Rigveda 8.53

HYMN LIII. INDRA. · ८ मध्य: काण्व:। इन्द्र: । प्रगाथ:= ( विषमा बृहती, समा सतोबृहती ) ।

8.53.1

उ॒प॒मं त्वा॑ म॒घोनां॒ ज्येष्ठं॑ च वृष॒भाणा॑म् | पू॒र्भित्त॑मं मघवन्निन्द्र गो॒विद॒मीशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे ||

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8.53.1

उ॒प॒मं त्वा॑ म॒घोनां॒ ज्येष्ठं॑ च वृष॒भाणा॑म् | पू॒र्भित्त॑मं मघवन्निन्द्र गो॒विद॒मीशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे ||

MAY our hymns give thee great delight. Display thy bounty, Thunderer. Drive off the enemies of prayer.

8.53.2

य आ॒युं कुत्स॑मतिथि॒ग्वमर्द॑यो वावृधा॒नो दि॒वेदि॑वे | तं त्वा॑ व॒यं हर्य॑श्वं श॒तक्र॑तुं वाज॒यन्तो॑ हवामहे ||

Crush with thy foot the niggard churls who bring no gifts. Mighty art thou There is not one to equal thee.

8.53.3

आ नो॒ विश्वे॑षां॒ रसं॒ मध्व॑: सिञ्च॒न्त्वद्र॑यः | ये प॑रा॒वति॑ सुन्वि॒रे जने॒ष्वा ये अ॑र्वा॒वतीन्द॑वः ||

Thou art the Lord of Soma pressed, Soma impressed is also thine. Thou art the Sovran of the folk.

8.53.4

विश्वा॒ द्वेषां॑सि ज॒हि चाव॒ चा कृ॑धि॒ विश्वे॑ सन्व॒न्त्वा वसु॑ | शीष्टे॑षु चित्ते मदि॒रासो॑ अं॒शवो॒ यत्रा॒ सोम॑स्य तृ॒म्पसि॑ ||

Come, go thou forth, dwelling in heaven and listening to the prayers of men: Thou fillest both the heavens and earth.

8.53.5

इन्द्र॒ नेदी॑य॒ एदि॑हि मि॒तमे॑धाभिरू॒तिभि॑: | आ शं॑तम॒ शंत॑माभिर॒भिष्टि॑भि॒रा स्वा॑पे स्वा॒पिभि॑: ||

Even that hill with rocky heights, with hundreds, thousands, held within. Thou for thy worshippers brakest through.

8.53.6

आ॒जि॒तुरं॒ सत्प॑तिं वि॒श्वच॑र्षणिं कृ॒धि प्र॒जास्वाभ॑गम् | प्र सू ति॑रा॒ शची॑भि॒र्ये त॑ उ॒क्थिन॒: क्रतुं॑ पुन॒त आ॑नु॒षक् ||

We call on thee both night and day to taste the flowing Soma juice: Do thou fulfil our heart's desire.

8.53.7

यस्ते॒ साधि॒ष्ठोऽव॑से॒ ते स्या॑म॒ भरे॑षु ते | व॒यं होत्रा॑भिरु॒त दे॒वहू॑तिभिः सस॒वांसो॑ मनामहे ||

Where is that ever-youthful Steer, strong. necked and never yet bent down? What Brahman ministers to him?

8.53.8

अ॒हं हि ते॑ हरिवो॒ ब्रह्म॑ वाज॒युरा॒जिं यामि॒ सदो॒तिभि॑: | त्वामिदे॒व तममे॒ सम॑श्व॒युर्ग॒व्युरग्र॑॑ मथी॒नाम् ||

To whose libation doth the Steer, betake him with delight therein? Who takes delight in Indra now?