Rig Veda · 8.88.6
Rig Veda 8.88.6 — Indra
Verse 6 of 6 from Sukta 8.88 (Indra) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.88.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नकिः परिष्टिर्मघवन मघस्य ते यद दाशुषे दशस्यसि | अस्माकं बोध्युचथस्य चोदिता मंहिष्ठो वाजसातये
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nakiḥ pariṣṭirmaghavan maghasya te yad dāśuṣe daśasyasi | asmākaṃ bodhyucathasya coditā maṃhiṣṭho vājasātaye
English Translation (Griffith)
The Earth and Heaven clung close to thy victorious might as to their calf two mother-cows. When thou attackest Vṛtra all the hostile bands shrink and faint, Indra, at thy wrath.
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