Rig Veda · Mandala 8 · Sukta 37
Rig Veda 8.37 — Indra
Deity: Indra. Rishi family (Mandala 8): Kanva and Angirasa families. This Sukta contains 7 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 8.37.1
परेदं बरह्म वर्त्रतूर्येष्वाविथ पर सुन्वतः शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः | माध्यन्दिनस्य सवनस्य वर्त्रहन्ननेद्य पिबा सोमस्य वज्रिवः
predaṃ brahma vṛtratūryeṣvāvitha pra sunvataḥ śacīpata indra viśvābhirūtibhiḥ | mādhyandinasya savanasya vṛtrahannanedya pibā somasya vajrivaḥ
Rig Veda 8.37.2
सेहान उग्र पर्तना अभि दरुहः शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः | माध्यन्दिनस्य ...
sehāna ughra pṛtanā abhi druhaḥ śacīpata indra viśvābhirūtibhiḥ | mādhyandinasya ...
Thou mighty Conqueror of hostile armaments, O Indra, Lord of Strength, with all thy saving help.
Rig Veda 8.37.3
एकराळ अस्य भुवनस्य राजसि शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः | माध्यन्दिनस्य ...
ekarāḷ asya bhuvanasya rājasi śacīpata indra viśvābhirūtibhiḥ | mādhyandinasya ...
Sole Ruler, thou art Sovran of this world of life, O Indra, Lord of Strength, with all thy saving help.
Rig Veda 8.37.4
सस्थावाना यवयसि तवमेक इच्छचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः | माध्यन्दिनस्य ...
sasthāvānā yavayasi tvameka icchacīpata indra viśvābhirūtibhiḥ | mādhyandinasya ...
Thou only sunderest these two consistent worlds, O Indra, Lord of Strength, with all thy saving help.
Rig Veda 8.37.5
कषेमस्य च परयुजश्च तवमीशिषे शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः | माध्यन्दिनस्य ...
kṣemasya ca prayujaśca tvamīśiṣe śacīpata indra viśvābhirūtibhiḥ | mādhyandinasya ...
Thou art the Lord supreme o’er rest and energy, O Indra, Lord of Strength, with all thy saving help.
Rig Veda 8.37.6
कषत्राय तवमवसि न तवमाविथ शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः | माध्यन्दिनस्य ...
kṣatrāya tvamavasi na tvamāvitha śacīpata indra viśvābhirūtibhiḥ | mādhyandinasya ...
Thou helpest one to power, and one thou hast not helped, O Indra, Lord of Strength, with all thy saving aid.
Rig Veda 8.37.7
शयावाश्वस्य रेभतस्तथा शर्णु यथाश्र्णोरत्रेः कर्माणि कर्ण्वतः | पर तरसदस्युमाविथ तवमेक इन नर्षाह्य इन्द्र कषत्राणि वर्धयन
śyāvāśvasya rebhatastathā śṛṇu yathāśṛṇoratreḥ karmāṇi kṛṇvataḥ | pra trasadasyumāvitha tvameka in nṛṣāhya indra kṣatrāṇi vardhayan
Hear thou Śyāvāśva while he sings to thee, as erst thou heardest Atri when he wrought his holy rites. Indra, thou only gavest Trasadasyu aid in the fierce fight with heroes, strengthening his powers.
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