Mandala 6

Sukta 69: Indra and Vishnu, the wide strides

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: इन्द्राविष्णू · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

8 verses · 69 of 75

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Indra and Vishnu, the wide strides

Bharadvaja Barhaspatya sends his work and his offering to Indra and Vishnu together, in trishtubh, asking them to carry him across by paths free of harm. They are the begetters of every thought, the jars that hold the Soma, lords of delight; let them come with treasure and hear his prayers. In the joy of Soma they strode wide, made the air broader and spread out the worlds so that we may live. They are an ocean, a vessel holding Soma. The last mantra is famous: both have won and neither is defeated; when Indra and Vishnu contended, they divided the thousand in three.

69.1

सं वां॒ कर्म॑णा॒ समि॒षा हि॑नो॒मीन्द्रा॑विष्णू॒ अप॑सस्पा॒रे अ॒स्य ।
जु॒षेथां॑ य॒ज्ञं द्रवि॑णं च धत्त॒मरि॑ष्टैर्नः प॒थिभि॑ः पा॒रय॑न्ता

saṃ vāṃ karmaṇā samiṣā hinomīndrāviṣṇū apasaspāre asya |
juṣethāṃ yajñaṃ draviṇaṃ ca dhattamariṣṭairnaḥ pathibhiḥ pārayantā

69.2

या विश्वा॑सां जनि॒तारा॑ मती॒नामिन्द्रा॒विष्णू॑ क॒लशा॑ सोम॒धाना॑ ।
प्र वां॒ गिर॑ः श॒स्यमा॑ना अवन्तु॒ प्र स्तोमा॑सो गी॒यमा॑नासो अ॒र्कैः

yā viśvāsāṃ janitārā matīnāmindrāviṣṇū kalaśā somadhānā |
pra vāṃ giraḥ śasyamānā avantu pra stomāso gīyamānāso arkaiḥ

69.3

इन्द्रा॑विष्णू मदपती मदाना॒मा सोमं॑ यातं॒ द्रवि॑णो॒ दधा॑ना ।
सं वा॑मञ्जन्त्व॒क्तुभि॑र्मती॒नां सं स्तोमा॑सः श॒स्यमा॑नास उ॒क्थैः

indrāviṣṇū madapatī madānāmā somaṃ yātaṃ draviṇo dadhānā |
saṃ vāmañjantvaktubhirmatīnāṃ saṃ stomāsaḥ śasyamānāsa ukthaiḥ

69.4

आ वा॒मश्वा॑सो अभिमाति॒षाह॒ इन्द्रा॑विष्णू सध॒मादो॑ वहन्तु ।
जु॒षेथां॒ विश्वा॒ हव॑ना मती॒नामुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि शृणुतं॒ गिरो॑ मे

ā vāmaśvāso abhimātiṣāha indrāviṣṇū sadhamādo vahantu |
juṣethāṃ viśvā havanā matīnāmupa brahmāṇi śṛṇutaṃ giro me

69.5

इन्द्रा॑विष्णू॒ तत्प॑न॒याय्यं॑ वां॒ सोम॑स्य॒ मद॑ उ॒रु च॑क्रमाथे ।
अकृ॑णुतम॒न्तरि॑क्षं॒ वरी॒योऽप्र॑थतं जी॒वसे॑ नो॒ रजां॑सि

indrāviṣṇū tatpanayāyyaṃ vāṃ somasya mada uru cakramāthe |
akṛṇutamantarikṣaṃ varīyo'prathataṃ jīvase no rajāṃsi

69.6

इन्द्रा॑विष्णू ह॒विषा॑ वावृधा॒नाग्रा॑द्वाना॒ नम॑सा रातहव्या ।
घृता॑सुती॒ द्रवि॑णं धत्तम॒स्मे स॑मु॒द्रः स्थ॑ः क॒लश॑ः सोम॒धान॑ः

indrāviṣṇū haviṣā vāvṛdhānāgrādvānā namasā rātahavyā |
ghṛtāsutī draviṇaṃ dhattamasme samudraḥ sthaḥ kalaśaḥ somadhānaḥ

69.7

इन्द्रा॑विष्णू॒ पिब॑तं॒ मध्वो॑ अ॒स्य सोम॑स्य दस्रा ज॒ठरं॑ पृणेथाम् ।
आ वा॒मन्धां॑सि मदि॒राण्य॑ग्म॒न्नुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि शृणुतं॒ हवं॑ मे

indrāviṣṇū pibataṃ madhvo asya somasya dasrā jaṭharaṃ pṛṇethām |
ā vāmandhāṃsi madirāṇyagmannupa brahmāṇi śṛṇutaṃ havaṃ me

69.8

उ॒भा जि॑ग्यथु॒र्न परा॑ जयेथे॒ न परा॑ जिग्ये कत॒रश्च॒नैनो॑ः ।
इन्द्र॑श्च विष्णो॒ यदप॑स्पृधेथां त्रे॒धा स॒हस्रं॒ वि तदै॑रयेथाम्

ubhā jigyathurna parā jayethe na parā jigye kataraścanainoḥ |
indraśca viṣṇo yadapaspṛdhethāṃ tredhā sahasraṃ vi tadairayethām

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