8.65.1
१२ प्रगाथ: काण्व: | इन्द्र: | गायत्री | यदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रागपा॒गुद॒ङ्न्य॑ग्वा हू॒यसे॒ नृभि॑: | आ या॑हि॒ तूय॑मा॒शुभि॑: ||
NOT to forsake me, I invoke this Indra girt by Maruts, Lord Of magic power who rules with might.
Rigveda 8.65
HYMN LXV. INDRA. · 1-12
8.65.1
१२ प्रगाथ: काण्व: | इन्द्र: | गायत्री | यदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रागपा॒गुद॒ङ्न्य॑ग्वा हू॒यसे॒ नृभि॑: | आ या॑हि॒ तूय॑मा॒शुभि॑: ||
NOT to forsake me, I invoke this Indra girt by Maruts, Lord Of magic power who rules with might.
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8.65.2
यद्वा॑ प्र॒स्रव॑णे दि॒वो मा॒दया॑से॒ स्व॑र्णरे | यद्वा॑ समु॒द्रे अन्ध॑सः ||
This Indra with his Marut Friends clave into pieces Vṛtra's bead With hundred-knotted thunderbolt.
8.65.3
आ त्वा॑ गी॒र्भिर्म॒हामु॒रुं हु॒वे गामि॑व॒ भोज॑से | इन्द्र॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ||
Indra, with Marut Friends grown strong, hath rent asunder Vṛtra, and Released the waters of the sea.
8.65.4
आ त॑ इन्द्र महि॒मानं॒ हर॑यो देव ते॒ मह॑: | रथे॑ वहन्तु॒ बिभ्र॑तः ||
This is that Indra who, begirt by Maruts, won the light of heaven That he might drink the Soma juice.
8.65.5
इन्द्र॑ गृणी॒ष उ॑ स्तु॒षे म॒हाँ उ॒ग्र ई॑शान॒कृत् | एहि॑ नः सु॒तं पिब॑ ||
Mighty, impetuous, begirt by Maruts, him who loudly roars, Indra we invocate with songs.
8.65.6
सु॒ताव॑न्तस्त्वा व॒यं प्रय॑स्वन्तो हवामहे | इ॒दं नो॑ ब॒र्हिरा॒सदे॑ ||
Indra begirt by Maruts we invoke after the ancient plan, That he may drink the Soma juice.
8.65.7
यच्चि॒द्धि शश्व॑ता॒मसीन्द्र॒ साधा॑रण॒स्त्वम् | तं त्वा॑ व॒यं ह॑वामहे ||
O liberal Indra, Marut-girt, much-lauded Śatakratu, drink The Soma at this sacrifice.
8.65.8
इ॒दं ते॑ सो॒म्यं मध्वधु॑क्ष॒न्नद्रि॑भि॒र्नर॑: | जु॒षा॒ण इ॑न्द्र॒ तत्पि॑ब ||
To thee, O Indra, Marut-girt, these Soma juices, Thunderer! Are offered from the heart with lauds.
8.65.9
विश्वाँ॑ अ॒र्यो वि॑प॒श्चितोऽति॑ ख्य॒स्तूय॒मा ग॑हि | अ॒स्मे धे॑हि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ||
Drink, Indra, with thy Marut Friends, pressed Soma at the morning rites, Whetting thy thunderbolt with strength.
8.65.10
दा॒ता मे॒ पृष॑तीनां॒ राजा॑ हिरण्य॒वीना॑म् | मा दे॑वा म॒घवा॑ रिषत् ||
Arising in thy might, thy jaws thou shookest, Indra, having quaffed The Soma which the mortar pressed.
8.65.11
स॒हस्रे॒ पृष॑तीना॒मधि॑ श्च॒न्द्रं बृ॒हत्पृ॒थु | शु॒क्रं हिर॑ण्य॒मा द॑दे ||
Indra, both worlds complained to thee when uttering thy fearful roar, What time thou smotest Dasyus dead.
8.65.12
नपा॑तो दु॒र्गह॑स्य मे स॒हस्रे॑ण सु॒राध॑सः | श्रवो॑ दे॒वेष्व॑क्रत ||
From Indra have I measured out a song eight-footed with nine parts, Delicate, faithful. to the Law.