Rig Veda · 5.32.3

Rig Veda 5.32.3 — Indra

Verse 3 of 12 from Sukta 5.32 (Indra) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.32.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तयस्य चिन महतो निर मर्गस्य वधर जघान तविषीभिर इन्द्रः | य एक इद अप्रतिर मन्यमान आद अस्माद अन्यो अजनिष्ट तव्यान

IAST Romanisation

tyasya cin mahato nir mṛghasya vadhar jaghāna taviṣībhir indraḥ | ya eka id apratir manyamāna ād asmād anyo ajaniṣṭa tavyān

English Translation (Griffith)

Indra with violence smote down the weapon, yea, even of that wild and mighty creature. Although he deemed himself alone unequalled, another had been born e’en yet more potent.

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