Rig Veda · 4.18.7
Rig Veda 4.18.7 — Indra and Others
Verse 7 of 13 from Sukta 4.18 (Indra and Others) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.18.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
किम उ षविद अस्मै निविदो भनन्तेन्द्रस्यावद्यं दिधिषन्त आपः | ममैतान पुत्रो महता वधेन वर्त्रं जघन्वां अस्र्जद वि सिन्धून
IAST Romanisation
kim u ṣvid asmai nivido bhanantendrasyāvadyaṃ didhiṣanta āpaḥ | mamaitān putro mahatā vadhena vṛtraṃ jaghanvāṃ asṛjad vi sindhūn
English Translation (Griffith)
Are they addressing him with words of welcome? Will the floods take on them the shame of Indra? With his great thunderbolt my Son hath slaughtered Vṛtra, and set these rivers free to wander.
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