Mantra 11

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्राणीमासु नारिषु सुभगामहमश्रवम्। नह्यऽस्या अपरं चन जरसा मरते पतिर्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः

IAST Transliteration

indrā́ṇīm ā́su nā́riṣu subhágām ahám aśravam | ná hy ásyā áparaṃ cána járasā́ márate pátir víśvasmā́d índra úttaraḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indrāṇī, among these women, as fortunate have I heard proclaimed: for of her the husband dies not, not even by age—above all, Indra is the higher.

Attribution

Rishi: Indrāṇī

Devata: Indra (as protector of marriage); Saubhāgya (as abstract power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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