Rig Veda · 2.12.5

Rig Veda 2.12.5 — Indra

Verse 5 of 15 from Sukta 2.12 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 2.12.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यं समा पर्छन्ति कुह सेति घोरमुतेमाहुर्नैषो अस्तीत्येनम | सो अर्यः पुष्तीर्विज इवा मिनाति शरदस्मै धत्तस. ज. इ.

IAST Romanisation

yaṃ smā pṛchanti kuha seti ghoramutemāhurnaiṣo astītyenam | so aryaḥ puṣtīrvija ivā mināti śradasmai dhattas. j. i.

English Translation (Griffith)

Of whom, the Terrible, they ask, Where is He? or verily they say of him, He is not. He sweeps away, like birds, the foe's possessions. Have faith in him, for He, O men, is Indra.

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