Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 170
Rig Veda 1.170 — Indra. Maruts
Deity: Indra. Maruts. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 5 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 1.170.1
न नूनमस्ति नो शवः कस्तद वेद यदद्भुतम | अन्यस्यचित्तमभि संचरेण्यमुताधीतं वि नश्यति
na nūnamasti no śvaḥ kastad veda yadadbhutam | anyasyacittamabhi saṃcareṇyamutādhītaṃ vi naśyati
Rig Veda 1.170.2
किं न इन्द्र जिघांससि भरातरो मरुतस्तव | तेभिः कल्पस्व साधुया मा नः समरणे वधीः
kiṃ na indra jighāṃsasi bhrātaro marutastava | tebhiḥ kalpasva sādhuyā mā naḥ samaraṇe vadhīḥ
The Maruts are thy brothers. Why, O Indra, wouldst thou take our lives? Agree with them in friendly wise, and do not slay us in the fight.
Rig Veda 1.170.3
किं नो भरातरगस्त्य सखा सन्नति मन्यसे | विद्मा हि तेयथा मनो.अस्मभ्यमिन न दित्ससि
kiṃ no bhrātaraghastya sakhā sannati manyase | vidmā hi teyathā mano.asmabhyamin na ditsasi
Agastya, brother, why dost thou neglect us, thou who art our friend? We know the nature of thy mind. Verity thou wilt give us naught.
Rig Veda 1.170.4
अरं कर्ण्वन्तु वेदिं समग्निमिन्धतां पुरः | तत्राम्र्तस्य चेतनं यज्ञं ते तनवावहै
araṃ kṛṇvantu vediṃ samaghnimindhatāṃ puraḥ | tatrāmṛtasya cetanaṃ yajñaṃ te tanavāvahai
Let them prepare the altar, let them kindle fire in front: we two Here will spread sacrifice for thee, that the Immortal may observe.
Rig Veda 1.170.5
तवमीशिषे वसुपते वसूनां तवं मित्राणां मित्रपते धेष्ठः | इन्द्र तवं मरुद्भिः सं वदस्वाध पराशान रतुथा हवींषि
tvamīśiṣe vasupate vasūnāṃ tvaṃ mitrāṇāṃ mitrapate dheṣṭhaḥ | indra tvaṃ marudbhiḥ saṃ vadasvādha prāśāna ṛtuthā havīṃṣi
Thou, Lord of Wealth, art Master of all treasures, thou, Lord of friends, art thy friends' best supporter. O Indra, speak thou kindly with the Maruts, and taste oblations in their proper season.
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