Rigveda 8.32

8.32.1

प्र कृ॒तान्यृ॑जी॒षिण॒: कण्वा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ गाथ॑या | मदे॒ सोम॑स्य वोचत ||

KANVAS, tell forth with song the deeds of Indra, the Impetuous, Wrought in the Soma's wild delight.

8.32.2

यः सृबि॑न्द॒मन॑र्शनिं॒ पिप्रुं॑ दा॒सम॑ही॒शुव॑म् | वधी॑दु॒ग्रो रि॒णन्न॒पः ||

Strong God, he slew Anarsani, Srbinda, Pipru, and the fiend, Ahīśuva, and loosed the floods.

8.32.3

न्यर्बु॑दस्य वि॒ष्टपं॑ व॒र्ष्माणं॑ बृह॒तस्ति॑र | कृ॒षे तदि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्य॑म् ||

Thou broughtest down the dwelling-place, the height of lofty Arbuda. That exploit, Indra, must be famed.

8.32.4

प्रति॑ श्रु॒ताय॑ वो धृ॒षत्तूर्णा॑शं॒ न गि॒रेरधि॑ | हु॒वे सु॑शि॒प्रमू॒तये॑ ||

Bold, to your famous Soma I call the fair-visored God for aid, Down like a torrent from the hill.

8.32.5

स गोरश्व॑स्य॒ वि व्र॒जं म॑न्दा॒नः सो॒म्येभ्य॑: | पुरं॒ न शू॑र दर्षसि ||

Rejoicing in the Soma-draughts, Hero, burst open, like a fort, The stall of horses and of kine.

8.32.6

यदि॑ मे रा॒रण॑: सु॒त उ॒क्थे वा॒ दध॑से॒ चन॑: | आ॒रादुप॑ स्व॒धा ग॑हि ||

If my libation gladdens, if thou takest pleasure in my laud, Come with thy Godhead from afar.

8.32.7

व॒यं घा॑ ते॒ अपि॑ ष्मसि स्तो॒तार॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणः | त्वं नो॑ जिन्व सोमपाः ||

O Indra, Lover of the Song, the singers of thy praise are we: O Soma-drinker, quicken us.

8.32.8

उ॒त न॑: पि॒तुमा भ॑र संररा॒णो अवि॑क्षितम् | मघ॑व॒न्भूरि॑ ते॒ वसु॑ ||

And, taking thy delight with us bring us still undiminished food: Great is thy wealth, O Maghavan.

8.32.9

उ॒त नो॒ गोम॑तस्कृधि॒ हिर॑ण्यवतो अ॒श्विन॑: | इळा॑भि॒: सं र॑भेमहि ||

Make thou us rich in herds of kine, in steeds, in gold: let us exert Our strength in sacrificial gifts.

8.32.10

बृ॒बदु॑क्थं हवामहे सृ॒प्रक॑रस्नमू॒तये॑ | साधु॑ कृ॒ण्वन्त॒मव॑से ||

Let us call him to aid whose hands stretch far, to whom high laud is due. Who worketh well to succour us.

8.32.11

यः सं॒स्थे चि॑च्छ॒तक्र॑तु॒रादीं॑ कृ॒णोति॑ वृत्र॒हा | ज॒रि॒तृभ्य॑: पुरू॒वसु॑: ||

He, Śatakratu, even in fight acts as a Vṛtra-slayer s,till: He gives his worshippers much wealth.

8.32.12

स न॑: श॒क्रश्चि॒दा श॑क॒द्दान॑वाँ अन्तराभ॒रः | इन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑: ||

May he, this A;akra, strengthen us, Boon God who satisfies our needs, Indra, with all lhis saving helps.

8.32.13

यो रा॒यो॒३ऽवनि॑र्म॒हान्त्सु॑पा॒रः सु॑न्व॒तः सखा॑ | तमिन्द्र॑म॒भि गा॑यत ||

To him, the mighty stream of wealth, the Soma-presser's rescuing Friend, To Indra sing your song of praise;

8.32.14

आ॒य॒न्तारं॒ महि॑ स्थि॒रं पृत॑नासु श्रवो॒जित॑म् | भूरे॒रीशा॑न॒मोज॑सा ||

Who bringeth what is great and firm, who winneth glory in his wars, Lord of vast wealth through power and might.

8.32.15

नकि॑रस्य॒ शची॑नां निय॒न्ता सू॒नृता॑नाम् | नकि॑र्व॒क्ता न दा॒दिति॑ ||

There liveth none to cheek or stay his energies and gracious deeds: None who can say, He giveth not.

8.32.16

न नू॒नं ब्र॒ह्मणा॑मृ॒णं प्रा॑शू॒नाम॑स्ति सुन्व॒ताम् | न सोमो॑ अप्र॒ता प॑पे ||

No debt is due by Brahmans now, by active men who press the juice: Well hath each Soma-draught been paid.

8.32.17

पन्य॒ इदुप॑ गायत॒ पन्य॑ उ॒क्थानि॑ शंसत | ब्रह्मा॑ कृणोत॒ पन्य॒ इत् ||

Sing ye to him who must be praised, say lauds to him who must be praised, Bring prayer to him who must be praised.

8.32.18

पन्य॒ आ द॑र्दिरच्छ॒ता स॒हस्रा॑ वा॒ज्यवृ॑तः | इन्द्रो॒ यो यज्व॑नो वृ॒धः ||

May be, unchecked, strong, meet for praise, bring hundreds, thousands forth to light, Indra who aids the worshipper.

8.32.19

वि षू च॑र स्व॒धा अनु॑ कृष्टी॒नामन्वा॒हुव॑: | इन्द्र॒ पिब॑ सु॒ताना॑म् ||

Go with thy God-like nature forth, go where the folk are calling thee: Drink, Indra, of the drops we pour.

8.32.20

पिब॒ स्वधै॑नवानामु॒त यस्तुग्र्ये॒ सचा॑ | उ॒तायमि॑न्द्र॒ यस्तव॑ ||

Drink milky draughts which are thine own, this too which was with Tugrya once, This is it, Indra, that is thine.

8.32.2

अती॑हि मन्युषा॒विणं॑ सुषु॒वांस॑मु॒पार॑णे | इ॒मं रा॒तं सु॒तं पि॑ब ||

Pass him who psours libations out in angry mood or after sin: Here drink the juice we offer thee.

8.32.22

१ इ॒हि ति॒स्रः प॑रा॒वत॑ इ॒हि पञ्च॒ जनाँ॒ अति॑ | धेना॑ इन्द्राव॒चाक॑शत् ||

Over the three great distances, past the Five Peoples go thy way, O Indra, noticing our voice.

8.32.23

सूर्यो॑ र॒श्मिं यथा॑ सृ॒जा ऽऽत्वा॑ यच्छन्तु मे॒ गिर॑: | नि॒म्नमापो॒ न स॒ध्र्य॑क् ||

Send forth thy ray like Sūrya: let my songs attract thee hitherward, Like waters gathering to the vale.

8.32.24

अध्व॑र्य॒वा तु हि षि॒ञ्च सोमं॑ वी॒राय॑ शि॒प्रिणे॑ | भरा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ पी॒तये॑ ||

Now to the Hero fair of cheek, Adhvaryu, pour the Soma forth: Bring of the juice that he may drink

8.32.25

य उ॒द्नः फ॑लि॒गं भि॒नन्न्य१क्सिन्धूँ॑र॒वासृ॑जत् | यो गोषु॑ प॒क्वं धा॒रय॑त् ||

Who cleft the water-cloud in twain, loosed rivers for their downward flow, And set the ripe milk in the kine.

8.32.26

अह॑न्वृ॒त्रमृची॑षम और्णवा॒भम॑ही॒शुव॑म् | हि॒मेना॑विध्य॒दर्बु॑दम् ||

He, meet for praise, slew Vṛtra, slew Ahīśuva, Urnavabha's son, And pierced th:rough Arbuda with frost.

8.32.27

प्र व॑ उ॒ग्राय॑ नि॒ष्टुरेऽषा॑ळ्हाय प्रस॒क्षिणे॑ | दे॒वत्तं॒ ब्रह्म॑ गायत ||

To him your matchless Mighty One, unconquerable Conqueror, Sing forth the prayer which Gods have given:

8.32.28

यो विश्वा॑न्य॒भि व्र॒ता सोम॑स्य॒ मदे॒ अन्ध॑सः | इन्द्रो॑ दे॒वेषु॒ चेत॑ति ||

Indra, who in the wild delight of Soma juice considers here All holy Laws among the Gods.

8.32.29

इ॒ह त्या स॑ध॒माद्या॒ हरी॒ हिर॑ण्यकेश्या | वो॒ळ्हाम॒भि प्रयो॑ हि॒तम् ||

Hither let these thy Bays who share thy banquet, Steeds with golden manes, Convey thee to the feast prepared.

8.32.30

अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ त्वा पुरुष्टुत प्रि॒यमे॑धस्तुता॒ हरी॑ | सो॒म॒पेया॑य वक्षतः ||

Hither, O thou whom many laud, the Bays whom Priyamedha praised, Shall bring thee to the Soma-draught.