Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 160
Rig Veda 10.160 — 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 10.160.1
तीव्रस्याभिवयसो अस्य पाहि सर्वरथा वि हरी इह मुञ्च | इन्द्र मा तवा यजमानासो अन्ये नि रीरमन तुभ्यमिमेसुतासः
tīvrasyābhivayaso asya pāhi sarvarathā vi harī iha muñca | indra mā tvā yajamānāso anye ni rīraman tubhyamimesutāsaḥ
Rig Veda 10.160.2
तुभ्यं सुतास्तुभ्यमु सोत्वासस्त्वां गिरः शवात्र्याा हवयन्ति | इन्द्रेदमद्य सवनं जुषाणो विश्वस्यविद्वानिह पाहि सोमम
tubhyaṃ sutāstubhyamu sotvāsastvāṃ ghiraḥ śvātryāā hvayanti | indredamadya savanaṃ juṣāṇo viśvasyavidvāniha pāhi somam
Thine is the juice effused, thine are the juices yet to be pressed: our resonant songs invite thee. O Indra, pleased to-day with this libation, come, thou who knowest all and drink the Soma.
Rig Veda 10.160.3
य उशता मनसा सोममस्मै सर्वह्र्दा देवकामः सुनोति | न गा इन्द्रस्तस्य परा ददाति परशस्तमिच्चारुमस्मैक्र्णोति
ya uśatā manasā somamasmai sarvahṛdā devakāmaḥ sunoti | na ghā indrastasya parā dadāti praśastamiccārumasmaikṛṇoti
Whoso, devoted to the God, effuses Soma for him with yearning heart and spirit,— Never doth Indra give away his cattle: for him he makes the lovely Soma famous.
Rig Veda 10.160.4
अनुस्पष्टो भवत्येषो अस्य यो अस्मै रेवान न सुनोति सोमम | निररत्नौ मघवा तं दधाति बरह्मद्विषो हन्त्यनानुदिष्टः
anuspaṣṭo bhavatyeṣo asya yo asmai revān na sunoti somam | niraratnau maghavā taṃ dadhāti brahmadviṣo hantyanānudiṣṭaḥ
He looks with Ioving favour on the mortal who, like a rich man, pours for him the Soma. Maghavan in his bended arm supports him: he slays, unasked, the men who hate devotion.
Rig Veda 10.160.5
अश्वायन्तो गव्यन्तो वाजयन्तो हवामहे तवोपगन्तवा उ | आभूषन्तस्ते सुमतौ नवायां वयमिन्द्र तवा शुनंहुवेम
aśvāyanto ghavyanto vājayanto havāmahe tvopaghantavā u | ābhūṣantaste sumatau navāyāṃ vayamindra tvā śunaṃhuvema
We call on thee to come to us, desirous of goods and spoil, of cattle, and of horses. For thy new love and favour are we present: let us invoke thee, Indra, as our welfare.
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