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Rigveda 8.021.16

Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 21 · Verse 8.21.16

rigvedamandala-8sukta-21सोभरि: काण्व:इन्द्र: १७ -१८ चित्र:प्रगाथ: = (विषमा ककुप्समा सतोबृहती )Deity HymnIndra SuktaStrengthVictorydeity-hymnindra-sukta

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Sanskrit Original

मा ते॑ गोदत्र॒ निर॑राम॒ राध॑स॒ इन्द्र॒ मा ते॑ गृहामहि । दृ॒ळ्हा चि॑द॒र्यः प्र मृ॑शा॒भ्या भ॑र॒ न ते॑ दा॒मान॑ आ॒दभे॑

mā te godatra nirarāma rādhasa indra mā te gṛhāmahi dṛḷhā cidaryaḥ pra mṛśābhyā bhara na te dāmāna ādabhe

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Do not take away our kine, our foes' enclosures, O Indra; do not house us. Strengthen the strong, bruise the weak: bear not from us the tribute, ward off the slanderers.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Let us never, Indra, giver of cattle, cease (to benefit) from your wealth; let us not accept it (from anotherthan) you; do you, who are the lord, connfirm to us permanent (riches), bestow them upon us; your benefactionscannoe be arrested.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

Giver of kine, may we not miss thy gracious gifts: let us not rob thee of thine own. Strip even the strong places of the foe, and bring: thy gifts can never be made vain.