Rig Veda 4.20.6 - Mandala 4, Sukta 20, Mantra 6

Rig Veda 4.20.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 20, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.20

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गिरिर्न यः स्वतवाँ ऋष्व इन्द्रः सनादेव सहसे जात उग्रः । आदर्ता वज्रं स्थविरं न भीम उद्नेव कोशं वसुना न्यृष्टम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.20.6

Transliteration

girí r na yáḥ sva-távāṃ ṛ́ṣva índraḥ sanā́d eva sáhase jātá ugráḥ | ā́dartā vájraṃ stháviraṃ na bhīmá udnā́ iva kóśaṃ vásunā ny-ṛ́ṣṭam ||

Translation

自らの力により山のごとくそびえ立つ、崇高なるインドラ。いにしえより彼は力のために生まれし、猛き者。彼は金剛（vajra）を支え持つ、堅固にして恐るべからず。富をもって水底に据えられた宝匣のように、彼は内に諸々の豊穣を蔵する。

Word by Word

गिरिःmountain

नlike, as

यःwho

स्वतवाँself-strong, possessing innate might

ऋष्वःlofty, towering

इन्द्रःIndra

सनात्from of old, since ancient times

एवindeed, just

सहसेfor might, for power

जातःborn

उग्रःfierce, formidable

आदर्ताthe smiter/striker, the one who hurls

वज्रम्thunderbolt

स्थविरम्stout, massive

नlike

भीमम्terrible

उद्नाwith water; by water

इवas if, like

कोशम्container, vessel, sheath

वसुनाwith wealth/treasure

न्यृष्टम्poured down/laid in, deposited

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