Mandala 8

Sukta 65: Come from east or west, Indra

Rishi: प्रगाथः काण्वः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: गायत्री

12 verses · 65 of 103

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Come from east or west, Indra

Pragatha Kanva sings Indra in gayatri. Its opening pada matches that of 8.4, but the sukta is its own. Whether men call Indra from the east or west, north or south, or he rejoices at the fountain of heaven or in the sea, let him come quickly with his swift horses. Men have milked the honeyed Soma with stones; let him drink it. The last three verses are a danastuti: a king, a giver of spotted mares with golden trappings, gave a thousand of them and bright gold; the descendants of Durgaha won fame among the gods.

65.1

यदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रागपा॒गुद॒ङ्न्य॑ग्वा हू॒यसे॒ नृभि॑ः ।
आ या॑हि॒ तूय॑मा॒शुभि॑ः

yadindra prāgapāgudaṅnyagvā hūyase nṛbhiḥ |
ā yāhi tūyamāśubhiḥ

65.2

यद्वा॑ प्र॒स्रव॑णे दि॒वो मा॒दया॑से॒ स्व॑र्णरे ।
यद्वा॑ समु॒द्रे अन्ध॑सः

yadvā prasravaṇe divo mādayāse svarṇare |
yadvā samudre andhasaḥ

65.3

आ त्वा॑ गी॒र्भिर्म॒हामु॒रुं हु॒वे गामि॑व॒ भोज॑से ।
इन्द्र॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑

ā tvā gīrbhirmahāmuruṃ huve gāmiva bhojase |
indra somasya pītaye

65.4

आ त॑ इन्द्र महि॒मानं॒ हर॑यो देव ते॒ मह॑ः ।
रथे॑ वहन्तु॒ बिभ्र॑तः

ā ta indra mahimānaṃ harayo deva te mahaḥ |
rathe vahantu bibhrataḥ

65.5

इन्द्र॑ गृणी॒ष उ॑ स्तु॒षे म॒हाँ उ॒ग्र ई॑शान॒कृत् ।
एहि॑ नः सु॒तं पिब॑

indra gṛṇīṣa u stuṣe mahām̐ ugra īśānakṛt |
ehi naḥ sutaṃ piba

65.6

सु॒ताव॑न्तस्त्वा व॒यं प्रय॑स्वन्तो हवामहे ।
इ॒दं नो॑ ब॒र्हिरा॒सदे॑

sutāvantastvā vayaṃ prayasvanto havāmahe |
idaṃ no barhirāsade

65.7

यच्चि॒द्धि शश्व॑ता॒मसीन्द्र॒ साधा॑रण॒स्त्वम् ।
तं त्वा॑ व॒यं ह॑वामहे

yacciddhi śaśvatāmasīndra sādhāraṇastvam |
taṃ tvā vayaṃ havāmahe

65.8

इ॒दं ते॑ सो॒म्यं मध्वधु॑क्ष॒न्नद्रि॑भि॒र्नर॑ः ।
जु॒षा॒ण इ॑न्द्र॒ तत्पि॑ब

idaṃ te somyaṃ madhvadhukṣannadribhirnaraḥ |
juṣāṇa indra tatpiba

65.9

विश्वाँ॑ अ॒र्यो वि॑प॒श्चितोऽति॑ ख्य॒स्तूय॒मा ग॑हि ।
अ॒स्मे धे॑हि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत्

viśvām̐ aryo vipaścito'ti khyastūyamā gahi |
asme dhehi śravo bṛhat

65.10

दा॒ता मे॒ पृष॑तीनां॒ राजा॑ हिरण्य॒वीना॑म् ।
मा दे॑वा म॒घवा॑ रिषत्

dātā me pṛṣatīnāṃ rājā hiraṇyavīnām |
mā devā maghavā riṣat

65.11

स॒हस्रे॒ पृष॑तीना॒मधि॑ श्च॒न्द्रं बृ॒हत्पृ॒थु ।
शु॒क्रं हिर॑ण्य॒मा द॑दे

sahasre pṛṣatīnāmadhi ścandraṃ bṛhatpṛthu |
śukraṃ hiraṇyamā dade

65.12

नपा॑तो दु॒र्गह॑स्य मे स॒हस्रे॑ण सु॒राध॑सः ।
श्रवो॑ दे॒वेष्व॑क्रत

napāto durgahasya me sahasreṇa surādhasaḥ |
śravo deveṣvakrata

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