Mandala 1

Sukta 4: Indra called like a milch cow daily

Rishi: मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्रः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: गायत्री

10 verses · 4 of 191

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Indra called like a milch cow daily

As a milker calls a good milch cow, so day after day Madhuchchhandas Vaishvamitra calls Indra, maker of fair forms, in gayatri metre. Come to our pressings, Soma-drinker, drink; your joy gives cattle. Let us know your closest favours. Go and ask the wise Indra, the poet tells a companion, who gives the best to his friends. Let even critics say we are favoured, and let us stand in Indra's shelter. Having drunk this Soma, Shatakratu became the slayer of Vritras and helped the racer in contests. Sing to Indra, the great guardian of wealth, the friend of the one who presses.

4.1

सु॒रू॒प॒कृ॒त्नुमू॒तये॑ सु॒दुघा॑मिव गो॒दुहे॑ ।
जु॒हू॒मसि॒ द्यवि॑द्यवि

surūpakṛtnumūtaye sudughāmiva goduhe |
juhūmasi dyavidyavi

4.2

उप॑ न॒ः सव॒ना ग॑हि॒ सोम॑स्य सोमपाः पिब ।
गो॒दा इद्रे॒वतो॒ मद॑ः

upa naḥ savanā gahi somasya somapāḥ piba |
godā idrevato madaḥ

4.3

अथा॑ ते॒ अन्त॑मानां वि॒द्याम॑ सुमती॒नाम् ।
मा नो॒ अति॑ ख्य॒ आ ग॑हि

athā te antamānāṃ vidyāma sumatīnām |
mā no ati khya ā gahi

4.4

परे॑हि॒ विग्र॒मस्तृ॑त॒मिन्द्रं॑ पृच्छा विप॒श्चित॑म् ।
यस्ते॒ सखि॑भ्य॒ आ वर॑म्

parehi vigramastṛtamindraṃ pṛcchā vipaścitam |
yaste sakhibhya ā varam