Rig Veda · 4.16.12

Rig Veda 4.16.12 — Indra

Verse 12 of 21 from Sukta 4.16 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.16.12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कुत्साय शुष्णम अशुषं नि बर्हीः परपित्वे अह्नः कुयवं सहस्रा | सद्यो दस्यून पर मर्ण कुत्स्येन पर सूरश चक्रं वर्हताद अभीके

IAST Romanisation

kutsāya śuṣṇam aśuṣaṃ ni barhīḥ prapitve ahnaḥ kuyavaṃ sahasrā | sadyo dasyūn pra mṛṇa kutsyena pra sūraś cakraṃ vṛhatād abhīke

English Translation (Griffith)

For Kutsa, with thy thousand, thou at day-break didst hurl down greedy Śuṣṇa, foe of harvest. Quickly with Kutsa's friend destroy the Dasyus, and roll the chariot-wheel of Sūrya near us.

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