Rig Veda · 4.22.5

Rig Veda 4.22.5 — Indra

Verse 5 of 11 from Sukta 4.22 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.22.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ता तू त इन्द्र महतो महानि विश्वेष्व इत सवनेषु परवाच्या | यच छूर धर्ष्णो धर्षता दध्र्ष्वान अहिं वज्रेण शवसाविवेषीः

IAST Romanisation

tā tū ta indra mahato mahāni viśveṣv it savaneṣu pravācyā | yac chūra dhṛṣṇo dhṛṣatā dadhṛṣvān ahiṃ vajreṇa śavasāviveṣīḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

These are thy great deeds, Indra, thine, the Mighty, deeds to be told aloud at all libations, That thou, O Hero, bold and boldly daring, didst with thy bolt, by strength, destroy the Dragon.

Explanation

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