Rig Veda · 4.17.16

Rig Veda 4.17.16 — Indra

Verse 16 of 21 from Sukta 4.17 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.17.16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गव्यन्त इन्द्रं सख्याय विप्रा अश्वायन्तो वर्षणं वाजयन्तः | जनीयन्तो जनिदाम अक्षितोतिम आ चयावयामो ऽवते न कोशम

IAST Romanisation

ghavyanta indraṃ sakhyāya viprā aśvāyanto vṛṣaṇaṃ vājayantaḥ | janīyanto janidām akṣitotim ā cyāvayāmo 'vate na kośam

English Translation (Griffith)

Eager for booty, craving strength and horses, we-singers stir Indra, the strong, for friendship, Who gives the wives we seek, whose succour fails not, to hasten, like a pitcher to the fountain.

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