Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 86
Rig Veda 8.86 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 5 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 8.86.1
उभा हि दस्रा भिषजा मयोभुवोभा दक्षस्य वचसो बभूवथुः | ता वां विश्वको हवते तनूक्र्थे मा नो वि यौष्टं सख्या मुमोचतम
ubhā hi dasrā bhiṣajā mayobhuvobhā dakṣasya vacaso babhūvathuḥ | tā vāṃ viśvako havate tanūkṛthe mā no vi yauṣṭaṃ sakhyā mumocatam
Rig Veda 8.86.2
कथा नूनं वां विमना उप सतवद युवं धियं ददथुर्वस्यैष्तये | ता वां विश्वको ...
kathā nūnaṃ vāṃ vimanā upa stavad yuvaṃ dhiyaṃ dadathurvasyaiṣtaye | tā vāṃ viśvako ...
The unwasting share of steeds and kine which, Indra, thou hast fast secured, Grant to the worshipper who presses Soma and gives guerdon, not unto the churl.
Rig Veda 8.86.3
युवं हि षमा पुरुभुजेममेधतुं विष्णाप्वे ददथुर्वस्यैष्टये | ता वां विश्वको ...
yuvaṃ hi ṣmā purubhujemamedhatuṃ viṣṇāpve dadathurvasyaiṣṭaye | tā vāṃ viśvako ...
The riteless, godless man who sleeps, O Indra, his unbroken steep,— May he by following his own devices die. Hide from him wealth that nourishes.
Rig Veda 8.86.4
उत तयं वीरं धनसां रजीषिणं दूरे चित सन्तमवसे हवामहे | यस्य सवादिष्ठा सुमतिः पितुर्यथा मा नो वि यौष्टं सख्या मुमोचतम
uta tyaṃ vīraṃ dhanasāṃ ṛjīṣiṇaṃ dūre cit santamavase havāmahe | yasya svādiṣṭhā sumatiḥ pituryathā mā no vi yauṣṭaṃ sakhyā mumocatam
Whether, O Śakra, thou be far, or, Vṛtra-slayer, near at hand, Thence by heaven-reaching songs he who hath pressed the juice invites thee with thy long-maned Steeds.
Rig Veda 8.86.5
रतेन देवः सविता शमायत रतस्य शर्ङगमुर्विया वि पप्रथे | रतं सासाह महि चित पर्तन्यतो मा नो वि यौष्टं सख्या मुमोचतम
ṛtena devaḥ savitā śamāyata ṛtasya śṛṅghamurviyā vi paprathe | ṛtaṃ sāsāha mahi cit pṛtanyato mā no vi yauṣṭaṃ sakhyā mumocatam
Whether thou art in heaven's bright sphere, or in the basin of the sea; Whether, chief Vṛtra-slayer, in some place on earth, or in the firmament, approach.
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