Rig Veda · 1.54.10

Rig Veda 1.54.10 — Indra

Verse 10 of 11 from Sukta 1.54 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.54.10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपामतिष्ठद धरुणह्वरं तमो.अन्तर्व्र्त्रस्य जठरेषुपर्वतः | अभीमिन्द्रो नद्यो वव्रिणा हिता विश्वा अनुष्ठाः परवणेषु जिघ्नते

IAST Romanisation

apāmatiṣṭhad dharuṇahvaraṃ tamo.antarvṛtrasya jaṭhareṣuparvataḥ | abhīmindro nadyo vavriṇā hitā viśvā anuṣṭhāḥ pravaṇeṣu jighnate

English Translation (Griffith)

There darkness stood, the vault that stayed the waters’ flow: in Vṛtra's hollow side the rain-cloud lay concealed. But Indra smote the rivers which the obstructer stayed, flood following after flood, down steep declivities.

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