Rig Veda · 4.16.16

Rig Veda 4.16.16 — Indra

Verse 16 of 21 from Sukta 4.16 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.16.16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तम इद व इन्द्रं सुहवं हुवेम यस ता चकार नर्या पुरूणि | यो मावते जरित्रे गध्यं चिन मक्षू वाजम भरति सपार्हराधाः

IAST Romanisation

tam id va indraṃ suhavaṃ huvema yas tā cakāra naryā purūṇi | yo māvate jaritre ghadhyaṃ cin makṣū vājam bharati spārharādhāḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Call we for you that Indra, prompt to listen, him who hath done so much for men's advantage; Who, Lord of envied bounty, to a singer like me brings quickly booty worth the capture.

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