Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 148
Rig Veda 10.148 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. 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 10.148.1
सुष्वाणास इन्द्र सतुमसि तवा ससवांसश्च तुविन्र्म्णवाजम | आ नो भर सुवितं यस्य चाकन तमना तनासनुयाम तवोताः
suṣvāṇāsa indra stumasi tvā sasavāṃsaśca tuvinṛmṇavājam | ā no bhara suvitaṃ yasya cākan tmanā tanāsanuyāma tvotāḥ
Rig Veda 10.148.2
रष्वस्त्वमिन्द्र शूर जातो दासीर्विशः सूर्येणसह्याः | गुहा हितं गुह्यं गूळमप्सु बिभ्र्मसिप्रस्रवणे न सोमम
ṛṣvastvamindra śūra jāto dāsīrviśaḥ sūryeṇasahyāḥ | ghuhā hitaṃ ghuhyaṃ ghūḷamapsu bibhṛmasiprasravaṇe na somam
Sublime from birth, mayst thou O Indra, Hero, with Sūrya overcome the Dāsa races. As by a fountain's side, we bring the Soma that lay concealed, close-hidden in the waters.
Rig Veda 10.148.3
अर्यो वा गिरो अभ्यर्च विद्वान रषीणां विप्रः सुमतिंचकानः | ते सयाम ये रणयन्त सोमैरेनोत तुभ्यंरथोळ भक्षैः
aryo vā ghiro abhyarca vidvān ṛṣīṇāṃ vipraḥ sumatiṃcakānaḥ | te syāma ye raṇayanta somairenota tubhyaṃrathoḷa bhakṣaiḥ
Answer the votary's hymns, for these thou knowest, craving the Ṛṣis’ prayer, thyself a Singer May we be they who take delight in Somas: these with sweet food for thee, O Chariot-rider.
Rig Veda 10.148.4
इमा बरह्मेन्द्र तुभ्यं शंसि दा नर्भ्यो नर्णां शूरशवः | तेभिर्भव सक्रतुर्येषु चाकन्नुत तरायस्वग्र्णत उत सतीन
imā brahmendra tubhyaṃ śaṃsi dā nṛbhyo nṛṇāṃ śūraśavaḥ | tebhirbhava sakraturyeṣu cākannuta trāyasvaghṛṇata uta stīn
These holy prayers, O Indra, have I sung thee: grant to the men the strength of men, thou Hero. Be of one mind with those in whom thou joyest: keep thou the singers safe and their companions.
Rig Veda 10.148.5
शरुधी हवमिन्द्र शूर पर्थ्या उत सतवसे वेन्यस्यार्कैः | आ यस्ते योनिं घर्तवन्तमस्वारूर्मिर्न निम्नैर्द्रवयन्त वक्वाः
śrudhī havamindra śūra pṛthyā uta stavase venyasyārkaiḥ | ā yaste yoniṃ ghṛtavantamasvārūrmirna nimnairdravayanta vakvāḥ
Listen to Pṛthi's call, heroic Indra, and be thou lauded by the hymns of Venya, Him who hath sung thee to thine oil-rich dwelling, whose rolling songs have sped thee like a torrent.
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