Rig Veda · 1.61.12
Rig Veda 1.61.12 — Indra
Verse 12 of 16 from Sukta 1.61 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.61.12
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अस्मा इदु पर भरा तूतुजानो वर्त्राय वज्रमीशानः कियेधाः | गोर्न पर्व वि रदा तिरश्चेष्यन्नर्णांस्यपां चरध्यै
IAST Romanisation
asmā idu pra bharā tūtujāno vṛtrāya vajramīśānaḥ kiyedhāḥ | ghorna parva vi radā tiraśceṣyannarṇāṃsyapāṃ caradhyai
English Translation (Griffith)
Vast, with thine ample power, with eager movement, against this Vṛtra cast thy bolt of thunder. Rend thou his joints, as of an ox, dissevered, with bolt oblique, that floods of rain may follow.
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