Rig Veda · 2.16.7

Rig Veda 2.16.7 — Indra

Verse 7 of 9 from Sukta 2.16 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 2.16.7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर ते नावं न समने वचस्युवं बरह्मणा यामि सवनेषुदाध्र्षिः | कुविन नो अस्य वचसो निबोधिषदिन्द्रमुत्सं न वसुनः सिचामहे

IAST Romanisation

pra te nāvaṃ na samane vacasyuvaṃ brahmaṇā yāmi savaneṣudādhṛṣiḥ | kuvin no asya vacaso nibodhiṣadindramutsaṃ na vasunaḥ sicāmahe

English Translation (Griffith)

I, bold by prayer, come near thee in thy sacred rites, thee like a saving ship, thee shouting in the war. Verily he will hear and mark this word of ours: we will pour Indra forth as ’twere a spring of wealth.

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