Rig Veda · 5.32.8
Rig Veda 5.32.8 — Indra
Verse 8 of 12 from Sukta 5.32 (Indra) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.32.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तयं चिद अर्णम मधुपं शयानम असिन्वं वव्रम मह्य आदद उग्रः | अपादम अत्रम महता वधेन नि दुर्योण आव्र्णङ मर्ध्रवाचम
IAST Romanisation
tyaṃ cid arṇam madhupaṃ śayānam asinvaṃ vavram mahy ādad ughraḥ | apādam atram mahatā vadhena ni duryoṇa āvṛṇaṅ mṛdhravācam
English Translation (Griffith)
The fierce God seized that huge and restless coiler, insatiate, drinker of the sweets, recumbent, And with his mighty weapon in his dwelling smote down the footless evil-speaking ogre.
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