Mandala 1

Sukta 56: Indra climbs to the Soma like a stallion

Rishi: सव्य आङ्गिरसः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: जगती

6 verses · 56 of 191

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Indra climbs to the Soma like a stallion

A short jagati sukta of Savya Angirasa. Eager Indra goes to the many Soma cups as a stallion to the mare, and the singers' praises flow around him like streams to the sea. His strength flashes like a mountain peak; with it he bound Shushna the deceiver. Strength clings to him as Surya to Ushas, and he drives away darkness. In the joy of Soma he struck Vritra, opened the flood of waters and set firm the support of heaven.

56.1

ए॒ष प्र पू॒र्वीरव॒ तस्य॑ च॒म्रिषोऽत्यो॒ न योषा॒मुद॑यंस्त भु॒र्वणि॑ः ।
दक्षं॑ म॒हे पा॑ययते हिर॒ण्ययं॒ रथ॑मा॒वृत्या॒ हरि॑योग॒मृभ्व॑सम्

eṣa pra pūrvīrava tasya camriṣo'tyo na yoṣāmudayaṃsta bhurvaṇiḥ |
dakṣaṃ mahe pāyayate hiraṇyayaṃ rathamāvṛtyā hariyogamṛbhvasam

56.2

तं गू॒र्तयो॑ नेम॒न्निष॒ः परी॑णसः समु॒द्रं न सं॒चर॑णे सनि॒ष्यव॑ः ।
पतिं॒ दक्ष॑स्य वि॒दथ॑स्य॒ नू सहो॑ गि॒रिं न वे॒ना अधि॑ रोह॒ तेज॑सा

taṃ gūrtayo nemanniṣaḥ parīṇasaḥ samudraṃ na saṃcaraṇe saniṣyavaḥ |
patiṃ dakṣasya vidathasya nū saho giriṃ na venā adhi roha tejasā

56.3

स तु॒र्वणि॑र्म॒हाँ अ॑रे॒णु पौंस्ये॑ गि॒रेर्भृ॒ष्टिर्न भ्रा॑जते तु॒जा शव॑ः ।
येन॒ शुष्णं॑ मा॒यिन॑माय॒सो मदे॑ दु॒ध्र आ॒भूषु॑ रा॒मय॒न्नि दाम॑नि

sa turvaṇirmahām̐ areṇu pauṃsye girerbhṛṣṭirna bhrājate tujā śavaḥ |
yena śuṣṇaṃ māyinamāyaso made dudhra ābhūṣu rāmayanni dāmani

56.4

दे॒वी यदि॒ तवि॑षी॒ त्वावृ॑धो॒तय॒ इन्द्रं॒ सिष॑क्त्यु॒षसं॒ न सूर्य॑ः ।
यो धृ॒ष्णुना॒ शव॑सा॒ बाध॑ते॒ तम॒ इय॑र्ति रे॒णुं बृ॒हद॑र्हरि॒ष्वणि॑ः

devī yadi taviṣī tvāvṛdhotaya indraṃ siṣaktyuṣasaṃ na sūryaḥ |
yo dhṛṣṇunā śavasā bādhate tama iyarti reṇuṃ bṛhadarhariṣvaṇiḥ

56.5

वि यत्ति॒रो ध॒रुण॒मच्यु॑तं॒ रजोऽति॑ष्ठिपो दि॒व आता॑सु ब॒र्हणा॑ ।
स्व॑र्मीळ्हे॒ यन्मद॑ इन्द्र॒ हर्ष्याह॑न्वृ॒त्रं निर॒पामौ॑ब्जो अर्ण॒वम्

vi yattiro dharuṇamacyutaṃ rajo'tiṣṭhipo diva ātāsu barhaṇā |
svarmīḻhe yanmada indra harṣyāhanvṛtraṃ nirapāmaubjo arṇavam

56.6

त्वं दि॒वो ध॒रुणं॑ धिष॒ ओज॑सा पृथि॒व्या इ॑न्द्र॒ सद॑नेषु॒ माहि॑नः ।
त्वं सु॒तस्य॒ मदे॑ अरिणा अ॒पो वि वृ॒त्रस्य॑ स॒मया॑ पा॒ष्या॑रुजः

tvaṃ divo dharuṇaṃ dhiṣa ojasā pṛthivyā indra sadaneṣu māhinaḥ |
tvaṃ sutasya made ariṇā apo vi vṛtrasya samayā pāṣyārujaḥ

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