Rig Veda · 1.52.10

Rig Veda 1.52.10 — Indra

Verse 10 of 15 from Sukta 1.52 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.52.10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दयौश्चिदस्यामवानहेः सवनादयोयवीद भियसा वज्र इन्द्र ते | वर्त्रस्य यद बद्बधानस्य रोदसी मदे सुतस्य शवसाभिनच्छिरः

IAST Romanisation

dyauścidasyāmavānaheḥ svanādayoyavīd bhiyasā vajra indra te | vṛtrasya yad badbadhānasya rodasī made sutasya śavasābhinacchiraḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Then Heaven himself, the mighty, at that Dragon's roar reeled back in terror when, Indra, thy thunderbolt In the wild joy of Soma had struck off with might the head of Vṛtra, tyrant of the earth and heaven.

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