Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 29
Rig Veda 5.29 — Agni
Deity: Agni. Rishi family (Mandala 5): Atri and the Atreya line. This Sukta contains 15 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 5.29.1
तर्य अर्यमा मनुषो देवताता तरी रोचना दिव्या धारयन्त | अर्चन्ति तवा मरुतः पूतदक्षास तवम एषाम रषिर इन्द्रासि धीरः
try aryamā manuṣo devatātā trī rocanā divyā dhārayanta | arcanti tvā marutaḥ pūtadakṣās tvam eṣām ṛṣir indrāsi dhīraḥ
Rig Veda 5.29.2
अनु यद ईम मरुतो मन्दसानम आर्चन्न इन्द्रम पपिवांसं सुतस्य | आदत्त वज्रम अभि यद अहिं हन्न अपो यह्वीर अस्र्जत सर्तवा उ
anu yad īm maruto mandasānam ārcann indram papivāṃsaṃ sutasya | ādatta vajram abhi yad ahiṃ hann apo yahvīr asṛjat sartavā u
What time the Maruts sang their song to Indra, joyous when he had drunk of Soma juices, He grasped his thunderbolt to slay the Dragon, and loosed, that they might flow, the youthful Waters.
Rig Veda 5.29.3
उत बरह्माणो मरुतो मे अस्येन्द्रः सोमस्य सुषुतस्य पेयाः | तद धि हव्यम मनुषे गा अविन्दद अहन्न अहिम पपिवां इन्द्रो अस्य
uta brahmāṇo maruto me asyendraḥ somasya suṣutasya peyāḥ | tad dhi havyam manuṣe ghā avindad ahann ahim papivāṃ indro asya
And, O ye Brahmans, Maruts, so may Indra drink draughts of this my carefully pressed Soma; For this oblation found for man the cattle, and Indra, having quaffed it, slew the Dragon.
Rig Veda 5.29.4
आद रोदसी वितरं वि षकभायत संविव्यानश चिद भियसे मर्गं कः | जिगर्तिम इन्द्रो अपजर्गुराणः परति शवसन्तम अव दानवं हन
ād rodasī vitaraṃ vi ṣkabhāyat saṃvivyānaś cid bhiyase mṛghaṃ kaḥ | jighartim indro apajarghurāṇaḥ prati śvasantam ava dānavaṃ han
Then heaven and earth he sundered and supported: wrapped even in these he struck the Beast with terror. So Indra forced the Engulfer to disgorgement, and slew the Dānava. panting against him.
Rig Veda 5.29.5
अध करत्वा मघवन तुभ्यं देवा अनु विश्वे अददुः सोमपेयम | यत सूर्यस्य हरितः पतन्तीः पुरः सतीर उपरा एतशे कः
adha kratvā maghavan tubhyaṃ devā anu viśve adaduḥ somapeyam | yat sūryasya haritaḥ patantīḥ puraḥ satīr uparā etaśe kaḥ
Thus all the Gods, O Maghavan, delivered to thee of their free will the draught of Soma; When thou for Etaśa didst cause to tarry the flying mares of Sūrya racing forward.
Rig Veda 5.29.6
नव यद अस्य नवतिं च भोगान साकं वज्रेण मघवा विव्र्श्चत | अर्चन्तीन्द्रम मरुतः सधस्थे तरैष्टुभेन वचसा बाधत दयाम
nava yad asya navatiṃ ca bhoghān sākaṃ vajreṇa maghavā vivṛścat | arcantīndram marutaḥ sadhasthe traiṣṭubhena vacasā bādhata dyām
When Maghavan with the thunderbolt demolished his nine-and-ninety castles all together, The Maruts, where they met, glorified Indra: ye with the Tṛṣṭup hymn obstructed heaven.
Rig Veda 5.29.7
सखा सख्ये अपचत तूयम अग्निर अस्य करत्वा महिषा तरी शतानि | तरी साकम इन्द्रो मनुषः सरांसि सुतम पिबद वर्त्रहत्याय सोमम
sakhā sakhye apacat tūyam aghnir asya kratvā mahiṣā trī śatāni | trī sākam indro manuṣaḥ sarāṃsi sutam pibad vṛtrahatyāya somam
As friend to aid a friend, Agni dressed quickly three hundred buffaloes, even as he willed it. And Indra, from man's gift, for Vṛtra's slaughter, drank ofr at once three lakes of pressed-out Soma.
Rig Veda 5.29.8
तरी यच छता महिषाणाम अघो मास तरी सरांसि मघवा सोम्यापाः | कारं न विश्वे अह्वन्त देवा भरम इन्द्राय यद अहिं जघान
trī yac chatā mahiṣāṇām agho mās trī sarāṃsi maghavā somyāpāḥ | kāraṃ na viśve ahvanta devā bharam indrāya yad ahiṃ jaghāna
When thou three hundred buffaloes' flesh hadst eaten, and drunk, as Maghavan, three lakes of Soma, All the Gods raised as ’twere a shout of triumph to Indra praise because he slew the Dragon.
Rig Veda 5.29.9
उशना यत सहस्यैर अयातं गर्हम इन्द्र जूजुवानेभिर अश्वैः | वन्वानो अत्र सरथं ययाथ कुत्सेन देवैर अवनोर ह शुष्णम
uśanā yat sahasyair ayātaṃ ghṛham indra jūjuvānebhir aśvaiḥ | vanvāno atra sarathaṃ yayātha kutsena devair avanor ha śuṣṇam
What time ye came with strong steeds swiftly speeding, O Uśanā and Indra, to the dwelling, Thou camest thither -conquering together with Kutsa and the Gods: thou slewest Śuṣṇa.
Rig Veda 5.29.10
परान्यच चक्रम अव्र्हः सूर्यस्य कुत्सायान्यद वरिवो यातवे ऽकः | अनासो दस्यूंर अम्र्णो वधेन नि दुर्योण आव्र्णङ मर्ध्रवाचः
prānyac cakram avṛhaḥ sūryasya kutsāyānyad varivo yātave 'kaḥ | anāso dasyūṃr amṛṇo vadhena ni duryoṇa āvṛṇaṅ mṛdhravācaḥ
One car-wheel of the Sun thou rolledst forward, and one thou settest free to move for Kutsa. Thou slewest noseless Dasyus with thy weapon, and in their home o’erthrewest hostile speakers.
Rig Veda 5.29.11
सतोमासस तवा गौरिवीतेर अवर्धन्न अरन्धयो वैदथिनाय पिप्रुम | आ तवाम रजिश्वा सख्याय चक्रे पचन पक्तीर अपिबः सोमम अस्य
stomāsas tvā ghaurivīter avardhann arandhayo vaidathināya piprum | ā tvām ṛjiśvā sakhyāya cakre pacan paktīr apibaḥ somam asya
The lauds of Gauriviti made thee mighty to Vidathin's son, as prey, thou gavest Pipru. Rjisivan drew thee into friendship dressing the sacred food, and thou hast drunk his Soma.
Rig Veda 5.29.12
नवग्वासः सुतसोमास इन्द्रं दशग्वासो अभ्य अर्चन्त्य अर्कैः | गव्यं चिद ऊर्वम अपिधानवन्तं तं चिन नरः शशमाना अप वरन
navaghvāsaḥ sutasomāsa indraṃ daśaghvāso abhy arcanty arkaiḥ | ghavyaṃ cid ūrvam apidhānavantaṃ taṃ cin naraḥ śaśamānā apa vran
Navagvas and Dasgvas with libations of Soma juice sing hymns of praise to Indra. Labouring at their task the men laid open the stall of Kine though firmly closed and fastened.
Rig Veda 5.29.13
कथो नु ते परि चराणि विद्वान वीर्य्र मघवन या चकर्थ | या चो नु नव्या कर्णवः शविष्ठ परेद उ ता ते विदथेषु बरवाम
katho nu te pari carāṇi vidvān vīryṛ maghavan yā cakartha | yā co nu navyā kṛṇavaḥ śaviṣṭha pred u tā te vidatheṣu bravāma
How shall I serve thee, Maghavan, though knowing full well what hero deeds thou hast accomplished? And the fresh deeds which thou wilt do, Most Mighty! these, too, will we tell forth in sacred synods.
Rig Veda 5.29.14
एता विश्वा चक्र्वां इन्द्र भूर्य अपरीतो जनुषा वीर्येण | या चिन नु वज्रिन कर्णवो दध्र्ष्वान न ते वर्ता तविष्या अस्ति तस्याः
etā viśvā cakṛvāṃ indra bhūry aparīto januṣā vīryeṇa | yā cin nu vajrin kṛṇavo dadhṛṣvān na te vartā taviṣyā asti tasyāḥ
Resistless from of old through hero courage, thou hast done all these many acts, O Indra. What thou wilt do in bravery, Thunder-wielder! none is there who may hinder this thy prowess.
Rig Veda 5.29.15
इन्द्र बरह्म करियमाणा जुषस्व या ते शविष्ठ नव्या अकर्म | वस्त्रेव भद्रा सुक्र्ता वसूयू रथं न धीरः सवपा अतक्षम
indra brahma kriyamāṇā juṣasva yā te śaviṣṭha navyā akarma | vastreva bhadrā sukṛtā vasūyū rathaṃ na dhīraḥ svapā atakṣam
Indra, accept the prayers which now are offered, accept the new prayers, Mightiest! which we utter. Like fair and well-made robes, I, seeking riches, as a deft craftsman makes a car, have wrought them.
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