Rigveda 8.61

8.61.1

उ॒भयं॑ शृ॒णव॑च्च न॒ इन्द्रो॑ अ॒र्वागि॒दं वच॑: | स॒त्राच्या॑ म॒घवा॒ सोम॑पीतये धि॒या शवि॑ष्ठ॒ आ ग॑मत् ||

PREPARE oblation: let him come; and let the minister serve again Who knows the ordering thereof,

8.61.2

तं हि स्व॒राजं॑ वृष॒भं तमोज॑से धि॒षणे॑ निष्टत॒क्षतु॑: | उ॒तोप॒मानां॑ प्रथ॒मो नि षी॑दसि॒ सोम॑कामं॒ हि ते॒ मन॑: ||

Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.

8.61.3

आ वृ॑षस्व पुरूवसो सु॒तस्ये॒न्द्रान्ध॑सः | वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ हरिवः पृ॒त्सु सा॑स॒हिमधृ॑ष्टं चिद्दधृ॒ष्वणि॑म् ||

Him, glowing bright beyond all thought, they seek among the race of man; With him for tongue they seize the food.

8.61.4

अप्रा॑मिसत्य मघव॒न्तथेद॑स॒दिन्द्र॒ क्रत्वा॒ यथा॒ वश॑: | स॒नेम॒ वाजं॒ तव॑ शिप्रि॒न्नव॑सा म॒क्षू चि॒द्यन्तो॑ अद्रिवः ||

He hath inflamed the twofold plain: life-giving, he hath climbed the wood, And with his tongue hath struck the rock.

8.61.5

श॒ग्ध्यू॒३ षु श॑चीपत॒ इन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑: | भगं॒ न हि त्वा॑ य॒शसं॑ वसु॒विद॒मनु॑ शूर॒ चरा॑मसि ||

Wandering here the radiant Calf finds none to fetter him, and seeks The Mother to declare his praise.

8.61.6

पौ॒रो अश्व॑स्य पुरु॒कृद्गवा॑म॒स्युत्सो॑ देव हिर॒ण्यय॑: | नकि॒र्हि दानं॑ परि॒मर्धि॑ष॒त्त्वे यद्य॒द्यामि॒ तदा भ॑र ||

And now that great and mighty team, the team of horses that are his, And traces of his car, are seen.

8.61.7

त्वं ह्येहि॒ चेर॑वे वि॒दा भगं॒ वसु॑त्तये | उद्वा॑वृषस्व मघव॒न्गवि॑ष्टय॒ उदि॒न्द्राश्व॑मिष्टये ||

The seven milk a single cow; the two set other five to work, On the stream's loud-resounding bank.

8.61.8

त्वं पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॑णि श॒तानि॑ च यू॒था दा॒नाय॑ मंहसे | आ पु॑रंद॒रं च॑कृम॒ विप्र॑वचस॒ इन्द्रं॒ गाय॒न्तोऽव॑से ||

Entreated by Vivasvān's ten, Indra cast down the water-jar With threefold hammer from the sky.

8.61.9

अ॒वि॒प्रो वा॒ यदवि॑ध॒द्विप्रो॑ वेन्द्र ते॒ वच॑: | स प्र म॑मन्दत्त्वा॒या श॑तक्रतो॒ प्राचा॑मन्यो॒ अहं॑सन ||

Three times the newly-kindled flame proceeds around the sacrifice: The priests anoint it with the meath.

8.61.10

उ॒ग्रबा॑हुर्म्रक्ष॒कृत्वा॑ पुरंद॒रो यदि॑ मे शृ॒णव॒द्धव॑म् | व॒सू॒यवो॒ वसु॑पतिं श॒तक्र॑तुं॒ स्तोमै॒रिन्द्रं॑ हवामहे ||

With reverence they drain the fount that circles with its wheel above, Exhaustless, with the mouth below.

8.61.11

न पा॒पासो॑ मनामहे॒ नारा॑यासो॒ न जळ्ह॑वः | यदिन्न्विन्द्रं॒ वृष॑णं॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते सखा॑यं कृ॒णवा॑महै ||

The pressing-stones are set at work: the meath is poured into the tank, At the out-shedding of the fount.

8.61.12

उ॒ग्रं यु॑युज्म॒ पृत॑नासु सास॒हिमृ॒णका॑ति॒मदा॑भ्यम् | वेदा॑ भृ॒मं चि॒त्सनि॑ता र॒थीत॑मो वा॒जिनं॒ यमिदू॒ नश॑त् ||

Ye cows, protect the fount: the two Mighty Ones bless the sacrifice. The handles twain are wrought of gold.

8.61.13

यत॑ इन्द्र॒ भया॑महे॒ ततो॑ नो॒ अभ॑यं कृधि | मघ॑वञ्छ॒ग्धि तव॒ तन्न॑ ऊ॒तिभि॒र्वि द्विषो॒ वि मृधो॑ जहि ||

Pour on the juice the ornament which reaches both the heaven and earth Supply the liquid to the Bull.

8.61.14

त्वं हि रा॑धस्पते॒ राध॑सो म॒हः क्षय॒स्यासि॑ विध॒तः | तं त्वा॑ व॒यं म॑घवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे ||

These know their own abiding-place: like calves beside the mother cows They meet together with their kin.

8.61.15

इन्द्र॒: स्पळु॒त वृ॑त्र॒हा प॑र॒स्पा नो॒ वरे॑ण्यः | स नो॑ रक्षिषच्चर॒मं स म॑ध्य॒मं स प॒श्चात्पा॑तु नः पु॒रः ||

Devouring in their greedy jaws, they make sustaining food in heaven, To Indra, Agni light and prayer.

8.61.16

त्वं न॑: प॒श्चाद॑ध॒रादु॑त्त॒रात्पु॒र इन्द्र॒ नि पा॑हि वि॒श्वत॑: | आ॒रे अ॒स्मत्कृ॑णुहि॒ दैव्यं॑ भ॒यमा॒रे हे॒तीरदे॑वीः ||

The Pious One milked out rich food, sustenance dealt in portions seven, Together with the Sun's seven rays.

8.61.17

अ॒द्याद्या॒ श्वःश्व॒ इन्द्र॒ त्रास्व॑ प॒रे च॑ नः | विश्वा॑ च नो जरि॒तॄन्त्स॑त्पते॒ अहा॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॑ च रक्षिषः ||

I took some Soma when the Sun rose up, O Mitra, Varuṇa. That is the sick man's medicine.

8.61.18

प्र॒भ॒ङ्गी शूरो॑ म॒घवा॑ तु॒वीम॑घ॒: सम्मि॑श्लो वि॒र्या॑य॒ कम् | उ॒भा ते॑ बा॒हू वृष॑णा शतक्रतो॒ नि या वज्रं॑ मिमि॒क्षतु॑: ||

From where oblations must be laid, which is the Well-beloved's home, He with his tongue hath compassed heaven.