Rig Veda · 1.51.6

Rig Veda 1.51.6 — Indra

Verse 6 of 15 from Sukta 1.51 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.51.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तवं कुत्सं शुष्णहत्येष्वाविथारन्धयो.अतिथिग्वाय शम्बरम | महान्तं चिदर्बुदं नि करमीः पदा सनादेव दस्युहत्याय जज्ञिषे

IAST Romanisation

tvaṃ kutsaṃ śuṣṇahatyeṣvāvithārandhayo.atithighvāya śambaram | mahāntaṃ cidarbudaṃ ni kramīḥ padā sanādeva dasyuhatyāya jajñiṣe

English Translation (Griffith)

Thou savedst Kutsa when Śuṣṇa was smitten down; to Atithigva gavest Śambara for a prey. E’en mighty Arbuda thou troddest under foot: thou from of old wast born to strike the Dasyus dead.

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