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Sukta 10.180
Indra
Is mantra mein Indra ko bulaya gaya hai. Wo bahut baar pukare ja chuke hero hain. Indra se dushmanon ko harane ki prayer hai. Wo apne haath se dhan aur sampatti laate hain. Indra pahadon par ghoomne wala balwan hai. Wo apne hathiyar tej karta hai. Dushman senaon ko bhaga deta hai. Ek safe jagah banata hai jahan devta kaam kar sakte hain.
Mantra 1
प्र ससाहिषे पुरुहूत शत्रूञ्ज्येष्ठस्ते शुष्म इह रातिरस्तु । इन्द्रा भर दक्षिणेना वसूनि पतिः सिन्धूनामसि रेवतीनाम् ॥
Tum bahut taqatwar ho Indra, dushmanon par jeet rahe ho. Tumhara bal sabse bada hai, yahan dena shuru karo. Indra, apni taqat se dhan lao. Tum nadiyon aur khazanon ke malik ho.
Mantra 2
मृगो न भीमः कुचरो गिरिष्ठाः परावत आ जगन्था परस्याः । सृकं संशाय पविमिन्द्र तिग्मं वि शत्रून्ताळ्हि वि मृधो नुदस्व ॥
Tum daravna janwar jaisa ho jo pahadon mein ghoomta hai. Tum bahut door se aaye ho. Indra, apna hathiyar tez karo. Dushmanon ko tod do, unka hamla peeche hata do.
Mantra 3
इन्द्र क्षत्रमभि वाममोजोऽजायथा वृषभ चर्षणीनाम् । अपानुदो जनममित्रयन्तमुरुं देवेभ्यो अकृणोरु लोकम् ॥
Indra, tum logon ke beech main leader ban ke paida hue. Tumne dushmani failane wale logon ko bhaga diya. Bhagwan ke liye tumne ek badi duniya bana di. Jahan woh apna kaam kar sakein.
It asks Indra to defeat enemies and assaults, to bring prosperity through “right-handed” (auspicious, rightful) power, and to establish a wide, safe space for divine order.
The image emphasizes Indra’s fearsome, untamed strength and his ability to come from far away and strike decisively against threats.
It means creating a broad, secure field—outerly as protection and order in life, and innerly as mental-spiritual space where higher qualities can function freely.
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