Rig Veda · 1.80.12
Rig Veda 1.80.12 — Indra
Verse 12 of 16 from Sukta 1.80 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.80.12
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
न वेपसा न तन्यतेन्द्रं वर्त्रो वि बीभयत | अभ्येनं वज्र आयसः सहस्रभ्र्ष्टिरायतार्चन्न...
IAST Romanisation
na vepasā na tanyatendraṃ vṛtro vi bībhayat | abhyenaṃ vajra āyasaḥ sahasrabhṛṣṭirāyatārcann...
English Translation (Griffith)
But Vṛtra scared not Indra with his shaking or his thunder roar. On him that iron thunderbolt fell fiercely with its thousand points, lauding his own imperial sway.
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