Rig Veda · 8.59.5
Rig Veda 8.59.5 — Indra
Verse 5 of 7 from Sukta 8.59 (Indra) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.59.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अवोचाम महते सौभगाय सत्यं तवेषाभ्यां महिमानमिन्द्रियम | अस्मान सविन्द्रावरुणा घर्तश्चुतस्त्रिभिः साप्तेभिरवतं शुभस पती
IAST Romanisation
avocāma mahate saubhaghāya satyaṃ tveṣābhyāṃ mahimānamindriyam | asmān svindrāvaruṇā ghṛtaścutastribhiḥ sāptebhiravataṃ śubhas patī
English Translation (Griffith)
O Indra, if a hundred heavens and if a hundred earths were thine— No, not a thousand Suns could match thee at thy birth, not both the worlds, O Thunderer.
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