Rig Veda · 1.32.8

Rig Veda 1.32.8 — Indra

Verse 8 of 15 from Sukta 1.32 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.32.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नदं न भिन्नममुया शयानं मनो रुहाणा अति यन्त्यापः | याश्चिद वर्त्रो महिना पर्यतिष्ठत तासामहिः पत्सुतःशीर्बभूव

IAST Romanisation

nadaṃ na bhinnamamuyā śayānaṃ mano ruhāṇā ati yantyāpaḥ | yāścid vṛtro mahinā paryatiṣṭhat tāsāmahiḥ patsutaḥśīrbabhūva

English Translation (Griffith)

There as he lies like a bank-bursting river, the waters taking courage flow above him. The Dragon lies beneath the feet of torrents which Vṛtra with his greatness had encompassed.

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