Rigveda 1.117.03
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 117 · Verse 1.117.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋषिं॑ नरा॒वंह॑सः॒ पाञ्च॑जन्यमृ॒बीसा॒दत्रिं॑ मुञ्चथो ग॒णेन॑ । मि॒नन्ता॒ दस्यो॒रशि॑वस्य मा॒या अ॑नुपू॒र्वं वृ॑षणा चो॒दय॑न्ता
ṛṣiṃ narāvaṃhasaḥ pāñcajanyamṛbīsādatriṃ muñcatho gaṇena minantā dasyoraśivasya māyā anupūrvaṃ vṛṣaṇā codayantā
The seer, the man of many hymns, with the fivefold-born and singers loosed the host. They implored the Dasyu of the Steep One with enchantment and urged on the bulls that drive forward.
You liberated, leaders (of rites), the sage Atri, who was venerated by the five classes of men from the wicked prison, together with his troop (of children), destroying his enemies and baffling, showerers (of benefits), the devices of the malignant Dasyus.
Ye freed sage Atri, whom the Five Tribes honoured, from the strait pit, ye Heroes with his people, Baffling the guiles of the malignant Dasyu, repelling them, ye Mighty in succession.