Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 41
Rig Veda 6.41 — 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 6.41.1
अहेळमान उप याहि यज्ञं तुभ्यं पवन्त इन्दवः सुतासः | गावो न वज्रिन सवमोको अछेन्द्रा गहि परथमो यज्ञियानाम
aheḷamāna upa yāhi yajñaṃ tubhyaṃ pavanta indavaḥ sutāsaḥ | ghāvo na vajrin svamoko achendrā ghahi prathamo yajñiyānām
Rig Veda 6.41.2
या ते काकुत सुक्र्ता या वरिष्ठा यया शश्वत पिबसि मध्व ऊर्मिम | तया पाहि पर ते अध्वर्युरस्थात सं ते वज्रोवर्ततामिन्द्र गव्युः
yā te kākut sukṛtā yā variṣṭhā yayā śaśvat pibasi madhva ūrmim | tayā pāhi pra te adhvaryurasthāt saṃ te vajrovartatāmindra ghavyuḥ
With that well-formed most wide-extending palate, wherewith thou ever drinkest streams of sweetness, Drink thou; the Adhvaryu standeth up before thee: let thy spoil-winning thunderbolt attend thee.
Rig Veda 6.41.3
एष दरप्सो वर्षभो विश्वरूप इन्द्राय वर्ष्णे समकारि सोमः | एतं पिब हरिव सथातरुग्र यस्येशिषे परदिवि यस्तेन्नम
eṣa drapso vṛṣabho viśvarūpa indrāya vṛṣṇe samakāri somaḥ | etaṃ piba hariva sthātarughra yasyeśiṣe pradivi yasteannam
This drop, steer-strong and omniform, the Soma, hath been made ready for the Bull, for India. Drink this, Lord of the Bays, thou Strong Supporter, this that is thine of old, thy food for ever.
Rig Veda 6.41.4
सुतः सोमो असुतादिन्द्र वस्यानयं शरेयाञ्चिकितुषे रणाय | एतं तितिर्व उप याहि यज्ञं तेन विश्वास्तविषीरा पर्णस्व
sutaḥ somo asutādindra vasyānayaṃ śreyāñcikituṣe raṇāya | etaṃ titirva upa yāhi yajñaṃ tena viśvāstaviṣīrā pṛṇasva
Soma when pressed excels the unpressed Soma, better, for one who knows, to give him pleasure. Come to this sacrifice of ours, O Victor replenish all thy powers with this libation.
Rig Veda 6.41.5
हवयामसि तवेन्द्र याह्यर्वां अरं ते सोमस्तन्वे भवाति | शतक्रतो मादयस्वा सुतेषु परास्मानव पर्तनासु पर विक्षु
hvayāmasi tvendra yāhyarvāṃ araṃ te somastanve bhavāti | śatakrato mādayasvā suteṣu prāsmānava pṛtanāsu pra vikṣu
We call on thee, O Indra: come thou hither: sufficient be the Soma for thy body. Rejoice thee, Śatakratu! in the juices guard us in wars, guard us among our people.
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