8.55.1
भूरीदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्यं१ व्यख्य॑म॒भ्याय॑ति | राध॑स्ते दस्यवे वृक ||
LOUD singing at the sacred rite where Soma flows we priests invoke With haste, that he may help, as the bard's Cherisher, Indra who findeth wealth for you.
Rigveda 8.55
HYMN LV. INDRA. · ५ कृश: काण्व:। इन्द्र:, प्रस्कण्वश्च । गायत्री , ३, ५ अनुष्टुप् ।
8.55.1
भूरीदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्यं१ व्यख्य॑म॒भ्याय॑ति | राध॑स्ते दस्यवे वृक ||
LOUD singing at the sacred rite where Soma flows we priests invoke With haste, that he may help, as the bard's Cherisher, Indra who findeth wealth for you.
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8.55.2
श॒तं श्वे॒तास॑ उ॒क्षणो॑ दि॒वि तारो॒ न रो॑चन्ते | म॒ह्ना दिवं॒ न त॑स्तभुः ||
Whom with fair helm, in rapture of the juice, the firm resistless slayers hinder not: Giver of glorious wealth to him who sing a his praise, honouring him who toils and pours:
8.55.3
श॒तं वे॒णूञ्छ॒तं शुन॑: श॒तं चर्मा॑णि म्ला॒तानि॑ | श॒तं मे॑ बल्बजस्तु॒का अरु॑षीणां॒ चतु॑:शतम् ||
Śakra, who like a curry-comb for horses or a golden goad, Indra, the Vṛtra-slayer, urges eagerly the opening of the stall of kine:
8.55.4
सु॒दे॒वाः स्थ॑ काण्वायना॒ वयो॑वयो विच॒रन्त॑: | अश्वा॑सो॒ न च॑ङ्क्रमत ||
Who for the worshipper scatters forth ample wealth, even though buried, piled in heaps: May Indra, Lord of Bay Steeds, fair-helmed Thunderer, act at his pleasure, as he lists.
8.55.5
आदित्सा॒प्तस्य॑ चर्किर॒न्नानू॑नस्य॒ महि॒ श्रव॑: | श्यावी॑रतिध्व॒सन्प॒थश्चक्षु॑षा च॒न सं॒नशे॑ ||
Hero whom many praise, what thou hast longed for, oven of old, from men. All that we offer unto thee, O Indra, now, sacrifice, laud, effectual speech.