DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 52
Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
यथा॒ मनौ॒ विव॑स्वति॒ सोमं॑ श॒क्रापि॑बः सु॒तम् यथा॑ त्रि॒ते छन्द॑ इन्द्र॒ जुजो॑षस्या॒यौ मा॑दयसे॒ सचा॑
"As, Ṣakra, thou with Manu called Vivasvan drankest Soma juice, As, Indra, thou didst love the hymn by Trita's side, so dost thou joy with Âyu now."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 10
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पृष॑ध्रे॒ मेध्ये॑ मात॒रिश्व॒नीन्द्र॑ सुवा॒ने अम॑न्दथाः यथा॒ सोमं॒ दश॑शिप्रे॒ दशो॑ण्ये॒ स्यूम॑रश्मा॒वृजू॑नसि
"As thou with Mâtariṣvan, Medhya, Pr̥ishadhra, hast cheered thee Indra, with pressed juice, Drunk Soma with R̥ijûnas, Syûmaraṣmi, by Daṣoṇya's Daṣaṣipra's side."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 10
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य उ॒क्था केव॑ला द॒धे यः सोमं॑ धृषि॒तापि॑बत् यस्मै॒ विष्णु॒स्त्रीणि॑ प॒दा वि॑चक्र॒म उप॑ मि॒त्रस्य॒ धर्म॑भिः
"Tis he who made the lauds his own and boldly drank the Soma juice, He to whom Vishṇu came striding his three wide steps, as Mitra's statutes ordered it."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
यस्य॒ त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ स्तोमे॑षु चा॒कनो॒ वाजे॑ वाजिञ्छतक्रतो तं त्वा॑ व॒यं सु॒दुघा॑मिव गो॒दुहो॑ जुहू॒मसि॑ श्रव॒स्यवः॑
"In whose laud thou didst joy, Indra, at the great deed, O Ṣatakratu, Mighty One! Seeking renown we call thee as the milkers call the cow who yields abundant milk."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 10
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यो नो॑ दा॒ता स नः॑ पि॒ता म॒हाँ उ॒ग्र ई॑शान॒कृत् अया॑मन्नु॒ग्रो म॒घवा॑ पुरू॒वसु॒र्गोरश्व॑स्य॒ प्र दा॑तु नः
"He is our Sire who gives to us, Great, Mighty, ruling as he wills. Unsought, may he the Strong, Rich, Lord of ample wealth, give us of horses and of kine."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 6
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यस्मै॒ त्वं व॑सो दा॒नाय॒ मंह॑से॒ स रा॒यस्पोष॑मिन्वति व॒सू॒यवो॒ वसु॑पतिं श॒तक्र॑तुं॒ स्तोमै॒रिन्द्रं॑ हवामहे
"He to whom thou, Good Lord, givest that he may give increases wealth that nourishes. Eager for wealth we call on Indra, Lord of wealth, on Ṣatakratu with our lauds."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 10
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क॒दा च॒न प्र यु॑च्छस्यु॒भे नि पा॑सि॒ जन्म॑नी तुरी॑यादित्य॒ हव॑नं त इन्द्रि॒यमा त॑स्थाव॒मृतं॑ दि॒वि
"Never art thou neglectful: thou guardest both races with thy care. The call on Indra, fourth Âditya! is thine own. Amrit is stablished in the heavens."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 8
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यस्मै॒ त्वं म॑घवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः॒ शिक्षो॒ शिक्ष॑सि दा॒शुषे॑ अ॒स्माकं॒ गिर॑ उ॒त सु॑ष्टु॒तिं व॑सो कण्व॒वच्छृ॑णुधी॒ हव॑म्
"The offerer whom thou, Indra, Lover of the Song, liberal Maghavan, favourest,– As at the call of Kaṇva so, O gracious Lord, hear, thou our songs and eulogy."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 10
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अस्ता॑वि॒ मन्म॑ पू॒र्व्यं ब्रह्मेन्द्रा॑य वोचत पू॒र्वीर्ऋ॒तस्य॑ बृह॒तीर॑नूषत स्तो॒तुर्मे॒धा अ॑सृक्षत
"Sung is the song of ancient time: to Indra have ye said the prayer. They have sung many a Br̥ihatî of sacrifice, poured forth the worshipper's many thoughts."
Mandala 8, Hymn 52, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 10
SANSKRIT TEXT
समिन्द्रो॒ रायो॑ बृह॒तीर॑धूनुत॒ सं क्षो॒णी समु॒ सूर्य॑म् सं शु॒क्रासः॒ शुच॑यः॒ सं गवा॑शिरः॒ सोमा॒ इन्द्र॑ममन्दिषुः
"Indra hath tossed together mighty stores of wealth, and both the worlds, yea, and the Sun. Pure, brightly-shining, mingled with the milk, the draughts of Soma have made Indra glad."