Rig Veda · 2.17.3
Rig Veda 2.17.3 — Indra
Verse 3 of 9 from Sukta 2.17 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 2.17.3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अधाक्र्णोः परथमं वीर्यं महद यदस्याग्रे बरह्मणा शुष्ममैरयः | रथेष्ठेन हर्यश्वेन विच्युताः पर जीरयः सिस्रते सध्र्यक पर्थक
IAST Romanisation
adhākṛṇoḥ prathamaṃ vīryaṃ mahad yadasyāghre brahmaṇā śuṣmamairayaḥ | ratheṣṭhena haryaśvena vicyutāḥ pra jīrayaḥ sisrate sadhryak pṛthak
English Translation (Griffith)
Thou didst perform thy first great deed of hero might what time thou showedst power, through prayer, before this folk. Hurled down by thee the car-borne Lord of Tawny Steeds, the congregated swift ones fled in sundry ways.
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