Rig Veda · 1.55.1

Rig Veda 1.55.1 — Indra

Verse 1 of 8 from Sukta 1.55 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.55.1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दिवश्चिदस्य वरिमा वि पप्रथ इन्द्रं न मह्ना पर्थिवीचन परति | भीमस्तुविष्माञ्चर्षणिभ्य आतपः शिशीते वज्रं तेजसे न वंसगः

IAST Romanisation

divaścidasya varimā vi papratha indraṃ na mahnā pṛthivīcana prati | bhīmastuviṣmāñcarṣaṇibhya ātapaḥ śiśīte vajraṃ tejase na vaṃsaghaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

THOUGH e’en this heaven's wide space and earth have spread them out, nor heaven nor earth may be in greatness Indra's match. Awful and very mighty, causing woe to men, he whets his thunderbolt for sharpness, as a bull.

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