Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 57
Rig Veda 1.57 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 6 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 1.57.1
पर मंहिष्ठाय बर्हते बर्हद्रये सत्यशुष्माय तवसे मतिं भरे | अपामिव परवणे यस्य दुर्धरं राधो विश्वायुशवसे अपाव्र्तम
pra maṃhiṣṭhāya bṛhate bṛhadraye satyaśuṣmāya tavase matiṃ bhare | apāmiva pravaṇe yasya durdharaṃ rādho viśvāyuśavase apāvṛtam
To him most liberal, lofty Lord of lofty wealth, verily powerful and strong, I bring my hymn,— Whose checkless bounty, as of waters down a slope, is spread abroad for all that live, to give them strength.
Rig Veda 1.57.2
अध ते विश्वमनु हासदिष्टय आपो निम्नेव सवना हविष्मतः | यत पर्वते न समशीत हर्यत इन्द्रस्य वज्रः शनथिता हिरण्ययः
adha te viśvamanu hāsadiṣṭaya āpo nimneva savanā haviṣmataḥ | yat parvate na samaśīta haryata indrasya vajraḥ śnathitā hiraṇyayaḥ
Now all this world, for worship, shall come after thee—the offerer's libations like floods to the depth, When the well-loved one seems to rest upon the hill, the thunderbolt of Indra, shatterer wrought of gold.
Rig Veda 1.57.3
अस्मै भीमाय नमसा समध्वर उषो न शुभ्र आ भरापनीयसे | यस्य धाम शरवसे नामेन्द्रियं जयोतिरकारिहरितो नायसे
asmai bhīmāya namasā samadhvara uṣo na śubhra ā bharāpanīyase | yasya dhāma śravase nāmendriyaṃ jyotirakāriharito nāyase
To him the terrible, most meet for lofty praise, like bright Dawn, now bring gifts with reverence in this rite, Whose being, for renown, yea, Indra-power and light, have been created, like bay steeds, to move with speed.
Rig Veda 1.57.4
इमे त इन्द्र ते वयं पुरुष्टुत ये तवारभ्य चरामसि परभूवसो | नहि तवदन्यो गिर्वणो गिरः सघत कषोणीरिव परति नो हर्य तद वचः
ime ta indra te vayaṃ puruṣṭuta ye tvārabhya carāmasi prabhūvaso | nahi tvadanyo ghirvaṇo ghiraḥ saghat kṣoṇīriva prati no harya tad vacaḥ
Thine, Indra, praised by many, excellently rich! are we who trusting in thy help draw near to thee. Lover of praise, none else but thou receives our laud: as earth loves all her creatures, love thou this our hymn.
Rig Veda 1.57.5
भूरि त इन्द्र वीर्यं तव समस्यस्य सतोतुर्मघवन काममा पर्ण | अनु ते दयौर्ब्र्हती वीर्यं मम इयं च ते पर्थिवी नेम ओजसे
bhūri ta indra vīryaṃ tava smasyasya stoturmaghavan kāmamā pṛṇa | anu te dyaurbṛhatī vīryaṃ mama iyaṃ ca te pṛthivī nema ojase
Great is thy power, O Indra, we are thine. Fulfil, O Maghavan, the wish of this thy worshipper. After thee lofty heaven hath measured out its strength: to thee and to thy power this earth hath bowed itself.
Rig Veda 1.57.6
तवं तमिन्द्र पर्वतं महामुरुं वज्रेण वज्रिन पर्वशश्चकर्तिथ | अवास्र्जो निव्र्ताः सर्तवा अपः सत्रा विश्वं दधिषे केवलं सहः
tvaṃ tamindra parvataṃ mahāmuruṃ vajreṇa vajrin parvaśaścakartitha | avāsṛjo nivṛtāḥ sartavā apaḥ satrā viśvaṃ dadhiṣe kevalaṃ sahaḥ
Thou, who hast thunder for thy weapon, with thy bolt hast shattered into pieces this broad massive cloud. Thou hast sent down the obstructed floods that they may flow: thou hast, thine own for ever, all victorious might.
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