Rig Veda · 1.131.4

Rig Veda 1.131.4 — Indra

Verse 4 of 7 from Sukta 1.131 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.131.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विदुष टे अस्य वीर्यस्य पूरवः पुरो यदिन्द्र शारदीरवातिरः सासहानो अवातिरः | शासस्तमिन्द्र मर्त्यमयज्युं शवसस पते | महीममुष्णाः पर्थिवीमिमा अपो मन्दसान इमा अपः

IAST Romanisation

viduṣ ṭe asya vīryasya pūravaḥ puro yadindra śāradīravātiraḥ sāsahāno avātiraḥ | śāsastamindra martyamayajyuṃ śavasas pate | mahīmamuṣṇāḥ pṛthivīmimā apo mandasāna imā apaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

This thine heroic power men of old time have known, wherewith thou breakest down, Indra, autumnal forts, breakest them down with conquering might. Thou hast chastised, O Indra, Lord of Strength, the man who worships not, And made thine own this great earth and these water-floods; with joyous heart these water-floods .

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