Rig Veda · 6.18.8

Rig Veda 6.18.8 — Indra

Verse 8 of 15 from Sukta 6.18 (Indra) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 6.18.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स यो न मुहे न मिथू जनो भूत सुमन्तुनामा चुमुरिं धुनिं च | वर्णक पिप्रुं शम्बरं शुष्णमिन्द्रः पुरांच्यौत्नाय शयथाय नू चित

IAST Romanisation

sa yo na muhe na mithū jano bhūt sumantunāmā cumuriṃ dhuniṃ ca | vṛṇak pipruṃ śambaraṃ śuṣṇamindraḥ purāṃcyautnāya śayathāya nū cit

English Translation (Griffith)

Stranger to guile, who ne’er was false or faithless, bearing a name that may be well remembered, Indra crushed Cumuri, Dhuni, Śambara, Pipru, and Śuṣṇa, that their castles fell in ruin.

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