DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 55
Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
भूरीदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्यं१॒॑ व्यख्य॑म॒भ्याय॑ति राध॑स्ते दस्यवे वृक
"GREAT, verily, is Indra's might. I have beheld, and hither comes Thy bounty, Dasyave-vr̥ika!"
Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
श॒तं श्वे॒तास॑ उ॒क्षणो॑ दि॒वि तारो॒ न रो॑चन्ते म॒ह्ना दिवं॒ न त॑स्तभुः
"A hundred oxen white of hue are shining like the stars in heaven, So tall, they seem to prop the sky."
Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
श॒तं वे॒णूञ्छ॒तं शुनः॑ श॒तं चर्मा॑णि म्ला॒तानि॑ श॒तं मे॑ बल्बजस्तु॒का अरु॑षीणां॒ चतुः॑शतम्
"Bamboos a hundred, a hundred dogs, a hundred skins of beasts well-tanned, A hundred tufts of Balbaja, four hundred red-hued mares are mine."
Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
सु॒दे॒वाः स्थ॑ काण्वायना॒ वयो॑वयो विच॒रन्तः॑ अश्वा॑सो॒ न च॑ङ्क्रमत
"Blest by the Gods, Kinvayanas! be ye who spread through life on life: Like horses have ye stridden forth."
Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
आदित्सा॒प्तस्य॑ चर्किर॒न्नानू॑नस्य॒ महि॒ श्रवः॑ श्यावी॑रतिध्व॒सन्प॒थश्चक्षु॑षा च॒न सं॒नशे॑
"Then men extolled the team of seven not yet full-grown, its fame is great. The dark mares rushed along the paths, so that no eye could follow them."