Rig Veda · 4.18.5
Rig Veda 4.18.5 — Indra and Others
Verse 5 of 13 from Sukta 4.18 (Indra and Others) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.18.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अवद्यम इव मन्यमाना गुहाकर इन्द्रम माता वीर्येणा नयॄष्टम | अथोद अस्थात सवयम अत्कं वसान आ रोदसी अप्र्णाज जायमानः
IAST Romanisation
avadyam iva manyamānā ghuhākar indram mātā vīryeṇā nyṝṣṭam | athod asthāt svayam atkaṃ vasāna ā rodasī apṛṇāj jāyamānaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Deeming him a reproach, his mother hid him, Indra, endowed with all heroic valour. Then up he sprang himself, assumed his vesture, and filled, as soon as born, the earth and heaven.
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