Rigveda 1.129.03
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 129 · Verse 1.129.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
द॒स्मो हि ष्मा॒ वृष॑णं॒ पिन्व॑सि॒ त्वचं॒ कं चि॑द्यावीर॒ररुं॑ शूर॒ मर्त्यं॑ परिवृ॒णक्षि॒ मर्त्य॑म् । इन्द्रो॒त तुभ्यं॒ तद्दि॒वे तद्रु॒द्राय॒ स्वय॑शसे । मि॒त्राय॑ वोचं॒ वरु॑णाय स॒प्रथः॑ सुमृळी॒काय॑ स॒प्रथः॑
dasmo hi ṣmā vṛṣaṇaṃ pinvasi tvacaṃ kaṃ cidyāvīrararuṃ śūra martyaṃ parivṛṇakṣi martyam indrota tubhyaṃ taddive tadrudrāya svayaśase mitrāya vocaṃ varuṇāya saprathaḥ sumṛḷīkāya saprathaḥ
Seven times you strengthen the bull-like hero; you surround mortal strength with youth, O heroic one, you encircle the mortal. Indra to you gave those powers in the sky, to Rudra his fame. To Mitra he spoke, to Varuna first, to the kindly famed one first.
You, the subduer (of adversaries), pierce every rain (confining) skin; you overtake, hero, every flying mortal (cloud), and abandon (it) when exhausted (of its water) for such glorious deed, Indra, I offer praise to you; to heaven; to the self-glorifying Rudra; to Mitra; (to each) the benefactor (of mankind) for such glorious (deed).
Thou, Mighty, pourest forth the hide that holds the rain, thou keepest far away, Hero, the wicked man, thou shuttest out the wicked man. Indra, to thee I sing, to Dyaus, to Rudra glorious in himself, To Mitra, Varuna I sing a far-famed hymn to the kind God a far-famed hymn.