Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 72
Rig Veda 6.72 — Indra-Soma
Deity: Indra-Soma. 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 6.72.1
इन्द्रासोमा महि तद वां महित्वं युवं महानि परथमानि चक्रथुः | युवं सूर्यं विविदथुर्युवं सवर्विश्वा तमांस्यहतं निदश्च
indrāsomā mahi tad vāṃ mahitvaṃ yuvaṃ mahāni prathamāni cakrathuḥ | yuvaṃ sūryaṃ vividathuryuvaṃ svarviśvā tamāṃsyahataṃ nidaśca
Rig Veda 6.72.2
इन्द्रासोमा वासयथ उषासमुत सूर्यं नयथो जयोतिषा सह | उप दयां सकम्भथुः सकम्भनेनाप्रथतं पर्थिवीं मातरं वि
indrāsomā vāsayatha uṣāsamut sūryaṃ nayatho jyotiṣā saha | upa dyāṃ skambhathuḥ skambhanenāprathataṃ pṛthivīṃ mātaraṃ vi
Ye, Indra-Soma, gave her light to Morning, and led the Sun on high with all his splendour. Ye stayed the heaven with a supporting pillar, and spread abroad apart, the Earth, the Mother.
Rig Veda 6.72.3
इन्द्रासोमावहिमपः परिष्ठां हथो वर्त्रमनु वां दयौरमन्यत | परार्णांस्यैरयतं नदीनामा समुद्राणिपप्रथुः पुरूणि
indrāsomāvahimapaḥ pariṣṭhāṃ hatho vṛtramanu vāṃ dyauramanyata | prārṇāṃsyairayataṃ nadīnāmā samudrāṇipaprathuḥ purūṇi
Ye slew the flood -obstructing serpent Vṛtra, Indra and Soma: Heaven approved your exploit. Ye urged to speed the currents of the rivers, and many seas have ye filled full with waters.
Rig Veda 6.72.4
इन्द्रासोमा पक्वमामास्वन्तर्नि गवामिद दधथुर्वक्षणासु | जग्र्भथुरनपिनद्धमासु रुशच्चित्रासु जगतीष्वन्तः
indrāsomā pakvamāmāsvantarni ghavāmid dadhathurvakṣaṇāsu | jaghṛbhathuranapinaddhamāsu ruśaccitrāsu jaghatīṣvantaḥ
Ye in the unripe udders of the milch-kine have set the ripe milk, Indra, thou, and Soma. Ye have held fast the unimpeded whiteness within these many-coloured moving creatures.
Rig Veda 6.72.5
इन्द्रासोमा युवमङग तरुत्रमपत्यसाचं शरुत्यं रराथे | युवं शुष्मं नर्यं चर्षणिभ्यः सं विव्यथुः पर्तनाषाहमुग्रा
indrāsomā yuvamaṅgha tarutramapatyasācaṃ śrutyaṃ rarāthe | yuvaṃ śuṣmaṃ naryaṃ carṣaṇibhyaḥ saṃ vivyathuḥ pṛtanāṣāhamughrā
Verily ye bestow, Indra and Soma, wealth, famed, victorious, passing to our children. Ye have invested men, ye Mighty Beings, with manly strength that conquers in the battle.
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