Rig Veda · 1.54.5

Rig Veda 1.54.5 — Indra

Verse 5 of 11 from Sukta 1.54 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.54.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नि यद वर्णक्षि शवसनस्य मूर्धनि शुष्णस्य चिद वरन्दिनोरोरुवद वना | पराचीनेन मनसा बर्हणावता यदद्या चित कर्णवः कस्त्वा परि

IAST Romanisation

ni yad vṛṇakṣi śvasanasya mūrdhani śuṣṇasya cid vrandinororuvad vanā | prācīnena manasā barhaṇāvatā yadadyā cit kṛṇavaḥ kastvā pari

English Translation (Griffith)

When with a roar that fills the woods, thou forcest down on wind's head the stores which Śuṣṇa kept confined, Who shall have power to stay thee firm and eager-souled from doing still this day what thou of old hast done?

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