8. Maṇḍala 8

Ṛgveda 8.1 · 34 verses

8.1.1

मा चि॑द॒न्यद्वि शं॑सत॒ सखा॑यो॒ मा रि॑षण्यत।
इन्द्र॒मित्स्तो॑ता॒ वृष॑णं॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते मुहु॑रु॒क्था च॑ शंसत ॥

mā cidanyadvi śaṃsata sakhāyo mā riṣaṇyata।
indramitstotā vṛṣaṇaṃ sacā sute muhurukthā ca śaṃsata ॥

O friends, do not worship any other but One, be firm, never remiss, worship only Indra, sole lord absolute, omnipotent and infinitely generous, and when you have realised the bliss of the lord’s presence, sing songs of divine adoration spontaneously, profusely, again and again.

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8.1.2

अ॒व॒क्र॒क्षिणं॑ वृष॒भं य॑था॒जुरं॒ गां न च॑र्षणी॒सह॑म्।
वि॒द्वेष॑णं सं॒वन॑नोभयंक॒रं मंहि॑ष्ठमुभया॒विन॑म् ॥

avakrakṣiṇaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ yathājuraṃ gāṃ na carṣaṇīsaham।
vidveṣaṇaṃ saṃvananobhayaṃkaraṃ maṃhiṣṭhamubhayāvinam ॥

Worship Indra only, who most spontaneously rushes to the devotee for protection and upon the evil for punishment, correction or destruction. He is profusely and potently generous, free from age and decay, patient and forbearing giver of peace and nourishment to people like the meek cow and motherly earth, saviour from hate and jealousy, most adorable, giver of both material well being (abhyudaya) and spiritual freedom (nihshreyas), most munificent and majestic, and lord ruler and protector of both nature and the soul.

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8.1.3

यच्चि॒द्धि त्वा॒ जना॑ इ॒मे नाना॒ हव॑न्त ऊ॒तये॑।
अ॒स्माकं॒ ब्रह्मे॒दमि॑न्द्र भूतु॒ तेऽहा॒ विश्वा॑ च॒ वर्ध॑नम् ॥

yacciddhi tvā janā ime nānā havanta ūtaye।
asmākaṃ brahmedamindra bhūtu te'hā viśvā ca vardhanam ॥

Although these many people invoke you and pray for protection and progress for themselves in many different ways, yet, we pray, our adoration and prayers and all this wealth, honour and excellence bestowed upon us by you be dedicated to you and always, day and night, exalt your munificence and glory.

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8.1.4

वि त॑र्तूर्यन्ते मघवन्विप॒श्चितो॒ऽर्यो विपो॒ जना॑नाम्।
उप॑ क्रमस्व पुरु॒रूप॒मा भ॑र॒ वाजं॒ नेदि॑ष्ठमू॒तये॑ ॥

vi tartūryante maghavanvipaścito'ryo vipo janānām।
upa kramasva pururūpamā bhara vājaṃ nediṣṭhamūtaye ॥

O lord of might and majesty, the wise, the noble and the vibrant leaders of the people, by your grace, cross over all obstacles of their struggle for life and success, whenever they face any. Pray, come lord and give us instant energy of versatile form for our protection and victory at the earliest.

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8.1.5

म॒हे च॒न त्वाम॑द्रिव॒ परा॑ शु॒ल्काय॑ देयाम्।
न स॒हस्रा॑य॒ नायुता॑य वज्रिवो॒ न श॒ताय॑ शतामघ ॥

mahe cana tvāmadriva parā śulkāya deyām।
na sahasrāya nāyutāya vajrivo na śatāya śatāmagha ॥

O lord of infinite wealth, power and majesty, wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and punishment, breaker of the clouds and mountains, bless me that I may never give up my devotion to you for the greatest material return, not for a thousand, not for a million, not even for the boundless wealth of the world.

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8.1.6

वस्याँ॑ इन्द्रासि मे पि॒तुरु॒त भ्रातु॒रभु॑ञ्जतः।
मा॒ता च॑ मे छदयथः स॒मा व॑सो वसुत्व॒नाय॒ राध॑से ॥

vasyām̐ indrāsi me pituruta bhrāturabhuñjataḥ।
mātā ca me chadayathaḥ samā vaso vasutvanāya rādhase ॥

You command greater wealth, power and prestigious settlement for me than my father, you are closer to me than my indifferent brother. Only my mother and you are equal to provide me solace and protection, O shelter of the universe, for my wealth and celebrity in success (my mother as individual mother and you as universal mother).

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8.1.7

क्वे॑यथ॒ क्वेद॑सि पुरु॒त्रा चि॒द्धि ते॒ मन॑।
अल॑र्षि युध्म खजकृत्पुरंदर॒ प्र गा॑य॒त्रा अ॑गासिषुः ॥

kveyatha kvedasi purutrā ciddhi te mana।
alarṣi yudhma khajakṛtpuraṃdara pra gāyatrā agāsiṣuḥ ॥

Where do you move and reach? Where do you reside and abide? No one can say. Your mind and presence is everywhere, universal. O lord of the warlike dynamics of existence, pivot and churner of the universe, breaker of the citadels of darkness and ignorance, come and bless us, the celebrants and singers of Gayatri hymns invoke and adore you.

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8.1.8

प्रास्मै॑ गाय॒त्रम॑र्चत वा॒वातु॒र्यः पु॑रंद॒रः।
याभि॑ का॒ण्वस्योप॑ ब॒र्हिरा॒सदं॒ यास॑द्व॒ज्री भि॒नत्पुर॑ ॥

prāsmai gāyatramarcata vāvāturyaḥ puraṃdaraḥ।
yābhi kāṇvasyopa barhirāsadaṃ yāsadvajrī bhinatpura ॥

O celebrants of Indra, lord of the thunderbolt, sing hymns of adoration in Gayatri music in honour of Indra who is breaker of the strongholds of darkness which oppose and oppress the lord’s devotees, so that, pleased by these adorations, the lord may reveal his presence and grace the mind and vedi of the enlightened sages and break through the citadels of darkness to bless the devotees.

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8.1.9

ये ते॒ सन्ति॑ दश॒ग्विन॑ श॒तिनो॒ ये स॑ह॒स्रिण॑।
अश्वा॑सो॒ ये ते॒ वृष॑णो रघु॒द्रुव॒स्तेभि॑र्न॒स्तूय॒मा ग॑हि ॥

ye te santi daśagvina śatino ye sahasriṇa।
aśvāso ye te vṛṣaṇo raghudruvastebhirnastūyamā gahi ॥

Indra, breaker of the citadels of darkness and ignorance to light, come post haste to us with all those lightning powers and forces of yours which are vigorous and generous, radiating into all the ten directions in a hundred and a thousand ways.

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8.1.10

आ त्व१द्य स॑ब॒र्दुघां॑ हु॒वे गा॑य॒त्रवे॑पसम्।
इन्द्रं॑ धे॒नुं सु॒दुघा॒मन्या॒मिष॑मु॒रुधा॑रामरं॒कृत॑म् ॥

ā tva1dya sabardughāṃ huve gāyatravepasam।
indraṃ dhenuṃ sudughāmanyāmiṣamurudhārāmaraṃkṛtam ॥

Today I invoke Indra, I invoke the motherly spirit of the universe, giver of total fulfilment of the heart’s desire, pleased and stirred by the chant of Gayatri songs of adoration, omnipotent and omnificent, generous as Mother Nature, giver of ample gifts beyond the earth and the earthly cow, harbinger of showers of the cherished nectar milk of life, all blissful and gracious.

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8.1.11

यत्तु॒दत्सूर॒ एत॑शं व॒ङ्कू वात॑स्य प॒र्णिना॑।
वह॒त्कुत्स॑मार्जुने॒यं श॒तक्र॑तु॒ त्सर॑द्गन्ध॒र्वमस्तृ॑तम् ॥

yattudatsūra etaśaṃ vaṅkū vātasya parṇinā।
vahatkutsamārjuneyaṃ śatakratu tsaradgandharvamastṛtam ॥

Indra, lord immanent, omnipresent and all energiser, gives the initial stroke of motion to everything on the move such as the sun and the cloud by the waves of cosmic energy. Thus the lord of countless actions of cosmic yajna brings the thunderstroke of cosmic energy to move the sun, wielder of the earth, and he brings the thunder stroke of lightning to break the cloud into rain. (Indra thus is the unmoved, all immanent, original mover of the universe.)

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8.1.12

य ऋ॒ते चि॑दभि॒श्रिष॑ पु॒रा ज॒त्रुभ्य॑ आ॒तृद॑।
संधा॑ता सं॒धिं म॒घवा॑ पुरू॒वसु॒रिष्क॑र्ता॒ विह्रु॑तं॒ पुन॑ ॥

ya ṛte cidabhiśriṣa purā jatrubhya ātṛda।
saṃdhātā saṃdhiṃ maghavā purūvasuriṣkartā vihrutaṃ puna ॥

Indra is that vibrant immanent lord of unbounded natural health and assertive life energy who, without piercing and without ligatures, provides for the original jointure of the series of separate vertebrae and collar bones and then, later, heals and sets the same back into healthy order if they get dislocated or fractured.

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8.1.13

मा भू॑म॒ निष्ट्या॑ इ॒वेन्द्र॒ त्वदर॑णा इव।
वना॑नि॒ न प्र॑जहि॒तान्य॑द्रिवो दु॒रोषा॑सो अमन्महि ॥

mā bhūma niṣṭyā ivendra tvadaraṇā iva।
vanāni na prajahitānyadrivo duroṣāso amanmahi ॥

Indra, lord almighty, maker and breaker of clouds and mountains, free from anger and fear we adore you and pray: Give us the grace that we may never be like the lowest of human species with nothing to be proud of, let us never be like the indifferent and the depressed, let us never be reduced to the state of forsaken thickets of dead wood.

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8.1.14

अम॑न्म॒हीद॑ना॒शवो॑ऽनु॒ग्रास॑श्च वृत्रहन्।
स॒कृत्सु ते॑ मह॒ता शू॑र॒ राध॑सा॒ अनु॒ स्तोमं॑ मुदीमहि ॥

amanmahīdanāśavo'nugrāsaśca vṛtrahan।
sakṛtsu te mahatā śūra rādhasā anu stomaṃ mudīmahi ॥

Indra, omnipotent lord, destroyer of darkness and ignorance, we pray that, gently and at peace without anger or impatience, we always worship and meditate on you and, by virtue of your grandeur and glory, we should celebrate and exalt your honour and rejoice with

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8.1.15

यदि॒ स्तोमं॒ मम॒ श्रव॑द॒स्माक॒मिन्द्र॒मिन्द॑वः।
ति॒रः प॒वित्रं॑ ससृ॒वांस॑ आ॒शवो॒ मन्द॑न्तु तुग्र्या॒वृध॑ ॥

yadi stomaṃ mama śravadasmākamindramindavaḥ।
tiraḥ pavitraṃ sasṛvāṃsa āśavo mandantu tugryāvṛdha ॥

And if the lord omnipotent, Indra, listen to my song of divine celebration, then may the offers of homage and oblations of soma, quick and fast, augmented by holy waters, reaching the pure and immaculate lord, please and exalt him and delight us with success.

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8.1.16

आ त्व१द्य स॒धस्तु॑तिं वा॒वातु॒ सख्यु॒रा ग॑हि।
उप॑स्तुतिर्म॒घोनां॒ प्र त्वा॑व॒त्वधा॑ ते वश्मि सुष्टु॒तिम् ॥

ā tva1dya sadhastutiṃ vāvātu sakhyurā gahi।
upastutirmaghonāṃ pra tvāvatvadhā te vaśmi suṣṭutim ॥

O lord, pray come and accept the joint praise and adorations of your friends and devotees. And may the spontaneous and heart felt prayers and adorations of the wealthy and powerful also reach you today. And now it is my time and desire to offer my song of adoration.

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8.1.17

सोता॒ हि सोम॒मद्रि॑भि॒रेमे॑नम॒प्सु धा॑वत।
ग॒व्या वस्त्रे॑व वा॒सय॑न्त॒ इन्नरो॒ निर्धु॑क्षन्व॒क्षणा॑भ्यः ॥

sotā hi somamadribhiremenamapsu dhāvata।
gavyā vastreva vāsayanta innaro nirdhukṣanvakṣaṇābhyaḥ ॥

O friends and celebrants of Indra, lord omnipotent, extract the soma with grinders, mix and stir it in waters. Then leading lights of yajna, refining it like the concentration of sun rays, offer it into the fire and milk out waters in showers from space for the flowing streams. Note: This mantra is a metaphor of meditation and spiritual realisation also. When you churn the world of your sense experiences, thought and memory, extract the essential value and offer it into the fire of meditation, then the light of divinity descends on you and your life is changed. It is then that the light of divinity flows into the channels of your thought and action.

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8.1.18

अध॒ ज्मो अध॑ वा दि॒वो बृ॑ह॒तो रो॑च॒नादधि॑।
अ॒या व॑र्धस्व त॒न्वा॑ गि॒रा ममा जा॒ता सु॑क्रतो पृण ॥

adha jmo adha vā divo bṛhato rocanādadhi।
ayā vardhasva tanvā girā mamā jātā sukrato pṛṇa ॥

O lord refulgent and omnipotent, whether on earth or in the regions of light or even beyond the expansive light of heaven, be pleased and exalted by this refined and radiating voice of adoration and, O lord presiding spirit of yajna, bless us and our children with perfect fulfilment.

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8.1.19

इन्द्रा॑य॒ सु म॒दिन्त॑मं॒ सोमं॑ सोता॒ वरे॑ण्यम्।
श॒क्र ए॑णं पीपय॒द्विश्व॑या धि॒या हि॑न्वा॒नं न वा॑ज॒युम् ॥

indrāya su madintamaṃ somaṃ sotā vareṇyam।
śakra eṇaṃ pīpayadviśvayā dhiyā hinvānaṃ na vājayum ॥

O celebrants of Indra, seekers of spiritual perfection, for the attainment of holiness of thought, karma and vision, extract the choicest, most exhilarating soma from life and offer it to Indra, spirit of the universe, and the lord omnipotent would bless this seeker of fulfilment calling upon the lord with universal intelligence and will for a life of perfect action.

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8.1.20

मा त्वा॒ सोम॑स्य॒ गल्द॑या॒ सदा॒ याच॑न्न॒हं गि॒रा।
भूर्णिं॑ मृ॒गं न सव॑नेषु चुक्रुधं॒ क ईशा॑नं॒ न या॑चिषत् ॥

mā tvā somasya galdayā sadā yācannahaṃ girā।
bhūrṇiṃ mṛgaṃ na savaneṣu cukrudhaṃ ka īśānaṃ na yāciṣat ॥

O lord, always beseeching you for one thing or another with my words of prayer as with each drop of soma offered to you, I pray, I may not provoke you to anger in yajna, you who are infinite giver and sole ruler of the universe like a lion of the forest. Listen, O lord, who doesn’t ask of the ruler and the munificent?

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8.1.21

मदे॑नेषि॒तं मद॑मु॒ग्रमु॒ग्रेण॒ शव॑सा।
विश्वे॑षां तरु॒तारं॑ मद॒च्युतं॒ मदे॒ हि ष्मा॒ ददा॑ति नः ॥

madeneṣitaṃ madamugramugreṇa śavasā।
viśveṣāṃ tarutāraṃ madacyutaṃ made hi ṣmā dadāti naḥ ॥

When the lord is pleased with our devotion, then he grants us the most exciting joy along with brilliant strength and power which we love and pray for with enthusiasm and which eliminates all pride of the ego and helps us cross over all challenges of life.

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8.1.22

शेवा॑रे॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु दे॒वो मर्ता॑य दा॒शुषे॑।
स सु॑न्व॒ते च॑ स्तुव॒ते च॑ रासते वि॒श्वगू॑र्तो अरिष्टु॒तः ॥

śevāre vāryā puru devo martāya dāśuṣe।
sa sunvate ca stuvate ca rāsate viśvagūrto ariṣṭutaḥ ॥

In the treasure hold of yajna, the self-refulgent lord universally adored keeps wealth and excellence of choice for the generous mortal which he, acknowledged and adored even by adversaries, gives to the celebrant and the worshipful lover of soma for homage to the lord.

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8.1.23

एन्द्र॑ याहि॒ मत्स्व॑ चि॒त्रेण॑ देव॒ राध॑सा।
सरो॒ न प्रा॑स्यु॒दरं॒ सपी॑तिभि॒रा सोमे॑भिरु॒रु स्फि॒रम् ॥

endra yāhi matsva citreṇa deva rādhasā।
saro na prāsyudaraṃ sapītibhirā somebhiruru sphiram ॥

Indra, lord of glory, come with various wondrous forms of wealths of the world and let us rejoice in the bliss of your presence. Like the universal reservoir, fill our vast world of existence with exciting and soothing wealth, honour and excellence for complete self-fulfilment.

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8.1.24

आ त्वा॑ स॒हस्र॒मा श॒तं यु॒क्ता रथे॑ हिर॒ण्यये॑।
ब्र॒ह्म॒युजो॒ हर॑य इन्द्र के॒शिनो॒ वह॑न्तु॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥

ā tvā sahasramā śataṃ yuktā rathe hiraṇyaye।
brahmayujo haraya indra keśino vahantu somapītaye ॥

May the hundreds and thousands of forces of nature and humanity harnessed to the golden chariot of the universe, radiant with light and dedicated to divinity, invoke and invite you hither into the heart so that we may experience the bliss of divine presence.

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8.1.25

आ त्वा॒ रथे॑ हिर॒ण्यये॒ हरी॑ म॒यूर॑शेप्या।
शि॒ति॒पृ॒ष्ठा व॑हतां॒ मध्वो॒ अन्ध॑सो वि॒वक्ष॑णस्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

ā tvā rathe hiraṇyaye harī mayūraśepyā।
śitipṛṣṭhā vahatāṃ madhvo andhaso vivakṣaṇasya pītaye ॥

May the vibrant forces of divine energy, joined to your golden chariot of the universe with rhythmic majesty like the peacock’s feather tail and mighty power with circuitous motion of energy currents, radiate your presence here so that you may acknowledge and accept our love and homage and we experience the bliss of divine presence.

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8.1.26

पिबा॒ त्व१स्य गि॑र्वणः सु॒तस्य॑ पूर्व॒पा इ॑व।
परि॑ष्कृतस्य र॒सिन॑ इ॒यमा॑सु॒तिश्चारु॒र्मदा॑य पत्यते ॥

pibā tva1sya girvaṇaḥ sutasya pūrvapā iva।
pariṣkṛtasya rasina iyamāsutiścārurmadāya patyate ॥

Like the eternal lord of love fond of the celebrant’s homage, come and accept the devotee’s love and faith distilled from life’s experience. The flow of the ecstatic celebrant’s clairvoyance pure and sweet is full of ananda and radiates from the heart for spiritual bliss.

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8.1.27

य एको॒ अस्ति॑ दं॒सना॑ म॒हाँ उ॒ग्रो अ॒भि व्र॒तैः।
गम॒त्स शि॒प्री न स यो॑ष॒दा ग॑म॒द्धवं॒ न परि॑ वर्जति ॥

ya eko asti daṃsanā mahām̐ ugro abhi vrataiḥ।
gamatsa śiprī na sa yoṣadā gamaddhavaṃ na pari varjati ॥

He is one, unique and incomparable, great by his omnipotence and action, refulgent and supreme by his laws and observance. May the lord, like the light of grace, descend on us, may he never be away, may be ever respond to our call and come to our yajna and never forsake us.

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8.1.28

त्वं पुरं॑ चरि॒ष्ण्वं॑ व॒धैः शुष्ण॑स्य॒ सं पि॑णक्।
त्वं भा अनु॑ चरो॒ अध॑ द्वि॒ता यदि॑न्द्र॒ हव्यो॒ भुव॑ ॥

tvaṃ puraṃ cariṣṇvaṃ vadhaiḥ śuṣṇasya saṃ piṇak।
tvaṃ bhā anu caro adha dvitā yadindra havyo bhuva ॥

With fatal strokes of arms, you destroy the forces of evil and exploitation on the rampant, you are the light of life and bless the lights of life in action, and thus you are doubly adorable and worshipped in two complementary aspects, as destroyer and as preserver, O lord omnipotent and self-refulgent.

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8.1.29

मम॑ त्वा॒ सूर॒ उदि॑ते॒ मम॑ म॒ध्यंदि॑ने दि॒वः।
मम॑ प्रपि॒त्वे अ॑पिशर्व॒रे व॑स॒वा स्तोमा॑सो अवृत्सत ॥

mama tvā sūra udite mama madhyaṃdine divaḥ।
mama prapitve apiśarvare vasavā stomāso avṛtsata ॥

O lord of the universe, shelter of life and existence, at the dawn of sunrise let my prayers and songs of exaltation reach you. At the middle of the day when the sun is on the high, let my prayers and songs of adoration reach you. And when the day is over and night is fallen and the stars shine, let my songs of prayer and peace reach you.

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8.1.30

स्तु॒हि स्तु॒हीदे॒ते घा॑ ते॒ मंहि॑ष्ठासो म॒घोना॑म्।
नि॒न्दि॒ताश्व॑ प्रप॒थी प॑रम॒ज्या म॒घस्य॑ मेध्यातिथे ॥

stuhi stuhīdete ghā te maṃhiṣṭhāso maghonām।
ninditāśva prapathī paramajyā maghasya medhyātithe ॥

O Medhyatithi, venerable traveller on life’s highway, O guest, O host, pray to Indra, adore him, and these too around you, all richest of the rich and mightiest of the mighty, should adore him: omnipresent, faster than the fastest, instantly moving all round over paths of infinity, commanding the rule and dispensation of the highest wealth and power of existence.

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8.1.31

आ यदश्वा॒न्वन॑न्वतः श्र॒द्धया॒हं रथे॑ रु॒हम्।
उ॒त वा॒मस्य॒ वसु॑नश्चिकेतति॒ यो अस्ति॒ याद्व॑ प॒शुः ॥

ā yadaśvānvananvataḥ śraddhayāhaṃ rathe ruham।
uta vāmasya vasunaściketati yo asti yādva paśuḥ ॥

When I control the outgoing senses and mind and look within riding as if the body chariot with faith, then in that state of experience whoever is refined and watchful knows the inner secrets of this beautiful world of existence.

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8.1.32

य ऋ॒ज्रा मह्यं॑ माम॒हे स॒ह त्व॒चा हि॑र॒ण्यया॑।
ए॒ष विश्वा॑न्य॒भ्य॑स्तु॒ सौभ॑गास॒ङ्गस्य॑ स्व॒नद्र॑थः ॥

ya ṛjrā mahyaṃ māmahe saha tvacā hiraṇyayā।
eṣa viśvānyabhyastu saubhagāsaṅgasya svanadrathaḥ ॥

Who gives me dynamic and powerful gifts of life with a golden cover and thus does me honour may be blest with the highest good fortunes of the world and may this devoted man go forward in life by a resounding chariot.

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8.1.33

अध॒ प्लायो॑गि॒रति॑ दासद॒न्याना॑स॒ङ्गो अ॑ग्ने द॒शभि॑ स॒हस्रै॑।
अधो॒क्षणो॒ दश॒ मह्यं॒ रुश॑न्तो न॒ळा इ॑व॒ सर॑सो॒ निर॑तिष्ठन् ॥

adha plāyogirati dāsadanyānāsaṅgo agne daśabhi sahasrai।
adhokṣaṇo daśa mahyaṃ ruśanto naḷā iva saraso niratiṣṭhan ॥

Agni, omnipresent light of life, the dedicated man of charity conducting yajnic and spiritual projects in science and spirituality exceeds others by tens and thousands especially when he gives to me ten highly brilliant and creative gifts rising like lotus from a lake.

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8.1.34

अन्व॑स्य स्थू॒रं द॑दृशे पु॒रस्ता॑दन॒स्थ ऊ॒रुर॑व॒रम्ब॑माणः।
शश्व॑ती॒ नार्य॑भि॒चक्ष्या॑ह॒ सुभ॑द्रमर्य॒ भोज॑नं बिभर्षि ॥

anvasya sthūraṃ dadṛśe purastādanastha ūruravarambamāṇaḥ।
śaśvatī nāryabhicakṣyāha subhadramarya bhojanaṃ bibharṣi ॥

The gross form of the universe is seen emerging from the infinite transphysical spiritual reality. The eternal Mother Nature watches and says: O lord of gracious charity, you alone hold the blessed food for the life of mortal humanity.

Ṛgveda 8.2 · 42 verses

8.2.1

इ॒दं व॑सो सु॒तमन्ध॒ पिबा॒ सुपू॑र्णमु॒दर॑म्।
अना॑भयिन्ररि॒मा ते॑ ॥

idaṃ vaso sutamandha pibā supūrṇamudaram।
anābhayinrarimā te ॥

O lord of the world’s treasure of wealth, honour and excellence, here is this exhilarating soma nectar of love and devotion distilled from the heart and soul. Pray drink of it to your heart’s content. We offer it to you, lord beyond fear.

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8.2.2

नृभि॑र्धू॒तः सु॒तो अश्नै॒रव्यो॒ वारै॒ परि॑पूतः।
अश्वो॒ न नि॒क्तो न॒दीषु॑ ॥

nṛbhirdhūtaḥ suto aśnairavyo vārai paripūtaḥ।
aśvo na nikto nadīṣu ॥

Stirred by best of men, crushed and filtered by men of adamantine character, purified and guarded by best of the brave, it is sparkling like sun rays reflected on the river waters.

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8.2.3

तं ते॒ यवं॒ यथा॒ गोभि॑ स्वा॒दुम॑कर्म श्री॒णन्त॑।
इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒स्मिन्स॑ध॒मादे॑ ॥

taṃ te yavaṃ yathā gobhi svādumakarma śrīṇanta।
indra tvāsminsadhamāde ॥

That sparkling soma drink of devotion seasoned with barley, mixed with milk and cream, we, blenders, having prepared it, offer to you in this house of celebration.

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8.2.4

इन्द्र॒ इत्सो॑म॒पा एक॒ इन्द्र॑ सुत॒पा वि॒श्वायु॑।
अ॒न्तर्दे॒वान्मर्त्याँ॑श्च ॥

indra itsomapā eka indra sutapā viśvāyu।
antardevānmartyām̐śca ॥

Among ordinary mortals and among divines of wisdom and vision, Indra, the karmayogi, alone is the protector of soma, Indra, the man of knowledge and dedication, alone is the valuer of the worshipper’s devotion and homage as he alone has the world vision.

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8.2.5

न यं शु॒क्रो न दुरा॑शी॒र्न तृ॒प्रा उ॑रु॒व्यच॑सम्।
अ॒प॒स्पृ॒ण्व॒ते सु॒हार्द॑म् ॥

na yaṃ śukro na durāśīrna tṛprā uruvyacasam।
apaspṛṇvate suhārdam ॥

Neither the most sparkling soma of devotion nor the most sophisticated and aromatic, nor the most delightful, ever satiate the lord infinite of the holiest heart and love.

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8.2.6

गोभि॒र्यदी॑म॒न्ये अ॒स्मन्मृ॒गं न व्रा मृ॒गय॑न्ते।
अ॒भि॒त्सर॑न्ति धे॒नुभि॑ ॥

gobhiryadīmanye asmanmṛgaṃ na vrā mṛgayante।
abhitsaranti dhenubhi ॥

Multitudes of people other than us approved him and try to inveigle him with creamy entertainment and sweet flattering words of adoration just like a hunter baiting a lion (but they fail).

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8.2.7

त्रय॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ सोमा॑ सु॒तास॑ सन्तु दे॒वस्य॑।
स्वे क्षये॑ सुत॒पाव्न॑ ॥

traya indrasya somā sutāsa santu devasya।
sve kṣaye sutapāvna ॥

For self-refulgent and generous Indra who is fond of the soma dedication of devotees, there are three sessions of soma distilled and offered in homage in the devotee’s own home of yajna and prayer, at dawn, at mid-day and in the evening before night fall.

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8.2.8

त्रय॒ कोशा॑सः श्चोतन्ति ति॒स्रश्च॒म्व१ः सुपू॑र्णाः।
स॒मा॒ने अधि॒ भार्म॑न् ॥

traya kośāsaḥ ścotanti tisraścamva1ḥ supūrṇāḥ।
samāne adhi bhārman ॥

In the same one session of yajna, there are three vessels of soma dripping with the nectar and three ladles of ghrta overflowing with homage for the fire in honour of the lord.

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8.2.9

शुचि॑रसि पुरुनि॒ष्ठाः क्षी॒रैर्म॑ध्य॒त आशी॑र्तः।
द॒ध्ना मन्दि॑ष्ठ॒ शूर॑स्य ॥

śucirasi puruniṣṭhāḥ kṣīrairmadhyata āśīrtaḥ।
dadhnā mandiṣṭha śūrasya ॥

Celestial soma, divine devotion of the dedicated, you are pure and potent, dedicated to the joy of many and the lord eternal, and seasoned in the process with milk, cream and curds. Surely you are the most delightful love of the heroic brave.

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8.2.10

इ॒मे त॑ इन्द्र॒ सोमा॑स्ती॒व्रा अ॒स्मे सु॒तास॑।
शु॒क्रा आ॒शिरं॑ याचन्ते ॥

ime ta indra somāstīvrā asme sutāsa।
śukrā āśiraṃ yācante ॥

These are for you, Indra, soma oblations of the most potent order distilled by us. Pure and powerful they are, offered in homage with prayer and hope for a share of the celestial bliss of faith and love.

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8.2.11

ताँ आ॒शिरं॑ पुरो॒ळाश॒मिन्द्रे॒मं सोमं॑ श्रीणीहि।
रे॒वन्तं॒ हि त्वा॑ शृ॒णोमि॑ ॥

tām̐ āśiraṃ puroḷāśamindremaṃ somaṃ śrīṇīhi।
revantaṃ hi tvā śṛṇomi ॥

Indra, lord of glory, come and join this soma celebration of milk and barley delicacies with joy. You command the wealth, honour, excellence and glory of the world, I hear. I believe, I share and celebrate.

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8.2.12

हृ॒त्सु पी॒तासो॑ युध्यन्ते दु॒र्मदा॑सो॒ न सुरा॑याम्।
ऊध॒र्न न॒ग्ना ज॑रन्ते ॥

hṛtsu pītāso yudhyante durmadāso na surāyām।
ūdharna nagnā jarante ॥

Draughts of soma create exhilarations in the heart unlike intoxication and illusions of wine, and the celebrants adore the spirit divine as the ocean of ecstasy.

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8.2.13

रे॒वाँ इद्रे॒वत॑ स्तो॒ता स्यात्त्वाव॑तो म॒घोन॑।
प्रेदु॑ हरिवः श्रु॒तस्य॑ ॥

revām̐ idrevata stotā syāttvāvato maghona।
predu harivaḥ śrutasya ॥

Indra, master and commander of dynamic forces, may the celebrant of the brilliant, bountiful and renowned like you be brilliant, prosperous and celebrated. That is but natural.

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8.2.14

उ॒क्थं च॒न श॒स्यमा॑न॒मगो॑र॒रिरा चि॑केत।
न गा॑य॒त्रं गी॒यमा॑नम् ॥

ukthaṃ cana śasyamānamagorarirā ciketa।
na gāyatraṃ gīyamānam ॥

Indra, lord of power and piety, the man attached to divinity in faith and opposed to doubt and disloyalty knows the words of praise spoken by a man of doubtful faith as much as he knows the songs of adoration sung by a man of faith (and makes a distinction between the two).

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8.2.15

मा न॑ इन्द्र पीय॒त्नवे॒ मा शर्ध॑ते॒ परा॑ दाः।
शिक्षा॑ शचीव॒ शची॑भिः ॥

mā na indra pīyatnave mā śardhate parā dāḥ।
śikṣā śacīva śacībhiḥ ॥

Indra, lord of refulgent power, give us not away to the scornful abuser nor to the wild tyrant. With your laws and powers, pray discipline, rule, instruct and enlighten us.

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8.2.16

व॒यमु॑ त्वा त॒दिद॑र्था॒ इन्द्र॑ त्वा॒यन्त॒ सखा॑यः।
कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑र्जरन्ते ॥

vayamu tvā tadidarthā indra tvāyanta sakhāyaḥ।
kaṇvā ukthebhirjarante ॥

Indra, we too have the same aims and objectives as you. We are your friends and admirers. We know and wish to achieve, and with all words of praise and appreciation, we adore you as others, wise devotees, do.

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8.2.17

न घे॑म॒न्यदा प॑पन॒ वज्रि॑न्न॒पसो॒ नवि॑ष्टौ।
तवेदु॒ स्तोमं॑ चिकेत ॥

na ghemanyadā papana vajrinnapaso naviṣṭau।
tavedu stomaṃ ciketa ॥

Indra, lord of thunder and justice, in the beginning of a new plan, action or programme of holiness, I adore none else but only you. I know only one song of adoration and that is for you alone.

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8.2.18

इ॒च्छन्ति॑ दे॒वाः सु॒न्वन्तं॒ न स्वप्ना॑य स्पृहयन्ति।
यन्ति॑ प्र॒माद॒मत॑न्द्राः ॥

icchanti devāḥ sunvantaṃ na svapnāya spṛhayanti।
yanti pramādamatandrāḥ ॥

Divines of brilliance and holy action love those engaged in creative actions of piety. They care not for dreams and love no dreamers. Active, wakeful and realistic beyond illusion, they achieve the joy of success in life.

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8.2.19

ओ षु प्र या॑हि॒ वाजे॑भि॒र्मा हृ॑णीथा अ॒भ्य१स्मान्।
म॒हाँ इ॑व॒ युव॑जानिः ॥

o ṣu pra yāhi vājebhirmā hṛṇīthā abhya1smān।
mahām̐ iva yuvajāniḥ ॥

Come along with us with all your strength and enthusiasm without hesitation or embarrassment, and go forward like a great hero inspired by a youthful maiden.

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8.2.20

मो ष्व१द्य दु॒र्हणा॑वान्सा॒यं क॑रदा॒रे अ॒स्मत्।
अ॒श्री॒र इ॑व॒ जामा॑ता ॥

mo ṣva1dya durhaṇāvānsāyaṃ karadāre asmat।
aśrīra iva jāmātā ॥

Invincible and unconquerable, come to our yajnic celebrations today, delay not till the last hour, of evening, hesitating like an indigent son-in-law.

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8.2.21

वि॒द्मा ह्य॑स्य वी॒रस्य॑ भूरि॒दाव॑रीं सुम॒तिम्।
त्रि॒षु जा॒तस्य॒ मनां॑सि ॥

vidmā hyasya vīrasya bhūridāvarīṃ sumatim।
triṣu jātasya manāṃsi ॥

We know the mind, noble intentions and generous liberty of this brave hero, Indra, who is risen high in life’s three active fields of thought, energy and stability.

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8.2.22

आ तू षि॑ञ्च॒ कण्व॑मन्तं॒ न घा॑ विद्म शवसा॒नात्।
य॒शस्त॑रं श॒तमू॑तेः ॥

ā tū ṣiñca kaṇvamantaṃ na ghā vidma śavasānāt।
yaśastaraṃ śatamūteḥ ॥

O man, with the nectar of soma, regale Indra, who commands wisdom and the wise and a hundred ways of defence, protection and progress. Indeed for reasons of his heroism and grandeur we know no one else more honourable and renowned than he.

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8.2.23

ज्येष्ठे॑न सोत॒रिन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमं॑ वी॒राय॑ श॒क्राय॑।
भरा॒ पिब॒न्नर्या॑य ॥

jyeṣṭhena sotarindrāya somaṃ vīrāya śakrāya।
bharā pibannaryāya ॥

O maker of soma, bring and serve a drink of prime soma first for Indra, brave, brilliant and manly leader of men, and see that the lord accepts.

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8.2.24

यो वेदि॑ष्ठो अव्य॒थिष्वश्वा॑वन्तं जरि॒तृभ्य॑।
वाजं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ गोम॑न्तम् ॥

yo vediṣṭho avyathiṣvaśvāvantaṃ jaritṛbhya।
vājaṃ stotṛbhyo gomantam ॥

Among men of yajnic love and non-violence, he is the most venerable on the vedi, harbinger of wealth and success for the celebrants and giver of nourishing food and energy full of milk and honey of the land for the singers of hymns.

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8.2.25

पन्य॑म्पन्य॒मित्सो॑तार॒ आ धा॑वत॒ मद्या॑य।
सोमं॑ वी॒राय॒ शूरा॑य ॥

panyampanyamitsotāra ā dhāvata madyāya।
somaṃ vīrāya śūrāya ॥

O makers of soma, to Indra, offer the drink of soma, brave, ecstatic and heroic, and let each draught be more and more delicious and adorable.

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8.2.26

पाता॑ वृत्र॒हा सु॒तमा घा॑ गम॒न्नारे अ॒स्मत्।
नि य॑मते श॒तमू॑तिः ॥

pātā vṛtrahā sutamā ghā gamannāre asmat।
ni yamate śatamūtiḥ ॥

May the connoisseur of distilled soma, destroyer of darkness, dishonour and destitution, come and never be far away from us. The lord who commands a hundred forces of defence, protection and progress rules all, friends and foes.

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8.2.27

एह हरी॑ ब्रह्म॒युजा॑ श॒ग्मा व॑क्षत॒ सखा॑यम्।
गी॒र्भिः श्रु॒तं गिर्व॑णसम् ॥

eha harī brahmayujā śagmā vakṣata sakhāyam।
gīrbhiḥ śrutaṃ girvaṇasam ॥

Let the brave veterans of knowledge and yajnic karma, dedicated to Veda Brahma and humanity, with holy songs of divinity, invoke the most venerable and celebrated lord here on the vedi as our friend and companion.

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8.2.28

स्वा॒दव॒ सोमा॒ आ या॑हि श्री॒ताः सोमा॒ आ या॑हि।
शिप्रि॒न्नृषी॑व॒ शची॑वो॒ नायमच्छा॑ सध॒माद॑म् ॥

svādava somā ā yāhi śrītāḥ somā ā yāhi।
śiprinnṛṣīva śacīvo nāyamacchā sadhamādam ॥

Indra, hero of the visor, commander of wisdom and powers of nature and humanity, patron of poets and sages, come and have a drink of delicious soma, come and enjoy the seasoned and matured soma with the celebrant’s devotion. We invoke and invite the leader, friend of the hall of celebration.

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8.2.29

स्तुत॑श्च॒ यास्त्वा॒ वर्ध॑न्ति म॒हे राध॑से नृ॒म्णाय॑।
इन्द्र॑ का॒रिणं॑ वृ॒धन्त॑ ॥

stutaśca yāstvā vardhanti mahe rādhase nṛmṇāya।
indra kāriṇaṃ vṛdhanta ॥

Indra, adoring and exhilarating you as the great achiever, honoured by songs of praise, the devotees celebrate and exalt you for the sake of greatness, wealth and excellence of life and their songs glorify you.

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8.2.30

गिर॑श्च॒ यास्ते॑ गिर्वाह उ॒क्था च॒ तुभ्यं॒ तानि॑।
स॒त्रा द॑धि॒रे शवां॑सि ॥

giraśca yāste girvāha ukthā ca tubhyaṃ tāni।
satrā dadhire śavāṃsi ॥

O lord of voice divine and lover of holy song, your words of the holy Veda and the songs sung in your honour, all these together inspire and exalt the grandeur and glory of life divine.

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8.2.31

ए॒वेदे॒ष तु॑विकू॒र्मिर्वाजाँ॒ एको॒ वज्र॑हस्तः।
स॒नादमृ॑क्तो दयते ॥

evedeṣa tuvikūrmirvājām̐ eko vajrahastaḥ।
sanādamṛkto dayate ॥

Only this lord omnipotent of universal karma, the one lord of thunder and justice in hand, inviolable and imperishable, gives us food and energy, success and victory since eternity.

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8.2.32

हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रं दक्षि॑णे॒नेन्द्र॑ पु॒रू पु॑रुहू॒तः।
म॒हान्म॒हीभि॒ शची॑भिः ॥

hantā vṛtraṃ dakṣiṇenendra purū puruhūtaḥ।
mahānmahībhi śacībhiḥ ॥

Destroyer of darkness and evil by his power and versatility, Indra is universal and universally adored and celebrated, great is he by his glorious majesty, sublime by infinite possibilities.

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8.2.33

यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॑श्चर्ष॒णय॑ उ॒त च्यौ॒त्ना ज्रयां॑सि च।
अनु॒ घेन्म॒न्दी म॒घोन॑ ॥

yasminviśvāścarṣaṇaya uta cyautnā jrayāṃsi ca।
anu ghenmandī maghona ॥

He in whom entire humanity of the world, and all powers and forces and expansive victories abide and are sustained, surely he is the giver of happiness and competence to humanity for wealth, honour and excellence.

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8.2.34

ए॒ष ए॒तानि॑ चका॒रेन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॒ योऽति॑ शृ॒ण्वे।
वा॒ज॒दावा॑ म॒घोना॑म् ॥

eṣa etāni cakārendro viśvā yo'ti śṛṇve।
vājadāvā maghonām ॥

This Indra does all these wonders, the lord who is celebrated all over the world and who is the giver of power and prosperity to men of honour and excellence.

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8.2.35

प्रभ॑र्ता॒ रथं॑ ग॒व्यन्त॑मपा॒काच्चि॒द्यमव॑ति।
इ॒नो वसु॒ स हि वोळ्हा॑ ॥

prabhartā rathaṃ gavyantamapākāccidyamavati।
ino vasu sa hi voḷhā ॥

The one who sustains and supports all and protects the chariot of life moving on course from the unforeseen is the lord who is also the bearer and harbinger of the world’s wealth.

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8.2.36

सनि॑ता॒ विप्रो॒ अर्व॑द्भि॒र्हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रं नृभि॒ शूर॑।
स॒त्यो॑ऽवि॒ता वि॒धन्त॑म् ॥

sanitā vipro arvadbhirhantā vṛtraṃ nṛbhi śūra।
satyo'vitā vidhantam ॥

The one that commands knowledge, power and energy with commitment is the generator and harbinger of wealth by dynamic forces. He is the destroyer of darkness and harbinger of light. He is brave and commands the brave. He is ever true to himself and the world and he is the protector of those who are dedicated to work.

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8.2.37

यज॑ध्वैनं प्रियमेधा॒ इन्द्रं॑ स॒त्राचा॒ मन॑सा।
यो भूत्सोमै॑ स॒त्यम॑द्वा ॥

yajadhvainaṃ priyamedhā indraṃ satrācā manasā।
yo bhūtsomai satyamadvā ॥

O lovers and performers of yajna, honour and serve this Indra by homage and yajnic devotion together with heart and soul, he really feels honoured and exalted by the soma of love, devotion and commitment.

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8.2.38

गा॒थश्र॑वसं॒ सत्प॑तिं॒ श्रव॑स्कामं पुरु॒त्मान॑म्।
कण्वा॑सो गा॒त वा॒जिन॑म् ॥

gāthaśravasaṃ satpatiṃ śravaskāmaṃ purutmānam।
kaṇvāso gāta vājinam ॥

O men of knowledge and wisdom, sing in praise of the lord celebrated in song, defender of truth and the truthful, lover of honour and excellence, versatile in form and spirit and instantly victorious in action.

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8.2.39

य ऋ॒ते चि॒द्गास्प॒देभ्यो॒ दात्सखा॒ नृभ्य॒ शची॑वान्।
ये अ॑स्मि॒न्काम॒मश्रि॑यन् ॥

ya ṛte cidgāspadebhyo dātsakhā nṛbhya śacīvān।
ye asminkāmamaśriyan ॥

Indra is a friend and mighty commander of forces and, without visible motion or lure of office, gives the gift of speech and powers of perception and intelligence to people who surrender their desires and ambitions to him and act selflessly, depending on him for success.

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8.2.40

इ॒त्था धीव॑न्तमद्रिवः का॒ण्वं मेध्या॑तिथिम्।
मे॒षो भू॒तो॒३ऽभि यन्नय॑ ॥

itthā dhīvantamadrivaḥ kāṇvaṃ medhyātithim।
meṣo bhūto3'bhi yannaya ॥

Thus, O lord commander of the clouds and mountains, do you reach and guide the celebrant sage of the line of the wise and bless the honoured guest, being a very shower of peace and pleasure of soma.

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8.2.41

शिक्षा॑ विभिन्दो अस्मै च॒त्वार्य॒युता॒ दद॑त्।
अ॒ष्टा प॒रः स॒हस्रा॑ ॥

śikṣā vibhindo asmai catvāryayutā dadat।
aṣṭā paraḥ sahasrā ॥

Indra, destroyer of the fortresses of evil, enmity and poverty, thus teaches and gives his celebrant forty and eight thousand powers and potentials to fight his battles and win.

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8.2.42

उ॒त सु त्ये प॑यो॒वृधा॑ मा॒की रण॑स्य न॒प्त्या॑।
ज॒नि॒त्व॒नाय॑ मामहे ॥

uta su tye payovṛdhā mākī raṇasya naptyā।
janitvanāya māmahe ॥

O heaven and earth, givers of the liquid energies of life, sustainers of the excitement of the battle of existence, I pray for your favour of generating those powers of sustenance and advancement.

Ṛgveda 8.3 · 24 verses

8.3.1

पिबा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ र॒सिनो॒ मत्स्वा॑ न इन्द्र॒ गोम॑तः।
आ॒पिर्नो॑ बोधि सध॒माद्यो॑ वृ॒धे॒३ऽस्माँ अ॑वन्तु ते॒ धिय॑ ॥

pibā sutasya rasino matsvā na indra gomataḥ।
āpirno bodhi sadhamādyo vṛdhe3'smām̐ avantu te dhiya ॥

Indra, resplendent and mighty, karma yogi, great performer, come and have a drink of our delicious festive soma distilled and mixed with milk and cream, share the ecstasy, enlighten us, your own people, for progress and prosperity, and may your thoughts and wisdom protect, promote and guide us in life.

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8.3.2

भू॒याम॑ ते सुम॒तौ वा॒जिनो॑ व॒यं मा न॑ स्तर॒भिमा॑तये।
अ॒स्माञ्चि॒त्राभि॑रवताद॒भिष्टि॑भि॒रा न॑ सु॒म्नेषु॑ यामय ॥

bhūyāma te sumatau vājino vayaṃ mā na starabhimātaye।
asmāñcitrābhiravatādabhiṣṭibhirā na sumneṣu yāmaya ॥

In your guidance and goodwill may we be prosperous and progressive with vibrancy. Hurt us not lest we fall a prey to an enemy. Protect us and advance us to all kinds of success with fulfilment of our aspirations, and lead us in a life of happiness, refinement

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8.3.3

इ॒मा उ॑ त्वा पुरूवसो॒ गिरो॑ वर्धन्तु॒ या मम॑।
पा॒व॒कव॑र्णा॒ शुच॑यो विप॒श्चितो॒ऽभि स्तोमै॑रनूषत ॥

imā u tvā purūvaso giro vardhantu yā mama।
pāvakavarṇā śucayo vipaścito'bhi stomairanūṣata ॥

O lord of universal wealth, O shelter home of the world, may these words of my divine adoration please you and exalt you. The saints and sages of vision and wisdom and fiery heat and purity of light adore you with songs of celebration.

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8.3.4

अ॒यं स॒हस्र॒मृषि॑भि॒ सह॑स्कृतः समु॒द्र इ॑व पप्रथे।
स॒त्यः सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा गृ॑णे॒ शवो॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ विप्र॒राज्ये॑ ॥

ayaṃ sahasramṛṣibhi sahaskṛtaḥ samudra iva paprathe।
satyaḥ so asya mahimā gṛṇe śavo yajñeṣu viprarājye ॥

This Indra, adored and exalted by poets and sages a thousand ways to power and glory, rises like the sea. Ever true and inviolable is he, and I celebrate his might and grandeur expanding in the yajnic programmes of the dominion of the wise.

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8.3.5

इन्द्र॒मिद्दे॒वता॑तय॒ इन्द्रं॑ प्रय॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे।
इन्द्रं॑ समी॒के व॒निनो॑ हवामह॒ इन्द्रं॒ धन॑स्य सा॒तये॑ ॥

indramiddevatātaya indraṃ prayatyadhvare।
indraṃ samīke vanino havāmaha indraṃ dhanasya sātaye ॥

We invoke Indra for our programmes of natural and environmental development. We invite Indra when the yajna of development is inaugurated. Lovers and admirers dedicated to him, we pray for his grace in our struggles of life, and we solicit his favour and guidance for the achievement of wealth, honour and excellence.

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8.3.6

इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना रोद॑सी पप्रथ॒च्छव॒ इन्द्र॒ सूर्य॑मरोचयत्।
इन्द्रे॑ ह॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिर॒ इन्द्रे॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

indro mahnā rodasī paprathacchava indra sūryamarocayat।
indre ha viśvā bhuvanāni yemira indre suvānāsa indavaḥ ॥

Indra, by the power and abundance of his omnipotence, expands and pervades heaven and earth. Indra gives the radiance of light to the sun. All regions of the universe and her children are sustained in life and order in Indra, and in the infinite power, presence and abundance of Indra flow all liquid energies of life’s evolution to their perfection and fulfilment.

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8.3.7

अ॒भि त्वा॑ पू॒र्वपी॑तय॒ इन्द्र॒ स्तोमे॑भिरा॒यव॑।
स॒मी॒ची॒नास॑ ऋ॒भव॒ सम॑स्वरन्रु॒द्रा गृ॑णन्त॒ पूर्व्य॑म् ॥

abhi tvā pūrvapītaya indra stomebhirāyava।
samīcīnāsa ṛbhava samasvaranrudrā gṛṇanta pūrvyam ॥

Indra, men in general, learned experts of vision and wisdom, illustrious powers of law and order, and fighting warriors of defence and protection all together, raising a united voice of praise, prayer and appreciation, with songs of holiness and acts of piety, invoke and invite you, ancient, nearest and most excellent lord of power and lustre, to inaugurate their yajnic celebration of the soma session of peaceful and exciting programme of development.

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8.3.8

अ॒स्येदिन्द्रो॑ वावृधे॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ शवो॒ मदे॑ सु॒तस्य॒ विष्ण॑वि।
अ॒द्या तम॑स्य महि॒मान॑मा॒यवोऽनु॑ ष्टुवन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑ ॥

asyedindro vāvṛdhe vṛṣṇyaṃ śavo made sutasya viṣṇavi।
adyā tamasya mahimānamāyavo'nu ṣṭuvanti pūrvathā ॥

In the ecstasy of this soma success of achievement through the yajnic programme, Indra augments the strength and enthusiasm of this host and master of the programme, while now as ever before, the people appropriately adore and exalt the greatness of this lord.

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8.3.9

तत्त्वा॑ यामि सु॒वीर्यं॒ तद्ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये।
येना॒ यति॑भ्यो॒ भृग॑वे॒ धने॑ हि॒ते येन॒ प्रस्क॑ण्व॒मावि॑थ ॥

tattvā yāmi suvīryaṃ tadbrahma pūrvacittaye।
yenā yatibhyo bhṛgave dhane hite yena praskaṇvamāvitha ॥

O lord resplendent, I come to you and ask for that vigour and wisdom, that knowledge of reality and divinity, that prime acquisition and awareness of values by which, when the battle rages and money and materials are called for, you provide for the retired holy men, scientists, technologists and the inventors and by which you protect the man of advanced special knowledge.

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8.3.10

येना॑ समु॒द्रमसृ॑जो म॒हीर॒पस्तदि॑न्द्र॒ वृष्णि॑ ते॒ शव॑।
स॒द्यः सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा न सं॒नशे॒ यं क्षो॒णीर॑नुचक्र॒दे ॥

yenā samudramasṛjo mahīrapastadindra vṛṣṇi te śava।
sadyaḥ so asya mahimā na saṃnaśe yaṃ kṣoṇīranucakrade ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent of creation, I pray for the knowledge and experience of that overwhelming power and potential of yours by which you create the mighty waters and the oceans to roll and flow. That mighty power of this lord is not easily to be realised, the heaven and earth obey it, and when they move they celebrate it in the roaring and resounding music of stars and spheres.

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8.3.11

श॒ग्धी न॑ इन्द्र॒ यत्त्वा॑ र॒यिं यामि॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
श॒ग्धि वाजा॑य प्रथ॒मं सिषा॑सते श॒ग्धि स्तोमा॑य पूर्व्य ॥

śagdhī na indra yattvā rayiṃ yāmi suvīryam।
śagdhi vājāya prathamaṃ siṣāsate śagdhi stomāya pūrvya ॥

Indra, first and leading power of the world, give us the vigour, wealth and power we ask for. Give us the strength of the first order for the advancement and victory of the dedicated and law abiding, and bless him who celebrates your glory in song.

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8.3.12

श॒ग्धी नो॑ अ॒स्य यद्ध॑ पौ॒रमावि॑थ॒ धिय॑ इन्द्र॒ सिषा॑सतः।
श॒ग्धि यथा॒ रुश॑मं॒ श्याव॑कं॒ कृप॒मिन्द्र॒ प्राव॒ स्व॑र्णरम् ॥

śagdhī no asya yaddha pauramāvitha dhiya indra siṣāsataḥ।
śagdhi yathā ruśamaṃ śyāvakaṃ kṛpamindra prāva svarṇaram ॥

Give us the strength and power by which you protect the citizen for this yajamana, the intelligentsia, and the obedient workers, the strength and power by which you protect and promote for advancement the brilliant, the poor, the weak and disabled and the leading men of the nation on way to common joy and prosperity.

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8.3.13

कन्नव्यो॑ अत॒सीनां॑ तु॒रो गृ॑णीत॒ मर्त्य॑।
न॒ही न्व॑स्य महि॒मान॑मिन्द्रि॒यं स्व॑र्गृ॒णन्त॑ आन॒शुः ॥

kannavyo atasīnāṃ turo gṛṇīta martya।
nahī nvasya mahimānamindriyaṃ svargṛṇanta ānaśuḥ ॥

Who among mortals, even the most ardent of constant celebrants, can offer a new song of homage and adoration? Even those who have been singing in praise of Indra have not been able to comprehend his sublime majesty.

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8.3.14

कदु॑ स्तु॒वन्त॑ ऋतयन्त दे॒वत॒ ऋषि॒ को विप्र॑ ओहते।
क॒दा हवं॑ मघवन्निन्द्र सुन्व॒तः कदु॑ स्तुव॒त आ ग॑मः ॥

kadu stuvanta ṛtayanta devata ṛṣi ko vipra ohate।
kadā havaṃ maghavannindra sunvataḥ kadu stuvata ā gamaḥ ॥

Who is the seer and scholar among those who adore you, honour you by yajna, or do homage to your refulgence, that can deliberate on you and understand you? When would you, O lord of honour and glory, Indra, respond to the call of the sage who presses the soma for you? When would you grace the yajnic home of the celebrant?

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8.3.15

उदु॒ त्ये मधु॑मत्तमा॒ गिर॒ स्तोमा॑स ईरते।
स॒त्रा॒जितो॑ धन॒सा अक्षि॑तोतयो वाज॒यन्तो॒ रथा॑ इव ॥

udu tye madhumattamā gira stomāsa īrate।
satrājito dhanasā akṣitotayo vājayanto rathā iva ॥

The sweetest of honeyed songs of praise and vibrations of homage rise to you flying like victorious, unviolated and invincible chariots laden with gold heading for higher destinations.

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8.3.16

कण्वा॑ इव॒ भृग॑व॒ सूर्या॑ इव॒ विश्व॒मिद्धी॒तमा॑नशुः।
इन्द्रं॒ स्तोमे॑भिर्म॒हय॑न्त आ॒यव॑ प्रि॒यमे॑धासो अस्वरन् ॥

kaṇvā iva bhṛgava sūryā iva viśvamiddhītamānaśuḥ।
indraṃ stomebhirmahayanta āyava priyamedhāso asvaran ॥

Brilliant scholars and sages as well as brave heroes of the human nation and loving and intelligent citizens of the land, praising and exalting Indra in one vaulting voice, rise and reach the presence of the lord in a world their own like rays of the sun filling the world of space they know.

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8.3.17

यु॒क्ष्वा हि वृ॑त्रहन्तम॒ हरी॑ इन्द्र परा॒वत॑।
अ॒र्वा॒ची॒नो म॑घव॒न्सोम॑पीतय उ॒ग्र ऋ॒ष्वेभि॒रा ग॑हि ॥

yukṣvā hi vṛtrahantama harī indra parāvata।
arvācīno maghavansomapītaya ugra ṛṣvebhirā gahi ॥

O greatest destroyer of darkness, Indra, omnipotent lord of glory and majesty, blazing ruler and controller of the world, take to the chariot, harness the fastest vital forces of radiance and come from the farthest to us right here and now, with brilliant and indefatigable powers of light, wisdom and bravery, to join us in the soma celebrations of our yajnic victory.

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8.3.18

इ॒मे हि ते॑ का॒रवो॑ वाव॒शुर्धि॒या विप्रा॑सो मे॒धसा॑तये।
स त्वं नो॑ मघवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणो वे॒नो न शृ॑णुधी॒ हव॑म् ॥

ime hi te kāravo vāvaśurdhiyā viprāso medhasātaye।
sa tvaṃ no maghavannindra girvaṇo veno na śṛṇudhī havam ॥

Indra, lord of power and glory, these scientists, designers and workers, vibrant and intelligent all, love and honour you and shine with their intellect and expertise. O lord adorable of all, listen to our prayer like a lover and admirer of your own celebrants and receive their homage on the success of their yajnic endeavour.

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8.3.19

निरि॑न्द्र बृह॒तीभ्यो॑ वृ॒त्रं धनु॑भ्यो अस्फुरः।
निरर्बु॑दस्य॒ मृग॑यस्य मा॒यिनो॒ निः पर्व॑तस्य॒ गा आ॑जः ॥

nirindra bṛhatībhyo vṛtraṃ dhanubhyo asphuraḥ।
nirarbudasya mṛgayasya māyino niḥ parvatasya gā ājaḥ ॥

Indra, even from far and wide regions you destroy the forces of darkness and evil, free helpless victims of the mighty violent and crafty demon, set in motion showers of the cloud and open out treasures of the mountain.

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8.3.20

निर॒ग्नयो॑ रुरुचु॒र्निरु॒ सूर्यो॒ निः सोम॑ इन्द्रि॒यो रस॑।
निर॒न्तरि॑क्षादधमो म॒हामहिं॑ कृ॒षे तदि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्य॑म् ॥

niragnayo rurucurniru sūryo niḥ soma indriyo rasa।
nirantarikṣādadhamo mahāmahiṃ kṛṣe tadindra pauṃsyam ॥

When you broke the mighty cloud in showers from the sky and destroyed the evil from earth, the fires of earth shone and rose bright, the sun shone in glory and the soma juices for the celebration of Indra, lord of might and majesty, flowed from the herbs. That was a great deed of prowess worthy of the lord. (Similarly when Indra, lord almighty, and also the individual soul, throws out the evil from the heart and mind, then the inner light shines bright, the fire of good life is kindled and rises, and the soma spirit of divine joy flows and rolls in the heart. That indeed is a mighty deed of the lord’s prowess, and of the individual soul too.)

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8.3.21

यं मे॒ दुरिन्द्रो॑ म॒रुत॒ पाक॑स्थामा॒ कौर॑याणः।
विश्वे॑षां॒ त्मना॒ शोभि॑ष्ठ॒मुपे॑व दि॒वि धाव॑मानम् ॥

yaṃ me durindro maruta pākasthāmā kaurayāṇaḥ।
viśveṣāṃ tmanā śobhiṣṭhamupeva divi dhāvamānam ॥

The light of knowledge and spiritual enlightenment which Indra, self-refulgent lord, and vibrant saints and sages have given me is stable, mature and universally dynamic, it is the brightest of all wealths of the world in the spiritual essence, and it shines within like the sun coursing in the spaces of light as a divine horse.

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8.3.22

रोहि॑तं मे॒ पाक॑स्थामा सु॒धुरं॑ कक्ष्य॒प्राम्।
अदा॑द्रा॒यो वि॒बोध॑नम् ॥

rohitaṃ me pākasthāmā sudhuraṃ kakṣyaprām।
adādrāyo vibodhanam ॥

Indra, lord of divine and inviolable power, has given me a chestnut horse, a rising sun of crimson hue, the mind, and a smooth axled and strongly built chariot, the body, and wealths of the world, intelligence,

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8.3.23

यस्मा॑ अ॒न्ये दश॒ प्रति॒ धुरं॒ वह॑न्ति॒ वह्न॑यः।
अस्तं॒ वयो॒ न तुग्र्य॑म् ॥

yasmā anye daśa prati dhuraṃ vahanti vahnayaḥ।
astaṃ vayo na tugryam ॥

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8.3.24

आ॒त्मा पि॒तुस्त॒नूर्वास॑ ओजो॒दा अ॒भ्यञ्ज॑नम्।
तु॒रीय॒मिद्रोहि॑तस्य॒ पाक॑स्थामानं भो॒जं दा॒तार॑मब्रवम् ॥

ātmā pitustanūrvāsa ojodā abhyañjanam।
turīyamidrohitasya pākasthāmānaṃ bhojaṃ dātāramabravam ॥

Ṛgveda 8.4 · 21 verses

8.4.1

यदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रागपा॒गुद॒ङ्न्य॑ग्वा हू॒यसे॒ नृभि॑।
सिमा॑ पु॒रू नृषू॑तो अ॒स्यान॒वेऽसि॑ प्रशर्ध तु॒र्वशे॑ ॥

yadindra prāgapāgudaṅnyagvā hūyase nṛbhi।
simā purū nṛṣūto asyānave'si praśardha turvaśe ॥

Indra, illustrious lord of the world, ruler and commander of human forces, karmayogi, when you are invoked by people anywhere east or west, north or south, up or down, then, O lord of excellence, you feel highly impelled by those many and come and act as the destroyer of many evils for the people of reverence and exceptional strength.

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8.4.2

यद्वा॒ रुमे॒ रुश॑मे॒ श्याव॑के॒ कृप॒ इन्द्र॑ मा॒दय॑से॒ सचा॑।
कण्वा॑सस्त्वा॒ ब्रह्म॑भि॒ स्तोम॑वाहस॒ इन्द्रा य॑च्छ॒न्त्या ग॑हि ॥

yadvā rume ruśame śyāvake kṛpa indra mādayase sacā।
kaṇvāsastvā brahmabhi stomavāhasa indrā yacchantyā gahi ॥

And since, O lord Indra, you go to the celebrants, illustrious, child-like innocent and the humble and kind alike, sit with them, socialise and enjoy, so the dedicated admirers and learned men of vision and wisdom offer homage and reverence, exalt you with sacred hymns and say : Come, O lord, and accept our tributes and homage.

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8.4.3

यथा॑ गौ॒रो अ॒पा कृ॒तं तृष्य॒न्नेत्यवेरि॑णम्।
आ॒पि॒त्वे न॑ प्रपि॒त्वे तूय॒मा ग॑हि॒ कण्वे॑षु॒ सु सचा॒ पिब॑ ॥

yathā gauro apā kṛtaṃ tṛṣyannetyaveriṇam।
āpitve na prapitve tūyamā gahi kaṇveṣu su sacā piba ॥

Just as a thirsty stag in the desert rushes to a pool full of water so, O friend in family of the wise, come morning, come evening, come fast and drink the soma of love and reverence in joy.

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8.4.4

मन्द॑न्तु त्वा मघवन्नि॒न्द्रेन्द॑वो राधो॒देया॑य सुन्व॒ते।
आ॒मुष्या॒ सोम॑मपिबश्च॒मू सु॒तं ज्येष्ठं॒ तद्द॑धिषे॒ सह॑ ॥

mandantu tvā maghavannindrendavo rādhodeyāya sunvate।
āmuṣyā somamapibaścamū sutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ taddadhiṣe saha ॥

Indra, lord of power and glory, may these soma drinks exhilarate you for the bestowal of wealth and honour upon the dedicated lover of the soma of honour and enlightenment. Having won over the soma of victory prize in the contests of competing parties, you drank of the soma of ecstasy of the highest order and for that reason you command the courage and confidence of the victor.

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8.4.5

प्र च॑क्रे॒ सह॑सा॒ सहो॑ ब॒भञ्ज॑ म॒न्युमोज॑सा।
विश्वे॑ त इन्द्र पृतना॒यवो॑ यहो॒ नि वृ॒क्षा इ॑व येमिरे ॥

pra cakre sahasā saho babhañja manyumojasā।
viśve ta indra pṛtanāyavo yaho ni vṛkṣā iva yemire ॥

Indra, with courage and confidence you fight out challenges and win victories. With your light and lustre you break down anger and arrogance. O mighty one, all your contestants and adversaries stand motionless against you, fixed as trees.

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8.4.6

स॒हस्रे॑णेव सचते यवी॒युधा॒ यस्त॒ आन॒ळुप॑स्तुतिम्।
पु॒त्रं प्रा॑व॒र्गं कृ॑णुते सु॒वीर्ये॑ दा॒श्नोति॒ नम॑‍उक्तिभिः ॥

sahasreṇeva sacate yavīyudhā yasta ānaḷupastutim।
putraṃ prāvargaṃ kṛṇute suvīrye dāśnoti namauktibhiḥ ॥

The youthful warrior who pays you homage and does honour and reverence to you, and the one who gives in charity, in service to you, with holy chants and humility receives the strength of a thousand heroes and, under the guidance and care of the lord, renders his progeny unconquerable and exclusive in merit and prowess.

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8.4.7

मा भे॑म॒ मा श्र॑मिष्मो॒ग्रस्य॑ स॒ख्ये तव॑।
म॒हत्ते॒ वृष्णो॑ अभि॒चक्ष्यं॑ कृ॒तं पश्ये॑म तु॒र्वशं॒ यदु॑म् ॥

mā bhema mā śramiṣmograsya sakhye tava।
mahatte vṛṣṇo abhicakṣyaṃ kṛtaṃ paśyema turvaśaṃ yadum ॥

Let us never feel afraid, let us never tire or feel depressed under your kind care and friendship, commander of blazing lustre. Admirable is your action and prowess, mighty generous lord. We celebrate you and pray we may see that our people and our progeny be industrious and high achievers.

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8.4.8

स॒व्यामनु॑ स्फि॒ग्यं॑ वावसे॒ वृषा॒ न दा॒नो अ॑स्य रोषति।
मध्वा॒ सम्पृ॑क्ताः सार॒घेण॑ धे॒नव॒स्तूय॒मेहि॒ द्रवा॒ पिब॑ ॥

savyāmanu sphigyaṃ vāvase vṛṣā na dāno asya roṣati।
madhvā sampṛktāḥ sāragheṇa dhenavastūyamehi dravā piba ॥

The joyous world of soma in relation to the earth, you illuminate and rule with a fraction of your prowess. Whoever plays his part well and renders his share to the refulgent ruler never regrets nor displeases the ruler ever. Come fast, O lord, rush in and drink the soma mixed with sweets of honey and seasoned with milk.

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8.4.9

अ॒श्वी र॒थी सु॑रू॒प इद्गोमाँ॒ इदि॑न्द्र ते॒ सखा॑।
श्वा॒त्र॒भाजा॒ वय॑सा सचते॒ सदा॑ च॒न्द्रो या॑ति स॒भामुप॑ ॥

aśvī rathī surūpa idgomām̐ idindra te sakhā।
śvātrabhājā vayasā sacate sadā candro yāti sabhāmupa ॥

Indra, lord of light and ruling power, your devoted friend ever blest with the powers of life’s progress onwards like a chariot hero of war, enjoying grace of person and culture, wealth of knowledge and riches of the earth, has his full share of good health, full age and gifts of existence, and he goes forward to the assembly of people like the full moon among stars.

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8.4.10

ऋश्यो॒ न तृष्य॑न्नव॒पान॒मा ग॑हि॒ पिबा॒ सोमं॒ वशाँ॒ अनु॑।
नि॒मेघ॑मानो मघवन्दि॒वेदि॑व॒ ओजि॑ष्ठं दधिषे॒ सह॑ ॥

ṛśyo na tṛṣyannavapānamā gahi pibā somaṃ vaśām̐ anu।
nimeghamāno maghavandivediva ojiṣṭhaṃ dadhiṣe saha ॥

Just like a white antelope thirsting for water, come to our yajna and have a drink of soma to your heart’s content. O lord of power, prosperity and blessings of grace, like a cloud of showers you bear and bring the most lustrous courage, patience and fortitude day by day to face the challenges of life.

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8.4.11

अध्व॑र्यो द्रा॒वया॒ त्वं सोम॒मिन्द्र॑ पिपासति।
उप॑ नू॒नं यु॑युजे॒ वृष॑णा॒ हरी॒ आ च॑ जगाम वृत्र॒हा ॥

adhvaryo drāvayā tvaṃ somamindra pipāsati।
upa nūnaṃ yuyuje vṛṣaṇā harī ā ca jagāma vṛtrahā ॥

Hasten, O master of ceremonies, let the soma be prepared and flow forth for service. Indra is thirsty, he has harnessed his mighty chariot forces, indeed the thunderous breaker of clouds has arrived.

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8.4.12

स्व॒यं चि॒त्स म॑न्यते॒ दाशु॑रि॒र्जनो॒ यत्रा॒ सोम॑स्य तृ॒म्पसि॑।
इ॒दं ते॒ अन्नं॒ युज्यं॒ समु॑क्षितं॒ तस्येहि॒ प्र द्र॑वा॒ पिब॑ ॥

svayaṃ citsa manyate dāśurirjano yatrā somasya tṛmpasi।
idaṃ te annaṃ yujyaṃ samukṣitaṃ tasyehi pra dravā piba ॥

Indra, the devout yajamana regards himself as divinely blest when you visit and drink the soma of hospitality. Here is the soma fit for you, matured and poured, pray accept it and drink.

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8.4.13

र॒थे॒ष्ठाया॑ध्वर्यव॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य सोतन।
अधि॑ ब्र॒ध्नस्याद्र॑यो॒ वि च॑क्षते सु॒न्वन्तो॑ दा॒श्व॑ध्वरम् ॥

ratheṣṭhāyādhvaryava somamindrāya sotana।
adhi bradhnasyādrayo vi cakṣate sunvanto dāśvadhvaram ॥

O performers of the yajna of love, loyalty and non-violence, prepare the soma offering of devotion for Indra, lord of the chariot of the world. On the heights of space, the mighty lord’s thunder and clouds of rain are seen pouring forth showers of bliss on the devout yajamana’s love and loyalty of yajnic service.

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8.4.14

उप॑ ब्र॒ध्नं वा॒वाता॒ वृष॑णा॒ हरी॒ इन्द्र॑म॒पसु॑ वक्षतः।
अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ त्वा॒ सप्त॑योऽध्वर॒श्रियो॒ वह॑न्तु॒ सव॒नेदुप॑ ॥

upa bradhnaṃ vāvātā vṛṣaṇā harī indramapasu vakṣataḥ।
arvāñcaṃ tvā saptayo'dhvaraśriyo vahantu savanedupa ॥

Across heights of the firmament, mighty currents of divine energy transport Indra, love and power of the spirit of divinity. O lord, may the swift currents of divinity radiating your light and love to the fire of yajna bring you hither to us and bless us in the act of homage.

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8.4.15

प्र पू॒षणं॑ वृणीमहे॒ युज्या॑य पुरू॒वसु॑म्।
स श॑क्र शिक्ष पुरुहूत नो धि॒या तुजे॑ रा॒ये वि॑मोचन ॥

pra pūṣaṇaṃ vṛṇīmahe yujyāya purūvasum।
sa śakra śikṣa puruhūta no dhiyā tuje rāye vimocana ॥

For our loyalty and the lord’s favour of friendship, we choose to do homage to the lord of universal wealth and bliss of health and nourishment. May the lord almighty, giver of freedom from fear and sin, universally invoked and solicited, enlighten us with intelligence and bless us with the spirit of action for the attainment of freedom, victory and prosperity.

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8.4.16

सं न॑ शिशीहि भु॒रिजो॑रिव क्षु॒रं रास्व॑ रा॒यो वि॑मोचन।
त्वे तन्न॑ सु॒वेद॑मु॒स्रियं॒ वसु॒ यं त्वं हि॒नोषि॒ मर्त्य॑म् ॥

saṃ na śiśīhi bhurijoriva kṣuraṃ rāsva rāyo vimocana।
tve tanna suvedamusriyaṃ vasu yaṃ tvaṃ hinoṣi martyam ॥

Timely sharpen us and temper us, our intellect, will and action, like the sword in the hands of a warrior, give us the freedom and wealths of life, O lord deliverer from sin and slavery. In you lies all that well-known easily and freely available radiant wealth of life which you set in motion for humanity to achieve.

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8.4.17

वेमि॑ त्वा पूषन्नृ॒ञ्जसे॒ वेमि॒ स्तोत॑व आघृणे।
न तस्य॑ वे॒म्यर॑णं॒ हि तद्व॑सो स्तु॒षे प॒ज्राय॒ साम्ने॑ ॥

vemi tvā pūṣannṛñjase vemi stotava āghṛṇe।
na tasya vemyaraṇaṃ hi tadvaso stuṣe pajrāya sāmne ॥

I know you, lord giver of health and nourishment, for the sake of favour and success. I know you, lord adorable, for the sake of worship and brilliance. I know no one else, none else delights me. O lord of world’s wealth, shelter of the universe, I offer homage to the divinity, adorable, omnipotent and blissful.

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8.4.18

परा॒ गावो॒ यव॑सं॒ कच्चि॑दाघृणे॒ नित्यं॒ रेक्णो॑ अमर्त्य।
अ॒स्माकं॑ पूषन्नवि॒ता शि॒वो भ॑व॒ मंहि॑ष्ठो॒ वाज॑सातये ॥

parā gāvo yavasaṃ kaccidāghṛṇe nityaṃ rekṇo amartya।
asmākaṃ pūṣannavitā śivo bhava maṃhiṣṭho vājasātaye ॥

O lord of light and immortality, our cows go far and wide for pasture, let that wealth of ours be always constant and imperishable. O lord most potent giver of health and generous nourishment, be our protector and saviour, and our source of peace and well being for the sake of ultimate victory.

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8.4.19

स्थू॒रं राध॑ श॒ताश्वं॑ कुरु॒ङ्गस्य॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु।
राज्ञ॑स्त्वे॒षस्य॑ सु॒भग॑स्य रा॒तिषु॑ तु॒र्वशे॑ष्वमन्महि ॥

sthūraṃ rādha śatāśvaṃ kuruṅgasya diviṣṭiṣu।
rājñastveṣasya subhagasya rātiṣu turvaśeṣvamanmahi ॥

In our love of flight into the regions of light for success of the distinguished man of scientific ambition in his brilliant plans and programmes, and among the most generous gifts of the refulgent and powerful ruler of the earth, one unique among men of ardent action, we acknowledge the strongly built and perfected hundred horse power flying chariot as the object of fulfilment.

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8.4.20

धी॒भिः सा॒तानि॑ का॒ण्वस्य॑ वा॒जिन॑ प्रि॒यमे॑धैर॒भिद्यु॑भिः।
ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रानु॒ निर्म॑जामजे॒ निर्यू॒थानि॒ गवा॒मृषि॑ ॥

dhībhiḥ sātāni kāṇvasya vājina priyamedhairabhidyubhiḥ।
ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrānu nirmajāmaje niryūthāni gavāmṛṣi ॥

By virtue of the achievements of the intellectual pursuits of the vibrant man of exceptional intelligence and by the visions and conceptional imagination and reflections of the lovers of united programmes of yajnic research, the sage received sixty thousand streams of pure knowledge of life into his awareness and consolidated memory.

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8.4.21

वृ॒क्षाश्चि॑न्मे अभिपि॒त्वे अ॑रारणुः।
गां भ॑जन्त मे॒हनाश्वं॑ भजन्त मे॒हना॑ ॥

vṛkṣāścinme abhipitve arāraṇuḥ।
gāṃ bhajanta mehanāśvaṃ bhajanta mehanā ॥

On my attainment of the streams of knowledge, the selective, the indifferent, even the critics, burst into applause. Abundent are the streams of knowledge they have got, abundant the body of technology they have

Ṛgveda 8.5 · 39 verses

8.5.1

दू॒रादि॒हेव॒ यत्स॒त्य॑रु॒णप्सु॒रशि॑श्वितत्।
वि भा॒नुं वि॒श्वधा॑तनत् ॥

dūrādiheva yatsatyaruṇapsuraśiśvitat।
vi bhānuṃ viśvadhātanat ॥

The bright red dawn from far off, which yet appears so close, wraps the world in crimson glory and then spreads it over with the light of the sun.

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8.5.2

नृ॒वद्द॑स्रा मनो॒युजा॒ रथे॑न पृथु॒पाज॑सा।
सचे॑थे अश्विनो॒षस॑म् ॥

nṛvaddasrā manoyujā rathena pṛthupājasā।
sacethe aśvinoṣasam ॥

The Ashvins, wondrous charming divine currents of complementary energies, the yajamana and the participants, the yogi dedicated to knowledge and karma, devout men and women arise and move by the vast and strong chariot of the mind and spiritual energies and go forward to share the divine glory of the dawn like world leaders.

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8.5.3

यु॒वाभ्यां॑ वाजिनीवसू॒ प्रति॒ स्तोमा॑ अदृक्षत।
वाचं॑ दू॒तो यथो॑हिषे ॥

yuvābhyāṃ vājinīvasū prati stomā adṛkṣata।
vācaṃ dūto yathohiṣe ॥

O Ashvins, commanders of wealth and energy on way, the chants of adoration in your honour you seem to hear, and I, too, like an appointed messenger, send up my voice of adoration to you and the dawn and I wait to hear the divine voice in response.

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8.5.4

पु॒रु॒प्रि॒या ण॑ ऊ॒तये॑ पुरुम॒न्द्रा पु॑रू॒वसू॑।
स्तु॒षे कण्वा॑सो अ॒श्विना॑ ॥

purupriyā ṇa ūtaye purumandrā purūvasū।
stuṣe kaṇvāso aśvinā ॥

Ashvins, dear and favourite with many, givers of joy to many, commanding great wealth of the world, we of the family of the learned and the wise admire and praise you for the sake of our protection and advancement.

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8.5.5

मंहि॑ष्ठा वाज॒सात॑मे॒षय॑न्ता शु॒भस्पती॑।
गन्ता॑रा दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हम् ॥

maṃhiṣṭhā vājasātameṣayantā śubhaspatī।
gantārā dāśuṣo gṛham ॥

Ashvins, you are great and generous, givers of nourishment and energy, loving and inspiring, promoters and protectors of good, you visit and bless the homes of the generous yajakas. As such, we adore you.

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8.5.6

ता सु॑दे॒वाय॑ दा॒शुषे॑ सुमे॒धामवि॑तारिणीम्।
घृ॒तैर्गव्यू॑तिमुक्षतम् ॥

tā sudevāya dāśuṣe sumedhāmavitāriṇīm।
ghṛtairgavyūtimukṣatam ॥

For the generous yajaka dedicated to divinity, we pray, bring noble intelligence of the saving order and sprinkle and energise his path of progress with

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8.5.7

आ न॒ स्तोम॒मुप॑ द्र॒वत्तूयं॑ श्ये॒नेभि॑रा॒शुभि॑।
या॒तमश्वे॑भिरश्विना ॥

ā na stomamupa dravattūyaṃ śyenebhirāśubhi।
yātamaśvebhiraśvinā ॥

Ashvins, fly to our congregation of yajna and divine adoration at the earliest on the wings of celestial eagles upon the instant, hasten to us by flying horses.

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8.5.8

येभि॑स्ति॒स्रः प॑रा॒वतो॑ दि॒वो विश्वा॑नि रोच॒ना।
त्रीँर॒क्तून्प॑रि॒दीय॑थः ॥

yebhistisraḥ parāvato divo viśvāni rocanā।
trīm̐raktūnparidīyathaḥ ॥

Come by those eagles and horses by which in three days and three nights you traverse over the farthest regions of light and beauty across the universe.

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8.5.9

उ॒त नो॒ गोम॑ती॒रिष॑ उ॒त सा॒तीर॑हर्विदा।
वि प॒थः सा॒तये॑ सितम् ॥

uta no gomatīriṣa uta sātīraharvidā।
vi pathaḥ sātaye sitam ॥

And bring us food and energy and inspiration with lands and cows and the light of knowledge, and bring us possibilities of victory, and clear our paths of progress free from difficulties.

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8.5.10

आ नो॒ गोम॑न्तमश्विना सु॒वीरं॑ सु॒रथं॑ र॒यिम्।
वो॒ळ्हमश्वा॑वती॒रिष॑ ॥

ā no gomantamaśvinā suvīraṃ surathaṃ rayim।
voḷhamaśvāvatīriṣa ॥

Ashvins, bring us wealth of lands and cows, brave progeny, fast chariots and progress, and bring us nourishment, energy and advancement with motive forces of the highest order of attainment.

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8.5.11

वा॒वृ॒धा॒ना शु॑भस्पती दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवर्तनी।
पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥

vāvṛdhānā śubhaspatī dasrā hiraṇyavartanī।
pibataṃ somyaṃ madhu ॥

Rising and exalting, protectors and promoters of good, destroyers of enmity, moving by golden paths of advancement to victory, drink and enjoy the honey sweets of soma, peace and progress.

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8.5.12

अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ वाजिनीवसू म॒घव॑द्भ्यश्च स॒प्रथ॑।
छ॒र्दिर्य॑न्त॒मदा॑भ्यम् ॥

asmabhyaṃ vājinīvasū maghavadbhyaśca sapratha।
chardiryantamadābhyam ॥

And, O harbingers of wealth, victory and progress, bring for us and for the leading lights of power, honour and excellence spacious and peaceful homes free from fear and pressure.

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8.5.13

नि षु ब्रह्म॒ जना॑नां॒ यावि॑ष्टं॒ तूय॒मा ग॑तम्।
मो ष्व१न्याँ उपा॑रतम् ॥

ni ṣu brahma janānāṃ yāviṣṭaṃ tūyamā gatam।
mo ṣva1nyām̐ upāratam ॥

Come soon to the yajna of the people and protect and promote their creative development, but please neglect not the others too, nor offend and grieve them.

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8.5.14

अ॒स्य पि॑बतमश्विना यु॒वं मद॑स्य॒ चारु॑णः।
मध्वो॑ रा॒तस्य॑ धिष्ण्या ॥

asya pibatamaśvinā yuvaṃ madasya cāruṇaḥ।
madhvo rātasya dhiṣṇyā ॥

Adorable Ashvins, bold and resolute harbingers of a new dawn, drink of this charming, exciting and honey sweet soma offered by us as a tribute of love and gratitude.

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8.5.15

अ॒स्मे आ व॑हतं र॒यिं श॒तव॑न्तं सह॒स्रिण॑म्।
पु॒रु॒क्षुं वि॒श्वधा॑यसम् ॥

asme ā vahataṃ rayiṃ śatavantaṃ sahasriṇam।
purukṣuṃ viśvadhāyasam ॥

Bring us a hundredfold and a thousandfold wealth of universal value in abundance for all humanity which would sustain the world in a stable state of peace and progress.

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8.5.16

पु॒रु॒त्रा चि॒द्धि वां॑ नरा वि॒ह्वय॑न्ते मनी॒षिण॑।
वा॒घद्भि॑रश्वि॒ना ग॑तम् ॥

purutrā ciddhi vāṃ narā vihvayante manīṣiṇa।
vāghadbhiraśvinā gatam ॥

Learned men, thinkers and leading lights of humanity all over the world invoke and invite you many times in many ways. Ashvins, pray come by supersonic transports at the earliest.

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8.5.17

जना॑सो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषो ह॒विष्म॑न्तो अरं॒कृत॑।
यु॒वां ह॑वन्ते अश्विना ॥

janāso vṛktabarhiṣo haviṣmanto araṃkṛta।
yuvāṃ havante aśvinā ॥

Ashvins, the people in top form of readiness, having prepared the hall of yajnic reception in top gear with provisions of homage, invoke you and call upon you to come.

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8.5.18

अ॒स्माक॑म॒द्य वा॑म॒यं स्तोमो॒ वाहि॑ष्ठो॒ अन्त॑मः।
यु॒वाभ्यां॑ भूत्वश्विना ॥

asmākamadya vāmayaṃ stomo vāhiṣṭho antamaḥ।
yuvābhyāṃ bhūtvaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, may this song of our invocation, adoration and yajnic prayer be most touching for you at heart and impel you to respond and come.

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8.5.19

यो ह॑ वां॒ मधु॑नो॒ दृति॒राहि॑तो रथ॒चर्ष॑णे।
तत॑ पिबतमश्विना ॥

yo ha vāṃ madhuno dṛtirāhito rathacarṣaṇe।
tata pibatamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, the soma cask of honey sweets installed in the chariot and the pathway is full. Therefrom drink as you come.

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8.5.20

तेन॑ नो वाजिनीवसू॒ पश्वे॑ तो॒काय॒ शं गवे॑।
वह॑तं॒ पीव॑री॒रिष॑ ॥

tena no vājinīvasū paśve tokāya śaṃ gave।
vahataṃ pīvarīriṣa ॥

And thereby, O lords of power and wealth, bring us abundant and ever growing food, energy, wealth and peace for our children, our animals, our lands and cows, and for our knowledge and culture, and let all that grow higher.

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8.5.21

उ॒त नो॑ दि॒व्या इष॑ उ॒त सिन्धूँ॑रहर्विदा।
अप॒ द्वारे॑व वर्षथः ॥

uta no divyā iṣa uta sindhūm̐raharvidā।
apa dvāreva varṣathaḥ ॥

And, O harbingers of a new day, while you bring us heavenly food and energy in plenty, open the floods of streams and rivers and control the flow as by doors.

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8.5.22

क॒दा वां॑ तौ॒ग्र्यो वि॑धत्समु॒द्रे ज॑हि॒तो न॑रा।
यद्वां॒ रथो॒ विभि॒ष्पता॑त् ॥

kadā vāṃ taugryo vidhatsamudre jahito narā।
yadvāṃ ratho vibhiṣpatāt ॥

O leading lights of life, some day the powers jettisoned or installed on the sea would glorify you when your chariot flying by wings would rescue them or take off from there.

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8.5.23

यु॒वं कण्वा॑य नासत्या॒ ऋपि॑रिप्ताय ह॒र्म्ये।
शश्व॑दू॒तीर्द॑शस्यथः ॥

yuvaṃ kaṇvāya nāsatyā ṛpiriptāya harmye।
śaśvadūtīrdaśasyathaḥ ॥

Ashvins, observers and protectors of truth without fail, you always provide protection for the oppressed man of knowledge and wisdom in his home.

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8.5.24

ताभि॒रा या॑तमू॒तिभि॒र्नव्य॑सीभिः सुश॒स्तिभि॑।
यद्वां॑ वृषण्वसू हु॒वे ॥

tābhirā yātamūtibhirnavyasībhiḥ suśastibhi।
yadvāṃ vṛṣaṇvasū huve ॥

O generous lords of wealth and power, come to us with those most modern and most admirable means and methods of protection whenever we call upon you.

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8.5.25

यथा॑ चि॒त्कण्व॒माव॑तं प्रि॒यमे॑धमुपस्तु॒तम्।
अत्रिं॑ शि॒ञ्जार॑मश्विना ॥

yathā citkaṇvamāvataṃ priyamedhamupastutam।
atriṃ śiñjāramaśvinā ॥

Come the same way as you protect and save the man of knowledge and wisdom, the celebrated intellectual and the sage loud and bold who has broken off all his three snares of body, mind and soul.

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8.5.26

यथो॒त कृत्व्ये॒ धनें॒ऽशुं गोष्व॒गस्त्य॑म्।
यथा॒ वाजे॑षु॒ सोभ॑रिम् ॥

yathota kṛtvye dhaneṃ'śuṃ goṣvagastyam।
yathā vājeṣu sobharim ॥

Come the way you protect and promote the earnest beginner in matters of possible success in business, the man of moral values in matters of self-control, and the man of charity and social awareness in matters of social success.

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8.5.27

ए॒ताव॑द्वां वृषण्वसू॒ अतो॑ वा॒ भूयो॑ अश्विना।
गृ॒णन्त॑ सु॒म्नमी॑महे ॥

etāvadvāṃ vṛṣaṇvasū ato vā bhūyo aśvinā।
gṛṇanta sumnamīmahe ॥

O virile and generous harbingers of wealth and power, Ashvins, thus do we so far and even more, celebrating your glory, pray for your favour and good will.

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8.5.28

रथं॒ हिर॑ण्यवन्धुरं॒ हिर॑ण्याभीशुमश्विना।
आ हि स्थाथो॑ दिवि॒स्पृश॑म् ॥

rathaṃ hiraṇyavandhuraṃ hiraṇyābhīśumaśvinā।
ā hi sthātho divispṛśam ॥

Ashvins, you ride a chariot of golden structure and golden control which flies and touches the borders of the regions of light on high.

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8.5.29

हि॒र॒ण्ययी॑ वां॒ रभि॑री॒षा अक्षो॑ हिर॒ण्यय॑।
उ॒भा च॒क्रा हि॑र॒ण्यया॑ ॥

hiraṇyayī vāṃ rabhirīṣā akṣo hiraṇyaya।
ubhā cakrā hiraṇyayā ॥

O travellers of the skies, golden is the chassis of your chariot, golden the axle, and both the wheels are golden too.

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8.5.30

तेन॑ नो वाजिनीवसू परा॒वत॑श्चि॒दा ग॑तम्।
उपे॒मां सु॑ष्टु॒तिं मम॑ ॥

tena no vājinīvasū parāvataścidā gatam।
upemāṃ suṣṭutiṃ mama ॥

O winners of wealth and victory, by that golden chariot come from far, from the farthest wherever you be, and accept this holy song of mine in praise of you.

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8.5.31

आ व॑हेथे परा॒कात्पू॒र्वीर॒श्नन्ता॑वश्विना।
इषो॒ दासी॑रमर्त्या ॥

ā vahethe parākātpūrvīraśnantāvaśvinā।
iṣo dāsīramartyā ॥

Immortal Ashvins, winners and harbingers of ancient sources of wealth, you bring us food, energies and wealths of tremendous positive value from farthest places and since times beyond memory.

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8.5.32

आ नो॑ द्यु॒म्नैरा श्रवो॑भि॒रा रा॒या या॑तमश्विना।
पुरु॑श्चन्द्रा॒ नास॑त्या ॥

ā no dyumnairā śravobhirā rāyā yātamaśvinā।
puruścandrā nāsatyā ॥

Ashvins, observers and protectors of truth, blest with grace and glory of universal character, come to us with lights of knowledge, honour and wealth of imperishable value.

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8.5.33

एह वां॑ प्रुषि॒तप्स॑वो॒ वयो॑ वहन्तु प॒र्णिन॑।
अच्छा॑ स्वध्व॒रं जन॑म् ॥

eha vāṃ pruṣitapsavo vayo vahantu parṇina।
acchā svadhvaraṃ janam ॥

May carriers consuming combustible fuel for energy transport you here on flying wings and you join the holy man at his yajna of love and non-violence.

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8.5.34

रथं॑ वा॒मनु॑गायसं॒ य इ॒षा वर्त॑ते स॒ह।
न च॒क्रम॒भि बा॑धते ॥

rathaṃ vāmanugāyasaṃ ya iṣā vartate saha।
na cakramabhi bādhate ॥

Your chariot which moves on fuel and energy and the wheel of your progress thereby, no one can

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8.5.35

हि॒र॒ण्यये॑न॒ रथे॑न द्र॒वत्पा॑णिभि॒रश्वै॑।
धीज॑वना॒ नास॑त्या ॥

hiraṇyayena rathena dravatpāṇibhiraśvai।
dhījavanā nāsatyā ॥

Ashvins, ever truthful and imperishable powers, flying at the speed of thought by a golden chariot running by the power of revolving hands (like pistons, cranks or turbines and motors), no one can obstruct your course of progress.

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8.5.36

यु॒वं मृ॒गं जा॑गृ॒वांसं॒ स्वद॑थो वा वृषण्वसू।
ता न॑ पृङ्क्तमि॒षा र॒यिम् ॥

yuvaṃ mṛgaṃ jāgṛvāṃsaṃ svadatho vā vṛṣaṇvasū।
tā na pṛṅktamiṣā rayim ॥

O generous and virile leading lights of the day, you take delight in hunting the hunter on the wake (not in ambush). Similarly join the wealth of victory with the taste of food and season it with the sweets of honey.

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8.5.37

ता मे॑ अश्विना सनी॒नां वि॒द्यातं॒ नवा॑नाम्।
यथा॑ चिच्चै॒द्यः क॒शुः श॒तमुष्ट्रा॑नां॒ दद॑त्स॒हस्रा॒ दश॒ गोना॑म् ॥

tā me aśvinā sanīnāṃ vidyātaṃ navānām।
yathā ciccaidyaḥ kaśuḥ śatamuṣṭrānāṃ dadatsahasrā daśa gonām ॥

Such as you are, Ashvins, harbingers of the sweets of life, please know the newest and most favourite gifts I love just as the perceptive ruler knew when he granted me a hundred camels and ten thousand cows.

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8.5.38

यो मे॒ हिर॑ण्यसंदृशो॒ दश॒ राज्ञो॒ अमं॑हत।
अ॒ध॒स्प॒दा इच्चै॒द्यस्य॑ कृ॒ष्टय॑श्चर्म॒म्ना अ॒भितो॒ जना॑ ॥

yo me hiraṇyasaṃdṛśo daśa rājño amaṃhata।
adhaspadā iccaidyasya kṛṣṭayaścarmamnā abhito janā ॥

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8.5.39

माकि॑रे॒ना प॒था गा॒द्येने॒मे यन्ति॑ चे॒दय॑।
अ॒न्यो नेत्सू॒रिरोह॑ते भूरि॒दाव॑त्तरो॒ जन॑ ॥

mākirenā pathā gādyeneme yanti cedaya।
anyo netsūrirohate bhūridāvattaro jana ॥

Ṛgveda 8.6 · 48 verses

8.6.1

म॒हाँ इन्द्रो॒ य ओज॑सा प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व।
स्तोमै॑र्व॒त्सस्य॑ वावृधे ॥

mahām̐ indro ya ojasā parjanyo vṛṣṭimām̐ iva।
stomairvatsasya vāvṛdhe ॥

Great is Indra by his power and splendour like the cloud charged with rain and waxes with pleasure in the dear devotee’s awareness by his child like hymns of adoration.

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8.6.2

प्र॒जामृ॒तस्य॒ पिप्र॑त॒ प्र यद्भर॑न्त॒ वह्न॑यः।
विप्रा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ वाह॑सा ॥

prajāmṛtasya piprata pra yadbharanta vahnayaḥ।
viprā ṛtasya vāhasā ॥

When the forces of nature carry on the laws of divinity and sustain the children of creation through evolution, and the enlightened sages too carry on the yajna of divine law of truth in their adorations, Indra, immanent divinity, waxes with pleasure.

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8.6.3

कण्वा॒ इन्द्रं॒ यदक्र॑त॒ स्तोमै॑र्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम्।
जा॒मि ब्रु॑वत॒ आयु॑धम् ॥

kaṇvā indraṃ yadakrata stomairyajñasya sādhanam।
jāmi bruvata āyudham ॥

When the wise sages with their adorations rise to Indra and surrender to him as their yajnic destination, they exclaim: Verily the lord of thunder is our brother, father, mother, sister, everything.

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8.6.4

सम॑स्य म॒न्यवे॒ विशो॒ विश्वा॑ नमन्त कृ॒ष्टय॑।
स॒मु॒द्राये॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः ॥

samasya manyave viśo viśvā namanta kṛṣṭaya।
samudrāyeva sindhavaḥ ॥

The people, in fact the entire humanity, bow in homage and surrender to this lord of passion, power and splendour just as rivers flow on down and join into the sea.

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8.6.5

ओज॒स्तद॑स्य तित्विष उ॒भे यत्स॒मव॑र्तयत्।
इन्द्र॒श्चर्मे॑व॒ रोद॑सी ॥

ojastadasya titviṣa ubhe yatsamavartayat।
indraścarmeva rodasī ॥

When Indra, lord almighty, pervades and envelops both heaven and earth in the cover of light, the light that shines is only the lord’s divine splendour that blazes with glory.

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8.6.6

वि चि॑द्वृ॒त्रस्य॒ दोध॑तो॒ वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा।
शिरो॑ बिभेद वृ॒ष्णिना॑ ॥

vi cidvṛtrasya dodhato vajreṇa śataparvaṇā।
śiro bibheda vṛṣṇinā ॥

And when the lord of might and munificence with his thunderbolt of a hundred potentials shatters the head of Vrtra, terror striking demon of darkness, drought and despair, the bolt is nothing but the blazing omnipotence of the lord.

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8.6.7

इ॒मा अ॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो वि॒पामग्रे॑षु धी॒तय॑।
अ॒ग्नेः शो॒चिर्न दि॒द्युत॑ ॥

imā abhi pra ṇonumo vipāmagreṣu dhītaya।
agneḥ śocirna didyuta ॥

These hymns of ardent adoration like rising flames of radiant fire, we among the front ranks of vibrant sages offer are homage and surrender to the lord omnipotent, Indra.

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8.6.8

गुहा॑ स॒तीरुप॒ त्मना॒ प्र यच्छोच॑न्त धी॒तय॑।
कण्वा॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ॥

guhā satīrupa tmanā pra yacchocanta dhītaya।
kaṇvā ṛtasya dhārayā ॥

Hymns of adoration which abide in the depths of the heart, wise sages let flow and shine forth spontaneously with the overflowing streams of natural truth and law divinely embedded in the soul.

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8.6.9

प्र तमि॑न्द्र नशीमहि र॒यिं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म्।
प्र ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये ॥

pra tamindra naśīmahi rayiṃ gomantamaśvinam।
pra brahma pūrvacittaye ॥

Indra, lord of light and power, pray let us realise that wealth and honour of earthly character overflowing with motherly generosity and superfast achievement which is the prologue to perfect realisation of the nature and divinity of the ultimate reality of Brahman.

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8.6.10

अ॒हमिद्धि पि॒तुष्परि॑ मे॒धामृ॒तस्य॑ ज॒ग्रभ॑।
अ॒हं सूर्य॑ इवाजनि ॥

ahamiddhi pituṣpari medhāmṛtasya jagrabha।
ahaṃ sūrya ivājani ॥

I have received from my father super intelligence of the universal mind and law, I have realise it too in the soul, and I feel reborn like the refulgent sun.

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8.6.11

अ॒हं प्र॒त्नेन॒ मन्म॑ना॒ गिर॑ शुम्भामि कण्व॒वत्।
येनेन्द्र॒ शुष्म॒मिद्द॒धे ॥

ahaṃ pratnena manmanā gira śumbhāmi kaṇvavat।
yenendra śuṣmamiddadhe ॥

With the realisation of ancient and eternal knowledge I sanctify and adorn my words and voice in song like a wise sage, and by that, Indra, lord of light and power, vests me with strength and excellence.

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8.6.12

ये त्वामि॑न्द्र॒ न तु॑ष्टु॒वुरृष॑यो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः।
ममेद्व॑र्धस्व॒ सुष्टु॑तः ॥

ye tvāmindra na tuṣṭuvurṛṣayo ye ca tuṣṭuvuḥ।
mamedvardhasva suṣṭutaḥ ॥

There are men who do not adore you, and there are sages who adore you, (both ways you are acknowledged and adored by praise or protest). O lord thus adored by me and pleased, pray accept my adoration and let us rise.

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8.6.13

यद॑स्य म॒न्युरध्व॑नी॒द्वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो रु॒जन्।
अ॒पः स॑मु॒द्रमैर॑यत् ॥

yadasya manyuradhvanīdvi vṛtraṃ parvaśo rujan।
apaḥ samudramairayat ॥

When the lord’s passion rises and roars, breaking the dark cloud stage by stage, showers rain and rivers flow to the sea.

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8.6.14

नि शुष्ण॑ इन्द्र धर्ण॒सिं वज्रं॑ जघन्थ॒ दस्य॑वि।
वृषा॒ ह्यु॑ग्र शृण्वि॒षे ॥

ni śuṣṇa indra dharṇasiṃ vajraṃ jaghantha dasyavi।
vṛṣā hyugra śṛṇviṣe ॥

Indra, when you strike the mighty thunderbolt on the devil of drought and cloud of denial, then you are celebrated as the lord of showers and divine passion.

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8.6.15

न द्याव॒ इन्द्र॒मोज॑सा॒ नान्तरि॑क्षाणि व॒ज्रिण॑म्।
न वि॑व्यचन्त॒ भूम॑यः ॥

na dyāva indramojasā nāntarikṣāṇi vajriṇam।
na vivyacanta bhūmayaḥ ॥

Neither heavens nor the middle regions nor earths with all their lustre and power can violate, comprehend or even contain Indra, lord of the thunderbolt of omnipotence, justice and punishment.

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8.6.16

यस्त॑ इन्द्र म॒हीर॒पः स्त॑भू॒यमा॑न॒ आश॑यत्।
नि तं पद्या॑सु शिश्नथः ॥

yasta indra mahīrapaḥ stabhūyamāna āśayat।
ni taṃ padyāsu śiśnathaḥ ॥

Whoever chooses to hold up and stand in the way of the mighty flow of your waters, will and action, you pierce and break open like the dark cloud and make him flow with the flow into the channels of nature, the universal flow.

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8.6.17

य इ॒मे रोद॑सी म॒ही स॑मी॒ची स॒मज॑ग्रभीत्।
तमो॑भिरिन्द्र॒ तं गु॑हः ॥

ya ime rodasī mahī samīcī samajagrabhīt।
tamobhirindra taṃ guhaḥ ॥

That nature, Prakrti, which comprehends these great heavens and earths together, that same you cover and hide in deep darkness when this universe is withdrawn into zero during Pralaya, annihilation.

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8.6.18

य इ॑न्द्र॒ यत॑यस्त्वा॒ भृग॑वो॒ ये च॑ तुष्टु॒वुः।
ममेदु॑ग्र श्रुधी॒ हव॑म् ॥

ya indra yatayastvā bhṛgavo ye ca tuṣṭuvuḥ।
mamedugra śrudhī havam ॥

Indra, those self-controlled sages, those veteran scholars of disseminative knowledge who cleanse themselves of negativities, all who adore and celebrate you, while you listen to all, among them, O lord of blazing resplendence, listen to my invocation, adoration and prayer.

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8.6.19

इ॒मास्त॑ इन्द्र॒ पृश्न॑यो घृ॒तं दु॑हत आ॒शिर॑म्।
ए॒नामृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑ ॥

imāsta indra pṛśnayo ghṛtaṃ duhata āśiram।
enāmṛtasya pipyuṣī ॥

Indra, these spotted cows of yours, various earths, starry skies which yield and shower honey sweets of milk and life giving soma are augmenters of the divine yajna of universal evolution.

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8.6.20

या इ॑न्द्र प्र॒स्व॑स्त्वा॒सा गर्भ॒मच॑क्रिरन्।
परि॒ धर्मे॑व॒ सूर्य॑म् ॥

yā indra prasvastvāsā garbhamacakriran।
pari dharmeva sūryam ॥

All these stars and planets are fertile and creative, and all round, like the nature and action of the sun, they suck up vitality in by the divine mouth and hold the seed of life for new birth.

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8.6.21

त्वामिच्छ॑वसस्पते॒ कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः।
त्वां सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

tvāmicchavasaspate kaṇvā ukthena vāvṛdhuḥ।
tvāṃ sutāsa indavaḥ ॥

O lord of universal power and potential, wise sages with their hymns of adoration exalt only you, and so also the distilled soma offers of initiated devotees exhilarate you alone.

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8.6.22

तवेदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रणी॑तिषू॒त प्रश॑स्तिरद्रिवः।
य॒ज्ञो वि॑तन्त॒साय्य॑ ॥

tavedindra praṇītiṣūta praśastiradrivaḥ।
yajño vitantasāyya ॥

Indra, in all matters of right ethics, morals, policy and social conduct in the world, it is your glory only that inspires, it is all a version of your universal yajna, lord mover and ruler of the world.

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8.6.23

आ न॑ इन्द्र म॒हीमिषं॒ पुरं॒ न द॑र्षि॒ गोम॑तीम्।
उ॒त प्र॒जां सु॒वीर्य॑म् ॥

ā na indra mahīmiṣaṃ puraṃ na darṣi gomatīm।
uta prajāṃ suvīryam ॥

Indra, bestow upon us abundant food and high quality energy as well as a great city for habitation, rich in cows, culture and excellence and bless us with a noble virile progeny.

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8.6.24

उ॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्यं॒ यदि॑न्द्र॒ नाहु॑षी॒ष्वा।
अग्रे॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॒दीद॑यत् ॥

uta tyadāśvaśvyaṃ yadindra nāhuṣīṣvā।
agre vikṣu pradīdayat ॥

Indra, lord omniscient and omnipotent, give us that dynamic energy and refulgent power strategy for sure and certain targeted achievement which you bestowed upon earlier people of the world committed to the pursuit of truth and rectitude in the social struggle between good and evil, positive and negative, and between love and hate.

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8.6.25

अ॒भि व्र॒जं न त॑त्निषे॒ सूर॑ उपा॒कच॑क्षसम्।
यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ॥

abhi vrajaṃ na tatniṣe sūra upākacakṣasam।
yadindra mṛḷayāsi naḥ ॥

For when you are kind, O lord of light and power, you switch on the light for us and reveal the target close at hand in sight and you mark the way too by which we must reach our aim and object of love.

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8.6.26

यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषी॒यस॒ इन्द्र॑ प्र॒राज॑सि क्षि॒तीः।
म॒हाँ अ॑पा॒र ओज॑सा ॥

yadaṅga taviṣīyasa indra prarājasi kṣitīḥ।
mahām̐ apāra ojasā ॥

Indra, lord of life and love, dear as our very breath, when you shine and blaze ruling over lands and people, then you reveal your grandeur, you are incomprehensible by virtue of your self-refulgence.

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8.6.27

तं त्वा॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विश॒ उप॑ ब्रुवत ऊ॒तये॑।
उ॒रु॒ज्रय॑स॒मिन्दु॑भिः ॥

taṃ tvā haviṣmatīrviśa upa bruvata ūtaye।
urujrayasamindubhiḥ ॥

People with most exhilarating offers of soma in hand for homage invoke and adore you for protection and advancement, lord omnipresent and ever vibrant in the expansive universe.

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8.6.28

उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे गि॑री॒णां सं॑ग॒थे च॑ न॒दीना॑म्।
धि॒या विप्रो॑ अजायत ॥

upahvare girīṇāṃ saṃgathe ca nadīnām।
dhiyā vipro ajāyata ॥

In seclusion over mountain slopes and in the caves and on the confluence of rivers, the vibrant presence of the lord within reveals itself by illumination in the self.

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8.6.29

अत॑ समु॒द्रमु॒द्वत॑श्चिकि॒त्वाँ अव॑ पश्यति।
यतो॑ विपा॒न एज॑ति ॥

ata samudramudvataścikitvām̐ ava paśyati।
yato vipāna ejati ॥

Thence the enlightened devotee rising over the ocean of existence watches how and from where the vibrant omnipresence descends into inner consciousness.

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8.6.30

आदित्प्र॒त्नस्य॒ रेत॑सो॒ ज्योति॑ष्पश्यन्ति वास॒रम्।
प॒रो यदि॒ध्यते॑ दि॒वा ॥

āditpratnasya retaso jyotiṣpaśyanti vāsaram।
paro yadidhyate divā ॥

And then the devotees see like day light the self-refulgence of the eternal lord and source of life who shines above and beyond the day through the night of annihilation too.

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8.6.31

कण्वा॑स इन्द्र ते म॒तिं विश्वे॑ वर्धन्ति॒ पौंस्य॑म्।
उ॒तो श॑विष्ठ॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् ॥

kaṇvāsa indra te matiṃ viśve vardhanti pauṃsyam।
uto śaviṣṭha vṛṣṇyam ॥

Indra, lord most potent, all the learned sages of the world celebrate and exalt your omniscience, creative power and universal generosity.

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8.6.32

इ॒मां म॑ इन्द्र सुष्टु॒तिं जु॒षस्व॒ प्र सु माम॑व।
उ॒त प्र व॑र्धया म॒तिम् ॥

imāṃ ma indra suṣṭutiṃ juṣasva pra su māmava।
uta pra vardhayā matim ॥

Indra, just and merciful lord, pray accept this hymn of adoration for my sake and protect me from evil, and bless me that my intelligence and awareness may grow and rise in piety.

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8.6.33

उ॒त ब्र॑ह्म॒ण्या व॒यं तुभ्यं॑ प्रवृद्ध वज्रिवः।
विप्रा॑ अतक्ष्म जी॒वसे॑ ॥

uta brahmaṇyā vayaṃ tubhyaṃ pravṛddha vajrivaḥ।
viprā atakṣma jīvase ॥

Indra, highest and eternal lord of thunder and justice, we, enlightened sages dedicated to divinity with piety, offer these hymns of prayer and adoration for the sake of our life and advancement.

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8.6.34

अ॒भि कण्वा॑ अनूष॒तापो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः।
इन्द्रं॒ वन॑न्वती म॒तिः ॥

abhi kaṇvā anūṣatāpo na pravatā yatīḥ।
indraṃ vananvatī matiḥ ॥

Wise sages offer prayers to Indra and, like streams of water flowing and reaching the sea, the prayers rise and reach the lord almighty with love and adoration.

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8.6.35

इन्द्र॑मु॒क्थानि॑ वावृधुः समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः।
अनु॑त्तमन्युम॒जर॑म् ॥

indramukthāni vāvṛdhuḥ samudramiva sindhavaḥ।
anuttamanyumajaram ॥

Hymns of adoration and prayer and yajnic performances exalt Indra, unaging and eternal lord beyond anger and agitation, just as rivers augment the ocean beyond overflowing.

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8.6.36

आ नो॑ याहि परा॒वतो॒ हरि॑भ्यां हर्य॒ताभ्या॑म्।
इ॒ममि॑न्द्र सु॒तं पि॑ब ॥

ā no yāhi parāvato haribhyāṃ haryatābhyām।
imamindra sutaṃ piba ॥

Indra, come hither to us to join our yajna even from the farthest borders of the universe by brilliant vibrations of natural presence and illuminating rays of light divine and accept this distilled soma of our prayer and adoration.

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8.6.37

त्वामिद्वृ॑त्रहन्तम॒ जना॑सो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः।
हव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये ॥

tvāmidvṛtrahantama janāso vṛktabarhiṣaḥ।
havante vājasātaye ॥

People, dedicated celebrants, seated on the vedi with homage in hand, invoke and adore you, lord most potent destroyer of darkness and evil, and they pray for victory in their struggle of life for advancement.

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8.6.38

अनु॑ त्वा॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे च॒क्रं न व॒र्त्येत॑शम्।
अनु॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥

anu tvā rodasī ubhe cakraṃ na vartyetaśam।
anu suvānāsa indavaḥ ॥

Just as a chariot wheel turns and moves in correspondence with the horse so do both heaven and earth and all other soma transactions of life turn and move in obedience to your will and law.

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8.6.39

मन्द॑स्वा॒ सु स्व॑र्णर उ॒तेन्द्र॑ शर्य॒णाव॑ति।
मत्स्वा॒ विव॑स्वतो म॒ती ॥

mandasvā su svarṇara utendra śaryaṇāvati।
matsvā vivasvato matī ॥

And Indra, O lord of love and power, in the regions of the earth and its environment close to the middle regions of space where violence is possible, pray bless the people with joy and feel exalted by the pious thought and will of the yajnic humanity.

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8.6.40

वा॒वृ॒धा॒न उप॒ द्यवि॒ वृषा॑ व॒ज्र्य॑रोरवीत्।
वृ॒त्र॒हा सो॑म॒पात॑मः ॥

vāvṛdhāna upa dyavi vṛṣā vajryaroravīt।
vṛtrahā somapātamaḥ ॥

Exhilarated and exalted, in the heavens over the middle regions of the skies, the virile and munificent wielder of thunder, Indra, roars in response to the yajnic acts of humanity. He is destroyer of darkness and evil, drought and despair, and the greatest lover of peace and the soma of success.

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8.6.41

ऋषि॒र्हि पू॑र्व॒जा अस्येक॒ ईशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा।
इन्द्र॑ चोष्कू॒यसे॒ वसु॑ ॥

ṛṣirhi pūrvajā asyeka īśāna ojasā।
indra coṣkūyase vasu ॥

Indra, you are the omniscient poet and visionary of the universe, all seer, eternal and first manifestation of existence in creation, sole one and absolute ruler of the universe by your might and majesty, and you love to give wealth, honour and excellence with highest joy to humanity.

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8.6.42

अ॒स्माकं॑ त्वा सु॒ताँ उप॑ वी॒तपृ॑ष्ठा अ॒भि प्रय॑।
श॒तं व॑हन्तु॒ हर॑यः ॥

asmākaṃ tvā sutām̐ upa vītapṛṣṭhā abhi praya।
śataṃ vahantu harayaḥ ॥

Indra, may the hundreds of your festive forces travelling like light rays transport you hither to our distilled soma and delicious foods offered in homage.

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8.6.43

इ॒मां सु पू॒र्व्यां धियं॒ मधो॑र्घृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑म्।
कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः ॥

imāṃ su pūrvyāṃ dhiyaṃ madhorghṛtasya pipyuṣīm।
kaṇvā ukthena vāvṛdhuḥ ॥

Learned sages by chanting hymns and performing yajna exalt the glory and efficacy of this ancient science of yajnic action which augments the honey sweets of water, ghrta and all other delicacies for universal nourishment.

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8.6.44

इन्द्र॒मिद्विम॑हीनां॒ मेधे॑ वृणीत॒ मर्त्य॑।
इन्द्रं॑ सनि॒ष्युरू॒तये॑ ॥

indramidvimahīnāṃ medhe vṛṇīta martya।
indraṃ saniṣyurūtaye ॥

Mortals of the highest order of humanity choose Indra for honour in yajna, and the seeker of wealth and power too invokes Indra for protection and advancement.

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8.6.45

अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ त्वा पुरुष्टुत प्रि॒यमे॑धस्तुता॒ हरी॑।
सो॒म॒पेया॑य वक्षतः ॥

arvāñcaṃ tvā puruṣṭuta priyamedhastutā harī।
somapeyāya vakṣataḥ ॥

O lord of universal adoration and worship, natural vibrations of divine energy loved and honoured by the devotees of social yajna transport you hither to the heart to accept the sweets of our love and homage.

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8.6.46

श॒तम॒हं ति॒रिन्दि॑रे स॒हस्रं॒ पर्शा॒वा द॑दे।
राधां॑सि॒ याद्वा॑नाम् ॥

śatamahaṃ tirindire sahasraṃ parśāvā dade।
rādhāṃsi yādvānām ॥

Thousands of gifts of intellectual value and means of practical success I have received from Indra to give away to help others and for the destruction of darkness from humanity.

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8.6.47

त्रीणि॑ श॒तान्यर्व॑तां स॒हस्रा॒ दश॒ गोना॑म्।
द॒दुष्प॒ज्राय॒ साम्ने॑ ॥

trīṇi śatānyarvatāṃ sahasrā daśa gonām।
daduṣpajrāya sāmne ॥

the lord has given to the celebrant of Sama Veda. (Horses and cows are symbols of achievement and generosity.)

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8.6.48

उदा॑नट् ककु॒हो दिव॒मुष्ट्रा॑ञ्चतु॒र्युजो॒ दद॑त्।
श्रव॑सा॒ याद्वं॒ जन॑म् ॥

udānaṭ kakuho divamuṣṭrāñcaturyujo dadat।
śravasā yādvaṃ janam ॥

Having given four bullocks or camels in charity and raised a class of intellectuals, a prosperous devotee rises to divine heights of honour and fame.

Ṛgveda 8.7 · 36 verses

8.7.1

प्र यद्व॑स्त्रि॒ष्टुभ॒मिषं॒ मरु॑तो॒ विप्रो॒ अक्ष॑रत्।
वि पर्व॑तेषु राजथ ॥

pra yadvastriṣṭubhamiṣaṃ maruto vipro akṣarat।
vi parvateṣu rājatha ॥

O Maruts, warriors of the nation, when the vibrant controllers of the nation’s finances in yajnic management canalise national expenditure into three streams, physical, mental and spiritual, then you rise to the clouds and shine.

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8.7.2

यद॒ङ्ग त॑विषीयवो॒ यामं॑ शुभ्रा॒ अचि॑ध्वम्।
नि पर्व॑ता अहासत ॥

yadaṅga taviṣīyavo yāmaṃ śubhrā acidhvam।
ni parvatā ahāsata ॥

O dear bright Maruts, blazing bold warriors, when you detail your vehicles on parade for action, then even mountains shake with fear and awe.

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8.7.3

उदी॑रयन्त वा॒युभि॑र्वा॒श्रास॒ पृश्नि॑मातरः।
धु॒क्षन्त॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॑म् ॥

udīrayanta vāyubhirvāśrāsa pṛśnimātaraḥ।
dhukṣanta pipyuṣīmiṣam ॥

Children of earth and heaven chanting holy songs with the winds, the Maruts bring down streams of food and energy from the skies.

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8.7.4

वप॑न्ति म॒रुतो॒ मिहं॒ प्र वे॑पयन्ति॒ पर्व॑तान्।
यद्यामं॒ यान्ति॑ वा॒युभि॑ ॥

vapanti maruto mihaṃ pra vepayanti parvatān।
yadyāmaṃ yānti vāyubhi ॥

When the Maruts take to their vehicles with the winds, they shoot out showers of rain and shake up mountainous strongholds of energy.

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8.7.5

नि यद्यामा॑य वो गि॒रिर्नि सिन्ध॑वो॒ विध॑र्मणे।
म॒हे शुष्मा॑य येमि॒रे ॥

ni yadyāmāya vo girirni sindhavo vidharmaṇe।
mahe śuṣmāya yemire ॥

Out of fear and awe of your motion and power which is opposed to their strength and character, mountains hold back and rivers pant and flow.

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8.7.6

यु॒ष्माँ उ॒ नक्त॑मू॒तये॑ यु॒ष्मान्दिवा॑ हवामहे।
यु॒ष्मान्प्र॑य॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे ॥

yuṣmām̐ u naktamūtaye yuṣmāndivā havāmahe।
yuṣmānprayatyadhvare ॥

We invoke you at night for peace and protection, in the day for action and advancement, and in the beginning of yajna for completion and fulfilment.

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8.7.7

उदु॒ त्ये अ॑रु॒णप्स॑वश्चि॒त्रा यामे॑भिरीरते।
वा॒श्रा अधि॒ ष्णुना॑ दि॒वः ॥

udu tye aruṇapsavaścitrā yāmebhirīrate।
vāśrā adhi ṣṇunā divaḥ ॥

And those ardent red wonderful stormy troops of heroes fly by their chariots roaring over mountain tops and over and across the skies.

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8.7.8

सृ॒जन्ति॑ र॒श्मिमोज॑सा॒ पन्थां॒ सूर्या॑य॒ यात॑वे।
ते भा॒नुभि॒र्वि त॑स्थिरे ॥

sṛjanti raśmimojasā panthāṃ sūryāya yātave।
te bhānubhirvi tasthire ॥

By their might and lustre they carve bright paths for the radiations of vital energies of the sun and stand guard all over the places by their strength and the beams of light.

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8.7.9

इ॒मां मे॑ मरुतो॒ गिर॑मि॒मं स्तोम॑मृभुक्षणः।
इ॒मं मे॑ वनता॒ हव॑म् ॥

imāṃ me maruto giramimaṃ stomamṛbhukṣaṇaḥ।
imaṃ me vanatā havam ॥

O Maruts, warriors of exceptional order, listen to this voice of mine, accept this poetic tribute and cherish this invocative call of mine.

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8.7.10

त्रीणि॒ सरां॑सि॒ पृश्न॑यो दुदु॒ह्रे व॒ज्रिणे॒ मधु॑।
उत्सं॒ कव॑न्धमु॒द्रिण॑म् ॥

trīṇi sarāṃsi pṛśnayo duduhre vajriṇe madhu।
utsaṃ kavandhamudriṇam ॥

Mothers of the Maruts distil the nectar drink of life for them from three reservoirs: the solar region of light or the sattva element of nature, the cloudy sky or the rajas element of nature, and the earth or the tamas element of nature’s balance and firmness, and they feed their children on the light of knowledge and culture, energy of the winds and generosity of rain showers, and the sweetness and stability of the earth.

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8.7.11

मरु॑तो॒ यद्ध॑ वो दि॒वः सु॑म्ना॒यन्तो॒ हवा॑महे।
आ तू न॒ उप॑ गन्तन ॥

maruto yaddha vo divaḥ sumnāyanto havāmahe।
ā tū na upa gantana ॥

Maruts, O tempestuous heroes, as we call upon you for the sake of peace, progress and prosperity, pray come fast from the heavens through the skies close to us on earth.

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8.7.12

यू॒यं हि ष्ठा सु॑दानवो॒ रुद्रा॑ ऋभुक्षणो॒ दमे॑।
उ॒त प्रचे॑तसो॒ मदे॑ ॥

yūyaṃ hi ṣṭhā sudānavo rudrā ṛbhukṣaṇo dame।
uta pracetaso made ॥

You are generous, uncompromising agents of justice and punishment, highly intelligent and scholarly. Stay that in your element in the field of peace and discipline, and in a state of exhilaration keep your soul and your brains about you.

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8.7.13

आ नो॑ र॒यिं म॑द॒च्युतं॑ पुरु॒क्षुं वि॒श्वधा॑यसम्।
इय॑र्ता मरुतो दि॒वः ॥

ā no rayiṃ madacyutaṃ purukṣuṃ viśvadhāyasam।
iyartā maruto divaḥ ॥

O Maruts, bring us from the light of heaven wealth, honour and excellence full of joy for all and amply sufficient for the sustenance of world life.

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8.7.14

अधी॑व॒ यद्गि॑री॒णां यामं॑ शुभ्रा॒ अचि॑ध्वम्।
सु॒वा॒नैर्म॑न्दध्व॒ इन्दु॑भिः ॥

adhīva yadgirīṇāṃ yāmaṃ śubhrā acidhvam।
suvānairmandadhva indubhiḥ ॥

Heroes of the wind, radiant and pure, when you harness your chariots to ride over the mountains, then with the showers of soma you rejoice and move the world to rapture.

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8.7.15

ए॒ताव॑तश्चिदेषां सु॒म्नं भि॑क्षेत॒ मर्त्य॑।
अदा॑भ्यस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः ॥

etāvataścideṣāṃ sumnaṃ bhikṣeta martya।
adābhyasya manmabhiḥ ॥

To these warriors of the winds of this high order of indomitable powers, let mortal man pray for peace and joy with thoughts and words of full awareness of the giver and the supplicant.

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8.7.16

ये द्र॒प्सा इ॑व॒ रोद॑सी॒ धम॒न्त्यनु॑ वृ॒ष्टिभि॑।
उत्सं॑ दु॒हन्तो॒ अक्षि॑तम् ॥

ye drapsā iva rodasī dhamantyanu vṛṣṭibhi।
utsaṃ duhanto akṣitam ॥

Milking the imperishable cloud of space oceans like the cow, they sprinkle heaven and earth with rain

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8.7.17

उदु॑ स्वा॒नेभि॑रीरत॒ उद्रथै॒रुदु॑ वा॒युभि॑।
उत्स्तोमै॒ पृश्नि॑मातरः ॥

udu svānebhirīrata udrathairudu vāyubhi।
utstomai pṛśnimātaraḥ ॥

Children of the winds, heavens and the skies emerge and advance from their abode with winds and roars by chariots to the accompaniment of songs of jubilation.

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8.7.18

येना॒व तु॒र्वशं॒ यदुं॒ येन॒ कण्वं॑ धन॒स्पृत॑म्।
रा॒ये सु तस्य॑ धीमहि ॥

yenāva turvaśaṃ yaduṃ yena kaṇvaṃ dhanaspṛtam।
rāye su tasya dhīmahi ॥

Of the Maruts, we solicit that wealth and power by which they protect the man fighting against violence and the wise sage who too prays for wealth and honour in the world.

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8.7.19

इ॒मा उ॑ वः सुदानवो घृ॒तं न पि॒प्युषी॒रिष॑।
वर्धा॑न्का॒ण्वस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः ॥

imā u vaḥ sudānavo ghṛtaṃ na pipyuṣīriṣa।
vardhānkāṇvasya manmabhiḥ ॥

O warriors of charity and generosity, we pray that these animations, inspirations and exhortations of ours which, like ghrta, feed the fire of life and rise in flames, may, exalt you by the thoughts and prayers of the wise sage.

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8.7.20

क्व॑ नू॒नं सु॑दानवो॒ मद॑था वृक्तबर्हिषः।
ब्र॒ह्मा को व॑ सपर्यति ॥

kva nūnaṃ sudānavo madathā vṛktabarhiṣaḥ।
brahmā ko va saparyati ॥

Generous Maruts, where are you now rejoicing, seated on the holy grass? And who is the high priest conducting the yajnic celebration for you?

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8.7.21

न॒हि ष्म॒ यद्ध॑ वः पु॒रा स्तोमे॑भिर्वृक्तबर्हिषः।
शर्धाँ॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ जिन्व॑थ ॥

nahi ṣma yaddha vaḥ purā stomebhirvṛktabarhiṣaḥ।
śardhām̐ ṛtasya jinvatha ॥

O Maruts, isn’t it true that seated on the holy grass you have been augmenting the power and efficacy of the yajna of truth by your exhortations ever before?

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8.7.22

समु॒ त्ये म॑ह॒तीर॒पः सं क्षो॒णी समु॒ सूर्य॑म्।
सं वज्रं॑ पर्व॒शो द॑धुः ॥

samu tye mahatīrapaḥ saṃ kṣoṇī samu sūryam।
saṃ vajraṃ parvaśo dadhuḥ ॥

Those Maruts support and hold together in cosmic balance the mighty floods of water, the earth, the sun, and the force and power of thunder stage by stage.

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8.7.23

वि वृ॒त्रं प॑र्व॒शो य॑यु॒र्वि पर्व॑ताँ अरा॒जिन॑।
च॒क्रा॒णा वृष्णि॒ पौंस्य॑म् ॥

vi vṛtraṃ parvaśo yayurvi parvatām̐ arājina।
cakrāṇā vṛṣṇi pauṃsyam ॥

Doing acts of mighty vigour and splendour they break the clouds of darkness and evil and split open cavernous mountains step by step and bring light and showers of rain.

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8.7.24

अनु॑ त्रि॒तस्य॒ युध्य॑त॒ शुष्म॑मावन्नु॒त क्रतु॑म्।
अन्विन्द्रं॑ वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ ॥

anu tritasya yudhyata śuṣmamāvannuta kratum।
anvindraṃ vṛtratūrye ॥

They reinforce the powers of life struggling for positive forces fighting against three negativities of body, mind and soul, and they support and reinforce the ruler in his battle against evil and darkness.

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8.7.25

वि॒द्युद्ध॑स्ता अ॒भिद्य॑व॒ शिप्रा॑ शी॒र्षन्हि॑र॒ण्ययी॑।
शु॒भ्रा व्य॑ञ्जत श्रि॒ये ॥

vidyuddhastā abhidyava śiprā śīrṣanhiraṇyayī।
śubhrā vyañjata śriye ॥

Thunder in hand, all round refulgent, wearing golden helmets on the head, they shine bright and pure for the beauty and glory of life.

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8.7.26

उ॒शना॒ यत्प॑रा॒वत॑ उ॒क्ष्णो रन्ध्र॒मया॑तन।
द्यौर्न च॑क्रदद्भि॒या ॥

uśanā yatparāvata ukṣṇo randhramayātana।
dyaurna cakradadbhiyā ॥

Impassioned for action when the virile Maruts rush to a region of low pressure in the sky from afar, the cloud, as the higher regions, roars under fear and pressure.

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8.7.27

आ नो॑ म॒खस्य॑ दा॒वनेऽश्वै॒र्हिर॑ण्यपाणिभिः।
देवा॑स॒ उप॑ गन्तन ॥

ā no makhasya dāvane'śvairhiraṇyapāṇibhiḥ।
devāsa upa gantana ॥

O divinities of power and generous splendour, to augment and energise our yajna, pray come by motive forces of golden hoof and golden wheel and bless us in person.

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8.7.28

यदे॑षां॒ पृष॑ती॒ रथे॒ प्रष्टि॒र्वह॑ति॒ रोहि॑तः।
यान्ति॑ शु॒भ्रा रि॒णन्न॒पः ॥

yadeṣāṃ pṛṣatī rathe praṣṭirvahati rohitaḥ।
yānti śubhrā riṇannapaḥ ॥

When the fiery force drives the Maruts in their chariot towards regions of abundant water or to the clouds laden with vapour, then these heroes go forward bright and pure splitting and flying off the vapours and waters.

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8.7.29

सु॒षोमे॑ शर्य॒णाव॑त्यार्जी॒के प॒स्त्या॑वति।
य॒युर्निच॑क्रया॒ नर॑ ॥

suṣome śaryaṇāvatyārjīke pastyāvati।
yayurnicakrayā nara ॥

The leading Marut forces proceed to beautiful regions of peace and joy on higher altitudes and to the simple natural planes without vehicular medium by direct currents of energy.

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8.7.30

क॒दा ग॑च्छाथ मरुत इ॒त्था विप्रं॒ हव॑मानम्।
मा॒र्डी॒केभि॒र्नाध॑मानम् ॥

kadā gacchātha maruta itthā vipraṃ havamānam।
mārḍīkebhirnādhamānam ॥

O Maruts, when would you thus reach the vibrant scholar who calls you to yajna and awaits, and carry gifts of prosperity to the supplicant?

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8.7.31

कद्ध॑ नू॒नं क॑धप्रियो॒ यदिन्द्र॒मज॑हातन।
को व॑ सखि॒त्व ओ॑हते ॥

kaddha nūnaṃ kadhapriyo yadindramajahātana।
ko va sakhitva ohate ॥

Does a friend of constancy ever forsake Indra, the ruler? Who thinks twice on the value of friendship with you? (No one forsakes you, everyone loves to be friends with you.)

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8.7.32

स॒हो षु णो॒ वज्र॑हस्तै॒ कण्वा॑सो अ॒ग्निं म॒रुद्भि॑।
स्तु॒षे हिर॑ण्यवाशीभिः ॥

saho ṣu ṇo vajrahastai kaṇvāso agniṃ marudbhi।
stuṣe hiraṇyavāśībhiḥ ॥

O sages and scholars, I praise and celebrate Agni, fiery leader and enlightened ruler along with thunder-handed, golden-armed Maruts, stormy troopers of the nation. Let us all praise and celebrate them.

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8.7.33

ओ षु वृष्ण॒ प्रय॑ज्यू॒ना नव्य॑से सुवि॒ताय॑।
व॒वृ॒त्यां चि॒त्रवा॑जान् ॥

o ṣu vṛṣṇa prayajyūnā navyase suvitāya।
vavṛtyāṃ citravājān ॥

For the sake of latest forms of happiness, prosperity and well being, I turn to the virile and generous, most adorable and wondrous versatile warriors of the winds and abide by them.

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8.7.34

गि॒रय॑श्चि॒न्नि जि॑हते॒ पर्शा॑नासो॒ मन्य॑मानाः।
पर्व॑ताश्चि॒न्नि ये॑मिरे ॥

girayaścinni jihate parśānāso manyamānāḥ।
parvatāścinni yemire ॥

Mountains give way before them, formidable peaks pant and turn into chasms and clouds change their course under the force of Maruts.

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8.7.35

आक्ष्ण॒यावा॑नो वहन्त्य॒न्तरि॑क्षेण॒ पत॑तः।
धाता॑रः स्तुव॒ते वय॑ ॥

ākṣṇayāvāno vahantyantarikṣeṇa patataḥ।
dhātāraḥ stuvate vaya ॥

Chariots flying at the speed of eye-light over the paths of space transport the Maruts, harbingers of food, energy, health and full age for the celebrant.

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8.7.36

अ॒ग्निर्हि जानि॑ पू॒र्व्यश्छन्दो॒ न सूरो॑ अ॒र्चिषा॑।
ते भा॒नुभि॒र्वि त॑स्थिरे ॥

agnirhi jāni pūrvyaśchando na sūro arciṣā।
te bhānubhirvi tasthire ॥

Agni, earliest ruling light of the world, came into existence with self-refulgence like the sun and the music of Vedic voice, and the Maruts manifested and ever abided by rays of the sun and flames of fire.

Ṛgveda 8.8 · 23 verses

8.8.1

आ नो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॒रश्वि॑ना॒ गच्छ॑तं यु॒वम्।
दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवर्तनी॒ पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥

ā no viśvābhirūtibhiraśvinā gacchataṃ yuvam।
dasrā hiraṇyavartanī pibataṃ somyaṃ madhu ॥

Ashvins, twin powers of natural and human action, destroyers of evil, travellers by paths of light on golden chariots, both of you come to our yajna with all your means and modes of protection and promotion, appreciate our devotion and have a drink of our honey sweets of soma.

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8.8.2

आ नू॒नं या॑तमश्विना॒ रथे॑न॒ सूर्य॑त्वचा।
भुजी॒ हिर॑ण्यपेशसा॒ कवी॒ गम्भी॑रचेतसा ॥

ā nūnaṃ yātamaśvinā rathena sūryatvacā।
bhujī hiraṇyapeśasā kavī gambhīracetasā ॥

Ashvins, lovers of life and living, far sighted, imaginative and creative thinkers and makers, come sure to our yajna by your radiation oriented, gold coated and highly monitored chariot (and bless our programme).

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8.8.3

आ या॑तं॒ नहु॑ष॒स्पर्यान्तरि॑क्षात्सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑।
पिबा॑थो अश्विना॒ मधु॒ कण्वा॑नां॒ सव॑ने सु॒तम् ॥

ā yātaṃ nahuṣasparyāntarikṣātsuvṛktibhi।
pibātho aśvinā madhu kaṇvānāṃ savane sutam ॥

Ashvins, come here from the world of humanity, from the skies, with the best of light, knowledge and technique you have collected, accept and enjoy the soma sweets of the scholars’ creations achieved and perfected in their joint programme, and assess the taste of soma.

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8.8.4

आ नो॑ यातं दि॒वस्पर्यान्तरि॑क्षादधप्रिया।
पु॒त्रः कण्व॑स्य वामि॒ह सु॒षाव॑ सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥

ā no yātaṃ divasparyāntarikṣādadhapriyā।
putraḥ kaṇvasya vāmiha suṣāva somyaṃ madhu ॥

O lovers of the earth and humanity, come to us from the heavens and from the skies. The son and disciple of the scholar has distilled for you the soma sweets of honey. (Pray take that and bless him to proceed further.)

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8.8.5

आ नो॑ यात॒मुप॑श्रु॒त्यश्वि॑ना॒ सोम॑पीतये।
स्वाहा॒ स्तोम॑स्य वर्धना॒ प्र क॑वी धी॒तिभि॑र्नरा ॥

ā no yātamupaśrutyaśvinā somapītaye।
svāhā stomasya vardhanā pra kavī dhītibhirnarā ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of complementary revelations, come and listen closely to what we have conceived and imagine and say. Come to have a taste of this soma of our making. By the truth of your divine reflections, words and actions you extend the possibilities of our holy achievements. O leading lights, visionary creators, come with your thoughts, ideas and imaginations for our advancement.

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8.8.6

यच्चि॒द्धि वां॑ पु॒र ऋष॑यो जुहू॒रेऽव॑से नरा।
आ या॑तमश्वि॒ना ग॑त॒मुपे॒मां सु॑ष्टु॒तिं मम॑ ॥

yacciddhi vāṃ pura ṛṣayo juhūre'vase narā।
ā yātamaśvinā gatamupemāṃ suṣṭutiṃ mama ॥

upon you for encouragement and advancement, you came and listened. O leading lights of vision and imagination, come and listen to this prayer and adoration of mine too.

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8.8.7

दि॒वश्चि॑द्रोच॒नादध्या नो॑ गन्तं स्वर्विदा।
धी॒भिर्व॑त्सप्रचेतसा॒ स्तोमे॑भिर्हवनश्रुता ॥

divaścidrocanādadhyā no gantaṃ svarvidā।
dhībhirvatsapracetasā stomebhirhavanaśrutā ॥

Visionaries of the light of omniscience, committed in conscious covenant with dear ones, responsive to the devotee’s call, come to us from the heights of heaven with refulgence, knowledge, expertise and action.

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8.8.8

किम॒न्ये पर्या॑सते॒ऽस्मत्स्तोमे॑भिर॒श्विना॑।
पु॒त्रः कण्व॑स्य वा॒मृषि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्व॒त्सो अ॑वीवृधत् ॥

kimanye paryāsate'smatstomebhiraśvinā।
putraḥ kaṇvasya vāmṛṣirgīrbhirvatso avīvṛdhat ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of the light of heaven, do people other than us adore you with hymns of prayer? The sagely son and disciple of the wise scholar and devotee, dear as a child, exalts you with hymns of prayer.

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8.8.9

आ वां॒ विप्र॑ इ॒हाव॒सेऽह्व॒त्स्तोमे॑भिरश्विना।
अरि॑प्रा॒ वृत्र॑हन्तमा॒ ता नो॑ भूतं मयो॒भुवा॑ ॥

ā vāṃ vipra ihāvase'hvatstomebhiraśvinā।
ariprā vṛtrahantamā tā no bhūtaṃ mayobhuvā ॥

Ashvins, twin harbingers of heavenly light, the vibrant devotee invokes you here for protection and progress with hymns of adoration. O sinless divines, highest dispellers of the clouds of sin and darkness, come here and be for us light givers of universal peace and happiness.

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8.8.10

आ यद्वां॒ योष॑णा॒ रथ॒मति॑ष्ठद्वाजिनीवसू।
विश्वा॑न्यश्विना यु॒वं प्र धी॒तान्य॑गच्छतम् ॥

ā yadvāṃ yoṣaṇā rathamatiṣṭhadvājinīvasū।
viśvānyaśvinā yuvaṃ pra dhītānyagacchatam ॥

Ashvins, when the youthful dawn of a new day ascends your chariot with you, then, O divine harbingers of wealth and energy, you reach all that what the world thinks of for self-fulfilment.

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8.8.11

अत॑ स॒हस्र॑निर्णिजा॒ रथे॒ना या॑तमश्विना।
व॒त्सो वां॒ मधु॑म॒द्वचोऽशं॑सीत्का॒व्यः क॒विः ॥

ata sahasranirṇijā rathenā yātamaśvinā।
vatso vāṃ madhumadvaco'śaṃsītkāvyaḥ kaviḥ ॥

For this reason, Ashvins, come by the chariot bearing a thousand beauties of wealth and divine bliss. The poet’s poet, a darling admirer of yours, adores and glorifies you with honey sweets of his sacred words.

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8.8.12

पु॒रु॒म॒न्द्रा पु॑रू॒वसू॑ मनो॒तरा॑ रयी॒णाम्।
स्तोमं॑ मे अ॒श्विना॑वि॒मम॒भि वह्नी॑ अनूषाताम् ॥

purumandrā purūvasū manotarā rayīṇām।
stomaṃ me aśvināvimamabhi vahnī anūṣātām ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of universal peace and joy for all, creators and dispensers of wealth, honour and excellence, bless this song of mine with divine grace, you being the burden bearers and hallowed leaders of the world to higher regions.

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8.8.13

आ नो॒ विश्वा॑न्यश्विना ध॒त्तं राधां॒स्यह्र॑या।
कृ॒तं न॑ ऋ॒त्विया॑वतो॒ मा नो॑ रीरधतं नि॒दे ॥

ā no viśvānyaśvinā dhattaṃ rādhāṃsyahrayā।
kṛtaṃ na ṛtviyāvato mā no rīradhataṃ nide ॥

Ashvins, lead us to all bold, abundant and creditable honours, wealth and competence of the world, make us yajnic workers and observers of natural laws according to the seasons of time and place, and never let us fall to the violence of scandal, shame and disrepute.

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8.8.14

यन्ना॑सत्या परा॒वति॒ यद्वा॒ स्थो अध्यम्ब॑रे।
अत॑ स॒हस्र॑निर्णिजा॒ रथे॒ना या॑तमश्विना ॥

yannāsatyā parāvati yadvā stho adhyambare।
ata sahasranirṇijā rathenā yātamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, ever dedicated to truth and laws of divinity, whether you are in far off space or in the skies, come form there by your chariot of thousandfold beauty and sanctity.

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8.8.15

यो वां॑ नासत्या॒वृषि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्व॒त्सो अवी॑वृधत्।
तस्मै॑ स॒हस्र॑निर्णिज॒मिषं॑ धत्तं घृत॒श्चुत॑म् ॥

yo vāṃ nāsatyāvṛṣirgīrbhirvatso avīvṛdhat।
tasmai sahasranirṇijamiṣaṃ dhattaṃ ghṛtaścutam ॥

Ever true and relentless observers of the laws of divinity, to the poet sage, your darling celebrant who exalts you with his words of song, bear and bring food, energy and vision of wisdom vibrating with divine illumination and grace.

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8.8.16

प्रास्मा॒ ऊर्जं॑ घृत॒श्चुत॒मश्वि॑ना॒ यच्छ॑तं यु॒वम्।
यो वां॑ सु॒म्नाय॑ तु॒ष्टव॑द्वसू॒याद्दा॑नुनस्पती ॥

prāsmā ūrjaṃ ghṛtaścutamaśvinā yacchataṃ yuvam।
yo vāṃ sumnāya tuṣṭavadvasūyāddānunaspatī ॥

Ashvins, presiding powers of divine dispensation and charity, whoever adores you for peace and well being and prays for wealth, honour and excellence, to him, pray, give energy and power of will overflowing with inner light and brilliance of grace.

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8.8.17

आ नो॑ गन्तं रिशादसे॒मं स्तोमं॑ पुरुभुजा।
कृ॒तं न॑ सु॒श्रियो॑ नरे॒मा दा॑तम॒भिष्ट॑ये ॥

ā no gantaṃ riśādasemaṃ stomaṃ purubhujā।
kṛtaṃ na suśriyo naremā dātamabhiṣṭaye ॥

Leading lights of life and nature, counter powers of violence, and harbingers of universal prosperity, come, listen to our adoration, assess our yajnic achievement, bless us with the beauty and graces of life, and give us all these and competence for the desired peace, progress and self-fulfilment.

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8.8.18

आ वां॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑ प्रि॒यमे॑धा अहूषत।
राज॑न्तावध्व॒राणा॒मश्वि॑ना॒ याम॑हूतिषु ॥

ā vāṃ viśvābhirūtibhi priyamedhā ahūṣata।
rājantāvadhvarāṇāmaśvinā yāmahūtiṣu ॥

Ashvins, all the ruling lights of yajnic performances and programmes of creation and production, lovers and devotees of solemn ceremonies, at all stages of their mission, invoke you with all your means and modes of protection and promotion of the holy projects.

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8.8.19

आ नो॑ गन्तं मयो॒भुवाश्वि॑ना श॒म्भुवा॑ यु॒वम्।
यो वां॑ विपन्यू धी॒तिभि॑र्गी॒र्भिर्व॒त्सो अवी॑वृधत् ॥

ā no gantaṃ mayobhuvāśvinā śambhuvā yuvam।
yo vāṃ vipanyū dhītibhirgīrbhirvatso avīvṛdhat ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of peace, pleasure and well being in prosperity, lovers and admirers of joyous programmes, come both of you to us who, your darling celebrants, exalt you with our words, thoughts and actions.

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8.8.20

याभि॒ कण्वं॒ मेधा॑तिथिं॒ याभि॒र्वशं॒ दश॑व्रजम्।
याभि॒र्गोश॑र्य॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑र्नोऽवतं नरा ॥

yābhi kaṇvaṃ medhātithiṃ yābhirvaśaṃ daśavrajam।
yābhirgośaryamāvataṃ tābhirno'vataṃ narā ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of health and energy, leading lights of life and nature, come, protect and promote us with all those powers, potentials and efficacies by which you protect the sagely scholar and his wisdom and promote his hospitality and good fellowship, by which you protect and strengthen the body, physical abode of ten senses and ten pranic energies, and by which you rejuvenate and advance the invalid who has lost his sense faculties and suffers from total debility.

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8.8.21

याभि॑र्नरा त्र॒सद॑स्यु॒माव॑तं॒ कृत्व्ये॒ धने॑।
ताभि॒ ष्व१स्माँ अ॑श्विना॒ प्राव॑तं॒ वाज॑सातये ॥

yābhirnarā trasadasyumāvataṃ kṛtvye dhane।
tābhi ṣva1smām̐ aśvinā prāvataṃ vājasātaye ॥

Ashvins, leading lights of law and defence of humanity, come with all those powers and potentials by which you keep the law and order and shatter the forces of violence and terror for the economic and social advancement of humanity. With those very powers and potentials, protect us too for the achievement of success in our struggles.

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8.8.22

प्र वां॒ स्तोमा॑ सुवृ॒क्तयो॒ गिरो॑ वर्धन्त्वश्विना।
पुरु॑त्रा॒ वृत्र॑हन्तमा॒ ता नो॑ भूतं पुरु॒स्पृहा॑ ॥

pra vāṃ stomā suvṛktayo giro vardhantvaśvinā।
purutrā vṛtrahantamā tā no bhūtaṃ puruspṛhā ॥

Ashvins, protectors and promoters of life and humanity, greatest destroyers of the forces of darkness and destruction, may our hymns of adoration composed in the choicest words, finished in finest form and sung in the sweetest notes and accents, please and exalt you. May you ever be the darling heroes of universal love and admiration of humanity.

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8.8.23

त्रीणि॑ प॒दान्य॒श्विनो॑रा॒विः सान्ति॒ गुहा॑ प॒रः।
क॒वी ऋ॒तस्य॒ पत्म॑भिर॒र्वाग्जी॒वेभ्य॒स्परि॑ ॥

trīṇi padānyaśvinorāviḥ sānti guhā paraḥ।
kavī ṛtasya patmabhirarvāgjīvebhyaspari ॥

Three stages of the Ashvin’s advent hidden deep in the cave of mystery, namely, the victory of progressive

Ṛgveda 8.9 · 21 verses

8.9.1

आ नू॒नम॑श्विना यु॒वं व॒त्सस्य॑ गन्त॒मव॑से।
प्रास्मै॑ यच्छतमवृ॒कं पृ॒थु च्छ॒र्दिर्यु॑यु॒तं या अरा॑तयः ॥

ā nūnamaśvinā yuvaṃ vatsasya gantamavase।
prāsmai yacchatamavṛkaṃ pṛthu cchardiryuyutaṃ yā arātayaḥ ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of light and peace, for sure now come for the protection and progress of your loved people and provide for them a spacious peaceful home free from violence and insecurity and ward off all forces of malice, adversity and enmity.

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8.9.2

यद॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ यद्दि॒वि यत्पञ्च॒ मानु॑षाँ॒ अनु॑।
नृ॒म्णं तद्ध॑त्तमश्विना ॥

yadantarikṣe yaddivi yatpañca mānuṣām̐ anu।
nṛmṇaṃ taddhattamaśvinā ॥

Whatever manly strength and wealth there be in heaven and mid space worthy of five classes of people, Ashvins, bear and bring for us.

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8.9.3

ये वां॒ दंसां॑स्यश्विना॒ विप्रा॑सः परिमामृ॒शुः।
ए॒वेत्का॒ण्वस्य॑ बोधतम् ॥

ye vāṃ daṃsāṃsyaśvinā viprāsaḥ parimāmṛśuḥ।
evetkāṇvasya bodhatam ॥

Ashvins, whatever your actions and achievements which the scholars have known and thought over, reveal the same to the modern scholar too.

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8.9.4

अ॒यं वां॑ घ॒र्मो अ॑श्विना॒ स्तोमे॑न॒ परि॑ षिच्यते।
अ॒यं सोमो॒ मधु॑मान्वाजिनीवसू॒ येन॑ वृ॒त्रं चिके॑तथः ॥

ayaṃ vāṃ gharmo aśvinā stomena pari ṣicyate।
ayaṃ somo madhumānvājinīvasū yena vṛtraṃ ciketathaḥ ॥

This is the yajnic fire of the season, Ashvins, which is dedicated and exalted in your honour with the chant of hymns, and this is the soma sweetened and seasoned for you, O heroes of the battle for wealth and victory, by which you would know and dare the enemy, the demon of darkness, ignorance, injustice and poverty.

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8.9.5

यद॒प्सु यद्वन॒स्पतौ॒ यदोष॑धीषु पुरुदंससा कृ॒तम्।
तेन॑ माविष्टमश्विना ॥

yadapsu yadvanaspatau yadoṣadhīṣu purudaṃsasā kṛtam।
tena māviṣṭamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, heroic powers of nature’s complementary forces, the power and vitality which you have vested in the waters, herbs and trees is multifarious. Pray, with that same vitality and power, bless and protect me too and let me advance.

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8.9.6

यन्ना॑सत्या भुर॒ण्यथो॒ यद्वा॑ देव भिष॒ज्यथ॑।
अ॒यं वां॑ व॒त्सो म॒तिभि॒र्न वि॑न्धते ह॒विष्म॑न्तं॒ हि गच्छ॑थः ॥

yannāsatyā bhuraṇyatho yadvā deva bhiṣajyatha।
ayaṃ vāṃ vatso matibhirna vindhate haviṣmantaṃ hi gacchathaḥ ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of energy, health and replenishment, ever true unfailing agents of natural law and life’s growth, when you vibrate, radiate and energise, when you nourish, heal, resuscitate and revive things to live and grow, this conscientious darling seeker of your power and presence understands you not by observation, analysis and thought, in your entirety, because you reveal yourself only to the faithful who come to you with homage. (Life is a mystery. You can know the secret of this mystery only by being what it is, by identifying with it in meditation.)

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8.9.7

आ नू॒नम॒श्विनो॒रृषि॒ स्तोमं॑ चिकेत वा॒मया॑।
आ सोमं॒ मधु॑मत्तमं घ॒र्मं सि॑ञ्चा॒दथ॑र्वणि ॥

ā nūnamaśvinorṛṣi stomaṃ ciketa vāmayā।
ā somaṃ madhumattamaṃ gharmaṃ siñcādatharvaṇi ॥

In truth, the visionary sage has realised the song and story of the Ashvins, radiations of life energy, in every detail from inception to completion by faithful intention and relentless application of mind, and he has fed the fire of his yajnic search and research with the sweetest and most vibrating soma of his life’s passion into the vedi.

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8.9.8

आ नू॒नं र॒घुव॑र्तनिं॒ रथं॑ तिष्ठाथो अश्विना।
आ वां॒ स्तोमा॑ इ॒मे मम॒ नभो॒ न चु॑च्यवीरत ॥

ā nūnaṃ raghuvartaniṃ rathaṃ tiṣṭhātho aśvinā।
ā vāṃ stomā ime mama nabho na cucyavīrata ॥

Ashvins, take to the fastest chariot now and come by the shortest straight path. These hymns of adoration burst forth from me like an explosion in space, reach you like the sun and draw you hither.

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8.9.9

यद॒द्य वां॑ नासत्यो॒क्थैरा॑चुच्युवी॒महि॑।
यद्वा॒ वाणी॑भिरश्विने॒वेत्का॒ण्वस्य॑ बोधतम् ॥

yadadya vāṃ nāsatyokthairācucyuvīmahi।
yadvā vāṇībhiraśvinevetkāṇvasya bodhatam ॥

Ashvins, ever dedicated to the divine truth of nature’s law, when we invoke you with hymns of adoration or by yajnic sessions or by words of yajakas today, pray take it that the call is the conscientious voice of the visionary sage in search for the light of his mission.

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8.9.10

यद्वां॑ क॒क्षीवाँ॑ उ॒त यद्व्य॑श्व॒ ऋषि॒र्यद्वां॑ दी॒र्घत॑मा जु॒हाव॑।
पृथी॒ यद्वां॑ वै॒न्यः साद॑नेष्वे॒वेदतो॑ अश्विना चेतयेथाम् ॥

yadvāṃ kakṣīvām̐ uta yadvyaśva ṛṣiryadvāṃ dīrghatamā juhāva।
pṛthī yadvāṃ vainyaḥ sādaneṣvevedato aśvinā cetayethām ॥

Ashvins, when the cavalier or the pedestrian or the sagely seer or the long time plodder or the ruler or the intellectual calls on you to the yajnic session, you listen. Hence, pray listen to our call too and come.

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8.9.11

या॒तं छ॑र्दि॒ष्पा उ॒त न॑ पर॒स्पा भू॒तं ज॑ग॒त्पा उ॒त न॑स्तनू॒पा।
व॒र्तिस्तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय यातम् ॥

yātaṃ chardiṣpā uta na paraspā bhūtaṃ jagatpā uta nastanūpā।
vartistokāya tanayāya yātam ॥

Come, be protectors of our home and family, be protectors of others too, be protectors of the world and protectors of our body’s health and social structure. Come home to us for the sake of our children and grand children.

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8.9.12

यदिन्द्रे॑ण स॒रथं॑ या॒थो अ॑श्विना॒ यद्वा॑ वा॒युना॒ भव॑थ॒ समो॑कसा।
यदा॑दि॒त्येभि॑रृ॒भुभि॑ स॒जोष॑सा॒ यद्वा॒ विष्णो॑र्वि॒क्रम॑णेषु॒ तिष्ठ॑थः ॥

yadindreṇa sarathaṃ yātho aśvinā yadvā vāyunā bhavatha samokasā।
yadādityebhirṛbhubhi sajoṣasā yadvā viṣṇorvikramaṇeṣu tiṣṭhathaḥ ॥

Whether you move with the cosmic force on the same chariot or abide with the wind in the same region, or you move across the sun’s zodiacs or with the cosmic makers, or you move and abide with the vibrance of the omnipresent, wherever you be, pray come to us too.

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8.9.13

यद॒द्याश्विना॑व॒हं हु॒वेय॒ वाज॑सातये।
यत्पृ॒त्सु तु॒र्वणे॒ सह॒स्तच्छ्रेष्ठ॑म॒श्विनो॒रव॑ ॥

yadadyāśvināvahaṃ huveya vājasātaye।
yatpṛtsu turvaṇe sahastacchreṣṭhamaśvinorava ॥

When I call upon the Ashvins, defenders of humanity and protectors of life, for the sake of victory in our struggle for existence, or I call on them against the enemies in our conflicts with negativities, they would come, because their courage and force for the defence and protection of life is highest and best.

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8.9.14

आ नू॒नं या॑तमश्विने॒मा ह॒व्यानि॑ वां हि॒ता।
इ॒मे सोमा॑सो॒ अधि॑ तु॒र्वशे॒ यदा॑वि॒मे कण्वे॑षु वा॒मथ॑ ॥

ā nūnaṃ yātamaśvinemā havyāni vāṃ hitā।
ime somāso adhi turvaśe yadāvime kaṇveṣu vāmatha ॥

Come, Ashvins, for sure without fail. These presentations, adorations and offerings of hospitality are reserved for you whether they are in the house of the stormy warrior or dynamic intellectual or artist or citizen or the sagely seer, they are for you and you alone.

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8.9.15

यन्ना॑सत्या परा॒के अ॑र्वा॒के अस्ति॑ भेष॒जम्।
तेन॑ नू॒नं वि॑म॒दाय॑ प्रचेतसा छ॒र्दिर्व॒त्साय॑ यच्छतम् ॥

yannāsatyā parāke arvāke asti bheṣajam।
tena nūnaṃ vimadāya pracetasā chardirvatsāya yacchatam ॥

Ashvins, versatile powers of health and longevity, whatever food or sanative or efficacious remedies be there far or near, by that without fail, O masters of knowledge and expertise, provide a home of health and peace for the dear devotee free from the pride and arrogance of drugs and intoxication.

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8.9.16

अभु॑त्स्यु॒ प्र दे॒व्या सा॒कं वा॒चाहम॒श्विनो॑।
व्या॑वर्दे॒व्या म॒तिं वि रा॒तिं मर्त्ये॑भ्यः ॥

abhutsyu pra devyā sākaṃ vācāhamaśvino।
vyāvardevyā matiṃ vi rātiṃ martyebhyaḥ ॥

I am awake by the divine voice of the Ashvins. O divine dawn of light, open the human mind to the light and freedom of reason and give the gift of wisdom to mortal humanity.

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8.9.17

प्र बो॑धयोषो अ॒श्विना॒ प्र दे॑वि सूनृते महि।
प्र य॑ज्ञहोतरानु॒षक्प्र मदा॑य॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

pra bodhayoṣo aśvinā pra devi sūnṛte mahi।
pra yajñahotarānuṣakpra madāya śravo bṛhat ॥

O divine dawn, great lady of truth and leading light of a new day, awaken the Ashvins, harbingers of new knowledge and awareness, and O inspirer of the day’s yajnic activity, relentlessly exhort men and women to work for the joy of life and win great prosperity, honour and fame.

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8.9.18

यदु॑षो॒ यासि॑ भा॒नुना॒ सं सूर्ये॑ण रोचसे।
आ हा॒यम॒श्विनो॒ रथो॑ व॒र्तिर्या॑ति नृ॒पाय्य॑म् ॥

yaduṣo yāsi bhānunā saṃ sūryeṇa rocase।
ā hāyamaśvino ratho vartiryāti nṛpāyyam ॥

O dawn, harbinger of a new day, when you rise with the first sun-rays and then join the sun and shine together with it, then the Ashvins’ chariot rolls on on its usual course of the day which preserves and promotes humanity in life and leads it to advancement.

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8.9.19

यदापी॑तासो अं॒शवो॒ गावो॒ न दु॒ह्र ऊध॑भिः।
यद्वा॒ वाणी॒रनू॑षत॒ प्र दे॑व॒यन्तो॑ अ॒श्विना॑ ॥

yadāpītāso aṃśavo gāvo na duhra ūdhabhiḥ।
yadvā vāṇīranūṣata pra devayanto aśvinā ॥

When the stout stalks of lotus receive their drink of green vitality from the sun as cows draw and receive their milk with the udders from nature, and just when the stalks yield pranic energy as cows yield milk, and when the voices of humanity rise in adoration of the Ashvins in prayer.

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8.9.20

प्र द्यु॒म्नाय॒ प्र शव॑से॒ प्र नृ॒षाह्या॑य॒ शर्म॑णे।
प्र दक्षा॑य प्रचेतसा ॥

pra dyumnāya pra śavase pra nṛṣāhyāya śarmaṇe।
pra dakṣāya pracetasā ॥

Then for wealth, honour and excellence, for strength and courage and joy and prosperity for the peace and protection of humanity and achievement of dexterity and competence. O harbingers of light and awareness, bless them.

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8.9.21

यन्नू॒नं धी॒भिर॑श्विना पि॒तुर्योना॑ नि॒षीद॑थः।
यद्वा॑ सु॒म्नेभि॑रुक्थ्या ॥

yannūnaṃ dhībhiraśvinā pituryonā niṣīdathaḥ।
yadvā sumnebhirukthyā ॥

Adorable Ashvins, when with your thoughts and acts of the day you go back and sit in the parental home with all rest in peace, then come again and bless us with peace and prosperity of an active life.

Ṛgveda 8.10 · 6 verses

8.10.1

यत्स्थो दी॒र्घप्र॑सद्मनि॒ यद्वा॒दो रो॑च॒ने दि॒वः।
यद्वा॑ समु॒द्रे अध्याकृ॑ते गृ॒हेऽत॒ आ या॑तमश्विना ॥

yatstho dīrghaprasadmani yadvādo rocane divaḥ।
yadvā samudre adhyākṛte gṛhe'ta ā yātamaśvinā ॥

Wherever you abide, in lofty halls or in the light of the high heaven, or rest in the sea or space or in an ornamented palace, wherever you are, come to us, Ashvins, harbingers of light and inspiration.

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8.10.2

यद्वा॑ य॒ज्ञं मन॑वे सम्मिमि॒क्षथु॑रे॒वेत्का॒ण्वस्य॑ बोधतम्।
बृह॒स्पतिं॒ विश्वा॑न्दे॒वाँ अ॒हं हु॑व॒ इन्द्रा॒विष्णू॑ अ॒श्विना॑वाशु॒हेष॑सा ॥

yadvā yajñaṃ manave sammimikṣathurevetkāṇvasya bodhatam।
bṛhaspatiṃ viśvāndevām̐ ahaṃ huva indrāviṣṇū aśvināvāśuheṣasā ॥

If you sprinkle the yajna of the learned man of thought with ghrta and feed it with havi compounds, know, value and sprinkle the yajna of the children of the sages too the same way. Ashvins, I invoke Brhaspati, lord of the cosmos and cosmic knowledge, all learned men of the world, Indra, ruler of world powers, and Vishnu, lord omnipresent.

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8.10.3

त्या न्व१श्विना॑ हुवे सु॒दंस॑सा गृ॒भे कृ॒ता।
ययो॒रस्ति॒ प्र ण॑ स॒ख्यं दे॒वेष्वध्याप्य॑म् ॥

tyā nva1śvinā huve sudaṃsasā gṛbhe kṛtā।
yayorasti pra ṇa sakhyaṃ deveṣvadhyāpyam ॥

I invoke the twin Ashvins, great and generous achievers, who are committed to receive our homage at yajna and whose friendship and love for us is on top of all divine favours we can have.

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8.10.4

ययो॒रधि॒ प्र य॒ज्ञा अ॑सू॒रे सन्ति॑ सू॒रय॑।
ता य॒ज्ञस्या॑ध्व॒रस्य॒ प्रचे॑तसा स्व॒धाभि॒र्या पिब॑तः सो॒म्यं मधु॑ ॥

yayoradhi pra yajñā asūre santi sūraya।
tā yajñasyādhvarasya pracetasā svadhābhiryā pibataḥ somyaṃ madhu ॥

The Ashvins’ yajnas are specially performed even in the lands of the agnostics where they shine boldly and brilliantly. They are specialists of the yajnic programmes of creation and production without violence and they come in response to invocations and yajnic offerings and drink the sweets of soma.

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8.10.5

यद॒द्याश्वि॑ना॒वपा॒ग्यत्प्राक्स्थो वा॑जिनीवसू।
यद्द्रु॒ह्यव्यन॑वि तु॒र्वशे॒ यदौ॑ हु॒वे वा॒मथ॒ मा ग॑तम् ॥

yadadyāśvināvapāgyatprākstho vājinīvasū।
yaddruhyavyanavi turvaśe yadau huve vāmatha mā gatam ॥

Ashvins, commanders of the wealth of victorious forces, today whether you are in the west or in the east, in the areas of hate, opposition and conflict, among the fast achievers or ordinary citizens, I invoke and call upon you, pray come to us.

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8.10.6

यद॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ पत॑थः पुरुभुजा॒ यद्वे॒मे रोद॑सी॒ अनु॑।
यद्वा॑ स्व॒धाभि॑रधि॒तिष्ठ॑थो॒ रथ॒मत॒ आ या॑तमश्विना ॥

yadantarikṣe patathaḥ purubhujā yadveme rodasī anu।
yadvā svadhābhiradhitiṣṭhatho rathamata ā yātamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, commanders of manifold wealth, power and popularity, whether you fly in the firmament or across heaven and earth, or you stay in your chariot with self-contained powers and provisions, from there come in response to our call.

Ṛgveda 8.11 · 10 verses

8.11.1

त्वम॑ग्ने व्रत॒पा अ॑सि दे॒व आ मर्त्ये॒ष्वा।
त्वं य॒ज्ञेष्वीड्य॑ ॥

tvamagne vratapā asi deva ā martyeṣvā।
tvaṃ yajñeṣvīḍya ॥

Agni, self-refulgent lord giver of light, you are preserver and protector of karmic laws, moral commitments and sacred vows among mortals. Hence you are adored and worshipped in yajnas.

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8.11.2

त्वम॑सि प्र॒शस्यो॑ वि॒दथे॑षु सहन्त्य।
अग्ने॑ र॒थीर॑ध्व॒राणा॑म् ॥

tvamasi praśasyo vidatheṣu sahantya।
agne rathīradhvarāṇām ॥

Agni, you are adorable in sacred congregations, the one patient, challenging and victor power, and pioneer and leader of non-violent yajnic programmes of creation and production in humanity.

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8.11.3

स त्वम॒स्मदप॒ द्विषो॑ युयो॒धि जा॑तवेदः।
अदे॑वीरग्ने॒ अरा॑तीः ॥

sa tvamasmadapa dviṣo yuyodhi jātavedaḥ।
adevīragne arātīḥ ॥

O jataveda, omniscient over everything in existence, ward off from us all forces of hate, jealousy and malignity and all impiety and selfish meanness.

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8.11.4

अन्ति॑ चि॒त्सन्त॒मह॑ य॒ज्ञं मर्त॑स्य रि॒पोः।
नोप॑ वेषि जातवेदः ॥

anti citsantamaha yajñaṃ martasya ripoḥ।
nopa veṣi jātavedaḥ ॥

O Jataveda, lord omniscient, you do not join or bless the yajna of an enemy of humanity even if the yajna and the performer is said to be close to divinity otherwise.

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8.11.5

मर्ता॒ अम॑र्त्यस्य ते॒ भूरि॒ नाम॑ मनामहे।
विप्रा॑सो जा॒तवे॑दसः ॥

martā amartyasya te bhūri nāma manāmahe।
viprāso jātavedasaḥ ॥

O lord immortal and omniscient, we mortals, dedicated sages, know and adore your many many divine names which describe your multiple roles in the universe, (names such as Agni, Vayu and Aditya and so on).

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8.11.6

विप्रं॒ विप्रा॒सोऽव॑से दे॒वं मर्ता॑स ऊ॒तये॑।
अ॒ग्निं गी॒र्भिर्ह॑वामहे ॥

vipraṃ viprāso'vase devaṃ martāsa ūtaye।
agniṃ gīrbhirhavāmahe ॥

With songs of adoration, we, mortal sages, invoke and exalt Agni, lord all knowing, self-refulgent and generous, for our protection, progress and well being.

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8.11.7

आ ते॑ व॒त्सो मनो॑ यमत्पर॒माच्चि॑त्स॒धस्था॑त्।
अग्ने॒ त्वांका॑मया गि॒रा ॥

ā te vatso mano yamatparamāccitsadhasthāt।
agne tvāṃkāmayā girā ॥

The dear dedicated sage adores you and with words of love and faith prays for your attention from the highest heaven of light.

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8.11.8

पु॒रु॒त्रा हि स॒दृङ्ङसि॒ विशो॒ विश्वा॒ अनु॑ प्र॒भुः।
स॒मत्सु॑ त्वा हवामहे ॥

purutrā hi sadṛṅṅasi viśo viśvā anu prabhuḥ।
samatsu tvā havāmahe ॥

You are the universal eye watching the entire humanity of the world as master and ruler. As such, O lord, we invoke and call upon you in our battles of life.

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8.11.9

स॒मत्स्व॒ग्निमव॑से वाज॒यन्तो॑ हवामहे।
वाजे॑षु चि॒त्ररा॑धसम् ॥

samatsvagnimavase vājayanto havāmahe।
vājeṣu citrarādhasam ॥

We, seekers of strength and fighters for victory, invoke and adore Agni, omnipotent power of wondrous munificence and achievement, for protection, defence and advancement in our struggles and contests of life.

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8.11.10

प्र॒त्नो हि क॒मीड्यो॑ अध्व॒रेषु॑ स॒नाच्च॒ होता॒ नव्य॑श्च॒ सत्सि॑।
स्वां चा॑ग्ने त॒न्वं॑ पि॒प्रय॑स्वा॒स्मभ्यं॑ च॒ सौभ॑ग॒मा य॑जस्व ॥

pratno hi kamīḍyo adhvareṣu sanācca hotā navyaśca satsi।
svāṃ cāgne tanvaṃ piprayasvāsmabhyaṃ ca saubhagamā yajasva ॥

Agni, eternal and blissfully adorable lord, worshipped in sacred congregations since time immemorial, presiding over yajnas as the most youthful performer and deity ancient and latest at the newest occasions, carry on the cosmic yajna, nourish and augment the universe as your own physical manifestation, and bring us all good fortune and well being of life.

Ṛgveda 8.12 · 33 verses

8.12.1

य इ॑न्द्र सोम॒पात॑मो॒ मद॑ शविष्ठ॒ चेत॑ति।
येना॒ हंसि॒ न्य१त्रिणं॒ तमी॑महे ॥

ya indra somapātamo mada śaviṣṭha cetati।
yenā haṃsi nya1triṇaṃ tamīmahe ॥

Indra, lord most potent, highest protector and promoter of the beauty and joy of life, that ecstatic passion of yours which universally pervades, manifests and reveals your might and glory and by which you destroy the negative forces of life, we adore and pray for.

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8.12.2

येना॒ दश॑ग्व॒मध्रि॑गुं वे॒पय॑न्तं॒ स्व॑र्णरम्।
येना॑ समु॒द्रमावि॑था॒ तमी॑महे ॥

yenā daśagvamadhriguṃ vepayantaṃ svarṇaram।
yenā samudramāvithā tamīmahe ॥

That omnipotent passion and ecstasy of yours by which you protect and promote the individual soul working with ten faculties of perception and volition, the unchallengeable wind and electric energy, the solar radiation which shakes and vibrates, and the ocean of water on earth and in space, that we adore, that we pray

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8.12.3

येन॒ सिन्धुं॑ म॒हीर॒पो रथाँ॑ इव प्रचो॒दय॑।
पन्था॑मृ॒तस्य॒ यात॑वे॒ तमी॑महे ॥

yena sindhuṃ mahīrapo rathām̐ iva pracodaya।
panthāmṛtasya yātave tamīmahe ॥

That power and passion of ecstasy by which you energise and move the river and the sea, the earths and waters like rolling chariots to flow and follow the path of the divine law of nature, that we adore, that we pray for, to follow the path of truth and yajna ourselves too.

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8.12.4

इ॒मं स्तोम॑म॒भिष्ट॑ये घृ॒तं न पू॒तम॑द्रिवः।
येना॒ नु स॒द्य ओज॑सा व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥

imaṃ stomamabhiṣṭaye ghṛtaṃ na pūtamadrivaḥ।
yenā nu sadya ojasā vavakṣitha ॥

Lord of clouds and mountains, commander of adamantine will and power of ecstasy, pray accept this song of adoration, radiant and pure like sanctified ghrta, by which we adore and pray for that power and ecstasy by which, through your splendour and glory, you reveal yourself in manifestation for ever.

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8.12.5

इ॒मं जु॑षस्व गिर्वणः समु॒द्र इ॑व पिन्वते।
इन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑र्व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥

imaṃ juṣasva girvaṇaḥ samudra iva pinvate।
indra viśvābhirūtibhirvavakṣitha ॥

O lord adorable and worshipped, accept and cherish this song of homage and celebration which rolls and rises and swells you too like the sea, and you too, O lord omnipotent, manifest in glory higher and higher with all modes of protection and promotion.

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8.12.6

यो नो॑ दे॒वः प॑रा॒वत॑ सखित्व॒नाय॑ माम॒हे।
दि॒वो न वृ॒ष्टिं प्र॒थय॑न्व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥

yo no devaḥ parāvata sakhitvanāya māmahe।
divo na vṛṣṭiṃ prathayanvavakṣitha ॥

The lord self-refulgent, to extend the grace of his love and friendship to us, waxes from heaven and blesses us like intense showers of abundant rain from the regions of light.

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8.12.7

व॒व॒क्षुर॑स्य के॒तवो॑ उ॒त वज्रो॒ गभ॑स्त्योः।
यत्सूर्यो॒ न रोद॑सी॒ अव॑र्धयत् ॥

vavakṣurasya ketavo uta vajro gabhastyoḥ।
yatsūryo na rodasī avardhayat ॥

The banners of his manifestation and the thunderbolt in his hands exalt his glory as the sun illuminates and glorifies heaven and earth.

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8.12.8

यदि॑ प्रवृद्ध सत्पते स॒हस्रं॑ महि॒षाँ अघ॑।
आदित्त॑ इन्द्रि॒यं महि॒ प्र वा॑वृधे ॥

yadi pravṛddha satpate sahasraṃ mahiṣām̐ agha।
āditta indriyaṃ mahi pra vāvṛdhe ॥

O lord exalted, protector and defender of truth and positive reality, when you strike down hundreds of evils and great calamities, then your glory and the grandeur of your creation rises beyond measure.

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8.12.9

इन्द्र॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॒र्न्य॑र्शसा॒नमो॑षति।
अ॒ग्निर्वने॑व सास॒हिः प्र वा॑वृधे ॥

indra sūryasya raśmibhirnyarśasānamoṣati।
agnirvaneva sāsahiḥ pra vāvṛdhe ॥

When Indra with sun-rays kills antilife agents such as disease carrying bacteria in the atmosphere, he rises victorious and exalted like fire over forests.

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8.12.10

इ॒यं त॑ ऋ॒त्विया॑वती धी॒तिरे॑ति॒ नवी॑यसी।
स॒प॒र्यन्ती॑ पुरुप्रि॒या मिमी॑त॒ इत् ॥

iyaṃ ta ṛtviyāvatī dhītireti navīyasī।
saparyantī purupriyā mimīta it ॥

O lord, this ever new divine intelligence of yours constantly operative in nature according to time and seasons is universally sympathetic, loving and honoured, serves life and the environment, and continues to create and cover new forms of life and nature.

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8.12.11

गर्भो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ देव॒युः क्रतुं॑ पुनीत आनु॒षक्।
स्तोमै॒रिन्द्र॑स्य वावृधे॒ मिमी॑त॒ इत् ॥

garbho yajñasya devayuḥ kratuṃ punīta ānuṣak।
stomairindrasya vāvṛdhe mimīta it ॥

The devotee of Indra and lover of divinities of nature and humanity, enactor of yajna as well as shaped by yajna, continuously performs holy actions with sanctity and faith, creates new forms of holy actions and rises in life by divine songs and tributes in honour of Indra.

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8.12.12

स॒निर्मि॒त्रस्य॑ पप्रथ॒ इन्द्र॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑।
प्राची॒ वाशी॑व सुन्व॒ते मिमी॑त॒ इत् ॥

sanirmitrasya papratha indra somasya pītaye।
prācī vāśīva sunvate mimīta it ॥

Indra, friend and benefactor of humanity and all loving beings, rises in omnipresent glory to watch and protect the beautiful world of his creation, and, like the prime voice of the Veda, reveals new forms of truth for the dedicated maker of yajnic soma.

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8.12.13

यं विप्रा॑ उ॒क्थवा॑हसोऽभिप्रम॒न्दुरा॒यव॑।
घृ॒तं न पि॑प्य आ॒सन्यृ॒तस्य॒ यत् ॥

yaṃ viprā ukthavāhaso'bhipramandurāyava।
ghṛtaṃ na pipya āsanyṛtasya yat ॥

Indra is the lord whom vibrant sages and people in general all adore and exalt, singing hymns of worship in his honour, and I too offer songs of adoration while I offer oblations of ghrta into the vedi of yajna.

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8.12.14

उ॒त स्व॒राजे॒ अदि॑ति॒ स्तोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य जीजनत्।
पु॒रु॒प्र॒श॒स्तमू॒तय॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ यत् ॥

uta svarāje aditi stomamindrāya jījanat।
purupraśastamūtaya ṛtasya yat ॥

And mother Prakrti, inviolable Nature, too bursts into songs of adoration in honour of self-refulgent Indra, which, being all elevating and inspiring, moves him to protection and advancement of the world of his dynamic creation.

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8.12.15

अ॒भि वह्न॑य ऊ॒तयेऽनू॑षत॒ प्रश॑स्तये।
न दे॑व॒ विव्र॑ता॒ हरी॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ यत् ॥

abhi vahnaya ūtaye'nūṣata praśastaye।
na deva vivratā harī ṛtasya yat ॥

O lord, the sages who conduct the yajna of divine adoration, and nature’s powers which conduct the yajna of world creation, sing songs for adoration of divinity and for protection of life. O lord divine, let not these conductive powers ever relent in the creative process which is the dynamic course of existence, cosmic yajna.

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8.12.16

यत्सोम॑मिन्द्र॒ विष्ण॑वि॒ यद्वा॑ घ त्रि॒त आ॒प्त्ये।
यद्वा॑ म॒रुत्सु॒ मन्द॑से॒ समिन्दु॑भिः ॥

yatsomamindra viṣṇavi yadvā gha trita āptye।
yadvā marutsu mandase samindubhiḥ ॥

Indra, the soma nectar which you infuse in the sun and in the three worlds of experience, i.e., earth, heaven and firmament and which you infuse in the winds and enjoy to the last drop, we pray for.

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8.12.17

यद्वा॑ शक्र परा॒वति॑ समु॒द्रे अधि॒ मन्द॑से।
अ॒स्माक॒मित्सु॒ते र॑णा॒ समिन्दु॑भिः ॥

yadvā śakra parāvati samudre adhi mandase।
asmākamitsute raṇā samindubhiḥ ॥

And which, O lord of power, you infuse and energise in the far off sea and in this soma distilled by us and enjoy to the last drop - we pray for.

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8.12.18

यद्वासि॑ सुन्व॒तो वृ॒धो यज॑मानस्य सत्पते।
उ॒क्थे वा॒ यस्य॒ रण्य॑सि॒ समिन्दु॑भिः ॥

yadvāsi sunvato vṛdho yajamānasya satpate।
ukthe vā yasya raṇyasi samindubhiḥ ॥

And you, O lord protector of eternal truth, who lead the yajamana maker of soma to progress in his yajna and songs of adoration and enjoy the soma homage to the last drop, we pray for.

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8.12.19

दे॒वंदे॑वं॒ वोऽव॑स॒ इन्द्र॑मिन्द्रं गृणी॒षणि॑।
अधा॑ य॒ज्ञाय॑ तु॒र्वणे॒ व्या॑नशुः ॥

devaṃdevaṃ vo'vasa indramindraṃ gṛṇīṣaṇi।
adhā yajñāya turvaṇe vyānaśuḥ ॥

O dedicated performers of yajna, for the sake of your protection and progress in your acts of homage and adoration, may all these soma joys of life reach you to every generous and brilliant yajaka, to every yajaka of power and prominence, for the elimination of all obstructions in the way of corporate action.

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8.12.20

य॒ज्ञेभि॑र्य॒ज्ञवा॑हसं॒ सोमे॑भिः सोम॒पात॑मम्।
होत्रा॑भि॒रिन्द्रं॑ वावृधु॒र्व्या॑नशुः ॥

yajñebhiryajñavāhasaṃ somebhiḥ somapātamam।
hotrābhirindraṃ vāvṛdhurvyānaśuḥ ॥

And may all participants in corporate action join in unison and adore and exalt Indra, greatest protector and promoter of the joy of soma and the united action, with homage, with offers of soma and oblations of havi into the sacred fire of joint and creative living for the common good.

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8.12.21

म॒हीर॑स्य॒ प्रणी॑तयः पू॒र्वीरु॒त प्रश॑स्तयः।
विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि दा॒शुषे॒ व्या॑नशुः ॥

mahīrasya praṇītayaḥ pūrvīruta praśastayaḥ।
viśvā vasūni dāśuṣe vyānaśuḥ ॥

And may the eternal lights of this lord Indra’s splendour and guidance come to bless the generous yajaka with all wealths and honours of the world.

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8.12.22

इन्द्रं॑ वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे दे॒वासो॑ दधिरे पु॒रः।
इन्द्रं॒ वाणी॑रनूषता॒ समोज॑से ॥

indraṃ vṛtrāya hantave devāso dadhire puraḥ।
indraṃ vāṇīranūṣatā samojase ॥

Saints and sages honour and adore Indra as their first and foremost leader and guide for the destruction of darkness and evil, and their songs of homage and prayer too adore and glorify Indra for the attainment of light and splendour.

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8.12.23

म॒हान्तं॑ महि॒ना व॒यं स्तोमे॑भिर्हवन॒श्रुत॑म्।
अ॒र्कैर॒भि प्र णो॑नुम॒ समोज॑से ॥

mahāntaṃ mahinā vayaṃ stomebhirhavanaśrutam।
arkairabhi pra ṇonuma samojase ॥

With highest songs of adoration and offers of homage we worship omnipotent Indra who listens and responds to our call and prayers and we bow to him for the attainment of strength and splendour.

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8.12.24

न यं वि॑वि॒क्तो रोद॑सी॒ नान्तरि॑क्षाणि व॒ज्रिण॑म्।
अमा॒दिद॑स्य तित्विषे॒ समोज॑सः ॥

na yaṃ vivikto rodasī nāntarikṣāṇi vajriṇam।
amādidasya titviṣe samojasaḥ ॥

Neither heaven nor earth nor the middle regions comprehend the lord of thunderous power, nor do they shake or disengage him. Indeed the universe shines and vibrates by the one and sole power of this lord of splendour.

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8.12.25

यदि॑न्द्र पृत॒नाज्ये॑ दे॒वास्त्वा॑ दधि॒रे पु॒रः।
आदित्ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ ववक्षतुः ॥

yadindra pṛtanājye devāstvā dadhire puraḥ।
āditte haryatā harī vavakṣatuḥ ॥

Since the learned sages have accepted and followed you as front leader for the attainment of victory in their struggles of life, we pray, may your radiant currents of divine energy reveal your presence and bring us the vision of divinity for our illumination.

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8.12.26

य॒दा वृ॒त्रं न॑दी॒वृतं॒ शव॑सा वज्रि॒न्नव॑धीः।
आदित्ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ ववक्षतुः ॥

yadā vṛtraṃ nadīvṛtaṃ śavasā vajrinnavadhīḥ।
āditte haryatā harī vavakṣatuḥ ॥

O lord of the thunderbolt, as with your divine might you destroy the negativities of darkness and drought which obstruct the flow of the waters of life, we pray may your divine currents of light and will reveal your power and presence to us.

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8.12.27

य॒दा ते॒ विष्णु॒रोज॑सा॒ त्रीणि॑ प॒दा वि॑चक्र॒मे।
आदित्ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ ववक्षतुः ॥

yadā te viṣṇurojasā trīṇi padā vicakrame।
āditte haryatā harī vavakṣatuḥ ॥

Since the sun, by virtue of your might and refulgence reaches and illuminates the three worlds of existence, we pray, your radiations of light reveal your presence and illuminate our soul.

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8.12.28

य॒दा ते॑ हर्य॒ता हरी॑ वावृ॒धाते॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे।
आदित्ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥

yadā te haryatā harī vāvṛdhāte divedive।
āditte viśvā bhuvanāni yemire ॥

Since the radiations of your dynamic forces expand day by day, the entire worlds of the expansive universe are sustained in order in obedience to your law.

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8.12.29

य॒दा ते॒ मारु॑ती॒र्विश॒स्तुभ्य॑मिन्द्र नियेमि॒रे।
आदित्ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥

yadā te mārutīrviśastubhyamindra niyemire।
āditte viśvā bhuvanāni yemire ॥

Since the entire world of vibrant winds and humanity bow to you in obedience to the divine law, the entire worlds of existence are sustained in the order of the divine law.

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8.12.30

य॒दा सूर्य॑म॒मुं दि॒वि शु॒क्रं ज्योति॒रधा॑रयः।
आदित्ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिरे ॥

yadā sūryamamuṃ divi śukraṃ jyotiradhārayaḥ।
āditte viśvā bhuvanāni yemire ॥

Since you have sustained that sun, radiant light, pure and powerful, the entire worlds of existence observe your divine law.

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8.12.31

इ॒मां त॑ इन्द्र सुष्टु॒तिं विप्र॑ इयर्ति धी॒तिभि॑।
जा॒मिं प॒देव॒ पिप्र॑तीं॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥

imāṃ ta indra suṣṭutiṃ vipra iyarti dhītibhi।
jāmiṃ padeva pipratīṃ prādhvare ॥

Indra, glorious lord of existence, the vibrant sage raises his voice and directs this joyous hymn of adoration and prayer to you in sincerity of thought, word and deed, which rises as if step by step in Holy Communion of yajna to you as to his own friend and brother.

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8.12.32

यद॑स्य॒ धाम॑नि प्रि॒ये स॑मीची॒नासो॒ अस्व॑रन्।
नाभा॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दो॒हना॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥

yadasya dhāmani priye samīcīnāso asvaran।
nābhā yajñasya dohanā prādhvare ॥

When in the favourite hall of this lord Indra, the congregations on the yajna vedi, exuberant with soma and fragrance, raise the voice of adoration and prayer in unison aspiring for the milky gifts of yajna—

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8.12.33

सु॒वीर्यं॒ स्वश्व्यं॑ सु॒गव्य॑मिन्द्र दद्धि नः।
होते॑व पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥

suvīryaṃ svaśvyaṃ sugavyamindra daddhi naḥ।
hoteva pūrvacittaye prādhvare ॥

Then O lord omnipotent and self-refulgent, like a generous host of cosmic yajna, bring us the wealth of prosperity and progress and a brave and honourable progeny as the first gift and attainment of the yajna.

Ṛgveda 8.13 · 33 verses

8.13.1

इन्द्र॑ सु॒तेषु॒ सोमे॑षु॒ क्रतुं॑ पुनीत उ॒क्थ्य॑म्।
वि॒दे वृ॒धस्य॒ दक्ष॑सो म॒हान्हि षः ॥

indra suteṣu someṣu kratuṃ punīta ukthyam।
vide vṛdhasya dakṣaso mahānhi ṣaḥ ॥

When a special yajnic programme for the realisation of special knowledge, power and expertise in a particular field is completed with hymns of thanks and praise to divinity, then Indra, lord omnipotent and omniscient, sanctifies the joint endeavour of holiness and blesses the programme with success. Great is he.

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8.13.2

स प्र॑थ॒मे व्यो॑मनि दे॒वानां॒ सद॑ने वृ॒धः।
सु॒पा॒रः सु॒श्रव॑स्तम॒ सम॑प्सु॒जित् ॥

sa prathame vyomani devānāṃ sadane vṛdhaḥ।
supāraḥ suśravastama samapsujit ॥

At the first expansive manifestation of space, at the centre of all divine mutations of nature, he is the efficient cause of nature’s evolution, supreme pilot, most abundant and most glorious, omnipotent victor over conflicts and negativities in the way of evolution of nature and humanity in relation to will and action.

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8.13.3

तम॑ह्वे॒ वाज॑सातय॒ इन्द्रं॒ भरा॑य शु॒ष्मिण॑म्।
भवा॑ नः सु॒म्ने अन्त॑म॒ सखा॑ वृ॒धे ॥

tamahve vājasātaya indraṃ bharāya śuṣmiṇam।
bhavā naḥ sumne antama sakhā vṛdhe ॥

That Indra, potent and abundant, I invoke for victory in the race for life, for growth and fulfilment. O lord, be our friend, our innermost centre of conscience for our progress, peace and all round well being.

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8.13.4

इ॒यं त॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणो रा॒तिः क्ष॑रति सुन्व॒तः।
म॒न्दा॒नो अ॒स्य ब॒र्हिषो॒ वि रा॑जसि ॥

iyaṃ ta indra girvaṇo rātiḥ kṣarati sunvataḥ।
mandāno asya barhiṣo vi rājasi ॥

O lord adorable and adored, Indra, this abundant generosity of yours who create and enact this soma yajna of the universe rains in showers and flows free, in which you rejoice, shine refulgent and rule over the yajnic vedi of nature in evolution.

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8.13.5

नू॒नं तदि॑न्द्र दद्धि नो॒ यत्त्वा॑ सु॒न्वन्त॒ ईम॑हे।
र॒यिं न॑श्चि॒त्रमा भ॑रा स्व॒र्विद॑म् ॥

nūnaṃ tadindra daddhi no yattvā sunvanta īmahe।
rayiṃ naścitramā bharā svarvidam ॥

Indra, lord of power and potential, bless us with that wealth and prosperity, abundant and versatile, bear and bring us that power and potential full of strength and light of joy which we ask of you and pray for in our joint yajnic efforts of creation and cooperation.

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8.13.6

स्तो॒ता यत्ते॒ विच॑र्षणिरतिप्रश॒र्धय॒द्गिर॑।
व॒या इ॒वानु॑ रोहते जु॒षन्त॒ यत् ॥

stotā yatte vicarṣaṇiratipraśardhayadgira।
vayā ivānu rohate juṣanta yat ॥

When the celebrant, perceptive, loud and bold, sings his songs with passion, then, as the songs are accepted and cherished, they rise in response to the acceptance and approval like branches of a tree.

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8.13.7

प्र॒त्न॒वज्ज॑नया॒ गिर॑ शृणु॒धी ज॑रि॒तुर्हव॑म्।
मदे॑मदे ववक्षिथा सु॒कृत्व॑ने ॥

pratnavajjanayā gira śṛṇudhī jariturhavam।
mademade vavakṣithā sukṛtvane ॥

Indra, listen to the celebrant’s call, create and speak in appreciation as before and, with every delightful song, give holy recognition to the man of good word and action.

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8.13.8

क्रीळ॑न्त्यस्य सू॒नृता॒ आपो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः।
अ॒या धि॒या य उ॒च्यते॒ पति॑र्दि॒वः ॥

krīḷantyasya sūnṛtā āpo na pravatā yatīḥ।
ayā dhiyā ya ucyate patirdivaḥ ॥

The divine words of this lord, Indra, sparkle and flow like streams down the slopes, Indra who is celebrated as the lord and master of the regions of light and joy.

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8.13.9

उ॒तो पति॒र्य उ॒च्यते॑ कृष्टी॒नामेक॒ इद्व॒शी।
न॒मो॒वृ॒धैर॑व॒स्युभि॑ सु॒ते र॑ण ॥

uto patirya ucyate kṛṣṭīnāmeka idvaśī।
namovṛdhairavasyubhi sute raṇa ॥

And lord and master he is called, of the people also, the one and only master, controller and sustainer. O lord, delight in the soma, songs and acts of homage created, sung and performed by devotees who exalt you with homage and obedience and aspire for sustenance and protection.

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8.13.10

स्तु॒हि श्रु॒तं वि॑प॒श्चितं॒ हरी॒ यस्य॑ प्रस॒क्षिणा॑।
गन्ता॑रा दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हं न॑म॒स्विन॑ ॥

stuhi śrutaṃ vipaścitaṃ harī yasya prasakṣiṇā।
gantārā dāśuṣo gṛhaṃ namasvina ॥

Praise the lord who is wise and all watching and whose glory resounds all over the universe, and whose overwhelming gifts of blessings flow and reach the house of the obedient and generous giver of charity.

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8.13.11

तू॒तु॒जा॒नो म॑हेम॒तेऽश्वे॑भिः प्रुषि॒तप्सु॑भिः।
आ या॑हि य॒ज्ञमा॒शुभि॒ शमिद्धि ते॑ ॥

tūtujāno mahemate'śvebhiḥ pruṣitapsubhiḥ।
ā yāhi yajñamāśubhi śamiddhi te ॥

wise, pray come to our yajna by the fastest radiations of light draped in beauty and majesty. Peace be with all celebrants, that’s your gift only.

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8.13.12

इन्द्र॑ शविष्ठ सत्पते र॒यिं गृ॒णत्सु॑ धारय।
श्रव॑ सू॒रिभ्यो॑ अ॒मृतं॑ वसुत्व॒नम् ॥

indra śaviṣṭha satpate rayiṃ gṛṇatsu dhāraya।
śrava sūribhyo amṛtaṃ vasutvanam ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent, protector of truth and promoter of the truthful, vest the celebrants with wealth and wisdom and bring honour and fame and riches of immortal value for the wise, bold and brilliant intellectuals. Have tvd sura udite have madhyandine divah. Jusdna indra saptibhirna a gahi. Indra, lord of refulgence, I invoke you at the rise of the sun, at the middle of day from the heights of heaven. O lord loving and kind, come by instant radiations of light and take us on with divine blessings.

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8.13.13

हवे॑ त्वा॒ सूर॒ उदि॑ते॒ हवे॑ म॒ध्यंदि॑ने दि॒वः।
जु॒षा॒ण इ॑न्द्र॒ सप्ति॑भिर्न॒ आ ग॑हि ॥

have tvā sūra udite have madhyaṃdine divaḥ।
juṣāṇa indra saptibhirna ā gahi ॥

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8.13.14

आ तू ग॑हि॒ प्र तु द्र॑व॒ मत्स्वा॑ सु॒तस्य॒ गोम॑तः।
तन्तुं॑ तनुष्व पू॒र्व्यं यथा॑ वि॒दे ॥

ā tū gahi pra tu drava matsvā sutasya gomataḥ।
tantuṃ tanuṣva pūrvyaṃ yathā vide ॥

Come lord instantly, take us on at the yajna, be kind and gracious, let the flames of fire rise with the joyous music of Vedic hymns and oblations of the gifts of earth. Extend the eternal link of life so that we join you, we join the cosmic yajna, and we join with the life link of our fore-fathers and mother earth, so that we may know that link and live it too with our future generations.

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8.13.15

यच्छ॒क्रासि॑ परा॒वति॒ यद॑र्वा॒वति॑ वृत्रहन्।
यद्वा॑ समु॒द्रे अन्ध॑सोऽवि॒तेद॑सि ॥

yacchakrāsi parāvati yadarvāvati vṛtrahan।
yadvā samudre andhaso'vitedasi ॥

O lord omnipotent, destroyer of darkness and obstruction, who are far off in space and closest at hand, in the sea and in the skies, wherever and everywhere you are the protector of life and of the food for life.

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8.13.16

इन्द्रं॑ वर्धन्तु नो॒ गिर॒ इन्द्रं॑ सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः।
इन्द्रे॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती॒र्विशो॑ अराणिषुः ॥

indraṃ vardhantu no gira indraṃ sutāsa indavaḥ।
indre haviṣmatīrviśo arāṇiṣuḥ ॥

Let our songs of adoration exalt the lord omnipotent. Let the soma essences of our yajnic performance in unison do honour to the lord. Let the citizens of the world bearing homage of self sacrifice in hand rejoice in the gifts and glories of Indra.

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8.13.17

तमिद्विप्रा॑ अव॒स्यव॑ प्र॒वत्व॑तीभिरू॒तिभि॑।
इन्द्रं॑ क्षो॒णीर॑वर्धयन्व॒या इ॑व ॥

tamidviprā avasyava pravatvatībhirūtibhi।
indraṃ kṣoṇīravardhayanvayā iva ॥

Vibrant sages, aspirants for protection and progress of the world, exalt Indra with abundant songs of praise with gratitude for divine protection. Indeed, the earths and their children all, like growing branches of a tree, do him honour and celebrate his glory.

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8.13.18

त्रिक॑द्रुकेषु॒ चेत॑नं दे॒वासो॑ य॒ज्ञम॑त्नत।
तमिद्व॑र्धन्तु नो॒ गिर॑ स॒दावृ॑धम् ॥

trikadrukeṣu cetanaṃ devāso yajñamatnata।
tamidvardhantu no gira sadāvṛdham ॥

Brilliant people and divine forces of nature all enact and expand the cosmic yajna of the lord’s creation in all the three worlds of heaven, earth and the firmament. Let our voices too celebrate the same omniscient lord of the expansive universe and thereby rise in meaning and value.

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8.13.19

स्तो॒ता यत्ते॒ अनु॑व्रत उ॒क्थान्यृ॑तु॒था द॒धे।
शुचि॑ पाव॒क उ॑च्यते॒ सो अद्भु॑तः ॥

stotā yatte anuvrata ukthānyṛtuthā dadhe।
śuci pāvaka ucyate so adbhutaḥ ॥

The real celebrant is the person dedicated to the observance of your discipline of divine law , the one who creates and sings songs of adoration according to the seasons of time, songs in which the lord of wonder and majesty is celebrated as radiant and pure who purifies the celebrant too into radiance and sinlessness.

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8.13.20

तदिद्रु॒द्रस्य॑ चेतति य॒ह्वं प्र॒त्नेषु॒ धाम॑सु।
मनो॒ यत्रा॒ वि तद्द॒धुर्विचे॑तसः ॥

tadidrudrasya cetati yahvaṃ pratneṣu dhāmasu।
mano yatrā vi taddadhurvicetasaḥ ॥

That same omnipotence of Indra as Rudra, lord of natural justice, is ever awake and shines in the ancient regions of the universe wherein the wise and wakeful sages concentrate and stabilise their mind through meditation in thought experiments.

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8.13.21

यदि॑ मे स॒ख्यमा॒वर॑ इ॒मस्य॑ पा॒ह्यन्ध॑सः।
येन॒ विश्वा॒ अति॒ द्विषो॒ अता॑रिम ॥

yadi me sakhyamāvara imasya pāhyandhasaḥ।
yena viśvā ati dviṣo atārima ॥

O lord, if you graciously accept me as a friend, then save this blind-folded world of ignorance, save this soma vitality of life’s positivity too by which we may win over all the forces of hate and enmity in the world.

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8.13.22

क॒दा त॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणः स्तो॒ता भ॑वाति॒ शंत॑मः।
क॒दा नो॒ गव्ये॒ अश्व्ये॒ वसौ॑ दधः ॥

kadā ta indra girvaṇaḥ stotā bhavāti śaṃtamaḥ।
kadā no gavye aśvye vasau dadhaḥ ॥

Indra, lord adorable, lord of all adorations, when would your celebrant settle in perfect peace? When would you establish us in the stable wealth of lands, cows and the holy voice, horses, advancement and the ultimate wealth and aim of life?

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8.13.23

उ॒त ते॒ सुष्टु॑ता॒ हरी॒ वृष॑णा वहतो॒ रथ॑म्।
अ॒जु॒र्यस्य॑ म॒दिन्त॑मं॒ यमीम॑हे ॥

uta te suṣṭutā harī vṛṣaṇā vahato ratham।
ajuryasya madintamaṃ yamīmahe ॥

adorable forces of nature, gravitation and radiation draw your cosmic chariot. We adore and pray for the favour of such lord of universal joy.

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8.13.24

तमी॑महे पुरुष्टु॒तं य॒ह्वं प्र॒त्नाभि॑रू॒तिभि॑।
नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ प्रि॒ये स॑द॒दध॑ द्वि॒ता ॥

tamīmahe puruṣṭutaṃ yahvaṃ pratnābhirūtibhi।
ni barhiṣi priye sadadadha dvitā ॥

We worship that universally adored, omnipotent lord with his universal modes of protection and progress who is both just and merciful, promoter and restrainer and who pervades the beautiful world of cosmic existence and watches over the cosmic yajna.

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8.13.25

वर्ध॑स्वा॒ सु पु॑रुष्टुत॒ ऋषि॑ष्टुताभिरू॒तिभि॑।
धु॒क्षस्व॑ पि॒प्युषी॒मिष॒मवा॑ च नः ॥

vardhasvā su puruṣṭuta ṛṣiṣṭutābhirūtibhi।
dhukṣasva pipyuṣīmiṣamavā ca naḥ ॥

Help us advance and prosper, lord universally adored and celebrated by sages, protect us with all help and bless us with abundant nutriments for body and mind.

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8.13.26

इन्द्र॒ त्वम॑वि॒तेद॑सी॒त्था स्तु॑व॒तो अ॑द्रिवः।
ऋ॒तादि॑यर्मि ते॒ धियं॑ मनो॒युज॑म् ॥

indra tvamavitedasītthā stuvato adrivaḥ।
ṛtādiyarmi te dhiyaṃ manoyujam ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent, controller of clouds and mountains, wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and punishment, you are the saviour and protector of the celebrant who thus adores you. I concentrate and direct my thoughtful intelligence with controlled mind arisen from meditation on the laws of universal truth and divine law to you.

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8.13.27

इ॒ह त्या स॑ध॒माद्या॑ युजा॒नः सोम॑पीतये।
हरी॑ इन्द्र प्र॒तद्व॑सू अ॒भि स्व॑र ॥

iha tyā sadhamādyā yujānaḥ somapītaye।
harī indra pratadvasū abhi svara ॥

Indra, lord all gracious, engaging your divine forces of cosmic dynamics working in centrifugal and centripetal complementarity and creating the world’s wealth and joy with you, pray come here, shine on top of our joint endeavour of creative production and bless our yajna.

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8.13.28

अ॒भि स्व॑रन्तु॒ ये तव॑ रु॒द्रास॑ सक्षत॒ श्रिय॑म्।
उ॒तो म॒रुत्व॑ती॒र्विशो॑ अ॒भि प्रय॑ ॥

abhi svarantu ye tava rudrāsa sakṣata śriyam।
uto marutvatīrviśo abhi praya ॥

And let your enlightened celebrants dedicated to the wealth of beauty, grace and culture with love and justice, and all the vibrant communities engaged in creative production come and join this delightful yajnic endeavour for the common good in a state of prosperity and progressive stability.

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8.13.29

इ॒मा अ॑स्य॒ प्रतू॑र्तयः प॒दं जु॑षन्त॒ यद्दि॒वि।
नाभा॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ सं द॑धु॒र्यथा॑ वि॒दे ॥

imā asya pratūrtayaḥ padaṃ juṣanta yaddivi।
nābhā yajñasya saṃ dadhuryathā vide ॥

All these dynamic communities dedicated to this lord of glory know the highest rung of the existential ladder to attain that state of joy which is in the light of divinity, they join together here on earth on the holy seat of universal yajna and eliminate negativities so that they may attain the state of enlightenment and eternal

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8.13.30

अ॒यं दी॒र्घाय॒ चक्ष॑से॒ प्राचि॑ प्रय॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे।
मिमी॑ते य॒ज्ञमा॑नु॒षग्वि॒चक्ष्य॑ ॥

ayaṃ dīrghāya cakṣase prāci prayatyadhvare।
mimīte yajñamānuṣagvicakṣya ॥

This power of universal vision and potential in advance of the cosmic yajna of creative evolution instantly and simultaneously measures and projects the cosmic plan so that it can be watched and assessed on a long term basis from the beginning to the end.

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8.13.31

वृषा॒यमि॑न्द्र ते॒ रथ॑ उ॒तो ते॒ वृष॑णा॒ हरी॑।
वृषा॒ त्वं श॑तक्रतो॒ वृषा॒ हव॑ ॥

vṛṣāyamindra te ratha uto te vṛṣaṇā harī।
vṛṣā tvaṃ śatakrato vṛṣā hava ॥

Indra, this cosmic chariot of yours moving on and on is exuberant and generous, the natural forces which carry it on are mighty, you, lord of infinite actions are generous and inexhaustible, and the homage and prayer offered to you is highly effective and infinitely rewarding.

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8.13.32

वृषा॒ ग्रावा॒ वृषा॒ मदो॒ वृषा॒ सोमो॑ अ॒यं सु॒तः।
वृषा॑ य॒ज्ञो यमिन्व॑सि॒ वृषा॒ हव॑ ॥

vṛṣā grāvā vṛṣā mado vṛṣā somo ayaṃ sutaḥ।
vṛṣā yajño yaminvasi vṛṣā hava ॥

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8.13.33

वृषा॑ त्वा॒ वृष॑णं हुवे॒ वज्रि॑ञ्चि॒त्राभि॑रू॒तिभि॑।
वा॒वन्थ॒ हि प्रति॑ष्टुतिं॒ वृषा॒ हव॑ ॥

vṛṣā tvā vṛṣaṇaṃ huve vajriñcitrābhirūtibhi।
vāvantha hi pratiṣṭutiṃ vṛṣā hava ॥

Ṛgveda 8.14 · 15 verses

8.14.1

यदि॑न्द्रा॒हं यथा॒ त्वमीशी॑य॒ वस्व॒ एक॒ इत्।
स्तो॒ता मे॒ गोष॑खा स्यात् ॥

yadindrāhaṃ yathā tvamīśīya vasva eka it।
stotā me goṣakhā syāt ॥

Indra, lord of universal knowledge, power and prosperity, if I were, like you, the sole master of wealth, wisdom and power in my field, then pray may my dependent and celebrant also be blest with wealth and wisdom of the world. (Let all of us together be blest with abundance of wealth and wisdom under the social dispensation of our system of government and administration.)

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8.14.2

शिक्षे॑यमस्मै॒ दित्से॑यं॒ शची॑पते मनी॒षिणे॑।
यद॒हं गोप॑ति॒ स्याम् ॥

śikṣeyamasmai ditseyaṃ śacīpate manīṣiṇe।
yadahaṃ gopati syām ॥

O lord and master of world power and prosperity, Indra, if I were master of knowledge and controller of power, I would love to share and give wealth and knowledge to this noble minded person of vision and wisdom.

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8.14.3

धे॒नुष्ट॑ इन्द्र सू॒नृता॒ यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते।
गामश्वं॑ पि॒प्युषी॑ दुहे ॥

dhenuṣṭa indra sūnṛtā yajamānāya sunvate।
gāmaśvaṃ pipyuṣī duhe ॥

Indra, the divine voice of your omniscience, omnipotence and bliss overflows with universal truth and rectitude of the law of existence and showers the abundance of prosperity and advancement upon the dedicated yajamana who distils and creates the soma of joy for the world.

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8.14.4

न ते॑ व॒र्तास्ति॒ राध॑स॒ इन्द्र॑ दे॒वो न मर्त्य॑।
यद्दित्स॑सि स्तु॒तो म॒घम् ॥

na te vartāsti rādhasa indra devo na martya।
yadditsasi stuto magham ॥

Indra, when you are pleased to bless the celebrant with power, prosperity and excellence, then neither mortal nor immortal can restrain the abundant flow of your grace and generosity.

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8.14.5

य॒ज्ञ इन्द्र॑मवर्धय॒द्यद्भूमिं॒ व्यव॑र्तयत्।
च॒क्रा॒ण ओ॑प॒शं दि॒वि ॥

yajña indramavardhayadyadbhūmiṃ vyavartayat।
cakrāṇa opaśaṃ divi ॥

Yajna, joint creative endeavour which protects and replenishes the earth and environment, pleases and elevates Indra, the ruler, and creates a place of bliss in the light of heaven for the doer.

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8.14.6

वा॒वृ॒धा॒नस्य॑ ते व॒यं विश्वा॒ धना॑नि जि॒ग्युष॑।
ऊ॒तिमि॒न्द्रा वृ॑णीमहे ॥

vāvṛdhānasya te vayaṃ viśvā dhanāni jigyuṣa।
ūtimindrā vṛṇīmahe ॥

Indra, we pray for your power and protection, the lord whose glory rises with the expansive universe and who rule over the entire wealth and power of the worlds of existence.

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8.14.7

व्य१न्तरि॑क्षमतिर॒न्मदे॒ सोम॑स्य रोच॒ना।
इन्द्रो॒ यदभि॑नद्व॒लम् ॥

vya1ntarikṣamatiranmade somasya rocanā।
indro yadabhinadvalam ॥

When Indra, lord omnipotent and blissful, eliminates all obstructions and negativities from our paths of progress, then we see the entire space in existence shines with light and overflows with the joy of soma bliss.

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8.14.8

उद्गा आ॑ज॒दङ्गि॑रोभ्य आ॒विष्कृ॒ण्वन्गुहा॑ स॒तीः।
अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ नुनुदे व॒लम् ॥

udgā ājadaṅgirobhya āviṣkṛṇvanguhā satīḥ।
arvāñcaṃ nunude valam ॥

When the lord shakes up our psychic energies to the depths and throws out our darkness and negativities, then he sharpens our senses along with pranic energies and opens out our spiritual potential hidden in the cave of the heart.

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8.14.9

इन्द्रे॑ण रोच॒ना दि॒वो दृ॒ळ्हानि॑ दृंहि॒तानि॑ च।
स्थि॒राणि॒ न प॑रा॒णुदे॑ ॥

indreṇa rocanā divo dṛḷhāni dṛṃhitāni ca।
sthirāṇi na parāṇude ॥

The bright and beautiful, blessed and blissful stars and planets of refulgent space, expansive, firm and constant by virtue of the omnipotence of Indra, no one can shake or dislodge from their position of stability.

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8.14.10

अ॒पामू॒र्मिर्मद॑न्निव॒ स्तोम॑ इन्द्राजिरायते।
वि ते॒ मदा॑ अराजिषुः ॥

apāmūrmirmadanniva stoma indrājirāyate।
vi te madā arājiṣuḥ ॥

Like exulting waves of the sea, this hymn of adoration rises and reaches you, and the vibrations of your joyous response too emanate and pervade everywhere.

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8.14.11

त्वं हि स्तो॑म॒वर्ध॑न॒ इन्द्रास्यु॑क्थ॒वर्ध॑नः।
स्तो॒तॄ॒णामु॒त भ॑द्र॒कृत् ॥

tvaṃ hi stomavardhana indrāsyukthavardhanaḥ।
stotṝṇāmuta bhadrakṛt ॥

By you the songs of praise and adoration thrive and exalt, by you the songs of celebration and prayer vibrate and fructify. Indeed, you do all the good to the celebrants.

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8.14.12

इन्द्र॒मित्के॒शिना॒ हरी॑ सोम॒पेया॑य वक्षतः।
उप॑ य॒ज्ञं सु॒राध॑सम् ॥

indramitkeśinā harī somapeyāya vakṣataḥ।
upa yajñaṃ surādhasam ॥

Radiations of light with expansive vibrations, herbs and trees with branches, leaves and filaments carry the spirit of divinity and nature’s energy to the creative centres of life’s bounty.

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8.14.13

अ॒पां फेने॑न॒ नमु॑चे॒ शिर॑ इ॒न्द्रोद॑वर्तयः।
विश्वा॒ यदज॑य॒ स्पृध॑ ॥

apāṃ phenena namuce śira indrodavartayaḥ।
viśvā yadajaya spṛdha ॥

When you fight out the adversaries of life and humanity, you crush the head of the demon of drought and famine with the sea mist and the cloud.

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8.14.14

मा॒याभि॑रु॒त्सिसृ॑प्सत॒ इन्द्र॒ द्यामा॒रुरु॑क्षतः।
अव॒ दस्यूँ॑रधूनुथाः ॥

māyābhirutsisṛpsata indra dyāmārurukṣataḥ।
ava dasyūm̐radhūnuthāḥ ॥

With your mysterious powers and tactics, you destroy the crafty thieves and saboteurs roaming around even if they have risen to the heights of clouds.

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8.14.15

अ॒सु॒न्वामि॑न्द्र सं॒सदं॒ विषू॑चीं॒ व्य॑नाशयः।
सो॒म॒पा उत्त॑रो॒ भव॑न् ॥

asunvāmindra saṃsadaṃ viṣūcīṃ vyanāśayaḥ।
somapā uttaro bhavan ॥

Indra, protector of the creative joy and prosperity of life and humanity in a state of peace, you being the better and higher of all others, you frustrate, dismiss and dissolve the factious assembly which has failed to be creative and cooperative as a corporate body.

Ṛgveda 8.15 · 13 verses

8.15.1

तम्व॒भि प्र गा॑यत पुरुहू॒तं पु॑रुष्टु॒तम्।
इन्द्रं॑ गी॒र्भिस्त॑वि॒षमा वि॑वासत ॥

tamvabhi pra gāyata puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam।
indraṃ gīrbhistaviṣamā vivāsata ॥

O celebrants, glorify Indra, universally invoked and praised, the lord who blazes with light and power, serve him with words and actions and let him shine forth in your life and achievement.

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8.15.2

यस्य॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सो बृ॒हत्सहो॑ दा॒धार॒ रोद॑सी।
गि॒रीँरज्राँ॑ अ॒पः स्व॑र्वृषत्व॒ना ॥

yasya dvibarhaso bṛhatsaho dādhāra rodasī।
girīm̐rajrām̐ apaḥ svarvṛṣatvanā ॥

Glorify Indra, who sustains the cosmic yajna in the two worlds, your life here and hereafter, whose cosmic potential sustains heaven, earth and the middle regions, who moves and controls the mighty gusts of winds and motions of mountainous clouds, and who gives us heavenly showers of rain for joy and vital energies.

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8.15.3

स रा॑जसि पुरुष्टुतँ॒ एको॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नसे।
इन्द्र॒ जैत्रा॑ श्रव॒स्या॑ च॒ यन्त॑वे ॥

sa rājasi puruṣṭutam̐ eko vṛtrāṇi jighnase।
indra jaitrā śravasyā ca yantave ॥

Indra, universally praised and celebrated, you rule and shine alone, one, unique, without an equal, to destroy darkness, ignorance and adversities, to control and contain what is won and to manage what is heard and what ought to be heard.

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8.15.4

तं ते॒ मदं॑ गृणीमसि॒ वृष॑णं पृ॒त्सु सा॑स॒हिम्।
उ॒ लो॒क॒कृ॒त्नुम॑द्रिवो हरि॒श्रिय॑म् ॥

taṃ te madaṃ gṛṇīmasi vṛṣaṇaṃ pṛtsu sāsahim।
u lokakṛtnumadrivo hariśriyam ॥

Indra, lord of adamantine will and generous disposition like clouds of rain, we celebrate and glorify that power and heavenly joy of yours which is virile and generous, heroic in battles and steadfast against challenges, creative in the worlds of existence and gracious in advancement and gifts of bliss.

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8.15.5

येन॒ ज्योतीं॑ष्या॒यवे॒ मन॑वे च वि॒वेदि॑थ।
म॒न्दा॒नो अ॒स्य ब॒र्हिषो॒ वि रा॑जसि ॥

yena jyotīṃṣyāyave manave ca viveditha।
mandāno asya barhiṣo vi rājasi ॥

We celebrate and adore that power and divine joy of yours by which you reveal the light of life to the mortals from generation to generation and, exalted by which, you shine and rule over the yajnic dynamics of this universe.

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8.15.6

तद॒द्या चि॑त्त उ॒क्थिनोऽनु॑ ष्टुवन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑।
वृष॑पत्नीर॒पो ज॑या दि॒वेदि॑वे ॥

tadadyā citta ukthino'nu ṣṭuvanti pūrvathā।
vṛṣapatnīrapo jayā divedive ॥

That divine power and joyous generosity of yours, today, saints and scholars of the holy Word and song sing and celebrate as ever before. O lord, conquer and control the waters of space collected in the mighty clouds and let them flow day by day.

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8.15.7

तव॒ त्यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं बृ॒हत्तव॒ शुष्म॑मु॒त क्रतु॑म्।
वज्रं॑ शिशाति धि॒षणा॒ वरे॑ण्यम् ॥

tava tyadindriyaṃ bṛhattava śuṣmamuta kratum।
vajraṃ śiśāti dhiṣaṇā vareṇyam ॥

That grandeur and majesty of yours, that power and potential, that continuous act of divine generosity, that adamantine will and force of natural justice and dispensation of the thunderbolt which overwhelms our will and choice commands our sense of discrimination, and we glorify it, we sharpen it, we accept it with adoration.

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8.15.8

तव॒ द्यौरि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्यं॑ पृथि॒वी व॑र्धति॒ श्रव॑।
त्वामाप॒ पर्व॑तासश्च हिन्विरे ॥

tava dyaurindra pauṃsyaṃ pṛthivī vardhati śrava।
tvāmāpa parvatāsaśca hinvire ॥

The light of heaven glorifies your blazing power, the earth augments your honour and fame, and the rolling floods of water and mighty mountains of majesty do awesome homage to you.

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8.15.9

त्वां विष्णु॑र्बृ॒हन्क्षयो॑ मि॒त्रो गृ॑णाति॒ वरु॑णः।
त्वां शर्धो॑ मद॒त्यनु॒ मारु॑तम् ॥

tvāṃ viṣṇurbṛhankṣayo mitro gṛṇāti varuṇaḥ।
tvāṃ śardho madatyanu mārutam ॥

Vishnu, cosmic dynamics of nature’s expansive sustenance, Mitra, loving and life giving sun, Varuna, soothing and energising oceans of the universe, and the power and force of the showers of cosmic energy all exalt you and receive their life and exaltation from you.

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8.15.10

त्वं वृषा॒ जना॑नां॒ मंहि॑ष्ठ इन्द्र जज्ञिषे।
स॒त्रा विश्वा॑ स्वप॒त्यानि॑ दधिषे ॥

tvaṃ vṛṣā janānāṃ maṃhiṣṭha indra jajñiṣe।
satrā viśvā svapatyāni dadhiṣe ॥

Most generous and omnificent Indra, in the heart of humanity you arise as the greatest and highest paternal power and presence who sustain the worlds of existence as your darling children all together as one family.

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8.15.11

स॒त्रा त्वं पु॑रुष्टुतँ॒ एको॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ तोशसे।
नान्य इन्द्रा॒त्कर॑णं॒ भूय॑ इन्वति ॥

satrā tvaṃ puruṣṭutam̐ eko vṛtrāṇi tośase।
nānya indrātkaraṇaṃ bhūya invati ॥

O lord universally adored, you alone dispel and destroy all the strong holds of darkness, ignorance and evil. There is no one else other than Indra who can exceed your power and performance either now or later.

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8.15.12

यदि॑न्द्र मन्म॒शस्त्वा॒ नाना॒ हव॑न्त ऊ॒तये॑।
अ॒स्माके॑भि॒र्नृभि॒रत्रा॒ स्व॑र्जय ॥

yadindra manmaśastvā nānā havanta ūtaye।
asmākebhirnṛbhiratrā svarjaya ॥

Since all people in all their different lands and places invoke and adore you for protection and self fulfilment according to the voice of their own conscience, O lord, be gracious to our people here on earth and let them win the divine gift of eternal joy.

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8.15.13

अरं॒ क्षया॑य नो म॒हे विश्वा॑ रू॒पाण्या॑वि॒शन्।
इन्द्रं॒ जैत्रा॑य हर्षया॒ शची॒पति॑म् ॥

araṃ kṣayāya no mahe viśvā rūpāṇyāviśan।
indraṃ jaitrāya harṣayā śacīpatim ॥

For peace and settlement of the perfect order, and for honour, dignity and excellence for all of us here on earth, and for our final victory of self fulfilment in ultimate bliss, meditate on the lord’s manifestations, identify with his omnipresence, adore him as the lord of omnipotence, and win the pleasure and grace of Indra.

Ṛgveda 8.16 · 12 verses

8.16.1

प्र स॒म्राजं॑ चर्षणी॒नामिन्द्रं॑ स्तोता॒ नव्यं॑ गी॒र्भिः।
नरं॑ नृ॒षाहं॒ मंहि॑ष्ठम् ॥

pra samrājaṃ carṣaṇīnāmindraṃ stotā navyaṃ gīrbhiḥ।
naraṃ nṛṣāhaṃ maṃhiṣṭham ॥

With songs of celebration glorify Indra, refulgent ruler of humanity, worthy of adoration, leader, destroyer of evil people, the greatest and most munificent.

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8.16.2

यस्मि॑न्नु॒क्थानि॒ रण्य॑न्ति॒ विश्वा॑नि च श्रव॒स्या॑।
अ॒पामवो॒ न स॑मु॒द्रे ॥

yasminnukthāni raṇyanti viśvāni ca śravasyā।
apāmavo na samudre ॥

Unto him all songs of adoration return, to him all honours and fame of the world reach, in him they rejoice like streams and rivers reaching and rejoicing in the sea.

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8.16.3

तं सु॑ष्टु॒त्या वि॑वासे ज्येष्ठ॒राजं॒ भरे॑ कृ॒त्नुम्।
म॒हो वा॒जिनं॑ स॒निभ्य॑ ॥

taṃ suṣṭutyā vivāse jyeṣṭharājaṃ bhare kṛtnum।
maho vājinaṃ sanibhya ॥

Him with songs of adoration I glorify as the first and highest ruler, constantly active in cosmic dynamics, and the greatest warrior and winner for the celebrant’s good.

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8.16.4

यस्यानू॑ना गभी॒रा मदा॑ उ॒रव॒स्तरु॑त्राः।
ह॒र्षु॒मन्त॒ शूर॑सातौ ॥

yasyānūnā gabhīrā madā uravastarutrāḥ।
harṣumanta śūrasātau ॥

Faultless are his joyous exploits, deep and grave, vast and wide, saviours across the seas of life and givers of victory in the battles of the brave.

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8.16.5

तमिद्धने॑षु हि॒तेष्व॑धिवा॒काय॑ हवन्ते।
येषा॒मिन्द्र॒स्ते ज॑यन्ति ॥

tamiddhaneṣu hiteṣvadhivākāya havante।
yeṣāmindraste jayanti ॥

When the call is given and the battle rages, people invoke him for defence, and they win who enjoy the favour and protection of Indra.

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8.16.6

तमिच्च्यौ॒त्नैरार्य॑न्ति॒ तं कृ॒तेभि॑श्चर्ष॒णय॑।
ए॒ष इन्द्रो॑ वरिव॒स्कृत् ॥

tamiccyautnairāryanti taṃ kṛtebhiścarṣaṇaya।
eṣa indro varivaskṛt ॥

Men of vision and wisdom celebrate him with inspiring songs and noble actions while average people please him with usual performance of their daily duties. This lord Indra is the creator, controller and dispenser of wealth and rewards.

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8.16.7

इन्द्रो॑ ब्र॒ह्मेन्द्र॒ ऋषि॒रिन्द्र॑ पु॒रू पु॑रुहू॒तः।
म॒हान्म॒हीभि॒ शची॑भिः ॥

indro brahmendra ṛṣirindra purū puruhūtaḥ।
mahānmahībhi śacībhiḥ ॥

Indra is Brahma, great and omniscient, the all-watching seer, invoked, adored and worshipped by all, universally in many ways. He is really great, magnanimous by virtue of his great actions.

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8.16.8

स स्तोम्य॒ स हव्य॑ स॒त्यः सत्वा॑ तुविकू॒र्मिः।
एक॑श्चि॒त्सन्न॒भिभू॑तिः ॥

sa stomya sa havya satyaḥ satvā tuvikūrmiḥ।
ekaścitsannabhibhūtiḥ ॥

He is adorable with songs of praise, worthy of invocation and homage, eternal, ever true, and by his essential nature he is omnipotent, all creator, all maker of forms, and all alone by himself, he is the power supreme over all.

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8.16.9

तम॒र्केभि॒स्तं साम॑भि॒स्तं गा॑य॒त्रैश्च॑र्ष॒णय॑।
इन्द्रं॑ वर्धन्ति क्षि॒तय॑ ॥

tamarkebhistaṃ sāmabhistaṃ gāyatraiścarṣaṇaya।
indraṃ vardhanti kṣitaya ॥

All people, all communities, all nations adore and exalt Indra, with inspiring verses of Rgveda, with sweet songs of Samaveda and with the exhilarating gayatri verses.

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8.16.10

प्र॒णे॒तारं॒ वस्यो॒ अच्छा॒ कर्ता॑रं॒ ज्योति॑ स॒मत्सु॑।
सा॒स॒ह्वांसं॑ यु॒धामित्रा॑न् ॥

praṇetāraṃ vasyo acchā kartāraṃ jyoti samatsu।
sāsahvāṃsaṃ yudhāmitrān ॥

All people, communities and nations adore and exalt Indra who brings wealth, peace and prosperity to humanity, creates light and hope for their battles of life, and challenges and destroys enemies by fighting them out.

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8.16.11

स न॒ पप्रि॑ पारयाति स्व॒स्ति ना॒वा पु॑रुहू॒तः।
इन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॒ अति॒ द्विष॑ ॥

sa na papri pārayāti svasti nāvā puruhūtaḥ।
indro viśvā ati dviṣa ॥

He, Indra, lord of deliverance and giver of fulfilment, invoked and adored by all, pilots us across the seas of life by the boat of divine guidance and saves us against all jealousies, enmities and negativities of the world.

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8.16.12

स त्वं न॑ इन्द्र॒ वाजे॑भिर्दश॒स्या च॑ गातु॒या च॑।
अच्छा॑ च नः सु॒म्नं ने॑षि ॥

sa tvaṃ na indra vājebhirdaśasyā ca gātuyā ca।
acchā ca naḥ sumnaṃ neṣi ॥

Indra, lord of power and giver of fulfilment, by gifts of science and energy and with noble acts and persistent endeavour, lead us well by noble paths to peace, prosperity and well being.

Ṛgveda 8.17 · 15 verses

8.17.1

आ या॑हि सुषु॒मा हि त॒ इन्द्र॒ सोमं॒ पिबा॑ इ॒मम्।
एदं ब॒र्हिः स॑दो॒ मम॑ ॥

ā yāhi suṣumā hi ta indra somaṃ pibā imam।
edaṃ barhiḥ sado mama ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent and omnipresent, we hold the yajna and distil the soma of life in your service. Come, grace this holy seat of my yajna dedicated to you, watch my performance, enjoy the soma, and protect and promote the yajna for the beauty and joy of life.

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8.17.2

आ त्वा॑ ब्रह्म॒युजा॒ हरी॒ वह॑तामिन्द्र के॒शिना॑।
उप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि नः शृणु ॥

ā tvā brahmayujā harī vahatāmindra keśinā।
upa brahmāṇi naḥ śṛṇu ॥

Let the radiant waves of cosmic energy engaged in the service of divinity bring you here. Pray listen to our songs of prayer and adoration. Dedicated to divinity and the divine voice, meditating on the divine presence with concentrated mind and soul, living in truth the beauty of life and ex-pressing the ecstasy of soma, we invoke and wait for Indra, original maker and lover of soma, to come and bless us.

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8.17.3

ब्र॒ह्माण॑स्त्वा व॒यं यु॒जा सो॑म॒पामि॑न्द्र सो॒मिन॑।
सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे ॥

brahmāṇastvā vayaṃ yujā somapāmindra somina।
sutāvanto havāmahe ॥

O lord of cosmic beauty, come to us, listen to our song of adoration and drink of the soma distilled by us with intense love and devotion.

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8.17.4

आ नो॑ याहि सु॒ताव॑तो॒ऽस्माकं॑ सुष्टु॒तीरुप॑।
पिबा॒ सु शि॑प्रि॒न्नन्ध॑सः ॥

ā no yāhi sutāvato'smākaṃ suṣṭutīrupa।
pibā su śiprinnandhasaḥ ॥

I create and pour the soma into the body spaces of your creation, taste the sweets with your tongue and let the exhilaration of honey radiate to every particle of the cosmic body.

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8.17.5

आ ते॑ सिञ्चामि कु॒क्ष्योरनु॒ गात्रा॒ वि धा॑वतु।
गृ॒भा॒य जि॒ह्वया॒ मधु॑ ॥

ā te siñcāmi kukṣyoranu gātrā vi dhāvatu।
gṛbhāya jihvayā madhu ॥

May the soma be delicious to your taste, O connoisseur of soma, may the honey sweets be exhilarating to your body, and may the soma bring peace and joy to your heart.

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8.17.6

स्वा॒दुष्टे॑ अस्तु सं॒सुदे॒ मधु॑मान्त॒न्वे॒३ तव॑।
सोम॒ शम॑स्तु ते हृ॒दे ॥

svāduṣṭe astu saṃsude madhumāntanve3 tava।
soma śamastu te hṛde ॥

O lord of cosmic vision, let this soma distilled and seasoned, radiate to you from sense to the spirit, inspiring, soothing and beatifying like a bride on top of her beauty and virgin grace.

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8.17.7

अ॒यमु॑ त्वा विचर्षणे॒ जनी॑रिवा॒भि संवृ॑तः।
प्र सोम॑ इन्द्र सर्पतु ॥

ayamu tvā vicarṣaṇe janīrivābhi saṃvṛtaḥ।
pra soma indra sarpatu ॥

In the ecstasy and exhilaration of soma, Indra, lord mighty of head and arms joined at the neck and vast of cosmic belly space, destroys the dark forces of life.

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8.17.8

तु॒वि॒ग्रीवो॑ व॒पोद॑रः सुबा॒हुरन्ध॑सो॒ मदे॑।
इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते ॥

tuvigrīvo vapodaraḥ subāhurandhaso made।
indro vṛtrāṇi jighnate ॥

Indra, ruler and ordainer of the world by your power and splendour, come to us and, O dispeller of darkness, go forward, destroy the evils and adversities of ignorance, injustice and poverty.

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8.17.9

इन्द्र॒ प्रेहि॑ पु॒रस्त्वं विश्व॒स्येशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा।
वृ॒त्राणि॑ वृत्रहञ्जहि ॥

indra prehi purastvaṃ viśvasyeśāna ojasā।
vṛtrāṇi vṛtrahañjahi ॥

Indra, ruler and ordainer of the world by your power and splendour, come to us and, O dispeller of darkness, go forward, destroy the evils and adversities of ignorance, injustice and poverty.

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8.17.10

दी॒र्घस्ते॑ अस्त्वङ्कु॒शो येना॒ वसु॑ प्र॒यच्छ॑सि।
यज॑मानाय सुन्व॒ते ॥

dīrghaste astvaṅkuśo yenā vasu prayacchasi।
yajamānāya sunvate ॥

Let your arms of law and order be long and far reaching by which you protect and provide peace, prosperity and security for the self-sacrificing performer of yajna who creates soma for the common good.

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8.17.11

अ॒यं त॑ इन्द्र॒ सोमो॒ निपू॑तो॒ अधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑।
एही॑म॒स्य द्रवा॒ पिब॑ ॥

ayaṃ ta indra somo nipūto adhi barhiṣi।
ehīmasya dravā piba ॥

Indra, this soma pure and sanctified on the holy grass of yajna vedi, is dedicated to you. Come fast, you would love it, drink and enjoy, and protect and promote it for the good of all.

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8.17.12

शाचि॑गो॒ शाचि॑पूजना॒यं रणा॑य ते सु॒तः।
आख॑ण्डल॒ प्र हू॑यसे ॥

śācigo śācipūjanāyaṃ raṇāya te sutaḥ।
ākhaṇḍala pra hūyase ॥

Lord self-refulgent creator of stars and planets, glorious adorable, this cosmic soma of the universe of your creation is for the joy of life. Therefore, O lord imperishable, you are invoked and adored with love and faith.

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8.17.13

यस्ते॑ शृङ्गवृषो नपा॒त्प्रण॑पात्कुण्ड॒पाय्य॑।
न्य॑स्मिन्दध्र॒ आ मन॑ ॥

yaste śṛṅgavṛṣo napātpraṇapātkuṇḍapāyya।
nyasmindadhra ā mana ॥

O lord, the sun on high which neither falls nor allows others, planets and satellites, to fall is your creation and it is the protector and sustainer of the vault of heaven and the firmament. On this we meditate and concentrate our mind.

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8.17.14

वास्तो॑ष्पते ध्रु॒वा स्थूणांस॑त्रं सो॒म्याना॑म्।
द्र॒प्सो भे॒त्ता पु॒रां शश्व॑तीना॒मिन्द्रो॒ मुनी॑नां॒ सखा॑ ॥

vāstoṣpate dhruvā sthūṇāṃsatraṃ somyānām।
drapso bhettā purāṃ śaśvatīnāmindro munīnāṃ sakhā ॥

O lord of human habitations, creator of the cosmic home of life, may the centre column of our house be firm. May the lord be the protective armour of the makers of soma. May Indra, lover of soma to the last drop, be destroyer of the strongholds of evil which nevertheless persist through time, and may the lord be friends with the sages.

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8.17.15

पृदा॑कुसानुर्यज॒तो ग॒वेष॑ण॒ एक॒ सन्न॒भि भूय॑सः।
भूर्णि॒मश्वं॑ नयत्तु॒जा पु॒रो गृ॒भेन्द्रं॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥

pṛdākusānuryajato gaveṣaṇa eka sannabhi bhūyasaḥ।
bhūrṇimaśvaṃ nayattujā puro gṛbhendraṃ somasya pītaye ॥

Ṛgveda 8.18 · 22 verses

8.18.1

इ॒दं ह॑ नू॒नमे॑षां सु॒म्नं भि॑क्षेत॒ मर्त्य॑।
आ॒दि॒त्याना॒मपू॑र्व्यं॒ सवी॑मनि ॥

idaṃ ha nūnameṣāṃ sumnaṃ bhikṣeta martya।
ādityānāmapūrvyaṃ savīmani ॥

Let mortal humanity ask for unique favours of these Adityas, brilliant children of Mother Nature, that is, nature’s powers of light, energy and peace, seek for wealth, honour and excellence of life in a state of peace and progress, and live under the inspiration and guidance of nature, her forces of thought, energy and stability without violating nature’s law.

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8.18.2

अ॒न॒र्वाणो॒ ह्ये॑षां॒ पन्था॑ आदि॒त्याना॑म्।
अद॑ब्धा॒ सन्ति॑ पा॒यव॑ सुगे॒वृध॑ ॥

anarvāṇo hyeṣāṃ panthā ādityānām।
adabdhā santi pāyava sugevṛdha ॥

Irresistible are the paths and laws of these brilliant powers of nature, undaunted are they, protectors and promoters, and they increase the peace and prosperity of life (if you presume not to challenge and violate them).

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8.18.3

तत्सु न॑ सवि॒ता भगो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा।
शर्म॑ यच्छन्तु स॒प्रथो॒ यदीम॑हे ॥

tatsu na savitā bhago varuṇo mitro aryamā।
śarma yacchantu sapratho yadīmahe ॥

May Savita, life generating sun, Bhaga, inexhaustible wealth and power of divinity, Varuna, oceans of space and divine generosity, Mitra, divine love and warmth of life, and Aryaman, divine laws of the motions of stars, planets and galaxies, guide and lead us to that peace and prosperity which we pray for and which, we wish, may ever increase.

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8.18.4

दे॒वेभि॑र्देव्यदि॒तेऽरि॑ष्टभर्म॒न्ना ग॑हि।
स्मत्सू॒रिभि॑ पुरुप्रिये सु॒शर्म॑भिः ॥

devebhirdevyadite'riṣṭabharmannā gahi।
smatsūribhi purupriye suśarmabhiḥ ॥

Imperishable nature, mother Infinity universally loved and adored, self-refulgent divinity, giver of security in prosperity against adversity, pray come and bring us best of life’s happiness and well being along with brilliant powers of generosity, intelligence and fearless rectitude.

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8.18.5

ते हि पु॒त्रासो॒ अदि॑तेर्वि॒दुर्द्वेषां॑सि॒ योत॑वे।
अं॒होश्चि॑दुरु॒चक्र॑योऽने॒हस॑ ॥

te hi putrāso aditervidurdveṣāṃsi yotave।
aṃhościdurucakrayo'nehasa ॥

Those children of divinity, sages, scholars and redoubtable warriors, pure at heart and great performers of boundless possibilities, know how to remove jealousies, fight out enmities and eliminate sin and crime.

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8.18.6

अदि॑तिर्नो॒ दिवा॑ प॒शुमदि॑ति॒र्नक्त॒मद्व॑याः।
अदि॑तिः पा॒त्वंह॑सः स॒दावृ॑धा ॥

aditirno divā paśumaditirnaktamadvayāḥ।
aditiḥ pātvaṃhasaḥ sadāvṛdhā ॥

May Aditi, Mother Nature, her intelligence, energy and stability, preserve, protect and promote our cattle, property and perception day and night. May the light of divinity, always promotive of positivity, save us from sin.

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8.18.7

उ॒त स्या नो॒ दिवा॑ म॒तिरदि॑तिरू॒त्या ग॑मत्।
सा शंता॑ति॒ मय॑स्कर॒दप॒ स्रिध॑ ॥

uta syā no divā matiraditirūtyā gamat।
sā śaṃtāti mayaskaradapa sridha ॥

May that beneficent intelligence of the light of divine Mother Nature come to us day by day with her protective faculties, do us good and ward off errors, obstructions, negative values and misbeliefs.

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8.18.8

उ॒त त्या दैव्या॑ भि॒षजा॒ शं न॑ करतो अ॒श्विना॑।
यु॒यु॒याता॑मि॒तो रपो॒ अप॒ स्रिध॑ ॥

uta tyā daivyā bhiṣajā śaṃ na karato aśvinā।
yuyuyātāmito rapo apa sridha ॥

And may nature’s complementary powers of all round protection and growth bring us good and peace and keep off all sin and evil of body and mind from us.

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8.18.9

शम॒ग्निर॒ग्निभि॑ कर॒च्छं न॑स्तपतु॒ सूर्य॑।
शं वातो॑ वात्वर॒पा अप॒ स्रिध॑ ॥

śamagniragnibhi karacchaṃ nastapatu sūrya।
śaṃ vāto vātvarapā apa sridha ॥

May Agni, divine fire of life, with its radiations of heat and light, do us good. May the sun shine warm for the good of all in peace. May the wind blow fragrant and free and bring us the breath of life for all in peace, and may all the divinities of Mother Nature drive away and keep off all negativity and adversities from humanity.

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8.18.10

अपामी॑वा॒मप॒ स्रिध॒मप॑ सेधत दुर्म॒तिम्।
आदि॑त्यासो यु॒योत॑ना नो॒ अंह॑सः ॥

apāmīvāmapa sridhamapa sedhata durmatim।
ādityāso yuyotanā no aṃhasaḥ ॥

May the Adityas, powers of light and life in nature and humanity, drive away all disease of body and mind and keep off negativities of thought and intelligence from us. May the children of imperishable divinity keep us safe, far away from the onslaughts of sin and adversity.

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8.18.11

यु॒योता॒ शरु॑म॒स्मदाँ आदि॑त्यास उ॒ताम॑तिम्।
ऋध॒ग्द्वेष॑ कृणुत विश्ववेदसः ॥

yuyotā śarumasmadām̐ ādityāsa utāmatim।
ṛdhagdveṣa kṛṇuta viśvavedasaḥ ॥

May the Adityas, divine harbingers of light and life, drive away from us all forms of violence and enmity. May they ward off all those stupid fools who lack understanding and refuse to think positively. May the pioneers of enlightenment who know the world and all its ways eliminate hate and malignity from the world of humanity.

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8.18.12

तत्सु न॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॒तादि॑त्या॒ यन्मुमो॑चति।
एन॑स्वन्तं चि॒देन॑सः सुदानवः ॥

tatsu na śarma yacchatādityā yanmumocati।
enasvantaṃ cidenasaḥ sudānavaḥ ॥

O Adityas, children of the light of life eternal, holy givers of the best of life, thought and action, bring us that peace and joy which gives us freedom, that freedom which saves and liberates even the worst of sinners from sin and evil.

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8.18.13

यो न॒ कश्चि॒द्रिरि॑क्षति रक्ष॒स्त्वेन॒ मर्त्य॑।
स्वैः ष एवै॑ रिरिषीष्ट॒ युर्जन॑ ॥

yo na kaścidririkṣati rakṣastvena martya।
svaiḥ ṣa evai ririṣīṣṭa yurjana ॥

Let the mortal who of his own evil nature seeks to injure us by his evil design perish in consequence of his own evil actions. Let such a man be off from us.

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8.18.14

समित्तम॒घम॑श्नवद्दु॒शंसं॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒पुम्।
यो अ॑स्म॒त्रा दु॒र्हणा॑वाँ॒ उप॑ द्व॒युः ॥

samittamaghamaśnavadduśaṃsaṃ martyaṃ ripum।
yo asmatrā durhaṇāvām̐ upa dvayuḥ ॥

Let the sin itself consume and wholly destroy that sinner, evil designer, maligner, mortal enemy of humanity who is a treacherous double dealer and seeks to destroy us.

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8.18.15

पा॒क॒त्रा स्थ॑न देवा हृ॒त्सु जा॑नीथ॒ मर्त्य॑म्।
उप॑ द्व॒युं चाद्व॑युं च वसवः ॥

pākatrā sthana devā hṛtsu jānītha martyam।
upa dvayuṃ cādvayuṃ ca vasavaḥ ॥

O Vasus, brilliant and benevolent providers of peace and settlement for humanity, stand by those who are simple, honest and innocent. In your heart of hearts you know the nature and character of mortal humanity and closely discriminate between the double dealer and the person who is not a double dealer. Stand by the pure at heart, we pray.

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8.18.16

आ शर्म॒ पर्व॑ताना॒मोतापां वृ॑णीमहे।
द्यावा॑क्षामा॒रे अ॒स्मद्रप॑स्कृतम् ॥

ā śarma parvatānāmotāpāṃ vṛṇīmahe।
dyāvākṣāmāre asmadrapaskṛtam ॥

We pray for the peace and protection of the mountains and the clouds. We pray for the peace and protection of the running waters. May heaven and earth, divine intelligence and holy mother, keep off sin and evil, suffering and disease from us. (Our choice and prayer is freedom from sin and suffering.)

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8.18.17

ते नो॑ भ॒द्रेण॒ शर्म॑णा यु॒ष्माकं॑ ना॒वा व॑सवः।
अति॒ विश्वा॑नि दुरि॒ता पि॑पर्तन ॥

te no bhadreṇa śarmaṇā yuṣmākaṃ nāvā vasavaḥ।
ati viśvāni duritā pipartana ॥

O Vasus, providers of settlement, peace and joy, Adityas, holy powers of light and life in nature and humanity, we pray, be our guides and pilots and, by your saving ark of life and destiny, lead us over the sins and sufferings of the world with the peace and felicity of the life divine.

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8.18.18

तु॒चे तना॑य॒ तत्सु नो॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑।
आदि॑त्यासः सुमहसः कृ॒णोत॑न ॥

tuce tanāya tatsu no drāghīya āyurjīvase।
ādityāsaḥ sumahasaḥ kṛṇotana ॥

O Adityas, refulgent lords of light and mighty masters of life giving energies, for the joyous living and longevity of our children and their off-spring, create and bring the holy gift of good health and long life of peace and felicity.

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8.18.19

य॒ज्ञो ही॒ळो वो॒ अन्त॑र॒ आदि॑त्या॒ अस्ति॑ मृ॒ळत॑।
यु॒ष्मे इद्वो॒ अपि॑ ष्मसि सजा॒त्ये॑ ॥

yajño hīḷo vo antara ādityā asti mṛḷata।
yuṣme idvo api ṣmasi sajātye ॥

O Adityas, mighty masters of refulgence and teachers of the secrets of good health and long life of felicity, the yajna, holy act of creativity, is your love and inward inspiration. That act we have performed close to you. Pray know, appreciate and be kind and happy with us. We are yours, we abide in your light, and we are of the same order of humanity as you, one with you.

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8.18.20

बृ॒हद्वरू॑थं म॒रुतां॑ दे॒वं त्रा॒तार॑म॒श्विना॑।
मि॒त्रमी॑महे॒ वरु॑णं स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

bṛhadvarūthaṃ marutāṃ devaṃ trātāramaśvinā।
mitramīmahe varuṇaṃ svastaye ॥

For the sake of a long life of peace and felicity, we approach the brilliant and benevolent lord of the winds of life and life’s energy, the protective and saviour forces of life, the Ashvins, complementary forces of the dynamics of development, Mitra, powers of love and friendship, and Varuna, powers of judgement and justice, all in nature as well as in humanity, we pray for inspiration and enact as a holy performance of yajna a vast home of peace and freedom for humanity on the earth and her environment.

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8.18.21

अ॒ने॒हो मि॑त्रार्यमन्नृ॒वद्व॑रुण॒ शंस्य॑म्।
त्रि॒वरू॑थं मरुतो यन्त नश्छ॒र्दिः ॥

aneho mitrāryamannṛvadvaruṇa śaṃsyam।
trivarūthaṃ maruto yanta naśchardiḥ ॥

O Mitra, powers of universal love and friendship, Aryaman, guides and pioneers of humanity, and Varuna, powers of universal judgement and justice, and all ye peoples of the world, unite, create and give us a happy home on earth blest with threefold freedom from ignorance and darkness, injustice and violence,

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8.18.22

ये चि॒द्धि मृ॒त्युब॑न्धव॒ आदि॑त्या॒ मन॑व॒ स्मसि॑।
प्र सू न॒ आयु॑र्जी॒वसे॑ तिरेतन ॥

ye ciddhi mṛtyubandhava ādityā manava smasi।
pra sū na āyurjīvase tiretana ॥

Ṛgveda 8.19 · 37 verses

8.19.1

तं गू॑र्धया॒ स्व॑र्णरं दे॒वासो॑ दे॒वम॑र॒तिं द॑धन्विरे।
दे॒व॒त्रा ह॒व्यमोहि॑रे ॥

taṃ gūrdhayā svarṇaraṃ devāso devamaratiṃ dadhanvire।
devatrā havyamohire ॥

Praise the self-refulgent lord giver of heavenly bliss whom the divinities of light and enlightenment hold and reflect in all his glory, Agni, the lord adorable, all pervasive yet uninvolved, whom the noble and learned people perceive, realise and worship as the one worthy of worship.

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8.19.2

विभू॑तरातिं विप्र चि॒त्रशो॑चिषम॒ग्निमी॑ळिष्व य॒न्तुर॑म्।
अ॒स्य मेध॑स्य सो॒म्यस्य॑ सोभरे॒ प्रेम॑ध्व॒राय॒ पूर्व्य॑म् ॥

vibhūtarātiṃ vipra citraśociṣamagnimīḷiṣva yanturam।
asya medhasya somyasya sobhare premadhvarāya pūrvyam ॥

O vibrant scholar, worship Agni, lord of light and enlightenment, infinitely giving, awfully wondrous and self-refulgent, and the sole leader and controller of the world. Worship Him, the lord eternal, O generous man, in order that you may participate in this yajnic system of the lord’s universe which is full of love without violence and overflows with the blissful joy of soma, an inspiring invitation to live and act as the child of divinity.

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8.19.3

यजि॑ष्ठं त्वा ववृमहे दे॒वं दे॑व॒त्रा होता॑र॒मम॑र्त्यम्।
अ॒स्य य॒ज्ञस्य॑ सु॒क्रतु॑म् ॥

yajiṣṭhaṃ tvā vavṛmahe devaṃ devatrā hotāramamartyam।
asya yajñasya sukratum ॥

We choose to worship you, Agni, most adorable, worthy of worship, self-refulgent lord over the divinities of existence, imperishable and eternal creator of the yajna of this universal order of the world.

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8.19.4

ऊ॒र्जो नपा॑तं सु॒भगं॑ सु॒दीदि॑तिम॒ग्निं श्रेष्ठ॑शोचिषम्।
स नो॑ मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ सो अ॒पामा सु॒म्नं य॑क्षते दि॒वि ॥

ūrjo napātaṃ subhagaṃ sudīditimagniṃ śreṣṭhaśociṣam।
sa no mitrasya varuṇasya so apāmā sumnaṃ yakṣate divi ॥

We worship Agni, protector and promoter of energy and men of energy, lord of grandeur and glory and the holy refulgence of nature that shines bright with the highest flames of fire and light. In the light and fire of cosmic yajna, He is the giver of joy in the light of day and the bliss of peace in the night, and He is the giver of the nectar of pleasure in the liquid flow of water and the dynamics of karmic flow.

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8.19.5

यः स॒मिधा॒ य आहु॑ती॒ यो वेदे॑न द॒दाश॒ मर्तो॑ अ॒ग्नये॑।
यो नम॑सा स्वध्व॒रः ॥

yaḥ samidhā ya āhutī yo vedena dadāśa marto agnaye।
yo namasā svadhvaraḥ ॥

The mortal man who performs yajna, creative activity without violence, and offers homage by giving in honour of Agni with holy fuel or with havi in ghrta and fragrant materials with the chant of Vedic verses enjoys the peace and bliss of life day and night.

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8.19.6

तस्येदर्व॑न्तो रंहयन्त आ॒शव॒स्तस्य॑ द्यु॒म्नित॑मं॒ यश॑।
न तमंहो॑ दे॒वकृ॑तं॒ कुत॑श्च॒न न मर्त्य॑कृतं नशत् ॥

tasyedarvanto raṃhayanta āśavastasya dyumnitamaṃ yaśa।
na tamaṃho devakṛtaṃ kutaścana na martyakṛtaṃ naśat ॥

His horses speed on at the fastest and hasten him to victory. His honour and fame shine the brightest. Whatever he does in honour of the divinities or in service to mortal humanity, sin and pride never touch him nor does it pollute his action.

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8.19.7

स्व॒ग्नयो॑ वो अ॒ग्निभि॒ स्याम॑ सूनो सहस ऊर्जां पते।
सु॒वीर॒स्त्वम॑स्म॒युः ॥

svagnayo vo agnibhi syāma sūno sahasa ūrjāṃ pate।
suvīrastvamasmayuḥ ॥

O lord creator of energy and master controller of strength and power, let us, by yajnic experimentations of various forms of heat and light, all your gifts, be masters of fire energies and light radiations. You are the bravest holy power. Pray be ours, close to us as master giver and power divine.

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8.19.8

प्र॒शंस॑मानो॒ अति॑थि॒र्न मि॒त्रियो॒ऽग्नी रथो॒ न वेद्य॑।
त्वे क्षेमा॑सो॒ अपि॑ सन्ति सा॒धव॒स्त्वं राजा॑ रयी॒णाम् ॥

praśaṃsamāno atithirna mitriyo'gnī ratho na vedya।
tve kṣemāso api santi sādhavastvaṃ rājā rayīṇām ॥

Agni is worthy of praise and admiration as a friendly guest of honour and worthy to be known as a saviour like a chariot leading to cherished destinations. Abiding in you and strengthened by you, O lord, dedicated practitioners rise to be men of perfect success in peace and bliss since you are the ruler and controller of all forms of the wealth of existence.

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8.19.9

सो अ॒द्धा दा॒श्व॑ध्व॒रोऽग्ने॒ मर्त॑ सुभग॒ स प्र॒शंस्य॑।
स धी॒भिर॑स्तु॒ सनि॑ता ॥

so addhā dāśvadhvaro'gne marta subhaga sa praśaṃsya।
sa dhībhirastu sanitā ॥

O lord of universal wealth and grandeur, Agni, we pray, may the mortal come to sure success and good fortune who gives in charity and performs acts of yajnic creativity with love and without violence. May such a man be worthy of praise and appreciation with holy acts of intelligence and may he be rich in acquisitions and liberal in dispensations of charity.

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8.19.10

यस्य॒ त्वमू॒र्ध्वो अ॑ध्व॒राय॒ तिष्ठ॑सि क्ष॒यद्वी॑र॒ स सा॑धते।
सो अर्व॑द्भि॒ सनि॑ता॒ स वि॑प॒न्युभि॒ स शूरै॒ सनि॑ता कृ॒तम् ॥

yasya tvamūrdhvo adhvarāya tiṣṭhasi kṣayadvīra sa sādhate।
so arvadbhi sanitā sa vipanyubhi sa śūrai sanitā kṛtam ॥

The man for whose acts of yajna you rise high and stay constant is blest with brave progeny and achieves all round success in life. He is blest with horses and incoming wealth and honour. Surrounded by the wise, he is blest with praise and high appreciation. Supported by the brave, he achieves fulfilment in whatever he does and whatever he wants to do.

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8.19.11

यस्या॒ग्निर्वपु॑र्गृ॒हे स्तोमं॒ चनो॒ दधी॑त वि॒श्ववा॑र्यः।
ह॒व्या वा॒ वेवि॑ष॒द्विष॑ ॥

yasyāgnirvapurgṛhe stomaṃ cano dadhīta viśvavāryaḥ।
havyā vā veviṣadviṣa ॥

Blest is the man in whose house Agni, lord of universal acceptance with faith and reverence, through the divine fire form of yajna, receives oblations of holy food and Vedic songs of praise and the fire sends up yajnic food to nature’s divinities. He achieves total fulfilment in every field of life through the bounties of divine nature.

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8.19.12

विप्र॑स्य वा स्तुव॒तः स॑हसो यहो म॒क्षूत॑मस्य रा॒तिषु॑।
अ॒वोदे॑वमु॒परि॑मर्त्यं कृधि॒ वसो॑ विवि॒दुषो॒ वच॑ ॥

viprasya vā stuvataḥ sahaso yaho makṣūtamasya rātiṣu।
avodevamuparimartyaṃ kṛdhi vaso vividuṣo vaca ॥

And O child of strength born of yajnic endeavour and sustainer of vitality in human affairs, O Vasu, all pervasive divine fire, living shelter of all, convert the song of the vibrant scholar celebrant to super mortal prayer and raise it to reach the heights of divinity.

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8.19.13

यो अ॒ग्निं ह॒व्यदा॑तिभि॒र्नमो॑भिर्वा सु॒दक्ष॑मा॒विवा॑सति।
गि॒रा वा॑जि॒रशो॑चिषम् ॥

yo agniṃ havyadātibhirnamobhirvā sudakṣamāvivāsati।
girā vājiraśociṣam ॥

One who lights the versatile yajnic fire and thereby whole heartedly serves the fire divine of imperishable flames with oblations of sacred havis, reverence and holy words of prayer never falls, never fails in life.

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8.19.14

स॒मिधा॒ यो निशि॑ती॒ दाश॒ददि॑तिं॒ धाम॑भिरस्य॒ मर्त्य॑।
विश्वेत्स धी॒भिः सु॒भगो॒ जनाँ॒ अति॑ द्यु॒म्नैरु॒द्न इ॑व तारिषत् ॥

samidhā yo niśitī dāśadaditiṃ dhāmabhirasya martya।
viśvetsa dhībhiḥ subhago janām̐ ati dyumnairudna iva tāriṣat ॥

The mortal who serves Aditi, immortal fire of mother Infinity, with blazing fuel within the radiance of its own laws is blest with the wealth and splendour of all orders of intelligence, honour and fame and surpasses all people of the other order like a captain on the helm crossing the stormy seas.

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8.19.15

तद॑ग्ने द्यु॒म्नमा भ॑र॒ यत्सा॒सह॒त्सद॑ने॒ कं चि॑द॒त्रिण॑म्।
म॒न्युं जन॑स्य दू॒ढ्य॑ ॥

tadagne dyumnamā bhara yatsāsahatsadane kaṃ cidatriṇam।
manyuṃ janasya dūḍhya ॥

Agni, lord of light and life, give us that splendour of spirit and intelligence which may challenge and overcome any voracious friend at the door, in the heart and home, and counter the wealth of any evil minded person anywhere in life.

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8.19.16

येन॒ चष्टे॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा येन॒ नास॑त्या॒ भग॑।
व॒यं तत्ते॒ शव॑सा गातु॒वित्त॑मा॒ इन्द्र॑त्वोता विधेमहि ॥

yena caṣṭe varuṇo mitro aryamā yena nāsatyā bhaga।
vayaṃ tatte śavasā gātuvittamā indratvotā vidhemahi ॥

Agni, lord of light and life, we worship, pray for and try to acquire that light of vision and discrimination of intelligence of yours by which Varuna, man of judgement and justice, Mitra, man of love and friendship, Aryaman, guide and pioneer of society, the Ashvins, complementary agents of development and progress, and Bhaga, man of power, fame and honour, envision things in unison, discriminate right from wrong, and declare for all to see and follow the right so that thereby, O Indra, ruling lord and power version of Agni, we all, most keen to know the paths of progress and follow them, may advance with the power of our will and knowledge under your guidance and protection.

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8.19.17

ते घेद॑ग्ने स्वा॒ध्यो॒३ ये त्वा॑ विप्र निदधि॒रे नृ॒चक्ष॑सम्।
विप्रा॑सो देव सु॒क्रतु॑म् ॥

te ghedagne svādhyo3 ye tvā vipra nidadhire nṛcakṣasam।
viprāso deva sukratum ॥

Agni, self-refulgent lord of life, vibrant presence of the universe, surely they are the wise and holy men and they are the blessed men of noble thought and study worthy of reverence who hold on to the light of your presence in the heart and meditate on the presence as the lord observant of humanity and as the high priest of the cosmic yajna.

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8.19.18

त इद्वेदिं॑ सुभग॒ त आहु॑तिं॒ ते सोतुं॑ चक्रिरे दि॒वि।
त इद्वाजे॑भिर्जिग्युर्म॒हद्धनं॒ ये त्वे कामं॑ न्येरि॒रे ॥

ta idvediṃ subhaga ta āhutiṃ te sotuṃ cakrire divi।
ta idvājebhirjigyurmahaddhanaṃ ye tve kāmaṃ nyerire ॥

Lord of glory and divine grace, Agni, they alone in reality organise the yajna vedi, they really offer the oblations into the sacred fire, they in truth endeavour to distil the soma of joy in the light of divinity, they in ultimate terms win the wealth of life by their struggle of life, who concentrate their hopes and ambitions in you and attribute and dedicate all their success, honour and fame to you.

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8.19.19

भ॒द्रो नो॑ अ॒ग्निराहु॑तो भ॒द्रा रा॒तिः सु॑भग भ॒द्रो अ॑ध्व॒रः।
भ॒द्रा उ॒त प्रश॑स्तयः ॥

bhadro no agnirāhuto bhadrā rātiḥ subhaga bhadro adhvaraḥ।
bhadrā uta praśastayaḥ ॥

Lord of beauty and glory, may the yajna fire with offers of oblations be auspicious for us. May our charity be auspicious. May our yajna and all other acts of kindness and love free from violence be auspicious. And may all the appreciation and praise of our acts and behaviour be auspicious and fruitful.

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8.19.20

भ॒द्रं मन॑ कृणुष्व वृत्र॒तूर्ये॒ येना॑ स॒मत्सु॑ सा॒सह॑।
अव॑ स्थि॒रा त॑नुहि॒ भूरि॒ शर्ध॑तां व॒नेमा॑ ते अ॒भिष्टि॑भिः ॥

bhadraṃ mana kṛṇuṣva vṛtratūrye yenā samatsu sāsaha।
ava sthirā tanuhi bhūri śardhatāṃ vanemā te abhiṣṭibhiḥ ॥

Agni, leading light of life, turn the mind by which you challenge the adversary in battles and win for us to gracious goodness in the victory over the forces of darkness. Reduce the many strongholds of the violent adversaries to nullity so that by your kindness and favours we may win what we desire in peace.

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8.19.21

ईळे॑ गि॒रा मनु॑र्हितं॒ यं दे॒वा दू॒तम॑र॒तिं न्ये॑रि॒रे।
यजि॑ष्ठं हव्य॒वाह॑नम् ॥

īḷe girā manurhitaṃ yaṃ devā dūtamaratiṃ nyerire।
yajiṣṭhaṃ havyavāhanam ॥

With words of praise I celebrate Agni, sacred fire energy, benefactor of humanity whom brilliant scholars honour and elevate as messenger, speedy ministrant, most valuable and adorable, and bearer of oblations to the divinities of nature.

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8.19.22

ति॒ग्मज॑म्भाय॒ तरु॑णाय॒ राज॑ते॒ प्रयो॑ गायस्य॒ग्नये॑।
यः पिं॒शते॑ सू॒नृता॑भिः सु॒वीर्य॑म॒ग्निर्घृ॒तेभि॒राहु॑तः ॥

tigmajambhāya taruṇāya rājate prayo gāyasyagnaye।
yaḥ piṃśate sūnṛtābhiḥ suvīryamagnirghṛtebhirāhutaḥ ॥

O yajaka, you sing and celebrate Agni and offer libations of holy food to the flaming, ever youthful and brilliant fire of yajna which, when fed on ghrta and sung in sacred song, gives you strength and vigour in return for the homage.

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8.19.23

यदी॑ घृ॒तेभि॒राहु॑तो॒ वाशी॑म॒ग्निर्भर॑त॒ उच्चाव॑ च।
असु॑र इव नि॒र्णिज॑म् ॥

yadī ghṛtebhirāhuto vāśīmagnirbharata uccāva ca।
asura iva nirṇijam ॥

When the fire of yajna fed on ghrta rises in flames with a crackle up and down, then it displays its form and power like an earthly version of the sun radiating its light.

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8.19.24

यो ह॒व्यान्यैर॑यता॒ मनु॑र्हितो दे॒व आ॒सा सु॑ग॒न्धिना॑।
विवा॑सते॒ वार्या॑णि स्वध्व॒रो होता॑ दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः ॥

yo havyānyairayatā manurhito deva āsā sugandhinā।
vivāsate vāryāṇi svadhvaro hotā devo amartyaḥ ॥

Agni is the divine power which receives and carries the holy materials to the divinities by its fragrant vedi-mouth of fire. It is the benefactor of humanity and gives the choicest good things to all. It is the agent of good action and illuminator of the paths of piety. It is the high priest of universal yajna and an immortal divine power.

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8.19.25

यद॑ग्ने॒ मर्त्य॒स्त्वं स्याम॒हं मि॑त्रमहो॒ अम॑र्त्यः।
सह॑सः सूनवाहुत ॥

yadagne martyastvaṃ syāmahaṃ mitramaho amartyaḥ।
sahasaḥ sūnavāhuta ॥

Agni, light and life of the world, child of omnipotence and creator of the mighty cosmos, mortal as I am, if I could worship you and were to become like you, I too would be an immortal, great adorable friend of the world of existence.

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8.19.26

न त्वा॑ रासीया॒भिश॑स्तये वसो॒ न पा॑प॒त्वाय॑ सन्त्य।
न मे॑ स्तो॒ताम॑ती॒वा न दुर्हि॑त॒ स्याद॑ग्ने॒ न पा॒पया॑ ॥

na tvā rāsīyābhiśastaye vaso na pāpatvāya santya।
na me stotāmatīvā na durhita syādagne na pāpayā ॥

Agni, light of life, haven and home of humanity, let me not worship you for the sake of something despicable. Lord adorable, nor must I pray to you for something evil. Let not my own admirer, say my son or my disciple, be stupid and dull, nor malignant, nor sinful.

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8.19.27

पि॒तुर्न पु॒त्रः सुभृ॑तो दुरो॒ण आ दे॒वाँ ए॑तु॒ प्र णो॑ ह॒विः ॥

piturna putraḥ subhṛto duroṇa ā devām̐ etu pra ṇo haviḥ ॥

Just as the son is cherished in the father’s home and then the son looks after the parents, similarly Agni is cherished in the house of yajna and may Agni carry our oblations to the divinities.

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8.19.28

तवा॒हम॑ग्न ऊ॒तिभि॒र्नेदि॑ष्ठाभिः सचेय॒ जोष॒मा व॑सो।
सदा॑ दे॒वस्य॒ मर्त्य॑ ॥

tavāhamagna ūtibhirnediṣṭhābhiḥ saceya joṣamā vaso।
sadā devasya martya ॥

Agni, light of life all pervasive, shelter home of humanity, mortal as I am, I pray, may I, by the closest protections of the power divine always enjoy the love and favour of the lord.

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8.19.29

तव॒ क्रत्वा॑ सनेयं॒ तव॑ रा॒तिभि॒रग्ने॒ तव॒ प्रश॑स्तिभिः।
त्वामिदा॑हु॒ प्रम॑तिं वसो॒ ममाग्ने॒ हर्ष॑स्व॒ दात॑वे ॥

tava kratvā saneyaṃ tava rātibhiragne tava praśastibhiḥ।
tvāmidāhu pramatiṃ vaso mamāgne harṣasva dātave ॥

By virtue of your mercy and grace, let me love you with yajnic life of holy action. By virtue of your acceptance, appreciation and generosity, let me serve you with all that you have given me. The wise say that you are the wisest, most high, and foremost leader and guide, O shelter of humanity. O lord, be pleased and generous to bless me that I may offer and sing praises in honour of your glory.

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8.19.30

प्र सो अ॑ग्ने॒ तवो॒तिभि॑ सु॒वीरा॑भिस्तिरते॒ वाज॑भर्मभिः।
यस्य॒ त्वं स॒ख्यमा॒वर॑ ॥

pra so agne tavotibhi suvīrābhistirate vājabharmabhiḥ।
yasya tvaṃ sakhyamāvara ॥

Agni, lord of universal love and friendship, he whose love and friendship, devotion and dedication, you accept into your kind care thrives under your protection and promotion and advances in life with noble and heroic progeny, moving from victory to glory.

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8.19.31

तव॑ द्र॒प्सो नील॑वान्वा॒श ऋ॒त्विय॒ इन्धा॑नः सिष्ण॒वा द॑दे।
त्वं म॑ही॒नामु॒षसा॑मसि प्रि॒यः क्ष॒पो वस्तु॑षु राजसि ॥

tava drapso nīlavānvāśa ṛtviya indhānaḥ siṣṇavā dade।
tvaṃ mahīnāmuṣasāmasi priyaḥ kṣapo vastuṣu rājasi ॥

Agni, giver of the showers of joy in life, the world of your creation flows on like drops of soma from the press, colourful, crackling voluble, exciting and fresh through the seasons, bright and beautiful, passionately lovable. You are darling of the glory of dawns and you shine ever in the glimmerings of the dusk and reflect in the ripples of water.

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8.19.32

तमाग॑न्म॒ सोभ॑रयः स॒हस्र॑मुष्कं स्वभि॒ष्टिमव॑से।
स॒म्राजं॒ त्रास॑दस्यवम् ॥

tamāganma sobharayaḥ sahasramuṣkaṃ svabhiṣṭimavase।
samrājaṃ trāsadasyavam ॥

Blest with wealth and knowledge and bearing gifts of homage, for ultimate protection and further advancement, we have come to the lord almighty of a thousand forces of light and arms, object of universal love and adoration, blazing ruler of the universe and a scourge of the evil destroyers.

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8.19.33

यस्य॑ ते अग्ने अ॒न्ये अ॒ग्नय॑ उप॒क्षितो॑ व॒या इ॑व।
विपो॒ न द्यु॒म्ना नि यु॑वे॒ जना॑नां॒ तव॑ क्ष॒त्राणि॑ व॒र्धय॑न् ॥

yasya te agne anye agnaya upakṣito vayā iva।
vipo na dyumnā ni yuve janānāṃ tava kṣatrāṇi vardhayan ॥

Of you, Agni, lord and light of the universe, on whom do other lights such as the sun depend like branches of the tree, I sing like a poet and, celebrating your ruling orders of the people, I enjoy the honour and pleasures of the world of your creation.

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8.19.34

यमा॑दित्यासो अद्रुहः पा॒रं नय॑थ॒ मर्त्य॑म्।
म॒घोनां॒ विश्वे॑षां सुदानवः ॥

yamādityāso adruhaḥ pāraṃ nayatha martyam।
maghonāṃ viśveṣāṃ sudānavaḥ ॥

O Adityas, generous givers of light and life free from malice and jealousy, of all the people of wealth, honour and power, whoever the mortal you guide and lead across the world of karma and consequence, he is the man of good fortune.

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8.19.35

यू॒यं रा॑जान॒ कं चि॑च्चर्षणीसह॒ क्षय॑न्तं॒ मानु॑षाँ॒ अनु॑।
व॒यं ते वो॒ वरु॑ण॒ मित्रार्य॑म॒न्स्यामेदृ॒तस्य॑ र॒थ्य॑ ॥

yūyaṃ rājāna kaṃ ciccarṣaṇīsaha kṣayantaṃ mānuṣām̐ anu।
vayaṃ te vo varuṇa mitrāryamansyāmedṛtasya rathya ॥

Adityas, powers and givers of light and justice, rulers of the bright order over people, punish whoever does evil and violence toward the law abiding citizens. O Vauna, ruling power of judgement and justice, Mitra, men of love and friendship, and Aryaman, guides and pioneers of the nation, let us be cooperative participants to take over the reins of your law and order of the truth and justice of your vision.

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8.19.36

अदा॑न्मे पौरुकु॒त्स्यः प॑ञ्चा॒शतं॑ त्र॒सद॑स्युर्व॒धूना॑म्।
मंहि॑ष्ठो अ॒र्यः सत्प॑तिः ॥

adānme paurukutsyaḥ pañcāśataṃ trasadasyurvadhūnām।
maṃhiṣṭho aryaḥ satpatiḥ ॥

May the lord sustainer of all life and destroyer of negativities, protector against the wicked, most liberal, most respectable defender of truth and goodness, I pray, bless us with many manly sons in the family and give them all noble wives.

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8.19.37

उ॒त मे॑ प्र॒यियो॑र्व॒यियो॑ सु॒वास्त्वा॒ अधि॒ तुग्व॑नि।
ति॒सॄ॒णां स॑प्तती॒नां श्या॒वः प्र॑णे॒ता भु॑व॒द्वसु॒र्दिया॑नां॒ पति॑ ॥

uta me prayiyorvayiyo suvāstvā adhi tugvani।
tisṝṇāṃ saptatīnāṃ śyāvaḥ praṇetā bhuvadvasurdiyānāṃ pati ॥

Ṛgveda 8.20 · 26 verses

8.20.1

आ ग॑न्ता॒ मा रि॑षण्यत॒ प्रस्था॑वानो॒ माप॑ स्थाता समन्यवः।
स्थि॒रा चि॑न्नमयिष्णवः ॥

ā gantā mā riṣaṇyata prasthāvāno māpa sthātā samanyavaḥ।
sthirā cinnamayiṣṇavaḥ ॥

Come Maruts, warriors of nature and humanity. Do not hurt nor destroy the innocent. Already on the move as ever, pray do not tarry any more far away. Heroes of equal passion, will and desire to accomplish your mission, you can bend even the firmest forces of violence and bring them to reason.

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8.20.2

वी॒ळु॒प॒विभि॑र्मरुत ऋभुक्षण॒ आ रु॑द्रासः सुदी॒तिभि॑।
इ॒षा नो॑ अ॒द्या ग॑ता पुरुस्पृहो य॒ज्ञमा सो॑भरी॒यव॑ ॥

vīḷupavibhirmaruta ṛbhukṣaṇa ā rudrāsaḥ sudītibhi।
iṣā no adyā gatā puruspṛho yajñamā sobharīyava ॥

Mighty leaders of will and intelligence, lovers and protectors of the good, destroyers of want and suffering, honoured and invoked by all, come right now at the fastest by blazing chariots of the strongest wheel with forces of thunder and join our yajnic programme of creation and development with abundant food and energy.

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8.20.3

वि॒द्मा हि रु॒द्रिया॑णां॒ शुष्म॑मु॒ग्रं म॒रुतां॒ शिमी॑वताम्।
विष्णो॑रे॒षस्य॑ मी॒ळ्हुषा॑म् ॥

vidmā hi rudriyāṇāṃ śuṣmamugraṃ marutāṃ śimīvatām।
viṣṇoreṣasya mīḷhuṣām ॥

We know the virile Maruts dedicated to peace and justice against violence and injustice. They are harbingers of rain showers of plenty as participative agents of the cosmic will working in the dynamics of nature and humanity.

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8.20.4

वि द्वी॒पानि॒ पाप॑त॒न्तिष्ठ॑द्दु॒च्छुनो॒भे यु॑जन्त॒ रोद॑सी।
प्र धन्वा॑न्यैरत शुभ्रखादयो॒ यदेज॑थ स्वभानवः ॥

vi dvīpāni pāpatantiṣṭhadducchunobhe yujanta rodasī।
pra dhanvānyairata śubhrakhādayo yadejatha svabhānavaḥ ॥

O self-refulgent Maruts, when you in your blazing armour stir and move, islands sink at their banks, the evil stand still, both heaven and earth shake and the deserts rage with flying sands.

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8.20.5

अच्यु॑ता चिद्वो॒ अज्म॒न्ना नान॑दति॒ पर्व॑तासो॒ वन॒स्पति॑।
भूमि॒र्यामे॑षु रेजते ॥

acyutā cidvo ajmannā nānadati parvatāso vanaspati।
bhūmiryāmeṣu rejate ॥

At your move to battle, fixed mountains roar, ancient trees crack and crackle, and the earth shakes under the force of your pressure.

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8.20.6

अमा॑य वो मरुतो॒ यात॑वे॒ द्यौर्जिही॑त॒ उत्त॑रा बृ॒हत्।
यत्रा॒ नरो॒ देदि॑शते त॒नूष्वा त्वक्षां॑सि बा॒ह्वो॑जसः ॥

amāya vo maruto yātave dyaurjihīta uttarā bṛhat।
yatrā naro dediśate tanūṣvā tvakṣāṃsi bāhvojasaḥ ॥

O Maruts, for the expansion of your force and power on the march, the vast skies give way farther and farther as the heroes of mighty arm put on and display their armour on their person.

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8.20.7

स्व॒धामनु॒ श्रियं॒ नरो॒ महि॑ त्वे॒षा अम॑वन्तो॒ वृष॑प्सवः।
वह॑न्ते॒ अह्रु॑तप्सवः ॥

svadhāmanu śriyaṃ naro mahi tveṣā amavanto vṛṣapsavaḥ।
vahante ahrutapsavaḥ ॥

These mighty heroes, blazing bright in magnificence, commanding force and power of excellence, generous with moral rectitude, far from crookedness and unshakably upright in conduct, wear and express the grace of culture and behaviour in keeping with their innate merit and dedication to the defence of mother earth and her children.

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8.20.8

गोभि॑र्वा॒णो अ॑ज्यते॒ सोभ॑रीणां॒ रथे॒ कोशे॑ हिर॒ण्यये॑।
गोब॑न्धवः सुजा॒तास॑ इ॒षे भु॒जे म॒हान्तो॑ न॒ स्पर॑से॒ नु ॥

gobhirvāṇo ajyate sobharīṇāṃ rathe kośe hiraṇyaye।
gobandhavaḥ sujātāsa iṣe bhuje mahānto na sparase nu ॥

The missile of these protectors, sustainers and defenders of the earth is shot by the force of sounds in the golden interior of the carrier chariot. May these heroes, friends of the earth, nobly born and trained, great and glorious, stand for our maintenance, food and energy, comfort, love and cooperation.

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8.20.9

प्रति॑ वो वृषदञ्जयो॒ वृष्णे॒ शर्धा॑य॒ मारु॑ताय भरध्वम्।
ह॒व्या वृष॑प्रयाव्णे ॥

prati vo vṛṣadañjayo vṛṣṇe śardhāya mārutāya bharadhvam।
havyā vṛṣaprayāvṇe ॥

O generous yajakas, makers of soma, bear and bring homage in thankful response to the generous and mighty force of the Maruts led on the march by a great and formidable generous commander.

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8.20.10

वृ॒ष॒ण॒श्वेन॑ मरुतो॒ वृष॑प्सुना॒ रथे॑न॒ वृष॑नाभिना।
आ श्ये॒नासो॒ न प॒क्षिणो॒ वृथा॑ नरो ह॒व्या नो॑ वी॒तये॑ गत ॥

vṛṣaṇaśvena maruto vṛṣapsunā rathena vṛṣanābhinā।
ā śyenāso na pakṣiṇo vṛthā naro havyā no vītaye gata ॥

O Maruts, stormy troops of nature and leading warriors of the human nation, come freely like the mighty high flying eagle birds and bring us holy yajnic inputs for development and human progress for our protection and advancement by your strongly built chariot drawn by mighty forces, bearing loads of riches in generous plenty for our spiritual and material well being.

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8.20.11

स॒मा॒नम॒ञ्ज्ये॑षां॒ वि भ्रा॑जन्ते रु॒क्मासो॒ अधि॑ बा॒हुषु॑।
दवि॑द्युतत्यृ॒ष्टय॑ ॥

samānamañjyeṣāṃ vi bhrājante rukmāso adhi bāhuṣu।
davidyutatyṛṣṭaya ॥

The turn out, uniform and movement of these Maruts is steady and alike. So are their golden badges on the shoulders, and their weapons too shine uniformly in their hands.

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8.20.12

त उ॒ग्रासो॒ वृष॑ण उ॒ग्रबा॑हवो॒ नकि॑ष्ट॒नूषु॑ येतिरे।
स्थि॒रा धन्वा॒न्यायु॑धा॒ रथे॑षु॒ वोऽनी॑के॒ष्वधि॒ श्रिय॑ ॥

ta ugrāso vṛṣaṇa ugrabāhavo nakiṣṭanūṣu yetire।
sthirā dhanvānyāyudhā ratheṣu vo'nīkeṣvadhi śriya ॥

Bold and fearsome are they, vigorous and generous, strong of arm, so that they don’t have to exert to defend their bodies and battle formations. Their arms and ammunitions are safe and strong, ready in position in their chariots, and in their battles they come out victorious with credit and admiration.

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8.20.13

येषा॒मर्णो॒ न स॒प्रथो॒ नाम॑ त्वे॒षं शश्व॑ता॒मेक॒मिद्भु॒जे।
वयो॒ न पित्र्यं॒ सह॑ ॥

yeṣāmarṇo na sapratho nāma tveṣaṃ śaśvatāmekamidbhuje।
vayo na pitryaṃ saha ॥

Ever ready and on the move without relent, their name and fame is unique, wide as the sea and expansive. So is their courage and patience to be enjoyed like ancestral heritage.

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8.20.14

तान्व॑न्दस्व म॒रुत॒स्ताँ उप॑ स्तुहि॒ तेषां॒ हि धुनी॑नाम्।
अ॒राणां॒ न च॑र॒मस्तदे॑षां दा॒ना म॒ह्ना तदे॑षाम् ॥

tānvandasva marutastām̐ upa stuhi teṣāṃ hi dhunīnām।
arāṇāṃ na caramastadeṣāṃ dānā mahnā tadeṣām ॥

Honour the Maruts, celebrate them all closely and fervently. As the spokes of the wheel are all equal, so all of these shakers of the evil and the wicked are equal, none is the highest, none the lowest. Hence also the gifts of protection and security of all of them are equally great.

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8.20.15

सु॒भग॒ स व॑ ऊ॒तिष्वास॒ पूर्वा॑सु मरुतो॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु।
यो वा॑ नू॒नमु॒तास॑ति ॥

subhaga sa va ūtiṣvāsa pūrvāsu maruto vyuṣṭiṣu।
yo vā nūnamutāsati ॥

Fortunate is that man, and prospers, O Maruts, who has been under your care and protection since early dawns and who for sure remains under your care for now and all time.

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8.20.16

यस्य॑ वा यू॒यं प्रति॑ वा॒जिनो॑ नर॒ आ ह॒व्या वी॒तये॑ ग॒थ।
अ॒भि ष द्यु॒म्नैरु॒त वाज॑सातिभिः सु॒म्ना वो॑ धूतयो नशत् ॥

yasya vā yūyaṃ prati vājino nara ā havyā vītaye gatha।
abhi ṣa dyumnairuta vājasātibhiḥ sumnā vo dhūtayo naśat ॥

O Maruts, leading lights of life, movers and shakers of negativities and opposition, whoever the man with yajnic gift when you approach to protect and partake of his offerings, is blest with peace and comfort and he prospers with honour and fame and wins victories in the battles for food, energy and wealth with prestige.

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8.20.17

यथा॑ रु॒द्रस्य॑ सू॒नवो॑ दि॒वो वश॒न्त्यसु॑रस्य वे॒धस॑।
युवा॑न॒स्तथेद॑सत् ॥

yathā rudrasya sūnavo divo vaśantyasurasya vedhasa।
yuvānastathedasat ॥

As the Maruts, youthful children of Rudra, cosmic justice, light divine and universal life-giving intelligence, would wish, so may it be with us and all.

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8.20.18

ये चार्ह॑न्ति म॒रुत॑ सु॒दान॑व॒ स्मन्मी॒ळ्हुष॒श्चर॑न्ति॒ ये।
अत॑श्चि॒दा न॒ उप॒ वस्य॑सा हृ॒दा युवा॑न॒ आ व॑वृध्वम् ॥

ye cārhanti maruta sudānava smanmīḷhuṣaścaranti ye।
ataścidā na upa vasyasā hṛdā yuvāna ā vavṛdhvam ॥

There are those people who honour the virile and generous Maruts, warriors and rain bearers of the nation. There are also those generous and charitable people who act and conduct themselves according to the Maruts’ good wishes. For this reason, O youthful heroes, come and promote us with a very liberal and sympathetic heart as your own.

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8.20.19

यून॑ ऊ॒ षु नवि॑ष्ठया॒ वृष्ण॑ पाव॒काँ अ॒भि सो॑भरे गि॒रा।
गाय॒ गा इ॑व॒ चर्कृ॑षत् ॥

yūna ū ṣu naviṣṭhayā vṛṣṇa pāvakām̐ abhi sobhare girā।
gāya gā iva carkṛṣat ॥

As a farmer yokes and exhorts his bulls while ploughing the land, so should you, O manager of the nation, appreciate and celebrate the youthful, virile, generous and purifying Maruts, exhorting them with exciting words of latest praise and commendation.

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8.20.20

सा॒हा ये सन्ति॑ मुष्टि॒हेव॒ हव्यो॒ विश्वा॑सु पृ॒त्सु होतृ॑षु।
वृष्ण॑श्च॒न्द्रान्न सु॒श्रव॑स्तमान्गि॒रा वन्द॑स्व म॒रुतो॒ अह॑ ॥

sāhā ye santi muṣṭiheva havyo viśvāsu pṛtsu hotṛṣu।
vṛṣṇaścandrānna suśravastamāngirā vandasva maruto aha ॥

Those who accept challenges of hostile and formidable forces in battles of the human nation in the world and, like a veteran celebrated boxer, repulse the challengers and win, those virile Maruts, generous as cloud bearing winds, handsome as the golden moon, and most reputed in humanity, O poet, sing and celebrate in spontaneous and most exciting words and voice.

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8.20.21

गाव॑श्चिद्घा समन्यवः सजा॒त्ये॑न मरुत॒ सब॑न्धवः।
रि॒ह॒ते क॒कुभो॑ मि॒थः ॥

gāvaścidghā samanyavaḥ sajātyena maruta sabandhavaḥ।
rihate kakubho mithaḥ ॥

O Maruts, heroes of equal mind bound in brotherhood, even cows, by virtue of the same species sit together and love each other under your kind care even though they may be moving around in different directions.

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8.20.22

मर्त॑श्चिद्वो नृतवो रुक्मवक्षस॒ उप॑ भ्रातृ॒त्वमाय॑ति।
अधि॑ नो गात मरुत॒ सदा॒ हि व॑ आपि॒त्वमस्ति॒ निध्रु॑वि ॥

martaścidvo nṛtavo rukmavakṣasa upa bhrātṛtvamāyati।
adhi no gāta maruta sadā hi va āpitvamasti nidhruvi ॥

Mortals too, O Maruts, singing and dancing celebrants of life wearing golden corselet on the chest, come to realise their kindred unity under your kind care and direction. Sing and speak to us over and above us since our brotherhood with you is always inviolable.

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8.20.23

मरु॑तो॒ मारु॑तस्य न॒ आ भे॑ष॒जस्य॑ वहता सुदानवः।
यू॒यं स॑खायः सप्तयः ॥

maruto mārutasya na ā bheṣajasya vahatā sudānavaḥ।
yūyaṃ sakhāyaḥ saptayaḥ ॥

O Maruts, sojourners of lands and skies, moving in formations of seven coursers, noble and generous friends of the community, bring in for us medicaments of the air for our health and environment.

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8.20.24

याभि॒ सिन्धु॒मव॑थ॒ याभि॒स्तूर्व॑थ॒ याभि॑र्दश॒स्यथा॒ क्रिवि॑म्।
मयो॑ नो भूतो॒तिभि॑र्मयोभुवः शि॒वाभि॑रसचद्विषः ॥

yābhi sindhumavatha yābhistūrvatha yābhirdaśasyathā krivim।
mayo no bhūtotibhirmayobhuvaḥ śivābhirasacadviṣaḥ ॥

O heroes of lands and seas and skies, free from hate, jealousy and enmity, bring us that tactic and policy and modes of defence and protection by which you guard the sea, repulse encroachment, and dig and construct tanks and wells and give them to people. O heroes of peace and well-being, be good and kind with safeguards of all type, safe guards and defences of auspicious and benevolent kind.

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8.20.25

यत्सिन्धौ॒ यदसि॑क्न्यां॒ यत्स॑मु॒द्रेषु॑ मरुतः सुबर्हिषः।
यत्पर्व॑तेषु भेष॒जम् ॥

yatsindhau yadasiknyāṃ yatsamudreṣu marutaḥ subarhiṣaḥ।
yatparvateṣu bheṣajam ॥

O Marats, who sit on the holy seat of yajna, bring us the sanatives and medicaments that are in the rivers and the seas, in the darkness of caves, in the oceans and on the mountains.

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8.20.26

विश्वं॒ पश्य॑न्तो बिभृथा त॒नूष्वा तेना॑ नो॒ अधि॑ वोचत।
क्ष॒मा रपो॑ मरुत॒ आतु॑रस्य न॒ इष्क॑र्ता॒ विह्रु॑तं॒ पुन॑ ॥

viśvaṃ paśyanto bibhṛthā tanūṣvā tenā no adhi vocata।
kṣamā rapo maruta āturasya na iṣkartā vihrutaṃ puna ॥

O Maruts, you watch the world and all that it contains. You bear and bring all that knowledge and competence on your person, and with that pray, bless our physical body system and our body politic. By virtue of that knowledge and experience speak to us. O heroes of nature and humanity, cure the weakness, sin and suffering of our sick and restore to full health and efficiency whatever is broken and lost.

Ṛgveda 8.21 · 18 verses

8.21.1

व॒यमु॒ त्वाम॑पूर्व्य स्थू॒रं न कच्चि॒द्भर॑न्तोऽव॒स्यव॑।
वाजे॑ चि॒त्रं ह॑वामहे ॥

vayamu tvāmapūrvya sthūraṃ na kaccidbharanto'vasyava।
vāje citraṃ havāmahe ॥

O lord sublime, eternal, first and most excellent, we, bearing almost nothing substantial but praying for protection and advancement, invoke you in our battle of life for food, energy, knowledge and ultimate victory.

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8.21.2

उप॑ त्वा॒ कर्म॑न्नू॒तये॒ स नो॒ युवो॒ग्रश्च॑क्राम॒ यो धृ॒षत्।
त्वामिद्ध्य॑वि॒तारं॑ ववृ॒महे॒ सखा॑य इन्द्र सान॒सिम् ॥

upa tvā karmannūtaye sa no yuvograścakrāma yo dhṛṣat।
tvāmiddhyavitāraṃ vavṛmahe sakhāya indra sānasim ॥

We approach you for protection and success in every undertaking. O lord youthful and blazing brave who can challenge and subdue any difficulty, pray come to our help. Indra, friends and admirers of yours, we depend on you alone as our sole saviour and victorious lord and choose to pray to you only as the lord supreme.

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8.21.3

आ या॑ही॒म इन्द॒वोऽश्व॑पते॒ गोप॑त॒ उर्व॑रापते।
सोमं॑ सोमपते पिब ॥

ā yāhīma indavo'śvapate gopata urvarāpate।
somaṃ somapate piba ॥

Come lord of cows, horses and fertile lands, giver and protector of the nation and its glory, knowledge and wisdom and our creative activities, the somas of our success are for you to appreciate. O lord of life and life’s joy of soma, come and join the ecstasy of our achievement and its celebration.

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8.21.4

व॒यं हि त्वा॒ बन्धु॑मन्तमब॒न्धवो॒ विप्रा॑स इन्द्र येमि॒म।
या ते॒ धामा॑नि वृषभ॒ तेभि॒रा ग॑हि॒ विश्वे॑भि॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥

vayaṃ hi tvā bandhumantamabandhavo viprāsa indra yemima।
yā te dhāmāni vṛṣabha tebhirā gahi viśvebhi somapītaye ॥

Bereft of any permanent brotherhood in mortal humanity, we are drawn by ourselves to you, enlightened as we are and universal brother as you are in kinship divine. O lord of universal vigour and generosity, with all the world regions you command, come with the glory of all those worlds, join our soma celebrations, accept our devotion and protect this social order.

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8.21.5

सीद॑न्तस्ते॒ वयो॑ यथा॒ गोश्री॑ते॒ मधौ॑ मदि॒रे वि॒वक्ष॑णे।
अ॒भि त्वामि॑न्द्र नोनुमः ॥

sīdantaste vayo yathā gośrīte madhau madire vivakṣaṇe।
abhi tvāmindra nonumaḥ ॥

Nestled like birds in the nest, in your exuberant, exciting, honey sweet yajnic world of light and joy overflowing with delicacies of food and drink, we bow to you and worship you in thankfulness.

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8.21.6

अच्छा॑ च त्वै॒ना नम॑सा॒ वदा॑मसि॒ किं मुहु॑श्चि॒द्वि दी॑धयः।
सन्ति॒ कामा॑सो हरिवो द॒दिष्ट्वं स्मो व॒यं सन्ति॑ नो॒ धिय॑ ॥

acchā ca tvainā namasā vadāmasi kiṃ muhuścidvi dīdhayaḥ।
santi kāmāso harivo dadiṣṭvaṃ smo vayaṃ santi no dhiya ॥

Profusely with this salutation and homage, we honour and praise you and pray to you again and again. Why do you hesitate, in thought? O lord of the moving world, we have our desires and ambitions. You are the giver of fulfilment. We are here, our prayers are here, and we are yours. We have our thoughts and intelligence too, hence we pray: Grant our prayers without delay.

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8.21.7

नूत्ना॒ इदि॑न्द्र ते व॒यमू॒ती अ॑भूम न॒हि नू ते॑ अद्रिवः।
वि॒द्मा पु॒रा परी॑णसः ॥

nūtnā idindra te vayamūtī abhūma nahi nū te adrivaḥ।
vidmā purā parīṇasaḥ ॥

O lord of the thunderbolt, mountains and the clouds, ruler of the world, Indra, it is not that we are just new to your beneficence, protection and promotion, we have indeed enjoyed and known your wealth and munificence since time immemorial.

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8.21.8

वि॒द्मा स॑खि॒त्वमु॒त शू॑र भो॒ज्य१मा ते॒ ता व॑ज्रिन्नीमहे।
उ॒तो स॑मस्मि॒न्ना शि॑शीहि नो वसो॒ वाजे॑ सुशिप्र॒ गोम॑ति ॥

vidmā sakhitvamuta śūra bhojya1mā te tā vajrinnīmahe।
uto samasminnā śiśīhi no vaso vāje suśipra gomati ॥

O lord of might, wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and power, we know and enjoy your love and friendship and your liberal provisions of life’s enjoyment, and the same we solicit of you. And we pray, O lord of the golden helmet, power and knowledge, giver of peace and settlement, establish us in this noble order of lands and cows, food and energy, knowledge and action and the holy life of freedom and happiness.

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8.21.9

यो न॑ इ॒दमि॑दं पु॒रा प्र वस्य॑ आनि॒नाय॒ तमु॑ वः स्तुषे।
सखा॑य॒ इन्द्र॑मू॒तये॑ ॥

yo na idamidaṃ purā pra vasya ānināya tamu vaḥ stuṣe।
sakhāya indramūtaye ॥

O friends, for the peace, freedom, progress and protection of you all, I pray to the same Indra, lord almighty, who has provided this beautiful world of joy for us since the very time of creation.

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8.21.10

हर्य॑श्वं॒ सत्प॑तिं चर्षणी॒सहं॒ स हि ष्मा॒ यो अम॑न्दत।
आ तु न॒ स व॑यति॒ गव्य॒मश्व्यं॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ म॒घवा॑ श॒तम् ॥

haryaśvaṃ satpatiṃ carṣaṇīsahaṃ sa hi ṣmā yo amandata।
ā tu na sa vayati gavyamaśvyaṃ stotṛbhyo maghavā śatam ॥

He alone is happy indeed and prospers who glorifies Indra, lord of the moving universe, protector and promoter of truth and reality and ruler and justicier of humanity, who, lord almighty, weaves for us this web of a hundredfold variety of earthly provision and all attainable possibility for the celebrants.

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8.21.11

त्वया॑ ह स्विद्यु॒जा व॒यं प्रति॑ श्व॒सन्तं॑ वृषभ ब्रुवीमहि।
सं॒स्थे जन॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः ॥

tvayā ha svidyujā vayaṃ prati śvasantaṃ vṛṣabha bruvīmahi।
saṃsthe janasya gomataḥ ॥

By you alone as our friend and comrade, O lord almighty, generous giver, can we counter a gasping contestant in this settled world order of humanity full of lands and cows, blest as we are with the light of knowledge and culture.

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8.21.12

जये॑म का॒रे पु॑रुहूत का॒रिणो॒ऽभि ति॑ष्ठेम दू॒ढ्य॑।
नृभि॑र्वृ॒त्रं ह॒न्याम॑ शूशु॒याम॒ चावे॑रिन्द्र॒ प्र णो॒ धिय॑ ॥

jayema kāre puruhūta kāriṇo'bhi tiṣṭhema dūḍhya।
nṛbhirvṛtraṃ hanyāma śūśuyāma cāverindra pra ṇo dhiya ॥

Indra, lord of power and light of life, universally invoked, let us win over the violent in the struggle of life, discipline and subject to rule and order the obstinate and intransigent with reason, dispel darkness and destroy evil with the help of the leading lights of society, and thus grow and march forward and higher. O lord, protect and guide our thoughts and actions against temptations to go astray.

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8.21.13

अ॒भ्रा॒तृ॒व्यो अ॒ना त्वमना॑पिरिन्द्र ज॒नुषा॑ स॒नाद॑सि।
यु॒धेदा॑पि॒त्वमि॑च्छसे ॥

abhrātṛvyo anā tvamanāpirindra januṣā sanādasi।
yudhedāpitvamicchase ॥

Indra, lord of absolute might by nature, since birth of the universe, indeed for eternity, you are without a rival, need no leader, no friend and no comrade, but in the dynamics of human life you do want that the human should be your companion in and for his struggle for self-evolution and social progress.

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8.21.14

नकी॑ रे॒वन्तं॑ स॒ख्याय॑ विन्दसे॒ पीय॑न्ति ते सुरा॒श्व॑।
य॒दा कृ॒णोषि॑ नद॒नुं समू॑ह॒स्यादित्पि॒तेव॑ हूयसे ॥

nakī revantaṃ sakhyāya vindase pīyanti te surāśva।
yadā kṛṇoṣi nadanuṃ samūhasyāditpiteva hūyase ॥

You do not just care to choose the rich for companionship, if they are swollen with drink and pride and violate the rules of divine discipline. But when you attend to the poor and alter their fortune for the better, you are invoked like father with gratitude which the voice of thunder acknowledges and approves.

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8.21.15

मा ते॑ अमा॒जुरो॑ यथा मू॒रास॑ इन्द्र स॒ख्ये त्वाव॑तः।
नि ष॑दाम॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते ॥

mā te amājuro yathā mūrāsa indra sakhye tvāvataḥ।
ni ṣadāma sacā sute ॥

Indra, Lord of yajnic evolution and social development, let us not like stupid fools sit at home and grow to age in years, but let us, in enlightened friendship with a power like you, sit on the yajna vedi and grow in knowledge and wisdom.

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8.21.16

मा ते॑ गोदत्र॒ निर॑राम॒ राध॑स॒ इन्द्र॒ मा ते॑ गृहामहि।
दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑द॒र्यः प्र मृ॑शा॒भ्या भ॑र॒ न ते॑ दा॒मान॑ आ॒दभे॑ ॥

mā te godatra nirarāma rādhasa indra mā te gṛhāmahi।
dṛḷhā cidaryaḥ pra mṛśābhyā bhara na te dāmāna ādabhe ॥

Indra, lord giver of lands and cows, knowledge and enlightened culture, let us never fall from your gifts of divine munificence. Let us never take anything from anyone other than you. O lord of the world’s wealth, bear and bring us your gifts of permanent value. No one can ever disturb or stop the flow of your gifts of love and charity to humanity.

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8.21.17

इन्द्रो॑ वा॒ घेदिय॑न्म॒घं सर॑स्वती वा सु॒भगा॑ द॒दिर्वसु॑।
त्वं वा॑ चित्र दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

indro vā ghediyanmaghaṃ sarasvatī vā subhagā dadirvasu।
tvaṃ vā citra dāśuṣe ॥

Is it Indra, ruling power of the mortal world, that gives so much wealth to the man of yajnic charity? Or is it Sarasvati, holy speech, abundant stream and dynamics of nature that gives so much wealth to the charitable humanity? Or is it you, Lord Supreme, sublime mystery of the world of existence, who give so much wealth to the liberal donor?

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8.21.18

चित्र॒ इद्राजा॑ राज॒का इद॑न्य॒के य॒के सर॑स्वती॒मनु॑।
प॒र्जन्य॑ इव त॒तन॒द्धि वृ॒ष्ट्या स॒हस्र॑म॒युता॒ दद॑त् ॥

citra idrājā rājakā idanyake yake sarasvatīmanu।
parjanya iva tatanaddhi vṛṣṭyā sahasramayutā dadat ॥

Ṛgveda 8.22 · 18 verses

8.22.1

ओ त्यम॑ह्व॒ आ रथ॑म॒द्या दंसि॑ष्ठमू॒तये॑।
यम॑श्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी॒ आ सू॒र्यायै॑ त॒स्थथु॑ ॥

o tyamahva ā rathamadyā daṃsiṣṭhamūtaye।
yamaśvinā suhavā rudravartanī ā sūryāyai tasthathu ॥

Ah, on this auspicious day I invoke, imagine and structure that most wonderful and versatile chariot for protection and progress which the Ashvins, twin harbingers of the freshness of a new morning, most welcome invitees, would ascend and come by paths of love and justice free from violence for the advancement of life’s light and glory.

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8.22.2

पू॒र्वा॒युषं॑ सु॒हवं॑ पुरु॒स्पृहं॑ भु॒ज्युं वाजे॑षु॒ पूर्व्य॑म्।
स॒च॒नाव॑न्तं सुम॒तिभि॑ सोभरे॒ विद्वे॑षसमने॒हस॑म् ॥

pūrvāyuṣaṃ suhavaṃ puruspṛhaṃ bhujyuṃ vājeṣu pūrvyam।
sacanāvantaṃ sumatibhi sobhare vidveṣasamanehasam ॥

O Sobhari, scientist and technologist, with your best of intelligence and intention, design, structure and perfect the chariot which has supported the life of the nation since earliest times, which is welcome and available to all easily, universally acceptable and enjoyable, first and foremost in the battles of life, friend of all on land, sea and sky, inviolable and unchallengeable by the jealous rivals and enemies.

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8.22.3

इ॒ह त्या पु॑रु॒भूत॑मा दे॒वा नमो॑भिर॒श्विना॑।
अ॒र्वा॒ची॒ना स्वव॑से करामहे॒ गन्ता॑रा दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हम् ॥

iha tyā purubhūtamā devā namobhiraśvinā।
arvācīnā svavase karāmahe gantārā dāśuṣo gṛham ॥

Here on the earth for the sake of protection and progress of the human nation, with all honours and reverence, we invoke, appoint and consecrate the Ashvins, universally acceptable, brilliant and generous complementary twin powers of the nation such as the ruler and the governing council or ruler and the commander of defence forces, who are harbingers of fresh life, energy and prosperity for humanity, who are latest in knowledge and competence and freely mix with the generous citizens at their homes.

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8.22.4

यु॒वो रथ॑स्य॒ परि॑ च॒क्रमी॑यत ई॒र्मान्यद्वा॑मिषण्यति।
अ॒स्माँ अच्छा॑ सुम॒तिर्वां॑ शुभस्पती॒ आ धे॒नुरि॑व धावतु ॥

yuvo rathasya pari cakramīyata īrmānyadvāmiṣaṇyati।
asmām̐ acchā sumatirvāṃ śubhaspatī ā dhenuriva dhāvatu ॥

One chariot of yours is ever on the wheel going all round and round, the other serves, inspires and flies you anywhere when you need. O protectors of the auspicious good fortune of the human nation, may your good will and benevolence hasten to reach us like the mother cow rushing to her calf.

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8.22.5

रथो॒ यो वां॑ त्रिवन्धु॒रो हिर॑ण्याभीशुरश्विना।
परि॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी भूष॑ति श्रु॒तस्तेन॑ नास॒त्या ग॑तम् ॥

ratho yo vāṃ trivandhuro hiraṇyābhīśuraśvinā।
pari dyāvāpṛthivī bhūṣati śrutastena nāsatyā gatam ॥

Your famous and celebrated three-stage chariot controlled by golden steers traverses over heaven and earth. O lovers of truth and righteousness, come to us by that glorious chariot.

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8.22.6

द॒श॒स्यन्ता॒ मन॑वे पू॒र्व्यं दि॒वि यवं॒ वृके॑ण कर्षथः।
ता वा॑म॒द्य सु॑म॒तिभि॑ शुभस्पती॒ अश्वि॑ना॒ प्र स्तु॑वीमहि ॥

daśasyantā manave pūrvyaṃ divi yavaṃ vṛkeṇa karṣathaḥ।
tā vāmadya sumatibhi śubhaspatī aśvinā pra stuvīmahi ॥

O twin powers of socio-economic complementarities, rulers and protectors of the nation’s auspicious good fortune, you till the land with the plough giving the people the gift of barley and setting a generous example of enlightened behaviour of permanent value. O leaders of eminence and splendour, with sincere thought, intention and action we celebrate you both this holy day of thanks giving for the nation.

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8.22.7

उप॑ नो वाजिनीवसू या॒तमृ॒तस्य॑ प॒थिभि॑।
येभि॑स्तृ॒क्षिं वृ॑षणा त्रासदस्य॒वं म॒हे क्ष॒त्राय॒ जिन्व॑थः ॥

upa no vājinīvasū yātamṛtasya pathibhi।
yebhistṛkṣiṃ vṛṣaṇā trāsadasyavaṃ mahe kṣatrāya jinvathaḥ ॥

Generous and victorious lords of strength and progress, come to us by those paths of truth and righteousness by which, O brilliant harbingers of rain showers of prosperity, you strengthen and empower the high command of the nation to maintain the splendour of the nation’s social order and keep down the forces of violence and terror in peace and submission.

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8.22.8

अ॒यं वा॒मद्रि॑भिः सु॒तः सोमो॑ नरा वृषण्वसू।
आ या॑तं॒ सोम॑पीतये॒ पिब॑तं दा॒शुषो॑ गृ॒हे ॥

ayaṃ vāmadribhiḥ sutaḥ somo narā vṛṣaṇvasū।
ā yātaṃ somapītaye pibataṃ dāśuṣo gṛhe ॥

O leading lights of humanity, generous harbingers of the showers of prosperity, this soma of pleasure and honour distilled with the complementary forces of our social dynamics is for you. Come to participate in the celebrations of the nation for the taste of glory and ecstasy and drink the soma in the yajnic house of the generous giver and performer of yajna.

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8.22.9

आ हि रु॒हत॑मश्विना॒ रथे॒ कोशे॑ हिर॒ण्यये॑ वृषण्वसू।
यु॒ञ्जाथां॒ पीव॑री॒रिष॑ ॥

ā hi ruhatamaśvinā rathe kośe hiraṇyaye vṛṣaṇvasū।
yuñjāthāṃ pīvarīriṣa ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of the showers of prosperity, ascend the chariot, seat yourselves in the golden interior of the chariot, come and settle us into a powerful social order of energy and prosperity.

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8.22.10

याभि॑ प॒क्थमव॑थो॒ याभि॒रध्रि॑गुं॒ याभि॑र्ब॒भ्रुं विजो॑षसम्।
ताभि॑र्नो म॒क्षू तूय॑मश्वि॒ना ग॑तं भिष॒ज्यतं॒ यदातु॑रम् ॥

yābhi pakthamavatho yābhiradhriguṃ yābhirbabhruṃ vijoṣasam।
tābhirno makṣū tūyamaśvinā gataṃ bhiṣajyataṃ yadāturam ॥

Ashvins, rulers and administrators of the social system of health and security, come with those protections and securities by which you protect and maintain the healthy veterans of knowledge and practical action, by which you assist the disabled and help the support system for the weak and the destitute. Come fast without delay to sustain the weak and suffering in a state of emergency and provide them medical aid.

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8.22.11

यदध्रि॑गावो॒ अध्रि॑गू इ॒दा चि॒दह्नो॑ अ॒श्विना॒ हवा॑महे।
व॒यं गी॒र्भिर्वि॑प॒न्यव॑ ॥

yadadhrigāvo adhrigū idā cidahno aśvinā havāmahe।
vayaṃ gīrbhirvipanyava ॥

We men of the mantra in need, celebrants of the irresistible Ashvins, powers of wind and electric energy, ministrants of succour and security, invoke them with voices of praise at this time of the day to come and help us.

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8.22.12

ताभि॒रा या॑तं वृष॒णोप॑ मे॒ हवं॑ वि॒श्वप्सुं॑ वि॒श्ववा॑र्यम्।
इ॒षा मंहि॑ष्ठा पुरु॒भूत॑मा नरा॒ याभि॒ क्रिविं॑ वावृ॒धुस्ताभि॒रा ग॑तम् ॥

tābhirā yātaṃ vṛṣaṇopa me havaṃ viśvapsuṃ viśvavāryam।
iṣā maṃhiṣṭhā purubhūtamā narā yābhi kriviṃ vāvṛdhustābhirā gatam ॥

Ashvins, leading lights of humanity, virile harbingers of showers of health and life’s joy, listen to my manifold and persistent invocation expressive of universal love and devotion and come. Most generous and exceedingly rich all round universal presences, come with those foods and medications for recuperative energies by which you revive and strengthen the man fallen into utter depression. With those protective and promotive sanatives, pray, come in response to my call.

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8.22.13

तावि॒दा चि॒दहा॑नां॒ ताव॒श्विना॒ वन्द॑मान॒ उप॑ ब्रुवे।
ता उ॒ नमो॑भिरीमहे ॥

tāvidā cidahānāṃ tāvaśvinā vandamāna upa bruve।
tā u namobhirīmahe ॥

At this time of the day every morning, saluting and celebrating the twin powers of human and natural complementarity, the Ashvins, I speak to them intimately, and this is how with homage and prayer we invoke them to come and bless.

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8.22.14

ताविद्दो॒षा ता उ॒षसि॑ शु॒भस्पती॒ ता याम॑न्रु॒द्रव॑र्तनी।
मा नो॒ मर्ता॑य रि॒पवे॑ वाजिनीवसू प॒रो रु॑द्रा॒वति॑ ख्यतम् ॥

tāviddoṣā tā uṣasi śubhaspatī tā yāmanrudravartanī।
mā no martāya ripave vājinīvasū paro rudrāvati khyatam ॥

Those two lords of auspicious good fortune moving by paths of rectitude, justice and punishment, we invoke and celebrate at night, early morning at dawn and all times of the day. May they, lord commanders of wealth and victory, scourge of evil and violence, never forsake us to the mortal enemy, never throw us far off to the hungry wolves.

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8.22.15

आ सुग्म्या॑य॒ सुग्म्यं॑ प्रा॒ता रथे॑ना॒श्विना॑ वा स॒क्षणी॑।
हु॒वे पि॒तेव॒ सोभ॑री ॥

ā sugmyāya sugmyaṃ prātā rathenāśvinā vā sakṣaṇī।
huve piteva sobharī ॥

Like my father rich in knowledge and enlightenment, I invoke the Ashvins, twin, inseparable powers of complementarity in unison, in the morning to come by chariot as they please and to bring riches and joy for the devotee praying for riches and joy.

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8.22.16

मनो॑जवसा वृषणा मदच्युता मक्षुंग॒माभि॑रू॒तिभि॑।
आ॒रात्ता॑च्चिद्भूतम॒स्मे अव॑से पू॒र्वीभि॑ पुरुभोजसा ॥

manojavasā vṛṣaṇā madacyutā makṣuṃgamābhirūtibhi।
ārāttāccidbhūtamasme avase pūrvībhi purubhojasā ॥

O Ashvins, complementary harbingers of showers of joy, moving at the speed of mind to provide sustenance and pleasures of life for all, come and be at the closest to us for our protection and progress by instant modes of defence and security as you have ever been since the earliest times of creation.

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8.22.17

आ नो॒ अश्वा॑वदश्विना व॒र्तिर्या॑सिष्टं मधुपातमा नरा।
गोम॑द्दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् ॥

ā no aśvāvadaśvinā vartiryāsiṣṭaṃ madhupātamā narā।
gomaddasrā hiraṇyavat ॥

Ashvins, mighty blissful complementary twin powers of humanity in the social order, leading lights of life, commanding wealth of cows and horses, lands, culture and advancement, givers of success in high attainment, greatest protectors and promoters of the honey sweets of life and golden wealth of the world, come and bless us with the wealth we pray for.

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8.22.18

सु॒प्रा॒व॒र्गं सु॒वीर्यं॑ सु॒ष्ठु वार्य॒मना॑धृष्टं रक्ष॒स्विना॑।
अ॒स्मिन्ना वा॑मा॒याने॑ वाजिनीवसू॒ विश्वा॑ वा॒मानि॑ धीमहि ॥

suprāvargaṃ suvīryaṃ suṣṭhu vāryamanādhṛṣṭaṃ rakṣasvinā।
asminnā vāmāyāne vājinīvasū viśvā vāmāni dhīmahi ॥

Ashvins, lords of wealth, power and victory, may we, upon this happy arrival of yours receive, value and meditate upon all the beauties and treasures of the world of distinguished wealth spontaneously given, creative and energetic, highly lovable and unchallengeable even by the demonic strong as our prize possession.

Ṛgveda 8.23 · 30 verses

8.23.1

ईळि॑ष्वा॒ हि प्र॑ती॒व्यं१ यज॑स्व जा॒तवे॑दसम्।
च॒रि॒ष्णुधू॑म॒मगृ॑भीतशोचिषम् ॥

īḷiṣvā hi pratīvyaṃ1 yajasva jātavedasam।
cariṣṇudhūmamagṛbhītaśociṣam ॥

Study, celebrate and by yajna develop the fire divine, immanent and omnipresent energy, versatile power whose smoke rises freely and whose light of flame no one comprehends, no one can obstruct.

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8.23.2

दा॒मानं॑ विश्वचर्षणे॒ऽग्निं वि॑श्वमनो गि॒रा।
उ॒त स्तु॑षे॒ विष्प॑र्धसो॒ रथा॑नाम् ॥

dāmānaṃ viśvacarṣaṇe'gniṃ viśvamano girā।
uta stuṣe viṣpardhaso rathānām ॥

And watching the world of existence and thinking and meditating at heart on its dynamics of evolution, I adore Agni with the holy voice of faith, lord and power, that giver of chariots for onward movement to those who vie with one another for progress in various ways.

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8.23.3

येषा॑माबा॒ध ऋ॒ग्मिय॑ इ॒षः पृ॒क्षश्च॑ नि॒ग्रभे॑।
उ॒प॒विदा॒ वह्नि॑र्विन्दते॒ वसु॑ ॥

yeṣāmābādha ṛgmiya iṣaḥ pṛkṣaśca nigrabhe।
upavidā vahnirvindate vasu ॥

Those seekers whose inputs of food and energy, the all powerful Agni, adored and served with Vedic formulae, receives, consumes and directs within the dynamic laws of nature, through their investigations receive new wealth and knowledge.

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8.23.4

उद॑स्य शो॒चिर॑स्थाद्दीदि॒युषो॒ व्य१जर॑म्।
तपु॑र्जम्भस्य सु॒द्युतो॑ गण॒श्रिय॑ ॥

udasya śocirasthāddīdiyuṣo vya1jaram।
tapurjambhasya sudyuto gaṇaśriya ॥

And the radiance of this burning, flaming, consuming fire, blazing brilliant, all illuminative, rises high, unaging and imperishable, adding to the wealth and glory of all classes of people.

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8.23.5

उदु॑ तिष्ठ स्वध्वर॒ स्तवा॑नो दे॒व्या कृ॒पा।
अ॒भि॒ख्या भा॒सा बृ॑ह॒ता शु॑शु॒क्वनि॑ ॥

udu tiṣṭha svadhvara stavāno devyā kṛpā।
abhikhyā bhāsā bṛhatā śuśukvani ॥

O Agni, light and fire of life, adored and served with yajnic service of love and non-violence, rise high by the laws and grace of Divinity, shining ever bright with wider and higher light, power and magnificence. (This mantra may also be interpreted as exhortation to the person dedicated to yajna.)

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8.23.6

अग्ने॑ या॒हि सु॑श॒स्तिभि॑र्ह॒व्या जुह्वा॑न आनु॒षक्।
यथा॑ दू॒तो ब॒भूथ॑ हव्य॒वाह॑नः ॥

agne yāhi suśastibhirhavyā juhvāna ānuṣak।
yathā dūto babhūtha havyavāhanaḥ ॥

Go, Agni, with the hymns of adoration, constantly receiving, returning, and transmitting the holy materials of yajna to the divinities as, like a messenger, you are the carrier of fragrance of the havi offered into the vedi.

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8.23.7

अ॒ग्निं व॑ पू॒र्व्यं हु॑वे॒ होता॑रं चर्षणी॒नाम्।
तम॒या वा॒चा गृ॑णे॒ तमु॑ वः स्तुषे ॥

agniṃ va pūrvyaṃ huve hotāraṃ carṣaṇīnām।
tamayā vācā gṛṇe tamu vaḥ stuṣe ॥

O devoted people, for you I invoke Agni, eternal power and universal high priest of humanity. By this song of adoration, I worship Agni and exhort you too to adore the universal light and power of divinity.

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8.23.8

य॒ज्ञेभि॒रद्भु॑तक्रतुं॒ यं कृ॒पा सू॒दय॑न्त॒ इत्।
मि॒त्रं न जने॒ सुधि॑तमृ॒ताव॑नि ॥

yajñebhiradbhutakratuṃ yaṃ kṛpā sūdayanta it।
mitraṃ na jane sudhitamṛtāvani ॥

Agni showers his love and grace on people who follow the path of rectitude and light, serve and exalt the lord of marvellous action with yajnas as a benevolent friend.

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8.23.9

ऋ॒तावा॑नमृतायवो य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नं गि॒रा।
उपो॑ एनं जुजुषु॒र्नम॑सस्प॒दे ॥

ṛtāvānamṛtāyavo yajñasya sādhanaṃ girā।
upo enaṃ jujuṣurnamasaspade ॥

O men of yajna and followers of the paths of universal truth, with songs of holiness, in the house of yajna, love, exalt and closely serve this Agni, lord of universal truth and eternal law and the end and aim of the perfection of yajna.

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8.23.10

अच्छा॑ नो॒ अङ्गि॑रस्तमं य॒ज्ञासो॑ यन्तु सं॒यत॑।
होता॒ यो अस्ति॑ वि॒क्ष्वा य॒शस्त॑मः ॥

acchā no aṅgirastamaṃ yajñāso yantu saṃyata।
hotā yo asti vikṣvā yaśastamaḥ ॥

May all our yajnas and other yajnic actions well conducted, together, reach Agni, supreme, most vital life breath of existence and most honourable high priest of yajna among people, who is the ultimate end and aim of the perfection of yajna.

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8.23.11

अग्ने॒ तव॒ त्ये अ॑ज॒रेन्धा॑नासो बृ॒हद्भाः।
अश्वा॑ इव॒ वृष॑णस्तविषी॒यव॑ ॥

agne tava tye ajarendhānāso bṛhadbhāḥ।
aśvā iva vṛṣaṇastaviṣīyava ॥

O unaging and imperishable Agni, those blazing flames of expansive brilliance, generous and virile like solar radiations, are reflections of your supreme power and glory.

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8.23.12

स त्वं न॑ ऊर्जां पते र॒यिं रा॑स्व सु॒वीर्य॑म्।
प्राव॑ नस्तो॒के तन॑ये स॒मत्स्वा ॥

sa tvaṃ na ūrjāṃ pate rayiṃ rāsva suvīryam।
prāva nastoke tanaye samatsvā ॥

Agni, lord protector of universal energy, pray bear, bring and bless us with manly vigour, and in the battles of life protect us and our children and grand children.

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8.23.13

यद्वा उ॑ वि॒श्पति॑ शि॒तः सुप्री॑तो॒ मनु॑षो वि॒शि।
विश्वेद॒ग्निः प्रति॒ रक्षां॑सि सेधति ॥

yadvā u viśpati śitaḥ suprīto manuṣo viśi।
viśvedagniḥ prati rakṣāṃsi sedhati ॥

When Agni, presiding spirit of human life, is animated, energised and sharpened by yajna, then, active in the human settlements, it counters and dispels all evil influences and forces of negativity.

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8.23.14

श्रु॒ष्ट्य॑ग्ने॒ नव॑स्य मे॒ स्तोम॑स्य वीर विश्पते।
नि मा॒यिन॒स्तपु॑षा र॒क्षसो॑ दह ॥

śruṣṭyagne navasya me stomasya vīra viśpate।
ni māyinastapuṣā rakṣaso daha ॥

Mighty brave Agni, lord of the people, saving spirit of life, hearing my new song of praise and prayer, bum off the destructive wiles of the evil forces with your heat.

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8.23.15

न तस्य॑ मा॒यया॑ च॒न रि॒पुरी॑शीत॒ मर्त्य॑।
यो अ॒ग्नये॑ द॒दाश॑ ह॒व्यदा॑तिभिः ॥

na tasya māyayā cana ripurīśīta martya।
yo agnaye dadāśa havyadātibhiḥ ॥

Whoever offers homage to Agni with sacred oblations into the holy fire is safe, no mortal enemy even with the worst of his fraudulent power or sorcery can prevail over him or his home.

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8.23.16

व्य॑श्वस्त्वा वसु॒विद॑मुक्ष॒ण्युर॑प्रीणा॒दृषि॑।
म॒हो रा॒ये तमु॑ त्वा॒ समि॑धीमहि ॥

vyaśvastvā vasuvidamukṣaṇyuraprīṇādṛṣi।
maho rāye tamu tvā samidhīmahi ॥

The sage in search of dynamic energy and showers of the wealth of knowledge and bliss adores and serves you, giver of the world’s wealth and knowledge. We too light you well in the correct manner for the attainment of the same great wealth of life.

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8.23.17

उ॒शना॑ का॒व्यस्त्वा॒ नि होता॑रमसादयत्।
आ॒य॒जिं त्वा॒ मन॑वे जा॒तवे॑दसम् ॥

uśanā kāvyastvā ni hotāramasādayat।
āyajiṃ tvā manave jātavedasam ॥

The lover with passion and the poet with paternal vision attain to you, Agni, high priest of the real cosmic yajna and immanent and omniscient presence in existence for the good of humanity.

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8.23.18

विश्वे॒ हि त्वा॑ स॒जोष॑सो दे॒वासो॑ दू॒तमक्र॑त।
श्रु॒ष्टी दे॑व प्रथ॒मो य॒ज्ञियो॑ भुवः ॥

viśve hi tvā sajoṣaso devāso dūtamakrata।
śruṣṭī deva prathamo yajñiyo bhuvaḥ ॥

All the brilliant sages and scholars of the world in unison with love accept you, Agni, as the messenger of Divinity, and, being the fastest carrier, O brilliant and generous power, you become the first adorable yajaka of existence.

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8.23.19

इ॒मं घा॑ वी॒रो अ॒मृतं॑ दू॒तं कृ॑ण्वीत॒ मर्त्य॑।
पा॒व॒कं कृ॒ष्णव॑र्तनिं॒ विहा॑यसम् ॥

imaṃ ghā vīro amṛtaṃ dūtaṃ kṛṇvīta martya।
pāvakaṃ kṛṣṇavartaniṃ vihāyasam ॥

Let the brave mortal accept the imperishable and immortal Agni as the messenger of Divinity and medium of the dynamics of existence, purifier, agent of cosmic gravitation and sustenance and the mightiest natural power.

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8.23.20

तं हु॑वेम य॒तस्रु॑चः सु॒भासं॑ शु॒क्रशो॑चिषम्।
वि॒शाम॒ग्निम॒जरं॑ प्र॒त्नमीड्य॑म् ॥

taṃ huvema yatasrucaḥ subhāsaṃ śukraśociṣam।
viśāmagnimajaraṃ pratnamīḍyam ॥

We invoke Agni and, holding ladles of ghrta and havi, feed and serve the divine fire blissfully shining bright in flames, unaging prime power adorable for the people.

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8.23.21

यो अ॑स्मै ह॒व्यदा॑तिभि॒राहु॑तिं॒ मर्तोऽवि॑धत्।
भूरि॒ पोषं॒ स ध॑त्ते वी॒रव॒द्यश॑ ॥

yo asmai havyadātibhirāhutiṃ marto'vidhat।
bhūri poṣaṃ sa dhatte vīravadyaśa ॥

The mortal who, with faith and reverence, dedicates himself to this Agni and offers oblations into the fire divine with holy fragrant materials receives the blessings of ample health and nourishment, honour and fame and the gift of heroic progeny.

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8.23.22

प्र॒थ॒मं जा॒तवे॑दसम॒ग्निं य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यम्।
प्रति॒ स्रुगे॑ति॒ नम॑सा ह॒विष्म॑ती ॥

prathamaṃ jātavedasamagniṃ yajñeṣu pūrvyam।
prati srugeti namasā haviṣmatī ॥

To Agni, first and prime power immanent in everything bom in existence, every ladle full of holy materials moves with chant of faith, reverence and selfless service in yajnas.

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8.23.23

आभि॑र्विधेमा॒ग्नये॒ ज्येष्ठा॑भिर्व्यश्व॒वत्।
मंहि॑ष्ठाभिर्म॒तिभि॑ शु॒क्रशो॑चिषे ॥

ābhirvidhemāgnaye jyeṣṭhābhirvyaśvavat।
maṃhiṣṭhābhirmatibhi śukraśociṣe ॥

With these oblations and the chant of highest and most powerful hymns, let us, like the sage of perfect discipline of mind and sense, offer service and submission to Agni, yajnic power of purest flame.

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8.23.24

नू॒नम॑र्च॒ विहा॑यसे॒ स्तोमे॑भिः स्थूरयूप॒वत्।
ऋषे॑ वैयश्व॒ दम्या॑या॒ग्नये॑ ॥

nūnamarca vihāyase stomebhiḥ sthūrayūpavat।
ṛṣe vaiyaśva damyāyāgnaye ॥

Holy sage of mental and moral discipline, like a yajaka of eminence and unshakable faith, offer honour and reverence with songs of adoration and selfless service to Agni, presiding power of the home and infinite presence of the universe.

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8.23.25

अति॑थिं॒ मानु॑षाणां सू॒नुं वन॒स्पती॑नाम्।
विप्रा॑ अ॒ग्निमव॑से प्र॒त्नमी॑ळते ॥

atithiṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ sūnuṃ vanaspatīnām।
viprā agnimavase pratnamīḷate ॥

Sages and scholars worship Agni, primeval presence of the universe, life giver of herbs and trees and honourable like a welcome guest in people’s homes for the sake of protection and progress.

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8.23.26

म॒हो विश्वाँ॑ अ॒भि ष॒तो॒३ऽभि ह॒व्यानि॒ मानु॑षा।
अग्ने॒ नि ष॑त्सि॒ नम॒साधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥

maho viśvām̐ abhi ṣato3'bhi havyāni mānuṣā।
agne ni ṣatsi namasādhi barhiṣi ॥

Great Agni, you pervade everything in existence, you sanctify all yajnic materials of mankind and, honoured with reverence and oblations of havi, you vibrate on the holy grass and illuminate the heart of the yajamana.

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8.23.27

वंस्वा॑ नो॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु वंस्व॑ रा॒यः पु॑रु॒स्पृह॑।
सु॒वीर्य॑स्य प्र॒जाव॑तो॒ यश॑स्वतः ॥

vaṃsvā no vāryā puru vaṃsva rāyaḥ puruspṛha।
suvīryasya prajāvato yaśasvataḥ ॥

Give us the gifts of our choice in abundance. Give us wealth and honours of the love and desire of all mankind, give us abundance of brave progeny, honour, excellence and fame.

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8.23.28

त्वं व॑रो सु॒षाम्णेऽग्ने॒ जना॑य चोदय।
सदा॑ वसो रा॒तिं य॑विष्ठ॒ शश्व॑ते ॥

tvaṃ varo suṣāmṇe'gne janāya codaya।
sadā vaso rātiṃ yaviṣṭha śaśvate ॥

Agni, most youthful light and life of existence, worthy of the first order of love and reverence for us, pray grant your gracious favours of wealth and generosity to mankind. Lord giver of wealth and peace and comfort of a settled life, inspire the celebrants through continuous generations to sing songs of gratitude for your generosity.

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8.23.29

त्वं हि सु॑प्र॒तूरसि॒ त्वं नो॒ गोम॑ती॒रिष॑।
म॒हो रा॒यः सा॒तिम॑ग्ने॒ अपा॑ वृधि ॥

tvaṃ hi supratūrasi tvaṃ no gomatīriṣa।
maho rāyaḥ sātimagne apā vṛdhi ॥

Agni, you are the holy giver, you are the giver of food, energy and victory, and abundant wealth of lands and cows, culture and enlightenment. Give us liberally of our share of wealth and grandeur and promote our possibilities of progress.

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8.23.30

अग्ने॒ त्वं य॒शा अ॒स्या मि॒त्रावरु॑णा वह।
ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॑ पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥

agne tvaṃ yaśā asyā mitrāvaruṇā vaha।
ṛtāvānā samrājā pūtadakṣasā ॥

Agni, you are great and glorious. Pray bring us Mitra and Varuna, rule of love and friendship, reason and justice, through scholarly Brahman as and brilliant Kshatriyas, men of rectitude, brilliant will and intellect and purity and excellence of culture and enlightenment in their field.

Ṛgveda 8.24 · 30 verses

8.24.1

सखा॑य॒ आ शि॑षामहि॒ ब्रह्मेन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑।
स्तु॒ष ऊ॒ षु वो॒ नृत॑माय धृ॒ष्णवे॑ ॥

sakhāya ā śiṣāmahi brahmendrāya vajriṇe।
stuṣa ū ṣu vo nṛtamāya dhṛṣṇave ॥

Come friends, let us for your sake sing a song of adoration in honour of Indra, lord of power, wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and punishment in order to glorify the noblest leader of resolute will and inviolable command.

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8.24.2

शव॑सा॒ ह्यसि॑ श्रु॒तो वृ॑त्र॒हत्ये॑न वृत्र॒हा।
म॒घैर्म॒घोनो॒ अति॑ शूर दाशसि ॥

śavasā hyasi śruto vṛtrahatyena vṛtrahā।
maghairmaghono ati śūra dāśasi ॥

O heroic leader and ruler, by virtue of your strength and will you are renowned as the destroyer of evil for having eliminated evil, want and suffering. You are famous as the lord magnanimous of glory for your wealth and generosity because your generosity exceeds the expectations of the richest generous people.

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8.24.3

स न॒ स्तवा॑न॒ आ भ॑र र॒यिं चि॒त्रश्र॑वस्तमम्।
नि॒रे॒के चि॒द्यो ह॑रिवो॒ वसु॑र्द॒दिः ॥

sa na stavāna ā bhara rayiṃ citraśravastamam।
nireke cidyo harivo vasurdadiḥ ॥

Such as you are, O lord of glory and magnanimity, sung and celebrated for your munificence, bear and bring us wealth and honour of the highest renowned order of excellence since, O ruler and controller of the dynamics of life, you are the sole giver of wealth and peace and prosperity in a state of good life beyond all doubt and question, suspicion and fear.

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8.24.4

आ नि॑रे॒कमु॒त प्रि॒यमिन्द्र॒ दर्षि॒ जना॑नाम्।
धृ॒ष॒ता धृ॑ष्णो॒ स्तव॑मान॒ आ भ॑र ॥

ā nirekamuta priyamindra darṣi janānām।
dhṛṣatā dhṛṣṇo stavamāna ā bhara ॥

Indra, lord of glory, give us a vision of the commonwealth of humanity of the dearest and most eminent order and, O lord of resolute will and action, sung and celebrated as such, bring us that wealth and order with the spirit of your will and resolution beyond doubt and question, fear and suspicion.

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8.24.5

न ते॑ स॒व्यं न दक्षि॑णं॒ हस्तं॑ वरन्त आ॒मुर॑।
न प॑रि॒बाधो॑ हरिवो॒ गवि॑ष्टिषु ॥

na te savyaṃ na dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ varanta āmura।
na paribādho harivo gaviṣṭiṣu ॥

The forces of negativity and destruction cannot stay your left hand of generosity nor can they resist your right hand. Nor do preventive forces stand in the ways of your progress and evolution, O lord controller of the dynamics of existence.

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8.24.6

आ त्वा॒ गोभि॑रिव व्र॒जं गी॒र्भिरृ॑णोम्यद्रिवः।
आ स्मा॒ कामं॑ जरि॒तुरा मन॑ पृण ॥

ā tvā gobhiriva vrajaṃ gīrbhirṛṇomyadrivaḥ।
ā smā kāmaṃ jariturā mana pṛṇa ॥

O lord of clouds and mountains, wielder of the thunderbolt, like a cowherd reaching the stalls along with the cows do I come to you with my songs of adoration. O lord, fulfil the desire and prayer of the celebrant and bless my mind with peace and divine love.

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8.24.7

विश्वा॑नि वि॒श्वम॑नसो धि॒या नो॑ वृत्रहन्तम।
उग्र॑ प्रणेत॒रधि॒ षू व॑सो गहि ॥

viśvāni viśvamanaso dhiyā no vṛtrahantama।
ugra praṇetaradhi ṣū vaso gahi ॥

O greatest destroyer of evil and darkness, blazing bold and irresistible leader of the world, lord giver of wealth and peaceful settlement, pray sanctify all our thoughts and acts, well wishers of the world of humanity as we are, and inspire us with divine wisdom.

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8.24.8

व॒यं ते॑ अ॒स्य वृ॑त्रहन्वि॒द्याम॑ शूर॒ नव्य॑सः।
वसो॑ स्पा॒र्हस्य॑ पुरुहूत॒ राध॑सः ॥

vayaṃ te asya vṛtrahanvidyāma śūra navyasaḥ।
vaso spārhasya puruhūta rādhasaḥ ॥

O destroyer of evil and darkness, bold and resolute hero universally invoked and adored, pray let us know and obtain the latest, most lovable and effective forms of your wealth and honour, peace and progressive modes of life.

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8.24.9

इन्द्र॒ यथा॒ ह्यस्ति॒ तेऽप॑रीतं नृतो॒ शव॑।
अमृ॑क्ता रा॒तिः पु॑रुहूत दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

indra yathā hyasti te'parītaṃ nṛto śava।
amṛktā rātiḥ puruhūta dāśuṣe ॥

Indra, lord and leader of humanity, just as your power and force is irresistible and indestructible, O lord universally invoked and adored, so is your charity and magnanimity to the generous devotee unrestricted and inviolable.

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8.24.10

आ वृ॑षस्व महामह म॒हे नृ॑तम॒ राध॑से।
दृ॒ळ्हश्चि॑द्दृह्य मघवन्म॒घत्त॑ये ॥

ā vṛṣasva mahāmaha mahe nṛtama rādhase।
dṛḷhaściddṛhya maghavanmaghattaye ॥

O greatest of the great, supreme guide and leader of life, for the greatness and glory of humanity on earth, shower your munificence of knowledge, will and action on us and, O lord of honour and grandeur, for our honour and progress break down the strongholds of evil, darkness, ignorance and inertness.

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8.24.11

नू अ॒न्यत्रा॑ चिदद्रिव॒स्त्वन्नो॑ जग्मुरा॒शस॑।
मघ॑वञ्छ॒ग्धि तव॒ तन्न॑ ऊ॒तिभि॑ ॥

nū anyatrā cidadrivastvanno jagmurāśasa।
maghavañchagdhi tava tanna ūtibhi ॥

O lord of glory, wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and retribution, our hopes and prayers have never wandered elsewhere, to anyone other than you. Pray strengthen our will and action with your modes of protection and promotion for advancement.

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8.24.12

न॒ह्य१ङ्ग नृ॑तो॒ त्वद॒न्यं वि॒न्दामि॒ राध॑से।
रा॒ये द्यु॒म्नाय॒ शव॑से च गिर्वणः ॥

nahya1ṅga nṛto tvadanyaṃ vindāmi rādhase।
rāye dyumnāya śavase ca girvaṇaḥ ॥

O lord watcher and controller of the dance of creation, dear as breath of life sung and celebrated in songs of adoration, I find none else other than you for inspiration and action for the sake of competence and success, wealth and power, honour and excellence, and strength and moral courage.

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8.24.13

एन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य सिञ्चत॒ पिबा॑ति सो॒म्यं मधु॑।
प्र राध॑सा चोदयाते महित्व॒ना ॥

endumindrāya siñcata pibāti somyaṃ madhu।
pra rādhasā codayāte mahitvanā ॥

Prepare, offer and regale Indra with the nectar drink of faith and performance. He values, enjoys and promotes the honey sweets of peace, pleasure and progress and inspires the people with will and competence and ambition for progress and excellence.

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8.24.14

उपो॒ हरी॑णां॒ पतिं॒ दक्षं॑ पृ॒ञ्चन्त॑मब्रवम्।
नू॒नं श्रु॑धि स्तुव॒तो अ॒श्व्यस्य॑ ॥

upo harīṇāṃ patiṃ dakṣaṃ pṛñcantamabravam।
nūnaṃ śrudhi stuvato aśvyasya ॥

I reach the lord protector and controller of the moving worlds, the omnipotent who enjoins the soul with the world of nature, and I closely whisper in prayer: Listen to the celebrant devotee who is keen to move from humanity to divinity and deserves to be accepted.

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8.24.15

न॒ह्य१ङ्ग पु॒रा च॒न ज॒ज्ञे वी॒रत॑र॒स्त्वत्।
नकी॑ रा॒या नैवथा॒ न भ॒न्दना॑ ॥

nahya1ṅga purā cana jajñe vīratarastvat।
nakī rāyā naivathā na bhandanā ॥

Pray listen, Indra, dearest lord of life, true it is that no one born ever before or after was greater or mightier than you, none by wealth and power, none by competence and advancement, none by songs of prayer and adoration, none like you.

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8.24.16

एदु॒ मध्वो॑ म॒दिन्त॑रं सि॒ञ्च वा॑ध्वर्यो॒ अन्ध॑सः।
ए॒वा हि वी॒रः स्तव॑ते स॒दावृ॑धः ॥

edu madhvo madintaraṃ siñca vādhvaryo andhasaḥ।
evā hi vīraḥ stavate sadāvṛdhaḥ ॥

And O high priest of the creative yajna of love and non-violence, offer the most delightful and ever exhilarating of honey sweets of the soma of faith and devotion to Indra, since thus is how the mighty hero is served and worshipped.

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8.24.17

इन्द्र॑ स्थातर्हरीणां॒ नकि॑ष्टे पू॒र्व्यस्तु॑तिम्।
उदा॑नंश॒ शव॑सा॒ न भ॒न्दना॑ ॥

indra sthātarharīṇāṃ nakiṣṭe pūrvyastutim।
udānaṃśa śavasā na bhandanā ॥

Indra, glorious lord president of the moving worlds of existence, no one ever by might or by commanding adoration has been able to equal, much less excel, the prime worship offered to you.

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8.24.18

तं वो॒ वाजा॑नां॒ पति॒महू॑महि श्रव॒स्यव॑।
अप्रा॑युभिर्य॒ज्ञेभि॑र्वावृ॒धेन्य॑म् ॥

taṃ vo vājānāṃ patimahūmahi śravasyava।
aprāyubhiryajñebhirvāvṛdhenyam ॥

O people we, seekers of honour and fame, invoke and adore the protector and promoter of your food, energies and victories, by assiduous congregations of yajna and thereby exalt the splendour and glory of the lord supreme.

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8.24.19

एतो॒ न्विन्द्रं॒ स्तवा॑म॒ सखा॑य॒ स्तोम्यं॒ नर॑म्।
कृ॒ष्टीर्यो विश्वा॑ अ॒भ्यस्त्येक॒ इत् ॥

eto nvindraṃ stavāma sakhāya stomyaṃ naram।
kṛṣṭīryo viśvā abhyastyeka it ॥

Come friends all together and let us adore Indra, lord and leader worthy of joint worship and exaltation, who, by himself alone, rules over all peoples of the world.

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8.24.20

अगो॑रुधाय ग॒विषे॑ द्यु॒क्षाय॒ दस्म्यं॒ वच॑।
घृ॒तात्स्वादी॑यो॒ मधु॑नश्च वोचत ॥

agorudhāya gaviṣe dyukṣāya dasmyaṃ vaca।
ghṛtātsvādīyo madhunaśca vocata ॥

Sing delightful songs of adoration in words more delicious than the taste of ghrta and sweetness of honey in honour of Indra, heavenly lord of light, who loves sweet speech and never feels satiated with songs of exaltation.

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8.24.21

यस्यामि॑तानि वी॒र्या॒३ न राध॒ पर्ये॑तवे।
ज्योति॒र्न विश्व॑म॒भ्यस्ति॒ दक्षि॑णा ॥

yasyāmitāni vīryā3 na rādha paryetave।
jyotirna viśvamabhyasti dakṣiṇā ॥

Let us sing in adoration of Indra whose wondrous deeds of divinity are unbounded, whose potential is unrestricted, and whose generosity radiates over the world like the light of the sun.

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8.24.22

स्तु॒हीन्द्रं॑ व्यश्व॒वदनू॑र्मिं वा॒जिनं॒ यम॑म्।
अ॒र्यो गयं॒ मंह॑मानं॒ वि दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

stuhīndraṃ vyaśvavadanūrmiṃ vājinaṃ yamam।
aryo gayaṃ maṃhamānaṃ vi dāśuṣe ॥

Like the sage of perfect mental and moral discipline, worship Indra, constant lord of eternity without fluctuation, omnipresent power over universal energy, controller and guide of the evolution of the universe, omnificent lord giver of a prosperous household to the generous devotees of yajna.

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8.24.23

ए॒वा नू॒नमुप॑ स्तुहि॒ वैय॑श्व दश॒मं नव॑म्।
सुवि॑द्वांसं च॒र्कृत्यं॑ च॒रणी॑नाम् ॥

evā nūnamupa stuhi vaiyaśva daśamaṃ navam।
suvidvāṃsaṃ carkṛtyaṃ caraṇīnām ॥

O child of the holy sage of mental and moral discipline, verily worship Indra only, the lord ever new though eternal, worshipped as the tenth supreme over all among humans, lord omniscient solely worthy of the worship of dynamic humanity.

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8.24.24

वेत्था॒ हि निरृ॑तीनां॒ वज्र॑हस्त परि॒वृज॑म्।
अह॑रहः शु॒न्ध्युः प॑रि॒पदा॑मिव ॥

vetthā hi nirṛtīnāṃ vajrahasta parivṛjam।
aharahaḥ śundhyuḥ paripadāmiva ॥

O lord of the thunderbolt of justice and right action, you know and wield the counter-active measures against adversities just as the sun, purifier of nature’s impurities, has the capacity to counter them day by day.

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8.24.25

तदि॒न्द्राव॒ आ भ॑र॒ येना॑ दंसिष्ठ॒ कृत्व॑ने।
द्वि॒ता कुत्सा॑य शिश्नथो॒ नि चो॑दय ॥

tadindrāva ā bhara yenā daṃsiṣṭha kṛtvane।
dvitā kutsāya śiśnatho ni codaya ॥

Indra, wondrous lord of beauty and glory, bring us that protection and immunity by which you protect the active sage of holy action against negativities and destroy the twofold mental and physical ailments of humanity. We pray, O lord, inspire and activate those internal and natural defences of good health.

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8.24.26

तमु॑ त्वा नू॒नमी॑महे॒ नव्यं॑ दंसिष्ठ॒ सन्य॑से।
स त्वं नो॒ विश्वा॑ अ॒भिमा॑तीः स॒क्षणि॑ ॥

tamu tvā nūnamīmahe navyaṃ daṃsiṣṭha sanyase।
sa tvaṃ no viśvā abhimātīḥ sakṣaṇi ॥

O lord of highest beauty and sublimity, for our acquisitions as well as for our freedom from acquisition we worship you only, the same lord of protection and defence, ever new though constant and eternal. You as the same lord are our friend and protector, and the destroyer of all our enemies of the world.

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8.24.27

य ऋक्षा॒दंह॑सो मु॒चद्यो वार्या॑त्स॒प्त सिन्धु॑षु।
वध॑र्दा॒सस्य॑ तुविनृम्ण नीनमः ॥

ya ṛkṣādaṃhaso mucadyo vāryātsapta sindhuṣu।
vadhardāsasya tuvinṛmṇa nīnamaḥ ॥

To Indra, who saves from sin and violence, and releases the waters of life into the seven seas of existence, we bow and pray: O lord of the world’s wealth and power, honour and glory, strike down the fatal weapon of the saboteur and the destroyer.

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8.24.28

यथा॑ वरो सु॒षाम्णे॑ स॒निभ्य॒ आव॑हो र॒यिम्।
व्य॑श्वेभ्यः सुभगे वाजिनीवति ॥

yathā varo suṣāmṇe sanibhya āvaho rayim।
vyaśvebhyaḥ subhage vājinīvati ॥

Just as the lord supreme, choice of the wise for worship and service, brings wealth and honour to the Sama celebrants and supplicants, so may you, O lady of good fortune possessed of food, energy prosperity of life, and divine intelligence, bring wealth of honour and knowledge to the sages of mental and moral discipline.

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8.24.29

आ ना॒र्यस्य॒ दक्षि॑णा॒ व्य॑श्वाँ एतु सो॒मिन॑।
स्थू॒रं च॒ राध॑ श॒तव॑त्स॒हस्र॑वत् ॥

ā nāryasya dakṣiṇā vyaśvām̐ etu somina।
sthūraṃ ca rādha śatavatsahasravat ॥

May the gifts of soma celebrants and generous lovers of mankind reach the dynamic sages of mental and moral discipline who may also get gifts of permanent assets in hundreds and thousands.

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8.24.30

यत्त्वा॑ पृ॒च्छादी॑जा॒नः कु॑ह॒या कु॑हयाकृते।
ए॒षो अप॑श्रितो व॒लो गो॑म॒तीमव॑ तिष्ठति ॥

yattvā pṛcchādījānaḥ kuhayā kuhayākṛte।
eṣo apaśrito valo gomatīmava tiṣṭhati ॥

O seeker of the where and why of active life, if someone were to ask you where the yajaka of love and non-violence is, then say: This man of yajnic dynamism is gone and lives in the region of lands and cows, culture and enlightenment.

Ṛgveda 8.25 · 24 verses

8.25.1

ता वां॒ विश्व॑स्य गो॒पा दे॒वा दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिया॑।
ऋ॒तावा॑ना यजसे पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥

tā vāṃ viśvasya gopā devā deveṣu yajñiyā।
ṛtāvānā yajase pūtadakṣasā ॥

I join you and adore you both, Mitra and Varuna, protectors of the world, brilliant and generous divinities of sacred power, adorable among the adorable divines and observers of the paths of rectitude and universal law. (In Swami Dayanand’s tradition, Mitra and Varuna in this Sukta are interpreted as Brahmanas, intellectuals, teachers and researchers, and as Kshatriyas, rulers, administrators and the defence

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8.25.2

मि॒त्रा तना॒ न र॒थ्या॒३ वरु॑णो॒ यश्च॑ सु॒क्रतु॑।
स॒नात्सु॑जा॒ता तन॑या धृ॒तव्र॑ता ॥

mitrā tanā na rathyā3 varuṇo yaśca sukratu।
sanātsujātā tanayā dhṛtavratā ॥

Mitra of the noble chariot, and Varuna who too is a noble performer of yajnic actions, both are leaders like charioteers of the nation who develop and expand the socio-cultural wealth and vision of humanity. They are nobly born and brought up and trained, children of humanity for all time dedicated to the sacred laws and discipline of life.

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8.25.3

ता मा॒ता वि॒श्ववे॑दसासु॒र्या॑य॒ प्रम॑हसा।
म॒ही ज॑जा॒नादि॑तिरृ॒ताव॑री ॥

tā mātā viśvavedasāsuryāya pramahasā।
mahī jajānāditirṛtāvarī ॥

Great mother Aditi, inviolable Nature, concrete embodiment of infinite divinity and divine law operative in existence, brought forth these two mighty refulgent pioneers of life, knowing and commanding the world for the realisation of their innate vision and power.

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8.25.4

म॒हान्ता॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा स॒म्राजा॑ दे॒वावसु॑रा।
ऋ॒तावा॑नावृ॒तमा घो॑षतो बृ॒हत् ॥

mahāntā mitrāvaruṇā samrājā devāvasurā।
ṛtāvānāvṛtamā ghoṣato bṛhat ॥

The great Mitra and Varuna, mighty refulgent rulers, are generous and divine, commanding the vision and vitality of spiritual life and vigour. Dedicated to the law of eternity, in their life they define and proclaim that universal law in the living form of yajnic action.

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8.25.5

नपा॑ता॒ शव॑सो म॒हः सू॒नू दक्ष॑स्य सु॒क्रतू॑।
सृ॒प्रदा॑नू इ॒षो वास्त्वधि॑ क्षितः ॥

napātā śavaso mahaḥ sūnū dakṣasya sukratū।
sṛpradānū iṣo vāstvadhi kṣitaḥ ॥

Protectors and supporters of great strength, they never allow a break down of the strength of law and order. Being products of strength and efficiency themselves, they are protectors of the same strength and efficiency. Dedicated to holy action, creation, production and expansive generosity, they live in the very house of plenty and prosperity of food, energy and advancement.

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8.25.6

सं या दानू॑नि ये॒मथु॑र्दि॒व्याः पार्थि॑वी॒रिष॑।
नभ॑स्वती॒रा वां॑ चरन्तु वृ॒ष्टय॑ ॥

saṃ yā dānūni yemathurdivyāḥ pārthivīriṣa।
nabhasvatīrā vāṃ carantu vṛṣṭaya ॥

You hold, control, expand and direct the generous gifts of earthly and heavenly foods, energies and nourishments, so we pray that your showers laden with vapours from the sky may serve you, rain down and bless us.

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8.25.7

अधि॒ या बृ॑ह॒तो दि॒वो॒३ऽभि यू॒थेव॒ पश्य॑तः।
ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॒ नम॑से हि॒ता ॥

adhi yā bṛhato divo3'bhi yūtheva paśyataḥ।
ṛtāvānā samrājā namase hitā ॥

You who observe the life below on earth from the vast skies, life like hosts of people and herds of cattle, then you, brilliant generous rulers who maintain the laws of eternity, are invoked and invited for the presentation of homage and yajnic service.

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8.25.8

ऋ॒तावा॑ना॒ नि षे॑दतु॒ साम्रा॑ज्याय सु॒क्रतू॑।
धृ॒तव्र॑ता क्ष॒त्रिया॑ क्ष॒त्रमा॑शतुः ॥

ṛtāvānā ni ṣedatu sāmrājyāya sukratū।
dhṛtavratā kṣatriyā kṣatramāśatuḥ ॥

Committed to the universal law of eternal truth, dedicated to the laws and discipline of governance, performing every action from the yajnic point of view of social value, the Kshatriyas, rulers, administrators and commanders of the defence forces, ought to take on to the sovereign social order and occupy the seat of governance for the glory of self-governing humanity in the spirit of Mitra and Varuna, that is, universal love and justice.

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8.25.9

अ॒क्ष्णश्चि॑द्गातु॒वित्त॑रानुल्ब॒णेन॒ चक्ष॑सा।
नि चि॑न्मि॒षन्ता॑ निचि॒रा नि चि॑क्यतुः ॥

akṣṇaścidgātuvittarānulbaṇena cakṣasā।
ni cinmiṣantā nicirā ni cikyatuḥ ॥

With open eyes and distant vision, they know and watch the paths of social development better than the eye itself and, ever alert and vigilant, they can perceive, judge and decide things in the twinkling of an eye.

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8.25.10

उ॒त नो॑ दे॒व्यदि॑तिरुरु॒ष्यतां॒ नास॑त्या।
उ॒रु॒ष्यन्तु॑ म॒रुतो॑ वृ॒द्धश॑वसः ॥

uta no devyaditiruruṣyatāṃ nāsatyā।
uruṣyantu maruto vṛddhaśavasaḥ ॥

May Mother Nature divine and the mother power of humanity of inviolable strength protect and promote us. May the Ashvins, ever true, complementary powers of natural and social dynamics protect and promote us. May the Maruts, distinguished people of veteran strength and power protect and promote us.

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8.25.11

ते नो॑ ना॒वमु॑रुष्यत॒ दिवा॒ नक्तं॑ सुदानवः।
अरि॑ष्यन्तो॒ नि पा॒युभि॑ सचेमहि ॥

te no nāvamuruṣyata divā naktaṃ sudānavaḥ।
ariṣyanto ni pāyubhi sacemahi ॥

May they all, nobly generous and giving, protect our ships day and night, and may we all, unhurt and unviolated, ally and cooperate with our protectors.

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8.25.12

अघ्न॑ते॒ विष्ण॑वे व॒यमरि॑ष्यन्तः सु॒दान॑वे।
श्रु॒धि स्व॑यावन्सिन्धो पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये ॥

aghnate viṣṇave vayamariṣyantaḥ sudānave।
śrudhi svayāvansindho pūrvacittaye ॥

Let us all, unhurt and unviolated, work for the unassailable and generous Vishnu, universal ruling spirit of the nation of humanity, who knows everything in advance. O lord of self-judgement and independent action, generous as the sea, pray listen to our prayer and protect us.

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8.25.13

तद्वार्यं॑ वृणीमहे॒ वरि॑ष्ठं गोप॒यत्य॑म्।
मि॒त्रो यत्पान्ति॒ वरु॑णो॒ यद॑र्य॒मा ॥

tadvāryaṃ vṛṇīmahe variṣṭhaṃ gopayatyam।
mitro yatpānti varuṇo yadaryamā ॥

We elect to choose that wealth and protection which is the best and most promotive and which Mitra, Varuna and Aryama, Brahmana, Kshatriya and Vaishya, communities of vision, judgement and determination, and positive creativity, value and secure for us.

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8.25.14

उ॒त न॒ सिन्धु॑र॒पां तन्म॒रुत॒स्तद॒श्विना॑।
इन्द्रो॒ विष्णु॑र्मी॒ढ्वांस॑ स॒जोष॑सः ॥

uta na sindhurapāṃ tanmarutastadaśvinā।
indro viṣṇurmīḍhvāṃsa sajoṣasaḥ ॥

And that wealth and security, we pray, may the ocean of waters and vapours, Maruts, winds and the stormy troops of the nation, Ashvins, complementary forces of nature and humanity, sun and moon, and Indra and Vishnu, universal energy and omnipresent divinity, all loving, cooperative and generous, protect and promote for us.

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8.25.15

ते हि ष्मा॑ व॒नुषो॒ नरो॒ऽभिमा॑तिं॒ कय॑स्य चित्।
ति॒ग्मं न क्षोद॑ प्रति॒घ्नन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः ॥

te hi ṣmā vanuṣo naro'bhimātiṃ kayasya cit।
tigmaṃ na kṣoda pratighnanti bhūrṇayaḥ ॥

All of them, adorable leaders of life, blazing brilliant and irresistible, counter and shatter any enemy as a mighty flood shatters and washes off the firmest obstacles.

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8.25.16

अ॒यमेक॑ इ॒त्था पु॒रूरु च॑ष्टे॒ वि वि॒श्पति॑।
तस्य॑ व्र॒तान्यनु॑ वश्चरामसि ॥

ayameka itthā purūru caṣṭe vi viśpati।
tasya vratānyanu vaścarāmasi ॥

O people of the world, this one Integrity of the two, Mitra and Varuna, lord ruler and promoter of the people, thus watches the vast and various wealths of the world for protection, and for your sake we observe and follow his rules and laws of discipline.

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8.25.17

अनु॒ पूर्वा॑ण्यो॒क्या॑ साम्रा॒ज्यस्य॑ सश्चिम।
मि॒त्रस्य॑ व्र॒ता वरु॑णस्य दीर्घ॒श्रुत् ॥

anu pūrvāṇyokyā sāmrājyasya saścima।
mitrasya vratā varuṇasya dīrghaśrut ॥

We observe and follow the rules and laws of the discipline of Mitra and Varuna, lord of universal glory, in accordance with the internal statutes and ancient traditions of the sovereign social order.

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8.25.18

परि॒ यो र॒श्मिना॑ दि॒वोऽन्ता॑न्म॒मे पृ॑थि॒व्याः।
उ॒भे आ प॑प्रौ॒ रोद॑सी महि॒त्वा ॥

pari yo raśminā divo'ntānmame pṛthivyāḥ।
ubhe ā paprau rodasī mahitvā ॥

Mitra, Brahmana, is the brilliant scholar who, like the sun, with his vision reaches and measures the bounds of heaven and earth and with his knowledge and grandeur traverses both earth and heaven.

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8.25.19

उदु॒ ष्य श॑र॒णे दि॒वो ज्योति॑रयंस्त॒ सूर्य॑।
अ॒ग्निर्न शु॒क्रः स॑मिधा॒न आहु॑तः ॥

udu ṣya śaraṇe divo jyotirayaṃsta sūrya।
agnirna śukraḥ samidhāna āhutaḥ ॥

And that sun upto the regions of heaven radiates the light and, shining pure and bright, is invoked, invited and honoured as the holy fire.

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8.25.20

वचो॑ दी॒र्घप्र॑सद्म॒नीशे॒ वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः।
ईशे॒ हि पि॒त्वो॑ऽवि॒षस्य॑ दा॒वने॑ ॥

vaco dīrghaprasadmanīśe vājasya gomataḥ।
īśe hi pitvo'viṣasya dāvane ॥

Mitra, the Brahmana, rules the Word in the vast house of yajna, and the yajamana who is master of the wealth of lands and cows and prospers in food, energy and social achievement, as he also, rules over the food which is pure and poisonless and which is meant for gifting away.

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8.25.21

तत्सूर्यं॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे दो॒षा वस्तो॒रुप॑ ब्रुवे।
भो॒जेष्व॒स्माँ अ॒भ्युच्च॑रा॒ सदा॑ ॥

tatsūryaṃ rodasī ubhe doṣā vastorupa bruve।
bhojeṣvasmām̐ abhyuccarā sadā ॥

That sun of light and knowledge and both heaven and earth, I adore day and night and pray that the lord may establish us in a prosperous state of food and enjoyment.

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8.25.22

ऋ॒ज्रमु॑क्ष॒ण्याय॑ने रज॒तं हर॑याणे।
रथं॑ यु॒क्तम॑सनाम सु॒षाम॑णि ॥

ṛjramukṣaṇyāyane rajataṃ harayāṇe।
rathaṃ yuktamasanāma suṣāmaṇi ॥

Blest with the grace of the lord of mercy, we receive the gift of efficient mind and senses, from the lord destroyer of darkness and suffering, we receive the light of knowledge, and from the lord of celestial Samans, we receive the versatile chariot of the human body.

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8.25.23

ता मे॒ अश्व्या॑नां॒ हरी॑णां नि॒तोश॑ना।
उ॒तो नु कृत्व्या॑नां नृ॒वाह॑सा ॥

tā me aśvyānāṃ harīṇāṃ nitośanā।
uto nu kṛtvyānāṃ nṛvāhasā ॥

Among the gifts of dynamic achievables, let the mind, senses and knowledge be destroyers of darkness and suffering, and among the organs of will and action, let the human body be the chariot of passage to salvation across the world.

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8.25.24

स्मद॑भीशू॒ कशा॑वन्ता॒ विप्रा॒ नवि॑ष्ठया म॒ती।
म॒हो वा॒जिना॒वर्व॑न्ता॒ सचा॑सनम् ॥

smadabhīśū kaśāvantā viprā naviṣṭhayā matī।
maho vājināvarvantā sacāsanam ॥

From the highest lord of glory I have achieved, by grace, the gift of twin faculties of vibrant senses and mind for thought and will, equipped with the latest knowledge and intelligence, fast and achieving, spurred by enthusiasm and controlled and directed by discrimination.

Ṛgveda 8.26 · 25 verses

8.26.1

यु॒वोरु॒ षू रथं॑ हुवे स॒धस्तु॑त्याय सू॒रिषु॑।
अतू॑र्तदक्षा वृषणा वृषण्वसू ॥

yuvoru ṣū rathaṃ huve sadhastutyāya sūriṣu।
atūrtadakṣā vṛṣaṇā vṛṣaṇvasū ॥

O generous and virile Ashvins, commanders of inviolable power and dexterity, harbingers of a new day of showers of bounteous wealth, I call for your noble chariot to bring you hither for your joint felicitation among distinguished men of knowledge and power. (In Swami Dayananda’s tradition, Ashvins, twin divines who drive in the dawn of a new day, are interpreted as the ruler and the ministers council who are supposed to bring in a new day of freshness, light and prosperity in the corporate life of the social order.)

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8.26.2

यु॒वं व॑रो सु॒षाम्णे॑ म॒हे तने॑ नासत्या।
अवो॑भिर्याथो वृषणा वृषण्वसू ॥

yuvaṃ varo suṣāmṇe mahe tane nāsatyā।
avobhiryātho vṛṣaṇā vṛṣaṇvasū ॥

O virile and generous Ashvins, harbingers of showers of wealth and enlightenment, ever true and far from untruth, you go forward with your protections and promotions for the good and exhortation of the Sama celebrants and men of great and expansive philanthropy (who work for the advancement of society).

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8.26.3

ता वा॑म॒द्य ह॑वामहे ह॒व्येभि॑र्वाजिनीवसू।
पू॒र्वीरि॒ष इ॒षय॑न्ता॒वति॑ क्ष॒पः ॥

tā vāmadya havāmahe havyebhirvājinīvasū।
pūrvīriṣa iṣayantāvati kṣapaḥ ॥

Ashvins, lovers of food and energy and total well being of a life of universal values, harbingers of new victories in the advancement of power and prosperity, at this hour of the dawn when the night is gone, we invoke you with offers of the sweetest fragrances of homage and yajnic service.

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8.26.4

आ वां॒ वाहि॑ष्ठो अश्विना॒ रथो॑ यातु श्रु॒तो न॑रा।
उप॒ स्तोमा॑न्तु॒रस्य॑ दर्शथः श्रि॒ये ॥

ā vāṃ vāhiṣṭho aśvinā ratho yātu śruto narā।
upa stomānturasya darśathaḥ śriye ॥

Ashvins, harbingers of light and grace, let your strongest chariot of renown come and transport you here to us where you may, we pray, listen and appreciate the ardent devotee’s songs of adoration and bless them with the honour and dignity of life.

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8.26.5

जु॒हु॒रा॒णा चि॑दश्वि॒ना म॑न्येथां वृषण्वसू।
यु॒वं हि रु॑द्रा॒ पर्ष॑थो॒ अति॒ द्विष॑ ॥

juhurāṇā cidaśvinā manyethāṃ vṛṣaṇvasū।
yuvaṃ hi rudrā parṣatho ati dviṣa ॥

And Ashvins, harbingers of generous showers of prosperity, know, examine, understand and fix the crooked antisocial elements. You are the Rudras, agents of justice and award. Cleanse the jealous and punish the enemies.

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8.26.6

द॒स्रा हि विश्व॑मानु॒षङ्म॒क्षूभि॑ परि॒दीय॑थः।
धि॒यं॒जि॒न्वा मधु॑वर्णा शु॒भस्पती॑ ॥

dasrā hi viśvamānuṣaṅmakṣūbhi paridīyathaḥ।
dhiyaṃjinvā madhuvarṇā śubhaspatī ॥

Wonderful in person and marvellous in deeds, promoters of men of action and intelligence, sweet of disposition, protectors of all that is good, you always fly all over the world by the fastest modes with prompt forces and safeguard the safety and security of the people.

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8.26.7

उप॑ नो यातमश्विना रा॒या वि॑श्व॒पुषा॑ स॒ह।
म॒घवा॑ना सु॒वीरा॒वन॑पच्युता ॥

upa no yātamaśvinā rāyā viśvapuṣā saha।
maghavānā suvīrāvanapacyutā ॥

Noble Ashvins, mighty brave and infallible heroes, come close to us with wealth and nourishments for the health and advancement of all people of the world, powerful and munificent as you are.

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8.26.8

आ मे॑ अ॒स्य प्र॑ती॒व्य१मिन्द्र॑नासत्या गतम्।
दे॒वा दे॒वेभि॑र॒द्य स॒चन॑स्तमा ॥

ā me asya pratīvya1mindranāsatyā gatam।
devā devebhiradya sacanastamā ॥

Ashvins, lords of power who shun untruth, come in response to my prayer and adoration, O brilliant and generous companions in utmost harmony, come with other divinities and protect and promote the thoughts and actions of devotees.

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8.26.9

व॒यं हि वां॒ हवा॑मह उक्ष॒ण्यन्तो॑ व्यश्व॒वत्।
सु॒म॒तिभि॒रुप॑ विप्रावि॒हा ग॑तम् ॥

vayaṃ hi vāṃ havāmaha ukṣaṇyanto vyaśvavat।
sumatibhirupa viprāvihā gatam ॥

Like the holy sage of mental and moral discipline, we invoke and invite you, lords of the showers of generosity. Come to us, O vibrant powers, with holy thoughts and intentions and with the sages of noble mind.

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8.26.10

अ॒श्विना॒ स्वृ॑षे स्तुहि कु॒वित्ते॒ श्रव॑तो॒ हव॑म्।
नेदी॑यसः कूळयातः प॒णीँरु॒त ॥

aśvinā svṛṣe stuhi kuvitte śravato havam।
nedīyasaḥ kūḷayātaḥ paṇīm̐ruta ॥

O sage, celebrate the Ashvins in profuse numbers, they would listen to your eulogy, come closest and punish and eliminate the niggards and evaders of yajnic homage.

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8.26.11

वै॒य॒श्वस्य॑ श्रुतं नरो॒तो मे॑ अ॒स्य वे॑दथः।
स॒जोष॑सा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा ॥

vaiyaśvasya śrutaṃ naroto me asya vedathaḥ।
sajoṣasā varuṇo mitro aryamā ॥

O leaders of the nation, listen to the song of the holy sage and acknowledge and respond to this song of mine. O Varuna, Kshatriya dispenser of justice, Mitra, loving and friendly Brahmana, and Aryama, Vaishya producer and distributor pursuing the path of rectitude, all together in unison and cooperation, listen to me.

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8.26.12

यु॒वाद॑त्तस्य धिष्ण्या यु॒वानी॑तस्य सू॒रिभि॑।
अह॑रहर्वृषण॒ मह्यं॑ शिक्षतम् ॥

yuvādattasya dhiṣṇyā yuvānītasya sūribhi।
aharaharvṛṣaṇa mahyaṃ śikṣatam ॥

O devout and benevolent harbingers of the showers of prosperity, of that which you have created and given to the nation and that what you have brought in, let me learn day by day and share through the wise and brave leaders.

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8.26.13

यो वां॑ य॒ज्ञेभि॒रावृ॒तोऽधि॑वस्त्रा व॒धूरि॑व।
स॒प॒र्यन्ता॑ शु॒भे च॑क्राते अ॒श्विना॑ ॥

yo vāṃ yajñebhirāvṛto'dhivastrā vadhūriva।
saparyantā śubhe cakrāte aśvinā ॥

Ashvins, like a bride covered in sacramental robes, one who is robed in the fragrance of yajna performed in your honour, him you requite with fulfilment and establish him in the good life.

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8.26.14

यो वा॑मुरु॒व्यच॑स्तमं॒ चिके॑तति नृ॒पाय्य॑म्।
व॒र्तिर॑श्विना॒ परि॑ यातमस्म॒यू ॥

yo vāmuruvyacastamaṃ ciketati nṛpāyyam।
vartiraśvinā pari yātamasmayū ॥

Ashvins, lovers and benefactors of ours, one who reserves and assigns a spacious hall comfortably good for distinguished congregations of yajna in your honour, you oblige and visit his home in recognition.

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8.26.15

अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ सु वृ॑षण्वसू या॒तं व॒र्तिर्नृ॒पाय्य॑म्।
वि॒षु॒द्रुहे॑व य॒ज्ञमू॑हथुर्गि॒रा ॥

asmabhyaṃ su vṛṣaṇvasū yātaṃ vartirnṛpāyyam।
viṣudruheva yajñamūhathurgirā ॥

Lords of the yajnic showers of prosperity, come straight like an arrow, visit our hall of yajna dedicated to the good of humanity and guide and upraise our yajna with the holy chant of Vedic voice.

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8.26.16

वाहि॑ष्ठो वां॒ हवा॑नां॒ स्तोमो॑ दू॒तो हु॑वन्नरा।
यु॒वाभ्यां॑ भूत्वश्विना ॥

vāhiṣṭho vāṃ havānāṃ stomo dūto huvannarā।
yuvābhyāṃ bhūtvaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, rulers and leading lights of the nation, may the song of our invocation to you be the instant and most effective messenger to you and bring you here to the yajnic hall.

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8.26.17

यद॒दो दि॒वो अ॑र्ण॒व इ॒षो वा॒ मद॑थो गृ॒हे।
श्रु॒तमिन्मे॑ अमर्त्या ॥

yadado divo arṇava iṣo vā madatho gṛhe।
śrutaminme amartyā ॥

Whether you are up above in the region of light or surfing in the sea or enjoying yourselves in the house of entertainment, listen to my call and come, immortal ones.

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8.26.18

उ॒त स्या श्वे॑त॒याव॑री॒ वाहि॑ष्ठा वां न॒दीना॑म्।
सिन्धु॒र्हिर॑ण्यवर्तनिः ॥

uta syā śvetayāvarī vāhiṣṭhā vāṃ nadīnām।
sindhurhiraṇyavartaniḥ ॥

And of the fluent media of communication, the most effective is that transparent, unpolluted, stream of thought, discrimination and judgement, the intelligence, Buddhi, golden stream of the speed of mind.

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8.26.19

स्मदे॒तया॑ सुकी॒र्त्याश्वि॑ना श्वे॒तया॑ धि॒या।
वहे॑थे शुभ्रयावाना ॥

smadetayā sukīrtyāśvinā śvetayā dhiyā।
vahethe śubhrayāvānā ॥

And well by this glorious and highly reputed transparent stream of intelligence, Ashvins, travellers of holy paths, you move and conduct the business of the nation of humanity.

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8.26.20

यु॒क्ष्वा हि त्वं र॑था॒सहा॑ यु॒वस्व॒ पोष्या॑ वसो।
आन्नो॑ वायो॒ मधु॑ पिबा॒स्माकं॒ सव॒ना ग॑हि ॥

yukṣvā hi tvaṃ rathāsahā yuvasva poṣyā vaso।
ānno vāyo madhu pibāsmākaṃ savanā gahi ॥

O Vayu, vibrant motive power of nature and humanity, harness your strong chariot horses and, O Vasu, giver of peaceful home and settlement with security, yoke them to social good. Come, join our corporate yajna of social development, taste and celebrate the joy of our achievement. (This mantra may be applied to the head of the forces of law and order for internal security and the commander of defence forces for security against external forces.)

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8.26.21

तव॑ वायवृतस्पते॒ त्वष्टु॑र्जामातरद्भुत।
अवां॒स्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

tava vāyavṛtaspate tvaṣṭurjāmātaradbhuta।
avāṃsyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

O Vayu, protector and keeper of the universal law of truth and wonderful valuer and refiner of the creations of Tvashta, maker of all fine and gross things of life and destroyer of dangers internal and external, we opt for and choose all your plans and modes of peace, defence and security.

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8.26.22

त्वष्टु॒र्जामा॑तरं व॒यमीशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे।
सु॒ताव॑न्तो वा॒युं द्यु॒म्ना जना॑सः ॥

tvaṣṭurjāmātaraṃ vayamīśānaṃ rāya īmahe।
sutāvanto vāyuṃ dyumnā janāsaḥ ॥

For the achievement of wealth, honour and excellence, we, the people dedicated to yajna and the soma of life, adore Vayu, ruler of the world of existence and protector and refiner of things made by the universal maker.

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8.26.23

वायो॑ या॒हि शि॒वा दि॒वो वह॑स्वा॒ सु स्वश्व्य॑म्।
वह॑स्व म॒हः पृ॑थु॒पक्ष॑सा॒ रथे॑ ॥

vāyo yāhi śivā divo vahasvā su svaśvyam।
vahasva mahaḥ pṛthupakṣasā rathe ॥

Vayu, blissful power of defence, security and refinement, come from the regions of light, yoke the great transportive forces to your chariot and bring us the best things we ought to obtain.

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8.26.24

त्वां हि सु॒प्सर॑स्तमं नृ॒षद॑नेषु हू॒महे॑।
ग्रावा॑णं॒ नाश्व॑पृष्ठं मं॒हना॑ ॥

tvāṃ hi supsarastamaṃ nṛṣadaneṣu hūmahe।
grāvāṇaṃ nāśvapṛṣṭhaṃ maṃhanā ॥

Vayu, blissful of form, strong and renowned all round by your own strength and grandeur, we invoke and invite you to people’s halls of yajna, power adorable as a rock in its place, position and function.

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8.26.25

स त्वं नो॑ देव॒ मन॑सा॒ वायो॑ मन्दा॒नो अ॑ग्रि॒यः।
कृ॒धि वाजाँ॑ अ॒पो धिय॑ ॥

sa tvaṃ no deva manasā vāyo mandāno agriyaḥ।
kṛdhi vājām̐ apo dhiya ॥

Ṛgveda 8.27 · 22 verses

8.27.1

अ॒ग्निरु॒क्थे पु॒रोहि॑तो॒ ग्रावा॑णो ब॒र्हिर॑ध्व॒रे।
ऋ॒चा या॑मि म॒रुतो॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिं॑ दे॒वाँ अवो॒ वरे॑ण्यम् ॥

agnirukthe purohito grāvāṇo barhiradhvare।
ṛcā yāmi maruto brahmaṇaspatiṃ devām̐ avo vareṇyam ॥

In the yajna of love and non-violence, Agni, prime light of life, is the first adorable, then the holy fire, the priest, the soma stone and the holy grass are cherished. Therefore with the chants of Rks I invoke the Maruts, cosmic energies, Brahmanaspati, giver of the Veda and the vedic scholar, and other venerable divinities for protection and promotion of our choice.

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8.27.2

आ प॒शुं गा॑सि पृथि॒वीं वन॒स्पती॑नु॒षासा॒ नक्त॒मोष॑धीः।
विश्वे॑ च नो वसवो विश्ववेदसो धी॒नां भू॑त प्रावि॒तार॑ ॥

ā paśuṃ gāsi pṛthivīṃ vanaspatīnuṣāsā naktamoṣadhīḥ।
viśve ca no vasavo viśvavedaso dhīnāṃ bhūta prāvitāra ॥

O yajaka, you sing of animals, the earth, herbs and trees, day and night. And may all the powers which provide us with shelter and comfort, present all over the world, be the protectors and promoters of our thoughts and actions.

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8.27.3

प्र सू न॑ एत्वध्व॒रो॒३ऽग्ना दे॒वेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यः।
आ॒दि॒त्येषु॒ प्र वरु॑णे धृ॒तव्र॑ते म॒रुत्सु॑ वि॒श्वभा॑नुषु ॥

pra sū na etvadhvaro3'gnā deveṣu pūrvyaḥ।
ādityeṣu pra varuṇe dhṛtavrate marutsu viśvabhānuṣu ॥

May our yajna of universal order join the fire and rise to the divinities of nature, the sun in progressive Zodiacs, the oceans of earth and space in the fixed order of cosmic law, and all the light radiations of the universe across the suns.

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8.27.4

विश्वे॒ हि ष्मा॒ मन॑वे वि॒श्ववे॑दसो॒ भुव॑न्वृ॒धे रि॒शाद॑सः।
अरि॑ष्टेभिः पा॒युभि॑र्विश्ववेदसो॒ यन्ता॑ नोऽवृ॒कं छ॒र्दिः ॥

viśve hi ṣmā manave viśvavedaso bhuvanvṛdhe riśādasaḥ।
ariṣṭebhiḥ pāyubhirviśvavedaso yantā no'vṛkaṃ chardiḥ ॥

May all the divine powers of the universe, destroyers of negativities, be for the protection and progress of mankind. May all the divinities of the universe in possession of wealth, power and knowledge along with modes of protection free from hurt and injury bring us a peaceful home on earth free from sin and crime.

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8.27.5

आ नो॑ अ॒द्य सम॑नसो॒ गन्ता॒ विश्वे॑ स॒जोष॑सः।
ऋ॒चा गि॒रा मरु॑तो॒ देव्यदि॑ते॒ सद॑ने॒ पस्त्ये॑ महि ॥

ā no adya samanaso gantā viśve sajoṣasaḥ।
ṛcā girā maruto devyadite sadane pastye mahi ॥

All powers of love and friendship of the world with equal mind may come in to us in our great halls and homes in response to our Rks, hymns of adoration, come all Maruts, friends and brave associates, great inviolable Aditi, motherly figures, come today.

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8.27.6

अ॒भि प्रि॒या म॑रुतो॒ या वो॒ अश्व्या॑ ह॒व्या मि॑त्र प्रया॒थन॑।
आ ब॒र्हिरिन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णस्तु॒रा नर॑ आदि॒त्यास॑ सदन्तु नः ॥

abhi priyā maruto yā vo aśvyā havyā mitra prayāthana।
ā barhirindro varuṇasturā nara ādityāsa sadantu naḥ ॥

O Mitra, O Maruts, sun and winds, friends and brave associates, come and bring us all your dear and lovely gifts worthy of presentation and prize possession. O Indra, lord of power, thunder, lightning and rain, Varuna, waves of cosmic energy and justice in human affairs, and Adityas, solar radiations of the universe, all leading lights of nature and humanity, come fast and bless our homes and seats of yajna.

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8.27.7

व॒यं वो॑ वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषो हि॒तप्र॑यस आनु॒षक्।
सु॒तसो॑मासो वरुण हवामहे मनु॒ष्वदि॒द्धाग्न॑यः ॥

vayaṃ vo vṛktabarhiṣo hitaprayasa ānuṣak।
sutasomāso varuṇa havāmahe manuṣvadiddhāgnayaḥ ॥

O Varuna, lord of light and justice, day and night, and other divine powers of nature and humanity, like men of love and faith we invoke and adore you now as ever. The grass carpets are spread and occupied, the sacred fires are lit, the fragrant havis is ready for offering, and the soma is pressed and distilled for the oblation.

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8.27.8

आ प्र या॑त॒ मरु॑तो॒ विष्णो॒ अश्वि॑ना॒ पूष॒न्माकी॑नया धि॒या।
इन्द्र॒ आ या॑तु प्रथ॒मः स॑नि॒ष्युभि॒र्वृषा॒ यो वृ॑त्र॒हा गृ॒णे ॥

ā pra yāta maruto viṣṇo aśvinā pūṣanmākīnayā dhiyā।
indra ā yātu prathamaḥ saniṣyubhirvṛṣā yo vṛtrahā gṛṇe ॥

Come forth to us, O Maruts, stormy forces of nature and humanity, Vishnu, all pervasive ruling power, Ashvins, complementary powers of natural and social dynamics, and Pushan, powers of health, nourishment and growth, come in response to my prayers and acts of yajna. Indra, lord of showers who are destroyer of evil and darkness, first and foremost power, come with the first and best associate powers, I adore you and pray.

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8.27.9

वि नो॑ देवासो अद्रु॒होऽच्छि॑द्रं॒ शर्म॑ यच्छत।
न यद्दू॒राद्व॑सवो॒ नू चि॒दन्ति॑तो॒ वरू॑थमाद॒धर्ष॑ति ॥

vi no devāso adruho'cchidraṃ śarma yacchata।
na yaddūrādvasavo nū cidantito varūthamādadharṣati ॥

O brilliant and generous divinities of nature and humanity, Vasus, lord of wealth and providers of home and security, free from jealousy and enmity, pray give us a faultless home, a place of security which no power from far or near might dare to violate or attack and hurt.

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8.27.10

अस्ति॒ हि व॑ सजा॒त्यं॑ रिशादसो॒ देवा॑सो॒ अस्त्याप्य॑म्।
प्र ण॒ पूर्व॑स्मै सुवि॒ताय॑ वोचत म॒क्षू सु॒म्नाय॒ नव्य॑से ॥

asti hi va sajātyaṃ riśādaso devāso astyāpyam।
pra ṇa pūrvasmai suvitāya vocata makṣū sumnāya navyase ॥

O divinities of nature and humanity, destroyers of negativities and enmities, there is a kinship among yourselves and between you and ourselves. There is a natural affinity too among yourselves and between you and ourselves, a friendship and alliance. Pray enlighten us about our ancient welfare and prosperity and lead us as ever to a new phase of prosperity and well being, the latest way.

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8.27.11

इ॒दा हि व॒ उप॑स्तुतिमि॒दा वा॒मस्य॑ भ॒क्तये॑।
उप॑ वो विश्ववेदसो नम॒स्युराँ असृ॒क्ष्यन्या॑मिव ॥

idā hi va upastutimidā vāmasya bhaktaye।
upa vo viśvavedaso namasyurām̐ asṛkṣyanyāmiva ॥

O divinities of the world who know and command all wealth and honours of life, just now I, searching for new attainments and cherished joys of life with all reverence and humility, compose and offer to you this sincere song of latest adoration like a new stream of spontaneous creation.

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8.27.12

उदु॒ ष्य व॑ सवि॒ता सु॑प्रणीत॒योऽस्था॑दू॒र्ध्वो वरे॑ण्यः।
नि द्वि॒पाद॒श्चतु॑ष्पादो अ॒र्थिनोऽवि॑श्रन्पतयि॒ष्णव॑ ॥

udu ṣya va savitā supraṇītayo'sthādūrdhvo vareṇyaḥ।
ni dvipādaścatuṣpādo arthino'viśranpatayiṣṇava ॥

O noble divinities of holy thought, intention and policy, when the lord of light and life, the sun, which is the love and choice of all, rises high up in heaven, then the humans, animals and birds all go about in pursuit of their daily business.

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8.27.13

दे॒वंदे॑वं॒ वोऽव॑से दे॒वंदे॑वम॒भिष्ट॑ये।
दे॒वंदे॑वं हुवेम॒ वाज॑सातये गृ॒णन्तो॑ दे॒व्या धि॒या ॥

devaṃdevaṃ vo'vase devaṃdevamabhiṣṭaye।
devaṃdevaṃ huvema vājasātaye gṛṇanto devyā dhiyā ॥

Every one of you, divines, for the sake of protection, every one of you, holy ones, for our cherished aims and objects of well being, every one of you, divinities, for advancement and victory in life, we invoke and adore, singing and praising with holy thoughts, words and actions.

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8.27.14

दे॒वासो॒ हि ष्मा॒ मन॑वे॒ सम॑न्यवो॒ विश्वे॑ सा॒कं सरा॑तयः।
ते नो॑ अ॒द्य ते अ॑प॒रं तु॒चे तु नो॒ भव॑न्तु वरिवो॒विद॑ ॥

devāso hi ṣmā manave samanyavo viśve sākaṃ sarātayaḥ।
te no adya te aparaṃ tuce tu no bhavantu varivovida ॥

All divinities of the world in nature and humanity, all together with gifts of wealth, knowledge and excellence, with equal mind and intention, have been generous to men of holy thought and noble purpose in search of divinity. May they be, today and ever in future, givers of the best of life’s wealth for us and our future generations in peace and plenty.

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8.27.15

प्र व॑ शंसाम्यद्रुहः सं॒स्थ उप॑स्तुतीनाम्।
न तं धू॒र्तिर्व॑रुण मित्र॒ मर्त्यं॒ यो वो॒ धाम॒भ्योऽवि॑धत् ॥

pra va śaṃsāmyadruhaḥ saṃstha upastutīnām।
na taṃ dhūrtirvaruṇa mitra martyaṃ yo vo dhāmabhyo'vidhat ॥

In the house of prayer and adoration, I exalt you, Vishvedevas, free from jealousy and enmity. O Mitra, loving friend, O Varuna, lord of judgement and wisdom, no fraud, no mischief, no damage can be done to the mortal who dedicates himself with the strength of his body, mind and soul to your light and grace.

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8.27.16

प्र स क्षयं॑ तिरते॒ वि म॒हीरिषो॒ यो वो॒ वरा॑य॒ दाश॑ति।
प्र प्र॒जाभि॑र्जायते॒ धर्म॑ण॒स्पर्यरि॑ष्ट॒ सर्व॑ एधते ॥

pra sa kṣayaṃ tirate vi mahīriṣo yo vo varāya dāśati।
pra prajābhirjāyate dharmaṇasparyariṣṭa sarva edhate ॥

He thrives in his home and abounds in plenty of wealth, honour and excellence, who gives in charity in obedience to you, Vishvedevas, for the sake of progress. He rises higher and higher with his progeny and friends in Dharma and, unhurt by sin and violence, grows stronger and higher in life.

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8.27.17

ऋ॒ते स वि॑न्दते यु॒धः सु॒गेभि॑र्या॒त्यध्व॑नः।
अ॒र्य॒मा मि॒त्रो वरु॑ण॒ सरा॑तयो॒ यं त्राय॑न्ते स॒जोष॑सः ॥

ṛte sa vindate yudhaḥ sugebhiryātyadhvanaḥ।
aryamā mitro varuṇa sarātayo yaṃ trāyante sajoṣasaḥ ॥

Without fight and struggle, he achieves, he wins everything, and he goes further forward by simple and straight paths of honesty without obstruction whom Aryama, guide and pioneer of the ways of life, Mitra, enlightened friend, and Varuna, lord of judgement and wisdom, all generous and affluent, in love and unison together, favour protect and exhort to rise and advance.

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8.27.18

अज्रे॑ चिदस्मै कृणुथा॒ न्यञ्च॑नं दु॒र्गे चि॒दा सु॑सर॒णम्।
ए॒षा चि॑दस्माद॒शनि॑ प॒रो नु सास्रे॑धन्ती॒ वि न॑श्यतु ॥

ajre cidasmai kṛṇuthā nyañcanaṃ durge cidā susaraṇam।
eṣā cidasmādaśani paro nu sāsredhantī vi naśyatu ॥

Even the simple path you make simpler for him, and the difficult one, easy to follow and cross over. Let the thunder arm go far off from him and fall away ineffective and be destroyed.

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8.27.19

यद॒द्य सूर्य॑ उद्य॒ति प्रिय॑क्षत्रा ऋ॒तं द॒ध।
यन्नि॒म्रुचि॑ प्र॒बुधि॑ विश्ववेदसो॒ यद्वा॑ म॒ध्यंदि॑ने दि॒वः ॥

yadadya sūrya udyati priyakṣatrā ṛtaṃ dadha।
yannimruci prabudhi viśvavedaso yadvā madhyaṃdine divaḥ ॥

Omnipresent Vishvedevas in command of the world’s wealth, honour and knowledge, whether it is the time of sun-rise or sunset or the early dawn or middle of the day, hold on to the law of universal truth. You are the committed lovers of strength.

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8.27.20

यद्वा॑भिपि॒त्वे अ॑सुरा ऋ॒तं य॒ते छ॒र्दिर्ये॒म वि दा॒शुषे॑।
व॒यं तद्वो॑ वसवो विश्ववेदस॒ उप॑ स्थेयाम॒ मध्य॒ आ ॥

yadvābhipitve asurā ṛtaṃ yate chardiryema vi dāśuṣe।
vayaṃ tadvo vasavo viśvavedasa upa stheyāma madhya ā ॥

The devotee having offered service in worship of truth and divine law, morning, evening or any time, you bless the man of charity with a peaceful home, then, O harbingers of pranic energy, and commanders of the world’s wealth and givers of peace and shelter, pray may we too abide in your midst close to you under your protection and care.

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8.27.21

यद॒द्य सूर॒ उदि॑ते॒ यन्म॒ध्यंदि॑न आ॒तुचि॑।
वा॒मं ध॒त्थ मन॑वे विश्ववेदसो॒ जुह्वा॑नाय॒ प्रचे॑तसे ॥

yadadya sūra udite yanmadhyaṃdina ātuci।
vāmaṃ dhattha manave viśvavedaso juhvānāya pracetase ॥

Since at sun-rise or at mid-day or in the evening, that is, any time, O powers of world knowledge and world’s wealth, you bear and bring cherished wealth and fulfilment to the man of holy karma, knowledge, wisdom and discrimination, we pray to be in your company under your kind protection.

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8.27.22

व॒यं तद्व॑ सम्राज॒ आ वृ॑णीमहे पु॒त्रो न ब॑हु॒पाय्य॑म्।
अ॒श्याम॒ तदा॑दित्या॒ जुह्व॑तो ह॒विर्येन॒ वस्यो॒ऽनशा॑महै ॥

vayaṃ tadva samrāja ā vṛṇīmahe putro na bahupāyyam।
aśyāma tadādityā juhvato haviryena vasyo'naśāmahai ॥

Just as a child asks the father for manifold gifts of food and joy, so we choose to ask of you, O brilliant and generous rulers, the same boon of versatile nature: We who offer yajnic service pray, O lords of light and grace, Adityas, let us obtain that holy gift of favour by which we may realise whatever wealth, honour and excellence we cherish in life.

Ṛgveda 8.28 · 5 verses

8.28.1

ये त्रिं॒शति॒ त्रय॑स्प॒रो दे॒वासो॑ ब॒र्हिरास॑दन्।
वि॒दन्नह॑ द्वि॒तास॑नन् ॥

ye triṃśati trayasparo devāso barhirāsadan।
vidannaha dvitāsanan ॥

May thirty three divine powers come and sit on the holy grass of yajna vedi to join my yajna, know and secure for me twofold gifts of material and spiritual fulfilment. (Thirty three divine powers or divinities or ‘gods’ are eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, Indra and Prajapati. Swami Dayanand enumerates and describes these as follows: 8 Vasus: earth, water, fire, air, space, sun, moon, and the stars. They are Vasus because they are the abodes and sustainers of life. 11 Rudras: ten pranic energies and the soul. 12 Adityas: twelve phases of the sun in the zodiacs. One Indra, cosmic energy, and one Prajapati, creative energy of nature which creates life and its supports.

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8.28.2

वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा स्मद्रा॑तिषाचो अ॒ग्नय॑।
पत्नी॑वन्तो॒ वष॑ट्कृताः ॥

varuṇo mitro aryamā smadrātiṣāco agnaya।
patnīvanto vaṣaṭkṛtāḥ ॥

May Varuna, the ocean, Mitra, the sun, Aryama, the cosmic law, and the vital fires with their creative energies for life sustenance, all givers of the cosmic wealth of life energy, invoked and served with yajnic food, arise, join the yajna and help us with material and spiritual fulfilment. (At the individual level, we may interpret Varuna as our sense of justice, Mitra as our sense of love and friendship, Aryama as our sense of judgment and will, and fires as our vitalities working with our will to live.)

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8.28.3

ते नो॑ गो॒पा अ॑पा॒च्यास्त उद॒क्त इ॒त्था न्य॑क्।
पु॒रस्ता॒त्सर्व॑या वि॒शा ॥

te no gopā apācyāsta udakta itthā nyak।
purastātsarvayā viśā ॥

Be they our protectors with all their vital powers from the west, north, south, east, above and below.

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8.28.4

यथा॒ वश॑न्ति दे॒वास्तथेद॑स॒त्तदे॑षां॒ नकि॒रा मि॑नत्।
अरा॑वा च॒न मर्त्य॑ ॥

yathā vaśanti devāstathedasattadeṣāṃ nakirā minat।
arāvā cana martya ॥

Whatever these bounties of divine nature wish and desire, the same does come about. No one can resist them, no uncharitable person can move them either.

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8.28.5

स॒प्ता॒नां स॒प्त ऋ॒ष्टय॑ स॒प्त द्यु॒म्नान्ये॑षाम्।
स॒प्तो अधि॒ श्रियो॑ धिरे ॥

saptānāṃ sapta ṛṣṭaya sapta dyumnānyeṣām।
sapto adhi śriyo dhire ॥

Seven are the potencies of seven, seven are their glories and over and above, seven are the graces they command. (These seven may be interpreted as the five senses, mind (mana) and intelligence, (buddhi). They may also be interpreted as seven Maruts, nature’s stormy forces.)

Ṛgveda 8.29 · 10 verses

8.29.1

ब॒भ्रुरेको॒ विषु॑णः सू॒नरो॒ युवा॒ञ्ज्य॑ङ्क्ते हिर॒ण्यय॑म् ॥

babhrureko viṣuṇaḥ sūnaro yuvāñjyaṅkte hiraṇyayam ॥

One is alert and active, all inspiring and versatile, youthful leader, joyous and true, wrapped in golden hue. (The one is interpreted as Soma, moon, and the mind.)

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8.29.2

योनि॒मेक॒ आ स॑साद॒ द्योत॑नो॒ऽन्तर्दे॒वेषु॒ मेधि॑रः ॥

yonimeka ā sasāda dyotano'ntardeveṣu medhiraḥ ॥

Another, seated in its own place, wise and illuminant is venerable among the divinities. (This divinity is interpreted as Agni, the eye, and truth.)

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8.29.3

वाशी॒मेको॑ बिभर्ति॒ हस्त॑ आय॒सीम॒न्तर्दे॒वेषु॒ निध्रु॑विः ॥

vāśīmeko bibharti hasta āyasīmantardeveṣu nidhruviḥ ॥

Another, constant and unshakable among the divinities holds an iron axe, shaper of things. (This has been interpreted as Tvashta, divine shaper, maker and refiner of things, or the ear or Kratu, performer of holy acts.)

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8.29.4

वज्र॒मेको॑ बिभर्ति॒ हस्त॒ आहि॑तं॒ तेन॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते ॥

vajrameko bibharti hasta āhitaṃ tena vṛtrāṇi jighnate ॥

Another holds the thunderbolt, wielded firmly, by which he destroys evil and dark forces of ignorance, want and suffering. (This is Indra, cosmic energy, or soul, or Daksha, omnipotent will and action.)

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8.29.5

ति॒ग्ममेको॑ बिभर्ति॒ हस्त॒ आयु॑धं॒ शुचि॑रु॒ग्रो जला॑षभेषजः ॥

tigmameko bibharti hasta āyudhaṃ śucirugro jalāṣabheṣajaḥ ॥

Another holds a razor edge weapon in hand, being pure, brilliant and terrible, and controls healing powers of medicine and immunity. (This is Rudra, also inner happiness, which is the essential and primary force of good health.)

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8.29.6

प॒थ एक॑ पीपाय॒ तस्क॑रो यथाँ ए॒ष वे॑द निधी॒नाम् ॥

patha eka pīpāya taskaro yathām̐ eṣa veda nidhīnām ॥

Another watches and guards the paths of life like a sensitive watchman as it knows the secrets of the sources of life’s wealth. (This is Pushan, health energy, or the protective arm of the individual and society.)

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8.29.7

त्रीण्येक॑ उरुगा॒यो वि च॑क्रमे॒ यत्र॑ दे॒वासो॒ मद॑न्ति ॥

trīṇyeka urugāyo vi cakrame yatra devāso madanti ॥

And one of universal fame worthy of homage pervades and covers all three regions of space whereon all the divinities rejoice. (This is Vishnu, omnipresent dynamic spirit of life which wards off stagnation in the living world.)

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8.29.8

विभि॒र्द्वा च॑रत॒ एक॑या स॒ह प्र प्र॑वा॒सेव॑ वसतः ॥

vibhirdvā carata ekayā saha pra pravāseva vasataḥ ॥

Two with flights like desire and ambition move around with one, intelligence, and reach wherever they choose to distant places like travellers. (These are the Ashvins, twin divinities of nature’s dynamics, or, at the individual’s level, ambition and ego which fly on the wings of imagination.)

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8.29.9

सदो॒ द्वा च॑क्राते उप॒मा दि॒वि स॒म्राजा॑ स॒र्पिरा॑सुती ॥

sado dvā cakrāte upamā divi samrājā sarpirāsutī ॥

And two of royal magnificence in closest proximity receive and enjoy oblations of ghrta and take their position in the regions of heavenly light. (These are Mitra and Varuna, sun and ocean, heat and cool of nature, or love and judgement, or sunlight and air in human life.)

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8.29.10

अर्च॑न्त॒ एके॒ महि॒ साम॑ मन्वत॒ तेन॒ सूर्य॑मरोचयन् ॥

arcanta eke mahi sāma manvata tena sūryamarocayan ॥

Ṛgveda 8.30 · 4 verses

8.30.1

न॒हि वो॒ अस्त्य॑र्भ॒को देवा॑सो॒ न कु॑मार॒कः।
विश्वे॑ स॒तोम॑हान्त॒ इत् ॥

nahi vo astyarbhako devāso na kumārakaḥ।
viśve satomahānta it ॥

O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and humanity, none of you is a child, none an adolescent. All of you are equal and great.

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8.30.2

इति॑ स्तु॒तासो॑ असथा रिशादसो॒ ये स्थ त्रय॑श्च त्रिं॒शच्च॑।
मनो॑र्देवा यज्ञियासः ॥

iti stutāso asathā riśādaso ye stha trayaśca triṃśacca।
manordevā yajñiyāsaḥ ॥

Three and thirty Vishvedevas thus sung and adored are destroyers of sin and suffering, and therefore you are lovable and adorable by humanity in all their yajnic acts.

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8.30.3

ते न॑स्त्राध्वं॒ ते॑ऽवत॒ त उ॑ नो॒ अधि॑ वोचत।
मा न॑ प॒थः पित्र्या॑न्मान॒वादधि॑ दू॒रं नै॑ष्ट परा॒वत॑ ॥

te nastrādhvaṃ te'vata ta u no adhi vocata।
mā na pathaḥ pitryānmānavādadhi dūraṃ naiṣṭa parāvata ॥

Such as you are, pray save us, protect and promote us, speak to us and enlighten us. Let us not stray out far from the right path of our ancestors or the right path of humanity.

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8.30.4

ये दे॑वास इ॒ह स्थन॒ विश्वे॑ वैश्वान॒रा उ॒त।
अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ शर्म॑ स॒प्रथो॒ गवेऽश्वा॑य यच्छत ॥

ye devāsa iha sthana viśve vaiśvānarā uta।
asmabhyaṃ śarma sapratho gave'śvāya yacchata ॥

All the divinities of nature and humanity who are here or who are anywhere in the world as leading lights of humanity may, we pray, give us a spacious and comfortable home for the advancement of our knowledge and culture and for our working potential, success and progress.

Ṛgveda 8.31 · 18 verses

8.31.1

यो यजा॑ति॒ यजा॑त॒ इत्सु॒नव॑च्च॒ पचा॑ति च।
ब्र॒ह्मेदिन्द्र॑स्य चाकनत् ॥

yo yajāti yajāta itsunavacca pacāti ca।
brahmedindrasya cākanat ॥

The yajamana who performs yajna himself or has yajna performed by a priest, presses and prepares the soma himself or has it prepared through a priest pleases Indra and obtains the knowledge of Divinity and Veda.

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8.31.2

पु॒रो॒ळाशं॒ यो अ॑स्मै॒ सोमं॒ रर॑त आ॒शिर॑म्।
पादित्तं श॒क्रो अंह॑सः ॥

puroḷāśaṃ yo asmai somaṃ rarata āśiram।
pādittaṃ śakro aṃhasaḥ ॥

Whoever offers food to the fire and to the deserving poor in honour of this omnipresent lord, Indra, and offers him oblations of soma mixed with fragrant havis, the lord almighty saves him from sin and evil.

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8.31.3

तस्य॑ द्यु॒माँ अ॑स॒द्रथो॑ दे॒वजू॑त॒ स शू॑शुवत्।
विश्वा॑ व॒न्वन्न॑मि॒त्रिया॑ ॥

tasya dyumām̐ asadratho devajūta sa śūśuvat।
viśvā vanvannamitriyā ॥

His chariot would shine with wealth and lustre and he, inspired by divinity, would rise in life with wealth and knowledge, honour and social prestige, removing obstructive difficulties and adversities from his path of progress.

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8.31.4

अस्य॑ प्र॒जाव॑ती गृ॒हेऽस॑श्चन्ती दि॒वेदि॑वे।
इळा॑ धेनु॒मती॑ दुहे ॥

asya prajāvatī gṛhe'saścantī divedive।
iḷā dhenumatī duhe ॥

Ila, constant mother stream of total prosperity, flows inexhaustible into his home, blessing him with progeny, cows, culture and enlightenment, honour and excellence, day in and day out.

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8.31.5

या दम्प॑ती॒ सम॑नसा सुनु॒त आ च॒ धाव॑तः।
देवा॑सो॒ नित्य॑या॒शिरा॑ ॥

yā dampatī samanasā sunuta ā ca dhāvataḥ।
devāso nityayāśirā ॥

The couple who, with dedicated mind, perform yajna in unison, give in charity, and thus cleanse themselves and their soul, the divinities always bless them with sweets of milk and honey.

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8.31.6

प्रति॑ प्राश॒व्याँ॑ इतः स॒म्यञ्चा॑ ब॒र्हिरा॑शाते।
न ता वाजे॑षु वायतः ॥

prati prāśavyām̐ itaḥ samyañcā barhirāśāte।
na tā vājeṣu vāyataḥ ॥

Together in love and respect they sit on the holy grass, perform yajna and receive divine gifts of delicious food and drink in plenty, and never do they fail in their battles of life for progress.

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8.31.7

न दे॒वाना॒मपि॑ ह्नुतः सुम॒तिं न जु॑गुक्षतः।
श्रवो॑ बृ॒हद्वि॑वासतः ॥

na devānāmapi hnutaḥ sumatiṃ na jugukṣataḥ।
śravo bṛhadvivāsataḥ ॥

Never do they neglect the divinities nor do they minimize the gifts of their favour and good will, and thus indeed do they shine bright in glory and exalt the gifts of divinity.

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8.31.8

पु॒त्रिणा॒ ता कु॑मा॒रिणा॒ विश्व॒मायु॒र्व्य॑श्नुतः।
उ॒भा हिर॑ण्यपेशसा ॥

putriṇā tā kumāriṇā viśvamāyurvyaśnutaḥ।
ubhā hiraṇyapeśasā ॥

They live a full happy life blest with sons and daughters and golden means of living in prosperity and decency.

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8.31.9

वी॒तिहो॑त्रा कृ॒तद्व॑सू दश॒स्यन्ता॒मृता॑य॒ कम्।
समूधो॑ रोम॒शं ह॑तो दे॒वेषु॑ कृणुतो॒ दुव॑ ॥

vītihotrā kṛtadvasū daśasyantāmṛtāya kam।
samūdho romaśaṃ hato deveṣu kṛṇuto duva ॥

Performing yajna with generous hospitality, creating wealth and giving in charity, contributing to the peace and comfort of all in general for the sake of divine gifts of immortality, blest with milch cows and woolly sheep and goats, they live the good life doing reverence to the divines and enjoying the liberal gifts of divinity.

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8.31.10

आ शर्म॒ पर्व॑तानां वृणी॒महे॑ न॒दीना॑म्।
आ विष्णो॑ सचा॒भुव॑ ॥

ā śarma parvatānāṃ vṛṇīmahe nadīnām।
ā viṣṇo sacābhuva ॥

Living in the presence of Vishnu, all pervasive and protective Spirit divine and universal friend of all life, we pray for the Lord’s gift of the peace, protection, freedom and comfort of the rivers, mountains and the clouds.

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8.31.11

ऐतु॑ पू॒षा र॒यिर्भग॑ स्व॒स्ति स॑र्व॒धात॑मः।
उ॒रुरध्वा॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

aitu pūṣā rayirbhaga svasti sarvadhātamaḥ।
ururadhvā svastaye ॥

Come Pusha, lord of health and nurture, Bhaga, gracious lord of wealth and power, wielder and controller of all power and prosperity for happiness and well being, and may our path of progress be wide open for all round happiness and well being.

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8.31.12

अ॒रम॑तिरन॒र्वणो॒ विश्वो॑ दे॒वस्य॒ मन॑सा।
आ॒दि॒त्याना॑मने॒ह इत् ॥

aramatiranarvaṇo viśvo devasya manasā।
ādityānāmaneha it ॥

The world’s obedience and service to irresistible divinity rendered sincerely with mind and soul and the grace of the Adityas gives freedom from sin and selfishness.

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8.31.13

यथा॑ नो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वरु॑ण॒ सन्ति॑ गो॒पाः।
सु॒गा ऋ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॑ ॥

yathā no mitro aryamā varuṇa santi gopāḥ।
sugā ṛtasya panthā ॥

Since Mitra, lord of love, light and friendship, Aryama, universal guide and path maker, and Varuna, lord of judgement and justice, are our protectors, may our paths of advancement and rectitude be simple, straight and easy.

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8.31.14

अ॒ग्निं व॑ पू॒र्व्यं गि॒रा दे॒वमी॑ळे॒ वसू॑नाम्।
स॒प॒र्यन्त॑ पुरुप्रि॒यं मि॒त्रं न क्षे॑त्र॒साध॑सम् ॥

agniṃ va pūrvyaṃ girā devamīḷe vasūnām।
saparyanta purupriyaṃ mitraṃ na kṣetrasādhasam ॥

With sincere word and thought I serve and adore Agni, eternal and gracious lord of wealth and prosperity. You too serve the same lord of universal love as a friend, the lord giver of fulfilment to us in our existential state of being.

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8.31.15

म॒क्षू दे॒वव॑तो॒ रथ॒ शूरो॑ वा पृ॒त्सु कासु॑ चित्।
दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥

makṣū devavato ratha śūro vā pṛtsu kāsu cit।
devānāṃ ya inmano yajamāna iyakṣatyabhīdayajvano bhuvat ॥

The chariot of the man of reverence to divinities moves fast forward, and the hero himself, who, with sincere mind and action, performs yajna and offers service to the divinities, goes far forward in the battles of life and surpasses the uncharitables who perform no yajna in the service of humanity and divinity.

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8.31.16

न य॑जमान रिष्यसि॒ न सु॑न्वान॒ न दे॑वयो।
दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥

na yajamāna riṣyasi na sunvāna na devayo।
devānāṃ ya inmano yajamāna iyakṣatyabhīdayajvano bhuvat ॥

O man of charity and yajnic service to humanity and divinity, you will never suffer wrong or damage, O creator of soma dedicated to yajna to the divinities, you will never be hurt and never fail in your life’s mission. The yajamana who, with sincere mind and actions, performs yajna in service to the divinities of nature and humanity surpasses the uncharitables who never perform yajnic service in the field of creative fellowship and cooperation with others, human and divine.

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8.31.17

नकि॒ष्टं कर्म॑णा नश॒न्न प्र यो॑ष॒न्न यो॑षति।
दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥

nakiṣṭaṃ karmaṇā naśanna pra yoṣanna yoṣati।
devānāṃ ya inmano yajamāna iyakṣatyabhīdayajvano bhuvat ॥

The yajamana who with sincere mind and action, serves the divinities, no one can equal by action, much less destroy. Nor does he forsake his own path, nor can anyone else lead him astray. Indeed he surpasses all those who are uncharitable and perform no yajnic service to divinity and humanity.

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8.31.18

अस॒दत्र॑ सु॒वीर्य॑मु॒त त्यदा॒श्वश्व्य॑म्।
दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॒ यज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षत्य॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥

asadatra suvīryamuta tyadāśvaśvyam।
devānāṃ ya inmano yajamāna iyakṣatyabhīdayajvano bhuvat ॥

May there be heroic power and prowess, fast victory and life’s fulfilment for him who performs yajna in service to the divinities of nature and humanity with truth of mind and action, and may he surpass all those uncharitables who perform no selfless service in creative action to divinity and humanity.

Ṛgveda 8.32 · 30 verses

8.32.1

प्र कृ॒तान्यृ॑जी॒षिण॒ कण्वा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ गाथ॑या।
मदे॒ सोम॑स्य वोचत ॥

pra kṛtānyṛjīṣiṇa kaṇvā indrasya gāthayā।
made somasya vocata ॥

O poets of wisdom and imagination, joyous lovers of life and action, in the soma ecstasy of the beauty and grandeur of life, sing and celebrate the wondrous works of Indra, ruler, power, energy and inspirer of life in nature and humanity in the world.

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8.32.2

यः सृबि॑न्द॒मन॑र्शनिं॒ पिप्रुं॑ दा॒सम॑ही॒शुव॑म्।
वधी॑दु॒ग्रो रि॒णन्न॒पः ॥

yaḥ sṛbindamanarśaniṃ pipruṃ dāsamahīśuvam।
vadhīdugro riṇannapaḥ ॥

The awful lord of might and action stems the rising wicked, subdues the bullying exploiter, restrains the greedy devourer, cracks the senseless saboteur and the crooked deceiver, and having destroyed the negative forces, releases the free flow of waters and freedom of action, development and progress.

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8.32.3

न्यर्बु॑दस्य वि॒ष्टपं॑ व॒र्ष्माणं॑ बृह॒तस्ति॑र।
कृ॒षे तदि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्य॑म् ॥

nyarbudasya viṣṭapaṃ varṣmāṇaṃ bṛhatastira।
kṛṣe tadindra pauṃsyam ॥

Indra, cosmic power of nature, you break the stronghold of the cloud of showers from the tip of vast heaven and thus accomplish that wondrous feat of divine power.

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8.32.4

प्रति॑ श्रु॒ताय॑ वो धृ॒षत्तूर्णा॑शं॒ न गि॒रेरधि॑।
हु॒वे सु॑शि॒प्रमू॒तये॑ ॥

prati śrutāya vo dhṛṣattūrṇāśaṃ na gireradhi।
huve suśipramūtaye ॥

O people, for your protection and promotion, I invoke and call upon the victorious Indra of the glorious helmet who brings a flood of waters from the heights of the cloud in response to prayer and promise.

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8.32.5

स गोरश्व॑स्य॒ वि व्र॒जं म॑न्दा॒नः सो॒म्येभ्य॑।
पुरं॒ न शू॑र दर्षसि ॥

sa goraśvasya vi vrajaṃ mandānaḥ somyebhya।
puraṃ na śūra darṣasi ॥

Indra of such fame and prowess, heroic leader, happy and joyous, you open the gates of knowledge and victory in action and attainment, as you open the stalls of cows and horses and the gates of a fortress for the performers of soma yajna.

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8.32.6

यदि॑ मे रा॒रण॑ सु॒त उ॒क्थे वा॒ दध॑से॒ चन॑।
आ॒रादुप॑ स्व॒धा ग॑हि ॥

yadi me rāraṇa suta ukthe vā dadhase cana।
ārādupa svadhā gahi ॥

If you take delight in the soma distilled by me and feel the ecstasy of my song of homage, then come from far and come from near and, by your own divine nature, take me on for the food of life you hold for me.

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8.32.7

व॒यं घा॑ ते॒ अपि॑ ष्मसि स्तो॒तार॑ इन्द्र गिर्वणः।
त्वं नो॑ जिन्व सोमपाः ॥

vayaṃ ghā te api ṣmasi stotāra indra girvaṇaḥ।
tvaṃ no jinva somapāḥ ॥

Indra, lord celebrated in song, your devoted celebrants as we are, O lord protector and promoter of the beauty, honour and excellence of life, pray give us the food and fulfilment of life we love and aspire for.

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8.32.8

उ॒त न॑ पि॒तुमा भ॑र संररा॒णो अवि॑क्षितम्।
मघ॑व॒न्भूरि॑ ते॒ वसु॑ ॥

uta na pitumā bhara saṃrarāṇo avikṣitam।
maghavanbhūri te vasu ॥

And, O lord of the power, honour and glory of the world, all joyous and generous, bring us the food of life inexhaustible. Infinite is your wealth and boundless your munificence.

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8.32.9

उ॒त नो॒ गोम॑तस्कृधि॒ हिर॑ण्यवतो अ॒श्विन॑।
इळा॑भि॒ सं र॑भेमहि ॥

uta no gomataskṛdhi hiraṇyavato aśvina।
iḷābhi saṃ rabhemahi ॥

And make us rich in lands and cows, knowledge and culture, make us masters of the golden glories of life. Advance us with horses and victories of high and higher attainments in honour and excellence. And lead us to exert ourselves in unison with songs of adoration and libations of homage and gratitude with holy words of joy.

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8.32.10

बृ॒बदु॑क्थं हवामहे सृ॒प्रक॑रस्नमू॒तये॑।
साधु॑ कृ॒ण्वन्त॒मव॑से ॥

bṛbadukthaṃ havāmahe sṛprakarasnamūtaye।
sādhu kṛṇvantamavase ॥

We invoke the lord divine and master ruler who is highly adorable, of long and supple arms of generosity, and always does good for the protection and promotion of all.

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8.32.11

यः सं॒स्थे चि॑च्छ॒तक्र॑तु॒रादीं॑ कृ॒णोति॑ वृत्र॒हा।
ज॒रि॒तृभ्य॑ पुरू॒वसु॑ ॥

yaḥ saṃsthe cicchatakraturādīṃ kṛṇoti vṛtrahā।
jaritṛbhya purūvasu ॥

We invoke the lord adorable who does a hundred great favours to the man at peace and, dispelling the darkness in the mind and heart, sublimates the soul too with the spirit of a hundred good works of piety. Indeed, the lord is of infinite wealth, honour and bliss for all his devotees and destroys their evil and ignorance.

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8.32.12

स न॑ श॒क्रश्चि॒दा श॑क॒द्दान॑वाँ अन्तराभ॒रः।
इन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑ ॥

sa na śakraścidā śakaddānavām̐ antarābharaḥ।
indro viśvābhirūtibhi ॥

The Lord Almighty strengthens us, is generous, and enriches our inner self with vision and love and with all strength and modes of protection and progress.

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8.32.13

यो रा॒यो॒३ऽवनि॑र्म॒हान्सु॑पा॒रः सु॑न्व॒तः सखा॑।
तमिन्द्र॑म॒भि गा॑यत ॥

yo rāyo3'vanirmahānsupāraḥ sunvataḥ sakhā।
tamindramabhi gāyata ॥

Sing in honour of Indra, that mighty lord and ruler who commands the wealth, honour and excellence of the world, is universal protector and preserver, saviour of his devotees and friend of the lovers of soma and yajna.

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8.32.14

आ॒य॒न्तारं॒ महि॑ स्थि॒रं पृत॑नासु श्रवो॒जित॑म्।
भूरे॒रीशा॑न॒मोज॑सा ॥

āyantāraṃ mahi sthiraṃ pṛtanāsu śravojitam।
bhūrerīśānamojasā ॥

Honour and adore the lord and ruler who is great, controller of the world and its law, constant in the dynamics of existence wherein he is the sole conqueror of honour and glory and who, with his power and grandeur, is the ruler of the vast riches of the world.

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8.32.15

नकि॑रस्य॒ शची॑नां निय॒न्ता सू॒नृता॑नाम्।
नकि॑र्व॒क्ता न दा॒दिति॑ ॥

nakirasya śacīnāṃ niyantā sūnṛtānām।
nakirvaktā na dāditi ॥

None is the controller of his mighty acts and powers universally pleasant and true, and there is none who can ever say: He has failed to give and bless.

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8.32.16

न नू॒नं ब्र॒ह्मणा॑मृ॒णं प्रा॑शू॒नाम॑स्ति सुन्व॒ताम्।
न सोमो॑ अप्र॒ता प॑पे ॥

na nūnaṃ brahmaṇāmṛṇaṃ prāśūnāmasti sunvatām।
na somo apratā pape ॥

There is no recompense due from men of divinity, from the guests and those actively working for yajna and the extraction of soma. The creator of soma, the giver of knowledge and the social worker do not drink for nothing (they pay with service).

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8.32.17

पन्य॒ इदुप॑ गायत॒ पन्य॑ उ॒क्थानि॑ शंसत।
ब्रह्मा॑ कृणोत॒ पन्य॒ इत् ॥

panya idupa gāyata panya ukthāni śaṃsata।
brahmā kṛṇota panya it ॥

Sing in honour of adorable Indra, recite your hymns of praise in honour of admirable Indra, create your orations to celebrate the glorious Indra.

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8.32.18

पन्य॒ आ द॑र्दिरच्छ॒ता स॒हस्रा॑ वा॒ज्यवृ॑तः।
इन्द्रो॒ यो यज्व॑नो वृ॒धः ॥

panya ā dardiracchatā sahasrā vājyavṛtaḥ।
indro yo yajvano vṛdhaḥ ॥

Indra, potent lord who commands supreme power and, unobstructed, breaks down a hundred and a thousand adversaries, strengthens and exalts the devotees of yajna.

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8.32.19

वि षू च॑र स्व॒धा अनु॑ कृष्टी॒नामन्वा॒हुव॑।
इन्द्र॒ पिब॑ सु॒ताना॑म् ॥

vi ṣū cara svadhā anu kṛṣṭīnāmanvāhuva।
indra piba sutānām ॥

Go forward, Indra, in response to the invitation to yajna of the people and drink of the soma extracted, distilled and offered by them.

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8.32.20

पिब॒ स्वधै॑नवानामु॒त यस्तुग्र्ये॒ सचा॑।
उ॒तायमि॑न्द्र॒ यस्तव॑ ॥

piba svadhainavānāmuta yastugrye sacā।
utāyamindra yastava ॥

Drink of the joy and exhilaration of your powers and perceptions which is all associated with your own performance, the super-power that’s you and yours. Indeed, it is all your own power and glory.

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8.32.21

अती॑हि मन्युषा॒विणं॑ सुषु॒वांस॑मु॒पार॑णे।
इ॒मं रा॒तं सु॒तं पि॑ब ॥

atīhi manyuṣāviṇaṃ suṣuvāṃsamupāraṇe।
imaṃ rātaṃ sutaṃ piba ॥

Ignore the man who offers yajnic soma in a mood of anger, frustration and protest. Ignore the man who offers yajna and soma but in a joyless and conflictive mood. Accept this soma of homage distilled and offered in a state of delight, love and faith.

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8.32.22

इ॒हि ति॒स्रः प॑रा॒वत॑ इ॒हि पञ्च॒ जनाँ॒ अति॑।
धेना॑ इन्द्राव॒चाक॑शत् ॥

ihi tisraḥ parāvata ihi pañca janām̐ ati।
dhenā indrāvacākaśat ॥

Indra, come from far, cross over the five classes of people to exhaust the possibilities of their life, transcend the three versions of knowledge, action and prayer, and listen with love and approval the sole one voice of my soul.

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8.32.23

सूर्यो॑ र॒श्मिं यथा॑ सृ॒जा त्वा॑ यच्छन्तु मे॒ गिर॑।
नि॒म्नमापो॒ न स॒ध्र्य॑क् ॥

sūryo raśmiṃ yathā sṛjā tvā yacchantu me gira।
nimnamāpo na sadhryak ॥

Just as the sun radiates the rays of light over space, just as waters flow down swift and straight, so may the voice of my soul reach you.

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8.32.24

अध्व॑र्य॒वा तु हि षि॒ञ्च सोमं॑ वी॒राय॑ शि॒प्रिणे॑।
भरा॑ सु॒तस्य॑ पी॒तये॑ ॥

adhvaryavā tu hi ṣiñca somaṃ vīrāya śipriṇe।
bharā sutasya pītaye ॥

O organiser and performer of yajna, offer the soma of devotion profusely to Indra, mighty lord of the helmet, and fill the vessel of your heart with divine love and pranic energy to enjoy life to the full.

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8.32.25

य उ॒द्नः फ॑लि॒गं भि॒नन्न्य१क्सिन्धूँ॑र॒वासृ॑जत्।
यो गोषु॑ प॒क्वं धा॒रय॑त् ॥

ya udnaḥ phaligaṃ bhinannya1ksindhūm̐ravāsṛjat।
yo goṣu pakvaṃ dhārayat ॥

Indra breaks the clouds of rain, releases the waters for the rivers to flow down to the sea, and provides mature milk in the cows, knowledge and wisdom in the words of language and ripe grain in the fields of earth.

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8.32.26

अह॑न्वृ॒त्रमृची॑षम और्णवा॒भम॑ही॒शुव॑म्।
हि॒मेना॑विध्य॒दर्बु॑दम् ॥

ahanvṛtramṛcīṣama aurṇavābhamahīśuvam।
himenāvidhyadarbudam ॥

The refulgent sun breaks the heavy cloud of vapours moving around like a crooked snake, in the middle regions of space.

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8.32.27

प्र व॑ उ॒ग्राय॑ नि॒ष्टुरेऽषा॑ळ्हाय प्रस॒क्षिणे॑।
दे॒वत्तं॒ ब्रह्म॑ गायत ॥

pra va ugrāya niṣṭure'ṣāḷhāya prasakṣiṇe।
devattaṃ brahma gāyata ॥

O celebrants and yajakas, sing the most heavenly song of praise worthy of divinity in honour of refulgent, impetuous, invincible and ever enduring friend, Indra, leader and commander of the ruling and defensive forces of nature and humanity.

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8.32.28

यो विश्वा॑न्य॒भि व्र॒ता सोम॑स्य॒ मदे॒ अन्ध॑सः।
इन्द्रो॑ दे॒वेषु॒ चेत॑ति ॥

yo viśvānyabhi vratā somasya made andhasaḥ।
indro deveṣu cetati ॥

Celebrate Indra, soul and ruling spirit in nature and humanity, who, in the excitement and ecstasy of the taste of food and soma, awakens in humans and divines the awareness of all the rules and laws of discipline and commitment to the vows of discipline in life.

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8.32.29

इ॒ह त्या स॑ध॒माद्या॒ हरी॒ हिर॑ण्यकेश्या।
वो॒ळ्हाम॒भि प्रयो॑ हि॒तम् ॥

iha tyā sadhamādyā harī hiraṇyakeśyā।
voḷhāmabhi prayo hitam ॥

Here in life on earth, those two golden and refulgent motive powers of nature’s circuitous energy, jubilant and festive co-workers for the chariot of Indra, lord ruler of nature and humanity, may, we pray, bring in holy food for health and energy for the good of all living beings.

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8.32.30

अ॒र्वाञ्चं॑ त्वा पुरुष्टुत प्रि॒यमे॑धस्तुता॒ हरी॑।
सो॒म॒पेया॑य वक्षतः ॥

arvāñcaṃ tvā puruṣṭuta priyamedhastutā harī।
somapeyāya vakṣataḥ ॥

Indra, lord universally sung and celebrated, may the two motive powers of your chariot, loved and adored by scholars dedicated to yajnic pursuit of knowledge and wisdom, bring you here to join us and share the ecstasy of soma celebration with humanity.

Ṛgveda 8.33 · 19 verses

8.33.1

व॒यं घ॑ त्वा सु॒ताव॑न्त॒ आपो॒ न वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः।
प॒वित्र॑स्य प्र॒स्रव॑णेषु वृत्रह॒न्परि॑ स्तो॒तार॑ आसते ॥

vayaṃ gha tvā sutāvanta āpo na vṛktabarhiṣaḥ।
pavitrasya prasravaṇeṣu vṛtrahanpari stotāra āsate ॥

Indra, destroyer of evil, darkness and suffering, we, your celebrants, having distilled the soma, spread and occupied the holy grass, we, sit and wait on the vedi for your presence in the flux of life as holy performers, while the flow of pure immortality continues all round in the dynamics of existence.

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8.33.2

स्वर॑न्ति त्वा सु॒ते नरो॒ वसो॑ निरे॒क उ॒क्थिन॑।
क॒दा सु॒तं तृ॑षा॒ण ओक॒ आ ग॑म॒ इन्द्र॑ स्व॒ब्दीव॒ वंस॑गः ॥

svaranti tvā sute naro vaso nireka ukthina।
kadā sutaṃ tṛṣāṇa oka ā gama indra svabdīva vaṃsagaḥ ॥

Indra, Vasu, giver of peace and security in self-settlement, while the soma of faith and love has been distilled in the heart and the devotees sing and celebrate your honour in hymns of praise, when would you, keen to join us at the celebration, come to the yajnic hall thirsting to meet the people you love and admire.

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8.33.3

कण्वे॑भिर्धृष्ण॒वा धृ॒षद्वाजं॑ दर्षि सह॒स्रिण॑म्।
पि॒शङ्ग॑रूपं मघवन्विचर्षणे म॒क्षू गोम॑न्तमीमहे ॥

kaṇvebhirdhṛṣṇavā dhṛṣadvājaṃ darṣi sahasriṇam।
piśaṅgarūpaṃ maghavanvicarṣaṇe makṣū gomantamīmahe ॥

Indra, lord of universal vision, resolute will and irresistible action, ruler and commander of the world’s wealth, power and force, we pray, conceive, plan and bring about for the intelligent people of action and ambition a social order of golden beauty and progressive achievement, full of a hundred-fold prosperity of lands and cows, education and culture, and invincible will, strength and advancement free from indecision and delay in action.

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8.33.4

पा॒हि गायान्ध॑सो॒ मद॒ इन्द्रा॑य मेध्यातिथे।
यः सम्मि॑श्लो॒ हर्यो॒र्यः सु॒ते सचा॑ व॒ज्री रथो॑ हिर॒ण्यय॑ ॥

pāhi gāyāndhaso mada indrāya medhyātithe।
yaḥ sammiślo haryoryaḥ sute sacā vajrī ratho hiraṇyaya ॥

O man, you are a visitor and respectable guest on this earth of a golden order of beauty, prosperity and culture. Observe the rules of this order, advance the beauty and prosperity of it, and in the pleasure and ecstasy of its plenty of soma hospitality, sing and celebrate the glory of Indra, lord ruler of vision and action united, commander of the nation’s forces, dynamic and creative, friendly and cooperative, wielder of the thunderbolt of justice and retribution, burden bearer and pilot of the golden chariot of humanity.

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8.33.5

यः सु॑ष॒व्यः सु॒दक्षि॑ण इ॒नो यः सु॒क्रतु॑र्गृ॒णे।
य आ॑क॒रः स॒हस्रा॒ यः श॒ताम॑घ॒ इन्द्रो॒ यः पू॒र्भिदा॑रि॒तः ॥

yaḥ suṣavyaḥ sudakṣiṇa ino yaḥ sukraturgṛṇe।
ya ākaraḥ sahasrā yaḥ śatāmagha indro yaḥ pūrbhidāritaḥ ॥

I sing and celebrate the glory of Indra who is generous with both hands right and left, magnificent, holy in action, treasure home of a thousandfold riches, who commands a hundredfold power, honour and excellence and who breaks down the strongholds of evil, darkness and suffering. Indeed he is glorious and adorable.

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8.33.6

यो धृ॑षि॒तो योऽवृ॑तो॒ यो अस्ति॒ श्मश्रु॑षु श्रि॒तः।
विभू॑तद्युम्न॒श्च्यव॑नः पुरुष्टु॒तः क्रत्वा॒ गौरि॑व शाकि॒नः ॥

yo dhṛṣito yo'vṛto yo asti śmaśruṣu śritaḥ।
vibhūtadyumnaścyavanaḥ puruṣṭutaḥ kratvā gauriva śākinaḥ ॥

I celebrate the glory of Indra who is bold and resolute, unbounded irresistible, wears the marks of manly vigour, commands honour and excellence, is an inspirer, mover and shaker, universally respected for his acts of piety, and who for the men of mighty dynamism is generous as earth, gracious as holy speech and loving as mother cow.

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8.33.7

क ईं॑ वेद सु॒ते सचा॒ पिब॑न्तं॒ कद्वयो॑ दधे।
अ॒यं यः पुरो॑ विभि॒नत्त्योज॑सा मन्दा॒नः शि॒प्र्यन्ध॑सः ॥

ka īṃ veda sute sacā pibantaṃ kadvayo dadhe।
ayaṃ yaḥ puro vibhinattyojasā mandānaḥ śipryandhasaḥ ॥

Who would for certain know Indra in this created world of beauty and glory, how much power and force he wields while he rules and sustains it, Indra who wears the helmet and breaks down the strongholds of negativities with his lustrous might, the lord who shares and enjoys the soma of his own creation?

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8.33.8

दा॒ना मृ॒गो न वा॑र॒णः पु॑रु॒त्रा च॒रथं॑ दधे।
नकि॑ष्ट्वा॒ नि य॑म॒दा सु॒ते ग॑मो म॒हाँश्च॑र॒स्योज॑सा ॥

dānā mṛgo na vāraṇaḥ purutrā carathaṃ dadhe।
nakiṣṭvā ni yamadā sute gamo mahām̐ścarasyojasā ॥

Indra is generously giving, preventive, counteractive and invincible like a lion, and holds and rules the world of immense variety in motion. O lord of grandeur and majesty, as you move around everywhere by your might and lustre, pray come, bless our yajna and taste the soma of our creation. No one can restrain you, no one counter your will.

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8.33.9

य उ॒ग्रः सन्ननि॑ष्टृतः स्थि॒रो रणा॑य॒ संस्कृ॑तः।
यदि॑ स्तो॒तुर्म॒घवा॑ शृ॒णव॒द्धवं॒ नेन्द्रो॑ योष॒त्या ग॑मत् ॥

ya ugraḥ sannaniṣṭṛtaḥ sthiro raṇāya saṃskṛtaḥ।
yadi stoturmaghavā śṛṇavaddhavaṃ nendro yoṣatyā gamat ॥

Indra who is blazing strong, uncountered and irresistible, constant and unshakable, is ever in perfect harness for the human’s battle of existence, and if he hears the call of the celebrant, the lord of might and majesty never forsakes him, he comes, he saves, he blesses.

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8.33.10

स॒त्यमि॒त्था वृषेद॑सि॒ वृष॑जूति॒र्नोऽवृ॑तः।
वृषा॒ ह्यु॑ग्र शृण्वि॒षे प॑रा॒वति॒ वृषो॑ अर्वा॒वति॑ श्रु॒तः ॥

satyamitthā vṛṣedasi vṛṣajūtirno'vṛtaḥ।
vṛṣā hyugra śṛṇviṣe parāvati vṛṣo arvāvati śrutaḥ ॥

True it is thus you are virile and generous yourself and an inspiration and driving force for the virile and the brave, unbound, uncountered, brave and illustrious, harbinger of the showers of peace and joy and known as omnificent and sublime all over the world far and near.

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8.33.11

वृष॑णस्ते अ॒भीश॑वो॒ वृषा॒ कशा॑ हिर॒ण्ययी॑।
वृषा॒ रथो॑ मघव॒न्वृष॑णा॒ हरी॒ वृषा॒ त्वं श॑तक्रतो ॥

vṛṣaṇaste abhīśavo vṛṣā kaśā hiraṇyayī।
vṛṣā ratho maghavanvṛṣaṇā harī vṛṣā tvaṃ śatakrato ॥

Indra, lord of the power, wealth and glory of the universe, agent of infinite acts of creation in the world of existence, strong and golden are the reins of your cosmic chariot, golden is the goad that maintains and controls the speed of its motion, strong and laden with riches is your chariot, strong and virile the motive powers, and you yourself are all potent and generous. (This mantra may be interpreted as a description of the human soul in its own individual sphere provided that it is self-controlled and free from external forces which bind it in the fetters of worldly interests of a selfish and transitory nature.)

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8.33.12

वृषा॒ सोता॑ सुनोतु ते॒ वृष॑न्नृजीपि॒न्ना भ॑र।
वृषा॑ दधन्वे॒ वृष॑णं न॒दीष्वा तुभ्यं॑ स्थातर्हरीणाम् ॥

vṛṣā sotā sunotu te vṛṣannṛjīpinnā bhara।
vṛṣā dadhanve vṛṣaṇaṃ nadīṣvā tubhyaṃ sthātarharīṇām ॥

O lord of omnipotence and omnificence, may the brave and generous yajaka prepare the soma juice of devotion for you. O lord of the law of truth and lover of the rules of rectitude, bring us the showers of peace and prosperity in rectitude. O lord controller and keeper of world forces in order, the generous yajaka receives the showers of your blessings and holds them in trust actively in the streams of existence for yajnic offers to your honour for your service.

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8.33.13

एन्द्र॑ याहि पी॒तये॒ मधु॑ शविष्ठ सो॒म्यम्।
नायमच्छा॑ म॒घवा॑ शृ॒णव॒द्गिरो॒ ब्रह्मो॒क्था च॑ सु॒क्रतु॑ ॥

endra yāhi pītaye madhu śaviṣṭha somyam।
nāyamacchā maghavā śṛṇavadgiro brahmokthā ca sukratu ॥

Indra, lord most potent, come to taste the honey sweets of soma. Unless you come and bless with grace, this man of power and earthly honour, though devoted to good actions, would not well listen otherwise to songs of devotion and the voice of Veda.

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8.33.14

वह॑न्तु त्वा रथे॒ष्ठामा हर॑यो रथ॒युज॑।
ति॒रश्चि॑द॒र्यं सव॑नानि वृत्रहन्न॒न्येषां॒ या श॑तक्रतो ॥

vahantu tvā ratheṣṭhāmā harayo rathayuja।
tiraścidaryaṃ savanāni vṛtrahannanyeṣāṃ yā śatakrato ॥

May the motive forces which power and drive your chariot, we pray, bring you hither, O lord of infinite acts of grace, destroyer of evil and dispeller of darkness, past the acts and voices of others without faith in divinity and prayer.

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8.33.15

अ॒स्माक॑म॒द्यान्त॑मं॒ स्तोमं॑ धिष्व महामह।
अ॒स्माकं॑ ते॒ सव॑ना सन्तु॒ शंत॑मा॒ मदा॑य द्युक्ष सोमपाः ॥

asmākamadyāntamaṃ stomaṃ dhiṣva mahāmaha।
asmākaṃ te savanā santu śaṃtamā madāya dyukṣa somapāḥ ॥

O lord of heavenly light, greatest of the great, lover and protector of the soma pleasure and grandeur of life, accept our most intimate prayer and praise today and grant that all our acts of homage in your honour and service be for the peace and dignity of the life we live.

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8.33.16

न॒हि षस्तव॒ नो मम॑ शा॒स्त्रे अ॒न्यस्य॒ रण्य॑ति।
यो अ॒स्मान्वी॒र आन॑यत् ॥

nahi ṣastava no mama śāstre anyasya raṇyati।
yo asmānvīra ānayat ॥

The mighty one who has brought us under his order of law does not accept with delight your decree nor mine nor anyone else’s. (Indra, the soul, is the ruler and controller of the mind and senses. It is not ruled and controlled by the mind or the senses or anyone else.)

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8.33.17

इन्द्र॑श्चिद्घा॒ तद॑ब्रवीत्स्त्रि॒या अ॑शा॒स्यं मन॑।
उ॒तो अह॒ क्रतुं॑ र॒घुम् ॥

indraścidghā tadabravītstriyā aśāsyaṃ mana।
uto aha kratuṃ raghum ॥

If Indra, the husband, were to say: “The mind of woman is not controllable” and, also, “that her thought and intellect too is inferior”, (then it is less than half the truth).

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8.33.18

सप्ती॑ चिद्घा मद॒च्युता॑ मिथु॒ना व॑हतो॒ रथ॑म्।
ए॒वेद्धूर्वृष्ण॒ उत्त॑रा ॥

saptī cidghā madacyutā mithunā vahato ratham।
eveddhūrvṛṣṇa uttarā ॥

If the two ardent horses of Indra’s chariot together draw the burden of the home-state, then the shaft of the chariot is better and stronger.

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8.33.19

अ॒धः प॑श्यस्व॒ मोपरि॑ संत॒रां पा॑द॒कौ ह॑र।
मा ते॑ कशप्ल॒कौ दृ॑श॒न्स्त्री हि ब्र॒ह्मा ब॒भूवि॑थ ॥

adhaḥ paśyasva mopari saṃtarāṃ pādakau hara।
mā te kaśaplakau dṛśanstrī hi brahmā babhūvitha ॥

O man, O woman: Keep your eyes down on the earth, not up on the sky. Walk on with both the feet together (as the two wheels and the two horses draw the chariot together), Let your lower feet be not bare and exposed (cover them). Let woman be the high priest of the home yajna. (The last three mantras describe the homestate of the social order. The husband and the wife together run the home. The husband is, or may be, the greater burden bearer, still the wife is the chief home minister, and the husband ought to realise this in love, in courtesy, in chivalry, or at least in practical wisdom. Arrogance, pride, anger, passion, all this on either’s part must be subjected to reason and respectful cooperation with mutual recognition.)

Ṛgveda 8.34 · 18 verses

8.34.1

एन्द्र॑ याहि॒ हरि॑भि॒रुप॒ कण्व॑स्य सुष्टु॒तिम्।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

endra yāhi haribhirupa kaṇvasya suṣṭutim।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, come with all your powers and perceptions to the sage’s adoration and instruction, and from the light and exhortation of the elevating sage, O seeker of enlightenment, go and rise to the heights of divinity.

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8.34.2

आ त्वा॒ ग्रावा॒ वद॑न्नि॒ह सो॒मी घोषे॑ण यच्छतु।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā tvā grāvā vadanniha somī ghoṣeṇa yacchatu।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

The maker of soma, creator of the joy of a new life, would welcome you here with a loud proclamation and exalt you with the voice of thunder, and from the light and power of the sage’s revelation, O lover of light, go and rise to your own essential heaven of freedom.

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8.34.3

अत्रा॒ वि ने॒मिरे॑षा॒मुरां॒ न धू॑नुते॒ वृक॑।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

atrā vi nemireṣāmurāṃ na dhūnute vṛka।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Here the very edge and foundation of these sages of knowledge and wisdom would shake you and reveal you to yourself as thunder shakes the earth and lightning lights it up all over. And then from the light and thunder of these commanders you would rise, liberated, to your own heights of heaven, O lover and ruler of the light of day.

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8.34.4

आ त्वा॒ कण्वा॑ इ॒हाव॑से॒ हव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā tvā kaṇvā ihāvase havante vājasātaye।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

The sages call you here for the art and science of defence and protection and for the victories of peace and progress. And from the light and wisdom of the enlightening sages, O lover and ruler of the light of day, rise to the light and heaven of your own imagination.

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8.34.5

दधा॑मि ते सु॒तानां॒ वृष्णे॒ न पू॑र्व॒पाय्य॑म्।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

dadhāmi te sutānāṃ vṛṣṇe na pūrvapāyyam।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

As the sun vests vapours of rain in the cloud of showers, so do I vest in you the first, original and eternal knowledge, protected, protective and enjoyable, of the prime order distilled by sages from experience and vision. Then from the light of this knowledge of the sages of universal law and command, O lover of light, rise to the heaven of light on earth.

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8.34.6

स्मत्पु॑रंधिर्न॒ आ ग॑हि वि॒श्वतो॑धीर्न ऊ॒तये॑।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

smatpuraṃdhirna ā gahi viśvatodhīrna ūtaye।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Indra, enlightened with the thought and wisdom of universal order, equipped with the power and competence of a ruler of cities, come and take over the reins of government for our protection and advancement, and from the light and wisdom of the sages of vision and command, O lover and giver of a rule of peace and enlightenment, rise to the light and heaven of your imagination.

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8.34.7

आ नो॑ याहि महेमते॒ सह॑स्रोते॒ शता॑मघ।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā no yāhi mahemate sahasrote śatāmagha।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Come to us Indra, lord wise and great, commander of a thousand forces of protection and progress, ruler of a hundredfold wealth and power of the world, and from the light of the ruling master of this world of knowledge and wisdom, O lover of the light of heaven, rise to the supreme light of existence.

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8.34.8

आ त्वा॒ होता॒ मनु॑र्हितो देव॒त्रा व॑क्ष॒दीड्य॑।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā tvā hotā manurhito devatrā vakṣadīḍya।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

The host yajaka, yajamana, well wisher of humanity, respectable among the noble and generous, worthy of reverence, invites, exhorts and exalts you. Come, and from the light of the world of rule and order here, O lover of light and wisdom in peace, rise to the heights of heaven.

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8.34.9

आ त्वा॑ मद॒च्युता॒ हरी॑ श्ये॒नं प॒क्षेव॑ वक्षतः।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā tvā madacyutā harī śyenaṃ pakṣeva vakṣataḥ।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

And may the mighty transportive powers stronger than all obstructive forces of pride and arrogance, transport you here to us like the powerful wings of the eagle flying the king of birds to his destination, and may you, from the light and power of this world of rule and order, O lover of light and peace, rise to the light and peace of heaven.

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8.34.10

आ या॑ह्य॒र्य आ परि॒ स्वाहा॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā yāhyarya ā pari svāhā somasya pītaye।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

O lord ruler of the world, come to us to join the soma celebration of this social order offered with sincerity of thought and word in action, and from the light and joy of this world of rule and order, O lover of light and peace, rise to the light and peace of heaven.

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8.34.11

आ नो॑ या॒ह्युप॑श्रुत्यु॒क्थेषु॑ रणया इ॒ह।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā no yāhyupaśrutyuktheṣu raṇayā iha।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Come close to us, listen to our songs of adoration of divinity, and enjoy the holy celebrations, and from the light and joy of the earthly world of rule and order, O lover of the light of divinity, rise to the light of heavenly peace and freedom.

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8.34.12

सरू॑पै॒रा सु नो॑ गहि॒ सम्भृ॑तै॒ सम्भृ॑ताश्वः।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

sarūpairā su no gahi sambhṛtai sambhṛtāśvaḥ।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Vested with the fullness of a dynamic personality with sensitive perceptions, conceptions and apprehensions, come to us with colleagues and companions of equal calibre and take over the reins of leadership, and from the light and wisdom of the earthly order, O lover of light and heaven, rise to the heavenly light of love and benediction.

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8.34.13

आ या॑हि॒ पर्व॑तेभ्यः समु॒द्रस्याधि॑ वि॒ष्टप॑।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā yāhi parvatebhyaḥ samudrasyādhi viṣṭapa।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Come from the mountains and the clouds, come over the seas and hasten from the farthest regions of the globe, rule, and from the light of this order of rule, O lover of light and giver of peace and settlement, rise to the light of heaven.

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8.34.14

आ नो॒ गव्या॒न्यश्व्या॑ स॒हस्रा॑ शूर दर्दृहि।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā no gavyānyaśvyā sahasrā śūra dardṛhi।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Give us a thousand riches of lands and cows, culture and enlightenment, O brave ruler, give us and develop communications and transport, and from the light and rule of this earthly order, O lover of heavenly light, rise to the light of heaven and eternal joy.

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8.34.15

आ न॑ सहस्र॒शो भ॑रा॒युता॑नि श॒तानि॑ च।
दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥

ā na sahasraśo bharāyutāni śatāni ca।
divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ॥

Bring us, give us, riches, powers and excellences in hundreds, thousands and lacs, even more, unbounded all, and from the light and culture of this order of earthly rule, O lover of peace and light of heaven, rise to heavenly light and eternal joy.

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8.34.16

आ यदिन्द्र॑श्च॒ दद्व॑हे स॒हस्रं॒ वसु॑रोचिषः।
ओजि॑ष्ठ॒मश्व्यं॑ प॒शुम् ॥

ā yadindraśca dadvahe sahasraṃ vasurociṣaḥ।
ojiṣṭhamaśvyaṃ paśum ॥

Let us all, and Indra too, lovers of peace, wealth, honour, power and excellence, win a thousandfold wealth of brilliant progress and advancement.

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8.34.17

य ऋ॒ज्रा वात॑रंहसोऽरु॒षासो॑ रघु॒ष्यद॑।
भ्राज॑न्ते॒ सूर्या॑ इव ॥

ya ṛjrā vātaraṃhaso'ruṣāso raghuṣyada।
bhrājante sūryā iva ॥

Those who follow straight paths of truth and rectitude, advance vibrant like the winds, love brilliance without violence and move forward at the shortest wave length of speed, shine like stars.

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8.34.18

पारा॑वतस्य रा॒तिषु॑ द्र॒वच्च॑क्रेष्वा॒शुषु॑।
तिष्ठं॒ वन॑स्य॒ मध्य॒ आ ॥

pārāvatasya rātiṣu dravaccakreṣvāśuṣu।
tiṣṭhaṃ vanasya madhya ā ॥

O lord of light and power, let me be established among the generous and profuse gifts of the farthest spaces, moving at the fastest in the dynamics of the whirling wheels of time, ultimately at peace somewhere at the centre of eternal truth, goodness and beauty of divinity.

Ṛgveda 8.35 · 24 verses

8.35.1

अ॒ग्निनेन्द्रे॑ण॒ वरु॑णेन॒ विष्णु॑नादि॒त्यै रु॒द्रैर्वसु॑भिः सचा॒भुवा॑।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ सोमं॑ पिबतमश्विना ॥

agninendreṇa varuṇena viṣṇunādityai rudrairvasubhiḥ sacābhuvā।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca somaṃ pibatamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, complementary powers and forces of nature and humanity working in circuit, associated with Agni, fire energy, Indra, electric energy, Varuna, water energy, Vishnu, solar energy, Adityas, seasonal energies, Rudras, pranic energies, and Vasus, earth energies, in union with the dawn and the sun, absorb, protect, promote and bring the soma joy of life for the benefit

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8.35.2

विश्वा॑भिर्धी॒भिर्भुव॑नेन वाजिना दि॒वा पृ॑थि॒व्याद्रि॑भिः सचा॒भुवा॑।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ सोमं॑ पिबतमश्विना ॥

viśvābhirdhībhirbhuvanena vājinā divā pṛthivyādribhiḥ sacābhuvā।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca somaṃ pibatamaśvinā ॥

Mighty and dynamic Ashvins, complementary powers of humanity, associated with the twin forces of attraction and repulsion of nature and the world, the regions of light in space, the earth, clouds and mountains, and united with the sun and dawn, receive, protect, promote and bring the soma energy and joy for the benefit of humanity.

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8.35.3

विश्वै॑र्दे॒वैस्त्रि॒भिरे॑काद॒शैरि॒हाद्भिर्म॒रुद्भि॒र्भृगु॑भिः सचा॒भुवा॑।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ सोमं॑ पिबतमश्विना ॥

viśvairdevaistribhirekādaśairihādbhirmarudbhirbhṛgubhiḥ sacābhuvā।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca somaṃ pibatamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, associated with all the thirty three brilliant, plentiful and generous divine powers of nature and humanity, scientifically energised liquids, vibrant pilots and controlled winds, intellectuals and scientists who dispel the darkness and ignorance of society, and in union with the dawn of a new sun in life, receive, preserve, develop and bring the soma energy for the peace and joy of humanity here and now.

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8.35.4

जु॒षेथां॑ य॒ज्ञं बोध॑तं॒ हव॑स्य मे॒ विश्वे॒ह दे॑वौ॒ सव॒नाव॑ गच्छतम्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चेषं॑ नो वोळ्हमश्विना ॥

juṣethāṃ yajñaṃ bodhataṃ havasya me viśveha devau savanāva gacchatam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ceṣaṃ no voḷhamaśvinā ॥

Divine Ashvins, twin harbingers of nature and humanity, listen to our call, know our purpose, come and join all our sessions of yajnic creation and, equally in tune with the soothing glory of the dawn and blazing intensity of the sun, bring us food and energy here and now.

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8.35.5

स्तोमं॑ जुषेथां युव॒शेव॑ क॒न्यनां॒ विश्वे॒ह दे॑वौ॒ सव॒नाव॑ गच्छतम्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चेषं॑ नो वोळ्हमश्विना ॥

stomaṃ juṣethāṃ yuvaśeva kanyanāṃ viśveha devau savanāva gacchatam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ceṣaṃ no voḷhamaśvinā ॥

Divine Ashvins, twin complementarities of nature and humanity, generous brilliancies, listen and cherish our song of adoration as youthful lovers listen to a lovely brilliant maiden’s, come to our sessions, understand our purpose, and united with the dawn and the sun, transmit to us food and energy in plenty here and now.

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8.35.6

गिरो॑ जुषेथामध्व॒रं जु॑षेथां॒ विश्वे॒ह दे॑वौ॒ सव॒नाव॑ गच्छतम्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चेषं॑ नो वोळ्हमश्विना ॥

giro juṣethāmadhvaraṃ juṣethāṃ viśveha devau savanāva gacchatam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ceṣaṃ no voḷhamaśvinā ॥

Divine Ashvins, listen to our song and understand, join and cherish our yajnic project of non-violent creation, come to all our sessions, O generous harbingers of food, energy and wealth and, united with the dawn and the sun, bring us plenty of food, energy and all round advancement to our heart’s desire here and now.

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8.35.7

हा॒रि॒द्र॒वेव॑ पतथो॒ वनेदुप॒ सोमं॑ सु॒तं म॑हि॒षेवाव॑ गच्छथः।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ त्रिर्व॒र्तिर्या॑तमश्विना ॥

hāridraveva patatho vanedupa somaṃ sutaṃ mahiṣevāva gacchathaḥ।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca trirvartiryātamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, you reach our yajna eagerly as a thirsty bird flies to water and, like a veteran scholar, you understand and recognise the nectar sweet soma that we have distilled from our yajnic project and you anticipate the future possibilities too. O divine twin powers of the circuitous energy of natural and social dynamics, in unison with the sun and dawn, come to our project thrice a day.

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8.35.8

हं॒सावि॑व पतथो अध्व॒गावि॑व॒ सोमं॑ सु॒तं म॑हि॒षेवाव॑ गच्छथः।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ त्रिर्व॒र्तिर्या॑तमश्विना ॥

haṃsāviva patatho adhvagāviva somaṃ sutaṃ mahiṣevāva gacchathaḥ।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca trirvartiryātamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, just as two hansa birds fly to water and as two thirsty travellers rush for a drink, so do you two like veteran scholars fly to our soma results of yajnic projects, understand and assess the positives and negatives of merits and anticipate the possibilities. O twin divines, in unison with the sun and the dawn, come thrice in the day and help us advance forward.

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8.35.9

श्ये॒नावि॑व पतथो ह॒व्यदा॑तये॒ सोमं॑ सु॒तं म॑हि॒षेवाव॑ गच्छथः।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ त्रिर्व॒र्तिर्या॑तमश्विना ॥

śyenāviva patatho havyadātaye somaṃ sutaṃ mahiṣevāva gacchathaḥ।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca trirvartiryātamaśvinā ॥

Like falcons you fly carrying holy gifts to the generous yajaka. Like veteran scholars you fly to assess the merit of our soma distilled in yajnic experiments and to anticipate its future possibilities. O twin divines united with the sun and the dawn, come thrice in the day, visit our sessions and help us to advance.

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8.35.10

पिब॑तं च तृप्णु॒तं चा च॑ गच्छतं प्र॒जां च॑ ध॒त्तं द्रवि॑णं च धत्तम्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चोर्जं॑ नो धत्तमश्विना ॥

pibataṃ ca tṛpṇutaṃ cā ca gacchataṃ prajāṃ ca dhattaṃ draviṇaṃ ca dhattam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa corjaṃ no dhattamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, come, drink the soma, satisfy yourselves about the taste and value of it. Go to the people and carry wealth, strength and power for them. O twin divines, come, bring us energy and advancement in unison with the sun and the dawn of a new day.

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8.35.11

जय॑तं च॒ प्र स्तु॑तं च॒ प्र चा॑वतं प्र॒जां च॑ ध॒त्तं द्रवि॑णं च धत्तम्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चोर्जं॑ नो धत्तमश्विना ॥

jayataṃ ca pra stutaṃ ca pra cāvataṃ prajāṃ ca dhattaṃ draviṇaṃ ca dhattam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa corjaṃ no dhattamaśvinā ॥

Win the victories of life, O divinities of the nation’s morning, thank and adore the Lord Supreme, protect the people, bear and bring wealth, strength and power for them and hold it too. O twin divines, come and bring us energy and advancement in unison with the sun and the dawn of a new day and hold on. msyriulycHi it it

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8.35.12

ह॒तं च॒ शत्रू॒न्यत॑तं च मि॒त्रिण॑ प्र॒जां च॑ ध॒त्तं द्रवि॑णं च धत्तम्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चोर्जं॑ नो धत्तमश्विना ॥

hataṃ ca śatrūnyatataṃ ca mitriṇa prajāṃ ca dhattaṃ draviṇaṃ ca dhattam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa corjaṃ no dhattamaśvinā ॥

Eliminate the adversaries, adversities and the negativities, exercise and advance the friendly forces with love for cooperation, sustain and maintain the people in a state of happiness, bear, bring and hold wealth and power with assets for the nation. O twin divines, come and bring us energy and advancement in unison with the sun and the dawn of a new day, hold on and relent not.

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8.35.13

मि॒त्रावरु॑णवन्ता उ॒त धर्म॑वन्ता म॒रुत्व॑न्ता जरि॒तुर्ग॑च्छथो॒ हव॑म्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण चादि॒त्यैर्या॑तमश्विना ॥

mitrāvaruṇavantā uta dharmavantā marutvantā jariturgacchatho havam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa cādityairyātamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, complementary powers of the nation’s social dynamics in balance for the march ahead, blest with Mitra, people of love and friendship, Varuna, distinguished people of judgement and discrimination, Maruts, vibrant youth and pilots of the nation, all holding on to Dharma, duty in the law of universal truth, listen and rise to the call of the celebrant. O twin divines, come with the Adityas, the sun in progressive zodias, and in unison with the sun and the dawn of every new day.

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8.35.14

अङ्गि॑रस्वन्ता उ॒त विष्णु॑वन्ता म॒रुत्व॑न्ता जरि॒तुर्ग॑च्छथो॒ हव॑म्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण चादि॒त्यैर्या॑तमश्विना ॥

aṅgirasvantā uta viṣṇuvantā marutvantā jariturgacchatho havam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa cādityairyātamaśvinā ॥

Blest with Angirasas, continuous freshness of life breath and vital energy, Vishnu, omnipresent vision and power of divinity, Maruts, vibrant force and velocity of the winds, rise instantly to the call of the celebrant, Ashvins, and come with the Adityas in progression like the sun’s in the zodiacs and in unison with the sun and the dawn at the rise of every new day.

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8.35.15

ऋ॒भु॒मन्ता॑ वृषणा॒ वाज॑वन्ता म॒रुत्व॑न्ता जरि॒तुर्ग॑च्छथो॒ हव॑म्।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण चादि॒त्यैर्या॑तमश्विना ॥

ṛbhumantā vṛṣaṇā vājavantā marutvantā jariturgacchatho havam।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa cādityairyātamaśvinā ॥

Ashvins, generous divinities of humanity, blest with the Rbhus, engineers, technicians and craftsmen, Vajins, pioneers moving forward at top speed, Maruts, vibrant forces of defence and protection, rise to the call of the celebrant and go forward with the Adityas, visionaries of the nation, children of mother earth, in unison with the sun and the dawn of every new day.

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8.35.16

ब्रह्म॑ जिन्वतमु॒त जि॑न्वतं॒ धियो॑ ह॒तं रक्षां॑सि॒ सेध॑त॒ममी॑वाः।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ सोमं॑ सुन्व॒तो अ॑श्विना ॥

brahma jinvatamuta jinvataṃ dhiyo hataṃ rakṣāṃsi sedhatamamīvāḥ।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca somaṃ sunvato aśvinā ॥

Animate and energise the visionaries of universal values, animate and energise the intellectuals, animate and energise the people in general, destroy the evil and destructive forces, fight out diseases and create the soma of good health and joy in unison with the sun and the dawn of every new day.

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8.35.17

क्ष॒त्रं जि॑न्वतमु॒त जि॑न्वतं॒ नॄन्ह॒तं रक्षां॑सि॒ सेध॑त॒ममी॑वाः।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ सोमं॑ सुन्व॒तो अ॑श्विना ॥

kṣatraṃ jinvatamuta jinvataṃ nṝnhataṃ rakṣāṃsi sedhatamamīvāḥ।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca somaṃ sunvato aśvinā ॥

Animate, energise and develop the defence and administrative forces, sustain and inspire the people in general whosoever they are, destroy the evil and the violent, eliminate ill-health and disease and in unison with the sun and the dawn of every new day create new soma of joy and life’s excitement.

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8.35.18

धे॒नूर्जि॑न्वतमु॒त जि॑न्वतं॒ विशो॑ ह॒तं रक्षां॑सि॒ सेध॑त॒ममी॑वाः।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ सोमं॑ सुन्व॒तो अ॑श्विना ॥

dhenūrjinvatamuta jinvataṃ viśo hataṃ rakṣāṃsi sedhatamamīvāḥ।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca somaṃ sunvato aśvinā ॥

Ashvins, complementary powers of the nation’s development and progress, develop the animal wealth for milk, develop and energise the agricultural, industrial and commercial classes, destroy evil and the saboteurs, eliminate all negativities and, in unison with the sun and the rise of every new day, create and recreate the soma of new joy and enthusiasm for life.

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8.35.19

अत्रे॑रिव शृणुतं पू॒र्व्यस्तु॑तिं श्या॒वाश्व॑स्य सुन्व॒तो म॑दच्युता।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चाश्वि॑ना ति॒रोअ॑ह्न्यम् ॥

atreriva śṛṇutaṃ pūrvyastutiṃ śyāvāśvasya sunvato madacyutā।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa cāśvinā tiroahnyam ॥

Ashvins, who humble the arrogance of the proud, just as you listen to the universal adorations of the sage of threefold freedom of body, mind and soul, so pray listen to the appeal and adorations of the scholar of solar energy, and, in unison with the sun and the dawn of every new day, provide for the people’s security for the night at the close of the day, and thus create another new joy for the people.

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8.35.20

सर्गाँ॑ इव सृजतं सुष्टु॒तीरुप॑ श्या॒वाश्व॑स्य सुन्व॒तो म॑दच्युता।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चाश्वि॑ना ति॒रोअ॑ह्न्यम् ॥

sargām̐ iva sṛjataṃ suṣṭutīrupa śyāvāśvasya sunvato madacyutā।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa cāśvinā tiroahnyam ॥

Ashvins, breakers of pride and arrogance, listen to the prayer and exhortation of the scholar of solar rays who creates something new toward the improvement of life and, in unison with the sun and the dawn, support and augment his invention like a new creation completed the day before.

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8.35.21

र॒श्मीँरि॑व यच्छतमध्व॒राँ उप॑ श्या॒वाश्व॑स्य सुन्व॒तो म॑दच्युता।
स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चाश्वि॑ना ति॒रोअ॑ह्न्यम् ॥

raśmīm̐riva yacchatamadhvarām̐ upa śyāvāśvasya sunvato madacyutā।
sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa cāśvinā tiroahnyam ॥

Ashvins who shatter the pride and arrogance of evil forces, take over the yajnic programmes of the scholar of solar science and promote them like radiations of the sun and steer them by controls in unison with the sun and the dawn to advance them further than the last stage completed till the last day.

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8.35.22

अ॒र्वाग्रथं॒ नि य॑च्छतं॒ पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑।
आ या॑तमश्वि॒ना ग॑तमव॒स्युर्वा॑म॒हं हु॑वे ध॒त्तं रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

arvāgrathaṃ ni yacchataṃ pibataṃ somyaṃ madhu।
ā yātamaśvinā gatamavasyurvāmahaṃ huve dhattaṃ ratnāni dāśuṣe ॥

Ashvins, divine twin powers of the social order, direct the chariot hitherward, drink the honey sweets of soma distilled by us. Come, go round and come again. Praying for protection and support for advancement, I call upon you: Come and bring the jewel gifts of life for the generous yajaka.

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8.35.23

न॒मो॒वा॒के प्रस्थि॑ते अध्व॒रे न॑रा वि॒वक्ष॑णस्य पी॒तये॑।
आ या॑तमश्वि॒ना ग॑तमव॒स्युर्वा॑म॒हं हु॑वे ध॒त्तं रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

namovāke prasthite adhvare narā vivakṣaṇasya pītaye।
ā yātamaśvinā gatamavasyurvāmahaṃ huve dhattaṃ ratnāni dāśuṣe ॥

Ashvins, complementary leading powers of humanity, the yajna of love and non-violence with words of reverence and homage is begun, the soma is refreshing and overflowing, pray come to drink the soma and join the celebration. Come and come again. Praying for protection and promotion, I call upon you to come and bless the generous yajaka with the jewels of life.

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8.35.24

स्वाहा॑कृतस्य तृम्पतं सु॒तस्य॑ देवा॒वन्ध॑सः।
आ या॑तमश्वि॒ना ग॑तमव॒स्युर्वा॑म॒हं हु॑वे ध॒त्तं रत्ना॑नि दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

svāhākṛtasya tṛmpataṃ sutasya devāvandhasaḥ।
ā yātamaśvinā gatamavasyurvāmahaṃ huve dhattaṃ ratnāni dāśuṣe ॥

Ashvins, twin and complementary divinities of nature and humanity, come, drink of the soma offered with selfless homage and reverence to your satisfaction. Praying for protection and promotion I call upon you to come and bless the generous yajaka with the jewels of life.