Rig Veda · 5.32.6
Rig Veda 5.32.6 — Indra
Verse 6 of 12 from Sukta 5.32 (Indra) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.32.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तयं चिद इत्था कत्पयं शयानम असूर्ये तमसि वाव्र्धानम | तं चिन मन्दानो वर्षभः सुतस्योच्चैर इन्द्रो अपगूर्या जघान
IAST Romanisation
tyaṃ cid itthā katpayaṃ śayānam asūrye tamasi vāvṛdhānam | taṃ cin mandāno vṛṣabhaḥ sutasyoccair indro apaghūryā jaghāna
English Translation (Griffith)
Him as he lay there huge in length extended, still waxing in the gloom which no sun lightened, Him, after loud-voiced threats, the Hero Indra, rejoicing in the poured libation, slaughtered.
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