join us with cattle and with wise patrons; O bountiful one, join us with well-bein - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.16.md): May we be joined with splendour and nourishment, joined with our bodies; joined with mind and well-being. May - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.17.md): May Dhātṛ, the gift, and Savitṛ accept this. May Prajāpati, the god Agni, guardian of treasures, Tvaṣṭṛ and Vi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.18.md): Gods, we have made easy seats for you. You who have come accepting this pressing, bearing and carrying the obl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.19.md): O god Agni, send forth to their own abode the desiring gods whom you bring. May all the gods, having eaten and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.20.md): O Agni, in this sacrifice that strives forward, we have chosen you here as hotṛ. Separately and you, most swif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.21.md): O gods who know the path, having found the path, come by the path. O lord of the mind, god, place this sacrifi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.22.md): Sacrifice, go to the sacrifice; go to the lord of sacrifice; go to your own place of origin. Svāhā. O lord of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.23.md): May I not become a serpent, nor a pṛdāku. King Varuṇa made a wide path for the sun to go along. He gave feet t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.24.md): The host of Agni has entered the waters, the son of the waters guarding against demonic power. Worship with ki - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.25.md): Your heart is in the ocean, within the waters. May the plants and the waters take you into themselves. O lord - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.26.md): Divine waters, this is your womb; bear him well, pleased and well sustained. O god Soma, this is your world; c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.27.md): Avabhṛtha, you are Nicumpuṇa; you have descended as Nicumpuṇa. From the fault done by the gods I have gone awa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.28.md): Let the tenth-month embryo stir together with the caul. As this wind stirs, as the ocean stirs, so let this te - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.29.md): For whom there is your sacrificial embryo, for whom there is the golden womb, whose limbs are unharmed — him I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.30.md): Most wondrous, of many forms, the drop Soma, steadfast, has adorned his greatness within. Let the metres — one - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.31.md): O Maruts, in whose dwelling you protect from the great brilliance of heaven, that man is the best guarded. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.32.md): May great Heaven and Earth moisten this our sacrifice, and fill us with their nourishing wealth. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.33.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, take your place on your chariot; your two bay horses are yoked by the prayer. May your mind - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.34.md): Yes, yoke the two long-maned, virile bay horses that fill the girth-strap. Drinker of soma, Indra, then come t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.35.md): The two bay horses carry Indra alone, of unassailable strength, toward the praises of the seers and the sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.36.md): No other has been born beyond him, who entered all worlds. Prajāpati, rejoicing with offspring, is joined with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.37.md): Indra the sovereign and King Varuṇa first made this portion for you. After their portion I partake of the port - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.38.md): Agni, purify yourself, O doer of good deeds. Give us radiance and heroic strength, establishing wealth and nou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.39.md): Rising up with vigor, having drunk, you shook your jaws. O Indra, the soma pressed in both vessels. You are ta - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.40.md): His rays have been seen, his beams spread wide following the people, like shining fires. You are taken with th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.41.md): The rays carry up that god Sun, the all-knowing, that all may see. You are taken with the upayāma cup, for the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.42.md): Smell the vessel. May the soma drops enter you, O great one. Return again with strength; may she milk for us a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.43.md): Iḍā, Rantā, Havyā, Kāmyā, Candrā, Jyotis, Aditi, Sarasvatī, Mahī, Viśrutī — these are your names, O inviolable - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.44.md): O Indra, drive the hostile foes away from us; cast down those who attack. Send to darkness below whoever seeks - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.45.md): We call today in battle, for protection, the lord of speech, Viśvakarman, swift as thought. May he accept all - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.46.md): O All-maker, by the oblation and the strengthening you made Indra a protector and unslayable. The former peopl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.47.md): You are taken in the cup; I take you of Gāyatrī meter for Agni. I take you of Triṣṭubh meter for Indra. I take - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.48.md): I shake you in the vessel of the vreśī stalks; I shake you in the vessel of the kukūnana; I shake you in the v - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.49.md): The form of the bull shines like a hump; the great, the bright, the foremost of the bright is Soma, the foremo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.50.md): O god Soma, you are willing; come to the drink dear to Agni. O god Soma, you are controlling; come to the drin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.51.md): Here is delight, here rejoice, here is steadfastness, here is self-support, svāhā. Sending the supporter to th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.52.md): You are the prosperity of the session. We have gone to light, we have become immortal. We have ascended from e - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.53.md): You two, O Indra and mountains, who fight in front, drive away from us whoever attacks us with an army; strike - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.54.md): Parameṣṭhin is named. Prajāpati, when speech is uttered. Andhas (the Soma juice) is to be approached. Savitṛ i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.55.md): Indra and the Maruts rise up for the purchase. The asura, being bargained for. Mitra, bought. Viṣṇu Śipiviṣṭa, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.56.md): Soma has come. Varuṇa is seated on the āsandī. Agni is in the Āgnīdhra. Indra is in the havirdhāna. Atharvan i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.57.md): The All-Gods have been placed in the soma-stalks. Viṣṇu, satisfied with drinking, is being nourished. Yama is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.58.md): The All-Gods have been brought up in the cups. The Asura is raised for the oblation. Rudra is being invoked. V - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.59.md): The river is raised up for the avabhṛtha bath. The ocean is being brought forward. It is plunged in water. May - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.60.md): May the sacrifice reach the gods and heaven; from there may wealth come to me. May the sacrifice reach men and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.61.md): I join together this severed portion of those thirty-four threads that were stretched out, of those who give t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.62.md): The milking of the sacrifice is spread out in many places; it has been stretched across the sky in eight ways. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 8.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/8.63.md): O Soma, flow hither with gold, with horses, with heroic sons. Bring to us food rich in cattle. Svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.1.md): O god Savitṛ, impel the sacrifice forward; impel the lord of the sacrifice forward for prosperity. May the hea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.2.md): You who sit in the firm seat, sit among men, sit in the mind: you. You are taken with the upayāma vessel; I ta - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.3.md): I take for you the essence of the waters, raised up and set in the sun; the highest essence of the essence of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.4.md): Planets and oblations of strength, wandering in search of thought for the inspired sage; of you, dear to the c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.5.md): You are the thunderbolt of Indra, winner of spoil; by you may this one win the spoil. Now, in the impulse of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.6.md): Within the waters is immortality, in the waters is healing. Among the praises of the waters, let the horses be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.7.md): Wind or mind, the twenty-seven Gandharvas first yoked the horse; in it they placed speed. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.8.md): O horse, be swift as the wind, radiant with splendour like the right-hand horse of Indra when yoked. May the a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.9.md): O horse, the speed placed in you in the cave, which moved around in the falcon and flew in the wind—by that sp - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.10.md): In the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, the bringer of true impulsion, may I ascend to the highest heaven of Bṛhas - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.11.md): O Bṛhaspati, win the prize; speak speech for Bṛhaspati; make Bṛhaspati win the prize. O Indra, win the prize; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.12.md): This was your true harmonious speech, by which Bṛhaspati was made to win the prize. O trees, release the prize - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.13.md): In the impulse of the god Savitṛ, among the prize-winners of Bṛhaspati who is true in his impulse, may I win p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.14.md): This swift horse hastens toward the whip, bound at the neck, at the flank, at the mouth. After Dadhikrā may he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.15.md): And the wind blows behind this running, hastening one like the wing of a bird, eager. Rushing like a falcon it - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.16.md): May these swift horses be peace to us at the calls, at the divine rites, measured in their running, radiant; c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.17.md): They are our swift steeds, hearing the call. May all the vigorous, measured-pace horses hear our invocation. T - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.18.md): In every contest, O vigorous ones, protect us in our wealth. O inspired seers, immortals, knowers of order, dr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.19.md): May the stream of strength come to me; may these heaven and earth of all forms come to me; may father and moth - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.20.md): To Āpi, svāhā. To Svāpi, svāhā. To Apijāya, svāhā. To Kratu, svāhā. To Vasu, svāhā. To the lord of the day, sv - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.21.md): Let life be made fit by the sacrifice. Let breath be made fit by the sacrifice. Let sight be made fit by the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.22.md): May your vigor be for us, may manly strength and resolve be for us; may your splendors be for us. Homage to th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.23.md): This impulse of strength first pressed out King Soma among the herbs and in the waters. May they be sweet for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.24.md): This impulse of strength has resorted to heaven and to all these worlds. May the sovereign ruler, who causes t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.25.md): Now the impulse of strength has come into being, and all these worlds on every side. King Sanemi, knowing, goe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.26.md): For protection we take up Soma, the king, and Agni; also the Ādityas, Viṣṇu, Sūrya, Brahmā and Bṛhaspati. Svāh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.27.md): Impel Aryaman, Bṛhaspati and Indra to giving; speech, Viṣṇu, Sarasvatī, Savitṛ and the strong one too. Svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.28.md): O Agni, speak to us here; be well-minded toward us. Grant us, for you are the thousand-conqueror and indeed th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.29.md): Let Aryaman give to us forth, let Pūṣan give forth, let Bṛhaspati give forth; let the goddess Speech give to u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.30.md): In the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, for the restraint of S - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.31.md): Agni conquered the breath with one syllable; I win it back. The Aśvins conquered two-footed humans with two sy - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.32.md): Pūṣan conquered the five directions with five syllables; I win them back. Savitṛ conquered the six seasons wit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.33.md): Mitra won the triple stoma with the nine-syllable meter; may I win it. Varuṇa won the virāj with the ten-sylla - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.34.md): The Vasus won the thirteenfold stoma with the thirteen-syllable meter; may I win it. The Rudras won the fourte - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.35.md): This is your portion, O Nirṛti; accept it. Svāhā. To the gods who have Agni as their leader and sit in the eas - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.36.md): To the gods who have Agni as their leader and sit in the east, svāhā. To the gods who have Yama as their leade - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.37.md): O Agni, overpower the armies, push away the hostile foes. Crossing over the enemies that are hard to cross, O - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.38.md): By the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. With the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.39.md): May Savitṛ make you the impeller of the pressings; may Agni be lord of the householders, Soma lord of the tree - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 9.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/9.40.md): O gods, impel this one without rival, for great dominion, for great supremacy, for great sovereignty over the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.1.md): The gods took up the sweet, vigorous, regal, shining waters, with which Mitra and Varuṇa were anointed, and wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.2.md): You are the wave of the virile one, giver of the realm; give me the realm, svāhā. You are the wave of the viri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.3.md): You two are unswerving, givers of the kingdom; give me the kingdom. Svāhā. You two are unswerving, givers of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.4.md): You are like the sun's skin, givers of the realm; give the realm to me, svāhā. You are like the sun's skin, gi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.5.md): You are the radiance of Soma; as is your radiance, so may radiance be in me. Svāhā to Agni. Svāhā to Soma. Svā - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.6.md): You two are the strainers belonging to Viṣṇu. At the impulsion of Savitṛ I purify you with the faultless strai - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.7.md): These waters, rejoicing together, splendid, unassailable, active, clothed in garments, — Varuṇa made a common - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.8.md): You are the membrane of sovereignty. You are the afterbirth of sovereignty. You are the womb of sovereignty. Y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.9.md): O manifest mortals! Agni, lord of the house, has protected. Indra of great renown has protected. Mitra and Var - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.10.md): O disabled biting serpents! Mount upward toward the east. May the Gāyatrī metre protect you. May the Rathantar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.11.md): Ascend to the south. May the triṣṭubh protect you. The bṛhat chant, the fifteen-fold praise, the summer season - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.12.md): Ascend to the west. May the jagatī protect you. The vairūpa chant, the seventeen-fold praise, the rainy season - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.13.md): Ascend to the north. May the anuṣṭubh protect you. The vairāja chant, the twenty-one-fold praise, the autumn s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.14.md): Ascend upward. May the paṅkti protect you. The śākvara and raivata chants, the forty-nine and thirty-three pra - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.15.md): You are the radiance of Soma. May my radiance be like yours. Protect me from death. You are vigour (ojas), end - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.16.md): O dawns of golden form, you two shining ones, and rising sun like Indra: ascend. Varuṇa and Mitra, climb the p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.17.md): With the splendour of Soma, the brilliance of Agni, the lustre of the sun, and the vigour of Indra, I anoint y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.18.md): O gods, make this one without rival, for great rulership, great supremacy, great sovereignty over the people, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.19.md): From the back of the mountain, the bull, the streams move forward like boats. They turn downward, flowing upwa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.20.md): O Prajāpati, apart from you no other has made all these forms. Whatever desire we offer to you, let that be ou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.21.md): You are the thunderbolt of Indra. By the command of the two rulers, Mitra and Varuṇa, I yoke you. I yoke you f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.22.md): Indra, swift conqueror, we are yours; may we not find the unyoked chariot without the sacred formula. Thunderb - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.23.md): To Agni, lord of the house, svāhā. To Soma, lord of the forest, svāhā. For the strength of the Maruts, svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.24.md): The swan dwelling in brightness, the bright one dwelling in the atmosphere, the priest dwelling on the altar, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.25.md): Such is the life-span of this one; place life in me. You are united, you are lustre; place lustre in me. Place - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.26.md): You are pleasant, you are a good seat. You are the womb of royal power. Sit on the pleasant seat, sit on the g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.27.md): Varuṇa, keeper of the ghee-vow, has sat down among the dwellings, of good purpose for sovereignty. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.28.md): You are the overpowerer. Let these five directions be fitting for you. You are the sacred formula, you are the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.29.md): Agni, broad lord of the sacred order, delighting, Agni, broad lord of the sacred order, let him enjoy the ghee - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.30.md): Impelled for us by Savitṛ the impeller, by Sarasvatī through speech, by Tvaṣṭṛ through forms, by Pūṣan through - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.31.md): Be cooked for the Aśvins. Be cooked for Sarasvatī. Be cooked for Indra, the good protector. Vāyu has been puri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.32.md): Friend, surely we who possess barley, as tamed animals are released in order, here and here prepare enjoyments - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.33.md): We, drinking surā together among the asura Namuci, O Aśvins, lords of the auspicious, aid Indra in deeds. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 10.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/10.34.md): As parents protect a son, you two Aśvins and Indra protected with wondrous deeds and skill. When you drank the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.1.md): Savitṛ, first yoking the mind, yoked the thought for the sake of truth. Having gathered the light of Agni, he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.2.md): With a yoked mind, we (abide) in the impulse of the god Savitṛ, for attaining heaven, for strength. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.3.md): Savitṛ, having yoked the gods, by thought sent those seeking heaven up to the sky; Savitṛ impels them as they - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.4.md): The inspired seers yoke the mind and also yoke the thoughts, for the great wise seer. The invokers hold them i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.5.md): I yoke for you two the ancient sacred formula with homage. Let praise reach you especially, like the path of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.6.md): Following whose course the other gods went, seeing the greatness and might of the god; he who measured the ear - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.7.md): O god Savitṛ, impel the sacrifice forward; impel the lord of the sacrifice forward for prosperity. May the div - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.8.md): O god Savitṛ, lead forward this our sacrifice, protected by the gods, finding friends, winning in contests, wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.9.md): By the impulsion of god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. With the Gāy - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.10.md): You are the digging-spade, you are the woman. By you may we be able to dig out Agni in the common place, with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.11.md): Savitṛ, placing it in the hand and bearing the golden digging-spade, gather the light of Agni and bring it fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.12.md): O swift one, hasten forward; run toward the most excellent saṃvat. Your supreme birth is in heaven, your navel - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.13.md): In this course, O two bounteous ones, you two yoke the ass to bear Agni, who desires us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.14.md): At every yoking, at every contest, we call upon the mightiest. O friends, call upon Indra for protection. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.15.md): Hastening forward, stepping down unharmed, come here under Rudra's lordship of the hosts. Bringing well-being, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.16.md): Bring the earth-born fire, fit for the altar, like the Aṅgirasas, from the common seat of the earth. We go tow - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.17.md): Agni, foremost of the dawns, has seen; the first Jātavedas, following the days. Following the many rays of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.18.md): Having come along the path, the swift one shakes off all enemies; in the great common seat he desires to set A - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.19.md): O swift one, having stepped upon the earth, seek Agni with brilliance. Tell us for the digging of the earth, f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.20.md): Heaven is your back, the earth your common seat, the atmosphere your self, the ocean your womb. Having looked - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.21.md): Rise up from this seat for great good fortune, O giver of wealth, O strong one. May we abide in the favour of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.22.md): The giver of wealth, the strong one, has come forth hither into the good world of well-doing on the earth. Fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.23.md): With mind and with ghee I kindle you here, O you who abide in every world: broad, spreading crosswise, great i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.24.md): From every side, turned toward you, I kindle you with ghee and a mind free from demons; may it be pleased. O A - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.25.md): Agni, lord of strength and seer, moved around the oblations, bestowing treasures upon the worshipper. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.26.md): O Agni, we meditate on you, the inspired seer of strength, around the fortress: day by day bold of hue, slayer - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.27.md): O Agni, you from the days, you swiftly blazing; you from the waters, you from the stone. You from the forests, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.28.md): By the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I dig you. From the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.29.md): You are the back of the waters, the womb of Agni, like the ocean swelling on all sides. Growing, great, even t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.30.md): You two are shelter and armour; you two are unbroken and broad. Dwell together, spreading wide; bear the fire, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.31.md): Dwelling together, finding the heavenly light, moving in unity, with broad breast and self, bearing Agni withi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.32.md): You are the nourishing one, bearer of all. Atharvan first churned you out, O Agni. O Agni, Atharvan churned yo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.33.md): It was you that the seer Dadhyañc, son of Atharvan, kindled — slayer of Vṛtra, destroyer of fortresses. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.34.md): It was you that the mighty one of the waters kindled — greatest slayer of enemies, winner of wealth, in every - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.35.md): Hotar, sit in your own place; wise, establish the sacrifice in the womb of the well-made. Protector of the god - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.36.md): In the seat of the hotṛ, Agni, knowing, blazing and brilliant, sat down, skilful and good in strength. Vasiṣṭh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.37.md): Sit down, you are great. Agni most beloved of the gods, shine. O Agni, worthy of offering, send out the reddis - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.38.md): O divine waters, send forth sweet waters near, for the people's freedom from disease. From their standing plac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.39.md): For you, may Vāyu Mātariśvan together hold the split heart of the upturned (pan). You who move among the gods - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.40.md): Agni, well-born, sat down in heaven with light, as shelter and protective covering. O Agni, wrap yourself in t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.41.md): Rise up, O good sacrificer, toward us with divine thought. For seeing and with great light, blazing, O Agni, c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.42.md): Stand up high for our protection, like the god Savitṛ. Rise high as the bestower of strength when we call upon - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.43.md): O Agni, you are born of the womb of heaven and earth, lovely, borne in the plants. Like a wondrous child you r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.44.md): Be firm, with sturdy limbs; be swift, strong steed. Be broad, bearer of the fire-altar's earth, you who are we - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.45.md): O Aṅgiras, be gracious to the human creatures. Do not burn heaven and earth, do not burn the atmosphere, do no - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.46.md): Let the swift steed go forth, neighing, the donkey braying; bearing Agni and the fire-altar earth with his fee - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.47.md): Truth and truth. Like the Aṅgirasas, we bring the fertile Agni. O plants, rejoice here in this auspicious Agni - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.48.md): O plants, rich in flowers and well-fruited, receive this. This seasonal embryo of yours has settled in the anc - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.49.md): Blazing with your great power, drive away the hateful demons and afflictions. May I dwell in the great, good s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.50.md): O waters, you indeed are bringers of bliss. Those waters, grant us sustenance, for great delight and for sight - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.51.md): Of your most auspicious essence, share it with us here, as loving mothers do. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.52.md): For that essence for which you impel our dwelling and growth, may we come well to you. O waters, generate us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.53.md): Mitra, having joined together the earth and the ground with light, I join you, well-born Jātavedas, for freedo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.54.md): The Rudras, having joined together the earth, kindled a great light; their unfailing radiance, bright, shines - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.55.md): Let Sinīvālī, having made the clay fit for the rite, mixed with the Vasus, Rudras and wise ones, soften it wit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.56.md): Sinīvālī, with fine braids, fine hair-knots and a fine noose, let her hold the uktha-vessel in her two hands f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.57.md): Let Aditi make the uktha-vessel with her strength, with her arms and with skill. As a mother carries her son i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.58.md): May the Vasus make you firm with the Gāyatrī metre, like the Aṅgirasas; you are the earth. By your support, ma - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.59.md): You are pleasing for Aditi. Let Aditi take hold of your opening. Having made the great clay pot into a womb fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.60.md): Let the Vasus fumigate you with the Gāyatrī meter, like the Aṅgirases. Let the Rudras fumigate you with the Tr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.61.md): Aditi, the goddess who is with all the gods, in the common lap of the earth, in the manner of the Aṅgirases, l - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.62.md): The protection of Mitra, sustained by people, in the gain of the god. Brilliance, most wondrously famed. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.63.md): May the god Savitṛ raise you up, fair of hand, fine of finger, fair of arm, with strength. Standing unshaken o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.64.md): Rise up and become great; stand upright, you are firm. O friend, I place this fire-pan of yours all around, so - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.65.md): May the Vasus gratify you with the Gāyatrī meter, like the Aṅgirases. May the Rudras gratify you with the Triṣ - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.66.md): To resolve, to Agni set in motion, svāhā. To mind, to intelligence, to Agni set in motion, svāhā. To thought, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.67.md): May every mortal choose the friendship of the god who leads. May everyone desire wealth, choose splendour, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.68.md): O mother, do not break, nor be well ruined. O firm mother, make strong with heroism. You two, Agni and you, wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.69.md): O goddess Earth, be firm for well-being. You are made by the Asura's wondrous power and by svadhā. May this ob - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.70.md): The swift-moving one, anointed with ghee, the ancient hotṛ, most excellent and worthy of choice, the son of st - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.71.md): From the far high region, passing toward the choicest places, bring them down from where I am. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.72.md): From the farthest distance, red horse, come here. O Agni, rich in offerings and dear to many, you cross over t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.73.md): O Agni, whatever kinds of fuel we place for you, let all of it be ghee for you; O youngest one, enjoy it. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.74.md): Whatever the tongue-like flame eats, whatever the worm creeps over, let all of it be ghee for you; O youngest - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.75.md): Day by day, never turning back, bringing for him as one sets fodder before a horse; rejoicing together in the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.76.md): At the navel of the earth, in the kindled Agni, we invoke for the great increase of wealth him who delights wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.77.md): The armies that attack, harass, and assault, and the fierce troops, and the thieves and robbers — them, O Agni - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.78.md): With your fangs, the destroyers; with your jaws, the thieves and robbers; with both jaw-bones, the thieves — t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.79](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.79.md): The destroyers among the people, the thieves and robbers in the forest, those with evil designs in the thicket - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.80](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.80.md): Whoever is hostile to us, whoever hates us, whoever by reviling or deceiving would harm us — reduce him and al - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.81](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.81.md): My sacred power is sharpened; valour and strength are sharpened; the victorious royal power is sharpened — of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.82](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.82.md): I raise up their arms, and raise up splendour and strength as well; by sacred power I destroy the enemies, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 11.83](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/11.83.md): Lord of food, give us food that is free from disease and full of vigor. Carry the giver forward. Establish str - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.1.md): He shone with golden splendour over the wide earth, gleaming for glory, of unconquerable life. When the heaven - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.2.md): Night and Dawn, of one mind though of different forms, nourish together one child. Between heaven and earth th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.3.md): The seer Savitṛ takes on all forms; he has impelled blessing for the biped and the quadruped. The worthy Savit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.4.md): You are the well-winged, the winged one; the threefold is your head, the Gāyatrī your eye, the Bṛhat and Ratha - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.5.md): You are the stride of Viṣṇu, slayer of rivals. Mount the Gāyatrī metre; stride out upon the earth. You are the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.6.md): Agni roared like the thundering sky, licking the plants of the earth and anointing them. Born at once, kindled - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.7.md): O Agni, turn toward me and turn me back to life, with long life, radiance, offspring, and wealth; with gain, i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.8.md): O Agni, O Aṅgiras! May there be a hundred and a thousand ways of return for you. Then, with the nourishment of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.9.md): Turn back again with strength; O Agni, turn back again with refreshment and life. Again protect us from distre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.10.md): Turn back together with wealth; O Agni, fill us with the stream. With the stream that nourishes all, fill us o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.11.md): I have brought you here; you became firm in the midst. Stand firm and unshaken. May all the people desire you; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.12.md): O Varuṇa, loosen the highest noose from us, the lowest, and the middle one. Then, O Āditya, may we be sinless - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.13.md): Before the dawns, the great Agni rose upright; having gone forth from darkness, he came with light. Agni of fa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.14.md): Swan, seated in purity, bright one, seated in the atmosphere, the priest, seated on the altar, the guest, seat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.15.md): O Agni, sit in the lap of this mother, knowing all forms of wisdom. Do not burn her with heat or flame; within - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.16.md): O Agni, within your own seat, the fire-pot, shine with radiance. O Jātavedas, burning with its heat, become au - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.17.md): O Agni, become auspicious for me and sit down. Being auspicious, making all directions auspicious, be seated h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.18.md): The first Agni was born from heaven; the second from it, Jātavedas. The third in the waters, delighting men, k - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.19.md): O Agni, we know you in three ways; we know your three abodes, borne apart in many places. We know your supreme - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.20.md): In the ocean, within the waters, the man-minded, men-seeing ones kindled you, O Agni, at the udder of heaven. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.21.md): Agni roared like thundering heaven. Licking the vines of the earth and anointing them, born at once and kindle - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.22.md): Bountiful among splendors, support of treasures, bestower of thoughts, guardian of Soma, the bright one, son o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.23.md): The banner of all, Agni, being born in the womb of the world, filled the two worlds of heaven and earth. When - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.24.md): Desiring, purifying, swift, wise, the immortal Agni has been placed among mortals. Bearing ruddy smoke, reachi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.25.md): Golden and visible, he shone over the wide earth; shining for unassailable life and splendour, Agni became imm - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.26.md): O Agni of auspicious flame, O god, youngest one: whoever today makes for you a ghee-rich cake, lead him forwar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.27.md): O Agni, grant him a share in famed gifts; at every recitation of praise, grant him a portion. He becomes dear - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.28.md): O Agni, the sacrificers day after day place all treasures and desirable things under your keeping. Desiring we - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.29.md): Agni Vaiśvānara, gracious to men and guardian of Soma, has been praised by the seers. Without hatred let us in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.30.md): Serve Agni with kindling-sticks; awaken the guest Agni with ghee. Offer oblations into him here. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.31.md): O Agni, may all the gods lift you up with their minds. Be auspicious for us, fair of countenance and rich in r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.32.md): O Agni, go forth luminous with your auspicious flames. Shining with great rays, do not harm the people with yo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.33.md): Let Agni roar like the thundering sky, licking and anointing the plants of the earth. Born at once and kindled - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.34.md): This Agni is renowned forth and forth in the line of Bharata, when he shines out with great light like the sun - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.35.md): O divine waters, receive this ash; make it pleasant and fragrant in the world. Let the women with good husband - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.36.md): O Agni, you dwell together with the waters; you grow after the plants. Being within as an embryo, you are born - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.37.md): You are the womb of the plants, the womb of the trees. O Agni, you are the womb of all beings; you are the wom - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.38.md): O Agni, having settled with ash into the place of waters and earth, joined with the mothers, you sat again, fu - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.39.md): O Agni, having sat again in the seat, in the waters and earth, you rest within her most auspicious, as in a mo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.40.md): O Agni, turn back again with vigor; return again with refreshment and life; protect us again from distress. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.41.md): O Agni, turn back together with wealth; O Agni, nourish with your stream; fill all around with every kind of n - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.42.md): O youngest, possessor of svadhā, heed this word of mine from the most bountiful offering; one harms, another p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.43.md): May you awaken, as a wise and bountiful one; O lord of wealth, O giver of wealth, drive hostilities away from - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.44.md): May the Ādityas, Rudras and Vasus kindle you again together. O guide of wealth, may the priests kindle you aga - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.45.md): Go away, depart and move apart from here, you who are here, the ancient ones and the new ones. Yama gave a res - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.46.md): You are concord. Holding of desire. May your holding of desire be in me. You are the ash of Agni; you are the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.47.md): This is that Agni in whose belly Indra, eagerly longing, placed the pressed soma. Like a thousandfold-strong s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.48.md): Agni, the radiance that is yours in heaven, on earth, in the plants and in the waters, O worthy of worship, by - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.49.md): Agni, you go toward the flood of heaven, you go toward the gods, and you bring the dhiṣṇya seats that shine — - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.50.md): May the nourishing fires, of one accord with the pressing stones, enjoy the sacrifice — the hostile-free, dise - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.51.md): Agni, accomplish for the one who calls the Iḍā of many deeds, the most lasting gain of cows. May there be for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.52.md): This is your proper birthplace of the season, from which, born, you shone. Knowing it, O Agni, rise up, and in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.53.md): You are the foundation; with that deity, like the Aṅgirases, sit firm. You are the surrounding foundation; wit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.54.md): Fill the place, fill the gap; then sit firm. Indra and Agni, and Bṛhaspati, have seated you in this womb. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.55.md): Its milk-giving spotted cows mix the soma; at the birth of the gods, in the three lights of heaven, their clan - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.56.md): All hymns have exalted Indra, wide as the ocean; the best charioteer among charioteers, the true lord of stren - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.57.md): Together, may you two be made fit, united; dear to each other, shining, glad of mind, clothed in food and stre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.58.md): I gather together the minds, vows and thoughts of you two. O Agni of fullness, be our overseer; place food and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.59.md): O Agni, you are the bearer of the earth-born, rich in wealth and full of nourishment. Having made all directio - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.60.md): May you two be of one mind, of one understanding, and blameless toward us. O Jātavedas, do not harm the sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.61.md): As a mother bears her son, the earth bore Agni, the earth-born, in her own womb. May Prajāpati Viśvakarman, in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.62.md): Seek out the one who does not press soma and does not sacrifice; follow the path of the thief and go the way o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.63.md): Good homage to you, O Nirṛti, sharp of flame. Loosen this iron bond; in accord with Yama and Yamī, raise him u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.64.md): Whose terrible forms once were, I offer oblations for the release of these bonds. Nirṛti, whom people rejoice - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.65.md): The noose that the goddess Nirṛti bound upon your necks, which cannot be loosened, I loosen from you — not fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.66.md): Giver of rest and gatherer of the Vasus, he beholds all forms by his powers. Like the god Savitṛ, true in law, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.67.md): Wise poets yoke the ploughs and stretch out the yokes separately; the steadfast do this among the gods, for th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.68.md): Yoke the ploughs, stretch the yokes apart; sow the seed here in the prepared field. With song and swift respon - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.69.md): May the auspicious ploughshares plough the earth well; may the ploughmen go forth auspiciously with their drau - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.70.md): May Sītā be anointed well with ghee and honey, approved by all the gods and the Maruts. O Sītā, full of nouris - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.71.md): The pointed, very auspicious, soma-loving plough sows that which gives cow and sheep — gleaming and plump, car - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.72.md): O cow of desires, yield the desired milk: for Mitra and Varuṇa, for Indra, the Aśvins and Pūṣan, for the peopl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.73.md): Be released, O inviolable ones who travel the path of the gods. We have come beyond the darkness; may we attai - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.74.md): May the year be joined with the ayavas; may the dawn be joined with the aruṇīs; may the two Aśvins, pleased, b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.75.md): The herbs that were born first for the gods, long ago in three ages — indeed I know the hundred and seven abod - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.76.md): O mother, you have a hundred abodes and a thousand shoots. Therefore, you of hundred powers, make this a heali - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.77.md): Rejoice, O herbs, flowering and bearing fruit; O creepers, victorious together like horses, become bringers ac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.78.md): Thus, O herbs, O mothers, I speak this to you, divine ones: may I win a horse, a cow, a garment, and the self - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.79](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.79.md): Your seat is in the aśvattha tree; your dwelling is made in the leaf. Indeed you are sharers in cattle, since - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.80](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.80.md): Where the herbs have gathered, like kings in assembly, he is called the inspired physician, the slayer of demo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.81](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.81.md): Herbs rich in horses, rich in soma, nourishing and full of vigour, may you all protect him for a welfare free - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.82](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.82.md): The vigours of the herbs rise up like cows leaving the cowpen; through the herbs that bring wealth, O man, may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.83](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.83.md): Your mother is named Iṣkṛti, and you yourselves are restorers; you are Sīrā, winged ones; whatever sickness af - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.84](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.84.md): All that stood around passed over like a thief entering a cowpen; the herbs drove out whatever defect or sin w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.85](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.85.md): When I take these herbs in my hand, giving them strength, the life of consumption perishes, as the seizer of l - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.86](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.86.md): Those herbs that spread limb by limb and joint by joint, by them drive away the wasting disease, like the fier - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.87](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.87.md): Together with the hawk and the kikidīvi bird, fly away, wasting disease; together with the rush of the wind, t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.88](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.88.md): One of you protect another, let each come to the aid of the other. All of you, in agreement, protect this word - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.89](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.89.md): Those that bear fruit, those that are fruitless and flowerless, and those that flower, sent forth by Bṛhaspati - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.90](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.90.md): Release me from the curse, and from the bond of Varuṇa; from the fetter of Yama's feet, and from every offence - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.91](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.91.md): The herbs falling down from heaven speak all around: the man whose life we attain shall not perish. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.92](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.92.md): You herbs that have Soma as your king, many and hundred-eyed, among them you are the best support; for desire - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.93](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.93.md): You herbs that have Soma as your king, spread over the earth, impelled by Bṛhaspati, give vigour to this. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.94](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.94.md): All creepers that hear this, and those that have gone far away, gathering together, give vigour to this. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.95](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.95.md): Let the digger not harm you, I who dig you for whom; may all our two-footed and four-footed beings be free fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.96](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.96.md): The herbs together with King Soma spoke: for whomever the priest prepares, O king, we will carry him across. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.97](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.97.md): You are the destroyer of phlegm and piles, you are the remedy for swelling; and also you destroy the hundred c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.98](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.98.md): The Gandharvas dug you up, Indra dug you up, Bṛhaspati dug you up. O herb, King Soma, knowing you, was freed f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.99](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.99.md): Overpower my enemies, overpower those who wish to fight, overpower all evil. You are the overpowering one, O h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.100](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.100.md): O herb, may your life be long, for the one for whom I dig you. Then, becoming long-lived, grow forth with a hu - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.101](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.101.md): You are the highest, O herb; your trees are supports. May that support be ours, against whoever attacks us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.102](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.102.md): May the begetter of the earth not harm me. Who, whose law is truth, pervaded the sky, and who first generated - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.103](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.103.md): Turn toward us, O earth, together with sacrifice and milk; Agni, when sent forth, raised up your fat (vapā). - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.104](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.104.md): O Agni, whatever of yours is bright, shining, pure, and fit for sacrifice, that we bring to the gods. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.105](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.105.md): I take nourishment and strength from here, the womb of truth, the stream of the buffalo. May it enter me among - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.106](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.106.md): O Agni, your fame and vigor are great; your flames shine brightly. O Bṛhadbhānu, with power you bestow praisew - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.107](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.107.md): Having the splendor of the purifier, bright splendor, and full splendor, you rise up with your light. As the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.108](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.108.md): Grandson of strength, O Jātavedas, rejoice with good praises and prayers, you who are placed here. In you the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.109](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.109.md): O Agni, desiring, spread wealth for us among creatures, O immortal one. From that beautiful form you shine for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.110](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.110.md): O Agni, you are the performer of the sacrifice, the wise one, dwelling in great wealth. You hold the excellent - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.111](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.111.md): Agni, possessing truth, mighty, visible to all, was set before them by the people for good fortune. O quick-ea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.112](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.112.md): O Soma, swell up fully; may potent vigour come to you from all sides. Become the strength of victory in the co - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.113](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.113.md): May your milky juices come together, and strengths and virile powers come together, and the powers that overco - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.114](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.114.md): O most exhilarating Soma, swell fully with all your rays. Become our most renowned friend, for our growth. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.115](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.115.md): May the calf turn its mind to you, even from far away, even from its common seat. O Agni, with desire-filled s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.116](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.116.md): Most vigorous of the Aṅgirases, all the well-dwelling peoples are yours, each in its own place; O Agni, they h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 12.117](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/12.117.md): Agni, the desire among the dear abodes, of what has been and what is to be — alone as universal sovereign, he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.1.md): For the nourishment of wealth, for good offspring, for good vigour, I take up Agni first into myself. May the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.2.md): You are the back of the waters, the source of Agni, the ocean flowing on all sides. Growing and great, spread - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.3.md): Brahman, first born in the east, shone apart from the boundaries; the radiant Vena revealed it. Arising from t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.4.md): In the beginning the golden womb arose; born, he was the one lord of all beings. He upheld the earth and this - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.5.md): The drop fell upon the earth and upon this sky, moving together toward the same place as before. That drop I o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.6.md): Homage to the serpents who are upon the earth. Homage to those serpents who are in the atmosphere and in the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.7.md): Homage to those serpents that are the arrows of the demons, that move among the trees, or that lie in the holl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.8.md): Those serpents who are in that shining region of heaven, who are in the rays of the sun, and whose seat is mad - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.9.md): Spread out your strength like a net over the wide earth. Go forth powerful, like a king with his elephant reti - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.10.md): Your whirling flames fall swiftly. O Agni, blazing boldly, touch them. O Agni, unbound, release the scorching - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.11.md): O Agni, send back the watchers of the enemy; become swiftest, the unfailing protector of this folk. May the on - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.12.md): O Agni, rise up, press forward and stretch out your power; burn up the enemies with your sharp flames. O kindl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.13.md): O Agni, stand high; pierce the enemies, keeping away from us; O Agni, reveal the divine powers. Bend down the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.14.md): This Agni is the head of heaven, the summit and lord of earth; he impels the seeds of the waters. With the mig - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.15.md): You are the leader of the world, the sacrifice and the midspace, where you join with the swift auspicious stee - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.16.md): You are firm and supporting, spread out by Viśvakarman. May the ocean not strike you upward, nor the eagle; un - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.17.md): May Prajāpati set you on the back of the waters of the ocean. Spread out, wide-extending and broad; you are th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.18.md): You are Bhū, the ground, Aditi, all-sustaining, the supporter of every world. Hold the earth, make the earth f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.19.md): For all, for the in-breath, the out-breath, the diffused breath, the upward breath, for standing firm, for mov - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.20.md): O durvā grass, sprouting from joint to joint and spreading around each knot, thus for us extend yourself with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.21.md): You who extend with a hundred and grow with a thousand, O goddess brick, to you we shall worship with oblation - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.22.md): O Agni, those lights of yours in the sun that spread the sky with rays, with all those lights make us brillian - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.23.md): O gods, those lights of yours in the sun, in cows, and in horses, O Indra and Agni, O Bṛhaspati, with all thos - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.24.md): Virāj held light; Svarāj held light. May Prajāpati seat you, full of light, on the back of the earth. For the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.25.md): Madhu and Mādhava, these are the spring seasons. You are the inner joint of Agni. Let heaven and earth be made - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.26.md): You are unconquerable, overpowering. Overpower the enemies; overpower those who seek battle. You are of a thou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.27.md): The winds, for the cosmic order, blow sweetness; the rivers flow sweetness forth. May the plants be sweet for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.28.md): May night and the dawns be sweet; may the earthly realm be full of sweetness. May heaven be a sweet father to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.29.md): May the lord of the forest be sweet for us; may the sun be sweet. May our cows be sweet. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.30.md): Sit down in the depth of the waters; may the sun not scorch you, nor Vaiśvānara Agni. May the creatures with u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.31.md): May he who has gone through three oceans and the heavens, lord of the waters, bull among the bricks, clothed i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.32.md): May the great sky and the earth sprinkle this our sacrifice; may they fill us with the means of sustenance. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.33.md): Behold the deeds of Viṣṇu, from which he has beheld the vows; he is Indra's fit companion and friend. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.34.md): You are firm and sustaining; first from these wombs Jātavedas was born. May he, knowing, carry the oblation to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.35.md): Rejoice for nourishment, for wealth, for strength, for splendour, for vigour, for offspring. You are the sover - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.36.md): O Agni, indeed yoke your skilled horses. They carry well for the desire of the spirit. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.37.md): Indeed, yoke the horses most invoked by the gods, O Agni, like a charioteer. May the ancient hotṛ sit down upo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.38.md): Like rivers and streams they flow well, purified within by heart and mind. I behold the streams of ghee, the g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.39.md): For the ṛc I take you, for radiance I take you, for brilliance I take you, for light I take you. This has beco - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.40.md): Agni is full of light through light, golden and full of splendour through splendour. You are the giver of a th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.41.md): O Agni, moisten the embryo that is the sun with milk, and encircle the image of Viśvarūpa, of a thousand forms - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.42.md): O Agni, swift as the wind, navel of Varuṇa, the horse born in the midst of the waters, child of the rivers, ta - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.43.md): Unceasing, bright, ruddy, swift Agni — with homage I praise him, the first-conscious one. Forming season by se - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.44.md): Navel of Tvaṣṭṛ and Varuṇa, the protecting ewe born from beyond the realm, the great illusion of the Asura of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.45.md): The Agni who was born from Agni, from the flame of earth or of heaven, by whom Viśvakarman brought forth creat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.46.md): The wondrous radiance of the gods has risen, the eye of Mitra, Varuṇa and Agni. O Agni, you have filled heaven - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.47.md): Do not harm this two-footed animal for me, O thousand-eyed Agni, being piled up for the sacrifice. O Agni, acc - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.48.md): Do not harm this one-hoofed animal for me, the neighing swift one among swift steeds. I assign the bright wild - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.49.md): This thousandfold, hundred-streamed spring spreading in the middle of the lake, milking ghee, Aditi, for the p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.50.md): This wool-bearer, navel of Varuṇa, skin of animals, of the two-footed and the four-footed, first birthplace of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.51.md): Aja was indeed born from the heat of Agni. He beheld the progenitor in the beginning. By him the gods attained - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.52.md): O youngest one, protect the men who offer gifts; hear our songs. Guard the offspring, by your own self. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.53.md): I set you in the going of the waters. I set you in the upward course of the waters. I set you in the ash-like - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.54.md): This is the east, belonging to the atmosphere (bhuvaḥ). Its breath is Bhauvanāya. Spring is the breath-leader. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.55.md): This is the south, Viśvakarmā. Its mind is Vaiśvakarmaṇa. Summer is the mental one. The Triṣṭubh is of summer. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.56.md): This one, behind, all-pervading. Its eye belongs to the all-pervading one. The rains and the eye-related. The - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.57.md): This, from the north, heaven. Its ear belongs to Savitṛ. Autumn and what belongs to hearing. The anuṣṭubh metr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 13.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/13.58.md): This is the upper measure. For her the measure is speech. Winter is to be spoken of. The paṅkti belongs to win - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.1.md): You are of firm ground and firm base; sit well in a firm seat, accepting with pleasure the first banner of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.2.md): Nest-bearing, ghee-rich, bearer of abundance, sit in the pleasant seat of the earth. May the Rudras and Vasus - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.3.md): With your own strengths, lord of skill, sit here, for the great grace and delight of the gods. Become like a f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.4.md): You are the fullness of the earth, named apsas; may all the gods praise you. With the hymn as your back, rich - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.5.md): I set you on the back of Aditi. You are the supporter of the atmosphere, the prop of the directions, the sover - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.6.md): May the two summer seasons, Śukra and Śuci, be the inner joining of Agni. May heaven and earth be fitted, may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.7.md): With the seasons, with the arrangements, with the gods, with the bonds of vigor — for Agni Vaiśvānara, may the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.8.md): Protect my prāṇa. Protect my apāna. Protect my vyāna. Make my eyes shine widely. Make my hearing renowned. Fil - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.9.md): The head is vigor; Prajāpati is the meter. Power is vigor; Mayanda is the meter. Support is vigor; Adhipati is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.10.md): The ox is the bird-form and vigour; the metre is Paṅkti. The cow is the bird-form and vigour; the metre is Jag - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.11.md): Indra and Agni, you two make the unshaken brick firm. With the back you two keep heaven and earth and the atmo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.12.md): May Viśvakarman set you on the back of the atmosphere. Hold the wide, spreading atmosphere, make the atmospher - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.13.md): You are the queen, the eastern quarter. You are the resplendent one, the southern quarter. You are the soverei - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.14.md): May Viśvakarman set you on the back of the atmosphere, full of light. Grant all light for the in-breath, the o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.15.md): May Nabhas and Nabhasya, the two rainy seasons, be the binding of Agni. May heaven and earth be made fit, may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.16.md): Iṣa and ūrja, the autumnal seasons; you are the joining-point of Agni. May heaven and earth be fitted; may the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.17.md): Protect my life. Protect my breath. Protect my exhalation. Protect my diffused breath. Protect my eye. Protect - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.18.md): Mā is the meter. Pramā is the meter. Pratimā is the meter. Asrīvaya is the meter. Paṅkti is the meter. Uṣṇik i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.19.md): Earth is the meter. Atmosphere is the meter. Sky is the meter. The years are the meter. The stars are the mete - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.20.md): Agni is the deity. Vāyu is the deity. Sūrya is the deity. Candramas is the deity. The Vasus are the deity. The - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.21.md): You are the head, you are the sovereign; you are firm, you are the supporter; you are the bearer, you are the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.22.md): You are the controller, you are the sovereign; you are the restrainer, you are the one who restrains; you are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.23.md): Swift is the threefold one; shining is the fifteenth; sky-like is the seventeenth; supporting is the twenty-fi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.24.md): You are the share of Agni, the lordship of consecration; joined to sacred knowledge (brahman); the threefold h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.25.md): You are the share of the Vasus, the lordship of the Rudras; joined to the four-footed; the twenty-fourfold hym - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.26.md): You are the share of the barley-grains; the lordship of the non-barley; the creatures are bound together; fort - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.27.md): Saha and Sahasya, these two winter seasons, you are the inner joint of Agni; let heaven and earth be made fit, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.28.md): With one they praised; creatures came into being; Prajāpati was the overlord. With three they praised; the sac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.29.md): With nine they praised; the fathers were created; Aditi was the consort of the lord. With eleven they praised; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.30.md): With eighteen they praised; the śūdra and the ārya were created; day and night were the ruling consorts. With - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 14.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/14.31.md): With twenty-nine they praised; plants and trees were created; Soma was the lord. With thirty-one they praised; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.1.md): O Agni, drive away our born enemies; O Jātavedas, push back the unborn enemies as well. Speak to us with a kin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.2.md): By your might, drive away our born enemies; O Jātavedas, push back the unborn enemies. Speak to us with a kind - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.3.md): The sixteenfold chant is the wealth of vigour; the forty-four-fold chant is the wealth of splendour. This fire - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.4.md): Thus are the metres: Varivas metre. Śambhū metre. Paribhū metre. Āchchhat metre. Manas metre. Vyachas metre. S - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.5.md): The meter Āccha. The meter Pracchac. The meter Saṃyac. The meter Viyac. The meter Bṛhac. The meter Rathantara. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.6.md): For truth, invigorate truth with the ray. For law, invigorate law with the going-forth. With the following, in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.7.md): With the thread, invigorate the nourishment of wealth with the nourishment of wealth. With the creeping togeth - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.8.md): You are the foothold; for the foothold, you. You are the following step; for the following step, you. You are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.9.md): You are the threefold (brick); for the threefold I take you. You are the progressive; for progression I take y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.10.md): You are the queen, the eastern direction; the Vasus are your overlords; Agni is the upholder of the weapons; m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.11.md): You are the sovereign southern quarter. The Rudras are your gods and lords, and Indra the bearer of the weapon - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.12.md): You are the sovereign; you are the western quarter. The Ādityas are your gods and lords, and Varuṇa is the uph - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.13.md): You are self-ruling; you are the northern quarter. The Maruts are your overlords, Soma the upholder of the thu - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.14.md): You are the mistress of the realm, the Bṛhatī quarter. All the gods are your lords; Bṛhaspati is the bearer of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.15.md): Here, in front, is Hari-keśa, the one with sun-rays; his Ratha-gṛtsa and Ratha-ojas, the army-leader and the v - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.16.md): Here is Viśvakarmā of the south; his Ratha-svana and Ratha-citra, the army-leader and the village-leader; the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.17.md): This one, from the west, is Viśvavyacā; his charioteers Ratha-prota and Asamaratha are the army-leaders and vi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.18.md): This one, from the north, is Saṃyadvasu; his charioteers Tārkṣya and Ariṣṭanemi are the army-leaders and villa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.19.md): This one above is Arvāk-vasu; his Senajit and Suṣeṇa are the army-leader and village-leader. Urvaśī and Pūrvac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.20.md): This Agni is the head and summit of heaven, the lord of the earth; he quickens the seeds of the waters. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.21.md): This Agni is lord of a thousandfold and a hundredfold spoil, the head of riches, the wise seer. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.22.md): You, O Agni, Atharvan churned forth from the lotus above, from the head of all, from the priest. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.23.md): You are the leader of the world, of the sacrifice and of the atmosphere; there you join with the auspicious st - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.24.md): Agni has been kindled with the kindling-stick among the peoples, toward Dawn approaching like a cow. Like migh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.25.md): We have spoken words to the wise, sacred, laudable, showering bull. With homage, Gaviṣṭhira offered praise int - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.26.md): Here this first one, the hotṛ, most worshipful and praiseworthy in sacrifices, was established by the establis - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.27.md): Agni, protector of the people, ever-watchful and skilled, was born for the well-being of the new. With ghee-li - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.28.md): O Agni, the Aṅgirases found you, hidden in the cave, in every forest. Churned, you are born with great might; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.29.md): O friends, may fitting food and praise be offered to Agni, the mightiest of the peoples, grandson of strength, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.30.md): O mighty Agni, you are well joined with all the lords; you are well kindled in the place of Iḍā. Bring us trea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.31.md): Most wondrously famed one, the peoples call you among the settlements. O flame-haired Agni, dear to many, they - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.32.md): With these words, for you, with homage, I call upon Agni, grandson of strength, dear, most wise, swift, the go - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.33.md): Messenger of all, immortal; messenger of all, immortal. He yokes the ruddy, all-consuming ones; well-offered, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.34.md): He runs onward, well offered; he runs onward, well offered. The sacrifice has good brahman and good śamī; the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.35.md): O Agni, lord of food rich in cattle, son of might; grant us, O all-knowing one, great renown. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.36.md): He, kindled, bright and wise Agni, worthy of praise with song; becoming rich for us, O many-faced one, shine f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.37.md): O king Agni, by night and by your own self, and by day and dawn as well; O sharp-jawed one, burn the demons aw - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.38.md): Agni, offered, is auspicious for us; auspicious is the gift, O fortunate one; auspicious is the sacrifice, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.39.md): Auspicious are the praises; make the mind auspicious in the battle with Vṛtra, by which you conquer in contest - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.40.md): By which you prevail in battles, firmly bring down the great might of the enemies. May we win through your fav - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.41.md): I hold Agni to be the giver of wealth, to whose home the cows go. The swift horses, the strong constant steeds - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.42.md): I praise that Agni, the giver of wealth, to whom the cows gather. The swift horses and the well-born patrons g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.43.md): O very bright one, you hold both ghee-ladles in your mouth. Also fill us up with strength in the recitations, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.44.md): O Agni, today may we accomplish you with praises as with a horse, and as a good purpose that touches the heart - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.45.md): O Agni, indeed you have become the charioteer of the auspicious purpose, of skill, of excellence, and of the g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.46.md): With these praises, come hither for us; be the light of heaven. O Agni, well-minded, with all your flames. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.47.md): I honour Agni the hotar, the giver, bountiful, son of strength, Jātavedas, like the inspired Jātavedas. Who, u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.48.md): O Agni, be nearest to us, our protector and auspicious shelter. Vasu Agni, famed for riches, reach toward us a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.49.md): By that austerity by which the seers reached the session, kindling Agni and bringing heaven, in that heaven I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.50.md): O gods, may we follow him with our wives, with sons, with brothers, or with gold, grasping heaven in the world - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.51.md): This Agni, swift, lord of the good and watchful, has ascended to the middle of speech; set upon the back of th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.52.md): This Agni is most heroic, giver of vigor, of a thousandfold form; may he shine without ceasing, gleaming in th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.53.md): Move together, come near and go forth together; O Agni, make the paths of the gods. Making again the young par - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.54.md): Agni, awake, rise, stay vigilant. Join the sacrificial and pious works together, and this one too. On this hig - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.55.md): By that power by which you carry a thousand, and by which you, Agni, possess all wealth, lead this our sacrifi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.56.md): This is your seasonal womb, from which you were born and shone forth. Knowing it, O Agni, ascend, and increase - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.57.md): Let tapas and tapasya, the cool seasons, be the joint within Agni. Let heaven and earth be fitting, let the wa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.58.md): May Parameṣṭhī set you on the back of heaven, luminous, for the breath of all, the out-breath, the diffused br - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.59.md): Fill the space, fill the gap, and then sit firm. Indra and Agni, and Bṛhaspati, have seated you in this seat. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.60.md): Those speckled cows, milkers of its sweet liquid, cook the soma; at the birth of the gods, in the three lumino - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.61.md): All songs have magnified Indra, ocean-wide in extent; the finest charioteer among charioteers, the true lord o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.62.md): Like a horse snorting and darting toward the grass, when he rose up forth from the great enclosure; the wind b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.63.md): I set you down in the seat, in the shade, from the well, in the heart of the ocean. You who are full of rays a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.64.md): May Parameṣṭhin set you on the back of heaven, you who spread wide and extend. Hold heaven, strengthen heaven, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 15.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/15.65.md): You are the measure of the thousand. You are the counterpart of the thousand. You are the upper measure of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.1.md): Homage to your wrath, O Rudra, and homage also to your arrow. Homage to your two arms. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.2.md): O Rudra, by that auspicious form of yours, which is not terrible and shows no evil, most gracious, look upon u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.3.md): O Giriśanta, the arrow you hold in your hand to throw, O Giritra, make it auspicious; do not harm man or the l - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.4.md): O Giriśa, with auspicious speech we speak to you, so that all our world may be free from disease and well-mind - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.5.md): The first divine physician, the chief instructor, spoke (thus): crush all the serpents, and drive all the demo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.6.md): That one who is copper-red, ruddy and brown, most auspicious; and the Rudras who stand around him in the direc - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.7.md): He who descends blue-necked and deep red; the cowherds saw him, saw him; he is to be lifted up. Having been se - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.8.md): Homage to the blue-necked one, the thousand-eyed, the bountiful; and to those who are his companions, I make h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.9.md): O Rudra, release the bowstring from your bow and from both your arms. And the arrows that are in your hand, O - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.10.md): May the bow of the matted-haired one be unstrung, and may his arrows be free of barbs and be armed with shafts - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.11.md): O most bountiful one, with that weapon which is in your hand and in your bow, you, free from disease, protect - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.12.md): May the missile of your bow exclude us on all sides. And your quiver, which is here, place it far away, down r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.13.md): O thousand-eyed one, O hundred-quivered one, having unstrung your bow and worn down the points of the arrows, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.14.md): Homage to you, to the unstrung weapon, to you the bold one. And homage to your two arms, and to your bow. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.15.md): O Rudra, do not harm our great ones, do not harm our small ones, do not harm our grown ones, do not harm our s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.16.md): Do not harm our offspring and descendants, do not harm our life-span, do not harm our cattle, do not harm our - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.17.md): Homage to the golden-armed army-leader, and to the lord of the directions; homage, homage to the trees, to the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.18.md): Homage to the tawny-hued hunter, to the lord of foods; homage to the weapon of Bhava, to the lord of the movin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.19.md): Homage to Rohita, the builder, lord of trees. Homage, homage, to Bhuvanti, Vārivaskṛta, lord of herbs. Homage, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.20.md): Homage to the one who runs at full stretch, lord of beings. Homage, homage, to Sahamāna, Nivyādhin, lord of th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.21.md): Homage to the deceiver, to the one who deceives all round, lord of thieves. Homage, homage, to the quiver-bear - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.22.md): Homage to him who wears a turban and roams the mountains; homage to the lord of the Kulunchas. Homage to those - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.23.md): Homage to those who release and pierce, and to you. Homage to those who sleep and to those who wake, and to yo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.24.md): Homage to the assemblies and to the lords of assemblies, and to you. Homage to the horses and to the lords of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.25.md): Homage to the troops and homage to the lords of the troops; homage to you. Homage, homage; homage to the bands - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.26.md): Homage to the armies and homage to the army leaders; homage to you. Homage, homage; homage to the charioteers - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.27.md): Homage to the carpenters and homage to the chariot-makers; homage to you. Homage, homage; homage to the potter - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.28.md): Homage to the dogs and homage to the lords of dogs; homage to you. Homage, homage; homage to Bhava and homage - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.29.md): Homage to the matted-haired and homage to the shorn-headed. Homage to the thousand-eyed and to the hundred-bow - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.30.md): Homage to the short one and homage to the dwarf. Homage to the great one and to the most excellent. Homage to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.31.md): Homage to the swift one and to the agile one. Homage to the one of swift motion and to the one of quick motion - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.32.md): Homage to the eldest and to the youngest. Homage to the firstborn and to the later-born. Homage to the middle - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.33.md): Homage to the one of the sheltering place and to the one of the opposing course. Homage to the one of the sout - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.34.md): Homage to the one of the forest and the one of the thicket; homage to fame and to echoing fame; homage to the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.35.md): Homage to the one with a helmet and the one with armour; homage to the one in mail and the one of protection; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.36.md): Homage to the bold one and the one who strikes down; homage to the one with a quiver and the one with a quiver - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.37.md): Homage to the one of the streams and the one of the paths; homage to the one of the gullies and the one of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.38.md): Homage to the one of the wells and the one of the pits; homage to the one of the marshes and the one of the he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.39.md): Homage to him of the winds, and homage to him of the dust-storm. Homage to him of the dwelling, and to the lor - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.40.md): Homage to him of the gentle sound, and homage to the lord of cattle. Homage to the fierce one, and to the terr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.41.md): Homage to the source of well-being, and homage to the giver of happiness. Homage to the bestower of welfare, a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.42.md): Homage to him of the far shore, and homage to him of the near shore. Homage to the one who helps across, and t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.43.md): Homage to him of the sand, and to him of the flowing stream. Homage to him of the gravel, and to him of the dw - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.44.md): Homage to him who is in the pen and in the cow-stall; homage to him who is in the bed and in the house; homage - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.45.md): Homage to him who is in the dry and in the green; homage to him who is in the dust and in the dust-cloud; homa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.46.md): Homage to him who is in the leaf and who sits in the leaves; homage to him who raises the bow and to him who s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.47.md): O lord of food and drink, wearer of the cloak, O poor one, O dark-red one! Do not fear these creatures or thes - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.48.md): We bring these prayers forth to Rudra, the mighty one with matted hair, lord of men. May there be peace for bi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.49.md): O Rudra, your auspicious form, which is always a healing remedy, the auspicious remedy for disease: by that, b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.50.md): May the weapon of Rudra turn away from us, and the evil intent of the fierce and the malicious. O bountiful on - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.51.md): Most bountiful one, most auspicious one, be auspicious and well-disposed toward us. Having set your weapon on - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.52.md): O scatterer, O very red one, O blessed one, homage be to you. May your thousand weapons be cast down upon othe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.53.md): Your weapons on your arms are by the thousands. O blessed one, become their lord and turn their faces away. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.54.md): The countless thousands of Rudras who are upon the earth — at a thousand leagues we lay down their bows. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.55.md): The Bhavas who are in this great ocean and in the atmosphere — at a thousand leagues we lay down their bows. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.56.md): The blue-necked, white-throated Rudras resting in the sky — at a thousand leagues we lay down their bows. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.57.md): The blue-necked, white-throated Śarvas moving below on the earth — at a thousand leagues we lay down their bow - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.58.md): Those in the trees, tawny as grass, blue-necked and reddish — at a thousand leagues we lay down their bows. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.59.md): Who are the lords of beings, with loosened topknots and matted locks — at a thousand leagues we lay down their - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.60.md): Those guardians of the paths, the Ailabṛdas, fighters for life — we lay down their bows a thousand yojanas awa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.61.md): Those who roam the fords, spears in hand, quivers on their backs — we lay down their bows a thousand yojanas a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.62.md): Those who pierce people as they drink from vessels, in their food — we lay down their bows a thousand yojanas - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.63.md): The Rudras who stand in these directions, and in many more — we lay down their bows a thousand yojanas away. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.64.md): Homage to the Rudras in heaven, whose arrows are spread. For them are ten eastern, ten southern, ten western, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.65.md): Homage to the Rudras who are in the atmosphere, whose arrows are the wind. For them are ten eastern, ten south - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 16.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/16.66.md): Homage to the Rudras who are on the earth, whose arrows are food. For them are ten eastern, ten southern, ten - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.1.md): The sap that rests in the stone on the mountain, the milk gathered from the waters, herbs and trees — O Maruts - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.2.md): O Agni, let these my bricks be milch-cows — one, ten, ten, a hundred, a hundred, a thousand, a thousand, ten t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.3.md): You are the seasons, promoters of the cosmic order; you stand in the seasons, promoters of the order. Dripping - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.4.md): With the water of the ocean we encircle you, O Agni. Be the purifier and be auspicious for us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.5.md): O Agni, we wrap you round with the membrane of snow. Purifier, be auspicious for us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.6.md): Descend near the ground, near the reed, down into the rivers. O Agni, you are the essence of the waters. O fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.7.md): This is the resting-place of the waters, the abode of the ocean. Let your weapons burn others, away from us. P - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.8.md): O Agni, purifier, with brilliance and delightful tongue, O god, bring the gods hither and worship them. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.9.md): That you, for us, O purifier, shining Agni, bring the gods hither, near our sacrifice and oblation. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.10.md): He who with purifying, illuminating brilliance lights up the earth, like the ray of dawn with his light; like - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.11.md): Homage to your flame, homage to your radiance. Let your missiles burn others apart from us; purifying Agni, be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.12.md): Vaṭ to the one seated among men. Vaṭ to the one seated in the waters. Vaṭ to the one seated on the sacred gras - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.13.md): Those gods who are worthy of sacrifice among the gods, who sit by their yearly portion among the worthy — may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.14.md): Those gods who attained divinity among the gods, who go before this sacred word, apart from whom no realm is p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.15.md): Giver of breath, giver of exhalation, giver of diffused breath, giver of radiance, giver of wealth — let your - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.16.md): May Agni with sharp flame bring down all the devourers. May Agni win wealth for us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.17.md): He who, offering into all these worlds, as seer, priest and our father, sat down; desiring wealth with longing - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.18.md): What was the support, what the ground of beginning, and how was it? From which the all-maker, producing the ea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.19.md): With eyes on every side, faces on every side, arms and feet on every side, the one god blows with his two arms - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.20.md): What was that forest, what that tree, from which heaven and earth were carved? O wise ones, ask in your mind: - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.21.md): O Viśvakarman, whatever your highest, lowest and middle abodes are, and these, O possessor of svadhā, grant a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.22.md): O Viśvakarman, growing by the oblation, sacrifice yourself to earth and heaven; let the other rivals be confus - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.23.md): Let us invoke today, in the contest of strength, Viśvakarman, lord of speech, swift as thought, for protection - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.24.md): O Viśvakarman, by the oblation and the strengthening you made Indra, the protector, unslayable; before him the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.25.md): The father of sight, wise indeed in mind (Prajāpati), produced ghee in these two bending ones; when the former - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.26.md): Viśvakarman, of wide mind, then Vihāyas, the establisher, the disposer, the supreme, the all-seeing. Their des - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.27.md): He who is our father and begetter, the disposer, who knows the abodes of all worlds, who alone gives the names - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.28.md): Those ancient seers sacrificed with wealth for him, like abundant praisers; they who, abiding in the unformed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.29.md): What is beyond heaven, beyond this earth, beyond gods and demons? Who first held the womb in the waters, where - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.30.md): That first womb the waters held, where all the gods came together; upon the navel of the unborn one thing is f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.31.md): You do not know him who produced all these; something else has arisen between you. Enveloped in mist, murmurin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.32.md): Viśvakarman, the god, was born; then he became the second, the Gandharva. The third is the father who begot th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.33.md): Swift, sharpened, fearsome as a bull, smiter of smiters, the agitator of the peoples, roaring, unblinking, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.34.md): With Indra, the roarer, the unblinking, the victorious, the battle-crier, the unshakable, the bold, conquer th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.35.md): He, with arrows in hand and quivers, the controller, the joiner of battles, he is Indra with his host; conquer - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.36.md): O Bṛhaspati, slayer of demons, ride around with your chariot, driving away the enemies. Breaking and crushing - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.37.md): Knower of strength, steadfast, great hero, mighty and swift, victorious and fierce, overcoming the heroes, bor - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.38.md): Breaker of cattle-pens, finder of cows, thunderbolt-armed, conquering in the field, crushing with might: follo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.39.md): Pressing into the herds by force, the fearless hero, Indra of a hundred angers; unshakeable, conqueror of armi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.40.md): Let Indra be their leader, Bṛhaspati, the sacrificial fee and the sacrifice; let Soma go before. Before the ar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.41.md): The fierce host of Indra, the mighty Varuṇa the king, the Ādityas and the Maruts; the shout of the great-minde - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.42.md): O bounteous one, rouse the weapons; let the minds of my warriors be lifted up. O slayer of Vṛtra, let the stre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.43.md): For us may Indra be on the banners in the gathered battles; may our arrows conquer. May our heroes become supe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.44.md): Confounding their mind, seize their limbs; O (goddess of) darkness, come forth. Come forward, burn their heart - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.45.md): Released, fly far away; O arrow of battle, sharpened by prayer. Go to the enemies, fall upon them; leave none - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.46.md): Go forth, O men, and conquer. May Indra grant you shelter. May your arms be fierce; may you be unassailable. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.47.md): O Maruts, that army of the enemies advancing upon us, contending in strength—conceal it with darkness, so that - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.48.md): Where arrows fly together like youths, may Indra, Bṛhaspati and Aditi grant us shelter; may they grant shelter - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.49.md): I cover your vital parts with armour. May King Soma clothe you with immortality. May Varuṇa make your chest br - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.50.md): O Agni, offered with ghee, lead him up to a higher world. Join him with the nourishment of wealth, and make hi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.51.md): O Indra, lead him further forward. May he be a lord among his kinsmen. Join him with splendour; may he become - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.52.md): O Agni, whose house we make offerings in, increase him. Let the gods speak of him, and this Brahmaṇaspati too. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.53.md): O Agni, may all the gods lift you up with the bricks. May you be very auspicious for us, of fair countenance, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.54.md): May the five divine directions protect the sacrifice; the goddesses, driving away the ill-will and bad thought - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.55.md): When Agni is well kindled, let that great one, having the recited hymns as his vessel, worthy of praise and ta - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.56.md): For the divine bearer, the delighter, the divine glory, of glorious mind, of a hundred streams. Having taken i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.57.md): The oblation has been accepted and completed; the sacrificer has accomplished it. The fourth sacrifice goes to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.58.md): The sun's ray, tawny-haired, in the east; Savitṛ the impeller continually raises up light. In his impulsion th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.59.md): This measurer of the sky stands in the midst of heaven, filling the two worlds and the mid-region. He looks to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.60.md): The bull, the ocean, the ruddy fine-winged bird entered the womb of the former father. The speckled stone plac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.61.md): All songs have exalted Indra, wide as the ocean; the most chariot-rich of chariot-lords, the true lord of stre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.62.md): Let the sacrifice that invokes the gods bring them hither; let the sacrifice that invokes favour bring them hi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.63.md): In the impulse of strength he lifted me up with the upward grasp. Then Indra, for me, made my rivals fall down - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.64.md): The upward grasp and the downward grasp, the sacred formula, the gods strengthened. Then may Indra and Agni sc - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.65.md): Step forward with Agni to heaven, bearing the fire-pot in your hands. Having gone to the heavenly world on the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.66.md): Go forth along the eastern direction, knowing. O Agni, let Agni be in front here. Shining in all quarters, mak - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.67.md): I have ascended from the earth to the atmosphere; from the atmosphere I have ascended to heaven. From the back - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.68.md): Those who go toward heaven do not hesitate; they ascend to the heavenly sky, and both worlds ascend. Knowing w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.69.md): O Agni, go forth, foremost among those who seek the gods, the eye of gods and of mortals. May the sacrificers - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.70.md): Night and dawn, of one mind though of different forms, together nurse one child. Between heaven and earth the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.71.md): O Agni, thousand-eyed, hundred-headed! A hundred are your life-breaths and a thousand your diffusive breaths. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.72.md): You are the well-winged, winged one; sit on the back of the earth. Fill the atmosphere with light, hold up the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.73.md): Invoked and fair of countenance, O Agni, sit well in your seat from the east. On this higher seat let all the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.74.md): I choose that wondrous, all-folk-serving good favour of the adorable Savitṛ, which Kaṇva milked from this full - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.75.md): O Agni, let us worship you in your highest birthplace, and worship you with praises in the lower seat. Let us - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.76.md): O Agni, kindled, shine before us with unfailing flame, O youngest one. Many strengths and rewards constantly c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.77.md): O Agni, today we make you strong with praises, like a horse, like a sacrifice that is auspicious and touches t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.78.md): With mind and ghee I offer into the Citti (altar-fire), as the gods who accept offerings and increase the cosm - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.79](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.79.md): O Agni, you have seven fuel-sticks, seven tongues, seven seers, seven dear abodes. Seven priests worship you i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.80](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.80.md): The forms of Agni named: Bright-Light and Wondrous-Light, True-Light and the Luminous, the Bright One and Guar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.81](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.81.md): The forms of Agni named: Of-This-Kind and Of-Another-Kind, Of-the-Same-Kind and Of-the-Opposite-Kind, Measured - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.82](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.82.md): The forms of Agni named: Order and Truth, the Firm and the Supporter, the Bearer and the Upholder, and the Sus - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.83](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.83.md): Ṛtajit and Satyajit, Senajit and Suṣeṇa, Antimitra and Dūre-amitra, and the host. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.84](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.84.md): You of such a look, you of this look, truly of like appearance to us, of corresponding appearance, come! Mitas - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.85](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.85.md): Svatavān and Praghāsī, Sāṃtapana and Gṛhamedhī, Krīḍī and Śākī, and Ujjeṣī. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.86](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.86.md): Fierce and terrible, darkener and shaker, overpowering, attacker or scatterer, hail! As the divine clans and t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.87](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.87.md): O Agni, drink this nourishing, water-swollen breast in the midst of the ocean. Accept the sweet, swift spring. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.88](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.88.md): Ghee is sprinkled; its source is ghee, it rests in ghee, its abode is ghee. O bull, bring the offering in due - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.89](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.89.md): From the ocean a sweet wave rises up; with the upāṃśu it attains immortality. The secret name of ghee is the t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.90](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.90.md): We proclaim the name of ghee, and in this sacrifice we uphold it with homage. May the brahman priest hear the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.91](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.91.md): It has four horns, three feet, two heads, and seven hands. The bull, bound threefold, roars; the great god has - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.92](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.92.md): Placed threefold, the ghee hidden by the Paṇis, the gods found it in the cow. Indra generated one, the Sun gen - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.93](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.93.md): These flow from the heart, from the ocean, moving in a hundred ways, unseen by the enemy. I behold the streams - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.94](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.94.md): Like rivers, the streams flow well, purified within the heart and mind. These waves of ghee flow onward, like - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.95](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.95.md): Like a river on a far road, the swift-nosed ones, driven by wind, fly with great speed. The stream of ghee, li - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.96](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.96.md): As women go together, gracious and smiling, they flow toward Agni. The streams of ghee reach the kindling-stic - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.97](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.97.md): Like a maiden going forth in a bridal procession, anointed, I look upon it. Where Soma is pressed, where the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.98](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.98.md): Rush forth toward the good praise, toward the contest for cattle. Grant us auspicious riches. O gods, lead thi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 17.99](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/17.99.md): In your abode all worlds rest, within the ocean, in the heart, within life. In the presence of the waters, in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.1.md): For me, strength and impulse; for me, effort and skill; for me, insight and resolve; for me, tone and praise; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.2.md): For me, prāṇa and apāna; for me, vyāna and asu; for me, mind and what has been learned; for me, speech and tho - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.3.md): For me, vigour and endurance; for me, self and body; for me, shelter and armour; for me, limbs and bones; for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.4.md): May supremacy and lordship be mine; may zeal and splendor be mine; may strength and vigor be mine; may greatne - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.5.md): May truth and faith be mine; may the moving world and wealth be mine; may the all and greatness be mine; may p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.6.md): May cosmic order and immortality be mine; may freedom from disease and from sickness be mine; may the life-giv - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.7.md): For me, the controller and the bearer; for me, security and steadfastness; for me, all and greatness; for me, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.8.md): For me, well-being and joy; for me, the dear and the fulfilment of desire; for me, desire and good mind; for m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.9.md): For me, nourishment and pleasant speech; for me, milk and sap; for me, clarified butter and honey; for me, sha - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.10.md): Wealth and riches for me; nourishment and growth for me; abundance and power for me; fullness and greater full - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.11.md): Property and knowledge for me; what is to be known, what has been and what will be, for me; an easy path and a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.12.md): Rice and barley for me; black gram and sesame for me; green gram and chickpeas for me; foxtail millet and smal - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.13.md): For me, stone and earth; for me, mountains and hills; for me, sands and trees; for me, gold and iron; for me, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.14.md): For me, fire and water; for me, creepers and herbs; for me, crops ripened by ploughing and crops ripened witho - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.15.md): For me, wealth and dwelling; for me, action and power; for me, aim and course; for me, approach and such progr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.16.md): Let Agni be mine, Indra be mine, Soma be mine, Indra be mine, Savitṛ be mine, Indra be mine, Sarasvatī be mine - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.17.md): Let Mitra be mine, Indra be mine, Varuṇa be mine, Indra be mine, Dhātṛ be mine, Indra be mine, Tvaṣṭṛ be mine, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.18.md): Let the earth be mine, Indra be mine, the atmosphere be mine, Indra be mine, heaven be mine, Indra be mine, th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.19.md): My aṃśu and raśmi, my adābhya and adhipati, my upāṃśu and antaryāma, my aindravāyava and maitrāvaruṇa, my āśvi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.20.md): My āgrayaṇa and vaiśvadeva, my dhruva and vaiśvānara, my aindrāgna and mahāvaiśvadeva, my marutvatīya and niṣk - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.21.md): My sruc and camasa, my vāyavya vessels and droṇakalaśa, my grāvāṇa and adhiṣavaṇa boards, my pūtabhṛt and āhav - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.22.md): For me may Agni and Gharma, Arka and Sūrya, Prāṇa and the Aśvamedha, earth and Aditi, Diti and Dyauḥ, the fing - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.23.md): For me may the vow and the seasons, austerity and the year, day and night, the two thighs, and the Bṛhat and R - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.24.md): For me, one and three; for me, three and five; for me, five and seven; for me, seven and nine; for me, nine an - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.25.md): For me four, and for me eight; for me eight, and for me twelve; for me twelve, and for me sixteen; for me sixt - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.26.md): For me a three-year-old ram and for me a three-year-old ewe; for me a two-year-old ox and for me a two-year-ol - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.27.md): For me may there be the six-year-old bull and the six-year-old cow, for me the bull and the barren cow, for me - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.28.md): Hail to strength; hail to impulsion; hail to the one born together; hail to resolve; hail to the Vasu; hail to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.29.md): Let life be fulfilled through the sacrifice; let breath be fulfilled through the sacrifice; let sight be fulfi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.30.md): In the generating of the strength of the sacrificial food, we invoke by word the great mother Aditi, into whom - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.31.md): Today may all the Maruts be with their protection; may all the fires be kindled. May all the gods come to us w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.32.md): May Vāja protect us in the seven directions, in the four directions, or from afar. May Vāja, with all the gods - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.33.md): May Vāja today bestow gifts upon us; may Vāja prepare the gods in their seasons. Vāja himself has begotten me - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.34.md): May Vāja protect us from before and from the middle; may Vāja nourish the gods with oblation. Vāja himself has - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.35.md): I join myself with the milk (essence) of the earth; I join myself with waters and herbs. O Agni, may I obtain - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.36.md): You have placed nourishment on the earth, nourishment in the herbs, nourishment in the sky and the atmosphere. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.37.md): At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, with the control of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.38.md): Agni, the Gandharva who conquers order and has order as his abode, whose Apsarases are the herbs, named Joys: - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.39.md): Saṃhita, the Sun, who has all the chants, is the Gandharva; his Apsarases are the rays, named Āyuva: may he pr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.40.md): Suṣumṇa, the sun's ray, the Moon, is the Gandharva; his Apsarases are the stars, named Bhekurayas: may he prot - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.41.md): Iṣira is the Gandharva, Viśvavyacā the wind is his, the waters are his apsarases named Ūrjā. May he protect th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.42.md): Bhujyu, Suparṇa, the sacrifice is the Gandharva; the sacrificial fee is his apsaras named Stāvā. May he protec - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.43.md): Prajāpati Viśvakarman, mind is the Gandharva; the Ṛc and Sāman verses are his apsarases named Eṣṭayaḥ. May he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.44.md): O lord of the world, O Prajāpati, you whose abodes are above you and who is here: grant great shelter to this - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.45.md): You are the ocean, wind-bearing, giver of moisture; bringer of welfare and happiness, blow toward me. Svāhā. Y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.46.md): O Agni, those lights of yours in the sun which stretch out heaven with their rays, with all those lights make - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.47.md): O gods, those lights of yours in the sun, in cows, and in horses, and those lights of Indra and Agni; with all - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.48.md): Place brilliance in us among the brahmins; make us brilliant among the kings. Place brilliance among the commo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.49.md): For that I come to you, praising with the sacred word; the sacrificer with oblations asks for just that. O Var - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.50.md): Golden heat, svāhā. Golden radiance, svāhā. Golden brightness, svāhā. Golden light, svāhā. Golden sun. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.51.md): I yoke Agni with strength and ghee, the heavenly, well-winged, mighty bird. By him may we go, ascending to the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.52.md): Agni, these are your two unaging wings, by which you drive away the demons. By them may we fly to the world of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.53.md): Indu, the skillful, keeper of order, a golden-winged hawk, swift-moving bird — you are great, firmly seated in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.54.md): You are the summit of heaven, the navel of the earth, the strength of the waters and the essence of plants. Yo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.55.md): You stand upon the head of all; your heart rests in the ocean, life is in the waters. Give waters, break open - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.56.md): The sacrifice offered by the Bhṛgus and the Vasus is a giver of blessings. By that offered, pleased sacrifice, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.57.md): May Agni, offered and poured as oblation, fulfil our desired oblation. Go to heaven; this is homage to the god - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.58.md): Whatever has flowed together from intention, from the heart, from the mind, or from the eye, follow that to th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.59.md): In this common seat I give you the treasure that Jātavedas has brought. The lord of the sacrifice will follow - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.60.md): O gods, know this in the highest firmament; recognize its form in the seat of assembly. When he comes by the p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.61.md): Awaken, Agni; be watchful. Unite the sacrifice and good works, and this one too. In this highest seat of assem - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.62.md): Agni, by the same path by which you carry a thousand and all wealth, lead this our sacrifice up to heaven, to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.63.md): By the strewn grass, the enclosing sticks, the ladle, the altar and the sacred grass, and by the verse, lead t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.64.md): Whatever was given, whatever was offered away, whatever was good work and whatever fees were paid—may Agni, Vi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.65.md): From where unbroken streams of honey and ghee flow, may Agni, Viśvakarman's, place that for us in heaven among - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.66.md): I am Agni by birth, Jātavedas. Ghee is my eye, and immortality is within me. I am Arka, the threefold-sustaine - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.67.md): I am the verses, I am the sacrificial formulas, I am the chants. Among the fires born first upon this earth, y - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.68.md): For the slaying of Vṛtra, for strength, and for overcoming armies, O Indra, we turn you toward us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.69.md): O much-invoked Indra, the handless, crippled, swollen, footless Vṛtra who was ruling — you completely crushed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.70.md): O Indra, drive the enemies away from us; strike down and subdue the hostile armies. Him who seeks to harm us, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.71.md): Like a deer, fearsome and prowling, dwelling on the mountain, you have come from afar. Indra, sharpen your spe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.72.md): May Vaiśvānara Agni come forth to us from afar for our protection; may Agni come near to our fine praises. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.73.md): Invoked in heaven, invoked on earth, Agni has entered all plants. Vaiśvānara Agni, invoked with might, may he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.74.md): Agni, by your protection may we attain that desire; wealthy one, may we attain wealth with good heroic sons. S - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.75.md): Today we offer you our desire, approaching you with upturned palms and reverence. Agni, with the most worshipf - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.76.md): May Agni who reaches the abode, Indra, Brahmā, the god Bṛhaspati, and the All-gods of one mind protect our sac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 18.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/18.77.md): You, youngest one, protect the men who give oblations; hear our songs; and protect offspring by your own power - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.1.md): Sweet one, I join you with the sweet, the sharp one with the sharp, the immortal with the immortal, the honeye - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.2.md): Pour around the pressed Soma, which is the highest oblation: the flowing Soma, belonging to men, pressed out w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.3.md): Soma, purified by Vāyu's filter, swiftly flowing inward, the fitting friend of Indra. Soma, purified by Vāyu's - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.4.md): The daughter of the Sun purifies for you the Soma flowing around, with the everlasting filter. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.5.md): Soma flows for sacred power, might, brilliance and vigor; pressed and poured with liquor for exhilaration. O g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.6.md): Surely, dear one, as those who have barley thresh the barley in due order, here and here prepare their portion - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.7.md): Separate seats, beneficial to the gods, have been made for you two; in the highest heaven do not mingle with m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.8.md): You are taken with the upayāma vessel; you are the splendour of the Aśvins, the vigour of Sarasvatī, the stren - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.9.md): You are brilliance; place brilliance in me. You are heroic strength; place heroic strength in me. You are powe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.10.md): She who protects the tiger, the disease viṣūcikā, both, and the wolf, who protects the hawk, the winged bird a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.11.md): As a son, delighted, presses his mother while sucking, so, O Agni, I become free of debt; may my parents remai - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.12.md): The gods extended the sacrifice, the remedy; the physicians, the Aśvins, extended it; by speech Sarasvatī is t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.13.md): The form of initiation is the sprouts of grass; the sprouts of the opening rite; the form of purchase is the p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.14.md): The form of the guest-offering is the māsara, and of the Mahāvīra the Nagnahu. This is the form of the upasad - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.15.md): The form of soma is the overflow of bought soma, poured around. For the Aśvins, milk is the healing remedy; fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.16.md): The form is the āsandī; for the royal seat and for the altar, the kumbhī and the surā-receptacle. Between the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.17.md): The altar is completed by the altar, the sacred grass by the sacred grass with vigour; the post is completed b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.18.md): The havirdhāna, which belongs to the Aśvins, and the āgnīdhra, which belongs to Sarasvatī. The Aindra sadas wa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.19.md): With the praiṣa formulas he attains the praiṣas; with the āprī formulas of the sacrifice, the āprīs. With the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.20.md): With animals he obtains animals; with puroḍāśa cakes, the oblations. With the meters, the sāmidhenī verses; wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.21.md): Parched grains, karambha, barley meal, parīvāpa, milk and curd are the form of soma; the form of the oblation - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.22.md): The form of the parched grains is kuvala (jujube); the form of parīvāpa is wheat; the form of the barley meals - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.23.md): The form of milk is barley; the form of curd is karkandhu fruit; the form of soma is vājina, and the form of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.24.md): 'Ā śrāvaya' is the form of the stotriya verses; the pratyāśrāva is the corresponding response. 'Yaja' is the f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.25.md): With half-verses he obtains the form of the uktha chants, with padas the nivid formulas; with praṇavas the for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.26.md): By the Aśvins the morning pressing, by Indra the midday (Aindra) pressing, by Sarasvatī the third, the Vaiśvad - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.27.md): By the Vāyavya (vessels) he attains the Vāyavya (cups); with the sieve and the wooden vat, by the pots the dip - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.28.md): By the sacrificial formulas the cups are attained; by the cups, the praise-forms and the subsidiary praises; b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.29.md): By the iḍā formulas he attains the portions; by the sūktavāka the blessings; by the Śaṃyu the wife-offerings; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.30.md): By the vow he attains consecration; by consecration he attains the sacrificial fee; by the fee he attains fait - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.31.md): He attains the whole form of the sacrifice that the gods made by the sacred utterance (brahman); in the sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.32.md): The great ones, with homage, urge on the sacrifice that holds surā, is seated on the sacred grass, and has goo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.33.md): With whatever essence of yours is gathered in the plants, and whatever strength of soma is pressed with surā, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.34.md): That bright, honey-sweet drop, the king Soma, which the two Aśvins and Sarasvatī pressed out for vigour of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.35.md): Whatever remains here of the pressed juicy Soma, whatever Indra drank with his powers — that I now partake of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.36.md): Homage with svadhā to the fathers who receive svadhā. Homage with svadhā to the grandfathers who receive svadh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.37.md): May the fathers who belong to soma purify me; may the grandfathers who belong to soma purify me. May the great - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.38.md): O Agni, purify our lifetimes; impel vigor and nourishment to us. Drive far away the evil dogs (the ill-wishers - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.39.md): May the divine people purify me; may mind and thoughts purify me. May all beings purify me. O Jātavedas, purif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.40.md): O god, shining one, purify me with the purifier and with the bright one. O Agni, with resolve, following the r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.41.md): O Agni, let the sacred power purify me by that purifier stretched out within your flame. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.42.md): May that purifying Soma, all-seeing for us today through the filter, the purifier, himself purify me. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.43.md): O god Savitṛ, with both the filter and the impulse, purify me on every side. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.44.md): The Vaiśvadevī, the purifying goddess, has come, in whom are these many bodies with spotted backs. Rejoicing t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.45.md): Those Fathers who are alike and of one mind in Yama's realm — may their world, svadhā, homage, and sacrifice b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.46.md): Those who are alike and of one mind, living among the living, mine own — may their glory be fitting in me, for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.47.md): I have heard of the two paths, of the Fathers, of the gods, and of mortals. By these two all this moving world - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.48.md): Let this oblation bring about my progeny, with ten sons and all the company, for well-being. May there be gain - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.49.md): May the Fathers rise up, the lower, the higher, and the middle ones, fit for soma. Those who have gone having - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.50.md): Our Aṅgirases, Navagvas, Atharvans and Bhṛgus, the Fathers fit for soma: may we be in the favour of those wort - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.51.md): May Yama, rejoicing with those ancestors who were our former fathers, devoted to Soma, and the Vasiṣṭhas who d - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.52.md): O Soma, you discerning with wisdom lead us along the straightest path. By your guidance, our steadfast fathers - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.53.md): O Soma, through you our former fathers, steadfast, performed their deeds. O purified one, open the enclosures - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.54.md): O Soma, in harmony with the fathers, you spread out heaven and earth all around. O drop of Soma, for you we wo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.55.md): O fathers seated on the barhis, come here with protection. We have made these oblations for you; accept them. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.56.md): I have obtained the well-giving fathers, the grandson of Viṣṇu and his stride. Those seated on the sacred gras - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.57.md): Invoked are the fathers, associated with soma. Let them sit on the dear seats of sacred grass. Let them come h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.58.md): Let the fathers, associated with soma and eaten by Agni, come to us by the paths of the gods. Rejoicing in the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.59.md): Fathers eaten by Agni, come hither; sit down on each seat, well-guided. Eat the oblations offered on the sacre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.60.md): For those eaten by Agni and those not eaten by Agni, who rejoice in the svadhā in the midst of heaven, may the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.61.md): We call upon the Agniṣvāttas, who accompany the seasons, and Nārāśaṃsa, who comes swiftly to drink the soma. M - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.62.md): Sit down with your knee on the right and praise this sacrifice, all you Fathers. Do not harm us in any way for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.63.md): Seated in the lap of the Aruṇīs, O Fathers, bestow wealth upon the mortal who gives. From that treasure grant - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.64.md): O Agni, bearer of the offerings of the fathers, the wealth that you yourself consider good, praise it for us w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.65.md): The Agni who is bearer of the fathers' offerings, who worships the fathers who strengthen the cosmic order, pr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.66.md): O Agni, you are praised, the carrier of the offerings to the fathers. Having made fragrant oblations, you gave - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.67.md): The fathers who are here and those who are not here, whom we know and whom we do not fully know — O Jātavedas, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.68.md): Today let this homage be to the fathers — those who went before, those who went later, those who sit in the ea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.69.md): Then, as our ancient fathers who went far away, O Agni, attaining the cosmic order, reciting the ukthas, shone - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.70.md): Desiring you, we set you down; desiring, we kindle you well. O desirous Agni, bring the desiring fathers here - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.71.md): O Indra, with the foam of the waters you cut off the head of Namuci, when you conquered all rivals. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.72.md): King Soma, pressed as immortal drink, drove away death with the ṛjīṣa. By ṛta, truth; by vigor, the exhilarati - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.73.md): Krung, son of Aṅgiras, drank milk from the waters by insight. By ṛta, truth; by vigor, the exhilarating bright - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.74.md): The swan dwelling in purity drank soma from the waters through the metre. By ṛta, truth; by vigor, the exhilar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.75.md): Prajāpati drank the essence flowing from food, by the sacred word — royal power, milk, Soma. By ṛta, truth; by - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.76.md): Seed and urine leave the womb; the entering vigour (indriya) goes in. The embryo, enclosed by the caul, casts - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.77.md): Prajāpati, having seen the two forms, distinguished truth and falsehood. In falsehood he placed unfaith, and i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.78.md): Prajāpati, by the Veda, drank the two forms apart: the pressed and the unpressed (soma). By ṛta, truth; the vi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.79](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.79.md): Seeing the flowing juice, Prajāpati drank the bright soma with the bright cup. Milk, soma. By ṛta, truth, vigo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.80](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.80.md): With lead as the tool, with mind, the wise weave the warp; with woollen thread the seers weave. The Aśvins wea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.81](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.81.md): Its immortal form, by the powers, the three deities placed, joined in giving. Hairs of grass, in many ways, li - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.82](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.82.md): That, the Aśvins, the physicians, the paths of Rudra; Sarasvatī weaves the form within. Placing bone and marro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.83](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.83.md): Sarasvatī weaves with the mind the fine treasure, with the two Nāsatyas the visible body. Reddish like a flowi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.84](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.84.md): With milk, the bright immortal generative part; with wine, from the urine, they produced the seed. Driving awa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.85](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.85.md): Indra, the good protector, produced truth with the heart; Savitṛ produced it with the cake offering. Varuṇa, h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.86](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.86.md): The intestines, cooking pots, swelling with honey; the rectum, like vessels, like a cow that yields milk easil - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.87](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.87.md): The jar, most desirable, begetter with its powers, in which in front the embryo lies within the womb. The lobe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.88](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.88.md): Its mouth is truth; its head is indeed made of truth; its tongue is the purifier; the Aśvins and Sarasvatī bec - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.89](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.89.md): The Aśvins gave immortality to its eye by the grah-cups; with the goat, brilliance; with the cooked oblation, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.90](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.90.md): Like a ram among sheep, it is in the nostrils for strength; the immortal path of breath is by the grah-cups. F - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.91](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.91.md): The form of Indra, the bull, for strength; hearing is immortal for the ears, by the grah-cups. Like barley, th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.92](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.92.md): In the lap of the self like a wolf's hair, on the face beard and moustache like a tiger's hair. Hair on the he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.93](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.93.md): The Aśvins, physicians, did that for the limbs of the self; Sarasvatī joined the self together with its limbs. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.94](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.94.md): Sarasvatī bears the embryo within the womb; the consort of the Aśvins bears the well-made offering. With the j - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 19.95](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/19.95.md): The brilliance of animals, the oblation possessing vigor, poured around with milk and sweet honey. Milked for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.1.md): You are the source of royal power; you are the navel of royal power. May no one harm you; may you not harm me. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.2.md): Varuṇa, whose vow is ghee, of good purpose, sat down within the dwelling for supreme sovereignty. Protect from - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.3.md): By the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I anoint you. With the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.4.md): Who are you, which one are you? For whom (I offer) you, for which god? O you of good renown, of good auspiciou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.5.md): My head is glory, my face is fame, radiance is my hair and beard. The king is my breath, immortality; the sove - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.6.md): May my tongue be auspicious, my speech great. May my mind have zeal and radiance, self-ruling brilliance. May - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.7.md): May my arms have strength and sensory power; may my hands have action and valour. May my self have sovereign p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.8.md): May my backs be the realm, and my belly likewise; my shoulders and necks, and my hips. May my thighs, forearms - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.9.md): May my navel be thought and discernment; my rump the seat of honour. May joy and delight be my testicles; may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.10.md): I stand firm in dominion, I stand firm in the realm. I stand firm in the horses, I stand firm in the cows. I s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.11.md): Three, eleven, and thirty-three gods, bestowers of good wealth, having Bṛhaspati as their chaplain, in the imp - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.12.md): The first with the second, the second with the third, the third with truth, truth with sacrifice, sacrifice wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.13.md): My hairs, my restraint; my skin, my bending, my coming. My flesh, my joining, my wealth, my bone and marrow, m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.14.md): O gods, whatever offense against the gods we have committed, from that let Agni free me from all sin and distr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.15.md): If by day or by night we have committed any sins, from that let Vayu free me from all distress. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.16.md): If awake or in sleep we have committed any sins, from that let Sūrya free me from all distress. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.17.md): Whatever sin we have committed in the village, in the forest, in the assembly, in the senses, toward a Śūdra o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.18.md): From the waters called 'not to be slain', we swear by the name of Varuṇa; from that, O Varuṇa, release us. O a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.19.md): In the ocean is your heart, within the waters; may the waters and herbs enter you. May the waters and herbs be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.20.md): As one freed from the cloth, sweating and bathed freed from dirt, as clarified butter purified through the str - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.21.md): Rising up from darkness, beholding the higher light, we have come to the god Sūrya among the gods — the highes - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.22.md): Today I have moved after the waters; we have joined with the juice. O Agni, rich in milk, I have come; join me - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.23.md): You are the fuel; may we be kindled. You are the kindling-stick, you are brilliance; place brilliance in me. E - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.24.md): O Agni, lord of vows, I place the kindling-stick upon you; I draw near to vow and faith. Consecrated, I kindle - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.25.md): Where priestly power and royal power move together, that pure world — where the gods dwell with Agni — may I a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.26.md): Where Indra and Vāyu move together, that pure world where no seat of sorrow is found — may I attain. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.27.md): Let your ray be joined with ray, joint with joint. Let your fragrance protect the soma; this unfailing juice i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.28.md): They sprinkle, sprinkle around, sprinkle upon, and purify. In the intoxication of the tawny surā, who speaks w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.29.md): With parched grains, with karambha, with cakes, with hymns — O Indra, enjoy our offering in the morning. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.30.md): Sing loudly to Indra, the greatest slayer of Vṛtra, O Maruts — by whom the increasers of cosmic order produced - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.31.md): O adhvaryu, bring the soma pressed with stones into the filter; purify it for Indra to drink. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.32.md): By him who is lord of beings, in whom the worlds rest, who rules as the greatest over the great — by him I tak - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.33.md): You are taken up with the upayāma cup. I take you for the Aśvins, for Sarasvatī, for Indra, for Sutrāman. This - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.34.md): You are the guardian of my breath, guardian of my downward breath, guardian of my eyes, and guardian of my hea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.35.md): Of you made by the Aśvins, made by Sarasvatī, made by Indra and Sutrāman, I partake of the portion of what was - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.36.md): Kindled before the dawns, Indra, bright in front, first-doer, growing, with three times thirty gods, thunderbo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.37.md): Narāśaṃsa, the hero, measuring out, Tanūnapāt comes toward the place of the sacrifice. With cows and the vapā- - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.38.md): Praised by the gods, lord of tawny steeds, granter of desires, invoked with oblation, exulting; Purandara, bre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.39.md): May Indra, lord of tawny steeds, pleased and our own, sit eastward on the sacred grass in the direction of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.40.md): May the Kavaṣas, running, go to Indra the bull; may the wives with good husbands go too; may the divine doors - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.41.md): Dawn and Night, the great ones, rich in milk, easy to milk, adorn the hero Indra, weaving the stretched thread - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.42.md): The divine women, measuring out in many ways for humankind — the two hotṛs, the first, well-spoken, honour Ind - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.43.md): Three goddesses, increased by the oblation, pleasing Indra, bearing like wives. The unbroken thread with milk: - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.44.md): Tvaṣṭṛ bestows vigour on Indra, the bull, perfect and firm, many things for glory. May the bull sacrificing, t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.45.md): The sacrificial post, released as from the snares, adorns with its own nature, like the god who slaughters. Fi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.46.md): For the drops, toward Indra's soma, the hero Indra acting as a bull, quick to conquer. With drops of ghee, rej - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.47.md): May Indra come here to our protection, praised; may he be a fellow-reveler and a hero. May his many growing po - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.48.md): May Indra come to us from afar and from near, the bestower of favour, fierce, to protect us. Lord of men, wiel - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.49.md): May Indra come to us with tawny steeds, turned toward us for protection and prosperity. May the thunderbolt-be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.50.md): I call upon Indra the protector, Indra the preserver, Indra the hero, easy to invoke at every call, mighty Ind - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.51.md): May Indra, the good protector, rich in wealth, be gracious with his protections, all-knowing. May he drive awa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.52.md): May we abide in the favour of him worthy of sacrifice, and in auspicious goodwill. May that good protector, we - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.53.md): O Indra, come with delightful tawny steeds, feathered like peacocks. Let no snarers restrain you; pass beyond - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.54.md): Thus the Vasiṣṭhas praise with hymns Indra, the bull with thunderbolt arms. Praised, may he grant us heroic so - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.55.md): Agni is kindled; O Aśvins, the heated gharma, the resplendent soma is pressed. The cow Sarasvatī here milks th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.56.md): Protectors of the body, the healers, both Aśvins and both Sarasvatīs, come at the pressing of the soma. By pat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.57.md): For Indra, Sarasvatī placed the soma together with Narāśaṃsa and Nagnahu. The Aśvins, the healers, at the pres - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.58.md): Calling, Sarasvatī placed for Indra the powers and vigour, together with the offerings; the Aśvins placed toge - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.59.md): The Aśvins brought the bright soma of Namuci, pressed, through the strainer; Sarasvatī brought it upon the bar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.60.md): Like Kavaṣa, the wide streams; for the Aśvins, like doors and directions; like Indra, both worlds; Sarasvatī m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.61.md): Dawn and night, the Aśvins — by day for Indra, at evening with the powers; of fair form, harmoniously joined, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.62.md): Protect us by day, O Aśvins; protect us by night, O Sarasvatī. May the divine hotṛs and physicians protect, to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.63.md): Threefold three — Sarasvatī, the Aśvins, Bhāratī and Iḍā pressed out the sharp soma and exhilaration through t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.64.md): The Aśvins are the sweet remedy; Sarasvatī is our remedy. At the pressing of the soma, Tvaṣṭṛ placed glory, sp - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.65.md): In due season Indra, lord of the forest, rejoicing, milks through the strainer the nectar, the honey, for the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.66.md): As with cows' milk, Aśvins, through the strainer you mixed soma with Sarasvatī. Svāhā. The honey pressed for I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.67.md): The Aśvins and Sarasvatī, by their wisdom, took oblation and vital power from Namuci; from the demon they brou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.68.md): Indra, whom the Aśvins and Sarasvatī strengthened with oblation, split the stronghold, together with the riche - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.69.md): Him, Indra, the two Aśvins and Sarasvatī together, bearing the oblation, praised in the sacrifice with vigour - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.70.md): May Sutrāmā, lord of oblations, he in whom Savitṛ, Varuṇa and Bhaga placed vigour and potency, bestow it upon - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.71.md): May Savitṛ and Varuṇa place vigour in the sacrificer, the giver of oblations. Sutrāman (Indra) took the wealth - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.72.md): May Varuṇa give dominion and vigour, and Savitṛ with Bhaga give splendour. Sutrāman, bearing strength with glo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.73.md): May the Aśvins give vigour through cows, and heroic might and strength through horses. Sarasvatī, with the obl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.74.md): Those two Nāsatyas, of fair form, golden-pathed, leaders, and Sarasvatī rich in oblations — O Indra, protect u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.75.md): Those two physicians of good deeds; she, Sarasvatī, the easy milker. He, the slayer of Vṛtra, the hundred-powe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.76.md): You two Aśvins drank the surā of the demon Namuci together; drinking deeply, Sarasvatī aided Indra in his rite - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.77.md): As parents guard a son, you two Aśvins and Indra protect by wondrous deeds. When you drank the surā by your po - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.78.md): In whose rite horses, bulls, oxen, cows, barren cows and rams are released and offered, for Agni, drinker of n - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.79](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.79.md): O Agni, the oblation is offered into your mouth, as ghee into the ladle and soma into the cup. Grant us wealth - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.80](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.80.md): The Aśvins gave sight with brilliance, Sarasvatī gave vigour with breath, and Indra gave the faculty of speech - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.81](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.81.md): O Nāsatyas, Aśvins, come well with cattle and horses. O Rudras, come along the paths for the protection of men - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.82](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.82.md): O Vṛṣaṇvasus, so that no ill-wishing mortal enemy, neither from afar nor from near, may assail us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.83](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.83.md): Aśvins, bring us those two, wealth of tawny and beautiful appearance, wealth-finding, O dwellers of the seat. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.84](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.84.md): May Sarasvatī, purifier, possessing strengths and vigor, rich in insight, desire our sacrifice. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.85](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.85.md): Sarasvatī, who impels pleasant truths and awakens good thoughts, has upheld the sacrifice. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.86](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.86.md): Sarasvatī, the great flood, makes known with her light; through all thoughts she shines forth. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.87](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.87.md): Indra, bright-radiant one, come! These pressed somas, desiring you, have been purified with fingers and stalks - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.88](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.88.md): Indra, come, impelled by thought and urged by the wise, near the prayers of those who press soma. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.89](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.89.md): Indra, come quickly to our prayers, O lord of tawny horses. Take heed of our delight in the pressed soma. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 20.90](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/20.90.md): Let the Aśvins drink the sweetness, together with Sarasvatī, both well pleased. Let Indra, the good protector - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.1.md): O Varuṇa, hear this my call and be gracious to us today. I, needing wealth of my own, have desired you. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.2.md): Therefore I approach you, praising you with the sacred formula; the sacrificer with oblations asks for that. O - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.3.md): O Agni, you who know the anger of the god Varuṇa, remove it far from us. O most worshipful, most carrying of o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.4.md): O Agni, be closest to us for protection, nearest at the dawn's breaking. Worship Varuṇa well on our behalf wit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.5.md): We invoke well for protection the great mother of the good-vowed, the consort of cosmic order, Aditi, of abund - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.6.md): We praise the good protector Earth and Heaven, and Aditi, sinless, sheltering and well-guiding. Let us mount t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.7.md): May I mount the good ship, not leaking, blameless, with a hundred oars, for well-being. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.8.md): Mitra and Varuṇa, sprinkle our pasture-range with ghee; sprinkle the worlds with sweetness, O gods of good pur - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.9.md): Stretch forth your arms for our life; sprinkle our pasture-range with ghee. Make your fame heard among our peo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.10.md): May those swift horses bring us peace at our calls, running in measure among the gods, well-praised; crushing - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.11.md): In every contest and in wealth, O swift ones, protect us; O immortal, order-knowing seers, drink this sweet dr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.12.md): Agni kindled with kindling-sticks, well kindled, most excellent. The Gāyatrī metre, vigour, the three-year-old - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.13.md): Tanūnapāt, of pure vows, the protector of the body, and Sarasvatī. The Uṣṇih metre, vigour, the two-year-old b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.14.md): Agni, worthy of praise with the offerings of ilā; Soma the god, the immortal. The Anuṣṭubh metre, vigour, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.15.md): Agni with good sacrificial grass, accompanied by Pūṣan, the immortal with strewn sacrificial grass. The Bṛhatī - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.16.md): The divine doors, the great directions, the priest-god Bṛhaspati. The Paṅkti metre, here vigour, the four-year - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.17.md): O Dawn, mighty and beautifully adorned, all the immortal Viśve Devāḥ. The Triṣṭubh metre, here vigour, the fiv - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.18.md): The two divine hotṛs, the physicians, yoked with Indra as companions. Jagatī meter; the ox and the cow placed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.19.md): The three Iḍās, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī and the Maruts, the clans. Virāj meter; the cow, like a milch cow, placed v - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.20.md): Tvaṣṭṛ, the swift-formed, the wondrous one; Indra and Agni, increasers of nourishment. Dvipadā meter; the bull - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.21.md): For us, the slaughterer, Vanaspati; Savitṛ, impelling prosperity. Kakup meter; the barren cow, bearing it, pla - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.22.md): Svāhā! May Varuṇa of good dominion make the sacrifice a remedy. Atichandas meter; the bull and the cow placed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.23.md): With spring and the season, the Vasu gods, praised with the triple stoma; with the brilliance of the Rathantar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.24.md): By the summer season the gods, the Rudras, were praised in the fifteenth stoma; with the glory of the Bṛhat th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.25.md): By the rainy season the Ādityas were praised in the seventeenth stoma; with the Vairūpa chant and the vigour o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.26.md): By the autumn season the gods, the Ṛbhus, were praised in the twenty-first stoma; with the Vairāja chant and w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.27.md): By the winter season the gods, the Maruts, were praised in the thirty-ninth stoma; with strength, the Śakvarī - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.28.md): By the cool season the gods, the Amṛtas, were praised in the thirty-third stoma; with truth, the Revatī verses - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.29.md): The hotar, in the place of Iḍā, should worship Agni with kindling-sticks, the Aśvins, Indra and Sarasvatī. Let - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.30.md): The hotar should worship Tanūnapāt and Sarasvatī. Bringing the remedy by the honey-laden path like a ewe and a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.31.md): The hotar should worship Narāśaṃsa and the lord of Nagnahu. With liquor as remedy: the ram, Sarasvatī, the phy - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.32.md): May the hotṛ worship Iḍā, calling upon Sarasvatī. Strengthening Indra with strength, let him give vigour with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.33.md): May the hotṛ worship the barhis, soft as wool. May the Nāsatya Aśvins, the two healers, be worshipped with hor - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.34.md): May the hotṛ worship the doors and directions, spacious like Kavaṣa. For the Aśvins, doors and directions; as - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.35.md): May the invoker worship fair-formed Dawn, and the Aśvins by night and by day. May he anoint the brilliance tog - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.36.md): May the invoker worship the two divine invokers, and the two physician Aśvins, ever watchful like Indra, by da - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.37.md): May the invoker worship the three goddesses, like remedies, the three threefold-natured waters that share one - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.38.md): May the hotṛ worship the sura-juice, the bull, the naryāpas, Tvaṣṭṛ, Indra and the Aśvins. May he worship Sara - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.39.md): May the hotṛ worship Vanaspati, the Śamitṛ, Śatakratu, the one like fearsome wrath, the king and the tiger, wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.40.md): Let the invoker worship Agni. Svāhā to the drops of ghee. Svāhā to the fats, each apart. Svāhā to the goat for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.41.md): Let the invoker cause the two Aśvins to enjoy the oblation of the goat's fat-portion and marrow. O invoker, of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.42.md): Let the invoker worship the Aśvins, Sarasvatī, Indra, the good protector. These somas, pressed like goats, ram - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.43.md): Let the invoker worship the Aśvins. Let them take today the fat drawn from the middle of the goat's oblation, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.44.md): Let the hotṛ worship Sarasvatī. From the ram's oblation the fat has today been taken out from the middle, befo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.45.md): Let the hotṛ worship Indra for the oblation of the bull; today the fat has been drawn from the middle. Before - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.46.md): Let the hotṛ worship Vanaspati; they bound him with a very finely ground, very swift cord. Where are the dear - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.47.md): May the hotar worship Agni, the sviṣṭakṛt. Agni worshipped the dear abodes of the oblation of the Aśvins' goat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.48.md): The god Barhis, Sarasvatī, the good god in Indra, the Aśvins. Like brilliance, like sight in the eyes, with th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.49.md): The divine doors, the Aśvins as physicians, Sarasvatī in Indra. Like breath, like vigor in the nose, the doors - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.50.md): The goddess, the two dawns, the Aśvins, Sutrāmā, Sarasvatī in Indra. Like strength, like speech in the mouth, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.51.md): The goddess joṣṭrī, Sarasvatī, the Aśvins strengthened Indra. Like hearing, like fame in the ears, the two joṣ - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.52.md): The two goddesses, the strength-giving oblations, well milked, were milked for Indra; Sarasvatī and the physic - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.53.md): Gods of the gods, the two physicians, the two offerers, Indra and the Aśvins; with the vaṣaṭ-calls Sarasvatī, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.54.md): Three and three goddesses, the Aśvins, Iḍā and Sarasvatī; like strength in the navel at the middle, they place - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.55.md): The god Indra and Narāśaṃsa, threefold-protected; with Sarasvatī and the Aśvins the chariot is driven. Like se - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.56.md): The god Vanaspati, together with the gods, golden-leaved and well-fruited, is cooked as honey for the Aśvins, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.57.md): The god Barhis, spread out in the sacrifice, belonging to those who restrain the waters; a soft woollen seat f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.58.md): May Agni, the god who makes the offering well performed, worship the gods duly. May the two priests, Indra and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.59.md): Today this sacrificer has chosen Agni as priest, cooking the cooked dishes, binding the sacrificial cakes; a g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.60.md): Today the god Vanaspati (the sacrificial post) has come into being. Cook the axles and fat of the goat for the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 21.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/21.61.md): Today this sacrificer has chosen you, a scion of the seers and grandson of the seers, for many, for those who - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.1.md): You are brilliance, bright and immortal, guardian of life; protect my life. By the impulse of the god Savitṛ, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.2.md): The earlier seers grasped this rope in the life of cosmic order, in the rites, among the wise. At this pressin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.3.md): You are the sustainer, the world, the controller, the supporter. You, so constituted, go to the wide-spreading - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.4.md): O Brahman, having made you go to heaven for the gods and for Prajāpati, I shall cut the horse (for the sacrifi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.5.md): I sprinkle you, accepted for Prajāpati. I sprinkle you, accepted for Indra and Agni. I sprinkle you, accepted - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.6.md): Svāhā to Agni. Svāhā to Soma. Svāhā to the delight of the waters. Svāhā to Savitṛ. Svāhā to Vāyu. Svāhā to Viṣ - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.7.md): Svāhā to the neigh. Svāhā to the one who has neighed. Svāhā to the one who cries out. Svāhā to the wailing. Sv - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.8.md): Hail to the one who goes; hail to the one who runs; hail to the one who runs up; hail to the one who has run u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.9.md): We meditate on the desirable radiance of the god Savitṛ; may he impel our thoughts. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.10.md): I call upon Savitṛ, golden-handed, for protection; he is the god who knows this station. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.11.md): We call forth the great favour of the wise god Savitṛ; we ask for his good will and true bounty. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.12.md): We ask Savitṛ for a good praise and a gift that increases good favour, for the god who finds the thought. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.13.md): I call upon great Savitṛ, lord of truth, for a gift, the impeller for the enjoyment of the gods. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.14.md): We contemplate with insight the impelling thought of the god Savitṛ, belonging to all the gods, and the fortun - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.15.md): Awaken Agni, the immortal kindled with fuel, with praise; may he place our oblations among the gods. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.16.md): That immortal bearer of oblations, desiring, placed as messenger — Agni duly prepares the rite with insight. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.17.md): I set Agni before me as messenger and address the bearer of oblations: may he seat the gods here. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.18.md): O purifying Soma, you brought forth the sun and the milk by your might in the support of the world, rushing on - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.19.md): You are all-pervading, mighty in measure, a horse as father; you are swift, a runner, delightful, a steed, gal - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.20.md): To whom hail, to whom hail, to which (highest) hail. Hail to him who is fixed in meditation. Hail to Prajāpati - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.21.md): Let every mortal choose friendship with the leader of the gods. Let all who desire wealth choose brilliance, f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.22.md): May a Brahmin be born in the Brahman, endowed with sacred splendour. May a Kshatriya be born in the realm: a h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.23.md): Svāhā to the breath (prāṇa). Svāhā to the out-breath (apāna). Svāhā to the diffused breath (vyāna). Svāhā to t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.24.md): Hail to the eastern quarter. Hail to the near quarter. Hail to the southern quarter. Hail to the near quarter. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.25.md): Hail to the waters. Hail to the waters. Hail to the water. Hail to the standing waters. Hail to the flowing wa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.26.md): Svāhā to the wind. Svāhā to the smoke. Svāhā to the cloud. Svāhā to the rain-cloud. Svāhā to the one shining w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.27.md): Svāhā to Agni. Svāhā to Soma. Svāhā to Indra. Svāhā to the earth. Svāhā to the atmosphere. Svāhā to the sky. S - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.28.md): Hail to the lunar mansions. Hail to those belonging to the lunar mansions. Hail to the day-and-nights. Hail to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.29.md): To the earth, svāhā. To the atmosphere, svāhā. To the sky, svāhā. To the Sun, svāhā. To the Moon, svāhā. To th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.30.md): To Asu, svāhā. To Vasu, svāhā. To Vibhu, svāhā. To Vivasvat, svāhā. To the glory of the troops, svāhā. To the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.31.md): To Madhu, svāhā. To the descendant of Madhu, svāhā. To the bright one, svāhā. To the pure one, svāhā. To the m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.32.md): Hail to strength; hail to impulsion; hail to the one of kin-born nature; hail to the will; hail to the heaven; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.33.md): Let life be made fit by the sacrifice, svāhā. Let the in-breath be made fit by the sacrifice, svāhā. Let the o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 22.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/22.34.md): To one, svāhā. To two, svāhā. To a hundred, svāhā. To one hundred one, svāhā. To the dawn-glow, svāhā. To the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.1.md): Hiraṇyagarbha arose in the beginning. Born as the one lord of all beings, he upheld the earth and this sky. To - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.2.md): You are taken with the upayāma vessel. I take you, dear, for Prajāpati. This is your source; the sun is your g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.3.md): He who, by his greatness, became the sole king of the breathing and blinking world; who rules these two-footed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.4.md): You are taken with the upayāma vessel; I take you, pleasing to Prajāpati. This is your place, the moon is your - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.5.md): They yoke the bright, ruddy one moving around those who stand. The shining lights shine in the heavens. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.6.md): They yoke his two desirable bay horses, with variegated wings, to the chariot: red, bold, man-carrying. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.7.md): When the wind has gone among the waters to the dear body of Indra, O praiser, by this very path turn the horse - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.8.md): May the Vasus anoint you with the Gāyatrī metre. May the Rudras anoint you with the Triṣṭubh metre. May the Ād - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.9.md): Who moves alone? And who is born again? What is the remedy for cold? And what is the great sowing-ground? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.10.md): The sun moves alone; the moon is born again. Agni is the remedy for frost; the earth is the great sowing-groun - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.11.md): What was the first perception? What was the great life-force? What was Pilippilā? What was Piśaṅgilā? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.12.md): Heaven was the first perception; the horse was the great life-force. The ewe was Pilippilā; the night was Piśa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.13.md): May Vāyu cook you and protect you. Asitagrīva with the goats; the banyan with the cups; the śalmali with growt - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.14.md): The chariot is sharpened with the rein; the horse is sharpened with the rein. Brahmā, water-born, is sharpened - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.15.md): O steed, adorn your body yourself; sacrifice yourself; accept (the oblation) yourself. Let your greatness not - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.16.md): Indeed you do not die, nor do you perish; you go to the gods by easy paths. Where the righteous dwell, and whe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.17.md): Agni was the sacrificial animal; by him they sacrificed, and he won this world in which Agni is. That world wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.18.md): To the in-breath, svāhā. To the out-breath, svāhā. To the diffusing breath, svāhā. O mother, O Ambikā, O Ambāl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.19.md): Lord of the hosts, we invoke you; lord of the dear ones, we invoke you; lord of the treasures, we invoke you, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.20.md): Let us two stretch out our four legs. Let us two be covered together in the heavenly world. May the bull, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.21.md): O bull, place the anus down with the thigh; move the anointing well, you who live on the lives of women. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.22.md): Yakā, that one, Śakuntikā, Ahalag — thus he deceives. In the womb he strikes the flesh — nigalgalī, thus; the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.23.md): Yako, that one, Śakuntaka, Āhalag — thus he deceives. O adhvaryu, as if your mouth wished to speak; do not spe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.24.md): Your mother and your father are like the growing tip of the tree. Saying 'I take it back,' your father placed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.25.md): Your mother and your father are playing at the tip of the tree. Your mouth seems about to speak; O brahman pri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.26.md): Raise her up, as one carries a burden upon a mountain. Then let her middle grow, as one purifies in cold and w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.27.md): Raise him up, as one carries a burden upon a mountain. Then let his middle move, as one purifies in cold and w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.28.md): That thick part of hers, hard to break, drew near. Her two testicles, trembling, are like two cords at the cow - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.29.md): When the gods made the marked one enter the sun, the woman is marked at the thigh, as the sight born of the ey - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.30.md): As the antelope eats barley and does not regard a fat animal, so the servant, as lover of the master's wife, d - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.31.md): As the antelope eats barley and does not regard many fat animals, so the servant, as lover of the master's wif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.32.md): I have offered to the victorious, swift horse Dadhikrāvan. May he make our mouths fragrant and lengthen our li - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.33.md): Together with the Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī, Anuṣṭubh and Paṅkti meters; may the Bṛhatī, Uṣṇih and Kakubh mete - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.34.md): May those with two feet, four feet, three feet and six feet, and those of irregular and regular meter, stitch - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.35.md): May the Mahānāmnī and Revatī verses, all the very powerful quarters, and the voices of the lightnings of the c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.36.md): Let your women gather your hair with thought. Let the directions, the wives of the gods, trim you with needles - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.37.md): Silver, golden ornaments and lead are yoked to the rites. On the skin of the swift horse, the marks—let them t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.38.md): Dear one, as those with barley thresh the barley in due order, here and here prepare food for these who sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.39.md): Who cuts you? Who instructs you apart? Who trims your limbs? And who is your trimmer, the wise one? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.40.md): Your seasons, season by season, as trimmers of your joints, let them instruct apart. With the splendour of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.41.md): The half-months are your joints; let the months cut you up, trimming. Days and nights, Maruts, let them prepar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.42.md): Let the divine adhvaryus cut you and separate you apart. Let them prepare your limbs joint by joint, that they - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.43.md): May heaven, earth and the atmosphere fill your openings; may the wind fill your gaps. May the sun, together wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.44.md): Let there be well-being for your forward limbs, and well-being for your hind limbs. Let there be well-being fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.45.md): Who alone moves about? Who is born again? What is the remedy for cold? What is the great sowing-ground? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.46.md): The sun moves alone; the moon is born again. Fire is the remedy for cold, and the earth is the great sowing-gr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.47.md): What light is equal to the sun? What lake is equal to the ocean? What is broader than the earth? Whose measure - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.48.md): Brahman is light equal to the sun, heaven is a lake equal to the ocean. Indra is greater than the earth; yet t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.49.md): Friend of the gods, I ask you: if you have come here in mind, in the three steps by which Viṣṇu was measured o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.50.md): I am also in those three steps in which all worlds have entered. With one limb I go around the earth and heave - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.51.md): In what has the person entered within? What things are placed within the person? O brahman, we call upon you f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.52.md): The person has entered within the five; in those, within the person, they are placed. Here I answer you, consi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.53.md): Who was the first perception? What was the great vital force? Who was Pilippilā? Who was Piśaṅgilā? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.54.md): Heaven was the first perception; the horse was the great vital force; the ewe was Pilippilā; night was Piśaṅgi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.55.md): Who is Piśaṅgilā here? Who is Kurupiśaṅgilā? Who runs leaping onward? Who creeps along the path? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.56.md): Here the goat is Piśaṅgilā; the dog-like one is Kurupiśaṅgilā. The hare runs leaping onward; the serpent creep - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.57.md): How many seats has it? How many syllables? How many oblations? In how many ways is it kindled? Concerning the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.58.md): This sacrifice has six seats, a hundred syllables, eighty oblations and three kindling sticks. I declare to yo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.59.md): Who knows the navel of this world? Who knows heaven and earth and the atmosphere? Who knows the birthplace of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.60.md): I know the navel of this world. He knows heaven and earth and the atmosphere. He knows the birthplace of the v - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.61.md): I ask you for the supreme end of the earth; I ask where the navel of the world is. I ask you for the seed of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.62.md): This altar is the supreme end of the earth; this sacrifice is where the navel of the world lies. This soma is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.63.md): Well-born, self-existent, the first placed the embryo within the great ocean; from it, in due season, Prajāpat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.64.md): May the priest worship Prajāpati through the greatness of Soma. May he be pleased and drink Soma; O priest, of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 23.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/23.65.md): O Prajāpati, none other than you has become these; all forms have come to surround him. Whatever desire we off - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.1.md): The horse is tūpara; a cow or a deer; they belong to Prajāpati. The black-necked one belongs to Agni; on the f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.2.md): The red one, the smoke-red one, the jujube-red one; they belong to Soma. The brown one, the reddish-brown one, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.3.md): Those with pure tails, wholly pure-tailed, with jewel-like tails, belong to the Aśvins. White, white-eyed, red - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.4.md): Spotted, crosswise spotted, upward spotted, belong to the Maruts. Tawny, red-woolled, palakṣī, belong to Saras - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.5.md): Of varied markings, belong to the Viśvedevas; reddish, three-year-old, are for Vāc (speech); unidentified, are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.6.md): Black-necked belong to Agni; white-browed to the Vasus; red to the Rudras; white, avarokin, to the Ādityas; sk - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.7.md): A high-humped bull, a dwarf animal, is for you, belonging to Indra and Viṣṇu. The tall one with white arms and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.8.md): These two-formed ones belong to Indra and Agni; the dwarfs belong to Agni and Soma; the draught ox belongs to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.9.md): The black-necked belong to Agni; the brown to Soma; the white to Vāyu; the unknown ones to Aditi, those of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.10.md): The black ones are of the earth; the smoky ones of the atmosphere; the great ones of the heavenly world; the v - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.11.md): He obtains the smoky ones for spring, the white for summer, the black for the rains, the reddish for autumn, t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.12.md): Three-year-old animals for the Gāyatrī metre; five-year-old animals for the Triṣṭubh; two-year-old draught oxe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.13.md): A six-year-old draught ox for the Virāj; bulls for the Bṛhatī; bulls for the Kakubh; draught oxen for the Paṅk - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.14.md): Black-necked animals for Agni; brown ones for Soma; drooping-eared ones for Savitṛ; yearling heifers for Saras - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.15.md): These are called wanderers: those for Indra and Agni; black ones for Varuṇa; spotted ones for the Maruts; thos - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.16.md): For Agni, the lord of the host, he offers the first-born animals; for the heat-giving Maruts, animals of the w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.17.md): These moving-together (saṃcara) animals are declared: those of Indra and Agni, with horns in front, of Mahendr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.18.md): Smoke-colored ones, resembling brown, of the Fathers who possess soma; brown ones, resembling brown, of the Fa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.19.md): These moving-together (saṃcara) animals are declared: these are of Śunāsīra; white ones of Vāyu; white ones of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.20.md): For spring he takes partridges (kapiñjala); for summer, sparrows; for the rains, francolins; for autumn, quail - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.21.md): For the ocean he takes dolphins; for Parjanya, frogs; for the waters, fish; for Mitra, crocodiles (kulīpaya); - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.22.md): For Soma he takes swans; for Vāyu, cranes (balākā); for Indra and Agni, curlews; for Mitra, water-birds (madgu - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.23.md): For Agni he seizes kuṭaru birds, for the vanaspatis owls, for Agni and Soma the cāṣa birds, for the Aśvins pea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.24.md): For Soma he seizes lab birds, for Tvaṣṭṛ kaulīka birds, for the wives of the gods goṣāda animals, for the divi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.25.md): For the day he seizes pārāvata birds, for the night sīcāpū birds, for the junctures of day and night jatu bird - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.26.md): For the earth he seizes ākhu animals, for the atmosphere pāṅkta animals, for the sky kaśa animals, for the qua - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.27.md): For the Vasus he seizes ṛśya deer, for the Rudras ruru deer, for the Ādityas nyaṅku animals, for all the gods - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.28.md): For Īśāna he consecrates the parasvat; for Mitra the gaura cattle; for Varuṇa the buffaloes; for Bṛhaspati the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.29.md): For Prajāpati he consecrates men and elephants; for speech the pluṣī; for sight the gnats; for hearing the bee - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.30.md): For Prajāpati and Vāyu the cow-deer; for Varuṇa the forest ram; for Yama the black one; for the king of men th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.31.md): Of Prajāpati the mayu; the owl, the halikṣṇa and the vṛṣadaṃśa are yours; for Dhātṛ the kaṅka of the quarters; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.32.md): For Soma: the kulunga bird, a forest goat, a mongoose, lizards. For you of Pūṣan: a jackal, one of the māyu, I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.33.md): Of the Sun: the crane, the śārga bird, a sṛjaya, a śayāṇḍaka. For you of Mitra: for Sarasvatī, a myna, one tha - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.34.md): The eagle, a bird of Parjanya, the āti, the vāhasa, the darvidā. For you of Vāyu: for Bṛhaspati, for the lord - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.35.md): A man-beast, the monitor lizard of the moon, a kālaka, a woodpecker. For you of the trees: the cock, the swan - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.36.md): The antelope of the day, the frog, the mouse, the partridge are for you; the fox of the snakes, the black one - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.37.md): The anyavāpa of the half-months, the ṛśya, the peacock, the eagle are for you; of the Gandharvas, the udra of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.38.md): The varṣāhū of the seasons, the mouse, the kaśa, the māntʰāla are for you; of the Fathers, the ajagara for str - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.39.md): The śvitra of the Ādityas, the camel, the ghṛṇīvān, the vārdʰrīṇasa are for you; for the mortal, for the wilde - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 24.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/24.40.md): The rhinoceros belongs to the Viśvedevas; the dog, the black one, the ear-marked one, the donkey, and the hyen - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.1.md): With the teeth, the base of the teeth; with the roots of the teeth, the lower part; with the gums, the soft pa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.2.md): Wind with the out-breath and the in-breath; both nostrils with the offering vessel; the true with the lower li - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.3.md): Gnats with the hairs; Indra with skilful work; with the carrier; Bṛhaspati with the bird-perch; tortoises with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.4.md): The wing of Agni, the lower wing of Vāyu, the third of Indra, the fourth of Soma, the fifth of Aditi, the sixt - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.5.md): The wing of Indra and Agni, for Sarasvatī, the lower wing of Mitra, the third; the fourth of the waters, the f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.6.md): The shoulders of the Maruts; the first rib of all the gods; the second of the Rudras; the third of the Ādityas - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.7.md): Pūṣan with the vaniṣṭhu (throat); the serpents with the thick anus; the serpents with the anuses; the dislocat - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.8.md): Indra's chest to Aditi; the flank to the quarters; the collarbones of the quarters to Aditi; the rump to the c - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.9.md): With the navel, the separation; with the juice, the waters held; with the broth, the rays; with the drops, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.10.md): In the beginning Hiraṇyagarbha arose; born, he alone became the lord of all beings. He upheld the earth and th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.11.md): He who by his greatness became the sole king of all that breathes and blinks, of the moving world; who rules o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.12.md): By whose greatness these snowy mountains are, whose ocean, together with its waters, is said to be, whose thes - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.13.md): He who gives breath, who gives strength, whom all revere, whose command the gods obey, whose shadow is immorta - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.14.md): May auspicious resolves come to us from every side, unhindered, unconquered, springing forth. May the gods be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.15.md): May the auspicious good favour of the gods come to those who seek uprightness; may the gift of the gods turn b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.16.md): Them we call upon with the ancient nivid formula: Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, the unfailing Daksha, Aryaman, Varuna, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.17.md): May the wind that brings joy blow that remedy to us; may it come from Mother Earth and Father Heaven. May the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.18.md): Him, the lord of all that moves and stands, the lord who quickens thought, we call upon for protection. As Pūṣ - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.19.md): May Indra of great renown grant us well-being; may Pūṣan, the all-knowing, grant us well-being; may Tārkṣya of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.20.md): The Maruts, with spotted horses and the spotted one for mother, who travel splendidly and come to the assembli - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.21.md): O gods, may we hear what is auspicious with our ears; O worshipful gods, may we see what is auspicious with ou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.22.md): O gods, may a hundred autumns indeed be near us, where you bring our bodies to old age. Where sons become fath - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.23.md): Aditi is heaven, Aditi is the atmosphere, Aditi is mother; she is father, she is son. All the gods are Aditi, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.24.md): May Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Āyu, Indra, Ṛbhukṣan and the Maruts not look away from us, when in the sacred asse - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.25.md): When, with cleansing and wealth, they lead the seized gift of the veiled one from the mouth, the well-going, a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.26.md): This goat is led forward, a share of Pūṣan, belonging to all the gods, with the horse and the racehorse. The d - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.27.md): That which is fit to be offered season by season, the path of the gods, men lead round the horse three times. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.28.md): Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, Āvayā, the kindler of fire, the grāvan-grasper, and the well-inspired Śaṃstṛ. By that sacrific - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.29.md): Those who cut the sacrificial post, and those who carry the post, who fashion the ring for the horse-post, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.30.md): From the direction of the gods, the bright-backed one has come near; my well-minded thought is set down. The i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.31.md): Whatever is the binding cord of the racehorse, whatever bridle and rope lie on the head of the horse, whatever - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.32.md): Whatever is the fly-mark on the raw flesh of the horse, whatever is smeared on the spit and on the axe, whatev - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.33.md): Whatever is discharged from the belly's inner membrane, and whatever smell is of the raw flesh—let the sacrifi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.34.md): Whatever runs down from your limb while it is cooked in the fire, toward the spit of the one struck down—let i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.35.md): Those who look upon the horse, those who say of the cooked, 'Draw out the fragrant,' and those who have sought - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.36.md): The stirring-spoon of the flesh-cooking pot, the vessels, the sprinkling-ladles of broth, the covers in the he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.37.md): May Agni, smelling of smoke, not torment you; the spits shine upon the scorched parts. Offered, accepted, favo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.38.md): The going out of the horse, its sitting, its turning, the pace of its hooves, what it drank and what fodder it - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.39.md): The garments spread beneath the horse, the upper cover, the golden ornaments for it, the tether, the horse, an - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.40.md): Whatever was pricked in your seat with might, by the heel or by the whip, all that I offer with the sacred for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.41.md): The thirty-four limbs of the god-bound horse; the axe reaches the curved ribs of the horse. Set the limbs toge - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.42.md): One portion of Tvaṣṭṛ's horse is for cutting; there are two drivers, and so likewise the season. Those portion - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.43.md): May the dear breath, as it departs, not burn you; may the axe not remain upon your body. May the greedy axe no - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.44.md): You do not die, nor are you harmed; by easy paths you go to the gods. Your two spotted horses are yoked; the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.45.md): May the strong horse give us good pasture, good horses, sons of men, and wealth that nourishes all. Aditi, mak - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.46.md): Let us indeed make these worlds auspicious, and may Indra and all the gods do so. May Indra with his host, tog - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 25.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/25.47.md): O Agni, be the nearest to us and our protector; be auspicious and protective. Agni Vasu, of renowned wealth, r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.1.md): Agni and earth, bow together to each other; may they bow to me. Wind and atmosphere, bow together to each othe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.2.md): Just as I speak this auspicious speech to the people — to priest and warrior, to the servant, to the noble, to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.3.md): O Bṛhaspati, you who shine as worthy lord among people, bright with strength and born of ṛta, grant us that wo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.4.md): O Indra, possessor of cattle, come here; O you of a hundred powers, drink the soma pressed with lightning-like - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.5.md): O Indra, come; O slayer of Vṛtra, O you of a hundred powers, drink the soma pressed with cattle-laden stones. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.6.md): We implore Vaiśvānara, possessor of ṛta, lord of the light of order, for ceaseless heat. You are taken up by t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.7.md): May we be in the favour of Vaiśvānara; he is king of the worlds, radiant over them. Born here, he beholds this - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.8.md): May Vaiśvānara come hither from afar for our protection; may Agni, bearing the hymn, come. You are taken with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.9.md): Agni is the seer, the purifier, of the five peoples, the domestic priest; him of great hospitality we implore. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.10.md): Great Indra, with the thunderbolt in his hand, the sixteenth, may he grant shelter; may he slay the evil of hi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.11.md): That wondrous one, conqueror of foes, lord of wealth, exhilarated by soma, Indra: we call him with our songs, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.12.md): Sing that great hymn to Agni which is most carrying (of the oblation), O radiant one; from you wealth arises, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.13.md): Come, I will speak to you well, O Agni, thus and other songs; with these soma drops may you grow. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.14.md): May the seasons extend your sacrifice, may the months protect your oblation; may the year establish your sacri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.15.md): In the hollow of the mountains and at the confluence of the rivers, the inspired seer was born by insight. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.16.md): Your soma, born on high and seated in heaven, I take up here from earth; it is a mighty shelter and great reno - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.17.md): For us, knowing the wealth, may he flow around for Indra, worthy of sacrifice, for Varuṇa, and for the Maruts. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.18.md): Through these, desiring to win all the splendid riches of men, we seek them. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.19.md): With heroic sons, with cattle, with horses, with all prosperity, may we thrive; with two-footed and four-foote - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.20.md): O Agni, bring here the desiring wives of the gods, near; bring Tvaṣṭṛ for the drinking of soma. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.21.md): Call upon our sacrifice; O Neṣṭṛ, drink in season, for you indeed are the bestower of treasures. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.22.md): The giver of wealth desires to be sated; offer, and rise up. Be sent forth in season from the Neṣṭṛ. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.23.md): This soma is yours. Come hither, most ancient and gladly minded one; drink of it. Sitting down on the sacred g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.24.md): As if near to us, easily invoked ones, come hither indeed; sit down on the sacred grass and rejoice. Tvaṣṭṛ, e - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.25.md): Flow with the sweetest, most exhilarating stream, O Soma; you are pressed out for Indra to drink. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 26.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/26.26.md): Slayer of demons, seer of all people, toward the iron-struck place of origin; with the wooden vessel he sat do - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.1.md): O Agni, may the seasons and years, and the true seers, increase you. Shine with heavenly brilliance and illumi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.2.md): O Agni, kindle well and awaken him; rise up for great prosperity. May no harm come to your attendant; O Agni, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.3.md): O Agni, these brahmins have chosen you. O Agni, be auspicious for us in this enclosure. Be the slayer of our r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.4.md): Here indeed, O Agni, bestow wealth upon us in a stream. May the former fire-builders and the injurers not stri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.5.md): O Agni, join your good life with strength; O Agni, strive in the place of friendship with the friend. Be the m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.6.md): O Agni, pass beyond hidden malice, beyond assaults, beyond folly, beyond hostility. O Agni, overcome all evils - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.7.md): O Agni, unassailable all-knowing one, unconquered, radiant ruler, bearer of dominion, shine here. Releasing us - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.8.md): O Bṛhaspati, O Savitṛ, awaken him; sharpen well him who is already sharpened. Strengthen him for great good fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.9.md): From the far world, when, O Bṛhaspati, you released him from Yama's curse; may the Aśvins drive death back fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.10.md): Beyond the darkness, seeing the higher heavenly light, we have reached the god Sūrya among the gods, the supre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.11.md): Upright are his kindling sticks; upright too are Agni's bright flames, the most radiant flames of the fair-fac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.12.md): Tanūnapāt, the powerful, all-knowing god, god among the gods, may he anoint the paths with honey and with ghee - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.13.md): Reaching the sacrifice with honey, pleasing it, O Narāśaṃsa Agni; the well-doing god Savitṛ, chosen by all. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.14.md): He comes toward him with strength and ghee, praised and bearing offerings with homage; at the sacrifices, in t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.15.md): May he worship the greatness of this Agni; he is joyful, rich in good offerings, wealthy, most perceptive, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.16.md): The divine doors keep all the vows of Agni after him; spreading wide, they move ruling by their abode. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.17.md): They are his two divine wives, as if in one womb; may Dawn and Night protect this non-violent sacrifice of our - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.18.md): O two divine hotars, lift up our non-violent rite; praise Agni's tongue, and make it well-offered for us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.19.md): May the three goddesses — Iḍā, Sarasvatī, and Bhāratī — sit upon this sacred grass, praising greatly. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.20.md): May Tvaṣṭṛ bestow on us that swift, wondrous, abundant good vigor, and bring forth the nourishment of wealth i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.21.md): O Vanaspati, delighting by yourself, release the oblation down among the gods; may Agni, as the sacrificer, br - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.22.md): O Agni, svāhā. O Jātavedas, prepare the oblation for Indra. Let all the gods accept this offering. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.23.md): Rich foods that increase wealth and bring good understanding; the white and radiant one (Vāyu) joins the swift - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.24.md): For wealth indeed the two worlds brought forth him, and for wealth the divine Dhiṣaṇā bears that god. Then his - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.25.md): When the vast waters, bearing the embryo, pervaded the whole world and brought forth Agni, then from them aros - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.26.md): He who by his greatness looked upon the waters, bearing might and bringing forth the sacrifice, he who alone w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.27.md): You go with those teams to the sacrificer who gives; O Vāyu, come with the niyut horses to the sacrificial hou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.28.md): Come near our sacrifice and rite with the niyut horses, with hundreds and thousands; O Vāyu, rejoice at this p - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.29.md): With the niyut horses, O Vāyu, come. I offer this bright soma to you; you will go to the house of the one who - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.30.md): O Vāyu, I offer you the first portion of the sweet soma, this bright soma; O god, come with the niyut horses t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.31.md): May Vāyu, going first and pleased with the rite, go with our mind to the sacrifice together with us; may auspi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.32.md): O Vāyu, come with those thousandfold chariots of yours; come with the niyut horses to drink the soma. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.33.md): O self-born Vāyu, with one, ten, two, twenty, three and thirty teams you carry them; here release them. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.34.md): O Vāyu, lord of ṛta, son-in-law of Tvaṣṭṛ, wondrous one, we choose you. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.35.md): O hero, we praise you like cows that never run dry. You are lord of this moving world, seer of heaven; Indra, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.36.md): No other, heavenly or earthly, has been or will be born like you. O bountiful Indra, desiring horses, strength - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.37.md): Indeed we, the singers, invoke you for the winning of strength. O Indra, men invoke you, lord of the good, in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.38.md): You, O wondrous one, thunderbolt-handed, bold, great, praised, wielder of the stone, grant us together cattle, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.39.md): By what help, O wondrous, ever-growing friend, will you come to us? By what most powerful protection? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.40.md): Who, true and most bountiful of joys, will gladden you with the delight of the soma drink, so as to break even - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.41.md): Indeed, be the protector of us, your friends and praisers; be a hundredfold for our protection. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.42.md): At every sacrifice, with every song, for strength, to you and to Agni — we, reciting well, praise the immortal - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.43.md): Protect us, O Agni, with the one; protect with the second. O lord of strength, protect with three songs; O Vas - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.44.md): We stir the grandson of strength, who is kind to us; may we offer for the giving of oblations. May he be a hel - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 27.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/27.45.md): You are the year; you are the full year; you are the year of offerings; you are the year; you are the year. Le - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.1.md): May the hotṛ worship Indra with kindling-wood, in the place of Iḍā, at the navel of the earth. May he be kindl - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.2.md): May the hotṛ worship Tanūnapāt with his protections, Indra the conqueror, the unvanquished, the god who finds - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.3.md): May the hotṛ worship Indra, praised, invoked, immortal, with the offerings. The god of equal might with the go - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.4.md): May the hotṛ worship Indra on the barhis, best-seated, bull-like, skilled in manly deeds. Well-yoked with the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.5.md): May the invoking priest worship. Like vigour, heroic power and might, the doors have strengthened Indra. In th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.6.md): May the invoking priest worship. To Dawn and to Indra's two great milch-cows, easy to milk, mothers alike in b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.7.md): May the invoking priest worship. The two divine invokers, the two physicians, the two friends, who heal Indra - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.8.md): May the invoking priest worship. Three goddesses, like a remedy, three active ones of threefold constitution: - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.9.md): May the offering priest worship Tvaṣṭṛ and Indra, the healer, easy to worship, radiant with ghee, of many form - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.10.md): May the offering priest worship Vanaspati, the slaughterer, of a hundred powers, pleased by prayers of thought - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.11.md): May the offering priest worship Indra. Svāhā to the clarified butter, svāhā to the fat, svāhā to the drops, sv - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.12.md): The god Barhis, together with the good gods, has strengthened Indra, the one with heroes, the grass spread upo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.13.md): The goddess doors strengthened Indra at the joining, the strong ones in the course. With calf, youth and boy, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.14.md): The goddesses Dawn and Night have invoked Indra in the sacrifice. The divine clans have set out; let them be w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.15.md): The goddesses Joṣṭrī and Vasudhitī strengthened the god Indra. One drove away the unharmed, the other evil and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.16.md): Let the two goddesses Ūrjāhutī milk with milk, and strengthen Indra. Let one bring nourishment and vigour, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.17.md): May the two gods, with the goddess, the two invokers, strengthen Indra. May the two Hatāghaśaṃsa bring forth; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.18.md): Three goddesses strengthened their lord Indra. May Bhāratī, with the Rudras, touch heaven and the sacrifice; m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.19.md): The gods Indra, Narāśaṃsa, Trivarūtha and Tribandhura strengthened the god Indra. Established with a hundred a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.20.md): The god Vanaspati, with the gods, golden-leaved, honey-branched, well-berried, strengthened the god Indra. In - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.21.md): The divine barhis of the vāritī-s strengthened the god Indra. Well seated with Indra, near him, it turned towa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.22.md): The god Agni, the well-offering maker, strengthened the god Indra. May he make a good offering for us today; f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.23.md): The sacrificer today chose Agni as the offering priest; cooking, cooking the portions, binding the sacrificial - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.24.md): Let the priest offer to Agni, well kindled with great glory, most excellent, giver of vigor, and to Indra. Let - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.25.md): May the priest worship Tanūnapāt, whom Aditi bore as a pure embryo, and Indra, the giver of vigour. With the u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.26.md): May the priest worship him who is worthy of praise, praised, and the greatest slayer of Vṛtra, with praise-off - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.27.md): May the priest worship Subarhis, well-strewn with sacred grass, accompanied by Pūṣan, immortal, sitting on the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.28.md): May the hotṛ worship the spacious, easily approached, order-increasing divine golden doors; may he worship Ind - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.29.md): May the hotṛ worship the two great fair-formed, skilfully made ones, night and dawn, which are not invisible; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.30.md): May the hotṛ worship the two wise ones, the highest glory of the gods, the two divine hotṛ-priests, the two se - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.31.md): Let the offering priest worship the adorned, the three golden, Bhāratī, Bṛhatī and Mahī goddesses, and Indra, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.32.md): Let the offering priest worship Tvaṣṭṛ, of good seed, increaser of nourishment, bearing many forms, and Indra, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.33.md): Let the offering priest worship Vanaspati, the slaughterer, of a hundred powers, golden-leaved, of hymns, bear - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.34.md): Let the hotṛ worship, with svāhā-offerings, Agni the house-lord, Varuṇa separately, the healer, the seer, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.35.md): The god Barhis, the god who gives vigour, has strengthened Indra. With the Gāyatrī metre, placing vital power, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.36.md): The goddess doors have strengthened the pure Indra, giver of vigour. With the Uṣṇih metre, placing vital power - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.37.md): Let the goddesses Dawn and Night strengthen the god Indra, giver of vigour. With the Anuṣṭubh metre, placing v - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.38.md): Let the two goddesses, the pleasing and wealth-bestowing ones, strengthen the god Indra, giver of vigour. With - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.39.md): Let the two goddesses, the nourishing oblations, the milkers and good milkers, strengthen with milk the god In - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.40.md): Let the two divine hotṛ-priests, the gods, strengthen the god Indra, giver of vigour. With the Triṣṭubh metre, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.41.md): Three goddesses, three goddesses, strengthened Indra, lord and giver of vigour. With the Jagatī metre, placing - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.42.md): The god Narāśaṃsa has strengthened Indra, the giver of vigour, the god. With the virāj metre, placing vital po - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.43.md): The god Vanaspati has strengthened Indra, the giver of vigour, the god. With the dvipadā metre, placing vital - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.44.md): The god Barhis, the god of the doors, has strengthened Indra, the giver of vigour, the god. With the kakubh me - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.45.md): The god Agni, the maker of the well-offered oblation, has strengthened Indra, the giver of vigour, the god. Wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 28.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/28.46.md): Today this sacrificer chose Agni as hotṛ; cooking, binding the puroḍāśa, a goat for Indra, giver of vigour. To - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.1.md): The kindled fire anoints the ghee with the power of prayers. O Agni, filled with sweet ghee, strong, carrying - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.2.md): Anointed with ghee, knowing well the paths the gods travel, may the strong one also go to the gods. O horse, m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.3.md): You are worthy of praise and of homage; O strong one, you are swift and fit for the sacrifice. O horse, may Ag - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.4.md): Spread out, well laid, wide and broad, first spread upon the earth, this sacred grass is joined with the gods. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.5.md): These are auspicious for you, of all forms, spread out with their wings, resting upon the raised fastenings. M - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.6.md): Moving between Mitra and Varuṇa, agreeing together toward the face of the sacrifices, you two Dawns, well ador - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.7.md): First, you two, riding one chariot, golden gods seeing all the worlds; impelling with gratifying urge, you two - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.8.md): With the Ādityas may our Bhāratī desire the sacrifice; may Sarasvatī with the Rudras protect us. Iḍā, invoked - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.9.md): Tvaṣṭṛ begot the hero who desires the gods; Tvaṣṭṛ's horse was born, the swift steed. Tvaṣṭṛ produced this who - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.10.md): May the horse, anointed in body with ghee, go by the path season by season to the gods; knowing the world of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.11.md): O Agni, growing by the heat of Prajāpati, you are born at once and uphold the sacrifice. Go forward with the o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.12.md): When you first neighed as you were being born, rising up from the ocean or from the flood, your great birth, w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.13.md): Given by Yama, Trita yoked this one; Indra, the first, mounted this swift one. The Gandharva seized its rein; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.14.md): You are Yama, you are Āditya, O steed; by the secret vow you are Trita. Joined with Soma, you are said to be r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.15.md): They say you have three bonds in heaven, three in the waters, and three within the ocean. O horse, Varuṇa will - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.16.md): O swift horse, these are your wiping-cloths, these the storehouses of the giver of hooves. Here I have seen yo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.17.md): From afar, with my mind, I knew your self, like a bird flying down from heaven. I saw your head, winged, speed - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.18.md): Here I have seen your highest form, desiring to win food in the place of the cow. When a mortal reaches your e - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.19.md): After you went the chariot, O horse, after you went the mortal; after you went the cows and Bhaga of the maide - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.20.md): Golden-horned, iron-hoofed, swift as thought; Indra was the lower part. The gods came to receive its edible ob - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.21.md): Sweeping onward, shining in their middles, valiant together, heavenly and swift, they strive in rows like gees - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.22.md): Your body is made for flying, O horse, and your mind swift as the wind. Your horns stand apart; they roam abou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.23.md): The strong horse came near the praise-recitation, meditating with its mind toward the gods. The unborn goat is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.24.md): The horse came near that highest common seat, toward father and mother. Today you, most pleasing, are fit to r - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.25.md): Kindled today in the house of man, O god, you worship the gods. Great as Mitra and discerning, you are the mes - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.26.md): Tanūnapāt, anointing the paths and courses of cosmic order with honey, well-tongued one, prospering the sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.27.md): We praise with sacrifices the greatness of Narāśaṃsa, and of the worshipful among them. The gods of good purpo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.28.md): Invoked, praiseworthy and adorable Agni, come hither with the Vasus in joyful union. You are the great hotar o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.29.md): The eastward-facing sacred grass is cut in this direction of the earth, at dawn, at the front of the days. It - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.30.md): Wide-spreading, broad doors, open wide like adorned wives for their husbands. Divine, vast, all-impelling door - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.31.md): May Dawn and Night, worthy of worship, draw near and sit down in their place: the divine, great women, wearing - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.32.md): The two divine, first, well-spoken priests, measuring out the sacrifice of men to worship it, impelling it in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.33.md): May Bhāratī come quickly to our sacrifice, and Iḍā, here taking heed like Manu. May the three goddesses, with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.34.md): O Hotar, impelled today, knowing the god Tvaṣṭṛ, most worthy of worship, who adorned these begetting heaven an - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.35.md): Anointing the paths of the gods of its own will, send forth the oblations in their seasons. May Vanaspati, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.36.md): Born at once, Agni measured out the sacrifice and became the foremost of the gods. At the direction of this of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.37.md): O mortals, making a sign of light for the unknowing and form for the formless, you were born together with the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.38.md): When the armored one goes into the lap of the battle-assembly, he takes the appearance of a thundercloud. Conq - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.39.md): With the bow may we conquer cattle and the battlefield; with the bow may we conquer the fierce battle-assembli - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.40.md): As if about to speak, she comes humming toward the dear friend's ear, embracing him. Like a woman, this bowstr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.41.md): May they move in battle like a woman, and hold as a mother holds a son in her lap. In agreement, may these two - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.42.md): Father of many, its son is many; coming near in battle, it readies the arrows. The quiver, the sanka-arrows, a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.43.md): Standing on the chariot, the skilled charioteer leads the horses forward wherever he desires. Praise the great - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.44.md): The horses, with hooves like bulls' hands, racing together with the chariots, make fierce cries. Advancing wit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.45.md): This oblation that draws the chariot is its name; where its weapon and armour are placed, there may we sit bes - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.46.md): Fathers who sit in sweetness, who grant vigour, who rest in hardship, who are mighty and profound, of varied h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.47.md): Fathers, Brahmin-like and bearing soma, may heaven and earth, sinless, be auspicious for us. May Pūṣan, increa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.48.md): The well-feathered arrow wears itself like a deer's tooth; bound with cords and sent forth, it flies. Where me - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.49.md): O straight-running one, guard us all around; may the stone be armour for our bodies. May Soma speak on our beh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.50.md): They strike the backs of these, they strike the thighs. Born of horses, wise one, urge the horses on in the ba - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.51.md): As a serpent with its coils encircles, warding off the missile from the bowstring, he encircles the arm. The h - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.52.md): O lord of the forest, become strong-limbed; be our friend, the one who carries across, having good heroes. You - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.53.md): The strength raised up from heaven and earth, the might brought from the trees; the vigor of the waters, Indra - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.54.md): Indra's thunderbolt, the host of the Maruts, the womb of Mitra, the navel of Varuṇa. That god, O chariot, plea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.55.md): Make earth and sky resound, O drum; let the arrayed host perceive you. O war-drum, together with Indra and the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.56.md): Raise strength and vigor and roar; thunder out, driving away distresses. O drum, blow misfortune away from her - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.57.md): Drive them forward and turn them back; the drum sounds loudly with its banners. The horse-leaf banners move to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.58.md): Of Agni, black-necked; a ewe of Sarasvatī; brown, of Soma; of Pūṣan, dark; white-backed; of Bṛhaspati; speckle - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.59.md): For Agni Anīkavat: a red-marked ox; two with a downward-bent pole; for Savitṛ; for Pūṣan; silver-navelled; for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 29.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/29.60.md): For Agni, with the Gāyatrī, the threefold, the Rathantara: an eight-potsherd cake. For Indra, with the Triṣṭub - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.1.md): O god Savitṛ, impel the sacrifice; impel the lord of the sacrifice for prosperity. May the heavenly Gandharva, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.2.md): We meditate upon that adorable brilliance of the god Savitṛ, which may impel our thoughts. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.3.md): O god Savitṛ, drive away all misfortunes; bring to us whatever is auspicious. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.4.md): We invoke Savitṛ, the distributor of wealth and of wondrous bounty, the observer of men. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.5.md): To Brahman, the brahmin; to kṣatra, the ruler; to the Maruts, the commoner; to austerity, the servant; to dark - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.6.md): For dance, the bard; for song, the actor; for dharma, the frequenter of assemblies; for the bringing of men to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.7.md): For austerity, the potter; for illusion, the smith; for form, the jeweller; for auspiciousness, the barber; fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.8.md): For the rivers, the pauñjiṣṭha; for the Ṛkṣīkās, the naiṣāda; for the man-tiger, the durmada; for the gandharv - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.9.md): For union, the paramour; for the household, the adulterer; for distress, the one married out of turn; for Nirṛ - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.10.md): For the wells, the hunchback; for joy, the dwarf; for the doors, the lame one; for sleep, the blind one; for u - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.11.md): For the rites, the elephant-keeper; for speed, the horse-keeper; for nourishment, the cowherd; for valour, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.12.md): The wood-carrier for radiance, the fire-kindler for splendour, the sprinkler for the wide expanse of Bradhna, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.13.md): The thief-hearted one for order, the slanderer for the slaying of enemies, the chamberlain for separation, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.14.md): For Manyu, the iron-heater; for anger, the creeper; for union, the yoker; for grief, the pursuer; for welfare, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.15.md): For Yama, the bearer of Yama; for the Atharvans, the one bearing a child; for the year, the one going around; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.16.md): For the lakes, the fisherman; for the shore-dwellers, the boatman; for the Vaiśanta waters, the Bainda hunter; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.17.md): For Bībhatsā, the Pauṃlkasa; for Varṇa, the goldsmith; for Tulā, the merchant; for the evening fault, the wear - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.18.md): For Akṣarāja, the gambler; for Kṛta, the one who sees the first nine; for Tretā, the capable one; for Dvāpara, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.19.md): For the echo, the wailer; for Ghoṣa, the barker; for the end, the much-talker; for the endless, the mute; for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.20.md): For the playful one, a wanton woman; for the laughing one, a singer; for the water-dweller, a spotted woman; a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.21.md): For Agni, a fat one; for the earth, a stool-crawler; for Vāyu, an outcaste; for the atmosphere, a bamboo-dance - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 30.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/30.22.md): Then he takes these eight deformed ones: the excessively tall, the excessively short, the excessively stout, t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.1.md): The Person has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet. Enveloping the earth on every side, he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.2.md): All that has been and all that is to be is the Person. He is the lord of immortality, who rises beyond by mean - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.3.md): Such is his greatness; the Person is greater still. One quarter of him is all beings; three quarters of him is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.4.md): Three quarters of him rose upward; one quarter of the Person came into being here again. Then he spread out ev - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.5.md): From him the Virāj was born; over the Virāj the Person (appeared). Born, he surpassed the earth behind and als - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.6.md): From that sacrifice wholly offered, curds and ghee were gathered; for Vāyu he made those animals, the wild and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.7.md): From that sacrifice wholly offered, the verses (ṛc) and chants (sāman) were born; from it the meters were born - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.8.md): From that were born the horses, and whatever creatures have teeth on both sides. From that were born the cows; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.9.md): They sprinkled that sacrifice, the Puruṣa who had been born, first upon the sacred grass. With him the gods, t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.10.md): When they divided the Puruṣa, into how many parts did they arrange him? What is said to be his mouth, what his - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.11.md): The Brahmin was his mouth; the Rājanya (warrior) was made from his arms. The Vaiśya is his thighs; from his fe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.12.md): The moon was born from the mind, and the sun was born from the eye. From the ear came wind and breath, and fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.13.md): From the navel came the atmosphere; from the head the sky came into being. From the feet the earth, from the e - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.14.md): When the gods performed the sacrifice with Puruṣa as the oblation, spring became its clarified butter, summer - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.15.md): Seven enclosing sticks were set around it, and twenty-one kindling sticks were prepared, when the gods, extend - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.16.md): The gods performed the sacrifice with sacrifice; those were the first ordinances. Glorious, they attained that - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.17.md): From the waters, from the essence of the earth, from the All-maker it first came into being. Tvaṣṭṛ comes shap - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.18.md): I know this great Puruṣa, sun-coloured, beyond darkness. Knowing him alone, one passes over death; there is no - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.19.md): Prajāpati moves within the womb; though unborn, he is born in many forms. The wise behold his source; in him a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.20.md): He who shines forth for the gods, the chief priest of the gods, who was born first before the gods — homage to - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.21.md): The gods, bringing forth the brahman radiance, said at the beginning: the brahmin who knows thus—the gods woul - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 31.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/31.22.md): Śrī and Lakṣmī are your wives; day and night your flanks; the constellations your form; the Aśvins stand open. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.1.md): That indeed is Agni, that is Āditya, that is Vāyu, and that is the moon. That is the bright one, that is Brahm - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.2.md): All the twinklings and lightnings were born from the Puruṣa. No one has seized him from above, nor across, nor - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.3.md): He has no image; his name is great fame. This is Hiraṇyagarbha. This is 'may he not harm me.' This is 'from wh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.4.md): This god pervades all the regions. He was born first, and he is also within the womb. He is the one born, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.5.md): Nothing at all was born before him; he who came into being in all worlds. Prajāpati, rejoicing with offspring, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.6.md): By whom the fierce sky and the firm earth are established, by whom heaven and the heavenly realm are held fast - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.7.md): Whom the two wailing worlds, supported by protection, looked upon, trembling in mind, and upon whom the risen - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.8.md): Vena, seeing that existent placed in the cave, where the whole world becomes one nest — in it all this comes t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.9.md): Let the gandharva who knows the immortal declare it — the abode of the existent borne in the cave. In the cave - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.10.md): He is our kinsman, the begetter and the disposer; he knows the abodes of all worlds. Where the gods, having at - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.11.md): Going around the beings, going around the worlds, going around all the intermediate and cardinal directions; a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.12.md): Having at once gone around heaven and earth, around the worlds, around the directions, around the heavenly rea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.13.md): Lord of the assembly hall, wondrous, dear to Indra, to be desired — I have sought gain and intelligence. Svāhā - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.14.md): By that intelligence which the troops of gods and the fathers worship, today make me intelligent, O Agni. Svāh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.15.md): May Varuṇa give me intelligence; may Agni Prajāpati give intelligence; may Indra and Vāyu give intelligence; m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 32.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/32.16.md): May both brahman and kṣatra attain prosperity for me. May the gods place supreme prosperity in me. For that, t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.1.md): The unaging, rower-like fires of this house blaze; smoking, purifying fires, white-gleaming, swift, restless, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.2.md): Tawny, smoke-bannered fires driven by the wind rise toward the sky; the separate fires strive. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.3.md): Worship Mitra and Varuṇa for us; worship the gods and the great ṛta. O Agni, worship your own home. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.4.md): O Agni, yoke the horses most invoked by the gods, like a charioteer. Hotṛ, ancient one, sit down on your seat. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.5.md): Two differently formed ones move for one common purpose, each suckling the calf in the other's place. In one t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.6.md): Here the first Hotṛ has been established by the Dhātṛs, most worshipful and praiseworthy in sacrifices, whom t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.7.md): Three hundred, three thousand and thirty-three gods worshipped Agni. They sprinkled him with ghee, spread the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.8.md): Agni is the head of heaven and the lord of earth, Vaiśvānara born in the cosmic order. The wise sovereign, gue - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.9.md): May Agni smite the obstacles, seeking wealth with praiseworthy speech. Kindled, bright, offered into the fire. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.10.md): O Agni, with all the gods, with Indra and Vāyu, drink the sweet soma-juice through the abodes of Mitra. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.11.md): When radiance entered the lord of men for nourishment, and the pure seed was poured near heaven, Agni generate - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.12.md): O Agni, may your highest splendors be for great good fortune. Bring the household lordship under good control, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.13.md): O Agni, most delightful, we honor you with the flames of the chant; hear our great praise. As the most powerfu - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.14.md): O Agni, well-offered, through you may the sacrificers be dear. May the bountiful controllers of the people gua - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.15.md): O Agni of attentive ears, hear us together with the gods who carry the offerings and go along with you. May Mi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.16.md): Agni, Aditi of all the sacrificial gods and guest of all humans, seeking the favor of the gods, Jātavedas: may - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.17.md): May we be blameless in the shelter of great, kindled Agni, in the well-being of Mitra and Varuṇa. May we be in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.18.md): The waters swell, like barren cows; may the singers reach the cosmic order. O Indra, come to us like the wind - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.19.md): O cows, come near and protect the great sacrifice, you givers of rich juices; both with golden ears. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.20.md): When the sun rises today, may we be blameless; Mitra and Aryaman impel, and Savitṛ and Bhaga too. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.21.md): Pour splendour here into the pressed soma, the radiant glory of both worlds; may the juice sustain the bull (I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.22.md): Him who stands above, all have adorned; clothed in splendours, self-shining, he moves about. Great is that by - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.23.md): Sing forth praise for the great, exhilarating soma-drink, to Viśvānara and Viśvābhū. Both heaven and earth ser - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.24.md): Great is their kindling-wood, abundant their praise, broad and loud; those whose young friend is Indra. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.25.md): O Indra, come and rejoice in this soma-drink with all the soma-sections; great helper, with vigour. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.26.md): Indra encircled Vṛtra, leading his strength-bringing host; he crushed the crafty ones with his destroying powe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.27.md): O Indra, great though you are, why do you go alone, O lord of the good? Why is it asked of you thus? Fighting - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.28.md): The men of Indra praise you, those who desire to reach the cattle-rich enclosure, who desire to milk at once t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.29.md): Indra, for you I bring this great and wide thought; this wisdom which is adorned for you in this hymn. The god - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.30.md): May that great, widely shining god drink the sweet soma, bestowing undeviating life upon the lord of the sacri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.31.md): The rays lift up that all-knowing god and carry him, the sun, for all to see. Svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.32.md): O purifier, with that eye with which you look upon the people as they restlessly move about, with that very ey - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.33.md): O divine adhvaryus, come here in the chariot that has the sun's brightness; adorn the sacrifice with sweetness - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.34.md): May the god Savitṛ, belonging to all men, come to our sacrificial assembly with the praise-offerings of Iḍā an - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.35.md): O slayer of Vṛtra, whatever you, O sun, have risen up over today — O Indra, all that is under your power. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.36.md): You are the swift crosser, visible to all, maker of light, O sun. You shine over the whole luminous realm. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.37.md): That divinity of the sun, that greatness — in the middle he gathered together the spread-out (light) of the Ma - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.38.md): For the beholding of Mitra and Varuṇa, the sun assumes his form in the lap of heaven. One of his radiances is - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.39.md): O Sun, you are great; O Āditya, you are vast and great. The glory of your true being is praised; O god, you ar - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.40.md): O Sun, you are great in fame; O god, truly you are great. By your greatness you are the lord of power and the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.41.md): Regarding the sun as if it were cooked, may all the gods partake of Indra's share. We, born and generating tre - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.42.md): O gods, today at the sun's rising, carry us across from distress and bring us out from blame. May Mitra and Va - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.43.md): Moving through the dark atmosphere, setting the immortal and the mortal in their places, the god Savitṛ comes - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.44.md): Their easy-to-approach sacrificial grass is spread out; like lords of the clans, the two swift ones come. At t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.45.md): Indra-Vāyu, Bṛhaspati, Mitra-Agni, Pūṣan, Bhaga, the Ādityas, and the host of Maruts. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.46.md): May Varuṇa be our protector, and Mitra with all his aids; may they make us rich in good gifts. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.47.md): O Indra, come to us among these kinsmen; O Viṣṇu, come. O Maruts, O Aśvins, come. O protectors, sustainers of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.48.md): O Agni, Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, O gods, come forth with the host of the Maruts; O Viṣṇu, may the two Aśvins, Rud - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.49.md): I call upon Indra and Agni, Mitra and Varuṇa, Aditi, Svar, Pṛthivī, Dyau, the Maruts, the mountains and the wa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.50.md): May the Rudras, and the gods strong as mountains, be united and pleased with us in the slaying of Vṛtra and in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.51.md): O gods worthy of sacrifice, turn toward us today. May I, fearful, not be parted from you in my heart. O gods, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.52.md): May all the Maruts come today with help; may all the fires be well kindled. May all the gods come to us with t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.53.md): O all gods, hear this my call: you who are in the atmosphere and who stand above the sky, you of fire-tongues - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.54.md): For to the sacrifice-worthy gods you first grant the highest portion of immortality; then, O Savitṛ, you loose - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.55.md): Toward Vāyu may my great thought go forth, toward him who brings great wealth desired by all, filling the char - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.56.md): O Indra and Vāyu, these pressed soma-juices are ready; come near with your delights. Indeed, the soma drops lo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.57.md): I call upon Mitra of purified strength, and Varuṇa, destroyer of enemies; accomplishing the ghee-bearing thoug - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.58.md): O wondrous, youthful and eager Nāsatyas, the soma is pressed; you two who have cut the sacred grass, come hith - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.59](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.59.md): When Saramā found the thing broken off from the rock, who together obtained the great ancient path? Toward the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.60](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.60.md): They found no other spy before Vaiśvānara Agni, than him who leads forward. The immortal gods strengthened thi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.61](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.61.md): We call upon the fierce Indra and Agni, the two smiters of enemies. May those two be gracious to us in such a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.62](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.62.md): Sing near to this purifying Indu (Soma), O men, who desires to sacrifice toward the gods. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.63](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.63.md): You whom the wise who strengthened you in the slaying of Ahi, in the battle with Śambara, and in the search fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.64](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.64.md): You were born fierce, for might and swiftness; joyful, most vigorous, of great pride. Here the Maruts strength - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.65](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.65.md): Come hither to our side, Indra, slayer of Vṛtra. Great one, come with great protections. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.66](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.66.md): You, Indra, prevail over all rivals in contests. You are the destroyer of hostility, the generator, the conque - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.67](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.67.md): Behind your swift strength both earths followed, like two mothers after a child. Indra, when you overcame Vṛtr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.68](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.68.md): The sacrifice of the gods goes toward favor. Ādityas, be gracious. May your good intent turn toward us, and ma - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.69](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.69.md): O Savitṛ, with unfailing and auspicious protections, now fully guard our homestead. Golden-tongued one, protec - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.70](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.70.md): Pure, sweet, pressed soma has been held forth for you both by the adhvaryus. O Vāyu, bring your teams, come ne - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.71](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.71.md): O cows, come near and come down, great givers of the ritual drop of the sacrifice; may both ears be golden. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.72](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.72.md): In the births of the wise, in the house of power and skill — O destroyers of foes, come here to the common sea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.73](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.73.md): O divine adhvaryus, sun-skinned, come by chariot and anoint the sacrifice together with honey. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.74](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.74.md): Their slanting, outstretched cord — was it below, or was it above? There were seed-bearers, there were greatne - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.75](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.75.md): He filled heaven and earth, he filled the great heavenly light. The workers bore him, born and great; he is le - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.76](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.76.md): With the recitations, you who are the greatest slayers of Vṛtra, exhilarated, indeed, hither with praise, you - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.77](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.77.md): Near to us, let the sons of immortality hear our praises; let them be gracious to us. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.78](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.78.md): My prayers and thoughts, the joyful pressed soma, my stone that stirs up strength, is brought forth. They prai - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.79](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.79.md): Your supremacy, O bountiful one, is unsurpassed; no god is like you, none knowing so; no one born or being bor - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.80](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.80.md): That was the foremost among the worlds, from which the fierce one of blazing strength was born; being born, he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.81](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.81.md): O Agni, rich in many goods, may these my songs make you grow. Bright like the purifier, pure and wise ones hav - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.82](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.82.md): For him, whose are all these noble ones and servants, the guardians of treasures and foes, even for the shinin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.83](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.83.md): This, a thousandfold, made strong by the seers, has spread out like the ocean. True is its greatness; in the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.84](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.84.md): O Savitṛ, today protect our home all around with your unfailing, auspicious guardians. Golden-tongued one, gua - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.85](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.85.md): O Vāyu, come to our sacrifice that reaches the sky, with good thoughts. Within and above the pure filter, this - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.86](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.86.md): Indra and Vāyu, fair to behold and easy to invoke, here we call you, that all our people may be free from dise - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.87](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.87.md): Thus the mortal who strives rightly for the service of the gods, who now invokes Mitra and Varuṇa for help, ha - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.88](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.88.md): Come hither, Aśvins, adorn (the rite), drink the sweet (draught). O virile, conquering, wealthy Aśvins, drink - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.89](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.89.md): May the lord of prayer go forth; may the divine true speech come forth. Toward the heroic, manly giver of the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.90](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.90.md): The moon is within the waters; the well-winged bird runs in heaven. The tawny, the abundant, much-desired weal - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.91](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.91.md): For your protection, each god; for help, each god; for winning strength, each god we call; praising with divin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.92](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.92.md): Set in heaven, Agni Vaiśvānara shone forth, great. Growing on earth with might, placed for delight, he drives - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.93](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.93.md): Indra and Agni: this first one, footless, came to the footed beings. Leaving its head, speaking with its tongu - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.94](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.94.md): Indeed the gods, equally zealous for Manu, all together are bountiful. May they be ours today; and later, for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.95](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.95.md): Indra drove away the accusations; Indra, slayer of curses, became glorious. O Indra, the gods have exerted the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.96](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.96.md): O Maruts, sing forth your sacred formula for the great Indra. Vṛtra-slayer, Indra of a hundred powers, strikes - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 33.97](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/33.97.md): In the exhilaration of this pressed soma, Indra increased his virile strength. O Viṣṇu, today people praise th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.1.md): That divine mind which goes far when one is awake, and likewise goes to the one who sleeps; the far-going, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.2.md): By which the wise and steady ones perform their works in the sacrifice and in the assemblies; that which is un - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.3.md): That which is discernment, awareness and steadfastness, the immortal light within beings, without which no act - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.4.md): By which this past, world and future are all encompassed by the immortal, and by which the seven-priest sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.5.md): In which the verses, chants and formulas are established, like spokes in the hub of a chariot, and in which th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.6.md): As a skilled charioteer drives horses with the reins, so may that mind which leads men, which is established i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.7.md): Now I praise the great, sustaining, mighty nourishment, by whose power Trita crushed Vṛtra joint by joint. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.8.md): O Anumati, may you consent and grant us peace; impel us toward resolve and strength; prolong our lifetimes. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.9.md): Today may Anumati approve our sacrifice among the gods; and may Agni, bearer of oblations, be a source of bles - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.10.md): O Sinīvālī, broad-braided one, who are the sister of the gods, accept the offered oblation; O goddess, bestow - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.11.md): Five rivers with their currents flow into Sarasvatī; Sarasvatī, fivefold, became a river in that land. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.12.md): O Agni, you are the first Aṅgiras seer; among the gods you became a god, an auspicious friend. In your observa - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.13.md): O Agni, with your protections guard the bodies of us who are bountiful; O adorable god, you are the protector - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.14.md): O knowing one, bring down in the upturned one; at once the well-impelled one bore the virile bull. The ruddy f - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.15.md): In the place of Iḍā, upon the navel of the earth, we establish you. O Jātavedas Agni, we place you to carry th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.16.md): We offer strong praise to the mighty one, loud praise like the Aṅgirasas to the praise-loving one. Praising wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.17.md): Offer great homage to the Great One; bring sung praise and chant to the Mighty. By this, our ancient fathers, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.18.md): O Indra, the friends of Soma desire you; they press the soma and offer oblations. They endure the reproach of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.19.md): O lord of bay horses, not even the highest worlds are far from you; come forward toward this rite. For the fir - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.20.md): O Soma, unconquerable in battles and armies, winner of light, protector of the waters and the stronghold, vict - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.21.md): Soma gives a milch-cow, Soma gives a swift horse; Soma gives a heroic, capable son. To him who offers to him, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.22.md): O Soma, you created all these plants; you brought forth the waters and the cows. You stretched out the wide at - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.23.md): O god Soma, with our divine mind, fight for us to win a share of wealth. O mighty one, you are the lord of str - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.24.md): The golden-eyed god Savitṛ has illumined the eight directions of the earth, and the three deserts and seven ri - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.25.md): The golden-handed, all-seeing Savitṛ moves between heaven and earth. He drives away the affliction of the wate - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.26.md): May the golden-handed, life-giving, well-guiding, gracious, wealthy Savitṛ come hither. Driving away the demon - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.27.md): O Savitṛ, deity, by your ancient, dustless, well-made paths in the atmosphere, by those easy paths, protect us - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.28.md): Both Aśvins, drink, and grant us shelter with protections that never fail. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.29.md): Aśvins, make our speech rich in good things; wonderful, bountiful ones, make our thought (prosper). For help i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.30.md): Aśvins, protect us by days and nights, with unharmed good fortunes. Let Mitra and Varuṇa honor that for us; le - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.31.md): Coming hither through the dark atmosphere, establishing the immortal and the mortal (each in its place), Savit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.32.md): O night, the earthly realm has been filled with the abodes of the Father. You stand widely upon the vast seats - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.33.md): O Uṣas, bring us that wondrous wealth, O rich in food and strength, by which we may hold offspring and sons. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.34.md): At dawn we invoke Agni, at dawn Indra; at dawn Mitra and Varuṇa, at dawn the Aśvins. At dawn we invoke Bhaga, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.35.md): At dawn we invoke the victorious, mighty Bhaga, son of Aditi, the sustainer — whom even the feeble regard, and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.36.md): O Bhaga, leader, O Bhaga of true bounty! Bhaga, granting us this thought and deed, raise us up. O Bhaga, beget - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.37.md): And now may we be blessed with fortune, at the forenoon, at midday, and at sunrise too. O bountiful one, at th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.38.md): May Bhaga indeed be the blessed god; through him may we be blessed with fortune. O Bhaga, all call upon you; m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.39](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.39.md): For the sacrifice may the dawns bow together, like the horse Dadhikrā for the step of brightness. May swift ho - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.40](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.40.md): May the dawns, rich in horses, rich in cattle, rich in heroic sons, shine forth for us always, auspicious. You - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.41](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.41.md): O Pūṣan, under your vow may we never be harmed. We are your praisers here. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.42](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.42.md): To Pūṣan, lord of every path, the praise sung with desire has reached him. May he grant to us swiftly; may Pūṣ - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.43](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.43.md): Viṣṇu strode forth in three steps, the protector, the unassailable one. Thence he upholds the ordinances. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.44](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.44.md): That supreme abode of Viṣṇu the wakeful inspired seers and praisers kindle. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.45](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.45.md): Ghee-rich, adorned with all beings, wide earth and heaven milking sweetness, fair of form, are held apart by V - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.46](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.46.md): May those who are our rivals be cast away; with Indra and Agni we push them down. The Vasus, Rudras and Āditya - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.47](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.47.md): Nāsatyas, Aśvins, come here with the three and the eleven gods to the sweet drink. Lengthen life, wipe away st - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.48](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.48.md): O Maruts, this is your hymn; this song is of Māndārya and the composer Mānya. May it reach our body; may we kn - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.49](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.49.md): The seven divine seers, of one praise, one metre and one measure, having seen the path of the ancients, firmly - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.50](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.50.md): This is life-giving, vigour-giving, nourishing of wealth, of the sprouting plant. May this gold, full of vigou - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.51](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.51.md): Demons and flesh-eaters cannot overcome this; it is the first-born power of the gods. He who bears Dākṣāyaṇa g - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.52](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.52.md): As the Dākṣāyaṇas tied gold for Śatānīka with gladdened minds, so I tie it for myself: for a hundred autumns, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.53](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.53.md): May Ahirbudhnya hear us, and the unborn one-footed one, earth and ocean. May all the gods who increase cosmic - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.54](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.54.md): These words I offer with the ghee-dripping ladle, from of old, to the Ādityas, the kings. May Mitra, Aryaman, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.55](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.55.md): In the body seven seers are placed; the seven guard it constantly, without heedlessness. The seven waters of t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.56](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.56.md): Rise up, O lord of prayer; we who desire the gods call you. May the bountiful Maruts come near; O Indra, be wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.57](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.57.md): Now the lord of prayer speaks forth that worthy mantra, in which Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman and the gods ma - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 34.58](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/34.58.md): O lord of prayer, you are the director of this hymn; be awake and foster our offspring. May the gods protect a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.1.md): Let the niggardly, the hostile, and those who hate the gods go far away. This world belongs to the one who has - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.2.md): May Savitṛ desire a world on the earth for your bodies. For him let the ruddy cows be yoked. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.3.md): Let Vāyu purify. Let Savitṛ purify. By the brilliance of Agni, by the lustre of the sun, let the ruddy cows be - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.4.md): In the aśvattha tree is your seat; in the leaf your dwelling has been made. Sharers in cattle, you indeed are - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.5.md): May Savitṛ place your bodies here in the lap of the mother. For him, O Earth, become peaceful. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.6.md): In Prajāpati, in the divine realm, in the world near the waters, I place you, O that one. May he burn away evi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.7.md): O Death, go far away along that path which is other than the path of the gods. To you who have eyes and hears, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.8.md): May the wind be auspicious for you, and your heat be auspicious. May the fire-bricks be auspicious for you. Ma - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.9.md): May the directions be favourable for you. May the waters be most auspicious for you; may the rivers be auspici - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.10.md): The stony river flows on; hold together, rise up, cross over, O companions. Here let us abandon the inauspicio - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.11.md): Drive away sin, drive away guilt, drive away sorcery, drive away transgression. O Apāmārga, you drive away fro - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.12.md): May the waters and herbs be friendly to us, and hostile to the one who hates us and whom we hate. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.13.md): For well-being we take hold of the Saurabheya ox. May he be for us, like Indra, a carrier for the gods and one - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.14.md): Rising up from darkness, looking upon the higher heaven, we have come to the god Sūrya among the gods, the hig - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.15.md): For the living I place this boundary; let no other of them now go toward this goal. May they live a hundred au - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.16.md): O Agni, purify our lives; impel strength and nourishment to us here; drive misfortune far away. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.17.md): O Agni, long-lived, growing by the oblation, with ghee as your face and ghee as your womb, be here. Having dru - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.18.md): They led the cow around; they carried Agni around. Among the gods they made fame; who would dare to assail the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.19.md): I send far away the flesh-devouring Agni; let him go to the realm of Yama, carrying defilement. Here indeed le - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.20.md): O Jātavedas, carry the caul-fat for the fathers, to where you know these have been placed afar. Let streams of - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.21.md): O Earth, be gracious to us, free of thorns, giving rest. Spreading wide, grant us shelter; let our evil burn a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 35.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/35.22.md): You were born from this; from you let this one be born again. That one, for the heavenly world. Svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.1.md): I resort to the ṛc, to speech; I resort to the mind, to the yajus; I resort to the sāman, to breath; I resort - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.2.md): Whatever hole or wound there is in my eye, heart or mind, may Bṛhaspati set that right for me. May he who is l - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.3.md): Earth, atmosphere, heaven. We meditate on the excellent radiance of the god Savitṛ. May he impel our thoughts. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.4.md): By what help may he become our wondrous, ever-growing friend? By what most powerful might is he enclosed? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.5.md): Who, true and most bounteous of exhilarations, shall exhilarate you with the soma juice? Who shall exhilarate - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.6.md): Be a good protector of our friends and of the singers of praise. Be ours with a hundred helps. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.7.md): O bull, with what help do you rejoice toward us? With what help do you bring (wealth) to the praisers? - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.8.md): Indra rules over all. May there be peace for us, peace for bipeds, peace for quadrupeds. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.9.md): May Mitra bring peace to us, may Varuna bring peace, may Aryaman bring peace to us. May Indra and Brihaspati b - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.10.md): May the wind blow peacefully for us, may the sun warm peacefully for us. May the thundering god Parjanya rain - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.11.md): May the days be peaceful for us, may the nights come in peace. May Indra and Agni, with their protection, brin - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.12.md): May the divine waters be peaceful for us, for the attainment of our desires and for drinking; may they flow up - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.13.md): O Earth, be pleasant to us, free from thorns and affording a dwelling. Spreading wide, grant us shelter. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.14.md): O waters, you indeed are bestowers of happiness. Establish those for us, for nourishment, for great joy and fo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.15.md): Of you, whichever is most auspicious essence, share that here with us, like eager mothers. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.16.md): For that, let us come fully to you, for whose dwelling you invigorate. O waters, bring us forth also. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.17.md): Peace in heaven, peace in the atmosphere, peace in the earth, peace in the waters, peace in the herbs, peace i - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.18.md): O bond, strengthen me. May all beings look upon me together with Mitra's eye. I look upon all beings with Mitr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.19.md): O dṛte, make me firm. May I live long in your sight; may I live long in your sight. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.20.md): Homage to your flame and blaze; homage be to your radiance. Let your weapons burn others away from us. O purif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.21.md): Homage be to the lightning, homage to you. Homage to the thunder. O blessed one, homage to you from whence you - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.22.md): From wherever you strive, make fearlessness for us. Make peace for us; make fearlessness for us for the people - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.23.md): May the waters and plants be friendly to us; may they be hostile to him who hates us and whom we hate. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 36.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/36.24.md): That eye, beneficial to the gods, bright and rising from the east. May we see a hundred autumns, may we live a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.1.md): By the impulse of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. You are the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.2.md): The inspired seers yoke the mind and yoke the thoughts of the great, wise seer. They set out the invokers righ - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.3.md): O goddess Heaven and Earth, may I accomplish today the head of your sacrifice at the place of the gods on the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.4.md): O goddesses, earth-born firstborn of the being, you of the sacrifice: may I accomplish today the head of the s - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.5.md): So great was it at the beginning, that which is yours, O sacrifice. May I accomplish today the head of the sac - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.6.md): You are the vigor of Indra; you are the head of the sacrifice. Today, on the sacred ground of the earth, may I - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.7.md): May Brahmaṇaspati go forth; may the divine true speech come forth. Toward the heroic, manly one who bestows th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.8.md): You are the head of the sacrifice. For the sacrifice I take you, for the head of the sacrifice I take you. You - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.9.md): On the sacrificial ground of the earth, with the strength of the stallion horse I fumigate you. For the sacrif - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.10.md): For straightness, for you; for accomplishment, for you; for good dwelling, for you. For the sacrifice, for you - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.11.md): For Yama, you. For the sacrifice, you. For the heat of the sun, you. May the god Savitṛ anoint you with sweetn - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.12.md): In the east, under Agni's lordship, unassailable one, give me life. In the south, under Indra's lordship, moth - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.13.md): Svāhā. Ripen around with the Maruts. Protect from the touches of heaven. Honey, honey, honey. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.14.md): The womb and father of the gods, the lord of thoughts, the master of creatures. The god has gone together with - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.15.md): Agni, united with Agni, united with the divine Savitṛ, shone forth united with the sun. Svāhā. Agni, united wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.16.md): The upholder of heaven shines on the earth through heat; the god who upholds among the gods is immortal, born - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.17.md): I saw the protector who does not perish, moving hither and thither by the paths. Clothed in those that go toge - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.18.md): O lord of all beings, lord of all mind, lord of all speech, lord of the speech of all. You, who hear the gods, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.19.md): For the heart I set you, for the mind I set you, for heaven I set you, for the sun I set you. Standing high, e - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.20.md): You are our father; be our father. Homage to you; do not harm us. May we serve you together with Tvaṣṭṛ. Place - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 37.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/37.21.md): May the day, with its banner, be pleased, with good light and with light; svāhā. May the night, with its banne - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.1.md): By the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins and with the hands of Pūṣan, I take you. You a - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.2.md): O Iḍā, come. O Aditi, come. O Sarasvatī, come. You, come. You, come. You, come. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.3.md): You are the rāsnā for Aditi. You are the uṣṇīṣa (turban) for Indrāṇī. You are Pūṣan. Shine for the dharma (hea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.4.md): Swell for the Aśvins. Swell for Sarasvatī. Swell for Indra. Svāhā, like Indra. Svāhā, like Indra. Svāhā, like - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.5.md): Which of your breasts nourishes, brings well-being, bestows jewels, finds wealth, is generous, by which you no - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.6.md): This is the Gāyatrī metre. This is the Triṣṭubh metre. For heaven and earth I take hold of you. With the atmos - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.7.md): To the ocean I offer you to the wind, svāhā. To the flowing one I offer you to the wind, svāhā. To the unassai - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.8.md): To Indra possessing wealth and accompanied by the Rudras, I offer you, svāhā. To Indra accompanied by the Ādit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.9.md): For Yama, who goes with the Aṅgirases and the Fathers, I offer you. Svāhā. Svāhā, to the hot milk. Svāhā, the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.10.md): You who sit in the south, worship all the gods of all the directions here. Drink the sweet hot milk offered wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.11.md): Establish this sacrifice in heaven, establish this sacrifice in heaven. Svāhā, to Agni, fit for sacrifice. Pea - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.12.md): O Aśvins, drink the hot milk, heart-pleasing, by day with your protections. Homage to the guardian of the sacr - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.13.md): The two Aśvins drank the hot milk; Heaven and Earth approved it. May these gifts be right here. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.14.md): Swell for nourishment. Swell for strength. Swell for sacred power. Swell for royal power. Swell for Heaven and - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.15.md): Hail to Pūṣan, to the reed. Hail to the pressing stones. Hail to the echoing responses. Hail to the fathers wi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.16.md): Hail to Rudra, to him called by Rudra. Hail: may light join with light. May the day rejoice with its banner, w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.17.md): By its greatness this Agni has encompassed heaven; the inspired seer has become expansive. And with fame, fill - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.18.md): O Gharma, the divine brilliance that is yours, in the Gāyatrī and in the havirdhāna, let it swell and flow for - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.19.md): For the supreme protection of royal power I take you; protect the body of the priestly power. We, the people, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.20.md): The four-spouted vessel, navel of cosmic order, far-spreading; may it spread far for us for full life, may it - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.21.md): O Gharma, this is your essence; by it grow and swell. And may we grow, and may we swell. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.22.md): The bull roared, the tawny, great one, comely like a friend; together with the sun the ocean, the treasury, sh - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.23.md): May the waters and plants be friendly to us; may they be hostile to him who hates us and whom we hate. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.24.md): Rising up beyond the darkness, seeing the higher heaven, we have come among the gods to the god Sun, the highe - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.25.md): You are the fuel; may we prosper. You are the kindling-stick, you are brilliance; place brilliance in me. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.26.md): As wide as heaven and earth and as far as the seven rivers have spread, so much of your cup, Indra, I take wit - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.27.md): In me is that great vigor, in me skill, in me resolve. The three-rayed ghárma shines forth with Virāj, with li - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 38.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/38.28.md): May we obtain again and again, year after year, the milking of that which has been brought as the essence of m - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.1.md): Svāhā. To the breaths, together with their lords, svāhā. To the earth, svāhā. To Agni, svāhā. In the atmospher - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.2.md): Svāhā. To the quarters, svāhā. To the Moon, svāhā. To the stars, svāhā. To the waters, svāhā. To Varuṇa, svāhā - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.3.md): Svāhā. To speech, svāhā. To the breath, svāhā. To the breath, svāhā. To the eye, svāhā. To the eye, svāhā. To - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.4.md): May I attain the desire and resolve of the mind, the truth of speech. May the form of cattle, the sap of food, - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.5.md): Prajāpati, being gathered, is the sovereign; the gathered one is Vaiśvadeva; the sunk-down ghṛma is poured out - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.6.md): On the first day, Savitṛ; on the second, Agni; on the third, Vāyu; on the fourth, Āditya; on the fifth, the Mo - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.7.md): Fierce and terrible, and dark and shaking, and conquering and assailing, and scattering. Svāhā. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.8.md): I offer Agni with the heart, Aśani with the tip of the heart, Paśupati with the whole heart, Bhava with the li - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.9.md): I offer the fierce one with blood, Mitra with the observance of vows, Rudra with the breaking of vows, Indra w - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.10.md): Svāhā to the hairs, svāhā to the hairs; svāhā to the skin, svāhā to the skin; svāhā to the blood, svāhā to the - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.11.md): Svāhā to the exertion; svāhā to the strain; svāhā to the going together; svāhā to the going apart; svāhā to th - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.12.md): Svāhā to austerity; svāhā to the one being heated; svāhā to the one who is heated; svāhā to the one made hot; - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 39.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/39.13.md): Hail to Yama. Hail to the Ender. Hail to Death. Hail to Brahman. Hail to the killing of a Brahmin. Hail to all - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.1.md): All this, whatever moves in this moving world, is to be covered by the Lord. Enjoy it through renunciation; do - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.2.md): Doing actions right here, one should wish to live a hundred years. Thus for you there is no other way than thi - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.3.md): Those worlds named Asuryā are covered with blind darkness. The people who kill themselves go there after death - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.4.md): That one, unmoving, is swifter than the mind; the gods could not reach it first, for it ran ahead. Though stan - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.5.md): It moves, and it does not move. It is far, and it is also near. It is within all this, and it is also outside - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.6.md): But he who sees all beings in the self alone, and the self in all beings, does not thereafter doubt. - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.7.md): For the knower to whom all beings have become the self alone, what delusion and what grief can there be, for o - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.8.md): He has encompassed all: bright, bodiless, woundless, sinewless, pure, untouched by evil. The seer, the wise, t - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.9.md): Those who worship non-becoming enter blind darkness; and those who delight only in becoming go, as it were, in - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.10.md): They say that one thing is other than becoming, and they say another is other than non-becoming. Thus we have - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.11.md): He who knows both becoming and destruction together, by destruction crosses over death, and by becoming attain - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.12.md): Those who worship ignorance enter blind darkness; and those who delight only in knowledge go, as it were, into - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.13.md): They say that one thing is other than knowledge, and they say another is other than ignorance. Thus we have he - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.14.md): He who knows both knowledge and ignorance together, crossing over death by ignorance, attains immortality by k - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.15.md): Let the breath go to the immortal wind, and let this body end in ashes. Om! O resolve, remember; O body, remem - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.16.md): O Agni, lead us by a good path to wealth. O god, you know all the ways. Turn away from us the crooked sin; we - [Yajurveda Saṃhitā 40.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/yajurveda/40.17.md): The face of truth is covered with a golden vessel. That Person who is in the sun, he am I. Om! Space is Brahma - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.1.1.md): In the beginning this was the Self (ātman) alone, one; there was nothing else whatsoever. He thought: "Now let - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.1.2.md): He created these worlds: ambhaḥ (the waters above), marīcīḥ (rays of light), maraḥ and ambhaḥ. That which is b - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.1.3.md): He thought: "Now let me create guardians (lokapāla) for these worlds." Then he drew out a person (puruṣa) from - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.1.4.md): He heated him, and from the heated one his mouth split open, like an egg; from the mouth, speech; from speech, - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.2.1.md): These deities, having been created, fell into this great ocean. Hunger and thirst pressed upon him. They said - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.2.2.md): He brought a cow for them. They said: This is not indeed sufficient for us. He brought a horse for them. They - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.2.3.md): He brought a person for them. They said: Indeed, this is well made; the person is indeed the well-made one. He - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.2.4.md): Fire, having become speech, entered the mouth. Wind, having become breath, entered the nostrils. The sun, havi - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.2.5.md): They said to him: appoint for us two hunger and thirst. He said: Among these very deities I shall assign you a - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.1.md): He reflected: "Now these are the worlds and the guardians of the worlds; for these I shall create food." - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.2.md): He brooded over the waters; from the heated waters a form (mūrti) was born. That form which was born is indeed - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.3.md): That created thing turned away and sought to leave him; he tried to seize it by speech, but he could not seize - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.4.md): He desired to seize it by breath, but he was not able to seize it by breath. Had he seized it by breath, he wo - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.5.md): He desired to seize it by sight, but he was not able to seize it by sight. Had he seized it by sight, he would - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.6.md): He desired to seize it by hearing, but he was not able to seize it by hearing. Had he seized it by hearing, he - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.7.md): He desired to seize it by touch (skin), but he was not able to seize it by touch. Had he seized it by touch, h - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.8.md): It desired to grasp it with the mind, but it could not grasp it with the mind. Had it grasped it with the mind - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.9.md): It desired to grasp it with the organ of generation, but it could not grasp it with the organ of generation. H - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.10.md): It desired to grasp it with the downward breath, and it seized it. That is the grasp of food, which is air. In - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.11.md): He reflected: "How indeed could this exist without me?" He reflected: "By which path should I enter?" He refle - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.12.md): He split open this very seam and entered by this gate. This gate is called vidṛti, and it is nandana. It has t - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.13.md): Born, he looked around at the beings: 'Who here could speak of anything else?' He saw this very person as brah - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 1.3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.1.3.14.md): Therefore this is called Idandra; the name is truly Indra. This Indra, though he is himself, is called 'Indra' - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 2.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.2.1.1.md): In a man, this indeed becomes an embryo from the beginning: this is the seed. This vigour, gathered from all t - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 2.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.2.1.2.md): Therefore she becomes, like one's own limb, the very self of the husband. Therefore he does not harm her. She - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 2.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.2.1.3.md): She is the one who nourishes and she becomes the one who is nourished. That woman bears the embryo. Before bir - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 2.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.2.1.4.md): This ātman of his is placed in meritorious deeds. Then his other ātman, having done what was to be done and ha - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 2.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.2.1.5.md): The seer spoke this: 'While still in the womb I came to know all the births of these gods; a hundred iron fort - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 2.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.2.1.6.md): Knowing thus, he rises upward when this body breaks apart, and in that heavenly world, having obtained all des - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 3.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.3.1.1.md): "Who is this self that we should worship? Which one is that self? By which one does a person see, by which one - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 3.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.3.1.2.md): This which is the heart and the mind: perception, recognition, understanding, awareness (prajñāna), intellect, - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 3.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.3.1.3.md): This is Brahman; this is Indra; this is Prajāpati; and all these gods, and these five great elements — earth, - [Aitareya Upaniṣad 3.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/aitareya.3.1.4.md): Having departed from this world with this discerning self, he obtained all desires in that heavenly world and - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.1.1.md): Dawn is indeed the head of this sacrificial horse. The sun is its eye, the wind its breath, the open mouth is - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.1.2.md): Day indeed was born before this horse with its glory; its source is the eastern sea. Night was born behind it - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.2.1.md): In the beginning, indeed, there was nothing here at all. This world was covered by death, by hunger, for hunge - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.2.2.md): Water indeed is the arka. What was the essence of the waters solidified and became earth. In it he toiled. Fro - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.2.3.md): He divided himself threefold: a third as the sun, a third as the wind. This breath, threefold, is established: - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.2.4.md): He desired: 'Let a second self be born for me.' With mind he united with speech; hunger became death. What was - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.2.5.md): He reflected: 'If I meditate upon this, I shall make a lesser food.' By that speech, by that self, he created - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.2.6.md): He desired: 'With a greater sacrifice I shall sacrifice yet more.' He grew weary and performed austerity. From - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.2.7.md): He desired: 'May this be pure for me, may I become embodied (ātmanvī).' Then a horse came into being. Because - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.1.md): (The Brāhmaṇa of the udgītha, or the Brāhmaṇa of Virāj.) There were two kinds of gods and asuras, descended fr - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.2.md): They said to speech: 'Chant the udgītha for us.' 'So be it,' said speech, and chanted for them. The enjoyment - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.3.md): Then they said to breath: 'Chant the udgītha for us.' 'So be it,' said breath, and chanted for them. The enjoy - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.4.md): Then the eye said, "Sing the udgītha for us." "So be it," it said, and sang the udgītha for them. Whatever enj - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.5.md): Then the ear said, "Sing the udgītha for us." "So be it," it said, and sang the udgītha for them. Whatever enj - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.6.md): Then the mind said, "Sing the udgītha for us." "So be it," it said, and sang the udgītha for them. Whatever en - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.7.md): Then they said to this breath, the one in the mouth called Āsanya, "Sing the udgītha for us." "So be it," it s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.8.md): They said: "Where then has he gone, who was thus unattached to us?" "He is within the mouth." He is Ayāsya of - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.9.md): This goddess is named Dūr (Far). Death is far from her. For him who knows thus, death indeed becomes far from - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.10.md): This goddess, having driven away the evil (pāpman) and death of these gods, sent them to where the ends of the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.11.md): This goddess, having driven away the evil (pāpman) and death of these gods, then carried them beyond death. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.12.md): She first carried speech beyond death. When she was released beyond death, she became Agni. This Agni, having - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.13.md): Then he carried breath beyond death. When it was released beyond death, it became Vāyu. This Vāyu, having pass - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.14.md): Then he carried sight beyond death. When it was released beyond death, it became the Sun (Āditya). That Sun, h - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.15.md): Then he carried hearing beyond death. When it was released beyond death, it became the directions. These direc - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.16.md): Then the mind carried (death) across. When it was released beyond death, it became the moon. That moon shines, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.17.md): Then it sang of food, fit to be eaten, for itself. Whatever food is eaten, it is eaten by this very one. It st - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.18.md): Those gods said: 'This is all the food, just this much; give us a share in the food you have taken for yoursel - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.19.md): He is Ayāsya of the Āṅgirasas, for he is the essence of the limbs. Breath is indeed the essence of the limbs. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.20.md): This indeed is Bṛhaspati. Speech is indeed the great (bṛhatī). This is its lord, and therefore it is Bṛhaspati - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.21.md): This indeed is Brahmaṇaspati. Speech is indeed brahman. This is its lord, and therefore it is Brahmaṇaspati. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.22.md): This indeed is the chant (sāman). Speech is indeed the chant, and this (speech) is 'sa' and 'ama'; thus is the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.23.md): This indeed is the udgītha. Breath (prāṇa) is indeed the udgītha, for by the upward breath all this is upheld. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.24.md): Then Brahmadatta, son of Caikitāna, said to the king while he was eating: "If Ayāsya, the descendant of Aṅgira - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.25.md): Whoever knows the 'own' (svam) of this sāman comes to have his own. Its own is indeed the svara (tone). Theref - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.26.md): Whoever knows the 'gold' (suvarṇa) of this sāman comes to have gold. Its gold is indeed the svara (tone). Whoe - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.27.md): Whoever knows the foundation (pratiṣṭhā) of this sāman stands firm. Its foundation is indeed speech. For this - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.3.28.md): Now, the ascent of the purifying chants. The prastotṛ indeed sings forth the sāman. When he sings it forth, he - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.1.md): (Puruṣavidha-brāhmaṇa / Ātma-brāhmaṇa / Sṛṣṭi-brāhmaṇa) In the beginning this was indeed the self (ātman), in - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.2.md): He was afraid. Therefore one who is alone is afraid. He reflected: 'There is nothing other than me. Why then s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.3.md): He did not find delight. Therefore one who is alone does not find delight. He desired a second. He became as l - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.4.md): He reflected: how can I come into being by producing from myself alone? Well then, let me make myself hidden. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.5.md): He knew: I indeed am creation, for I created all this. Then creation came to be. Whoever knows thus becomes in - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.6.md): Then he rubbed. From his mouth and from the womb, and from his hands, he created fire. Therefore these two are - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.7.md): This was undifferentiated before. It became differentiated only through name and form, as in 'this is the one - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.8.md): This self is dearer than a son, dearer than wealth, dearer than all other things, and more inward than everyth - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.9.md): It is said: people who are about to become everything through knowledge of brahman think thus. But what is tha - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.10.md): In the beginning this was brahman alone. It knew only itself, saying, "I am brahman." Therefore it became all - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.11.md): In the beginning this was brahman alone, one. Being one, it did not flourish. It then created a superior form, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.12.md): Still it did not flourish. Then it created the vis, the people, the class of the common folk. These classes of - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.13.md): Still it did not flourish. Then it created the śūdra class, and Pūṣan. This earth is Pūṣan, for it nourishes a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.14.md): He did not flourish. He then created a higher form, dharma. That is the ruling power of the ruling power, whic - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.15.md): This is brahman, the kṣatra, the viś, and the śūdra. By fire alone brahman became brahman among the gods; amon - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.16.md): Moreover, this ātman is the world of all beings. Whoever offers oblations and sacrifices, by that is the world - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.4.17.md): In the beginning this was the Self alone, one only. He desired: let there be a wife for me, then I shall have - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.1.md): (The Brāhmaṇa of the Seven Foods, or the Brāhmaṇa of the Knowledge of the Saṃvarga.) Of the seven foods which - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.2.md): This verse tells of the seven foods that the Father produced by wisdom and austerity. By wisdom and austerity - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.3.md): He made three for the self: mind, speech, and breath. I did not see because my mind was elsewhere, and I did n - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.4.md): These are indeed the three worlds. Speech is this world (the earth); mind is the atmospheric world; and breath - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.5.md): These are indeed the three Vedas. Speech is the Ṛg Veda, mind is the Yajur Veda, and breath is the Sāma Veda. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.6.md): These are indeed the gods, the ancestors, and human beings. Speech is the gods, mind is the ancestors, and bre - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.7.md): Father, mother, offspring — indeed these. Mind is the father, speech the mother, breath the offspring. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.8.md): The known, what is to be known, and the unknown — indeed these. Whatever is known is of the form of speech, fo - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.9.md): Whatever is to be known is of the form of mind, for mind is what is to be known. Becoming that form, mind prot - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.10.md): Whatever is unknown is of the form of breath, for breath is the unknown. Becoming that form, breath protects h - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.11.md): Earth is the body of this speech. This fire has the form of light. As far as speech extends, so far extends th - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.12.md): Then the body of this mind is the sky. That Āditya (the sun), who has the form of light, is its form. As far a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.13.md): Then the body of this breath (prāṇa) is the waters. That moon, which has the form of light, is its form. As fa - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.14.md): This year is Prajāpati, having sixteen parts. Its fifteen parts are the nights; its sixteenth part is fixed. H - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.15.md): That year, which is Prajāpati, has sixteen parts. This very one is he, and the person who knows it thus is als - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.16.md): Now there are indeed three worlds: the world of humans, the world of the fathers, and the world of the gods. T - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.17.md): Now the passage on handing over the household: when a father thinks he is about to depart, he says to his son, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.18.md): Into him also enters the divine speech, from the earth and from fire. That divine speech is what it is: whatev - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.19.md): Into him the divine mind enters from the heaven and from the sun. That divine mind is the one by which a perso - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.20.md): From the waters and from the moon too, the divine breath (prāṇa) enters him. That divine breath is what, wheth - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.21.md): Now, then, the inquiry into the vow. Prajāpati created the functions (karmāṇi). Once created, they competed am - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.22.md): Now, regarding the deities (adhidaivatam): 'I shall burn indeed,' resolved Fire. 'I shall heat,' said the sun. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.5.23.md): Here is a verse: whence the sun rises and where it goes down to set. From the breath indeed it rises, and in t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.6.1.md): This is the brāhmaṇa of the threefold: name, form and action; or the brāhmaṇa showing the reality of the world - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.6.2.md): Now, the ukthā of forms is the eye. Hence all forms arise. This is their sāman, for it is equal to all forms. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.1.6.3.md): Now, the ukthā of actions is the self (ātman). Hence all actions arise. This is their sāman, for it is equal t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.1.md): This is the Ajātaśatru Brāhmaṇa, also called the Paryaṅkavidyā Brāhmaṇa. The proud and learned Gārgya Bālāki s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.2.md): Gārgya said, 'I worship as brahman that person who is in the sun.' Ajātaśatru said, 'Do not argue with me abou - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.3.md): Gārgya said, 'I worship as brahman that person who is in the moon.' Ajātaśatru said, 'Do not argue with me abo - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.4.md): Gārgya said, 'I worship as brahman that person who is in lightning.' Ajātaśatru said, 'Do not argue with me ab - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.5.md): Gārgya said: 'The person who is in space, I meditate upon him as brahman.' Ajātaśatru said: 'Do not argue with - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.6.md): Gārgya said: 'The person who is in the wind, I meditate upon him as brahman.' Ajātaśatru said: 'Do not argue w - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.7.md): Gārgya said: 'The person who is in fire, I meditate upon him as brahman.' Ajātaśatru said: 'Do not argue with - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.8.md): Gārgya said: 'The person who is in water, I meditate upon him as brahman.' Ajātaśatru said: 'Do not argue with - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.9.md): Gārgya said: I worship as brahman this person who is seen in the mirror. Ajātaśatru said: Do not speak to me a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.10.md): Gārgya said: I worship as brahman this one who is seen as the sound that follows behind one who is going. Ajāt - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.11.md): Gārgya said: I worship as brahman this person who is in the directions. Ajātaśatru said: Do not speak to me ab - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.12.md): Gārgya said: I worship as brahman this person made of shadow. Ajātaśatru said: Do not speak to me about this. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.13.md): Gārgya said: "The person who is in the self — him I worship as brahman." Ajātaśatru said: "Do not argue with m - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.14.md): Ajātaśatru said: "Is that all?" Gārgya said: "Yes, that is all." Ajātaśatru said: "By that much it is not know - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.15.md): Ajātaśatru said: "It is reversed that a brahmin should approach a kṣatriya, thinking he will teach him brahman - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.16.md): Ajātaśatru said: "When this one was asleep, where was this person made of consciousness? And from where did he - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.17.md): Ajātaśatru said: When this person, made of consciousness, sleeps, he takes these breaths with consciousness an - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.18.md): When he moves about in this dream state, he has those worlds. Then he becomes as though a great king, as thoug - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.19.md): Now when he is in deep sleep, when he knows nothing of anything, there extend from the heart seventy-two thous - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.1.20.md): As a spider comes forth by its thread, as small sparks issue from fire, so from this self all breaths, all wor - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.2.1.md): The brāhmaṇa on all food, or the brāhmaṇa on the infant. Whoever knows the infant with its fastening, its coun - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.2.2.md): Seven eye-dwellings (akṣitayaḥ) stand near him. By the reddish streaks in the eye, Rudra is bound to him. Then - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.2.3.md): On this there is a verse: the cup with its hole below and its base above, in which the glory of all forms is p - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.2.4.md): These two are indeed Gautama and Bharadvāja. This one is Gautama, this one is Bharadvāja. These two are Viśvām - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.3.1.md): Brahman has two forms: the formed and the formless, the mortal and the immortal, the abiding and the being, an - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.3.2.md): That which is other than wind and space is the formed. This is mortal, this is abiding, this is being. The ess - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.3.3.md): Now the formless: wind and space. This is immortal. This that is 'tyam'. The essence of this formless, immorta - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.3.4.md): Now the teaching concerning the self: what is formed is other than breath, and also this space within the inne - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.3.5.md): Now, the formless breath and the space within the self: this is the immortal. This is that, that is this. The - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.3.6.md): The form of that person is like deep-saffron cloth, like white woollen cloth, like the indragopa beetle, like - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.1.md): (The Maitreyī section) Yājñavalkya said to Maitreyī: 'Maitreyī, I am about to depart from this state of life. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.2.md): Maitreyī said: 'Sir, if this whole earth were filled with wealth for me, would I become immortal by it?' Yājña - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.3.md): Maitreyī said: "What would I do with that by which I do not become immortal? Venerable one, tell me just what - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.4.md): Yājñavalkya said: "Indeed, you are dear to us, and you speak dear words. Come, sit down. I will explain it to - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.5.md): Yājñavalkya said: "Indeed, not for the sake of the husband is the husband dear, but for the sake of the self i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.6.md): Whoever knows Brahman as something other than the self, Brahman abandons him. Whoever knows the ruling power a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.7.md): Just as one cannot grasp the external sounds of a drum being struck, but by grasping the drum itself, or the s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.8.md): Just as one cannot grasp the external sounds of a conch being blown, but by grasping the conch itself, or the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.9.md): Just as one cannot grasp the external sounds of a lute being played, but by grasping the lute itself, or the s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.10.md): Just as from kindled damp fuel separate smokes issue forth, so, dear one, these are the breathings-out of this - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.11.md): Just as the ocean is the single goal of all waters, so the skin is the single goal of all touches; the two nos - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.12.md): Just as a lump of rock-salt thrown into water dissolves in the water itself, so that one cannot take it out ag - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.13.md): Maitreyī said: "Here, venerable sir, you have bewildered me — that after death there is no consciousness." He - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.4.14.md): Where there is, as it were, duality, one smells another, one sees another, one hears another, one speaks to an - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.1.md): (The Honey Section) This earth is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this earth. And tha - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.2.md): These waters are the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of these waters. And that bright, immor - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.3.md): This fire is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this fire. And that bright, immortal per - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.4.md): This wind is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this wind. The radiant, immortal person - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.5.md): This sun is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this sun. The radiant, immortal person wh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.6.md): These directions are the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of these directions. The radiant, i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.7.md): This moon is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this moon. The radiant, immortal person - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.8.md): This lightning is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this lightning. The person within t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.9.md): This thunder is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this thunder. The person within this - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.10.md): This space is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this space. The person within this spac - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.11.md): This dharma is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this dharma. The person within this dh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.12.md): This truth is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this truth. The shining, immortal perso - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.13.md): This human being is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this human being. The shining, im - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.14.md): This self is the honey of all beings, and all beings are the honey of this self. The shining, immortal person - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.15.md): This very self is the lord of all, the king of all beings. Just as all the spokes are fixed to the hub and rim - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.16.md): This is the honey-teaching that Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa spoke to the two Aśvins. The seer, seeing it, declared: O m - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.17.md): This is the honey-teaching that Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa spoke to the two Aśvins. The seer, seeing it, declared: for - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.18.md): This is the honey-teaching that Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa spoke to the two Aśvins. The seer, seeing it, declared: he - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.5.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.5.19.md): This is the honey-teaching that Dadhyañc Ātharvaṇa spoke to the two Aśvins. The seer, seeing it, declared: in - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.6.1.md): Now the lineage: Pautimāṣya from Gaupavana. Gaupavana from Paśutimāṣya. Paśutimāṣya from Gaupavana. Gaupavana - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.6.2.md): Āgniveśya from Śāṇḍilya and from Ānabhimlāta. Ānabhimlāta from Ānabhimlāta. Ānabhimlāta from Ānabhimlāta. Ānab - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.2.6.3.md): From Ghṛtakauśika. Ghṛtakauśika from Prāśaryāyaṇa. Pāraśaryāyaṇa from Pāraśarya. Pāraśarya from Jātūkarṇya. Jā - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.1.md): Now the third chapter. (The Aśvala Brāhmaṇa) King Janaka of Videha performed a sacrifice with abundant gifts. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.2.md): He said to them, "Venerable brahmins, whichever of you is most learned in brahman, let him drive these cows aw - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.3.md): Yājñavalkya, all this is encompassed by death, all is seized by death: by what does the sacrificer pass beyond - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.4.md): Yājñavalkya, all this is encompassed by day and night, all is seized by day and night: by what does the sacrif - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.5.md): Yājñavalkya, all this is encompassed by the waxing and waning fortnights, all is seized by them: by what does - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.6.md): Yājñavalkya said: "This mid-space, which is as if without support, by what step does the sacrificer ascend to - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.7.md): Yājñavalkya said: "With how many verses will the hotar perform in this sacrifice today?" "With three." "Which - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.8.md): Yājñavalkya said: "How many oblations will the adhvaryu offer today in this sacrifice?" "Three." "Which are th - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.9.md): Yājñavalkya said: "With how many does the brahman priest today protect the sacrifice on the southern side, tog - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.1.10.md): Yājñavalkya said: "How many praise-verses (stotriya) will the udgātar chant in this sacrifice today?" "Three." - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.1.md): (The Ārtabhāga Brāhmaṇa, or the Jāratkārava Brāhmaṇa.) Then Jāratkārava Ārtabhāga asked him. Yājñavalkya said: - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.2.md): Breath (prāṇa) is the cup (graha). It is held by the over-cup, the downward breath (apāna). For it is by breat - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.3.md): Speech (vāk) is the cup (graha). It is held by the over-cup, the name (nāman). For it is by speech that one sp - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.4.md): The tongue is indeed a grasper. It is grasped by the over-grasper, taste (rasa), for it is by the tongue that - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.5.md): The eye is indeed a grasper. It is grasped by the over-grasper, form (rūpa), for it is by the eye that one see - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.6.md): The ear is indeed a grasper. It is grasped by the over-grasper, sound (śabda), for it is by the ear that one h - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.7.md): The mind is indeed a grasper. It is grasped by the over-grasper, desire (kāma), for it is by the mind that one - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.8.md): The hands are indeed the graspers (grahas). It is grasped by action, by the over-grasper (atigraha). For by th - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.9.md): The skin is indeed a grasper (graha). It is grasped by touch, by the over-grasper (atigraha). For by the skin - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.10.md): "Yājñavalkya!" he said, "all this that is food for death: what deity is it whose food is death?" "Fire, indeed - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.11.md): "Yājñavalkya!" he said, "where this person dies, do the breaths depart from him, or not?" "No," said Yājñavalk - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.12.md): Yājñavalkya said: When this person dies, what does not leave him? Name. Name is endless, and the all-gods are - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.2.13.md): Yājñavalkya said: When the speech of this dead person goes into fire, breath into wind, the eye into the sun, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.3.1.md): Then Bhujyu, son of Lāhya, asked him: O Yājñavalkya, we were wandering students among the Madras. We went to t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.3.2.md): He said, indeed he said: 'We went to where the performers of the horse sacrifice go.' 'Where, then, do the per - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.4.1.md): Then Uṣasta, son of Cakra, asked him: 'Yājñavalkya, explain to me the Brahman that is direct and immediate, th - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.4.2.md): Uṣasta, son of Cakra, said: 'It is as when one says, that is a cow, that is a horse; so this was said. Explain - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.5.1.md): Then Kahola, son of Kauṣītaka, asked him: "Yājñavalkya, explain to me the brahman that is direct and immediate - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.6.1.md): Then Gārgī Vācaknavī asked: "Since all this is woven and interwoven in the waters, in what are the waters wove - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.1.md): Here Uddālaka Āruṇi asked Yājñavalkya. He said: We were living in the land of the Madras, studying the sacrifi - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.2.md): He said: Gautama, air is that thread. By this air-thread, O Gautama, this world, the other world, and all bein - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.3.md): He who abides in the earth, who is within the earth, whom the earth does not know, whose body the earth is, wh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.4.md): He who abides in the waters, within the waters, whom the waters do not know, whose body the waters are, who co - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.5.md): He who abides in fire, within fire, whom fire does not know, whose body fire is, who controls fire from within - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.6.md): He who abides in space, within space, whom space does not know, whose body space is, who controls space from w - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.7.md): He who abides in wind, within wind, whom wind does not know, whose body wind is, who controls wind from within - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.8.md): He who abides in heaven, who is within heaven, whom heaven does not know, whose body is heaven, who controls h - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.9.md): He who abides in the sun, who is within the sun, whom the sun does not know, whose body is the sun, who contro - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.10.md): He who abides in the directions, who is within the directions, whom the directions do not know, whose body is - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.11.md): He who abides in the moon and stars, who is within the moon and stars, whom the moon and stars do not know, wh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.12.md): He who abides in space, within space, whom space does not know, whose body is space, who controls space from w - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.13.md): He who abides in darkness, within darkness, whom darkness does not know, whose body is darkness, who controls - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.14.md): He who abides in light, within light, whom light does not know, whose body is light, who controls light from w - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.15.md): Now, the teaching concerning beings (adhibhūta): he who abides in all beings, within all beings, whom all bein - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.16.md): Now concerning the self within: He who abides in breath, who is within breath, whom breath does not know, whos - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.17.md): He who abides in speech, who is within speech, whom speech does not know, whose body speech is, who controls s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.18.md): He who abides in the eye, who is within the eye, whom the eye does not know, whose body the eye is, who contro - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.19.md): He who abides in the ear, who is within the ear, whom the ear does not know, whose body the ear is, who contro - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.20.md): He who dwells within the mind, yet is other than the mind, whom the mind does not know, whose body the mind is - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.21.md): He who dwells within the skin, yet is other than the skin, whom the skin does not know, whose body the skin is - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.22.md): He who dwells within consciousness, yet is other than consciousness, whom consciousness does not know, whose b - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.7.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.7.23.md): He who dwells within the seed, yet is other than the seed, whom the seed does not know, whose body the seed is - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.1.md): Then Vācaknavī said: Honored brahmins, very well, I will ask this man two questions. If he answers me, none of - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.2.md): She said: Yājñavalkya, just as a man of Kāśī or of Videha, a warrior of the Ugra line, stands with a bowstring - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.3.md): She said: Yājñavalkya, that which is above heaven, below earth, between heaven and earth, and which is called - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.4.md): He said: Gārgī, that which is above heaven, below earth, between heaven and earth, and which is called past, p - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.5.md): She said: Yājñavalkya, homage to you. Hold for another what you have declared to me. Gārgī, ask. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.6.md): She said: Yājñavalkya, that which is above heaven, that which is below earth, that which is between heaven and - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.7.md): He said: Gārgī, that which is above heaven, that which is below earth, that which is between heaven and earth, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.8.md): He said: Gārgī, this imperishable (akṣara) is what the brahmins declare: not gross, not minute, not short, not - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.9.md): O Gārgī, under the command of this imperishable (akṣara), the sun and the moon stand held apart. Under the com - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.10.md): Whoever, O Gārgī, offers oblations, sacrifices, and performs austerities in this world without knowing this im - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.11.md): This imperishable, O Gārgī, is unseen yet the seer, unheard yet the hearer, unthought yet the thinker, unknown - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.8.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.8.12.md): She said: Venerable brāhmaṇas, consider it enough that you are released from me by this mere salutation. For n - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.1.md): Then Śākalya, the clever one, asked him: "Yājñavalkya, how many gods are there?" He answered with the same niv - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.2.md): He said: "These are only their glories. The gods are truly thirty-three." "Which are those thirty-three?" "The - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.3.md): "Which are the Vasus?" "Fire, earth, wind, the atmosphere, the sun, the sky, the moon, and the stars — these a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.4.md): "Which are the Rudras?" "In a person there are these ten vital breaths, and the self is the eleventh. When the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.5.md): Which are the Ādityas? The twelve months of the year are these Ādityas. For these go, taking all this with the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.6.md): Who is Indra, and who is Prajāpati? The thunder itself is Indra; the sacrifice is Prajāpati. Which is the thun - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.7.md): Which are the six? Fire, the earth, the wind, the atmosphere, the sun, and the sky — these six. For these six - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.8.md): Which are those three gods? These very three worlds, for in them are all these gods. Which are those two gods? - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.9.md): They say: this one seems to blow as if it were one alone. Then why is it called 'adhyardha' (one and a half)? - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.10.md): Whose abode is the earth, whose world is fire, whose light is mind, he who knows that person as the supreme re - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.11.md): Whose abode is desire, whose abode is the heart, whose world is the mind, whose light is mind — he who knows t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.12.md): Whose abode is forms, whose abode is the eye, whose world is the eye, whose light is mind — he who knows that - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.13.md): He whose abode is space, whose hearing, world, mind and light are his: whoever knows that person, the final re - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.14.md): He whose abode is darkness, whose heart, world, mind and light are his: whoever knows that person, the final r - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.15.md): He whose abode is forms, whose heart, world, mind and light are his: whoever knows that person, the final refu - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.16.md): He whose abode is the waters, whose heart, world, mind and light are his: whoever knows that person, the final - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.17.md): He whose abode is seed, whose heart is the world, whose light is mind—that Person one should know, the final r - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.18.md): Yājñavalkya said: "Śākalya, have these brahmins made you a heap of embers?" - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.19.md): Śākalya said: "Yājñavalkya, since you have overcome the brahmins of the Kurus and Pañcālas, do you know brahma - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.20.md): "In this eastern direction, with what deity are you?" "With the sun as deity." "In what is that sun establishe - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.21.md): In this southern quarter, with which deity are you? With Yama as deity. In what is that Yama established? In t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.22.md): In this western quarter, with which deity are you? With Varuṇa as deity. In what is that Varuṇa established? I - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.23.md): In this northern quarter, with which deity are you? With Soma as deity. In what is that Soma established? In i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.24.md): In this fixed quarter, with which deity are you? With Agni as deity. In what is that Agni established? In spee - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.25.md): Yājñavalkya said: "So be it. If you think this is something apart from us, then if it were apart from us, dogs - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.26.md): "In what are you and the self established?" "In breath." "In what is breath established?" "In apāna." "In what - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.27.md): Then Yājñavalkya said: "Venerable brahmins, whichever of you wishes to ask, let him ask me; or ask me all of y - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.29.md): To them he asked these verses: "As a tree, a forest-tree, so indeed is the person, truly. His hairs are the le - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.30.md): From the skin of this (tree) blood indeed flows forth; when the skin bursts, it gushes out. Therefore, when cu - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.31.md): The flesh of this (tree) is the layers beneath its bark; the kinātam is its sinew, and it is firm. The wood wi - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.32.md): When a tree, cut down, grows again, fresh, from its root, from what root does the mortal sprout again when cut - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.33.md): Do not say 'from seed'; from the living it is born. Like a tree sprouting from a grain-seedling, rebirth comes - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.34.md): If a tree is uprooted with its root, it does not grow again. From what root does a mortal, cut down by death, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.35.md): One who has been born is not born again; who then could produce him again? Brahman, which is consciousness and - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.9.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.3.9.36.md): One who has been born is not born again; who then could produce him again? Brahman, which is consciousness and - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.1.1.md): (The Brahmana of the Six Teachers, or the Brahmana of Udanka) Janaka, king of Videha, performed a sacrifice fo - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.1.2.md): Yājñavalkya said: Let us hear what someone said to you. Śailini defeated me in debate and declared that speech - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.1.3.md): Janaka said: "Let us hear what someone has said to you." Udaṅka Śaulbāyana said to me: "Breath (prāṇa) is brah - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.1.4.md): Whatever someone has told you, let us hear it. Barku Vārṣṇa told me: "The eye is brahman." As one who has a mo - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.1.5.md): If someone has said anything to you, we would like to hear it. Gardabhīvipīta of the Bhāradvāja line told me: - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.1.6.md): Whatever someone has told you, let us hear it. Satyakāma Jābāla told me: mind is brahman. As one who has a mot - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.1.7.md): Whatever someone has told you, we wish to hear. The learned Śākalya told me: the heart is brahman. Just as one - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.2.1.md): Janaka of Videha rose from his seat, approached and said: Homage to you, Yājñavalkya. Instruct me. He said: Ju - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.2.2.md): This person in the right eye is indeed named the Kindler. That which is the Kindler they call Indra, only indi - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.2.3.md): Then the person-form in his left eye is his wife Virāj. The place where they meet is the space within the hear - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.2.4.md): For him the eastern quarter is the forward-going breaths; the southern quarter the southern breaths; the weste - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.1.md): The chapter on light. Yājñavalkya went to Janaka, the king of Videha, thinking: 'I will speak with him.' When - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.2.md): Janaka asked: 'Yājñavalkya, by what light does this person exist?' Yājñavalkya said: 'The sun is his light, O - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.3.md): Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set, what is this person's light? The moon becomes his light. By the moon's ligh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.4.md): Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set and the moon has set, what is this person's light? Fire becomes his light. B - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.5.md): Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set, the moon has set, and the fire is extinguished, what is this person's light - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.6.md): Yājñavalkya, when the sun has set, the moon has set, the fire is extinguished, and speech is stilled, what is - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.7.md): "What is the self?" It is this person, made of consciousness, the inner light in the heart among the breaths. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.8.md): This person, when born and entering a body, is joined with evils. And when departing at death, he abandons evi - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.9.md): This person has in truth only two states: this world and the state of the other world. A third, the intermedia - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.10.md): There are no chariots there, no teams for chariots, no roads. Then he creates chariots, teams for chariots, an - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.11.md): On this there are these verses: Overpowering the body by means of dream, the one who does not sleep looks upon - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.12.md): Protecting the lower nest (the body) by means of breath, moving outside the nest, that immortal one goes where - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.13.md): At the end of the dream, moving high and low, the god creates many forms — as if rejoicing with women, laughin - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.14.md): Men see his playground, but no one sees him — so it is said. They say one should not wake him, the one who lie - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.15.md): Having delighted and roamed in that deep sleep, having seen merit and demerit, he runs back again, by the same - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.16.md): Having delighted and roamed in that dream, having seen merit and demerit, he runs back again, by the same way, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.17.md): Having delighted and roamed in that waking state, having seen merit and demerit, he runs back again, by the sa - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.18.md): Just as a great fish moves along both banks, the earlier and the later, so this person moves along both these - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.19.md): Just as a hawk or an eagle, flying about in the sky and tired, folds its wings and glides down to its resting - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.20.md): Those nerves called hitā, split a thousandfold like a hair, stand there as fine as that; they are filled with - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.21.md): This is his form beyond all metre, free from evil, fearless. Just as a man clasped in close embrace by a belov - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.22.md): Here, in that state, a father becomes no father, a mother no mother, worlds no worlds, gods no gods, the Vedas - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.23.md): When it does not see anything, then, seeing, it in truth does not see. For the seer's seeing is never destroye - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.24.md): When it does not smell anything, then, smelling, it in truth does not smell. For the smeller's power of smelli - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.25.md): When it does not taste anything, then, tasting, it in truth does not taste. For the taster's power of tasting - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.26.md): When it does not speak anything, then, speaking, it in truth does not speak. For the speaker's power of speech - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.27.md): That which one does not hear, though hearing, one does not truly hear it. For the hearer's hearing is not lost - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.28.md): That which one does not think, though thinking, one does not truly think it. For the thinker's thinking is not - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.29.md): That which one does not touch, though touching, one does not truly touch it. For the toucher's touching is not - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.30.md): That which one does not know, though knowing, one does not truly know it. For the knower's knowing is not lost - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.31.md): Where there is, as it were, another, one sees another, smells another, tastes another, speaks to another, hear - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.32.md): In the water, the seer who is one becomes non-dual. This is the world of Brahman, O sovereign king. Thus Yājña - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.33.md): He who becomes prosperous and thriving among men, a lord over others, most fully endowed with all human pleasu - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.34.md): He, indeed, having delighted and moved about in this dream's end, having seen merit and demerit, runs back aga - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.35.md): Just as a man, fully composed, departs, so this embodied self, borne up by the intelligent self, departs; ther - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.36.md): When he attains minuteness, through old age or through the heat of fever, he attains minuteness. Just as a man - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.37.md): Just as fierce officials, charioteers and village headmen prepare food, drink and lodging for a king who is ap - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.3.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.3.38.md): Just as fierce officials, charioteers and village headmen gather around a king who is about to depart, so at t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.1.md): When this ātman sinks into weakness, as if into unconsciousness, the vital breaths gather around him. Taking t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.2.md): They say he becomes one and does not see; they say he becomes one and does not smell; they say he becomes one - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.3.md): Just as a caterpillar, having reached the end of a blade of grass, steps onto another and draws itself togethe - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.4.md): Just as a goldsmith, taking a portion of gold, fashions another, newer and more beautiful form, so this ātman, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.5.md): This ātman is brahman, made of understanding, made of mind, made of breath, made of sight, made of hearing, ma - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.6.md): On this there is this verse: that to which the mind is fixed, attached to action, the subtle body goes togethe - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.7.md): On this there is this verse: when all the desires that dwell in his heart are released, then the mortal become - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.8.md): On this there are these verses: this path is subtle, extended, and ancient. It has touched me, and by me it ha - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.9.md): In it they speak of white, dark blue, tawny, green and red. This path has indeed been found out by Brahman; by - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.10.md): Those who worship ignorance enter blind darkness; and those who delight only in knowledge go, as it were, into - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.11.md): Those worlds called joyless are covered with blind darkness; unknowing and unwise people, after death, go to t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.12.md): If a person knows the self, saying 'I am this', what would he desire, and for whose sake would he grieve over - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.13.md): He who has found and awakened to the ātman and has entered this hard-to-determine, deep place is indeed the ma - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.14.md): Knowing it while still here, we attain it; if we do not know it, there is great ruin. Those who know it become - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.15.md): When a person clearly sees this ātman, the shining god, the lord of what has been and what will be, then he no - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.16.md): That by which the year revolves here below through the days — the gods revere it as the light of lights, as im - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.17.md): That in which the five groups of beings and space are established — that very self I regard as ātman. The know - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.18.md): Those who know the life-breath of the breath, the eye of the eye, the ear of the ear, and the mind of the mind - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.19.md): It is to be seen only by the mind: there is no manifoldness whatever here. He who sees manifoldness here, as i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.20.md): It is to be seen in one way only: this is immeasurable and constant. Beyond space, stainless, unborn, great an - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.21.md): Knowing him alone, the steady one should cultivate wisdom. The brahmin should not meditate on many words; that - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.22.md): This is the great unborn Self, made of consciousness, who is among the breaths. The space within the heart, in - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.23.md): On this a verse is spoken: this eternal greatness of the brahmin is not increased by action, nor diminished. K - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.24.md): This is the great unborn Self, the eater of food and giver of wealth. He who knows him thus obtains wealth. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.4.25.md): He, this great unborn ātman, ageless, undying, immortal, fearless, is brahman. Brahman is indeed fearlessness. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.1.md): (The dialogue brāhmaṇa of Yājñavalkya and Maitreyī) Now Yājñavalkya had two wives, Maitreyī and Kātyāyanī. Of - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.2.md): "Maitreyī," said Yājñavalkya, "I am about to go forth from this place. So let me settle matters for you with t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.3.md): Maitreyī said: "Sir, if this whole earth were filled with wealth, would I become immortal by that wealth?" Yāj - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.4.md): Maitreyī said: "What would I do with that by which I would not become immortal? Tell me just what you, revered - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.5.md): Yājñavalkya said: "You are dear to us, and being dear, you have increased what is dear. Well then, I will expl - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.6.md): He said: "Indeed, a husband is not dear for the sake of the husband, but a husband is dear for the sake of the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.7.md): Brahman forsakes him who knows the Vedas as other than the self. The warrior power forsakes him who knows the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.8.md): Just as one who is unable to grasp the external sounds of a struck drum, yet by grasping the drum itself, or t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.9.md): Just as one who is unable to grasp the external sounds of a blown conch, yet by grasping the conch itself, or - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.10.md): Just as one who is unable to grasp the external sounds of a played lute, yet by grasping the lute itself, or t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.11.md): Just as from a fire kindled with damp fuel, separate clouds of smoke come forth, so, O Maitreyī, this great be - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.12.md): Just as the ocean is the one resting-place of all waters, so the skin is the one resting-place of all touches. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.13.md): Just as a lump of rock-salt is wholly and purely a mass of taste, without inside or outside, so, O Maitreyī, t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.14.md): Maitreyī said: 'Here the revered one has plunged me into deep bewilderment, for I do not understand this.' Yāj - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.5.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.5.15.md): Where there is, as it were, duality, one sees another, one smells another, one tastes another, one speaks to a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.6.1.md): Now the lineage: Pautimāṣya (learned) from Gaupavana. Gaupavana (learned) from Pautimāṣya. Pautimāṣya (learned - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.6.2.md): (He learned) from Agniveśya. Agniveśya (learned) from Gārgya. Gārgya (learned) from Gārgya. Gārgya (learned) f - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.4.6.3.md): Ghṛtakauśika learned from Pārāśarya. Ghṛtakauśika learned from Pārāśarya. Pārāśarya learned from Pārāśarya. Pā - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.1.1.md): This is the first brāhmaṇa, the Peace brāhmaṇa. That is full, this is full; from the full, the full arises. Ta - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.2.1.md): This is the brāhmaṇa of the threefold teaching: self-restraint (dama), giving (dāna), and compassion (dayā). T - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.2.2.md): Then the humans said to him, "Please speak to us." He told them the same single syllable, "da". "Have you unde - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.2.3.md): Then the demons said to him, "Please speak to us." He told them the same single syllable, "da". "Have you unde - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.3.1.md): This is Prajāpati, which is the heart; this is brahman; this is all. This heart is three-syllabled: "hṛ" is on - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.4.1.md): Indeed, that was just what it was. It was truth. He who knows this great adorable power, the first-born, as 't - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.5.1.md): In the beginning all this was only water. Those waters created truth. Truth is brahman. Brahman created Prajāp - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.5.2.md): That truth which is that, is the sun. The person in this orb and the person in the right eye are established i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.5.3.md): The person in this orb: 'bhūḥ' is his head. One head, this one syllable. 'Bhuvaḥ' is his arms: two arms, these - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.5.4.md): The person in the right eye: his head is 'bhūḥ'. One head, this is one syllable. 'Bhuvaḥ' is his two arms; two - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.6.1.md): This person is made of mind, radiant and true. Within the heart he is like a grain of rice or a grain of barle - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.7.1.md): They say that lightning is brahman. Lightning (vidyut) comes from knowing (vidāna). Whoever knows thus, that l - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.8.1.md): One should meditate on speech as a cow. She has four teats: the exclamation svāhā, the exclamation vaṣaṭ, the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.9.1.md): This Vaiśvānara fire which is within the person, by which this food is cooked and this which is eaten, its sou - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.10.1.md): When a person departs from this world, he comes to the wind. For him it opens there like the hole of a chariot - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.11.1.md): This indeed is the supreme austerity: one who, afflicted with grief, performs austerity. Whoever knows thus wi - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.12.1.md): Some say food is brahman. That is not so, for without breath food putrefies. Some say breath is brahman. That - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.13.1.md): (The Brahmana on the worship of breath) The uktha. Breath indeed is the uktha. For breath lifts up all this. T - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.13.2.md): (Yajus) The yajus. Breath indeed is the yajus. In breath all these beings are joined. For his excellence all b - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.13.3.md): (Sāman) The sāman. Breath indeed is the sāman. In breath all these beings converge. For his excellence all bei - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.13.4.md): (Kṣatra) The kṣatra. Breath indeed is the kṣatra. For breath is truly the kṣatra. Breath protects him from har - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.1.md): Earth, atmosphere, and heaven — these are eight syllables. One foot of the Gāyatrī is of eight syllables. This - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.2.md): Verses, sacrificial formulas, and chants — these are eight syllables. One foot of the Gāyatrī is of eight syll - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.3.md): Prāṇa, apāna, and vyāna — these are eight syllables. One foot of the Gāyatrī is of eight syllables. This indee - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.4.md): This Gāyatrī is established in this fourth, visible foot, which is beyond the dust (paro-rajas). It is establi - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.5.md): Some recite this Sāvitrī in the anuṣṭubh metre, saying, 'Speech is the anuṣṭubh; we recite this speech.' One s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.6.md): Whoever should receive these three full worlds would obtain the first foot of this (Gāyatrī). Then, whoever sh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.7.md): Its approach (worship) is this: 'O Gāyatrī, you are one-footed, two-footed, three-footed, four-footed; you are - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.14.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.14.8.md): Indeed, Janaka, king of Videha, said this to Buḍila Āśvatarāśvi: 'Whatever you know of the Gāyatrī, tell it. T - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.5.15.1.md): The face of truth is covered with a golden vessel. O Pūṣan, uncover it, so that I, whose duty is truth, may se - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.1.md): Whoever truly knows the eldest and the best becomes eldest and best among his own kin. Breath is indeed the el - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.2.md): Whoever truly knows Vasiṣṭhā becomes Vasiṣṭha among his own kin. Speech is indeed Vasiṣṭhā. He becomes Vasiṣṭh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.3.md): Whoever truly knows the support stands firm on level ground and stands firm on difficult ground. The eye is in - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.4.md): He who knows this prosperity, to him it comes about, and whatever desire he desires, that is fulfilled for him - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.5.md): He who knows the abode becomes an abode for his own kinsmen and an abode for people. The mind is indeed the ab - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.6.md): He who knows the generation prospers with offspring and cattle. Seed is indeed the generation. He prospers wit - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.7.md): Those vital breaths, disputing among themselves about superiority, went to Brahman. They asked: Who among us i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.8.md): Speech went out. After a year away she came back and said, "How could you live without me?" They said, "Just a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.9.md): The eye went out. After a year away it came back and said, "How could you live without me?" They said, "Just a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.10.md): The ear went out. After a year away it came back and said, "How could you live without me?" They said, "Just a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.11.md): The mind went out. After a year away it came back and said, "How could you live without me?" They said, "Just - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.12.md): Retas indeed departed. After a year it returned and asked, "How could they live without me?" They said: "As im - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.13.md): Then prāṇa, as a great Sindhu horse pulls up the stakes of its fetters, was about to tear up these vital power - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.1.14.md): That speech said: "What I am, you are Vasiṣṭha." The eye said: "What I am support, you are support." The ear s - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.1.md): Second brāhmaṇa (the brāhmaṇa of the knowledge of the five fires, or the brāhmaṇa of Śvetaketu). Śvetaketu, so - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.2.md): Pravāhaṇa Jaivali said: Do you know how these creatures go off along different paths? Gautama: No. Do you know - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.3.md): Then he invited him to sit in the dwelling. The youth, disregarding the dwelling, ran away and came to his fat - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.4.md): He said: 'So may you know us: whatever I know, I have told you all. Come, let us dwell there in the life of a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.5.md): He said: 'You have promised me this boon: tell me the word that you spoke in the youth's presence.' - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.6.md): He said: "O Gautama, ask for a boon among the gods; speak of one among men." - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.7.md): He said: "It is known that you have a store of elephants, gold, cows, horses, female servants, fine garments a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.8.md): He said: "Thus, O Gautama, may you not be an offender against us, nor your forefathers. This knowledge has nev - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.9.md): "That world, O Gautama, is indeed fire. Its fuel is only the sun; its smoke the rays; its flame the day; its e - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.10.md): O Gautama, the rain-cloud indeed is fire. Its fuel is the year. The clouds are its smoke, lightning its flame, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.11.md): O Gautama, this world indeed is fire. Its fuel is the earth alone. Fire is its smoke, night its flame, the moo - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.12.md): O Gautama, man indeed is fire. His open mouth is its fuel. Breath is its smoke, speech its flame, the eye its - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.13.md): O Gautama, woman indeed is fire. Her lap is its fuel. Her body hairs are its smoke, the womb its flame, what i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.14.md): Then they carry him to the fire. His fire becomes indeed fire, his fuel becomes fuel, his smoke becomes smoke, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.15.md): Those who know this, and who in the forest revere faith and truth, go to the flame; from the flame to the day; - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.2.16.md): But those who win worlds by sacrifice, giving and austerity go to smoke; from smoke to night; from night to th - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.1.md): This is the third brāhmaṇa, also called the eldest brāhmaṇa or the brāhmaṇa of the knowledge of prāṇa. One who - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.2.md): Having offered into the fire with "hail to the eldest, hail to the best," he pours down the dripping portion i - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.3.md): Having offered in the fire with "To Agni, svāhā," he pours off the saṃsrava (the residual drops) from the chur - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.4.md): Then he touches it, saying: "You are whirling, you are blazing, you are full, you are firm, you are the one as - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.5.md): Then he lifts it up, saying: "I shall take hold of you, for you are great. He indeed is the king, the ruler, t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.6.md): Then he sips water: "We meditate on the excellent splendour of Savitṛ, the god." May the winds blow honey for - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.7.md): Uddālaka Āruṇi, having said this to the pupil of Vājasaneya Yājñavalkya, spoke: "If someone were to sprinkle w - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.8.md): Yājñavalkya, son of Vājasaneya, having said this same teaching to the pupil of Madhuka Paiṅgya, spoke: "If som - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.9.md): Madhuka Paiṅgya, having said this same teaching to the pupil of Cūḷa Bhāgavitti, spoke: "If someone were to sp - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.10.md): Cūla Bhāgavitti said this to the pupil of Jānaka Āyaḥsthūṇa: 'If someone were to sprinkle water on this dry tr - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.11.md): Jānaki Āyaḥsthūṇa said this same thing to the pupil Satyakāma, son of Jabālā: 'If someone were to sprinkle wat - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.12.md): Satyakāma Jābāla said this to his pupils: 'If someone were to sprinkle water on this dry tree stump, would bra - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.3.13.md): There are four vessels made of udumbara (fig) wood: the udumbara ladle (sruva), the udumbara cup (camasa), the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.1.md): The essence of these beings is the earth. The essence of the earth is water. The essence of water is plants. T - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.2.md): Prajāpati reflected, 'Well then, let me prepare a support for this.' And he created a woman. Having created he - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.3.md): Her altar is her lap; her hairs are the sacred grass; her skin is the pressing stones; the blazing fire in the - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.4.md): Uddālaka Āruṇi, knowing this, said so. Nāka Maudgalya, knowing this, said so. Kumāra-hārīta, knowing this, sai - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.5.md): Let him touch it, or afterwards recite the mantra: "The seed of mine that fell today onto the earth, that flow - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.6.md): If he sees his own reflection in water, then he should recite over it: "May splendour, vigour, fame, wealth an - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.7.md): If she does not give him her desire, he should force her. If she does not give at all, he should overpower her - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.8.md): If she gives it to him, he should say: "With your vigour and your fame I establish fame." Then both of them in - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.9.md): If he desires a woman and wishes, 'May she be mine,' he should, fixing that aim, join his mouth to hers, touch - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.10.md): Then, if he desires a woman but does not want her to conceive, he should, fixing that aim, join his mouth to h - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.11.md): Then, if he desires a woman and wishes her to conceive, he should, fixing that aim, join his mouth to hers, br - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.12.md): Now, if a husband hates the lover of his wife, he should, placing fire in an unbaked vessel and spreading inve - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.13.md): When a man's wife obtains her menstrual season, he should not drink from a bronze vessel for three days. He sh - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.14.md): Whoever desires: 'May my son be born fair, recite the Veda, and reach a full lifespan' — let the two of them h - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.15.md): And whoever desires: 'May my son be born tawny and reddish-brown, recite two Vedas, and reach a full lifespan' - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.16.md): And whoever desires: 'May my son be born dark, red-eyed, recite three Vedas, and reach a full lifespan' — let - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.17.md): Now, one who desires that a daughter be born to him, learned and living a full life, should cook sesame rice a - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.18.md): Now, one who desires a son, learned, renowned, attending assemblies, speaking well-heard speech, reciting all - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.19.md): Then, early in the morning, he pours ghee around the pot-cooked rice, takes a portion of the pot-cooked rice, - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.20.md): Now he approaches her: 'I am the vital force (amaḥ), you are she; you are she, you are this one's amaḥ. I am t - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.21.md): Then he parts her thighs, saying, "Heaven and earth, open up." Fixing his purpose in her, joining mouth to mou - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.22.md): The golden fire-sticks with which the Aśvins churned: we call upon that embryo of yours for birth in the tenth - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.23.md): He sprinkles water on the woman about to give birth. As the wind stirs the lotus pond on every side, so may yo - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.24.md): At the birth, having placed the fire near, having laid the child on the lap, having mixed pṛṣadājya in a bronz - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.25.md): Then, bringing his mouth close to the child's right ear, he says three times, "Speech, speech." Then he mixes - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.26.md): Then he gives him a name: "You are the Veda." This indeed becomes his secret name. - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.27.md): Then, handing the child to the mother, he offers her breast to him: "O Sarasvatī, may that breast of yours whi - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.4.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.4.28.md): Then he addresses the mother with a mantra: "You are Ilā, daughter of Mitra and Varuṇa; you have borne a hero - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.5.1.md): Now the lineage. Pautimāṣīputra received from Kātyāyanīputra. Kātyāyanīputra from Gautamīputra. Gautamīputra f - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.5.2.md): From the son of Ātreyī. Ātreyīputra from Gautamīputra. Gautamīputra from Bhāradvājīputra. Bhāradvājīputra from - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.5.3.md): Yājñavalkya learned from Uddālaka; Uddālaka from Aruṇa; Aruṇa from Upaveśi; Upaveśi from Kuśri; Kuśri from Vāj - [Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.6.5.4.md): The same lineage: from Sāñjīvīputra; Sāñjīvīputra from Māṇḍūkāyani; Māṇḍūkāyani from Māṇḍavya; Māṇḍavya from K - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.1.md): One should meditate upon this syllable, om, the imperishable. For the udgātṛ sings by saying 'om'; this is its - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.2.md): This earth is the essence of beings; the essence of earth is water; the essence of water is plants; the essenc - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.3.md): That udgītha, this one, is the most essential of essences, the supreme, the most excellent, the eighth. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.4.md): Which is the ṛk? Which the sāman? Which the yajus? Which the udgītha? Thus it is pondered. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.5.md): Speech is the ṛc, breath is the sāman. This syllable om is the udgītha. This is the pair: speech and breath, ṛ - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.6.md): This pair is joined together in this syllable om. When the pair come together, they attain each other's desire - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.7.md): He who knows this thus and meditates on the udgītha, this syllable, becomes indeed a fulfiller of desires. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.8.md): This syllable is assent, for whatever a person assents to, he says only 'om'. This is indeed fulfillment, this - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.9.md): By this, the threefold knowledge proceeds. Om is said as the call to hear (āśrāvaṇa), om is said as the recita - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.1.10.md): By that, both do: the one who knows it thus and the one who does not. But knowledge and ignorance are differen - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.1.md): The gods and the demons, both descended from Prajāpati, contended with each other. Then the gods took up the u - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.2.md): They worshipped the breath (prāṇa) in the nose as the udgītha. The demons pierced it with evil; therefore by i - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.3.md): Then indeed they meditated on speech as the udgītha. The asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore by it one spea - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.4.md): Then indeed they meditated on the eye as the udgītha. The asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore by it one see - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.5.md): Then indeed they meditated on hearing as the udgītha. The asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore by it one hea - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.6.md): Then indeed they meditated on the mind as the udgītha. The asuras pierced it with evil. Therefore by it one re - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.7.md): Now, they meditated upon this chief breath as the udgītha. The asuras, having struck against it, were destroye - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.8.md): Just as a clod of earth, striking a stone, is shattered, so too he who desires evil for one who knows thus, or - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.9.md): By this, he does not perceive fragrance or foul odor, for this is free from evil; by whatever it eats and drin - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.10.md): Aṅgiras meditated upon this very udgītha. People consider it Āṅgirasa, because it is the essence of the limbs. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.11.md): By that, Bṛhaspati meditated upon this udgītha. People indeed consider this very one to be Bṛhaspati, for spee - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.12.md): By that, Āyāsya meditated upon this udgītha. People indeed consider this very one to be Āyāsya, for it is what - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.13.md): By that, Dālbhya Baka knew it. He became the chanter (udgātā) of the Naimiśa people, and for them he obtained - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.2.14.md): One who, knowing this, meditates on the imperishable udgītha becomes indeed one who obtains desires. This is t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.1.md): Now, with regard to the deities: one should meditate upon that which, yonder, shines (the sun) as the udgītha. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.2.md): This one and that one are indeed equal: this one is hot, that one is also hot. They call this one 'svara' (sou - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.3.md): Now, indeed, one should meditate upon vyāna (the diffused breath) as the udgītha. That which breathes forth is - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.4.md): That which is speech is the ṛk (verse); therefore one utters the ṛc neither breathing out nor breathing in. Th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.5.md): Therefore, the other powerful deeds, such as churning fire, the swift movement of a fast-moving thing, or draw - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.6.md): Now, indeed, one should meditate on the syllables of udgītha. In 'udgītha,' 'ut' is breath (prāṇa), for by bre - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.7.md): The heaven is indeed 'ut,' the atmosphere is 'gī,' the earth is 'tha.' The sun is indeed 'ut,' the wind is 'gī - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.8.md): Now, indeed, one should meditate on the approaches to desire-fulfilment (āśīḥ) and prosperity (samṛddhi). By w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.9.md): In whatever verse there is a verse belonging to a seer, one should resort to the deity whom one is about to pr - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.10.md): By whatever meter one is about to praise, one should resort to that meter; by whatever chant-form one is being - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.11.md): Toward whichever direction one is about to praise, one should resort to that direction. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.3.12.md): Finally, having drawn near to the ātman, meditating on the desire, attentive, one should praise; for the desir - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.4.1.md): One should meditate on this syllable, om, as the udgītha; for it is by saying 'om' that one chants aloud. This - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.4.2.md): The gods, fearing death, entered the threefold knowledge. They covered it with the metres; because they covere - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.4.3.md): As one would see a fish in water, so death saw them in the ṛc, the sāman and the yajus. Having understood this - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.4.4.md): When one attains a ṛc, one goes beyond the tone by saying 'om'; so too with the sāman and the yajus. This tone - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.4.5.md): He who knows this and so chants this syllable (Om) enters this very syllable, which is immortal, fearless and - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.5.1.md): Now, indeed, what is the udgītha is the praṇava, and what is the praṇava is the udgītha. This sun is the udgīt - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.5.2.md): 'I have indeed meditated upon just this (the sun); therefore you alone are my son.' Thus Kauṣītaki said to his - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.5.3.md): Now, with regard to the self: this chief breath which is within you should be meditated upon as the udgītha, f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.5.4.md): Kauṣītaki said to his son: "I sang only this, therefore you alone are mine. Sing the bhūman of the prāṇas; man - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.5.5.md): Now, what is the udgītha is indeed the praṇava (oṃ), and what is the praṇava is indeed the udgītha. From the s - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.1.md): This (earth) is indeed the ṛc, and fire is the sāman. That sāman is raised up upon this ṛc; therefore the sāma - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.2.md): The atmosphere is indeed the ṛc, and wind is the sāman. That sāman is raised up upon this ṛc; therefore the sā - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.3.md): Heaven itself is the sun, and that is the sāman. This sāman is set upon this ṛc; therefore the sāman set upon - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.4.md): The stars themselves are the ṛc, and the moon is the sāman. This sāman is set upon this ṛc; therefore the sāma - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.5.md): Now, the white radiance of the sun is the bhā. And what is dark blue, and beyond it black, that is the sāman. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.6.md): Now, the white radiance of the sun is the sā. And what is dark blue, and beyond it black, is the amaḥ, and tha - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.7.md): His eyes are like the seat of a monkey and like a lotus. His name is 'Udita' (risen up), because he rises up a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.6.8.md): His verse (ṛc) and chant (sāman) are his two supports. Therefore he is the udgītha, and therefore he is the ud - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.1.md): Now, concerning the inner dimension (adhyātman): speech is the verse (ṛc), and breath (prāṇa) is the chant (sā - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.2.md): The eye is the verse (ṛc), and the self (ātman) is the chant (sāman). This chant is established upon that vers - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.3.md): Hearing is indeed the ṛk, and mind is the sāman. This sāman is set upon that ṛk. Therefore the sāman set upon - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.4.md): Now, the white radiance of the eye is indeed the ṛk. And the dark blue, and the black beyond it, is the sāman. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.5.md): Now, the person seen within the eye is indeed the ṛk; he is the sāman, the uktha, the yajus, and the brahman. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.6.md): He is this one. He has power over the worlds below this, and over the desires of men. So those who sing on the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.7.md): Whoever knows this way and sings the sāman sings both; by this very (singing) he attains the worlds beyond, th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.8.md): By this very (knowledge) he also attains the worlds nearer than these, and the worlds of those who desire huma - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.7.9.md): "What desire shall I sing for you?" (the udgātṛ should ask). He indeed is the one able to obtain the fruit of - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.1.md): Three were skilled in the udgītha: Śilaka Śālāvatya, Aikitāyana Dālbhya, and Pravāhaṇa Jaivali. They said, "We - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.2.md): "So be it." The two of them sat down together. Pravāhaṇa, son of Jaivali, said: "Venerable sirs, let the two b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.3.md): Śilaka, son of Śālāvata, said to Aikitāyana Dālbhya: "Come, I will ask you a question." Dālbhya said: "Ask." - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.4.md): "What is the basis of the sāman?" He said: "The tone." "What is the basis of the tone?" He said: "Breath (prāṇ - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.5.md): "What is the basis of the waters?" He said: "That world." "What is the basis of that world?" He said: "It shou - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.6.md): Śilaka Śālāvatya said to Aikitāyana Dālbhya: "Dālbhya, your sāman is indeed without support. If someone now we - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.7.md): Dālbhya said: "Very well, know that I will learn this from the venerable one." He asked: "What is the course o - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.8.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.8.8.md): Pravāhaṇa Jaivali said to him: "Śālāvatya, your sāman is indeed finite. If someone now were to say 'your head - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.9.1.md): "What is the course of this world?" "Space (ākāśa)." He said: "Truly, all these beings arise only from space, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.9.2.md): This supreme udgītha is indeed endless. For one who knows it thus and meditates upon the supreme udgītha, he b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.9.3.md): Atidhanvan Shaunaka, having told this to Udaraśāṇḍilya, said: As long as they in their lineage know this udgīt - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.9.4.md): Likewise in that world, world thus. For one who knows this thus and meditates upon it, supreme indeed is his l - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.1.md): When the land of the Kurus was ravaged, Uṣasti, son of Cakra, dwelt with his wife Āṭikī in the village of the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.2.md): He saw Ibhya eating bean cakes and begged from him. Ibhya said: "Here are the only things I have set aside; th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.3.md): "Give me some of these," he said. Ibhya gave them to him. "Well then, give me also a drink to go with them," h - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.4.md): "Surely these are not defiled too?" he said. "If I had not eaten them I would not have lived; I did not eat th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.5.md): Having eaten them, he brought the remainder to his wife; but by then food had already become plentiful. Receiv - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.6.md): In the morning, weakened by hunger, he said: 'If only we could obtain food of that kind, merely wealth, the ki - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.7.md): His wife said to him: 'Well, husband, here are these kulmāṣa (bean food).' Having eaten them, he went to that - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.8.md): There, near the udgātṛ priests who were about to chant the praise, he sat down. Then he spoke to the prastotṛ. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.9.md): 'O prastotṛ, if you chant the prelude without knowing the deity on which the prelude depends, your head will f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.10.md): In the same way he said to the Udgātṛ: "O Udgātṛ, the deity on whom the udgītha depends—if you chant the udgīt - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.10.11.md): In the same way he said to the Pratihartṛ: "O Pratihartṛ, the deity on whom the pratihāra depends—if you sing - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.1.md): Then the sacrificer said to him: "Venerable sir, I wish to know." He replied, "I am Uṣasti, son of Cakra." - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.2.md): He said: "Venerable sir, for all these priestly offices I have searched, but not knowing you, I have chosen ot - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.3.md): Revered sir, let all the priestly offices be mine in this way. Then, as much wealth as you give to the praiser - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.4.md): Then the prastotṛ priest approached him and said: 'Prastotṛ, the deity on whom the prastāva depends — if you c - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.5.md): He said: 'Breath (prāṇa). Indeed all these beings enter into breath alone and rise up from breath. This is the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.6.md): Then the udgātṛ priest approached him and said: 'Udgātṛ, the deity on which the udgītha depends — if you chant - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.7.md): He said: 'The sun.' All these beings sing aloud to the sun. This deity depends on the udgītha. If you chanted - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.8.md): Then a pratihartṛ priest approached him and said: 'O pratihartṛ, if you sing the pratihāra without knowing the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.11.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.11.9.md): He said: 'Food.' All these beings live by receiving back food alone. This deity depends on the pratihāra. If y - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.12.1.md): Now begins the Śauva udgītha. Baka the Dālbhya, or Glāva Maitreya, set out for recitation of the Veda. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.12.2.md): A white dog appeared before him. The other dogs came up to him and said, "Venerable one, sing for us food; we - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.12.3.md): He said to them, "Come to me here tomorrow morning." Then Baka Dālbhya, or Glāva Maitreya, waited for him. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.12.4.md): As those about to praise with the Bahiṣpavamāna chant move eagerly, so they crept forward. Having sat down tog - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.12.5.md): Om! Let us eat. Om! Let us drink. Om! May the god Varuṇa, the lord of creatures, Savitṛ, bring food here. O lo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.13.1.md): This world is indeed the syllable hāu; wind is the syllable hāi; the moon is the syllable kā; the ātman is the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.13.2.md): The sun is the syllable ū; the call nihava is the syllable e; the all-gods are the syllable auhoyi; Prajāpati - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.13.3.md): The unexplained thirteenth stobha, the transition (sañcara), and the syllable huṅ. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.1.13.4.md): For him who knows this milking of speech, speech yields milk; he who is the milk of speech becomes possessed o - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.1.1.md): Indeed, the worship of the whole sāman is good. What is good they call 'sāman,' and what is not good they call - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.1.2.md): And they also say: 'with the sāman he has come to him'—meaning, 'with the good he has come to him'; that is ho - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.1.3.md): And they also say: 'How good is our sāman!'—whatever becomes good, that is how they speak of it: 'good, indeed - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.1.4.md): One who knows this and worships even the 'not-good' as sāman—good qualities draw near to him and bow down to h - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.2.1.md): Among the worlds one should meditate on the fivefold sāman: the earth is the hiṅkāra, fire the prastāva, the a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.2.2.md): Next, in the reversed (lower) worlds: heaven is the hiṅkāra, the sun the prastāva, the atmosphere the udgītha, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.2.3.md): For one who, knowing this, meditates on the fivefold sāman among the worlds, both the upper and the reversed w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.3.1.md): In the rain one should meditate on the fivefold sāman: the wind blowing before the rain is the hiṅkāra, the cl - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.3.2.md): He who knows this thus and meditates on the fivefold sāman in the rain: he takes it up, that is the closing po - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.4.1.md): One should meditate on the fivefold sāman in all waters: when the cloud gathers, that is the hiṅkāra; when it - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.4.2.md): He who knows this thus and meditates on the fivefold sāman in all waters does not go down into the waters; he - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.5.1.md): One should meditate on the fivefold sāman in the seasons: spring is the hiṅkāra, summer the prastāva, the rain - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.5.2.md): For him who knows this and worships the fivefold sāman among the seasons, the seasons become favourable, and h - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.6.1.md): Among animals one should worship the fivefold sāman: goats are the hiṅkāra, sheep the prastāva, cows the udgīt - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.6.2.md): For him who knows this and worships the fivefold sāman among animals, cattle come into being, and he becomes r - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.7.1.md): Among the vital breaths one should worship the fivefold sāman that is most excellent and most subtle: breath i - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.7.2.md): Whoever knows this, and meditates on the fivefold parovarīya sāman among the breaths, for him it becomes the m - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.8.1.md): Now one should meditate on the sevenfold sāman in speech. Whatever in speech is the sound hum, that is the hiṅ - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.8.2.md): What is ud, that is the udgītha; what is prati, that is the pratihāra; what is upa, that is the upadrava; what - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.8.3.md): Speech yields milk for him; he who knows this milking of speech becomes one who has food and eats food. Whoeve - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.1.md): Now, one should always meditate upon that sun as the sevenfold sāman: the sāman as a whole, toward me, toward - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.2.md): One should know that all these beings depend upon him. That part of it which comes before sunrise is the hiṅkā - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.3.md): Now, that which is at the first rising is the prastāva; upon it humans depend. Therefore they desire to praise - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.4.md): Now, that which is at the time of the morning meal is the ādi; upon it birds depend. Therefore they fly about - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.5.md): Now, what is the udgītha at midday: the gods depend upon it. Therefore they are the best of the descendants of - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.6.md): Now, what is after midday and before afternoon: that is the pratihāra, and upon it depend the darbha grasses. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.7.md): Now, what is after afternoon and before sunset: that is the upadrava, and upon it depend the forest creatures. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.9.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.9.8.md): Now, what is first at sunset: that is the nidhana, and upon it depend the ancestors. Therefore they lay them d - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.10.1.md): Then one should meditate on the sāman, measured by oneself and beyond death, in its sevenfold form. Hiṅkāra is - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.10.2.md): Ādi is of two syllables, pratihāra is of four syllables; then here one more; that is equal. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.10.3.md): Udgītha is of three syllables, upadrava is of four syllables; by threes it becomes equal; one syllable remains - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.10.4.md): Nidhana is of three syllables; that is indeed equal. These are indeed the twenty-two syllables. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.10.5.md): By the twenty-one he reaches the ādityaḥ; the twenty-first is that sun from here. By the twenty-second he conq - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.10.6.md): He attains the victory of the ādityaḥ; his victory is higher than the victory over the sun. He who knows thus - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.11.1.md): Mind is the hiṃkāra, speech the prastāva, the eye the udgītha, the ear the pratihāra, breath the nidhana. This - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.11.2.md): He who knows this gāyatra as strung upon the breaths becomes full of breath; he attains the whole span of life - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.12.1.md): He is the hiṅkāra; from him smoke arises. He is the prastāva; he blazes. He is the udgītha; the embers come to - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.12.2.md): He who knows this Rathantara, thus strung in the fire, becomes one possessing the splendour of Brahman, an eat - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.13.1.md): He is the hiṅkāra: he softly invites. He is the prastāva: he gives assent. He is the udgītha: he lies with a w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.13.2.md): He who knows this Vāmadevya, thus strung in the pair (mithuna), becomes one who has a partner; offspring are b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.14.1.md): The rising sun is the hiṅkāra, its rising the prastāva, midday the udgītha, afternoon the pratihāra, and the s - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.14.2.md): He who thus knows this great sāman strung upon the sun becomes radiant and an eater of food; he attains a full - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.15.1.md): The gathering of the clouds is the hiṅkāra, the cloud's arising the prastāva, its raining the udgītha, its fla - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.15.2.md): He who thus knows this varied sāman strung upon Parjanya obtains cattle of diverse and beautiful forms; he att - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.16.1.md): Spring is the hiṃkāra, summer the prastāva, the rains the udgītha, autumn the pratihāra, and winter the nidhan - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.16.2.md): He who knows this vairāja, woven through the seasons, shines forth with offspring, cattle and brahmavarcas, th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.17.1.md): Earth is the hiṃkāra, the atmosphere the prastāva, heaven the udgītha, the directions the pratihāra, and the o - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.17.2.md): He who knows these śakvarī verses, woven through the worlds, becomes a possessor of worlds. He attains full li - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.18.1.md): The goat is the hiṅkāra, the sheep the prastāva, the cows the udgītha, the horses the pratihāra, and the human - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.18.2.md): Whoever knows these wealth-giving parts strung through the animals in this way becomes rich in cattle, attains - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.19.1.md): The body hair is the hiṅkāra, the skin the prastāva, the flesh the udgītha, the bone the pratihāra, and the ma - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.19.2.md): Whoever knows the Yajñāyajñīya sāman in this way, strung through the limbs, becomes whole in his limbs, is not - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.20.1.md): Fire is the hiṅkāra, wind the prastāva, the sun the udgītha, the stars the pratihāra, the moon the nidhana: al - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.20.2.md): He who knows this king, the sāman, as strung upon the deities, reaches the same world as those deities, the sa - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.21.1.md): The threefold knowledge is the hiṅkāra; these three worlds are the hiṅkāra. That is the prastāva: fire, wind, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.21.2.md): He who knows this sāman as strung upon everything becomes everything. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.21.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.21.3.md): On this there is this verse: nothing else is greater than those fivefold triads. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.21.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.21.4.md): Whoever knows that knows all; all the directions bring tribute to him. One should meditate, 'I am all this': t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.22.1.md): 'I choose the Vinardi sāman, which brings cattle': this is Agni's udgītha, which is unspoken; Prajāpati's udgī - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.22.2.md): 'I will sing immortality for the gods' — thus one should sing; svadhā for the fathers, hope for humans, grass - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.22.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.22.3.md): All vowels are the selves of Indra, all sibilants and aspirates are the selves of Prajāpati, all stop consonan - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.22.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.22.4.md): Then, if someone reproaches him among the sibilants and aspirates, he should say to him: 'I have taken refuge - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.22.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.22.5.md): All vowels should be uttered voiced and strong, saying: 'I give strength to Indra.' All sibilants and aspirate - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.23.1.md): There are three branches of dharma: sacrifice, study, and giving. The first is this; the second is austerity. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.23.2.md): Prajāpati heated the worlds. From the heated worlds the threefold knowledge (trayī vidyā) flowed forth. He hea - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.23.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.23.3.md): He heated those, and from the heated ones the syllable Oṃ flowed forth. As all leaves are held together and pi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.1.md): The proponents of Brahman say: the morning pressing belongs to the Vasus, the midday pressing to the Rudras, a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.2.md): Then where is the world of the sacrificer? One who does not know it, how should he perform (the rite)? Let the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.3.md): Before the preparation of the morning anuvāka, he sits behind the gārhapatya fire facing north and sings the V - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.4.md): "Open the door of the world, may we see you" — rā, hum, ā, jyo, ā — thus. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.5.md): Then he offers: "Homage to Agni, who dwells in the earth, who dwells in the world. May he win the world for me - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.6.md): Here may the sacrificer go beyond life. Saying "Svāhā! Remove the bolt," he rises. The Vasus grant him the mor - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.7.md): Before the preparation of the midday pressing, behind the Āgnīdhrīya, facing north and seated, he chants the R - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.8.md): "Open the gate of the world, that we may see you." Vairā hum ājya yo ā — thus. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.9.md): Then he offers an oblation: "Homage to Vāyu, who dwells in the atmosphere and in the world. May I, the sacrifi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.10.md): Here the sacrificer goes beyond his lifespan. Saying "Svāhā! Remove the bolt!" he rises up. To him the Rudras - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.11.md): Before the preparation for the third pressing, sitting behind the Āhavanīya fire facing north, he sings the Ād - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.12.md): World-door, open; may we see you — svāra, hum, ā, jyā, yo, ā — thus. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.13.md): Then the Āditya and Vaiśvadeva (chant): world-door, open; may we see you — sāmrā, hum, ā, jyā, yo, ā — thus. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.14.md): Then he makes an offering: homage to the Ādityas, and to all the gods, who dwell in heaven and who dwell in th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.15.md): This is the world of the sacrificer. Saying, "I am here; beyond life, the sacrificer; svāhā, the bar is driven - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 2.24.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.2.24.16.md): To him the Ādityas and all the gods grant the third pressing. He who thus knows the measure of the sacrifice, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.1.1.md): That sun is the honey of the gods. Its sky is the crosswise beam, the atmosphere is the cake, and the rays are - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.1.2.md): Its rays that go eastward are its eastern honey-tubes. The ṛks themselves are the honey-makers, and the Ṛg-Ved - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.1.3.md): They brooded upon this Ṛg-Veda with tapas. From that which was thus heated arose glory, brilliance, vital powe - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.1.4.md): That flowed forth and clung about the sun on every side. This is the red form of the sun. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.2.1.md): Now, the southern rays of this sun are its honey-channels. The Yajus verses are the bees that make the honey; - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.2.2.md): These very Yajus verses brooded upon this Yajur-Veda with tapas. From that which was thus heated arose glory, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.2.3.md): That (syllable) flowed forth and clung all around that sun. This is the white form of the sun. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.3.1.md): Now, the rays of this sun that turn toward the west are its honey-channels. The sāmans are the bees that make - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.3.2.md): These very sāmans brooded upon this Sāma Veda. From it, when it was heated, arose glory, brilliance, vigor, st - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.3.3.md): That (syllable) flowed forth and clung all around that sun. This is the dark form of the sun. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.4.1.md): Now, the rays of this sun that go northward — these are its northern honey-channels. The Atharvan and Āṅgirasa - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.4.2.md): Those Atharvan and Āṅgirasa seers practised austerity upon this legend and ancient lore. From that heated one - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.4.3.md): That dripped forth and clung all around the sun. This is the supreme dark form of the sun. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.5.1.md): Now, the rays of this sun that go upward — these are its upper honey-channels. The secret teachings are the ho - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.5.2.md): These are the secret teachings. Brahman brooded in tapas. From that which was heated arose glory, brilliance, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.5.3.md): That flowed out and took its stand all around the sun. This which seems to tremble in the middle of the sun is - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.5.4.md): These are the essences of essences. The Vedas are indeed the essences, and these are their essences. These are - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.6.1.md): That which is the first immortal, on it the Vasus live through Agni's mouth. The gods neither eat nor drink; h - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.6.2.md): They enter into this very form, and from this form they rise up again. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.6.3.md): Whoever knows this immortal thing in this way, becoming one of the Vasus, is satisfied by seeing this very imm - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.6.4.md): As far as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, he goes around attaining the sovereignty and self-ru - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.7.1.md): Now, the second immortal thing is that by which the Rudras live, through the mouth of Indra. The gods neither - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.7.2.md): They enter into this very form, and from this form they rise up again. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.7.3.md): Whoever knows this immortal thus, becoming one among the Rudras together with Indra, is satisfied by seeing th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.7.4.md): As far as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and twice as far as it rises in the south and sets i - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.8.1.md): Now, the third immortal is that on which the Ādityas live, through the mouth of Varuṇa. The gods neither eat n - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.8.2.md): They enter into this very form, and from this form they rise again. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.8.3.md): He who knows this immortal thus, becoming one of the suns, is satisfied by seeing this very immortal through V - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.8.4.md): As long as the sun rises from the south and sets toward the north, and again rises from behind and sets in fro - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.9.1.md): Now, the fourth immortal, on it the Maruts live, through the mouth of Soma. The gods neither eat nor drink; ha - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.9.2.md): They enter into this very form, and from this form they rise again. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.9.3.md): He who knows this immortal thing in this way, becoming one of the Maruts, is satisfied by seeing this very imm - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.9.4.md): As long as the sun rises from the west and sets in the east, and then, twice as long, rises from the north and - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.10.1.md): Now, the fifth immortal thing is that by which the Sādhyas live through the mouth of brahman; the gods neither - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.10.2.md): They enter into this very form, and from this form they rise again. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.10.3.md): He who knows this immortal thing in this way, becoming one among the Sādhyas, is satisfied by seeing this immo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.10.4.md): As long as the sun rises from the north and sets in the south, and for twice that time rises upward and sets d - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.11.1.md): Then, having risen upward from there, he neither rises nor sets, but stands alone in the middle. On this there - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.11.2.md): There it neither sets nor rises, ever. Gods, by this truth, may you not set me in opposition to brahman, so it - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.11.3.md): For him it neither rises nor sets; for one who knows this brahman-upaniṣad thus, it is always day. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.11.4.md): This brahman Brahmā told to Prajāpati; Prajāpati told it to Manu; Manu told it to the people. And this, a fath - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.11.5.md): Indeed this a father should declare as brahman to his eldest son, or to one fit to lead, or to a student who d - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.11.6.md): Even if someone were to give him this entire earth, surrounded by water and full of wealth, he should give it - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.1.md): Whatever all this is here—all beings, indeed—is Gāyatrī. Speech is Gāyatrī, for all this, all beings, is indee - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.2.md): That Gāyatrī is indeed this earth, and upon this earth all this, all beings, is established. None surpasses th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.3.md): That earth is indeed this body in this person, for in it these life-breaths are established. None surpasses th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.4.md): The body that is in the person is indeed that; and this heart within the person is that too, for in it these p - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.5.md): This Gāyatrī has four feet and is of six kinds; and this has been recited in a verse (ṛc). - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.6.md): Such is his greatness; and the person is greater still. All beings are one quarter of him; three quarters of h - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.7.md): That which is brahman — this is indeed that. This space outside the person is that space which is outside the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.8.md): Indeed, this inner person which is here is that space; and the inner person which is space, that is it. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.12.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.12.9.md): Indeed, this is the space within the heart; this is the full, the unfailing; one who knows thus obtains full, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.1.md): Of this heart there are five divine openings. Of these, the eastern opening is breath (prāṇa); that is the eye - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.2.md): Then, the southern opening of this heart is the diffused breath (vyāna); that is the ear; that is the moon. On - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.3.md): Now, the western opening of this one is apāna, and that is speech, and that is fire. One should meditate on th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.4.md): Now, the northern opening of this one is samāna, and that is mind, and that is the rain-cloud. One should medi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.5.md): Now, the upper opening of this one is udāna, and that is wind, and that is space. One should meditate on this - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.6.md): These five brahma-persons are the gatekeepers of the world of heaven. He who knows these five brahma-persons, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.7.md): Now, the light that shines beyond this heaven, on all sides, on the backs of all things, in the highest worlds - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.13.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.13.8.md): This is its seeing: when one perceives heat by touch within this body, that is its seeing. This is its hearing - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.14.1.md): All this is indeed brahman; from it it comes forth, into it it dissolves, and in it it breathes. Thus, with a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.14.2.md): Made of mind, whose body is breath, whose form is light, whose resolve is true, whose self is space, who perfo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.14.3.md): This self of mine within the heart is smaller than a grain of rice, or a barley corn, or a mustard seed, or a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.14.4.md): Whose are all actions, all desires, all fragrances, all tastes, who encompasses all this, who is silent and un - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.15.1.md): Its belly is the atmosphere, its base the earth; this vessel does not decay. The directions are its hooks; hea - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.15.2.md): Its eastern direction is the ladle named Juhū; the southern is named Sahamānā; the western, the queen named Rā - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.15.3.md): I take refuge in the unharmed sheath (the body). By that formula I take refuge in prāṇa, the breath. By that f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.15.4.md): When I said, 'I take refuge in prāṇa,' prāṇa indeed is all this that exists, whatever there is. That very thin - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.15.5.md): Now, when I said, 'I take refuge in bhūḥ,' I took refuge in the earth, I take refuge in the atmosphere, I take - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.15.6.md): Now, when I said, 'I take refuge in bhuvaḥ,' I took refuge in fire, I take refuge in wind, I take refuge in th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.15.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.15.7.md): Now, what we said — 'svaḥ, I take refuge' — I take refuge in the Ṛg Veda, I take refuge in the Yajur Veda, I t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.16.1.md): Indeed the person is the sacrifice. Of him, the twenty-four years are the morning pressing; the Gāyatrī of twe - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.16.2.md): If, in this age, something afflicts him, he should say: 'O breaths, O Vasus, let this morning pressing and mid - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.16.3.md): Now, the forty-four years are the midday pressing; the Triṣṭubh of forty-four syllables belongs to the Traiṣṭu - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.16.4.md): If, at this age, he should be afflicted with some ailment, he should say: 'O breaths, O Rudras, extend my midd - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.16.5.md): Now, the forty-eight years — that is the third pressing. The jagatī meter of forty-eight syllables is the jāga - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.16.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.16.6.md): If, at this age, he should be afflicted with some ailment, he should say: 'O breaths, O Ādityas, extend my thi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.16.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.16.7.md): Knowing this, Mahidāsa Aitareya said: 'Why do you afflict me with this? By this I shall not be sent away.' He - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.17.1.md): When he desires to eat, when he thirsts, when he does not delight — these are his consecrations (dīkṣā). - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.17.2.md): Then, when he eats, when he drinks, when he delights — that is accomplished with the upasad rites (upasad). - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.17.3.md): Then, when he laughs, when he jests, when he engages in sexual union — he attains that only by the stotra and - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.17.4.md): Then, austerity, giving, uprightness, non-injury, and truthful speech — these are his sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇ - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.17.5.md): Therefore people say, 'He will beget a son,' or 'He did not beget a son.' His being born again is indeed his d - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.17.6.md): Ghora Āṅgirasa told this to Kṛṣṇa, son of Devakī, and became free from thirst himself. At the end of life one - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.17.7.md): Then we have reached the ancient seed, the sun, rising beyond darkness. Seeing the light beyond darkness, seei - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.18.1.md): One should meditate: 'Mind is brahman'—this is regarding the self. Then regarding the divine: 'Space is brahma - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.18.2.md): This brahman has four quarters. Speech is one quarter, breath is a quarter, sight is a quarter, hearing is a q - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.18.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.18.3.md): Speech alone is the fourth quarter of brahman. It shines and burns with fire and light, shines and burns; he w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.18.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.18.4.md): Breath alone is the fourth quarter of brahman. It shines and burns with wind and light, shines and burns; he w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.18.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.18.5.md): Sight alone is the fourth quarter of brahman. It shines and burns with the sun and light, shines and burns; he - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.18.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.18.6.md): Hearing itself is the fourth quarter of brahman. By the directions, it shines and gives heat, shines and gives - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.19.1.md): The sun is brahman; this is the teaching. Its elaboration: in the beginning this was non-being. It became bein - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.19.2.md): What was silver is this earth; what was gold is the sky; what was the amnion are the mountains; what was the c - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.19.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.19.3.md): Then what was born was that sun. As he was being born, shouts and ululations arose after him, and all beings a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.19.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.3.19.4.md): He who knows this and meditates on the sun as brahman: when good sounds come near him and echo close by, they - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.1.md): Jānaśruti, grandson of Putra, was a faithful giver, a great giver, one who cooked much food. He had it proclai - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.2.md): Then in the night the swans flew past. And one swan addressed him thus: "Hey, Bhallākṣa, Bhallākṣa! The light - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.3.md): Then the other swan answered him: "Base one, why do you speak of this man as one with a cart-mate, like Raikva - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.4.md): Just as all the losers gather around the winner of the dice game, so all the good deeds that people do come to - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.5.md): Then Jānaśruti Pautrāyaṇa overheard this. Hastening along, he said to his charioteer: 'Aṅgāra, you speak of Ra - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.6.md): Just as all the losers gather around the winner of the dice game, so all the good deeds that people do come to - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.7.md): Having searched, the charioteer returned, saying, 'I did not find him.' The king said to him: 'Friend, seek hi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.1.8.md): He sat beneath the cart, scratching an itch. Jānaśruti approached him and said, "Venerable sir, are you the Ra - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.2.1.md): Then Jānaśruti, grandson of Pautrāyaṇa, took six hundred cows, a niṣka of gold and a chariot drawn by mules, w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.2.2.md): Raikva, these six hundred cows, this gold niṣka and this mule-drawn chariot are yours. Venerable one, teach me - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.2.3.md): Then the other (Raikva) answered him: "O Śūdra, let these cows remain with you." Then Jānaśruti, grandson of P - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.2.4.md): He said to him: "Raikva, here are a thousand cows, these gold coins, this chariot drawn by mules, this wife, a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.2.5.md): Lifting up her face, he said: "You brought these to the Śūdras; with this very mouth you will speak." These be - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.1.md): Wind indeed is the absorber (saṃvarga). When fire flares up, it goes back into wind alone. When the sun sets, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.2.md): When the waters dry up, they go back into wind alone, for wind indeed draws all of these in. This is the accou - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.3.md): Now, regarding the self, prāṇa (breath) is indeed the absorber. When one sleeps, speech merges into breath, th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.4.md): These two are indeed the two absorbers: among the gods, wind (vāyu); among the vital breaths, breath (prāṇa). - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.5.md): Then a celibate student (brahmacārin) begged alms of Śaunaka, Kāpeya, Abhipratārin and Kākṣaseni while they we - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.6.md): He said: "Of the great self there are four, yet the god is one. Who is that who, as protector of the world, ha - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.7.md): Then Śaunaka Kāpeya, reflecting, replied: the ātman that generates the gods and creates beings, with golden te - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.3.8.md): They gave it to him. These are indeed five, and again five, becoming ten, made by them; therefore in all direc - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.4.1.md): Satyakāma Jābāla addressed his mother Jabālā: I shall live the life of a student; of what lineage am I? - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.4.2.md): She said to him: Child, I do not know what lineage you are. Wandering about as a serving woman among many men - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.4.3.md): He approached Gautama of the Hāridrumata lineage and said: "Venerable sir, I will live the life of a student; - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.4.4.md): He asked him: "Gentle one, of what lineage are you?" He replied: "Sir, I do not know of what lineage I am. I a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.4.5.md): He said to him: "Only a brahmin could speak thus. Gentle one, bring fuel-sticks, and I will lead you forward; - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.5.1.md): Then the bull addressed him: "Satyakāma!" He answered: "Venerable sir!" (The bull said): "Gentle one, we have - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.5.2.md): I will tell you one quarter of Brahman. 'Venerable one, tell me,' he said. To him he said: the eastern directi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.5.3.md): One who knows this way and meditates on the four-part quarter of Brahman called 'the luminous' becomes luminou - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.6.1.md): Thinking 'Agni will tell you the quarter,' he drove the cows out the next morning. Where they had gathered by - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.6.2.md): Agni addressed him: 'Satyakāma!' He answered: 'Venerable one!' - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.6.3.md): Dear one, I will tell you one quarter of brahman. Venerable one, tell me, he said. Then the earth told him: th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.6.4.md): One who knows this in this way and meditates on the four-part quarter of brahman as 'the endless-possessing' b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.7.1.md): Haṃsa said: I will tell you a quarter. Then the next morning he sent the cows forth. Where they were when even - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.7.2.md): Haṃsa came near him and addressed him: Satyakāma! He answered: Venerable sir! - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.7.3.md): Dear one, I will tell you one quarter of Brahman. Let the revered one tell me, he said. Fire said to him: Fire - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.7.4.md): He who, knowing thus, meditates on this four-partd quarter of Brahman as the luminous becomes luminous in this - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.8.1.md): Madgu's wife said: he will tell you one quarter of Brahman. On the next morning he drove the cows forth. Where - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.8.2.md): Madgu approached him and addressed him: Satyakāma! He answered: Revered sir! - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.8.3.md): Dear one, "I will tell you a quarter of brahman" — "Venerable one, tell me" — then he said: breath is a part, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.8.4.md): He who knows this quarter of brahman, of four parts, as 'āyatanavān' and meditates upon it thus, becomes one w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.9.1.md): He approached the teacher's household. The teacher addressed him: "Satyakāma!" He answered: "Venerable sir!" - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.9.2.md): "Dear one, you shine like one who knows brahman. Who has instructed you?" He replied: "Others, apart from huma - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.9.3.md): I have heard from venerable seers and from the teacher that one who knows this knowledge attains the highest. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.10.1.md): Upakosala, son of Kāmalā, lived in student-life with Satyakāma Jābāla. For twelve years he tended the fires. H - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.10.2.md): His wife said to him: Student, you are weary; you have tended the fires well. Tell him so that the fires may n - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.10.3.md): He resolved to stop eating because of illness. Then the teacher's wife said to him: Student, why do you not ea - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.10.4.md): Then the fires spoke together: "The ascetic celibate student has served us for our welfare; come, let us tell - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.10.5.md): "Breath is brahman, joy is brahman, space is brahman." He answered: "I know that breath is brahman, but joy an - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.11.1.md): Then the householder's fire instructed him: "Earth, fire, food, the sun—this person seen in the sun, he am I, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.11.2.md): He who, knowing this thus, worships, is freed from evil deeds and gains a world. He attains a full lifespan an - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.12.1.md): Then he instructed him: the waters, the directions, the stars, the moon — the person seen in the moon, that I - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.12.2.md): He who meditates upon this, knowing it thus, is freed from evil deeds, becomes a possessor of worlds, attains - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.13.1.md): Then he instructed him: breath, space, the sky, lightning — the person seen in lightning, that I am; that very - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.13.2.md): He who meditates upon this, knowing it thus, is freed from evil deeds, becomes a possessor of worlds, attains - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.14.1.md): They said: 'Dear Upakosala, this knowledge of the self has been given to you by us; but your teacher will tell - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.14.2.md): Upakosala replied: 'Venerable sir!' Dear one, your face shines like that of one who knows brahman. 'Who has in - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.14.3.md): 'This,' he thus acknowledged regarding the worlds. Surely, dear one, they said this to you; I will tell you th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.15.1.md): 'This person who is seen in the eye, this is the self,' he said. This is the immortal, this is the fearless, t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.15.2.md): They call this 'Saṃyadvāma,' for all desirable things come together toward it. All desirable things come toget - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.15.3.md): He indeed is Vāmanī, for he leads all desirable things, leads all desirable things. For him who knows it thus, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.15.4.md): He indeed is Bhāmanī, for he shines in all worlds, shines in all worlds. For him who knows it thus, this happe - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.15.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.15.5.md): Now, when funeral rites are performed for him, and if he does not reach only the flame, then from the flame he - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.15.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.15.6.md): He leads them to Brahman. This is the path of the gods, the path of Brahman. Those who go forth by this path d - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.16.1.md): Indeed, this is the sacrifice, which flows here purifying. This very thing purifies all of this. Since it puri - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.16.2.md): He prepares one of these two with the mind; the brahman priest with speech, and the hotṛ, adhvaryu and udgātṛ - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.16.3.md): He prepares only one of the two paths, and the other is deficient. Just as a one-footed chariot, going on one - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.16.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.16.4.md): Now, when at the morning anuvāka recitation the brahmā speaks before the paridhānīyā verse, they still complet - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.16.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.16.5.md): Just as a chariot moving on both wheels stays steady, so his sacrifice stays steady; the sacrificer who follow - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.1.md): Prajāpati heated the worlds. From these heated worlds he drew forth their essences: from the earth, fire; from - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.2.md): He heated these three deities. From the heated deities he drew forth their essences: from fire, the verses of - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.3.md): He brooded upon this threefold knowledge. From it, heated, the essences were drawn forth: from the ṛk verses t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.4.md): If a ṛk verse should be faulty, one should offer in the gārhapatya fire, saying 'bhūḥ svāhā.' Thus, by the ess - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.5.md): If a yajus formula should be faulty, he should offer saying 'bhuvaḥ svāhā.' Thus, by the essence of the yajus - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.6.md): Now, if a sāman chant should be faulty, he should offer saying 'svaḥ svāhā.' Thus, by the essence of the sāman - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.7.md): Just as one solders gold with borax, gold with silver, silver with tin, tin with lead, lead with iron, iron wi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.8.md): In the same way, by the power of these worlds, these deities and the threefold knowledge, he mends the flaw of - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.9.md): This sacrifice tends northward, where the brahmā-priest is one who knows thus. Indeed this anugāthā goes to th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.17.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.4.17.10.md): The brahmā alone is the one ṛtvij of the line of Manu; he protects the Kurus and the horses. Indeed the brahmā - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.1.md): Whoever knows the eldest and the best becomes indeed the eldest and the best. Prāṇa (breath) is indeed the eld - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.2.md): Whoever knows the most excellent becomes indeed the most excellent among his own kin. Speech (vāc) is indeed t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.3.md): Whoever knows the foundation firmly stands in this world and in that world. The eye (cakṣus) is indeed the fou - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.4.md): Whoever knows prosperity, all desires, both divine and human, come together to him. Hearing (śrotra) is indeed - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.5.md): He who knows the āyatana becomes a support to his own people. Indeed, the mind is the āyatana. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.6.md): Then the vital breaths quarrelled over superiority, each saying: 'I am superior, I am superior.' - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.7.md): The vital breaths approached their father Prajāpati and said: 'Venerable one, who among us is the best?' He to - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.8.md): Speech departed upward. After a year away, she returned and said: 'How could you live without me?' Like the mu - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.9.md): The eye departed upward. Having been away for a year and gone around, it said: "How were you able to live with - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.10.md): The ear departed upward. Having been away for a year and gone around, it said: "How were you able to live with - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.11.md): The mind departed upward. Having been away for a year and gone around, it said: "How were you able to live wit - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.12.md): Then the breath, the prāṇa, was about to depart upward. As a fine horse pulls up the pegs to which it is tethe - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.13.md): Then Speech said to him: 'What I am, the best (Vasiṣṭha), that you are, the best.' Then the Eye said to him: ' - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.14.md): Then Hearing said to him: 'What I am, wealth (sampad), that you are, wealth.' Then the Mind said to him: 'What - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.1.15.md): They are not speech, not the eyes, not the ears, not the minds; they are called only 'breaths' (prāṇa). For pr - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.1.md): He said: 'What will be my food?' They replied: 'Whatever there is here, from dogs up to birds.' This is the fo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.2.md): He said, 'What will be my clothing?' They said, 'Water.' Therefore those who are about to eat wrap themselves - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.3.md): Satyakāma Jābāla said this to Gośruti Vaiyāghrapadya: 'Even if one were to say this to a dry post, branches wo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.4.md): Now, if one desires something great, having undergone initiation on the new moon day, on the full moon night o - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.5.md): Saying 'svāhā to Vasiṣṭha,' one should offer clarified butter into the fire and pour the drippings into the mi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.6.md): Then, having crept back and placed the churned mixture in his cupped hands, he murmurs: 'O Ama, your name is A - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.7.md): Then, with this very verse, he sips from what remains: sipping while saying 'We choose that (desirable) light - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.8.md): Having washed the bowl or the cup, he lies down behind the fire, on a hide or on bare ground, silent and with - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.2.9.md): This is the verse: when, in desired actions, people see a woman in dreams, one should know success right there - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.3.1.md): Śvetaketu, the son of Āruṇi, went to the assembly of the Pañcālas. Pravāhaṇa, the son of Jīvala, said to him, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.3.2.md): 'Do you know how creatures go forth from here?' 'No, sir.' 'Do you know how they return again?' 'No, sir.' 'Do - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.3.3.md): 'Do you know how that world does not become full?' 'No, sir.' 'Do you know how, in the fifth oblation, the wat - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.3.4.md): 'Then why did you say you had been instructed? How can one who does not know these things, being instructed, s - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.3.5.md): A kinsman of the warrior class asked me five questions, and I could not answer any one of them. He said: just - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.3.6.md): Then Gautama went halfway to the king. When he arrived, the king honored him. In the morning he went up into t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.3.7.md): The king ordered him to stay a long time. Then he said to him: Gautama, just as you have told me, this knowled - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.4.1.md): That world, Gautama, is indeed a fire. The sun itself is its fuel, its rays are the smoke, the day is its flam - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.4.2.md): In this fire the gods offer faith as an oblation; from that oblation king Soma comes into being. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.5.1.md): O Gautama, the rain-cloud (parjanya) is indeed the fire; the wind is its fuel, the cloud its smoke, lightning - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.5.2.md): In this fire the gods offer king Soma as an oblation; from that oblation rain comes into being. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.6.1.md): O Gautama, the earth is indeed the fire; the year is its fuel, the sky its smoke, night its flame, the quarter - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.6.2.md): In this very fire the gods offer rain as an oblation; from that oblation, food comes into being. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.7.1.md): Gautama, man indeed is fire. His speech is the kindling-wood, his breath the smoke, his tongue the flame, his - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.7.2.md): In this very fire the gods offer food as an oblation; from that oblation, seed (retas) comes into being. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.8.1.md): Gautama, woman indeed is fire. Her lap is the kindling-wood; what she invites is the smoke; her womb (yoni) is - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.8.2.md): In that very fire the gods offer semen as an oblation; from that oblation an embryo comes into being. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.9.1.md): Thus, in the fifth oblation, the waters take on human form; that embryo, wrapped in its membrane, lies within - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.9.2.md): Having been born, he lives for the full span of his life; when he dies and is destined, the fires themselves c - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.1.md): Those who know this, and those who in the forest worship with faith and austerity, reach the flame; from the f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.2.md): From the months to the year, from the year to the sun, from the sun to the moon, from the moon to lightning. T - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.3.md): Now those who in the village worship sacrifice, good works, and gifts (iṣṭa, pūrta, datta) attain smoke; from - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.4.md): From the months to the world of the fathers, from the world of the fathers to space, from space to the moon. T - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.5.md): Having dwelt there as long as the remainder of their store lasts, they return by the very same path they came, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.6.md): Vapour becomes a cloud, and having become a cloud it rains. Thus rice and barley, herbs and trees, sesame and - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.7.md): Those here whose conduct is pleasant will quickly enter a pleasant womb—the womb of a brāhmaṇa, or of a kṣatri - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.8.md): Neither by either of these two paths. These lowly beings return again and again: 'Be born, die'—this is the th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.9.md): The thief of gold, the drinker of liquor, he who lies on a teacher's bed, and the slayer of a brāhmaṇa—these f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.10.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.10.10.md): Whoever knows these five fires in this way, even if he acts with them, is not stained by sin; he becomes pure, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.11.1.md): Prācīnaśāla Aupamanyava, Satyayajña Pauluṣi, Indradyumna Bhāllaveya, Jana Śārkarākṣya, Buḍila Āśvatarāśvi — th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.11.2.md): They said to one another: 'The venerable Uddālaka Āruṇi now studies this Vaiśvānara ātman. Come, let us go to - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.11.3.md): He reflected: 'These great householders and great scholars will question me, and I shall not be able to answer - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.11.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.11.4.md): Aśvapati said to them: "Venerable sirs, this Kaikeya now meditates upon this Vaiśvānara ātman. Come, let us go - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.11.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.11.5.md): When they had arrived, he had separate gifts prepared for each of them. Then, rising in the morning, he said: - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.11.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.11.6.md): They said: "Whatever purpose a person sets out for, that is what he should speak of. You now meditate upon thi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.11.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.11.7.md): He said to them: "Tomorrow morning I will give you an answer." Then they went back in the forenoon, each holdi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.12.1.md): Aupamanyava, what self do you meditate upon? — Venerable king, the heaven indeed, he replied. This is the self - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.12.2.md): When you eat food, you see pleasant food and eat pleasant food; for one who thus meditates on this Vaiśvānara - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.13.1.md): Then he said to Satyayajña, son of Puluṣa: what self do you meditate upon? — Venerable king, the sun indeed, h - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.13.2.md): Drawn by mules, with a gold ornament given by a female servant, when you eat you see pleasant food and eat ple - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.14.1.md): Then he said to Indradyumna Bhāllaveya, son of Vyāghrapada: 'Which ātman do you meditate upon?' 'Venerable sir - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.14.2.md): 'You see food being eaten, you see pleasant food being eaten. Whoever meditates on this Vaiśvānara ātman in th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.15.1.md): Then he said to Janaśarkarākṣya: 'Which ātman do you meditate upon?' 'Venerable sir, king, I meditate upon spa - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.15.2.md): 'You see food being eaten, you see pleasant food being eaten. Whoever meditates on this Vaiśvānara ātman in th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.16.1.md): Then he said: "Budila Āśvataraśvi, Vaiyāghrapadya, what self do you meditate upon?" "Venerable sir, king, wate - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.16.2.md): "You eat food and see pleasant food; whoever thus meditates upon this Vaiśvānara self has the splendour of Bra - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.17.1.md): Then he said to Uddālaka Āruṇi Gautama: "What self do you meditate upon?" "Venerable sir, king, the earth inde - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.17.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.17.2.md): "You eat food and see pleasant food; whoever thus meditates upon this Vaiśvānara self has the splendour of Bra - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.18.1.md): He said to them: "You eat food knowing this Vaiśvānara self as if it were separate. But whoever meditates on t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.18.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.18.2.md): The head of this Vaiśvānara self is truly sutejas, the eyes are viśvarūpa, the breath is the separate path, th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.19.1.md): Whatever food comes first is to be offered in the fire. He should offer the first oblation saying "svāhā to th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.19.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.19.2.md): When the breath is satisfied, the eye is satisfied; when the eye is satisfied, the sun is satisfied; when the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.20.1.md): Then, the second oblation one should offer as: 'Svāhā to vyāna.' Vyāna is satisfied. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.20.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.20.2.md): When vyāna is satisfied, hearing is satisfied; when hearing is satisfied, the moon is satisfied; when the moon - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.21.1.md): Then, the third oblation one should offer as: 'Svāhā to apāna.' Apāna is satisfied. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.21.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.21.2.md): When apāna is satisfied, speech is satisfied; when speech is satisfied, fire is satisfied; when fire is satisf - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.22.1.md): Now, the fourth oblation one should offer: one should offer it with 'to Samāna, svāhā', and Samāna is satisfie - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.22.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.22.2.md): When Samāna is satisfied, the mind is satisfied; when the mind is satisfied, the rain-cloud (parjanya) is sati - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.23.1.md): Now, the fifth oblation one should offer: one should offer it with 'to Udāna, svāhā', and Udāna is satisfied. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.23.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.23.2.md): When Udāna is satisfied, the skin is satisfied; when the skin is satisfied, the wind (vāyu) is satisfied; when - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.24.1.md): He who offers the agnihotra without knowing this is like one who, having removed the live coals, pours the obl - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.24.2.md): But he who offers the agnihotra knowing it in this way, his oblation is offered in all worlds, in all beings, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.24.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.24.3.md): Just as a reed-fibre thrown into fire is at once burnt up, so indeed all the evils of him who offers the agnih - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.24.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.24.4.md): Therefore, if one who knows thus gives even the leftovers to an outcaste, it is offered in his own self, in Va - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 5.24.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.5.24.5.md): As here hungry children attend upon their mother, so all beings attend upon the agnihotra — they attend upon t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.1.md): Śvetaketu, son of Aruṇa, was there. His father said to him: Śvetaketu, live the life of a student (brahmacarya - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.2.md): At twelve years of age he went to a teacher, and at twenty-four, having studied all the Vedas, he returned pro - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.3.md): Śvetaketu, dear one, if you are so proud-minded, considering yourself learned, and arrogant, did you ask for t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.4.md): Dear one, just as by knowing a single lump of clay one knows everything made of clay, since modifications are - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.5.md): Dear one, just as by knowing a single piece of iron one knows everything made of iron, since modifications are - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.6.md): Dear one, just as by knowing one nail-cutter one knows everything made of black iron, since modifications are - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.1.7.md): (Śvetaketu:) Surely those venerable teachers did not know this, for had they known it, why would they not have - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.2.1.md): Dear one, in the beginning this world was only Being (sat), one only, without a second. Some say that in the b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.2.2.md): Dear one, how could that be? he said. How could Being arise from non-being? Dear one, in the beginning this wo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.2.3.md): He resolved: may I become many, may I be born. Then he sent forth fire (tejas). That fire resolved: may I beco - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.2.4.md): Those waters resolved: may we become many, may we be born. Then they sent forth food. Therefore wherever it ra - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.3.1.md): Indeed, of these beings there are only three seeds: egg-born, womb-born, and plant-born. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.3.2.md): That deity reflected: 'Come, having entered these three deities with this living self (jīva-ātman), let me man - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.3.3.md): Thinking 'I shall make each of them threefold (trivṛt),' that deity entered these three deities with this same - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.3.4.md): She made each of them threefold (trivṛt). 'Know from me, dear one (saumya), how these three deities each come - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.4.1.md): The red form of fire is the form of heat; the white is the form of water; the black is the form of food. What - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.4.2.md): The red form of the sun is the form of heat; the white is the form of water; the black is the form of food. Wh - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.4.3.md): The red form of the moon is the form of heat; the white is the form of water; the black is the form of food. W - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.4.4.md): The red form of lightning is the form of heat; the white is the form of water; the black is the form of food. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.4.5.md): The ancient great householders and great learned teachers, knowing this, said: "Today no one will declare to u - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.4.6.md): "What became like red is the form of tejas (fire)" — they knew this; "what became like white is the form of ap - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.4.7.md): "What became like unknown is the combination of these very deities" — they knew this. "Gentle one, these three - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.5.1.md): Food that is eaten is divided into three: its coarsest element becomes excrement; its middle element becomes f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.5.2.md): Water, once drunk, is divided into three. Its grossest constituent becomes urine, its middle constituent becom - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.5.3.md): Fire (tejas), once eaten, is divided into three. Its grossest constituent becomes bone, its middle constituent - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.5.4.md): "Gentle one, the mind is made of food, breath is made of water, speech is made of fire. Let the venerable one - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.6.1.md): Gentle one, of curd being churned, its subtle essence rises upward. That becomes ghee (sarpis). - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.6.2.md): In just this way, gentle one, the subtle part of the food that is eaten rises upward; that becomes the mind. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.6.3.md): Gentle one, the subtle part of the water that is drunk rises upward; that becomes the breath (prāṇa). - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.6.4.md): Gentle one, the subtle part of the fire-element that is eaten rises upward; that becomes speech (vāk). - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.6.5.md): Śvetaketu said: Gentle one, the mind is made of food, the breath is made of water, and speech is made of fire - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.7.1.md): My gentle son, a person with sixteen parts should not eat for fifteen days; drink water as you wish. Breath is - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.7.2.md): For fifteen days he did not eat; then he approached him and said, 'Sir, what shall I say?' — the ṛk verses, my - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.7.3.md): He said to him: 'My gentle son, just as in a great heap of fire, only an ember the size of a firefly remains, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.7.4.md): He ate; then he approached him. Whatever he asked him, he understood and grasped it all. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.7.5.md): He said: Gentle son, as from a great heap of fire a single ember, no bigger than a firefly, is left over; plac - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.7.6.md): So too, gentle son, of the sixteen parts one part remained, and nourished with food it kindled into flame; by - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.8.1.md): Uddālaka Āruṇi said to his son Śvetaketu: Gentle son, learn from me the end of the dream state. When this pers - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.8.2.md): As a bird tied by a thread flies in one direction and then another, finding no other resting place, returns on - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.8.3.md): Dear one, know hunger and thirst. When a person desires to eat, it is only the waters that carry away what has - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.8.4.md): Where would its root be, other than in food? So too, dear one, seek the root of the waters through food as the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.8.5.md): Then, when a person is thirsty, it is only fire that carries away what has been drunk. Just as they speak of ' - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.8.6.md): Where would its root be, other than in water? Seek the root of fire through the waters as the sprout, dear one - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.8.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.8.7.md): That which is the subtle essence, of which all this has its self — that is the real, that is the ātman, and yo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.9.1.md): Just as, gentle one, bees gather the juices of many different trees and make them into a single juice. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.9.2.md): Just as they there do not discern, 'I am the juice of this tree, I am the juice of that tree,' so too, gentle - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.9.3.md): Whether they become here a tiger, or a lion, or a wolf, or a boar, or a worm, or a moth, or a gnat, or a mosqu - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.9.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.9.4.md): That which is this subtle essence — in it all that exists has its self. It is the real; it is the ātman; you a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.10.1.md): Gentle one, these rivers flow — those from the east toward the east, those from the west toward the west. Comi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.10.2.md): In just the same way, gentle one, all these creatures, having come from Being, do not know, 'We have come from - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.10.3.md): That which is this subtle essence — in it all that exists has its self. It is the real; it is the ātman; you a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.11.1.md): Dear one, if someone strikes this great tree at the root, it oozes sap while still alive; if he strikes it in - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.11.2.md): When the living self leaves one branch of this tree, that branch dries up; when it leaves a second, that dries - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.11.3.md): Only when the living self has departed does this body truly die; the living self does not die. That subtle ess - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.12.1.md): Bring me a fruit of the banyan. Here it is, sir. Split it. Sir, it is split. What do you see in it? Sir, these - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.12.2.md): He said: 'Dear one, from that subtle essence which you do not perceive, this great banyan tree stands. Have fa - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.12.3.md): That which is this subtle essence, having it as its self is all this; that is the real, that is the Self, and - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.13.1.md): 'Put this salt in water and come to me in the morning.' He did so. Then he said: 'Dear one, bring me the salt - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.13.2.md): 'As this salt has dissolved, taste it from the top, dear one—how is it?' 'Salty.' 'Taste from the middle—how?' - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.13.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.13.3.md): That which is this subtle essence — the whole of this has that as its self. It is the real; it is the self; yo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.14.1.md): Gentle one, as a man brought from the land of the Gandhāras with his eyes bound, and released in some distant - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.14.2.md): When someone loosens his blindfold and says, "Go in this direction to the Gandhāras," the wise and learned man - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.14.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.14.3.md): That which is this subtle essence — the whole of this has that as its self. It is the real; it is the self; yo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.15.1.md): Gentle one, when a man is afflicted by illness, his kinsmen sit around him and ask: Do you know me? Do you kno - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.15.2.md): Then, when his speech has merged into the mind, the mind into the breath, the breath into heat, and the heat i - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.15.3.md): That subtle essence — this whole world has that as its self. That is the real; that is the self; and you, Śvet - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.16.1.md): Gentle one, when a man is brought by the hand and it is said: This one has stolen, has committed theft, heat t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.16.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.16.2.md): If he has no doer, he at once makes his self into truth. He whose resolve is true, concealing himself by truth - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.16.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.6.16.3.md): Just as he is not burned there, so all this has that as its self. That is truth; that is the ātman. You are th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.1.1.md): Saying 'Teach me, venerable sir,' Nārada approached Sanatkumāra. He said to him, 'Come to me with what you alr - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.1.2.md): Venerable one, I have studied the Ṛg Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sāma Veda, the fourth, the Atharva Veda, and th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.1.3.md): Nārada said: Revered one, I know only the mantras, not the self. I have heard from seers like you that one who - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.1.4.md): Sanatkumāra said: Name indeed is the Ṛg Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sāma Veda, the Atharva Veda as the fourth, t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.1.5.md): Sanatkumāra said: One who meditates upon the name as brahman moves at will as far as the name reaches. Nārada - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.2.1.md): Sanatkumāra said: Speech is greater than the name. Speech makes known the Ṛg Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sāma Ve - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.2.2.md): He who meditates on speech as brahman has freedom of movement as far as speech reaches. Venerable sir, is ther - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.3.1.md): Mind is greater than speech. Just as two myrobalan fruits, or two jujube berries, or two dice are held in a fi - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.3.2.md): He who meditates on mind as brahman has freedom of movement as far as mind reaches. Venerable sir, is there so - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.4.1.md): Resolve is indeed greater than mind. When one resolves, then one thinks with the mind; then one sets speech in - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.4.2.md): All these have resolve as their sole refuge, are of the nature of resolve, and are established in resolve. Hea - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.4.3.md): One who meditates on resolve as brahman attains worlds won by resolve, firm worlds; becoming firm and unshaken - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.5.1.md): Mind is greater than resolve. When one perceives, then one resolves; then one thinks; then one utters speech. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.5.2.md): All these have mind as their sole refuge, are of the nature of mind, and are established in mind. Therefore, e - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.5.3.md): He who meditates on mind as brahman becomes steadfast among the steadfast worlds, established among the establ - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.6.1.md): Meditation indeed is greater than mind. It is as if the earth meditates, as if the atmosphere meditates, as if - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.6.2.md): He who meditates on meditation as brahman has free movement at will as far as the reach of meditation extends. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.7.1.md): Knowledge is indeed greater than meditation. By knowledge one knows the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Ved - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.7.2.md): Whoever reveres knowledge as brahman attains the worlds of the knowing and of the wise. As far as knowledge re - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.8.1.md): Indeed strength is greater than knowledge; one strong man makes even a hundred knowing men tremble. When a man - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.8.2.md): Whoever reveres strength as brahman, as far as strength reaches, there he has free movement at will. Whoever r - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.9.1.md): Indeed food is greater than strength. Therefore, even if one does not eat for ten nights, yet if one lives, on - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.9.2.md): One who meditates on food as brahman attains worlds possessing food, and has free movement wherever food reach - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.10.1.md): Water is greater than food. Therefore, when there is no good rain, the breaths become distressed, thinking foo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.10.2.md): One who meditates on water as brahman obtains all desires and becomes satisfied, and has free movement whereve - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.11.1.md): Fire, heat, radiance, is greater than water. It seizes the wind and heats the sky. People say, 'It is burning, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.11.2.md): He who meditates on splendour as brahman becomes splendid. He attains radiant worlds, free from darkness. As f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.12.1.md): Space is greater than splendour. In space are both the sun and the moon, lightning, the stars, and fire. By sp - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.12.2.md): He who meditates on space as brahman attains spacious, bright, unobstructed worlds, and worlds of wide renown. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.13.1.md): Memory is greater than space. Therefore, even if there were many people who did not remember, they would hear - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.13.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.13.2.md): He who meditates on memory as brahman gains free movement as far as memory reaches. Nārada asked: Venerable si - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.14.1.md): Hope is greater than memory. Kindled by hope, memory recites the sacred formulas, performs rites, desires sons - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.14.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.14.2.md): He who meditates on hope as brahman has all his desires fulfilled through hope, and his blessings do not fail. - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.15.1.md): Breath (prāṇa) is greater than hope. Just as the spokes of a chariot wheel are fixed in its hub, so in this br - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.15.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.15.2.md): If he speaks harshly to his father, mother, brother, sister, teacher or a brahmin, people say to him: 'Shame o - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.15.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.15.3.md): Even if, with his breaths departed, one were to burn him completely on a stake, they would not say to him: 'Yo - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.15.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.15.4.md): Indeed breath becomes all of these. He who sees thus, thinks thus, and knows thus becomes one who speaks beyon - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.16.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.16.1.md): Indeed, he who speaks boldly by truth is the bold speaker. 'Revered sir, I will speak boldly by truth,' he sai - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.17.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.17.1.md): When one truly knows, then one speaks the truth. One who does not know does not speak the truth; only one who - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.18.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.18.1.md): When one thinks, then one knows. One does not know without thinking; only after thinking does one know. But th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.19.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.19.1.md): When one has faith, then one thinks. One does not think without faith; only with faith does one think. But fai - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.20.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.20.1.md): When one stands firm, then one has faith. One does not have faith without standing firm; only while standing f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.21.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.21.1.md): When one acts, then one stands firm; without acting one does not stand firm; having acted, one indeed stands f - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.22.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.22.1.md): When one obtains happiness, then one acts; having obtained unhappiness, one does not act; having obtained happ - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.23.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.23.1.md): That which is bhūmā, the infinite, is happiness; there is no happiness in the small. The infinite alone is hap - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.24.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.24.1.md): Where one sees nothing else, hears nothing else, knows nothing else, that is the infinite. Where one sees some - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.24.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.24.2.md): Here cattle and horses are called greatness, and elephants and gold, servants and wives, fields and dwellings - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.25.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.25.1.md): He is indeed below, he is above, he is behind, he is in front, he is to the south, he is to the north; he inde - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.25.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.25.2.md): Now the teaching of the self: the self is indeed below, the self is above, the self is behind, the self is in - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.26.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.26.1.md): For one who sees thus, thinks thus, and knows thus, from the self comes breath; from the self, hope; from the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 7.26.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.7.26.2.md): Therefore there is this verse: the seer does not see death, nor disease, nor even suffering; the seer sees eve - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.1.1.md): Now, in this city of brahman, there is a small lotus-shaped dwelling, and within it a small space; what is wit - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.1.2.md): If they should ask him, saying: 'In this city of brahman there is a small lotus-shaped dwelling and a small sp - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.1.3.md): As great as this space outside is, so great is this space within the heart. In it both heaven and earth are co - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.1.4.md): If someone were to say to him: in this city of brahman (the body) all this is gathered, all beings and all des - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.1.5.md): He should say: it does not grow old by its old age, nor is it slain by its slaying. This is the true city of b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.1.6.md): Just as the world won by action is exhausted here, so too the world won by merit is exhausted there in the oth - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.1.md): If he desires the world of the fathers, then by his mere resolve his fathers arise for him; endowed with that - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.2.md): Now, if a person desires the world of mothers, his mothers appear at once by the mere force of his resolve, an - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.3.md): Now, if a person desires the world of brothers, his brothers appear at once by the mere force of his resolve, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.4.md): Now, if a person desires the world of sisters, his sisters appear at once by the mere force of his resolve, an - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.5.md): Now, if a person desires the world of friends, his friends appear at once by the mere force of his resolve, an - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.6.md): Now, if one desires the world of perfumes and garlands, perfumes and garlands arise for him merely by his reso - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.7.md): Now, if one desires the world of food and drink, food and drink arise for him merely by his resolve, and endow - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.8.md): Now, if one desires the world of song and instruments, song and instruments arise for him merely by his resolv - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.9.md): Now, if one desires the world of women, women arise for him merely by his resolve, and endowed with that world - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.2.10.md): Whatever object he desires, whatever desire he wishes for, arises from his very resolve; endowed with it, he i - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.3.1.md): These true desires are covered by the untrue, and the covering of those truths is untruth. Whoever departs fro - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.3.2.md): Now, those who are alive here and those who have departed, and whatever they desire and do not obtain, all of - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.3.3.md): This self is in the heart; its etymology is just this: it is 'heart' (hṛdaya). Therefore one who knows it thus - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.3.4.md): Now, the serene one who rises up from this body, reaches the supreme light and appears in its own form — this - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.3.5.md): These three syllables are sa-ti-yam. What is sat is immortal; what is ti is mortal. By yam he restrains both; - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.4.1.md): Now, this self is the bridge and the support that keeps these worlds from mingling. Day and night do not cross - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.4.2.md): Therefore, having crossed this bridge, one who was blind is no longer blind; one who was wounded is no longer - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.4.3.md): Those who attain this world of Brahman through celibate discipline — for them alone is this world of Brahman, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.5.1.md): Now what they call 'sacrifice' is indeed brahmacarya, for by brahmacarya one finds him who is to be known. And - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.5.2.md): Now what they call 'the protecting sacrifice' (sattrāyaṇa) is indeed brahmacarya, for by brahmacarya one finds - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.5.3.md): Now what they call 'non-destruction' (anāśakāyana) is indeed brahmacarya, for this self does not perish, the o - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.5.4.md): Those who attain these two in the world of Brahman through celibate study — for them is this world of Brahman, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.6.1.md): Now, the channels of the heart stand in the colours tawny, subtle, white, dark blue, yellow and red. That sun - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.6.2.md): Just as a great road, extended, goes to two villages — to this one and to that one — so these rays of the sun - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.6.3.md): When one, asleep, fully calm and serene, knows no dream, then one has gone into these channels. No evil touche - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.6.4.md): Then, when this person is led away, overcome with weakness, those seated around him say, "Do you know me? Do y - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.6.5.md): Then, when he departs from this body, he rises upward by these very rays. Saying "Om," he goes up; as far as t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.6.6.md): Here is the verse: there are a hundred and one channels of the heart; one of them goes out toward the crown of - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.7.1.md): The self that is free from evil, ageless, deathless, sorrowless, free from hunger and thirst, whose desire is - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.7.2.md): Then the gods and the demons both came to know of it. They said, 'Come, let us seek that ātman, having found w - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.7.3.md): Those two lived in brahmacarya for thirty-two years. Then Prajāpati said to them, 'What do you wish, living th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.7.4.md): Then Prajāpati said to them, 'This person who is seen in the eye, this is the ātman.' They said, 'This is the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.8.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.8.1.md): 'Looking at your ātman in a shallow vessel of water, if you do not know your own ātman, tell me that.' Then th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.8.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.8.2.md): Prajāpati said to the two: "Having well adorned yourselves, dressed in fine clothes and well groomed, look int - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.8.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.8.3.md): The two said: "Revered one, just as we two are well adorned, dressed in fine clothes and well groomed, so too - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.8.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.8.4.md): Prajāpati, seeing the two depart without perceiving and learning the ātman, said: "Whichever of you two follow - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.8.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.8.5.md): Therefore even today, one who takes gifts, lacks faith, or does not sacrifice is called "a demon indeed." This - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.9.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.9.1.md): Then Indra, without reaching the gods, saw this danger: just as this body, when well adorned, becomes adorned, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.9.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.9.2.md): He came back again, with firewood in hand. Prajāpati said to him: 'Maghavan, you went forth with a calm heart, - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.9.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.9.3.md): 'Maghavan, it is exactly so.' Saying this, he said: 'I will explain this to you again in full. Stay another th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.10.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.10.1.md): 'He who moves about in dream, glorified, that is the self,' he said. 'This is the immortal, this is the fearle - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.10.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.10.2.md): By striking him, he is not slain; by striking his body, his body is not slain. People cover him over, and he b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.10.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.10.3.md): He came back again with firewood in hand. Prajāpati said to him: 'O Maghavan, you went forth with a calm heart - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.10.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.10.4.md): By striking him, he is not slain; by striking his body, his body is not slain. People cover him over, and he b - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.11.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.11.1.md): When one who is asleep, completely at rest and serene, knows no dream, that is the self, he said; this is the - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.11.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.11.2.md): He came back with firewood in his hands. Prajāpati said to him: O Maghavan, you went forth with a calm heart; - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.11.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.11.3.md): O Maghavan, thus he spoke: 'I will explain this to you again in detail, but not apart from this: remain five m - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.12.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.12.1.md): O Maghavan, this mortal body is seized by death. It is the abode of the immortal, bodiless ātman. The one who - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.12.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.12.2.md): Wind, cloud, lightning, and thunder are bodiless. As these, arising from that space, reaching the highest ligh - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.12.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.12.3.md): In just this way, this serene self rises up from this body, attains the supreme light, and appears in its own - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.12.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.12.4.md): Now, where this eye rests fixed upon the sky, the person belonging to that eye is the eye for seeing. Then, th - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.12.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.12.5.md): Then, the self who knows, 'I think this,' is the mind. Its divine eye is the mind itself. By this divine eye a - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.12.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.12.6.md): The gods worship this very self, and therefore all worlds and all desires are theirs. He who, having realized - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.13.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.13.1.md): I take refuge in the dark one from the variegated, and I take refuge in the variegated from the dark. As a hor - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.14.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.14.1.md): Space indeed is what carries out name and form. That which is between them is Brahman, that is the immortal, t - [Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.15.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/chandogya.8.15.1.md): Brahmā told this to Prajāpati; Prajāpati told it to Manu; Manu told it to the people. Having studied the Veda - [Īśa Upaniṣad 1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.1.md): Om. All this, whatever moves in this moving world, is to be enveloped by the Lord (īśā). Enjoy it through renu - [Īśa Upaniṣad 2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.2.md): Doing actions indeed here in this world, one should wish to live a hundred years. For you there is no other wa - [Īśa Upaniṣad 3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.3.md): Those worlds named asuryā are covered with blind darkness. Whatever people are self-killers, after departing t - [Īśa Upaniṣad 4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.4.md): It is one, unmoving, swifter than the mind. The gods could not reach it, for it had gone on ahead of them. Tho - [Īśa Upaniṣad 5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.5.md): It moves, and it does not move. It is far away, and it is also near. It is within all this, and it is also out - [Īśa Upaniṣad 6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.6.md): He who sees all beings within the self alone, and sees the self in all beings, shrinks from no one thereafter. - [Īśa Upaniṣad 7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.7.md): For the one who knows, all beings have become the self alone; for one who sees this oneness, what delusion, wh - [Īśa Upaniṣad 8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.8.md): He has encompassed all — bright, bodiless, woundless, sinewless, pure, untouched by evil. The seer, the thinke - [Īśa Upaniṣad 9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.9.md): Those who worship avidyā (ignorance) enter blind darkness; those who delight only in vidyā (knowledge) enter, - [Īśa Upaniṣad 10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.10.md): Some say the fruit of vidyā is one thing, and the fruit of avidyā is another; so we heard from the wise who ex - [Īśa Upaniṣad 11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.11.md): He who knows both vidyā and avidyā together, by avidyā crosses over death and by vidyā attains immortality. - [Īśa Upaniṣad 12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.12.md): Those who worship asambhūti (non-becoming, the unmanifest) enter blind darkness; those who delight only in sam - [Īśa Upaniṣad 13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.13.md): Some say that one thing comes from becoming, and others say that another comes from non-becoming. Thus we have - [Īśa Upaniṣad 14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.14.md): He who knows both becoming and destruction together, by destruction crosses over death, and by becoming attain - [Īśa Upaniṣad 15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.15.md): The face of truth is covered by a golden vessel. O Pūṣan, uncover that, so that I, whose duty is truth, may se - [Īśa Upaniṣad 16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.16.md): O Pūṣan, sole seer, O Yama, O Sun, child of Prajāpati, spread out your rays and gather your radiance. The most - [Īśa Upaniṣad 17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.17.md): Let the breath return to the wind, the immortal air, and let this body end in ashes. Om. O will, remember; rem - [Īśa Upaniṣad 18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/isha.18.md): O Agni, lead us by the good path to prosperity. O god, you know all the ways. Turn away from us the crooked si - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.1.md): Om. Uśan, son of Vājaśravas, indeed gave away all his possessions. He had a son named Naciketas. - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.2.md): As the gifts were being led forward, faith entered that boy Naciketas, and he reflected. - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.3.md): Those cows that have drunk water, eaten grass, given their milk, and become without senses — the giver of such - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.4.md): He said to his father, "Father, to whom will you give me?" A second and a third time he asked. Then the father - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.5.md): I go first among many, I go in the middle among many. What is the task of Yama that he will do with me today? - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.6.md): Look at those who came before, and look likewise at those who come after. A mortal ripens like grain, and like - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.7.md): The Brahmin enters the houses as a guest, like the fire Vaiśvānara. For him they perform this appeasement. Bri - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.8.md): In the house of the man of little understanding where a Brahmin dwells without having eaten, his hopes and exp - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.9.md): O learned one, you stayed in my house three nights as a guest without eating, and so you are worthy of reveren - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.10.md): O Death, may my intention be calm and my mind gentle, and may Gautama be free from anger toward me; when you s - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.11.md): As before, when I send you back, Āruṇi, the son of Uddālaka, will recognize you and sleep comfortably at night - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.12.md): In the heavenly world there is no fear at all; there you do not fear, nor are you afraid of old age. Having cr - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.13.md): O Death, you know that fire which leads to heaven. Tell it to me, who am faithful. The dwellers of the heavenl - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.14.md): Naciketas, I tell you that; learn it well from me. Knowing that fire which leads to heaven, know it as the att - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.15.md): Death told him about that fire: how many bricks, and in what manner they are to be laid. Naciketas repeated it - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.16.md): Pleased, the great-souled one said to him: Today, here, I grant you yet another boon. This fire shall be known - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.17.md): Having performed the three Naciketa rites and joined the three, the one who does three deeds crosses over birt - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.18.md): He who, having known these three, thus wise, builds the Naciketa fire, casts off the snares of death before hi - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.19.md): Naciketas, this fire, which leads to heaven and which you chose as your second boon, is yours. People will pro - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.20.md): There is this doubt about a human being after death: some say "he is," and others say "he is not." I wish to b - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.21.md): Even the gods were once perplexed about this; for this dharma is subtle and not easily understood. Naciketas, - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.22.md): Even the gods indeed were perplexed about this, and you, Death, have said it is not easily known. No other tea - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.23.md): Choose a hundred years of life, sons and grandsons; choose many cattle, elephants, gold and horses. Choose a g - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.24.md): If you think of any boon equal to this, choose wealth and long life. Naciketas, become established on this gre - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.25.md): Ask for all the desires that are hard to obtain in the mortal world, as you wish. These women with chariots an - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.26.md): O Ender, these enjoyments of a mortal last only until tomorrow, and they wear away the vigour of all the sense - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.27.md): A man is not satisfied with wealth. If we have seen you, we shall surely obtain wealth; we shall live as long - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.28.md): Having approached the undecaying immortals, who among mortals dwelling below and knowing this, reflecting on t - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.1.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.1.29.md): About which people doubt, O Death, tell us that great matter concerning the state after death. This boon, hidd - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.1.md): The good is one thing, the pleasant is another; these two, with different aims, bind a person. Of them, for hi - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.2.md): The good and the pleasant both approach a person. The steady one, having weighed both, distinguishes them; the - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.3.md): You, Naciketas, having considered dear things and desires pleasing in form, have cast them off. You have not t - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.4.md): These two, ignorance (avidyā) and knowledge (vidyā), are far apart, opposite in nature, and lead in different - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.5.md): Dwelling within ignorance, deluded people who think themselves wise and learned go round and round, stumbling, - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.6.md): To the childish, the heedless, and the one deluded by the infatuation of wealth, the next world does not appea - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.7.md): That which many cannot even obtain by hearing, and which many do not know even while hearing it — wonderful is - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.8.md): Taught by an ordinary person, this (ātman) is not easily known, however much it is pondered in many ways. Unle - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.9.md): Beloved, this understanding is not to be attained by reasoning; it is rightly known only when taught by anothe - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.10.md): I know that this treasure is impermanent, for the eternal is not obtained by the impermanent. Therefore I have - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.11.md): The attainment of desires, the foundation of the world, the endlessness of sacrifice, the far shore of fearles - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.12.md): That god, hard to see, hidden, entered into the cave of the heart, dwelling in the depths, ancient, — the wise - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.13.md): Having heard this and fully grasped it, a mortal, discerning the subtle truth that accords with dharma, attain - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.14.md): Other than dharma, other than adharma, other than this done and undone, other than the past and the future — w - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.15.md): The goal that all the Vedas proclaim, that all austerities speak of, desiring which men live the life of disci - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.16.md): This syllable indeed is brahman; this syllable indeed is the highest. Knowing this syllable, whoever desires a - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.17.md): This is the best support; this is the highest support. Knowing this support, one is exalted in the world of br - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.18.md): The wise one is not born, nor does it die. It did not come from anywhere, nor did it become anything. Unborn, - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.19.md): If the slayer thinks 'I slay,' and the slain thinks 'I am slain,' both do not know. It does not slay, nor is i - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.20.md): The self, smaller than the small and greater than the great, is placed in the cave of the heart of this living - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.21.md): Sitting, he goes far; lying down, he goes everywhere. Who other than me is able to know that god, who is beyon - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.22.md): The wise one, having known the self that is bodiless though it abides among bodies, steady among impermanent t - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.23.md): This self cannot be attained by teaching, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. It is attained only by the o - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.24.md): He who has not ceased from wrong conduct, who is not calmed, not composed, or whose mind is not at peace, cann - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.2.25.md): For whom both the brahman (priestly power) and the kṣatra (ruling power) become the odana (the meal), and deat - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.1.md): In the world of good deeds, the two who drink the ṛta (truth), entered into the cave in the highest sphere, th - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.2.md): That which is the bridge for those who sacrifice, the imperishable supreme brahman, the fearless, the far shor - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.3.md): Know the self (ātman) as the owner of the chariot, and the body alone as the chariot. Know the intellect (budd - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.4.md): They call the senses horses, and the objects of sense their grazing fields. The wise say the self, joined with - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.5.md): But he who lacks discernment and always has an unrestrained mind, his senses are unmanageable, like the viciou - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.6.md): But he who has discernment and always has a restrained mind, his senses are under control, like the good horse - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.7.md): He who lacks discernment, whose mind is never steady, and who is always impure, does not reach that state; he - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.8.md): But he who has discernment, whose mind is steady, and who is always pure, reaches that state, from which he is - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.9.md): The man who takes discernment as his charioteer and holds the reins of the mind reaches the far end of the roa - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.10.md): Beyond the senses are their objects, and beyond the objects is the mind. Beyond the mind is the intellect, and - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.11.md): Beyond the great is the unmanifest; beyond the unmanifest is the person (puruṣa). Nothing is higher than the p - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.12.md): This self is hidden in all beings and does not shine forth; yet it is seen by those who see subtly, through a - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.13.md): The wise one should restrain speech and mind in knowledge; he should restrain knowledge in the great self; and - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.14.md): Arise, awake! Having reached the excellent teachers, understand. The sages say that path is like the sharp edg - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.15.md): That which is without sound, without touch, without form, imperishable, likewise without taste, eternal, and w - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.16.md): Having recounted and heard this ancient narrative of Naciketas, told by Death, the wise one is glorified in th - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.1.3.17.md): Whoever recites this supreme secret in an assembly of the learned, or with self-control at the time of a shrad - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.1.md): The self-existent one pierced the openings outward; therefore one looks outward and does not see the inner sel - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.2.md): The foolish follow outward-going desires and fall into the wide-spread snare of death. But the steady ones, kn - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.3.md): By that by which one knows form, taste, smell, sounds, touches and sexual pleasures, by this alone one knows. - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.4.md): By which one sees both the end of the dream state and the end of the waking state, having known that great, al - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.5.md): He who knows this honey-eater, the living self (jīva) that is near at hand, as the lord of what has been and w - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.6.md): He who was first born from heat, who was born before the waters, who, having entered the cave, abides there an - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.7.md): She who arises with the breath, Aditi, full of the gods, who, having entered the cave, abides there, and who w - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.8.md): Agni, the knower of all born beings, placed in the two fire-sticks, like an embryo well tended by pregnant wom - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.9.md): That from which the sun rises and in which it sets — in it all the gods are fixed; no one ever goes beyond it. - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.10.md): What is here is there, and what is there is here likewise. He who sees manifoldness here, as it were, goes fro - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.11.md): It is to be obtained by the mind alone; there is no manifoldness whatever here. He who sees manifoldness here, - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.12.md): The person of the size of a thumb abides in the middle of the self. He is the lord of what has been and what w - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.13.md): The person of the size of a thumb is like a smokeless light. He is the lord of what has been and what will be; - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.14.md): As rain that falls on rugged mountain ground scatters and runs off in every direction, so the one who sees the - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.1.15.md): As pure water poured into pure water becomes just the same, so, O Gautama, becomes the ātman of the sage who k - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.1.md): The city of eleven gates belongs to the unborn one of straight mind. Meditating on it, one does not grieve; be - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.2.md): The swan dwells in purity, as Vasu dwells in the atmosphere; it is the hotṛ, seated on the altar, the guest dw - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.3.md): He lifts up the prāṇa upward and sends the apāna downward. The gods all worship the dwarf (vāmana) seated in t - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.4.md): When the embodied self dwelling in this body is falling apart and is released from the body, what remains here - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.5.md): No mortal lives by the prāṇa or by the apāna. They live by another, upon which these two depend. - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.6.md): Listen, Gautama. I will tell you this secret, eternal brahman, and also how the ātman becomes after reaching d - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.7.md): Some enter a womb to take on embodiment, according to their deeds and what they have learned; others pass into - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.8.md): That Person who remains awake while others sleep, shaping desire after desire, is indeed the bright one; that - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.9.md): Just as one fire, having entered the world, takes on a form corresponding to each form, so the one inner self - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.10.md): Just as one wind, having entered the world, takes on a form corresponding to each form, so the one inner self - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.11.md): As the sun, the eye of the whole world, is not stained by the outward faults seen by the eye, so the one inner - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.12.md): The one controller, the inner self of all beings, who makes his one form into many: the steadfast wise who per - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.13.md): The eternal among the non-eternal, the conscious among the conscious, the one who grants the desires of many: - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.14.md): They consider it thus: 'That, this,' the indescribable supreme bliss. How then could I know it? Does it shine, - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.2.15.md): There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; these lightnings do not shine, much less this fire. When - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.1.md): This eternal fig tree has its roots above and its branches below. That is the bright one, that is brahman, tha - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.2.md): Whatever exists in this world, all of it, emerged from breath and moves by it. It is a great fear, like a rais - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.3.md): From fear of him fire burns; from fear the sun gives heat. From fear Indra and Vāyu, and death as the fifth, r - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.4.md): If one is able to understand this here, before the release from the body, then one is fit not to be embodied a - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.5.md): As in a mirror, so in the ātman; as in a dream, so in the world of the fathers; as a reflection is seen in wat - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.6.md): Having understood the separate nature of the senses, their rising and setting, and that they arise separately, - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.7.md): Beyond the senses is the mind; beyond the mind is the higher sattva (intellect); beyond sattva is the great āt - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.8.md): Higher even than the unmanifest is the Puruṣa, all-pervading and without any mark. Knowing him, the living bei - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.9.md): His form does not stand within the range of sight; no one sees him with the eye. Realized by the heart, by dis - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.10.md): When the five faculties of knowledge stand still together with the mind, and the intellect no longer stirs, th - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.11.md): That steady restraint of the senses they regard as yoga. Then one becomes vigilant, for yoga indeed is the ori - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.12.md): He cannot be reached by speech, nor by mind, nor by the eye. How can he be apprehended by anyone other than on - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.13.md): He must be apprehended as "He is", and in both ways, through his true nature. For him who has apprehended him - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.14.md): When all the desires that dwell in his heart are released, then the mortal becomes immortal and attains brahma - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.15.md): Just as all the knots of the heart are broken open here, so the mortal becomes immortal. This is the whole tea - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.16.md): There are a hundred and one channels of the heart; one of them rises up to the crown of the head. Going upward - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.17.md): The person the size of a thumb, the inner self, always seated in the hearts of people: one should draw him out - [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.18.md): Naciketas, having obtained this knowledge taught by Death, and the complete method of yoga, attained brahman; - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.1.1.md): Citra Gārgyāyaṇi, while performing a sacrifice, chose Āruṇi and sent his son Śvetaketu, saying, "Go and have h - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.1.2.md): He said: Whoever departs from this world, all go to the moon. By their breaths it is nourished in the bright f - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.1.3.md): Having reached this path of the gods, he comes to the world of Agni, comes to the world of Vāyu, to the world - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.1.4.md): Five hundred apsarases run toward him — a hundred with powder in hand, a hundred with fruit in hand, a hundred - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.1.5.md): He comes to the ilya tree, and the fragrance of brahman enters him; he comes to the place called sālajya, and - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.1.6.md): I am the season, I am of the seasons, born from the womb of space; this is the wife of the year, of the being - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.1.7.md): Ajātaśatru said to Bālāki: "By what does he obtain my male names?" If asked, one should say: "By prāṇa (breath - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.1.md): Kauṣītaki said: prāṇa is brahman. For this prāṇa, which is brahman, the mind is the messenger, speech the serv - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.2.md): Paiṅgya said: 'Breath is brahman.' Above that breath-brahman is speech, so speech reaches the eye. Above the e - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.3.md): Now the obtaining of a single treasure. One who desires a single treasure, on the full-moon or new-moon day, o - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.4.md): Now the rite of remembering the gods: one who wishes to be dear, or for whom these rites are performed, should - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.5.md): Now they call it the evening food, the morning gift, the inner agnihotra. As long as a person speaks, he canno - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.6.md): Ukthaḥ is brahman, said Śuṣka-Bhṛṅgara; one should meditate on it as the ṛc, and all beings are honoured for e - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.7.md): Now there are three meditations of Sarvajit Kauṣītaki. Having put on the sacred thread, having sipped water, h - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.8.md): Now each month, on the new-moon day, one should stand near the moon as it is seen from behind. With this very - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.9.md): Then, on the full-moon day, one should approach the moon as it is seen in front, reciting this verse: "Soma, y - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.10.md): Then, when lying down with his wife, he should touch her heart, saying: "That which is placed within your well - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.11.md): Then, on returning from abroad, he should touch the head of the son: "You are born from limb after limb, you a - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.12.md): Now, the teaching concerning the gods. When fire burns, this brahman shines; when it does not burn, it dies, a - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.13.md): When one speaks by speech, this brahman shines; when one does not speak, it dies, and its light goes to the ey - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.14.md): Now the teaching on how to take hold of the highest good. All the gods, disputing over who was the best, rose - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.2.15.md): Now the rite called the transmission of father and son is spoken of. When a father, about to send forth his so - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.1.md): Pratardana, son of Divodāsa, came to the dear abode of Indra by battle and by manly valour. Indra said to him, - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.2.md): He said: "I am breath, whose self is consciousness. Meditate on me as life and as immortality. Life is breath, - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.3.md): We see that the mute, deprived of speech, live; that the blind, deprived of sight, live; the deaf, deprived of - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.4.md): When he departs from this body, he departs together with all these. Speech lets go of all names from him, and - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.5.md): Speech alone is one limb of this (consciousness), carried away; for it there is the name, placed beyond it as - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.6.md): By consciousness, having mounted speech, one attains through speech all the chants. By consciousness, having m - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.7.md): For speech, the faculty of knowing, cannot make any name known, saying, 'Were it not for my mind, I would not - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.8.md): Do not desire to know speech; one should know the speaker. Do not desire to know smell; one should know the sm - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.3.9.md): Form is not perfected from either one alone; it is manifold. Just as the rim is fixed to the spokes of a chari - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.1.md): Now Gārgya Bālāki, a learned scholar who had been dwelling among the Uśīnaras, the Matsyas, the Kurus and Pañc - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.2.md): Bālāki said: "I venerate that person who is in the sun, as the head of all beings, standing above them, great, - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.3.md): Bālāki said: "I venerate that person who is in the moon." Ajātaśatru said to him: "Do not argue with me about - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.4.md): Bālāki said: "I venerate that person who is in lightning." Ajātaśatru said to him: "Do not argue with me about - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.5.md): Bālāki said: "I venerate that person who is in thunder." Ajātaśatru said to him: "Do not argue with me about h - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.6.md): He said: Bālāki, I worship that person who is in space. Then Ajātaśatru said to him: Do not argue about this. - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.7.md): He said: Bālāki, I worship that person who is in the wind. Then Ajātaśatru said to him: Do not argue about thi - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.8.md): He said: Bālāki, I worship that person who is in fire. Then Ajātaśatru said to him: Do not argue about this. I - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.9.md): He said: Bālāki, I worship that person who is in water. Then Ajātaśatru said to him: Do not argue about this. - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.10.md): Bālāki said: 'This person who is seen in the mirror, that very one I meditate upon.' Ajātaśatru said to him: ' - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.11.md): Bālāki said: 'This person who is seen in the echo, that very one I meditate upon.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'Do - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.12.md): Bālāki said: 'This sound which follows the person, that very one I meditate upon.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'Do - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.13.md): Bālāki said: 'This shadow-person, that very one I meditate upon.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'Do not argue about - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.14.md): He said: Bālāki said, 'I meditate upon this person who is embodied.' Ajātaśatru said to him, 'Do not speak of - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.15.md): He said: Bālāki said, 'I meditate upon this wise self by which this person, asleep, moves about in dream.' Ajā - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.16.md): He said: Bālāki said, 'I meditate upon this person in the right eye.' Ajātaśatru said to him, 'Do not speak of - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.17.md): He said: Bālāki said, 'I meditate upon this person in the left eye.' Ajātaśatru said to him, 'Do not speak of - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.18.md): Then Bālāki fell silent. Ajātaśatru said to him, "Is this all, Bālāki?" Bālāki said, "Yes, this is all." Ajāta - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.19.md): Ajātaśatru said to him: "Where this person lay sleeping, Bālāki, where he was, and from where he came, there a - [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.20.md): He who seeks this self within this self, as the kinsmen of a chief follow him, as a chief enjoys with his own - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.1.md): Oṃ. Impelled by whom does the mind fly forth to its object? Directed by whom does the first breath (prāṇa) mov - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.2.md): That which is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, is also the breath of breath and - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.3.md): There the eye does not go, nor speech, nor the mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how one could teach - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.4.md): It is other than the known, and above even the unknown. Thus we have heard from the ancients who explained it - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.5.md): That which is not expressed by speech, but by which speech is expressed — know that alone as brahman; not this - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.6.md): That which is not thought by the mind, but by which the mind is said to think — know that alone as brahman; no - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.7.md): That which is not seen by the eye, but by which the eyes see — know that alone as brahman; not this which peop - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.8.md): That which is not heard by the ear, but by which this ear hears — know that alone as brahman; not this which p - [Kena Upaniṣad 1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.1.9.md): That which breath does not breathe, by which breath is led forth — know that alone as brahman, not this which - [Kena Upaniṣad 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.2.1.md): If you think, "I know it well," then surely you know only a small part of brahman's form. Its form, and its fo - [Kena Upaniṣad 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.2.2.md): "I do not think I know it well," nor "I do not know it," nor "I know it" either. Whoever among us knows it, kn - [Kena Upaniṣad 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.2.3.md): For him to whom it is not thought, it is thought; he to whom it is thought does not know it. It is unknown to - [Kena Upaniṣad 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.2.4.md): He who knows him in every thing and holds him in thought attains immortality indeed. Through the ātman he atta - [Kena Upaniṣad 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.2.5.md): If one knows him here, that is truth; if one does not know him here, it is a great loss. Having discerned him - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.1.md): Brahman won a victory for the gods; and in that victory of Brahman the gods became exalted. - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.2.md): They thought, 'This victory is ours alone, and this glory is ours alone.' Knowing this, it appeared before the - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.3.md): They said to Agni, 'O Jātavedas, find out what this yakṣa is.' 'So be it,' he said. - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.4.md): He ran toward it. It asked him, 'Who are you?' He said, 'I am Agni, indeed I am Jātavedas.' - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.5.md): 'What power is in you?' it asked. He said, 'I could burn all of this that is on the earth.' - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.6.md): It placed a blade of grass before him and said, 'Burn this.' He went to it with all his speed, but could not b - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.7.md): Then they said to Vāyu, "Vāyu, find out what this yakṣa is." He said, "So be it." - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.8.md): He ran toward it. It asked him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am Vāyu, indeed; I am Mātariśvan." - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.9.md): "Then what power is in you?" "I could seize all this that is on the earth." - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.10.md): It placed a blade of grass before him and said, "Take hold of this." He rushed at it with all his speed, but h - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.11.md): Then they said to Indra, "O Maghavan, find out what this wonder (yakṣa) is." "So be it," he said, and ran towa - [Kena Upaniṣad 3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.3.12.md): In that very space he came upon a woman of great radiance, Umā, daughter of Himavat, and said to her, "What is - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.1.md): She said, "This is Brahman. It is in Brahman's victory that you should take pride." Only then did they come to - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.2.md): Therefore these gods — Agni, Vāyu and Indra — rose far above the other gods, for it was they who touched it mo - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.3.md): Therefore Indra surpassed the other gods by far. He touched that which is nearest, for he was the first to kno - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.4.md): This is its indication: the lightning flashed — 'ah!' — and the eye blinked — 'ah!' This is the teaching in te - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.5.md): Now in terms of the self: the mind seems to go toward it, and by it this is remembered again and again — that - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.6.md): It is known by the name 'the Forest'; it is to be worshipped as 'that is the Forest.' He who knows it thus — a - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.7.md): When it was said, "Sir, tell us the Upaniṣad," we have indeed told you the Upaniṣad concerning Brahman. - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.8.md): Austerity, self-control and action are its foundation; the Vedas are all its limbs; truth is its abode. - [Kena Upaniṣad 4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kena.4.9.md): Whoever knows this in this way, having destroyed evil, becomes established in the endless heaven, in the supre - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.1.1.md): Om. King Bṛhadratha, having placed his eldest son in charge of the kingdom and regarding this impermanent, att - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.1.2.md): Venerable one, in this body, defiled with bone, skin, sinew, marrow, flesh, semen, blood, phlegm and tears, a - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.1.3.md): In this body, struck by desire, anger, greed, fear, despondency, envy, separation from the beloved, contact wi - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.1.4.md): And we see that all this is perishable, just as these gnats, mosquitoes and the like, arisen, perish like gras - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.1.5.md): Then what use are these, or the other great bow-bearing universal emperors? Sudyumna, Bhūridyumna, Indradyumna - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.1.6.md): Then what use are these, or others, when we see the subjugation of Gandharvas, Asuras, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, host - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.1.7.md): Then what use are these, or others, when we see the oceans drying up, mountain peaks falling, the pole star mo - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.1.md): Then the venerable Śākāyanya, greatly pleased, said to the king: Great king Bṛhadratha, son at the banner-head - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.2.md): That which, rising upward by an outer support, trembling and then not trembling, drives away darkness — this i - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.3.md): Now, O king, this knowledge of brahman — or the knowledge of all the Upaniṣads — was expounded by our venerabl - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.4.md): That which is heard to be above speech — this very one is pure, holy, empty of qualities, peaceful, breath, wi - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.5.md): He is this subtle, ungraspable, invisible one called Puruṣa; with intellect he turns back here. By a part of h - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.6.md): In the beginning Prajāpati was alone and did not delight. Meditating on himself, he created many creatures. Fr - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.7.md): That which goes out upward is indeed prāṇa. That which passes downward is apāna. That which places the grosses - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.8.md): Then upāṃśu surrounds the antaryāmin, and between the antaryāmin and upāṃśu there is heat, heat like a month. - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.9.md): This very one, having divided himself fivefold, is placed in the cave, made of mind, having breath as his body - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.10.md): That very self, as if brought under control and overpowered by the fruits of white and black deeds, wanders th - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.2.11.md): That very self is pure, steady, immovable, unstained, undistracted, and free of desire; it stands like a spect - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.3.1.md): They said: Venerable one, if you point to the greatness of this self in this way, then who is this self that, - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.3.2.md): There is indeed another, lower self of beings, which, overpowered by the fruits of white and black deeds, ente - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.3.3.md): Elsewhere too it is said: he who is the doer is this elemental self (bhūtātman), who causes action through the - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.3.4.md): Elsewhere too it is said: this body arose from sexual union, is devoid of consciousness, is indeed a hell. It - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.3.5.md): Elsewhere too it is said: endowed with tamas through delusion, fear, despondency, sleep, drowsiness, wound, ol - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.4.1.md): Third lesson. Those ascetics of upward-directed seed, greatly astonished, drew near and said: Revered one, hom - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.4.2.md): It is said elsewhere as well: just as waves in great rivers turn back, so his past deeds turn him back. As the - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.4.3.md): This is indeed the remedy for the embodied self: if one follows the dharma that leads to attaining knowledge, - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.4.4.md): Here are these verses: as a fire without fuel is quieted in its own source, so the mind is quieted in its own - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.4.5.md): At first there was only tamas. Then, set in motion by the Supreme, it came to be an object of perception; this - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.1.md): Fourth Prapāṭhaka. This ātman bears itself in two ways: it is the breath, and it is that sun. These two, under - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.2.md): Now, the one who, abiding within the lotus of the heart, eats food — this solar fire named Time, which rests i - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.3.md): Brahman has indeed two forms: the embodied and the disembodied. What is embodied is unreal; what is disembodie - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.4.md): It is said elsewhere too: what is udgītha is indeed praṇava, and what is praṇava is udgītha. This very sun is - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.5.md): It is said elsewhere too: this is the body of that which is om, which thunders. It has the genders feminine, m - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.6.md): At first this world was open. Prajāpati, the true one, performed austerity and uttered 'bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ.' Thi - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.7.md): 'Tat savitur vareṇyam' — this yonder Āditya is indeed Savitṛ. Those who speak of brahman say he is the best ch - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.5.8.md): This self is indeed the Lord, Śambhu, Bhava, Rudra, Prajāpati, creator of the universe, Hiraṇyagarbha, truth, - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.1.md): This self bears itself in two ways: this breath, and that sun. It has two paths, inner and outer; day and nigh - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.2.md): Then, the one who rests within the lotus of the heart and eats food is this fire, which is established in heav - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.3.md): Brahman has two forms: embodied and unembodied. That which is embodied is unreal; that which is unembodied is - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.4.md): It is said elsewhere as well: what is the udgītha is the praṇava, and what is the praṇava is the udgītha. This - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.5.md): It is said elsewhere as well: its body, of nine sounds, is that which is om. It is possessed of the genders fe - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.6.md): In the beginning this was unuttered. That true Prajāpati performed austerity, and having performed austerity h - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.7.md): Savitṛ's excellent radiance is the sun Savitṛ himself, so chosen by one who desires the self, say the expounde - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.8.md): Indeed this self is called Īśāna, Śambhu, Bhava, Rudra, Prajāpati, creator of all, Hiraṇyagarbha, Truth, Prāṇa - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.9.md): Therefore this one of both selves, knowing thus, meditates only in his own self and sacrifices only in his own - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.10.md): Next, what is to be known: this is a further modification of the self-sacrifice, as food and the eater of food - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.11.md): This is the supreme form of the ātman, which is made of food; for this prāṇa too is made of food. If he does n - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.12.md): Elsewhere too it is said: all these beings come forth each day, desiring to seize food. The sun takes food wit - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.13.md): Elsewhere too it is said: this body of the blessed Viṣṇu is called Viśvabhṛt, the sustainer of the universe, a - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.14.md): Now another is also said: food is the source of all this, time is the source of food, and the sun is the sourc - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.15.md): Brahman has two forms: time and the timeless. That which is before the sun is the timeless, the timeless indee - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.16.md): This time is embodied, the lord of the sea, the king of creatures; abiding within it is he named Savitṛ, from - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.17.md): In the beginning this was Brahman alone, one and infinite: infinite to the east, infinite to the south, infini - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.18.md): Likewise, the method of practising it is called yoga with six limbs: breath control, withdrawal of the senses, - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.19.md): Now it is also said elsewhere: when the knower, having restrained the outward mind and the objects of the sens - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.20.md): It is also said elsewhere: its supreme dhāraṇā is pressing the palate with the tip of the tongue, restraining - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.21.md): It is also said elsewhere: the upward-going channel called suṣumnā, which carries the breath, is severed withi - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.22.md): It is said elsewhere too: two forms of brahman are to be meditated upon, sound and non-sound. Through sound, t - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.23.md): It is said elsewhere too: the sound that is 'tat Om' is this syllable; its tip has an end. It is soundless, fe - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.24](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.24.md): It is also said elsewhere: the body is the bow, om is the arrow, and the mind is its tip. Piercing the marks o - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.25](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.25.md): It is also said elsewhere: he who, with the senses drawn inward and with the purest insight, sees, as if in sl - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.26](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.26.md): It is also said elsewhere: just as a fowler, moving in water, draws up the bird with a thread-and-mechanism an - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.27](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.27.md): It is said elsewhere: this is the radiance of brahman, supreme, immortal, bodiless, and this heat of the body - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.28](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.28.md): It is said elsewhere: having passed beyond the elements, the senses, and their objects, then having taken up t - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.29](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.29.md): Having spoken thus, Śakāyanya, his heart turned inward, bowed to him. O king, by this knowledge of brahman the - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.30](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.30.md): Om. In a pure place, pure and abiding in goodness, one should become a student of the good, a speaker of the g - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.31](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.31.md): Of what nature do these senses move about, and who, here, is their rouser and controller? The answer: they mov - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.32](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.32.md): From this very self all breaths, all worlds, all Vedas, all gods and all beings arise. Its secret teaching is - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.33](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.33.md): This fire is the fire of five bricks, or it is the year. Its bricks are spring, summer, the rains, autumn and - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.34](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.34.md): Earth is the householder's fire, the atmosphere is the southern fire, the sky is the offering fire. From these - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.35](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.35.md): Homage to Agni, who dwells in the earth and is remembered as the world; grant this sacrificer a world. Homage - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.36](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.36.md): These are the two forms of the light of brahman: one still, and one flourishing. The support of the still is s - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.37](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.37.md): Therefore one should meditate on this immeasurable brilliance with om, which is declared threefold: in fire, i - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 6.38](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.6.38.md): One who offers oblations in the agnihotra breaks the net of greed. Thus, having cut through delusion, not by a - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.1.md): Agni is the Gāyatrī metre, the threefold (stoma), the Rathantara chant, spring, breath, the constellations, th - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.2.md): Indra is the Triṣṭubh metre, the fifteenfold (stoma), the Bṛhat chant, summer, the diffused breath, Soma, the - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.3.md): The Maruts, the Jagatī metre, the seventeenfold, the Vairūpa, the rains, the apāna breath, the bright one, and - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.4.md): The Viśvedevas, the Anuṣṭubh metre, the twenty-one-fold, the Vairāja, autumn, the equal breath samāna, Varuṇa, - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.5.md): Mitra and Varuṇa, the Paṅkti metre, the thirty-nine-fold, the thirty-three, the Śākvara and Raivata, winter an - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.6.md): Śani, Rāhu, Ketu, the serpents, the rākṣasas, the yakṣas, men, birds, the śarabhas, elephants and the rest ris - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.7.md): Indeed, this is the self (ātman) within the heart, subtler than an atom, blazing like fire, of all forms. In h - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.8.md): Now, O king, those who obstruct knowledge are the source of the net of delusion: those who cling to the post b - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.9.md): Bṛhaspati, becoming Śukra, created this ignorance (avidyā) for the fearlessness of Indra and the destruction o - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.10.md): The gods and asuras, desiring the self, went to Brahmā. Bowing to him they said: O revered one, we desire the - [Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad 7.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/maitrayani.7.11.md): This is indeed the true form of that supreme radiance which dwells within the sky, declared threefold: in fire - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.1.md): Om is this syllable. All this is its elaboration: what was, what is, and what will be—all of it is only Oṃkāra - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.2.md): All this is indeed Brahman. This self is Brahman, and this self, that same one, has four quarters. - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.3.md): Whose place is the waking state, outwardly conscious, having seven limbs and nineteen mouths, enjoyer of gross - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.4.md): Whose place is the dream state, inwardly conscious, having seven limbs and nineteen mouths, enjoyer of subtle - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.5.md): Where the sleeper desires no desire and sees no dream, that is deep sleep (suṣupti). Become one in the place o - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.6.md): He is the lord of all, he is the all-knowing, he is the inner controller, he is the source of all, for from hi - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.7.md): Not cognizing the inner, not cognizing the outer, not cognizing both, not a mass of consciousness, not cognizi - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.8.md): This self, in regard to the syllable, is om. Its measures are the quarters, and the quarters are its measures: - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.9.md): Vaiśvānara, whose place is the waking state, is the a-syllable, the first element (mātrā), because of pervadin - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.10.md): Taijasa, whose place is the dreaming state, is the u-syllable, the second element (mātrā), because of elevatio - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.11.md): Prājña, whose place is the state of deep sleep, is the m-syllable, the third element (mātrā), because of measu - [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mandukya.12.md): The fourth, without measure, not an object of worldly dealing, the cessation of the phenomenal world, auspicio - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.1.md): Om. Brahmā was the first of the gods to come into being, the maker of the universe and the protector of the wo - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.2.md): The knowledge of brahman that Brahmā declared to Atharvan, Atharvan first told to Aṅgiras. Aṅgiras told it to - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.3.md): Śaunaka, the great householder, approached Aṅgiras as the rule prescribes and asked: 'Revered sir, by knowing - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.4.md): He said to him: 'There are two knowledges to be known' — so say those who know brahman — the higher and the lo - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.5.md): Among these, the lower knowledge is the Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sāma Veda, and Atharva Veda, together with phonet - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.6.md): That which is unseen, ungraspable, without lineage, without colour, without eye or ear, without hands or feet, - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.7.md): As a spider sends forth and draws back its thread, as herbs grow out of the earth, and as hair and body-hair a - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.8.md): By austerity brahman grows; from it food is produced. From food arise breath, mind, truth, the worlds, and imm - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.1.9.md): He who is all-knowing, who knows everything, whose austerity (tapas) consists of knowledge: from him arise thi - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.1.md): This is the truth: the rites that the seers saw in the mantras are spread out in many ways across the three Ve - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.2.md): When the flame flickers in the kindled fire that carries the oblation (havyavāhana), then one should offer the - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.3.md): For one whose agnihotra is without the darśa and paurṇamāsa rites, without the cāturmāsya and āgrayaṇa offerin - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.4.md): Kālī, Karālī, Manojavā, Sulohitā, Sudhūmravarṇā, Sphuliṅginī, Viśvarucī, and the goddess Lelāyamānā: these are - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.5.md): The sacrificer who moves among these blazing flames at the proper time and takes up the oblations, the rays of - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.6.md): Calling out "Come, come," the radiant oblations carry the sacrificer on the rays of the sun, and speaking to h - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.7.md): These rafts, in the form of sacrifices, are indeed frail; in them the lesser action of eighteen parts has been - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.8.md): Dwelling in the midst of ignorance, thinking themselves wise and learned, the deluded wander about staggering, - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.9.md): Dwelling in ignorance in many ways, childish people believe 'we have attained our goal.' Because those who per - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.10.md): The utterly deluded, who consider sacrifice and charitable works (iṣṭāpūrta) the highest, know no other good. - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.11.md): Those who, with austerity and faith, dwell in the forest, calm and wise, living by begging, go forth through t - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.12.md): Having examined the worlds won by action, the seeker attains dispassion; the unmade (the eternal) is not obtai - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.1.2.13.md): To that disciple who has approached him rightly, whose mind is calm and who is endowed with tranquility, the k - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.1.md): This is the truth: as from a well-kindled fire sparks of the same form arise by the thousand, so, gentle one, - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.2.md): That Person is divine and formless; he is both outside and inside, unborn. Without breath, without mind, pure, - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.3.md): From this are born breath, mind and all the senses, and space, air, light, water, and the earth that supports - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.4.md): Fire is his head, the sun and moon his eyes, the directions his ears; his open speech and the Vedas are his; a - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.5.md): From him comes fire, whose kindling is the sun; from soma comes the rain-cloud, and on earth the herbs; the ma - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.6.md): From him come the verses of the Ṛg, the chants of the Sāma, the formulas of the Yajus, consecration, all sacri - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.7.md): From him the gods were brought forth in many ways, the Sādhyas, humans, animals and birds; the in-breath and o - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.8.md): From him arise the seven breaths, the seven flames, the seven fuel-sticks and the seven oblations; these seven - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.9.md): From him come all the oceans and mountains; from him all rivers flow in every form; from him are all herbs and - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.1.10.md): This whole universe is indeed the Person alone: action, austerity, brahman, and the supreme immortal. He who k - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.1.md): That which is manifest, near, moving within the cave, known by name, in which this great abode is fixed — and - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.2.md): That which shines, which is subtler than the atoms, in which the worlds and their dwellers are established — t - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.3.md): Taking up the bow, the great weapon of the upaniṣad, one should fit to it an arrow sharpened by devotion. Draw - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.4.md): The syllable oṃ (praṇava) is the bow, the ātman is the arrow, and brahman, it is said, is the target. It shoul - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.5.md): In whom heaven and earth and the atmosphere are woven, and the mind together with all the breaths: know that o - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.6.md): As spokes are joined in the hub of a chariot wheel, so where the channels converge, he moves within, being bor - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.7.md): He who is all-knowing and all-understanding, whose glory is this on earth: in the divine city of brahman, in t - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.8.md): When he who is higher and lower is seen, the knot of the heart is broken, all doubts are cut off, and his acti - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.9.md): In the highest golden sheath is brahman, stainless and without parts. It is pure, the light of lights; this is - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.10.md): There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; these lightnings do not shine, much less this fire. When - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.2.2.11.md): Brahman alone is all this; it is immortal. Brahman is in front, brahman behind, brahman to the south and to th - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.1.md): Two beautiful-winged birds, yoked together, companions, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet pip - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.2.md): On the same tree a person, sunk in it, grieves through helplessness and is deluded. When he sees the beloved o - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.3.md): When the seer sees the golden-hued one, the creator, the Lord, the person, the source of Brahman, then the kno - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.4.md): This is the one who shines forth through all beings. The wise one who knows him well does not become a boaster - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.5.md): This self is attained through truth, through austerity, through right knowledge, and through constant celibate - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.6.md): Truth alone is victorious, not falsehood. By truth the path of the gods, the devayāna, is spread out; by it th - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.7.md): That is vast and divine, of unthinkable form; it shines more subtle than the subtle. It is far, very far, and - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.8.md): He is not grasped by the eye, nor by speech, nor by the other gods, nor by austerity or action. Through the cl - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.9.md): This subtle self is to be known by the mind, into which the breath has entered in its fivefold form. All the c - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.1.10.md): Whichever world he illumines with his mind, and whatever desires one of pure being wishes for, he wins that wo - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.1.md): He knows this supreme abode of brahman, in which the whole universe is placed and shines brightly. Those who w - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.2.md): One who desires and thinks upon desires is born again here and there through those very desires. But for one w - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.3.md): This ātman is not attained by instruction, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. It is attained by the one w - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.4.md): This ātman is not attained by one lacking strength, nor by heedlessness, nor by austerity without the right si - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.5.md): Having attained him, the seers, satisfied with knowledge, self-mastered, free from passion and tranquil, havin - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.6.md): The ascetics who have firmly ascertained the meaning through knowledge of the Vedānta, pure in nature through - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.7.md): The fifteen parts go to their foundations, all the gods into their respective deities; actions and the self ma - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.8.md): As rivers flowing go down into the ocean, leaving behind name and form, so the knower, freed from name and for - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.9.md): He who knows that supreme brahman becomes brahman itself. In his lineage no one is born who does not know brah - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.10.md): This is declared in a verse: those who perform the rites, the learned in the Veda, established in brahman, who - [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/mundaka.3.2.11.md): This is the truth: long ago the seer Aṅgiras declared that one who has not kept the vow does not study this. H - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.1.md): Om. Sukeśā, Bhāradvāja, Śaibya Satyakāma, Sauryāyaṇī Gārgya, Kauśalya Āśvalāyana, Bhārgava Vaidarbhi, and Kaba - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.2.md): That sage said to them: "Dwell once more for a year in austerity, celibate discipline, and faith. Ask whatever - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.3.md): Then Kabandhī Kātyāyana approached and asked, "Venerable one, from where indeed are these creatures born?" - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.4.md): He said to him: "Prajāpati, desiring offspring, performed austerity. Having performed austerity, he produced a - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.5.md): Indeed the sun is prāṇa, and the moon is rayi. All that is embodied and unembodied is rayi; therefore the embo - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.6.md): Then the sun, rising, enters the eastern quarter; by that he places the eastern breaths in its rays. Whatever - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.7.md): He, this Vaiśvānara, of all forms, the vital breath, rises as fire. On this a verse has been declared. - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.8.md): The all-formed, golden, all-knowing, supreme refuge, the one light, the heater, thousand-rayed, abiding in a h - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.9.md): The year is Prajāpati; its two paths are the southern and the northern. Those who worship, holding that sacrif - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.10.md): But by the northern path—through austerity, celibate discipline, faith, and knowledge, having sought the ātman - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.11.md): The father with five feet and twelve forms, full of waters in the far half beyond the sky, they call him. And - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.12.md): The month is Prajāpati; its dark fortnight is indeed the material (rayi), and the bright fortnight is the vita - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.13.md): Day and night are indeed Prajāpati. His day is the prāṇa, and his night is rayi (matter). Those who unite in s - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.14.md): Food indeed is Prajāpati. From it that seed (retas) arises, and therefore these creatures are born. - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.15.md): Those who observe that vow of Prajāpati produce a pair. This brahma-world belongs to those in whom there is ta - [Praśna Upaniṣad 1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.16.md): That stainless brahma-world belongs to those in whom there is no crookedness, no falsehood, and no māyā. - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.1.md): Then Bhārgava, of the Vidarbha line, asked him: "Venerable sir, how many gods sustain the creatures? Which of - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.2.md): He said to him: "Space, air, fire, water, earth, speech, mind, eye and ear — these are the gods. Having reveal - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.3.md): The foremost Prāṇa said to them: "Do not fall into delusion. I myself, dividing myself fivefold, support this - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.4.md): He seems to depart upward out of pride; when he departs, all the others depart too, and when he is established - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.5.md): This is the fire that burns, this is the sun; this is the rain-cloud, the bountiful one; this is the wind; thi - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.6.md): As the spokes are fixed in the hub of a chariot wheel, so in the breath everything is established: the verses - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.7.md): You are Prajāpati; you move in the womb, and you are born again. O breath, these creatures bring offerings to - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.8.md): You are the most carrier of oblations among the gods, the first svadhā for the ancestors; you are the conduct - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.9.md): O prāṇa, you are Indra by your brilliance, and you are Rudra, the protector. You move through the antarikṣa (t - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.10.md): When you rain down, O prāṇa, your creatures stand in the form of joy, thinking: 'There will be food.' - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.11.md): You are the vrātya, O prāṇa, the sole seer and lord of all that is. We are the givers of what is to be eaten; - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.12.md): Your form that is established in speech, and that which is in the ear and in the eye, and that which is spread - [Praśna Upaniṣad 2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.2.13.md): All this is under the control of breath (prāṇa), and whatever rests in the three heavens. As a mother protects - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.1.md): Then Kauśalya Āśvalāyana asked him: Venerable sir, from where does this breath (prāṇa) arise? How does it ente - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.2.md): He said to him: You ask too many questions; you are most devoted to brahman. Therefore I will tell you. - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.3.md): From the self (ātman) this breath (prāṇa) arises. As a shadow is in a person, so this is extended in him; by t - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.4.md): Just as a sovereign king assigns his officials, saying, "Go to these villages, rule over those villages," so t - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.5.md): In the anus and the genitals is apāna; in the eyes and ears, and through mouth and nose, prāṇa itself stands f - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.6.md): This self is in the heart. From here there are one hundred and one channels; of these, each one has a hundred, - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.7.md): Then, through one of these, the upward-moving udāna leads a person by merit to a world of merit, and by demeri - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.8.md): Indeed the sun is the external breath, which rises, for it rises favouring the breath of the eye. The deity th - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.9.md): Indeed, heat is the udāna; therefore one whose heat has subsided, with the senses merged into the mind, obtain - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.10.md): With whatever mind he has, with that he comes to the breath; the breath, joined with heat and together with th - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.11.md): He who, knowing thus, knows the breath: his offspring does not perish; he becomes immortal. On this there is t - [Praśna Upaniṣad 3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.3.12.md): Knowing the origin, the coming, the abode, the all-pervasiveness of prāṇa, and its inward nature in its fivefo - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.1.md): Then Saurāyaṇi Gārgya asked him: Venerable one, which faculties sleep in this person, and which remain awake i - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.2.md): He said to him: Gārgya, just as the rays of the sun all become one in this orb of light when the sun goes down - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.3.md): It is the fires of breath that remain awake in this city (the body). This apāna is the householder's fire (gār - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.4.md): That which carries the two oblations, the in-breath and the out-breath, equally is samāna. Mind indeed is the - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.5.md): Here, in dream, this shining one experiences its greatness. What has been seen, it sees again; what has been h - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.6.md): When it is overcome by brilliance, here this god sees no dreams. Then, when in this body this happiness arises - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.7.md): Gentle one, just as birds settle on the tree where they rest, so indeed all of that is established in the supr - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.8.md): Earth and the subtle essence of earth, water and the subtle essence of water, fire and the subtle essence of f - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.9.md): This indeed is the seer, the toucher, the hearer, the smeller, the taster, the thinker, the knower, and the ag - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.10.md): Gentle one, whoever knows that imperishable, which is shadowless, bodiless, unblemished red, bright—he indeed - [Praśna Upaniṣad 4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.4.11.md): Gentle one, he who knows that imperishable in which the self of consciousness, together with all the gods, the - [Praśna Upaniṣad 5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.5.1.md): Then Satyakāma, son of Śibi, asked him: Venerable one, the man among men who meditates on the syllable Om unti - [Praśna Upaniṣad 5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.5.2.md): This indeed, Satyakāma, is the higher and the lower brahman — namely the syllable Om. Therefore the wise man, - [Praśna Upaniṣad 5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.5.3.md): If he meditates on one mātrā (one measure of Om), then, made known by that alone, he is quickly reborn in this - [Praśna Upaniṣad 5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.5.4.md): And if he is united in mind with two measures, the Yajur verses lead him up through the atmosphere to the moon - [Praśna Upaniṣad 5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.5.5.md): He who meditates on the supreme Person with this single syllable om, of three morae, becomes established in li - [Praśna Upaniṣad 5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.5.6.md): Three morae, subject to death, are used. They are mutually connected and not used separately. When they are pr - [Praśna Upaniṣad 5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.5.7.md): Through the ṛg verses one knows this, through the yajus formulas the atmospheric realm, and through the sāman - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.1.md): Then Sukeśā Bhāradvāja asked him: 'Venerable sir, Hiraṇyanābha, the prince of Kosala, came to me and asked thi - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.2.md): He said to him: Here, my gentle friend, within this very body is that Puruṣa from whom these sixteen kalās ari - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.3.md): He reflected: With what departing shall I depart? Upon what being established shall I be established? - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.4.md): He created breath; from breath came faith, space, air, light, water, earth, the senses, and mind. Food; from f - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.5.md): As these flowing rivers, tending toward the ocean, reach the ocean and go down, their names and forms are brok - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.6.md): As spokes are fixed in the hub of a chariot wheel, so are all the kalās fixed in him. Know that person to be p - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.7.md): He said to them: "This much only do I know as the supreme brahman; there is nothing higher than this." - [Praśna Upaniṣad 6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.6.8.md): Honoring him, they said: "You are our father, who carries us across beyond ignorance, beyond the beyond." Homa - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.1.md): Om. The expounders of brahman ask: What is the cause? What is brahman? From what were we born, by what do we l - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.2.md): Time, nature, destiny, chance, the elements, the womb, and the person (puruṣa) — these must be considered. But - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.3.md): Following the yoga of meditation, they saw the power of the divine self, hidden by its own qualities. The One - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.4.md): He is described as a wheel: with one rim, threefold, with sixteen ends, fifty spokes, twenty felloes, eight an - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.5.md): We meditate on the river with five streams, five sources, fierce mouths, waves of the five breaths, rooted in - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.6.md): In that vast wheel of brahman, in which all beings live and in which all things are established, the swan is m - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.7.md): This udgītha, the syllable Om, is supreme brahman. In it the three and the imperishable syllable are firmly es - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.8.md): This is the conjunction of the perishable and the imperishable. The Lord sustains the manifest and unmanifest - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.9.md): The knower and the non-knower, two unborn ones, lord and non-lord; and one unborn female (nature), joined with - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.10.md): The perishable is pradhāna; the imperishable immortal syllable is Hara. One god alone rules the perishable and - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.11.md): Having known the god, all bonds are removed; with the afflictions exhausted, birth and death are abandoned. Th - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.12.md): This is to be known: eternal, abiding in the ātman. Nothing else higher is to be known. Having considered the - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.13.md): Just as fire hidden in its source is not seen in form, and its mark is not destroyed, yet it is again grasped - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.14.md): Making one's own body the lower fire-stick and praṇava (Om) the upper fire-stick, through the practice of chur - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.15.md): As oil is in sesame, ghee in curds, water in springs, and fire in fire-sticks, so the self is grasped within t - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 1.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.1.16.md): The self that pervades all, like ghee infused in milk, is rooted in knowledge of the self and in austerity. Th - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.1.md): Having first yoked the mind to the truth, Savitṛ yoked the thoughts too. Gathering the light of fire from the - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.2.md): With a disciplined mind may we be within the impulse of the god Savitṛ, for reaching heaven, with strength. - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.3.md): Having yoked the gods by mind, seeking heaven, and with thought about to make the sky a great light, Savitṛ im - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.4.md): The seers join the mind and join the thoughts to the great, all-knowing seer. The offerers who know the ways h - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.5.md): I yoke you two to the ancient brahman with words of homage; let the fame of the wise one reach you as a travel - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.6.md): Where fire is churned, where breath is restrained, where soma overflows, there the mind arises. - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.7.md): By the impulse of Savitṛ, let one devote oneself to the ancient brahman; where you make the source, no meritor - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.8.md): Holding the body upright and even in three parts, and setting the senses with the mind in the heart, let the w - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.9.md): Having restrained the breaths here, one of disciplined conduct, when the breath is spent, should exhale throug - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.10.md): On a level, clean spot free of gravel, fire and sand, away from sounds, water and the like, agreeable to the m - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.11.md): Mist, smoke, sun, wind, fire, firefly, lightning, crystal and moon: these forms come before, and make brahman - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.12.md): When the qualities of yoga, made of the five — earth, water, fire, air and ether — have arisen and come forth, - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.13.md): Lightness of body, freedom from disease, absence of craving, clarity of complexion, sweetness of voice, a plea - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.14.md): As a mirror coated with clay shines brilliantly when well cleansed, so the embodied self, having clearly seen - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.15.md): When one who is disciplined here sees fully, by means of the reality of the ātman, the reality of brahman as a - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.16.md): This god pervades all directions. He was first born, and he is within the womb. He indeed has been born, and h - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.2.17.md): Homage to that god who is in fire, who is in water, who has entered the whole world, who is in herbs and in tr - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.1.md): He who alone is the possessor of the net rules all the worlds by his powers; he alone is at the arising and at - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.2.md): Rudra is one alone; they do not stand for a second. He who rules these worlds by his powers abides within peop - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.3.md): With eyes on every side, faces on every side, arms on every side, feet on every side — the one god, with his a - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.4.md): He who is the origin and the arising of the gods, the lord of all, the great seer Rudra, who in the beginning - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.5.md): O Rudra, by that form of yours which is auspicious, not terrible, not revealing evil, most peaceful — with tha - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.6.md): O Giriśa, the arrow you hold in your hand to hurl — O protector of mountains, make it auspicious; do not harm - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.7.md): Beyond that is the supreme Brahman, vast and great, hidden in all beings as in their dwellings; the one Lord w - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.8.md): I know that great Person, whose colour is like the sun, beyond darkness. Knowing him alone, one passes beyond - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.9.md): There is nothing higher or lower than him, nothing smaller or greater. He alone stands firm like a tree in the - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.10.md): Beyond that is what is higher still: formless and free from affliction. Those who know this become immortal; o - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.11.md): Whose faces, heads and necks are everywhere, who dwells in the cave of the heart of all beings, who pervades a - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.12.md): The great Lord, the Person, is indeed the mover of what exists. This is the most pure attainment; the ruler is - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.13.md): The Person, the size of a thumb, the inner self, always seated in the hearts of beings, is grasped by the hear - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.14.md): The Person has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. Enveloping the earth on every side, he stan - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.15.md): All this is the Person, what has been and what will be. He is the ruler of immortality, which grows beyond by - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.16.md): On every side he has hands and feet, on every side eyes, heads and faces, on every side ears. In the world he - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.17.md): He is the appearance of the qualities of all the senses, yet devoid of all the senses. He is the lord and rule - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.18.md): In the city of nine gates, the embodied swan (the self) flutters outward. He is the controller of all the worl - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.19.md): Without hands or feet, he is swift and grasping; without eyes he sees, without ears he hears. He knows all tha - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.20.md): The self, smaller than the small and greater than the great, is placed in the cave of the heart of every livin - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.3.21.md): I know this ageless, ancient self, the self of all, which pervades everything by reason of its vastness. The k - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.1.md): He who is one and without colour, bearing many colours in many ways through the union of his power, for hidden - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.2.md): That is indeed fire, that is the sun, that is the wind, and that is the moon. That is the bright one, that is - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.3.md): You are woman, you are man; you are the youth, or you are the maiden. You are the aged one who totters with a - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.4.md): Dark-blue, bird-like, green, red-eyed; with lightning in its womb; the seasons and the oceans — you are withou - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.5.md): The unborn one, single, red, white and black, who creates many offspring of her own form — an unborn one lies - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.6.md): Two beautifully winged birds, yoked together as companions, embrace the same tree. Of these two, one eats the - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.7.md): A person sunk in the same tree grieves, deluded by his own powerlessness. When he sees the beloved, other Lord - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.8.md): The verses rest in that supreme imperishable, in the ether, upon which all the gods are seated. What will the - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.9.md): The metres, the sacrifices, the rites and vows, the past and the future, and whatever the Vedas declare: from - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.10.md): One should know māyā as prakṛti, and the possessor of māyā as the great Lord. By his parts, which are his memb - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.11.md): He who alone presides over every womb of origin, in whom all this gathers together and returns, having known t - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.12.md): He who is the origin and the arising of the gods, the lord of all, Rudra, the great seer. Behold Hiraṇyagarbha - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.13.md): Lord of the gods, in whom the worlds are supported, who rules over this realm of two-footed and four-footed be - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.14.md): Subtler than the subtlest, dwelling in the midst of the primal mass, the creator of the universe in many forms - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.15.md): He, in due time, is the protector of the world, the lord of all, hidden in all beings. In him the brahmin-sage - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.16.md): Finer than the essence of butter, the auspicious one hidden in all beings: knowing him, and knowing the one go - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.17.md): This god, the maker of all, the great self, always seated in the hearts of people, is grasped by the heart, by - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.18.md): When there was no darkness, neither day nor night, neither being nor non-being, the auspicious one alone exist - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.19.md): No one has grasped him from above, across, or from the middle. He has no image, whose name is great glory. - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.20.md): His form does not stand within sight; no one sees him with the eye. Those who know him dwelling in the heart, - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.21.md): Thus a fearful person takes refuge, saying, 'You are unborn.' O Rudra, with that right face of yours, protect - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 4.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.4.22.md): O Rudra, do not harm our offspring and grandchildren, do not harm our life, our cattle, or our horses. Do not - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.1.md): There are two syllables, with brahman as their highest, and they are endless; in them knowledge and ignorance - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.2.md): He who alone presides over every source and over all forms and all sources; who first brought forth the seer K - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.3.md): Producing each web in many ways, this god withdraws it again in this field. Having created once more, that lor - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.4.md): As the sun shines, lighting all directions above, below, and across, so this god, the blessed and most excelle - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.5.md): He who ripens one's own nature, the source of the universe, who transforms all that is to be ripened, he alone - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.6.md): That, hidden in the secret Upaniṣads of the Vedas, Brahmā knows as the source of Brahman. The gods and seers o - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.7.md): He who is connected with the guṇas, who performs actions with their fruits, and who is indeed the enjoyer of w - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.8.md): He who is the size of a thumb, of sunlike form, endowed with volition and ego, by the quality of the intellect - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.9.md): Know that the living self (jīva) is a part of the one-hundredth of the tip of a hair, itself divided a hundred - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.10.md): This is neither woman, nor man, nor is it neuter; whatever body it takes on, with that very body it becomes jo - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.11.md): By intention, touch, sight and delusion, by food, water and rain, and by the growth of the self comes birth; f - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.12.md): The embodied self chooses many forms, gross and subtle, by its own qualities; and another cause of their union - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.13.md): Beginningless and endless, standing in the midst of the tangled world, the creator of the universe in many for - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 5.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.5.14.md): Grasped by inner feeling, called the Nestless, causing both being and non-being, the auspicious one, the creat - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.1.md): Some wise ones say that nature (svabhāva) is the cause, and others, deluded, say time. But this is the greatne - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.2.md): By whom all this is ever enveloped — the knower, the maker of time, possessing qualities, knower of all — by h - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.3.md): Having performed that action and turned back from it, and again united in yoga with the truth of the truth, by - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.4.md): He who begins actions accompanied by qualities and applies all states of being to them—when those are absent, - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.5.md): He is the beginning, the cause and reason of conjunction; beyond the three times, and without parts, yet he ha - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.6.md): He is beyond and other than tree, time and form, from whom this manifold world revolves. Having known him—brin - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.7.md): Let us know that supreme Great Lord among lords, the supreme divinity among gods, the supreme lord among maste - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.8.md): There is no effect or instrument belonging to him; no one is seen equal to him or greater. His supreme power i - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.9.md): In the world there is no lord of him, nor any ruler, nor any sign of him. He is the cause, the lord of the lor - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.10.md): As a spider covers itself with threads, born of primal matter, by its own nature — may that one god grant us a - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.11.md): The one god, hidden in all beings, all-pervading, is the inner self of all beings. He is the overseer of actio - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.12.md): He alone is the controller of the inactive, and he who makes the one seed of the many in many ways. The steadf - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.13](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.13.md): He is the eternal among the eternal, the conscious among the conscious, who alone fulfils the desires of the m - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.14](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.14.md): There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; these lightnings do not shine, how then this fire? When - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.15](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.15.md): In the midst of this world there is one swan; that very one is the fire, entered and settled in the water. Kno - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.16](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.16.md): He is the maker of all, the knower of all, self-born, the knowing one, the time of time, possessed of qualitie - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.17](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.17.md): He is full of that, immortal, established in the Lord (īśa), the knowing one, all-pervading, the protector of - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.18](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.18.md): Who first creates Brahmā, and who sends the Vedas forth to him — that god who illumines the intellect of the s - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.19](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.19.md): He is without parts, without action, peaceful, faultless and stainless; he is the supreme bridge to the immort - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.20](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.20.md): Even when men shall wrap up the sky like a hide, suffering will not come to an end without knowing God. - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.21](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.21.md): By the power of austerity and by the grace of God, the wise Śvetāśvatara, having known brahman, fully declared - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.22](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.22.md): In the Vedānta this supreme secret was taught in ancient times; it should not be given to one who is not calm, - [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.23](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/shvetashvatara.6.23.md): For the one who has supreme devotion to God, and as to God so to the teacher, to that great-souled one these t - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.1.md): Om. May Mitra be good to us, may Varuṇa be good to us. May Aryaman be good to us. May Indra and Bṛhaspati be g - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.2.md): Om. We will explain phonetics (śīkṣā): sound (varṇa), accent (svara), quantity (mātrā), effort (bala), harmony - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.3.md): May we both gain glory together, may we both gain the radiance of brahman together. Now we will explain the up - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.4.md): He who is the bull among the metres, of all forms, who arose from the immortal above the metres — may that Ind - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.5.md): Bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, suvaḥ — these are the three utterances. Māhācamasya declares the fourth utterance, 'mahaḥ'. That - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.6.md): Within the heart is this space, and in it is this golden, immortal person made of mind. Between the palate and - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.7.md): Earth, the midspace, the sky, the directions and the intermediate directions; fire, wind, the sun, the moon an - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.8.md): Om is brahman. Om is all this. Om is the echo of it; therefore they cause it to be heard, saying 'śrāvaya'. Th - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.9.md): Ṛta and recitation-and-teaching of the Veda; truth and recitation-and-teaching of the Veda; austerity and reci - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.10.md): I am the swaying fruit of the tree; my renown is like the summit of a mountain. Pure and uplifted, rich in str - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.11](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.11.md): Having taught the Veda, the teacher instructs the student: Speak the truth. Practice dharma. Do not neglect yo - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.12](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.1.12.md): May Mitra be auspicious for us, may Varuṇa be auspicious. May Aryaman be auspicious for us. May Indra and Bṛha - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.1.md): Om. One who knows brahman attains the highest. On this it is said: brahman is truth, knowledge, infinite. Whoe - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.2.md): From food indeed creatures are born, whatever dwell upon the earth. And by food indeed they live, and at last - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.3.md): The gods live by breath, and so do humans and animals. Breath is the life of beings; therefore it is called fu - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.4.md): From which speech turns back, not having reached it together with the mind, the one who knows the bliss of bra - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.5.md): Understanding extends the sacrifice and extends the actions. All the gods revere understanding as the eldest b - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.6.md): If one knows, 'Brahman is non-existent,' one becomes non-existent. If one knows, 'Brahman is,' then people kno - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.7.md): In the beginning this was non-existent. From that, existence was born. He made himself into a self; therefore - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.8.md): Through fear of it the wind blows; through fear of it the sun rises; through fear of it Agni and Indra, and de - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.2.9.md): From which speech turns back, not reaching it together with the mind, the knower of the bliss of brahman fears - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.1](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.1.md): Bhṛgu, son of Varuṇa, approached his father Varuṇa and said: 'Venerable one, teach me brahman.' To him he decl - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.2](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.2.md): 'Food is brahman,' he understood. Surely from food these beings are born, by food, having been born, they live - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.3](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.3.md): 'Breath is brahman,' he understood. Surely from breath these beings are born, by breath, having been born, the - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.4](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.4.md): He understood that mind is brahman, for indeed from mind these beings are born, by mind born they live, and in - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.5](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.5.md): He understood that understanding is brahman, for indeed from understanding these beings are born, by understan - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.6](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.6.md): He understood that bliss is brahman, for indeed from bliss these beings are born, by bliss born they live, and - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.7](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.7.md): One should not revile food; this is the vow. Breath is indeed food, and the body is the eater of food. The bod - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.8](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.8.md): One should not revile food; this is the vow. Water is food, and light is the eater of food. Light is establish - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.9](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.9.md): One should produce abundant food; this is the vow. Earth is food, and space is the eater of food. Space is est - [Taittirīya Upaniṣad 3.10](https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/taittiriya.3.10.md): Let no one be refused in one's dwelling. This is the vow. 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