Rigveda 8.050.08
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 50 · Verse 8.50.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
र॒थि॒रासो॒ हर॑यो॒ ये ते॑ अ॒स्रिध॒ ओजो॒ वात॑स्य॒ पिप्र॑ति । येभि॒र्नि दस्युं॒ मनु॑षो नि॒घोष॑यो॒ येभिः॒ स्वः॑ प॒रीय॑से
rathirāso harayo ye te asridha ojo vātasya piprati yebhirni dasyuṃ manuṣo nighoṣayo yebhiḥ svaḥ parīyase
Drivers and charioteers whose vigor is like the flowing wind, those who withstood raiders and men who struck aloud, those who encompassed the home — they preserve us.
Your harmless steeds which draw your chariot, which surpass the strength of the wind, with which yousilence the enemy of man and with which you go round the sky.
Thou as thy gift bestowest many hundred herds, yea, many thousands dost thou give. With singers' hymns have we brought the Fort-render near, singing to Indra for his grace.