Indra Sukta - The Invocation of Supreme Power and Order

🙏 ऋषि (द्रष्टा): Gritsamada🔥 देवता: Indra🎵 छन्द: Trishtubh📜 2 मन्त्र

मन्त्र 1

यो जातः प्रथममनस्कवान्देवो देवान्क्रतुना पर्यभूषत् । यस्य शुष्काद्रोदसी अभ्यसेतां नृम्णस्य मह्ना स जनस इन्द्रः ॥

yo jātaḥ prathamanaskavāndevo devānkratunā paryabhūṣat । yasya śuṣkādrodasī abhyasetāṃ nṛmnasya mahnā sa janasa indraḥ ॥

अनुवाद: He who, being born first, endowed with mind, as a deity surpassed the other deities through his power; at whose greatness the two worlds (heaven and earth) tremble out of fear of his might—he, O men, is Indra.

Indra is introduced as the primordial, conscious force of the universe who naturally assumes supremacy over all cosmic powers through his divine intelligence and overwhelming strength.

मन्त्र 2

यः पृथ्वीं व्यथमानामदृंहद्यः पर्वतान्प्रकुपितां रमयत् । यो अन्तरिक्षं विममे वरिय्यो यो द्यामस्तभ्नात्स जनस इन्द्रः ॥

yaḥ pṛthvīṃ vyathamānāmadṛṃhadyapabbatānpropukitāṃ ramayat । yo antarikṣaṃ vimame variyyo yo dyāmastabhnātsa janasa indraḥ ॥

अनुवाद: He who made the trembling earth firm, who set at rest the agitated mountains, who measured out the vast middle region (atmosphere), and who supported the sky—he, O men, is Indra.

Indra brings stability to a chaotic, shifting universe. He grounds the earth, calms the mountains, and props up the heavens, acting as the supreme architect of physical stability.