Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59

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

Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 1

प्र नु वो॑चा सु॒तेषु॑ वां वी॒र्या॒३॒॑ यानि॑ च॒क्रथुः॑ ह॒तासो॑ वां पि॒तरो॑ दे॒वश॑त्रव॒ इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ जीव॑थो यु॒वम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"I WILL declare, while juices flow, the manly deeds that ye have done: Your Fathers, enemies of Gods, were smitten down, and, Indra-Agni, ye survive."

Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 2

बळि॒त्था म॑हि॒मा वा॒मिन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ पनि॑ष्ठ॒ आ स॒मा॒नो वां॑ जनि॒ता भ्रात॑रा यु॒वं य॒मावि॒हेह॑मातरा

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Thus, Indra-Agnip verily your greatness merits loftiest praise, Sprung from one common Father, brothers, twins are ye; your Mother is in every place."

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Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 3

ओ॒कि॒वांसा॑ सु॒ते सचाँ॒ अश्वा॒ सप्ती॑ इ॒वाद॑ने इन्द्रा॒ न्व१॒॑ग्नी अव॑से॒ह व॒ज्रिणा॑ व॒यं दे॒वा ह॑वामहे

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"These who delight in flowing juice, like fellow horses at their food, Indra and Agni, Gods armed with the thunderbolt, we call this day to come with help."

Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 4

य इ॑न्द्राग्नी सु॒तेषु॑ वां॒ स्तव॒त्तेष्वृ॑तावृधा जो॒ष॒वा॒कं वद॑तः पज्रहोषिणा॒ न दे॑वा भ॒सथ॑श्च॒न

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Indra and Agni, Friends of Law, served with rich gifts, your speech is kind To him who praises you while these libations flow: that man, O Gods, ye ne'er consume."

Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 5

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ को अ॒स्य वां॒ देवौ॒ मर्त॑श्चिकेतति विषू॑चो॒ अश्वा॑न्युयुजा॒न ई॑यत॒ एकः॑ समा॒न आ रथे॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"What mortal understands, O Gods, Indra and Agni, this your way? One of you, yoking Steeds that move to every side, advances in your common car."

Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 6

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी अ॒पादि॒यं पूर्वागा॑त्प॒द्वती॑भ्यः हि॒त्वी शिरो॑ जि॒ह्वया॒ वाव॑द॒च्चर॑त्त्रिं॒शत्प॒दा न्य॑क्रमीत्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"First, Indra-Agni, hath this Maid come footless unto those with feet. Stretching her head and speaking loudly with her tongue, she hath gone downward thirty steps."

Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 7

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ आ हि त॑न्व॒ते नरो॒ धन्वा॑नि बा॒ह्वोः मा नो॑ अ॒स्मिन्म॑हाध॒ने परा॑ वर्क्तं॒ गवि॑ष्टिषु

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"E'en now, O Indra-Agni, men hold in their arms and stretch their bows. Desert us not in this great fray, in battles for the sake of kine."

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Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 8

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ तप॑न्ति मा॒घा अ॒र्यो अरा॑तयः अप॒ द्वेषां॒स्या कृ॑तं युयु॒तं सूर्या॒दधि॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"The foeman's sinful enmities, Indra and Agni, vex me sore. Drive those who hate me far away, and keep them distant from the Sun."

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Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 9

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी यु॒वोरपि॒ वसु॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ पार्थि॑वा आ न॑ इ॒ह प्र य॑च्छतं र॒यिं वि॒श्वायु॑पोषसम्

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"Indra and Agni, yours are all the treasures of the heavens and earth. Here give ye us the opulence that prospers every living man."

Rigveda

Mandala 6, Hymn 59, Verse 10

इन्द्रा॑ग्नी उक्थवाहसा॒ स्तोमे॑भिर्हवनश्रुता विश्वा॑भिर्गी॒र्भिरा ग॑तम॒स्य सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑

Translations (english)
Ralph T.H. Griffith

"O Indra-Agni, who accept the laud, and hear us for our praise, Come near us, drawn by all our songs, to drink of this our Soma juice."