8.81.1
आ तू न॑ इन्द्र क्षु॒मन्तं॑ चि॒त्रं ग्रा॒भं सं गृ॑भाय | म॒हा॒ह॒स्ती दक्षि॑णेन ||
INVITE ye Indra with a song to drink your draught of Soma juice, All-conquering Śatakratu, most munificent of all who live.
Rigveda 8.81
HYMN LXXXI. INDRA · ९ कुसीदी काण्व:। इन्द्र: । गायत्री ।
8.81.1
आ तू न॑ इन्द्र क्षु॒मन्तं॑ चि॒त्रं ग्रा॒भं सं गृ॑भाय | म॒हा॒ह॒स्ती दक्षि॑णेन ||
INVITE ye Indra with a song to drink your draught of Soma juice, All-conquering Śatakratu, most munificent of all who live.
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8.81.2
वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ तुविकू॒र्मिं तु॒विदे॑ष्णं तु॒वीम॑घम् | तु॒वि॒मा॒त्रमवो॑भिः ||
Lauded by many, much-invoked, leader of song, renowned of old: His name is Indra, tell it forth.
8.81.3
न॒हि त्वा॑ शूर दे॒वा न मर्ता॑सो॒ दित्स॑न्तम् | भी॒मं न गां वा॒रय॑न्ते ||
Indra the Dancer be to us the giver of abundant strength: May he, the mighty, bring it near.
8.81.4
एतो॒ न्विन्द्रं॒ स्तवा॒मेशा॑नं॒ वस्व॑: स्व॒राज॑म् | न राध॑सा मर्धिषन्नः ||
Indra whose jaws are strong hath drunk of worshipping Sudaksa's draught, The Soma juice with barley mixt.
8.81.5
प्र स्तो॑ष॒दुप॑ गासिष॒च्छ्रव॒त्साम॑ गी॒यमा॑नम् | अ॒भि राध॑सा जुगुरत् ||
Call Indra loudly with your songs of praise to drink the Soma juice. For this is what augments his stiength.
8.81.6
आ नो॑ भर॒ दक्षि॑णेना॒ऽभि स॒व्येन॒ प्र मृ॑श | इन्द्र॒ मा नो॒ वसो॒र्निर्भा॑क् ||
When he hath drqnk its gladdening drops, the God with vigour of a God Hath far surpassed all things that are.
8.81.7
उप॑ क्रम॒स्वा भ॑र धृष॒ता धृ॑ष्णो॒ जना॑नाम् | अदा॑शूष्टरस्य॒ वेद॑: ||
Thou speedest down to succour us this ever-conquering God of yours, Him who is drawn to all our songs
8.81.8
इन्द्र॒ य उ॒ नु ते॒ अस्ति॒ वाजो॒ विप्रे॑भि॒: सनि॑त्वः | अ॒स्माभि॒: सु तं स॑नुहि ||
The Warrior not to he restrained, the Soma-drinker ne’er o’erthrown, The Chieftain of resistless might.
8.81.13
स॒द्यो॒जुव॑स्ते॒ वाजा॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ वि॒श्वश्च॑न्द्राः | वशै॑श्च म॒क्षू ज॑रन्ते ||
O Indra, send us riches, thou Omniscient, worthy of our praise: Help us in the decisive fray.