The Dialogue of Indra and the Maruts

Mandala 1, Hymn 165

Rishi: Agastya Maitrāvaruṇi | Devata: Indra and the Maruts

Verse 1.165.8

Sanskrit

वधीं वृत्रं मरुत इन्द्रियेण स्वेन भामेन तविषो बभूवान् । अहमेता मनवे विश्वश्चन्द्राः सुगा अपश्चकर वज्रबाहुः ॥

Transliteration

vadhīṃ vṛtram maruta indriyeṇa svena bhāmena taviṣo babhūvān | aham etā manave viśvaścandrāḥ sugā apaś cakara vajrabāhuḥ ||

Word-by-Word

वधीम् (slew/killed) | वृत्रम् (Vṛtra) | मरुतः (O Maruts) | इन्द्रियेण (with prowess/power) | स्वेन (my own) | भामेन (with wrath/anger) | तविषः (strong/mighty) | बभूवान् (becoming/having become) | अहम् (I) | एताः (these) | मनवे (for Manu/man) | विश्वचन्द्राः (all-shining/pellucid) | सुगाः (passable/flowing) | अपः (waters) | चकर (I created/made) | वज्रबाहुः (thunderbolt-armed/vajra-armed).

Translation

(Indra): By my own prowess, Maruts, I, mighty in my wrath, slew Vṛtra; armed with my thunderbolt, I created all these pellucid, easily-flowing waters for the good of man.

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Verse 1.165.10

Sanskrit

एकस्य चिन्मे विभ्वस्त्वोजो या नु दधृष्वान्कृणवै मनीषा । अहं ह्युग्रो मरुतो विदानो यानि च्यवमिन्द्र इदीश एषाम् ॥

Transliteration

ekasya cin me vibhv astv ojo yā nu dadhṛṣvān kṛṇavai manīṣā | ahaṃ hy ugro maruto vidāno yāni cyavam indra id īśa eṣām ||

Word-by-Word

एकस्य (of one/alone) | चित् (indeed) | मे (my) | विभु (mighty/irresistible) | अस्तु (let it be) | ओजः (strength/prowess) | या (whatever) | नु (now/quickly) | दधृष्वान् (daring/attacking) | कृणवै (I may perform/accomplish) | मनीषा (by thought/hymn) | अहम् (I) | हि (verily/for) | उग्रः (fierce) | मरुतः (O Maruts) | विदानः (sagacious/knowing) | यानि (whatever) | च्यवम् (I direct/move) | इन्द्रः (Indra) | इत् (indeed) | ईशे (rule/lord) | एषाम् (of these).

Translation

(Indra): May the prowess of me alone be irresistible; may I quickly accomplish whatever I contemplate in my mind; for verily, Maruts, I am fierce and sagacious, and to whatever objects I direct my thoughts, of them I am the lord and ruler.

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Reference: Rig Veda