Ṛgveda · Sūkta 8.96
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8.96.1
अ॒स्मा उ॒षास॒ आति॑रन्त॒ याम॒मिन्द्रा॑य॒ नक्त॒मूर्म्याः॑ सु॒वाचः॑ ।
अ॒स्मा आपो॑ मा॒तरः॑ स॒प्त त॑स्थु॒र्नृभ्य॒स्तरा॑य॒ सिन्ध॑वः सुपा॒राः ॥
The dawns and the nights have surged along Indra's course like sweet-sounding waves. For him the seven mother-waters stood still, and for men's crossing the rivers became easy to cross.
8.96.2
अति॑विद्धा विथु॒रेणा॑ चि॒दस्त्रा॒ त्रिः स॒प्त सानु॒ संहि॑ता गिरी॒णाम् ।
न तद्दे॒वो न मर्त्य॑स्तुतुर्या॒द्यानि॒ प्रवृ॑द्धो वृष॒भश्च॒कार॑ ॥
Pierced through even by the mighty weapon, the thrice-seven peaks of the mountains are bound together. What deeds the strengthened bull Indra accomplished, no god and no mortal could shake.
8.96.3
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्र॑ आय॒सो निमि॑श्ल॒ इन्द्र॑स्य बा॒ह्वोर्भूयि॑ष्ठ॒मोजः॑ ।
शी॒र्षन्निन्द्र॑स्य॒ क्रत॑वो निरे॒क आ॒सन्नेष॑न्त॒ श्रुत्या॑ उपा॒के ॥
Indra's thunderbolt is of iron, and in his two arms lies the greatest strength. Indra's purposes are on his head and in the hollow of his mouth; they strive toward him for hearing and for fame.
8.96.4
मन्ये॑ त्वा य॒ज्ञियं॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑नां॒ मन्ये॑ त्वा॒ च्यव॑न॒मच्यु॑तानाम् ।
मन्ये॑ त्वा॒ सत्व॑नामिन्द्र के॒तुं मन्ये॑ त्वा वृष॒भं च॑र्षणी॒नाम् ॥
I hold you as the one worthy of sacrifice among those worthy of sacrifice; I hold you as the pillar among the unfallen. O Indra, I hold you as the banner among the mighty; I hold you as the bull among the people.
8.96.5
आ यद्वज्रं॑ बा॒ह्वोरि॑न्द्र॒ धत्से॑ मद॒च्युत॒मह॑ये॒ हन्त॒वा उ॑ ।
प्र पर्व॑ता॒ अन॑वन्त॒ प्र गावः॒ प्र ब्र॒ह्माणो॑ अभि॒नक्ष॑न्त॒ इन्द्र॑म् ॥
When, O Indra, you grasp in your two arms the exhilarating thunderbolt to strike the serpent, then the mountains bowed down, the cows went forth, and the priests cried out to Indra.
8.96.6
तमु॑ ष्टवाम॒ य इ॒मा ज॒जान॒ विश्वा॑ जा॒तान्यव॑राण्यस्मात् ।
इन्द्रे॑ण मि॒त्रं दि॑धिषेम गी॒र्भिरुपो॒ नमो॑भिर्वृष॒भं वि॑शेम ॥
Let us praise him who brought forth all these; all born things came after him. With Indra, let us hold the friend in mind; with songs and with humble homage, let us draw near the bull.
8.96.7
वृ॒त्रस्य॑ त्वा श्व॒सथा॒दीष॑माणा॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अ॑जहु॒र्ये सखा॑यः ।
म॒रुद्भि॑रिन्द्र स॒ख्यं ते॑ अस्तु॒ अथे॒मा विश्वाः॒ पृत॑ना जयासि ॥
Out of fear of Vṛtra the gods all abandoned you, and your own companions abandoned you too. O Indra, let your friendship with the Maruts endure; then you will conquer all these battles.
8.96.8
त्रिः ष॒ष्टिस्त्वा॑ म॒रुतो॑ वावृधा॒ना उ॒स्रा इ॑व रा॒शयो॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑सः ।
उप॒ त्वेमः॑ कृ॒धि नो॑ भाग॒धेयं॒ शुष्मं॑ त ए॒ना ह॒विषा॑ विधेम ॥
Sixty Maruts three times made you grow strong, like generous bulls worthy of sacrifice. We draw near to you; grant us your portion, and let us honor this strength of yours with oblation.
8.96.9
ति॒ग्ममायु॑धं म॒रुता॒मनी॑कं॒ कस्त॑ इन्द्र॒ प्रति॒ वज्रं॑ दधर्ष ।
अ॒ना॒यु॒धासो॒ असु॑रा अदे॒वाश्च॒क्रेण॒ ताँ अप॑ वप ऋजीषिन् ॥
O Indra, who dared to raise the sharp weapon and host of the Maruts against your thunderbolt? Cast away with your discus those unarmed, demonic, ungodly ones, O Ṛjīṣin.
8.96.10
म॒ह उ॒ग्राय॑ त॒वसे॑ सुवृ॒क्तिं प्रेर॑य शि॒वत॑माय प॒श्वः ।
गिर्वा॑हसे॒ गिर॒ इन्द्रा॑य पू॒र्वीर्धे॒हि त॒न्वे॑ कु॒विद॒ङ्ग वेद॑त् ॥
Send a beautiful praise to the great, fierce, mighty Indra, lord of most auspicious cattle. Set ancient praises before Indra, borne by songs; perhaps he will know it in his body.
8.96.11
उ॒क्थवा॑हसे वि॒भ्वे॑ मनी॒षां द्रुणा॒ न पा॒रमी॑रया न॒दीना॑म् ।
नि स्पृ॑श धि॒या त॒न्वि॑ श्रु॒तस्य॒ जुष्ट॑तरस्य कु॒विद॒ङ्ग वेद॑त् ॥
Send your thought to the all-pervading Indra borne by praise, as a wooden boat carries across rivers. Touch with insight his body, the most beloved of those heard of; perhaps he will know it.
8.96.12
तद्वि॑विड्ढि॒ यत्त॒ इन्द्रो॒ जुजो॑षत्स्तु॒हि सु॑ष्टु॒तिं नम॒सा वि॑वास ।
उप॑ भूष जरित॒र्मा रु॑वण्यः श्रा॒वया॒ वाचं॑ कु॒विद॒ङ्ग वेद॑त् ॥
Make bright that (praise) which pleases Indra; recite a good praise, approach him with homage. O singer, do not leave me silent; make your voice heard. Perhaps he will know it.
8.96.13
अव॑ द्र॒प्सो अं॑शु॒मती॑मतिष्ठदिया॒नः कृ॒ष्णो द॒शभिः॑ स॒हस्रैः॑ ।
आव॒त्तमिन्द्रः॒ शच्या॒ धम॑न्त॒मप॒ स्नेहि॑तीर्नृ॒मणा॑ अधत्त ॥
The drop of Soma stood above the Aṃśumatī river, the dark stream flowing with tens and thousands. Indra with might protected the one blowing the reed, and the manly one drove away his weapons.
8.96.14
द्र॒प्सम॑पश्यं॒ विषु॑णे॒ चर॑न्तमुपह्व॒रे न॒द्यो॑ अंशु॒मत्याः॑ ।
नभो॒ न कृ॒ष्णम॑वतस्थि॒वांस॒मिष्या॑मि वो वृषणो॒ युध्य॑ता॒जौ ॥
I saw the drop of Soma moving apart in the hollow of the Aṃśumatī river. Dark like the sky, it stands; O virile ones, I send you forth, fight in the contest.
8.96.15
अध॑ द्र॒प्सो अं॑शु॒मत्या॑ उ॒पस्थेऽधा॑रयत्त॒न्वं॑ तित्विषा॒णः ।
विशो॒ अदे॑वीर॒भ्या॑चर॑न्ती॒र्बृह॒स्पति॑ना यु॒जेन्द्रः॑ ससाहे ॥
Then the drop of Soma held its body on the lap of the Aṃśumatī river, shining. Indra, joined with Bṛhaspati as companion, overcame the non-divine clans moving toward it.
8.96.16
त्वं ह॒ त्यत्स॒प्तभ्यो॒ जाय॑मानो अश॒त्रुभ्यो॑ अभवः॒ शत्रु॑रिन्द्र ।
गू॒ळ्हे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अन्व॑विन्दो विभु॒मद्भ्यो॒ भुव॑नेभ्यो॒ रणं॑ धाः ॥
You, Indra, born for the seven, became the enemy of the non-enemies. You afterwards found the hidden heaven and earth, and placed wealth for the mighty worlds.
8.96.17
त्वं ह॒ त्यद॑प्रतिमा॒नमोजो॒ वज्रे॑ण वज्रिन्धृषि॒तो ज॑घन्थ ।
त्वं शुष्ण॒स्यावा॑तिरो॒ वध॑त्रै॒स्त्वं गा इ॑न्द्र॒ शच्येद॑विन्दः ॥
You, thunderbearer, with the thunderbolt struck down that unequalled strength; bold one, you drove away the blows of Śuṣṇa. You, Indra, with might indeed found the cows.
8.96.18
त्वं ह॒ त्यद्वृ॑षभ चर्षणी॒नां घ॒नो वृ॒त्राणां॑ तवि॒षो ब॑भूथ ।
त्वं सिन्धूँ॑रसृजस्तस्तभा॒नान्त्वम॒पो अ॑जयो दा॒सप॑त्नीः ॥
You, bull, became the cloud of the moving ones and the mighty conqueror of obstacles. You released the rivers that were held back; you conquered the waters and defeated the lords of slaves.
8.96.19
स सु॒क्रतू॒ रणि॑ता॒ यः सु॒तेषु॒ अनु॑त्तमन्यु॒र्यो अहे॑व रे॒वान् ।
य एक॒ इन्नर्यपां॑सि॒ कर्ता॒ स वृ॑त्र॒हा प्रतीद॒न्यमा॑हुः ॥
He is the wise one, the giver of joy at the soma pressings, of unmatched wrath, rich as the days. He alone is the doer of men's deeds; the slayer of Vṛtra they call apart from all others.
8.96.20
स वृ॑त्र॒हेन्द्र॑श्चर्षणी॒धृत्तं सु॑ष्टु॒त्या हव्यं॑ हुवेम ।
स प्रा॑वि॒ता म॒घवा॑ नोऽधिव॒क्ता स वाज॑स्य श्रव॒स्य॑स्य दा॒ता ॥
That slayer of Vṛtra, Indra, bearer of the peoples: let us call him with a fine hymn as one to be invoked. He is the protector, the bountiful one, our advocate; he is the giver of strength and of fame.
8.96.21
स वृ॑त्र॒हेन्द्र॑ ऋभु॒क्षाः स॒द्यो ज॑ज्ञा॒नो हव्यो॑ बभूव ।
कृ॒ण्वन्नपां॑सि॒ नर्या॑ पु॒रूणि॒ सोमो॒ न पी॒तो हव्यः॒ सखि॑भ्यः ॥
That slayer of Vṛtra, Indra, the swift-winning one, was born at once and became one to be invoked. Making many deeds of men, like the soma that has been drunk, he is to be invoked by his friends.