HYMN LII. INDRA. · १० आयु: काण्व:। इन्द्र: । प्रगाथ:= ( विषमा बृहती, समा सतोबृहती ) ।
8.52.1
यथा॒ मनौ॒ विव॑स्वति॒ सोमं॑ श॒क्रापि॑बः सु॒तम् | यथा॑ त्रि॒ते छन्द॑ इन्द्र॒ जुजो॑षस्या॒यौ मा॑दयसे॒ सचा॑ ||
WITH powers of Mighty Ones hath he, Ancient, Beloved, been equipped, Through whom the Father Manu made prayers efficacious with the Gods.
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8.52.1
यथा॒ मनौ॒ विव॑स्वति॒ सोमं॑ श॒क्रापि॑बः सु॒तम् | यथा॑ त्रि॒ते छन्द॑ इन्द्र॒ जुजो॑षस्या॒यौ मा॑दयसे॒ सचा॑ ||
WITH powers of Mighty Ones hath he, Ancient, Beloved, been equipped, Through whom the Father Manu made prayers efficacious with the Gods.
8.52.2
पृष॑ध्रे॒ मेध्ये॑ मात॒रिश्व॒नीन्द्र॑ सुवा॒ने अम॑न्दथाः | यथा॒ सोमं॒ दश॑शिप्रे॒ दशो॑ण्ये॒ स्यूम॑रश्मा॒वृजू॑नसि ||
Him, Maker of the sky, let stones wet with the Soma ne’er forsake, Nor hymns and prayer that must be said.
8.52.3
य उ॒क्था केव॑ला द॒धे यः सोमं॑ धृषि॒तापि॑बत् | यस्मै॒ विष्णु॒स्त्रीणि॑ प॒दा वि॑चक्र॒म उप॑ मि॒त्रस्य॒ धर्म॑भिः ||
Indra who knew full well disclosed the kine to the Aṅgirases. This his great deed must be extolled.
8.52.4
यस्य॒ त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ स्तोमे॑षु चा॒कनो॒ वाजे॑ वाजिञ्छतक्रतो | तं त्वा॑ व॒यं सु॒दुघा॑मिव गो॒दुहो॑ जुहू॒मसि॑ श्रव॒स्यव॑: ||
Indra, promoter of the song, the sage's Strengthener as of old, Shall come to bless and succour us at presentation of this laud.
8.52.5
यो नो॑ दा॒ता स न॑: पि॒ता म॒हाँ उ॒ग्र ई॑शान॒कृत् | अया॑मन्नु॒ग्रो म॒घवा॑ पुरू॒वसु॒र्गोरश्व॑स्य॒ प्र दा॑तु नः ||
Now after their desire's intent the pious singers with the cry Of Hail! have sung loud hymns to thee, Indra, to gain a stall of kine.
8.52.6
यस्मै॒ त्वं व॑सो दा॒नाय॒ मंह॑से॒ स रा॒यस्पोष॑मिन्वति | व॒सू॒यवो॒ वसु॑पतिं श॒तक्र॑तुं॒ स्तोमै॒रिन्द्रं॑ हवामहे ||
With Indra rest all deeds of might, deeds done and yet to be performed, Whom singers know devoid of guile.
8.52.7
क॒दा च॒न प्र यु॑च्छस्यु॒भे नि पा॑सि॒ जन्म॑नी | तुरी॑यादित्य॒ हव॑नं त इन्द्रि॒यमा त॑स्थाव॒मृतं॑ दि॒वि ||
When the Five Tribes with all their men to Indra have sent out their voice, And when the priest hath strewn much grass, this is the Friend's own dwelling-place.
8.52.8
यस्मै॒ त्वं म॑घवन्निन्द्र गिर्वण॒: शिक्षो॒ शिक्ष॑सि दा॒शुषे॑ | अ॒स्माकं॒ गिर॑ उ॒त सु॑ष्टु॒तिं व॑सो कण्व॒वच्छृ॑णुधी॒ हव॑म् ||
This praise is verily thine own: thou hast performed these manly deeds, And sped the wheel upon its way.
8.52.9
अस्ता॑वि॒ मन्म॑ पू॒र्व्यं ब्रह्मेन्द्रा॑य वोचत | पू॒र्वीॠ॒तस्य॑ बृह॒तीर॑नूषत स्तो॒तुर्मे॒धा अ॑सृक्षत ||
At the o’erflowing of this Steer, boldly he strode for life, and took Soma as cattle take their corn.
8.52.10
समिन्द्रो॒ रायो॑ बृह॒तीर॑धूनुत॒ सं क्षो॒णी समु॒ सूर्य॑म् | सं शु॒क्रास॒: शुच॑य॒: सं गवा॑शिर॒: सोमा॒ इन्द्र॑ममन्दिषुः ||
Receiving this and craving help, we, who with you are Dakṣa's sons, Would fain exalt the Maruts’ Lord.