DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 50
Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्र सु श्रु॒तं सु॒राध॑स॒मर्चा॑ श॒क्रम॒भिष्ट॑ये यः सु॑न्व॒ते स्तु॑व॒ते काम्यं॒ वसु॑ स॒हस्रे॑णेव॒ मंह॑ते
"Ṣakra I praise, to win his aid, far-famed, exceeding bountiful, Who gives, as 'twere in thousands, precious wealth to him who sheds the juice and worships him."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 10
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श॒तानी॑का हे॒तयो॑ अस्य दु॒ष्टरा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य स॒मिषो॑ म॒हीः गि॒रिर्न भु॒ज्मा म॒घव॑त्सु पिन्वते॒ यदीं॑ सु॒ता अम॑न्दिषुः
"Arrows with hundred points, unconquerable, are this Indra's n-dghty arms in war. He streams on liberal worshippers like a hill with springs, when juices poured have gladdened him."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 10
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यदीं॑ सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वो॒ऽभि प्रि॒यमम॑न्दिषुः आपो॒ न धा॑यि॒ सव॑नं म॒ आ व॑सो॒ दुघा॑ इ॒वोप॑ दा॒शुषे॑
"What time the flowing Soma-drops have gladdened with their taste the Friend, Like water, gracious Lord! were my libations made, like milch-kine to the worshipper."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 10
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अ॒ने॒हसं॑ वो॒ हव॑मानमू॒तये॒ मध्वः॑ क्षरन्ति धी॒तयः॑ आ त्वा॑ वसो॒ हव॑मानास॒ इन्द॑व॒ उप॑ स्तो॒त्रेषु॑ दधिरे
"To him the peerless, who is calling you to give you aid, forth flow the drops of pleasant meath. The Soloa-drops which call on thee, O gracious Lord, have brought thee to our hymn of praise."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 5
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आ नः॒ सोमे॑ स्वध्व॒र इ॑या॒नो अत्यो॒ न तो॑शते यं ते॑ स्वदाव॒न्त्स्वद॑न्ति गू॒र्तयः॑ पौ॒रे छ॑न्दयसे॒ हव॑म्
"He rushes hurrying like a steed to Soma that adorns our rite, Which hymns make sweet to thee, lover of pleasant food. The call to Paura thou dost love."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 10
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प्र वी॒रमु॒ग्रं विवि॑चिं धन॒स्पृतं॒ विभू॑तिं॒ राध॑सो म॒हः उ॒द्रीव॑ वज्रिन्नव॒तो व॑सुत्व॒ना सदा॑ पीपेथ दा॒शुषे॑
"Praise the strong, grasping Hero, winner of the spoil, ruling supreme oer mighty wealth. Like a full spring, O Thunderer, from thy store hast thou poured on the worshipper evermore."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 10
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यद्ध॑ नू॒नं प॑रा॒वति॒ यद्वा॑ पृथि॒व्यां दि॒वि यु॒जा॒न इ॑न्द्र॒ हरि॑भिर्महेमत ऋ॒ष्व ऋ॒ष्वेभि॒रा ग॑हि
"Now whether thou be far away, or in the heavens, or on the earth, O Indra, mighty- thoughted, harnessing thy Bays, come Lofty with the Lofty Ones."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 10
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र॒थि॒रासो॒ हर॑यो॒ ये ते॑ अ॒स्रिध॒ ओजो॒ वात॑स्य॒ पिप्र॑ति येभि॒र्नि दस्युं॒ मनु॑षो नि॒घोष॑यो॒ येभिः॒ स्वः॑ प॒रीय॑से
"The Bays who draw thy chariot, Steeds who injure none, surpass the wind's impetuous strength- With whom thou silencest the enemy of man, with whon; thou goest round the sky."
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 10
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ए॒ताव॑तस्ते वसो वि॒द्याम॑ शूर॒ नव्य॑सः यथा॒ प्राव॒ एत॑शं॒ कृत्व्ये॒ धने॒ यथा॒ वशं॒ दश॑व्रजे
"O gracious Hero, may we learn anew to know thee as thou art: As in decisive fight thou holpest Etaṣa, or Vaṣa 'gainst Daṣavraja,"
Mandala 8, Hymn 50, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 10
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यथा॒ कण्वे॑ मघव॒न्मेधे॑ अध्व॒रे दी॒र्घनी॑थे॒ दमू॑नसि यथा॒ गोश॑र्ये॒ असि॑षासो अद्रिवो॒ मयि॑ गो॒त्रं ह॑रि॒श्रिय॑म्
"As, Maghavan, to Kaṇva at the sacred feast, to Dîrghanîtha thine home-friend, As to Goṣarya thou, Stone-darter, gavest wealth, give me a gold-bright stall of kine."