Rigveda 8.83

HYMN LXXXIII. MARUTS. · ९ कुसीदी काण्व:। विश्वे देवा: । गायत्री ।

8.83.1

दे॒वाना॒मिदवो॑ म॒हत्तदा वृ॑णीमहे व॒यम् | वृष्णा॑म॒स्मभ्य॑मू॒तये॑ ||

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8.83.1

दे॒वाना॒मिदवो॑ म॒हत्तदा वृ॑णीमहे व॒यम् | वृष्णा॑म॒स्मभ्य॑मू॒तये॑ ||

THE Cow, the famous Mother of the wealthy Maruts, pours her milk: Both horses of the cars are yoked,—

8.83.2

ते न॑: सन्तु॒ युज॒: सदा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा | वृ॒धास॑श्च॒ प्रचे॑तसः ||

She in whose bosom all the Gods, and Sun and Moon for men to see, Maintain their everlasting Laws.

8.83.3

अति॑ नो विष्पि॒ता पु॒रु नौ॒भिर॒पो न प॑र्षथ | यू॒यमृ॒तस्य॑ रथ्यः ||

This all the pious sing to us, and sacred poets evermore: The Maruts to the Soma-draught

8.83.4

वा॒मं नो॑ अस्त्वर्यमन्वा॒मं व॑रुण॒ शंस्य॑म् | वा॒मं ह्या॑वृणी॒महे॑ ||

Here is the Soma ready pressed of this the Maruts drink, of this Self-luminous the Aśvins drink.

8.83.5

वा॒मस्य॒ हि प्र॑चेतस॒ ईशा॑नाशो रिशादसः | नेमा॑दित्या अ॒घस्य॒ यत् ||

Of this, moreover, purified, set in three places, procreant, Drink Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman.

8.83.6

व॒यमिद्व॑: सुदानवः क्षि॒यन्तो॒ यान्तो॒ अध्व॒न्ना | देवा॑ वृ॒धाय॑ हूमहे ||

And Indra, like the Herald Priest, desirous of the milky juice, At early morn will quaff thereof.

8.83.7

अधि॑ न इन्द्रैषां॒ विष्णो॑ सजा॒त्या॑नाम् | इ॒ता मरु॑तो॒ अश्वि॑ना ||

When have the Princes gleamed and shone through waters as through troops of foes'? When hasten they whose might ispure?

8.83.8

प्र भ्रा॑तृ॒त्वं सु॑दान॒वोऽध॑ द्वि॒ता स॑मा॒न्या | मा॒तुर्गर्भे॑ भरामहे ||

What favour do I claim this day of you great Deities, you who are Wondrously splendid in yourselves?

8.83.9

यू॒यं हि ष्ठा सु॑दानव॒ इन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठा अ॒भिद्य॑वः | अधा॑ चिद्व उ॒त ब्रु॑वे ||

1 call, to drink the Soma, those Maruts who spread all realms of earth And luminous regions of the sky.