Rigveda 1.175.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 175 · Verse 1.175.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
शु॒ष्मिन्त॑मो॒ हि ते॒ मदो॑ द्यु॒म्निन्त॑म उ॒त क्रतुः॑ । वृ॒त्र॒घ्ना व॑रिवो॒विदा॑ मंसी॒ष्ठा अ॑श्व॒सात॑मः
śuṣmintamo hi te mado dyumnintama uta kratuḥ vṛtraghnā varivovidā maṃsīṣṭhā aśvasātamaḥ
Your pride is the subtlest, indeed your might is the loftiest — the deed of heaven removed the cloud‑foe. The foremost of steeds rent open the flood, the highest of hosts hastened.
Your inebriety is most intense; nevertheless, your acts (for our good) are most beneficent. You desire, bountiful giver of horses, that (both your inebriety and your beneficence should be the means of) destroying enemies and distributing riches.
Most mighty is thy rapturous joy, most splendid is thine active power, Wherewith, foe-slaying, sending bliss, thou art supreme in gaining steeds.