Mandala 1

Sukta 5: Friends, sit down and sing to Indra

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

10 verses · 5 of 191

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Friends, sit down and sing to Indra

Come, friends who carry praise, sit down and sing to Indra: Madhuchchhandas Vaishvamitra opens this gayatri sukta with a call to fellow singers. Indra is the first of many, lord of all desirable things, and he stands by us in getting and keeping, in wealth and in wisdom. The pure Soma mixed with curds goes to the drinker of the pressed drink. He was born at once grown, for the drinking of Soma and for supremacy. Let songs and hymns increase him. The last verse asks the lord of praise to turn away the weapon of any mortal who would harm our bodies.

5.1

आ त्वेता॒ नि षी॑द॒तेन्द्र॑म॒भि प्र गा॑यत ।
सखा॑य॒ः स्तोम॑वाहसः

ā tvetā ni ṣīdatendramabhi pra gāyata |
sakhāyaḥ stomavāhasaḥ

5.2

पु॒रू॒तमं॑ पुरू॒णामीशा॑नं॒ वार्या॑णाम् ।
इन्द्रं॒ सोमे॒ सचा॑ सु॒ते

purūtamaṃ purūṇāmīśānaṃ vāryāṇām |
indraṃ some sacā sute

5.3

स घा॑ नो॒ योग॒ आ भु॑व॒त्स रा॒ये स पुरं॑ध्याम् ।
गम॒द्वाजे॑भि॒रा स न॑ः

sa ghā no yoga ā bhuvatsa rāye sa puraṃdhyām |
gamadvājebhirā sa naḥ

5.4

यस्य॑ सं॒स्थे न वृ॒ण्वते॒ हरी॑ स॒मत्सु॒ शत्र॑वः ।
तस्मा॒ इन्द्रा॑य गायत

yasya saṃsthe na vṛṇvate harī samatsu śatravaḥ |
tasmā indrāya gāyata