Rig Veda · 4.16.7
Rig Veda 4.16.7 — Indra
Verse 7 of 21 from Sukta 4.16 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.16.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अपो वर्त्रं वव्रिवांसम पराहन परावत ते वज्रम पर्थिवी सचेताः | परार्णांसि समुद्रियाण्य ऐनोः पतिर भवञ छवसा शूर धर्ष्णो
IAST Romanisation
apo vṛtraṃ vavrivāṃsam parāhan prāvat te vajram pṛthivī sacetāḥ | prārṇāṃsi samudriyāṇy ainoḥ patir bhavañ chavasā śūra dhṛṣṇo
English Translation (Griffith)
He smote away the floods' obstructer, Vṛtra; Earth, conscious, lent her aid to speed thy thunder. Thou sentest forth the waters of the ocean, as Lord through power and might, O daring Hero.
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