Rig Veda · 1.32.5
Rig Veda 1.32.5 — Indra
Verse 5 of 15 from Sukta 1.32 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.32.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अहन वर्त्रं वर्त्रतरं वयंसमिन्द्रो वज्रेण महता वधेन | सकन्धांसीव कुलिशेना विव्र्क्णाहिः शयत उपप्र्क पर्थिव्याः
IAST Romanisation
ahan vṛtraṃ vṛtrataraṃ vyaṃsamindro vajreṇa mahatā vadhena | skandhāṃsīva kuliśenā vivṛkṇāhiḥ śayata upapṛk pṛthivyāḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Indra with his own great and deadly thunder smote into pieces Vṛtra, worst of Vṛtras. As trunks of trees, what time the axe hath felled them, low on the earth so lies the prostrate Dragon.
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