Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 41
Rig Veda 3.41 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 3): Vishvamitra and the Kushika line. This Sukta contains 9 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 3.41.1
आ तू न इन्द्र मद्र्यग घुवानः सोमपीतये | हरिभ्यां याह्यद्रिवः
ā tū na indra madryagh ghuvānaḥ somapītaye | haribhyāṃ yāhyadrivaḥ
Rig Veda 3.41.2
सत्तो होता न रत्वियस्तिस्तिरे बर्हिरानुषक | अयुज्रन परातरद्रयः
satto hotā na ṛtviyastistire barhirānuṣak | ayujran prātaradrayaḥ
Our priest is seated, true to time; the grass is regularly strewn; The pressing-stones were set at morn.
Rig Veda 3.41.3
इमा बरह्म बरह्मवाहः करियन्त आ बर्हिः सीद | वीहि शूर पुरोळाशम
imā brahma brahmavāhaḥ kriyanta ā barhiḥ sīda | vīhi śūra puroḷāśam
These prayers, O thou who hearest prayer are offered: seat thee on the grass. Hero, enjoy the offered cake.
Rig Veda 3.41.4
रारन्धि सवनेषु ण एषु सतोमेषु वर्त्रहन | उक्थेष्विन्द्र गिर्वणः
rārandhi savaneṣu ṇa eṣu stomeṣu vṛtrahan | uktheṣvindra ghirvaṇaḥ
O Vṛtra-slayer, be thou pleased with these libations, with these hymns, Song-loving Indra, with our lauds.
Rig Veda 3.41.5
मतयः सोमपामुरुं रिहन्ति शवसस पतिम | इन्द्रं वत्सं न मातरः
matayaḥ somapāmuruṃ rihanti śavasas patim | indraṃ vatsaṃ na mātaraḥ
Our hymns caress the Lord of Strength, vast, drinker of the Soma's juice, Indra, as mother-cows their calf.
Rig Veda 3.41.6
स मन्दस्वा हयन्धसो राधसे तन्वा महे | न सतोतारं निदे करः
sa mandasvā hyandhaso rādhase tanvā mahe | na stotāraṃ nide karaḥ
Delight thee with the juice we pour for thine own great munificence: Yield not thy singer to reproach.
Rig Veda 3.41.7
वयमिन्द्र तवायवो हविष्मन्तो जरामहे | उत तवमस्मयुर्वसो
vayamindra tvāyavo haviṣmanto jarāmahe | uta tvamasmayurvaso
We, Indra, dearly loving thee, bearing oblation, sing thee hymns Thou, Vasu, dearly lovest us.
Rig Veda 3.41.8
मारे अस्मद वि मुमुचो हरिप्रियार्वां याहि | इन्द्र सवधावोमत्स्वेह
māre asmad vi mumuco haripriyārvāṃ yāhi | indra svadhāvomatsveha
O thou to whom thy Bays are dear, loose not thy Horses far from us: Here glad thee, Indra, Lord divine.
Rig Veda 3.41.9
अर्वाञ्चं तवा सुखे रथे वहतामिन्द्र केशिना | घर्तस्नूबर्हिरासदे
arvāñcaṃ tvā sukhe rathe vahatāmindra keśinā | ghṛtasnūbarhirāsade
May long-maned Coursers, dropping oil, bring thee on swift car hitherward, Indra, to seat thee on the grass.
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