Rig Veda · 4.16.14
Rig Veda 4.16.14 — Indra
Verse 14 of 21 from Sukta 4.16 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.16.14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सूर उपाके तन्वं दधानो वि यत ते चेत्य अम्र्तस्य वर्पः | मर्गो न हस्ती तविषीम उषाणः सिंहो न भीम आयुधानि बिभ्रत
IAST Romanisation
sūra upāke tanvaṃ dadhāno vi yat te cety amṛtasya varpaḥ | mṛgho na hastī taviṣīm uṣāṇaḥ siṃho na bhīma āyudhāni bibhrat
English Translation (Griffith)
What time thou settest near the Sun thy body, thy form, Immortal One, is seen expanding: Thou a wild elephant with might invested. like a dread lion as thou wieldest weapons.
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