Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 129
Rig Veda 1.129 — HYMN CXXIX Indra
Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 11 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 1.129.1
यं तवं रथमिन्द्र मेधसातये.अपाका सन्तमिषिर परणयसि परानवद्य नयसि | सद्यश्चित तमभिष्टये करो वशश्च वाजिनम | सास्माकमनवद्य तूतुजान वेधसामिमां वाचं न वेधसाम
yaṃ tvaṃ rathamindra medhasātaye.apākā santamiṣira praṇayasi prānavadya nayasi | sadyaścit tamabhiṣṭaye karo vaśaśca vājinam | sāsmākamanavadya tūtujāna vedhasāmimāṃ vācaṃ na vedhasām
Rig Veda 1.129.2
स शरुधि यः समा पर्तनासु कासु चिद दक्षाय्य इन्द्र भरहूतये नर्भिरसि परतूर्तये नर्भिः | यः शूरैः सवः सनिता यो विप्रैर्वाजं तरुता | तमीशानास इरधन्त वाजिनं पर्क्षमत्यं न वाजिनम
sa śrudhi yaḥ smā pṛtanāsu kāsu cid dakṣāyya indra bharahūtaye nṛbhirasi pratūrtaye nṛbhiḥ | yaḥ śūraiḥ svaḥ sanitā yo viprairvājaṃ tarutā | tamīśānāsa iradhanta vājinaṃ pṛkṣamatyaṃ na vājinam
Hear, Indra, thou whom men in every fight must call to show thy strength, for cry of battle with the men, with men of war for victory. He who with heroes wins the light, who with the singers gains the prize, Him the rich seek to gain even as a swift strong steed, even as a courser fleet and strong.
Rig Veda 1.129.3
दस्मो हि षमा वर्षणं पिन्वसि तवचं कं चिद यावीरररुं शूर मर्त्यं परिव्र्णक्षि मर्त्यम | इन्द्रोत तुभ्यं तद्दिवे तद रुद्राय सवयशसे | मित्राय वोचं वरुणाय सप्रथः सुम्र्ळीकाय सप्रथः
dasmo hi ṣmā vṛṣaṇaṃ pinvasi tvacaṃ kaṃ cid yāvīrararuṃ śūra martyaṃ parivṛṇakṣi martyam | indrota tubhyaṃ taddive tad rudrāya svayaśase | mitrāya vocaṃ varuṇāya saprathaḥ sumṛḷīkāya saprathaḥ
Thou, Mighty, pourest forth the hide that holds the rain, thou keepest far away, Hero, the wicked man, thou shuttest out the wicked man. Indra, to thee I sing, to Dyaus, to Rudra glorious in himself, To Mitra, Varuṇa I sing a far-famed hymn to the kind God a far-famed hymn.
Rig Veda 1.129.4
अस्माकं व इन्द्रमुश्मसीष्टये सखायं विश्वायुं परासहं युजं वाजेषु परासहं युजम | अस्माकंब्रह्मोत्ये.अवा पर्त्सुषु कासु चित | नहि तवा शत्रु सतरते सत्र्णोषि यंविश्वं शत्रुं सत्र्णोषि यम
asmākaṃ va indramuśmasīṣṭaye sakhāyaṃ viśvāyuṃ prāsahaṃ yujaṃ vājeṣu prāsahaṃ yujam | asmākaṃbrahmotye.avā pṛtsuṣu kāsu cit | nahi tvā śatru starate stṛṇoṣi yaṃviśvaṃ śatruṃ stṛṇoṣi yam
We wish our Indra here that he may further you, the Friend, beloved of all, the very strong ally, in wars the very strong ally In all encounters strengthen thou our prayer to be a help to us. No enemy—whom thou smitest down—subdueth thee, no enemy, whom thou smitest down.
Rig Veda 1.129.5
नि षू नमातिमतिं कयस्य चित तेजिष्ठाभिररणिभिर्नोतिभिरुग्राभिरुग्रोतिभिः | नेषि णो यथा पुरानेनाः शूर मन्यसे | विश्वानि पूरोरप पर्षि वह्निरासा वह्निर्नो अछ
ni ṣū namātimatiṃ kayasya cit tejiṣṭhābhiraraṇibhirnotibhirughrābhirughrotibhiḥ | neṣi ṇo yathā purānenāḥ śūra manyase | viśvāni pūrorapa parṣi vahnirāsā vahnirno acha
Bow down the overweening pride of every foe with succour like to kindling-wood in fiercest flame, with mighty succour, Mighty One. Guide us, thou Hero, as of old, so art thou counted blameless still. Thou drivest, as a Priest, all sins of man away, as Priest, in person, seeking us.
Rig Veda 1.129.6
पर तद वोचेयं भव्यायेन्दवे हव्यो न य इषवान मन्म रेजति रक्षोहा मन्म रेजति | सवयं सो अस्मदा निदो वधैरजेत दुर्मतिम | अव सरवेदघशंसो.अवतरमव कषुद्रमिव सरवेत
pra tad voceyaṃ bhavyāyendave havyo na ya iṣavān manma rejati rakṣohā manma rejati | svayaṃ so asmadā nido vadhairajeta durmatim | ava sravedaghaśaṃso.avataramava kṣudramiva sravet
This may I utter to the present Soma-drop, which, meet to be invoked, with power, awakes the prayer, awakes the demon-slaying prayer. May he himself with darts of death drive far from us the scorner's hate. Far let him flee away who speaketh wickedness and vanish like a mote of dust.
Rig Veda 1.129.7
वनेम तद धोत्रया चितन्त्या वनेम रयिं रयिवः सुवीर्यं रण्वं सन्तं सुवीर्यम | दुर्मन्मानं सुमन्तुभिरेमिषा पर्चीमहि | आ सत्याभिरिन्द्रं दयुम्नहूतिभिर्यजत्रं दयुम्नहूतिभिः
vanema tad dhotrayā citantyā vanema rayiṃ rayivaḥ suvīryaṃ raṇvaṃ santaṃ suvīryam | durmanmānaṃ sumantubhiremiṣā pṛcīmahi | ā satyābhirindraṃ dyumnahūtibhiryajatraṃ dyumnahūtibhiḥ
By thoughtful invocation this may we obtain, obtain great wealth, O Wealthy One, with Hero sons, wealth that is sweet with hero sons. Him who is wroth we pacify with sacred food and eulogies, Indra the Holy with our calls inspired and true, the Holy One with calls inspired.
Rig Veda 1.129.8
पर-परा वो अस्मे सवयशोभिरूती परिवर्ग इन्द्रो दुर्मतीनां दरीमन दुर्मतीनाम | सवयं सा रिषयध्यै या न उपेषे अत्रैः | हतेमसन न वक्षति कषिप्ता जूर्णिर्न वक्षति
pra-prā vo asme svayaśobhirūtī parivargha indro durmatīnāṃ darīman durmatīnām | svayaṃ sā riṣayadhyai yā na upeṣe atraiḥ | hatemasan na vakṣati kṣiptā jūrṇirna vakṣati
On, for your good and ours, come Indra with the aid of his own lordliness to drive the wicked hence, to rend the evil-hearted ones! The weapon which devouring fiends cast at us shall destroy themselves. Struck down, it shall not reach the mark; hurled forth, the fire-brand shall not strike.
Rig Veda 1.129.9
तवं न इन्द्र राया परीणसा याहि पथननेहसा पुरो याह्यरक्षसा | सचस्व नः पराक आ सचस्वास्तमीक आ | पाहि नो दूरादारादभिष्टिभिः सदा पाह्यभिष्टिभिः
tvaṃ na indra rāyā parīṇasā yāhi pathananehasā puro yāhyarakṣasā | sacasva naḥ parāka ā sacasvāstamīka ā | pāhi no dūrādārādabhiṣṭibhiḥ sadā pāhyabhiṣṭibhiḥ
With riches in abundance, Indra, come to us, come by an unobstructed path, come by a path from demons free. Be with us when we stray afar, be with us when our home is nigh. Protect us with thy help both near and far away: protect us ever with thy help.
Rig Veda 1.129.10
तवं न इन्द्र राया तरूषसोग्रं चित तवा महिमा सक्षदवसे महे मित्रं नावसे | ओजिष्ठ तरातरविता रथं कं चिदमर्त्य | अन्यमस्मद रिरिषेः कं चिदद्रिवो रिरिक्षन्तं चिदद्रिवः
tvaṃ na indra rāyā tarūṣasoghraṃ cit tvā mahimā sakṣadavase mahe mitraṃ nāvase | ojiṣṭha trātaravitā rathaṃ kaṃ cidamartya | anyamasmad ririṣeḥ kaṃ cidadrivo ririkṣantaṃ cidadrivaḥ
Thou art our own, O Indra, with victorious wealth: let might accompany thee, the Strong, to give us aid, like Mitra, to give mighty aid. O strongest saviour, helper thou, Immortal! of each warrior's car. Hurt thou another and not us, O Thunder-armed, one who would hurt, O Thunder-armed!
Rig Veda 1.129.11
पाहि न इन्द्र सुष्टुत सरिधो.अवयाता सदमिद दुर्मतीनान्देवः सन दुर्मतीनाम | हन्ता पापस्य रक्षसस्त्राता विप्रस्य मावतः | अधा हि तवा जनिता जीजनद वसो रक्षोहणं तवा जीजनद वसो
pāhi na indra suṣṭuta sridho.avayātā sadamid durmatīnāndevaḥ san durmatīnām | hantā pāpasya rakṣasastrātā viprasya māvataḥ | adhā hi tvā janitā jījanad vaso rakṣohaṇaṃ tvā jījanad vaso
Save us from injury, thou who art well extolled: ever the warder-off art thou of wicked ones, even as a God, of wicked ones; Thou slayer of the evil fiend, saviour of singer such as I. Good Lord, the Father made thee slayer of the fiends, made thee, good Lord, to slay the fiends.
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