Rigveda 8.46

8.46.1

त्वाव॑तः पुरूवसो व॒यमि॑न्द्र प्रणेतः | स्मसि॑ स्थातर्हरीणाम् ||

WE, Indra, Lord of ample wealth, our Guide, depend on one like thee, Thou driver of the Tawny Steeds.

8.46.2

त्वां हि स॒त्यम॑द्रिवो वि॒द्म दा॒तार॑मि॒षाम् | वि॒द्म दा॒तारं॑ रयी॒णाम् ||

For, Hurler of the Bolt, we know thee true, the giver of our food, We know the giver of our wealth.

8.46.3

आ यस्य॑ ते महि॒मानं॒ शत॑मूते॒ शत॑क्रतो | गी॒र्भिर्गृ॒णन्ति॑ का॒रव॑: ||

O thou whose majesty the bards celebrate with their songs, thou Lord, Of hundred powers and hundred aids.

8.46.4

सु॒नी॒थो घा॒ स मर्त्यो॒ यं म॒रुतो॒ यम॑र्य॒मा | मि॒त्रः पान्त्य॒द्रुह॑: ||

Fair guidance hath the mortal man whom Aryaman, the Marut host, And Mitra, void of guile, protect.

8.46.5

दधा॑नो॒ गोम॒दश्व॑वत्सु॒वीर्य॑मादि॒त्यजू॑त एधते | सदा॑ रा॒या पु॑रु॒स्पृहा॑ ||

Kine, steeds, and hero strength he gains, and prospers, by the Ādityas sped, Ever in wealth which all desire.

8.46.6

तमिन्द्रं॒ दान॑मीमहे शवसा॒नमभी॑र्वम् | ईशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे ||

We pray to Indra for his gift, to him the Fearless and the Strong, We pray to him the Lord of wealth.

8.46.7

तस्मि॒न्हि सन्त्यू॒तयो॒ विश्वा॒ अभी॑रव॒: सचा॑ | तमा व॑हन्तु॒ सप्त॑यः पुरू॒वसुं॒ मदा॑य॒ हर॑यः सु॒तम् ||

For verily combined in him are all the fearless powers of aid. Him, rich in wealth, let swift Steeds bring to us, his Bays, to Soma juice for his carouse:

8.46.8

यस्ते॒ मदो॒ वरे॑ण्यो॒ य इ॑न्द्र वृत्र॒हन्त॑मः | य आ॑द॒दिः स्व१र्नृभि॒र्यः पृत॑नासु दु॒ष्टर॑: ||

Yea, that most excellent carouse, Indra, which slays most enemies, With Heroes wins the light of heaven, and is invincible in war:

8.46.9

यो दु॒ष्टरो॑ विश्ववार श्र॒वाय्यो॒ वाजे॒ष्वस्ति॑ तरु॒ता | स न॑: शविष्ठ॒ सव॒ना व॑सो गहि ग॒मेम॒ गोम॑ति व्र॒जे ||

Which merits fame, all-bountiful! and, unsubdued, hath victory in deeds of might. So come to our libations, Strongest! Excellent! May we obtain a stall of kine.

8.46.10

ग॒व्यो षु णो॒ यथा॑ पु॒राऽश्व॒योत र॑थ॒या | व॒रि॒व॒स्य म॑हामह ||

Responding to our wish for cows, for steeds, and chariots, as of old, Be gracious, Greatest of the Great

8.46.11

न॒हि ते॑ शूर॒ राध॒सोऽन्तं॑ वि॒न्दामि॑ स॒त्रा | द॒श॒स्या नो॑ मघव॒न्नू चि॑दद्रिवो॒ धियो॒ वाजे॑भिराविथ ||

For, Hero, nowhere can I find the bounds of thy munificence. Still do thou favour us, O Bolt-armed Maghavan: with strength hast thou rewarded hymns.

8.46.12

य ऋ॒ष्वः श्रा॑व॒यत्स॑खा॒ विश्वेत्स वे॑द॒ जनि॑मा पुरुष्टु॒तः | तं विश्वे॒ मानु॑षा यु॒गेन्द्रं॑ हवन्ते तवि॒षं य॒तस्रु॑चः ||

High, glorifier of his friend, he knows all generations, he whom many praise. All races of mankind with ladies lifted up invoke that Mighty Indra's aid.

8.46.13

स नो॒ वाजे॑ष्ववि॒ता पु॑रू॒वसु॑: पुरस्था॒ता म॒घवा॑ वृत्र॒हा भु॑वत् ||

Be he our Champion and Protector in great deeds, rich in all wealth, the Vṛtra-slayer, Maghavan.

8.46.14

अ॒भि वो॑ वी॒रमन्ध॑सो॒ मदे॑षु गाय गि॒रा म॒हा विचे॑तसम् | इन्द्रं॒ नाम॒ श्रुत्यं॑ शा॒किनं॒ वचो॒ यथा॑ ||

In the wild raptures of the juice sing to your Hero with high laud, to him the Wise, To Indra, glorious in his name, the Mighty One, even as the hymn alloweth it.

8.46.15

द॒दी रेक्ण॑स्त॒न्वे॑ द॒दिर्वसु॑ द॒दिर्वाजे॑षु पुरुहूत वा॒जिन॑म् | नू॒नमथ॑ ||

Thou givest wealth to me myself, thou givest treasure, Excellent! and the strong steed, O Much-invoked, in deeds of might, yea, even now.

8.46.16

विश्वे॑षामिर॒ज्यन्तं॒ वसू॑नां सास॒ह्वांसं॑ चिद॒स्य वर्प॑सः | कृ॒प॒य॒तो नू॒नमत्यथ॑ ||

Him, Sovran Ruler of all precious things, who even hath power o’er this fair form of his, As now it taketh shape, and afterward,

8.46.17

म॒हः सु वो॒ अर॑मिषे॒ स्तवा॑महे मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ अरंग॒माय॒ जग्म॑ये | य॒ज्ञेभि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्वि॒श्वम॑नुषां म॒रुता॑मियक्षसि॒ गाये॑ त्वा॒ नम॑सा गि॒रा ||

We praise, so that the Mighty One may speed to you, Pourer of bounties , Traveller, prepared to go. Thou favourest the Maruts known to all, by song and sacrifice. With song and praise I sing to thee.

8.46.18

ये पा॒तय॑न्ते॒ अज्म॑भिर्गिरी॒णां स्नुभि॑रेषाम् | य॒ज्ञं म॑हि॒ष्वणी॑नां सु॒म्नं तु॑वि॒ष्वणी॑नां॒ प्राध्व॒रे ||

We in the sacrifice perform their will whose voice is lifted high, The worship of those Thundering Ones who o’er the ridges of these mountains fly in troops.

8.46.19

प्र॒भ॒ङ्गं दु॑र्मती॒नामिन्द्र॑ शवि॒ष्ठा भ॑र | र॒यिम॒स्मभ्यं॒ युज्यं॑ चोदयन्मते॒ ज्येष्ठं॑ चोदयन्मते ||

O Indra, Mightiest, bring us that which crushes men of evil minds, Wealth suited to our needs, O Stirrer of the thought, best wealth, O thou who stirrest thought.

8.46.20

सनि॑त॒: सुस॑नित॒रुग्र॒ चित्र॒ चेति॑ष्ठ॒ सूनृ॑त | प्रा॒सहा॑ सम्रा॒ट् सहु॑रिं॒ सह॑न्तं भु॒ज्युं वाजे॑षु॒ पूर्व्य॑म् ||

O Winner, noble winner, strong, wondrous, most splendid, excellent, Sole Lord of victory, bring all-overpowering wealth, joy-giving, chief in deeds of might.

8.46.21

आ स ए॑तु॒ य ईव॒दाँ अदे॑वः पू॒र्तमा॑द॒दे | यथा॑ चि॒द्वशो॑ अ॒श्व्यः पृ॑थु॒श्रव॑सि कानी॒ते॒३ऽस्या व्युष्या॑द॒दे ||

Now let the godless man approach who hath received reward so great As Vaśa, Aśvya, when this light of morning dawned, received from Pṛthuśravas, from Kanīta's son.

8.46.22

ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्राश्व्य॑स्या॒युता॑सन॒मुष्ट्रा॑नां विंश॒तिं श॒ता | दश॒ श्यावी॑नां श॒ता दश॒ त्र्य॑रुषीणां॒ दश॒ गवां॑ स॒हस्रा॑ ||

Steeds sixty thousand and ten thousand kine, and twenty hundred camels I obtained; Ten hundred brown in hue, and other ten red in three spots: in all, ten thousand kine.

8.46.23

दश॑ श्या॒वा ऋ॒धद्र॑यो वी॒तवा॑रास आ॒शव॑: | म॒थ्रा ने॒मिं नि वा॑वृतुः ||

Ten browns that make my wealth increase, fleet steeds whose tails are long and fair, Turn with swift whirl my chariot wheel;

8.46.24

दाना॑सः पृथु॒श्रव॑सः कानी॒तस्य॑ सु॒राध॑सः | रथं॑ हिर॒ण्ययं॒ दद॒न्मंहि॑ष्ठः सू॒रिर॑भू॒द्वर्षि॑ष्ठमकृत॒ श्रव॑: ||

The gifts which Pṛthuśravas gave, Kanīta's son munificent. He gave a chariot wrought of gold: the prince was passing bountiful, and won himself most lofty fame.

8.46.25

आ नो॑ वायो म॒हे तने॑ या॒हि म॒खाय॒ पाज॑से | व॒यं हि ते॑ चकृ॒मा भूरि॑ दा॒वने॑ स॒द्यश्चि॒न्महि॑ दा॒वने॑ ||

Come thou to this great rite of ours, Vāyu! to give us vigorous light. We have served thee that thou mightest give much to us, yea, mightest quickly give great wealth.

8.46.26

यो अश्वे॑भि॒र्वह॑ते॒ वस्त॑ उ॒स्रास्त्रिः स॒प्त स॑प्तती॒नाम् | ए॒भिः सोमे॑भिः सोम॒सुद्भि॑: सोमपा दा॒नाय॑ शुक्रपूतपाः ||

Who with thrice seven times seventy horses comes to us, invested with the rays of morn, Through these our Soma-draughts and those who press, to give, drinker of pure bright Soma Juice.

8.46.27

यो म॑ इ॒मं चि॑दु॒ त्मनाम॑न्दच्चि॒त्रं दा॒वने॑ | अ॒र॒ट्वे अक्षे॒ नहु॑षे सु॒कृत्व॑नि सु॒कृत्त॑राय सु॒क्रतु॑: ||

Who hath inclined this glorious one, bounteous himself, to give me gifts. Borne on firm chariot with the prosperous Nahuṣa, wise, to a man yet more devout.

8.46.28

उ॒च॒थ्ये॒३ वपु॑षि॒ यः स्व॒राळु॒त वा॑यो घृत॒स्नाः | अश्वे॑षितं॒ रजे॑षितं॒ शुने॑षितं॒ प्राज्म॒ तदि॒दं नु तत् ||

Sole Lord in beauty meet for praise, O Vāyu, dropping fatness down, Hurried along by steeds, by camels, and by hounds, spreads forth thy train: even this it is.

8.46.29

अध॑ प्रि॒यमि॑षि॒राय॑ ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑सनम् | अश्वा॑ना॒मिन्न वृष्णा॑म् ||

So, as a prize dear to the strong, the sixty thousand have I gained, Bulls that resemble vigorous steeds.

8.46.30

गावो॒ न यू॒थमुप॑ यन्ति॒ वध्र॑य॒ उप॒ मा य॑न्ति॒ वध्र॑यः ||

To me come oxen like a herd, yea, unto me the oxen come.

8.46.31

अध॒ यच्चार॑थे ग॒णे श॒तमुष्ट्राँ॒ अचि॑क्रदत् | अध॒ श्वित्ने॑षु विंश॒तिं श॒ता ||

And in the grazing herd he made a hundred camels bleat for me, And twenty hundred mid the white.

8.46.32

श॒तं दा॒से ब॑ल्बू॒थे विप्र॒स्तरु॑क्ष॒ आ द॑दे | ते ते॑ वायवि॒मे जना॒ मद॒न्तीन्द्र॑गोपा॒ मद॑न्ति दे॒वगो॑पाः ||

A hundred has the sage received, Dāsa Balbūtha's and Tarukṣa's gifts. These are thy people, Vāyu, who rejoice with Indra for their guard, rejoice with Gods for guards.

8.46.33

अध॒ स्या योष॑णा म॒ही प्र॑ती॒ची वश॑म॒श्व्यम् | अधि॑रुक्मा॒ वि नी॑यते ||

And now to Vaśa Aśvya here this stately woman is led forth, Adorned with ornaments of gold.