Rig Veda · 10.113.7
Rig Veda 10.113.7
Verse 7 of 10 from Sukta 10.113 (HYMN CXTII. Indra) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.113.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
या वीर्याणि परथमानि कर्त्वा महित्वेभिर्यतमानौसमीयतुः | धवान्तं तमो.अव दध्वसे हत इन्द्रो मह्नापूर्वहूतावपत्यत
IAST Romanisation
yā vīryāṇi prathamāni kartvā mahitvebhiryatamānausamīyatuḥ | dhvāntaṃ tamo.ava dadhvase hata indro mahnāpūrvahūtāvapatyata
English Translation (Griffith)
Even in the first of those heroic acts which they who strove together came with might to execute, Deep darkness fell upon the slain, and Indra won by victory the right of being first invoked.
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