Rig Veda · 10.8.9
Rig Veda 10.8.9 — Agni
Verse 9 of 9 from Sukta 10.8 (Agni) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.8.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
भूरीदिन्द्र उदिनक्षन्तमोजो.अवाभिनत सत्पतिर्मन्यमानम | तवाष्ट्रस्य चिद विश्वरूपस्य गोनामाचक्रणस्त्रीणि शीर्षा परा वर्क
IAST Romanisation
bhūrīdindra udinakṣantamojo.avābhinat satpatirmanyamānam | tvāṣṭrasya cid viśvarūpasya ghonāmācakraṇastrīṇi śīrṣā parā vark
English Translation (Griffith)
Lord of the brave, Indra cleft him in pieces who sought to gain much strength and deemed him mighty. He smote his three heads from his body, seizing the cattle of the oniniform Son of Tvaṣṭar.
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