Rig Veda · 2.17.6
Rig Veda 2.17.6 — Indra
Verse 6 of 9 from Sukta 2.17 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 2.17.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सास्मा अरं बाहुभ्यां यं पिताक्र्णोद विश्वस्मादा जनुषो वेदसस परि | येना पर्थिव्यां नि करिविं शयध्यै वज्रेण हत्व्यव्र्णक तुविष्वणिः
IAST Romanisation
sāsmā araṃ bāhubhyāṃ yaṃ pitākṛṇod viśvasmādā januṣo vedasas pari | yenā pṛthivyāṃ ni kriviṃ śayadhyai vajreṇa hatvyavṛṇak tuviṣvaṇiḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Fit for the grasping of his arms is what the Sire hath fabricated from all kind of precious wealth. The thunderbolt, wherewith, loud-roaring, he smote down, and striking him to death laid Krivi on the earth.
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