Mantra 5
Sukta 34
यं स्मा पृच्छन्ति कुह सेति घोरमुतेमाहुर्नैषो अस्तीत्येनम्। सो अर्यः पुष्टीर्विज इवा मिनाति श्रदस्मै धत्त स जनास इन्द्रः
yáṃ smā́ pṛcchánti kúha séti ghóram utémā́hur náiṣó astī́ty énām | só aryáḥ púṣṭīr víja ivā́ mināti śrád asmai dhatta sá janāsa índraḥ́
Whom men, in sooth, ask of—‘Where is he?’—the dreadful one; and of this very one they say, ‘He is not,’—of him: that noble Lord abateth prosperities, as ’twere, of the folk. Set ye your faith in him: he, O peoples, is Indra.
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Indra-stuti seers; in AV 20 (largely RV borrowings), the RV attribution for the source hymn applies by concordance.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (by RV source-pattern for this Indra-stuti; AV 20 commonly preserves RV meters)
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