Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 68
Rig Veda 8.68 — Soma
Deity: Soma. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 19 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 8.68.1
आ तवा रथं यथोतये सुम्नाय वर्तयामसि | तुविकूर्मिम रतीषहम इन्द्र शविष्ठ सत्पते
ā tvā rathaṃ yathotaye sumnāya vartayāmasi | tuvikūrmim ṛtīṣaham indra śaviṣṭha satpate
Rig Veda 8.68.2
तुविशुष्म तुविक्रतो शचीवो विश्वया मते | आ पप्राथ महित्वना
tuviśuṣma tuvikrato śacīvo viśvayā mate | ā paprātha mahitvanā
All that is bare he covers o’er, all that is sick he medicines; The blind man sees, the cripple walks.
Rig Veda 8.68.3
यस्य ते महिना महः परि जमायन्तम ईयतुः | हस्ता वज्रं हिरण्ययम
yasya te mahinā mahaḥ pari jmāyantam īyatuḥ | hastā vajraṃ hiraṇyayam
Thou, Soma, givest wide defence against the hate of alien men, Hatreds that waste and weaken us.
Rig Veda 8.68.4
विश्वानरस्य वस पतिम अनानतस्य शवसः | एवैश च चर्षणीनाम ऊती हुवे रथानाम
viśvānarasya vas patim anānatasya śavasaḥ | evaiś ca carṣaṇīnām ūtī huve rathānām
Thou by thine insight and thy skill, Impetuous One, from heaven and earth Drivest the sinner's enmity.
Rig Veda 8.68.5
अभिष्टये सदाव्र्धं सवर्मीळ्हेषु यं नरः | नाना हवन्त ऊतये
abhiṣṭaye sadāvṛdhaṃ svarmīḷheṣu yaṃ naraḥ | nānā havanta ūtaye
When to their task they come with zeal, may they obtain the Giver's grace, And satisfy his wish who thirsts.
Rig Veda 8.68.6
परोमात्रम रचीषमम इन्द्रम उग्रं सुराधसम | ईशानं चिद वसूनाम
paromātram ṛcīṣamam indram ughraṃ surādhasam | īśānaṃ cid vasūnām
So may he find what erst was lost, so may be speed the pious man, And lengthen his remaining life.
Rig Veda 8.68.7
तं-तम इद राधसे मह इन्द्रं चोदामि पीतये | यः पूर्व्याम अनुष्टुतिम ईशे कर्ष्टीनां नर्तुः
taṃ-tam id rādhase maha indraṃ codāmi pītaye | yaḥ pūrvyām anuṣṭutim īśe kṛṣṭīnāṃ nṛtuḥ
Gracious, displaying tender love, unconquered, gentle in thy thoughts, Be sweet, O Soma, to our heart.
Rig Veda 8.68.8
न यस्य ते शवसान सख्यम आनंश मर्त्यः | नकिः शवांसि ते नशत
na yasya te śavasāna sakhyam ānaṃśa martyaḥ | nakiḥ śavāṃsi te naśat
O Soma, terrify us not; strike us not with alarm, O King: Wound not our heart with dazzling flame.
Rig Veda 8.68.9
तवोतासस तवा युजाप्सु सूर्ये महद धनम | जयेम पर्त्सु वज्रिवः
tvotāsas tvā yujāpsu sūrye mahad dhanam | jayema pṛtsu vajrivaḥ
When in my dwelling-place I see the wicked enemies of Gods, King, chase their hatred far away, thou Bounteous One, dispel our foes.
Rig Veda 8.68.10
तं तवा यज्ञेभिर ईमहे तं गीर्भिर गिर्वणस्तम | इन्द्र यथा चिद आविथ वाजेषु पुरुमाय्यम
taṃ tvā yajñebhir īmahe taṃ ghīrbhir ghirvaṇastama | indra yathā cid āvitha vājeṣu purumāyyam
Rig Veda 8.68.11
यस्य ते सवादु सख्यं सवाद्वी परणीतिर अद्रिवः | यज्ञो वितन्तसाय्यः
yasya te svādu sakhyaṃ svādvī praṇītir adrivaḥ | yajño vitantasāyyaḥ
Rig Veda 8.68.12
उरु णस तन्वे तन उरु कषयाय नस कर्धि | उरु णो यन्धि जीवसे
uru ṇas tanve tana uru kṣayāya nas kṛdhi | uru ṇo yandhi jīvase
Rig Veda 8.68.13
उरुं नर्भ्य उरुं गव उरुं रथाय पन्थाम | देववीतिम मनामहे
uruṃ nṛbhya uruṃ ghava uruṃ rathāya panthām | devavītim manāmahe
Rig Veda 8.68.14
उप मा षड दवा-दवा नरः सोमस्य हर्ष्या | तिष्ठन्ति सवादुरातयः
upa mā ṣaḍ dvā-dvā naraḥ somasya harṣyā | tiṣṭhanti svādurātayaḥ
Rig Veda 8.68.15
रज्राव इन्द्रोत आ ददे हरी रक्षस्य सूनवि | आश्वमेधस्य रोहिता
ṛjrāv indrota ā dade harī ṛkṣasya sūnavi | āśvamedhasya rohitā
Rig Veda 8.68.16
सुरथां आतिथिग्वे सवभीशूंर आर्क्षे | आश्वमेधे सुपेशसः
surathāṃ ātithighve svabhīśūṃr ārkṣe | āśvamedhe supeśasaḥ
Rig Veda 8.68.17
षळ अश्वां आतिथिग्व इन्द्रोते वधूमतः | सचा पूतक्रतौ सनम
ṣaḷ aśvāṃ ātithighva indrote vadhūmataḥ | sacā pūtakratau sanam
Rig Veda 8.68.18
ऐषु चेतद वर्षण्वत्य अन्तर रज्रेष्व अरुषी | सवभीशुः कशावती
aiṣu cetad vṛṣaṇvaty antar ṛjreṣv aruṣī | svabhīśuḥ kaśāvatī
Rig Veda 8.68.19
न युष्मे वाजबन्धवो निनित्सुश चन मर्त्यः | अवद्यम अधि दीधरत
na yuṣme vājabandhavo ninitsuś cana martyaḥ | avadyam adhi dīdharat
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