Rig Veda · 1.63.2

Rig Veda 1.63.2 — Indra

Verse 2 of 9 from Sukta 1.63 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.63.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यद धरी इन्द्र विव्रता वेरा ते वज्रं जरिता बाह्वोर्धात | येनाविहर्यतक्रतो अमित्रान पुर इष्णासि पुरुहूत पूर्वीः

IAST Romanisation

ā yad dharī indra vivratā verā te vajraṃ jaritā bāhvordhāt | yenāviharyatakrato amitrān pura iṣṇāsi puruhūta pūrvīḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

When thy two wandering Bays thou drawest hither, thy praiser laid within thine arms the thunder, Wherewith, O Much-invoked, in will resistless, thou smitest foemen down and many a castle.

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