Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 32
Rig Veda 3.32 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 3): Vishvamitra and the Kushika line. This Sukta contains 17 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 3.32.1
इन्द्र सोमं सोमपते पिबेमं माध्यन्दिनं सवनं चारु यत ते | परप्रुथ्या शिप्रे मघवन्न्र्जीषिन विमुच्या हरी इहमादयस्व
indra somaṃ somapate pibemaṃ mādhyandinaṃ savanaṃ cāru yat te | prapruthyā śipre maghavannṛjīṣin vimucyā harī ihamādayasva
Rig Veda 3.32.2
गवाशिरं मन्थिनमिन्द्र शुक्रं पिबा सोमं ररिमा ते मदाय | बरह्मक्र्ता मारुतेना गणेन सजोषा रुद्रैस्त्र्पदाव्र्षस्व
ghavāśiraṃ manthinamindra śukraṃ pibā somaṃ rarimā te madāya | brahmakṛtā mārutenā ghaṇena sajoṣā rudraistṛpadāvṛṣasva
Quaff it pure, meal-blent, mixt with milk, O Indra; we have poured forth the Soma for thy rapture. Knit with the prayer-fulfilling band of Maruts, yea, with the Rudras, drink till thou art sated;
Rig Veda 3.32.3
ये ते शुष्मं ये तविषीमवर्धन्नर्चन्त इन्द्र मरुतस्तोजः | माध्यन्दिने सवने वज्रहस्त पिबा रुद्रेभिः सगणः सुशिप्र
ye te śuṣmaṃ ye taviṣīmavardhannarcanta indra marutastaojaḥ | mādhyandine savane vajrahasta pibā rudrebhiḥ saghaṇaḥ suśipra
Those who gave increase to thy strength and vigour; the Maruts singing forth thy might, O Indra. Drink thou, O fair of cheek, whose hand wields thunder, with Rudras banded, at our noon libation.
Rig Veda 3.32.4
त इन नवस्य मधुमद विविप्र इन्द्रस्य शर्धो मरुतो य आसन | येभिर्व्र्त्रस्येषितो विवेदामर्मणो मन्यमानस्य मर्म
ta in nvasya madhumad vivipra indrasya śardho maruto ya āsan | yebhirvṛtrasyeṣito vivedāmarmaṇo manyamānasya marma
They, even the Maruts who were there, excited with song the meath-created strength of Indra. By them impelled to act he reached the vitals Of Vṛtra, though he deemed that none might wound him.
Rig Veda 3.32.5
मनुष्वदिन्द्र सवनं जुषाणः पिबा सोमं शश्वते वीर्याय | स आ वव्र्त्स्व हर्यश्व यज्ञैः सरण्युभिरपो अर्णा सिसर्षि
manuṣvadindra savanaṃ juṣāṇaḥ pibā somaṃ śaśvate vīryāya | sa ā vavṛtsva haryaśva yajñaiḥ saraṇyubhirapo arṇā sisarṣi
Pleased, like a man, with our libation, Indra, drink, for enduring hero might, the Soma. Lord of Bays, moved by sacrifice come hither: thou with the Swift Ones stirrest floods and waters.
Rig Veda 3.32.6
तवमपो यद ध वर्त्रं जघन्वानत्यानिव परास्र्जः सर्तवाजौ | शयानमिन्द्र चरत वधेन वव्रिवांसं परि देवीरदेवम
tvamapo yad dha vṛtraṃ jaghanvānatyāniva prāsṛjaḥ sartavājau | śayānamindra carata vadhena vavrivāṃsaṃ pari devīradevam
When thou didst loose the streams to run like racers in the swift contest, having smitten Vṛtra With flying weapon where he lay, O Indra, and, godless, kept the Goddesses encompassed.
Rig Veda 3.32.7
यजाम इन नमसा वर्द्धमिन्द्रं बर्हन्तं रष्वमजरं युवानम | यस्य परिये ममतुर्यज्ञियस्य न रोदसी महिमानं ममाते
yajāma in namasā vṛddhamindraṃ bṛhantaṃ ṛṣvamajaraṃ yuvānam | yasya priye mamaturyajñiyasya na rodasī mahimānaṃ mamāte
With reverence let us worship mighty Indra, great and sublime, eternal, everyouthful, Whose greatness the dear world-halves have not measured, no, nor conceived the might of him the Holy.
Rig Veda 3.32.8
इन्द्रस्य कर्म सुक्र्ता पुरूणि वरतानि देवा न मिनन्ति विश्वे | दाधार यः पर्थिवीं दयामुतेमां जजान सूर्यमुषसं सुदंसाः
indrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi vratāni devā na minanti viśve | dādhāra yaḥ pṛthivīṃ dyāmutemāṃ jajāna sūryamuṣasaṃ sudaṃsāḥ
Many are Indra's nobly wrought achievements, and none of all the Gods transgress his statutes. He beareth up this earth and heaven, and, doer of marvels, he begot the Sun and Morning.
Rig Veda 3.32.9
अद्रोघ सत्यं तव तन महित्वं सद्यो यज्जातो अपिबो ह सोमम | न दयाव इन्द्र तवसस्त ओजो नाहा न मासाः शरदो वरन्त
adrogha satyaṃ tava tan mahitvaṃ sadyo yajjāto apibo ha somam | na dyāva indra tavasasta ojo nāhā na māsāḥ śarado varanta
Herein, O Guileless One, is thy true greatness, that soon as born thou drankest up the Soma. Days may not check the power of thee the Mighty, nor the nights, Indra, nor the months, nor autumns.
Rig Veda 3.32.10
तवं सद्यो अपिबो जात इन्द्र मदाय सोमं परमे वयोमन | यद ध दयावाप्र्थिवी आविवेषीरथाभवः पूर्व्यः कारुधायाः
tvaṃ sadyo apibo jāta indra madāya somaṃ parame vyoman | yad dha dyāvāpṛthivī āviveṣīrathābhavaḥ pūrvyaḥ kārudhāyāḥ
As soon as thou wast born in highest heaven thou drankest Soma to delight thee, Indra; And when thou hadst pervaded earth and heaven thou wast the first supporter of the singer.
Rig Veda 3.32.11
अहन्नहिं परिशयानमर्ण ओजायमानं तुविजात तव्यान | न ते महित्वमनु भूदध दयौर्यदन्यया सफिग्या कषामवस्थाः
ahannahiṃ pariśayānamarṇa ojāyamānaṃ tuvijāta tavyān | na te mahitvamanu bhūdadha dyauryadanyayā sphighyā kṣāmavasthāḥ
Thou, puissant God, more mighty, slewest. Ahi showing his strength when couched around the waters. The heaven itself attained not to thy greatness when with one hip of thine the earth was shadowed.
Rig Veda 3.32.12
यज्ञो हि त इन्द्र वर्धनो भूदुत परियः सुतसोमो मियेधः | यज्ञेन यज्ञमव यज्ञियः सन यज्ञस्ते वज्रमहिहत्य आवत
yajño hi ta indra vardhano bhūduta priyaḥ sutasomo miyedhaḥ | yajñena yajñamava yajñiyaḥ san yajñaste vajramahihatya āvat
Sacrifice, Indra, made thee wax so mighty, the dear oblation with the flowing Soma. O Worshipful, with worship help our worship, for worship helped thy bolt when slaying Ahi.
Rig Veda 3.32.13
यज्ञेनेन्द्रमवसा चक्रे अर्वागैनं सुम्नाय नव्यसे वव्र्त्याम | य सतोमेभिर्वाव्र्धे पूर्व्येभिर्यो मध्यमेभिरुत नूतनेभिः
yajñenendramavasā cakre arvāghainaṃ sumnāya navyase vavṛtyām | ya stomebhirvāvṛdhe pūrvyebhiryo madhyamebhiruta nūtanebhiḥ
With sacrifice and wish have I brought Indra; still for new blessings may I turn him hither, Him magnified by ancient songs and praises, by lauds of later time and days yet recent.
Rig Veda 3.32.14
विवेष यन मा धिषणा जजान सतवै पुरा पार्यादिन्द्रमह्नः | अंहसो यत्र पीपरद यथा नो नावेव यान्तमुभये हवन्ते
viveṣa yan mā dhiṣaṇā jajāna stavai purā pāryādindramahnaḥ | aṃhaso yatra pīparad yathā no nāveva yāntamubhaye havante
I have brought forth a song when longing seized me: ere the decisive day will I laud Indra; Then may he safely bear us over trouble, as in a ship, when both sides invocate him.
Rig Veda 3.32.15
आपूर्णो अस्य कलशः सवाहा सेक्तेव कोशं सिसिचे पिबध्यै | समु परिया आवव्र्त्रन मदाय परदक्षिणिदभि सोमासैन्द्रम
āpūrṇo asya kalaśaḥ svāhā sekteva kośaṃ sisice pibadhyai | samu priyā āvavṛtran madāya pradakṣiṇidabhi somāsaindram
Full is his chalice: Glory! Like a pourer I have filled up the vessel for his drinking. Presented on the right, dear Soma juices have brought us Indra, to rejoice him, hither.
Rig Veda 3.32.16
न तवा गभीरः पुरुहूत सिन्धुर्नाद्रयः परि षन्तो वरन्त | इत्था सखिभ्य इषितो यदिन्द्रा दर्ळ्हं चिदरुजो गव्यमूर्वम
na tvā ghabhīraḥ puruhūta sindhurnādrayaḥ pari ṣanto varanta | itthā sakhibhya iṣito yadindrā dṛḷhaṃ cidarujo ghavyamūrvam
Not the deep-flowing flood, O Much-invoked One! not hills that compass thee about restrain thee, Since here incited, for thy friends, O Indra, thou breakest e’en the firm built stall of cattle.
Rig Veda 3.32.17
शुनं हुवेम ...
śunaṃ huvema ...
Call we on Maghavan, auspicious Indra, best Hero in this fight where spoil is gathered, The Strong who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays the Vṛtras, wins and gathers riches.
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