Rig Veda · 1.56.6

Rig Veda 1.56.6 — Indra

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

Rig Veda 1.56.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तवं दिवो धरुणं धिष ओजसा पर्थिव्या इन्द्र सदनेषु माहिनः | तवं सुतस्य मदे अरिणा अपो वि वर्त्रस्य समया पाष्यारुजः

IAST Romanisation

tvaṃ divo dharuṇaṃ dhiṣa ojasā pṛthivyā indra sadaneṣu māhinaḥ | tvaṃ sutasya made ariṇā apo vi vṛtrasya samayā pāṣyārujaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Thou with thy might didst grasp, the holder-up of heaven, thou who art mighty also in the seats of earth. Thou, gladdened by the juice, hast set the waters free, and broken Vṛtra's stony fences through and through.

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