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# Samaveda 45

Sāmavedasaṃhitā 45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.45)

pañcama prapāṭhakaḥ . prathamo 'rdhaḥ  
1 5 1 0101a gṛṇe tadindra te śava upamāṃ devatātaye .  
1 5 1 0101c yaddhaṃsi vṛtramojasā śacīpate .. 391  
1 5 1 0102a yasya tyacchambaraṃ made divodāsāya randhayan .  
1 5 1 0102c ayaṃ sa soma indra te sutaḥ piba .. 392  
1 5 1 0103a endra no gadhi priya satrājidagohya .  
1 5 1 0103c girirna viśvataḥ pṛthuḥ patirdivaḥ .. 393  
1 5 1 0104a ya indra somapātamo madaḥ śaviṣṭha cetati .  
1 5 1 0104c yenā haṃsi nyā3triṇaṃ tamīmahe .. 394  
1 5 1 0105a tuce tunāya tatsu no drādhīya āyurjīvase .  
1 5 1 0105c ādityāsaḥ samahasaḥ kṛṇotana .. 395  
1 5 1 0106a vetthā hi nirṛtīnāṃ vajrahasta parivṛjam .  
1 5 1 0106c aharahaḥ śundhyuḥ paripadāmiva .. 396  
1 5 1 0107a apāmīvāmapa stridhamapa sedhata durmatim .  
1 5 1 0107c ādityāso yuyotanā no aṃhasaḥ .. 397  
1 5 1 0108a pibā somamindra mandatu tvā yaṃ te suṣāva haryaśvādriḥ .  
1 5 1 0108c soturbāhubhyāṃ suyato nārvā .. 398

> Indra, this might of thine I praise most highly for the sacrifice  
> That thou, O Lord of Power, dost slay Vritra with might  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> For thee this Soma hath been pressed, in whose wild joy thou madest once  
> Sambara Divodasa's prey: O Indra, drink!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Come unto us, O Indra, dear, still conquering, unconcealable!  
> Wide as a mountain spread on all sides, Lord of heaven!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Joy, mightiest Indra, that perceives, sprung from deep Soma draughts, whereby  
> Thou smitest down the greedy fiend,-that joy we crave!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Adityas, very mighty ones, grant to our children and our seed  
> This lengthened term of life that they may live long days!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Though knowest, Indra, Thunder-armed! how to avoid destructive powers,  
> As one secure from pitfalls each returning day.  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Drive ye disease and strife away, drive ye away malignity:  
> Adityas, keep us far removed from sore distress!  
> — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda

> Drive Soma, Indra, Lord of bays! and let it cheer thee: the stone, like a well-guided courser,  
> — 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.1.5.1.1.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Bharatasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!bharatasvamin) — Bharatasvāmin, 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*benfey1848.45) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.693) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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