Rig Veda · Mandala 3 · Sukta 50
Rig Veda 3.50 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 3): Vishvamitra and the Kushika line. 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 3.50.1
इन्द्रः सवाहा पिबतु यस्य सोम आगत्या तुम्रो वर्षभो मरुत्वान | ओरुव्यचाः पर्णतामेभिरन्नैरास्य हविस्तन्वःकामं रध्याः
indraḥ svāhā pibatu yasya soma āghatyā tumro vṛṣabho marutvān | oruvyacāḥ pṛṇatāmebhirannairāsya havistanvaḥkāmaṃ ṛdhyāḥ
Rig Veda 3.50.2
आ ते सपर्यू जवसे युनज्मि ययोरनु परदिवः शरुष्टिमावः | इह तवा धेयुर्हरयः सुशिप्र पिबा तवस्य सुषुतस्य चारोः
ā te saparyū javase yunajmi yayoranu pradivaḥ śruṣṭimāvaḥ | iha tvā dheyurharayaḥ suśipra pibā tvasya suṣutasya cāroḥ
I yoke thy pair of trusty Steeds for swiftness, whose faithful service from of old thou lovest. Here, fair of cheek! let thy Bay Coursers place thee: drink of this lovely welleffused libation.
Rig Veda 3.50.3
गोभिर्मिमिक्षुं दधिरे सुपारमिन्द्रं जयैष्ठ्याय धायसे गर्णानाः | मन्दानः सोमं पपिवान रजीषिन समस्मभ्यं पुरुधा गा इषण्य
ghobhirmimikṣuṃ dadhire supāramindraṃ jyaiṣṭhyāya dhāyase ghṛṇānāḥ | mandānaḥ somaṃ papivān ṛjīṣin samasmabhyaṃ purudhā ghā iṣaṇya
With milk they made Indra their good Preserver, lauding for help and rule the bounteous rainer. Impetuous God, when thou hast drunk the Soma, enraptured send us cattle in abundance.
Rig Veda 3.50.4
इमं कामं ...
imaṃ kāmaṃ ...
With kine and horses satisfy this longing with very splendid bounty still extend it. Seeking the light, with hymns to thee, O Indra, the Kuśikas have brought their gift, the singers.
Rig Veda 3.50.5
शुनं हुवेम ...
śunaṃ huvema ...
Call we on Maghavan, auspicious Indra, best Hero in the 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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