Rig Veda · 7.18.9
Rig Veda 7.18.9 — Indra
Verse 9 of 25 from Sukta 7.18 (Indra) in Mandala 7 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 7.18.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ईयुरर्थं न नयर्थं परुष्णीमाशुश्चनेदभिपित्वं जगाम | सुदास इन्द्रः सुतुकानमित्रानरन्धयन मानुषे वध्रिवाचः
IAST Romanisation
īyurarthaṃ na nyarthaṃ paruṣṇīmāśuścanedabhipitvaṃ jaghāma | sudāsa indraḥ sutukānamitrānarandhayan mānuṣe vadhrivācaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
As to their goal they sped to their destruetion: they sought Paruṣṇī; e’en the swift returned not. Indra abandoned, to Sudās the manly, the swiftly flying foes, unmanly babblers.
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