Rig Veda · 1.56.4

Rig Veda 1.56.4 — Indra

Verse 4 of 6 from Sukta 1.56 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.56.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देवी यदि तविषी तवाव्र्धोतय इन्द्रं सिषक्त्युषसं न सूर्यः | यो धर्ष्णुना शवसा बाधते तम इयर्ति रेणुं बर्हदर्हरिष्वणिः

IAST Romanisation

devī yadi taviṣī tvāvṛdhotaya indraṃ siṣaktyuṣasaṃ na sūryaḥ | yo dhṛṣṇunā śavasā bādhate tama iyarti reṇuṃ bṛhadarhariṣvaṇiḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

When Strength the Goddess, made more strong for help by thee, waits upon Indra as the Sun attends the Dawn, Then. he who with his might unflinching kills the gloom stirs up the dust aloft, with joy and triumphing.

Explanation

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