Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 153
Rig Veda 10.153 — 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 10.153.1
ईङखयन्तीरपस्युव इन्द्रं जातमुपासते | भेजानसःसुवीर्यम
īṅkhayantīrapasyuva indraṃ jātamupāsate | bhejānasaḥsuvīryam
Rig Veda 10.153.2
तवमिन्द्र बलादधि सहसो जात ओजसः | तवं वर्षन्व्र्षेदसि
tvamindra balādadhi sahaso jāta ojasaḥ | tvaṃ vṛṣanvṛṣedasi
Based upon strength and victory and power, O Indra is thy birth: Thou, Mighty One, art strong indeed.
Rig Veda 10.153.3
तवमिन्द्रासि वर्त्रहा वयन्तरिक्षमतिरः | उद दयामस्तभ्ना ओजसा
tvamindrāsi vṛtrahā vyantarikṣamatiraḥ | ud dyāmastabhnā ojasā
Thou art the Vṛtra-slayer, thou, Indra, hast spread the firmament: Thou hast with might upheld the heavens.
Rig Veda 10.153.4
तवमिन्द्र सजोषसमर्कं बिभर्षि बाह्वोः | वज्रंशिशान ओजसा
tvamindra sajoṣasamarkaṃ bibharṣi bāhvoḥ | vajraṃśiśāna ojasā
Thou, Indra, bearest in thine arms the lightning that accords with thee, Whetting thy thunderbolt with might.
Rig Veda 10.153.5
तवमिन्द्राभिभूरसि विश्वा जातान्योजसा | स विश्वाभुव आभवः
tvamindrābhibhūrasi viśvā jātānyojasā | sa viśvābhuva ābhavaḥ
Thou, Indra, art preeminent over all creatures in thy might: Thou hast pervaded every place.
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