Rig Veda · 2.17.2

Rig Veda 2.17.2 — Indra

Verse 2 of 9 from Sukta 2.17 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 2.17.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स भुतु यो ह परथमाय धायस ओजो मिमानो महिमानमातिरत | शूरो यो युत्सु तन्वं परिव्यत शीर्षणि दयां महिना परत्यमुञ्चत

IAST Romanisation

sa bhutu yo ha prathamāya dhāyasa ojo mimāno mahimānamātirat | śūro yo yutsu tanvaṃ parivyata śīrṣaṇi dyāṃ mahinā pratyamuñcata

English Translation (Griffith)

Let him be even that God who, for the earliest draught measuring out his power, increased his majesty; Hero who fortified his body in the wars, and through his greatness set the heaven upon his head.

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