Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 76
Rig Veda 8.76 — Aśvins
Deity: Aśvins. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 12 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 8.76.1
इमं नु मायिनं हुव इन्द्रमीशानमोजसा | मरुत्वन्तंन वर्ञ्जसे
imaṃ nu māyinaṃ huva indramīśānamojasā | marutvantaṃna vṛñjase
Rig Veda 8.76.2
अयमिन्द्रो मरुत्सखा वि वर्त्रस्याभिनच्छिरः | वज्रेण शतपर्वणा
ayamindro marutsakhā vi vṛtrasyābhinacchiraḥ | vajreṇa śataparvaṇā
Drink the libation rich in sweets, O Aśvins Twain: sit. Heroes, on the sacred grass. Do ye with joyful heart in the abode of man preserve his life by means of wealth.
Rig Veda 8.76.3
वाव्र्धानो मरुत्सखेन्द्रो वि वर्त्रमैरयत | सर्जन समुद्रियापः
vāvṛdhāno marutsakhendro vi vṛtramairayat | sṛjan samudriyāapaḥ
The Priyamedhas bid you come with all the succours that are yours. Come to his house whose holy grass is trimmed, to dear sacrifice at the morning rites.
Rig Veda 8.76.4
अयं ह येन वा इदं सवर्मरुत्वता जितम | इन्द्रेण सोमपीतये
ayaṃ ha yena vā idaṃ svarmarutvatā jitam | indreṇa somapītaye
Drink ye the Soma rich in meath, ye Aśvins Twain: sit gladly on the sacred grass. So, waxen mighty, to our eulogy from heaven come ye as wild-bulls to the pool.
Rig Veda 8.76.5
मरुत्वन्तं रजीषिणमोजस्वन्तं विरप्शिनम | इन्द्रं गीर्भिर्हवामहे
marutvantaṃ ṛjīṣiṇamojasvantaṃ virapśinam | indraṃ ghīrbhirhavāmahe
Come to us, O ye Aśvins, now with steeds of many a varied hue, Ye Lords of splendour, wondrous, borne on paths of gold, drink Soma, ye who strengthen Law.
Rig Veda 8.76.6
इन्द्रं परत्नेन मन्मना मरुत्वन्तं हवामहे | अस्य सोमस्य पीतये
indraṃ pratnena manmanā marutvantaṃ havāmahe | asya somasya pītaye
For we the priestly singers, fain tohymn your praise, invoke you for the gain of strength. So, wondrous, fair, and famed for great deeds come to us, through our hymn, Aśvins, when ye hear.
Rig Veda 8.76.7
मरुत्वानिन्द्र मीढ्वः पिबा सोमं शतक्रतो | अस्मिन यज्ञेपुरुष्टुत
marutvānindra mīḍhvaḥ pibā somaṃ śatakrato | asmin yajñepuruṣṭuta
Rig Veda 8.76.8
तुभ्येदिन्द्र मरुत्वते सुताः सोमासो अद्रिवः | हर्दा हूयन्त उक्थिनः
tubhyedindra marutvate sutāḥ somāso adrivaḥ | hṛdā hūyanta ukthinaḥ
Rig Veda 8.76.9
पिबेदिन्द्र मरुत्सखा सुतं सोमं दिविष्टिषु | वज्रं शिशान ओजसा
pibedindra marutsakhā sutaṃ somaṃ diviṣṭiṣu | vajraṃ śiśāna ojasā
Rig Veda 8.76.10
उत्तिष्ठन्नोजसा सह पीत्वी शिप्रे अवेपयः | सोममिन्द्रचमू सुतम
uttiṣṭhannojasā saha pītvī śipre avepayaḥ | somamindracamū sutam
Rig Veda 8.76.11
अनु तवा रोदसी उभे करक्षमाणमक्र्पेताम | इन्द्र यद दस्युहाभवः
anu tvā rodasī ubhe krakṣamāṇamakṛpetām | indra yad dasyuhābhavaḥ
Rig Veda 8.76.12
वाचमष्टापदीमहं नवस्रक्तिं रतस्प्र्शम | इन्द्रात परि तन्वं ममे
vācamaṣṭāpadīmahaṃ navasraktiṃ ṛtaspṛśam | indrāt pari tanvaṃ mame
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