DharmaPragya

DharmaPragya

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 55

Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 1

Verse 1 of 5

SANSKRIT TEXT

भूरीदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्यं१॒॑ व्यख्य॑म॒भ्याय॑ति राध॑स्ते दस्यवे वृक

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"GREAT, verily, is Indra's might. I have beheld, and hither comes Thy bounty, Dasyave-vr̥ika!"

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 2

Verse 2 of 5

SANSKRIT TEXT

श॒तं श्वे॒तास॑ उ॒क्षणो॑ दि॒वि तारो॒ न रो॑चन्ते म॒ह्ना दिवं॒ न त॑स्तभुः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"A hundred oxen white of hue are shining like the stars in heaven, So tall, they seem to prop the sky."

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 3

Verse 3 of 5

SANSKRIT TEXT

श॒तं वे॒णूञ्छ॒तं शुनः॑ श॒तं चर्मा॑णि म्ला॒तानि॑ श॒तं मे॑ बल्बजस्तु॒का अरु॑षीणां॒ चतुः॑शतम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"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."

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 4

Verse 4 of 5

SANSKRIT TEXT

सु॒दे॒वाः स्थ॑ काण्वायना॒ वयो॑वयो विच॒रन्तः॑ अश्वा॑सो॒ न च॑ङ्क्रमत

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Blest by the Gods, Kinvayanas! be ye who spread through life on life: Like horses have ye stridden forth."

Rigveda

Mandala 8, Hymn 55, Verse 5

Verse 5 of 5

SANSKRIT TEXT

आदित्सा॒प्तस्य॑ चर्किर॒न्नानू॑नस्य॒ महि॒ श्रवः॑ श्यावी॑रतिध्व॒सन्प॒थश्चक्षु॑षा च॒न सं॒नशे॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"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."