Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 161
Rig Veda 10.161 — 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 10.161.1
मुञ्चामि तवा हविषा जीवनाय कमज्ञातयक्ष्मादुतराजयक्ष्मात | गराहिर्जग्राह यदि वैतदेनं तस्यािन्द्राग्नी पर मुमुक्तमेनम
muñcāmi tvā haviṣā jīvanāya kamajñātayakṣmādutarājayakṣmāt | ghrāhirjaghrāha yadi vaitadenaṃ tasyāindrāghnī pra mumuktamenam
Rig Veda 10.161.2
यदि कषितायुर्यदि वा परेतो यदि मर्त्योरन्तिकं नीतेव | तमा हरामि निरतेरुपस्थादस्पार्षमेनंशतशारदाय
yadi kṣitāyuryadi vā pareto yadi mṛtyorantikaṃ nītaeva | tamā harāmi nirterupasthādaspārṣamenaṃśataśāradāya
Be his days ended, be he now departed, be he brought very near to death already, Out of Destruction's lap again I bring him, save him for life to last a hundred autumns.
Rig Veda 10.161.3
सहस्राक्षेण शतशारदेन शतायुषा हविषाहार्षमेनम | शतं यथेमं शरदो नयातीन्द्रो विश्वस्यदुरितस्य पारम
sahasrākṣeṇa śataśāradena śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣamenam | śataṃ yathemaṃ śarado nayātīndro viśvasyaduritasya pāram
With hundred-eyed oblation, hundred-autumned, bringing a hundred lives, have I restored him, That Indra for a hundred years may lead him safe to the farther shore of all misfortune.
Rig Veda 10.161.4
शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्ताञ्छतमुवसन्तान | शतमिन्द्राग्नी सविता बर्हस्पतिः शतायुषाहविषेमं पुनर्दुः
śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantāñchatamuvasantān | śatamindrāghnī savitā bṛhaspatiḥ śatāyuṣāhaviṣemaṃ punarduḥ
Live, waxing in thy strength, a hundred autumns, live through a hundred springs, a hundred winters. Through hundred-lived oblation Indra, Agni, Bṛhaspati, Savitar yield him for a hundred!
Rig Veda 10.161.5
आहार्षं तवाविदं तवा पुनरागाः पुनर्नव | सर्वाङगसर्वं ते चक्षुः सर्वमायुश्च ते.अविदम
āhārṣaṃ tvāvidaṃ tvā punarāghāḥ punarnava | sarvāṅghasarvaṃ te cakṣuḥ sarvamāyuśca te.avidam
So have I found and rescued thee thou hast returned with youth renewed. Whole in thy members! I have found thy sight and all thy life for thee.
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