Rig Veda · 1.61.6
Rig Veda 1.61.6 — Indra
Verse 6 of 16 from Sukta 1.61 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.61.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अस्मा इदु तवष्टा तक्षद वज्रं सवपस्तमं सवर्यं रणाय | वर्त्रस्य चिद विदद येन मर्म तुजन्नीशानस्तुजता कियेधाः
IAST Romanisation
asmā idu tvaṣṭā takṣad vajraṃ svapastamaṃ svaryaṃ raṇāya | vṛtrasya cid vidad yena marma tujannīśānastujatā kiyedhāḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Even for him hath Tvaṣṭar forged the thunder, most deftly wrought, celestial, for the battle, Wherewith he reached the vital parts of Vṛtra, striking-the vast, the mighty with the striker.
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