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Rig Veda Book 7 Hymn 104 इन्द्रासोमा तपतं रक्ष उब्जतं नयर्पयतं वर्षणा तमोव्र्धः | परा सर्णीतमचितो नयोषतं हतं नुदेथां नि शिशीतमत्रिणः || इन्द्रासोमा समघशंसमभ्यघं तपुर्ययस्तु चरुरग्निवानिव | बरह्मद्विषे करव्यादे घोरचक्षसे दवेषो धत्तमनवायं किमीदिने || इन्द्रासोमा दुष्क्र्तो वव्रे अन्तरनारम्भणे तमसि पर विध्यतम | यथा नातः पुनरेकश्चनोदयत तद वामस्तु सहसे मन्युमच्छवः || इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतं दिवो वधं सं पर्थिव्या अघशंसाय तर्हणम | उत तक्षतं सवर्यं पर्वतेभ्यो येन रक्षो वाव्र्धानं निजूर्वथः || इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतं दिवस पर्यग्नितप्तेभिर्युवमश्महन्मभिः | तपुर्वधेभिरजरेभिरत्रिणो नि पर्शाने विध्यतं यन्तु निस्वरम || इन्द्रासोमा परि वां भूतु विश्वत इयं मतिः कक्ष्याश्वेववाजिना | यां वां होत्रां परिहिनोमि मेधयेमा बरह्माणि नर्पतीव जिन्वतम || परति समरेथां तुजयद्भिरेवैर्हतं दरुहो रक्षसो भङगुरावतः | इन्द्रासोमा दुष्क्र्ते मा सुगं भूद यो नः कदाचिदभिदासति दरुहा || यो मा पाकेन मनसा चरन्तमभिचष्टे अन्र्तेभिर्वचोभिः | आप इव काशिना संग्र्भीता असन्नस्त्वासत इन्द्र वक्ता || ये पाकशंसं विहरन्त एवैर्ये वा भद्रं दूषयन्ति सवधाभिः | अहये वा तान परददातु सोम आ वा दधातु निरतेरुपस्थे || यो नो रसं दिप्सति पित्वो अग्ने यो अश्वानां यो गवां यस्तनूनाम | रिपु सतेन सतेयक्र्द दभ्रमेतु नि ष हीयतान्तन्वा तना च || परः सो अस्तु तन्वा तना च तिस्रः पर्थिवीरधो अस्तु विश्वाः | परति शुष्यतु यशो अस्य देवा यो नो दिवा दिप्सति यश्च नक्तम || सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्प्र्धाते | तयोर्यत सत्यं यतरद रजीयस्तदित सोमो.अवति हन्त्यासत || ना वा उ सोमो वर्जिनं हिनोति न कषत्रियं मिथुया धारयन्तम | हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्यासद वदन्तमुभाविन्द्रस्य परसितौ शयाते || यदि वाहमन्र्तदेव आस मोघं वा देवानप्यूहे अग्ने | किमस्मभ्यं जातवेदो हर्णीषे दरोघवाचस्ते निरथं सचन्ताम || अद्या मुरीय यदि यातुधानो अस्मि यदि वायुस्ततप पूरुषस्य | अधा स वीरैर्दशभिर्वि यूया यो मा मोघं यातुधानेत्याह || यो मायातुं यातुधानेत्याह यो वा रक्षाः शुचिरस्मीत्याह | इन्द्रस्तं हन्तु महता वधेन विश्वस्य जन्तोरधमस पदीष्ट || पर या जिगाति खर्गलेव नक्तमप दरुहा तन्वं गूहमाना | वव्राननन्तानव सा पदीष्ट गरावाणो घनन्तु रक्षस उपब्दैः || वि तिष्ठध्वं मरुतो विक्ष्विछत गर्भायत रक्षसः सं पिनष्टन | वयो ये भूत्वी पतयन्ति नक्तभिर्ये वा रिपो दधिरे देवे अध्वरे || पर वर्तय दिवो अश्मानमिन्द्र सोमशितं मघवन सं शिशाधि | पराक्तादपाक्तादधरादुदक्तादभि जहि रक्षसःपर्वतेन || एत उ तये पतयन्ति शवयातव इन्द्रं दिप्सन्ति दिप्सवो.अदाभ्यम | शिशीते शक्रः पिशुनेभ्यो वधं नूनं सर्जदशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः || इन्द्रो यातूनामभवत पराशरो हविर्मथीनामभ्याविवासताम | अभीदु शक्रः परशुर्यथा वनं पात्रेव भिन्दन सत एति रक्षसः || उलूकयातुं शुशुलूकयातुं जहि शवयातुमुत कोकयातुम | सुपर्णयातुमुत गर्ध्रयातुं दर्षदेव पर मर्ण रक्ष इन्द्र || मा नो रक्षो अभि नड यातुमावतामपोछतु मिथुना या किमीदिना | पर्थिवी नः पार्थिवात पात्वंहसो.अन्तरिक्षं दिव्यात पात्वस्मान || इन्द्र जहि पुमांसं यातुधानमुत सत्रियं मायया शाशदानाम | विग्रीवासो मूरदेवा रदन्तु मा ते दर्शं सूर्यमुच्चरन्तम || परति चक्ष्व वि चक्ष्वेन्द्रश्च सोम जाग्र्तम | रक्षोभ्यो वधमस्यतमशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः ||
indrāsomā tapataṃ rakṣa ubjataṃ nyarpayataṃ vṛṣaṇā tamovṛdhaḥ | parā sṛṇītamacito nyoṣataṃ hataṃ nudethāṃ ni śiśītamatriṇaḥ || indrāsomā samaghaśaṃsamabhyaghaṃ tapuryayastu caruraghnivāniva | brahmadviṣe kravyāde ghoracakṣase dveṣo dhattamanavāyaṃ kimīdine || indrāsomā duṣkṛto vavre antaranārambhaṇe tamasi pra vidhyatam | yathā nātaḥ punarekaścanodayat tad vāmastu sahase manyumacchavaḥ || indrāsomā vartayataṃ divo vadhaṃ saṃ pṛthivyā aghaśaṃsāya tarhaṇam | ut takṣataṃ svaryaṃ parvatebhyo yena rakṣo vāvṛdhānaṃ nijūrvathaḥ || indrāsomā vartayataṃ divas paryaghnitaptebhiryuvamaśmahanmabhiḥ | tapurvadhebhirajarebhiratriṇo ni parśāne vidhyataṃ yantu nisvaram || indrāsomā pari vāṃ bhūtu viśvata iyaṃ matiḥ kakṣyāśvevavājinā | yāṃ vāṃ hotrāṃ parihinomi medhayemā brahmāṇi nṛpatīva jinvatam || prati smarethāṃ tujayadbhirevairhataṃ druho rakṣaso bhaṅghurāvataḥ | indrāsomā duṣkṛte mā sughaṃ bhūd yo naḥ kadācidabhidāsati druhā || yo mā pākena manasā carantamabhicaṣṭe anṛtebhirvacobhiḥ | āpa iva kāśinā saṃghṛbhītā asannastvāsata indra vaktā || ye pākaśaṃsaṃ viharanta evairye vā bhadraṃ dūṣayanti svadhābhiḥ | ahaye vā tān pradadātu soma ā vā dadhātu nirterupasthe || yo no rasaṃ dipsati pitvo aghne yo aśvānāṃ yo ghavāṃ yastanūnām | ripu stena steyakṛd dabhrametu ni ṣa hīyatāntanvā tanā ca || paraḥ so astu tanvā tanā ca tisraḥ pṛthivīradho astu viśvāḥ | prati śuṣyatu yaśo asya devā yo no divā dipsati yaśca naktam || suvijñānaṃ cikituṣe janāya saccāsacca vacasī paspṛdhāte | tayoryat satyaṃ yatarad ṛjīyastadit somo.avati hantyāsat || nā vā u somo vṛjinaṃ hinoti na kṣatriyaṃ mithuyā dhārayantam | hanti rakṣo hantyāsad vadantamubhāvindrasya prasitau śayāte || yadi vāhamanṛtadeva āsa moghaṃ vā devānapyūhe aghne | kimasmabhyaṃ jātavedo hṛṇīṣe droghavācaste nirthaṃ sacantām || adyā murīya yadi yātudhāno asmi yadi vāyustatapa pūruṣasya | adhā sa vīrairdaśabhirvi yūyā yo mā moghaṃ yātudhānetyāha || yo māyātuṃ yātudhānetyāha yo vā rakṣāḥ śucirasmītyāha | indrastaṃ hantu mahatā vadhena viśvasya jantoradhamas padīṣṭa || pra yā jighāti kharghaleva naktamapa druhā tanvaṃ ghūhamānā | vavrānanantānava sā padīṣṭa ghrāvāṇo ghnantu rakṣasa upabdaiḥ || vi tiṣṭhadhvaṃ maruto vikṣvichata ghṛbhāyata rakṣasaḥ saṃ pinaṣṭana | vayo ye bhūtvī patayanti naktabhirye vā ripo dadhire deve adhvare || pra vartaya divo aśmānamindra somaśitaṃ maghavan saṃ śiśādhi | prāktādapāktādadharādudaktādabhi jahi rakṣasaḥparvatena || eta u tye patayanti śvayātava indraṃ dipsanti dipsavo.adābhyam | śiśīte śakraḥ piśunebhyo vadhaṃ nūnaṃ sṛjadaśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ || indro yātūnāmabhavat parāśaro havirmathīnāmabhyāvivāsatām | abhīdu śakraḥ paraśuryathā vanaṃ pātreva bhindan sata eti rakṣasaḥ || ulūkayātuṃ śuśulūkayātuṃ jahi śvayātumuta kokayātum | suparṇayātumuta ghṛdhrayātuṃ dṛṣadeva pra mṛṇa rakṣa indra || mā no rakṣo abhi naḍ yātumāvatāmapochatu mithunā yā kimīdinā | pṛthivī naḥ pārthivāt pātvaṃhaso.antarikṣaṃ divyāt pātvasmān || indra jahi pumāṃsaṃ yātudhānamuta striyaṃ māyayā śāśadānām | vighrīvāso mūradevā ṛdantu mā te dṛśaṃ sūryamuccarantam || prati cakṣva vi cakṣvendraśca soma jāghṛtam | rakṣobhyo vadhamasyatamaśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ ||
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Rig Veda
- INDRA and Soma, burn, destroy the demon foe, send downward, O ye Bulls, those who add gloom to gloom. Annihilate the fools, slay them and burn them up: chase them away from us, pierce the voracious ones. 2 Indra and Soma, let sin round the wicked boil like as a caldron set amid the flames of fire. Against the foe of prayer, devourer of raw flesh, the vile fiend fierce of eye, keep ye perpetual hate. 3 Indra and Soma, plunge the wicked in the depth, yea, cast them into darkness that hath no support, So that not one of them may ever thence return: so may your wrathful might prevail and conquer them. 4 Indra and Soma, hurl your deadly crushing bolt down on the wicked fiend from heaven and from the earth. Yea, forge out of the mountains your celestial dart wherewith ye burn to death the waxing demon race. 5 Indra and Soma, cast ye downward out of heaven your deadly darts of stone burning with fiery flame, Eternal, scorching darts; plunge the voracious ones within the depth, and let them sink without a sound. 6 Indra and Soma, let this hymn control you both, even as the girth encompasses two vigorous steeds- The song of praise which I with wisdom offer you: do ye, as Lords of men, animate these my prayers. 7 In your impetuous manner think ye both thereon: destroy these evil beings, slay the treacherous fiends. Indra and Soma, let the wicked have no bliss who evermore assails us with malignity. 8 Whoso accuses me with words of falsehood when I pursue my way with guileless spirit, May he, the speaker of untruth, be, Indra, like water which the hollowed hand compresses. 9 Those who destroy, as is their wont, the simple, and with their evil natures barm the righteous, May Soma give them over to the serpent, or to the lap of Nirrti consign them. 10 The fiend, O Agni, who designs to injure the essence of our food, kine, steeds, or bodies, May he, the adversary, thief, and robber, sink to destruction, both himself and offipring. 11 May he be swept away, himself and children: may all the three earths press him down beneath them. May his fair glory, O ye Gods, be blighted, who in the day or night would fain destroy us. 12 The prudent finds it easy to distinguish the true and false: their words oppose each other. Of these two that which is the true and honest, Soma protects, and brings the false to nothing. 13 Never doth Soma aid and guide the wicked or him who falsely claims the Warrior’s title. He slays the fiend and him who speaks untruly: both lie entangled in the noose of Indra. 14 As if I worshipped deities of falsehood, or thought vain thoughts about the Gods, O Agni. Why art thou angry with us, Jātavedas? Destruction fall on those who lie against thee! 15 So may I die this day if I have harassed any man’s life or if I be a demon. Yea, may he lose all his ten sons together who with false tongue hath called me Yātudhāna. 16 May Indra slay him with a mighty weapon, and let the vilest of all creatures perish, The fiend who says that he is pure, who calls me a demon though devoid of demon nature. 17 She too who wanders like an owl at night-time, hiding her body in her guile and malice, May she fall downward into endless caverns. May press-stones with loud ring destroy the demons. 18 Spread out, ye Maruts, search among the people: seize ye and grind the Rākṣasas to pieces, Who fly abroad, transformed to birds, at night-time, or sully and pollute our holy worship. 19 Hurl down from heaven thy bolt of stone, O Indra: sharpen it, Maghavan, made keen by Soma. Forward, behind, and from above and under, smite down the demons with thy rocky weapon. 20 They fly, the demon dogs, and, bent on mischief, fain would they harm indomitable Indra. Śakra makes sharp his weapon for the wicked: now, let him cast his bolt at fiendish wizards. 21 Indra hath ever been the fiends’ destroyer who spoil oblations of the Gods’ invokers: Yea, Śakra, like an axe that splits the timber, attacks and smashes them like earthen vessels. 22 Destroy the fiend shaped like an owl or owlet, destroy him in the form of dog or cuckoo. Destroy him shaped as eagle or as vulture as with a stone, O Indra, crush the demon. 23 Let not the fiend of witchcraft-workers reach us: may Dawn drive off the couples of Kimīdins. Earth keep us safe from earthly woe and trouble: from grief that comes from heaven mid-air preserve us. 24 Slay the male demon, Indra! slay the female, joying and triumphing in arts of magic. Let the fools’ gods with bent necks fall and perish, and see no more the Sun when he arises. 25 Look each one hither, look around Indra and Soma, watch ye well.