Rig Veda · 10.27.13
Rig Veda 10.27.13 — Indra
Verse 13 of 24 from Sukta 10.27 (Indra) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.27.13
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
पत्तो जगार परत्यञ्चमत्ति शीर्ष्णा शिरः परति दधौवरूथम | आसीन ऊर्ध्वामुपसि कषिणाति नयंं उत्तानामन्वेति भूमिम
IAST Romanisation
patto jaghāra pratyañcamatti śīrṣṇā śiraḥ prati dadhauvarūtham | āsīna ūrdhvāmupasi kṣiṇāti nyaṃṃ uttānāmanveti bhūmim
English Translation (Griffith)
His feet have grasped: he eats the man who meets him. Around his head he sets the head for shelter. Sitting anear and right above he smites us, and follows earth that lies spread out beneath him.
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