Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.2
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8.2.1
इ॒दं व॑सो सु॒तमन्धः॒ पिबा॒ सुपू॑र्णमु॒दर॑म् ।
अना॑भयिन्ररि॒मा ते॑ ॥
O bountiful Indra, drink this pressed sweet soma and fill your belly full. O fearless one, we have offered it to you.
8.2.2
नृभि॑र्धू॒तः सु॒तो अश्नै॒रव्यो॒ वारैः॒ परि॑पूतः ।
अश्वो॒ न नि॒क्तो न॒दीषु॑ ॥
Stirred by the men, pressed by the stones, purified through the wool filters, the soma, like a horse, is cleansed bathing in the rivers.
8.2.3
तं ते॒ यवं॒ यथा॒ गोभिः॑ स्वा॒दुम॑कर्म श्री॒णन्तः॑ ।
इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒स्मिन्त्स॑ध॒मादे॑ ॥
O Indra, mixing this sweet barley with cow's milk we have prepared it for you; in this festival of joy we adorn you.
8.2.4
इन्द्र॒ इत्सो॑म॒पा एक॒ इन्द्रः॑ सुत॒पा वि॒श्वायुः॑ ।
अ॒न्तर्दे॒वान्मर्त्यां॑श्च ॥
Indra indeed is the soma-drinker; the one Indra is the presser of soma and lord of all life, standing among gods and mortals.
8.2.5
न यं शु॒क्रो न दुरा॑शी॒र्न तृ॒प्रा उ॑रु॒व्यच॑सम् ।
अ॒प॒स्पृ॒ण्व॒ते सु॒हार्द॑म् ॥
Him whom neither the bright one, nor the ill-minded, nor the sated harm — the good friend of wide vision.
8.2.6
गोभि॒र्यदी॑म॒न्ये अ॒स्मन्मृ॒गं न व्रा मृ॒गय॑न्ते ।
अ॒भि॒त्सर॑न्ति धे॒नुभिः॑ ॥
When others seek the cows from us, like a deer, like wild birds, they assail them with the cows.
8.2.7
त्रय॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ सोमाः॑ सु॒तासः॑ सन्तु दे॒वस्य॑ ।
स्वे क्षये॑ सुत॒पाव्नः॑ ॥
Let three pressed Soma-draughts be for the god Indra, for those who press well in their own dwelling.
8.2.8
त्रयः॒ कोशा॑स श्चोतन्ति ति॒स्रश्च॒म्वः॑ सुपू॑र्णाः ।
स॒मा॒ने अधि॒ भार्म॑न् ॥
Three vessels flow down, three vats are full, upon the same support.
8.2.9
शुचि॑रसि पुरुनि॒ष्ठाः क्षी॒रैर्म॑ध्य॒त आशी॑र्तः ।
द॒ध्ना मन्दि॑ष्ठः॒ शूर॑स्य ॥
You are pure, dwelling among many, mixed in the midst with milk; most exhilarating with curds for the hero.
8.2.10
इ॒मे त॑ इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑स्ती॒व्रा अ॒स्मे सु॒तासः॑ ।
शु॒क्रा आ॒शिरं॑ याचन्ते ॥
O Indra, these are your sharp Soma-draughts, pressed for us; the bright Somas ask for the oblation.
8.2.11
ताँ आ॒शिरं॑ पुरो॒ळाश॒मिन्द्रे॒मं सोमं॑ श्रीणीहि ।
रे॒वन्तं॒ हि त्वा॑ शृ॒णोमि॑ ॥
O Indra, offer those oblations, this puroḍāśa cake and this Soma; for I hear you as the rich one.
8.2.12
हृ॒त्सु पी॒तासो॑ युध्यन्ते दु॒र्मदा॑सो॒ न सुरा॑याम् ।
ऊध॒र्न न॒ग्ना ज॑रन्ते ॥
Having drunk, they fight in the hearts like the intoxicated in liquor; they move like bare udders.
8.2.13
रे॒वाँ इद्रे॒वत॑ स्तो॒ता स्यात्त्वाव॑तो म॒घोनः॑ ।
प्रेदु॑ हरिवः श्रु॒तस्य॑ ॥
May the rich praiser belong to the rich one, to a giver such as you, O Indra, possessor of tawny steeds, renowned one.
8.2.14
उ॒क्थं च॒न श॒स्यमा॑न॒मगो॑र॒रिरा चि॑केत ।
न गा॑य॒त्रं गी॒यमा॑नम् ॥
Not even the recited uktha of Agni has the enemy perceived, nor the sung gayatra.
8.2.15
मा न॑ इन्द्र पीय॒त्नवे॒ मा शर्ध॑ते॒ परा॑ दाः ।
शिक्षा॑ शचीवः॒ शची॑भिः ॥
O Indra, do not give us away to the soma-drinker, nor to the rival; O mighty one, teach us with your powers.
8.2.16
व॒यमु॑ त्वा त॒दिद॑र्था॒ इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒यन्तः॒ सखा॑यः ।
कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑र्जरन्ते ॥
We, friends who seek you for that very purpose, O Indra; the Kanvas praise you with hymns.
8.2.17
न घे॑म॒न्यदा प॑पन॒ वज्रि॑न्न॒पसो॒ नवि॑ष्टौ ।
तवेदु॒ स्तोमं॑ चिकेत ॥
Indeed you have not won anything else, O wielder of the thunderbolt, in the new works; it is your praise alone that he has perceived.
8.2.18
इ॒च्छन्ति॑ दे॒वाः सु॒न्वन्तं॒ न स्वप्ना॑य स्पृहयन्ति ।
यन्ति॑ प्र॒माद॒मत॑न्द्राः ॥
The gods desire the soma-presser, not for sleep they long; the tireless ones do not go to negligence.
8.2.19
ओ षु प्र या॑हि॒ वाजे॑भि॒र्मा हृ॑णीथा अ॒भ्य॑स्मान् ।
म॒हाँ इ॑व॒ युव॑जानिः ॥
Indra, come forth well with the prizes of victory; do not strike at us. You are great, as if born ever young.
8.2.20
मो ष्व॑द्य दु॒र्हणा॑वान्त्सा॒यं क॑रदा॒रे अ॒स्मत् ।
अ॒श्री॒र इ॑व॒ जामा॑ता ॥
Today let no harm-doer stand near us; at evening let him withdraw far from us, like an unlucky son-in-law.
8.2.21
वि॒द्मा ह्य॑स्य वी॒रस्य॑ भूरि॒दाव॑रीं सुम॒तिम् ।
त्रि॒षु जा॒तस्य॒ मनां॑सि ॥
We indeed know this hero's lavish, favorable thought; his minds are born thrice over.
8.2.22
आ तू षि॑ञ्च॒ कण्व॑मन्तं॒ न घा॑ विद्म शवसा॒नात् ।
य॒शस्त॑रं श॒तमू॑तेः ॥
Then pour out the Kaṇva-chanted hymn; we indeed know by this strength the most glorious of the one of a hundred protections.
8.2.23
ज्येष्ठे॑न सोत॒रिन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमं॑ वी॒राय॑ श॒क्राय॑ ।
भरा॒ पिब॒न्नर्या॑य ॥
O presser, with the best offering bring soma for Indra, for the hero, for the mighty one, that he may drink it, for the men's benefit.
8.2.24
यो वेदि॑ष्ठो अव्य॒थिषु॒ अश्वा॑वन्तं जरि॒तृभ्यः॑ ।
वाजं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ गोम॑न्तम् ॥
He who is most wise among the unharmed gives to the singers horse-rich wealth, to the praisers strength, and cattle-rich wealth.
8.2.25
पन्य॑म्पन्य॒मित्सो॑तार॒ आ धा॑वत॒ मद्या॑य ।
सोमं॑ वी॒राय॒ शूरा॑य ॥
O pressers of soma, every time, run hither in truth to the soma for exhilaration, for the hero, for the valiant one.
8.2.26
पाता॑ वृत्र॒हा सु॒तमा घा॑ गम॒न्नारे अ॒स्मत् ।
नि य॑मते श॒तमू॑तिः ॥
May the protector, the slayer of Vritra, truly come to the pressed soma; far, away from us, may he of a hundred protections restrain.
8.2.27
एह हरी॑ ब्रह्म॒युजा॑ श॒ग्मा व॑क्षतः॒ सखा॑यम् ।
गी॒र्भिः श्रु॒तं गिर्व॑णसम् ॥
Come hither; may the two auspicious bay horses, yoked by prayer, bring the friend, heard by songs, praised with words.
8.2.28
स्वा॒दवः॒ सोमा॒ आ या॑हि श्री॒ताः सोमा॒ आ या॑हि ।
शिप्रि॒न्नृषी॑वः॒ शची॑वो॒ नायमच्छा॑ सध॒माद॑म् ॥
Sweet somas, come; prepared somas, come. O possessor of Shipra, rich in seers, mighty one, come toward this banquet of drinking together.
8.2.29
स्तुत॑श्च॒ यास्त्वा॒ वर्ध॑न्ति म॒हे राध॑से नृ॒म्णाय॑ ।
इन्द्र॑ का॒रिणं॑ वृ॒धन्तः॑ ॥
The praises that increase you, for great wealth, for manly vigor; O Indra, increasing the doer.
8.2.30
गिर॑श्च॒ यास्ते॑ गिर्वाह उ॒क्था च॒ तुभ्यं॒ तानि॑ ।
स॒त्रा द॑धि॒रे शवां॑सि ॥
The songs that are yours, and the chants offered to you, O lord of songs, these have truly established strengths.
8.2.31
ए॒वेदे॒ष तु॑विकू॒र्मिर्वाजाँ॒ एको॒ वज्र॑हस्तः ।
स॒नादमृ॑क्तो दयते ॥
He alone, mighty in deeds, with the thunderbolt in his hand, forever unconquered, truly bestows the prizes of strength.
8.2.32
हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रं दक्षि॑णे॒नेन्द्रः॑ पु॒रू पु॑रुहू॒तः ।
म॒हान्म॒हीभिः॒ शची॑भिः ॥
The slayer of Vṛtra, with his right hand, Indra, much invoked by many, is great; great in his mighty powers and deeds.
8.2.33
यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॑श्चर्ष॒णय॑ उ॒त च्यौ॒त्ना ज्रयां॑सि च ।
अनु॒ घेन्म॒न्दी म॒घोनः॑ ॥
In whom all the protecting regions, the strongholds, and the dwellings rest, he indeed rejoices, exhilarated by the bounty of the generous lord.
8.2.34
ए॒ष ए॒तानि॑ चका॒रेन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॒ योऽति॑ शृ॒ण्वे ।
वा॒ज॒दावा॑ म॒घोना॑म् ॥
Indra, who is renowned beyond all others, the giver of prizes, has done all these deeds, to the bounteous ones.
8.2.35
प्रभ॑र्ता॒ रथं॑ ग॒व्यन्त॑मपा॒काच्चि॒द्यमव॑ति ।
इ॒नो वसु॒ स हि वोळ्हा॑ ॥
The bearer who drives the chariot forward, whom he protects even from afar, the one who seeks cattle — he, the lord, bestows wealth; he indeed is the conveyor.
8.2.36
सनि॑ता॒ विप्रो॒ अर्व॑द्भि॒र्हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रं नृभिः॒ शूरः॑ ।
स॒त्यो॑ऽवि॒ता वि॒धन्त॑म् ॥
The helper and inspired sage, slayer of Vṛtra with swift horses, hero among heroes — the true protector who strikes down the foe.
8.2.37
यज॑ध्वैनं प्रियमेधा॒ इन्द्रं॑ स॒त्राचा॒ मन॑सा ।
यो भूत्सोमैः॑ स॒त्यम॑द्वा ॥
O dear-minded seers, worship this Indra with a true mind; he who became rich in true exhilaration with the soma drinks.
8.2.38
गा॒थश्र॑वसं॒ सत्प॑तिं॒ श्रव॑स्कामं पुरु॒त्मान॑म् ।
कण्वा॑सो गा॒त वा॒जिन॑म् ॥
O Kaṇvas, sing to the mighty one, famed in songs, lord of the good, desirer of praise, many-formed.
8.2.39
य ऋ॒ते चि॒द्गास्प॒देभ्यो॒ दात्सखा॒ नृभ्यः॒ शची॑वान् ।
ये अ॑स्मि॒न्काम॒मश्रि॑यन् ॥
He who gives cows, even without any aid, to the footed; friend of men, mighty in power; those who desire him in this rejoice.
8.2.40
इ॒त्था धीव॑न्तमद्रिवः का॒ण्वं मेध्या॑तिथिम् ।
मे॒षो भू॒तो॑ऽभि यन्नयः॑ ॥
Thus, O wielder of the stones, come as a strong bull toward the thoughtful Medhyātithi, Kaṇva's son, and draw near to him.
8.2.41
शिक्षा॑ विभिन्दो अस्मै च॒त्वार्य॒युता॒ दद॑त् ।
अ॒ष्टा प॒रः स॒हस्रा॑ ॥
O splitter of foes, grant him four ayutas (tens of thousands); eight, and beyond that, thousands.
8.2.42
उ॒त सु त्ये प॑यो॒वृधा॑ मा॒की रण॑स्य न॒प्त्या॑ ।
ज॒नि॒त्व॒नाय॑ मामहे ॥
And indeed, those two milk-increasing ones, grandchildren of the gift, we call upon for birth-giving.