Rig Veda · 1.173.6

Rig Veda 1.173.6 — Indra

Verse 6 of 13 from Sukta 1.173 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.173.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर यदित्था महिना नर्भ्यो अस्त्यरं रोदसी कक्ष्ये नास्मै | सं विव्य इन्द्रो वर्जनं न भूमा भर्ति सवधावानोपशमिव दयाम

IAST Romanisation

pra yaditthā mahinā nṛbhyo astyaraṃ rodasī kakṣye nāsmai | saṃ vivya indro vṛjanaṃ na bhūmā bharti svadhāvānopaśamiva dyām

English Translation (Griffith)

Him who surpasses heroes in his greatness: the earth and heavens suffice not for his girdles. Indra endues the earth to be his garment, and, God-like, wears the heaven as ’twere a frontlet,

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