शा॒स इ॒त्था म॒हाँ अ॑स्यमित्रखा॒दो अद्भु॑तः ।
न यस्य॑ ह॒न्यते॒ सखा॒ न जीय॑ते॒ कदा॑ च॒न
śāsa itthā mahām̐ asyamitrakhādo adbhutaḥ |
na yasya hanyate sakhā na jīyate kadā cana
Mandala 10
Sukta 152: Indra, ruler who gives fearlessness
Rishi: शासो भारद्वाजः · Devata: इन्द्रः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्
5 verses · 152 of 191
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Indra, ruler who gives fearlessness
Shasa Bharadvaja praises Indra in anushtubh. You are a great ruler, wonderful, devourer of foes; your friend is never slain and never overcome. Lord of the clans, giver of welfare, slayer of Vritra, master of enemies, the bull Indra, drinker of soma, maker of fearlessness, is asked to go before us. Strike away the rakshas and the foes, break Vritra's jaws, Indra, and the fury of the enemy who would enslave us. Bring low those who fight us; send to lowest darkness the one who attacks. Turn away the hater's mind and the weapon of the one who would harm; give wide shelter from wrath.
स्व॒स्ति॒दा वि॒शस्पति॑र्वृत्र॒हा वि॑मृ॒धो व॒शी ।
वृषेन्द्र॑ः पु॒र ए॑तु नः सोम॒पा अ॑भयंक॒रः
svastidā viśaspatirvṛtrahā vimṛdho vaśī |
vṛṣendraḥ pura etu naḥ somapā abhayaṃkaraḥ
वि रक्षो॒ वि मृधो॑ जहि॒ वि वृ॒त्रस्य॒ हनू॑ रुज ।
वि म॒न्युमि॑न्द्र वृत्रहन्न॒मित्र॑स्याभि॒दास॑तः
vi rakṣo vi mṛdho jahi vi vṛtrasya hanū ruja |
vi manyumindra vṛtrahannamitrasyābhidāsataḥ
वि न॑ इन्द्र॒ मृधो॑ जहि नी॒चा य॑च्छ पृतन्य॒तः ।
यो अ॒स्माँ अ॑भि॒दास॒त्यध॑रं गमया॒ तम॑ः
vi na indra mṛdho jahi nīcā yaccha pṛtanyataḥ |
yo asmām̐ abhidāsatyadharaṃ gamayā tamaḥ
अपे॑न्द्र द्विष॒तो मनोऽप॒ जिज्या॑सतो व॒धम् ।
वि म॒न्योः शर्म॑ यच्छ॒ वरी॑यो यवया व॒धम्
apendra dviṣato mano'pa jijyāsato vadham |
vi manyoḥ śarma yaccha varīyo yavayā vadham
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