Rig Veda · 2.20.8

Rig Veda 2.20.8 — Indra

Verse 8 of 9 from Sukta 2.20 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 2.20.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मै तवस्यमनु दायि सत्रेन्द्राय देवेभिरर्णसातौ | परति यदस्य वज्रं बाह्वोर्धुर्हत्वी दस्यून पुर आयसीर्नि तारीत

IAST Romanisation

tasmai tavasyamanu dāyi satrendrāya devebhirarṇasātau | prati yadasya vajraṃ bāhvordhurhatvī dasyūn pura āyasīrni tārīt

English Translation (Griffith)

To him in might the Gods have ever yielded, to Indra in the tumult of the battle. When in his arms they laid the bolt, he slaughtered the Dasyus and cast down their forts of iron.

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