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Ṛk 3.39.5

Indra · Viśvāmitra Gāthina

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Saṃhitā

सखा॑ ह॒ यत्र॒ सखि॑भि॒र्नव॑ग्वैरभि॒ज्ञ्वा सत्व॑भि॒र्गा अ॑नु॒ग्मन् ।
स॒त्यं तदिंद्रो॑ द॒शभि॒र्दश॑ग्वैः॒ सूर्यं॑ विवेद॒ तम॑सि क्षि॒यंतं॑ ॥

सखा ह यत्र सखिभिर् नवग्वैर् अभिज्ञ्व् आ सत्वभिर् गा अनुग्मन् |
सत्यं तद् इन्द्रो दशभिर् दशग्वैः सूर्यं विवेद तमसि क्षियन्तम् ||

sákhā ha yátra sákhibhirnávagvairabhijñvā́ sátvabhirgā́ anugmán ǀ
satyám tádíndro daśábhirdáśagvaiḥ sū́ryam viveda támasi kṣiyántam ǁ

sakhā ha yatra sakhibhir navagvair abhijñv ā satvabhir gā anugman |
satyaṃ tad indro daśabhir daśagvaiḥ sūryaṃ viveda tamasi kṣiyantam ||

Padapāṭha

सखा॑ । ह॒ । यत्र॑ । सखि॑ऽभिः । नव॑ऽग्वैः । अ॒भि॒ऽज्ञु । आ । सत्व॑ऽभिः । गाः । अ॒नु॒ऽग्मन् ।
स॒त्यम् । तत् । इन्द्रः॑ । द॒शऽभिः॑ । दश॑ऽग्वैः । सूर्य॑म् । वि॒वे॒द॒ । तम॑सि । क्षि॒यन्त॑म् ॥

सखा । ह । यत्र । सखिऽभिः । नवऽग्वैः । अभिऽज्ञु । आ । सत्वऽभिः । गाः । अनुऽग्मन् ।
सत्यम् । तत् । इन्द्रः । दशऽभिः । दशऽग्वैः । सूर्यम् । विवेद । तमसि । क्षियन्तम् ॥

sákhā ǀ ha ǀ yátra ǀ sákhi-bhiḥ ǀ náva-gvaiḥ ǀ abhi-jñú ǀ ā́ ǀ sátva-bhiḥ ǀ gā́ḥ ǀ anu-gmán ǀ
satyám ǀ tát ǀ índraḥ ǀ daśá-bhiḥ ǀ dáśa-gvaiḥ ǀ sū́ryam ǀ viveda ǀ támasi ǀ kṣiyántam ǁ

sakhā ǀ ha ǀ yatra ǀ sakhi-bhiḥ ǀ nava-gvaiḥ ǀ abhi-jñu ǀ ā ǀ satva-bhiḥ ǀ gāḥ ǀ anu-gman ǀ
satyam ǀ tat ǀ indraḥ ǀ daśa-bhiḥ ǀ daśa-gvaiḥ ǀ sūryam ǀ viveda ǀ tamasi ǀ kṣiyantam ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
03.039.05
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
3.2.25.05
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
03.04.005
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Svara स्वरः
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Ṛgveda 3.39.5

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.

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.