Rig Veda · 1.52.6

Rig Veda 1.52.6 — Indra

Verse 6 of 15 from Sukta 1.52 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.52.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परीं घर्णा चरति तित्विषे शवो.अपो वर्त्वी रजसो बुध्नमाशयत | वर्त्रस्य यत परवणे दुर्ग्र्भिश्वनो निजघन्थ हन्वोरिन्द्र तन्यतुम

IAST Romanisation

parīṃ ghṛṇā carati titviṣe śavo.apo vṛtvī rajaso budhnamāśayat | vṛtrasya yat pravaṇe durghṛbhiśvano nijaghantha hanvorindra tanyatum

English Translation (Griffith)

Splendour encompassed thee, forth shone thy warrior might: the rain-obstructer lay in mid-air's lowest deep, What time, O Indra, thou didst cast thy thunder down upon the jaws of Vṛitra hard to be restrained.

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