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# Samaveda 32

Sāmavedasaṃhitā 32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.32)

1 3 2 0801a satyamitthā vṛṣedasi vṛṣajūtirno 'vitā .  
1 3 2 0801c vṛṣā hyugra śṛṇviṣe parāvati vṛṣo arvāvati śrutaḥ .. 263  
1 3 2 0802a yacchakrāsi parāvati yadarvāvati vṛtrahan .  
1 3 2 0802c atastvā gīrbhirdyugadindra keśibhiḥ sutāvāṃ ā vivāsati .. 264  
1 3 2 0803a abhi vo vīramandhaso madeṣu gāya girā mahā vicetasam .  
1 3 2 0803c indraṃ nāma śrutyaṃ śākinaṃ vaco yathā .. 265  
1 3 2 0804a indra tridhātu śaraṇaṃ trivarūthaṃ svastaye .  
1 3 2 0804c chardiryaccha maghavadbhyaśca mahyaṃ ca yāvayā didyumebhyaḥ .. 266  
1 3 2 0805a śrāyanta iva sūryaṃ viśvedindrasya bhakṣata .  
1 3 2 0805c vasūni jāto janimānyojasā prati bhāgaṃ na dīdhimaḥ .. 267  
1 3 2 0806a na sīmadeva āpa tadiṣaṃ dīrghāyo martyaḥ .  
1 3 2 0806c etagvā cidyā etaśo yuyojata indro harī yuyojate .. 268  
1 3 2 0807a ā no viśvāsu havyamindraṃ samatsu bhūṣata .  
1 3 2 0807c upa brahmāṇi savanāni vṛtrahanparamajyā ṛcīṣama .. 269  
1 3 2 0808a tavedindrāvamaṃ vasu tvaṃ puṣyasi madhyamam .  
1 3 2 0808c satrā viśvasya paramasya rājasi na kiṣṭvā goṣu vṛṇvate .. 270  
1 3 2 0809a kveyatha kvedasi purutrā ciddhi te manaḥ .  
1 3 2 0809c alarṣi yudhma khajakṛtpurandara pra gāyatrā agāsiṣuḥ .. 271  
1 3 2 0810a vayamenamidā hyopīpemeha vajriṇam .  
1 3 2 0810c tasmā u adya savane sutaṃ bharā nūnaṃ bhūṣata śrute .. 272

> Yea, verily thou art a Bull, our guardian, rushing like a bull:  
> Thou, mighty one, art celebrated as a Bull, famed as a Bull both near and far.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Whether, O Sakra, thou be far, or, Vritra-slayer, near at hand,  
> Thence by heaven-reaching songs he who bath pressed the juice invites thee with thy long-maned steeds.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> In the wild raptures of the juice sing to your hero with high laud, to him the wise,  
> To Indra glorious in his name, the mighty one, even as the hymn alloweth it!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> O Indra, give us for our weal a triple refuge, triply strong!  
> Bestow a dwelling-place on our rich lords and me, and keep thy dart afar from these!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Turning, as 'twere, to meet the Sun enjoy from Indra all good things!  
> When he who will be born is born with power we look to treasures as our heritage.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> The godless mortal gaineth not this food, O thou whose life is long!  
> But one who yokes the bright-hued horses, Etasas; then Indra yokes his tawny steeds.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Draw near unto our Indra who must be invoked in every fight!  
> Come, thou most mighty Vritra-slayer, meet for praise, come to, libations and to hymns!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Thine, Indra, is the lowest wealth, thou cherishest the midmost wealth,  
> Thou ever rulest all the highest: in the fray for cattle none resisteth thee.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Where art thou? Whither art thou gone? For many a place attracts thy mind.  
> Haste, warrior, fort-destroyer, Lord of battle's din! haste, holy songs have sounded forth!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Here, verily, yesterday we let the thunder-wielder drink his fill.  
> Bring him the juice poured forth in sacrifice to-day. Now range you by the glorious one!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> O Indra, turn us not away: be present with us at our feast  
> For thou art our protection, yea, thou art our kin: O Indra, turn us not away!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

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## Translations (1)

- [The Hymns of the Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~en-griffith.1.3.2.3.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Bharatasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!bharatasvamin) — Bharatasvāmin, Sanskrit
- [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Vedārthaprakāśa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Sāmavedavivaraṇa (Mādhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!madhava) — Mādhava (son of Nārāyaṇa), Sanskrit
- [Sāmavedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!samavedarthaprakasa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Sāmavedasaṃhitā (ed. Theodor Benfey)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*benfey1848.32) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.782) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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