Rig Veda · 1.121.10

Rig Veda 1.121.10 — Indra

Verse 10 of 15 from Sukta 1.121 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.121.10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुरा यत सूरस्तमसो अपीतेस्तमद्रिवः फलिगं हेतिमस्य | शुष्णस्य चित परिहितं यदोजो दिवस परि सुग्रथितं तदादः

IAST Romanisation

purā yat sūrastamaso apītestamadrivaḥ phalighaṃ hetimasya | śuṣṇasya cit parihitaṃ yadojo divas pari sughrathitaṃ tadādaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Bolt-armed, ere darkness overtook the sunlight, thou castest at the veiling cloud thy weapon, Thou rentest, out of heaven, though firmly knotted, the might of Śuṣṇa that was thrown around him.

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