Rig Veda · 4.28.3

Rig Veda 4.28.3 — Indra-Soma

Verse 3 of 5 from Sukta 4.28 (Indra-Soma) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.28.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहन्न इन्द्रो अदहद अग्निर इन्दो पुरा दस्यून मध्यंदिनाद अभीके | दुर्गे दुरोणे करत्वा न याताम पुरू सहस्रा शर्वा नि बर्हीत

IAST Romanisation

ahann indro adahad aghnir indo purā dasyūn madhyaṃdinād abhīke | durghe duroṇe kratvā na yātām purū sahasrā śarvā ni barhīt

English Translation (Griffith)

Indra smote down, Agni consumed, O Indu, the Dasyus ere the noontide in the conflict. Of those who gladly sought a hard-won dwelling he cast down many a thousand with his arrow.

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