Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 42
Rig Veda 6.42 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 6): Bharadvaja and his descendants. This Sukta contains 4 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 6.42.1
परत्यस्मै पिपीषते विश्वानि विदुषे भर | अरंगमाय जग्मये.अपश्चाद्दघ्वने नरे
pratyasmai pipīṣate viśvāni viduṣe bhara | araṃghamāya jaghmaye.apaścāddaghvane nare
Rig Veda 6.42.2
एमेनं परत्येतन सोमेभिः सोमपातमम | अमत्रेभिर्र्जीषिणमिन्द्रं सुतेभिरिन्दुभिः
emenaṃ pratyetana somebhiḥ somapātamam | amatrebhirṛjīṣiṇamindraṃ sutebhirindubhiḥ
With Soma go ye nigh to him chief drinker of the Soma's juice: With beakers to the Impetuous God, to Indra with the drops effused.
Rig Veda 6.42.3
यदी सुतेभिरिन्दुभिः सोमेभिः परतिभूषथ | वेदा विश्वस्य मेधिरो धर्षत तं-तमिदेषते
yadī sutebhirindubhiḥ somebhiḥ pratibhūṣatha | vedā viśvasya medhiro dhṛṣat taṃ-tamideṣate
What time, with Soma, with the juice effused, ye come before the God, Full wise he knows the hope of each, and, Bold One, strikes this foe and that.
Rig Veda 6.42.4
अस्मा-अस्मा इदन्धसो.अध्वर्यो पर भरा सुतम | कुवित समस्य जेन्यस्य शर्धतो.अभिशस्तेरवस्परत
asmā-asmā idandhaso.adhvaryo pra bharā sutam | kuvit samasya jenyasya śardhato.abhiśasteravasparat
To him, Adhvaryu! yea, to him give offerings of the juice expressed. Will he not keep us safely from the spiteful curse of each presumptuous high-born foe?
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