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Sūktam 18 — aṣāl̤hamugra (15 mantras)

Sūkta 18

15 bārhaspatyo bharadvāja: | indra: |triṣṭup |

tamu̍ ṣṭuhi̱ yo a̱bhibhū̍tyojā va̱nvannavā̍taḥ puruhū̱ta indra̍: |

aṣā̍l̤hamu̱graṃ saha̍mānamā̱bhirgī̱rbhirva̍rdha vṛṣa̱bhaṃ ca̍rṣaṇī̱nām

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sa yu̱dhmaḥ satvā̍ khaja̱kṛt sa̱madvā̍ tuvimra̱kṣo na̍danu̱mām̐ ṛ̍jī̱ṣī |

bṛ̱hadre̍ṇu̱ścyava̍no̱ mānu̍ṣīṇā̱meka̍: kṛṣṭī̱nāma̍bhavat sa̱hāvā̍

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tvaṃ ha̱ nu tyada̍damāyo̱ dasyū̱m̐reka̍: kṛ̱ṣṭīra̍vano̱rāryā̍ya |

asti̍ svi̱nnu vī̱ryaṃ1 tat ta̍ indra̱ na svi̍dasti̱ tadṛ̍tu̱thā vi vo̍caḥ

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sadiddhi te̍ tuvijā̱tasya̱ manye̱ saha̍: sahiṣṭha tura̱tastu̱rasya̍ |

u̱gramu̱grasya̍ ta̱vasa̱stavī̱yo 'ra̍dhrasya radhra̱turo̍ babhūva

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tanna̍: pra̱tnaṃ sa̱khyama̍stu yu̱ṣme i̱tthā vada̍dbhirva̱lamaṅgi̍robhiḥ |

hanna̍cyutacyud dasme̱ṣaya̍ntamṛ̱ṇoḥ puro̱ vi duro̍ asya̱ viśvā̍:

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sa hi dhī̱bhirhavyo̱ astyu̱gra ī̍śāna̱kṛnma̍ha̱ti vṛ̍tra̱tūrye̍ |

sa to̱kasā̍tā̱ tana̍ye̱ sa va̱jrī vi̍tanta̱sāyyo̍ abhavat sa̱matsu̍

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sa ma̱jmanā̱ jani̍ma̱ mānu̍ṣāṇā̱mama̍rtyena̱ nāmnāti̱ pra sa̍rsre |

sa dyu̱mnena̱ sa śava̍so̱ta rā̱yā sa vī̱rye̍ṇa̱ nṛta̍ma̱: samo̍kāḥ

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sa yo na mu̱he na mithū̱ jano̱ bhūt sumantu̍nāmā̱ cumu̍ri̱ṃ dhuni̍ṃ ca |

vṛ̱ṇak pipru̱ṃ śamba̍ra̱ṃ śuṣṇa̱mindra̍: pu̱rāṃ cyau̱tnāya̍ śa̱yathā̍ya̱ nū ci̍t

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u̱dāva̍tā̱ tvakṣa̍sā̱ panya̍sā ca vṛtra̱hatyā̍ya̱ ratha̍mindra tiṣṭha |

dhi̱ṣva vajra̱ṃ hasta̱ ā da̍kṣiṇa̱trā 'bhi pra ma̍nda purudatra mā̱yāḥ

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a̱gnirna śuṣka̱ṃ vana̍mindra he̱tī rakṣo̱ ni dha̍kṣya̱śani̱rna bhī̱mā |

ga̱mbhī̱raya̍ ṛ̱ṣvayā̱ yo ru̱rojādhvā̍nayad duri̱tā da̱mbhaya̍cca

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ā sa̱hasra̍ṃ pa̱thibhi̍rindra rā̱yā tuvi̍dyumna tuvi̱vāje̍bhira̱rvāk |

yā̱hi sū̍no sahaso̱ yasya̱ nū ci̱dade̍va̱ īśe̍ puruhūta̱ yoto̍:

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pra tu̍vidyu̱mnasya̱ sthavi̍rasya̱ ghṛṣve̍rdi̱vo ra̍rapśe mahi̱mā pṛ̍thi̱vyāḥ |

nāsya̱ śatru̱rna pra̍ti̱māna̍masti̱ na pra̍ti̱ṣṭhiḥ pu̍rumā̱yasya̱ sahyo̍:

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pra tat te a̱dyā kara̍ṇaṃ kṛ̱taṃ bhū̱t kutsa̱ṃ yadā̱yuma̍tithi̱gvama̍smai |

pu̱rū sa̱hasrā̱ ni śi̍śā a̱bhi kṣāmut tūrva̍yāṇaṃ dhṛṣa̱tā ni̍netha

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anu̱ tvāhi̍ghne̱ adha̍ deva de̱vā mada̱n viśve̍ ka̱vita̍maṃ kavī̱nām |

karo̱ yatra̱ vari̍vo bādhi̱tāya̍ di̱ve janā̍ya ta̱nve̍ gṛṇā̱naḥ

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anu̱ dyāvā̍pṛthi̱vī tat ta̱ ojo 'ma̍rtyā jihata indra de̱vāḥ |

kṛ̱ṣvā kṛ̍tno̱ akṛ̍ta̱ṃ yat te̱ astyu̱kthaṃ navī̍yo janayasva ya̱jñaiḥ

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