Mantra 13

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नेमा इन्द्र गावो रिषन् मो आसां गोप रीरिषत्। मासाममित्रयुर्जन इन्द्र मा स्तेन ईशत

IAST Transliteration

né imā́ indra gā́vo riṣan mā́ āsā́m gópo rīriṣat | mā́ āsām amítra-yur jána índra mā́ stená īśata ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not these cows, O Indra, be harmed; let not their herdsman injure them. Let no foe-minded man have power over them; O Indra, let not the thief be lord (of them).

Translation

ਹੇ ਇੰਦਰ, ਇਹ ਗਾਂਵਾਂ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਨਾ ਪਾਉਣ; ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਗੋਪ (ਗੋਵਾਲਾ) ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚੋਟ ਨਾ ਮਾਰੇ। ਵੈਰੀ-ਮਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਕੋਈ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੱਸ ਨਾ ਪਾਏ; ਹੇ ਇੰਦਰ, ਚੋਰ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਮਾਲਕ ਨਾ ਬਣੇ।

Word by Word

नnot

इमाḥthese

इन्द्रO Indra

गावःcows

रिषन्harm (them)! / do harm

माdo not

आसाम्of these

गोपO cowherd / herdsman

रीरिषत्has harmed / harms

माdo not

आसाम्of these

अमित्रयुःthe hostile one / enemy-seeker

जनःperson, folk

इन्द्रO Indra

माdo not

स्तेनःthief

ईशतrule, prevail

Attribution

Rishi: To be specified per Anukramaṇī for 20.127 (RV-derived).

Devata: Indra (as protector of cattle and enforcer against thieves)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (verify in Anukramaṇī)

Mantra Rasa

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