DharmaPragya
Mandala 8, Hymn 93
Containing 34 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 34
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उद्घेद॒भि श्रु॒ताम॑घं वृष॒भं नर्या॑पसम् अस्ता॑रमेषि सूर्य
"Sûrya, thou mountest up to meet the Hero famous for his wealth, Who hurls the bolt and works for man"
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 34
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नव॒ यो न॑व॒तिं पुरो॑ बि॒भेद॑ बा॒ह्वो॑जसा अहिं॑ च वृत्र॒हाव॑धीत्
"Him who with might of both his arms brake nine-and-ninety castles down, Slew Vr̥itra and smote Ahi dead."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 34
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स न॒ इन्द्रः॑ शि॒वः सखाश्वा॑व॒द्गोम॒द्यव॑मत् उ॒रुधा॑रेव दोहते
"This Indra is our gracious Friend. He sends us in a full broad stream Riches in horses, kine, and corn."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 34
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यद॒द्य कच्च॑ वृत्रहन्नु॒दगा॑ अ॒भि सू॑र्य सर्वं॒ तदि॑न्द्र ते॒ वशे॑
"Whatever, Vr̥itra-slayer! thou, Sûrya, hast risen upon to-day, That, Indra, all is in thy power."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 34
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यद्वा॑ प्रवृद्ध सत्पते॒ न म॑रा॒ इति॒ मन्य॑से उ॒तो तत्स॒त्यमित्तव॑
"When, Mighty One, Lord of the brave, thou thinkest thus, I shall not die, That thought of thine is true indeed."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 34
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ये सोमा॑सः परा॒वति॒ ये अ॑र्वा॒वति॑ सुन्वि॒रे सर्वाँ॒स्ताँ इ॑न्द्र गच्छसि
"Thou, Indra, goest unto all Soma libations shed for thee, Both far away and near at hand."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 34
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तमिन्द्रं॑ वाजयामसि म॒हे वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे स वृषा॑ वृष॒भो भु॑वत्
"We make this Indra very strong to strike the mighty Vr̥itra dead: A vigorous Hero shall he be."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 34
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इन्द्रः॒ स दाम॑ने कृ॒त ओजि॑ष्ठः॒ स मदे॑ हि॒तः द्यु॒म्नी श्लो॒की स सो॒म्यः
"Indra was made for giving, set, most mighty, o'er the joyous draught. Bright, meet for Soma, famed in song."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 9
Verse 9 of 34
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गि॒रा वज्रो॒ न सम्भृ॑तः॒ सब॑लो॒ अन॑पच्युतः व॒व॒क्ष ऋ॒ष्वो अस्तृ॑तः
"By song as 'twere, the powerful bolt which none may parry was prepared Lofty, invincible he grew."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 10
Verse 10 of 34
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दु॒र्गे चि॑न्नः सु॒गं कृ॑धि गृणा॒न इ॑न्द्र गिर्वणः त्वं च॑ मघव॒न्वशः॑
"Indra, Song-lover, lauded, make even in the wilds fair ways for us, Whenever, Maghavan, thou wilt."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 11
Verse 11 of 34
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यस्य॑ ते॒ नू चि॑दा॒दिशं॒ न मि॒नन्ति॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म् न दे॒वो नाध्रि॑गु॒र्जनः॑
"Thou whose commandment and behest of sovran sway none disregards, Neither audacious man nor God."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 12
Verse 12 of 34
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अधा॑ ते॒ अप्र॑तिष्कुतं दे॒वी शुष्मं॑ सपर्यतः उ॒भे सु॑शिप्र॒ रोद॑सी
"And both these Goddesses, Earth, Heaven, Lord of the beauteous helm! revere Thy might which no one may resist."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 13
Verse 13 of 34
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त्वमे॒तद॑धारयः कृ॒ष्णासु॒ रोहि॑णीषु च परु॑ष्णीषु॒ रुश॒त्पयः॑
"Thou in the black cows and the red and in the cows with spotted skin This white milk hast deposited."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 14
Verse 14 of 34
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वि यदहे॒रध॑ त्वि॒षो विश्वे॑ दे॒वासो॒ अक्र॑मुः वि॒दन्मृ॒गस्य॒ ताँ अमः॑
"When in their terror all the Gods shrank from the Dragon’s furious might, Fear of the monster fell on them."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 15
Verse 15 of 34
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आदु॑ मे निव॒रो भु॑वद्वृत्र॒हादि॑ष्ट॒ पौंस्य॑म् अजा॑तशत्रु॒रस्तृ॑तः
"Then he was my Defender, then, Invincible, whose foe is not, The Vritra-slayer showed his might."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 16
Verse 16 of 34
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श्रु॒तं वो॑ वृत्र॒हन्त॑मं॒ प्र शर्धं॑ चर्षणी॒नाम् आ शु॑षे॒ राध॑से म॒हे
"Him your best Vritra-slayer, him the famous Champion of mankind I urge to great munificence,"
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 17
Verse 17 of 34
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अ॒या धि॒या च॑ गव्य॒या पुरु॑णाम॒न्पुरु॑ष्टुत यत्सोमे॑सोम॒ आभ॑वः
"To come, Much-lauded! Many-named! with this same thought that longs for milk, Whene’er the Soma juice is shed."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 18
Verse 18 of 34
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बो॒धिन्म॑ना॒ इद॑स्तु नो वृत्र॒हा भूर्या॑सुतिः शृ॒णोतु॑ श॒क्र आ॒शिष॑म्
"Much-honoured by libations, may the Vritra-slayer wake for us: May Ṣakra listen to our prayers."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 19
Verse 19 of 34
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कया॒ त्वं न॑ ऊ॒त्याभि प्र म॑न्दसे वृषन् कया॑ स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ आ भ॑र
"O Hero, with what aid dost thou delight us, with what succour bring Riches to those who worship thee?"
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 20
Verse 20 of 34
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कस्य॒ वृषा॑ सु॒ते सचा॑ नि॒युत्वा॑न्वृष॒भो र॑णत् वृ॒त्र॒हा सोम॑पीतये
"With whose libation joys the Strong, the Hero with his team who quells The foe, to drink the Soma juice?"
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 21
Verse 21 of 34
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अ॒भी षु ण॒स्त्वं र॒यिं म॑न्दसा॒नः स॑ह॒स्रिण॑म् प्र॒य॒न्ता बो॑धि दा॒शुषे॑
"Rejoicing in thy spirit bring thousandfold opulence to us: Enrich thy votary with gifts."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 22
Verse 22 of 34
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पत्नी॑वन्तः सु॒ता इ॒म उ॒शन्तो॑ यन्ति वी॒तये॑ अ॒पां जग्मि॑र्निचुम्पु॒णः
"These juices with their wedded wives flow to enjoyment lovingly: To waters speeds the restless one."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 23
Verse 23 of 34
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इ॒ष्टा होत्रा॑ असृक्ष॒तेन्द्रं॑ वृ॒धासो॑ अध्व॒रे अच्छा॑वभृ॒थमोज॑सा
"Presented strengthening gifts have sent Indra away at sacrifice, With might, unto the cleansing bath."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 24
Verse 24 of 34
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इ॒ह त्या स॑ध॒माद्या॒ हरी॒ हिर॑ण्यकेश्या वो॒ळ्हाम॒भि प्रयो॑ हि॒तम्
"These two who share his feast, Bay Steeds with golden manes, shall bring him to The banquet that is laid for him."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 25
Verse 25 of 34
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तुभ्यं॒ सोमाः॑ सु॒ता इ॒मे स्ती॒र्णं ब॒र्हिर्वि॑भावसो स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ इन्द्र॒मा व॑ह
"For thee, O Lord of Light, are shed these Soma-drops, and grass is strewn: Bring Indra to his worshippers."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 26
Verse 26 of 34
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आ ते॒ दक्षं॒ वि रो॑च॒ना दध॒द्रत्ना॒ वि दा॒शुषे॑ स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ इन्द्र॑मर्चत
"May Indra give thee skill and lights of heaven, wealth to his votary And priests who praise him: laud ye him."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 27
Verse 27 of 34
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आ ते॑ दधामीन्द्रि॒यमु॒क्था विश्वा॑ शतक्रतो स्तो॒तृभ्य॑ इन्द्र मृळय
"O Ṣatakratu, wondrous strength and all our lauds I bring to thee: Be gracious to thy worshippers."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 28
Verse 28 of 34
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भ॒द्रम्भ॑द्रं न॒ आ भ॒रेष॒मूर्जं॑ शतक्रतो यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः
"Bring to us all things excellent, O Ṣatakratu, food and strength; For, Indra, thou art kind to us."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 29
Verse 29 of 34
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स नो॒ विश्वा॒न्या भ॑र सुवि॒तानि॑ शतक्रतो यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः
"O Ṣatakratu, bring to us all blessings, all felicity: For, Indra, thou art kind to us."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 30
Verse 30 of 34
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त्वामिद्वृ॑त्रहन्तम सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः
"Bearing the Soma juice we call, best Vritra-slayer, unto thee: For, Indra, thou art kind to us."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 31
Verse 31 of 34
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उप॑ नो॒ हरि॑भिः सु॒तं या॒हि म॑दानां पते उप॑ नो॒ हरि॑भिः सु॒तम्
"Come, Lord of rapturous joys, to our libation with thy Bay Steeds, come To our libation with thy Steeds."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 32
Verse 32 of 34
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द्वि॒ता यो वृ॑त्र॒हन्त॑मो वि॒द इन्द्रः॑ श॒तक्र॑तुः उप॑ नो॒ हरि॑भिः सु॒तम्
"Known as best Vritra-slayer erst, as Indra Ṣatakratu, come With Bay Steeds to the juice we shed."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 33
Verse 33 of 34
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त्वं हि वृ॑त्रहन्नेषां पा॒ता सोमा॑ना॒मसि॑ उप॑ नो॒ हरि॑भिः सु॒तम्
"O Vritra-slayer, thou art he who drinks these drops of Soma: come With Bay Steeds to the juice we shed."
Mandala 8, Hymn 93, Verse 34
Verse 34 of 34
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इन्द्र॑ इ॒षे द॑दातु न ऋभु॒क्षण॑मृ॒भुं र॒यिम् वा॒जी द॑दातु वा॒जिन॑म्
"May Indra give, to aid us, wealth handy that rules the Skilful Ones: Yea, may the Strong give potent wealth."