DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 51
Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
यथा॒ मनौ॒ सांव॑रणौ॒ सोम॑मि॒न्द्रापि॑बः सु॒तम् नीपा॑तिथौ मघव॒न्मेध्या॑तिथौ॒ पुष्टि॑गौ॒ श्रुष्टि॑गौ॒ सचा॑
"As with Manu Sâmvaraṇi, Indra, thou drankest Soma juice, And, Maghavan, with Nîpâtithi, Medbyatithi, with Pushṭigu and Ṣrushṭigu,– "
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
पा॒र्ष॒द्वा॒णः प्रस्क॑ण्वं॒ सम॑सादय॒च्छया॑नं॒ जिव्रि॒मुद्धि॑तम् स॒हस्रा॑ण्यसिषास॒द्गवा॒मृषि॒स्त्वोतो॒ दस्य॑वे॒ वृकः॑
"The son of Pr̥ishadvâna was Praskaṇva's host, who lay decrepit and forlorn. Aided by thee the R̥ishi Dasyave-vr̥ika strove to obtain thousands of kine."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
य उ॒क्थेभि॒र्न वि॒न्धते॑ चि॒किद्य ऋ॑षि॒चोद॑नः इन्द्रं॒ तमच्छा॑ वद॒ नव्य॑स्या म॒त्यरि॑ष्यन्तं॒ न भोज॑से
"Lord of swift bounty, he will win e'en with a steed of worthless sort. This, Indra, must be told of thee who wilt perform heroic deeds."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
यस्मा॑ अ॒र्कं स॒प्तशी॑र्षाणमानृ॒चुस्त्रि॒धातु॑मुत्त॒मे प॒दे स त्वि१॒॑मा विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि चिक्रद॒दादिज्ज॑निष्ट॒ पौंस्य॑म्
"He unto whom they sang the seven-headed hymn, three-parted, in the loftiest place, He sent his thunder down on all these living things, and so displayed heroic might."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
यो नो॑ दा॒ता वसू॑ना॒मिन्द्रं॒ तं हू॑महे व॒यम् वि॒द्मा ह्य॑स्य सुम॒तिं नवी॑यसीं ग॒मेम॒ गोम॑ति व्र॒जे
"We invocate that Indra who bestoweth precious things on us. Now do we know his newest favour; may we gain a stable that is full of kine."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 10
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यस्मै॒ त्वं व॑सो दा॒नाय॒ शिक्ष॑सि॒ स रा॒यस्पोष॑मश्नुते तं त्वा॑ व॒यं म॑घवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे
"He whom thou aidest, gracious Lord, to give again, obtains great wealth to nourish him. We with our Soma ready, Lover of the Song! call, Indra Maghavan, on thee."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
क॒दा च॒न स्त॒रीर॑सि॒ नेन्द्र॑ सश्चसि दा॒शुषे॑ उपो॒पेन्नु म॑घव॒न्भूय॒ इन्नु ते॒ दानं॑ दे॒वस्य॑ पृच्यते
"Ne'er art thou fruitless, Indra ne'er dost thou desert the worshipper But now, O Maghavan, thy bounty as a God is poured forth ever more and more."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 10
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प्र यो न॑न॒क्षे अ॒भ्योज॑सा॒ क्रिविं॑ व॒धैः शुष्णं॑ निघो॒षय॑न् य॒देदस्त॑म्भीत्प्र॒थय॑न्न॒मूं दिव॒मादिज्ज॑निष्ट॒ पार्थि॑वः
"He who hath overtaken Krivi with his might, and silenced Ṣushṇa with deathbolts,– When he supported yonder heaven and spread it out, then first the son of earth was born."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
यस्या॒यं विश्व॒ आर्यो॒ दासः॑ शेवधि॒पा अ॒रिः ति॒रश्चि॑द॒र्ये रुश॑मे॒ परी॑रवि॒ तुभ्येत्सो अ॑ज्यते र॒यिः
"Good Lord of wealth is he to whom all Aryas, Dâsas here belong. Directly unto thee, the pious Ruṣama Pavîru, is that wealth brought nigh."
Mandala 8, Hymn 51, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
तु॒र॒ण्यवो॒ मधु॑मन्तं घृत॒श्चुतं॒ विप्रा॑सो अ॒र्कमा॑नृचुः अ॒स्मे र॒यिः प॑प्रथे॒ वृष्ण्यं॒ शवो॒ऽस्मे सु॑वा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः
"In zealous haste the singers have sung forth a song distilling oil and rich in sweets. Riches have spread among us and heroic strength, with us are flowing Soma-drops."