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Rigveda 8.48

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.48

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8.48.1

svā̱dor a̍bhakṣi̱ vaya̍saḥ sume̱dhāḥ svā̱dhyo̍ varivo̱vitta̍rasya |
viśve̱ yaṁ de̱vā u̱ta martyā̍so̱ madhu̍ bru̱vanto̍ a̱bhi sa̱ṁcara̍nti ||

WISELY have I enjoyed the savoury viand, religious-thoughted, best to find out treasure, The food to which all Deities and mortals, calling it meath, gather themselves together.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.2

a̱ntaś ca̱ prāgā̱ adi̍tir bhavāsy avayā̱tā hara̍so̱ daivya̍sya |
inda̱v indra̍sya sa̱khyaṁ ju̍ṣā̱ṇaḥ śrauṣṭī̍va̱ dhura̱m anu̍ rā̱ya ṛ̍dhyāḥ ||

Tlou shalt be Aditi as thou hast entered within, appeaser of celestial anger. Indu, enjoying Indra's friendship, bring us – as a swift steed the car – forward to riches.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.3

apā̍ma̱ soma̍m a̱mṛtā̍ abhū̱māga̍nma̱ jyoti̱r avi̍dāma de̱vān |
kiṁ nū̱nam a̱smān kṛ̍ṇava̱d arā̍ti̱ḥ kim u̍ dhū̱rtir a̍mṛta̱ martya̍sya ||

We have drunk Soma and become immortal; we have attained the light, the Gods discovered. Now what may foeman's malice do to harm us? What, O Immortal, mortal man's deception?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.4

śaṁ no̍ bhava hṛ̱da ā pī̱ta i̍ndo pi̱teva̍ soma sū̱nave̍ su̱śeva̍ḥ |
sakhe̍va̱ sakhya̍ uruśaṁsa̱ dhīra̱ḥ pra ṇa̱ āyu̍r jī̱vase̍ soma tārīḥ ||

Absorbed into the heart, be sweet, O Indu, as a kind father to his son, O Soma, As a wise Friend to friend: do thou, wide-ruler, O Soma, lengthen out our days for living.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.5

i̱me mā̍ pī̱tā ya̱śasa̍ uru̱ṣyavo̱ ratha̱ṁ na gāva̱ḥ sam a̍nāha̱ parva̍su |
te mā̍ rakṣantu vi̱srasa̍ś ca̱ritrā̍d u̱ta mā̱ srāmā̍d yavaya̱ntv inda̍vaḥ ||

These glorious drops that give me freedom have I drunk. Closely they knit my joints as straps secure a car. Let them protect my foot from slipping on the way: yea, let the drops I drink preserve me from disease.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.6

a̱gniṁ na mā̍ mathi̱taṁ saṁ di̍dīpa̱ḥ pra ca̍kṣaya kṛṇu̱hi vasya̍so naḥ |
athā̱ hi te̱ mada̱ ā so̍ma̱ manye̍ re̱vām̐ i̍va̱ pra ca̍rā pu̱ṣṭim accha̍ ||

Make me shine bright like fire produced by friction: give us a clearer sight and make us better. For in carouse I think of thee, O Soma, Shall I, as a rich man, attain to comfort?

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.7

i̱ṣi̱reṇa̍ te̱ mana̍sā su̱tasya̍ bhakṣī̱mahi̱ pitrya̍syeva rā̱yaḥ |
soma̍ rāja̱n pra ṇa̱ āyū̍ṁṣi tārī̱r ahā̍nīva̱ sūryo̍ vāsa̱rāṇi̍ ||

May we enjoy with an enlivened spirit the juice thou givest, like ancestral riches. O Soma, King, prolong thou our existence as Sûrya makes the shining days grow longer.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.8

soma̍ rājan mṛ̱ḻayā̍ naḥ sva̱sti tava̍ smasi vra̱tyā̱3̱̍s tasya̍ viddhi |
ala̍rti̱ dakṣa̍ u̱ta ma̱nyur i̍ndo̱ mā no̍ a̱ryo a̍nukā̱mam parā̍ dāḥ ||

King Soma, favour us and make us prosper: we are thy devotees; of this be mindful. Spirit and power are fresh in us, O Indu give us not up unto our foeman's pleasure.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.9

tvaṁ hi na̍s ta̱nva̍ḥ soma go̱pā gātre̍-gātre niṣa̱satthā̍ nṛ̱cakṣā̍ḥ |
yat te̍ va̱yam pra̍mi̱nāma̍ vra̱tāni̱ sa no̍ mṛḻa suṣa̱khā de̍va̱ vasya̍ḥ ||

For thou hast settled in each joint, O Soma, aim of men's eyes and guardian of our bodies. When we offend against thine holy statutes, as a kind Friend, God, best of all, be gracious.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.10

ṛ̱dū̱dare̍ṇa̱ sakhyā̍ saceya̱ yo mā̱ na riṣye̍d dharyaśva pī̱taḥ |
a̱yaṁ yaḥ somo̱ ny adhā̍yy a̱sme tasmā̱ indra̍m pra̱tira̍m e̱my āyu̍ḥ ||

May I be with the Friend whose heart is tender, who, Lord of Bays! when quaffed will never harm me- This Soma now deposited within me. For this, I pray for longer life to Indra.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.11

apa̱ tyā a̍sthu̱r ani̍rā̱ amī̍vā̱ nir a̍trasa̱n tami̍ṣīcī̱r abhai̍ṣuḥ |
ā somo̍ a̱smām̐ a̍ruha̱d vihā̍yā̱ aga̍nma̱ yatra̍ prati̱ranta̱ āyu̍ḥ ||

Our maladies have lost their strength and vanished: they feared, and passed away into the darkness. Soma hath risen in us, exceeding mighty, and we are come where men prolong existence.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.12

yo na̱ indu̍ḥ pitaro hṛ̱tsu pī̱to 'ma̍rtyo̱ martyā̍m̐ āvi̱veśa̍ |
tasmai̱ somā̍ya ha̱viṣā̍ vidhema mṛḻī̱ke a̍sya suma̱tau syā̍ma ||

, Fathers, that Indu which our hearts have drunken, Immortal in himself, hath entered mortals. So let us serve this Soma with oblation, and rest securely in his grace and favour.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.13

tvaṁ so̍ma pi̱tṛbhi̍ḥ saṁvidā̱no 'nu̱ dyāvā̍pṛthi̱vī ā ta̍tantha |
tasmai̍ ta indo ha̱viṣā̍ vidhema va̱yaṁ syā̍ma̱ pata̍yo rayī̱ṇām ||

Associate with the Fathers thou, O Soma, hast spread thyself abroad through earth and heaven. So with oblation let us serve thee, Indu, and so let us become the lords of riches,

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.14

trātā̍ro devā̱ adhi̍ vocatā no̱ mā no̍ ni̱drā ī̍śata̱ mota jalpi̍ḥ |
va̱yaṁ soma̍sya vi̱śvaha̍ pri̱yāsa̍ḥ su̱vīrā̍so vi̱datha̱m ā va̍dema ||

Give us your blessing, O ye Gods' preservers. Never may sleep or idle talk control us. But evermore may we, as friends of Soma, speak to the synod with brave sons around us.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

8.48.15

tvaṁ na̍ḥ soma vi̱śvato̍ vayo̱dhās tvaṁ sva̱rvid ā vi̍śā nṛ̱cakṣā̍ḥ |
tvaṁ na̍ inda ū̱tibhi̍ḥ sa̱joṣā̍ḥ pā̱hi pa̱ścātā̍d u̱ta vā̍ pu̱rastā̍t ||

On all sides,. Soma, thou art our life-giver: aim of all eyes, light-finder, come within us. Indu, of one accord with thy protections both from behind and from before preserve us.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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