Rigveda 6.034.03
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 34 · Verse 6.34.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न यं हिंस॑न्ति धी॒तयो॒ न वाणी॒रिन्द्रं॒ नक्ष॒न्तीद॒भि व॒र्धय॑न्तीः । यदि॑ स्तो॒तारः॑ श॒तं यत्स॒हस्रं॑ गृ॒णन्ति॒ गिर्व॑णसं॒ शं तद॑स्मै
na yaṃ hiṃsanti dhītayo na vāṇīrindraṃ nakṣantīdabhi vardhayantīḥ yadi stotāraḥ śataṃ yatsahasraṃ gṛṇanti girvaṇasaṃ śaṃ tadasmai
Not those who are wise hurt him, nor do the words strike Indra; the swift ones do not increase him. If a hundred or a thousand singers praise what the voice and speech have proclaimed, that (praise) is for him.
All praises contributing to his exaltation proceed to Indra, whom no acts, no words can harm, since hundreds and thousands of adorers glorify him who is entitled to praise, and so afford him gratification.
They make their way to Indra and exalt him, bim whom no prayers and no laudations trouble; For when a hundred or a thousand singers. laud him who loves the song their praise delights him.