Rig Veda · 1.32.3

Rig Veda 1.32.3 — Indra

Verse 3 of 15 from Sukta 1.32 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.32.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्षायमाणो.अव्र्णीत सोमं तरिकद्रुकेष्वपिबत सुतस्य | आसायकं मघवादत्त वज्रमहन्नेनं परथमजामहीनाम

IAST Romanisation

vṛṣāyamāṇo.avṛṇīta somaṃ trikadrukeṣvapibat sutasya | āsāyakaṃ maghavādatta vajramahannenaṃ prathamajāmahīnām

English Translation (Griffith)

Impetuous as a bull, he chose the Soma and in three sacred beakers drank the juices. Maghavan grasped the thunder for his weapon, and smote to death this firstborn of the dragons.

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