Rig Veda · Mandala 7 · Sukta 29
Rig Veda 7.29 — HYMN XXIX Indra
Rishi family (Mandala 7): Vasishtha and his lineage. 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 7.29.1
अयं सोम इन्द्र तुभ्यं सुन्व आ तु पर याहि हरिवस्तदोकाः | पिबा तवस्य सुषुतस्य चारोर्ददो मघानि मघवन्नियानः
ayaṃ soma indra tubhyaṃ sunva ā tu pra yāhi harivastadokāḥ | pibā tvasya suṣutasya cārordado maghāni maghavanniyānaḥ
Rig Veda 7.29.2
बरह्मन वीर बरह्मक्र्तिं जुषाणो.अर्वाचीनो हरिभिर्याहि तूयम | अस्मिन्नू षु सवने मादयस्वोप बरह्माणि शर्णव इमा नः
brahman vīra brahmakṛtiṃ juṣāṇo.arvācīno haribhiryāhi tūyam | asminnū ṣu savane mādayasvopa brahmāṇi śṛṇava imā naḥ
Come to us quickly with thy Bay Steeds, Hero, come to our prayer, accepting our devotion. Enjoy thyself aright at this libation, and listen thou unto the prayers we offer.
Rig Veda 7.29.3
का ते अस्त्यरंक्र्तिः सूक्तैः कदा नूनं ते मघवन दाशेम | विश्वा मतीरा ततने तवायाधा म इन्द्र शर्णवो हवेमा
kā te astyaraṃkṛtiḥ sūktaiḥ kadā nūnaṃ te maghavan dāśema | viśvā matīrā tatane tvāyādhā ma indra śṛṇavo havemā
What satisfaction do our hymns afford thee? When, Maghavan? Now let us do thee service. Hymns, only hymns, with love for thee, I weave thee: then hear, O Indra, these mine invocations.
Rig Veda 7.29.4
उतो घा ते पुरुष्या इदासन येषां पूर्वेषामश्र्णोरषीणाम | अधाहं तवा मघवञ जोहवीमि तवं न इन्द्रासि परमतिः पितेव
uto ghā te puruṣyā idāsan yeṣāṃ pūrveṣāmaśṛṇorṣīṇām | adhāhaṃ tvā maghavañ johavīmi tvaṃ na indrāsi pramatiḥ piteva
They, verily, were also human beings whom thou wast wont to hear, those earlier sages. Hence I, O Indra Maghavan, invoke thee: thou art our Providence, even as a Father.
Rig Veda 7.29.5
वोचेमेदिन्द्रं ...
vocemedindraṃ ...
We will address this liberal Lord, this Indra, that he may grant us gifts of ample riches, Best favourer of the singer's prayer and praises. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.
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