Rig Veda · 7.29.4

Rig Veda 7.29.4

Verse 4 of 5 from Sukta 7.29 (HYMN XXIX Indra) in Mandala 7 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 7.29.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उतो घा ते पुरुष्या इदासन येषां पूर्वेषामश्र्णोरषीणाम | अधाहं तवा मघवञ जोहवीमि तवं न इन्द्रासि परमतिः पितेव

IAST Romanisation

uto ghā te puruṣyā idāsan yeṣāṃ pūrveṣāmaśṛṇorṣīṇām | adhāhaṃ tvā maghavañ johavīmi tvaṃ na indrāsi pramatiḥ piteva

English Translation (Griffith)

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.

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