Rigveda 8.040.09
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 40 · Verse 8.40.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पू॒र्वीष्ट॑ इ॒न्द्रोप॑मातयः पू॒र्वीरु॒त प्रश॑स्तयः॒ सूनो॑ हि॒न्वस्य॑ हरिवः । वस्वो॑ वी॒रस्या॒पृचो॒ या नु साध॑न्त नो॒ धियो॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे
pūrvīṣṭa indropamātayaḥ pūrvīruta praśastayaḥ sūno hinvasya harivaḥ vasvo vīrasyāpṛco yā nu sādhanta no dhiyo nabhantāmanyake same
Indra, like the forerunner, famed among the mighty, is the son who conquers—may the Vasus, the heroic, grant us intellect that makes many others equal in heaven.
Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, instrumental gator (of acts), may the numerous merits, the many excellences ofyou, who are the bestower of affluence and of male offspring, perfect our understandings; may all ouradversaries perish.
O Indra, many are thine aids, many thy ways of guiding us, Lord of the Bay Steeds, Hinva's Son. To a Good Hero come our prayers, which soon shall have accomplishment.