Rigveda 8.45

8.45.1

आ घा॒ ये अ॒ग्निमि॑न्ध॒ते स्तृ॒णन्ति॑ ब॒र्हिरा॑नु॒षक् | येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ||

HITHERWARD! they who light flame and straightway trim the sacred grass. Whose Friend is Indra ever young.

8.45.2

बृ॒हन्निदि॒ध्म ए॑षां॒ भूरि॑ श॒स्तं पृ॒थुः स्वरु॑: | येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ||

High is their fuel, great their laud, wide is their splinter from the stake, Whose Friend is Indra ever young.

8.45.3

अयु॑द्ध॒ इद्यु॒धा वृतं॒ शूर॒ आज॑ति॒ सत्व॑भिः | येषा॒मिन्द्रो॒ युवा॒ सखा॑ ||

Unequalled in fight the hero leads his army with the warrior chiefs. Whose Friend is Indra ever young.

8.45.4

आ बु॒न्दं वृ॑त्र॒हा द॑दे जा॒तः पृ॑च्छ॒द्वि मा॒तर॑म् | क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे ||

The new-born Vṛtra-slayer asked his Mother, as he seized his shaft, Who are the fierce? Who are renowned?

8.45.5

प्रति॑ त्वा शव॒सी व॑दद्गि॒रावप्सो॒ न यो॑धिषत् | यस्ते॑ शत्रु॒त्वमा॑च॒के ||

Śavasī answered, He who seeks thine enmity will battle like A stately elephant on a hill.

8.45.6

उ॒त त्वं म॑घवञ्छृणु॒ यस्ते॒ वष्टि॑ व॒वक्षि॒ तत् | यद्वी॒ळया॑सि वी॒ळु तत् ||

And hear, O Maghavan; to him who craves of thee thou grantest all Whate’er thou makest firm is firm.

8.45.7

यदा॒जिं यात्या॑जि॒कृदिन्द्र॑: स्वश्व॒युरुप॑ | र॒थीत॑मो र॒थीना॑म् ||

What time the Warrior Indra goes to battle, borne by noble steeds, Best of all charioteers is he.

8.45.8

वि षु विश्वा॑ अभि॒युजो॒ वज्रि॒न्विष्व॒ग्यथा॑ वृह | भवा॑ नः सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः ||

Repel, O Thunder-armed, in all directions all attacks on us: And be our own most glorious God.

8.45.9

अ॒स्माकं॒ सु रथं॑ पु॒र इन्द्र॑: कृणोतु सा॒तये॑ | न यं धूर्व॑न्ति धू॒र्तय॑: ||

May Indra set our car in front, in foremost Place to win the spoil, He whom the wicked injure not.

8.45.10

वृ॒ज्याम॑ ते॒ परि॒ द्विषोऽरं॑ ते शक्र दा॒वने॑ | ग॒मेमेदि॑न्द्र॒ गोम॑तः ||

Thine enmity may we escape, and, Śakra, for thy bounty, rich In kine, may we come near to thee

8.45.11

शनै॑श्चि॒द्यन्तो॑ अद्रि॒वोऽश्वा॑वन्तः शत॒ग्विन॑: | वि॒वक्ष॑णा अने॒हस॑: ||

Softly approaching, Thunder-armed wealthy by hundreds, rich in steeds, Unrivalled, ready with our gifts.

8.45.12

ऊ॒र्ध्वा हि ते॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे स॒हस्रा॑ सू॒नृता॑ श॒ता | ज॒रि॒तृभ्यो॑ वि॒मंह॑ते ||

For thine exalted excellence gives to thy worshippers each day Hundreds and thousands of thy boons.

8.45.13

वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ धनंज॒यमिन्द्र॑ दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑दारु॒जम् | आ॒दा॒रिणं॒ यथा॒ गय॑म् ||

Indra, we know thee breaker-down even of strong forts, winner of spoil, As one who conquers wealth for us.

8.45.14

क॒कु॒हं चि॑त्त्वा कवे॒ मन्द॑न्तु धृष्ण॒विन्द॑वः | आ त्वा॑ प॒णिं यदीम॑हे ||

Though thou art highest, Sage and Bold! let the drops cheer thee when we come To thee as to a trafficker.

8.45.15

यस्ते॑ रे॒वाँ अदा॑शुरिः प्रम॒मर्ष॑ म॒घत्त॑ये | तस्य॑ नो॒ वेद॒ आ भ॑र ||

Bring unto us the treasure of the opulent man who, loth to give, Hath slighted thee for gain of wealth.

8.45.16

इ॒म उ॑ त्वा॒ वि च॑क्षते॒ सखा॑य इन्द्र सो॒मिन॑: | पु॒ष्टाव॑न्तो॒ यथा॑ प॒शुम् ||

Indra, these friends of ours, supplied with Soma, wait and look to thee, As men with fodder to the herd.

8.45.17

उ॒त त्वाब॑धिरं व॒यं श्रुत्क॑र्णं॒ सन्त॑मू॒तये॑ | दू॒रादि॒ह ह॑वामहे ||

And thee who art not deaf, whose cars are quick to listen, for our aid, We call to us from far away.

8.45.18

यच्छु॑श्रू॒या इ॒मं हवं॑ दु॒र्मर्षं॑ चक्रिया उ॒त | भवे॑रा॒पिर्नो॒ अन्त॑मः ||

When thou hast listened, make our call one which thou never wilt forget, And be our very nearest Friend.

8.45.19

यच्चि॒द्धि ते॒ अपि॒ व्यथि॑र्जग॒न्वांसो॒ अम॑न्महि | गो॒दा इदि॑न्द्र बोधि नः ||

When even now, when we have been in trouble, we have thought of thee, O Indra, give us gifts of kine.

8.45.20

आ त्वा॑ र॒म्भं न जिव्र॑यो रर॒भ्मा श॑वसस्पते | उ॒श्मसि॑ त्वा स॒धस्थ॒ आ ||

O Lord of Strength, we rest on thee, as old men rest upon a staff: We long to have. thee dwell with us.

8.45.21

स्तो॒त्रमिन्द्रा॑य गायत पुरुनृ॒म्णाय॒ सत्व॑ने | नकि॒र्यं वृ॑ण्व॒ते यु॒धि ||

To Indra sing a song of praise, Hero of mighty valour, him Whom no one challenges to war.

8.45.22

अ॒भि त्वा॑ वृषभा सु॒ते सु॒तं सृ॑जामि पी॒तये॑ | तृ॒म्पा व्य॑श्नुही॒ मद॑म् ||

Hero, the Soma being shed, I pour the juice for thee to drink: Sate thee and finish thy carouse.

8.45.23

मा त्वा॑ मू॒रा अ॑वि॒ष्यवो॒ मोप॒हस्वा॑न॒ आ द॑भन् | माकीं॑ ब्रह्म॒द्विषो॑ वनः ||

Let not the fools, or those who mock beguile thee when they seek thine aid Love not the enemies of prayer.

8.45.24

इ॒ह त्वा॒ गोप॑रीणसा म॒हे म॑न्दन्तु॒ राध॑से | सरो॑ गौ॒रो यथा॑ पिब ||

Here let them with rich milky draught cheer thee to great munificence: Drink as the wild-bull drinks the lake.

8.45.25

या वृ॑त्र॒हा प॑रा॒वति॒ सना॒ नवा॑ च चुच्यु॒वे | ता सं॒सत्सु॒ प्र वो॑चत ||

Proclaim in our assemblies what deeds, new and ancient, far away, The Vṛtra-slayer hath achieved.

8.45.26

अपि॑बत्क॒द्रुव॑: सु॒तमिन्द्र॑: स॒हस्र॑बाह्वे | अत्रा॑देदिष्ट॒ पौंस्य॑म् ||

In battle of a thousand arms Indra drank Kadrū's Soma juice: There he displayed his manly might.

8.45.27

स॒त्यं तत्तु॒र्वशे॒ यदौ॒ विदा॑नो अह्नवा॒य्यम् | व्या॑नट् तु॒र्वणे॒ शमि॑ ||

True undeniable strength he found in Yadu and in Turvaśa, And conquered through the sacrifice.

8.45.28

त॒रणिं॑ वो॒ जना॑नां त्र॒दं वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः | स॒मा॒नमु॒ प्र शं॑सिषम् ||

Him have I magnified, our Lord in, common, Guardian of your folk, Discloser of great wealth in kine;

8.45.29

ऋ॒भु॒क्षणं॒ न वर्त॑व उ॒क्थेषु॑ तुग्र्या॒वृध॑म् | इन्द्रं॒ सोमे॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते ||

Ṛbhukṣan, not to be restrained, who strengthened Tugra's son in lauds, Indra beside the flowing juice;

8.45.30

यः कृ॒न्तदिद्वि यो॒न्यं त्रि॒शोका॑य गि॒रिं पृ॒थुम् | गोभ्यो॑ गा॒तुं निरे॑तवे ||

Who for Triśoka clave the hill that formed a wide receptacle, So that the cows might issue forth.

8.45.31

यद्द॑धि॒षे म॑न॒स्यसि॑ मन्दा॒नः प्रेदिय॑क्षसि | मा तत्क॑रिन्द्र मृ॒ळय॑ ||

Whate’er thy plan or purpose be, whate’er, in transport, thou wouldst do, Do it not, Indra, but be kind.

8.45.32

द॒भ्रं चि॒द्धि त्वाव॑तः कृ॒तं शृ॒ण्वे अधि॒ क्षमि॑ | जिगा॑त्विन्द्र ते॒ मन॑: ||

But little hath been heard of done upon the earth by one like thee i Let thine heart, Indra, turn to us.

8.45.33

तवेदु॒ ताः सु॑की॒र्तयोऽस॑न्नु॒त प्रश॑स्तयः | यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ||

Thine then shall be this high renown, thine shall these lofty praises be, When, Indra, thou art kind to us.

8.45.34

मा न॒ एक॑स्मि॒न्नाग॑सि॒ मा द्वयो॑रु॒त त्रि॒षु | वधी॒र्मा शू॑र॒ भूरि॑षु ||

Not for one trespass, not for two, O Hero, slay us, nor for three, Nor yet for many trespasses.

8.45.35

बि॒भया॒ हि त्वाव॑त उ॒ग्राद॑भिप्रभ॒ङ्गिण॑: | द॒स्माद॒हमृ॑ती॒षह॑: ||

I fear one powerful like thee, the crusher-down of enemies, Mighty, repelling all attacks.

8.45.36

मा सख्यु॒: शून॒मा वि॑दे॒ मा पु॒त्रस्य॑ प्रभूवसो | आ॒वृत्व॑द्भूतु ते॒ मन॑: ||

O wealthy God, ne’er may I live to see my friend or son in need: Hitherward let thy heart be turned.

8.45.37

को नु म॑र्या॒ अमि॑थित॒: सखा॒ सखा॑यमब्रवीत् | ज॒हा को अ॒स्मदी॑षते ||

What friend, O people, unprovoked, hath ever said unto a friend, He turns and leaves us in distress?

8.45.38

ए॒वारे॑ वृषभा सु॒तेऽसि॑न्व॒न्भूर्या॑वयः | श्व॒घ्नीव॑ नि॒वता॒ चर॑न् ||

Hero, insatiate enjoy this Soma juice so near to thee, Even as a hunter rushing down.

8.45.39

आ त॑ ए॒ता व॑चो॒युजा॒ हरी॑ गृभ्णे सु॒मद्र॑था | यदीं॑ ब्र॒ह्मभ्य॒ इद्दद॑: ||

Hither I draw those Bays of thine yoked by our hymn, with splendid car, That thou mayst give unto the priests.

8.45.40

भि॒न्धि विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विष॒: परि॒ बाधो॑ ज॒ही मृध॑: | वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ||

Drive all our enemies away, smite down the foes who press around, And bring the wealth for which we long:

8.45.41

यद्वी॒ळावि॑न्द्र॒ यत्स्थि॒रे यत्पर्शा॑ने॒ परा॑भृतम् | वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ||

O Indra, that which is concealed in strong firm place precipitous: Bring us the wealth for which we long

8.45.42

यस्य॑ ते वि॒श्वमा॑नुषो॒ भूरे॑र्द॒त्तस्य॒ वेद॑ति | वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हं तदा भ॑र ||

Great riches which the world of men shall recognize as sent by thee: Bring us the wealth for which we long.