DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 28
Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 28, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
ये त्रिं॒शति॒ त्रय॑स्प॒रो दे॒वासो॑ ब॒र्हिरास॑दन् वि॒दन्नह॑ द्वि॒तास॑नन्
"THE Thirty Gods and Three besides, whose seat hath been the sacred grass, From time of old have found and gained."
Mandala 8, Hymn 28, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा स्मद्रा॑तिषाचो अ॒ग्नयः॑ पत्नी॑वन्तो॒ वष॑ट्कृताः
"Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Agnis, with Consorts, sending boons, To whom our Vashaṭ! is addressed:"
Mandala 8, Hymn 28, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
ते नो॑ गो॒पा अ॑पा॒च्यास्त उद॒क्त इ॒त्था न्य॑क् पु॒रस्ता॒त्सर्व॑या वि॒शा
"These are our guardians in the west, and northward here, and in the south, And on the cast, with all the tribe."
Mandala 8, Hymn 28, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
यथा॒ वश॑न्ति दे॒वास्तथेद॑स॒त्तदे॑षां॒ नकि॒रा मि॑नत् अरा॑वा च॒न मर्त्यः॑
"Even as the Gods desire so verily shall it be. None minisheth this power of theirs, No demon, and no mortal"
Mandala 8, Hymn 28, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
स॒प्ता॒नां स॒प्त ऋ॒ष्टयः॑ स॒प्त द्यु॒म्नान्ये॑षाम् स॒प्तो अधि॒ श्रियो॑ धिरे
"The Seven carry seven spears; seven are the splendours they possess, And seven the glories they assume."