Rig Veda · 1.61.5

Rig Veda 1.61.5 — Indra

Verse 5 of 16 from Sukta 1.61 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.61.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्मा इदु सप्तिमिव शरवस्येन्द्रायार्कं जुह्वा समञ्जे | वीरं दानौकसं वन्दध्यै पुरां गूर्तश्रवसं दर्माणम

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asmā idu saptimiva śravasyendrāyārkaṃ juhvā samañje | vīraṃ dānaukasaṃ vandadhyai purāṃ ghūrtaśravasaṃ darmāṇam

English Translation (Griffith)

So with my tongue I deck, to please that Indra, my hymn, as ’twere a horse, through love of glory, To reverence the Hero, bounteous Giver, famed far and wide, destroyer of the castles.

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