DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 15
Containing 13 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 13
SANSKRIT TEXT
तम्व॒भि प्र गा॑यत पुरुहू॒तं पु॑रुष्टु॒तम् इन्द्रं॑ गी॒र्भिस्त॑वि॒षमा वि॑वासत
"SING forth to him whom many men invoke, to him whom many laud. Invite the powerful Indra with your songs of praise."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 13
SANSKRIT TEXT
यस्य॑ द्वि॒बर्ह॑सो बृ॒हत्सहो॑ दा॒धार॒ रोद॑सी गि॒रीँरज्राँ॑ अ॒पः स्व॑र्वृषत्व॒ना
"Whose lofty might-for doubly strong is he-supports the heavens and earth, And hills and plains and floods and light with manly power."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 13
SANSKRIT TEXT
स रा॑जसि पुरुष्टुतँ॒ एको॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नसे इन्द्र॒ जैत्रा॑ श्रव॒स्या॑ च॒ यन्त॑वे
"Such, Praised by many! thou art King alone thou smitest Vr̥itras dead, To gain, O Indra, spoils of war and high renown."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 13
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तं ते॒ मदं॑ गृणीमसि॒ वृष॑णं पृ॒त्सु सा॑स॒हिम् उ॒ लो॒क॒कृ॒त्नुम॑द्रिवो हरि॒श्रिय॑म्
"We sing this strong and wild delight of thine which conquers in the fray, Which, Caster of the Stone! gives room and shines like gold."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 13
SANSKRIT TEXT
येन॒ ज्योतीं॑ष्या॒यवे॒ मन॑वे च वि॒वेदि॑थ म॒न्दा॒नो अ॒स्य ब॒र्हिषो॒ वि रा॑जसि
"Wherewith thou also foundest lights for Âyu and for Manu's sake: Now joying in this sacred grass thou beamest forth."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 13
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तद॒द्या चि॑त्त उ॒क्थिनोऽनु॑ ष्टुवन्ति पू॒र्वथा॑ वृष॑पत्नीर॒पो ज॑या दि॒वेदि॑वे
"This day too singers of the hymn praise, as of old, this might of thine: Win thou the waters day by day, thralls of the strong."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 13
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तव॒ त्यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं बृ॒हत्तव॒ शुष्म॑मु॒त क्रतु॑म् वज्रं॑ शिशाति धि॒षणा॒ वरे॑ण्यम्
"That lofty Indra-power of thine, thy strength and thine intelligence, Thy thunderbolt for which we long, the wish makes keen."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 13
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तव॒ द्यौरि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्यं॑ पृथि॒वी व॑र्धति॒ श्रवः॑ त्वामापः॒ पर्व॑तासश्च हिन्विरे
"O Indra, Heaven and Earth augment thy manly power and thy renown; The waters and thy mountains stir and urge thee on."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 13
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त्वां विष्णु॑र्बृ॒हन्क्षयो॑ मि॒त्रो गृ॑णाति॒ वरु॑णः त्वां शर्धो॑ मद॒त्यनु॒ मारु॑तम्
"Vishṇu the lofty ruling Power, Varuṇa, Mitra sing thy praise: In thee the Marut3' company have great delight."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 13
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त्वं वृषा॒ जना॑नां॒ मंहि॑ष्ठ इन्द्र जज्ञिषे स॒त्रा विश्वा॑ स्वप॒त्यानि॑ दधिषे
"O Indra, thou wast born the Lord of men, most liberal of thy gifts: Excellent deeds for evermore are all thine own."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 13
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स॒त्रा त्वं पु॑रुष्टुतँ॒ एको॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ तोशसे नान्य इन्द्रा॒त्कर॑णं॒ भूय॑ इन्वति
"Ever, alone, O highly-praised, thou sendest Vr̥itras to their rest: None else than Indra executes the mighty deed."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 12
Verse 12 of 13
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यदि॑न्द्र मन्म॒शस्त्वा॒ नाना॒ हव॑न्त ऊ॒तये॑ अ॒स्माके॑भि॒र्नृभि॒रत्रा॒ स्व॑र्जय
"Though here and there, in varied hymns, Indra, men call on thee for aid, Still with our heroes fight and win the light of heaven."
Mandala 8, Hymn 15, Verse 13
Verse 13 of 13
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अरं॒ क्षया॑य नो म॒हे विश्वा॑ रू॒पाण्या॑वि॒शन् इन्द्रं॒ जैत्रा॑य हर्षया॒ शची॒पति॑म्
"Already have all forms of him entered our spacious dwelling-place: For victory stir thou Indra, up, the Lord of Might."