Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7

Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 1

इन्द्र॒मिद्गा॒थिनो॑ बृ॒हदिन्द्र॑म॒र्केभि॑र॒र्किणः॑ इन्द्रं॒ वाणी॑रनूषत

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"INDRA the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds, Indra the choirs have glorified."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 2

इन्द्र॒ इद्धर्योः॒ सचा॒ सम्मि॑श्ल॒ आ व॑चो॒युजा॑ इन्द्रो॑ व॒ज्री हि॑र॒ण्ययः॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked car, Indra the golden, thunder-armed."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 3

इन्द्रो॑ दी॒र्घाय॒ चक्ष॑स॒ आ सूर्यं॑ रोहयद्दि॒वि वि गोभि॒रद्रि॑मैरयत्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Indra hath raised the Sun on high in heaven, that he may see afar: He burst the mountain for the kine."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 4

इन्द्र॒ वाजे॑षु नोऽव स॒हस्र॑प्रधनेषु च उ॒ग्र उ॒ग्राभि॑रू॒तिभिः॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Help us, O Indra, in the frays, yea, frays, where thousand spoils are gained, With awful aids, O awful One."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 5

इन्द्रं॑ व॒यं म॑हाध॒न इन्द्र॒मर्भे॑ हवामहे युजं॑ वृ॒त्रेषु॑ व॒ज्रिण॑म्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"In mighty battle we invoke Indra, Indra in lesser fight, The Friend who bends his bolt at fiends."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 6

स नो॑ वृषन्न॒मुं च॒रुं सत्रा॑दाव॒न्नपा॑ वृधि अ॒स्मभ्य॒मप्र॑तिष्कुतः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Unclose, our manly Hero, thou for ever bounteous, yonder cloud, For us, thou irresistible."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 7

तु॒ञ्जेतु॑ञ्जे॒ य उत्त॑रे॒ स्तोमा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य व॒ज्रिणः॑ न वि॑न्धे अस्य सुष्टु॒तिम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Still higher, at each strain of mine, thunder-armed Indra's praises rise: I find no laud worthy of him."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 8

वृषा॑ यू॒थेव॒ वंस॑गः कृ॒ष्टीरि॑य॒र्त्योज॑सा ईशा॑नो॒ अप्र॑तिष्कुतः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Even as the bull drives on the herds, he drives the people with his might, The Ruler irresistible:"

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 9

य एक॑श्चर्षणी॒नां वसू॑नामिर॒ज्यति॑ इन्द्रः॒ पञ्च॑ क्षिती॒नाम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Indra who rules with single sway men, riches, and the fivefold race Of those who dwell upon the earth."

Rigveda

Mandala 1, Hymn 7, Verse 10

इन्द्रं॑ वो वि॒श्वत॒स्परि॒ हवा॑महे॒ जने॑भ्यः अ॒स्माक॑मस्तु॒ केव॑लः

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"For your sake from each side we call Indra away from other men: Ours, and none others', may he be."