HYMN LI. INDRA. · १० श्रुष्टिगु: काण्व:। इन्द्र: । प्रगाथ:= ( विषमा बृहती, समा सतोबृहती ) ।
8.51.1
यथा॒ मनौ॒ सांव॑रणौ॒ सोम॑मि॒न्द्रापि॑बः सु॒तम् | नीपा॑तिथौ मघव॒न्मेध्या॑तिथौ॒ पुष्टि॑गौ॒ श्रुष्टि॑गौ॒ सचा॑ ||
OFFER ye up as praise to him that wherein Indra takes delight. The Soma-bringers magnify Indra's great energy with hymns. Good are the gifts that Indra gives.
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8.51.1
यथा॒ मनौ॒ सांव॑रणौ॒ सोम॑मि॒न्द्रापि॑बः सु॒तम् | नीपा॑तिथौ मघव॒न्मेध्या॑तिथौ॒ पुष्टि॑गौ॒ श्रुष्टि॑गौ॒ सचा॑ ||
OFFER ye up as praise to him that wherein Indra takes delight. The Soma-bringers magnify Indra's great energy with hymns. Good are the gifts that Indra gives.
8.51.2
पा॒र्ष॒द्वा॒णः प्रस्क॑ण्वं॒ सम॑सादय॒च्छया॑नं॒ जिव्रि॒मुद्धि॑तम् | स॒हस्रा॑ण्यसिषास॒द्गवा॒मृषि॒स्त्वोतो॒ दस्य॑वे॒ वृक॑: ||
Sole among chiefs, companionless, impetuous, and peerless, he Hath waxen great o’er many folk, yea., over all things born, in might.
8.51.3
य उ॒क्थेभि॒र्न वि॒न्धते॑ चि॒किद्य ऋ॑षि॒चोद॑नः | इन्द्रं॒ तमच्छा॑ वद॒ नव्य॑स्या म॒त्यरि॑ष्यन्तं॒ न भोज॑से ||
Lord of swift bounty, he will win e’en with a steed of worthless sort. This, Indra, must be told of thee who wilt perform heroic deeds.
8.51.4
यस्मा॑ अ॒र्कं स॒प्तशी॑र्षाणमानृ॒चुस्त्रि॒धातु॑मुत्त॒मे प॒दे | स त्वि१मा विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि चिक्रद॒दादिज्ज॑निष्ट॒ पौंस्य॑म् ||
Come to us hither: let us pay devotions that enhance thy might, For which, Most Potent! thou wouldst fain bless the man here who strives for fame.
8.51.5
यो नो॑ दा॒ता वसू॑ना॒मिन्द्रं॒ तं हू॑महे व॒यम् | वि॒द्मा ह्य॑स्य सुम॒तिं नवी॑यसीं ग॒मेम॒ गोम॑ति व्र॒जे ||
For thou, O Indra, makest yet more bold the spirit of the bold Who with strong Soma serveth thee, still ready with his reverent prayers.
8.51.6
यस्मै॒ त्वं व॑सो दा॒नाय॒ शिक्ष॑सि॒ स रा॒यस्पोष॑मश्नुते | तं त्वा॑ व॒यं म॑घवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे ||
Worthy of song, he looketh down as a man looketh into wells. Pleased with the Soma-bringer's skill he maketh him his mate and friend.
8.51.7
क॒दा च॒न स्त॒रीर॑सि॒ नेन्द्र॑ सश्चसि दा॒शुषे॑ | उपो॒पेन्नु म॑घव॒न्भूय॒ इन्नु ते॒ दानं॑ दे॒वस्य॑ पृच्यते ||
In strength and wisdom all the Gods, Indra, have yielded unto thee. Be thou the Guard of all, O thou whom many praise.
8.51.8
प्र यो न॑न॒क्षे अ॒भ्योज॑सा॒ क्रिविं॑ व॒धैः शुष्णं॑ निघो॒षय॑न् | य॒देदस्त॑म्भीत्प्र॒थय॑न्न॒मूं दिव॒मादिज्ज॑निष्ट॒ पार्थि॑वः ||
Praised, Indra, is this might of thine, best for the service of the Gods, That thou with power dost slay Vṛtra, O Lord of Strength.
8.51.9
यस्या॒यं विश्व॒ आर्यो॒ दास॑: शेवधि॒पा अ॒रिः | ति॒रश्चि॑द॒र्ये रुश॑मे॒ परी॑रवि॒ तुभ्येत्सो अ॑ज्यते र॒यिः ||
He makes the races of mankind like synods of the Beauteous One. Indra knows this his manifest deed, and is renowned.
8.51.10
तु॒र॒ण्यवो॒ मधु॑मन्तं घृत॒श्चुतं॒ विप्रा॑सो अ॒र्कमा॑नृचुः | अ॒स्मे र॒यिः प॑प्रथे॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ शवो॒ऽस्मे सु॑वा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ||
Thy might, O Indra, at its birth, thee also, and thy mental power, In thy care, Maghavan rich in kine! they have increased exceedingly.