8.14.1
यदि॑न्द्रा॒हं यथा॒ त्वमीशी॑य॒ वस्व॒ एक॒ इत् | स्तो॒ता मे॒ गोष॑खा स्यात् ||
IF I, O Indra, were, like thee, the single Sovran of all wealth, My worshipper should be rich in kine.
Rigveda 8.14
HYMN XIV. INDRA. · १५ गोषूक्त्यश्वसूक्तिनौ काण्वायनौ । इन्द्र: । गायत्री ।
8.14.1
यदि॑न्द्रा॒हं यथा॒ त्वमीशी॑य॒ वस्व॒ एक॒ इत् | स्तो॒ता मे॒ गोष॑खा स्यात् ||
IF I, O Indra, were, like thee, the single Sovran of all wealth, My worshipper should be rich in kine.
1 / 1
Scroll wheel or ↑ ↓ keys move between shlokas · swipe on touch
Source text
Complete verse transcript
Source: DharmicData Sanskrit; Griffith English via rigveda-online (public domain)
This reader preserves the available Sanskrit and attributed translation. A modern interpretation is shown only when reviewed text exists in the source record.
8.14.2
शिक्षे॑यमस्मै॒ दित्से॑यं॒ शची॑पते मनी॒षिणे॑ | यद॒हं गोप॑ति॒: स्याम् ||
I should be fain, O Lord of Power, to strengthen and enrich the sage, Were I the Lord of herds of kine.
8.14.3
धे॒नुष्ट॑ इन्द्र सू॒नृता॒ यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते | गामश्वं॑ पि॒प्युषी॑ दुहे ||
To worshippers who press the juice thy goodness, Indra, is a cow Yielding in plenty kine and steeds.
8.14.4
न ते॑ व॒र्तास्ति॒ राध॑स॒ इन्द्र॑ दे॒वो न मर्त्य॑: | यद्दित्स॑सि स्तु॒तो म॒घम् ||
None is there, Indra, God or man, to hinder thy munificence, The wealth which, lauded, thou wilt give.
8.14.5
य॒ज्ञ इन्द्र॑मवर्धय॒द्यद्भूमिं॒ व्यव॑र्तयत् | च॒क्रा॒ण ओ॑प॒शं दि॒वि ||
The sacrifice made Indra strong when he unrolled the earth, and made Himself a diadem in heaven.
8.14.6
वा॒वृ॒धा॒नस्य॑ ते व॒यं विश्वा॒ धना॑नि जि॒ग्युष॑: | ऊ॒तिमि॒न्द्रा वृ॑णीमहे ||
Thine aid we claim, O Indra, thine who after thou hast waxen great Hast won all treasures for thine own.
8.14.7
व्य१न्तरि॑क्षमतिर॒न्मदे॒ सोम॑स्य रोच॒ना | इन्द्रो॒ यदभि॑नद्व॒लम् ||
In Soma's ecstasy Indra spread the firmament and realms of light, When he cleft Vala limb from limb.
8.14.8
उद्गा आ॑ज॒दङ्गि॑रोभ्य आ॒विष्कृ॒ण्वन्गुहा॑ स॒तीः | अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ नुनुदे व॒लम् ||
Showing the hidden he drave forth the cows for the Aṅgirases, And Vala he cast headlong down.
8.14.9
इन्द्रे॑ण रोच॒ना दि॒वो दृ॒ळ्हानि॑ दृंहि॒तानि॑ च | स्थि॒राणि॒ न प॑रा॒णुदे॑ ||
By Indra were the lumirious realms of heaven established and secured, Firm and immovable from their place.
8.14.10
अ॒पामू॒र्मिर्मद॑न्निव॒ स्तोम॑ इन्द्राजिरायते | वि ते॒ मदा॑ अराजिषुः ||
Indra, thy laud moves quickly like a joyous wave of water-floods: Bright shine the drops that gladden thee.
8.14.11
त्वं हि स्तो॑म॒वर्ध॑न॒ इन्द्रास्यु॑क्थ॒वर्ध॑नः | स्तो॒तॄ॒णामु॒त भ॑द्र॒कृत् ||
For thou, O Indra, art the God whom hymns and praises magnify: Thou blessest those who worship thee.
8.14.12
इन्द्र॒मित्के॒शिना॒ हरी॑ सोम॒पेया॑य वक्षतः | उप॑ य॒ज्ञं सु॒राध॑सम् ||
Let the two long-maned Bay Steeds bring Indra to drink the Soma juice, The Bountiful to our sacrifice.
8.14.13
अ॒पां फेने॑न॒ नमु॑चे॒: शिर॑ इ॒न्द्रोद॑वर्तयः | विश्वा॒ यदज॑य॒: स्पृध॑: ||
With waters' foam thou torest off, Indra, the head of Namuci, Subduing all contending hosts.
8.14.14
मा॒याभि॑रु॒त्सिसृ॑प्सत॒ इन्द्र॒ द्यामा॒रुरु॑क्षतः | अव॒ दस्यूँ॑रधूनुथाः ||
The Dasyus, when they fain would climb by magic arts and mount to heaven, Thou, Indra, castest down to earth.
8.14.15
अ॒सु॒न्वामि॑न्द्र सं॒सदं॒ विषू॑चीं॒ व्य॑नाशयः | सो॒म॒पा उत्त॑रो॒ भव॑न् ||
As Soma-drinker conquering all, thou scatteredst to every side Their settlement who poured no gifts.