Rigveda 1.032.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 32 · Verse 1.32.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अह॑न्वृ॒त्रं वृ॑त्र॒तरं॒ व्यं॑स॒मिन्द्रो॒ वज्रे॑ण मह॒ता व॒धेन॑ । स्कन्धां॑सीव॒ कुलि॑शेना॒ विवृ॒क्णाहिः॑ शयत उप॒पृक्पृ॑थि॒व्याः
ahanvṛtraṃ vṛtrataraṃ vyaṃsamindro vajreṇa mahatā vadhena skandhāṃsīva kuliśenā vivṛkṇāhiḥ śayata upapṛkpṛthivyāḥ
Indra, slayer of Vrtra, with his mighty thunderbolt killed the great obstructer. Like the shoulder of a giant with a spear he struck, laying low the one who held back the earth.
With his vast destroying thunderbolt, Indra struck the darkling mutilated Vṛtra; as the trunks of trees are felled by the axe, so lies Ahi prostrate on the earth.
Indra with his own great and deadly thunder smote into pieces Vrtra, worst of Vrtras. As trunks of trees, what time the axe hath felled them, low on the earth so lies the prostrate Dragon.