Rigveda 1.165.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 165 · Verse 1.165.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
क्व१॒॑ स्या वो॑ मरुतः स्व॒धासी॒द्यन्मामेकं॑ स॒मध॑त्ताहि॒हत्ये॑ । अ॒हं ह्यु१॒॑ग्रस्त॑वि॒षस्तुवि॑ष्मा॒न्विश्व॑स्य॒ शत्रो॒रन॑मं वध॒स्नैः
kva1 syā vo marutaḥ svadhāsīdyanmāmekaṃ samadhattāhihatye ahaṃ hyu1grastaviṣastuviṣmānviśvasya śatroranamaṃ vadhasnaiḥ
Where then are your Marut-offerings? Give me one; set it near me to slay—yes, I, though near the poison, seized and struck down the hostile foe of the world with my spear.
(Indra): Where, Maruts, has that (sacrificial) food been assigned to you, which, for the destruction of Ahi was appropriated to me alone; for I indeed am fierce and strong, and mighty, and have bowed down all mine enemies with death-dealing shafts.
Where was that nature then of yours, O Maruts, that ye charged me alone to slay the Dragon? For I in truth am fierce and strong and mighty. I bent away from every foeman's weapons.