Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.45
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8.45.1
आ घा॒ ये अ॒ग्निमि॑न्ध॒ते स्तृ॒णन्ति॑ ब॒र्हिरा॑नु॒षक् ।
येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ॥
For those who kindle Agni and spread the sacred grass seat in order, Indra, the ever-young, is their friend.
8.45.2
बृ॒हन्निदि॒ध्म ए॑षां॒ भूरि॑ श॒स्तं पृ॒थुः स्वरुः॑ ।
येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ॥
Great is their kindling wood, abundant and wide their praise, bright their sound; for them Indra, the ever-young, is friend.
8.45.3
अयु॑द्ध॒ इद्यु॒धा वृतं॒ शूर॒ आज॑ति॒ सत्व॑भिः ।
येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ॥
Unopposed in battle, the hero Indra with his powers charges against the pen; for them Indra, the ever-young, is friend.
8.45.4
आ बु॒न्दं वृ॑त्र॒हा द॑दे जा॒तः पृ॑च्छ॒द्वि मा॒तर॑म् ।
क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे ॥
The Vritra-slayer, newly born, seized the bolt and asked his mother: "Who are the fierce ones, and who are the renowned?"
8.45.5
प्रति॑ त्वा शव॒सी व॑दद्गि॒रावप्सो॒ न यो॑धिषत् ।
यस्ते॑ शत्रु॒त्वमा॑च॒के ॥
O mighty one, let someone speak against you and fight, like water on a mountain; let him who has set himself up against your enmity do so.
8.45.6
उ॒त त्वं म॑घवञ्च्छृणु॒ यस्ते॒ वष्टि॑ व॒वक्षि॒ तत् ।
यद्वी॒ळया॑सि वी॒ळु तत् ॥
And hear, O bounteous Indra: what he speaks for you, that you proclaim; what you proclaim, that you will swiftly win.
8.45.7
यदा॒जिं यात्या॑जि॒कृदिन्द्रः॑ स्वश्व॒युरुप॑ ।
र॒थीत॑मो र॒थीना॑म् ॥
When Indra, the victor-maker, with good horses, the most excellent charioteer among charioteers, goes into battle, he draws near.
8.45.8
वि षु विश्वा॑ अभि॒युजो॒ वज्रि॒न्विष्व॒ग्यथा॑ वृह ।
भवा॑ नः सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः ॥
Scatter all the opposing hosts apart, O wielder of the thunderbolt, strike them down however you can; and become for us the most renowned.
8.45.9
अ॒स्माकं॒ सु रथं॑ पु॒र इन्द्रः॑ कृणोतु सा॒तये॑ ।
न यं धूर्व॑न्ति धू॒र्तयः॑ ॥
May Indra prepare our chariot well before us for winning, the chariot which the malicious cannot hold back.
8.45.10
वृ॒ज्याम॑ ते॒ परि॒ द्विषोऽरं॑ ते शक्र दा॒वने॑ ।
ग॒मेमेदि॑न्द्र॒ गोम॑तः ॥
Through you may we drive the enemies far away; O mighty one, in your giving may we reach the wealth rich in cattle, O Indra.
8.45.11
शनै॑श्चि॒द्यन्तो॑ अद्रि॒वोऽश्वा॑वन्तः शत॒ग्विनः॑ ।
वि॒वक्ष॑णा अने॒हसः॑ ॥
Even as we go slowly, O stone-wielder, possessing horses and hundreds of cows, wishing to speak praise, may we, blameless, go forth.
8.45.12
ऊ॒र्ध्वा हि ते॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे स॒हस्रा॑ सू॒नृता॑ श॒ता ।
ज॒रि॒तृभ्यो॑ वि॒मंह॑ते ॥
Indeed your lofty gifts rise day after day, thousands and hundreds of good gifts; he bestows (wealth) upon the singers.
8.45.13
वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ धनंज॒यं इन्द्र॑ दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑दारु॒जम् ।
आ॒दा॒रिणं॒ यथा॒ गय॑म् ॥
Indra, we know you as the winner of wealth, who breaks even firm strongholds, as the destroyer breaks the fortress Gaya.
8.45.14
क॒कु॒हं चि॑त्त्वा कवे॒ मन्द॑न्तु धृष्ण॒विन्द॑वः ।
आ त्वा॑ प॒णिं यदीम॑हे ॥
O wise and bold one, may the drops of soma delight you; when we set out to attack the Paṇi, we call you here.
8.45.15
यस्ते॑ रे॒वाँ अदा॑शुरिः प्रम॒मर्ष॑ म॒घत्त॑ये ।
तस्य॑ नो॒ वेद॒ आ भ॑र ॥
Whoever, though rich, is ungenerous and has neglected you for the sake of wealth — bring his wealth hither to us.
8.45.16
इ॒म उ॑ त्वा॒ वि च॑क्षते॒ सखा॑य इन्द्र सो॒मिनः॑ ।
पु॒ष्टाव॑न्तो॒ यथा॑ प॒शुम् ॥
O Indra, these friends who press soma gaze upon you, as well-nourished cattle look to the herdsman.
8.45.17
उ॒त त्वाब॑धिरं व॒यं श्रुत्क॑र्णं॒ सन्त॑मू॒तये॑ ।
दू॒रादि॒ह ह॑वामहे ॥
You are not deaf but sharp-eared; for help we call you here from afar.
8.45.18
यच्छु॑श्रू॒या इ॒मं हवं॑ दु॒र्मर्षं॑ चक्रिया उ॒त ।
भवे॑रा॒पिर्नो॒ अन्त॑मः ॥
When you hear this call that is hard to withstand and make it fruitful, may you be our nearest protector.
8.45.19
यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ अपि॒ व्यथि॑र्जग॒न्वांसो॒ अम॑न्महि ।
गो॒दा इदि॑न्द्र बोधि नः ॥
Indra, when we come to you in affliction and call you to mind, may you indeed become the giver of cows to us.
8.45.20
आ त्वा॑ र॒म्भं न जिव्र॑यो रर॒भ्मा श॑वसस्पते ।
उ॒श्मसि॑ त्वा स॒धस्थ॒ आ ॥
Lord of strength, as the weary grasp a staff, so we have grasped you; we sit down near you in your seat.
8.45.21
स्तो॒त्रमिन्द्रा॑य गायत पुरुनृ॒म्णाय॒ सत्व॑ने ।
नकि॒र्यं वृ॑ण्व॒ते यु॒धि ॥
Sing a praise-song to Indra, the mighty one of many treasures; in battle no one turns away from him.
8.45.22
अ॒भि त्वा॑ वृषभा सु॒ते सु॒तं सृ॑जामि पी॒तये॑ ।
तृ॒म्पा व्य॑श्नुही॒ मद॑म् ॥
O bull, at the pressing I send the pressed soma to you for drinking; be satisfied and fully enjoy this exhilaration.
8.45.23
मा त्वा॑ मू॒रा अ॑वि॒ष्यवो॒ मोप॒हस्वा॑न॒ आ द॑भन् ।
माकीं॑ ब्रह्म॒द्विषो॑ वनः ॥
May the dull-witted, the mockers, and those who wish harm never harm you; never hand over to those hostile to prayer.
8.45.24
इ॒ह त्वा॒ गोप॑रीणसा म॒हे म॑न्दन्तु॒ राध॑से ।
सरो॑ गौ॒रो यथा॑ पिब ॥
Here may the cattle-givers gladden you for great wealth; drink as the tawny horse drinks water.
8.45.25
या वृ॑त्र॒हा प॑रा॒वति॒ सना॒ नवा॑ च चुच्यु॒वे ।
ता सं॒सत्सु॒ प्र वो॑चत ॥
Proclaim in the assemblies those deeds of Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, which he showed from afar, both ancient and new.
8.45.26
अपि॑बत्क॒द्रुवः॑ सु॒तमिन्द्रः॑ स॒हस्र॑बाह्वे ।
अत्रा॑देदिष्ट॒ पौंस्य॑म् ॥
Indra of the thousand arms drank the pressed soma from the cup of Kadru; there he displayed his manly strength.
8.45.27
स॒त्यं तत्तु॒र्वशे॒ यदौ॒ विदा॑नो अह्नवा॒य्यम् ।
व्या॑नट्तु॒र्वणे॒ शमि॑ ॥
This is true: for Turvaśa and Yadu, knowing the Ahnavāyya, he spread out his power with Turvaṇa's help.
8.45.28
त॒रणिं॑ वो॒ जना॑नां त्र॒दं वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः ।
स॒मा॒नमु॒ प्र शं॑सिषम् ॥
Upon you, guide of the peoples and deliverer of strength and cattle-rich wealth, I shall proclaim the same praise.
8.45.29
ऋ॒भु॒क्षणं॒ न वर्त॑व उ॒क्थेषु॑ तुग्र्या॒वृध॑म् ।
इन्द्रं॒ सोमे॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते ॥
Indra, the mighty Ṛbhukṣan, as for the rite and in the hymns, the increaser of Tugra, together with the pressed soma.
8.45.30
यः कृ॒न्तदिद्वि यो॒न्यं त्रि॒शोका॑य गि॒रिं पृ॒थुम् ।
गोभ्यो॑ गा॒तुं निरे॑तवे ॥
He who split open the broad mountain's cavern for Triśoka, and opened the way for the cows to come forth: Indra.
8.45.31
यद्द॑धि॒षे म॑न॒स्यसि॑ मन्दा॒नः प्रेदिय॑क्षसि ।
मा तत्क॑रिन्द्र मृ॒ळय॑ ॥
O Indra, what you have set your mind on, exhilarated, as you go forth to the sacrifice, do not do that; show mercy to us.
8.45.32
द॒भ्रं चि॒द्धि त्वाव॑तः कृ॒तं शृ॒ण्वे अधि॒ क्षमि॑ ।
जिगा॑त्विन्द्र ते॒ मनः॑ ॥
Even a small deed done for one like you is heard upon the earth; O Indra, may your mind go toward us.
8.45.33
तवेदु॒ ताः सु॑की॒र्तयोऽस॑न्नु॒त प्रश॑स्तयः ।
यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ॥
Those well-praised songs are indeed yours, and the praises too, O Indra, when you show mercy to us.
8.45.34
मा न॒ एक॑स्मि॒न्नाग॑सि॒ मा द्वयो॑रु॒त त्रि॒षु ।
वधी॒र्मा शू॑र॒ भूरि॑षु ॥
Do not strike us for one offense, nor for two or three; O hero, do not strike us for many.
8.45.35
बि॒भया॒ हि त्वाव॑त उ॒ग्राद॑भिप्रभ॒ङ्गिणः॑ ।
द॒स्माद॒हमृ॑ती॒षहः॑ ॥
I have indeed feared one like you, the fierce one who breaks through; from the destroyer I, the conqueror of the Ṛtīyas, am afraid.
8.45.36
मा सख्युः॒ शून॒मा वि॑दे॒ मा पु॒त्रस्य॑ प्रभूवसो ।
आ॒वृत्व॑द्भूतु ते॒ मनः॑ ॥
May I not find the friend's emptiness, nor find the son's emptiness; O giver of wealth, may your mind come back to us.
8.45.37
को नु म॑र्या॒ अमि॑थितः॒ सखा॒ सखा॑यमब्रवीत् ।
ज॒हा को अ॒स्मदी॑षते ॥
O men, which unbound friend said to his friend: who, abandoning us, desires to harm us?
8.45.38
ए॒वारे॑ वृषभा सु॒ते असि॑न्व॒न्भूर्या॑वयः ।
श्व॒घ्नीव॑ नि॒वता॒ चर॑न् ॥
O bull, at the pressing you drank much, like a dog-slayer moving with downward rush.
8.45.39
आ त॑ ए॒ता व॑चो॒युजा॒ हरी॑ गृभ्णे सु॒मद्र॑था ।
यदीं॑ ब्र॒ह्मभ्य॒ इद्ददः॑ ॥
I take hold of these two bay horses of yours, yoked by speech, of good chariot, when you indeed give to the priests.
8.45.40
भि॒न्धि विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषः॒ परि॒ बाधो॑ ज॒ही मृधः॑ ।
वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ॥
Break all hostilities, drive the obstructers away, slay the enemies; bring here that desirable wealth.
8.45.41
यद्वी॒ळावि॑न्द्र॒ यत्स्थि॒रे यत्पर्शा॑ने॒ परा॑भृतम् ।
वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ॥
O Indra, whatever wealth is in the pit, in the firm place, when hidden away in the rocky place — bring here that desirable wealth.
8.45.42
यस्य॑ ते वि॒श्वमा॑नुषो॒ भूरे॑र्द॒त्तस्य॒ वेद॑ति ।
वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ॥
Of you, the giver of great wealth, all men know; bring here that desirable wealth.