Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 39
Rig Veda 5.39 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 5): Atri and the Atreya 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 5.39.1
यद इन्द्र चित्र मेहनास्ति तवादातम अद्रिवः | राधस तन नो विदद्वस उभयाहस्त्य आ भर
yad indra citra mehanāsti tvādātam adrivaḥ | rādhas tan no vidadvasa ubhayāhasty ā bhara
Rig Veda 5.39.2
यन मन्यसे वरेण्यम इन्द्र दयुक्षं तद आ भर | विद्याम तस्य ते वयम अकूपारस्य दावने
yan manyase vareṇyam indra dyukṣaṃ tad ā bhara | vidyāma tasya te vayam akūpārasya dāvane
Bring what thou deemest worth the wish, O Indra, that which is in heaven. So may we know thee as thou art, boundless in thy munificence.
Rig Veda 5.39.3
यत ते दित्सु परराध्यम मनो अस्ति शरुतम बर्हत | तेन दर्ळ्हा चिद अद्रिव आ वाजं दर्षि सातये
yat te ditsu prarādhyam mano asti śrutam bṛhat | tena dṛḷhā cid adriva ā vājaṃ darṣi sātaye
Thy lofty spirit, far-renowned as fain to give and prompt to win,— With this thou rendest e’en the firm, Stone-Darter! so to gain thee strength.
Rig Veda 5.39.4
मंहिष्ठं वो मघोनां राजानं चर्षणीनाम | इन्द्रम उप परशस्तये पूर्वीभिर जुजुषे गिरः
maṃhiṣṭhaṃ vo maghonāṃ rājānaṃ carṣaṇīnām | indram upa praśastaye pūrvībhir jujuṣe ghiraḥ
Singers with many songs have made Indra propitious to their fame, Him who is King of human kind, most liberal of your wealthy ones.
Rig Veda 5.39.5
अस्मा इत काव्यं वच उक्थम इन्द्राय शंस्यम | तस्मा उ बरह्मवाहसे गिरो वर्धन्त्य अत्रयो गिरः शुम्भन्त्य अत्रयः
asmā it kāvyaṃ vaca uktham indrāya śaṃsyam | tasmā u brahmavāhase ghiro vardhanty atrayo ghiraḥ śumbhanty atrayaḥ
To him, to Indra must be sung the poet's word, the hymn of praise. To him, accepter of the prayer, the Atris raise their songs on high, the Atris beautify their songs.
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