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Ṛk 3.39.4

Indra · Viśvāmitra Gāthina

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Saṃhitā

नकि॑रेषां निंदि॒ता मर्त्ये॑षु॒ ये अ॒स्माकं॑ पि॒तरो॒ गोषु॑ यो॒धाः ।
इंद्र॑ एषां दृंहि॒ता माहि॑नावा॒नुद्गो॒त्राणि॑ ससृजे दं॒सना॑वान् ॥

नकिर् एषां निन्दिता मर्त्येषु ये अस्माकम् पितरो गोषु योधाः |
इन्द्र एषां दृंहिता माहिनावान् उद् गोत्राणि ससृजे दंसनावान् ||

nákireṣām ninditā́ mártyeṣu yé asmā́kam pitáro góṣu yodhā́ḥ ǀ
índra eṣām dṛṃhitā́ mā́hināvānúdgotrā́ṇi sasṛje daṃsánāvān ǁ

nakir eṣāṃ ninditā martyeṣu ye asmākam pitaro goṣu yodhāḥ |
indra eṣāṃ dṛṃhitā māhināvān ud gotrāṇi sasṛje daṃsanāvān ||

Padapāṭha

नकिः॑ । ए॒षा॒म् । नि॒न्दि॒ता । मर्त्ये॑षु । ये । अ॒स्माक॑म् । पि॒तरः॑ । गोषु॑ । यो॒धाः ।
इन्द्रः॑ । ए॒षा॒म् । दृं॒हि॒ता । माहि॑नऽवान् । उत् । गो॒त्राणि॑ । स॒सृ॒जे॒ । दं॒सना॑ऽवान् ॥

नकिः । एषाम् । निन्दिता । मर्त्येषु । ये । अस्माकम् । पितरः । गोषु । योधाः ।
इन्द्रः । एषाम् । दृंहिता । माहिनऽवान् । उत् । गोत्राणि । ससृजे । दंसनाऽवान् ॥

nákiḥ ǀ eṣām ǀ ninditā́ ǀ mártyeṣu ǀ yé ǀ asmā́kam ǀ pitáraḥ ǀ góṣu ǀ yodhā́ḥ ǀ
índraḥ ǀ eṣām ǀ dṛṃhitā́ ǀ mā́hina-vān ǀ út ǀ gotrā́ṇi ǀ sasṛje ǀ daṃsánā-vān ǁ

nakiḥ ǀ eṣām ǀ ninditā ǀ martyeṣu ǀ ye ǀ asmākam ǀ pitaraḥ ǀ goṣu ǀ yodhāḥ ǀ
indraḥ ǀ eṣām ǀ dṛṃhitā ǀ māhina-vān ǀ ut ǀ gotrāṇi ǀ sasṛje ǀ daṃsanā-vān ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
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Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
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Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
03.04.004
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 3.39.4

Interpretations

Sri Aurobindo

None is there among mortals who can blame (or, as I should rather interpret, no mortal power can confine or obstruct) these our fathers who fought for the Cows (of the Panis); Indra of the mightiness, Indra of the works released for them the strongly closed cow-pens; when a friend with his friends Navagwas, following on his knees the cows, when with the ten, the Dasagwas, Indra found the true Sun (or, as I render it, the Truth, the Sun), dwelling in the darkness. (SABCL, Vol. 10, p.150)

None is there among mortals who can blame (or, as it rather seems to me to mean, no power of mortality that can confine or bind) our ancient fathers, they who were fighters for the cows; Indra of the mightiness, Indra of the achievement released upward for them the fortified pens, — there where, a comrade with his comrades, the fighters, the Navagwas, following on his knees the cows, Indra with the ten Dasagwas found that Truth, satyaW tad, even the sun dwelling in the darkness. (SABCL, Vol. 10, pp.184-85)