Rig Veda · 6.27.6

Rig Veda 6.27.6 — Indra

Verse 6 of 8 from Sukta 6.27 (Indra) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 6.27.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तरिंशच्छतं वर्मिण इन्द्र साकं यव्यावत्यां पुरुहूत शरवस्या | वर्चीवन्तः शरवे पत्यमानाः पात्रा भिन्दानन्यर्थान्यायन

IAST Romanisation

triṃśacchataṃ varmiṇa indra sākaṃ yavyāvatyāṃ puruhūta śravasyā | vṛcīvantaḥ śarave patyamānāḥ pātrā bhindānanyarthānyāyan

English Translation (Griffith)

Three thousand, mailed, in quest of fame, together, on the Yavyavati, O much-sought Indra, Vrcivan's sons, falling before the arrow, like bursting vessels went to their destruction.

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