Rig Veda · 4.17.7
Rig Veda 4.17.7 — Indra
Verse 7 of 21 from Sukta 4.17 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.17.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तवम अध परथमं जायमानो ऽमे विश्वा अधिथा इन्द्र कर्ष्टीः | तवम परति परवत आशयानम अहिं वज्रेण मघवन वि वर्श्चः
IAST Romanisation
tvam adha prathamaṃ jāyamāno 'me viśvā adhithā indra kṛṣṭīḥ | tvam prati pravata āśayānam ahiṃ vajreṇa maghavan vi vṛścaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Moreover, when thou first wast born, O Indra, thou struckest terror into all the people. Thou, Maghavan, rentest with thy bolt the Dragon who lay against the waterfloods of heaven.
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