Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 42
Rig Veda 10.42 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 11 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 10.42.1
अस्तेव सु परतरं लायमस्यन भूषन्निव पर भरास्तोममस्मै | वाचा विप्रास्तरत वाचमर्यो नि रामयजरितः सोम इन्द्रम
asteva su prataraṃ lāyamasyan bhūṣanniva pra bharāstomamasmai | vācā viprāstarata vācamaryo ni rāmayajaritaḥ soma indram
Rig Veda 10.42.2
दोहेन गामुप शिक्षा सखायं पर बोधय जरितर्जारमिन्द्रम | कोशं न पूर्णं वसुना नय्र्ष्टमा चयावयमघदेयाय शूरम
dohena ghāmupa śikṣā sakhāyaṃ pra bodhaya jaritarjāramindram | kośaṃ na pūrṇaṃ vasunā nyṛṣṭamā cyāvayamaghadeyāya śūram
Draw thy Friend to thee like a cow at milking: O Singer, wake up Indra as a lover. Make thou the Hero haste to give us riches even as a vessel filled brimful with treasure.
Rig Veda 10.42.3
किमङग तवा मघवन भोजमाहुः शिशीहि मा शिशयन्त्वा शर्णोमि | अप्नस्वती मम धीरस्तु शक्र वसुविदम्भगमिन्द्रा भरा नः
kimaṅgha tvā maghavan bhojamāhuḥ śiśīhi mā śiśayantvā śṛṇomi | apnasvatī mama dhīrastu śakra vasuvidambhaghamindrā bharā naḥ
Why, Maghavan, do they call thee Bounteous; Giver? Quicken me: thou, I hear, art he who quickens. Śakra, let my intelligence be active, and bring us luck that finds great wealth, O Indra.
Rig Veda 10.42.4
तवां जना ममसत्येष्विन्द्र सन्तस्थाना वि हवयन्तेसमीके | अत्रा युजं कर्णुते यो हविष्मान नासुन्वतासख्यं वष्टि शूरः
tvāṃ janā mamasatyeṣvindra santasthānā vi hvayantesamīke | atrā yujaṃ kṛṇute yo haviṣmān nāsunvatāsakhyaṃ vaṣṭi śūraḥ
Standing, in battle for their rights, together, the people, Indra, in the fray invoke thee. Him who brings gifts the Hero makes his comrade: with him who pours no juice he seeks not friendship.
Rig Veda 10.42.5
धनं न सयन्द्रं बहुलं यो अस्मै तीव्रान सोमानासुनोतिप्रयस्वान | तस्मै शत्रून सुतुकान परातरह्नो निस्वष्ट्रान युवति हन्ति वर्त्रम
dhanaṃ na syandraṃ bahulaṃ yo asmai tīvrān somānāsunotiprayasvān | tasmai śatrūn sutukān prātarahno nisvaṣṭrān yuvati hanti vṛtram
Whoso with plenteous food for him expresses strong Somas as much quickly-coming treasure, For him he overthrows in early morning his swift well-weaponed foes, and slays the tyrant.
Rig Veda 10.42.6
यस्मिन वयं दधिमा शंसमिन्द्रे यः शिश्राय मघवाकाममस्मे | आराच्चित सन भयतामस्य शत्रुर्न्यस्मैद्युम्ना जन्या नमन्ताम
yasmin vayaṃ dadhimā śaṃsamindre yaḥ śiśrāya maghavākāmamasme | ārāccit san bhayatāmasya śatrurnyasmaidyumnā janyā namantām
He unto whom we offer praises, Indra, Maghavan, who hath joined to ours his wishes,— Before him even afar the foe must tremble: low before him must bow all human glories.
Rig Veda 10.42.7
आराच्छत्रुमप बाधस्व दूरमुग्रो यः शम्बःपुरुहूत तेन | अस्मे धेहि यवमद गोमदिन्द्र कर्धी धियंजरित्रे वाजरत्नाम
ārācchatrumapa bādhasva dūramughro yaḥ śambaḥpuruhūta tena | asme dhehi yavamad ghomadindra kṛdhī dhiyaṃjaritre vājaratnām
With thy fierce bolt, O God invoked of many, drive to a distance from afar the foeman. O Indra, give us wealth in corn and cattle, and make thy singer's prayer gain strength and riches.
Rig Veda 10.42.8
पर यमन्तर्व्र्षसवासो अग्मन तीव्राः सोमा बहुलान्तासैन्द्रम | नाह दामानं मघवा नि यंसन नि सुन्वते वहतिभूरि वामम
pra yamantarvṛṣasavāso aghman tīvrāḥ somā bahulāntāsaindram | nāha dāmānaṃ maghavā ni yaṃsan ni sunvate vahatibhūri vāmam
Indra, the swallower of strong libations rich in the boons they bring, the potent Somas, He, Maghavan, will not restrict his bounty he brings much wealth unto the Soma-presser.
Rig Veda 10.42.9
उत परहामतिदीव्या जयाति कर्तं यच्छ्वघ्नी विचिनोतिकाले | यो देवकामो न धना रुणद्धि समित तं रायास्र्जति सवधावान
uta prahāmatidīvyā jayāti kṛtaṃ yacchvaghnī vicinotikāle | yo devakāmo na dhanā ruṇaddhi samit taṃ rāyāsṛjati svadhāvān
Yea, by superior play he wins advantage, when he, a gambler, piles his gains in season. Celestial-natured, he o’erwhelms with riches the devotee who keeps not back his treasure.
Rig Veda 10.42.10
गोभिष टरेमामतिं दुरेवां यवेन कषुधं पुरुहूतविश्वाम | वयं राजभिः परथमा धनान्यस्माकेनव्र्जनेना जयेम
ghobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūtaviśvām | vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanānyasmākenavṛjanenā jayema
O Much-invoked, may we subdue all famine and evil want with store of grain and cattle. May we allied, as first in rank, with princes obtain possessions by our own exertion.
Rig Veda 10.42.11
बर्हस्पतिर्नः परि पातु पश्चादुतोत्तरस्मादधरादघायोः | इद्रः पुरस्तादुत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्योवरिवः कर्णोतु
bṛhaspatirnaḥ pari pātu paścādutottarasmādadharādaghāyoḥ | idraḥ purastāduta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyovarivaḥ kṛṇotu
Bṛhaspati protect us from the rearward, and from above, and from below, from sinners! May Indra from the front, and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.
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