Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 29
Rig Veda 1.29 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 7 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 1.29.1
यच्चिद धि सत्य सोमपा अनाशस्ता इव समसि | आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु सुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ
yaccid dhi satya somapā anāśastā iva smasi | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya ghoṣvaśveṣu subhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha
O SOMA DRINKER, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be, Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
Rig Veda 1.29.2
शिप्रिन वाजानां पते शचीवस्तव दंसना | आ ...
śiprin vājānāṃ pate śacīvastava daṃsanā | ā ...
O Lord of Strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine, the powerful: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
Rig Veda 1.29.3
नि षवापया मिथूद्र्शा सस्तामबुध्यमाने | आ ...
ni ṣvāpayā mithūdṛśā sastāmabudhyamāne | ā ...
Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other look Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
Rig Veda 1.29.4
ससन्तु तया अरातयो बोधन्तु शूर रातयः | आ ...
sasantu tyā arātayo bodhantu śūra rātayaḥ | ā ...
Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler genius wake: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
Rig Veda 1.29.5
समिन्द्र गर्दभं मर्ण नुवन्तं पापयामुया | आ ...
samindra ghardabhaṃ mṛṇa nuvantaṃ pāpayāmuyā | ā ...
Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to thee: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
Rig Veda 1.29.6
पताति कुण्ड्र्णाच्या दूरं वातो वनादधि | आ ...
patāti kuṇḍṛṇācyā dūraṃ vāto vanādadhi | ā ...
Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course! Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.
Rig Veda 1.29.7
सर्वं परिक्रोशं जहि जम्भया कर्कदाश्वम | आ ...
sarvaṃ parikrośaṃ jahi jambhayā kṛkadāśvam | ā ...
Slay each reviler, and destroy him who in secret injures us: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine In thousands, O most wealthy One.
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