Rigveda 1.165.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 165 · Verse 1.165.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वधीं॑ वृ॒त्रं म॑रुत इन्द्रि॒येण॒ स्वेन॒ भामे॑न तवि॒षो ब॑भू॒वान् । अ॒हमे॒ता मन॑वे वि॒श्वश्च॑न्द्राः सु॒गा अ॒पश्च॑कर॒ वज्र॑बाहुः
vadhīṃ vṛtraṃ maruta indriyeṇa svena bhāmena taviṣo babhūvān ahametā manave viśvaścandrāḥ sugā apaścakara vajrabāhuḥ
I slew Vritra in strength with the Marut-Indra, with his own radiant force he became poison. I, this thinking man, with all the shining ones and moons, made the rivers flow—Vajra-armed did the waters obey.
(Indra): By my own prowess, Maruts, I, mighty in my wrath, slew Vṛtra; armed with my thunderbolt, I created all these pellucid genitive ly-flowing waters for (the good of) man.
Vrtra I slew by mine own strength, O Maruts, having waxed mighty in mine indignation.