8.17.1
आ या॑हि सुषु॒मा हि त॒ इन्द्र॒ सोमं॒ पिबा॑ इ॒मम् | एदं ब॒र्हिः स॑दो॒ मम॑ ||
COME, we have pressed the juice for thee; O Indra, drink this Soma here Sit thou on this my sacred grass.
Rigveda 8.17
HYMN XVII INDRA. · १५ इरिम्बिष्ठिः काण्व: ।इन्द्र: ; १४ वास्तोष्पतिर्वा । गायत्री , प्रगाथ:= (१४ बृहती , १५ सतोबृहती ) ।
8.17.1
आ या॑हि सुषु॒मा हि त॒ इन्द्र॒ सोमं॒ पिबा॑ इ॒मम् | एदं ब॒र्हिः स॑दो॒ मम॑ ||
COME, we have pressed the juice for thee; O Indra, drink this Soma here Sit thou on this my sacred grass.
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8.17.2
आ त्वा॑ ब्रह्म॒युजा॒ हरी॒ वह॑तामिन्द्र के॒शिना॑ | उप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि नः शृणु ||
O Indra, let thy long-maned Bays, yoked by prayer, bring thee hitherward Give car and listen to our prayers.
8.17.3
ब्र॒ह्माण॑स्त्वा व॒यं यु॒जा सो॑म॒पामि॑न्द्र सो॒मिन॑: | सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे ||
We Soma-bearing Brahmans call thee Soma-drinker with thy friend, We, Indra, bringing Soma juice.
8.17.4
आ नो॑ याहि सु॒ताव॑तो॒ऽस्माकं॑ सुष्टु॒तीरुप॑ | पिबा॒ सु शि॑प्रि॒न्नन्ध॑सः ||
Come unto us who bring the juice, come unto this our eulogy, Fair-visored! drink thou of the juice.
8.17.5
आ ते॑ सिञ्चामि कु॒क्ष्योरनु॒ गात्रा॒ वि धा॑वतु | गृ॒भा॒य जि॒ह्वया॒ मधु॑ ||
I pour it down within thee, so through all thy members let it spread: Take with. thy tongue the pleasant drink.
8.17.6
स्वा॒दुष्टे॑ अस्तु सं॒सुदे॒ मधु॑मान्त॒न्वे॒३ तव॑ | सोम॒: शम॑स्तु ते हृ॒दे ||
Sweet to thy body let it be, delicious be the savoury juice: Sweet be the Soma to thine heart.
8.17.7
अ॒यमु॑ त्वा विचर्षणे॒ जनी॑रिवा॒भि संवृ॑तः | प्र सोम॑ इन्द्र सर्पतु ||
Like women, let this Soma-draught, invested with its robe, approach, O active Indra, close to thee.
8.17.8
तु॒वि॒ग्रीवो॑ व॒पोद॑रः सुबा॒हुरन्ध॑सो॒ मदे॑ | इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते ||
Indra, transported with the juice, vast in his bulk, strong in his neck And stout arms, smites the Vṛtras down.
8.17.9
इन्द्र॒ प्रेहि॑ पु॒रस्त्वं विश्व॒स्येशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा | वृ॒त्राणि॑ वृत्रहञ्जहि ||
O Indra, go thou forward, thou who rulest over all by might: Thou Vṛtra-slayer slay the fiends,
8.17.10
दी॒र्घस्ते॑ अस्त्वङ्कु॒शो येना॒ वसु॑ प्र॒यच्छ॑सि | यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते ||
Long be thy grasping-hook wherewith thou givest ample wealth to him Who sheds the juice and worships thee.
8.17.11
अ॒यं त॑ इन्द्र॒ सोमो॒ निपू॑तो॒ अधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ | एही॑म॒स्य द्रवा॒ पिब॑ ||
Here, Indra, is thy Soma-draught, made pure upon the sacred grass: Run hither, come and drink thereof.
8.17.12
शाचि॑गो॒ शाचि॑पूजना॒ऽयं रणा॑य ते सु॒तः | आख॑ण्डल॒ प्र हू॑यसे ||
Famed for thy radiance, worshipped well this juice is shed for thy delight Thou art invoked, Akhandala!
8.17.13
यस्ते॑ शृङ्गवृषो नपा॒त्प्रण॑पात्कुण्ड॒पाय्य॑: | न्य॑स्मिन्दध्र॒ आ मन॑: ||
To Kundapayya, grandson's son, grandson of Srngavrs! to thee, To him have I addressed my thought.
8.17.14
वास्तो॑ष्पते ध्रु॒वा स्थूणांऽस॑त्रं सो॒म्याना॑म् | द्र॒प्सो भे॒त्ता पु॒रां शश्व॑तीना॒मिन्द्रो॒ मुनी॑नां॒ सखा॑ ||
Strong pillar thou, Lord of the home armour of Soma-offerers: The drop of Soma breaketh all the strongholds down, and Indra is the Ṛṣis’ Friend.
8.17.15
पृदा॑कुसानुर्यज॒तो ग॒वेष॑ण॒ एक॒: सन्न॒भि भूय॑सः | भूर्णि॒मश्वं॑ नयत्तु॒जा पु॒रो गृ॒भेन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ||
Holy Prdikusanu, winner of the spoil, one eminent o’er many men, Lead on the wild horse Indra with his vigorous grasp forward to drink the Soma juice.