Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.6
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8.6.1
म॒हाँ इन्द्रो॒ य ओज॑सा प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व ।
स्तोमै॑र्व॒त्सस्य॑ वावृधे ॥
Indra, great by his might, like a rain-cloud full of rain, has grown strong through the praises of Vatsa.
8.6.2
प्र॒जामृ॒तस्य॒ पिप्र॑तः॒ प्र यद्भर॑न्त॒ वह्न॑यः ।
विप्रा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ वाह॑सा ॥
When the carriers bring forth the offspring who nourish cosmic order, the inspired poets bring them by the chariot of cosmic order.
8.6.3
कण्वा॒ इन्द्रं॒ यदक्र॑त॒ स्तोमै॑र्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम् ।
जा॒मि ब्रु॑वत॒ आयु॑धम् ॥
When the Kaṇvas made Indra the means of the sacrifice through praises, they called him kinsman and named his weapon.
8.6.4
सम॑स्य म॒न्यवे॒ विशो॒ विश्वा॑ नमन्त कृ॒ष्टयः॑ ।
स॒मु॒द्राये॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः ॥
Before his wrath all the peoples and all the settlers bowed together, as rivers bend toward the ocean.
8.6.5
ओज॒स्तद॑स्य तित्विष उ॒भे यद्स॒मव॑र्तयत् ।
इन्द्र॒श्चर्मे॑व॒ रोद॑सी ॥
That might of his shone forth when Indra enveloped both worlds like a shield.
8.6.6
वि चि॑द्वृ॒त्रस्य॒ दोध॑तो॒ वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा ।
शिरो॑ बिभेद वृ॒ष्णिना॑ ॥
Indra split apart the head of Vṛtra, who was withholding the waters, with the hundred-jointed thunderbolt and with his manly force.
8.6.7
इ॒मा अ॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो वि॒पामग्रे॑षु धी॒तयः॑ ।
अ॒ग्नेः शो॒चिर्न दि॒द्युतः॑ ॥
With these prayers we praise him before the foremost of the sages, like the flashing blaze of Agni.
8.6.8
गुहा॑ स॒तीरुप॒ त्मना॒ प्र यच्छोच॑न्त धी॒तयः॑ ।
कण्वा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ॥
Hidden, he came near of his own accord; when the prayers shone forth, the Kaṇvas, by the stream of the cosmic order, brought him to light.
8.6.9
प्र तमि॑न्द्र नशीमहि र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् ।
प्र ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये ॥
O Indra, may we obtain that wealth rich in cattle and horses; we offer the sacred word for the sake of the first-thought.
8.6.10
अ॒हमिद्धि पि॒तुष्परि॑ मे॒धामृ॒तस्य॑ ज॒ग्रभ॑ ।
अ॒हं सूर्य॑ इवाजनि ॥
Indeed I took hold of the wisdom of the cosmic order from the father; I was born like the sun.
8.6.11
अ॒हं प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना॒ गिरः॑ शुम्भामि कण्व॒वत् ।
येनेन्द्रः॒ शुष्म॒मिद्द॒धे ॥
With the ancient song, like Kaṇva, I adorn the hymns, by which Indra indeed gained strength.
8.6.12
ये त्वामि॑न्द्र॒ न तु॑ष्टु॒वुर्ऋष॑यो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः ।
ममेद्व॑र्धस्व॒ सुष्टु॑तः ॥
Those seers who have not praised you, and those who have — O Indra, indeed grow strong by my praise; well-praised one.
8.6.13
यद॑स्य म॒न्युरध्व॑नी॒द्वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो रु॒जन् ।
अ॒पः स॑मु॒द्रमैर॑यत् ॥
When his wrath roared, he shattered Vritra joint by joint and set the waters flowing to the sea.
8.6.14
नि शुष्ण॑ इन्द्र धर्ण॒सिं वज्रं॑ जघन्थ॒ दस्य॑वि ।
वृषा॒ ह्यु॑ग्र शृण्वि॒षे ॥
O Indra, you brought down your thunderbolt upon Śuṣṇa and struck the Dharṇasi among the dasyus. O fierce one, you are heard like a bull.
8.6.15
न द्याव॒ इन्द्र॒मोज॑सा॒ नान्तरि॑क्षाणि व॒ज्रिण॑म् ।
न वि॑व्यचन्त॒ भूम॑यः ॥
The heavens did not match Indra in strength, nor the mid-regions, nor did the earths stand comparable to the thunderbolt-bearer.
8.6.16
यस्त॑ इन्द्र म॒हीर॒पः स्त॑भू॒यमा॑न॒ आश॑यत् ।
नि तं पद्या॑सु शिश्नथः ॥
O Indra, the one who lay down in the great waters held back by you, you pressed him down beneath your feet.
8.6.17
य इ॒मे रोद॑सी म॒ही स॑मी॒ची स॒मज॑ग्रभीत् ।
तमो॑भिरिन्द्र॒ तं गु॑हः ॥
O Indra, the one who gathered together these two great worlds, heaven and earth, you hid him with darknesses.
8.6.18
य इ॑न्द्र॒ यत॑यस्त्वा॒ भृग॑वो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः ।
ममेदु॑ग्र श्रुधी॒ हव॑म् ॥
O Indra, the ascetics and the Bhṛgus who praised you, and all who sang your praise, O fierce one, hear my call indeed.
8.6.19
इ॒मास्त॑ इन्द्र॒ पृश्न॑यो घृ॒तं दु॑हत आ॒शिर॑म् ।
ए॒नामृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषीः॑ ॥
O Indra, these spotted cows of yours milk out ghee and the nourishing drink; filling the cosmic order, they are swelled by it.
8.6.20
या इ॑न्द्र प्र॒स्व॑स्त्वा॒सा गर्भ॒मच॑क्रिरन् ।
परि॒ धर्मे॑व॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥
O Indra, the life-bearing waters, who made you an embryo with their own strength, set the sun around like a law.
8.6.21
त्वामिच्छ॑वसस्पते॒ कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः ।
त्वां सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
O lord of might, the Kaṇvas have strengthened you with the recitation, and the pressed soma drops have strengthened you.
8.6.22
तवेदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रणी॑तिषू॒त प्रश॑स्तिरद्रिवः ।
य॒ज्ञो वि॑तन्त॒साय्यः॑ ॥
O Indra, in your guidings and in praise of you, O wielder of the thunderbolt, the sacrifice is spread out.
8.6.23
आ न॑ इन्द्र म॒हीमिषं॒ पुरं॒ न द॑र्षि॒ गोम॑तीम् ।
उ॒त प्र॒जां सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥
O Indra, open up for us great nourishment like a cow-filled fortress, and also offspring with good heroes.
8.6.24
उ॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्यं॒ यदि॑न्द्र॒ नाहु॑षी॒ष्वाँ ।
अग्रे॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॒दीद॑यत् ॥
And that horse-wealth, O Indra, which you caused to shine among the Nahuṣas, in front, among the peoples.
8.6.25
अ॒भि व्र॒जं न त॑त्निषे॒ सूर॑ उपा॒कच॑क्षसम् ।
यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ॥
As the sun spreads its path that looks upon the dawn, so, O Indra, when you show us grace, you spread your light over us.
8.6.26
यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषी॒यस॒ इन्द्र॑ प्र॒राज॑सि क्षि॒तीः ।
म॒हाँ अ॑पा॒र ओज॑सा ॥
Since, O Indra, you indeed rule over the regions as the most mighty; you are great and boundless by your strength.
8.6.27
तं त्वा॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विश॒ उप॑ ब्रुवत ऊ॒तये॑ ।
उ॒रु॒ज्रय॑स॒मिन्दु॑भिः ॥
The offering-bearing peoples call upon you for help; O you of wide might, they speak to you with drops of soma.
8.6.28
उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे गि॑री॒णां सं॑ग॒थे च॑ न॒दीना॑म् ।
धि॒या विप्रो॑ अजायत ॥
In the hollow of the mountains and at the confluence of the rivers, the seer was born by thought.
8.6.29
अतः॑ समु॒द्रमु॒द्वत॑श्चिकि॒त्वाँ अव॑ पश्यति ।
यतो॑ विपा॒न एज॑ति ॥
From here he, knowing the sea and the upper waters, looks down; from where the purifier stirs and moves.
8.6.30
आदित्प्र॒त्नस्य॒ रेत॑सो॒ ज्योति॑ष्पश्यन्ति वास॒रम् ।
प॒रो यदि॒ध्यते॑ दि॒वा ॥
Then indeed they behold the light of the ancient seed and the day, when it kindles far off by day.
8.6.31
कण्वा॑स इन्द्र ते म॒तिं विश्वे॑ वर्धन्ति॒ पौंस्य॑म् ।
उ॒तो श॑विष्ठ॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् ॥
O Indra, the descendants of Kaṇva increase your devotion; all men increase your manly power, and also your virile strength, O most mighty one.
8.6.32
इ॒मां म॑ इन्द्र सुष्टु॒तिं जु॒षस्व॒ प्र सु माम॑व ।
उ॒त प्र व॑र्धया म॒तिम् ॥
O Indra, accept this fine hymn of mine; protect me well, and increase my devotion.
8.6.33
उ॒त ब्र॑ह्म॒ण्या व॒यं तुभ्यं॑ प्रवृद्ध वज्रिवः ।
विप्रा॑ अतक्ष्म जी॒वसे॑ ॥
And with sacred speech we, the seers, have fashioned this for you, O exalted wielder of the thunderbolt, for the sake of life.
8.6.34
अ॒भि कण्वा॑ अनूष॒तापो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः ।
इन्द्रं॒ वन॑न्वती म॒तिः ॥
The Kāṇvas have praised Indra in devotion, like waters flowing downward; and the thought that brings Indra near is likewise.
8.6.35
इन्द्र॑मु॒क्थानि॑ वावृधुः समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः ।
अनु॑त्तमन्युम॒जर॑म् ॥
The hymns have magnified Indra, as rivers swell the ocean — Indra, unwrathful and undecaying.
8.6.36
आ नो॑ याहि परा॒वतो॒ हरि॑भ्यां हर्य॒ताभ्या॑म् ।
इ॒ममि॑न्द्र सु॒तं पि॑ब ॥
O Indra, come to us from afar with your two tawny horses; drink this pressed soma.
8.6.37
त्वामिद्वृ॑त्रहन्तम॒ जना॑सो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः ।
हव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये ॥
O Indra, most slayer of Vṛtra, it is you that the people who spread the sacred grass invoke, to win spoils.
8.6.38
अनु॑ त्वा॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे च॒क्रं न व॒र्त्येत॑शम् ।
अनु॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
Both heaven and earth turn after you like a wheel; the pressed drops of soma also follow after you.
8.6.39
मन्द॑स्वा॒ सु स्व॑र्णर उ॒तेन्द्र॑ शर्य॒णाव॑ति ।
मत्स्वा॒ विव॑स्वतो म॒ती ॥
Rejoice well, O Indra, in the bright sun-realm and in Śaryaṇāvat; be gladdened by the devoted thought of Vivasvat.
8.6.40
वा॒वृ॒धा॒न उप॒ द्यवि॒ वृषा॑ व॒ज्र्य॑रोरवीत् ।
वृ॒त्र॒हा सो॑म॒पात॑मः ॥
Growing strong, the bull who wields the thunderbolt roared up in heaven, slayer of Vṛtra, greatest drinker of soma.
8.6.41
ऋषि॒र्हि पू॑र्व॒जा असि॒ एक॒ ईशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा ।
इन्द्र॑ चोष्कू॒यसे॒ वसु॑ ॥
For you are the seer, the first-born; you alone rule by might. O Indra, you gather in the treasure.
8.6.42
अ॒स्माकं॑ त्वा सु॒ताँ उप॑ वी॒तपृ॑ष्ठा अ॒भि प्रयः॑ ।
श॒तं व॑हन्तु॒ हर॑यः ॥
Toward our pressed soma, may the horses with far-reaching backs bring you forward a hundred times.
8.6.43
इ॒मां सु पू॒र्व्यां धियं॒ मधो॑र्घृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑म् ।
कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः ॥
The Kaṇvas have made Indra grow with this ancient prayer, brimming with honey and ghee.
8.6.44
इन्द्र॒मिद्विम॑हीनां॒ मेधे॑ वृणीत॒ मर्त्यः॑ ।
इन्द्रं॑ सनि॒ष्युरू॒तये॑ ॥
Indeed, a mortal who seeks help should choose Indra in the wisdom of the mighty ones.
8.6.45
अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ त्वा पुरुष्टुत प्रि॒यमे॑धस्तुता॒ हरी॑ ।
सो॒म॒पेया॑य वक्षतः ॥
O much-invoked Indra of dear wisdom, may your two bay horses bring you hither to drink the soma.
8.6.46
श॒तम॒हं ति॒रिन्दि॑रे स॒हस्रं॒ पर्शा॒वा द॑दे ।
राधां॑सि॒ याद्वा॑नाम् ॥
At Tirindira I have taken a hundred and a thousand upon my flanks, the wealth of the Yadus.
8.6.47
त्रीणि॑ श॒तान्यर्व॑तां स॒हस्रा॒ दश॒ गोना॑म् ।
द॒दुष्प॒ज्राय॒ साम्ने॑ ॥
Three hundred swift horses and ten thousand cows they gave, to Pajra and to the chanter of the Sāman.
8.6.48
उदा॑नट्ककु॒हो दिव॒मुष्ट्रा॑ञ्चतु॒र्युजो॒ दद॑त् ।
श्रव॑सा॒ याद्वं॒ जन॑म् ॥
Kakuha rose up to heaven and gave the four-yoked camels; with glory to the Yadu people.