Rig Veda · 1.163.2

Rig Veda 1.163.2 — The Horse

Verse 2 of 13 from Sukta 1.163 (The Horse) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.163.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यमेन दत्तं तरित एनमायुनगिन्द्र एणं परथमो अध्यतिष्ठत | गन्धर्वो अस्य रशनामग्र्भ्णात सूरादश्वं वसवो निरतष्ट

IAST Romanisation

yamena dattaṃ trita enamāyunaghindra eṇaṃ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat | ghandharvo asya raśanāmaghṛbhṇāt sūrādaśvaṃ vasavo nirataṣṭa

English Translation (Griffith)

This Steed which Yama gave hath Trita harnessed, and him, the first of all, hath Indra mounted. His bridle the Gandharva grasped. O Vasus, from out the Sun ye fashioned forth the Courser.

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