Rig Veda 8.6

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Indra, great in his power and might, and like Parjanya rich in rain, Is magnified by Vatsa's lauds.

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When the priests, strengthening the Son of Holy Law, present their gifts, Singers with Order's hymn of praiser.

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Since Kanvas with their lauds have made Indra complete the sacrifice. Words are their own appropriate arms.

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Before his hot displeasure all the peoples, all the men, bow down, As rivers bow them to the sea.

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This power of his shone brightly forth when Indra brought together, like A skin, the worlds of heaven and earth.

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The fiercely-moving Vritra's head he severed with his thunderbolt, His mighty hundred-knotted bolt.

imā abhi pra ṇonumo vipām agreṣu dhītayaḥ agneḥ śocir na didyutaḥ

Here are-we sing them loudly forth-our thoughts among-the best of songs. Even lightnings like the blaze of fire.

guhā satīr upa tmanā pra yacchocanta dhītayaḥ kaṇvā ṛtasya dhārayā

When bidden thoughts, spontaneously advancing, glow, and with the stream Of sacrifice the Kanvas shine.

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Indra, may we obtain that wealth in horses and in herds of cows, And prayer that may be noticed first.

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I from my Father have received deep knowledge of the Holy Law I was born like unto the Sun.

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After the lore of ancient time I make, like Kanva, beauteous songs, And Indra's self gains strength thereby.

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Whatever Rishis have not praised thee, Indra, or have lauded thee, By me exalted wax thou strong.

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When his wrath thundered, when he rent Vritra to pieces, limb by limb, He sent the waters to the sea.

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Against the Dasyu Sushna thou, Indra, didst hurl thy during bolt: Thou, Dread one, hast a hero's fame.

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Neither the heavens nor firmaments nor regions of the earth contain Indra, the Thunderer with his might.

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O Indra him who lay at length staying thy copious waters thou, In his own footsteps, smotest down

ya ime rodasī mahī samīcī samajagrabhīt tamobhir indra taṃ guhaḥ

Thou hiddest deep in darkness within, O Indra, who had set his grasp On spacious heaven and earth conjoined.

ya indra yatayas tvā bhṛgavo ye ca tuṣṭuvuḥ mamed ugra śrudhī havam

Indra, whatever Yatis and Bhrigus have offered praise to thee, Listen, thou Mighty, to my call.

imās ta indra pṛśnayo ghṛtaṃ duhata āśiram enām ṛtasya pipyuṣīḥ

Indra, these spotted cows yield thee their butter and the milky draught; Aiders, thereby, of sacrifice;

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Which, teeming, have received thee as a life-germ, Indra, with their mouth, Like Surya who sustaineth all.

tvām icchavasas pate kaṇvā ukthena vāvṛdhuḥ tvāṃ sutāsa indavaḥ

O Lord of Might, with hymns of praise the Kanvas have increased thy power, The drops poured forth have strengthened thee.

taved indra praṇītiṣūta praśastir adrivaḥ yajño vitantasāyyaḥ

Under thy guidance, Indra, mid thy praises, Lord of Thunder, shall The sacrifice be soon performed.

ā na indra mahīm iṣam puraṃ na darṣi gomatīm uta prajāṃ suvīryam

Indra, disclose much food for us, like a stronghold with store of kine: Give progeny and heroic strength.

uta tyad āśvaśvyaṃ yad indra nāhuṣīṣv ā agre vikṣu pradīdayat

And, Indra, grant us all that wealth of fleet steeds which shone bright of old Among the tribes of Nahushas.

abhi vrajaṃ na tatniṣe sūra upākacakṣasam yad indra mṛﾱayāsi naḥ

Hither thou seemest to attract heaven's fold which shines before our eyes, When, Indra, thou art kind to us.

yad aṅga taviṣīyasa indra prarājasi kṣitīḥ mahāṁ apāra ojasā

Yea, when thou puttest forth thy power, Indra, thou governest the folk. Mighty, unlimited in strength.

taṃ tvā haviṣmatīr viśa upa bruvata ūtaye urujrayasam indubhiḥ

The tribes who bring oblations call to thee, to thee to give them help, With drops to thee who spreadest far.

upahvare girīṇāṃ saṃgathe ca nadīnām dhiyā vipro ajāyata

There where the mountains downward slope, there by the meeting of the streams The Sage was manifest with song.

ataḥ samudram udvataś cikitvāṁ ava paśyati yato vipāna ejati

Thence, marking, from his lofty place downward he looks upon the sea, And thence with rapid stir he moves.

ād it pratnasya retaso jyotiṣ paśyanti vāsaram paro yad idhyate divā

Then, verify, they see the light refulgent of primeval seed, Kindled on yonder side of heaven.

kaṇvāsa indra te matiṃ viśve vardhanti pauṃsyam uto śaviṣṭha vṛṣṇyam

Indra, the Kanvas all exalt thy wisdom and thy manly power, And, Mightiest! thine heroic strength.

imām ma indra suṣṭutiṃ juṣasva pra su mām ava uta pra vardhayā matim

Accept this eulogy of mine, Indra, and guard me carefully: Strengthen my thought and prosper it.

uta brahmaṇyā vayaṃ tubhyam pravṛddha vajrivaḥ viprā atakṣma jīvase

For thee, O Mighty, Thunder-armed, we singers through devotion have Fashioned the hymn that we may live.

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To Indra have the Kanvas sung, like waters speeding down a slope: The song is fain to go to him.

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As rivers swell the ocean, so our hymns of praise make Indra strong, Eternal, of resistless wrath.

ā no yāhi parāvato haribhyāṃ haryatābhyām imam indra sutam piba

Come with thy lovely Bay Steeds, come to us from regions far away O Indra, drink this Soma juice.

tvām id vṛtrahantama janāso vṛktabarhiṣaḥ havante vājasātaye

Best slayer of Vritras, men whose sacred grass is ready trimmed Invoke thee for the gain of spoil.

anu tvā rodasī ubhe cakraṃ na varty etaśam anu suvānāsa indavaḥ

The heavens and earth come after thee as the wheel follows Etasa: To thee flow Soma-drops effused.

mandasvā su svarṇara utendra śaryaṇāvati matsvā vivasvato matī

Rejoice, O Indra, in the light, rejoice in Saryandyan, Be Glad in the sacrificer's hymn.

vāvṛdhāna upa dyavi vṛṣā vajry aroravīt vṛtrahā somapātamaḥ

Grown strong in heaven, the Thunder-armed hath bellowed, Vritra-slayer, Bull, Chief drinker of the Soma juice.

ṛṣir hi pūrvajā asy eka īśāna ojasā indra coṣkūyase vasu

Thou art a Rishi born of old, sole Ruler over all by might: Thou, Indra, guardest well our wealth.

asmākaṃ tvā sutāṁ upa vītapṛṣṭhā abhi prayaḥ śataṃ vahantu harayaḥ

May thy Bay Steeds with beauteous backs, a hundred, bring thee to the feast, Bring thee to these our Soma-draughts.

imāṃ su pūrvyāṃ dhiyam madhor ghṛtasya pipyuṣīm kaṇvā ukthena vāvṛdhuḥ

The Kanvas with their hymns of praise have magnified this ancient thought That swells with streams of meath and oil.

indram id vimahīnām medhe vṛṇīta martyaḥ indraṃ saniṣyur ūtaye

Mid mightiest Gods let mortal man choose Indra at the sacrifice, Indra, whoe'er would win, for help.

arvāñcaṃ tvā puruṣṭuta priyamedhastutā harī somapeyāya vakṣataḥ

Thy steeds, by Priyamedhas praised, shall bring thee, God whom all invoke, Hither to drink the Somajuice.

śatam ahaṃ tirindire sahasram parśāv ā dade rādhāṃsi yādvānām

A hundred thousand have I gained from Parsu, from Tirindira, And presents of the Yadavas.

trīṇi śatāny arvatāṃ sahasrā daśa gonām daduṣ pajrāya sāmne

Ten thousand head of kine, and steeds three times a hundred they bestowed On Pajra for the Sama-song.

ud ānaṭ kakuho divam uṣṭrāñcaturyujo dadat śravasā yādvaṃ janam

Kakuha hath reached up to heaven, bestowing buffaloes yoked in fours, And matched in fame the Yadavas.