Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 40
Rig Veda 6.40 — 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 6.40.1
इन्द्र पिब तुभ्यं सुतो मदायाव सय हरी वि मुचा सखाया | उत पर गाय गण आ निषद्याथा यज्ञाय गर्णते वयो धाः
indra piba tubhyaṃ suto madāyāva sya harī vi mucā sakhāyā | uta pra ghāya ghaṇa ā niṣadyāthā yajñāya ghṛṇate vayo dhāḥ
Rig Veda 6.40.2
अस्य पिब यस्य जज्ञान इन्द्र मदाय करत्वे अपिबो विरप्शिन | तमु ते गावो नर आपो अद्रिरिन्दुं समह्यन पीतये समस्मै
asya piba yasya jajñāna indra madāya kratve apibo virapśin | tamu te ghāvo nara āpo adririnduṃ samahyan pītaye samasmai
Drink thou of this whereof at birth, O Indra, thou drankest, Mighty One for power and rapture. The men, the pressing-stones, the cows, the waters have made this Soma ready for thy drinking.
Rig Veda 6.40.3
समिद्धे अग्नौ सुत इन्द्र सोम आ तवा वहन्तु हरयो वहिष्ठाः | तवायता मनसा जोहवीमीन्द्रा याहि सुविताय महे नः
samiddhe aghnau suta indra soma ā tvā vahantu harayo vahiṣṭhāḥ | tvāyatā manasā johavīmīndrā yāhi suvitāya mahe naḥ
The fire is kindled, Soma pressed, O Indra: let thy Bays, best to draw, convey thee hither. With mind devoted, Indra, I invoke thee. Come, for our great prosperity approach us.
Rig Veda 6.40.4
आ याहि शश्वदुशता ययाथेन्द्र महा मनसा सोमपेयम | उप बरह्माणि शर्णव इमा नो.अथा ते यज्ञस्तन्वे वयो धात
ā yāhi śaśvaduśatā yayāthendra mahā manasā somapeyam | upa brahmāṇi śṛṇava imā no.athā te yajñastanve vayo dhāt
Indra, come hither: evermore thou camest through our great strong desire to drink the Soma. Listen and hear the prayers which now we offer, and let this sacrifice increase thy vigour.
Rig Veda 6.40.5
यदिन्द्र दिवि पार्ये यद रधग यद वा सवे सदने यत्र वासि | अतो नो यज्ञमवसे नियुत्वान सजोषाः पाहि गिर्वणो मरुद्भिः
yadindra divi pārye yad ṛdhagh yad vā sve sadane yatra vāsi | ato no yajñamavase niyutvān sajoṣāḥ pāhi ghirvaṇo marudbhiḥ
Mayst thou, O Indra, on the day of trial, present or absent, wheresoe’er thou dwellest, Thence, with thy team, accordant with the Maruts, Song-lover! guard our sacrifice, to help us.
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