Mandala 1

Sukta 8: Indra, give us wealth that conquers

Rishi: मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्रः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: गायत्री

10 verses · 8 of 191

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Indra, give us wealth that conquers

Bring us, Indra, wealth worth winning, victorious and ever overpowering, for our protection. Madhuchchhandas Vaishvamitra asks in gayatri for strength by which we hold back foes in close fight and with the horse. Guarded by Indra we take up the hard vajra and win in battle; with heroes and archers and Indra as ally we overcome those who attack. Indra is great, his greatness as wide as heaven. His belly drinks Soma and swells like the sea. His kind word is generous, rich in cows, like a branch of ripe fruit for the giver. These favours come at once to one like me.

8.1

एन्द्र॑ सान॒सिं र॒यिं स॒जित्वा॑नं सदा॒सह॑म् ।
वर्षि॑ष्ठमू॒तये॑ भर

endra sānasiṃ rayiṃ sajitvānaṃ sadāsaham |
varṣiṣṭhamūtaye bhara

8.2

नि येन॑ मुष्टिह॒त्यया॒ नि वृ॒त्रा रु॒णधा॑महै ।
त्वोता॑सो॒ न्यर्व॑ता

ni yena muṣṭihatyayā ni vṛtrā ruṇadhāmahai |
tvotāso nyarvatā

8.3

इन्द्र॒ त्वोता॑स॒ आ व॒यं वज्रं॑ घ॒ना द॑दीमहि ।
जये॑म॒ सं यु॒धि स्पृध॑ः

indra tvotāsa ā vayaṃ vajraṃ ghanā dadīmahi |
jayema saṃ yudhi spṛdhaḥ

8.4

व॒यं शूरे॑भि॒रस्तृ॑भि॒रिन्द्र॒ त्वया॑ यु॒जा व॒यम् ।
सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृतन्य॒तः

vayaṃ śūrebhirastṛbhirindra tvayā yujā vayam |
sāsahyāma pṛtanyataḥ