Rigveda 8.6

8.6.1

म॒हाँ इन्द्रो॒ य ओज॑सा प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व | स्तोमै॑र्व॒त्सस्य॑ वावृधे ||

INDRA, great in his power and might, and like Parjanya rich in rain, Is magnified by Vatsa's lauds.

8.6.2

प्र॒जामृ॒तस्य॒ पिप्र॑त॒: प्र यद्भर॑न्त॒ वह्न॑यः | विप्रा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ वाह॑सा ||

When the priests, strengthening the Son of Holy Law, present their gifts, Singers with Order's hymn of praiser.

8.6.3

कण्वा॒ इन्द्रं॒ यदक्र॑त॒ स्तोमै॑र्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम् | जा॒मि ब्रु॑वत॒ आयु॑धम् ||

Since Kaṇvas with their lauds have made Indra complete the sacrifice. Words are their own appropriate arms.

8.6.4

सम॑स्य म॒न्यवे॒ विशो॒ विश्वा॑ नमन्त कृ॒ष्टय॑: | स॒मु॒द्राये॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः ||

Before his hot displeasure all the peoples, all the men, bow down, As rivers bow them to the sea.

8.6.5

ओज॒स्तद॑स्य तित्विष उ॒भे यत्स॒मव॑र्तयत् | इन्द्र॒श्चर्मे॑व॒ रोद॑सी ||

This power of his shone brightly forth when Indra brought together, like A skin, the worlds of heaven and earth.

8.6.6

वि चि॑द्वृ॒त्रस्य॒ दोध॑तो॒ वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा | शिरो॑ बिभेद वृ॒ष्णिना॑ ||

The fiercely-moving Vṛtra's head he severed with his thunderbolt, His mighty hundred-knotted bolt.

8.6.7

इ॒मा अ॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो वि॒पामग्रे॑षु धी॒तय॑: | अ॒ग्नेः शो॒चिर्न दि॒द्युत॑: ||

Here are-we sing them loudly forth-our thoughts among-the best of songs. Even lightnings like the blaze of fire.

8.6.8

गुहा॑ स॒तीरुप॒ त्मना॒ प्र यच्छोच॑न्त धी॒तय॑: | कण्वा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ||

When bidden thoughts, spontaneously advancing, glow, and with the stream Of sacrifice the Kaṇvas shine.

8.6.9

प्र तमि॑न्द्र नशीमहि र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म् | प्र ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये ||

Indra, may we obtain that wealth in horses and in herds of cows, And prayer that may be noticed first.

8.6.10

अ॒हमिद्धि पि॒तुष्परि॑ मे॒धामृ॒तस्य॑ ज॒ग्रभ॑ | अ॒हं सूर्य॑ इवाजनि ||

I from my Father have received deep knowledge of the Holy Law I was born like unto the Sun.

8.6.11

अ॒हं प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना॒ गिर॑: शुम्भामि कण्व॒वत् | येनेन्द्र॒: शुष्म॒मिद्द॒धे ||

After the lore of ancient time I make, like Kaṇva, beauteous songs, And Indra's selfgains strength thereby.

8.6.12

ये त्वामि॑न्द्र॒ न तु॑ष्टु॒वुॠष॑यो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः | ममेद्व॑र्धस्व॒ सुष्टु॑तः ||

Whatever Ṛṣis have not praised thee, Indra, or have lauded thee, By me exalted wax thou strong.

8.6.13

यद॑स्य म॒न्युरध्व॑नी॒द्वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो रु॒जन् | अ॒पः स॑मु॒द्रमैर॑यत् ||

When his wrath thundered, when he rent Vṛtra to pieces, limb by limb, He sent the waters to the sea.

8.6.14

नि शुष्ण॑ इन्द्र धर्ण॒सिं वज्रं॑ जघन्थ॒ दस्य॑वि | वृषा॒ ह्यु॑ग्र शृण्वि॒षे ||

Against the Dasyu gusna thou, Indra, didst hurl thy during bolt: Thou, Dread one, hast a hero's fame.

8.6.15

न द्याव॒ इन्द्र॒मोज॑सा॒ नान्तरि॑क्षाणि व॒ज्रिण॑म् | न वि॑व्यचन्त॒ भूम॑यः ||

Neither the heavens nor firmaments nor regions of the earth contain Indra, the Thunderer with his might.

8.6.16

यस्त॑ इन्द्र म॒हीर॒पः स्त॑भू॒यमा॑न॒ आश॑यत् | नि तं पद्या॑सु शिश्नथः ||

O Indra him who lay at length staying thy copious waters thou, In his own footsteps, smotest down

8.6.17

य इ॒मे रोद॑सी म॒ही स॑मी॒ची स॒मज॑ग्रभीत् | तमो॑भिरिन्द्र॒ तं गु॑हः ||

Thou hiddest deep in darkness itim, O Indra, who had set his grasp On spacious heaven and earth conjoined.

8.6.18

य इ॑न्द्र॒ यत॑यस्त्वा॒ भृग॑वो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः | ममेदु॑ग्र श्रुधी॒ हव॑म् ||

Indra, whatever Yatis and Bhṛgus have offered praise to thee, Listen, thou Mighty, to my call.

8.6.19

इ॒मास्त॑ इन्द्र॒ पृश्न॑यो घृ॒तं दु॑हत आ॒शिर॑म् | ए॒नामृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑: ||

Indra, these spotted cows yield thee their butter and the milky draught; Aiders, thereby, of sacrifice;

8.6.20

या इ॑न्द्र प्र॒स्व॑स्त्वा॒ऽऽसा गर्भ॒मच॑क्रिरन् | परि॒ धर्मे॑व॒ सूर्य॑म् ||

Which, teeming, have received thee as a life-germ, Indra, with their mouth, Like Sūrya who sustaineth all.

8.6.21

त्वामिच्छ॑वसस्पते॒ कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः | त्वां सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः ||

O Lord of Might, with hymns of praise the Kaṇvas have increased thy power, The drops poured forth have strengthened thee.

8.6.22

तवेदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रणी॑तिषू॒त प्रश॑स्तिरद्रिवः | य॒ज्ञो वि॑तन्त॒साय्य॑: ||

Under thy guidance, Indra, mid thy praises, Lord of Thunder, shall The sacrifice be soon performed.

8.6.23

आ न॑ इन्द्र म॒हीमिषं॒ पुरं॒ न द॑र्षि॒ गोम॑तीम् | उ॒त प्र॒जां सु॒वीर्य॑म् ||

Indra, disclose much food for us, like a stronghold with store of kine: Give progeny and heroic strength.

8.6.24

उ॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्यं॒ यदि॑न्द्र॒ नाहु॑षी॒ष्वा | अग्रे॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॒दीद॑यत् ||

And, Indra, grant us all that wealth of fleet steeds which shone bright of old Among the tribes of Nahusas.

8.6.25

अ॒भि व्र॒जं न त॑त्निषे॒ सूर॑ उपा॒कच॑क्षसम् | यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ||

Hither thou seemest to attract heaven's fold which shines before our eyes, When, Indra, thou art kind to us.

8.6.26

यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषी॒यस॒ इन्द्र॑ प्र॒राज॑सि क्षि॒तीः | म॒हाँ अ॑पा॒र ओज॑सा ||

Yea, when thou puttest forth thy power, Indra, thou governest the folk. Mighty, unlimited in strength.

8.6.27

तं त्वा॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विश॒ उप॑ ब्रुवत ऊ॒तये॑ | उ॒रु॒ज्रय॑स॒मिन्दु॑भिः ||

The tribes who bring oblations call to thee, to thee to give them help, With drops to thee who spreadest far.

8.6.28

उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे गि॑री॒णां सं॑ग॒थे च॑ न॒दीना॑म् | धि॒या विप्रो॑ अजायत ||

There where the mountains downward slope, there by the meeting of the streams The Sage was manifest with song.

8.6.29

अत॑: समु॒द्रमु॒द्वत॑श्चिकि॒त्वाँ अव॑ पश्यति | यतो॑ विपा॒न एज॑ति ||

Thence, marking, from his lofty place downward he looks upon the sea, And thence with rapid stir he moves.

8.6.30

आदित्प्र॒त्नस्य॒ रेत॑सो॒ ज्योति॑ष्पश्यन्ति वास॒रम् | प॒रो यदि॒ध्यते॑ दि॒वा ||

Then, verify, they see the light refulgent of primeval seed, Kindled on yonder side of heaven.

8.6.31

कण्वा॑स इन्द्र ते म॒तिं विश्वे॑ वर्धन्ति॒ पौंस्य॑म् | उ॒तो श॑विष्ठ॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् ||

Indra, the Kaṇvas all exalt thy wisdom and thy manly power, And, Mightiest! thine heroic strength.

8.6.32

इ॒मां म॑ इन्द्र सुष्टु॒तिं जु॒षस्व॒ प्र सु माम॑व | उ॒त प्र व॑र्धया म॒तिम् ||

Accept this eulogy of mine, Indra, and guard me carefully: Strengthen my thought and prosper it.

8.6.33

उ॒त ब्र॑ह्म॒ण्या व॒यं तुभ्यं॑ प्रवृद्ध वज्रिवः | विप्रा॑ अतक्ष्म जी॒वसे॑ ||

For thee, O Mighty, Thunder-armed, we singers through devotionhave Fashioned the hymn that we may live.

8.6.34

अ॒भि कण्वा॑ अनूष॒ताऽऽपो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः | इन्द्रं॒ वन॑न्वती म॒तिः ||

To Indra have the Kaṇvas sung, like waters speeding down a slope: The song is fain to go to him.

8.6.35

इन्द्र॑मु॒क्थानि॑ वावृधुः समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः | अनु॑त्तमन्युम॒जर॑म् ||

As rivers swell the ocean, so our hymns of praise make Indra strong, Eternal, of resistIess wrath.

8.6.36

आ नो॑ याहि परा॒वतो॒ हरि॑भ्यां हर्य॒ताभ्या॑म् | इ॒ममि॑न्द्र सु॒तं पि॑ब ||

Come with thy lovely Bay Steeds, come to us from regions far away O Indra, drink this Soma juice.

8.6.37

त्वामिद्वृ॑त्रहन्तम॒ जना॑सो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः | हव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये ||

Best slayer of Vṛtras, men whose sacred grass is ready trimmed Invoke thee for the gain of spoil.

8.6.38

अनु॑ त्वा॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे च॒क्रं न व॒र्त्येत॑शम् | अनु॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ||

The heavens and earth come after thee as the wheel follows Etaśa: To thee flow Soma-drops effused.

8.6.39

मन्द॑स्वा॒ सु स्व॑र्णर उ॒तेन्द्र॑ शर्य॒णाव॑ति | मत्स्वा॒ विव॑स्वतो म॒ती ||

Rejoice, O Indra, in the light, rejoice in Saryandyan, be Glad in the sacrificer's hymn.

8.6.40

वा॒वृ॒धा॒न उप॒ द्यवि॒ वृषा॑ व॒ज्र्य॑रोरवीत् | वृ॒त्र॒हा सो॑म॒पात॑मः ||

Grown strong in heaven, the Thunder-armed hath bellowed, Vṛtra-slayer, Bull, Chief drinker of the Soma juice.

8.6.41

ऋषि॒र्हि पू॑र्व॒जा अस्येक॒ ईशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा | इन्द्र॑ चोष्कू॒यसे॒ वसु॑ ||

Thou art a Ṛṣi born of old, sole Ruler over all by might: Thou, Indra, guardest well our wealth.

8.6.42

अ॒स्माकं॑ त्वा सु॒ताँ उप॑ वी॒तपृ॑ष्ठा अ॒भि प्रय॑: | श॒तं व॑हन्तु॒ हर॑यः ||

May thy Bay Steeds with beauteous backs, a hundred, bring thee to the feast, Bring thee to these our Soma-draughts.

8.6.43

इ॒मां सु पू॒र्व्यां धियं॒ मधो॑र्घृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑म् | कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः ||

The Kaṇvas with their hymns of praise have magnified this ancient thought That swells with streams of meath and oil.

8.6.44

इन्द्र॒मिद्विम॑हीनां॒ मेधे॑ वृणीत॒ मर्त्य॑: | इन्द्रं॑ सनि॒ष्युरू॒तये॑ ||

Mid mightiest Gods let mortal man choose Indra at the sacrifice, Indra, whoe’er would win, for help.

8.6.45

अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ त्वा पुरुष्टुत प्रि॒यमे॑धस्तुता॒ हरी॑ | सो॒म॒पेया॑य वक्षतः ||

Thy steeds, by Priyamedhas praised, shall bring thee, God whom all invoke, Hither to drink the Somajuice.

8.6.46

श॒तम॒हं ति॒रिन्दि॑रे स॒हस्रं॒ पर्शा॒वा द॑दे | राधां॑सि॒ याद्वा॑नाम् ||

A hundred thousand have I gained from Parsu, from Tirindira, And presents of the Yadavas.

8.6.47

त्रीणि॑ श॒तान्यर्व॑तां स॒हस्रा॒ दश॒ गोना॑म् | द॒दुष्प॒ज्राय॒ साम्ने॑ ||

Ten thousand head of kine, and steeds three times a hundred they bestowed On Pajra for the Sāma-song.

8.6.48

उदा॑नट् ककु॒हो दिव॒मुष्ट्रा॑ञ्चतु॒र्युजो॒ दद॑त् | श्रव॑सा॒ याद्वं॒ जन॑म् ||

Kakuha hath reached up to heaven, bestowing buffaloes yoked in fours, And matched in fame the Yadavas.