Rig Veda · 7.99.5
Rig Veda 7.99.5 — Viṣṇu
Verse 5 of 7 from Sukta 7.99 (Viṣṇu) in Mandala 7 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 7.99.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्राविष्णू दरंहिताः शम्बरस्य नव पुरो नवतिं च शनथिष्टम | शतं वर्चिनः सहस्रं च साकं हथो अप्रत्य असुरस्य वीरान
IAST Romanisation
indrāviṣṇū dṛṃhitāḥ śambarasya nava puro navatiṃ ca śnathiṣṭam | śataṃ varcinaḥ sahasraṃ ca sākaṃ hatho apraty asurasya vīrān
English Translation (Griffith)
Ye have destroyed, thou, Indra, and thou Viṣṇu, Śambara's nine-and-ninety fenced castles. Ye Twain smote down a hundred times a thousand resistless heroes of the royal Varcin.
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