Rig Veda · 1.165.6
Rig Veda 1.165.6 — Indra. Maruts
Verse 6 of 15 from Sukta 1.165 (Indra. Maruts) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.165.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कव सया वो मरुतः सवधासीद यन मामेकं समधत्ताहिहत्ये | अहं हयूग्रस्तविषस्तुविष्मान विश्वस्य शत्रोरनमं वधस्नैः
IAST Romanisation
kva syā vo marutaḥ svadhāsīd yan māmekaṃ samadhattāhihatye | ahaṃ hyūghrastaviṣastuviṣmān viśvasya śatroranamaṃ vadhasnaiḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Where was that nature then of yours, O Maruts, that ye charged me alone to slay the Dragon? For I in truth am fierce and strong and mighty. I bent away from every foeman's weapons.
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