Rig Veda · 1.129.5
Rig Veda 1.129.5
Verse 5 of 11 from Sukta 1.129 (HYMN CXXIX Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.129.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नि षू नमातिमतिं कयस्य चित तेजिष्ठाभिररणिभिर्नोतिभिरुग्राभिरुग्रोतिभिः | नेषि णो यथा पुरानेनाः शूर मन्यसे | विश्वानि पूरोरप पर्षि वह्निरासा वह्निर्नो अछ
IAST Romanisation
ni ṣū namātimatiṃ kayasya cit tejiṣṭhābhiraraṇibhirnotibhirughrābhirughrotibhiḥ | neṣi ṇo yathā purānenāḥ śūra manyase | viśvāni pūrorapa parṣi vahnirāsā vahnirno acha
English Translation (Griffith)
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.
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