Rig Veda · 6.45.18

Rig Veda 6.45.18 — Indra

Verse 18 of 34 from Sukta 6.45 (Indra) in Mandala 6 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 6.45.18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धिष्व वज्रं गभस्त्यो रक्षोहत्याय वज्रिवः | सासहीष्ठा अभि सप्र्धः

IAST Romanisation

dhiṣva vajraṃ ghabhastyo rakṣohatyāya vajrivaḥ | sāsahīṣṭhā abhi spṛdhaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Grasp in thine arms the thunderbolt, O Thunder-armed, to slay the fiends: Mayst thou subdue the foemen's host.

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