Rig Veda 1.129.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 129, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.129

Devata: Indra (with extensions to Dyaus/Heaven, Rudra, Mitra, Varuṇa)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दस्मो हि ष्मा वृषणं पिन्वसि त्वचं कं चिद्यावीरररुं शूर मर्त्यं परिवृणक्षि मर्त्यम् । इन्द्रोत तुभ्यं तद्दिवे तद्रुद्राय स्वयशसे । मित्राय वोचं वरुणाय सप्रथः सुमृळीकाय सप्रथः ॥

Transliteration

dasmó hí ṣmā vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ pínvasi tvácaṃ káṃ cid yāvīr arárum śūra mártyaṃ parivṛ́ṇakṣi mártyam | índro uta túbhyaṃ tád divé tád rudrā́ya sváyaśase | mitrā́ya vocaṃ váruṇāya sa-práthaḥ sumṛḷīkā́ya sa-práthaḥ ||

Translation

For you are indeed the wonderful one: you swell the Bull-force and even the skin of some weak mortal; O hero, you encompass and cover the mortal. Indra, this I speak for you—also for Heaven, and for Rudra of self-glory; for Mitra I speak, for Varuṇa wide in law, for the gracious one wide in grace.

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