Rig Veda · 1.57.2

Rig Veda 1.57.2 — Indra

Verse 2 of 6 from Sukta 1.57 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.57.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अध ते विश्वमनु हासदिष्टय आपो निम्नेव सवना हविष्मतः | यत पर्वते न समशीत हर्यत इन्द्रस्य वज्रः शनथिता हिरण्ययः

IAST Romanisation

adha te viśvamanu hāsadiṣṭaya āpo nimneva savanā haviṣmataḥ | yat parvate na samaśīta haryata indrasya vajraḥ śnathitā hiraṇyayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Now all this world, for worship, shall come after thee—the offerer's libations like floods to the depth, When the well-loved one seems to rest upon the hill, the thunderbolt of Indra, shatterer wrought of gold.

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