Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 99
Rig Veda 8.99 — HYMN VII. Praskaṇva's Gift
Deity: Praskaṇva's Gift. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 8 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 8.99.1
तवामिदा हयो नरो.अपीप्यन वज्रिन भूर्णयः | स इन्द्र सतोमवाहसामिह शरुध्युप सवसरमा गहि
tvāmidā hyo naro.apīpyan vajrin bhūrṇayaḥ | sa indra stomavāhasāmiha śrudhyupa svasaramā ghahi
Rig Veda 8.99.2
मत्स्वा सुशिप्र हरिवस्तदीमहे तवे आ भूषन्ति वेधसः | तव शरवांस्युपमान्युक्थ्या सुतेष्विन्द्र गिर्वणः
matsvā suśipra harivastadīmahe tve ā bhūṣanti vedhasaḥ | tava śravāṃsyupamānyukthyā suteṣvindra ghirvaṇaḥ
A hundred oxen white of hue are shining like the stars in heaven, So tall, they seem to prop the sky.
Rig Veda 8.99.3
शरायन्त इव सूर्यं विश्वेदिन्द्रस्य भक्षत | वसूनि जाते जनमान ओजसा परति भागं न दीधिम
śrāyanta iva sūryaṃ viśvedindrasya bhakṣata | vasūni jāte janamāna ojasā prati bhāghaṃ na dīdhima
Bamboos a hundred, a hundred dogs, a hundred skins of beasts well-tanned, A hundred tufts of Balbaja, four hundred red-hued mares are mine.
Rig Veda 8.99.4
अनर्शरातिं वसुदामुप सतुहि भद्रा इन्द्रस्य रातयः | सो अस्य कामं विधतो न रोषति मनो दानाय चोदयन
anarśarātiṃ vasudāmupa stuhi bhadrā indrasya rātayaḥ | so asya kāmaṃ vidhato na roṣati mano dānāya codayan
Blest by the Gods, Kinvayanas! be ye who spread through life on life: Like horses have ye stridden forth.
Rig Veda 8.99.5
तवमिन्द्र परतूर्तिष्वभि विश्वा असि सप्र्धः | अशस्तिहा जनिता विश्वतूरसि तवं तूर्य तरुष्यतः
tvamindra pratūrtiṣvabhi viśvā asi spṛdhaḥ | aśastihā janitā viśvatūrasi tvaṃ tūrya taruṣyataḥ
Then men extolled the team of seven not yet full-grown, its fame is great. The dark mares rushed along the paths, so that no eye could follow them.
Rig Veda 8.99.6
अनु ते शुष्मं तुरयन्तमीयतुः कषोणी शिशुं न मातरा | विश्वास्ते सप्र्धः शनथयन्त मन्यवे वर्त्रं यदिन्द्रतूर्वसि
anu te śuṣmaṃ turayantamīyatuḥ kṣoṇī śiśuṃ na mātarā | viśvāste spṛdhaḥ śnathayanta manyave vṛtraṃ yadindratūrvasi
Rig Veda 8.99.7
इत ऊती वो अजरं परहेतारमप्रहितम | आशुं जेतारं हेतारं रथीतममतूर्तं तुग्र्याव्र्धम
ita ūtī vo ajaraṃ prahetāramaprahitam | āśuṃ jetāraṃ hetāraṃ rathītamamatūrtaṃ tughryāvṛdham
Rig Veda 8.99.8
इष्कर्तारमनिष्क्र्तं सहस्क्र्तं शतमूतिं शतक्रतुम | समानमिन्द्रमवसे हवामहे वसवानं वसूजुवम
iṣkartāramaniṣkṛtaṃ sahaskṛtaṃ śatamūtiṃ śatakratum | samānamindramavase havāmahe vasavānaṃ vasūjuvam
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