Sukta 29
आ॒शीर्ण॒ ऊर्ज॑मु॒त सौ॑प्रजा॒स्त्वं दक्षं॑ धत्तं॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ सचे॑तसौ । जयं॒ क्षेत्रा॑णि॒ सह॑सा॒यमि॑न्द्र कृण्वा॒नो अ॒न्यानध॑रान्त्स॒पत्ना॑न्
āśī́r no ū́rjam utá su-prajā́s tváṃ dákṣaṃ dhattáṃ dráviṇaṃ sácetasau | jáyaṃ kṣétrāṇi sáhasāyám índra kṛṇvā́nó anyā́n ádharānt sápátnān
A blessing for us—nourishing strength, and goodly offspring: thou, and ye twain of one accord, set in us ability and substance. Winning the fields by force, O Indra, making the others low beneath—our rivals.
بركةٌ لنا—قوّةٌ مُغذّيةٌ وذرّيّةٌ صالحة؛ أنتَ، وأنتما الاثنانِ على اتّفاقٍ، ضَعوا فينا الكفاءةَ (dakṣa) والثروةَ (draviṇa). يا إندرا، اغلبِ الحقولَ بالقوّة، واجعلِ الآخرينَ أسفلَ—خصومَنا.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly within Indra-victory corpora).
Devata: Indra (with a dual-addressed allied power implied by dhattam/sacetasau).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence; two pādas per hemistich typical of triṣṭubh style).
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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