Rigveda 8.95

HYMN III. INDRA. · ९ तिरश्चीराङ्गिरस: । इन्द्र: । अनुष्टुप् ।

8.95.1

आ त्वा॒ गिरो॑ र॒थीरि॒वाऽस्थु॑: सु॒तेषु॑ गिर्वणः | अ॒भि त्वा॒ सम॑नूष॒तेन्द्र॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तर॑: ||

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8.95.1

आ त्वा॒ गिरो॑ र॒थीरि॒वाऽस्थु॑: सु॒तेषु॑ गिर्वणः | अ॒भि त्वा॒ सम॑नूष॒तेन्द्र॑ व॒त्सं न मा॒तर॑: ||

As with Manu Samvarani, Indra, thou drankest Soma juice, And, Maghavan, with Nipatithi, Medbyatithi, with Pustigu and Srustigu,—

8.95.2

आ त्वा॑ शु॒क्रा अ॑चुच्यवुः सु॒तास॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणः | पिबा॒ त्व१स्यान्ध॑स॒ इन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑सु ते हि॒तम् ||

T'he son of Prsadvana was Praskaniva's host, who lay decrepit and forlorn. Aided by thee the Ṛṣi Dasyave-vrka strove to obtain thousands of kine.

8.95.3

पिबा॒ सोमं॒ मदा॑य॒ कमिन्द्र॑ श्ये॒नाभृ॑तं सु॒तम् | त्वं हि शश्व॑तीनां॒ पती॒ राजा॑ वि॒शामसि॑ ||

Call hither with thy newest song Indra who lacks not hymns of praise, Him who observes and knows, inspirer of the sage, him who seems eager to enjoy.

8.95.4

श्रु॒धी हवं॑ तिर॒श्च्या इन्द्र॒ यस्त्वा॑ सप॒र्यति॑ | सु॒वीर्य॑स्य॒ गोम॑तो रा॒यस्पू॑र्धि म॒हाँ अ॑सि ||

He unto whom they sang the seven-headed hymn, three-parted, in the loftiest place, He sent his thunder down on all these living things, and so displayed heroic might.

8.95.5

इन्द्र॒ यस्ते॒ नवी॑यसीं॒ गिरं॑ म॒न्द्रामजी॑जनत् | चि॒कि॒त्विन्म॑नसं॒ धियं॑ प्र॒त्नामृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑म् ||

We invocate that Indra who bestoweth precious things on us. Now do we know his newest favour; may we gain a stable that is full of kine.

8.95.6

तमु॑ ष्टवाम॒ यं गिर॒ इन्द्र॑मु॒क्थानि॑ वावृ॒धुः | पु॒रूण्य॑स्य॒ पौंस्या॒ सिषा॑सन्तो वनामहे ||

He whom thou aidest, gracious Lord, to give again, obtains great wealth to nourish him. We with our Soma ready, Lover of the Song! call, Indra Maghavan, on thee.

8.95.7

एतो॒ न्विन्द्रं॒ स्तवा॑म शु॒द्धं शु॒द्धेन॒ साम्ना॑ | शु॒द्धैरु॒क्थैर्वा॑वृ॒ध्वांसं॑ शु॒द्ध आ॒शीर्वा॑न्ममत्तु ||

Ne’er art thou fruitless, Indra ne’er dost thou desert the worshipper But now, O Maghavan, thy bounty as a God is poured forth ever more and more.

8.95.8

इन्द्र॑ शु॒द्धो न॒ आ ग॑हि शु॒द्धः शु॒द्धाभि॑रू॒तिभि॑: | शु॒द्धो र॒यिं नि धा॑रय शु॒द्धो म॑मद्धि सो॒म्यः ||

He who hath. overtaken Krvi with his might, and silenced Śuṣṇa with deathbolts,— When he supported yonder heaven and spread it out, then first the son of earth was born.

8.95.9

इन्द्र॑ शु॒द्धो हि नो॑ र॒यिं शु॒द्धो रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ | शु॒द्धो वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नसे शु॒द्धो वाजं॑ सिषाससि ||

Good Lord of wealth is he to whom all Āryas, Dāsas here belong. Directly unto thee, the pious Ruśama Paviru, is that wealth brought nigh.