ज॒ज्ञा॒नो नु श॒तक्र॑तु॒र्वि पृ॑च्छ॒दिति॑ मा॒तर॑म् ।
क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे
jajñāno nu śatakraturvi pṛcchaditi mātaram |
ka ugrāḥ ke ha śṛṇvire
Mandala 8
Sukta 77: The newborn Indra asks his mother
Rishi: कुरुसुतिः काण्वः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: गायत्री, १०-११ प्रगाथः ( बृहती, सतोबृहती )
11 verses · 77 of 103
What happens in this chapter
The newborn Indra asks his mother
Kurusuti Kanva tells a katha of Indra's birth. Newly born, Shatakratu asks his mother: who are the fierce ones, who are famed? Shavasi names Aurnavabha and Ahishuva, and says, let them be cast down, my son. Indra crushed them like spokes struck with a hammer and became the slayer of dasyus. At one draught he drank thirty lakes of Soma. He pierced the Gandharva in the bottomless regions. His arrow has a hundred points and a thousand feathers. Urukrama Vishnu, urged by him, brought a hundred buffaloes, rice cooked in milk and the boar Emusha. His bow and golden arrow are well made.
आदीं॑ शव॒स्य॑ब्रवीदौर्णवा॒भम॑ही॒शुव॑म् ।
ते पु॑त्र सन्तु नि॒ष्टुर॑ः
ādīṃ śavasyabravīdaurṇavābhamahīśuvam |
te putra santu niṣṭuraḥ
समित्तान्वृ॑त्र॒हाखि॑द॒त्खे अ॒राँ इ॑व॒ खेद॑या ।
प्रवृ॑द्धो दस्यु॒हाभ॑वत्
samittānvṛtrahākhidatkhe arām̐ iva khedayā |
pravṛddho dasyuhābhavat
एक॑या प्रति॒धापि॑बत्सा॒कं सरां॑सि त्रिं॒शत॑म् ।
इन्द्र॒ः सोम॑स्य काणु॒का
ekayā pratidhāpibatsākaṃ sarāṃsi triṃśatam |
indraḥ somasya kāṇukā
अ॒भि ग॑न्ध॒र्वम॑तृणदबु॒ध्नेषु॒ रज॒स्स्वा ।
इन्द्रो॑ ब्र॒ह्मभ्य॒ इद्वृ॒धे
abhi gandharvamatṛṇadabudhneṣu rajassvā |
indro brahmabhya idvṛdhe
निरा॑विध्यद्गि॒रिभ्य॒ आ धा॒रय॑त्प॒क्वमो॑द॒नम् ।
इन्द्रो॑ बु॒न्दं स्वा॑ततम्
nirāvidhyadgiribhya ā dhārayatpakvamodanam |
indro bundaṃ svātatam
श॒तब्र॑ध्न॒ इषु॒स्तव॑ स॒हस्र॑पर्ण॒ एक॒ इत् ।
यमि॑न्द्र चकृ॒षे युज॑म्
śatabradhna iṣustava sahasraparṇa eka it |
yamindra cakṛṣe yujam
तेन॑ स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ आ भ॑र॒ नृभ्यो॒ नारि॑भ्यो॒ अत्त॑वे ।
स॒द्यो जा॒त ऋ॑भुष्ठिर
tena stotṛbhya ā bhara nṛbhyo nāribhyo attave |
sadyo jāta ṛbhuṣṭhira
ए॒ता च्यौ॒त्नानि॑ ते कृ॒ता वर्षि॑ष्ठानि॒ परी॑णसा ।
हृ॒दा वी॒ड्व॑धारयः
etā cyautnāni te kṛtā varṣiṣṭhāni parīṇasā |
hṛdā vīḍvadhārayaḥ
विश्वेत्ता विष्णु॒राभ॑रदुरुक्र॒मस्त्वेषि॑तः ।
श॒तं म॑हि॒षान्क्षी॑रपा॒कमो॑द॒नं व॑रा॒हमिन्द्र॑ एमु॒षम्
viśvettā viṣṇurābharadurukramastveṣitaḥ |
śataṃ mahiṣānkṣīrapākamodanaṃ varāhamindra emuṣam
तु॒वि॒क्षं ते॒ सुकृ॑तं सू॒मयं॒ धनु॑ः सा॒धुर्बु॒न्दो हि॑र॒ण्यय॑ः ।
उ॒भा ते॑ बा॒हू रण्या॒ सुसं॑स्कृत ऋदू॒पे चि॑दृदू॒वृधा॑
tuvikṣaṃ te sukṛtaṃ sūmayaṃ dhanuḥ sādhurbundo hiraṇyayaḥ |
ubhā te bāhū raṇyā susaṃskṛta ṛdūpe cidṛdūvṛdhā
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