Rig Veda · Mandala 4 · Sukta 46
Rig Veda 4.46 — Vāyu. Indra-Vāyu
Deity: Vāyu. Indra-Vāyu. Rishi family (Mandala 4): Vamadeva Gautama and his lineage. This Sukta contains 7 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 4.46.1
अग्रम पिबा मधूनां सुतं वायो दिविष्टिषु | तवं हि पूर्वपा असि
aghram pibā madhūnāṃ sutaṃ vāyo diviṣṭiṣu | tvaṃ hi pūrvapā asi
Rig Veda 4.46.2
शतेना नो अभिष्टिभिर नियुत्वां इन्द्रसारथिः | वायो सुतस्य तर्म्पतम
śatenā no abhiṣṭibhir niyutvāṃ indrasārathiḥ | vāyo sutasya tṛmpatam
Come, team-drawn, with thy hundred helps, with Indra, seated in the car, Vāyu, and drink your fill of juice.
Rig Veda 4.46.3
आ वां सहस्रं हरय इन्द्रवायू अभि परयः | वहन्तु सोमपीतये
ā vāṃ sahasraṃ haraya indravāyū abhi prayaḥ | vahantu somapītaye
May steeds a thousand bring you both, Indra. and Vāyu, hitherward To drink the Soma, to the feast.
Rig Veda 4.46.4
रथं हिरण्यवन्धुरम इन्द्रवायू सवध्वरम | आ हि सथाथो दिविस्प्र्शम
rathaṃ hiraṇyavandhuram indravāyū svadhvaram | ā hi sthātho divispṛśam
For ye, O Indra-Vāyu, mount the golden-seated car that aids The sacrifice, that reaches heaven.
Rig Veda 4.46.5
रथेन पर्थुपाजसा दाश्वांसम उप गछतम | इन्द्रवायू इहा गतम
rathena pṛthupājasā dāśvāṃsam upa ghachatam | indravāyū ihā ghatam
On far-refulgent chariot come unto the man who offers gifts: Come, Indra-Vāyu, hitherward.
Rig Veda 4.46.6
इन्द्रवायू अयं सुतस तं देवेभिः सजोषसा | पिबतं दाशुषो गर्हे
indravāyū ayaṃ sutas taṃ devebhiḥ sajoṣasā | pibataṃ dāśuṣo ghṛhe
Here, Indra-Vāyu, is the juice: drink it, accordant with the Gods, Within the giver's dwelling-place.
Rig Veda 4.46.7
इह परयाणम अस्तु वाम इन्द्रवायू विमोचनम | इह वां सोमपीतये
iha prayāṇam astu vām indravāyū vimocanam | iha vāṃ somapītaye
Hither, O Indra-Vāyu, be your journey here unyoke your steeds, Here for your draught of Soma juice.
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