Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 30
Rig Veda 6.30 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 6): Bharadvaja and his descendants. 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 6.30.1
भूय इद वाव्र्धे वीर्यायनेको अजुर्यो दयते वसूनि | पर रिरिचे दिव इन्द्रः पर्थिव्या अर्धमिदस्य परति रोदसी उभे
bhūya id vāvṛdhe vīryāyaneko ajuryo dayate vasūni | pra ririce diva indraḥ pṛthivyā ardhamidasya prati rodasī ubhe
Rig Veda 6.30.2
अधा मन्ये बर्हदसुर्यमस्य यानि दाधार नकिरा मिनाति | दिवे-दिवे सूर्यो दर्शतो भूद वि सद्मान्युर्विया सुक्रतुर्धात
adhā manye bṛhadasuryamasya yāni dādhāra nakirā mināti | dive-dive sūryo darśato bhūd vi sadmānyurviyā sukraturdhāt
Yea, mighty I esteem his Godlike nature: none hindereth what he hath once determined. Near and afar he spread and set the regions, and every day the Sun became apparent.
Rig Veda 6.30.3
अद्या चिन नू चित तदपो नदीनां यदाभ्यो अरदो गातुमिन्द्र | नि पर्वता अद्मसदो न सेदुस्त्वया दर्ळ्हानि सुक्रतो रजांसि
adyā cin nū cit tadapo nadīnāṃ yadābhyo arado ghātumindra | ni parvatā admasado na sedustvayā dṛḷhāni sukrato rajāṃsi
E’en now endures thine exploit of the Rivers, when, Indra, for their floods thou clavest passage. Like men who sit at meat the mountains settled: by thee, Most Wise! the regions were made steadfast.
Rig Veda 6.30.4
सत्यमित तन न तवावानन्यो अस्तीन्द्र देवो न मर्त्यो जयायान | अहन्नहिं परिशयानमर्णो.अवास्र्जो अपो अछा समुद्रम
satyamit tan na tvāvānanyo astīndra devo na martyo jyāyān | ahannahiṃ pariśayānamarṇo.avāsṛjo apo achā samudram
This is the truth, none else is like thee, Indra, no God superior to thee, no mortal. Thou slewest Ahi who besieged the waters, and lettest loose the streams to hurry seaward.
Rig Veda 6.30.5
तवमपो वि दुरो विषूचीरिन्द्र दर्ळ्हमरुजः पर्वतस्य | राजाभवो जगतश्चर्षणीनां साकं सूर्यं जनयन दयामुषासम
tvamapo vi duro viṣūcīrindra dṛḷhamarujaḥ parvatasya | rājābhavo jaghataścarṣaṇīnāṃ sākaṃ sūryaṃ janayan dyāmuṣāsam
Indra, thou breakest up the floods and portals on all sides, and the firmness of the mountain. Thou art the King of men, of all that liveth, engendering at once Sun, Heaven, and Morning.
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