Mantra 18
Sukta 92
नकिष्टं कर्मणा नशद् यश्चकार सदावृधम्। इन्द्रं न यज्ञैर्विश्वगूर्तमृभ्वसमधृष्टं धृष्ण्वोऽजसम्
nákiṣ ṭáṁ kármaṇā naśad yáś cakā́ra sadā́vṛdham | índraṁ ná yajñáir viśvágūrtam ṛ́bhvasam ádhṛṣṭaṁ dhṛ́ṣṇvo’jásam
None by deed attains to him who hath made himself ever-growing; nor (do men reach) Indra—universally lauded with sacrifices—skilful, unassailed, bold, unfailing.
لا أحدَ يبلغُه بعملٍ—هو الذي جعلَ نفسَه دائمَ النماء؛ ولا (يبلغ الناس) إندرا—المُمَجَّدَ في كلِّ جهةٍ باليَجْنَا (yajña)—الماهرَ، غيرَ المُعْتَدَى عليه، الجسورَ، الذي لا يَخْذُل.
Rishi: RV-source r̥ṣi attribution (Indra-stotra tradition) carried into AV 20.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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